Patents by Inventor James Wayne Jones

James Wayne Jones 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).

  • Robotic Surgical System With lIllumination Device To Indicate Mounting Assembly Installation Condition
    Publication number: 20250032202
    Abstract: Surgical systems and methods involve a robotic arm with a first mounting portion that releasably receives a sterile barrier assembly and a second mounting portion associated with a surgical component. An illumination device is coupled to the robotic arm. Controller(s) detect, using one or more sensors, a condition associated with installation of one or more of the sterile barrier assembly and the second mounting portion to the first mounting portion. The controller(s) control the illumination device to indicate the condition to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.
    Inventors: James E. Flatt, Robert Dodde, Jonathan Boyer, Larry Douglas O'Cull, Victor Soto, Christopher Wayne Jones
  • Method and apparatus for detecting defects using digital radiography
    Patent number: 6873680
    Abstract: A digital radiography apparatus (10) and process for providing images of an object, for example, an exhaust transition duct (12) comprising a core material and an overlying thermal barrier layer, to detect surface and interior defects within the duct (12). Incident energy is provided by an energy source (30), transmitted through the object (12), and sensed by a sensor (32). An image of the object (12) is formed by processing the signal from the sensor (32) in a signal processor (34) and displaying the image on a display (36) for determining defects in the object (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
    Inventor: James Wayne Jones
  • Method and apparatus for detecting defects using digital radiography
    Publication number: 20040218715
    Abstract: A digital radiography apparatus (10) and process for providing images of an object, for example, an exhaust transition duct (12) comprising a core material and an overlying thermal barrier layer, to detect surface and interior defects within the duct (12). Incident energy is provided by an energy source (30), transmitted through the object (12), and sensed by a sensor (32). An image of the object (12) is formed by processing the signal from the sensor (32) in a signal processor (34) and displaying the image on a display (36) for determining defects in the object (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
    Inventor: James Wayne Jones