Patents by Inventor Troy Dayton
Troy Dayton 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: 20220387259Abstract: A container system includes at least one flexible wall defining a compartment containing a dissolvable solid or concentrate, a support adjacent a first end of the at least one flexible wall, and a nozzle assembly coupled to a second end of the at least one flexible wall. The second end of the wall is distal from the first end. The nozzle assembly comprises a hollow body defining a longitudinal axis. The hollow body further defines a plurality of orifices through a wall thereof. Each orifice is able to form a fluid connection between an interior volume within the hollow body and the compartment. Each orifice is configured to deliver liquid from the interior volume to the compartment in a direction having an angle of between 5° and 85° from a direction of the longitudinal axis. Related nozzles and methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Lynn E. Jensen, DeLoy Lindley, Natalie Rebacz, Mary Hoover, Troy Dayton, Michael P. Smith
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Patent number: 11419791Abstract: A container system includes at least one flexible wall defining a compartment containing a dissolvable solid or concentrate, a support adjacent a first end of the at least one flexible wall, and a nozzle assembly coupled to a second end of the at least one flexible wall. The second end of the wall is distal from the first end. The nozzle assembly comprises a hollow body defining a longitudinal axis. The hollow body further defines a plurality of orifices through a wall thereof. Each orifice is able to form a fluid connection between an interior volume within the hollow body and the compartment. Each orifice is configured to deliver liquid from the interior volume to the compartment in a direction having an angle of between 5° and 85° from a direction of the longitudinal axis. Related nozzles and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Lynn E. Jensen, DeLoy Lindley, Natalie Rebacz, Mary Hoover, Troy Dayton, Michael P. Smith
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Patent number: 11173237Abstract: A spectroscopic detection system includes a sensor configured to reflect light of a first wavelength associated with a presence of a reference substance on the sensor and configured to reflect light of a second wavelength associated with a presence of a monitored substance on the sensor, wherein the monitored substance flows to the sensor from a circulating fluid. The spectroscopic detection system further includes a detector that has first and second channels for respectively receiving the light of the first and second wavelengths reflected from the sensor and one or more processors in electrical communication with the detector and configured to identify an excess condition of the monitored substance with respect to the circulating fluid based on a ratio of a second amount of the light of the second wavelength received at the detector to a first amount of the light of the first wavelength received at the detector.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Harshavardhana Reddy Mallipalli, Philip Scott James, Ethan Lee Zimbra, Kerissa Adams, Troy Dayton, Jon F. Moss
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Publication number: 20200405937Abstract: A spectroscopic detection system includes a sensor configured to reflect light of a first wavelength associated with a presence of a reference substance on the sensor and configured to reflect light of a second wavelength associated with a presence of a monitored substance on the sensor, wherein the monitored substance flows to the sensor from a circulating fluid. The spectroscopic detection system further includes a detector that has first and second channels for respectively receiving the light of the first and second wavelengths reflected from the sensor and one or more processors in electrical communication with the detector and configured to identify an excess condition of the monitored substance with respect to the circulating fluid based on a ratio of a second amount of the light of the second wavelength received at the detector to a first amount of the light of the first wavelength received at the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Harshavardhana Reddy Mallipalli, Philip Scott James, Ethan Lee Zimbra, Kerissa Adams, Troy Dayton, Jon F. Moss
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Patent number: 10765793Abstract: A spectroscopic detection system includes a sensor configured to reflect light of a first wavelength associated with a presence of a reference substance on the sensor and configured to reflect light of a second wavelength associated with a presence of a monitored substance on the sensor, wherein the monitored substance flows to the sensor from a circulating fluid. The spectroscopic detection system further includes a detector that has first and second channels for respectively receiving the light of the first and second wavelengths reflected from the sensor and one or more processors in electrical communication with the detector and configured to identify an excess condition of the monitored substance with respect to the circulating fluid based on a ratio of a second amount of the light of the second wavelength received at the detector to a first amount of the light of the first wavelength received at the detector.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Harshavardhana Reddy Mallipalli, Philip Scott James, Ethan Lee Zimbra, Kerissa Adams, Troy Dayton, Jon F. Moss
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Publication number: 20200009018Abstract: A container system includes at least one flexible wall defining a compartment containing a dissolvable solid or concentrate, a support adjacent a first end of the at least one flexible wall, and a nozzle assembly coupled to a second end of the at least one flexible wall. The second end of the wall is distal from the first end. The nozzle assembly comprises a hollow body defining a longitudinal axis. The hollow body further defines a plurality of orifices through a wall thereof. Each orifice is able to form a fluid connection between an interior volume within the hollow body and the compartment. Each orifice is configured to deliver liquid from the interior volume to the compartment in a direction having an angle of between 5° and 85° from a direction of the longitudinal axis. Related nozzles and methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Lynn E. Jensen, DeLoy Lindley, Natalie Rebacz, Mary Hoover, Troy Dayton, Michael P. Smith
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Patent number: 10518013Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialyzer holder to attach a dialyzer to a dialysis machine. During priming of a bloodline prior to a dialysis treatment, the dialyzer holder grips a dialyzer in approximately the center of the dialyzer, but allows movements of the dialyzer in an arc motion using two axes of rotation. The holder enables the dialyzer to move to a position where air can be primed from the dialyzer and, because the dialyzer can move toward the dialysis machine, this motion eliminates stress on the tubing connected to the bottom and top of the dialyzer and reduces the length of bloodline tubing necessary to accommodate dialyzer movement. The dialyzer holder incorporates an attachment point for a venous chamber for use during the priming procedure, enabling the venous chamber to move with the dialyzer, further reducing the tubing between the dialyzer and the venous chamber.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Lynn E. Jensen, DeLoy Lindley, Troy Dayton
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Publication number: 20190262520Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialyzer holder to attach a dialyzer to a dialysis machine. During priming of a bloodline prior to a dialysis treatment, the dialyzer holder grips a dialyzer in approximately the center of the dialyzer, but allows movements of the dialyzer in an arc motion using two axes of rotation. The holder enables the dialyzer to move to a position where air can be primed from the dialyzer and, because the dialyzer can move toward the dialysis machine, this motion eliminates stress on the tubing connected to the bottom and top of the dialyzer and reduces the length of bloodline tubing necessary to accommodate dialyzer movement. The dialyzer holder incorporates an attachment point for a venous chamber for use during the priming procedure, enabling the venous chamber to move with the dialyzer, further reducing the tubing between the dialyzer and the venous chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Lynn E. Jensen, DeLoy Lindley, Troy Dayton
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Patent number: 10376626Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialyzer holder to attach a dialyzer to a dialysis machine. During priming of a bloodline prior to a dialysis treatment, the dialyzer holder grips a dialyzer in approximately the center of the dialyzer, but allows movements of the dialyzer in an arc motion using two axes of rotation. The holder enables the dialyzer to move to a position where air can be primed from the dialyzer and, because the dialyzer can move toward the dialysis machine, this motion eliminates stress on the tubing connected to the bottom and top of the dialyzer and reduces the length of bloodline tubing necessary to accommodate dialyzer movement. The dialyzer holder incorporates an attachment point for a venous chamber for use during the priming procedure, enabling the venous chamber to move with the dialyzer, further reducing the tubing between the dialyzer and the venous chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Lynn E. Jensen, DeLoy Lindley, Troy Dayton
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Publication number: 20160022894Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialyzer holder to attach a dialyzer to a dialysis machine. During priming of a bloodline prior to a dialysis treatment, the dialyzer holder grips a dialyzer in approximately the center of the dialyzer, but allows movements of the dialyzer in an arc motion using two axes of rotation. The holder enables the dialyzer to move to a position where air can be primed from the dialyzer and, because the dialyzer can move toward the dialysis machine, this motion eliminates stress on the tubing connected to the bottom and top of the dialyzer and reduces the length of bloodline tubing necessary to accommodate dialyzer movement. The dialyzer holder incorporates an attachment point for a venous chamber for use during the priming procedure, enabling the venous chamber to move with the dialyzer, further reducing the tubing between the dialyzer and the venous chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Lynn E. Jensen, DeLoy Lindley, Troy Dayton
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Patent number: 7586292Abstract: The present invention is an electrical circuit that disconnects an electrochemical cell from a load when the cell's voltage descends to a predetermined value. The present invention is also applicable to a battery configuration and its corresponding electrochemical cells. The predetermined value is designed to decrease the chance that the cell or battery will become unstable while connected to the load.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Electrochem Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Wesley Wakefield, Roy Mast, Troy Dayton, James Stawitzky
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Publication number: 20070265585Abstract: A wound therapy device is disclosed. The wound therapy device may include a housing for covering at least a portion of a wound and for sealing to a body surface of a patient. The housing may also include a liquid-retention chamber for retaining liquid therein and a vacuum connection for coupling to a vacuum source. The vacuum connection may be in gaseous communication with the liquid-retention chamber. The vacuum connection may be separated from the liquid-retention chamber by a liquid barrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2006Publication date: November 15, 2007Inventors: Ashok Joshi, John Gordon, Sai Bhavaraju, Troy Dayton
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Patent number: 6065328Abstract: The instant invention relates to a method and apparatus to determine the thermodynamic properties of a gas medium without making a determination of gas composition. In the instant invention, the speed of sound of a gas medium in a vessel is determined at various temperatures and pressures based upon an isobaric process with estimated initial values of density, compressibility and numerical deriviative (dZ/dT) for the same gas medium. According to the preferred embodiment, this information may be measured at constant pressure or constant temperature. Once the physical information is determined, a routine is executed by which initial estimated parameters such as the compressibility and heat capacity of the gas medium will converge to accurate values. From these parameters, the thermophysical properties of the gas medium may be determined.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1999Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: Gas Research InstituteInventors: Troy Dayton, Steve Beyerlein, Jeffrey L. Savidge, Anthony R. H. Goodwin
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Patent number: 5932793Abstract: The instant invention relates to a method and apparatus to determine the thermodynamic properties of a gas medium without making a determination of gas composition. In the instant invention, the pressure and speed of sound of a gas medium in a vessel are determined at multiple temperature points. According to the preferred embodiment, this information may be on a single isochore. Once the physical information is determined, an interpolation routine is executed by which initial estimated parameters such as the density and the compressibility of the gas medium will converge to accurate values. From these parameters, the thermophysical properties of the gas medium may be determined.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1997Date of Patent: August 3, 1999Assignee: Gas Research InstituteInventors: Troy Dayton, Steve Beyerlein, Jeffrey L. Savidge, Anthony R. H. Goodwin