Patents by Inventor James Kent

James Kent 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: 12000854
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a fluidic circuit, a bypass fluidic circuit, a first set of fluid wells, a second set of fluid wells, a first valve, and a second valve. The first valve operatively associated with the first set of fluid wells such that the first selectively fluidly connects any one of the first set of fluid wells to a first valve outlet. The second valve operatively associated with the fluidic circuit, the bypass fluidic circuit, the first valve outlet, and the second set of fluid wells such that the second valve selectively fluidly connects any one of the second set of fluid wells and the first valve outlet to the fluidic circuit or the first valve outlet to the bypass fluidic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: ILLUMINA, INC.
    Inventors: Wesley A. Cox-Muranami, James Osmus, Paul Crivelli, Bradley Kent Drews
  • Patent number: 11980408
    Abstract: An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular and/or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple needles advanced through supported guide tubes which expand with open ends 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 also includes means to limit and/or adjust the depth of penetration of the ablative fluid into and beyond the tissue of the vessel wall. The preferred embodiment of the catheter includes structures which provide radial and lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes open 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: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 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: 20240148983
    Abstract: A device for performing injections in a patient includes a syringe holder with a needle guard, a cannula extending from the syringe holder, a needle slidably disposed over the cannula, and a slider on the syringe holder. The cannula has a blunt tip and a cannula length, and the needle has a sharp tip and a needle length that is shorter than the cannula length. The slider is coupled with the needle and is configured to slide the needle along the cannula from an extended position, in which the sharp tip of the needle is located at or immediately adjacent the blunt tip of the cannula, to a retracted position, in which the sharp tip is housed within the needle guard of the syringe holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Arya Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. FEZZA, Felix VEGA, Darrin James KENT, David James PRINCE
  • Patent number: 11975328
    Abstract: The assembly includes a docking console and a manifold. The docking console includes a cartridge support surface having a first end and a second end. The manifold has one or more wells defined therein. The docking console further includes a manifold retention bracket to releasably hold the manifold against a fluid cartridge supported on the cartridge support surface at an interface position such that the one or more wells are in fluid communication with the fluid cartridge and a biased seal bar to press the fluid cartridge against the manifold held by the manifold retention bracket. A hydrophilic porous frit disposed within at least one of the wells and is to permit liquid to flow through the outlet aperture but prevent gas from passing through the outlet aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: ILLUMINA, INC., ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LIMITED
    Inventors: Bradley Kent Drews, Gudrun Stengel, James Christopher Blake, Mohammed Kafeel Ahamed, Michael Steven Becker, Michael Dangelo, Mark J. Nibbe, Daniel L. Fuller, Oliver Jon Miller
  • Publication number: 20240116854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclopropylamide compounds that are useful in the treatment of parasitic infestations of fish. The compounds have the formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: Intervet Inc., Corteva Agriscience LLC
    Inventors: James Edward Hunter, Lori Kay Lawler, Tony Kent Trullinger, Martin Joseph Walsh, Harald Schmitt, Anja Regina Heckeroth, Jürgen Lutz, Maria Daniela Fähsing, Hartmut Zoller
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11936937
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include detecting at least one indicator of user-initiated interaction with a computing device, obtaining data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, identifying a current state of the computing device, determining that content displayed on a first display device included in the computing device is to be casted to a second display device separate from the computing device based on the at least one indicator of the user-initiated interaction with the computing device, the data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, and the current state of the computing device, and casting the content displayed on the first display device to the second display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Grafton, James Kent
  • Patent number: 11915326
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a concept for determining the relevance of a tag within a post. Responsive to receiving a post composed by a first user and containing a tag referring to a second user, a post context based on a topic of the post, a user context based on a record of the first user and a tag context based on a record of the second user are obtained. The post context and the user context are compared to the tag context, and it is determined whether the tag is relevant to the post and the first user based on comparing the post context and the user context to the tag context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher John Poole, Joseph Peter Kent, Thomas James Waterton
  • Publication number: 20230355292
    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. Applications include renal denervation for the treatment of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, tissue ablation for COPD, BPH and prostate cancer and prevention of restenosis after balloon angioplasty or stent implantation and other disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: David R. Fischell, Darrin James Kent
  • Publication number: 20230224530
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include detecting at least one indicator of user-initiated interaction with a computing device, obtaining data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, identifying a current state of the computing device, determining that content displayed on a first display device included in the computing device is to be casted to a second display device separate from the computing device based on the at least one indicator of the user-initiated interaction with the computing device, the data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, and the current state of the computing device, and casting the content displayed on the first display device to the second display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Grafton, James Kent
  • Publication number: 20230177764
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for rendering a table is described. The table includes intersections formed by a plurality of lines, each of the plurality of lines associated with at least a first attribute. The method includes, for one or more of the intersections, matching a value of the first attribute of a first line of the plurality of lines with a value of the first attribute for at least a second line of the plurality lines, wherein the second line is different to the first line and based on the matching, rendering a displayed area of the intersection with a value for the first attribute that matches the value of the first attribute of the first line. The value of the first attribute defines an appearance of the line, for example the line fill colour, when the table is rendered on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Canva Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Cieran James Kent
  • Patent number: 11641503
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include detecting at least one indicator of user-initiated interaction with a computing device, obtaining data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, identifying a current state of the computing device, determining that content displayed on a first display device included in the computing device is to be casted to a second display device separate from the computing device based on the at least one indicator of the user-initiated interaction with the computing device, the data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, and the current state of the computing device, and casting the content displayed on the first display device to the second display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Grafton, James Kent
  • Patent number: 11353338
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a novel inductive rotational position sensor that includes a sensor module having transmitting and receiving coils formed on a printed circuit board with a signal processor located in a center area enclosed by the transmitting and receiving coils. This arrangement permits a more compact sensor module. The entire sensor module can be positioned inside a cavity, which has a diameter generally the same as the diameter of the rotational element whose position is being sensed. The arrangement also permits a coupler to be formed on the end of the target. The sensor is concentric with the transfer case shaft and an annulus bore of a transfer case. The sensor is non-contacting and has no movable parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: KSR IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan W. Elliott, James Kent Hartford, Buri Sen
  • Publication number: 20220134062
    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: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    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, Robert E. Fischell
  • Publication number: 20220031389
    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. Applications include renal denervation for the treatment of hypertension, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, tissue ablation for COPD, BPH and prostate cancer and prevention of restenosis after balloon angioplasty or stent implantation and other disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: David R. Fischell, Darrin James Kent
  • Patent number: 11202889
    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 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: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    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, Robert E. Fischell
  • Publication number: 20210352355
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include detecting at least one indicator of user-initiated interaction with a computing device, obtaining data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, identifying a current state of the computing device, determining that content displayed on a first display device included in the computing device is to be casted to a second display device separate from the computing device based on the at least one indicator of the user-initiated interaction with the computing device, the data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, and the current state of the computing device, and casting the content displayed on the first display device to the second display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: James Grafton, James Kent
  • Publication number: 20210330896
    Abstract: A device for performing injections in a patient includes a syringe holder with a needle guard, a cannula extending from the syringe holder, a needle slidably disposed over the cannula, and a slider on the syringe holder. The cannula has a blunt tip and a cannula length, and the needle has a sharp tip and a needle length that is shorter than the cannula length. The slider is coupled with the needle and is configured to slide the needle along the cannula from an extended position, in which the sharp tip of the needle is located at or immediately adjacent the blunt tip of the cannula, to a retracted position, in which the sharp tip is housed within the needle guard of the syringe holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Arya Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. FEZZA, Felix VEGA, Darrin James KENT, David James PRINCE
  • Publication number: 20210330928
    Abstract: Caloric stimulation and pressure stimulation can be applied to the ear for treatment of neurological disorders, such as migraine, pain, and headache. Heat can be applied first to increase the sensitivity of the mechanoreceptors in the ear. The pressure can be applied after heating to produce a stronger neurological response than would occur without the heating. In some cases, cooling can be used. Valves can be used to direct fluid flow to a right ear, a left ear, or both. Valves can be used to transition the system between an irrigation or caloric mode and a pressure mode. Green eyewear can be used for therapeutic relief.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: David Mager George, John Patrick Claude, Kevin E. Willey, Andy Edward Denison, Darrin James Kent
  • Publication number: 20210220044
    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: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    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