Patents by Inventor E. Nelson

E. Nelson 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: 12357822
    Abstract: In some examples, a technique for delivering electrical stimulation therapy to a patient includes determining, by processing circuitry, one or more cycle settings associated with delivery of the electrical stimulation therapy, determining, by the processing circuitry, a cycle time period associated with each cycle setting, and delivering, by a medical device, electrical stimulation therapy based on the determined cycle settings and the determined cycle time periods. Each cycle setting may define an on-cycle, during which electrical stimulation is delivered, and an off-cycle, during which electrical stimulation is not delivered. The technique further may include delivering electrical stimulation to the patient to provide one or more reminders to the patient, such as a reminder to void or a reminder of the existence of electrical stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Xuan K. Wei, Ryan D. Willemsen, Dwight E. Nelson, Sudha B. Iyer, Kira Stolen, Xin Su
  • Patent number: 12353576
    Abstract: According to one example, a system includes a second computing device that receives encrypted data from a first computing device. The encrypted data is encrypted based on a first encryption key. Also, the data is obfuscated prior to encryption. The second computing device generates a second encryption key that matches the first encryption key, decrypts the encrypted data using the second encryption key, un-obfuscates the data, and transmits the data for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Eclypses, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Nelson, Aron J. Seader
  • Patent number: 12322295
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed for aspects of audiovisual content selection based on collecting and processing physiological data. In an example, a system comprises: a sensor device with at one physiological sensor to capture physiological data from a human subject; an output device with a display device to output video and a speaker to output audio to the human subject; and a computing device with at least one processor to control an output of digital audiovisual data to a human subject via the output device, based on data processing operations including a comparison of an observed pattern of autonomic nervous system activity to a target pattern of autonomic nervous system activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventors: Dan Sachs, Dwight E. Nelson
  • Patent number: 12310744
    Abstract: In some examples, a processor determines a patient state based on activity of a bioelectrical brain signal of a patient in one or more frequency sub-bands of a frequency band of interest. For example, a processor may determine a patient state based on the power level of a bioelectrical brain signal of the patient in one or more frequency sub-bands of a frequency band, or based on a spectral pattern of a bioelectrical brain signal in a frequency band, such as a shift in a power distribution between sub-bands, a change in the peak frequency within one or more sub-bands, a pattern of the power distribution over one or more frequency sub-bands, or a width or a variability of one or more sub-bands exhibiting a relatively high or low level of activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight E. Nelson, Jianping Wu, Rahul Gupta, Yan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20250167571
    Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicle communication are provided, for example to provide various connectivity and functionality according to hardware availability, power constraints, and environmental conditions, among other examples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Fuchs, Timothy P. Norstad, Kevin E. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20250154521
    Abstract: This disclosure provides recombinant DNA constructs and transgenic plants having enhanced traits such as increased yield, increased nitrogen use efficiency and enhanced drought tolerance; propagules, progeny and field crops of such transgenic plants; and methods of making and using such transgenic plants. This disclosure also provides methods of producing seed from such transgenic plants, growing such seed and selecting progeny plants with enhanced traits. Also disclosed are transgenic plants with altered phenotypes which are useful for screening and selecting transgenic events for the desired enhanced trait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Mark S. Abad, Erin Bell, Paul S. Chomet, Todd DeZwaan, Stephen Duff, Barry S. Goldman, Hongwu Jia, Lloyd Jones, Balasulojini Karunanandaa, Saritha V. Kuriakose, Linda L. Lutfiyya, Savitha Madappa, Zoe P. McKiness, Donald E. Nelson, Sasha Preuss, Monnanda S. Rajani, Dhanalakshmi Ramachandra, Aniruddha Raychaudhuri, Daniel P. Schachtman, Steven H. Schwartz, Char Shobha, Matthew M. Tanzer, Tyamagondlu V. Venkatesh, Huai Wang, Xiaoyun Wu
  • Publication number: 20250144564
    Abstract: The carbon capture system includes a wind turbine, a direct-air capture (DAC) system, and a processor. The wind turbine has a first location and/or a first position. The processor is communicatively coupled to the DAC system. The processor is configured to input a wind turbine wake from the wind turbine and/or incident carbon dioxide profile, execute an algorithm to determine a wind velocity and/or a concentration of the carbon dioxide in the wind turbine wake, and output a second location and/or a second position of the DAC system. The second location and/or the second position of the DAC system is optimized to enhance the quantity of carbon dioxide captured from to the wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Clarice E. NELSON, Venkatesh PULLETIKURTHI, Helber Antonio ESQUIVEL-PUENTES, Luciano CASTILLO, Maria Mirian VELAY LIZANCOS
  • Publication number: 20250146432
    Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to an air-fluid separator device comprising a plurality of uniquely designed separator components cooperatively arranged to define a pathway through which untreated and potentially contaminated air flows and undergoes treatment in which contaminants, which may be in the form of fluid-based contaminants, are removed from the air before the air is reused (e.g., returned to an intake manifold of an engine). The contaminants may include, but are not limited to, water, oil, carbon particles, and unburned fuel, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Richard Michael Ihns, Casey A. Fitzgerald, Jarott E. Nelson
  • Patent number: 12292022
    Abstract: An alternative fuel management system may include a base configured for arrangement on a supporting floor or other framework of a vessel and configured to support alternative fuel supply equipment. The system may also include a sealed enclosure sealingly coupled to the base and configured to surround the alternative fuel supply equipment. The system may also include the alternative fuel supply equipment and it may be arranged within the sealed enclosure. The alternative fuel supply equipment may include a high-pressure pump, a fuel filter, a transfer pump, and a high-pressure fuel delivery line extending across the sealed enclosure and configured to provide alternative fuel from the high-pressure pump to a combustion engine. The alternative fuel management system may also include a purge fluid system configured to deliver purge fluid to the combustion engine from a source of purge fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Ray Coldren, Bryan E. Nelson, Hoisan Kim
  • Publication number: 20250122941
    Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to the field of valves, and, more particularly, to a unique swinging door check valve having an improved swinging flapper door and sealing gasket design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Richard Michael Ihns, Casey A. Fitzgerald, Jarott E. Nelson
  • Patent number: 12268879
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods for autotitrating stimulation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Su, Thaddeus S. Brink, Dwight E. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20250088002
    Abstract: A power system includes an energy storage system having a rechargeable energy storage element and a converter connected to the rechargeable energy storage element and configured to connect to a bus so that the energy storage system is connected in parallel with a load and a main power supply system. The energy storage system may cooperate with the main power supply system to supply power to the load with each of the energy storage system and the main power supply system configured as a voltage source with a corresponding droop function. The system may include a control circuit configured to monitor a voltage of the bus and control the converter to either charge or discharge the rechargeable energy storage element based on the voltage of the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Flex Ltd.
    Inventors: James P. Novak, Yi Yuan Chung, Alexei Tikhonski, James E. Nelson, Guy Raz, Igor Pavolvsky, Robert L. Myers, Pei Chiao Chung, Sung Hsiang Tsang, Guanshiun Wang, Vern Chen, Sheldon Liu, Miler Li, Deng Yu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20250070551
    Abstract: A power system comprises an energy storage system including a rechargeable energy storage element and a converter connected to the rechargeable energy storage element and configured to connect to a bus so that the energy storage system is connected in parallel with a load and a main power supply system. The energy storage system cooperates with the main power supply system to supply power to the load. The power system may include a control circuit configured to monitor a voltage of the bus and control the converter to either charge or discharge the rechargeable energy storage element based on the voltage of the bus. The control circuit may also monitor a status of a state of charge (SOC) of the rechargeable energy storage element and a system load condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Flex Ltd.
    Inventors: James P. Novak, Yi Yuan Chung, Robert L. Myers, Alexei Tikhonski, James E. Nelson, Guy Raz, Igor Pavolvsky, Guanshiun Wang, Pei Chiao Chung, Sung Hsiang Tsang, Deng Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 12194301
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods may manage therapy delivery to a patient based on one or more physiological markers. In some examples, a method includes detecting a physiological marker that occurs prior in time to a dysfunctional phase of a physiological cycle, wherein a dysfunctional state of the physiological cycle occurs during the dysfunctional phase without treatment, responsive to detecting the physiological marker, initiating a first phase of the physiological cycle having a duration of time. The method may also include, responsive to the first phase elapsing, controlling a therapy delivery module to deliver neurostimulation therapy during a second phase that begins prior to the dysfunctional phase, wherein the neurostimulation therapy is configured to treat the dysfunctional state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus S. Brink, Dwight E. Nelson, Xin Su, Lance Zirpel
  • Patent number: 12178603
    Abstract: In some examples, a processor determines a patient state based on activity of a bioelectrical brain signal of a patient in one or more frequency sub-bands of a frequency band of interest. For example, a processor may determine a patient state based on the power level of a bioelectrical brain signal of the patient in one or more frequency sub-bands of a frequency band, or based on a spectral pattern of a bioelectrical brain signal in a frequency band, such as a shift in a power distribution between sub-bands, a change in the peak frequency within one or more sub-bands, a pattern of the power distribution over one or more frequency sub-bands, or a width or a variability of one or more sub-bands exhibiting a relatively high or low level of activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight E. Nelson, Jianping Wu, Rahul Gupta, Yan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240419858
    Abstract: A simulation system provides real-time, flexible, and accurate simulations of radiological scenarios that can provide robust and valuable training experience to users. A radiological scenario simulation provided by a simulation system includes simulated neutron and gamma measurements provided by a neutron simulation service and a gamma simulation service, respectively. Each of the neutron simulation service and the gamma simulation service perform accelerated computational techniques to provide the simulation results to the radiological scenario simulation in real-time. In particular, the neutron simulation service performs a particle-wise simulation with an optimized number of neutron particles, scales detector objects to an increased size, and models fission behavior for a source object based on simulated neutron particles being scattered back into the source object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Chen, Bonnie Elise Canion, Karl E. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20240413655
    Abstract: Systems and methods for vehicle communication are provided, for example to provide various connectivity and functionality according to hardware availability, power constraints, and environmental conditions, among other examples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Fuchs, Timothy P. Norstad, Kevin E. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20240345283
    Abstract: A system identifying a source of radiation is provided. The system includes a radiation source detector and a radiation source identifier. The radiation source detector receives measurements of radiation; for one or more sources, generates a detection metric indicating whether that source is present in the measurements; and evaluates the detection metrics to detect whether a source is present in the measurements. When the presence of a source in the measurements is detected, the radiation source identifier for one or more sources, generates an identification metric indicating whether that source is present in the measurements; generates a null-hypothesis metric indicating whether no source is present in the measurements; evaluates the one or more identification metrics and the null-hypothesis metric to identify the source, if any, that is present in the measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Simon E. Labov, Karl E. Nelson, Brandon S. Seilhan
  • Patent number: 12091902
    Abstract: A system and method for remotely controlling loading dock components is disclosed that includes a distribution center having at least one dock station for exchanging materials and a dock component configured to in at least two operational states. An actuator is included that is configured to change the operational state of the dock component in response to an activation signal. A mobile remote control is configured to generate the activation signal to cause the actuator to change the operational state of the dock component and at least one predefined non-activation zone is included such that changing of operational state of the dock component is inhibited when the mobile remote control is located within the at least one predefined non-activation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Rite-Hite Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew C. McNeill, Kyle E. Nelson, Richard A. Horton
  • Patent number: D1072721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Improved Racing Products, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Michael Ihns, Casey A. Fitzgerald, Jarott E. Nelson