Patents by Inventor Benjamin Lawrence

Benjamin Lawrence 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: 20250099194
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing removably coupled to a tool driver of a robotic surgical system, a shaft extending from the drive housing, an end effector arranged at an end of the shaft, and a computer system. The computer system is programmed to send a command signal to a motor of the tool driver to drive rotation of a drive shaft mounted within the drive housing, monitor torque and rotational motion of the motor with a torque sensor and a rotary encoder, respectively, in communication with the computer system, measure an unexpected change in the torque or the rotational motion of the motor with the torque sensor or the rotary encoder when the surgical tool is manually bailed out by manually rotating the drive shaft and backdriving the motor, report the unexpected change as a bailout signal, and disable the surgical tool once the bailout signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Mark D. OVERMYER, Benjamin Lawrence BERTRAM, Christopher A. DENZINGER, Robert Louis KOCH, JR.
  • Patent number: 12247305
    Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for forming and purifying solid carbon material from a molten carbonate salt electrolyte. Various embodiments also provide methods, apparatus, and systems for recycling certain materials including the carbonate salt electrolyte, carbon dioxide, water, etc. Advantageously, the system utilizes carbon dioxide in one or more processes, for example to purify the solid carbon and regenerate the carbonate salt electrolyte. These methods, apparatus, and systems provide an efficient technique to consume carbon dioxide in the production of solid carbon, with substantial advantages over systems that attempt to form solid carbon from a stream of carbon dioxide provided directly to an electrolysis reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Maple Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew Lawrence Reid, Benjamin Mark Rush, Daniel Ricardo Ahumada, Kenneth Reid
  • Publication number: 20250068194
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are described for monitoring energy use habits of consumers. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining temperature data from a monitored property. An energy model of the monitored property is generated based on the obtained temperature data. The current temperature data is obtained from the monitored property. The current temperature data is provided to the generated energy model to generate a duty-cycle for turning an HVAC system of the monitored property off an on during the on-peak hours. The HVAC system of the monitored property is instructed to cycle off and on during the on-peak hours based on the generated duty-cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Lawrence Reeder, Caspar John Anderegg, Gustaf Nicolaus Maxwell Lonaeus, William Converse Blanchard, Jean-Paul Martin, Benjamin Michael Machlin
  • Patent number: 12233028
    Abstract: A valving arrangement is provided herein for regulating fluidics of modules usable in a combinatorial drug delivery device. The valving includes a slidable piston valve, adjustable to selectively seal an outlet path from a drug vial and a sealing port, in parallel to a vent, for selectively sealing an inlet path to the drug vial. Advantageously, the subject invention allows for applied negative pressure to adjust the valving to allow flow between serially-connected modules forming a drug delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Stephen Lawrence Zieminski, Mark Steven Howansky, Mariano Mumpower, Melanie Marie Springer, Katherine Alina Goetz, Benjamin Richard Lane
  • Patent number: 12225894
    Abstract: An insert for an arthropod trapping device. The insert comprising a substrate and a frame for supporting the substrate, where a surface of the substrate has an adhesive disposed thereon, an optional mounting bracket spaced apart from the adhesive surface of the insert and located at a first end of the insert, and an optional graspable tab extending from the frame at a second end of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence Smith, Benjamin Patrick Hale, Adam James Burt, Erik John Hasenoehrl, Danilo Rossi, Andrea Pedrotti, Walter Sordo, Alessio Giovanelli, Brian Lee Floyd, Hirotaka Uchiyama, Thomas Bernard Walker, III, Anthony Xavier Jean-Yves Clerc
  • Publication number: 20250049018
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of trapping arthropods by providing a substantially planar, flexible insert having a LED-facing surface having an adhesive for trapping the arthropods disposed thereon. Then, bending the insert into a curved configuration and inserting the insert into an arthropod trapping device. The device includes a housing having a base and a curved shade. The curved shade is configured to receive the insert and comprises a LED-facing surface. A first LED having a peak wavelength of from about 400 nm to about 500 nm is mounted on the base and is configured to emit light in a direction substantially perpendicular to the LED-facing surface of the shade. A second LED having a peak wavelength of from about 350 nm to about 400 nm is mounted on the base and is configured to emit light in a direction substantially parallel to the LED-facing surface of the shade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence SMITH, Benjamin Patrick HALE, Adam James BURT, Erik John HASENOEHRL, Danilo ROSSI, Andrea PEDROTTI, Walter SORDO, Alessio GIOVANELLI, Brian Lee FLOYD, Hirotaka UCHIYAMA, Thomas Bernard WALKER, III, Anthony Xavier Jean-Yves CLERC
  • Patent number: 12207640
    Abstract: An arthropod trapping device comprising a housing and an insert. The housing comprises a base and a shade coupled to the base, where the base comprises a light source (e.g., LED) and where the shade is configured to receive an insert that comprises a light source-facing surface with an adhesive disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence Smith, Benjamin Patrick Hale, Adam James Burt, Erik John Hasenoehrl, Danilo Rossi, Andrea Pedrotti, Walter Sordo, Alessio Giovanelli, Brian Lee Floyd, Hirotaka Uchiyama, Thomas Bernard Walker, III, Anthony Xavier Jean-Yves Clerc
  • Patent number: 12178536
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing removably coupled to a tool driver of a robotic surgical system, a shaft extending from the drive housing, an end effector arranged at an end of the shaft, and a computer system. The computer system is programmed to send a command signal to a motor of the tool driver to drive rotation of a drive shaft mounted within the drive housing, monitor torque and rotational motion of the motor with a torque sensor and a rotary encoder, respectively, in communication with the computer system, measure an unexpected change in the torque or the rotational motion of the motor with the torque sensor or the rotary encoder when the surgical tool is manually bailed out by manually rotating the drive shaft and backdriving the motor, report the unexpected change as a bailout signal, and disable the surgical tool once the bailout signal is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Mark D. Overmyer, Benjamin Lawrence Bertram, Christopher A. Denzinger, Robert Louis Koch, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240377570
    Abstract: A method of forming a waveguide for an eyepiece for a display system to reduce optical degradation of the waveguide during segmentation is disclosed herein. The method includes providing a substrate having top and bottom major surfaces and a plurality of surface features, and using a laser beam to cut out a waveguide from said substrate by cutting along a path contacting and/or proximal to said plurality of surface features. The waveguide has edges formed by the laser beam and a main region and a peripheral region surrounding the main region. The peripheral region is surrounded by the edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: BENJAMIN LAWRENCE VARGHESE, JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER SAWICKI
  • Patent number: 12129549
    Abstract: A plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition coating system includes a deposition chamber including one or more zones of processing, an electrode centrally located within the deposition chamber, wherein the electrode forms a central axis in the deposition chamber, and a carousel configured to carry at least one substrate. The carousel is configured to move axially in a direction along the central axis from a first end of the deposition chamber to a second end of the deposition chamber. The carousel is further configured to rotate around the central axis such that the substrate is oriented in a plurality of different directions relative to the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Lawrence, Daniel Pulsipher, Ludmil Zambov, Pravin Chaubey, John Winterroth, Attila Nagy
  • Publication number: 20240216948
    Abstract: A method for depositing coating onto a substrate includes providing a monomer for creation of a protective coating on a substrate, energizing the monomer with a plasma generation system, and polymerizing the energized monomer onto the substrate in a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: John Janik, Sean Clancy, Benjamin Lawrence
  • Patent number: 11938512
    Abstract: A method for depositing coating onto a substrate includes providing a monomer for creation of a protective coating on a substrate, energizing the monomer with a plasma generation system, and polymerizing the energized monomer onto the substrate in a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: John Janik, Sean Clancy, Benjamin Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20240065789
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing removably coupled to a tool driver of a robotic surgical system, a shaft extending from the drive housing, an end effector arranged at an end of the shaft, and a computer system. The computer system is programmed to send a command signal to a motor of the tool driver to drive rotation of a drive shaft mounted within the drive housing, monitor torque and rotational motion of the motor with a torque sensor and a rotary encoder, respectively, in communication with the computer system, measure an unexpected change in the torque or the rotational motion of the motor with the torque sensor or the rotary encoder when the surgical tool is manually bailed out by manually rotating the drive shaft and backdriving the motor, report the unexpected change as a bailout signal, and disable the surgical tool once the bailout signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Mark D. OVERMYER, Benjamin Lawrence BERTRAM, Christopher A. DENZINGER, Robert Louis KOCH, JR.
  • Patent number: 11849543
    Abstract: A plasma ashing system includes a plasma generator configured to generate a plasma from a gas source. The system further includes a plasma reaction chamber configured to house a substrate comprising a Parylene coating, wherein the plasma reaction chamber is configured to expose surfaces of the Parylene coating on the substrate to the plasma, wherein the plasma is configured to remove portions of the Parylene coating on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventors: Sean Clancy, Benjamin Lawrence, Alexander Niebroski
  • Patent number: 11813032
    Abstract: A method of operating a surgical tool includes coupling a drive housing to a tool driver of a first robotic surgical system, driving rotation of a drive shaft mounted within the drive housing and thereby commencing a firing sequence of the end effector, and setting a bailout Boolean value as “true” in an internal computer of the drive housing upon commencing the firing sequence, and storing the bailout Boolean value in a memory of the internal computer. Manually bailing out the surgical tool before completing the firing sequence, installing the surgical tool on a tool driver of a second robotic surgical system, and querying the memory of the internal computer with the second robotic surgical system and recognizing the bailout Boolean value as “true”. Initiating one or more remedial actions to ensure safe operation of the surgical tool on the second robotic surgical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Mark D. Overmyer, Benjamin Lawrence Bertram, Christopher A. Denzinger, Robert Louis Koch, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20230355338
    Abstract: A method of homing a drive input of a robotic surgical tool includes recording and storing a home position of the drive input in a memory included in the robotic surgical tool, establishing a slow zone for the drive input encompassing a known angular magnitude away from the home position, storing the slow zone in the memory, rotating the drive input toward the home position, and slowing a rotation speed of the drive input upon reaching the slow zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Mark D. Overmyer, Benjamin Lawrence Bertram, Vincenzo Barbato, Kris Eren Kallenberger
  • Patent number: 11666404
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing, a shaft extending from the drive housing, an end effector at an end of the shaft and having opposing jaws and a cutting element, and an articulable wrist configured to rotate the end effector within a plane. The wrist is articulated via antagonistic translation of a pair of drive members. Various systems are provided for homing one or more drive inputs that cause movement in the wrist and/or the end effector, or for controlling articulation of the drive inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Mark D. Overmyer, Benjamin Lawrence Bertram, Vincenzo Barbato, Kris Eren Kallenberger
  • Publication number: 20220275509
    Abstract: A plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition coating system includes a deposition chamber including one or more zones of processing, an electrode centrally located within the deposition chamber, wherein the electrode forms a central axis in the deposition chamber, and a carousel configured to carry at least one substrate. The carousel is configured to move axially in a direction along the central axis from a first end of the deposition chamber to a second end of the deposition chamber. The carousel is further configured to rotate around the central axis such that the substrate is oriented in a plurality of different directions relative to the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Lawrence, Daniel Pulsipher, Ludmil Zambov, Pravin Chaubey, John Winterroth, Attila Nagy
  • Publication number: 20220125538
    Abstract: A method of operating a surgical tool includes coupling a drive housing to a tool driver of a first robotic surgical system, driving rotation of a drive shaft mounted within the drive housing and thereby commencing a firing sequence of the end effector, and setting a bailout Boolean value as “true” in an internal computer of the drive housing upon commencing the firing sequence, and storing the bailout Boolean value in a memory of the internal computer. Manually bailing out the surgical tool before completing the firing sequence, installing the surgical tool on a tool driver of a second robotic surgical system, and querying the memory of the internal computer with the second robotic surgical system and recognizing the bailout Boolean value as “true”. Initiating one or more remedial actions to ensure safe operation of the surgical tool on the second robotic surgical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Mark D. OVERMYER, Benjamin Lawrence BERTRAM, Christopher A. DENZINGER, Robert Louis KOCH, JR.
  • Patent number: 11219495
    Abstract: A method of operating a surgical tool includes sending a command signal from a computer system to a motor to drive rotation of a drive shaft mounted within a drive housing of the surgical tool, monitoring one or more operational parameters of the motor with one or more monitoring devices in communication with the computer system, and measuring an unexpected change in the operational parameters of the motor with the monitoring devices. The unexpected change includes a measured operational parameter that is inconsistent with the command signal. The unexpected change is reported to the computer system as a bailout signal, and the surgical tool is disabled once the bailout signal is received at the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Overmyer, Benjamin Lawrence Bertram, Christopher A. Denzinger, Robert Louis Koch, Jr.