Patents by Inventor Aaron W. Brown

Aaron W. Brown 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: 20230291755
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining data associated with operation of a monitored system. The method also includes using one or more first machine learning models to identify anomalies in the monitored system based on the obtained data, where each anomaly identifies an anomalous behavior. The method further includes using one or more second machine learning models to classify each of at least some of the identified anomalies into one of multiple classifications. Different ones of the classifications are associated with different types of cyberthreats to the monitored system, and the identified anomalies are classified based on risk scores determined using the one or more second machine learning models. In addition, the method includes identifying, for each of at least some of the anomalies, one or more actions to be performed in order to counteract the cyberthreat associated with the anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas M. Siebel, Aaron W. Brown, Varun Badrinath Krishna, Nikhil Krishnan, Ansh J. Hirani
  • Patent number: 11554200
    Abstract: A gravity fed peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) machine includes: a frame configured to be set on a supporting surface; at least one load cell; a scale platform supported by the frame via the at least one load cell positioned between the frame and the scale platform; a drain container support in mechanical communication with and extending downwardly from the scale platform, the machine configured such that when the frame is set on the supporting surface, at least one fresh PD fluid supply container is supportable by the scale platform above the at least one load cell and at least one used PD fluid drain container is supportable by the drain container support below the at least one load cell, so that a combined weight of fresh PD fluid and used PD fluid may be sensed by the at least one load cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SA
    Inventors: Ying-Cheng Lo, Aaron W. Brown, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ieng Kin Lao, Zachariah Louis Fuller, Aaron Joseph Geier, Alan John Harvey, Leansu Kiatoukaysy Lo
  • Publication number: 20220241859
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for generating a laser output beam having a functionally homogenized intensity distribution. According to some embodiments, a population of few modes in a multi-mode confinement core is excited by application of a low-moded source beam to the multi-mode confinement core, such that the population exhibit an unstable intensity distribution. The unstable intensity distribution is functionally homogenized by providing one or both of modulation of phase displacement in the multi-mode confinement core and variation of launch conditions of the low-moded source beam into the multi-mode confinement core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: nLIGHT, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Lugo, Aaron W. Brown, Jay Small, Robert J. Martinsen, Dahv A.V. Kliner
  • Publication number: 20210046236
    Abstract: A gravity fed peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) machine includes: a frame configured to be set on a supporting surface; at least one load cell; a scale platform supported by the frame via the at least one load cell positioned between the frame and the scale platform; a drain container support in mechanical communication with and extending downwardly from the scale platform, the machine configured such that when the frame is set on the supporting surface, at least one fresh PD fluid supply container is supportable by the scale platform above the at least one load cell and at least one used PD fluid drain container is supportable by the drain container support below the at least one load cell, so that a combined weight of fresh PD fluid and used PD fluid may be sensed by the at least one load cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ying-Cheng Lo, Aaron W. Brown, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, leng Kin Lao, Zachariah Louis Fuller, Aaron Joseph Geier, Alan John Harvey, Leansu Kiatoukaysy Lo
  • Publication number: 20210030260
    Abstract: A medical instrument may comprise a first articulatable segment having a first diameter, and a second articulatable segment having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, wherein the second articulatable segment is coupled to the first articulatable segment and extends in a distal direction past the first articulatable segment. The instrument may also comprise a first force transmission element coupled to the first articulatable segment and extending in a proximal direction from the first articulatable segment to a first connector portion, the first connector portion being configured to be releasably coupled with a first actuator, and a second force transmission element coupled to the second articulatable segment and extending in a proximal direction from the second articulatable segment to a second connector portion, the second connector portion being configured to be releasably coupled with a second actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher A. JULIAN, Amir BELSON, Aaron W. BROWN, Mark HARASYM, Marc S. KREIDLER, Robert M. OHLINE, Scott J. REINER, Enrique ROMO, Charles E. SWINEHART, Katherine WHITIN
  • Patent number: 10814057
    Abstract: A gravity fed peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) machine includes: a frame configured to be set on a supporting surface; at least one load cell; a scale platform supported by the frame via the at least one load cell positioned between the frame and the scale platform; a drain container support in mechanical communication with and extending downwardly from the scale platform, the machine configured such that when the frame is set on the supporting surface, at least one fresh PD fluid supply container is supportable by the scale platform above the at least one load cell and at least one used PD fluid drain container is supportable by the drain container support below the at least one load cell, so that a combined weight of fresh PD fluid and used PD fluid may be sensed by the at least one load cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Ying-Cheng Lo, Aaron W. Brown, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ieng Kin Lao, Zachariah Louis Fuller, Aaron Joseph Geier, Alan John Harvey, Leansu Kiatoukaysy Lo
  • Patent number: 10736490
    Abstract: A medical instrument may comprise a first articulatable segment having a first diameter, and a second articulatable segment having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, wherein the second articulatable segment is coupled to the first articulatable segment and extends in a distal direction past the first articulatable segment. The instrument may also comprise a first force transmission element coupled to the first articulatable segment and extending in a proximal direction from the first articulatable segment to a first connector portion, the first connector portion being configured to be releasably coupled with a first actuator, and a second force transmission element coupled to the second articulatable segment and extending in a proximal direction from the second articulatable segment to a second connector portion, the second connector portion being configured to be releasably coupled with a second actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Julian, Amir Belson, Aaron W. Brown, Mark Harasym, Marc S. Kreidler, Robert M. Ohline, Scott J. Reiner, Enrique Romo, Charles E. Swinehart, Katherine Whitin
  • Patent number: 10677984
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical beam delivery device, systems, and methods for sequentially adjusting, with respect to members of a set of confinement regions, a propagation path for establishing a controllable, temporally apparent intensity distribution. The disclosed techniques entail applying to a variable beam characteristics (VBC) fiber different states perturbation to change the propagation path and the members of the set of confinement regions through which a confined portion of an adjusted optical beam propagates, thereby establishing at an output end of the VBC fiber the controllable, temporally apparent intensity distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: nLIGHT, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron W. Brown, Dahv A. V. Kliner, Roger L. Farrow
  • Patent number: 10668567
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, apparatus, and systems for a multi-operation optical beam delivery device having a laser source to generate the optical beam. A beam characteristic conditioner that, in response to a control input indicating a change between the different laser process operations, controllably modifies the beam characteristics for a corresponding laser process operation of the different laser process operations. A delivery fiber has an input end coupled to the beam characteristic conditioner and an output end coupled to a process head for performing the corresponding laser process operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: nLIGHT, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Victor, Ken Gross, Aaron W. Brown, Dahv A. V. Kliner
  • Publication number: 20190307939
    Abstract: A gravity fed peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) machine includes: a frame configured to be set on a supporting surface; at least one load cell; a scale platform supported by the frame via the at least one load cell positioned between the frame and the scale platform; a drain container support in mechanical communication with and extending downwardly from the scale platform, the machine configured such that when the frame is set on the supporting surface, at least one fresh PD fluid supply container is supportable by the scale platform above the at least one load cell and at least one used PD fluid drain container is supportable by the drain container support below the at least one load cell, so that a combined weight of fresh PD fluid and used PD fluid may be sensed by the at least one load cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Ying-Cheng Lo, Aaron W. Brown, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Alex Lao, Zachariah Louis Fuller, Aaron Joseph Geier, Alan John Harvey, Leansu Kiatoukaysy Lo
  • Publication number: 20190069763
    Abstract: A medical instrument may comprise a first articulatable segment having a first diameter, and a second articulatable segment having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, wherein the second articulatable segment is coupled to the first articulatable segment and extends in a distal direction past the first articulatable segment. The instrument may also comprise a first force transmission element coupled to the first articulatable segment and extending in a proximal direction from the first articulatable segment to a first connector portion, the first connector portion being configured to be releasably coupled with a first actuator, and a second force transmission element coupled to the second articulatable segment and extending in a proximal direction from the second articulatable segment to a second connector portion, the second connector portion being configured to be releasably coupled with a second actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher A. JULIAN, Amir BELSON, Aaron W. BROWN, Mark HARASYM, Marc S. KREIDLER, Robert M. OHLINE, Scott J. REINER, Enrique ROMO, Charles E. SWINEHART, Katherine WHITIN
  • Patent number: 10105036
    Abstract: A connector assembly for controllable articles is described herein. The connector assembly engages force transmission elements used to transmit force from one or more force generators with the force transmission elements used to manipulate a controllable article. Additionally, the connector assembly provides organization thereby simplifying the process of connecting a plurality of elements, usually with a quick, single movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Julian, Amir Belson, Aaron W. Brown, Mark Harasym, Marc S. Kreidler, Robert M. Ohline, Scott J. Reiner, Enrique Romo, Charles E. Swinehart, Katherine Whitin
  • Publication number: 20180214985
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, apparatus, and systems for a multi-operation optical beam delivery device having a laser source to generate the optical beam. A beam characteristic conditioner that, in response to a control input indicating a change between the different laser process operations, controllably modifies the beam characteristics for a corresponding laser process operation of the different laser process operations. A delivery fiber has an input end coupled to the beam characteristic conditioner and an output end coupled to a process head for performing the corresponding laser process operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Brian M. Victor, Ken Gross, Aaron W. Brown, Dahv A.V. Kliner
  • Publication number: 20180217324
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical beam delivery device, systems, and methods for sequentially adjusting, with respect to members of a set of confinement regions, a propagation path for establishing a controllable, temporally apparent intensity distribution. The disclosed techniques entail applying to a variable beam characteristics (VBC) fiber different states perturbation to change the propagation path and the members of the set of confinement regions through which a confined portion of an adjusted optical beam propagates, thereby establishing at an output end of the VBC fiber the controllable, temporally apparent intensity distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron W. Brown, Dahv A.V. Kliner, Roger L. Farrow
  • Patent number: 9865981
    Abstract: Packaging for a fiber laser includes a conduit surrounding the fiber laser and a thermally conductive compound filling a gap between the fiber laser and the conduit setting the fiber laser within the conduit. The fiber laser may have a substantially circular first cross section having a first diameter and the conduit may have a substantially circular second cross section having a second diameter larger than the first diameter of the fiber laser. The conduit may have a splice window cut out from a wall of the conduit and optical potting compound may fix a portion of the fiber laser under the splice window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: NLIGHT, INC.
    Inventors: Mitchell Reynolds, Aaron W. Brown
  • Publication number: 20170141527
    Abstract: Packaging for a fiber laser includes a conduit surrounding the fiber laser and a thermally conductive compound filling a gap between the fiber laser and the conduit setting the fiber laser within the conduit. The fiber laser may have a substantially circular first cross section having a first diameter and the conduit may have a substantially circular second cross section having a second diameter larger than the first diameter of the fiber laser. The conduit may have a splice window cut out from a wall of the conduit and optical potting compound may fix a portion of the fiber laser under the splice window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: NLIGHT, INC.
    Inventors: Mitchell Reynolds, Aaron W. Brown
  • Publication number: 20160151908
    Abstract: A steerable device may comprise an elongate, flexible body comprising a plurality of articulatable segments along at least part of a length of the body, a plurality of coil pipes extending in a spiral configuration along the articulatable segments, a plurality of tendons respectively received within the plurality of coil pipes, and an actuator coupled to the plurality of tendons, the actuator being configured to apply an actuation force to the tendons to selectively actuate articulation of the articulatable segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Robert Woodley, Joshua Oen, Aaron W. Brown, Christopher A. Julian, Keith P. Laby, Wade A. Keller, Lawrence Kerver, Marc S. Kriedler, Scott J. Reiner, Katherine Whitin
  • Publication number: 20150133858
    Abstract: A connector assembly for controllable articles is described herein. The connector assembly engages force transmission elements used to transmit force from one or more force generators with the force transmission elements used to manipulate a controllable article. Additionally, the connector assembly provides organization thereby simplifying the process of connecting a plurality of elements, usually with a quick, single movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher A. JULIAN, Amir BELSON, Aaron W. BROWN, Mark HARASYM, Marc S. KREIDLER, Robert M. OHLINE, Scott J. REINER, Enrique ROMO, Charles E. SWINEHART, Katherine WHITIN
  • Patent number: 8888688
    Abstract: A connector assembly for controllable articles is described herein. The connector assembly engages force transmission elements used to transmit force from one or more force generators with the force transmission elements used to manipulate a controllable article. Additionally, the connector assembly provides organization thereby simplifying the process of connecting a plurality of elements, usually with a quick, single movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Julian, Amir Belson, Aaron W. Brown, Mark Harasym, Marc S. Kreidler, Robert M. Ohline, Scott J. Reiner, Enrique Romo, Charles E. Swinehart, Katherine Whitin