Patents by Inventor Kevin L'Heureux

Kevin L'Heureux 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: 20250248710
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to medical devices. More particularly, the present disclosure pertains to tissue clip devices and related systems and methods. In an embodiment, a tissue clip may include a grasper including jaws at a first end, and a spring portion at a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the grasper from the first end to the second end, wherein the spring portion is configured to bias the jaws toward each other. A wedge may be slidably disposed between the jaws such that an apex of the wedge is oriented toward the spring portion. A filament may be coupled to the wedge at a first end of the filament and may extend through a channel of the spring portion of the grasper to a second end of the filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Bagley, Ramon Estevez, Nestor A. Ibanez, Danny S. Lee, John Unger, Ryan V. Wales, Talha Riaz
  • Patent number: 12381308
    Abstract: A control module attached to a lighting fixture and having a front cover portion may comprise one or more sensors, such as a daylight and/or occupancy sensor, for sensing information through the front cover portion. The control module may have a main printed circuit board (PCB) that extends from a front side to a rear side of the control module, and a sensor PCB perpendicular to the main PCB to enable at least one sensor attached to the sensor PCB to face the front side of the control module. The main PCB may comprise a wireless communication circuit and an antenna for communicating radio frequency (RF) signals, wherein at least a portion of the antenna is located within a plastic lip of the front cover portion of the control module. The control module may further have a conductive enclosure to reduce radio-frequency interference noise from coupling into the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Sean R. Pearson, Nicholas R. Baer, Angelo Caruso, Thomas E. Hibshman, Kevin L. Gascho, Robert Bollinger, Jr., Richard S. Camden
  • Patent number: 12376844
    Abstract: A medical device includes a mounting structure that is adapted to be secured to a distal end of an endoscope. A first suture arm is pivotably secured to the mounting structure and is adapted to releasably secure a needle that is adapted to puncture tissue while accommodating a suture. A second suture arm is pivotably secured to the mounting structure and is adapted to releasably secure the needle. The first suture arm and the second suture arm cooperate to pass the needle back and forth therebetween along an arcuate path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Deuel, Kevin L. Bagley, Stan Robert Gilbert
  • Publication number: 20250244049
    Abstract: A compact portable heater with enhanced functionality is provided. The invention includes a horizontal oscillation portion and a vertical oscillation portion with features that provide the end user with greater use flexibility and selections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin L. Thomas, Brian Orlow
  • Patent number: 12376198
    Abstract: A window operable to separate an interior from an exterior is disclosed. The window comprises a pressure pane and an anti-condensation assembly. The anti-condensation assembly is disposed in an interior direction relative the pressure pane. Further, the anti-condensation assembly comprises a substantially transparent substrate disposed in a spaced apart relationship relative the pressure pane. Additionally, the anti-condensation assembly comprises a resistively heatable layer associated with the first substrate. The resistively heatable layer is operable to generate heat when an electrical current is applied thereto. Accordingly, application of power to the resistively heatable layer may serve to reduce or eliminate the presence of visible condensation in the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Henry A. Luten, David I. Driscoll, Steven J. Veenman, Kevin L. Ash
  • Patent number: 12370327
    Abstract: A system for priming an infusion pump is disclosed. The system includes a priming cap including a septum and configured to matably connect with a male part comprising a needle and attached to a length of tubing for fluid, wherein when matably connected with the male part, the priming cap occludes the tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Dean Kamen, Marc A. Mandro, Kevin A. Durand, Gregory R. Lanier, Kevin L. Grant, Larry B. Gray, Brian D. Tracey
  • Patent number: 12369939
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical blade includes a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and an outer surface. The distal end is movable relative to a longitudinal axis in accordance with ultrasonic vibrations applied to the proximal end. At least a portion of the outer surface of the body comprises a lubricious coating adhered thereto. The lubricious coating has a coefficient of friction that is less than the coefficient of friction of the outer surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: David A. Witt, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Kevin L. Houser
  • Publication number: 20250237660
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and kits for analyzing a macromolecule analyte in a cyclic manner that incorporate basic steps of the ProteoCodeā„¢ protein sequencing assay and in addition incorporate approaches that allow to control template independent nucleotide addition by the DNA polymerase, and thus ensure successful multi-cycling encoding. Three different approaches are proposed herein to prevent heterogeneity in the spacer length of the extended recording tag created during the primer extension reaction. The disclosed methods allow for highly-parallelized, accurate and sensitive macromolecule characterization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: ENCODIA, INC.
    Inventors: Norihito MURANAKA, Yan SU, Kevin L. GUNDERSON
  • Publication number: 20250235664
    Abstract: A fluid delivery system having a fluid delivery device configured to deliver a fluid in a spray form. The fluid may be a first fluid and a second fluid mixed together in a manner causing the first fluid to be delivered in a spray form. The first fluid may be a viscous fluid, such as a hemostatic agent, and the second fluid may be a pressurized fluid. The second fluid may be directed at the first fluid to cause the first fluid to be delivered in a spray form. The fluid delivery device may be adjustable to adjust the spray form. The lumens through the fluid delivery device and through the fluid delivery system are formed by channel walls and are uninterrupted by additional/separate components (e.g., valves, etc.) therein affecting fluid flow through the lumens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicants: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE LIMITED
    Inventors: Sharath Kumar G., Deepak Kumar Sharma, Kevin L. Bagley
  • Publication number: 20250240530
    Abstract: An endoscope and related method comprise a proximal handle and a distal shaft having an insertion end. A housing comprising a camera assembly may be mounted on an insertion end of the shaft and include at least one lens and an image sensor. The camera assembly housing is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the long axis of the shaft, giving the camera assembly a variable field of view. The rotatable camera assembly housing may be mounted to the insertion end of the shaft so that the rotatable housing of the camera assembly comprises the distal-most element of the endoscope shaft or insertion end. The endoscope may include a circuit board having a first portion disposed within the proximal handle and one or more extension portions that extend within the shaft to the camera assembly and/or to a light source near the distal end of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Andrew M. Haggerty, Kevin L. Grant, Peter K. Vondras, Timothy D. Moreau, Jason A. Demers, Daniel B. Davis
  • Patent number: 12367073
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application set forth a computer-implemented method comprising receiving, from a client, a request for a workstation instance having a first configuration, in response to the request, generating a first workstation pool associated with the first configuration, wherein the first workstation pool includes at least two unassigned workstation instances having the first configuration, and assigning at least a first workstation instance included in the at least two unassigned workstation instances to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Ibraheem Kelani, Airan Landau, Kevin L. Cureton, Marian Montagnino, Michelle Lynne Brenner, Thomas A. Cellucci, Anna J. Brosnahan, William Andrew Thurston
  • Patent number: 12364716
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions comprising multipotent cells or microvascular tissue, wherein the cells or tissue has been sterilized and/or treated to inactivated viruses, and related methods of using these compositions to treat or prevent tissue injury or disease in an allogeneic subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: MicroVascular Tissues, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale R. Peterson, Ralph-Heiko Mattern, Kevin L. Ohashi, Lael J. Pickett, Glen Gong, Mohammad A. El-Kalay
  • Patent number: 12365939
    Abstract: Compositions, systems, and methods for detecting events are provided. A composition can include a nanopore including a first side, a second side, and an aperture extending through the first and second sides; and a permanent tether including head and tail regions and an elongated body disposed there between. The head region can be anchored to or adjacent to the first or second side of the nanopore. The elongated body including a reporter region can be movable within the aperture responsive to a first event occurring adjacent to the first side of the nanopore. For example, the reporter region is translationally movable toward the first side responsive to the first event, then toward the second side, then toward the first side responsive to a second event. The first event can include adding a first nucleotide to a polynucleotide. The second event can include adding a second nucleotide to the polynucleotide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Mandell, Kevin L. Gunderson, Jens H. Gundlach
  • Publication number: 20250228558
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a surgical instrument. The method includes connecting a power assembly to a control circuit, wherein the power assembly is configured to provide a source voltage, energizing, by the power assembly, a voltage boost convertor circuit configured to provide a set voltage greater than the source voltage, and energizing, by the voltage boost convertor, one or more voltage convertors configured to provide one or more operating voltages to one or more circuit components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Richard L. Leimbach, Shane R. Adams, Mark D. Overmyer, Brett E. Swensgard, Thomas W. Lytle, IV, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Kevin L. Houser
  • Publication number: 20250228585
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a transducer configured to produce vibrations at a predetermined frequency. An ultrasonic end effector extends along a longitudinal axis and is coupled to the transducer. The ultrasonic end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade and a clamping mechanism. A controller receives a feedback signal from the ultrasonic end effector and the feedback signal is measured by the controller. A lumen is adapted to couple to a pump. The controller is configured to control fluid flow through the lumen based on the feedback signal, and the lumen is located within the ultrasonic end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventor: Kevin L. Houser
  • Patent number: 12352553
    Abstract: A remote firing system for remotely detonating an explosive charge includes a smart controller that utilizes a unique encryption key to generate encrypted command and control messages. The messages include a detonation precondition that must occur before detonation. A bridge transceiver communicates with the smart controller and receives the encrypted messages generated from the smart controller. The bridge transceiver transmits RF signals containing the encrypted messages. At least one remote communicator is in communication with the bridge transceiver and configured to be connected to the explosive charge. The remote communicator receives the RF signals transmitted by the bridge transceiver, processes these received RF signals to obtain the encrypted messages and decrypts the encrypted messages with the encryption key to extract the detonation precondition. The remote communicator generates a trigger signal that causes detonation of the explosive charge upon fulfillment of the detonation precondition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kevin L. Phelps, Brian Amato, Daniel Pines, Taylor Young
  • Publication number: 20250213266
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical blade includes a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and an outer surface. The distal end is movable relative to a longitudinal axis in accordance with ultrasonic vibrations applied to the proximal end. At least a portion of the outer surface of the body comprises a lubricious coating adhered thereto. The lubricious coating has a coefficient of friction that is less than the coefficient of friction of the outer surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: David A. Witt, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Kevin L. Houser
  • Publication number: 20250209811
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting items within content and using improved, fine-grained image classification techniques to produce images used to identify consumer products in the real-world by allowing for the recognition of a product using an image captured under a variety of conditions and environments, such as angles, lighting, camera settings, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Jason Lee Ertle, Kevin L. Hofstee, Shane K. Luke
  • Publication number: 20250205479
    Abstract: Chronic pain management can be achieved by electrically anesthetizing a peripheral nerve with on-demand electrical nerve block (OD-ENB). OD-ENB can be provided by an implantable capsule. Externally, at least a portion of the capsule can be constructed of a conductive membrane and the rest of the capsule comprises a biocompatible material. A blocking electrode contact, a return electrode contact, and a powering/communication component can be within the capsule. The blocking electrode contact can deliver a direct current (DC) through a portion of the conductive membrane to block conduction in the neural tissue to provide the OD-ENB. The return electrode contact can receive a return current from the neural tissue through another portion of the conductive membrane. The powering/communication component can communicate with one or more external components located external to the patient's body to receive a power signal. Notably the capsule has no internal battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Tina L. Vrabec, Kevin L. Kilgore, Jesse S. Wainright, Niloy Bhadra
  • Publication number: 20250194972
    Abstract: A fluid collection device for a postpartum hemorrhage monitoring system includes a cup comprising an open proximal end, an open distal end, and an interior extending between the open proximal and distal ends. The interior is configured to receive a fluid. The cup comprises an anterior surface configured for placement adjacent an anterior vaginal wall of a patient and a posterior surface configured for placement adjacent a posterior vaginal wall of a patient. A ring extends radially exteriorly from the open proximal end of the cup and is incrementally expandable and contractible. A stem having an open proximal end, an open distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween, extends between the open distal end of the cup and is configured to receive the bodily fluid from the interior of the cup. The ring is movable between a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration upon receiving a fluid within the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin L. Delaney, Andrew P. Isch, Willie C. McRoy, JR., Ashley Molnar, Anna Pyo, Donald R. Sandmore