Patents by Inventor James Alexander Gordon
James Alexander Gordon 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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Publication number: 20240074743Abstract: A diffuser for use with a wound retractor and configured to deliver gases includes an interface tube for connecting to a gases supply and a diffuser interface positioned at a proximal end of the interface tube, the diffuser interface configured for delivering gases received from the gases supply through the interface tube, and the diffuser interface comprising a diffusion mechanism configured to deliver gases in a diffusion direction. A wound retractor with an integrated diffuser is also disclosed. The wound retractor includes an upper ring, a lower ring, a sleeve extending between and connecting the upper ring to the lower ring, and an integrated diffuser interface having a gases inlet and a diffusion mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Bernard Tsz Lun Ip, Joseph Patrick Walter Strevens, Jessica Rachel Fogarin, Jonathan Stuart McFedries, James Alexander Gordon, Michael Joseph Blackhurst, Jonathan David Harwood, Ali Ghalib Abdul Rahman Ghalib, Natalie May Robertson
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Publication number: 20240058560Abstract: The disclosure relates to a patient interface for non-invasive ventilation. The patient interface is configured to seal about the mouth and nares of a patient and includes an outer wall defining an interior volume which includes a first chamber having one or more oral openings to communicate gas with the mouth and a second chamber having one or more nare openings to communicate gas with the nares. The patient interface further includes a dividing wall that separates the first chamber from the second chamber. The patient interface further includes one or more flow directors which enable gas to flow into the second chamber from the first chamber the first chamber from the second chamber. The one or more flow directors are configured to direct the gas flow through the one or more nare openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: James Alexander GORDON, Sascha Kristopher ZOELLNER, Joseph Jules NIHOTTE, Ashani Melisha PERERA, Vicky Dan GAO, Neil Gray DUTHIE, Saachi SHAHRI, Frederic Walter Williamson STRAUSS, Christopher WHARMBY, Ryan Anthony GRAHAM, Andre VAN SCHALKWYK
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Patent number: 11779321Abstract: A diffuser for use with a wound retractor and configured to deliver gases includes an interface tube for connecting to a gases supply and a diffuser interface positioned at a proximal end of the interface tube, the diffuser interface configured for delivering gases received from the gases supply through the interface tube, and the diffuser interface comprising a diffusion mechanism configured to deliver gases in a diffusion direction. A wound retractor with an integrated diffuser is also disclosed. The wound retractor includes an upper ring, a lower ring, a sleeve extending between and connecting the upper ring to the lower ring, and an integrated diffuser interface having a gases inlet and a diffusion mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Bernard Tsz Lun Ip, Joseph Patrick Walter Strevens, Jessica Rachel Fogarin, Jonathan Stuart McFedries, James Alexander Gordon, Michael Joseph Blackhurst, Jonathan David Harwood, Ali Ghalib Abdul Rahman Ghalib, Natalie May Robertson
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Patent number: 11733379Abstract: A robotic cleaning appliance includes a housing, surface treatment item, surface type detection sensor, and processor. The sensor emits sonic signals toward a surface being traversed and receives corresponding returned signals from the surface. The returned signals are used for surface type detection and include directly reflected primary returned signals and multi-path reflected secondary returned signals which return at a later time than the primary returned signals. The processor selects a window of time after transmission of a sonic signal such that the returned signals in the window comprise at least a portion of the secondary returned signals, wherein the window is related to round trip time-of-flight of the returned signals; processes the returned signals falling in the window to achieve a reflectivity metric; compares the reflectivity metric to a stored value; and based on the comparison, determines which surface type of a plurality of surface types has been detected.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.Inventors: James Alexander Gordon, David Horsley, Sebastien Riccardi
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Publication number: 20230126084Abstract: This invention relates to a surgical smoke evacuation system for use in removing gases and smoke created in surgical procedures form within an insufflated surgical cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Michael Joseph Blackhurst, James Alexander Gordon, Jonathan David Harwood, David John Bain
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Publication number: 20220342069Abstract: A robotic cleaning appliance includes a housing, surface treatment item, surface type detection sensor, and processor. The sensor emits sonic signals toward a surface being traversed and receives corresponding returned signals from the surface. The returned signals are used for surface type detection and include directly reflected primary returned signals and multi-path reflected secondary returned signals which return at a later time than the primary returned signals. The processor selects a window of time after transmission of a sonic signal such that the returned signals in the window comprise at least a portion of the secondary returned signals, wherein the window is related to round trip time-of-flight of the returned signals; processes the returned signals falling in the window to achieve a reflectivity metric; compares the reflectivity metric to a stored value; and based on the comparison, determines which surface type of a plurality of surface types has been detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: InvenSense, Inc.Inventors: James Alexander GORDON, David HORSLEY, Sebastien RICCARDI
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Patent number: 11439775Abstract: This invention relates to a surgical smoke evacuation system for use in removing gases and smoke created in surgical procedures form within an insufflated surgical cavity, Such a system comprises a discharge assembly adapted to form a gases path, and having an end which in use is located within said surgical cavity so that gases and/or surgical smoke inside said cavity can pass out of said cavity and through said discharge assembly along said gases path, a flexible discharge limb having an operational site end and an outlet end, and a self-supporting wall defining a gases flow passage between said operational site end and said outlet end, in use said open operational site end sealingly connected to said discharge assembly so that said gases and/or surgical smoke can pass out of said discharge assembly and into said discharge limb, a filter connected in use to the outlet end of the discharge limb, at least part of said wall of the discharge limb formed from a breathable material, said breathable material allowType: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Michael Joseph Blackhurst, James Alexander Gordon, Jonathan David Harwood, David John Bain
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Publication number: 20220257890Abstract: A cushion module for a patient interface is disclosed. The cushion module comprising a first cavity, a second cavity, a nasal aperture and an oral aperture. The first and second cavities are separated by a cavity wall that enables respiratory gas to flow within the cushion module between the first and second cavities when in use. Additionally, the first cavity is configured to communicate respiratory gas to both the mouth and the nares of a patient via the oral aperture and the nasal aperture respectively. The cushion module comprises an exhaust vent to communicate respiratory gas from within the cushion module to externally of the cushion module and the second cavity is in communication with the exhaust vent. Also disclosed are a cavity wall and a cushion module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Sascha Kristopher ZOELLNER, Neil Gray DUTHIE, Joseph Jules NIHOTTE, Ashani Melisha PERERA, Grant Leigh NELSON, Brendan O'NEILL, James Alexander GORDON, Ryan Anthony GRAHAM
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Patent number: 11397262Abstract: A robotic cleaning appliance includes a housing, surface treatment item, surface type detection sensor, and processor. The sensor emits sonic signals toward a surface being traversed and receives corresponding returned signals from the surface. The returned signals are used for surface type detection and include directly reflected primary returned signals and multi-path reflected secondary returned signals which return at a later time than the primary returned signals. The processor selects a window of time after transmission of a sonic signal such that the returned signals in the window comprise at least a portion of the secondary returned signals, wherein the window is related to round trip time-of-flight of the returned signals; processes the returned signals falling in the window to achieve a reflectivity metric; compares the reflectivity metric to a stored value; and based on the comparison, determines which surface type of a plurality of surface types has been detected.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: InvenSense, Inc.Inventors: James Alexander Gordon, David Horsley, Sebastien Riccardi
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Publication number: 20220218940Abstract: A pressure regulating or pressure relief device comprises an inlet and an outlet chamber with an outlet. The inlet is in fluid communication with the outlet chamber. A valve seat is located between the inlet and the outlet. A valve member is biased to seal against the valve seat, and displaces from the valve seat by an inlet pressure at the inlet increasing above a pressure threshold to allow a flow of gases from the inlet to the outlet via the outlet chamber. The flow of gases through the outlet causes an outlet pressure in the outlet chamber to act on the valve member together with the inlet pressure to displace the valve member from the valve seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Thomas Heinrich Barnes, Shane Terry Massey, Taylor James Edwards, Arjen David Kat, James Alexander Gordon, Grant Leigh Nelson, Carsten Ma On Wong Corazza
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Patent number: 11235123Abstract: A pressure regulating or pressure relief device comprises an inlet and an outlet chamber with an outlet. The inlet is in fluid communication with the outlet chamber. A valve seat is located between the inlet and the outlet. A valve member is biased to seal against the valve seat, and displaces from the valve seat by an inlet pressure at the inlet increasing above a pressure threshold to allow a flow of gases from the inlet to the outlet via the outlet chamber. The flow of gases through the outlet causes an outlet pressure in the outlet chamber to act on the valve member together with the inlet pressure to displace the valve member from the valve seat.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITEDInventors: Thomas Heinrich Barnes, Shane Terry Massey, Taylor James Edwards, Arjen David Kat, James Alexander Gordon, Grant Leigh Nelson, Carsten Ma On Wong Corazza
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Publication number: 20210196257Abstract: A diffuser for use with a wound retractor and configured to deliver gases includes an interface tube for connecting to a gases supply and a diffuser interface positioned at a proximal end of the interface tube, the diffuser interface configured for delivering gases received from the gases supply through the interface tube, and the diffuser interface comprising a diffusion mechanism configured to deliver gases in a diffusion direction. A wound retractor with an integrated diffuser is also disclosed. The wound retractor includes an upper ring, a lower ring, a sleeve extending between and connecting the upper ring to the lower ring, and an integrated diffuser interface having a gases inlet and a diffusion mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Bernard Tsz Lun Ip, Joseph Patrick Walter Strevens, Jessica Rachel Fogarin, Jonathan Stuart McFedries, James Alexander Gordon, Michael Joseph Blackhurst, Jonathan David Harwood, Ali Ghalib Abdul Rahman Ghalib, Natalie May Robertson
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Publication number: 20210178110Abstract: A pressure regulating or pressure relief device comprises an inlet and an outlet chamber with an outlet. The inlet is in fluid communication with the outlet chamber. A valve seat is located between the inlet and the outlet. A valve member is biased to seal against the valve seat, and displaces from the valve seat by an inlet pressure at the inlet increasing above a pressure threshold to allow a flow of gases from the inlet to the outlet via the outlet chamber. The flow of gases through the outlet causes an outlet pressure in the outlet chamber to act on the valve member together with the inlet pressure to displace the valve member from the valve seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2017Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Thomas Heinrich Barnes, Shane Terry Massey, Taylor James Edwards, Arjen David Kat, James Alexander Gordon, Grant Leigh Nelson, Carsten Ma On Wong Corazza
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Publication number: 20210156993Abstract: A robotic cleaning appliance includes a housing, surface treatment item, surface type detection sensor, and processor. The sensor emits sonic signals toward a surface being traversed and receives corresponding returned signals from the surface. The returned signals are used for surface type detection and include directly reflected primary returned signals and multi-path reflected secondary returned signals which return at a later time than the primary returned signals. The processor selects a window of time after transmission of a sonic signal such that the returned signals in the window comprise at least a portion of the secondary returned signals, wherein the window is related to round trip time-of-flight of the returned signals; processes the returned signals falling in the window to achieve a reflectivity metric; compares the reflectivity metric to a stored value; and based on the comparison, determines which surface type of a plurality of surface types has been detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Chirp Microsystems, Inc.Inventors: James Alexander GORDON, David HORSLEY, Sebastien RICCARDI
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Patent number: 10925591Abstract: A diffuser for use with a wound retractor and configured to deliver gases includes an interface tube for connecting to a gases supply and a diffuser interface positioned at a proximal end of the interface tube, the diffuser interface configured for delivering gases received from the gases supply through the interface tube, and the diffuser interface comprising a diffusion mechanism configured to deliver gases in a diffusion direction. A wound retractor with an integrated diffuser is also disclosed. The wound retractor includes an upper ring, a lower ring, a sleeve extending between and connecting the upper ring to the lower ring, and an integrated diffuser interface having a gases inlet and a diffusion mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Bernard Tsz Lun Ip, Joseph Patrick Walter Strevens, Jessica Rachel Fogarin, Jonathan Stuart McFedries, James Alexander Gordon, Michael Joseph Blackhurst, Jonathan David Harwood, Ali Ghalib Abdul Rahman Ghalib, Natalie May Robertson
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Patent number: 10920924Abstract: A bracket for extensibly mounting a medical or surgical apparatus, and more particularly a humidification apparatus, to a support structure. The bracket comprises a base member securable to the support structure, a mounting member to which the humidification apparatus may be secured, and an extension mechanism moveably engaging the base member and the mounting member. The mounting member is reversibly extensible from a retracted position substantially proximate the base member to an extended position projecting beyond the base member. Also disclosed are a humidification apparatus and a support stand each comprising the extensible bracket.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Allen Brian Hautea Gulanes, Shorojeet Dasgupta, Jonathan Stuart McFedries, Stephen Watts, Lucila San Jose De Jesus, James Alexander Gordon
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Publication number: 20210026913Abstract: A plurality of web pages in a web browser are presented to a user. One or more web pages of the plurality of web pages are navigated in the web browser by following at least one hyperlink. A browser history of the user is stored as a chronological list or recently presented web pages. A determination is made whether a dwell time of the user on a first web page has exceeded a threshold time. In response to determining that the dwell time exceeded the threshold, an of-user-interest tag is added to the first web page stored to the browsing history.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: JORDAN Matthew GRUBB, JAMES Alexander GORDON, Richard Pilot
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Publication number: 20210016050Abstract: Systems and methods for non-invasive ventilation are provided. The systems may include a gas source that provides breathing gases to a patient through one or more of a primary flow path (PFP) and a flushing flow path (FFP). The system may include a control assembly configured to open and restrict gas flow through the PFP. When the PFP is open, a significant portion of the gas flows through the PFP while the remaining gas flows through the FFP. When the PFP is restricted, a significant portion of the gas flows through the FFP. Increased flow through the FFP may have a high velocity (especially relative to the flow through the PFP). Gas delivered through the FFP may be used to flush dead space. One or both flow paths may contribute to inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP), expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP), and/or positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Sascha Kristopher Zoellner, Bhavna Prentice, Joseph Jules Nihotte, Grant Leigh Nelson, James Alexander Gordon, Brendan O`Neill
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Patent number: 10834527Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for providing a location service. The method includes one or more processors identifying a first user performing a defined interaction on a computing device. The method further includes determining a location of the computing device during the defined interaction. The method further includes recording the determined location. The method further includes receiving a request for location information associated with the first user from a second user. The second user is authorized to access location information associated with the first user. In response to receiving the request from the second user, the method further includes determining a current location of the computing device. The method further includes generating a location status message corresponding to the first user based on the determined current location in relation to the recorded location.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jordan Matthew Grubb, Richard Pilot, James Alexander Gordon
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Patent number: D900999Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare LimitedInventors: Sascha Kristopher Zoellner, Katie Fyfe, Kevin Blake Powell, James Alexander Gordon