Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Weitkamp

Thomas E. Weitkamp 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).

  • Probe wash station for analytical instrumentation
    Patent number: 11529656
    Abstract: A wash station includes a wash nozzle for cleaning an exterior portion of a probe and a basin allowing for waste fluid to be collected. The wash nozzle includes a vertically-elongate cavity with side slits on opposing side portions. A fluid inlet port may be connected to a side portion of the cavity to provide fluid. Fluid may additionally or alternatively come from within the probe. The basin includes an elongate body with an opened end to receive and secure the wash nozzle. One or more access slots may be provided on opposing side portions of the basin. The probe passes through an access slot or over a portion of the basin and through a side slit of the nozzle to enter the cavity for cleaning. A geometry of the cavity allows the wash nozzle to fill to a predetermined level while waste fluid flows out through the side slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Dunfee, Thomas E. Weitkamp
  • PROBE WASH STATION FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION
    Publication number: 20210220879
    Abstract: A wash station comprises a wash nozzle for cleaning an exterior portion of a probe and a basin allowing for waste fluid to be collected. The wash nozzle comprises a vertically-elongate cavity with side slits on opposing side portions. A fluid inlet port may be connected to a side portion of the cavity to provide fluid. Fluid may additionally or alternatively come from within the probe. The basin comprises an elongate body with an opened end to receive and secure the wash nozzle. One or more access slots may be provided on opposing side portions of the basin. The probe passes through an access slot or over a portion of the basin and through a side slit of the nozzle to enter the cavity for cleaning. A geometry of the cavity allows the wash nozzle to fill to a predetermined level while waste fluid flows out through the side slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Dunfee, Thomas E. Weitkamp
  • Flexible router for liquid tubes and electrical ribbon cables
    Patent number: 7240477
    Abstract: An improved energy tube-cable-router for securing flat cables and fluid carrying tubes and adapted to eliminate an undesirable pumping action of the fluid within the tubes by maintaining the longitudinal axis of tubes in a plane containing the central radius of curvature of tube-cable-router.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Dunfee, David G. Henderson, Thomas E. Weitkamp
  • Liquid tube and electrical cable clamp with locking features
    Patent number: 7228048
    Abstract: An improved mounting clamp adapted to simultaneously secure flat ribbon cables and a number of fluid tubes to a surface and having a locking feature to facilitate assembly and release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Dunfee, David G. Henderson, Thomas E. Weitkamp