Patents Examined by Colin W Stuart
  • Automatic dispenser for respiratory delivery device
    Patent number: 11717621
    Abstract: The present invention provides a particulate delivery device with an automatic activation mechanism that pierces or cuts a composition capsule when a cap is removed. The cap cannot be replaced once the device is activated for use. The device allows for gas flow through the device from a gas inlet to a gas outlet through a composition receptacle and dispersion chamber to deliver particulate to the airway of a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: De Motu Cordis Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Brendan O'Flaherty, Johann Lipman, Patrick Joseph Lynch, John Fredatovich
  • Exercise equipment for transportation of article of footwear
    Patent number: 11712396
    Abstract: A sole arrangement for an article of footwear with a gradient depth value is provided. In one aspect of the disclosure, the sole arrangement extending from an end of a posterior area of the sole arrangement to an end of an anterior area of the sole arrangement, wherein the posterior area of the sole arrangement being formed under a heel area and the anterior area of the sole arrangement being formed under a forefoot area of a foot. The sole arrangement having an upper facing surface and a ground engaging surface, wherein the upper facing surface being on an opposite side of the sole arrangement than the ground engaging surface. The sole arrangement having a maximum posterior depth value. The sole arrangement having a maximum anterior depth value. The maximum posterior depth value may be smaller than the maximum anterior depth value by a first margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Shahriar Behnamian
  • Flow mixers for respiratory therapy systems
    Patent number: 11712536
    Abstract: A flow of gases in a respiratory therapy system can be conditioned to achieve more consistent output from sensors configured to sense a characteristic of the flow. The flow can be mixed by imparting a tangential, rotary, helical, or swirling motion to the flow of gases. The mixing can occur upstream of the sensors. The flow can be segregated into smaller compartments to reduce turbulence in a region of the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Hamish Adrian Osborne, Niall Christopher Denham, Mahran Maumoon Sujau, Andre Van Schalkwyk, Ivan Justus Rademeyer, Tessa Hazel Paris
  • Spacer
    Patent number: 11701481
    Abstract: An inhalation spacer movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The spacer is made from paperboard having a bending stiffness of at least 2.5 mNm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: AER BEATHA LIMITED
    Inventor: Michael Friel
  • Airway device
    Patent number: 11701484
    Abstract: Laryngeal airway devices for human and veterinary use include an airway tube having a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end of the airway tube is provided with a pre-formed and non-inflatable peri-pharyngeal bowl. The peri-pharyngeal bowl has a posterior bowl portion having a back dorsal portion and a side wall extending around and depending from the periphery of the back dorsal portion to define an internal space, and further having a resiliently deformable flange extending laterally from the side wall of the back dorsal portion which defines an extended internal space, the resiliently deformable flange has inner and outer surfaces that extend to a circumferential edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventors: Muhammed Aslam Nasir, Andrew Honour, Ivan Crotaz
  • Systems, devices, components and methods for triggering or inducing resonance or high amplitude oscillations in a cardiovascular system of a patient
    Patent number: 11696868
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, devices, components, and methods for providing external therapeutic vibration stimulation to a patient are disclosed and described. Therapeutic vibration stimulation is provided to at least one location on or adjacent to a patient's skin (such as through clothing or a layer disposed next to the patient's skin), and is configured to trigger or induce resonance or high amplitude oscillations in a cardiovascular system of the patient. Inducing such resonance can aid in training autonomic reflexes and improve their functioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Frederick J. Muench, Steven G. Dean
  • Fluid or powdery product dispensing device
    Patent number: 11690962
    Abstract: A dispenser device for fluid or powder, including an air expeller (20) and a reservoir (30). The reservoir (30) has an air inlet (31) connected to the air expeller (20) and a composition outlet (32) connected to a dispenser opening (10), and is removably mounted on the air expeller. After actuation, the empty reservoir can be removed from the air expeller and replaced with a new reservoir. The air inlet (31) is closed by a first closure element (40) and the composition outlet (32) is closed by a second closure element (50). A mechanical opening system (61, 62) co-operates with the first and second closure elements to expel each closure element from the closed position. The mechanical opening system has a first rod (61) secured to the air expeller (20), and a second rod (62) secured to the dispenser head (1), co-operating with a closure element during actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Automatic dispenser for respiratory delivery device
    Patent number: 11684728
    Abstract: The present invention provides a particulate delivery device with an automatic activation mechanism that pierces or cuts a composition capsule when a cap is removed. The cap cannot be replaced once the device is activated for use. The device allows for gas flow through the device from a gas inlet to a gas outlet through a composition receptacle and dispersion chamber to deliver particulate to the airway of a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: De Motu Cordis Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Brendan O'Flaherty, Johann Lipman, Patrick Joseph Lynch, John Fredatovich
  • Oxygen sensor calibration for rebreather
    Patent number: 11679286
    Abstract: A rebreather apparatus includes at least one pressurized container of oxygen, at least one pressurized container of a diluting gas, and at least one valve to supply the oxygen and diluting gas to a rebreathing loop. The valve is controlled by a signal from at least one oxygen sensor, wherein the oxygen and diluting gas combine to form a breathing gas that is circulated by the rebreathing loop. At least one container of calibrating gas stores the calibrating gas at ambient pressure and temperature. At least one valve is connected to the at least one oxygen sensor presenting the calibrating gas to the oxygen sensor during calibration of the oxygen sensor and presenting the breathing gas to the oxygen sensor at all other times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Tesseron Ltd.
    Inventor: Forrest P. Gauthier
  • Wearable device for delivering air
    Patent number: 11679287
    Abstract: A personal entertainment respiratory apparatus provides air to a user to provide a fully immersive entertainment experience. The personal entertainment system may comprise a flow generator for providing the flow of air. A personal spatial respiratory interface may be coupled to the flow generator. The personal spatial respiratory interface may comprise an outlet for the flow generator. The personal spatial respiratory interface may further be configured to direct the flow of air within an ambient breathing proximity of a user. The personal entertainment respiratory apparatus may further comprise a controller and a sensory particle dispenser. The controller and sensory particle dispenser may be configured to selectively activate release of a sensory particle from the dispenser into the directed flow of air in response to an entertainment triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tzu-chin Yu, Emma Anne Connell, David Creusot, Donald Darkin, Barton John Kenyon, Paul Jan Klasek, Andrew Sims, Quangang Yang, Philip Rodney Kwok
  • Inhalation device
    Patent number: 11672927
    Abstract: The present invention provides for the integration of drug dispersion methods into a drug or medicine delivery system. The drug dispersion methods used include shear (e.g., air across a drug, with or without a gas assist), capillary flow or a venturi effect, mechanical means such as spinning, vibration, or impaction, and turbulence (e.g., using mesh screens, or restrictions in the air path). These methods of drug dispersion allow for all of the drug in the system to be released, allowing control of the dosage size. These methods also provide for drug metering, fluidization, entrainment, deaggragation and deagglomeration. The present invention also provides for the integration of a drug sealing system into the device. The drug sealing system provides a way of blocking the migration of drug from one area of the package to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Manta Devices, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Jones, Richard L. Miller
  • Device for dispensing a fluid product
    Patent number: 11672926
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device having a dispenser head; an air expeller; and a reservoir containing a single dose of fluid. The reservoir includes a proximal axial end and a distal axial end, and is removably mounted so that after the device has been actuated, the empty reservoir can be removed from the device and replaced by a new full reservoir. The air expeller is adapted to return to its rest position to enable a new actuation with the new full reservoir. The dispenser head includes a proximal perforator tip to perforate the proximal axial end of the reservoir. The device includes a movable perforator member that slides axially around the dispenser head between a loading position and an actuation position and includes a distal perforator tip adapted to perforate the distal axial end of the reservoir when the movable perforator member is moved into its actuation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Franck Poullain
  • Cooling element, control system, freezing holding device and process for controlling a closed-circuit respirator
    Patent number: 11672937
    Abstract: A cooling element for use within a cooling device of a closed-circuit respirator, includes an element housing, which has a liquid-tight cap and is filled with a coolant, which has a melting point below 50° C., especially below 45° C., preferably below 40° C. A sensor element is arranged in contact with the coolant within the element housing such that the sensor element can be moved in a direction of the gravity acting on the sensor element in the liquid state of the coolant during the use of the closed-circuit respirator by a user of the closed-circuit respirator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Henning Gerder
  • Selectable, configurable and interchangeable massage tool head system for percussion massage devices
    Patent number: 11672728
    Abstract: A selectable impact tip system for use with a percussion massager includes multiple flexible and interchangeable massage tips having variable internal geometries. The variable internal geometries of the flexible and interchangeable tips cause different impact forces during use when used with the reciprocating piston and the removable and hollow shaft of the percussion massager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PlayMakar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James Williams, Federico G. Vierheller, Wesley A. Coleman
  • Body massaging apparatus
    Patent number: 11654076
    Abstract: A self-operated, or therapist assisted, apparatus particularly adapted for massaging a user's body parts affected by repetitive strain injuries such as tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome, comprises two clamping arms joined at a base end and provided with an opening at the other end. Flexible massaging members are mounted on opposite medial sections of the arms. A body part may be placed between the two arms of the device to be acted upon by the massaging members, whereby the body part is adjustably clamped between the pair of massaging members and massaged by translating and rotating movements of the body part along an axis perpendicular to the mounting axes of the massaging members. Alternatively, one of the arms of the apparatus may be separated from the apparatus and used independently to massage body parts that otherwise would not fit between the arms of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: RANGE OF MOTION PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Terry Cross, Nicolas Bartolotta
  • Ventilation system with mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal blood gas exchange
    Patent number: 11642445
    Abstract: A system for supporting the blood gas exchange by means of mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal blood gas exchange comprises a ventilation device for mechanical ventilation of the lungs of a patient, and an ECLS device for the extracorporeal blood gas exchange, wherein the ventilation system is designed to perform mechanical respiratory support by the ventilation device on the one hand and an extracorporeal blood gas exchange by the ECLS device on the other hand in coordinated, automated manner in order to support the gas exchange in the blood circulation of the patient, wherein the ECLS device sets a level of the extracorporeal blood gas exchange, and the ventilation device, on the basis of the level of the extracorporeal blood gas exchange set by the ECLS device, adjusts in automated manner to a level of the mechanical respiratory support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HAMILTON MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Thomas Laubscher, Dominik Novotni
  • Garment system including at least one sensor and at least one actuator responsive to the sensor and related methods
    Patent number: 11638676
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a garment system including at least one sensor and at least one actuator that operates responsive to sensing feedback from the at least one sensor to cause a flexible compression garment to selectively constrict or selectively dilate, thereby compressing or relieving compression against at least one body part of a subject. Such selective constriction or dilation can improve muscle functioning or joint functioning during use of motion-conducive equipment, such as an exercise bike or rowing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: VENTRK, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Max N. Mankin, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Tony S. Pan, Robert C. Petroski, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Clarence T. Tegreene, Nicholas W. Touran, Yaroslav A. Urzhumov, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
  • Chilled-air inhaler device and methods of using a chilled-air inhaler device for the alleviation of respiratory symptoms
    Patent number: 11638802
    Abstract: A chilled-air inhaler device for the alleviation of respiratory symptoms includes a body containing a hollow chamber through which air is forced or drawn past at least an air-chilling surface. In an embodiment the air-chilling surface may include water ice. Connected to the body and hollow chamber at one end is a mouthpiece including an opening that connects from environmental air outside of the hollow chamber to the hollow chamber. Connected to the hollow chamber at a second end is an inlet which connects to a source of air. In an embodiment, the inlet may connect to an external device such blower or nebulizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventor: David Vasconcelos
  • Methods and systems for exhalation control and trajectory optimization
    Patent number: 11638796
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods for controlling pressure and/or flow during exhalation. The disclosure describes novel exhalation modes for ventilating a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Milenko Masic, Peter Doyle, Gardner Kimm
  • Muscle optimization device and method
    Patent number: 11633618
    Abstract: A system, device and method are provided for exposing a patient to therapeutic resonant frequency patterns (RFP) for therapy and treatment of a patient, for example, biological tissue such as muscle, tendon, ligament, and nerve tissue. The resonance frequencies originate from many bioactive substances, pharmaceuticals or other compounds, and key frequencies of the RFP of a compound can be replicated and then delivered to a patient using an electromagnetic catalyst to provide therapeutic benefits. RFPs can be imprinted in a separate device using a plasma imprinting device and method. This separate device can be actively excited by a delivery mechanism that uses electromagnetic or mechanical waves to interact with the device. The actively excited device transmits the RFPs or therapeutic resonant frequency patterns to the patient for similar enhancements and therapeutic benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Genovus Biotechnologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly S. Gangwish, Garret Moddel, Casey Zahorik