Patents Assigned to Concept, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11364037
    Abstract: Devices and techniques for adjusting an alignment for a first metatarsal may include making a plurality of cuts along the length of the first metatarsal. In different applications of the technique, a plurality of transverse cuts may or may not be made intersecting the longitudinal cuts. In either case, the cuts can separate the first metatarsal into two individual portions and release a removable wedge of bone. The different portions of the metatarsal can be moved relative to each other to adjust an anatomical alignment of one portion relative to another portion, for example in multiple planes. After suitably adjusting the alignment of the different bone portions, the portions can be fixed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Hissong, Joe W. Ferguson, Lowell Weil, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11344347
    Abstract: A bone plate kit may be provided for a foot or ankle orthopedic procedure, such as a lapidus procedure. In some examples, the bone plate kit includes a sterile container that holds multiple unicortical bone plate fasteners and one or more bone plates. For example, the kit may contain two bone plates configured to be used together during a tarsal-metatarsal fusion procedure. Each of the two bone plates may be configured to span different regions of a tarsal-metatarsal joint. The unicortical bone plate fasteners can be used to secure the two bone plates to the first metatarsal and medial cuneiform of a patient undergoing a procedure. In some configurations, one of the bone plates is a helical bone plate while the other bone plate may or may not be a helical bone plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Treace, F. Barry Bays, Paul Dayton
  • Patent number: 11331733
    Abstract: A cast system, which includes: a padding layer configured to be disposed within a cast and support a portion of a patient's limb; a casting material which hardens around the padding layer and form an outer shell of the cast surrounding the patient's limb; and a wire saw configured to be disposed within the cast and extend along a longitudinal axis of the cast. The wire saw has a cutting surface which is at least partly enclosed by a plastic sheath. By enclosing the wire saw cutting surface in a plastic sheath, the saw does not lock up during the cutting operation, cutting is facilitated, allowing for easy and safe removal of the cast by pulling at least one end of the wire saw so as to cut through the outer shell of the cast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Woundkair Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny E. Anderson, Kimberly G. Anderson, Thomas E. Serena, Timothy A. Mayhugh, James R. Wilcox, Cameron B. Morton, Stephen C. Morvel, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11324547
    Abstract: Electrosurgical probes for treating tissue, and surgical procedures that make use of such probes. Such a probe includes a working element having a core member, a sheath secured to the working element, and a conductor disposed in a first internal longitudinal channel of the core member and having an active electrode coupled thereto. The sheath has a passage in which the core member is disposed, and the passage has an opening at a distal end of the sheath. The conductor is reciprocable within the sheath and adapted to carry a radio frequency current to and from the active electrode, which extends from the opening at the distal end of the sheath. An irrigation channel is defined by a second internal longitudinal channel of the core member. The electrosurgical probe is marked as disposable and not for reuse in a medical procedure performed on more than one patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: endoMedical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg Alan VanDusseldorp, Sr., Keldon S. Pickering
  • Publication number: 20220133924
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for a disinfecting system formed of a plurality of modular units, wherein each modular unit is (1) coupleable to at least one other modular unit from the plurality of modular units and (2) includes an energy source from a plurality of energy sources. The plurality of energy sources can be configured to provide energy having an intensity capable of disinfecting a surface of the object located in a disinfecting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: UV-Concepts Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy STARKWEATHER, Jason YLIZARDE, John WYNNE, Brent EDMUNDOWICZ, Austin STARKWEATHER, Stefan L. WENGER
  • Patent number: 11318061
    Abstract: The funeral tray can have an elongated bottom and an upwardly projecting wall peripheral to the bottom and leading to a raised rim, defining a concave shape sized and configured to receive the body of a deceased person, the upwardly projecting wall and the bottom being integral to one another and made of bio-based material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: CERCUEILS CONCEPT INC.
    Inventor: Jean-François Houde
  • Publication number: 20220106792
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing, transporting, and installing an extruded aluminum roof truss by manufacturing an extrusion that comprises a top chord extrusion, a bottom chord extrusion, a web brace extrusion, manufacturing standardized components such as a connector, a hinge, a bracket, and a fastener used to configure the extrusion into a truss configuration, pre-assembling the extrusion with an optionally pre-determined set of the standardized components required to either fully or partially assemble the truss prior to transport and installation at the building site, transporting the truss in either a fully or partially assembled compact configuration to the installation site, rotating the truss open by pivoting the web bracing into alignment with a matching connector hole on an extrusion at the installation site, and installing any required connectors or remaining standardized components to complete the truss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Next New Concept, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Harold Niemann
  • Publication number: 20220106786
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing, assembling, and installing an extruded aluminum wall panel frame by manufacturing an extrusion profile that comprises a stud, a sole plate, and a sill plate and other components used to configure the extrusion profile into a frame either fully or partially assembled prior to transport and installation at the building site where the frame may be installed as a single-level structure or multi-level structure of varying lengths, widths, and floorplans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Next New Concept, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Harold Niemann
  • Publication number: 20220105210
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems, devices and methods for disinfection of space and equipment. In particular, the present disclosure relates to systems, devices and methods, such as rolling enclosures, which use light sources, such as ultraviolet (UV) light, and more specifically UV-C light, to disinfect larger scale equipment or spaces. Systems and methods of the present disclosure are particularly useful in medical facilities for treating medical equipment or spaces, where the prevalence of pathogens requires frequent disinfecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: UV-Concepts Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy STARKWEATHER, Jason YLIZARDE, John WYNNE, Pat HILT, Thomas TAYLOR
  • Patent number: 11294982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for an electronic device displaying search information. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting a query with respect to a displayed page; and displaying search information that matches with content included in the page, wherein the step of transmitting a query is characterised by transmitting the query including one or more of a record log of a web browser executing the page, data extracted from the record log, data that is extracted from the page and that can be uploaded, and a screenshot of the page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Odd Concepts Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Tae Kim, Jae Yun Yeo
  • Patent number: 11278337
    Abstract: A technique for correcting a bone deformity, such as a bunion, may be performed using a fulcrum. In some examples, the technique involves inserting a fulcrum between a first metatarsal that is anatomically misaligned with respect to a second metatarsal. The technique further includes preparing an end of the first metatarsal and preparing an end of a medial cuneiform opposing the end of the first metatarsal. In addition, a distal portion of the first metatarsal is moved toward the second metatarsal in a transverse plane, thereby pivoting a proximal portion of the first metatarsal about the fulcrum and reducing an intermetatarsal angle between the first metatarsal and the second metatarsal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: F. Barry Bays, Robert D. Santrock, Paul Dayton, Daniel J. Hatch, W. Bret Smith, Carlos Eduardo Gil, Sean F. Scanlan, Joe William Ferguson, John T. Treace
  • Patent number: 11276397
    Abstract: A system and method for improving the performance of a hands-free voice user interface system while minimizing the computational complexity without sacrificing performance. Specifically, when estimating the location of the talker for the purpose of steering a directional beam in the direction of the active talker. A hands-free voice user interface system requires a clean signal to be streamed to the cloud for recognition. One way to improve the speech signal is to estimate where the talker is and steer a beam in the direction of the active talker. To locate the talker to a localized position, a direction of arrival estimator (DOA) algorithm is used. DoA generally requires noise and echo free signal for optimal estimation, but it is computationally expensive to run audio pre-processing such as an acoustic echo cancellation for each microphone in microphone array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: DSP Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Ke Li, Paul Beckmann
  • Patent number: 11262033
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for mounting lights is described. The portable apparatus may include an attachment frame configured to removably mount to and be supported by a 3-point hitch connection of a tractor, a generally vertical main post having an upper end and a lower end, where a lower portion of the main post is rigidly coupled to the attachment frame, and a generally horizontal mounting beam rigidly coupled to the upper end of the main post at a center portion of the beam, and where the mounting beam includes a plurality of vertical light mounting bars, where each light mounting bar is coupled to the mounting beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Weekend Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan T. Paine, Ronald P. Scott, Kyle J. Newman, Kyle A. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20220042504
    Abstract: A home flood prevention appliance system includes controller circuitry disposed in a shroud above a cover of a sump basin, and a plurality of electrically operated sump pumps disposed in a lower portion of a structural frame positionable below the cover in the sump basin. The system also includes a water control actuator operable as a water main control device for a domestic water distribution network and a flow meter to measure the flow of municipal water supplied to the network. The controller circuitry configured to selectively energize the pumps to extract liquid from a sump basin based on a liquid level in the sump basin. The water control actuator controlled by the controller circuitry to shut off a municipal water supply to the domestic water distribution network in response to detection of a leak. Communication circuitry included in the home flood prevention appliance may wirelessly communicate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Logical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Owen Ward, David Lee Brown, Casey Wayne Hampton, Gage Herbert Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20220022621
    Abstract: Modulation techniques designed to prolong battery life in a battery-powered hair dryer that utilizes infrared technology as part of the heating element. Modulation techniques can be used to extend battery run time without significant degradation and optimize end-of-life performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Spur Concepts Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Friedman, Ryan Goldman, Zachary Rattner
  • Patent number: 11223167
    Abstract: An assembly for passing controlled impedance electrical signals between two different environments via feedthroughs in a feedthrough block. The feedthrough has a signal coupling, a dielectric surrounding the signal coupling, and a ground coupling surrounding the dielectric. An electrically insulating block has an electrically conductive signal link and discrete electrically conductive ground links surrounding the signal link. An electrically conductive block has a separate dielectric spacer and signal link through the spacer. The junctions between the block, links, and spacer are sealed to hermetically separate the two environments. In one method, the components are press fit, leaving no gap between adjacent components. In another method, potting material is forced into the junctions between components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Ardent Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor A Lapkowicz, Gordon A Vinther
  • Patent number: 11213333
    Abstract: Methods for temporarily fixing an orientation of a bone or bones. Methods of correcting a bunion deformity. Bone positioning devices. Methods of using a bone positioning device. Bone preparation guides. Methods of using a bone preparation guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Treace Medical Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Santrock, Paul Dayton, Daniel J. Hatch, W. Bret Smith, F. Barry Bays, Carlos Eduardo Gil, Sean F. Scanlan, Joe W. Ferguson, John T. Treace
  • Patent number: 11205877
    Abstract: A controlled-impedance cable assembly for removably attaching a controlled-impedance cable to a surface of a device. Signal contacts are attached to signal conductors of cables and ground members are coupled to shields of the cables. Ends of the signal conductors and of elongated appendages extending from the ground members are positioned to make a pressure contact to pads and ground lands on the surface. Pressure to make those contacts may come from deflection of the ends of the signal conductors and elongated ground appendages or from a spring. The signal contacts and elongated appendages may be positioned to provide an impedance matching an impedance with the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Ardent Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Diaz, Gordon A. Vinther, Joseph F. DiDonna
  • Patent number: 11198383
    Abstract: Lift frames for a vehicle in this disclosure may include a frame body on a top portion of a frame, the frame body extending from a first end to a second end; a lift mechanism moveable with respect to the first end of the frame body, the lift mechanism comprising: a lift body having a first end and a second end, a lifting surface on the first end of the lift body and the second end of the lift body being positioned so as to be movable with respect to the first end of the frame body, wherein the lifting surface is positioned to engage an underside of a cargo container when placed on an upper side of the frame body; and an inflatable air bag having an upper side and a lower side and mounted on the lower side to a platform positioned on the frame beneath the lift body, wherein the inflatable air bag is connected on the upper side thereof to a mounting surface attached to the lift body; and a source of compressed air in fluid communication with the inflatable air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Demountable Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Rustin Arthur Cassway, Albert Stephen Perry, David John Fisher
  • Patent number: D941838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Recognition Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Jack Edgington, Jr.