Carl Edward Griffin

US Patent:

6494899, Dec 17, 2002

Filed:

Jan 14, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/484368

Inventors:

Carl E. Griffin - Marietta GA
Robert Whitaker - Marietta GA
Robert Andersen - Marietta GA

Assignee:

Respironics, Inc. - Murrysville PA

International Classification:

A61N 2100

US Classification:

607 88, 607 90

Abstract:

A phototherapy system and method for automatically replacing a failed light source with a new light source once a failure of a first light source is detected. This system permits the new light source to assume a coaxially aligned position with the proximal end portion of a light transmission medium in place of the failed light source without any manual input by the user. In addition, an improved coupling system is provided for coupling the light transmission medium to the illumination device housing the light sources. The coupling system prevents pull out of the light transmission medium from the illumination device over nearly all rotational angles of the proximal end of the light transmission medium relative to the housing, and over only a relatively small range of angles will some degree of pull out force enable the light transmission medium to be decoupled from the illumination device.

US Patent:

7288102, Oct 30, 2007

Filed:

Mar 22, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/806029

Inventors:

Carl E. Griffin - Marietta GA, US
Avi M. Robbins - Longwood FL, US
Michael V. Lipoma - Villa Rica GA, US
David R. Buenger - Roswell GA, US

Assignee:

Facet Technologies, LLC - Kennesaw GA

International Classification:

A61B 17/14

US Classification:

606182, 606181

Abstract:

A lancing device having a low-mass, high-velocity lancet decoupled from a drive mechanism when piercing a user's skin. The drive mechanism includes a spring-driven piston that impacts the lancet on firing to propel the lancet from a retracted position towards an extended position. After impact, but before the lancet reaches the extended position, a stop limits the travel of the piston to separate the piston from the lancet. Precise guidance of the lancet minimizes lateral movement of the lancet.

US Patent:

7494498, Feb 24, 2009

Filed:

Mar 24, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/807901

Inventors:

Michael V. Lipoma - Villa Rica GA, US
Avi M. Robbins - Longwood FL, US
Carl E. Griffin - Marietta GA, US
David R. Buenger - Roswell GA, US

Assignee:

Facet Technologies, LLC - Kennesaw GA

International Classification:

A61B 17/34

US Classification:

606182

Abstract:

A lancing device including a drive mechanism with a drive spring and a lancet carrier engaged and driven by the drive spring, and further including a lancet with a sharp lancing tip, wherein the lancet floats relative to the carrier and is decoupled from the drive mechanism during at least a portion of a lancing stroke. In one example embodiment the lancet is held in a sled that floats in the carrier, and in another example embodiment the lancet by itself floats in the carrier.

US Patent:

7655019, Feb 2, 2010

Filed:

Aug 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/569025

Inventors:

Richard W. LeVaughn - Newnan GA, US
Gwenn E. Kennedy - Ellenwood GA, US
Stephen J. Flynn - Peachtree City GA, US
Carl E. Griffin - Marietta GA, US
John C. Irwin - Woodstock GA, US
Mary Kate Pynes - Dallas GA, US
Stephanie J. Campbell - Kennesaw GA, US
Christopher J. Ruf - Marietta GA, US
Mitchell A. Solis - Cumming GA, US
Avi M. Robbins - Longwood FL, US
Jason R. Heath - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

Facet Technologies, LLC - Kennesaw GA

International Classification:

A61B 17/14
A61B 17/32

US Classification:

606183

Abstract:

A sampling device () having a housing () with a lancet cartridge () mounted therein. The lancets () of the lancet cartridge () are interconnected by a flexible web (). The lancet cartridge () is not positively engaged within the housing () and can be easily removed. The housing () has an opening () with an adjacent flexible or compressible fin () for dampening the motion of the lancet (). The lancet cartridge () has at least one lancet () with an endcap, and the housing has a cap-removal mechanism () for separating the endcap from the housing (). Anti-tampering features prevent opening of the device when the lancet cartridge () is oriented with a lancet () in a firing position.

US Patent:

7678127, Mar 16, 2010

Filed:

Aug 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/921487

Inventors:

John Trissel - Canton GA, US
Richard W. LeVaughn - Newnan GA, US
Gwenn E. Kennedy - Ellenwood GA, US
Stephen J. Flynn - Peachtree City GA, US
Carl E. Griffin - Marietta GA, US
John C. Irwin - Woodstock GA, US
Mary Kate Pynes - Dallas GA, US
Stephanie J. Campbell - Kennesaw GA, US
Christopher J. Ruf - Marietta GA, US
Mitchell A. Solis - Cumming GA, US
Avi M. Robbins - Longwood FL, US
Jason R. Heath - Marietta GA, US
Ray Lathrop - Atlanta GA, US
David R. Buenger - Roswell GA, US
Venkat Katragadda - Marietta GA, US
Jack Griffis - Decatur GA, US
Don Griffin - Kennesaw GA, US

Assignee:

Facet Technologies, LLC - Kennesaw GA

International Classification:

A61B 5/151

US Classification:

606183, 606181, 606182

Abstract:

A lancing device has a carousel of lancets removably received in a housing. In exemplary embodiments, the lancing device includes a sterility cap positioning mechanism that removes sterility caps from the lancets for actuation and afterwards replaces the sterility caps onto the lancets. Preferably, the lancing device includes a lancet advancing mechanism that automatically advances sequential lancets of the lancet carousel for charging and actuating, and a drive mechanism for actuating the lancets. Also provided are replacement lancet carousels, which include a cylindrical carrier with axial openings and a plurality of the lancets axially oriented in the openings.

US Patent:

8142466, Mar 27, 2012

Filed:

Dec 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/346193

Inventors:

Michael V. Lipoma - Villa Rica GA, US
Avi M. Robbins - Longwood FL, US
Carl E. Griffin - Marietta GA, US
David R. Buenger - Roswell GA, US

Assignee:

Facet Technologies, LLC - Kennesaw GA

International Classification:

A61B 17/34

US Classification:

606182

Abstract:

A lancing device including a drive mechanism with a drive spring and a lancet carrier engaged and driven by the drive spring, and further including a lancet with a sharp lancing tip, wherein the lancet floats relative to the carrier and is decoupled from the drive mechanism during at least a portion of a lancing stroke. In one example embodiment the lancet is held in a sled that floats in the carrier, and in another example embodiment the lancet by itself floats in the carrier.

US Patent:

8579920, Nov 12, 2013

Filed:

May 12, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/464151

Inventors:

Robert Nering - Stockton NJ, US
Simon Cohn - Rutherford NJ, US
Michael Cardinale - Manalapan NJ, US
Richard P. Fuchs - Cincinnati OH, US
Matthew David Daniel - Lebanon OH, US
Jeremy David Jarrett - Cincinnati OH, US
Race Eric Thornton - Sugar Hill GA, US
Carl Edward Griffin - Hartwell GA, US

Assignee:

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

International Classification:

A61B 17/10

US Classification:

606143, 606151

Abstract:

An applicator instrument for dispensing surgical fasteners includes a housing, an elongated shaft extending from the housing, a firing rod disposed inside the elongated shaft and being movable within a first plane between a retracted position and an extended position, an advancer disposed inside the elongated shaft and being moveable within a second plane between a retracted position and an extended position, and a staging assembly located adjacent the distal end of the elongated shaft and being adapted to align surgical fasteners with a distal end of the firing rod. The staging assembly is held below the second plane by the advancer when the advancer is in the extended position and the staging assembly is adapted to move into at least partial alignment with the distal end of the firing rod when the advancer is in the retracted position.

US Patent:

20040173488, Sep 9, 2004

Filed:

Nov 7, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/704149

Inventors:

Carl Griffin - Marietta GA, US
Michael Lipoma - Villa Rica GA, US
Christopher Ruf - Marietta GA, US
Stephanie Campbell - Kennesaw GA, US

International Classification:

B65D083/10

US Classification:

206/363000, 206/438000

Abstract:

A disposal device for a medical test item such as a blood glucose test strip or a lancet, the device including an outer shell bounding an interior chamber, an opening through the shell in communication with the chamber, and a clip for securing the device to an external structure. Curved or angled panels, or flexible sections of the shell can be provided at or adjacent the opening to resist removal or discharge of contents.