Patents by Inventor Steven Plager

Steven Plager 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: 11904133
    Abstract: An LVP that provides peristaltic pumping to removably couplable administration set tubing assemblies supplying medical infusate. The LVP includes a housing, a drive-train assembly, and a controller. The housing includes an assembly receptacle configured to receive an administration set tubing assembly. The drive-train assembly provides mechanical peristaltic movement within the assembly receptacle. The drive-train assembly includes a stepper motor located within the housing and a camshaft assembly, driven by the stepper motor and at least partially extending into the assembly receptacle. The camshaft assembly includes a unitary camshaft and a plurality of tube engaging members that cooperatively move according to rotation of the unitary camshaft. Further, the controller is located within the housing that controls operation of the stepper motor and the camshaft assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant A. Adams, James B. Drost, Christopher A. Lacy, Jonathan Sanborn, Daniel L. Adamson, Sameer Pai, Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, Erik Jagger, Benn Horrisberger, Larry R. Zalesky
  • Publication number: 20240009387
    Abstract: An infusion pump, including a housing, a user interface, a motor and a set of drive components, and a controller. The housing enables selective stacked attachment with other infusion pumps. The housing includes a top portion with a handle integrated into an outer surface that partially defines a generally U-shaped retaining feature. The housing also includes a bottom portion with a generally U-shaped projection that is contoured to selectively mate with the retaining feature of another infusion pump. The user interface provides a front side to the housing that receives commands regarding infusion pump operation. The motor and set of drive components are at least partially located within the housing and mechanically direct infusion of infusate. The controller is located within the housing and that controls operation of the motor and the set of drive components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Lacy, Grant A. Adams, Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, Jonathan Sanborn, Manfred Maiers, Walter Dobrovolny, Eric Wilkowske
  • Patent number: 11801342
    Abstract: An infusion pump, including a housing, a user interface, a motor and a set of drive components, and a controller. The housing enables selective stacked attachment with other infusion pumps. The housing includes a top portion with a handle integrated into an outer surface that partially defines a generally U-shaped retaining feature. The housing also includes a bottom portion with a generally U-shaped projection that is contoured to selectively mate with the retaining feature of another infusion pump. The user interface provides a front side to the housing that receives commands regarding infusion pump operation. The motor and set of drive components are at least partially located within the housing and mechanically direct infusion of infusate. The controller is located within the housing and that controls operation of the motor and the set of drive components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Lacy, Grant A. Adams, Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, Jonathan Sanborn, Manfred Maiers, Walter Dobrovolny, Eric Wilkowske
  • Patent number: 11497579
    Abstract: A pole clamp assembly is configured to facilitate removable coupling of one or more medical devices to a support structure. The pole clamp assembly includes a pole clamp that is configured to selectively grip the supporting structure. The pole clamp includes a fastener hub and a locking mechanism. A docking member is configured to operably couple a medical device of the one or more medical devices to the pole clamp. The docking member includes structure defining a fastener hub aperture and one or more recesses into which a portion of the locking mechanism can selectively reside. The locking mechanism is shiftable between a non-engaged position in which the docking member is rotatable relative to the pole clamp, and an engaged position in which rotation of the docking member relative to the pole clamp is inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Lacy, Kevin Krautbauer, Steven Plager
  • Publication number: 20210369954
    Abstract: An LVP that provides peristaltic pumping to removably couplable administration set tubing assemblies supplying medical infusate. The LVP includes a housing, a drive-train assembly, and a controller. The housing includes an assembly receptacle configured to receive an administration set tubing assembly. The drive-train assembly provides mechanical peristaltic movement within the assembly receptacle. The drive-train assembly includes a stepper motor located within the housing and a camshaft assembly, driven by the stepper motor and at least partially extending into the assembly receptacle. The camshaft assembly includes a unitary camshaft and a plurality of tube engaging members that cooperatively move according to rotation of the unitary camshaft. Further, the controller is located within the housing that controls operation of the stepper motor and the camshaft assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Grant A. Adams, James B. Drost, Christopher A. Lacy, Jonathan Sanborn, Daniel L. Adamson, Sameer Pai, Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, Erik Jagger, Benn Horrisberger, Larry R. Zalesky
  • Publication number: 20210236719
    Abstract: A syringe pump configured to at least partially surround a syringe loaded into the pump. The syringe pump including a syringe pump housing defining a syringe receptacle shaped and sized to accept loading of the syringe, a plunger driver assembly configured to manipulate a plunger of a syringe loaded into the syringe pump, and a syringe housing including a syringe barrel shield pivotably coupled to the syringe pump housing configured to at least partially enclose a syringe loaded into the syringe pump within the syringe receptacle, and a syringe plunger tray and lid assembly operably coupled to the syringe pump housing and configured to at least partially enclose a portion of the plunger driver assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Peterson, Walter Dobrovolny, Jonathan Sanborn, Henry Madden, Steven Plager, Christopher Lacy, Kevin Krautbauer, Dennis Babcock, Dean Sibik, Benn Horrisberger, Grant Adams, Seth Schulte
  • Publication number: 20200129691
    Abstract: An infusion pump, including a housing, a user interface, a motor and a set of drive components, and a controller. The housing enables selective stacked attachment with other infusion pumps. The housing includes a top portion with a handle integrated into an outer surface that partially defines a generally U-shaped retaining feature. The housing also includes a bottom portion with a generally U-shaped projection that is contoured to selectively mate with the retaining feature of another infusion pump. The user interface provides a front side to the housing that receives commands regarding infusion pump operation. The motor and set of drive components are at least partially located within the housing and mechanically direct infusion of infusate. The controller is located within the housing and that controls operation of the motor and the set of drive components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Lacy, Grant A. Adams, Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, Jonathan Sanborn, Manfred Maiers, Walter Dobrovolny, Eric Wilkowske
  • Publication number: 20200000546
    Abstract: A pole clamp assembly is configured to facilitate removable coupling of one or more medical devices to a support structure. The pole clamp assembly includes a pole clamp that is configured to selectively grip the supporting structure. The pole clamp includes a fastener hub and a locking mechanism. A docking member is configured to operably couple a medical device of the one or more medical devices to the pole clamp. The docking member includes structure defining a fastener hub aperture and one or more recesses into which a portion of the locking mechanism can selectively reside. The locking mechanism is shiftable between a non-engaged position in which the docking member is rotatable relative to the pole clamp, and an engaged position in which rotation of the docking member relative to the pole clamp is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Allen LACY, Kevin KRAUTBAUER, Steven PLAGER
  • Publication number: 20060081725
    Abstract: An airless spray gun is provided with a trigger guard which may be detached from the gun body at its upper end and then used as a wrench to unscrew the handle from the gun body or housing. The filter is located in the handle and is designed so that fluid flows from the inside out. This construction provides for debris to be trapped inside the filter rather than inside the gun handle thereby providing easier removal of the filter from the handle. A simplified needle assembly is provided which requires no adjustment and which is easy to service and assemble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Plager, Eric Finstad, Steven Kuczenski, Craig Wojciechowski, Harold Johnson
  • Patent number: D806018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Plager, Kevin Krautbauer, John Kimber, Jeff Trunnell, Christopher Lacy
  • Patent number: D816864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lacy, Kevin Krautbauer, Steven Plager
  • Patent number: D823456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lacy, Nancy Bayer, Grant Adams, John Kimber, Steven Plager, Jennifer Tsai
  • Patent number: D840021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lacy, Walter Dobrovolny, Kevin Krautbauer, Jonathan Sanborn, Steven Plager