Patents by Inventor Alexander Wood

Alexander Wood 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: 20240148454
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various robotic surgical systems having various robotic devices. Further, disclosed herein are removable coupleable connection ports, each of which can be coupled to a robotic device and a camera assembly that is disposed into and through the robotic device. Also disclosed herein are removable connection ports having at least one of a elongate device body coupling mechanism, a camera assembly coupling mechanism, and/or a presence detection mechanism. Further discussed herein is a camera assembly with at least one actuation mechanism for actuating movement of the steerable distal tip thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Shane Farritor, Nathan Wood, Jeffrey Shasho, Dave Matsuura, Belinko Matsuura, Phil Simpson, Alexander Rissler
  • Publication number: 20240104282
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for bit flip aware latch placement in integrated circuit generation are provided. The method identifies a chip design for an integrated circuit. A set of chip design constraints, associated with the chip design, is identified. A set of checking groups, associated with a plurality of latches to be placed in the chip design, is determined. Based on the set of chip design constraints and the set of checking groups, a placement scheme for the plurality of latches is selected. The method places the plurality of latches within the chip design based on the placement scheme and the set of checking groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Neil Trombley, Chung-Lung K. Shum, Paul G. Villarrubia, K. Paul Muller, Michael Hemsley Wood, Daniel Arthur Gay, Hua Xiang, Karl Evan Smock Anderson, Erica Stuecheli, Michael Alexander Bowen, Randall J. Darden
  • Publication number: 20240074560
    Abstract: A system, device and method for nail care is provided. The nail care system includes a shaping system, a polish removal system and/or a cuticle management system; a vision system; a nail polish application system; and a mobility system. The nail system may further include an accelerated drying system, a hand massage system, a nail identification/diagnosis/estimation of conditions system, an enclosure, a hand/foot rest system, a computer software system, a computer hardware system, a cartridge/pod system, and a multi-tool system. Related apparatuses, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Shashou, Justin Effron, Gabe Greeley, Marcus R. Williams, Margaret Mathieu, Lucile Driscoll, Lu Lyu, Charles C. Shortlidge, Peter Duerst, Douglas Stewart, Chris Casey, Ndungu Muturi, Ryan Wood, Zhi Teoh, Harald Quintus-Bosz, Jesse Gray, Matt Berlin, Juhi Kalra, Christine Noh, Oliver Zhang, Will Burke, Chris Evans, Allison Tse, Anthony Parker, Eric Maxwell, Genevieve Laing
  • Publication number: 20240071342
    Abstract: The technology can use a music generation platform to ingest raw audio to generate multi-level music (i.e., multiple streams corresponding to different instruments) based on user steerings, such as genre, artist, style, etc. Implementations can apply an encoder to take the raw audio and generate a sequence of discrete representations. Implementations can then input the sequence of discrete representations to an embedding layer that converts the sequence of discrete representations to sequences of embeddings in the same dimensionality, which are summed together to form a single sequence. The sequence of summed embeddings can be provided to a neural network that produces sequences of predicted embeddings for multiple instruments, which are then used by a coder layer to generate instrument-specific code sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: David KANT, Philip WOODS, Alexander DUPUIS, Prayrit Prashu JAIN, Siddharth SRINIVASAN, Rod Alexander DUENES
  • Publication number: 20230310002
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising containers and silk elements. Disclosed herein are methods of regenerating an at least partially severed nerve cell. Disclosed herein are compositions for regenerating an at least partially severed nerve cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Woods, Robyn Plowright, Friedrich Vollrath
  • Patent number: 11602348
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising containers and silk elements. Disclosed herein are methods of regenerating an at least partially severed nerve cell. Disclosed herein are compositions for regenerating an at least partially severed nerve cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: NEWROTEX LIMITED
    Inventors: Alexander Woods, Robyn Plowright, Friedrich Vollrath
  • Patent number: 11557399
    Abstract: Techniques for integrative machine learning using sentiment-based predictive inferences and symptom-based predictive are discussed herein. In one example, a method includes determining, based on one or more health monitoring logs, a first distribution of symptomatic prediction labels over a first period of time associated with the one or more health monitoring logs; processing the one or more health monitoring logs and using a sentiment detection machine learning model to determine a second distribution of extracted sentiment scores over the first period of time; generating, based on the first distribution and the second distribution, an aggregate distribution of inferred health-related predictions over the first period of time; and causing display of an aggregate distribution user interface that is configured to display the aggregate distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Optum, Inc.
    Inventors: Corey D. McMillan, William Alexander Wood, Austin Schick, Donald Landrum, Columbus Dong, Rachel Szabo, William Drayton Taylor, Austin T. Gansz
  • Publication number: 20230000609
    Abstract: The present disclosure is a catheter assembly and related method that allows laceration of either a surgical valve or transcatheter valve leaflet to facilitate flow to the coronary arteries during valve in valve interventions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Excision Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alexander WOOD, Janarthanan SATHANANTHAN, Greg Alan WALTERS, Philip J. HAARSTAD
  • Publication number: 20220387201
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure is a catheter system configured to be attached to an implanted medical device, such as an implanted valve. The catheter includes an engagement assembly having an elongated member that extends along a central axis, and an engagement member coupled to the elongated member. The engagement assembly has a retracted configuration, where the engagement member is disposed within the channel of the catheter, and an engagement configuration, where the engagement member is disposed outside of the channel and extends outwardly along a direction that is angled with respect to the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Excision Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: David Alexander WOOD, Janarthanan SATHANANTHAN, Greg Alan WALTERS, Philip J. HAARSTAD, Ramji IYER
  • Patent number: 11437772
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a device comprising a pair of handles, and a set of prongs. The pair of jaws is coupled to the pair of handles. The set of prongs is coupled to the pair of jaws. The set of prongs comprises a pair of prongs coupled to a first jaw of the pair of jaws. The set of prongs comprises a single prong coupled to a second jaw of the pair of jaws. The device, via the set of prongs is constructed to crimp a wire as the pair of handles is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventor: James Alexander Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11269026
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a magnetometer for measuring a magnetic field. The magnetometer comprises a solid state quantum system with at least two quantum spin states. A control signal generator sets the quantum system into a quantum state that accumulates a phase over time depending on the magnetic field. A detector measures a signal from the quantum system indicative of the accumulated phase at a measurement time after the setting of the quantum state. A processor determines a magnetic field measurement based on the signal measured by the detector. Importantly, the quantum system is mounted on a rotator that is configured to rotate the quantum system about a rotation axis that defines an angle with the direction of the magnetic field and at a rotation rate that modulates the magnetic field over the measurement time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: The University of Melbourne
    Inventors: Alexander Wood, Andrew Martin, Alastair Stacey, Lloyd Hollenberg
  • Publication number: 20220031328
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising containers and silk elements. Disclosed herein are methods of regenerating an at least partially severed nerve cell. Disclosed herein are compositions for regenerating an at least partially severed nerve cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander WOODS, Robyn PLOWRIGHT, Friedrich VOLLRATH
  • Publication number: 20210343406
    Abstract: Techniques for integrative machine learning using sentiment-based predictive inferences and symptom-based predictive are discussed herein. In one example, a method includes determining, based on one or more health monitoring logs, a first distribution of symptomatic prediction labels over a first period of time associated with the one or more health monitoring logs; processing the one or more health monitoring logs and using a sentiment detection machine learning model to determine a second distribution of extracted sentiment scores over the first period of time; generating, based on the first distribution and the second distribution, an aggregate distribution of inferred health-related predictions over the first period of time; and causing display of an aggregate distribution user interface that is configured to display the aggregate distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Corey D. McMillan, William Alexander Wood, Austin Schick, Donald Landrum, Columbus Dong, Rachel Szabo, William Drayton Taylor, Austin T. Gansz
  • Publication number: 20200049776
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a magnetometer for measuring a magnetic field. The magnetometer comprises a solid state quantum system with at least two quantum spin states. A control signal generator sets the quantum system into a quantum state that accumulates a phase over time depending on the magnetic field. A detector measures a signal from the quantum system indicative of the accumulated phase at a measurement time after the setting of the quantum state. A processor determines a magnetic field measurement based on the signal measured by the detector. Importantly, the quantum system is mounted on a rotator that is configured to rotate the quantum system about a rotation axis that defines an angle with the direction of the magnetic field and at a rotation rate that modulates the magnetic field over the measurement time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Wood, Andrew Martin, Alastair Stacey, Robert Scholten, Lloyd Hollenberg
  • Publication number: 20180023742
    Abstract: This invention relates to a connector (10) comprising an elongate main body (12) comprising a plurality of sub-units (14) interconnected by a support wire (30) located radially outwardly, in use, of the sub-units (14), wherein the sub-units (14) are shaped such that the connector can be bent to form a loop having an at least part-circular interior (24) or exterior (20) surface. The connector is suitable for use in a sleeved pipe coupling in which the connector (10) is slidably insertable into a channel formed by aligned circumferential grooves formed on an exterior surface of a pipe and an interior surface of a sleeve. The at least part-circular interior and/or exterior surface (20, 24) may aid the formation of a seal and/or aid distribution of forces between the pipe and sleeve, in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander Wood, Jonathan Clackett
  • Publication number: 20170287196
    Abstract: Realistic sky simulations are created in a computer generated graphics environment by incorporating captured image data of real sky over a time period, and converting these images into a streams of textures over time which can be sampled as a function of space and time within a game engine. The captured image data include data captured from a light probe indicating intensity and direction of light and a presumed direction of the sun. To capture such image data, an image capture rig comprising multiple cameras and a light probe is used. The image data captured from such cameras over a time period are processed to generate data used by an animation engine to produce photorealistic images of the sky.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Gavin Raeburn, James Alexander Wood, Scott Crawford Stephen, Kelvin Neil Janson
  • Patent number: 9112682
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present teachings relate to systems and methods for generating modular security delegates for application instances, including, for example, applications usable on physical machines, virtualized environments, in the cloud, etc. According to embodiments, in a multiple network environment, multiple machines (or clients) can be configured, each having a defined security level. Each machine can include a plurality of application instances and corresponding security delegates for various defined security levels. For example, the defined security levels can be based on various authentication mechanisms, including, Kerberos, NT Lan Manager (NTLM) authentication protocol, secure sockets layer/transport security layer (SSL/TSL), token authentication, virtual private network (VPN), remote access security (RAS), digest authentication, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Wood, John J. Eckersberg, II, Daniel P. Radez
  • Patent number: 8949951
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present teachings relate to systems and methods for generating modular security delegates for applications. According to embodiments, in a multiple network environment, multiple machines (or clients) can be configured. Each machine can include a plurality of application instances and an authentication delegate. In addition, each network environment can include a communication interface to security services. The applications can include logic that indicates what security delegate to use for a given set of user authentication credentials. The logic can be configured to determine the appropriate authentication delegate using various methods. The authentication delegates can receive a set of user authentication credentials from application instances and determine whether the set of user authentication credentials are valid. Each authentication delegate corresponds to one and only one type of authentication mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Wood, John J. Eckersberg, II, Daniel P Radez
  • Patent number: 8719766
    Abstract: A mechanism for identifying and adding files to a project manifest is discussed. A combination of techniques is used in order to identify the files that should be listed in a project manifest. The combined techniques include the programmatic examination of a storage location marked as associated with a project to identify project files. The identified files are automatically added to a project manifest. In one embodiment the identified files are subjected to filtering criteria before being added to the project manifest. In addition, embodiments of the present invention perform a static analysis of at least one file associated with the project to identify file dependencies. The identified files are also added to the project manifest. The integrated development environment (IDE) also provides a user interface enabling a user to manually add files to the project manifest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Math Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin William Walker, Malcolm Alexander Wood, Robert O. Aberg
  • Patent number: 8635671
    Abstract: In accordance with some aspects of the present disclosure, a method is disclosed that can include receiving, by a security delegate module, a set of user authentication credentials by an application running a first instance in a network for a user; determining, by the security delegate module, a type of the application; and selecting, by the security delegate module, a security service based on the set of user authentication credentials and the type of application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Wood, John J. Eckersberg, II, Daniel P. Radez