Patents Assigned to S.A.R.L.
  • Devices, agents, and associated methods for selective modulation of renal nerves
    Patent number: 11116561
    Abstract: Devices, agents, and associated methods for selective modulation of renal nerves by localized delivery of neural ablative substances are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology is directed to a method for delivering a neuromodulatory agent (e.g., capsaicin) via a catheter to a kidney of the patient. The neuromodulatory agent selectively neuromodulates afferent renal nerves in a patient compared efferent renal nerves of the patient. The method can also include removing the catheter from the patient after delivering the neuromodulatory agent to conclude the procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Robert J. Melder
  • A TAMPER-EVIDENT CLOSURE COMPRISING A RFID TAG
    Publication number: 20210276772
    Abstract: A tamper-evident closure (101) for a container neck comprises a first portion (105, 106), a second portion (102, 104) comprising a window (103) through which a view of the first portion is visible, a locking mechanism, and an RFID device (107) associated with the first portion (105, 106). The second portion (102, 104) is rotatable relative to the first portion (105, 106) upon first opening of the tamper-evident closure (101) from a first position in which the first and second portions (105, 106; 102, 104) are in a first relative relation and the RFID device (107) is aligned with the window (103) and is readable, to a second position in which the first and second portions (105, 106; 102, 104) are in a second relative relation and the RFID device (107) is masked by the second portion (102, 104) and is not readable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: GCL International S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Alexander Donald Meiklem MCPHERSON, Marco ANTONELLI
  • Heat treatable coated article having coatings on opposite sides of glass substrate
    Patent number: 11112538
    Abstract: A first coating is provided on a first side of a glass substrate, and a second coating is provided on a second side of the glass substrate, directly or indirectly. The coatings are designed to reduce color change of the overall coated article, from the perspective of a viewer, upon heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering and/or heat strengthening) and/or to have respective reflective coloration that substantially compensates for each other. For instance, from the perspective of a viewer of the coated article, the first coating may experience a positive a* color value shift due to heat treatment (HT), while the second coating experiences a negative a* color shift due to the HT. Thus, from the perspective of the viewer, color change due to HT (e.g., thermal tempering) can be reduced or minimized, so that non-heat-treated versions and heat treated versions of the coated article appear similar to the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC, GUARDIAN EUROPE S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Jian-gang Weng, Adam Burghardt, Ting Huang, Xuequn Hu, Cyrus Baker, Suresh Devisetti, Gyorgy Vikor
  • Method for operating a display device for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11112873
    Abstract: A method of operating a display device for a motor vehicle having a plurality of display areas includes providing a plurality of non-contact input operations where a first non-contact input operation of a user is detected and verified by a second non-contact input operation of the user in order to select at least one display element on a first display area, and at least one third non-contact input operation of the user is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SMR PATENTS S.À.R.L.
    Inventors: Romeo Wieczorek, Stefanie Göttlicher, Ilka Rötzer
  • Apple tree named 'R202'
    Publication number: 20210274694
    Abstract: ‘R202’ apple tree is a new variety selected for its distinctive and flavorful red-and-white fleshed fruit, which is well-suited for the fresh market.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: IFO S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Valérie Fouillet
  • Method and system for determining a lumen pressure
    Patent number: 11103147
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for determining a pressure associated with a lumen of a patient. A wireless sensor is positioned in the lumen of the patient. The sensor has a body with a pressure sensitive surface, including a sealed cavity that holds an inductive-capacitive (LC) resonant circuit. A capacitance of the LC resonant circuit is configured to vary in response to changes in pressure in the lumen. The LC resonant circuit has a charge time related to a quality factor (Q) of the LC resonant circuit. The LC resonant circuit is energized with an energizing signal during a measurement cycle. The energizing signal has a duty cycle with an on-time that is set, in part, based on the charge time. A ring down response is received from the wireless sensor. The ring down response is utilized to calculate the pressure associated with the lumen of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL LUXEMBOURG HOLDINGS II S.A.R.L. (“SJM LUX 11”)
    Inventors: Florent Cros, David O'Brien, Michael Fonseca, Matthew Abercrombie, Jin Woo Park, Angad Singh
  • Wireless sensor for measuring pressure
    Patent number: 11103146
    Abstract: An implantable wireless sensor is provided that comprises a plurality of substrates joined together to form a body with a hermetically sealed cavity therein. A capacitor (C) is provided within the cavity. A first capacitor plate is formed on an internal surface of the first substrate. An inductor (L) is provided within the cavity and coupled to form an LC resonant circuit. At least a portion of the first substrate comprises a deflectable region mechanically coupled to the first capacitor plate. The deflectable region is configured to deflect in response to changes in pressure in the artery altering a spacing between the capacitor plates and altering a resonant frequency of the LC resonant circuit. First and second anchoring elements are coupled to the body and include flexible wire loops configured to extend outward from the body to lodge within a lumen of the artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL LUXEMBOURG HOLDINGS II S.A.R.L. (“SJM LUX 11”)
    Inventors: Florent Cros, David O'Brien, Michael Fonseca, Matthew Abercrombie, Jin Woo Park, Angad Singh
  • Single OTDR measurement for a plurality of fibers
    Patent number: 11105710
    Abstract: A first optical path and a second optical path have a common path branching point. An OTDR sampling optical signal is emitted into the first optical path and into the second optical path through the common path branching point. At least one predefined optical property of the OTDR sampling optical signal emitted into the second optical path is altered and/or of a reflection of the OTDR sampling optical signal received from the second optical path is altered. An OTDR reflected optical signal resulting from a reflection of the OTDR sampling optical signal on the first optical path and/or from a reflection on the second optical path is detected. The OTDR reflected optical signal is analyzed to determine, based on the at least one predefined optical property, whether the OTDR reflected optical signal resulted from a reflection on the first optical path and/or on the second optical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: XIEON NETWORKS S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Mario Leiria, Tiago Mestre
  • Audio matching
    Patent number: 11106730
    Abstract: An audio matching technique generates audio fingerprints from a captured audio signal. Coarse and Fine fingerprints are generated from the captured audio. The coarse fingerprint is used to match with a set of coarse fingerprints stored in a database to identify a subset of possibly matching database entries. The fine fingerprint is then used to perform a detailed comparison with fine fingerprints associated with the subset of possibly matching database entries in order to find a match for the captured audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Intrasonics S.à.r.l
    Inventors: Jerome Schalkwijk, Peter John Kelly
  • Subcarrier diversity in optical communication systems
    Patent number: 11088775
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of transmitting a data stream from a first location to a second location through an optical network, as well as a corresponding performance monitoring unit, a transmitting arrangement and a receiving arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: XIEON NETWORKS S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Danish Rafique, Lutz Rapp
  • Single arm telescoping mirror
    Patent number: 11077799
    Abstract: A single arm telescoping mirror apparatus comprising a mirror base and mirror head. In one embodiment, a mirror base having a wear plate secured to a single support arm which frictionally engages a single telescoping tube of the mirror head. Furthermore, a mirror base having a roller assembly which frictionally engage the inner wall of a single telescoping tube of the mirror head. Frictional forces created minimize the telescopic or vibrational movement of the mirror head during use of a vehicle. In another aspect, a wear plate is secured to a single telescoping tube while, roller assemblies are attached to a support arm which frictionally engage ridges of the telescoping tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Gary Sinelli, Paul Henion
  • Imaging system
    Patent number: 11082663
    Abstract: An imaging system for a vehicle includes an image sensor for detecting electromagnetic radiation, a first lens unit and a second lens unit for focusing electromagnetic radiation, and at least one transflective or switchable mirror unit, with the at least one transflective or switchable mirror unit being configured to project electromagnetic radiation from at least one of the first lens unit and the second lens unit essentially perpendicularly on the image sensor, where the first lens unit has a first optical axis and the second lens unit has a second optical axis crossing the first optical axis at a crossing point, and the at least one transflective or switchable mirror unit is arranged between the image sensor, the first lens unit, and the second lens unit at the crossing point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Alexander Slama, Benjamin Samson, Jean-Sebastian Samson
  • Camera device, rear view device and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11082590
    Abstract: A camera device includes a housing, in which at least one camera module is at least partially arranged and which carries at least one light window in the beam path of the camera module, at least one air chamber being arranged between the light window and the camera module in the housing, and the housing having an electroconductive plastic that heats the light window and/or the air chamber when current is applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventor: Romeo Wieczorek
  • Lens and method of producing a lens
    Patent number: 11079091
    Abstract: A lens includes a first interface acting as a refractive entrance surface for a light ray, a second interface acting as a total inner reflective (TIR) surface for the light ray entering the lens through the first interface, and a third interface acting as a refractive exit surface for the light ray reflected at the second interface. A method of producing a lens includes shaping the second interface and the third interface so that at least two light rays having a diverging angle to each other and impinging under an arbitrary solid angle onto the first interface exit the lens in the area of the third interface substantial parallel to each other and in a common direction of space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventor: Nitesh Shah
  • Method and composition for preparing cured meat products
    Patent number: 11071304
    Abstract: The invention provides a curing agent comprising a plant-based nitrite derived from plant material comprising nitrate and a process for preparing the curing agent comprising contacting a plant material with an organism capable of converting nitrate to nitrite. The curing agent can be used to preserve or cure meat or meat products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Kerry Luxembourg S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Ann Husgen, Ken Bauman, Lacey McKlem, Petri Papinaho, Beth Jones
  • AUDIO MATCHING
    Publication number: 20210224318
    Abstract: An audio matching technique generates audio fingerprints from a captured audio signal. Coarse and Fine fingerprints are generated from the captured audio. The coarse fingerprint is used to match with a set of coarse fingerprints stored in a database to identify a subset of possibly matching database entries. The fine fingerprint is then used to perform a detailed comparison with fine fingerprints associated with the subset of possibly matching database entries in order to find a match for the captured audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Intrasonics S.à.r.l
    Inventors: Jerome SCHALKWIJK, Peter John KELLY
  • Rear view device and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11059422
    Abstract: A rear view device for a motor vehicle includes a mirror base which is mountable on the vehicle and which supports a mirror head with a housing, the mirror head being movable relative to the mirror base using at least one power-fold unit, and includes at least one support or housing element for mounting at least a part of the power-fold unit in a mounting area. The at least one element may include at least one foamed polymer part at least partly within the mounting area. A motor vehicle may include such a rear view device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Andreas Herrmann, Graham Rehill
  • ENDOSCOPE WITH WIDE ANGLE LENS AND ADJUSTABLE VIEW
    Publication number: 20210204802
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for altering the field of view of an endoscope image, comprising: at least one endoscope having a wide-angle lens in said endoscope's distal end; at least one camera located in said endoscope's proximal end, adapted to image a field of view of said endoscope image by means of said wide-angle lens; and a computer program which, when executed by data processing apparatus, is configured to select at least a portion of said field of view; wherein said portion of said field of view is selectable without physically maneuvering said endoscope or said wide-angle lens such that a virtual maneuvering of said field of view is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Asensus Surgical Europe S.a.r.l
    Inventors: Tal NIR, Yehuda PFEFFER
  • Lactic bacteria and their use in the prevention of diarrhea
    Patent number: 11052122
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a lactic composition useful for the prevention or treatment of diarrhea such as antibiotic associated diarrhea or “tourista.” The composition according to the invention contains at least a bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus acidophilus I-1492, Lactobacillus casei and a mixture of thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Kerry Luxembourg S.à.r.l.
    Inventor: Francois-Marie Luquet
  • Plastic container
    Patent number: D927978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Plastipak BAWT S.á.r.l.
    Inventor: Mina Todorovic