Patents by Inventor Andrew Walter
Andrew Walter 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: 11982627Abstract: Semi-automated quantitative phenotype analysis of organisms, such as plant organisms, bacterial organisms, and the like. An imaging system, image capture specifications, a semi-automated quantitative image analysis process, and automated batch processing of acquired images that enables completely quantitative experimental readouts that produces data rapidly and objectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLCInventors: Alberto B. Iandolino, Andrew Walter Mroczka, Rick C. Taytroe
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Publication number: 20240151343Abstract: A navigation apparatus for use in navigating a pipe having a sidewall defining an interior cavity is provided. The navigation apparatus includes a body assembly having a first end and a second end and configured to move through the interior cavity of the pipe. The navigation apparatus also includes a channel defining a fluid passageway extending at least partly between the first end and the second end of the body assembly, an inlet for fluid from the interior cavity of the pipe to enter the fluid passageway, and an outlet for the fluid to exit the fluid passageway and return to the interior cavity of the pipe. The channel is configured to allow the fluid to flow through the fluid passageway and from the first end of the body assembly to the second end of the body assembly as the body assembly moves through the interior cavity of the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Deepak Trivedi, Andrew Thomas Cross, Christopher Walter Falcone
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Publication number: 20240151110Abstract: A tunneling device includes a body assembly, an expander coupled to the body assembly and extending along a longitudinal axis, and a tip coupled to the expander. The expander is disposed between a force transmitter and the tip. The expander is expandable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between a first configuration having a first width measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a second configuration having a second width measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The tip has a width measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The first width of the expander is equal to or less than the width of the tip. The force transmitter is configured to deliver a force through the expander to the tip to move the tip in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis with the expander in the second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Andrew Thomas Cross, Christopher Walter Falcone, Deepak Trivedi
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Publication number: 20240085364Abstract: A method for determining a health indicator parameter of a fluid are described. The method can include contacting at least one first functionalized electrode included in a plurality of functionalized electrodes of a sensing unit with a fluid. The method can also include generating a first electrical signal within the fluid by the at least one first functionalized electrode. The method can further include receiving, by at least one second functionalized electrode included in the plurality of functionalized electrodes of the sensing unit, a second electrical signal in response to the first electrical signal. The sensing unit can determine a health indicator parameter of the fluid based on the second electrical signal. The health indicator parameter can be associated with an electrochemical response signal included in the second electrical signal. The sensing unit can provide the health indicator parameter to a computing device communicably coupled to the sensing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: James Michael Lustig, Andrew Walter Hutchinson
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Patent number: 11911611Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for measuring an impedance of one or more target cells before and after an electroporation protocol has been applied to the one or more target cells. The result of the impedance measurement provides a feedback control that can be implemented during and/or after the electroporation protocol to customize the electrical treatment for a particular target cell or cellular tissue.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: University of South FloridaInventors: Mark Jeffrey Jaroszeski, Timothy Fawcett, Richard Jason Connolly, Andrew M. Hoff, Reginald Morley Atkins, Douglas Walter Brown, Richard A. Gilbert
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Patent number: 11911571Abstract: The present invention relates to packaging 10 for housing a medical device 100. The packaging 10 includes first and second sides 12, 14 sealed or otherwise secured around the periphery thereof to define a plurality of edges. An interaction region 24 is provided and defines a first point of contact for a user of the packaging 100. The packaging 10 also includes a tear-away region 28 which may be at least partially separated from the remainder of the packaging to form an open upper end of the packaging 10, in use. The tear-away region 28 includes an interaction point defining a second point of contact for a user of the packaging 10. A sealing arrangement including first and second sealing members 42, 44 provides a user-sealable seal between the first and second sides 12, 14 of the packaging 10.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ConvaTec LimitedInventors: Andrew Kendrick, Oliver Walter Pfleger, Julie Lambrethsen
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Publication number: 20240028799Abstract: A method of determining an effect of wind on a flight path of a golf ball includes predictive modeling a flow of air through a null terrain with a processing system. The null terrain includes a three-dimensional digital model of a physical terrain and a physical feature. Changes of a wind speed, a wind direction, or a combination thereof of the flow of air are calculated with the processing system based on the predictive modeling of the wind speed and the wind direction through the null terrain. An output data set of predicted wind behavior is generated based on the calculated changes of wind speed, wind direction, or a combination thereof of the flow of air through the null terrain. An effect of wind behavior on the flight-path of the golf ball is predicted based on the output data set of predicted wind behavior.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventor: Andrew Walter Werner
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Patent number: 11806228Abstract: Medical kits and methods for performing small incision DLEK include a corneal transplantation donor tissue graft formed into an implantable and compact rolled configuration using the flexible substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Wake Forest University Health SciencesInventors: Keith Andrew Walter, Kurt Weber
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Patent number: 11796585Abstract: A method includes receiving an output signal from a conductive element configured within a dielectric material. The conductive element can have an input voltage applied thereto and the output signal can include a plurality of signal amplitudes indicative of electric charges discharged across a gap between the conductive element and the dielectric material in response to the applied input voltage. The method can also include determining charge characterization data and classifying a material and a geometry of the conductive element and/or the dielectric material. The classification can include an operational state of the conductive element and/or the dielectric material. Related systems, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer readable mediums are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLCInventors: Eugene Toyonari Yamamoto, Scot Alan Shermer, Andrew Walter Hutchinson
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Patent number: 11767104Abstract: A vortex generator, includes a vane, mountable on an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft, and an actuator that rotates the vane between a stowed position and a deployed position. The actuator includes a linear actuator, composed at least in part of a shape memory alloy (SMA), that when thermally activated facilitates rotation of the vane between the stowed position to the deployed position. Thermal activation of the SMA is caused via one or more of joule heating, conduction, and induction in response to one or more of an electronic command signal and a wireless command signal. The electronic command signal and the wireless command signal may be transmitted in response to ambient conditions, aircraft flight conditions, and aircraft mission.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Frederick T. Calkins, Paul M. Vijgen, Douglas E. Nicholson, Andrew Walter Fassmann
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Patent number: 11743847Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes receiving control signaling indicating for the UE to monitor a set of multiple synchronization signal blocks during a first transmission time interval, determining a priority order of the set of multiple synchronization signal blocks based on a number of beam switch events that occur during the first transmission time interval exceeding a beam switch capability limit of the UE, performing a set of multiple beam measurements of at least a subset of the set of multiple synchronization signal blocks that occur during the first transmission time interval according to the priority order of the set of multiple synchronization signal blocks, and transmitting a beam report to a base station based on the set of multiple beam measurements.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Nagaraju Gajula, Uzma Khan Qazi, Yong Li, Andrew Walter Janiszewski, Kang Gao
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Patent number: 11734202Abstract: A system including a sensor interface for determining a substitute frequency value via a sensor interface is provided. The system can include a first circuit receiving a frequency signal. The system can also include a sensor interface coupled to the first circuit and configured to determine a substitute frequency value based on the frequency signal. The system can also include a second circuit providing the substitute frequency value output from the sensor interface. The second circuit can provide the substitute frequency value in place of an analog input value by mimicking the behavior of an analog-to-digital converter. An apparatus including the sensor interface and methods of determining the substitute frequency value using a sensor interface are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Andrew Walter Hutchinson, Declan Doherty
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Patent number: 11675825Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium to extract information from at least one of code and text documentation, the extracted information conforming to a base ontology and being extracted in the context of a knowledge graph; add the extracted information to the knowledge graph; generate, in a mixed interaction with a user selectively in communication with the system, computational models including scientific knowledge; and persist, in a memory, a record of the generated computational models.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andrew Walter Crapo, Nurali Virani, Varish Mulwad
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Patent number: 11674914Abstract: A sensor having a sensor head including a unibody construction, a first electrode, and at least one second electrode is provided. The first electrode can include a first pair of sensing elements coupled to each over via at least one bridge element extending from a first sensing element to a second sensing element. The at least one second electrode can include a second pair of sensing elements interleaved with the first pair of sensing elements. The second pair of sensing elements can be coupled to each other via at least one second bridge element extending from a third sensing element to a fourth sensing element. A method of manufacturing the sensor is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLCInventors: Andrew Walter Hutchinson, James Michael Lustig, Scott Anderson, Claudia Leon, Edward Baus
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Publication number: 20230152261Abstract: A sensor having a sensor head including a unibody construction, a first electrode, and at least one second electrode is provided. The first electrode can include a first pair of sensing elements coupled to each over via at least one bridge element extending from a first sensing element to a second sensing element. The at least one second electrode can include a second pair of sensing elements interleaved with the first pair of sensing elements. The second pair of sensing elements can be coupled to each other via at least one second bridge element extending from a third sensing element to a fourth sensing element. A method of manufacturing the sensor is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Andrew Walter Hutchinson, James Michael Lustig, Scott Anderson, Claudia Leon, Edward Baus
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Patent number: 11650230Abstract: Sensor circuitry utilizing feedback to balance sensor output data is provided. An apparatus can include a primary coil and a first secondary coil outputting a first voltage. The apparatus can also include a second secondary coil outputting a second voltage. The apparatus can further include circuitry coupled to the first secondary coil and the second secondary coil. The circuitry can be configured to receive the first voltage from the first secondary coil and the second voltage from the second secondary coil. The circuitry can also be configured to determine a feedback voltage based on a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage. The feedback voltage can correct the difference. The circuitry can also modify a third voltage that can be output by the circuitry to be zero based on the feedback voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLCInventors: Andrew Walter Hutchinson, James Michael Lustig
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Publication number: 20230112657Abstract: This invention allows an end user (“client”) to access one of any number of devices via a server (or cluster of server instances). Each device may be in a different physical location and different location on the Internet or other network. Each device might also be behind a router or firewall that makes direct access to the device impossible. Clients may optionally be authenticated to ensure they are authorized to access a particular device, and devices may also be authenticated to verify their identity to prevent spoofing. Access to a device is achieved by tunneling network requests over a persistent connection that the device establishes when it first comes online.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Andrew Walters, Peter Macdonald, Gladys Wong, James Armand Baldwin
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Publication number: 20230076909Abstract: An Enhanced Lift Assist Device is described. The device allows a user to lift and manipulate large, heavy or bulky items by applying force to the item as opposed to traditional control methods such as buttons. This force based system provides ease of movement of the item, making it appear much lighter than it actually is. The Enhanced Lift Assist Device also includes an adjustable base that allows for change of orientation of the device that may include leveling or self-leveling functionality, allowing the device to be operated in non-traditional environments that require leveling or operational adjustments for proper functioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Construction Robotics, LLCInventors: Andrew Walter Beckmann, Scott Lawrence Peters, Glenn Dayton White, David Wesley Lombardo, Greg Brulo, Ji Hong Hao, Matthew Ian Gilbride, David Whitney Lyndaker, Charles Alfred Streb, IV, William Lewis Martz
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Publication number: 20230030241Abstract: A buffer summary group of a plurality of buffer summary groups is accessed. The buffer summary group includes one or more summary indicators for one or more buffers assigned to the buffer summary group. A summary indicator of the one or more summary indicators of the buffer summary group is checked to determine whether an event has occurred for at least one buffer of the one or more buffers assigned to the buffer summary group. Based on the checking indicating that the event has occurred, one or more actions are performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Peter Dana Driever, David Harold Surman, Peter Kenneth Szwed, Andrew Walter Piechowski, Steven Neil Goss
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Publication number: 20230036467Abstract: A vector entry of a signaling vector is registered to a buffer summary group. The buffer summary group includes one or more summary indicators for one or more buffers assigned to the buffer summary group. A command is processed that sets a vector indicator in the vector entry and based on setting the vector indicator in the vector entry, a summary indicator of the one or more summary indicators is set in the buffer summary group.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Peter Dana Driever, David Harold Surman, Peter Kenneth Szwed, Andrew Walter Piechowski, Steven Neil Goss