Patents by Inventor Allen Stanton
Allen Stanton 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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Publication number: 20250062641Abstract: A wireless charging table for use in an aircraft includes a frame assembly for mounting the wireless charging table within the aircraft; a table leaf support coupled to the frame assembly and maneuverable between a stowed position and a deployed position; a main table leaf mounted to the table leaf support and having a power unit; and an electrical system to provide power to the power unit when the table leaf support is in the deployed position. When the table leaf support is in the deployed position, an electrical connection is established between a power source and the power unit, and when the table leaf support is in the stowed position, the electrical connection is broken between the power source and the power unit. The power unit is to provide wireless charging to one or more devices when the electrical connection is established.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Patrick Allen Stanton, Priyadarshini Talreja
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Patent number: 12138110Abstract: An apparatus for performing a medical procedure is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sensor adapted to convert an ultrasonic signal incident thereon into an electrical signal; and a wireless transceiver configured to receive the electrical signal from the sensor, and to transmit the electrical signal to a wireless receiver remotely located from the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Kunal Vaidya, Ramon Quido Erkamp, Shyam Bharat, Ameet Kumar Jain, Douglas Allen Stanton, Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon
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Patent number: 11913482Abstract: A system for connecting two panels together. A recess is formed in the edge of one panel, and an insert is pressed into and held within the recess. The top of the insert includes holes for receiving epoxy, and epoxy conducting shafts and circuits formed on the outside of the insert assist in the encapsulation of the insert within the panel edge. The top of the insert includes an aperture formed such that a fastener can be received into a cavity formed in the recess and then driven to be secured into a fastener-receiving insert installed into the second panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Patrick Allen Stanton, Brian Keith Jacobs
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Patent number: 11826107Abstract: A registration system for medical navigation includes a shape sensing device (SSD) (104, 504) having at least one sensor (450, 505) for providing corresponding sensor information (SI) indicative of at least one of a position of the at least one sensor (450, 505); a registration fixture (106) having a channel (130) configured to receive at least part of the SSD and defining a registration path (P). The registration fixture may be configured to be attached to a registrant object (RO) (119) defining a workspace. A controller (110) may be configured to: sense a shape of a path traversed by the SSD based upon the SI when the at least one sensor is situated within the channel (130), determine whether the sensed shape of the path corresponds with a known shape selected from one or more known shapes, and perform a coordinate registration based upon the determination.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Paul Thienphrapa, Bharat Ramachandran, Aryeh Leib Reinstein, Douglas Allen Stanton
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Patent number: 11576728Abstract: An interventional tool stepper (30) employing a frame (31), a carriage (33), an optional gear assembly (32), and an optional grid template(34). The frame (31) is structurally configured to be positioned relative to an anatomical region for holding an interventional tool (40) relative to the anatomical region. The carriage (33) is structurally configured to hold the interventional tool (40) relative to the anatomical region. The gear assembly (32) is structurally configured to translate and/or rotate the carriage (33) relative to the frame (31). The grid template (34) is structurally configured to guide one or more additional interventional tools (41) relative to the anatomical region. The frame (31), the carriage (33), the optional gear assembly (32) and the optional grid template (34) have an electromagnetic-compatible material composition for minimizing any distortion by the interventional tool stepper (30) of an electromagnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Shyam Bharat, Ehsan Dehghan Marvast, Cynthia Ming-Fu Kung, Shriram Sethuraman, Douglas Allen Stanton, Jochen Kruecker
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Publication number: 20220381276Abstract: Disclosed is a system for connecting an edge of one panel to an edge of a second panel. Recesses are formed into the edges of each panel, and two distinct inserts are pressed into and held within the recesses. The inserts include holes for receiving epoxy, and epoxy conducting shafts and circuits are formed on the outside of the inserts to assist in the encapsulation of the insert within each panel edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Patrick Allen Stanton, Brian Keith Jacobs
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Publication number: 20220381277Abstract: Disclosed is a system for connecting two panels together. A recess is formed in the edge of one panel, and an insert is pressed into and held within the recess. The top of the insert includes holes for receiving epoxy, and epoxy conducting shafts and circuits formed on the outside of the insert assist in the encapsulation of the insert within the panel edge. The top of the insert includes an aperture formed such that a fastener can be received into a cavity formed in the recess and then driven to be secured into a fastener-receiving insert installed into the second panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Patrick Allen Stanton, Brian Keith Jacobs
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Publication number: 20220370035Abstract: An apparatus for performing a medical procedure is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sensor adapted to convert an ultrasonic signal incident thereon into an electrical signal; and a wireless transceiver configured to receive the electrical signal from the sensor, and to transmit the electrical signal to a wireless receiver remotely located from the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Kunal VAIDYA, Ramon Quido ERKAMP, Shyam BHARAT, Ameet Kumar JAIN, Douglas Allen STANTON, Francois Guy Gerard Marie VIGNON
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Patent number: 11439363Abstract: An apparatus for performing a medical procedure is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sensor adapted to convert an ultrasonic signal incident thereon into an electrical signal; and a wireless transceiver configured to receive the electrical signal from the sensor, and to transmit the electrical signal to a wireless receiver remotely located from the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJIKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Kunal Vaidya, Ramon Quido Erkamp, Shyam Bharat, Ameet Kumar Jain, Douglas Allen Stanton, Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon
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Systems for measuring force and torque on ultrasound probe during imaging through strain measurement
Patent number: 11166697Abstract: An ultrasound system employs an ultrasound probe (31), a strain sensor (33) and a workstation (20). The ultrasound probe (31) includes an ultrasound transducer for acquiring ultrasound images (40) of an anatomical region. The strain sensor (33) is arranged on the ultrasound probe (31) to measure a longitudinal strain applied by the anatomical region to the ultrasound probe (31) as the ultrasound transducer acquires ultrasound images (40) of the anatomical region. The strain sensor (33) encircles a longitudinal axis of the ultrasound probe (31) and is spaced from the ultrasound transducers relative to the longitudinal axis of the ultrasound probe (31).Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Amir Mohammed Tahmasebi Maraghoosh, Mahmoudreza Sharifi, Douglas Allen Stanton -
Patent number: 11006923Abstract: An ultrasound system includes a 3D imaging probe and a needle guide which attaches to the probe for guidance of needle insertion into a volumetric region which can be scanned by the 3D imaging probe. The needle guide responds to the insertion of a needle through the guide by identifying a plane for scanning by the probe which is the insertion plane through which the needle will pass during insertion. The orientation of the insertion plane is communicated to the probe to cause the probe to scan the identified plane and produce images of the needle as it travels through the insertion plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Gary Lee Andrews, Vijay Parthasarathy, Gary Cheng-How Ng, Douglas Allen Stanton, Andrew Lee Robinson, Jochen Kruecker, Christopher Stephen Hall, James Robertson Jago, Vijay Shamdasani
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Patent number: 10786310Abstract: An electromagnetic (“EM”) tracking configuration system employs an EM quality assurance (“EMQA”) (30) and EM data coordination (“DC”) system (70). For the EMQA system (30), an EM sensor block (40) includes EM sensor(s) (22) positioned and oriented to represent a simulated electromagnetic tracking of interventional tool(s) inserted through electromagnetic sensor block (40) into an anatomical region. As an EM field generator (20) generates an EM field (21) encircling EM sensor(s) (22), an EMQA workstation (50) tests an EM tracking accuracy of an insertion of the interventional tool(s) through the EM sensor block (40) into the anatomical region.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Shyam Bharat, Ehsan Dehghan Marvast, Cynthia Ming-Fu Kung, Amir Mohammad Tahmasebi Maraghoosh, Sandeep M. Dalal, Jochen Kruecker, Antonio Bonillas Vaca, Douglas Allen Stanton
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Publication number: 20200008776Abstract: An apparatus for performing a medical procedure is disclosed. The apparatus includes a sensor adapted to convert an ultrasonic signal incident thereon into an electrical signal; and a wireless transceiver configured to receive the electrical signal from the sensor, and to transmit the electrical signal to a wireless receiver remotely located from the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: KUNAL VAIDYA, RAMON QUIDO ERKAMP, SHYAM BHARAT, AMEET KUMAR JAIN, DOUGLAS ALLEN STANTON, FRANCOIS GUY GERARD MARIE VIGNON
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Patent number: 10414054Abstract: A force feedback gripping device employs a mechanical gripper (23), an electromagnetic actuator (22) and a force feedback controller (21). The mechanical gripper (23) is operable to be actuated to one of a plurality of gripping poses for gripping an object. The electromagnetic actuator (22) includes a magnetorheological elastomer (“MRE”), wherein the MRE is operable to be transitioned between a plurality of shapes dependent upon a variable strength of a magnetic field applied to the MRE, and wherein each shape of the MRE actuates the mechanical gripper (23) to one of the gripping poses. The force feedback controller (21) is operable to control the variable strength of the magnetic field applied to the MRE based on an estimation of a gripping force of the mechanical gripper (23) and on a sensing of a load force of the object responsive to the gripping force of the mechanical gripper (23).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Aleksandra Popovic, Sitharthan Kamalakaran, Douglas Allen Stanton
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Publication number: 20190000562Abstract: A registration system for medical navigation includes a shape sensing device (SSD) (104, 504) having at least one sensor (450, 505) for providing corresponding sensor information (SI) indicative of at least one of a position of the at least one sensor (450, 505); a registration fixture (106) having a channel (130) configured to receive at least part of the SSD and defining a registration path (P). The registration fixture may be configured to be attached to a registrant object (RO) (119) defining a workspace. A controller (110) may be configured to: sense a shape of a path traversed by the SSD based upon the SI when the at least one sensor is situated within the channel (130), determine whether the sensed shape of the path corresponds with a known shape selected from one or more known shapes, and perform a coordinate registration based upon the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: PAUL THIENPHRAPA, BHARAT RAMACHANDRAN, ARYEH LEIB REINSTEIN, DOUGLAS ALLEN STANTON
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Patent number: 10123767Abstract: An ultrasound system includes a 3D imaging probe and a needle guide which attaches to the probe for guidance of the insertion of multiple needles into a volumetric region which can be scanned by the 3D imaging probe. The needle guide responds to the insertion of a needle through the guide by identifying a plane for scanning by the probe which is the insertion plane through which the needle will pass during insertion. The orientation of the insertion plane is communicated to the probe to cause the probe to scan the identified plane and produce images of the needle as it travels through the insertion plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Gary Lee Andrews, Vijay Parthasarathy, Gary Cheng-How Ng, Douglas Allen Stanton, Andrew Lee Robinson, Jochen Kruecker
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Publication number: 20170014192Abstract: An electromagnetic (“EM”) tracking configuration system employs an EM quality assurance (“EMQA”) (30) and EM data coordination (“DC”) system (70). For the EMQA system (30), an EM sensor block (40) includes EM sensor(s) (22) positioned and oriented to represent a simulated electromagnetic tracking of interventional tool(s) inserted through electromagnetic sensor block (40) into an anatomical region. As an EM field generator (20) generates an EM field (21) encircling EM sensor(s) (22), an EMQA workstation (50) tests an EM tracking accuracy of an insertion of the interventional tool(s) through the EM sensor block (40) into the anatomical region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: SHYAM BHARAT, EHSAN DEHGHAN MARVAST, CYNTHIA MING-FU KUNG, AMIR MOHAMMAD TAHMASEBI MARAGHOOSHMEL, SANDEEP M. DALAL, JOCHEN KRUECKER, ANTONIO BONILLAS VACA, DOUGLAS ALLEN STANTON
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Publication number: 20160206382Abstract: An interventional tool stepper (30) employing a frame (31), a carriage (33), an optional gear assembly (32), and an optional grid template(34). The frame (31) is structurally configured to be positioned relative to an anatomical region for holding an interventional tool (40) relative to the anatomical region. The carriage (33) is structurally configured to hold the interventional tool (40) relative to the anatomical region. The gear assembly (32) is structurally configured to translate and/or rotate the carriage (33) relative to the frame (31). The grid template (34) is structurally configured to guide one or more additional interventional tools (41) relative to the anatomical region. The frame (31), the carriage (33), the optional gear assembly (32) and the optional grid template (34) have an electromagnetic-compatible material composition for minimizing any distortion by the interventional tool stepper (30) of an electromagnetic field.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: SHYAM BHARAT, EHSAN DEHGHAN MARVAST, CYNTHIA MING-FU KUNG, SHRIRAM SETHURAMAN, DOUGLAS ALLEN STANTON, JOCHEN KRUECKER
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Publication number: 20160031091Abstract: A force feedback gripping device employs a mechanical gripper (23), an electromagnetic actuator (22) and a force feedback controller (21). The mechanical gripper (23) is operable to be actuated to one of a plurality of gripping poses for gripping an object. The electromagnetic actuator (22) includes a magnetorheological elastomer (“MRE”), wherein the MRE is operable to be transitioned between a plurality of shapes dependent upon a variable strength of a magnetic field applied to the MRE, and wherein each shape of the MRE actuates the mechanical gripper (23) to one of the gripping poses. The force feedback controller (21) is operable to control the variable strength of the magnetic field applied to the MRE based on an estimation of a gripping force of the mechanical gripper (23) and on a sensing of a load force of the object responsive to the gripping force of the mechanical gripper (23).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: ALEKSANDRA POPOVIC, SITHARTHAN KAMALAKARAN, DOUGLAS ALLEN STANTON
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SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING FORCE AND TORQUE ON ULTRASOUND PROBE DURING IMAGING THROUGH STRAIN MEASUREMENT
Publication number: 20160015363Abstract: An ultrasound system employs an ultrasound probe (31), a strain sensor(33) and a workstation (20). The ultrasound probe (31) includes an ultrasound transducer for acquiring ultrasound images (40) of an anatomical region. The strain sensor(33) is arranged on the ultrasound probe (31) to measure a longitudinal strain applied by the anatomical region to the ultrasound probe (31) as the ultrasound transducer acquires ultrasound images (40) of the anatomical region. The strain sensor(33) encircles a longitudinal axis of the ultrasound probe (31) and is spaced from the ultrasound transducers relative to the longitudinal axis of the ultrasound probe (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Amir Mohammed TAHMASEBI MARAGHOOSH, Mahmoudreza SHARIFI, Douglas Allen STANTON