Patents Represented by Attorney Buchanan Nipper
  • Patent number: 7862111
    Abstract: A multi-functional adjustable tray that mounts on the arm of a chair to provide a comfortably accessible work surface to support a computer mouse and other IO devices. The adjustable tray may be easily mounted to an arm of a chair and provides width, length, rotation, and storage adjustments. The adjustable tray includes a platform that is pivotally connected to an armchair stop. The armchair stop may be supported by adjustable guides that may be secured to the chair arm by a compression element. The tray may include one or more rotatable joints to allow the platform or IO devices to be tilted to a comfortable working angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel V Steenson
  • Patent number: 7854759
    Abstract: An implantable flow modifying device and a method of modifying flow through a lumen are provided. The flow modifying device includes a flexible member configured for permitting fluid flow through the body lumen in a first direction at a first rate and for restricting fluid flow through the body lumen in a second direction at a second rate. The flexible member includes a passageway defined by a sheath of biocompatible material, the passageway having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is sized and shaped to at least partially restrict fluid flow in the first direction and capable of at least partially collapsing in response to fluid flow in the second direction. The second end portion is adapted to seal with a wall of the body lumen. A diameter of a first opening defined in the first end portion is smaller than a diameter of a second opening defined in the second end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Cook Incorporated
    Inventor: Gary B. Shirley
  • Patent number: 7846199
    Abstract: Prosthetic medical devices with delayed valve function and in situ remodeling of a portion thereof are provided, as well as methods of manufacturing the medical devices and methods of treatment using the medical devices. The medical devices may be adapted to initially maintain a remodelable material within a body vessel in a first configuration suitable to contact the remodelable material with a body fluid contacting the remodelable material for a first time period or a second configuration adapted to regulate the flow of body fluid contacting the remodelable material. The medical devices may include a releasable holding member configured to retain the remodelable material in the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignees: Cook Incorporated, Cook Biotech Incorporated
    Inventors: Ram H. Paul, Jr., Sean D. Chambers, Chad E. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7841865
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for establishing an electrical connection (for signal or current transfer) between two circuits or wiring assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Ivus Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Maughan, Fred Jessup, Erik J. Cegnar, David G. Alexander
  • Patent number: D630002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Ken R. Brown