Patents Assigned to Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
  • Hearing Device Sound Simulation System and Method of Using the System
    Publication number: 20080165978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hearing aid training systems (100). More particularly, the present invention relates to the simulation of a hearing aid environment (108) prior to a user's (105) purchase of a hearing aid. To create the simulated environment, the user's hearing profile (111) is collected from all prior hearing tests. Prior hearing tests include information on all aspects of the user's hearing, such as frequency and speech intelligibility. The software program (126) of this invention, and the audiologist using the software program (126), analyzes the user's hearing profile and creates a simulation that demonstrates to the user how he or she would hear with a hearing aid. Furthermore, this invention provides a way to make additional adjustments to the hearing aid's DSP data based upon user preferences prior to ordering the individual customized hearing aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: John Cronin, Tushar Narsana
  • Audiologist Equipment Interface User Database For Providing Aural Rehabilitation Of Hearing Loss Across Multiple Dimensions Of Hearing
    Publication number: 20080167575
    Abstract: An audiometer system (100) includes a user (105), a sound room (110), a Speaker (115), a pair of headphones (120), a pair of leads (125) and (130), a button (135), and an audiometer (140). User (105) is an individual on whom a hearing test is to be administered. User (105) is an individual on whom a hearing test is to be administrated. User (105) wears headphones (120) in sound room (100). An audiologist conducts a Hearing test by operating audiometer (150). Audiometer (140) produces a hearing test by operating audiometer (140). Audiometer (140) produces the required tones at the desires frequency and amplitudes, according to adjustments made to frequency adjust (150) and amplitude adjusts (150). Frequency adjust (145) and amplitude adjust (150) can be rotary or push button adjustments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: John Cronin, Tushar Narsana, Cindy Timblin
  • Skin care composition
    Patent number: 7396526
    Abstract: There are provided compositions which include a retinoid and preferably retinal; a dermatologically active acid; and a volatile base, such as ammonium hydroxide. Another embodiment of the invention includes compositions comprising a retinoid and preferably retinal; a dermatologically active acid; a volatile base; and a second neutralizing agent. There are also provided compositions which include a retinoid, a neutralized ammonium salt of a dermatologically active acid, and optionally a neutralized salt, other than ammonium salt, of an acid. Further provided are methods for reducing fine lines, wrinkles, skin roughness, and pore size and for increasing the clarity of a skin surface, cellular turnover, skin radiance, skin smoothness, skin permeation or collagen synthesis in a mammal in need thereof. Compositions as described above are administered topically to the skin of the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis A. Cole, Laura E. Flack, Claudia Kaminski, Victoria Van Leeuwen, Elvin R. Lukenbach
  • Treatment of dry eye
    Patent number: 7381707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods to treat dry eye in a mammal by intraocularly administering a composition comprising a peptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Connie Baozhen Lin, Miri Seiberg, Nannan Chen
  • Compositions containing an extract of a primula denticulata and use thereof
    Patent number: 7381433
    Abstract: The present invention features composition comprising an extract of a primula denticulata and the use thereof for treating acne and reducing the appearance of oil or pores on the skin, hair and scalp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Saliou, Sekhar Boddupalli, Khalid Mahmood, Michael Anthonavage, Kelly Huang
  • Programmable Hearing Health Aid Within A Headphone Apparatus, Method Of Use, And System For Programming Same
    Publication number: 20080107294
    Abstract: A programmable hearing aid (100) combined with a headphone apparatus. The headphone apparatus may be directly interfaced with various types of electronic equipment so that the user is able to listen to music recordings, voice recordings, or other types of sound signals that are then corrected, via programming, for the user's particular hearing needs (104). A method of using the hearing aid combined with the headphones, including the associated programming system (102) for making corrections for the particular hearing needs are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Burrows, John Cronin, Tushar Narsana, John Anthony Singarayar
  • Low-Cost, Programmable, Time-Limited Hearing Health aid Apparatus, Method of Use, and System for Programming Same
    Publication number: 20080041656
    Abstract: A low-cost, programmable, time-limited hearing aid (104) and a means (102) to program the hearing aid with user-specific hearing-loss data (101) for the purpose of emulating the performance of a more permanent, but more costly, hearing aid device. The hearing aid is operational for only a limited time, and is intended for temporary, evaluative purposes. By providing the user with a low-cost, but temporary, means to evaluate the benefits of assisted hearing, he or she becomes more comfortable with its use, and therefore is more amenable to the more involved process and greater expense of being fitted for a more permanent hearing health solution. A method of use of the hearing health aid and the associated programming system that allows a hearing-loss candidate to evaluate the effectiveness of the hearing aid device is also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES INC,
    Inventors: Mark Burrows, John Cronin, Tom Hunt, Steven Shaya, John Singarayar
  • System for and Method of Providing Improved Intelligibility of Television Audio for the Hearing Impaired
    Publication number: 20080040116
    Abstract: The present invention is a TV hearing system that generally includes an analog or digital TV broadcast signal feeding a hearing health interface that subsequently drives the input of a standard television. The hearing health interface further includes a receiver, a digital signal processor (DSP) logic block, a driver, an input/output (I/O) device, and optionally a direct audio driver and/or a radio frequency (RF) transmitter. Pre-established data representing a personal hearing profile of a hearing impaired user that includes correction factors for compensating for the hearing problem is supplied to the DSP logic block. The DSP logic block then selectively modifies the audio relating to the TV broadcast and presents the enhanced audio to the user. Additionally, the present invention includes a business method of establishing a hearing health network to which users may subscribe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventors: John Cronin, Tom Hunt
  • Dental device with improved retention of a flavor and/or chemotherapeutic agent composition
    Patent number: 7325554
    Abstract: A dental floss holder including: a base portion; a pair of spaced-apart jaws extending from the base portion to accommodate a length of dental floss there-between; the spaced-apart jaws having at least one cavity for loading a composition containing flavor and/or a chemotherapeutic agent; and at least one flange for each cavity is disclosed. The dental floss holder provides an improved means for retaining flavor and or chemotherapeutic compositions within the cavity until the dental floss holder is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Harold D. Ochs
  • 1,2,4-thiadiazolium derivatives as melanocortin receptor modulators
    Patent number: 7319107
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel 1,2,4-thiadiazol-2-ium derivatives useful as agonists or antagonists of the melanocortin receptor. More particularly, the compounds of the present invention are useful for the treatment of metabolic, CNS and dermatological disorders such as obesity, impaired oral glucose tolerance, elevated blood glucose levels, type II diabetes, Syndrome X, diabetic retinopathy, spinal cord injury, nerve injury, acute neurodegenerative disorders, chronic neurodegenerative disorders, plexopathies, male erectile dysfunction, dry eyes, acne, dry skin, aged skin, seborrheic dermatitis, rosacea, excessive ear wax, meibomian gland disorder, pseudofolliculitis, yeast infections, dandruff, hidradenitis suppurativa, ocular rosacea and eccrine gland disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Magdalena Eisinger, Louis J. Fitzpatrick, Daniel H. Lee, Kevin Pan, Carlos Plata-Salaman, Allen B. Reitz, Virginia L. Smith-Swintosky, Boyu Zhao
  • Peptides and the use thereof in darkening the skin
    Patent number: 7214655
    Abstract: The present invention relates peptide(s), compositions containing these peptides, and the use thereof in darkening the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Miri Seiberg, Stanley S. Shapiro
  • Skin treatment article
    Patent number: D538974
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Eknoian, David A. Burwell, Elizabeth P. Edwards, Raymond Ip, Lynn A. Lewin
  • Skin treatment article
    Patent number: D545969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Eknoian, David A. Burwell, Elizabeth P. Edwards, Raymond Ip, Lynn A. Lewin
  • Skin treatment article
    Patent number: D545970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Eknoian, David A. Burwell, Elizabeth P. Edwards, Raymond Ip, Lynn A. Lewin
  • Skin treatment article
    Patent number: D545971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Eknoian, David A. Burwell, Elizabeth P. Edwards, Raymond Ip, Lynn A. Lewin
  • Skin treatment article
    Patent number: D546461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Eknoian, David A. Burwell, Elizabeth P. Edwards, Raymond Ip, Lynn A. Lewin
  • Skin treatment article
    Patent number: D557810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Eknoian, David A. Burwell, Elizabeth P. Edwards, Raymond Ip, Lynn A. Lewin
  • Label
    Patent number: D561838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erin Melcher Beam, Stephen Wahl, Christine McElhaney
  • Imaging station
    Patent number: D564663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masamichi Udagawa, Sigrid Moeslinger
  • Skin treatment article
    Patent number: D569035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Eknoian, David A. Burwell, Elizabeth P. Edwards, Raymond Ip, Lynn A. Lewin