29 patents
Utility
Microcurrent-based Skin Treatment and Pretreatment Techniques
21 Sep 23
A method includes applying one or more electrodes to the skin or skin surface of a subject, applying a voltage or current signal to the skin surface via one or more of the electrodes, and modulating the signal to maintain treatment efficacy, or so that the power output can be charge balanced, or both.
Dale G. Kern, Ganesh Diwakar
Filed: 17 Feb 23
Utility
Current Control System for Skin Treatment Device
20 Apr 23
A skin treatment device has one or more electrodes adapted for application of a current to a skin surface of a subject, a voltage or current supply configured to generate the current, and a controller configured to modulate the power output to the skin surface.
DucToan T. Doan, Dale G. Kern, Craig J. Wallace
Filed: 29 Aug 22
Utility
Devices, Systems, and Methods for Providing and Using One or More Pumps In an Assembly Line Grow Pod
6 Apr 23
Devices, systems, and methods for providing and operating a pump control module and pumps in an assembly line grow pod are provided herein.
Gary Bret Millar, Kevin Hurst
Filed: 1 Oct 21
Utility
Skin Treatment Device with Thermally Modulated Head
15 Dec 22
A skin treatment device is provided with a thermally modulated treatment head adapted for contact with a user or other subject's skin.
Richard R. Best, Dale G. Kern
Filed: 6 Jun 22
Utility
Intestinal Health Promoting Compositions
13 Oct 22
Compositions for promoting intestinal health are disclosed and described.
Angela Mastaloudis, Steven M. Wood, Shelly Hester, Mark Bartlett
Filed: 15 Mar 22
Utility
Skin Treatment Device
5 May 22
A skin treatment device includes a roller disposed about a rotational axis, with a plurality of flexible, compressive skin contact elements distributed circumferentially about the roller.
Richard Best, Mukul Bokil
Filed: 19 Oct 21
Utility
Devices, Systems, and Methods for Providing and Using One or More Valves In an Assembly Line Grow Pod
24 Mar 22
Devices, systems, and methods for providing and operating a valve control module and valves in an assembly line grow pod are provided herein.
Gary Bret Millar
Filed: 7 Dec 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Providing Air Flow In a Grow Pod
24 Feb 22
A controller for an air supplier of an assembly line grow pod is provided.
Gary Bret Millar, Mark Gerald Stott, Todd Garrett Tueller, Michael Stephen Hurst, Alan Ray Bentley, Taylor John Woodbury
Filed: 3 Nov 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Managing a Weight of a Plant In a Grow Pod
20 Jan 22
An assembly line grow pod includes a seeding region, a harvesting region, a track that extends between the seeding region and the harvesting region, a cart including a tray for holding plant matter, and a wheel coupled to the tray, where the wheel is engaged with the track, and a weight sensor positioned on the cart or the track, where the weight sensor is positioned to detect a weight of the plant matter positioned within the cart.
Gary Bret Millar, Michael Stephen Hurst, Taylor John Woodbury
Filed: 30 Sep 21
Utility
Nanosized Carotenoid Cyclodextrin Complexes
21 Oct 21
Methods for the preparation of nanosized nutrient formulations for enhanced absorption of nutritional agents.
Mark Bartlett, Angela Mastaloudis, Carsten Smitdt, Stephen J. Poole
Filed: 29 Mar 21
Utility
Modulated Waveform Treatment Device and Method
7 Oct 21
A microcurrent treatment device has one or more electrodes or emitters configured for electrical communication with the surface of a subject's skin.
Dale G. Kern, DucToan Thanh Doan
Filed: 2 Apr 21
Utility
Oral Formulations for Promoting Cellular Purification
23 Sep 21
An oral formulation includes a plurality of agents that promote cellular detoxification.
Angela Mastaloudis, Steve Wood, Jamie Louis Barger, Richard Weindruch, Tomas Alberto Prolla, Mark Bartlett, Scott B. Ferguson
Filed: 29 Mar 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Image Capture In an Assembly Line Grow Pod
10 Jun 21
An image capture system for a grow pod includes a master controller that has a processor, a memory, and cameras that are communicatively coupled to the master controller and positioned to capture images of plants or seeds.
Gary Bret Millar
Filed: 22 Feb 21
Utility
Fingertip Mounted Microcurrent Device for Skin
3 Jun 21
A device for delivery of TENS current or electrostimulation has a first skin contact electrode mounted on a first non-conductive fingertip base and having at least one contact area for current-bearing contact with skin and a connection to a TENS current source and has a second skin contact electrode, mounted on a non-conductive fingertip base that is the same as the first non-conductive fingertip base or is a second non-conductive fingertip base and having at least one contact area for current-bearing contact with skin and a connection to TENS current source.
Dale G. Kern, Richard R. Best, Toan Doan
Filed: 3 Jan 19
Utility
Devices, Systems, and Methods for Providing and Using a Pump Control Module In a Master Controller In an Assembly Line Grow Pod
27 May 21
Devices, systems, and methods for providing and operating a pump control module and one or more pumps in an assembly line grow pod are provided herein.
Gary Bret Millar, Kevin Hurst
Filed: 1 Feb 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Providing a Personal Grow Pod
6 May 21
A personal grow pod system includes a plurality of compartments, a plurality of lighting devices corresponding to the plurality of compartments, and a controller including one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules.
Gary Bret Millar
Filed: 15 Jan 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Creating a Grow Cycle
25 Nov 20
Systems and methods for creating a grow cycle are described.
Gary Bret Millar
Filed: 12 Aug 20
Utility
Systems and Methods for Wetting Seed In a Grow Pod System
29 Jul 20
A method for wetting seeds for an assembly line grow pod includes positioning a first batch of seeds within a tank, directing water from a water source to the tank through a lower portion of the tank, wetting the first batch of seeds within the tank with the water from the water source, initiating germination of the first batch of seeds, draining the water from the tank after a predetermined submersion time, subsequent to draining the water from the tank, directing water from the water source to the tank through the lower portion of the tank, wetting the first batch of seeds within the tank with the water from the water source for the predetermined submersion time, and releasing the first batch of seeds from the tank to a pod line in fluid communication with an assembly line grow pod after a predetermined time.
Jordan Farnsworth Smith
Filed: 30 Jan 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Germinating Seeds for an Assembly Line Grow Pod
29 Jul 20
A system for an assembly line grow pod includes a germination hub including a tank, a water source in selective fluid communication with the tank, a pump in selective fluid communication with the tank and the water source, a pod line in selective fluid communication with the germination hub, a seeder assembly in selective fluid communication with the pod line, the seeder assembly including a seeder tank, and a metering device in selective fluid communication with the seeder tank, where the metering device selectively releases seeds from the seeder tank, and a cart positioned below the metering device.
Jordan Farnsworth Smith, Scott Nielson
Filed: 30 Jan 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Watering a Seed Tray
29 Jul 20
A watering station includes a robotic watering device having a first swing arm having a first end opposite a second end, a rotatable robot arm rotatably coupled to a second end of the first swing arm, a first motor configured to pivot the first swing arm, a second motor configured to rotate the rotatable robot arm with respect to the first swing arm, and pump outlets positioned on the rotatable robot arm, one or more pumps fluidly coupled to the pump outlets positioned on the rotatable robot arm, and a fluid reservoir, where the one or more pumps comprises an inlet and an outlet, and the one or more pumps are fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir such that when activated the one or more pumps draw fluid from the fluid reservoir and disperse a predetermined amount of fluid out the pump outlets.
Gary Bret Millar, Michael Tyler Wirig, Tyler Ray Iverson, Kevin Leon Hurst
Filed: 30 Jan 19