Patents by Inventor Glenn Walters

Glenn Walters 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: 11975135
    Abstract: A device for moving contents of a tube by acting on the exterior of the tube is provided. The device includes a housing having a tube passageway extending along a length thereof for holding a tube therein. A first roller and a second roller are moveable between a first position and a second position and configured to compress the tube in the second position. A first roller chassis is coupled to the housing for mounting the first roller therein and a second roller chassis is coupled to the housing for mounting the second roller therein. The first and second roller chassis are moveable between a first position in which the tube is disengaged and a second position in which the tube is engaged. A lever operably coupled to the housing causes the first or second roller to pivot and engage the tube positioned within the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Vector Surgical, LLC
    Inventors: Janet L. F. Phillips, Michael J. Phillips, Glenn Walters
  • Publication number: 20240008860
    Abstract: A tissue orientation clip and a delivery device that delivers one or more tissue orientation clips to a tissue site are provided. The tissue orientation clip includes a first clip jaw and a second clip jaw, with each including one or more teeth, and includes a first lateral handle positioned on a proximal end of the first clip jaw, and a second lateral handle positioned on a proximal end of the first clip jaw. A method of delivering one or more tissue orientation clips to a tissue specimen is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Janet L. F. Phillips, Glenn Walters
  • Patent number: 11513022
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve housing having an inlet, an outlet and an opening, and an insert removably insertable in the opening. The insert has a first side facing upwards and a second side facing downwards when positioned in the opening. The first side and the second side have a conduit positioned therebetween, and a control valve located at least partially within the conduit and movable between an open position and a closed position. The control valve in the closed position stops fluid from passing through the conduit. When the insert is inserted in the opening and the control valve is in the closed position, the insert substantially seals the inlet and stops fluid flowing to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Glenn Walter Knight
  • Publication number: 20220023526
    Abstract: A device for moving contents of a tube by acting on the exterior of the tube is provided. The device includes a housing having a tube passageway extending along a length thereof for holding a tube therein. A first roller and a second roller are moveable between a first position and a second position and configured to compress the tube in the second position. A first roller chassis is coupled to the housing for mounting the first roller therein and a second roller chassis is coupled to the housing for mounting the second roller therein. The first and second roller chassis are moveable between a first position in which the tube is disengaged and a second position in which the tube is engaged. A lever operably coupled to the housing causes the first or second roller to pivot and engage the tube positioned within the passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Janet L.F. Phillips, Michael J. Phillips, Glenn Walters
  • Patent number: 11141522
    Abstract: A device for moving contents of a tube by acting on the exterior of the tube is provided. The device includes a housing having a tube passageway extending along a length thereof for holding a tube therein. A first roller and a second roller are moveable between a first position and a second position and configured to compress the tube in the second position. A first roller chassis is coupled to the housing for mounting the first roller therein and a second roller chassis is coupled to the housing for mounting the second roller therein. The first and second roller chasses are moveable between a first position in which the tube is disengaged and a second position in which the tube is engaged. A lever operably coupled to the housing causes the first or second roller to pivot and engage the tube positioned within the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Vector Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet L. F. Phillips, Michael J. Phillips, Glenn Walters
  • Publication number: 20200147279
    Abstract: A device for moving contents of a tube by acting on the exterior of the tube is provided. The device includes a housing having a tube passageway extending along a length thereof for holding a tube therein. A first roller and a second roller are moveable between a first position and a second position and configured to compress the tube in the second position. A first roller chassis is coupled to the housing for mounting the first roller therein and a second roller chassis is coupled to the housing for mounting the second roller therein. The first and second roller chasses are moveable between a first position in which the tube is disengaged and a second position in which the tube is engaged. A lever operably coupled to the housing causes the first or second roller to pivot and engage the tube positioned within the passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Janet L.F. Phillips, Michael J. Phillips, Glenn Walters
  • Publication number: 20190226938
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve housing having an inlet, an outlet and an opening, and an insert removably insertable in the opening. The insert has a first side facing upwards and a second side facing downwards when positioned in the opening. The first side and the second side have a conduit positioned therebetween, and a control valve located at least partially within the conduit and movable between an open position and a closed position. The control valve in the closed position stops fluid from passing through the conduit. When the insert is inserted in the opening and the control valve is in the closed position, the insert substantially seals the inlet and stops fluid flowing to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Glenn Walter Knight
  • Patent number: 10335520
    Abstract: A device for moving contents of a tube by acting on the exterior of the tube is provided. The device includes a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion including a tube passageway extending along a length thereof for holding a tube therein. A roller housed within a roller chassis contacts the tube and is configured to move between a first position in which the tube is disengaged and a second position in which the tube is engaged. A second roller is rotatably coupled to an actuator for rotatably energizing the second roller and is moveable between a first position in which the tube is disengaged and a second position in which the tube is engaged. A lever is operably coupled to the housing and configured to actuate a motor to move the second roller to the second position. The first roller and the second roller are configured to compress the tube to move contents within the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: VECTOR SURGICAL, LLC
    Inventors: Janet L. F. Phillips, Michael J. Phillips, Glenn Walters
  • Publication number: 20130310220
    Abstract: An exercise machine comprising: a frame and a support mechanism having a user interactive surface, the user interactive surface comprising a middle section, an upper section), and a lower section disposed vertically below the middle section; the upper and lower sections each including one or both of a visually observable display and a manually actuatable member, the middle section including a surface that is blank; the support mechanism including a mount mechanism adapted to mount a readily portable object in an orientation such that the object overlies entirely within the blank surface of the middle section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Cybex International, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Pacheco, Glenn Walters, Benjamin Lloyd
  • Patent number: 8015653
    Abstract: An applicator device for applying a substance to an area of the body that is difficult to reach includes a collapsible handle and a head portion rotatably mounted on one end. The head portion includes an attachment means, which can comprise either a field of hooks or a field of loops. The attachment means receives a two-sided pad engagement member that preferably has fields of loops or hooks on one side to engage the respective hooks or loops of the attachment member, and a field of hooks on its opposite side. The hooks of the pad engagement member can securely retain a pad that carries the substance to be applied to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Dusa Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bargiel, Joshua J. Nelson, Glenn Walters, Frank Pollard
  • Patent number: D632771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Abbondanzio, Glenn Walters, Megan C. Sorrell
  • Patent number: D632772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Abbondanzio, Glenn Walters, Megan C. Sorrell
  • Patent number: D632773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Abbondanzio, Glenn Walters, Megan C. Sorrell
  • Patent number: D633190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Abbondanzio, Glenn Walters, Megan C. Sorrell
  • Patent number: D667574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Abbondanzio, Glenn Walters, Meghan Marie McGuire, Mark E. Johnson, Sylvie Travard
  • Patent number: D751428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Diamond Tech LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Johnson, William G. Johnson, Timothy J. Wojciechowski, John Dwyer, Glenn Walters
  • Patent number: D751429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Diamond Tech LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Johnson, William G. Johnson, Timothy J. Wojciechowski, John Dwyer, Glenn Walters
  • Patent number: D751430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Diamond Tech LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Johnson, William G. Johnson, Timothy J. Wojciechowski, John Dwyer, Glenn Walters
  • Patent number: D1010855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Vector Surgical, LLC
    Inventors: Janet Louise Favero Phillips, Glenn Walters
  • Patent number: D1021577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Vector Surgical, LLC
    Inventors: Amanda Katsma, Janet L. F. Phillips, Glenn Walters