Patents by Inventor Charles Frazer Kilby
Charles Frazer Kilby 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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Patent number: 12011560Abstract: A two-part bioactive agent delivery system, the system including a disposable part comprising an agent reservoir, a bolus chamber, the volume of the bolus chamber being less than the volume of the agent reservoir, an agent outlet, and a valve having a first position communicating the agent reservoir with the bolus chamber and a second position communicating the bolus chamber with the outlet; and a reusable part including a valve driver, a power source and control electronics, the control electronics being adapted to control the valve driver to actuate the valve to deliver bioactive agent from the agent reservoir to the agent outlet; the system further having a spring extending between the agent reservoir piston and a surface of the reusable part or of the disposable part to pressurize the agent reservoir when the spring is compressed and the agent reservoir contains a quantity of bioactive agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Morningside Venture Investments LimitedInventors: Zita S. Netzel, Gary Stacey, Alexander David Norman, Congyi Huang, Timothy Charles Frearson, Charles Frazer Kilby, Patrick H. Ruane, Alan J. Levy, Kevin W. Gelston, Jennifer Darmour, Jenny E. Hapgood, David Evans Roth, Ronald A. Overbeck, Ling-Kang Tong
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Publication number: 20230294049Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for carbonating a liquid at ambient temperature. The system may include a liquid source; a carbon dioxide source; and a contactor for carbonating the liquid. The contactor may include channels and a sparge for carbonating liquid flowing through the channels. The system may produce a liquid having high levels of carbonation at ambient temperature. The sparge may generate microbubbles or nanobubbles to allow for cost-effective carbonation at ambient temperatures. The bubbles may have an average diameter of 100 ?m or less. The system may carbonate liquid at a rate of 1 gram to 10 grams carbon dioxide per liter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: John EATON, Mary Katherine MITCHELL, Stephen BROWN, Ross Peter JONES, Charles Frazer KILBY, Laura Saranne KIMPTON, Andrew Robert POTTER
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Publication number: 20230191097Abstract: A two-part bioactive agent delivery system, the system including a disposable part comprising an agent reservoir, a bolus chamber, the volume of the bolus chamber being less than the volume of the agent reservoir, an agent outlet, and a valve having a first position communicating the agent reservoir with the bolus chamber and a second position communicating the bolus chamber with the outlet; and a reusable part including a valve driver, a power source and control electronics, the control electronics being adapted to control the valve driver to actuate the valve to deliver bioactive agent from the agent reservoir to the agent outlet; the system further having a spring extending between the agent reservoir piston and a surface of the reusable part or of the disposable part to pressurize the agent reservoir when the spring is compressed and the agent reservoir contains a quantity of bioactive agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Zita S. NETZEL, Gary STACEY, Alexander David NORMAN, Congyi HUANG, Timothy Charles FREARSON, Charles Frazer KILBY, Patrick H. RUANE, Alan J. LEVY, Kevin W. GELSTON, Jennifer DARMOUR, Jenny E. HAPGOOD, David Evans ROTH, Ronald A. OVERBECK, Ling-Kang TONG
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Patent number: 11400266Abstract: A two-part bioactive agent delivery system, the system including a disposable part comprising an agent reservoir, a bolus chamber, the volume of the bolus chamber being less than the volume of the agent reservoir, an agent outlet, and a valve having a first position communicating the agent reservoir with the bolus chamber and a second position communicating the bolus chamber with the outlet; and a reusable part including a valve driver, a power source and control electronics, the control electronics being adapted to control the valve driver to actuate the valve to deliver bioactive agent from the agent reservoir to the agent outlet; the system further having a spring extending between the agent reservoir piston and a surface of the reusable part or of the disposable part to pressurize the agent reservoir when the spring is compressed and the agent reservoir contains a quantity of bioactive agent.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Morningside Venture Investments LimitedInventors: Zita S. Netzel, Gary Stacey, Alexander David Norman, Congyi Huang, Timothy Charles Frearson, Charles Frazer Kilby, Patrick H. Ruane, Alan J. Levy, Kevin W. Gelston, Jennifer Darmour, Jenny E. Hapgood, David Evans Roth, Ronald A. Overbeck, Ling-Kang Tong
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Patent number: 10842313Abstract: Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A gas source can be provided in a cartridge which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the gas source and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. The use of one or more cartridges for the gas source and/or beverage medium may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making sparkling beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: BEDFORD SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Thomas J. Novak, Ross Packard, Peter Peterson, Shawn Gulla, Jennifer Caitlin Huot Carlson, Camilla Schmitt, Mark Joseph Cohen, Ross Peter Jones, Nicolas Alejandro Martinez, Miles William Noel Hember, Fabien Yannick Schmitt, Gary Stacey, Niall Allan Mottram, Neil Lester Campbell, Cormac O'Prey, Wai Ting Chan, Nicholas David Rollings, Charles Frazer Kilby, Christopher Paul Richardson, Thomas Bates Jackson, Scott Grubb, Chris Covey, Barry Dobson, Paul Wilkins, Chris Roach, Peter David Cauwood, Keith Paul Thompson, James Hewitt, Marc Angotti, Ray Carroll, Richard Estabrook, Kevin Hartley, Frank Consoli
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Patent number: 10772473Abstract: A cleansing device for mammalian skin includes a cleansing head having a plurality of elastomeric cleansing features extending away from a first surface of the cleansing head. The cleansing head is attached to a handle. The cleansing device includes an actuator coupled to a rotating drive shaft and adapted to apply oscillating movement to one or more cleansing head sections of the cleansing head at a frequency of about 5 Hz to 30 Hz.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Luke Johnstone, Matthew James Herd, Charles Frazer Kilby
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Publication number: 20190275308Abstract: A two-part bioactive agent delivery system, the system including a disposable part comprising an agent reservoir, a bolus chamber, the volume of the bolus chamber being less than the volume of the agent reservoir, an agent outlet, and a valve having a first position communicating the agent reservoir with the bolus chamber and a second position communicating the bolus chamber with the outlet; and a reusable part including a valve driver, a power source and control electronics, the control electronics being adapted to control the valve driver to actuate the valve to deliver bioactive agent from the agent reservoir to the agent outlet; the system further having a spring extending between the agent reservoir piston and a surface of the reusable part or of the disposable part to pressurize the agent reservoir when the spring is compressed and the agent reservoir contains a quantity of bioactive agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Chrono Therapeutics Inc.Inventors: Zita S. NETZEL, Gary STACEY, Alexander David NORMAN, Congyi HUANG, Timothy Charles FREARSON, Charles Frazer KILBY, Patrick H. RUANE, Alan J. LEVY, Kevin W. GELSTON, Jennifer DARMOUR, Jenny E. HAPGOOD, David Evans ROTH, Ronald A. OVERBECK, Ling-Kang TONG
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Patent number: 10232156Abstract: A two-part bioactive agent delivery system, the system including a disposable part comprising an agent reservoir, a bolus chamber, the volume of the bolus chamber being less than the volume of the agent reservoir, an agent outlet, and a valve having a first position communicating the agent reservoir with the bolus chamber and a second position communicating the bolus chamber with the outlet; and a reusable part including a valve driver, a power source and control electronics, the control electronics being adapted to control the valve driver to actuate the valve to deliver bioactive agent from the agent reservoir to the agent outlet; the system further having a spring extending between the agent reservoir piston and a surface of the reusable part or of the disposable part to pressurize the agent reservoir when the spring is compressed and the agent reservoir contains a quantity of bioactive agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Chrono Therapeutics Inc.Inventors: Zita S. Netzel, Gary Stacey, Alexander David Norman, Congyi Huang, Timothy Charles Frearson, Charles Frazer Kilby, Patrick H. Ruane, Alan J. Levy, Kevin W. Gelston, Jennifer Darmour, Jenny E. Hapgood, David Evans Roth, Ronald A. Overbeck, Ling-Kang Tong
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Patent number: 10213586Abstract: A two-part bioactive agent delivery system, the system including a disposable part comprising an agent reservoir, a bolus chamber, the volume of the bolus chamber being less than the volume of the agent reservoir, an agent outlet, and a valve having a first position communicating the agent reservoir with the bolus chamber and a second position communicating the bolus chamber with the outlet; and a reusable part including a valve driver, a power source and control electronics, the control electronics being adapted to control the valve driver to actuate the valve to deliver bioactive agent from the agent reservoir to the agent outlet; the system further having a spring extending between the agent reservoir piston and a surface of the reusable part or of the disposable part to pressurize the agent reservoir when the spring is compressed and the agent reservoir contains a quantity of bioactive agent.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Chrono Therapeutics Inc.Inventors: Zita S. Netzel, Gary Stacey, Alexander David Norman, Congyi Huang, Timothy Charles Frearson, Charles Frazer Kilby, Patrick H. Ruane, Alan J. Levy, Kevin W. Gelston, Jennifer Darmour, Jenny E. Hapgood, David Evans Roth, Ronald A. Overbeck, Ling-Kang Tong
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Publication number: 20190008332Abstract: A cleansing device for mammalian skin includes a cleansing head having a plurality of elastomeric cleansing features extending away from a first surface of the cleansing head. The cleansing head is attached to a handle. The cleansing device includes an actuator coupled to a rotating drive shaft and adapted to apply oscillating movement to one or more cleansing head sections of the cleansing head at a frequency of about 5 Hz to 30 Hz.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: NSE PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Samuel Luke Johnstone, Matthew James Herd, Charles Frazer Kilby
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Publication number: 20180289205Abstract: Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A gas source can be provided in a cartridge which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the gas source and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. The use of one or more cartridges for the gas source and/or beverage medium may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making sparkling beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: Bedford Systems LLCInventors: Thomas J. Novak, Ross Packard, Peter Peterson, Shawn Gulla, Jennifer Caitlin Huot Carlson, Camilla Schmitt, Mark Joseph Cohen, Ross Peter Jones, Nicolas Alejandro Martinez, Milles William Noel Hember, Fabien Yannick Schmitt, Gary Stacey, Niall Allan Mottram, Neil Lester Campbell, Cormac O'Prey, Wai Ting Chan, Nicholas David Rollings, Charles Frazer Kilby, Christopher Paul Richardson, Thomas Bates Jackson, Scott Grubb, Chris Covey, Barry Dobson, Paul Wilkins, Chris Roach, Peter Cauwood, Keith Thompson
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Publication number: 20180153331Abstract: Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A gas source can be provided in a cartridge which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the gas source and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. The use of one or more cartridges for the gas source and/or beverage medium may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making sparkling beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: Bedford Systems LLCInventors: Thomas J. Novak, Ross Packard, Peter Peterson, Shawn Gulla, Jennifer Caitlin Huot Carlson, Camilla Schmitt, Mark Joseph Cohen, Ross Peter Jones, Nicolas Alejandro Martinez, Miles William Noel Hember, Fabien Yannick Schmitt, Gary Stacey, Niall Allan Mottram, Neil Lester Campbell, Cormac O'Prey, Wai Ting Chan, Nicholas David Rollings, Charles Frazer Kilby, Christopher Paul Richardson, Thomas Bates Jackson, Scott Grubb, Chris Covey, Barry Dobson, Paul Wilkins, Chris Roach, Peter David Cauwood, Keith Paul Thompson, James Hewitt, Marc Angotti, Ray Carroll, Richard Estabrook, Kevin Hartley, Frank Consoli
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Publication number: 20180117291Abstract: A two-part bioactive agent delivery system, the system including a disposable part comprising an agent reservoir, a bolus chamber, the volume of the bolus chamber being less than the volume of the agent reservoir, an agent outlet, and a valve having a first position communicating the agent reservoir with the bolus chamber and a second position communicating the bolus chamber with the outlet; and a reusable part including a valve driver, a power source and control electronics, the control electronics being adapted to control the valve driver to actuate the valve to deliver bioactive agent from the agent reservoir to the agent outlet; the system further having a spring extending between the agent reservoir piston and a surface of the reusable part or of the disposable part to pressurize the agent reservoir when the spring is compressed and the agent reservoir contains a quantity of bioactive agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Zita S. NETZEL, Gary STACEY, Alexander David NORMAN, Congyi HUANG, Timothy Charles FREARSON, Charles Frazer KILBY, Patrick H. RUANE, Alan J. LEVY, Kevin W. GELSTON, Jennifer DARMOUR, Jenny E. HAPGOOD, David Evans ROTH, Ronald A. OVERBECK, Ling-Kang TONG
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Patent number: 9936834Abstract: Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A gas source can be provided in a cartridge which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the gas source and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. The use of one or more cartridges for the gas source and/or beverage medium may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making sparkling beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: BEDFORD SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Thomas J. Novak, Ross Packard, Peter Peterson, Shawn Gulla, Jennifer Caitlin Huot Carlson, Camilla Schmitt, Mark Joseph Cohen, Ross Peter Jones, Nicolas Alejandro Martinez, Miles William Noel Hember, Fabien Yannick Schmitt, Gary Stacey, Niall Allan Mottram, Neil Lester Campbell, Cormac O'Prey, Wai Ting Chan, Nicholas David Rollings, Charles Frazer Kilby, Christopher Paul Richardson, Thomas Bates Jackson, Scott Grubb, Chris Covey, Barry Dobson, Paul Wilkins, Chris Roach, Peter Cauwood, Keith Thompson
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Patent number: 9867493Abstract: Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage. A gas source can be provided in a cartridge which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid. A beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in the same, or a separate cartridge as the gas source and mixed with the precursor liquid to form a beverage. The use of one or more cartridges for the gas source and/or beverage medium may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making sparkling beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Bedford Systems LLCInventors: Thomas J. Novak, Ross Packard, Peter Peterson, Shawn Gulla, Jennifer Caitlin Huot Carlson, Camilla Schmitt, Mark Joseph Cohen, Ross Peter Jones, Nicolas Alejandro Martinez, Miles William Noel Hember, Fabien Yannick Schmitt, Gary Stacey, Niall Allan Mottram, Neil Lester Campbell, Cormac O'Prey, Wai Ting Chan, Nicholas David Rollings, Charles Frazer Kilby, Christopher Paul Richardson, Thomas Bates Jackson, Scott Grubb, Chris Covey, Barry Dobson, Paul Wilkins, Chris Roach, Peter David Cauwood, Keith Paul Thompson, James Hewitt, Marc Angotti, Ray Carroll, Richard Estabrook, Kevin Hartley, Frank Consoli
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Publication number: 20170049519Abstract: A surgical instrument is configured for coupling with an instrument drive unit that drives an actuation of the surgical instrument and operatively supports the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes a housing, an elongate body extending distally from the housing, an end effector extending distally from the elongate body, and a plurality of driven members rotatably disposed within the housing. The plurality of driven members is nested with one another. Each driven member of the plurality of driven members is coupled to a respective cable that is attached to the end effector. The plurality of driven members is configured for engagement with an instrument drive unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Simon Grover, Charles Frazer Kilby, Daniel Leonard Fuller
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Patent number: D778065Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.Inventors: Dale G. Kern, Matthew James Herd, Charles Frazer Kilby
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Patent number: D778066Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.Inventors: Dale G. Kern, Matthew James Herd, Charles Frazer Kilby
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Patent number: D782197Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.Inventors: Dale G. Kern, Matthew James Herd, Charles Frazer Kilby
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Patent number: D829445Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.Inventors: Dale G. Kern, Matthew James Herd, Charles Frazer Kilby, Richard R. Best, Prasad Weerakoon