Patents by Inventor Gareth Walker
Gareth Walker 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: 12002099Abstract: Methods and systems for developing profitable convertible term products are disclosed. The methods include the disaggregation of the pricing of existing term products and the use of big data analytics to identify opportunities to improve the acceptance of the product within a particular share of the market. Then, a pricing model and a selling model are built to test the product.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyInventors: Gareth Ross, Tricia Walker
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Publication number: 20240058176Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for the treatment of wounds, for example using multiple wound dressings in combination with negative pressure wound therapy. A negative pressure would therapy apparatus can include a negative pressure source and a controller. The negative pressure source can include inlets configured to couple via fluid flow paths to wound dressings. The fluid flow paths can include pressure sensors configured to measure pressure in the fluid flow paths. The pressure sensors can include a first pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in the first fluid flow path and a second pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in the second fluid flow path. The controller can be configured to operate the negative pressure source and provide, based on measured pressure, indication of at least one operating condition associated with at least one of the fluid flow paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Victoria Beadle, Sarah Jenny Collinson, Mark Ellerington, Yeswanth Gadde, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, William Kelbie, Natasha Rose Middleton, Samuel John Mortimer, Stephanie Jane Noble, Gareth Walker, Fraser George Weedon, Jessica Winks
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Patent number: 11833014Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for the treatment of wounds, for example using multiple wound dressings in combination with negative pressure wound therapy. A negative pressure would therapy apparatus can include a negative pressure source and a controller. The negative pressure source can include inlets configured to couple via fluid flow paths to wound dressings. The fluid flow paths can include pressure sensors configured to measure pressure in the fluid flow paths. The pressure sensors can include a first pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in the first fluid flow path and a second pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in the second fluid flow path. The controller can be configured to operate the negative pressure source and provide, based on measured pressure, indication of at least one operating condition associated with at least one of the fluid flow paths.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: T.J.Smith and Nephew, LimitedInventors: Victoria Beadle, Sarah Jenny Collinson, Mark Ellerington, Yeswanth Gadde, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, William Kelbie, Natasha Rose Middleton, Samuel John Mortimer, Stephanie Jane Noble, Gareth Walker, Fraser George Weedon, Jessica Winks
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Publication number: 20230293805Abstract: In some embodiments, a negative pressure wound therapy device includes a negative pressure source and a controller configured to, in response to determining that the negative pressure source is directly fluidically connected to a wound dressing without a canister between the two, operate the negative pressure source in a first mode; otherwise, operate the negative pressure source in a second, different mode. The controller can be further configured to, in response to determining that a level of activity of the negative pressure source over a first time duration satisfies at least one of a leak or blockage condition, provide an indication of at least one of a leak or blockage and, in response to determining that the level of activity does not satisfy the at least one of the leak or blockage condition over a second time duration subsequent to the first time duration, discontinue providing the indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Eric Edward Adams, Ben Alan Askem, Kevin Bendele, Aaron Michael Husz, David Edward Lee, Nisha Mistry, Lee Michael Rush, David Ronald Upton, Gareth Walker, William Jacob Ward, Hannah Bailey Sidebottom
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Patent number: 11559619Abstract: In some embodiments, a negative pressure wound therapy device includes a negative pressure source and a controller configured to, in response to determining that the negative pressure source is directly fluidically connected to a wound dressing without a canister between the two, operate the negative pressure source in a first mode; otherwise, operate the negative pressure source in a second, different mode. The controller can be further configured to, in response to determining that a level of activity of the negative pressure source over a first time duration satisfies at least one of a leak or blockage condition, provide an indication of at least one of a leak or blockage and, in response to determining that the level of activity does not satisfy the at least one of the leak or blockage condition over a second time duration subsequent to the first time duration, discontinue providing the indication.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. LimitedInventors: Eric Edward Adams, Ben Alan Askem, Kevin Bendele, Aaron Michael Husz, David Edward Lee, Nisha Mistry, Lee Michael Rush, Hannah Bailey Sidebottom, David Ronald Upton, Gareth Walker, William Jacob Ward
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Publication number: 20220023527Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for the treatment of wounds, for example using multiple wound dressings in combination with negative pressure wound therapy. A negative pressure would therapy apparatus can include a negative pressure source and a controller. The negative pressure source can include inlets configured to couple via fluid flow paths to wound dressings. The fluid flow paths can include pressure sensors configured to measure pressure in the fluid flow paths. The pressure sensors can include a first pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in the first fluid flow path and a second pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in the second fluid flow path. The controller can be configured to operate the negative pressure source and provide, based on measured pressure, indication of at least one operating condition associated with at least one of the fluid flow paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Victoria Beadle, Sarah Jenny Collinson, Mark Ellerington, Yeswanth Gadde, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, William Kelbie, Natasha Rose Middleton, Samuel John Mortimer, Stephanie Jane Noble, Gareth Walker, Fraser George Weedon, Jessica Winks
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Patent number: 11141521Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for the treatment of wounds, for example using multiple wound dressings in combination with negative pressure wound therapy. A negative pressure would therapy apparatus can include a negative pressure source and a controller. The negative pressure source can include inlets configured to couple via fluid flow paths to wound dressings. The fluid flow paths can include pressure sensors configured to measure pressure in the fluid flow paths. The pressure sensors can include a first pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in the first fluid flow path and a second pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in the second fluid flow path. The controller can be configured to operate the negative pressure source and provide, based on measured pressure, indication of at least one operating condition associated with at least one of the fluid flow paths.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: T.J.Smith and Nephew, LimitedInventors: Victoria Beadle, Sarah Jenny Collinson, Mark Ellerington, Yeswanth Gadde, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, William Kelbie, Natasha Rose Middleton, Samuel John Mortimer, Stephanie Jane Noble, Gareth Walker, Fraser George Weedon, Jessica Winks
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Publication number: 20210038776Abstract: In some embodiments, a negative pressure wound therapy device includes a negative pressure source and a controller configured to, in response to determining that the negative pressure source is directly fluidically connected to a wound dressing without a canister between the two, operate the negative pressure source in a first mode; otherwise, operate the negative pressure source in a second, different mode. The controller can be further configured to, in response to determining that a level of activity of the negative pressure source over a first time duration satisfies at least one of a leak or blockage condition, provide an indication of at least one of a leak or blockage and, in response to determining that the level of activity does not satisfy the at least one of the leak or blockage condition over a second time duration subsequent to the first time duration, discontinue providing the indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Eric Edward Adams, Ben Alan Askem, Kevin Bendele, Aaron Michael Husz, David Edward Lee, Nisha Mistry, Lee Michael Rush, Hannah Bailey Sidebottom, David Ronald Upton, Gareth Walker, William Jacob Ward
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Publication number: 20200069850Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for the treatment of wounds, for example using multiple wound dressings in combination with negative pressure wound therapy. A negative pressure would therapy apparatus can include a negative pressure source and a controller. The negative pressure source can include inlets configured to couple via fluid flow paths to wound dressings. The fluid flow paths can include pressure sensors configured to measure pressure in the fluid flow paths. The pressure sensors can include a first pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in the first fluid flow path and a second pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in the second fluid flow path. The controller can be configured to operate the negative pressure source and provide, based on measured pressure, indication of at least one operating condition associated with at least one of the fluid flow paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Victoria Beadle, Sarah Jenny Collinson, Mark Ellerington, Yeswanth Gadde, Edward Yerbury Hartwell, William Kelbie, Natasha Rose Middleton, Samuel John Mortimer, Stephanie Jane Noble, Gareth Walker, Fraser George Weedon, Jessica Winks