Patents by Inventor Charles Dean
Charles Dean has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11975504Abstract: Webs of inflatable mailer pouches and associated methods are disclosed. Pouches include a multilayer inner cushion structure with inflatable compartments and a fill channel disposed at a first longitudinal edge of the structure. An outer layer with a closure flap is secured to the inner structure. The inner cushion structure and outer layer are folded at a bottom edge of the pouch to form first and second panels of the pouches. The fill channel may be disposed at a top of the first panel and the closure flap disposed at a top of either the first or the second panel. The fill channel extends beyond a top of the second panel and the closure flap is extendable beyond the top of the fill channel. When wound, the closure flap is folded so that the fill channel of each pouch layer is exposed at a lateral face of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)Inventors: Charles Kannankeril, Joseph E. Owensby, Andrew W. Moehlenbrock, Howard Dean Conner, Laurence B. Sperry
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Patent number: 11970164Abstract: A vehicle computer system implements techniques to predict behavior of objects detected by a vehicle operating in the environment. The techniques include using a model to determine a first object trajectory for an object (e.g., a predicted object trajectory) and/or a potential object in an occluded area, as well as a second object trajectory for the object or potential object (e.g., an adverse object trajectory). The model is configured to use one or more algorithms, classifiers, and/or computational resources to predict candidate trajectories for the vehicle based on at least one of the first object trajectory or the second object trajectory. Based on the predicted behavior of the object (or potential object) and the predicted candidate trajectories for the vehicle, a vehicle computer system controls operation of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: ZOOX, INC.Inventors: Francis Sheldon Havlak, Alexander Dean Hertzberg, Charles Gregory Marcil
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Publication number: 20240119105Abstract: A request is received for an answer to a problem comprising optimum assignment of a plurality of first entities to a plurality of second entities. A particle swarm optimization (PSO) is defined associated with a swarm comprising a plurality of particles, each particle location in the swarm representing an assignment of a first entity to a second entity. The PSO determines a set of solutions as a potential answer to the optimum assignment. A cost matrix is configured to analyze each solution PSO in accordance with a Hungarian algorithm, is configured to optimize at least one constraint associated with the pluralities of first and second entities and is applied to the set of PSO solutions generated to determine a cost score for each respective particle. The solution having the particle with best cost score is selected to be an optimized global best particle location for the next PSO iteration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Ava K. Mistry, Monica Mayer Jacobs, Jared Dean Stallings, Varian S. Little, Charles Giovanni Lebrun
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RECOMMENDING CHANGES IN THE DESIGN OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING A RULES-BASED ANALYSIS OF FAILURES
Publication number: 20240119205Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for recommending design changes in designing a digital integrated circuit. An analysis of the digital integrated circuit being designed is performed, where the result of such an analysis involves violations being identified and stored. A stored violation, such as a cross-domain, cross-hierarchy and multi-cycle violation, may then be analyzed to identify a root cause of the violation using a rule. Such a rule may be used for triaging various failures in the cross-domain, cross-hierarchy and/or multi-cycle violation of the digital integrated circuit. A design change in the design of the digital integrated circuit may then be recommended based on the identified root cause of the violation. In this manner, the root cause of failures are effectively identified in the design of digital integrated circuits using an offline analysis of cross-domain, cross-hierarchy and/or multi-cycle violations using a rules-based approach.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: SheshaShayee K Raghunathan, Charles Gates, Kerim Kalafala, Steven Joseph Kurtz, Morgan D. Davis, Debra Dean, Chris Cavitt, Chaitra M Bhat, Richard William Taggart -
Publication number: 20240100428Abstract: A method of navigating visual content includes establishing an interface template including a viewport; obtaining visual content data; identifying at least one focusable element in the visual content data; presenting a first portion of visual content in the viewport on a display device, wherein the visual content is based at least partially on the visual content data; indicating a first focusable element in the viewport with a visual indicator; and responsive to a user input, scrolling the visual content in the viewport when a second focusable element of the visual content is not present in the viewport in a navigation direction of the user input.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Karlo Alexis REYES, Ryan Ashley MEDLIN, Efus RICHMAN, Ross Anthony MARSHALL, Raymond Charles DEAN, Kayla Louise COVINGTON, Brannon James ZAHAND
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Publication number: 20240077016Abstract: An HHO gas second fuel is produced in a pressure-resistant container and distributed at a low volumetric rate at multiple locations about the internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Evan Charles Johnson, Adam Anthony Filkins, Herbert Daniel Deming, Henry White Dean, Phillip Edward Jennings
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Patent number: 11918285Abstract: A medical device may include an elongated body having a distal elongated body portion and a central longitudinal axis. The medical device may include a balloon positioned along the distal elongated body portion. The balloon may be configured to receive a fluid to inflate the balloon such that an exterior balloon surface contacts a calcified lesion within a patient's vasculature. The medical device may include one or more pressure wave emitters positioned along the central longitudinal axis of the elongated body. The one or more pressure wave emitters may be configured to propagate at least one pressure wave through the fluid to fragment the calcified lesion. At least one pressure wave emitter may include an optical fiber configured to transmit laser energy into the balloon. The laser energy may be configured to create a cavitation bubble in the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Fast Wave Medical Inc.Inventors: JiChao Sun, Parker Hagen, Dannah Dean, Lauren Eno, Brady Hatcher, Curtis Goreham-Voss, Tristan Tieso, Edward Anderson, Scott Nelson, Dean Irwin, Bryan Goh, Charles Anthony Plowe, Randy Beyreis
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Publication number: 20240032907Abstract: A system includes a first tube, a sharp coil at a distal end of the first tube, a second tube displaceable within the first tube, and a sharp housing at a distal of the second tube for storing fasteners. The housing can be positioned at a first tissue, and the coil rotated to advance the coil into engagement with the first tissue. The first tube is retracted to retract the first tissue, and then a first fastener is deployed at the first tissue location. Then, without removing the system from the patient, the distal end of the system is moved adjacent a second tissue location, and the process is repeated for a second fastener at the second tissue location. A suture extends between the first and second fasteners, and tension is applied to the suture to draw the first and second tissues toward each other to reconfigure the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: APOLLO ENDOSURGERY US, INC.Inventors: Vladimir Mitelberg, Charles Dean
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Patent number: 11819203Abstract: A system includes a first tube, a sharp coil at a distal end of the first tube, a second tube displaceable within the first tube, and a sharp housing at a distal of the second tube for storing fasteners. The housing can be positioned at a first tissue, and the coil rotated to advance the coil into engagement with the first tissue. The first tube is retracted to retract the first tissue, and then a first fastener is deployed at the first tissue location. Then, without removing the system from the patient, the distal end of the system is moved adjacent a second tissue location, and the process is repeated for a second fastener at the second tissue location. A suture extends between the first and second fasteners, and tension is applied to the suture to draw the first and second tissues toward each other to reconfigure the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Mitelberg, Charles Dean
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Publication number: 20230358004Abstract: A snow removal assembly includes a truck that has a cab and a box that is positioned behind the cab. A chute is coupled to the cab of the truck to receive snow on a road upon which the truck is driving. An auger is rotatably disposed in the chute to urge the snow outwardly through the chute when the auger is turned on. A snow pipe is coupled to the chute for delivering the snow into the box and a pump is integrated into the snow pipe for urging the snow through the snow pipe. A heating unit is integrated into the box and the heating unit is in thermal communication with the box. Furthermore, the heating unit heats the box when the heating unit is turned on for melting the snow into water thereby facilitating the water to drain outwardly through the drain in the box for disposal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2022Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventor: Charles Dean
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Publication number: 20230263516Abstract: A suture needle system includes a first needle and at least one second needle. Each of the first and second needles preferably has a common needle body construct. The first needle includes an elongate suture having a length sufficient to extend at least the length of an instrument channel of an endoscope. The second needle includes an opening formed by a loop of suture at which the second needle can be advanced over the elongate suture. In use, the first needle is secured to a first tissue location using an endoscopic suturing system. A second needle is advanced at its opening over the elongate suture and secured to a second tissue location. Additional second needles may be advanced over the elongate suture to respective tissue locations. The elongate suture is pulled taut, drawing the second needles into proximity, and secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: APOLLO ENDOSURGERY US, INC.Inventors: John Mims, Charles Dean, Nicole Pinto, Mitchell Gilkey, Vladimir Mitelberg, Donald K. Jones
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Patent number: 11672525Abstract: A suture needle system includes a first needle and at least one second needle. Each of the first and second needles preferably has a common needle body construct. The first needle includes an elongate suture having a length sufficient to extend at least the length of an instrument channel of an endoscope. The second needle includes an opening formed by a loop of suture at which the second needle can be advanced over the elongate suture. In use, the first needle is secured to a first tissue location using an endoscopic suturing system. A second needle is advanced at its opening over the elongate suture and secured to a second tissue location. Additional second needles may be advanced over the elongate suture to respective tissue locations. The elongate suture is pulled taut, drawing the second needles into proximity, and secured.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: APOLLO ENDOSURGERY US, INC.Inventors: John Mims, Charles Dean, Nicole Pinto, Mitchell Gilkey, Vladimir Mitelberg, Donald K. Jones
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Publication number: 20220277156Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a Lock-Tag-Try (LTT) process. A computing device may scan an indicator and request a content item associated with the indicator. The computing device may receive the one or more content items associated with the indicator. The one or more content items are configured to guide a user through the LTT process. A server may be configured to receive the request and transmit the content item to the user device. The server may be further configured to store information related to the LTT process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Erika Elizabeth Swartz, Joseph Charles Dean
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Patent number: 11281877Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a Lock-Tag-Try (LTT) process. A computing device may scan an indicator and request a content item associated with the indicator. The computing device may receive the one or more content items associated with the indicator. The one or more content items are configured to guide a user through the LTT process. A server may be configured to receive the request and transmit the content item to the user device. The server may be further configured to store information related to the LTT process.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Erika Elizabeth Swartz, Joseph Charles Dean
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Publication number: 20200261074Abstract: A suture needle system includes a first needle and at least one second needle. Each of the first and second needles preferably has a common needle body construct. The first needle includes an elongate suture having a length sufficient to extend at least the length of an instrument channel of an endoscope. The second needle includes an opening formed by a loop of suture at which the second needle can be advanced over the elongate suture. In use, the first needle is secured to a first tissue location using an endoscopic suturing system. A second needle is advanced at its opening over the elongate suture and secured to a second tissue location. Additional second needles may be advanced over the elongate suture to respective tissue locations. The elongate suture is pulled taut, drawing the second needles into proximity, and secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc.Inventors: John Mims, Charles Dean, Nicole Pinto, Mitchell Gilkey, Vladimir Mitelberg, Donald K. Jones
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Patent number: 10736764Abstract: A gastric implant includes a distal sleeve portion configured to be disposed in a duodenum of a patient, and a pyloric restriction portion connected to a proximal end of the distal sleeve portion. The pyloric restriction portion is configured to be disposed in a pylorus of a patient. Also, the implant includes a proximal anchor portion connected to a proximal end of the pyloric restriction portion. The proximal anchor portion is configured to be disposed in a lower stomach of the patient. The proximal anchor portion has at least one eyelet for fastening to the stomach to secure the implant to the gastrointestinal tract.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc.Inventors: Charles Dean, Donald K. Jones
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Patent number: 10639028Abstract: A suture needle system includes a first needle and at least one second needle. Each of the first and second needles preferably has a common needle body construct. The first needle includes an elongate suture having a length sufficient to extend at least the length of an instrument channel of an endoscope. The second needle includes an opening formed by a loop of suture at which the second needle can be advanced over the elongate suture. In use, the first needle is secured to a first tissue location using an endoscopic suturing system. A second needle is advanced at its opening over the elongate suture and secured to a second tissue location. Additional second needles may be advanced over the elongate suture to respective tissue locations. The elongate suture is pulled taut, drawing the second needles into proximity, and secured.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc.Inventors: John Mims, Charles Dean, Nicole Pinto, Mitchell Gilkey, Vladimir Mitelberg, Donald K. Jones
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Publication number: 20200029953Abstract: A system includes a first tube, a sharp coil at a distal end of the first tube, a second tube displaceable within the first tube, and a sharp housing at a distal of the second tube for storing fasteners. The housing can be positioned at a first tissue, and the coil rotated to advance the coil into engagement with the first tissue. The first tube is retracted to retract the first tissue, and then a first fastener is deployed at the first tissue location. Then, without removing the system from the patient, the distal end of the system is moved adjacent a second tissue location, and the process is repeated for a second fastener at the second tissue location. A suture extends between the first and second fasteners, and tension is applied to the suture to draw the first and second tissues toward each other to reconfigure the tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Mitelberg, Charles Dean
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Publication number: 20190392186Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a Lock-Tag-Try (LTT) process. A computing device may scan an indicator and request a content item associated with the indicator. The computing device may receive the one or more content items associated with the indicator. The one or more content items are configured to guide a user through the LTT process. A server may be configured to receive the request and transmit the content item to the user device. The server may be further configured to store information related to the LTT process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Erika Elizabeth Swartz, Joseph Charles Dean
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Patent number: 10426457Abstract: A system includes a first tube, a sharp coil at a distal end of the first tube, a second tube displaceable within the first tube, and a sharp housing at a distal of the second tube for storing fasteners. The housing can be positioned at a first tissue, and the coil rotated to advance the coil into engagement with the first tissue. The first tube is retracted to retract the first tissue, and then a first fastener is deployed at the first tissue location. Then, without removing the system from the patient, the distal end of the system is moved adjacent a second tissue location, and the process is repeated for a second fastener at the second tissue location. A suture extends between the first and second fasteners, and tension is applied to the suture to draw the first and second tissues toward each other to reconfigure the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Mitelberg, Charles Dean