Patents by Inventor Brendan Smith

Brendan Smith 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: 20240299085
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for treating a plurality of tissues at a variety of tissue locations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end and an elongate shaft with a combination active electrode at the distal end. The combination active electrode includes with a blade and screen portion; the blade portion extending along and laterally from the wand longitudinal axis, forming a dissecting tip. The screen portion extends from the blade portion at an obtuse angle and has at least one aspiration aperture through it. The wand also includes a second and third electrode, proximally spaced from the combination active electrode. The second electrode spans a portion of an outside surface of the wand adjacent the blade portion, while the third electrode spans a portion of the outside surface of the wand opposite the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Jean Woloszko, Jonathan Gaspredes, Douglas G. Evans, Robert Lathrop, Brendan Smith, David Turner, Christopher J. Aholt, Troy S. Hemme
  • Publication number: 20240293065
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for managing disposable sensors and electrode gel are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a sensor assembly configured to be attached to a patient includes one or more electrode modules. Each of the one or more electrode modules includes an electrode, electrode gel disposed in a storage location on the electrode module, wherein electrode gel is not in contact with the electrode in the storage location, and a deformable cap configured to move the electrode gel from the storage location into contact with the electrode in response to a deformation of the deformable cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Gabel, Yanju Wang, Sean Walgrave, Christopher Ian Johnson, Robert Brendan Smith, Daniel Garcia
  • Patent number: 12016616
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for treating a plurality of tissues at a variety of tissue locations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end and an elongate shaft with a combination active electrode at the distal end. The combination active electrode includes with a blade and screen portion; the blade portion extending along and laterally from the wand longitudinal axis, forming a dissecting tip. The screen portion extends from the blade portion at an obtuse angle and has at least one aspiration aperture through it. The wand also includes a second and third electrode, proximally spaced from the combination active electrode. The second electrode spans a portion of an outside surface of the wand adjacent the blade portion, while the third electrode spans a portion of the outside surface of the wand opposite the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Woloszko, Jonathan Gaspredes, Douglas G. Evans, Robert Lathrop, Brendan Smith, David Turner, Christopher J. Aholt, Troy S. Hemme
  • Publication number: 20230096475
    Abstract: A method of analyzing a blood sample from a subject includes loading the blood sample into a single chamber; acquiring, via an imaging system, a stack of serial focal plane images of the blood sample from a plurality of fields of view of the chamber; creating a virtual three dimensional image of the blood sample from selected ones of the stacks of serial focal plane images; and analyzing the virtual three dimensional image to identify blood formed elements within the blood sample. Identifying blood formed elements within the blood sample may include identifying a type and amount of white blood cells, and/or identifying an amount of red blood cells and/or hematocrit, and/or identifying an amount of platelets. Identifying blood formed elements within the blood sample may include determining numbers and percentage by volume in the blood sample of one or more types of white blood cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Joy Parr Drach, Brendan Smith, Tobias M. Heineck, Stefano Bresolin, Rodolfo R. Rodriguez, Danielle Stewart Noel, Brian Pike, Oleg Kakhovsky, Jasper N. Pollard
  • Publication number: 20220287609
    Abstract: An electrode configured to adhere to a patient's skin to conduct electrical potentials therefrom includes a substrate, a skin adhesive configured to adhere the electrode to a patient's skin, and a conductor plate mounted on the substrate. A conductive gel is configured to contact the patient's skin and to conduct electrical potentials from the patient's skin to the conductor plate when the electrode is adhered to the patient's skin. A removable separator is positioned between the conductive gel and the conductor plate, wherein the removable separator is configured to be removed prior to operating the electrode to conduct electrical potentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Robert Brendan Smith, Christopher Ian Johnson
  • Patent number: 11409019
    Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus comprises a digital X-ray detector housed in a radiation shielded enclosure with multiple pinhole apertures in the front panel of the housing. An X-ray source illuminates a target and X-rays are backscattered towards the X-ray imaging apparatus. The multiple pinhole apertures arranged in a pattern so that each pinhole generates a respective pinhole image on the X-ray detector. The size of each image is controlled by the thickness of the front panel and the width of the pinhole aperture (acting as optical stops), and the distance to the X-ray detector, and these values are selected to prevent overlap between any pair of pinhole images on the X-ray detector. An image processor is used to generate a synthetic combined image of the object form the multiple pinhole images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MICRO-X LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian Gonzales, Robert Charles Sheehy, Brendan Smith, Brenton Joseph Cardone, Caitlin Sarah Wouters, Shaun Graham
  • Publication number: 20210369326
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for treating a plurality of tissues at a variety of tissue locations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end and an elongate shaft with a combination active electrode at the distal end. The combination active electrode includes with a blade and screen portion; the blade portion extending along and laterally from the wand longitudinal axis, forming a dissecting tip. The screen portion extends from the blade portion at an obtuse angle and has at least one aspiration aperture through it. The wand also includes a second and third electrode, proximally spaced from the combination active electrode. The second electrode spans a portion of an outside surface of the wand adjacent the blade portion, while the third electrode spans a portion of the outside surface of the wand opposite the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jean Woloszko, Jonathan Gaspredes, Douglas G. Evans, Robert Lathrop, Brendan Smith, David Turner, Christopher J. Aholt, Troy S. Hemme
  • Patent number: 11116569
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for treating a plurality of tissues at a variety of tissue locations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end and an elongate shaft with a combination active electrode at the distal end. The combination active electrode includes with a blade and screen portion; the blade portion extending along and laterally from the wand longitudinal axis, forming a dissecting tip. The screen portion extends from the blade portion at an obtuse angle and has at least one aspiration aperture through it. The wand also includes a second and third electrode, proximally spaced from the combination active electrode. The second electrode spans a portion of an outside surface of the wand adjacent the blade portion, while the third electrode spans a portion of the outside surface of the wand opposite the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Woloszko, Jonathan Gaspredes, Douglas G. Evans, Robert Lathrop, Brendan Smith, David Turner, Christopher J. Aholt, Troy S. Hemme
  • Publication number: 20210196347
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include an electrosurgical system with a controller, a fluid control unit electrically coupled to the controller, and an electrosurgical wand with a lumen having a coil-supported inner tubular member. Some embodiments include methods of manufacturing components of the electrosurgical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas G. Evans, David Turner, Brendan Smith
  • Publication number: 20210169565
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for providing a range of tissue treatment modes and for use in a variety of orientations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end, an elongate shaft and at least three distinct electrodes disposed at a distal end of the wand. The three electrodes include a blade electrode having a length measured parallel to a longitudinal axis of wand, the length running parallel to the wand longitudinal axis for a portion of the length. The blade electrode has a distal portion that curves toward the longitudinal axis at the distal end of the wand. The three electrodes also include a second electrode disposed on a second side of the wand from the blade electrode; and a third electrode disposed between the blade electrode and the second electrode. All the electrodes have a different shape and surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Woloszko, Jonathan Gaspredes, Douglas G. Evans, Robert Lathrop, Brendan Smith, David Turner, Christopher J. Aholt, Troy S. Hemme
  • Publication number: 20200397500
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for treating a plurality of tissues at a variety of tissue locations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end and an elongate shaft with a combination active electrode at the distal end. The combination active electrode includes with a blade and screen portion; the blade portion extending along and laterally from the wand longitudinal axis, forming a dissecting tip. The screen portion extends from the blade portion at an obtuse angle and has at least one aspiration aperture through it. The wand also includes a second and third electrode, proximally spaced from the combination active electrode. The second electrode spans a portion of an outside surface of the wand adjacent the blade portion, while the third electrode spans a portion of the outside surface of the wand opposite the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Woloszko, Jonathan Gaspredes, Douglas G. Evans, Robert Lathrop, Brendan Smith, David Turner, Christopher J. Aholt, Troy S. Hemme
  • Publication number: 20200188014
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for providing a range of tissue treatment modes and for use in a variety of orientations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end, an elongate shaft and at least three distinct electrodes disposed at a distal end of the wand. The three electrodes include a blade electrode having a length measured parallel to a longitudinal axis of wand, the length running parallel to the wand longitudinal axis for a portion of the length. The blade electrode has a distal portion that curves toward the longitudinal axis at the distal end of the wand. The three electrodes also include a second electrode disposed on a second side of the wand from the blade electrode; and a third electrode disposed between the blade electrode and the second electrode. All the electrodes have a different shape and surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Woloszko, Jonathan Gaspredes, Douglas G. Evans, Robert Lathrop, Brendan Smith, David Turner, Christopher J. Aholt, Troy S. Hemme
  • Patent number: 10427493
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) module, for a HVAC system, mountable to a work machine, the HVAC module comprising a housing having at least one air outlet and at least one air inlet communicable with ducting on the work machine for conveying air into and out of the operator cab of the work machine. The module also includes a mounting assembly for pivotably attaching the housing to the work machine. The housing is moveable between an operating position where the outlet and inlet are in contact with a ducting interface on the work machine, and a maintenance position, where the housing is pivoted upwards to disconnect from ducting interface of the work machine to allow access to underlying components of the work machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Brendan Smith, Michael Wolfert, Leon White
  • Patent number: 10405805
    Abstract: A method of blood flow monitoring for a patient, the method comprising the steps of: a) receiving a first signal indicative of the real time cardiac output for the patient; b) processing the continuous wave Doppler signal to provide an estimate of blood flow velocity as a function of time; c) receiving a pressure measurement indicative of the blood flow resistance through the patient; and d) calculating an Inotropy measure indicative of the potential and kinetic energy of the cardiac output of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: USCOM LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Allan Phillips, Brendan Smith
  • Publication number: 20190133733
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for treating or preventing or suppressing a disease or condition in a non-human animal. The method comprises the steps of providing a single delivery device containing two components for sequential delivery from the delivery device. A first component is delivered from the single delivery device into a teat canal of a non-human animal and subsequently the second component is delivered from the single delivery device into the teat canal. The components are delivered without substantial mixing of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen HALLAHAN, Nicholas McHARDY, Brendan SMITH, Louis VAN VESSEM
  • Publication number: 20170151854
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) module, for a HVAC system, mountable to a work machine, the HVAC module comprising a housing having at least one air outlet and at least one air inlet communicable with ducting on the work machine for conveying air into and out of the operator cab of the work machine. The module also includes a mounting assembly for pivotably attaching the housing to the work machine. The housing is moveable between an operating position where the outlet and inlet are in contact with a ducting interface on the work machine, and a maintenance position, where the housing is pivoted upwards to disconnect from ducting interface of the work machine to allow access to underlying components of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Brendan Smith, Michael Wolfert, Leon White
  • Patent number: 9597241
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a wheelchair drive mechanism adapted to mount to a wheelchair includes a drive lever adapted to be rotated forward and rearward by a user of the wheelchair, a clutch mechanism associated with the drive lever, wherein actuation of the clutch mechanism causes the drive lever to be coupled to a wheel of the wheelchair such that they rotate together, and a clutch actuation device provided on the drive lever that is operable by the wheelchair user to actuate the clutch mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Daniel Zondervan, David Reinkensmeyer, Brendan Smith
  • Publication number: 20160015580
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a wheelchair drive mechanism adapted to mount to a wheelchair includes a drive lever adapted to be rotated forward and rearward by a user of the wheelchair, a clutch mechanism associated with the drive lever, wherein actuation of the clutch mechanism causes the drive lever to be coupled to a wheel of the wheelchair such that they rotate together, and a clutch actuation device provided on the drive lever that is operable by the wheelchair user to actuate the clutch mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel Zondervan, David Reinkensmeyer, Brendan Smith
  • Publication number: 20160015497
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for treating or preventing or suppressing a disease or condition in a non-human animal. The method comprises the steps of providing a single delivery device containing two components for sequential delivery from the delivery device. A first component is delivered from the single delivery device into a teat canal of a non-human animal and subsequently the second component is delivered from the single delivery device into the teat canal. The components are delivered without substantial mixing of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen HALLAHAN, Nicholas McHARDY, Brendan SMITH, Louis VAN VESSEM
  • Publication number: 20150351703
    Abstract: A method of blood flow monitoring for a patient, the method comprising the steps of: a) receiving a first signal indicative of the real time cardiac output for the patient; b) processing the continuous wave Doppler signal to provide an estimate of blood flow velocity as a function of time; c) receiving a pressure measurement indicative of the blood flow resistance through the patient; and d) calculating an Inotropy measure indicative of the potential and kinetic energy of the cardiac output of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Allan PHILLIPS, Brendan SMITH