Patents by Inventor John Claude
John Claude 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: 20240271609Abstract: A magnetically driven pressure generator including a housing, flexible member, first magnetic force generator, and second magnetic force generator. The magnetically driven pressure generator oscillates the flexible member to increase or decrease the volume of a chamber, inversely increasing or decreasing the pressure of the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Inventors: David George, Kevin E. Willey, John Claude
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Publication number: 20240261777Abstract: A stretch blow molding method may include fabricating a preform (e.g., by molding, optionally while a core pin rotates within a mold cavity), heating the preform to a softening temperature, stretching and thereby elongating at least a portion of the heated preform, blowing the elongated preform with pressurized fluid within a mold cavity, and cooling the resulting pipette. A system for fabricating a stretch blow molded pipette includes a first mold defining a mold cavity for producing a preform. A stretch rod drive unit is configured to move a stretch rod within an interior of the preform to form an elongated preform, and a second mold defines blow molding cavity and a molding surface to contain expansion of the elongated perform when subjected to blowing by supplying pressurized fluid to an interior thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: John Claude Cadotte, JR., Michael Kurt Schaefer, James Mark Seymour
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Publication number: 20240240400Abstract: Methods of preparing partially dried or essentially completely dried compositions comprising microfibrillated cellulose and an inorganic particulate material may include microfibrillating a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose in an aqueous environment by grinding in the presence of an inorganic particulate material to form an aqueous composition comprising microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material, wherein the fibrous substrate comprising cellulose has a Canadian Standard freeness equal to or less than 450 cm, wherein the fibrous substrate to the inorganic particulate material are in a ratio of about 99.5:0.5 to about 0.5:99.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: John Claude Husband, Per Svending, David Robert Skuse, Tafadzwa Motsi, Mikko Likitalo, Alan Coles
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Patent number: 12011592Abstract: A microcurrent treatment device includes an adaptive trigger circuit configured to dynamically determine a triggering threshold for applying a therapeutic microcurrent via a treatment electrode to a nerve node on a person's face for treatment of a sinus condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Tivic Health Systems Inc.Inventors: John Claude, Christopher A. Wiklof
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Patent number: 11986817Abstract: A stretch blow molding method may include fabricating a preform (e.g., by molding, optionally while a core pin rotates within a mold cavity), heating the preform to a softening temperature, stretching and thereby elongating at least a portion of the heated preform, blowing the elongated preform with pressurized fluid within a mold cavity, and cooling the resulting pipette. A system for fabricating a stretch blow molded pipette includes a first mold defining a mold cavity for producing a preform. A stretch rod drive unit is configured to move a stretch rod within an interior of the preform to form an elongated preform, and a second mold defines blow molding cavity and a molding surface to contain expansion of the elongated perform when subjected to blowing by supplying pressurized fluid to an interior thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: John Claude Cadotte, Jr., Michael Kurt Schaefer, James Mark Seymour
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Patent number: 11970817Abstract: A method for preparing an aqueous suspension may include providing a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose having a Canadian Standard freeness equal to or less than 450 cm3, and microfibrillating the fibrous substrate in an aqueous environment by grinding in the presence of a grinding medium consisting essentially of mullite. The grinding may be carried out in the absence of grindable inorganic particulate material. The grinding medium may be present in an amount of at least about 10% by volume of the aqueous environment. The microfibrillated cellulose may have a fibre steepness of from about 20 to about 50.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: FIBERLEAN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: John Claude Husband, Per Svending, David Robert Skuse, Tafadzwa Motsi, Mikko Likitalo, Alan Coles
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Patent number: 11859606Abstract: A magnetically driven pressure generator including a housing, flexible member, first magnetic force generator, and second magnetic force generator. The magnetically driven pressure generator oscillates the flexible member to increase or decrease the volume of a chamber, inversely increasing or decreasing the pressure of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Nocira, LLCInventors: David George, Kevin E. Willey, John Claude
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Publication number: 20230390757Abstract: Unitary measuring pipettes include a tubular body of biaxially oriented thermoplastic material, together with size reduction, elimination, and/or reorientation of longitudinally spaced, raised circumferential witness features, to mitigate or avoid interference between such witness features and graduated volumetric markings on an outside surface of the tubular body. Methods and apparatus for vacuum forming of unitary measuring pipettes are also provided. Gas permeable apertures or pores having a maximum width of no greater than 150 microns, in ranges of 10-100 microns, 10-50 microns, or subranges thereof, may be defined in face plates or inserts received by mold blanks, or defined in molding surface of cooperating mold bodies, and may be used to produce a tubular pipette body having reduced height witness features. Cooperating mold bodies may each be produced from multiple mold body sections with gas passages defined therein and/or therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: John Claude Cadotte, JR., Michael Kurt Schaefer, James Mark Seymour
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Patent number: 11772092Abstract: Unitary measuring pipettes include a tubular body of biaxially oriented thermoplastic material, together with size reduction, elimination, and/or reorientation of longitudinally spaced, raised circumferential witness features, to mitigate or avoid interference between such witness features and graduated volumetric markings on an outside surface of the tubular body. Methods and apparatus for vacuum forming of unitary measuring pipettes are also provided. Gas permeable apertures or pores having a maximum width of no greater than 150 microns, in ranges of 10-100 microns, 10-50 microns, or subranges thereof, may be defined in face plates or inserts received by mold blanks, or defined in molding surface of cooperating mold bodies, and may be used to produce a tubular pipette body having reduced height witness features. Cooperating mold bodies may each be produced from multiple mold body sections with gas passages defined therein and/or therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: John Claude Cadotte, Jr., Michael Kurt Schaefer, James Mark Seymour
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Patent number: 11732411Abstract: Methods of preparing partially dried or essentially completely dried compositions comprising microfibrillated cellulose and an inorganic particulate material may include microfibrillating a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose in an aqueous environment by grinding in the presence of an inorganic particulate material to form an aqueous composition comprising microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material, wherein the fibrous substrate comprising cellulose has a Canadian Standard freeness equal to or less than 450 cm, wherein the fibrous substrate to the inorganic particulate material are in a ratio of about 99.5:0.5 to about 0.5:99.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: John Claude Husband, Per Svending, David Robert Skuse, Tafadzwa Motsi
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Publication number: 20230243104Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for coating paper productsType: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: John Claude HUSBAND, Per SVENDING, David Robert SKUSE
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Patent number: 11655594Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions, such as filled and coated papers, comprising microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: John Claude Husband, Per Svending, David Robert Skuse
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Patent number: 11642523Abstract: A sinus treatment device and methods of operating the sinus treatment device that include an enhanced conductive tip and at least one return electrode are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Tivic Health Systems Inc.Inventors: John Claude, Christopher A. Wiklof
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Patent number: 11583847Abstract: Measuring pipettes including integral or encapsulated filters, as well as methods and apparatuses for forming the same, are provided. A filter material (e.g., a discrete element in solid form) or a filter material precursor (e.g., a foamable thermoplastic composition and a blowing agent) to be introduced into a hollow interior of a softened thermoplastic material present within a mold during pipette fabrication. A pipette includes a filter element comprising foamed polymeric material within a mouthpiece region, wherein an outer portion of the filter element is bound to or encapsulated in an inner wall of the mouthpiece region. A filter material precursor may be supplied coaxially with a tubular flow of thermoplastic material into the mold, may be supplied laterally through a mold wall, or may be injected into a molten thermoplastic pipette forming material upstream of an extruder outlet.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: John Claude Cadotte, Jr., Venu Krishna Pillai, Michael Kurt Schaefer, James Mark Seymour
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Publication number: 20230000796Abstract: Provided is a method of treating patients with cluster headache comprising intranasal administration to a patient in need thereof of an aqueous composition, e.g., pharmaceutical composition, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of ketamine, a method of reducing or eliminating side effects of ketamine when used in the treatment of Cluster headache, and to a composition, e.g., pharmaceutical composition, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of ketamine for use in the treatment of cluster headache, wherein the composition is in a nasal dosage form such as a nasal spray.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Per Holm, Ole Pedersen, John Claude Krusz
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Publication number: 20220364305Abstract: A method for preparing an aqueous suspension may include providing a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose having a Canadian Standard freeness equal to or less than 450 cm3, and microfibrillating the fibrous substrate in an aqueous environment by grinding in the presence of a grinding medium consisting essentially of mullite. The grinding may be carried out in the absence of grindable inorganic particulate material. The grinding medium may be present in an amount of at least about 10% by volume of the aqueous environment. The microfibrillated cellulose may have a fibre steepness of from about 20 to about 50.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: John Claude Husband, Per Svending, David Robert Skuse, Tafadzwa Motsi, Mikko Likitalo, Alan Coles
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Patent number: 11400634Abstract: A method for producing pipettes (110, 111, 112) is provided. The method includes extruding a polymer melt into at least one mold segment of a mold assembly (120) having a plurality of mold segments to form a parison (50) or preform, wherein the plurality of mold segments (122) comprise cavities (42) that are shaped to form pipettes when in communication with the cavity of an adjacent mold segment; forming at least two pipettes in the shape of the mold segment cavities by blow-molding or vacuum forming the parison or preform, each of the at least two pipettes having proximal and distal ends; heating the pipettes to form a locally heated portion of the at least two pipettes; and separating the pipettes by cutting the locally heated portion of the at least two pipettes with separation feature (64, 66, 194, 196).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: John Claude Cadotte, Jr., Michael Kurt Schaefer, James Mark Seymour, Andrew Michael Zeimen
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Publication number: 20220218627Abstract: Provided is a method of treating patients with Cluster Headache (CH) including chronic Cluster Headache (cCH) comprising intranasal administration to a patient in need thereof of an aqueous composition, e.g., pharmaceutical composition, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of ketamine, which may reduce or eliminate side effects of ketamine when used in the treatment of Cluster Headache, and to a composition, e.g., pharmaceutical composition, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of ketamine for use in the treatment of Cluster Headache, wherein the composition is in a nasal dosage form such as a nasal spray.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Per Holm, Ole Pedersen, John Claude Krusz
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Patent number: 11377791Abstract: A method for preparing an aqueous suspension may include providing a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose having a Canadian Standard freeness equal to or less than 450 cm3, and microfibrillating the fibrous substrate in an aqueous environment by grinding in the presence of a grinding medium consisting essentially of mullite. The grinding may be carried out in the absence of grindable inorganic particulate material. The grinding medium may be present in an amount of at least about 10% by volume of the aqueous environment. The microfibrillated cellulose may have a fibre steepness of from about 20 to about 50.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: John Claude Husband, Per Svending, David Robert Skuse, Tafadzwa Motsi, Mikko Likitalo, Alan Coles
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Publication number: 20220018068Abstract: Methods of preparing partially dried or essentially completely dried compositions comprising microfibrillated cellulose and an inorganic particulate material may include microfibrillating a fibrous substrate comprising cellulose in an aqueous environment by grinding in the presence of an inorganic particulate material to form an aqueous composition comprising microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material, wherein the fibrous substrate comprising cellulose has a Canadian Standard freeness equal to or less than 450 cm, wherein the fibrous substrate to the inorganic particulate material are in a ratio of about 99.5:0.5 to about 0.5:99.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: John Claude Husband, Per Svending, David Robert Skuse, Tafadzwa Motsi