Patents by Inventor Garret Coady
Garret Coady 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).
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Patent number: 9044557Abstract: Various embodiments of an tracheal tube having a sensor coupled to a selectively permeable membrane are provided. In some embodiments, the membrane may be permeable to one or more blood gases and/or blood analytes. Certain embodiments of the endotracheal tube may be capable of deploying the sensor during intubation to sense one or more indicators of blood flow characteristics, such as a level of blood gases and/or blood analytes, in the respiratory tract. Embodiments of the present invention may include positioning of the sensor in a variety of suitable positions with respect to the permeable membrane, such as mounting the sensor to the underside of an inflatable permeable membrane.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Alan Finneran, Garret Coady, John Desmond, Mark Cleary, David Powell, Patrick Dowling
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Publication number: 20140031656Abstract: Various embodiments of an tracheal tube having a sensor coupled to a selectively permeable membrane are provided. In some embodiments, the membrane may be permeable to one or more blood gases and/or blood analytes. Certain embodiments of the endotracheal tube may be capable of deploying the sensor during intubation to sense one or more indicators of blood flow characteristics, such as a level of blood gases and/or blood analytes, in the respiratory tract. Embodiments of the present invention may include positioning of the sensor in a variety of suitable positions with respect to the permeable membrane, such as mounting the sensor to the underside of an inflatable permeable membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Alan Finneran, Garret Coady, John Desmond, Mark Cleary, David Powell, Patrick Dowling
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Patent number: 8568316Abstract: Various embodiments of an tracheal tube having a sensor coupled to a selectively permeable membrane are provided. In some embodiments, the membrane may be permeable to one or more blood gases and/or blood analytes. Certain embodiments of the endotracheal tube may be capable of deploying the sensor during intubation to sense one or more indicators of blood flow characteristics, such as a level of blood gases and/or blood analytes, in the respiratory tract. Embodiments of the present invention may include positioning of the sensor in a variety of suitable positions with respect to the permeable membrane, such as mounting the sensor to the underside of an inflatable permeable membrane.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Alan Finneran, Garret Coady, John Desmond, Mark Cleary, David Powell, Patrick Dowling
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Publication number: 20110230742Abstract: Various embodiments of an tracheal tube having a sensor coupled to a selectively permeable membrane are provided. In some embodiments, the membrane may be permeable to one or more blood gases and/or blood analytes. Certain embodiments of the endotracheal tube may be capable of deploying the sensor during intubation to sense one or more indicators of blood flow characteristics, such as a level of blood gases and/or blood analytes, in the respiratory tract. Embodiments of the present invention may include positioning of the sensor in a variety of suitable positions with respect to the permeable membrane, such as mounting the sensor to the underside of an inflatable permeable membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Alan Finneran, Garret Coady, John Desmond, Mark Cleary, David Powell, Patrick Dowling
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Publication number: 20110213264Abstract: Various embodiments of a tracheal tube having a sensor disposed on a non-sealing portion of a cuff are provided. Certain embodiments of the tracheal tube may be capable of deploying the sensor during intubation to sense one or more indicators of blood flow characteristics, such as a level of blood gases and/or blood analytes, in the respiratory tract. The sensor on the cuff may be configured to deploy upon inflation of the cuff and to return to its predeployment position upon deflation of the cuff. The sensor may be further adapted to abut the tracheal mucosa of a patient or not contact the tracheal wall at all during deployment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2010Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Alan Finneran, Garret Coady, John Desmond, Mark Cleary, David Powell, Patrick Dowling
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Publication number: 20110213214Abstract: Various embodiments of a tracheal tube having a mechanically deployable sensor are provided. Certain embodiments of the tracheal tube may be capable of mechanically deploying the sensor during intubation to sense one or more indicators of blood flow characteristics, such as a level of blood gases and/or blood analytes, in the respiratory tract. The mechanically deployable sensor may be configured to abut the tracheal mucosa of a patient or not contact the tracheal wall at all during deployment. The sensor may be further adapted to remain in a recess disposed in the tracheal tube prior to deployment and exit the recess when acquiring measurements.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2010Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Alan Finneran, Garret Coady, John Desmond, Mark Cleary, David Powell, Patrick Dowling
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Patent number: 7813024Abstract: The present invention provides an EC mirror assembly including an EC mirror cell and a control for controlling the reflectivity of the mirror cell, the assembly also including a pair of contact elements independently displaceable relative to the mirror cell while maintaining an electrical connection with the control, the contact elements also being engageable with opposite edges of the mirror cell in order to provide an electrical connection between the control and the mirror cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2006Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Magna Donnelly Engineering, GmbHInventors: John P. Desmond, Garret Coady, John P. Drummond, Martin McGarry, Patrick J. Dowling, Sean Fletcher, David Powell
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Publication number: 20090097097Abstract: The present invention provides an EC mirror assembly that include s an EC mirror cell and control means for controlling the reflectivity of the mirror cell, the assembly also including a pair of contact elements independently displaceable relative to the mirror cell while maintaining an electrical connection with the control means, the contact elements also being engageable with opposite edges of the mirror cell in order to provide an electrical connection between the control means and the mirror cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2006Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: MAGNA DONNELLY ELECTRONICS NAAS LIMITEDInventors: John P. Desmond, Garret Coady, John P. Drummond, Martin McGarry, Patrick J. Dowling, Sean Fletcher, David Powell
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Publication number: 20080121034Abstract: An environmental control system for a vehicle, in particular for predicting internal misting of a vehicle windscreen, the system comprising a windscreen temperature sensor assembly 28, an ambient humidity sensor assembly 32 and a second temperature sensor assembly 30 for sensing the temperature of the humidity sensor assembly 32. The windscreen temperature sensor assembly 28 is mounted on an interior rearview mirror support bracket 10 for engagement with the interior surface 18 of the windscreen, and the second temperature and humidity sensor assemblies are mounted within a rearview mirror housing 12 mounted to the mirror support bracket 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2005Publication date: May 29, 2008Applicant: Magna Donnelly Electronics Naas LimitedInventors: Niall R. Lynam, Patrick J. Lawlor, Garret Coady
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Patent number: 7242320Abstract: A vehicle rearview mirror comprises a carrier plate, an electronic component unit mounted on one face of the carrier plate, and a mirror mounted on the other face of the carrier plate. A protective housing is supported by the carrier plate, the housing exposing the mirror through a viewing aperture and enclosing the electronic component unit and carrier plate. A support bracket assembly extends from the carrier plate through the housing to mount the mirror assembly to an interior surface of a vehicle. The electronic component unit preferably includes a card reader having a card slot exposed by the housing. In another embodiment, an RF antenna is connected to circuitry included in the electronic component, the antenna preferably being mounted in the support bracket assembly. In yet another embodiment, a visual display is provided for displaying information provided by the electronic component unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2003Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Donnelly Mirrors LimitedInventors: Patrick Lawlor, Garret Coady