Joseph L Lessard

US Patent:

RE38453, Mar 9, 2004

Filed:

Mar 23, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/534235

Inventors:

Joseph J. Lessard - Horsham PA
Robert M. McDonough - Hatfield PA
Jan F. Wenstrup - Doylestown PA
Peter Schumann - Richboro PA

Assignee:

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

International Classification:

A01K 3120

US Classification:

237 3, 237 14, 454195

Abstract:

An infant incubator in which the heater for heating the air circulated through the incubator and the speed of the fan which forces air across the heater to circulate through the incubator are controlled to increase the temperature of the heated air and delivery of the heated air to the space in which an infant has been placed for treatment when an access door of the incubator has been opened. The increase in temperature and delivery of the heated air is caused by a sensor which senses when the access door is opened.

US Patent:

20110133050, Jun 9, 2011

Filed:

Dec 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/962853

Inventors:

Joseph J. Lessard - Horsham PA, US
Ryan Kennedy - Ambler PA, US

Assignee:

FIRSTGROUP AMERICA, INC. - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

F16M 13/00
E05B 73/00
B23P 11/00

US Classification:

248551, 70 58, 29428

Abstract:

A locking system for use in adjusting a mounting assembly includes a lock plate and a lock shaft mount. A lock shaft component is rotatably received within an opening of the lock of the lock plate and rotatably supported by the lock shaft mount. With the locking system in a locked configuration, the lock shaft component engages the lock plate which locks the positions of the lock plate relative to the position of the lock shaft mount. With the locking system in an unlocked configuration, the lock shaft component disengages the lock plate such that the lock plate moves along a length of the lock shaft component toward and away from the lock shaft mount.

US Patent:

54982294, Mar 12, 1996

Filed:

Sep 9, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/303413

Inventors:

Barry E. Barsky - Huntingdon Valley PA
Joseph J. Lessard - Horsham PA

Assignee:

Air-Shields, Inc. - Hatboro PA

International Classification:

A61G 1100

US Classification:

600 22

Abstract:

A infant radiant warmer having a bassinet assembly which includes a plurality of optically transparent electrothermal side panels surrounding a mattress assembly upon which a infant can be placed. The side panels serve both as radiant shields which reduce radiant heat losses from the infant and as sources of radiant heat which add to the warmth provided by an overhead infrared heater to the infant. This infant radiant warmer also has an optically transparent draft shield assembly which serves to maintain the environment of the bassinet assembly by inhibiting the effects of drafts, air-conditioning and disruptive temperatures in the atmosphere outside the bassinet assembly. Preferably, a humidifier is provided for humidifying the atmosphere within which the infant is placed.

US Patent:

57303550, Mar 24, 1998

Filed:

Aug 27, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/703793

Inventors:

Joseph J. Lessard - Horsham PA
Robert M. McDonough - Hatfield PA
Jan F. Wenstrup - Doylestown PA
Peter Schumann - Richboro PA

Assignee:

Air-Shields, Inc. - Hatboro PA

International Classification:

A01K 3120

US Classification:

237 3

Abstract:

An infant incubator in which the heater for heating the air circulated through the incubator and the speed of the fan which forces air across the heater to circulate through the incubator are controlled to increase the temperature of the heated air and delivery of the heated air to the space in which an infant has been placed for treatment when an access door of the incubator has been opened. The increase in temperature and delivery of the heated air is caused by a sensor which senses when the access door is opened.

US Patent:

52444520, Sep 14, 1993

Filed:

Mar 3, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/845209

Inventors:

Robert K. Vaccaro - Philadelphia PA
Joseph J. Lessard - Horsham PA

Assignee:

Air-Shields, Inc. - Hatboro PA

International Classification:

A61G 1100

US Classification:

600 22

Abstract:

An infant incubator mattress positioning assembly having a pair of pneumatic lift mechanisms spaced apart on the deck of the incubator. Each lift mechanism is individually controlled to selectively raise or lower the ends of a mattress support which rest on the lift mechanisms. To prevent twisting or turning of the mattress support about its long axis as external forces are applied to the mattress support, each lift mechanism has transverse stabilizing means.

US Patent:

20220357247, Nov 10, 2022

Filed:

May 10, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/316123

Inventors:

- Ivyland PA, US
Sahil Shah - Furlong PA, US
Joseph Lessard - Horsham PA, US
Alyicia Marie Rios - Downey CA, US
Joshua T. Greenlee - Laveen AZ, US
Olivia Grabowski - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Rushabh Instruments, LLC - Ivyland PA

International Classification:

G01N 1/31
G02B 21/34
B01L 7/02
B01L 9/00
G01N 1/44

Abstract:

A tissue processing station includes a housing and a first heated plate that is either disposed on or forms a first horizontally oriented surface of the housing. The first heated plate is configured to either (i) contain water, or (ii) receive a dish containing water. The tissue processing station may also include a vertically-oriented heated well for heating slides. A second heated plate is either disposed on or forms an angled surface of the housing for supporting one or more laboratory slides. The angled surface is angled relative to the first horizontally oriented surface. A third heated plate is either disposed on or forms a second horizontally oriented surface of the housing for supporting one or more laboratory slides. The first and second horizontally oriented surfaces are defined at different elevations on the housing. The angled surface extends between the two horizontally oriented surfaces.

US Patent:

20170058245, Mar 2, 2017

Filed:

Aug 16, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/237768

Inventors:

- Warrington PA, US
Sahil Shah - Warrington PA, US
Eli Endres - Malvern PA, US
Joseph Lessard - Horsham PA, US

International Classification:

C12M 1/00
C12M 1/107
C12M 3/00

Abstract:

A fluid-containing cartridge for a tissue processing apparatus includes a body defining a plurality of discrete fluid passageways, and a plurality of fluid-containing wells that are disposed on the body, wherein each fluid passageway of the body defines a fluid path between one of the fluid-containing wells and a fluid exit port that is configured to dispense fluid onto a laboratory slide.