Jordan N Jacobs

US Patent:

6895766, May 24, 2005

Filed:

Jun 27, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/608779

Inventors:

Paul E. Amundsen - Ipswich MA, US
Maureen Buonpane - Mansfield MA, US
Doug Andrews - Millis MA, US
Jordan Jacobs - Randolph MA, US

Assignee:

Helix Technology Corporation - Mansfield MA

International Classification:

B01D008/00

US Classification:

62 555

Abstract:

An electronic controller is integral with a cryopump and provides an offline solution for purging a cryopump and an exhaust line during unsafe conditions. The electronic controller is responsible for controlling the opening and closing of purge, exhaust purge and gate valves coupled to the cryopump. The electronic controller can preempt any attempts from other systems to control these valves during unsafe conditions. An unsafe condition can be a power failure in the cryopump, a dangerous temperature in the cryopump or a temperature sensing diode that is not operating properly. When an unsafe condition is determined, the exhaust purge valve is opened and the gate valve closed, while the opening of a purge valve may be delayed for a safe period of time. If the unsafe condition still exists when the safe period of time elapses, the purge valve is allowed to open. A fail-safe purge valve release and time delay mechanism can be used to ensure that the purge valve opens after the period of time elapses.

US Patent:

6920763, Jul 26, 2005

Filed:

Jun 27, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/608851

Inventors:

Paul E. Amundsen - Ipswich MA, US
Maureen Buonpane - Mansfield MA, US
Doug Andrews - Millis MA, US
Jordan Jacobs - Randolph MA, US

Assignee:

Helix Technology Corporation - Mansfield MA

International Classification:

B01D008/00

US Classification:

62 555

Abstract:

An electronic controller is integral with a cryopump and provides an offline solution for purging a cryopump and an exhaust line during unsafe conditions. The electronic controller is responsible for controlling the opening and closing of purge, exhaust purge and gate valves coupled to the cryopump. The electronic controller can preempt any attempts from other systems to control these valves during unsafe conditions. An unsafe condition can be a power failure in the cryopump, a dangerous temperature in the cryopump or a temperature sensing diode that is not operating properly. When an unsafe condition is determined, the exhaust purge valve is opened and the gate valve closed, while the opening of a purge valve may be delayed for a safe period of time. If the unsafe condition still exists when the safe period of time elapses, the purge valve is allowed to open. A fail-safe purge valve release and time delay mechanism can be used to ensure that the purge valve opens after the period of time elapses.

US Patent:

7415831, Aug 26, 2008

Filed:

May 23, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/136325

Inventors:

Paul E. Amundsen - Ipswich MA, US
Maureen C. Buonpane - Mansfield MA, US
Douglas Andrews - Millis MA, US
Jordan Jacobs - Randolph MA, US

Assignee:

Brooks Automation, Inc. - Chelmsford MA

International Classification:

B01D 8/00

US Classification:

62 555

Abstract:

A system and method is provided to control a purge valve during an unsafe condition associated with a cryopump. An electronic controller may be used to control the opening and closing of one or more purge valves during the unsafe condition. The purge valve can be a cryo-purge valve or exhaust purge valve. The purge valve can be a normally open valve. The electronic controller can release the normally open valve in response to the unsafe condition. The electronic controller can delay its response to the unsafe condition for a safe period of time. Attempts from other systems to control these valves during unsafe conditions can be preempted during unsafe conditions. A user can be inhibited from manually controlling the purge valve during unsafe conditions. A power failure recovery routine may be initiated in response to a restoration of power. The power failure recovery routine can respond to an unsafe condition even if the power failure recovery routine has been manually turned off by a user.

US Patent:

20090007574, Jan 8, 2009

Filed:

Jul 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/177737

Inventors:

Paul E. Amundsen - Ipswich MA, US
Maureen C. Buonpane - Mansfield MA, US
Douglas Andrews - Millis MA, US
Jordan Jacobs - Randolph MA, US

International Classification:

B01D 8/00
F04B 37/08
F04B 49/06

US Classification:

62 555

Abstract:

A system and method is provided to control a purge valve during an unsafe condition associated with a cryopump. An electronic controller may be used to control the opening and closing of one or more purge valves during the unsafe condition. The purge valve can be a cryo-purge valve or exhaust purge valve. The purge valve can be a normally open valve. The electronic controller can release the normally open valve in response to the unsafe condition. The electronic controller can delay its response to the unsafe condition for a safe period of time. Attempts from other systems to control these valves during unsafe conditions can be preempted during unsafe conditions. A user can be inhibited from manually controlling the purge valve during unsafe conditions. A power failure recovery routine may be initiated in response to a restoration of power. The power failure recovery routine can respond to an unsafe condition even if the power failure recovery routine has been manually turned off by a user.

US Patent:

20120041258, Feb 16, 2012

Filed:

Aug 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/857447

Inventors:

Jordan Jacobs - Randolph MA, US
Mark J. Orphanos - Stoughton MA, US
Chris Maurer - Wakefield MA, US
Kenneth A. Eliasen - Wrentham MA, US
Matthew B. DeNardo - West Roxbury MA, US

Assignee:

ALLERGAN, INC. - Irvine CA

International Classification:

A61F 2/04

US Classification:

600 37

Abstract:

An implantable injection port for use with a gastric band for treating obesity and for attaching to a tissue of a patient is disclosed. The implantable injection port includes a base having an anchor opening, a gear coupled to the base and rotatable about a central axis, the gear having a plurality of gear teeth, an anchor coupled to the gear, and a top portion spaced apart from the base and having a plurality of top teeth that engage with the plurality of gear teeth. The top portion is rotatable causing rotation of the gear such that the rotation of the gear causes movement of the anchor through the anchor opening of the base and into the tissue of the patient.

US Patent:

20130245701, Sep 19, 2013

Filed:

Dec 31, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/732092

Inventors:

Jordan Jacobs - Randolph MA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/68
A61B 17/88

US Classification:

606300, 606 86 R

Abstract:

A surgical ring and related methods for plantar plate reconstruction and other surgical procedures are described. In particular, the described anchoring systems and surgical methods may include an anchor configured to wrap at least partially around a first bone associated with an affected joint, and wrap at least partially around a tissue alongside the first bone. The anchor may be compressed in a number of ways so as to compress the tissue alongside the first bone against the first bone. The anchor may be formed from a compressible material, configured with an open shape, and/or or include mechanically closeable or compressible features, and the like. The anchor may be formed from various materials including non-bioabsorbable, bioabsorbable, and/or superelastic materials. The first bone may be a metatarsal or phalanx and the tissue alongside the first bone may be a ligament, a plantar plate, or similar tissue.

US Patent:

50339575, Jul 23, 1991

Filed:

Aug 21, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/396542

Inventors:

Joseph Gerstmann - Framingham MA
Elia P. Demetri - Woburn MA
Jordan N. Jacobs - Randolph MA
Donald W. Pickard - Sherborn MA

Assignee:

Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc. - Newton MA

International Classification:

F23D 1138
F23D 1144
F23D 1450

US Classification:

431123

Abstract:

Diesel fuel is vaporized and then burned on a cylindrical screen flame holder. The fuel is vaporized in a finned, vertical tube vapor generator and directed through a superheater tube past the flame to a flow control valve and nozzle. A flow restriction is provided between a liquid fuel supply and the vapor generator. The flame holder is vertically supported over a mixer and the nozzle. A flame deflector about the flame holder and a reservoir about the nozzle collect fuel condensate during start-up.

US Patent:

52320537, Aug 3, 1993

Filed:

Aug 24, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/571700

Inventors:

Joseph P. Gillis - Westborough MA
Jordan N. Jacobs - Randolph MA

Assignee:

Fenwal Safety Systems, Inc. - Marlborough MA

International Classification:

A62C 3508

US Classification:

169 58

Abstract:

An explosion protection system including a container adapted to contain an explosion suppressant under pressure and defining a discharge outlet; a primary storage volume, and an auxiliary storage volume disposed between the discharge outlet and the primary storage volume and communicating therewith; a closure member covering the discharge outlet; an explosive charge disposed in the container adjacent to the closure member and adapted to create explosive forces that rupture the closure member; and a dispersible explosion suppressant retained under pressure in the primary storage volume and having a given degree of compressibility. Also included is an explosive force transmitting agent filling the auxiliary storage volume and having a degree of compressibility less than the given degree.