Patents by Inventor James R. Kurtock
James R. Kurtock 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: 8894933Abstract: A portable handheld medical diagnostic device includes a front housing and a rear housing opposite the front housing. The front housing and the rear housing form a protective enclosure. A main circuit board is located in the protective enclosure. The main circuit board includes a controller facilitating a physiologic measurement. A display device is connected to the main circuit board that displays information related to the physiologic measurement. A frame is located in the protective enclosure that carries the display device and locates the display device adjacent the front housing such that the display device can be viewed from outside the protective enclosure. The frame includes a strip port formed integrally therewith that is accessible from outside the protective enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: Michel A. Cadio, Robert G. Davies, James R. Kurtock, Paul S. Rutkowski, Michael J. Blackburn, Randy J. Gardner, Stacia Davis
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Patent number: 8792221Abstract: An electrical protection circuitry for a docking station base of a hand held meter and method thereof are disclosed. In the event of a short circuit at a meter interface connector, the protection circuitry removes power at the meter interface connector. Similarly, in the event of an applied voltage outside a specified operating range of the base, the protection circuitry removes power to the meter interface connector. These conditions of the electrical system of the base are monitored regardless whether the meter or the meter's battery is electrically connected to the base. The protection circuitry also provides a visual indication in the event of either the over current and under/over voltage conditions. Additionally, the base is designed to prevent liquid from pooling inside a pocket used to cradle and hold the meter in the base through the use of a drain located at the lowest point in the pocket.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignees: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Roche Operations, Ltd.Inventors: Blaine Edward Ramey, Clint Alan Ecoff, Scott Allen Edwards, Matthew Carlyle Sauers, James R. Kurtock, James Joseph Hartmann
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Publication number: 20130265682Abstract: An electrical protection circuitry for a docking station base of a hand held meter and method thereof are disclosed. In the event of a short circuit at a meter interface connector, the protection circuitry removes power at the meter interface connector. Similarly, in the event of an applied voltage outside a specified operating range of the base, the protection circuitry removes power to the meter interface connector. These conditions of the electrical system of the base are monitored regardless whether the meter or the meter's battery is electrically connected to the base. The protection circuitry also provides a visual indication in the event of either the over current and under/over voltage conditions. Additionally, the base is designed to prevent liquid from pooling inside a pocket used to cradle and hold the meter in the base through the use of a drain located at the lowest point in the pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Blaine Edward Ramey, Clint Alan Ecoff, Scott Allen Edwards, Matthew Carlyle Sauers, James R. Kurtock, James Joseph Hartmann
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Patent number: 8436844Abstract: A control circuit and method for controlling a bi-stable display having bi-stable segments each capable of transitioning between an on state and an off state via application of a voltage are disclosed. The voltage is provided to a display driver from a charge pump, and supplied to individual ones of the bi-stable segments via outputs from the display driver in accordance with display instructions provided by a system controller. Both a bi-stable segment voltage level of at least one of the outputs of the display driver and a charge pump voltage level of the voltage are detected and compared to a valid bi-stable segment voltage level and a valid charge pump voltage level, respectively. A malfunction signal may be provided to the system controller if either of the detected voltage levels is not valid. The control circuit is useful in an electronic device such as, for example, a blood glucose measuring device.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: Paul S. Rutkowski, Randy J. Gardner, Michael J. Blackburn, Michel A. Cadio, Robert G. Davies, James R. Kurtock
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Publication number: 20110034786Abstract: A portable handheld medical diagnostic device includes a front housing and a rear housing opposite the front housing. The front housing and the rear housing form a protective enclosure. A main circuit board is located in the protective enclosure. The main circuit board includes a controller facilitating a physiologic measurement. A display device is connected to the main circuit board that displays information related to the physiologic measurement. A frame is located in the protective enclosure that carries the display device and locates the display device adjacent the front housing such that the display device can be viewed from outside the protective enclosure. The frame includes a strip port formed integrally therewith that is accessible from outside the protective enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Michel A. Cadio, Robert G. Davies, James R. Kurtock, Paul S. Ritkowski, Michael J. Blackburn, Randy J. Gardner, Stacia Davis
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Publication number: 20100323431Abstract: A control circuit and method for controlling a bi-stable display having bi-stable segments each capable of transitioning between an on state and an off state via application of a voltage are disclosed. The voltage is provided to a display driver from a charge pump, and supplied to individual ones of the bi-stable segments via outputs from the display driver in accordance with display instructions provided by a system controller. Both a bi-stable segment voltage level of at least one of the outputs of the display driver and a charge pump voltage level of the voltage are detected and compared to a valid bi-stable segment voltage level and a valid charge pump voltage level, respectively. A malfunction signal may be provided to the system controller if either of the detected voltage levels is not valid. The control circuit is useful in an electronic device such as, for example, a blood glucose measuring device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2009Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Paul S. Rutkowski, Randy J. Gardner, Michael J. Blackburn, Michel A. Cadio, Robert G. Davies, James R. Kurtock
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Patent number: 7208119Abstract: A healthcare data management system for use with an instrument for determining the concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid. The instrument includes a first port. The system includes a cradle for receiving the instrument. The cradle includes a second port for coupling to the first port to download data from the instrument to the cradle. The apparatus further includes a base having a third port. The cradle includes a fourth port for coupling to the third port to permit downloading to the base of data collected from the instrument by the cradle. The apparatus further includes an accessory box including a fifth port. Engagement of the cradle with the accessory box couples the fourth and fifth ports. Engagement of the accessory box with the base couples the third and fifth ports.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2000Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: James R. Kurtock, Sandy M. Richards