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: 20210127497
    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: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Sean Clancy, Benjamin Lawrence, Alexander Niebroski
  • Publication number: 20210059777
    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: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Overmyer, Benjamin Lawrence Bertram, Vincenzo Barbato, Kris Eren Kallenberger
  • Publication number: 20200375674
    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: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Overmyer, Benjamin Lawrence Bertram, Christopher A. Denzinger, Robert Louis Koch, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200330174
    Abstract: Trocar placement locations may be identified, before forming incisions in a patient, by visualizing reach of a surgical instrument relative to a surgical site within the patient. The reach of the surgical instrument is calculated from the position of a robotic manipulator associated therewith. An image of the reach of the surgical instrument may be generated, which a clinician may utilize to ascertain whether the surgical instrument has adequate access to the surgical site. The clinician may move the robotic manipulator to a new position relative to the surgical site and, as the robotic manipulator is repositioned, the image of the reach of the surgical instrument generated is continuously updated to correspond with the new position into which the robotic manipulator associated therewith has been moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Ethicon LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin Lawrence Bertram
  • Publication number: 20200126769
    Abstract: A system for plasma etching or ashing a coating on a substrate includes a plasma chamber, a second electrode, a plasma source coupled to the plasma chamber, a substrate including a coating, and a plasma mask including at least one aperture. The plasma chamber includes a first electrode. The plasma mask is configured to cover the substrate while exposing selected surfaces of the substrate and coating through the at least one aperture. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to initiate and maintain a plasma within the plasma chamber. The plasma source includes a gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Askin, III, Sean Clancy, John Janik, Benjamin Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20140103158
    Abstract: An aircraft with a wide fuselage having a longitudinal axis, a left and right forward swept wing mounted well back on the fuselage, a tail section extending from the aft portion of the fuselage, a first and second brushless ducted fan with air accelerator ring stationary and integrated into the left and right lateral fuselage, a third brushless ducted fan with integrated air accelerator ring rotatable mounted to the aft tail portion, a solar turbine based external solar film applied on the fuselage and wing surfaces and lateral fan regenerative drive that powers all ducted electric fans, that powers one internal-mounted central master impeller motor, that powers a brushless electric motor that spins three supercharger impellers via pulley chains to enable all three air accelerator rings with super compressed forced air thrust, that recharges ultracapacitors for aircraft propulsion of persistent flight endurance targeted for 30 to 90 days.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventor: Benjamin Lawrence Berry
  • Patent number: 8489177
    Abstract: A fiducial marker for use in a gamma-guided stereotactic localization system for imaging a suspected cancer and guiding a physician in the removal of tissue samples for biopsy. The fiducial marker includes a fiducial source that can be accurately located in a positioning system and used to correlate the location of the positioning system with the detector and therefore the region-of-interest. The fiducial can be made radioactive such that it can be seen by the gamma camera. The fiducial marker enables the accurate positioning of other hardware in proximity to the object to be viewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Dilon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Lawrence Welch
  • Patent number: 8489652
    Abstract: A method for managing an object watchpoint during a garbage collection cycle, including identifying an object having a field, where the object is associated with an original object location, where the field is associated with an original field location, and where the object and the field are located in a memory heap of a virtual machine memory, setting, within a debugger, the object watchpoint on the original field location, where the object watchpoint is a memory trap associated with the object, determining, after a relocation of the object by a garbage collector (GC), a new object location associated with the object, determining a new field location of the field based on the new object location, and setting, within the debugger, the object watchpoint on the new field location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Lee Van De Vanter, Hannes E. Payer, Douglas Norman Simon, Benjamin Lawrence Titzer, Mario I. Wolczko
  • Publication number: 20130096421
    Abstract: A method is provided for identifying a marker by co-registering gamma or positron images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventor: Benjamin Lawrence WELCH
  • Patent number: 8249693
    Abstract: A stereotactic gamma-guided localization system for imaging a suspected cancer and guiding a physician in the removal of tissue samples for biopsy. The gamma-guided localization system includes a three step procedure including localization, correlation, and verification. The localization system includes a gamma camera with a set of slant-hole collimators for producing stereo images of a region of interest. A positioning system including a fiducial marker is placed adjacent to the object to be imaged and held rigidly in place to provide correlation of the location of the region of interest relative to the fiducial marker. A gamma emitting marker is then positioned at the calculated location of the region of interest and imaged to verify that that the calculated position corresponds to the actual location. The positioning system can then be used to accurately position and support any other hardware that needs to be positioned at the region of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Dilon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Kieper, Benjamin Lawrence Welch, Lee Holland Fairchild
  • Publication number: 20110302183
    Abstract: A method for managing an object watchpoint during a garbage collection cycle, including identifying an object having a field, where the object is associated with an original object location, where the field is associated with an original field location, and where the object and the field are located in a memory heap of a virtual machine memory, setting, within a debugger, the object watchpoint on the original field location, where the object watchpoint is a memory trap associated with the object, determining, after a relocation of the object by a garbage collector (GC), a new object location associated with the object, determining a new field location of the field based on the new object location, and setting, within the debugger, the object watchpoint on the new field location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Lee Van De Vanter, Hannes E. Payer, Douglas Norman Simon, Benjamin Lawrence Titzer, Mario I. Wolczko
  • Publication number: 20100016865
    Abstract: A stereotactic gamma-guided localization system for imaging a suspected cancer and guiding a physician in the removal of tissue samples for biopsy. The gamma-guided localization system includes a three step procedure including localization, correlation, and verification. The localization system includes a gamma camera with a set of slant-hole collimators for producing stereo images of a region of interest. A positioning system including a fiducial marker is placed adjacent to the object to be imaged and held rigidly in place to provide correlation of the location of the region of interest relative to the fiducial marker. A gamma emitting marker is then positioned at the calculated location of the region of interest and imaged to verify that that the calculated position corresponds to the actual location. The positioning system can then be used to accurately position and support any other hardware that needs to be positioned at the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Douglas A. Kieper, Benjamin Lawrence Welch, Lee Holland Fairchild
  • Publication number: 20100016713
    Abstract: A fiducial marker for use in a gamma-guided stereotactic localization system for imaging a suspected cancer and guiding a physician in the removal of tissue samples for biopsy. The fiducial marker includes a fiducial source that can be accurately located in a positioning system and used to correlate the location of the positioning system with the detector and therefore the region-of-interest. The fiducial can be made radioactive such that it can be seen by the gamma camera. The fiducial marker enables the accurate positioning of other hardware in proximity to the object to be viewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Benjamin Lawrence Welch
  • Publication number: 20090188729
    Abstract: The Track Sphere Wheel Assembly is a new and useful automotive product. This invention offers a spherical wheel and tire combination for the 21st Century. The invention will accommodate electric motors at each Track Sphere wheel location for propulsion which eliminates the requirement for heavy steel drivetrains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Benjamin Lawrence Berry, Benny Lee Berry
  • Publication number: 20040117439
    Abstract: Client software, enabling a client to run a network based application which uses structured data, in which the client software comprises: (a) a communication layer to send and receive messages over the network; (b) a database layer to store, and allow querying of, the structured data; (c) a rendering layer which generates, from the structured data in the database layer, data for a user interface; wherein the client software is self-contained to provide all of the communications, data storage and rendering resources needed to run the network based application on the client device. The 3 Layer System is fully integrated and therefore requires no additional client side code to be written. Normally, this level of self-containment on the client side does not exist, so that a developer wishing to deploy a network based application to a client device needs to write client side custom code for the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: David Lawrence Levett, Robert Ian Mills, Benjamin Lawrence Nathan
  • Patent number: 6429432
    Abstract: An adjustable gamma radiation isolation shield that effectively shields the gamma camera from potentially interfering radiation emitted from sources other than the particular anatomical portion under examination. The shield is placed adjacent to the breast or other body portion under examination on the side thereof opposite that addressed by the gamma camera i.e., at about 90° to the viewing angle of the camera. The shield includes a first gamma ray permeable layer capable of absorbing fluorescent low energy radiation produced by a second adjacent gamma radiation absorbing layer or any other source. In operation, the breast is located between the gamma camera/detector and shield. Gamma radiation emitted by the radiopharmaceutical-containing breast impinges the gamma camera for measurement and simultaneously penetrates the gamma permeable layer and is absorbed by the gamma radiation absorbing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Dilon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin J. McNaught, Douglas Arthur Kieper, Benjamin Lawrence Welch, Lee Holland Fairchild
  • Patent number: 4057652
    Abstract: An instant beverage is made by forming a mixture of an aromatic food condensate and at least about 10% of beverage solubles, freezing and then grinding the mixture to form frozen particles. The frozen particles are mixed with additional cold, dry beverage solubles to form a mixture comprising from about 0.2% to about 15% of frozen particles. This mixture is then warmed to melt the frozen particles and incorporate the aroma and flavor of the condensate in a stable form into the beverage solubles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1977
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Benjamin Lawrence