Bobby D Rogers

US Patent:

6416496, Jul 9, 2002

Filed:

Nov 14, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/713521

Inventors:

Bobby E. Rogers - Del Mar CA
Marc S. Lieberman - Poway CA
Marc C. Doyle - San Diego CA

Assignee:

Tandem Medical, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A61M 3700

US Classification:

604132, 604410, 6048901

Abstract:

It is a primary object of the present invention to provide an automated system based on an integral fluid bag for administering a variety of intravenous drug regimens and reducing the vagaries of existing manual systems. The fluid has multiple chambers configured to implement a prescribed intravenous medical therapy. Each chambers geometry (size, shape), sequence and position, alone and in combination with the other chambers, matches the prescribed intravenous therapy or drug regimen. The bags configuration assures that the intravenous therapy is administered in accordance with the prescribed drug regimen, thus automating the previous manual method. A choice of fluid bag configurations may be stocked so that a prescription for well known and widely accepted drug regimens may be filled by merely selecting a bag with the appropriate chamber configuration and filling it with the prescribed medications.

US Patent:

6482188, Nov 19, 2002

Filed:

Dec 17, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/023195

Inventors:

Bobby E. Rogers - San Diego CA
Kevin S. Nason - Menlo Park CA
Gino Kang - Newport Beach CA

Assignee:

Mission Medical Devices, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A61M 500

US Classification:

604249, 2511496

Abstract:

An injection valve includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid channel extending between the inlet and the outlet. A piston is slidable within a bore of the housing between a first position wherein the piston is relatively far from the closed end and a second position wherein the piston is relatively near to the closed end. A biasing spring biases the piston toward the first position. The piston closes and seals the inlet when the piston is in the first position and allows fluid to pass from the inlet to the fluid channel to the outlet when the piston is in the second position. A piston seal is formed between the piston and a wall of the bore, dividing the bore into a unsealed chamber and a sealed chamber adjacent to the closed end. There is no vent between the sealed chamber and an exterior of the housing. Pressure differences between the unsealed chamber and the sealed chamber that adversely affect performance may be minimized by providing a deformable membrane or a gas accumulator communicating with the sealed chamber, or providing an initial pressure differential wherein a gas pressure within the sealed chamber is less than a gas pressure within the unsealed chamber, when the piston is in its first position.

US Patent:

6664893, Dec 16, 2003

Filed:

Apr 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/841154

Inventors:

Doug C. Eveland - Carlsbad CA
William R. Marable - Carlsbad CA
Bobby E. Rogers - San Diego CA

Assignee:

CardioNet, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G08B 108

US Classification:

34053912, 128903, 340 58, 3405731, 455411, 705 2

Abstract:

Access to medical monitoring device service is controlled by inputting a set of identification data elements into a medical monitoring device system, which then establishes a communication link with a central unit and communicating the set of identification data elements to the central unit. The medical monitoring device system and the central unit cooperatively determining whether the medical monitoring device may be activated for rendering medical monitoring device service, by evaluating the set of identification data elements as to whether they meet a set of basic structural requirements, and obtaining financial or other authorization from a third-party source. In the event that the identification data elements meet the set of basic structural requirements and the authorization is obtained, the central, unit issues an activation signal to the medical monitoring device system over the communication link.

US Patent:

6665385, Dec 16, 2003

Filed:

Apr 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/841133

Inventors:

Bobby E. Rogers - San Diego CA
William R. Marable - Carlsbad CA
Philip N. Eggers - Poway CA

Assignee:

Cardionet, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

H04M 1100

US Classification:

37910602, 379 9308, 128903, 128904

Abstract:

A medical monitoring system has a sensor system including a sensor associated with a patient and a remote monitoring unit. The remote monitoring unit includes a microprocessor in communication with the sensor system, and a portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system in communication with the microprocessor. The portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system has a land-line telephone transceiver and/or a cellular telephone transceiver, and a third-network transceiver such as a paging-network transceiver. A full data set is transmitted over the land-line telephone transceiver or the cellular telephone transceiver when communications links over these transceivers are available, and a reduced data set is transmitted over the third-network transceiver when communications links over the land-line telephone transceiver and the cellular telephone transceiver are not available.

US Patent:

6957107, Oct 18, 2005

Filed:

Mar 13, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/099929

Inventors:

Bobby E. Rogers - San Diego CA, US
Lon M. Severe - San Diego CA, US
Philip N. Eggers - Poway CA, US

Assignee:

CardioNet, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A61N001/18

US Classification:

607 60, 607 30, 607 32, 128904

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for communicating with and monitoring the operation of a device implanted within a patient. A transceiver capable of being implanted within a patient provides a communication interface between an implanted medical device and a monitor external to the patient's body. The external monitor can communicate with a remote monitoring center over a communication network. The external monitor also provides control signals to the implanted device via the transceiver unit. The transceiver apparatus is capable of two-way communication between the implanted device and the external monitor. The transceiver apparatus is also capable of detecting actions performed by the implanted device and physiological signals directly from the patient's body. Thus, the transceiver apparatus provides circuitry for determining whether an implanted medical device is operating properly. The transceiver apparatus provides a way to remotely reprogram one or more implanted medical devices.

US Patent:

6979323, Dec 27, 2005

Filed:

Feb 7, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/361506

Inventors:

Bobby E. Rogers - San Diego CA, US
Mark W. Godfrey - Ramona CA, US

Assignee:

Aragon Medical Corporation - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A61M025/00

US Classification:

604284, 604523

Abstract:

The invention concerns catheterization assemblies designed to reduce the risk of infection, transmission of bloodborne pathogens, loss of blood, and development of embolisms in a patient. Embodiments of the invention are directed to a catheterization assembly having a catheter hub with multiple access ports. In some embodiments, the catheter hub is permanently attached to a catheter and a valve. The catheter hub provides fluid communication between the valve and the catheter. The catheter hub may also be provided with a sealing member that provides access to a fluid passageway of the catheter hub but which prevents leakage of fluids from the catheter hub. In other embodiments, the catheter hub includes a passageway and an air vent for allowing air to pass out of the catheterization assembly.

US Patent:

7002468, Feb 21, 2006

Filed:

Dec 5, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/728631

Inventors:

Doug C. Eveland - Carlsbad CA, US
William R. Marable - Carlsbad CA, US
Bobby E. Rogers - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

CardioNet, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G08B 1/08

US Classification:

34053912, 128903, 340 58, 3405731, 455411, 705 2

Abstract:

Access to a medical monitoring system, which includes a patient-portable monitoring device and an associated monitoring service at a central unit, is controlled by inputting a set of identification data elements into a medical monitoring device, which then establishes a communication link with a central unit and communicates the set of identification data elements to the central unit. The medical monitoring device and the central unit cooperatively determine whether the medical monitoring device may be activated for rendering medical monitoring device service, by evaluating the set of identification data elements as to whether they meet a set of basic structural requirements, and obtaining financial or other authorization from a third-party source. In the event that the identification data elements meet the set of basic structural requirements and the authorization is obtained, the central unit issues an activation signal to the medical monitoring device over the communication link.

US Patent:

7130396, Oct 31, 2006

Filed:

Dec 15, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/737193

Inventors:

Bobby E. Rogers - San Diego CA, US
William R. Marable - Gurnee IL, US
Philip N. Eggers - Poway CA, US

Assignee:

CardioNet, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

H04M 11/00

US Classification:

37910602, 379 9308, 128903, 128904

Abstract:

A medical monitoring system has a sensor system including a sensor associated with a patient and a remote monitoring unit. The remote monitoring unit includes a microprocessor in communication with the sensor system, and a portable-monitoring unit transceiver system in communication with the microprocessor. The portable-monitoring unit transceiver system has a land-line telephone transceiver and/or a cellular telephone transceiver, and a third-network transceiver such as a paging-network transceiver. A full data set is transmitted over the land-line telephone transceiver or the cellular telephone transceiver when communications links over these transceivers are available, and a reduced data set is transmitted over the third-network transceiver when communications links over the land-line telephone transceiver and the cellular telephone transceiver are not available.