Patents by Inventor Christopher Thomas

Christopher Thomas 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).

  • Patent number: 11944373
    Abstract: An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular and/or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple needles advanced through supported guide tubes which expand around a central axis to engage the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the injection an ablative fluid for ablating tissue, and/or nerve fibers in the outer layer or deep to the outer layer of the vessel, or in prostatic tissue. The system may also include a means to limit and/or adjust the depth of penetration of the ablative fluid into and beyond the tissue of the vessel wall. The catheter may also include structures which provide radial and/or lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes expand uniformly and maintain their position against the interior surface of the vessel wall as the sharpened injection needles are advanced to penetrate into the vessel wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ablative Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Fischell, Tim A. Fischell, Robert Ryan Ragland, Darrin James Kent, Andy Edward Denison, Eric Thomas Johnson, Jeff Alan Burke, Christopher Scott Hayden
  • Publication number: 20240107273
    Abstract: A method for delivery of real-time reactionary device data based on location data of a mobile computing device at a live event includes receiving a data representation of a live audio signal corresponding to the live event via a wireless network. The method also includes processing the data representation of the live audio signal into a live audio stream and determining a location of the mobile computing device with respect to a reference point or a main stage at the live event based on location data. The method also includes determining reactionary device data based on the location of the mobile computing device at the live event and initiating a device reaction based on the reactionary device data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Rocco Levitas, Jeffrey Thomas Miller, Daniel Timothy Costantini, Esther Boram Lee
  • Publication number: 20240099850
    Abstract: A method of surgically treating a patient suffering from severe pain and disability of the low back and buttock by stabilizing the patient's spinal column to their pelvis with an implant system including surgical tools and an implant designed to prevent movement between the sacrum and the ilium while being able to attach to a spinal fusion rod which connect to pedicle screws implanted in the bones of the spine of the patient in order to offer lasting relief of the patient's symptoms. The system is designed to address complications in adult spinal deformity by optimizing spinopelvic fixation vis-à-vis the unique biomechanics of the SI joint. The sacropelvic system is a surgical solution which provides an additively manufactured implant at the base of the spine employing an S2AI trajectory while utilizing assisting technologies including surgical navigation and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: JCBD, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Jeffrey Donner, Christopher Thomas Donner
  • Publication number: 20240100016
    Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising compounds or precursors to compounds which may be used for a variety of therapeutic applications including, for example, treating and/or preventing a disease or disorder related to reduced or inadequate mitochondrial activity, including aging or stress, diabetes, obesity, and neurodegenerative diseases. The compounds relate generally to urolithins and precursors thereof, including but not limited to ellagitannins and urolithin A. In certain embodiments the compositions are presented in or as food products or nutritional supplements. These same compounds and compositions can also be used advantageously in generally healthy individuals to increase or maintain metabolic rate, decrease percent body fat, increase or maintain muscle mass, manage body weight, improve or maintain mental performance (including memory), improve or maintain muscle performance, improve or maintain mood, and manage stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher L. Rinsch, William Blanco-Bose, Bernard Schneider, Charles Thomas, Carmen Sandi, Johan Auwerx, Penelope Andreux, Richardus Houtkooper, Eija Pirinen, Laurent Mouchiroud, David Genoux
  • Publication number: 20240099962
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the treatment of a skin condition in a subject, including but not limited to one or more of luminosity, brightness, skin pore size, skin pore count, sebum production, sebum composition, overall skin quality, eyelid laxity, fine lines under the eye, fine lines on the face, laxity on the face, perioral rhytids, moderate to severe facial folds and wrinkles such as nasolabial folds, moderate to severe facial wrinkles such as smile lines or marionette lines, age-related midface contour deficiencies, dorsal hand to correct volume deficit, glabellar lines, correction of facila depressions, either due to injury or age-related, perioral wrinkles, lip commissures, crow's feet, facial rhytides, and forehead wrinkles, comprising applying to the skin of the subject a first composition derived from one or more sponges, and a second composition comprising one or more botulinum toxins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Gerald Thomas PROEHL, Christopher Joseph NARDO
  • Patent number: 11938006
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Zachary Aaron Freije, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Donald Carroll Roe, Christopher E. Kiger, Wolfgang E. Huhn, Mark James Kline
  • Patent number: 11940283
    Abstract: A method for matching a vehicle with a user including receiving a user ride request for a vehicle from a plurality of available vehicles from a user, receiving a threshold vehicle risk score preference for the user, receiving a user risk score for the user, receiving a threshold user risk score preference for the plurality of available vehicles, identifying a subset of the plurality of available vehicles having a vehicle risk score at or below the threshold vehicle risk score preference of the user and a threshold user risk score preference at or above the user risk score of the user, and presenting the user with ride options for selecting one of the subset of the plurality of available vehicles of the subset of available vehicles for the user ride request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Kyle, Christopher Risberg, Nikhil Rajendra, Timothy Wang, Jordan Frank, Jiju Thomas, Daniel C. Bracken, Joshua Batie, Michael D. Dorazio, Randy Kaushek
  • Publication number: 20240093239
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions, and systems derived from uncultivated microorganisms useful for gene editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Brian THOMAS, Christopher BROWN, Audra DEVOTO, Cristina BUTTERFIELD, Lisa ALEXANDER, Daniela S.A. GOLTSMAN, Justine ALBERS, Alan BROOKS, Greg COST, Morayma TEMOCHE-DIAZ, Cindy CASTELLE, Rebecca LAMOTHE
  • Publication number: 20240090920
    Abstract: A device includes an access cannula, a puncturing element, a handle. The access cannula includes a lumen extending therethrough. The access cannula is sized and shaped to extend through an endoscopic shaft to a target tissue within a living body. The puncturing element is sized and shaped to extend through the lumen of the access cannula and distally out a distal end of the access cannula. The handle includes a handle body and a mechanism for advancing the access cannula from a proximal position relative to the puncturing element, where a puncturing tip of the puncturing element is exposed distal to a distal end of the access cannula, to a distal position relative to the puncturing element, where the distal end of the access cannula covers the puncturing tip of the puncturing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ramin N. TEHRANI, Christopher A. BENNING, Gregory Thomas HUGHES
  • Publication number: 20240091442
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Gary A. MORRIS, Scott M. BELLIVEAU, Esteban CABRERA, JR., Anna Leigh DAVIS, Rian W. DRAEGER, Laura J. DUNN, Timothy Joseph GOLDSMITH, Hari HAMPAPURAM, Christopher Robert HANNEMANN, Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Katherine Yerre KOEHLER, Patrick Wile MCBRIDE, Michael Robert MENSINGER, Francis William PASCUAL, Philip Mansiel PELLOUCHOUD, Nicholas POLYTARIDIS, Philip Thomas PUPA, Kevin SHOEMAKER, Brian Christopher SMITH, Benjamin Elrod WEST, Atiim Joseph WILEY
  • Patent number: 11932445
    Abstract: A glass container including a body having a delamination factor less than or equal to 10 and at least one marking is described. The body has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a wall thickness extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The marking is located within the wall thickness. In particular, the marking is a portion of the body having a refractive index that differs from a refractive index of an unmarked portion of the body. Methods of forming the marking within the body are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Leonard Thomas Masters, William James Miller, Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov, Christopher Lee Timmons
  • Patent number: 11931233
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The article also includes a side panel having an ultrasonically bonded, gathered laminate. The laminate has an elastomeric layer and a substrate and is joined to the chassis at a chassis attachment bond and positioned in one of the first or second waist regions. The ultrasonically bonded, gathered laminate also includes an ear structural feature comprising a surface modification to the substrate and comprising at least one of the following: embossing, apertures, perforations, slits, melted material or coatings, compressed material, secondary bonds that are disposed apart from a chassis attachment bond, plastic deformation, and folds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sally Lin Kilbacak, Donald Carroll Roe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Uwe Schneider, Michael Devin Long, Michael Brian Quade, Jason Edward Naylor, Jeffry Rosiak, Stephen Joseph Lange, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Christopher Krasen, Todd Douglas Lenser
  • Publication number: 20240086413
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting search results are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving text corresponding to a search query; determining whether a content rating score associated with the search query is below a predetermined threshold, wherein the score is calculated by: identifying a first plurality of search results retrieved using the search query, wherein each search result is associated with one of a plurality of content ratings classes; and calculating the content rating score that is a proportion of search results associated with at least one of the content ratings classes among the first plurality of search results; in response to determining that the content rating score is below the predetermined threshold, identifying a second plurality of search results to be presented based on the search query; and causing the second plurality of search results to be presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Eileen Long, Jonathan Frankle, William Chambers, Jia Wu, Charles Thomas Curry, Matthias Heiler, Ruben Sipos, Christopher Kenneth Haulk, Angela Yeung, Karin Ingrid von Glehn
  • Publication number: 20240088406
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell (3) for use in a fuel cell stack (1) comprising a resilient electrical conduction member sub-assembly (10, 16) having a first flow plate (5, 9), a second flow plate (6, 8) and a bipolar plate (11, 22). A fluid chamber (17, 19) is created by the first flow plate (5, 9), the second flow plate (6, 8), the bipolar plate (11, 22) and an electrode (13, 18) and has an inflow duct (59, 63) and an outflow duct (61, 65). A resilient electrical conduction member (15, 20) is located within the fluid chamber (17, 19) so that in use, a fluid can flow between the inflow duct (59, 61) and the outflow duct (61, 65). The resilient electrical conduction member (15, 20) is in electrically conductive contact with the bipolar plate (11, 22) and with the electrode (13, 18) via a plurality of electrical contacts (51) and the resilient electrical conduction member (15, 20) is compressed between the bipolar plate (11, 22) and the electrode (13, 18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Richard John CARTWRIGHT, Christopher Thomas REYNOLDS, Neill Devereux MAYNARD, Jody WHEELER
  • Publication number: 20240090091
    Abstract: A multifunctional assembly having a resistive element a conductive element in electrical communication with the resistive element, the conductive element defining at least one of a plurality of multifunctional zones of the resistive element, wherein the conductive element is configured to direct a flow of electricity across at least one of the plurality of multifunctional zones of the resistive element in a preselected manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Seth S. Kessler, Gregory A. Thomas, Christopher T. Dunn, Michael Borgen, Brian L. Wardle
  • Publication number: 20240088408
    Abstract: An air supply arrangement for air flow plates (5) of electrochemical cells (3) within a fuel cell stack (1). Each air flow plate (5) has a gas exchange volume (19). A common air supply pipe (11) supplies air to the air flow plates (5). There is an air supply region (35) and a separate air distribution conduit (15) for each air flow plate (5). Each air distribution conduit (15) provides an air header volume (43) and has an inlet and an outlet. The common air supply pipe (11) is connected to each air supply region (35) and each air supply region (35) is connected to the inlet of each air distribution conduit (15). The outlet of each air distribution conduit (15) is connected to a gas exchange volume (19) and each gas exchange volume (19) extends across the width of the associated air flow plate (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Richard CARTWRIGHT, Christopher Thomas REYNOLDS, Neill Devereux MAYNARD, Roland BLANCH-OJEA
  • Publication number: 20240087737
    Abstract: An API server receives an audio message generated at a client device of a user. The audio message is to be played to a wearer of a wearable device. The API server identifies one or more constraints associated with the audio message. The one or more constraints define when the wearable device is to play the audio message. The API server saves the audio message and the one or more constraints in a cloud storage environment. A gateway server detects that the cloud storage environment includes the audio message. Based on the detecting, the gateway server prompts the wearable device that the audio message is available for download. The gateway server receives a request from the wearable device for the audio message. Responsive to receiving the request, the gateway server causes the audio message to be played to the wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Satish Movva, Srinaag Vitahavya Samudrala, Christopher Thomas Crocker, Babar Farooq Werrich, Katherine Grace Dupey, Akshay Dalavai, Gregory Brian Zobel, Subhashree Sukhu
  • Patent number: 11928964
    Abstract: A parking availability predictor system provides a prediction of parking availability that meets a user's specified needs. When the user submits a query for parking availability, he can include desired parking criteria such as location, handicapped status, and desired time to begin parking. The system consults a parking occupancy model which gathers current and historical information about parking occupancy, including parking durations and durations of vacancies between occupancies. The model processes the gathered information into a statistical predictor of parking occupancy and vacancy. The system uses the predictor to predict when parking that meets the user's needs will become available. That prediction, including user-suitable parking locations along with the expected start of their vacancies, is then sent to the user in answer to his query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Nikhil Dama, Laura Frisbie Evans, Christopher Ryan Haberland, Ting Lu, Simon Phillip Stolarczyk, Kristopher Thomas Williams
  • Patent number: 11927382
    Abstract: A portable cooler container with active temperature control includes a double-walled insulated container body with a chamber to receive and hold temperature sensitive products. A control system is at least partially disposed between an outer wall and an inner wall of the container body. An electronic display screen on one of the lid and the container body configured to display shipping address information for the portable cooler container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ember Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton Alexander, Daren John Leith, Mikko Juhani Timperi, Christopher Thomas Wakeham, Jacob William Emmert, Joseph Lyle Koch, Frank Victor Baumann, Clifton Texas Lin, Farzam Roknaldin, Mark Channing Stabb
  • Publication number: 20240076520
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrodepositable coating composition comprising an electrodepositable binder comprising an ionic salt group-containing film-forming polymer comprising active hydrogen functional groups, and a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent; a solubilized bismuth catalyst; and a guanidine; wherein the electrodepositable coating composition has a weight ratio of bismuth metal from the solubilized bismuth catalyst to guanidine of from 1.00:0.071 to 1.0:2.1 and/or a molar ratio of bismuth metal to guanidine of from 1.0:0.25 to 1.0:3.0. Also disclosed are methods of treating electrodepositable coating compositions, methods for making electrodepositable coating compositions, systems for coating a metal substrate, coatings, coated substrates, and methods of coating a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Stephenie Brown-Tseng, Lee Brent Steely, Richard F. Syput, Corey James Dedomenic, Christopher Andrew Dacko, Egle Puodziukynaite, Kevin Thomas Sylvester, Benjamin Kabagambe, Katie Marie Cumpston, David Alfred Stone