Patents by Inventor Michael Garrison

Michael Garrison 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).

  • Patent number: 12257406
    Abstract: A catheter system may include a catheter hub, a septum disposed within the catheter hub, a catheter tube extending from the catheter hub, a needle hub, and an introducer needle secured within the needle hub. The catheter hub may include a push tab and one or more ribs, which may extend outwardly from an upper surface of the catheter hub. The ribs may be shorter in height than the push tab and/or may be generally parallel to the push tab. The introducer needle may include a flashback notch. In response to insertion of the introducer needle into vasculature, blood may flow into the introducer needle, through the flashback notch, and into a flashback chamber disposed between the septum and the catheter tube. The flashback chamber may be disposed distal to the push tab and the ribs, which may improve visualization of the flashback chamber by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael Garrison, Bart D. Peterson, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Thomas Solosko, Stephen T. Bornhoft, Marty Stout, Carl Ellis
  • Publication number: 20240396274
    Abstract: A connector assembly is described that includes a receptacle and a pluggable module. The pluggable module includes a housing, a first paddle card, and a second paddle card. The first paddle card and the second paddle card are oriented vertically with respect to one another at least partially in the housing. The first paddle card has a front end positioned at a first insertion depth and the second paddle card has a front end positioned at a second insertion depth. Due to varying insertion depths, when the pluggable module is inserted into a housing of the receptacle, the first paddle card will come into contact with terminals of the receptacle first before the second paddle card comes into contact with other terminals of the receptacle, providing various stages of insertion and reducing overall force required to mate the receptacle and the pluggable module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Cory R. Ensley, Arturo Casares Valdes, Michael Garrison
  • Publication number: 20240277973
    Abstract: An IV catheter system may have a catheter component and a needle component. The catheter component may have a catheter hub, a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub, and a push feature extending outward from the catheter hub. The push feature may have an outer surface that receives contact from a digit to move the IV catheter system from an insertion configuration, in which the needle is within the cannula, to a fluid delivery configuration, in which the needle is outside the catheter hub. The needle component may have a needle hub and a needle extending distally from the needle hub along an axis. The push feature may be formed of a flexible material that causes the push feature, in response to pressure exerted on the outer surface by a dressing securing the catheter component to a patient, to deflect the outer surface toward the cannula axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Garrison, Bart D. Peterson, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Nathan Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11964117
    Abstract: An IV catheter system may have a catheter component and a needle component. The catheter component may have a catheter hub, a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub, and a push feature extending outward from the catheter hub. The push feature may have an outer surface that receives contact from a digit to move the IV catheter system from an insertion configuration, in which the needle is within the cannula, to a fluid delivery configuration, in which the needle is outside the catheter hub. The needle component may have a needle hub and a needle extending distally from the needle hub along an axis. The push feature may be formed of a flexible material that causes the push feature, in response to pressure exerted on the outer surface by a dressing securing the catheter component to a patient, to deflect the outer surface toward the cannula axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael Garrison, Bart D. Peterson, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Nathan Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20220080159
    Abstract: A catheter system may include a catheter hub, a septum disposed within the catheter hub, a catheter tube extending from the catheter hub, a needle hub, and an introducer needle secured within the needle hub. The catheter hub may include a push tab and one or more ribs, which may extend outwardly from an upper surface of the catheter hub. The ribs may be shorter in height than the push tab and/or may be generally parallel to the push tab. The introducer needle may include a flashback notch. In response to insertion of the introducer needle into vasculature, blood may flow into the introducer needle, through the flashback notch, and into a flashback chamber disposed between the septum and the catheter tube. The flashback chamber may be disposed distal to the push tab and the ribs, which may improve visualization of the flashback chamber by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Garrison, Bart D. Peterson, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Thomas Solosko, Stephen T. Bornhoft, Marty Stout, Carl Ellis
  • Patent number: 11213656
    Abstract: A catheter system may include a catheter hub, a septum disposed within the catheter hub, a catheter tube extending from the catheter hub, a needle hub, and an introducer needle secured within the needle hub. The catheter hub may include a push tab and one or more ribs, which may extend outwardly from an upper surface of the catheter hub. The ribs may be shorter in height than the push tab and/or may be generally parallel to the push tab. The introducer needle may include a flashback notch. In response to insertion of the introducer needle into vasculature, blood may flow into the introducer needle, through the flashback notch, and into a flashback chamber disposed between the septum and the catheter tube. The flashback chamber may be disposed distal to the push tab and the ribs, which may improve visualization of the flashback chamber by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael Garrison, Bart D. Peterson, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Thomas Solosko, Stephen Bornhoft, Marty Stout, Carl Ellis
  • Patent number: 11069094
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for rendering makeup products on a user's face within an augmented reality environment in real-time. For example, the disclosed system can use blend a base makeup color of a selected makeup product with extracted luminance frequencies of a video stream. The disclosed system can then convert the blended makeup color to LAB color space and apply one or more shader models to the lightness of the color based on a material of the selected makeup product. The disclosed system can also apply additional operations for smoothing the skin of the user and matching the makeup product to a skin tone of the user. The disclosed system can then display the makeup product and any additional changes in an augmented reality environment in the video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Bruno Pereira Evangelista, Houman Meshkin, Ben Max Rubinstein, Helen Haekwang Kim, Anaelisa Aburto, David Michael Garrison Hill, Chayan Goswami, Sung Kyu Robin Kim, Ian Heisters, Catherine Yoo, Ernest Rowe
  • Patent number: 10814106
    Abstract: An IV catheter system may have a catheter component and a needle component. The catheter component may have a catheter hub, a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub, and a push feature extending outward from the catheter hub. The push feature may have an outer surface that receives contact from a digit to move the IV catheter system from an insertion configuration, in which the needle is within the cannula, to a fluid delivery configuration, in which the needle is outside the catheter hub. The needle component may have a needle hub and a needle extending distally from the needle hub along an axis. The push feature may be formed of a flexible material that causes the push feature, in response to pressure exerted on the outer surface by a dressing securing the catheter component to a patient, to deflect the outer surface toward the cannula axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael Garrison, Bart D. Peterson, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Nathan Mitchell
  • Patent number: 10711154
    Abstract: An hydrophobic epoxy resin composition including at least one ortho-substituted glycidyl ether, at least one ortho, ortho?-disubstituted glycidyl ether, at least one ortho, meta?-disubstituted glycidyl ether, at least one amine/aniline curing agent, and at least one organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joseph W. Tsang, Michael Garrison
  • Publication number: 20200038634
    Abstract: An IV catheter system may have a catheter component and a needle component. The catheter component may have a catheter hub, a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub, and a push feature extending outward from the catheter hub. The push feature may have an outer surface that receives contact from a digit to move the IV catheter system from an insertion configuration, in which the needle is within the cannula, to a fluid delivery configuration, in which the needle is outside the catheter hub. The needle component may have a needle hub and a needle extending distally from the needle hub along an axis. The push feature may be formed of a flexible material that causes the push feature, in response to pressure exerted on the outer surface by a dressing securing the catheter component to a patient, to deflect the outer surface toward the cannula axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Garrison, Bart D. Peterson, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Nathan Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20200001050
    Abstract: A catheter system may include a catheter hub, a septum disposed within the catheter hub, a catheter tube extending from the catheter hub, a needle hub, and an introducer needle secured within the needle hub. The catheter hub may include a push tab and one or more ribs, which may extend outwardly from an upper surface of the catheter hub. The ribs may be shorter in height than the push tab and/or may be generally parallel to the push tab. The introducer needle may include a flashback notch. In response to insertion of the introducer needle into vasculature, blood may flow into the introducer needle, through the flashback notch, and into a flashback chamber disposed between the septum and the catheter tube. The flashback chamber may be disposed distal to the push tab and the ribs, which may improve visualization of the flashback chamber by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Garrison, Bart D. Peterson, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Thomas Solosko, Stephen Bornhoft, Marty Stout, Carl Ellis
  • Patent number: 10344160
    Abstract: An hydrophobic epoxy resin composition including at least one ortho-substituted glycidyl ether, at least one ortho, ortho?-disubstituted glycidyl ether, at least one ortho, meta?-disubstituted glycidyl ether, at least one amine/aniline curing agent, and at least one organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joseph W Tsang, Michael Garrison
  • Publication number: 20170120009
    Abstract: An IV catheter system may have a catheter component and a needle component. The catheter component may have a catheter hub, a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub, and a push feature extending outward from the catheter hub. The push feature may have an outer surface that receives contact from a digit to move the IV catheter system from an insertion configuration, in which the needle is within the cannula, to a fluid delivery configuration, in which the needle is outside the catheter hub. The needle component may have a needle hub and a needle extending distally from the needle hub along an axis. The push feature may be formed of a flexible material that causes the push feature, in response to pressure exerted on the outer surface by a dressing securing the catheter component to a patient, to deflect the outer surface toward the cannula axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Garrison, Bart D. Peterson, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Nathan Mitchell
  • Patent number: 9078746
    Abstract: A valve prosthesis, such as an artificial venous valve, is described. The valve prosthesis has a support frame formed from a cannula and an attached covering that defines an opening adapted to move between a first position in which the opening is open to fluid flow and a second position in which the opening is closed to fluid flow. The support frame includes a leaflet support portion and a circumferential centering support element disposed adjacent the leaflet support portion with respect to a lengthwise axis of the support frame and mirroring the leaflet support portion with respect to a transverse axis of the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dusan Pavcnik, Brian C. Case, Jacob A. Flagle, Michael Garrison, Andrew K. Hoffa, Raymond B. Leonard, II, Thomas A. Osborne, Ram H. Paul, Jr., Darin G. Schaeffer, Richard B Sisken
  • Publication number: 20130226291
    Abstract: A valve prosthesis, such as an artificial venous valve, is described. The valve prosthesis has a support frame formed from a cannula and an attached covering that defines an opening adapted to move between a first position in which the opening is open to fluid flow and a second position in which the opening is closed to fluid flow. The support frame includes a leaflet support portion and a circumferential centering support element disposed adjacent the leaflet support portion with respect to a lengthwise axis of the support frame and mirroring the leaflet support portion with respect to a transverse axis of the support frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: DUSAN PAVCNIK, BRIAN C. CASE, JACOB A. FLAGLE, MICHAEL GARRISON, ANDREW K. HOFFA, RAYMOND B. LEONARD, II, THOMAS A. OSBORNE, RAM H. PAUL, JR., DARIN G. SCHAEFFER, RICHARD B. SISKEN
  • Patent number: 8382822
    Abstract: A valve prosthesis, such as an artificial venous valve, having a support frame and leaf structure comprising one or more leaflets in which the outer edge of each leaflet engages the inner circumference of the bodily passageway along a serpentine path urged against the passageway by an expandable frame, while the inner edges move in response to fluid to restrict retrograde flow. Optionally, one or more elements can extend from the support frame/leaf structure to provide centering support and/or protection from the leaflet adhering to the vessel wall. In one embodiment, the centering support structure comprises a second or third expandable frames attached to and extending from the proximal and/or distal ends of main valve structure and support frame. In another embodiment, one or more support elements extend outward from the valve support frame to engage the vessel wall to provide greater longitudinal stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignees: Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Oregon Health & Science University
    Inventors: Dusan Pavcnik, Brian C. Case, Jacob A. Flagle, Michael Garrison, Andrew K. Hoffa, Raymond B. Leonard, II, Thomas A. Osborne, Ram H. Paul, Jr., Darin G. Schaeffer, Richard B Sisken
  • Patent number: 8229903
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing data mining to generate a policy document or to revise theory within a policy document. A data base of unknown events is mined for application to the development of a system management policy document. The results of the data mining of the database of unknown events are automatically incorporated into a policy document, subject to user approval, to produce a new policy document or an updated version of an existing policy document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul T. Baffes, John Michael Garrison, Michael Gilfix, Allan Hsu, Tyron Jerrod Stading
  • Patent number: 7958460
    Abstract: A method simplified drag and drop operations of display icons. This method calculates a projected path for an icon based on the past movement of the icon. The method highlights the “best fit” target icon as the mouse pointer moves across the screen. As the mouse pointer moves, or changes direction, the “best fit” target icon can change, with the current best-fit icon being highlighted. In addition to highlighting the target icon, a line or arrow from the mouse pointer to the target icon is maintained. The line presents the predicted path in a very noticeable, visual way. As the best-fit target icon changes, the line is re-drawn to point to the current best-fit icon. Regardless of how the target icon is visually indicated, releasing the mouse button will cause the drop operation to be completed “into” target. Completion of the drop could be instantaneous, or could be rendered with animation of some sort to indicate moving from the source to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Michael Garrison, Michael S. McKay
  • Patent number: 7941854
    Abstract: A method and system for managing an intrusion on a computer by graphically representing an intrusion pattern of a known past intrusion, and then comparing the intrusion pattern of the known intrusion with a current intrusion. The intrusion pattern may either be based on intrusion events, which are the effects of the intrusion or activities that provide a signature of the type of intrusion, or the intrusion pattern may be based on hardware topology that is affected by the intrusion. The intrusion pattern is graphically displayed with scripted responses, which in a preferred embodiment are presented in pop-up windows associated with each node in the intrusion pattern. Alternatively, the response to the intrusion may be automatic, based on a pre-determined percentage of common features in the intrusion pattern of the known past intrusion and the current intrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul T. Baffes, John Michael Garrison, Michael Gilfix, Allan Hsu, Tyron Jerrod Stading
  • Patent number: 7702914
    Abstract: A method for providing access control to a single sign-on computer network is disclosed. A user is assigned to multiple groups within a computer network. In response to an access request by the user, the computer network determines a group pass count based on a user profile of the user. The group pass count is a number of groups in which the access request meets all their access requirements. The computer network grants the access request if the group pass count is greater than a predetermined high group pass threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul T. Baffes, John Michael Garrison, Michael Gilfix, Allan Hsu, Tyron Jerrod Stading