Patents by Inventor Dennis M. Brugger

Dennis M. Brugger 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).

  • Patent number: 11986582
    Abstract: A medicament preparation system includes a water purification module and a medicament proportioning module that is interoperable with a replaceable fluid circuit. The fluid circuit includes a purified water inlet, a product medicament outlet, and a plurality of pumping tube segments. At least a first concentrate container is connected by at least a portion of the fluid circuit to the product medicament output and a first concentration measurement sensor station is positioned in a flow path. A controller is programmed to calculate iteratively a concentration of a first concentrate from the first concentrate container and the purified water from a signal generated by the first concentration measurement sensor station and to regulate one or both of a first pumping actuator engaged with the first pumping tube segment and a second pumping actuator engaged with the second pumping tube segment, responsively to the concentration of the first concentrate and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NxStage Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Goetz Friederichs, William K. Weigel, Dennis M. Treu, Jeffrey H. Burbank, James M. Brugger, Keith David J. Wheeler, Scott W. Newell
  • Patent number: 11975131
    Abstract: A medical treatment system includes a disposable fluid circuit that includes a water inlet and a batch container arranged to hold a mixture, the mixture including water that is received from the water inlet and at least one concentrate. The fluid circuit also includes a drain line for draining fluid from the disposable fluid circuit, and a manifold with a plurality of fluid lines, the manifold connecting the water inlet, the batch container, a source of the at least one concentrate, and the drain line. A source of purified water supplies the purified water to the water inlet and a sensor detects a property of fluid in the disposable fluid circuit. A controller controls flowing of a first fluid followed by displacement by a second fluid causing the first fluid to flow to the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NxStage Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Burbank, James M. Brugger, Dennis M. Treu, Mark T. Wyeth
  • Publication number: 20240123128
    Abstract: A fluid treatment plant has a filter module including at least a first filter and a second filter connected in series and connectable to a supply of fluid. A pump is fluidly connected to the filter module and a controller with a fluid quality sensor is connected to detect a quality of the fluid between the first filter and the second filter. A filter module detector is connected to the controller configured to uniquely detect a filter module connected to the pump, and the controller is controls the pump responsively to a signal from the fluid quality sensor and the module detector. The controller is configured to continue pumping based on output of the quality sensor and/or based on output from the filter module detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NxStage Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. BURBANK, Dennis M. TREU, Goetz FRIEDERICHS, Brian C. GREEN, Christopher S. MCDOWELL, James M. BRUGGER
  • Publication number: 20240075191
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to extracorporeal blood processing or other processing of fluids. Volumetric fluid balance, a required element of many such processes, may be achieved with multiple pumps or other proportioning or balancing devices which are to some extent independent of each other. This need may arise in treatments that involve multiple fluids. Safe and secure mechanisms to ensure fluid balance in such systems are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NxStage Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. BURBANK, Dennis M. TREU, Daniel Joseph RUBERY, JR., Scott W. NEWELL, James M. BRUGGER, William J. SCHNELL, William K. WEIGEL, Steven A. WHITE, Mark T. WYETH, Jerome JAMES, David DESOUZA, Joseph E. TURK, JR., Garrett CASEY
  • Patent number: 4238167
    Abstract: A toolholder adapter has a cylindrical body, a cylindrical shank extending axially from one end of the body, a cylindrical flange extending radially from the body, a tapered socket within the body for receiving a tapered shank toolholder, and a clamping nut on the body which has inwardly projecting tabs that are positioned to bear against the flange of the tapered shank toolholder to clamp it in the socket. The toolholder adapter is dimensioned to fit in the tool storage magazine of a machine tool and to be handled by the automatic tool changer thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1980
    Assignee: Kearney & Trecker Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis M. Brugger, John J. Hughes