Patents by Inventor Greg Coultas

Greg Coultas 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: 11883543
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating a biological fluid with light are disclosed. The methods and systems provide for determining a target light dose for the biological fluid; loading a treatment container holding the biological fluid into an irradiation chamber of an irradiation device comprising: with the treatment container being supported in the irradiation device in between a first array of light sources and first light energy sensors and a second light energy sensor. The first array of light sources is activated, and a first light intensity is measured with the first light energy sensors. A second light intensity is measured with the second light energy sensor, and the first light intensity is compared to the second light intensity to determine an attenuation factor. The attenuation factor is applied to the first light intensity to determine a time to achieve the target light dose, with the first array of multiple light sources being deactivated after the time to achieve the target light dose has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.
    Inventors: Lan T. Nguyen, Angela N. Carlson, Katherine N. Radwanski, Greg Coultas, Yamen Alshawaf, Kevin Schalte
  • Publication number: 20220347368
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing online extracorporeal photopheresis in which the needs of a particular patient as to the fluid balance to be achieved and the time allotted to perform the procedure can be prioritized. Whole blood is removed from a patient and introduced through a processing set into a separation chamber to separate the desired cell population from the blood. The separated cell population is processed through the set which is associated with a treatment chamber where the cells are treated. Once treated, the cells are returned to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Lan T. Nguyen, Katherine N. Radwanski, Greg Coultas
  • Publication number: 20200330628
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating a biological fluid with light are disclosed. The methods and systems provide for determining a target light dose for the biological fluid; loading a treatment container holding the biological fluid into an irradiation chamber of an irradiation device comprising: with the treatment container being supported in the irradiation device in between a first array of light sources and first light energy sensors and a second light energy sensor. The first array of light sources is activated, and a first light intensity is measured with the first light energy sensors. A second light intensity is measured with the second light energy sensor, and the first light intensity is compared to the second light intensity to determine an attenuation factor. The attenuation factor is applied to the first light intensity to determine a time to achieve the target light dose, with the first array of multiple light sources being deactivated after the time to achieve the target light dose has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Lan T. Nguyen, Angela N. Carlson, Katherine N. Radwanski, Greg Coultas, Yamen Alshawaf, Kevin Schalte
  • Publication number: 20200188685
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating a biological fluid with light are disclosed. The methods and systems include determining the light dose being delivered to a biological fluid and adjusting the duration of a treatment or the intensity of light emitted in the event of a detected light source outage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Greg Coultas, Christopher J. Wegener, Tanima Jahan Abedin