Patents by Inventor Michael Masters
Michael Masters 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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Publication number: 20240138861Abstract: A medical device, comprising a catheter comprising an end-effector, wherein the end-effector further comprises a proximal portion; and a flexible distal portion, wherein the distal portion further includes a window formed therein; and a flexible ultrasonic waveguide disposed within the end-effector, wherein the waveguide includes an active zone that extends through the window; and a mechanism for bending the waveguide, bending the distal portion, or bending both the waveguide and the distal portion, wherein the mechanism permits desired positioning of the waveguide within a lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Michael Thomas Decasper, Jonathan Masters, Jeffrey Joseph Vaitekunas
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Publication number: 20230301683Abstract: The present invention provides a cannula for delivering a tissue graft to a treatment site. The cannula comprises a distal end, a proximal end, a bore formed by an interior surface of the cannula, extending from the distal end to the proximal end and having a diameter, and a tissue graft inside the bore and in contact with the interior surface. The tissue graft may be released from the cannula at the distal end to the treatment site. The tissue graft may have a final loading pressure of 20-200 psi. Also provided is a delivery system comprising the cannula and a delivery device. Further provided are methods for delivering a tissue graft in a cannula to a treatment site and methods for preparing a cannula loaded with the tissue graft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: LifeNet HealthInventors: Adam Entsminger, Cheryl Berger, Michael Masters, Kevin Shores, Erich Lohmann, Jingsong Chen
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Patent number: 11067827Abstract: A system is provided to secure a pair of glasses to a hat, the system including a hatband insert configured to be inserted in a hatband of a hat, one or more hatband magnetic members configured to be selectively attachable to a plurality of locations of the hatband insert, and one or more glasses magnetic members configured to be attached to each temple of a pair of glasses, wherein the one or more hatband magnetic members and the one or more glasses magnetic members are configured to be magnetically attached to selectively secure the glasses to the hat.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Inventor: Joseph Michael Masters
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Publication number: 20200159039Abstract: A system is provided to secure a pair of glasses to a hat, the system including a hatband insert configured to be inserted in a hatband of a hat, one or more hatband magnetic members configured to be selectively attachable to a plurality of locations of the hatband insert, and one or more glasses magnetic members configured to be attached to each temple of a pair of glasses, wherein the one or more hatband magnetic members and the one or more glasses magnetic members are configured to be magnetically attached to selectively secure the glasses to the hat.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventor: Joseph Michael Masters
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Patent number: 8690238Abstract: An active head restraint system for a vehicle seat includes a head restraint, force pad and connectors. The head restraint and force pad are connected via the connectors. The active head restraint system is connected with a frame of the vehicle seat such that rearward movement of the force pad results in forward movement of the head rest. Springs attached to the active head restraint system and a frame of the seat are used to resist the rearward movement of the force pad.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zbigniew J. Orzelski, David Michael Masters
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Publication number: 20090179468Abstract: An active head restraint system for a vehicle seat includes a head restraint, force pad and connectors. The head restraint and force pad are connected via the connectors. The active head restraint system is connected with a frame of the vehicle seat such that rearward movement of the force pad results in forward movement of the head rest. Springs attached to the active head restraint system and a frame of the seat are used to resist the rearward movement of the force pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zbigniew J. Orzelski, David Michael Masters
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Publication number: 20060007306Abstract: A system and method for setting up a user interface of a remote control. The remote control displays a logical group of function keys the activation of which will cause the remote control to transmit a command to a target device and a plurality of indicators representative of devices. A user input functions to select one of the plurality of indicators and the device represented by the selected indicator is assigned as the target device for the logical group of function keys.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Michael Masters, Alex Louie, Lily Tsong-Chou Knowles, Stephen Gates
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Publication number: 20050241489Abstract: A container for holding ground coffee or tealeaves. The container may include a body and a lip extending from the body. The lip may include a top substantially flat surface and a width of no more than about 2.6 millimeters (about 0.1 inch).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2005Publication date: November 3, 2005Applicant: THE COCA-COLA CO.Inventors: Jonathan Kirschner, Charles Green, Michael Masters
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Publication number: 20050216843Abstract: A system and method for setting up a user interface of a remote control. The remote control displays a logical group of function keys the activation of which will cause the remote control to transmit a command to a target device and a plurality of indicators representative of devices. A user input functions to select one of the plurality of indicators and the device represented by the selected indicator is assigned as the target device for the logical group of function keys.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2003Publication date: September 29, 2005Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.Inventors: Michael Masters, Alex Louie, Lily Tsong-Chou Knowles, Stephen Gates
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Publication number: 20050055322Abstract: A monitoring system for a distributed environment including a plurality of hosts capable of executing multiple copies of a scalable application includes a first device for generating first data corresponding to performance of all copies of the scalable application; a second device for generating second data corresponding to performance of all host in the distributed environment; and a third device for generating performance metrics based on the first and second data.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2001Publication date: March 10, 2005Inventors: Michael Masters, Paul Werme, William Synan, Lonnie Welch
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Publication number: 20050016383Abstract: A container for holding ground coffee or tealeaves. The container may include a body and a lip extending from the body. The lip may include a top substantially flat surface and a width of no more than about 2.6 millimeters (about 0.1 inch).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2003Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventors: Jonathan Kirschner, Charles Green, Michael Masters
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Publication number: 20040139789Abstract: An apparatus and method for leak testing a lumened instrument, such as an endoscope, utilizes a compressor for pressurizing the interior of the lumened instrument to a predetermined internal pressure and a monitoring device which de-actuates the compressor when the internal pressure reaches the predetermined internal pressure. Calculator circuits calculate any difference in the instrument pressure between the moment that the compressor is de-actuated and the end of a prescribed period of time following the de-actuation of the compressor, and comparison circuits compare the pressure difference to an acceptable range of pressure differentials. A set of pass/fail indicator lights provide a visual indication of whether the compared difference is within or outside of the acceptable range so that an operator can tell by viewing the pass/fail indicator lights whether the instrument being tested has an unacceptable leak.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2003Publication date: July 22, 2004Applicant: Master Endoscope LLCInventor: Michael Masters
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Patent number: 6434900Abstract: A prefabricated wall system for free-standing subdivision partitions, highway sound and visual barriers, privacy walls, or walls of a building having a plurality of prefabricated modular panels that are removably interconnected and installed. Each panel is essentially a factory-built sandwich having an expanded plastic foam core between two composite reinforcing wafers. Each wafer is comprised of an inner layer of fiberglass coated with an exterior layer of concrete reinforced with a grid of steel bars. The foam core has a pair of vertical cylindrical voids sized and spaced to mate with foundation columns pre-poured on site. The ends of each panel are reinforced with a steel sling lifting assembly embedded in concrete that includes removable eyebolts at the top edge whereby the panels can be attached to cables at each end for hoisting above the foundation columns and then lowering into place. A vertical groove or trough at each end of the panels receives a connector, such an expansion joint filler.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2001Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Inventor: Michael Masters
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Patent number: D323444Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1989Date of Patent: January 28, 1992Inventor: Michael Masters