Patents by Inventor John Thompson

John Thompson 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: 12622700
    Abstract: A system includes an elongated catheter including a proximal end configured for operative coupling to an electrical power source, a distal end with a first electrical connector and a first conducting wire, an implant including a tissue energising module and a proximal connecting hub configured to detachably couple with the distal end of the elongated catheter. The proximal connecting hub includes a second electrical connector configured to mate with the first electrical connector and electrically couple the first electrical connector with the tissue energising module through a second conducting wire. A latch system to lock the distal end of the catheter to the proximal connecting hub arm includes an arm attached to the distal end of the catheter that is resiliently deformable such that the arm engages a sidewall of the proximal connecting hub and a locking element that is axially adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: AURIGEN MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Tony O'Halloran, John Thompson, Shane Regan, Kevin Donaghey, John Kelly, Conor Allen
  • Publication number: 20260076682
    Abstract: A medical implant system (1) comprises an access sheath (2) having a lumen (3), an implant system disposed within and axially adjustable relative to the lumen (3) of the access sheath (2) and comprising an implant (6) that is radially adjustable from a contracted delivery configuration to a radially expanded deployed configuration detachably coupled to an implant delivery shaft (4) having a lumen (5), an anchoring system mountable within and axially adjustable relative to the lumen (5) of the implant delivery shaft (4) comprising an anchor (8) that is radially adjustable from a contracted delivery configuration to a radially expanded implant anchoring configuration detachably coupled to an anchor delivery shaft (7), and a handle (9) configured to be operatively coupled to the implant delivery shaft (4) and access sheath (2) and comprising an axial actuator to adjust the axial position of the implant delivery shaft (4) relative to the access sheath (2) to deploy and/or recapture the implant (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: AURIGEN MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Tony O'HALLORAN, John THOMPSON, John KELLY, Matt MORAN, Kevin DONAGHEY
  • Patent number: 12579115
    Abstract: The disclosed concepts relate to leveraging a language model to identify data health issues in a data set. One example method involves accessing a data set. The example method also involves, using an automated evaluation planning agent, inputting a prompt to generate a data evaluation plan for the data set to a generative language model, the prompt including context describing the data set. The example method also involves receiving the data evaluation plan generated by the generative language model and identifying one or more data health issues in the data set by performing the data evaluation plan using an automated evaluation plan execution agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Victor Chukwuma Dibia, Chenglong Wang, Bongshin Lee, Jeevana Priya Inala, John Thompson
  • Patent number: 12572698
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to extending customer relationship management platform, in particular, providing purpose made components to provide desired functionality. Embodiments are disclosed herein for translation multi-category data requests into single category requests; blocking or controlling browser operation; implementing security access and control over customer data requests; and file management functionality. The systems and methods may be implemented in a user system to extend the functionality of a customer relationship management platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Benjamin Schappaugh, John Thompson, Frank Matthew McCully
  • Patent number: 12558156
    Abstract: A system including an elongated catheter and an implant. The elongated catheter includes a proximal end configured for operative coupling to an electrical supply module, a distal end with a first electrical connector and a first conducting wire to electrically couple the electrical supply module with the first electrical connector. The implant includes a proximal connecting hub configured to detachably mount to the distal end of the elongated catheter, a second electrical connector configured to mate with the first electrical connector, and an active module electrically coupled to the second electrical connector. The first electrical connector is rotatably mounted to the distal end of the elongated catheter and the second electrical connector is non-rotatably attached to the proximal connecting hub of the implant and the elongated catheter can detach from the implant without rotation of the first electrical connector relative to the second electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: AURIGEN MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Tony O'Halloran, John Thompson, Shane Regan, Kevin Donaghey, John Kelly, Conor Allen
  • Patent number: 12539420
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to closed loop deep brain stimulation based on inferred sleep stage from physiological data using machine learning classifiers. Some embodiments, for example, may use subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat advanced Parkinson's Disease motor symptoms and improve sleep by identifying sleep stages commensurate with clinician-scored polysomnography (PSG). The DBS may be adapted to include a novel artificial neural network (ANN) that triggers targeted stimulation in response to inferred sleep state from STN local field potentials (LFPs) recorded from implanted DBS electrodes. A feedforward neural network can be trained to prospectively identify sleep stage with PSG-level accuracy. In some embodiments, the machine learning model stored within the DBS may also adapt stimulation during specific sleep stages to treat targeted sleep deficits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Joel Zylberberg, Elijah Christensen, John Thompson, Aviva Abosch
  • Publication number: 20250370927
    Abstract: A processor having a functional slice architecture is divided into a plurality of functional units (“tiles”) organized into a plurality of slices. Each slice is configured to perform specific functions within the processor, which may include memory slices (MEM) for storing operand data, and arithmetic logic slices for performing operations on received operand data. The tiles of the processor are configured to stream operand data across a first dimension, and receive instructions across a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension. The timing of data and instruction flows are configured such that corresponding data and instructions are received at each tile with a predetermined temporal relationship, allowing operand data to be transmitted between the slices of the processor without any accompanying metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Alexander Ross, Dennis Charles Abts, John Thompson, Gregory M. Thorson
  • Publication number: 20250318836
    Abstract: A device for occlusion of a body lumen comprises an implantable occlusion apparatus (3) operably attached to an elongated catheter member (4) configured for transluminal delivery and deployment of the occlusion apparatus in the body lumen. The occlusion apparatus comprises a radially expansible element (5) detachably attached to the elongated catheter member, and adjustable between a contracted orientation suitable for 10 transluminal delivery and a deployed orientation configured to occlude the body lumen, an energy delivery element (6, 14, 21) configured to deliver energy to surrounding tissue to heat the tissue, and a sensor (7) configured to detect a parameter of the wall of the body lumen. The energy delivery element (6, 14, 21) and sensor (7) are axially movable independently of the radially expansible element whereby, in use, the energy delivery 15 element and sensor can be transluminally retracted leaving the radially expansible element in-situ occluding the body lumen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2025
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Applicant: University of Galway
    Inventors: Tony O'HALLORAN, John THOMPSON, Martin O'HALLORAN, Faisal SHARIF
  • Patent number: 12411762
    Abstract: A processor having a functional slice architecture is divided into a plurality of functional units (“tiles”) organized into a plurality of slices. Each slice is configured to perform specific functions within the processor, which may include memory slices (MEM) for storing operand data, and arithmetic logic slices for performing operations on received operand data. The tiles of the processor are configured to stream operand data across a first dimension, and receive instructions across a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension. The timing of data and instruction flows are configured such that corresponding data and instructions are received at each tile with a predetermined temporal relationship, allowing operand data to be transmitted between the slices of the processor without any accompanying metadata. Instead, each slice is able to determine what operations to perform on received data based upon the timing at which the data is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Groq, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Alexander Ross, Dennis Charles Abts, John Thompson, Gregory M. Thorson
  • Publication number: 20250249619
    Abstract: Described herein are examples of a perforating device for perforating a textile material, such as carpet or textile underlayment. In an example, the perforating device includes a multi-blade assembly rotationally driven by a motor. The blade assembly can be coupled to a rotary shaft such that the blades rotate with the shaft. The blades can include alternating teeth and gaps on their outer edges to create a plurality of parallel perforated cuts. Spacers can be positioned between the blades to separate them a predetermined distance. An anvil can be positioned below and adjacent the blade edges such that the teeth of the blades touch or nearly touch the anvil surface. The perforating cuts produce a textile that can be customized in terms of its size and shape at an installation site by hand, and without the need for any specialized tools or equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: John Thompson, Kelsey Finn, Samuel Thompson
  • Publication number: 20250249618
    Abstract: Described herein are examples of a perforating device for perforating a textile material, such as carpet or textile underlayment. In an example, the perforating device includes a multi-blade assembly rotationally driven by a motor. The blade assembly can be coupled to a rotary shaft such that the blades rotate with the shaft. The blades can include alternating teeth and gaps on their outer edges to create a plurality of parallel perforated cuts. Spacers can be positioned between the blades to separate them a predetermined distance. An anvil can be positioned below and adjacent the blade edges such that the teeth of the blades touch or nearly touch the anvil surface. The perforating cuts produce a textile that can be customized in terms of its size and shape at an installation site by hand, and without the need for any specialized tools or equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: John Thompson, Kelsey Finn, Samuel Thompson
  • Publication number: 20250242294
    Abstract: A rotary sorption system includes a rotor formed of a rotating sorbent mass of a regenerable sorbent material, with which in a cycle of operation, a given volume of the sorbent mass sequentially passes through first, second, third, fourth, and fifth zones, before returning to the first zone. The system also includes a supply fluid stream directed through the first zone, a regeneration fluid stream directed through the third zone, and an isolation fluid stream that recirculates in a closed loop independent of the process fluid stream and the regeneration fluid stream through the second and fourth zones. A portion of the supply fluid stream passes through the fifth zone before joining the regeneration fluid stream and passing through the third zone, and no seal or barrier is disposed at a face of the rotor between the first zone and the fifth zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: John Thompson, Douglas Jefferson, Cheryl Thibault
  • Patent number: 12324621
    Abstract: A catheter has a two-piece tip electrode with a shell and a support structure that are secured to each other by multiple redundant mechanisms in order to reduce the risk of tip detachment during a procedure. The tip electrode includes at least two different welds attaching the shell to the support structure to provide a dual failure mode. One weld includes a seam weld and another weld includes a penetration weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Clark, Daniel Gonzalez, John Thompson, Ivan Totten
  • Publication number: 20250173464
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed with respect to extending customer relationship management platform, in particular, providing purpose made components to provide desired functionality. Embodiments are disclosed herein for translation multi-category data requests into single category requests; blocking or controlling browser operation; implementing security access and control over customer data requests; and file management functionality. The systems and methods may be implemented in a user system to extend the functionality of a customer relationship management platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Benjamin Schappaugh, John Thompson, Frank Matthew McCully
  • Publication number: 20250147922
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a processor having a functional slice architecture. The processor is divided into tiles (or functional units) organized into a plurality of functional slices. The functional slices are configured to perform specific operations within the processor, which includes memory slices for storing operand data and arithmetic logic slices for performing operations on received operand data (e.g., vector processing, matrix manipulation). The processor includes a plurality of functional slices of a module type, each functional slice having a plurality of tiles. The processor further includes a plurality of data transport lanes for transporting data in a direction indicated in a corresponding instruction. The processor also includes a plurality of instruction queues, each instruction queue associated with a corresponding functional slice of the plurality of functional slices, wherein the instructions in the instruction queues comprise a functional slice specific operation code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Dennis Charles Abts, Jonathan Alexander Ross, John Thompson, Gregory Michael Thorson
  • Patent number: 12279776
    Abstract: A device for occlusion of a body lumen comprises an implantable occlusion apparatus (3) operably attached to an elongated catheter member (4) configured for transluminal delivery and deployment of the occlusion apparatus in the body lumen. The occlusion apparatus comprises a radially expansible element (5) detachably attached to the elongated catheter member, and adjustable between a contracted orientation suitable for 10 transluminal delivery and a deployed orientation configured to occlude the body lumen, an energy delivery element (6, 14, 21) configured to deliver energy to surrounding tissue to heat the tissue, and a sensor (7) configured to detect a parameter of the wall of the body lumen. The energy delivery element (6, 14, 21) and sensor (7) are axially movable independently of the radially expansible element whereby, in use, the energy delivery 15 element and sensor can be transluminally retracted leaving the radially expansible element in-situ occluding the body lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY
    Inventors: Tony O'Halloran, John Thompson, Martin O'Halloran, Faisal Sharif
  • Publication number: 20250120720
    Abstract: An implantable shunting device configured to shunt blood from the left atrium of the heart to the azygous vein through an aperture in the atrial septal wall is provided. The device comprises a flexible tube configured for radial adjustment between a contracted delivery configuration suitable for delivery in a delivery catheter and a deployed radially expanded configuration, the tube having a through lumen, a distal end configured to anchor within the azygous vein, and a proximal end configured to span an aperture in an atrial septal wall and anchor to the wall to provide fluid communication between the left atrium and the azygous vein. Methods of treating heart disease by implanting a shunting device of the invention are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Tony O'HALLORAN, John THOMPSON, Elie Rashid BALESH
  • Patent number: 12271339
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a processor having a functional slice architecture. The processor is divided into tiles (or functional units) organized into a plurality of functional slices. The functional slices are configured to perform specific operations within the processor, which includes memory slices for storing operand data and arithmetic logic slices for performing operations on received operand data (e.g., vector processing, matrix manipulation). The processor includes a plurality of functional slices of a module type, each functional slice having a plurality of tiles. The processor further includes a plurality of data transport lanes for transporting data in a direction indicated in a corresponding instruction. The processor also includes a plurality of instruction queues, each instruction queue associated with a corresponding functional slice of the plurality of functional slices, wherein the instructions in the instruction queues comprise a functional slice specific operation code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Groq, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Charles Abts, Jonathan Alexander Ross, John Thompson, Gregory Michael Thorson
  • Publication number: 20250110934
    Abstract: The disclosed concepts relate to leveraging a language model to identify data health issues in a data set. One example method involves accessing a data set. The example method also involves, using an automated evaluation planning agent, inputting a prompt to generate a data evaluation plan for the data set to a generative language model, the prompt including context describing the data set. The example method also involves receiving the data evaluation plan generated by the generative language model and identifying one or more data health issues in the data set by performing the data evaluation plan using an automated evaluation plan execution agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Victor Chukwuma DIBIA, Chenglong WANG, Bongshin LEE, Jeevana Priya INALA, John THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20250054093
    Abstract: A method for user guided initiating of an instrument includes receiving a run plan via a user interface of the instrument; indicating on the user interface, based on the run plan, a consumable to be provided to the instrument; detecting the presence of the consumable using a vision system; and indicating the presence of the consumable via the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Shanti Shankar, John Thompson, Mark Beauchemin, Sean Zimmerman