Patents by Inventor Michael Herron
Michael Herron 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: 20240130327Abstract: Tracking tags for animal tracking, methods for animal tracking with tracking tags, and systems for animal tracking. The tracking tag includes a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module, a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) module, and a controller. The controller is configured to detect, using the BLE module, when an animal is located within a zone defined by one or more repeater devices. The controller is also configured to deactivate the GNSS module when the animal is detected as being within the zone. The controller is further configured to activate the GNSS module when the animal is not detected as being within the zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: MICROTRAKS, INC.Inventors: Michael Fregeau, Patrick Herron, Michael Maziarz, Francisco Quiros
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Publication number: 20240125550Abstract: A process and apparatus for recovering at least argon from a feed gas that can provide an improved recovery of argon as well as an improvement in operational efficiency. Some embodiments can be adapted so that the improved argon recovery can also be obtained with improved condenser operation for an argon column without requiring an increase in power for the recovery of the argon. Some embodiments can utilize a reboiler positioned near or at the bottom of argon recovery column to increase boil-up therein and/or provide added heat duty to drive a condenser of the argon recovery column to provide improved argon recovery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Jay A. Thakkar, Donn Michael Herron, Qiao Zhao
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Patent number: 11918518Abstract: A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during a surgical procedure is provided, including an open patient support frame suspended above a floor and a base for supporting and suspending a the frame during a surgical procedure, the base including a pair of spaced vertically translatable subassemblies reversibly attachable to the frame by a pair of fail-safe rotatable connector attachment mechanisms to prevent inadvertent uncoupling of a first and second outer end of the frame from the base structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Jackson, Lawrence E. Guerra, Trevor A. Waggoner, Steven R. Walton, Michael A. Herron
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Publication number: 20240035743Abstract: A process for recovering at least one fluid (e.g. argon gas and/or nitrogen gas, etc.) from a feed gas (e.g. air) can provide an improved recovery of argon and/or nitrogen as well as an improvement in operational efficiency. Some embodiments can be adapted so that at least a portion of a mixed nitrogen-oxygen fluid is at least partially vaporized and fed to a low pressure column.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: DONN MICHAEL HERRON, QIAO ZHAO
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Patent number: 11874685Abstract: A fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati having a base structure and a patient support structure, to prevent collapse of the patient support structure during disconnection of the patient support structure from the base structure at outboard ends thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Jackson, Lawrence Guerra, Michael A. Herron
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Publication number: 20230355455Abstract: A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during a surgical procedure is provided, including an open fixed frame suspended above a floor and a pair of spaced opposed radially sliding joints cooperating with the frame, each joint including a virtual pivot point and an arc of motion spaced from the virtual pivot point, the joints being movable along the arc providing a pivot ship mechanism for a pair of pelvic pads attached to the joints. A base for supporting and suspending a patient support structure above the floor, for supporting a patient during a surgical procedure, the base including a pair of spaced opposed vertical translation subassemblies reversibly attachable to a patient support structure, a cross-bar, and a rotation subassembly having two degrees of rotational freedom; wherein a location of each vertical translation subassembly is substantially constant during operation of the patient support structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.Inventors: ROGER P. JACKSON, Lawrence E. Guerra, Trevor A. Waggoner, Steven R. Walton, Michael A. Herron
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Publication number: 20230233986Abstract: A process for separating carbon dioxide from a feed gas comprising carbon dioxide may comprise compressing the feed gas in a feed gas compressor to produce a compressed feed gas. The process may also comprise separating the compressed feed gas by an adsorption process comprising: using a plurality of adsorbent beds to produce a carbon dioxide-enriched product stream and a carbon dioxide-depleted stream, and a blowdown step. A blowdown gas may be removed from the adsorbent bed. The process may also comprise compressing the blowdown gas in the feed gas compressor and combining the blowdown gas with the compressed feed gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Mozhgan Alimohammadi Zanjani, David Ross Graham, Donald E. Henry, Donn Michael Herron, Roger Anthony Dewing
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Patent number: 11681730Abstract: The invention provides a comprehensive system, method and computer program product for data structure clustering based on variation in data attribute performance. In general, the invention is configured to link a sub-set of data structures out of a global set of data structures based on identifying stimulus type attributes that are structured to produce a functional performance parameter of the associated data structure, particularly in the field of hospital data analysis. Typically, the invention is configured to receive a request for construction of a peer data cluster for a first functional performance parameter of the first entity data structure. The invention may then determine at least one second entity data structure of a plurality of entity data structures that is a peer entity data structure, and linking the first entity data structure and the second entity data structure to form the peer data cluster.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Premier Healthcare Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Michael Herron, Michael Long
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Publication number: 20230056895Abstract: A fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati having a base structure and a patient support structure, to prevent collapse of the patient support during disconnection of the patient support structure from the base structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.Inventors: Roger P. Jackson, Lawrence Guerra, Michael A. Herron
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Patent number: 11547622Abstract: An apparatus for transferring a supine patient to a prone position on a patient support structure, and for rotating such a prone patient between prone and supine positions without removing the patient from the patient support structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Jackson, Lawrence E. Guerra, Michael A. Herron
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Publication number: 20220387238Abstract: A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during a surgical procedure is provided, including an open fixed frame suspended above a floor and a pair of spaced opposed radially sliding joints cooperating with the frame, each joint including a virtual pivot point and an arc of motion spaced from the virtual pivot point, the joints being movable along the arc providing a pivot ship mechanism for a pair of pelvic pads attached to the joints. A base for supporting and suspending a patient support structure above the floor, for supporting a patient during a surgical procedure, the base including a pair of spaced opposed vertical translation subassemblies reversibly attachable to a patient support structure, a cross-bar, and a rotation subassembly having two degrees of rotational freedom; wherein a location of each vertical translation subassembly is substantially constant during operation of the patient support structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.Inventors: ROGER P. JACKSON, Lawrence E. Guerra, Trevor A. Waggoner, Steven R. Walton, Michael A. Herron
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Patent number: 11512897Abstract: A process for recovering at least one fluid (e.g. argon gas and/or nitrogen gas, etc.) from a feed gas (e.g. air) can include utilization of a compression system, primary heat exchanger unit, plant processing units to separate and recover at least one desired fluid (e.g. nitrogen gas, argon gas, etc.). In some embodiments, the process can be configured so that fluid flows output from a low pressure column and/or high pressure column of the plant can provide a condensation duty or refrigeration duty that is utilized to process certain fluid flows for recovery of argon and/or nitrogen gases. Some embodiments can be configured to provide an improved recovery of argon and/or nitrogen as well as an improvement in operational efficiency by reducing an amount of power (e.g. electrical power) needed to recover the nitrogen and/or argon.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: D. Michael Herron, Alan D. Berger
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Patent number: 11464697Abstract: A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient in a prone position during a surgical procedure is provided, including an open fixed frame suspended above a floor and a pair of spaced opposed radially sliding joints cooperating with the frame, each joint including a virtual pivot point and an arc of motion spaced from the virtual pivot point, the joints being movable along the arc providing a pivot ship mechanism for a pair of pelvic pads attached to the joints. A base for supporting and suspending a patient support structure above the floor, for supporting a patient during a surgical procedure, the base including a pair of spaced opposed vertical translation subassemblies reversibly attachable to a patient support structure, a cross-bar, and a rotation subassembly having two degrees of rotational freedom; wherein a location of each vertical translation subassembly is substantially constant during operation of the patient support structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Jackson, Lawrence E. Guerra, Trevor A. Waggoner, Steven R. Walton, Michael A. Herron
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Patent number: 11460246Abstract: Xenon and/or krypton is separated from a liquid oxygen stream comprising oxygen and xenon and/or krypton in a process comprising providing at least a portion of the liquid oxygen stream as a reflux liquid to the top of a rare gas recovery column operated at a pressure of between 5 to 25 bara, vaporizing a reboiler liquid in the reboiling zone in the bottom of the rare gas recovery column to produce a mixture of a rising vapor and a xenon and/or krypton-enriched liquid stream; and contacting the rising vapor with the reflux liquid in at least one distillation zone of the column to effect stripping xenon and/or krypton from the rising vapor to the reflux liquid. The process provides a recovery of xenon of greater than 90% and a krypton recovery of 15% to 90%.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Xukun Luo, Alan D. Berger, Donn Michael Herron
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Patent number: 11435776Abstract: A surgery table includes a patient support structure coupled to a connection assembly and a base structure coupled to the connection assembly. The connection assembly includes an arm and a locking member that engages the arm. The arm includes spaced apart first and second apertures. The locking member includes spaced apart first and second bores. A first key member and a second key member are included.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Jackson, Lawrence Guerra, Michael Herron
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Publication number: 20220221221Abstract: A process for recovering at least one fluid (e.g. argon gas and/or nitrogen gas, etc.) from a feed gas (e.g. air) can include utilization of a compression system, primary heat exchanger unit, plant processing units to separate and recover at least one desired fluid (e.g. nitrogen gas, argon gas, etc.). In some embodiments, the process can be configured so that fluid flows output from a low pressure column and/or high pressure column of the plant can provide a condensation duty or refrigeration duty that is utilized to process certain fluid flows for recovery of argon and/or nitrogen gases. Some embodiments can be configured to provide an improved recovery of argon and/or nitrogen as well as an improvement in operational efficiency by reducing an amount of power (e.g. electrical power) needed to recover the nitrogen and/or argon.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: D. MICHAEL HERRON, ALAN D. BERGER
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Publication number: 20220113753Abstract: A fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati having a base structure and a patient support structure, to prevent collapse of the patient support during disconnection of the patient support structure from the base structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC.Inventors: Roger P. Jackson, Lawrence E. Guerra, Michael A. Herron
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Patent number: 11279008Abstract: An implant magazine for use with a driver includes a plurality of implants, an implant carrier defining a plurality of apertures, each implant of the plurality of implants being disposed within an aperture of the plurality of apertures, wherein an implant is disengaged from the implant carrier upon application of a predetermined force applied to the implant, and a base defining a cavity in which the implant carrier and the plurality of implants are disposed. A cartridge for use with a driver includes the implant magazine, a housing in which the implant magazine is disposed, and a blade having a longitudinal axis and being at least partially and rotatably disposed within the housing. A kit includes a driver, a motor, and the cartridge configured for cooperation with the driver to be operated by the motor. A method of using the driver includes inserting an implant into a medium.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings, LLCInventors: Nicolas F. Bethoux, Rebekah Brougher, Michael Herron, Kristen Yardley
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Publication number: 20220012269Abstract: The invention provides a comprehensive system, method and computer program product for data structure clustering based on variation in data attribute performance. In general, the invention is configured to link a sub-set of data structures out of a global set of data structures based on identifying stimulus type attributes that are structured to produce a functional performance parameter of the associated data structure, particularly in the field of hospital data analysis. Typically, the invention is configured to receive a request for construction of a peer data cluster for a first functional performance parameter of the first entity data structure. The invention may then determine at least one second entity data structure of a plurality of entity data structures that is a peer entity data structure, and linking the first entity data structure and the second entity data structure to form the peer data cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Premier Healthcare Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Michael Herron, Michael Long
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Patent number: 11163807Abstract: The invention provides a comprehensive system, method and computer program product for data structure clustering based on variation in data attribute performance. In general, the invention is configured to link a sub-set of data structures out of a global set of data structures based on identifying stimulus type attributes that are structured to produce a functional performance parameter of the associated data structure, particularly in the field of hospital data analysis. Typically, the invention is configured to receive a request for construction of a peer data cluster for a first functional performance parameter of the first entity data structure. The invention may then determine at least one second entity data structure of a plurality of entity data structures that is a peer entity data structure, and linking the first entity data structure and the second entity data structure to form the peer data cluster.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Premier Healthcare Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Michael Herron, Michael Long