Patents by Inventor Alberto A. Fernandez
Alberto A. Fernandez 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).
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Patent number: 10081481Abstract: The invention relates to single chamber containers with internal indentions having rigid, semi-flexible and/or collapsible walls, upon which flexible seals are placed to form separate compartments. Between these compartments is a rigid, semi-flexible and/or collapsible section that may have optional cutting rings welded. By applying pressure and/or suction on one or more of the container portions, the seal is either pressure or mechanically broken. After a quick agitation, the consumer simply opens the discharge end and is ready to enjoy an instantly mixed beverage.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Inventor: Alberto Fernandez de Castro
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Publication number: 20180214235Abstract: A device for measuring blind holes formed through a bone includes (a) a first elongated rod including a shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the distal end including an increased diameter abutment extending radially outward therefrom, the abutment including a proximal surface formed to contact a portion of the bone adjacent a distal opening of the blind hole to assume a locked configuration with the bone and (b) a second elongated rod extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Alberto Fernandez DELL'OCA, Glen PIERSON
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Publication number: 20180159923Abstract: A request to establish a voice communications session between a user of a telephonic device and an interactive voice response (IVR) system of a call handling system is received by a dynamic call control engine. A resource requirement for the voice communications session is determined. Resource usage data for multiple call handling systems is accessed by the dynamic call control engine. A particular call handling system from among the multiple call handling systems is selected based on the resource usage data and the resource requirement. A connection to be set up between the telephonic device and the particular call handling system to allow the user of the telephonic device to participate in the voice communications session with an IVR system of the particular call handling system is enabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Alberto Fernandez, Vadim Snitkovsky
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Publication number: 20180112008Abstract: Provided herein are compositions, methods, and uses involving antibodies that immunospecifically bind glycosylated forms of MUC16, a tethered mucin protein. Also provided herein are uses and methods for managing, treating, or preventing disorders, such as cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterInventors: David SPRIGGS, Alberto FERNANDEZ-TEJADA, Dharmarao THAPI
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Patent number: 9949796Abstract: A device for measuring blind holes formed through a bone includes (a) a first elongated rod including a shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the distal end including an increased diameter abutment extending radially outward therefrom, the abutment including a proximal surface formed to contact a portion of the bone adjacent a distal opening of the blind hole to assume a locked configuration with the bone and (b) a second elongated rod extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Alberto Fernandez Dell'Oca, Glen Pierson
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Publication number: 20180021140Abstract: A method or apparatus for creating a three-dimensional tissue construct of a desired shape for repair or replacement of a portion of an organism. The method may comprise injecting at least one biomaterial in a three-dimensional pattern into a first material such that the at least one biomaterial is held in the desired shape of the tissue construct by the first material. The apparatus may comprise an injector configured to inject at least one biomaterial in a three-dimensional pattern into a first material such that the at least one biomaterial is held in the desired shape of the tissue construct by the first material. The first material may comprise a yield stress material, which may be a material exhibiting Herschel-Bulkley behavior. The tissue construct may have a smallest feature size of ten micrometers or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicants: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Thomas Ettor Angelini, Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Kyle Gene Rowe, Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Ya-Wen Chang, Samantha M. Marquez
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Patent number: 9866698Abstract: A request to establish a voice communications session between a user of a telephonic device and an interactive voice response (IVR) system of a call handling system is received by a dynamic call control engine. A resource requirement for the voice communications session is determined. Resource usage data for multiple call handling systems is accessed by the dynamic call control engine. A particular call handling system from among the multiple call handling systems is selected based on the resource usage data and the resource requirement. A connection to be set up between the telephonic device and the particular call handling system to allow the user of the telephonic device to participate in the voice communications session with an IVR system of the particular call handling system is enabled.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.Inventors: Alberto Fernandez, Vadim Snitkovsky
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Publication number: 20170361534Abstract: A method or apparatus for three-dimensionally printing. The method may comprise causing a phase change in a region of the first material by applying focused energy to the region using a focused energy source, and displacing the first material with a second material. The apparatus may comprise a container configured to hold a first material, a focused energy source configured to cause a phase change in a region of the first material by applying focused energy to the region, and an injector configured to displace the first material with a second material. The first material may comprise a yield stress material, which is a material exhibiting Herschel-Bulkley behavior. The yield stress material may comprise a soft granular gel. The second material may comprise one or more cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicants: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Georigia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Thomas Ettor Angelini, Ya-Wen Chang, Samantha M. Marquez
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Patent number: 9795431Abstract: Cable and crimp assembly kits for fixing bone fractures include long-nose crimp pliers that have a pair of operating handles and connected opposed long jaws. The long jaws are designed to hold and crush a wire crimp. The jaws are long and narrow enough to be able to insert and crush a crimp through a small incision, such as used by a known wire passer tool, at a deeply located bone without spreading or opening wider the small incision. The long-nosed pliers can be used with a crimp alone or with a crimp and an intermediate part that provisionally holds a tension applied to an associated cable or wire.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Alberto A. Fernandez Dell'Oca
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Patent number: 9788877Abstract: An apparatus for securing a cerclage member about a bone within a living body comprises a crimp including a first space extending longitudinally therethrough from a first space proximal opening to a first space distal opening, the first space sized and shaped to slidably receive a cerclage member therein and a second space extending parallel to the first space from a second space proximal opening to a second space distal opening, the second space including a proximal portion to receive the cerclage member and a distal portion decreasing in cross-sectional area and an insert that, when inserted into the second space distal opening adjacent to a cerclage member, a decreasing cross-sectional area of the second space distal portion forces the insert laterally relative to a longitudinal axis of the second space, pinching and locking the cerclage member against movement relative to the crimp.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Alberto A. Fernandez Dell'Oca
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Patent number: 9788875Abstract: An apparatus for securing a cerclage member about a bone within a living body comprises a crimp including a first space extending longitudinally therethrough from a first space proximal opening to a first space distal opening, the first space sized and shaped to slidably receive a cerclage member therein and a second space extending parallel to the first space from a second space proximal opening to a second space distal opening, the second space including a proximal portion to receive the cerclage member and a distal portion decreasing in cross-sectional area and an insert that, when inserted into the second space distal opening adjacent to a cerclage member, a decreasing cross-sectional area of the second space distal portion forces the insert laterally relative to a longitudinal axis of the second space, pinching and locking the cerclage member against movement relative to the crimp.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Alberto A. Fernandez Dell'Oca
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Publication number: 20170283450Abstract: The present invention relates to triterpene glycoside saponin-derived adjuvants, syntheses thereof, intermediates thereto, and uses thereof. QS-7 is a potent immuno-adjuvant that is significantly less toxic than QS-21, a related saponin that is currently the favored adjuvant in anticancer and antiviral vaccines. Tedious isolation and purification protocols have hindered the clinical development of QS-7. A novel semi-synthetic method is provided wherein a hydrolyzed prosapogenin mixture is used to synthesize QS-7, QS-21, and related analogs, greatly facilitating access to QS-7 and QS-21 analogs for preclinical and clinical evaluation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: David GIN, Michelle ADAMS, Kai DENG, Philip LIVINGSTON, Govindaswami RAGUPATHI, Eric CHEA, Alberto FERNANDEZ-TEJADA, Lars Ulrik NORDSTROEM, William WALKOWICZ, Jeffrey GARDNER, Derek TAN
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Patent number: 9718850Abstract: The present invention relates to triterpene glycoside saponin-derived adjuvants, syntheses thereof, intermediates thereto, and uses thereof. QS-7 is a potent immuno-adjuvant that is significantly less toxic than QS-21, a related saponin that is currently the favored adjuvant in anticancer and antiviral vaccines. Tedious isolation and purification protocols have hindered the clinical development of QS-7. A novel semi-synthetic method is provided wherein a hydrolyzed prosapogenin mixture is used to synthesize QS-7, QS-21, and related analogs, greatly facilitating access to QS-7 and QS-21 analogs for preclinical and clinical evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCHInventors: David Gin, Michelle Adams, Kai Deng, Philip Livingston, Govindaswami Ragupathi, Eric Chea, Alberto Fernandez-Tejada, Lars Ulrik Nordstroem, William Walkowicz, Jeffrey Gardner, Derek Tan
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Publication number: 20170202589Abstract: A crimp configured to fix a cable about a bone includes a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a first channel extending through the body from the proximal end to the distal end, the first channel being sized and shaped to permit a cable to be slid therethrough along with a second channel extending through the body from the proximal end to the distal end, the second channel being sized and shaped to permit a cable to be slid therethrough and a deformable extension attached to the proximal end of the body, the extension including a lumen aligned with the second channel and sized and shaped to permit the cable to be slid therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventor: Alberto A. Fernandez DELL'OCA
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Patent number: 9642641Abstract: A device for the positioning of a bone plate against a bone comprises first and second arms pivotally connected at a first joint, distal ends of the first and second arms defining a gripping surface for gripping the bone therebetween, proximal portions of the first and second arms extending in a first plane. An extension member couples to the first and second arms at the first joint and includes a first section extending distally from the first joint parallel to the first plane and a second section extending distally from the first section angled relative to the first section so that when the first and second arms are in a desired configuration gripping the bone, the second section extends parallel to the bone. A compression mechanism couples to the second section and includes a compression member and a coupling member being movable toward and away from the second section.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Alberto A. Fernandez Dell'oca
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Patent number: 9642660Abstract: A crimp configured to fix a cable about a bone includes a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a first channel extending through the body from the proximal end to the distal end, the first channel being sized and shaped to permit a cable to be slid therethrough along with a second channel extending through the body from the proximal end to the distal end, the second channel being sized and shaped to permit a cable to be slid therethrough and a deformable extension attached to the proximal end of the body, the extension including a lumen aligned with the second channel and sized and shaped to permit the cable to be slid therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Alberto A. Fernandez Dell'Oca
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Publication number: 20170096444Abstract: Truncated triterpene saponin analogues containing a trisaccharide or tetrasaccharide ester are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising truncated saponin analogues and synthetic methods of producing the truncated saponin analogues. Another aspect of the present application relates to a method for immunizing a subject, comprising administering to the subject the pharmaceutical composition comprising a minimal saponin analogue and an antigen.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2015Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: David Y. GIN, Eric K. CHEA, Alberto FERNANDEZ-TEJADA, Derek S. TAN, Jason S. LEWIS, Jeffrey R. GARDNER, NagaVarakishore PILLARSETTY
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Patent number: 9603565Abstract: A device for guiding a depth gauge for measuring blind holes formed through a bone including (a) a handle having an elongated body, an upper surface of the body having a peg extending therefrom to removably engage a proximal end of a first elongated rod of the depth gauge, the handle including a first slot extending into the upper surface and open to a first elongated channel extending through the handle and (b) a first elongated shaft extending through the first elongated channel and including a first tab extending through the first slot, a range of movement of the first elongated shaft relative to the handle being limited by engagement of the first tab with walls of the first slot. In an operative configuration, the slotted tab receives a proximal end of the depth gauge to control movement of an increased diameter insert at a distal end thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Alberto Fernandez Dell'Oca
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Publication number: 20170071648Abstract: A device for binding a cable about a fractured bone to stabilize a fracture includes a slot including a distal opening sized to receive an enlarged end of a cable and a proximal opening sized to permit the cable to slide therethrough while preventing the enlarged end from passing therethough and a bore sized to slidably receive the cable, the bore extending to a proximal opening in combination with a locking element channel extending to a distal end opening into the bore and a locking element movable into a locking position in which a distal end of the locking element extends into the bore to engage a portion of the cable received therein and lock the cable in a desired position within the bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Alberto A. Fernandez DELL'OCA
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Patent number: D796333Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: RUM CREATION & PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Pamela Marie Penn, Lucia Martin Gomez, Alberto Fernandez Clemente, Javier de la Viuda, Samantha Reader, Clare Negus, Laurent Hainaut, Marco Leone