Patents by Inventor Kenneth A. Collins

Kenneth A. Collins 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: 11547601
    Abstract: An intravenous heat exchange catheter and/or an external cooling pad/bladder can be used to maintain hypothermia in, e.g., a cardiac arrest patient, but to accelerate the cooling process the patient first can be infused with cold saline before the opportunity arises to connect the catheter or pad to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ZOLL Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Collins, William J. Worthen
  • Publication number: 20190352589
    Abstract: An automated cell culture system includes a cell culture reactor including a housing; a fluidic circuit for cell culture media, the fluidic circuit disposed in an interior of the housing. The fluidic circuit includes a culture vessel for culturing cells in the cell culture media, a reservoir for the cell culture media, the reservoir fluidically connected to the culture vessel, and a pump configured to pump the cell culture media in the fluidic circuit. The automated cell culture system includes one or more sensors disposed in the interior of the housing, each sensor configured to detect a parameter of one or more of (1) the cell culture media in the fluidic circuit and (2) an environment in the interior of the housing; and a computing device configured to automatically control operation of the cell culture reactor based on one or more of the detected parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jie Jing, Kenneth A. Collins, Fang Yuan, Zhonghua Zhang, Lawrence St. George, Jeffery J. Driscoll, Weijia Tan, Hao Cai, Dongping Lin, Jian Cheng
  • Publication number: 20170216089
    Abstract: An externally-applied heat exchange pad has three layers laminated together, an inner and outer non-conductive layer and a middle conductive layer. A leak in the inner layer causes coolant to contact the middle layer and change impedance, which can be sensed and used as an indication of an impending total leak of the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Stelica Stelea, David Searl Kimball, Lynn Miyeko Shimada, Kenneth A. Collins
  • Publication number: 20170112662
    Abstract: An intravenous heat exchange catheter and/or an external cooling pad/bladder can be used to maintain hypothermia in, e.g., a cardiac arrest patient, but to accelerate the cooling process the patient first can be infused with cold saline before the opportunity arises to connect the catheter or pad to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Collins, William J. Worthen
  • Patent number: 9615966
    Abstract: An externally-applied heat exchange pad has three layers laminated together, an inner and outer non-conductive layer and a middle conductive layer. A leak in the inner layer causes coolant to contact the middle layer and change impedance, which can be sensed and used as an indication of an impending total leak of the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: ZOLL CIRCULATION, INC.
    Inventors: Stelica Stelea, David Searl Kimball, Lynn Miyeko Shimada, Kenneth A. Collins, Grant Palmer
  • Patent number: 9522080
    Abstract: An intravenous heat exchange catheter and/or an external cooling pad/bladder can be used to maintain hypothermia in, e.g., a cardiac arrest patient, but to accelerate the cooling process the patient first can be infused with cold saline before the opportunity arises to connect the catheter or pad to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: ZOLL CIRCULATION, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Collins, William J. Worthen
  • Publication number: 20160022483
    Abstract: A method for exchanging heat with a patient's spinal column incident to spinal surgery or to relieve a patient for a hypoxia condition of the spine. A closed loop heat exchange catheter is percutaneously advanced into the retroperitoneal space of the patient or into the vasculature, and then heat exchange fluid is circulated through the catheter to cool the spinal column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Collins
  • Patent number: 9180042
    Abstract: A method for exchanging heat with a patient's spinal column incident to spinal surgery or to relieve a patient for a hypoxia condition of the spine. A closed loop heat exchange catheter is percutaneously advanced into the retroperitoneal space of the patient or into the vasculature, and then heat exchange fluid is circulated through the catheter to cool the spinal column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Zoll Circulation, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Collins
  • Patent number: 8696723
    Abstract: An externally-applied heat exchange pad has three layers laminated together, an inner and outer non-conductive layer and a middle conductive layer. A leak in the inner layer causes coolant to contact the middle layer and change impedance, which can be sensed and used as an indication of an impending total leak of the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Zoll Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Stelica Stelea, David Searl Kimball, Lynn Miyeko Shimada, Kenneth A. Collins, Grant Palmer
  • Patent number: 8353893
    Abstract: A combined occlusion/infusion catheter is placed in the aorta of a cardiac arrest patient to occlude the aorta at a location just above the renal arteries/celiac trunk while rapidly infusing a liter or more of cold saline into the aorta below the occlusion. This flushes white cells from the bowel (now placed into a state of hypothermic stasis) induces hypothermia in the whole body, with perfusion pressure of the cold fluid maximized to the brain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Zoll Circulation, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Collins
  • Patent number: 8308788
    Abstract: An externally-applied heat exchange pad has three layers laminated together, an inner and outer non-conductive layer and a middle conductive layer. A leak in the inner layer causes coolant to contact the middle layer and change impedance, which can be sensed and used as an indication of an impending total leak of the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Zoll Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Stelica Stelea, David Searl Kimball, Lynn Miyeko Shimada, Kenneth A. Collins, Grant Palmer
  • Publication number: 20120210771
    Abstract: An externally-applied heat exchange pad has three layers laminated together, an inner and outer non-conductive layer and a middle conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Stelica Stelea, David Searl Kimball, Lynn Miyeko Shimada, Kenneth A. Collins, Grant Palmer
  • Patent number: 8097030
    Abstract: An externally-applied heat exchange pad has three layers laminated together, an inner and outer non-conductive layer and a middle conductive layer. A leak in the inner layer causes coolant to contact the middle layer and change impedance, which can be sensed and used as an indication of an impending total leak of the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Zoll Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Stelica Stelea, David Searl Kimball, Lynn Miyeko Shimada, Kenneth A. Collins, Grant Palmer
  • Publication number: 20110144730
    Abstract: An externally-applied heat exchange pad has three layers laminated together, an inner and outer non-conductive layer and a middle conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Stelica Stelea, David Searl Kimball, Lynn Miyeko Shimada, Kenneth A. Collins, Grant Palmer
  • Patent number: 7951182
    Abstract: An externally-applied heat exchange pad has three layers laminated together, an inner and outer non-conductive layer and a middle conductive layer. A leak in the inner layer causes coolant to contact the middle layer and change impedance, which can be sensed and used as an indication of an impending total leak of the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Zoll Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Stelica Stelea, David Searl Kimball, Lynn Miyeko Shimada, Kenneth A. Collins, Grant Palmer
  • Patent number: 7892269
    Abstract: An intravenous heat exchange catheter and/or an external cooling pad/bladder can be used to maintain hypothermia in, e.g., a cardiac arrest patient, but to accelerate the cooling process the patient first can be infused with cold saline before the opportunity arises to connect the catheter or pad to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Zoll Circulation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Collins, William J. Worthen
  • Patent number: 7867266
    Abstract: A system and method uses both a heart-lung machine (HLM) and a catheter and/or pad to reach a target temperature for, e.g., cardiac bypass surgery. At or about the target temperature, temperature control of the catheter/pad is suspended and patient temperature controlled using only the HLM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Zoll Circulation, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Collins
  • Patent number: 7822485
    Abstract: A method for exchanging heat with a patient's spinal column incident to spinal surgery or to relieve a patient for a hypoxia condition of the spine. A closed loop heat exchange catheter is percutaneously advanced into the retroperitoneal space of the patient, and then heat exchange fluid is circulated through the catheter to cool the spinal column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Zoll Circulation, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Collins
  • Patent number: 7425216
    Abstract: A closed loop heat exchange catheter can be placed in a patient suffering from cardiac arrest or myocardial infarction to cool the patient. Or, a heat exchange pad can be placed against the patient's skin to cool the patient. Magnesium sulfate is infused into the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Alsius Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Collins
  • Publication number: 20080221553
    Abstract: A combined occlusion/infusion catheter is placed in the aorta of a cardiac arrest patient to occlude the aorta at a location just above the renal arteries/celiac trunk while rapidly infusing a liter or more of cold saline into the aorta below the occlusion. This flushes white cells from the bowel (now placed into a state of hypothermic stasis) induces hypothermia in the whole body, with perfusion pressure of the cold fluid maximized to the brain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Collins