Patents by Inventor Larry J. Miller

Larry J. 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).

  • Publication number: 20090054808
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for harvesting bone and bone marrow are provided. The apparatus may include a driver operable to be releasably engaged with an intraosseous device. The intraosseous device may include a cannula having a first end operable to penetrate bone and bone marrow and to allow retrieval of portions of bone and/or bone marrow. The cannula may have a second end operable to be releasably engaged with bone marrow sampling equipment. The apparatus may include a removable trocar. The removable trocar may have an inner channel operable to convey portions of bone and/or bone marrow. The removable trocar may have an inner channel and a side port communicating with the inner channel. The removable trocar may have a first end operable to penetrate bone and bone marrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventor: Larry J. Miller
  • Publication number: 20080287859
    Abstract: Automatic external defibrillator apparatus may be provided for use in cooperation with an intraosseous apparatus. Apparatus and methods may also be provided to execute protocols calling for external defibrillation and drug delivery. The disclosure provides a medical apparatus including two electrodes, a processor, a display, a driver, a drug delivery slot, a drug delivery port, and a voltage source. The two electrodes may include an attachment operable to releasably connect the two electrodes to the patient. The processor may be operable to collect and analyze a rhythm associated with the patient's heart from the two electrodes. The display may be operable to communicate instructions to a user. The driver may be operable to insert an intraosseous device into a bone and associated bone marrow of the patient. The drug delivery slot may be operable to receive a drug. The drug delivery port may be operable to communicate the drug from the drug delivery slot to the patient via the intraosseous device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, David S. Bolleter, Robert W. Titkemeyer
  • Publication number: 20080221580
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods are provided to penetrate a bone and associated bone marrow using a powered driver having a gear assembly and a motor. The powered driver may include an indicator operable to show status of a power supply associated with the powered driver. The power supply may include a battery power pack having a diamond shaped cross section. The powered driver may have a handle with a corresponding cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, David S. Bolleter, Robert W. Titkemeyer, Christopher B. Kilcoin, Matthew T. Harmon, Ruben Trevino
  • Publication number: 20080215056
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided to penetrate a bone and associated bone marrow using a powered driver. The powered driver may include a housing having a gear assembly, a motor and a power supply disposed therein. A penetrator assembly may be releasably engaged with one end of a drive shaft extending from the housing. The powered driver may include a light operable to illuminate an insertion site for the penetrator assembly. An indicator may be provided to show status of an associated power supply. An indicator may also be provided to show status of penetrating bone and/or associated bone marrow using a penetrator assembly. The apparatus may include an enable switch to prevent undesired operation of the powered driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, David S. Bolleter, Robert W. Titkemeyer
  • Publication number: 20080140014
    Abstract: Fluid communication devices and supporting structures may be provided for use with intraosseous devices. Apparatus and methods may also be provided to communicate fluids with an intraosseous device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, David S. Bolleter, Robert W. Titkemeyer, Joseph J. Manno, Matthew T. Harmon, Bruce J. Richardson, Gary Emerson Hart
  • Publication number: 20070270775
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided to access bone marrow at various target areas. Such apparatus may include an intraosseous device operable to penetrate bone at a selected target area and a depth limiter operable to control depth of penetration of the intraosseous device into bone and associated bone marrow. A manual driver and a guide may be included to optimize optimum insertion of the intraosseous device at a selected insertion site on a sternum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, Robert Titkemeyer, David Bolleter, Ruben Trevino, Matthew Harmon, Christopher Kilcoin
  • Publication number: 20070049945
    Abstract: Various types of supporting structures, supporting devices, attachment mechanisms and attachment techniques may be provided to support and/or stabilize an intraosseous device installed at a target site in a patient. Various methods and procedures may also be provided to releasably engage a supporting structure or supporting device proximate a target site. Apparatus and methods may be provided to monitor performance of an intraosseous device during communication of drugs, medications and/or fluids with an intraosseous space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventor: Larry J. Miller
  • Patent number: 7117497
    Abstract: A method is provided for optimizing CPU budgets associated with at least first and second threads executable in a time-partitioned real-time operating system. The first thread having a first CPU budget is executed, and at least a portion of the first thread's unused CPU budget is transferred to the second thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, Aaron Larson
  • Patent number: 6980216
    Abstract: A graphics driver and method is provided that facilitates graphics rendering time partitioning to provide improved resource allocation between multiple windows and/or multiple graphics clients. The graphics driver receives high level graphics data from multiple graphics clients and outputs a time-partitioned chain of graphics primitives to the graphics processor. The graphics driver includes a partitioning controller, a graphics translator, and a chain builder. The partitioning controller allocates processing time among the multiple graphics clients, with each of the multiple graphics clients being allocated a periodic budget. The graphics translator translates high level graphics commands received from the graphics clients into graphics primitives that can be processed by the graphics processor. The chain builder creates chains of the graphics primitives that are configured to give each graphics client its associated periodic budget in the graphics processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Hancock, Larry J. Miller, Michael R. Wittman
  • Patent number: 6834583
    Abstract: A stencil screen with a desired pattern to be imprinted is supported on a stencil screen frame. The frame has upstanding elongated sidewalls joined by spaced apart end walls to circumscribe a screen window opening. The stencil screen has sufficient strength transversely to plane of the screen to allow deflection from the plane of the screen without elastic deformation. The stresses produced by the deflection of the screen produce repeated flexing of fatigue resistant and resilient screen frame sidewalls and screen support arms at opposite end of these side walls by the provision of sufficient resiliency to restore the stencil screen to a stencil screen support plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Miller Screen & Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Miller, Larry J. Miller
  • Publication number: 20030225411
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for penetrating bone marrow is provided. The apparatus may include a housing such as a handheld body, a penetrator assembly, a connector that releasably attaches the penetrator assembly to a drill shaft, a gear mechanism, a motor and a power supply and associated circuitry operable to power the motor. The penetrator assembly may include a removable inner trocar and an outer penetrator or needle. It may also include a grooved trocar that allows bone chips to be expelled as the apparatus is inserted into bone marrow. Various connectors are provided to attach the penetrator assembly to the drill shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Vidacare Corporation
    Inventor: Larry J. Miller
  • Publication number: 20030225344
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing portions of bone marrow from a bone is provided. The apparatus includes a housing and a hollow drive shaft operable to engage a gear assembly. The hollow drive shaft includes a first end operable to penetrate the bone and a second end operable to allow retrieval of portions of bone and bone marrow. The apparatus also includes a removable trocar. The removable trocar includes an inner channel operable to convey portions of bone and bone marrow. The gear assembly is able to engage and rotate the hollow drive shaft. A motor operable to drive the hollow drive shaft into the bone marrow by rotation of the hollow drive shaft and a power supply and associated circuitry operable to power the motor are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Vidacare Corporation
    Inventor: Larry J. Miller
  • Publication number: 20030088606
    Abstract: A method is provided for optimizing CPU budgets associated with at least first and second threads executable in a time-partitioned real-time operating system. The first thread having a first CPU budget is executed, and at least a portion of the first thread's unused CPU budget is transferred to the second thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, Aaron Larson
  • Publication number: 20030069917
    Abstract: A method is provided for transferring CPU budget and CPU control between a client thread and a server thread in a client/server pair. A CPU budget is assigned to the client thread, and the client thread begins executing at a scheduled time within a first period. CPU control and any unused CPU budget is transferred, within the first period, to the server thread when the client thread stops executing at which point the server thread begins executing, still within the first period. CPU control and any unused CPU budget are transferred, within the first period, to the client thread when the server thread stops executing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventor: Larry J. Miller
  • Patent number: 6228088
    Abstract: A method and device for use in delivering or withdrawing fluid to or from the vascular system of bone marrow, wherein a tubular conduit is inserted into bone and fluid is delivered or withdrawn to or from a reservoir through a seal means surrounding a head attached to one end of the conduit in communication with bone marrow at the opposite end of the conduit. Access to bone marrow is achieved by implanting an improved intramedullary catheter of the present device within a bone and creating a reusable passage via a conduit placed between bone marrow and the outer surface of bone or skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, Ruben Zamorano-Gamez
  • Patent number: 5451210
    Abstract: A rapid vascular drug delivery device, system and method is provided having a releasibly extending and retracting needle necessary for injecting and withdrawing fluid into and from a physiological or non-physiological cavity. Accordingly, the needle can be releasibly extended with sufficient momentum at a point of impact to penetrate a hard substance such as bone. The needle is slideably placed within an aperture configured at the forward end of a main housing, wherein a trigger needle can be arranged proximate to the forward end in order to detect tissue thickness or bone depth necessary for ensuring accurate placement of the bone-piercing needle within the bone marrow. The needle can receive fluids interspersed by parallel-placed or series-placed fluid containers configured within the main housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignees: Lifequest Medical, Inc., Board of Regents, Univ. of TX System
    Inventors: George C. Kramer, Herbert H. Spoon, Larry J. Miller, David J. Collette, Ruben G. Zamorano, Joel P. Jenkinson
  • Patent number: 5332398
    Abstract: A method and device for use in delivering or withdrawing fluid to or from the vascular system of bone marrow, wherein a tubular conduit is inserted into bone and fluid is delivered or withdrawn to or from a reservoir through a seal means surrounding a head attached to one end of the conduit in communication with bone marrow at the opposite end of the conduit. Access to bone marrow is achieved by implanting an improved intramedullary catheter of the present device within a bone and creating a reusable passage via a conduit placed between bone marrow and the outer surface of bone or skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, Ruben Zamorano-Gamez
  • Patent number: 5279221
    Abstract: A composite stencil screen assembly including a uniformly-prestressed resilient backing screen attached to a frame and a metallic wire mesh stencil screen attached to the backing screen. A predetermined portion of the backing screen is removed after the stencil screen is attached thereto in order to permit the pre-stressing force in the backing screen to uniformly pre-stress the stencil screen in all directions to impart a tight, wrinkle-free, high-quality printing surface to the stencil screen. In a preferred embodiment, the assembly is retensioned subsequent to removal of the predetermined portion of the backing screen. The composite construction is uncomplicated in design, resists metal fatigue of the wire mesh stencil screen, is effectively used in non-thermally dependent and thermally dependent printing operations, and has a long service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Miller Screen and Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Miller, Larry J. Miller, Henry L. Miller
  • Patent number: 5122114
    Abstract: A method and device for use in delivering or withdrawing fluid to or from the vascular system of bone marrow, wherein a tubular conduit is inserted into bone and fluid is delivered or withdrawn to or from a reservoir through a seal means surrounding a head attached to one end of the conduit in communication with bone marrow at the opposite end of the conduit. Access to bone marrow is achieved by implanting an improved intramedullary catheter of the present device within a bone and creating a reusable passage via a conduit placed between bone marrow and the outer surface of bone or skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Board of Regents, University of Texas System
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, Ruben Zamorano-Gamez
  • Patent number: 4912476
    Abstract: An improved interface arrangement between an antenna controller and one or more antennas. The interface includes a reduced number of control lines but is capable of handling complete interface requirements including control and status between the antenna controller and the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, Glen D. Rattlingourd, Clifford T. Johnson