Patents by Inventor Tom H. Borlaug

Tom H. Borlaug 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: 9067009
    Abstract: A core, rotatably fitted within a body of a manifold assembly, includes a flow channel configured so that, when the core is rotated 360 degrees, fluid communication between ports of the body is only established by the channel at a first position, between first and second ports, and at a second position, between third and fourth ports. The channel may define an angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees, preferably 120 degrees; and, the rotation, between first and second positions, may be approximately 180 degrees. In a medical injection system, the first and second ports are fill ports of the assembly, the first being coupled to a reservoir, and the second being coupled to a pump; and the third and fourth ports are injection ports of the assembly, the third being coupled to the pump, and the fourth being coupled to an injection line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: ACIST Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Duane Scott, Tom H. Borlaug, Scott Jacob Soltis
  • Publication number: 20140213974
    Abstract: A core, rotatably fitted within a body of a manifold assembly, includes a flow channel configured so that, when the core is rotated 360 degrees, fluid communication between ports of the body is only established by the channel at a first position, between first and second ports, and at a second position, between third and fourth ports. The channel may define an angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees, preferably 120 degrees; and, the rotation, between first and second positions, may be approximately 180 degrees. In a medical injection system, the first and second ports are fill ports of the assembly, the first being coupled to a reservoir, and the second being coupled to a pump; and the third and fourth ports are injection ports of the assembly, the third being coupled to the pump, and the fourth being coupled to an injection line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: ACIST Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: DAVID DUANE SCOTT, TOM H. BORLAUG, SCOTT JACOB SOLTIS
  • Publication number: 20110064548
    Abstract: A post extending from a medical device facilitates transfer of the device between first and second support structures. Each of the first and second structures includes a mounting receptacle, configured to receive the post, fitting either tightly or loosely thereabout, depending on a position of the post along an axis of the receptacle. When the first receptacle holds the post and is moved in a first direction, the post may be moved into the second receptacle, which is then moved in a second direction, to tighten the second receptacle and loosen the first receptacle about the post. When the second receptacle holds the post, the first receptacle may be moved in the first direction, until the post enters the first receptacle, and, then, the second receptacle may be moved in a direction opposite to the second direction, to loosen the second receptacle and tighten the first receptacle about the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Darryl T. Wrolson, Tom H. Borlaug, Steven P. Plager, David D. Scott