Patents by Inventor Weldon Dean West

Weldon Dean West 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).

  • Disposable blood pressure transducer and monitor interface
    Patent number: 8764668
    Abstract: A medical blood pressure transducer that provides an identifier to a monitor that conveys characteristics of the transducer. The monitor can use the information to decide whether to function, or in calibration of the system. The transducer may be part of a disposable blood pressure monitoring system, and may include two transducers closely-spaced to provide two separate but identical outputs. In this way, the transducer may be connected to both a patient monitor and a cardiac output monitor at the same time measurements from a single line can be simultaneously supplied to two separate monitoring devices (for example a patient monitor and a cardiac output monitor). The identifier for the transducer may be circuitry, specifically a resistance/capacitance (RC) combination that possesses a characteristic time constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Luchy Roteliuk, Weldon Dean West, Douglas Meyer, Jr., Luong N. Phan
  • Disposable Blood Pressure Transducer And Monitor Interface
    Publication number: 20100056932
    Abstract: A medical blood pressure transducer that provides an identifier to a monitor that conveys characteristics of the transducer. The monitor can use the information to decide whether to function, or in calibration of the system. The transducer may be part of a disposable blood pressure monitoring system, and may include two transducers closely-spaced to provide two separate but identical outputs. In this way, the transducer may be connected to both a patient monitor and a cardiac output monitor at the same time measurements from a single line can be simultaneously supplied to two separate monitoring devices (for example a patient monitor and a cardiac output monitor). The identifier for the transducer may be circuitry, specifically a resistance/capacitance (RC) combination that possesses a characteristic time constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Luchy Roteliuk, Weldon Dean West, Douglas Meyer, JR., Luong N. Phan
  • Disposable blood pressure transducer and monitor interface
    Patent number: 7604602
    Abstract: A medical blood pressure transducer that provides an identifier to a monitor that conveys characteristics of the transducer. The monitor can use the information to decide whether to function, or in calibration of the system. The transducer may be part of a disposable blood pressure monitoring system, and may include two transducers closely-spaced to provide two separate but identical outputs. In this way, the transducer may be connected to both a patient monitor and a cardiac output monitor at the same time measurements from a single line can be simultaneously supplied to two separate monitoring devices (for example a patient monitor and a cardiac output monitor). The identifier for the transducer may be circuitry, specifically a resistance/capacitance (RC) combination that possesses a characteristic time constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Luchy Roteliuk, Weldon Dean West, Douglas Meyer, Jr., Luong N. Phan
  • Disposable blood pressure transducer and monitor interface
    Publication number: 20060009699
    Abstract: A medical blood pressure transducer that provides an identifier to a monitor that conveys characteristics of the transducer. The monitor can use the information to decide whether to function, or in calibration of the system. The transducer may be part of a disposable blood pressure monitoring system, and may include two transducers closely-spaced to provide two separate but identical outputs. In this way, the transducer may be connected to both a patient monitor and a cardiac output monitor at the same time measurements from a single line can be simultaneously supplied to two separate monitoring devices (for example a patient monitor and a cardiac output monitor). The identifier for the transducer may be circuitry, specifically a resistance/capacitance (RC) combination that possesses a characteristic time constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Luchy Roteliuk, Weldon Dean West, Douglas Meyer, Luong Phan