Patents by Inventor Brad Sharp

Brad Sharp 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: 20260340966
    Abstract: Implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to adjust states of virtual objects. In some implementations, a method may include obtaining, at a client device of a user that participates in a virtual experience hosted on a server device, a program that is executable at the client device and that operates on a virtual object that is part of the virtual experience, wherein the virtual object is associated with an object state, generating an updated object state for the virtual object for a first time-step by executing the program on a processor of the client device, and after the generating, causing the virtual experience to be displayed at the client device based on the updated object state. The method may further include receiving an authoritative object state for the virtual object from the server device that is generated by executing the program on a processor of the server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2025
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: Roblox Corporation
    Inventors: Alan JEFFREY, Andreas HAEBERLEN, Mitesh SHAH, Stew GRANT, David COPE, Brad SHARP
  • Patent number: 8262567
    Abstract: A tissue retractor for retracting tissue opened by an incision, the tissue retractor including a base support unit having a topside and an underside. The topside has at least one securing mechanism and the underside is conformable and removably attachable to a surface proximate to the incision. The tissue retractor has a tissue hook having a tissue engagement portion and a mounting portion, the tissue engagement portion capable of engaging at least the periphery of the incision. The tissue retractor has a retractable member substantially inelastic in its central longitudinal axis and bendable in any axes deviating from the central longitudinal axis. The retractable member receives the mounting portion of the tissue hook, the retractable member being removably attachable to said securing mechanism on the topside of the base support unit, and being retractable away from the incision, such that the tissue engagement portion retracts tissue engaged thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: Insightra Medical, Inc., Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Brad Sharp, Stephen Graham Bell, Wayne Arthur Noda, Laxmikant Khanolkar, Meng Pheng Tan, Yin Chiang Boey, Jan Ma, Erwin Merijn Woterson
  • Publication number: 20100241213
    Abstract: A pump installed inside a graft in a body such as the human body to force fluid such as blood through that graft. The pump can be one which operates totally from the outside of the graft, forcing fluid through the graft without extending inside the graft. The pump can be an impedance pump, that operates based on the fluidic mismatches between the graft, and other fluid carrying vessels within the human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Morteza Gharib, Derek Rinderknecht, Idit Avrahami, Brad Sharp
  • Patent number: 7749152
    Abstract: A pump installed inside a graft in a body such as the human body to force fluid such as blood through that graft. The pump can be one which operates totally from the outside of the graft, forcing fluid through the graft without extending inside the graft. The pump can be an impedance pump, that operates based on the fluidic mismatches between the graft, and other fluid carrying vessels within the human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Morteza Gharib, Derek Rinderknecht, Idit Avrahami, Brad Sharp
  • Publication number: 20070232864
    Abstract: A tissue retractor for retracting tissue opened by an incision, said tissue retractor including a base support unit having a topside and an underside. The topside comprises at least one securing mechanism and the underside is adapted to be conformable and to be removably attachable to a surface proximate to the incision. The tissue retractor also includes at least one tissue hook having a tissue engagement portion and a mounting portion, wherein the tissue engagement portion is capable of engaging at least the periphery of the incision. The tissue retractor also includes at least one retractable member substantially inelastic in its central longitudinal axis and bendable in any axes deviating from said central longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Brad Sharp, Stephen Graham Bell, Wayne Arthur Noda, Laxmikant Khanolkar, Meng Pheng Tan, Yin Chiang Boey, Jan Ma, Erwin Merijn Wouterson
  • Publication number: 20070038016
    Abstract: A pump installed inside a graft in a body such as the human body to force fluid such as blood through that graft. The pump can be one which operates totally from the outside of the graft, forcing fluid through the graft without extending inside the graft. The pump can be an impedance pump, that operates based on the fluidic mismatches between the graft, and other fluid carrying vessels within the human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Morteza Gharib, Derek Rinderknecht, Idit Avrahami, Brad Sharp
  • Publication number: 20060276682
    Abstract: A percutaneous cannula is provided that directs blood into a vessel of a patient. The cannula includes a main cannula portion and a tip portion. The tip portion directs blood-flow in a direction generally counter to the direction of flow through the lumen. The cannula is configured to prevent blood-flow exiting the distal end from immediately discharging against a wall of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Bolling, Shawn O'Leary, Robert Pecor, Brad Sharp, Anthony Viole, Wolfgang Werner
  • Publication number: 20060270963
    Abstract: A percutaneous cannula is provided that directs blood into a vessel of a patient. The cannula includes a main cannula portion and a tip portion. The tip portion directs blood-flow in a direction generally counter to the direction of flow through the lumen. The cannula is configured to prevent blood-flow exiting the distal end from immediately discharging against a wall of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Bolling, Shawn O'Leary, Robert Pecor, Brad Sharp, Anthony Viole, Wolfgang Werner
  • Publication number: 20060270966
    Abstract: A percutaneous cannula is provided that directs blood into a vessel of a patient. The cannula includes a main cannula portion and a tip portion. The tip portion directs blood-flow in a direction generally counter to the direction of flow through the lumen. The cannula is configured to prevent blood-flow exiting the distal end from immediately discharging against a wall of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Bolling, Shawn O'Leary, Robert Pecor, Brad Sharp, Anthony Viole, Wolfgang Werner
  • Publication number: 20060264800
    Abstract: A percutaneous cannula is provided that directs blood into a vessel of a patient. The cannula includes a main cannula portion and a tip portion. The tip portion directs blood-flow in a direction generally counter to the direction of flow through the lumen. The cannula is configured to prevent blood-flow exiting the distal end from immediately discharging against a wall of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Bolling, Shawn O'Leary, Robert Pecor, Brad Sharp, Anthony Viole, Wolfgang Werner
  • Publication number: 20060264801
    Abstract: A percutaneous cannula is provided that directs blood into a vessel of a patient. The cannula includes a main cannula portion and a tip portion. The tip portion directs blood-flow in a direction generally counter to the direction of flow through the lumen. The cannula is configured to prevent blood-flow exiting the distal end from immediately discharging against a wall of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Bolling, Shawn O'Leary, Robert Pecor, Brad Sharp, Anthony Viole, Wolfgang Werner
  • Publication number: 20050113631
    Abstract: A percutaneous cannula is provided that directs blood into a vessel of a patient. The cannula includes a main cannula portion and a tip portion. The tip portion directs blood-flow in a direction generally counter to the direction of flow through the lumen. The cannula is configured to prevent blood-flow exiting the distal end from immediately discharging against a wall of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Bolling, Shawn O'Leary, Robert Pecor, Brad Sharp, Anthony Viole, Wolfgang Werner
  • Publication number: 20040122362
    Abstract: A method for draining and sealing a pseudo aneurysm in which a guide wire is inserted over a needle. Then a multi-lumen catheter is inserted over the guide wire. The catheter is used to occlude the vessel puncture and inhibit the flow of fluids between the vessel and the pseudo aneurysm. The pseudo aneurysm is then aspirated and the vessel puncture is allowed to clot and heal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Russell A. Houser, Brad Sharp, Christopher J. White