Patents by Inventor Conner Bacon Howell

Conner Bacon Howell 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).

  • System and method for providing power from a battery to a medical device
    Patent number: 10694463
    Abstract: A system and method include a battery removably coupleable to a medical device. The battery includes a cell for storing an electrical charge, a housing, a first contact, and a second contact that is inactive when the battery is not in proximity to the medical device. The battery includes a sensor for generating a proximity signal in response to a proximity of the medical device to the battery that is not based on an electrical connection of the medical device to the contacts. The battery includes a battery controller for receiving the proximity signal, and responsively causing the second contact to be activated. One of the medical device and the battery comprises a communication device. When the medical device is coupled to the battery and the second contact is activated, the communication device transmits an authentication signal to enable authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Conner Bacon Howell, Sean Christopher Laughery, Michael James Irvine
  • System And Method For Providing Power From A Battery To A Medical Device
    Publication number: 20190373547
    Abstract: A system and method include a battery removably coupleable to a medical device. The battery includes a cell for storing an electrical charge, a housing, a first contact, and a second contact that is inactive when the battery is not in proximity to the medical device. The battery includes a sensor for generating a proximity signal in response to a proximity of the medical device to the battery that is not based on an electrical connection of the medical device to the contacts. The battery includes a battery controller for receiving the proximity signal, and responsively causing the second contact to be activated. One of the medical device and the battery comprises a communication device. When the medical device is coupled to the battery and the second contact is activated, the communication device transmits an authentication signal to enable authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Conner Bacon Howell, Sean Christopher Laughery, Michael James Irvine
  • System and method for providing power from a battery to a medical device
    Patent number: 10425894
    Abstract: A system and method include a battery removably coupleable to a medical device. The battery includes a cell for storing an electrical charge, a housing, a first contact, and a second contact that is inactive when the battery is not in proximity to the medical device. The battery includes a sensor for generating a proximity signal in response to a proximity of the medical device to the battery that is not based on an electrical connection of the medical device to the contacts. The battery includes a battery controller for receiving the proximity signal, and responsively causing the second contact to be activated. One of the medical device and the battery comprises a communication device. When the medical device is coupled to the battery and the second contact is activated, the communication device transmits an authentication signal to enable authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Conner Bacon Howell, Sean Christopher Laughery, Michael James Irvine
  • System And Method For Providing Power From A Battery To A Medical Device
    Publication number: 20180368066
    Abstract: A system and method include a battery removably coupleable to a medical device. The battery includes a cell for storing an electrical charge, a housing, a first contact, and a second contact that is inactive when the battery is not in proximity to the medical device. The battery includes a sensor for generating a proximity signal in response to a proximity of the medical device to the battery that is not based on an electrical connection of the medical device to the contacts. The battery includes a battery controller for receiving the proximity signal, and responsively causing the second contact to be activated. One of the medical device and the battery comprises a communication device. When the medical device is coupled to the battery and the second contact is activated, the communication device transmits an authentication signal to enable authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Conner Bacon Howell, Sean Christopher Laughery, Michael James Irvine