Patents by Inventor Colin John

Colin John 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).

  • Dressing interface with moisture controlling feature and sealing function
    Patent number: 10117978
    Abstract: Provided are systems, dressings, and methods suitable for treating a tissue site, such as an incision or linear wound. The systems, dressings, and methods relate to a dressing assembly that may include a dressing bolster and a sealing ring. The sealing ring may be adapted to provide a fluid seal around the tissue site, and to absorb fluids from the tissue site. In some embodiments, the sealing ring may be extruded around the tissue site. In other embodiments, the sealing ring may be coupled to the dressing bolster. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler H. Simmons, Colin John Hall, Timothy Mark Robinson, Richard Marvin Kazala, Jr.
  • Reagent delivery system freeze prevention heat exchanger
    Patent number: 10115571
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods that provide a reagent gas in a foreline abatement system are provided herein. In some embodiments, a reagent delivery system includes a water tank having an inner volume that holds a reagent liquid when disposed therein, and a heat exchanger having a central opening disposed in the inner volume and configured to keep a top surface of the reagent liquid from freezing when reagent liquid is disposed within the water tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Colin John Dickinson
  • Transmission and storage of routing path information and routing topology information using a single routing protocol
    Patent number: 10116593
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for transmitting and storing routing path information and routing topology information using a single protocol. In particular embodiments, routing path information for an exterior gateway protocol (“EGP”) network such as a border gateway protocol (“BGP”) network is transmitted throughout an interior gateway protocol (“IGP”) network using IGP messages such as open-shortest-path-first (“OSPF”) or intermediate state to intermediates state (“IS-IS”) messages. The IGP networks may transmit and store the BGP information using type length values (TLVs). As a result, network areas running an IGP may maintain BGP information throughout the network area without the overhead of an iBGP mesh and related message-passing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick David Sinn, Leonard Thomas Tracy, Stephen Callaghan, Colin John Whittaker
  • Reduced-Pressure, Wound-Closure And Treatment Systems And Methods
    Publication number: 20180289558
    Abstract: A reduced-pressure, wound closure system is presented that generates a closing force on a surface wound and optionally provides reduced pressure to a body cavity or tissue site. The sealed contracting member, when placed under reduced pressure, generates the closing force. One illustrative system includes a first attachment member and a second attachment member, a sealed contracting member coupled to the first attachment member and the second attachment member, and wherein the closing force is generated between the first attachment member and the second attachment member when reduced pressure is supplied to the sealed contracting member. Other systems and methods are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Keith Patrick HEATON, Ian James HARDMAN, Christopher Guy COWARD, Colin John HALL
  • Wound-connection pads for fluid instillation and negative pressure wound therapy, and systems and methods
    Patent number: 10092454
    Abstract: Connection pads for coupling fluid-instillation and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) apparatuses to wound dressing, and methods and wound dressings for breaching a drape after coupling a wound dressing to a fluid-instillation and/or NPWT apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brian Locke, Colin John Hall, Aidan Marcus Tout, Paul S. Slack, Thomas Paul Lawhorn, Timothy Mark Robinson
  • Systems, Methods, And Devices For Treating A Tissue Site On A Mammal Having Hair Proximate The Tissue Site
    Publication number: 20180280203
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are presented for treating a tissue site and managing hair proximate the tissue site. A composition is provided for inhibiting, removing, or weakening hair proximate the tissue site and for providing an improved fluid seal by a flexible film drape over the tissue site. In some example embodiments, a hair-modification agent is disposed at least proximate a peripheral edge of a treatment manifold between a drape and epidermis proximate a tissue site. The hair-modification agent can be configured to flow over imperfections on the epidermis and to form a fluid seal against the epidermis, and can further be configured to at least substantially weaken hair on the epidermis as the hair encounters the hair-modification agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Rosella KENDRICK, Colin John HALL, Elliott James RIDER, Timothy Mark ROBINSON, Benjamin STOKES
  • Pharmaceutical Combination
    Publication number: 20180256561
    Abstract: This invention provides a pharmaceutical combination comprising biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-[2-(2-chloro-4-{[(R)-2-hydroxy-2-(8-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-5-yl)ethylamino]methyl}-5-methoxyphenylcarbamoyl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl ester, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and fluticasone furoate, and use of the pharmaceutical combination in therapy, for example in the treatment or prophylaxis of respiratory disorders or diseases, for example pulmonary disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) asthma and Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome (ACOS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Colin John FISH
  • Reduced-Pressure, Abdominal Treatment Systems And Methods
    Publication number: 20180256406
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a reduced-pressure abdominal treatment system for treating an open abdominal cavity is provided. In some embodiments, the reduced-pressure abdominal treatment system has an open-cavity treatment device for providing reduced-pressure treatment to an abdominal cavity; a deep-tissue closure device for applying a closing force on a deep-tissue wound; and a surface-wound closure subsystem for providing a closing force on a surface wound. The method of manufacturing may also include providing a reduced-pressure supply subsystem. A method of treatment using a reduced-pressure abdominal treatment system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: David George WHYTE, Colin John HALL, Mark Stephen James BEARD, James Joseph SEALY, Keith Patrick HEATON, Ian James HARDMAN, Christopher Guy COWARD
  • AUTONOMOUSLY GENERATED VIDEO CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20180255336
    Abstract: A method for generating ad hoc video stream channels is implemented on at least one computing device and includes: receiving a multiplicity of incoming user video feeds, where schedules for the incoming user video feeds are unknown; classifying the multiplicity of incoming user video feeds according to at least a genre; selecting at least one incoming video feed from among the multiplicity of incoming user video feeds for inclusion in at least one video stream channel, where the selecting is according to selection criteria, and the selection criteria are based at least on the classifying; generating at least one outgoing video stream for the at least one video stream channel according to the selecting; and delivering the at least one outgoing video stream to presentation devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen TALLAMY, Pete Rai, Colin John Davies, Simon Dyke, Olivier Frebourg
  • Nanoliter array loading
    Patent number: 10065189
    Abstract: An interface is provided for storing microfluidic samples in a nanoliter sample chip. A fluid access structure provides a fluid access region to a selected subset of sample wells from an array of sample wells. A fluid introduction mechanism introduces a sample fluid to the fluid access region so that the sample wells in the selected subset are populated with the sample fluid without the unselected sample wells being populated with the sample fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tanya S. Kanigan, Steve Smith, John Linton, Robert Hess, Karl Yoder, Colin John Herbert Brenan
  • BATTERY PACK WITH REDUCED VOLTAGE VARIANCE
    Publication number: 20180241227
    Abstract: In one aspect, there is disclosed a cell stack which can include cell modules connected in series to generate a stack operating voltage. The cell modules can include a battery cell in series with a series switch and include a shunt switch connected in parallel to the battery cell and the series switch. A stack monitor circuit can have a series control coupled to the series switch, a shunt control coupled to the shunt switch, and a battery cell monitor coupled to the battery cell for measuring a cell parameter from each cell module. Based on the measured cell parameter, the stack monitor circuit can select at least one cell module either to contribute to the stack operating voltage by closing the series switch and opening the shunt switch or to bypass the stack operating voltage by the opening the series switch and closing the shunt switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Colin John HALSEY
  • Method and system for enabling interaction with a plurality of applications using a single user interface
    Patent number: 10055105
    Abstract: An example method for providing simultaneous interaction with a plurality of application programs is described herein. The method includes providing a remote access framework for enabling a client to remotely access the application programs over a network, receiving a communication from the client through the remote access framework, and maintaining a state model within the remote access framework. The state model includes respective application states of the application programs. The method also includes, using the state model, linking interactive functionalities of the application programs, and generating display data indicative of a single user interface including the plurality of application programs. The method further includes communicating the display data to the client through the remote access framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Calgary Scientific Inc.
    Inventors: Colin John Holmes, Monroe Milas Thomas, Glen Lehmann, Pierre Joseph Lemire
  • Reduced pressure augmentation of microfracture procedures for cartilage repair
    Patent number: 10052132
    Abstract: A system for applying a treatment to a defect in one bone of two bones forming a joint that comprises a bladder for delivering a reduced pressure to the defect and for providing a positive pressure as bracing between the two bones of the joint is disclosed. A method for applying such treatment is also disclosed. A bladder for applying such treatment that comprises a reduced-pressure chamber and a bracing chamber is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Sy Griffey, Christopher Guy Coward, Colin John Hall
  • PLASMA ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGY UTILIZING WATER VAPOR AND OXYGEN REAGENT
    Publication number: 20180226234
    Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure relate to systems and techniques for abating F-gases present in the effluent of semiconductor manufacturing processes. In one implementation, a water and oxygen delivery system for a plasma abatement system is provided. The water and oxygen delivery system comprises a housing that includes a floor and a plurality of sidewalls that define an enclosed region. The water and oxygen delivery system further comprises a cylindrical water tank positioned on the floor, wherein a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical water tank is parallel to a plane defined by the floor and a length of the water tank is 1.5 times or greater than the diameter of the cylindrical water tank. The water and oxygen delivery system further comprises a flow control system positioned within the housing above the cylindrical water tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventor: Colin John DICKINSON
  • Multi-Layer Abdominal Closure Dressing With Instillation Capabilities
    Publication number: 20180214315
    Abstract: A treatment system for applying negative pressure therapy and fluid instillation treatment to a tissue site, particularly an abdominal tissue site, is disclosed. In some embodiments, the treatment system may include a dressing member, a plurality of fluid removal pathways, a fluid instillation matrix, a drape, a negative-pressure source, and a fluid instillation source. Instillation fluid may be delivered from the fluid instillation source to the tissue site through the fluid instillation matrix, and negative pressure may be communicated and fluid withdrawn from the tissue site through the plurality of fluid removal pathways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: David Richard MERCER, James Killingworth SEDDON, Braden King-fung LEUNG, Thomas EDWARDS, Colin John HALL, Benjamin Andrew PRATT, Tyler H. SIMMONS
  • SOLID HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180208463
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage system includes a pressure-sealed sleeve defining an interior and having an outlet, a shaft extending through the interior of the sleeve, a set of porous chambers arranged axially along and concentric to the shaft, and a hydrogen storage, wherein at least some hydrogen gas is supplied to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Colin John HALSEY, Alexander James RAINBOW
  • Reduced-pressure, wound-closure and treatment systems and methods
    Patent number: 10016307
    Abstract: A reduced-pressure, wound closure system is presented that generates a closing force on a surface wound and optionally provides reduced pressure to a body cavity or tissue site. The sealed contracting member, when placed under reduced pressure, generates the closing force. One illustrative system includes a first attachment member and a second attachment member, a sealed contracting member coupled to the first attachment member and the second attachment member, and wherein the closing force is generated between the first attachment member and the second attachment member when reduced pressure is supplied to the sealed contracting member. Other systems and methods are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Patrick Heaton, Ian James Hardman, Christopher Guy Coward, Colin John Hall
  • FUEL CELL EMERGENCY POWER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180191011
    Abstract: A method and system (60) for generating emergency power includes a hydrogen storage system (62) configured to supply hydrogen gas, an air delivery system (64) configured to supply air at a predetermined temperature, and a fuel cell system (66) coupled with the hydrogen storage system and the air delivery system and configured to generate power at a power output from a chemical reaction involving the hydrogen gas and the air at the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Colin John HALSEY
  • Systems, methods, and devices for treating a tissue site on a mammal having hair proximate the tissue site
    Patent number: 10010454
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are presented for treating a tissue site and managing hair proximate the tissue site. A composition is provided for inhibiting, removing, or weakening hair proximate the tissue site and for providing an improved fluid seal by a flexible film drape over the tissue site. In some example embodiments, a hair-modification agent is disposed at least proximate a peripheral edge of a treatment manifold between a drape and epidermis proximate a tissue site. The hair-modification agent can be configured to flow over imperfections on the epidermis and to form a fluid seal against the epidermis, and can further be configured to at least substantially weaken hair on the epidermis as the hair encounters the hair-modification agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Rosella Kendrick, Colin John Hall, Elliott James Rider, Timothy Mark Robinson, Benjamin Stokes
  • Field stretcher
    Patent number: D826793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TSG ASSOCIATES, LLP
    Inventor: Colin John Smart