Patents Assigned to Controls, Inc.
  • Antenna with high K backing material
    Patent number: 8810474
    Abstract: An antenna is disclosed. The antenna may have a slotted conductive reference sheet, a first dielectric material and a second dielectric material. The first dielectric material may reside on a first side of the reference sheet, and the second dielectric material may reside on the second side of the reference sheet. The first dielectric material has a first K-value, and the second dielectric material has a second K-value. The second K-value is larger than the first K-value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Spectrum Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark W. Ingalls
  • Enabling customized functions to be implemented at a domain
    Patent number: 8812644
    Abstract: A system for enabling a customized function to be implemented at at least one device in a domain, including: a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) coupled with a system, wherein the system is coupled with a server managing a premises, wherein the system is configured for interacting with at least one third party application that has a set of instructions thereon, via the set of APIs, such that the at least one third party application can communicate with a device driver at the premises without having knowledge of a protocol thereon and without having knowledge of the at least one device, wherein the premises comprises the at least one device; and an instruction translator coupled with the set of APIs which translates the set of instructions received from the at least one third party application to be an action and protocol that the at least one device understands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Candi Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Anderson, Steve Raschke
  • Adjustable tuned mass damper systems
    Patent number: 8800736
    Abstract: Particular embodiments relate generally to vibration isolation systems and tuned mass dampers. In one embodiment, a vibration isolation system may include a supporting base, an isolated mass, at least one air mount, a control valve, a compressed air supply, and a supervisory controller. The air mount is positioned between the isolated mass and the supporting base. The control valve is pneumatically coupled to the air mount, the compressed air supply and the atmosphere, and is operable to adjust a flow of air to and from the air mount. The supervisory controller receives a mass relative height signal, a mass relative velocity signal, and a mass relative acceleration feedback signal corresponding to a relative acceleration of the isolated mass or a pressure of the air mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Design, Imaging & Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Ahmad Reza Kashani
  • FIXATION OF DEVICE TO BACK PLATE
    Publication number: 20140221883
    Abstract: A mechanical CPR device can include a back plate, a first tower, and a second tower. The back plate can have a first side and a second side. The first tower can include a first foot and the second tower can include a second foot. The first and second towers can be configured to securely hold a beam above the back plate. The first side of the back plate can be configured to be held to the first foot of the first tower and the second side of the back plate can be configured to be held to the second foot of the second tower when a distributed weight is placed on the back plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Anders Torbjörn Jeppsson
  • BEAM MECHANICAL COMPRESSION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140221882
    Abstract: A mechanical CPR device includes a back plate, a first tower removably attached to the back plate, a second tower removably attached to the back plate, and a beam releasably connected to each of the first tower and the second tower. The first tower can include a first linear motion device. The second tower can include a second linear motion device. Each of the first and second linear motion devices can be configured to move one end of the beam toward and away from the back plate. The first and second linear motion devices can be configured to operate in concert such that, when the back plate is resting on a surface, the beam remains substantially parallel to the surface during movement of the beam toward and away from the back plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Anders Torbjörn Jeppsson
  • Movable Utility Rack
    Publication number: 20140217140
    Abstract: A movable utility rack is provided. The utility rack presents an ergonomic and easily accessible configuration to a user. One embodiment of the movable utility rack includes a base frame and first and second spaced apart track assemblies mounted on the base frame. The first and second spaced apart track assemblies have a curved shape and each define a channel at a first radius of curvature. A first support member is carried by the first track assembly within the channel thereof, and a second support member is carried by the second track assembly within the channel thereof. A drive arrangement is operatively connected to the first and second support members to move the support members within the channel defined by each track assembly along an arcuate path that has a second radius of curvature that is substantially equal to the first radius of curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: ROCKFORD PROCESS CONTROL, INC.
    Inventor: Rodney Mark Kramer
  • Mechanical CPR device with variable resuscitation protocol
    Patent number: 8795208
    Abstract: Methods to control the delivery of CPR to a patient through a mechanical CPR device are described. The method generally allows for a gradual increase in the frequency of CPR cycles. The gradual increase can be regulated by protocols programmed within the CPR device such as intermittently starting and stopping the delivery of CPR, accelerating the delivery of CPR, stepping up the CPR frequency, increasing the force of CPR, and adjusting the ratio of compression and decompression in a CPR cycle. Combinations of each of these forms may also be used to control the delivery of CPR. This manner of gradually accelerating artificial blood flow during the first minutes of mechanical CPR delivery can serve to lessen the potential for ischemia/reperfusion injury in the patient who receives mechanical CPR treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Rob Walker
  • Quick disconnect actuator mounting
    Patent number: 8789807
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus and method couple an actuator to a valve or damper. The mounting apparatus includes five primary parts: a base which attaches to the valve or damper, an actuator mount which attaches to the actuator, a rotational coupler, a handle and a bail. The base and the actuator mount encircle the rotational axis in a mating relationship. The bail slides into aligned holes on the base and the actuator mount to secure the two together, preferably with legs on opposite sides of the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: KMC Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Louis Kreuter
  • SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR ADMINISTERING CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
    Publication number: 20140207031
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a support structure for fixating a patient to a treatment unit, and especially to a support structure for fixating the patient to a cardiopulmonary resuscitation unit. An embodiment of the support structure comprises a back plate for positioning behind said patient's back posterior to said patient's heart and a front part for positioning around said patient's chest anterior to said patient's heart. Further, the front part can comprise two legs, each leg having a first end pivotably connected to at least one hinge and a second end removably attachable to said back plate. Said front part can further be devised for comprising a compression/decompression unit arranged to automatically compress or decompress said patient's chest when said front part is attached to said back plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Sebelius, Per Bergstrom, Jan Hampf
  • WEARABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR SYSTEM CONTROLLING CONDUCTIVE FLUID DEPLOYMENT
    Publication number: 20140207201
    Abstract: In embodiments, a wearable cardiac defibrillator system includes an energy storage module configured to store a charge. Two electrodes can be configured to be applied to respective locations of a patient. One or more reservoirs can store one or more conductive fluids. Respective fluid deploying mechanisms can be configured to cause the fluids to be released from one or more of the reservoirs, which decreases the impedance at the patient location, and decreases discomfort for the patient. In some embodiments an impedance is sensed between the two electrodes, and the stored charge is delivered when the sensed impedance meets a discharge condition. In some embodiments, different fluids are released for different patient treatments. In some embodiments, fluid release is controlled to be in at least two doses, with an intervening pause.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Ralph Piha, Joseph Leo Sullivan, Phillip Dewey Foshee, JR., Daniel Peter Finch, Isabelle Banville, Laura Marie Gustavson, Kenneth Frederick Cowan, Richard C. Nova, Robert Reuben Buchanan, Krystyna Szul, Gregory T. Kavounas
  • BIODEGRADABLE OIL EXTERNAL EMULSION FOR REMOVAL OF ASPHALTENE AND/OR PARAFFIN FROM PRODUCING OIL WELLS
    Publication number: 20140202700
    Abstract: A biodegradable and environmentally friendly oil external emulsion for the removal of asphaltenes, paraffin's, and/or scales which accumulate in the well bores and walls of the pipes used to bring the oil up from the underground deposits, and methods of using and formulating the composition are disclosed. The emulsion comprises oil extracted from orange peels as the external continuous phase and acid as the internal phase. The emulsion has a particular utility in cleaning asphaltenes and paraffin residues from the well formation surface, well cuttings, and down hole and surface oil well drilling and production equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: CUDD PRESSURE CONTROL, INC.
    Inventor: Cecil Curtis Blair
  • External defibrillator with power and battery sharing capabilities with a pod
    Patent number: 8788038
    Abstract: A modular external defibrillator system in embodiments of the teachings may include one or more of the following features: (a) a base containing a defibrillator module to deliver a defibrillation shock to a patient, (b) a patient parameter monitoring pod connectable to a patient via patient lead cables to collect patient data, the patient data including at least one patient vital sign, (c) a power supply sharing link between the base and the pod, the pod receiving power from the base via the power sharing link, the pod being operable to collect patient data without receiving power from the base, and (d) an external battery charger, the battery charger interrogating the batteries to determine battery information used for battery charging, the battery information including at least one of charging voltage, charging current, and charge time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventors: James S. Neumiller, Thomas J. McGrath, Rockland W. Nordness, John C. Daynes
  • Apparatus and method for determining displacer position in a flowmeter prover
    Patent number: 8783088
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for proving a flowmeter. In one embodiment, a flowmeter prover includes a flow tube, a displacer, and a signal analyzer. The displacer is moveable in a flow passage of the flow tube. A magnetic target is disposed on the displacer. One or more inductive transducers are disposed on the flow tube and configured to detect the magnetic target as the displacer moves in the flow tube. The signal analyzer is configured to detect a maximum slope of rising and falling edges of a signal generated by the transducer responsive to the magnetic target traversing the transducer. The signal analyzer is further configured to determine displacer velocity based on the detected maximum slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Daniel Measurement and Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Drew S. Weaver
  • ECG electrode and electrode support
    Patent number: 8788025
    Abstract: An electrically non-conductive back plate for supporting the back of a patient in a supine position comprises on its front face facing the back of the patient a pair or more of ECG electrodes capable of maintaining electrically conductive skin contact with the patient's back. The pair of ECG electrodes is disposed at a sharp angle with the mean heart vector, in particular so as to form an angle ? of about 45°±25° with the projection S of the patient's spine on the back plate. Also disclosed is an ECG electrode for mounting in a recess of the back plate and an apparatus for treating cardiac arrest by compression of the sternum comprising the back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Olof Huldt
  • Low profile wheelchair lift with direct-acting hydraulic cylinders
    Patent number: 8783419
    Abstract: A wheel chair lift device includes a pair of upside-down, vertically-oriented hydraulic cylinders having their closed ends attached to opposing sides of a lift car, and their piston rods secured to a base resting on the floor. The cylinders extend into the hollow internal channels of two fixed vertical guide members as the lift car is lowered. The vertical guide members may be received within the side walls of the lift car as the lift is lowered to the ground. Rollers on the lift car engage the vertical exterior walls of the vertical guide members to stabilize the lift car. No moving parts are exposed apart from the lift car itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: AGM Container Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Zuercher
  • PATIENT TEMPERATURE CHANGE COMBINED WITH REMOTE ISCHEMIC CONDITIONING
    Publication number: 20140200464
    Abstract: A single system may provide to a patient: temperature change, remote ischemic conditioning, and sometimes both concurrently. The system may include a patient unit that includes an inflatable bladder, and a duct having a cavity. The patient unit is intended to be applied around a patient's limb. A temperature subsystem can force a flow of a first fluid through the cavity so that the first fluid can exchange heat with the patient's limb. The pressure subsystem may force a fluid into the bladder, to establish pressure against the limb. A controller may control both the temperature subsystem and the pressure subsystem, so as to control the treatment received by the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Daniel Webster, Daniel Ralph Piha, Fred W. Chapman
  • Ultrasonic flow meter having cable shroud
    Patent number: 8770042
    Abstract: A flow meter is presented having a meter body that is enveloped by a compliant shroud that protects transducers and transducer cables. The shroud forms a chamber between the shroud and meter body, and includes a releasable portion to allow access into the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Daniel Measurement and Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Robert Allen
  • Method and system for controlling a heating element with temperature sensitive conductive layer
    Patent number: 8772679
    Abstract: Methods and system for controlling a heater conductor in a heating element including a sensor conductor separated from the heater conductor by an NTC layer. The heating element is coupled to a control circuit and the flow of electricity from a direct current source through the circuit is controlled such that a change of the resistance of the NTC layer is indicative of the temperature of the heater conductor. This resistance is detected based on a time or amplitude analysis and based thereon, a heating mode of the heater conductor is controlled. In a variation, the circuit is operated in a two-period measurement mode wherein the energy transferred through the NTC layer in one period is equal and opposite to the energy transferred through the NTC layer in the other period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Weiss Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Lenny Novikov
  • CONTEXT-SENSITIVE CHEST COMPRESSION FRACTION MEASUREMENT FOR CPR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
    Publication number: 20140188500
    Abstract: Devices, systems, software and methods for CPR quality assessment. Patient data is received that may be derived from a session of administering sets of CPR chest compressions to a patient. The sets can be separated by pauses. Then a figure of merit (FOM) can be computed from the data in the computation, at least one pause can contribute a penalty to the FOM. The penalty has a value determined from at least one control factor, other than a constant linear dependence on the duration of the pause. This way, pauses can incur penalties to the FOM computation depending on their context, instead of merely their duration. For example, a penalty can escalate non-linearly if its pause becomes unduly long, or if it follows a set of chest compressions that was unduly short. As such, a better CPR quality assessment is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Physio-Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred W. Chapman, Robert G. Walker
  • Housing for security tag
    Patent number: D709398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Se-Kure Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger J. Leyden