Roger W AccursoHayward, CA

2010030, Dec 2, 2010

Jun 2, 2009

12/476572

Roger W. Accurso - Fremont CA, US
Kenneth D. Briggs - Gardnerville NV, US
Gail A. Schooley - Chesapeake VA, US

ABBOTT LABORATORIES - Abbott Park IL

F16K 31/02
F16M 13/00

25112915, 248637

An assembly for mounting tube pinch type solenoid valves. The assembly comprises a mounting panel, a rear panel, and at least one rod for connecting the mounting panel to the rear panel. The mounting panel has at least one aperture for receiving a tube pinch type solenoid valve. The rear panel has at least one power jack in register with the at least one aperture. The assembly makes it possible for tube pinch type solenoid valves to be inserted and removed from the front of the mounting panel. The rear panel incorporates an integral solenoid driver module for each solenoid valve in a given assembly. Each integral solenoid drive module can accommodate a plurality of valves. The arrangement provides a sufficient amount of clear space for efficient cooling flow of air between the mounting panel and the rear panel. An unobstructed flow of air is desired in order to dissipate heat generated by the tube pinch type solenoid valves. Also disclosed are tube pinch type solenoid valves comprising a core tube, a core, a core spring, a solenoid enclosure, a slide shaft, an electrical connector, a snap-in mount having at least one flexible mounting ear, and a valve plunger.

2021009, Apr 1, 2021

Oct 9, 2020

17/067333

- Santa Ana CA, US
Roger W. Accurso - Pleasanton CA, US

A61F 9/009
A61B 3/14
A61B 18/22

A patient interface device includes: a first interface port configured to be interfaced with a laser surgery apparatus; a second interface port configured to be interfaced with a patient's eye, the second interface port including an applanating lens for application to a patient's eye during a laser surgery procedure; a chamber extending between the first interface port and the second interface port and defining a chamber therein, wherein air may be evacuated from the chamber by the laser surgery apparatus via the first interface port. The second interface port also includes a retaining ring on which the applanating lens is provided, the retaining ring having through channels extending through the retaining ring from the chamber above the applanating lens to a space below the applanating lens.

2020006, Feb 27, 2020

Aug 24, 2018

16/112507

- Santa Ana CA, US
Hong Fu - Pleasanston CA, US
Roger W. Accurso - Pleasanton CA, US
Zenon Witowski - Pleasanton CA, US

G02B 26/08
G01J 1/42
G02B 27/10
A61B 3/13
A61F 9/008

An ophthalmic laser system uses a non-confocal configuration to determine a laser beam focus position relative to the patient interface (PI) surface. The system includes a light intensity detector with no confocal lens or pinhole between the detector and the objective lens. When the objective focuses the light to a target focus point inside the PI lens at a particular offset from its distal surface, the light signal at the detector peaks. The offset value is determined by fixed system parameters, and can also be empirically determined by directly measuring the PI lens surface by observing the effect of plasma formation at the glass surface. During ophthalmic procedures, the laser focus is first scanned insider the PI lens, and the target focus point location is determined from the peak of the detector signal. The known offset value is then added to obtain the location of the PI lens surface.

2019037, Dec 12, 2019

Aug 26, 2019

16/551163

- Abbott Park IL, US
Roger W. Accurso - Fremont CA, US

G01N 35/10
B01L 99/00
B01L 3/00
G01N 1/28

Cradles for draining liquid from containers are described herein. An example apparatus includes a housing having a bottom wall, a side wall and an open top. The housing is to receive a container having liquid. The example apparatus includes a probe extending upward from the bottom wall toward the open top and is to drain the liquid from the container when the probe is inserted into the container. The example apparatus also includes a sliding lock slidably disposed within the housing that receives a cap or top of the container when the container is inserted into the housing. The sliding lock includes a key slot. The sliding lock is movable when a cap or top of the container has a matching key that engages the key slot, which enables the sliding lock to move downward to expose the probe and drain the liquid from the container.

2019030, Oct 10, 2019

Mar 20, 2019

16/359240

- Abbott Park Road IL, US
Roger W. Accurso - Pleasanton CA, US

B65D 55/14
B65D 51/24
B01L 3/00
B65D 51/00

In some aspects, a keyed cap for a container is provided. Furthermore, in some aspects, a keyed container device including a container and the keyed cap for the container is also provided. Still further, in some aspects, a keyed containing system including a container, keyed cap for the container, and an electronic device having a keying element that is adapted to mate or otherwise fit with a specific keying element on the keyed cap. If a keyed cap has a keying element that does not correctly correspond to a specific keying element on an electronic device, then the keyed cap will not properly mate with the keying element on the electronic device. For example, the two keying elements that do not match may not fit sufficiently far enough within each other to permit the piercing member on the electronic device to reach a septum on the cap.

2018015, Jun 7, 2018

Nov 17, 2017

15/816763

- Abbott Park IL, US
Roger W. Accurso - Fremont CA, US

G01N 35/10
G01N 1/28
B01L 99/00
B01L 3/00

Cradles for draining liquid from containers are described herein. An example apparatus includes a housing having a bottom wall, a side wall and an open top. The housing is to receive a container having liquid. The example apparatus includes a probe extending upward from the bottom wall toward the open top and is to drain the liquid from the container when the probe is inserted into the container. The example apparatus also includes a sliding lock slidably disposed within the housing that receives a cap or top of the container when the container is inserted into the housing. The sliding lock includes a key slot. The sliding lock is movable when a cap or top of the container has a matching key that engages the key slot, which enables the sliding lock to move downward to expose the probe and drain the liquid from the container.

2018011, May 3, 2018

Oct 27, 2017

15/796610

- Santa Ana CA, US
Roger W. Accurso - Pleasanton CA, US
Daryl Wong - San Jose CA, US
Zenon Witowski - Pleasanton CA, US

A61F 9/009

Apparatus and method for interfacing an ophthalmic surgical laser system with a patient's eye using a single-piece patient interface (PI). The PI includes a hollow shell, with an applanation lens and a flexible skirt at its lower end. Through channels are formed around the applanation lens to connect the spaces above and below the lens. When the PI is coupled to the laser system and the eye, the upper rim of the shell forms a seal with the laser system and the flexible skirt forms a seal with the eye. A vacuum is applied to the interior of the shell via a vacuum port on the laser system, and the vacuum is communicated to the space enclosed by the applanation lens, the skirt and the eye through the channels around the lens. A magnetic mechanism is also provided to hold the PI shell to the laser system.

2017028, Oct 5, 2017

Apr 5, 2017

15/479613

- Santa Ana CA, US
Roger W. Accurso - Pleasanton CA, US

A61F 9/009
A61B 3/14
A61B 18/22

A patient interface device includes: a first interface port configured to be interfaced with a laser surgery apparatus; a second interface port configured to be interfaced with a patient's eye, the second interface port including an applanating lens for application to a patient's eye during a laser surgery procedure; a chamber extending between the first interface port and the second interface port and defining a chamber therein, wherein air may be evacuated from the chamber by the laser surgery apparatus via the first interface port; and a tubular light guiding structure having at a first end thereof a light receiving surface, configured to receive light, and having at a second end thereof a light-emitting surface, wherein the second surface is disposed adjacent the applanating lens and configured to provide the light in a vicinity of the patient's eye when the applanating lens is applied to the patient's eye.