Patents by Inventor Colin Meade
Colin Meade 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: 11945467Abstract: Example embodiments relate to identification of proxy calibration targets for a fleet of sensors. An example method includes collecting, using a sensor coupled to a vehicle, data about one or more objects within an environment of the vehicle. The sensor has been calibrated using a ground-truth calibration target. The method also includes identifying, based on the collected data, at least one candidate object, from among the one or more objects, to be used as a proxy calibration target for other sensors coupled to vehicles within a fleet of vehicles. Further, the method includes providing, by the vehicle, data about the candidate object for use by one or more vehicles within the fleet of vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Volker Grabe, Colin Braley, Volodymyr Ivanchenko, Alexander Meade
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Patent number: 11331456Abstract: An example medical device includes a balloon that is inflatable to an inflated configuration. The balloon includes a non-compliant layer coextruded on an inner layer, and an outer layer coextruded on the non-compliant layer. The non-compliant layer is configured to delaminate from the inner and the outer layers in the inflated configuration. The non-compliant layer may be configured to rupture in the inflated configuration. An example technique includes inflating the balloon to a predetermined pressure sufficient to rupture the non-compliant layer and insufficient to rupture both the inner and outer layers. The example technique further includes deflating the balloon, and introducing the balloon into a vasculature. Another example technique includes coextruding a non-compliant layer on an inner layer, coextruding an outer layer on the non-compliant layer, and forming a balloon from the inner layer, the non-compliant layer, and the outer layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.Inventors: Stephen Nash, Aram Jamous, Colin Meade
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Publication number: 20200180246Abstract: An example medical device includes a balloon that is inflatable to an inflated configuration. The balloon includes a non-compliant layer coextruded on an inner layer, and an outer layer coextruded on the non-compliant layer. The non-compliant layer is configured to delaminate from the inner and the outer layers in the inflated configuration. The non-compliant layer may be configured to rupture in the inflated configuration. An example technique includes inflating the balloon to a predetermined pressure sufficient to rupture the non-compliant layer and insufficient to rupture both the inner and outer layers. The example technique further includes deflating the balloon, and introducing the balloon into a vasculature. Another example technique includes coextruding a non-compliant layer on an inner layer, coextruding an outer layer on the non-compliant layer, and forming a balloon from the inner layer, the non-compliant layer, and the outer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Stephen Nash, Aram Jamous, Colin Meade
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Patent number: 10596773Abstract: An example medical device includes a balloon that is inflatable to an inflated configuration. The balloon includes a non-compliant layer coextruded on an inner layer, and an outer layer coextruded on the non-compliant layer. The non-compliant layer is configured to delaminate from the inner and the outer layers in the inflated configuration. The non-compliant layer may be configured to rupture in the inflated configuration. An example technique includes inflating the balloon to a predetermined pressure sufficient to rupture the non-compliant layer and insufficient to rupture both the inner and outer layers. The example technique further includes deflating the balloon, and introducing the balloon into a vasculature. Another example technique includes coextruding a non-compliant layer on an inner layer, coextruding an outer layer on the non-compliant layer, and forming a balloon from the inner layer, the non-compliant layer, and the outer layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Nash, Aram Jamous, Colin Meade
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Patent number: 10492823Abstract: A tissue-removing catheter includes an elongate body having proximal and distal end portions and a motor fixed to the distal end portion of the elongate body. A tissue-removing element is mounted on the motor to be driven in rotation by the motor about a drive axis. In some embodiments, the tissue-removing element includes a receptacle that receives the motor therein. The tissue-removing element can include a distal tip that extends distally beyond the motor to define the distal end of the catheter. The motor can be controlled using an actuator located outside the body. And in some embodiments, use of the catheter involves adjusting the rotational speed of the tissue-removing element using the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Aram Jamous, Colin Meade, Grainne Carroll
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Patent number: 10413709Abstract: A dilatation catheter includes a high-pressure balloon component comprising an inner balloon and an outer balloon. An interior of the inner balloon is in fluid communication with a lumen of the catheter for receiving inflation fluid therefrom. The outer balloon defines a separate interior within which the inner balloon is disposed. The outer balloon has a hole in a wall thereof for venting the interior of the outer balloon to ambient environment. Proximal necks of the inner and outer balloons are bonded to an outer shaft of the catheter and distal necks of the inner and outer balloons are bonded to an inner shaft of the catheter. In accordance with embodiments hereof, the interior of the outer balloon is not in fluid communication with the interior of the inner balloon, the lumen of the catheter or any other source of fluid from the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.Inventors: Aram Jamous, Colm Connolly, Colin Meade, Niall Plunkett
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Publication number: 20190046228Abstract: A tissue-removing catheter includes an elongate body having proximal and distal end portions and a motor fixed to the distal end portion of the elongate body. A tissue-removing element is mounted on the motor to be driven in rotation by the motor about a drive axis. In some embodiments, the tissue-removing element includes a receptacle that receives the motor therein. The tissue-removing element can include a distal tip that extends distally beyond the motor to define the distal end of the catheter. The motor can be controlled using an actuator located outside the body. And in some embodiments, use of the catheter involves adjusting the rotational speed of the tissue-removing element using the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Aram Jamous, Colin Meade, Grainne Carroll
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Publication number: 20180326190Abstract: An example medical device includes a balloon that is inflatable to an inflated configuration. The balloon includes a non-compliant layer coextruded on an inner layer, and an outer layer coextruded on the non-compliant layer. The non-compliant layer is configured to delaminate from the inner and the outer layers in the inflated configuration. The non-compliant layer may be configured to rupture in the inflated configuration. An example technique includes inflating the balloon to a predetermined pressure sufficient to rupture the non-compliant layer and insufficient to rupture both the inner and outer layers. The example technique further includes deflating the balloon, and introducing the balloon into a vasculature. Another example technique includes coextruding a non-compliant layer on an inner layer, coextruding an outer layer on the non-compliant layer, and forming a balloon from the inner layer, the non-compliant layer, and the outer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Stephen Nash, Aram Jamous, Colin Meade
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Publication number: 20180015265Abstract: A dilatation catheter includes a high-pressure balloon component comprising an inner balloon and an outer balloon. An interior of the inner balloon is in fluid communication with a lumen of the catheter for receiving inflation fluid therefrom. The outer balloon defines a separate interior within which the inner balloon is disposed. The outer balloon has a hole in a wall thereof for venting the interior of the outer balloon to ambient environment. Proximal necks of the inner and outer balloons are bonded to an outer shaft of the catheter and distal necks of the inner and outer balloons are bonded to an inner shaft of the catheter. In accordance with embodiments hereof, the interior of the outer balloon is not in fluid communication with the interior of the inner balloon, the lumen of the catheter or any other source of fluid from the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Aram Jamous, Colm Connolly, Colin Meade, Niall Plunkett
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Publication number: 20170354524Abstract: In some examples, a medical device includes a balloon inflatable to an inflated configuration. The balloon includes an outer layer coextruded on an inner layer. The outer layer has a maximum radial ratio that is lower than that of the inner layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Aram Jamous, Colin Meade