Patents by Inventor Jon A. Fortuna
Jon A. Fortuna 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: 20200000408Abstract: A device and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, mammalian skin. Such a device allows a sensor to penetrate mammalian skin without the use of an introducer device such as a needle. A device in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure includes a housing for attachment to mammalian skin including an exit port for receiving the distal end of a biosensor and an injection activation device including a mechanism for forcing the sensing device from a first position within the housing, through the exit port to a second position, with sufficiently high velocity to partially penetrate the mammalian skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: WAVEFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Mark NEINAST, Robert BRUCE, W. Kenneth WARD, Richard G. SASS, Jon FORTUNA
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Patent number: 10433789Abstract: A device and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, mammalian skin. Such a device allows a sensor to penetrate mammalian skin without the use of an introducer device such as a needle. A device in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure includes a housing for attachment to mammalian skin including an exit port for receiving the distal end of a biosensor and an injection activation device including a mechanism for forcing the sensing device from a first position within the housing, through the exit port to a second position, with sufficiently high velocity to partially penetrate the mammalian skin.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: WAVEFORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Mark Neinast, Robert Bruce, W. Kenneth Ward, Richard G. Sass, Jon Fortuna
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Publication number: 20170209098Abstract: A device and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, mammalian skin. Such a device allows a sensor to penetrate mammalian skin without the use of an introducer device such as a needle. A device in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure includes a housing for attachment to mammalian skin including an exit port for receiving the distal end of a biosensor and an injection activation device including a mechanism for forcing the sensing device from a first position within the housing, through the exit port to a second position, with sufficiently high velocity to partially penetrate the mammalian skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Mark Neinast, Robert Bruce, W. Kenneth Ward, Richard G. Sass, Jon Fortuna
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Patent number: 9660401Abstract: The invention includes an electrified framework system having a plurality of grid members which form a grid framework. A conductive material is disposed on a surface of at least one of the plurality of grid members as shown throughout the drawings. The system includes connectors which provide low voltage power connections. For example, the connectors bring power from a power supply to the conductive material disposed on the grid framework and/or the connectors provide electrical connections between the conductive material on the grid framework and various devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Worthington Armstrong VentureInventors: Jere W. Myers, Brian T. Patterson, Jae A. Eisenhower, Randy M. Manning, Charles E. Reynolds, William J. Garver, Jon A. Fortuna, Ronald P. Locati
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Patent number: 9615851Abstract: A device and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, mammalian skin. Such a device allows a sensor to penetrate mammalian skin without the use of an introducer device such as a needle. A device in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure includes a housing for attachment to mammalian skin including an exit port for receiving the distal end of a biosensor and an injection activation device including a mechanism for forcing the sensing device from a first position within the housing, through the exit port to a second position, with sufficiently high velocity to partially penetrate the mammalian skin.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: WaveForm Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark Neinast, Robert Bruce, W. Kenneth Ward, Richard G. Sass, Jon Fortuna
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Publication number: 20170085044Abstract: The invention includes an electrified framework system having a plurality of grid members which form a grid framework. A conductive material is disposed on a surface of at least one of the plurality of grid members as shown throughout the drawings. The system includes connectors which provide low voltage power connections. For example, the connectors bring power from a power supply to the conductive material disposed on the grid framework and/or the connectors provide electrical connections between the conductive material on the grid framework and various devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: Worthington Armstrong VentureInventors: Jere W. Myers, Brian T. Patterson, Jae A. Eisenhower, Randy M. Manning, Charles E. Reynolds, William J. Garver, Jon A. Fortuna, Ronald P. Locati
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Patent number: 9543721Abstract: A connector for electrical connection to an electrified grid element having first and second conductors disposed on a top portion of the grid element. In one embodiment, the connector comprises a single-piece insulator housing; a fastening means on the insulator housing for attaching the connector to a device; and first and second contacts within the insulator housing, the insulator housing configured to align the first and second contacts with the first and second conductors of the electrified grid element; wherein a base of the insulator housing comprises a recess that corresponds to the shape of the top portion of the grid element such that the housing can be mounted over the top portion of the grid member.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Worthington Armstrong VentureInventors: Jere W. Myers, Brian T. Patterson, Jae A. Eisenhower, Randy M. Manning, Charles E. Reynolds, William J. Garver, Jon A. Fortuna, Ronald P. Locati
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Publication number: 20140329395Abstract: A connector for electrical connection to an electrified grid element having first and second conductors disposed on a top portion of the grid element. In one embodiment, the connector comprises a single-piece insulator housing; a fastening means on the insulator housing for attaching the connector to a device; and first and second contacts within the insulator housing, the insulator housing configured to align the first and second contacts with the first and second conductors of the electrified grid element; wherein a base of the insulator housing comprises a recess that corresponds to the shape of the top portion of the grid element such that the housing can be mounted over the top portion of the grid member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: WORTHINGTON ARMSTRONG VENTUREInventors: Jere W. MYERS, Brian T. PATTERSON, Jae A. EISENHOWER, Randy M. MANNING, Charles E. REYNOLDS, William J. GARVER, Jon A. FORTUNA, Ronald P. LOCATI
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Patent number: 8740636Abstract: The invention includes an electrified framework system having a plurality of grid members which form a grid framework. A conductive material is disposed on a surface of at least one of the plurality of grid members as shown throughout the drawings. The system includes connectors which provide low voltage power connections. For example, the connectors bring power from a power supply to the conductive material disposed on the grid framework and/or the connectors provide electrical connections between the conductive material on the grid framework and various devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Worthington Armstrong VentureInventors: Jere W. Myers, Brian T. Patterson, Jae A. Eisenhower, Randy M. Manning, Charles E. Reynolds, William J. Garver, Jon A. Fortuna, Ronald P. Locati
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Patent number: 8483792Abstract: Embodiments herein provide an analyte sensor subassembly that provides an integrated structure enabling suitably secure electrical contact between an analyte sensor and the electronic components of an analyte sensor assembly. An analyte sensor subassembly assists the process of inserting the sensor into skin. An analyte sensor subassembly may operate in concert with one or more sensor insertion tools to provide insertion of an analyte sensor into the skin of a subject/patient. Associated devices, such as channel guides and sensor insertion tools, are also provided, as are methods of operation and sensor insertion.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: iSense CorporationInventors: Dennis Slomski, Robert Bruce, Jon Fortuna, David B. Kreitlow
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Publication number: 20120265042Abstract: A device and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, mammalian skin. Such a device allows a sensor to penetrate mammalian skin without the use of an introducer device such as a needle. A device in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure includes a housing for attachment to mammalian skin including an exit port for receiving the distal end of a biosensor and an injection activation device including a mechanism for forcing the sensing device from a first position within the housing, through the exit port to a second position, with sufficiently high velocity to partially penetrate the mammalian skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: iSense CorporationInventors: Mark Neinast, Robert Bruce, W. Kenneth Ward, Richard G. Sass, Jon Fortuna
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Publication number: 20110300726Abstract: The invention includes an electrified framework system having a plurality of grid members which form a grid framework. A conductive material is disposed on a surface of at least one of the plurality of grid members as shown throughout the drawings. The system includes connectors which provide low voltage power connections. For example, the connectors bring power from a power supply to the conductive material disposed on the grid framework and/or the connectors provide electrical connections between the conductive material on the grid framework and various devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Jere W. Myers, Brian T. Patterson, Jae A. Eisenhower, Randy M. Manning, Charles E. Reynolds, William J. Garver, Jon A. Fortuna, Ronald P. Locati
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Patent number: 7997910Abstract: The invention includes an electrified framework system having a plurality of grid members which form a grid framework. A conductive material is disposed on a surface of at least one of the plurality of grid members as shown throughout the drawings. The system includes connectors which provide low voltage power connections. For example, the connectors bring power from a power supply to the conductive material disposed on the grid framework and/or the connectors provide electrical connections between the conductive material on the grid framework and various devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: AWI Licensing CompanyInventors: Jere W. Myers, Brian T. Patterson, Jae A. Eisenhower, Randy M Manning, Charles E. Reynolds, William J. Garver, Jon A. Fortuna, Ronald P. Locati
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Publication number: 20100015854Abstract: The invention includes an electrified framework system having a plurality of grid members which form a grid framework. A conductive material is disposed on a surface of at least one of the plurality of grid members as shown throughout the drawings. The system includes connectors which provide low voltage power connections. For example, the connectors bring power from a power supply to the conductive material disposed on the grid framework and/or the connectors provide electrical connections between the conductive material on the grid framework and various devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventors: Jere W. Myers, Brian T. Patterson, Jee A. Eisenhower, Randy M. Manning, Charles E. Roynolds, William J. Garver, Jon A. Fortuna, Ronald P. Locali
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Publication number: 20090234212Abstract: Embodiments herein provide an analyte sensor subassembly that provides an integrated structure enabling suitably secure electrical contact between an analyte sensor and the electronic components of an analyte sensor assembly. An analyte sensor subassembly assists the process of inserting the sensor into skin. An analyte sensor subassembly may operate in concert with one or more sensor insertion tools to provide insertion of an analyte sensor into the skin of a subject/patient. Associated devices, such as channel guides and sensor insertion tools, are also provided, as are methods of operation and sensor insertion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: iSense CorporationInventors: Dennis Slomski, Robert Bruce, Jon Fortuna, David B. Kreitlow
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Publication number: 20080139903Abstract: A device and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, animal skin. Such a device utilizes an introducer device such as a needle or trocar to puncture skin and allow a sensor to enter through the resultant skin puncture. A device in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes a housing for mounting to animal skin including an opening for receiving both the distal end of an analyte sensor and the end of an introducer, an actuator device for forcing the introducer from a first position within the housing, through the exit port to a second position, with sufficient force to puncture skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: ISENSE CORPORATIONInventors: Robert Bruce, W. Kenneth Ward, Richard G. Sass, Jon Fortuna, Mark Neinast
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Publication number: 20070173706Abstract: A device and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, mammalian skin. Such a device allows a sensor to penetrate mammalian skin without the use of an introducer device such as a needle. A device in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes a housing for attachment to mammalian skin including an exit port for receiving the distal end of a biosensor and an injection activation device including a mechanism for forcing the sensing device from a first position within the housing, through the exit port to a second position, with sufficiently high velocity to partially penetrate the mammalian skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: ISENSE CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Neinast, Robert Bruce, W. Ward, Richard Sass, Jon Fortuna
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Patent number: 5308257Abstract: The present invention is directed to a ZIF card edge connector utilizing flexible film circuitry, where a daughter board, for example, may be electrically connected to a mother board upon which the connector is surface mounted. The connector preferably comprises an elongated housing consisting of a base, a pair of spaced apart side walls upstanding therefrom, and a pair of end walls to define the elongated slot. Placed therewithin is a U-shaped spring member where its arms upstand near the side walls. To effect opening and closing of the connector, a card release slide member is disposed within the U-shaped spring member in contact with the spring member arms, where the card release slide member is adapted to shift longitudinally to effect a lateral movement of the spring member arms. At least one release member is mounted in an end wall to effect the shifting of the card release slide member. However, a pair of cooperating slide members, one in each end wall, may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1993Date of Patent: May 3, 1994Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: Randolph L. Buchter, Michael A. Viselli, Jon A. Fortuna
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Patent number: 5297966Abstract: An electrical connector (1) comprises; a housing (2), a card receiving mouth (3), electrical contacts (4), prong receiving sockets (26) on the housing (2) card guide arms (5, 6), a prong (25) on each of the guide arms (5, 6) for locking engagement with any one of the sockets (26), and each of the sockets (26) lockingly engage one of the guide arms (5, 6) only with a card receiving groove (22) of one guide arm (5, 6) being oriented to face toward another guide arm (5, 6).Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1992Date of Patent: March 29, 1994Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: Ronald W. Brennian, Jr., Robert S. Correll, Jr., Jon A. Fortuna
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Patent number: 4990107Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for providing interconnections between a plurality of contact pads (22) on a daughter board (20) and contact areas (24) on a mother board (26). The assembly includes an elongated housing (28) with a daughter board receiving cavity (38) along its longitudinal axis (30) and a plurality of contact receiving cavities (36) which are substantially planar and parallel to each other arranged at a slight angle with respect to a normal to the axis (30). The contact receiving cavities (36) intersect the board receiving cavity (38) and within each of them there is disposed a contact member (40) having a contact portion (42) and a contact leg (44) on opposite sides of the board receiving cavity (38). The contact leg (44) extends through the bottom surface (34) of the housing (28) into contact with a contact area (24) on the mother board (26).Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1989Date of Patent: February 5, 1991Assignee: AMP IncorporatedInventor: Jon A. Fortuna