Patents by Inventor Christopher Cook

Christopher Cook 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).

  • Employing native routines instead of emulated routines in an application being emulated
    Patent number: 9063760
    Abstract: Processing within an emulated computing environment is facilitated. Code used to implement system-provided (e.g., standard or frequently used) routines referenced in an application being emulated is native code available for the computing environment, rather than emulated code. Responsive to encountering a reference to a system-provided routine in the application being emulated, the processor is directed to native code, rather than emulated code, even though the application is being emulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Cook, Anthony C. Sumrall, Thomas A. Thackrey
  • ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE CLEANER SHEATH
    Publication number: 20150150438
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a distal tip of an endoscope includes a driver configured to be mounted over a shaft of the endoscope, the driver adapted for generating transverse waves along a length of the shaft. The apparatus may be provided as a retrofit to existing equipment, or as a feature of new equipment. Methods of operation are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventor: Christopher A. Cook
  • Light source power based on predetermined sensed condition
    Patent number: 8926503
    Abstract: A medical instrument having a lighting system for illuminating a target area, the system comprising a light source and associated power controller, the system being configured to move from a first illumination mode to a second illumination mode based on a sensed or determined changed condition, such as predetermined temperature and/or change in a scene or brightness signal, or lack of change, from an image sensor that may be associated with the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. St. George, Christopher A. Cook
  • E-COMMERCE CROSS-SAMPLING PRODUCT RECOMMENDER BASED ON STATISTICS
    Publication number: 20140379519
    Abstract: A method of recommending products during e-commerce. A computing device including a processor implements a cross sampling recommender algorithm which includes a first statistical model is provided at a website. Responsive to receiving information via the Internet from a first customer including selection of a first product offered at the website, the algorithm automatically divides historical customer' selection information into a plurality of time ordered sub-periods of time. Using the customer' selection information and the time ordered sub-periods of time as a time covariate, logistic regressions are fit to each of a plurality of cross-sampled pairs of the plurality of products involving the first product. Using the data from the logistic regressions, cross-sampled pairs are identified which meet a slope selection criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: JOEL LYNN DOBSON, CHRISTOPHER COOK
  • HERMETIC ENDOSCOPE ASSEMBLAGE
    Publication number: 20140330082
    Abstract: Hermetically sealed enclosures and constructions are disclosed for use in endoscopic systems, particularly endoscopic systems with electronic imaging and illumination systems in the enclosures. Compound optical windows are also disclosed for use in the systems. The compound optical windows may have separate panes for an imaging system and an illumination system, and contrast-reducing optical boundaries are between panes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Ezra Navok, Gregory Konstorum, Christopher A. Cook, Tailin Fan
  • Surgeon Controlled Endoscope Device and Method
    Publication number: 20140316202
    Abstract: A medical apparatus including an endoscopic tool including first and second members longitudinally slideable relative to each other; and a control connected to a proximal end of the endoscopic tool. The control includes a housing and a slider. The slider is longitudinally slideably connected to the housing. The slider has the first member and/or the second member connected thereto. The housing includes a connector configured to removeably connect the housing to a control section of an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Carroux, Kurt G. Shelton, Christopher A. Cook
  • Surgeon Controlled Endoscope Device and Method
    Publication number: 20140316203
    Abstract: A medical apparatus including an endoscopic tool including first and second members longitudinally slideable relative to each other; and a control connected to a proximal end of the endoscopic tool. The control includes a housing and an actuation mechanism. The actuation mechanism is longitudinally slideably connected to the housing. The actuation mechanism has the first member and/or the second member connected thereto. The housing includes a connector configured to removeably connect the housing to a control section of an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Carroux, Kurt G. Shelton, Christopher A. Cook
  • LIGHT SOURCE POWER BASED ON PREDETERMINED SENSED CONDITION
    Publication number: 20140316197
    Abstract: A medical instrument having a lighting system for illuminating a target area, the system comprising a light source and associated power controller, the system being configured to move from a first illumination mode to a second illumination mode based on a sensed or determined changed condition, such as predetermined temperature and/or change in a scene or brightness signal, or lack of change, from an image sensor that may be associated with the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Lawrence J. St. George, Christopher A. Cook
  • FZ SEED HOLDER AND PRE-HEATER
    Publication number: 20140261160
    Abstract: The device of according to the present invention is a device for holding a single crystal silicon seed. The device or holder contains a plurality of strips to clamp a seed crystal in the seed crystal holder; and a base supporting the plurality of strips. The plurality of strips each has a free end which contacts a single crystal silicon seed and an end opposite the free end which joins the base and becomes integral therewith. The plurality of strips are bent or folded in such that they exert pressure on a seed crystal when the seed crystal is inserted among the plurality of strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION, Mitsubishi Polycrystalline Silicon America Corporation (MIPSA)
    Inventors: Brian P. Smith, Christopher Cook
  • Rotary stability of a rotary pump
    Patent number: 8827663
    Abstract: A rotary pump including an impeller rotatable within a housing. A load is imposed on the impeller as it rotates, in a direction that is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation and wherein the load stabilises the motion of the impeller. The load may be achieved by magnetically biasing the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Thoratec Corporation
    Inventor: Martin Christopher Cook
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION OF SIGNALS FROM A FIRST TYPE OF IMAGE SENSOR TO A SECOND TYPE OF CAMERA CONTROL UNIT
    Publication number: 20140063217
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for conversion of signals from a first type of image sensor to a second type of camera control unit is presented. A first interface is provided for enabling electrical communication between the conversion module and an image sensor, the image sensor being interchangeable between a Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) and a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) image sensor. A second interface is provided for enabling electrical communication between the conversion module and a camera control unit (CCU). Also provided is conversion circuitry in communication with the first interface and the second interface, the conversion circuitry receiving signals of a first type from the first interface, converting the signals of a first type to signals of a second type and providing the signals of a second type to the second interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Ezra Navok, Shai Finkman, Christopher A. Cook
  • LIGHT SOURCE POWER BASED ON PREDETERMINED SENSED CONDITION
    Publication number: 20140058198
    Abstract: A medical instrument having a lighting system for illuminating a target area, the system comprising a light source and associated power controller, the system being configured to move from a first illumination mode to a second illumination mode based on a sensed or determined changed condition, such as predetermined temperature and/or change in a scene or brightness signal, or lack of change, from an image sensor that may be associated with the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: GYRUS ACMI, Inc., d.b.a. Olynpus Surgical Technologies America
    Inventors: Lawrence J. St. George, Christopher A. Cook
  • PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY TARGET FINDING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140051985
    Abstract: A target finding system identifies a surgical target such as a kidney stone by disposing an emitter such as a magnetic source behind or adjacent the surgical target, and employing a circuit to identify an axis to the emitter, thus defining an axis or path to the surgical target. An array of sensors arranged in an equidistant, coplanar arrangement each senses a signal indicative of a distance to the emitter. A magneto resistor sensor generates a variable resistance is responsive to the distance to a magnetic coil emitting a magnetic field. An equal signal from each of the coplanar sensors indicates positioning on an axis passing through a point central to the sensors and orthogonal to the plane. In one embodiment, a pair of Wheatstone bridges enhances the accuracy of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Tailin Fan, Christopher A. Cook
  • Light source power based on predetermined sensed condition
    Patent number: 8591408
    Abstract: A medical instrument having a lighting system for illumination a target area, the system comprising a light source and associated power controller, the system being configured to move from a first illumination mode to a second illumination mode based on a sensed or determined changed condition, such as predetermined temperature and/or change in a scene or brightness signal, or lack of change, from an image sensor that may be associated with the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. St. George, Christopher A. Cook
  • Hermetic endoscope assemblage
    Patent number: 8568300
    Abstract: Hermetically sealed enclosures and constructions are disclosed for use in endoscopic systems, particularly endoscopic systems with electronic imaging and illumination systems in the enclosures. Compound optical windows are also disclosed for use in the systems. The compound optical windows may have separate panes for an imaging system and an illumination system, and contrast-reducing optical boundaries are between panes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: GYRUS ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Ezra Navok, Christopher A. Cook
  • Offloading work from one type to another type of processor based on the count of each type of service call instructions in the work unit
    Patent number: 8533720
    Abstract: A work unit (e.g., a load module) to be executed on one processor may be eligible to be offloaded and executed on another processor that is heterogeneous from the one processor. The other processor is heterogeneous in that is has a different computing architecture and/or different instruction set from the one processor. A determination is made as to whether the work unit is eligible for offloading. The determination is based, for instance, on the particular type of instructions (e.g., particular type of service call and/or program call instructions) included in the work unit and whether those types of instructions are supported by the other processor. If the instructions of the work unit are supported by the other processor, then the work unit is eligible for offloading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wilton T. Byrum, Christopher Cook, Thomas A. Thackrey
  • EMPLOYING NATIVE ROUTINES INSTEAD OF EMULATED ROUTINES IN AN APPLICATION BEING EMULATED
    Publication number: 20130096907
    Abstract: Processing within an emulated computing environment is facilitated. Code used to implement system-provided (e.g., standard or frequently used) routines referenced in an application being emulated is native code available for the computing environment, rather than emulated code. Responsive to encountering a reference to a system-provided routine in the application being emulated, the processor is directed to native code, rather than emulated code, even though the application is being emulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Cook, Anthony C. Sumrall, Thomas A. Thackrey
  • Light source power based on predetermined sensed condition
    Patent number: 8372003
    Abstract: A medical instrument having a lighting system for illuminating a target area, the system comprising a light source and associated power controller, the system being configured to move from a first illumination mode to a second illumination mode based on a sensed or determined changed condition, such as predetermined temperature and/or change in a scene or brightness signal, or lack of change, from an image sensor that may be associated with the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. St. George, Christopher A. Cook
  • Axial flow blood pump
    Patent number: 8366599
    Abstract: An axial flow rotary blood pump including an impeller adapted to be magnetically rotated within a housing by the interaction of magnets disposed on or in the impeller and stators disposed on or in the housing. The impeller includes at least one support ring supporting a plurality of blades, and a hydrodynamic bearing that operates at least axially and radially in respect of an axis of rotation of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Thoratec Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey Douglas Tansley, Martin Christopher Cook, John Campbell Woodard
  • Rotor stability of a rotary pump
    Patent number: 8353686
    Abstract: A rotary pump including an impeller rotatable within a housing. A load is imposed on the impeller as it rotates, in a direction that is substantially parallel to the axis of rotation and wherein the load stabilizes the motion of the impeller. The load may be achieved by magnetically biasing the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Thoratec Corporation
    Inventor: Martin Christopher Cook