Patents by Inventor Joseph Geier

Joseph Geier 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: 11554200
    Abstract: A gravity fed peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) machine includes: a frame configured to be set on a supporting surface; at least one load cell; a scale platform supported by the frame via the at least one load cell positioned between the frame and the scale platform; a drain container support in mechanical communication with and extending downwardly from the scale platform, the machine configured such that when the frame is set on the supporting surface, at least one fresh PD fluid supply container is supportable by the scale platform above the at least one load cell and at least one used PD fluid drain container is supportable by the drain container support below the at least one load cell, so that a combined weight of fresh PD fluid and used PD fluid may be sensed by the at least one load cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SA
    Inventors: Ying-Cheng Lo, Aaron W. Brown, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ieng Kin Lao, Zachariah Louis Fuller, Aaron Joseph Geier, Alan John Harvey, Leansu Kiatoukaysy Lo
  • Publication number: 20210046236
    Abstract: A gravity fed peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) machine includes: a frame configured to be set on a supporting surface; at least one load cell; a scale platform supported by the frame via the at least one load cell positioned between the frame and the scale platform; a drain container support in mechanical communication with and extending downwardly from the scale platform, the machine configured such that when the frame is set on the supporting surface, at least one fresh PD fluid supply container is supportable by the scale platform above the at least one load cell and at least one used PD fluid drain container is supportable by the drain container support below the at least one load cell, so that a combined weight of fresh PD fluid and used PD fluid may be sensed by the at least one load cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ying-Cheng Lo, Aaron W. Brown, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, leng Kin Lao, Zachariah Louis Fuller, Aaron Joseph Geier, Alan John Harvey, Leansu Kiatoukaysy Lo
  • Patent number: 10814057
    Abstract: A gravity fed peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) machine includes: a frame configured to be set on a supporting surface; at least one load cell; a scale platform supported by the frame via the at least one load cell positioned between the frame and the scale platform; a drain container support in mechanical communication with and extending downwardly from the scale platform, the machine configured such that when the frame is set on the supporting surface, at least one fresh PD fluid supply container is supportable by the scale platform above the at least one load cell and at least one used PD fluid drain container is supportable by the drain container support below the at least one load cell, so that a combined weight of fresh PD fluid and used PD fluid may be sensed by the at least one load cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Ying-Cheng Lo, Aaron W. Brown, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ieng Kin Lao, Zachariah Louis Fuller, Aaron Joseph Geier, Alan John Harvey, Leansu Kiatoukaysy Lo
  • Publication number: 20190307939
    Abstract: A gravity fed peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) machine includes: a frame configured to be set on a supporting surface; at least one load cell; a scale platform supported by the frame via the at least one load cell positioned between the frame and the scale platform; a drain container support in mechanical communication with and extending downwardly from the scale platform, the machine configured such that when the frame is set on the supporting surface, at least one fresh PD fluid supply container is supportable by the scale platform above the at least one load cell and at least one used PD fluid drain container is supportable by the drain container support below the at least one load cell, so that a combined weight of fresh PD fluid and used PD fluid may be sensed by the at least one load cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Ying-Cheng Lo, Aaron W. Brown, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Alex Lao, Zachariah Louis Fuller, Aaron Joseph Geier, Alan John Harvey, Leansu Kiatoukaysy Lo
  • Patent number: 3976291
    Abstract: In the arrangement, a batch or stack of vertically oriented recording media sheets is supported on edge on a horizontal vibrating table which is vibrated by a vibrating conveyor and the sheets are advanced singly, starting with the leading or frontmost sheet, through a separating slot between a pair of endless belts constituting a transporting arrangement. A first rotating suction drum is mounted at the rear end of the vibrating table and is formed with circumferentially spaced suction bores for operative relation with a rotary slide valve to connect the suction bores intermittently to a suction system. A second rotating suction drum is arranged within the range of the separating slot and serves as a separating drum, and a hold-back suction drum is also arranged within the range of the separating slot and serves as a hold-back device, the hold-back suction drum having the same design as the first rotating suction drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Assignee: G.A.O. Gesellschaft fur Automation und Organisation m.b.H.
    Inventors: Herbert Bernardi, Erhard Lehle, Joseph Geier, Gerd Von Aschwege, Markus Haberstroh