Patents by Inventor Kevin J. Moraski

Kevin J. Moraski 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).

  • Volumetric infusion pump
    Patent number: 6213723
    Abstract: A medical infusion pump is disclosed which provides for greatly improved accuracy in the delivery of medicaments to a patient. Among the various features included in the instant invention is a pumping body which serves to deform and reform a tube so as to maintain the initial cross-section thereof and thereby preserve the output accuracy of the pump. Also disclosed with regard to the pumping body is a wholly mechanical synchronization of the pumping body and valves associated therewith and coactive with the aforementioned synchronization a mechanical linearization of output of the pumping body per each pumping cycle. Additionally, several features which serve to enhance the utility of the instant invention are also included therein among which is an associated assembly operative to automatically load or disload a tube or IV set into or out of the pumping body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Hal Danby, Geoff Hutchins, Thomas McGraghan, Jon Plumb, Mark Harris, Stuart Page, Alan Brundle, Tim Allen, Ralph H. LaBedz, Kenneth M. Lynn, Martin Monaghan, Kevin J. Moraski, Svante (Eric) Myren, Janice Stewart, John M. Turner
  • Volumetric infusion pump with automatic tube loader
    Patent number: 6123524
    Abstract: A medical infusion pump is disclosed which provides for greatly improved accuracy in the delivery of medicaments to a patient. Among the various features included in the instant invention is a pumping body which serves to deform and reform a tube so as to maintain the initial cross-section thereof and thereby preserve the output accuracy of the pump. Also disclosed with regard to the pumping body is a wholly mechanical synchronization of the pumping body and valves associated therewith and coactive with the aforementioned synchronization a mechanical linearization of output of the pumping body per each pumping cycle. Additionally, several features which serve to enhance the utility of the instant invention are also included therein among which is an associated assembly operative to automatically load or disload a tube or IV set into or out of the pumping body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Hal Danby, Geoff Hutchins, Thomas McGraghan, Jon Plumb, Mark Harris, Stuart Page, Alan Brundle, Tim Allen, Ralph H. LaBedz, Kenneth M. Lynn, Martin Monaghan, Kevin J. Moraski, Svante Eric Myren, Janice Stewart, John M. Turner
  • Volumetric infusion pump with transverse tube loader
    Patent number: 5842841
    Abstract: A medical infusion pump is disclosed which provides for greatly improved accuracy in the delivery of medicaments to a patient. Among the various features included in the instant invention is a pumping body which serves to deform and reform a tube so as to maintain the initial cross-section thereof and thereby preserve the output accuracy of the pump. Also disclosed with regard to the pumping body is a wholly mechanical synchronization of the pumping body and valves associated therewith and coactive with the aforementioned synchronization a mechanical linearization of output of the pumping body per each pumping cycle. Additionally, several features which serve to enhance the utility of the instant invention are also included therein among which is an associated assembly operative to automatically load or disload a tube or IV set into or out of the pumping body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Baxter International, Inc.
    Inventors: Hal Danby, Geoff Hutchins, Thomas McGraghan, Jon Plumb, Mark Harris, Stuart Page, Alan Brundle, Tim Allen, Ralph H. LaBedz, Kenneth M. Lynn, Martin Monaghan, Kevin J. Moraski, Svante Eric Myren, Janice Stewart, John M. Turner