Patents by Inventor Michael Boucher

Michael Boucher 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: 20260137575
    Abstract: A person support apparatus includes a base frame, a longitudinal frame coupled to the base frame and extending in a longitudinal direction, and a hip/thigh support assembly. The hip/thigh support assembly is slidably positioned along the longitudinal frame. The hip/thigh support assembly includes a hip support base, a thigh support base, a hip/thigh support exterior plate including a hip support exterior plate portion oriented at an acute angle relative to a lateral axis of the longitudinal frame, and a thigh support exterior plate portion extending from the hip support exterior plate portion at an obtuse angle and oriented at an acute angle relative to the lateral axis of the longitudinal frame and a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal frame, and a hip/thigh support pad removably attached to the hip/thigh support exterior plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2026
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Applicant: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Hung D. Nguyen, Christopher B. Dubois, Andrew R. Marchand, Mary Kelly Chance
  • Patent number: 12551395
    Abstract: A person support apparatus includes a base frame, a longitudinal frame coupled to the base frame and extending in a longitudinal direction, and a hip/thigh support assembly. The hip/thigh support assembly is slidably positioned along the longitudinal frame. The hip/thigh support assembly includes a hip support base, a thigh support base, a hip/thigh support exterior plate including a hip support exterior plate portion oriented at an acute angle relative to a lateral axis of the longitudinal frame, and a thigh support exterior plate portion extending from the hip support exterior plate portion at an obtuse angle and oriented at an acute angle relative to the lateral axis of the longitudinal frame and a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal frame, and a hip/thigh support pad removably attached to the hip/thigh support exterior plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Hung D. Nguyen, Christopher B. Dubois, Andrew R. Marchand, Mary Kelly Chance
  • Publication number: 20250322156
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for identifying and differentiating AI-generated text within a document. The system may capture added text, compare it to known AI-generated text using word-for-word comparison and vector analysis, and may highlight identified AI-generated text. It may also include a verification process to confirm whether the AI-generated text has been adequately reviewed. A user interface may allow users to modify properties of the text, attach review notes, and record changes to text. The system may be applicable in various scenarios, such as legal briefings, academic assignments, and artificial intelligence model training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2025
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventor: Michael Boucher
  • Publication number: 20250071943
    Abstract: A cooling system including an evaporator, a passive condenser, a heat exchanger, and a pump. The passive condenser is arranged in parallel with the heat exchanger relative to the fluid flow of a primary cooling medium. When a secondary cooling medium is provided to the heat exchanger, at least some of a primary cooling medium in the gas phase switches from being received by the passive condenser to the heat exchanger without operating any valves and supplies the primary cooling medium in the liquid phase to the evaporator. When the secondary cooling medium is not provided to the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger does not supply the primary cooling medium in the liquid phase to the evaporator. The pump is located in a liquid line fluidly connecting the evaporator to the passive condenser and the heat exchanger and pumps the primary cooling medium in the liquid phase to the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Wei Fang, Rafael Neuwald, Michael Boucher
  • Publication number: 20240398648
    Abstract: A person support apparatus includes a base frame, a longitudinal frame coupled to the base frame and extending in a longitudinal direction, and a hip/thigh support assembly. The hip/thigh support assembly is slidably positioned along the longitudinal frame. The hip/thigh support assembly includes a hip support base, a thigh support base, a hip/thigh support exterior plate including a hip support exterior plate portion oriented at an acute angle relative to a lateral axis of the longitudinal frame, and a thigh support exterior plate portion extending from the hip support exterior plate portion at an obtuse angle and oriented at an acute angle relative to the lateral axis of the longitudinal frame and a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal frame, and a hip/thigh support pad removably attached to the hip/thigh support exterior plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Hung D. Nguyen, Christopher B. Dubois, Andrew R. Marchand, Mary Kelly Chance
  • Patent number: 12127380
    Abstract: A cooling assembly includes an evaporator containing a primary cooling medium, a passive condenser, and a heat exchanger. When a secondary cooling medium is provided to the heat exchanger, the primary cooling medium in the gas phase switches from being received by the passive condenser to the heat exchanger without operating any valves located between the evaporator and the passive condenser and between the evaporator and the heat exchanger. The primary cooling medium circulates between the evaporator and the passive condenser and between the evaporator and the heat exchanger by natural circulation and gravity without a pump in the flow path of the primary cooling medium between the heat exchanger and the evaporator and between the passive condenser and the evaporator to circulate the primary cooling medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Munters Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Rafael Neuwald, Bryan Keith Dunnavant, John Roberts, Paul A. Dinnage, Wei Fang
  • Publication number: 20240090178
    Abstract: A cooling assembly includes an evaporator containing a primary cooling medium, a passive condenser, and a heat exchanger. When a secondary cooling medium is provided to the heat exchanger, the primary cooling medium in the gas phase switches from being received by the passive condenser to the heat exchanger without operating any valves located between the evaporator and the passive condenser and between the evaporator and the heat exchanger. The primary cooling medium circulates between the evaporator and the passive condenser and between the evaporator and the heat exchanger by natural circulation and gravity without a pump in the flow path of the primary cooling medium between the heat exchanger and the evaporator and between the passive condenser and the evaporator to circulate the primary cooling medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Rafael Neuwald, Bryan Keith Dunnavant, John Roberts, Paul A. Dinnage, Wei Fang
  • Patent number: 11839062
    Abstract: A cooling assembly includes an evaporator containing a primary cooling medium, a passive condenser, and a heat exchanger. When a secondary cooling medium is provided to the heat exchanger, the primary cooling medium in the gas phase switches from being received by the passive condenser to the heat exchanger without operating any valves located between the evaporator and the passive condenser and between the evaporator and the heat exchanger. The primary cooling medium circulates between the evaporator and the passive condenser and between the evaporator and the heat exchanger by natural circulation and gravity without a pump in the flow path of the primary cooling medium between the heat exchanger and the evaporator and between the passive condenser and the evaporator to circulate the primary cooling medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Munters Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Rafael Neuwald, Bryan Keith Dunnavant, John Roberts, Paul A. Dinnage, Wei Fang
  • Patent number: 11598535
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for conditioning air for an enclosure, a first ambient airstream is cooled by a cooling coil of a refrigerant cooling system to reduce temperature and humidity, passed through a segment of a rotating desiccant wheel to reduce moisture content and increase temperature, and then supplied to the enclosure. The desiccant wheel is regenerated by a second ambient airstream heated with a condenser coil of the refrigerant system and then passed through a regeneration segment of the desiccant wheel. A bypass plenum allows a third ambient airstream to be selectively heated and cooled independent of the evaporator coil and desiccant wheel in the first plenum. Heated air bypassed from the second ambient airstream or an independent heater can perform the selective heating in the bypass plenum. The airstream in the bypass plenum is then supplied with the air treated in the first plenum to the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Munters Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Rafael Neuwald
  • Publication number: 20210368647
    Abstract: A cooling assembly includes an evaporator containing a primary cooling medium, a passive condenser, and a heat exchanger. When a secondary cooling medium is provided to the heat exchanger, the primary cooling medium in the gas phase switches from being received by the passive condenser to the heat exchanger without operating any valves located between the evaporator and the passive condenser and between the evaporator and the heat exchanger. The primary cooling medium circulates between the evaporator and the passive condenser and between the evaporator and the heat exchanger by natural circulation and gravity without a pump in the flow path of the primary cooling medium between the heat exchanger and the evaporator and between the passive condenser and the evaporator to circulate the primary cooling medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Rafael Neuwald, Bryan Keith Dunnavant, John Roberts, Paul A. Dinnage, Wei Fang
  • Patent number: 11022374
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly, an indirect evaporative heat exchanger including the heat exchanger, and methods of operating the same. The heat exchanger assembly includes at least one tube, a plurality of sections, and a plurality of nozzles. The at least one tube is configured to (i) have a process fluid flow therethrough in a first direction and (ii) have a scavenger cooling medium flow over the outer surface of the tube in a second direction. The second direction intersects the first direction. The plurality of sections is aligned in the first direction. The plurality of nozzles are located above the at least one tube. At least one nozzle of the plurality of nozzles is (i) located in each of the plurality of sections and (ii) configured to selectively discharge coolant onto the portion of the tube in that section of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Munters Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Fisher, Bryan Keith Dunnavant, Michael Boucher
  • Publication number: 20200400322
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for conditioning air for an enclosure, a first ambient airstream is cooled by a cooling coil of a refrigerant cooling system to reduce temperature and humidity, passed through a segment of a rotating desiccant wheel to reduce moisture content and increase temperature, and then supplied to the enclosure. The desiccant wheel is regenerated by a second ambient airstream heated with a condenser coil of the refrigerant system and then passed through a regeneration segment of the desiccant wheel. A bypass plenum allows a third ambient airstream to be selectively heated and cooled independent of the evaporator coil and desiccant wheel in the first plenum. Heated air bypassed from the second ambient airstream or an independent heater can perform the selective heating in the bypass plenum. The airstream in the bypass plenum is then supplied with the air treated in the first plenum to the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Rafael Neuwald
  • Patent number: 10767875
    Abstract: In conditioning air for an enclosure, a first ambient airstream is cooled by the cooling coil of a refrigerant cooling system to reduce its temperature and humidity content. The thus cooled and dehumidified air is then passed through a segment of a rotating desiccant wheel to reduce moisture content and increase temperature and is then supplied to the enclosure. The desiccant wheel is regenerated by the use of a second ambient airstream which is first heated with the condenser coil of the refrigerant system and then passed through the regeneration segment of the desiccant wheel. A bypass plenum is provided in the apparatus that selectively allows a third ambient airstream to be cooled in the plenum independent of the evaporator coil and desiccant wheel in the first plenum. That airstream is then supplied with the air treated in the first plenum to the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Munters Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Paul Dinnage, Rafael Neuwald
  • Publication number: 20200080787
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly, an indirect evaporative heat exchanger including the heat exchanger, and methods of operating the same. The heat exchanger assembly includes at least one tube, a plurality of sections, and a plurality of nozzles. The at least one tube is configured to (i) have a process fluid flow therethrough in a first direction and (ii) have a scavenger cooling medium flow over the outer surface of the tube in a second direction. The second direction intersects the first direction. The plurality of sections is aligned in the first direction. The plurality of nozzles are located above the at least one tube. At least one nozzle of the plurality of nozzles is (i) located in each of the plurality of sections and (ii) configured to selectively discharge coolant onto the portion of the tube in that section of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Fisher, Bryan Keith Dunnavant, Michael Boucher
  • Publication number: 20190162431
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for conditioning air for an enclosure, a first ambient air stream is cooled by the cooling coil of a refrigerant cooling system to reduce its temperature and humidity content. The thus cooled and dehumidified air is then passed through a segment of a rotating desiccant wheel to reduce moisture content and increase temperature and is then supplied to the enclosure. The desiccant wheel is regenerated by the use of a second ambient air stream which is first heated with the condenser coil of the refrigerant system and then passed through the regeneration segment of the desiccant wheel. A bypass plenum is provided in the apparatus that selectively allows a third ambient air stream to be cooled in the plenum independent of the evaporator coil and desiccant wheel in the first plenum. That air stream is then supplied with the air treated in the first plenum to the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Paul Dinnage, Rafael Neuwald
  • Patent number: 7360200
    Abstract: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention allow a program designer to conveniently specify and support watchdog checking of a program under development. The resulting programs are more robust than programs developed without watchdog support. The method and systems provide a convenient, automated mechanism for adding watchdog support to a program. Thus, a developer need not incur the substantial time and effort costs that would be associated with manually designing and configuring separate watchdog programs. Rather, the methods and systems provide substantial assistance to the developer in designing a robust program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Boucher
  • Patent number: 7337483
    Abstract: A surgical positioning apparatus can be secured to a floor of an operating room or directly to an operating room table. The surgical positioning apparatus supports a limb of a patient using a telescoping strut mounted on a spherical joint. A disposable cradling device is coupled to the strut to secure the limb in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Allen Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Boucher, Kip Van Steenburg, Paul J. Skavicus, David Warburton
  • Publication number: 20060206869
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide a development tool that enables computer programmers to design and develop a data flow program for execution in a multiprocessor computer system. The tool allows the programmer to define a region divided into multiple blocks, wherein each block is associated with data operated on by code segments of the data flow program. The development tool also maintains dependencies among the blocks, each dependency indicating a relationship between two blocks that indicates that the portion of the program associated with a first block of the relationship needs the resultant data provided by the portions of the program associated with a second block of the relationship. The development tool supports several debugging commands, including insertion of multiple types of breakpoints, adding and deleting dependencies, single stepping data flow program execution, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Brad Lewis, Michael Boucher, Noah Horton
  • Publication number: 20060184842
    Abstract: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention allow a program designer to conveniently specify and support watchdog checking of a program under development. The resulting programs are more robust than programs developed without watchdog support. The method and systems provide a convenient, automated mechanism for adding watchdog support to a program. Thus, a developer need not incur the substantial time and effort costs that would be associated with manually designing and configuring separate watchdog programs. Rather, the methods and systems provide substantial assistance to the developer in designing a robust program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Boucher
  • Patent number: 7069543
    Abstract: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention allow a program designer to conveniently specify and support watchdog checking of a program under development. The resulting programs are more robust than programs developed without watchdog support. The method and systems provide a convenient, automated mechanism for adding watchdog support to a program. Thus, a developer need not incur the substantial time and effort costs that would be associated with manually designing and configuring separate watchdog programs. Rather, the methods and systems provide substantial assistance to the developer in designing a robust program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc
    Inventor: Michael Boucher