Patents by Inventor Christopher Lee Stokely

Christopher Lee Stokely 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: 20240325793
    Abstract: An ultrasound therapy device for generating ultrasound therapy. The ultrasound therapy device includes a wearable structure, ultrasound transducer units, a tightening mechanism, a memory, and a processor. The wearable structure is securable to a user to transmit the ultrasound to a target therapy area of a user including at least one of a kidney region, a lung region, and a lower limb of the user. The ultrasound transducer units are attachable and repositionable in the wearable structure to generate and deliver the ultrasound to the target region. The ultrasound transducer units are arranged in an array. The array of ultrasound transducer units is mechanically moved within the wearable structure and is in contact with a material to facilitate penetration of ultrasound into the user's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Filip Ludwig Peters, Christopher Lee Stokely, Mena Nadum
  • Publication number: 20240316369
    Abstract: A wearable device for generating extracorporeal shock waves in a thoracic region of a user includes a shock wave transducer unit to generate extracorporeal shock waves and configured to be placed on the skin of the user to apply shock wave therap. At least one proximity sensor measures the proximity of the shock wave transducer unit relative to the user's skin. A positioning mechanism is configured to controllably position the shock wave transducer unit. A processor is configured to transmit information to the shock wave transducer unit for generating extracorporeal shock waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Filip Ludwig Peters, Christopher Lee Stokely, Lars Gunnar Henrik Staaf, Mohammad Yusuf Mulla, Christer Johansson
  • Patent number: 12053652
    Abstract: An ultrasound therapy device for generating ultrasound therapy. The ultrasound therapy device includes a wearable structure, ultrasound transducer units, a tightening mechanism, a memory, and a processor. The wearable structure is securable to a user to transmit the ultrasound to a target therapy area of a user including at least one of a kidney region, a lung region, and a lower limb of the user. The ultrasound transducer units are attachable and repositionable in the wearable structure to generate and deliver the ultrasound to the target region. The ultrasound transducer units are arranged in an array. The array of ultrasound transducer units is mechanically moved within the wearable structure and is in contact with a material to facilitate penetration of ultrasound into the user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: CSW Therapeutics AB
    Inventors: Filip Ludwig Peters, Christopher Lee Stokely, Mena Nadum
  • Patent number: 12037892
    Abstract: A system includes a controlled acoustic source. The system also includes distributed acoustic sensors along a conduit. The distributed acoustic sensors obtain acoustic signal measurements as a function of position along the conduit in response to at least one acoustic signal provided by the controlled acoustic source. The system also includes a processing unit that generates an acoustic activity plot or report based on the acoustic signal measurements. The acoustic activity plot or report is used to identify at least one acoustic impedance boundary anomaly as a function of position along the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Stokely, John L. Maida, Neal Gregory Skinner, Andreas Ellamauthaler
  • Patent number: 11668183
    Abstract: A flow assembly is deployed downhole in a casing for a cementing operation. The flow assembly has a spool with an optical cable. As cement is pumped downhole and through the flow assembly, a dart attached to the optical cable on the spool is dragged with the flow of cement. Cement flow is stopped based on signals along the optical cable that the dart is at a desired location downhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Christopher Downey, Christopher Lee Stokely, John Laureto Maida, Jr., John Paul Bir Singh, Lonnie Carl Helms
  • Publication number: 20230149746
    Abstract: An ultrasound therapy device for generating ultrasound therapy. The ultrasound therapy device includes a wearable structure, ultrasound transducer units, a tightening mechanism, a memory, and a processor. The wearable structure is securable to a user to transmit the ultrasound to a target therapy area of a user including at least one of a kidney region, a lung region, and a lower limb of the user. The ultrasound transducer units are attachable and repositionable in the wearable structure to generate and deliver the ultrasound to the target region. The ultrasound transducer units are arranged in an array. The array of ultrasound transducer units is mechanically moved within the wearable structure and is in contact with a material to facilitate penetration of ultrasound into the user's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Filip Ludwig Peters, Christopher Lee Stokely, Mena Nadum
  • Patent number: 11512584
    Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present disclosure may position a cementing tool within a casing string of a wellbore. Such a system may include a fiber optic cable coupled to the cementing tool and may include a distributed temperature sensing (DTS) system interrogator positionable at a surface of the wellbore for transmitting an optical signal through the fiber optic cable such that a plurality of temperatures along the fiber optic cable may be identified. A reel may be used when dispensing the fiber optic cable from a first end of the fiber optic cable in response to a tension in the fiber optic cable as the cementing tool travels down the casing string behind a cement composition. A processor in communication with the DTS system may be configured to monitor the plurality of temperatures along the fiber optic cable while the cement composition cures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Laureto Maida, Jr., Christopher Lee Stokely
  • Patent number: 11512581
    Abstract: A method includes attaching a fiber optic cable to a cementing tool configured to attach to a cementing plug displace cement in a hydrocarbon well. The method can also include deploying the cementing tool in the hydrocarbon well to cause the cementing plug to begin releasing cement to form to displace cement to form a cement sheath in the hydrocarbon well. Additionally, the method can also include receiving, by a sensor receiver at a wellhead of the hydrocarbon well, a signal with cementing data as the cement sheath cures. Furthermore, the method can also include determining whether the cement sheath is curing properly. A system and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Laureto Maida, Jr., Christopher Lee Stokely
  • Publication number: 20220034215
    Abstract: A flow assembly is deployed downhole in a casing for a cementing operation. The flow assembly has a spool with an optical cable. As cement is pumped downhole and through the flow assembly, a dart attached to the optical cable on the spool is dragged with the flow of cement. Cement flow is stopped based on signals along the optical cable that the dart is at a desired location downhole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Luke Christopher Downey, Christopher Lee Stokely, John Laureto Maida, JR., John Paul Bir Singh, Lonnie Carl Helms
  • Patent number: 11208885
    Abstract: A system for cementing a wellbore having a casing string disposed in the wellbore is provided. The system includes a cement tool, a fiber optic cable, and a computing device. The cement tool is operable to be deployed down the wellbore through a casing string from a surface during cementing process of the wellbore. The cement tool includes a tool sensor. The fiber optic cable is coupled with the cement tool such that the fiber optic cable spans the wellbore from the cement tool to the surface. The fiber optic cable is communicatively coupled with the tool sensor. The computing device is communicatively coupled with the fiber optic cable and is operable to receive and process signals from the tool sensor via the fiber optic cable during the cementing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Stokely, John Laureto Maida, Jr., Krishna M. Ravi
  • Patent number: 11187072
    Abstract: A flow assembly is deployed downhole in a casing for a cementing operation. The flow assembly has a spool with an optical cable. As cement is pumped downhole and through the flow assembly, a dart attached to the optical cable on the spool is dragged with the flow of cement. Cement flow is stopped based on signals along the optical cable that the dart is at a desired location downhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services
    Inventors: Luke Christopher Downey, Christopher Lee Stokely, John Laureto Maida, John Paul Bir Singh, Lonnie Carl Helms
  • Patent number: 11156076
    Abstract: A sensor module can be used to make measurements during a single trip into and out of a wellbore in connection with a cement operation. The sensor module can include a detachment mechanism to detachably couple to a cement dart. The sensor module can also include a sensor to make measurements in a run-in-hole configuration prior to detaching from the cement dart and in a come-out-of-hole configuration subsequent to detaching from the cement dart in a wellbore. The sensor module can also include a transceiver to transmit the measurements to a processing device via a communication medium and to receive commands from the processing device via the communication medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Stokely, John Laureto Maida, Krishna M. Ravi
  • Publication number: 20210239549
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for performing distributed measurements along a wellbore using distributed strain sensing with a distributed fiber optic sensing cable. Systems and methods are provided for utilizing a distributed fiber optic sensing cable connected to a cementing tool to obtain distributed strain sensing data along the wellbore. Distributed strain sensing data is obtained along the wellbore from the distributed fiber optic sensing cable. Distributed measurement pressure data is determined based on the distributed strain sensing data received from the distributed fiber optic sensing cable. A strain value is determined based on the distributed measurement pressure data and the distributed strain sensing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Laureto MAIDA, Christopher Lee STOKELY
  • Publication number: 20210238979
    Abstract: A system is provided for cementing a wellbore having a casing string disposed in the wellbore. The system includes a cement tool operable to be deployed down the wellbore through the casing string from a surface during cementing process of the wellbore, a fiber optic cable, and a computing device. The fiber optic cable is coupled with the cement tool such that the fiber optic cable spans the wellbore from the cement tool to the surface. The computing device is communicatively coupled with the fiber optic cable and is operable to receive and process signals from the fiber optic cable during the cementing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee STOKELY, John Laureto Maida, JR., Neal Gregory Skinner
  • Publication number: 20210238995
    Abstract: A system for cementing a wellbore having a casing string disposed in the wellbore is provided. The system includes a cement tool, a fiber optic cable, and a computing device. The cement tool is operable to be deployed down the wellbore through a casing string from a surface during cementing process of the wellbore. The cement tool includes a tool sensor. The fiber optic cable is coupled with the cement tool such that the fiber optic cable spans the wellbore from the cement tool to the surface. The fiber optic cable is communicatively coupled with the tool sensor. The computing device is communicatively coupled with the fiber optic cable and is operable to receive and process signals from the tool sensor via the fiber optic cable during the cementing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Lee STOKELY, John Laureto Maida, Krishna M. Ravi
  • Publication number: 20210238984
    Abstract: A system includes: a cementing tool positionable within a casing string of a wellbore; a distributed temperature sensing (DTS) system comprising: a fiber optic cable coupled to the cementing tool; and a DTS interrogator positionable at a surface of the wellbore for transmitting an optical signal through the fiber optic cable and determining from a reflected optical signal a plurality of temperatures along the fiber optic cable; a fiber reel for dispensing the fiber optic cable from a first end of the fiber optic cable in response to a tension in the fiber optic cable as the cementing tool travels down the casing string behind a cement composition; and a processor in communication with the DTS system and configured to monitor the plurality of temperatures along the fiber optic cable while the cement composition cures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Laureto Maida, JR., Christopher Lee STOKELY
  • Publication number: 20210238981
    Abstract: A method includes attaching a fiber optic cable to a cementing tool configured to attach to a cementing plug displace cement in a hydrocarbon well. The method can also include deploying the cementing tool in the hydrocarbon well to cause the cementing plug to begin releasing cement to form to displace cement to form a cement sheath in the hydrocarbon well. Additionally, the method can also include receiving, by a sensor receiver at a wellhead of the hydrocarbon well, a signal with cementing data as the cement sheath cures. Furthermore, the method can also include determining whether the cement sheath is curing properly. A system and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Laureto Maida, JR., Christopher Lee Stokely
  • Patent number: 10982532
    Abstract: Determining a type of annular material in a wellbore comprises measuring an acoustic noise of one or more reference materials and thereby generating a corresponding one or more acoustic profiles, monitoring the annular material with an acoustic sensor positioned in the wellbore and thereby obtaining an acoustic response of the annular material, comparing the acoustic response with the one or more acoustic profiles using a processor communicably coupled to the acoustic sensor, and characterizing the annular material based on the comparison of the acoustic response and the one or more acoustic profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Krishna M. Ravi, Li Gao, Christopher Lee Stokely
  • Patent number: 10823931
    Abstract: A plug may be deployed within a pipeline along with a fluid. The plug is coupled to a fiber optic line dispensed from fiber optic dispenser located outside or within the pipeline. The plug may transmit a signal via the fiber optic line that is indicative of the location of the plug within the pipeline. The signal may comprise light pulses associated with the traversal of a pipeline joint by the plug. The location may allow the plug to be reclaimed efficiently and economically should the plug become lodged within the pipeline. The plug may communicate other measurement information via the fiber optic line and this information may be used to adjust operational parameters associated with the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hartmut Nitsche, John Laureto Maida, Jr., Christopher Lee Stokely
  • Patent number: 10809404
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining distributed measurements of acoustic energy as a function of time and position downhole. The method also includes deriving acoustic activity values as a function of time and position from the one or more distributed measurements. The method also includes predicting fluid flow for a downhole perforation cluster as a function of time, wherein predicting fluid flow involves a flow prediction model that is a function of perforation cluster geometry, fluid characteristics, and at least one of the acoustic activity values. The method also includes storing or displaying the predicted fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Lee Stokely