John W Whiting

US Patent:

6547072, Apr 15, 2003

Filed:

Apr 26, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/846677

Inventors:

John Whiting - Salt Lake City UT
Jim Mottola - South Jordan UT
Fred Lampropoulos - Sandy UT

Assignee:

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. - South Jordan UT

International Classification:

B65D 8310

US Classification:

206364, 206210, 206438, 206509

Abstract:

A guidewire holder is provided that stores a coiled guidewire substantially immersed in a storage fluid and allows for a facilitated retrieval of the guidewire. The guidewire holder is generally configured as a shallow pan in a circular shape with an outer periphery to retain the coiled guidewire. The outer periphery includes a concave inner wall and a set of ribs that generally retain the coiled guidewire on the outer periphery. An access area is provided to suspend a portion of the guidewire away from the outer periphery to enable a medical practitioner to reach into the guidewire holder and grasp a portion of the guidewire in order to easily extract the coiled guidewire from the holder. An inner periphery reduces the amount of storage fluid needed to immerse the guidewire and is used in combination with the outer periphery to provide a location for comfortably holding the guidewire holder. Multiple holders may be coupled together so as to be stacked on top of each other.

US Patent:

6715947, Apr 6, 2004

Filed:

Jun 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/877545

Inventors:

Craig Jack Cornelius - Woodinville WA
John Wayne Whiting - Kent WA
Charles Gordon Whitaker - Mercer Island WA

Assignee:

Tally Printer Corporation - Kent WA

International Classification:

B41J 2314

US Classification:

400322, 400320

Abstract:

A low rotational inertia shuttle system ( ) for a dot matrix line printer ( ) is disclosed. The low rotational inertia shuttle system ( ) includes an elongate support structure ( ), a carriage ( ) and a counterbalance ( ). The carriage and the counterbalance are reciprocally mounted on the support structure. The low rotational inertia shuttle system also includes a reciprocating assembly ( ) disposed on the support structure for reciprocating the carriage and the counterbalance. The reciprocating assembly has an inertia that is purposely minimized with respect to the mass of the carriage and the counterbalance, such that the printer operates at a substantially constant level of kinetic energy to produce a substantially linear velocity profile for the carriage. The low rotational inertia shuttle system further includes a rotational mechanism ( ) that is coupled to the reciprocating assembly for controlling energy applied to the reciprocating assembly in a way that maximizes the linearity of the carriage velocity profile.

US Patent:

57382131, Apr 14, 1998

Filed:

Mar 22, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/620267

Inventors:

John Whiting - Salt Lake City UT
Brian W. Stevens - Pleasant Grove UT
William Padilla - Sandy UT
Garlyn W. Hendry - Salt Lake City UT
Fred P. Lampropoulos - Sandy UT

Assignee:

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. - South Jordan UT

International Classification:

B65D 8310
A61B 500

US Classification:

206364

Abstract:

Guidewire holders to store one or more coiled guidewires substantially immersed in a storage fluid are provided. Some embodiments are more suited to storing a single guidewire holder while other embodiments are designed specifically to hold a plurality of guidewires. The guidewire holder is generally configured as a shallow pan in a circular or ovoid shape with a periphery to hold the coiled guidewires. At least a portion of the guidewire holder is shaped so that the coiled guidewire is held away from at least the outer periphery of the holder. This enables a healthcare professional to reach into the guidewire holder and grasp a portion of the guidewire in order to easily extract the coiled guidewire from the holder.