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Christopher Nutting, Newtonville, MA US
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20110276091 | Anchors with Biodegradable Constraints - An implant includes a collapsible anchor to be deployed within a lumen and a protrusion coupled to the anchor. The protrusion, in a constrained state, extends a distance from an exterior surface of the anchor and, in an unconstrained state, extends further from the exterior surface of the anchor. Also included is a biodegradable constraint, such as a biodegradable tube or suture, configured to maintain the protrusion in the constrained state until the constraint releases. The implant may include additional biodegradable constraints, each constraint configured to maintain the protrusion in a different constrained state and to degrade over a different predetermined period after the implant has been deployed within the lumen. The protrusion may include a bi-directional barb or an open loop. The protrusion may be configured to penetrate a wall of the lumen and to allow tissue to grow about the protrusion. The implant may also include an unsupported, thin-walled sleeve coupled to the anchor and configured to extend into the lumen upon deployment of the collapsible anchor. | 11-10-2011 |
20140358063 | Anchors with Biodegradable Constraints - An implant includes a collapsible anchor to be deployed within a lumen and a protrusion coupled to the anchor. The protrusion, in a constrained state, extends a distance from an exterior surface of the anchor and, in an unconstrained state, extends further from the exterior surface of the anchor. Also included is a biodegradable constraint, such as a biodegradable tube or suture, configured to maintain the protrusion in the constrained state until the constraint releases. The implant may include additional biodegradable constraints, each constraint configured to maintain the protrusion in a different constrained state and to degrade over a different predetermined period after the implant has been deployed within the lumen. The protrusion may include a bi-directional barb or an open loop. The protrusion may be configured to penetrate a wall of the lumen and to allow tissue to grow about the protrusion. The implant may also include an unsupported, thin-walled sleeve coupled to the anchor and configured to extend into the lumen upon deployment of the collapsible anchor. | 12-04-2014 |
John Nutting, Edmonds, WA US
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20110050241 | Substance Identification and Location Method and System - This invention relates to a method and system for remote detection of a targeted substance by the appropriate application of a probing signal that induces molecular resonance in the target substance to create an identifiable signature or response. In the preferred embodiment, signals transmitted are an Infrared laser beam, amplitude modulated in the range of 100 kHz frequency. The probing signal stimulates molecular resonance of the target substance which produces characteristic electron signal responses that are detected by IR detectors. A software program is used to process the electrical response signals and to compare them with electrical response signals stored in a database of known substances, thus allowing the target substance to be identified. The system may also be used to locate targeted substances. Also disclosed is an artificial ground device that provides a positive ground that provides consistent responses. | 03-03-2011 |
John Nutting, Austin, TX US
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20150317218 | MIXED MODE SESSION MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for managing multiple versions of applications executing on servers in a server pool are provided. A first server executing a first version of an application loads session data associated with a second, different version of the application. An error is detected based on the difference between the first version and the second version. A second server executing the second version of the application is selected by the first server in a server pool comprising one or more servers. The first server transmits a hypertext transfer protocol proxy request to the selected second server, which successfully processes the session data and handles the request without error. | 11-05-2015 |
Judd C. Nutting, Boulder, CO US
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20160074097 | DEPLOYMENT MECHANISMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS - An electrosurgical instrument includes a housing, a shaft extending from the housing, and an end effector assembly attached at a distal end of the shaft. A handle assembly is coupled to the housing and includes a movable handle for manipulating the end effector assembly. An outer sleeve is disposed about the shaft and selectively translatable relative thereto. An energizable member is operably coupled to the outer sleeve. A deployment mechanism is provided including a lever rotatably coupled to the housing and positioned proximally of the movable handle and at least one link member coupled between the lever and the outer sleeve. The link member(s) couple to the outer sleeve distally of the movable handle. Rotation of the lever translates the outer sleeve distally to move the outer sleeve over the end effector assembly and simultaneously deploy the energizable member distally past the end effector assembly. | 03-17-2016 |