Patents by Inventor Eric Myers
Eric Myers 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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Publication number: 20240126308Abstract: A sanitaryware system may include sensors to determine a status or condition of one or more sanitaryware fixtures in the sanitaryware system and perform a particular function, such as, for example performing a flush, closing the flush valve and/or angle stop, sending an alert, initiating a service ticket. The sanitaryware system may automatically perform the function. The sanitaryware system may communicate the status or condition to an internet connected device and/or user, the device may perform the function or may instruct the sanitaryware to perform the function. The sensed information, sanitaryware system status or condition, and/or initiated response may be logged and monitored to improve the overall efficiency and operation of the sanitaryware system and the sanitaryware fixtures within the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: AS America, Inc.Inventors: Behnam Heydari, Eric B. Soberano, Robert M. Jensen, Verne Myers, Christopher Helmstetter, Mahendra Gunawardena, Claudia Marcela Jovel, Ki Bok Song, Soonjae Kwon, Stanmir Stoynov
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Patent number: 11793572Abstract: A method for selecting a medical device for use in the performance of a medical procedure. The method comprises acquiring image data relating to an anatomical region of interest of a patient's body and generating a multi-dimensional depiction of the anatomical region of interest using the acquired image data. The method further comprises defining a plurality of points relative to the multi-dimensional depiction, determining one or more measurements based on the defined plurality of points, and then selecting a medical device to be used based on the determined measurements.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEMInventors: Dee Dee Wang, Michael Forbes, Eric Myers, William O'Neill
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Patent number: 11795090Abstract: A system and method for processing sewage sludge using pyrolysis to eliminate and/or significantly reduce organic chemical compounds, including plastics, and to produce a biochar product that is safe for beneficial uses is provided. The system and method can utilize pyrolysis to treat sewage sludge which dramatically reduces or eliminates regulated and unregulated synthetic organic chemical compounds in the resultant biochar.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: WM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C.Inventors: James W. Ecker, Lindsay D'Anna, Eric Myers
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Patent number: 11617622Abstract: A method for evaluating the placement of a prosthetic heart valve in a structure of interest. The method comprises acquiring one or more depictions of an anatomical region of interest that includes the structure of interest, wherein each depiction shows the structure of interest and/or the blood pool volume of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) of the patient's heart. The method further comprises designating one or more positions in at least one of the one or more depictions wherein each position corresponds to a respective position in the structure of interest at which the prosthetic valve may be placed. The method still further comprises predicting, for each of the one or more designated positions, an amount of blood flow obstruction through the LVOT of the patient's heart that would occur if the prosthetic valve was to be placed at a corresponding position in the structure of interest.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEMInventors: Dee Dee Wang, William O'Neill, Eric Myers, Michael Forbes
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Publication number: 20220326341Abstract: A wireless animal location system is provided that identifies a location of a pet roaming within an environment using a single base unit. The wireless animal location system tracks and manages animal behavior in the environment using information of pet location.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Richard Seltzer, Grant Given, Eric Myers
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Patent number: 11434160Abstract: A system and method for processing sewage sludge using pyrolysis to eliminate and/or significantly reduce organic chemical compounds, including plastics, and to produce a biochar product that is safe for beneficial uses is provided. The system and method can utilize pyrolysis to treat sewage sludge which dramatically reduces or eliminates regulated and unregulated synthetic organic chemical compounds in the resultant biochar.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: WM Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C.Inventors: James W. Ecker, Lindsay D'Anna, Eric Myers
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Patent number: 11372077Abstract: A wireless animal location system is provided that identifies a location of a pet roaming within an environment using a single base unit. The wireless animal location system tracks and manages animal behavior in the environment using information of pet location.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Radio Systems CorporationInventors: Richard Seltzer, Grant Given, Eric Myers
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Publication number: 20210267687Abstract: A method for evaluating placement of a prosthetic device. The method comprises designating a position in a depiction of an anatomical region that includes a first structure in which the device is to be placed, the depiction showing the first structure and/or a blood pool volume of a second structure, and wherein the designated position corresponds to a position in the first structure at which the device may be placed. The method further comprises defining a plane and offsetting a representation thereof to a point in the depiction(s) at which the device would intersect the blood pool volume if placed at the designated position. The method comprises manipulating the orientation and/or position of the offset representation and determining a cross-sectional area of the blood pool volume along the manipulated representation for evaluating obstruction through the second structure if the device was placed at a corresponding position in the first structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Dee Dee Wang, Eric Myers, William O'Neill, Marianne L. Rollet
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Publication number: 20210208235Abstract: A wireless animal location system is provided that identifies a location of a pet roaming within an environment using a single base unit. The wireless animal location system tracks and manages animal behavior in the environment using information of pet location.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Richard Seltzer, Grant Given, Eric Myers
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Publication number: 20210100619Abstract: A method of analyzing a hollow anatomical structure of interest for percutaneous implantation. The method comprises acquiring image data of an anatomical region of interest that includes the anatomical structure of interest, and generating a segmented model of the anatomical region of interest using the acquired image data. The method further comprises obtaining image(s) of the anatomical structure of interest by sectioning out intervening anatomical structures from the segmented model thereof, identifying one or more pertinent landmarks of the anatomical structure of interest in the acquired image(s), and measuring at least one of a circumference, a maximal diameter, or a minimal diameter of one or more features of the anatomical structure of interest contained in the acquired image(s) to determine an anatomical structure size. The method still further comprises reconciling the anatomical structure size and an implant size.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Dee Dee Wang, William O'Neill, Eric Myers, Michael Forbes
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Publication number: 20210093383Abstract: A method for selecting a medical device for use in the performance of a medical procedure. The method comprises acquiring image data relating to an anatomical region of interest of a patient's body and generating a multi-dimensional depiction of the anatomical region of interest using the acquired image data. The method further comprises defining a plurality of points relative to the multi-dimensional depiction, determining one or more measurements based on the defined plurality of points, and then selecting a medical device to be used based on the determined measurements.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Dee Dee Wang, Michael Forbes, Eric Myers, William O'Neill
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Patent number: 10910683Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles or other electrified components. An exemplary battery pack may include a heat exchanger plate assembly having a metallic plate and a polymeric plate that are joined together to establish a coolant circuit therebetween. The metallic plate or the polymeric plate may include a protrusion that extends through an opening of the other of the metallic plate or the polymeric plate. The protrusion may either be crimped or heat staked to a surface surrounding the opening in order to join together the metallic plate and the polymeric plate of the heat exchanger plate assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Eric Myers, Samuel Jeffrey Tomlinson, Neil Robert Burrows
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Patent number: 10881461Abstract: A method of analyzing a hollow anatomical structure of interest for percutaneous implantation. The method comprises acquiring image data of an anatomical region of interest that includes the anatomical structure of interest, and generating a segmented model of the anatomical region of interest using the acquired image data. The method further comprises obtaining image(s) of the anatomical structure of interest by sectioning out intervening anatomical structures from the segmented model thereof, identifying one or more pertinent landmarks of the anatomical structure of interest in the acquired image(s), and measuring at least one of a circumference, a maximal diameter, or a minimal diameter of one or more features of the anatomical structure of interest contained in the acquired image(s) to determine an anatomical structure size. The method still further comprises reconciling the anatomical structure size and an implant size.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Henry Ford Health SystemInventors: Dee Dee Wang, William O'Neill, Eric Myers, Michael Forbes
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Patent number: 10857876Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a filler inlet of a fuel fill line of a motorized vehicle. In one example, a filler inlet includes a fuel/air separation chamber extending at an angle relative to an opening of the filler inlet, with the opening adapted to receive a fuel nozzle. Fuel may be guided from the fuel nozzle toward a curved wall of the fuel/air separation chamber by a flow guide, and the fuel may separate from entrained air within the fuel/air separation chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Eric Myers, Mahfooz-Ul-Haq Mian
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Patent number: 10792104Abstract: A method for selecting a medical device for use in the performance of a medical procedure. The method comprises acquiring image data relating to an anatomical region of interest of a patient's body and generating a multi-dimensional depiction of the anatomical region of interest using the acquired image data. The method further comprises defining a plurality of points relative to the multi-dimensional depiction, determining one or more measurements based on the defined plurality of points, and then selecting a medical device to be used based on the determined measurements.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Henry Ford Health SystemInventors: Dee Dee Wang, Michael Forbes, Eric Myers, William O'Neill
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Publication number: 20200170715Abstract: A method for evaluating the placement of a prosthetic heart valve in a structure of interest. The method comprises acquiring one or more depictions of an anatomical region of interest that includes the structure of interest, wherein each depiction shows the structure of interest and/or the blood pool volume of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) of the patient's heart. The method further comprises designating one or more positions in at least one of the one or more depictions wherein each position corresponds to a respective position in the structure of interest at which the prosthetic valve may be placed. The method still further comprises predicting, for each of the one or more designated positions, an amount of blood flow obstruction through the LVOT of the patient's heart that would occur if the prosthetic valve was to be placed at a corresponding position in the structure of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Dee Dee Wang, William O'Neill, Eric Myers, Michael Forbes
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Publication number: 20200161722Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles or other electrified components. An exemplary battery pack may include a heat exchanger plate assembly having a metallic plate and a polymeric plate that are joined together to establish a coolant circuit therebetween. The metallic plate or the polymeric plate may include a protrusion that extends through an opening of the other of the metallic plate or the polymeric plate. The protrusion may either be crimped or heat staked to a surface surrounding the opening in order to join together the metallic plate and the polymeric plate of the heat exchanger plate assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Eric MYERS, Samuel Jeffrey TOMLINSON, Neil Robert BURROWS
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Patent number: 10601079Abstract: This disclosure relates to a battery assembly, such as a battery assembly for an electrified vehicle, and a corresponding method. An example battery assembly includes a layer of electrolyte, a plurality of first electrodes arranged on a first side of the layer of electrolyte, a plurality of second electrodes arranged on a second side of the layer of electrolyte, and a plurality of battery cells. Further, each of the battery cells includes a portion of the layer of electrolyte, one of the first electrodes, and one of the second electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Eric Myers
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Patent number: 10588697Abstract: A method for evaluating the placement of a prosthetic heart valve in a structure of interest. The method comprises acquiring one or more depictions of an anatomical region of interest that includes the structure of interest, wherein each depiction shows the structure of interest and/or the blood pool volume of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) of the patient's heart. The method further comprises designating one or more positions in at least one of the one or more depictions wherein each position corresponds to a respective position in the structure of interest at which the prosthetic valve may be placed. The method still further comprises predicting, for each of the one or more designated positions, an amount of blood flow obstruction through the LVOT of the patient's heart that would occur if the prosthetic valve was to be placed at a corresponding position in the structure of interest.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Henry Ford Health SystemInventors: Dee Dee Wang, William O'Neill, Eric Myers, Michael Forbes
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Publication number: 20190372169Abstract: This disclosure relates to a battery assembly, such as a battery assembly for an electrified vehicle, and a corresponding method. An example battery assembly includes a layer of electrolyte, a plurality of first electrodes arranged on a first side of the layer of electrolyte, a plurality of second electrodes arranged on a second side of the layer of electrolyte, and a plurality of battery cells connected. Further, each of the battery cells includes a portion of the layer of electrolyte, one of the first electrodes, and one of the second electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventor: Eric Myers