Patents by Inventor Gene Thomas
Gene Thomas 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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Publication number: 20240125325Abstract: A blower includes a housing including an inlet and an outlet, a bearing-housing structure provided to the housing and adapted to rotatably support a rotor, a motor provided to the bearing-housing structure and adapted to drive the rotor, and an impeller provided to the rotor. The bearing-housing structure includes a bearing shaft having a bearing surface that rotatably supports the rotor. The bearing shaft provides only a single bearing of the non-ball bearing type for the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Samuel Aziz MEBASSER, Peter Jeffrey THOMAS, Roman VINOKUR, Kevin Gene McCULLOH, William S. LANE, Yeu-chuan HSIA, Michael David BEDNAR, John Paul FREESE, Karl Yutaka IWAHASHI, David Brent SEARS, Barton John KENYON, Richard G. KRUM, Par Egron DANNAS, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Malcolm Edward LEADER
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Publication number: 20230330389Abstract: A medical device includes a shaft. The shaft includes an integral tube defining a plurality of lumens. The integral tube is comprised of at least one of PTFE and ePTFE. A density of the at least one of PTFE and ePTFE varies along a length of the integral tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Gene Thomas STORBECK, Man Minh NGUYEN
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Publication number: 20230248215Abstract: A medical device, comprising a shaft, wherein the shaft has a corrugated body, and wherein the corrugated body includes a plurality of hoops extending around a circumference of the shaft, a plurality of indentations, wherein the plurality of indentations extend around a portion of the circumference of the shaft and define a reduced-diameter portion of the shaft relative to a diameter of the plurality of hoops, and wherein each of the plurality of hoops is spaced apart from an adjacent hoop of the plurality of hoops by at least one of the plurality of indentations, and a plurality of nodes, wherein each node extends between and connects adjacent hoops of the plurality of hoops, and wherein each of the plurality of nodes is radially offset relative to adjacent nodes along a longitudinal axis of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Gene Thomas STORBECK, Timothy LHOTKA, Shane GRAHAM, Matthew MACIEJ, Raymond David GESSLER, III, Pat S. PHONGSAVANH, Scott E. BRECHBIEL, Marton VARADY, Sean POWELL
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Publication number: 20230017488Abstract: A medical device may comprise a handle, a first shaft extending from a distal end of the handle, and a second shaft extending a lumen of the first shaft. The handle may further include a first actuator and a second actuator. The first shaft may include (1) a plurality of lumens extending therethrough, (2) a distal face, and (3) a longitudinal axis. Actuation of the first actuator may articulate a distal portion of the first shaft. The second shaft may be axially movable relative to the first shaft such that the second shaft extends out of a distal opening of the first lumen and distally of the distal face. Actuation of the second actuator may articulate a distal portion of the second shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Prashanth SOMASUNDARAM, Jennifer WHELEHAN, Rahul PRABHU, Tess DAVIS, Tara Ann JAROBSKI, Gene Thomas STORBECK
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Publication number: 20210128873Abstract: A device may include a catheter and a support tube. The catheter includes a lumen extending therethrough. The catheter is sized and shaped to extend through an endoscopic shaft to a target tissue within a living body. The lumen is sized and shaped for receiving a puncturing device therethrough. The catheter includes a first catheter portion distal to a second catheter portion. The first and second catheter portions are formed from different materials. The first catheter portion has a flexible curved distal end. The tube is fixed about an outer surface of a proximal end of the first catheter portion and an outer surface of a distal end of the second catheter portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Serena SCOTT, Katrina HANSEN, David Shlomo Rafael ELLIS-RECH, David CALLAGHAN, Anthony Frank TASSONI, JR., Gene Thomas STORBECK
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Patent number: 10751534Abstract: A system for treating a gastrointestinal tract may include a device configured to measure electrical activity at a plurality of locations within a gastrointestinal tract of a patient, a controller configured to compare the measured activity from the plurality of locations to a database of electrical activity corresponding to one or more gastric events, abnormalities, or dysrhythmias. The controller may be configured to determine one or more treatment locations based on the comparison, and cause the device to deliver therapy to the one or more treatment locations.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Lifespan CorporationInventors: Jeri Ann Hiller, Peter J. Snyder, Gene Thomas Storbeck, Kali Manning, Selina M. Mello, Holly Elizabeth Rockweiler, John Allen Hingston, Ding Sheng He, Dawn Winsor-Hines, Harlan Rich, Kathleen Corcoran, Gary Dean Roye, Beth Ryder, Sivamainthan Vithiananthan
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Publication number: 20180110979Abstract: A system for treating a gastrointestinal tract may include a device configured to measure electrical activity at a plurality of locations within a gastrointestinal tract of a patient, a controller configured to compare the measured activity from the plurality of locations to a database of electrical activity corresponding to one or more gastric events, abnormalities, or dysrhythmias. The controller may be configured to determine one or more treatment locations based on the comparison, and cause the device to deliver therapy to the one or more treatment locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Jeri Ann HILLER, John Allen HINGSTON, Ding Sheng HE, Dawn WINSOR-HINES, Harlan RICH, Kathleen CORCORAN, Gary Dean ROYE, Beth RYDER, Sivamainthan VITHIANANTHAN, Peter J. SNYDER, Gene Thomas STORBECK, Kali MANNING, Selina M. MERKLING, Holly Elizabeth ROCKWEILER
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Patent number: 9901706Abstract: A medical device may include an elongated shaft. The elongated shaft may further include a reinforcement member having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may include a polymer having a first degree of crystallinity. The second portion may include a second degree of crystallinity different than the polymer of the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Gene Thomas Storbeck, Timothy Lawrence Rubesch
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Publication number: 20150290423Abstract: A medical device may include an elongated shaft. The elongated shaft may further include a reinforcement member having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may include a polymer having a first degree of crystallinity. The second portion may include a second degree of crystallinity different than the polymer of the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Gene Thomas Storbeck, Timothy Lawrence Rubesch
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Patent number: 9066467Abstract: A portable lightweight low pressure soil treatment applicator for home, lawn or garden irrigation systems with predefined areas of soil to be irrigated using a pressurized water supply and pressurized water for irrigation. The portable lightweight low pressure soil treatment applicator uses a liquid soil treatment solution that can be a liquid herbicide, a liquid pesticide, a liquid fertilizer, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Inventor: Gene Thomas Vincent
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Patent number: 5867943Abstract: The present invention relates to a gutter assembly for use with a longitudinally extending trough or gutter having an opening extending therethrough. The gutter assembly includes an outlet having a flange adjacent its upper end. The outlet extends through the opening with the flange adjacent the trough. A locking ring surrounds the outlet and is positioned adjacent the trough in opposed relationship to the outlet flange.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1997Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: Great Lakes Standard Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: Lloyd Gene Thomas
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Patent number: 5749033Abstract: A cylindrical sleeve suitable for holding and conveying image forming toner particles is provided by a hollow cylinder of a non-magnetic material the exterior surface of which is texture by sand blasting and then by electrolessly coating the hollow cylinder with a durable uniform thin layer of an alloy of molybdenum, nickel and phosphorus. The interior of the hollow cylinder contains a magnet capable of generating a magnetic field sufficient to hold toner particles on the surface of the cylindrical sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1995Date of Patent: May 5, 1998Inventors: Edwin Swartz, Gene Thomas
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Patent number: 5671854Abstract: A container frame assembly is disclosed. The container frame assembly is positioned on a base which supports the item to be shipped. The assembly includes base gussets attached to the base. The gussets have sockets which receive vertical members, preferably constructed of formed sheet metal. Upper corner gussets receive the upper ends of the cross members. End members and rail members are also received in sockets of the upper corner gussets. A plurality of cross members have ends which receive the opposed rail members. A container shell or covering is placed adjacent the container frame assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1996Date of Patent: September 30, 1997Assignee: Great Lakes Standard Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: Lloyd Gene Thomas