Patents by Inventor David W. Baird

David W. Baird 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: 11969345
    Abstract: A repair device for closing a valve of a heart includes a main stem. The mains stem has a distal end and a proximal end. The main stem comprises a papillary anchor on the proximal end. The papillary anchor of the main stem is configured to attach to a papillary muscle of the heart. The main stem further includes a first branch extending from the main stem in a first direction and configured to attach to a first leaflet of the valve of the heart. The main stem also includes a second branch extending from the main stem in a second direction different from the first direction and configured to attach to a second leaflet of the valve. The first and second branches are flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Peter E. Hammer, David Hoganson, Mossab Y. Saeed, Pedro J. Del Nido, Christopher W. Baird, Sitaram M. Emani
  • Patent number: 11949529
    Abstract: The subject technology receives, at a local device, a requested camera format based on specifications of a display associated with a remote device. The remote device and the local device are devices participating in a video conference. The requested camera format includes a first resolution. Camera formats supported by a camera associated with the local device are determined. If a second resolution of a first camera format matches among the supported camera formats matches with the first resolution, the first camera format is selected for capturing the video stream by the camera. Otherwise, a second camera format among the supported camera formats is determined for capturing the video stream so as to maximize a field of view of the video stream relative to other camera formats supported by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Karthick Santhanam, Eric L. Chien, Christopher M. Garrido, Kyle W. Horn, Ian J. Baird, Qian Sun, David L. Biderman
  • Patent number: 6049794
    Abstract: A System for screening of medical decision making is described. The system runs on a personal computer, and incorporates a knowledge base containing the data required to perform the screening, as well as the rules to be incorporated. The knowledge base is organized into criteria sets subdivided into categories, which include clinical specialties, such as surgery, and imaging, or a level of care, or a body system. The criteria sets are further subdivided into interventions, review types, and levels of care. Finally, within each subdivision, the user selects criteria points which are representations of the patient's clinical condition. Upon selection of the criteria points, the system will indicate whether or not a selected method of treatment is medically appropriate or not. The review process is recorded for subsequent examination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Inventors: Charles M. Jacobs, Josephine A Lamprey, A. Jacqueline Mitus, Alec P Karys, David W Baird, Thomas W. Upton
  • Patent number: 4654783
    Abstract: A technique for starting up a data processing system in which a "basic" or "kernel" instruction set is stored in an auxiliary store and transferred to the processor's control store in start-up. The kernel instruction set in used to execute an initialization program which identifies an I/O device in which a microcode local program and a desired microcode file are stored. No microcode load program is transferred to the processor's main memory, using the kernel instructions and the desired microcode file is then transferred in selected blocks from the I/O device to the main memory and there to the microcode control store. The microinstructions of the desired microcode file then can be used to load appropriate operating system software so that the overall processor is then ready for use in whatever applications are desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Data General Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Veres, James B. Stein, Robert W. Beauchamp, Harold R. Kimmens, David W. Baird, Michael J. Roman, David G. Therrien, John J. Doyle