Patents by Inventor Eric Willis
Eric Willis 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: 20170286368Abstract: Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein may relate to dynamic display of representations of digital content for user interaction on computing devices, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Simon Kayode Osindero, Robert Jaros, Eric Willis, Clayton Mellina, Anastasia Svetlichnaya
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Patent number: 9710433Abstract: Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein may relate to dynamic display of representations of digital content for user interaction on computing devices, for example, including displaying a collection of content items on a display of a computing device, wherein a two-or-more-dimensional spatial arrangement of individual content items of the displayed collection comprises individual content items being positioned relative to other individual content items based, at least in part, on analytic characterizations of one or more attributes of the individual content items.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Simon Kayode Osindero, Robert Jaros, Eric Willis, Clayton Mellina, Anastasia Svetlichnaya
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Patent number: 9492260Abstract: Systems and methods for neuromodulation of a female patient suffering from a pelvic condition, such as incontinence, are disclosed. A mechanical stimulus such as pressure, tension, traction, friction, or vibration for example can be applied to one, two, or more clitoral structures sufficient to cause a physiologic stimulus or inhibition, such as neuromodulation to treat or prevent the pelvic condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: ParaPatch, Inc.Inventors: Cora St. Anne, Joseph St. Anne, Cindy Santa Cruz, Theodore V. Benderev, Eric Willis, Kevin Wasserstein
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Publication number: 20160058553Abstract: An accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) for implantation within a capsular bag of a patient's eye comprises first and second components coupled together to define an inner fluid chamber and an outer fluid reservoir. The inner region of the AIOL provides optical power with one or more of the shaped fluid within the inner fluid chamber or the shape of the first or second components. The fluid reservoir comprises a bellows region with one or more folds of the bellows extending circumferentially around an optical axis of the eye. The bellows engages the lens capsule, and a compliant fold region between the inner and outer bellows portions allows the profile of the AIOL to deflect when the eye accommodates for near vision. Fluid transfers between the inner fluid chamber and the outer fluid reservoir to provide optical power changes when the eye accommodates.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Amr SALAHIEH, Claudio P. ARGENTO, Tom SAUL, Bob VAUGHAN, Eric WILLIS, Ali SALAHIEH
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Publication number: 20160022399Abstract: Systems and methods for neuromodulation of a female patient suffering from a pelvic condition, such as incontinence, are disclosed. A mechanical stimulus such as pressure, tension, traction, friction, or vibration for example can be applied to one, two, or more clitoral structures sufficient to cause a physiologic stimulus or inhibition, such as neuromodulation to treat or prevent the pelvic condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Cora St. Anne, Joseph St. Anne, Cindy Santa Cruz, Theodore V. Benderev, Eric Willis, Kevin Wasserstein
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Publication number: 20160008126Abstract: An intraocular lens (IOL) for implantation within a capsular bag of a patient's eye comprises an optical structure and a haptic structure. The optical structure comprises a planar member, a plano convex member, and a fluid optical element defined between the planar member and the plano convex member. The fluid optical element has an optical power. The haptic structure couples the planar member and the plano convex member together at a peripheral portion of the optical structure. The haptic structure comprises a fluid reservoir in fluid communication with the fluid optical element and a peripheral structure for interfacing to the lens capsule. Shape changes of the lens capsule cause one or more of volume or shape changes to the fluid optical element in correspondence to deformations in the planar member to modify the optical power of the fluid optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Amr SALAHIEH, Claudio P. ARGENTO, Tom SAUL, Bob VAUGHAN, Eric WILLIS
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Patent number: 8813181Abstract: A verification system which can be used over electronic networks, such as the Internet, to help prevent phishing, electronic identity theft, and similar illicit activities, by verifying the authenticity of electronic entities (for example, websites). Users and electronic entities register with an authenticating entity. The authenticating entity shares an encryption method with registered electronic entities and establishes a secret code for each registered electronic entity. The secret code is combined with other information and encrypted before being transmitted over the network to ensure that the secret code cannot be compromised. Also disclosed are systems for virtual token devices, which provided object-based authentication without a physical device. Also disclosed are dynamic media credentials, which display nearly-unique behavior, previously specified and known to a user, to assist in verifying the authenticity of the presenter.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2006Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Inventor: Taun Eric Willis
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Publication number: 20140164913Abstract: Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein may relate to dynamic display of representations of digital content for user interaction on computing devices, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Robert Jaros, Eric Willis, Clayton Mellina, Stacey Svetlichnaya
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Publication number: 20120022454Abstract: A device for use in a process that involves accessing a bodily space includes a flexible tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a channel extending between the proximal and distal ends of the flexible tube, and a tissue engagement device coupled to the distal end of the flexible tube, wherein the tissue engagement device comprises a body with threads and a port located on the body, the port being in fluid communication with the channel of the flexible tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: INSITE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: James Wall, Eric Willis
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Publication number: 20100256483Abstract: A device for use in a process that involves accessing an epidural space includes an elongated member having a distal end and a proximal end, a sensor located at the distal end of the elongated member, a handle coupled to the proximal end of the elongated member, and an indicator coupled to the sensor, wherein the indicator is configured to provide a sensory indication for assisting a user to identify a desired entry path to access an epidural space, wherein the indicator is configured to provide the sensory indication based at least in part on a signal received from the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: InSite Medical Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Wall, Kenneth Wu, Eric Willis, Zachary J. Malchano, Wenkang Qi, Wilfred Samson, Michael H. Rosenthal
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Patent number: 7621895Abstract: Methods and delivery devices for maximizing injectate dispersion in lesioned tissue using needle-based injection devices are herein disclosed. The delivery devices include injection devices with various needle arrays and/or modified needle tip configurations. The needle tip configurations can include linear, hooked or corkscrew tips and/or multiple circumferential openings.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2006Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.Inventors: Geoffrey H. Willis, Eric Willis, Shuji Uemura, Mike Stewart, Alfredo Cantu
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Publication number: 20070270757Abstract: Methods and delivery devices for maximizing injectate dispersion in lesioned tissue using needle-based injection devices are herein disclosed. The delivery devices include injection devices with various needle arrays and/or modified needle tip configurations. The needle tip configurations can include linear, hooked or corkscrew tips and/or multiple circumferential openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2006Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Geoffrey H. Willis, Eric Willis, Shuji Uemura, Mike Stewart, Alfredo Cantu
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Publication number: 20060270909Abstract: Devices and methods for stabilizing a portion of an organ or tissue in a closed or restricted space surgical site. Devices and methods for manipulating an organ or tissue in a closed or restricted space surgical site. Devices and methods for positioning and orienting stabilizers and manipulators I a closed or restricted space surgical site.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2005Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventors: John Davis, Geoffrey Willis, Eric Willis, Charles Gresl, Peter Callas, Thomas Vassiliades
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Publication number: 20030125757Abstract: A debulking catheter comprising a tissue debulking assembly for removing material from a body lumen. Catheters of the present invention generally include a catheter body having proximal and distal portions and a tissue debulking assembly disposed at least partially within the distal portion. The tissue debulking assembly is radially movable to expose at least a portion of the assembly through a window on the catheter body to contact material in the body lumen. The catheter may then be moved to allow the tissue debulking assembly to remove all or a portion of the material. In exemplary embodiments, the distal portion of the catheter body is rotatably coupled to the proximal portion such that rotation or deflection of the distal portion, relative to the proximal portion, urges the window against material in the body lumen, exposes the tissue debulking assembly through the window, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Applicant: FOX HOLLOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Himanshu Patel, John B. Simpson, Darren G. Doud, Gautama B. Venegas, Eric Willis, Brett Follmer, Tim Corvi
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Publication number: 20030018346Abstract: Devices, methods, and kits for removing material from a body lumen. The devices and methods may be used in a variety of body lumens, including but not limited to coronary arteries and other blood vessels. In general, the device or catheter has a scoop-shaped cutting blade mounted on a catheter body for removing material from a body lumen. The cutting blade has a cutting edge that travels a curved path about a pivot point of the blade, preferably moving in an outward direction from the catheter body to engage the target material for removal. The scoop-shaped blade has a collection surface located behind the cutting edge to collect material removed from said body lumen. Advantageously, a scoop-shaped cutting blade according to the present invention facilitates material engagement and the collection surface may be used to bring material back into the catheter body as the blade begins to part-off material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2002Publication date: January 23, 2003Applicant: Fox Hollows Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brett Follmer, Stephen Boyd, Eric Willis
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Patent number: 6447525Abstract: Devices, methods, and kits for removing material from a body lumen. The devices and methods may be used in a variety of body lumens, including but not limited to coronary arteries and other blood vessels. In general, the device or catheter has a scoop-shaped cutting blade mounted on a catheter body for removing material from a body lumen. The cutting blade has a cutting edge that travels a curved path about a pivot point of the blade, preferably moving in an outward direction from the catheter body to engage the target material for removal. The scoop-shaped blade has a collection surface located behind the cutting edge to collect material removed from said body lumen. Advantageously, a scoop-shaped cutting blade according to the present invention facilitates material engagement and the collection surface may be used to bring material back into the catheter body as the blade begins to part-off material.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1999Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Fox Hollow Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brett Follmer, Stephen Boyd, Eric Willis
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Publication number: 20020010483Abstract: Devices, methods, and kits for removing material from a body lumen. The devices and methods may be used in a variety of body lumens, including but not limited to coronary arteries and other blood vessels. In general, the device or catheter has a scoop-shaped cutting blade mounted on a catheter body for removing material from a body lumen. The cutting blade has a cutting edge that travels a curved path about a pivot point of the blade, preferably moving in an outward direction from the catheter body to engage the target material for removal. The scoop-shaped blade has a collection surface located behind the cutting edge to collect material removed from said body lumen.. Advantageously, a scoop-shaped cutting blade according to the present invention facilitates material engagement and the collection surface may be used to bring material back into the catheter body as the blade begins to part-off material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 1999Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: BRETT FOLLMER, STEPHEN BOYD, ERIC WILLIS
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Patent number: D706519Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.Inventors: Donald Roland Speck, Stephen Robert Dahl, Eric Willis