Patents by Inventor Michael Butler

Michael Butler 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).

  • SPLIT-SENSOR DIELECTROPHORETIC/MAGNETOPHORETIC CYTOMETER
    Publication number: 20150090592
    Abstract: Embodiments of an improved sensor for dielectrophoretic cytometry are presented. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a plurality of sensor electrodes as well as an actuation electrode. Embodiments of microfluidic systems incorporating such sensor are also described. Additionally, embodiments of methods or performing cytometry analysis are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Douglas Thomson, Gregory Bridges, Michael Butler, Marija Nikolic-Jaric, Elham Salimi, Tim Cabel, Szymon Rzeszowski, Graham Ferrier, Katrin Braasch
  • FASTENING MACHINES
    Publication number: 20150052732
    Abstract: Fastener delivery apparatus for automatically selecting and delivering fasteners such as rivets to a setting tool. The fasteners are pre-loaded in a package and dispense via at least one fastener delivery tube that interconnects the setting tool to a fastener feeder device. The fastener feeder device releases selected fasteners from the package into the delivery tube. The fasteners are transportable individually or in groups in the tube from the feeder device to the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Rupert Andrew CRAYTHORN, Ralph FUHRMEISTER, Shane Peter MATTHEWS, Wojciech GOSTYLLA, Stuart Edmund BLACKET, Nicholas Richard CLEW, Michael BUTLER
  • HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20140335481
    Abstract: An electronic device for managing a health plan comprises an electronic display and a processor configured to maintain a meal plan to be displayed on the electronic display. The meal plan has a plurality of meals as guidance for a user to consume during a day. The processor is further configured to switch a meal of the plurality of meals with a specific meal offered by a specific entity. The specific meal can have substantially the same nutritional characteristics as the meal being switched out. A computer-readable medium including instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor may cause the processor to manage a meal database. A related method for managing a health management system is disclosed that includes switching the meal from the meal plan with a specific meal from the one or more specific meals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Michael BUTLER, Mitch FRIEDLANDER, Gina DAINES
  • Method for delivering fasteners via an intermediate buffer
    Patent number: 8850685
    Abstract: Fastener delivery apparatus for automatically selecting and delivering fasteners such as rivets to a setting tool. The fasteners are pre-loaded in a package and dispense via at least one fastener delivery tube that interconnects the setting tool to a fastener feeder device. The fastener feeder device releases selected fasteners from the package into the delivery tube. The fasteners are transportable individually or in groups in the tube from the feeder device to the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Henrob Limited
    Inventors: Rupert Andrew Craythorn, Ralph Fuhrmeister, Shane Peter Matthews, Wojciech Gostylla, Stuart Edmund Blacket, Nicholas Richard Clew, Michael Butler
  • VALVE SEAL ASSEMBLY WITH RELIEF VOLUME
    Publication number: 20140264134
    Abstract: An exemplary valve seal assembly is provided that includes a valve body with one or more relief volumes that may extend circumferentially and positioned in or adjacent one or both an upper and lower member of the valve body. A compression seal positioned adjacent an opening of a relief volume and a seal that is provided primarily in a volume between the upper and lower members. In an uncompressed state, the compression seal is maintained adjacent the opening of the relief volume. In a compressed state when the valve seal assembly compressively engages a valve seat, the compression seal is compressed against the relief volume, and may be either fully or partially compressed into the relief volume. A relief volume primary angle may be provided at a desired angle, and a seal retention volume primary angle may be provided at a desired angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: NOVATECH HOLDINGS CORP.
    Inventors: Roy Michael Butler, Keith R. Peach, Michael Preston Anderson
  • ADJUSTABLE CONNECTOR, IMPROVED FLUID FLOW AND REDUCED CLOTTING RISK
    Publication number: 20140236047
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining the concentration of one or more analytes from a sample such as blood or plasma are described. The systems described herein can be configured to withdraw a sample from a source of fluid, direct a first portion of the withdrawn sample to an analyte monitoring system and return a second portion of the sample. The analyte monitoring system can be connected to the fluid source via a connector that is configured to improve fluid flow and reduce blood clotting risk. These goals can be accomplished, for example, by employing coatings in or on a connector, positioning a resilient substance at or near the junction, by reducing dead space volume, by using resiliency to improve fit, by extending a portion of one connector to better mate with a portion of another connector, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: OptiScan Biomedical Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Butler, Eugene Lim, Craig Johnson
  • ADJUSTABLE CONNECTOR AND DEAD SPACE REDUCTION
    Publication number: 20140228710
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining the concentration of one or more analytes from a sample such as blood or plasma are described. The systems described herein can be configured to withdraw a certain volume of sample from a source of bodily fluid, direct a first portion of the withdrawn sample to an analyte monitoring system and return a second portion of the sample to the patient. The analyte monitoring system can be connected to the source of bodily fluid via a connector that is configured to maintain uniform velocity across the connector and reduce the dead space volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: OptiScan Biomedical Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Butler, Eugene Lim, Craig Johnson
  • IDENTIFYING AND THROTTLING TASKS BASED ON TASK INTERACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20140196048
    Abstract: The described implementations relate to processing of electronic data. One implementation is manifest as a system that can include logic and at least one processing device configured to execute the logic. The logic can be configured to receive a first task request to execute a first task that uses a resource when performed. The first task can have an associated first level of interactivity. The logic can also be configured to receive a second task request to execute a second task that also uses the resource when performed. The second task can have an associated second level of interactivity. The logic can also be configured to selectively throttle the first task and the second task based upon the first level of interactivity and the second level of interactivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Siddhartha Mathur, David A. Sterling, Lu Yang, Zhengwen Zhu, David Nunez Tejerina, Ozan Ozhan, Michael Butler
  • Fire suppression system for lithium ion batteries
    Patent number: 8733465
    Abstract: A device for suppressing fires generated by lithium-ion batteries exhibiting thermal runaway. The device can include a thermally insulating enclosure for housing one or more battery cells. A fluid delivery system having a heat/temperature sensitive tube passes through each enclosure and contains an agent capable of extinguishing fires. When the cell or battery starts to undergo thermal runaway, the increase in temperature or the eruption of open flame causes the fluid delivery system to rupture inside the enclosure. The agent leaks out of the rupture and is transported into the enclosure and onto the malfunctioning cell or battery. Any fire is suppressed and the cell or battery is cooled down by the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: LITHFIRE-X, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald Grattan Flood, Ronald Michael Butler
  • Adjustable connector and dead space reduction
    Patent number: 8731638
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining the concentration of one or more analytes from a sample such as blood or plasma are described. The systems described herein can be configured to withdraw a certain volume of sample from a source of bodily fluid, direct a first portion of the withdrawn sample to an analyte monitoring system and return a second portion of the sample to the patient. The analyte monitoring system can be connected to the source of bodily fluid via a connector that is configured to maintain uniform velocity across the connector and reduce the dead space volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: OptiScan Biomedical Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Butler, Eugene Lim, Craig Johnson
  • Adjustable connector, improved fluid flow and reduced clotting risk
    Patent number: 8731639
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining the concentration of one or more analytes from a sample such as blood or plasma are described. The systems described herein can be configured to withdraw a sample from a source of fluid, direct a first portion of the withdrawn sample to an analyte monitoring system and return a second portion of the sample. The analyte monitoring system can be connected to the fluid source via a connector that is configured to improve fluid flow and reduce blood clotting risk. These goals can be accomplished, for example, by employing coatings in or on a connector, positioning a resilient substance at or near the junction, by reducing dead space volume, by using resiliency to improve fit, by extending a portion of one connector to better mate with a portion of another connector, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: OptiScan Biomedical Corporation
    Inventors: David Callicoat, Monnett Soldo, Craig Johnson, Salvador Zamora, Michael Butler, Eugene Lim
  • RETRACTABLE BEAM SPLITTER FOR MICROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20140029090
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for illuminating a surface to be observed microscopically using a retractable beamsplitter. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of coaxial illumination when the beamsplitter is positioned in the operator's line of sight. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of non-coaxial illumination without reducing the amount of illumination that reaches the operator when the beamsplitter is retracted from the operator's line of sight. As a result a single system can be used effectively to provide various types of illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Endure Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Butler, Robert Troy Hewlett, Robert Jeffrey Hewlett, Robert McCoy Hewlett
  • Floor stand with angled arm for microscope
    Patent number: 8584994
    Abstract: A floor stand with an angled arm is provided for use with a microscope. The angled arm allows the floor stand and microscope to fit within a small or crowded examination room while also allowing a physician and his assistant space to maneuver around the floor stand and examine a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Endure Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Butler, Robert Troy Hewlett, Robert Jeffrey Hewlett, Robert McCoy Hewlett
  • Retractable beam splitter for microscope
    Patent number: 8573808
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for illuminating a surface to be observed microscopically using a retractable beamsplitter. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of coaxial illumination when the beamsplitter is positioned in the operator's line of sight. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of non-coaxial illumination without reducing the amount of illumination that reaches the operator when the beamsplitter is retracted from the operator's line of sight. As a result a single system can be used effectively to provide various types of illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Endure Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Butler, Robert Troy Hewlett, Robert Jeffrey Hewlett, Robert McCoy Hewlett
  • FLUID INJECTION AND SAFETY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130160532
    Abstract: Various medical systems and methods are described, including a medical monitoring system. The medical monitoring system can have a fluid system configured to receive bodily fluid and optically analyze said fluid to determine analyte concentration. The fluid system can have a removable portion. The removable portion can have an opening with a port. The system can also have a container configured to contain anticoagulant. The container can have a portion configured to mate with the port of the removable portion. The container can be further configured to not fit into a conventional luer fitting. An anti-coagulant insertion apparatus is also described. The apparatus can have a syringe, a dock with a port, and an adapter configured to connect the syringe to the port. The dock can also have a tab configured to move with the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: OptiScan Biomedical Corporation
    Inventors: Gil Rivas, Michael Butler, Jeffrey T. Chiou, Eugene Lim
  • Fluid injection and safety system
    Patent number: 8470241
    Abstract: Various medical systems and methods are described, including a medical monitoring system. The medical monitoring system can have a fluid system configured to receive bodily fluid and optically analyze said fluid to determine analyte concentration. The fluid system can have a removable portion. The removable portion can have an opening with a port. The system can also have a container configured to contain anticoagulant. The container can have a portion configured to mate with the port of the removable portion. The container can be further configured to not fit into a conventional luer fitting. An anti-coagulant insertion apparatus is also described. The apparatus can have a syringe, a dock with a port, and an adapter configured to connect the syringe to the port. The dock can also have a tab configured to move with the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Optiscan Biomedical Corporation
    Inventors: Gil Rivas, Michael Butler, Jeffrey T. Chiou, Eugene Lim
  • FLOOR STAND WITH ANGLED ARM FOR MICROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20130099072
    Abstract: A floor stand with an angled arm is provided for use with a microscope. The angled arm allows the floor stand and microscope to fit within a small or crowded examination room while also allowing a physician and his assistant space to maneuver around the floor stand and examine a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Endure Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Butler, Robert Troy Hewlett, Robert Jeffrey Hewlett, Robert McCoy Hewlett
  • Retractable beam splitter for microscope
    Patent number: 8337047
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for illuminating a surface to be observed microscopically using a retractable beamsplitter. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of coaxial illumination when the beamsplitter is positioned in the operator's line of sight. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of non-coaxial illumination without reducing the amount of illumination that reaches the operator when the beamsplitter is retracted from the operator's line of sight. As a result a single system can be used effectively to provide various types of illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Endure Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Butler, Robert Troy Hewlett, Robert Jeffrey Hewlett, Hewlett Robert McCoy
  • RETRACTABLE BEAM SPLITTER FOR MICROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20120307354
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for illuminating a surface to be observed microscopically using a retractable beamsplitter. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of coaxial illumination when the beamsplitter is positioned in the operator's line of sight. The retractable beamsplitter allows the use of non-coaxial illumination without reducing the amount of illumination that reaches the operator when the beamsplitter is retracted from the operator's line of sight. As a result a single system can be used effectively to provide various types of illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: ENDURE MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael BUTLER, Robert Troy HEWLETT, Robert Jeffrey HEWLETT, Robert McCoy Hewlett
  • Floor stand with angled arm for microscope
    Patent number: D685405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Endure Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Michael Butler, Robert Troy Hewlett, Robert Jeffrey Hewlett, Robert McCoy Hewlett