Patents by Inventor Lawrence L. Leppert

Lawrence L. Leppert 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).

  • Technique for extracorporeal treatment of blood
    Patent number: 5910252
    Abstract: Blood from a patient is treated extracorporeally by any selected one of a plurality of predetermined treatments. Each of the treatments involves the flow of blood from the patient into a primary chamber of a filtration unit, past a semipermeable membrane located in the filtration unit which separates the primary chamber from a secondary chamber of the filtration unit, out the filtration unit and back to the patient. A replacement fluid is selectively and controllably added to the blood, as required for the selected treatment. A secondary fluid is controllably and selectively introduced into the secondary chamber of the filtration unit for controllably collecting material passing across the semipermeable membrane from the blood or for supplying material to pass across the semipermeable membrane into the blood as required for the selected treatment. Materials are removed from the secondary chamber and collected in accordance with the selected treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: COBE Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Lori A. Truitt, Frank Corbin, III, Donn D. Lobdell, Douglas P. Miller, Keith Manica, George J. Eilers, Steven H. Johnson, Lawrence L. Leppert
  • Technique for extracorporeal treatment of blood
    Patent number: 5762805
    Abstract: Blood from a patient is treated extracorporeally by any selected one of a plurality of predetermined treatments. Each of the treatments involves the flow of blood from the patient into a primary chamber of a filtration unit, past a semipermeable membrane located in the filtration unit which separates the primary chamber from a secondary chamber of the filtration unit, out the filtration unit and back to the patient. A replacement fluid is selectively and controllably added to the blood, as required for the selected treatment. A secondary fluid is controllably and selectively introduced into the secondary chamber of the filtration unit for controllably collecting material passing across the semipermeable membrane from the blood or for supplying material to pass across the semipermeable membrane into the blood as required for the selected treatment. Materials are removed from the secondary chamber and collected in accordance with the selected treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: COBE Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Lori A. Truitt, Frank Corbin, III, Donn D. Lobdell, Douglas P. Miller, Keith Manica, George J. Eilers, Steven H. Johnson, Lawrence L. Leppert
  • Pump with plural flow lines
    Patent number: 4885001
    Abstract: Apparatus for pumping fluid through plural flow lines comprising a pump having an inlet and an outlet for transporting the fluid therethrough, first and second flow lines that are selectively connectable to the pump inlet via a first valve, and third and fourth flow lines that are selectively connectable to the outlet via a second valve, whereby the pump can be used to selectively pump fluid through different flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: Cobe Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence L. Leppert