3m Innovative Properties Company

Medtronic, Inc.

Eastman-kodak Company

Benjamin A Johnson

James E Nash

James Grant Skakoon

Steven T Awiszus

Kiran S Kanukurthy

Marc A Egeland

Mark A J Fernandes

Matthew H Adams

Stuart J King

James M Ulwelling

Milo G Oien-Rochat

Charles P Jents

Thomas J Brace

Paul A Martinson

Garry J Walker

David L Ausen

David J Schmidt

Shahn S Sage

Brian Dale Nelson

Terry R Hobbs

Paul C Schubert

Sean R Kilmer

Patrick R McKellips

Randy Bierwerth

Patrick James Kilps

Bruce E Nelson

Jeffrey M Smits

Ambuj Sharma

Steven W Stavos

Air supply attachment for a helmet

There is provided a composite article comprising a composite material comprising 60 wt % to 98 wt % of a hydrolytically stable thermoplastic resin; and 1 wt % to 11 wt % long conductive metal fibers coated with a polymer selected from at least one of aromatic polycarbonates, aromatic polycarbonate alloys, aromatic polyethers, maleated polyolefins, semi-aromatic nylons, stabilized nylons, and combinations thereof.

Composite article

The present disclosure includes a retrofit sensor module for use with a protective head top with a helmet and a visor. The sensor module includes a sensor housing and an attachment mechanism. The sensor housing encloses a head presence sensor to sense when the protective head top is being worn. The sensor housing also encloses a position sensor to sense the position of the visor relative to the helmet. The retrofit sensor module further comprises an attachment mechanism secured to the housing. The attachment mechanism mates with a first hinge component of a hinge assembly in the protective head top to removably install the sensor module into the protective head top, wherein the hinge assembly allows the visor to move relative to the helmet.

Sensor module for a protective head top

Personal protective equipment system with sensor module for a protective head top

Retrofit sensor module for a protective head top

A catheter for use with a medical infusion or other fluid system. The catheter may include a flexible elongate tubular core that is resistant to radial collapse, and a separate tubular tip member forming the catheter distal tip. The catheter may further include a flexible, e.g., elastomeric, jacket that surrounds at least a portion of the tubular core. The jacket may have a radial compliance that is greater than that of the tubular core. The jacket may further define an outer diameter that is about 4 to about 6 times greater than an outer diameter of the core.

Infusion catheter with composite tip

Embodiments of the present invention include anchor assemblies and methods for using the same to immobilize a device within a body portal. In one embodiment, the anchor assembly is utilized to immobilize a catheter relative to a covered (e.g., skin-covered) burr hole formed in a skull. Anchor assemblies in accordance with embodiments of the present invention may include anchors located subdermally that may be unlocked from outside the body to release the device without a surgical procedure.

Externally releasable body portal anchors and systems

A breakaway connector for use with a medical (e.g., catheter) or other fluid system. The connector may include two couplers that engage one another via a substantially frictionless retention device. In one embodiment, the retention device includes a biased cylindrical roller attached to one coupler that contacts an outer surface of the other coupler. The outer surface may include a grooved surface to receive the roller when the couplers are fully attached.

Breakaway connectors and systems

Visor frame for headgear article

Breathing tube connection for respiratory protection system

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Woodbury, MN, United States of America

Benjamin A Johnson