Patents Assigned to Dynamics Inc.
  • Patent number: 9445746
    Abstract: A system and method for catheter placement using ECG is provided. In certain embodiments, the system and method can generate a patient specific window for tracking a characteristic of an ECG waveform, such as the amplitude of a P-wave. The patient specific window can be utilized in a system and method for assisting in the placement of a catheter within a patient. In other embodiments, a tip location algorithm can be used with an anti-thrombogenic catheter and an intravascular electrode assembly for maintaining a high resolution intravascular signal in an ECG based catheter tip placement system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Angio Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lambertus Wilhelmus Johannes Elberse, Franciscus Ludovicus Maria Johannes Veldhuijzen
  • Patent number: 9441918
    Abstract: Armor systems are described. Armor systems include an armor that includes a container, in which the container includes a bottom, a top and sides and is enclosed, hollow spheres that are placed in a stack in the container, explosive that is wrapped around each of the hollow spheres in the container, in which the explosive-wrapped spheres substantially fill the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Armor Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: David Warren
  • Patent number: 9429463
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods are provided for measuring moving vehicle information. Moving vehicle information may be measured by a sensor configured to respond to one or more wheels of the vehicle, where one or more of the wheels changes the characteristic impedance of the sensor at the wheel's contact location. An electrical time domain reflectometry signal processing system which is capable of measuring the change in the impedance of the sensor and converting the impedance change to a signal may be connected operatively to the sensor. A data-processing system receives the signal and extracts the vehicle information therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: International Road Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal Leroy Hanson, Michael David Lockerbie, Ian Robert Meier, Tyler William Haichert
  • Patent number: 9402938
    Abstract: A method for capturing dislodged vegetative growth during a surgical procedure is provided. The method includes maneuvering, into a circulatory system, a first cannula having a distal end and an opposing proximal end, such that the first cannula is positioned to capture the vegetative growth en bloc. A second cannula is positioned in fluid communication with the first cannula, such that a distal end of the second cannula is situated in spaced relation to the distal end of the cannula. A suction force is provided through the distal end of the first cannula so as to capture the vegetative growth. Fluid removed by the suction force is reinfused through the distal end of the second cannula. Subsequent to becoming dislodged, the vegetative growth is captured by the first cannula. A method for capturing a vegetative growth during removal of a pacemaker lead is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Angio Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lishan Aklog, Michael J Glennon
  • Patent number: 9402278
    Abstract: A multi-mode communication system for a mobile phone includes a plurality of antennas, a plurality of matching networks, each matching network connected to a respective one of said plurality of antennas, a plurality of near field devices, each near field device connected to a respective one of said plurality of matching networks, each pair of near field device and its associated matching network operative to either load modulate its antenna or generate an active magnetic field via its antenna, a plurality of switches, with one of said switches positioned between each of said matching networks and its respective antenna, and a controller for controlling the switched state of said plurality of switches such that one or more of said near field devices and their respective matching networks are selectively coupled to their respective antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Wireless Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Damon Adams, Ambrose Tam, Carlos Aguirre-Charo
  • Publication number: 20160160645
    Abstract: A connecting rod and piston assembly for use in an oil-less pneumatic motor, wherein said connecting rod and piston do not require a wrist pin for connecting said rod to said piston; said connecting rod having at least two ends, connected to each other by a connecting member of a predetermined length; said at least two ends being a piston end and a crankshaft end; said piston end being distant said crankshaft end; said piston having a cylinder end and a connecting rod piston end receiving end, wherein said connecting rod piston end receiving end matingly engages said connecting rod piston end; said piston end is substantially ball shaped and said crankshaft end is shaped for engagement with a crankshaft; said connecting rod piston end receiving end is a socket shape to matingly receive said ball shaped piston end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Circle Dynamics Inc.
    Inventor: James Laurence Doyle
  • Patent number: 9358378
    Abstract: An implantable access port for use in transferring fluid transdermally between an external fluid storage or dispensing device and a site within a patient is disclosed. The access port includes a body, at least two reservoirs defined within the access port body, and at least one septum secured to the body and enclosing the reservoirs within the body. The access port also includes reservoir outlets defined within the reservoirs. The access port also has body conduits defined within the body and in fluid communication with the reservoir outlets and external openings defined in the exterior of the body. An implantable access port and system for use in apheresis is also provided that includes an implantable access port, at least one needle, and a catheter that is fluidly connected to the access port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Angio Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry G. Hanson, Brian Keese, Blaine Johnson, Daniel K. Recinella, Michael Fowler, A. David Smith, James Steven Kenny
  • Patent number: 9349089
    Abstract: A card exhibiting multiple linear arrays of sensors are provided to detect a presence and movement of an external object (e.g., a read-head of a magnetic stripe reader). Each sensor of each array of sensors may be independently connected to a dual port of a processor so that the processor may determine a direction in which the card is swiped through a magnetic stripe reader. A portion of sensors of each array of sensors may be shared by a portion of inputs and/or outputs of a single port of a processor. Sensors may be cross-coupled to a single processor port so that forward and reverse directions of a card swipe may nevertheless be detected by a single-port processor of a card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Dynamics Inc.
    Inventors: Randy L. Rhoades, James H. Workley, Jeffrey D. Mullen
  • Publication number: 20160101564
    Abstract: This specification discloses an article of manufacture and a process to make the same. The article of manufacture has a continuous thermoplastic matrix or a metal material and a thermoset matrix material comprised of oriented fibers. The thermoset matrix material is bonded to the thermoplastic matrix or metal material at a bonded interface. The article of manufacture can take any number of forms for use in industries such as aircraft, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, trains or watercraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Cutting Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: William V. CARSON, JR.
  • Publication number: 20160082650
    Abstract: This specification discloses an article of manufacture and a process to make the same. The article of manufacture has a continuous thermoplastic matrix material and a thermoset matrix material comprised of oriented fibers. The thermoset matrix material is bonded to the thermoplastic matrix material at a bonded interface. The article of manufacture can take any number of forms for use in industries such as aircraft, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, trains or watercraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: Cutting Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: William V. CARSON Jr.
  • Patent number: 9292843
    Abstract: Advanced payment applications are provided to improve the functionality of cards and devices. For example, a user interface may be placed on a card (e.g., a physical button) or a telephonic device (e.g., a virtual button on a capacitive touch screen). Manual input provided to this user interface may, for example, cause an item purchased on credit to be paid via one or more user accounts (e.g., bank accounts) as soon as the next credit statement posts or becomes due. A user may decide to pay for an item when the next statement becomes due at a point-of-sale magnetic stripe reader by using an interface on a card to cause information to be communicated through the infrastructure indicative of a user's desire to pay the for an item when the next statement becomes due.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Dynamics Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Mullen, Philip W. Yen
  • Patent number: 9294604
    Abstract: A network system includes a first data source device with a primary interface and one or more second data source devices with a secondary interface disposed in electrical communication with the first data source device. A common data source device communicates with the first data source device and the second data source device(s). A serial string with a backbone is electrically connected to the primary interface and to the secondary interface. At least one endpoint device is electrically connected to the backbone via an endpoint interface. The primary interface is constructed and arranged initially as a master communication source for the serial string. The secondary interface is constructed and arranged to monitor messages transmitted by the primary interface and to take over as the master communication source if the secondary interface does not detect messages from the primary interface after a predetermined amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: C-Marine Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Wagner
  • Patent number: 9285206
    Abstract: A displacement measuring system to measure the displacement of a structural object that includes a transmitter having a signal generator and an antenna wherein the antenna is securable relative to one of a displaced object and a support. The antenna defines a transmitter axis that is parallel to the displacement axis of the object and a centerline that is perpendicular to the displacement axis. The system further includes a first receiver and a second receiver having antennas securable relative to the other of the object and the support. The receiver antennas are positioned along a receiver axis that is parallel to the displacement axis and being spaced along the receiver axis on either side of the center line. The receiver antennas are configured to detect a signal emitted by the transmitter. The system further includes a phase detector to triangulate phase change and calculate object displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Pile Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard E. Berris, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9278020
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for limiting absorption of food products in specific parts of the digestive system is presented. A gastrointestinal implant device is anchored in the stomach and extends beyond the ligament of Treitz. All food exiting the stomach is funneled through the device. The gastrointestinal device includes an anchor for anchoring the device to the stomach and a flexible sleeve to limit absorption of nutrients in the duodenum. The anchor is collapsible for endoscopic delivery and removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: GI Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy H. Levine, David A. Melanson, John F. Cvinar, John C. Meade
  • Patent number: 9265596
    Abstract: An implant (100) includes a protrusion (110) with an open or rounded loop (112) (or open head) connected to a collapsible anchor. The protrusion may include a straight length of wire (114) or a helical length wire, with one or more wire loops (112) at the end of the length forming the loop. Upon deployment within the gastrointestinal tract, the protrusion expands from a collapsed state, alongside the anchor, to a relaxed state, in which the protrusion extends outward from the anchor. As the protrusion expands to its relaxed state, it pushes the loop into the wall of the duodenum, causing the loop to penetrate the duodenal wall. A pocket of scar tissue forms about the head and possibly through an opening in the head, securing the anchor within the duodenum. The implant may also include a thin-walled sleeve that is coupled to the anchor and extended from the anchor into the intestine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: GI Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Shank, David A. Melanson, Barry Maxwell, Sean K. Holmes, James Loper, Ian K. Parker, Andy H. Levine
  • Patent number: 9254173
    Abstract: A microwave applicator having a probe which comprises an elongate shaft (14), the shaft having an external tubular wall (18), a radiating portion (15) disposed at the distal end of the shaft (14), a transmission line (17) extending to the radiating portion internally of the tubular external wall (18), and an elongate flow dividing member (19) which co-extends with the transmission line (17) longitudinally of the shaft (14), the side wall of the transmission line (17) and the side wall of the flow dividing member (19) contacting each other and contacting the internal surface of the external tubular wall (18) at two-spatially separated discrete positions, thereby defining a pair of flow channels (20, 21) inside the shaft (14). In use, cooling fluid can pass down one channel (20) and return via the other channel (21). The structure of the probe is uncomplicated and the probe is straightforward to assemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Angio Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Cronin, Peter Clegg
  • Patent number: 9237944
    Abstract: A gastrointestinal implant device is anchored in the duodenum and extends beyond the ligament of Treitz. All food exiting the stomach is funneled through the device. The gastrointestinal device includes an anchor for attaching the device to the duodenum and an unsupported flexible sleeve. The anchor can include a stent and/or a wave anchor and is collapsible for catheter-based delivery and removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: GI Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Meade, Andy H. Levine, David A. Melanson, John F. Cvinar
  • Patent number: 9205493
    Abstract: Nanostructure morphologies are controlled by incorporating an agitation mechanism that imparts low shear mixing along with purification of a resulting nanostructure product to effectively remove agglomerates and other components of a reaction mixture. In such manner, higher yields and higher batch-to-batch consistency in the production of nanostructures can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Innova Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Eugene Young, Arjun Srinivas, Matthew R. Robinson, Alexander Chow Mittal
  • Patent number: 9207046
    Abstract: An armor system that includes a reactive armor component including a disruptive layer. The disruptive layer includes a plurality of three-dimensional geometric shapes each defining at least one hollow space and explosive material. The explosive material is deposited in the at least one hollow space. The disruptive layer also includes explosive material surrounding the geometric shapes and a layer of explosive material on top of the geometric shapes. The armor system may further include a non-reactive armor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Armor Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventor: David Warren
  • Patent number: 9168365
    Abstract: An implantable port includes a bottom portion having a needle-penetrable region running continuously along a majority of a perimeter of the implantable port. A method for customized suturing of an implantable port also includes creating a port pocket, and advancing a suture needle through the needle-penetrable region. The needle-penetrable region could be a self-sealing elastomer, such as silicone. The method could include the step of determining suture locations after the port pocket is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Angio Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: George Bourne, James Culhane