Patents by Inventor Jaron M. Acker

Jaron M. Acker 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).

  • Publication number: 20250114544
    Abstract: Therapy gas delivery systems that provide run-time-to-empty information to a user of the system and methods for administering therapeutic gas to a patient. The therapeutic gas delivery system may include a gas pressure sensor attachable to a therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas pressure data to a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, a gas temperature sensor positioned to measure gas temperature in the therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas temperature data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow controller that communicates therapeutic gas flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow sensor that communicates flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and at least one display that communicates run-time-to-empty to a user of the therapeutic gas delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Jeff Milsap, Robin Roehl, Jeffrey Schmidt, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Patent number: 12257391
    Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for safely providing NO to a recipient for inhalation therapy. There are many potential safety issues that may arise from using a reactor cartridge that converts NO2 to NO, including exhaustion of consumable reactants of the cartridge reactor. Accordingly, various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods of determining the remaining useful life of a NO2-to-NO reactor cartridge and/or a breakthrough of NO2, and providing an indication of the remaining useful life and/or breakthrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Thomas Kohlmann
  • Patent number: 12226572
    Abstract: Therapy gas delivery systems that provide run-time-to-empty information to a user of the system and methods for administering therapeutic gas to a patient. The therapeutic gas delivery system may include a gas pressure sensor attachable to a therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas pressure data to a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, a gas temperature sensor positioned to measure gas temperature in the therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas temperature data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow controller that communicates therapeutic gas flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow sensor that communicates flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and at least one display that communicates run-time-to-empty to a user of the therapeutic gas delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Jeff Milsap, Robin Roehl, Jeffrey Schmidt, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Publication number: 20240316300
    Abstract: Therapy gas delivery systems that provide run-time-to-empty information to a user of the system and methods for administering therapeutic gas to a patient. The therapeutic gas delivery system may include a gas pressure sensor attachable to a therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas pressure data to a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, a gas temperature sensor positioned to measure gas temperature in the therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas temperature data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow controller that communicates therapeutic gas flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow sensor that communicates flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and at least one display that communicates run-time-to-empty to a user of the therapeutic gas delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, John C. Falligant, Jeff Milsap, Robin Roehl, Jeffrey Schmidt, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Patent number: 11998689
    Abstract: Therapy gas delivery systems that provide run-time-to-empty information to a user of the system and methods for administering therapeutic gas to a patient. The therapeutic gas delivery system may include a gas pressure sensor attachable to a therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas pressure data to a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, a gas temperature sensor positioned to measure gas temperature in the therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas temperature data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow controller that communicates therapeutic gas flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow sensor that communicates flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and at least one display that communicates run-time-to-empty to a user of the therapeutic gas delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, John C. Falligant, Jeff Milsap, Robin Roehl, Jeffrey Schmidt, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Publication number: 20230270960
    Abstract: A therapeutic gas delivery system with at least one gas supply subsystem is disclosed. The at least one gas supply subsystem may include a gas source coupling configured to receive a therapeutic gas source and form a fluid flow connection with the therapeutic gas source, a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and one or more display(s) configured to be in communication over a communication path with the therapeutic gas delivery system controller. The display may be configured to display a graphical, illustrative, or numerical indicator of one or more flow or system parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Jeff Milsap, Robin Roehl, Jeffrey Schmidt, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Publication number: 20230201495
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for delivery of therapeutic gas to patients, in need thereof, receiving breathing gas from a high frequency ventilator using at least enhanced therapeutic gas (e.g., nitric oxide, NO, etc.) flow measurement. At least some of these enhanced therapeutic gas flow measurements can be used to address some surprising phenomenon that may, at times, occur when wild stream blending therapeutic gas into breathing gas a patient receives from a breathing circuit affiliated with a high frequency ventilator. Utilizing at least some of these enhanced therapeutic gas flow measurements the dose of therapeutic gas wild stream blended into breathing gas that the patient receives can at least be more accurate and/or under delivery of therapeutic gas into the breathing gas can be avoided and/or reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Publication number: 20230124997
    Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for safely providing NO to a recipient for inhalation therapy. There are many potential safety issues that may arise from using a reactor cartridge that converts NO2 to NO, including exhaustion of consumable reactants of the cartridge reactor. Accordingly, various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods of determining the remaining useful life of a NO2-to-NO reactor cartridge and/or a breakthrough of NO2, and providing an indication of the remaining useful life and/or breakthrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Thomas Kohlmann
  • Patent number: 11623054
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for delivery of therapeutic gas to patients, in need thereof, by receiving breathing gas from a high frequency ventilator using at least enhanced therapeutic gas (e.g., nitric oxide, NO, etc.) flow measurement. At least some of these enhanced therapeutic gas flow measurements can be used to address some surprising phenomenon that may, at times, occur when wild stream blending therapeutic gas into breathing gas a patient receives from a breathing circuit affiliated with a high frequency ventilator. Utilizing at least some of these enhanced therapeutic gas flow measurements the dose of therapeutic gas wild stream blended into breathing gas that the patient receives can at least be more accurate and/or under delivery of therapeutic gas into the breathing gas can be avoided and/or reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MALLINCKRODT PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Publication number: 20230073254
    Abstract: Therapy gas delivery systems that provide run-time-to-empty information to a user of the system and methods for administering therapeutic gas to a patient. The therapeutic gas delivery system may include a gas pressure sensor attachable to a therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas pressure data to a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, a gas temperature sensor positioned to measure gas temperature in the therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas temperature data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow controller that communicates therapeutic gas flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow sensor that communicates flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and at least one display that communicates run-time-to-empty to a user of the therapeutic gas delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Jeff Milsap, Robin Roehl, Jeffrey Schmidt, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Patent number: 11554242
    Abstract: The principles and embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for safely providing NO to a recipient for inhalation therapy. There are many potential safety issues that may arise from using a reactor cartridge that converts NO2 to NO, including exhaustion of consumable reactants of the cartridge reactor. Accordingly, various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods of determining the remaining useful life of a NO2-to-NO reactor cartridge and/or a breakthrough of NO2, and providing an indication of the remaining useful life and/or breakthrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Thomas Kohlmann
  • Patent number: 11529479
    Abstract: Therapy gas delivery systems that provide run-time-to-empty information to a user of the system and methods for administering therapeutic gas to a patient. The therapeutic gas delivery system may include a gas pressure sensor attachable to a therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas pressure data to a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, a gas temperature sensor positioned to measure gas temperature in the therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas temperature data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow controller that communicates therapeutic gas flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow sensor that communicates flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and at least one display that communicates run-time-to-empty to a user of the therapeutic gas delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Jeff Milsap, Robin Roehl, Jeffrey Schmidt, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Patent number: 11471641
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and method for delivery of therapeutic gas to patients in need thereof using enhanced breathing circuit gas (BCG) flow measurement. At least some of these enhanced BCG flow measurements can be used to address some surprising phenomena that may, at times, occur when wild stream blending therapeutic gas into breathing gas that a patient receives from a breathing circuit affiliated with a ventilator. Utilizing at least some of these enhanced BCG flow measurements the dose of therapeutic gas wild stream blended into breathing gas that the patient receives from a ventilator can at least be more accurate and/or over delivery of therapeutic gas into the breathing gas can be avoided and/or reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Publication number: 20220184337
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for delivery of therapeutic gas to patients, using techniques to compensate for disruptions in breathing gas flow measurement, such as when breathing gas flow measurement is unavailable or unreliable. Such techniques include using historical breathing gas flow rate data, such as moving average flow rates, moving median flow rates and/or flow waveforms. At least some of these techniques can be used to ensure that interruption in therapeutic gas delivery is minimized or eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Publication number: 20220168520
    Abstract: Therapy gas delivery systems that provide run-time-to-empty information to a user of the system and methods for administering therapeutic gas to a patient. The therapeutic gas delivery system may include a gas pressure sensor attachable to a therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas pressure data to a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, a gas temperature sensor positioned to measure gas temperature in the therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas temperature data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow controller that communicates therapeutic gas flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow sensor that communicates flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and at least one display that communicates run-time-to-empty to a user of the therapeutic gas delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Craig R. Tolmie, Robin Roehl, Jeffrey Schmidt, Jeff Milsap
  • Patent number: 11344693
    Abstract: Described are methods and devices for therapeutic or medical gas delivery that utilize at least one proportional control valve and at least one binary control valve. The proportional control valve may be in series with the binary control valve to provide a valve combination capable of pulsing therapeutic gas at different flow rates, depending on the setting of the proportional control valve. Alternatively, the proportional control valve and binary control valve may be in parallel flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Hospital Products IP Limited
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Thomas Kohlmann, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Patent number: 11291794
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for delivery of therapeutic gas to patients, using techniques to compensate for disruptions in breathing gas flow measurement, such as when breathing gas flow measurement is unavailable or unreliable. Such techniques include using historical breathing gas flow rate data, such as moving average flow rates, moving median flow rates and/or flow waveforms. At least some of these techniques can be used to ensure that interruption in therapeutic gas delivery is minimized or eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Patent number: 11285280
    Abstract: Therapy gas delivery systems that provide run-time-to-empty information to a user of the system and methods for administering therapeutic gas to a patient. The therapeutic gas delivery system may include a gas pressure sensor attachable to a therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas pressure data to a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, a gas temperature sensor positioned to measure gas temperature in the therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas temperature data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow controller that communicates therapeutic gas flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow sensor that communicates flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and at least one display that communicates run-time-to-empty to a user of the therapeutic gas delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Craig R. Tolmie, Robin Roehl, Jeffrey Schmidt, Jeff Milsap
  • Publication number: 20220072247
    Abstract: Therapy gas delivery systems that provide run-time-to-empty information to a user of the system and methods for administering therapeutic gas to a patient. The therapeutic gas delivery system may include a gas pressure sensor attachable to a therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas pressure data to a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, a gas temperature sensor positioned to measure gas temperature in the therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas temperature data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow controller that communicates therapeutic gas flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow sensor that communicates flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and at least one display that communicates run-time-to-empty to a user of the therapeutic gas delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, John C. Falligant, Jeff Milsap, Robin Roehl, Jeffrey Schmidt, Craig R. Tolmie
  • Patent number: 11260196
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems and method for delivery of therapeutic gas to patients in need thereof using enhanced breathing circuit gas (BCG) flow measurement. At least some of these enhanced BCG flow measurements can be used to address some surprising phenomena that may, at times, occur when wild stream blending therapeutic gas into breathing gas that a patient receives from a breathing circuit affiliated with a ventilator. Utilizing at least some of these enhanced BCG flow measurements the dose of therapeutic gas wild stream blended into breathing gas that the patient receives from a ventilator can at least be more accurate and/or over delivery of therapeutic gas into the breathing gas can be avoided and/or reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Pharmactuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Jaron M. Acker, Craig R. Tolmie