Patents by Inventor John Maynard
John Maynard 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: 20240226490Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for delivering a nitric oxide to a subject, wherein the system comprises: (a) a nitric oxide injection line configured to inject a first gas at an injection point into a breathing conduit comprising a breathing gas, wherein the first gas comprises a first amount of nitric oxide; (b) a sampling line configured to sample a second gas comprising a second amount of nitric oxide and the breathing gas at a sampling location between the injection point of the first gas and a subject and (c) a feedback-loop controller that is in communication with: (i) a nitric oxide set-point controller configured to set a nitric oxide set-point amount; (ii) a source configured to provide a third gas having a third amount of nitric oxide; and (iii) at least one sensor configured to measure the second amount of nitric oxide in the sampling line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: John MAYNARD, Jason MOLINARI, Lucas G. GAMERO
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Publication number: 20240131292Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for delivering a nitric oxide to a subject, wherein the system comprises: (a) a nitric oxide injection line configured to inject a first gas at an injection point into a breathing conduit comprising a breathing gas, wherein the first gas comprises a first amount of nitric oxide; (b) a sampling line configured to sample a second gas comprising a second amount of nitric oxide and the breathing gas at a sampling location between the injection point of the first gas and a subject and (c) a feedback-loop controller that is in communication with: (i) a nitric oxide set-point controller configured to set a nitric oxide set-point amount; (ii) a source configured to provide a third gas having a third amount of nitric oxide; and (iii) at least one sensor configured to measure the second amount of nitric oxide in the sampling line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: John MAYNARD, Jason MOLINARI, Lucas G. GAMERO
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Publication number: 20220183587Abstract: A breath collection system, includes a vacuum reservoir; a vacuum connected to the vacuum reservoir; a breath collection reservoir configured to be located inside the vacuum reservoir during a breath collection and removed after a breath is collected from a patient; and a patient interface device connected to the breath collection reservoir to collect the breath from the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Avisa Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: David L. KARSHMER, Ramar Jette, John Maynard, Robert Alei
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Patent number: 10100650Abstract: A process of depositing a ceramic coating on an airfoil component and the component formed thereby is provided. The process includes depositing a bond coat on an airfoil component including on a trailing edge region thereof that defines a trailing edge of the airfoil component, within holes located within the trailing edge region and spaced apart from the trailing edge, and on lands located within the trailing edge region and between the holes. A ceramic coating is then deposited on the bond coat including on the trailing edge region of the airfoil component, within the holes located within the trailing edge region, and on the lands between the holes. The ceramic coating within the holes is selectively removed without completely removing the ceramic coating on the trailing edge region and the lands between the holes.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Thomas Edward Mantkowski, John Maynard Crow, Shawn Michael Pearson, Stephen Mark Molter
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Patent number: 9903686Abstract: An apparatus includes a first gunsight and a second gunsight, where both the first and the second sights are configured to be positioned on a forward portion of a barrel of a firearm. According to an embodiment, a third gunsight may be configured to be positioned on the forward portion of the barrel. The gunsight may be interchangeable with different gunsights.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Inventor: John Maynard
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Patent number: 9379441Abstract: An antenna system includes a first antenna portion operating over a first range of frequencies, a second antenna portion operating over a second range of frequencies and an antenna matching network that receives a transmission line which includes a single conductor and a coaxial cable. The coaxial cable has an inner conductor insulated from an outer conductor, wherein the first antenna portion is fed by the single conductor and the outer conductor, and the second antenna portion is fed by the inner conductor.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Shakespeare Company, LLCInventors: Gary A. Martek, John Maynard
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Publication number: 20160146575Abstract: An apparatus includes a first gunsight and a second gunsight, where both the first and the second sights are configured to be positioned on a forward portion of a barrel of a firearm. According to an embodiment, a third gunsight may be configured to be positioned on the forward portion of the barrel. The gunsight may be interchangeable with different gunsights.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventor: John Maynard
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Publication number: 20130307748Abstract: An antenna system includes a first antenna portion operating over a first range of frequencies, a second antenna portion operating over a second range of frequencies and an antenna matching network that receives a transmission line which includes a single conductor and a coaxial cable. The coaxial cable has an inner conductor insulated from an outer conductor, wherein the first antenna portion is fed by the single conductor and the outer conductor, and the second antenna portion is fed by the inner conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: Shakespeare Company, LLCInventors: Gary A. Martek, John Maynard
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Patent number: 8174394Abstract: An apparatus and method for noninvasive determination of analyte properties of human tissue by quantitative infrared spectroscopy to clinically relevant levels of precision and accuracy. The system includes subsystems optimized to contend with the complexities of the tissue spectrum, high signal-to-noise ratio and photometric accuracy requirements, tissue sampling errors, calibration maintenance problems, and calibration transfer problems. The subsystems can include an illumination/modulation subsystem, a tissue sampling subsystem, a data acquisition subsystem, a computing subsystem, and a calibration subsystem. The invention can provide analyte property determination and identity determination or verification from the same spectroscopic information, making unauthorized use or misleading results less likely than in systems that use separate analyte and identity determinations. The invention can be used to control and monitor individuals accessing controlled environments.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: TruTouch Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Trent Ridder, Ben ver Steeg, Mike Mills, Bentley Laaksonen, James McNally, John Maynard, Russell Abbink
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Publication number: 20110313296Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus suitable for determining properties of in vivo tissue from spectral information collected from the tissue. An illumination system provides light at a plurality of broadband ranges, which are communicated to an optical probe. The optical probe receives light from the illumination system and transmits it to in vivo tissue, and receives light diffusely reflected in response to the broadband light, emitted from the in vivo tissue by fluorescence thereof in response to the broadband light, or a combination thereof. The optical probe communicates the light to a spectrograph which produces a signal representative of the spectral properties of the light. An analysis system determines a property of the in vivo tissue from the spectral properties. A calibration device mounts such that it is periodically in optical communication with the optical probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2007Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Robert Johnson, Marwood Ediger, John Maynard
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Patent number: 7826212Abstract: Thermal control through a channel structure is disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes devices operable at an undesired temperature relative to a desired operating temperature, a vented cover of each of devices, and a channel structure formed along a side face of each of the devices, the channel structure having any number of ridges to transfer a gas between the vented cover and an external location to the apparatus. The gas may modify an operating state of the devices from the undesired temperature to the desired operating temperature. A heat structure coupled to the vented cover and the side face may absorb a portion of an energy dissipated by at least one of the devices. A printed circuit board may be formed along an opposite face relative to the vented cover to enable the gas to escape to the external location through a cavity of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: LSI CorporationInventors: Gregory Shogan, John Maynard Dunham
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Publication number: 20100010325Abstract: An apparatus and method for noninvasive determination of analyte properties of human tissue by quantitative infrared spectroscopy to clinically relevant levels of precision and accuracy. The system includes subsystems optimized to contend with the complexities of the tissue spectrum, high signal-to-noise ratio and photometric accuracy requirements, tissue sampling errors, calibration maintenance problems, and calibration transfer problems. The subsystems can include an illumination/modulation subsystem, a tissue sampling subsystem, a data acquisition subsystem, a computing subsystem, and a calibration subsystem. The invention can provide analyte property determination and identity determination or verification from the same spectroscopic information, making unauthorized use or misleading results less likely than in systems that use separate analyte and identity determinations. The invention can be used to control and monitor individuals accessing controlled environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Trent Ridder, Ben ver Steeg, James McNally, John Maynard, Russell Abbink, Mike Mills, Bentley Laaksonen
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Patent number: 7589694Abstract: A multiband antenna system includes a helical antenna having a first leg and a second leg wherein the first leg consists of a coaxial conductor. The multiband antenna also includes an antenna sub-system coupled to the helical antenna wherein the coaxial conductor feeds the antenna sub-system. A radome encloses components of the antenna system, and the radome may be covered by a radio-frequency transparent sock for concealment purposes.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Shakespeare Company, LLCInventors: Gary A. Martek, Leon Fulmer, John Maynard, Henry Jarman
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Publication number: 20080246679Abstract: A multiband antenna system includes a helical antenna having a first leg and a second leg wherein the first leg consists of a coaxial conductor. The multiband antenna also includes an antenna sub-system coupled to the helical antenna wherein the coaxial conductor feeds the antenna sub-system. A radome encloses components of the antenna system, and the radome may be covered by a radio-frequency transparent sock for concealment purposes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Gary A. Martek, Leon Fulmer, John Maynard, Henry Jarman
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Publication number: 20080171924Abstract: An apparatus and method for non-invasive determination of attributes of human tissue by quantitative infrared spectroscopy. The system includes subsystems optimized to contend with the complexities of the tissue spectrum, high signal-to-noise ratio and photometric accuracy requirements, tissue sampling errors, calibration maintenance problems, and calibration transfer problems. The subsystems include an illumination subsystem, a tissue sampling subsystem, a spectrometer subsystem, a data acquisition subsystem, and a processing subsystem. The invention is applicable, as examples, to determining the concentration or change of concentration of alcohol in human tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2004Publication date: July 17, 2008Inventors: Trent Ridder, John Maynard, Russell Abbink, Robert Johnson, Edward Hull, Andrew Meigs, Alan Ross, Dashiell Birnkrant
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Publication number: 20080103396Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus suitable for determining properties of in vivo tissue from spectral information collected from the tissue. An illumination system provides light at a plurality of broadband ranges, which are communicated to an optical probe. The optical probe receives light from the illumination system and transmits it to in vivo tissue, and receives light diffusely reflected in response to the broadband light, emitted from the in vivo tissue by fluorescence thereof in response to the broadband light, or a combination thereof. The optical probe communicates the light to a spectrograph which produces a signal representative of the spectral properties of the light. An analysis system determines a property of the in vivo tissue from the spectral properties. A calibration device mounts such that it is periodically in optical communication with the optical probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Robert Johnson, Marwood Ediger, John Maynard
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Publication number: 20080103373Abstract: A method of determining a measure of a tissue state (e.g., glycation end-product or disease state) in an individual is disclosed. A portion of the skin of the individual is illuminated with excitation light, then light emitted by the tissue due to fluorescence of a chemical with the tissue responsive to the excitation light is detected. The detected light can be combined with a model relating fluorescence with a measure of tissue state to determine a tissue state. The invention can illuminate the skin and detect responsive light over a time that spans a plurality of cardiac cycles of the individual, which can, as an example, help mitigate the effects of time-varying signals such as those due to hemoglobin. The invention can also determine the amount of light to be directed to the skin, for example by controlling the time that a light source is energized. The amount of illumination light can be determined from a skin reflectance characteristic such as pigmentation or melanin in the skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Nathaniel Matter, Marwood Ediger, John Maynard
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Publication number: 20080097174Abstract: A method of determining a measure of a tissue state (e.g., glycation end-product or disease state) in an individual. A portion of the tissue of the individual is illuminated with excitation light, then light emitted by the tissue due to fluorescence of a chemical with the tissue responsive to the excitation light is detected. The detected light can be combined with a model relating fluorescence with a measure of tissue state to determine a tissue state. The invention can comprise measuring the fluorescence lifetime in either time-domain or frequency domain modes. The invention can also comprise a variety of models relating fluorescence to a measure of tissue state, including a variety of methods for generating such models. For example, multivariate models can be developed that relate lifetime trends of one or more constituents to increasing propensity to diabetes and pre-diabetes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventors: John Maynard, Marwood Ediger
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Publication number: 20080049388Abstract: Thermal control through a channel structure is disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes devices operable at an undesired temperature relative to a desired operating temperature, a vented cover of each of devices, and a channel structure formed along a side face of each of the devices, the channel structure having any number of ridges to transfer a gas between the vented cover and an external location to the apparatus. The gas may modify an operating state of the devices from the undesired temperature to the desired operating temperature. A heat structure coupled to the vented cover and the side face may absorb a portion of an energy dissipated by at least one of the devices. A printed circuit board may be formed along an opposite face relative to the vented cover to enable the gas to escape to the external location through a cavity of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2006Publication date: February 28, 2008Inventors: Gregory Shogan, John Maynard Dunham
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Publication number: 20080029641Abstract: An apparatus for 3-axis aerodynamic control of multi-caliber bodies comprising three shafts each having at least one canard; bevel gears attached to said shafts; and a set of three miniature stepper motors, each driving a zero backlash spur assembly attached to the drive bevel gears.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2006Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMSInventors: Mark Carlson, Paul Zemany, John Maynard