Patents by Inventor Kristin A. Metz

Kristin A. Metz 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: 11946469
    Abstract: A screw spindle pump having a spindle housing in which a drive spindle and at least one running spindle meshing therewith are received in spindle bores, and an external housing which accommodates the spindle housing, an axial inlet connection and a radial outlet connection being provided on the external housing. The spindle housing has an axial fluid outlet for the fluid conveyed via the drive spindle and the running spindle through the spindle housing, as well as a drive motor having a drive shaft which runs through a bore in a housing wall, which axially closes the interior of the external housing, and which is coupled to the drive spindle. A part of the fluid flowing out of the fluid outlet of the spindle housing flows through the seal-free bore along the drive shaft into the drive motor, cools this drive motor and flows back into the external housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LEISTRITZ PUMPEN GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Metz, Kristin Lissek, Florian Popp
  • Publication number: 20180289312
    Abstract: A medical workstation is defined by a supporting structure having at least one medical diagnostic instrument disposed thereupon. A first display is further disposed on a first side of the supporting structure and a second display is disposed on a second side of the supporting structure in a manner substantially opposite from the first display. Each of the first and second displays are interconnected to the at least one medical diagnostic instrument to permit at least one of the displays in order to display diagnostic results and are tandemly or independently controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: David G. Perkins, Douglas J. Linquest, Thaddeus J. Wawro, Kristin A. Metz, Peter H. Soderberg, Bonita L. Lobosky, Robert L. Vivenzio
  • Patent number: 10010287
    Abstract: A medical workstation is defined by a supporting structure having at least one medical diagnostic instrument disposed thereupon. A first display is further disposed on a first side of the supporting structure and a second display is disposed on a second side of the supporting structure in a manner substantially opposite from the first display. Each of the first and second displays are interconnected to the at least one medical diagnostic instrument to permit at least one of the displays in order to display diagnostic results and are tandemly or independently controllable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: WELCH ALLYN, INC.
    Inventors: David G. Perkins, Douglas J. Linquest, Thaddeus J. Wawro, Kristin A. Metz, Peter H. Soderberg, Bonita L. Labosky, Robert L. Vivenzio
  • Publication number: 20130002420
    Abstract: A medical workstation is defined by a supporting structure having at least one medical diagnostic instrument disposed thereupon. A first display is further disposed on a first side of the supporting structure and a second display is disposed on a second side of the supporting structure in a manner substantially opposite from the first display. Each of the first and second displays are interconnected to the at least one medical diagnostic instrument to permit at least one of the displays in order to display diagnostic results and are tandemly or independently controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Perkins, Douglas J. Linquest, Thaddeus J. Wawro, Kristin A. Metz, Peter H. Soderberg, Bonita L. Labosky, Robert L. Vivenzio
  • Patent number: 8292807
    Abstract: A medical workstation is defined by a supporting structure having at least one medical diagnostic instrument disposed thereupon. A first display is further disposed on a first side of the supporting structure and a second display is disposed on a second side of the supporting structure in a manner substantially opposite from the first display. Each of the first and second displays are interconnected to the at least one medical diagnostic instrument to permit at least one of the displays in order to display diagnostic results and are tandemly or independently controllable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Perkins, Douglas J. Linquest, Thaddeus J. Wawro, Kristin A. Metz, Peter H. Soderberg, Bonita L. Labosky, Robert L. Vivenzio
  • Publication number: 20100324380
    Abstract: A medical workstation is defined by a supporting structure having at least one medical diagnostic instrument disposed thereupon. A first display is further disposed on a first side of the supporting structure and a second display is disposed on a second side of the supporting structure in a manner substantially opposite from the first display. Each of the first and second displays are interconnected to the at least one medical diagnostic instrument to permit at least one of the displays in order to display diagnostic results and are tandemly or independently controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Perkins, Douglas J. Linquest, Thaddeus J. Wawro, Kristin A. Metz, Peter H. Soderberg, Bonita L. Labosky, Robert L. Vivenzio
  • Publication number: 20070185390
    Abstract: An information workflow for a medical diagnostic workstation in which patient data is captured, arranged and displayed in predetermined formats for a user in the handling of patients. The workflow permits vitals capture and storage and creation of a comprehensive patient record in which the workstation can operate in a stand-alone or network connected mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: David Perkins, Douglas Linquest, Kristin Metz
  • Publication number: 20050288571
    Abstract: A medical workstation is defined by a supporting structure having at least one medical diagnostic instrument disposed thereupon. A first display is further disposed on a first side of the supporting structure and a second display is disposed on a second side of the supporting structure in a manner substantially opposite from the first display. Each of the first and second displays are interconnected to the at least one medical diagnostic instrument to permit at least one of the displays in order to display diagnostic results and are tandemly or independently controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: David Perkins, Douglas Linquest, Thaddeus Wawro, Kristin Metz, Peter Soderberg, Bonita Labosky