Patents by Inventor John Coleman Horton, IV

John Coleman Horton, IV 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).

  • Publication number: 20240082020
    Abstract: A bone cleaning assembly with cleaning elements that remove soft tissue from bone stock. The module also includes a clearing element that is periodically urged against the cleaning elements to remove bone stock trapped by the cleaning elements from the cleaning elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: John Coleman Horton, IV, John Bernero, Steven Brown, Eric Diehl, Shammodip Roy, Robin Babaris, Robert Lynch, Adam Thelen
  • Patent number: 11819426
    Abstract: A bone cleaning assembly (102, 602) with cleaning elements (690, 724, 1230, 1264) that remove soft tissue from bone stock. The module also includes a clearing element (778) that is periodically urged against the cleaning elements to remove bone stock trapped by the cleaning elements from the cleaning elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: John Coleman Horton, IV, John Bernero, Steven Brown, Eric Diehl, Shammodip Roy, Robin Babaris, Robert Lynch, Adam Thelen
  • Patent number: 11709333
    Abstract: A holographic sight comprises a unitary optical component carrier having a plurality of receptacles for receiving optical components. A collimating optic abuts a surface of a first receptacle. A mirror abuts a surface of a second receptacle. A collar is positioned in a third receptacle and a laser diode is positioned within the collar. A first portion of the collar is affixed relative to a first portion of the third receptacle and a second portion of the collar is free to expand and contract relative to the third receptacle. The laser diode is affixed to the collar proximate the second portion and is free to move relative to the third receptacle with expansion and contraction of the second portion. The laser diode, the mirror, and the collimating optic are positioned relative to each other to create an optical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: EOTech, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Heath, Deanna Kay McMillen, Steven Kent Brown, John Coleman Horton, IV
  • Publication number: 20220334340
    Abstract: A holographic sight comprises a unitary optical component carrier having a plurality of receptacles for receiving optical components. A collimating optic abuts a surface of a first receptacle. A mirror abuts a surface of a second receptacle. A collar is positioned in a third receptacle and a laser diode is positioned within the collar. A first portion of the collar is affixed relative to a first portion of the third receptacle and a second portion of the collar is free to expand and contract relative to the third receptacle. The laser diode is affixed to the collar proximate the second portion and is free to move relative to the third receptacle with expansion and contraction of the second portion. The laser diode, the mirror, and the collimating optic are positioned relative to each other to create an optical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Anthony Heath, Deanna Kay McMillen, Steven Kent Brown, John Coleman Horton, IV
  • Patent number: 11391904
    Abstract: A holographic sight comprises a unitary optical component carrier having a plurality of receptacles for receiving optical components. A collimating optic abuts a surface of a first receptacle. A mirror abuts a surface of a second receptacle. A collar is positioned in a third receptacle and a laser diode is positioned within the collar. A first portion of the collar is affixed relative to a first portion of the third receptacle and a second portion of the collar is free to expand and contract relative to the third receptacle. The laser diode is affixed to the collar proximate the second portion and is free to move relative to the third receptacle with expansion and contraction of the second portion. The laser diode, the mirror, and the collimating optic are positioned relative to each other to create an optical path. The collar expands and contracts in response to changes in temperature to compensate for the unitary optical component carrier expanding and contracting in response to changes in temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: EOTech, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Heath, Deanna Kay McMillen, Steven Kent Brown, John Coleman Horton, IV
  • Publication number: 20220175444
    Abstract: An irrigated electrode assembly has a proximal portion with a proximal end and a distal portion with a distal end. The assembly includes a first conduit defining an irrigation channel and a second conduit, both of which extend from the proximal portion to the distal portion of the irrigated electrode assembly. A proximal and a distal emitter is located on the distal portion of the assembly with the distal emitter being positioned distally relative to the proximal emitter. A fluid irrigation port is defined by the proximal or distal emitter and is in fluid communication with the first conduit. An insulative spacer extends between a distal end of the proximal emitter and a proximal end of the distal emitter. An insulative body houses the first and second conduits and extends from the proximal portion of the irrigated electrode assembly to a proximal end of the proximal emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Bowen Sprinkle, Sunil Udaya Simha Moda, Brandon J. Morse, Andrew J. Kohtala, Volker Sandow, John Coleman Horton, IV, Christopher Scott Brockman
  • Publication number: 20210157086
    Abstract: A holographic sight comprises a unitary optical component carrier having a plurality of receptacles for receiving optical components. A collimating optic abuts a surface of a first receptacle. A mirror abuts a surface of a second receptacle. A collar is positioned in a third receptacle and a laser diode is positioned within the collar. A first portion of the collar is affixed relative to a first portion of the third receptacle and a second portion of the collar is free to expand anc contract relative to the third receptacle. The laser diode is affixed to the collar proximate the second portion and is free to move relative to the third receptacle with expansion and contraction of the second portion. The laser diode, the mirror, and the collimating optic are positioned relative to each other to create an optical path. The collar expands and contracts in response to changes in temperature to compensate for the unitary optical component carrier expanding and contracting in response to changes in temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: EOTECH, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Heath, Deanna Kay McMillen, Steven Kent Brown, John Coleman Horton, IV
  • Publication number: 20210022751
    Abstract: A cleaning module for cleaning bone stock used in surgical procedures. The cleaning module includes a shell. The shell defines a void space to receive the bone stock. A cutter is rotating mounted in the void space. A shaving tube, also able to rotate, is coaxially disposed about the cutter. The cutter and shaving tube have complementary edges. A drive assembly rotates the cutter and shaving tube at different speeds, at different times or in different directions relative to the cutter. As a result of the rotation of the cutter and shaving tube soft tissue adhering to the bone stock is cut away from the bone stock by the relative rotating of the cutting edges of the cutter and shaving tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Lynch, Eric K. Diehl, John Coleman Horton, IV, Cyril A. Keilers, John P. Bernero
  • Publication number: 20210015633
    Abstract: A bone cleaning assembly (102, 602) with cleaning elements (690, 724, 1230, 1264) that remove soft tissue from bone stock. The module also includes a clearing element (778) that is periodically urged against the cleaning elements to remove bone stock trapped by the cleaning elements from the cleaning elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: John Coleman Horton, IV, John Bernero, Steven Brown, Eric Diehl, Shammodip Roy, Robin Babaris, Robert Lynch, Adam Thelen
  • Patent number: 10828048
    Abstract: A cleaning module for cleaning bone stock used in surgical procedures. The cleaning module includes a shell. The shell defines a void space to receive the bone stock. A cutter is rotating mounted in the void space. A shaving tube, also able to rotate, is coaxially disposed about the cutter. The cutter and shaving tube have complementary edges. A drive assembly rotates the cutter and shaving tube at different speeds, at different times or in different directions relative to the cutter. As a result of the rotation of the cutter and shaving tube soft tissue adhering to the bone stock is cut away from the bone stock by the relative rotating of the cutting edges of the cutter and shaving tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Lynch, Eric K. Diehl, John Coleman Horton, IV, Cyril A. Keilers, John P. Bernero
  • Patent number: 10821006
    Abstract: A bone cleaning assembly (102, 602) with cleaning elements (690, 724, 1230, 1264) that remove soft tissue bone stock. The module also includes a clearing element (778) that is periodically urged against the cleaning elements to remove bone stock trapped by the cleaning elements from the cleaning elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: John Coleman Horton, IV, John Bernero, Steven Brown, Eric Diehl, Shammodip Roy, Robin Babaris, Robert Lynch, Adam Thelen
  • Publication number: 20190029846
    Abstract: A bone cleaning assembly (102, 602) with cleaning elements (690, 724, 1230, 1264) that remove soft tissue bone stock. The module also includes a clearing element (778) that is periodically urged against the cleaning elements to remove bone stock trapped by the cleaning elements from the cleaning elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: John Coleman Horton, IV, John Bernero, Stephen Brown, Eric Diehl, Shammodip Roy, Robin Babaris, Robert Lynch, Adam Thelen
  • Publication number: 20180303494
    Abstract: A cleaning module for cleaning bone stock used in surgical procedures. The cleaning module includes a shell. The shell defines a void space to receive the bone stock. A cutter is rotating mounted in the void space. A shaving tube, also able to rotate, is coaxially disposed about the cutter. The cutter and shaving tube have complementary edges. A drive assembly rotates the cutter and shaving tube at different speeds, at different times or in different directions relative to the cutter. As a result of the rotation of the cutter and shaving tube soft tissue adhering to the bone stock is cut away from the bone stock by the relative rotating of the cutting edges of the cutter and shaving tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Lynch, Eric K. Diehl, John Coleman Horton, IV, Cyril A. Keilers, John P. Bernero
  • Patent number: 10034673
    Abstract: A cleaning module for cleaning bone stock used in surgical procedures. The cleaning module includes a shell. The shell defines a void space to receive the bone stock. A cutter is rotating mounted in the void space. A shaving tube, also able to rotate, is coaxially disposed about the cutter. The cutter and shaving tube have complementary edges. A drive assembly rotates the cutter and shaving tube at different speeds, at different times or in different directions relative to the cutter. As a result of the rotation of the cutter and shaving tube soft tissue adhering to the bone stock is cut away from the bone stock by the relative rotating of the cutting edges of the cutter and shaving tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Lynch, Eric K. Diehl, John Coleman Horton, IV, Cyril A. Keilers, John P. Bernero
  • Publication number: 20170303937
    Abstract: A cleaning module for cleaning bone stock used in surgical procedures. The cleaning module includes a shell. The shell defines a void space to receive the bone stock. A cutter is rotating mounted in the void space. A shaving tube, also able to rotate, is coaxially disposed about the cutter. The cutter and shaving tube have complementary edges. A drive assembly rotates the cutter and shaving tube at different speeds, at different times or in different directions relative to the cutter. As a result of the rotation of the cutter and shaving tube soft tissue adhering to the bone stock is cut away from the bone stock by the relative rotating of the cutting edges of the cutter and shaving tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Robert E. Lynch, Eric K. Diehl, John Coleman Horton, IV, Cyril A. Keilers, John P. Bernaro
  • Patent number: 9687361
    Abstract: A cleaning module for cleaning bone stock used in surgical procedures. The cleaning module includes a shell. The shell defines a void space to receive the bone stock. A cutter is located within the void space. A shaving tube is coaxially disposed about the cutter to move at different speeds and/or directions relative to the cutter. When actuated, the cutter rotates to clean the bone stock by cutting soft tissue from the bone stock. A tumble plate reorients the bone stock, while an arm moves across the tumble plate from a disengaged position to an engaged position to press the bone stock into the cutter through a window in the shaving tube. A drive assembly actuates the cutter, shaving tube, arm and tumble plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Eric K. Diehl, Robert E. Lynch, John Coleman Horton, IV, Cyril A. Keilers, John P. Bernero
  • Patent number: 9380759
    Abstract: A pet kennel that is structured to receive an animal includes an upper kennel portion and a lower kennel portion that include first and second engagement structures that are slidingly engageable. The upper kennel portion is situated in a first position atop the lower kennel portion offset from one another along a longitudinal axis of the pet kennel. The upper kennel portion is then translated along the longitudinal axis with respect to the lower pet kennel portion toward a second, assembled position to cause the first engagement elements and the second engagement elements to become slidingly engaged and to cause the upper and lower kennel portions to become aligned with one another. The upper kennel portion additionally includes a pair of latches that are engageable with the lower shell portion in the second position of the pet kennel to retain the upper and lower kennel portions in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: David Veness, Adam Ward Weber, Michael Don Harper, Benedict Joseph Messner, Hector Rodriguez, Kyle Joseph Becker, John Coleman Horton, IV, Anthony William Gatica
  • Publication number: 20160030677
    Abstract: Methods and systems for an injection system are provided. An example injection system includes a container for a pharmaceutical that is sealed at a proximal end with a plunger having a pushing surface for engaging an inner surface of the hollow body. A plunger rod extends axially from the proximal end of the container and is covered with a plunger rod cover. Removal of the cover activates the system and allows for delivery of the pharmaceutical product from the container by advancing the plunger within the container towards the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: John Sundquist, Ben Rush, Edward Paul Browka, David L. Foshee, Gretchen E. Willard, Stephen Myers, Hector Rodriguez, John Coleman Horton, IV
  • Patent number: D820323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems
    Inventors: John Joseph Morris, Scott R. Negley, III, Annika Birkler, Richard Carlsson, Randal S. Kretzler, Jayson Simeon, Nathan Careless, John Coleman Horton, IV, Lucas Wade, Casey Branson Garven
  • Patent number: D868842
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC
    Inventors: John Joseph Morris, Scott R. Negley, III, Annika Birkler, Richard Carlsson, Randal S. Kretzler, Jayson Simeon, Nathan Careless, John Coleman Horton, IV, Lucas Wade, Casey Branson Garven