Patents by Inventor Colin Jack

Colin Jack 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).

  • Patient slider device
    Patent number: 11969386
    Abstract: A patient slider device configured to move a patient from a first bed surface to a second bed surface positioned adjacent thereto. The patient slider device includes a frame, a bed engagement assembly and a patient pulling assembly. The bed engagement assembly includes a bumper with the bumper being adjustable relative to the frame. The patient pulling assembly includes a winch assembly, preferably positioned proximate a lower end of the frame, and a sheet engaging clamp assembly. The sheet engaging clamp assembly includes a base member and a locking member structurally configured to clamp a sheet therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: Grand Valley State University, Spectrum Health Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Heuerman, Eric VanMiddendorp, Michael Czechowskyj, Jason Barr, Mark C Celmer, Vaughn Gerber, Dylan DiGiovanni, Michael Matusiak, Taylor Rieckhoff, Dan Scheske, Justin Dykstra, Ashley Meitz, Garrett Goodwin, Colin Jack, Taylor Sims, Benjamin Vander Wal, John Farris, Chris Pung, Dan Switzer
  • PATIENT SLIDER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230301856
    Abstract: A patient slider device configured to move a patient from a first bed surface to a second bed surface positioned adjacent thereto. The patient slider device includes a frame, a bed engagement assembly and a patient pulling assembly. The bed engagement assembly includes a bumper with the bumper being adjustable relative to the frame. The patient pulling assembly includes a winch assembly, preferably positioned proximate a lower end of the frame, and a sheet engaging clamp assembly. The sheet engaging clamp assembly includes a base member and a locking member structurally configured to clamp a sheet therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Heuerman, Eric VanMiddendorp, Michael Czechowskyj, Jason Barr, Mark C. Celmer, Vaughn Gerber, Dylan DiGiovanni, Michael Matusiak, Taylor Rieckhoff, Dan Scheske, Justin Dykstra, Ashley Meitz, Garrett Goodwin, Colin Jack, Taylor Sims, Benjamin Vander Wal, John Farris, Chris Pung, Dan Switzer
  • Patient slider device
    Patent number: 11554066
    Abstract: A patient slider device configured to move a patient from a first bed surface to a second bed surface positioned adjacent thereto. The patient slider device includes a frame, a bed engagement assembly and a patient pulling assembly. The bed engagement assembly includes a bumper with the bumper being adjustable relative to the frame. The patient pulling assembly includes a winch assembly, preferably positioned proximate a lower end of the frame, and a sheet engaging clamp assembly. The sheet engaging clamp assembly includes a base member and a locking member structurally configured to clamp a sheet therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: Spectrum Health Innovations, LLC, Grand Valley State University
    Inventors: Andrew Heuerman, Eric VanMiddendorp, Michael Czechowskyj, Jason Barr, Mark C Celmer, Vaughn Gerber, Dylan DiGiovanni, Michael Matusiak, Taylor Rieckhoff, Dan Scheske, Justin Dykstra, Ashley Meitz, Garrett Goodwin, Colin Jack, Taylor Sims, Benjamin Vander Wal, John Farris, Chris Pung, Dan Switzer
  • Patient Slider Device
    Publication number: 20200100970
    Abstract: A patient slider device configured to move a patient from a first bed surface to a second bed surface positioned adjacent thereto. The patient slider device includes a frame, a bed engagement assembly and a patient pulling assembly. The bed engagement assembly includes a bumper with the bumper being adjustable relative to the frame. The patient pulling assembly includes a winch assembly, preferably positioned proximate a lower end of the frame, and a sheet engaging clamp assembly. The sheet engaging clamp assembly includes a base member and a locking member structurally configured to clamp a sheet therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Dylan DiGiovanni, Michael Matusiak, Taylor Rieckhoff, Dan Scheske, Joe Devine, Justin Dykstra, Ashley Garett, Garrett Goodwin, Colin Jack, Taylor Sims, Benjamin Vander Wal, John Farris, Chris Pung, Eric VanMiddendorp, Andrew Heuerman, Michael Czechowskyj, Dan Switzer, Jason Barr, Vaughn Gerber, Mark C Celmer
  • Method of providing impact in vacuum
    Patent number: 9449721
    Abstract: In space, a linear accelerator firing charged pellets can be situated at a large distance from a target at which the pellets are aimed. The accelerator can fire a graduated-speed train of pellets over a period of seconds or longer which arrive at the target simultaneously, and impart a large pulse of energy. An accelerator of modest power can thus provide a pulse in the megajoule range, sufficient to ignite fusion. It is necessary to provide course corrections to the pellets, to bring them together with very high precision as they approach the target. An ideal siting is to place the accelerator at the Earth-Moon L1 or L2 Lagrange point, and the fusion target at a point on the surface of the Moon where the pellets will strike at grazing incidence, i.e. on a great circle intersecting the lunar poles. Length of the particle trajectory is over 60000 km.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Inventor: Colin Jack
  • Method of Providing Impact in Vacuum
    Publication number: 20140233687
    Abstract: In space, a linear accelerator firing charged pellets can be situated at a large distance from a target at which the pellets are aimed. The accelerator can fire a graduated-speed train of pellets over a period of seconds or longer which arrive at the target simultaneously, and impart a large pulse of energy. An accelerator of modest power can thus provide a pulse in the megajoule range, sufficient to ignite fusion. It is necessary to provide course corrections to the pellets, to bring them together with very high precision as they approach the target. An ideal siting is to place the accelerator at the Earth-Moon L1 or L2 Lagrange point, and the fusion target at a point on the surface of the Moon where the pellets will strike at grazing incidence, i.e. on a great circle intersecting the lunar poles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Colin Jack