Patents by Inventor Susan L. Felix

Susan L. Felix 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).

  • Drip chamber and fluid level sensing mechanism for a fluid delivery system
    Patent number: 8147464
    Abstract: The fluid injector system includes a source of injection fluid, a pump device, a fluid control device operably associated with the pump device, and a fluid path set in fluid connection with the source of injection fluid and the pump device. The fluid path set includes a drip chamber including an elongated body having a top end, a bottom end and a raised projection, the raised projection being substantially rectangular in shape and extending longitudinally from the top end along the drip chamber body and terminating adjacent to the bottom end. A fluid level sensing mechanism is operably associated with the fluid control device, and includes a drip chamber support for supporting the drip chamber body and a fluid level sensor associated with the drip chamber support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: MEDRAD, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Spohn, Thomas P. Joyce, Michael J. Ehrenberg, James A. Dedig, John A. Haury, Susan L. Felix, Gerald W. Callan, John D. Shearer, Jr., Herbert Grubic, Ralph Kopacko, William D. Barlow, Richard G. Critchlow, Roderick H. Beaulieu, Jennie Kwo, Luis A. Pedraza