Patents by Inventor Joe D'Angelo

Joe D'Angelo 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: 12275022
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pathogen cleaning and simulation of pathogen spreading. More particularly, some implementations of the described invention relate to systems and methods for spraying materials in a manner that mimics the spreading of pathogens from coughing or sneezing. Some implementations further relate to using a non-aerosol sprayer that produces both a mist and droplets of a mixture containing water, a fluorescent marker, a surfactant, and an antifoaming agent. In some cases, the pump sprayer defines an internal compartment that includes the mixture. In some cases, the sprayer further includes a pump mechanism that is configured to be pumped to compress a gas within the compartment and a release valve that is configured to release pressure within the compartment through a spray nozzle of the sprayer such that droplets and mist of the mixture are sprayed from the nozzle. Other implementations are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: DMA International, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe D. Kingsley
  • Publication number: 20250085017
    Abstract: A damper system including a conduit body, a wall assembly, and a first blade. The conduit body includes an opening. The wall assembly includes a first wall and a second wall disposed in the conduit body extending across the opening. The first blade is disposed within the conduit body between the first wall and the second wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew L. CRAIG, Joe D. KUNKEL, Jerry R. FASHING, Richard N. TAULMAN
  • Patent number: 12243634
    Abstract: A method of performing a surgical procedure includes storing a software application on a memory associated with a computer, which when executed by a processor causes the software application to develop a model of a patient's anatomical structure, process images of the patient's anatomy, display the images of the patient's anatomy on a user interface associated with the computer, superimpose critical structures within the patient over the displayed images of the patient's anatomy, determine a location within the patient's body cavity where the images of the patient's anatomy were taken, and display the model of the patient's anatomical structure on the user interface, the displayed model indicating the determined location where the images of the patient's anatomy were taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Francesca Rossetto, Irena Cantrall
  • Publication number: 20250049494
    Abstract: An end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The electrosurgical instrument includes a handle having a shaft that extends therefrom, an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft, at least one electrode operably coupled to the end effector and adapted to couple to a source of electrosurgical energy, a titanium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode, a chromium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode and/or titanium nitride coating, and a hexamethyldisiloxane plasma coating covering at least a portion of the chromium nitride coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. SARTOR, William E. ROBINSON, Todd W. BOUCHER
  • Publication number: 20250032172
    Abstract: An end effector assembly of a surgical device for shallow depth ablation includes first and second jaw members movable between open and closed positions and including hemicylindrical surfaces that cooperate to define a cylindrical cavity in the closed position for capturing tissue therebetween. At least one electrode array includes a plurality of first and second electrode portions disposed on or within at least one of the hemicylindrical surfaces and extending annularly at least partially thereabout. The plurality of first and second electrode portions are configured to be energized with electrosurgical energy at different potentials to thereby conduct electrosurgical energy between adjacent first and second electrode portions and through captured tissue to affect shallow depth ablation of captured tissue in the closed position of the first and second jaw members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Nikolai D. Begg
  • Patent number: 12180933
    Abstract: A linear network of wind turbine blade arrays has a plurality of wind turbine blade arrays. Each of the wind turbine blade arrays has a frame with a top structure and a bottom structure. The top structure is spaced from the bottom structure with first and second opposite vertical side structures. The top structure includes a top enclosure and the bottom structure includes a bottom enclosure. A plurality of shafts are spaced apart from one another along and extending between the top structure and the bottom structure. Each shaft is configured to rotate about a respective shaft axis within the frame. A blade formation for each shaft is arranged and configured to interact with moving air to cause rotation movement of the respective shaft. At least one generator is operatively connected to at least one shaft. The generator is mounted in one of the top enclosure and bottom enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Airiva Renewables, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe D Doucet
  • Patent number: 12167893
    Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate the pre-operative prediction of post-operative tissue function to assist a clinician in planning for and carrying out a surgical procedure. In particular, systems and methods that facilitate the pre-operative prediction of post-resection lung tissue function, thus assisting a clinician in determining the location(s) and volume(s) of lung tissue to be resected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Francesca Rossetto, Joe D. Sartor
  • Patent number: 12161385
    Abstract: An end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The electrosurgical instrument includes a handle having a shaft that extends therefrom, an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft, at least one electrode operably coupled to the end effector and adapted to couple to a source of electrosurgical energy, a titanium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode, a chromium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode and/or titanium nitride coating, and a hexamethyldisiloxane plasma coating covering at least a portion of the chromium nitride coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, William E. Robinson, Todd W. Boucher
  • Publication number: 20240382256
    Abstract: A method of preparing a laser delivery fiber for a therapeutic, treatment, or surgical procedure includes steps of providing an optical fiber having a pre-formed tip; placing a temporary protective sleeve over the pre-formed tip; inserting the optical fiber with the protective sleeve through a handpiece; and, before beginning the therapeutic, treatment, or surgical procedure, removing the protective sleeve from the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: JOE D. BROWN, DANIEL MALPHURS
  • Publication number: 20240350196
    Abstract: A method for preventing undesired tissue coagulation or sloughing during a laser ablation or vaporization procedure involves setting a predetermined usage limit based on objective criteria indicative of wear and/or debris accumulation on a catheter or sleeve through which a surgical laser is fired, and replacing or re-positioning the catheter or sleeve when the predetermined usage limit is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: OPTICAL INTEGRITY, INC.
    Inventor: JOE D. BROWN
  • Patent number: 12121286
    Abstract: An end effector assembly of a surgical device for shallow depth ablation includes first and second jaw members movable between open and closed positions and including hemicylindrical surfaces that cooperate to define a cylindrical cavity in the closed position for capturing tissue therebetween. At least one electrode array includes a plurality of first and second electrode portions disposed on or within at least one of the hemicylindrical surfaces and extending annularly at least partially thereabout. The plurality of first and second electrode portions are configured to be energized with electrosurgical energy at different potentials to thereby conduct electrosurgical energy between adjacent first and second electrode portions and through captured tissue to affect shallow depth ablation of captured tissue in the closed position of the first and second jaw members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Nikolai D. Begg
  • Publication number: 20240335411
    Abstract: A composition is provided comprising an effective amount of a combination of gamma linolenic acid (GLA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The composition comprises about 5% w/w to about 25% w/w GLA, and about 5% w/w to about 25% w/w of a mixture of DHA and EPA. Methods of modulating fatty acid profiles or treating an inflammatory condition in a horse include administering an effective amount of the composition to the horse. The inflammatory conditions capable of being treated include gastric ulcers, airway inflammation, joint inflammation, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Joe D. Pagan, Ashlee Hauss
  • Patent number: 12102298
    Abstract: A system and method for imaging tissue including an endoscope capable of illuminating tissue with white and near infrared light. The method includes detecting the fluorescence and displaying the detected fluorescence in combination with white light images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: John W. Komp, Joe D. Sartor
  • Publication number: 20240287963
    Abstract: A linear network of wind turbine blade arrays has a plurality of wind turbine blade arrays. Each of the wind turbine blade arrays has a frame with a top structure and a bottom structure. The top structure is spaced from the bottom structure with first and second opposite vertical side structures. The top structure includes a top enclosure and the bottom structure includes a bottom enclosure. A plurality of shafts are spaced apart from one another along and extending between the top structure and the bottom structure. Each shaft is configured to rotate about a respective shaft axis within the frame. A blade formation for each shaft is arranged and configured to interact with moving air to cause rotation movement of the respective shaft. At least one generator is operatively connected to at least one shaft. The generator is mounted in one of the top enclosure and bottom enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Joe D Doucet
  • Patent number: 12048681
    Abstract: A composition is provided comprising an effective amount of a combination of gamma linolenic acid (GLA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The composition comprises about 5% w/w to about 25% w/w GLA, and about 5% w/w to about 25% w/w of a mixture of DHA and EPA. Methods of modulating fatty acid profiles or treating an inflammatory condition in a horse include administering an effective amount of the composition to the horse. The inflammatory conditions capable of being treated include gastric ulcers, airway inflammation, joint inflammation, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: KENTUCKY EQUINE RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Joe D. Pagan, Ashlee Hauss
  • Patent number: 12011158
    Abstract: A surgical stitching device is configured for single hand operation that enables passage of a suture needle through tissue with minimal operational requirement. The surgical needle is selectively securable to first and second jaws that are pivotably coupled to each other. When the first and second jaws are in an open configuration, in which, the first and second jaws are spaced apart, the suture needle is detachably secured to the first and second jaws. When the first and second jaws are in a closed configuration, in which, the first and second jaws are approximated, the suture needle is detachably secured to one of the first and second jaws and is detached from the other one of the first and second jaws. Such single hand operation facilitates procedures such as, e.g., extraterritorial loop suture closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Alexander J. Grocholski, Shayne M. Albertson, Kyle A. Sherman, William J. Bowen, III, Theodore S. Chamberlain, Christopher S. Bautista, Taron J. Lard, Drew M. Wilson
  • Patent number: 12004815
    Abstract: A method of modeling lungs of a patient includes acquiring computed tomography data of a patient's lungs, storing a software application within a memory associated with a computer, the computer having a processor configured to execute the software application, executing the software application to differentiate tissue located within the patient's lung using the acquired CT data, generate a 3-D model of the patient's lungs based on the acquired CT data and the differentiated tissue, apply a material property to each tissue of the differentiated tissue within the generated 3-D model, generate a mesh of the 3-D model of the patient's lungs, calculate a displacement of the patient's lungs in a collapsed state based on the material property applied to the differentiated tissue and the generated mesh of the generated 3-D model, and display a collapsed lung model of the patient's lungs based on the calculated displacement of the patient's lungs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, Arlen K. Ward, Francesca Rossetto, Ramesh Raghupathy, Srikara V. Peelukhana
  • Publication number: 20240164836
    Abstract: An end-firing surgical laser fiber suitable for Thulium Laser Fiber lithotripsy applications includes a standoff that extends beyond the distal end surface of the fiber to prevent contact between the end face of the fiber and a targeted stone. The standoff may either (1) extend along only one side of or partially around a circumference of the fiber, so that dust from the pulverized stone can freely flow downstream from the treatment site without being trapped by or accumulating on the standoff, or (2) include at least one flushing port that prevents dust accumulation by permitting passage of dust from within the standoff. Flushing of dust from within the standoff may be facilitated by including a source of fluid to entrain the dust and carry it through the flushing port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: JOE D. BROWN, HOWARD S. KLYMAS, DANIEL MALPHURS
  • Patent number: 11969204
    Abstract: An end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The electrosurgical instrument includes a handle having a shaft that extends therefrom, an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft, at least one electrode operably coupled to the end effector and adapted to couple to a source of electrosurgical energy, a chromium nitride coating covering at least a portion of the electrode, and a hexamethyldisiloxane plasma coating covering at least a portion of the chromium nitride coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Joe D. Sartor, William E. Robinson, Todd W. Boucher
  • Patent number: D1056842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Airiva Renewables, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe D. Doucet