Patents by Inventor Keith A. Grider
Keith A. Grider 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: 20240397868Abstract: A modular equipment assembly may include a base unit and a secondary front unit. The base unit may include a base frame, a motor, a tool interface, one or more wheels, and a handle. The motor may be mounted on the base frame. The tool interface may be disposed within the base frame in mechanical communication with the motor to removably attach a first tool head to the base frame. The one or more wheels may be mounted to the base frame apart from the movable tool to support the base unit. The handle may be mounted to and extend rearwardly from the base frame. The secondary front unit may be removably attached to the base unit, the secondary front unit may include a secondary front frame selectively disposed in front of the base frame forward from the tool interface to move with the base unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Benjamin A. Smith, Keith A. Grider, Michael J. Caelwaerts, Austin F. de Veer, Maggie A. McLeod, Devlin N. Thyne, Kyle J. Reeder, Joseph S. Wilinski, JR., Michael Steven Van Dyke
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Publication number: 20240039314Abstract: A mobile charger for transporting and charging a plurality of batteries. The mobile charger includes a base including a bottom portion and a top portion extending from the bottom portion, a docking station slidably coupled to the top portion of the base such that the docking station is movable along the base, and a plurality of charger interfaces coupled to the docking station. The plurality of charger interfaces is configured to receive the plurality of batteries such that the plurality of batteries is charged by the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Keith A. Grider, Caroline G. Fox, Michael S. Van Dyke, Joseph S. Wilinski, JR., Chloe A. Nelson-Arzuaga, Kevin D. White, Devlin N. Thyne, Matthew Post, Nicole A. Baah, Benjamin A. Smith
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Patent number: 11812922Abstract: A surgical fastener deployment system may include a plurality of coil fasteners having a head and coil body. In one embodiment, the head may be larger in diameter than the coil body. The fasteners may also be mounted on a guide rod or mandrel that passes through a through-hole of the head and the coil body. The shaft may also include a guiding element that contacts and stabilizes the coil body as the fastener is deployed from a distal end of the shaft. When the head approaches and contacts the guiding element, the guiding element may deflect to permit the head to pass.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Saurav V. Gupta, Kevin J. Ranucci, Derek J. Leatzow, Keith A. Grider
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Publication number: 20230233766Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-chambered syringes are described. In some embodiments, a multi-chamber syringe includes a housing with an internal cavity and first and second plungers disposed at least partially within the internal cavity. The first and second plungers are slidably displaceable relative to the housing, and are associated with first and second chambers respectively. A barrier is disposed at least partially between the first and second plungers to form the first and second chambers. The barrier is slidably displaceable relative to the plungers and barrel to selectively place the first and second chambers including first and second materials respectively in fluid communication. When the barrier is displaced, the first and second materials mix in a combined volume of the first and second chambers. Displacing the first plunger, the second plunger, and the barrier may dispense the mixed materials from the combined volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: Davol Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Bruce Trexler, Keith A. Grider, Antonio Belton
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Patent number: 11696777Abstract: A surgical system includes a tubular shaft having a wall defining an outer surface and an inner surface disposed about an inner space, the tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The surgical system also includes at least one light emitter and at least one light sensor disposed at the distal end of the tubular shaft, and one or more leads or conductors electrically coupled to the at least one light emitter or the at least one light sensor. The one or more leads may be disposed in clearances defined by first and second jaws. Alternatively or in addition, the one or more conductors may be formed on a flexible substrate, and the flexible substrate may have a deformed state in which the substrate is disposed in the inner space.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Briteseed, LLCInventors: Jonathan Gunn, Steve McPhilliamy, Hariharan Subramanian, Paul Le Rolland, Amal Chaturvedi, Keith A. Grider, Daniel J. Greene, Sean Corrigan, Tomas Matusaitis, Marcus Stephen Papadopoulos
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Patent number: 11617568Abstract: An apparatus includes a disposable assembly and a reusable assembly. The disposable assembly includes a fluid input port, a fluid output port, and a tube configured to provide fluid communication between the fluid input port and the fluid output port. The reusable assembly includes a housing, a fluid management assembly that is configured to transition between an open position and a closed position, and a sensing assembly. The fluid management assembly is configured to prevent fluid from traveling past the tube to the fluid output port in the closed position. The sensing assembly is configured to sense fluid accumulating within the tube while the fluid management assembly is in the closed position. The sensing assembly is also configured to drive the fluid management assembly from the closed position to the open position when the sensing assembly detects fluid within the tube at a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Inventors: Jay K. Joshi, Alex S. Holterman, Jordan D. Altman, Antonio J. Belton, Sean J. Corrigan, Keith A. Grider, Daniel J. Greene, Stephen J. McPhilliamy, Marcus S. Papadopoulos, Michael C. Garrett, Frank E. Garrett, Jr., Brian J. Skelton, William E. Shaw, Tomas A. Matusaitis
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Patent number: 11246594Abstract: A surgical fastener is provided for various surgical fastening applications, including attaching an implantable prosthesis, such as a soft tissue repair fabric, to tissue and/or muscle. The surgical fastener may include a coil body and a head attached to the coil body. The head may include at least one external thread adapted to engage with a corresponding internal thread of a delivery device. The head may include a through hole adapted to receive a rod therethrough for guiding and/or driving the surgical fastener from the delivery device. The through hole may have a non-circular configuration that complements at least a portion of the shape of a non-circular rod. The coil body may also define a channel with a non-circular configuration. The non-circular through hole and/or channel may be engaged and rotated by the non-circular rod to rotate the surgical fastener for delivery and insertion of the fastener into the prosthesis and/or tissue.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Ranucci, Saurav V. Gupta, Keith A. Grider, Derek J. Leatzow
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Publication number: 20210085324Abstract: A surgical fastener deployment system may include a plurality of coil fasteners having a head and coil body. In one embodiment, the head may be larger in diameter than the coil body. The fasteners may also be mounted on a guide rod or mandrel that passes through a through-hole of the head and the coil body. The shaft may also include a guiding element that contacts and stabilizes the coil body as the fastener is deployed from a distal end of the shaft. When the head approaches and contacts the guiding element, the guiding element may deflect to permit the head to pass.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: C.R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Saurav V. Gupta, Kevin J. Ranucci, Derek J. Leatzow, Keith A. Grider
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Publication number: 20210068856Abstract: A surgical system includes a tubular shaft having a wall defining an outer surface and an inner surface disposed about an inner space, the tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The surgical system also includes at least one light emitter and at least one light sensor disposed at the distal end of the tubular shaft, and one or more leads or conductors electrically coupled to the at least one light emitter or the at least one light sensor. The one or more leads may be disposed in clearances defined by first and second jaws. Alternatively or in addition, the one or more conductors may be formed on a flexible substrate, and the flexible substrate may have a deformed state in which the substrate is disposed in the inner space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Jonathan Gunn, Steve McPhilliamy, Hariharan Subramanian, Paul Le Rolland, Amal Chaturvedi, Keith A. Grider, Daniel J. Greene, Sean Corrigan, Tomas Matusaitis, Marcus Stephen Papadopoulos
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Patent number: 10856872Abstract: A surgical fastener deployment system may include a plurality of coil fasteners having a head and coil body. In one embodiment, the head may be larger in diameter than the coil body. The fasteners may also be mounted on a guide rod or mandrel that passes through a through-hole of the head and the coil body. The shaft may also include a guiding element that contacts and stabilizes the coil body as the fastener is deployed from a distal end of the shaft. When the head approaches and contacts the guiding element, the guiding element may deflect to permit the head to pass.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Saurav V. Gupta, Kevin J. Ranucci, Derek Leatzow, Keith A. Grider
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Publication number: 20190290277Abstract: A surgical fastener is provided for various surgical fastening applications, including attaching an implantable prosthesis, such as a soft tissue repair fabric, to tissue and/or muscle. The surgical fastener may include a coil body and a head attached to the coil body. The head may include at least one external thread adapted to engage with a corresponding internal thread of a delivery device. The head may include a through hole adapted to receive a rod therethrough for guiding and/or driving the surgical fastener from the delivery device. The through hole may have a non-circular configuration that complements at least a portion of the shape of a non-circular rod. The coil body may also define a channel with a non-circular configuration. The non-circular through hole and/or channel may be engaged and rotated by the non-circular rod to rotate the surgical fastener for delivery and insertion of the fastener into the prosthesis and/or tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: C.R. Brand, Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Ranucci, Saurav V. Gupta, Keith A. Grider, Derek J. Leatzow
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Patent number: 10368870Abstract: A surgical fastener is provided for various surgical fastening applications, including attaching an implantable prosthesis, such as a soft tissue repair fabric, to tissue and/or muscle. The surgical fastener may include a coil body and a head attached to the coil body. The head may include at least one external thread adapted to engage with a corresponding internal thread of a delivery device. The head may include a through hole adapted to receive a rod therethrough for guiding and/or driving the surgical fastener from the delivery device. The through hole may have a non-circular configuration that complements at least a portion of the shape of a non-circular rod. The coil body may also define a channel with a non-circular configuration. The non-circular through hole and/or channel may be engaged and rotated by the non-circular rod to rotate the surgical fastener for delivery and insertion of the fastener into the prosthesis and/or tissue.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Ranucci, Saurav V. Gupta, Keith A. Grider, Derek Leatzow
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Publication number: 20190223870Abstract: A surgical fastener deployment system may include a plurality of coil fasteners having a head and coil body. In one embodiment, the head may be larger in diameter than the coil body. The fasteners may also be mounted on a guide rod or mandrel that passes through a through-hole of the head and the coil body. The shaft may also include a guiding element that contacts and stabilizes the coil body as the fastener is deployed from a distal end of the shaft. When the head approaches and contacts the guiding element, the guiding element may deflect to permit the head to pass.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: C.R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Saurav V. Gupta, Kevin J. Ranucci, Derek Leatzow, Keith A. Grider
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Patent number: 10285697Abstract: A surgical fastener deployment system may include a plurality of coil fasteners having a head and coil body. In one embodiment, the head may be larger in diameter than the coil body. The fasteners may also be mounted on a guide rod or mandrel that passes through a through-hole of the head and the coil body. The shaft may also include a guiding element that contacts and stabilizes the coil body as the fastener is deployed from a distal end of the shaft. When the head approaches and contacts the guiding element, the guiding element may deflect to permit the head to pass.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: C.R. Bard, Inc.Inventors: Saurav V. Gupta, Kevin J. Ranucci, Derek Leatzow, Keith A. Grider
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Publication number: 20180338747Abstract: An apparatus includes a disposable assembly and a reusable assembly. The disposable assembly includes a fluid input port, a fluid output port, and a tube configured to provide fluid communication between the fluid input port and the fluid output port. The reusable assembly includes a housing, a fluid management assembly that is configured to transition between an open position and a closed position, and a sensing assembly. The fluid management assembly is configured to prevent fluid from traveling past the tube to the fluid output port in the closed position. The sensing assembly is configured to sense fluid accumulating within the tube while the fluid management assembly is in the closed position. The sensing assembly is also configured to drive the fluid management assembly from the closed position to the open position when the sensing assembly detects fluid within the tube at a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Jay K. Joshi, Alex S. Holterman, Jordan D. Altman, Antonio J. Belton, Sean J. Corrigan, Keith A. Grider, Daniel J. Greene, Stephen J. McPhilliamy, Marcus S. Papadopoulos, Michael C. Garrett, Frank E. Garrett, Jr., Brian J. Skelton, William E. Shaw, Tomas A. Matusaitis
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Publication number: 20170304757Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a portable industrial air filtration device employing an annular dual filter assembly to capture and remove impurities from the air surrounding the air filtration device, enabling the air filtration device to quickly and efficiently improve the quality and safety of the air. The air filtration device includes a two-piece housing including a lower housing component and a locking cover removably attachable to the lower housing component. The dual filter assembly is mounted within the housing between the locking cover and the lower housing component, and includes a removable self-supporting outer pre-filter surrounding a separately removable inner HEPA filter. The pre-filter initially filters the surrounding air by capturing relatively large or coarse impurities, and the HEPA filter further filters the air pulled through the pre-filter by capturing relatively small or fine impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Keith A. Grider, Derek J. Leatzow, Stephen J. McPhilliamy, Antonio J. Belton, John S. White, JR., Daniel J. Greene
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Patent number: 9776117Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a portable industrial air filtration device employing an annular dual filter assembly to capture and remove impurities from the air surrounding the air filtration device, enabling the air filtration device to quickly and efficiently improve the quality and safety of the air. The air filtration device includes a two-piece housing including a lower housing component and a locking cover removably attachable to the lower housing component. The dual filter assembly is mounted within the housing between the locking cover and the lower housing component, and includes a removable self-supporting outer pre-filter surrounding a separately removable inner HEPA filter. The pre-filter initially filters the surrounding air by capturing relatively large or coarse impurities, and the HEPA filter further filters the air pulled through the pre-filter by capturing relatively small or fine impurities.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Keith A. Grider, Derek J. Leatzow, Stephen J. McPhilliamy, Antonio J. Belton, John S. White, Jr., Daniel J. Greene, Ryan L. Francis, Sean J. Corrigan, Charles Steven Pint, Frank E. Garrett, Jr.
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Patent number: 9757024Abstract: An instrument arm assembly is provided for presenting an examination instrument to a seated patient. The instrument arm assembly includes an arm having an attachment assembly, an instrument supporting element for supporting the examination instrument and having an attachment assembly, and a linkage having first and second attachment assemblies. The instrument supporting element attachment assembly is pivotably connected with the linkage first attachment assembly, and the arm attachment assembly is pivotably connected with the linkage second attachment assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Reliance Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Sean J. Corrigan, Tomas Matusaitis, Keith A. Grider, Antonio Belton
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Patent number: D802757Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Lloyd M. Snyder, Danielle L. Clay, Michael Lau, Keith A. Grider, Antonio J. Belton, Sean Corrigan, Derek J. Leatzow
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Patent number: D809652Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Lloyd M. Snyder, Danielle L. Clay, Michael Lau, Keith A. Grider, Antonio J. Belton, Sean Corrigan, Derek J. Leatzow