Patents by Inventor Thomas Price
Thomas Price 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: 8685871Abstract: A toughening agent for use in making composites comprises an epoxy curing agent and a thermoplastic. Compositions, composites that comprise the toughening agent and associated methods of making and using the toughening agent are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.Inventors: Paul Mark Cross, Richard Thomas Price, Dominique Ponsolle, Patrick Terence McGrail
-
Publication number: 20130296675Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to display features that facilitate observation of monitored physiological data. According to certain embodiments, a monitoring system may include a monitor capable of receiving data related to the physiological parameters and storing data related to the parameters. The monitor may include a microprocessor configured to determine a blood pressure baseline from the data and to establish an alarm sensitivity for blood pressure based on the blood pressure baseline. The alarm sensitivity may comprise a first tier, a second tier, a third tier, and a fourth tier, and each tier may correspond to a blood pressure range. The alarm sensitivity may relate to an acceptable percent shift of the blood pressure from the blood pressure baseline, and the acceptable percent shift for at least one of the tiers is different from the acceptable percent shift of another one of the tiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Thomas Price, Ron J. Kadlec
-
Patent number: 8540665Abstract: An article for use in manufacturing particle cassettes comprising one or more single pieces of membrane having a plurality of gas flow passages bonded thereto. The article allows convenient manufacture of particle cassettes. Two such articles may be employed to provide a finished particle cassette and a production line in which a plurality of gas flow passages are conveyed on a single membrane is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Powder Pharmaceuticals Inc.Inventors: Nigel Robert Bates, Philip Thomas Price
-
Patent number: 8498683Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to display features that facilitate observation of monitored physiological data. According to certain embodiments, a monitoring system may include a monitor capable of receiving data related to the physiological parameters and storing data related to the parameters. The monitor may include a microprocessor capable of determining a respiration rate baseline from the data and establishing an alarm sensitivity for respiration rate based on the respiration rate baseline. The alarm sensitivity may comprise a first tier, a second tier, and a third tier. Each tier may correspond to a specific respiratory rate range and the alarm sensitivity may be selected based on which specific respiratory rate range encompasses the respiration rate baseline. Further, in certain embodiments a blood pressure baseline may be determined and an alarm sensitivity established based on the blood pressure baseline.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Covidien LLPInventors: Thomas Price, Ron J. Kadlec
-
Publication number: 20130137946Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system and method for reducing power consumption of a medical device based on one or more physiological parameters. For example, the medical device may be operated in a low power mode if a physiological parameter trend is above a certain threshold. In the low power mode, the processing power may be reduced relative to a high power mode. The low power mode may be associated with reduced processing and output rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Thomas Geske, Nick Robertson, Thomas Price, Kalpathy Krishnan, James C. Gibson
-
Patent number: 8417309Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a medical sensor configured to attach to a patient's finger. According to embodiments, a sensor body is attached to a ring such that the sensor body is limited to contact with the patient's finger. The ring may have a fixed diameter or be adjustable. The ring may also include an indicator that facilitates the determination of whether the ring applies appropriate tension to the patient's finger. The sensor body may comprise a strip attached to the ring at two points or a hood that covers the distal end of the patient's finger. The sensor body may be coupled to the patient's finger with adhesives or securing flaps.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Thomas Price
-
Patent number: 8298173Abstract: A method of producing a particle cassette for a needleless syringe device which alleviates problems of providing a chamber for the confinement of particles which is hermetically sealed from the environment. A predetermined force is applied in the longitudinal direction to push first and second cassette parts together so as to cause plastic deformation of a portion of the first cassette part so as to create said hermetically sealed chamber. The cassette parts are preferably made of PETG and have bonded thereto rupturable membranes preferably made of PET. The sealing is preferably achieved at the end of a protrusion on the first cassette part which is tapered and which interacts with the membrane of the second cassette part.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Inventors: Nigel Robert Bates, Philip Thomas Price, John Watson, Stuart Graham Weekes
-
Publication number: 20120090514Abstract: A disclosed reusable pallet serves as device for packaging and shipping materials. Upon completion of the shipping function, the reusable pallet is configured so as to permit the legs and slave plates of the pallet to be manipulated, whereby the (i) physical nature of the pallet can be changed through a process of subtraction and addition, (ii) the pallet can be used as formwork for creating an object that can be used in a way other than for packaging and shipping materials, and (iii) the pallet can be altered through the augmentation of accessories that can change the function of the pallet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Inventors: William Thomas Price, Peter Jay Zweig
-
Publication number: 20110270058Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to display features that facilitate observation of monitored physiological data. According to certain embodiments, a monitoring system may include a monitor capable of receiving data related to the physiological parameters and storing data related to the parameters. The monitor may include a microprocessor capable of determining a respiration rate baseline from the data and establishing an alarm sensitivity for respiration rate based on the respiration rate baseline. The alarm sensitivity may comprise a first tier, a second tier, and a third tier. Each tier may correspond to a specific respiratory rate range and the alarm sensitivity may be selected based on which specific respiratory rate range encompasses the respiration rate baseline. Further, in certain embodiments a blood pressure baseline may be determined and an alarm sensitivity established based on the blood pressure baseline.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Thomas Price, Ron Kadlec
-
Publication number: 20110159764Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to metal- or metal alloy-coated sheet materials (hereinafter, “metal-coated sheet material”) including, but not limited to, fabrics and veils which have a metal content of between one (1) and fifty (50) grams per square meter (gsm). The metal-coated sheet materials may be used as-is or in conjunction with prepregs, adhesives or surfacing films to provide lightning strike protection (LSP) and/or bulk conductivity, among other benefits, to the resultant composite article. In one embodiment, the metal-coated sheet material is impregnated with a resin. According to embodiments of the invention, a metal is applied to one or two sides of the fabric or veil by a physical vapor deposition coating process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: CYTEC TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Richard Thomas Price, Abdel Abusafieh
-
Publication number: 20110152469Abstract: A toughening agent for use in making composites comprises an epoxy curing agent and a thermoplastic. Compositions, composites that comprise the toughening agent and associated methods of making and using the toughening agent are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: CYTEC TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Paul Mark Cross, Richard Thomas Price, Dominique Ponsolle, Patrick Terence McGrail
-
Patent number: 7867566Abstract: A method for fabricating a reinforced matrix composite comprising the step of providing a composite preform having a fibrous structure and applying matrix material onto the preform in locations along the preform. A barrier material is applied to at least a portion of the coated preform to direct the flow of matrix material into the preform. The composite preform is heated to a temperature sufficient to render the matrix material viscous and insufficient to cure the matrix material. The pressure to the interior of the composite preform is reduced, while the pressure to the barrier material is increased. The temperature is maintained to flow the matrix material into the composite preform and to force gases from the fibrous structure. The composite preform is then cured and cooled to form a reinforced matrix composite having a low void content and a substantially uniform matrix distribution.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Lee Alan Blanton, Gregory Joseph Meibers, Robert Paul Fairbanks, Stephen Mark Whiteker, Richard Thomas Price, Matthew Bernard Buczek, Warren Rosal Ronk
-
Publication number: 20100298767Abstract: A method of producing a particle cassette for a needleless syringe device which alleviates problems of providing a chamber for the confinement of particles which is hermetically sealed from the environment. A predetermined force is applied in the longitudinal direction to push first and second cassette parts together so as to cause plastic deformation of a portion of the first cassette part so as to create said hermetically sealed chamber. The cassette parts are preferably made of PETG and have bonded thereto rupturable membranes preferably made of PET. The sealing is preferably achieved at the end of a protrusion on the first cassette part which is tapered and which interacts with the membrane of the second cassette part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2007Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventors: Nigel Robert Bates, Philip Thomas Price, John Watson, Stuart Graham Weekes
-
Publication number: 20100249552Abstract: A system and method for the wirelessly charging of a power source of a pulse oximeter. The pulse oximeter may include an inductively coupled conductor. The inductively coupled conductor may be coupled to the power source and the inductively coupled conductor may wirelessly receive an electromagnetic charging signal. Based on the received signal, the inductively coupled conductor may at least partially recharge the power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventor: Thomas Price
-
Publication number: 20100121262Abstract: An article for use in manufacturing particle cassettes comprising one or more single pieces of membrane having a plurality of gas flow passages bonded thereto. The article allows convenient manufacture of particle cassettes. Two such articles may be employed to provide a finished particle cassette and a production line in which a plurality of gas flow passages are conveyed on a single membrane is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicants: LEE'S PHARMACEUTICAL (HK), LTD., Powder Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventors: Nigel Robert BATES, Philip Thomas PRICE
-
Publication number: 20100089978Abstract: An improved apparatus for bonding semiconductor structures includes equipment for treating a first surface of a first semiconductor structure and a first surface of a second semiconductor structure with formic acid, equipment for positioning the first surface of the first semiconductor structure directly opposite and in contact with the first surface of the second semiconductor structure and equipment for forming a bond interface between the treated first surfaces of the first and second semiconductor structures by pressing the first and second semiconductor structures together. The equipment for treating the surfaces of the first and second semiconductor structures with formic acid includes a sealed tank filled partially with liquid formic acid and partially with formic acid vapor. Opening an inlet valve connects the tank to a nitrogen gas source and allows nitrogen gas to flow through the tank. Opening an outlet valve allows a mixture of formic acid vapor with nitrogen gas to flow out of the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: SUSS MICROTEC INCInventors: EMMETT HUGHLETT, THOMAS PRICE, HALE JOHNSON
-
Publication number: 20100081900Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a medical sensor configured to attach to a patient's finger. According to embodiments, a sensor body is attached to a ring such that the sensor body is limited to contact with the patient's finger. The ring may have a fixed diameter or be adjustable. The ring may also include an indicator that facilitates the determination of whether the ring applies appropriate tension to the patient's finger. The sensor body may comprise a strip attached to the ring at two points or a hood that covers the distal end of the patient's finger. The sensor body may be coupled to the patient's finger with adhesives or securing flaps.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2008Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventor: Thomas Price
-
Publication number: 20090327515Abstract: The present disclosure provides for the use of physiological monitors capable of communicating over a network. In one embodiment, the physiological monitors may utilize a network layer protocol having an address space for each packet that is greater than 32 bits in length. In one such embodiment, address exhaustion on a network may be addressed by using addresses greater than 32 bits in length at the network layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventor: Thomas Price
-
Publication number: 20090142496Abstract: A method for fabricating a reinforced matrix composite comprising the step of providing a composite preform having a fibrous structure and applying matrix material onto the preform in locations along the preform. A barrier material is applied to at least a portion of the coated preform to direct the flow of matrix material into the preform. The composite preform is heated to a temperature sufficient to render the matrix material viscous and insufficient to cure the matrix material. The pressure to the interior of the composite preform is reduced, while the pressure to the barrier material is increased. The temperature is maintained to flow the matrix material into the composite preform and to force gases from the fibrous structure. The composite preform is then cured and cooled to form a reinforced matrix composite having a low void content and a substantially uniform matrix distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Lee Alan Blanton, Gregory Joseph Meibers, Robert Paul Fairbanks, Stephen Mark Whiteker, Richard Thomas Price, Matthew Bernard Buczek, Warren Rosal Ronk
-
Patent number: D685974Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: The Heil Co.Inventors: Thomas Price, Robert H. Doll, Eugene Neplotnik, David Rice