Patents by Inventor Andrew Funk
Andrew Funk 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: 20240063762Abstract: An exemplary audio enhancement system substantially eliminates latency by returning audio input signals in amplified form directly in the analog domain to the source, thereby reducing signal degradation and removing redundancy from digital and analog audio transmission and processing architectures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Nevin STEINBERG, Andrew FUNK, Jason CRYSTAL
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Patent number: 11804808Abstract: An exemplary audio enhancement system substantially eliminates latency by returning audio input signals in amplified form directly in the analog domain to the source, thereby reducing signal degradation and removing redundancy from digital and analog audio transmission and processing architectures.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Qavalry LLCInventors: Nevin Steinberg, Andrew Funk, Jason Crystal
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Patent number: 11696997Abstract: A distal end portion of an elongate shaft member of a catheter may be inserted into a liquid within a vessel. While the distal end portion of the elongate shaft member is inserted in the liquid in the vessel, a manipulable portion of the catheter may be manipulated within the liquid to remove an undesired fluid therefrom. The liquid may be pressurized to cause the liquid to flow into a lumen of the elongate shaft member from a distal end of the elongate shaft member at least toward a proximal end of the elongate shaft member to facilitate flushing of the undesired fluid from the lumen. The distal end portion of the elongate shaft member of the catheter may be inserted into the liquid within the vessel while at least the elongate shaft member is in a substantially horizontal orientation.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: KARDIUM INC.Inventors: Ashkan Sardari, Saar Moisa, John Andrew Funk
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Patent number: 11628270Abstract: A distal end portion of an elongate shaft member of a catheter may be inserted into a liquid within a vessel. While the distal end portion of the elongate shaft member is inserted in the liquid in the vessel, a manipulable portion of the catheter may be manipulated within the liquid to remove an undesired fluid therefrom. The liquid may be pressurized to cause the liquid to flow into a lumen of the elongate shaft member from a distal end of the elongate shaft member at least toward a proximal end of the elongate shaft member to facilitate flushing of the undesired fluid from the lumen. The distal end portion of the elongate shaft member of the catheter may be inserted into the liquid within the vessel while at least the elongate shaft member is in a substantially horizontal orientation.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: KARDIUM INC.Inventors: Ashkan Sardari, Saar Moisa, John Andrew Funk
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Publication number: 20230020466Abstract: Steerable catheters are provided, some of which include an axial member incorporated in an elongate shaft member, where, in some instances, different edge portions of the axial member exhibit different radii of curvature. In some instances, a furthest-apart pair of points on an external boundary of a cross-section of the axial member is closer to an interior edge than an exterior edge of a tubular member of the elongate shaft member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: John Andrew FUNK, Ashkan SARDARI
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Publication number: 20230008203Abstract: A steerable catheter may include an elongate shaft member and a braided reinforcement structure embedded into a wall of the elongate shaft member. The braided reinforcement structure may include a first braided portion including a first pick count, a second braided portion including a second pick count, and a third braided portion including a third pick count. The third pick count may be greater than each of the first pick count and the second pick count.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: John Andrew FUNK, Ashkan SARDARI
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Publication number: 20220323722Abstract: A catheter sheath device may include an elongate member and a moveable member. The elongate member may include a first lumen, and the moveable member may include a second lumen. The moveable member may be physically coupled to a portion of the elongate member to permit relative movement therebetween. A first relative movement between the moveable member and a portion of the elongate member may cause the second lumen to be positioned at a first location that permits delivery of at least a portion of a catheter into the second lumen but not into the first lumen from the second lumen. A second relative movement between the moveable member and the portion of the elongate member may cause the second lumen to be positioned at a second location that permits delivery of the at least the portion of the catheter through both the second lumen and the first lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Ashkan Sardari, Ian Garben, Calvin Dane Cummings, Saar Moisa, John Andrew Funk
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Patent number: 11406797Abstract: A catheter sheath device may include an elongate member and a moveable member. The elongate member may include a first lumen, and the moveable member may include a second lumen. The moveable member may be physically coupled to a portion of the elongate member to permit relative movement therebetween. A first relative movement between the moveable member and a portion of the elongate member may cause the second lumen to be positioned at a first location that permits delivery of at least a portion of a catheter into the second lumen but not into the first lumen from the second lumen. A second relative movement between the moveable member and the portion of the elongate member may cause the second lumen to be positioned at a second location that permits delivery of the at least the portion of the catheter through both the second lumen and the first lumen.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: KARDIUM INC.Inventors: Ashkan Sardari, Ian Garben, Calvin Dane Cummings, Saar Moisa, John Andrew Funk
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Publication number: 20220118229Abstract: A catheter sheath device may include an elongate member and a moveable member. The elongate member may include a first lumen, and the moveable member may include a second lumen. The moveable member may be physically coupled to a portion of the elongate member to permit relative movement therebetween. A first relative movement between the moveable member and a portion of the elongate member may cause the second lumen to be positioned at a first location that permits delivery of at least a portion of a catheter into the second lumen but not into the first lumen from the second lumen. A second relative movement between the moveable member and the portion of the elongate member may cause the second lumen to be positioned at a second location that permits delivery of the at least the portion of the catheter through both the second lumen and the first lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Ashkan Sardari, Ian Garben, Calvin Dane Cummings, Saar Moisa, John Andrew Funk
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Patent number: 11247026Abstract: A catheter sheath device may include an elongate member and a moveable member. The elongate member may include a first lumen, and the moveable member may include a second lumen. The moveable member may be physically coupled to a portion of the elongate member to permit relative movement therebetween. A first relative movement between the moveable member and a portion of the elongate member may cause the second lumen to be positioned at a first location that permits delivery of at least a portion of a catheter into the second lumen but not into the first lumen from the second lumen. A second relative movement between the moveable member and the portion of the elongate member may cause the second lumen to be positioned at a second location that permits delivery of the at least the portion of the catheter through both the second lumen and the first lumen.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: KARDIUM INC.Inventors: Ashkan Sardari, Ian Garben, Calvin Dane Cummings, Saar Moisa, John Andrew Funk
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Publication number: 20220008690Abstract: A distal end portion of an elongate shaft member of a catheter may be inserted into a liquid within a vessel. While the distal end portion of the elongate shaft member is inserted in the liquid in the vessel, a manipulable portion of the catheter may be manipulated within the liquid to remove an undesired fluid therefrom. The liquid may be pressurized to cause the liquid to flow into a lumen of the elongate shaft member from a distal end of the elongate shaft member at least toward a proximal end of the elongate shaft member to facilitate flushing of the undesired fluid from the lumen. The distal end portion of the elongate shaft member of the catheter may be inserted into the liquid within the vessel while at least the elongate shaft member is in a substantially horizontal orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Ashkan SARDARI, Saar MOISA, John Andrew FUNK
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Patent number: 11160950Abstract: A distal end portion of an elongate shaft member of a catheter may be inserted into a liquid within a vessel. While the distal end portion of the elongate shaft member is inserted in the liquid in the vessel, a manipulable portion of the catheter may be manipulated within the liquid to remove an undesired fluid therefrom. The liquid may be pressurized to cause the liquid to flow into a lumen of the elongate shaft member from a distal end of the elongate shaft member at least toward a proximal end of the elongate shaft member to facilitate flushing of the undesired fluid from the lumen. The distal end portion of the elongate shaft member of the catheter may be inserted into the liquid within the vessel while at least the elongate shaft member is in a substantially horizontal orientation.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: KARDIUM INC.Inventors: Ashkan Sardari, Saar Moisa, John Andrew Funk
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Patent number: 11033191Abstract: A medical system may include a shaft member and a structure physically coupled to the shaft member. A portion of the shaft member may be sized to be delivered through a bodily opening leading to a bodily cavity. The structure may include at least two flexible couplings, each flexible coupling extending transversely from an intermediate portion of a respective one of at least two elongate members of the structure. The flexible coupling extending transversely from the intermediate portion of a first one of the at least two elongate members forms at least a part of a first closed loop arranged to receive a portion of the flexible coupling of a second one of the at least two elongate members therethrough to limit a spacing between the intermediate portions of the first and the second ones of the at least two elongate members.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: KARDIUM INC.Inventors: Aldo Antonio Salvestro, John Andrew Funk, Kelly Wilson Watkinson, Saar Moisa
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Patent number: 10845246Abstract: A cooking engagement system and methods therefore are provided. The system includes a cooktop appliance and an interactive assembly positioned above the cooktop appliance. The interactive assembly includes an image monitor that presents various images and information to a user, e.g., recipes. The system includes an infrared sensor for detecting operation of the cooktop appliance. When the infrared sensor senses a temperature level that exceeds a threshold, a controller communicatively coupled thereto activates an air handler to move or motivate an airflow across or about the image monitor. In this way, the image monitor may be cooled and condensation is prevented from forming on the imaging surface of the image monitor.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Michael Andrew Funk, James Lee Armstrong
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Patent number: 10830453Abstract: An exhaust system for a cooking or cooktop appliance is provided herein. The exhaust system may include a casing, an image monitor, an air handler, and a diverter plate. The casing may define an air inlet and an air outlet above a cooktop appliance. The image monitor may be supported on the casing rearward from the air outlet. The image monitor may include an imagining surface extending in a vertical direction between a top edge and a bottom edge. The air handler may be mounted within the casing in fluid communication between the air inlet and outlet. The diverter plate may be attached to the casing below the imaging surface. The air outlet may be defined proximal to the top edge and may define a coolant airflow path. The diverter plate may define an airflow curtain path extending outward from the coolant airflow path.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: James Lee Armstrong, Michael Andrew Funk
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Patent number: 10814099Abstract: Medical systems are disclosed which may include an elongate shaft member and a plurality of steering lines operable to cause bending of the elongate shaft member via movement of at least one of the steering lines. A respective second end portion of a first proximal steering line may terminate at a first proximal termination portion of the elongate shaft member, and a respective second end portion of the first distal steering line may terminate at a first distal termination portion of the elongate shaft member. The elongate shaft member may be formed of materials of different hardness to provide preferential bending in desired directions.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: KARDIUM INC.Inventors: John Andrew Funk, Saar Moisa, Ashkan Sardari
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Publication number: 20200305726Abstract: A medical system may include a shaft member and a structure physically coupled to the shaft member. A portion of the shaft member may be sized to be delivered through a bodily opening leading to a bodily cavity. The structure may include at least two flexible couplings, each flexible coupling extending transversely from an intermediate portion of a respective one of at least two elongate members of the structure. The flexible coupling extending transversely from the intermediate portion of a first one of the at least two elongate members forms at least a part of a first closed loop arranged to receive a portion of the flexible coupling of a second one of the at least two elongate members therethrough to limit a spacing between the intermediate portions of the first and the second ones of the at least two elongate members.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Aldo Antonio SALVESTRO, John Andrew FUNK, Kelly Wilson WATKINSON, Saar MOISA
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Patent number: 10788222Abstract: An exhaust system for a cooking or cooktop appliance is provided herein. The exhaust system may include a casing, an image monitor, and an air handler. The casing may define an air inlet and an air outlet above the cooktop appliance. The image monitor may be supported on the casing above a cooktop surface. The image monitor may include an imagining surface extending in a lateral direction between a first edge and a second edge. The air handler may be mounted within the casing in fluid communication between the air inlet and the air outlet to motivate an airflow therethrough. The air outlet may be defined proximal to the first edge and defines a coolant airflow path extending along the lateral direction across the imaging surface from the first edge.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Bernard Froelicher, James Lee Armstrong, Michael Andrew Funk
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Publication number: 20200274502Abstract: An exemplary audio enhancement system substantially eliminates latency by returning audio input signals in amplified form directly in the analog domain to the source, thereby reducing signal degradation and removing redundancy from digital and analog audio transmission and processing architectures.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Nevin Steinberg, Andrew Funk, Jason Crystal
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Patent number: 10716477Abstract: A medical system may include a shaft member and a structure physically coupled to the shaft member. A portion of the shaft member may be sized to be delivered through a bodily opening leading to a bodily cavity. The structure may include at least two flexible couplings, each flexible coupling extending transversely from an intermediate portion of a respective one of at least two elongate members of the structure. The flexible coupling extending transversely from the intermediate portion of a first one of the at least two elongate members forms at least a part of a first closed loop arranged to receive a portion of the flexible coupling of a second one of the at least two elongate members therethrough to limit a spacing between the intermediate portions of the first and the second ones of the at least two elongate members.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: KARDIUM INC.Inventors: Aldo Antonio Salvestro, John Andrew Funk, Kelly Wilson Watkinson, Saar Moisa