Patents by Inventor Margaret LaFond

Margaret LaFond 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: 4563175
    Abstract: A multiple syringe pump, comprising a pump housing, two or more seating recesses therein to receive two or more syringes for delivering two or more different substances to a patient intravenously, such as nutritional elements in one and medication substances in another, and a corresponding plurality of drive mechanisms in said pump housing powered by an electrical source for connection to each of the two or more syringes seated in said pump housing to move the syringe plungers at a controlled rate in the direction to discharge the contents of the syringe cylinder. The discharge ports of the syringes are connected to respective discharge tubes which in turn lead to a Y-connector which has its common outlet port connected to a single tube leading to a patient for intravenous infusion of the respective substances. The seating recesses of the pump housing are of different sizes to accept different sized syringes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Inventor: Margaret LaFond