James Mercer
Nursing in Taylorsville, UT

6997910, Feb 14, 2006

May 3, 2004

10/838101

Michael Wallace Howlett - Salt Lake City UT, US
James Victor Mercer - West Jordan UT, US
Gale H. Thorne - Bountiful UT, US

Infusive Technologies, LLC - Bounfiful UT

A61M 5/00, A61M 5/315

604191, 604231

A valve assembly is disclosed which effectively partitions a syringe into proximal and distal chambers to provide a multi-chamber, sequentially dispensing syringe apparatus. The valve assembly may be effectively used with a variety of standard, currently available commercial syringes and pre-filled syringes. Incorporated in the valve assembly is a valved stopper having a valve (which may be a slit valve), an impact sensor which opens the valve upon impact between the valve assembly and internal distal end of the syringe and a gas separator which separates liquid from gas disposed in the proximal chamber to assure gas is not delivered therefrom. The valve assembly is displaced as a plunger of the syringe is displaced via communication through fluid in the proximal chamber of the syringe. The actuator has a latching feature which latches the valve to an open state after being opened by the impact sensor. The gas separator has a proximally disposed orifice which facilitates priming.

6960191, Nov 1, 2005

May 15, 2003

10/439435

Michael Wallace Howlett - Salt Lake City UT, US
James Victor Mercer - West Jordan UT, US

Infusion Advancements, LLC - Salt Lake City UT

A61M005/178

60416413, 60416801

A safety, over-the-needle midline catheter, designed generally for insertion distal to the antecubital crease to be threaded proximally to a site just distal to the axilla. An accompanying safety apparatus is employed which permits only proximal displacement of an associated needle cannula into a safety housing. The catheter has an internal lumen of constant diameter and a proximally disposed taper which in conjunction with the constant internal diameter, provides a wall thickness which effectively resists kinking and associated closure of said lumen which might result from bending of an elbow when a portion of the catheter is disposed at the cubital crease. A butterfly is disclosed which has a collet having a superiorly disposed slit and lips associated with the slit which are sufficiently thin and supple to permit the catheter to be separated from the collet (and butterfly) while wings of the butterfly are disposed upon skin of a patient. Apparatus and methods are disclosed for assisting threading the catheter through difficult anatomical pathways.

8523830, Sep 3, 2013

Nov 1, 2010

12/917336

Donald D. Solomon - North Salt Lake UT, US
F. Mark Ferguson - Salt Lake City UT, US
Robert Hitchcock - Sandy UT, US
Steven Bandis - South Jordan UT, US
James Mercer - West Jordan UT, US
Michael W. Howlett - Salt Lake City UT, US

Catheter Connections - Salt Lake City UT

A61M 5/14, A61M 25/16, A61M 39/00, B65D 43/03, A01N 25/00

604256, 604533, 604905, 220380, 424405

Caps can be used to cover and disinfect a male protrusion portion of a medical connector. Some caps can create a seal with the male protrusion to prevent antiseptic from entering a lumen the protrusion. A biasing element can aid in creating or maintaining the seal.

8403291, Mar 26, 2013

Jun 19, 2008

12/142448

Michael Wallace Howlett - Salt Lake City UT, US
James Victor Mercer - West Jordan UT, US

A61M 5/00, F16K 7/04

251 7, 604246

A slide clamp for use with an infusion pump and infusion set provides finger grips and support members for supporting the infusion tubing. The finger grips make the slide clamp easier to use while reducing the risk of error. The tubing support members reduce the likelihood of improperly loading the tubing and reduce the risk of kinking the tubing during use. An infusion set is provided wherein the slide clamp may be coded through the use of colors, holes, or the like so as to identify the type of infusion tubing used therewith. The infusion pump can identify the code on the slide clamp and thereby determine the type of infusion tubing, and thereby allow access only to infusion programs for drugs or infusion solutions which are compatible with the particular type of infusion tubing.

8343112, Jan 1, 2013

Nov 30, 2010

12/956704

Donald D. Solomon - North Salt Lake UT, US
F. Mark Ferguson - Salt Lake City UT, US
Steven Bandis - West Jordan UT, US
James Mercer - West Jordan UT, US
Michael Howlett - Salt Lake City UT, US
Robert Hitchcock - Sandy UT, US

Catheter Connections, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT
The University of Utah Research Foundation - Salt Lake City UT

A61M 5/14, B65D 43/03, A61L 2/00, A61L 2/18, A61L 9/00

604256, 604905, 220380, 422292

Some assemblies can include a male cap and a female cap, each of which can be used to cover separated medical connectors. In certain arrangements, a male cap can include a movable carriage that transitions from a retracted position when an assembly with which the male cap is associated is in a closed state to an extended position when the assembly is in an open state.

2014004, Feb 13, 2014

Feb 26, 2013

13/777747

James Victor Mercer - West Jordan UT, US

CAREFUSION CORPORATION - San Diego CA

A61M 39/28

604250

A slide clamp for use with an infusion pump and infusion set provides finger grips and support members for supporting the infusion tubing. The finger grips make the slide clamp easier to use while reducing the risk of error. The tubing support members reduce the likelihood of improperly loading the tubing and reduce the risk of kinking the tubing during use. An infusion set is provided wherein the slide clamp may be coded through the use of colors, holes, or the like so as to identify the type of infusion tubing used therewith. The infusion pump can identify the code on the slide clamp and thereby determine the type of infusion tubing, and thereby allow access only to infusion programs for drugs or infusion solutions which are compatible with the particular type of infusion tubing.

2010007, Mar 25, 2010

May 9, 2009

12/387937

Michael W. Howlett - Salt Lake City UT, US
James V. Mercer - West Jordan UT, US
Amelio Paolucci - Westminster CO, US

Infusion Advancements, LLC. - Salt Lake City UT

A61M 5/168, A61M 5/315

604 65, 604237

Apparatus and methods for providing controlled pressure-flow pulses which purge a catheter system with turbulent flow flushing. Accomplishment of such controlled pressure-flow pulses is provided by a variety of inventive devices including a special plunger rod for a conventional syringe, other interactive parts for conventional syringes, an in-line catheter attachable device which automatically generates the controlled pressure-flow pulses and also single pulse, digitally operated devices.

8328767, Dec 11, 2012

Oct 25, 2011

13/281404

Donald D. Solomon - North Salt Lake UT, US
F. Mark Ferguson - Salt Lake City UT, US
Robert Hitchcock - Sandy UT, US
Steven Bandis - West Jordan UT, US
James V. Mercer - West Jordan UT, US
Michael W. Howlett - Salt Lake City UT, US

Catheter Connections, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT
The University of Utah Research Foundation - Salt Lake City UT

A61M 5/32

604199, 604263, 1510404, 134 6, 422 28, 422292

Caps can be used to cover and disinfect a male protrusion portion of a medical connector. Some caps can create a seal with the male protrusion to prevent antiseptic from entering a lumen the protrusion. A biasing element can aid in creating or maintaining the seal.

2013033, Dec 19, 2013

Aug 21, 2013

13/972101

James V. Mercer - West Jordan UT, US
Michael W. Howlett - Salt Lake City UT, US
Robert Hitchcock - Sandy UT, US
James Paul Kennedy - Salt Lake City UT, US
Richard Lasher - Salt Lake City UT, US

The University of Utah Research Foundation - Salt Lake City UT
Catheter Connections, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

A61M 39/16

604535

Caps can be used to cover and disinfect medical connectors. Some caps can create a seal with the medical connectors to prevent antiseptic from entering a fluid paths defined by a connector. Support members can aid in creating or maintaining the seal.

2008031, Dec 25, 2008

Mar 19, 2008

12/051717

Gale H. Thorne - Bountiful UT, US
Bradley Carling Robinson - North Salt Lake UT, US
Michael Wallace Howlett - Salt Lake City UT, US
James Victor Mercer - West Jordan UT, US
Nestor Rodriguez San Juan - Hamburg NJ, US

A61M 5/19

604191

A syringe is partitioned into at least proximal and distal chambers to provide a multi-chamber, sequentially dispensing syringe apparatus. The syringe includes a gas separator that prevents gas from exiting a chamber with delivered fluid.