Patents by Inventor John Bohannon
John Bohannon 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: 11934437Abstract: Systems, methods, and software described herein provide improvements of identifying stances of data sources for events. In one implementation, an event summary service identifies data objects that correspond to an event and identifies a data source from a plurality of data sources for each of the data objects. The summary service further, for each data object of the data objects, processing the data object to identify pertinent data related to a stance for the data source for the data object in relation to the event, and identifies a stance for each of the plurality of data sources based on the pertinent data identified in the data objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Primer Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Bohannon, Leonard Apeltsin, Raine Morgan Hoover, Wei Gong
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Patent number: 11931268Abstract: A trial neck for hip surgery and a method of attaching a trial neck to a femoral canal preparation instrument. The trial neck includes a body portion including a bore for receiving a proximal end of a femoral canal preparation instrument. The trial neck also includes an elongate neck extending from the body portion. The trial neck further includes a locking mechanism comprising a lever. The lever has a first end integral with the body portion. The lever also has a second end. The lever further has an engagement surface located intermediate the first end and the second end. The second end of the lever is actuable to urge the engagement surface against the proximal end of the femoral canal preparation instrument to secure the proximal end of the femoral canal preparation instrument within the bore.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Timothy Board, John Bohannon Mason, Michael Reeve, Neil Woollen
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Publication number: 20230310162Abstract: A surgical component, a kit including the surgical component, and a surgical method. The surgical component includes a body portion. The surgical component also includes an elongate stem for inserting into an intramedullary canal of a patient. The elongate stem extends distally from the body portion. The elongate stem has a longitudinal axis; a proximal end; a distal end; and a plurality of splines located on an outer surface of the stem. The splines are circumferentially arranged around the stem. At least some of the splines are tapered such that each tapered spline is narrower at a distal part of that spline than at a part of that spline that is proximal with respect to the distal part. The surgical component further includes an elongate neck portion extending from the body portion at a non-zero angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the stem.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: JAMES ANDERSON, MAHSA AVADI, DUNCAN BEEDALL, TIMOTHY BOARD, OLIVER COULTRUP, JOHN BOHANNON MASON, RICHARD PATNELLI, MICHAEL REEVE
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Patent number: 11690726Abstract: A surgical component, a kit including the surgical component, and a surgical method. The surgical component includes a body portion. The surgical component also includes an elongate stem for inserting into an intramedullary canal of a patient. The elongate stem extends distally from the body portion. The elongate stem has a longitudinal axis; a proximal end; a distal end; and a plurality of splines located on an outer surface of the stem. The splines are circumferentially arranged around the stem. At least some of the splines are tapered such that each tapered spline is narrower at a distal part of that spline than at a part of that spline that is proximal with respect to the distal part. The surgical component further includes an elongate neck portion extending from the body portion at a non-zero angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the stem.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: James Anderson, Mahsa Avadi, Duncan Beedall, Timothy Board, Oliver Coultrup, John Bohannon Mason, Richard Patnelli, Michael Reeve
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Publication number: 20230200874Abstract: Orthopaedic instruments for use in a direct anterior approach orthopaedic surgical hip replacement procedure on a patient's femur are disclosed. One such orthopaedic instrument may be embodied as a cement nozzle sized for insertion in a medullary canal of the patient's femur. The cement nozzle may include a first lumen for introducing a bone cement composition into the medullary canal. The cement nozzle may also include a second lumen for removing one or more bodily fluids from the medullary canal during introduction of the bone cement composition. The first and second lumens may each be curved along a distal portion of the cement nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: John Bohannon Mason, James Anderson, Ghulam Murtza Khokhar
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Patent number: 11675858Abstract: Systems, methods, and software described herein provide improvements for providing content to end users in a computing network. In one example, a content service may determine and provide first content items in first content formats to end users. After providing the first content items, the content service may monitor user interactions for the end users with one or more services and determine content formats of interest for the end users based on the user interactions. The content service may further determine second content items to be provided to the end users based on the content formats of interest.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Primer Technologies, Inc.Inventor: John Bohannon
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Patent number: 11610044Abstract: The technology disclosed herein dynamically presents content in a presentation based on physical cues received from attendees to the presentation. In a particular implementation, a method provides, after commencing a presentation comprising content items presented by a computing system in a first sequence, identifying one or more physical cues from a plurality of attendees to the presentation. The method further provides modifying the first sequence based on the physical cues to create a second sequence for which the content items will be presented and presenting the content items in the second sequence to the plurality of attendees.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Primer Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sean Gourley, John Bohannon
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Patent number: 11586957Abstract: The technology disclosed herein provides a summary of a predicted timeline for an event that has yet to occur. In a particular implementation, a method provides identifying a first event that has yet to occur. The method further provides identifying first data objects from a plurality of data objects obtained from a plurality of information sources. The first data objects include information pertinent to the first event. The method also provides extracting first time information relevant to the first event from the first data objects, determining a confidence level for each portion of the first time information, and generating a summary of the first time information based on the confidence level for each portion of the first time information.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Primer Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sean William-Joseph Gourley, John Bohannon
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Publication number: 20220346976Abstract: A trial neck for hip surgery and a method of attaching a trial neck to a bone canal preparation instrument. The trial neck includes a body portion having a bore for receiving a proximal end of the bone canal preparation instrument. The trial neck also includes an elongate neck part comprising a pair of arms extending from the body portion. The trial neck further includes a clamping mechanism comprising a live spring formed by the body portion and said pair of arms of the elongate neck part and an actuator, for moving the clamping mechanism between a clamping configuration and a non-clamping configuration. In the clamping configuration, the pair of arms of the elongate neck part are pinched together to cause an inner wall of the bore to urge against the bone canal preparation instrument to retain the proximal end of the bone canal preparation instrument within the bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: JASON NAYLOR, STEPHANIE PRINCE, TIMOTHY BOARD, JOHN BOHANNON MASON, AHMAD JALANDARI, NEIL WOOLLEN, ELSIE KIRBY
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Publication number: 20220241092Abstract: A trial neck for hip surgery and a method of attaching a trial neck to a femoral canal preparation instrument. The trial neck includes a body portion including a bore for receiving a proximal end of a femoral canal preparation instrument. The trial neck also includes an elongate neck extending from the body portion. The trial neck further includes a locking mechanism comprising a lever. The lever has a first end integral with the body portion. The lever also has a second end. The lever further has an engagement surface located intermediate the first end and the second end. The second end of the lever is actuable to urge the engagement surface against the proximal end of the femoral canal preparation instrument to secure the proximal end of the femoral canal preparation instrument within the bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: TIMOTHY BOARD, JOHN BOHANNON MASON, MICHAEL REEVE, NEIL WOOLLEN
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Publication number: 20220218489Abstract: A surgical component, a kit including the surgical component, and a surgical method. The surgical component includes a body portion. The surgical component also includes an elongate stem for inserting into an intramedullary canal of a patient. The elongate stem extends distally from the body portion. The elongate stem has a longitudinal axis; a proximal end; a distal end; and a plurality of splines located on an outer surface of the stem. The splines are circumferentially arranged around the stem. At least some of the splines are tapered such that each tapered spline is narrower at a distal part of that spline than at a part of that spline that is proximal with respect to the distal part. The surgical component further includes an elongate neck portion extending from the body portion at a non-zero angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the stem.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: JAMES ANDERSON, MAHSA AVADI, DUNCAN BEEDALL, TIMOTHY BOARD, OLIVER COULTRUP, JOHN BOHANNON MASON, RICHARD PATNELLI, MICHAEL REEVE
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Patent number: 11281854Abstract: The technology disclosed herein summarizes a document using a dictionary derived from tokens within the document itself. In a particular implementation, a method provides identifying a first document for summarization and inputting the first document into a natural language model. The natural language model is configured to summarize the first document using words from a first dictionary compiled based on tokens from the first document. The method further provides receiving a first summary output by the natural language model after the natural language model summarizes the first document.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Primer Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Bohannon, Oleg Vasilyev, Thomas Alexander Grek
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Publication number: 20220031476Abstract: A neck trial (170) is disclosed. The neck trial has a body (182) and a neck (186). The body has an exterior surface. The neck extends away from the body along a neck axis (190). At least one first line (194) is provided on the exterior surface, which extends in a first direction parallel to an inferior-superior axis of a patient when in use. At least one second line (196) is provided on the exterior surface, which extends in a second direction parallel to a medial-lateral axis of the patient in use. The number of first lines, or the position of the first line or lines relative to the second line or lines, is indicative of an amount of offset in the medial-lateral direction caused by the neck trial. The number of second lines, or the position of the second line or lines relative to the first line or lines, is indicative of an amount of leg-length in the inferior-superior direction caused by the neck trial. A kit of parts, a trial assembly and a method of trialling a joint of a patient are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: TARIK Ait Si Selmi, Sarah Bushell, Patrick Cannon, Kristoff Corten, Phillip Lindeman, John Bohannon Mason, Jamie Alson, Carol Wagner, Duncan Young, Michael Brock
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Patent number: 10984171Abstract: The technology disclosed herein presents content dynamically based on physical cues received from a consumer of the presented content. In a particular implementation, a method provides determining first content items for presentation to a user and determining a first sequence in which the first content items should be presented to the user. During presentation of the first content items in the first sequence to the user, the method provides identifying at least one physical cue from the user and modifying the first sequence based on the at least one physical cue to create a second sequence in which the first content items should be presented to the user. The method then provides presenting the first content items to the user in the second sequence.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Primer Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sean Gourley, John Bohannon
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Publication number: 20210056170Abstract: The technology disclosed herein summarizes a document using a dictionary derived from tokens within the document itself. In a particular implementation, a method provides identifying a first document for summarization and inputting the first document into a natural language model. The natural language model is configured to summarize the first document using words from a first dictionary compiled based on tokens from the first document. The method further provides receiving a first summary output by the natural language model after the natural language model summarizes the first document.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: John Bohannon, Oleg Vasilyev, Thomas Alexander Grek
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Publication number: 20200410021Abstract: Systems, methods, and software described herein provide improvements for providing content to end users in a computing network. In one example, a content service may determine and provide first content items in first content formats to end users. After providing the first content items, the content service may monitor user interactions for the end users with one or more services and determine content formats of interest for the end users based on the user interactions. The content service may further determine second content items to be provided to the end users based on the content formats of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventor: John Bohannon
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Patent number: 10695076Abstract: The invention provides an osteotome which includes a curved guide member extending distally from its medial side. This curved guide member interfaces with the medial curvature of the femoral canal. The guide member guides the osteotome using the internal bone geometry of the femoral canal instead of relying on external anatomical landmarks.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Marcus Agunloye, Alec Birkbeck, Graeme Dutton, David Horne, Thomas Maack, John Bohannon Mason, Richard Patnelli
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Publication number: 20200160387Abstract: The technology disclosed herein provides targets offers by selecting a subsequent offer for presentation to a user based on that user's reaction to one or more previously presented offers. In a particular implementation, a method provides, presenting one or more first offers to the user and tracking behavior of the user responsive to being presented with each of the first offers. The method further provides identifying the subsequent offer from a plurality of potential offers based on the behavior and presenting the subsequent offer to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Sean Gourley, John Bohannon
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Publication number: 20200121408Abstract: The current invention concerns an improved surgical drape, a method for deploying said surgical drape over a patient, a method for folding up said surgical drape for use, and a use of the surgical drape during surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Pieter Deboeck, Filip Vanlimbergen, Johan Vanhulle, Matthew Campsteyn, Wouter Foulon, Kristoff Corten, John Bohannon Mason
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Publication number: 20200034409Abstract: The technology disclosed herein presents content dynamically based on physical cues received from a consumer of the presented content. In a particular implementation, a method provides determining first content items for presentation to a user and determining a first sequence in which the first content items should be presented to the user. During presentation of the first content items in the first sequence to the user, the method provides identifying at least one physical cue from the user and modifying the first sequence based on the at least one physical cue to create a second sequence in which the first content items should be presented to the user. The method then provides presenting the first content items to the user in the second sequence.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Sean Gourley, John Bohannon