Patents by Inventor Mark Stevens

Mark Stevens 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: 12070405
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of an apparatus and system for performing a sleeve gastrectomy. The apparatus can include a bougie for insertion into an interior of a stomach, the bougie having a proximal bougie end and a distal bougie end, an inflation lumen having a proximal lumen end and a distal lumen end, the inflation lumen extending from the proximal bougie end through the distal bougie end, a fluid delivery system coupled with the proximal lumen end, the fluid delivery system being operably configured to deliver positive pressure in a predetermined positive pressure range into the stomach, and a monitor coupled with the proximal lumen end operably configured for the monitoring of pressure or volume within the stomach. The bougie can be operably configured to define a resection line for the sleeve gastrectomy when the predetermined positive pressure range is achieved within the stomach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Standard Bariatrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Thompson, Mark Steven Ortiz, Saylan James Lukas, Liam Clayton Groom
  • Patent number: 12071423
    Abstract: The embodiments of present invention provide processes for the large-scale preparation of 2,4,6-trifluoro-N-[6-(1-methylpiperidine-4-carbonyl)-2-pyridyl]benzamide hemisuccinate, and formulations and product forms, such as tablets, made by these processes. Additionally, embodiments of the present invention provide tablets including 25 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg, or 200 mg free base equivalent of 2,4,6-trifluoro-N-[6-(1-methyl-piperidine-4-carbonyl)-pyridin-2-yl]-benzamide hemisuccinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Aktham Aburub, David Andrew Coates, Scott Alan Frank, Mark Steven Kerr, Roger Ryan Rothhaar, Radhe Krishan Vaid
  • Patent number: 12071314
    Abstract: In one aspect, a transfer guard member having a body for being positioned in a gap intermediate conveying surfaces, an upper portion of the body for spanning the gap and outer portions of the upper body for slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces, and a pair of spaced, resilient legs having distal end portions for resiliently and slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces. In another aspect, a transfer guard member having a body and at least one attachment member of the body configured for being detachably fixed to a mounting bar. The body has at least one recess adjacent the attachment member for receiving at least one attachment member of another transfer guard member fixed to the mounting bar so that upper transfer surfaces of the attachment members are adjacent one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
    Inventor: Mark Steven Pettinga
  • Patent number: 12065313
    Abstract: In one aspect, a gap blocker having a body with an upper blocking portion and leg portions of the body connected to the upper blocking portion at longitudinally spaced apart locations. The leg portions of the body have an initial, undeflected configuration with at least one of the leg portions having a first orientation relative to the upper blocking portion. The leg portions of the body have an operating configuration with the body in a gap between rollers wherein the at least one of the leg portions has the first orientation relative to the upper blocking portion. The upper blocking portion has upper contact portions and the leg portions have lower contact portions for contacting the rollers. The body also has outer surface portions intermediate the upper and lower contact portions configured to be in clearance with the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Flexible Steel Lacing Company
    Inventor: Mark Steven Pettinga
  • Publication number: 20240269372
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method is provided herein of preparing a drug delivery device, the drug delivery device having a body with at least one fluid duct being open along a first face of the body, the at least one fluid duct for conveying drug from at least one reservoir to a needle configured for injection into a patient, the method including: providing a barrier across the first face of the body to at least cover the at least one fluid duct, wherein the barrier is ultraviolet transmissive; and, exposing the first face of the body to ultraviolet radiation so as to allow the ultraviolet radiation to pass through the barrier and decontaminate the at least one fluid duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Mark Steven Howansky, George Tyler Currier, Peter William Heyman, Yuhong Wu, Erinc Sahin, Shreya Shashank Kulkarni, Ankur Sagar Kulshrestha, Xiaodong Chen, John Christian Knutsen, James William Kidner Bradford, Simon Francis Brereton, Timothy Donald Barrow-Williams, Christopher William Rosier, Jeffrey Nicholas Philippson, Carys Eleri Lee, Paul Antony Merritt
  • Publication number: 20240265355
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for, e.g., generating a private cryptographic key and public cryptographic key as a cryptographic key pair; storing the private cryptographic key and the public cryptographic key in a trusted execution environment (TEE); generating a smart contract configured to: identify a triggering event comprising a request to perform a service comprising generating digital currency; prior to performing the service, verify conditions for performing the service; and in response to verifying the conditions for performing the service, generating the digital currency; generating a hash value representing the smart contract using the private cryptographic key; transmitting the hash value representing the smart contract to a privacy computing platform; and transmitting the public cryptographic key to the privacy computing platform configured to decrypt the hash value representing the smart contract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph McCabe, Paul Edward Kuhnle, Mark Steven Criscitello
  • Patent number: 12052981
    Abstract: A person may wish to use a submersible light to attract aquatic life, including fish. The submersible light described herein may include a mounting body around which outward facing lights are disposed. The lights may be powered with a connected power cord. To prevent water from contacting sensitive electronics within the submersible light, a water tight enclosure is created between the outside of the mounting body and an outer transparent covering. The submersible light may have ballast material inside the mounting body. The ballast material affects the buoyancy of the mounting body when it is placed in the water. The submersible lighting device may also emit a variety of light spectrums and light intensity levels which the user can control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Inventors: John Collier, Mark Steven Collier
  • Publication number: 20240246388
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention are configured to cool the occupant(s) while operating an open-air vehicle, utilizing evaporative cooling, reducing the potential for potentially adverse heat related health conditions. The misting apparatus is comprised of a remote water reservoir, manually gas pressurized by a piston type pump. The apparatus is manually activated by depressing an integral normally closed, manually operated, momentary, push button on/off water control valve, incorporated into the water control manifold, between the pressurized water reservoir, and the misting nozzle manifolds. Water is supplied via a main water supply line, joined at the outlet side of the pressurized water reservoir, to the inlet side of the water control manifold. Depressing the push button on-off water control valve, water flows through the control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventor: Mark Steven Beaird
  • Patent number: 12024402
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for a stairlift overspeed safety system are disclosed. The overspeed safety system may include a centripetal cam assembly, a trigger assembly, and a jammer assembly. The centripetal cam assembly may include a spring-loaded plate and a plurality of centripetal cams connected to the spring-loaded plate, configured to move to an extended position when the rail speed exceeds the speed threshold. The trigger assembly may include a trigger plate configured to be pushed by at least one of the centripetal cams when moved to the extended position. Pushing the trigger plate may cause a switch to open to shut off power to the motorized stairlift. The jammer assembly may include a jammer configured to wedge between teeth of a rack and pinion of the motorized stairlift to initiate a deceleration to stop movement of the motorized stairlift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Harmar Mobility, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Pratt, IV, Derek J. Nash, Mark L. Hill, Mark Steven Jackson
  • Patent number: 12013267
    Abstract: A device and method for measuring a volume of liquid expelled from a syringe is provided. The device generally includes a syringe barrel, a plunger actuated with a plunger rod, and a sensor. The sensor may include two ports with one port being in fluid communication with a source of fluid external to the syringe barrel, while the second port is in fluid communication either with a proximal end portion of the syringe barrel or a hollow plunger rod having a first end closed by the plunger. The method may include expelling liquid from the syringe; detecting and recording differential pressure with the sensor over time; and calculating the volume of liquid expelled from the syringe from the recorded differential pressure over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Steven Morrison
  • Publication number: 20240182155
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for shortening a wingspan of an aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first bracket and a second bracket extending from a wingtip of the aircraft, and a motor coupled to a fixed wing of the aircraft. A first outboard link is rotatably coupled to the first bracket and to the motor, and a second outboard is link rotatably coupled to the second bracket and to the motor. A first inboard link is rotatably coupled to the first bracket and to the fixed wing, and a second inboard link is rotatably coupled to the second bracket and to the fixed wing. The motor is configured to rotate the first outboard link and the second outboard link to move the wingtip between an extended position and a stowed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Keily Madison Gleason-Chapell, Mark Steven Good
  • Publication number: 20240182154
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for shortening a wingspan of an aircraft is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first track affixed to a fixed wing of the aircraft. A first roller assembly is affixed to a wingtip of the aircraft, with the first roller assembly moveably captured within the first track. A second track is also affixed to the fixed wing. A second roller assembly is affixed to the wingtip and is moveably captured within the second track. A wingtip actuation assembly is configured to translate the first roller assembly within the first track and the second roller assembly within the second track to move the wingtip between an extended position and a stowed position under the fixed wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Keily Madison Gleason-Chapell, Mark Steven Good, Paul Dees
  • Publication number: 20240164987
    Abstract: A transport and delivery system which may be used for injectable materials such as radioactive injectables. The system includes a base configured to hold a material transport device containing the injectable material, and a cover including a material delivery system and a material access device. The cover is configured to be mated over the base to result in alignment of the material access device with the material transport device to allow the material delivery system to deliver the injectable materials from within the material transport device to a patient. The cover may include a handle graspable within an adult hand to facilitate grasping/handling of the system. A priming cap may be provided to facilitate priming of the material delivery system and material access device to be substantially airless.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Haverkost, Joel N. Groff, David Raab, Scott McGhee, Mark Steven Smith, Nachiket Gole
  • Patent number: 11986144
    Abstract: A dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation. The dishwasher including a lower dish rack and an upper dish rack located above the lower dish rack and having an opening overlying the portion of the lower dish rack and a repositionable tray carried by the upper dish rack and movable between a first position and a second position relative to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Fabio Cardano, Umit Can Koralay, Giuseppina Arresta, Mark Steven Feddema, Hrushikesh Chandrakant Prabhu
  • Patent number: 11983276
    Abstract: A communication system personality provisioning system includes a communication system included in a computing system and coupled to a management system. The communication system stores authentication information in a UEFI database of a UEFI system in the communication system. The communication system receives a first operating software image and application/service from the management system, authenticates the first operating software image and application/service via first secure initialization operations performed by the UEFI system using the authentication information and, in response, installs the first operating software image and application/service on the communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mukund P. Khatri, Jimmy D. Pike, Gaurav Chawla, William Price Dawkins, Elie Jreij, Mark Steven Sanders, Walter A. O'Brien, III, Robert W. Hormuth
  • Publication number: 20240149770
    Abstract: An armrest employed with a vehicle seat assembly that includes a storage compartment in the armrest that is accessible by moving a storage cover relative to the armrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Lea Thomas Smith, Zhengda Mao, Thomas Loyal Sundberg, JR., Liting Shen, Jochen Kohlhofer, Jasmine Pizana, Mark Steven Sparschu
  • Patent number: 11970316
    Abstract: An enclosable and stackable container comprising a tray and lid is provided with structural elements to permit rapid covering and uncovering of the tray, efficient stacking of containers, and safe transportation. At least one catching mechanism may be engaged quickly to securely cover the tray and its food contents and disengaged quickly to uncover the tray and its food contents, improving food hygiene practices. Foldable flange flaps enhance stacking strength to permit safe transportation of stacked containers and their food contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventors: David Chapman, Elton Ross Farren, Pascale Didit Grenier, Daniel Albert McCallie, Mark Steven Smith
  • Publication number: 20240125782
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a particle collection for detecting a pathogen-neutralizing molecule. The present invention further relates to a composition comprising a particle collection. The present invention also relates to a method of detecting a pathogen-neutralizing molecule. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a kit for detecting a pathogen-neutralizing molecule. The present invention further relates to a point-of-care device, and to a use of a particle collection or a composition in a method of detecting a pathogen-neutralizing molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Antje BÄUMNER, Mark-Steven STEINER, Diana PAULY, Ralf WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20240119285
    Abstract: In an aspect, an apparatus for procedural training is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to at least a processor. A memory contains instructions configuring at least a processor to receive optical data from a sensor comprising a machine vision system in electronic communication with the at least a processor, wherein the machine vision system is configured to identify at least one object within optical data. At least a processor is configured to determine a procedural performance parameter as a function of optical data wherein determining the procedural performance parameter comprises classifying the at least one object within optical data to an optical data category using an optical data classifier. At least a processor is configured to compare a procedural performance parameter to a procedural performance threshold. At least a processor is configured to display procedural training feedback through a display unit as a function of a comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: ProTrainings, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Christopher Andersen, Adam Matthew Fox, Jason Edwin Leighton, Mark Steven VanderVoord
  • Patent number: D1022357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Mrowicki, Mateusz Uzniak, Fabio Cardano, Umit Can Koralay, Daria Anna Michalowicz, Wesley Mendez Ramirez, Mark Steven Feddema