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).
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Patent number: 9796349Abstract: 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 cushType: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO. LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
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Publication number: 20160324992Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Katey J. RAYNER, Terrence David RUDDY, Denuja KARUNAKARAN, Lihui WEI
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Publication number: 20160244017Abstract: 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 cushType: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
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Patent number: 9365182Abstract: 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 cushType: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., LtdInventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
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Publication number: 20150360638Abstract: 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 cushType: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
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Patent number: 9133208Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: NORDION (CANADA) INC.Inventors: Lihui Wei, Xuxu Yan, Corinne Bensimon, Terrence David Ruddy
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Publication number: 20150197211Abstract: 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 cType: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
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Patent number: 8998249Abstract: 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 cushionType: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathon David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
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Patent number: 8393636Abstract: 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 cushType: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co. LtdInventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathan David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
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Publication number: 20130022542Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: NORDION (CANADA) INC.Inventors: Lihui WEI, Xuxu Yan, Corinne Bensimon, Terrence David Ruddy
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Patent number: 8257927Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
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Publication number: 20110269122Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
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Patent number: 7998680Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 19, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
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Publication number: 20110109070Abstract: 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 cushType: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO. LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Tanaka, Jonathan David Ruddy, Dennis Ames Burton, Kimberly Cole
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Publication number: 20100204051Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
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Patent number: 7595385Abstract: Polymorphic sites in the region surrounding the HH gene are provided. These polymorphisms are useful as surrogate markers in diagnostic assays for hemochromatosis.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2005Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: David A. Ruddy, Roger K. Wolff
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Patent number: 7579169Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 5, 2006Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
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Publication number: 20060177854Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2006Publication date: August 10, 2006Inventors: Winston Thomas, Dennis Drayna, John Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger Wolff
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Patent number: 7078513Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 4, 2000Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff
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Patent number: 7067255Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 2, 2002Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Winston J. Thomas, Dennis T. Drayna, John N. Feder, Andreas Gnirke, David Ruddy, Zenta Tsuchihashi, Roger K. Wolff