Patents by Inventor Erik Holverson
Erik Holverson 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: 11796822Abstract: A modular sensor and display module comprises an enclosure with a rigid frame and front and back visor lens encapsulating sensors, waveguide optics, and display/projection devices that provide various functions for a typical head-mounted device. A front visor may conceal sensors and other components and may further provide dimming for holographic displays. The modular sensor and display module may include a standard interface for attachment to various fit systems, including, for example, headband, VR headset, glasses temples, helmet, and the like. A further module, such as a rear-attachment module, may be provided that can provide auxiliary compute, storage, and power resources for the modular sensor and display module.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Nicolas Denhez, Paul Andrew Bosveld, Louis Berger, Young Duk Song, Erik Holverson, Eric Witt
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Publication number: 20230127396Abstract: A modular sensor and display module comprises an enclosure with a rigid frame and front and back visor lens encapsulating sensors, waveguide optics, and display/projection devices that provide various functions for a typical head-mounted device. A front visor may conceal sensors and other components and may further provide dimming for holographic displays. The modular sensor and display module may include a standard interface for attachment to various fit systems, including, for example, headband, VR headset, glasses temples, helmet, and the like. A further module, such as a rear-attachment module, may be provided that can provide auxiliary compute, storage, and power resources for the modular sensor and display module.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Nicolas DENHEZ, Paul Andrew BOSVELD, Louis BERGER, Young Duk SONG, Erik HOLVERSON, Eric WITT
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Patent number: 10076254Abstract: A wearable computing device includes an electro-optical sensor to translate received light into an electrical signal. During a first mode of operation of the wearable computing device, a physical parameter of a wearer of the wearable computing device is assessed from the electrical signal. During a second mode of operation of the wearable computing device, encoded communication data is extracted from the electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Kevin Woo, Ceasar Barcenas de Leon, Vinod L. Hingorani, Erik Holverson
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Publication number: 20160166153Abstract: A wearable computing device includes an electro-optical sensor to translate received light into an electrical signal. During a first mode of operation of the wearable computing device, a physical parameter of a wearer of the wearable computing device is assessed from the electrical signal. During a second mode of operation of the wearable computing device, encoded communication data is extracted from the electrical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Kevin Woo, Ceasar Barcenas de Leon, Vinod L. Hingorani, Erik Holverson
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Patent number: 8847930Abstract: A combination writing pen and stylus is disclosed. The device has an internal ink cartridge deployable through a hole in the stylus tip. The stylus tip extends from a sleeve that is formed of a conductive elastomeric material. The sleeve extends up a rigid shaft of the device such that it contacts a sufficient ground. The stylus tip may be coated with a protective material that adjusts the coefficient of friction and prevents carbon deposits on the touch screen. A sufficient contact patch is achieved to simulate a human finger so as to overcome false positives from common touch screen logic. This is done by altering tip geometries around an air cavity within the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Wimo Labs LLCInventors: Geoffrey Arthur Coleridge Boyd, Erik A. Holverson, Scott Wilson
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Patent number: 8663270Abstract: A jaw movement mechanism for surgical tools has improved mechanical efficiency and other advantages. The jaw movement mechanism controls the orientation and position of a movable jaw relative to a fixed jaw through a range of movement of the movable jaw. The jaws maintain a parallel orientation throughout a portion of the range of movement of the movable jaw. The jaws maintain an angular relationship throughout a portion of the range of movement of the movable jaw.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Conmed CorporationInventors: Stephen Donnigan, Eric Sugalski, Erik Holverson, Randall Koplin, Michael Gregor
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Publication number: 20130038579Abstract: A combination writing pen and stylus is disclosed. The device has an internal ink cartridge deployable through a hole in the stylus tip. The stylus tip extends from a sleeve that is formed of a conductive elastomeric material. The sleeve extends up a rigid shaft of the device such that it contacts a sufficient ground. The stylus tip may be coated with a protective material that adjusts the coefficient of friction and prevents carbon deposits on the touch screen. A sufficient contact patch is achieved to simulate a human finger so as to overcome false positives from common touch screen logic. This is done by altering tip geometries around an air cavity within the sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: Wimo Labs LLCInventors: Geoffrey Arthur Coleridge Boyd, Erik A. Holverson, Scott Wilson
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Patent number: 8104473Abstract: A system for securing a mask onto a subject's head is provided. The system may include a mask base, a mask latch, and a mask head strap. The mask base may be configured to support a gas delivery conduit for delivering gas to the subject. The mask latch may be pivotally coupled to the mask base about an axis extending generally laterally across the mask base. The mask head strap may be configured to be positioned around a subject's head and coupled to the mask latch such that rotation of the mask latch about the axis and relative to the mask base adjusts the mask head strap.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Brian Woodard, Erik Holverson, James deBeers, Benjamin K. Sun
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Publication number: 20120022583Abstract: A crossbar lever of a surgical tool has a bridge portion which extends forward and a transverse portion. The bridge portion is retained between the second and third fingers of the surgeon's hand, and this retention establishes greater control and stability of the surgical tool. The crossbar lever pivots relative to a handgrip of a handle assembly and a shaft assembly extends from the handle assembly. Tissue contacting or manipulating devices such as jaws are located at the forward end of the shaft assembly. The surgical tool is particularly useful in performing minimally invasive surgical procedures.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Eric Sugalski, Erik Holverson, Christopher Houghton
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Publication number: 20120022584Abstract: A jaw movement mechanism for surgical tools has improved mechanical efficiency and other advantages. The jaw movement mechanism controls the orientation and position of a movable jaw relative to a fixed jaw through a range of movement of the movable jaw. The jaws maintain a parallel orientation throughout a portion of the range of movement of the movable jaw. The jaws maintain an angular relationship throughout a portion of the range of movement of the movable jaw.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Stephen Donnigan, Eric Sugalski, Erik Holverson, Randall Koplin, Michael Gregor
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Patent number: 7975693Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, an adjustable gas delivery system is provided. The system may include a face mask, an arm apparatus, and a gasket. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to a subject, and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion, the rigid base portion including a gas inlet. The arm apparatus may be configured to deliver gas to the face mask. The arm apparatus may include a gas outlet having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the gas inlet of the base portion of the face mask. The gasket may couple the gas outlet of the arm apparatus with the gas inlet of the face mask. The gasket may be flexible such that the orientation of the face mask relative to the arm apparatus is adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Edward M. Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Benjamin K Sun
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Patent number: 7900630Abstract: A gas delivery mask apparatus is provided. The mask apparatus may include a mask body, a face mask, and a bellows. The mask body may include a tube configured to extend upwardly adjacent a subject's forehead. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to the subject and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a substantially rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion. The bellows may be configured to couple the tube with the substantially rigid base portion of the face mask. The bellows may be flexible to allow movement of the face mask relative to the tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Edward M. Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Steve Trebotich
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Patent number: 7849855Abstract: A noise-suppressing gas exhaust system for a gas delivery mask is provided. The system may include a face mask, an arm assembly, and a gas exhaust member. The face mask may be configured to interface with a subject's face. The arm assembly may be configured to support the face mask. The gas exhaust member may be coupled to the arm assembly and may include a single gas passageway extending therethrough. The gas passageway may extend from a first opening formed in a first side of the gas exhaust member to a second opening formed in a second side of the gas exhaust member. The first opening may have a cross-sectional area of about 0.01 square inches to about 0.03 square inches, and the second opening may have a substantially larger cross-sectional area than the cross-sectional area of the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Brian Woodard, Erik Holverson, Benjamin K. Sun
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Publication number: 20100000539Abstract: A system for securing a mask onto a subject's head is provided. The system may include a mask base, a mask latch, and a mask head strap. The mask base may be configured to support a gas delivery conduit for delivering gas to the subject. The mask latch may be pivotally coupled to the mask base about an axis extending generally laterally across the mask base. The mask head strap may be configured to be positioned around a subject's head and coupled to the mask latch such that rotation of the mask latch about the axis and relative to the mask base adjusts the mask head strap.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2009Publication date: January 7, 2010Inventors: BRIAN WOODARD, ERIK HOLVERSON, JAMES DEBEERS, BENJAMIN K. SUN
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Patent number: 7600514Abstract: A system for securing a mask onto a subject's head is provided. The system may include a mask base, a mask latch, and a mask head strap. The mask base may be configured to support a gas delivery conduit for delivering gas to the subject. The mask latch may be pivotally coupled to the mask base about an axis extending generally laterally across the mask base. The mask head strap may be configured to be positioned around a subject's head and coupled to the mask latch such that rotation of the mask latch about the axis and relative to the mask base adjusts the mask head strap.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Brian Woodard, Erik Holverson, James deBeers, Benjamin K. Sun
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Patent number: 7490608Abstract: A system for adjusting a gas delivery mask is provided. The system may include a base, an arm pivotally coupled to the base, and an intermediate member slidably coupled to both the base and the arm. The arm may include a first threaded portion, and the intermediate member may include a second threaded portion coupled to the first threaded portion. Rotation of the second threaded portion relative to the first threaded portion may slide the intermediate member along the arm and relative to the base such that the arm pivots relative to the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Nellcorr Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Dave Brown, James deBeers, Erik Holverson, Ngee Lee, Roger T. Persson, Shiv Kumar, Benjamin K. Sun
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Publication number: 20090032025Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, an adjustable gas delivery system is provided. The system may include a face mask, an arm apparatus, and a gasket. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to a subject, and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion, the rigid base portion including a gas inlet. The arm apparatus may be configured to deliver gas to the face mask. The arm apparatus may include a gas outlet having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the gas inlet of the base portion of the face mask. The gasket may couple the gas outlet of the arm apparatus with the gas inlet of the face mask. The gasket may be flexible such that the orientation of the face mask relative to the arm apparatus is adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Ed Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Benjamin K. Sun
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Patent number: 7455063Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, an adjustable gas delivery system is provided. The system may include a face mask, an arm apparatus, and a gasket. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to a subject, and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion, the rigid base portion including a gas inlet. The arm apparatus may be configured to deliver gas to the face mask. The arm apparatus may include a gas outlet having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the gas inlet of the base portion of the face mask. The gasket may couple the gas outlet of the arm apparatus with the gas inlet of the face mask. The gasket may be flexible such that the orientation of the face mask relative to the arm apparatus is adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Ed Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Benjamin K. Sun
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Publication number: 20060283456Abstract: A gas delivery mask apparatus is provided. The mask apparatus may include a mask body, a face mask, and a bellows. The mask body may include a tube configured to extend upwardly adjacent a subject's forehead. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to the subject and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a substantially rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion. The bellows may be configured to couple the tube with the substantially rigid base portion of the face mask. The bellows may be flexible to allow movement of the face mask relative to the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2005Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventors: Edward Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Steve Trebotich
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Publication number: 20060283460Abstract: A system for adjusting a gas delivery mask is provided. The system may include a base, an arm pivotally coupled to the base, and an intermediate member slidably coupled to both the base and the arm. The arm may include a first threaded portion, and the intermediate member may include a second threaded portion coupled to the first threaded portion. Rotation of the second threaded portion relative to the first threaded portion may slide the intermediate member along the arm and relative to the base such that the arm pivots relative to the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2005Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventors: Dave Brown, James deBeers, Erik Holverson, Ngee Lee, Roger Persson, Shiv Kumar, Benjamin Sun