Patents by Inventor John Long

John Long 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: 20250072922
    Abstract: Described are surgical clamping devices, which may include a pair of shaft members, each of which may include a jaw member extending from a proximal end of the shaft member and a finger grip extending from an opposing distal end of the shaft member. In addition, each jaw member may include a tip means for holding and clamping a patient's skin along an edge of a wound. The tip means may include at least two pointed teeth that are angled inward and downward from the shaft member. The surgical clamping device may be removed and applied for multiple stages of Mohs micrographic surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: John Meisenheimer, VII, John Long Meisenheimer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20250032493
    Abstract: Provided herein are MALT1 inhibitors and the administration of MALT1 inhibitors in subjects such that the efficacy of MALT1 inhibitors is decoupled from the reduction of regulatory T cells. Therefore, the MALT1 inhibitors and methods for administering the MALT1 inhibitors enable the treatment of diseases (e.g., autoimmune diseases) while avoiding reduction of Tregs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: RARIFIED BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Subhabrata Biswas, Patricia Elaine Rao, Barbara Saxton Fox, Dania Mounir Rabah, Andrew John Long
  • Patent number: 11978212
    Abstract: A method and system for image segmentation systems and related methods of automatically segmenting cardiac MRI images using deep learning methods. One example method includes inputting MRI volume data from a MRI scanner, segmenting the MRI volume data with a whole volume segmentation analysis module, assembling the segmented MRI volume data into a 3D volume assembly with a 3D volume assembly module, determining the 3D volume assembly for anatomic plausibility with an anatomic plausibility analysis module, and outputting a final segmented 3D volume assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Dyad Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John Long, Ronny Shalev
  • Publication number: 20240054653
    Abstract: A method and system for image segmentation systems and related methods of automatically segmenting cardiac MRI images using deep learning methods. One example method includes inputting MRI volume data from a MRI scanner, segmenting the MRI volume data with a whole volume segmentation analysis module, assembling the segmented MRI volume data into a 3D volume assembly with a 3D volume assembly module, determining the 3D volume assembly for anatomic plausibility with an anatomic plausibility analysis module, and outputting a final segmented 3D volume assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: John LONG, Ronny SHALEV
  • Patent number: 11636603
    Abstract: A method and system for image segmentation systems and related methods of automatically segmenting cardiac MRI images using deep learning methods. One example method includes inputting MRI volume data from a MRI scanner, segmenting the MRI volume data with a whole volume segmentation analysis module, assembling the segmented MRI volume data into a 3D volume assembly with a 3D volume assembly module, determining the 3D volume assembly for anatomic plausibility with an anatomic plausibility analysis module, and outputting a final segmented 3D volume assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Dyad Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John Long, Ronny Shalev
  • Patent number: 11486099
    Abstract: A plate retainer apparatus is provided for use on a railroad track with a tie exchanger having a main frame, the apparatus configured for gripping and retaining rail tie plates to a rail during a rail tie exchange process. The plate retainer apparatus includes a plate retainer workhead constructed and arranged for movement independent of that of the main frame. Included on the workhead is a pair of workhead modules, each module associated with a rail of the track and configured for retaining a single tie plate associated with a target tie at a time. Each workhead module is movable relative to the main frame independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NORDCO INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Michael Boczkiewicz, Nicholas Edward Wojnar, Gregory John Long, Neil Patrick Creegan
  • Patent number: 11453981
    Abstract: A rail tie plate retaining workhead is provided for use in conjunction with a rail tie replacement machine moving along a railroad track having a pair of rails. The workhead includes a workhead frame configured for movement along the track relative to the rail tie replacement machine, and a pair of plate retaining frames, each frame associated with a respective one of the rails, and being connected to the workhead frame. Each plate retaining frame has at least one rail guide wheel connected to the retaining frame using a fluid powered cylinder, the wheels vertically reciprocating between an extended position, in which the workhead is raised to a travel position, and a retracted position, in which the workhead is lowered to a working position in operational relationship with at least one targeted rail tie plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NORDCO INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Pritzl, Kyle Matthew Neubauer, Gregory John Long, Ryan Matthew Holschbach, James W. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20220192517
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting plaque and vessel constriction by processing intracoronary optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) pullback data performed by software executed on a computer. One example method includes inputting IVOCT pullback data from an imaging device, performing full semantic segmentation of the every image of the IVOCT pullback data with a frame-based segmentation module, generating a cross-sectional frame-based image of the every image of the segmented IVOCT pullback data with a cross-sectional display, and determining the presence of plaque and vessel constriction with an automated analysis application analyzing the cross-sectional frame-based images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: David A. Vader, Ronny SHALEV, John LONG
  • Publication number: 20220138951
    Abstract: A method and system for image segmentation systems and related methods of automatically segmenting cardiac MRI images using deep learning methods. One example method includes inputting MRI volume data from a MRI scanner, segmenting the MRI volume data with a whole volume segmentation analysis module, assembling the segmented MRI volume data into a 3D volume assembly with a 3D volume assembly module, determining the 3D volume assembly for anatomic plausibility with an anatomic plausibility analysis module, and outputting a final segmented 3D volume assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: John LONG, Ronny SHALEV
  • Patent number: 11287366
    Abstract: A scanning microwave ellipsometer includes: a microwave ellipsometry test head including: a polarization controller; a transmission line; and a sensor that produces sensor microwave radiation, subjects a sample to the sensor microwave radiation, receives a sample reflected microwave radiation from the sample that results from subjecting the sample with the sample reflected microwave radiation, and produces a sensor-received microwave radiation from the sample reflected microwave radiation, wherein a polarization of the sensor microwave radiation is controlled by the polarization controller; an electrical signal measurement system that produces an electrical readout signal such that a magnitude of reflection coefficient ? and an angle of reflection coefficient ? of the sample reflected microwave radiation is determined from the electrical readout signal; and a position controller that adjusts a relative position of the sensor and the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Christian John Long, Nathan Daniel Orloff, Nina Popovic Basta, Edward Joseph Garboczi
  • Publication number: 20220061920
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting coverage status and position of coronary stents in blood vessels by processing intracoronary optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) pullback data performed by software executed on a computer. One example method includes inputting IVOCT pullback data from an imaging device, classifying every image of the IVOCT pullback data into two groups with a binary classification module based on the presence of stent struts in the images, predicting lumen border coordinates from segmentation of every image of the IVOCT pullback data with a lumen segmentation module, identifying objects of interest in every image of the IVOCT pullback data with a stent detection module, and determining the coverage status and position of the coronary stents in blood vessels with an automated analysis application analyzing an output from the binary classification module, an output from the lumen segmentation module, and an output from the stent detection module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: John LONG, Ronny SHALEV, Soumya Mohanty
  • Publication number: 20200348224
    Abstract: A scanning microwave ellipsometer includes: a microwave ellipsometry test head including: a polarization controller; a transmission line; and a sensor that produces sensor microwave radiation, subjects a sample to the sensor microwave radiation, receives a sample reflected microwave radiation from the sample that results from subjecting the sample with the sample reflected microwave radiation, and produces a sensor-received microwave radiation from the sample reflected microwave radiation, wherein a polarization of the sensor microwave radiation is controlled by the polarization controller; an electrical signal measurement system that produces an electrical readout signal such that a magnitude of reflection coefficient ? and an angle of reflection coefficient ? of the sample reflected microwave radiation is determined from the electrical readout signal; and a position controller that adjusts a relative position of the sensor and the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Christian John Long, Nathan Daniel Orloff, Nina Popovic Basta, Edward Joseph Garboczi
  • Publication number: 20200131716
    Abstract: A rail tie plate retaining workhead is provided for use in conjunction with a rail tie replacement machine moving along a railroad track having a pair of rails. The workhead includes a workhead frame configured for movement along the track relative to the rail tie replacement machine, and a pair of plate retaining frames, each frame associated with a respective one of the rails, and being connected to the workhead frame. Each plate retaining frame has at least one rail guide wheel connected to the retaining frame using a fluid powered cylinder, the wheels vertically reciprocating between an extended position, in which the workhead is raised to a travel position, and a retracted position, in which the workhead is lowered to a working position in operational relationship with at least one targeted rail tie plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph PRITZL, Kyle Matthew NEUBAUER, Gregory John LONG, Ryan Matthew HOLSCHBACH, James W. BOYD
  • Publication number: 20200087863
    Abstract: A plate retainer apparatus is provided for use on a railroad track with a tie exchanger having a main frame, the apparatus configured for gripping and retaining rail tie plates to a rail during a rail tie exchange process. The plate retainer apparatus includes a plate retainer workhead constructed and arranged for movement independent of that of the main frame. Included on the workhead is a pair of workhead modules, each module associated with a rail of the track and configured for retaining a single tie plate associated with a target tie at a time. Each workhead module is movable relative to the main frame independently of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce Michael BOCZKIEWICZ, Nicholas Edward WOJNAR, Gregory John LONG, Neil Patrick CREEGAN
  • Patent number: 10527190
    Abstract: An unload tee has a tee body with a front side and a rear side. The unload tee further includes a door rotatably connected to front side of the tee body; a catch pin mounted on and projecting from the door; a latch assembly connected to the door, and wherein the latch assembly is positioned towards the front side of the unload tee, and further wherein the latch assembly comprises a latch tab having an ear; and a catch defined as a curve in the ear of the latch tab, wherein the catch is configured to engage the catch pin when the door is in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Bray International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael James Lurk, Thomas Linhorst, John Long
  • Patent number: 10428989
    Abstract: An unload tee has a tee body with a front side and a rear side. The tee body includes an extendable link pivotally connected to the front side of the tee body wherein the extendable link is slidable from a first position wherein the extendable link is shortened to a second position wherein the extendable link is lengthened. An arm is pivotally connected at an opposite end of the extendable link and a door is pivotally connected to an end of the arm unconnected to the shaft. The door is configured to cover an opening of the tee body, wherein an end of the door unconnected to the arm is pivotally connected proximate the rear side of the tee body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Bray International, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Linhorst, John Long
  • Patent number: 10261032
    Abstract: A noncontact resonameter includes: a resonator to: produce an excitation signal including a field; subject a sample to the excitation signal; produce a first resonator signal in a presence of the sample and the excitation signal, the first resonator signal including: a first quality factor of the resonator; a first resonance frequency of the resonator; or a combination thereof, the first resonator signal occurring in an absence of contact between the sample and the resonator; and produce a second resonator signal in a presence of the excitation signal and an absence of the sample, the second resonator signal including: a second quality factor of the resonator; a second resonance frequency of the resonator; or a combination thereof; a circuit in electrical communication with the resonator to receive the first resonator signal and the second resonator signal; and a continuous feeder to: provide the sample proximate to the resonator; dispose the sample intermediately in the field of the excitation signal during
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nathan Daniel Orloff, Christian John Long, Jan Obrzut
  • Patent number: 10026077
    Abstract: Provided is a payment card for multiple accounts. The card comprises a card member; a plurality of programmable chips, at least one of which is releasably attached to the card member; each programmable chip has an associated personal identification number (PIN); and a control chip operable for selecting one of the programmable chips to be active during a transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ahmed Hosny, John Long
  • Publication number: 20180142825
    Abstract: An unload tee has a tee body with a front side and a rear side. The tee body includes an extendable link pivotally connected to the front side of the tee body wherein the extendable link is slidable from a first position wherein the extendable link is shortened to a second position wherein the extendable link is lengthened. An arm is pivotally connected at an opposite end of the extendable link and a door is pivotally connected to an end of the arm unconnected to the shaft. The door is configured to cover an opening of the tee body, wherein an end of the door unconnected to the arm is pivotally connected proximate the rear side of the tee body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas A. Linhorst, John Long
  • Patent number: 9909705
    Abstract: An unload tee has a tee body with a front side and a rear side. The tee body includes an extendable link pivotally connected to the front side of the tee body wherein the extendable link is slidable from a first position wherein the extendable link is shortened to a second position wherein the extendable link is lengthened. An arm is pivotally connected at an opposite end of the extendable link and a door is pivotally connected to an end of the arm unconnected to the shaft. The door is configured to cover an opening of the tee body, wherein an end of the door unconnected to the arm is pivotally connected proximate the rear side of the tee body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Bray International, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Linhorst, John Long