Patents by Inventor John A. Foster
John A. Foster 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: 20240122227Abstract: An aerosolizable material is provided. The aerosolizable material comprises (+)-cannabidiol and at least one carrier constituent. Methods of making the aerosolizable material and articles comprising the aerosolizable material are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Michael Foster Davis, John Will Caraway, Maria Montserrat Sanchez Pena
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Publication number: 20240114949Abstract: An aerosolizable material is provided. The aerosolizable material comprises at least one cannabinoid, at least one carrier constituent, and a terpene derivable from a phytocannabinoid producing plant. Methods of making the aerosolizable material and articles comprising the aerosolizable material are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Michael Foster Davis, John Will Caraway, Ross Anthony Cabot, Maria Montserrat Sanchez Pena, Ashley Micaela Viljoen, Karina McQuillan
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Publication number: 20240090916Abstract: A catheter for removing an object in a body lumen includes a rotatable drive shaft including a spiral portion having a spiral shape near a distal end of the drive shaft, an outer tube surrounding the drive shaft, a cutting member connected to the distal end of the drive shaft to be rotated by the drive shaft with respect to a rotation axis and by which the object is cut, a guide wire tube attached to a distal portion of the outer tube, extending substantially straight along a center spiral axis of the spiral portion, and having a first guide wire lumen, and a distal tip attached to a distal end of the guide wire tube and having a second guide wire lumen extending parallel to the rotation axis and communicating with the first guide wire lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yuichi TADA, John BARRITT, Mike FOSTER
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Publication number: 20240091497Abstract: A catheter for removing an object in a body lumen includes an outer tube, a drive shaft surrounded by the tube, a cutting member connected to a distal end of the shaft to be rotated by the shaft with respect to a rotation axis and by which the object is cut, a guide wire tube attached to a distal end of the outer tube and having a first lumen extending adjacent to the cutting member along the axis, and a distal tip attached to a distal end of the guide wire tube and having a second lumen extending parallel to the rotation axis and communicating with the first lumen. The drive shaft includes a curved portion near the distal end thereof to cause the tip to contact a first inner surface of the body lumen when the curved portion contacts an opposite second inner surface of the body lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yuichi TADA, John BARRITT, Mike FOSTER
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Publication number: 20240090561Abstract: An aerosolizable material is provided. The aerosolizable material comprises at least one cannabinoid and at least one carrier constituent, wherein the material does no comprise a surface active constitute. Methods of making the aerosolizable material and articles comprising the aerosolizable material are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Michael Foster Davis, John Will Caraway, Karina McQuillan, Alice Hughes, Maria Montserrat Sanchez Pena
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Publication number: 20240091500Abstract: A catheter for removing an object in a body lumen includes an outer tube, a shaft surrounded by the tube, a cutting member connected to the shaft to be rotated with respect to a rotation axis, a guide wire tube attached to the outer tube and having a first lumen for a guide wire and second lumens, a metal member attached to the wire tube, a part of the metal member surrounded by the member, a distal tip attached to the wire tube and having a third lumen communicating with the first lumen, and a pusher extending along the shaft, connectable to the distal tip or the metal member, and including wires that can pass through the second lumens. The pusher causes the cutting member to move toward a first surface of the body lumen when contacting an opposite second surface of the body lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Yuichi TADA, Yoichiro KUWANO, John BARRITT, Mike FOSTER
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Publication number: 20240089668Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixed-fixed membrane for a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphone. In one embodiment, a MEMS acoustic sensor includes a substrate; a membrane situated parallel to the substrate; and at least one vent formed into the membrane, wherein the at least one vent is a curved opening in the membrane, and wherein the at least one vent is disposed substantially along a length of the membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Joseph Seeger, Sushil Bharatan, Andrew Randles, Michael John Foster
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Publication number: 20240074484Abstract: An article for use with an aerosol provision system, the article comprising a store comprising an aerosolizable material and a wick formed from a sintered material, wherein the aerosolizable material comprises at least one cannabinoid and at least one carrier constituent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Michael Foster Davis, John Will Caraway
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Publication number: 20230298858Abstract: A surface treatment device includes a body and a plasma source disposed within the body. The plasma source includes a first inlet through the body and an ionization wave generator adjacent the first inlet to receive feedstock gas via the first inlet. The ionization wave generator includes a dielectric tube that necks down to define an elongated throat. The surface treatment device also includes a second inlet through the body and an expansion nozzle disposed within the body downstream of the second inlet. The second inlet is disposed at the elongated throat to provide further feedstock gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: John Foster, Mirko Gamba
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Patent number: 11740227Abstract: A nanopore cell includes a conductive layer and a working electrode disposed above the conductive layer and at the bottom of a well into which an electrolyte may be contained, such that at least a portion of a top base surface area of the working electrode is exposed to the electrolyte. The nanopore cell further includes a first insulating wall disposed above the working electrode and surrounding a lower section of a well, and a second insulating wall disposed above the first insulating wall and surrounding an upper section of the well, forming an overhang above the lower section of the well. The upper section of the well includes an opening that a membrane may span across, and wherein a base surface area of the opening is smaller than the at least a portion of the top base surface area of the working electrode that is exposed to the electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John Foster, Morgan Mager
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Publication number: 20230118941Abstract: A MEMS-based particle manipulation system which uses a particle manipulation stage and a plurality of laser interrogation regions. The laser interrogation regions may be used to assess the effectiveness or accuracy of the particle manipulation stage. In one exemplary embodiment, the particle manipulation stage is a microfabricated, flap-type fluid valve, which sorts a target particle from non-target particles in a fluid stream. The laser interrogation stages are disposed in the microfabricated fluid channels at the input and output of the flap-type sorting valve. The laser interrogation regions may be used to assess the effectiveness or accuracy of the sorting, and to control or adjust sort parameters during the sorting process. One or more feedback loops may be used to improve the particle manipulation process, based on data acquired during the first interrogation and/or during a downstream confirmation. Artificial intelligence techniques may be used to good effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Daryl GRUMMITT, John HARLEY, John FOSTER, Mark NAIVAR
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Patent number: 11593865Abstract: Techniques for improving a customer experience include presenting a selectable component to a user through a graphical user interface of a computing device that is communicably coupled to a server system through a network, the selectable component particularly associated with the user, the server system associated with a vendor and including a plurality of vendor product descriptions; receiving an activation of the selectable component from the user; based on the activation, identifying a plurality of profile data associated with the user; culling the plurality of vendor product descriptions to generate, based on the plurality of profile data, a subset of vendor product descriptions from the plurality of vendor product descriptions; and presenting the subset of vendor product descriptions to the user through the graphical user interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Nicholas John Foster, Carsten Schwesig
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Publication number: 20230008214Abstract: A device is described for delivering a therapeutic vibration to a body. The device may include at least two motors in a housing with unbalanced masses coupled to their axles, such that vibration of the masses causes the two motors and housing to vibrate at a beat frequency 80. The motors and housing may be coupled to the body via a platform which places the motors and housings at or near a resonant structure in the body, creating a coupled oscillation between the platform and the body. The vibration may be based on the input signal, such that the system applies the vibration based on the input signal to the user, wherein the signal may be an audio or video signal. The system may be configured to measure and manipulate the flow of cerebral spinal fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2021Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Michael Northen, John Foster, Alan Macy
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Patent number: 11475333Abstract: Techniques for generating solutions from aural inputs include identifying, with one or more machine learning engines, a plurality of aural signals provided by two or more human speakers, at least some of the plurality of aural signals associated with a human-perceived problem; parsing, with the one or more machine learning engines, the plurality of aural signals to generate a plurality of terms, each of the terms associated with the human-perceived problem; deriving, with the one or more machine learning engines, a plurality of solution sentiments and a plurality of solution constraints from the plurality of terms; generating, with the one or more machine learning engines, at least one solution to the human-perceived problem based on the derived solution sentiments and solution constraints; and presenting the at least one solution of the human-perceived problem to the two or more human speakers through at least one of a graphical interface or an auditory interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Nicholas John Foster, Carsten Schwesig
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Publication number: 20220291193Abstract: A nanopore cell includes a conductive layer and a working electrode disposed above the conductive layer and at the bottom of a well into which an electrolyte may be contained, such that at least a portion of a top base surface area of the working electrode is exposed to the electrolyte. The nanopore cell further includes a first insulating wall disposed above the working electrode and surrounding a lower section of a well, and a second insulating wall disposed above the first insulating wall and surrounding an upper section of the well, forming an overhang above the lower section of the well. The upper section of the well includes an opening that a membrane may span across, and wherein a base surface area of the opening is smaller than the at least a portion of the top base surface area of the working electrode that is exposed to the electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: John Foster, Morgan Mager
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Publication number: 20220227073Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on a computer-readable storage medium, for performing hybrid additive manufacturing. In some implementations, a hybrid additive manufacturing system causes a three-dimensional printer to print a sheet of material that includes printed features on one side of the sheet, each printed feature having a structural characteristic that is different from structural characteristics of a majority of the sheet. The system causes a molding machine to form the sheet using a mold, where at least one printed feature corresponds with an area of the mold at which the sheet deforms while being formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Nicholas John Foster, Matthew David Day
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Patent number: 11379306Abstract: A method for radiation hardening synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), where Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) is implemented on-chip. Each bank includes a plurality of interleaved single chip Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cells with bit registers configured to interface with the interleaved SRAM cells. A first column multiplexer (MUX) configured to select which bit register is accessed. A second column multiplexer is configured to select an accessed byte with the WRITE burst or a READ burst from the selected bit registers of the first column multiplexer. EDAC logic is configured to check Error Correction Code (ECC) during a READ burst and generate ECC during an WRITE burst for SRAM writeback during a PRECHARGE command.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic System Integration Inc.Inventors: Jason F. Ross, John Foster, David M. Hutcheson
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Patent number: 11346836Abstract: A nanopore cell includes a conductive layer and a working electrode disposed above the conductive layer and at the bottom of a well into which an electrolyte may be contained, such that at least a portion of a top base surface area of the working electrode is exposed to the electrolyte. The nanopore cell further includes a first insulating wall disposed above the working electrode and surrounding a lower section of a well, and a second insulating wall disposed above the first insulating wall and surrounding an upper section of the well, forming an overhang above the lower section of the well. The upper section of the well includes an opening that a membrane may span across, and wherein a base surface area of the opening is smaller than the at least a portion of the top base surface area of the working electrode that is exposed to the electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John Foster, Morgan Mager
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Publication number: 20220117837Abstract: A device is described which can measure changes in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) pressure as a function of body tilt, with an added feature of delivering particular vibrations to a body. By measuring changes in CSF pressure with tilt, one can determine, among other things, a body's ability to regulate CSF pressure. In addition, when coupled with the delivery of therapeutic vibration to a body, an improvement in CSF pressure regulation and patency can be established. The device may include at least two motors in a housing with unbalanced masses coupled to their axles, such that vibration of the masses causes the two motors and housing to vibrate at a beat frequency 80. The motors and housing may be coupled to the body via a platform which places the motors and housings at or near a resonant structure in the body, creating a coupled oscillation between the platform and the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Cofactor Systems, Inc.Inventors: Michael Northen, Alan J. Macy, John FOSTER
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Patent number: D956598Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: X Development LLCInventors: Christopher Ioffreda, Genevieve Linchangco, Nicholas John Foster