Patents by Inventor Richard Mercer
Richard Mercer 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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Patent number: 11938825Abstract: An example system includes a vehicle having a prime mover motively coupled to a drive line; a motor/generator selectively coupled to the drive line, and configured to selectively modulate power transfer between an electrical load and the drive line; a battery pack; a DC/DC converter electrically interposed between the motor/generator and the electrical load, and between the battery pack and the electrical load, the DC/DC converter comprising a DC/DC converter housing; and a covering tray positioned over a plurality of batteries of the battery pack, the covering tray comprising a connectivity layer configured to provide electrical connectivity to terminals of the plurality of batteries.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Nihal Sukhatankar, Mahesh Prabhakar Joshi, Shivaprasad Vithal Goud, Thomas Joseph Stoltz, Matthew Richard Busdiecker, Kaylah J. Berndt, Glenn Clark Fortune, Sarah Elizabeth Behringer, Mark Steven George, Dennis Dukaric, Thomas Alan Genise, Gary Baker, Tissaphern Mirfakhrai, Elizabeth Jane Mercer, Viken Rafi Yeranosian, Lesley Earl Candler, Nicole Downing, Lalit Murlidhar Patil, Suyog Shekhar Kulkarni, Sunil Kumar Kunche, Rishabh Kumar Jain, Juan Chen
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Patent number: 11911556Abstract: Some illustrative embodiments of an instillation assembly for treating a tissue site may include a fluid distribution lumen and a fluid hub that may define a fluid instillation pathway. The fluid distribution lumen may be defined by a first film layer and a second film layer, and the fluid hub may be positioned in fluid communication with the fluid distribution lumen. The instillation assembly may be used in combination with a reduced-pressure assembly that may define a reduced-pressure pathway separate from the fluid instillation pathway.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: David Richard Mercer, Christopher Brian Locke, Benjamin Andrew Pratt
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Publication number: 20230405234Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device having a housing containing at least two electromechanical switches each having an open state and a closed state and a protrusion associated with each switch configured to protrude from the housing so as to contact a rotatable surface of the injection device while the supplemental device is attached to the injection device; and a processor arrangement configured to detect a change in the state of each of the switches; and to determine a direction of rotation of the rotatable surface of the injection device from the detected state changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Paul Richard Draper, David Richard Mercer
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Publication number: 20230390494Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module for recording information of a drug delivery device, the electronic module comprising at least one connector, wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of the drug delivery device and wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of a computer. Furthermore, the invention relates to a drug delivery device, comprising a port for connecting to the connector of the electronic module.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Samuel Steel, Paul Richard Draper, Joseph Butler, George Cave, David Richard Mercer
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Patent number: 11786413Abstract: In some illustrative examples, a medical drape suitable for treating a tissue site may include an adherent surface including first adherent force profile oriented along a first axis and a second adherent force profile oriented along a second axis. The first adherent force profile may have an average force less than an average force of the second adherent force profile. Other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Robert Tuck, David Richard Mercer
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Patent number: 11779709Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device having a housing containing at least two electromechanical switches each having an open state and a closed state and a protrusion associated with each switch configured to protrude from the housing so as to contact a rotatable surface of the injection device while the supplemental device is attached to the injection device; and a processor arrangement configured to detect a change in the state of each of the switches; and to determine a direction of rotation of the rotatable surface of the injection device from the detected state changes.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Paul Richard Draper, David Richard Mercer
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Patent number: 11771815Abstract: In one example embodiment, an apparatus may include a panel with integrated fluid channels, wherein the panel and the fluid channel consist only of surfaces that can be manufactured with a straight-pull mold. A port may also be integrated into the panel to facilitate coupling the fluid channel to pneumatic components in an assembly. A seal may be secured to the panel over the fluid channel to form an integrated fluid conductor. The seal is preferably an adhesive label that can also be used for product labeling. Such an apparatus may be used in a control unit of a therapy system, employing several integrated fluid conductors. A method of manufacturing may include molding a panel, wherein the mold forms a channel integral to the panel. The panel and the channel preferably consist of surfaces that can be molded with a straight-pull mold.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Andrew Pratt, James Killingworth Seddon, Christopher Brian Locke, David Richard Mercer, Loren Francis
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Patent number: 11766362Abstract: A treatment system for applying negative pressure therapy and fluid instillation treatment to a tissue site, particularly an abdominal tissue site, is disclosed. In some embodiments, the treatment system may include a dressing member, a plurality of fluid removal pathways, a fluid instillation matrix, a drape, a negative-pressure source, and a fluid instillation source. Instillation fluid may be delivered from the fluid instillation source to the tissue site through the fluid instillation matrix, and negative pressure may be communicated and fluid withdrawn from the tissue site through the plurality of fluid removal pathways.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: David Richard Mercer, James Killingworth Seddon, Braden King-fung Leung, Thomas Edwards, Colin John Hall, Benjamin Andrew Pratt, Tyler H. Simmons
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Publication number: 20230241592Abstract: A modified catalyst support is described in the form of titan ia particles with a volume-median diameter in the range 100 to 1000 ?m modified with one or more refractory oxides of metals selected from the group consisting of zirconium, lanthanum, cerium, yttrium and neodymium, wherein the total refractory oxide content of the modified catalyst support is in the range of 0.1 to 15% by weight, and the modified catalyst support has a pore volume in the range of 0.2 to 0.6 cm3/g and an average pore diameter in the range of 30 to 60 nm. The modified catalyst support may be used to prepare cobalt Fischer-Tropsch catalysts suitable for use in fixed bed processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventor: Richard MERCER
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Patent number: 11707573Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module for recording information of a drug delivery device, the electronic module comprising at least one connector, wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of the drug delivery device and wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of a computer. Furthermore, the invention relates to a drug delivery device, comprising a port for connecting to the connector of the electronic module.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Samuel Steel, Paul Richard Draper, Joseph Butler, George Cave, David Richard Mercer
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Publication number: 20230023897Abstract: A system that provides the ability to integrate both diagnostic tissue detection and therapeutic tissue treatment functionality in an implantable medical device (IMD), such as a graft or stent. The system comprises: an IMD having a pair of electrodes configured to contact biological tissue at an implant location; an impedance sensor configured to detect data indicative of a complex impedance of the biological tissue at the electrodes for a plurality of frequencies; and an analysis device configured to determine one or more cell types in the biological tissue using information indicative of variation in phase and magnitude of the complex impedance across the plurality of frequencies. The system may include a signal generator for applying a treatment signal to the same electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicants: The University Court of the University of Glasgow, THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGHInventors: John Richard MERCER, Steven NEALE, Anubhav BUSSOOA, Daniel HOARE, Nosrat MIRZAI, Jakub CZYZEWSKI, Michael HOLSGROVE, Srinjoy MITRA, Andreas TSIAMIS, Jamie MARLAND
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Publication number: 20220304594Abstract: A method for calculating range of motion of a patient's jointed limb includes providing one or more locators at an upper limb of the jointed limb, and one or more of the locators at a lower limb of the jointed limb. A first image of the patient's joint in a fully extended position a second image of the patient's joint in a fully flexed position are captured with an imaging device. The method includes identifying positions of the locators of both the first image and the second image, and determining an extended angle of the patient's joint based on the identified positions of the locators of the first image. The method includes determining a flexed angle of the patient's joint based on the identified positions of the locators of the second image. The method includes determining a range of motion angle based on the extended angle and the flexed angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Jonathan G. REHBEIN, Larry Tab RANDOLPH, David Richard MERCER, Richard Marvin KAZALA, Jr., Luke PERKINS
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Patent number: 11446429Abstract: A system for providing instillation fluid to a deep abdominal wound includes an instillation module and a connection structure. The instillation module defines a first surface and a second, abdominal contents-facing surface. The instillation module includes a distribution hub configured to receive instillation fluid from an instillation fluid source. The connection structure includes a first surface, a second, abdominal contents-facing surface; and a flow path extending between the first surface and the second surface. The flow path includes an inlet configured to receive an instillation fluid conduit engaged with the instillation fluid source and an outlet in fluid communication with the instillation module. The flow path defines an axis extending between the inlet and the outlet. The flow path is configured to compress in a direction defined by the axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin A. Pratt, Colin John Hall, Thomas Edwards, David Richard Mercer, James Seddon
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Publication number: 20220273882Abstract: A drug delivery device for administering a drug is presented having a body, at least one electrical unit and a port for electrically contacting the electrical unit, an adapter for attaching an injection needle to the drug delivery device, a safety mechanism arranged to prevent contacting the electrical unit whilst an injection needle is in fluid communication with the drug delivery device and arranged to prevent establishing a fluid communication whilst the electrical unit is contactable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Paul Richard Draper, George Cave, Joseph Butler, Samuel Steel, David Richard Mercer, Simon Lewis Bilton
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Publication number: 20220241514Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device having a housing containing at least two electromechanical switches each having an open state and a closed state and a protrusion associated with each switch configured to protrude from the housing so as to contact a rotatable surface of the injection device while the supplemental device is attached to the injection device; and a processor arrangement configured to detect a change in the state of each of the switches; and to determine a direction of rotation of the rotatable surface of the injection device from the detected state changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Paul Richard Draper, David Richard Mercer
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Patent number: 11400231Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device having a housing containing at least two electromechanical switches each having an open state and a closed state and a protrusion associated with each switch configured to protrude from the housing so as to contact a rotatable surface of the injection device while the supplemental device is attached to the injection device; and a processor arrangement configured to detect a change in the state of each of the switches; and to determine a direction of rotation of the rotatable surface of the injection device from the detected state changes.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Paul Richard Draper, David Richard Mercer
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Publication number: 20220226579Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module for recording information of a drug delivery device, the electronic module comprising at least one connector, wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of the drug delivery device and wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of a computer. Furthermore, the invention relates to a drug delivery device, comprising a port for connecting to the connector of the electronic module.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Samuel Steel, Paul Richard Draper, Joseph Butler, George Cave, David Richard Mercer
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Publication number: 20220183895Abstract: In some examples, a dressing suitable for treating a tissue site may include a fluid management assembly configured to offload fluid extracted from the tissue site away from an articulation area at the tissue site. Other features may be associated with the dressing including, without limitation, a base layer, an adhesive, one or more wicking layers, and an absorbent layer. Other dressings, apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Jonathan G. REHBEIN, Richard Marvin KAZALA, Jr., Luke PERKINS, Larry Tab RANDOLPH, David Richard MERCER, Christopher J. CARROLL
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Publication number: 20220183896Abstract: In some examples, a dressing suitable for treating a tissue site may include a fluid management assembly including a fluid restraint configured to reduce a fluid capacity of the fluid management assembly proximate to the fluid restraint. Other features may be associated with the dressing including, by way of example and without limitation, abase layer, an adhesive, one or more wicking layers, and an absorbent layer. Other dressings, apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Jonathan G. REHBEIN, Luke PERKINS, Larry Tab RANDOLPH, David Richard MERCER, Richard Marvin KAZALA, Jr., Christopher J. CARROLL
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Patent number: 11357917Abstract: A drug delivery device for administering a drug is presented having a body, at least one electrical unit and a port for electrically contacting the electrical unit, an adapter for attaching an injection needle to the drug delivery device, a safety mechanism arranged to prevent contacting the electrical unit whilst an injection needle is in fluid communication with the drug delivery device and arranged to prevent establishing a fluid communication whilst the electrical unit is contactable.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Paul Richard Draper, George Cave, Joseph Butler, Samuel Steel, David Richard Mercer, Simon Lewis Bilton