Patents by Inventor Michael Costa
Michael Costa 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: 20170188992Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided a device including a processor configured to control a robotic system to autonomously position a transducer at a plurality of locations adjacent a subject's skull and to autonomously locate a window on the subject's skull within which an artery can be located, from which artery a signal can be returned to the transducer, the signal having an energy level exceeding a predefined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: Neural Analytics, Inc.Inventors: Michael O'Brien, Nicolas Canac, Michael Costa, Trevor Dunlop, Roman Flores, II, Robert Hamilton, Ilyas Patanam, Shankar Radhakrishnan, Mina Ranjbaran, Corey Thibeault, Samuel Thorpe, Seth Wilk, Jan Zwierstra
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Publication number: 20170181801Abstract: Robotic and/or surgical devices, systems, and methods include kinematic linkage structures and associated control systems configured to facilitate preparation of the system for use. One or more kinematic linkage sub-systems may include joints that are actively driven, passive, or a mix of both, and may employ a set-up mode in which one or more of the joints are actively driven in response to manual articulation of one or more other joints of the kinematic chain. In an exemplary embodiment, the actively driven joints will move a platform structure that supports multiple manipulators in response to movement of one of the manipulators, facilitating and expediting the arrangement of the overall system by moving those multiple manipulators as a unit into alignment with the workspace. Manual independent positioning of the manipulator can be provided through passive set-up joint systems supporting the manipulators relative to the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Paul G. Griffiths, Paul W Mohr, Nitish Swarup, Michael Costa, David Q. Larkin, Thomas G. Cooper
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Publication number: 20170119347Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided a headset mountable on a head, the headset including a probe for emitting energy into the head. The headset further includes a support structure coupled to the probe. The support structure includes translation actuators for translating the probe along axes about a surface of the head.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2017Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: Neural Analytics, Inc.Inventors: Roman Flores, II, Matthew Hutter, Gerard Salinas, Michael Costa, Matthew Sylvester, Robert Hamilton, Corey Thibeault, Leo Petrossian, Shankar Radhakrishnan, Michael O'Brien, Seth Wilk, Jan Zwierstra
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Publication number: 20160367217Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided a headset mountable on a head, the headset including a probe for emitting energy into the head. The headset further includes a support structure coupled to the probe. The support structure includes translation actuators for translating the probe along two axes generally parallel to a surface of the head.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: Neural Analytics, Inc.Inventors: Roman Flores, II, Matthew Hutter, Gerard Salinas, Michael Costa, Matthew Sylvester, Robert Hamilton, Corey Thibeault, Leo Petrossian, Aaron Green, Shankar Radhakrishnan
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Publication number: 20160199142Abstract: Robotic and/or surgical devices, systems, and methods include kinematic linkage structures and associated control systems configured to facilitate preparation of the system for use. One or more kinematic linkage sub-systems may include joints that are actively driven, passive, or a mix of both, and may employ a set-up mode in which one or more of the joints are actively driven in response to manual articulation of one or more other joints of the kinematic chain. In an exemplary embodiment, the actively driven joints will move a platform structure that supports multiple manipulators in response to movement of one of the manipulators, facilitating and expediting the arrangement of the overall system by moving those multiple manipulators as a unit into alignment with the workspace. Manual independent positioning of the manipulator can be provided through passive set-up joint systems supporting the manipulators relative to the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Paul Griffiths, Paul Mohr, Nitish Swarup, Michael Costa, David Larkin, Thomas Cooper, Michael Hanuschik
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Publication number: 20160167105Abstract: An apparatus for forming a wave form for a stent from a wire includes a pair of tension wires configured to rotate about an axis. The tension wires and axis are substantially orthogonal to the stent wire disposed in a gap between the tension wires. When the tension wires are rotated, a bend is formed in the portion of the stent wire disposed between the tension wires. The tension wires may be controlled such that the axis of rotation is aligned with the particular tension wire around which the stent wire is to be bent for each particular bend formed in the stent wire, thereby preventing the particular tension wire from translating during rotation such that the tension wire behaves like a rotary pipe bending die around which the stent wire is bent. A feed assembly feeds the stent wire into the forming area between the tension wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Michael Costa, Lance Ensign, Dustin Thompson, Paul Coates, Rui Lam, Larry Childs, Justin Eckhardt, Jerry Warmerdam, Charlie Dawson, Bob Boldig
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Patent number: 9296034Abstract: An apparatus for forming a wave form for a stent from a wire includes a pair of tension wires configured to rotate about an axis. The tension wires and axis are substantially orthogonal to the stent wire disposed in a gap between the tension wires. When the tension wires are rotated, a bend is formed in the portion of the stent wire disposed between the tension wires. The tension wires may be controlled such that the axis of rotation is aligned with the particular tension wire around which the stent wire is to be bent for each particular bend formed in the stent wire, thereby preventing the particular tension wire from translating during rotation such that the tension wire behaves like a rotary pipe bending die around which the stent wire is bent. A feed assembly feeds the stent wire into the forming area between the tension wires.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Michael Costa, Lance Ensign, Dustin Thompson, Paul Coates, Rui Lam, Larry Childs, Justin Eckhardt, Jerry Warmerdam, Charlie Dawson, Bob Boldig
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Publication number: 20160083742Abstract: The present disclosure describes genetically modified plants that contain one or more exogenous genes associated with aroma/fine/specialty compound biosynthesis, which are capable of producing aroma/fine/specialty compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: Washington State UniversityInventors: Michael A. Costa, Norman G. Lewis, Laurence B. Davin
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Patent number: 9259281Abstract: Robotic and/or surgical devices, systems, and methods include kinematic linkage structures and associated control systems configured to facilitate preparation of the system for use. One or more kinematic linkage sub-systems may include joints that are actively driven, passive, or a mix of both, and may employ a set-up mode in which one or more of the joints are actively driven in response to manual articulation of one or more other joints of the kinematic chain. In an exemplary embodiment, the actively driven joints will move a platform structure that supports multiple manipulators in response to movement of one of the manipulators, facilitating and expediting the arrangement of the overall system by moving those multiple manipulators as a unit into alignment with the workspace. Manual independent positioning of the manipulator can be provided through passive set-up joint systems supporting the manipulators relative to the platform.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Paul Griffiths, Paul Mohr, Nitish Swarup, Michael Costa, David Larkin, Thomas Cooper, Michael Hanuschik
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Patent number: 8996671Abstract: A method of providing service-provider-specific link data to a client computer includes (a) at a storage management server (SMS), the SMS being configured to provide management services for a data storage system, sending an identification number of the SMS to a database application, (b) at the SMS, receiving, from the database application, a set of link descriptors, the set of link descriptors identifying a set of link addresses (LAs) to a particular remote storage support server (RMSS) of a plurality of RMSSs, the particular RMSS being associated with the identification number, (c) at the SMS, integrating system-specific status information into the LAs of the set of LAs, thereby generating the service-provider-specific link data, and (d) at the SMS, sending the service-provider-specific link data to the client computer to allow the client computer to display links to a user which allow the user to receive service-provider-specific support services from the service-provider.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: EMC CorporationInventors: Seth B. Horan, Mark Parenti, Michael A. Costa
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Publication number: 20140052153Abstract: Robotic and/or surgical devices, systems, and methods include kinematic linkage structures and associated control systems configured to facilitate preparation of the system for use. One or more kinematic linkage sub-systems may include joints that are actively driven, passive, or a mix of both, and may employ a set-up mode in which one or more of the joints are actively driven in response to manual articulation of one or more other joints of the kinematic chain. In an exemplary embodiment, the actively driven joints will move a platform structure that supports multiple manipulators in response to movement of one of the manipulators, facilitating and expediting the arrangement of the overall system by moving those multiple manipulators as a unit into alignment with the workspace. Manual independent positioning of the manipulator can be provided through passive set-up joint systems supporting the manipulators relative to the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Paul Griffiths, Paul Mohr, Nitish Swarup, Michael Costa, David Larkin, Thomas Cooper
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Publication number: 20130025339Abstract: An apparatus for forming a wave form for a stent from a wire includes a pair of tension wires configured to rotate about an axis. The tension wires and axis are substantially orthogonal to the stent wire disposed in a gap between the tension wires. When the tension wires are rotated, a bend is formed in the portion of the stent wire disposed between the tension wires. The tension wires may be controlled such that the axis of rotation is aligned with the particular tension wire around which the stent wire is to be bent for each particular bend formed in the stent wire, thereby preventing the particular tension wire from translating during rotation such that the tension wire behaves like a rotary pipe bending die around which the stent wire is bent. A feed assembly feeds the stent wire into the forming area between the tension wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Michael Costa, Lance Ensign, Dustin Thompson, Paul Coates, Rui Lam, Larry Childs, Justin Eckhardt, Jerry Warmerdam, Charlie Dawson, Bob Boldig
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Patent number: 8335590Abstract: An image capturing device is robotically positioned and oriented in response to operator manipulation of a master control device. An unused degree-of-freedom of the master control device is used to adjust an attribute such as focusing of the image capturing device relative to a continually updated set-point. A deadband is provided to avoid inadvertent adjusting of the image capturing device attribute and haptic feedback is provided back to the master control device so that the operator is notified when adjusting of the attribute is initiated.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.Inventors: Michael Costa, David Robinson, Michael L. Hanuschik, Randal P. Goldberg, Paul Millman
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Publication number: 20120191177Abstract: A tubular stent includes a plurality of bands aligned generally along a common longitudinal axis. A first band has a plurality of first crowns and a second band adjacent to the first band has a plurality of second crowns. A connecting ring connects the first band to the second band, wherein one of the first crowns is rotatably disposed through a lumen of the connecting ring and one of the second crowns is fused to the wall of the connecting ring outside of the lumen of the connecting ring. Methods of making tubular stents with rotatable connections are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Michael Costa, Lance Ensign, John Richardson, Justin Goshgarian, Mark Hoff, Rui Lam, John Imschweiler
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Publication number: 20120191175Abstract: A tubular stent includes a plurality of bands aligned generally along a common longitudinal axis. A first band has a plurality of first crowns and a second band adjacent to the first band has a plurality of second crowns. A connecting ring connects the first band to the second band, wherein one of the first crowns is rotatably disposed through a lumen of the connecting ring and one of the second crowns is fused to the wall of the connecting ring outside of the lumen of the connecting ring. Methods of making tubular stents with rotatable connections are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Michael Costa, Lance Ensign, John Richardson, Justin Goshgarian, Mark Hoff, Rui Lam, John Imschweiler
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Patent number: 8003315Abstract: Human TAOJIK genes are identified as modulators of the beta-catenin pathway, and thus are therapeutic targets for disorders associated with defective beta-catenin function. Methods for identifying modulators of beta-catenin, comprising screening for agents that modulate the activity of TAOJIK are provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2002Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Costa, Steven Brian Gendreau, Emery G. Dora, III, Monique Nicoll, Lenore Urbani, Jeffrey S. Larson
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Patent number: 7993829Abstract: Human hPRP4 genes are identified as modulators of the p53 pathway, and thus are therapeutic targets for disorders associated with defective p53 function. Methods for identifying modulators of p53, comprising screening for agents that modulate the activity of hPRP4 are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Exelixis Inc.Inventors: Lori Friedman, Gregory D. Plowman, Tak Hung, Helen Francis-Lang, Danix Li, Roel P. Funke, Michael Costa
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Publication number: 20100161129Abstract: An image capturing device is robotically positioned and oriented in response to operator manipulation of a master control device. An unused degree-of-freedom of the master control device is used to adjust an attribute such as focusing of the image capturing device relative to a continually updated set-point. A deadband is provided to avoid inadvertent adjusting of the image capturing device attribute and haptic feedback is provided back to the master control device so that the operator is notified when adjusting of the attribute is initiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Inventors: MICHAEL COSTA, David Robinson, Michael L. Hanuschik, Randal P. Goldberg, Paul Millman
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Publication number: 20070160539Abstract: Human hPRP4 genes are identified as modulators of the p53 pathway, and thus are therapeutic targets for disorders associated with defective p53 function. Methods for identifying modulators of p53, comprising screening for agents that modulate the activity of hPRP4 are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2007Publication date: July 12, 2007Applicant: EXELIXIS, INC.Inventors: Lori Friedman, Gregory Plowman, Tak Hung, Helen Francis-Lang, Danxi Li, Roel Funke, Michael Costa
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Publication number: 20070059698Abstract: Human MARK genes are identified as modulators of the PTEN pathway, and thus are therapeutic targets for disorders associated with defective PTEN function.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2004Publication date: March 15, 2007Applicant: Exelixis, Inc.Inventors: Michael Costa, Garth McGrath, Kim Lickteig, Timothy Heuer