Inventor · Tampa, FL, US

Don Busby

42Patents
17h-index
19Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: May 24, 2002 → Sep 25, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6814547B2 Medical fluid pump Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 519 Expired
US7153286B2 Automated dialysis system Human Necessities 285 Expired
US6929751B2 Vented medical fluid tip protector methods Human Necessities 256 Expired
US7175606B2 Disposable medical fluid unit having rigid frame Human Necessities 249 Expired
US7083719B2 Medical system including vented tip protector Human Necessities 221 Expired
US8029454B2 High convection home hemodialysis/hemofiltration and sorbent system Human Necessities 219 Active
US7087036B2 Fail safe system for operating medical fluid valves Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 116 Expired
US7815595B2 Automated dialysis pumping system Human Necessities 115 Active
US7789849B2 Automated dialysis pumping system using stepper motor Human Necessities 105 Active
US9302039B2 Hemodialysis system including a disposable cassette Human Necessities 79 Active
US8066671B2 Automated dialysis system including a piston and stepper motor Human Necessities 71 Active
US9072831B2 Medical fluid pump valve integrity test methods and systems Human Necessities 67 Active
US8075526B2 Automated dialysis system including a piston and vacuum source Human Necessities 43 Active
US9050411B2 Dialysis system including downloaded prescription entry Human Necessities 34 Active
US8894600B2 Hemodialysis system including on-line dialysate generation Human Necessities 27 Active
US8376999B2 Automated dialysis system including touch screen controlled mechanically and pneumatically actuated pumping Human Necessities 25 Active
US9675745B2 Dialysis systems including therapy prescription entries Human Necessities 22 Active
US8858488B2 Dialysis system including blood and dialysate cassette Human Necessities 17 Active
US9216246B2 Renal failure therapy machines and methods including conductive and convective clearance Human Necessities 16 Active
US9005152B2 Dialysis system with cassette based balance chambers and volumetric pumps Human Necessities 15 Active
US9387286B2 Dialysis system including peristaltic tubing pumping cassette Human Necessities 14 Active
US9550020B2 Dialysis system with a varying rate ultrafiltration profile Human Necessities 13 Active
US9072830B2 Systems and methods for priming sorbent-based hemodialysis Human Necessities 12 Active
US9168333B2 Dialysis system including disposable cassette Human Necessities 12 Active
US9155825B2 Hemodialysis system using sorbent and reservoir Human Necessities 12 Active

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