Patents by Inventor Dave Luhring

Dave Luhring 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).

  • Apparatus and method for preventing hypotension in a dialysis patient
    Patent number: 5346472
    Abstract: An automatic means and method for preventing and/or treating hypotension in hemodialysis patients. To this end, a system is provided wherein the patient or healthcare practitioner can cause the hemodialysis machine to automatically deliver sodium to the patient through the dialysate so as to increase blood and extracellular osmolarity, increase blood volume from vascular refilling, and raise blood pressure. This would thereby alleviate any clinical symptoms caused by hypotension during hemodialysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash R. Keshaviah, Jian Ruan, Jim Ebben, Dave Luhring, Charles J. Dubauskas