Patents by Inventor John Ray

John Ray 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).

  • Publication number: 20240148511
    Abstract: A universal payload may be integrated with each of a plurality of different orthopedic implants configured to replace or functionally supplement a natural joint of a body. In one aspect, a universal payload includes an electronics assembly, a housing enclosing the electronics assembly, and a payload coupling feature configured to couple to each of a plurality of different orthopedic implants. The electronics assembly includes at least one sensor and a controller having at least two joint-specific modules. Each joint-specific module is respectively configured to collect kinematic data resulting from movement of a respective specific joint sensed by the at least one sensor. In another aspect, a universal payload includes an electronics assembly comprising at least one sensor and a housing enclosing the electronics assembly. The universal payload has a payload form factor that is configured to be at least partially inserted into a payload receptacle in each of a plurality of different orthopedic implants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Boothby, John Ray, Matthew Sturtevant
  • Publication number: 20240148577
    Abstract: A medical bed frame may include a base frame, a pair of side members selectively movable laterally towards or away from the base frame, a first and second drive assembly each comprising: a first and second pair of cams configured to move the pair of side members, and a central linkage for rotating the first and second pair of cams, a first actuator operatively connected to the central linkage of the first drive assembly and the base frame, and a second actuator operatively connected to the central linkage of the second drive assembly and the base frame, wherein the first and second actuator are configured to selectively move the central linkage in one of a first direction and a second direction, whereby selective movement of the first actuator and the second actuator results in lateral movement of the pair of side members towards or away from the base frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Sizewise Rentals L.L.C.
    Inventors: David Delroy Driscoll, JR., Kristen Thurman, Troy Parson, Jeffery Spreier, John C. Moore, Duane Edgar Wente, III, Kenneth Scott Bower, Matthew Ray Isley
  • Publication number: 20240153627
    Abstract: An at-home medical diagnostic test kit container including a plurality of at-home medical diagnostic test kits is provided herein. In particular, the medical diagnostic test kit container may include a machine-readable code (e.g., QR code) configured to facilitate an augmented reality experience associated with the at-home medical diagnostic test kit container. In some embodiments, a testing and diagnostic platform may facilitate tracking of inventory within the at-home medical diagnostic test kit container and/or may facilitate coordination of prescription medication order fulfillment and delivery upon indication of a medical condition that could benefit from taking prescription medication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Michael W. Ferro, JR., Colman Thomas Bryant, Sam Miller, Zachary Carl Nienstedt, Marco Magistri, John Ray Permenter
  • Publication number: 20240153626
    Abstract: A medical diagnostic kit are described. In one example, a medical diagnostic kit includes a container, and a plurality of medical diagnostic test kits located within the container. Each of the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits can include equipment necessary to perform a particular self-administered medical diagnostic test. The plurality of medical diagnostic test kits can include at least a first medical diagnostic kit adapted to facilitate user completion of a first medical diagnostic test and a second medical diagnostic kit adapted to facilitate user completion of a second medical diagnostic test different from the first medical diagnostic test. The container can include a machine-readable code located on an external surface of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Michael W. Ferro, JR., Sam Miller, Colman Thomas Bryant, Zachary Carl Nienstedt, Marco Magistri, Adam Charles Carlson, Igor Javier Rodriguez, James Thomas Heising, John Ray Permenter
  • Publication number: 20240134797
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a technique to facilitate the broadcast or multicast of asynchronous loads to shared local memory of a plurality of graphics cores within a graphics core cluster. One embodiment provides a graphics processor including a cache memory a graphics core cluster coupled with the cache memory. The graphics core cluster includes a plurality of graphics cores. The plurality of graphics cores includes a graphics core configured to receive a designation as a producer graphics core for a multicast load, read data from the cache memory; and transmit the data read from the cache memory to a consumer graphics core of the plurality of graphics cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Wiegert, Joydeep Ray, Vasanth Ranganathan, Biju George, Fangwen Fu, Abhishek R. Appu, Chunhui Mei, Changwon Rhee
  • Publication number: 20240133905
    Abstract: Cell deposition and staining apparatuses and methods are disclosed herein. In particular, the deposition and staining apparatuses disclosed herein provide low-volume, automated bench top systems for depositing and staining cellular samples on a cytological slide. An example deposition and staining apparatus includes a housing having an access door; a substrate processing holder located within the housing configured to hold one or more substrates and/or one or more substrate cartridges, wherein the substrate processing holder is accessible when the access door is in an open configuration; at least one opening located at least partially above at least a portion of the substrate processing holder; a spray nozzle configured to dispense a gaseous substance into the substrate processing area; a user interface configured receive an input from a user, and in response to receiving the input, cause execution of a pre-programmed protocol; and a waste and/or reagent holder element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hariharan Subramanian, Michael Verleye, Micah Litow, Justin R. Derbas, Sergey Rozhok, John Hart, Chester Henderson, Rebecca Bartel, Nathan Ray, Anthony White
  • Publication number: 20240134876
    Abstract: Computer implemented systems and methods are disclosed for importing data from electronic data files. In accordance with some embodiments, a file format is assigned to a source electronic data files by a data importation system. The data importation system may further identify a file type identifier associated with the source electronic data file and map the source electronic data file to a transformation template. The data importation system may further store the file format, file type identifier, and an indication of the transformation template as a file type profile associated with the source electronic data file in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen Yazicioglu, Christopher Luck, Robert Giardina, Justin Streufert, Timothy Slatcher, Gregory O'Connor, Brandon Marc-Aurele, Olivia Zhu, Howard Schindel, Henry Tung, Lucas Ray, Christopher Leech, Eric Jeney, Stefan Negrus, Jason Lee, Alessandro Mingione, John McKinstry Doyle, Hunter Pitelka, Ethan Lozano, Joel Ossher, Matthew Fedderly
  • Publication number: 20240134527
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a technique to enable access to entries in a surface state or sampler state using 64-bit virtual addresses. One embodiment provides a graphics core that includes memory access circuitry configured to facilitate access to the memory by functional units of the graphics core. The memory access circuitry is configured to receive a message to access an entry in a surface state or a sampler state associated with a parallel processing operation. The message specifies a base address for a surface state entry or sampler state entry. The circuitry can add the base address and the offset to determine a 64-bit virtual address for the entry in the surface state entry or the sampler state and submit a memory access request to the memory to access the entry of the surface state or sampler state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joydeep Ray, Michael Apodaca, Yoav Harel, Guei-Yuan Lueh, John A. Wiegert
  • Patent number: 11964062
    Abstract: An antimicrobial device, such as a flashlight, lantern, or lamp, is discussed herein. The antimicrobial device produces light in the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum (i.e., 150-250 nm), including 200-230 nm. The antimicrobial device includes an electron source, an extractor, and a target material. The electron source provides the electrons of sufficient energy to cause a photon to be released, whether by a target or by the electron itself. The extractor extracts the electrons from the electron source. The target material is a component at which the electron is directed. The target material can release a photon having a desired wavelength or within a desired wavelength range or cause the electron to release a photon having a desired wavelength or within a desired wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LuxHygenix Inc.
    Inventors: James Edward Jaskie, Michael Ray Johnson, Scott Vincent Johnson, John Jeffrey Martin
  • Patent number: 11959427
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided to test valves. The apparatus includes an actuation mechanism having an actuator that seals a valve of a combustion chamber of an engine. The apparatus further includes a flow control device that controls a flow of a pressurized fluid to the combustion chamber. The apparatus further includes a plurality of sensors having a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is disposed in an inlet port of the combustion chamber to detect a first flow rate of the pressurized fluid in the inlet port. The second sensor is disposed in an exhaust port of the combustion chamber to detect a second flow rate of the pressurized fluid in the exhaust port. The apparatus further includes a notification device configured to generate an alert based on the detected first flow rate and the detected second flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaleb Stephens, John Michael Scelsi, Cody Weldon Cline, Christopher Ray Wills
  • Patent number: 11947491
    Abstract: In an aspect an apparatus for geometric part searching is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. At least a processor is configured to generate a search index as a function of a plurality of part specification files. At least a processor is configured to receive an input part specification file. At least a processor is configured to generate a query for an input part as a function of an input part specification file and a search index. A query is configured to output a comparison of an input part specification file to a part estimation specification file. At least a processor is configured to identify a matching part estimation file from a plurality of query results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Paperless Parts, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott M. Sawyer, Dana A. Wensberg, Jason Ray, William H. Headrick, IV, John Peck, Lucas M. Duros, James L. Jacobs, II
  • Patent number: 11948224
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an apparatus comprising a memory stack including multiple memory dies and a parallel processor including a plurality of multiprocessors. Each multiprocessor has a single instruction, multiple thread (SIMT) architecture, the parallel processor coupled to the memory stack via one or more memory interfaces. At least one multiprocessor comprises a multiply-accumulate circuit to perform multiply-accumulate operations on matrix data in a stage of a neural network implementation to produce a result matrix comprising a plurality of matrix data elements at a first precision, precision tracking logic to evaluate metrics associated with the matrix data elements and indicate if an optimization is to be performed for representing data at a second stage of the neural network implementation, and a numerical transform unit to dynamically perform a numerical transform operation on the matrix data elements based on the indication to produce transformed matrix data elements at a second precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall, Sara S. Baghsorkhi, Anbang Yao, Kevin Nealis, Xiaoming Chen, Altug Koker, Abhishek R. Appu, John C. Weast, Mike B. Macpherson, Dukhwan Kim, Linda L. Hurd, Ben J. Ashbaugh, Barath Lakshmanan, Liwei Ma, Joydeep Ray, Ping T. Tang, Michael S. Strickland
  • Patent number: 11949217
    Abstract: A wire clamp may include a bottom piece having: a first base portion defining a first aperture, an at least partially elliptical barrier extending from the first base portion about the first aperture, and a plurality of legs extending from sides of the first base portion; a top piece having: a second base portion, a protrusion extending from the second base portion, the protrusion defining a second aperture, and a plurality of legs extending from sides of the second base portion; and a fastener. The first aperture and the second aperture may be configured to align and receive the fastener therethrough. A first side of the partially elliptical barrier and a first portion of the plurality of legs may define a first wire channel, and a second side of the partially elliptical barrier and a second portion of the plurality of legs may define a second wire channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: EcoFasten Solar, LLC
    Inventors: Jon Ash, John Hudson, Roger Pedlar, Taylor Ray
  • Publication number: 20240105331
    Abstract: A medical diagnostic kit are described. In one example, a medical diagnostic kit includes a container, and a plurality of medical diagnostic test kits located within the container. Each of the plurality of medical diagnostic test kits can include equipment necessary to perform a particular self-administered medical diagnostic test. The plurality of medical diagnostic test kits can include at least a first medical diagnostic kit adapted to facilitate user completion of a first medical diagnostic test and a second medical diagnostic kit adapted to facilitate user completion of a second medical diagnostic test different from the first medical diagnostic test. The container can include a machine-readable code located on an external surface of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Michael W. Ferro, Sam Miller, Colman Thomas Bryant, Zachary Carl Nienstedt, Marco Magistri, Adam Charles Carlson, Igor Javier Rodriguez, James Thomas Heising, John Ray Permenter
  • Publication number: 20240095038
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a technique to decompose 64-bit per-lane virtual addresses to access a plurality of data elements on behalf of a multi-lane parallel processing execution resource of a graphics or compute accelerator. The 64-bit per-lane addresses are decomposed into a base address and a plurality of per-lane offsets for transmission to memory access circuitry. The memory access circuitry then combines the base address and the per-lane offsets to reconstruct the per-lane addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: John Wiegert, Joydeep Ray, Timothy Bauer, James Valerio
  • Publication number: 20240092566
    Abstract: An intermediate container for a refuse vehicle where the container is positioned in front of the refuse vehicle is provided. A plurality of legs extends from the container toward the refuse vehicle. An attachment mechanism is on each leg to secure the legs to a front loading arm assembly of the refuse vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: David C. Gentry, Bryan Stewart, Brian Ham, Bobby Ray McKinney, John Wayne Bedwell
  • Publication number: 20240097415
    Abstract: A wire clamp may include a bottom piece having: a first base portion defining a first aperture, an at least partially elliptical barrier extending from the first base portion about the first aperture, and a plurality of legs extending from sides of the first base portion; a top piece having: a second base portion, a protrusion extending from the second base portion, the protrusion defining a second aperture, and a plurality of legs extending from sides of the second base portion; and a fastener. The first aperture and the second aperture may be configured to align and receive the fastener therethrough. A first side of the partially elliptical barrier and a first portion of the plurality of legs may define a first wire channel, and a second side of the partially elliptical barrier and a second portion of the plurality of legs may define a second wire channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Jon Ash, John Hudson, Roger Pedlar, Taylor Ray
  • Patent number: 11931384
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions composed of micronized placental components and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compositions have numerous medical applications. Methods for making and using the micronized compositions are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MiMedx Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Brenda S. Morse, Somaly Sith, Randall Spencer, Steven Ray, John Daniel, Robert Tofe
  • Publication number: 20240084681
    Abstract: The method includes receiving raw data at a cloud service relating to a hydraulic fracturing operation. The raw data can be streamed to the cloud service. The method further includes pre-processing the raw data to generate pre-processed data. The pre-processed data can be ingestible by a cloud-based dashboard. Additionally, the method includes identifying at least one parameter relating to the hydraulic fracturing operation using the pre-processed data. The method can further include determining a difference between the at least one parameter and at least one optimized parameter. Further, the method can include adjusting the hydraulic fracturing operation based the difference between the at least one parameter and the at least one optimized parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Baidurja Ray, Shahab Jamali Ghare Tape, John Paul Bir Singh
  • Publication number: 20240086064
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein enable the offload of address calculations required to access a data element within an array of data elements from primary compute resources of a graphics processor to the memory access circuitry of the graphics processor. The memory access circuitry is configured to receive a message to access a data element of an array of data elements in the memory, the message to include an index of the data element in the array of data elements, calculate a byte address for the data element based in part on the index of the data element in the array of data elements, and submit a memory access request to the memory to access the data element at the byte address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: John Wiegert, Joydeep Ray, Timothy Bauer, James Valerio