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Gregory A. Frankland, Bloomington, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120226310SUTURE RETENTION DEVICE - A suture retention device is provided for retaining a suture. The device includes a body with a channel and two retention members within the channel. The retention members are movable between an unlocked state to a locked state in which the suture is restrained with respect to the body.09-06-2012

Gregory A. Frankland, Unionville, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090171323Catheter assembly and fluid supply apparatus therefor - A catheter assembly includes a multi-lumen catheter and fluid supply apparatus for supplying fluid to said multi-lumen catheter. The fluid supply apparatus includes an inlet element for coupling to a supply of catheter fluid, a plurality of fluid outlet elements arranged to be each coupled to a respective lumen of the catheter and a flow splitter arranged between the inlet element and the outlet elements. The flow splitter is able to split or divert flow of fluid from the inlet to at least one of the plurality of outlets. For this purpose, the preferred embodiment includes a gate for directing fluid flow to one or more of the outlet elements. There may also be provided a diffuser and a nozzle.07-02-2009
20100305474APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING A WIRE GUIDE - An apparatus for dispensing a wire guide into a body vessel of a patient includes a first apparatus half and a second apparatus half. Each of the apparatus halves has an interior surface, wherein each of the halves is structured and aligned for joinder with the other half along the respective interior surfaces. Upon joinder of the apparatus halves, the resulting apparatus defines a generally spiral-shaped interior wire guide pathway, a wire guide opening generally tangential to the interior pathway, a guideway for receiving an end of the wire guide from the opening, a first port communicating with the pathway, and a second port communicating with the first port.12-02-2010
20110009848FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A medical device is provided. The device includes a cannula with a lumen defined therethrough and an upper portion, a right side portion, a bottom portion, and a left side portion each substantially equally spaced from their respective neighboring portion around the circumferential surface of the cannula. The cannula additionally includes a plurality of apertures disposed through the distal end portion to provide communication from the lumen and a visually perceptible indicator that is configured to allow the cannula to be positioned at an appropriate rotational position within the patient. A plurality of injection needles are disposed within the lumen and a first handle is fixed with respect to the cannula and a second handle is disposed in conjunction with the first handle and fixed to the proximal portion of each of the plurality of needles, the first handle is translatable with respect to the second handle to translate the plurality of needles from a first position where the distal portions of each of the plurality of needles are disposed within the lumen of the cannula, and a second position where the distal portion of each of the plurality of needles extends out of the lumen through their respective aperture.01-13-2011
20110125088Apparatus for an improved high pressure medicinal dispenser - An apparatus for an improved high pressure medicinal dispenser is disclosed. The high pressure dispenser may include a handle (05-26-2011

Patent applications by Gregory A. Frankland, Unionville, IN US

Richad Frankland, San Jose, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080256133Integrated Change Management Unit - An integrated system for managing changes in regulatory and non-regulatory requirements for business activities at an industrial or commercial facility. Application of this system to environmental, health and safety activities, and to food, drug, cosmetic, and medical treatment and device activities, are discussed as examples. The system: provides one or more databases that contain information on operations and requirements concerning an activity or area of business; receives information on regulatory and non-regulatory changes that affect operations of the business; converts these changes into changes in data entry forms, data processing and analysis procedures, and presentation (by printing, electronic display and/or distribution) of data processing and analysis results to selected recipients, without requiring the services of one or more programmers to re-key and/or reformat the items affected by the change; and implements receipt of change information and dissemination of data processing and analysis results using the facilities of the Internet.10-16-2008

Richard Frankland, San Jose, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110208553INTEGRATED CHANGE MANAGEMENT UNIT - An integrated system for managing changes in regulatory and non-regulatory requirements for business activities at an industrial or commercial facility. Application of this system to environmental, health and safety activities, and to food, drug, cosmetic, and medical treatment and device activities, are discussed as examples. The system: provides one or more databases that contain information on operations and requirements concerning an activity or area of business; receives information on regulatory and non-regulatory changes that affect operations of the business; converts these changes into changes in data entry forms, data processing and analysis procedures, and presentation (by printing, electronic display and/or distribution) of data processing and analysis results to selected recipients, without requiring the services of one or more programmers to re-key and/or reformat the items affected by the change; and implements receipt of change information and dissemination of data processing and analysis results using the facilities of the Internet.08-25-2011

Stephen Frankland, Horsham GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100194334RETROFITTING WIRELESS POWER AND NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Exemplary embodiments are directed to retrofitting existing electronic devices for wireless power transfer and near-field communication. Retrofitting circuitry includes an antenna for receiving a signal from an external source, and conversion circuitry for converting the signal to be used by an electronic device. The antenna and conversion circuitry are configured to retrofit to the electronic device, where the electronic device did not originally include the antenna or conversion circuitry. The antenna and conversion circuitry may be configured to receive and convert the signal to generate wireless power for the electronic device. The antenna and the conversion circuitry may also be configured to enable the electronic device to send and receive near-field communication data.08-05-2010
20100244576OPTIMIZATION OF WIRELESS POWER DEVICES - Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power. A chargeable device may comprise receive circuitry for coupling to a receive antenna. The receive circuitry may comprise at least one sensor to sense one or more parameters associated with the chargeable device. Further, the receive circuitry may comprise a tuning controller operably coupled to the at least one sensor to generate one or more tuning values in response to the one or more sensed parameters. Additionally, the receive circuitry may comprise a matching circuit operably coupled to the tuning controller for tuning the receive antenna according to the one or more tuning values.09-30-2010
20100279606WIRELESS POWER AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless electronic devices. A method may comprise receiving a wireless signal with an antenna and identifying one of a wireless charging module and a near-field communication module to which the received signal is associated. The method may further comprise conveying the received signal to the identified one of the wireless charging module and the near-field communication module.11-04-2010
20110065383FOCUSED ANTENNA, MULTI-PURPOSE ANTENNA, AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - Exemplary embodiments are directed to a device including a focused antenna. A device may include a minor plane surface and an antenna positioned proximate the minor plane surface. The antenna may be configured for generating a field focused around the minor plane surface. The antenna may further include an element extending from the minor plane surface toward another minor plane surface of the device.03-17-2011

Patent applications by Stephen Frankland, Horsham GB

Stephen Frankland, Farnborough GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120201194METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM LEVEL SOLUTION FOR DIFFERENT SERVICE CO-EXISTENCE - An apparatus and method for implementing a system solution for co-existence between a first service and a second service including accepting a first service selection for a first wireless system on a mobile terminal; performing a data transport using the first service selection on the mobile terminal; accepting a second service selection for a second wireless system on the mobile terminal; implementing a suspension of the data transport using the first service selection on the mobile terminal; and redirecting the data transport using a different wireless system.08-09-2012

Stephen Frankland, Horsham W Susx GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100315389DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO A DISPLAY ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN ANTENNA - Exemplary embodiments are directed to a display assembly. A display assembly may comprise a display unit and at least one antenna at least partially surrounding at least a portion of the display unit. The at least one antenna may be configured for at least one of receiving wireless power, transmitting data, and receiving data.12-16-2010