Patents by Inventor James Austin Kendall

James Austin Kendall 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: 11911736
    Abstract: An exemplary compounding method of controlling a compounding device to prepare an admixture of at least two distinct material sources can include examining material source solutions for incompatibility of the ingredients and operating a first and a second pump to prevent one of the incompatible source solutions from entering a common flow path. The processing method can detect degradation of a fluid line by evaluating one or more of calibration error rate data, cumulative volumetric flow data, or cumulative pump operation data. The processing method can also selectively transfer a first group of source solutions using the first pump, receiving pump data from one or more sensors that sense actions of the pumps, applying fluid correction factors and calculating discrete pump movements, the pump movements being indicative of an amount of source solution displacement by a pump, and operating the pumps to selectively dispense the source solution amounts according to a preparation order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: B. BRAUN MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael Y. Brown, Jacob Albro Cowperthwaite, David Earl Hershey, II, Benjamin Richard Lane, Aaron S. Pearl, Mariano Mumpower, Jeffrey Manfred Gunnarsson, James Austin Kendall, Christopher Allen Gray, Stephanne Suzann Flint, Mark David Steenbarger, Alice Maria Weintraut
  • Publication number: 20200108365
    Abstract: An exemplary compounding method of controlling a compounding device to prepare an admixture of at least two distinct material sources can include examining material source solutions for incompatibility of the ingredients and operating a first and a second pump to prevent one of the incompatible source solutions from entering a common flow path. The processing method can detect degradation of a fluid line by evaluating one or more of calibration error rate data, cumulative volumetric flow data, or cumulative pump operation data. The processing method can also selectively transfer a first group of source solutions using the first pump, receiving pump data from one or more sensors that sense actions of the pumps, applying fluid correction factors and calculating discrete pump movements, the pump movements being indicative of an amount of source solution displacement by a pump, and operating the pumps to selectively dispense the source solution amounts according to a preparation order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Y. Brown, Jacob Albro Cowperthwaite, David Earl Hershey, II, Benjamin Richard Lane, Aaron S. Pearl, Mariano Mumpower, Jeffrey Manfred Gunnarsson, James Austin Kendall, Christopher Allen Gray, Stephanne Suzann Flint, Mark David Steenbarger, Alice Maria Weintraut
  • Patent number: 10549248
    Abstract: An exemplary compounding method of controlling a compounding device to prepare an admixture of at least two distinct material sources can include examining material source solutions for incompatibility of the ingredients and operating a first and a second pump to prevent one of the incompatible source solutions from entering a common flow path. The processing method can detect degradation of a fluid line by evaluating one or more of calibration error rate data, cumulative volumetric flow data, or cumulative pump operation data. The processing method can also selectively transfer a first group of source solutions using the first pump, receiving pump data from one or more sensors that sense actions of the pumps, applying fluid correction factors and calculating discrete pump movements, the pump movements being indicative of an amount of source solution displacement by a pump, and operating the pumps to selectively dispense the source solution amounts according to a preparation order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: B. BRAUN MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael Y. Brown, Jacob Albro Cowperthwaite, David Earl Hershey, II, Benjamin Richard Lane, Aaron S. Pearl, Mariano Mumpower, Jeffrey Manfred Gunnarsson, James Austin Kendall, Christopher Allen Gray, Stephanne Suzann Flint, Mark David Steenbarger, Alice Maria Weintraut
  • Publication number: 20170354941
    Abstract: An exemplary compounding method of controlling a compounding device to prepare an admixture of at least two distinct material sources can include examining material source solutions for incompatibility of the ingredients and operating a first and a second pump to prevent one of the incompatible source solutions from entering a common flow path. The processing method can detect degradation of a fluid line by evaluating one or more of calibration error rate data, cumulative volumetric flow data, or cumulative pump operation data. The processing method can also selectively transfer a first group of source solutions using the first pump, receiving pump data from one or more sensors that sense actions of the pumps, applying fluid correction factors and calculating discrete pump movements, the pump movements being indicative of an amount of source solution displacement by a pump, and operating the pumps to selectively dispense the source solution amounts according to a preparation order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Y. Brown, Jacob Albro Cowperthwaite, David Earl Hershey, II, Benjamin Richard Lane, Aaron S. Pearl, Mariano Mumpower, Jeffrey Manfred Gunnarsson, James Austin Kendall, Christopher Allen Gray, Stephanne Suzann Flint, Mark David Steenbarger, Alice Maria Weintraut