Patents by Inventor Nicholas E. Walker

Nicholas E. Walker 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: 20240065884
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing targeted temperature management (TTM) therapy to a patient. The TTM system can include multiple embodiments of a thermal pad including embodiments that are convertible from a first patient contact area to a second patient contact area. Embodiments of thermal pads can include pads that are expandable, extendable, and/or comprise attachable or removable portions. The TTM system can include embodiments where a second thermal pad is coupled to a first thermal pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Eric A. Fallows, Nicholas J. Jardine, Qihua Xu, Adam T. Martin, Sean E. Walker
  • Patent number: 9625371
    Abstract: Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of goods and articles. Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of media, for example financial instruments, identity documents, legal documents, medical documents, financial transaction cards, and/or other media, fluids for example lubricants, fuels, coolants, or other materials that flow, and in machinery, for example vehicles, motors, generators, compressors, presses, drills and/or supply systems. Spectral information may be employed in identifying biological tissue and/or facilitating diagnosis based on biological tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Visulant, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Furness, III, Brian T. Schowengerdt, Ross D. Melville, Nicholas E. Walker, Bradley E. Sparks
  • Publication number: 20150241338
    Abstract: Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of goods and articles. Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of media, for example financial instruments, identity documents, legal documents, medical documents, financial transaction cards, and/or other media, fluids for example lubricants, fuels, coolants, or other materials that flow, and in machinery, for example vehicles, motors, generators, compressors, presses, drills and/or supply systems. Spectral information may be employed in identifying biological tissue and/or facilitating diagnosis based on biological tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas A. Furness, III, Brian T. Schowengerdt, Ross D. Melville, Nicholas E. Walker, Bradley E. Sparks
  • Patent number: 8988666
    Abstract: Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of goods and articles. Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of media, for example financial instruments, identity documents, legal documents, medical documents, financial transaction cards, and/or other media, fluids for example lubricants, fuels, coolants, or other materials that flow, and in machinery, for example vehicles, motors, generators, compressors, presses, drills and/or supply systems. Spectral information may be employed in identifying biological tissue and/or facilitating diagnosis based on biological tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: VISUALANT, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Furness, III, Brian T. Schowengerdt, Ross D. Melville, Nicholas E. Walker, Bradley E. Sparks
  • Patent number: 8583394
    Abstract: Objects such as manufactured goods or articles, works of art, media such as identity documents, legal documents, financial instruments, transaction cards, other documents, and/or biological tissue are sampled via sequential illumination in various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, a test response to the illumination is analyzed with respect to reference responses of reference objects. The sequence may be varied. The sequence may define an activation order, a drive level and/or temperature for operating one or more sources. Illumination may be in visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Elements of the evaluation system may be remote from one another, for example coupled by a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Visualant, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Thomas A. Furness, III, Nicholas E. Walker
  • Patent number: 8368878
    Abstract: Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of goods and articles. Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of media, for example financial instruments, identity documents, legal documents, medical documents, financial transaction cards, and/or other media, fluids for example lubricants, fuels, coolants, or other materials that flow, and in machinery, for example vehicles, motors, generators, compressors, presses, drills and/or supply systems. Spectral information may be employed in identifying biological tissue and/or facilitating diagnosis based on biological tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Visualant, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Furness, III, Brian T. Schowengerdt, Ross D. Melville, Nicholas E. Walker, Bradley E. Sparks
  • Publication number: 20130024151
    Abstract: Objects such as manufactured goods or articles, works of art, media such as identity documents, legal documents, financial instruments, transaction cards, other documents, and/or biological tissue are sampled via sequential illumination in various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, a test response to the illumination is analyzed with respect to reference responses of reference objects. The sequence may be varied. The sequence may define an activation order, a drive level and/or temperature for operating one or more sources. Illumination may be in visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Elements of the evaluation system may be remote from one another, for example coupled by a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Visualant, Inc
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Thomas A. Furness, III, Nicholas E. Walker
  • Patent number: 8285510
    Abstract: Objects such as manufactured goods or articles, works of art, media such as identity documents, legal documents, financial instruments, transaction cards, other documents, and/or biological tissue are sampled via sequential illumination in various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, a test response to the illumination is analyzed with respect to reference responses of reference objects. The sequence may be varied. The sequence may define an activation order, a drive level and/or temperature for operating one or more sources. Illumination may be in visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Elements of the evaluation system may be remote from one another, for example coupled by a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Visualant, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Thomas A. Furness, III, Nicholas E. Walker
  • Publication number: 20120072154
    Abstract: Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of goods and articles. Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of media, for example financial instruments, identity documents, legal documents, medical documents, financial transaction cards, and/or other media, fluids for example lubricants, fuels, coolants, or other materials that flow, and in machinery, for example vehicles, motors, generators, compressors, presses, drills and/or supply systems. Spectral information may be employed in identifying biological tissue and/or facilitating diagnosis based on biological tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas A. Furness, III, Brian T. Schowengerdt, Ross D. Melville, Nicholas E. Walker, Bradley E. Sparks
  • Patent number: 8081304
    Abstract: Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of goods and articles. Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of media, for example financial instruments, identity documents, legal documents, medical documents, financial transaction cards, and/or other media, fluids for example lubricants, fuels, coolants, or other materials that flow, and in machinery, for example vehicles, motors, generators, compressors, presses, drills and/or supply systems. Spectral information may be employed in identifying biological tissue and/or facilitating diagnosis based on biological tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Visualant, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Furness, III, Brian T. Schowengerdt, Ross D. Melville, Nicholas E. Walker, Bradley E. Sparks
  • Publication number: 20110243571
    Abstract: Objects such as manufactured goods or articles, works of art, media such as identity documents, legal documents, financial instruments, transaction cards, other documents, and/or biological tissue are sampled via sequential illumination in various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, a test response to the illumination is analyzed with respect to reference responses of reference objects. The sequence may be varied. The sequence may define an activation order, a drive level and/or temperature for operating one or more sources. Illumination may be in visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Elements of the evaluation system may be remote from one another, for example coupled by a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: VISUALANT, INC.
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Thomas A. Furness, III, Nicholas E. Walker
  • Patent number: 7996173
    Abstract: Objects such as manufactured goods or articles, works of art, media such as identity documents, legal documents, financial instruments, transaction cards, other documents, and/or biological tissue are sampled via sequential illumination in various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, a test response to the illumination is analyzed with respect to reference responses of reference objects. The sequence may be varied. The sequence may define an activation order, a drive level and/or temperature for operating one or more sources. Illumination may be in visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Elements of the evaluation system may be remote from one another, for example coupled by a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Visualant, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Thomas A. Furness, III, Nicholas E. Walker
  • Publication number: 20090112101
    Abstract: Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of goods and articles. Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of media, for example financial instruments, identity documents, legal documents, medical documents, financial transaction cards, and/or other media, fluids for example lubricants, fuels, coolants, or other materials that flow, and in machinery, for example vehicles, motors, generators, compressors, presses, drills and/or supply systems. Spectral information may be employed in identifying biological tissue and/or facilitating diagnosis based on biological tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas A. Furness, III, Brian T. Schowengerdt, Ross D. Melville, Nicholas E. Walker, Bradley E. Sparks
  • Publication number: 20080133389
    Abstract: Objects such as manufactured goods or articles, works of art, media such as identity documents, legal documents, financial instruments, transaction cards, other documents, and/or biological tissue are sampled via sequential illumination in various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, a test response to the illumination is analyzed with respect to reference responses of reference objects. The sequence may be varied. The sequence may define an activation order, a drive level and/or temperature for operating one or more sources. Illumination may be in visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Elements of the evaluation system may be remote from one another, for example coupled by a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Thomas A. Furness, Nicholas E. Walker