Patents by Inventor John A. Lloyd

John A. Lloyd 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).

  • PHTHALAZINES AS POTASSIUM ION CHANNEL INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140303168
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein A, R1, R3, and R24 are described herein. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of potassium channel function and in the treatment and prevention of arrhythmia, IKur-associated disorders, and other disorders mediated by ion channel function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Heather Finlay, Ashok Kumar Adisechan, Prashantha Gunaga, John Lloyd, Pothukanuri Srinivasu
  • PROGRAMMABLE MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140266791
    Abstract: The programmable monitoring system comprises one or more motion sensors, one or more temperature sensors, one or more door sensors and one or more pill box sensors. Each sensor is tagged with a unique code readable by a smart phone camera and software program which allows alarms on the smart phone to be set. The alarms are individually set for any or all of the sensors based on habits of the person being monitored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ALCHERA INCORPORATED D/B/A SERVANDUS
    Inventors: LESTER JOHN LLOYD, TIMOTHY PATRICK LLOYD, LAUREN FELIX YAZOLINO
  • PYRROLOTRIAZINES AS POTASSIUM ION CHANNEL INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140256719
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein A, R1, R3, and R24 are described herein. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of potassium channel function and in the treatment of arrhythmia, maintaining normal sinus rhythm, IKur-associated disorders, and other disorders mediated by ion channel function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Heather Finlay, Ashok Kumar Adisechan, Naveen Kumar Dhondi, Kavitha Govindrajulu, Prashantha Gunaga, John Lloyd, Pothukanuri Srinivasu
  • PYRIDINEDIONE CARBOXAMIDE INHIBITORS OF ENDOTHELIAL LIPASE
    Publication number: 20140235608
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are endothelial lipase inhibitors which may be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: John Lloyd, Jeniffer X. Qiao, Heather Finlay, James Neels, Zulan Pi, Carol Hui Hu, Tammy C. Wang
  • PYRROLINONE CARBOXAMIDE COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS ENDOTHELIAL LIPASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140228321
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): (I), as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are endothelial lipase inhibitors which may be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: Jennifer X. Qiao, Heather Finlay, Ji Jiang, John Lloyd, Carol Hui Hu, Zulan Pi, George O. Tora, James Neels, Jon J. Hangeland, Todd J. Friends
  • PYRROLINONE CARBOXAMIDE COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS ENDOTHELIAL LIPASE INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140221357
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) or Formula (III): [INSERT CHEMICAL STRUCTURE HERE] (I) [INSERT CHEMICAL STRUCTURE HERE] (III) as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are endothelial lipase inhibitors which may be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Lynn Abell, Leonard Adam, Cullen L. Cavallaro, Heather Finlay, Todd J. Friends, Jon J. Hangeland, Ji Jiang, R. Michael Lawrence, John Lloyd, Zulan Pi, George O. Tora, Jennifer X. Qiao, Carol Hui Hu, Tammy C. Wang
  • Wireless, Handheld, Tissue Oximetry Device
    Publication number: 20140046152
    Abstract: A system includes an enclosure having a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The enclosure includes a display coupled to the processor where the display is visible from an exterior of the enclosure; and a battery within the enclosure coupled to the processor and the display. The enclosure includes a probe tip coupled to an exterior of the enclosure. The probe tip includes first, second, and third sensor openings. A first distance between the first and second sensor openings is different than a second distance between the first and third sensor openings. The enclosure includes code stored in the memory where the code is executable by the processor, and includes code to receive first data associated with the first and second sensor openings, code to receive second data associated with the first and second sensor openings, and code to perform SRS using the first and the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: ViOptix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kate LeeAnn Bechtel, Joseph Heanue, Lester John Lloyd, Edward Solomon
  • AMIDE, UREA OR SULFONE AMIDE LINKED BENZOTHIAZOLE INHIBITORS OF ENDOTHELIAL LIPASE
    Publication number: 20140045811
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are endothelial lipase inhibitors which may be used as medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Heather Finlay, Ji Jiang, Soong-Hoon Kim, Brandon Parkhurst, Jennifer X. Qiao, Tammy C. Wang, Zulan Pi, George O. Tora, John Lloyd, James A. Johnson
  • Heterocyclic CETP inhibitors
    Patent number: 8642576
    Abstract: Compounds of formula Ia and Ib wherein A, B, C and R1 are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Mark E. Salvati, Heather Finlay, Bang-Chi Chen, Lalgudi S. Harikrishnan, Ji Jiang, James A. Johnson, Muthoni G. Kamau, R. Michael Lawrence, Jianqing Li, John Lloyd, Michael M. Miller, Zulan Pi, Jennifer X. Qiao, Richard A. Rampulla, Jacques Y. Roberge, Tammy C. Wang, Yufeng Wang, Wu Yang
  • QUINAZOLINES AS POTASSIUM ION CHANNEL INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140031345
    Abstract: A compound of formula I wherein A, X, Y, Z, R1 and R24 are described herein. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of potassium channel function and in the treatment and prevention of arrhythmia, IKur-associated disorders, and other disorders mediated by ion channel function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: James A. Johnson, John Lloyd, Heather Finlay, Ji Jiang, James Neels, Naveen Kumar Dhondi, Prashantha Gunaga, Abhisek Banerjee
  • THROMBECTOMY CATHETER DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130310845
    Abstract: A thrombectomy catheter deployment for operation of a thrombectomy catheter includes a stand alone drive unit and a disposable pump/catheter assembly which is manually placed into a carriage assembly in the drive unit. The pump/catheter assembly has a plurality of preconnected components including tubular structure and a thrombectomy catheter connected thereto and is transported into or out of the interior of the drive unit for automatic high pressure pump piston head engagement or disengagement with a reciprocating linear actuator and for automatic engagement of disengagement of an effluent waste tube with a roller pump. A barcode reader senses specific operational data pertaining to an individual pump and provides an interface for operation of the reciprocating linear actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Medrad, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Joel Thor, Michael John Bonnette, Nicole Jaye Aasen, Martyn Stuart Abbott, Douglas James Ball, Walter Charles Croll, David Charles Cummings, James Frederick Karpinski, Daniel Joseph Kneip, Jeffrey William Rogers, Ernest Ralph Scherger, III, John Lloyd Teschendorf, Stephen Earl Weisel, David Woodruff West
  • Quinazolines as potassium ion channel inhibitors
    Patent number: 8575184
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein A, X, Y, Z, R1 and R24 are described herein. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of potassium channel function and in the treatment and prevention of arrhythmia, IKur-associated disorders, and other disorders mediated by ion channel function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: James A. Johnson, John Lloyd, Heather Finlay, Ji Jiang, James Neels, Naveen Kumar Dhondi, Prashantha Gunaga, Abhisek Banerjee
  • Vehicle sound enhancing system and method of producing
    Patent number: 8542846
    Abstract: Methods, systems and storage media are disclosed for enhancing the sounds of any vehicle, motorized conveyance, vehicle simulator, video game or vehicle like device by feeding the output of a playback device of the invention fed by a storage medium of the invention containing signals including one or more sounds of an operating DEV of choice and a signal indicating the RPM of the operating vehicle, motorized conveyance, vehicle simulator, video game or vehicle like device into one or more speakers and/or headphones. DEV's (Driving enthusiast vehicles) includes performance vehicles, race cars, trucks, tanks, motorcycles, power boats and the like. Using the invention, a driver or passenger is able to produce, inside the passenger compartment of any vehicle, etc., the sounds that a DEV makes at the corresponding RPM's of the separate engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventors: John Lloyd Matejczyk, John Hart Miller
  • Automated dust filter cleaning
    Patent number: 8506674
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a dust filter includes applying a negative electrical potential to a first electrode in a first area of a dust filter and applying a positive electrical potential to a second electrode disposed in a second area of the dust filter, wherein a voltage differential between the first and second electrodes is sufficient to cause electrostatic movement of dust from the first area to the second area. Then, the method further includes applying a negative electrical potential to the second electrode and applying a positive electrical potential to a third electrode disposed in a third area of the dust filter, wherein a voltage differential between the second and third electrodes is sufficient to cause electrostatic movement of dust from the second area to the third area, and wherein the first, second and third areas are generally linearly arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kathy L. Brown-Fitzpatrick, Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, James R. Lee, John Lloyd, William E. Lohmeyer, Jr., Andrew H. Wray
  • Single crystal diamond prepared by CVD
    Patent number: 8501143
    Abstract: A single crystal diamond prepared by CVD and having one or more electronic characteristics; making the diamond suitable for electronic applications. Also provided is a method of making the single crystal CVD diamond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Element Six Ltd.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Alan Scarsbrook, Philip Maurice Martineau, John Lloyd Collins, Ricardo Simon Sussmann, Bärbel Susanne Charlotte Dorn, Andrew John Whitehead, Daniel James Twitchen
  • Computer system including electrodes for automated dust filter cleaning
    Patent number: 8491683
    Abstract: A computer system includes a computer chassis housing a processor and having a dust filter disposed in an airflow pathway through the computer chassis. A plurality of electrodes is disposed across an area of the dust filter, and a voltage source is provided having a negative terminal and a positive terminal. A controller selectively couples a first subset of electrodes to the negative terminal and selectively couples a second subset of electrodes to the positive terminal, wherein a voltage differential between the first subset of electrodes and the second subset of electrodes is sufficient to cause electrostatic movement of dust from an area of the dust filter near the first subset of electrodes to an area of the dust filter near the second subset of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kathy L. Brown-Fitzpatrick, Gary D. Cudak, Christopher J. Hardee, James R. Lee, John Lloyd, William E. Lohmeyer, Jr., Andrew H. Wray
  • Methods of conducting thrombectomy procedures and deploying a thrombectomy catheter
    Patent number: 8491523
    Abstract: Methods of conducting thrombectomy procedures and deploying a thrombectomy catheter are disclosed. A thrombectomy procedure is conducted with a thrombectomy catheter deployment system. A drive unit configured to operate an infusion pump is provided. The drive unit is operable according to one or more operating modes. A preconnected and consolidated pump and catheter assembly configured for loading in the drive unit is also provided. The assembly is separate from the drive unit prior to loading. The infusion pump and a catheter of the assembly are in communication prior to loading. The assembly provides one or more digital instructions to the drive unit. The drive unit is operable according to the one or more operating modes referenced by the one or more digital instructions. The assembly is loaded into the drive unit, and the drive unit is engaged to the infusion pump for operation of the infusion pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Medrad, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Joel Thor, Michael John Bonnette, Nicole Jaye Aasen, Martyn Stuart Abbott, Douglas James Ball, Walter Charles Croll, David Charles Cummings, James Fredrick Karpinski, Daniel Joseph Kneip, Jeffrey William Rogers, Ernest Ralph Scherger, III, John Lloyd Teschendorf, Stephen Earl Weisel, David Woodruff West
  • Vehicle lighting system
    Patent number: 8398277
    Abstract: An illumination controller comprise at least one sensor configured to sense position and motion of an operator of a banking vehicle, an illumination adjustment actuator, and a controller configured to determine angular velocity and/or linear acceleration, and banking angle of the vehicle from the sensed position and motion signals. The controller controls the illumination adjustment actuator to direct the illumination in anticipation of and during a turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Inventors: Billie Brandt Fritz, Toby John Lloyd
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HEMOMETRY
    Publication number: 20130035569
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for hemometry in humans. Pressure is applied proximal to a target area in human tissue. A modulated optical signal based on a digital code sequence is transmitted to the target area. A temporal transfer characteristic is derived from the modulated optical signal. Concentration of an analyte is determined based on the temporal transfer characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Heanue, Lester John Lloyd, Kate Leeann Bechtel, Brian Patrick Wilfley, John Frederick Heanue
  • Fused heterocyclic compounds as inhibitors of potassium channel function
    Patent number: 8357704
    Abstract: A compound of formula I wherein m, n, A, B, D, E, G, H, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R8, are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: James A. Johnson, John Lloyd, Alexander Kover