Patents by Inventor Heather Knight
Heather Knight 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: 8909370Abstract: An interactive system for interacting with a sentient being. The system includes a robotic companion of which the sentient being may be a user and an entity which employs the robot as a participant in an activity involving the user. The robotic companion responds to inputs from an environment that includes the user during the activity. The robotic companion is capable of social and affective behavior either under control of the entity or in response to the environment. The entity may provide an interface by which an operator may control the robotic companion. Example applications for the interactive system include as a system for communicating with patients that have difficulties communicating verbally, a system for teaching remotely-located students or students with communication difficulties, a system for facilitating social interaction between a remotely-located relative and a child, and systems in which the user and the robot interact with an entity such as a smart book.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2008Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Walter Dan Stiehl, Cynthia Breazeal, Jun Ki Lee, Allan Z Maymin, Heather Knight, Robert L. Toscano, Iris M. Cheung
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Publication number: 20140180054Abstract: An ECG lead set including an ECG electrode assembly and a lead set hub. ECG electrode includes at least one electrode configured to receive biopotential signals from a patient, a plug connector for connecting said ECG electrode assembly, a web, connected between the at least one electrode and the plug connector and configured to form an electrical connection therebetween. The lead set hub includes at least one receptacle configured to receive the plug connector of the ECG electrode assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Kathleen Tremblay, Linda D'Eleia, Dennis Dell'Accio, Heather Knight, Peter Meyer, Mark Callahan, Mark Tauer, David Selvitelli, Eliot Zaiken
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Patent number: 8571627Abstract: An ECG lead set assembly including a lead set hub and a retractable reel assembly retained within the lead set hub. The retractable reel assembly includes a reel member adapted for rotation within the lead set hub and an electrode lead wrapped about the reel member and having an electrical conductor for connecting to an electrode for receiving biopotential signals from a patient. The electrode lead is extendable from the reel member upon rotation within the lead set hub.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Kathleen Tremblay, Linda Davis, Heather Knight, Peter Meyer, Mark J Callahan, Mark Tauer
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Publication number: 20120226177Abstract: An ECG lead set including an ECG electrode assembly and a lead set hub. ECG electrode includes at least one electrode configured to receive biopotential signals from a patient, a plug connector for connecting said ECG electrode assembly, a web, connected between the at least one electrode and the plug connector and configured to form an electrical connection therebetween. The lead set hub includes at least one receptacle configured to receive the plug connector of the ECG electrode assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LPInventors: Mark J. Callahan, Linda Davis, Dennis Dell'Accio, Heather Knight, Peter Meyer, David Selvitelli, Mark Tauer, Kathleen Tremblay, Eliot Zaiken
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Publication number: 20120226129Abstract: An ECG lead set including an ECG electrode assembly and a lead set hub. ECG electrode includes at least one electrode configured to receive biopotential signals from a patient, a plug connector for connecting said ECG electrode assembly, a web, connected between the at least one electrode and the plug connector and configured to form an electrical connection therebetween. The lead set hub includes at least one receptacle configured to receive the plug connector of the ECG electrode assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Mark Callahan, Linda Davis, Dennis Dell'Accio, Heather Knight, Peter Meyer, David Selvitelli, Mark Tauer, Kathleen Tremblay, Eliot Zaiken
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Publication number: 20120226131Abstract: An ECG lead set including an ECG electrode assembly and a lead set hub. ECG electrode includes at least one electrode configured to receive biopotential signals from a patient, a plug connector for connecting said ECG electrode assembly, a web, connected between the at least one electrode and the plug connector and configured to form an electrical connection therebetween. The lead set hub includes at least one receptacle configured to receive the plug connector of the ECG electrode assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Mark Callahan, Linda Davis, Dennis Dell'Accio, Heather Knight, Peter Meyer, David Selvitelli, Mark Tauer, Kathleen Tremblay, Eliot Zaiken
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Publication number: 20090055019Abstract: An interactive system for interacting with a sentient being. The system includes a robotic companion of which the sentient being may be a user and an entity which employs the robot as a participant in an activity involving the user. The robotic companion responds to inputs from an environment that includes the user during the activity. The robotic companion is capable of social and affective behavior either under control of the entity or in response to the environment. The entity may provide an interface by which an operator may control the robotic companion. Example applications for the interactive system include as a system for communicating with patients that have difficulties communicating verbally, a system for teaching remotely-located students or students with communication difficulties, a system for facilitating social interaction between a remotely-located relative and a child, and systems in which the user and the robot interact with an entity such as a smart book.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Walter Dan Stiehl, Cynthia Breazeal, Jun Ki Lee, Allan Z. Maymin, Heather Knight, Robert L. Toscano, Iris M. Cheung
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Publication number: 20080177168Abstract: An ECG lead set including an ECG electrode assembly and a lead set hub. ECG electrode includes at least one electrode configured to receive biopotential signals from a patient, a plug connector for connecting said ECG electrode assembly, a web, connected between the at least one electrode and the plug connector and configured to form an electrical connection therebetween. The lead set hub includes at least one receptacle configured to receive the plug connector of the ECG electrode assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Mark Callahan, Linda Davis, Dennis Dell'Accio, Heather Knight, Peter Meyer, David Selvitelli, Mark Tauer, Kathleen Tremblay, Eliot Zaiken