Patents by Inventor Edward Rhinehart
Edward Rhinehart 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: 20230347043Abstract: A method of maintaining an overall flow rate during a sequential delivery of at least two fluids to a patient’s blood vessel includes delivering at least a first fluid into the patient’s blood vessel at a first flow rate, delivering at least a second fluid into the patient’s blood vessel at a second flow rate, and adjusting at least one of a first flow profile of the first flow rate and a second flow profile of the second flow rate to dampen a transient increase in the overall flow rate during a transition between delivering one of the first fluid and the second fluid to delivering the other of the first fluid and the second fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Michael Spohn, Ralph Schriver, Arthur Uber, III, Ronald Heller, Kevin Cowan, Barry Tucker, Edward Rhinehart, Timothy Newing
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Publication number: 20230302220Abstract: Systems and methods for intelligently delivering fluid to a targeted tissue are described. The systems and methods may include directing a pump to distribute fluid to a targeted tissue and receiving one or more signals from an intracorporeal sensing system, where the one or more signals correspond to one or more sensed feedback parameters at the targeted tissue. The systems and methods may also include determining whether the one or more sensed feedback parameters are within an acceptable range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Martin Uram, Michael Yanniello, Barry Tucker, David Mishler, Edward Rhinehart, Mark Trocki, Arthur Uber, III, John Brosovich
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Patent number: 11672902Abstract: A method of maintaining an overall flow rate during a sequential delivery of at least two fluids to a patient's blood vessel includes delivering at least a first fluid into the patient's blood vessel at a first flow rate, delivering at least a second fluid into the patient's blood vessel at a second flow rate, and adjusting at least one of a first flow profile of the first flow rate and a second flow profile of the second flow rate to dampen a transient increase in the overall flow rate during a transition between delivering one of the first fluid and the second fluid to delivering the other of the first fluid and the second fluid.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Michael Spohn, Ralph Schriver, Arthur Uber, III, Ronald Heller, Kevin Cowan, Barry Tucker, Edward Rhinehart, Timothy Newing
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Patent number: 11648346Abstract: Systems and methods for intelligently delivering fluid to a targeted tissue are described. The systems and methods may include directing a pump to distribute fluid to a targeted tissue and receiving one or more signals from an intracorporeal sensing system, where the one or more signals correspond to one or more sensed feedback parameters at the targeted tissue. The systems and methods may also include determining whether the one or more sensed feedback parameters are within an acceptable range. If the one or more sensed feedback parameters are not within the acceptable range, the systems and methods may include determining an adjusted velocity for the plunger necessary to adjust the pressure of the fluid in the pump so that the one or more sensed feedback parameters move within the acceptable range and directing the pump to distribute the fluid at the adjusted velocity.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Arthur Uber, III, Michael Yanniello, Barry Tucker, David Mishler, Edward Rhinehart, Mark Trocki, Martin Uram, John Brosovich
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Patent number: 11577022Abstract: A syringe includes a barrel having a distal end, a proximal end, and a sidewall extending therebetween along a longitudinal axis. At least one engagement member protrudes from a terminal portion of the sidewall in a proximal direction along the longitudinal axis. The at least one engagement member tapers axially in a direction from the distal end toward the proximal end. The at least one engagement member is configured for engagement with a locking mechanism of a fluid injector to releasably lock the syringe with the fluid injector. A taper of the at least one engagement member is configured to rotationally guide the syringe into alignment with the locking mechanism and axially eject the syringe upon rotation of the syringe. The locking mechanism operatively engages the at least one engagement member regardless of an orientation of the syringe about the longitudinal axis relative to the injector.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Kevin Cowan, Barry Tucker, Arthur Uber, III, Edward Rhinehart, James Neill, Glen Williams, Michael Spohn
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Publication number: 20220387703Abstract: A syringe retaining element protruding radially outward relative to an outer surface of a sidewall of a barrel of a syringe is described. The syringe retaining element is configured for interacting with a locking mechanism of a syringe port of a fluid injector to releasably retain the ring. Features of the syringe retaining element allow the syringe to be axially ejected from the syringe port upon rotation of the syringe. Other features of the syringe retaining element allow the syringe to engage the locking mechanism of the syringe port and rotationally guide the syringe into self-orienting alignment with the locking mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: KEVIN COWAN, ARTHUR UBER, III, MICHAEL SPOHN, BARRY TUCKER, EDWARD RHINEHART
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Patent number: 11419977Abstract: A medical injector including at least one syringe port for engaging at least one syringe and having a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism enables the syringe to self-align with the syringe port for locking engagement upon insertion of the syringe into the syringe port and to axially eject the syringe from the port upon rotational disengagement of the syringe from the port.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Kevin Cowan, Arthur Uber, III, Michael Spohn, Barry Tucker, Edward Rhinehart
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Publication number: 20210138148Abstract: A method of maintaining an overall flow rate during a sequential delivery of at least two fluids to a patient's blood vessel includes delivering at least a first fluid into the patient's blood vessel at a first flow rate, delivering at least a second fluid into the patient's blood vessel at a second flow rate, and adjusting at least one of a first flow profile of the first flow rate and a second flow profile of the second flow rate to dampen a transient increase in the overall flow rate during a transition between delivering one of the first fluid and the second fluid to delivering the other of the first fluid and the second fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: MICHAEL SPOHN, RALPH SCHRIVER, ARTHUR UBER, III, RONALD HELLER, KEVIN COWAN, BARRY TUCKER, EDWARD RHINEHART, TIMOTHY NEWING
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Patent number: 10898638Abstract: A method of maintaining an overall flow rate during a sequential delivery of at least two fluids to a patient's blood vessel includes delivering at least a first fluid into the patient's blood vessel at a first flow rate, delivering at least a second fluid into the patient's blood vessel at a second flow rate, and adjusting at least one of a first flow profile of the first flow rate and a second flow profile of the second flow rate to dampen a transient increase in the overall flow rate during a transition between delivering one of the first fluid and the second fluid to delivering the other of the first fluid and the second fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Michael Spohn, Ralph Schriver, Arthur E. Uber, III, Ronald Heller, Kevin Cowan, Barry Tucker, Edward Rhinehart, Timothy Newing
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Patent number: 10857286Abstract: A method of maintaining an overall flow rate during a sequential delivery of at least two fluids to a patient's blood vessel includes delivering at least a first fluid into the patient's blood vessel at a first flow rate, delivering at least a second fluid into the patient's blood vessel at a second flow rate, and adjusting at least one of a first flow profile of the first flow rate and a second flow profile of the second flow rate to dampen a transient increase in the overall flow rate during a transition between delivering one of the first fluid and the second fluid to delivering the other of the first fluid and the second fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Michael Spohn, Ralph Schriver, Arthur E. Uber, III, Ronald Heller, Kevin Cowan, Barry Tucker, Edward Rhinehart, Timothy Newing
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Patent number: 10783993Abstract: A system capable of monitoring a replaceable component is provided. The system includes a controller for controlling operation of the system; programming instructions according to which the system is configured to: accept input of a viable life for the component, calculate an accumulated amount of distress experienced by the component based on each set of previously collected use data associated with each previous use of the component, and determine, based in part on the accumulated amount of distress, a used portion of the viable life that the component has experienced as a result of the previous use(s) thereof and an unused portion of the viable life; and a feedback device configured to provide to an operator of the system an indication of at least one of the unused and used portions of the viable life of the component. Methods of monitoring a replaceable component of a system are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Michael Spohn, Michael Swantner, Edward Rhinehart
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Publication number: 20200118676Abstract: A system capable of monitoring a replaceable component is provided. The system includes a controller for controlling operation of the system; programming instructions according to which the system is configured to: accept input of a viable life for the component, calculate an accumulated amount of distress experienced by the component based on each set of previously collected use data associated with each previous use of the component, and determine, based in part on the accumulated amount of distress, a used portion of the viable life that the component has experienced as a result of the previous use(s) thereof and an unused portion of the viable life; and a feedback device configured to provide to an operator of the system an indication of at least one of the unused and used portions of the viable life of the component. Methods of monitoring a replaceable component of a system are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: MICHAEL SPOHN, MICHAEL SWANTNER, EDWARD RHINEHART
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Publication number: 20200114065Abstract: A syringe includes a barrel having a distal end, a proximal end, and a sidewall extending therebetween along a longitudinal axis. At least one engagement member protrudes from a terminal portion of the sidewall in a proximal direction along the longitudinal axis. The at least one engagement member tapers axially in a direction from the distal end toward the proximal end. The at least one engagement member is configured for engagement with a locking mechanism of a fluid injector to releasably lock the syringe with the fluid injector. A taper of the at least one engagement member is configured to rotationally guide the syringe into alignment with the locking mechanism and axially eject the syringe upon rotation of the syringe. The locking mechanism operatively engages the at least one engagement member regardless of an orientation of the syringe about the longitudinal axis relative to the injector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: KEVIN COWAN, BARRY TUCKER, ARTHUR UBER, III, EDWARD RHINEHART, JAMES NEILL, GLEN WILLIAMS, MICHAEL SPOHN
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Publication number: 20200078518Abstract: Systems and methods for intelligently delivering fluid to a targeted tissue are described. The systems and methods may include directing a pump to distribute fluid to a targeted tissue and receiving one or more signals from an intracorporeal sensing system, where the one or more signals correspond to one or more sensed feedback parameters at the targeted tissue. The systems and methods may also include determining whether the one or more sensed feedback parameters are within an acceptable range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: ARTHUR UBER, III, MICHAEL YANNIELLO, BARRY TUCKER, DAVID MISHLER, EDWARD RHINEHART, MARK TROCKI, MARTIN URAM, KEVIN COWAN, JOHN BROSOVICH
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Patent number: 10522250Abstract: A system capable of monitoring a replaceable component is provided. The system includes a controller for controlling operation of the system; programming instructions according to which the system is configured to: accept input of a viable life for the component, calculate an accumulated amount of distress experienced by the component based on each set of previously collected use data associated with each previous use of the component, and determine, based in part on the accumulated amount of distress, a used portion of the viable life that the component has experienced as a result of the previous use(s) thereof and an unused portion of the viable life; and a feedback device configured to provide to an operator of the system an indication of at least one of the unused and used portions of the viable life of the component. Methods of monitoring a replaceable component of a system are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Michael Spohn, Michael Swantner, Edward Rhinehart
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Publication number: 20190224406Abstract: A medical injector including at least one syringe port for engaging at least one syringe and having a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism enables the syringe to self-align with the syringe port for locking engagement upon insertion of the syringe into the syringe port and to axially eject the syringe from the port upon rotational disengagement of the syringe from the port.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: KEVIN COWAN, ARTHUR UBER, III, MICHAEL SPOHN, BARRY TUCKER, EDWARD RHINEHART
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Publication number: 20190083699Abstract: A method of maintaining an overall flow rate during a sequential delivery of at least two fluids to a patient's blood vessel includes delivering at least a first fluid into the patient's blood vessel at a first flow rate, delivering at least a second fluid into the patient's blood vessel at a second flow rate, and adjusting at least one of a first flow profile of the first flow rate and a second flow profile of the second flow rate to dampen a transient increase in the overall flow rate during a transition between delivering one of the first fluid and the second fluid to delivering the other of the first fluid and the second fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: MICHAEL SPOHN, RALPH SCHRIVER, ARTHUR UBER, RONALD HELLER, KEVIN COWAN, BARRY TUCKER, EDWARD RHINEHART, TIMOTHY NEWING
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Publication number: 20180240548Abstract: A system capable of monitoring a replaceable component is provided. The system includes a controller for controlling operation of the system; programming instructions according to which the system is configured to: accept input of a viable life for the component, calculate an accumulated amount of distress experienced by the component based on each set of previously collected use data associated with each previous use of the component, and determine, based in part on the accumulated amount of distress, a used portion of the viable life that the component has experienced as a result of the previous use(s) thereof and an unused portion of the viable life; and a feedback device configured to provide to an operator of the system an indication of at least one of the unused and used portions of the viable life of the component. Methods of monitoring a replaceable component of a system are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Michael SPOHN, Michael SWANTNER, Edward RHINEHART
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Publication number: 20080071220Abstract: A fluid delivery system includes a fluid container, two or more pressurizing chambers in fluid connection with the fluid container, a drive mechanism in operative connection with the two or more pressurizing chambers to pump fluid from the fluid container and an outlet in fluid connection with the two or more pressurizing chambers. Each of the two or more pressurizing chambers is formed from a flexible, resilient material that is adapted to be compressed to pressurize fluid therewithin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: MEDRAD, INC.Inventors: Edward Rhinehart, Dennis Hack, David Reilly, John Kalafut
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INJECTION SYSTEM HAVING READABLE INFORMATION STORES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION THEREOF
Publication number: 20080071219Abstract: An injection system includes a fluid delivery system, a drive mechanism, a controller and a tubing set. The fluid delivery system includes a fluid container and a pumping mechanism having an inlet in fluid connection with the fluid container and an outlet. The tubing set is adapted to be placed in removable fluid connection with the outlet of the pumping mechanism and a patient. The drive mechanism is in operative connection with the pumping mechanism to pump fluid from the fluid container. First and second information stores, such as bar codes or RFID tags, are associated with the pumping mechanism and the tubing set, respectively. The controller is in operative connection with the drive mechanism and adapted to read the first information store and the second information store to at least partly control the operation of the drive mechanism based thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Applicant: MEDRAD, INC.Inventors: Edward Rhinehart, Dennis Hack, David Reilly, John Kalafut