Patents by Inventor An Nguyen

An Nguyen 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).

  • Composite liquid bag system holder
    Patent number: 10806848
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system box for holding a bag system and methods for separating composite liquids are described. In embodiments, a bag system may be a blood bag system used to collect blood, separate the blood into components, store the components, and utilize the components in patients. The system box may hold the blood bag system. Processes can then be performed to separate components from the blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Terumo BCT, Inc., Andreas Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kris Nackaerts, Makoto Hirabuki, Marcellus Geiselmann, Bruce Ellingboe, Hong Duc Nguyen, Timothy M. Taga, Ross Tichota, Tadashi Imai, Armin Brendle, Christoph Pabst, Roland Biset, Wilfried Mertens, Klaus-Günter Eberle
  • Computer-assisted surgery system with user interface tool used as mouse in sterile surgery environment
    Patent number: 10806519
    Abstract: A method for establishing an interaction between an operator and a monitor of a computer-assisted surgery system comprises tracking a tool manipulated by the operator for providing surgical data calculated from the position/orientation of the tool. A desired interaction is identified from the operator by tracking the tool reaching a specific position and/or a specific orientation. An interactive action is activated on a monitor as a function of the desired interaction, the interactive action being unrelated to said surgical data. A motion of the tool is converted to additional interactions related to said interactive action. A computer-assisted surgery system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULC
    Inventors: Michel Boivin, Bruno Falardeau, Franck Maras, Simon Ferron-Forget, François Paradis, Pierre T. A.-Nguyen
  • Injecting trap code in an execution path of a process executing a program to generate a trap address range to detect potential malicious code
    Patent number: 10810304
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for injecting trap code in an execution path of a process executing a program to generate a trap address range to detect potential malicious code. A specified type of command is processed in application code and, in response, trap code is executed to allocate a trap address range. The specified type of command is executed in the application code. A determination is made as to whether an accessing application accesses the trap address range. At least one of transmitting a notification that the accessing application comprises potentially malicious code, monitoring the execution of the accessing application, and restricting execution of the accessing application is performed in response to determining that the accessing application accessed the trap address range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lokesh M. Gupta, Matthew G. Borlick, Trung N. Nguyen, Micah Robison
  • Tetradentate chelating monoquinoline derivative, manufacturing method thereof, and application of same as metal ion regulator for neurodegenerative disease
    Patent number: 10807957
    Abstract: A tetradentate chelating monoquinoline derivative with a structure as shown in formula (I) is able to specifically chelate redox active metal ions like copper ions that are dis-regulated in neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), or copper accumulation disease like Wilson's disease. The binding constants of these derivatives for zinc are 6-10 orders of magnitude below that ones for copper, and these derivatives have a good capability of reducing an oxidative stress. The method for preparing the derivative is simple and the derivatives have good application prospects in manufacturing drugs for neurodegenerative diseases and diseases related to disorder of copper metabolism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: Yan Liu, Xingguo Liu, Weixin Zhang, Daya Huang, Meijie Huang, Dean Wang, Ju Huang, Siwei Shu, Michel Nguyen, Anne Robert, Bernard Meunier
  • In-pivot stepper motor for ball screw cam elevator mechanism for cold storage data storage device
    Patent number: 10811044
    Abstract: An approach to a reduced-head hard disk drive (HDD) involves an actuator subsystem that includes a ball screw cam assembly wherein the number of starts of a multi-start screw equals the number of balls riding in a corresponding start. A stepper motor may be disposed within the screw, to drive rotation of the screw, which drives translation of an actuator arm assembly so that a corresponding pair of read-write heads can access different magnetic-recording disks of a multiple-disk stack. The actuator subsystem may further include a cam locking mechanism for coupling and decoupling the actuator arm with a coil support structure and corresponding voice coil, so that the cam mechanism is able to move under the control of a voice coil motor when input/output operations are performed and is able to move the actuator arm assembly during translation operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Myers, Diep Nguyen, Bikash Sukla
  • Vascular remodeling device
    Patent number: 10806611
    Abstract: Vascular remodeling devices can include a proximal section, an intermediate section, and a distal section. During deployment, the proximal section can expand from a compressed delivery state to an expanded state and anchor the device in an afferent vessel of a bifurcation. The distal section expands from the compressed delivery state to an expanded state that may be substantially planar, approximately semi-spherical, umbrella shaped, or reverse umbrella shaped. The distal section is positioned in a bifurcation junction across the neck of an aneurysm or within an aneurysm. The intermediate section allows perfusion to efferent vessels. Before or after the device is in position, embolic material may be used to treat the aneurysm. The distal section can act as a scaffolding to prevent herniation of the embolic material. The device can be used for clot retrieval with integral distal embolic protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Anh Cam, Michael Losordo, Jianlu Ma, Luong Nguyen, Sanjay Shrivastava, John Wainwright, Xiaoling Zhao
  • High pressure flowline union
    Patent number: 10808871
    Abstract: A union joins male and female subs of two flowline components. The male sub includes a male end of one component, a retainer collar, and a union nut. An annular boss extends around a union face of the male end and provides a rearward-facing shoulder. The retainer collar is carried on the male end and has a forward-facing shoulder and a rearward-facing shoulder. The collar forward-facing shoulder bears on the male end rearward-facing shoulder. The female sub includes a threaded female end of the other component. The nut is carried on the male end around the collar and threads onto the female end. It also has a forward-facing shoulder which bears on the collar rearward-facing shoulder. The nut forward-facing shoulder and the collar rearward-facing shoulder are beveled. Thus, load from the nut is transmitted through the collar axially to the annular boss and radially inward to the male end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Cantex International, Inc.
    Inventor: Duy D. Nguyen
  • Process chamber having tunable showerhead and tunable liner
    Patent number: 10811233
    Abstract: Process chambers having a tunable showerhead and a tunable liner are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a processing chamber includes a showerhead; a chamber liner; a first impedance circuit coupled to the showerhead to tune an impedance of the showerhead; a second impedance circuit coupled to the chamber liner to tune an impedance of the chamber liner; and a controller coupled to the first and second impedance circuits to control relative impedances of the showerhead and the chamber liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Nguyen, Xue Yang Chang, Haitao Wang, Kei-Yu Ko, Reza Sadjadi
  • Method and apparatus to present multiple audio content
    Patent number: 10812752
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying first and second users and identifying first and second locations of the first and second users in a presentation area, determining first and second media content associated with the first and second users where the first media content includes first audio content and first video content and where the second media content includes second audio content, presenting the first video content at a display device during a particular time period, adjusting the first audio content resulting in adjusted first audio content, presenting the adjusted first audio content directed to the first location during the particular time period, and presenting the second audio content directed to the second location during the particular time period. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Binny Asarikuniyil, Hai Nguyen, Sudheer Bandela, Heather Truong
  • Optical fiber connecting device with a sleeve ring
    Patent number: 10809464
    Abstract: A optical fiber connecting device includes a hollow main body, balls, a sleeve ring, and a dust-proof sleeve. An hollow insertion portion of the hollow main body has a receiving recess and ball holes. The balls are received in the ball holes. The sleeve ring is sleeved around the receiving recess and has through holes respectively aligned with the ball holes. Each balls partially protrudes from one of the through holes. The dust-proof sleeve is removably sleeved around the hollow inserting portion and has an inner groove. The balls is engaged with the inner groove to retain the dust-proof sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Amphenol Fiber Optic Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ling-Hua Zhu, Xing-Fu Mo, Jinan Zhou, Anh Nguyen
  • Feedback and training for a machine learning algorithm configured to determine customer purchases during a shopping session at a physical store
    Patent number: 10810428
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor. The processor receives an algorithmic shopping cart that includes a first set of items determined by an algorithm to have been selected by a person during a shopping session in a physical store, based on a set of inputs received from sensors located within the physical store. The processor also receives a virtual shopping cart that includes a second set of items. Video of the shopping session was captured by a set of cameras located in the physical store and depicts the person selecting the second set of items. The processor compares the algorithmic cart to the virtual cart and determines that a discrepancy exists between the algorithmic cart and the virtual cart. The processor determines a subset of the set of inputs associated with the discrepancy and attaches metadata explaining the discrepancy to the subset. The processor uses the subset to train the algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: 7-Eleven, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Sailesh Bharathwaaj Krishnamurthy, Trong Nghia Nguyen, Sarath Vakacharla
  • Surface plasmon resonance imaging system and method for measuring molecular interactions
    Patent number: 10809194
    Abstract: A system in an embodiment can comprise an optical assembly, an SPR light source, and an SPR camera. The optical assembly in this embodiment can comprise a hemispherical prism comprising a planar top surface configured to support a surface-plasmon-resonance (SPR) sensor; a high numerical aperture (NA) lens; and a housing configured to mount the hemispherical prism and the high NA lens the such that the high NA lens is located distal from the planar top surface of the hemispherical prism. The SPR light source in this embodiment can be configured to emit a low-coherent monochromatic light beam for SPR imaging toward the high NA lens. The SPR camera in this embodiment can be configured to capture an SPR image formed after the low-coherent monochromatic light beam is incident upon and reflected by a metal-coated sample contacting surface of the SPR sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BIOSENSING INSTRUMENT INC.
    Inventors: Nguyen Ly, Tianwei Jing
  • Optical camera selection in multi-modal X-ray imaging
    Patent number: 10806468
    Abstract: A system for supporting operation of an X-ray imaging apparatus (IA) capable of assuming different imaging geometries. The system comprises an input interface (IN) for receiving a specification of a path extending at least partly into an object. A camera sampler (CS) configured to compute, for a plurality of non-ionizing radiation based cameras (OC) of the X-ray imaging apparatus (IM), a respective imaging geometry for achieving a plan view on the object along said path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Duc Long Nguyen, Jurgen Jean Louis Hoppenbrouwers, Robert Johannes Frederik Homan, Ina Klein Teeselink
  • Stent
    Patent number: 10806610
    Abstract: A stent with varying porosity is described. The stent can be comprised of multiple stents attached together. A braided stent may have selected regions of increased thickness. The stent may be comprised of wires that are welded together at their ends in order to minimize vessel trauma. The stent may comprise a helically wound radiopaque wire wound through the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MicroVention, Inc.
    Inventors: Ponaka Pung, Helen Nguyen, Tai D. Tieu
  • Methods for controlling conductive aggregates
    Patent number: 10808168
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating a subterranean formation. The method comprises adding proppant particulates to a fluidized bed granulator; spraying a binding agent on the proppant particulates to at least partially coat the proppant particulates with the binding agent, wherein the coated proppant particulates form proto-aggregates; adding the proto-aggregates to a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a fracture within the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gladys Montenegro Galindo, Dipti Singh, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Transistors with dual wells
    Patent number: 10811534
    Abstract: In some examples, a transistor includes a first well doped with a first-type dopant having a first concentration. The transistor also includes a gate oxide layer on a portion of the first well and a gate layer on the gate oxide layer. The transistor further includes a first segment of a second well doped with the first-type dopant having a second concentration, the first segment underlapping a first portion of the gate layer. The transistor also includes a source region doped with a second-type dopant having a third concentration, the source region in the first segment. The transistor further includes a drain region doped with the second-type dopant having a concentration that is substantially the same as the third concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xiang-Zheng Bo, Michelle N. Nguyen, Douglas T. Grider
  • Partially insulated focused radiofrequency ablation catheter
    Patent number: 10806511
    Abstract: Partially insulated focused ablation (PIFA) catheters using thermally conductive materials have differential radiofrequency (RF) heating and thereby allow for tailored RF application. Open-irrigated, 4 mm, and 8 mm RF ablation catheters were partially insulated by coating half their surfaces with a layer of vinyl, silicone, vinyl-silicone, polyurethane, or a composite of aluminum oxide/boron nitride (AOBN). RF ablation using catheter tips partially coated with a thermally conductive insulation material such as AOBN results in larger ablation lesion volumes without being limited by standard temperature controls. Partial insulation of the catheter tip is able to protect adjacent critical structures during in vivo ablation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: William Sauer, Duy Nguyen
  • Intelligent sorting of materials that include ceramic
    Patent number: 10807127
    Abstract: An intelligent sorting apparatus includes sensors, bins, and a controller that is configured to use data from the sensors to intelligently sort items into one of the plurality of bins. The controller may use the sensors to determine whether an item includes one of ceramic, metal, or wet or dry waste, as the item traverses down a first, second, and/or third incline, respectively. The controller may route the item towards one of a ceramic bin when the item includes ceramic, metal bin when the item includes metal, wet bin when the item includes wet waste, or dry bin when the item includes dry waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machine Corporation
    Inventors: Hossein Torabi, Robert Retchless, Christopher Kong, Hien Tan Nguyen, Siamack Jabbarzadeh Farshi
  • Dynamic advertisement insertion
    Patent number: 10812856
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a set-top box records playback content. The playback content comprises at least one frame that displays first media content and a first advertisement simultaneously. Moreover, the first advertisement is associated with an expiry date. The set-top box receives a selection to view the playback content on a viewing date and determines that the viewing date is past the expiry date associated with the first advertisement. When the viewing date is past the expiry date associated with the first advertisement, the set-top box updates the playback content by replacing the first advertisement in the at least one frame of the playback content with a second advertisement. The set-top box communicates the updated playback content to a display device. The updated playback content comprises at least one frame that displays media content and the second advertisement simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: DIRECT TV GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Hai Nguyen, Binny Asarikuniyil, Sudheer Bandela, Heather Truong
  • Printing apparatus
    Patent number: 10807358
    Abstract: Disclosed is a printing apparatus. In an exemplary embodiment, the printing apparatus includes a nozzle for ejecting ink, a driving device for moving the nozzle, an imaging device for capturing an image displaying an ink printing process, and an automatic positioning controller for automatically setting a position of the nozzle based on the image captured by the imaging device while moving the nozzle by means of the driving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ENJET CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Do Young Byun, Vu Dat Nguyen