Patents by Inventor John R. Stark

John R. Stark 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: 12220347
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a warming system including a warming device. The warming device includes a clinical garment comprising a body portion adapted to cover a portion of a patient, an inner surface for facing the patient, and an outer surface for facing away from the patient. The body portion includes sleeves sized and positioned for receiving the patient's arms and a torso portion adapted to cover an anterior torso of a patient. A first pneumatic convective device can be disposed adjacent to the inner surface of the clinical garment. The pneumatic convective device can include an opening formed in the clinical garment for admitting a stream of pressurized, warmed air into the first pneumatic convective device. The warming system can also have a second pneumatic convective device in a fully-folded configuration or partially-folded configuration and disposed on a portion of the clinical garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
    Inventors: Andrew J. McGregor, John R. Stark, James A. Thielen, Jenna L Lindsay, Daniel P. Doran, Amanda M. Rue, Benjamin C. Stanaway
  • Patent number: 11925576
    Abstract: An air hose includes a corrugated flexible hose. The air hose also includes a first hose end section mechanically coupled to the corrugated flexible hose. The first hose end section includes a pressure sensor communicatively coupled to a warming unit. The first hose end section is configured to releasably couple to a pneumatic convective device. The air hose also includes a second hose end section mechanically coupled to the corrugated flexible hose. The second hose end section is configured to couple to the warming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: John R. Stark, Jared J. Balthazor, Philip G. Dion, Jay R. Goetz, Leroy J. Longworth, Melissa T. Nelson, Tyler J. Sandback, Michele A Waldner, Michael J. Woodson
  • Publication number: 20230270589
    Abstract: A clinical garment for patient warming including a front body panel having a first edge, an opposite second edge, an insulated sheet comprising an insulated layer positioned between an outer layer a film layer, a permeable layer adjacent to the film layer of the insulated sheet, a blanket section defined by a lower portion of the insulated sheet sealed to a lower portion of the permeable along a top edge, a bottom edge, and opposite first and second side edges of the blanket section, and at least one inlet port extending into the blanket section. The garment further includes a first back panel secured to at least a portion of the first edge of the front body panel and a second back panel secured to at least a portion of the second edge of the front body panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew J. McGregor, James A. Thielen, Michael R. Berrigan, Daniel P. Doran, Jenna L. Lindsay, Amanda M. Rue, Benjamin C. Stanaway, John R. Stark
  • Publication number: 20230148871
    Abstract: Example systems are described in which a personal protective equipment (PPE) respirator device includes one or more sensor arranged within the PPE to detect exhalation breath temperature of a user, and a computing device configured to generate, based on the detected exhalation breath temperature, a metric indicative of core body temperature of the user wearing the PPE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: William Bedingham, Jordan J.W. Craig, Andrew W. Long, Richard J. Sabacinski, John R. Stark, Daniel B. Taylor, Caroline M. Ylitalo, Chin-Yee Ng, Christopher M. Brown, Eric H. Tsai, Glenn E. Casner, Jeremy W. Nueman, Jia Hu, Mark G. Mathews, Maioding Dai, Perry S. Dotterman, Travis W. Rasmussen, William K. Preska
  • Publication number: 20220354690
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure can be related to a warming device, systems, and methods of using. The warming device can include a clinical garment comprising a body portion adapted to cover a portion of a patient, an inner surface configured to face the patient, and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. The body portion can include sleeves sized and positioned for receiving the patients arms. In addition, the clinical garment can include an insulative layer comprising an insulative edge portion disposed on the clinical garment. The insulative edge portion is configured to make the warming device non-linting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew J. McGregor, John R. Stark, James A. Thielen, Jenna L. Lindsay, Daniel P. Doran, Amanda M. Rue, Benjamin C. Stanaway
  • Publication number: 20220354688
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a warming system including a warming device. The warming device includes a clinical garment comprising a body portion adapted to cover a portion of a patient, an inner surface for facing the patient, and an outer surface for facing away from the patient. The body portion includes sleeves sized and positioned for receiving the patient's arms and a torso portion adapted to cover an anterior torso of a patient. A first pneumatic convective device can be disposed adjacent to the inner surface of the clinical garment. The pneumatic convective device can include an opening formed in the clinical garment for admitting a stream of pressurized, warmed air into the first pneumatic convective device. The warming system can also have a second pneumatic convective device in a fully-folded configuration or partially-folded configuration and disposed on a portion of the clinical garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew J. McGregor, John R. Stark, James A. Thielen, Jenna L. Lindsay, Daniel P. Doran, Amanda M. Rue, Benjamin C. Stanaway
  • Publication number: 20220338566
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a warming device that includes a clinical garment and a first pneumatic convective device. The clinical garment includes an inner surface for facing the patient and having an inner surface area. The clinical garment has a hemline and forms a longitudinal axis. The first pneumatic convective device can have an air-permeable layer having a pneumatic surface area, the pneumatic surface area is at least 25% of the inner surface area in a deployed state. The warming device can include a first inlet for admitting a stream of pressurized, warmed air into the first pneumatic convective device. The second end of the first pneumatic convective device extends past the hemline when in the deployed state, and, when the first pneumatic convective device is in a folded state, the second end extends no greater than 3 inches past the hemline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew J. McGregor, John R. Stark, James A. Thielen, Jenna L. Lindsay, Daniel P. Doran, Amanda M. Rue, Benjamin C. Stanaway
  • Publication number: 20220015940
    Abstract: An air hose includes a corrugated flexible hose. The air hose also includes a first hose end section mechanically coupled to the corrugated flexible hose. The first hose end section includes a pressure sensor communicatively coupled to a warming unit. The first hose end section is configured to releasably couple to a pneumatic convective device. The air hose also includes a second hose end section mechanically coupled to the corrugated flexible hose. The second hose end section is configured to couple to the warming unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: John R. Stark, Jared J. Balthazor, Philip G. Dion, Jay R. Goetz, Leroy J. Longworth, Melissa T. Nelson, Tyler J. Sandback, Michele A. Waldner, Michael J. Woodson
  • Publication number: 20210038084
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a temperature device including a flexible substrate, and an electrical circuit on a surface of the flexible substrate, the electrical circuit including a heater element having an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter, the inner perimeter surrounding a zone of the surface, the zone is thermally distinct from the heater element, wherein the heater element has a first dimension defining the outer perimeter and a second dimension defining the inner perimeter, wherein a ratio of the first dimension to a second dimension is no greater than 2.1:1, a first thermal sensor disposed in the zone, a second thermal sensor disposed outside of the heater element, a plurality of electrical pads disposed outside of the heater element, and a plurality of conductive traces connecting the first and second thermal sensors and the heater element with the plurality of electrical pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Philip G. Dion, Daniel P. Doran, Marc A. Egeland, Jay R. Goetz, Jenna L. Lindsay, Glenn R. Maharaj, John R. Stark
  • Publication number: 20190060106
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclose related to a system. The system includes a warming device having at least a first zone and a second zone and a sensor. The system also includes a controller that includes one or more processor circuits configured to receive a first sensor reading from the sensor corresponding to a first zone, wherein the first sensor reading corresponds to a first heat transfer rate. The one or more processor circuits are configured to determine whether the sensor reading is sufficient and increase a first heat transfer rate to a second heat transfer rate in the first zone in response to the sensor reading being insufficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Zabel, Michael Vostal, Poeuth Pann, Jared J. Balthazor, Melanie L. Collins, Philip G. Dion, Daniel P. Doran, Marc A. Egeland, Yvonne Lund, Glenn R. Maharaj, Andrew J. McGregor, John R. Stark