Patents by Inventor Brian Ross

Brian Ross 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: 20250215492
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the methods and compositions provided herein relate to obtaining long read information from short reads of a target nucleic acid. Some embodiments include steps to selectively generate, mark, and amplify long nucleic acid fragments. Some embodiments include enriching for certain sequences in the long fragments with selection probes directed to certain genes throughout the genome and expressed regions with low mappability. Some embodiments also include fragmenting the long nucleic acid fragments into shorter fragments for sequencing, and informatically reconstructing a sequence of the target nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Heather Meinholz, Daniel Gerhardt, Joshua Burgess, Leigh Graham Monahan, Jennifer Dennin, Stephen Paul Bruinsma, M. Maggie O'Meara, Aaron Earl Darling, Johnathan Parker, Chateen Krueger, Brian Ross, Stewart MacArthur, Ryan Lusk, Aaron L. Halpern, Stephen M. Gross, Denise Raterman, Feng Chen, Brian Hawks, Susan C. Verity, Andrew Slatter, Esther Musgrave-Brown, Angelica Schalembier
  • Publication number: 20240374162
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a bedside handle system having two-stage laser motion detection and wireless communication alert. The system detects and sends wireless alerts when a patient sits up and when the patient stands up. The system further includes a mobile app for receiving and displaying the alerts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Wernher Ovalle, Brian Ross
  • Publication number: 20240261717
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a filter mounted over an intake opening of an air handling unit. A conduit is secured to an elevated location of the unit and includes a plurality of spaced nozzles arrayed against the filter. A supply tube connects to the conduit for supplying a pressurized fluid through the nozzles in order to clear debris from an exterior of the mounted filter. The pressurized fluid includes either of a liquid (typically water) or a compressed air provided from any of a source or a supply reservoir. A pump is incorporated into the supply tube for pressurizing the fluid. A filter incorporated into the supply tube filters the pressurized fluid prior to delivery to spray issuing conduit. A processor/controller is provided in combination with an arrangement of control valves for providing timed sequenced washing of the filters. A collection basin is provided for recycling used liquid for re-delivery and re-use through the spray delivery conduits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Jesse Kenneth Simmons, Randy Simmons, Brian Ross Simmons
  • Patent number: 12053225
    Abstract: Instrument and systems for applying ablative energy to epicardial tissue via a subxiphoid access surgical approach. The instrument has a head assembly sized and shaped for a subxiphoid surgical approach to a patient's heart and defines a contact face. The head assembly includes a paddle body, a first ablation electrode, and a second ablation electrode. The ablation electrodes are coupled to the paddle body in a spaced apart, spatially-fixed fashion. The ablation electrodes are exteriorly exposed at the contact face. A tubular member extends from the head assembly and maintains wiring connected to the ablation electrodes. The instrument is manipulable to locate the contact face on epicardial tissue of a patient's heart via a subxiphoid surgical approach, such as between the left and right pulmonary vein junctions of the posterior left atrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: James Skarda, Steven F. Bolling, Daniel Cheek, Brian Ross, Mitchell Strain, Steve Ramberg, Thomas J. Conway, Randy M. Thill
  • Patent number: 11852685
    Abstract: A logic gate system for fault insertion testing can include a logic gate module having a plurality of input pins. The plurality of input pins can include an input signal pin configured to receive an input signal, a power supply input pin configured to receive power from a power supply, and a test input pin. The logic gate module can also include an output pin connected to the input pins via one or more logic gates. The logic gate system can include a power supply line connected to the power supply input pin and the test input pin. The logic gate system can also include a zero-ohm jumper resistor disposed between the power supply input pin and the test input pin. The zero-ohm resistor can be configured to be replaced with a low ohm resistor to allow reverse driving a voltage on the test input pin. The one or more logic gates can be configured to reverse an output at the output pin when the voltage on the test input pin is reverse driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Blazer, Brian Ross
  • Publication number: 20230381706
    Abstract: A system for cleaning a filter mounted over an intake opening of an air handling unit. A conduit is secured to an elevated location of the unit and includes a plurality of spaced nozzles arrayed against the filter. A supply tube connects to the conduit for supplying a pressurized fluid through the nozzles in order to clear debris from an exterior of the mounted filter. The pressurized fluid includes either of water or compressed air provided from any of a source or a supply reservoir. A pump is incorporated into the supply tube for pressurizing the fluid. A filter incorporated into the supply tube filters the pressurized fluid prior to delivery to spray issuing conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jesse Kenneth Simmons, Randy Simmons, Brian Ross Simmons
  • Publication number: 20230221369
    Abstract: A logic gate system for fault insertion testing can include a logic gate module having a plurality of input pins. The plurality of input pins can include an input signal pin configured to receive an input signal, a power supply input pin configured to receive power from a power supply, and a test input pin. The logic gate module can also include an output pin connected to the input pins via one or more logic gates. The logic gate system can include a power supply line connected to the power supply input pin and the test input pin. The logic gate system can also include a zero-ohm jumper resistor disposed between the power supply input pin and the test input pin. The zero-ohm resistor can be configured to be replaced with a low ohm resistor to allow reverse driving a voltage on the test input pin. The one or more logic gates can be configured to reverse an output at the output pin when the voltage on the test input pin is reverse driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Blazer, Brian Ross
  • Publication number: 20230114228
    Abstract: System and computer-implemented method of permitting or arbitrating encrypted electronic transactions to occur among an intermediary and an author in an electronic data system only when an interaction occurs between the author and a candidate who was exposed by the intermediary to data published by the author. The author publishes criteria about a candidate, and the candidate posts information about the candidate, which is ingested and married to personally identifiable information about the candidate. A score is calculated indicating a correlation between the candidate and the published criteria, and an intermediary exposes the candidate to the criteria, which is tracked. When the candidate completes an interaction with the author, an encrypted transaction is permitted to occur between the author and the candidate through a proxy, without the author knowing the identity of the intermediary who facilitated the introduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Robert William Archibald, Frederick Harold Reffsin, Brian Ross Lurie
  • Publication number: 20230074154
    Abstract: A physiological characteristic monitoring system includes a wearable attachment device, an electronic device, and a physiological characteristic sensor (e.g., a glucose sensor) including a portion that is insertable into subcutaneous tissue of a user to generate sensor signals indicating a physiological characteristic of the user. The electronic device includes a first connector configured to detachably couple to the physiological characteristic sensor to receive the sensor signals in a first configuration of the electronic device, a second connector configured to detachably couple to the wearable attachment device in a second configuration of the electronic device, a controller configured to determine the physiological characteristic of the user based on the sensor signals, and a display configured to display the physiological characteristic of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Santhisagar Vaddiraju, Bejan M. Darbandi, Nicholas S. Mairs, Brian Ross
  • Patent number: 11540750
    Abstract: A physiological characteristic monitoring system includes a physiological characteristic sensor that observes a physiological characteristic and generates sensor signals based on the observation. The physiological characteristic sensor includes a sensor connector. The physiological characteristic monitoring system includes a wearable device to be worn by a user in a first configuration and having a connector to couple to the sensor connector in a second configuration. The wearable device includes a controller that receives the sensor signals from the physiological characteristic sensor in the second configuration and determines a current value of the physiological characteristic based on the sensor signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC
    Inventors: Santhisagar Vaddiraju, Bejan M. Darbandi, Nicholas S. Mairs, Brian Ross
  • Patent number: 11538081
    Abstract: System and computer-implemented method of permitting or arbitrating encrypted electronic transactions to occur among an intermediary and an author in an electronic data system only when an interaction occurs between the author and a candidate who was exposed by the intermediary to data published by the author. The author publishes criteria about a candidate, and the candidate posts information about the candidate, which is ingested and married to personally identifiable information about the candidate. A score is calculated indicating a correlation between the candidate and the published criteria, and an intermediary exposes the candidate to the criteria, which is tracked. When the candidate completes an interaction with the author, an encrypted transaction is permitted to occur between the author and the candidate through a proxy, without the author knowing the identity of the intermediary who facilitated the introduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Aliro Group LLC
    Inventors: Robert William Archibald, Frederick Harold Reffsin, Brian Ross Lurie
  • Publication number: 20220395196
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a bedside handle system having two-stage laser motion detection and wireless communication alert. The system detects and sends wireless alerts when a patient sits up and when the patient stands up. The system further includes a mobile app for receiving and displaying the alerts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Wernher Ovalle, Brian Ross
  • Patent number: 11344228
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a bedside handle system having two-stage laser motion detection and wireless communication alert. The system detects and sends wireless alerts when a patient sits up and when the patient stands up. The system further includes a mobile app for receiving and displaying the alerts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Wernher Ovalle, Brian Ross
  • Patent number: 11315123
    Abstract: A system and method for obtaining user approval for transactions. The system includes an authorization system that is communicably coupled to one or more transaction computer systems that execute at least some transactions that require user approval. When a transaction system is seeking to execute a transaction that requires user approval, the transaction system sends a user approval request to the authorization system. The authorization system then retrieves the user's communication preference from a database and transmits an affirmatively actionable message to the user according to the retrieved communication preference. The messages can include an email with an approval link to click or a text message that the can be replied to. When the authorization system receives confirmation from the user that the user approves the request, the authorization system then transmits approval for the transaction to the appropriate transaction system, which then proceeds to execute the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Ross, Zainab Memon, Jason Barrett
  • Publication number: 20210298648
    Abstract: A method of measuring a physiological characteristic of a user obtains first calibrating sensor data indicative of an analyte level of the user, and produced in response to operation of a continuous analyte sensor device during a calibration period, and obtains second calibrating sensor data indicative of status or condition of the user, and produced in response to operation of a noninvasive sensor device, concurrently with operation of the continuous analyte sensor device, during the calibration period. A correlation measurement is calculated by comparing the first calibrating sensor data against the second calibrating sensor data. When the correlation measurement exceeds a threshold value, a transfer function is generated to calculate estimated values of the analyte level as a function of sensor data from the noninvasive sensor device. The transfer function is provided to a client device associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jesse Hefner, Nicholas S. Mairs, Brian Ross, Matthew N. Haggerty
  • Publication number: 20210204999
    Abstract: Instrument and systems for applying ablative energy to epicardial tissue via a subxiphoid access surgical approach. The instrument has a head assembly sized and shaped for a subxiphoid surgical approach to a patient's heart and defines a contact face. The head assembly includes a paddle body, a first ablation electrode, and a second ablation electrode. The ablation electrodes are coupled to the paddle body in a spaced apart, spatially-fixed fashion. The ablation electrodes are exteriorly exposed at the contact face. A tubular member extends from the head assembly and maintains wiring connected to the ablation electrodes. The instrument is manipulable to locate the contact face on epicardial tissue of a patient's heart via a subxiphoid surgical approach, such as between the left and right pulmonary vein junctions of the posterior left atrium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: James Skarda, Steven F. Bolling, Daniel Cheek, Brian Ross, Mitchell Strain, Steve Ramberg, Thomas J. Conway, Randy M. Thill
  • Patent number: 10973566
    Abstract: Instrument and systems for applying ablative energy to epicardial tissue via a subxiphoid access surgical approach. The instrument has a head assembly sized and shaped for a subxiphoid surgical approach to a patient's heart and defines a contact face. The head assembly includes a paddle body, a first ablation electrode, and a second ablation electrode. The ablation electrodes are coupled to the paddle body in a spaced apart, spatially-fixed fashion. The ablation electrodes are exteriorly exposed at the contact face. A tubular member extends from the head assembly and maintains wiring connected to the ablation electrodes. The instrument is manipulable to locate the contact face on epicardial tissue of a patient's heart via a subxiphoid surgical approach, such as between the left and right pulmonary vein junctions of the posterior left atrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: James Skarda, Steven Bolling, Daniel Cheek, Brian Ross, Mitchell Strain, Steve Ramberg, Thomas J Conway, Randy Thill
  • Patent number: 10821451
    Abstract: This invention is method to protect secondary media from the environmental conditions that exist while performing line demarcation. Particularly, this invention relates to the protection of dry media as it is applied to previously applied, wet media. More particularly, this invention relates to the protection of reflective glass beads as they are applied to freshly applied wet paint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: BEAD PRO LLC.
    Inventors: Thomas John McLeod, Brian Ross Miller, Steven Victor Hartz
  • Publication number: 20200320601
    Abstract: System and computer-implemented method of permitting or arbitrating encrypted electronic transactions to occur among an intermediary and an author in an electronic data system only when an interaction occurs between the author and a candidate who was exposed by the intermediary to data published by the author. The author publishes criteria about a candidate, and the candidate posts information about the candidate, which is ingested and married to personally identifiable information about the candidate. A score is calculated indicating a correlation between the candidate and the published criteria, and an intermediary exposes the candidate to the criteria, which is tracked. When the candidate completes an interaction with the author, an encrypted transaction is permitted to occur between the author and the candidate through a proxy, without the author knowing the identity of the intermediary who facilitated the introduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Robert William Archibald, Frederick Harold Reffsin, Brian Ross Lurie
  • Patent number: 10715586
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for a standalone demonstration of an application. Requests sent from the application running on a browser to a server data processing system are detected. Responses received from the server data processing system for the requests sent from the application are detected. The requests and the responses for the application are stored in a data structure. The requests and the responses enable simulating the server data processing system to perform the standalone demonstration of the application running on the browser on a client data processing system using the data structure without communicating with the server data processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: Clint Myers, Brian Ross Feinberg