Patents by Inventor Dennis B. Meyer
Dennis B. Meyer 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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Patent number: 12318823Abstract: A waste disposal system with a waste receiver for receiving pharmaceutical waste material. A locking assembly is secured to a fixed surface and actuated from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration. A lock cylinder of the locking assembly may extend forward of a front wall of a receiver body of the waste receiver to engage a locking feature of the cover in the locked configuration. A cover retention feature may prevent axial decoupling of the cover from the receiver body. The receiver body may be formed from two shells. A reaction agent is positioned within the container volume and spaced apart from a bottom wall of the receiver body. The reaction agent may be positioned within the container volume between the lock passageway and/or a solid receiver volume, and opposing sidewalls of the receiver body. A support may maintain the position of the reaction agent within the container volume.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2024Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Brian James VanDerWoude, David A. Maness, Bryan Matthew Ulmer, Dennis B. Meyer, Lucas Wade, Stephen Myers, Logan Castillo, Heather Benoit
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Publication number: 20240359222Abstract: A waste disposal system with a waste receiver for receiving pharmaceutical waste material. A locking assembly is secured to a fixed surface and actuated from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration. A lock cylinder of the locking assembly may extend forward of a front wall of a receiver body of the waste receiver to engage a locking feature of the cover in the locked configuration. A cover retention feature may prevent axial decoupling of the cover from the receiver body. The receiver body may be formed from two shells. A reaction agent is positioned within the container volume and spaced apart from a bottom wall of the receiver body. The reaction agent may be positioned within the container volume between the lock passageway and/or a solid receiver volume, and opposing sidewalls of the receiver body. A support may maintain the position of the reaction agent within the container volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Brian James VanDerWoude, David A. Maness, Bryan Matthew Ulmer, Dennis B. Meyer, Lucas Wade, Stephen Myers, Logan Castillo, Heather Benoit
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Patent number: 11684444Abstract: A height-adjustable kick bucket is disclosed. The kick bucket includes a receptacle, a base having one or more wheels, a support member that is extendable between a first length and a second length such that a height of the receptacle is adjustable between a minimum height and a maximum height, and a pedal movable between a first position when the receptacle is at a maximum height of the receptacle and a second position when the receptacle is at a minimum height. Additionally, a distance between the minimum height and the maximum height of the receptacle is at least twice as large as the pedal stroke.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Fazel Yavari, Brian James VanDerWoude, Dennis B. Meyer, Whitney-Lexia Potts
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Publication number: 20200345445Abstract: A height-adjustable kick bucket is disclosed. The kick bucket includes a receptacle, a base having one or more wheels, a support member that is extendable between a first length and a second length such that a height of the receptacle is adjustable between a minimum height and a maximum height, and a pedal movable between a first position when the receptacle is at a maximum height of the receptacle and a second position when the receptacle is at a minimum height. Additionally, a distance between the minimum height and the maximum height of the receptacle is at least twice as large as the pedal stroke.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Fazel Yavari, Brian James VanDerWoude, Dennis B. Meyer, Whitney-Lexia Potts
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Patent number: 9107783Abstract: A patient handling device, such as a bed, stretcher, cot, or the like, includes a deck on which a patient may lie and which is surrounded by siderails. Control panels may be mounted on the siderails in a staggered fashion to improve the ease of accessing the control panels. A handle assembly may be included near the top of the Fowler section of the deck which allows a pair of handles to be squeezed independently for manual pivoting of the Fowler section. Squeezing one handle does not increase the force required to subsequently squeeze the other handle. The pivoting of the Fowler section may also be carried out automatically through an electrical actuator. The raising of the deck may be carried out through an electrical pump that pumps hydraulic fluid, and which may be activated near the top end of the stroke of a reciprocating pedal.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2009Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: William D. Childs, Steven L. Birman, William V. Bleeker, Jr., Paul M. Radgens, Dickson J. Brubaker, Anish Paul, Dennis B. Meyer
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Patent number: 9027183Abstract: A patient handling device, such as a bed, stretcher, cot, or the like, includes a deck on which a patient may lie and which is surrounded by siderails. Control panels may be mounted on the siderails in a staggered fashion to improve the ease of accessing the control panels. A handle assembly may be included near the top of the Fowler section of the deck which allows a pair of handles to be squeezed independently for manual pivoting of the Fowler section. Squeezing one handle does not increase the force required to subsequently squeeze the other handle. The pivoting of the Fowler section may also be carried out automatically through an electrical actuator. The raising of the deck may be carried out through an electrical pump that pumps hydraulic fluid, and which may be activated near the top end of the stroke of a reciprocating pedal.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: William D. Childs, Steven L. Birman, William V. Bleeker, Jr., Paul M. Radgens, Dickson J. Brubaker, Anish Paul, Dennis B. Meyer
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Publication number: 20120102648Abstract: A patient handling device, such as a bed, stretcher, cot, or the like, includes a deck on which a patient may lie and which is surrounded by siderails. Control panels may be mounted on the siderails in a staggered fashion to improve the ease of accessing the control panels. A handle assembly may be included near the top of the Fowler section of the deck which allows a pair of handles to be squeezed independently for manual pivoting of the Fowler section. Squeezing one handle does not increase the force required to subsequently squeeze the other handle. The pivoting of the Fowler section may also be carried out automatically through an electrical actuator. The raising of the deck may be carried out through an electrical pump that pumps hydraulic fluid, and which may be activated near the top end of the stroke of a reciprocating pedal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2012Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: STRYKER CORPORATIONInventors: William D. Childs, Steve L. Birman, William V. Bleeker, JR., Paul M. Radgens, Dickson J. Brubaker, Anish Paul, Dennis B. Meyer
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Publication number: 20110083272Abstract: A patient handling device, such as a bed, stretcher, cot, or the like, includes a deck on which a patient may lie and which is surrounded by siderails. Control panels may be mounted on the siderails in a staggered fashion to improve the ease of accessing the control panels. A handle assembly may be included near the top of the Fowler section of the deck which allows a pair of handles to be squeezed independently for manual pivoting of the Fowler section. Squeezing one handle does not increase the force required to subsequently squeeze the other handle. The pivoting of the Fowler section may also be carried out automatically through an electrical actuator. The raising of the deck may be carried out through an electrical pump that pumps hydraulic fluid, and which may be activated near the top end of the stroke of a reciprocating pedal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: STRYKER CORPORATIONInventors: William D. Childs, Steven L. Birman, William V. Bleeker, JR., Paul M. Radgens, Dickson J. Brubaker, Anish Paul, Dennis B. Meyer