Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Werner
Stephen A. Werner 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: 10918472Abstract: A delivery device and implantable prosthesis for repairing a soft tissue defect such as an abdominal wall hernia. The delivery device includes a support body that is nested between a first and second layer of the prosthesis. The support body includes a zone of weakness to facilitate collapse of the nested delivery device and prosthesis. A handle extends from the support body and may be used to position the prosthesis as well as to cause the support body to move to a reduced configuration for removal of the support body from the prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Bard Shannon LimitedInventors: Stephen Werner Pankratz, Lahav Gil
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Patent number: 10751157Abstract: A delivery device for inserting a prosthesis to repair a muscle wall defect has platen and a handle attached to the platen. The platen is collapsible to a reduced configuration. A prosthesis is formed with a pocket to receive the platen and can be maneuvered in to position with the handle. After the prosthesis is secured, the platen is removed.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Bard Shannon LimitedInventor: Stephen Werner Pankratz
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Publication number: 20190021832Abstract: A delivery device and implantable prosthesis for repairing a soft tissue defect such as an abdominal wall hernia. The delivery device includes a support body that is nested between a first and second layer of the prosthesis. The support body includes a zone of weakness to facilitate collapse of the nested delivery device and prosthesis. A handle extends from the support body and may be used to position the prosthesis as well as to cause the support body to move to a reduced configuration for removal of the support body from the prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: Bart Shannon LimitedInventors: Stephen Werner Pankratz, Lahav Gil
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Patent number: 10105205Abstract: A delivery device and implantable prosthesis for repairing a soft tissue defect such as an abdominal wall hernia. The delivery device includes a support body that is nested between a first and second layer of the prosthesis. The support body includes a zone of weakness to facilitate collapse of the nested delivery device and prosthesis. A handle extends from the support body and may be used to position the prosthesis as well as to cause the support body to move to a reduced configuration for removal of the support body from the prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Bard Shannon LimitedInventors: Stephen Werner Pankratz, Lahav Gil
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Publication number: 20180206968Abstract: A delivery device for inserting a prosthesis to repair a muscle wall defect has platen and a handle attached to the platen. The platen is collapsible to a reduced configuration. A prosthesis is formed with a pocket to receive the platen and can be maneuvered in to position with the handle. After the prosthesis is secured, the platen is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Bard Shannon LimitedInventor: Stephen Werner Pankratz
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Patent number: 9997845Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a rotationally triply symmetric three axis magnetic antenna system having substantial isolation among the three axes, including a three axis skew orthogonal magnetic antenna system and device utilizing the antenna system. The antenna system comprising three substantially identical magnetic antenna elements disposed symmetrically about a reference point such that the magnetic axes from the three antenna elements are orthogonal to one another in direction and do not intersect one another. The three antenna elements are positioned in a substantial cross coupling null from one another to minimize cross coupling. The arrangement yields packaging efficiency for compact electronic devices. A 1, 1, diameter embodiment is disclosed. A location system utilizing the antenna system is disclosed. Methods for producing the antenna are disclosed. A moldable triple coil holder for the antenna system is described.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Q-Track CorporationInventors: Hans Gregory Schantz, Christopher David Pittman, James Lee Richards, Stephen A. Werner
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Patent number: 9937028Abstract: A delivery device for inserting a prosthesis to repair a muscle wall defect has platen and a handle attached to the platen. The platen is collapsible to a reduced configuration. A prosthesis is formed with a pocket to receive the platen and can be maneuvered in to position with the handle. After the prosthesis is secured, the platen is removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Bard Shannon LimitedInventor: Stephen Werner Pankratz
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Publication number: 20160151139Abstract: A delivery device and implantable prosthesis for repairing a soft tissue defect such as an abdominal wall hernia. The delivery device includes a support body that is nested between a first and second layer of the prosthesis. The support body includes a zone of weakness to facilitate collapse of the nested delivery device and prosthesis. A handle extends from the support body and may be used to position the prosthesis as well as to cause the support body to move to a reduced configuration for removal of the support body from the prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Stephen Werner Pankratz, Lahav Gil
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Publication number: 20160039340Abstract: The present invention pertains to a selective proximity detection system. A selective proximity detection system comprises at least one proximity tag, a plurality of sensor nodes, and at least one alert node. A sensor nodes comprises a proximity detector capable of detecting proximity with respect to the proximity tag, and a motion detector. In a preferred embodiment, a motion detector is an infrared detector. In alternate embodiments, a motion detector may employ video, radar motion sensing, or sensing of scattered RF signals, preferably FM broadcast signals whose half wavelength is comparable in dimension to the height of a typical person. In a preferred embodiment, a proximity detector is a NFER locator-receiver and a proximity tag is a NFER tag transmitter. In alternate embodiments, a proximity detector may employ ZigBee, WiFi, Bluetooth, passive scattering of ambient RF signals or other means of proximity detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Hans Gregory Schantz, Christopher David Pittman, James Lee Richards, Stephen A. Werner
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Publication number: 20150318624Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a rotationally triply symmetric three axis magnetic antenna system having substantial isolation among the three axes, including a three axis skew orthogonal magnetic antenna system and device utilizing the antenna system. The antenna system comprising three substantially identical magnetic antenna elements disposed symmetrically about a reference point such that the magnetic axes from the three antenna elements are orthogonal to one another in direction and do not intersect one another. The three antenna elements are positioned in a substantial cross coupling null from one another to minimize cross coupling. The arrangement yields packaging efficiency for compact electronic devices. A 1, 1, diameter embodiment is disclosed. A location system utilizing the antenna system is disclosed. Methods for producing the antenna are disclosed. A moldable triple coil holder for the antenna system is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Hans Gregory Schantz, Christopher David Pittman, James Lee Richards, Stephen A. Werner
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Publication number: 20140316444Abstract: A delivery device for inserting a prosthesis to repair a muscle wall defect has platen and a handle attached to the platen. The platen is collapsible to a reduced configuration. A prosthesis is formed with a pocket to receive the platen and can be maneuvered in to position with the handle. After the prosthesis is secured, the platen is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: 808189-1 Canada Inc.Inventor: Stephen Werner PANKRATZ
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Patent number: 8599011Abstract: The present application describes firefighter location and rescue equipment (FLARE) comprising: a plurality of tag transmitters, a first tag transmitter of said plurality of tag transmitters emitting a first signal, a plurality of locator-receivers receiving said first signal, each of said plurality of locator receivers determining a first set of signal characteristic data for said first signal, a computer compiling said first set of signal characteristic data in a reference database along with an associated path variable, a second tag transmitter of said plurality of tag transmitters emitting a second signal, a plurality of locator-receivers receiving said second signal, each of said plurality of locator receivers determining a second set of signal characteristic data for said second signal, said computer comparing said second set of signal characteristic data to the reference database, said computer displaying said comparison for evaluating the location of said second tag transmitter relative to a path takeType: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Q-Track CorporationInventors: Hans Gregory Schantz, Michael Jason Meares, Stephen A. Werner, Alfred Hans Unden, Clark David Della Silva, Jason Kai Siang Kang
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Publication number: 20120025977Abstract: The present application describes firefighter location and rescue equipment (FLARE) comprising: a plurality of tag transmitters, a first tag transmitter of said plurality of tag transmitters emitting a first signal, a plurality of locator-receivers receiving said first signal, each of said plurality of locator receivers determining a first set of signal characteristic data for said first signal, a computer compiling said first set of signal characteristic data in a reference database along with an associated path variable, a second tag transmitter of said plurality of tag transmitters emitting a second signal, a plurality of locator-receivers receiving said second signal, each of said plurality of locator receivers determining a second set of signal characteristic data for said second signal, said computer comparing said second set of signal characteristic data to the reference database, said computer displaying said comparison for evaluating the location of said second tag transmitter relative to a path takeType: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: Q-Track CorporationInventors: Hans Gregory Schantz, Michael Jason Meares, Stephen A. Werner, Alfred Hans Unden, Clark David Della Silva, Jason Kai Siang Kang