Patents by Inventor Martin Lawrence
Martin Lawrence 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: 20240122615Abstract: A method for removing one or more objects or materials from a body lumen includes delivering a tube and an expandable device to the body lumen to a position proximal to the one or more objects or materials. The expandable device is positioned with a lumen of the tube, and the expandable device includes a lumen extending from a distal portion to a proximal portion. The method further includes proximally retracting the tube such that the expandable device remains in the position proximal to the one or more objects or materials, distally advancing the expandable device such that the distal portion of the expandable device at least partially surrounds the one or more objects or materials, at least partially closing a distal end of the expandable device, and moving the expandable device proximally to remove the expandable device and the one or more objects or materials from the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Enda CONNAUGHTON, Anthony O'BRIEN, Aiden FLANAGAN, Charlene DEANE, Michael HUGHES, Richard CRAWFORD, Martin Lawrence FAWDRY, Stephen McCOOEY
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Patent number: 11957347Abstract: A medical device may include a main shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end; an actuator at a proximal portion of the medical device; an end effector positioned at a distal end of the main shaft and comprising a first jaw and a second jaw; a motor; and a torque amplification system. The torque amplification system may include a driveshaft coupled to the motor; a spring coupled to the driveshaft and configured to expand or contract in a proximal or a distal direction relative to the driveshaft; a hammer moveably coupled to the driveshaft; and an anvil coupled to the end effector and abutting the hammer. The anvil may be configured to provide a rotational power output to the end effector to move the first jaw and/or the second jaw.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.Inventors: Aiden Flanagan, Stephen McCooey, Martin Lawrence Fawdry
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Publication number: 20240115287Abstract: The present disclosure provides a tissue debridement device and describes an example treatment for ANP using the tissue debridement device. The tissue debridement device has a sheath, a distal tip, and a plurality of rotating tines coupled to the distal tip and the sheath. The distal tip can be adjusted to be closer or further from the sheath to change a diameter of the rotating tines, thereby changing a cutting diameter of the tissue debridement device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Enda Connaughton, Charlene Deane, Aiden Flanagan, Richard Crawford, Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Michael Hughes, Anthony O'Brien
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Patent number: 11944588Abstract: In one aspect, the subject invention is directed to a method of preparing a combinatorial drug delivery device based on a predetermined selection of drug components. The method includes: preparing a plurality of containers, each accommodating one of the selected drug components; coupling the containers to a common outlet so that the drug components may be extracted from the containers and dispensed through the common outlet; and, applying negative pressure to extract the drug components from the containers and urge the drug components towards the common outlet.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Stephen Lawrence Zieminski, Chester Larrow, Mariano Mumpower
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Publication number: 20240105410Abstract: An optical device includes a first optically dimmable switch for providing a first transmittance while the first optically dimmable switch is in a first state and providing a second transmittance distinct from the first transmittance while the first optically dimmable switch is in a second state distinct from the first state. The optical device also includes a dynamic heat source thermally coupled with the first optically dimmable switch. The dynamic heat source is at a first temperature at a first time and is at a second temperature distinct from the first temperature at a second time mutually exclusive from the first time. The optical device may operate as an optical dimming device, which may be used in head-mounted display devices or as dimmable windows or shutters.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Afsoon Jamali, Arman Boromand, Gareth John Valentine, Martin Schubert, Paul Murray LeFebvre, Francis Lawrence Leard, Olga Vladimirovna Barykina-Tassa
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Publication number: 20240077438Abstract: An apparatus and method for an inspection apparatus for inspecting a component. The inspection apparatus including a robotic arm. A micro-XRF instrument having an instrument head coupled to the robotic arm. A seat supporting the component within a scanning area during inspection; and a computer in communication with the robotic arm and the micro-XRF instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Richard DiDomizio, Michael Christopher Andersen, Walter Vincent Dixon, III, Timothy Hanlon, Wayne Lee Lawrence, Ramkumar Kashyap Oruganti, Jonathan Rutherford Owens, Daniel M. Ruscitto, Adarsh Shukla, Eric John Telfeyan, Gregory Donald Crim, Michael Wylie Krauss, André Dziurla, Sven Martin Joachim Larisch, Falk Reinhardt, Roald Alberto Tagle Berdan, Henning Schroeder
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Publication number: 20240076201Abstract: Provided are processes for the formation of electrochemically active materials such as lithiated transition metal oxides that solve prior issues with throughput and calcination. The processes include forming the materials in the presence of a processing additive that includes potassium prior to calcination that produces active materials with increased primary particle grain sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: BASF CorporationInventors: William C. Mays, Benjamin Reichman, Martin Lawrence Panchula
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Publication number: 20240065717Abstract: A cannulation device is adapted to gain access to the patient's common bile duct. In some instances, the cannulation device includes a first guidewire lumen extending through an elongate shaft and terminating at a first oblique guidewire port, and a second guidewire lumen extending through the elongate shaft and terminating at a second oblique guidewire port. In some instances, the cannulation device includes an inflatable balloon that is inflatable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration in which the inflatable balloon is adapted to occlude the patient's pancreatic duct. In some instances, the cannulation device includes an expandable element that is expandable from a collapsed configuration in which the expandable element is disposed within the guidewire lumen and an extended configuration in which a portion of the expandable element extends distally from a guidewire port.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Richard Crawford, Enda Connaughton, Anthony O'Brien, Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Michael Hughes, Aiden Flanagan, Claire Guinane
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Patent number: 11905184Abstract: Provided are processes for the formation of electrochemically active materials such as lithiated transition metal oxides that solve prior issues with throughput and calcination. The processes include forming the materials in the presence of a processing additive that includes potassium prior to calcination that produces active materials with increased primary particle grain sizes.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: William C. Mays, Benjamin Reichman, Martin Lawrence Panchula
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Publication number: 20240010525Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for isolating purified water from a waste stream, such as, e.g., a waste stream formed in the manufacture or recycling of batteries, and further e.g., processes for isolating purified water suitable for use in downstream industrial processes from a waste stream generated during delithiation of a lithium metal oxide material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Jack Bender, Tinoush Dinn, William C. Mays, Martin Lawrence Panchula, Dieter G. Von Deak
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Publication number: 20240011123Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of recycling elements, such as, e.g., lithium and/or nickel, from a solution, such as, e.g., methods of recovering reusable lithium and nickel from a waste stream produced by the delithiation of a lithium nickel oxide material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Tinoush Dinn, William C. Mays, Martin Lawrence Panchula, Dieter G. Von Deak
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Patent number: 11771444Abstract: A medical instrument may include a tube, a sheath provided around and coaxial with the tube, and an inflatable balloon at a distal end of the sheath. The balloon may receive a fluid from a lumen of the sheath, and may have a central opening along a longitudinal axis thereof, and into which the tube extends, a proximal portion, a middle portion adjacent to and distal of the proximal portion, and a distal portion adjacent to and proximal of the middle portion. When the balloon is inflated with the fluid, a maximum diameter of the middle portion may be less than a maximum diameter of the proximal portion, and less than a maximum diameter of the distal portion. The medical instrument may also include an extraction member provided at a distal end of the tube, distal to the balloon, and movable axially relative to the balloon.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Richard Crawford, Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Louis McNern, Aiden Flanagan, Matthew Montague, Geraldine Alice Toner, Enda Connaughton, Gary Gilmartin
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Publication number: 20230293147Abstract: Intravascular imaging devices as well as methods for imaging are disclosed. An example intravascular imaging device may include a catheter shaft. An imaging core may be disposed within the catheter shaft. The imaging core may include a sheath, an imaging emitter/transducer secured relative to the sheath, a reflector, and a wireless rotary motor coupled to the reflector. An antenna may be disposed adjacent to the imaging transducer. A rectenna may be disposed adjacent to the wireless rotary motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Aiden Flanagan, Martin Lawrence Fawdry
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Publication number: 20230293174Abstract: A medical device may include a main shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end; an actuator at a proximal portion of the medical device; an end effector positioned at a distal end of the main shaft and comprising a first jaw and a second jaw; a motor; and a torque amplification system. The torque amplification system may include a driveshaft coupled to the motor; a spring coupled to the driveshaft and configured to expand or contract in a proximal or a distal direction relative to the driveshaft; a hammer moveably coupled to the driveshaft; and an anvil coupled to the end effector and abutting the hammer. The anvil may be configured to provide a rotational power output to the end effector to move the first jaw and/or the second jaw.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Aiden FLANAGAN, Stephen McCOOEY, Martin Lawrence FAWDRY
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Patent number: 11740022Abstract: A control scheme for a furnace can use real-time and historical data to model performance and determine relationships between different data and performance parameters for use in correcting suboptimal performance of the furnace in real-time. Operational parameters can be logged throughout the cycle for all cycles for a period of time in order to establish a baseline. This data can then be used to calculate the performance of the process. A regression analysis can be carried out in order to determine which parameters affect different aspects of performance. These relationships can then be used to predict performance during a single cycle in real-time and provide closed or open loop feedback to control furnace operation to result in enhanced performance.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Martin Lawrence, Avishek Guha, Reed Jacob Hendershot
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Publication number: 20230248359Abstract: A medical device comprising an end-effector, including a first feature and a second feature, wherein the first feature and the second feature are pivotably joined to one another, and a motor coupled to a rotatable shaft, wherein the rotatable shaft engages the end-effector, and wherein the motor is configured to rotate the rotatable shaft in a first direction and a second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite of the first direction, wherein a first rotation of the rotatable shaft in the first direction is configured pivot the first feature and the second feature towards one another, and wherein a second rotation of the rotatable shaft in the second direction is configured to pivot the first feature and the second feature away from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Aiden FLANAGAN, Stephen McCOOEY, Martin Lawrence FAWDRY
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Patent number: 11690936Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to cell encapsulation membranes, devices including the same, and related methods. In an embodiment, a cell encapsulation membrane is included. The cell encapsulation membrane can include a mesh substrate. The mesh substrate can include a first series of fibers extending in a first direction and a second series of fibers extending in a second direction, the first series of fibers intersecting with the second series of fibers, the mesh substrate defining a plurality of apertures disposed between adjacent fibers of the first series and the second series. The cell encapsulation membrane can further include a coating disposed on the mesh substrate, the coating partially occluding the plurality of apertures defined by the mesh substrate and forming pores. Other embodiments are also included herein.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific LimitedInventors: Martin Lawrence Fawdry, Aiden Flanagan, Matthew McEvaddy, Garry Duffy, Eamonn J. Tuohy
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Publication number: 20230148923Abstract: A method receives continuous EEG data for a long duration of time from at least one electrode intracranially implanted in a subject. The method determines a current or predicted brain state from the EEG data using an artificial intelligence (AI) model.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Daniel J. Abrams, Aaron Reite, Martin Lawrence Reite
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Publication number: 20230114285Abstract: Provided are processes of removing lithium from an electrochemically active composition. The process of removing lithium from an electrochemically active composition may include providing an electrochemically active composition and combining the electrochemically active composition with a strong oxidizer optionally at a pH of 1.5 or greater for a lithium removal time. The electrochemically active composition may include Li, Ni, and O. The electrochemically active composition may optionally have an initial Li/M at % ratio of 0.8 to 1.3. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the lithium removal time may be such that a second Li/M at % ratio following the lithium removal time is 0.6 or less, thereby forming a delithiated electrochemically active composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2020Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: BASF CorporationInventors: William C. MAYS, Martin Lawrence PANCHULA, Dieter G. VON DEAK, Benjamin REICHMAN, Diana F. WONG
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Patent number: 11441206Abstract: A system and method of controlling a metal melting process in a melting furnace, including determining at least one furnace parameter characterizing a melting furnace, adding a charge containing solid metal into the melting furnace, detecting at least one charge parameter characterizing the charge, firing a burner into the melting furnace to provide heat to melt the charge, and exhausting burner combustion products from the furnace, detecting at least one process parameter characterizing progress of melting the charge, calculating a furnace efficiency based on the at least one furnace parameter, calculating a predicted process pour readiness time based on the at least one charge parameter, the at least one process parameter, and the furnace efficiency, and controlling the metal melting process based on the predicted process pour readiness time.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Shailesh Pradeep Gangoli, Avishek Guha, Anshu Gupta, Reed Jacob Hendershot, Michael J. Gallagher, Martin Lawrence, Petr Tlamicha