Patents Examined by S. Lee
  • Patent number: 11871963
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for securing an intra-osseous device within a safety device to prevent stick injuries and to guide the removal of the intra-osseous device from the bone of a patient. A body of the safety device has a cavity that receives the intra-osseous device, and the cavity guides the removal of the intra-osseous device along a straight line to prevent injury during removal. The intra-osseous device is drawn past a lock feature that secures the intra-osseous device within the body such that a needle of the intra-osseous device is contained within a cavity of the body and cannot injure the patient, staff members, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Shippert Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Shippert
  • Patent number: 11872395
    Abstract: A pessary for the prevention of preterm birth, and in particular two pathological conditions of pregnancy known as isthmico-cervical incontinence and cervical shortening, both of which are associated with increased risks for pregnancy loss and/or premature deliveries of babies. The pessary includes a sleeve supported within a ring by an annular member. The sleeve is intended to contact the cervix and maximize the length of the cervix while the annular member and ring contact the vagina. The pessary may be fabricated from a pliable medical-grade silicon, and the pessary may include one or more sensors to measure various patient parameters indicative of a premature cervical contraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Obstetric Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Alfredo F. Gei, David Esteban Paniagua Gonzalez, David Paniagua
  • Patent number: 11875924
    Abstract: A method of fabricating resistors in igniter is provided. The method includes punching an alloy material to obtain a plurality of alloy components. The alloy components are disposed on a substrate, and electrodes are disposed on the substrate. Resistors in igniter are obtained by disposing electrodes on the substrate such that two electrically connecting regions of each alloy component are physically contacting and electrically connecting to the electrodes, respectively. The resulting resistors in igniter have uniform size and stable shape hence showing great ignition performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: YAGEO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shen-Li Hsiao, Pinhao Hsu
  • Patent number: 11872365
    Abstract: A medical connector for use in a fluid pathway includes a housing configured to permit fluid flow between a first medical device and a second device or location. The medical connector includes a valve member configured to be positioned at least partially within the housing. The valve member is configured to receive the first medical device. The valve member can be moved into a second state. The connector can be adapted for use with a catheter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: David Nelson, Joseph K. Walker
  • Patent number: 11877001
    Abstract: A device for video decoding can be configured to obtain, from a syntax structure in a bitstream comprising an encoded representation of the video data, a syntax element indicating whether 6-parameter affine prediction is enabled for blocks corresponding to the syntax structure, wherein the blocks corresponding to the syntax structure comprise a first block; based on the syntax element indicating that the 6-parameter affine prediction is enabled for the blocks corresponding to the syntax structure, use the 6-parameter affine prediction to generate a predictive block for the first block; and use the predictive block and residual data to reconstruct the first block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, Jianle Chen, Xin Zhao, Marta Karczewicz
  • Patent number: 11872378
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device configured to provide a variable single dose of medicament is disclosed. The medicament delivery device includes a main body and a syringe arranged in the main body, wherein the syringe comprises a medicament. The medicament delivery device further includes a removable cap and a plunger rod operatively arranged to eject the medicament through a delivery member i.e. an injection needle attached to the syringe. Still further, the medicament delivery device includes a tubular member coupled to the plunger rod. The tubular member is configured to rotate during removing of the removable cap, and the rotation releases the plunger rod thereby allowing the plunger rod to travel a predetermined distance so as to prime the medicament delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Mattias Daniel
  • Patent number: 11875925
    Abstract: An electrical component comprises a main body and at least one external electrode that is fastened by a connecting material to the main body. The main body and the external electrode have different coefficients of thermal expansion that determine a critical temperature which, when exceeded, results in a connection between the main body and the external electrode experiencing mechanical stresses that lead to damage to the component. The connecting material has a melting point which is lower than a critical temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventors: Alfred Hofrichter, Franz Rinner
  • Patent number: 11875626
    Abstract: A method for identifying counterfeit coins, comprising receiving surface image data and edge image data of the coin at a processor. Identifying a plurality of defects using the processor. Comparing each of the plurality of defects to a database of known authentic coin image data defects to determine whether the coin is authentic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Christopher J. Rourk
  • Patent number: 11875523
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an adaptive stereo matching optimization method, apparatus, and device, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring images of at least two perspectives of the same target scene, accordingly obtaining, through calculation, disparity value ranges corresponding to pixels in the target scene; and obtaining optimized depth value ranges by adjusting the disparity value ranges of the pixels in the target scene in real time through an adaptive stereo matching model; adjusting an execution cycle in the adaptive stereo matching model in real time through a DVFS algorithm according to a resource constraint condition of the processing system; and/or training on a plurality of scene image data sets through a convolutional neural network, so that the specific function parameters in the adaptive stereo matching model are correspondingly adjusted in real time according to the acquired different scene images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ShanghaiTech University
    Inventors: Fupeng Chen, Heng Yu, Yajun Ha
  • Patent number: 11864634
    Abstract: A quick release buckle includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member, and a locking member, where the first connecting member is provided with a first chamber, and the second connecting member is provided with a second chamber; the locking member is provided with a first locking part and a second locking part connected to each other; the first locking part is located inside the first chamber, and is connected to the first connecting member through a reset mechanism; and the second locking part is detachably connected to the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11867187
    Abstract: A vacuum pump comprises: a rotor cylindrical portion; a motor configured to rotate the rotor cylindrical portion; a stator cylindrical portion, the rotor cylindrical portion and the stator cylindrical portion together forming a screw groove pump; a base housing the rotor cylindrical portion and the stator cylindrical portion; a heater configured to heat the base or the stator cylindrical portion; a cooling device attached to the base; and a cover member arranged at an outer peripheral side of the stator cylindrical portion and an outer peripheral side of the base, covering the base through an air insulating layer, and contacting the cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11868708
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present technology generally provide computer implemented assistance for data summary, including organizing and generating a summary of data selected form source documents. A data set of user-identified information from one or more source documents and/or custom information may be received by a system server of a data summary system. The system server assigns a unique identifier to the user-identified information and/or the custom information. The system server may then analyze and prioritize the user-identified information and any custom information, and generate a formatted summary that includes the user-identified information and the custom information. The system server may then provide the summary via the communication link to a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PowerNotes LLC
    Inventors: Wilson Tsu, Srujani Pagidipati
  • Patent number: 11870627
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a wireless device maps data, a unique word (UW) sequence, and a suppression signal to a set of reserved time-domain resources based on a time-domain resource mapping and reservation rule to produce DFT input data. DFT processing is performed on the DFT input data to produce IFFT input data. IFFT processing is performed on the IFFT input data to produce the GI-based waveform with a data part (e.g., non-zero part) and a tail part (e.g., zero tail part). The wireless device may further transmit the GI-based waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaoxia Zhang, Raviteja Patchava, Morteza Soltani, Jun Ma, Jing Sun, Peter Gaal, Iyab Issam Sakhnini
  • Patent number: 11869685
    Abstract: A thermistor having a ceramic main body, which contains a ceramic material as the main constituent. The ceramic main body has at least one electrically insulating layer. The electrically insulating layer is arranged within the ceramic main body and contains a main component which has a composition different from the ceramic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventor: Michael Naderer
  • Patent number: 11865339
    Abstract: Cochlear implant systems can comprise a cochlear implant system comprising a cochlear electrode, a stimulator in electrical communication with the cochlear electrode, a return electrode, and one or more controllers. The cochlear electrode can include a first contact electrode and the stimulator can include a first source element in electrical communication with the first contact electrode. The one or more controllers can be configured to cause the stimulator to emit a predetermined current from the first source element to the return electrode via a first current path and determine a first voltage at the first contact electrode and a second voltage at the return electrode. The one or more controllers can determine an impedance associated with the first current path and determine one or more stimulation parameters, such as a compliance voltage for sourcing a prescribed current, for the source element based on the determined impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Envoy Medical Corporation
    Inventor: Paul R. Mazanec
  • Patent number: 11871404
    Abstract: Aspects relate to techniques for mitigating wireless communication interference. For example, one or more of a cyclic prefix length, a subcarrier spacing, a beam pair, or a frequency domain separation may be changed to mitigate the effects of inter-symbol interference (ISI) at a UE or a base station. A UE may measure a received timing difference between a time at which the UE receives a downlink transmission and a time at which energy from an uplink transmission by the UE is received by the UE. If this received timing difference exceeds a specified duration of time (e.g., the length of a cyclic prefix), the ISI at the UE may increase. In some examples, the interference mitigation techniques described herein may be invoked if there is an increase in the measured received timing difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Qian Zhang, Yan Zhou, Navid Abedini, Tao Luo, Junyi Li
  • Patent number: 11871472
    Abstract: A wireless device (14) is configured for use in a wireless communication system (10). The wireless device (14) starts a timer (28) (e.g., T312) when each of multiple conditions (30) have been fulfilled and physical layer problems for a serving cell of the wireless device (14) have been detected. The multiple conditions (30) have been fulfilled when one or more events have been triggered for measurements of multiple different types and/or for measurements on multiple different types of signals. The wireless device (14) may initiate a connection re-establishment procedure, or transitioning to an idle state, at expiry of the timer (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Pradeepa Ramachandra, Icaro L. J. Da Silva
  • Patent number: 11858843
    Abstract: A device for annealing glass panes includes rollers for transporting the glass panes and two sets of slit-shaped nozzles, which run parallel to the axes of the rollers and from which cooling air can be directed onto both sides of the glass panes. In the device, cooling air acts as effectively as possible on the two surfaces of the glass pane, and anisotropies and stresses within the glass are reduced. This can be achieved by each nozzle being formed as a continuous flow channel, which extends over the width of the glass panes and on both parallel running sides of which partitions are arranged, for the forming of a flow pocket assigned to this flow channel. The cooling air that comes back from the glass panes is returned between this flow channel and the associated partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: sedak GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Fritz Schlögl, Alexander Dechand
  • Patent number: 11859691
    Abstract: A rope fixing apparatus for use in pleated or honeycomb curtain systems for all kinds of stable, movable or folding windows, doors and glass balconies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Asim Berk Noyan
  • Patent number: 11864212
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices related to related to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques related to transmitting pre-configured dedicates resources for data transmission. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes transmitting a pre-configured transmission resource information indicating a time domain location to a core network node. The method also includes receiving transmission data from the core network node at the time domain location indicated in the pre-configured transmission resource information. In another exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes connecting a communication node to a core network node. The method also includes receiving transmission data including a pre-configured transmission resource information at a time domain location from the core network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xiubin Sha, Bo Dai, Ting Lu, Xu Liu, Kun Liu