Patents by Inventor Curtis Karl

Curtis Karl 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).

  • Patent number: 11931531
    Abstract: A delivery device for delivering an instrument into a catheter assembly may include a syringe, which may include a barrel and a plunger movable within the barrel. The plunger may include a handle and a stopper coupled to a distal end of the handle. The stopper may include a channel. The delivery device may include a guidewire disposed within the barrel and extending through the channel. In response to depression of the plunger, the guidewire may move through the channel and a first end of the guidewire may be advanced in the distal direction. A second end of the guidewire may be fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Megan Scherich, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Curtis H. Blanchard, Weston F. Harding, Yiping Ma
  • Publication number: 20240075249
    Abstract: Provided herein is an instrument delivery device for advancing an instrument into a vascular access device. The instrument delivery device includes an outer housing, an introducer portion positioned at the distal end of the outer housing and configured to mate with the vascular access device, and an inner housing having a distal end positioned within an inner volume of the outer housing and engaged with a proximal end of the instrument, with the inner housing moveable relative to the outer housing. A wheel member is positioned on the outer housing and rotatable relative thereto and is operably coupled to the inner housing to move the inner housing distally within the outer housing when the wheel member is rotated in a first direction, thereby also moving the instrument distally from to a position where the distal end of the instrument is disposed beyond the distal end of the outer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Curtis H. Blanchard, Weston F. Harding, S. Ray Isaacson
  • Publication number: 20240075250
    Abstract: Provided herein is a medical device, including an instrument having a proximal end and a distal end, an introducer configured to moveably receive the instrument and having an outer housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall therebetween defining an inner volume and an inner housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall therebetween defining an inner volume, the inner housing slidably received within the outer housing, the distal end of the introducer configured to couple the introducer to an intravenous line. The inner housing is configured to move relative to the outer housing to move the instrument between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Adam J. Boud, Weston F. Harding, Curtis H. Blanchard, Megan S. Scherich, Jonathan Karl Burkholz
  • Publication number: 20240075270
    Abstract: Provided herein is an instrument delivery device for advancing an instrument into a vascular access device. The instrument delivery device includes an outer housing, a connector coupled to the outer housing and including a projection member that mates with the vascular access device, and an inner housing having a distal end positioned within the outer housing and engaged with a proximal end of the instrument. The inner housing moves relative to the outer housing so that a distal movement thereof moves the instrument from a first position to a second position, with a distal end of the instrument moving from within the outer housing to out beyond the distal end of the outer housing and the projection member. A fluid flow preventing seal provided in or adjacent the connector prevents a transfer of fluid between the vascular access device and the inner volume of the outer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Megan S. Scherich, Curtis H. Blanchard, Weston F. Harding
  • Publication number: 20240075253
    Abstract: Provided herein is a medical device, including an instrument having a proximal end and a distal end, an introducer configured to moveably receive the instrument and having an outer housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall therebetween defining an inner volume and an inner housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall therebetween defining an inner volume, the inner housing slidably received within the outer housing, the distal end of the introducer configured to couple the introducer to an intravenous line. The inner housing is configured to move relative to the outer housing to move the instrument between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Megan S. Scherich, Curtis H. Blanchard, Weston F. Harding, Adam J. Boud, Shaun Lauer
  • Publication number: 20240075248
    Abstract: Provided herein is a medical device, including an instrument having a proximal end and a distal end, an introducer configured to moveably receive the instrument and having and outer housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall therebetween defining an inner volume and an inner housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall therebetween defining an inner volume, the inner housing slidably received within the outer housing, the distal end of the introducer configured to couple the introducer to an intravenous line. The inner housing is configured to move relative to the outer housing to move the instrument between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Megan S. Scherich, Curtis H. Blanchard, Shaun Lauer
  • Publication number: 20220078078
    Abstract: A resource manager of a virtualized computing service indicates to a client that FPGA-enabled compute instances are supported at the service. From a set of virtualization hosts of the service, a particular host from which an FPGA is accessible is selected for the client based on an indication of computation objectives of the client. Configuration operations are performed to prepare the host for the application, and an FPGA-enabled compute instance is launched at the host for the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erez Izenberg, Nafea Bshara, Christopher Pettey, Curtis Karl Ohrt
  • Patent number: 11121915
    Abstract: A resource manager of a virtualized computing service indicates to a client that FPGA-enabled compute instances are supported at the service. From a set of virtualization hosts of the service, a particular host from which an FPGA is accessible is selected for the client based on an indication of computation objectives of the client. Configuration operations are performed to prepare the host for the application, and an FPGA-enabled compute instance is launched at the host for the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erez Izenberg, Nafea Bshara, Christopher Pettey, Curtis Karl Ohrt
  • Publication number: 20190020538
    Abstract: A resource manager of a virtualized computing service indicates to a client that FPGA-enabled compute instances are supported at the service. From a set of virtualization hosts of the service, a particular host from which an FPGA is accessible is selected for the client based on an indication of computation objectives of the client. Configuration operations are performed to prepare the host for the application, and an FPGA-enabled compute instance is launched at the host for the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erez Izenberg, Nafea Bshara, Christopher Pettey, Curtis Karl Ohrt
  • Patent number: 10069681
    Abstract: A resource manager of a virtualized computing service indicates to a client that FPGA-enabled compute instances are supported at the service. From a set of virtualization hosts of the service, a particular host from which an FPGA is accessible is selected for the client based on an indication of computation objectives of the client. Configuration operations are performed to prepare the host for the application, and an FPGA-enabled compute instance is launched at the host for the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erez Izenberg, Nafea Bshara, Christopher Pettey, Curtis Karl Ohrt
  • Publication number: 20170195173
    Abstract: A resource manager of a virtualized computing service indicates to a client that FPGA-enabled compute instances are supported at the service. From a set of virtualization hosts of the service, a particular host from which an FPGA is accessible is selected for the client based on an indication of computation objectives of the client. Configuration operations are performed to prepare the host for the application, and an FPGA-enabled compute instance is launched at the host for the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: EREZ IZENBERG, NAFEA BSHARA, CHRISTOPHER PETTEY, CURTIS KARL OHRT
  • Publication number: 20030065304
    Abstract: A transdermal reservoir and a method of the present invention for loading a material into a reservoir includes providing an reservoir including a backing with an interior surface comprising a bibulous reservoir having a patient contact surface with a shape disposed on the interior surface of the backing. The method includes providing a closure sized and shaped to engage the backing for forming a releasable seal to isolate the bibulous reservoir from the ambient environment, the closure is removable from the housing to expose the patient contact surface for use. The provided closure has an inside surface with a section of an absorbent material disposed thereon. The provided section has a first surface so that when the closure is disposed on the backing, the absorbent material first surface is positioned in intimate physical contact with the reservoir. The method includes applying an aliquot of a material to the absorbent material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael I. Bernhard, Ralph Ewall, Curtis Karl, Preston Keusch, Gary Kupperblatt, Daniel O'Grady
  • Patent number: 6496727
    Abstract: A transdermal reservoir and method for loading a material into a reservoir includes providing a bibulous reservoir blocking a backing with an interior surface having a patient contact surface with a shape disposed on the interior surface of the backing. A closure is sized and shaped to engage the backing for forming a releasable seal to isolate the bibulous reservoir from the ambient environment. The closure has an inside surface with a section of an absorbent material disposed thereon. When the closure is disposed on the backing, the absorbent material is positioned in intimate physical contact with the reservoir. The method includes applying an aliquot of a material to the absorbent material,. placing the closure on the backing so that the absorbent material is in intimate physical contact with the contact surface of the bibulous reservoir and the closure forms the releasable seal with the backing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael I. Bernhard, Ralph Ewall, Curtis Karl, Preston Keusch, Gary Kupperblatt, Daniel O'Grady