Patents by Inventor Damien O'Connor

Damien O'Connor 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: 20120016369
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating bones, including, in one or more embodiments, methods and apparatus for treatment of vertebral fractures that include a containment assembly for cement containment and/or a balloon assembly for maintaining vertebral height. A containment assembly comprising a containment jacket adapted to be deployed inside bone; and a dividing wall that separates the interior of the containment jacket into a proximal region and a distal region, the dividing wall having an opening for providing access to the distal region from the proximal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Damien O'Halloran, Sean Suh
  • Publication number: 20120016371
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating bones, including, in one or more embodiments, methods and apparatus for treatment of vertebral fractures that include a containment assembly for cement containment and/or a balloon assembly for maintaining vertebral height. A containment assembly comprising a containment jacket adapted to be deployed inside bone; and a dividing wall that separates the interior of the containment jacket into a proximal region and a distal region, the dividing wall having an opening for providing access to the distal region from the proximal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Damien O'Halloran, Sean Suh
  • Publication number: 20120010624
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating bones, including, in one or more embodiments, methods and apparatus for treatment of vertebral fractures that include a containment assembly for cement containment and/or a balloon assembly for maintaining vertebral height. A containment assembly comprising a containment jacket adapted to be deployed inside bone; and a dividing wall that separates the interior of the containment jacket into a proximal region and a distal region, the dividing wall having an opening for providing access to the distal region from the proximal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Damien O'Halloran, Sean Suh
  • Publication number: 20120010653
    Abstract: A soft tissue repair system is provided for covering or filling openings in the annulus of an intervertebral disc. The soft tissue repair system uses a single plug or a combination of a first plug and a second plug. The second plug is a flowable plug such as an adhesive material or a material that hardens to a flexible plug material. Each plug is configured to close the opening in the annulus and can be positioned within the opening, over the opening at the exterior surface or over the opening at the interior surface. The plug can also be combined with a clamping mechanism that engages the annulus to secure the plug in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Jody L. Seifert, David C. Paul, Sean Suh, Colm McLaughlin, Marcin Niemiec, Aditya Ingalhalikar, Daniel Davenport, Jamie Carroll, Chad Glerum, Edward Dwyer, Noah Hansell, Mark Weiman, Douglas Cahill, Adam Friedrich, Michelle Kofron, Vipin Kunjachan, Ed Reilley, Damien O'Halloran, William S. Rhoda, Brian Malm
  • Publication number: 20120010713
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating bones, including, in one or more embodiments, methods and apparatus for treatment of vertebral fractures that include a containment assembly for cement containment and/or a balloon assembly for maintaining vertebral height. A containment assembly comprising a containment jacket adapted to be deployed inside bone; and a dividing wall that separates the interior of the containment jacket into a proximal region and a distal region, the dividing wall having an opening for providing access to the distal region from the proximal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Damien O'Halloran, Sean Suh
  • Publication number: 20110306983
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating bones, including, in one or more embodiments, a device for delivering a bone filler material comprising: a housing having a throughbore; a plunger comprising a shaft having external threads, wherein the plunger is configured for advancement through the throughbore of the housing; and a threaded receiving member configured to releasably engage the plunger. Methods for removing an instrument from a vertebral body comprising applying ultrasonic energy to the instrument, wherein a distal end of the instrument is disposed in a cavity in the vertebral body, wherein the cavity contains a filler material; and removing the instrument from the vertebral body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Damien O'Halloran, Daniel Waite
  • Publication number: 20110230967
    Abstract: The invention encompasses devices and methods for treating one or more damaged, diseased, or traumatized intervertebral discs to reduce or eliminate associated back pain. Specifically, the invention encompasses intervertebral nucleus and annulus implants that are resistant to migration in and/or expulsion from an intervertebral disc space. The invention further encompasses kits including the implantable devices of the invention and associated delivery tools to treat annular and nuclear tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Damien O'Halloran, Jody L. Seifert, Jeff Bennett, Aditya Ingalhalikar, Sean Suh, Sophia Tetteh
  • Publication number: 20110202064
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating bones, including, in one or more embodiments, methods and apparatus for treatment of vertebral fractures that include a containment assembly for cement containment and/or a balloon assembly for maintaining vertebral height. Methods for treating a bone comprising: creating a cavity in the bone; inserting a containment jacket into the cavity; inserting a balloon into the containment jacket; inflating the balloon; and introducing a filler material into the containment jacket with isolation of the balloon from the filler material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Damien O'Halloran, Sean Suh, Daniel Waite
  • Publication number: 20110202062
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating bones, including, in one or more embodiments, methods and apparatus for treatment of vertebral fractures that include a containment assembly for cement containment and/or a balloon assembly for maintaining vertebral height. Methods for treating a bone comprising: inserting a cannula having an inner lumen into the bone; creating a cavity in the bone; providing a containment assembly, wherein the containment assembly may comprise a tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, a containment jacket disposed on the distal end of the tubular member, and a guide wire disposed through the tubular member with the guide extending into the containment jacket; inserting the containment jacket through the inner lumen of the cannula and into the cavity; and introducing a filler material into the containment jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Damien O'Halloran, Sean Suh
  • Publication number: 20110137317
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating bones, including, in one or more embodiments, methods and apparatus for treatment of vertebral fractures that include an inflation device for cavity creation and an inflation and containment device for maintaining vertebral height and cement containment. Methods for treating a bone comprising: creating a cavity in the bone; inflating a containment jacket in the cavity; inflating a balloon within the containment jacket so that the balloon occupies a first portion of the containment jacket; introducing a first filler material into a second portion of the containment jacket, wherein the second portion of the containment jacket is not occupied by the balloon; removing the balloon from the containment jacket; and introducing a second filler material into the first portion of the containment jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Damien O'Halloran, David C. Paul, Sean Suh
  • Publication number: 20100079500
    Abstract: A control device includes a processor and a control button. The control button includes a key and an analog sensor coupled to the processor. The key is configured to be moved in a first direction and a second direction, which is substantially opposite from the first direction. The analog sensor is configured to detect an amount of movement of the key in the first direction and the second direction and send a control signal to the processor to indicate the amount of movement. Based on the control signal, the processor is configured to control zoom of a graphical object displayed on a computer monitor at a rate that is based on the amount of movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Logitech Europe, S.A.
    Inventors: Damien O'Sullivan, Denis O'Keeffe, Timothy O'Sullivan, Yves Karcher
  • Patent number: 7615098
    Abstract: A method of obtaining a measure of the stickiness of heated particulate solids (40) includes pouring a sample of the particulate solids (40) onto a generally horizontal support (12) and allowing it to freely form its own angle of repose. The sample is subjected to a predetermined heat and gas atmosphere regime, and the support is rotated about a generally horizontal axis to an angle (42) where the integrity of the sample (40) fails. The angular position (42) is a measure of the stickness of the particulate solid (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: BHP Billiton Innovation Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Allon Dudley Brent, Peter Leonard John Mayfield, Dean Page Crawford, Thomas Alexander Honeyands, Andrew Shook, Damien O'Dea
  • Publication number: 20070188455
    Abstract: A input element which moves in two directions to activate a digital on/off switch in each direction. In addition, moving beyond a certain point will activate an analog input. The on/off switch activates a function, while the analog input varies the amount of the function in the direction activated. In one embodiment, the function is a zoom or scroll function. In one embodiment, the input element is a jog dial that pivots and is located on the side of a mouse where it can be activated by a user's thumb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Neil O'Connell, Damien O'Sullivan, Denis O'Keeffe, Erik Charlton, Eugene Canavan
  • Publication number: 20050109160
    Abstract: A method of obtaining a measure of the stickiness of heated particulate solids (40) includes pouring a sample of the particulate solids (40) onto a generally horizontal support (12) and allowing it to freely form its own angle of repose. The sample is subjected to a predetermined heat and gas atmosphere regime, and the support is rotated about a generally horizontal axis to an angle (42) where the integrity of the sample (46) fails. The angular position (42) is a measure of the stickness of the particulate solid (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Allon Brent, Peter Mayfield, Dean Crawford, Thomas Honeyands, Andrew Shook, Damien O'Dea
  • Patent number: 6845680
    Abstract: A method of obtaining a measure of the stickiness of heated particulate solids (40) includes pouring a sample of the particulate solids (40) onto a generally horizontal support (12) and allowing it to freely form its own angle of repose. The sample is subjected to a predetermined heat and gas atmosphere regime, and the support is rotated about a generally horizontal axis to an angle (42) where the integrity of the sample (40) fails. The angular position (42) is a measure of the stickness of the particulate solid (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: BHP Billiton Innovation Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Allon Dudley Brent, Peter Leonard John Mayfield, Dean Page Crawford, Thomas Alexander Honeyands, Andrew Shook, Damien O'Dea
  • Publication number: 20040048385
    Abstract: A method of obtaining a measure of the stickiness of heated particulate solids (40) includes pouring a sample of the particulate solids (40) onto a generally horizontal support (12) and allowing it to freely form its own angle of repose. The sample is subjected to a predetermined heat and gas atmosphere regime, and the support is rotated about a generally horizontal axis to an angle (42) where the integrity of the sample (40) fails. The angular position (42) is a measure of the stickness of the particulate solid (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Allon Dudley Brent, Peter Leonard John Mayfield, Dean Page Crawford, Thomas Alexander Honeyands, Andrew Shook, Damien O'Dea
  • Patent number: 6478594
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for receiving an electrical plug. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a plug-insertion cavity for receiving the electrical plug in an insertion direction. At least one conductive terminal is mounted on the housing and includes a body portion for fixing the terminal to the housing. A spring contact arm extends from the body portion toward the plug-insertion cavity. A contact portion of the spring contact arm is exposed in the cavity for engaging the electrical plug. The spring contact arm extends generally transversely of the insertion direction, whereby the contact portion is yieldably movable generally perpendicular to the insertion direction. The spring contact arm is bowed outwardly of the plug-insertion cavity near the periphery thereof, whereby only the contact portion is exposed in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter Thomas Curtin, Dave Hannon, Damien O'Sullivan