Patents by Inventor Mike Nelson

Mike Nelson 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).

  • Publication number: 20200229563
    Abstract: A blister package for a contact lens is provided that can be stacked with other blister packages of the same design. One example of the blister package has a body that includes a dome and a handle. A seal is attached to the top surface of the body and has a seal dome that seals a volume between the outer sidewall of the body dome and the inner sidewall of the seal dome. The handle has a through-hole and the through-hole that accommodates the outer sidewall of the seal dome. Another blister package provided has a handle and a bowl and the handle has a through-hole that accommodates the bowl outer surface. Stacks of blister packages are also provided as is secondary packaging for packaging stacks of tessellating blister packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah ALMOND, Carlos ORTIZ, Stephen ENGLISH, Gary HUNT, Mike NELSON, Russell BEARD, Thomas HARKIN, Pauline GAVELLE
  • Publication number: 20200229561
    Abstract: A blister package for a contact lens is provided that includes a body and a seal, one or both of which is made up of a double layer foil component. The double layer foil component can be a seal component made of a sheet of material folded upon itself and defining a seal, a flap, and a fold. The seal and the flap intersect at the fold and the flap can be pulled away from the seal to form a pull tab useful to peel back the seal and open the bowl. The body can also, or instead, be made of a double layer foil component that forms at least the bowl such that the bottom of the bowl is double-walled. The double-walled bowl exhibits improved strength and can be provided with strengthening features such as ribs, ridges, channels, or grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah ALMOND, Carlos ORTIZ, Gary HUNT, Mike NELSON, Russell BEARD, Thomas HARKIN, Pauline GAVELLE
  • Publication number: 20200231351
    Abstract: A blister package for a contact lens is provided. The blister package includes a body defining a handle and a well, a flexible top contacting the body and closing the well, and a lens cradle that includes a lens support bowl. The lens cradle is attached to the inner surface of the flexible top. By peeling away the flexible top, the lens cradle is lifted away from the bottom surface of the well and the lens is raised out of the well, cradled by the lens support bowl, and presented for easy fingertip manipulation by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah ALMOND, Carlos ORTIZ, Gary HUNT, Mike NELSON, Russell BEARD, Thomas HARKIN, Pauline GAVELLE
  • Publication number: 20200229562
    Abstract: A blister package for a contact lens is provided and has a body and a seal. The body includes a handle and a deformable bowl. The seal seals the deformable bowl at a bowl top opening. The handle includes a lateral portion and an end portion. The end portion curves downwardly to a distal end that terminates at a plane. The bowl is recessed from a top surface of the body and the outer bottom surface of the bowl is arranged substantially on the same plane as the distal end of the handle. The design provides leverage in holding the blister package while a user deforms and inverts the bowl into a dome, presenting a contact lens on top of the dome in position for direct transfer to a person's finger or for application directly on an eye without the need for any finger contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah ALMOND, Carlos ORTIZ, Gary HUNT, Mike NELSON, Russell BEARD, Thomas HARKIN, Pauline GAVELLE
  • Publication number: 20200229560
    Abstract: A blister package for a contact lens is provided. A deformable slider supporting a lens is movable via pull-tab or hinge to lift the contact lens out of a lens well. The deformable slider can include a hinge connected to a flexible peel-away top of the blister package or connected to a pull tab that can be pulled to pull taut the deformable slider. A blister package is also provided that includes a hinged shell having a lateral opening opposite the hinge, and a deformable slider that is folded over onto itself and seals both a top chamber and a bottom chamber. By pulling a tongue of the deformable slider, which extends from the lateral opening, the deformable slider can be removed from the closed shell and the closed shell can be opened enabling access to the contact lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah ALMOND, Carlos ORTIZ, Gary HUNT, Mike NELSON, Russell BEARD, Hayley MAYNARD, Thomas HARKIN, Pauline GAVELLE
  • Publication number: 20120296173
    Abstract: An illumination device for use in an ophthalmic surgical apparatus, the illumination device including a fiber optic having a proximal end and a connector coupled to the fiber optic. The connector includes one or more of (1) a datum surface disposed a predetermined distance from the proximal end to position the proximal end at a predetermined location within the surgical apparatus, (2) a shutter actuation surface configured and arranged to open a shutter in the surgical apparatus when the connector is being connected to the surgical apparatus, and (3) a visual indicator position to provides a visual indication that the connector is fully inserted into the surgical apparatus. The illumination device may be in a combination with an ophthalmic surgical apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: David John Stocks, Simon Roderick Grover, Mike Nelson
  • Patent number: 8287525
    Abstract: An illumination device for use in an ophthalmic surgical apparatus, the illumination device including a fiber optic having a proximal end and a connector coupled to the fiber optic. The connector includes one or more of (1) a datum surface disposed a predetermined distance from the proximal end to position the proximal end at a predetermined location within the surgical apparatus, (2) a shutter actuation surface configured and arranged to open a shutter in the surgical apparatus when the connector is being connected to the surgical apparatus, and (3) a visual indicator position to provides a visual indication that the connector is fully inserted into the surgical apparatus. The illumination device may be in a combination with an ophthalmic surgical apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: David John Stocks, Simon Roderick Grover, Mike Nelson
  • Patent number: 8213667
    Abstract: Headphones include a head harness and two ear pieces provided to respective ends of the head harness. Each ear piece is movably coupled to the head harness by a ball and socket arrangement structured to allow spherical articulation of each ear piece with respect to the head harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nixon, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Nelson, Eric Crane, Yves Behar, Joshua Morenstein, Pichaya Puttorngul, Serge Beaulieu, Matthew Swinton
  • Publication number: 20110139831
    Abstract: An apparatus for deploying a pressurized fluid from a container having a lip and a nozzle head, is disclosed which comprises: a hollow tube having a first and second distal end and a shield affixed adjacent to the hollow tube, wherein the shield is configured to prevent the pressurized fluid from striking the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Mike Nelson Rowland
  • Publication number: 20110060319
    Abstract: An illumination device for use in an ophthalmic surgical apparatus, the illumination device including a fiber optic having a proximal end and a connector coupled to the fiber optic. The connector includes one or more of (1) a datum surface disposed a predetermined distance from the proximal end to position the proximal end at a predetermined location within the surgical apparatus, (2) a shutter actuation surface configured and arranged to open a shutter in the surgical apparatus when the connector is being connected to the surgical apparatus, and (3) a visual indicator position to provides a visual indication that the connector is fully inserted into the surgical apparatus. The illumination device may be in a combination with an ophthalmic surgical apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: David John Stocks, Simon Roderick Grover, Mike Nelson
  • Publication number: 20090285435
    Abstract: Headphones include a head harness and two ear pieces provided to respective ends of the head harness. Each ear piece is movably coupled to the head harness by a ball and socket arrangement structured to allow spherical articulation of each ear piece with respect to the head harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Nixon, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Nelson, Eric Crane, Yves Behar, Joshua Morenstein, Pichaya Puttorngul, Serge Beaulieu, Matthew Swinton
  • Patent number: 7060977
    Abstract: A system and method for calibration of nanolithography includes fabricating a nanoscale test pattern, measuring a parameter of the test pattern, and calculating a calibration coefficient from the measured parameter. The calculated calibration coefficient is then used for nanolithography. Nanolithography can be carried out with nanoscopic tips depositing patterning compounds on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Nanoink, Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvain Cruchon Dupeyrat, Mike Nelson, Raymond K. Eby
  • Patent number: 6798784
    Abstract: A network element can be configured for connection to any portion of a communication network: access, transport and core. Moreover, a single network element can be configured to couple subscriber equipment directly to the core portion of the network, thereby permitting the subscriber to bypass the transport portion of the network. Specifically, such a network element can be configured to include a line unit that supports subscriber equipment (also called a “subscriber line unit”), and also to include a line unit to support a link to the core of the communication network (also called a “core line unit”). The subscriber line unit and core line unit are both installed in a single chassis, and each unit can be installed in any of a number of slots in the chassis. Moreover, when configured with appropriate line units, such a network element may support traditional circuit-switched telephony services while simultaneously delivering packet-based voice or data services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Caux Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Dove, Brian Semple, Mike Nelson, Ying Zhang, James W. Jones, Andre Tanguay
  • Publication number: 20030007502
    Abstract: A network element can be configured for connection to any portion of a communication network: access, transport and core. Moreover, a single network element can be configured to couple subscriber equipment directly to the core portion of the network, thereby permitting the subscriber to bypass the transport portion of the network. Specifically, such a network element can be configured to include a line unit that supports subscriber equipment (also called a “subscriber line unit”), and also to include a line unit to support a link to the core of the communication network (also called a “core line unit”). The subscriber line unit and core line unit are both installed in a single chassis, and each unit can be installed in any of a number of slots in the chassis. Moreover, when configured with appropriate line units, such a network element may support traditional circuit-switched telephony services while simultaneously delivering packet-based voice or data services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: Jason Dove, Brian Semple, Mike Nelson, Ying Zhang, James W. Jones, Andre Tanguay
  • Patent number: 6237878
    Abstract: An apparatus to hold open for loading a limp plastic bag, such as a grocery bag used as a trash receptacle, includes a generally rectangular and horizontal base, four upstanding legs each attached to a corner of the base, and two generally horizontal handle engaging members each spanning between the top ends of two adjacent legs. The handle engaging members protrude through the bag handles to support the bag in an open manner over the base. The handle engaging members have angled surfaces to fully extend the opening on a variety of different sized bags. The base has a recessed central portion for containing any liquids spilled from the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Inventor: Mike Nelson