Patents by Inventor Michael Brooks

Michael Brooks 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: 20250166103
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including a computing device with a processor configured to: send a keep-alive signal to a user at a predefined interval; determine an active status of the user if a reply to the keep-alive signal is received prior to an expiration of the predefined interval; determine a non-active status of the user if a reply to the keep-alive signal is not received prior to an expiration of the predefined interval; send a first level transition notification to a first contact list if the determined status of the user is non-active; send a second level transition notification to a second contact list after a first time period has expired and the reply to the keep-alive signal is not received; and send a third level transition notification to a third contact list after a second time period has expired and the reply to the keep-alive signal is not received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventor: Michael Brooks
  • Patent number: 12205185
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including a computing device with a processor configured to: send a keep-alive signal to a user at a predefined interval; determine an active status of the user if a reply to the keep-alive signal is received prior to an expiration of the predefined interval; determine a non-active status of the user if a reply to the keep-alive signal is not received prior to an expiration of the predefined interval; send a first level transition notification to a first contact list if the determined status of the user is non-active; send a second level transition notification to a second contact list after a first time period has expired and the reply to the keep-alive signal is not received; and send a third level transition notification to a third contact list after a second time period has expired and the reply to the keep-alive signal is not received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Preordain LLC
    Inventor: Michael Brooks
  • Patent number: 12171979
    Abstract: A fluid injector system includes a control device operably associated with at least one drive component for use in actuating a plurality of fluid containers in fluid communication with a patient through an administration line. The control device includes at least one processor programmed or configured to enable programming of a diagnostic injection protocol comprising one or more phases according to which at least one of the first and the second fluid containers are selectively actuatable by the at least one drive component to enable injection of at least one of a first fluid and a second fluid into the patient. The control device is further programmed or configured to enable selection and commencement of at least partial preloading into the administration line of at least one of the first fluid and the second fluid in accordance with the one or more phases of the diagnostic injection protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Barry Iddon, James Hoon Yoo, Michael Brooks
  • Patent number: 12002560
    Abstract: A fluid injector system has a controller for operably controlling the injection of contrast and/or saline into a patient. The controller allows a user to program a diagnostic injection procedure having one or more phases according to which the contrast and/or saline will be injected into the patient so as to effect enhancement of a region thereof during an imaging procedure. It further allows the user to program a test injection procedure to be performed prior to the diagnostic injection procedure. The test injection procedure is implementable as: (a) a variable single phase test injection in which the rate at which the saline is to be delivered is selectable prior to and may be varied during performance thereof; and/or (b) a multi-phase test injection in which the rate at which the saline is to be delivered is selectable for each phase of the multi-phase test injection prior to performance thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Corey Kemper, John Volkar, Michael Brooks, Leona Mulcahy
  • Patent number: 11931555
    Abstract: A power injector system having a power injector for enabling delivery of fluid in an injection procedure to be performed on a patient may include one or more processors; a first user interface; and a second user interface. The first user interface and the second user interface may be configured to accept a plurality of user inputs associated with control of a plurality of operations of the power injector system and display information associated with the plurality of operations. One of the first user interface and the second user interface may be proximate to the power injector and the other may be remote from the power injector. The one or more processors may be programmed and/or configured to independently control the first user interface and the second user interface based on a first user input and a next user input received from the first user interface and/or the second user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Samantha Parker, James Hoon Yoo, Leona Mulcahy, Michael Brooks, Richard Sokolov
  • Publication number: 20220028018
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including a computing device with a processor configured to: send a keep-alive signal to a user at a predefined interval; determine an active status of the user if a reply to the keep-alive signal is received prior to an expiration of the predefined interval; determine a non-active status of the user if a reply to the keep-alive signal is not received prior to an expiration of the predefined interval; send a first level transition notification to a first contact list if the determined status of the user is non-active; send a second level transition notification to a second contact list after a first time period has expired and the reply to the keep-alive signal is not received; and send a third level transition notification to a third contact list after a second time period has expired and the reply to the keep-alive signal is not received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Brooks
  • Publication number: 20210353870
    Abstract: A power injector system having a power injector for enabling delivery of fluid in an injection procedure to be performed on a patient may include one or more processors; a first user interface; and a second user interface. The first user interface and the second user interface may be configured to accept a plurality of user inputs associated with control of a plurality of operations of the power injector system and display information associated with the plurality of operations. One of the first user interface and the second user interface may be proximate to the power injector and the other may be remote from the power injector. The one or more processors may be programmed and/or configured to independently control the first user interface and the second user interface based on a first user input and a next user input received from the first user interface and/or the second user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: JOHN VOLKAR, COREY KEMPER, SAMANTHA PARKER, JAMES HOON YOO, LEONA MULCAHY, MICHAEL BROOKS, RICHARD SOKOLOV
  • Patent number: 11090440
    Abstract: A power injector system having a power injector for enabling delivery of fluid in an injection procedure to be performed on a patient may include one or more processors; a first user interface; and a second user interface. The first user interface and the second user interface may be configured to accept a plurality of user inputs associated with control of a plurality of operations of the power injector system and display information associated with the plurality of operations. One of the first user interface and the second user interface may be proximate to the power injector and the other may be remote from the power injector. The one or more processors may be programmed and/or configured to independently control the first user interface and the second user interface based on a first user input and a next user input received from the first user interface and/or the second user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Someshwar Mukherjee, Samantha Parker, Carl Benson, James Hoon Yoo, Leona Mulcahy, Michael Brooks, Richard Sokolov, Benjamin James Cullen, Alison Ruth Von Moger
  • Publication number: 20210125697
    Abstract: A fluid injector system has a controller for operably controlling the injection of contrast and/or saline into a patient. The controller allows a user to program a diagnostic injection procedure having one or more phases according to which the contrast and/or saline will be injected into the patient so as to effect enhancement of a region thereof during an imaging procedure. It further allows the user to program a test injection procedure to be performed prior to the diagnostic injection procedure. The test injection procedure is implementable as: (a) a variable single phase test injection in which the rate at which the saline is to be delivered is selectable prior to and may be varied during performance thereof; and/or (b) a multi-phase test injection in which the rate at which the saline is to be delivered is selectable for each phase of the multi-phase test injection prior to performance thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: COREY KEMPER, JOHN VOLKAR, MICHAEL BROOKS, LEONA MULCAHY
  • Publication number: 20210093794
    Abstract: A power injector system having a power injector for enabling delivery of fluid in an injection procedure to be performed on a patient may include one or more processors; a first user interface; and a second user interface. The first user interface and the second user interface may be configured to accept a plurality of user inputs associated with control of a plurality of operations of the power injector system and display information associated with the plurality of operations. One of the first user interface and the second user interface may be proximate to the power injector and the other may be remote from the power injector. The one or more processors may be programmed and/or configured to independently control the first user interface and the second user interface based on a first user input and a next user input received from the first user interface and/or the second user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: JOHN VOLKAR, COREY KEMPER, SOMESHWAR MUKHERJEE, SAMANTHA PARKER, CARL BENSON, JAMES HOON YOO, LEONA MULCAHY, MICHAEL BROOKS, RICHARD SOKOLOV, BENJAMIN JAMES CULLEN, ALISON RUTH VON MOGER
  • Publication number: 20210015995
    Abstract: A fluid injector system includes a control device operably associated with at least one drive component for use in actuating a plurality of fluid containers in fluid communication with a patient through an administration line. The control device includes at least one processor programmed or configured to enable programming of a diagnostic injection protocol comprising one or more phases according to which at least one of the first and the second fluid containers are selectively actuatable by the at least one drive component to enable injection of at least one of a first fluid and a second fluid into the patient. The control device is further programmed or configured to enable selection and commencement of at least partial preloading into the administration line of at least one of the first fluid and the second fluid in accordance with the one or more phases of the diagnostic injection protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: JOHN VOLKAR, COREY KEMPER, BARRY IDDON, JAMES HOON YOO, MICHAEL BROOKS
  • Patent number: 10881968
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and system of identifying and communicating optimal fantasy sports pick(s). The methods comprise receiving, from one or more individual user(s), requests for entry into a contest; accepting said requests for entry into said contest; initiating said contest; and awarding prizes based on said ranking of users at the end of the contest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Fantech Software Inc.
    Inventors: Ofer Baazov, Michael Brooks
  • Publication number: 20190143225
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and system of identifying and communicating optimal fantasy sports pick(s). The methods comprise receiving, from one or more individual user(s), requests for entry into a contest; accepting said requests for entry into said contest; initiating said contest; and awarding prizes based on said ranking of users at the end of the contest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Ofer Baazov, Michael Brooks
  • Patent number: 10241035
    Abstract: Spectrophotometric sensors for measuring the concentration of various solutions are disclosed. Methods for controlling the introduction of disinfectants using such sensors for water treatment are also disclosed. Hypochlorite strength is monitored in at least some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David Macdonald Bonnick, Michael Brooks
  • Patent number: 10220321
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and system of identifying and communicating optimal fantasy sports pick(s). The methods comprise receiving, from one or more individual user(s), requests for entry into a contest; accepting said requests for entry into said contest; initiating said contest; and awarding prizes based on said ranking of users at the end of the contest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Fantech Software Inc.
    Inventors: Ofer Baazov, Michael Brooks
  • Patent number: 10194560
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a printed circuit board has a hole. The hole has a longest extent on a surface of the printed circuit board. A clip is held in the hole by feet of prongs. The feet are extensions each having a length that is more than half the longest extent of the hole. A heat sink is held, in part, relative to the printed circuit board by the clip. A part of the heat sink contacts a loop of the clip and applies a force on the clip directed away from the printed circuit board. The feet of the clip on an opposite side of the printed circuit board than the heat sink hold the clip to the printed circuit board to counteract the force. The prongs are configured to offset the feet such that the extensions overlap with the lengths extending along the longest extent of the hole by less than a sum of the lengths of the feet and less than the longest extent for insertion through the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Long Dang, Don Nguyen, Michael Brooks
  • Publication number: 20180071637
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and system of identifying and communicating optimal fantasy sports pick(s). The methods comprise receiving, from one or more individual user(s), requests for entry into a contest; accepting said requests for entry into said contest; initiating said contest; and awarding prizes based on said ranking of users at the end of the contest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ofer Baazov, Michael Brooks
  • Publication number: 20170099745
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a printed circuit board has a hole. The hole has a longest extent on a surface of the printed circuit board. A clip is held in the hole by feet of prongs. The feet are extensions each having a length that is more than half the longest extent of the hole. A heat sink is held, in part, relative to the printed circuit board by the clip. A part of the heat sink contacts a loop of the clip and applies a force on the clip directed away from the printed circuit board. The feet of the clip on an opposite side of the printed circuit board than the heat sink hold the clip to the printed circuit board to counteract the force. The prongs are configured to offset the feet such that the extensions overlap with the lengths extending along the longest extent of the hole by less than a sum of the lengths of the feet and less than the longest extent for insertion through the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Long Dang, Don Nguyen, Michael Brooks
  • Patent number: 9560736
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a printed circuit board has a hole. The hole has a longest extent on a surface of the printed circuit board. A clip is held in the hole by feet of prongs. The feet are extensions each having a length that is more than half the longest extent of the hole. A heat sink is held, in part, relative to the printed circuit board by the clip. A part of the heat sink contacts a loop of the clip and applies a force on the clip directed away from the printed circuit board. The feet of the clip on an opposite side of the printed circuit board than the heat sink hold the clip to the printed circuit board to counteract the force. The prongs are configured to offset the feet such that the extensions overlap with the lengths extending along the longest extent of the hole by less than a sum of the lengths of the feet and less than the longest extent for insertion through the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Long Dang, Don Nguyen, Michael Brooks
  • Publication number: 20160313239
    Abstract: Spectrophotometric sensors for measuring the concentration of various solutions are disclosed. Methods for controlling the introduction of disinfectants using such sensors for water treatment are also disclosed. Hypochlorite strength is monitored in at least some embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: David Macdonald Bonnick, Michael Brooks