William Russell Sutton

Address:

8461 Hwy 19 E, Roan Mountain, TN 37687

VIN:

5TEUU42N67Z356078

Make:

TOYOTA

Model:

TACOMA

Year:

2007

US Patent:

6430765, Aug 13, 2002

Filed:

Jul 12, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/614647

Inventors:

Ryszard S. Ozarowski - Marietta GA
William T. Sutton - Charleston SC

Assignee:

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

International Classification:

A61G 7057

US Classification:

5689, 5912

Abstract:

A fluidization level sensor and controller for use in a fluidized patient support surface has a controller coupled to a sensor and a compressor. The patient support surface contains a mass of granular particles housed in frame walls and supported by a diffuser. The compressor forces a fluid, typically air, into a plenum chamber and through the diffuser. The fluid flows through the mass of granular particles, causing the mass of granular particles to fluidize, and exits through a fluid permeable sheet. The fluidization level sensor produces an output signal proportional to the fluidization level of the mass of granular particles, and provides this output signal to the controller. The controller generates a compressor control signal in response to the output of fluidization level sensor, which in turn adjusts the compressor to maintain a substantially constant fluidization level.

US Patent:

6488623, Dec 3, 2002

Filed:

Nov 9, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/710325

Inventors:

Ryszard S. Ozarowski - Marietta GA
William T. Sutton - Charleston SC

Assignee:

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

International Classification:

A61B 500

US Classification:

600363, 600306, 600504

Abstract:

The disclosure relates to a device for determining perfusion capacity in a region of a patients skin and underlying tissue utilizing a thermoelectric device to create a temperature differential, a sensor for measuring the temperature differential, a controller coupled to the sensor and the thermoelectric device for maintaining the temperature differential substantially constant by providing electrical energy to the thermoelectric device, and measuring the electrical energy provided to the thermoelectric device when the thermoelectric device is positioned adjacent the region of the patients skin to indicate perfusion capacity.

US Patent:

6624419, Sep 23, 2003

Filed:

Jun 20, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/175664

Inventors:

Ryszard S. Ozarowski - Marietta GA
William T. Sutton - Charleston SC

Assignee:

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Batesville IN

International Classification:

G01N 2185

US Classification:

2503411, 2503418, 250343

Abstract:

A fluidization level sensor and controller for use in a fluidized patient support surface has a controller coupled to a sensor and a compressor. The patient support surface contains a mass of granular particles housed in frame walls and supported by a diffuser. The compressor forces a fluid, typically air, into a plenum chamber and through the diffuser. The fluid flows through the mass of granular particles, causing the mass of granular particles to fluidize, and exits through a fluid permeable sheet. The fluidization level sensor produces an output signal proportional to the fluidization level of the mass of granular particles, and provides this output signal to the controller. The controller generates a compressor control signal in response to the output of fluidization level sensor, which in turn adjusts the compressor to maintain a substantially constant fluidization level.

US Patent:

53499832, Sep 27, 1994

Filed:

Jul 7, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/088541

Inventors:

Ryszard S. Ozarowski - Marietta GA
Barry D. Hand - Mt. Pleasant SC
Robert C. Novack - Charleston SC
Vernon D. Beard - Pompano Beach FL
James O. Threlkeld - Denver NC
William T. Sutton - Charleston SC

Assignee:

SSI Medical Services, Inc. - Charleston SC

International Classification:

F16K 3104

US Classification:

1374875

Abstract:

A proportional flow control valve is provided for use with low air loss patient support systems. The valve includes a valve housing having an inlet and an outlet defined therein with a valve passage defined through the housing between the inlet and outlet. A chamber is defined in the housing, the chamber further including a nipple cavity defined in the bottom thereof and a cam stop extending from the bottom into the chamber. A valve spool is rotatably disposed within the chamber. The valve spool includes an alignment nipple fitting into the nipple cavity and a cam defined on the bottom thereof through a predetermined rotational arc. The cam and cam stop cooperate to limit the rotational arc of the valve spool within the chamber. A proportional flow control groove is defined in the valve spool. The flow control groove establishes linear air flow through the valve depending on the angular displacement of the spool within the chamber.