Patents by Inventor Kenneth Browne

Kenneth Browne 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: 11304834
    Abstract: Devices and methods for transforming a covered retrieval device from a deployed position to a delivery position for re-use are disclose herein. A retractor device may include, for example, a tubular structure defining a channel and configured to slidably receive a retrieval device. A method for transforming a retrieval device may include, for example, (a) positioning a retrieval device in a deployed position within a channel of a retractor device, (b) securing a part of the cover against a surface of the retractor, and (c) while securing the cover, advancing the retrieval device distally through the tubular structure to expose a capture structure of the retrieval device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Francis Bernard, Kenneth Brown
  • Publication number: 20220116371
    Abstract: A system, apparatuses and methods are provided to download and process data and other content streamed over a wide area network using one or more dynamically fetched, material specific, data handlers (e.g., download assistants). A download assistant fetches a data stream from a remote location and processes the streamed data iteratively using buffers and multi-threaded processes through the decoder (e.g., codec), allowing source material-specific processing of the data as it is streamed from one or more download sources as well as content-indifferent and platform-indifferent decoding. To minimize versioning issues, payload construction for secure delivery is simplified to packing and encrypting a directory tree containing any number of files or other digital media into an archive and, when needed, dividing a payload into multiple files or archives with a descriptor that lists the archives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: III Holdings 12, LLC
    Inventors: David Aldis, Kenneth Brown, Andrew Gallant
  • Patent number: 11272048
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing connections between a wireless headset and various user devices, e.g., to answer or place a call at a particular user device (e.g., a device that is not currently connected to the headset) as a headset-supported call in which the call audio is routed from the particular user device to the headset and/or vice versa. Connections between the headset and relevant user devices may be controlled or facilitated by suitable software and hardware components to establish the headset-supported call. For example, such device connections may be controlled or facilitated by a cloud-based network including remote server(s). As another example, the device connections may be controlled or facilitated by a local mesh network, e.g., including user device(s) connected to the headset and the particular user device. As another example, the device connections may be cooperatively managed by a cloud-based network and a local mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PLANTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Tom Wesselman, Kenneth Brown, Babandeep Singh, Brian Caldwell, Jonathan Grover
  • Patent number: 11259946
    Abstract: A stent delivery system can include a core member, first and second restraints, and a stent engagement component. The core member can have a distal segment. The first and second restraints can be coupled to the core member distal segment and axially spaced apart from each other to provide an axial gap. The first and second restraints can each have an outer profile that tapers radially inwardly in directions away from the gap. The stent engagement component can be at least partially disposed in the axial gap between the first and second restraints such that the component is slidably and rotatably coupled to the core member distal segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Kenneth Brown, Ghislain Sema, Michael Losordo, Evan Epstein, Gabriel Newell, Andy Huynh, Lawrence Farhat
  • Patent number: 11246003
    Abstract: A method at a communication device, comprising: receiving an access control request from an executing program on the communication device; displaying a notification on a display screen of the communication device, in response to receiving the access control request, wherein the notification comprises at least three selectable items and one explanation that describe a proposed setting change related to the access control request; and the at least three selectable items comprise: a first selectable item, used to grant the proposed setting change in response to a selection of the first selectable item; a second selectable item, used to deny the proposed setting change in response to a selection of the second selectable item; and a third selectable item, used to display one further explanation in response to a selection of the third selectable item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher Lyle Bender, Michael Grant Kirkup, Michael Kenneth Brown, Radu Alexandru Manea, Brian Alexander Zubert
  • Publication number: 20210406757
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe techniques that involve an active stabilization of coherent controllers using nearby qubits. In an aspect, a quantum information processing (QIP) system for stabilizing phase damping in qubits is described that provides a first and a second qubit ion, measuring magnetic field fluctuations using the second qubit ion, and generates one or more magnetic fields based on the measured magnetic field fluctuations, the one or more magnetic fields being applied near the first qubit ion to cancel the magnetic field fluctuations to stabilize the phase damping of the first qubit ion. Another such QIP system performs provides a first and a second qubit ion, locks a local oscillator to a frequency reference associated with the second qubit ion, and tracks, using the local oscillator, a frequency of the first qubit ion based on the frequency reference. Methods associated with these QIP systems are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jungsang KIM, Kenneth BROWN, Christopher MONROE
  • Publication number: 20210407909
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to packages that include CPUs and PICs electrically coupled via an interconnect bridge. In embodiments, the PIC are electrically coupled with the EMIB using a fan out RDL to extend reach of the PIC electrical connectors. EICs may be electrically coupled between the PIC and the interconnect bridge. The CPUs may be CPUS, graphical processing units (GPUs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), or other processors. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Susheel JADHAV, Kenneth BROWN, David HUI, Ling LIAO, Syed S. ISLAM
  • Publication number: 20210386570
    Abstract: A stent delivery system can include a core member, an introducer sheath, and a microcatheter. The core member can have a distal segment. The stent engagement member can have a generally tubular body positioned about the core member distal segment and can be rotatably coupled to the core member. The engagement member can include an inner layer that has a first durometer and an outer layer that has a second durometer less than the first durometer. The stent can extend along the core member distal segment such that an inner surface of the stent is engaged by the engagement member outer layer for facilitating rotation of the stent relative to the core member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kurt Haggstrom, Michael L. Losordo, Kenneth Brown
  • Publication number: 20210379162
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for treating osteoporosis and increasing bone mass density, that includes administering once a day, for about 5 minutes, a transdermal patch loaded with about 300 ?g of abaloparatide, and ZnCl2 at a molar ratio of 2.2:1 of ZnCl2:abaloparatide. Also provided are the single-use transdermal patches loaded with about 300 ?g of abaloparatide, and ZnCl2 at a molar ratio of 2.2:1 of ZnCl2:abaloparatide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicants: Radius Health, Inc., Kindeva Drug Delivery L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth Brown, Ehab Hamed, Alan Harris, Gary Hattersley, Joan Moseman, Jamal Saeh, Lisa Dick
  • Publication number: 20210369816
    Abstract: Disclosed are abaloparatide formulations for transdermal delivery of a therapeutically effective amount of abaloparatide, as well as transdermal patches prepared using these formulations, methods of preparing the disclosed formulations and patches, and methods of using these formulations and patches to treat osteoporosis, osteopenia, osteoarthritis, and/or bone fracture, improve bone mineral density (BMD), improve trabecular bone score (TBS), and treat, prevent, and/or reduce bone fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: Radius Health, Inc., Kindeva Drug Delivery L.P.
    Inventors: Gary Hattersley, Alan Harris, Jamal Saeh, Ehab Hamed, Kenneth Brown, Daniel Dohmeier, Joan Moseman, Ying Zhang, Lisa Dick
  • Patent number: 11186977
    Abstract: A closet flange configured to secure a toilet to a drain pipe. The closet flange includes a body portion and a flange portion. The flange portion extends radially outward from an upper end of the body portion. The flange portion comprises at least one slot and a shoulder. The at least one slot extends along the flange portion from a receiving end to a retaining end. The at least one slot has an opening that extends from the receiving end to the retaining end. The shoulder is positioned below the opening of the at least one slot and extends from the receiving end to the retaining end. The shoulder includes a support surface that extends at an angle offset from the upper surface of the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: OATEY CO.
    Inventors: Aaron Lorkowski, Jeffrey Zhang, Kenneth Brown
  • Publication number: 20210317650
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air admittance valve (AAV) that operates automatically at low pressures to selectively open and close an air passageway between an inlet and an outlet. The AAV comprises a valve body having a centrally disposed, internal valve chamber in communication with the ambient environment, and having a valve seat. The AAV includes a sealing member having a flexible diaphragm that is fastened to a support ring, the ring defining one or more lugs on an outer periphery thereof. The AAV further includes a cap member within which the sealing member may be disposed, such that the one or more lugs may interact with an interior surface of the cap. The sealing member may selectively seal or unseal from the valve seat in response to pressure differentials between the inlet and the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron LORKOWSKI, Kenneth BROWN, Kai ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11134068
    Abstract: A system, apparatuses and methods are provided to download and process data and other content streamed over a wide area network using one or more dynamically fetched, material specific, data handlers (e.g., download assistants). A download assistant fetches a data stream from a remote location and processes the streamed data iteratively using buffers and multi-threaded processes through the decoder (e.g., codec), allowing source material-specific processing of the data as it is streamed from one or more download sources as well as content-indifferent and platform-indifferent decoding. To minimize versioning issues, payload construction for secure delivery is simplified to packing and encrypting a directory tree containing any number of files or other digital media into an archive and, when needed, dividing a payload into multiple files or archives with a descriptor that lists the archives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: III Holdings 12, LLC
    Inventors: David Aldis, Kenneth Brown, Andrew Gallant
  • Publication number: 20210288035
    Abstract: Embodiments may relate to a microelectronic package that includes a package substrate with an active bridge positioned therein. An active die may be coupled with the package substrate, and communicatively coupled with the active bridge. A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) may also be coupled with the package substrate and communicatively coupled with the active bridge. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Liljeberg, Andrew C. Alduino, Ravindranath Vithal Mahajan, Ling Liao, Kenneth Brown, James Jaussi, Bharadwaj Parthasarathy, Nitin A. Deshpande
  • Publication number: 20210279911
    Abstract: In some examples, a method includes using at least one processor, accessing image data representing an image of a face of a user, identifying a facial feature of the user using the image data, using the at least one processor, automatically matching the facial feature to a matched pattern of a plurality of patterns, based on configured pattern lookup rules, identifying a product depiction, from a plurality of product depictions stored in product database, based on the matched pattern of the plurality of patterns, and causing display of the product depiction on a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Margrit Sieglinde Hunsmann, Mark Hunsmann, Glen Kenneth Brown
  • Patent number: 11103374
    Abstract: A stent delivery system can include a core member, an introducer sheath, and a microcatheter. The core member can have a distal segment. The stent engagement member can have a generally tubular body positioned about the core member distal segment and can be rotatably coupled to the core member. The engagement member can include an inner layer that has a first durometer and an outer layer that has a second durometer less than the first durometer. The stent can extend along the core member distal segment such that an inner surface of the stent is engaged by the engagement member outer layer for facilitating rotation of the stent relative to the core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Kurt Haggstrom, Michael L. Losordo, Kenneth Brown
  • Publication number: 20210262210
    Abstract: A bath waste and overflow drain system of the present disclosure may comprise both drain and overflow assemblies. The drain assembly generally includes a drain elbow, drain gasket, drain spud, drain trim, and drain stopper. The drain trim may possess weep channels that urge stagnated water from a periphery of the drain spud and into the drain. The overflow assembly generally includes an overflow elbow, overflow gasket, retaining nut, and overflow faceplate. The overflow faceplate may have bayonet channels that engage with a protrusion of the overflow elbow so as to accommodate variances in tub design when effecting an installation. The system according to an embodiment may also comprise test plugs of the overflow and drain varieties which are, together, operable to permit pressure-related tests of the system prior to completing an installation. The overflow and drain test plugs are simple to manipulate and install/remove with quick-engaging, complementary locking features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Shawn Heipp, Kenneth Brown, Douglas Buchan, Joshua Funk, Aaron Lorkowski, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11102652
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing a data connection between a mobile device and a peripheral. The mobile device is configured to determine whether to handle user approval of the data connection between the mobile device and the peripheral. Through the mobile device, an input mechanism is provided for the user to provide input. The input is used in determining whether to approve the data connection between the mobile device and the peripheral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Michael Kenneth Brown, Michael Grant Kirkup, Neil Patrick Adams, Herbert Anthony Little, Christopher Pattenden
  • Publication number: 20210210478
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages for optical to electrical switching. In an embodiment, an electronic package comprises a first package substrate and a second package substrate attached to the first package substrate. In an embodiment, a die is attached to the second package substrate. In an embodiment, a plurality of photonic engines are attached to a first surface and a second surface of the first package substrate. In an embodiment, the plurality of photonic engines are communicatively coupled to the die through the first package substrate and the second package substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Susheel JADHAV, Juan DOMINGUEZ, Ankur AGRAWAL, Kenneth BROWN, Yi LI, Jing CHEN, Aditi MALLIK, Xiaoyu HONG, Thomas LILJEBERG, Andrew C. ALDUINO, Ling LIAO, David HUI, Ren-Kang CHIOU, Harinadh POTLURI, Hari MAHALINGAM, Lobna KAMYAB, Sasanka KANUPARTHI, Sushrutha Reddy GUJJULA, Saeed FATHOLOLOUMI, Priyanka DOBRIYAL, Boping XIE, Abiola AWUJOOLA, Vladimir TAMARKIN, Keith MEASE, Stephen KEELE, David SCHWEITZER, Brent ROTHERMEL, Ning TANG, Suresh POTHUKUCHI, Srikant NEKKANTY, Zhichao ZHANG, Kaiyuan ZENG, Baikuan WANG, Donald TRAN, Ravindranath MAHAJAN, Baris BICEN, Grant SMITH
  • Patent number: 11045215
    Abstract: A medical device can include an elongate manipulation member, and a thrombectomy device connected to the elongate manipulation member. The thrombectomy device can have a first configuration and a second configuration, the thrombectomy device being expandable from the first configuration to the second configuration. The thrombectomy device can include an arcuate marker-mounting projection attached to a portion of the thrombectomy device configured to contact a thrombus. A marker can be coupled to, and extending around, the arcuate marker-mounting projection with the marker and the arcuate marker-mounting projection contacting each other at three discrete locations. A method for engaging a thrombus can include advancing a thrombectomy device to a location radially adjacent to a thrombus in a blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Evan Epstein, Kenneth Brown