Patents by Inventor James J. Sullivan
James J. Sullivan 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: 20240126723Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to ingest data objects from a flat file server for use in one or more system operations including providing a renderable data object to a user and updating a data item database. As described, the ingestion system includes an ingestion module, a flat file module, a compliance module, and a deduplication module wherein the modules together ingest a flat file data object, parse and process a renderable data object from the flat file data object, and store the renderable data object in a renderable object database.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Ramya AMANCHARLA, Anthony CALIENDO, Brian David FIELDS, James J. SULLIVAN, Kyle OPPENHEIM, Rajat SHROFF
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Publication number: 20240109066Abstract: A microfluidic device may have at least one inlet channel; a microfluidic channel having a first portion fluidly connected to the at least one inlet channel; and at least one outlet channel fluidly connected to a second portion of the microfluidic channel, wherein the microfluidic channel has a plurality of dimples extending away from an axis of the microfluidic channel. The at least one inlet channel includes a first inlet channel and a second inlet channel, and/or the at least one outlet channel includes a first outlet channel and a second outlet channel. In some embodiments, the plurality of dimples may be configured to separate nanoparticles of different sizes to the first outlet channel and the second outlet channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: James G. GUTHLEIN, Michael J. SULLIVAN, Rajiv KUMAR
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Publication number: 20240112170Abstract: Various methods are provided for facilitating access to linked information to GPS or short-range wireless equipped devices. One example method may comprise receiving, via a network, an indication of an interaction between a primary device and a third-party device, the indication comprising at least a first element and a second element, the first element indicative of user identification information and the second element indicative of at least one of a location or a bounded region, determining, as a function of at least the first element and the second element, a data object that upon validation is configured for use a subsequent interaction, and transmitting, to a mobile device, an electronic communication comprising an indication, configured for rendering on the mobile device, of the data object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Rajat Shroff, Aaron Cooper, Elton Cheung, Tyler Renaghan, James J. Sullivan
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Patent number: 11920956Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to obstruction detector assemblies, systems, and related methods for detecting obstructions along oil and gas equipment. In one implementation, an obstruction detector assembly includes a driver housing having an internal chamber and a plurality of fastener openings. The obstruction detector assembly includes a driver stem disposed at least partially in the internal chamber of the driver housing. The driver stem is movable partially out of the internal chamber of the driver housing. The obstruction detector assembly includes a driver head disposed outside of the driver housing and coupled to the driver stem. In one implementation, movement of the driver stem and the driver head is used to detect obstructions (such as a wireline) in a wellhead structure. In one implementation, movement of the driver stem and the driver head is used to detect obstructions (such as sand) in a valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SAFOCO, INC.Inventors: David Lymberopoulos, Andrew Allen Kadavy, Peter Lanh Ly, James Eric Amberg, George F. Sullivan, III, Michael J. Pry
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Patent number: 11836113Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to ingest data objects from a flat file server for use in one or more system operations including providing a renderable data object to a user and updating a data item database. As described, the ingestion system includes an ingestion module, a flat file module, a compliance module, and a deduplication module wherein the modules together ingest a flat file data object, parse and process a renderable data object from the flat file data object, and store the renderable data object in a renderable object database.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: Ramya Amancharla, Anthony Caliendo, Brian David Fields, James J. Sullivan, Kyle Oppenheim, Rajat Shroff
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Patent number: 11816653Abstract: Various methods are provided for facilitating access to linked information to GPS or short-range wireless equipped devices. One example method may comprise receiving, via a network, an indication of an interaction between a primary device and a third-party device, the indication comprising at least a first element and a second element, the first element indicative of user identification information and the second element indicative of at least one of a location or a bounded region, determining, as a function of at least the first element and the second element, a data object that upon validation is configured for use a subsequent interaction, and transmitting, to a mobile device, an electronic communication comprising an indication, configured for rendering on the mobile device, of the data object.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: Rajat Shroff, Aaron Cooper, Elton Cheung, Tyler Renaghan, James J. Sullivan
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Patent number: 11609880Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to ingest and integrate data objects for use in one or more system operations including providing a renderable data object to a user and updating a data item database.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Ramya Amancharla, Anthony Caliendo, Brian David Fields, James J. Sullivan, Kyle Oppenheim, Rajat Shroff
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Publication number: 20220318246Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for improving network database functionalities are discussed therein, such as a computer-implemented method including generating, in a network database, a first dataset associated with a client account, wherein the first dataset indicates a restricted value; receiving, from a client device associated with the client account, a first data linking query to associate the first dataset with an instrument identifier; generating, in the network database, a dataset pointer mapping the first dataset with the instrument identifier, wherein the instrument identifier is associated with a physical instrument; receiving a transmission indication associated with the physical instrument, wherein the transmission indication indicates the instrument identifier and a partial amount associated with the first dataset; updating, in the network database, the first dataset based on the transmission indication; and outputting, to the client device, a transmission notification indicType: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Amrut PATI, Rajat SHROFF, James J. SULLIVAN, Kyle OPPENHEIM, Martin WESTHEAD, Elton CHEUNG
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Patent number: 11328074Abstract: Verification, validation, and updating (VVU) systems and methods for updating a data item database are described. The VVU system includes a user interface, a rendering module, and a verification module, which together present a data item to a user and update a data item database according to various factors described herein.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Ramya Amancharla, Anthony Caliendo, Brian David Fields, James J. Sullivan, Kyle Oppenheim, Rajat Shroff
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Patent number: 11308107Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for improving network database functionalities are discussed therein, such as a computer-implemented method including generating, in a network database, a first dataset associated with a client account, wherein the first dataset indicates a restricted value; receiving, from a client device associated with the client account, a first data linking query to associate the first dataset with an instrument identifier; generating, in the network database, a dataset pointer mapping the first dataset with the instrument identifier, wherein the instrument identifier is associated with a physical instrument; receiving a transmission indication associated with the physical instrument, wherein the transmission indication indicates the instrument identifier and a partial amount associated with the first dataset; updating, in the network database, the first dataset based on the transmission indication; and outputting, to the client device, a transmission notification indicType: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: Amrut Pati, Rajat Shroff, James J. Sullivan, Kyle Oppenheim, Martin Westhead, Elton Cheung
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Patent number: 11219444Abstract: A surgical device includes a first fastener having a planar profile, a second fastener having a concave surface, and a suture that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: George J. Sikora, James J. Sullivan, Pascal Boileau, Stephen Anthony Santangelo
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Publication number: 20210303525Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to ingest data objects from a flat file server for use in one or more system operations including providing a renderable data object to a user and updating a data item database. As described, the ingestion system includes an ingestion module, a flat file module, a compliance module, and a deduplication module wherein the modules together ingest a flat file data object, parse and process a renderable data object from the flat file data object, and store the renderable data object in a renderable object database.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Ramya AMANCHARLA, Anthony CALIENDO, Brian David FIELDS, James J. SULLIVAN, Kyle OPPENHEIM, Rajat SHROFF
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Patent number: 10922279Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to ingest data objects from a flat file server for use in one or more system operations including providing a renderable data object to a user and updating a data item database. As described, the ingestion system includes an ingestion module, a flat file module, a compliance module, and a deduplication module wherein the modules together ingest a flat file data object, parse and process a renderable data object from the flat file data object, and store the renderable data object in a renderable object database.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Ramya Amancharla, Anthony Caliendo, Brian David Fields, James J. Sullivan, Kyle Oppenheim, Rajat Shroff
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Publication number: 20190321026Abstract: A surgical device includes a first fastener having a planar profile, a second fastener having a concave surface, and a suture that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: George J. Sikora, James J. Sullivan, Pascal Boileau, Stephen Anthony Santangelo
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Patent number: 10405848Abstract: A surgical device includes a first fastener having a planar profile, a second fastener having a concave surface, and a suture that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: George J. Sikora, James J. Sullivan, Pascal Boileau, Stephen Anthony Santangelo
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Publication number: 20190034872Abstract: A system and method of automatically collecting data contained within an EDI file that accompanies a shipment of a regulated pharmaceutical product so as to comply with federal and state regulations. Application software is run by a computer system that automatically reads an incoming EDI file. The application software parses the EDI file in search of trigger attributes that include shipment headlines, order headlines and item headlines. The application software reads shipment data from a first set of attributes that follows said shipment headlines. Likewise, the application software reads order data from a second set of attributes that follows the order headlines and reads item data from a third set of attributes that follows the item headlines. The data collected includes the data required for statutory tracking, such as lot number, expiration date, product name, product manufacturer, and chain of ownership. This data is saved as searchable variables in a database.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventor: James J. Sullivan
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Patent number: 10052098Abstract: A surgical instrument includes first and second members configured to receive tissue therebetween. The first member is adapted to receive suture, the second member is coupled to the first member, and a grasper coupled to the second member engages the suture received by the first member. A method of passing suture includes loading suture into a first member of a suture passing surgical instrument, stabilizing tissue between the first member and a second member of the surgical instrument, passing suture through tissue via the first member of the surgical instrument, holding the passed suture via suture grasper of the surgical instrument, and removing the first member from the tissue. Advantageously, a novel bendable or deflectable needle may be utilized, e.g., in conjunction with the surgical instrument. The bendable or deflectable needle may have one or more unique configuration with respect to a suture slot defined in a distal portion thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Orthopaedic Biosystems Ltd., Inc.Inventors: Laird L. Hatch, James J. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20180174130Abstract: Various methods are provided for facilitating access to linked information to GPS or short-range wireless equipped devices. One example method may comprise receiving, via a network, an indication of an interaction between a primary device and a third-party device, the indication comprising at least a first element and a second element, the first element indicative of user identification information and the second element indicative of at least one of a location or a bounded region, determining, as a function of at least the first element and the second element, a data object that upon validation is configured for use a subsequent interaction, and transmitting, to a mobile device, an electronic communication comprising an indication, configured for rendering on the mobile device, of the data object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Rajat Shroff, Aaron Cooper, Elton Cheung, Tyler Renaghan, James J. Sullivan
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Publication number: 20170181740Abstract: A surgical device includes a first fastener having a planar profile, a second fastener having a concave surface, and a suture that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: George J. Sikora, James J. Sullivan, Pascal Boileau, Stephen Anthony Santangelo
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Patent number: 9636102Abstract: A surgical device includes a first fastener having a planar profile, a second fastener having a concave surface, and a suture that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: George J. Sikora, James J. Sullivan, Pascal Boileau, Stephen Anthony Santangelo