Charles V Owen
Land Surveyors in Highland, UT

6358265, Mar 19, 2002

Jul 18, 2000

09/619043

Michael A. Wilson - Salem UT
Charles V. Owen - Highland UT
David L. Thorne - Kaysville UT
B. Chance Bagley - Ogden UT

Specialized Health Products, Inc. - Bountiful UT

A61B 1732

606181

Three embodiments of a single-step lancet are disclosed. Each such lancet embodiment provides true one-step operation. In a single operational step requiring only a unidirectional displacement of an actuator into a housing, a lancet blade is removed from an aseptic environment which protects and retains the lancet blade in a pre-sterilized state within the housing prior to use, stores energy in an energy storage medium, activates the lancet blade to perform a lance and for safety retracts the lancet blade into the housing.

6595955, Jul 22, 2003

Mar 15, 2001

09/809357

F. Mark Ferguson - Salt Lake City UT
Charles V. Owen - Highland UT
David L. Thorne - Kaysville UT
Craig N. Thorne - Bountiful UT
Mark Nelson - Sandy UT

Specialized Health Products, Inc. - Bountiful UT

A61M 500

604110, 604198, 128919

Medical needle shield apparatus for covering a needle after use. The medical needle shield apparatus is for use with a needle having proximal and distal ends, wherein the shield is slidably movable along the needle from a proximal position where the distal end of the needle is exposed, to a distal position where the shield covers the distal end of the needle. The shield comprises one or more clips having two or more apertures through which the needle passes, wherein the apertures have surfaces. A clip positioning member, in communication with at least one of the clips, positions the aperture surfaces of at least one of the clips when a portion of the clip positioning member in contact with the needle is advanced past the distal end of the needle such that at least a portion of the aperture surfaces of the two or more apertures binds to the needle with opposing binding forces so as to secure the shield to the needle.

5616135, Apr 1, 1997

Dec 1, 1995

8/565881

Gale H. Thorne - Bountiful UT
David L. Thorne - Kaysville UT
Charles V. Owen - Highland UT

Specialized Health Products, Inc. - Bountiful UT

A61M 500

604192

Method and apparatus associated with safe retraction of medical needles after use. Embodiments are disclosed for self-retracting needle systems for both blood draw, syringe and catheter insertion systems. Invention manufacture requires only a minimal number and complexity of parts such that a projected manufacturing cost is potentially low enough to permit the apparatus to be cost competitive with contemporary non-self retracting needle systems. Methods for making and assembling each of the disclosed the embodiments is also disclosed. One blood draw embodiment can be made with as few as three molded parts. Energy-storing, needle-retracting mechanisms comprise elastic tubing and vacuum generating piston parts. In an elastic tubing embodiment, selective, constrictive control of stretched tubing volumes effectively inhibits regurgitant flow from the needle. In all embodiments, needle retraction is a single handed operation permitting a technicians other hand to be used in wound care.

6063040, May 16, 2000

Jan 16, 1998

9/008036

Charles V. Owen - Highland UT
David L. Thorne - Kaysville UT
Gale H. Thorne - Bountiful UT
Roy L. Barrus - West Bountiful UT

Specialized Health Products, Inc. - Bountiful UT

A61B 500

600573

A practical, low cost safety device for phlebotomy. Preparation for operation of the device involves elongating an otherwise shortened-for-transport apparatus to extend a medical assembly and needle from a housing for use in a medical procedure. The act of elongating energizes an energy storing component and cocks a releasable latch. The energy storing component is preferably a vacuum drawing plunger and tube combination. When the medical procedure is complete, distortion of a portion of the housing causes powered retraction of the needle. After retraction, the needle is fully contained, permitting the device to be laid aside without fear of an inadvertent needle stick. The housing comprises a proximal barrel and a distal needle containment section. The barrel comprises a sampling tube stopper piercing cannula. The distal section is disposed in-line, but off-axis from the barrel and comprises an enclosed conduit which communicates with the cannula and with a pathway to the medical needle through the medical needle assembly.

5818579, Oct 6, 1998

Aug 2, 1996

8/691574

Kent F. Beck - West Valley City UT
Charles V. Owen - Highland UT

Ohmeda Inc. - Liberty Corner NJ

G01J 344, G01J 2165, H01S 3086

356301

A mechanism for aligning the elements of an optical system is disclosed. One aspect of the present invention is an alignment mechanism which includes lead screws placed on opposite corners of the elements to be aligned. The elements are provided with threaded holes of different pitch, and the lead screw is provided with threads of the same unequal pitches as the elements, thereby forming a differential lead screw. The threads include a locking thread which assures a positive lock between the lead screw and the elements to be aligned and eliminates backlash between them. Another aspect of the present invention is an interference fit mechanism which is provided by the employment of a slightly-oversized flexible boss which mates with a cavity. The boss is provided with a thin outer wall capable of flexing when the boss is inserted into the cavity. Yet another aspect of the present invention includes a wobble plate comprising a spherical socket and housing.

2004019, Sep 30, 2004

Apr 9, 2004

10/821494

F. Ferguson - Salt Lake City UT, US
Richard Fiser - Kirkwood MO, US
James Curtis - Deland FL, US
Charles Owen - Highland UT, US
David Thorne - Kaysville UT, US
Mark Nelson - Sandy UT, US
Roy Barrus - West Bountiful UT, US
Gale Thorne - Bountiful UT, US
Eugene Weilbacher - Chesterfield MO, US
Michael Thorne - Bountiful UT, US
Steven Brown - Roy UT, US
Donald Solomon - Ogden UT, US

A61M005/00

604/263000, 604/198000, 600/576000

Medical needle shield apparatus including a shield with two or more segments hingedly connected to each other and movable from a retracted position where the needle is exposed, to an extended position where the shield extends beyond the end of the needle. The needle is affixed in a hub of a medical needle device, and the shield is articulated to the hub. At least one of the two or more segments has an open orifice through which the needle passes to form an axis of intersection about the needle. The shield includes a channel for covering the needle when the shield is linearly extended. One or more locks associated with one or more of the segments secures one or more of the segments relative to the shield in the extended position. A latch is also disposed on the distal segment for securing the distal segment relative to the shield when in the extended position. The number of hingedly connected segments depends upon the needle length and device length required to extend the shield beyond the distal end of the needle.

4678752, Jul 7, 1987

Nov 18, 1985

6/799238

Gale H. Thorne - Bountiful UT
Charles V. Owen - Highland UT
Randall W. Smith - Sandy UT
Ruth D. Goldberg - Salt Lake City UT
Scott D. Miles - Orem UT
Michael J. Claus - Salt Lake City UT

Becton, Dickinson and Company - Franklin Lakes NJ

C12M 134

435291

An automated analytical apparatus comprises an introduction station for receiving a plurality of reagent packages. Each package has a plurality of receptacles, at least one of which includes a sample liquid to be analyzed, and at least one of which includes a liquid reagent for forming a reaction mixture with the sample liquid. A liquid transfer station is included for transferring liquid contained in one or more receptacles of a reagent package into, out of or among different receptacles thereof, including the formation of the reaction mixture. A detector is provided for detecting a characteristic of the sample by analyzing the reaction mixture contained in one of the receptacles of a package. A storage area is included within the apparatus for storing a plurality of reagent packages. A shuttle system transports individual reagent packages in any order and in any direction between the introduction area, the liquid transfer station, the detector and the storage area.

5596404, Jan 21, 1997

Dec 30, 1994

8/366840

Kent F. Beck - West Valley City UT
Charles V. Owen - Highland UT

Albion Instruments, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT

G01D 344, H01S 3086

356301

A mechanism for aligning the elements of an optical system is disclosed. One aspect of the present invention is an alignment mechanism which includes lead screws placed on opposite corners of the elements to be aligned. The elements are provided with threaded holes of different pitch, and the lead screw is provided with threads of the same unequal pitches as the elements, thereby forming a differential lead screw. The threads include a locking thread which assures a positive lock between the lead screw and the elements to be aligned and eliminates backlash between them. Another aspect of the present invention is an interference fit mechanism which is provided by the employment of a slightly-oversized flexible boss which mates with a cavity. The boss is provided with a thin outer wall capable of flexing when the boss is inserted into the cavity. Yet another aspect of the present invention includes a wobble plate comprising a spherical socket and housing.

5233996, Aug 10, 1993

Jan 24, 1991

7/647170

Dennis L. Coleman - Salt Lake City UT
Charles V. Owen - Highland UT
Noel de Nevers - Salt Lake City UT

BOC Health Care, Inc. - New Providence NJ

A61B 508, A67B 7105

128716

Described herein is a patient interfacing system for sampling the inspired and expired gases of a patient and removing moisture from the sample. In one embodiment of the present invention, a patient link receives the gases from the patient's airway circuit and a vaporization section vaporizes condensed moisture in the sample. A separator section allows the vaporized moisture component of the sample to exit the patient interfacing system before the gas sample reaches the monitoring instrument. A filter may also be utilized to prevent condensed moisture, particulates and liquids from entering the monitoring instrument. Thus, the patient interfacing system of the present invention provides a reliable, cost effective and efficient means for delivering gas samples to a monitoring instrument which reduces or prevents water condensation inside the gas analysis portion of the monitoring instrument.