Patents by Inventor Michael Hungerford

Michael Hungerford 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: 8733178
    Abstract: A pressure sensing assembly for an infusion pump, including: a tubing guide arranged to receive tubing; a displaceable load assembly at least partially disposed within the tubing guide and with a first surface facing in a first direction; a load cell facing the load assembly in the first direction; and a displacement assembly engaged with the tubing guide, facing the first surface in a second direction, opposite the first direction, and exerting a first force on the load assembly in the first direction. The load cell is arranged to detect a second force, greater than the first force, acting on the load cell in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Baxter Healthcare S.A., Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Bivans, Kenneth Corwin, Troy P. Lindke, Michael Hungerford, Scott C. Ofslager, Jason Maine
  • Publication number: 20130192380
    Abstract: A pressure sensing assembly for an infusion pump, including: a tubing guide arranged to receive tubing; a displaceable load assembly at least partially disposed within the tubing guide and with a first surface facing in a first direction; a load cell facing the load assembly in the first direction; and a displacement assembly engaged with the tubing guide, facing the first surface in a second direction, opposite the first direction, and exerting a first force on the load assembly in the first direction. The load cell is arranged to detect a second force, greater than the first force, acting on the load cell in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: SIGMA INTERNATIONAL GENERAL MEDICAL APPARATUS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Bivans, Kenneth Corwin, Troy P. Lindke, Michael Hungerford, Scott C. Ofslager, Jason Maine
  • Publication number: 20050104415
    Abstract: A reconfigurable lower bunk apparatus for a vehicle having a sleeping compartment with a rear wall and first and second side walls is disclosed. In one form, a mattress receiving receptacle or tray is moveably mounted to a rear wall of the vehicle to permit raising and lowering of the tray between raised and lowered positions. A storage compartment is overlaid by the tray when the tray is in the lowered position. The storage compartment may have first and second sections with one of the sections being longer than the other and desirably greater than one-half the width between the side walls of the sleeping compartment. Removable dividers may subdivide the storage compartment into respective storage sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Hungerford, Corry Cooper