Patents by Inventor Jay Tapper
Jay Tapper 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: 20240061163Abstract: A light therapy wearable includes a fabric panel, at least two side-emitting optical fibers, a red light source and an infrared (IR) light source. The at least two side-emitting optical fibers are affixed to or held against the fabric panel. Each of the side-emitting optical fibers includes a core being made from a synthetic polymeric material. The red light source is configured to emit light having a wavelength of about 660 nm and is optically connected with a red light side-emitting optical fiber of the at least two side-emitting optical fibers. The IR light source is configured to emit light having a wavelength of about 830 nm and less than 850 nm. The IR light source is optically connected with an IR light side-emitting optical fiber of the at least two side-emitting optical fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Jay Tapper, Daniel Bish, Daniel Shuter, Kristien Del Ferraro
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Patent number: 11904178Abstract: A light therapy wearable includes a fabric panel and a side-emitting light tube affixed to or held against the fabric panel. The side-emitting optical light tube includes a side-emitting optical fiber and a jacket surrounding the side-emitting optical fiber. The side-emitting optical fiber includes a core and cladding surrounding the core. The core is made from a synthetic polymeric material. The jacket is made from a transparent or translucent material and has a durometer of at least 65 A and an outer diameter at least seven times a core diameter of the side-emitting optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BIOTHREAD LLCInventors: Jay Tapper, Daniel Bish, Daniel Shuter, Kristien Del Ferraro
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Patent number: 11883018Abstract: A suturing kit includes a suture and a suture holder for holding the suture. The suture has a first end and a second, opposite, end. The suture holder includes an elongated wall defining a suture receiving passage that is elongated along a longitudinal axis and terminates at a suture exit opening. The suture receiving passage has a width at least twice the diameter of the suture and receives the suture such that the suture is folded over forming a half loop section spaced from the suture exit opening. A first second of the suture extends from the half loop section toward the first end and a second section of the suture extends from the half loop section towards the second end. The first section and the second section of the suture within the suture receiving passage are aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: DURASTAT LLCInventors: David Greg Anderson, Mark F. Kurd, Jay Tapper, Jens Johnson
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Publication number: 20240024696Abstract: A light therapy wearable includes a fabric panel, a light-transmissive pad and a side-emitting optical fiber. The fabric panel includes an inner surface that when the wearable is worn is configured to face a wearer's skin. The light-transmissive pad connects with the fabric panel and at least partially covering the inner surface. The light-transmissive pad can be made from a light-transmissive material having a durometer of at least 50 A. At least a portion of the side-emitting optical fiber can sandwiched between the inner surface of the fabric panel and the light-transmissive pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Jay Tapper, Daniel Bish, Daniel Shuter, Kristien Del Ferraro
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Publication number: 20230285495Abstract: Methods, anhydrous compositions, and applicators, for delivery of nutritional supplements while concurrently providing aromatherapy. It finds particular application in conjunction with the oral/lip delivery and absorption and/or ingestion of natural botanical nutritional supplements into a human body, while concurrently providing natural botanical aromatherapy to a user as the natural botanical nutritional supplements are self-administrated by the user to the user's lips and will be described with particular reference thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Boostceuticals, LLCInventors: Jay Tapper, Kristien Del Ferraro, Celeste Lutrario, John Buchanan Replogle
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Publication number: 20230271029Abstract: A light therapy wearable includes a fabric panel and a side-emitting light tube affixed to or held against the fabric panel. The side-emitting optical light tube includes a side-emitting optical fiber and a jacket surrounding the side-emitting optical fiber. The side-emitting optical fiber includes a core and cladding surrounding the core. The core is made from a synthetic polymeric material. The jacket is made from a transparent or translucent material and has a durometer of at least 50 A and an outer diameter at least seven times a core diameter of the side-emitting optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Jay Tapper, Daniel Bish, Daniel Shuter, Kristien Del Ferraro
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Publication number: 20230271027Abstract: A light therapy wearable includes a fabric panel and a side-emitting light tube affixed to or held against the fabric panel. The side-emitting optical light tube includes a side-emitting optical fiber and a jacket surrounding the side-emitting optical fiber. The side-emitting optical fiber includes a core and cladding surrounding the core. The core is made from a synthetic polymeric material. The jacket is made from a transparent or translucent material and has a durometer of at least 65 A and an outer diameter at least seven times a core diameter of the side-emitting optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Jay Tapper, Daniel Bish, Daniel Shuter, Kristien Del Ferraro
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Publication number: 20230256258Abstract: An insole for an article of footwear includes an insole support member and a side-emitting optical fiber fixed with respect to the insole support member. The insole support member is made from a cushioning material and includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The side-emitting optical fiber is configured to project radiation having a therapeutic wavelength along the length of and outwardly through a side of the side-emitting optical fiber and toward a wearer’s foot when the insole is positioned in the article of footwear and the article of footwear is worn. At least a majority of an uppermost surface of the side-emitting optical fiber is disposed beneath a foot-contacting surface that is in contact with the wearer’s foot when the insole is positioned in the article of footwear and the article of footwear is worn.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Jay Tapper, Daniel Bish, Daniel Shuter, Kristien Del Ferraro
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Publication number: 20230255307Abstract: An insole for an article of footwear includes an insole support and a side-emitting optical light tube on the insole support member. The insole support member includes a top surface and a bottom surface where the top surface faces towards a wearer’s foot when the insole is positioned in the article of footwear and the article of footwear is worn. The side-emitting optical light tube is configured to project radiation having a therapeutic wavelength through the side-emitting optical tube and toward the wearer’s foot. The side-emitting optical light tube includes a side-emitting optical fiber and a jacket made from a light-transmissive material at least partially surrounding the side-emitting optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Jay Tapper, Daniel Bish, Daniel Shuter, Kristien Del Ferraro
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Patent number: 11712577Abstract: A wearable for providing light therapy to a wearer includes at least one fabric panel having an inner surface that when the wearable is worn is configured to face a wearer's skin and at least one side-emitting optical fiber affixed to the inner surface. The side-emitting optical fiber is optically connectable with an optical fiber light source and configured to project light having a therapeutic wavelength toward a wearer of the wearable. When affixed to the fabric panel, the side-emitting optical fiber can have a length in meters based on the optical power launched into the side-emitting optical fiber and the average attenuation of the side-emitting optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: BIOTHREAD LLCInventors: Daniel Bish, Lawrence A. Blaustein, Jaleh Factor, Boris Kontorovich, Daniel Shuter, Jay Tapper
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Patent number: 11655570Abstract: An illuminated garment includes a base layer having knitted looped threads that hold in position a plurality of optical fibers. The optical fibers are laid into the base layer during the same knitting cycle as the base layer and are configured to emit light through the respective sides of the optical fibers and along the length of each optical fiber in response to receiving light from a light source through at least one end of the respective optical fibers.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: BIOTHREAD LLCInventors: Lawrence A. Blaustein, Jay Tapper, Jaleh Factor, Boris Kontorovich, Jens Johnson, Daniel Shuter
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Patent number: 11559102Abstract: An article of footwear is configured to be worn so as to at least partially cover a wearer's foot. The footwear includes at least one optical fiber on an internal surface of the footwear. The at least one optical fiber is configured to project radiation having a therapeutic wavelength through the at least one optical fiber and toward at least one of the wearer's foot, ankle or leg when the footwear is being worn so as to at least partially cover the wearer's foot.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: BIOTHREAD LLCInventors: Jay Tapper, Jens Johnson, Lawrence A. Blaustein, Jaleh Factor, Charles Peter Althoff, Lulin Ding, Boris Kontorovich, Kevin T. Foley
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Publication number: 20220323779Abstract: A wearable for providing light therapy to a wearer includes at least one fabric panel having an inner surface that when the wearable is worn is configured to face a wearer's skin and at least one side-emitting optical fiber affixed to the inner surface. The side-emitting optical fiber is optically connectable with an optical fiber light source and configured to project light having a therapeutic wavelength toward a wearer of the wearable. When affixed to the fabric panel, the side-emitting optical fiber can have a length in meters based on the optical power launched into the side-emitting optical fiber and the average attenuation of the side-emitting optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Daniel Bish, Lawrence A. Blaustein, Jaleh Factor, Boris Kontorovich, Daniel Shuter, Jay Tapper
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Patent number: 11406842Abstract: A garment includes a fabric base layer and at least one side-emitting optical fiber retained to or integrated with the fabric base layer. The fabric base layer can stretch in the grain and cross grain direction of the fabric base layer. The at least one side-emitting optical fiber is located in at least one light-emitting zone to be located over a targeted body area of the person wearing the garment, and is configured to receive light from a light source and in the at least one light-emitting zone is configured to project light having a therapeutic wavelength toward the targeted body area.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: BIOTHREAD LLCInventors: Jay Tapper, Jens Johnson, Lawrence A. Blaustein, Jaleh Factor
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Patent number: 11338152Abstract: A radiant energy bandage assembly is disclosed. According to an exemplary embodiment, the radiant energy bandage assembly comprises an encased flexible PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly) including a plurality of radiant lamps and a plurality of apertures aligned with the plurality of radiant lamps. A control pod docking interface operatively connected to the flexible PCBA provides an interface to operatively connect a user control pod to control a dosage of radiant energy to a user treatment area.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.Inventors: Jay Tapper, Lulin Ding, Charles Peter Althoff, Kayla Marie Nickley, Jens Peter Johnson
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Publication number: 20220142293Abstract: An article of footwear is configured to be worn so as to at least partially cover a wearer's foot. The footwear includes at least one optical fiber on an internal surface of the footwear. The at least one optical fiber is configured to project radiation having a therapeutic wavelength through the at least one optical fiber and toward at least one of the wearer's foot, ankle or leg when the footwear is being worn so as to at least partially cover the wearer's foot.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Jay Tapper, Daniel Bish, Lawrence A. Blaustein, Daniel Shuter, Kristien Del Ferraro
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Publication number: 20220134127Abstract: A wearable for providing light therapy to a wearer includes a fabric panel, an optical fiber light source, a side-emitting optical fiber, and a light pipe. The side-emitting optical fiber is affixed to the fabric panel. The light pipe includes a proximal end, with respect to the optical fiber light source, optically coupled to the optical fiber light source and a distal end optically coupled to a light-receiving end of the side-emitting optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Daniel Bish, Lawrence A. Blaustein, Daniel Shuter, Jay Tapper
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Patent number: 11154722Abstract: A wearable for providing light therapy to a wearer includes at least one fabric panel having an inner surface that when the wearable is worn is configured to face a wearer's skin and an outer surface opposite the inner surface and at least one side-emitting optical fiber affixed to at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface. The side-emitting optical fiber is optically connectable with an optical fiber light source and configured to project light having a therapeutic wavelength toward a wearer of the wearable. When affixed to the fabric panel, the side-emitting optical fiber can have a length in meters no less than the quotient of 0.46 and the average attenuation of the at least one side-emitting optical fiber.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: BIOTHREAD LLCInventors: Daniel Bish, Lawrence A. Blaustein, Jaleh Factor, Boris Kontorovich, Daniel Shuter, Jay Tapper
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Patent number: 11130000Abstract: A wearable for providing light therapy to a wearer includes at least one fabric panel having an inner surface that when the wearable is worn is configured to face a wearer's skin and an outer surface opposite the inner surface and at least one side-emitting optical fiber affixed to at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface. The side-emitting optical fiber is optically connectable with an optical fiber light source and configured to project light having a therapeutic wavelength toward a wearer of the wearable.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: BIOTHREAD LLCInventors: Daniel Bish, Lawrence A. Blaustein, Jaleh Factor, Boris Kontorovich, Daniel Shuter, Jay Tapper
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Patent number: 11103722Abstract: A wearable for providing light therapy to a wearer includes at least one fabric panel having an inner surface that when the wearable is worn is configured to face a wearer's skin and an outer surface opposite the inner surface and at least one side-emitting optical fiber affixed to at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface. The side-emitting optical fiber is optically connectable with an optical fiber light source and configured to project light having a therapeutic wavelength toward a wearer of the wearable. With the fabric panel laid flat, the side-emitting optical fiber includes at least one looped section that bends around more than 180 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: BIOTHREAD LLCInventors: Daniel Bish, Lawrence A. Blaustein, Jaleh Factor, Boris Kontorovich, Daniel Shuter, Jay Tapper, Jeff Michaelson