Patents by Inventor John Simpson

John Simpson 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).

  • Patent number: 12150872
    Abstract: A stent comprising a cobalt-based alloy comprising 18-50 weight % cobalt (Co), 10-25 weight % chromium (Cr), 10-15 weight % tungsten (W), 0-2 weight % of manganese (Mn), 0-3 weight % iron (Fe), and 10-65 weight % metal member selected from a platinum group metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Simpson, Puneet Kamal Singh Gill, Pamela A. Kramer-Brown
  • Patent number: 12151049
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to radiopaque implantable structures (e.g., stents) formed of cobalt-based alloys that comprise cobalt, chromium, tungsten, and nickel, and methods for their manufacture. Tungsten is present above its solubility limit (about 15%) at ambient temperature, but is still only present as a super-saturated, primarily single-phase material exhibiting an FCC microcrystalline structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Simpson, Puneet Kamal Singh Gill
  • Publication number: 20240376873
    Abstract: An SMA actuator assembly (2) comprising: a support structure (10); a movable part (20) that is movable relative to the support structure; and an SMA wire (30) connected at its ends to the movable part and/or the support structure and arranged to move the movable part relative to the support structure, wherein the SMA wire is arranged to be in contact between its ends with one or more contact portions of the movable part and/or support structure, and wherein each contact portion comprises a plurality of contact sections (10a, 20a) that are in direct contact with the SMA wire, wherein the plurality of contact sections are separated by one or more gaps between the contact sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua Carr, Daniel John Burbridge, Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Stephen Matthew Bunting, David Richards, Samuel Armstrong, Robin Eddington
  • Patent number: 12137923
    Abstract: A guidewire for use in penetrating through complex and stenosed lesions. The distal tip of the guidewire has a roughened surface to increase frictional engagement with calcified and fibrous tissue to increase the penetration of the distal tip and the guidewire into and through the lesion and reduce the likelihood of deflection of the guidewire tip. The average surface roughness of the distal tip is in the range from 1 micron to 200 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Puneet Kamal Singh Gill, Jonathan Durcan, Jakub Truty, Matthew J. Chludzinski, John Simpson
  • Publication number: 20240368378
    Abstract: The invention pertains generally to a process and resulting product of following the steps of the process involving adding an Iron- or Manganese- or Vanadium- or Copper- in combination with a multidentate ligand to form a metal-ligand complex with a thiol or polythiol to an alkyd resin, said steps performed in any order or the synthesis performed in-situ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Borchers GmbH
    Inventors: Neil John Simpson, Sabrina Nehache, Claudia Menzel
  • Publication number: 20240316188
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of forming compounds and exemplary compounds in the nature of a conjugated compound demonstrating enhanced stability, which in some embodiments comprises a protein and virus particle mixed in a conjugation reaction to form a conjugate mixture, such that the conditions and steps of forming these products allow for unrefrigerated storage for longer time periods than previous approaches, thus making feasible access to such products over a global supply chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: KBIO HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Leigh Burden, Steven D. Hume, Joshua Morton, Greg Pogue, Barry Bratcher, Hugh A. Haydon, Carrie A. Simpson, Nick Partain, John W. Shepherd
  • Patent number: 12097256
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of forming compounds and exemplary compounds in the nature of a conjugated compound demonstrating enhanced stability, which in some embodiments comprises a protein and virus particle mixed in a conjugation reaction to form a conjugate mixture, such that the conditions and steps of forming these products allow for unrefrigerated storage for longer time periods than previous approaches, thus making feasible access to such products over a global supply chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KBIO HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Leigh Burden, Steven D. Hume, Joshua Morton, Greg Pogue, Barry Bratcher, Hugh A. Haydon, Carrie A. Simpson, Nick Partain, John W. Shepherd
  • Patent number: 12064439
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of general formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, formulations, methods and uses in, for example, the treatment of disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: WisTa Laboratories Ltd.
    Inventors: Colin Marshall, Scott Clunas, John Mervyn David Storey, James Peter Sinclair, Thomas Craven Baddeley, Ahtsham Ishaq, Michael Simpson, Craig Williamson, Barry Alan Wood, Claude Michel Wischik, Charles Robert Harrington, Janet Elizabeth Rickard, David Horsley, Yin Sze Loh, Karrar Ahmad Khan, Christopher Paul Larch
  • Publication number: 20240271564
    Abstract: A rotatable nacelle includes an engine inlet configured to receive air and an inlet air management system (IAMS). The IAMS includes a primary inlet configured to selectively allow air to flow into a duct associated with the engine air inlet via the primary inlet and a secondary inlet configured to selectively allow air to flow into the duct associated with the engine air inlet via the secondary inlet. The secondary inlet is configured to receive an air filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel John Simpson, Tim Nobel, Mitchell Jay Griffith, Henry Roger Bredenkamp, Jr., David H. Loe, Paul Park
  • Patent number: 12051143
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating and modifying digital animations based on user interactions with a unique user interface portraying a one-dimensional layer motion element and/or elements for generating and utilizing animation path for digital design objects and animation layers. The disclosed system can provide a dynamic one-dimensional layer motion element that adapts to a selected animation layer and portrays selectable animation frames from the animation layer. The disclosed systems can provide options for generating and modifying various frames of the digital animation based on user interactions with the one-dimensional layer motion element, an animation timeline, and/or a corresponding animation canvas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Kazi Rubaiat Habib, Timothy Langlois, Li-Yi Wei, John Simpson, James Corbett, Christopher Nuuja, Brooke Hopper
  • Publication number: 20240211397
    Abstract: Techniques for data manipulation using processor cluster address generation are disclosed. One or more processor clusters capable of executing software-initiated work requests are accessed. A plurality of dimensions from a tensor is flattened into a single dimension. A work request address field is parsed, where the address field contains unique address space descriptors for each of the plurality of dimensions, along with a common address space descriptor. A direct memory access (DMA) engine coupled to the one or more processor clusters is configured. Addresses are generated based on the unique address space descriptors and the common address space descriptor. The plurality of dimensions can be summed to generate a single address. Memory is accessed using two or more of the addresses that were generated. The addresses are used to enable DMA access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: David John Simpson, Stephen Curtis Johnson, Richard Douglas Trauben
  • Publication number: 20240181556
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a multi-segment device comprising an elongate first portion comprising a first metallic material, an elongate second portion comprising a different metallic material, the first and second elongate portions being directly joined together end to end, a heat affected zone surrounding an interface of the elongate first portion and the elongate second portion, a shapeable distal end formed from at least a portion of the elongate second portion, a coil disposed about a portion of the elongate second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: John A. Simpson, Jeffrey F. Dooley, Matthew J. Gillick
  • Patent number: 11967011
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating and modifying digital animations based on user interactions with a unique user interface portraying a one-dimensional layer motion element and/or elements for generating and utilizing animation path for digital design objects and animation layers. The disclosed system can provide a dynamic one-dimensional layer motion element that adapts to a selected animation layer and portrays selectable animation frames from the animation layer. The disclosed systems can provide options for generating and modifying various frames of the digital animation based on user interactions with the one-dimensional layer motion element, an animation timeline, and/or a corresponding animation canvas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Kazi Rubaiat Habib, Timothy Langlois, Li-Yi Wei, John Simpson, James Corbett, Christopher Nuuja, Brooke Hopper
  • Patent number: 11965461
    Abstract: A rotatable nacelle includes an engine inlet configured to receive air and an inlet air management system (IAMS). The IAMS includes a primary inlet configured to selectively allow air to flow into a duct associated with the engine air inlet via the primary inlet and a secondary inlet configured to selectively allow air to flow into the duct associated with the engine air inlet via the secondary inlet. The secondary inlet is configured to receive an air filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel John Simpson, Tim Nobel, Mitchell Jay Griffith, Henry Rodger Bredenkamp, Jr., Dave H. Loe, Paul Park
  • Patent number: 11934308
    Abstract: Techniques for data manipulation using processor cluster address generation are disclosed. One or more processor clusters capable of executing software-initiated work requests are accessed. A plurality of dimensions from a tensor is flattened into a single dimension. A work request address field is parsed, where the address field contains unique address space descriptors for each of the plurality of dimensions, along with a common address space descriptor. A direct memory access (DMA) engine coupled to the one or more processor clusters is configured. Addresses are generated based on the unique address space descriptors and the common address space descriptor. The plurality of dimensions can be summed to generate a single address. Memory is accessed using two or more of the addresses that were generated. The addresses are used to enable DMA access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: David John Simpson, Stephen Curtis Johnson, Richard Douglas Trauben
  • Patent number: 11931817
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a multi-segment device, such as an intravascular guide wire. The multi-segment device includes an elongate first portion comprising a first metallic material, an elongate second portion comprising a different metallic material, the first and second elongate portions being directly joined together end to end by a solid-state weld, and a heat affected zone surrounding an interface of the weld where the first and second portions are joined together, wherein the heat affected zone has an average thickness of less than about 0.20 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Simpson, Jeffrey F. Dooley, Matthew J. Gillick
  • Publication number: 20240061704
    Abstract: Techniques for data manipulation using processor graph execution using interrupt conservation are disclosed. Processing elements are configured to implement a data flow graph. The processing elements comprise a multilayer graph execution engine. A data engine is loaded with computational parameters for the multilayer graph execution engine. The data engine is coupled to the multilayer graph execution engine, and the computational parameters supply layer-by-layer execution data to the multilayer graph execution engine for data flow graph execution. A first command FIFO is used for loading the data engine with computational parameters, and a second command FIFO is used for loading the multilayer graph execution engine with layer definition data. An input image is provided for a first layer of the multilayer graph execution engine. The data flow graph is executed using the input image and the computational parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: David John Simpson
  • Patent number: 11880426
    Abstract: Techniques for data manipulation using integer matrix multiplication using pipelining are disclosed. A first integer matrix with dimensions m×k and a second integer matrix with dimensions k×n are obtained for matrix multiplication within a processor. The first and second integer matrices employ a two's complement variable radix point data representation. The first and second integer matrices are distilled into (j×j) submatrices. A first variable radix point format and an initial value for an accumulator register are configured dynamically. A first variable radix point format is configured dynamically for the first integer matrix and a second variable radix point format is configured dynamically for the second integer matrix. Multiply-accumulate operations are executed in a pipelined fashion on the (j×j) submatrices of the first integer matrix and the second integer matrix, where a third variable radix point format is configured for the result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: David John Simpson
  • Patent number: 11836518
    Abstract: Techniques for data manipulation using processor graph execution using interrupt conservation are disclosed. Processing elements are configured to implement a data flow graph. The processing elements comprise a multilayer graph execution engine. A data engine is loaded with computational parameters for the multilayer graph execution engine. The data engine is coupled to the multilayer graph execution engine, and the computational parameters supply layer-by-layer execution data to the multilayer graph execution engine for data flow graph execution. A first command FIFO is used for loading the data engine with computational parameters, and a second command FIFO is used for loading the multilayer graph execution engine with layer definition data. An input image is provided for a first layer of the multilayer graph execution engine. The data flow graph is executed using the input image and the computational parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: David John Simpson
  • Publication number: 20230338173
    Abstract: A stent comprising a cobalt-based alloy comprising 18-50 weight % cobalt (Co), 10-25 weight % chromium (Cr), 10-15 weight % tungsten (W), 0-2 weight % of manganese (Mn), 0-3 weight % iron (Fe), and 10-65 weight % metal member selected from a platinum group metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: John A. Simpson, Puneet Kamal Singh Gill, Pamela A. Kramer-Brown