Patents by Inventor Adrian Benton James
Adrian Benton James has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20210407649Abstract: Embodiments of a system and/or method can include: a set of weight sensor subsystems associated with the set of users, wherein a weight sensor subsystem of the set of weight sensor subsystems comprises a weight sensor operable to collect a weight dataset for a user, wherein the weight dataset is associated with a physical activity characteristic of the user, and a wireless communication module operable to transmit the weight dataset; and a medical improvement subsystem wirelessly connectable to the set of weight sensor subsystems, wherein the medical improvement subsystem is operable to: assign the user to a user subgroup based on the physical activity characteristic of the user; determine a physical activity metric based on the weight dataset; and promote a therapeutic intervention to the user based on the physical activity metric, where the therapeutic intervention is operable to improve the status of the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Sean Patrick Duffy, Andrew Paul DiMichele, Adrian Benton James
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Publication number: 20170344726Abstract: Embodiments of a system and/or method can include: a set of weight sensor subsystems associated with the set of users, wherein a weight sensor subsystem of the set of weight sensor subsystems comprises a weight sensor operable to collect a weight dataset for a user, wherein the weight dataset is associated with a physical activity characteristic of the user, and a wireless communication module operable to transmit the weight dataset; and a medical improvement subsystem wirelessly connectable to the set of weight sensor subsystems, wherein the medical improvement subsystem is operable to: assign the user to a user subgroup based on the physical activity characteristic of the user; determine a physical activity metric based on the weight dataset; and promote a therapeutic intervention to the user based on the physical activity metric, where the therapeutic intervention is operable to improve the status of the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Sean Patrick Duffy, Andrew Paul DiMichele, Adrian Benton James
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Patent number: 9044553Abstract: A pharmaceutical delivery apparatus with an automatic syringe retraction following a manually controlled injection. The apparatus includes a housing (28), a syringe carriage (90), a medication-filled syringe (70) held within the carriage, the syringe needle tip being disposed within the housing in a first position and projecting from the housing beyond the housing proximal end for insertion into an injection site in a second position, a manually shiftable plunger (130), means on the carriage and the housing and the plunger for causing the carriage to advance from the first position to the second position and for injecting medicine from the syringe when the plunger is manually plunged proximally toward the housing, and means on the carriage and the plunger for causing the carriage to retract from the second position to a position at which the needle tip is disposed within the housing when the plunger shifts distally.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Adrian Benton James, Brian Joseph Mason, Christine Wei Hsien McElhaney
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Publication number: 20140222454Abstract: Systems and methods that administer a health improvement program and an adjunct medical treatment are provided herein. A method includes tracking performance of a participant in a health improvement program, the health improvement program designed to improve the health condition of the participant, comparing the performance of the participant to a minimum threshold requirement that signals that the participant is not adequately improving under the health improvement program, identifying when the performance of the participant falls below the minimum threshold level, and when the performance of the participant falls below the minimum threshold level, outputting a message to at least one of the participant or a third party that the participant is a potential candidate for an adjunct medical treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventors: Sean Patrick Duffy, Andrew Paul DiMichele, Adrian Benton James
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Publication number: 20140214443Abstract: System and methods for tracking participants in a health improvement program are provided herein. A method includes tracking performance of participants in a group program, the group program having an overall program time frame, the group program having one or more sub-programs that when executed by the participants in the participant group aid the participants in achieving the common heath goal, each of the sub-programs comprising a task to be completed by the participant; and generating, for each participant in the group program, a first visual display that represents a current completion percentage for at least one of a sub-program and the group program, the current completion percentage being calculated from a completion percentage of each of the one or more sub-programs, and a second visual display that represents a current completion percentage of the group program.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Sean Patrick Duffy, Andrew Paul DiMichele, Adrian Benton James
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Publication number: 20140214442Abstract: System and methods for tracking participants in a health improvement program are provided herein. A method includes receiving a plurality of requests to participate in a health program from a plurality of participants, each of the plurality of participants being associated with a health condition requiring improvement, matching participants into a participant group, defining a group program, the group program having an overall program time frame, the group program further having a series of sub-programs that when executed by the participants in the participant group aid the participants in achieving the common heath goal, initiating a first sub-program of the series of sub-programs for all participants at a specified start time, and tracking performance of the participants in the participant group during the series of sub-programs until completion of the group program.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Sean Patrick Duffy, Andrew Paul DiMichele, Adrian Benton James
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Patent number: 8409138Abstract: A delay mechanism for staging the operation of an automatic injection apparatus (20) to ensure medication contents are properly delivered prior to the needled syringe (32) of the apparatus being retracted. In one form, the delay mechanism includes a shuttle (50), a follower (110), a locking member, a damping compound, and a driver and a driver biasing element (44). The shuttle is for a needled syringe of the apparatus and includes a first latching element. The follower includes a second latching element and a cammable surface, which second latching element is for cooperating with the first latching element to limit motion of the shuttle relative to the follower in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Adrian Benton James, Robert Ian Lister, Paul Joseph Silberschatz, Brian Joseph Mason
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Publication number: 20120022466Abstract: A pharmaceutical delivery apparatus with an automatic syringe retraction following a manually controlled injection. The apparatus includes a housing (28), a syringe carriage (90), a medication-filled syringe (70) held within the carriage, the syringe needle tip being disposed within the housing in a first position and projecting from the housing beyond the housing proximal end for insertion into an injection site in a second position, a manually shiftable plunger (130), means on the carriage and the housing and the plunger for causing the carriage to advance from the first position to the second position and for injecting medicine from the syringe when the plunger is manually plunged proximally toward the housing, and means on the carriage and the plunger for causing the carriage to retract from the second position to a position at which the needle tip is disposed within the housing when the plunger shifts distally.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: ELI LILLY AND COMPANYInventors: Adrian Benton James, Brian Joseph Mason, Christine Wei Hsien McElhaney
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Patent number: 7918824Abstract: A pharmaceutical delivery device with triggered automatic needle insertion and manually controlled pharmaceutical injection.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2006Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Steven Bishop, Adrian Benton James, John W. Lai, Robert Ian Lister, Nancy J. Serpiello
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Patent number: 7810204Abstract: A cleaning implement for removing particulate soils from a compressible resilient surface is provided. The cleaning implement includes a ramp for pressing particulates against the compressible resilient surface and a collection member for collecting the particulates which are projected away from the compressible resilient surface when the cleaning implement is moved across the compressible resilient surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2005Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Allen Godfroid, Jonathan Joseph Powell, David Edwards Mallard, Michael Jurgen Strasser, Samuel Blagden Truslow, Adrian Benton James
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Publication number: 20100049125Abstract: A delay mechanism for staging the operation of an automatic injection apparatus (20) to ensure medication contents are properly delivered prior to the needled syringe (32) of the apparatus being retracted. In one form, the delay mechanism includes a shuttle (50), a follower (110), a locking member, a damping compound, and a driver and a driver biasing element (44). The shuttle is for a needled syringe of the apparatus and includes a first latching element. The follower includes a second latching element and a cammable surface, which second latching element is for cooperating with the first latching element to limit motion of the shuttle relative to the follower in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2008Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: ELI LILLY AND COMPANYInventors: Adrian Benton James, Robert Ian Lister, Paul Joseph Silberschatz, Brian Joseph Mason
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Publication number: 20090312707Abstract: A pharmaceutical delivery device with triggered automatic needle insertion and manually controlled pharmaceutical injection.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2006Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Steven Bishop, Adrian Benton James, John W. Lai, Robert Ian Lister, Nancy J. Serpiello
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Patent number: 7552499Abstract: A cleaning implement is provided for cleaning surfaces with a cleaning substrate. The cleaning implement includes a handle connected via a universal joint to a mop head. A portion of the universal joint forms a handgrip which allows a user to hold the mop head independently from the handle. The cleaning implement has a quick-disconnect mechanism which includes a male element located at a distal end of the handle and a female element located on the universal joint and which allow a user to easily disconnect the handle from the mop head.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2004Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Adrian Benton James, Bryan Thomas White, Michael Joseph Shawver, Jan Hendrik Maria Verbiest, Virginia Pankratz, Paulus Antonius Augustinus Höfte
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Publication number: 20080269692Abstract: A pharmaceutical delivery apparatus including a housing (22), a syringe assembly, and a needle (44) cap. The syringe assembly is plungeable relative to the housing from a first position, at which its needle tip is disposed within the housing, to a second position, at which its needle tip projects from the housing beyond the proximal end for insertion into an injection site. A base (46) of the needle cap is exposed at the housing proximal end to be manually grippable for cap removal. A needle cap stem is upstanding from the base and sized and configured to insert through an opening is the housing proximal end to cover the needle tip when the syringe assembly is disposed in the first position. The needle cap base further includes a plurality of distally projecting cams (54, 258) located radially outward of the stem. The cams are fittable within slots (40, 240) in the housing proximal end when the cap is fully mounted to the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2006Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Adrian Benton James, Robert Ian Lister, Peter Scott MacDonald
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Publication number: 20080195056Abstract: A method and apparatus for administering a pharmaceutical. The method employs a delivery device including a housing, a pharmaceutical containing needled syringe movable within the housing, an activation button disposed at one of the housing, and wherein the housing is flared radially outward at the other end and designed to allow visibility of the needled syringe. A skin-contacting surface of the housing at the flared end is designed to limit slippage along the skin, and at least one injection targeting guide is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2006Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Steven Bishop, Adrian Benton James, John W. Lai, Robert Ian Lister, Nancy J. Serpiello
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Patent number: D563616Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2007Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenton Ray Lynde, Jonathan Joseph Powell, Jerome Joo Ge Goh, Adrian Benton James
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Patent number: D571068Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2007Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenton Ray Lynde, Jonathan Joseph Powell, Jerome Joo Ge Goh, Adrian Benton James
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Patent number: D732162Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: ELI LILLY AND COMPANYInventors: Jesse Arnold Fourt, Adrian Benton James, John Wai-Chung Lai
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Patent number: RE46668Abstract: An improved holder and method for implanting a tissue-type prosthetic mitral heart valve that prevents suture looping and may also constrict the commissure posts of the valve. An upstanding or shaft member axially positioned on the holder causes the lengths of attachment sutures to extend axially beyond the commissure post tips to create a tent and prevent looping of any of an array of pre-implanted sutures around the tips during deployment of the valve. The shaft member may be axially movable such that it can be initially retracted and then actuated just prior to valve deployment. The shaft member may have notches on its distal tip for capturing the attachment sutures, which are crossed over along the valve axis to ensure engagement by the notches. The attachment sutures may be strands or filaments, or may be wider bands of flexible biocompatible material. If bands are used, they desirably cover the commissure post tips to further help prevent suture looping thereover.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Robert Stobie, Ralph Kafesjian, Diana Nguyen-Thien-Nhon, Robert Ian Lister, Andrzej Skoskiewicz, Adrian Benton James, Aaron Ernesto Sklar, Banny Banerjee
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Patent number: RE47065Abstract: An improved holder and method for implanting a tissue-type prosthetic mitral heart valve that prevents suture looping and ma y also constrict the commissure posts of the valve. An upstanding or shaft member axially positioned on the holder causes the lengths of attachment sutures to extend axially beyond the commissure post tips to create a tent and prevent looping of any of an array of pre-implanted sutures around the tips during deployment of the valve. The shaft member may be axially movable such that it can be initially retracted and then actuated just prior to valve deployment. The shaft member may have notches on its distal tip for capturing the attachment sutures, which are crossed over along the valve axis to ensure engagement by the notches. The attachment sutures may be strands or filaments, or may be wider bands of flexible biocompatible material. If bands are used, they desirably cover the commissure post tips to further help prevent suture looping thereover.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Robert Stobie, Ralph Kafesjian, Diana Nguyen-Thien-Nhon, Robert Ian Lister, Andrzej Skoskiewicz, Adrian Benton James, Aaron Ernesto Sklar, Banny Banerjee