Patents by Inventor Alan D. Ford

Alan D. Ford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Infusion pump with an electronically loadable drug library and label reader
    Patent number: 7471994
    Abstract: A system for creating a customized drug library for an electronically loadable drug infusion pump, the system including a drug library containing a plurality of drug entries, there being associated with each drug entry a set of associated drug delivery parameters and/or drug delivery protocols for configuring the drug infusion pump; a tool for selecting a set of drug entries from among the plurality of drug entries in said drug library; a tool for adding the selected drug entries along with the sets of drug delivery information associated therewith to a customized library; and a loading tool for causing the system to electronically load the customized library into the drug infusion pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Alan D. Ford, Nathaniel M. Sims, Marc A. Mandro
  • Infusion pump with an electronically loadable drug library and a user interface for loading the library
    Publication number: 20020077852
    Abstract: A system for creating a customized drug library for an electronically loadable drug infusion pump, the system including a drug library containing a plurality of drug entries, there being associated with each drug entry a set of associated drug delivery parameters and/or drug delivery protocols for configuring the drug infusion pump; a tool for selecting a set of drug entries from among the plurality of drug entries in said drug library; a tool for adding the selected drug entries along with the sets of drug delivery information associated therewith to a customized library; and a loading tool for causing the system to electronically load the customized library into the drug infusion pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: The General Hospital, Massachusetts corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Ford, Nathaniel M. Sims, Marc A. Mandro
  • Infusion pump with an electronically loadable drug library and a user interface for loading the library
    Patent number: 6269340
    Abstract: A system for creating a customized drug library for an electronically loadable drug infusion pump, the system including a drug library containing a plurality of drug entries, there being associated with each drug entry a set of associated drug delivery parameters and/or drug delivery protocols for configuring the drug infusion pump; a tool for selecting a set of drug entries from among the plurality of drug entries in said drug library; a tool for adding the selected drug entries along with the sets of drug delivery information associated therewith to a customized library; and a loading tool for causing the system to electronically load the customized library into the drug infusion pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignees: The General Hospital, Baxter International
    Inventors: Alan D. Ford, Nathaniel M. Sims, Marc A. Mandro
  • Infusion pump with an electronically loadable drug library and a user interface for loading the library
    Patent number: 5681285
    Abstract: A system for creating a customized drug library for an electronically loadable drug infusion pump, the system including a drug library containing a plurality of drug entries, there being associated with each drug entry a set of associated drug delivery parameters and/or drug delivery protocols for configuring the drug infusion pump; a tool for selecting a set of drug entries from among the plurality of drug entries in said drug library; a tool for adding the selected drug entries along with the sets of drug delivery information associated therewith to a customized library; and a loading tool for causing the system to electronically load the customized library into the drug infusion pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Alan D. Ford, Nathaniel M. Sims, Marc A. Mandro