Patents by Inventor Carter Mitchell
Carter Mitchell 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: 20240120506Abstract: Method and system for flash recycling of batteries, including lithium-ion batteries, other metal (sodium, potassium, zinc, magnesium, and aluminum)-ion batteries, metal batteries, batteries having all metal oxide cathodes, and batteries having graphite-containing anodes. The method and system include a solvent-free and water-free flash Joule heating (FJH) method performed upon a mixture that includes materials from the batteries done in millisecond for recycling the materials. In some embodiments, the FJH method is combined with magnetic separation to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese with high yields up to 98%. In some embodiments, the FJH method is followed by rinsing with dilute acid, such a 0.01 M HCl. In other embodiments, the FJH method is utilized to purify the graphite in the battery, such as for use in the anode of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYInventors: James Mitchell TOUR, Weiyin CHEN, Duy X. LUONG, Carter KITTRELL
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Patent number: 11122994Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a physical training system for injury prevention and rehabilitation. The training system can include a wearable device in communication with an external device, which can be used to train at least the athlete wearing the wearable device. The wearable device can reduce the number of sensors needed to capture motion data required for the training. For example, the wearable device can include an inertial measurement unit (IMU) device located at a position relative to a joint of an athlete to measure an inertial displacement of the joint and an optical sensor to measure an angle of the joint. The wearable device can include a wireless transceiver to communicate a characteristic of motion of the joint (determined based on data from the IMU and the optical sensor) to an external device.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: MEDSTAR HEALTHInventors: Thomas Blackadar, Carter Mitchell
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Publication number: 20180360350Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a physical training system for injury prevention and rehabilitation. The training system can include a wearable device in communication with an external device, which can be used to train at least the athlete wearing the wearable device. The wearable device can reduce the number of sensors needed to capture motion data required for the training. For example, the wearable device can include an inertial measurement unit (IMU) device located at a position relative to a joint of an athlete to measure an inertial displacement of the joint and an optical sensor to measure an angle of the joint. The wearable device can include a wireless transceiver to communicate a characteristic of motion of the joint (determined based on data from the IMU and the optical sensor) to an external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Thomas Blackadar, Carter Mitchell
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Patent number: 9922384Abstract: A wireless computerized will call system is provided for filling prescriptions and then locating specific prescriptions that have been filled when the customer arrives to pick up the prescription. The system includes a computer workstation or network, a wireless transmitter, and hanger bags for temporarily storing prescriptions awaiting customer pick up. The hanger bags are equipped with wireless receivers and transducers. When a pharmacy worker commands the computer system to locate a specific prescription, the specific hanger bag containing that prescription receives a wireless signal from the computer system and activates the transducer on the hanger bag to alert the pharmacy worker to the location of the prescription.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Inventors: William Robert Cobb, Chris Gregory Cox, Barton Carter Mitchell, Derek William Thompson, Brian Marshall Burney
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Publication number: 20130297325Abstract: A wireless computerized will call system is provided for filling prescriptions and then locating specific prescriptions that have been filled when the customer arrives to pick up the prescription. The system includes a computer workstation or network, a wireless transmitter, and hanger bags for temporarily storing prescriptions awaiting customer pick up. The hanger bags are equipped with wireless receivers and transducers. When a pharmacy worker commands the computer system to locate a specific prescription, the specific hanger bag containing that prescription receives a wireless signal from the computer system and activates the transducer on the hanger bag to alert the pharmacy worker to the location of the prescription.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: William Robert COBB, Chris Gregory COX, Barton Carter MITCHELL, Derek William THOMPSON, Brian Marshall BURNEY
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Patent number: 7571023Abstract: An apparatus for counting pharmaceutical units is provided having a supporting deck assembly, a hopper, a cylindrical chamber and a transport ring positioned between the hopper and the cylindrical chamber, wherein the hopper has a tilted floor, which can be shaken or vibrated to discharge the units on to a transport ring, and the transport ring is sloped downward from its inner to outer perimeter, which brings the units into contact with the undulating surface of the walls of the cylindrical chamber to promote singulation prior to counting.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: JM Smith CorporationInventors: Barton Carter Mitchell, Jerriel Keith Greene, Darol Blake Foster, Michael Wayne Davis
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Publication number: 20080255700Abstract: An apparatus for counting pharmaceutical units is provided having a supporting deck assembly, a hopper, a cylindrical chamber and a transport ring positioned between the hopper and the cylindrical chamber, wherein the hopper has a tilted floor, which can be shaken or vibrated to discharge the units on to a transport ring, and the transport ring is sloped downward from its inner to outer perimeter, which brings the units into contact with the undulating surface of the walls of the cylindrical chamber to promote singulation prior to counting.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: JM Smith CorporationInventors: Barton Carter Mitchell, Jerriel Keith Greene, Darol Blake Foster, Michael Wayne Davis
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Patent number: 7412302Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated system for pharmaceutical singulation, counting and dispensing, whereby a bulk of stored pharmaceutical units are singulated into a single file line for counting and dispensing. With reference to the drawings, the pharmaceutical singulation, counting and dispensing system comprises generally, a deck assembly (A), a cylindrical chamber (B), a rotatable transport ring (C), a plurality of adjustable fingers (D), an adjustable reciprocating member (E), an adjustable rotatable member (F), a counting system (G), a hopper (H), and a control system (I).Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: JM Smith CorporationInventors: William Robert Cobb, Michael Wayne Davis, Howitt Spurling Smith, Justin Daniel Wyatt, Warren Daniel Leonard, Darol Blake Foster, Kevin Franklin Spicer, Barton Carter Mitchell
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Publication number: 20030225761Abstract: A system for link analysis, having records of plural record types, and having links of plural link types, the links linking pairs of the records. Some of the pairs may be of different record types. The system may also have an index indexing the records of plural record types. The record types may have respectively different sets of fields. The index may index one or more of the fields of each of the records. The records may correspond to real world entities or information, and the fields and their names may correspond to attributes of the entities. Metadata or the like may map the fields to the field names, and may be used to sensibly display related information, such set of the records, etc. All entities or records may be searched, which may be combined with link search and analysis. Point-to-point searches and repeated search refinement may also be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicant: American Management Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ryan John Wagener, Douglas Carter Mitchell
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Patent number: 6626341Abstract: A massaging backpack having at least one shoulder strap for massaging an individual which includes at least one massaging unit carried by the shoulder strap, at least one power supply carried by the backpack and connected to the massaging unit, and at least one actuating member carried by the backpack being connected to the massaging unit for actuating the massaging unit when the backpack is worn by the individual so that a massaging sensation is applied to selected areas of the individual.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Inventor: Carter Mitchell
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Publication number: 20030062391Abstract: A massaging backpack having at least one shoulder strap for massaging an individual which includes at least one massaging unit carried by the shoulder strap, at least one power supply carried by the backpack and connected to the massaging unit, and at least one actuating member carried by the backpack being connected to the massaging unit for actuating the massaging unit when the backpack is worn by the individual so that a massaging sensation is applied to selected areas of the individual.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2001Publication date: April 3, 2003Inventor: Carter Mitchell