Patents by Inventor Howard Smith
Howard Smith 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: 11963906Abstract: A flow control device for a compressible bottle may include a reservoir, the reservoir comprising an ophthalmic formulation disposed therein, the ophthalmic formulation comprising an ophthalmic agent and a preservative; a reservoir interface, disposed at a mouth of the reservoir, the reservoir interface comprising one or more apertures, the one or more apertures in the reservoir interface fluidically connecting an interior of the reservoir and an exterior of the reservoir; a nozzle, the nozzle comprising: an outlet and a nozzle cap, the nozzle cap comprising one or more apertures, the one or more apertures in the nozzle cap fluidically connecting the outlet and a reservoir-facing surface of the nozzle; and an axis of rotation, wherein rotation of the nozzle about the axis of rotation relative to the reservoir aligns the one or more apertures in the reservoir interface with the one or more apertures in the nozzle cap.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TearClear Corp.Inventors: Howard L. Golub, Srini Venkatesh, Edward Browka, Joe Ranalletta, Eli Nichols, Peter Smith, Theodore Mosler, Kristin Benokraitis
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Patent number: 11947447Abstract: An electronic system includes a first data retriever to communicate with a first database associated with an analytic tool, and a second data retriever to communicate with a second database associated with an electronic testing device; wherein the analytic tool is configured to store information regarding actual usage of a product in the first database; wherein the electronic testing device is configured to store product testing data for the product in the second database; wherein the first data retriever comprises a first communication interface to electronically receive the information; wherein the second data retriever comprises a second communication interface to electronically receive the product testing data; and wherein the electronic system further comprises a processing unit configured to compute a score indicating a quality of product testing for the product based on the information regarding the actual usage of the product and/or the product testing data.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Rainforest QA, Inc.Inventors: Chris Yin, Russell Howard Smith, Frederick Henry Stevens-Smith, Derek Choy, Elliot Beaudoin
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Patent number: 11935151Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a graphics processing system that includes one or more integrated graphics systems and one or more discrete graphics systems. In some examples, an operating system (OS) or other software supports switching between image display data being provided from either an integrated graphics system or a discrete graphics system by configuring a multiplexer at runtime to output image data to a display. In some examples, a multiplexer is not used and interface supported messages are used to transfer image data from an integrated graphics system to a discrete graphics system and the discrete graphics system generates and outputs image data to a display. In some examples, interface supported messages are used to transfer image data from a discrete graphics system to an integrated graphics system and the integrated graphics system uses an overlay process to generate a composite image for output to a display.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: James E. Akiyama, John Howard, Murali Ramadoss, Gary K. Smith, Todd M. Witter, Satish Ramanathan, Zhengmin Li
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Publication number: 20240077951Abstract: An input device includes a control surface for a color correction system. The control surface includes a housing with an upwardly facing control panel. The control panel has a proximal edge which is nearest a user and a distal edge that is furthest from a user in normal use. The control panel includes a plurality of controls. The plurality of controls includes: a plurality of trackballs, wherein each trackball comprises a ball and a control ring, said ball cooperating with at least one encoder to generate a multi-dimensional control signal based on motion of the ball, and said control ring cooperating with at least one encoder to generate a one dimensional control signal based on the rotational motion of the ring, wherein the ball of said trackball is mounted concentrically with said control ring; a plurality of control buttons; and a plurality of knobs coupled to respective rotary encoders.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Grant David Petty, Simon Milne Kidd, John Anthony Vanzella, Shannon Howard Smith, Andrew James Godin, Benjamin Hill, Lachlan James Karp
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Publication number: 20220250827Abstract: Provided is an insulation liner for use inside a shipping carton that affords thermal insulation and shock absorption for an object to be shipped, a liner and carton system, a method of production of the insulation liner, and methods of use. The insulation liner includes a larger component folded into three panels, a smaller component folded into three panels, and standoffs disposed on the surfaces of both the larger component and the smaller component. The standoffs may be oriented inwardly or outwardly. When oriented outwardly they create an interstitial air space that reduces conduction allowing the insulation effect of the liner and carton system to equal or exceed that of a molded polystyrene container of an equal size.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventor: Steven Howard Smith
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Patent number: 11392277Abstract: An electronic product testing system includes: a testing device configured to generate and to provide a digital image that includes a feature of a product being tested, and to provide product testing instruction for the product; and a tracking device configured for tracking a cursor movement with respect to the digital image, and/or a selection of an item in the digital image, and to generate product testing data based on a result of the tracking; wherein the tracking device is also configured to output the product testing data for storage in a non-transitory medium, the non-transitory medium having a database structure that is configured to store the product testing data in association with the digital image and the product testing instruction.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Inventors: Maciej Gryka, Russell Howard Smith, Frederick Henry Stevens-Smith
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Patent number: 11392278Abstract: An electronic product testing system includes: a testing device configured to generate and to provide a digital image that includes a feature of a product being tested, and to provide product testing instruction for the product; and a tracking device configured for tracking a cursor movement with respect to the digital image, and/or a selection of an item in the digital image, and to generate product testing data based on a result of the tracking; wherein the tracking device is also configured to output the product testing data for storage in a non-transitory medium, the non-transitory medium having a database structure that is configured to store the product testing data in association with the digital image and the product testing instruction.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Inventors: Maciej Gryka, Russell Howard Smith, Frederick Henry Stevens-Smith
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Publication number: 20220183545Abstract: A drive assembly for driving an imaging catheter has a rotatable fiber and a rotatable drive shaft. The drive assembly includes a fiber optic rotating junction and a motor configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the fiber optic rotating junction. In some embodiments, the drive assembly includes a sensor configured to detect a rotational position of the fiber optic rotating junction and a processor configured to obtain the detected rotational position and stop the motor only when the fiber optic rotating junction is in a predetermined rotational position. In some embodiments, the motor includes a hollow shaft through which at least a portion of the fiber optic rotating junction extends.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Brian Y. TACHIBANA, Charles W. McNALL, Michael ZUNG, Peter Howard SMITH, Brian CHIU, Douglas Joseph Scott BOURNE, Priyanshu GUPTA
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Publication number: 20220168011Abstract: An atherectomy catheter includes an elongate flexible catheter body, a cutter near the distal end of the catheter body, a drive shaft connected to the cutter and extending within the catheter body, an imaging element near the distal end of the catheter body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Himanshu N. PATEL, John B. SIMPSON, Anthony J. FERNANDEZ, Richard R. NEWHAUSER, Priyanshu GUPTA, Michael ZUNG, Wendy Ngo LAM, Maegan K. SPENCER, Peter Howard SMITH, Stephen C. DAVIES, Nicholas J. SPINELLI, Charles W. MCNALL, Theodore W. KETAI, Manish KANKARIA, Mark W. ASKEW, Kent C.B. STALKER
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Patent number: 11334473Abstract: An electronic product testing system includes: a testing device having a processing unit configured to provide a digital image that includes a feature of a product to be tested based at least in part on an instruction file; wherein the testing device is configured to test the product based at least in part on a set of digits by submitting the set of digits for processing by a repository.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Rainforest QA, Inc.Inventors: Russell Howard Smith, Otávio Elias Dalarossa, Jonathan David Barber
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Patent number: 11312563Abstract: Provided is an insulation liner for use inside a shipping carton that affords thermal insulation and shock absorption for an object to be shipped, a liner and carton system, a method of production of the insulation liner, and methods of use. The insulation liner includes a larger component folded into three panels, a smaller component folded into three panels, and standoffs disposed on the surfaces of both the larger component and the smaller component. The standoffs may be oriented inwardly or outwardly. When oriented outwardly they create an interstitial air space that reduces conduction allowing the insulation effect of the liner and carton system to equal or exceed that of a molded polystyrene container of an equal size.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Inventor: Steven Howard Smith
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Patent number: 11284916Abstract: An atherectomy catheter includes an elongate flexible catheter body, a cutter near the distal end of the catheter body, a drive shaft connected to the cutter and extending within the catheter body, an imaging element near the distal end of the catheter body.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Avinger, Inc.Inventors: Himanshu N. Patel, John B. Simpson, Anthony J. Fernandez, Richard R. Newhauser, Priyanshu Gupta, Michael Zung, Wendy Ngo Lam, Maegan K. Spencer, Peter Howard Smith, Stephen C. Davies, Nicholas J. Spinelli, Charles W. McNall, Theodore W. Ketai, Manish Kankaria, Mark W. Askew, Kent C. B. Stalker
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Patent number: 11206975Abstract: A drive assembly for driving an imaging catheter has a rotatable fiber and a rotatable drive shaft. The drive assembly includes a fiber optic rotating junction and a motor configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the fiber optic rotating junction. In some embodiments, the drive assembly includes a sensor configured to detect a rotational position of the fiber optic rotating junction and a processor configured to obtain the detected rotational position and stop the motor only when the fiber optic rotating junction is in a predetermined rotational position. In some embodiments, the motor includes a hollow shaft through which at least a portion of the fiber optic rotating junction extends.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Avinger, Inc.Inventors: Brian Y. Tachibana, Charles W. McNall, Michael Zung, Peter Howard Smith, Brian Chiu, Douglas Joseph Scott Bourne, Priyanshu Gupta
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Patent number: 11191906Abstract: An apparatus and methods for tracking administering of medication by syringes is provided. The apparatus may include a plunger head for a syringe. The plunger head may include a transducer that sends and receives ultrasonic signals. The plunger may also include an antenna and a microcontroller that interfaces with the transducer and the antenna. The plunger may also include a power source that powers the microcontroller and the transducer. The transducer, the antenna, the microcontroller, and the power source may be at least partially encapsulated in an elastomer housing that fits within a barrel of the syringe. The microcontroller may be programmed with instructions to calculate data representative of the quantity of medication dispensed from the barrel and transmit the data to a remote device via the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Benjamin David Krasnow, Peter Howard Smith, Travis Deyle, Russell Mirov
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Patent number: 11180716Abstract: A cleaning formulation has from 10 to 99 wt % water, from 0.8 to 40 wt % surfactant, optionally other additives, and from 0.2 to 20 wt % of a solvent additive of formula (I): R1—O-(AO)n—C(?O)—R2??(I) where R1 is C3 to C12 alkyl, AO is an alkylene oxide group selected from an ethylene oxide group, a propylene oxide group and a butylene oxide group. At least one AO group in the solvent additive is an ethylene oxide group. The solvent additive has a water solubility of less than 1 wt % in deionised water at 20° C. and the surfactant enables the solvent additive to dissolve and/or disperse in the cleaning formulation. In a method of cleaning an oily or waxy soil from a hard surface, the solvent additive is applied to the hard surface and optionally rinsed with water. The solvent additive is used in a cleaning formulation to improve the percentage soil removal.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Croda, Inc.Inventors: Bingham Scott Jaynes, Xin Chen, Li Chen, Mei-Ly Chua, Joseph William Scheblein, Gregory Howard Smith
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Patent number: 10942163Abstract: Devices for micro-fluid mixing micro-fluids are presented, together with example methods for micro-mixing using example devices. An example device may include a micro-volume fluid chamber (?VFC), a micro-volume mixing chamber (?VMC), and a source of a target micro fluid. The ?VFC may include two slidably-mounted piston segments that divide the ?VFC into three sub-volumes, one of which initially contains a mixer micro-fluid. The source of the target micro fluid may be triggered to deliver the target micro-fluid into another of the sub-volumes via an inlet channel. A propellant may be triggered to drive axial motion of the piston segments, causing the sub-volumes to compress. Through this action, the mixer micro-fluid may be expelled via a first outlet channel into the ?VMC, and the target micro-fluid may be expelled via a second outlet channel into the ?VMC. As the piston segments move, they block and unblock the inlet and outlet channels.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLCInventors: Benjamin David Krasnow, Eric Peeters, Peter Howard Smith, Ethan Glassman
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Publication number: 20210065206Abstract: A method of analyzing a specific medical treatment provides efficient and effective statistical results to be included in a preponderance of evidence and/or affidavit of merit for any allegation of negligence. Following standards of care, the method creates a hypothetical treatment and determines an associated background risk of adverse outcome thereof. The method subdivides both the hypothetical treatment and the specific treatment into individual phases. By comparing the specific treatment with the hypothetical treatment in each phase, the method generates the relative risks for the phases of the specific treatment and groups them into a sample. Conducting a Student t-test with a predetermined level of confidence, the method tests a null hypothesis that the risk of an adverse outcome for the specific treatment is not significantly different from the hypothetical treatment, thus the specific treatment conforms to the standards of care. This method can help make medicine great again.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Carl Anthony Mecca, Howard Smith, Suman Shukla, Umesh Shukla
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Publication number: 20210054309Abstract: A cleaning formulation has from 10 to 99 wt % water, from 0.8 to 40 wt % surfactant, optionally other additives, and from 0.2 to 20 wt % of a solvent additive of formula (I): R1—O-(AO)n—C(?O)—R2??(I) where R1 is C3 to C12 alkyl, AO is an alkylene oxide group selected from an ethylene oxide group, a propylene oxide group and a butylene oxide group. At least one AO group in the solvent additive is an ethylene oxide group. The solvent additive has a water solubility of less than 1 wt % in deionised water at 20° C. and the surfactant enables the solvent additive to dissolve and/or disperse in the cleaning formulation. In a method of cleaning an oily or waxy soil from a hard surface, the solvent additive is applied to the hard surface and optionally rinsed with water. The solvent additive is used in a cleaning formulation to improve the percentage soil removal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Croda, Inc.Inventors: Bingham Scott Jaynes, Xin Chen, Li Chen, Mei-Ly Chua, Joseph William Scheblein, Gregory Howard Smith
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Publication number: 20200369455Abstract: Provided is an insulation liner for use inside a shipping carton that affords thermal insulation and shock absorption for an object to be shipped, a liner and carton system, a method of production of the insulation liner, and methods of use. The insulation liner includes a larger component folded into three panels, a smaller component folded into three panels, and standoffs disposed on the surfaces of both the larger component and the smaller component. The standoffs may be oriented inwardly or outwardly. When oriented outwardly they create an interstitial air space that reduces conduction allowing the insulation effect of the liner and carton system to equal or exceed that of a molded polystyrene container of an equal size.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventor: Steven Howard Smith
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Publication number: 20200367812Abstract: Devices are provided to automatically inject drugs or other payloads into or beneath skin. These devices include an injector configured to drive a hollow needle into the skin and subsequently to deliver the payload through the hollow needle. Applied suction acts to draw blood from the puncture formed in the skin through the hollow needle, into the device, and to a sensor, blood storage element, or other payload. In some examples, the blood is drawn through the hollow needle when the hollow needle is penetrating the skin. In some examples, these devices are additionally configured to retract the hollow needle from the skin and/or to perform some other functions. These devices can be wearable and configured to automatically access blood or deliver a payload into skin, for example, to operate at one or more points in time while a wearer of a device is sleeping.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Benjamin David Krasnow, Eric Peeters, Peter Howard Smith