Daniel R Cook

US Patent:

D560041, Jan 15, 2008

Filed:

Jan 3, 2007

Appl. No.:

29/270741

Inventors:

Daniel A. Cook - Cottage Grove MN, US
Christine M. Cook - Cottage Grove MN, US

International Classification:

2902

US Classification:

D291201

US Patent:

20120186508, Jul 26, 2012

Filed:

Jan 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/010472

Inventors:

Scott W. Gardner - Wayzata MN, US
Daniel G. Cook - Maple Plain MN, US
Anna C. Cook - Maple Plain MN, US

Assignee:

Anagram International, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

G01F 23/16

US Classification:

116227

Abstract:

A balloon fill gauge for a balloon made of elastomeric expanding material has a base sheet with balloon filling indicia thereon that is temporarily tackable on to the balloon face material. An indicator tab with two ends having one end temporarily tackable onto the balloon material has its other end slideably interlockable with the base sheet. An indicator mark on the tab is alignable with the balloon filling indicia to indicate when the balloon is full as the tacked base sheet and tacked indicator tab move apart during the filling of the balloon. The balloon fill gauge alternatively may have an elongate non-stretchable indicator tab having two ends tackable onto the balloon material which physically acts to visual indicate when the balloon is full by snapping in two, popping off the balloon or changing color. Alternatively, the balloon filler gauge may include a base sheet with a balloon filling indicia temporarily tackable onto the balloon which is indexed with an expansible indicator ink mark on the balloon alignable with the filling indicia to indicate upon expansion of the ink mark when the balloon is full or the ink otherwise changes color.

US Patent:

20210338299, Nov 4, 2021

Filed:

Apr 28, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/243045

Inventors:

- Memphis TN, US
- Zug, CH
- Singapore, SG
Daniel Cook - Cordova TN, US
Jeffrey Lee - Memphis TN, US
Ashley A. Roakes - Memphis TN, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/88
B25J 9/10
A61B 34/10
A61B 34/20

Abstract:

Apparatuses for mounting medical aid devices to anatomical structures and methods of use are disclosed. Mounting apparatuses may include femoral clamps or clamps configured to be affixed to other bone structures. Mounting apparatuses may include a pair of opposing arms configured to be compressed around a portion of a bone structure via a clamping force provided by a clamping assembly to affix the mounting apparatus to the bone structure. Clamping assemblies may include a magnetically-actuated clamping assembly, a mechanically-actuated clamping assembly, or a spring-actuated clamping assembly. A magnetically-actuated clamping assembly may generate a clamping force via alignment of magnetic fields within the clamping apparatus. A mechanically-actuated clamping assembly may generate a clamping force via a linkage-tensioning system, a rack-and-pinion system, or a lever-locking system. A spring-actuated clamping assembly may generate a clamping force via a torsion spring having arms that bias the pair of opposing arms toward the bone structure.