Patents by Inventor Matthew Vessa

Matthew Vessa 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).

  • Medication delivery control systems and methods
    Patent number: 8616393
    Abstract: Drug delivery systems and methods involve associating unique keys to patients. Medication intended for a patient is then locked in a container that may only be unlocked with the particular unique key associated with that patient or a master key. The master key may have a counter to count the number of times that it is used, so as to discourage unnecessary use of the master key. The medication containers may be locked with template locks that are subsequently encoded to be unlocked by a particular unique key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Matthew Vessa
  • MEDICATION DELIVERY CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20080121000
    Abstract: Drug delivery systems and methods involve associating unique keys to patients. Medication intended for a patient is then locked in a container that may only be unlocked with the particular unique key associated with that patient or a master key. The master key may have a counter to count the number of times that it is used, so as to discourage unnecessary use of the master key. The medication containers may be locked with template locks that are subsequently encoded to be unlocked by a particular unique key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Matthew Vessa