Patents by Inventor James A. McCrea
James A. McCrea 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: 20230258373Abstract: A refrigeration unit system is disclosed. The system can comprise a system housing having a front panel, a back panel, two side panels, a bottom panel, a bezel having an air exhaust. The system can further comprise a plurality of air intake slots and a carrying handle above the air exhaust. The system can further comprise an assembly having a cold chamber central to the assembly. The assembly can comprise a thermoelectric module affixed to the chamber in direct contact. The thermoelectric module can be configured for conduction of a heat away from the cold chamber. The cold chamber can comprise a shelf removable from the cold chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: Stone Cold Systems, Inc.Inventors: Robert H. J. MIROS, Keith B. PAYEA, James A. MCCREA, Brett W. SELVIG
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Patent number: 11639815Abstract: A portable refrigeration system for use in transport of medicines or other valuable, temperature sensitive materials is disclosed. The system can use GPS positioning technology to provide absolute global location along with internet connection through a cellular modem on board which allows for communication to the cloud of temperature and transit data during device use. The refrigerator 10 can be powered by a rechargeable battery back that may be recharged through connection to AC mains supply or connection to the photovoltaic panel 26 included with the device 10. The insulated container can be held at a constant temperature through the use of vacuum insulated panel construction. The device 10 can be cooled through the use of thermoelectric cooling modules 68 coupled to the insulated chamber 74 and paired with a heat exchanger 56 with heat pipes 60 and a system fan 54.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Stone Cold Systems, Inc.Inventors: Robert H. J. Miros, Keith B. Payea, James A. McCrea
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Publication number: 20230074508Abstract: An implantable medical device comprising a first frame component. The first frame component including a first set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The implantable medical device also comprising a second frame component including a second set of elongate elements configured to conform to an anatomy of a patient. The first frame component and the second frame component being discrete and separate from one another. The implantable medical device also comprising a conduit portion arranged between the first frame component and the second frame component. The conduit portion including a membrane connecting the first frame component and the second frame component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Daniel S. Cole, Tom R. McDaniel, Edward E. Shaw, Benjamin A. Smith, Jerome Adam-Cote, Ian R. Berve, Barrett S. Hutto, James A. McCrea
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Publication number: 20220240907Abstract: A biopsy device comprises a body, a needle, a cutter, and a tissue sample holder. The tissue sample holder comprises an outer cup and a cap. A tray retains severed tissue samples from a biopsy procedure. In some versions, the tray is selectively detachable from the cap in a one-handed operation by the user. The tray may be ejected into a sample container, such as a formalin cup. The cap may include a threaded portion that is configured to engage a complementary threaded portion of a sample container to seal the sample container once the tissue samples have been transferred to the sample container from the tissue sample holder of the biopsy device. One or more ports may be provided in the cap to manage excess fluid within the outer cup of the tissue sample holder, and/or to provide integrated access for a marker delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: John A. Hibner, John S. Ehlert, James A. McCrea
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Publication number: 20220168611Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, an adjustable pull-up bar may include a bar, a structural mount, a lever arm, and a control system. The structural mount may be sized and configured to be attached to a stationary object. The lever arm may include a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end may be coupled to the structural mount. The distal end may be sized and configured to support the bar. The control system may be configured to adjust the height of the bar relative to the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Shane Patrick Rogers, James A. McCrea
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Patent number: 11324490Abstract: A biopsy device comprises a body, a needle, a cutter, and a tissue sample holder. The tissue sample holder comprises an outer cup and a cap. A tray retains severed tissue samples from a biopsy procedure. In some versions, the tray is selectively detachable from the cap in a one-handed operation by the user. The tray may be ejected into a sample container, such as a formalin cup. The cap may include a threaded portion that is configured to engage a complementary threaded portion of a sample container to seal the sample container once the tissue samples have been transferred to the sample container from the tissue sample holder of the biopsy device. One or more ports may be provided in the cap to manage excess fluid within the outer cup of the tissue sample holder, and/or to provide integrated access for a marker delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Devicor Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: John A. Hibner, John S. Ehlert, James A. McCrea
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Patent number: 11172935Abstract: A hand tool has a pivot connection pivotally attaching a first arm to a second arm, with the pivot connection fixed relative to the first arm and movable to first and second positions relative to the second arm. A spring urges the pivot connection into the first position. When jaws on the front ends of the arms clamp tissue with force greater than a pre-set threshold, the spring force is overcome and the jaws may move linearly apart, allowing for more uniform clamping of the tissue. The first arm may have an arm spring extending between a front segment pivotally attached to a rear segment of the first arm.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: City of HopeInventors: David Wong, Anthony Le, Gagandeep Singh, H. Lawson Fisher, James McCrea
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Patent number: 11116531Abstract: A surgical instrument has a first modular assembly and a second modular assembly. The first modular assembly has a body, an ultrasonic waveguide, an ultrasonic blade connected to a distal end of the ultrasonic waveguide, and a coupling member that movably couples with the body. The second modular assembly has a clamp arm assembly with a first pivot coupling, a clamp pad assembly with a second pivot coupling, and a distal outer sheath that selectively couples to the body of the first modular assembly via the coupling member. The distal outer sheath has an interior surface that houses a portion of the ultrasonic waveguide, and this interior surface also houses the first pivot coupling and the second pivot coupling.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Ryan M. Asher, Chad P. Boudreaux, Joseph Dennis, Wei Guo, Bryce L. Heitman, James A. McCrea, Patrick J. Minnelli, Yachuan Yu, Monica L. Zeckel, Junhua Zhu
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Publication number: 20200323695Abstract: A negative pressure wound therapy system includes a wound dressing and a suction device configured to be in fluid communication with the wound dressing via a conduit to channel a fluid between at least the wound dressing and the suction device. The suction device includes a vacuum connection configured to be coupled to the conduit, a vacuum pump, an analog electronic pressure sensor in electrical communication with the vacuum pump, and a passive valve assembly. The passive valve assembly is in fluid communication with (1) the vacuum pump, (2), the analog electronic pressure sensor, and (3) the vacuum connection, and is configured to maintain the vacuum pump in fluid communication with the vacuum connection within a predefined pressure range, and to passively inhibit fluid communication between the vacuum pump and the vacuum connection outside of the predefined pressure range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Madeline Sides, Robert Hutton, James McCrea, Lawson Fisher
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Publication number: 20200289146Abstract: A rotatable scalpet for rotational fractional resection, and method of manufacturing same, is provided. In an embodiment, a rotatable scalpet includes a hollow tube extending along a longitudinal axis and including an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface forming a passageway between a first end and a second end of the hollow tube, a cutting edge located at the first end of the hollow tube, the cutting edge configured to cut a patient's tissue when the hollow tube is rotated around the longitudinal axis, and a gear molding feature formed into the outer surface of the hollow tube, the gear molding feature enabling a gear to be molded around at least a portion of the hollow tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Randy Jordheim, Marlo Cinco, Brett Isakovic, Francisco Magno, Jerome Adam-Cote, James McCrea, Edward W. Knowlton
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Patent number: 10668215Abstract: A syringe tip cap is provided for use with an automatic syringe loading apparatus. The cap includes a body having an exterior surface and an interior surface, and having a first end and an opposite second end. The first end is defined by at least one generally āVā-shaped ramp on each of two sides of the exterior surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOODInventors: Brian William Ward, James McCrea, Stephen Norman Donnigan, Gregory Walter Hall, Roy Sven Hovland, James Robert Hutchison, III, Steve K. Kele, Michael Dickson Olichney, Jeffery Jonathan Rau, Tammy Lynn Stultz
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Patent number: 10660713Abstract: An end effector for use and connection to a robot arm of a robotic surgical system, wherein the end effector is controlled and/or articulated by at least one cable extending from a respective motor of a control device of the robot surgical system, is provided. The end effector includes a jaw assembly defining a longitudinal axis and including a pair of jaws. Each jaw includes a proximal portion pivotally connected to the distal hub assembly; and a distal portion extending distally of the proximal portion thereof. The end effector additionally includes an actuation cable having a distal end operatively connected to the pair of jaws and a proximal end operatively connected to the at least one motor. In use, axial translation of the actuation cable results in one of an opening and a closing of the jaw assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: COVIDIEN LPInventors: James McCrea, Ruth Beeby, Thomas McGaffigan, Steve Woodard
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Patent number: 10624794Abstract: A negative pressure wound therapy system includes a wound dressing and a suction device configured to be in fluid communication with the wound dressing via a conduit to channel a fluid between at least the wound dressing and the suction device. The suction device includes a vacuum connection configured to be coupled to the conduit, a vacuum pump, an analog electronic pressure sensor in electrical communication with the vacuum pump, and a passive valve assembly. The passive valve assembly is in fluid communication with (1) the vacuum pump, (2), the analog electronic pressure sensor, and (3) the vacuum connection, and is configured to maintain the vacuum pump in fluid communication with the vacuum connection within a predefined pressure range, and to passively inhibit fluid communication between the vacuum pump and the vacuum connection outside of the predefined pressure range.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Healyx Labs, Inc.Inventors: Madeline Sides, Robert Hutton, James McCrea, Lawson Fisher
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Publication number: 20190247236Abstract: A negative pressure wound therapy system includes a wound dressing and a suction device configured to be in fluid communication with the wound dressing via a conduit to channel a fluid between at least the wound dressing and the suction device. The suction device includes a vacuum connection configured to be coupled to the conduit, a vacuum pump, an analog electronic pressure sensor in electrical communication with the vacuum pump, and a passive valve assembly. The passive valve assembly is in fluid communication with (1) the vacuum pump, (2), the analog electronic pressure sensor, and (3) the vacuum connection, and is configured to maintain the vacuum pump in fluid communication with the vacuum connection within a predefined pressure range, and to passively inhibit fluid communication between the vacuum pump and the vacuum connection outside of the predefined pressure range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Madeline Sides, Robert Hutton, James McCrea, Lawson Fisher
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Patent number: 10314571Abstract: Systems for tissue repair are described where an elongate tissue repair device may be introduced into a single incision to access the damaged tissue. A suture delivery assembly may be sized for insertion through a single incision and positioned into proximity with a damaged or ruptured tissue region. A first portion of the damaged tissue region may be positioned within or along a channel defined along the suture delivery assembly and one or more lengths of suture may be secured to the first portion via the device. A second portion of the damaged tissue region may be similarly positioned within or along the channel and one or more additional lengths of suture may be secured to the second portion via the device. The first and second portions may then be approximated and secured to one another via the sutures to facilitate healing of the damaged tissue region.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.Inventors: James Rohl, Shannon M. Rush, Sheriese Rush, Michel Yoon, James McCrea, Shuo-Hsiu Chang
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Publication number: 20190003757Abstract: A portable refrigeration system for use in transport of medicines or other valuable, temperature sensitive materials is disclosed. The system can use GPS positioning technology to provide absolute global location along with internet connection through a cellular modem on board which allows for communication to the cloud of temperature and transit data during device use. The refrigerator can be powered by a rechargeable battery back that may be recharged through connection to AC mains supply or connection to the photovoltaic panel included with the device. The insulated container can be held at a constant temperature through the use of vacuum insulated panel construction. The device can be cooled through the use of thermoelectric cooling modules coupled to the insulated chamber and paired with a heat exchanger with heat pipes and a system fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: 3rd Stone Design Inc.Inventors: Robert H.J. MIROS, Keith B. PAYEA, James A. McCREA
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Publication number: 20180263605Abstract: A biopsy device comprises a body, a needle, a cutter, and a tissue sample holder. The tissue sample holder comprises an outer cup and a cap. A tray retains severed tissue samples from a biopsy procedure. In some versions, the tray is selectively detachable from the cap in a one-handed operation by the user. The tray may be ejected into a sample container, such as a formalin cup. The cap may include a threaded portion that is configured to engage a complementary threaded portion of a sample container to seal the sample container once the tissue samples have been transferred to the sample container from the tissue sample holder of the biopsy device. One or more ports may be provided in the cap to manage excess fluid within the outer cup of the tissue sample holder, and/or to provide integrated access for a marker delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: John A. Hibner, John S. Ehlert, James A. McCrea
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Patent number: 9999406Abstract: A biopsy device comprises a body, a needle, a cutter, and a tissue sample holder. The tissue sample holder comprises an outer cup and a cap. A tray retains severed tissue samples from a biopsy procedure. In some versions, the tray is selectively detachable from the cap in a one-handed operation by the user. The tray may be ejected into a sample container, such as a formalin cup. The cap may include a threaded portion that is configured to engage a complementary threaded portion of a sample container to seal the sample container once the tissue samples have been transferred to the sample container from the tissue sample holder of the biopsy device. One or more ports may be provided in the cap to manage excess fluid within the outer cup of the tissue sample holder, and/or to provide integrated access for a marker delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Devicor Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: John A. Hibner, John S. Ehlert, James A. McCrea
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Publication number: 20180132883Abstract: A surgical instrument has a first modular assembly and a second modular assembly. The first modular assembly has a body, an ultrasonic waveguide, an ultrasonic blade connected to a distal end of the ultrasonic waveguide, and a coupling member that movably couples with the body. The second modular assembly has a clamp arm assembly with a first pivot coupling, a clamp pad assembly with a second pivot coupling, and a distal outer sheath that selectively couples to the body of the first modular assembly via the coupling member. The distal outer sheath has an interior surface that houses a portion of the ultrasonic waveguide, and this interior surface also houses the first pivot coupling and the second pivot coupling.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Ryan M. Asher, Chad P. Boudreaux, Joseph Dennis, Wei Guo, Bryce L. Heitman, James A. McCrea, Patrick J. Minnelli, Yachuan Yu, Monica L. Zeckel, Junhua Zhu
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Publication number: 20170224348Abstract: A hand tool has a pivot connection pivotally attaching a first arm to a second arm, with the pivot connection fixed relative to the first arm and movable to first and second positions relative to the second arm. A spring urges the pivot connection into the first position. When jaws on the front ends of the arms clamp tissue with force greater than a pre-set threshold, the spring force is overcome and the jaws may move linearly apart, allowing for more uniform clamping of the tissue. The first arm may have an arm spring extending between a front segment pivotally attached to a rear segment of the first arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: David WONG, Anthony LE, Gagandeep SINGH, H. Lawaon FISHER, James MCCREA