Patents by Inventor Charles Geiger

Charles Geiger 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: 20220143380
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems, and methods that precisely identify a minimum of one predetermined spot which is hidden under a skin. The system comprises a locator device and corresponding implanted target device. The port locator device preferably comprises one magnet with north and south magnetic pole, a body and a suspending component. The body may utilize specific geometry which improves accuracy. The implanted target device may include at least one magnet and at least one target or a plurality of targets and at least one magnet. Various configurations can be provided that precisely identify a single spot or a plurality of spots which are hidden under a skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Steven Charles GEIGER
  • Publication number: 20220125544
    Abstract: A tissue expander comprising: a port assembly including a drain port and a fill port, a magnet housing assembly fitted to the port assembly, the magnet housing assembly including a single magnet having a magnetic field that is detectable on an exterior surface of a biological tissue of a patient; a shell defining the interior cavity of the tissue expander; and a drain assembly in fluidic communication with the drain port via the drain tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Steven Charles GEIGER, Dan CARLISLE, Tom McClellan
  • Patent number: 11253657
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems, and methods that precisely identify a minimum of one predetermined spot which is hidden under a skin. The system comprises a locator device and corresponding implanted target device. The port locator device preferably comprises one magnet with north and south magnetic pole, a body and a suspending component. The body may utilize specific geometry which improves accuracy. The implanted target device may include at least one magnet and at least one target or a plurality of targets and at least one magnet. Various configurations can be provided that precisely identify a single spot or a plurality of spots which are hidden under a skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SIENTRA, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Charles Geiger
  • Patent number: 10878942
    Abstract: A perpetual bioinformatics and virtual colorimeter expert system platform is disclosed to remotely measure dermal and epidermal properties with precision and to enhance decision-making. Some embodiments of the system provide for virtual tristimulus colorimetry, wherein a capture device captures one or more dermal images of one or more skin area of a user. A color grid includes one or more permutations of a plurality of recorded predetermined colors. A scale of the color grid is recorded as being printed or projected at a predetermined size. Application of the virtual tristimulus colorimeter to one of the images is performed. As a result of this application the image is calibrated according to the virtual tristimulus colorimeter. In some embodiments the capture device may include a smartphone camera, interactive with the virtual tristimulus colorimeter smartphone application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Gregory Edward Lewis, Charles Geiger
  • Patent number: 10878941
    Abstract: A perpetual bioinformatics and virtual colorimeter expert system platform is disclosed to remotely measure dermal and epidermal properties with precision and to enhance decision-making by offering expert diagnostic and predictive services. Some embodiments of the system, which map atypical skin discoloration may include capture means for capturing dermal images of the skin area of a user to be evaluated; control means for identifying a control tone of a user based on conditional parameters; classification means for classifying the discoloration tones from captured dermal images; measurement means for measuring discoloration tones outside the spectrum of standardized normal tones; and quantification means for calculating the severity of tone discoloration when compared to a control tone. In some embodiments the capture means may include a smartphone camera, and a virtual tristimulus colorimeter application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Zeyix LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Edward Lewis, Charles Geiger
  • Publication number: 20200276397
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems, and methods that precisely identify a minimum of one predetermined spot which is hidden under a skin. The system comprises a locator device and corresponding implanted target device. The port locator device preferably comprises one magnet with north and south magnetic pole, a body and a suspending component. The body may utilize specific geometry which improves accuracy. The implanted target device may include at least one magnet and at least one target or a plurality of targets and at least one magnet. Various configurations can be provided that precisely identify a single spot or a plurality of spots which are hidden under a skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Steven Charles GEIGER
  • Patent number: 10709851
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems, and methods that precisely identify a minimum of one predetermined spot which is hidden under a skin. The system comprises a locator device and corresponding implanted target device. The port locator device preferably comprises one magnet with north and south magnetic pole, a body and a suspending component. The body may utilize specific geometry which improves accuracy. The implanted target device may include at least one magnet and at least one target or a plurality of targets and at least one magnet. Various configurations can be provided that precisely identify a single spot or a plurality of spots which are hidden under a skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SIENTRA, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Charles Geiger
  • Publication number: 20200008923
    Abstract: An implant delivery device includes a first closed sidewall, a second closed sidewall, a third closed sidewall, and an open end. The second closed sidewall is disposed opposite the first closed sidewall. The third closed sidewall is disposed between the first closed sidewall and the second closed sidewall. The open end is disposed opposite the third closed sidewall and disposed between the first closed sidewall and the second closed sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Charles GEIGER, Dan Alan KRIEGER-CARLISLE, Douglas M. GOODNER, Oliver Christian BENNETT, Nancy WERNER
  • Publication number: 20190080052
    Abstract: A perpetual bioinformatics and virtual colorimeter expert system platform is disclosed to remotely measure dermal and epidermal properties with precision and to enhance decision-making. Some embodiments of the system provide for virtual tristimulus colorimetry, wherein a capture device captures one or more dermal images of one or more skin area of a user. A color grid includes one or more permutations of a plurality of recorded predetermined colors. A scale of the color grid is recorded as being printed or projected at a predetermined size. Application of the virtual tristimulus colorimeter to one of the images is performed. As a result of this application the image is calibrated according to the virtual tristimulus colorimeter. In some embodiments the capture device may include a smartphone camera, interactive with the virtual tristimulus colorimeter smartphone application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory Edward Lewis, Charles Geiger
  • Publication number: 20180336705
    Abstract: A perpetual bioinformatics and virtual colorimeter expert system platform is disclosed to remotely measure dermal and epidermal properties with precision and to enhance decision-making by offering expert diagnostic and predictive services. Some embodiments of the system, which map atypical skin discoloration may include capture means for capturing dermal images of the skin area of a user to be evaluated; control means for identifying a control tone of a user based on conditional parameters; classification means for classifying the discoloration tones from captured dermal images; measurement means for measuring discoloration tones outside the spectrum of standardized normal tones; and quantification means for calculating the severity of tone discoloration when compared to a control tone. In some embodiments the capture means may include a smartphone camera, and a virtual tristimulus colorimeter application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory Edward Lewis, Charles Geiger
  • Publication number: 20170182263
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems, and methods that precisely identify a minimum of one predetermined spot which is hidden under a skin. The system comprises a locator device and corresponding implanted target device. The port locator device preferably comprises one magnet with north and south magnetic pole, a body and a suspending component. The body may utilize specific geometry which improves accuracy. The implanted target device may include at least one magnet and at least one target or a plurality of targets and at least one magnet. Various configurations can be provided that precisely identify a single spot or a plurality of spots which are hidden under a skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: SPECIALTY SURGICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Charles GEIGER
  • Patent number: 9600460
    Abstract: A digital publishing platform enables users to create and organize notes associated with electronic, published documents. Sets of notes, each associated with a document, are uploaded to the publishing platform by notepad applications executing on user devices. Each set of notes has one or more notes, and each note includes a link to a location in the associated document. The publishing platform is configured to aggregate a plurality of sets of notes, combining the notes of the sets into a single set while maintaining their link to an associated document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Chegg, Inc.
    Inventors: Yehuda Gilead, Arieh Glazer, Shahaf Shakuf, Shannyn Timrott, Brent Tworetzky, Ohad Eder-Pressman, Gerard Genesse, Vincent Le Chevalier, Charles Geiger
  • Patent number: 9495559
    Abstract: A method for sharing notes created in a multilayered document among users of a social network within a digital education platform is provided. In one embodiment, the digital education platform allows a user to create notes linked to a particular location in the document using a notepad application. Notes are aggregated and stored in the user's personal library on the digital education platform. When a user requests to share another user's notes and is granted access, the digital education platform retrieves the other user's notes and inserts the shared notes into the requesting user's existing notes associated with the document, based on their individual sharing attributes and metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Chegg, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Le Chevalier, Ohad Eder-Pressman, Roded Konforty, Charles Geiger
  • Publication number: 20140019846
    Abstract: A digital publishing platform enables users to create and organize notes associated with electronic, published documents. Sets of notes, each associated with a document, are uploaded to the publishing platform by notepad applications executing on user devices. Each set of notes has one or more notes, and each note includes a link to a location in the associated document. The publishing platform is configured to aggregate a plurality of sets of notes, combining the notes of the sets into a single set while maintaining their link to an associated document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Yehuda Gilead, Arieh Glazer, Shahaf Shakuf, Shannyn Timrott, Brent Tworetzky, Ohad Eder-Pressman, Gerard Genesse, Vincent Le Chevalier, Charles Geiger
  • Publication number: 20140019562
    Abstract: A method for sharing notes created in a multilayered document among users of a social network within a digital education platform is provided. In one embodiment, the digital education platform allows a user to create notes linked to a particular location in the document using a notepad application. Notes are aggregated and stored in the user's personal library on the digital education platform. When a user requests to share another user's notes and is granted access, the digital education platform retrieves the other user's notes and inserts the shared notes into the requesting user's existing notes associated with the document, based on their individual sharing attributes and metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Chegg, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Le Chevalier, Ohad Eder-Pressman, Roded Konforty, Charles Geiger
  • Patent number: 8522130
    Abstract: A notepad application enables users to create notes associated with electronic documents. The document, configured for rendering by an eReader browser application, is associated with a table of contents defining a plurality of sections of the document. The notepad application displays a note window associated with a section of the document within a user interface of the browser application. When a user generates a note in connection with the note window by indicating a location within the document, the notepad application adds the note to a note region in a note object that is associated with a section of the document defined by the table of contents. The notepad application then can access the note using the table of contents of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Chegg, Inc.
    Inventors: Yehuda Gilead, Arieh Glazer, Shahaf Shakuf, Shannyn Timrott, Brent Tworetzky, Ohad Eder-Pressman, Vincent Le Chevalier, Charles Geiger