Wound-therapy device among patents

Sixteen new patents were awarded to Utah inventors on April 22:

• Cleaning apparatus with reciprocating brush head. Aaron D. Cobabe, Syracuse; David O. Meyers, Kaysville; Darrell E. Goff, Highland; W. Kenneth Thiess, Parker, Colo.; Qi-Chun Jackson Zhao, Shan Wei, China. Assigned to SonicScrubbers LLC, Layton. Filed Dec. 15, 2004, claiming priority to provisional Patent Application No. 60/534,010, filed Jan. 2, 2004. Patent No. 7,360,269.

• Raised access floor. Peter J. Spransy, Ronald H. Bushman, both of Salt Lake City; Don A. Kugath, Draper. Assigned to Daw Technologies Inc., Salt Lake City. Filed May 7, 2003, claiming priority to provisional Patent Application No. 60/378,613, filed May 7, 2002. Patent No. 7,360,343.

• Drill-bit assembly for directional drilling. David R. Hall, Francis E. Leany, Scott Dahlgren, David Lundgreen, Daryl N. Wise, all of Provo. Filed Jan. 18, 2006, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications. Patent No. 7,360,610.

• Method and system for proffering multiple biometrics for use with a FOB. Peter D. Saunders, William J. Gray, both of Salt Lake City; Blayn W. Beenau, Peoria, Ariz.; David S. Bonalle, New Rochelle, N.Y.; Seth W. Fields, Taylorsville; Carl Larkin, West Sussex, Great Britain; Joshua L. Montgomery, Orem. Assigned to American Express Travel Related Services Co. Inc., New York. Filed Mar. 26, 2004, claiming priority to multiple prior patent applications.

• Interior space expansion system. Melvin Price, Bradley M. Price, both of Heber City; Leo L. Castagno, Rexburg, Idaho; James L. Spillman, Draper; Robert L. Bonner, Wittman, Ariz. Filed Dec. 2, 2005. Patent No. 7,360,814. Patent No. 7,360,689.

• Device and method for wound therapy (having an air-tight sub-atmospheric environment sealed about the wound). Ashok V. Joshi, Salt Lake City. Filed Sept. 8, 2003. Patent No. 7,361,184.

• Apparatus and method for dynamic vertebral stabilization. T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park; Daniel E. Gerbec, Logan; Joel Dever, Millville. Assigned to Stryker Spine FR. Filed March 22, 2005, claiming priority to provisional Patent Application No. 60/655,298, filed Feb. 22, 2005. Patent No. 7,361,196.