Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Cook

Daniel J. Cook 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: 20240364842
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and software are provided for using an optically-readable code such as a quick-response (QR) code. The optically-readable code may represent a uniform resource identifier (URI) including parameters that represent a query, such as a query for content and/or other data. The query results may be used to command a content consumption device to record or otherwise obtain an item of content. The optically-readable code may additionally or alternatively be determined based upon a status of the device, such as what content, or portion thereof, is currently being displayed, and/or what error condition is being experienced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Shaun Gehring, Jason Smith, Michael J. Cook, Bruce Bradley, Daniel T. Grady, Charlie Herrin, Robert Philibert
  • Patent number: 12069403
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and software are provided for using an optically-readable code such as a quick-response (QR) code. The optically-readable code may represent a uniform resource identifier (URI) including parameters that represent a query, such as a query for content and/or other data. The query results may be used to command a content consumption device to record or otherwise obtain an item of content. The optically-readable code may additionally or alternatively be determined based upon a status of the device, such as what content, or portion thereof, is currently being displayed, and/or what error condition is being experienced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Shaun Gehring, Jason Smith, Michael J. Cook, Bruce Bradley, Daniel T. Grady, Charlie Herrin, Robert Philibert
  • Patent number: 10729866
    Abstract: An airway has a ventilation tube with a mask attached to its distal end. The mask has a base and a sealing ring surrounding the base. The sealing ring has an exterior side surface extending around the base, an upper surface extending from the exterior side surface toward a center of the base, and an inner surface extending from the upper surface toward the center of the base. The exterior surface, upper surface, and inner surface define an inner volume within the sealing ring. The sealing ring and base define a cavity in the mask. An evacuation tube is attached to a proximal end of the mask and extends through the inner volume of the sealing ring to a distal end of the mask where it forms an opening on the mask distal end on the sealing ring exterior side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: COOKGAS, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Patent number: 10556078
    Abstract: A method involves using a camera tube in connection with a laryngeal mask. The camera tube cooperates with an intubation stylet. The camera tube is an elongate member having a length extending between opposite distal and proximal ends. The distal end of the camera tube has a camera. The camera tube has an exterior surface and an intubation stylet guide support surface extending radially outward from the exterior surface along a portion of the length adjacent to the distal end. The intubation stylet guide support surface is configured to cooperate with an intubation stylet. The user may manipulate the proximal end of the camera tube to change the orientation of the intubation stylet with in the laryngeal mask while using the camera to visualize the patient's laryngeal opening. Once the intubation stylet is aligned with the patient's laryngeal opening, the intubation stylet may be advanced therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: COOKGAS, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Publication number: 20190335987
    Abstract: A bronchoscope has a handle with a suction port and a flexible scope port. A carrier tube extends from the handle and has first and second passageways. The first passageway communicates with the suction port and the second passageway communicates with the flexible scope port. A flexible scope assembly is insertable into the second passageway of the carrier tube. The flexible scope assembly includes a camera wire with a camera on one end and a transmission connector on an opposite end. The flexible scope assembly has a sheath extending around the camera wire that seals the camera wire and the transmission connector and the camera wire and the camera. The camera includes an imaging device and lighting elements. The flexible scope assembly is removably connectable to the handle at the flexible scope port. The flexible scope assembly may be sanitized when removed from the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Patent number: 10425558
    Abstract: A method of processing a document for printing includes receiving a document; for at least one of the plurality of regions, determining a drop size for that region and determining whether the drop size for printing the region meets a threshold criterion and, if so, processing the region using a tile-based screen for halftoning and, if not, processing the region using an error diffusion screen for halftoning; and printing the processed regions. Another method includes additionally considering coverage level to determine whether to use a tile-based screen or error diffusion screen. Yet another method includes determining whether the region is within a threshold range of a drop step change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: GLOBAL GRAPHICS SOFTWARE LIMITED
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Publication number: 20180228991
    Abstract: An airway has a ventilation tube with a mask attached to its distal end. The mask has a base and a sealing ring surrounding the base. The sealing ring has an exterior side surface extending around the base, an upper surface extending from the exterior side surface toward a center of the base, and an inner surface extending from the upper surface toward the center of the base. The exterior surface, upper surface, and inner surface define an inner volume within the sealing ring. The sealing ring and base define a cavity in the mask. An evacuation tube is attached to a proximal end of the mask and extends through the inner volume of the sealing ring to a distal end of the mask where it forms an opening on the mask distal end on the sealing ring exterior side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Publication number: 20180160011
    Abstract: A method of processing a document for printing includes receiving a document; for at least one of the plurality of regions, determining a drop size for that region and determining whether the drop size for printing the region meets a threshold criterion and, if so, processing the region using a tile-based screen for halftoning and, if not, processing the region using an error diffusion screen for halftoning; and printing the processed regions. Another method includes additionally considering coverage level to determine whether to use a tile-based screen or error diffusion screen. Yet another method includes determining whether the region is within a threshold range of a drop step change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Patent number: 9833587
    Abstract: A camera tube used in connection with a laryngeal mask cooperates with an intubation stylet. The camera tube is an elongate member having a length extending between opposite distal and proximal ends of the elongate member. The distal end of the camera tube has a camera. The camera tube has an exterior surface and an intubation stylet guide support surface extending radially outward from the exterior surface along a portion of the length adjacent to the distal end. The intubation stylet guide support surface is configured to cooperate with an intubation stylet guide support surface. The user may manipulate the proximal end of the camera tube to change the orientation of the intubation stylet with in the laryngeal mask while using the camera to visualize the patient's laryngeal opening. Once the intubation stylet is aligned with the patient's laryngeal opening, the intubation stylet may be advanced therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: COOKGAS, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Publication number: 20170209660
    Abstract: A method involves using a camera tube in connection with a laryngeal mask. The camera tube cooperates with an intubation stylet. The camera tube is an elongate member having a length extending between opposite distal and proximal ends. The distal end of the camera tube has a camera. The camera tube has an exterior surface and an intubation stylet guide support surface extending radially outward from the exterior surface along a portion of the length adjacent to the distal end. The intubation stylet guide support surface is configured to cooperate with an intubation stylet. The user may manipulate the proximal end of the camera tube to change the orientation of the intubation stylet with in the laryngeal mask while using the camera to visualize the patient's laryngeal opening. Once the intubation stylet is aligned with the patient's laryngeal opening, the intubation stylet may be advanced therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Publication number: 20160114117
    Abstract: A camera tube used in connection with a laryngeal mask cooperates with an intubation stylet. The camera tube is an elongate member having a length extending between opposite distal and proximal ends of the elongate member. The distal end of the camera tube has a camera. The camera tube has an exterior surface and an intubation stylet guide support surface extending radially outward from the exterior surface along a portion of the length adjacent to the distal end. The intubation stylet guide support surface is configured to cooperate with an intubation stylet guide support surface. The user may manipulate the proximal end of the camera tube to change the orientation of the intubation stylet with in the laryngeal mask while using the camera to visualize the patient's laryngeal opening. Once the intubation stylet is aligned with the patient's laryngeal opening, the intubation stylet may be advanced therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Patent number: 9320864
    Abstract: A supraglottic airway of the type used to facilitate lung ventilation and the insertion of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical instruments through a patient's laryngeal opening where the shield is designed to have an internal increase in pressure during assisted inhalation such as positive-pressure ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Cookgas, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Publication number: 20150182714
    Abstract: A supraglottic airway of the type used to facilitate lung ventilation and the insertion of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical instruments through a patient's laryngeal opening where the shield is designed to have an internal increase in pressure during assisted inhalation such as positive-pressure ventilation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Patent number: 8978658
    Abstract: A supraglottic airway of the type used to facilitate lung ventilation and the insertion of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical instruments through a patient's laryngeal opening where the shield is designed to have an internal increase in pressure during assisted inhalation such as positive-pressure ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Cookgas, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Patent number: 8823982
    Abstract: A method of printing a document includes providing a document to a printer for printing; sending a portion of the document from the printer to an external service provider for temporary storage; and storing the portion of the document on the external service provider. The external service provider comprises a computing device or a server. The method further includes requesting that the portion of the document be sent from the external service provider to the printer for printing; sending the portion of the document from the external service provider to the printer; and printing the portion of the document using the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Global Graphics Software Limited
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Publication number: 20140116437
    Abstract: A supraglottic airway of the type used to facilitate lung ventilation and the insertion of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical instruments through a patient's laryngeal opening where the shield is designed to have an internal increase in pressure during assisted inhalation such as positive-pressure ventilation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: COOKGAS, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Patent number: 8631796
    Abstract: A laryngeal mask of the type used to facilitate lung ventilation and the insertion of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical instruments through a patient's laryngeal opening as used during general anesthesia, intensive care, or critical patient care is described that includes an inflatable positioning and a respiratory tube. The inflatable positioning shield is formed to fit within a patient's oropharynx, and has an inflatable, hollow peripheral portion, a pliable base in fluid communication with the peripheral portion, a shield recess formed after inflation of the peripheral portion, and a rear portion formed between the posterior base and the peripheral portion after inflation of the peripheral portion, wherein the posterior base has a recessed front portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Cookgas, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Patent number: 8622060
    Abstract: A supraglottic airway of the type used to facilitate lung ventilation and the insertion of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical instruments through a patient's laryngeal opening where the shield is designed to have an internal increase in pressure during assisted inhalation such as positive-pressure ventilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Cookgas, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J Cook
  • Publication number: 20120287461
    Abstract: A method of printing a document includes providing a document to a printer for printing; sending a portion of the document from the printer to an external service provider for temporary storage; and storing the portion of the document on the external service provider. The external service provider comprises a computing device or a server. The method further includes requesting that the portion of the document be sent from the external service provider to the printer for printing; sending the portion of the document from the external service provider to the printer; and printing the portion of the document using the printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Global Graphics Software Limited
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook
  • Publication number: 20110168183
    Abstract: A supraglottic airway of the type used to facilitate lung ventilation and the insertion of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical instruments through a patient's laryngeal opening where the shield is designed to have an internal increase in pressure during assisted inhalation such as positive-pressure ventilation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel J. Cook