Patents by Inventor F. O'Neill

F. O'Neill 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: 12376918
    Abstract: Provided are systems and techniques for providing multiple perspectives during medical procedures. In one aspect, a method includes positioning a plurality of cannulas in a plurality of anatomical quadrants of a patient, inserting first and second surgical tools coupled to corresponding robotic arms into the respective cannulas. The method may include inserting an articulatable camera coupled to another robotic arm into another of the cannulas, where the articulatable camera is capable of showing a first view including the first surgical tool in a first anatomical quadrant and articulating to show a second view including the second surgical tool in a second anatomical quadrant. The method may further involve performing a surgical procedure in at least one of the first anatomical quadrant or the second anatomical quadrant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua F. DeFonzo, Andrew F. O'Rourke, Travis Michael Schuh, Yanan Huang, Jason Tomas Wilson
  • Patent number: 12349879
    Abstract: A handle for a medical device includes a distal portion extending longitudinally and including a distal channel extending therethrough, the distal end of the distal portion including a connector configured to connect to a proximal end of an endoscope, a central portion slidably connected to the distal portion, the central portion extending longitudinally. The handle also includes a central channel extending therethrough, the distal end of the central portion connected to a sheath, the central portion including an introducer port extending laterally therefrom so that an auxiliary tool inserted through the introducer port is directed through a lumen of the sheath. Further, the handle includes a proximal portion slidably connected to the central portion, the proximal portion extending longitudinally and including a proximal channel extending therethrough, the distal end of the proximal portion connected to a needle so that the needle is passed through the lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Raybin, Michael Powers, Gary J. Leanna, Seamus F. O′Shaughnessy, Joseph A. Levendusky
  • Patent number: 12330983
    Abstract: An article of fire rated glass and method of producing the same prepared by selecting a sheet of clear float annealed glass of at least 19 millimeters in thickness and providing the edge of the sheet substantially free of imperfections. The glass sheet is then specially tempered at a temperature of at least 575 degrees Celsius for a period of at least 750 seconds, followed by a cooling step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: O'KEEFFE'S, INC.
    Inventors: William F O'Keeffe, Sean A Ross
  • Patent number: 12319614
    Abstract: An article of fire rated glass and method of producing the same prepared by selecting a sheet of clear float annealed glass of at least 19 millimeters in thickness and providing the edge of the sheet substantially free of imperfections. The glass sheet is then specially tempered at a temperature of at least 575 degrees Celsius for a period of at least 750 seconds, followed by a cooling step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: O'KEEFFE'S, INC.
    Inventors: William F. O'Keeffe, Sean A. Ross
  • Patent number: 12310804
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system can include one or more adjustable arm supports that support one or more robotic arms. The adjustable arm supports can be configured to attach to either a table, a column support of the table, or a base of the table to deploy the adjustable arm supports and robotic arms from a position below the table. In some examples, the adjustable arm supports include at least four degrees of freedom that allow for adjustment of the position of a bar or rail to which the robotic arms are mounted. One of the degrees of freedom can allow the adjustable arm support to be adjusted vertically relative to the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Auris Health Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Eyre, Colin Allen Wilson, Andrew F. O'Rourke, Travis C. Covington, Sven Wehrmann
  • Publication number: 20250134091
    Abstract: A device and method for protecting a window or other apparatus or location from birds or other pests. The device utilizes lights, motion, and/or sounds to chase away the pests once the pests are detected. For example, birds approaching a window can be detected and the device using light, sound, and/or motion to chase the birds off to avoid a collision with the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: O'KEEFFE'S, INC.
    Inventor: William F O'Keeffe
  • Patent number: 12281040
    Abstract: An article of fire rated glass and method of producing the same prepared by selecting a sheet of clear float annealed glass of at least 19 millimeters in thickness and providing the edge of the sheet substantially free of imperfections. The glass sheet is then specially tempered at a temperature of at least 575 degrees Celsius for a period of at least 750 seconds, followed by a cooling step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: O'KEEFFE'S, INC.
    Inventors: William F O'Keeffe, Sean A Ross
  • Publication number: 20250058158
    Abstract: A portable fire shelter that utilizes an absorbent layer that is impregnated with a fire resistant liquid or gel. The fire shelter is packaged in a way that prevents the liquid or gel from evaporating or hardening. The fire shelter can be transported to the fire zone using robots or drones, and when deployed the fire shelter provides an interior space that maintains a temperature of less than 200° F. in a fire environment that can reach hundreds, or more than a thousand, degrees f for a period sufficient to protect an object or a person until the fire blows by. Also provided is a method of a person in a fire zone calling for the transportation of the portable fire shelter into the fire zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: O'KEEFFE'S, INC.
    Inventor: William F O'Keeffe
  • Patent number: 12227111
    Abstract: In accordance with exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for controlling regenerative braking of a vehicle is provided that include: obtaining, via one or more sensors of the vehicle, sensor data pertaining to a load on the vehicle during a particular vehicle drive; determining, via a processor of the vehicle, a maximum regenerative braking torque for the vehicle for the particular vehicle drive based on the load on the vehicle; and controlling the regenerative braking of the vehicle during the particular vehicle drive, via instructions provided by the processor, based on the maximum regenerative braking torque for the vehicle for the particular vehicle drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Allen Robere, Eric E Krueger, Arthur D Drennen, Michael F O′Leary
  • Publication number: 20250023860
    Abstract: Techniques for syncing authentication and/or authorization tokens, cookies, and related metadata across different browser instances to enable disparate applications to share a single authentication/authorization ceremony. The techniques may include receiving a policy indicating multiple enterprise-managed applications that are capable of sharing tokens or cookies for user authentication. The techniques may also include receiving a token or a cookie indicating that a user is authenticated to access a first application of the multiple enterprise-managed applications. Based at least in part on the policy, the token or the cookie may be provided to a browser such that a second application of the multiple enterprise-managed applications refrains from causing the user to authenticate for access to the second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Vincent E. Parla, Michael F. O'Gorman, Cullen Frishman Jennings
  • Patent number: 12125089
    Abstract: A computer system and method for transacting business over the Internet relating to vehicle purchasing. A first computer data base is provided having information regarding vehicles for sale wherein each vehicle has associated vehicle data parameters and a second computer data base is provided having information regarding a user wherein each user has associated user data parameters. A vehicle purchase server is provided that includes application software including a routine permitting the selection of specific vehicle data parameters from the first data base contingent upon user data parameters contained in the second data base based upon inquiries from a user regarding a vehicle description. Vehicle matching results including one or more vehicles recommended for the user are presented via a GUI accessible by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: UIPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Heather C. Pollard, Misti Renteria, Cathy F. O'Sullivan, Joel E. Galvan, James S. Harrison
  • Publication number: 20240280269
    Abstract: An artificial log assembly includes an artificial log and a fuel supply. The artificial log is a non-flammable material. The artificial log has an outer wall defining a main portion rounded about and elongated along an axis and a branch portion extending from the main portion transverse to the main portion. The artificial log has a cavity extending along the main portion and from the main portion into the branch portion. Slits extend through the outer wall to the cavity. A fuel supply is in the cavity. The fuel supply includes a main pipe elongated along the axis in the cavity along the main portion and a branch pipe extending from the main pipe in the cavity along the branch portion. Fuel outlets are along the main pipe and are spaced along the axis. At least one of the fuel outlets extends from the branch pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Voni D. Flaherty, Timothy S. Flaherty, Kevin F. O'Connor, Timothy Allons, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12032044
    Abstract: We have developed a high-performance, low-volume, low-weight, and low-power sensor based on a self-sustaining oscillator. The techniques described here may be used for sensing various fields; we demonstrate magnetic sensing. The oscillator is based on a dielectric resonator that contains paramagnetic defects and is connected to a sustaining amplifier in a feedback loop. The resonance frequency of the dielectric resonator shifts in response to changes in the magnetic field, resulting in a shift in the frequency of the self-sustaining oscillator. The value of the magnetic field is thereby encoded in the shift or modulation output of the self-sustaining oscillator. The sensor as demonstrated uses no optics, no input microwaves, and, not including digitization electronics, consumes less than 300 mW of power and exhibits a sensitivity at or below tens of pT/?{square root over (Hz)}. In some implementations, the sensor is less than 1 mL in volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Danielle A. Braje, Jennifer Schloss, Linh M. Pham, John F. Barry, Erik R. Eisenach, Michael F. O'Keeffe, Jonah A. Majumder, Jessica Kedziora, Peter Moulton, Matthew Steinecker
  • Patent number: 11978494
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory device that includes the steps of receiving a read command and a target address in a non-volatile memory (NVM) array, in which the NVM array is divided into a plurality of blocks based on row and column addresses, performing a read operation on NVM cells in the target address and coupling an output of each NVM cell read to a sensing circuit, generating a local reference voltage based on a base reference voltage and an adjustment reference voltage corresponding to the target address of the NVM cells being read and a block that the NVM cells belong thereto, and offsetting the base reference voltage with the adjustment reference voltage, and coupling the local reference voltage to the sensing circuit. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Kim, Alan D. Devilbiss, Kapil Jain, Patrick F. O'Connell, Franklin Brodsky, Shan Sun, Fan Chu
  • Publication number: 20240138934
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing concomitant medical procedures are disclosed. In one aspect, the method involves controlling a first robotic arm to insert a first medical instrument through a first opening of a patient and controlling a second robotic arm to insert a second medical instrument through a second opening of the patient. The first robotic arm and the second robotic arm are part of a first platform and the first opening and the second opening are positioned at two different anatomical regions of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua F. DEFONZO, Alexander Tarek HASSAN, Frederic H. MOLL, David Stephen MINTZ, David M. SCHUMMERS, Paxton H. MAEDER-YORK, Andrew F. O'ROURKE
  • Patent number: 11909436
    Abstract: In ultra-wideband or impulse radio terahertz wireless communication, the electromagnetic signal may experience group delay dispersion (GDD). Without correction, this can degrade the achievable data transmission rate. An apparatus comprising a stratified structure having a front portion and a back portion is disclosed. The structure comprises a plurality of adjacent layers of differing refractive indices, wherein each layer has a refractive index different from an immediately adjacent layer. The structure further includes a backing layer at the back portion. The structure defines a GDD, which can be adjusted, and the structure is configured to introduce the GDD to an incident electromagnetic signal and thereby produce a dispersion-compensated electromagnetic signal when the incident signal is reflected by the structure. The GDD of the structure is configured to substantially cancel out the dispersive effects experienced by the electromagnetic signal in the signal path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges
    Inventors: John F. O'Hara, Karl Louthan Strecker
  • Patent number: 11903661
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing concomitant medical procedures are disclosed. In one aspect, the method involves controlling a first robotic arm to insert a first medical instrument through a first opening of a patient and controlling a second robotic arm to insert a second medical instrument through a second opening of the patient. The first robotic arm and the second robotic arm are part of a first platform and the first opening and the second opening are positioned at two different anatomical regions of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua F. DeFonzo, Alexander Tarek Hassan, Frederic H. Moll, David Stephen Mintz, David M. Schummers, Paxton H. Maeder-York, Andrew F. O'Rourke
  • Publication number: 20240001770
    Abstract: In accordance with exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for controlling regenerative braking of a vehicle is provided that include: obtaining, via one or more sensors of the vehicle, sensor data pertaining to a load on the vehicle during a particular vehicle drive; determining, via a processor of the vehicle, a maximum regenerative braking torque for the vehicle for the particular vehicle drive based on the load on the vehicle; and controlling the regenerative braking of the vehicle during the particular vehicle drive, via instructions provided by the processor, based on the maximum regenerative braking torque for the vehicle for the particular vehicle drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Allen Robere, Eric E. Krueger, Arthur D. Drennen, Michael F. O'leary
  • Patent number: D1010097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Warming Trends, LLC
    Inventors: Voni D. Flaherty, Timothy S. Flaherty, Kevin F. O'Connor, Timothy Allons, Jr., Colin Gray
  • Patent number: RE49817
    Abstract: A mechanism for supporting and positioning a glass floor unit relative to a base utilizing a support positioned to contact the glass floor unit. An adjuster interacts with a receiver fixed to the base. The adjuster includes a contact element which moves the support and exerts a force against the glass floor unit in an upward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: O'KEEFFE'S, INC.
    Inventor: William F. O'Keeffe