Patents by Inventor Tyson Ross
Tyson Ross 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: 11154453Abstract: An intelligent compression device for controllable compression. The compression device includes a compressible body and a microprocessor. The compressible body encircles a limb of a user and includes an elastomer layer and an activation layer. The elastomer layer includes voxelated liquid crystal elastomers that contract in response to a stimulus. The activation element, which is positioned proximate to the elastomer layer, supplies the stimulus. The microprocessor actuates at least a portion of the activation element layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventor: Lewis Tyson Ross
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Publication number: 20210307786Abstract: A method for adjusting an adjustable implant includes broadcasting identification information from an adjustable implant implanted within a subject, receiving wirelessly with the adjustable implant, from a device external to the subject, an adjustment setting configured to be executed by the adjustable implant, receiving wirelessly with the adjustable implant, from a device external to the subject, an instruction to perform the adjustment setting, activating a motor on the adjustable implant to perform the adjustment setting, and sending, to a device external to the subject, a progress of the adjustment setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Lewis Tyson Ross, Casel Burnett, Michael J. Wentz, Daniel Sands
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Patent number: 10617593Abstract: A mobile compression integument for applying controllable scrolling or intermittent sequential forces, such as compression forces, to the body and limbs of a user comprises an elongated fabric body sized to encircle a limb of a user, one or more shape-changing elements carried by the fabric body and configured to apply a compression pressure to the limb through the fabric body upon changing shape in response to a stimulus, and a micro-processor based controller for selectively actuating the one or more shape-changing elements to reduce the effective diameter of the integument encircling the limb, to thereby apply pressure to the limb.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Recovery Force, LLCInventors: Matthew W. Wyatt, Lewis Tyson Ross, Brian Stasey
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Publication number: 20200093680Abstract: An intelligent compression device for controllable compression. The compression device includes a compressible body and a microprocessor. The compressible body encircles a limb of a user and includes an elastomer layer and an activation layer. The elastomer layer includes voxelated liquid crystal elastomers that contract in response to a stimulus. The activation element, which is positioned proximate to the elastomer layer, supplies the stimulus. The microprocessor actuates at least a portion of the activation element layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventor: Lewis Tyson Ross
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Patent number: 10524976Abstract: An intelligent compression device for controllable compression. The compression device includes a compressible body and a microprocessor. The compressible body encircles a limb of a user and includes an elastomer layer and an activation layer. The elastomer layer includes voxelated liquid crystal elastomers that contract in response to a stimulus. The activation element, which is positioned proximate to the elastomer layer, supplies the stimulus. The microprocessor actuates at least a portion of the activation element layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventor: Lewis Tyson Ross
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Publication number: 20170304139Abstract: An intelligent compression device for controllable compression. The compression device includes a compressible body and a microprocessor. The compressible body encircles a limb of a user and includes an elastomer layer and an activation layer. The elastomer layer includes voxelated liquid crystal elastomers that contract in response to a stimulus. The activation element, which is positioned proximate to the elastomer layer, supplies the stimulus. The microprocessor actuates at least a portion of the activation element layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventor: Lewis Tyson Ross
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Patent number: 9326911Abstract: A compression integument for applying controllable intermittent sequential compression to the limbs of a user comprises an elongated fabric body sized to encircle a limb of a user, one or more compressible pads affixed to a surface of the fabric body facing the limb when the fabric body is wrapped around the limb; one or more tensioning elements integrated into the fabric body or compressible pads and arranged to encircle the limb when the fabric body is wrapped around the limb, and a micro-processor based actuator for selectively actuating the one or more tensioning elements to reduce the effective diameter of the tensioning elements encircling the limb, to thereby apply pressure to the limb by way of the compressible pads.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Recovery Force, LLCInventors: Matthew W. Wyatt, Lewis Tyson Ross
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Patent number: 9271757Abstract: A remotely controllable growing rod device comprises a housing containing on-board electronics and at least one drive assembly operable to move associated extension elements relative to each other. Each extension element terminates in an anchor element configured to be anchored to a part of the spine, such as the pedicle of a vertebral body. The on-board electronics includes a microprocessor, a power supply, such as an inductive power supply, and a receiver/transmitter. The microprocessor is configured to receive remotely transmitted movement data through the receiver and is further configured for feedback controlled actuation of the drive assembly for relative movement the associated extension elements to achieve a desired physiological condition of the patient's spine.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Inventors: Tyson Ross, Casel Burnett
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Publication number: 20150250505Abstract: A remotely controllable growing rod device comprises a housing containing on-board electronics and at least one drive assembly operable to move associated extension elements relative to each other. Each extension element terminates in an anchor element configured to be anchored to a part of the spine, such as the pedicle of a vertebral body. The on-board electronics includes a microprocessor, a power supply, such as an inductive power supply, and a receiver/transmitter. The microprocessor is configured to receive remotely transmitted movement data through the receiver and is further configured for feedback controlled actuation of the drive assembly for relative movement the associated extension elements to achieve a desired physiological condition of the patient's spine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Tyson Ross, Casel Burnett
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Publication number: 20150065930Abstract: A mobile compression integument for applying controllable scrolling or intermittent sequential forces, such as compression forces, to the body and limbs of a user comprises an elongated fabric body sized to encircle a limb of a user, one or more shape-changing elements carried by the fabric body and configured to apply a compression pressure to the limb through the fabric body upon changing shape in response to a stimulus, and a micro-processor based controller for selectively actuating the one or more shape-changing elements to reduce the effective diameter of the integument encircling the limb, to thereby apply pressure to the limb.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Matthew W. Wyatt, Lewis Tyson Ross, Brian Stasey
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Publication number: 20140081187Abstract: A compression integument for applying controllable intermittent sequential compression to the limbs of a user comprises an elongated fabric body sized to encircle a limb of a user, one or more compressible pads affixed to a surface of the fabric body facing the limb when the fabric body is wrapped around the limb; one or more tensioning elements integrated into the fabric body or compressible pads and arranged to encircle the limb when the fabric body is wrapped around the limb, and a micro-processor based actuator for selectively actuating the one or more tensioning elements to reduce the effective diameter of the tensioning elements encircling the limb, to thereby apply pressure to the limb by way of the compressible pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Recovery Force, LLCInventors: Matthew W. Wyatt, Lewis Tyson Ross
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Patent number: 8585740Abstract: A remotely controllable growing rod device comprises a housing containing on-board electronics and supporting drive assemblies operable to extend or retract associated extension elements projecting along the axis of the device. Each extension element terminates in an anchor element configured to be anchored to a part of the spine, such as the pedicle of a vertebral body. Each drive assembly includes a micromotor and a threaded interface between the motor and the corresponding extension element. The on-board electronics includes a microprocessor, a power supply, such as an inductive power supply, and a receiver/transmitter. The microprocessor is configured to receive remotely transmitted movement data through the receiver and to control actuation of the drive assemblies to move the associated extension elements. Multiple growing rod devices implanted within a patient may communicate to a common on-board microprocessor through an implanted data bus.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: AMB Surgical, LLCInventors: Tyson Ross, Casel Burnett