Patents by Inventor Matthew Hain

Matthew Hain 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: 20240416089
    Abstract: Provided herein is an intra-aortic balloon catheter including a tube; and a sheath seal including an elastomeric housing having a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen arranged between the proximal end of the housing and the distal end of the housing, wherein the housing includes an impingement device, wherein the lumen is configured to slidably receive the tube therein and the impingement device is configured to engage the outer surface of the tube and apply a force thereto in order to prevent the tube from sliding relative to the sheath seal when the impingement device is in a first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Datascope Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel A. WALTERS, Gary Victor SCHWARZ, Matthew HAIN, Vito S. SAVINO, Igor Inga, JR.
  • Patent number: 12076511
    Abstract: Provided herein is an intra-aortic balloon catheter including a tube; and a sheath seal including an elastomeric housing having a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen arranged between the proximal end of the housing and the distal end of the housing, wherein the housing includes an impingement device, wherein the lumen is configured to slidably receive the tube therein and the impingement device is configured to engage the outer surface of the tube and apply a force thereto in order to prevent the tube from sliding relative to the sheath seal when the impingement device is in a first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DATASCOPE CORP.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Walters, Gary Victor Schwarz, Matthew Hain, Vito S. Savino, Igor Inga, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200391014
    Abstract: Provided herein is an intra-aortic balloon catheter including a tube; and a sheath seal including an elastomeric housing having a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen arranged between the proximal end of the housing and the distal end of the housing, wherein the housing includes an impingement device, wherein the lumen is configured to slidably receive the tube therein and the impingement device is configured to engage the outer surface of the tube and apply a force thereto in order to prevent the tube from sliding relative to the sheath seal when the impingement device is in a first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: DATASCOPE CORP.
    Inventors: Daniel A. WALTERS, Gary Victor SCHWARZ, Matthew HAIN, Vito S. SAVINO
  • Publication number: 20190122092
    Abstract: A system configures a group of behavioral agents, where a given behavioral agent receives one or more inputs and provides an output corresponding to one or more features associated with an individual, and where the inputs to at least some of the behavioral agents include outputs from one or more of the other behavioral agents. Then, the system generates, based at least in part on a subset of the outputs, a dynamic virtual representation of the individual, where the dynamic virtual representation automatically mimics one or more attributes of the individual in a context. Moreover, the system provides information corresponding to the dynamic virtual representation, and the computer system receives input stimuli associated with a reaction of a user. Next, the system selectively performs a remedial action associated with the group of behavioral agents based at least in part on a portion of the input stimuli.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Artificial Intelligence Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Matthew Haines, Robert Marc Meadows, Lars Ulrich Buttler
  • Patent number: 7309461
    Abstract: A method of crimping a varied diameter graft is includes the steps of (i) providing a flat-woven tubular graft having an enlarged woven bulbous portion disposed between flat-woven tubular ends, wherein the flat-woven diameter of the bulbous section is greater than the flat woven diameters of the tubular ends; (ii) providing a mandrel shaped and sized to the woven bulbous section and having a curved crimping surface; and (iii) positioning the curved crimping surface within the bulbous woven section so that the bulbous woven section contours to the curved crimping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Kujawski, Matthew Hain
  • Publication number: 20060030871
    Abstract: The present invention is a tunneling device for vascular tunneling procedures. The invention includes a tunneling device and a tunneling tip. The tunneling device includes a tissue-separating source of energy at the tunneling tip. The preferred source of energy is ultrasonic movement at the distal tip of the tunneler. Preferably the ultrasonic driver is disposed in a removably attached tip but it may be in the tunneler handle. Also included is a method of tunneling which includes separating tissue layers as the tunneler is advanced. The preferred method uses an ultrasonically vibrating tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Matthew Hain, Jamie Henderson
  • Patent number: 6915307
    Abstract: The foregoing needs and other needs are addressed by the present invention, which provides, in one aspect, a mechanism for locating a data object. According to an aspect of the present invention, key values for data objects are generated, each key value may contain a first subkey value and a second subkey value. A mapping associates the first subkey values with storage locations. A particular first subkey value is mapped to storage location that contains second subkeys of a set of key values that correspond to the first subkey value. The storage location also includes additional information that may be used to locate objects associated with the set of key values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Inktomi Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Mattis, John Plevyak, Matthew Haines, Adam Beguelin, Brian Totty, David Gourley
  • Patent number: 6881766
    Abstract: Sutures fabricated from and/or coated with compositions including water-soluble glass are described herein. Pledgets containing water-soluble glass within the interstices of the pledget and/or coated with compositions including water-soluble glass are also described herein. The water-soluble glass optionally includes a therapeutic agent, e.g., silver to promote wound repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventor: Matthew Hain
  • Publication number: 20040162580
    Abstract: Sutures fabricated from and/or coated with compositions including water-soluble glass are described herein. Pledgets containing water-soluble glass within the interstices of the pledget and/or coated with compositions including water-soluble glass are also described herein. The water-soluble glass optionally includes a therapeutic agent, e.g., silver to promote wound repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Matthew Hain
  • Patent number: 6453319
    Abstract: A high-performance cache is disclosed. The cache is designed for time- and space-efficiency for a diverse range of information objects. Information objects are stored in portions of a non-volatile storage device called arenas, which are contiguous regions from which space is allocated in parallel. Objects are substantially contiguously allocated within an arena and are mapped by name keys and content-based object keys to a tag table, an open directory, and a directory table. The tag table is indexed by the name keys, and stores references to sets in the directory table. The tag table is compact and therefore can be stored in fast main memory, facilitating rapid lookups. The directory table is organized so that at least a frequently-accessed portion of it also usually resides in fast main memory, which further speeds lookups. The tag and directory tables are organized to quickly determine non-presence of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Inktomi Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Mattis, John Plevyak, Matthew Haines, Adam Beguelin, Brian Totty, David Gourley
  • Patent number: 6378577
    Abstract: Provided is a carrier convertible from a sling supported vessel to a material handler for filling portable receptacles such as bags from a bulk lot of material. The front end of this unit is a scoop for gathering fluent material. Over top the scoop is a hood that prevents spill out of any material when the unit is raised into an upright position. The hood terminates at a projection that defines a hand grip. The scoop tapers into a flue. This tapering permits multiple units to nest into one another for storage purposes. The flue ends at an opening and the opening is sized so that an industry-specific standard bag fits over the opening. The length of the flue is dimensioned so that upon the bag being placed over the flue a hand can grasp both the carrier and bag easily at the projection. When grasped, the bag is tightened and secured to the carrier by the grasping hand. Other bags of different sizes can be accommodated by either gathering any slack with the gripping hand or making different size units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventors: Matthew Hain Piner, James Earl Schiller, Stefan Norman Smyle, Jeremy L. Ramirez
  • Patent number: 6292880
    Abstract: A method for caching information objects is provided. Information objects are stored in portions of a non-volatile storage device called arenas, which are contiguous regions from which space is allocated in parallel. Objects are contiguously allocated within an arena and are mapped to directory tables that provide an efficient search mechanism. Each object is identified by a name key and a content key. The name key is constructed by applying a hash function to the composition of the name or URL of the object along with implicit or explicit context about the request. The content key is constructed by applying a hash function to the entire contents of the object data. Buckets and blocks in the directory tables store tags and subkeys derived from the keys. Since duplicate objects that have different names will hash to the same content key, the cache can detect duplicate objects even though they have different names, and store only one copy of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Inktomi Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Mattis, John Plevyak, Matthew Haines, Adam Beguelin, Brian Totty, David Gourley
  • Patent number: 6289358
    Abstract: A method is provided for caching and delivering an alternate version from among a plurality of alternate versions of information objects. One or more alternate versions of an information object, for example, versions of the information object that are prepared in different languages or compatible with different systems, are stored in an object cache database. In the cache, a vector of alternates is associated with a key value that identifies the information object. The vector of alternates stores information that describes the alternate, the context and constraints of the object's use, and a reference to the location of the alternate's object content. When a subsequent client request for the information object is received, the cache extracts information from the client request, and attempts to select an acceptable and optimal alternate from the vector by matching the request information to the cached contextual information in the vector of alternates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Inktomi Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Mattis, John Plevyak, Matthew Haines, Adam Beguelin, Brian Totty, David Gourley
  • Patent number: 6209003
    Abstract: A method for garbage collection in a cache of information objects is provided. A non-volatile storage device is segmented into storage areas called pools. Each pool has a pool header and a plurality of arenas. Each arena stores one or more fragments of an object. Header information for each arena is stored in the pool header in which that arena is stored. Each fragment comprises a fragment header and fragment data. The garbage collection periodically selects a pool that is storing an amount of data greater than a minimum storage value or high water mark. Each arena in the pool is examined and selected for garbage collection according to selection criteria. Each fragment within a selected arena is examined based upon a second set of selection criteria that determine whether the fragment is retained or deleted. If the fragment is deleted, all other fragments in the storage device that relate to that fragment's object are also deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Inktomi Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Mattis, John Plevyak, Matthew Haines, Adam Beguelin, Brian Totty, David Gourley
  • Patent number: 6128623
    Abstract: A high-performance cache is disclosed. The cache is designed for time- and space-efficiency for a diverse range of information objects. Information objects are stored in portions of a non-volatile storage device called arenas, which are contiguous regions from which space is allocated in parallel. Objects are substantially contiguously allocated within an arena and are mapped by name keys and content-based object keys to a tag table, an open directory, and a directory table. The tag table is indexed by the name keys, and stores references to sets in the directory table. The tag table is compact and therefore can be stored in fast main memory, facilitating rapid lookups. The directory table is organized so that at least a frequently-accessed portion of it also usually resides in fast main memory, which further speeds lookups. The tag and directory tables are organized to quickly determine non-presence of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Inktomi Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Mattis, John Plevyak, Matthew Haines, Adam Beguelin, Brian Totty, David Gourley
  • Patent number: 6128627
    Abstract: A method for consistently storing cached objects in the presence of failures is provided. This method ensures atomic object consistency--in the event of failure and restart, an object will either be completely present or completely absent from the cache, never truncated or corrupted. Furthermore, this consistency comes without any time-consuming data structure reconstruction on restart. In this scheme, objects are indexed by a directory table that is stored in main memory and mapped to non-volatile storage, and changes to the directory table are buffered into an open directory that is stored in main memory. Cache objects are either stored in volatile aggregation buffers or in segments of non-volatile disk storage called arenas. Objects are first coalesced into memory-based aggregation buffers, and later committed to disk. Locking is used to control parallel storage to aggregation buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Inktomi Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Mattis, John Plevyak, Matthew Haines, Adam Beguelin, Brian Totty, David Gourley
  • Patent number: 6045560
    Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus having tissue bolstering material releasably attached thereto for application of the material and staples to body tisuse is disclosed. The tissue bolstering material is preferably releasably held to surfaces of the stapling apparatus through pins, clips or similar securing structures. The tissue bolstering material can be either planar or tubular in configuration. Preferably, both the anvil portion and the fastener ejecting portion of the stapler are at least partially covered with the tissue bolstering material. In use, tissue is disposed between the anvil portion and the stapling portion of the instrument and the instrument is fired. The tissue bolstering material is thereby secured to the tissue and releasably detaches from the stapler upon withdrawal of the stapler from the surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Wanda L. McKean, Matthew Hain, Ilya S. Koyfman
  • Patent number: 5964774
    Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus having tissue bolstering material disposed thereon for application of the material and staples to body tissue. Two tissue bolstering members are preferably provided, each member being generally planar in configuration, wherein a first member corresponds to the dimensions of the tissue contacting surface of a staple cartridge and a second member corresponds to the dimensions of the tissue contacting surface of an anvil. In use, tissue is disposed between the anvil and the staple cartridge and the instrument is fired, thereby securing the tissue bolstering material to the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Wanda L. McKean, Matthew Hain, Ilya S. Koyfman
  • Patent number: 5908427
    Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus having tissue bolstering material releasably attached thereto for application of the material and staples to body tissue is disclosed. The tissue bolstering material is preferably releasably held to surfaces of the stapling apparatus through pins, clips or similar securing structures. The tissue bolstering material can be either planar or tubular in configuration. Preferably, both the anvil portion and the fastener ejecting portion of the stapler are at least partially covered with the tissue bolstering material. In use, tissue is disposed between the anvil portion and the stapling portion of the instrument and the instrument is fired. The tissue bolstering material is thereby secured to the tissue and releasably detaches from the stapler upon withdrawal of the stapler from the surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Wanda L. McKean, Matthew Hain, Ilya S. Koyfman
  • Patent number: D440729
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventors: Matthew Hain Piner, James Earl Schiller, Stefan Norman Smyle, Jeremy J. Ramirez