Patents by Inventor Alison D. Brummett

Alison D. Brummett 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).

  • Positive flow valve
    Patent number: 6932795
    Abstract: A closed system, spikeless, positive-flow valve device includes a body defining an internal cavity. At the proximal end of the body is an opening which is preferably sufficiently large to receive an ANSI standard tip of a medical implement. The valve includes a plastic, resilient silicon seal which fills the upper cavity and opening with an oval seal cap having a slit. The opening presses the oval seal cap to keep the slit closed in the decompressed state. The slit opens as the nose of the medical implement compresses the seal into the cavity and the seal cap is free from the opening. The housing also includes a fluid space which facilitates fluid flow between the medical implement and a catheter tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: George A. Lopez, Thomas F. Fangrow, Jr., David C. Arnold, Bruce M. Hubrecht, Alison D. Brummett, Thomas J. Gustus, Dennis M. Bui
  • Positive flow valve
    Publication number: 20020147431
    Abstract: A closed system, spikeless, positive-flow valve device includes a body defining an internal cavity. At the proximal end of the body is an opening which is preferably sufficiently large to receive an ANSI standard tip of a medical implement. The valve includes a plastic, resilient silicon seal which fills the upper cavity and opening with an oval seal cap having a slit. The opening presses the oval seal cap to keep the slit closed in the decompressed state. The slit opens as the nose of the medical implement compresses the seal into the cavity and the seal cap is free from the opening. The housing also includes a fluid space which facilitates fluid flow between the medical implement and a catheter tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: George A. Lopez, Thomas F. Fangrow, David C. Arnold, Bruce M. Hubrecht, Alison D. Brummett, Thomas J. Gustus, Dennis M. Bui
  • Positive-flow valve
    Patent number: 6428520
    Abstract: A closed system, spikeless, positive-flow valve device includes a body defining an internal cavity. At the proximal end of the body is an opening which is preferably sufficiently large to receive an ANSI standard tip of a medical implement. The valve includes a plastic, resilient silicon seal which fills the upper cavity and opening with an oval seal cap having a slit. The opening presses the oval seal cap to keep the slit closed in the decompressed state. The slit opens as the nose of the medical implement compresses the seal into the cavity and the seal cap is free from the opening. The housing also includes a fluid space which facilitates fluid flow between the medical implement and a catheter tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: George A. Lopez, Thomas F. Fangrow, Jr., David C. Arnold, Bruce M. Hubrecht, Alison D. Brummett, Thomas J. Gustus, Dennis M. Bui