Patents by Inventor Jay A. Smith

Jay A. Smith 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).

  • Patent number: 11972680
    Abstract: Table top sanitizer dispenser bottle bases are disclosed herein. An exemplary table top sanitizer dispenser bottle base includes a movable upper housing, the upper moveable housing has a floor with an aperture located therein and a peripheral wall. The top sanitizer dispenser bottle includes a lower stationary housing. The upper movable housing is connected to the lower stationary housing and is configured to move linearly upward and downward with respect to lower stationary. One or more biasing members bias the upper movable housing upward. A switch is included and the upper movable housing has an engagement member or surface for actuating the switch upon downward movement of the upper movable housing. At least one of a visual indicator and an audible indicator are also included. Control circuitry is provided for activating the one or more of a visual indicator and audible indicator when the engagement member actuates the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron D. Marshall, Mark T. Smith, Paul J. Brown, Aaron R. Reynolds, Joseph S. Kanfer, Shelby Jay Buell, Eugene W. Ray
  • Publication number: 20240116972
    Abstract: The present disclosure is concerned with 6-aza-nucleoside prodrugs that are capable of inhibiting a viral infection and methods of treating viral infections such as, for example, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human papillomavirus (HPV), chicken pox, infectious mononucleosis, mumps, measles, rubella, shingles, ebola, viral gastroenteritis, viral hepatitis, viral meningitis, human metapneumovirus, human parainfluenza virus type 1, parainfluenza virus type 2, parainfluenza virus type 3, respiratory syncytial virus, viral pneumonia, yellow fever virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEEV), Eastern equine encephalitis (EEEV), Western equine encephalitis (WEEV), dengue (DENV), influenza, West Nile virus (WNV), zika (ZIKV), Middle East Respiratory Syndromes (MERS), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), using these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Omar Moukha-Chafiq, Ashish Kumar Pathak, Shuklendu D. Karyakarte, Larry D. Bratton, Corinne E. Augelli-Szafran, Michael Diamond, Pei Yong Shi, Alec Jay Hirsch, Jessica Lee Smith, Daniel Streblow, Nicole Haese, Baoling Ying
  • Publication number: 20240114106
    Abstract: Techniques performed by a data processing system for a machine learning driven teleprompter include displaying a teleprompter transcript associated with a presentation on a display of a computing device associated with a presenter; receiving audio content of the presentation including speech of the presenter in which the presenter is reading the teleprompter transcript; analyzing the audio content of the presentation using a first machine learning model to obtain a real-time textual translation of the audio content, the first machine learning model being a natural language processing model trained to receive audio content including speech and to translate the audio content into a textual representation of the speech; analyzing the real-time textual representation and the teleprompter transcript with a second machine learning model to obtain transcript position information; and automatically scrolling the teleprompter transcript on the display of the computing device based on the transcript position informatio
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chakkaradeep Chinnakonda CHANDRAN, Stephanie Lorraine HORN, Michael Jay GILMORE, Tarun MALIK, Sarah ZAKI, Tiffany Michelle SMITH, Shivani GUPTA, Pranjal SAXENA, Ridhima GUPTA
  • Publication number: 20240108374
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a soft tissue device, such as a transverse carpal ligament cutting device having one or more balloons that are deflated when the device is in an inactive position and are inflated when the device is in an active position. Other embodiments provide a soft tissue cutting method, such as a method of cutting a transverse carpal ligament that uses a soft tissue cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: DARRYL E. BARNES, JAY SMITH
  • Publication number: 20240103677
    Abstract: A computer system optionally displays a user interface object that reveals content based on whether the content is private or shared. A computer system optionally displays a user interface object that includes shared content based on whether participants have entitlement to the content. A computer system optionally displays a sharing indicator that indicates that the respective content is shared with one or more other participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher D. MCKENZIE, Jay MOON, Steve O. LEMAY, Rajat BHARDWAJ, Shih-Sang CHIU, Connor A. SMITH, Joseph P. CERRA, Willem MATTELAER
  • Patent number: 11937845
    Abstract: The invention provides a tissue cutting device comprising a handle, a first blade, and a second blade. The second blade is coupled to the handle. The second blade is rotatable relative to the first blade such that the second blade is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position. The second blade is in a same plane as the first blade when the second blade is in the first position. The second blade is rotated into a different plane from the first blade when the second blade is rotated from the first position toward the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Publication number: 20240081852
    Abstract: A method of performing a carpal tunnel release procedure on a hand may involve advancing a shaft of a soft tissue cutting device into the hand, positioning a distal end of the shaft at or near a carpal tunnel, sensing a first pressure in the hand, using a pressure sensor of the soft tissue cutting device, moving a blade along the shaft to cut a transverse carpal ligament, and sensing a second pressure in the hand, using the pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Sonex Health, Inc.
    Inventors: DARRYL E. BARNES, JAY SMITH, DAVID HERRIDGE
  • Patent number: 11918389
    Abstract: Methods, devices, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for performing mammography, such as utilizing tomosynthesis in combination with breast biopsy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Defreitas, John Laviola, Loren Thomas Niklason, Tao Wu, Joseph Mark, Michael Miller, Jay Stein, Andrew Smith
  • Publication number: 20240065726
    Abstract: A device for treating de Quervain's tenosynovitis may include a handle, an introducer shaft extending from the handle, and a blade that includes a blade shaft extending along a top surface of the introducer shaft and onto the handle and a blade cutting edge that faces toward the handle. The device may further include a blade slider attached to a proximal portion of the blade shaft, a blade pivot attached to at least one of the proximal portion of the blade shaft or the blade slider, an upper deck along which the blade slider slides in an upper horizontal orientation, and a lower deck along which the blade slider slides in a lower horizontal orientation. The blade pivot is configured to allow the blade slider to rotate in a plane that is perpendicular to a plane of the introducer shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Sonex Health, Inc.
    Inventors: DARRYL E. BARNES, JAY SMITH, DAVID HERRIDGE
  • Patent number: 11912736
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are diaryl trehalose compounds and methods of use thereof, for example as vaccine adjuvants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
    Inventors: David Burkhart, George Ettenger, Jay Evans, Kendal T. Ryter, Alyson Smith
  • Patent number: 11890119
    Abstract: Methods of using a soft tissue cutting device are disclosed. The methods include providing the soft tissue cutting device, positioning the soft tissue cutting device in a priming slot of a tray configured for receiving and holding the soft tissue cutting device, attaching a priming syringe to the soft tissue cutting device, priming a balloon disposed on a distal end of the soft tissue cutting device by equalizing a first pressure inside the balloon to a second pressure inside the priming syringe, removing the soft tissue cutting device from the priming slot, and positioning the distal end of the soft tissue cutting device on a safety slot included in the tray to determine whether the tissue cutting device has been properly primed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Sonex Health, Inc. and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Aaron Keenan, Jay Smith, Kevin Arnal, Sara Schlick
  • Patent number: 11877766
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a soft tissue device, such as a transverse carpal ligament cutting device having one or more balloons that are deflated when the device is in an inactive position and are inflated when the device is in an active position. Other embodiments provide a soft tissue cutting method, such as a method of cutting a transverse carpal ligament that uses a soft tissue cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Publication number: 20230371974
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a soft tissue device, such as a transverse carpal ligament cutting device having one or more balloons that are deflated when the device is in an inactive position and are inflated when the device is in an active position. Other embodiments provide a soft tissue cutting method, such as a method of cutting a transverse carpal ligament that uses a soft tissue cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: DARRYL E. BARNES, JAY SMITH
  • Publication number: 20230363848
    Abstract: Methods of using a soft tissue cutting device are disclosed. The methods include providing the soft tissue cutting device, positioning the soft tissue cutting device in a priming slot of a tray configured for receiving and holding the soft tissue cutting device, attaching a priming syringe to the soft tissue cutting device, priming a balloon disposed on a distal end of the soft tissue cutting device by equalizing a first pressure inside the balloon to a second pressure inside the priming syringe, removing the soft tissue cutting device from the priming slot, and positioning the distal end of the soft tissue cutting device on a safety slot included in the tray to determine whether the tissue cutting device has been properly primed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: Sonex Health, Inc., Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: DARRYL E. BARNES, AARON KEENAN, JAY SMITH, KEVIN ARNAL, SARA SCHLICK
  • Publication number: 20230301678
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a soft tissue device, such as a transverse carpal ligament cutting device having one or more balloons that are deflated when the device is in an inactive position and are inflated when the device is in an active position. Other embodiments provide a soft tissue cutting method, such as a method of cutting a transverse carpal ligament that uses a soft tissue cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: DARRYL E. BARNES, JAY SMITH
  • Patent number: 11742158
    Abstract: An AC disconnect switch with integral surge protection. The intrinsic pullout head of the AC disconnect switch embodies a surge protection device, thereby eliminating the need for an extrinsic surge protection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Jay Smith
  • Patent number: 11666356
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a soft tissue device, such as a transverse carpal ligament cutting device having one or more balloons that are deflated when the device is in an inactive position and are inflated when the device is in an active position. Other embodiments provide a soft tissue cutting method, such as a method of cutting a transverse carpal ligament that uses a soft tissue cutting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Publication number: 20220346819
    Abstract: A method of cutting soft tissue in a hand to treat trigger finger involves advancing an introducer shaft into the hand to position a distal end of the introducer shaft beyond a pulley in a finger of the hand, advancing a blade along a guiding channel on an upper surface of the introducer shaft, to position a distal end of the blade at or near the distal end of the introducer shaft, and rotating a cutting surface of the blade to an orientation at or near perpendicular relative to the upper surface of the introducer shaft. The method further involves retracting the blade along the introducer shaft to cut the pulley and removing the introducer shaft and the blade from the hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sonex Health, Inc.
    Inventors: DARRYL E. BARNES, JAY SMITH, AARON KEENAN, KEVIN ARNAL
  • Publication number: 20220233232
    Abstract: The invention provides a tissue cutting device comprising a handle, a first blade, and a second blade. The second blade is coupled to the handle. The second blade is rotatable relative to the first blade such that the second blade is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position. The second blade is in a same plane as the first blade when the second blade is in the first position. The second blade is rotated into a different plane from the first blade when the second blade is rotated from the first position toward the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith
  • Patent number: D989961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Sonex Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Darryl E. Barnes, Jay Smith, Kevin Arnal, Aaron Keenan, Jeffrey King