Patents by Inventor David A. Ruddy

David A. Ruddy 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: 9796349
    Abstract: An airbag device for a vehicle including at least one airbag housing interface chamber that attaches to an airbag housing; at least one airbag cushion chamber downstream of the at least one interface chamber; an elbow that fluidly connects the housing interface chamber with the cushion chamber and configured so that it controllably regulates gas flow into the at least one airbag cushion chamber; the elbow having an internal configuration, which includes at least one opening that permits back and forth gas flow between the elbow and the at least one airbag cushion chamber, and which controls the directional deployment of the airbag cushion chamber so that upon deployment the downstream end of the cushion chamber exits an airbag housing outwardly in a first direction and then in at least one second direction, so that the direction of deployment of the cushion chamber changes in direction to thereby wrap at least partially around a structure of a vehicle of the vehicle and at least temporarily interpose the cush
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
  • Publication number: 20160324992
    Abstract: A method of detecting an atherosclerotic plaque vulnerable to rupture in a subject comprises providing to the subject a labelled necrostatin or a derivative thereof, and visualizing the label, wherein a localization of the label in a plaque indicates the plaque is vulnerable to rupture. A method of detecting and treating an atherosclerotic plaque vulnerable to rupture comprises providing to the subject a labelled necrostatin or a derivative thereof, visualizing the label, wherein a localization of the label in a plaque indicates the plaque is vulnerable to rupture; and providing a necroptosis inhibitor or derivative thereof to the subject when the visualizing indicates that the plaque is vulnerable to rupture. The necroptosis inhibitor may comprise a necrostatin, such as Nec-1. The label may be a radiolabel such as 123I. By visualizing plaques vulnerable to rupture, atherosclerotic plaques may be identified and treated in advance of rupture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Katey J. RAYNER, Terrence David RUDDY, Denuja KARUNAKARAN, Lihui WEI
  • Publication number: 20160244017
    Abstract: An airbag device for a vehicle including at least one airbag housing interface chamber that attaches to an airbag housing; at least one airbag cushion chamber downstream of the at least one interface chamber; an elbow that fluidly connects the housing interface chamber with the cushion chamber and configured so that it controllably regulates gas flow into the at least one airbag cushion chamber; the elbow having an internal configuration, which includes at least one opening that permits back and forth gas flow between the elbow and the at least one airbag cushion chamber, and which controls the directional deployment of the airbag cushion chamber so that upon deployment the downstream end of the cushion chamber exits an airbag housing outwardly in a first direction and then in at least one second direction, so that the direction of deployment of the cushion chamber changes in direction to thereby wrap at least partially around a structure of a vehicle of the vehicle and at least temporarily interpose the cush
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
  • Patent number: 9365182
    Abstract: An airbag device for a vehicle including at least one airbag housing interface chamber that attaches to an airbag housing; at least one airbag cushion chamber downstream of the at least one interface chamber; an elbow that fluidly connects the housing interface chamber with the cushion chamber and configured so that it controllably regulates gas flow into the at least one airbag cushion chamber; the elbow having an internal configuration, which includes at least one opening that permits back and forth gas flow between the elbow and the at least one airbag cushion chamber, and which controls the directional deployment of the airbag cushion chamber so that upon deployment the downstream end of the cushion chamber exits an airbag housing outwardly in a first direction and then in at least one second direction, so that the direction of deployment of the cushion chamber changes in direction to thereby wrap at least partially around a structure of a vehicle of the vehicle and at least temporarily interpose the cush
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
  • Publication number: 20150360638
    Abstract: An airbag device for a vehicle including at least one airbag housing interface chamber that attaches to an airbag housing; at least one airbag cushion chamber downstream of the at least one interface chamber; an elbow that fluidly connects the housing interface chamber with the cushion chamber and configured so that it controllably regulates gas flow into the at least one airbag cushion chamber; the elbow having an internal configuration, which includes at least one opening that permits back and forth gas flow between the elbow and the at least one airbag cushion chamber, and which controls the directional deployment of the airbag cushion chamber so that upon deployment the downstream end of the cushion chamber exits an airbag housing outwardly in a first direction and then in at least one second direction, so that the direction of deployment of the cushion chamber changes in direction to thereby wrap at least partially around a structure of a vehicle of the vehicle and at least temporarily interpose the cush
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
  • Patent number: 9133208
    Abstract: The present application discloses a compound of formula (I) or (II): wherein X is gamma-emitting radionuclide. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of formula (I), the compound of formula (II), or a mixture thereof, and a physiologically acceptable vehicle and a method of imaging a region in a patient, which includes administering to the patient a diagnostically effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of formula (I), the compound of formula (II), or a mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NORDION (CANADA) INC.
    Inventors: Lihui Wei, Xuxu Yan, Corinne Bensimon, Terrence David Ruddy
  • Publication number: 20150197211
    Abstract: An airbag device for a vehicle including at least one airbag housing interface chamber that attaches to an airbag housing; at least one airbag cushion chamber downstream of the at least one interface chamber; an elbow that fluidly connects the housing interface chamber with the cushion chamber and configured so that it controllably regulates gas flow into the at least one airbag cushion chamber; the elbow having an internal configuration, which includes at least one opening that permits back and forth gas flow between the elbow'and the least one airbag cushion chamber, and which controls the directional deployment of the airbag cushion chamber so that upon deployment the do tread end of the cushion chamber exits an airbag housing outwardly in a first direction and then in at least one second direction, so that the direction of deployment of the cushion chamber changes in direction to thereby wrap at least partially around a structure of a vehicle of the vehicle and at least temporarily interpose the cushion c
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
  • Patent number: 8998249
    Abstract: An airbag device for a vehicle including at least one airbag housing interface chamber that attaches to an airbag housing; at least one airbag cushion chamber downstream of the at least one interface chamber; an elbow that fluidly connects the housing interface chamber with the cushion chamber and configured so that it controllably regulates gas flow into the at least one airbag cushion chamber; the elbow having an internal configuration, which includes at least one opening that permits back and forth gas flow between the elbow and the least one airbag cushion chamber, and which controls the directional deployment of the airbag cushion chamber so that upon deployment the downstream end of the cushion chamber exits an airbag housing outwardly in a first direction and then in at least one second direction, so that the direction of deployment of the cushion chamber changes in direction to thereby wrap at least partially around a structure of a vehicle of the vehicle and at least temporarily interpose the cushion
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
  • Patent number: 8393636
    Abstract: An airbag device for a vehicle including at least one airbag housing interface chamber that attaches to an airbag housing; at least one airbag cushion chamber downstream of the at least one interface chamber; an elbow that fluidly connects the housing interface chamber with the cushion chamber and configured so that it controllably regulates gas flow into the at least one airbag cushion chamber; the elbow having an internal configuration, which includes at least one opening that permits back and forth gas flow between the elbow and the at least one airbag cushion chamber, and which controls the directional deployment of the airbag cushion chamber so that upon deployment the downstream end of the cushion chamber exits an airbag housing outwardly in a first direction and then in at least one second direction, so that the direction of deployment of the cushion chamber changes in direction to thereby wrap at least partially around a structure of a vehicle of the vehicle and at least temporarily interpose the cush
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathan David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
  • Publication number: 20130022542
    Abstract: The present application discloses a compound of formula (I) or (II): wherein X is gamma-emitting radionuclide. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of formula (I), the compound of formula (II), or a mixture thereof, and a physiologically acceptable vehicle and a method of imaging a region in a patient, which includes administering to the patient a diagnostically effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of formula (I), the compound of formula (II), or a mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: NORDION (CANADA) INC.
    Inventors: Lihui WEI, Xuxu Yan, Corinne Bensimon, Terrence David Ruddy
  • Patent number: 8257927
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the gene, and mutations thereto, that are responsible for the disease hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). More particularly, the invention relates to the identification, isolation, and cloning of the DNA sequence corresponding to the normal and mutant HH genes, as well as the characterization of their transcripts and gene products. The invention also related to methods and the like for screening for HH homozygotes and further relates to HH diagnosis, prenatal screening and diagnosis, and therapies of HH disease, including gene therapeutics, protein and antibody based therapeutics, and small molecule therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
  • Publication number: 20110269122
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the gene, and mutations thereto, that are responsible for the disease hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). More particularly, the invention relates to the identification, isolation, and cloning of the DNA sequence corresponding to the normal and mutant HH genes, as well as the characterization of their transcripts and gene products. The invention also related to methods and the like for screening for HH homozygotes and further relates to HH diagnosis, prenatal screening and diagnosis, and therapies of HH disease, including gene therapeutics, protein and antibody based therapeutics, and small molecule therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
  • Patent number: 7998680
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the gene, and mutations thereto, that are responsible for the disease hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). More particularly, the invention relates to the identification, isolation, and cloning of the DNA sequence corresponding to the normal and mutant HH genes, as well as the characterization of their transcripts and gene products. The invention also related to methods and the like for screening for HH homozygotes and further relates to HH diagnosis, prenatal screening and diagnosis, and therapies of HH disease, including gene therapeutics, protein and antibody based therapeutics, and small molecule therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
  • Publication number: 20110109070
    Abstract: An airbag device for a vehicle including at least one airbag housing interface chamber that attaches to an airbag housing; at least one airbag cushion chamber downstream of the at least one interface chamber; an elbow that fluidly connects the housing interface chamber with the cushion chamber and configured so that it controllably regulates gas flow into the at least one airbag cushion chamber; the elbow having an internal configuration, which includes at least one opening that permits back and forth gas flow between the elbow and the at least one airbag cushion chamber, and which controls the directional deployment of the airbag cushion chamber so that upon deployment the downstream end of the cushion chamber exits an airbag housing outwardly in a first direction and then in at least one second direction, so that the direction of deployment of the cushion chamber changes in direction to thereby wrap at least partially around a structure of a vehicle of the vehicle and at least temporarily interpose the cush
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathan David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
  • Publication number: 20100204051
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the gene, and mutations thereto, that are responsible for the disease hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). More particularly, the invention relates to the identification, isolation, and cloning of the DNA sequence corresponding to the normal and mutant HH genes, as well as the characterization of their transcripts and gene products. The invention also related to methods and the like for screening for HH homozygotes and further relates to HH diagnosis, prenatal screening and diagnosis, and therapies of HH disease, including gene therapeutics, protein and antibody based therapeutics, and small molecule therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
  • Patent number: 7595385
    Abstract: Polymorphic sites in the region surrounding the HH gene are provided. These polymorphisms are useful as surrogate markers in diagnostic assays for hemochromatosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Ruddy, Roger K. Wolff
  • Patent number: 7579169
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the gene, and mutations thereto, that are responsible for the disease hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). More particularly, the invention relates to the identification, isolation, and cloning of the DNA sequence corresponding to the normal and mutant HH genes, as well as the characterization of their transcripts and gene products. The invention also related to methods and the like for screening for HH homozygotes and further relates to HH diagnosis, prenatal screening and diagnosis, and therapies of HH disease, including gene therapeutics, protein and antibody based therapeutics, and small molecule therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
  • Publication number: 20060177854
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the gene, and mutations thereto, that are responsible for the disease hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). More particularly, the invention relates to the identification, isolation, and cloning of the DNA sequence corresponding to the normal and mutant HH genes, as well as the characterization of their transcripts and gene products. The invention also related to methods and the like for screening for HH homozygotes and further relates to HH diagnosis, prenatal screening and diagnosis, and therapies of HH disease, including gene therapeutics, protein and antibody based therapeutics, and small molecule therapeutics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Winston Thomas, Dennis Drayna, John Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger Wolff
  • Patent number: 7078513
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the gene, and mutations thereto, that are responsible for the disease hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). More particularly, the invention relates to the identification, isolation, and cloning of the DNA sequence corresponding to the normal and mutant HH genes, as well as the characterization of their transcripts and gene products. The invention also related to methods and the like for screening for HH homozygotes and further relates to HH diagnosis, prenatal screening and diagnosis, and therapies of HH disease, including gene therapeutics, protein and antibody based therapeutics, and small molecule therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
  • Patent number: 7067255
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the gene, and mutations thereto, that are responsible for the disease hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). More particularly, the invention relates to the identification, isolation, and cloning of the DNA sequence corresponding to the normal and mutant HH genes, as well as the characterization of their transcripts and gene products. The invention also related to methods and the like for screening for HH homozygotes and further relates to HH diagnosis, prenatal screening and diagnosis, and therapies of HH disease, including gene therapeutics, protein and antibody based therapeutics, and small molecule therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff