Patents by Inventor Bradley M. Wilkinson

Bradley M. Wilkinson 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: 12239428
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method directed to a magnetizer. The magnetizer can include a housing and one or more magnets positioned in an interior of the housing. The housing can include a top face, a bottom face, and a plurality of side faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face. The top face can include a first opening configured to receive a needle, the first opening having a first cross-sectional area. One of the plurality of side faces can include a second opening having a second cross-sectional area. The second cross-sectional area can be at least one third of the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Prince, Tab Robbins, Amir Orome, Bart D. Peterson, Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20250049361
    Abstract: A container configured to store tools used by a healthcare worker when performing a blood draw and collection procedure includes a tray and packaging. The tray includes a plurality of chambers sized to receive the tools used by the healthcare worker for the blood draw and collection procedure. The tools include at least one disposable disinfecting device for disinfecting portions of the tools and at least one tube for storing a blood sample. The packing, when in a closed or prior-to-use position, is over openings of the plurality of chambers of the tray, thereby securely containing the tools within the chambers of the tray. In an open or ready-for-use position, the packaging is separated from the openings of the plurality of chambers of the tray so that the healthcare worker can access the tools contained within the chambers while performing the blood draw and collection procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Craig Owen Russ, Ashay Arvind Alur, Edward Goldberg, Bart D. Peterson, Bradley M. Wilkinson, Martin K. Matejka, C. Mark Newby
  • Patent number: 12201424
    Abstract: A biological fluid collection device that allows a blood sample to be collected anaerobically is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Adam Edelhauser, Anthony V. Torris, Robert Ellis, Bradley M. Wilkinson, Joseph Nathan Pratt, Bartosz Marek Korec
  • Publication number: 20240398298
    Abstract: A blood sampling transfer device that includes a lancing tape having a flow channel and a transfer cartridge removably connected to the lancing tape is disclosed. The blood sampling transfer device provides a closed system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample to both skin and environment and provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Craig A. Gelfand, Gary D. Fletcher, Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20240358350
    Abstract: A triphalangeal stabilization feature for an ultrasound probe includes a stationary member, a manipulation member, and a locking member. The stationary member has a shape conforming to an outer surface of the ultrasound probe. The manipulation member is slidingly coupled to the stationary member and extends away from the stationary member to provide a surface for one or more of a user's fingers. The locking member is configured to prevent movement of the manipulation member with respect to the stationary member at one or more different positions along the stationary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Bart D. Peterson, Steffan Sowards, Bradley M. Wilkinson, Anthony K. Misener, Mark Newby, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20240341647
    Abstract: A shieldable needle device with a needle cannula, a hub supporting the needle cannula, and a tip guard axially movable along the needle cannula where, upon transition, the tip guard protectively surrounds the distal end of the needle cannula. The needle device includes a pair of wings extending laterally from opposing sides of the tip guard and connected to the hub. The pair of wings are transitionable between a first position and a second position, wherein transition of the pair of wings advances the tip guard from a proximal position to a shielding distal position. The wings include protrusions which cause the longitudinal axis of the needle cannula to become offset from the opening of the tip guard during advancement of the tip guard preventing the needle cannula from being reinserted through the tip guard after the tip guard has been transitioned to the distal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, C. Mark Newby
  • Patent number: 12082931
    Abstract: A blood sampling transfer device that includes a lancing tape having a flow channel and a transfer cartridge removably connected to the lancing tape is disclosed. The blood sampling transfer device provides a closed system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample to both skin and environment and provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Craig A. Gelfand, Gary D. Fletcher, Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 12048586
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a stabilization feature configured to be coupled to an ultrasound probe, or similar medical device and grasped by one or more fingers of a user. The user can then manipulate the stabilization feature and probe assembly without requiring any opposing pressure to be applied by the thumb. As such a user is free to use the thumb to operate controls disposed on the probe, or stabilize a skin surface, or the like. The stabilization feature can include a first portion configured to be grasped by one or more fingers, and a second portion configured to engage the probe. Further, the second portion can engage the probe through a sheath to maintain a sterile barrier therebetween. Alternatively, the first portion can be grasped by one or more fingers through a sheath to maintain a sterile barrier therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bart Peterson, Steffan Sowards, Bradley M. Wilkinson, Anthony K. Misener, Mark Newby, William Robert McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 12048542
    Abstract: A shieldable needle device (12) with a needle cannula (28), a hub (44) supporting the needle cannula, and a tip guard (24) axially movable along the needle cannula where, upon transition, the tip guard protectively surrounds the distal end (42) of the needle cannula. The needle device includes a pair of wings (60) extending laterally from opposing sides of the tip guard and connected to the hub. The pair of wings are transitionable between a first position and a second position, wherein transition of the pair of wings advances the tip guard from a proximal position to a shielding distal position. The wings include protrusions (66) which cause the longitudinal axis of the needle cannula to become offset from the opening (52) of the tip guard during advancement of the tip guard preventing the needle cannula from being reinserted through the tip guard after the tip guard has been transitioned to the distal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, C. Mark Newby
  • Patent number: 11974846
    Abstract: A biological fluid sampling transfer device adapted to receive a multi-component blood sample is disclosed. After collecting the blood sample, the biological fluid sampling transfer device is able to separate a plasma portion from a cellular portion. After separation, the biological fluid sampling transfer device is able to transfer the plasma portion of the blood sample to a point-of-care testing device. The biological fluid sampling transfer device also provides a closed sampling and transfer system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample and provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer. The biological fluid sampling transfer device is engageable with a blood testing device for closed transfer of a portion of the plasma portion from the biological fluid sampling transfer device to the blood testing device. The blood testing device is adapted to receive the plasma portion to analyze the blood sample and obtain test results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, Daniel J. Marchiarullo, Gary D. Fletcher
  • Patent number: 11944434
    Abstract: A container assembly is disclosed including an outer container, a hollow inner member, and a closure. The outer container has a closed bottom, an open top, and a sidewall extending therebetween. The hollow inner member is disposed within the outer container and has an inner surface defining at least one capillary channel. The inner member includes a first end adjacent to the open top of the outer container and has an outer periphery seated against the sidewall of the outer container. The closure has a proximal end and a distal end. The closure proximal end is seated at least partially within the first end of the inner member to seal the outer container and inner member and define a fluid collection chamber. The closure distal end defines a recessed area shaped to direct fluid under capillary action to the at least one capillary channel in the inner member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Bartfeld, Bradley M. Wilkinson, Ajit Dastane
  • Publication number: 20240090793
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method directed to a magnetizer. The magnetizer can include a housing and one or more magnets positioned in an interior of the housing. The housing can include a top face, a bottom face, and a plurality of side faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face. The top face can include a first opening configured to receive a needle, the first opening having a first cross-sectional area. One of the plurality of side faces can include a second opening having a second cross-sectional area. The second cross-sectional area can be at least one third of the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew J. Prince, Tab Robbins, Amir Orome, Bart D. Peterson, Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20240065674
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ultrasound probe assemblies that include the probe, a sheath, and an accessory implement that may be selectively attached to and detached form the probe. The implement includes an attachment surface for attaching accessories thereto. The attachment surface includes a defined angle with respect to the head of the probe so that accessories attached thereto are disposed in a defined alignment with the probe. The implement includes a circumferential wall defining a cavity configure to receive the probe head therein. The cavity includes a bottom opening to expose a patient coupling surface of the probe. The assembly may include an ultrasound gel disposed within the opening. The sheath may include a stretchable band to secure the sheath to the probe. The sheath defines a sterile barrier and may be attached to the implement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: William Robert McLaughlin, Steffan Sowards, Anthony K. Misener, Bart Peterson, Bradley M. Wilkinson, Mark Newby
  • Patent number: 11911140
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system, apparatus and method directed to a magnetizer comprising at least one magnet; and a housing, the housing comprising: a top face; a bottom face positioned on an opposite side of the housing from the top face; a plurality of faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face; an interior comprising an interior surface formed at least in part by the top face, the bottom face and the plurality of faces; wherein the top face includes a first opening configured to receive a medical device; and wherein the at least one magnet is positioned within the interior of the housing. A face of the plurality of faces may include a second opening to expose at least a portion of the interior surface through the second opening. The second opening may be larger than the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Prince, Tab Robbins, Amir Orome, Bart Peterson, Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 11889996
    Abstract: A specimen collection container having a separation chamber includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a valve located between the first chamber and the second chamber. In an open position, the valve permits fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber. In a closed position, the valve maintains fluid isolation between the first chamber and the second chamber. A fluid stream passes from the first chamber to the second chamber through the valve permitting a predetermined volume of fluid to pass from the first chamber to the second chamber. When the predetermined volume of fluid passes to the second chamber, the valve transitions from the open position to the closed position so that additional fluid of the fluid stream received by the first chamber is maintained in the first chamber in fluid isolation from the predetermined volume of fluid contained in the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Robert G. Ellis, Keith A. Moskowitz, Craig A. Gelfand, Raymond T. Wasek, Bradley M. Wilkinson, Jean-Bernard Alla, Kenneth Louis Lee
  • Publication number: 20230364348
    Abstract: A biasing member for a medical injection device having a housing, a brake member, a cartridge, and an injection needle, wherein the biasing member includes a body having a first end, a second end positioned opposite the first end, a top surface, and a bottom surface positioned opposite the top surface, and an extension portion extending from the body in a direction extending from the top surface of the body to the bottom surface of the body. The extension portion is resilient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, Craig Schneider, Xin Xie, Richard A. Cronenberg, John Paul Hoffman, Michael Vincent Quinn
  • Patent number: 11793432
    Abstract: A biological fluid collection device that is adapted to receive a blood sample is disclosed. The biological fluid collection device includes a housing, a puncturing element transitionable between a pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing and a puncturing position wherein at least a portion of the puncturing element extends through the housing, and a cartridge removably connectable to a portion of the housing. After collecting a blood sample, the cartridge is removable from the housing and the cartridge is able to transfer the blood sample to a point-of-care testing device. The biological fluid collection device provides a closed system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample and provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, C. Mark Newby
  • Patent number: 11717201
    Abstract: A package for a needle assembly includes a tray defining a compartment in a first configuration for receiving the needle assembly. The tray can be reconfigured in a second configuration to form a holder configured to hold the needle assembly during fluid collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, Matthew Lee Kolb
  • Patent number: 11696711
    Abstract: A biological fluid collection device that includes a housing and a cartridge that is removably receivable within a portion of the housing is disclosed. The biological fluid collection device of the present disclosure allows for collection of capillary blood from a finger stick and provides a closed system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample. In one embodiment, a cartridge of the present disclosure also provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer. In another embodiment, a cartridge of the present disclosure provides automatic plasma separation of the blood sample. Advantageously, once the cartridge is filled with a sample aid removed from the housing, the cartridge can be used for a variety of important purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Milan Ivosevic, Bradley M. Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20230138146
    Abstract: A biological fluid collection system that receives a sample and provides flow-through blood stabilization technology and a precise sample dispensing function for point-of-care and near patient testing applications is disclosed. A biological fluid collection system of the present disclosure is able to effectuate distributed mixing of a sample stabilizer within a blood sample and dispense the stabilized sample in a controlled manner. In this manner, a biological fluid collection system of the present disclosure enables blood micro-sample management, e.g., passive mixing with a sample stabilizer and controlled dispensing, for point-of-care and near patient testing applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Adam Edelhauser, Bradley M. Wilkinson