Stephen A Wood

US Patent:

58265830, Oct 27, 1998

Filed:

Oct 11, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/728775

Inventors:

Stephen P. Wood - Lexington MA

International Classification:

A61B 1900

US Classification:

128869

Abstract:

An emergency spinal immobilization and extrication device permits a victim of spinal column trauma to be firmly supported and immobilized for transportation to a health care facility. The device comprises a container filled with a multiplicity of small, resilient particles resting on a light-weight, rigid base-board, and having a sliding rigid cover. The container comprises means for inflating with gas and deflating. In operation the victim is placed on the cover and restrained at the ankles. As the cover is removed by sliding, the victim descends onto the container. The container is then deflated, leaving the victim supported by the particles which cling together as the gas is evacuated.

US Patent:

20220415067, Dec 29, 2022

Filed:

Mar 4, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/687281

Inventors:

- Westborough MA, US
Ronald DUCHARME - Dudley MA, US
Abhijeet BHANDARI - Shrewsbury MA, US
Stephen M. WOOD - Waterford CT, US
Gary MILOSCIA - Hopkinton MA, US

Assignee:

Covectra, Inc. - Westborough MA

International Classification:

G06V 20/80
G06K 7/14
G06V 10/56
G06V 10/75

Abstract:

An authentication method includes receiving, at a processor, a signal representing an image of a serialization code and multiple flecks of a label, the flecks having a random distribution. The processor detects the serialization code and applies a modification to the image to produce a modified image. A subset of flecks of the modified image is detected, and metrics associated with each fleck from the subset of flecks are identified. The identified metrics are compared with metrics associated with a unique signature, and a message is displayed, via a user interface, indicating an authenticity of the label based on the comparison.