Patents by Inventor John McDermott
John McDermott 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: 20240116156Abstract: A power tool including a sensor attachment, a housing, a motor, and a power tool controller. The power tool controller is operable or configured to control power provided to the motor. The sensor attachment is coupled to the power tool's housing and includes a first non-contact sensor and a sensor controller. The sensor controller receives signals from the first non-contact sensor related to distance to a work surface and determines a fastener depth based on the signals from the first non-contact sensor. If the fastener depth is greater than or equal to a desired fastener depth, the sensor controller generates and sends a control signal to the power tool controller. In response, the power tool controller turns off or cuts power to the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Gareth Mueckl, Tauhira Hoossainy, Leo Mikat-Stevens, Logan Blair, Jake McDermott, Jonathon R. Nord, Jared Shurtleff, Joshua Kundinger, John von Helms, JR., Nicholas Dobernig, Matthew Post
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Publication number: 20240108844Abstract: A humidification system can include a heater base, a humidification chamber, and a breathing circuit. A cartridge can be removably coupled to the heater base. The cartridge can include various sensors, probes, sensor wire connectors, heater wire connectors, and/or other features. The cartridge can include features configured to mate with corresponding features on the humidification chamber and the heater base. The cartridge includes a memory, such as an EEPROM, or other suitable storage device. When the cartridge is installed on the heater base, the memory is electrically connected to a processor and/or memory of the heater base. Various models of cartridges can be produced for use with different humidification chambers, breathing circuits, and/or therapies. A connector can be configured to couple an inspiratory conduit to an outlet port of the humidification chamber. The connector can provide a pneumatic connection to the outlet port and an electrical connection to the cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Hamish Adrian OSBORNE, Gavin Walsh Millar, Stephen David Evans, Bruce Gordon Holyoake, James William Stanton, David Leon McCauley, Gareth Thomas McDermott, Nicholas James Michael McKenna, Myfanwy Jane Antica Norton, Adrian John Elsworth, Michael John Andresen, Jonathan Andrew George Lambert, Sandeep Singh Gurm, Tessa Hazel Paris, Joseph Nathaniel Griffiths, Ping Si, Christopher Gareth Sims, Elmo Benson Stoks, Dexter Chi Lun Cheung, Peter Alan Seekup, Po-Yen Liu, Richard Edward Lang, Paul James Tonkin, Ian Lee Wai Kwan
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Publication number: 20240091479Abstract: An interface assembly comprises a nasal mask that includes a seal having a rolling portion. The rolling portion of the seal rolls over a portion of a clip that secures the seal to a frame. The frame has a ball and socket connection to a connector. The connector comprises an elbow having integrally formed exhaust holes and a swivel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Craig Robert Prentice, Bernard Tsz Lun Ip, Richard John Boyes, Thomas Mark Richardson, Gareth Thomas McDermott
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Patent number: 11723743Abstract: An apparatus including a sterilizable tray having a base and at least one fixture connected to the tray adapted for removably securing an implant insertion device to the tray. The tray can be free of a first wall portion for permitting the proximal end of an implantable device to axially align with the end of the implant insertion device for coupling to the implant insertion device and can be free of a second wall portion for permitting a tool to axially align with the end of the implant insertion device so as to threadedly couple the implant insertion device to the implantable device. Related methods and apparatus are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Epix Orthopaedics, Inc.Inventors: Amir M Matityahu, Benjamin Clawson, Alan Grantz, John McDermott
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Patent number: 11105103Abstract: A portable davit includes a base having a mounting portion and a housing. The housing defines a cavity. An end of a mast is positioned within the cavity. A jib is coupled to another end of the mast. A connector is coupled to the jib. A hoist is coupled to a platform and includes a drive and a rope. An end of the rope is wound about the drive. Another end of the rope is coupled to the connector. The drive is configured to rotate relative to the platform in a first direction to decrease a distance between the platform and an end of the jib and to rotate relative to the platform in an opposite second direction to increase the distance between the platform and an end of the jib. Systems and methods of use are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: GLOBAL BMU ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: John McDermott, Martin Wunder
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Publication number: 20210102390Abstract: A portable davit includes a base having a mounting portion and a housing coupled to the mounting portion. The housing include an inner surface defining a cavity. A hoist is positioned within the cavity. The hoist includes a drive and a rope. The rope includes opposite first and second ends. The first end of the rope is wound about the drive. A mast includes opposite first and second ends. The first end of the mast is positioned within the cavity. The mast includes an inner surface defining a passageway. A jib includes opposite first and second ends. The first end of the jib is coupled to the second end of the mast. The second end of the rope extends through an opening in the second end of the jib.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: GLOBAL BMU ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: John McDermott, Martin Wunder
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Publication number: 20210102389Abstract: A portable davit includes a base having a mounting portion and a housing. The housing defines a cavity. An end of a mast is positioned within the cavity. A jib is coupled to another end of the mast. A connector is coupled to the jib. A hoist is coupled to a platform and includes a drive and a rope. An end of the rope is wound about the drive. Another end of the rope is coupled to the connector. The drive is configured to rotate relative to the platform in a first direction to decrease a distance between the platform and an end of the jib and to rotate relative to the platform in an opposite second direction to increase the distance between the platform and an end of the jib. Systems and methods of use are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2019Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: GLOBAL BMU ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: JOHN McDermott, Martin Wunder
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Patent number: 10945804Abstract: An apparatus including a sterilizable tray having a base and at least one fixture connected to the tray adapted for removably securing an implant insertion device to the tray. The tray can be free of a first wall portion for permitting the proximal end of an implantable device to axially align with the end of the implant insertion device for coupling to the implant insertion device and can be free of a second wall portion for permitting a tool to axially align with the end of the implant insertion device so as to threadedly couple the implant insertion device to the implantable device. Related methods and apparatus are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Epix Orthopaedics, Inc.Inventors: Amir M Matityahu, Benjamin Clawson, Alan Grantz, John McDermott
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Publication number: 20200281711Abstract: A stent graft system includes a stent graft, a radially expandable scaffold, and an inflatable fill structure. The stent graft includes a body portion with a plurality of pleated sections that are configured to be extended from a telescopically compressed state to a longitudinally extended state. The radially expandable scaffold is attached to a top of the body portion, and has one or more fixation elements for penetrating into an aortic wall. The inflatable fill structure is attached at a top of the body portion and is configured to expand in a longitudinal direction as the body portion is extended in the longitudinal direction. The inflatable fill structure is also configured to expand in a radial direction to contact an inner surface of a blood vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: John McDermott, Kaushik Patel, Dale Ehnes
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Publication number: 20190314106Abstract: An apparatus including a sterilizable tray having a base and at least one fixture connected to the tray adapted for removably securing an implant insertion device to the tray. The tray can be free of a first wall portion for permitting the proximal end of an implantable device to axially align with the end of the implant insertion device for coupling to the implant insertion device and can be free of a second wall portion for permitting a tool to axially align with the end of the implant insertion device so as to threadedly couple the implant insertion device to the implantable device. Related methods and apparatus are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: EPIX ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.Inventors: Amir M. Matityahu, Benjamin Clawson, Alan Grantz, John McDermott
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Publication number: 20180116747Abstract: An apparatus including a sterilizable tray having a base and at least one fixture connected to the tray adapted for removably securing an implant insertion device to the tray. The tray can be free of a first wall portion for permitting the proximal end of an implantable device to axially align with the end of the implant insertion device for coupling to the implant insertion device and can be free of a second wall portion for permitting a tool to axially align with the end of the implant insertion device so as to threadedly couple the implant insertion device to the implantable device. Related methods and apparatus are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: EPIX ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.Inventors: Amir M. Matityahu, Benjamin Clawson, Alan Grantz, John McDermott
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Publication number: 20160230699Abstract: Methods and apparatus for optimizing operation of a combined cycle power plant which combines the use of both gas and steam turbines in a single power generating plant. In one embodiment there is provided a closed-loop hybrid neural network-first principles optimizer for optimally allocating fuel across power generation plant blocks and sub systems to minimize fuel costs while meeting capacity and ramp-rate commitments. Embodiments of the methods and apparatus include a steady state plant optimization model and a dynamic plant optimization model.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: Neuco, Inc.Inventors: Doug Bartlett, Rob James, Fred Pickard, John McDermott, Peter Spinney, Steve Piche
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Publication number: 20160202111Abstract: A portable container lift or weighing system includes lifting units, each including a hydraulic linear actuator and a mounting arrangement for mounting the actuator to a shipping container. The system includes a number of portable components that can be handled by a single worker. The system may provide a means for weighing the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Mark James FAHEY, Gregory John McDermott FAHEY, Carsten Heinrich MUELLER
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Patent number: 9192189Abstract: Ice for use in a beverage, wherein the ice comprises a core, an active zone, an external surface, and caffeine. The ice particle has a depth from each point of the external surface extending perpendicularly inwards. It also has a total particle mass. The caffeine in the ice particle has a total caffeine mass, and the ice particle has an ice caffeine concentration equal to the total caffeine mass divided by the total particle mass. The active zone includes at least 40% of the total caffeine mass and local caffeine concentrations of at least 150% of the ice caffeine concentration. At least 67% of the total caffeine mass is contained within a caffeine depth in millimeters from the external surface no greater than 1.06 times the cube root of the total particle mass in grams. The core has local caffeine concentrations of less than 150% of the ice caffeine concentration.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Inventors: Martin John McDermott, William J. Roberts
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Publication number: 20140209203Abstract: A container for dispensing into a fuel receptacle can include a neck through which a product is flowed, and threads which merge with a circumferentially continuous shoulder spaced apart from the neck. The neck disengages a lock which secures a closure of the fuel receptacle, in response to insertion of the container into the fuel receptacle. Another container can include a neck through which a product is flowed, and threads which merge with a circumferentially continuous shoulder spaced apart from the neck, the shoulder having a circumferentially continuous surface that faces an annular recess separating the shoulder from the neck. A method of discharging a fuel additive into a fuel receptacle is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Newton H. DUDLEY, John A. MCDERMOTT
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Publication number: 20140083660Abstract: A double pipe configuration for an HVAC system comprising an outer pipe, where the outer pipe is a hot gas exhaust pipe; an inner pipe positioned within the outer pipe, where the inner pipe is a cold air intake pipe, and where the cold air of the inner pipe is warmed by the hot exhaust of the outer pipe; and a plurality of radial fins to support the inner pipe within the outer pipe, where the radial fins redirect the heat within the outer pipe to warm the cold air within the inner pipe. The double pipe configuration may also be configured with a 90 degree elbow structure or a 45 degree bend structure to allow for the pipe to be positioned around objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventor: JOHN MCDERMOTT
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Patent number: 8498746Abstract: A sootblowing control system that uses predictive models to bridge the gap between sootblower operation and boiler performance goals. The system uses predictive modeling and heuristics (rules) associated with different zones in a boiler to determine an optimal sequence of sootblower operations and achieve boiler performance targets. The system performs the sootblower optimization while observing any operational constraints placed on the sootblowers.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: NeuCo, Inc.Inventors: John Robert James, John McDermott, Stephen Piche, Fred Pickard, Neel J. Parikh
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Publication number: 20130018831Abstract: A sootblowing control system that uses predictive models to bridge the gap between sootblower operation and boiler performance goals. The system uses predictive modeling and heuristics (rules) associated with different zones in a boiler to determine an optimal sequence of sootblower operations and achieve boiler performance targets. The system performs the sootblower optimization while observing any operational constraints placed on the sootblowers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: John Robert James, John McDermott, Stephen Piche, Fred Pickard, Neel J. Parikh
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Patent number: 8340824Abstract: A sootblowing control system that uses predictive models to bridge the gap between sootblower operation and boiler performance goals. The system uses predictive modeling and heuristics (rules) associated with different zones in a boiler to determine an optimal sequence of sootblower operations and achieve boiler performance targets. The system performs the sootblower optimization while observing any operational constraints placed on the sootblowers.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2007Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: NeuCo, Inc.Inventors: John Robert James, John McDermott, Stephen Piche, Fred Pickard, Neel J. Parikh
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Patent number: D1016273Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Craig Robert Prentice, Bernard Tsz Lun Ip, Richard John Boyes, Thomas Mark Richardson, Gareth Thomas McDermott, Jonathan Mark Downey, Matthew Roger Stephenson