Patents by Inventor Jeffrey J. Blakeslee
Jeffrey J. Blakeslee 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: 11013850Abstract: Embodiments are described that include systems and methods for separating components of a composite fluid, e.g., whole blood. Some embodiments provide for processing a composite fluid by subjecting a volume of the fluid to a first centripetal acceleration for an initial separation, followed by a second centripetal acceleration for a second separation.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Terumo BCT, Inc.Inventors: Bruce W. Gibbs, Bruce Ellingboe, Jeffrey J. Blakeslee
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Publication number: 20180154067Abstract: Embodiments are described that include systems and methods for separating components of a composite fluid, e.g., whole blood. Some embodiments provide for processing a composite fluid by subjecting a volume of the fluid to a first centripetal acceleration for an initial separation, followed by a second centripetal acceleration for a second separation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: Terumo BCT, Inc.Inventors: Bruce W. Gibbs, Bruce Ellingboe, Jeffrey J. Blakeslee
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Patent number: 6409696Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading a blood processing vessel into a blood processing channel and removing the same after completion of the procedure. Furthermore, the system also includes a variety of features relating to utilizing a blood priming of at least portions of the apheresis system in preparation for the procedure. In addition, the system includes a variety of features enhancing the performance of the apheresis system, including the interrelationship between the blood processing vessel and the blood processing vessel and the utilization of high packing factors for the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1997Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Gambro, Inc.Inventors: Coy Toavs, John J. Kappus, Mark J. Brierton, David R. Shouldice, Jeffrey J. Blakeslee
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Patent number: 6231537Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading a blood processing vessel into a blood processing channel and removing the same after completion of the procedure. Furthermore, the system also includes a variety of features relating to utilizing a blood priming of at least portions of the apheresis system in preparation for the procedure. In addition, the system includes a variety of features enhancing the performance of the apheresis system, including the interrelationship between the blood processing vessel and the blood processing vessel and the utilization of high packing factors for the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1998Date of Patent: May 15, 2001Assignee: Gambro, Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Holmes, Jeffrey J. Blakeslee, Marlene Adele Bainbridge, Frank Corbin, III
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Patent number: 6196987Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading a blood processing vessel into a blood processing channel and removing the same after completion of the procedure. Furthermore, the system also includes a variety of features relating to utilizing a blood priming of at least portions of the apheresis system in preparation for the procedure. In addition, the system includes a variety of features enhancing the performance of the apheresis system, including the interrelationship between the blood processing vessel and the blood processing vessel and the utilization of high packing factors for the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1998Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: Gambro, Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Holmes, Jeffrey J. Blakeslee, Marlene Adele Bainbridge
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Patent number: 6179801Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading a blood processing vessel into a blood processing channel and removing the same after completion of the procedure. Furthermore, the system also includes a variety of features relating to utilizing a blood priming of at least portions of the apheresis system in preparation for the procedure. In addition, the system includes a variety of features enhancing the performance of the apheresis system, including the interrelationship between the blood processing vessel and the blood processing vessel and the utilization of high packing factors for the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1998Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignee: Gambro, Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Holmes, Jeffrey J. Blakeslee, Marlene Adele Bainbridge, Frank Corbin, III
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Patent number: 6129656Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading a blood processing vessel into a blood processing channel and removing the same after completion of the procedure. Furthermore, the system also includes a variety of features relating to utilizing a blood priming of at least portions of the apheresis system in preparation for the procedure. In addition, the system includes a variety of features enhancing the performance of the apheresis system, including the interrelationship between the blood processing vessel and the blood processing vessel and the utilization of high packing factors for the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1997Date of Patent: October 10, 2000Assignee: Cobe Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey J. Blakeslee, Brian M. Holmes, Victor D. Dolecek
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Patent number: 5921950Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading a blood processing vessel into a blood processing channel and removing the same after completion of the procedure. Furthermore, the system also includes a variety of features relating to utilizing a blood priming of at least portions of the apheresis system in preparation for the procedure. In addition, the system includes a variety of features enhancing the performance of the apheresis system, including the interrelationship between the blood processing vessel and the blood processing vessel and the utilization of high packing factors for the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1997Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: COBE Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Coy Toavs, John J. Kappus, Mark J. Brierton, David R. Shouldice, Jeffrey J. Blakeslee
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Patent number: 5919154Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading a blood processing vessel into a blood processing channel and removing the same after completion of the procedure. Furthermore, the system also includes a variety of features relating to utilizing a blood priming of at least portions of the apheresis system in preparation for the procedure. In addition, the system includes a variety of features enhancing the performance of the apheresis system, including the interrelationship between the blood processing vessel and the blood processing vessel and the utilization of high packing factors for the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1997Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: COBE Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Coy Toavs, John J. Kappus, Mark J. Brierton, David R. Shouldice, Jeffrey J. Blakeslee
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Patent number: 5750025Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a disposable for an apheresis system. The disposable can include a blood processing vessel and a contoured support. The blood processing vessel includes sidewalls to define the vessel and a blood inlet port and a blood component outlet port. The support is provided proximate to the blood component outlet port and exteriorly relative to the fluid-containing volume of the blood processing vessel. The support may be contoured to direct the desired blood component types(s) toward the blood component outlet port and is in an overlapping relation with the exterior surface of the blood processing vessel. The support and part of an adjacent channel wall collectively define a generally funnel-shaped collect well that collects blood components flowing thereby.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: May 12, 1998Assignee: Cobe Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Holmes, Jeffrey J. Blakeslee, Victor D. Dolecek
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Patent number: 5738644Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading a blood processing vessel into a blood processing channel and removing the same after completion of the procedure. Furthermore, the system also includes a variety of features relating to utilizing a blood priming of at least portions of the apheresis system in preparation for the procedure. In addition, the system includes a variety of features enhancing the performance of the apheresis system, including the interrelationship between the blood processing vessel and the blood processing vessel and the utilization of high packing factors for the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Assignee: Cobe Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Holmes, Jeffrey J. Blakeslee, Marlene Adele Bainbridge, Frank Corbin, III
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Patent number: 5720716Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading a blood processing vessel into a blood processing channel and removing the same after completion of the procedure. Furthermore, the system also includes a variety of features relating to utilizing a blood priming of at least portions of the apheresis system in preparation for the procedure. In addition, the system includes a variety of features enhancing the performance of the apheresis system, including the interrelationship between the blood processing vessel and the blood processing vessel and the utilization of high packing factors for the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: February 24, 1998Assignee: Cobe Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey J. Blakeslee, Brian M. Holmes, Victor D. Dolecek
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Patent number: 5676644Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading a blood processing vessel into a blood processing channel and removing the same after completion of the procedure. Furthermore, the system also includes a variety of features relating to utilizing a blood priming of at least portions of the apheresis system in preparation for the procedure. In addition, the system includes a variety of features enhancing the performance of the apheresis system, including the interrelationship between the blood processing vessel and the blood processing vessel and the utilization of high packing factors for the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: October 14, 1997Assignee: Cobe Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Coy Toavs, John J. Kappus, Mark J. Brierton, David R. Shouldice, Jeffrey J. Blakeslee