Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Thomas

Christopher A. Thomas 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).

  • FOCUSED STERILIZATION AND STERILIZED SUBASSEMBLIES FOR ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20230157590
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor applicator, a sensor control device arranged within the sensor applicator and including an electronics housing and a sensor extending from a bottom of the electronics housing, and a cap coupled to one of the sensor applicator and the sensor control device, wherein the cap is removable prior to deploying the sensor control device from the sensor applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Thomas, Louis Pace, Dharmendra Patel, Vincent M. Dipalma, Vivek S. Rao, Steven T. Mitchell, Byron J. Lambert, Peter G. Robinson, Peter M. Voit, Stephen T. Pudjijanto, Matthew Siimmons, Hsuehchieh Wu, Vu H. Le, Johnathan D. Manion, Christopher M. Harris, Tuan Nguyen, Phillip W. Carter, Jonathan D. Mccanless
  • Catheter distal end made of plastic tube and flexible printed circuit boards
    Patent number: 11653973
    Abstract: A catheter includes an insertion tube, a flexible substrate and one or more electrical devices. The insertion tube is configured for insertion into a patient body. The flexible substrate is configured to wrap around a distal end of the insertion tube and includes electrical interconnections. The electrical devices are coupled to the flexible substrate and are connected to the electrical interconnections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Assaf Govari, Andres Claudio Altmann, Yehuda Algawi, Ilya Sitnitsky, Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Joseph Thomas Keyes, Kevin Justin Herrera
  • Charging port heater
    Patent number: 11654772
    Abstract: An assembly includes a movable door assembly and a heating element. The movable door assembly is configured to be disposed on an exterior of a vehicle. The heating element is coupled to the movable door assembly, and is configured to receive energy from a battery disposed on the vehicle and to heat at least a portion of the movable door assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Paul Merryweather, Christopher Thomas Schaafsma
  • Systems and methods for secure logon
    Patent number: 11658968
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for secure logon. One or more method includes: determining, via authentication information provided by a user of an electronic device, that the user is authorized to access an online account provided by the online account provider; providing the user with a selectable option to enable an expedited logon process by which the user can access the online account by solely providing a particular authentication item of the user; receiving a verification credential in response to a next logon attempt using the expedited logon process; and verifying that the received verification credential matches an assigned verification credential provided to the user for use in conjunction with the next logon attempt using the expedited logon process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Thomas B. Buckingham, Richard A. Davey, Tammy Sanclemente, Ryan M. Johnson, Adam J. Leatham, Christopher Thomas Wilkinson
  • Method and apparatus for improved mesenchymal stem cell harvesting
    Patent number: 11655454
    Abstract: A mesenchymal stem cell harvesting system and method for increasing the efficiency of collecting and processing physiological fluids containing mesenchymal stem cells from a cavity within a patient's skeletal system. Microenvironments risk in MSC production and concentration within a cavity, for example the patient's ilium, are penetrated with a pointed instrument used to create an aperture in the hard cortical bone forming the cavity followed by the insertion of an aspiration device which extracts one or more samples of cancellous bone, bone marrow, bone marrow blood and other aspirated material. The aspirate is rinsed and may be filtered to remove unwanted material and to increase the concentration and purity of the mesenchymal stem cells in the aspirant far beyond levels formerly obtainable for use in autologous treatment of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Elite IP, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Jeffrey Donner, Christopher Thomas Donner, Ryan Dregalla, Lucanus Steven Koldewyn
  • Catheter with Stretchable Irrigation Tube
    Publication number: 20230149075
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a medical system includes a catheter configured to be inserted into a body part of a living subject, and including a deflectable element having a distal end, an expandable distal end assembly disposed at the distal end of the deflectable element, and comprising a plurality of electrodes, a distal portion, and a proximal portion, and configured to expand from a collapsed form to an expanded deployed form, and a stretchable irrigation tube disposed between the distal portion and the proximal portion, and comprising a plurality of irrigation holes, and configured to stretch longitudinally when the distal end assembly is collapsed from the expanded deployed form to the collapsed form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Assaf GOVARI, Christopher Thomas BEECKLER, Joseph Thomas KEYES, Kevin Justin HERRERA
  • SYSTEMS AND METHOD OR USES OF ABLATING CARDIAC TISSUE
    Publication number: 20230149074
    Abstract: The subject of this disclosure is devices, systems, and uses thereof to treat a plurality of patients for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. The solution can include delivering a multi-electrode radiofrequency balloon catheter and a multi-electrode diagnostic catheter to one or more targeted pulmonary veins; ablating tissue of the one or more targeted pulmonary veins using the multi-electrode radiofrequency balloon catheter; diagnosing the one or more targeted pulmonary veins using the multi-electrode diagnostic catheter; and achieving at least one of a predetermined clinical effectiveness and acute effectiveness of the method or use based on use of the multi-electrode radiofrequency balloon catheter and the multi-electrode diagnostic catheter in the isolation of the one or more targeted pulmonary veins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Moe Habib BISHARA, Nader GHALY, Kendra Anita MCINNIS, Assaf GOVARI, Christopher Thomas BEECKLER, Joseph Thomas KEYES, Rowan Olund HETTEL, Kevin Justin HERRERA
  • DRINKWARE CONTAINER WITH ACTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20230148790
    Abstract: An actively heated drinkware container includes a vessel with a chamber that receives and holds a volume of liquid. The drinkware container includes a heating module with a first heating element operable to heat one portion of the chamber and a second heating element operable to heat another portion of the chamber, the second heating element spaced from the first heating element. Operation of the first and second heating elements generates a circulation current in the volume of liquid in the chamber that mixes the liquid and diffuses a temperature of the liquid to thereby reduce temperature stratification of the liquid in the chamber and so that a temperature of the liquid throughout the volume of liquid in the chamber is approximately uniform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Clayton Alexander, Daren John Leith, Mikko Juhani Timperi, Christopher Thomas Wakeham, Rahul Mulinti
  • Split coil arrangement for non-disruptive measurement of axial magnetic flux as part of system to infer machine health
    Patent number: 11650269
    Abstract: Axial magnetic flux sensors are described. The axial magnetic flux sensors comprise multiple substrates with conductive traces on them in some embodiments, and in other embodiments a single substrate or no substrate. When multiple substrates are provided, the substrates couple together such that the conductive traces connect to form a coil. The coil may be a continuous, multi-loop coil. When the substrates are coupled together, they may define an opening to accommodate a shaft or other piece of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Christopher Thomas Brown
  • System and method for robotic bin picking using advanced scanning techniques
    Patent number: 11648674
    Abstract: A method and system for programming picking and placing of a workpiece is provided. Embodiments may include associating a workpiece with an end effector that is attached to a robot and scanning the workpiece while the workpiece is associated with the end effector. Embodiments may also include determining a pose of the workpiece relative to the robot, based upon, at least in part, the scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Teradyne, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Thomas Aloisio
  • TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230143496
    Abstract: Methods of compensating for ambient temperature using temperature sensors, the method comprising: sampling at a first sampling rate, with a processor, first temperature measurements from a first temperature sensor on an on-body sensor. Then determining, with a processor, first ambient-compensated temperatures from the first temperature measurements; and determining, with a processor, final ambient-compensated temperatures by applying a correction gain or factor to the first ambient-compensated temperatures. Wherein the correction gain or factor changes value at a slower rate than the sampling rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Gary A. HAYTER, Daniel M. BERNSTEIN, Martin J. FENNELL, Michael R. LOVE, Kenneth J. DONIGER, Songbiao ZHANG, Mark K. SLOAN, Hyun CHO, Theodore J. KUNICH, Jean-Pierre COLE, Christopher A. THOMAS, Erwin S. BUDIMAN, David L. LI, Royce CHENG, Udo HOSS
  • ESTIMATING CONTACT FORCE APPLIED BETWEEN CATHETER AND TISSUE USING TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVERS OF THE CATHETER
    Publication number: 20230147259
    Abstract: A system includes a catheter and a processor. The catheter includes an expandable distal-end assembly (EDEA) having: (i) a transmitter, which is coupled to the EDEA and is configured to transmit a first signal, and (ii) one or more receivers, which are coupled to an elastic component of the EDEA, and are configured to produce one or more respective second signals in response to receiving the first signal. The processor is configured to estimate, based on the one or more respective second signals, a force applied to the elastic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Assaf Govari, Christopher Thomas Beeckler, Andres Claudio Altmann, Vadim Gliner, Joseph Thomas Keyes
  • HEAT TRANSFER THROUGH AN ABLATION ELECTRODE
    Publication number: 20230147174
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a flexible electrically-insulating substrate including an inner surface and an outer surface. The substrate is shaped to define multiple channels passing between the inner surface and the outer surface, at least some of the channels being concave channels. The apparatus further includes an outer layer of an electrically-conducting metal covering at least part of the outer surface, an inner layer of the electrically-conducting metal covering at least part of the inner surface, and respective columns of the electrically-conducting metal that fill the channels such as to connect the outer layer to the inner layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas BEECKLER, Joseph Thomas KEYES, Kevin Justin HERRERA
  • Thin thermally and chemically strengthened glass-based articles
    Patent number: 11643355
    Abstract: Embodiments of thermally and chemically strengthened glass-based articles are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass-based articles may include a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t), a first CS region comprising a concentration of a metal oxide that is both non-zero and varies along a portion of the thickness, and a second CS region being substantially free of the metal oxide of the first CS region, the second CS region extending from the first surface to a depth of compression of about 0.17•t or greater. In one or more embodiments, the first surface is flat to 100 ?m total indicator run-out (TIR) along any 50 mm or less profile of the first surface. Methods of strengthening glass sheets are also disclosed, along with consumer electronic products, laminates and vehicles including the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John Philip Finkeldey, Linda Gaskill, Timothy Michael Gross, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Charlene Marie Smith, John Christopher Thomas, Kevin Lee Wasson
  • BASKET CATHETER WITH POROUS SHEATH
    Publication number: 20230138104
    Abstract: Medical apparatus includes an insertion tube configured for insertion into a body cavity of a patient and an expandable assembly connected distally to the insertion tube and comprising electrodes, which are configured to apply electrical energy to tissue within the body cavity. A flexible porous sheath is fitted over the expandable assembly and configured to contact the tissue within the body cavity so that the electrical energy is applied from the electrodes through the sheath to the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Assaf GOVARI, Christopher Thomas BEECKLER, Joseph Thomas KEYES, Justin George LICHTER
  • FILAMENT ARTICLE CONTAINING EPOXY-AMINE CURABLE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20230132198
    Abstract: A filament article containing a curable composition is provided. The filament article has a first part containing an epoxy resin and a second part containing a polyamine having at least two secondary or primary amino groups. The first part is surrounded by a sheath and a second part surrounded by a sheath. Either 1) the first part surrounded by the sheath and the second part surrounded by the sheath are each a separate filament or 2) the first part surrounded by the sheath and the second part surrounded by the sheath combine to form a composite filament. The curable filament article can be used to form a cured composition having structural bonding performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Gregory P. Sorenson, Ross E. Behling, John Christopher Thomas
  • MEDIA TANK
    Publication number: 20230127000
    Abstract: A media tank includes a housing having a first housing portion coupled to a second housing portion at an interface between the first and second housing portions, the first and second housing portions collectively defining an interior volume of the housing, and a divider positioned within the interior volume of the housing at the interface between the first and second housing portions to separate the interior volume into a first chamber at least partially defined by the first housing portion and the divider and a second chamber at least partially defined by the second housing portion and the divider. The first housing portion is coupled to the second housing portion via a friction weld at the interface. An annular gap is provided between the divider and the first housing portion. Flash from the friction weld is received within the annular gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Philip David Dailey, Christopher Thomas Hughes
  • CORE-SHEATH FILAMENTS WITH A CURABLE COMPOSITION IN THE CORE
    Publication number: 20230116424
    Abstract: A core-sheath filament is provided that includes a curable composition. The curable composition contains an epoxy resin and a photoacid generator. Methods of making the core-sheath filament and methods of using the core-sheath filament for printing and bonding are provided. The core-sheath filaments can be used to form a cured composition having structural bonding performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kathleen S. Shafer, Thomas Q. Chastek, Mark E. Napierala, Jacob D. Young, Ross E. Behling, Shaun M. West, John Christopher Thomas
  • Security platform
    Patent number: 11625460
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for interconnecting devices. One of the methods includes authenticating, by a security platform, a user. The method includes generating, by the security platform, an authentication token for the user. The method includes receiving a selection of an IoT application by the user, the IoT application configured to control an IoT device. The method includes providing, by the security platform, the authentication token to the IoT application to authenticate the user with the selected application. The method also includes providing, by the selected application, control of the IoT device to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Thomas Bret Buckingham, James Karras, John Shelton, Michael Wayne Lester, Bharat Prasad, James Eric McCarty, Gabriel C. Fernandez, Debra Randall Casillas, Sudarshan Rangarajan, Christopher Thomas Wilkinson
  • Selecting computational kernel variants using neural networks
    Patent number: 11625605
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to optimize kernel selection for performing a computation. In at least one embodiment, a neural network is trained and utilized to generate a list of kernels so that an (e.g., optimal) kernel may be identified. The neural network receives characteristics of the input matrices and determines relevancy scores for a list of possible kernels. Based on an ordered listing of kernels by relevant score, a kernel is selected from the list and utilized to perform the computation and provide the result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Edward Barker, Christopher Thomas Cheng, Paul Martin Springer, Wojciech Jablonski