Patents by Inventor A Francis

A Francis 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).

  • Publication number: 20250103198
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for novel uses and/or improvements for customizing user interfaces for neurodiversity categories using machine learning models. In particular, one or more neurodiversity categories corresponding to a user are identified based on inputting user interaction data into a machine learning model. Based on the output of the machine learning model of one or more neurodiversity categories, user interface parameters are determined for those neurodiversity categories and a customized user interface is generated based on the user interface parameters. One or more applications with which the user interacts are then updated using the customized user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Citibank, N.A.
    Inventors: Paul Prem Rajah V, Rajkumar Mahalingam, Shenilton R.S, A Francis
  • Patent number: 12260077
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for novel uses and/or improvements for customizing user interfaces for neurodiversity categories using machine learning models. In particular, one or more neurodiversity categories corresponding to a user are identified based on inputting user interaction data into a machine learning model. Based on the output of the machine learning model of one or more neurodiversity categories, user interface parameters are determined for those neurodiversity categories and a customized user interface is generated based on the user interface parameters. One or more applications with which the user interacts are then updated using the customized user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Citibank, N.A.
    Inventors: Paul Prem Rajah V, Rajkumar Mahalingam, Shenilton R. S, A Francis
  • Patent number: 12208372
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for conditioning reversed phase SPE cartridges that provides certain advantages compared with known such methods. The method of the invention finds particular use in the automated synthesis of radiolabeled compounds where SPE is used for example in the purification steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicolas Verbrugge, Xavier Y. A. Franci, Natthawadee Thawinwisan
  • Patent number: 11939922
    Abstract: A fuel assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fuel supply tube, a fuel port, a fuel manifold, and a fuel manifold adapter. The fuel supply tube is configured to convey a fuel. The fuel port is fluidly coupled to the fuel supply tube and configured to receive the fuel from the fuel supply tube. The fuel manifold includes a fuel inlet and a plurality of fuel outlets. The fuel inlet is fluidly coupled to the fuel port and configured to receive the fuel from the fuel port. The fuel manifold adapter includes a first mount portion and a second mount portion. The first mount portion is connected to the fuel port. The first mount portion is moveable relative to the second mount portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Roger N. A. Francis, Jeevan Sian, Bryan Bond, Michael Fryer
  • Publication number: 20240016452
    Abstract: A catheter assembly or other elongate tubular device for use in establishing vascular or other access within the body of a patient is disclosed. The catheter assembly is equipped with one or more sensors that enable monitoring of one or more physiological aspects of the patient or physical aspect of the catheter assembly itself when the catheter assembly is disposed within the patient. Such aspects include central venous pressure, body temperature, ECG heart signals, oxygen levels, ultrasound data, glucose, etc. The catheter assembly includes the ability to wirelessly transmit or otherwise forward data relating to the detected physiological parameters to another location, such as a patient electronic medical record, smartphone or other mobile device, nurse station, etc. Catheter assemblies configured to detect the frequency of catheter flushing, flushing quality, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Gidon Ofek, Blake Allen, Todd P. McFarland, Samuel A. Francis, Bret Hamatake
  • Patent number: 11826171
    Abstract: A catheter assembly or other elongate tubular device for use in establishing vascular or other access within the body of a patient is disclosed. The catheter assembly is equipped with one or more sensors that enable monitoring of one or more physiological aspects of the patient or physical aspect of the catheter assembly itself when the catheter assembly is disposed within the patient. Such aspects include central venous pressure, body temperature, ECG heart signals, oxygen levels, ultrasound data, glucose, etc. The catheter assembly includes the ability to wirelessly transmit or otherwise forward data relating to the detected physiological parameters to another location, such as a patient electronic medical record, smartphone or other mobile device, nurse station, etc. Catheter assemblies configured to detect the frequency of catheter flushing, flushing quality, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Gidon Ofek, Blake Allen, Todd P. McFarland, Samuel A. Francis, Bret Hamatake
  • Patent number: 11639795
    Abstract: A fuel injector is provided for a turbine engine. This fuel injector includes a fuel nozzle, and the fuel nozzle includes a gallery, one or more feed passages and a plurality of exit passages. The gallery extends within the fuel nozzle circumferentially around an axis between a first end of the gallery and a second end of the gallery. A size of the gallery changes as the gallery extends circumferentially around the axis between the first end of the gallery and the second end of the gallery. The one or more feed passages extend within the fuel nozzle to the gallery. The one or more feed passages are configured to supply fuel to the gallery. The exit passages extend within the fuel nozzle from the gallery. The exit passages are configured to receive the fuel from the gallery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Nadia Swaby, Roger N. A. Francis, Sri Sreekanth
  • Patent number: 11427764
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a catalyst and a catalyst comprising the use of more than one silica source is provided herein. Thus, in one embodiment, the invention provides a particulate FCC catalyst comprising about 5 to about 60 wt % one or more zeolites, about 15 to about 35 wt % quasicrystalline boehmite (QCB), about 0 to about 35 wt % microcrystalline boehmite (MCB), greater than about 0 to about 15 wt % silica from sodium stabilized basic colloidal silica, greater than about 0 to about 30 wt % silica from acidic colloidal silica or polysilicic acid, and the balance clay and the process for making the same. This process results in attrition resistant catalysts with a good accessibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Albemarle Corporation
    Inventors: Amir Sabahi, Andrew J Loebl, Sandra Gavalda, Julie A Francis, Eswaramoorthi Iyyamperumal
  • Publication number: 20220008012
    Abstract: A catheter assembly or other elongate tubular device for use in establishing vascular or other access within the body of a patient is disclosed. The catheter assembly is equipped with one or more sensors that enable monitoring of one or more physiological aspects of the patient or physical aspect of the catheter assembly itself when the catheter assembly is disposed within the patient. Such aspects include central venous pressure, body temperature, ECG heart signals, oxygen levels, ultrasound data, glucose, etc. The catheter assembly includes the ability to wirelessly transmit or otherwise forward data relating to the detected physiological parameters to another location, such as a patient electronic medical record, smartphone or other mobile device, nurse station, etc. Catheter assemblies configured to detect the frequency of catheter flushing, flushing quality, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Gidon Ofek, Blake Allen, Todd P. McFarland, Samuel A. Francis, Bret Hamatake
  • Patent number: 11129573
    Abstract: A catheter assembly or other elongate tubular device for use in establishing vascular or other access within the body of a patient is disclosed. The catheter assembly is equipped with one or more sensors that enable monitoring of one or more physiological aspects of the patient or physical aspect of the catheter assembly itself when the catheter assembly is disposed within the patient. Such aspects include central venous pressure, body temperature, ECG heart signals, oxygen levels, ultrasound data, glucose, etc. The catheter assembly includes the ability to wirelessly transmit or otherwise forward data relating to the detected physiological parameters to another location, such as a patient electronic medical record, smartphone or other mobile device, nurse station, etc. Catheter assemblies configured to detect the frequency of catheter flushing, flushing quality, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Gidon Ofek, Blake Allen, Todd P. McFarland, Samuel A. Francis, Bret Hamatake
  • Patent number: 11090130
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are fiducial markers that include a sealed casing member containing a mixture of iodine and water that includes about 1-300 mg/ml iodine. The fiducial markers may be distinguishable on at least two imaging modalities, such as CT and MRI. The casing member may include a plastic or elastomeric material, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) polypropylene, latex, nylon, dynaflex, and may take the form of a length of IV tubing sealed at each of two ends. The length of IV tubing may be crimped to form a desired shape, such as a triangle. Also disclosed are methods of making fiducial markers that are distinguishable on at least two imaging modalities, such as CT and MRI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Oregon State University
    Inventors: Sarah Nemanic, Jesse L. Terry, Milan Milovancev, Josiah Moses, Rebecca A. Francis
  • Publication number: 20190374162
    Abstract: A catheter assembly or other elongate tubular device for use in establishing vascular or other access within the body of a patient is disclosed. The catheter assembly is equipped with one or more sensors that enable monitoring of one or more physiological aspects of the patient or physical aspect of the catheter assembly itself when the catheter assembly is disposed within the patient. Such aspects include central venous pressure, body temperature, ECG heart signals, oxygen levels, ultrasound data, glucose, etc. The catheter assembly includes the ability to wirelessly transmit or otherwise forward data relating to the detected physiological parameters to another location, such as a patient electronic medical record, smartphone or other mobile device, nurse station, etc. Catheter assemblies configured to detect the frequency of catheter flushing, flushing quality, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Gidon Ofek, Blake Allen, Todd P. McFarland, Samuel A. Francis, Bret Hamatake
  • Patent number: 10433790
    Abstract: A catheter assembly or other elongate tubular device for use in establishing vascular or other access within the body of a patient is disclosed. The catheter assembly is equipped with one or more sensors that enable monitoring of one or more physiological aspects of the patient or physical aspect of the catheter assembly itself when the catheter assembly is disposed within the patient. Such aspects include central venous pressure, body temperature, ECG heart signals, oxygen levels, ultrasound data, glucose, etc. The catheter assembly includes the ability to wirelessly transmit or otherwise forward data relating to the detected physiological parameters to another location, such as a patient electronic medical record, smartphone or other mobile device, nurse station, etc. Catheter assemblies configured to detect the frequency of catheter flushing, flushing quality, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Gidon Ofek, Blake Allen, Todd P. McFarland, Samuel A. Francis, Bret Hamatake
  • Patent number: 10382516
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for estimating a source resolution of image data presented to a system. According to these techniques, input image data may be converted to a domain of frequency coefficients. Each coefficient may represent content of the input image along a respective pair of frequencies extending in two dimensions. For each set of frequency coefficients having a common frequency in one of the dimensions, zero crossings of coefficient values may be detected. The zero crossings may be counted at each frequency position in the second dimension. An estimate of the input image's source resolution may be estimated from a comparison of the zero crossings. For video, this process may be performed across images of an input video sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David Makower, Paul A. Francis, Yu Chieh Lin
  • Publication number: 20180332093
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for estimating a source resolution of image data presented to a system. According to these techniques, input image data may be converted to a domain of frequency coefficients. Each coefficient may represent content of the input image along a respective pair of frequencies extending in two dimensions. For each set of frequency coefficients having a common frequency in one of the dimensions, zero crossings of coefficient values may be detected. The zero crossings may be counted at each frequency position in the second dimension. An estimate of the input image's source resolution may be estimated from a comparison of the zero crossings. For video, this process may be performed across images of an input video sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: David Makower, Paul A. Francis, Yu Chieh Lin
  • Publication number: 20170086746
    Abstract: A catheter assembly or other elongate tubular device for use in establishing vascular or other access within the body of a patient is disclosed. The catheter assembly is equipped with one or more sensors that enable monitoring of one or more physiological aspects of the patient or physical aspect of the catheter assembly itself when the catheter assembly is disposed within the patient. Such aspects include central venous pressure, body temperature, ECG heart signals, oxygen levels, ultrasound data, glucose, etc. The catheter assembly includes the ability to wirelessly transmit or otherwise forward data relating to the detected physiological parameters to another location, such as a patient electronic medical record, smartphone or other mobile device, nurse station, etc. Catheter assemblies configured to detect the frequency of catheter flushing, flushing quality, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Gidon Ofek, Blake Allen, Todd P. McFarland, Samuel A. Francis, Bret Hamatake
  • Patent number: D872979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Stephen A. Francis, Linan Zhao, Mary Dalakouras, Xuezheng Cui
  • Patent number: D887284
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Display Pack, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua C. Goad, Scott A. Francis, Marc R. Meyer, Jason M. Rose
  • Patent number: D1002438
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Burromax LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Francis
  • Patent number: D1073540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Burromax LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Francis