Patents by Inventor James McCracken
James McCracken 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: 20230281660Abstract: Methods and systems for serving advertisement objects on an advertising platform are disclosed. The advertising platform detects invalid activity related to advertisement objects served in response to a request, and identifies a source associated with the invalid activity. In response to detection of the invalid activity, at least one decoy advertisement object is served in response to further requests originating from the identified source. The decoy advertisement object is an advertisement object that is processed by the advertising platform differently from regular advertisement objects that are served by the advertising platform in response to requests from other sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Marek KUDLACZ, Peter James McCRACKEN
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Patent number: 11682038Abstract: Methods and systems for serving advertisement objects on an advertising platform are disclosed. The advertising platform detects invalid activity related to advertisement objects served in response to a request, and identifies a source associated with the invalid activity. In response to detection of the invalid activity, at least one decoy advertisement object is served in response to further requests originating from the identified source. The decoy advertisement object is an advertisement object that is processed by the advertising platform differently from regular advertisement objects that are served by the advertising platform in response to requests from other sources.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: SHOPIFY INC.Inventors: Marek Kudlacz, Peter James McCracken
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Patent number: 11623063Abstract: An apparatus for use in humidifying a flow of treatment gas for a user includes: a housing; an inlet structured to receive the flow of treatment gas from a gas flow generator; an outlet structured to convey the flow of treatment gas to a patient interface device; a compartment defined in the housing, the compartment being structured to hold a volume of water therein; a primary valve disposed between the inlet and the compartment, the primary valve being structured to permit passage of the flow of treatment gas from the inlet to the compartment and to prevent passage of a fluid from the compartment to the inlet; and a secondary valve disposed between the compartment and the inlet which is structured to permit passage of a fluid from the compartment to the inlet and to prevent passage of the flow of treatment gas from the inlet to the compartment.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Justin Michael Vivian, Eric L. Holmes, Christopher James McCracken
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Publication number: 20220265952Abstract: An arrangement for powering a pump in providing a controlled volume of water to a drip nozzle in a drip-feed humidifier. The pump arrangement including: a pump having a solenoid; a processing unit; and a power supply electrically connected to the solenoid via a switch which is controlled by the processing unit. The power supply is structured to supply power to the solenoid via the switch. The processing unit is programmed to modulate the power to the solenoid such that the pump is driven at or near a resonant frequency of the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: MICHAEL B. KNEPPER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES MCCRACKEN, CHRISTIAN COLAIZZI
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Publication number: 20220180395Abstract: Methods and systems for serving advertisement objects on an advertising platform are disclosed. The advertising platform detects invalid activity related to advertisement objects served in response to a request, and identifies a source associated with the invalid activity. In response to detection of the invalid activity, at least one decoy advertisement object is served in response to further requests originating from the identified source. The decoy advertisement object is an advertisement object that is processed by the advertising platform differently from regular advertisement objects that are served by the advertising platform in response to requests from other sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Marek KUDLACZ, Peter James MCCRACKEN
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Publication number: 20220170454Abstract: A method for operating a humidifier coupled to a gas flow generator. The humidifier has a pump providing a supply of water to a heater plate. The method includes: providing power to the gas flow generator; raising the temperature of the heater plate from an ambient temperature to about a first predetermined temperature; powering the pump at about a predetermined first duty cycle; monitoring the temperature of the heater plate until one of: a drop in temperature is detected, or a predetermined period of time has elapsed; and one of: increasing the duty cycle of the pump if the drop in temperature is detected, or turning off the pump if the predetermined period of time has elapsed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: CHRISTOPHER JAMES MCCRACKEN, CHRISTIAN DANIEL COLAIZZI
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Publication number: 20220170453Abstract: A humidifier for an airway pressure support system is implemented for delivering a humidified flow of breathing gas to a patient. The humidifier includes a water chamber, a conduit, a nozzle, a heater plate, and a separator feature. The conduit includes first and second ends, and a wall portion defining an interior pathway between the first and second ends and structured to convey the flow of breathing gas between the first and second ends. The nozzle is fluidly connected to the water chamber and configured to produce a water droplet from water received from the water chamber. The heater plate is coupled to the wall portion, exposed to the interior pathway, and positioned to receive the water droplet from the nozzle. The separator feature is coupled to the wall portion and configured to shield the water droplet from the flow of breathing gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: CHRISTOPHER JAMES MCCRACKEN, CHRISTIAN DANIEL COLAIZZI
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Patent number: 11202879Abstract: A humidifier is for an airway pressure support system for delivering a humidified flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient. The humidifier includes a water chamber, a filter, a filtration meter, a conduit, a nozzle, and a heater plate. The filter has a housing structured to house a filtration medium therein and having an inlet fluidly connected with the water chamber and an outlet. The filtration meter includes an inlet fluidly connected to the outlet of the filter, an outlet, a body portion extending between the inlet and the outlet which is structured to convey water from the inlet of the filtration meter to the outlet of the filtration meter, and a mechanism located in the body portion which is structured to measure filtration data of the water conveyed through the body portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Christopher James McCracken, Michael Joseph Mussallem
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Patent number: 11156218Abstract: A humidifier is for an airway pressure support system for delivering a humidified flow of breathing gas to a patient. The humidifier includes a water chamber, a conduit, a nozzle, a heater plate, and a separator feature. The conduit includes first and second ends, and a wall portion defining an interior pathway between the first and second ends and structured to convey the flow of breathing gas between the first and second ends. The nozzle is fluidly connected to the water chamber and configured to produce a water droplet from water received from the water chamber. The heater plate is coupled to the wall portion, exposed to the interior pathway, and positioned to receive the water droplet from the nozzle. The separator feature is coupled to the wall portion and configured to shield the water droplet from the flow of breathing gas.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Christopher James McCracken, Christian Colaizzi
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Patent number: 11154683Abstract: A humidifier is for an airway pressure support system for delivering a humidified flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient. The humidifier includes a water chamber, a conduit, a nozzle, a heater plate, and a number of heating elements. The nozzle is fluidly connected to the water chamber and has an outlet configured to produce a water droplet from water received from the water chamber. The heater plate is coupled to a wall portion of the conduit and is exposed to an interior pathway of the conduit. The heater plate has a first side facing the nozzle and an opposite second side facing away from the nozzle. The first side is positioned to receive the water droplet from the nozzle. The number of heating elements are coupled to the second side of the heater plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Christopher James McCracken, Christian Colaizzi
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Patent number: 11007335Abstract: A bronchoscopy scope guide (30) for a non-invasive ventilation (NIV) patient interface (10) comprises a semi-rigid scope guide tube (32), a bronchoscopy scope seal (48), and a semi-rigid grommet (34). The semi-rigid scope guide tube (32) includes a principal axis (36) and entrance and exit guide portions (38,40). The bronchoscopy scope seal (48) couples to the scope guide tube for sealing around a bronchoscopy scope when inserted through the scope guide tube. The semi-rigid grommet (34) is disposed about an outer circumference of and flexibly coupled to the scope guide tube (32) and is located in a principal plane (52) transverse to the principal axis of the scope guide tube.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventor: Christopher James McCracken
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Publication number: 20200101259Abstract: An apparatus for use in humidifying a flow of treatment gas for a user includes: a housing; an inlet structured to receive the flow of treatment gas from a gas flow generator; an outlet structured to convey the flow of treatment gas to a patient interface device; a compartment defined in the housing, the compartment being structured to hold a volume of water therein; a primary valve disposed between the inlet and the compartment, the primary valve being structured to permit passage of the flow of treatment gas from the inlet to the compartment and to prevent passage of a fluid from the compartment to the inlet; and a secondary valve disposed between the compartment and the inlet which is structured to permit passage of a fluid from the compartment to the inlet and to prevent passage of the flow of treatment gas from the inlet to the compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: JUSTIN MICHAEL VIVIAN, ERIC L. HOLMES, CHRISTOPHER JAMES MCCRACKEN
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Patent number: 10512746Abstract: A ventilation mask (10) includes a mask body (100), a frame (200) and an elbow (300). The mask body has a first opening (130) and a sealing member (110) configured to engage the face of a patient so as to surround at least a mouth and a nose of the patient. The frame is connected to an outer surface of the mask body, and has an interface member (220) configured to interlock with the mask body at the first opening. The elbow has a first end (310) connectable with a gas supply, and a second end (320) configured to be fixedly secured to the interface member of the frame and to enable flow of gas from the elbow into the mask body through the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Christopher James McCracken, Robert Earl Hieber
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Publication number: 20190201652Abstract: A humidifier is for an airway pressure support system for delivering a humidified flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient. The humidifier includes a water chamber, a conduit, a nozzle, a heater plate, and a number of heating elements. The nozzle is fluidly connected to the water chamber and has an outlet configured to produce a water droplet from water received from the water chamber. The heater plate is coupled to a wall portion of the conduit and is exposed to an interior pathway of the conduit. The heater plate has a first side facing the nozzle and an opposite second side facing away from the nozzle. The first side is positioned to receive the water droplet from the nozzle. The number of heating elements are coupled to the second side of the heater plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Christopher James MCCRACKEN, Christian COLAIZZI
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Publication number: 20190201650Abstract: A humidifier is for an airway pressure support system for delivering a humidified flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient. The humidifier includes a water chamber, a filter, a filtration meter, a conduit, a nozzle, and a heater plate. The filter has a housing structured to house a filtration medium therein and having an inlet fluidly connected with the water chamber and an outlet. The filtration meter includes an inlet fluidly connected to the outlet of the filter, an outlet, a body portion extending between the inlet and the outlet which is structured to convey water from the inlet of the filtration meter to the outlet of the filtration meter, and a mechanism located in the body portion which is structured to measure filtration data of the water conveyed through the body portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Christopher James MCCRACKEN, Michael Joseph MUSSALLEM
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Publication number: 20190201653Abstract: A humidifier is for an airway pressure support system for delivering a humidified flow of breathing gas to a patient. The humidifier includes a water chamber, a conduit, a nozzle, a heater plate, and a separator feature. The conduit includes first and second ends, and a wall portion defining an interior pathway between the first and second ends and structured to convey the flow of breathing gas between the first and second ends. The nozzle is fluidly connected to the water chamber and configured to produce a water droplet from water received from the water chamber. The heater plate is coupled to the wall portion, exposed to the interior pathway, and positioned to receive the water droplet from the nozzle. The separator feature is coupled to the wall portion and configured to shield the water droplet from the flow of breathing gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Christopher James McCracken, Christian Colaizzi
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Publication number: 20190201651Abstract: A method for operating a humidifier coupled to a gas flow generator. The humidifier has a pump providing a supply of water to a heater plate. The method includes: providing power to the gas flow generator; raising the temperature of the heater plate from an ambient temperature to about a first predetermined temperature; powering the pump at about a predetermined first duty cycle; monitoring the temperature of the heater plate until one of: a drop in temperature is detected, or a predetermined period of time has elapsed; and one of: increasing the duty cycle of the pump if the drop in temperature is detected, or turning off the pump if the predetermined period of time has elapsed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventor: Christopher James MCCRACKEN
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Publication number: 20190184126Abstract: A mask assembly is provided for delivering gas to a patient that includes a mask body and a breathing circuit interface. The mask body includes an opening for reception of the gas and includes a seal structure for sealingly engaging with the face of the patient and surrounding at least the nose and mouth of the patient. The breathing circuit interface includes a first portion rotatably connected with the mask body and a second portion that is constructed and arranged to releasably connect with a conduit for delivering the gas to the patient through the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: JONATHAN P. TODD, CHRISTOPHER JAMES MCCRACKEN, ROBERT HIEBER
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Patent number: 10245405Abstract: A mask assembly is provided for delivering gas to a patient that includes a mask body and a breathing circuit interface. The mask body includes an opening for reception of the gas and includes a seal structure for sealingly engaging with the face of the patient and surrounding at least the nose and mouth of the patient. The breathing circuit interface includes a first portion rotatably connected with the mask body and a second portion that is constructed and arranged to releasably connect with a conduit for delivering the gas to the patient through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: RIC INVESTMENTS, LLCInventors: Jonathan P. Todd, Christopher James McCracken, Robert Hieber
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Publication number: 20180214651Abstract: A bronchoscopy scope guide (30) for a non-invasive ventilation (NIV) patient interface (10) comprises a semi-rigid scope guide tube (32), a bronchoscopy scope seal (48), and a semi-rigid grommet (34). The semi-rigid scope guide tube (32) includes a principal axis (36) and entrance and exit guide portions (38,40). The bronchoscopy scope seal (48) couples to the scope guide tube for sealing around a bronchoscopy scope when inserted through the scope guide tube. The semi-rigid grommet (34) is disposed about an outer circumference of and flexibly coupled to the scope guide tube (32) and is located in a principal plane (52) transverse to the principal axis of the scope guide tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventor: CHRISTOPHER JAMES McCRACKEN