Patents by Inventor Karen Miller
Karen Miller 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: 20240127253Abstract: A computer-implemented method performed by a depository computing system includes receiving a check deposit and a withdrawal request associated with a customer account of a customer where the customer account is associated with a first amount and the withdrawal request comprises a second amount greater than the first amount, forwarding an inquiry message regarding the check deposit to a paying computing system, determining real time account status information of a payor account of a payor, and authorizing in real time relative to when the real time account status information is accessed, the withdrawal request for the second amount where the authorization occurs prior to settlement of the check deposit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Al Hecht, Ann Kirk, Michael Miller, Karen Moore, Melanie Gipe
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Publication number: 20240058267Abstract: Slurries comprise liquid water, about 2% to about 70% ice by volume, and one or more additives affecting flowability and/or tonicity of the slurry. Solutions for making a slurry comprise liquid water and one or more additives affecting flowability of the slurry. Flowability of the slurry relates to ice particles capable of flowing through a cannula, such as a needle. The slurry is suitable for injection into subcutaneous fat of a human subject for removal of adipose tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLCInventors: Christopher VELIS, Karen MILLER, Tarik S. CHAUDHRY, Emilia JAVORSKY, William Roger MAILWARNING-BURTON, Bradley Leo GUERTIN, Avi Aaron KURLANTZICK
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Patent number: 11890225Abstract: The present invention involves the use of a small profile device for preparation and/or delivery of cold slurry into the human body. The cold slurry can be generated within the device itself or within a separate small chamber, both of which produce a cold slurry using a cooling source and an injectable fluid. The delivery device provides continued agitation to the fluid/slurry through rotation and/or vibration of blades within the device. The fluid/cold slurry is cooled/kept cool through the use of an external cooling device, such as a cooling sleeve, that at least partially surrounds the delivery device. The cooling sleeve can cool or maintain the temperature of the cold slurry through a number of mechanisms. The cold slurry can be delivered using a device in accordance with the present invention to any tissue inside the body, including subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, and brown fat.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLCInventors: Christopher Velis, Cole C. Velis, Karen Miller
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Publication number: 20230420109Abstract: Processes are provided for controlling body weight of a consumer, as well as for selecting and purchasing foods, and for producing food products, based on a combination of food energy data and relative healthfulness data for a candidate food. Various ways are provided for obtaining and accessing the food energy data and relative healthfulness data. Related processes and systems are also provided for assisting in the foregoing processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Karen Miller-Kovach, Ute Gerwig, Julia Peetz, Christine Jacobsohn, Wanema Frye, Stephanie Lyn Rost, Maria Kinirons, Dawn Halkuff
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Publication number: 20220310236Abstract: Processes are provided for controlling body weight of a consumer, as well as for selecting and purchasing foods, and for producing food products, based on a combination of food energy data and relative healthfulness data for a candidate food. Various ways are provided for obtaining and accessing the food energy data and relative healthfulness data. Related processes and systems are also provided for assisting in the foregoing processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Karen Miller-Kovach, Ute Gerwig, Julia Peetz, Christine Jacobsohn, Wanema Frye, Stephanie Lyn Rost, Maria Kinirons, Dawn Halkuff
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Publication number: 20220226206Abstract: The present invention is directed to targeted delivery of a cold slurry underneath a patient's skin to improve the cosmetic appearance of the skin. The “target” tissue can be muscle tissue that when cooled cannot contract and cause wrinkles/lines in the skin to appear. The target tissue can also be adipose tissue that causes overlying tissue to sag and form wrinkles/lines. The cold slurry induces apoptosis, and reduces the size of the tissue, and causes the connective tissue supporting the skin to thicken and tighten, thereby reducing wrinkles/lines. Skin can also be tightened with cold slurry injected into the dermis layer of the skin or within the layers of the oral mucosa making a cold slurry treatment ideal for reducing the appearance of baggy skin after a patient loses weight and or for treating obstructive sleep apnea. Cold slurry can also be used to treat cellulite and acne.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLCInventors: Christopher VELIS, Karen MILLER
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Patent number: 11324673Abstract: The present invention is directed to targeted delivery of a cold slurry underneath a patient's skin to improve the cosmetic appearance of the skin. The “target” tissue can be muscle tissue that when cooled cannot contract and cause wrinkles/lines in the skin to appear. The target tissue can also be adipose tissue that causes overlying tissue to sag and form wrinkles/lines. The cold slurry induces apoptosis, and reduces the size of the tissue, and causes the connective tissue supporting the skin to thicken and tighten, thereby reducing wrinkles/lines. Skin can also be tightened with cold slurry injected into the dermis layer of the skin or within the layers of the oral mucosa making a cold slurry treatment ideal for reducing the appearance of baggy skin after a patient loses weight and or for treating obstructive sleep apnea. Cold slurry can also be used to treat cellulite and acne.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLCInventors: Christopher Velis, Karen Miller
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Publication number: 20220008110Abstract: A slurry is injected into a subject at a treatment site selected from the group consisting of (i) a deep subcutaneous fat layer, (ii) a superficial subcutaneous fat layer, and (iii) the deep subcutaneous fat layer and the superficial subcutaneous fat layer. Fat cells in the selected treatment site are ablated by the slurry. For example, the slurry is injected into (i) the deep subcutaneous fat layer only, (ii) the superficial subcutaneous fat layer only, (iii) the deep subcutaneous fat layer followed by the superficial subcutaneous fat layer, (iv) the superficial subcutaneous fat layer followed by the deep subcutaneous fat layer, or (v) the deep subcutaneous fat layer and the superficial subcutaneous fat layer simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLCInventors: Christopher VELIS, Karen MILLER, Tarik S. CHAUDHRY, Emilia JAVORSKY, Rainuka GUPTA
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Publication number: 20210386580Abstract: Methods and systems for generating sterile slurry are provided. The slurry may be injected into subcutaneous fat of a subject to facilitate weight reduction or improve cosmetic appearances. Systems for generating a slurry comprise a repository for receiving a solution, a generator for generating the slurry from the solution, and a port for transferring the slurry from the system. Methods for generating a slurry comprise receiving a solution in a slurry generator, and generating slurry from the solution, wherein the slurry comprises ice particles capable of flowing through a cannula. Systems include continuous flow systems, agitated systems, and hybrid continuous flow and agitation systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLCInventors: Christopher VELIS, Tarik S. CHAUDHRY, Karen MILLER, William Roger MAINWARING-BURTON, Bradley Leo GUERTIN, Avi Aaron KURLANTZICK, Andrew Arthur DAVENPORT, Nicholas Robert TOSTA, Bryan Ellis WAGENKNECHT, Rainuka GUPTA
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Publication number: 20210369612Abstract: Slurries comprise liquid water, about 2% to about 70% ice by volume, and one or more additives affecting flowability and/or tonicity of the slurry. Solutions for making a slurry comprise liquid water and one or more additives affecting flowability of the slurry. Flowability of the slurry relates to ice particles capable of flowing through a cannula, such as a needle. The slurry is suitable for injection into subcutaneous fat of a human subject for removal of adipose tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLCInventors: Christopher VELIS, Karen MILLER, Tarik S. CHAUDHRY, Emilia JAVORSKY, William Roger MAINWARING-BURTON, Bradley Leo GUERTIN, Avi Aaron KURLANTZICK
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Publication number: 20210346192Abstract: Systems and methods for generating slurry for injection are provided. Systems comprise a container and a device. The container comprises a solution for administration via an injection needle of a predetermined size. The device is capable of receiving the solution and producing a slurry having ice particles capable of flowing through the injection needle. Methods comprise selecting a container having the solution, receiving the solution in the device, and producing, in the device, the slurry having ice particles capable of flowing through the injection needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLCInventors: Christopher VELIS, Karen MILLER, Rainuka GUPTA, William Roger MAINWARING-BURTON, Bradley Leo GUERTIN, Avi Aaron KURLANTZICK, Andrew Arthur DAVENPORT, Nicholas Robert TOSTA, Bryan Ellis WAGENKNECHT
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Publication number: 20210322084Abstract: The present invention is a cold solution for reducing adipose tissue or fat. Delivering the cold solution to a region of lipid-rich tissue induces the natural cell death of adipocytes and thereby reduces the tissue. Following cell death, localized panniculitis or inflammation of the tissue leads to further reduction as adipocytes are removed as a result of phagocytosis. The cold solution does not have ice particles. One or more additives, including salt, sugar, thickeners, freezing point depressants, surfactants, and excipients can be added to the cold solution to facilitate/enhance fat reduction. Fat reduction by cold solution injection can be used to improve one's appearance or to treat a weight-related disorder, such as obesity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLCInventors: Christopher VELIS, Karen MILLER, Tarik S. CHAUDHRY
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Publication number: 20210275351Abstract: The present invention involves the use of a small profile device for preparation and/or delivery of cold slurry into the human body. The cold slurry can be generated within the device itself or within a separate small chamber, both of which produce a cold slurry using a cooling source and an injectable fluid. The delivery device provides continued agitation to the fluid/slurry through rotation and/or vibration of blades within the device. The fluid/cold slurry is cooled/kept cool through the use of an external cooling device, such as a cooling sleeve, that at least partially surrounds the delivery device. The cooling sleeve can cool or maintain the temperature of the cold slurry through a number of mechanisms. The cold slurry can be delivered using a device in accordance with the present invention to any tissue inside the body, including subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, and brown fat.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Christopher VELIS, Cole C. VELIS, Karen MILLER
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Patent number: 11000409Abstract: The present invention involves the use of a small profile device for preparation and/or delivery of cold slurry into the human body. The cold slurry can be generated within the device itself or within a separate small chamber, both of which produce a cold slurry using a cooling source and an injectable fluid. The delivery device provides continued agitation to the fluid/slurry through rotation and/or vibration of blades within the device. The fluid/cold slurry is cooled/kept cool through the use of an external cooling device, such as a cooling sleeve, that at least partially surrounds the delivery device. The cooling sleeve can cool or maintain the temperature of the cold slurry through a number of mechanisms. The cold slurry can be delivered using a device in accordance with the present invention to any tissue inside the body, including subcutaneous fat, visceral fat, and brown fat.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: MIRAKI INNOVATION THINK TANK LLCInventors: Christopher Velis, Cole C. Velis, Karen Miller
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Publication number: 20210125700Abstract: Processes are provided for controlling body weight of a consumer, as well as for selecting and purchasing foods, and for producing food products, based on a combination of food energy data and relative healthfulness data for a candidate food. Various ways are provided for obtaining and accessing the food energy data and relative healthfulness data. Related processes and systems are also provided for assisting in the foregoing processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2021Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Karen Miller-Kovach, Ute Gerwig, Julia Peetz, Christine Jacobsohn, Wanema Frye, Stephanie Lyn Rost, Maria Kinirons, Dawn Halkuff
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Publication number: 20200046552Abstract: Delivering cold slurry to internal tissues can be used in therapies for treating a variety or medical diseases and conditions. For example, cold slurry can activate brown adipose tissue to treat obesity. Cold slurry can be delivered to tissue injured by trauma or disease to reduce inflammation, which in turn reduces pain and leads to quicker recovery. Cold slurry therapy can also be used to treat muscular and neurological disorders as well as to manage pain. The cooling effect of cold slurry delivered at or near a nerve reduces innervation that nerve, which in turn reduces spasms or pain. The cooling effect can also cause tissue to undergo the cell death. Advantageously, cold slurry therapies can be used to reduce or remove tissue, for example, to treat fibroadenomas or scar tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Christopher J.P. Velis, Karen Miller, Tarik S. Chaudhry, Susan Arias
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Publication number: 20200043365Abstract: A non-therapeutic method for assisting a person to control weight of the person that includes receiving, by a programmed computer system, input data, calculating, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one actual RCV(t) value over a period of time based, at least in part, on the food data of the input data and stored food data; calculating, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one potential RCV(t) value over a period of time; displaying, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one first graphical indicator representative of the at least one actual RCV(t) value over the period of time; and displaying, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one second graphical indicator representative of the at least one potential RCV(t) value over the period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Karen Miller-Kovach, Ute Gerwig
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Publication number: 20190073921Abstract: Processes are provided for controlling body weight of a consumer, as well as for selecting and purchasing foods, and for producing food products, based on a combination of food energy data and relative healthfulness data for a candidate food. Various ways are provided for obtaining and accessing the food energy data and relative healthfulness data. Related processes and systems are also provided for assisting in the foregoing processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Karen Miller-Kovach, Ute Gerwig, Julia Peetz, Christine Jacobsohn, Wanema Frye, Stephanie Lyn Rost, Maria Kinirons, Dawn Halkuff
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Publication number: 20180158364Abstract: Processes are provided for controlling body weight of a consumer, as well as for selecting and purchasing foods, and for producing food products, based on a combination of food energy data and relative healthfulness data for a candidate food. Various ways are provided for obtaining and accessing the food energy data and relative healthfulness data. Related processes and systems are also provided for assisting in the foregoing processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Karen Miller-Kovach, Ute Gerwig, Julia Peetz, Christine Jacobsohn, Wanema Frye, Stephanie Lyn Rost, Maria Kinirons, Dawn Halkuff
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Publication number: 20180140514Abstract: The present invention is directed to targeted delivery of a cold slurry underneath a patient's skin to improve the cosmetic appearance of the skin. The “target” tissue can be muscle tissue that when cooled cannot contract and cause wrinkles/lines in the skin to appear. The target tissue can also be adipose tissue that causes overlying tissue to sag and form wrinkles/lines. The cold slurry induces apoptosis, and reduces the size of the tissue, and causes the connective tissue supporting the skin to thicken and tighten, thereby reducing wrinkles/lines. Skin can also be tightened with cold slurry injected into the dermis layer of the skin or within the layers of the oral mucosa making a cold slurry treatment ideal for reducing the appearance of baggy skin after a patient loses weight and or for treating obstructive sleep apnea. Cold slurry can also be used to treat cellulite and acne.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Christopher J.P. Velis, Karen Miller