Patents by Inventor Jay Smith

Jay Smith 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: 12251122
    Abstract: A method of cutting soft tissue in a hand to treat trigger finger involves advancing an introducer shaft into the hand to position a distal end of the introducer shaft beyond a pulley in a finger of the hand, advancing a blade along a guiding channel on an upper surface of the introducer shaft, to position a distal end of the blade at or near the distal end of the introducer shaft, and rotating a cutting surface of the blade to an orientation at or near perpendicular relative to the upper surface of the introducer shaft. The method further involves retracting the blade along the introducer shaft to cut the pulley and removing the introducer shaft and the blade from the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Sonex Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith, Aaron Keenan, Kevin Arnal
  • Patent number: 12137929
    Abstract: The invention provides a tissue cutting device comprising a handle, a first blade. and a second blade. The second blade is coupled to the handle. The second blade is rotatable relative to the first blade such that the second blade is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position. The second blade is in a same plane as the first blade when the second blade is in the first position. The second blade is rotated into a different plane from the first blade when the second blade is rotated from the first position toward the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Patent number: 12064136
    Abstract: A soft tissue cutting device and methods of cutting soft tissue are disclosed. The soft tissue cutting device includes a blade having a blade working end. One or more balloons are disposed in proximity of the blade working end, and an inflation assembly configured inflate the one or more balloons is included. The inflation assembly includes a fill port in fluid communication with a bellows, and the one or more balloons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: Sonex Health, Inc., Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Aaron Keenan, Jay Smith, Kevin Arnal, Sara Schlick
  • Patent number: 12053197
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a soft tissue device, such as a transverse carpal ligament cutting device having one or more balloons that are deflated when the device is in an inactive position and are inflated when the device is in an active position. Other embodiments provide a soft tissue cutting method, such as a method of cutting a transverse carpal ligament that uses a soft tissue cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Patent number: 12004884
    Abstract: Methods of using a soft tissue cutting device are disclosed. The methods include providing the soft tissue cutting device, positioning the soft tissue cutting device in a priming slot of a tray configured for receiving and holding the soft tissue cutting device, attaching a priming syringe to the soft tissue cutting device, priming a balloon disposed on a distal end of the soft tissue cutting device by equalizing a first pressure inside the balloon to a second pressure inside the priming syringe, removing the soft tissue cutting device from the priming slot, and positioning the distal end of the soft tissue cutting device on a safety slot included in the tray to determine whether the tissue cutting device has been properly primed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: Sonex Health, Inc., Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Aaron Keenan, Jay Smith, Kevin Arnal, Sara Schlick
  • Patent number: 11937845
    Abstract: The invention provides a tissue cutting device comprising a handle, a first blade, and a second blade. The second blade is coupled to the handle. The second blade is rotatable relative to the first blade such that the second blade is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position. The second blade is in a same plane as the first blade when the second blade is in the first position. The second blade is rotated into a different plane from the first blade when the second blade is rotated from the first position toward the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Patent number: 11890119
    Abstract: Methods of using a soft tissue cutting device are disclosed. The methods include providing the soft tissue cutting device, positioning the soft tissue cutting device in a priming slot of a tray configured for receiving and holding the soft tissue cutting device, attaching a priming syringe to the soft tissue cutting device, priming a balloon disposed on a distal end of the soft tissue cutting device by equalizing a first pressure inside the balloon to a second pressure inside the priming syringe, removing the soft tissue cutting device from the priming slot, and positioning the distal end of the soft tissue cutting device on a safety slot included in the tray to determine whether the tissue cutting device has been properly primed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sonex Health, Inc. and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Aaron Keenan, Jay Smith, Kevin Arnal, Sara Schlick
  • Patent number: 11877766
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a soft tissue device, such as a transverse carpal ligament cutting device having one or more balloons that are deflated when the device is in an inactive position and are inflated when the device is in an active position. Other embodiments provide a soft tissue cutting method, such as a method of cutting a transverse carpal ligament that uses a soft tissue cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Patent number: 11742158
    Abstract: An AC disconnect switch with integral surge protection. The intrinsic pullout head of the AC disconnect switch embodies a surge protection device, thereby eliminating the need for an extrinsic surge protection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Jay Smith
  • Patent number: 11666356
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a soft tissue device, such as a transverse carpal ligament cutting device having one or more balloons that are deflated when the device is in an inactive position and are inflated when the device is in an active position. Other embodiments provide a soft tissue cutting method, such as a method of cutting a transverse carpal ligament that uses a soft tissue cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Publication number: 20220233232
    Abstract: The invention provides a tissue cutting device comprising a handle, a first blade, and a second blade. The second blade is coupled to the handle. The second blade is rotatable relative to the first blade such that the second blade is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position. The second blade is in a same plane as the first blade when the second blade is in the first position. The second blade is rotated into a different plane from the first blade when the second blade is rotated from the first position toward the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Publication number: 20220211406
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a soft tissue device, such as a transverse carpal ligament cutting device having one or more balloons that are deflated when the device is in an inactive position and are inflated when the device is in an active position. Other embodiments provide a soft tissue cutting method, such as a method of cutting a transverse carpal ligament that uses a soft tissue cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Publication number: 20220165514
    Abstract: An AC disconnect switch with integral surge protection. The intrinsic pullout head of the AC disconnect switch embodies a surge protection device, thereby eliminating the need for an extrinsic surge protection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Jay Smith
  • Publication number: 20220117619
    Abstract: The invention provides a tissue cutting device comprising a handle, a first blade, and a second blade. The second blade is coupled to the handle. The second blade is rotatable relative to the first blade such that the second blade is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position. The second blade is in a same plane as the first blade when the second blade is in the first position. The second blade is rotated into a different plane from the first blade when the second blade is rotated from the first position toward the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Publication number: 20220110371
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to atomizers for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The atomizer may include a liquid transport element and a wire extending along at least a portion of a longitudinal length thereof. The wire may define contact portions configured to engage heater terminals and a heating portion configured to produce heat. The heating portion may include a variable coil spacing. In other atomizers, the wire may extend at least partially through the liquid transport element proximate the contact portions. Related inputs, cartridges, aerosol production assemblies, and methods of forming atomizers are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: John DePiano, David Jay Smith, Patsy Coppola, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Steven Lee Alderman, James William McClellan, John William Wolber, Frank S. Silveira, Michael Laine, Paul A. Brinkley, Grady Lance Dooly
  • Patent number: 11259829
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a soft tissue device, such as a transverse carpal ligament cutting device having one or more balloons that are deflated when the device is in an inactive position and are inflated when the device is in an active position. Other embodiments provide a soft tissue cutting method, such as a method of cutting a transverse carpal ligament that uses a soft tissue cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Publication number: 20210338949
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Timothy Brian Nestor, Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Wayne Douglas Brown, Nicholas Harrison Watson, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Paul Andrew Brinkley, James Robert Covino, John DePiano, Edward Louis Dickinson, Eugene R. Harris, Kevin Edward Keough, David Jay Smith, John Hook, Michael LaCourse, Robert Metcalf, Steven Hart, David Pelletier, Marc Bourque, Nathaniel Cambray, John William Wolber, James William McClellan, Steven R. Mongillo, Frank S. Silveira, Michael Laine, Quentin Paul Guenther, JR.
  • Patent number: 11083857
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Timothy Brian Nestor, Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr., Wayne Douglas Brown, Nicholas Harrison Watson, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Paul Andrew Brinkley, James Robert Covino, John DePiano, Edward Louis Dickinson, Eugene R. Harris, Kevin Edward Keough, David Jay Smith, John Hook, Michael LaCourse, Robert Metcalf, Steven Hart, David Pelletier, Marc Bourque, Nathaniel Cambray, John William Wolber, James William McClellan, Steven R. Mongillo, Frank S. Silveira, Michael Laine, Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11072584
    Abstract: The present invention provides organic compounds which are capable of releasing carbon monoxide under physiological conditions or pH trigger, and to the use of such compounds for conditioning a cell, tissue or organ, for example, to protect against ischaemic injury during a transplant event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Otago Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Ivan Andrew Sammut, Joanne Clare Harrison, Russell James Hewitt, Morgayn Iona Read, Nathan John Stanley, Laura Molly Woods, Jui Thiang Brian Kueh, Morgan Jay-Smith, Robin Andrew James Smith, Gregory Giles, Lesley Larsen, David Rennison, Margaret Anne Brimble, David Samuel Larsen
  • Patent number: D989961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Sonex Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith, Kevin Arnal, Aaron Keenan, Jeffrey King