Patents by Inventor Donald S. Nelson

Donald S. Nelson 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: 8684175
    Abstract: An inflatable cuff may be adapted to seal a patient's trachea when associated with an endotracheal tube. Packaging and transporting of these cuffs while inflated may provide for decreased wrinkles and thereby improved sealing of the trachea. Provided is a package for a medical device with an inflatable region, comprising a substantially non-stretchable region that substantially conforms to the shape of the inflatable region of the medical device when the inflatable region is inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jessica Clayton, Donald S. Nelson, David Swedlow, Joel Colburn, Roger Mecca
  • Publication number: 20140081858
    Abstract: A banking system includes a teller station and customer stations located in a bank. The teller station can communicate with each customer station. At least one customer station includes a self-service cash-dispensing automated banking machine which can carry out a financial transaction for an authorized machine user responsive to user data read from a data bearing record. The user data comprises card data and/or biometric data which correspond to a financial account. The banking system causes funds to be transferred between accounts involved in the transaction. The system allows a bank teller at the teller station to assist a bank customer at a customer station. Information can be communicated between the teller and the customer through touch input to a teller touch screen and a customer touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: James BLOCK, H. Thomas GRAEF, Paul D. MAGEE, Donald S. NELSON, Jr., Dustin CAIRNS
  • Patent number: 8651373
    Abstract: An automated banking machine allows an authorized user to carry out transactions such as withdrawing cash, making a deposit, cashing a check, and transferring funds between accounts. The machine provides a transaction selection screen through a touch screen display. The transaction selection screen includes a plurality of visually different icons. Each icon represents a different transaction that is available to the current machine user. The user can select a particular transaction by dragging its representative icon with a contacting finger. Upon selection of the particular transaction, a display screen unique to that particular transaction is then provided through the touch screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems, division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: James Block, H. Thomas Graef, Paul D. Magee, Donald S. Nelson, Jr., James Meek, Daniel S. McIntyre, Mark DePietro, Natarajan Ramachandran
  • Patent number: 8640946
    Abstract: An automated banking machine allows an authorized user to carry out transactions such as withdrawing cash, making a deposit, cashing a check, and transferring funds between accounts. The machine provides a transaction selection screen through a touch screen display. The transaction selection screen includes a plurality of visually different icons. Each icon represents a different transaction that is available to the current machine user. The user can select a particular transaction by dragging its representative icon with a contacting finger. Upon selection of the particular transaction, a display screen unique to that particular transaction is then provided through the touch screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems, division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: James Block, H. Thomas Graef, Paul D. Magee, Donald S. Nelson, Jr., James Meek, Daniel S. McIntyre, Mark DePietro, Natarajan Ramachandran
  • Patent number: 8636010
    Abstract: An inflatable balloon cuff may be adapted to seal a patient's trachea when associated with an endotracheal tube. Configurations of these cuffs that include tapered regions with certain characteristics, such as cuff wall diameter and thickness, may provide improved sealing of the trachea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Dhairya Mehta
  • Patent number: 8434487
    Abstract: An inflatable balloon cuff may be adapted to seal a patient's trachea when associated with an endotracheal tube. Configurations of these cuffs that include tapered regions with certain characteristics, such as cuff wall diameter and thickness, may provide improved sealing of the trachea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Dhairya Mehta
  • Publication number: 20130008451
    Abstract: An inflatable balloon cuff may be adapted to seal a patient's trachea when associated with an endotracheal tube. Configurations of these cuffs that include tapered regions with certain characteristics, such as cuff wall diameter and thickness, may provide improved sealing of the trachea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Dhairya Mehta
  • Publication number: 20130000650
    Abstract: An inflatable balloon cuff may be adapted to seal a patient's trachea when associated with an endotracheal tube. Configurations of these cuffs that include tapered regions with certain characteristics, such as angle of taper, cuff diameter, and cuff wall thickness, may provide improved sealing of the trachea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Dhairya Mehta, Jessica Clayton
  • Patent number: 8220707
    Abstract: An automated banking machine allows an authorized user to carry out transactions such as withdrawing cash, making a deposit, cashing a check, and transferring funds between accounts. The machine provides a transaction selection screen through a touch screen display. The transaction selection screen includes a plurality of visually different icons. Each icon represents a different transaction that is available to the current machine user. The user can select a particular transaction by dragging its representative icon with a contacting finger. Upon selection of the particular transaction, a display screen unique to that particular transaction is then provided through the touch screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems
    Inventors: James Block, H. Thomas Graef, Paul D. Magee, Donald S. Nelson, Jr.
  • Patent number: D665802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Jr., David N. Lewis, Shawn Griggy, George Niemoeller
  • Patent number: D672347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Jr., David N. Lewis, Shawn Griggy, George Niemoeller
  • Patent number: D672771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Jr., David N. Lewis, Shawn Griggy, George Niemoeller
  • Patent number: D672772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Jr., David N. Lewis, Shawn Griggy, George Niemoeller
  • Patent number: D672773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Jr., David N. Lewis, Shawn Griggy, George Niemoeller
  • Patent number: D672774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Jr., David N. Lewis, Shawn Griggy, George Niemoeller
  • Patent number: D672775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Jr., David N. Lewis, Shawn Griggy, George Niemoeller
  • Patent number: D673149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Jr., David N. Lewis, Shawn Griggy, George Niemoeller
  • Patent number: D673150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Jr., David N. Lewis, Shawn Griggy, George Niemoeller
  • Patent number: D681637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Jr., David N. Lewis, Shawn Griggy, George Niemoeller
  • Patent number: D697912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems, division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald S. Nelson, Jr., David N. Lewis, Shawn Griggy, George Niemoeller