Patents by Inventor James Lock

James Lock 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).

  • Publication number: 20260105486
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a plurality of sensors that collect data indicative of an emotional state of an occupant of the motor vehicle. The sensors transmit sensor signals including the data. An infotainment system plays advertisements such that the occupant can hear the advertisements. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to the sensing devices and to the infotainment system. The electronic processor receives the sensor signals, and wirelessly transmits a report signal indicative of the received sensor signals and indicative of which of the advertisements correspond to the received sensor signals. The report signal is wirelessly transmitted to a remote datacenter which runs an artificial intelligence-based algorithm to determine emotional states of the occupant of the motor vehicle as a result of the advertisements. The running of the algorithm is based on the received sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: ERIC SHUFRO, JAMES LOCK
  • Publication number: 20060025797
    Abstract: A cannula, a straightener, and a cannula and straightener combination for insertion into tissue, the cannula including an elongated rigid hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway extending therebetween. The distal end includes a memory of directionality to bend about a radius. The cannula straightener straightens the distal end of the cannula when inserted through the passageway of the cannula. The present invention also includes methods of inserting a cannula, removing a cannula, and performing surgery with a cannula in tissue or in fetal tissue. The present invention further includes methods of performing biliary cannulation in a transhepatic approach, performing fetal aortic valvuloplasty, placing catheters into the brachial plexus for pain management, placing catheters into the epidural space for anesthesia, thoracic dissection treatment, laparoscopic dissection, and hydro dissection of tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: James Lock, Paul Kierce, Audrey Marshall
  • Publication number: 20060015131
    Abstract: A cannula, a straightener, and a cannula and straightener combination for insertion into tissue, the cannula including an elongated rigid hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway extending therebetween. The distal end includes a memory of directionality to bend about a radius. The cannula straightener straightens the distal end of the cannula when inserted through the passageway of the cannula. The present invention also includes methods of inserting a cannula, removing a cannula, and performing surgery with a cannula in tissue or in fetal tissue. The present invention further includes methods of performing biliary cannulation in a transhepatic approach, performing fetal aortic valvuloplasty, placing catheters into the brachial plexus for pain management, placing catheters into the epidural space for anesthesia, thoracic dissection treatment, laparoscopic dissection, and hydro dissection of tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Kierce, James Lock, Audrey Marshall
  • Publication number: 20050234546
    Abstract: A replacement heart valve apparatus. The heart valve apparatus includes a stent and a valve frame having a substantially cylindrical body defining a lumen. The valve frame includes a plurality of curved wire pairs attached to the substantially cylindrical body. Each curved wire pair includes an inner curved wire and an outer curved wire. The wire frame further having a plurality of leaflets. Each leaflet is attached to a respective inner curved wire and extends over a respective outer curved wire, so as to position the body of the leaflet within the lumen of the valve frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Alan Nugent, James Lock
  • Patent number: D533270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Paul C. Kierce, James Lock, Audrey C. Marshall