Patents by Inventor Douglas A. Turner

Douglas A. Turner 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).

  • Publication number: 20240299085
    Abstract: An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for treating a plurality of tissues at a variety of tissue locations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end and an elongate shaft with a combination active electrode at the distal end. The combination active electrode includes with a blade and screen portion; the blade portion extending along and laterally from the wand longitudinal axis, forming a dissecting tip. The screen portion extends from the blade portion at an obtuse angle and has at least one aspiration aperture through it. The wand also includes a second and third electrode, proximally spaced from the combination active electrode. The second electrode spans a portion of an outside surface of the wand adjacent the blade portion, while the third electrode spans a portion of the outside surface of the wand opposite the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Jean Woloszko, Jonathan Gaspredes, Douglas G. Evans, Robert Lathrop, Brendan Smith, David Turner, Christopher J. Aholt, Troy S. Hemme
  • Patent number: 12086775
    Abstract: A message including metadata is received on behalf of an application operator from a subscriber by a message management platform. Based on the metadata, the message is determined to be associated with a customer record received by the message management platform as an application programming interface (API) notification from an application builder platform. The API notification includes a payload that includes information describing a committed transaction event associated with a user of the application builder platform. An interaction history associated with the subscriber is presented in a messaging interface of the message management platform. The interaction history includes the message received from the subscriber and further including a user action item describing the committed transaction event associated with the user of the application builder platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Stodge Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Douglas Turner, Steadman Stoness Dinning, Owen David Romano, David Dennison Lacho, Alexander Nathan Seibel, Mark Robert Sullivan, Rohan Bhatia, Nicole Marie Perry, Evan Andrew Romano, John Barott Fox, Tyler Jameson Reiff, Nathan Patrick Killea
  • Patent number: 12072190
    Abstract: A method for calibrating zero rate offset (ZRO) of a first inertial sensor located on a device, the method includes determining a stability level of the device based on information associated with at least one non-inertial sensor located on the device; and performing a calibration of the ZRO of the first inertial sensor when the stability level is above a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: CEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan A. Cook, Yun Li, Mark Turner, Douglas Charles Carlson
  • Publication number: 20240273494
    Abstract: A message including metadata is received on behalf of an application operator from a subscriber by a message management platform. Based on the metadata, the message is determined to be associated with a customer record received by the message management platform as an application programming interface (API) notification from an application builder platform. The API notification includes a payload that includes information describing a committed transaction event associated with a user of the application builder platform. An interaction history associated with the subscriber is presented in a messaging interface of the message management platform. The interaction history includes the message received from the subscriber and further including a user action item describing the committed transaction event associated with the user of the application builder platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Colin Douglas Turner, Steadman Stoness Dinning, Owen David Romano, David Dennison Lacho, Alexander Nathan Seibel, Mark Robert Sullivan, Rohan Bhatia, Nicole Marie Perry, Evan Andrew Romano, John Barott Fox, Tyler Jameson Reiff, Nathan Patrick Killea
  • Patent number: 11966909
    Abstract: A computing device provides enhancement of the capabilities of text messaging applications that execute on user devices. The computing device includes a processor that receives a text message via a network from a user device, the text message including a character representation of a product bundle of a merchant. The processor determines bundle data for the product bundle by referencing a database using the character representation. The processor provides one or more text messages via the network to the user device with transaction data including the bundle data, payment data, and shipping data. The processor receives a text message via the network from the user device confirming the transaction data. The user may use text commands presented by the computing device or natural language conversation in the text messages to the computing device to modify the transaction data and perform other ecommerce actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Stodge Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Neil Foster, Jr., David Dennison Lacho, Brian James Swank, Vishak Swaminathan Visvanathan, Adam Sandstrom Turner, Colin Douglas Turner, Alex Elias Beller
  • Patent number: 11887178
    Abstract: A message management platform receives API payloads including past confirmed transactions carried out by an application builder platform and available item offerings of an application operator. The message management platform launches, at an instant messaging platform, a chat session between an agent and a user, a subscriber to the message management platform and an end-user of the application operator. The message management platform displays, for the agent, at the instant messaging platform, the past confirmed transactions of the user and the available item offerings of the application operator. The message management platform receives a selection of a set of items from the agent based on the chat session with the user and creates a virtual instance of a shopping cart representation. The message management platform generates a materialization link of the shopping cart and transmits the materialization link to the user through the instant messaging platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Stodge Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Douglas Turner, Evan Andrew Romano, Nicole Marie Perry, John Barott Fox, Nathan Patrick Killea, Mark Robert Sullivan, Rohan Bhatia, David Dennison Lacho, Tyler Jameson Reiff, Alexander Nathan Seibel, Steadman Stoness Dinning, Owen David Romano
  • Publication number: 20220198431
    Abstract: A computing device provides enhancement of the capabilities of text messaging applications that execute on user devices. The computing device includes a processor that receives a text message via a network from a user device, the text message including a character representation of a product bundle of a merchant. The processor determines bundle data for the product bundle by referencing a database using the character representation. The processor provides one or more text messages via the network to the user device with transaction data including the bundle data, payment data, and shipping data. The processor receives a text message via the network from the user device confirming the transaction data. The user may use text commands presented by the computing device or natural language conversation in the text messages to the computing device to modify the transaction data and perform other ecommerce actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Gavin Neil Foster, JR., David Dennison Lacho, Brian James Swank, Vishak Swaminathan Visvanathan, Adam Sandstrom Turner, Colin Douglas Turner, Alex Elias Beller
  • Patent number: 10286195
    Abstract: The present invention discloses systems and methods to alert a medical operator that a surgical drain has been sutured in place within a patient's body. A readily removable sheath is provided at a distal end of a surgical drain. The sheath is configured to be placed within a surgical wound along with the surgical drain, and after the surgical drain is placed, to be removed from the surgical drain and withdrawn from the patient's body, leaving the surgical drain in place. As the medical operator attempts to withdraw the sheath from the drain and the patient's body, in the event that a suture has inadvertently passed through the body of the surgical drain, such inadvertently placed suture will obstruct the removal of the sheath, in turn alerting the medical operator that the surgical drain has been inadvertently sutured and allowing them to correct the drain placement during the same surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: University of Maryland, Baltimore, The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventor: Douglas Turner
  • Publication number: 20170173311
    Abstract: The present invention discloses systems and methods to alert a medical operator that a surgical drain has been sutured in place within a patient's body. A readily removable sheath is provided at a distal end of a surgical drain. The sheath is configured to be placed within a surgical wound along with the surgical drain, and after the surgical drain is placed, to be removed from the surgical drain and withdrawn from the patient's body, leaving the surgical drain in place. As the medical operator attempts to withdraw the sheath from the drain and the patient's body, in the event that a suture has inadvertently passed through the body of the surgical drain, such inadvertently placed suture will obstruct the removal of the sheath, in turn alerting the medical operator that the surgical drain has been inadvertently sutured and allowing them to correct the drain placement during the same surgical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Douglas TURNER
  • Publication number: 20070244514
    Abstract: An end effector for use in an endoscopic device including a cup, and a hinge extension formed separately from the cup and connected to the cup. The hinge extension has a pivot for pivotally connecting the end effector to an identical second end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Patrick Weizman, Douglas Turner, Richard Schwemberger, Stephen Evans, Dean Bruewer, Gina Szweda
  • Publication number: 20070108854
    Abstract: A rectifier assembly includes individual diodes arranged to form a full-wave bridge such that the silicon wafers of the diodes are loaded in compression. As so arranged, the centrifugal forces add to the compression forces on the diodes and on the electrical contacts therewith. The three-phase (AC) input conductors are connected by conductive straps which connect the diodes through to DC (+/?) terminal ring outputs. One surface of each of the diodes is in electrical contact with a conductive strap which then connects with the individual (AC) phases of an exciter rotor winding. The opposing surface of the diode contacts the ring diode pad on either the DC (+/?) output terminal ring. Two conductive posts, each of which are connected to only one of the DC (+/?) output terminal rings permit external connection to a main rotor winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Osborn, Douglas Turner, Brandon Grell
  • Publication number: 20060249956
    Abstract: A starter/generator system for a gas turbine engine used in aeronautical applications that couples a single dynamoelectric machine to the gas turbine engine through a torque converter in a starting mode, and engages the engine to the dynamoelectric machine through a mechanical differential in a generating mode after the engine reaches self-sustaining speed and combines the output of the engine and the torque converter to regulate the frequency of AC generated by the dynamoelectric machine within a range of frequencies suitable for on-board electrical equipment by dynamically regulating the flow of hydraulic fluid to the torque converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Thomson, Douglas Turner
  • Publication number: 20060242558
    Abstract: Systems and methods for redacting portions of a document resulting in one or more versions of the document that show to readers the portions of the document that have been redacted. At least one of these one or more versions may have the content of the redacted portions encrypted and/or actually removed and replaced with a sort of filler (e.g., to resemble a blacked out portion of a paper copy). At least one other version may show to users the actual content that has been redacted. This latter version may be retained for users privy to the content (i.e., information) of the redacted portions, so that they know what content was redacted, whereas versions with the content removed or encrypted may be provided to those not privy to the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dean Racovolis, Douglas Turner
  • Publication number: 20060176720
    Abstract: The present invention is a rectifier assembly having three phase straps with two diodes mounted to each phase strap. The rectifier assembly also includes a first support and a second support, which are received within a housing. The phase straps are assembled together with the first and second supports. The diodes are each connected to the phase straps so that when assembled the diodes are each perpendicular to an axis at the center of the electrically insulated housing. During operation the first and second supports rotate about the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Glenn Lemmers, Mark Osborn, Douglas Turner, Gregory Christiansen
  • Publication number: 20060161862
    Abstract: Enabling a user to link to documents through the file menu of an application, including linking to documents of types other then those supported by the application. A user may be provided access, through a file menu of an application, to a link directory of links, at least one of the links linking to a document of a type not supported by the application. In response to the user selecting a link to a document of a type not supported by the application, focus may be transferred to another application that does support the type of document. If the document was not already open, an opening of the document may be initialized, and if the other application was not already running, a launch of the other application may be controlled. A user may be enabled to create, organize and/or refresh a display of a link directory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dean Racovolis, Douglas Turner
  • Publication number: 20060042734
    Abstract: A wear component includes an acceptable wear portion, a marginal wear portion, and a sensor disposed below the acceptable wear portion and configured to generate a condition signal in response to an energizing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Douglas Turner, Laurence Matola, Jeffrey Higgins
  • Publication number: 20060012179
    Abstract: A starter/generator system for a gas turbine engine used in aeronautical applications that couples a single dynamoelectric machine to the gas turbine engine through a torque converter in a starting mode, and engages the engine to the dynamoelectric machine through a mechanical differential in a generating mode after the engine reaches self-sustaining speed and combines the output of the engine and the torque converter to regulate the frequency of AC generated by the dynamoelectric machine within a range of frequencies suitable for on-board electrical equipment by dynamically regulating the flow of hydraulic fluid to the torque converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Thomson, Douglas Turner
  • Publication number: 20060012180
    Abstract: A starter/generator system for a gas turbine engine used in aeronautical applications that couples a single dynamoelectric machine to the gas turbine engine through a torque converter in a starting mode, and then disengages the torque converter and engages the engine to the dynamoelectric machine through an adjustable speed transmission in a generating mode after the engine reaches self-sustaining speed, wherein the speed of the adjustable speed transmission is set to match the frequency of AC generated by the dynamoelectric machine with on-board electrical equipment requirements to suit flight conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Hoppe, Scott Thomson, Douglas Turner
  • Patent number: 6941420
    Abstract: A log structured array (LSA) controller apparatus controls the transfer of information between a processor and a plurality of information storage devices configured as an N+1 array in which the information is stored as stripes extending across the devices of the array, each stripe comprising N information strips and one parity strip, each information strip storing an integer number of logical tracks. The controller defines an LSA directory that specifies the location of each logical track in terms of the ID of the stripe to which the track belongs and the offset of the track within the stripe; wherein on the addition of an information storage device to the array, the additional strip provided for each stripe by the storage device is logically appended to the end of each stripe in the LSA directory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Esmond Butterworth, Robert Bruce Nicholson, William James Scales, Douglas Turner
  • Patent number: D1030543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Jewelry IP, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas Turner