JOSEPH R PARADIS
Engineering in Hilton Head Island, SC

6692478, Feb 17, 2004

May 4, 1998

09/073022

Joseph R. Paradis - Hilton Head Island SC 29925

A61B 1900

604403, 604411, 604415, 604249, 604905

A method of sterile needless vial access, utilized to transfer materials from one unit to another. The method utilizes a swab-able access port and a blunt cannula. The access port receives the blunt cannula to couple and aseptically transfer medical and body fluids. The swab-able access port permits disinfectant treatment before receipt of the blunt cannula to limit and prevent contamination of sterile fluids.

5806831, Sep 15, 1998

Nov 28, 1994

8/345481

Joseph R. Paradis - Hilton Head Island SC

A61M 3900

2511491

A flexible container for medical fluid including a flexible housing with an adapter secured to the housing for connecting an outlet to a complementary inlet of another container sealed by a stopper having an outlet connected to an inlet and disposed to serve as a conduit for fluid flow, with a movable member sealing the inlet and having a flexible body for controlling flow by the extent to which the flexible body is buckled and the removal of flex restores the seal; the stopper can take the form of a flow control device with an inlet for fluid and a slotted movable member sealing the inlet and closing the slot, with the unsealing of the inlet and the opening of the slot permitting the passage of fluid to an outlet, advantageously through a cannula that is surrounded by the opened slot and extends to the outlet; a member external to the flow control device, such as the tip of a Luer taper, can activate the moveable member by depressing it to allow the flow of fluid.

6168137, Jan 2, 2001

Dec 30, 1996

8/777081

Joseph R. Paradis - Hilton Head Island SC

F16L 3700, A61M 500

2511496

An apparatus comprises a housing having an end with an input having an entrance and an output and a probe integral with the housing extending from the output to beyond the end of the input. The probe has a passageway connected to the output. A spring-biased seal is disposed about the probe to seal the passageway and is depressible by an exterior member to expose the passageway. The extension of the probe beyond the end of the input permits the swabbing thereof before the depression of the seal.

5453097, Sep 26, 1995

Aug 15, 1994

8/290133

Joseph R. Paradis - Hilton Head Island SC

A61M 500

604247

Valve apparatus and method with an elastomeric disk fixedly disposed between inlet and outlet members and being deformable to permit flow through the inlet to the outlet. Deformation of the disk in the direction of pressure through the outlet is limited. The elastomeric disk can be circular with a linear or non-linear slit and be clamped between the inlet and outlet members. The structure for limiting disk deformation can take the form of a pilot integrated into, and extending across, the inlet member in centrally or non-centrally apertured form.

2005005, Mar 10, 2005

Sep 7, 2002

10/236782

Joseph Paradis - Hilton Head Island SC, US
Dana Marshall - Saint Louis MO, US

A61B019/00

604403000

The invention provides for a cleansable, i.e., swabbable, access pot, formed by a stopper having a bore extending from an entry position to an exit position; and a plug in the bore at the entry position and movable in the bore; whereby the location of the plug at the entry position of the stopper permits the cleansing or swabbing of the outer surfaces of the plug and the stopper before the plug is depressed into the bore of the stopper for a vial or container in order to reduce the danger of contamination of the bore by pathogens. To convert from single-use vial access, to multiple-use vial access, the plug is replaced by a swabbable, needleless, multiple-use lock connector in which the plug contains a slit that is closed upon initial depression but is thereafter openable to permit flow through the connector into a vial or container.

5070905, Dec 10, 1991

May 29, 1990

7/530097

Joseph Paradis - Hilton Head SC

F16K 1514

137606

A flow control device in which a plurality of flow channels converge in a two-part housing containing a free-floating and pre-biased flow control diaphragm and an injection site. The free-floating diaphragm is at the entry position of an intermediate channel which extends to an output channel of the injection site. The control diaphragm is pre-biased by a prong which extends from a base portion of the two-part housing.

2004020, Oct 21, 2004

Apr 21, 2003

10/419422

Joseph Paradis - Hilton Head Island SC, US

B65B001/04

141/002000, 141/329000, 141/027000

Method and apparatus for needle protection provided by a container having opposed ends, with one end permitting the container to be positioned on a receptacle, and the opposite end for the attachment of a fillable member. A needle is positioned within the container, which can be tubular, between the opposed ends. The attachment of a fillable member can be by the attachment of an empty syringe, and the container can be positioned on a receptacle for attaching a serum vial. A needle removably extends within the container near the end where the receptacle is attachable. The empty syringe is removably connected to the needle within the container, and is used to withdraw serum from the vial. After the filled syringe is withdrawn, the serum is dispensed, and the empty syringe, with the needle is returned to the container, which is disposed of.

5509433, Apr 23, 1996

Oct 13, 1993

8/135673

Joseph R. Paradis - Hilton Head Island SC

A61M 3900

137 1

A flow control device with an inlet for the flow of fluid and a movable member sealing the inlet and having a flexible body for controlling flow by the extent to which the flexible body of the movable member is buckled. The movable member extends between the inlet and an outlet and is expandable laterally with respect to the axis of a channel for the outlet in order to control flow. A member external to the flow control device can activate the moveable member which can take the form of a plug seated in the inlet by depressing the plug from its seat. The movable member also can be bell-shaped with its upper portion sealing the inlet and slotted walls straddling the outlet.

5289849, Mar 1, 1994

Apr 20, 1992

7/871190

Joseph R. Paradis - Hilton Head Island SC

A61M 514, F16K 1514

137606

A flow control device with at least one flow channel in a housing that can contain an injection site and/or a pre-biased flow control diaphragm that is stabilized by a flexible contact member. Any flow channel, including that with an injection site, may include a plug acted upon by an external actuator, which can be self-sealing. The injection site with a flexible plug can be used for needleless infusion of fluids, or the flexible plug may be used with a needle for the conventional injection of fluid.

5069621, Dec 3, 1991

Sep 15, 1988

7/245004

Joseph R. Paradis - Hilton Head Island SC

A61C 300

433147

A dental appliance in which an elongated handle has a rectangular aperture at one end for removably receiving an insert with a rectangular cross section hub that has at least one elongated detent channel which is engageable with a complementary elongated protuberance within the aperture. The channel and protuberance may be perpendicular or parallel with respect to the major axis of the hub insert. The hub is rigid and protrudes from the opposite side of the handle aperture so that the insert may be expelled from the handle by applying pressure to the protrusion. Once removed, the insert may be replaced or readied for reverse installation on the handle, particularly where the portion of the handle containing the aperture is angled.