Patents by Inventor Alison L. BLOOMQUIST

Alison L. BLOOMQUIST 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).

  • Publication number: 20220399095
    Abstract: A method for managing use of a disposable with an infusion pump is provided. The method can include adding validity information about a particular set of disposables to a list of disposables. Subsequent to adding the validity information, the method can include modifying the validity information about the particular set of disposables on the list of disposables. The method can include an infusion pump reading identifying information from a disposable, and can include determining whether the disposable is valid for use, based at least in part upon comparison of the identifying information read from the disposable by the infusion pump with the validity information about the particular set of disposables on the list of disposables. The method can also include the infusion pump making a determination of whether to deliver or not deliver an infusate based at least in part upon the determining whether the disposable is valid for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant A. ADAMS, Alison L. BLOOMQUIST, Ryan D. HEILMAN, Michael D. WELSCH, Larry R. ZALESKY
  • Patent number: 11322239
    Abstract: A method for managing use of a disposable with an infusion pump is provided. The method can include adding validity information about a particular set of disposables to a list of disposables. Subsequent to adding the validity information, the method can include modifying the validity information about the particular set of disposables on the list of disposables. The method can include an infusion pump reading identifying information from a disposable, and can include determining whether the disposable is valid for use, based at least in part upon comparison of the identifying information read from the disposable by the infusion pump with the validity information about the particular set of disposables on the list of disposables. The method can also include the infusion pump making a determination of whether to deliver or not deliver an infusate based at least in part upon the determining whether the disposable is valid for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant A. Adams, Alison L. Bloomquist, Ryan D. Heilman, Michael D. Welsch, Larry R. Zalesky
  • Publication number: 20180353678
    Abstract: A method for managing use of a disposable with an infusion pump is provided. The method can include adding validity information about a particular set of disposables to a list of disposables. Subsequent to adding the validity information, the method can include modifying the validity information about the particular set of disposables on the list of disposables. The method can include an infusion pump reading identifying information from a disposable, and can include determining whether the disposable is valid for use, based at least in part upon comparison of the identifying information read from the disposable by the infusion pump with the validity information about the particular set of disposables on the list of disposables. The method can also include the infusion pump making a determination of whether to deliver or not deliver an infusate based at least in part upon the determining whether the disposable is valid for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant A. ADAMS, Alison L. BLOOMQUIST, Ryan D. HEILMAN, Michael D. WELSCH, Larry R. ZALESKY