Douglas Scott
Douglas Scott Bireley, Oberdorf CH
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20130245382 | INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY - A system for minimally invasive spine surgery includes a plurality of bone anchors, a spinal rod, a plurality of dilators of differing lengths and diameters, and a surgical access port. The surgical access port includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall defining a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The port may include a first opening formed in the sidewall that defines a passageway for medical hardware from the lumen to external to the port. The system can include first instrument for creating a subcutaneous pathway from the opening in the port. | 09-19-2013 |
Douglas Scott Dunn, Maplewood, MN US
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20150277013 | EFFECTIVE MEDIA RETARDER FILMS WITH SPATIALLY SELECTIVE BIREFRINGENCE REDUCTION - A retarder film provides a first light retardation and can be heat processed in one or more selected areas to provide a second light retardation in the selected area(s). The retarder film may have an absorption characteristic such that the heat processing can be carried out by selectively exposing the film to a suitable radiant beam. The retarder film is composed of a stack of contiguous ultrathin layers configured to provide an effective optical medium for visible light. Visible light propagates through the stack as an effective medium having effective refractive indices along principal x-, y-, and z-axes. At least some of the ultrathin layers possess intrinsic birefringence, and the effective indices of the stack are functions of the intrinsic refractive indices of the constituent ultrathin layers. The heat processing is carried out so that the ultrathin layer stack structural integrity is not substantially altered in the processed area(s). | 10-01-2015 |
Douglas Scott Harts, Sterling, VA US
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20140137208 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE-BASED SECURE BRIEFING SYSTEM - Systems, methods and computer program products that: convert hard-copy, text-based report delivery mechanism into digital delivery application with modern user interface functionality; provide a secure, reliable back-end infrastructure for report assembly and dissemination within a classified network; and integrate interactive multi-media content and technologies, including real-time interactive content and communication, are disclosed. In an aspect, secure briefs customized for multiple individuals within an entity are created. Such secure briefs replace traditional physical briefing books and are accessible via a secure mobile computing device, such as a tablet computer. | 05-15-2014 |
Douglas Scott Litsey, West Valley City, UT US
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20100153739 | Securable independent electronic document - In accordance with embodiments within, a secure independent electronic document apparatus, it's system, method, and manufacture is taught. With an authenticable and tamper detectable electronic container supporting platform vendor and authentication independence, character text data sections supporting digital signatures, data automation and nested embedding, as well as graphical image data, or other free format data sections supporting many data processing operations, imaging representation comprised within a container using a secure and independent system, the secure independent electronic document presents a solution for digital electronic information distribution, commerce, trade and exchange. | 06-17-2010 |
Douglas Scott Patac, Bennington, VT US
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20140360433 | Fish feeding device - A fish feeding device featuring an elongated shaft component with a first end portion formed into the shape of a helix for holding foodstuffs below the level of water in a fish tank and with a stopper component held by the shaft, keeping the shaft away from the inner walling of any panel portion of the tank and with the shaft component being bent about a vertically inclined central axis of symmetry of the shaft component for purposes of holding the invention about upper edging of the given panel portion and featured by further bends of the shaft component serving to hold the device fast in place about the exterior walling of and accordingly the panel portion of the fish tank. | 12-11-2014 |
Douglas Scott Wahnschaffe, Monticello, MN US
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20140200577 | ABLATION GRASPER - The present invention provides improved catheters for ablative procedures for biological tissue, e.g., in the heart. The catheters allow active fixation to the tissue using a pair of jaws, and a sheath actuates the jaws, simplifying actuation. In particular embodiments, the pair of jaws provides additional stability in attachment to difficult ablation sites, e.g., along the ridges of cardiac structures. | 07-17-2014 |
20140243881 | CATHETER-BASED APPARATUSES AND METHODS - Blood flow into vascular tissue is filtered in a manner that can also be useful for trapping particulates while allowing the flow of blood. Consistent with one or more embodiments, a filter apparatus includes a filter, an outer delivery sheath such as a catheter, and one or more shafts that are operable to manipulate the shape of the filter for positioning within vascular tissue. The filter conforms to various types of vascular tissue, and filters blood flow passing through openings in the vascular tissue. In some implementations, the filter is used to trap particulates that have been collected on the filter, and collapses to trap and draw the particulates into the outer delivery sheath. | 08-28-2014 |