Patents by Inventor Robert R. McClendon

Robert R. McClendon 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: 6757630
    Abstract: An integrated system for certifying the safety and efficacy of intravenous (“IV”) pumps is provided wherein a test station having a first component in liquid flow communication with a pump to be tested and a second component adopted for electrical connection to the pump can be operated accurately by persons without extensive technical training and without the need to ship the IV pump off-site. In a preferred embodiment, an output element prompts the operator to input responses based upon a prescribed test protocol to certify the safety and efficacy of the IV pump's operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. McClendon, Aleandro DiGianfilippo
  • Publication number: 20030097232
    Abstract: Systems integrate in a straightforward and user-friendly manner the testing and certification of different functional and performance characteristics of intravenous pumps on site by non-technical people.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Triad Infusion Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. McClendon, Aleandro DiGianfilippo
  • Patent number: 5856929
    Abstract: Systems integrate in a straightforward and user-friendly manner the testing and certification of different functional and performance characteristics of intravenous pumps on site by non-technical people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Spectrel Partners, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robert R. McClendon, Aleandro Digianfilippo
  • Patent number: 5742519
    Abstract: Systems integrate in a straightforward and user-friendly manner the testing and certification of different functional and performance characteristics of intravenous pumps on site by non-technical people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Spectrel Partners, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robert R. McClendon, Aleandro DiGianfilippo
  • Patent number: 5717603
    Abstract: A testing apparatus for an intravenous pump houses a first component adapted to test at least one liquid flow characteristic of the pump and a second component adapted to be coupled electrically to the pump to test at least one electrical characteristic of the pump. An interior panel compartmentalizes the housing into two compartments isolated one from the other. The first component is confined solely within one of the compartments and the second component is confined solely within the other one of the compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Spectrel Partners, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robert R. McClendon, Aleandro DiGianfilippo, Leon Huang
  • Patent number: 5608650
    Abstract: The system and methods obtain a set of multiple data samples and derive an average of the data samples in the set (SET.sub.AVE). The systems and methods derive a standard deviation for the data samples in the set (SET.sub.STD). The systems and methods compare each of the data samples to SET.sub.STD and either reject the data sample, if the absolute difference between the data sample is greater than or equal to k * SET.sub.STD, where k is a selected value greater than zero, or retain the data sample, if the absolute difference between the data sample is less than k * SET.sub.STD. The systems and methods repeat the foregoing steps until the absolute difference between every data sample remaining in the set is less than k * SET.sub.STD. The systems and methods then derive a filtered average for the set FSET.sub.AVG, where FSET.sub.AVE is the SET.sub.AVG for the data set in which the absolute difference between every data sample remaining in the set is less than k * SET.sub.STD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Spectrel Partners, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robert R. McClendon, Aleandro DiGianfilippo, Richard Pierce, Alan A. Figler