Patents by Inventor David Sheehan

David Sheehan 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: 12121419
    Abstract: An improved thermoformable orthosis apparatus for being selectively formed and applied and removed having offset zipper closures on two shell members for improved hinging and opening and access for initial application and forming when malleable and for removing and reinstalling when hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: FastForm Research Ltd.
    Inventor: David Sheehan
  • Publication number: 20240303553
    Abstract: This application describes systems and methods for generating machine learning models (MLMs). An exemplary method includes obtaining a sample and user input data characterizing a product or service. A subset of the data is selected from the sample based on sampling the sample according to the user input data. An MLM is trained by applying the data subset as training input to the MLM, thereby providing a trained MLM to emulate a customer selection process unique to the product or service. A user interface (UI) configured to receive other user input data and cause the trained MLM to execute on the other user input data, thereby testing the trained MLM, is presented. A summary of results from the execution of the trained MLM is generated and presented in the UI. The summary of results indicates a contribution to the trained MLM of each of a plurality of features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: David Sheehan, Siavash Yasani, Bingjia Wang, Yunyan Zhang, Qiumeng Yu, Ruochen Zha, Adam Kleinman, Sean Javad Kamkar, Lingzhi Du, Saar Yalov, Jerome Louis Budzik
  • Patent number: 11972338
    Abstract: This application describes systems and methods for generating machine learning models (MLMs). An exemplary method includes obtaining a sample and user input data characterizing a product or service. A subset of the data is selected from the sample based on sampling the sample according to the user input data. An MLM is trained by applying the data subset as training input to the MLM, thereby providing a trained MLM to emulate a customer selection process unique to the product or service. A user interface (UI) configured to receive other user input data and cause the trained MLM to execute on the other user input data, thereby testing the trained MLM, is presented. A summary of results from the execution of the trained MLM is generated and presented in the UI. The summary of results indicates a contribution to the trained MLM of each of a plurality of features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ZestFinance, Inc.
    Inventors: David Sheehan, Siavash Yasini, Bingjia Wang, Yunyan Zhang, Qiumeng Yu, Ruochen Zha, Adam Kleinman, Sean Javad Kamkar, Lingzhi Du, Saar Yalov, Jerome Louis Budzik
  • Publication number: 20230359944
    Abstract: This application describes systems and methods for generating machine learning models (MLMs). An exemplary method includes obtaining a sample and user input data characterizing a product or service. A subset of the data is selected from the sample based on sampling the sample according to the user input data. An MLM is trained by applying the data subset as training input to the MLM, thereby providing a trained MLM to emulate a customer selection process unique to the product or service. A user interface (UI) configured to receive other user input data and cause the trained MLM to execute on the other user input data, thereby testing the trained MLM, is presented. A summary of results from the execution of the trained MLM is generated and presented in the UI. The summary of results indicates a contribution to the trained MLM of each of a plurality of features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: David Sheehan, Siavash Yasini, Bingjia Wang, Yunyan Zhang, Qiumeng Yu, Ruochen Zha, Adam Kleinman, Sean Javad Kamkar, Lingzhi Du, Saar Yalov, Jerome Louis Budzik
  • Publication number: 20230264201
    Abstract: A container (100) having a first end (102) a second end (104), and a deformable middle portion (106) and methods for manufacturing the container are disclosed. The container has a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The first and second ends are rigid. The container is configured to store cell culture solution powder. Methods and systems (e.g., a dispenser) for creating culture solution using the container are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Stoic Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: David SHEEHAN, Francisco Javier Martinez BECERRA, Matti HIOB, Zainab Shiraz MOHAMEDALI, Varshini SELVARAJ, Ridesh JAGANATHAMANI, Weerathanthirige Sanchitha Heshan DIAS, J. Andrew MOULDS, Eric LARSON, Lasith Ishan PREMARATNE
  • Publication number: 20230207075
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and graphical user interfaces are provided for providing a user interface based on an identified candidate cell culture media formulation, the user interface comprising a plurality of affordances corresponding to different media attributes of the identified candidate cell culture media formulation and receiving, by the computer, a selection of at least one of the plurality of affordances corresponding to different media attributes of the identified candidate cell culture media formulation. In some embodiments, a selected cell culture is identified based on the selection. Further, some embodiments include providing a plurality of ingredients combinable into a plurality of cell culture media formulations; selecting a subset of the plurality of ingredients based on the selected cell culture media formulation; and preparing the selected cell culture media formulation using the subset of the plurality of ingredients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Nucleus Biologics
    Inventors: David SHEEHAN, Alyssa MASTER, Francisco Javier Martinez BECERRA
  • Publication number: 20220175588
    Abstract: An improved thermoformable orthosis apparatus for being selectively formed and applied and removed having offset zipper closures on two shell members for improved hinging and opening and access for initial application and forming when malleable and for removing and reinstalling when hardened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: FastForm Research Ltd.
    Inventor: David Sheehan
  • Patent number: 11253402
    Abstract: An improved orthosis apparatus for being selectively formed and applied and removed having offset zipper closures on two shell members for improved hinging and opening and access for initial application and forming when malleable and for removing and reinstalling when hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: FastForm Research Ltd.
    Inventor: David Sheehan
  • Patent number: 11013491
    Abstract: A method for acoustic tomography within a patient may include generating a focused ultrasonic signal using a transducer is provided; the ultrasonic signal forming a path within the patient. The method includes directing the ultrasonic signal on a spot within the patient; scanning the spot in a predetermined pattern about a volume within the patient; receiving an ultrasonic echo in the transducer; converting the ultrasonic echo into a voltage; selecting a frequency band from the voltage; amplifying the voltage in the selected frequency band with a processing circuit; and generating an image of the volume within the patient structure utilizing the amplified voltage. A method for recanalization of a blood vessel including the above acoustic tomography steps is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheryl Rice, David Sheehan
  • Patent number: 10794601
    Abstract: A heat chamber apparatus comprises a base assembly, a lid assembly operably installed on the base assembly, and a rack assembly and heater assembly incorporated in the base and/or lid assemblies, the base and lid assemblies being optionally telescopically engaged for selectively adjusting the interior space of the heat chamber, and the rack assembly separating the interior space into first and second sub-chambers and being optionally pivotable for selectively accessing the sub-chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FastForm Research Ltd.
    Inventor: David Sheehan
  • Patent number: 10555827
    Abstract: An orthosis device having a substantially rigid thermo-formable substrate having a substrate profile defined by a substrate top edge, an opposite substrate bottom edge, and opposite substrate side edges interconnecting the substrate top and bottom edges, the substrate profile being substantially symmetrical about a centerline thereof, whereby the device becomes moldable when activated by a forming temperature above ambient, and the symmetry of the substrate enables the device to be used in both left hand and right hand applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: FastForm Research Ltd.
    Inventors: David Sheehan, David Michael Auerbach, Brian P. Casey, Brian Murphy, Maureen Selina Laverty, Trevor Kent
  • Publication number: 20190269558
    Abstract: An improved orthosis apparatus for being selectively formed and applied and removed having offset zipper closures on two shell members for improved hinging and opening and access for initial application and forming when malleable and for removing and reinstalling when hardened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: FastForm Research Ltd.
    Inventor: David Sheehan
  • Patent number: 10165700
    Abstract: An assembly including a host device and an add-on module, in which the host device and the add-on module include features to provide a rugged electro-mechanical interface or connection between the host device and the add-on module. The host device includes a body that has an open or non-enclosed docking bay on a side, and the module is placed into the docking bay such that a top side of its body mates with the inner surfaces and features of the docking bay. The interface is rugged so that the assembly is useful in the field, and the interface provides a secure attachment that can withstand dropping. A hook is provided on the top side of the body of the module, and the hook feature's shape, when combined with the location of fasteners on the module body that mate with threaded holes in the docking bay, is designed to withstand dropping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: TRIMBLE INC.
    Inventors: Michael George Sanders, Steven N. Miller, Gerald W. Steiger, Gareth Todd Gibson, David A. Sheehan, Robert Barnwell Elliott Puckette, Geoffrey James Mentink
  • Publication number: 20180344283
    Abstract: A method for acoustic tomography within a patient may include generating a focused ultrasonic signal using a transducer is provided; the ultrasonic signal forming a path within the patient. The method includes directing the ultrasonic signal on a spot within the patient; scanning the spot in a predetermined pattern about a volume within the patient; receiving an ultrasonic echo in the transducer; converting the ultrasonic echo into a voltage; selecting a frequency band from the voltage; amplifying the voltage in the selected frequency band with a processing circuit; and generating an image of the volume within the patient structure utilizing the amplified voltage. A method for recanalization of a blood vessel including the above acoustic tomography steps is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Cheryl Rice, David Sheehan
  • Patent number: 10064598
    Abstract: A method for acoustic tomography within a patient may include generating a focused ultrasonic signal using a transducer is provided; the ultrasonic signal forming a path within the patient. The method includes directing the ultrasonic signal on a spot within the patient; scanning the spot in a predetermined pattern about a volume within the patient; receiving an ultrasonic echo in the transducer; converting the ultrasonic echo into a voltage; selecting a frequency band from the voltage; amplifying the voltage in the selected frequency band with a processing circuit; and generating an image of the volume within the patient structure utilizing the amplified voltage. A method for recanalization of a blood vessel including the above acoustic tomography steps is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Volcano Corporation
    Inventors: Cheryl Rice, David Sheehan
  • Publication number: 20160166420
    Abstract: An orthosis device comprising a substantially rigid thermo-formable substrate having a substrate profile defined by a substrate top edge, an opposite substrate bottom edge, and opposite substrate side edges interconnecting the substrate top and bottom edges, the substrate profile being substantially symmetrical about a centerline thereof, whereby the device becomes moldable when activated by a forming temperature above ambient, and the symmetry of the substrate enables the device to be used in both left hand and right hand applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: FastForm Research Ltd.
    Inventors: David Sheehan, David Michael Auerbach, Brian P. Casey, Brian Murphy, Maureen Selina Laverty, Trevor Kent
  • Patent number: 8853603
    Abstract: A packaged product, such as a thermo-formable splinting or bracing product adapted to be heated by microwave energy, which packaged product comprises a water laden absorbent material (5), optionally sealed in a first water-impervious container (6), wherein said absorbent material (5) is adapted to permit microwave energy to enter and heat the water held in the absorbent material (5), the first container (6) being microwave transparent and the product to be heated and the absorbent material are disposed adjacent each other but are separated by a water-impervious barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Fastform Research Ltd.
    Inventor: David Sheehan
  • Publication number: 20140267804
    Abstract: The invention relates to medical intervention systems with integrated imaging and microsurgery subsystems, in which the microsurgery subsystem employs hardware that is used for imaging in the imaging subsystem to provide a stabilization feedback loop to prevent unwanted vibrations or motions in a microsurgery tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VOLCANO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathaniel J. Kemp, David Sheehan
  • Publication number: 20140276059
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to methods of imaging a body structure using an ultrasound device that is external to a patient's body. In certain aspects, the methods of the invention involve providing an ultrasound device that is external to a patient's body, and externally imaging a body structure within the patient using the external ultrasound device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VOLCANO CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Sheehan
  • Publication number: 20140275995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to use of co-registered data to virtually recreate a section of a vessel in an external image, in which the section of the vessel cannot be imaged using an external imaging modality. In certain aspects, a method of the invention includes obtaining external imaging data of a vessel, wherein data representing a specific portion of the vessel is absent from the external imaging data, obtaining intraluminal imaging data of the specific portion of the vessel, and co-registering the external imaging data with the intraluminal imaging data to construct an external image of the vessel that includes the specific portion of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VOLCANO CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Sheehan