Patents by Inventor Daniel O'Connell

Daniel O'Connell 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).

  • Patent number: 12357315
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Publication number: 20250222659
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a welded thermoplastic composite and honeycomb core structure is provided. A thermoplastic composite and honeycomb structure is generated by positioning a first thermoplastic composite skin on a support structure, positioning a first thermoplastic film over the first thermoplastic composite skin, positioning a honeycomb core over the first thermoplastic film, positioning a second thermoplastic film is positioned over the honeycomb core, and positioning a second thermoplastic composite skin over the second thermoplastic film. The second thermoplastic composite skin is ultrasonically welded to the honeycomb core. The thermoplastic composite and honeycomb structure is then flipped over, and the first thermoplastic composite skin is then ultrasonically welded to the honeycomb core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: ROHR, INC.
    Inventors: Shyan Bob Shen, Michael van Tooren, Daniel O. Ursenbach, Jeffrey D. Woods
  • Patent number: 12351305
    Abstract: A method is provided during which a thermoplastic rib is arranged with a thermoplastic spar. A first flange of the thermoplastic rib is abutted against the thermoplastic spar. The first flange of the thermoplastic rib is ultrasonic welded to the thermoplastic spar using a tilted ultrasonic horn. A centerline of the tilted ultrasonic horn is angularly offset from the first flange of the thermoplastic rib by an acute angle during the ultrasonic welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventors: Shyan Bob Shen, Michael van Tooren, Daniel O. Ursenbach, Jeffrey D. Woods
  • Patent number: 12333237
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media may provide a view of geospatial information. A user's selection of a location may be obtained. Characteristic information describing characteristics of the location may be obtained. Activities information describing activities of the location may be obtained. An interface (e.g., user interface, API) enabling presentation of a geospatial view of the activities of the location with respect to the characteristics of the location may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Mark, Andrew Elder, Brandon Marc-Aurele, David Montague, Eric Knudson, Eric Jeney, Jeffrey Bagdis, Daniel O'Malley, Vincent Tilson
  • Publication number: 20250177198
    Abstract: Controllers for dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally comprise a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured to adhere to an underlying region of skin in proximity to one or both eyes of a subject such that the one or more strips allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches. A controller is in communication with the one or more strips and is programmable to monitor a temperature of the one or more strips to provide a treatment therapy above a threshold temperature of, e.g., 39° C., and below a maximum temperature of, e.g., 48° C., over a treatment period of 12 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Sight Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: David BADAWI, Paul BADAWI, Scott HARSHMAN, Daniel O’KEEFFE
  • Patent number: 12314527
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a fingerprint sensor displays a fingerprint enrollment interface and detects, on the fingerprint sensor, a plurality of finger gestures performed with a finger. The device collects fingerprint information from the plurality of finger gestures performed with the finger. After collecting the fingerprint information, the device determines whether the collected fingerprint information is sufficient to enroll a fingerprint of the finger. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device enrolls the fingerprint of the finger with the device. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is not sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device displays a message in the fingerprint enrollment interface prompting a user to perform one or more additional finger gestures on the fingerprint sensor with the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Byron Han, Matthew E. Shepherd, Imran Chaudhri, Gregory N. Christie, Patrick L. Coffman, Craig M. Federighi, Matthew H. Gamble, Brittany D. Paine, Brendan J. Langoulant, Craig A. Marciniak, Donald W. Pitschel, Daniel O. Schimpf, Andrew R. Whalley, Christopher R. Whitney, Jonathan R. Dascola, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Publication number: 20250165832
    Abstract: In a described embodiment, a hybrid quantum-classical computing method including receiving time dependent input data of a dynamical system, transforming a first element of the input data using a plurality of transformation matrices to obtain a set of transformed data, and encoding the transformed data into a quantum circuit by performing a first set of quantum operations is implemented. The quantum circuit includes a plurality of layers, wherein the layers include data encoding layers, feedback layers, and a random transformation layer is implemented. Encoding a measurement feedback from a previous measurement vector into the quantum circuit is implemented by performing a second set of quantum operations. The quantum circuit operates to generate an updated measurement vector and a reservoir state is generated based on the updated measurement vector, a previous reservoir state vector and the input data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel O’CONNOR, Shaun GEANEY, Elena STRBAC, Filip WUDARSKI, Ata Akbari ASANJAN, Max WILSON, Paul Aaron LOTT, Davide VENTURELLI
  • Publication number: 20250156025
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a fingerprint sensor displays a fingerprint enrollment interface and detects, on the fingerprint sensor, a plurality of finger gestures performed with a finger. The device collects fingerprint information from the plurality of finger gestures performed with the finger. After collecting the fingerprint information, the device determines whether the collected fingerprint information is sufficient to enroll a fingerprint of the finger. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device enrolls the fingerprint of the finger with the device. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is not sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device displays a message in the fingerprint enrollment interface prompting a user to perform one or more additional finger gestures on the fingerprint sensor with the finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Byron HAN, Matthew E. SHEPHERD, Imran CHAUDHRI, Gregory N. CHRISTIE, Patrick L. COFFMAN, Craig M. FEDERIGHI, Matthew H. GAMBLE, Brittany D. PAINE, Brendan J. LANGOULANT, Craig A. MARCINIAK, Donald W. PITSCHEL, Daniel O. SCHIMPF, Andrew R. WHALLEY, Christopher R. WHITNEY, Jonathan R. DASCOLA, Lawrence Y. YANG
  • Publication number: 20250145992
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions, systems, and methods comprising ethylene glycol chemical modifications on oligonucleotides to modulate silencing activity and improve stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Anastasia Khvorova, Daniel O'Reilly, Vignesh Narayan Hariharan, Raymond Furgal, Katherine Gross
  • Patent number: 12262894
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device includes a first portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be positioned outside of the left atrial appendage, and a second portion having at least one plane of occlusion that is configured to be at least partially positioned within a cavity defined by the left atrial appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Amplatz, John C. Oslund, Xiaoping Gu, Matt Glimsdale, Daniel O. Adams
  • Publication number: 20250102095
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite (e.g. fibre-reinforced polymer) connector comprises: manufacturing a tubular hub portion which extends substantially parallel to a central axis C, the hub portion comprising a thermoplastic polymer reinforced with continuous, circumferentially-oriented fibre reinforcement; placing the hub portion into a mould featuring at least one cavity; and introducing polymer into the mould so as to fill the at least one cavity to form a flange portion around the hub portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Ioannis GIANNAKOPOULOS, Will POLLITT, James William BERNARD, Alexander D. TAYLOR, Daniel O. URSENBACH
  • Patent number: 12257181
    Abstract: Controllers for dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally comprise a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured to adhere to an underlying region of skin in proximity to one or both eyes of a subject such that the one or more strips allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches. A controller is in communication with the one or more strips and is programmable to monitor a temperature of the one or more strips to provide a treatment therapy above a threshold temperature of, e.g., 39° C., and below a maximum temperature of, e.g., 48° C., over a treatment period of 12 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Sight Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: David Badawi, Paul Badawi, Scott Harshman, Daniel O'Keeffe
  • Patent number: 12253852
    Abstract: An autonomous cleaning robot includes a drive system to support the autonomous cleaning robot above a floor surface, an image capture device positioned on the autonomous cleaning robot to capture imagery of a portion of the floor surface forward of the autonomous cleaning robot, and a controller operably connected to the drive system and the image capture device. The drive system is operable to maneuver the autonomous cleaning robot about the floor surface. The controller is configured to execute instructions to perform operations including initiating, based on a user-selected sensitivity and the imagery captured by the image capture device, an avoidance behavior to avoid an obstacle on the portion of the floor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Husain al-Mohssen, Zupei Li, Elena Jakubiak, Laura V. Herlant, Michael J. Halloran, Danielle O'Connor Dean
  • Patent number: 12249055
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of satellites orbiting around a celestial body in a plurality of orbital planes. Each satellite includes an imaging device having a field of view (FOV) to capture an image of a sky that includes celestial image features of resident space object (RSO), stars, and/or planets. The satellite processor is configured to input the image data for each image into a pre-processing software pipeline to generate for each image a contrast-enhanced image data replica of each image, and an enhanced image data replica of each image, to receive from an output of a known-unknown RSO split data processing pipeline, a determination that a candidate RSO is a known RSO stored in an RSO catalog, or an unknown RSO, and to assign to the candidate RSO based on the determination, an RSO ID of the known RSO listed in the RSO catalog, or a new RSO ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: NORTHSTAR EARTH & SPACE INC.
    Inventors: Frederic Pelletier, Daniel O'Connell, Peter Klimas, Jean-Claude Leclerc, Narendra Gollu, Pierre Tremblay, Ryan Comeau, Noemi Giammichele, Priyatharsan Epoor Rajasekar
  • Publication number: 20250067760
    Abstract: Systems and methods that enable automated processing of specimens carried on microscope slides are described herein. Aspects of the technology are directed, for example, to an automated staining system including a dispensing instrument that receives a processing module to deliver reagent to a reaction chamber of the slide processing module. The processing module can carry fresh reagents, waste material, and the side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventor: Daniel O'Connor
  • Patent number: 12234028
    Abstract: An automated air-to-air refueling (A3R) system is usable with a tanker aircraft having a refueling boom. The system includes a camera connected to the tanker in proximity to the refueling boom which outputs a video stream of the boom and a fuel-receiving aircraft/receiver during an aerial refueling process. The system also includes a human-machine interface (“HMI”) located aboard the tanker, and an electronic control unit (“ECU”) in communication with the camera and HMI. The ECU identifies keypoints on the receiver indicative of flight control surfaces thereof, tracks corresponding positions of the flight control surfaces in real-time, and predicts a change in position of the receiver in free space as a predicted 3D position using the corresponding positions. The HMI also outputs a directional indicator indicative of the predicted 3D position, e.g., as a graphical overlay to a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joshua Neighbor, Daniel O'Shea
  • Patent number: 12234248
    Abstract: Stable crystal forms comprising lithium ions and the conjugate base of an organic acid which is in the form of anhydrous coordination polymer that exhibit improved in vivo performance with respect to lithium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK, UFSCAR-FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SAO CARLOS
    Inventors: Michael Zaworotko, Miranda Perry, Renato Lajarim Carneiro, Naga Duggirala, Daniel O'Nolan, Peraka Krishna
  • Publication number: 20250060291
    Abstract: Automated system configured to perform and methods for performing one or more slide processing operations on slides bearing biological samples. The system and methods enable high sample throughput while also minimizing or limiting the potential for cross-contamination of slides. The automated systems can include features that facilitate consistency, controllability of processing time, and/or processing temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Kayla Capps, Henning Groll, Brian Howard Kram, Matthew Mette, Ali Mousavi, Christine Tse, Glen Ward, Daniel O'Connor, Troy Paluszcyk, Benjamin David Randall, Ken Stumpe
  • Patent number: 12213914
    Abstract: Described here are systems and methods for accessing Schlemm's canal and for delivering an ocular device, tool, or fluid composition therein. The ocular devices may maintain the patency of Schlemm's canal without substantially interfering with transmural fluid flow across the canal. The fluid composition may be a viscoelastic fluid that is delivered into the canal to facilitate drainage of aqueous humor by disrupting the canal and surrounding trabeculocanalicular tissues. Some systems described here may be configured to cut or tear the trabecular meshwork with the body of an elongate member located within Schlemm's canal. Other tools for disrupting these tissues and minimally invasive methods for treating medical conditions associated with elevated intraocular pressure, including glaucoma, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SIGHT SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: David Y. Badawi, Daniel O'Keeffe, Paul Badawi
  • Publication number: 20250033302
    Abstract: A repair method is provided during which a thermoplastic patch is arranged on a thermoplastic aerospace component. The thermoplastic patch contacts the thermoplastic aerospace component. The thermoplastic patch is horizontal ultrasonic welded to the thermoplastic aerospace component using an ultrasonic horn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Shyan Bob Shen, Michael van Tooren, Daniel O. Ursenbach, Keith E. Ritchie