Patents by Inventor Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr.

Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr. 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: 10525275
    Abstract: Systems and methods for phototherapeutic modulation of nitric oxide in mammalian tissue include use of a first wavelength and first radiant flux of light to stimulate enzymatic generation of nitric oxide, and use of a second wavelength and second radiant flux of light to stimulate release of nitric oxide from endogenous stores of nitric oxide. Pulsed light and/or partially non-overlapping light impingement windows may be used. Non-coherent light impinged on tissue may include a peak wavelength in a range of from 410 nm to 440 nm in the absence of light emissions having a peak wavelength of from 600 nm to 900 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: PhotonMD, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Stasko, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Gerald H. Negley, Katelyn P. Reighard
  • Patent number: 10271390
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a solid-state light source and driver circuitry. The solid-state light source includes at least one light emitting diode (LED). The driver circuitry includes one or more silicon carbide (SiC) switching components, and is coupled to the solid-state light source. Further, the driver circuitry is configured to receive an alternating current (AC) input voltage and generate a driver output current for driving the at least one LED from the AC input voltage. By using silicon carbide (SiC) for the switching components in the driver circuitry, the efficiency of the driver circuitry and thus the lighting fixture may be significantly increased, while simultaneously reducing the cost and complexity of the driver circuitry and thus the lighting fixture when compared to conventional lighting fixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuequan Hu, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Douglas E. Keiter
  • Patent number: 10154569
    Abstract: In a first embodiment, a lighting fixture is configured as a power over Ethernet (PoE) powered device (PD), which is capable of facilitating Ethernet-based communications with and receiving power from a PoE device, such as a PoE switch, over a single cable. In a second embodiment, a lighting fixture is configured as a PoE power source equipment (PSE) device, which is capable of facilitating Ethernet-based communications with and supplying power to one or more control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James Harris, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10045418
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a high output, high color quality light are disclosed. In some embodiments, such a light may include a light fixture including one or more LEDs configured to output a cumulative light output; wherein the cumulative light output comprises an intensity of greater than or equal to 10,000 lumens; and wherein the cumulative light output comprises a CRI of at least 90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Kinnune, David Goelz, James Lay, Don Miletich, Alan Ruud, Kurt Wilcox, Yuequan Hu, Liqin Ni, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Boris Karpichev
  • Patent number: 9844107
    Abstract: Driver circuitry is coupled between a power supply and at least one LED in a solid-state lighting fixture, such that a non-isolated direct current (DC) path exists between the power supply and the at least one LED. The driver circuitry is configured to receive an AC input voltage and generate a driver output current for driving the at least one LED from the AC input voltage. By using driver circuitry that is non-isolated from the at least one LED in the solid-state lighting fixture, the efficiency of the driver circuitry may be increased, while simultaneously reducing the cost and complexity of the driver circuitry compared to conventional driver circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuequan Hu, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Douglas E. Keiter
  • Publication number: 20170150570
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a high output, high color quality light are disclosed. In some embodiments, such a light may include a light fixture including one or more LEDs configured to output a cumulative light output; wherein the cumulative light output comprises an intensity of greater than or equal to 10,000 lumens; and wherein the cumulative light output comprises a CRI of at least 90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Kinnune, David Goelz, James Lay, Don Miletich, Alan Ruud, Kurt Wilcox, Yuequan Hu, Liqin Ni, Nicholas William Medendorp, JR., Boris Karpichev
  • Patent number: 9593837
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a high output, high color quality light are disclosed. In some embodiments, such a light may include a light fixture including one or more LEDs configured to output a cumulative light output; wherein the cumulative light output comprises an intensity of greater than or equal to 10,000 lumens; and wherein the cumulative light output comprises a CRI of at least 90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Wilcox, Brian Kinnune, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Yuequan Hu, David Goelz, James Lay, Don Miletich, Alan Ruud, Liqin Ni, Boris Karpichev
  • Publication number: 20170028216
    Abstract: Modulated light therapy devices for treatment of dermatological disorders of the scalp are provided. An exemplary device includes a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) supporting at least one light emitting device having an emitter height. The FPCB includes multiple interconnected panels and bending regions defined in and between at least some of the interconnected panels as to allow the FPCB to be configured in a concave shape to cover at least a portion of a cranial vertex of the patient. At least one light-transmissive layer proximate to the FPCB is configured to transmit (e.g., incoherent) light emissions generated by at least one light emitting device. At least one standoff is configured to be arranged between the FPCB and the scalp of the patient, wherein the at least one standoff includes a standoff height that exceeds the emitter height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas William Medendorp, JR., Gerald H. Negley, Matthew Carl Reynolds, James Michael Lay
  • Publication number: 20170028215
    Abstract: Systems and methods for phototherapeutic modulation of nitric oxide in mammalian tissue include use of a first wavelength and first radiant flux of light to stimulate enzymatic generation of nitric oxide, and use of a second wavelength and second radiant flux of light to stimulate release of nitric oxide from endogenous stores of nitric oxide. Pulsed light and/or partially non-overlapping light impingement windows may be used. Non-coherent light impinged on tissue may include a peak wavelength in a range of from 410 nm to 440 nm in the absence of light emissions having a peak wavelength of from 600 nm to 900 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas William Medendorp, JR., Katelyn P. Reighard, Gerald H. Negley, Nathan Stasko
  • Publication number: 20170028214
    Abstract: Systems and methods for phototherapeutic modulation of nitric oxide in mammalian tissue include use of a first wavelength and first radiant flux of light to stimulate enzymatic generation of nitric oxide, and use of a second wavelength and second radiant flux of light to stimulate release of nitric oxide from endogenous stores of nitric oxide. Pulsed light and/or partially non-overlapping light impingement windows may be used. Non-coherent light impinged on tissue may include a peak wavelength in a range of from 410 nm to 440 nm in the absence of light emissions having a peak wavelength of from 600 nm to 900 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Nathan Stasko, Nicholas William Medendorp, JR., Gerald H. Negley, Katelyn P. Reighard
  • Patent number: 9316368
    Abstract: A luminaire including a thin phosphor layer applied to a remote reflector is disclosed. In some embodiments of the luminaire, LEDs illuminate and activate a thin remote phosphor coating applied to a reflective substrate. In some embodiments, the LED light source includes at least one LED with a GaN emitting layer. The LEDs can be packaged with or without a local phosphor. The thin remote phosphor can include red, red/orange, yellow, green or cyan emitting phosphor so that the luminaire produces white light. The thin remote phosphor layer can include two or more different color emitting phosphors. In some embodiments, the luminaire is a light fixture including a diffuser lens assembly and a pan to support the fixture when mounted in a ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Pickard, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20160057825
    Abstract: Driver circuitry is coupled between a power supply and at least one LED in a solid-state lighting fixture, such that a non-isolated direct current (DC) path exists between the power supply and the at least one LED. The driver circuitry is configured to receive an AC input voltage and generate a driver output current for driving the at least one LED from the AC input voltage. By using driver circuitry that is non-isolated from the at least one LED in the solid-state lighting fixture, the efficiency of the driver circuitry may be increased, while simultaneously reducing the cost and complexity of the driver circuitry compared to conventional driver circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Yuequan Hu, Nicholas William Medendorp, JR., Douglas E. Keiter
  • Publication number: 20160057824
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a solid-state light source and driver circuitry. The solid-state light source includes at least one light emitting diode (LED). The driver circuitry includes one or more silicon carbide (SiC) switching components, and is coupled to the solid-state light source. Further, the driver circuitry is configured to receive an alternating current (AC) input voltage and generate a driver output current for driving the at least one LED from the AC input voltage. By using silicon carbide (SiC) for the switching components in the driver circuitry, the efficiency of the driver circuitry and thus the lighting fixture may be significantly increased, while simultaneously reducing the cost and complexity of the driver circuitry and thus the lighting fixture when compared to conventional lighting fixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Yuequan Hu, Nicholas William Medendorp, JR., Douglas E. Keiter
  • Patent number: 9222659
    Abstract: A lamp comprises an enclosure that is at least partially optically transmissive. The enclosure comprises an optically transmissive lens and a base where the lens is connected to the base; and a LED board supporting an LED. A first of pins and a second pair of pins are rotatable relative to the enclosure and are in the electrical path supplying power to the LEDs. The lamp is positioned between a pair of tombstone connectors such that the first pair of pins engages the first tombstone connector and the second pair of pins engages the second tombstone connector. The first and second pair of pins are inserted into the tombstone connectors and are rotated to engage the electrical connectors in the tombstone connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Randall Levy Bernard, James Michael Lay, Nathan Ray Snell, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Patent number: 9169977
    Abstract: A LED lamp has an enclosure including an optically transmissive lens. LEDs are mounted on a plane in the enclosure and are operable to emit light through the lens when energized through an electrical path. A portion of the lens extends behind the plane of the plurality of LEDs such that a portion of the light is emitted as back light. Approximately between 5 and 25 percent of the total Lumen output of the lamp is emitted as backlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Randall Levy Bernard, James Michael Lay, Nathan Ray Snell, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Publication number: 20150264780
    Abstract: In a first embodiment, a lighting fixture is configured as a power over Ethernet (PoE) powered device (PD), which is capable of facilitating Ethernet-based communications with and receiving power from a PoE device, such as a PoE switch, over a single cable. In a second embodiment, a lighting fixture is configured as a PoE power source equipment (PSE) device, which is capable of facilitating Ethernet-based communications with and supplying power to one or more control elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Michael James Harris, Nicholas William Medendorp, JR., James McBryde, Jennifer West
  • Publication number: 20150195883
    Abstract: In a first embodiment, a lighting fixture is configured as a power over Ethernet (PoE) powered device (PD), which is capable of facilitating Ethernet-based communications with and receiving power from a PoE device, such as a PoE switch, over a single cable. In a second embodiment, a lighting fixture is configured as a PoE power source equipment (PSE) device, which is capable of facilitating Ethernet-based communications with and supplying power to one or more control elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Michael James Harris, Nicholas William Medendorp, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150003070
    Abstract: A LED lamp has an enclosure including an optically transmissive lens. LEDs are mounted on a plane in the enclosure and are operable to emit light through the lens when energized through an electrical path. A portion of the lens extends behind the plane of the plurality of LEDs such that a portion of the light is emitted as back light. Approximately between 5 and 25 percent of the total Lumen output of the lamp is emitted as backlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas William Medendorp, JR., Randall Levy Bernard, James Michael Lay, Nathan Ray Snell, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Patent number: D833025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: PHOTONMD, INC.
    Inventors: James Michael Lay, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Owen Lewis Joyce
  • Patent number: D849959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: PHOTONMD, INC.
    Inventors: James Michael Lay, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Owen Lewis Joyce