Patents by Inventor Edward V. Cruz
Edward V. Cruz 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).
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Patent number: 6429852Abstract: The device comfortably supports the hand of the user while the thumb and fingers are associated with keys, a trackball, and a scrolling wheel carried on the device. The overall configuration of the device and the arrangement of these actuators permits the user to operate all of the functions provided by the actuators while the forearm is in a neutral posture zone between pronation and supination of the forearm, and the wrist and fingers are minimally extended and comfortably flexed, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1999Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Aditha M. Adams, Steven T. Kaneko, Carl J. Ledbetter, Hugh Edward McLoone, Jr., Stanley Hiroshi Wada, John Richard Arbak, Edward V. Cruz
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Patent number: 6203507Abstract: A deflectable catheter comprises a catheter body, a tip section and a control handle. The Control handle, which is preferably curved, comprises a housing having a generally hollow interior, a piston receiving assembly at least partially within the interior of the housing, and a piston. The piston receiving assembly is afforded rotational movement but not longitudinal movement relative to the housing and comprises a generally tubular member defining a piston chamber. The piston is fixedly attached to the proximal end of the catheter body and extends into the piston chamber of the piston receiving assembly, wherein the piston is afforded longitudinal movement but not rotational movement relative to the piston receiving assembly. Rotation of the piston relative to the housing correspondingly rotates the piston receiving assembly, catheter body and tip section. A puller wire extends from the control handle, through a lumen in the catheter body and into a lumen in the tip section.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1999Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Cordis Webster, Inc.Inventors: John F. Wadsworth, J. Kevin Clay, Stanley H. Wada, Edward V. Cruz
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Patent number: 6188407Abstract: A reconfigurable user interface for a modular patient monitor which selectively populates menus for operator selection based on the parameters which are available at any given time. Due to event processing, when a parameter module is added or removed from the system, the reconfigurable user interface is updated immediately to reflect the addition or subtraction of the associated parameter. A flash box in each menu provides shortcuts to the most likely menu option in response to asynchronous events such as alarms and the like. The flash box also assists the operator with the particular steps that must be followed to properly setup or operate a particular feature of the system. Since the menus are not modal, an operator may navigate the menus without making any selections or changing the state of the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1998Date of Patent: February 13, 2001Assignee: Critikon Company, LLCInventors: Kathy K. Smith, Richard Medero, Edward V. Cruz, David W. Hoard, Brian L. Pate, Robert S. Wallace, III
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Patent number: 6031518Abstract: The device comfortably supports the hand of the user while the thumb and fingers are associated with keys, a trackball, and a scrolling wheel carried on the device. The overall configuration of the device and the arrangement of these actuators permits the user to operate all of the functions provided by the actuators while the forearm is in a neutral posture zone between pronation and supination of the forearm, and the wrist and fingers are minimally extended and comfortably flexed, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1997Date of Patent: February 29, 2000Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Aditha M. Adams, Steven T. Kaneko, Carl J. Ledbetter, Hugh Edward McLoone, Jr., Stanley Hiroshi Wada, John Richard Arbak, Edward V. Cruz
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Patent number: 5781408Abstract: A computer system includes an exterior casing having an opening therein to permit user access to peripheral devices, such as floppy drives, CD ROM drives, tape drives, or optical drives. A door driven by a reversible motor slides along the exterior casing to open and close the opening in the exterior casing. A user may activate a sensor provided on the exterior casing to selectively open or close the door. The sensor may be a light-sensitive sensor, a voice-activated sensor, or a proximity sensor. Alternatively or in addition, the user may open and close the door via a system processor, for example, by entering commands via a keyboard. The door may slide along tracks within the exterior casing. In addition, the door may be locked in a closed position and unlocked to allow opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1996Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: The Panda ProjectInventors: Stanford W. Crane, Jr., Maria M. Portuondo, Edward V. Cruz, Vincent R. Razo, Shaun Fynn
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Patent number: 5653887Abstract: An extracorporeal blood processing system is disclosed which includes a variety of novel components and which may be operated in accordance with a variety of novel methodologies. For instance, the system includes a graphical operator interface which directs the operator through various aspects of the apheresis procedure. Moreover, the system also includes a variety of features relating to loading a blood processing vessel into a blood processing channel and removing the same after completion of the procedure. Furthermore, the system also includes a variety of features relating to utilizing a blood priming of at least portions of the apheresis system in preparation for the procedure. In addition, the system includes a variety of features enhancing the performance of the apheresis system, including the interrelationship between the blood processing vessel and the blood processing vessel and the utilization of high packing factors for the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: August 5, 1997Assignee: Cobe Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Terry R. Wahl, Denise C. Garrison, Chad C. Steele, Timothy M. Gordon, David W. Hoard, Edward V. Cruz
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Patent number: 5576931Abstract: A computer system including a plurality of air circulation areas to facilitate cooling of components with in the air circulation areas. Specifically, the system includes an air circulation area for a plurality of printed circuit boards, for a power supply, and for a plurality of internal and external peripherals, such as disk drives. The system also includes an automatic door that covers the external peripherals. The external peripherals slide forward, out of a casing of the system to facilitate upgrade and/or repair of the peripherals. In addition, the system includes cabling slots and structure to effect electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1994Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: The Panda ProjectInventors: Stanford W. Crane, Jr., Maria M. Portuondo, Edward V. Cruz, Vincent R. Razo, Shaun Fynn
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Patent number: D344495Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1992Date of Patent: February 22, 1994Assignee: Zeuscom Systems, Inc.Inventors: Edward V. Cruz, Barry P. Sween
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Patent number: D344717Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1992Date of Patent: March 1, 1994Assignee: Zeuscom Systems, Inc.Inventors: Edward V. Cruz, Barry P. Sween
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Patent number: D349889Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1992Date of Patent: August 23, 1994Assignee: BlackCurrant TechnologyInventors: Pit-Kin Loh, Edward V. Cruz, Barry P. Sween
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Patent number: D356304Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1993Date of Patent: March 14, 1995Assignee: Wyse TechnologyInventors: David A. Weir, Edward V. Cruz
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Patent number: D363707Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1994Date of Patent: October 31, 1995Assignee: The Panda ProjectInventors: Stanford W. Crane, Jr., Maria M. Portuondo, Edward V. Cruz, Shaun Fynn, Barry Sween
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Patent number: D369923Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1994Date of Patent: May 21, 1996Assignee: The Panda ProjectInventors: Stanford W. Crane, Jr., Maria M. Portuondo, Edward V. Cruz, Shaun Fynn
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Patent number: D402281Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1997Date of Patent: December 8, 1998Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Carl J. Ledbetter, Steven T. Kaneko, Aditha M. Adams, Hugh E. McLoone, Stanley H. Wada, Edward V. Cruz, John R. Arbak
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Patent number: D417211Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1996Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven T. Kaneko, Kenneth Mori, Peter S. Turner, Edward V. Cruz