Patents by Inventor Charles F. Scott Carpenter

Charles F. Scott Carpenter 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: 20190328955
    Abstract: A surgical fluid manager includes a pump releasably engageable to tubing and a user interface. The user interface is configured to enable finger-touch selection of a fluid flow rate through the tubing and configured to operate in at least one of a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, the flow rate is controlled via direct selection of one of a plurality of selectable digital numeric values, while in the second mode the flow rate is controlled via user selection of one alphanumeric identifier within a scale of alphanumeric identifiers. Each respective alphanumeric identifier directly corresponds to just one instrument size within a scale of instrument sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gerould W. Norman, Charles F. Scott Carpenter, Michael L. Koltz, Stephen R. Viviano
  • Patent number: 10369267
    Abstract: A surgical fluid manager includes a pump releasably engageable to tubing and a user interface. The user interface is configured to enable finger-touch selection of a fluid flow rate through the tubing and configured to operate in at least one of a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, the flow rate is controlled via direct selection of one of a plurality of selectable digital numeric values, while in the second mode the flow rate is controlled via user selection of one alphanumeric identifier within a scale of alphanumeric identifiers. Each respective alphanumeric identifier directly corresponds to just one instrument size within a scale of instrument sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
    Inventors: Gerould W. Norman, Charles F. Scott Carpenter, Michael L. Koltz, Stephen R. Viviano
  • Publication number: 20160166758
    Abstract: A surgical fluid manager includes a pump releasably engageable to tubing and a user interface. The user interface is configured to enable finger-touch selection of a fluid flow rate through the tubing and configured to operate in at least one of a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, the flow rate is controlled via direct selection of one of a plurality of selectable digital numeric values, while in the second mode the flow rate is controlled via user selection of one alphanumeric identifier within a scale of alphanumeric identifiers. Each respective alphanumeric identifier directly corresponds to just one instrument size within a scale of instrument sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Gerould W. Norman, Charles F. Scott Carpenter, Michael L. Koltz, Stephen R. Viviano
  • Patent number: 9289541
    Abstract: A surgical fluid manager includes a pump releasably engageable to tubing and a user interface. The user interface is configured to enable finger-touch selection of a fluid flow rate through the tubing and configured to operate in at least one of a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, the flow rate is controlled via direct selection of one of a plurality of selectable digital numeric values, while in the second mode the flow rate is controlled via user selection of one alphanumeric identifier within a scale of alphanumeric identifiers. Each respective alphanumeric identifier directly corresponds to just one instrument size within a scale of instrument sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerould W. Norman, Charles F. Scott Carpenter, Michael L. Koltz, Jr., Stephen R. Viviano
  • Publication number: 20100049119
    Abstract: A surgical fluid manager includes a pump releasably engageable to tubing and a user interface. The user interface is configured to enable finger-touch selection of a fluid flow rate through the tubing and configured to operate in at least one of a first mode or a second mode. In the first mode, the flow rate is controlled via direct selection of one of a plurality of selectable digital numeric values, while in the second mode the flow rate is controlled via user selection of one alphanumeric identifier within a scale of alphanumeric identifiers. Each respective alphanumeric identifier directly corresponds to just one instrument size within a scale of instrument sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Gerould W. Norman, Charles F. Scott Carpenter, Michael L. Koltz, JR., Stephen R. Viviano