Patents by Inventor Arun Venkatasubramanian
Arun Venkatasubramanian 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: 20240082749Abstract: An interactive toy comprising a function device for performing user-perceptible, controllable functions. The interactive toy also includes a rechargeable power source and a charging circuit for contactless receipt of electrical energy and for charging the rechargeable power source when the interactive toy is positioned in a charging zone of a contactless charging device. The interactive toy is adapted to determine a charging rate at respective positions relative to the charging device and to generate a user-perceptible output indicative of the determined charging rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: LEGO A/SInventors: Thomas Alan DONALDSON, Mark Ross CHAMPKINS, Radost Radoslavova KEREFEYNA, Rasmus Bissenbakker KÆRSGAARD, Yufan Wei WANG, Arun VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Simon Mark JORDAN, Andrew James KNIGHTS, Isobel Jane ASHBEY, Martin Edward BROCK, Rosanna Elizabeth PARRISH, Silviu TOMA, Robert George MILNER
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Patent number: 11857890Abstract: An interactive toy, system, and method of controlling the same. The interactive toy includes a toy housing comprising therein a function device performing user-perceptible, controllable functions; a control circuit controlling the function device; a rechargeable power source providing operating power to the function device and the control circuit; and a charging circuit for contactless receipt of electrical energy and for charging the rechargeable power source when the interactive toy is positioned in a charging zone of a contactless charging device. The control circuit receives a primary signal indicative of an interaction stimulus; a secondary signal indicative of a position of the interactive toy with respect to the charging zone; and, responsive to the primary signal, controls the function device to perform a user-perceptible function selected based on the secondary signal. The interactive toy system includes an interactive toy and a contactless charging device defining one or more charging zones.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: LEGO A/SInventors: Thomas Alan Donaldson, Mark Ross Champkins, Radost Radoslavova Kerefeyna, Rasmus Bissenbakker Kærsgaard, Yufan Wei Wang, Arun Venkatasubramanian, Simon Mark Jordan, Andrew James Knights, Isobel Jane Ashbey, Martin Edward Brock, Rosanna Elizabeth Parrish, Silviu Toma, Robert George Milner
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Publication number: 20230211164Abstract: An implantable pulse generator (IPG) includes a communication module configured to send data to and receive data. A data module is coupled to the communication module and configured to manage data relating to the identity and properties of the IPG. A pulse control module is configured to control the generation of one or more pulses by the IPG. The IPG also includes an energy storage device configured to store energy and a first housing, the first housing containing at least a portion of the IPG. Further, the IPG includes an antenna coupled to the communication module. The antenna is selectively electrically coupled to the first housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Axonics, Inc.Inventors: Pete PETERSON, Prabodh MATHUR, John MILLER, Ranga JEGADEESAN, Arun VENKATASUBRAMANIAN
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Patent number: 11670839Abstract: An antenna for a medical implant device is described. The antenna has a magnetic field radiator portion and an electric field radiator portion coupled to the magnetic field radiator portion. The magnetic and electric field radiators are arranged to result in generation, by the antenna, of at least one of a transverse electric leaky wave and a transverse magnetic leaky wave in lossy body tissue of a human or animal body such that the lossy body tissue acts as a waveguide for the transverse electric leaky wave or transverse magnetic leaky wave, whereby to optimize at least one of the efficiency of the antenna and the far field gain of the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS LIMITEDInventors: Arun Venkatasubramanian, Lonnell Leotis Ahiyya
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Patent number: 11469489Abstract: An electrically small antenna operable in both single-ended and differential antenna systems, and corresponding circuitry configurations, is provided. The antenna may be arranged on or in a wearable audio device, such as an earbud. The antenna may include a first curved arm electrically coupled to a first port. The antenna may include a second curved arm of equal size and equal shape as the first curved arm and electrically coupled to a second port. The second curved arm may be rotationally positioned 180 degrees, relative to the first curved arm, about an imaginary axis perpendicular to a surface of the wearable audio device. The single-ended antenna system may include a radio frequency integrated circuit (“RFIC”), fixed matching network, a tuneable capacitor, and a switching circuit. The differential antenna system may include an RFIC, fixed matching network, a tuneable capacitor, and a balun.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Arun Venkatasubramanian, Hallam Arthur William Collings, Pablo Fernandez Medina, Mohammed Alexander Shalaby, Arpan Pal, Emiliano Mezzarobba, Carl Matthew Clement
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Publication number: 20220257468Abstract: A pharmaceutical container may include a cylindrical hollow container body (100) defining a hollow chamber (111) to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body (100) including a portion on a sidewall (121) of the container body (100), wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body (100) and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body (100), thereby forming a window (122) through the sidewall (121) of the container body (100) into the hollow chamber (111), the window (122) comprising two long edges (124) and two short edges (125), and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna (110) arranged on the outer surface (120) of the sidewall (121) of the container, the antenna (110) including one or a plurality of nested antenna windings (150), each of them surrounding an interior periphery (140) including a substantially longitudinal portion (141) arranged along the two long edges (124) of the window (122), and a substantially cirType: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Andrew BRYANT, Alain Schmidlin, Daniel Latham, Gabriel Iobbi, Arun Venkatasubramanian, Thomas Richard Redman, Timothy Duncan Wooller, Franck Rubiconi, Robert George Milner, Richard Andrew Hall, Symon Cotton, Simon Peter Attard
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Publication number: 20220247218Abstract: A toy system comprising a plurality of toy construction elements, having detachably interconnecting coupling members for creating coherent spatial structures. The plurality of toy construction elements include: an energy source device comprising a housing and an energy transfer circuit therein; and energy distribution devices to provide respective external conductive loops extending outside the housing and defining a respective external energy transfer zone in a proximity of the respective external conductive loops. The energy source device is configured to be brought into operational connection with the energy distribution devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Andrew James KNIGHTS, Isobel Jane ASHBEY, Rosanna Elizabeth PARRISH, Simon Mark JORDAN, Robert George MILNER, Martin Edward BROCK, Thomas Alan DONALDSON, Mark Ross CHAMPKINS, Radost Radoslavova KEREFEYNA, Rasmus Bissenbakker KÆRSGAARD, Yufan Wei WANG, Troels HERMANN, Arun VENKATASUBRAMANIAN
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Publication number: 20220143524Abstract: An interactive toy, system, and method of controlling the same. The interactive toy includes a toy housing comprising therein a function device performing user-perceptible, controllable functions; a control circuit controlling the function device; a rechargeable power source providing operating power to the function device and the control circuit; and a charging circuit for contactless receipt of electrical energy and for charging the rechargeable power source when the interactive toy is positioned in a charging zone of a contactless charging device. The control circuit receives a primary signal indicative of an interaction stimulus; a secondary signal indicative of a position of the interactive toy with respect to the charging zone; and, responsive to the primary signal, controls the function device to perform a user-perceptible function selected based on the secondary signal. The interactive toy system includes an interactive toy and a contactless charging device defining one or more charging zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Thomas Alan DONALDSON, Mark Ross CHAMPKINS, Radost Radoslavova KEREFEYNA, Rasmus Bissenbakker KÆRSGAARD, Yufan Wei WANG, Arun VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Simon Mark JORDAN, Andrew James KNIGHTS, Isobel Jane ASHBEY, Martin Edward BROCK, Rosanna Elizabeth PARRISH, Silviu TOMA, Robert George MILNER
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Patent number: 11324661Abstract: A pharmaceutical container includes a cylindrical hollow container body defining a hollow chamber to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body including a portion on a sidewall) of the container body, wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body, thereby forming a window through the sidewall of the container body into the hollow chamber. In embodiments of the invention, the window comprises two long edges and two short edges, and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna. In embodiments of the invention, the antenna comprises one or a plurality of nested antenna windings.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Andrew Bryant, Alain Schmidlin, Daniel Latham, Gabriel Iobbi, Arun Venkatasubramanian, Thomas Richard Redman, Timothy Duncan Wooller, Franck Rubiconi, Robert George Milner, Richard Andrew Hall, Symon Cotton, Simon Peter Attard
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Publication number: 20210336326Abstract: An electrically small antenna operable in both single-ended and differential antenna systems, and corresponding circuitry configurations, is provided. The antenna may be arranged on or in a wearable audio device, such as an earbud. The antenna may include a first curved arm electrically coupled to a first port. The antenna may include a second curved arm of equal size and equal shape as the first curved arm and electrically coupled to a second port. The second curved arm may be rotationally positioned 180 degrees, relative to the first curved arm, about an imaginary axis perpendicular to a surface of the wearable audio device. The single-ended antenna system may include a radio frequency integrated circuit (“RFIC”), fixed matching network, a tuneable capacitor, and a switching circuit. The differential antenna system may include an RFIC, fixed matching network, a tuneable capacitor, and a balun.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Bose CorporationInventors: Arun Venkatasubramanian, Hallam Arthur William Collings, Pablo Fernandez Medina, Mohammed Alexander Shalaby, Arpan Pal, Emiliano Mezzarobba, Carl Matthew Clement
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Publication number: 20200235464Abstract: An antenna for a medical implant device is described. The antenna has a magnetic field radiator portion and an electric field radiator portion coupled to the magnetic field radiator portion. The magnetic and electric field radiators are arranged to result in generation, by the antenna, of at least one of a transverse electric leaky wave and a transverse magnetic leaky wave in lossy body tissue of a human or animal body such that the lossy body tissue acts as a waveguide for the transverse electric leaky wave or transverse magnetic leaky wave, whereby to optimize at least one of the efficiency of the antenna and the far field gain of the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Arun VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Lonnell LEOTIS AHIYYA
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Patent number: 10622707Abstract: An antenna for a medical implant device has a magnetic field radiator portion and an electric field radiator portion coupled to the magnetic field radiator portion. The magnetic and electric field radiators are arranged to result in generation, by the antenna, of at least one of a transverse electric leaky wave and a transverse magnetic leaky wave in lossy body tissue of a human or animal body such that the lossy body tissue acts as a waveguide for the transverse electric leaky wave or transverse magnetic leaky wave, whereby to optimize at least one of the efficiency of the antenna and the far field gain of the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS LIMITEDInventors: Arun Venkatasubramanian, Lonnell Leotis Ahiyya
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Publication number: 20190379232Abstract: A wearable device for wirelessly charging a chargeable device, the wearable device comprising: means for generating a magnetic field for wirelessly charging the chargeable device, wherein the magnetic field generating means comprises at least two transmit coils, each configured to generate a respective component of the magnetic field; and means for shaping the magnetic field, in dependence on at least one of a location, orientation and shape of the chargeable device, by configuring the respective magnetic field component generated by each transmit coil, whereby to optimize the magnetic field for charging the chargeable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicants: Cambridge Consultants LimitedInventors: Rostislav LEMDIASOV, Arun VENKATASUBRAMANIAN
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Patent number: 10264981Abstract: A introducer is disclosed that includes an introducer sheath for introducing a catheter into a blood vessel at an insertion point, a plurality of electrodes on the introducer sheath, a flush line coupled to the introducer sheath including a proximal end and a distal end. In addition, the introducer includes an impedance assessment unit coupled to the flush line between the proximal end and the distal end and electrically coupled to the electrodes. The impedance assessment unit is configured to inject a predetermined current or voltage into a first of the plurality of electrodes and measure a resulting voltage or current, respectively, from a second of the plurality of electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Saranas, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Alexander Arevalos, Mehdi Razavi, Matthew DeNardo, Serge Roux, Joe Bailey, Arun Venkatasubramanian
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Publication number: 20190038214Abstract: In one example, a sensor is configured to be implanted into a patient's body. The sensor has at least one sensing element, a measurement device in communication with the at least one sensing element, and an internal wireless communicator in communication with the measurement device. The at least one sensing element includes a resistor, and the measurement device includes a capacitor. The measurement device measures a discharge time of the capacitor through the resistor so as to generate a measurement value that is proportional to a value of an anatomical property of the anatomical body, such as strain, that is observed by the sensor. The internal wireless communicator wirelessly communicates the measurement value through skin of the patient to an external wireless communicator situated outside of the patient's body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: George Mikhail, Filip Leszko, Glen Pierson, Brett Ivan Wakley, Arun Venkatasubramanian, Rosti Lemdiasov
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Publication number: 20190038507Abstract: A pharmaceutical container may include a cylindrical hollow container body (100) defining a hollow chamber (111) to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body (100) including a portion on a sidewall (121) of the container body (100), wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body (100) and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body (100), thereby forming a window (122) through the sidewall (121) of the container body (100) into the hollow chamber (111), the window (122) comprising two long edges (124) and two short edges (125), and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna (110) arranged on the outer surface (120) of the sidewall (121) of the container, the antenna (110) including one or a plurality of nested antenna windings (150), each of them surrounding an interior periphery (140) including a substantially longitudinal portion (141) arranged along the two long edges (124) of the window (122), and a substantially cirType: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Andrew Bryant, Alain Schmidlin, Daniel Latham, Gabriel Iobbi, Arun Venkatasubramanian, Thomas Richard Redman, Timothy Duncan Wooller, Franck Rubiconi, Robert George Milner, Richard Andrew Hall, Symon Cotton, Simon Peter Attard
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Publication number: 20180269564Abstract: An antenna for a medical implant device has a magnetic field radiator portion and an electric field radiator portion coupled to the magnetic field radiator portion. The magnetic and electric field radiators are arranged to result in generation, by the antenna, of at least one of a transverse electric leaky wave and a transverse magnetic leaky wave in lossy body tissue of a human or animal body such that the lossy body tissue acts as a waveguide for the transverse electric leaky wave or transverse magnetic leaky wave, whereby to optimize at least one of the efficiency of the antenna and the far field gain of the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Arun VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, Lonnell LEOTIS AHIYYA
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Publication number: 20170049359Abstract: A introducer is disclosed that includes an introducer sheath for introducing a catheter into a blood vessel at an insertion point, a plurality of electrodes on the introducer sheath, a flush line coupled to the introducer sheath including a proximal end and a distal end. In addition, the introducer includes an impedance assessment unit coupled to the flush line between the proximal end and the distal end and electrically coupled to the electrodes. The impedance assessment unit is configured to inject a predetermined current or voltage into a first of the plurality of electrodes and measure a resulting voltage or current, respectively, from a second of the plurality of electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Christopher Alexander Arevalos, Mehdi Razavi, Matthew DeNardo, Serge Roux, Joe Bailey, Arun Venkatasubramanian
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Publication number: 20110304437Abstract: A sensor system having a sharply defined zone of active sensing comprising a compound antenna system comprising an antenna structure disposed in relation to a shield structure and spaced from the shield structure, the shield structure having an open aperture in front of the antenna structure in the direction of a lobe of sensitivity of the antenna structure. In various embodiments, the shield structure may be layered on the inside between the antenna and the shield structure with an RF absorbing material. The aperture may be formed in part by adjustable panels and the antenna spacing from the aperture may be adjustable by adjusting an antenna mounting position within the shield. The compound antenna system may be coupled to a receiver having a threshold response based on the compound antenna system response characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: Plus Location Systems USA LLCInventors: Bill Beeler, Arun Venkatasubramanian