Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Norton

Jeffrey Norton 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: 20230255677
    Abstract: A surgical tool according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a proximal end; and a distal end, the distal end including a first electrode; a second electrode different from the first electrode; and a thermal bridge that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and that electrically isolates the first electrode from the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Norton
  • Publication number: 20230255679
    Abstract: A surgical tool for ablating anatomical tissue according to at least one embodiment of the present disclose includes: a distal tip; a first cylindrical tube connected to the distal tip; a second cylindrical tube that at least partially overlaps the first cylindrical tube in a first direction; and a J-shaped stylet disposed in an interior of the surgical tool, the J-shaped stylet capable of being removed from the interior of the surgical tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Norton, Calin Druma, Robert C. Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20230241035
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods of treating a subject to reduce adhesion formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Michael T. Longaker, Gerlinde Wernig, Jeffrey A. Norton, Geoffrey Gurtner, Michael Januszyk, Deshka Foster, Malini Chinta
  • Patent number: 11663408
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure are directed to OCR error correction systems and methods. In some implementations, a method comprises: obtaining, at a computing device, optical character recognition (OCR) text extracted from a document image, the text comprising a token; searching, at the computing device, based on a token bigram determined from the token and a mapping between words in a corpus and a corpus bigram set comprised of unique bigrams from the beginning or ending of the words in the corpus, the corpus for a best word to replace the token; and replacing, at the computing device, the token with the best word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeffrey Norton
  • Patent number: 11622784
    Abstract: Arthroscopic cutters are used for resecting tissues, such as meniscal tissues, in meniscectomies or other arthroscopic procedures. The arthroscopic cutters have a shaft assembly with openable-closeable jaws at a working end of the shaft. A handpiece having a motor drive may be detachably coupled to a hub on a hub end of the handpiece. When the shaft is coupled to the handpiece, the motor drive will couple to the jaw structure to open and close the jaw structure to cut meniscal and other tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Relign Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Germain, Jeffrey Norton, Salvatore G. Mangano, Michael D. Walker, Steffan Benamou
  • Publication number: 20230000540
    Abstract: A tissue cutting probe includes an outer sleeve assembly, an inner sleeve assembly, a burr and an electrode. Each of the inner and outer sleeves has a proximal end, a distal end, and central passage extending therebetween. The inner sleeve assembly is coaxially and rotatably received in the central passage of the outer sleeve assembly, and the burr has a plurality of metal cutting edges carried on a first side of the distal end of the inner sleeve assembly. The electrode is carried a second side of the distal end of the inner sleeve assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Aaron Germain, Jeffrey Norton
  • Patent number: 11382270
    Abstract: A harvester system that includes a work vehicle. A harvester attachment removably couples to the work vehicle. The harvester attachment includes a tool bar. A quick connector couples to the tool bar. The quick connector removably couples and uncouples the harvester attachment to the work vehicle. A support system removably couples to the work vehicle. The support system supports operation of the harvester attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Stephen Shane, Chad Aerts, Ronald DeCamp, Paula Minuto Meagher, Robert D. Crandall, Shaun A. O'Donnell, Jeffrey Norton, Steven E. Gaedy, Keith J. Weiss
  • Patent number: 11352776
    Abstract: Provided herewith is a system for assembling a temporary structure using a plurality of separate members. A first member has ends at opposite sides of an elongated body portion, with notches on the top and bottom sides of each end. A second member has ends with notches formed on opposite between the ends. These notches enable the first and second members to engage with other such separate members. A third member has a triangular shape that functions as a roof truss with opposing sloped surfaces and an underside. A pair of truss notches is formed at positions corresponding to the notches of the first member, for each engaging with one of the plurality of separate members. The third member also includes feature hooks, formed on the sloped surfaces, for engaging with a fourth member defined by a planar roofing material having a plurality of holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: THE STEP 2 COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: John Jeffrey Norton
  • Patent number: 11334925
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for normalized asset valuation and secure storage of information associated with such normalized asset valuation. In one example, a method obtains two or more asset valuation models for a given asset, wherein at least two of the two or more asset valuation models are generated using different asset valuation algorithms, and then converts one or more values in each of the two or more asset valuation models into a common valuation form such that the two or more asset valuation models are converted into two or more normalized valuation models. The common valuation form may be in the form of a cryptocurrency. The method may also combine the two or more normalized valuation models to form a single normalized valuation for the given asset. Still further, the method may store valuation information associated with the converting step in a secure storage system, e.g., a distributed ledger system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen J. Todd, Jeffrey Norton
  • Publication number: 20220117650
    Abstract: A resecting probe includes a shaft assembly having an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The outer sleeve has an axial bore and an outer window in a distal side thereof, and the inner sleeve has an axial extraction channel and inner window in a distal side thereof. The inner sleeve is rotationally disposed in the axial bore of the outer sleeve to allow the inner sleeve window to be rotated in and out of alignment with the outer sleeve window, and the shaft assembly forms a flow aperture in a distal portion when the inner cutting window and the outer cutting window are out of alignment. An electrode is carried on the inner sleeve, and a motor drive is coupled to rotate the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Germain, Jeffrey Norton, Kyle Klein, Michael D. Walker
  • Publication number: 20220061877
    Abstract: An arthroscopic device is used with a hand piece having a motor drive with a rotating drive shaft. An elongate probe extending along a longitudinal axis and includes a proximal hub on a proximal end. The proximal hub detachably couples to the hand piece, and an operable-closeable jaw structure is disposed on a distal end of the elongate probe. A conversion mechanism carried by the hub converts a rotational motion of the motor drive shaft to a longitudinal motion of an actuator member. The actuator member drives the jaw structure between jaw-open and jaw-closed positions to resect bone and other hard tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Germain, Evan Nessim, Jeffrey Norton
  • Publication number: 20220015821
    Abstract: An arthroscopic cutter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an elongated outer sleeve that extends about a longitudinal axis with an interior bore having an open distal end. An inner sleeve is rotatable in the interior bore in the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve carries a distal housing having a longitudinal metal member and a longitudinal ceramic member that respectively form longitudinal-extending sides of the housing around an inner channel that communicates with a negative pressure source. The arthroscopic cutter also includes an electrode that is disposed in an outer surface of the longitudinal ceramic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Norton, Evan Nessim, Aaron Germain, Michael D. Walker
  • Patent number: 11205229
    Abstract: A set of valuations is obtained for a set of assets of a given enterprise. The enterprise has a plurality of groups associated therewith, and each of the valuations is computed using a multi-dimensional model configured to generate cross-group impact values with respect to each asset and two or more of the groups associated with the enterprise. One or more storage locations within a storage infrastructure associated with the enterprise to store the assets are determined based on the valuations for the assets. For example, the one or more storage locations may be determined based on a content balancing process that computes an optimal storage location to store each asset in order to minimize overall cost to the enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, Jeffrey Norton
  • Patent number: 11172953
    Abstract: An arthroscopic device is used with a hand piece having a motor drive with a rotating drive shaft. An elongate probe extending along a longitudinal axis and includes a proximal hub on a proximal end. The proximal hub detachably couples to the hand piece, and an openable-closeable jaw structure is disposed on a distal end of the elongate probe. A conversion mechanism carried by the hub converts a rotational motion of the motor drive shaft to a longitudinal motion of an actuator member. The actuator member drives the jaw structure between jaw-open and jaw-closed positions to resect bone and other hard tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Relign Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Norton, Evan Nessim, Aaron Germain
  • Publication number: 20210113262
    Abstract: An electrosurgical probe can be detachably secured to a handpiece having a motor drive unit and an RF current contact. The electrosurgical probe includes an elongate shaft having a longitudinal axis, a distal dielectric tip, and a proximal hub which is detachably securable to the handpiece. A hook electrode is reciprocatably mounted in the distal dielectric tip, and an RF connector on the hub is couplable to the RF current contact in the handpiece when the hub is secured to the handpiece. A drive mechanism in the hub mechanically couples to the hook electrode, and drive mechanism engages a rotational component in the motor drive unit when the hub is secured to the handpiece. The drive mechanism converts rotational motion from the rotational component into axial reciprocation and transmits the axial reciprocation to the hook electrode to axially displace the hook electrode between a non-extended position and an extended position relative to the dielectric tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: RELIGN Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Germain, Kyle Klein, Steffan Benamou, Jeffrey Norton, Jacob Tonkel
  • Publication number: 20210037692
    Abstract: A harvester system that includes a work vehicle. A harvester attachment removably couples to the work vehicle. The harvester attachment includes a tool bar. A quick connector couples to the tool bar. The quick connector removably couples and uncouples the harvester attachment to the work vehicle. A support system removably couples to the work vehicle. The support system supports operation of the harvester attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas Stephen Shane, Chad Aerts, Ronald DeCamp, Paula Minuto Meagher, Robert D. Crandall, Shaun A. O'Donnell, Jeffrey Norton, Steven E. Gaedy, Keith J. Weiss
  • Patent number: 10915961
    Abstract: At least one asset of a given enterprise is identified. The enterprise has a plurality of groups associated therewith. A valuation is computed for the asset using a multi-dimensional model configured to generate cross-group impact values with respect to the asset and two or more of the groups associated with the enterprise. In one example, the multi-dimensional model is in the form of a matrix data structure and the cross-group impact values are off-diagonal entries of the matrix data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Todd, Jeffrey Norton
  • Patent number: 10896292
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosure are directed to OCR error correction systems and methods. In some implementations, a method comprises: obtaining, at a computing device, optical character recognition (OCR) text extracted from a document image, the text comprising a token; searching, at the computing device, based on a token bigram determined from the token and a mapping between words in a corpus and a corpus bigram set comprised of unique bigrams from the beginning or ending of the words in the corpus, the corpus for a best word to replace the token; and replacing, at the computing device, the token with the best word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeffrey Norton
  • Publication number: 20200318340
    Abstract: Provided herewith is a system for assembling a temporary structure using a plurality of separate members. A first member has ends at opposite sides of an elongated body portion, with notches on the top and bottom sides of each end. A second member has ends with notches formed on opposite between the ends. These notches enable the first and second members to engage with other such separate members. A third member has a triangular shape that functions as a roof truss with opposing sloped surfaces and an underside. A pair of truss notches is formed at positions corresponding to the notches of the first member, for each engaging with one of the plurality of separate members. The third member also includes feature hooks, formed on the sloped surfaces, for engaging with a fourth member defined by a planar roofing material having a plurality of holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: The Step 2 Company, LLC
    Inventor: John Jeffrey Norton
  • Publication number: 20200178997
    Abstract: Arthroscopic cutters are used for resecting tissues, such as meniscal tissues, in meniscectomies or other arthroscopic procedures. The arthroscopic cutters have a shaft assembly with openable-closeable jaws at a working end of the shaft. A handpiece having a motor drive may be detachably coupled to a hub on a hub end of the handpiece. When the shaft is coupled to the handpiece, the motor drive will couple to the jaw structure to open and close the jaw structure to cut meniscal and other tissues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: RELIGN Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Germain, Jeffrey Norton, Salvatore G. Mangano, Michael D. Walker, Steffan Benamou