Patents by Inventor Gregory P. Watson
Gregory P. Watson 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: 8636952Abstract: This invention discloses a modular system having a base module, a mid-section control module, and a display module for preparing and administering a gas-enriched bodily fluid via an extracorporeal circuit. Gas-enrichment is achieved by a gas-enriching device which can be in the form of a disposable cartridge. The gas-enrichment device has an information recording element disposed thereon. During operation, the gas-enrichment device is placed in an enclosure within the control module. An electronic controller manages the various aspects of the system such as the production of gas-enriched fluid, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down. The controller is capable of setting a fluid flow rate in the circuit according to a programming based on the information encoded in the information recording element.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: TherOx, Inc.Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, Jeffrey L. Creech, John M. Aoki
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Patent number: 8246564Abstract: This invention discloses a modular system having a base module, a mid-section control module, and a display module for preparing and administering a gas-enriched bodily fluid. Gas-enrichment is achieved by a gas-enriching device which can be in the form of a disposable cartridge. During operation, the gas-enrichment device is placed in an enclosure within the control module to form a fluid pathway for extracorporeal circulation of the bodily fluid. An electronic controller manages the various aspects of the system and executes an automated method for priming the extracorporeal circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: TherOx, Inc.Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, John S. Gilkerson, John M. Aoki
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Patent number: 8192384Abstract: This invention discloses a modular system having a base module, a mid-section control module, and a display module for preparing and administering a gas-enriched bodily fluid. An apparatus adapted for connecting with a gas tank is included in the system for gas tank hook-up. Gas-enrichment is achieved by a gas-enriching device which can be in the form of a disposable cartridge. During operation, the gas-enrichment device is placed in an enclosure within the control module. An electronic controller manages the various aspects of the system such as the production of gas-enriched fluid, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down. The system has a power supply for providing electrical power to the system, and a switching mechanism coupled to the power supply and gas tank for synchronized switching of the power supply and the gas tank between an ON state and an OFF state.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: TherOx, Inc.Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, Achilles V. Young
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Patent number: 7820102Abstract: A device generates a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and combines it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The device may take the form of a disposable cartridge. The cartridge may include a fluid supply chamber for delivering physiologic fluid under pressure to an atomizer. The atomizer delivers fluid droplets into a gas-pressurized atomization chamber to enrich the physiologic fluid with the gas. The gas-enriched physiologic fluid is delivered to a mixing chamber in the cartridge where the gas-enriched physiologic fluid is mixed with a bodily fluid, such as blood, to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: TherOx, Inc.Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, William R. Patterson, Paul J. Zalesky
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Publication number: 20100143192Abstract: This invention discloses a modular system having a base module, a mid-section control module, and a display module for preparing and administering a gas-enriched bodily fluid. Gas-enrichment is achieved by a gas-enriching device which can be in the form of a disposable cartridge. During operation, the gas-enrichment device is placed in an enclosure within the control module. An electronic controller manages the various aspects of the system such as the production of gas-enriched fluid, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down. The system includes a combination bubble detector/flow meter that uses a single ultrasonic probe for detecting bubbles and measuring fluid flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: THEROX, INC.Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, Jeffrey L. Creech
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Publication number: 20100145249Abstract: This invention discloses a modular system having a base module, a mid-section control module, and a display module for preparing and administering a gas-enriched bodily fluid via an extracorporeal circuit. Gas-enrichment is achieved by a gas-enriching device which can be in the form of a disposable cartridge. The gas-enrichment device has an information recording element disposed thereon. During operation, the gas-enrichment device is placed in an enclosure within the control module. An electronic controller manages the various aspects of the system such as the production of gas-enriched fluid, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down. The controller is capable of setting a fluid flow rate in the circuit according to a programming based on the information encoded in the information recording element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: THEROX, INC.Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, Jeffrey L. Creech, John M. Aoki
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Publication number: 20100143191Abstract: This invention discloses a modular system having a base module, a mid-section control module, and a display module for preparing and administering a gas-enriched bodily fluid. An apparatus adapted for connecting with a gas tank is included in the system for gas tank hook-up. Gas-enrichment is achieved by a gas-enriching device which can be in the form of a disposable cartridge. During operation, the gas-enrichment device is placed in an enclosure within the control module. An electronic controller manages the various aspects of the system such as the production of gas-enriched fluid, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down. The system has a power supply for providing electrical power to the system, and a switching mechanism coupled to the power supply and gas tank for synchronized switching of the power supply and the gas tank between an ON state and an OFF state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: THEROX, INC.Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, Achilles V. Young
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Publication number: 20100143190Abstract: This invention discloses a modular system having a base module, a mid-section control module, and a display module for preparing and administering a gas-enriched bodily fluid via an extracorporeal circuit. Gas-enrichment is achieved by a gas-enriching device which can be in the form of a disposable cartridge. During operation, the gas-enrichment device is placed in an enclosure within the control module. An electronic controller manages the various aspects of the system such as the production of gas-enriched fluid, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down. The controller is capable of detecting occlusions in the extracorporeal circuit and responding to different occlusion conditions to prevent forced shutdown/re-priming of the circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: THEROX, INC.Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson
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Publication number: 20100145248Abstract: This invention discloses a modular system having a base module, a mid-section control module, and a display module for preparing and administering a gas-enriched bodily fluid. Gas-enrichment is achieved by a gas-enriching device which can be in the form of a disposable cartridge. During operation, the gas-enrichment device is placed in an enclosure within the control module to form a fluid pathway for extracorporeal circulation of the bodily fluid. An electronic controller manages the various aspects of the system and executes an automated method for priming the extracorporeal circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: THEROX, INC.Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, John S. Gilkerson, John M. Aoki
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Patent number: 7198179Abstract: A packaged gas-solubilized product is described. The gas-solubilized product contains a first gas with a first pressure. The product is placed into a flexible inner container made of a gas-impermeable material. The inner container is hermetically disposed inside an outer container. A space formed between the inner and the outer containers is charged with a second gas with an initial charging pressure. The initial charging pressure is higher than the pressure of the first gas contained in the product. Additionally, a product dispenser in a fluid connection with the product contained in the internal container is included. The present invention also provides a method of packaging a gas-solubilized product to prevent a change in the concentration of the gas dissolved in the product during its storage and dispensing.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: TherOx, Inc.Inventors: John S. Gilkerson, Jeffrey L. Creech, Li-Chien Hsu, Gregory P. Watson
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Patent number: 6974435Abstract: A system utilizes an oxygenation device to generate a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and to combine it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The oxygenation device may take the form of a disposable cartridge, which is placed within an enclosure. An electronic controller manages various aspects of the system, such as the production of gas-enriched fluids, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: TherOx, IncInventors: Derek J. Daw, William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick, Jeffrey L. Creech, Vincent Divino, Jr., Gregory P. Watson, Paul J. Zalesky
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Publication number: 20040166064Abstract: A packaged gas-solubilized product is described. The gas-solubilized product contains a first gas with a first pressure. The product is placed into a flexible inner container made of a gas-impermeable material. The inner container is hermetically disposed inside an outer container. A space formed between the inner and the outer containers is charged with a second gas with an initial charging pressure. The initial charging pressure is higher than the pressure of the first gas contained in the product. Additionally, a product dispenser in a fluid connection with the product contained in the internal container is included. The present invention also provides a method of packaging a gas-solubilized product to prevent a change in the concentration of the gas dissolved in the product during its storage and dispensing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventors: John S. Gilkerson, Jeffrey L. Creech, Li-Chien Hsu, Gregory P. Watson
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Publication number: 20040019319Abstract: A system utilizes an oxygenation device to generate a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and to combine it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The oxygenation device may take the form of a disposable cartridge, which is placed within an enclosure. An electronic controller manages various aspects of the system, such as the production of gas-enriched fluids, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2002Publication date: January 29, 2004Inventors: Daw J. Derek, William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick, Jeffrey L. Creech, Vincent Divino, Gregory P. Watson, Paul J. Zalesky
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Publication number: 20040013566Abstract: A device generates a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and combines it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The device may take the form of a disposable cartridge. The cartridge may include a fluid supply chamber for delivering physiologic fluid under pressure to an atomizer. The atomizer delivers fluid droplets into a gas-pressurized atomization chamber to enrich the physiologic fluid with the gas. The gas-enriched physiologic fluid is delivered to a mixing chamber in the cartridge where the gas-enriched physiologic fluid is mixed with a bodily fluid, such as blood, to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, William R. Patterson, Paul J. Zalesky
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Patent number: 6613280Abstract: A device generates a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and combines it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The device may take the form of a disposable cartridge. The cartridge may include a fluid supply chamber for delivering physiologic fluid under pressure to an atomizer. The atomizer delivers fluid droplets into a gas-pressurized atomization chamber to enrich the physiologic fluid with the gas. The gas-enriched physiologic fluid is delivered to a mixing chamber in the cartridge where the gas-enriched physiologic fluid is mixed with a bodily fluid, such as blood, to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2001Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: Therox, Inc.Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, William R. Patterson, Paul J. Zalesky
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Patent number: 6582387Abstract: A system utilizes an oxygenation device to generate a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and to combine it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The oxygenation device may take the form of a disposable cartridge, which is placed within an enclosure. An electronic controller manages various aspects of the system, such as the production of gas-enriched fluids, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2001Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: TherOx, Inc.Inventors: Daw J. Derek, William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick, Jeffrey L. Creech, Vincent Divino, Jr., Gregory P. Watson, Paul J. Zalesky
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Publication number: 20020138034Abstract: A system utilizes an oxygenation device to generate a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and to combine it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The oxygenation device may take the form of a disposable cartridge, which is placed within an enclosure. An electronic controller manages various aspects of the system, such as the production of gas-enriched fluids, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2001Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Daw J. Derek, William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick, Jeffrey L. Creech, Vincent Divino, Gregory P. Watson, Paul J. Zalesky
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Publication number: 20020136662Abstract: A device generates a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and combines it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The device may take the form of a disposable cartridge. The cartridge may include a fluid supply chamber for delivering physiologic fluid under pressure to an atomizer. The atomizer delivers fluid droplets into a gas-pressurized atomization chamber to enrich the physiologic fluid with the gas. The gas-enriched physiologic fluid is delivered to a mixing chamber in the cartridge where the gas-enriched physiologic fluid is mixed with a bodily fluid, such as blood, to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2001Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Gregory P. Watson, William R. Patterson, Paul J. Zalesky
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Patent number: D497989Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: TherOx, Inc.Inventors: Stephen E. Myrick, Mark S. Buhr, William R. Patterson, Gregory P. Watson