Patents by Inventor Sheldon K. Lee
Sheldon K. Lee 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: 20240126816Abstract: Herein is database query acceleration from dynamic discovery of whether contents of a persistent column can be stored in an accelerated representation in storage-side memory. In an embodiment, based on data type discovery, a storage server detects that column values in a persistent column have a particular data type. Based on storage-side metadata including a frequency of access of the persistent column as an offload input column for offload computation requests on a certain range of memory addresses, the storage server autonomously decides to generate and store, in storage-side memory in the storage server, an accelerated representation of the persistent column that is based on the particular data type. The storage server receives a request to perform an offload computation for the offload input column. Based on the accelerated representation of the persistent column, execution of the offload computation is accelerated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jorge Luis Issa Garcia, Teck Hua Lee, Sheldon Andre Kevin Lewis, Bangalore Prashanth, Hui Joe Chang, Zhen Hua Liu, Aurosish Mishra, Shasank K. Chavan
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Patent number: 11839418Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume reduction following treatment. The lung volume reduction is effected by delivering a condensable vapor at a temperature above body temperature to the desired regions of the patient's lung to damage tissue therein. Blood flow and air flow to the damaged tissue region is essentially terminated, rendering the target region non-functional. Alternative energy sources may be used to effect the thermal damage to the lung tissue.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Uptake Medical Technology Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Barry, Brian Cran, Dean T. Corcoran, Sheldon K. Lee
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Publication number: 20210000524Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume reduction following treatment. The lung volume reduction is effected by delivering a condensable vapor at a temperature above body temperature to the desired regions of the patient's lung to damage tissue therein. Blood flow and air flow to the damaged tissue region is essentially terminated, rendering the target region non-functional. Alternative energy sources may be used to effect the thermal damage to the lung tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Robert L. Barry, Brian Cran, Dean T. Corcoran, Sheldon K. Lee
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Patent number: 10806501Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume reduction following treatment. The lung volume reduction is effected by delivering a condensable vapor at a temperature above body temperature to the desired regions of the patient's lung to damage tissue therein. Blood flow and air flow to the damaged tissue region is essentially terminated, rendering the target region non-functional. Alternative energy sources may be used to effect the thermal damage to the lung tissue.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Uptake Medical Technology Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Barry, Brian Cran, Dean T. Corcoran, Sheldon K. Lee
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Publication number: 20170231679Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume reduction following treatment. The lung volume reduction is effected by delivering a condensable vapor at a temperature above body temperature to the desired regions of the patient's lung to damage tissue therein. Blood flow and air flow to the damaged tissue region is essentially terminated, rendering the target region non-functional. Alternative energy sources may be used to effect the thermal damage to the lung tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Robert L. Barry, Brian Cran, Dean T. Corcoran, Sheldon K. Lee
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Patent number: 9642668Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume reduction following treatment. The lung volume reduction is effected by delivering a condensable vapor at a temperature above body temperature to the desired regions of the patient's lung to damage tissue therein. Blood flow and air flow to the damaged tissue region is essentially terminated, rendering the target region non-functional. Alternative energy sources may be used to effect the thermal damage to the lung tissue.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Uptake Medical Technology Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Barry, Brian Thomas Cran, Dean T. Corcoran, Sheldon K. Lee
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Publication number: 20150230852Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume reduction following treatment. The lung volume reduction is effected by delivering a condensable vapor at a temperature above body temperature to the desired regions of the patient's lung to damage tissue therein. Blood flow and air flow to the damaged tissue region is essentially terminated, rendering the target region non-functional. Alternative energy sources may be used to effect the thermal damage to the lung tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Robert L. BARRY, Brian Thomas CRAN, Dean T. CORCORAN, Sheldon K. LEE
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Patent number: 9050076Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume reduction following treatment. The lung volume reduction is effected by delivering a condensable vapor at a temperature above body temperature to the desired regions of the patient's lung to damage tissue therein. Blood flow and air flow to the damaged tissue region is essentially terminated, rendering the target region non-functional. Alternative energy sources may be used to effect the thermal damage to the lung tissue.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Uptake Medical Corp.Inventors: Robert L. Barry, Brian Cran, Dean Corcoran, Sheldon K. Lee
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Publication number: 20110172654Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume reduction following treatment. The lung volume reduction is effected by delivering a condensable vapor at a temperature above body temperature to the desired regions of the patient's lung to damage tissue therein. Blood flow and air flow to the damaged tissue region is essentially terminated, rendering the target region non-functional. Alternative energy sources may be used to effect the thermal damage to the lung tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: Robert L. Barry, Brian Cran, Dean Corcoran, Sheldon K. Lee
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Patent number: 7913698Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume reduction following treatment. The lung volume reduction is effected by delivering a condensable vapor at a temperature above body temperature to the desired regions of the patient's lung to damage tissue therein. Blood flow and air flow to the damaged tissue region is essentially terminated, rendering the target region non-functional. Alternative energy sources may be used to effect the thermal damage to the lung tissue.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Uptake Medical Corp.Inventors: Robert L. Barry, Brian Cran, Dean Corcoran, Sheldon K. Lee