Patents by Inventor Alexander M. Diener
Alexander M. Diener 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).
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Patent number: 10098510Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing, an aperture within the housing, a receptacle within the housing, and a pneumatically driven actuator. The receptacle removably receives a reservoir, such that when the reservoir is received by the receptacle, an outlet port of the reservoir is exposed through the aperture. When the pneumatically driven actuator is actuated, the pneumatically driven actuator provides a dispensing force that induces a flow of a predetermined volume of fluid within the reservoir through the exposed outlet port of the reservoir and dispenses the predetermined volume through the aperture. In some embodiments, the dispenser includes an internal pneumatic source. The internal pneumatic source may include an air compressor. The dispenser may include a pneumatic input port that receives a pneumatic hose. The dispensing force translates a piston in the reservoir a predetermined distance. The predetermined distance may be linearly proportional to the predetermined volume of dispensed fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Toaster Loabs, Inc.Inventors: Amy Carol Buckalter, Jonathan B. Hadley, Alexander M. Diener, Kristin M. Will, Gordon Cohen
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Patent number: 9801505Abstract: A motion-activated dispenser includes a housing having a base and top defining a gap sized to receive a human hand. The top portion defining cavity sized to receive a fluid reservoir and an opening extending directly through a lower surface of the top portion to the cavity, a neck of the fluid reservoir extending through the opening. A pressing member is positioned within the cavity and an actuator is coupled to the pressing member and configured to urge the pressing member toward and away from the opening. The pressing member may include, for example, a sliding member positioned opposite a stop face; a roller moved by the actuator toward the opening; a plunger positioned above the opening and driven by an actuator toward the opening; or a pair of rods spanning the cavity and urged by the actuator through the cavity, the rods pressing against sides of the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Toaster Labs, Inc.Inventors: Amy Carol Buckalter, Jonathan B. Hadley, Alexander M. Diener, Kristin M. Will, Lilac Muller, Jeanine E. Spence
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Publication number: 20150259128Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing, an aperture within the housing, a receptacle within the housing, and a pneumatically driven actuator. The receptacle removably receives a reservoir, such that when the reservoir is received by the receptacle, an outlet port of the reservoir is exposed through the aperture. When the pneumatically driven actuator is actuated, the pneumatically driven actuator provides a dispensing force that induces a flow of a predetermined volume of fluid within the reservoir through the exposed outlet port of the reservoir and dispenses the predetermined volume through the aperture. In some embodiments, the dispenser includes an internal pneumatic source. The internal pneumatic source may include an air compressor. The dispenser may include a pneumatic input port that receives a pneumatic hose. The dispensing force translates a piston in the reservoir a predetermined distance. The predetermined distance may be linearly proportional to the predetermined volume of dispensed fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Amy Carol Buckalter, Jonathan B. Hadley, Alexander M. Diener, Kristin M. Will, Gordon Cohen
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Publication number: 20150173567Abstract: A motion-activated dispenser includes a housing having a base and top defining a gap sized to receive a human hand. The top portion defining cavity sized to receive a fluid reservoir and an opening extending directly through a lower surface of the top portion to the cavity, a neck of the fluid reservoir extending through the opening. A pressing member is positioned within the cavity and an actuator is coupled to the pressing member and configured to urge the pressing member toward and away from the opening. The pressing member may include, for example, a sliding member positioned opposite a stop face; a roller moved by the actuator toward the opening; a plunger positioned above the opening and driven by an actuator toward the opening; or a pair of rods spanning the cavity and urged by the actuator through the cavity, the rods pressing against sides of the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Amy Carol Buckalter, Jonathan B. Hadley, Alexander M. Diener, Kristin M. Will, Lilac Muller, Jeanine E. Spence
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Patent number: 7978461Abstract: An enhanced ultrasound housing and enhanced ultrasound platform facilitates a technician-friendly layout by providing a beneficial ergonomic layout. Control switches may also be configured to provide convenient implementation of ultrasound techniques. Further, an enhanced ultrasound housing and enhanced ultrasound platform provides physical protection to the device. Physical protection may come in the form of an exoskeletal member, or from a covering which inhibits liquid penetration.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: SonoSite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Bradley J. Sliger, Tom Lorusso, Jerry J. Van Eyck
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Patent number: 7849250Abstract: When portable diagnostic medical equipment is placed into a dock, or docking station, the batteries of the docking station are used in a hierarchical manner to insure that the batteries in the portable equipment become charged and that any power needed to run the portable device is provided from a power source local to the docking station. In one embodiment, the docking station has a plurality of batteries and the system is designed so that when a portable diagnostic device is docked, the power from the docking station batteries will be used in a predetermined usage pattern so as to preserve (and charge) the batteries in the portable diagnostic tool.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: SonoSite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Joel Aragon, Bradley J. Sliger, Byron A. Meseroll, Uli Rankers
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Publication number: 20090069725Abstract: An enhanced ultrasound housing and enhanced ultrasound platform facilitates a technician-friendly layout by providing a beneficial ergonomic layout. Control switches may also be configured to provide convenient implementation of ultrasound techniques. Further, an enhanced ultrasound housing and enhanced ultrasound platform provides physical protection to the device. Physical protection may come in the form of an exoskeletal member, or from a covering which inhibits liquid penetration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2007Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Sonosite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Bradley J. Sliger, Tom Lorusso, Jerry J. Van Eyck
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Publication number: 20080104300Abstract: When portable diagnostic medical equipment is placed into a dock, or docking station, the batteries of the docking station are used in a hierarchical manner to insure that the batteries in the portable equipment become charged and that any power needed to run the portable device is provided from a power source local to the docking station. In one embodiment, the docking station has a plurality of batteries and the system is designed so that when a portable diagnostic device is docked, the power from the docking station batteries will be used in a predetermined usage pattern so as to preserve (and charge) the batteries in the portable diagnostic tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2006Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: SonoSite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Joel Aragon, Bradley J. Sliger, Byron A. Meseroll, Uli Rankers
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Publication number: 20080099638Abstract: The viewing angle of a display is controlled by a stand which is selectively lengthened. In one embodiment, at least one cascaded tubes are employed to allow for elongation of the stand. The stand, in one embodiment, can be rotated against the body of the device thereby creating a relatively shallow display slope angle. In a further embodiment, a plurality of cascaded tubes are disposed parallel of each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2006Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: SonoSite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Joel Aragon, Bradley J. Sliger, Jared B. Floyd
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Patent number: D538432Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2004Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: SonoSite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Gregory T. Wing
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Patent number: D544962Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2004Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: SonoSite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Jared B. Floyd
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Patent number: D558351Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: SonoSite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Bradley J. Sliger
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Patent number: D559390Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: SonoSite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Bradley J. Sliger
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Patent number: D591423Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Sonosite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Bradley J. Sliger, Ferdinand Johannes van Engelen, Tim Hulford, Robert Hubler, Kuoyong Huang, Dean Bidwell
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Patent number: D592750Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Sonosite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Bradley J. Sliger, Ferdinand Johannes van Engelen, Tim Hulford, Robert Hubler, Kuoyong Huang, Dean Bidwell
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Patent number: D592760Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: SonoSite, Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Diener, Bradley J. Sliger, Jared B. Floyd
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Patent number: D766615Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Toaster Labs, IncInventors: Amy Carol Buckalter, Alexander M. Diener, Kristin M. Will, Roland Horth