Patents by Inventor Martin Rathgeber
Martin Rathgeber 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: 20150021321Abstract: Storage container systems include a plurality of containers and a plurality of lids for sealing the containers. The container systems have a plurality of differently sized containers that are configured in modular sizes such that the containers can he stacked together in compact arrangements. The lids can easily he positioned on the containers to create a tight seals to the containers. When the containers are not sealed with the lids, the containers may be nested together, and the lids may be nested together. When nested together, the containers and lids take up a minimal amount of space.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Craig R. Gosen, Katie M. Wazny, Jeffrey J. Zettle, Matthew N. Thurin, David P. Mather, Christopher M. Wlezien, Saad Chaudry, Martin Rathgeber
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Publication number: 20140319864Abstract: A reaching apparatus is provided for allowing a user to utilize gross motor skills to actuate the reaching apparatus. The reaching apparatus includes a fixed and a sliding handle on a shaft. An internal pulley system is connected between the first and second handles such that sliding of the second handle activates the pulley system to move the claw of the reaching apparatus between an open and closed configuration. The claw may be locked in an open and/or closed configuration by rotation of the handle on the shaft. The pulley system can be set to specific resistance to activate the claw upon different gross motor levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Kristin Ludwig, Joel Gray, Olivier Franck Currat, James Blaine Wolford, Brian David Blankstein, Alexander Nathan Garfield, Andrea Ellen Fraga, Saad Ahmad Chaudry, Martin Rathgeber, Leo Chan, Tara Marie Arnold, Alan Yefsky
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Patent number: 8872669Abstract: Devices are provided which include a component assembly for detecting inward, outward and sideways door movement. A component of the assembly extending from a structure comprises a distal end for contacting a door face when the structure is arranged in proximity to the door face. Systems are provided which include a portable stand, a door movement sensor attached to the stand, a proximity sensor, and a user interface. The system is configured to transmit signals to the user interface when the proximity sensor has been placed a predetermined distance from a door face and when door movement occurs. Apparatuses are provided which include program instructions for receiving input regarding a number of entryways of a room and inhibiting commencement of a task for which an apparatus arranged in the room is configured to perform until a number of signals received from a door movement sensor equals the number of entryways.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Xenex Disinfection Services, LLCInventors: Mark Andrew Stibich, Brian Cruver, Morris Miller, Kieron Hiuhon Tse, Brian Blankstein, Alexander Nathan Garfield, Martin Rathgeber, James Blaine Wolford
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Publication number: 20140270897Abstract: Fluid applicators for use with topical medications are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a housing and a fluid container disposed inside the housing. The example apparatus also includes a pump assembly disposed inside the housing and fluidly coupled to the fluid container. The example apparatus further includes an applicator coupled to the housing. The applicator defines an outlet and has a surface to be in contact with an application site on a person. The surface is in fluid communication with the pump assembly via the outlet. The example apparatus also includes an actuator operatively coupled to the pump assembly. Movement of the actuator from a first position to a second position is to operate the pump to dispense a dose of the fluid onto the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: ABBVIE INC.Inventors: Linas P. Laurusonis, Edward Naguit Abante, Bryan Eliot Rolfs, Ramana Malladi, Bhimaprasad Medhal, James Blaine Wolford, Olivier Franck Currat, Martin Rathgeber, Kieron Hiuhon Tse
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Patent number: 8777287Abstract: A reaching apparatus is provided for allowing a user to utilize gross motor skills to actuate the reaching apparatus. The reaching apparatus includes a fixed and a sliding handle on a shaft. An internal pulley system is connected between the first and second handles such that sliding of the second handle activates the pulley system to move the claw of the reaching apparatus between an open and closed configuration. The claw may be locked in an open and/or closed configuration by rotation of the handle on the shaft. The pulley system can be set to specific resistance to activate the claw upon different gross motor levels.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: DMS Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Kristin Ludwig, Joel Gray, Olivier Franck Currat, James Blaine Wolford, Brian David Blankstein, Alexander Nathan Garfield, Andrea Ellen Fraga, Saad Ahmad Chaudry, Martin Rathgeber, Leo Chan, Tara Marie Arnold, Alan Yefsky
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Publication number: 20140053949Abstract: An ice bagger is provided. The ice bagger includes an ice hopper into which ice is disposed from an ice manufacturer. The ice hopper further includes an ice agitator and defines an ice trough there beneath. An ice auger, housed inside the ice trough, transports ice to an ice delivery chute. A hatch is positioned beneath the ice delivery chute, upon which the bag rests while filling. A scale is positioned on the hatch. The scale weighs the ice being deposited into the bag. When the bag is full, the bag is sealed by a sealer. When the bag is sealed, the hatch opens and the bag of ice is deposited in an bag depository. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Inventors: Mark Witt, Margaret Lowan Benezra, Craig Anderson, Martin Rathgeber, King Ya Moy, Natan Pheil, Daniel A. Peterson, David Chesley
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Publication number: 20140035305Abstract: A reaching apparatus is provided for allowing a user to utilize gross motor skills to actuate the reaching apparatus. The reaching apparatus includes a fixed and a sliding handle on a shaft. An internal pulley system is connected between the first and second handles such that sliding of the second handle activates the pulley system to move the claw of the reaching apparatus between an open and closed configuration. The claw may be locked in an open and/or closed configuration by rotation of the handle on the shaft. The pulley system can be set to specific resistance to activate the claw upon different gross motor levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: DMS HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Kristin Ludwig, Joel Gray, Olivier Franck Currat, James Blaine Wolford, Brian David Blankstein, Alexander Nathan Garfield, Andrea Ellen Fraga, Saad Ahmad Chaudry, Martin Rathgeber, Leo Chan, Tara Marie Arnold, Alan Yefsky
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Patent number: 8473024Abstract: A headset for detecting brain electrical activity is disclosed. The headset may have a flexible band having a first end and a second end. The flexible band may have at least one expansible region permitting a distance between the first end and the second end to selectably vary. The headset may also have flexible circuitry in the flexible band. The flexible circuitry may be operatively connected to at least one sensor configured to sense brain electrical activity. The headset may further have a stimulus emitter coupled to the flexible band.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Brainscope Company, Inc.Inventors: Elvir Causevic, Richard Comrie Watt, Craig Anderson, Martin Rathgeber
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Publication number: 20130002445Abstract: Devices are provided which include a component assembly for detecting inward, outward and sideways door movement. A component of the assembly extending from a structure comprises a distal end for contacting a door face when the structure is arranged in proximity to the door face. Systems are provided which include a portable stand, a door movement sensor attached to the stand, a proximity sensor, and a user interface. The system is configured to transmit signals to the user interface when the proximity sensor has been placed a predetermined distance from a door face and when door movement occurs. Apparatuses are provided which include program instructions for receiving input regarding a number of entryways of a room and inhibiting commencement of a task for which an apparatus arranged in the room is configured to perform until a number of signals received from a door movement sensor equals the number of entryways.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Mark Andrew Stibich, Brian Cruver, Morris Miller, Kieron Hiuhon Tse, Brian Blankstein, Alexander Nathan Garfield, Martin Rathgeber, James Blaine Wolford
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Publication number: 20120313532Abstract: The apparatuses disclosed herein include a discharge lamp configured to emit ultraviolet and visible light, an optical filter configured to attenuate visible light, and a power circuit configured to operate the discharge lamp. Some embodiments of the apparatuses are configured such that ultraviolet light emitted from the discharge lamp and passed through the optical filter encircles an exterior surface of the apparatus. Some cases of the apparatuses include a sensor system configured to monitor a first parameter associated with the operation of the discharge lamp and a second parameter associated with the transmittance of the optical filter. Some of the apparatuses include a means for moving the optical filter while the apparatus is in operation. In some cases, the apparatuses may be configured such that the optical filter may be arranged in and out of alignment with the discharge lamp. In some embodiments, the optical filter may be a multifaceted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: XENEX HEALTHCARE SERVICES, LLCInventors: Mark Andrew Stibich, James Blaine Wolford, Alexander Nathan Garfield, Martin Rathgeber
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Publication number: 20120313014Abstract: Apparatuses are disclosed which include a discharge lamp configured to emit ultraviolet light, a power circuit configured to operate the discharge lamp, and a reflector system configured to redirect ultraviolet light emitted from the discharge lamp. In some embodiments, the apparatuses include a support structure containing the power circuit and supporting the discharge lamp. In some of such embodiments, the reflector system is configured to redirect ultraviolet light propagating away from the support structure to a region exterior to the apparatus and which is between approximately 2 feet and approximately 4 feet from a floor of a room in which the apparatus is arranged. In other embodiments, the reflector system may be additionally or alternatively configured to redirect ultraviolet light propagating away from the support structure to encircle an exterior surface of the apparatus. In any case, the reflector system may, in some embodiments, include a repositionable reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: XENEX HEALTHCARE SERVICES, LLCInventors: Mark Andrew Stibich, James Blaine Wolford, Alexander Nathan Garfield, Martin Rathgeber, Eric Martin Frydendall
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Publication number: 20120174304Abstract: A device for spraying an inner surface of an enclosure with a cleaning and/or deodorizing chemical is disclosed. The device can include a container for the chemical, a container holder, a sprayer through which the chemical can be sprayed laterally at least halfway around a perimeter of the sprayer, a clip attaching the sprayer near a rim of the toilet bowl, a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the container and the sprayer, and a retention mechanism retaining the container in the container holder. One form of the retention mechanism includes a retainer having a plurality of flexing tabs that engage a flange on the holder. In another form, the retention mechanism can include inwardly directed flanges on an inner wall of the holder, a projection spaced apart from each flange, and a retainer with a plurality of fins. A refill for a dispensing system is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Matthew Abbondanzio, Ronald J. Schmidt, Barry Thrune, James R. Crapser, Thomas A. Helf, Sandy K. Foley, Jeffrey L. Crull, Jonathon Daniel Toback, Martin Rathgeber, Jon M. Hursey, Evan A. Sparks
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Publication number: 20100280488Abstract: The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su, Kurt Stricker Stenn, Kenneth Justin Washenik, John Depiano, Gary F. Prokop, Martin Rathgeber
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Patent number: 7780635Abstract: The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Aderans Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su, Kurt Stricker Stenn, Kenneth Justin Washenik, John DePiano, Gary F. Prokop, Martin Rathgeber
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Patent number: D614774Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: TearScience, Inc.Inventors: Keith H. Gausmann, Joey Nakayama, Adam Ruggles, Gary F. Prokop, David Chesley, Mark Wolfson, Natan Pheil, David S. Jaggi, Martin Rathgeber
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Patent number: D627895Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Inventors: Natan Pheil, Martin Rathgeber, Craig Sirota
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Patent number: D641886Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Brainscope Company, Inc.Inventors: Elvir Causevic, Richard Comrie Watt, Craig Anderson, Martin Rathgeber, Gregory James Holderfield, Neil Rothman
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Patent number: D648857Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Inventors: Natan Pheil, Martin Rathgeber, Craig Sirota
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Patent number: D685606Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Brita LPInventors: James Robert Keys, Brett David McIntire, Julia (Yi-Fong) Fu, Christopher Michael Wlezien, Michael Allen Harnack, Martin Rathgeber
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Patent number: D724384Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Brita LPInventors: Madeline Anne Donovan, John E. Jamieson, Russell E. Bell, James R. Keys, Brett David McIntire, Juila Yi-Fong Fu, Christopher Michael Wiezien, Michael Allen Harnack, Martin Rathgeber