Patents by Inventor David Darby

David Darby has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12089948
    Abstract: A system for accessing a patient's uterine cavity and detecting perforations in the uterus includes an elongated probe having a flow channel extending to a terminal outlet in a distal region of the probe. A fluid source is coupled to the flow channel, and a seal on the probe is positionable in an endocervical canal. The probe may be trans-cervically inserted into the uterine cavity, and a fluid may be introduced through the channel to flow outwardly from the terminal outlet into the uterine cavity. A parameter of said fluid flow is monitored to detect a perforation in the uterus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: MINERVA SURGICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Dominique Filloux, David Clapper, Eugene Skalnyi, Akos Toth, Sean Darby, Tejas N. Mazmudar, Estela Hilario
  • Patent number: 7163513
    Abstract: A method for psychological testing of a subject is performed by (A) presenting a test by means of a testing means having output means (e.g. a computer monitor) and input means (e.g. a keyboard); and, (B) instructing the subject by displaying a simulation (as shown in the figure) of the test by means of the output means so that the subject can learn how to perform the test from the simulation. The test is therefore independent of the subject's language skills, or of verbal instructions provided by a supervisor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Cogstate, Ltd.
    Inventors: David Darby, Ashley Bush
  • Publication number: 20050192513
    Abstract: A method for psychological testing of a subject is performed by (A) presenting a test by means of a testing means having output means (e.g. a computer monitor) and input means (e.g. a keyboard); and, (B) instructing the subject by displaying a simulation (as shown in the figure) of the test by means of said output means so that the subject can learn how to perform the test from the simulation. The test is therefore independent of the subject's language skills, or of verbal instructions provided by a supervisor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: David Darby, Ashley Bush
  • Publication number: 20050143630
    Abstract: A system and method of diagnosing the onset and monitoring the progression of cognitive impairment may incorporate administering one or more psychological tests and instructing a subject regarding rules for responding to the one or more tests without providing cultural cues such as may be introduced in language-based instruction techniques. Proper test responses may be simulated during an instruction phase preceding the testing phase. An apparatus, system, and method of testing cognitive function may be implemented in a computerized system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: CogState, Ltd
    Inventors: David Darby, Ashley Bush, Paul Maruff, Alex Collie
  • Patent number: 6899103
    Abstract: A self-contained transportable life support system for resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of a patient has an environmentally controlled housing for receiving and supporting a patient and a plurality of medical devices disposed within the housing. A control circuit attached to the housing has at least a portion thereof extending to an external surface of the housing for regulating operation of the medical devices and environmental conditions of within the housing in response to monitored life support conditions of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Integrated Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Darby Hood, David Sherrill, Todd Douglas Kneale, Louis Stephen Toth, David Michael Stanley, Gene Bruce Moore, Mark Lane Berry, Robert Michael Garcia, William Richard Sobko, Donald Hanks, Douglas Ellwood Shultz, John Roger Brayton, Walter Dennis Clark
  • Patent number: 6640969
    Abstract: A decorative disc holder is provided. The disc holder includes a display member and a disc securing mechanism, removably attached to the display member. In one embodiment, the display member is fabric. An example of a suitable fabric is a loop fabric. In one embodiment, the disc securing mechanism includes a hub having a front side and a back side and a hook fastener attached to the back side of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Inventor: David A. Darby
  • Publication number: 20030042155
    Abstract: A decorative disc holder is provided. The disc holder includes a display member and a disc securing mechanism, removably attached to the display member. In one embodiment, the display member is fabric. An example of a suitable fabric is a loop fabric. In one embodiment, the disc securing mechanism includes a hub having a front side and a back side and a hook fastener attached to the back side of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventor: David A. Darby
  • Patent number: 6488029
    Abstract: A self-contained transportable life support system for resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of a patient has an environmentally controlled housing for receiving and supporting a patient and a plurality of medical devices disposed within the housing. A control circuit attached to the housing has at least a portion thereof extending to an external surface of the housing for regulating operation of the medical devices and environmental conditions of within the housing in response to monitored life support conditions of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Integrated Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Darby Hood, David Sherrill, Todd Douglas Kneale, Louis Stephen Toth, David Michael Stanley, Gene Bruce Moore, Mark Lane Berry, Robert Michael Garcia, William Richard Sobko, Donald Hanks, Douglas Ellwood Shultz, John Roger Brayton, Walter Dennis Clark
  • Publication number: 20020143662
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a single screen interactive display to facilitate the purchase of goods and/or services over a global computer network such as the Internet. A single screen interactive program is downloaded form a merchant website to a user computer based on user request. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a display device including a display, a memory including one or more instructions, and a processor coupled to the memory and display device. The processor, in response to the one or more instructions, provides a catalogue of one or more product categories in a first frame of the display, and provides, in a second frame of the display, a list of one or more products in a product category selected by a user. The list includes an icon next to each product. The processor further provides, in a third frame of the display, a shopping cart list of one or more products added by selection of an icon in the second frame associated with the one or more products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott Clark, John Wendell Grant, David Darby Raber, Robert Clarence Stoldt, Karen Marie Verrengia
  • Patent number: 5975081
    Abstract: A self-contained transportable life support system for resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of a patient has an environmentally controlled housing for receiving and supporting a patient and a plurality of medical devices disposed within the housing. A control circuit attached to the housing has at least a portion thereof extending to an external surface of the housing for regulating operation of the medical devices and environmental conditions of within the housing in response to monitored life support conditions of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: David Darby Hood, David Sherrill, Todd Douglas Kneale, Louis Stephen Toth, David Michael Stanley, Gene Bruce Moore, Mark Lane Berry, Robert Michael Garcia, William Richard Sobko, Donald Hanks, Douglas Ellwood Shultz, John Roger Brayton, Walter Dennis Clark
  • Patent number: 5318224
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for controlling heating and cooling equipment in an energy efficient manner. The system comprises a microcontroller, a temperature sensor, a motion detector, a telecommunications interface and a control interface for the heating and cooling equipment. The system can override the thermostat control of the heating and cooling equipment and operate the equipment at a first set-back level and a second set-back level. The system will operate at the first set-back level if there is no motion for a pre-determined period. The system will revert to thermostat control if motion is detected within a second pre-determined period, otherwise the system will initiate operation at the second set-back level. The system will operate at the second set-back level until motion is detected or a control signal is received from a telephone. If thermostat control is initiated by a telephone, then the system will disable operation at the first set-back level until motion is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Inventors: David Darby, Richard Palmer