Patents by Inventor Dennis Matthews

Dennis Matthews 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).

  • Publication number: 20240104596
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an account holder with an incentive-consent matrix at a point-of-sale device of a merchant. The account holder can provide consent to store transaction related data and obtain an incentive in exchange. The incentive can be a coupon or other offering associated with the merchant. Varying levels of consent can be offered, with each level associated with an incentive having a different relative value. The transaction data can subsequently be provided to a recipient in accordance with the consent received from the account holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jacob Matthew STERLING, Scott Wayne DeANGELO, Dennis A. KETTLER, Balaji Janakiraman IYER, Trevor Alan BASS
  • Patent number: 11919887
    Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Steven John Durrant, Nadia M. Ahmad, Elizabeth Mary Beck, Lidio Marx Carvalho Meireles, Ewa Iwona Chudyk, Gorka Etxebarria Jardi, Bhairavi Galan, Sara S. Hadida Ruah, Dennis James Hurley, Ronald Marcellus Knegtel, Timothy Donald Neubert, Joanne Louise Pinder, Joseph Pontillo, Robert Pullin, Yvonne Schmidt, David Matthew Shaw, Sarah Skerratt, Dean Stamos, Stephen Andrew Thomson, Anisa Nizarali Virani, Christopher Wray
  • Publication number: 20240066574
    Abstract: A waste disposal system for receiving pharmaceutical waste material including at least one of a solid phase pharmaceutical waste material and a liquid phase pharmaceutical waste material is provided. The waste receiver includes a receiver body defining an opening. The waster receiver further includes an inner surface defining a container volume in fluid communication with the opening, and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. The outer surface defines a lock passageway separate from the opening. The system further includes a bracket adapted to be secured to a fixed surface and a locking assembly coupled to the bracket and adapted to releasably secure the waste receiver to the fixed surface. The locking assembly includes a lock housing sized to be removably positioned at least partially within the lock passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Brian James VanderWoude, David A. Maness, Bryan Matthew Ulmer, Dennis Meyer, Lucas Wade, Stephen Myers, Logan Castillo, Heather Benoit
  • Patent number: 11647978
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices to infer changes in pulmonary artery pressure in a subject using Doppler radar. A portable, non-invasive device for non-invasively measuring right ventricular cardiac motion that can be used in a subject's home can infer pulmonary artery pressure changes to increase patient compliance and mitigate the likelihood of heart decompensation. A mobile pulmonary artery pressure monitor can be especially useful to patients with congestive heart failure who are elderly, incapacitated, or do not have easy access to a clinic, doctor's office, or hospital.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Xiaomeng Gao, Xiaonan Jiang, Xiaoguang Liu, Dennis Matthews, Saul Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11564572
    Abstract: A system and associated methods for round-the-clock monitoring of an animal's health status includes an animal harness that is worn by the animal, and one or both of a mobile device and a remote server. The animal harness includes a plurality of sensors for collecting health measurements of the animal. The animal harness also includes a transceiver that communicates the heath measurements to one or both of the mobile device and the remote server, where a user may view the health measurements. Firmware in the animal harness, an application running in the mobile device, and software in the remote server processes and corrects the health measurements to generate a health status of the animal and notifications are generated when the animal's health is not within a safe range defined by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: VetMeasure, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Daniel Maher, Joel Adrian Moritz, Jr., Dennis Matthew Schultz, Ian Adkins Huber, Thomas Grant Morrison
  • Patent number: 11457614
    Abstract: A system and associated methods use an animal harness attached to an animal to improve security at a location (e.g., a home, office, warehouse, etc.). The animal harness collects health status data of the animal, and the health status data is processed using one or more algorithms that detect changes in one or more of excitement, agitation, stress, and/or anxiety in the animal. These changes are interpreted, using a behavioral model of the animal, to determine whether the animal is witnessing a security event at the location, and when the health status data indicates the security event, the system may generate an alert. The behavioral model may be updated over time to improve performance of the algorithms to detect security events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: VetMeasure, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin D. Maher, Joel Adrian Moritz, Jr., Dennis Matthew Schultz
  • Publication number: 20220251891
    Abstract: A vehicle port door includes a housing and an interlocking linkage assembly. The interlocking linkage assembly is pivotably connected to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Schaafsma, Saman Bagheri Farahani, Justin Louis Ruzich, Dennis Matthew Mark
  • Publication number: 20220031187
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and device to monitor the heart of a subject using radio signals. Availability of a portable heart monitor that can be used in a subject's home can increase patient compliance and improve diagnosis rates of cardiac conditions. A mobile heart monitor can be especially useful to those subjects who are elderly, incapacitated, or do not have easy access to a clinic, doctor's office, or hospital.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Dennis MATTHEWS, Xiaoguang LIU, Sonjie BI
  • Publication number: 20210378532
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for non-invasive pregnancy testing. The systems, devices, and methods can be used to provide pregnancy status information of a subject by detecting cardiovascular activity of a fetus in the subject. Subjects can include ruminants, ungulates, and humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Dennis MATTHEWS, Xiaomeng GAO, Xiaonan JIANG, Xiaoguang LIU, Jeremy THOMPSON, Kylie DUNNING, Kenneth PAWLAK, Chris RYMAN
  • Patent number: 11116416
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and device to monitor the heart of a subject using radio signals. Availability of a portable heart monitor that can be used in a subject's home can increase patient compliance and improve diagnosis rates of cardiac conditions. A mobile heart monitor can be especially useful to those subjects who are elderly, incapacitated, or do not have easy access to a clinic, doctor's office, or hospital.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: Cardiac Motion, LLC, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Dennis Matthews, Xiaoguang Liu, Songjie Bi
  • Patent number: 11080905
    Abstract: An information handling system operating an image analysis integration flow creation system may comprise a network interface device receiving a captured image of an illustrated integration process flow chart connecting process step illustrations in a user-specified pattern, and a processor determining a process flow plot connecting visual element placeholders corresponding to the process step illustrations according to the user-specified pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Dennis Matthew McCarty, Tiffany T. Powley, Thang Ngoc Mai, Christopher R. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20210212657
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices to infer changes in pulmonary artery pressure in a subject using Doppler radar. A portable, non-invasive device for non-invasively measuring right ventricular cardiac motion that can be used in a subject's home can infer pulmonary artery pressure changes to increase patient compliance and mitigate the likelihood of heart decompensation. A mobile pulmonary artery pressure monitor can be especially useful to patients with congestive heart failure who are elderly, incapacitated, or do not have easy access to a clinic, doctor's office, or hospital.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaomeng GAO, Xiaonan JIANG, Xiaoguang LIU, Dennis MATTHEWS, Saul SCHAEFER
  • Patent number: 11058052
    Abstract: A device for cutting vegetation comprises a base capable of being selectively propelled about a surface upon which the device sits, a turret affixed to the base and rotatable relative to the base, and one or more vegetation cutting tools affixed to the turret. The turret and cutting tools rotate together 360 degrees relative to the base as the base moves about the surface such that the cutting tools are adapted to cut vegetation on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Dennis Matthew Kave
  • Patent number: 11035286
    Abstract: A coolant reservoir tank includes a first compartment that is configured to receive and retain a first portion of a liquid coolant. The first compartment is configured to be in fluid communication with a first liquid cooling circuit. A second compartment is configured to receive and retain a second portion of the liquid coolant. The second compartment is configured to be in fluid communication with a second liquid cooling circuit. A dividing wall separates the first compartment from the second compartment. The coolant reservoir tank further includes a fill port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Matthew Mark, Joseph Kuhn, Louis Sigioltzakis, Serge Iafrate
  • Publication number: 20210112709
    Abstract: A device for cutting vegetation comprises a base capable of being selectively propelled about a surface upon which the device sits, a turret affixed to the base and rotatable relative to the base, and one or more vegetation cutting tools affixed to the turret. The turret and cutting tools rotate together 360 degrees relative to the base as the base moves about the surface such that the cutting tools are adapted to cut vegetation on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: DENNIS MATTHEW KAVE
  • Publication number: 20210059468
    Abstract: A chafing dish assembly for use with first and second food trays. The chafing dish assembly includes a support pan and a stopper rail. The support pan further includes a support pan lip with a lip top surface sized and configured to support the food trays. The support pan lip has stopper grooves disposed along the lip top surface. The stopper rail includes first and second positioning tabs extending at each end of the rail. The stopper rail is cooperatively sized and configured with the first and second positioning tabs respectively received in the stopper grooves with the rail spanning across an open top of the support pan and with the first and second food trays positioned in the support pan and supported by the stopper rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: David Amirault, Steven Lee Cox, Paul Thomas Zink, Andrew Brent Mendenhall, Dennis Matthew Turner
  • Publication number: 20200359605
    Abstract: A system and associated methods use an animal harness attached to an animal to improve security at a location (e.g., a home, office, warehouse, etc.). The animal harness collects health status data of the animal, and the health status data is processed using one or more algorithms that detect changes in one or more of excitement, agitation, stress, and/or anxiety in the animal. These changes are interpreted, using a behavioral model of the animal, to determine whether the animal is witnessing a security event at the location, and when the health status data indicates the security event, the system may generate an alert. The behavioral model may be updated over time to improve performance of the algorithms to detect security events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin D. Maher, Joel Adrian Moritz, JR., Dennis Matthew Schultz
  • Patent number: D921914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: THERAGUN, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Wersland, Benjamin Nazarian, Jaime Sanchez Solana, Trent Hernandez, Rene Oehlerking, Dennis Matthew Puhalla, Jillian Tackaberry, Gary Paulsen
  • Patent number: D947609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: STERNO PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: David Amirault, Steven Lee Cox, Paul Thomas Zink, Andrew Brent Mendenhall, Dennis Matthew Turner
  • Patent number: D966781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Sterno Products, LLC.
    Inventors: David Amirault, Steven Lee Cox, Paul Thomas Zink, Andrew Brent Mendenhall, Dennis Matthew Turner