Patents by Inventor Daniel Birk

Daniel Birk 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: 20230091940
    Abstract: An adaptor configured for use with surgical retractors including a body defining an adaptor surface supporting a plurality of friction grips. The body defines a rear plate opposite the adaptor surface. A mating connecting window is defined in the body. The mating connecting window is configured to receive a surgical retractor head. A connecting element is positioned in the mating connecting window. The connecting element is configured to receive an upper surface of the surgical retractor head. The mating connecting window is configured to conceal the retractor head therein to prevent contact between the retractor head and surgical tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Birk, Vincent DeStefano, Nicole Hershkowitz
  • Patent number: 8925780
    Abstract: A nailer includes a power source including a piston reciprocating within a cylinder; a driver blade secured to the piston for common movement relative to a nosepiece; a magazine connected to the nosepiece for feeding fasteners sequentially for being driven into a workpiece by the driver blade; a fastener delay mechanism operatively associated with the magazine and configured for engaging a subsequent fastener and delaying advancement of the second fastener to the nosepiece until the driver blade returns to the pre-firing position after driving a leading fastener; and wherein the delay mechanism includes an electromagnetic solenoid with a reciprocating plunger connected to a pivoting cam member such that extension of the plunger causes the pivoting cam member to pivot into a blocking position between the fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Largo, Hanxin Zhao, Christopher H. Porth, Daniel Birk
  • Publication number: 20140278503
    Abstract: System and methods configured to permit a user such as a health care provider to organize and manage patient information quickly and efficiently from a simplified representation. Such simplified representations may include a patient representation and a context representation. The representations may be updated to represent real-time patient conditions through the input of information directly from treatment or monitoring devices or from user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel BIRK, Ugo Alessandro Buy, Kevin Samuel Paul, Christa Wellman, Fady Charbel, Sepideh Amin-Hanjani
  • Publication number: 20140110451
    Abstract: A nailer includes a power source including a piston reciprocating within a cylinder; a driver blade secured to the piston for common movement relative to a nosepiece; a magazine connected to the nosepiece for feeding fasteners sequentially for being driven into a workpiece by the driver blade; a fastener delay mechanism operatively associated with the magazine and configured for engaging a subsequent fastener and delaying advancement of the second fastener to the nosepiece until the driver blade returns to the pre-firing position after driving a leading fastener; and wherein the delay mechanism includes an electromagnetic solenoid with a reciprocating plunger connected to a pivoting cam member such that extension of the plunger causes the pivoting cam member to pivot into a blocking position between the fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Marc Largo, Hanxin Zhao, Christopher H. Porth, Daniel Birk
  • Patent number: 8636185
    Abstract: A nailer includes a power source including a piston reciprocating within a cylinder, a driver blade secured to the piston for common movement relative to a nosepiece, a magazine connected to the nosepiece for feeding fasteners sequentially for being driven into a workpiece by the driver blade, a delay mechanism operatively associated with the magazine and configured for engaging a second fastener and delaying advancement of the subsequent fastener to the nosepiece until the driver blade returns to the pre-firing position after driving a leading fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Marc Largo, Hanxin Zhao, Christopher H. Porth, Daniel Birk
  • Publication number: 20120118932
    Abstract: A nailer includes a power source including a piston reciprocating within a cylinder, a driver blade secured to the piston for common movement relative to a nosepiece, a magazine connected to the nosepiece for feeding fasteners sequentially for being driven into a workpiece by the driver blade, a delay mechanism operatively associated with the magazine and configured for engaging a second fastener and delaying advancement of the subsequent fastener to the nosepiece until the driver blade returns to the pre-firing position after driving a leading fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Marc Largo, Hanxin Zhao, Christopher H. Porth, Daniel Birk