Patents by Inventor Christopher K. Brooks
Christopher K. Brooks 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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Publication number: 20240108523Abstract: Examples relate to devices, systems, and methods of using mattress pads to prevent soiling of beds and to organize equipment associated with collection of bodily waste. The devices, systems, and methods of disclosed herein include a mattress pad having a retention port thereon. The retention port includes one or more retainers disposed around an outer boundary of the retention port. The one or more retainers hold objects, such as tubing, relative to the retention port.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Jill W. Jones, Christopher K. Brooks
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Publication number: 20240082052Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, pads, and methods thereof for targeted temperature management. A system, for example, can include a control module and a pad. The pad can include a multilayered pad body and one or more comfort-enhancing features integrated into the pad for mitigating or eliminating skin irritation along at least edges of the pad. The multilayered pad body can include a conduit layer, an impermeable film over the conduit layer, and an adherable layer over the impermeable film. The conduit layer can include one or more conduits configured to convey a fluid through the conduit layer. The impermeable film can be configured to retain the fluid in the conduit layer when the fluid is conveyed through the conduit layer. The adherable layer can be configured to adhere to a body portion of a patient. Methods of the systems and pads can include methods of use.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Younggeun Cho, Cecille A. Canary, Christopher K. Brooks, Nathaniel Barnes
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Publication number: 20240009423Abstract: Medical device kits for use in placing, maintaining, altering, and/or removing medical devices in, on, and/or from the body of a patient can include one or more wrap assemblies for use in the placement/maintenance procedure. The one or more wrap assemblies of the medical device kit can include various features to assist the clinician performing the particular procedure, such as a urinary catheterization procedure. A wrap assembly can include a wrap body including a front surface defining an aseptic field for the urinary catheterization procedure, a plurality of pockets on the front surface, and urinary catheterization components disposed in the plurality of pockets, the urinary catheterization components arranged in a predetermined order of use for the urinary catheterization procedure. The wrap assembly can be in a rolled configuration. A method of using the wrap assembly includes unrolling the wrap assembly and removing the urinary catheterization components to perform the procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Christopher K. Brooks, Lyndsay Sweeney, Kelly J. Christian, Jennifer Stryker, Matt Loui
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Patent number: 11766540Abstract: Medical device kits for use in placing, maintaining, altering, and/or removing medical devices in, on, and/or from the body of a patient are disclosed. Such medical device kits can include one or more wrap assemblies for use in the placement/maintenance procedure. In accordance with present embodiments, the one or more wrap assemblies of the medical device kit can include various features to assist the clinician performing the particular procedure. In one embodiment, a medical wrap assembly is disclosed, comprising a foldable wrap body that includes a front surface, wherein the front surface is configured to define a sterile field. A plurality of pockets is included on the front surface of the wrap body. The pockets are configured to contain therein a plurality of medical components. The medical components are arranged in the pockets in a predetermined order of use for the medical procedure.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Christopher K. Brooks, Lyndsay Sweeney, Kelly J. Christian, Jennifer Stryker, Matt Loui
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Publication number: 20230028699Abstract: A urinary output measuring system includes a system module, a fluid collection bag, and a pressure measurement tube having an open end disposed at the bottom interion of the fluid collection bag. The bag is configured to receive urine from a patient as delivered via a urinary catheter. The system module includes a pressure sensor, an air pump, and a valve. Processors perform operations of the system as defined by logic. A manifold defines fluid communication between the tube, the air pump, the pressure sensor, and the valve. Operations and methods include purging fluid from the tube, determining a pressure within the tube, and converting the pressure to a volume of urine within the bag. The bag includes a vent having includes a sterilizing filer and a hydrophobic membrane. The system module is configured to couple with a bed and suspend the bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Jason Jishen Cheng, Christopher K. Brooks, Robert M. Hine
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Publication number: 20220395390Abstract: Fluid collection assemblies (100, 200, 300a, 300b, 400a, 400b, 500, 600) including a sample port (112, 212, 312, 412a, 412b, 512), systems (146a) including the same, and methods of using the same are disclosed herein. An example fluid collection assembly (100) includes a fluid impermeable barrier (102) including a first end region (104), a second end region (106) opposite the first end region, and a sump (108) that forms at least a portion of the first end region. The fluid impermeable barrier also defines at least one opening (114) between the first end region and the second end region and a fluid reservoir that is defined by at least a portion of the sump. The fluid collection assembly also includes at least one wicking material (138) disposed in the chamber (116) and a sample port (112) extending from the sump. The sample port is configured to be connected to a fluid collector (144a).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventor: Christopher K. Brooks
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Publication number: 20220387760Abstract: A retainer includes a first arcuate wall and a second arcuate wall that together define a channel designed to receive a medical article. The retainer has an open configuration wherein a first end of the first arcuate wall is spaced away from a first end of the second arcuate wall, and a closed configuration wherein the first end of the first arcuate wall is adjacent the first end of the second arcuate wall. A second end of the first arcuate wall opposite the first end of the arcuate wall may be spaced away from the base in the open configuration and pressed against the base in the closed configuration. The retainer also may include a first support and a second support fixed to the base, and a first and second flexible coupling connecting the first and second supports to the first and second arcuate walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Rafael V. Andino, Christopher K. Brooks
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Publication number: 20220233347Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medical pad for exchanging thermal energy between a targeted temperature management (TTM) fluid and a patient. The pad includes a top side and a bottom side, as well as a fluid containing layer disposed between the top side and the bottom side, an insulation layer disposed on the top side, and a thermal conduction layer disposed on the bottom side. The pad can be configured to inhibit irritation of the skin of the patient when the pad is applied to the skin. The pad can also include translucent portions to facilitate visual observance of the skin beneath the pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Cecille A. Canary, Nathaniel Barnes, Christopher K. Brooks, Younggeun Cho, Sean E. Walker
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Publication number: 20220192563Abstract: Disclosed herein is a waste detection system. The waste detection system includes a pad configured to acquire a fluid sample excreted from a patient. The pad includes one or more layers and at least one microfluidic channel configured to receive therein the fluid sample. The waste detection system further includes an intake manifold in fluid communication with the at least one microfluidic channel, the intake manifold configured to receive the fluid sample, the intake manifold having one or more reagents configured to detect the presence of waste within the fluid sample excreted from the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Jill Walthall Jones, Christopher K. Brooks, David Xu, Jason Jishen Cheng
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Publication number: 20220193366Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a dynamic pressure response drainage system including control logic configured to enable measuring of residual fluid disposed within the drainage lumen. The residual fluid volume is measured by detecting the magnitude of the dynamic pressure response in the system containing the residual fluid when a sudden displacement (e.g. increase or decrease) of air volume occurs inside the system. The pressure burst magnitude is related to the pressure needed to move the mass of fluid, thus the fluid volume can be calculated from measurements of the burst pressure. The magnitude of the measured air pressure exhibits a dynamic pressure response corresponding to the mass of fluid in the tube. Either positive or negative pressure bursts can be used to produce and measure the corresponding positive or negative dynamic response spike pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Jason Jishen Cheng, Christopher K. Brooks
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Publication number: 20220117774Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are related to assemblies, systems, and methods of using fluid collection assemblies and systems. The assemblies, systems, and methods of using fluid collection assemblies and systems include at least one shape memory material for forming and maintaining the fluid collection assembly into a selected shape. The shape memory material may enable for selective manipulation of the fluid collection assembly to contour to the anatomical features of variously sized patients.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Andrew Meyer, Benjamin Jackson, Sarah Skelton, Nicholas Austerman, Christopher K. Brooks, Morgan Rex, Cassie Singleton, Benjamin Myers, Alexis Nunn
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Patent number: 10894148Abstract: A balloon-manipulating device for a balloon catheter, methods of making, and methods of use. The balloon-manipulating device includes a tubular body, a longitudinal hole through a least a portion of the tubular body, one or more balloon-compressing pieces of a sidewall of the tubular body, and one or more balloon-letting through holes through the sidewall. The longitudinal hole may extend from an opened proximal end of the tubular body to at least a distal end portion of the tubular body, and is configured for inserting a balloon-catheter shaft therein. Each of the one or more balloon-compressing pieces is configured for compressing a different portion of an inflated balloon-catheter balloon when the balloon-manipulating device is disposed over the balloon. Each of the one or more balloon-letting through holes is configured for allowing therethrough a different portion of an inflated balloon-catheter balloon when the balloon-manipulating device is disposed over the balloon.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Christopher K. Brooks, Mark McDermott
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Publication number: 20200147341Abstract: Medical device kits for use in placing, maintaining, altering, and/or removing medical devices in, on, and/or from the body of a patient are disclosed. Such medical device kits can include one or more wrap assemblies for use in the placement/maintenance procedure. In accordance with present embodiments, the one or more wrap assemblies of the medical device kit can include various features to assist the clinician performing the particular procedure. In one embodiment, a medical wrap assembly is disclosed, comprising a foldable wrap body that includes a front surface, wherein the front surface is configured to define a sterile field. A plurality of pockets is included on the front surface of the wrap body. The pockets are configured to contain therein a plurality of medical components. The medical components are arranged in the pockets in a predetermined order of use for the medical procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Christopher K. Brooks, Lyndsay Sweeney, Kelly J. Christian, Jennifer Stryker, Matt Loui
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Patent number: 10537707Abstract: Medical device kits for use in placing, maintaining, altering, and/or removing medical devices in, on, and/or from the body of a patient are disclosed. Such medical device kits can include one or more wrap assemblies for use in the placement/maintenance procedure. In accordance with present embodiments, the one or more wrap assemblies of the medical device kit can include various features to assist the clinician performing the particular procedure. In one embodiment, a medical wrap assembly is disclosed, comprising a foldable wrap body that includes a front surface, wherein the front surface is configured to define a sterile field. A plurality of pockets is included on the front surface of the wrap body. The pockets are configured to contain therein a plurality of medical components. The medical components are arranged in the pockets in a predetermined order of use for the medical procedure.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Christopher K. Brooks, Lyndsay Sweeney, Kelly J. Christian, Jennifer Stryker, Matt Loui