Patents by Inventor Daniel Dunford

Daniel Dunford 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: 20250278761
    Abstract: A system configured to control a bidding lurking process in an advertising bidding environment includes a processor and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive inputs that include data associated with a product, calculate product targets or keyword targets based on the inputs, calculate probabilities of outages of products associated with the product targets or the keyword targets, based on the received inputs, calculate a prediction of a performance output for at least one bid to be executed by the bidding lurking process and an estimate of a cost per target for the at least one bid, and control the bidding lurking process to selectively execute bids on the at least one of the product targets and keyword targets based on the calculated probabilities, the prediction of the performance output, and the estimate of the cost per target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Inventors: Spencer Connell, Daniel Dunford, Ryan Steggell, Bailey Bezzant, Isaak Roundy, Jacob Miller
  • Publication number: 20250143574
    Abstract: A system including a thermal sensor with an instrument placed in a volume. The thermal sensor may be useful in determining a temperature at a surface of the instrument and a distance away from the instrument. A therapy may be performed based on a sensed temperature with the thermal sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Brad JACOBSEN, Andrew BZOSTEK, Daniel DUNFORD, Benjamin D. EWING, Amir GHANEI, Bryan WILSON, Janine BENAVENTE
  • Patent number: 12193783
    Abstract: A system including a thermal sensor with an instrument placed in a volume. The thermal sensor may be useful in determining a temperature at a surface of the instrument and a distance away from the instrument. A therapy may be performed based on a sensed temperature with the thermal sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Jacobsen, Andrew Bzostek, Daniel Dunford, Benjamin D. Ewing, Amir Ghanei, Bryan Wilson, Janine Benavente
  • Publication number: 20220125313
    Abstract: A system including a thermal sensor with an instrument placed in a volume. The thermal sensor may be useful in determining a temperature at a surface of the instrument and a distance away from the instrument. A therapy may be performed based on a sensed temperature with the thermal sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Brad Jacobsen, Andrew Bzostek, Daniel Dunford, Benjamin D. Ewing, Amir Ghanei, Bryan Wilson, Janine Benavente
  • Patent number: 11172821
    Abstract: A system including a thermal sensor with an instrument placed in a volume. The thermal sensor may be useful in determining a temperature at a surface of the instrument and a distance away from the instrument. A therapy may be performed based on a sensed temperature with the thermal sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic Navigation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Jacobsen, Andrew Bzostek, Daniel Dunford, Benjamin D. Ewing, Amir Ghanei, Bryan Wilson, Janine Benavente
  • Publication number: 20170311880
    Abstract: A system including a thermal sensor with an instrument placed in a volume. The thermal sensor may be useful in determining a temperature at a surface of the instrument and a distance away from the instrument. A therapy may be performed based on a sensed temperature with the thermal sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Brad JACOBSEN, Andrew Bzostek, Daniel Dunford, Benjamin D. Ewing, Amir Ghanei, Bryan Wilson, Janine Benavente