MR. BRIAN W NELSON, MD
Medical Practice at Centre Pointe Dr, Saint Paul, MN

2012006, Mar 15, 2012

Sep 8, 2011

13/227765

Brian D. Nelson - Birchwood MN, US

A61M 25/16

604533

Connectors and methods for connecting medical tubing (e.g., catheters) to an implantable infusion pump are described herein. In some embodiments, the connectors may include a housing having an internal guide surface that assists in guiding the connector onto a stem port received by the connector when the connector is misaligned with the stem port.

6643440, Nov 4, 2003

Sep 20, 2002

10/251462

Thomas Martin Lynch - Woodbury MN
Brian Kenneth Nelson - Shoreview MN
James Craig Novack - Hudson WI
James Robert Onstott - Dresser WI

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

G02B 602

385128, 65443, 65484, 356 731

A coated optical fiber adjusted to operate at a predetermined temperature range. The coated fiber includes an optical fiber, a first polymer coating generally concentrically surrounding the optical fiber and a second polymer coating generally concentrically surrounding the first polymer coating, wherein the first polymer coating includes substantially no coefficient of thermal expansion stresses when the optical fiber is placed at a lower end of the temperature range.

6883796, Apr 26, 2005

Feb 28, 2003

10/377448

Brian D. Nelson - Birchwood MN, US

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

B65H005/14

271 311, 271104

A film supply system for use in an imager to separate sheets of photosensitive media from a film cartridge and deliver individual sheet of the photosensitive media to a film transport system. The film supply system comprises: a frame for attachment of the film supply system within the imager; a heel plate pivotably attached to the frame and actuatable by a motor; and a cup plate pivotably attached to the heel plate, the cup plate including at least one suction cup for selectively engaging a sheet of the photosensitive media.

2010011, May 13, 2010

Jun 5, 2008

12/597198

Brian K. Nelson - Shoreview MN, US
David L. Philips - White Bear Lake MN, US
Donald J. McClure - Siren WI, US
Daniel H. Carlson - Arden Hills MN, US
James N. Dobbs - Woodbury MN, US
Scott M. Schnobrich - Cottage Grove MN, US
Daniel J. Theis - Mahtomedi MN, US

B05C 9/14, H05B 6/46

427543, 118 46

An apparatus and method for fabricating electronic devices on a polymeric substrate provide for positionally constraining a polymer substrate on a platen, and heating the constrained polymer substrate to at least a glass transition temperature of the polymer substrate. A heat processable ink is applied to the constrained polymer substrate to form at least a portion of a layer of an electronic device thereon.

2006013, Jun 22, 2006

Dec 22, 2004

11/021138

Brian Nelson - Shoreview MN, US
Thomas Lynch - Woodbury MN, US
Joseph Dyrda - Stacy MN, US
James Onstott - Dresser WI, US
Wayne Varner - Woodbury MN, US

G02B 6/032

385125000

A hole-assisted fiber comprises a core region and a cladding region, where the cladding region includes multiple substantially elliptical holes spaced apart from each other to surround the core region. The holes are filled with one of a gas and a liquid to form a low refractive index portion of the cladding region.

6929261, Aug 16, 2005

Feb 28, 2003

10/375964

Brian D. Nelson - Saint Paul MN, US
Troy A. Giese - Hugo MN, US

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

B65H005/02

271273, 271274

An apparatus for transporting a sheet comprising: a first roller; a second roller; and an assembly for mounting the second roller for movement between a position spaced from the first roller and a position engaging the first roller for transporting a sheet; wherein the second roller has first and second ends, and wherein the assembly includes independently spring loaded link assemblies respectively on the first and second ends of the second roller that ensure that the second roller will always close down on both sides of the first roller with uniform pressure on both sides.

8480626, Jul 9, 2013

Nov 24, 2008

12/276794

Brian D. Nelson - Birchwood MN, US

Medtronic, Inc. - Minneapolis MN

A61M 5/178

60416401, 60416408, 60417001, 60416411, 60416503, 604272

Catheters assemblies having structural configurations operable to reduce backflow along the catheter assembly track, and methods of making and using such catheter assemblies. Catheters assemblies in accordance with embodiments of the present invention find use in various applications including the treatment of acute and chronic medical conditions. An exemplary catheter assembly includes, in one illustrative embodiment, a flexible proximal catheter body portion, and a distal portion of a smaller diameter than the body portion. The distal portion includes a sealed distal tip or end and one or more side flow openings to permit flow of therapeutic substance from the catheter along an axis that is different than, e. g. , skewed relative to, a longitudinal axis of the distal portion of the catheter assembly.

2010009, Apr 22, 2010

Dec 19, 2007

12/522493

Daniel H. Carlson - Arden Hills MN, US
John T. Strand - Stillwater MN, US
Daniel S. Wertz - Sebastopol CA, US
Levent Biyikli - Cedar Park TX, US
Brian K. Nelson - Shoreview MN, US

H04N 7/18, G01D 5/347, G01B 11/14

348143, 33707, 356620, 348E07085

Methods and systems for determining longitudinal position of an elongated web are described. Sensors are used to detect one or more substantially continuous fiducial marks disposed longitudinally on the web. The sensors generate signals associated with the fiducial marks. A position detector receives the signals and determines a longitudinal position of the web using the sensor signals. The fiducial marks may be periodic fiducial marks, such as sine and/or cosine marks on the web and/or may be piecewise continuous marks. The coarse longitudinal position of the web can be determined based on periodically recurring features of the fiducial marks. The fine longitudinal position can be determined based on continuous portions of the fiducial marks between the periodically recurring features.