Patents Examined by M. A.
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Patent number: 11991848Abstract: A protective film includes a panel protective film, a first protective film disposed on a surface of the panel protective film and covering the surface of the panel protective film, the first protective film having a surface and an opposite surface facing the panel protective film, and a second protective film disposed on an opposite surface of the panel protective film and covering the opposite surface of the panel protective film, the second protective film having a surface facing the panel protective film and an opposite surface opposed to the surface of the second protective film, wherein the first protective film includes a first film layer, a first adhesive layer disposed on the opposite surface of the first film layer, and a blocking layer disposed on an opposite surface of the first adhesive layer along an edge of the first adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Dong Su Yee
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Patent number: 11991866Abstract: Examples of hybrid cooling System for datacenters are disclosed. In an example, the hybrid cooling system includes a chiller plant to provide supply of coolant, an air-cooling unit (ACU), and a coolant distribution line. The coolant distribution line comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion in series fluid communication. The ACU receives supply of the coolant from the chiller plant via the first portion. The hybrid cooling system further includes a coolant distribution unit (CDU) coupled to an electronic component in the data hall. The ACU and the CDU are in series fluid communication via the second portion of the coolant distribution line and the coolant egressing the ACU passes through the second portion to be fed back to the CDU. The hybrid cooling system includes a heat exchanger in series fluid communication with the CDU via the third portion of the coolant distribution line.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Munther Salim, Michael Dedkov
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Patent number: 11991846Abstract: A system can include a display assembly that includes a display, a display side, a back side, a frame and a serial bus socket; and a cable clip, removably attachable to the back side of the display assembly, that receives a portion of a cable that includes a serial bus connector receivable by the serial bus socket.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventor: Brian William Wallace
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Patent number: 11991860Abstract: A fluid cooling device includes a bottom plate, an adhesive layer and a spray cooling cover. The bottom plate includes a substrate and a chip, and the spray cooling cover is fixed on the bottom plate by an adhesive layer. In addition, the spray cooling cover includes a fluid inlet and a plurality of fluid outlets to utilize a working fluid to cool the chip directly.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: AURAS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chien-Yu Chen, Wei-Hao Chen
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Patent number: 11991795Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a heated throw. The heated throw includes rectangular shawl body with an electric heating layer laid inside. A connector which is electrically connected to the electric heating layer and a silicone key is fixed to a position, relatively close to a corner, on the shawl body. The silicone key is sewn on the shawl body to facilitate an operation and avoid a solution of directly operating by a controller, so that the heated throw is more convenient and fast to use. The electric heating layer and the silicone key are electrically connected to the connector. The connector is connected to a plug through the controller. The controller is used for controlling heating output of the electric heating layer, and exchanging heated throw state information and user control information with the silicone key through the connector.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Zhejiang Shuogi Home Textile Products Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yibing Xia, Mingwen Qi, Tianming Luo
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Patent number: 11986372Abstract: A method for preserving the alveolar ridge using partial extraction therapy. The method comprises de-coronating the tooth to leave a tooth root, de-coring a coronal portion of the tooth root to leave a tooth ring, severing an apical root portion of the tooth root from the tooth ring and removing the apical root portion. The tooth ring provides a ring of natural material that reinforces the coronal part of the tooth socket in the gum and reduces or obviates alveolar resorption.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: CASTLE WALL PTY LTDInventors: Cameron Glenn Castle, Glenn Alan Castle
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Patent number: 11986339Abstract: System (10) for determining a position of an interventional device (11) respective an image plane (12) defined by an ultrasound imaging probe (13). The position is determined based on ultrasound signals transmitted between the ultrasound imaging probe (13) and an ultrasound transducer (15) attached to the interventional device (11). An image reconstruction unit (IRU) provides a reconstructed ultrasound image (RUI). A position determination unit (PDU) computes a lateral position (LAPTOFSmax, ?IPA) of the ultrasound transducer (15) respective the image plane (12) based on a time of flight (TOFSmax) of a maximum detected intensity (ISmax) ultrasound signal. The position determination unit (PDU) also computes an out-of-plane distance (Dop) between the ultrasound transducer (15) and the image plane (12).Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Mischa Megens, Hendrik Roelof Stapert, Mustafa Hakan Gokgurler, Stefan Van De Pas, Jeroen Kortsmit, Franciscus Hendrikus Van Heesch, Harm Jan Willem Belt, Ameet Kumar Jain, Kunal Vaidya
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Patent number: 11986377Abstract: A re-closable wound dressing is provided. A base layer is operable to be attached to a skin of a patient. The base layer forms a pre-fabricated aperture through which a wound of the patient is accessible. A cover layer is coupled with the base layer. The cover layer is operable to cover the pre-fabricated aperture, and is permanently adhered to the base layer along at least a portion of the cover layer. The base layer and the cover layer are made of like materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Inventor: Geof Clippert
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Patent number: 11986342Abstract: A method may include intravenously directing first bubbles into a patient's venous circulatory system and to a right side of the patient's heart. The first bubbles may have sizes that fall within a first range. The method may further include monitoring the patient's heart, with ultrasound imaging, to detect presence of the first bubbles on a left side of the patient's heart. Upon detecting the first bubbles on the left side of the patient's heart, the method may further include intravenously directing second bubbles into the patient's venous circulatory system and to the right side of the patient's heart. The second bubbles may have sizes that fall within a second range that is different than the first range. Upon detecting the second bubbles on the left side of the patient's heart, the method may further include initiating treatment to minimize risk of stroke in the patient.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Agitated Solutions Inc.Inventors: Micah J Eimer, Morgan Evans, Benjamin Arcand, Jennifer Chmura, C. Lance Boling
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Patent number: 11986396Abstract: An implant for restoring height of a vertebral body. The implant includes upper and lower plates configured to be moved away from one another in the craniocaudal direction. A first support and a second support are arranged to crisscross in a proximal-to-distal direction to facilitate increased expansion of the implant, and a third support and a fourth support may be arranged to crisscross in the proximal-to-distal direction. Certain supports may be laterally spaced from one another to define a void space for receiving a retaining element. An upper support fork may include a first pair of supports arranged in a V-shaped configuration and converge at an apex that is coupled to an underside of the upper plate. A lower support fork may include a second pair of supports arranged in a V-shaped configuration and converge at another apex that is coupled to an upper side of the lower plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Stryker European Operations LimitedInventors: Jean-Francois Oglaza, Eleftherios Louvis
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Patent number: 11986343Abstract: An ultrasonic endoscope includes: an ultrasonic transducer having an ultrasonic vibrator; a distal end portion body disposed continuously with a proximal end side of the ultrasonic transducer; an erecting base housing portion that is disposed in the distal end portion body and has an opening which opens toward one side in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the distal end portion body; a treatment tool lead-out port that communicates with the inside of the erecting base housing portion; an erecting base that is disposed in the inside of the erecting base housing portion and changes a lead out direction of a treatment tool led out from the treatment tool lead-out port; and a cleaning communication hole that is formed in a wall surface on a side opposite to a side where the opening of the erecting base housing portion is disposed and communicates with an outside.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasuhiko Morimoto, Toshizumi Tanaka, Shozo Iyama
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Patent number: 11986421Abstract: A device for exchanging heat with a subject having skin is provided. The device includes a heat exchanging member having a heat transfer surface configured to form a heat conducting interface with the subject's skin. The device further includes a substantially flexible sensing device disposed in the interface between the heat exchanging member and the subject's skin. The sensing device is configured to measure a parameter of the interface without substantially impeding heat transfer between the heat exchanging member and the subject's skin.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.Inventors: Mitchell Levinson, Jesse N. Rosen
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Patent number: 11986354Abstract: An ultrasonic apparatus for medical examination using ultrasonic waves, comprising a movable transducer probe which includes a transducer array of electroacoustic transducers for transmitting ultrasonic signals into a patient body and receiving as analog raw data ultrasonic echoes; the transducer probe configured to generate digital raw data based on the received analog raw data which comprises measurement data sets for temporally consecutive measurement time intervals, and is configured to transmit the digital raw data via a digital data interface; a computer device configured to buffer the respective measurement data sets of the digital raw data and is configured to carry out a digital beamforming for each of the buffered measurement data sets, to obtain a reconstructed image of the tissue sector, and generate, based on the reconstructed images, an image stream with a predetermined image refresh rate and supply it to a display means which reproduces the image stream.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: H-NEXT GMBHInventor: Oliver Heid
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Patent number: 11986423Abstract: A method of using a vitrectomy instrument are disclosed herein. This method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a vitrectomy instrument; (ii) operating the vitrectomy instrument in a first mechanical cutting mode where a cutting power generator of the vitrectomy instrument is used to reciprocably drive the tubular body portion for shearing the tissue, the vitreous, and/or the silicone oil; and (iii) operating the vitrectomy instrument in a second ultrasonic cutting mode where the cutting power generator is inactive, and an ultrasonic generator of the vitrectomy instrument is used to vibrate the tubular body portion for vibratory fragmentation and/or cutting of the tissue, the vitreous, and/or the silicone oil.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Inventor: Gholam A. Peyman
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Patent number: 11986355Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system comprising: an image processor configured to receive at least one set of volume data resulting from a three-dimensional ultrasound scan of a body and to provide corresponding display data, an anatomy detector configured to detect a position and orientation of an anatomical object of interest within the at least one set of volume data, a slice generator for generating a plurality of two-dimensional slices from the at least one set of volume data, wherein said slice generator is configured to define respective slice locations based on the results of the anatomy detector for the anatomical object of interest so as to obtain a set of two-dimensional standard views of the anatomical object of interest, wherein the slice generator is further configured to define for each two-dimensional standard view which anatomical features of the anatomical object of interest are expected to be contained, and an evaluation unit for evaluating a quality factor for eType: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Irina Waechter-Stehle, Jurgen Weese
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Patent number: 11986178Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a suture anchor is provided that includes one or more bone-engaging surfaces features and an external sidewall. The external sidewall can allow a suture coupled to the suture anchor and located between the anchor and bone to be movable relative to the suture anchor, even when the suture anchor is partially or fully disposed within a bone hole. Suture threaders and suture anchor drivers are also provided that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Medos International SarlInventors: Douglas Hester, Brian Otrando
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Patent number: D1027720Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Inventor: Jianyu Wang
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Patent number: D1027758Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Nakajima, Yuta Nozaki, Tsuyoshi Oba
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Patent number: D1028103Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Inventors: Peter Engler, Peter Tanoury, Sean Kyne
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Patent number: D1028294Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: NINGBO JINGHUI OPTO-ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Guohui Bai, Xia Xiao, Guohuan Feng