Patents by Inventor Kevin Thomas Smith

Kevin Thomas Smith 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: 20240091442
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Gary A. MORRIS, Scott M. BELLIVEAU, Esteban CABRERA, JR., Anna Leigh DAVIS, Rian W. DRAEGER, Laura J. DUNN, Timothy Joseph GOLDSMITH, Hari HAMPAPURAM, Christopher Robert HANNEMANN, Apurv Ullas KAMATH, Katherine Yerre KOEHLER, Patrick Wile MCBRIDE, Michael Robert MENSINGER, Francis William PASCUAL, Philip Mansiel PELLOUCHOUD, Nicholas POLYTARIDIS, Philip Thomas PUPA, Kevin SHOEMAKER, Brian Christopher SMITH, Benjamin Elrod WEST, Atiim Joseph WILEY
  • Patent number: 9763665
    Abstract: An expandable substantially spherical structure for deployment in a blood vessel or other body lumen, comprising: an open frame formed out of a closed loop of filament and configured to assume (i) a collapsed configuration in the form of a substantially two-dimensional elongated loop structure so as to facilitate insertion into the blood vessel or other body lumen, and (ii) an expanded configuration in the form of a three-dimensional substantially spherical structure so as to facilitate retention at a site in the blood vessel or other body lumen; and a flow-restricting face carried by the open frame; wherein the open frame is configured so as to permit substantially normal flow therethrough when the open frame is in its expanded configuration, and further wherein the flow-restricting face is configured so as to restrict flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Howard Riina, Robert Andrews, Clair Strohl, Jeffrey Milsom, J. Frederick Cornhill, Kevin Thomas Smith, David G. Lamphere, Tuan Anh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8968382
    Abstract: A device comprising a single closed loop of elastic filament configurable between (i) a first configuration for movement along a blood vessel; and (ii) a second configuration for lodging within a blood vessel, the second configuration providing a single flow-restricting face sized and configured to cover the mouth of the aneurysm and obstruct blood flow to the aneurysm while permitting substantially normal blood flow through the blood vessel, with the degree of obstruction at the mouth of the aneurysm being such that the aneurysm thromboses when the face is positioned over the aneurysm, the flow-restricting face comprising a plurality of lengths of the closed loop of filament disposed in close proximity to one another in a switchback configuration, and at least one leg for holding the flow-restricting face adjacent the mouth of the aneurysm, the leg configured so as to maintain substantially normal blood flow through the blood vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Howard Riina, Jeffrey Milsom, J. Frederick Cornhill, Kevin Thomas Smith, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Darren Schneider, Christopher Dillon, Gabriel Greeley, Rainuka Gupta, Jeremy Van Hill, Leslie Johnston, Matthew DeNardo, Rahul Sathe
  • Publication number: 20150032145
    Abstract: An expandable substantially spherical structure for deployment in a blood vessel or other body lumen, comprising: an open frame formed out of a closed loop of filament and configured to assume (i) a collapsed configuration in the form of a substantially two-dimensional elongated loop structure so as to facilitate insertion into the blood vessel or other body lumen, and (ii) an expanded configuration in the form of a three-dimensional substantially spherical structure so as to facilitate retention at a site in the blood vessel or other body lumen; and a flow-restricting face carried by the open frame; wherein the open frame is configured so as to permit substantially normal flow therethrough when the open frame is in its expanded configuration, and further wherein the flow-restricting face is configured so as to restrict flow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Cornell University
    Inventors: Howard Riina, Robert Andrews, Clair Strohl, Jeffrey Milsom, J. Frederick Cornhill, Kevin Thomas Smith, David G. Lamphere, Tuan Anh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8728141
    Abstract: An expandable spherical structure for deployment in a blood vessel or other body lumen, comprising: an open frame configured to assume a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration; and a closed face carried by the open frame; wherein the open frame is configured so as to permit substantially normal flow therethrough when the open frame is in its expanded configuration, and further wherein the closed face is configured so as to obstruct flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Howard Riina, Robert Andrews, Clair Strohl, Jeffrey Milsom, J. Fredrick Cornhill, Kevin Thomas Smith, David G. Lamphere, Tuan Anh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8663301
    Abstract: An expandable substantially spherical structure for deployment in a blood vessel or other body lumen, comprising: an open frame formed out of a closed loop of filament and configured to assume (i) a collapsed configuration in the form of a substantially two-dimensional elongated loop structure so as to facilitate insertion into the blood vessel or other body lumen, and (ii) an expanded configuration in the form of a three-dimensional substantially spherical structure so as to facilitate retention at a site in the blood vessel or other body lumen; and a flow-restricting face carried by the open frame; wherein the open frame is configured so as to permit substantially normal flow therethrough when the open frame is in its expanded configuration, and further wherein the flow-restricting face is configured so as to restrict flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Howard Riina, Robert Andrews, Clair Strohl, Jeffrey Milsom, J. Frederick Cornhill, Kevin Thomas Smith, David G. Lamphere, Tuan Anh Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20100268260
    Abstract: An expandable substantially spherical structure for deployment in a blood vessel or other body lumen, comprising: an open frame formed out of a closed loop of filament and configured to assume (i) a collapsed configuration in the form of a substantially two-dimensional elongated loop structure so as to facilitate insertion into the blood vessel or other body lumen, and (ii) an expanded configuration in the form of a three-dimensional substantially spherical structure so as to facilitate retention at a site in the blood vessel or other body lumen; and a flow-restricting face carried by the open frame; wherein the open frame is configured so as to permit substantially normal flow therethrough when the open frame is in its expanded configuration, and further wherein the flow-restricting face is configured so as to restrict flow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Howard Riina, Robert Andrews, Clair Strohl, Jeffrey Milsom, J. Frederick Cornhill, Kevin Thomas Smith, David G. Lamphere, Tuan Anh Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20090264914
    Abstract: An expandable spherical structure for deployment in a blood vessel or other body lumen, comprising: an open frame configured to assume a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration; and a closed face carried by the open frame; wherein the open frame is configured so as to permit substantially normal flow therethrough when the open frame is in its expanded configuration, and further wherein the closed face is configured so as to obstruct flow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Howard Riina, Robert Andrews, Clair Strohl, Jeffrey Milsom, J. Fredrick Cornhill, Kevin Thomas Smith, David G. Lamphere, Tuan Anh Nguyen