William D Porter

US Patent:

D478518, Aug 19, 2003

Filed:

Sep 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

29/168362

Inventors:

William Porter - Newport Beach CA 92663

International Classification:

1004

US Classification:

D10 70

US Patent:

6712794, Mar 30, 2004

Filed:

Aug 21, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/934435

Inventors:

Richard Kust - Aliso Viejo CA
Gary Werschmidt - Yorba Linda CA
William Porter - Carlsbad CA
Robert Keahy - San Antonio CA
Gary Aurin - Foothill Ranch CA
Roger Massengale - Mission Viejo CA

Assignee:

Spinal Specialties, Inc. - San Antonio TX

International Classification:

A61M 5000

US Classification:

604224, 604211, 604235

Abstract:

Apparatus for delivering a viscous liquid to a surgical site employs a conventional syringe having a barrel and a plunger movable axially within the barrel from a withdrawn position to an inserted position. The apparatus includes an internally-threaded sleeve and a substantially cylindrical actuation element. The sleeve is configured to receive the plunger in its withdrawn position, and has an open proximal end and a distal end slot configured for receiving the syringe barrel therethrough. The actuation element has an externally-threaded distal portion dimensioned to screw into the proximal end of the sleeve, and a plunger seat, at the distal end of the actuation element, that bears against the plunger and that pushes the plunger axially toward its inserted position in the barrel as the actuation element is threaded into the sleeve.

US Patent:

6726672, Apr 27, 2004

Filed:

Jan 19, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/487105

Inventors:

Kevin B. Hanly - Mission Viejo CA
Frank OBrien - Rancho Palos Verdes CA
Salvadore F. Palomares - Rancho Santa Margarita CA
William S. Phillips - Mission Viejo CA
Bruce Hubrecht - Canyon Lake CA
William M. Porter - Carlsbad CA
Evelyn L. Foss - Lake Forest CA

Assignee:

ICU Medical, Inc. - San Clemente CA

International Classification:

A61B 1900

US Classification:

604414, 604408, 604415, 604905, 604 86, 604 615, 215247

Abstract:

An intravenous drug access system. In one embodiment of the invention, the drug access system includes an IV bag having an inlet port and an outlet port, whereby the inlet port is a female luer integral therewith. The integral female luer fitting may be fitted with a sealed end cap including a male luer insert with a closed end. An alternative embodiment of the present invention comprises a discrete pre-molded connector made with a spike at one end and a female luer fitting at the opposing end. The spike is used to penetrate a standard IV bag through a conventional inlet port.

US Patent:

D525888, Aug 1, 2006

Filed:

Feb 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

29/223434

Inventors:

William Porter - Newport Beach CA, US

International Classification:

1004

US Classification:

D10 70

US Patent:

7175615, Feb 13, 2007

Filed:

Apr 27, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/832906

Inventors:

Kevin B. Hanly - Mission Viejo CA, US
Frank O'Brien - Rancho Palos Verdes CA, US
Salvadore F. Palomares - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
William S. Phillips - Mission Viejo CA, US
Bruce Hubrecht - Canyon Lake CA, US
William M. Porter - Carlsbad CA, US
Evelyn L. Foss - Lake Forest CA, US

Assignee:

ICU Medical, Inc. - San Clemente CA

International Classification:

A61B 19/00
A61M 5/32
B65D 33/00
B65D 33/16

US Classification:

604414, 604408, 604415, 604905, 383 41, 383 59, 383 67, 383 80

Abstract:

An intravenous drug access system. In one embodiment of the invention, the drug access system includes an IV bag having an inlet port and outlet port, whereby the inlet port is a female luer integral therewith. The integral female luer fitting may be fitted with a sealed end cap comprising a male luer insert with a closed end. An alternative embodiment of the present invention comprises a discrete pre-molded connector made with one spike at one end and a female luer fitting at the opposing end. The spike is used to penetrate a standard IV bag through a conventional inlet port.

US Patent:

D537765, Mar 6, 2007

Filed:

Jul 12, 2006

Appl. No.:

29/262869

Inventors:

William Porter - Newport Beach CA, US

International Classification:

1216

US Classification:

D12193

US Patent:

20040030345, Feb 12, 2004

Filed:

Aug 9, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/215604

Inventors:

Gary Aurin - Foothill Ranch CA, US
William Porter - Carlsbad CA, US

International Classification:

A61F002/00

US Classification:

606/092000

Abstract:

An improved syringe for delivering a viscous liquid, especially bone cement, to a surgical site, has a barrel with a distal outlet end and an open proximal end, and a plunger movable axially within the barrel, the plunger having a shaft extending proximally from the proximal end of the barrel. The plunger shaft incorporates a reinforcing structure that provides increased torsional rigidity and improved dispersion of torsional loads, and the barrel includes an outwardly and proximally flared peripheral rim around its proximal end. The peripheral rim forms a funnel that circumscribes less than 360, and preferably about 240 of the proximal end of the barrel, thereby defining a gap in the rim that provides direct access to the open proximal end of the barrel. The rim facilitates the filling of the barrel either by pouring a liquid into the funnel, or by filling the barrel with a highly viscous, paste-like liquid directly into the open proximal end of the barrel through the gap. The shaft is formed of a pair of flattened, elongate longitudinal members that intersect at right angles to form a shaft structure that is cruciform in cross section, wherein the reinforcing structure is provided by a truss element lattice formed between the longitudinal members.

US Patent:

20060217679, Sep 28, 2006

Filed:

May 3, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/418156

Inventors:

Kevin Hanly - Mission Viejo CA, US
Frank O'Brien - Rancho Palos Verdes CA, US
Salvadore Palomares - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
William Phillips - Mission Viejo CA, US
Bruce Hubrecht - Canyon Lake CA, US
William Porter - Carlsbad CA, US
Evelyn Foss - Lake Forest CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 19/00

US Classification:

604403000

Abstract:

An intravenous drug access system. In one embodiment of the invention, the drug access system includes an IV bag having an inlet port and outlet port, whereby the inlet port is a female luer integral therewith. The integral female luer fitting may be fitted with a sealed end cap comprising a male luer insert with a closed end. An alternative embodiment of the present invention comprises a discrete pre-molded connector made with one spike at one end and a female luer fitting at the opposing end. The spike is used to penetrate a standard IV bag through a conventional inlet port.