Michael J Platt

US Patent:

53724399, Dec 13, 1994

Filed:

Dec 18, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/993114

Inventors:

David L. Poole - Libertyville IL
Jeffrey R. Kaufman - Waukegan IL
Michael K. Platt - Mount Prospect IL

Assignee:

Zebra Technologies Corporation - Vernon Hills IL

International Classification:

B41J 3336

US Classification:

400232

Abstract:

A thermal transfer printer includes an arrangement for continuously and automatically varying the rate of advance of the thermal transfer ribbon during printing, the rate of advance being correlated with the nature of the image being printed, and the variable advance rate being provided by a driven friction feed roller and a pair of ribbon guides which cooperate with the friction feed roller and are so positioned that the transfer ribbon is held tightly against the friction feed roller, contacting the circumference of the friction feed roller over more than 90. degree. its circumference and preferably at least 180. degree. of its circumference.

US Patent:

54154820, May 16, 1995

Filed:

Nov 1, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/143741

Inventors:

David L. Poole - Libertyville IL
Jeffrey R. Kaufman - Waukegan IL
Michael K. Platt - Mount Prospect IL

Assignee:

Zebra Technologies Corporation - Vernon Hills IL

International Classification:

B41J 3324

US Classification:

400248

Abstract:

A thermal transfer printer includes an arrangement for continuously and automatically varying the rate of advance of the thermal transfer ribbon during printing, the rate of advance being correlated with the nature of the image being printed, and the variable advance rate being provided by a driven friction feed roller and a pair of ribbon guides which cooperate with the friction feed roller and are so positioned that the transfer ribbon is held tightly against the friction feed roller, contacting the circumference of the friction feed roller over more than 90. degree. its circumference and preferably at least 180. degree. of its circumference.

US Patent:

20170072133, Mar 16, 2017

Filed:

Nov 29, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/363593

Inventors:

- Deerfield IL, US
Ralph H. LaBedz - McHenry IL, US
Michael Kenneth Platt - Mt. Prospect IL, US
Ronald H. Spang - Kenosha WI, US
James Frei Berrill - Carry IL, US
Matthew Stephen Vogel - Round Lake IL, US
Michelle Kowalski Greaney - Grayslake IL, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/142
A61M 5/172
G01B 7/00
A61M 5/145

Abstract:

An infusion pump operable with a syringe having a syringe barrel and a syringe plunger includes a housing having a compartment to receive the syringe and defining a wall, and a syringe clamp moveable towards and away from the wall, the syringe clamp contacting the syringe barrel; a drive mechanism supported and structured and arranged to contact and end of the syringe plunger so as to be able to move the syringe plunger within the syringe barrel; a syringe barrel size sensor including a magnet operably coupled to the syringe clamp, and a sensing member supported by the housing and configured to generate an output indicative of a magnetic field associated with the magnet; and software installed on the pump and programmed to use the output to determine a size of the syringe barrel received by the compartment.

US Patent:

20150073378, Mar 12, 2015

Filed:

Nov 12, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/539671

Inventors:

- Deerfield IL, US
- Glattpark (Opfikon), CH
Michael Kenneth Platt - Mt. Prospect IL, US
James Frei Berrill - Cary IL, US
Matthew Stephen Vogel - Round Lake IL, US
Michelle Kowalski Greaney - Grayslake IL, US

International Classification:

G06T 3/60
A61M 5/142

US Classification:

604500

Abstract:

A method of delivering a medical fluid to a patient includes enabling the attachment of an infusion pump housing to an external support, enabling the viewing of information right-side-up on a display screen of the infusion pump housing, enabling the rotation of the display screen approximately 90 degrees about an axis extending perpendicularly from the display screen, automatically reorienting the information on the display screen so that the information remains right-side-up after rotation, enabling the viewing of the information right-side-up on the display screen after rotation, and enabling the delivery of a flowable material to the patient through an infusion line attached to the infusion pump housing before and after rotation.

US Patent:

20140197824, Jul 17, 2014

Filed:

Mar 17, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/215958

Inventors:

- Deerfield IL, US
Ralph H. LaBedz - McHenry IL, US
Michael Kenneth Platt - Mt. Prospect IL, US
Ronald H. Spang - Kenosha WI, US
James Frei Berrill - Cary IL, US
Matthew Stephen Vogel - Round Lake IL, US
Michelle Kowalski Greaney - Grayslake IL, US

Assignee:

Baxter International Inc. - Deerfield IL

International Classification:

G01B 7/00
A61M 5/172

US Classification:

32420722, 604152

Abstract:

An infusion pump includes a housing having a compartment structured to receive a syringe and a drive mechanism supported by the housing. The drive mechanism is structured and arranged to contact a syringe plunger of the syringe and move the syringe plunger within a syringe barrel of the syringe. The infusion pump further includes a syringe plunger position sensor and a syringe barrel size sensor. The sensors each include a magnet positioned on the drive mechanism and a magnetic sensor array supported by the housing.

US Patent:

20110293443, Dec 1, 2011

Filed:

Aug 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/207191

Inventors:

John Gillespie, JR. - Libertyville IL, US
Ralph H. LaBedz - McHenry IL, US
Michael Kenneth Platt - Mt. Prospect IL, US
James Frei Berrill - Cary IL, US
Matthew Stephen Vogel - Round Lake IL, US
Michelle Kowalski Greaney - Grayslake IL, US

Assignee:

BAXTER HEALTHCARE S.A. - Glattpark (Opfikon)
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. - Deerfield IL

International Classification:

F04B 53/00

US Classification:

417313

Abstract:

An infusion pump including a pump actuator; a fluid assembly operable with the pump actuator, the fluid assembly including an outlet line; a housing configured at its front side to receive the fluid assembly and at its backside to mount in either a first orientation or a second orientation to an external support, wherein the housing supports the pump actuator and the fluid assembly in each of the orientations, and wherein the outlet line extends from a surface of the housing; a controller operably connected to the housing; and a display operably connected to the controller and supported by the front side of the housing, the display configured to be rotatable responsive so that information displayed by the display is oriented right-side-up regardless of whether the surface from which the output extends is in the first orientation or the second orientation.

US Patent:

20100256561, Oct 7, 2010

Filed:

Oct 5, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/573620

Inventors:

John Gillespie, Jr. - Libertyville IL, US
Ralph H. LaBedz - McHenry IL, US
Michael Kenneth Platt - Mt. Prospect IL, US
James Frei Berrill - Cary IL, US
Matthew Stephen Vogel - Round Lake IL, US
Michelle Kowalski Greaney - Grayslake IL, US

Assignee:

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. - Deerfield IL

International Classification:

A61M 5/142

US Classification:

604151

Abstract:

An infusion pump includes a housing; a user interface carried by the housing; a pump actuator positioned by the housing so as to be able to actuate a medical fluid pump member; and wherein the user interface and the pump actuator are powered interchangeably by a first, rechargeable battery unit and a second battery unit, both the first and second battery units configured to power the user interface and the pump actuator at a place for which outside power is unavailable, and such that the user interface and the pump actuator can be powered by the second battery unit while the first battery unit is being recharged.

US Patent:

20080161753, Jul 3, 2008

Filed:

Dec 17, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/958033

Inventors:

John Gillespie - Libertyville IL, US
Ralph H. LaBedz - McHenry IL, US
Michael Kenneth Platt - Mt. Prospect IL, US
Ronald H. Spang - Kenosha WI, US
James Frei Berrill - Cary IL, US
Matthew Stephen Vogel - Round Lake IL, US
Michelle Kowalski Greaney - Grayslake IL, US

Assignee:

BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. - Deerfield IL

International Classification:

A61M 31/00
G06F 9/00
G06F 7/04

US Classification:

604 65, 726 14, 726 5

Abstract:

An infusion pump which includes a fingerprint reader to verify that a patient or a user is authorized to activate a patient-controlled analgesic button. The fingerprint reader can be integrated into the patient-controlled analgesic button. The infusion pump delivers a dose of medication to the patient if the fingerprint of the patient or user matches a pre-loaded fingerprint.