Patents by Inventor James J. Hunter

James J. Hunter 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).

  • Devices, systems, and methods for detecting tissue and foreign objects during a surgical operation
    Patent number: 11957342
    Abstract: A surgical instrument is disclosed herein. The surgical instrument can include an end effector that includes jaws configured to transition between an opened condition and a closed condition, a plurality of electrodes positioned within the jaws of the end effector, a control circuit, and a memory configured to store an algorithm configured to cause the control circuit to determine an impedance signal based on signals received from the plurality of electrodes, detect a media positioned between the jaws of the end effector based on the determined impedance signal, determine a position of the detected media based on the received signals, and generate an alert associated with the detected media and the determined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Zhijun Liu, Christopher J. Waid, Patrick L. Creamer, Morgan R. Hunter, Nathan P. K. Nguyen, Kevin D. Felder, James M. McKale, Jeffrey S. Swayze, Simon L. Calcutt, Elisa J. Barber, Matthew K. Sadler, Richard D. Lintern, James Richardson, Rita Stella, Mikhail E. Bashtanov
  • REDUCED PITCH MULTIPLE EXPOSURE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20110244401
    Abstract: A lithographic method to enhance image resolution in a lithographic cluster using multiple projections and a lithographic cluster used to project multiple patterns to form images that are combined to form an image having enhanced resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Theodore A. PAXTON, Todd J. DAVIS, Todd D. HIAR, Cassandra May OWEN, Steven George HANSEN, James J. HUNTER
  • Reduced pitch multiple exposure process
    Patent number: 7981595
    Abstract: A lithographic method to enhance image resolution in a lithographic cluster using multiple projections and a lithographic cluster used to project multiple patterns to form images that are combined to form an image having enhanced resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Theodore A. Paxton, Todd J. Davis, Todd D. Hiar, Cassandra May Owen, Steven George Hansen, James J. Hunter
  • Reduced pitch multiple exposure process
    Patent number: 7781149
    Abstract: A lithographic method to enhance image resolution in a lithographic cluster using multiple projections and a lithographic cluster used to project multiple patterns to form images that are combined to form an image having enhanced resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Theodore Allen Paxton, Steven George Hansen, Cassandra May Owen, Todd J. Davis, Todd David Hiar, James J Hunter
  • Weighted golf club handle
    Patent number: 4600195
    Abstract: An improved golf club wherein a plurality of weights are removably attached to the free end of the club shaft in alignment with the shaft axis in order to place the center of gravity of the club closer to the hand-grippable region of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Inventor: James J. Hunter