Patents by Inventor Mark A. Carlson
Mark A. Carlson 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).
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Publication number: 20240143502Abstract: An apparatus and method for implementing a Level 0 cache within a cache subsystem. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a cache subsystem comprising a Level-0 cache; a scheduler to schedule a load operation indicating data to be loaded; and a load hit predictor to predict whether the data indicated by the load operation is stored in the LO cache and to generate a wakeup signal to the scheduler in response to predicting that the data is stored in the LO cache. Some implementations perform store forwarding in response to load operations using a multi-step approach in which a partial linear address check is performed to determine load operations which are eligible for store forwarding. A full address check is performed for those load operations which are eligible in which the address of the load is compared against the address of a youngest older store operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Mark DECHENE, Thomas MULLINS, Ryan CARLSON, Paula PETRICA, Brendan WEST, Jonathan JOHNSON, Nikhil PATIL
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Publication number: 20240138901Abstract: A vapor delivery needle is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply condensable vapor energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the vapor delivery needle can be advanced a predetermined distance into the prostate with a solenoid actuation mechanism. Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Roger Noel Hastings, Mark SCHROM, Steven CARLSON, Michael Hoey, Timothy D. BYLAND, Karliam C. WOO, Brian A. BACHMEIER
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Publication number: 20240126702Abstract: Techniques for slicing memory of a hardware processor core by linear address are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Mark Dechene, Ryan Carlson, Sudeepto Majumdar, Rafael Trapani Possignolo, Paula Petrica, Richard Klass, Meenakshi Marathe
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Patent number: 11952172Abstract: An accessory for use with a portable container includes a jacket configured to extend around at least a portion of the sidewall of the container, the jacket including a plurality of modular sections formed separately and connected together around the at least a portion of the sidewall of the container. The modular sections include a first modular section having extending around a first portion of the sidewall of the container, a second modular section connected to the first modular section and extending around a second portion of the sidewall of the container, and at least one additional modular section extending around a third portion of the sidewall of the container. The first and second modular sections have different structural configurations. The accessory also includes a first connection member connected to the jacket and configured to support the jacket in connection with the container.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Kyle Edward Rogers, Andrew M. Bosway, Scott Barbieri, Steve Charles Nichols, Mark Carlson Rane, Donald Edward Desroches
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Patent number: 11951227Abstract: Coated and expanded, nanofiber structures are provided and methods of use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKAInventors: Jingwei Xie, Shixuan Chen, Mark Carlson
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Publication number: 20240111679Abstract: Techniques for prefetching by a hardware processor are described. In certain examples, a hardware processor includes execution circuitry, cache memories, and prefetcher circuitry. The execution circuitry is to execute instructions to access data at a memory address. The cache memories include a first cache memory at a first cache level and a second cache memory at a second cache level. The prefetcher circuitry is to prefetch the data from a system memory to at least one of the plurality of cache memories, and it includes a first-level prefetcher to prefetch the data to the first cache memory, a second-level prefetcher to prefetch the data to the second cache memory, and a plurality of prefetch filters. One of the prefetch filters is to filter exclusively for the first-level prefetcher. Another of the prefetch filters is to maintain a history of demand and prefetch accesses to pages in the system memory and to use the history to provide training information to the second-level prefetcher.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Seth Pugsley, Mark Dechene, Ryan Carlson, Manjunath Shevgoor
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Publication number: 20240108451Abstract: The present invention includes an embolic protection device comprising a catheter having a self-expanding embolic filter that is disposed around the catheter proximal to a distal portion, wherein the embolic filter comprises a frame, and the frame defines an opening of the embolic filter that faces the distal end of the catheter; a deployment mechanism that is disposed around at least a portion of the catheter, wherein the deployment mechanism is longitudinally movable with respect to the catheter, the deployment mechanism is configured to contain the embolic filter in a collapsed configuration, and the embolic filter is configured to self-expand upon the longitudinal retraction of the deployment mechanism; and a wire coupled to the frame for expanding the size or diameter of the embolic filter opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: William M. Merhi, Andy Black, Mark Carlson, Josh Greene, Kelly Jensen, Andy Leopold, Ben Rockwell
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Publication number: 20240101319Abstract: An example lid assembly can include a lid and a slider. The lid can include a wall defining a recess. The slider can be configured to slide in the recess and can be configured to move between a closed position where the slider covers an opening to aid in preventing spilling of contents of the container, and an opened position where the slider uncovers the opening such that the contents may be poured from the container. The slider can be configured to be removable from the lid and can be replaced back on the lid. Additionally, the slider can be formed from upper and lower sled elements 130,136 that are magnetically coupled to one another. In some examples, the lower sled of the slider may include an air vent with rounded entry portions, and the lid assembly may include engaging members with ramped surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Cody Jinkins, Andy Bondhus, Mark Carlson Rane, Dustin Bullock, John Fritz, William Drinkwater, Matthew Bryson, Elizabeth Ruchte
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Publication number: 20240092534Abstract: An accessory for use with a portable container includes a jacket configured to extend around at least a portion of the sidewall of the container, the jacket including a plurality of modular sections formed separately and connected together around the at least a portion of the sidewall of the container. The modular sections include a first modular section having extending around a first portion of the sidewall of the container, a second modular section connected to the first modular section and extending around a second portion of the sidewall of the container, and at least one additional modular section extending around a third portion of the sidewall of the container. The first and second modular sections have different structural configurations. The accessory also includes a first connection member connected to the jacket and configured to support the jacket in connection with the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Kyle Edward Rogers, Andrew M. Bosway, Scott Barbieri, Steve Charles Nichols, Mark Carlson Rane, Donald Edward Desroches
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Patent number: 11931058Abstract: An atherectomy system includes a handle and a drive motor that is adapted to rotate a drive cable extending through the handle and operably coupled to an atherectomy burr. A control system is adapted to regulate operation of the drive motor, including providing the drive motor with a high frequency pulse width modulation (PWM) drive signal in order to operate the drive motor. The control system monitors a motor performance parameter such as motor speed or motor torque, and when the motor performance parameter approaches a limit of a performance range, the control system adds a low frequency PWM signal to the high frequency PWM drive signal, thereby causing the drive motor to produce a tactile signal that signals to the user that the motor performance parameter is approaching the limit of the performance range.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: David Gordon Spangler, Corydon Carlson, Laszlo Trent Farago, Daniel Frank Massimini, Mark A. Hilse
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Publication number: 20240074829Abstract: Tissue access devices and methods of using the same are disclosed. The devices can have a sensor configured to occlude a flow path by deflecting a membrane into the flow path when the devices become dislodged from tissue. The sensor can be configured to partially or fully occlude the flow path. The sensor can have a spring. The spring can be biased to move the sensor from a sensor first configuration to a sensor second configuration when a force applied by the sensor first surface against a non-sensor surface changes from a first force to a second force less than the first force. The membrane can be deflected into the flow path when the sensor is in the sensor second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Hemotek Medical IncorporatedInventors: Patrick ROUSCHE, Peter TEK, Charles VENTURA, Richard A. SCRIBNER, Andrew BLACK, Andrew LEOPOLD, Mark CARLSON, Todd MACY, Daniel LANE, Adam HENSEL, Edward BROWKA
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Patent number: 11904162Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, including a fixation element and an electrode mounted on a resilient scaffold, is described. The fixation element and the resilient scaffold are coupled to a housing of the biostimulator. The resilient scaffold can support the electrode against a target tissue at a location that is radially offset from a location where the fixation element anchors the housing to the target tissue. A flexibility of the resilient scaffold allows the electrode to conform to a shape and movement of the target tissue when the housing is rigidly fixed to the target tissue by the fixation element. The resiliently supported electrode that is radially offset from the anchor point can reliably pace the target tissue without piercing the target tissue. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.Inventors: Thomas B. Eby, Alex C. Soriano, Mark Carlson
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Publication number: 20230414337Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for a distal protection system. The system may include a delivery catheter, an embolic protection apparatus, and a retrieval catheter. An improved embolic protection apparatus which includes a wire, an expandable loop connected to a porous filter, with two legs used to connect the loop to the wire is provided. Embolic protection apparatuses that can be used in a wide diameter range of lumens is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Fortuna Clinical, LLCInventors: Jan Skowronski, Mark Carlson
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Publication number: 20230406581Abstract: An example lid assembly can include a lid and a slider. The lid can include a wall defining a recess. The slider can be configured to slide in the recess and can be configured to move between a closed position where the slider covers the opening to aid in preventing spilling of contents of the container, and an opened position where the slider uncovers the opening such that the contents may be poured from the container. The slider can be configured to be removable from the lid and can be replaced back on the lid. Additionally, the slider can be formed from upper and lower sled elements that are magnetically coupled to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Cody Jinkins, Andy Bondhus, Mark Carlson Rane, Dustin Bullock, John Fritz
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Patent number: 11847645Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing an account token to an external entity during the lifecycle of a payment transaction. In some embodiments, an external entity may be a merchant computer requesting authorization of a payment message. In other embodiments, the external entity may be a support computer providing a payment processing network or a merchant support functions.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Gourab Basu, Michael Mori, Ross Sakata, Steven Cracknell, Millie Yee, Mark Carlson, Patrick Stan, Surendra Keshan, Edward Katzin
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Patent number: 11803846Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing an account token to an external entity during the lifecycle of a payment transaction. In some embodiments, an external entity may be a merchant computer requesting authorization of a payment message. In other embodiments, the external entity may be a support computer providing a payment processing network or a merchant support functions.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Gourab Basu, Michael Mori, Ross Sakata, Steven Cracknell, Millie Yee, Mark Carlson, Patrick Stan, Surendra Keshan, Edward Katzin
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Patent number: 11783326Abstract: Systems and method for improved consumer and portable consumer device authentication are disclosed. Such systems and methods may include using dynamic verification values, challenge questions, and consumer notification as ways to prevent fraudulent transactions from being conducted.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Visa U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Ayman Hammad, Patrick Faith, Mark Carlson
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Publication number: 20230270599Abstract: Nanofiber swabs are provided as well as methods of use thereof and methods of making.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Jingwei Xie, Mark Carlson, Shixuan Chen, Alec McCarthy
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Patent number: D1011842Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Mark Carlson Rane, Matthew Brian Neeley
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Patent number: D1022602Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Desiree Hunter, Robert Throop, Mark Carlson Rane, Laura Flores, Michael Cieszko