Edward James Kimball
Physician in Salt Lake City, UT

7644722, Jan 12, 2010

Aug 9, 2005

11/199790

Mark A. Christensen - Salt Lake City UT, US
Timothy R. Wolfe - Salt Lake City UT, US
Perry W. Croll - Salt Lake City UT, US
Marshall T. Denton - Salt Lake City UT, US
Edward J. Kimball - Salt Lake City UT, US

Wolfe Tory Medical, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

G05D 7/00, G05D 9/00

137107, 251 33, 251 45

An apparatus for monitoring the intra-abdominal pressure of a hospitalized patient includes a urinary catheter connected to a urine valve providing selectable communication between a discharge end of the urinary catheter and either a drain or a fluid source. Preferably, the urine valve is adapted for remote actuatation and has a housing adapted to resist patient discomfort from leg-valve contact. Plumbing structure desirably maintains fluid supply and drain conduits in a substantially parallel arrangement to assist routing those conduits between a patient's legs. When the urine valve is oriented to permit communication with the fluid source, an infusion pump may be used to infuse a known quantity of fluid through the urine valve and into the patient's bladder. A pressure transducer desirably is connected in-circuit to indicate the fluid's pressure. To facilitate the infusion process, an automatic flow control device may be included in a fluid supply path and arranged to permit repetitive operation of a syringe to inject a bolus of fluid into the patient's bladder.

7112177, Sep 26, 2006

Mar 4, 2003

10/379222

Mark A. Christensen - Salt Lake City UT, US
Timothy R. Wolfe - Salt Lake City UT, US
Perry W. Croll - Salt Lake City UT, US
Marshall T. Denton - Salt Lake City UT, US
Edward J. Kimball - Salt Lake City UT, US

Wolfe Tory Medical, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

A61B 5/00

600561

An apparatus for monitoring intra-abdominal pressure in a medical patient includes a urinary catheter connected to a urine valve having selectable communication positions between a discharge end of the urinary catheter and either a drain or a fluid source. Preferably, the urine valve has a housing adapted to resist patient discomfort from body-valve contact. A plumbing structure desirably maintains fluid supply and drain conduits in a substantially parallel arrangement to assist routing those conduits between a patient's legs. When the urine valve is oriented for communication with the fluid source, a syringe may be used to introduce a known quantity of fluid through the urine valve into the patient's bladder where the fluid's pressure can be measured. Desirably, a double check valve is included in a fluid supply path and arranged to permit repetitive operation of the syringe to introduce a bolus of fluid into the patient's bladder.

2007025, Nov 1, 2007

Jul 3, 2007

11/825215

Mark Christensen - Salt Lake City UT, US
Timothy Wolfe - Salt Lake City UT, US
Perry Croll - Salt Lake City UT, US
Marshall Denton - Salt Lake City UT, US
Edward Kimball - Salt Lake City UT, US

A61B 5/00

600561000

An improved apparatus for monitoring the intra-abdominal pressure of a hospitalized patient includes a urinary catheter connected to a urine valve having selectable communication positions between a discharge end of the urinary catheter and either a drain or a fluid source. Preferably, the urine valve has a housing adapted to resist patient discomfort from leg-valve contact. One operable protective housing may be embodied as a separate tray component. Plumbing structure desirably maintains fluid supply and drain conduits in a substantially parallel arrangement to assist routing those conduits between a patient's legs. When the urine valve is oriented for communication to the fluid source, an infusion pump may be used to introduce a known quantity of fluid through the urine valve and into the patient's bladder where the fluid's pressure can be measured. Desirably, a double check valve is included in a fluid supply path and arranged to permit repetitive operation of a syringe to inject a bolus of fluid into the patient's bladder. Subsequent to making a pressure measurement, the urine valve is returned to the bladder draining position.

8052671, Nov 8, 2011

Oct 11, 2004

11/665133

Mark A. Christensen - Salt Lake City UT, US
Timothy R. Wolfe - Salt Lake City UT, US
Perry W. Croll - Salt Lake City UT, US
Marshall T. Denton - Salt Lake City UT, US
Edward J. Kimball - Salt Lake City UT, US

AbViser Medical, LLC - Salt Lake City UT

A61M 1/00

604540, 604 9301

An apparatus for monitoring the intra-abdominal pressure of a patient includes a urinary catheter () connected to a urine valve () providing selectable communication between a discharge end of the urinary catheter () and either a drain () or a fluid source (). Preferably, the urine valve () is adapted for remote actuation and has a housing adapted to resist patient discomfort from leg-valve () contact. Plumbing structure desirably maintains fluid supply () and drain () conduits in a substantially parallel arrangement to assist routing those conduits () between a patient's legs. When the urine valve () is oriented to permit communication with the fluid source (), an infusion pump () may be used to infuse a known quantity of fluid through the urine valve () and into the patient's bladder (). A pressure transducer () desirably is connected in-circuit to indicate the fluid's pressure and avoid pressure fluctuations induced by system components. To facilitate the infusion process, an automatic flow control device may be included in a fluid supply path () and arranged to permit repetitive operation of a syringe () to inject a bolus of fluid into the patient's bladder ().

7892181, Feb 22, 2011

Sep 1, 2005

11/219319

Mark A. Christensen - Salt Lake City UT, US
Timothy R. Wolfe - Salt Lake City UT, US
Perry W. Croll - Salt Lake City UT, US
Marshall T. Denton - Salt Lake City UT, US
Edward J. Kimball - Salt Lake City UT, US

AbViser Medical LLC - Salt Lake City UT

A61B 5/00

600561

An improved apparatus for monitoring the intra-abdominal pressure of a hospitalized patient includes a urinary catheter connected to a urine valve having selectable communication positions between a discharge end of the urinary catheter and either a drain or a fluid source. Preferably, the urine valve has a housing adapted to resist patient discomfort from leg-valve contact. One operable protective housing may be embodied as a separate tray component. Plumbing structure desirably maintains fluid supply and drain conduits in a substantially parallel arrangement to assist routing those conduits between a patient's legs. When the urine valve is oriented for communication to the fluid source, an infusion pump may be used to introduce a known quantity of fluid through the urine valve and into the patient's bladder where the fluid's pressure can be measured. Desirably, a double check valve is included in a fluid supply path and arranged to permit repetitive operation of a syringe to inject a bolus of fluid into the patient's bladder. Subsequent to making a pressure measurement, the urine valve is returned to the bladder draining position.

7726328, Jun 1, 2010

Aug 26, 2009

12/583823

Mark A. Christensen - Salt Lake City UT, US
Timothy R. Wolfe - Salt Lake City UT, US
Perry W. Croll - Sandy UT, US
Marshall T. Denton - Salt Lake City UT, US
Edward J. Kimball - Salt Lake City UT, US

Wolfe Tory Medical, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

G05D 7/00, G05D 9/00

137107, 251 45

An apparatus for monitoring the intra-abdominal pressure of a hospitalized patient includes a urinary catheter connected to a urine valve providing selectable communication between a discharge end of the urinary catheter and either a drain or a fluid source. Preferably, the urine valve is adapted for remote actuation and has a housing adapted to resist patient discomfort from leg-valve contact. Plumbing structure desirably maintains fluid supply and drain conduits in a substantially parallel arrangement to assist routing those conduits between a patient's legs. When the urine valve is oriented to permit communication with the fluid source, an infusion pump may be used to infuse a known quantity of fluid through the urine valve and into the patient's bladder. A pressure transducer desirably is connected in-circuit to indicate the fluid's pressure. To facilitate the infusion process, an automatic flow control device may be included in a fluid supply path and arranged to permit repetitive operation of a syringe to inject a bolus of fluid into the patient's bladder.

2012028, Nov 15, 2012

May 11, 2012

13/470107

Timothy R. Wolfe - Salt Lake City UT, US
Marshall T. Denton - Salt Lake City UT, US
J. Michael Brown - Salt Lake City UT, US
Mark A. Christensen - Salt Lake City UT, US
Edward J. Kimball - Salt Lake City UT, US
Michael L. Cheatham - Orlando FL, US
Huy N. Tran - Riverton UT, US
Perry W. Croll - Salt Lake City UT, US

A61M 1/00, A61M 5/14

604 43, 604540

Devices adapted to facilitate draining fluid from the abdominal/peritoneal cavity of a medical patient. The invention may be embodied in one or more element of an access port, insertion assist device, and/or abdominal catheter. A preferred abdominal catheter provides a drain field that can be inserted into the abdominal compartment, through an access opening having a small cross-section, in a stowed configuration and subsequently expanded to provide a large drain area through which to extract fluid from the compartment.