Patents by Inventor Michael A. Kurtz
Michael A. Kurtz 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: 20180104506Abstract: An ophthalmic stimulator for temporarily constricting a pupil of art eye comprises a mobile irradiation control system, to generate an irradiation control signal; an irradiation source, coupled to the irradiation control system, to generate an irradiation; and an irradiation delivery system, coupled to the mobile irradiation control system, to receive the irradiation from the irradiation source, and to deliver a patterned irradiation to an iris of the eye; wherein the mobile irradiation control system controls at least one of the irradiation source and the irradiation delivery system with the irradiation control signal so that the patterned irradiation causes a temporary constriction of the pupil of the eye, without causing a permanent constriction of the pupil.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Ronald Michael Kurtz, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Publication number: 20180104508Abstract: An ophthalmic stimulator for temporarily constricting a pupil of an eye comprises an irradiation control system, to generate an irradiation control signal; a light source, coupled to the irradiation control system, to generate a light beam; and a beam-shaping optics, coupled to the irradiation control system, to receive the light beam from the light source, and to deliver a light ring to an iris of the eye; wherein the irradiation control system controls at least one of the light source and the beam-shaping optics with the irradiation control signal so that the light ring causes a temporary constriction of the pupil of the eye, without causing a permanent constriction of the pupil.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Ronald Michael Kurtz, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Publication number: 20180103839Abstract: A networked system of ophthalmic stimulators for temporarily constricting eye-pupils comprises a set of ophthalmic stimulators, each ophthalmic stimulator including a mobile irradiation control system, to generate an irradiation control signal; an irradiation source, coupled to the irradiation control system, to generate an irradiation; and an irradiation delivery system, coupled to the mobile irradiation control system, to receive the irradiation from the irradiation source, and to deliver a patterned irradiation to an iris of the eye; wherein the mobile irradiation control system controls at least one of the irradiation source and the irradiation delivery system with the irradiation control signal so that the patterned irradiation causes a temporary constriction of the pupil of the eye, without causing a permanent constriction of the pupil; and a central station, including a central image processor, wherein the mobile irradiation control systems and the central station are configured to communicate throughType: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Ronald Michael Kurtz, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Publication number: 20180104099Abstract: An ophthalmic stimulator for temporarily constricting a pupil of an eye comprises a digital beam controller, to generate a digital beam-control signal; a light source, coupled to the beam controller, to generate a light beam; and a digitally controlled beam modulator, to receive the digital beam-control signal from the beam controller, to receive the light beam from the light source, and to modulate the received light beam into a patterned light, delivered to an iris of the eye; wherein the beam controller controls at least one of the light source and the digitally controlled beam modulator with the digital beam-control signal so that the patterned light causes a temporary constriction of the pupil of the eye, without causing a permanent constriction of the pupil.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: RONALD MICHAEL KURTZ, GERGELY T. ZIMANYI
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Publication number: 20180104477Abstract: An ophthalmic stimulator for temporarily constricting a pupil of an eye comprises an irradiation control system, to generate an irradiation control signal; an irradiation source, coupled to the irradiation control system, to generate an irradiation; and an irradiation delivery system, coupled to the irradiation control system, to receive the irradiation from the irradiation source, and to deliver a patterned irradiation to an iris of the eye; wherein the irradiation control system controls at least one of the irradiation source and the irradiation delivery system with the irradiation control signal so that the patterned irradiation causes a temporary constriction of the pupil of the eye, without causing a permanent constriction of the pupil.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Ronald Michael Kurtz, Gergely T. Zimanyi
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Publication number: 20180014665Abstract: A bracket for hanging a picture frame on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a pair of legs projecting perpendicularly from a bottom surface of a base and extending at right angles with respect to each other. The legs are spaced from a peripheral edge of the base forming a V-shaped planar portion between the edge and legs. A reinforcing member extends between the pair of legs and an attachment pin mounted in the reinforcing member extends outwardly beyond a top surface of the base. A pair of securement pins in the frame legs are driven into the frame to secure the bracket in a right angle corner of the frame. A pair of attachment pins is pressed into the supporting structure to suspend the frame therefrom after two of the brackets are secured in upper right hand corners of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Kelly KRAKE, Liette TOUSIGNANT, Michael KURTZ
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Patent number: 9861216Abstract: A sheet hanging device is configured to attach a sheet of material (e.g., a poster) to a substrate (e.g., a wall) without causing any damage to the sheet or the substrate. The sheet hanging device includes a magnet and a metal member disc. The metal member disc is releasably attached to the substrate via adhesive. The magnet is carried by body member, and may be attached to an insert. The sheet is secured between the magnet and the metal disc as the two are brought together to create an attraction therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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Patent number: 9839307Abstract: A bracket for hanging a picture frame on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a pair of legs projecting perpendicularly from a bottom surface of a base and extending at right angles with respect to each other. The legs are spaced from a peripheral edge of the base forming a V-shaped planar portion between the edge and legs. A reinforcing member extends between the pair of legs and an attachment pin mounted in the reinforcing member extends outwardly beyond a top surface of the base. A pair of securement pins in the frame legs are driven into the frame to secure the bracket in a right angle corner of the frame. A pair of attachment pins is pressed into the supporting structure to suspend the frame therefrom after two of the brackets are secured in upper right hand corners of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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Patent number: 9826845Abstract: An apparatus and method for hanging objects on a supporting wall includes a bracket with an outwardly extending shelf for supporting engagement with the object. A flange extends upwardly from the bracket and is secured by a fastener to the object. A marking device is removably mounted in an aperture formed in the bracket and has a sharp marking element extending therefrom. After the bracket is attached to the object by the fasteners and the marking element is positioned in the aperture, the object is pressed against the supporting wall at the desired hanging location whereupon the marking element marks the wall at the correct location for installing the hanging hardware. After the hanging hardware is installed at the marked locations, it is subsequently received in the bracket aperture after the marking element is removed therefrom to hang the object on the hanging hardware.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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Publication number: 20170332672Abstract: A beverage machine has a gas dissolution assembly that includes a pressure vessel having an open end and a top cap that couples with the open end of the pressure vessel. The top cap has a gas inlet through which a gas to be infused into the beverage flows. A clamping mechanism clamps the top cap onto the open end of the pressure vessel. A gas infusing device that is coupled to the gas inlet has a porous element that infuses the gas into the beverage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Tomasz K. Kasprzycki, Michael Kurtz
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Patent number: 9801477Abstract: A hanging bracket for hanging a picture frame having at least two right angled corners on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a planar base terminating with a beveled edge formed by two straight sections and an intervening arcuate section. A V-shaped column is spaced from the beveled edge by a V-shaped planar portion of the base and extends perpendicularly from the base terminating in a V-shaped top edge with two straight legs joined at a rounded corner. A pin is embedded in the rounded corner and extends outwardly beyond the straight legs of the column. The base is inserted between the back of a canvas picture and the two adjacent frame members at each corner of the picture frame with the projecting pins being pressed into the support structure to suspend the picture frame therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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Publication number: 20170208971Abstract: A sheet hanging device is configured to attach a sheet of material (e.g., a poster) to a substrate (e.g., a wall) without causing any damage to the sheet or the substrate. The sheet hanging device includes a magnet and a metal member disc. The metal member disc is releasably attached to the substrate via adhesive. The magnet is carried by body member, and may be attached to an insert. The sheet is secured between the magnet and the metal disc as the two are brought together to create an attraction therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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Patent number: 9639511Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for editing documents with non-native applications using an application engine. A request to open a document file using a non-native application is received from a user. An engine of the non-native application is selected, the engine being configured to edit the format of the file. Modifications to the document are received by the non-native application engine, and the document is saved to the file using the format of the file, without converting the document to a different format.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Nagarajan Hariharan, Jeffrey Michael Kurtz, Ryan Tabone, Sarah Cooper, Dominic Marin Espinosa, Jonathan Rochelle, David Halpin
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Patent number: 9622601Abstract: A sheet hanging device is configured to attach a sheet of material (e.g., a poster) to a substrate (e.g., a wall) without causing any damage to the sheet or the substrate. The sheet hanging device includes a magnet and a metal member disc. The metal member disc is releasably attached to the substrate via adhesive. The magnet is carried by body member, and may be attached to an insert. The sheet is secured between the magnet and the metal disc as the two are brought together to create an attraction therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: UNDER THE ROOF DECORATING INC.Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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Publication number: 20170055732Abstract: An apparatus and method for hanging objects on a supporting wall includes a bracket with an outwardly extending shelf for supporting engagement with the object. A flange extends upwardly from the bracket and is secured by a fastener to the object. A marking device is removably mounted in an aperture formed in the bracket and has a sharp marking element extending therefrom. After the bracket is attached to the object by the fasteners and the marking element is positioned in the aperture, the object is pressed against the supporting wall at the desired hanging location whereupon the marking element marks the wall at the correct location for installing the hanging hardware. After the hanging hardware is installed at the marked locations, it is subsequently received in the bracket aperture after the marking element is removed therefrom to hang the object on the hanging hardware.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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Publication number: 20170055728Abstract: A bracket for hanging a picture frame on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a pair of legs projecting perpendicularly from a bottom surface of a base and extending at right angles with respect to each other. The legs are spaced from a peripheral edge of the base forming a V-shaped planar portion between the edge and legs. A reinforcing member extends between the pair of legs and an attachment pin mounted in the reinforcing member extends outwardly beyond a top surface of the base. A pair of securement pins in the frame legs are driven into the frame to secure the bracket in a right angle corner of the frame. A pair of attachment pins is pressed into the supporting structure to suspend the frame therefrom after two of the brackets are secured in upper right hand corners of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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Publication number: 20170055553Abstract: A gas injection assembly for injecting a gas into a liquid to form a solution includes a vessel that receives the liquid, a flow channel that conveys the liquid from the vessel through an upstream inlet to a downstream outlet that is configured to dispense the solution, and a sparger having a porous surface positioned in the flow channel such that the liquid flows across the porous surface and the porous surface injects the gas into the liquid as the liquid flows across the porous surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: Cornelius, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas M. Giardino, Tomasz K. Kasprzycki, Jacob Lukjanowicz, Jose Renteria, Michael Kurtz
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Publication number: 20170056565Abstract: An implantable medical device having a sheath formed of a polymer material, wherein the sheath forms a reservoir attached to or around the implantable medical device, and wherein the reservoir is sealed with a biocompatible pressure responsive coating; wherein the biocompatible coating is stable for at least 7-day post implantation into a body, and can be mechanically ruptured by application of an exterior pressure generating force.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicants: Thomas Jefferson University, Drexel UniversityInventors: Christopher K. Kepler, Alex Michael Sevit, Steven Michael Kurtz, Noreen J. Hickok, Flemming Forsberg, John R. Eisenbrey
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Publication number: 20170055730Abstract: A bracket for hanging a picture frame on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a pair of legs projecting perpendicularly from a bottom surface of a base and extending at right angles with respect to each other. The legs are spaced from a peripheral edge of the base forming a V-shaped planar portion between the edge and legs. A reinforcing member extends between the pair of legs and an attachment pin mounted in the reinforcing member extends outwardly beyond a top surface of the base. A pair of attachment pins is pressed into the supporting structure to suspend the frame therefrom after two of the brackets are secured in upper right hand corners of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz
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Publication number: 20170055729Abstract: A hanging bracket for hanging a picture frame having at least two right angled corners on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a planar base terminating with a beveled edge formed by two straight sections and an intervening arcuate section. A V-shaped column is spaced from the beveled edge by a V-shaped planar portion of the base and extends perpendicularly from the base terminating in a V-shaped top edge with two straight legs joined at a rounded corner. A pin is embedded in the rounded corner and extends outwardly beyond the straight legs of the column. The base is inserted between the back of a canvas picture and the two adjacent frame members at each corner of the picture frame with the projecting pins being pressed into the support structure to suspend the picture frame therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Kelly R. Krake, Liette Tousignant, Michael Kurtz