Patents by Inventor Mitchell Smith

Mitchell Smith 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: 6368307
    Abstract: A power injector and a removable replacement faceplate therefor are provided along with a method of front loading syringes, particularly prefilled syringes, which have outwardly extending structure such as flanges which have been typically breech loaded or side loaded into injectors or operated in a hand held fashion. The holder or faceplate of or for the injector is provided with a set of jaws spaced around a syringe receiving opening into which a syringe is loaded, rearward end first, with the jaws in a retracted position, until the flange or other outwardly extending structure on the syringe is rearward of the syringe is beyond a locking position of the jaws. The jaws are then actuated, either by operating an actuator on the faceplate or injector or by twisting the syringe in the opening, so that the jaws move radially inward and close in iris-like fashion about the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Liebel-Flarsheim Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Ziemba, Mitchell Smith, Charles S. Neer
  • Patent number: 6355024
    Abstract: A system to provide a specified volume of a medical fluid from a bulk source to a dose and/or delivery container for injection into a patient. The fluid path between the bulk container and the delivery container is physically separated at a connecting site before fluid is injected from the delivery container into the patient. The bulk container may be a bag or bottle, and the delivery container may be a syringe or bag. A bag delivery container may be contained in a pressurizeable chamber and fluid may be delivered by providing pressure to a membrane in the chamber contacting a wall of the bag. The system may be automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Small, Frank M. Fago, Gary S. Wagner, Mitchell A. Smith, Joseph B. Tyson
  • Publication number: 20010009994
    Abstract: A system to provide a specified volume of a medical fluid from a bulk source to a dose and/or delivery container for injection into a patient. The fluid path between the bulk container and the delivery container is physically separated at a connecting site before fluid is injected from the delivery container into the patient. The bulk container may be a bag or bottle, and the delivery container may be a syringe or bag. A bag delivery container may be contained in a pressurizeable chamber and fluid may be delivered by providing pressure to a membrane in the chamber contacting a wall of the bag. The system may be automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Applicant: Liebel-Flarsheim Company
    Inventors: James R. Small, Frank M. Fago, Gary S. Wagner, Mitchell A. Smith, Joseph B. Tyson