Patents by Inventor John Gillespie, Jr.
John Gillespie, Jr. 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: 20230414910Abstract: Various embodiments for an apparatus for delivering a biologic into a human or animal subject are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a housing comprising an interior chamber, the housing having a shape and size for insertion into a human or animal subject. A biologic is positioned within the interior chamber that is removable from the housing while the housing is inserted into the human or animal subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Patrick John Culligan, John Gillespie, JR., Sean McNerney, Marc Beer
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Publication number: 20210128197Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and comprises an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Kevin G. Connors, Ryan J. Cahill, Peter Dayton, John Gillespie, JR.
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Publication number: 20210068293Abstract: A method for maintaining continuity of a network signal path extending along a backplane includes providing a bypass signal circuit compatible with the network signal path and being electrically connected in series with the first and second portions of the network signal path. The bypass signal circuit includes a normally open circuit portion and an electrical contact movable with respect to the bypass signal circuit. An electrical contact is mechanically moved out of contact with the bypass signal circuit and moved mechanically into contact with the bypass signal circuit in response to the function module being detached from or attached to the function module electrical connector and not in response to an electrical control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Scott Michael Frye, Brian John Gillespie, JR., Christopher Michael Brink
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Patent number: 10842039Abstract: A backplane or backplane module for transmitting data along a signal path of a network to one or more functional modules attached to the signal path includes a printed circuit board, a functional module electrical connector attached to the printed circuit board, and a mechanically actuated bypass circuit assembly that maintains signal continuity along the signal path when a function module is not attached to the function module electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Scott Michael Frye, Brian John Gillespie, Jr., Christopher Michael Brink
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Publication number: 20200344906Abstract: A backplane or backplane module for transmitting data along a signal path of a network to one or more functional modules attached to the signal path includes a printed circuit board, a functional module electrical connector attached to the printed circuit board, and a mechanically actuated bypass circuit assembly that maintains signal continuity along the signal path when a function module is not attached to the function module electrical connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Scott Michael Frye, Brian John Gillespie, JR., Christopher Michael Brink
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Patent number: 10799268Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and comprises an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: SOLACE THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: Kevin G. Connors, Ryan J. Cahill, Peter Dayton, John Gillespie, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200253636Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and comprises an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Kevin G. Connors, Ryan J. Cahill, Peter Dayton, John Gillespie, JR.
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Publication number: 20200163543Abstract: An implant delivery system can be configured to deliver an inflatable implant into a bladder via a urethra. The delivery system can comprise an elongate tubular body, an inflation tube and an implant decoupler. The tubular body can comprise a central lumen configured to hold an inflatable implant in an initial un-inflated state for delivery of the implant into the bladder. A method of use can include passing a distal tip of the elongate tubular body into the bladder. The implant can be inflated and released into the bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Ernest George Schutt, Kevin G. Connors, John Gillespie, JR., Peter Dayton
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Patent number: 10543071Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and can include one or more of an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2013Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: SOLACE THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: Ryan J. Cahill, Scott Duncan, Kevin G. Connors, William Gruber, John Gillespie, Jr., Sheila Caira
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Patent number: 10531894Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and comprises an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Solace Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Kevin G. Connors, Ryan J. Cahill, Peter Dayton, John Gillespie, Jr.
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Patent number: 10383510Abstract: An implant delivery system can be configured to deliver an inflatable implant into a bladder via a urethra. The delivery system can comprise an elongate tubular body, an inflation tube and an implant decoupler. The tubular body can comprise a central lumen configured to hold an inflatable implant in an initial un-inflated state for delivery of the implant into the bladder. A method of use can include passing a distal tip of the elongate tubular body into the bladder. The implant can be inflated and released into the bladder.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SOLACE THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: Ernest G. Schutt, Kevin G. Connors, John Gillespie, Jr., Peter Dayton
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Publication number: 20180228512Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and comprises an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Kevin G. Connors, Ryan J. Cahill, Peter Dayton, John Gillespie, JR.
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Publication number: 20180193057Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and comprises an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2017Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Kevin G. Connors, Ryan J. Cahill, Peter Dayton, John Gillespie, JR.
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Patent number: 9937289Abstract: A method of delivering a medical fluid to a patient includes enabling the attachment of an infusion pump housing to an external support, enabling the viewing of information right-side-up on a display screen of the infusion pump housing, enabling the rotation of the display screen approximately 90 degrees about an axis extending perpendicularly from the display screen, automatically reorienting the information on the display screen so that the information remains right-side-up after rotation, enabling the viewing of the information right-side-up on the display screen after rotation, and enabling the delivery of a flowable material to the patient through an infusion line attached to the infusion pump housing before and after rotation.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: John Gillespie, Jr., Ralph H. LaBedz, Michael Kenneth Platt, Ronald H. Spang, Jr., James Frei Berrill, Matthew Stephen Vogel, Michelle Kowalski Greaney
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Patent number: 9498195Abstract: An implant for use in a human or animal body can include a flexible housing with an outer wall and having a chamber therein. The implant can have at least one high vapor pressure medium within the chamber. The at least one high vapor pressure medium can have a combined vapor pressure equal to or greater than about the average value of the hydrostatic pressure of the implantation site plus the skin tension of the housing minus the gas tension of the dissolved gasses present at the implantation site.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: AttenueX Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ernest G. Schutt, Kevin G. Connors, John Gillespie, Jr., Peter Dayton
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Publication number: 20150216644Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and can include one or more of an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: ATTENUX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Ryan J. Cahill, Scott Duncan, Kevin G. Connors, William Gruber, John Gillespie, JR., Sheila Caira
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Patent number: 9044209Abstract: An inflated implant within an anatomical structure, such as the bladder, may require removal. A method of removing an inflated implant from an anatomical structure can include any of a number of different steps. A removal device can be placed within the anatomical structure. The implant is located within the anatomical structure. After it is located, the implant can be engaged by arms of the removal device. A portion of a surface of the implant can be compromised such that an inflation substance within the implant can escape. The inflation substance can be removed out of the implant through a deflation tube in at least one of the arms used to engage the implant. The implant can then be removed from the anatomical structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: AttenueX Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Peter Dayton, John Gillespie, Jr., Kevin G. Connors
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Patent number: 8992412Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using an inflatable device. A removal device may be used to remove the inflatable device from the body. The removal device can have at least one manually-actuatable member and at least two opposing jaws at a distal end. At least one of the at least two jaws can be movable by actuation of the at least one manually-actuatable member. At least one of the at least two jaws can have a puncturing member.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: AttenueX Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ryan J. Cahill, John Gillespie, Jr., Peter Dayton, Kevin G. Connors
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Publication number: 20150073378Abstract: A method of delivering a medical fluid to a patient includes enabling the attachment of an infusion pump housing to an external support, enabling the viewing of information right-side-up on a display screen of the infusion pump housing, enabling the rotation of the display screen approximately 90 degrees about an axis extending perpendicularly from the display screen, automatically reorienting the information on the display screen so that the information remains right-side-up after rotation, enabling the viewing of the information right-side-up on the display screen after rotation, and enabling the delivery of a flowable material to the patient through an infusion line attached to the infusion pump housing before and after rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: John Gillespie, JR., Ralph H. LaBedz, Michael Kenneth Platt, Ronald H. Spang, JR., James Frei Berrill, Matthew Stephen Vogel, Michelle Kowalski Greaney
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Patent number: 8894563Abstract: Method and system for treating a patient using a compressible, pressure-attenuating device. According to one embodiment, the system is used to treat urinary tract disorders and comprises an access device, a delivery device, a pressure-attenuating device, and a removal device. The access device may be used to create a passageway to an anatomical structure, such as the patient's bladder. The delivery device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to deliver the pressure-attenuating device to the anatomical structure. The removal device may be inserted through the passageway created by the access device and may be used to view the bladder and/or to capture, to deflate and to remove the pressure-attenuating device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: AttenueX Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kevin G. Connors, Ryan J. Cahill, Peter Dayton, John Gillespie, Jr.