Patents by Inventor Denis A. O'Connor

Denis A. O'Connor 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: 8295883
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of SIM smart cards with integrated or external SIM module systems that are utilized with information handling systems. A SIM module system may be locked with a generic locking code to lock a SIM module system of a given information handling system for use with a designated SIM smart card that is programmed with a matching generic locking code. The locked SIM module system of the information handling system may be further configured so that it may be unlocked using an unlocking code so as to allow use of the information handling system with SIM smart cards other than the designated SIM smart card. To allow tracking of the disposition of the designated SIM smart card, notification of the non-activation, de-activation and/or activation of the designated SIM smart card (e.g., to an activation tracking agent) may be required before obtaining the unlocking code, for example, from an activation tracking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Dell Products LP
    Inventors: Liam N. Prendergast, Denis A. O'Connor, Liam B. Quinn
  • Patent number: 8216262
    Abstract: A sagittal saw blade with a blade body the distal end of which has spaced apart tines. Plural teeth extend forward from each of the tines. The void space between the tines functions as a chip catchment into which bone chips formed by cutting by the blade are able to flow. At least one web extends between the tines, across the chip catchment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Stryker Ireland, Ltd
    Inventor: Denis A. O'Donoghue
  • Publication number: 20110177842
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of SIM smart cards with integrated or external SIM module systems that are utilized with information handling systems. A SIM module system may be locked with a generic locking code to lock a SIM module system of a given information handling system for use with a designated SIM smart card that is programmed with a matching generic locking code. The locked SIM module system of the information handling system may be further configured so that it may be unlocked using an unlocking code so as to allow use of the information handling system with SIM smart cards other than the designated SIM smart card. To allow tracking of the disposition of the designated SIM smart card, notification of the non-activation, de-activation and/or activation of the designated SIM smart card (e.g., to an activation tracking agent) may be required before obtaining the unlocking code, for example, from an activation tracking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Liam N. Prendergast, Denis A. O'connor, Liam B. Quinn
  • Patent number: 7941184
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of SIM smart cards with integrated or external SIM module systems that are utilized with information handling systems. A SIM module system may be locked with a generic locking code to lock a SIM module system of a given information handling system for use with a designated SIM smart card that is programmed with a matching generic locking code. The locked SIM module system of the information handling system may be further configured so that it may be unlocked using an unlocking code so as to allow use of the information handling system with SIM smart cards other than the designated SIM smart card. To allow tracking of the disposition of the designated SIM smart card, notification of the non-activation, de-activation and/or activation of the designated SIM smart card (e.g., to an activation tracking agent) may be required before obtaining the unlocking code, for example, from an activation tracking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Liam N. Prendergast, Denis A. O'Connor, Liam B. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20100262148
    Abstract: A sagittal saw blade with a blade body the distal end of which has spaced apart tines. Plural teeth extend forward from each of the tines. The void space between the tines functions as a chip catchment into which bone chips formed by cutting by the blade are able to flow. At least one web extends between the tines, across the chip catchment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: Stryker Ireland Ltd.
    Inventor: Denis A. O'Donoghue
  • Patent number: 7744616
    Abstract: A sagittal saw blade wherein the teeth are arranged so that relative to the teeth located closer to the outer sides of the blade, the inner located teeth are located closer to the proximal end of the blade. The blade is further formed to have an opening between at least two of the teeth that extends proximally rearward. The opening increases in width as the opening extends proximally along the length of the blade. The opening opens into a void space that functions as a chip catchment space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Stryker Ireland, Ltd.
    Inventor: Denis A O'Donoghue
  • Publication number: 20080113687
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of SIM smart cards with integrated or external SIM module systems that are utilized with information handling systems. A SIM module system may be locked with a generic locking code to lock a SIM module system of a given information handling system for use with a designated SIM smart card that is programmed with a matching generic locking code. The locked SIM module system of the information handling system may be further configured so that it may be unlocked using an unlocking code so as to allow use of the information handling system with SIM smart cards other than the designated SIM smart card. To allow tracking of the disposition of the designated SIM smart card, notification of the non-activation, de-activation and/or activation of the designated SIM smart card (e.g., to an activation tracking agent) may be required before obtaining the unlocking code, for example, from an activation tracking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Liam N. Prendergast, Denis A. O'Connor, Liam B. Quinn
  • Patent number: 6860855
    Abstract: A tissue biopsy device uses ultrasonic imaging to guide the biopsy needle. An ultrasonic imaging device comprises three acoustically coupled chambers with an ultrasound transducer in a first chamber, at least a portion of an ultrasound detector in the second chamber and the portion of patient anatomy to be imaged placed in the third chamber, which is intermediate the first and second chambers. The three chambers are filled with an acoustically transmissive liquid. One or more of the end walls dividing the first and third chambers and second and third chambers may be movable to form compression plates that are used to retain the patient anatomy in a fixed position during the imaging and biopsy process. When a structure, such as a lesion, has been located, the imaging may be used to determine the precise location of the lesion in three dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Advanced Imaging Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerod O. Shelby, Barbara A. Fecht, Denis A. O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20030097066
    Abstract: A tissue biopsy device uses ultrasonic imaging to guide the biopsy needle. An ultrasonic imaging device comprises three acoustically coupled chambers with an ultrasound transducer in a first chamber, at least a portion of an ultrasound detector in the second chamber and the portion of patient anatomy to be imaged placed in the third chamber, which is intermediate the first and second chambers. The three chambers are filled with an acoustically transmissive liquid. One or more of the end walls dividing the first and third chambers and second and third chambers may be movable to form compression plates that are used to retain the patient anatomy in a fixed position during the imaging and biopsy process. When a structure, such as a lesion, has been located, the imaging may be used to determine the precise location of the lesion in three dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Advanced Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerod O. Shelby, Barbara A. Fecht, Denis A. O'Connor