Inventor · Norton Shores, MI, US

Brian MacLachlan

21Patents
6h-index
27Co-inventors
69Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 5, 2002 → Sep 14, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7621898B2 Medical/surgical waste collection unit including waste containers of different storage volumes with inter-container transfer valve and independently controlled vacuum levels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 308 Active
US10105470B2 Mobile instrument assembly for use as part of a medical/surgical waste collection system, the assembly including a vacuum source to which a mobile waste collection cart can be releasably attached Human Necessities 280 Active
US10420865B2 Medical/surgical waste collection unit with a light assembly separate from the primary display, the light assembly presenting information about the operation of the system by selectively outputting light Human Necessities 239 Active
US6758199B2 Tuned power ignition system Electricity 26 Expired
US9943291B2 Specimen cassette with a removable catch tray for retrieving tissue samples from a fluid stream generated during a medical/surgical procedure Human Necessities 22 Active
US11234787B1 Manifold for filtering medical waste being drawn under vacuum into a medical waste collection system Physics 6 Active
US6674222B2 Single crystal piezoelectric transformer Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Expired
US11160909B2 Waste collection unit Human Necessities 2 Active
US11925489B1 Manifold for filtering medical waste being drawn under vacuum into a medical waste collection system and related methods Physics 1 Active
US11045171B2 Specimen collection cassette for retrieving tissue samples from a fluid stream generated during a medical/surgical procedure Human Necessities 1 Active
US12280198B2 Autonomous waste collection assembly and medical waste collection system and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US12186475B1 Medical waste collection systems, manifolds, and related methods Human Necessities 0 Active
US11446423B2 Autonomous waste collection assembly and medical waste collection system and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11130089B2 Waste collection unit with a control system for regulating levels of vacuums being drawn in waste containers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US12239775B2 Waste collection system with controllers for regulating levels of vacuum drawn on a waste container Human Necessities 0 Active
US11484631B2 Waste collection system with controllers for regulating levels of vacuum drawn on a waste container Human Necessities 0 Active
US12280199B2 Methods of operating a waste collection unit including a light assembly Human Necessities 0 Active
US11944278B2 Cassette for collecting a tissue sample with a medical fluid collection system Human Necessities 0 Active
US11452807B2 Waste collection unit including a light assembly Human Necessities 0 Active
US12364637B2 Medical waste management system integrated within a medical facility Human Necessities 0 Active
US11786647B1 Medical waste collection systems, manifolds, and related methods Human Necessities 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.