Patents by Inventor Michael Gentile
Michael Gentile 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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Patent number: 11944770Abstract: An expandable introducer sheath with an interlock dilator. The present technology provides an expandable sheath with a step feature inside its distal opening, and a dilator with an interlock that includes a catch surface configured to engage with the step feature and resist further relative movement so that the body of the dilator is prevented from exiting the distal end of the expandable sheath. This interlocking engagement may allow the dilator to be used to extend and maintain tension on the expandable sheath during insertion into a patient, and then to be retracted from the expandable sheath by pulling the dilator in the opposite direction. The present technology also provides a dilator hub with a spring mechanism configured to achieve and maintain a desired tension on the expandable sheath and to prevent overextension of the expandable sheath when the dilator is being inserted into the expandable sheath.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Abiomed, Inc.Inventors: Christopher N. Korkuch, Robert Fishman, Michael Thomas Finnegan, Charles DeLorenzo, Andrew Gentile, Anne Gabrielle McLoughlin, Robert Swierczek, Matthew D'Agostino, Jonathan Barry
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Publication number: 20240065904Abstract: A patient transport apparatus comprises a support structure. The support structure comprises a base, a frame, and a patient support surface to support a patient. One or more handle assemblies are coupled to the frame to maneuver the patient transport apparatus. The handle assemblies comprise one or more handles to be manipulated by a user. The handles are capable of being adjusted to facilitate maneuvering of the patient transport apparatus, such as pushing/pulling the patient transport apparatus along a floor surface, lifting the patient transport apparatus over obstacles, loading the patient transport apparatus into an emergency vehicle, and/or unloading the patient transport apparatus from the emergency vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Stryker CorporationInventors: Nathan Matheny, Michael T. Brubaker, Christopher Gentile, Ross T. Lucas
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Patent number: 9808386Abstract: A seat support device is provided. The seat support is configured to receive a seat cushion and provide support to the cushion as well as providing two support handles above the cushion. The combination of these elements allows an elderly, disabled, or otherwise weakened person to easily rise from a seated to standing position.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventors: Amy Gentile, Michael Gentile
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Publication number: 20160095771Abstract: A seat support device is provided. The seat support is configured to receive a seat cushion and provide support to the cushion as well as providing two support handles above the cushion. The combination of these elements allows an elderly, disabled, or otherwise weakened person to easily rise from a seated to standing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Amy Gentile, Michael Gentile
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Patent number: 9241854Abstract: A seat support device is provided. The seat support is configured to receive a seat cushion and provide support to the cushion as well as providing two support handles above the cushion. The combination of these elements allows an elderly, disabled, or otherwise weakened person to easily rise from a seated to standing position.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Inventors: Amy Gentile, Michael Gentile
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Publication number: 20150061342Abstract: A seat support device is provided. The seat support is configured to receive a seat cushion and provide support to the cushion as well as providing two support handles above the cushion. The combination of these elements allows an elderly, disabled, or otherwise weakened person to easily rise from a seated to standing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Amy Gentile, Michael Gentile
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Publication number: 20030037896Abstract: Chemical additives can be adsorbed on cellulosic papermaking fibers at high levels with a minimal amount of unadsorbed chemical additives present in the papermaking process water. A method includes treating a fiber slurry with an excess of the chemical additive, allowing sufficient residence time for adsorption to occur, filtering the slurry to remove unadsorbed chemical additives, and redispersing the filtered pulp with fresh water. Filtrate from the thickening process contains unadsorbed chemical additive and it is not sent forward in the process with the chemically treated fibers. The method can be employed to make improved paper products.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2002Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventors: Mike Thomas Goulet, Jill A. Georger, Denise Alice Polderman, Maurice Alan Wyatt, Victor Michael Gentile
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Patent number: 6479061Abstract: The present invention pertains to an airlaid composite which is made of pulp fibers, at least about 2% by weight bicomponent fiber, and moisture. This airlaid composite is unique in that a uniformly even composite is made which upon calendering, becomes a thin structure which maintains significant absorbency when saturated. The bicomponent fibers of the present invention include a first polymer component and a second polymer component, and the first polymer component melts at a temperature lower than the melting temperature of the second polymer component. Mixing of the pulp fibers with the bicomponent fibers is done in such a way that the fibers are evenly dispersed in the airlaid composite. This airlaid composite is then heated such that at least a portion of the first polymer component of the bicomponent fiber is melted, which bond the bicomponent fibers to many of the pulp and bicomponent fibers when cooled.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Monica C. Fontenot, Terry Pearce Ford, James Jay Tanner, Jonathan Robert Owen, John Joseph Lassig, Barbara Jean Burns, Alan Grady Shuman, Victor Michael Gentile
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Patent number: 6423183Abstract: Chemical additives can be adsorbed on cellulosic papermaking fibers at high levels with a minimal amount of unadsorbed chemical additives present in the papermaking process water. A method includes treating a fiber slurry with an excess of the chemical additive, allowing sufficient residence time for adsorption to occur, filtering the slurry to remove unadsorbed chemical additives, and redispersing the filtered pulp with fresh water. Filtrate from the thickening process contains unadsorbed chemical additive and it is not sent forward in the process with the chemically treated fibers. The method can be employed to make improved paper products.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1999Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Mike Thomas Goulet, Jill A. Georger, Denise Alice Polderman, Maurice Alan Wyatt, Victor Michael Gentile
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Publication number: 20020068081Abstract: The present invention pertains to an airlaid composite which is made of pulp fibers, at least about 2% by weight bicomponent fiber, and moisture. This airlaid composite is unique in that a uniformly even composite is made which upon calendering, becomes a thin structure which maintains significant absorbency when saturated. The bicomponent fibers of the present invention include a first polymer component and a second polymer component, and the first polymer component melts at a temperature lower than the melting temperature of the second polymer component. Mixing of the pulp fibers with the bicomponent fibers is done in such a way that the fibers are evenly dispersed in the airlaid composite. This airlaid composite is then heated such that at least a portion of the first polymer component of the bicomponent fiber is melted, which bond the bicomponent fibers to many of the pulp and bicomponent fibers when cooled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventors: Monica C. Fontenot, Terry Pearce Ford, James Jay Tanner, Jonathan Robert Owen, John Joseph Lassig, Barbara Jean Burns, Alan Grady Shuman, Victor Michael Gentile
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Patent number: 6368609Abstract: The present invention pertains to an airlaid composite which is made of pulp fibers, at least about 2% by weight bicomponent fiber, and moisture. This airlaid composite is unique in that a uniformly even composite is made which upon calendering, becomes a thin structure which maintains significant absorbency when saturated. The bicomponent fibers of the present invention include a first polymer component and a second polymer component, and the first polymer component melts at a temperature lower than the melting temperature of the second polymer component. Mixing of the pulp fibers with the bicomponent fibers is done in such a way that the fibers are evenly dispersed in the airlaid composite. This airlaid composite is then heated such that at least a portion of the first polymer component of the bicomponent fiber is melted, which bond the bicomponent fibers to many of the pulp and bicomponent fibers when cooled.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1999Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Monica C. Fontenot, Terry Pearce Ford, James Jay Tanner, Jonathan Robert Owen, John Joseph Lassig, Barbara Jean Burns, Alan Grady Shuman, Victor Michael Gentile
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Publication number: 20010051485Abstract: An absorbent member is disclosed which has a high absorbent capacity and which exhibits exceptional expansion properties when wetted by an aqueous fluid. The absorbent member includes a multitude of randomly oriented cellulosic fibers having an average length of from between about 1 mm to about 5 mm and containing at least about 20% lignin within each fiber. The absorbent member also has a moisture content of from between about 1% to about 20% water by weight of fiber. The absorbent member further has a bulk density in the range of from between about 0.5 g/cc to about 1 g/cc and a compression factor of at least about 5. The fibers are stressed and bonded by hydrogen bonds and are retained in an elastically stressed condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2001Publication date: December 13, 2001Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Victor Michael Gentile, James Jay Tanner
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Patent number: 6296929Abstract: An absorbent member is disclosed which has a high absorbent capacity and which exhibits exceptional expansion properties when wetted by an aqueous fluid. The absorbent member includes a multitude of randomly oriented cellulosic fibers having an average length of from between about 1 mm to about 5 mm and containing at least about 20% lignin within each fiber. The absorbent member also has a moisture content of from between about 1% to about 20% water by weight of fiber and has a density in the range of from between about 0.1 g/cc to about 1 g/cc. The fibers are stressed and bonded by hydrogen bonds and are retained in an elastically stressed condition.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1999Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Victor Michael Gentile, James Jay Tanner
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Patent number: 6294258Abstract: An appliance window coated with a thermochromic, polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) material allows users of appliances containing such window to view the inside chamber of the appliance without opening the appliance door. The thermochromic material on the coated window also does not detract from the overall appearance of the appliance and is composed of phase-separated droplets of liquid crystal in a light-transmissive resin matrix. The liquid crystal has an optical index of refraction in the isotropic phase that is similar to the refractive index of the resin and an index of refraction in the liquid crystalline phase that is mismatched with the refractive index of the resin. The thermochromic coating is activated by the thermal energy released by the appliance during operation. The thermal energy raises the temperature of the coating to a sufficient value so as to cause the coating to switch from an opaque state to a clear state.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2000Date of Patent: September 25, 2001Assignee: Tutco, Inc.Inventor: Michael Gentile
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Patent number: 6234386Abstract: A sealed composite container is provided, the container including a tubular body member comprising at least one paperboard body ply. The container further comprises a liner ply adhered to the inner surface of the tubular body member, the liner ply comprising a barrier layer. At least one end of the body member and liner ply are rolled outwardly to form a rim and expose the liner ply. The rim defines a heat seal surface having a substantially planar portion. A lid is operatively positioned adjacent to the rim and heat sealed thereto, the lid also comprising a barrier layer. At least one of the lid and liner ply further comprise a seal layer comprising a heat sealable composition, the seal layer forming a heat seal between the lid and the liner ply having a substantially planar portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1999Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.Inventors: Michael T. Drummond, Alan D. Williams, Rick A. Osman, Michael Gentile, Varadarajan Krishnaraj
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Patent number: 6162961Abstract: An absorbent article having exceptional expansion properties when wetted by an aqueous fluid is disclosed. The absorbent article has an absorbent member formed from a multitude of randomly oriented cellulosic fibers containing at least about 20% lignin. The absorbent member has a moisture content of from between about 1% to about 20% water by weight of fiber and the fibers are elastically stressed and bonded by hydrogen bonds. The fibers are retained in a stressed condition and have a density of from between about 0.2 g/cc to about 1 g/cc.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1999Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: James Jay Tanner, Victor Michael Gentile
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Patent number: 6146568Abstract: A method for making an absorbent member is disclosed. The method includes introducing fibers into an air stream to form an air-fiber mixture. This air-fiber mixture is then directed to a porous media having a first surface. The air-fiber mixture contacts the first surface and the fibers collect on the first surface and forms a fibrous mat. The air passes through the first surface and can be recovered and recycled, if desired. The air-fiber mixture is then terminated or diverted so that the fibrous mat can be removed from the first surface. The fibrous mat is wetted by water to obtain a desired moisture content. Finally, the wetted fibrous mat is compressed to a predetermined thickness to form an absorbent member, which has unique expansion properties.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1999Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: James Jay Tanner, Victor Michael Gentile