Patents by Inventor Jim Ebben

Jim Ebben 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).

  • Method and apparatus for a tidal oscillating pulse peritoneal dialysis
    Patent number: 6074359
    Abstract: An improved peritoneal dialysis method and system is provided. The method utilizes a tidal oscillating pulse peritoneal dialysis system. To this end, a system for providing peritoneal dialysis to a patient is provided. The system comprises a single catheter that is placed in the patient, a reservoir of dialysate having a volume greater than or equal to three liters, and a single pump for pumping the dialysate from the reservoir into and out of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash R. Keshaviah, Jim Ebben, Paul Emerson, Kazuo Kumano
  • Apparatus and method for preventing hypotension in a dialysis patient
    Patent number: 5346472
    Abstract: An automatic means and method for preventing and/or treating hypotension in hemodialysis patients. To this end, a system is provided wherein the patient or healthcare practitioner can cause the hemodialysis machine to automatically deliver sodium to the patient through the dialysate so as to increase blood and extracellular osmolarity, increase blood volume from vascular refilling, and raise blood pressure. This would thereby alleviate any clinical symptoms caused by hypotension during hemodialysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Prakash R. Keshaviah, Jian Ruan, Jim Ebben, Dave Luhring, Charles J. Dubauskas