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).

  • Publication number: 20180176679
    Abstract: Techniques, described herein, may enable a computing device (e.g., a set-top-box, a user equipment (UE), etc.) with an array of sensors (e.g., microphones, antennas, etc.) to engage in beamforming in a manner that optimizes the signal strength of the target signal. For example, the computing device may create an optimized beam pattern by applying a pre-selected band width to a steering direction of the target signal. The beam width may include steering vectors at equal, angular distances from the steering direction, enabling steep transition slopes to be applied to the optimized beam pattern. In some implementations, the beam width and transition slopes may be standardized, such that the optimized beam pattern for any signal may be uniform, regardless of variables such as frequency and time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Youhong Lu, Ravi Kalluri, Andrew Walters, Luigi Bojan, Yadong Wang, Vasanthi Vuppuluri
  • Publication number: 20180092847
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of pharmaceutical sciences. More specifically, the present invention includes apparatus and devices for the preparation of pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles, such as multivesicular liposomes, methods for preparing such formulations, and the use of specific formulations for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof. Formation and use of the pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles produced by using the apparatus and devices for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof is also contemplated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ernest George Schutt, Ronald Warren McGuire, Peter Andrew Walters, Kathleen D.A. Los
  • Patent number: 9808424
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of pharmaceutical sciences. More specifically, the present invention includes apparatus and devices for the preparation of pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles, such as multivesicular liposomes, methods for preparing such formulations, and the use of specific formulations for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof. Formation and use of the pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles produced by using the apparatus and devices for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest George Schutt, Ronald Warren McGuire, Peter Andrew Walters, Kathleen D. A. Los
  • Patent number: 9757336
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of pharmaceutical sciences. More specifically, the present invention includes apparatus and devices for the preparation of pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles, such as multivesicular liposomes, methods for preparing such formulations, and the use of specific formulations for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof. Formation and use of the pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles produced by using the apparatus and devices for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest George Schutt, Ronald Warren McGuire, Peter Andrew Walters, Kathleen D. A. Los
  • Patent number: 9747079
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system includes a communication device operative to communicate with a user to obtain the one or more requirements associated with a specification model for a semantic module; a semantic module to receive the one or more requirements, store the one or more requirements and transform the one or more requirements into a semantic model; a specification module to receive the semantic model, store the semantic model, translate the semantic model and generate a specification model; a memory for storing program instructions; at least one specification model platform processor, coupled to the memory, and in communication with the specification module and the semantic module and operative to execute program instructions to: transform the one or more requirements into a semantic model by executing the semantic module; translate the semantic model into a graphical model by executing the specification module; and modify the graphical model by executing the specification module to generate
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kit Yan Siu, Andrew Walter Crapo, Michael Richard Durling, Luca Parolini, Panagiotis Manolios, Han Yu, Scott Stacey
  • Patent number: 9737482
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of pharmaceutical sciences. More specifically, the present invention includes apparatus and devices for the preparation of pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles, such as multivesicular liposomes, methods for preparing such formulations, and the use of specific formulations for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof. Formation and use of the pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles produced by using the apparatus and devices for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest George Schutt, Ronald Warren McGuire, Peter Andrew Walters, Kathleen D. A. Los
  • Patent number: 9737483
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of pharmaceutical sciences. More specifically, the present invention includes apparatus and devices for the preparation of pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles, such as multivesicular liposomes, methods for preparing such formulations, and the use of specific formulations for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof. Formation and use of the pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles produced by using the apparatus and devices for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest George Schutt, Ronald Warren McGuire, Peter Andrew Walters, Kathleen D. A. Los
  • Patent number: 9730892
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of pharmaceutical sciences. More specifically, the present invention includes apparatus and devices for the preparation of pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles, such as multivesicular liposomes, methods for preparing such formulations, and the use of specific formulations for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof. Formation and use of the pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles produced by using the apparatus and devices for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest George Schutt, Ronald Warren McGuire, Peter Andrew Walters, Kathleen D. A. Los
  • Patent number: 9724302
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of pharmaceutical sciences. More specifically, the present invention includes apparatus and devices for the preparation of pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles, such as multivesicular liposomes, methods for preparing such formulations, and the use of specific formulations for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof. Formation and use of the pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles produced by using the apparatus and devices for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest George Schutt, Ronald Warren McGuire, Peter Andrew Walters, Kathleen D. A. Los
  • Publication number: 20170060972
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and machine-readable storage media for converting process data extracted from one or more data source systems into a data-source-independent intermediate representation, and then applying a domain-specific semantic ontology to the intermediate representation to create a semantic representation of the process data. The intermediate representation may specify, for each instances of a process object within a process flow, a unique identifier, a set of observations, and references to process-object instance immediately preceding or following the process-object instance at issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Justin DeSpenza McHugh, Andrew Walter Crapo
  • Publication number: 20170039039
    Abstract: A method for model-based design of safety-critical software is disclosed. The method includes receiving natural-language software requirements, developing a specification model by implementing either semantic modeling or graphical modeling, applying formal requirements analysis to the specification model, auto generating requirements based and robustness test cases from the specification model, developing a design model based on the specification model, applying test cases to the design model, auto-generating source code using the design model, verifying the source code using both test cases and static analysis technology, and compiling executable object code from the verified source code. If a result of the analysis of the software specification or design models is not satisfactory then adjusting the specification or design model to correct any inconsistency, and repeating applying the analysis and test cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Timothy Lee Johnson, Andrew Walter Crapo, Michael Richard Durling, Alexander Walsch, Kit Yan Siu, Luca Parolini, Panagiotis Manolios, Meng Li, Han Yu, Scott Alan Stacey, Gregory Reed Sykes
  • Publication number: 20160361260
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of pharmaceutical sciences. More specifically, the present invention includes apparatus and devices for the preparation of pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles, such as multivesicular liposomes, methods for preparing such formulations, and the use of specific formulations for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof. Formation and use of the pharmaceutical formulations containing large diameter synthetic membrane vesicles produced by using the apparatus and devices for therapeutic treatment of subjects in need thereof is also contemplated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Ernest George Schutt, Ronald Warren McGuire, Peter Andrew Walters, Kathleen D.A. Los
  • Publication number: 20160338824
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Keith Andrew Walter, Kurt Weber
  • Patent number: 9433495
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for performing small incision DLEK include providing a corneal transplantation donor tissue graft; then forming the tissue graft into an implantable configuration using the flexible substrate. Related medical kits and tools for forming a compact or rolled donor tissue graft are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: Keith Andrew Walter, Kurt Weber
  • Publication number: 20160170714
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system includes a communication device operative to communicate with a user to obtain the one or more requirements associated with a specification model for a semantic module; a semantic module to receive the one or more requirements, store the one or more requirements and transform the one or more requirements into a semantic model; a specification module to receive the semantic model, store the semantic model, translate the semantic model and generate a specification model; a memory for storing program instructions; at least one specification model platform processor, coupled to the memory, and in communication with the specification module and the semantic module and operative to execute program instructions to: transform the one or more requirements into a semantic model by executing the semantic module; translate the semantic model into a graphical model by executing the specification module; and modify the graphical model by executing the specification module to generate
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Kit Yan Siu, Andrew Walter Crapo, Michael Richard Durling, Luca Parolini, Panagiotis Manolios, Han Yu, Scott Stacey
  • Publication number: 20160110478
    Abstract: Embodiments allow blocking and featurization of time-series data gathered from at least one sensor. The input time-series data is divided into blocks with common attributes (features) according to feature models that describe patterns in the data. The blocks may be overlapping or non-overlapping. The resultant feature blocks are annotated with feature information and semantic meaning. The feature blocks can be indexed to facilitate semantic search of the data. Feature blocks may be further analyzed to create semantic blocks that incorporate semantic meaning and features for multiple feature blocks, sensors and/or related time-series data. The semantic blocks can also be indexed to facilitate semantic search of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Kareem Sherif Aggour, Andrew Walter Crapo, Abha Moitra, Steven Matt Gustafson
  • Publication number: 20160041803
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling a display in a machine operating in a work area. A plurality of views are displayed on a screen, each of the plurality of views corresponding to a plurality of functions. A user of the machine is allowed to simultaneously monitor the work area and control one or more of the plurality of functions by way of one or more of the plurality of views. The functions include one or more physical activities performed by an implement, connected to the machine, in the work area. The user is allowed to control, via the display, the one or more physical activities using software executed on the machine while monitoring the work area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: TOPCON POSITIONING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Dimitre Markov, John Boal, Stefan Stefanov, Andrew Walter, Heath Stephens, Brian Sorbe, Michael Gomes
  • Publication number: 20160019192
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a document associated with an artifact may be received, the document being at least partially unstructured. In an unstructured portion of the document, an extraction platform may automatically detect a first characteristic. The extraction platform may also automatically detect a second characteristic in the unstructured portion of the document. Using the first and second characteristics, a structured semantic model representing the artifact may automatically be created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Walter Crapo, Abha Moitra
  • Publication number: 20150374547
    Abstract: Methods and systems for correcting presbyopia using a surgical excimer laser include activating the laser once and transmitting a pre-defined three dimensional ablation profile to treat presbyopia based on the single activating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Keith Andrew Walter, Evan Scott Luxon, Christopher Bligh Komanski
  • Publication number: 20150305927
    Abstract: Devices, systems, surgical kits and methods for corneal surgery, preferably using femto-laser assisted, corneal tattooing. The corneal tattoos are formed with one or more viscous opaque substances such as pasty substances of different colors to match eye colors of different patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: Keith Andrew Walter