Patents Examined by Deborah L Malamud
  • Display apparatus
    Patent number: 10278652
    Abstract: A display device includes a sensor, a transparent substrate, and a plurality of light emitters adjacent a first side the transparent substrate. The light emitters emit light in a first direction and a second direction opposing the first direction. The sensor senses reflected light, which is emitted through a second side of the transparent substrate and received by the sensor after being reflected from a location outside the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Chan Kim, Katsumasa Yoshii
  • System and method for treating tissue using an expandable antenna
    Patent number: 10271902
    Abstract: An ablation device includes an antenna assembly having a radiating portion configured to deliver energy from a power source to tissue of a patient. The radiating portion has an outer conductor and an inner conductor extending therethrough. The inner conductor is disposed within the outer conductor and defines a longitudinal axis. One of the inner conductor and the outer conductor is movable relative to the other to cause at least a portion of the outer conductor to expand radially relative to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Anthony C. Lee, Kenlyn S. Bonn, Mani N. Prakash, Francesca Rossetto
  • Implantable fluid delivery apparatus and implantable electrode
    Patent number: 10272232
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system for delivering fluid to an inner ear of a subject includes a septum configured to be embedded in the inner ear or on a promontory bone of the subject, a spear connector having a needle for insertion into the septum, a catheter in fluid communication with the spear connector, a fixation device configured to secure the septum to the inner ear or the promontory bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
    Inventors: Claude Jolly, Ingeborg Hochmair