Patents by Inventor BERNARD HOBI

BERNARD HOBI 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).

  • Acoustic frequency recognition of patient lines
    Patent number: 11529456
    Abstract: A fluid injector system includes a powered fluid injector, a connection port configured to receive a single-use disposable set having tubing connected to a fluid inlet port at a first end and connected to a waste outlet port at a second end, and a detector associated with the connection port and configured to generate a signal in response to a sonic, infrasonic, or ultrasonic wave emitted from the single-use disposable set during a priming operation of the single-use disposable set. In some examples, the detector is configured to generate a signal if the frequency of the wave emitted from the single-use disposable set is outside a predetermined range of frequencies corresponding to a predetermined range of frequencies of air expelled from the tubing. A method for detecting the multiple uses of a single-use disposable set connected to a fluid injector system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Richard Dotson, Bernard Hobi
  • ACOUSTIC FREQUENCY RECOGNITION OF PATIENT LINES
    Publication number: 20200038580
    Abstract: A fluid injector system includes a powered fluid injector, a connection port configured to receive a single-use disposable set having tubing connected to a fluid inlet port at a first end and connected to a waste outlet port at a second end, and a detector associated with the connection port and configured to generate a signal in response to a sonic, infrasonic, or ultrasonic wave emitted from the single-use disposable set during a priming operation of the single-use disposable set. In some examples, the detector is configured to generate a signal if the frequency of the wave emitted from the single-use disposable set is outside a predetermined range of frequencies corresponding to a predetermined range of frequencies of air expelled from the tubing. A method for detecting the multiple uses of a single-use disposable set connected to a fluid injector system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: JOHN VOLKAR, COREY KEMPER, RICHARD DOTSON, BERNARD HOBI, MATTHEW MOSES, JOHN HAURY