Patents by Inventor Christopher Bryant
Christopher Bryant 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).
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Patent number: 11964067Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sterilization apparatus which uses thermal or non-thermal plasma to disinfect surgical scoping devices such as endoscopes, gastroscopes, laparoscopes and the like. Aspect of the disclosure provide: (i) an apparatus for sterilizing inside an instrument channel formed with an insertion tube of a surgical scoping device, (ii) a whole-device sterilization apparatus for treating the entire exterior surface of a surgical scoping device, and (iii) an apparatus for cleaning and sterilizing a distal end face of an insertion tube of a surgical scoping device.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Paul Hancock, Morgan Bryant, Louis Turner, Sandra Swain, Julian Mark Ebbutt, John Bishop, Richard Craven
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Patent number: 11950825Abstract: A treatment apparatus which uses thermal or non-thermal plasma to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs) by destroying bacteria. The apparatus comprises an elongate probe that includes a coaxial cable for conveying radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic (EM) energy and/or microwave EM energy, a probe tip connected at the distal end of the coaxial cable for receiving the RF and/or microwave EM energy, and a gas conduit for conveying gas to the probe tip. The probe tip comprises a first electrode connected to the inner conductor of the coaxial cable, and a second electrode connected to the outer conductor of the coaxial cable, and wherein the first electrode and second electrode are arranged to produce an electric field from the received RF and/or microwave EM energy across a flow path of gas received from the gas conduit to produce a thermal or a non-thermal plasma.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Paul Hancock, Morgan Bryant, Louis Turner, Sandra Swain, Julian Mark Ebbutt, John Bishop, Richard Craven
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Publication number: 20240104655Abstract: A method for generating a prediction of a latency of a transaction processing system includes: sampling a first plurality of messages from a database that stores data indicative of messages previously processed by the transaction processing system including a characteristic and a processing time of each previously processed message; generating latency tables based upon the characteristics and the processing times of the sampled first plurality of messages; determining a characteristic of each of a second plurality of messages being processed by the transaction processing system; selecting, for each of the second plurality of messages, a latency table from the plurality of latency tables based upon the respective determined characteristic; simulating a processing time for each of the second plurality of messages based upon the respective selected latency table; and generating a latency prediction for the transaction processing system based upon the simulated processing times for the second plurality of messageType: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.Inventors: Jose Antonio Acuña-Rohter, Paul Callaway, Kyle D. Kavanagh, Christopher Walsh, Sherry Bryant, Elisa Lugo, Joshua Hoffberg
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Publication number: 20240091302Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method of making an improved carbetocin drug product. The disclosed method for making an improved carbetocin drug product comprises agitating a carbetocin preparation containing an aqueous solution of carbetocin and one or more excipients for a period of to initiate the formation of aggregate-forming solids and filtering off the aggregates that form before further processing the remaining carbetocin into a final drug product. The present disclosure also relates to an improved carbetocin drug product, wherein the drug product is substantially free of aggregate-forming solids. The disclosed carbetocin drug product can be used for the treatment of a neurodevelopmental disorder, such as Präder-Willi syndrome. Additionally, the disclosed carbetocin drug product shows content uniformity of carbetocin over long periods of time before and after one or more free/thaw cycles, provides enhanced convenience and patient compliance, and/or are highly concentrated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC..Inventors: Christopher Bryant, Mark Manning, Ryan E. Holcomb
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Publication number: 20240082017Abstract: An implant delivery device may include an implant holding portion proximate the distal end, the implant holding portion being configured to retain a sheet-like implant during implantation of the implant. In addition, the implant holding portion may be configured to receive the implant with a fixed implant supporting flange member configured to support the implant on one side, and a movable implant supporting flange member. The movable implant supporting flange member may be configured to be slidable between a distal position and a proximal position, wherein, in the distal position, the movable implant supporting flange member and secures the implant against the fixed implant supporting flange member, and in the proximal position, the movable implant supporting flange member is withdrawn from the distal end of the implant delivery device, thus enabling release of the implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: R. Sean Churchill, Robert J. Ball, Douglas Snell, Isaac Running, Christopher K. Jones, Brandon Bryant
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Publication number: 20240026909Abstract: Apparatuses for controlling gas flow are important components for delivering process gases for semiconductor fabrication. These apparatuses for controlling gas flow frequently rely on flow restrictors which can provide a known flow impedance of the process gas. In one embodiment, a flow restrictor is disclosed, the flow restrictor constructed of a plurality of layers, one or more of the layers having a flow passage therein that extends from a first aperture at a first end of the flow restrictor to a second aperture at a second end of the flow restrictor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Sean Joseph Penley, Zachariah Ezekiel McIntyre, Tyler James Wright, Matthew Eric Kovacic, Christopher Bryant Davis
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Publication number: 20240028055Abstract: A gas flow control system for delivering a plurality of gas flows. The gas flow control system has a gas flow path extending from a gas inlet to first and second gas outlets. First and second flow restrictors are operably coupled to the gas flow path. First and second valves are operably coupled to the gas flow path such that when both first and second valves are in a fully open state, flows of gas from the first and second gas outlets are split according to the impedances of the first and second flow restrictors.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Daniel T. Mudd, Marshall B. Grill, Norman L. Batchelor, II, Sean Joseph Penley, Michael Maeder, Patti J. Mudd, Zachariah Ezekiel McIntyre, Tyler James Wright, Matthew Eric Kovacic, Christopher Bryant Davis
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Patent number: 11844764Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method of making an improved carbetocin drug product. The disclosed method for making an improved carbetocin drug product comprises agitating a carbetocin preparation containing an aqueous solution of carbetocin and one or more excipients for a period of time to initiate the formation of aggregate-forming solids and filtering off the aggregates that form before further processing the remaining carbetocin into a final drug product. The present disclosure also relates to an improved carbetocin drug product, wherein the drug product is substantially free of aggregate-forming solids. The disclosed carbetocin drug product can be used for the treatment of a neurodevelopmental disorder, such as Präder-Willi syndrome. Additionally, the disclosed carbetocin drug product shows content uniformity of carbetocin over long periods of time before and after one or more freeze/thaw cycles, provides enhanced convenience and patient compliance, and/or are highly concentrated.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.Inventors: Christopher Bryant, Mark C. Manning, Ryan E. Holcomb
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Patent number: 11841036Abstract: Apparatuses for controlling gas flow are important components for delivering process gases for semiconductor fabrication. These apparatuses for controlling gas flow frequently rely on flow restrictors which can provide a known flow impedance of the process gas. In one embodiment, a flow restrictor is disclosed, the flow restrictor constructed of a plurality of layers, one or more of the layers having a flow passage therein that extends from a first aperture at a first end of the flow restrictor to a second aperture at a second end of the flow restrictor.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Inventors: Sean Joseph Penley, Zachariah Ezekiel McIntyre, Tyler James Wright, Matthew Eric Kovacic, Christopher Bryant Davis
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Publication number: 20230391005Abstract: A system includes a supply receptacle defining one or more supply receptacle sidewalls and an upwardly-facing receptacle opening, a piston positioned at least partially within the supply receptacle, where the piston, the upwardly-facing receptacle opening, and the one or more supply receptacle sidewalls at least partially define an interior space of the supply receptacle, and the piston is positionable between an extended position, in which the interior space has an extended volume, and a retracted position, in which the interior space has a retracted volume that is greater than the extended volume, and a dosing hopper positioned above and in selective communication with the interior space of the supply receptacle, where the dosing hopper is structurally configured to deliver build material to the interior space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Carlos H. Bonilla, Joshua Tyler Mook, Christopher Bryant, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Vadim Bromberg, Connor Sprague, Victor Fulton, Tyler Hater
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Publication number: 20230382045Abstract: A system (100) includes a build area positioned along a working surface (102), a supply receptacle (110) spaced apart from the build area and defining one or more supply receptacle sidewalls and an upwardly-facing receptacle opening (114), a dosing hopper (240) positioned above and in selective communication with the supply receptacle, where the dosing hopper is structurally configured to deliver build material to an interior space (116), and a conveyance hopper (260) in communication with the dosing hopper (240).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Carlos H. Bonilla, Victor Fulton, Jacob Mayer, Timothy Francis Andrews, Gregory Kurt Miller, Christopher Bryant
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Publication number: 20230376868Abstract: A first feature is displayed within a first view of a user interface. A first selection of the first feature is configured to display a first set of identifiers corresponding to one or more tasks. A second feature is displayed within the first view of the user interface. A second selection of the second feature is configured to display a second set of identifiers corresponding to a set of workers. Each worker of the set of workers is associated with the one or more tasks and a first time that the one or more tasks are scheduled to be completed by. A set of status indicators are displayed. Each status indicator of the set of status indicators indicates whether the one or more tasks have been completed by the first time for the each worker of the set of workers based at least in part on the associating.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Christopher Bryant HALIORIS, Paul OVERSTREET, Brandon Scott PRY, Balakrishna SUBRAMANIAM
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Publication number: 20230340203Abstract: The present invention relates to poly(amide imide) (PAI) precursor polymers which can for example be used in Vat photopolymerization processes like lithographic processes for the photofabrication of three-dimensional (3D) articles. The invention further relates to polymer compositions including these poly(amide imide) (PAI) precursor polymers. Still further, the invention relates to vat photopolymerization methods to form three-dimensional (3D) objects that incorporate the aforementioned polymer compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicants: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC, VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.Inventors: Eduardo Soriano, Joel Pollino, Kermit S. Kwan, Clay Bradley Arrington, Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Timothy Edward Long, Christopher Bryant Williams, Daniel Andrew Rau
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Patent number: 11769088Abstract: A first feature is displayed within a first view of a user interface. A first selection of the first feature is configured to display a first set of identifiers corresponding to one or more tasks. A second feature is displayed within the first view of the user interface. A second selection of the second feature is configured to display a second set of identifiers corresponding to a set of workers. Each worker of the set of workers is associated with the one or more tasks and a first time that the one or more tasks are scheduled to be completed by. A set of status indicators are displayed. Each status indicator of the set of status indicators indicates whether the one or more tasks have been completed by the first time for the each worker of the set of workers based at least in part on the associating.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Christopher Bryant Halioris, Paul Overstreet, Brandon Scott Pry, Balakrishna Subramaniam
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Patent number: 11723875Abstract: A water-soluble polyurethane derived from: polyethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol-block-polypropylene glycol-block-polyethylene glycol polymer, polypropylene glycol-block-polyethylene glycol-block-polypropylene and mixtures thereof, 1,1?-Carbonyldiimidazole, polyamine and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Douglas Michael Graham, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Corey James Kenneally, Christopher Bryant Williams, Callie Elizabeth Zawaski, Timothy E Long, Allison M Pekkanen, Benjamin Tyler White
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Publication number: 20230201300Abstract: The application describes stable aqueous compositions comprising relatively high concentrations of carbetocin and a solubilizer and/or surface active agent. The disclosed carbetocin compositions are effective in the treatment of a neurodevelopmental disorder, such as Prader-Willi syndrome. Additionally, the disclosed carbetocin compositions show improved stability at room temperature and/or under accelerated conditions of stress.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: LEVO THERAPEUTICS, INC.Inventors: Mark C. Manning, Ryan E. Holcomb, Derrick S. Katayama, Christopher Bryant
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Patent number: 11658969Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a processing system including a processor that is operative in a first communication network, a certificate from a communication device that is operative in a second communication network, extracting, by the processing system, an identifier of the communication device from the certificate, authenticating, by the processing system, the communication device in accordance with the identifier, comparing, by the processing system, the identifier with a plurality of identifiers to determine that the communication device is authorized to access data, resulting in an authorization determination, and transmitting, by the processing system, the data to the communication device based on the authorization determination. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Timothy Yao, Christopher Bryant, Qun Wei
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Publication number: 20230150930Abstract: The present invention relates to relates to a polymer formulation for three-dimensionally (3D) printing an article by stereolithography, the formulation comprising a functionalized polymer. The invention further relates to lithographic methods to form 3D objects that incorporate the aforementioned polymer formulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicants: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC, VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.Inventors: Joel Pollino, Kermit S. Kwan, Timothy Edward Long, Christopher Bryant Williams, Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Cody Weyhrich
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Patent number: 11585444Abstract: Apparatuses for controlling gas flow are important components for delivering process gases for semiconductor fabrication. These apparatuses for controlling gas flow frequently rely on effectively sealed flow restrictors which can eliminate leakage of process gas around the flow restrictors. In one embodiment, a seal for a flow restrictor is disclosed, the seal comprising a plastic cylinder which is shrink fit onto a sealing portion of the flow restrictor. In another embodiment, a seal for a flow restrictor is disclosed, the seal having a first sealing ring with a flow aperture, a flow restrictor installed into the flow aperture.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventors: Matthew Eric Kovacic, Zachariah Ezekiel McIntyre, Sean Joseph Penley, Christopher Bryant Davis
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Publication number: 20230029366Abstract: Apparatuses for controlling fluid flow are important components for delivering process fluids for semiconductor fabrication. These apparatuses for controlling fluid flow require a variety of fluid flow components which are tightly packaged within the apparatuses for controlling flow. In an effort to improve packaging density, fluid delivery modules preferably incorporate both active and passive components into a single substrate block. This enables increases in packaging density as well as enabling reduced cost through greater simplification of the fluid delivery module. For instance, incorporating a filter to filter incoming fluid with a valve or other component in a single monolithic block avoids the need for separate components which add cost and complexity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Philip Ryan Barros, Greg Patrick Mulligan, Dustin Tomhave, Christopher Bryant Davis