Patents by Inventor Carson Brown

Carson Brown 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).

  • Publication number: 20230271664
    Abstract: A motorized kick scooter having a foot platform arrangement comprising two foot platforms that each have a length no greater than 600 mm, and support a user on a foot platform surface, for which a distance between the ground surface and itself is less than a diameter of a rear wheel. The foot platforms are also positioned to partly overlap the rear wheel and so that a fore end of each foot platform is positioned between a front wheel and the rear wheel and to be positioned either equidistant between the front and rear wheels or more proximate to the rear wheel. The two foot platforms are positioned either side of the rear wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Carson BROWN, Richard ADEY, John DESMOND
  • Publication number: 20230192211
    Abstract: A light projection system for a motorized kick scooter, comprising a light source and a controller. The light source is configured to illuminate a rider of the motorized kick scooter by projecting light onto the rider, and has at least three different light intensity states. Which of the at least three light intensity states the light source operates in is controlled by the controller, and depends on one or more properties of the motorized kick scooter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Carson BROWN, Richard ADEY
  • Patent number: 11419948
    Abstract: Ultra-low crosslinked microgels made of an ultra-low crosslinked polymer are provided. The microgels, also referred to as Platelet-like Particles (PLPs), preferably have <0.5% crosslinking densities. One or more of the polymers are conjugated with a fibrin-binding element or moiety, preferably H6, in an amount effective to confer to the microgel selective binding to fibrin under physiological conditions. The PLPs can recapitulate multiple key functions of platelets including binding, stabilizing and enhancing fibrin clot formation, responsiveness to injury cues, and induction of clot contraction. In a preferred embodiment, the microgel or PLP has little or no binding to soluble fibrinogen under physiological conditions compared to its binding to fibrin. The microgels or PLPs are prepared using crosslinker-free synthesis conditions, and can promote or induce clotting and clot contraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, University of Virginia Patent Foundation, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Thomas H. Barker, Ashley Carson Brown, Louis Andrew Lyon, Sarah E. Stabenfeldt, Nicole Welsch, John Nicosia
  • Publication number: 20220227446
    Abstract: A motorized scooter, for which an operation of the motorized wheel can be controlled based on a pitch of the foot platform. A motor control unit is operable in at least one pitch control mode, in which the operation of the motorized wheel is based upon the pitch of the foot platform, and a drive mode, in which the user controls the operation of the motorized wheel via a user input interface, in the manner of a conventional motorized scooter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Carson BROWN, Richard ADEY
  • Publication number: 20190224333
    Abstract: Ultra-low crosslinked microgels made of an ultra-low crosslinked polymer are provided. The microgels, also referred to as Platelet-like Particles (PLPs), preferably have <0.5% crosslinking densities. One or more of the polymers are conjugated with a fibrin-binding element or moiety, preferably H6, in an amount effective to confer to the microgel selective binding to fibrin under physiological conditions. The PLPs can recapitulate multiple key functions of platelets including binding, stabilizing and enhancing fibrin clot formation, responsiveness to injury cues, and induction of clot contraction. In a preferred embodiment, the microgel or PLP has little or no binding to soluble fibrinogen under physiological conditions compared to its binding to fibrin. The microgels or PLPs are prepared using crosslinker-free synthesis conditions, and can promote or induce clotting and clot contraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas H. Barker, Ashley Carson Brown, Louis Andrew Lyon, Sarah E. Stabenfeldt, Nicole Welsch, John Nicosia
  • Patent number: 10195304
    Abstract: Ultra-low crosslinked microgels made of an ultra-low crosslinked polymer are provided. The microgels, also referred to as Platelet-like Particles (PLPs), preferably have <0.5% crosslinking densities. One or more of the polymers are conjugated with a fibrin-binding element or moiety, preferably H6, in an amount effective to confer to the microgel selective binding to fibrin under physiological conditions. The PLPs can recapitulate multiple key functions of platelets including binding, stabilizing and enhancing fibrin clot formation, responsiveness to injury cues, and induction of clot contraction. In a preferred embodiment, the microgel or PLP has little or no binding to soluble fibrinogen under physiological conditions compared to its binding to fibrin. The microgels or PLPs are prepared using crosslinker-free synthesis conditions, and can promote or induce clotting and clot contraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Barker, Ashley Carson Brown, Louis Andrew Lyon, Sarah E. Stabenfeldt, Nicole Welsch
  • Publication number: 20160271292
    Abstract: Ultra-low crosslinked microgels made of an ultra-low crosslinked polymer are provided. The microgels, also referred to as Platelet-like Particles (PLPs), preferably have <0.5% crosslinking densities. One or more of the polymers are conjugated with a fibrin-binding element or moiety, preferably H6, in an amount effective to confer to the microgel selective binding to fibrin under physiological conditions. The PLPs can recapitulate multiple key functions of platelets including binding, stabilizing and enhancing fibrin clot formation, responsiveness to injury cues, and induction of clot contraction. In a preferred embodiment, the microgel or PLP has little or no binding to soluble fibrinogen under physiological conditions compared to its binding to fibrin. The microgels or PLPs are prepared using crosslinker-free synthesis conditions, and can promote or induce clotting and clot contraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas H. Barker, Ashley Carson Brown, Louis Andrew Lyon, Sarah E. Stabenfeldt, Nicole Welsch
  • Patent number: D953444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Fabio Salvador, Josh Elgood, Susana Fernández Álvarez, Carson Brown, John Desmond, Richard Adey