Patents by Inventor Douglas Cundieff

Douglas Cundieff 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).

  • Publication number: 20210196866
    Abstract: Fluid collection systems having a canister, a lid, and a liner assembly are described. The liner assembly may include a liner and a fitment assembly. The fitment assembly may be connected to the liner by a gland. The fitment assembly may be held in place by at least one of any number of features, including a bracket or other fitment support connected to the canister and/or the lid, supports integrated into the fitment itself, a snapping mechanism, or a notch in one or more of the canister and the lid that supports the fitment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Stephany CHANG, Douglas A. CUNDIEFF, Kok Hern LAW, Wei Chen LIE, Sara K. WEGENER, Robert J. Weinberg, Yi Lin ANG, Varsha KALYANKAR
  • Publication number: 20170106127
    Abstract: Fluid collection systems having a canister, a lid, and a liner assembly are described. The liner assembly may include a liner and a fitment assembly. The fitment assembly may be connected to the liner by a gland. The fitment assembly may be held in place by at least one of any number of features, including a bracket or other fitment support connected to the canister and/or the lid, supports integrated into the fitment itself, a snapping mechanism, or a notch in one or more of the canister and the lid that supports the fitment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Allegiance Corporation
    Inventors: Stephany CHANG, Douglas A. CUNDIEFF, Kok Hern LAW, Wei Chen LIE, Sara K. WEGENER, Robert J. Weinberg, Yi Lin ANG, Varsha KALYANKAR
  • Patent number: 6270488
    Abstract: A large volume medical fluid vacuum collection canister includes a blow molded canister body defining a medical fluid receiving cavity. The canister body includes a pair of opposed upstanding sidewalls interconnected by a pair of opposed upstanding end walls a top wall with an opening and an opposed bottom wall. Each sidewall includes at least one reentrant beam portion extending inwardly from opposed sidewall surfaces into a central region of the medical fluid receiving cavity. The reentrant beams from opposing sidewalls are disposed in registering alignment so that there internal end faces abut in face to face relationship. The collection canister also includes a plurality of bellows recesses defined in the bottom wall and each of the opposed upstanding end walls. Each bellows recess extends the entire width of the bottom wall or end wall and further extends in a wrap around manner from the end wall or bottom wall portions to an intermediate point defined in the adjacent opposed sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Allegiance Corporation
    Inventors: Buster Johnson, Douglas Cundieff