Patents by Inventor John Collins
John Collins 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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Publication number: 20240129580Abstract: A method of synchronising audio content arranged to be played by a second device with video content played by a first device, wherein the second device includes a camera, comprises: capturing at least a portion of the video content with the camera; performing image recognition on the captured video content to identify a set time point in the audio content; and commencing playing the audio content from a selected time point in the audio content corresponding to the set time point, such that the audio content is synchronous with the video content. A method of pre-preparing video content for use in such a synchronisation method is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Dominic Sinclair Collins, David John Bomphrey, Mark Richard James
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Publication number: 20240127349Abstract: The technology disclosed provides systems and methods that display database objects representing entities, placement channels and workflow status in an insurance or other risk transfer program. Specially coded distribution trees and graphs of nodes represent the overall flow and, optionally, status of placement workflows. Node and edge data generated for display depicts multiple risk placements on behalf of at least one requesting party through intermediaries to responding parties. Line width of edges represents calculated relative size of placements, and pattern, style, and color of edges can depict statuses of the risk placements. Another geo-coded map display also depicts as nodes a requesting party, intermediaries and responding parties, connected by edges that represent communication channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: OnRisk, Inc.Inventors: Francis Joseph Sweeney, John Arthur Daves Kelley, Christopher Collins
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Patent number: 11961958Abstract: A composition includes an electrode made of Lithium Manganese Oxyfluoride (LMOF). A single layer separator adheres to a surface of the electrode, is a dielectric that is conductive for Lithium ions but not electrons, and has top and bottom sides. A solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) saturates the electrode so that the LMOF is between 55 percent and 85 percent by mass of a composition of the LMOF electrode and the SPE is between 7.5 percent and 20 percent by mass of the composition of the LMOF electrode. The SPE saturates the separator so that the SPE resides both on the separator top and bottom sides so that the SPE residing on the separator top side contacts the surface. The LMOF exhibits X-Ray Diffraction spectrum peaks between twenty-two and twenty-four 2-theta degrees, between forty-eight and fifty 2-theta degrees, between fifty-four and fifty-six 2-theta degrees, and between fifty-six and fifty-eight 2-theta degrees.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John Collins, Bucknell C. Webb, Paul S. Andry, Teodor Krassimirov Todorov, Devendra K. Sadana
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Patent number: 11957570Abstract: An ophthalmic device includes an optic including an optic axis and a closed-loop haptic structure coupled to the optic via a frame surrounding the optic, the closed-loop haptic structure including a closed loop extending from first and second attachment points to the frame. The closed loop includes a first hinge and a second hinge. The first hinge has a first section having a first component extending in a first angular direction, a second section having a second component extending in a second angular direction opposite to the first angular direction, and a first connecting section between the first section and the second section. The second hinge has a third section having a third component extending in the second angular direction, a fourth section having a fourth component extending in the first angular direction, the fourth section being connected to the second section to form the closed loop.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Sung Kyu Lee, Stephen John Collins, Ian Michael Marks, Jonathan David Mccann, Jian Liu, Douglas Brent Wensrich, Stephen J. Van Noy
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Patent number: 11958050Abstract: A system and method for automated and closed cell culture system. The system includes a disposable assembly, actuators, sensors, software/firmware and smart device App. The disposable includes fresh media, drug or reagents containers, waste container, sample out containers, cell culture flask, well, bag or bioreactor and active or passive pumping elements. The system is expanded to multiple containers cell or organ processing. In all these precisely controlling the fluids are achieved by interdigitated differential capacitance measurements. The system has provision for imaging, machine vision control, controlled over the internet, volume metering and can use wide variety of pumps for actuation. The system is programmed to perform cGMP protocols and operated as a portable instrument.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Inventor: John Collins
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Publication number: 20240121337Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call originated from a caller entity destined for a called entity at a call content server, identifying a called number associated with the called entity and a caller number associated with the caller entity, comparing a telephone number prefix associated with the called number with a number of enhanced call content data elements to identify a match, selecting one or more of the enhanced call content data elements to pair with the called number based on the match, and forwarding the selected enhanced call content data elements to the called entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: FIRST ORION CORP.Inventors: Brandon Wayne Murphy, Robert Collin Seely, Aaron Christopher Jacobi, Benjamin Michael Lavigne, Mark Bradley McHenry, John Cooper Gillespie, Matthew Jack Beckham, Kristen Chipolla Sanchez, Lyndsay Michelle Norcross, Jay Todd Callaway
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Patent number: 11950783Abstract: A surgical device includes a handle assembly having a controller and an adapter assembly including a tubular housing having a proximal end portion configured to couple to the handle assembly and a distal end portion. The adapter assembly also includes a load sensing assembly disposed with the tubular housing. The load sensing assembly is configured to measure a load exerted on the tubular housing and includes: a sensor body having a pocket defined therein; a load sensor circuit disposed within the pocket and coupled to the sensor body; and a signal processing circuit disposed within the pocket and electrically coupled to the load sensor circuit. The load sensing assembly further includes a cover disposed over the pocket and enclosing the load sensor circuit and the signal processing circuit therein, the cover being coupled to the sensor body thereby forming a first hermetic seal therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Anthony Sgroi, Jr., David Valentine, Jr., Ramiro Cabrera, Ethan Collins, Scott Firth, Joseph Eisinger, John J. Hryb, IV, Patrick Mozdzierz
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Publication number: 20240098359Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, the method including: capturing, utilizing at least one image capture device coupled to an information handling device, video image data of a user; identifying, utilizing a gesture detection system and within the video image data, a location of hands of the user in relation to a gesture zone; and performing, utilizing the gesture detection system and based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone, an action, wherein the producing the framed video stream comprises performing an action based upon the location of the hands of the user in relation to the gesture zone. Other aspects are claimed and described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: John W Nicholson, Robert James Norton, JR., Justin Ringuette, Sandy Collins
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Patent number: 11931248Abstract: An IOL system includes a capsular ring having a concave exterior surface extending around its circumference that is configured, upon insertion into a capsular bag of a patient's eye, to engage an equatorial region of the capsular bag. The concave exterior surface extends between an anterior surface and a posterior surface of the capsular ring. A first one or more flaps are arranged on the anterior surface such that at least a portion of each of the first one or more flaps, upon insertion into the capsular bag of a patient's eye, engages an anterior portion of the capsular bag. Similarly, a second one or more flaps are arranged on the posterior surface such that at least a portion of each of the second one or more flaps, upon insertion into a capsular bag of a patient's eye, engages a posterior portion of the capsular bag.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Stephen Collins, Niranjana Nandakumar, John Radle, Stephen Van Noy, Douglas B. Wensrich
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Patent number: 11935724Abstract: The disclosure pertains to a capacitively coupled plasma source in which VHF power is applied through an impedance-matching coaxial resonator having a symmetrical power distribution.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Kartik Ramaswamy, Igor Markovsky, Zhigang Chen, James D. Carducci, Kenneth S. Collins, Shahid Rauf, Nipun Misra, Leonid Dorf, Zheng John Ye
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Patent number: 11924373Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call originated from a caller entity destined for a called entity at a call content server, identifying a called number associated with the called entity and a caller number associated with the caller entity, comparing a telephone number prefix associated with the called number with a number of enhanced call content data elements to identify a match, selecting one or more of the enhanced call content data elements to pair with the called number based on the match, and forwarding the selected enhanced call content data elements to the called entity.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.Inventors: Brandon Wayne Murphy, Robert Collin Seely, Aaron Christopher Jacobi, Benjamin Michael Lavigne, Mark Bradley McHenry, John Cooper Gillespie, Matthew Jack Beckham, Kristen Chipolla Sanchez, Lyndsay Michelle Norcross, Jay Todd Callaway
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Patent number: 11911191Abstract: A system for containing and transporting a medical device may include a container including a bottom face and surrounding side faces as a closed first end and an open second end to form an inner portion for receiving and retaining the medical device. At least a portion of one or more of the side faces may have an indentation extending along a length of the respective side face. A liner and cover may be removably enclosable about the container. The liner may be extendable over the side faces to line the inner portion of the container. The cover may enclose the medical device in the container between the liner and cover. The indentation may be formed into the inner portion of the container. The container may be compatibly receivable in a first transportation device in a first orientation.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Nathan T. Cummings, Jenny Dandin, Michele E. Dalena, Alyson Borzillo, Ryan LaFlamme, Joshua Talsky, Mark Collins, John LaRoi
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Publication number: 20240026263Abstract: Gravity-driven microfluidic system provides unidirectional physiological flow in cells, organs, multi-organs and organoids culture. Such gravity-driven flow is integrated in multi-organ system on a plate or multi-organ system on a chip to provide recirculations that simulates blood flow in humans. In addition, mechanical actuations on the organs provide true human on a chip or true human on a plate platform. Stretching of the organ substrate using gas at controlled pressure profile provides muscular stimulation and culturing the stretched organ at air/media or gas/liquid interface is useful for organ simulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventor: John Collins
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Publication number: 20230372236Abstract: Polymeric eye inserts are provided that may be dissolvable when placed in the cul-de-sac of the eye. These inserts may contain one or more polymers as well as a softener/plasticizer so that, when inserted into the eye, they may absorb tears, and dissolve and slowly release lubricant into the tear film to lubricate and protect the ocular surface for an extended duration of time. Increased retention time on the ocular surface for longer lasting relief may reduce dosing frequency and patient burden typically associated with topical drop usage. These polymeric eye inserts also may include one or more pharmaceutically active agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Stephen John COLLINS, Howard Allen KETELSON, Walter R. LAREDO
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Patent number: 11807842Abstract: A system and method for array system for cells, organoids and organs culture and testing. The system includes a disposable chips and systems with actuators, sensors, software/firmware and smart device App. The disposable includes standard well plates, custom well plates, T-flasks, microfluidic chips. The system includes vascular fluidics using gravity-driven flow and pneumatic flow, media, reagents, protein and collagen dispensers in wells or surfaces, manufacturing techniques for multi-layer chips and plates and culture system with gas and media control.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Biopico Systems IncInventor: John Collins
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Patent number: 11721801Abstract: A silicon-based electrode forms an interface with a layer pair being: 1. a thin, semi-dielectric layer made of a lithium (Li) compound, e.g. lithium fluoride, LiF, disposed on and adheres to the electrode surface of the silicon-based electrode and 2. an molten-ion conductive layer of a lithium containing salt (lithium salt layer) disposed on the semi-dielectric layer. One or more device layers can be disposed on the layer pair to make devices such as energy storage devices, like batteries. The interface has a low resistivity that reduces the energy losses and generated heat of the devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, ArmonkInventors: John Collins, Teodor Krassimirov Todorov, Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Joel P. de Souza, Devendra K. Sadana
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Patent number: 11698433Abstract: An acoustic vector sensor and a method of detecting an acoustic vector are described. An object suspended in the fluid medium by a non-contact support structure. The object and the non-contact support structure are configured so that the object moves in response to any disturbance of the fluid by an acoustic wave; The non-contact support structure of the object comprises a plurality of solenoids that each produce a magnetic field in a fluid medium. A measurement measures movement of the object. A processing device determines an acoustic intensity vector of the acoustic wave based on the measured movement of the object.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp.Inventor: Jameson John Collins
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Patent number: D1001968Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: WaterWix Pty LtdInventors: Ian John Collins, Michael John Laybourne Hort
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Patent number: D1007554Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Optima Low Vision Services Ltd.Inventors: John Collins, Nicholas Collins, Austen Miller, Simon Bailey
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Patent number: D1013466Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: WATERWIX PTY LTDInventors: Ian John Collins, Michael John Laybourne Hort