Patents by Inventor Andrea (Krensky) Britton
Andrea (Krensky) Britton 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: 9775939Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis machine including a membrane pump and a touch screen display that includes a mode-indicating portion and an operation-descriptive portion, the mode-indicating portion having a plurality of touch sensitive indicia each indicating one of a plurality of modes in which the machine can operate, the display being used to keep a patient continually informed of which one mode of at least three operating modes the machine is operating in, as the operation-descriptive portion changes to display details of a specific operation being carried out within the one mode, the indicia for each of the three operating modes always being visible to the patient while the machine is operating, the operating mode being selected by the patient touching one of the indicia on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SAInventors: Andrea (Krensky) Britton, Donald Busby, Eric Callahan, Robert Childers, Peter Hopping, Seyed Khorashahi, William Reese, Randall Sharo, Debra Toczko, Li Yue
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Patent number: 9511180Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis system includes: an enclosure including an actuation surface and a door; a stepper motor housed by the enclosure; a pump head and a solid pump piston structurally linking the pump head to the stepper motor; and a disposable unit accepted by the enclosure, the disposable unit including a flexible membrane attached to a rigid piece, the actuation surface of the enclosure and the disposable unit so configured and arranged that when the stepper motor turns and consequently translates the solid pump piston and the pump head towards the door, the pump head physically contacts and stretches the membrane from a relaxed position to a stretched position, and when the stepper motor turns and consequently translates the solid pump piston and the pump head away from the door, the membrane follows the pump head and transitions from the stretched position to the relaxed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.Inventors: Andrea (Krensky) Britton, Donald Busby, Eric Callahan, Robert Childers, Peter Hopping, Seyed Khorashahi, William Reese, Randall Sharo, Debra Toczko, Li Yue
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Publication number: 20130324915Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis system includes: an enclosure including an actuation surface and a door; a stepper motor housed by the enclosure; a pump head and a solid pump piston structurally linking the pump head to the stepper motor; and a disposable unit accepted by the enclosure, the disposable unit including a flexible membrane attached to a rigid piece, the actuation surface of the enclosure and the disposable unit so configured and arranged that when the stepper motor turns and consequently translates the solid pump piston and the pump head towards the door, the pump head physically contacts and stretches the membrane from a relaxed position to a stretched position, and when the stepper motor turns and consequently translates the solid pump piston and the pump head away from the door, the membrane follows the pump head and transitions from the stretched position to the relaxed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicants: Baxter Healthcare S.A., Baxter International Inc.Inventors: Andrea (Krensky) Britton, Donald Busby, Eric Callahan, Robert Childers, Peter Hopping, Seyed Khorashahi, William Reese, Randall Sharo, Debra Toczko, Li Yue
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Patent number: 8529496Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis machine including a membrane pump and a touch screen display that includes a mode-indicating portion and an operation-descriptive portion, the mode-indicating portion having a plurality of touch sensitive indicia each indicating one of a plurality of modes in which the machine can operate, the display being used to keep a patient continually informed of which one mode of at least three operating modes the machine is operating in, as the operation-descriptive portion changes to display details of a specific operation being carried out within the one mode, the indicia for each of the three operating modes always being visible to the patient while the machine is operating, the operating mode being selected by the patient touching one of the indicia on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.Inventors: Andrea (Krensky) Britton, Donald Busby, Eric Callahan, Robert Childers, Peter Hopping, Seyed Khorashahi, William Reese, Randall Sharo, Debra Toczko, Li Yue
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Patent number: 8506522Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis machine including a membrane pump and a touch screen display that includes a mode-indicating portion and an operation-descriptive portion, the mode-indicating portion having a plurality of touch sensitive indicia each indicating one of a plurality of modes in which the machine can operate, the display being used to keep a patient continually informed of which one mode of at least three operating modes the machine is operating in, as the operation-descriptive portion changes to display details of a specific operation being carried out within the one mode, the indicia for each of the three operating modes always being visible to the patient while the machine is operating, the operating mode being selected by the patient touching one of the indicia on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.Inventors: Andrea (Krensky) Britton, Donald Busby, Eric Callahan, Robert Childers, Peter Hopping, Seyed Khorashahi, William Reese, Randall Sharo, Debra Toczko, Li Yue
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Publication number: 20120035533Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis machine including a membrane pump and a touch screen display that includes a mode-indicating portion and an operation-descriptive portion, the mode-indicating portion having a plurality of touch sensitive indicia each indicating one of a plurality of modes in which the machine can operate, the display being used to keep a patient continually informed of which one mode of at least three operating modes the machine is operating in, as the operation-descriptive portion changes to display details of a specific operation being carried out within the one mode, the indicia for each of the three operating modes always being visible to the patient while the machine is operating, the operating mode being selected by the patient touching one of the indicia on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicants: Baxter Healthcare S.A., Baxter International Inc.Inventors: Andrea (Krensky) Britton, Donald Busby, Eric Callahan, Robert Childers, Peter Hopping, Seyed Khorashahi, William Reese, Randall Sharo, Debra Toczko, Li Yue
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Publication number: 20110144569Abstract: A peritoneal dialysis machine including a membrane pump and a touch screen display that includes a mode-indicating portion and an operation-descriptive portion, the mode-indicating portion having a plurality of touch sensitive indicia each indicating one of a plurality of modes in which the machine can operate, the display being used to keep a patient continually informed of which one mode of at least three operating modes the machine is operating in, as the operation-descriptive portion changes to display details of a specific operation being carried out within the one mode, the indicia for each of the three operating modes always being visible to the patient while the machine is operating, the operating mode being selected by the patient touching one of the indicia on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicants: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A.Inventors: Andrea (Krensky) Britton, Donald Busby, Eric Callahan, Robert Childers, Peter Hopping, Seyed Khorashahi, William Reese, Randall Sharo, Debra Toczko, Li Yue