Patents by Inventor Nathan Mitchell

Nathan Mitchell 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: 12296119
    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: April 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael Garrison, Bart D. Peterson, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Nathan Mitchell
  • Patent number: 12285575
    Abstract: An attachment for a catheter assembly may include a platform, which may include an upper surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface may be configured to contact skin of a patient. At least a portion of the upper surface may be configured to support the catheter assembly. The upper surface may support the catheter assembly at an angle with respect to skin of the patient that is approximately equal to an insertion angle of a catheter of the catheter assembly. The attachment may include snap feature coupled to the upper surface of the platform. The attachment may include a blunt cannula extending distally from the snap feature. The blunt cannula and the portion of the upper surface may provide a generally straight pathway for an instrument inserted distally through the attachment into the catheter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Megan Scherich, Curtis H. Blanchard, Nathan Mitchell, Tyler Warner, David Myers
  • 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: 20230321405
    Abstract: An attachment for a catheter assembly may include a platform, which may include an upper surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface may be configured to contact skin of a patient. At least a portion of the upper surface may be configured to support the catheter assembly. The upper surface may support the catheter assembly at an angle with respect to skin of the patient that is approximately equal to an insertion angle of a catheter of the catheter assembly. The attachment may include snap feature coupled to the upper surface of the platform. The attachment may include a blunt cannula extending distally from the snap feature. The blunt cannula and the portion of the upper surface may provide a generally straight pathway for an instrument inserted distally through the attachment into the catheter assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Megan Scherich, Curtis H. Blanchard, Nathan Mitchell, Tyler Warner, David Myers
  • Patent number: 11717650
    Abstract: An attachment for a catheter assembly may include a platform, which may include an upper surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface may be configured to contact skin of a patient. At least a portion of the upper surface may be configured to support the catheter assembly. The upper surface may support the catheter assembly at an angle with respect to skin of the patient that is approximately equal to an insertion angle of a catheter of the catheter assembly. The attachment may include snap feature coupled to the upper surface of the platform. The attachment may include a blunt cannula extending distally from the snap feature. The blunt cannula and the portion of the upper surface may provide a generally straight pathway for an instrument inserted distally through the attachment into the catheter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Megan Scherich, Curtis H Blanchard, Nathan Mitchell, Tyler Warner, David Myers
  • Patent number: 11615793
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer-readable media for providing a voice assistant for to leverage information from sensing devices. In some implementations, one or more computers receive measurement data generated by a sensing device associated with a user. The one or more computers store the measurement data in association with an identifier for the user. The one or more computers obtain text of an utterance of the user detected by a client device associated with the user through a voice interface provided by the client device. The one or more computers access the measurement data associated with the user, and in response to obtaining the text of the utterance, generate a response to the utterance based on the text of the utterance and the stored measurement data. The one or more computers provide response data indicating the generated response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Centene Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy J. Corbett, Khris Baker, Jodi Augustyniak, Nathan Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20220362510
    Abstract: A catheter adapter may include a distal end, a proximal end, an inner surface extending through the distal end and the proximal end and forming a lumen, and a side port forming a side port pathway through a sidewall of the catheter adapter and in fluid communication with the lumen. The catheter assembly may include a catheter extending distally from the distal end of the catheter adapter. The catheter assembly may include a septum disposed within the lumen proximal to the side port pathway. The catheter assembly may include one or more features to facilitate flushing of the catheter assembly: a diameter of the side port may increase in a distal direction; a portion of the inner surface proximal to the catheter and distal to the septum may include multiple grooves; the side port pathway may include a non-cylindrical portion; an insert; a rotation element; and a pivot element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: John Lackey, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Yiping Ma, BreAnna Lackey, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Nathan Mitchell, Megan Scherich, Curtis H. Blanchard, Adam J. Boud, Taylor Eley, Shaun Lauer
  • Patent number: 11175276
    Abstract: A material testing apparatus comprising a frame having three or more tracks, and a plurality of mounts positioned within the three or more tracks. The mounts including an attachment mechanism to attach the mounts to a material being tested. The mounts including a force measurement elements. Some of the mounts free mounts that move in a track slot within the track, the free mounts free to move to any position within the track slot. The apparatus further comprising a data collector to collect data from the force measurement elements in the mounts when the material is placed under stress, to characterize the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: GERBER TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Scott M Frankel, James F O'Brien, Nathan Mitchell, David T Jackson
  • Patent number: 11164381
    Abstract: An improved system to provide a clothing model in augmented reality and/or virtual reality is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system provides a fully simulated garment, on the user's device, in an augmented reality or virtual reality display. In one embodiment, the process uses a parameterized smart garment model which enables real-time interaction with the garment on a device such as a mobile phone or tablet, with limited memory and processing power. In one embodiment, the system permits nearly instantaneous alteration of garment sizes. Because the garment is modeled to accurately reflect physical details, the lay of the garment changes as the size of the garment or body changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: GERBER TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: James F O'Brien, David T Jackson, Carlo Camporesi, Daniel Ram, David Macy, Edilson de Aguiar, James L. Andrews, Justin Lee, Karen M Stritzinger, Kevin Armin Samii, Nathan Mitchell, Tobias Pfaff, Scott M Frankel
  • Publication number: 20210326955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to building a computer model of a garment based on a physical sample garment, and to the process of using the computer model of a garment to determine the garment's appearance on a human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: James F. O'Brien, David T. Jackson, Edilson de Aguiar, James L. Andrews, Carlo Camporesi, Scott M. Frankel, Zoran Kacic-Alesic, David Macy, Nathan Mitchell, Tobias Pfaff, Daniel Ram, Kevin Armin Samii
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20200250892
    Abstract: The present invention relates to building a computer model of a garment based on a physical sample garment, and to the process of using the computer model of a garment to determine the garment's appearance on a human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: James F. O'Brien, David T. Jackson, Edilson de Aguiar, James L. Andrews, Carlo Camporesi, Scott M. Frankel, Zoran Kacic-Alesic, David Macy, Nathan Mitchell, Tobias Pfaff, Daniel Ram, Kevin Armin Samii
  • Publication number: 20200191764
    Abstract: A material testing apparatus comprising a frame having three or more tracks, and a plurality of mounts positioned within the three or more tracks. The mounts including an attachment mechanism to attach the mounts to a material being tested. The mounts including a force measurement elements. Some of the mounts free mounts that move in a track slot within the track, the free mounts free to move to any position within the track slot. The apparatus further comprising a data collector to collect data from the force measurement elements in the mounts when the material is placed under stress, to characterize the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Scott M. Frankel, James F. O'Brien, Nathan Mitchell, David T. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20200078564
    Abstract: A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending through the proximal end and the distal end, and a side port. The catheter assembly may include an extension set, which may include a first extension tube that may extend from the side port. The extension set may include a first connector, which may be coupled to a proximal end of the first extension tube. The first connector may include a first port and a second port. The extension set may also include a second extension tube. A distal end of the second extension tube may be coupled to the first port. The second extension tube may be longer than the first extension tube. The extension set may include a second connector, which may be coupled to the proximal end of the second extension tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Curtis H. Blanchard, Nathan Mitchell, Cristian Clavijo, Megan Scherich, Austin Jason McKinnon, David Myers, Weston F. Harding, Tyler Warner
  • Publication number: 20200078565
    Abstract: An attachment for a catheter assembly may include a platform, which may include an upper surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface may be configured to contact skin of a patient. At least a portion of the upper surface may be configured to support the catheter assembly. The upper surface may support the catheter assembly at an angle with respect to skin of the patient that is approximately equal to an insertion angle of a catheter of the catheter assembly. The attachment may include snap feature coupled to the upper surface of the platform. The attachment may include a blunt cannula extending distally from the snap feature. The blunt cannula and the portion of the upper surface may provide a generally straight pathway for an instrument inserted distally through the attachment into the catheter assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Megan Scherich, Curtis H. Blanchard, Nathan Mitchell, Tyler Warner, David Myers
  • 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
  • Patent number: D888236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Bart D. Peterson, Bin Wang, Nathan Mitchell
  • Patent number: D900308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Bart D. Peterson, Bin Wang, Nathan Mitchell
  • Patent number: D903836
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Janice Pak, Siddarth Shevgoor, Nathan Mitchell