Patents by Inventor Michael Girouard
Michael Girouard 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).
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Patent number: 11692508Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid air energy storage system. The storage system includes a cryocooler, a dewar, and a Sterling engine. The cryocooler cools a tip of a cold head to cryogenic temperatures, the cryocooler further includes a heat sink to reject heat from the cryocooler and a cold head that protrudes into a dewar through a cryocooler cavity, the cold head to condense ambient air to create liquified air in the dewar. The dewar holds the liquified air at low temperatures, the dewar having the cryocooler cavity and a Stirling cavity. The Stirling engine drives an electric generator, the Stirling engine further including a cold finger protruding into the dewar through the Stirling cavity, the cold finger to move the liquified air from the dewar to a Stirling heat sink; the Stirling heat sink to expand the liquified air; and the electric generator to generate output electricity.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Nicholas Anthony Bailey, Christopher Michael Girouard, Anthony Gerard Pollman
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Publication number: 20220042478Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid air energy storage system. The storage system includes a cryocooler, a dewar, and a Sterling engine. The cryocooler cools a tip of a cold head to cryogenic temperatures, the cryocooler further includes a heat sink to reject heat from the cryocooler and a cold head that protrudes into a dewar through a cryocooler cavity, the cold head to condense ambient air to create liquified air in the dewar. The dewar holds the liquified air at low temperatures, the dewar having the cryocooler cavity and a Stirling cavity. The Stirling engine drives an electric generator, the Stirling engine further including a cold finger protruding into the dewar through the Stirling cavity, the cold finger to move the liquified air from the dewar to a Stirling heat sink; the Stirling heat sink to expand the liquified air; and the electric generator to generate output electricity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Nicholas Anthony Bailey, Christopher Michael Girouard, Anthony Gerard Pollman
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Patent number: 9204999Abstract: A see-through dressing assembly is presented for use with a reduced-pressure system for treating a wound on a patient using reduced pressure that allows visual observation of the wound during treatment. The dressing assembly includes a bolster for providing a directed force when under reduced pressure, a sealing member for covering the bolster and providing a seal over the bolster and a patient's epidermis, and wherein the bolster and sealing member are formed from see-through materials sufficient to allow perception of color from a point external to the system. Other systems, dressings, and methods are presented.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Eric Woodson Barta, Justin Alexander Long, Richard Marvin Kazala, Jr., Matthew Francis Cavanaugh, II, Michael Girouard, Kenneth Mitchel Knowles
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Patent number: 8747375Abstract: A system for treating a linear wound on a patient has a closing dressing bolster for placing on the patient's epidermis over the linear wound, a sealing subsystem for providing a seal over the closing dressing bolster and the patient, and a reduced-pressure subsystem for delivering reduced pressure to the sealing subsystem. The sealing subsystem and reduced pressure subsystem are operable to deliver reduced pressure to the closing dressing bolster. The closing dressing bolster is operable under reduced pressure to develop a inward closing. The closing dressing bolster may include one or more closing members on each side of a center wound area to create the inward closing when under reduced pressure. A compressive force may also be developed. Other systems and methods are presented.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Eric Woodson Barta, Justin Alexander Long, Richard Marvin Kazala, Jr., Matthew Francis Cavanaugh, II, Michael Girouard, Kenneth Mitchel Knowles, Charles Seegert
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Patent number: 8623031Abstract: A dermal tissue transplantation system combining a tissue particle harvester, a tissue particle collector, and a chambered dressing. The system provides a harvester capable of harvesting tissue from a donor site on the order of about 100 microns. The integrated tissue particle collector provides a means for collecting the harvested tissue for in situ cultivation in a chambered dressing at the wound site.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Elof Eriksson, Royce Johnson, Ajit Mishra, Michael Girouard, Makoto Ohira, Jonathan Kagan
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Publication number: 20120203189Abstract: A see-through dressing assembly is presented for use with a reduced-pressure system for treating a wound on a patient using reduced pressure that allows visual observation of the wound during treatment. The dressing assembly includes a bolster for providing a directed force when under reduced pressure, a sealing member for covering the bolster and providing a seal over the bolster and a patient's epidermis, and wherein the bolster and sealing member are formed from see-through materials sufficient to allow perception of color from a point external to the system. Other systems, dressings, and methods are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Inventors: Eric Woodson Barta, Justin Alexander Long, Richard Marvin Kazala, JR., Matthew Francis Cavanaugh, II, Michael Girouard, Kenneth Mitchel Knowles
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Publication number: 20120165765Abstract: A system for treating a linear wound on a patient has a closing dressing bolster for placing on the patient's epidermis over the linear wound, a sealing subsystem for providing a seal over the closing dressing bolster and the patient, and a reduced-pressure subsystem for delivering reduced pressure to the sealing subsystem. The sealing subsystem and reduced pressure subsystem are operable to deliver reduced pressure to the closing dressing bolster. The closing dressing bolster is operable under reduced pressure to develop a inward closing. The closing dressing bolster may include one or more closing members on each side of a center wound area to create the inward closing when under reduced pressure. A compressive force may also be developed. Other systems and methods are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Eric Woodson Barta, Justin Alexander Long, Richard Marvin Kazala, JR., Matthew Francis Cavanaugh, II, Michael Girouard, Kenneth Mitchel Knowles, Charles Seegert
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Patent number: 8188331Abstract: A see-through dressing assembly is presented for use with a reduced-pressure system for treating a wound on a patient using reduced pressure that allows visual observation of the wound during treatment. The dressing assembly includes a bolster for providing a directed force when under reduced pressure, a sealing member for covering the bolster and providing a seal over the bolster and a patient's epidermis, and wherein the bolster and sealing member are formed from see-through materials sufficient to allow perception of color from a point external to the system. Other systems, dressings, and methods are presented.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Eric Woodson Barta, Justin Alexander Long, Richard Marvin Kazala, Jr., Matthew Francis Cavanaugh, II, Michael Girouard, Kenneth Mitchel Knowles
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Patent number: 8147468Abstract: A system for treating a linear wound on a patient has a closing dressing bolster for placing on the patient's epidermis over the linear wound, a sealing subsystem for providing a seal over the closing dressing bolster and the patient, and a reduced-pressure subsystem for delivering reduced pressure to the sealing subsystem. The sealing subsystem and reduced pressure subsystem are operable to deliver reduced pressure to the closing dressing bolster. The closing dressing bolster is operable under reduced pressure to develop a inward closing. The closing dressing bolster may include one or more closing members on each side of a center wound area to create the inward closing when under reduced pressure. A compressive force may also be developed. Other systems and methods are presented.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Eric Woodson Barta, Justin Alexander Long, Richard Marvin Kazala, Jr., Matthew Francis Cavanaugh, II, Michael Girouard, Kenneth Mitchel Knowles, Charles Seegert
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Publication number: 20100145360Abstract: A dermal tissue transplantation system combining a tissue particle harvester, a tissue particle collector, and a chambered dressing. The system provides a harvester capable of harvesting tissue from a donor site on the order of about 100 microns. The integrated tissue particle collector provides a means for collecting the harvested tissue for in situ cultivation in a chambered dressing at the wound site.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2010Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: KCI LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Elof Eriksson, Royce Johnson, Ajit Mishra, Michael Girouard, Makoto Ohira (formerly Takeuchi)
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Patent number: 7666134Abstract: A dermal tissue transplantation system combining a tissue particle harvester, a tissue particle collector, and a chambered dressing. The system provides a harvester capable of harvesting tissue from a donor site on the order of about 100 microns. The integrated tissue particle collector provides a means for collecting the harvested tissue for in situ cultivation in a chambered dressing at the wound site.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2003Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Elof Eriksson, Royce Johnson, Ajit Mishra, Michael Girouard, Makoto Ohira
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Publication number: 20090299307Abstract: A system for treating a linear wound on a patient has a closing dressing bolster for placing on the patient's epidermis over the linear wound, a sealing subsystem for providing a seal over the closing dressing bolster and the patient, and a reduced-pressure subsystem for delivering reduced pressure to the sealing subsystem. The sealing subsystem and reduced pressure subsystem are operable to deliver reduced pressure to the closing dressing bolster. The closing dressing bolster is operable under reduced pressure to develop a inward closing. The closing dressing bolster may include one or more closing members on each side of a center wound area to create the inward closing when under reduced pressure. A compressive force may also be developed. Other systems and methods are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Eric Woodson Barta, Justin Alexander Long, Richard Marvin Kazala, JR., Matthew Francis Cavanaugh, II, Michael Girouard, Kenneth Mitchel Knowles, Charles Seegert
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Publication number: 20090299256Abstract: A see-through dressing assembly is presented for use with a reduced-pressure system for treating a wound on a patient using reduced pressure that allows visual observation of the wound during treatment. The dressing assembly includes a bolster for providing a directed force when under reduced pressure, a sealing member for covering the bolster and providing a seal over the bolster and a patient's epidermis, and wherein the bolster and sealing member are formed from see-through materials sufficient to allow perception of color from a point external to the system. Other systems, dressings, and methods are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Eric Woodson Barta, Justin Alexander Long, Richard Marvin Kazala, JR., Matthew Francis Cavanaugh, II, MIchael Girouard, Kenneth Mitchel Knowles
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Publication number: 20040172045Abstract: A dermal tissue transplantation system combining a tissue particle harvester, a tissue particle collector, and a chambered dressing. The system provides a harvester capable of harvesting tissue from a donor site on the order of about 100 microns. The integrated tissue particle collector provides a means for collecting the harvested tissue for in situ cultivation in a chambered dressing at the wound site.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Elof Eriksson, Royce Johnson, Ajit Mishra, Michael Girouard, Makoto Ohira
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Publication number: 20010049609Abstract: A system for improving wound treatment data management has been developed. The system evaluates relevant wound and patient characteristics to generate a proposed treatment routine. The system also evaluates the ongoing treatment of the wound and may generate alarm output, suggestions to health care providers, or proposed modifications to the treatment routine. In addition, the invention may also generated automated orders for such items as consumable treatment components. The system may also be used to evaluate financial considerations and implications of both initial and modified treatment routines.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2001Publication date: December 6, 2001Inventors: Michael Girouard, Michael Wells, David G. Kessler, Kathleen Thimsen