Patents by Inventor Gary A. Stafford

Gary A. Stafford 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).

  • Publication number: 20220313121
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing a compressible interconnect for allowing electrical communication between an electronics unit and an analyte sensor in an on-body analyte monitoring device. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided for reducing the Z-height of an on-body analyte monitoring device by utilizing novel interconnects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Gary A. Stafford
  • Publication number: 20220303032
    Abstract: Apparatus is for reception and transmission of data signals at one or more user locations. The data signals are received from and transmitted to remote locations typically via a satellite or cell phone transmission system. The operating condition of the apparatus at the user location is selectively adaptable such as to take into account the particular format in which the data signals are received or are to be transmitted to thereby allow the apparatus to be used in different locations and adapted for use at the time of installation or at a time after installation with no, or minimal, intervention or skilled technical personnel attendance being required at the user location to allow the operation of the apparatus to be adapted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Gary Stafford
  • Patent number: 11259725
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing a compressible interconnect for allowing electrical communication between an electronics unit and an analyte sensor in an on-body analyte monitoring device. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided for reducing the Z-height of an on-body analyte monitoring device by utilizing novel interconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventor: Gary A. Stafford
  • Publication number: 20210113118
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing a compressible interconnect for allowing electrical communication between an electronics unit and an analyte sensor in an on-body analyte monitoring device. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided for reducing the Z-height of an on-body analyte monitoring device by utilizing novel interconnects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Gary A. Stafford
  • Publication number: 20210076987
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing a compressible interconnect for allowing electrical communication between an electronics unit and an analyte sensor in an on-body analyte monitoring device. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided for reducing the Z-height of an on-body analyte monitoring device by utilizing novel interconnects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Gary A. Stafford
  • Publication number: 20200389707
    Abstract: A system for the transmission of data to a plurality of user devices from one or more sources. User devices located at a receiving location having a wireless range area and provided with capability of receiving data transmitted wirelessly within the area and processing the same to allow video and/or audio generated from the received data by the user device which typically includes a user interface to allow user interaction via the device to select, from one or more available programs or program channels, a program to be viewed and/or listed to via the device. The data for the selected program is obtained from the wirelessly transmitted data so as to be available to the user device. Typically a server and processing means for the data are located at a transmitting head end of a satellite transmission system and at the receiving location there is provided at least one set of wireless data transmission apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Fisher, Gary Stafford
  • Patent number: 10765351
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing a compressible interconnect for allowing electrical communication between an electronics unit and an analyte sensor in an on-body analyte monitoring device. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided for reducing the Z-height of an on-body analyte monitoring device by utilizing novel interconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventor: Gary A. Stafford
  • Publication number: 20200044930
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for aiding in the connectivity of data which is received in one but typically a plurality of manners from remote locations to user end devices which are connected to a data distribution network, at least part of which carries the data in an optical format. The combination and transfer of the data to device simultaneously is achieved through the use of a control means in the form of a software defined networking (SDN) enable orchestration function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Gary Stafford, Pandelis Kourtessis, Matthew Robinson
  • Publication number: 20180048934
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system which allows the user selection of programs to be viewed and or listened to from a group of channels or programs which is a subset of the data for programs or channels which are received by a server in a conventional manner. The subset or group is selected in accordance with predefined criteria and the data for the group is then wirelessly transmitted to a defined area, within which users, via a user interface provided on their device, can choose to select a program from the group. In one embodiment the data for the group of programs or channels is adapted prior to transmission to allow the wireless transmission to be more reliable and in one embodiment the data for the group is transmitted as a multicast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Stafford, Steven Fisher
  • Publication number: 20170340249
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing a compressible interconnect for allowing electrical communication between an electronics unit and an analyte sensor in an on-body analyte monitoring device. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided for reducing the Z-height of an on-body analyte monitoring device by utilizing novel interconnects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventor: Gary A. Stafford
  • Publication number: 20170296740
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing modular components in an integrated infusion device and analyte monitoring system where the components are independently repleaceable are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Udo Hoss, Gary A. Stafford
  • Patent number: 9750444
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing a compressible interconnect for allowing electrical communication between an electronics unit and an analyte sensor in an on-body analyte monitoring device. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided for reducing the Z-height of an on-body analyte monitoring device by utilizing novel interconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventor: Gary A. Stafford
  • Patent number: 9661377
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus and a method for the receipt and processing of data signals carried in a plurality of predefined frequency bands and allowing a frequency band required at an instant of time to be selected from the predefined frequency bands from which data is to be retrieved. Passing the data signals from the wanted band to a transmitter and/or receiver including first and second mixing means to process the data signals, typically using in-phase and quadrative data feeds to create a predefined representation of the wanted frequency band, to provide an output for receipt by at least one broadcast data receiver and at least the transmitter and/or receiver is provided as part of an integrated circuit rather than as separate connected components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Global Invacom Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary Stafford, Graham Leach, Ian Watson
  • Patent number: 9636450
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing modular components in an integrated infusion device and analyte monitoring system where the components are independently replaceable are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Inventors: Udo Hoss, Gary A. Stafford
  • Publication number: 20170020417
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing a compressible interconnect for allowing electrical communication between an electronics unit and an analyte sensor in an on-body analyte monitoring device. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided for reducing the Z-height of an on-body analyte monitoring device by utilizing novel interconnects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Gary A. Stafford
  • Patent number: 9397928
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system, apparatus and method for the distribution of digital data signals, which are received at a receiving means, to be sent to a plurality of locations downstream therefrom, in an efficient manner. The received data is received in a first format such as an RF format with a plurality of different components and is then changed in format, in one embodiment to an optical format. The data path is also split to allow a plurality of data paths to be defined which allow the data to be transmitted along the plurality of data paths to each of the downstream locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBAL INVACOM LTD
    Inventor: Gary Stafford
  • Patent number: 9351669
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing a compressible interconnect for allowing electrical communication between an electronics unit and an analyte sensor in an on-body analyte monitoring device. In other embodiments, systems and methods are provided for reducing the Z-height of an on-body analyte monitoring device by utilizing novel interconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventor: Gary A. Stafford
  • Publication number: 20150334332
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for the distribution and processing of data, for video and/or audio and most typically HDMI, IF and/or stored data, via a cable connection system to a plurality of sets of processing apparatus at a location such as a domestic or commercial premises. The method and apparatus allow the distribution of the HDMI data to be achieved in a robust and reliable manner via a plurality of diplexer apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Global InvaCom Ltd.
    Inventor: Gary Stafford
  • Publication number: 20150334428
    Abstract: Apparatus and a system is provided to allow the distribution of received data to a number of data processing apparatus and to make selected portions of the data available to each of the data processing apparatus in response to a user selection. The network includes the use of first and further data processing components which can be provided as integrated circuits and which therefore do not require the use of conventional electromechanical switching apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Global InvaCom Ltd
    Inventor: Gary Stafford
  • Publication number: 20150281766
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus and a method for the receipt and processing of data signals carried in a plurality of predefined frequency bands and allowing a frequency band required at an instant of time to be selected from the predefined frequency bands from which data is to be retrieved. Passing the data signals from the wanted band to a transmitter and/or receiver including first and second mixing means to process the data signals, typically using in-phase and quadrative data feeds to create a predefined representation of the wanted frequency band, to provide an output for receipt by at least one broadcast data receiver and at least the transmitter and/or receiver is provided as part of an integrated circuit rather than as separate connected components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Graham Leach, Ian Watson, Gary Stafford