Patents by Inventor Rebecca L. Baptiste Davenport

Rebecca L. Baptiste Davenport 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).

  • Apparatus and method for rapidly cooling or heating the body temperature of a patient
    Patent number: 10993828
    Abstract: An extracorporeal blood cooling or heating circuit includes an intravenous catheter for withdrawing a patient's blood coupled to a combined pump/heat exchanger device. One or more sensors are provided upstream and/or downstream of the pump/heat exchanger device for measuring pressure, temperature, fluid flow, blood oxygenation, and other parameters. A controller is operatively coupled to the pump/heat exchanger device and the one or more sensors to control the speed of the pump inside the pump/heat exchanger device and regulate the blood temperature by controlling the operation of the heat exchanger. The combined pump/heat exchanger device includes a housing having at least one inlet and at least one outlet, a pump portion defining a blood circuit inside the housing, and a heat exchanger portion contained within the housing for selectively heating or cooling the blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: CardiacAssist, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert G. Svitek, Kraig J. McEwen, Rebecca L. Baptiste Davenport