Patents by Inventor Corey A. Kemper
Corey A. Kemper 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: 20240120060Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for protocol conversion may obtain a fixed protocol including the following fixed protocol parameters: a flow rate of at least one fluid to be delivered to a patient in at least one phase of an injection and a volume of the at least one fluid to be delivered to the patient in the at least one phase of the injection; provide a series of prompts, and receive a series of user responses in response to the series of prompts; and generate, based on the series of user responses and the fixed protocol, a smart protocol including the following smart protocol parameters according to which the injection system is configured to control delivery of the at least one fluid to the patient in the injection: a dosing factor and a dosing method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: COREY KEMPER, JOHN VOLKAR
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Patent number: 11931555Abstract: A power injector system having a power injector for enabling delivery of fluid in an injection procedure to be performed on a patient may include one or more processors; a first user interface; and a second user interface. The first user interface and the second user interface may be configured to accept a plurality of user inputs associated with control of a plurality of operations of the power injector system and display information associated with the plurality of operations. One of the first user interface and the second user interface may be proximate to the power injector and the other may be remote from the power injector. The one or more processors may be programmed and/or configured to independently control the first user interface and the second user interface based on a first user input and a next user input received from the first user interface and/or the second user interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Samantha Parker, James Hoon Yoo, Leona Mulcahy, Michael Brooks, Richard Sokolov
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Patent number: 11600377Abstract: The present disclosure relates to automated systems and methods which assess the quality of radiology examinations and identify actionable changes to improve the quality of future exams. For each of a plurality of imaging studies, a study protocol and set of study metrics can be defined and the defined study protocol can be performed to generate data associated with the imaging study. A metrics assessment can be performed by applying at least a portion of the data associated with the result of the imaging study against the set of study metrics for the imaging study so as to generate a metrics score for the imaging study. The metrics scores can be stored in a score repository and analyzed so as to provide recommendations to improve the examination process.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: John Volkar, Corey A. Kemper
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Patent number: 11565035Abstract: Described is an injector system for implementing a split bolus injection procedure. The injector system includes a processor and a non-transitory storage medium having programming instructions stored therein that, when executed by the processor, enable the injector system to operate as a parameter generation system for use in determining parameters associated with a split bolus injection protocol via which injection of the contrast agent by the injector system is controlled. The split bolus injection protocol includes at least a loading injection and a diagnostic injection, wherein the loading injection is performed before the diagnostic injection, and wherein a pause separates the loading injection from the diagnostic injection. Also described is a method for patient imaging using a split bolus injection technique and a system having an imaging device and the injector system described above.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper
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Patent number: 11529456Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLCInventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Richard Dotson, Bernard Hobi
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Publication number: 20220392602Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for user- or system-configurable and adaptive pressure limiting behavior in fluid injection systems/devices. A fluid injector system may include at least one fluid injector device, at least one user interface, and a control device comprising at least one processor. The at least on processor may be programmed or configured to: receive a maximum pressure limit for an injection procedure, receive a programmed fluid flow rate for the injection procedure, receive a maximum fluid flow rate reduction input for the injection procedure, wherein the maximum fluid flow rate reduction input is selected by a user via the at least one user interface, and receive a pressure limit sensitivity input for the injection procedure, wherein the pressure limit sensitivity input is selected by the user via the at least one user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, COREY KEMPER
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Publication number: 20220328157Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for peer exchange of data between injection systems. A first injection system may store a plurality of injection control data sets, determine a first subset of the plurality of injection control data sets according to which the first injection system is configured to control delivery of fluid to a patient, provide the first subset of the plurality of injection control data sets for selection of an injection control data set for use in delivering fluid to the patient with the first injection system, and transmit the plurality of injection control data sets to at least one second injection system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Srikanth Mruthik, Michael Oklejewski
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Patent number: 11430558Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for peer exchange of data between injection systems. A first injection system may store a plurality of injection control data sets, determine a first subset of the plurality of injection control data sets according to which the first injection system is configured to control delivery of fluid to a patient, provide the first subset of the plurality of injection control data sets for selection of an injection control data set for use in delivering fluid to the patient with the first injection system, and transmit the plurality of injection control data sets to at least one second injection system.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Srikanth Mruthik, Michael Oklejewski
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Publication number: 20210386929Abstract: A method of predicting peak pressure within a fluid path, which includes a tubing set and a catheter into which at least one fluid is introduced under pressure by a pressurizing system of a fluid injection apparatus, includes (a) inputting an initial injection protocol into the fluid injection apparatus according to which the at least one fluid is intended to be introduced into the fluid path; (b) predicting an expected peak pressure level that would result in the fluid path if the initial injection protocol were to be used as intended to introduce the at least one fluid into the fluid path. The expected peak pressure level is determined before commencement of the initial injection protocol according to at least one model on the basis of a flow rate of the at least one fluid, at least one catheter characteristic, and a viscosity of the at least one fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventor: Corey Kemper
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Patent number: 11191501Abstract: A system for patient imaging is provided. The system includes an imaging system and a parameter generator to determine parameters of at least a first phase of an injection procedure. The imaging system includes a scanner that has at least one x-ray tube. The parameter generator is programmed to determine at least one of the parameters on the basis of a voltage to be applied to the at least one x-ray tube during an imaging procedure. A method of controlling an injector system is also provided, and the method includes determining injection parameters, at least one of which is determined on the basis of a voltage to be applied to an x-ray tube during the imaging procedure, as well as controlling the injector system at least in part on the basis of the determined injection parameters.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: John F. Kalafut, Corey A. Kemper
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Publication number: 20210358598Abstract: The present disclosure relates to automated systems and methods which assess the quality of radiology examinations and identify actionable changes to improve the quality of future exams. For each of a plurality of imaging studies, a study protocol and set of study metrics can be defined and the defined study protocol can be performed to generate data associated with the imaging study. A metrics assessment can be performed by applying at least a portion of the data associated with the result of the imaging study against the set of study metrics for the imaging study so as to generate a metrics score for the imaging study. The metrics scores can be stored in a score repository and analyzed so as to provide recommendations to improve the examination process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: JOHN VOLKAR, COREY A. KEMPER
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Publication number: 20210353870Abstract: A power injector system having a power injector for enabling delivery of fluid in an injection procedure to be performed on a patient may include one or more processors; a first user interface; and a second user interface. The first user interface and the second user interface may be configured to accept a plurality of user inputs associated with control of a plurality of operations of the power injector system and display information associated with the plurality of operations. One of the first user interface and the second user interface may be proximate to the power injector and the other may be remote from the power injector. The one or more processors may be programmed and/or configured to independently control the first user interface and the second user interface based on a first user input and a next user input received from the first user interface and/or the second user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: JOHN VOLKAR, COREY KEMPER, SAMANTHA PARKER, JAMES HOON YOO, LEONA MULCAHY, MICHAEL BROOKS, RICHARD SOKOLOV
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Patent number: 11107570Abstract: The present disclosure relates to automated systems and methods which assess the quality of radiology examinations and identify actionable changes to improve the quality of future exams. For each of a plurality of imaging studies, a study protocol and set of study metrics can be defined and the defined study protocol can be performed to generate data associated with the imaging study. A metrics assessment can be performed by applying at least a portion of the data associated with the result of the imaging study against the set of study metrics for the imaging study so as to generate a metrics score for the imaging study. The metrics scores can be stored in a score repository and analyzed so as to provide recommendations to improve the examination process.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: John Volkar, Corey A. Kemper
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Patent number: 11090440Abstract: A power injector system having a power injector for enabling delivery of fluid in an injection procedure to be performed on a patient may include one or more processors; a first user interface; and a second user interface. The first user interface and the second user interface may be configured to accept a plurality of user inputs associated with control of a plurality of operations of the power injector system and display information associated with the plurality of operations. One of the first user interface and the second user interface may be proximate to the power injector and the other may be remote from the power injector. The one or more processors may be programmed and/or configured to independently control the first user interface and the second user interface based on a first user input and a next user input received from the first user interface and/or the second user interface.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Someshwar Mukherjee, Samantha Parker, Carl Benson, James Hoon Yoo, Leona Mulcahy, Michael Brooks, Richard Sokolov, Benjamin James Cullen, Alison Ruth Von Moger
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Publication number: 20210125697Abstract: A fluid injector system has a controller for operably controlling the injection of contrast and/or saline into a patient. The controller allows a user to program a diagnostic injection procedure having one or more phases according to which the contrast and/or saline will be injected into the patient so as to effect enhancement of a region thereof during an imaging procedure. It further allows the user to program a test injection procedure to be performed prior to the diagnostic injection procedure. The test injection procedure is implementable as: (a) a variable single phase test injection in which the rate at which the saline is to be delivered is selectable prior to and may be varied during performance thereof; and/or (b) a multi-phase test injection in which the rate at which the saline is to be delivered is selectable for each phase of the multi-phase test injection prior to performance thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: COREY KEMPER, JOHN VOLKAR, MICHAEL BROOKS, LEONA MULCAHY
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Publication number: 20210093794Abstract: A power injector system having a power injector for enabling delivery of fluid in an injection procedure to be performed on a patient may include one or more processors; a first user interface; and a second user interface. The first user interface and the second user interface may be configured to accept a plurality of user inputs associated with control of a plurality of operations of the power injector system and display information associated with the plurality of operations. One of the first user interface and the second user interface may be proximate to the power injector and the other may be remote from the power injector. The one or more processors may be programmed and/or configured to independently control the first user interface and the second user interface based on a first user input and a next user input received from the first user interface and/or the second user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: JOHN VOLKAR, COREY KEMPER, SOMESHWAR MUKHERJEE, SAMANTHA PARKER, CARL BENSON, JAMES HOON YOO, LEONA MULCAHY, MICHAEL BROOKS, RICHARD SOKOLOV, BENJAMIN JAMES CULLEN, ALISON RUTH VON MOGER
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Publication number: 20210046240Abstract: A fluid injector system for use in administering to a patient a fluid in an injection protocol in connection with a diagnostic imaging procedure includes at least one display and a control device. The control device is programmed to determine, for each of the injection protocols performed by the fluid injector system, a component status for the at least one disposable component. The component status indicates whether use of the at least one disposable component was compliant with instructions for use applicable to the at least one disposable component. The control device is further programmed to enable the at least one display to display a compliance report. The compliance report includes one or more visual indicators providing visual feedback about compliance with the instructions for use based on the component status determined for each of the injection protocols performed using the fluid injector system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: COREY KEMPER, JOHN VOLKAR, CHRISTOPHER LAZZARA, MATTHIAS BURG
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Publication number: 20210015995Abstract: A fluid injector system includes a control device operably associated with at least one drive component for use in actuating a plurality of fluid containers in fluid communication with a patient through an administration line. The control device includes at least one processor programmed or configured to enable programming of a diagnostic injection protocol comprising one or more phases according to which at least one of the first and the second fluid containers are selectively actuatable by the at least one drive component to enable injection of at least one of a first fluid and a second fluid into the patient. The control device is further programmed or configured to enable selection and commencement of at least partial preloading into the administration line of at least one of the first fluid and the second fluid in accordance with the one or more phases of the diagnostic injection protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: JOHN VOLKAR, COREY KEMPER, BARRY IDDON, JAMES HOON YOO, MICHAEL BROOKS
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Publication number: 20200202994Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for peer exchange of data between injection systems. A first injection system may store a plurality of injection control data sets, determine a first subset of the plurality of injection control data sets according to which the first injection system is configured to control delivery of fluid to a patient, provide the first subset of the plurality of injection control data sets for selection of an injection control data set for use in delivering fluid to the patient with the first injection system, and transmit the plurality of injection control data sets to at least one second injection system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: JOHN VOLKAR, COREY KEMPER, SRIKANTH MRUTHIK, MICHAEL OKLEJEWSKI
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Publication number: 20200197599Abstract: Described is an injector system for implementing a split bolus injection procedure. The injector system includes a processor and a non-transitory storage medium having programming instructions stored therein that, when executed by the processor, enable the injector system to operate as a parameter generation system for use in determining parameters associated with a split bolus injection protocol via which injection of the contrast agent by the injector system is controlled. The split bolus injection protocol includes at least a loading injection and a diagnostic injection, wherein the loading injection is performed before the diagnostic injection, and wherein a pause separates the loading injection from the diagnostic injection. Also described is a method for patient imaging using a split bolus injection technique and a system having an imaging device and the injector system described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Bayer HealthCare LLCInventors: John VOLKAR, Corey KEMPER