Patents by Inventor Thomas Reed Stevens

Thomas Reed Stevens 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: 20220031213
    Abstract: A monitoring device for detecting wetness in a garment is disclosed. The monitoring device of the present disclosure includes a clip removably attachable to the garment and having a printed circuit board and a plurality of pins in communication with the printed circuit board, a portion of the plurality of pins extending through a portion of the clip, wherein the plurality of pins include a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin, the first pin and the second pin aligned along a first axis of the clip and the third pin aligned along a second axis of the clip, the second axis spaced from the first axis, wherein, with the clip attached to the garment, the printed circuit board is in communication with the garment via the plurality of pins. Transmitters having built-in delay mechanisms configured to delay transmitting operational data for a period of time are also disclosed. The operational data may include moisture data and detachment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Reed STEVENS, Ivan J. GOERING, Suguru NISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11147490
    Abstract: A monitoring device for detecting wetness in a garment is disclosed. The monitoring device of the present disclosure includes a clip removably attachable to the garment and having a printed circuit board and a plurality of pins in communication with the printed circuit board, a portion of the plurality of pins extending through a portion of the clip, wherein the plurality of pins include a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin, the first pin and the second pin aligned along a first axis of the clip and the third pin aligned along a second axis of the clip, the second axis spaced from the first axis, wherein, with the clip attached to the garment, the printed circuit board is in communication with the garment via the plurality of pins. Transmitters having built-in delay mechanisms configured to delay transmitting operational data for a period of time are also disclosed. The operational data may include moisture data and detachment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: RSC ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Reed Stevens, Ivan J. Goering, Suguru Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20210275363
    Abstract: A sensor for detecting the presence of a health condition in a patient, the sensor comprising an absorbent garment or pad, a transmitter including one or more processors, and at least one conductor comprising one or more segments that are separated by absorbent material of the absorbent garment or pad, with the at least one conductor including one or more health condition sensors, where the at least one conductor is configured to detect wetness in the absorbent garment or pad, and where the one or more health condition sensors are configured to detect a urinary health condition in the wetness. Monitoring devices, systems, and methods for detecting a health condition in a patient's urine employing such sensors and health condition sensors are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Reed STEVENS, Suguru NISHIOKA, I, Ivan J. GOERING
  • Patent number: 11090001
    Abstract: A monitoring device for detecting wetness in a garment is disclosed. The monitoring device of the present disclosure includes a locking mechanism that slides back and forth relative to a clip that is removably attachable to a garment between a first position in which the locking mechanism locks the clip in a closed position and a second position in which the clip is in an open position. As the locking mechanism transitions from the first position to the second position, the locking mechanism opens the clip. Advantageously, the monitoring device of the present disclosure allows a caregiver to align and secure the monitoring device to a garment using only one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: RSC ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Reed Stevens, Suguru Nishioka, Ivan J. Goering
  • Publication number: 20200314606
    Abstract: A cloud-implemented system, device, product, apparatus, and/or method for limiting wetness exposure time in an absorbent garment by providing sensor data from a sensor system including one or more absorbent garments, one or more sensors, and/or one or more processors, and receiving, by a sensor cloud, sensor data associated with one or more sensors. The method for authenticating in response to receiving sensor data, at least one attribute by correlating at least one attribute to data in a sensor cloud, validating a status of an absorbent garment based on sensor data remaining consistent for a measured period of time, and generating an action to limit wetness exposure time in an absorbent garment based on a status of an absorbent garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Reed Stevens, Suguru Nishioka, Ivan J. Goering
  • Publication number: 20200093411
    Abstract: A monitoring device for detecting wetness in a garment is disclosed. The monitoring device of the present disclosure includes a clip removably attachable to the garment and having a printed circuit board and a plurality of pins in communication with the printed circuit board, a portion of the plurality of pins extending through a portion of the clip, wherein the plurality of pins include a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin, the first pin and the second pin aligned along a first axis of the clip and the third pin aligned along a second axis of the clip, the second axis spaced from the first axis, wherein, with the clip attached to the garment, the printed circuit board is in communication with the garment via the plurality of pins. Transmitters having built-in delay mechanisms configured to delay transmitting operational data for a period of time are also disclosed. The operational data may include moisture data and detachment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Reed Stevens, Ivan J. Goering, Suguru Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20190388029
    Abstract: A monitoring device for detecting wetness in a garment is disclosed. The monitoring device of the present disclosure includes a locking mechanism that slides back and forth relative to a clip that is removably attachable to a garment between a first position in which the locking mechanism locks the clip in a closed position and a second position in which the clip is in an open position. As the locking mechanism transitions from the first position to the second position, the locking mechanism opens the clip. Advantageously, the monitoring device of the present disclosure allows a caregiver to align and secure the monitoring device to a garment using only one hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Reed Stevens, Suguru Nishioka, Ivan J. Goering
  • Publication number: 20190287678
    Abstract: A monitoring device is disclosed. The monitoring device includes a sensor configured to determine moisture data associated with moisture in a pad; and a transmitter configured to connect to the sensor and transmit the moisture data to a computer system comprising one or more processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Reed Stevens, Ivan J. Goering
  • Patent number: D826740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: G2i, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Reed Stevens, Ivan J. Goering
  • Patent number: D961768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: RSC ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Reed Stevens, Chad Kamil Hickson