Patents by Inventor Christopher Reed

Christopher Reed 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: 20250256093
    Abstract: An electrode lead comprising an elongate lead body having a proximal end, a distal end and a plurality of electrical conductors, a biologically compatible, elastic, electrically insulative nerve cuff body that is associated with the distal end of the lead body, is configured to be circumferentially disposed around a nerve, has a pre-set furled state that defines an inner lumen and is movable to an unfurled state, a plurality of electrically conductive contacts carried by the nerve cuff body and electrically associated with the electrical conductors, and an inflatable nerve cuff straightener associated with the nerve cuff body and configured to at least substantially straighten the nerve cuff body when in a fully inflated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventor: Christopher Reed Jenney
  • Patent number: 12386401
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer circuit card cage system configured to house one or more computer circuit cards. The computer circuit card cage system can comprise a housing comprising one or more walls having one or more apertures formed therein. The computer circuit card cage system can further comprise one or more support rails supported on one or more of the walls and configured to support a computer circuit card. The one or more support rails can have one or more apertures formed therein to facilitate flow of a fluid through the one or more support rails. The flow path of the fluid is through the one or more apertures in the walls of the housing, and the one or more apertures in the support rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Christopher Reed, James Ruiz
  • Patent number: 12350489
    Abstract: An electrode that includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a biologically compatible, elastic, electrically insulative cuff body configured to be circumferentially disposed around a nerve, first and second relatively wide electrically conductive contacts carried by the cuff body that are spaced from one another in the length direction and that extend in the width direction to such an extent that they extend completely around the cuff body inner lumen when the cuff body is in the pre-set furled shape, and a plurality of relatively narrow electrically conductive contacts carried by the cuff body that are spaced from one another in the width direction and are located between the first and second relatively wide electrically conductive contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventors: Christopher Reed Jenney, Oren Gotlib, Joseph Calderon, William Andrew Brandt, Neil Talbot
  • Publication number: 20250205478
    Abstract: An electrode contact having an embossed surface for use in a stimulation electrode and methods of making the embossed electrode contact and stimulation electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventors: Christopher Reed Jenney, William Andrew Brandt
  • Publication number: 20250182934
    Abstract: A method of forming a nerve cuff by combining a plurality of electrically conductive members with respective rear surfaces and MgSulfate blasted front surfaces with a nerve cuff body, which includes a respective plurality of windows, in such a manner that exposed portions of the MgSulfate blasted front surfaces are within the windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventors: Christopher Reed Jenney, Neil Talbot, Joseph L. Calderon, Sahar Elyahoodayan, William Andrew Brandt
  • Patent number: 12296172
    Abstract: An electrode lead including an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff (or other nerve contact element) including an electrically insulative cuff body (or other contact body) affixed to the distal end of the lead body and at least one electrically conductive coil partially embedded in the cuff body (or other contact body) such that there are non-embedded portions, which together define a flexible coil contact that is associated with the front outer surface of the cuff body (or other contact body), and embedded portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventors: Christopher Reed Jenney, Timothy Strickland
  • Publication number: 20250032794
    Abstract: A stimulation system includes: a mouthpiece including one or more sensors to intraorally sense physiological data of a subject; and a subcutaneously implantable device to be in communication with the mouthpiece and including one or more stimulators to stimulate at least one of a nerve or a muscle of the subject to treat apnea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventor: Christopher Reed Jenney
  • Publication number: 20250036113
    Abstract: The present disclosure presents technology designed to streamline the analysis of log data in semiconductor fabrication environments. Semiconductor fabrication environments are often characterized by large amounts of diverse log data generated across various subsystems, with each subsystem producing its unique log data format due to different hardware and software components. The present technology addresses this by converting the multitude of raw log data formats into a single, timestamp sorted data table, which eases the task of log analysis, facilitating the extraction of key events and the reconstruction of the processing sequence. Following the conversion, the technology can sift through the data for predefined patterns and significant events, generating a dictionary of critical data over time. Visualization of this data enables tracking of the fabrication process or display of process steps via a graphical user interface, thus boosting problem detection and resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Reed Smith, Sonia Carol Chase
  • Publication number: 20240316354
    Abstract: An implantable pulse generator includes an electronics housing including an electronics container, stimulation circuitry within the housing, a plurality of feedthrough pins, operably connected to the stimulation circuitry, that extend in through the cover, an electrical connector including a plurality of pin receptacles and a plurality of conductive members respectively located within the pin receptacles, and a plurality of flexible wires that respectively connect one of the conductive members to one of the feedthrough pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventors: William Andrew Brandt, Christopher Reed Jenney
  • Patent number: 12011804
    Abstract: A vacuum shroud system can include a shroud body having a top surface and a bottom surface, with a plurality of air holes defined by the shroud body and extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. A vacuum attachment void and a grinder attachment void may be defined by the shroud body, each extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. The vacuum shroud system may also include an adjustable collar disposed over the grinder attachment void of the shroud body to attach a grinder to the shroud body. The system may include a cover securable to the top surface of the shroud body, where the cover overhangs a top edge of the top surface. A vacuum hose may be securable within the vacuum attachment void, with a wall of the vacuum attachment void determining an outlet angle for the vacuum hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Tile Ram IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Irving, Christopher Reed
  • Publication number: 20240108883
    Abstract: An electrode lead includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a cuff body, with a front layer and a rear layer, affixed to the distal end of the lead body and a plurality of electrically conductive members located between the front and rear layers. Each of the electrically conductive member defines a front side, a rear side and an outer perimeter and may include a plurality of holes that extend from the front side to the rear side and that are located around the outer perimeter. The cuff body front layer includes a plurality of windows that are respectively aligned with and located inwardly of the outer perimeters of the electrically conductive members, and a plurality of window frames that extend from the windows to the outer perimeters of the electrically conductive members. The cuff body also includes a plurality of anchors that respectively extend through the electrically conductive member holes and connect the window frames to the cuff body rear layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventors: Hemang Trivedi, William Andrew Brandt, Sahar Elyahoodayan, Christopher Reed Jenney
  • Publication number: 20240009452
    Abstract: A method of forming a nerve cuff by combining a plurality of electrically conductive members with respective rear surfaces and grit blasted front surfaces with a nerve cuff body, which includes a respective plurality of windows, in such a manner that exposed portions of the grit blasted front surfaces are within the windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventors: Christopher Reed Jenney, Neil Talbot, Joseph L. Calderon, Sahar Elyahoodayan, William Andrew Brandt
  • Patent number: 11719249
    Abstract: A system for controlling thermal comfort in a space is provided with variable mode of operation. This system may include a conditioner for conditioning air in the space, and a sensor for measuring a temperature in the space. A controller is provided for controlling the conditioner based on the temperature sensed by the sensor, and a fan for circulating air within the space is regulated based on the temperature sensed by the sensor. A related system for controlling a fan based on height is also provided, as is a system and method for easily and efficiently determining the height of a fan using a simple camera, such as one on a “smart” phone. A further aspect pertains to a controller, such as for example a portable handheld device, having a user interface adapted for suggesting an increase in a set point temperature of a thermostat based on the selected speed of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA T, LLC
    Inventors: Jerrill Scott Johnson, Alex Christopher Reed, Marcus Landon Borders, Thomas James Lesser, Jason Hunt Fizer, Adam Glenn Tucker, Stephen Alexander Harper, Ernest John Noble, Ken Siong Tan, Jon Jet Ling, Seng Rui Chan
  • Publication number: 20230241394
    Abstract: An electrode lead including an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff (or other nerve contact element) including an electrically insulative cuff body (or other contact body) affixed to the distal end of the lead body and at least one electrically conductive coil partially embedded in the cuff body (or other contact body) such that there are non-embedded portions, which together define a flexible coil contact that is associated with the front outer surface of the cuff body (or other contact body), and embedded portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventors: Christopher Reed Jenney, Timothy Strickland
  • Publication number: 20230221780
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a computer circuit card cage system configured to house one or more computer circuit cards. The computer circuit card cage system can comprise a housing comprising one or more walls having one or more apertures formed therein. The computer circuit card cage system can further comprise one or more support rails supported on one or more of the walls and configured to support a computer circuit card. The one or more support rails can have one or more apertures formed therein to facilitate flow of a fluid through the one or more support rails. The flow path of the fluid is through the one or more apertures in the walls of the housing, and the one or more apertures in the support rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Reed, James Ruiz
  • Patent number: 11684989
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a flame cutting process includes a preheating phase, a piercing phase following the preheating phase and a cutting phase following the piercing phase, wherein a cutting torch applies a flame generated by combustion of a gas mixture to an electrically conductive workpiece and wherein an electric current flowing between an electrically conductive part of the cutting torch and the workpiece is measured by a current measuring device during a measuring period. An ignition point at which piercing of a hole through the workpiece using the flame starts due to oxidation of the workpiece is detected by a change in the measured current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: IHT Automation GmbH & Co. KG, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Giuseppe Romanelli, Marcel Biskaborn, Christopher Reed Martin
  • Publication number: 20230008895
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a flame cutting process includes a preheating phase, a piercing phase following the preheating phase and a cutting phase following the piercing phase, wherein a cutting torch applies a flame generated by combustion of a gas mixture to an electrically conductive workpiece and wherein an electric current flowing between an electrically conductive part of the cutting torch and the workpiece is measured by a current measuring device during a measuring period. An ignition point at which piercing of a hole through the workpiece using the flame starts due to oxidation of the workpiece is detected by a change in the measured current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicants: IHT Automation GmbH & Co. KG, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Giuseppe ROMANELLI, Marcel BISKABORN, Christopher Reed MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20230012024
    Abstract: The present application provides for a method for controlling coagulation in a subject in need of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The method comprises administering an effective amount of an anticoagulant agent that directly inhibits one or more steps in a coagulation pathway to the subject, wherein the effective amount of the anticoagulant agent is capable of controlling coagulation during extra corporeal membrane oxygenation for a coagulation control time of at least 4 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Bruce Sullenger, Elisabeth Tracy, Christopher Reed
  • Publication number: 20230003188
    Abstract: Various examples are provided related to kite energy generation. In one example, a method for kite-based energy generation includes deploying a kite in a flow of fluid; controlling movement of the kite along a continuous pattern across the flow, where the kite applies tension greater than a threshold during at least a first portion of the pattern and applies tension less than the threshold during at least a second portion of the pattern; and generating power during the first portion of the continuous pattern. In another example, a system includes a kite including control surfaces that control movement of the kite along a continuous pattern across the flow of fluid; a winch connected to the kite by a tether, and a generator of the winch that can generate power during a portion of the pattern; and a spool controller that can control spooling of the tether during the pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Vermillion, James Christopher Reed, Joshua L. Daniels, Mitchell Cobb, Ayaz Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 11506215
    Abstract: An apparatus for circulating air in a space using a fan, a sensor for sensing an ambient condition, and a user input for inputting a desired condition. A controller is configured for controlling the fan to operate substantially at a first fan speed for the desired condition, and controlling the fan to operate substantially at a second fan speed for the sensed ambient condition. Related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA T, LLC
    Inventors: James M. Desmet, Alex Christopher Reed, Richard A. Oleson, Marshall White, Jason Bishop, Richard Lenser, David R. Banks