Patents by Inventor Brent Allen Utter

Brent Allen Utter 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).

  • Inhalation device with shape memory alloy actuator
    Patent number: 10960151
    Abstract: An inhalation device comprising a housing, a sensor, a microcontroller, and an actuating device controlled by the microcontroller; the housing comprises a mouthpiece having an opening connected to a passage in said housing, wherein the other end of the passage provides an opening for a cartridge; said sensor being in communication with the microprocessor and configured to detect a parameter based on an action to the mouthpiece, and wherein a parameter being reached, the microcontroller engages the actuating device which engages the cartridge to deliver medication through the passage and out of the mouthpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Lafayette College
    Inventors: Leslie Ann Weaver, Brent Allen Utter
  • INHALATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180311449
    Abstract: An inhalation device comprising a housing, a sensor, a microcontroller, and an actuating device controlled by the microcontroller; the housing comprises a mouthpiece having an opening connected to a passage in said housing, wherein the other end of the passage provides an opening for a cartridge; said sensor being in communication with the microprocessor and configured to detect a parameter based on an action to the mouthpiece, and wherein a parameter being reached, the microcontroller engages the actuating device which engages the cartridge to deliver medication through the passage and out of the mouthpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Lafayette College
    Inventors: Leslie Ann Weaver, Brent Allen Utter