Patents by Inventor Hugh A. Edwards

Hugh A. Edwards 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: 11950348
    Abstract: A vapor delivery device includes an induction coil system. The induction coil system can include a coiled fluid tube, a coiled wire, a capsule between the coiled fluid tube and the wire, and a cooling fluid supply configured to force a cooling fluid through the capsule across the coiled wire. The induction coil system can include a closed loop ferrite core, a wire coiled around a first portion of the ferrite core, and a fluid tube coiled around a second portion of the ferrite core. A wire coil can be contained in a cartridge system removably coupleable to a disposable vapor delivery device. The system can include a fluid flow controller and induction power regulation to maintain a specific operating pressure range for vapor within a uterus or other bodily cavity, tract, or duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Aegea Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Van Zandt Moyer, Uriel Hiram Chee, Torrey Pine Smith, Hugh Edward Magen, Darin Charles Gittings
  • Publication number: 20240095974
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for brain tractography by shading fiber bundles. In one aspect, a method includes forwarding patient brain data for presentation to a user; receiving, from the user, a selection of a brain parcel in response to presentation of the patient brain data; forwarding, for display to the user, tract health data comprising i) tract data for tracts connected to the brain parcel and ii) at least one metric for the tracts, the metric reflecting the health of the tracts; and taking an action in response to forwarding the tract health data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Stephane Philippe Doyen, Jake Robert Palmer, Hugh Monro Taylor, Michael Edward Sughrue
  • Publication number: 20230297366
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for two-way synchronization of infrastructure-as-code templates and instances, including a method comprising detecting changes to a run-time state of a system and, in response to detecting a change, triggering an update of a current run-time state model. The method may further comprise, in response to updating the run-time state model, comparing the updated model to a current model using a template in a local repository instantiated as the current model. The method may further comprise, in response to the comparison determining a structural difference between the updated model and the current model, merging the updated model and the current model into a new model; and updating a local clone of a repository of the template with the new model. The method may further comprise, in response to the comparison determining no structural difference between the updated model and the current model, pushing changes to a remote repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Wigglesworth, Miguel Jimenez, Gabriel Tamura, Hans Albert Muller, Ian Fraser Watts, Hugh Edward Hockett
  • Publication number: 20230255607
    Abstract: A tissue collection system for collection a sample from the body. The system includes an outer tubular member having a proximal end region to a distal end region and defining a lumen extending from the proximal end region to the distal end region, an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer tubular member, the inner tubular member defining a lumen extending from a proximal end region to a distal end region of the inner tubular member, and a tissue collection device disposed adjacent to the distal end region of the inner tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Crawford, Enda Connaughton, Peter Brady, Hugh Edward Mulcahy
  • Patent number: 11650845
    Abstract: A processor may identify an action of a first device of the IoT devices. The processor may initiate a transfer from the first device to one or more other devices of the IoT devices. The processor may pause each thread being executed by the first device and the one or more other devices. The processor may transfer a unit from the first device to the one or more other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vaibhav Vijay Gadge, Hugh Edward Hockett
  • Publication number: 20230123303
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one aspect includes identifying environmental information for a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) system; and adjusting one or more resources allocated to one or more applications within the HCI system, based on the environmental information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Sandeep Ramesh Patil, Shajeer K. Mohammed, Vinatha Chaturvedi, Yu-Cheng Hsu, Hugh Edward Hockett, Sridhar Muppidi
  • Publication number: 20230065952
    Abstract: A vapor delivery device includes an induction coil system. The induction coil system can include a coiled fluid tube, a coiled wire, a capsule between the coiled fluid tube and the wire, and a cooling fluid supply configured to force a cooling fluid through the capsule across the coiled wire. The induction coil system can include a closed loop ferrite core, a wire coiled around a first portion of the ferrite core, and a fluid tube coiled around a second portion of the ferrite core. A wire coil can be contained in a cartridge system removably coupleable to a disposable vapor delivery device. The system can include a fluid flow controller and induction power regulation to maintain a specific operating pressure range for vapor within a uterus or other bodily cavity, tract, or duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Van Zandt Moyer, Uriel Hiram Chee, Torrey Pine Smith, Hugh Edward Magen, Darin Charles Gittings
  • Patent number: 11576236
    Abstract: A vapor delivery device includes an induction coil system. The induction coil system can include a coiled fluid tube, a coiled wire, a capsule between the coiled fluid tube and the wire, and a cooling fluid supply configured to force a cooling fluid through the capsule across the coiled wire. The induction coil system can include a closed loop ferrite core, a wire coiled around a first portion of the ferrite core, and a fluid tube coiled around a second portion of the ferrite core. A wire coil can be contained in a cartridge system removably coupleable to a disposable vapor delivery device. The system can include a fluid flow controller and induction power regulation to maintain a specific operating pressure range for vapor within a uterus or other bodily cavity, tract, or duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Aegea Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Van Zandt Moyer, Uriel Hiram Chee, Torrey Pine Smith, Hugh Edward Magen, Darin Charles Gittings
  • Publication number: 20220374261
    Abstract: A processor may identify an action of a first device of the IoT devices. The processor may initiate a transfer from the first device to one or more other devices of the IoT devices. The processor may pause each thread being executed by the first device and the one or more other devices. The processor may transfer a unit from the first device to the one or more other devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: VAIBHAV VIJAY GADGE, Hugh Edward Hockett
  • Patent number: 11497089
    Abstract: A vapor delivery device includes an induction coil system. The induction coil system can include a coiled fluid tube, a coiled wire, a capsule between the coiled fluid tube and the wire, and a cooling fluid supply configured to force a cooling fluid through the capsule across the coiled wire. The induction coil system can include a closed loop ferrite core, a wire coiled around a first portion of the ferrite core, and a fluid tube coiled around a second portion of the ferrite core. A wire coil can be contained in a cartridge system removably coupleable to a disposable vapor delivery device. The system can include a fluid flow controller and induction power regulation to maintain a specific operating pressure range for vapor within a uterus or other bodily cavity, tract, or duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Aegea Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Van Zandt Moyer, Uriel Hiram Chee, Torrey Pine Smith, Hugh Edward Magen, Darin Charles Gittings
  • Publication number: 20220265201
    Abstract: A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus is provided, which can include any number of features. The method can include the steps of inserting a uterine device into the uterus and performing a uterine integrity test to determine that the uterus is intact and not perforated. Systems for performing these methods with monitored flow rate and independent of patient height relative to the pressure source are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Bilgor Peliks, Darin Charles Gittings, Hugh Edward Magen, Uriel Hiram Chee
  • Patent number: 11331037
    Abstract: A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus is provided, which can include any number of features. The method can include the steps of inserting a uterine device into the uterus and performing a uterine integrity test to determine that the uterus is intact and not perforated. Systems for performing these methods with monitored flow rate and independent of patient height relative to the pressure source are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Aegea Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bilgor Peliks, Darin Charles Gittings, Hugh Edward Magen, Uriel Hiram Chee
  • Publication number: 20220039853
    Abstract: A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus. The method can include the steps of inserting a uterine ablation device into the uterus; expanding a distal anchor; inflating a proximal balloon to pull the distal anchor proximally and seat the distal anchor against the internal os of the uterus; inflating a central balloon to seal the cervix; delivering vapor from the uterine ablation device into the uterus; and condensing the vapor on tissue within the uterus. The system can include a cervical collar adapted to place a distal portion of the device within the uterus when the cervical collar contacts an external os of the cervix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Donnell William Gurskis, Robert Bilgor Peliks, Hugh Edward Magen, Roxanne Daniels, Steven Robert Bacich
  • Patent number: 11219479
    Abstract: A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus is provided, which can include any number of features. The method can include the steps of inserting a uterine device into the uterus and performing a uterine integrity test to determine that the uterus is intact and not perforated. If it is determined that the uterus is not perforated, a patency test can be performed to determine that the uterine device is not clogged or embedded in tissue. If the uterus is intact and the device is not clogged or embedded in tissue, the uterus can be treated with the uterine device, e.g., uterine ablation. Systems for performing these methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Aegea Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Uriel Hiram Chee, Robert Bilgor Peliks, Hugh Edward Magen, Donnell William Gurskis, Steven Robert Bacich
  • Patent number: 11160597
    Abstract: A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus. The method can include the steps of inserting a uterine ablation device into the uterus; expanding a distal anchor; inflating a proximal balloon to pull the distal anchor proximally and seat the distal anchor against the internal os of the uterus; inflating a central balloon to seal the cervix; delivering vapor from the uterine ablation device into the uterus; and condensing the vapor on tissue within the uterus. The system can include a cervical collar adapted to place a distal portion of the device within the uterus when the cervical collar contacts an external os of the cervix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Aegea Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Donnell William Gurskis, Robert Bilgor Peliks, Hugh Edward Magen, Roxanne Daniels, Steven Robert Bacich
  • Patent number: 11132226
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, systems and computer program products that leverage infrastructure code (IaC) to provision applications in a computing environment as virtual resources. A plurality of containers operating parallel to one another process resource provisioning requests. A central application provisioner orchestrates the containerized provisioning of resources using IaC. Application provisioner introspects IaC templates defining the provisioning request and creates a graph of the templates, mapping requested resources to containers based on the specification of the containers available. Application provisioner spins up idle containers and distributes resource provisioning tasks amongst the idle containers. An idle container provisions an assigned resource and outputs individual state information describing the provisioned resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sagar Jadhav, Hugh Edward Hockett
  • Publication number: 20210208934
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, systems and computer program products that leverage infrastructure code (IaC) to provision applications in a computing environment as virtual resources. A plurality of containers operating parallel to one another process resource provisioning requests. A central application provisioner orchestrates the containerized provisioning of resources using IaC. Application provisioner introspects IaC templates defining the provisioning request and creates a graph of the templates, mapping requested resources to containers based on the specification of the containers available. Application provisioner spins up idle containers and distributes resource provisioning tasks amongst the idle containers. An idle container provisions an assigned resource and outputs individual state information describing the provisioned resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Sagar Jadhav, Hugh Edward Hockett
  • Publication number: 20210071239
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for polynucleotide sequencing that detect the location of selected nucleobases with greater precision. The methods can be used to determine the location and nature of modified bases in a polynucleotide, that is, non-canonical bases, or to improve accuracy of sequencing of “problem” regions of DNA sequencing such as homopolymers, GC rich areas, etc. The sequencing method exemplified is nanopore sequencing. Nanopore sequencing is used to generate a unique signal at a point in a polynucleotide sequence where an abasic site (AP site, or apurinic or apyrimidinic site) exists. As part of the method, an abasic site is specifically created enzymatically using a DNA glycosylase that recognizes a pre-determined nucleobase species and cleaves the N-glycosidic bond to release only that base, leaving an AP site in its place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Miten Jain, Hugh Edward Olsen, Mark A. Akeson
  • Patent number: 10760117
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for polynucleotide sequencing that detect the location of selected nucleobases with greater precision. The methods can be used to determine the location and nature of modified bases in a polynucleotide, that is, non-canonical bases, or to improve accuracy of sequencing of “problem” regions of DNA sequencing such as homopolymers, GC rich areas, etc. The sequencing method exemplified is nanopore sequencing. Nanopore sequencing is used to generate a unique signal at a point in a polynucleotide sequence where an abasic site (AP site, or apurinic or apyrimidinic site) exists. As part of the method, an abasic site is specifically created enzymatically using a DNA glycosylase that recognizes a pre-determined nucleobase species and cleaves the N-glycosidic bond to release only that base, leaving an AP site in its place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Miten Jain, Hugh Edward Olsen, Mark A. Akeson
  • Patent number: 10749773
    Abstract: Embodiments provide optimized deployment of workloads. A first workload to be deployed in at least one data center of a plurality of data centers is received. A first plurality of candidate data centers is selected from the plurality of data centers, and the first workload is deployed to each of the first plurality of candidate data centers. A first performance metric is collected from each respective data center of the first plurality of candidate data centers based on execution of the first workload deployed at the respective data centers, and a first optimal data center from the first plurality of candidate data centers is identified based on the first performance metrics. The first workload is removed from each of the first plurality of candidate data centers, other than the identified first optimal data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hugh Edward Hockett, Lin Sun, Aaron James Quirk