Patents by Inventor Michael Fortin
Michael Fortin 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: 20240108433Abstract: Devices and methods for improved access to a surgical site are the basis of the present disclosure. The improved access can be provided by way of a displacement wrap that can be used to engage tissue that impedes access to the surgical site. The displacement wrap, which can be a textile, can be wrapped around the tissue and subsequently manipulated to move the wrap, and thus the tissue, out of the way to improve access. The displacement wrap includes locking features formed in it that allow for selective tensioning of the tissue being engaged and moved. The locking features can engage another portion of the wrap and/or can be engaged by another component associated with the wrap, such as a locking suture. Methods of using the wrap in various surgical procedures that would benefit from moving tissue to improve surgical site access are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Stephen J. Orphanos, Vivian Liang, James Brownhill, Mollie Waters, Michael Fortin
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Publication number: 20230153427Abstract: A system for automated sensitive information discovery, monitoring, and remediation using an agent associated to a data source and including: a module detecting the occurrence of events indicative of access to data; an module identifying the events classified as potentially threatening; a module extracting data associated to each potentially threatening event; and a module performing data analysis of the extracted data and determining a sensitivity score for the data to file associated to the potentially threatening event. The system also comprises a central platform in data communication with the agent and including: a module analyzing data received from the agent and identifying a potential security risk relative to one of a user or group of users associated to the data source, the data source, a specific file or a specific data type stored on the data source; and a control module triggering remediation actions upon detection of a security risk.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: David CROTEAU, Nicolas BERTHIAUME, Jordan BOURGAULT, Michael FORTIN
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Patent number: 11490904Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly includes a hemispherical component having a convex outer surface extending from a circular rim to an apex point, and a plurality of cutting teeth extending outwardly from the outer surface between the circular rim and the apex point. Each cutting tooth of the plurality of cutting teeth includes an elongated cutting edge that is positioned on an arced imaginary line of a plurality of arced imaginary lines extending outwardly from the apex point of the hemispherical component. A method of manufacturing an orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: DePuy Ireland Unlimited CompanyInventors: Michael Fortin, John Cuneo, Rod Cameron
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Publication number: 20210387731Abstract: A personal aircraft seat air treatment system may include an air blower, a ventilation output component installed within a passenger compartment, and a treatment component fluidically coupled to the air blower and the ventilation output component. The air blower may be configured to receive cabin air from a cabin air ventilation system installed in an aircraft cabin. The ventilation output component may be configured to provide treated air to a breathing area of a passenger proximate to an aircraft seat installed in the passenger compartment. The treatment component may be fluidically coupled to the air blower and the ventilation output component. The treatment component may be configured to receive the cabin air from the air blower and treat the cabin air to generate the treated air.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Haralambos Cordatos, Catherine Thibaud, Brian St. Rock, Michael Fortin, Brian M. Welch, Matthew R. Pearson, Mathieu Le Cam
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Publication number: 20200155172Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly includes a hemispherical component having a convex outer surface extending from a circular rim to an apex point, and a plurality of cutting teeth extending outwardly from the outer surface between the circular rim and the apex point. Each cutting tooth of the plurality of cutting teeth includes an elongated cutting edge that is positioned on an arced imaginary line of a plurality of arced imaginary lines extending outwardly from the apex point of the hemispherical component. A method of manufacturing an orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Michael Fortin, John Cuneo, Rod Cameron
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Patent number: 10543003Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly includes a hemispherical component having a convex outer surface extending from a circular rim to an apex point, and a plurality of cutting teeth extending outwardly from the outer surface between the circular rim and the apex point. Each cutting tooth of the plurality of cutting teeth includes an elongated cutting edge that is positioned on an arced imaginary line of a plurality of arced imaginary lines extending outwardly from the apex point of the hemispherical component. A method of manufacturing an orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: DePuy Ireland Unlimited CompanyInventors: Michael Fortin, John Cuneo, Rod Cameron
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Patent number: 10387313Abstract: To ensure that the contents of a non-volatile memory device cache may be relied upon as accurately reflecting data stored on disk storage, it may be determined whether the cache contents and/or disk contents are modified during a power transition, causing cache contents to no longer accurately reflect data stored in disk storage. The cache device may be removable from the computer, and unexpected removal of the cache device may cause cache contents to no longer accurately reflect data stored in disk storage. Cache metadata may be managed during normal operations and across power transitions, ensuring that cache metadata may be efficiently accessed and reliably saved and restored across power transitions. A state of a log used by a file system may be determined prior to and subsequent to reboot of an operating system in order to determine whether data stored on a cache device may be reliably used.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mehmet Iyigun, Yevgeniy Bak, Michael Fortin, David Fields, Cenk Ergan, Alex Kirshenbaum
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Patent number: 10194924Abstract: An instrument for preparing an acetabulum. The instrument includes a handle having a reamer coupling feature and a trial coupling feature. The instrument further includes an acetabular reamer having an outer cutting surface and an inner concave surface having an apex. The acetabular reamer has a first handle coupling feature located at the apex adapted to couple to the reamer coupling feature of the handle. A trial having an outer convex surface having an apex is also included. The outer convex surface adapted to fit inside the inner concave surface of the acetabular reamer. The trial has a second handle coupling feature located at the apex of the outer convex surface adapted to couple to the trial coupling feature of the handle.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Michael Fortin, Larry McCleary, Ken Hayes
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Patent number: 10092304Abstract: A surgical instrument assembly includes a metallic hemispherical component and a driver component removably coupled to the hemispherical component. The metallic hemispherical component has a convex outer surface configured to engage a patient's natural acetabulum, a concave inner surface positioned opposite the outer surface and defining a cavity in the hemispherical component, a plurality of cutting teeth extending outwardly from the outer surface, and a plurality of apertures defined in the inner surface. The driver component has a shank and a plurality of ribs secured to, and extending outwardly from, the shank. Each rib has a tab that is received in a corresponding aperture of the hemispherical component to secure the driver component to the hemispherical component.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: DePuy Ireland Unlimited CompanyInventors: Michael Fortin, John Cuneo, Rod Cameron
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Publication number: 20180193038Abstract: An instrument for preparing an acetabulum. The instrument includes a handle having a reamer coupling feature and a trial coupling feature. The instrument further includes an acetabular reamer having an outer cutting surface and an inner concave surface having an apex. The acetabular reamer has a first handle coupling feature located at the apex adapted to couple to the reamer coupling feature of the handle. A trial having an outer convex surface having an apex is also included. The outer convex surface adapted to fit inside the inner concave surface of the acetabular reamer. The trial has a second handle coupling feature located at the apex of the outer convex surface adapted to couple to the trial coupling feature of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: MICHAEL FORTIN, LARRY McCLEARY, KEN HAYES
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Patent number: 9943319Abstract: An instrument for preparing an acetabulum. The instrument includes a handle having a reamer coupling feature and a trial coupling feature. The instrument further includes an acetabular reamer having an outer cutting surface and an inner concave surface having an apex. The acetabular reamer has a first handle coupling feature located at the apex adapted to couple to the reamer coupling feature of the handle. A trial having an outer convex surface having an apex is also included. The outer convex surface adapted to fit inside the inner concave surface of the acetabular reamer. The trial has a second handle coupling feature located at the apex of the outer convex surface adapted to couple to the trial coupling feature of the handle.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Michael Fortin, Larry McCleary, Ken Hayes
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Patent number: 9751736Abstract: A manual vehicle ramp jack with an auxiliary hydraulic jack including a pair of parallel tire ramps and a lifter base disposed on the front end of each tire ramp, which has a riser plate movably disposed within a central aperture thereof from a lowered, recessed condition to an alternate raised condition. Each riser plate is provided to receive a tire therein. A manually operated mechanical foot jack is in operational communication and a mechanical hydraulic toe jack is in alternate operational communication with the riser plate of each lifter base. A foot-depressible crossbeam operationally connects the foot jacks together which permits the foot jacks to be operated simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Inventor: Michael Fortin
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Publication number: 20170238942Abstract: An instrument for preparing an acetabulum. The instrument includes a handle having a reamer coupling feature and a trial coupling feature. The instrument further includes an acetabular reamer having an outer cutting surface and an inner concave surface having an apex. The acetabular reamer has a first handle coupling feature located at the apex adapted to couple to the reamer coupling feature of the handle. A trial having an outer convex surface having an apex is also included. The outer convex surface adapted to fit inside the inner concave surface of the acetabular reamer. The trial has a second handle coupling feature located at the apex of the outer convex surface adapted to couple to the trial coupling feature of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: MICHAEL FORTIN, LARRY McCLEARY, KEN HAYES
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Patent number: 9675364Abstract: An instrument for preparing an acetabulum. The instrument includes a handle having a reamer coupling feature and a trial coupling feature. The instrument further includes an acetabular reamer having an outer cutting surface and an inner concave surface having an apex. The acetabular reamer has a first handle coupling feature located at the apex adapted to couple to the reamer coupling feature of the handle. A trial having an outer convex surface having an apex is also included. The outer convex surface adapted to fit inside the inner concave surface of the acetabular reamer. The trial has a second handle coupling feature located at the apex of the outer convex surface adapted to couple to the trial coupling feature of the handle.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANYInventors: Michael Fortin, Larry McCleary, Ken Hayes
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Patent number: 9508040Abstract: Systems and methods of pre-launching applications in a computer system, said applications being likely to be activated by a user from a terminated and/or suspended process state, are disclosed. The pre-launching of an application may be based on the assessed probability of the application being activated—as well as the level of availability of system resources to affect such pre-launching. Applications may be pre-launched based on these and other conditions/considerations, designed to improve the user's experience of a quick launch of applications in the background. Several prediction models are presented to provide a good estimate of the likelihood of an application being activated by a user. Such prediction models may comprise an adaptive predictor (based on past application usage situations) and/or a switch rate predictor (based on historic data of an application being switched and, possibly, having a decay rate applied to such switch rate measure).Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ahmad Bilal, Mehmet Iyigun, Milos Kralj, Christopher Kleynhans, Hari Pulapaka, Arun Kishan, Asela Gunawardana, Paul Koch, Christopher Meek, Eric Horvitz, Rich Caruana, Michael Fortin
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Publication number: 20160089158Abstract: A surgical instrument assembly includes a metallic hemispherical component and a driver component removably coupled to the hemispherical component. The metallic hemispherical component has a convex outer surface configured to engage a patient's natural acetabulum, a concave inner surface positioned opposite the outer surface and defining a cavity in the hemispherical component, a plurality of cutting teeth extending outwardly from the outer surface, and a plurality of apertures defined in the inner surface. The driver component has a shank and a plurality of ribs secured to, and extending outwardly from, the shank. Each rib has a tab that is received in a corresponding aperture of the hemispherical component to secure the driver component to the hemispherical component.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Michael Fortin, John Cuneo, Rod Cameron
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Publication number: 20160089157Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly includes a hemispherical component having a convex outer surface extending from a circular rim to an apex point, and a plurality of cutting teeth extending outwardly from the outer surface between the circular rim and the apex point. Each cutting tooth of the plurality of cutting teeth includes an elongated cutting edge that is positioned on an arced imaginary line of a plurality of arced imaginary lines extending outwardly from the apex point of the hemispherical component. A method of manufacturing an orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Michael Fortin, John Cuneo, Rod Cameron
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Publication number: 20160089156Abstract: An instrument for preparing an acetabulum. The instrument includes a handle having a reamer coupling feature and a trial coupling feature. The instrument further includes an acetabular reamer having an outer cutting surface and an inner concave surface having an apex. The acetabular reamer has a first handle coupling feature located at the apex adapted to couple to the reamer coupling feature of the handle. A trial having an outer convex surface having an apex is also included. The outer convex surface adapted to fit inside the inner concave surface of the acetabular reamer. The trial has a second handle coupling feature located at the apex of the outer convex surface adapted to couple to the trial coupling feature of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: MICHAEL FORTIN, LARRY McCLEARY, KEN HAYES
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Patent number: 9032151Abstract: To ensure that the contents of a non-volatile memory device cache may be relied upon as accurately reflecting data stored on disk storage, it may be determined whether the cache contents and/or disk contents are modified during a power transition, causing cache contents to no longer accurately reflect data stored in disk storage. The cache device may be removable from the computer, and unexpected removal of the cache device may cause cache contents to no longer accurately reflect data stored in disk storage. Cache metadata may be managed during normal operations and across power transitions, ensuring that cache metadata may be efficiently accessed and reliably saved and restored across power transitions. A state of a log used by a file system may be determined prior to and subsequent to reboot of an operating system in order to determine whether data stored on a cache device may be reliably used.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mehmet Iyigun, Yevgeniy Bak, Michael Fortin, David Fields, Cenk Ergan, Alexander Kirshenbaum
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Publication number: 20140372356Abstract: Systems and methods of pre-launching applications in a computer system, said applications being likely to be activated by a user from a terminated and/or suspended process state, are disclosed. The pre-launching of an application may be based on the assessed probability of the application being activated—as well as the level of availability of system resources to affect such pre-launching. Applications may be pre-launched based on these and other conditions/considerations, designed to improve the user's experience of a quick launch of applications in the background. Several prediction models are presented to provide a good estimate of the likelihood of an application being activated by a user. Such prediction models may comprise an adaptive predictor (based on past application usage situations) and/or a switch rate predictor (based on historic data of an application being switched and, possibly, having a decay rate applied to such switch rate measure).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Ahmad Bilal, Mehmet Iyigun, Milos Kralj, Christopher Kleynhans, Hari Pulapaka, Arun Kishan, Asela Gunawardana, Paul Koch, Christopher Meek, Eric Horvitz, Rich Caruana, Michael Fortin