Patents by Inventor Benjamin T. Mullin

Benjamin T. Mullin 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).

  • Patent number: 7905710
    Abstract: A medical pump with an improved continuity low flow delivery system and method for use with a pumping chamber, for example in a cassette, is disclosed. The pump includes a pump drive for exerting a force on the pumping chamber and a sensor for sensing the force/pressure exerted by the pump drive on the pumping chamber. The pump drive position sensor senses the position of the pump drive. The medical pump also includes a processing unit and a memory having a programming code adapted to calculate the rate of change of the sensed force/pressure values and determine whether the rate of change of the sensed force/pressure values meets a rate of change threshold. Once the rate of change threshold is met, the programming code is adapted to calculate a remaining pump drive travel value for determining how much farther the pump drive should travel before the end of an effective pump cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Hospira, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Wang, Peter J. Scaramuzzi, Mansour A. Saleki, Robert P. Cousineau, Kent D. Abrahamson, Michael W. Lawless, Marwan A. Fathallah, Brian A. Kidd, Robert R. Boyd, Howard L. Greene, Eric R. Navin, Lori E. Lucke, Benjamin T. Mullin