Patents by Inventor John A. Souza

John A. Souza 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: 20240143024
    Abstract: An example method is performed at a device with a display and a biometric sensor. While the device is in a locked state, the method includes displaying a log-in user interface that is associated with logging in to a first and second user account. While displaying the log-in user interface, the method includes, receiving biometric information, and in response to receiving the biometric information: when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the first user account and the first user account does not have an active session, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the first user account; and when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the second user account and the second user account does not have an active session on the device, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the second user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Raymond S. Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong, Patrick L. Coffman, Dylan R. Edwards, Eric Lance Wilson, Gregg S. Suzuki, Christopher I. Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Duncan R. Kerr, John B. Morrell
  • Patent number: 11951010
    Abstract: A sacroiliac joint implant system includes a primary implant configured to be received in a sacroiliac joint of a patient and a secondary implant configured to couple with the primary implant. The primary implant includes a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a plurality of threads extending from the body. The secondary implant includes a first anchor configured to anchor within a sacrum of the patient and a second anchor configured to anchor within an ilium of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SurGenTec, LLC
    Inventors: Travis Greenhalgh, Andrew Shoup, John Souza, Bryan Hellriegel, Richard Sharp
  • Publication number: 20240110515
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine including: a fan assembly comprising a fan; and a turbomachine drivingly coupled to the fan and including a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order and defining in part a working gas flowpath, the gas turbine engine defining a bypass passage over the turbomachine; the turbomachine further including a heat exchanger and defining an annular cooling passage extending between an inlet and an outlet, the inlet in airflow communication with the working gas flowpath at a location upstream of the compressor section and the outlet in airflow communication with the bypass passage, the heat exchanger in thermal communication with an airflow through the cooling passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Andrew Hudecki, Steven Douglas Johnson, Eric Barre, John Carl Glessner, Efren Souza Chavez
  • Publication number: 20240074871
    Abstract: An intervertebral scaffolding system is provided having an expandable frame operable for a reversible collapse from an expanded state into a collapsed state, the expandable frame having a stabilizer, one or more tensioners, or a combination of the stabilizer with one or more tensioners. The stabilizer slidably engages with the distal region of the expandable frame and both the stabilizer and the one or more tensioners are configured for retaining the expandable frame from a lateral movement that exceeds the expanded state, and the stabilizer can include a locking element that engages with the expansion member to lock the expansion member to the stabilizer when the expansion member is fully inserted into the frame. The expanded state, for example, can be configured to have an open graft distribution window that at least substantially closes upon the reversible collapse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: John TO, John J. FLYNN, John SOUZA, Andrew WOLF
  • Patent number: 11914419
    Abstract: An example method is performed at a device with a display and a biometric sensor. While the device is in a locked state, the method includes displaying a log-in user interface that is associated with logging in to a first and second user account. While displaying the log-in user interface, the method includes, receiving biometric information, and in response to receiving the biometric information: when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the first user account and the first user account does not have an active session, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the first user account; and when the biometric information is consistent with biometric information for the second user account and the second user account does not have an active session on the device, displaying a prompt to input a log-in credential for the second user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Raymond S. Sepulveda, Chun Kin Minor Wong, Patrick L. Coffman, Dylan R. Edwards, Eric Lance Wilson, Gregg S. Suzuki, Christopher I. Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Andre Souza Dos Santos, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Duncan R. Kerr, John B. Morrell
  • Patent number: 11844505
    Abstract: A retractor extension clip deployment system for use with a surgical retractor includes at least an extension clip adapted for engagement with the surgical retractor, the extension clip having proximal and distal ends, a deployment instrument, and a fluid transport assembly adapted to be affixed to the surgical retractor and comprising one or more tubes for transporting fluid including smoke removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: JGMG BENGOCHEA, LLC
    Inventors: Javier Garcia-Bengochea, Marc Von Amsberg, John Souza, Sr.
  • Publication number: 20230355250
    Abstract: A surgical guidance device is cannulated for passage of a guidewire or pin and includes a hand grip and differential control assembly for driving the guidewire or pin and differentially driving a screw, such as but not limited to a pedicle screw, into bone. The differential control assembly resides in a housing, and includes a differential control assembly for gripping and locking or releasing the guidewire or pin and effecting directional movement (relative to the user holding the surgical guidance device) either distally into the bone or proximally away from bone to thereby drive or retract the guidewire. The differential control assembly also allows distal or proximal drive of a screw, such that one or both the guidewire and screw can be passed proximally or distally alone or together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: INTEGRITY IMPLANTS INC. d/b/a ACCELUS
    Inventors: Wyatt Drake GEIST, John SOUZA, SR.
  • Publication number: 20230355286
    Abstract: A length adjustable modular screw includes a neck assembly and a shank. The neck assembly has proximal and distal ends and includes an expander component and a collet component that are slidably engagable by insertion of the expander component in a through channel of the collet component along a common axis. The length adjustable modular screw also includes a shank suitable for insertion and retention within a bone, the shank including a threaded portion between proximal and distal ends and a socket adapted to coaxially receive at least a portion of the distal end of the neck assembly. The length adjustable modular screw has a length that is selected by splaying at least a portion of the distal end of the engaged expander and collet components of the neck assembly within the socket of the shank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: INTEGRITY IMPLANTS INC. d/b/a ACCELUS
    Inventors: Wyatt Drake GEIST, John SOUZA, SR.
  • Patent number: 11805919
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a prone body support apparatus for operating a work object is disclosed. The prone body support apparatus includes a base, and a secondary frame and a primary frame. The secondary frame includes a head support for supporting a headrest pad, a torso support and a hip support, the torso and hip supports may be moveable with respect to each other, and a posterior brace, all of which may include a pad. The primary frame includes a knee-adjacent thigh brace and a media emplacement for supporting a work object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Kamshad Raiszadeh MD
    Inventors: Kamron Jaspar Raiszadeh, Kamshad Raiszadeh, John Souza, Kassi Rose
  • Publication number: 20230346434
    Abstract: An implantable modular plate system for stabilizing adjacent vertebral bodies in a cervical spine includes at least two plate segments aligned or connected together so as to form a connection at and along adjacent ends. At least one of the plate segments includes a flange at an engagement end and at least one of the plate segments including a flange recess at an engagement end, the flange being configured for overlay engagement with the flange recess when the at least two plate segments are engaged. The plate segments are pivotable out of plane with one another at a common axis of rotation traversing overlapping portions of the adjacent ends and are constrained from rotation by the flanges such that the rotation of each plate segment is limited to up to 90 degrees of rotation away from the contact surfaces of the flange and flange recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: FREEDOM INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Avery M. JACKSON, III, John SOUZA, SR.
  • Publication number: 20230337829
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a prone body support apparatus for operating a work object is disclosed. The prone body support apparatus includes a base, and a secondary frame and a primary frame. The secondary frame includes a head support for supporting a headrest pad, a torso support and a hip support, the torso and hip supports may be moveable with respect to each other, and a posterior brace, all of which may include a pad. The primary frame includes a knee-adjacent thigh brace and a media emplacement for supporting a work object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Kamron Jaspar RAISZADEH, Kamshad RAISZADEH, John SOUZA, Kassi ROSE
  • Publication number: 20230337830
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a prone body support apparatus for operating a work object is disclosed. The prone body support apparatus includes a base, and a secondary frame and a primary frame. The secondary frame includes a head support for supporting a headrest pad, a torso support and a hip support, the torso and hip supports may be moveable with respect to each other, and a posterior brace, all of which may include a pad. The primary frame includes a knee-adjacent thigh brace and a media emplacement for supporting a work object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Kamshad Raiszadeh MD, a medical corporation
    Inventors: Kamron Jaspar RAISZADEH, Kamshad RAISZADEH, John SOUZA, Kassi ROSE
  • Publication number: 20230338080
    Abstract: A bipolar dissector includes a handle actuatable by squeezing, a housing extending from and coupled to a distal end of the handle, and a shaft coupled to a proximal end of the handle and extending past the distal end of the handle and through the housing to a distal end of the housing. The shaft includes first and second electrical lines extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the shaft and an insulating material electrically insulating the electrical lines from each other and from the handle and the housing. The bipolar dissector also includes a pair of forceps including a first tine and a second tine. The tines extend from the electrical lines at the distal end of the shaft at the distal end of the housing. Squeezing the handle actuates the forceps in the same direction as the squeezing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Javier GARCIA-BENGOCHEA, John SOUZA
  • Publication number: 20230329871
    Abstract: A sacroiliac joint implant system includes a primary implant configured to be received in a sacroiliac joint of a patient and a secondary implant configured to couple with the primary implant. The primary implant includes a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a plurality of threads extending from the body. The secondary implant includes a first anchor configured to anchor within a sacrum of the patient and a second anchor configured to anchor within an ilium of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Travis Greenhalgh, Andrew Shoup, John Souza, Bryan Hellriegel, Richard Sharp
  • Patent number: 11717415
    Abstract: An intervertebral scaffolding system is provided having a laterovertically-expanding frame operable for a reversible collapse from an expanded state into a collapsed state, the laterovertically-expanding frame having a stabilizer, one or more tensioners, or a combination of the stabilizer with one or more tensioners. The stabilizer slidably engages with the distal region of the laterovertically-expanding frame and both the stabilizer and the one or more tensioners are configured for retaining the laterovertically-expanding frame from a lateral movement that exceeds the expanded state, and the stabilizer can include a locking element that engages with the expansion member to lock the expansion member to the stabilizer when the expansion member is fully inserted into the frame. The expanded state, for example, can be configured to have an open graft distribution window that at least substantially closes upon the reversible collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Integrity Implants Inc.
    Inventors: John To, John J. Flynn, John Souza, Andrew Wolf
  • Patent number: 11717338
    Abstract: A bipolar dissector includes a handle actuatable by squeezing, a housing extending from and coupled to a distal end of the handle, and a shaft coupled to a proximal end of the handle and extending past the distal end of the handle and through the housing to a distal end of the housing. The shaft includes first and second electrical lines extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the shaft and an insulating material electrically insulating the electrical lines from each other and from the handle and the housing. The bipolar dissector also includes a pair of forceps including a first tine and a second tine. The tines extend from the electrical lines at the distal end of the shaft at the distal end of the housing. Squeezing the handle actuates the forceps in the same direction as the squeezing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: JGMG BENGOCHEA, LLC
    Inventors: Javier Garcia-Bengochea, John Souza
  • Publication number: 20230181323
    Abstract: A sacroiliac joint implant system includes a primary implant configured to be received in a sacroiliac joint of a patient and a secondary implant configured to couple with the primary implant. The primary implant includes a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a plurality of threads extending from the body. The secondary implant includes a first anchor configured to anchor within a sacrum of the patient and a second anchor configured to anchor within an ilium of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Travis Greenhalgh, Andrew Shoup, John Souza, Bryan Hellriegel, Richard Sharp
  • Publication number: 20230181322
    Abstract: A sacroiliac joint implant system includes a primary implant configured to be received in a sacroiliac joint of a patient and a secondary implant configured to couple with the primary implant. The primary implant includes a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a plurality of threads extending from the body. The secondary implant includes a first anchor configured to anchor within a sacrum of the patient and a second anchor configured to anchor within an ilium of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Travis Greenhalgh, Andrew Shoup, John Souza, Bryan Hellriegel, Richard Sharp
  • Patent number: 11654028
    Abstract: A tissue fixation implant that includes leading fixation and trailing fixation members, each fixation member having a proximal head and an elongate shank with a distal tip, and each fixation member adapted to at least partially contact the other fixation member at one or more points along their respective lengths. The tissue fixation implant includes a proximal inter-engagement feature for fixedly engaging each of the two fixation members relative to one another when engaged within tissue, including bone tissue, soft tissue, and combinations of these, and has an interior chamber suitable for receiving osteogenic material to enhance new bone growth and fusion of the fixation implant within bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CUTTING EDGE SPINE LLC
    Inventors: John Souza, Kyle Kuntz
  • Patent number: 11633220
    Abstract: A length adjustable modular screw includes a neck assembly and a shank. The neck assembly has proximal and distal ends and includes an expander component and a collet component that are slidably engagable by insertion of the expander component in a through channel of the collet component along a common axis. The length adjustable modular screw also includes a shank suitable for insertion and retention within a bone, the shank including a threaded portion between proximal and distal ends and a socket adapted to coaxially receive at least a portion of the distal end of the neck assembly. The length adjustable modular screw has a length that is selected by splaying at least a portion of the distal end of the engaged expander and collet components of the neck assembly within the socket of the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Integrity Implants, Inc.
    Inventors: Wyatt Drake Geist, John Souza, Sr.