JAMES EDWARD LUMPP, JR
Pilots at Lyon Dr, Lexington, KY

7555900, Jul 7, 2009

Sep 10, 2003

10/659406

Robert Ryan Vallance - South Riding VA, US
Bruce L. Walcott - Lexington KY, US
James E. Lumpp - Lexington KY, US
Aravind Balasubramanian - Lexington KY, US
Osamah A. Rawashdeh - Lexington KY, US

The University of Kentucky Research Foundation - Lexington KY

F01B 29/10

60528, 60529

A linear actuator is provided, comprising a housing defining an interior channel, a stop extending from the housing and displaceable relative to the housing, and at least one wire formed of a shape-memory alloy, the wire being attached at a first end to the stop and at a second end to the housing. When heated to a predetermined temperature, the wire applies a pulling force to the stop to cause the stop to slide in a first direction into the housing interior channel. A spring located in the housing interior channel applies a biasing force to the stop in a second direction counter to the first direction when the wire cools, thereby returning the stop to the unactuated position. A wire heater is provided, which may be an electrical source for resistive heating of the wire. Multiple actuators of the present invention may be configured in parallel to increase the force generated by the wires. In yet another embodiment the actuators of the invention may be arranged in a serial configuration for controlling a rotary or carousel dispenser.

6916115, Jul 12, 2005

Mar 4, 2004

10/792974

Robert Ryan Vallance - South Riding VA, US
Bruce L. Walcott - Lexington KY, US
James E. Lumpp - Lexington KY, US
Sumanth Chikkamaranahalli - Alexandria VA, US
Osamah A. Rawashdeh - Lexington KY, US
Eric Wolsing - Shoals IN, US

University of Kentucky Research Foundation - Lexington KY

G01N025/00, G01N003/14

374 55, 374 6, 73760

Instruments and methods for measuring a property of a shape memory alloy are provided. The instrument includes a base plate, a non-contact movable mass, a force gauge, an actuator, a biasing spring, a heater for heating the shape memory alloy, and a non-contact displacement detector. The biasing spring and the shape memory alloy are disposed whereby a force applied thereby is applied substantially through a center of stiffness of the movable mass. The displacement detector measures a displacement of the movable mass in a colinear direction with a direction of movement of the movable mass and with a direction of the force applied by the biasing spring and the shape memory alloy. The linear motion stage comprises a housing and at least one guide bar, and wherein a calculated axial expansion of the guide bar is substantially equal to a calculated axial expansion of the base plate.

7559321, Jul 14, 2009

Aug 16, 2005

11/204611

Daniel P. Wermeling - Lexington KY, US
Ryan Vallance - Lexington KY, US
Aravind Balasubramaniam - Lexington KY, US
Bruce Lanier Walcott - Lexington KY, US
John Alan Main - Lexington KY, US
James E. Lumpp - Lexington KY, US

University of Kentucky Research Foundation - Lexington KY

A61M 11/00

12820014, 12820017, 12820315, 12820321

An apparatus and method for the self-administration of a plurality of doses of an intranasal liquid pharmaceutical composition, including opioid analgesics, that includes a drug delivery device containing a plurality of sealed vials, each vial containing a predetermined volume of the pharmaceutical composition, a pump assembly for conveying the liquid pharmaceutical composition from the interior of the vial and discharging it as a nasal spray in response to manual activation by the patient, and programmable means for sequentially advancing a vial to the ready position after passage of a prescribed time interval following the last activation of the delivery device.

2003016, Aug 28, 2003

Mar 20, 2003

10/129578

Daniel Wermeling - Lexington KY, US
Ryan Vallance - Lexington KY, US
Aravind Balasubramaniam - Lexington KY, US
Bruce Walcott - Lexington KY, US
John Main - Lexington KY, US
James Lumpp - Lexington KY, US

A61M031/00

604/275000, 604/258000

An apparatus and method for the self-administration of a plurality of doses of an intranasal liquid pharmaceutical composition, including opioid analgesics, that includes a drug delivery device containing a plurality of sealed vials, each vial containing a predetermined volume of the pharmaceutical composition, a pump assembly for conveying the liquid pharmaceutical composition from the interior of the vial and discharging it as a nasal spray in response to manual activation by the patient, and programmable means for sequentially advancing a vial to the ready position after passage of a prescribed time interval following the last activation of the delivery device.