Patents by Inventor Michael C. Davis
Michael C. Davis 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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Patent number: 12144612Abstract: Systems and methods described provide dynamic and intelligent ways to change the required level of user interaction during use of a monitoring device. The systems and methods generally relate to real time switching between a first or initial mode of user interaction and a second or new mode of user interaction. In some cases, the switching will be automatic and transparent to the user, and in other cases user notification may occur. The mode switching generally affects the user's interaction with the device, and not just internal processing. The mode switching may relate to calibration modes, data transmission modes, control modes, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.Inventors: Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Michael A. Bloom, Leif N. Bowman, Alexandra Lynn Carlton, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Hari Hampapuram, Lauren Hruby Jepson, Jonathan Hughes, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Anna Leigh Davis, Peter C. Simpson, Stephen J. Vanslyke
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Patent number: 12144611Abstract: Systems and methods described provide dynamic and intelligent ways to change the required level of user interaction during use of a monitoring device. The systems and methods generally relate to real time switching between a first or initial mode of user interaction and a second or new mode of user interaction. In some cases, the switching will be automatic and transparent to the user, and in other cases user notification may occur. The mode switching generally affects the user's interaction with the device, and not just internal processing. The mode switching may relate to calibration modes, data transmission modes, control modes, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.Inventors: Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Michael A. Bloom, Leif N. Bowman, Alexandra Lynn Carlton, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Hari Hampapuram, Jonathan Hughes, Lauren Hruby Jepson, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Anna Leigh Davis, Peter C. Simpson, Stephen J. Vanslyke
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Publication number: 20240366450Abstract: A method of manufacturing a patient transfer system including obtaining an inflatable device, where the device includes a top sheet of material and a bottom sheet of material connected to the top sheet of material defining a cavity therebetween to be inflated. The device further includes a plurality of passages in the bottom sheet extending from the cavity to an exterior of the device, where the passages are configured to permit air to pass from the cavity to the exterior of the device. The device also including a plurality of inflation-limiting members connecting the top sheet and bottom sheet, and an input configured for receiving air to inflate the device. The method further includes providing an absorbent body pad with the inflatable device, the absorbent body pad configured to be positioned between the top sheet of material and a patient positioned on the inflatable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Ryan A. Alvarez, David P. Beck, Jay Roberts, Michael J. Rigoni, Garret W. Sweetwood, Hester C. Fletcher, Thomas Keaty, JR., Gregory T. Davis, Paul H. Hanifl
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Publication number: 20240367012Abstract: A golf club head with plate-like, heel and toe side internal stiffeners is disclosed herein. Each stiffener has a planar portion extending approximately parallel with a portion of the striking face, and is entirely disposed within an interior cavity of the golf club head. The heel side stiffener is connected to top, sole, and heel walls of the club head, with a toe-side edge unconnected to any other portion of the head, and the toe side stiffener is connected to the top, sole, and toe walls of the club head, with a heel-side edge unconnected to any other portion of the head. The toe and heel side edges may have large concavities that distribute mass away from the geometric face center and toward the heel and toe sides of the golf club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.Inventors: Patrick C. Davis, Michael J. Murphy
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Patent number: 12053283Abstract: Systems and methods for applying time-dependent algorithmic compensation functions to data output from a continuous analyte sensor. Some embodiments determine a time since sensor implantation and/or whether a newly initialized sensor has been used previously.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Estes, Stephen J. Vanslyke, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Thomas A. Peyser, Lucas Bohnett, Aarthi Mahalingam, Arturo Garcia, Peter C. Simpson, Anna Leigh Davis, Sebastian Böhm
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Patent number: 12048540Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed here provide ways to discriminate fault types encountered in analyte sensors and systems and further provide ways to process such discriminated faults responsively based on sensor data, clinical context information, and other data about the patient or patient's environment. The systems and methods thus employ clinical context in detecting and/or responding to errors or faults associated with an analyte sensor system, and discriminating the type of fault, and its root cause, particularly as fault dynamics can appear similar to the dynamics of physiological systems, emphasizing the importance of discriminating the fault and providing appropriate responsive processing. Thus, the disclosed systems and methods consider the context of the patient's health condition or state in determining how to respond to the fault.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.Inventors: Stephen J. Vanslyke, Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Sebastian Böhm, Leif N. Bowman, Michael J. Estes, Arturo Garcia, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Andrew Attila Pal, Thomas A. Peyser, Anna Leigh Davis, Daiting Rong, Disha B. Sheth, Peter C. Simpson, Dmytro Sokolovsky
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Patent number: 12050261Abstract: A system to search in a low visibility environment comprising: an infrared (IR) sensor and a radar unit to receive measurements in a first field of view; a microphone to receive audio measurements in a second field of view; processing circuitry to determine presence of an animal and/or human in the first field of view using a first machine learning engine trained based upon the IR image measurements and/or using a second machine learning engine trained based upon the radar image measurements; determine presence of an animal and/or human in the second field of view using a third machine learning engine trained based upon the audio measurements; providing a first digital transmission indicating whether a human and/or animal is detected within the first field of view; and providing a second digital signal indicating whether a human and/or animal is detected within the second field of view.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: California State University Fresno FoundationInventors: Hovannes K. Kulhandjian, Alexander C Davis, Lancelot Laurence A Leong, Michael Patrick Richardson Bendot
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Patent number: 12042455Abstract: A method of manufacturing a patient transfer system including obtaining an inflatable device, where the device includes a top sheet of material and a bottom sheet of material connected to the top sheet of material defining a cavity therebetween to be inflated. The device further includes a plurality of passages in the bottom sheet extending from the cavity to an exterior of the device, where the passages are configured to permit air to pass from the cavity to the exterior of the device. The device also including a plurality of inflation-limiting members connecting the top sheet and bottom sheet, and an input configured for receiving air to inflate the device. The method further includes providing an absorbent body pad with the inflatable device, the absorbent body pad configured to be positioned between the top sheet of material and a patient positioned on the inflatable device.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventors: Ryan A. Alvarez, David P. Beck, Jay Roberts, Michael J. Rigoni, Garret W. Sweetwood, Hester C. Fletcher, Thomas Keaty, Jr., Gregory T. Davis, Paul H. Hanifl
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Patent number: 12036449Abstract: A golf club head with plate-like, heel and toe side internal stiffeners is disclosed herein. Each stiffener has a planar portion extending approximately parallel with a portion of the striking face, and is entirely disposed within an interior cavity of the golf club head. The heel side stiffener is connected to top, sole, and heel walls of the club head, with a toe-side edge unconnected to any other portion of the head, and the toe side stiffener is connected to the top, sole, and toe walls of the club head, with a heel-side edge unconnected to any other portion of the head. The toe and heel side edges may have large concavities that distribute mass away from the geometric face center and toward the heel and toe sides of the golf club head.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.Inventors: Patrick C. Davis, Michael J. Murphy
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Publication number: 20230374279Abstract: A process for preparing a rubber vulcanizate, the process comprising (i) providing a vulcanizable composition of matter including a sulfur-based curative, zinc oxide, and a eutectic solvent; and (ii) heating the vulcanizable composition to thereby effect vulcanization.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Erin SHEEPWASH, Julia A. DART, Michael C. DAVIS
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Patent number: 11667774Abstract: A process for preparing a rubber vulcanizate, the process comprising (i) providing a vulcanizable composition of matter including a sulfur-based curative, zinc oxide, and a eutectic solvent; and (ii) heating the vulcanizable composition to thereby effect vulcanization.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Erin Sheepwash, Julia A. Dart, Michael C. Davis
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Patent number: 11505635Abstract: A nanoparticle includes a copolymer comprising a vinyl-aromatic monomer and a heterocyclic monomer. The copolymer is crosslinked with a multifunctional crosslinking agent polymerizable through an addition reaction. A nanoparticle and elastomer composition is disclosed. Several methods of mixing heterocyclic and non-heterocyclic monomer nanoparticles into an elastomer are also disclosed. These methods include mixing in a multi-elements static mixer and an intermeshing mixer with venting, among others.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: William L. Hergenrother, Waruna C. B. Kiridena, James H. Pawlow, James D. Ulmer, Christopher G. Robertson, Michael C. Davis, Jeffrey D. Quinn
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Patent number: 11251940Abstract: An approach is provided for deterring a tampering of content. Content is signed by using an asymmetric key cryptography. The signed content is stored in a distributed ledger which is accessible to a plurality of subscribers of the distributed ledger. The signing of the content using the asymmetric key cryptography together with the storing of the signed content in the distributed ledger provide a non-repudiable identification of an owner of the content and a non-repudiable proof of an ownership of the content.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.Inventors: Michael C. Davis, Robert S. Milligan, Gordan G. Greenlee, Christopher L. Molloy, Steven A. Waite
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Patent number: 11176209Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for improving query searches. After receiving a query from a user to conduct a content search, the query is analyzed for its semantic meaning and a categorized group of query tags and content tags in the central repository that is most semantically similar in meaning to the meaning of the query is identified. Furthermore, the content tags and query tags in the user's repository are analyzed to determine the interests of the user. The query may then be augmented to include one or more other terms of interest from the identified categorized group of query tags and content tags in the central repository that match the determined interests of the user within a threshold degree of relatedness, where these other terms of interest correspond to the content tags and query tags of the identified categorized group based on their assigned weight.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael C. Davis, Robert S. Milligan, Gordan G. Greenlee, Jason LaScola, Christopher L. Molloy, Steven A. Waite
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Publication number: 20210198459Abstract: A process for preparing a rubber vulcanizate, the process comprising (i) providing a vulcanizable composition of matter including a sulfur-based curative, zinc oxide, and a eutectic solvent; and (ii) heating the vulcanizable composition to thereby effect vulcanization.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Erin Sheepwash, Julia A. Dart, Michael C. Davis
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Publication number: 20210042374Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for improving query searches. After receiving a query from a user to conduct a content search, the query is analyzed for its semantic meaning and a categorized group of query tags and content tags in the central repository that is most semantically similar in meaning to the meaning of the query is identified. Furthermore, the content tags and query tags in the user's repository are analyzed to determine the interests of the user. The query may then be augmented to include one or more other terms of interest from the identified categorized group of query tags and content tags in the central repository that match the determined interests of the user within a threshold degree of relatedness, where these other terms of interest correspond to the content tags and query tags of the identified categorized group based on their assigned weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Michael C. Davis, Robert S. Milligan, Gordan G. Greenlee, Jason LaScola, Christopher L. Molloy, Steven A. Waite
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Patent number: 10859650Abstract: Methods are described for quantifying an amount of natural rubber in a plant from a sample of the plant by obtaining a NMR spectrum and analyzing the signal peaks for the natural rubber in the plant sample and a standard component tested in combination with the plant sample. The NMR testing is conducted on a liquid state sample of a solution containing dissolved plant sample and standard component. A pre-determined and known amount of standard component is present in the liquid state sample and provides a reference for calculating an estimated amount of natural rubber in the plant sample. The estimated amount of natural rubber in the sample can be used to quantify the amount of extractable rubber in the sampled plant.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Michael C. Davis, Yingyi Huang
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Publication number: 20200304298Abstract: An approach is provided for deterring a tampering of content. Content is signed by using an asymmetric key cryptography. The signed content is stored in a distributed ledger which is accessible to a plurality of subscribers of the distributed ledger. The signing of the content using the asymmetric key cryptography together with the storing of the signed content in the distributed ledger provide a non-repudiable identification of an owner of the content and a non-repudiable proof of an ownership of the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Michael C. Davis, Robert S. Milligan, Gordan G. Greenlee, Christopher L. Molloy, Steven A. Waite
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Patent number: 10578567Abstract: Methods are described for quantifying an amount of natural rubber in a plant from a sample of the plant by obtaining a T1 spin-lattice relaxation rate or T2 spin-spin relaxation rate from a NMR apparatus, such as a low-field NMR apparatus operating at a magnetic field strength of 2 T or less. The NMR relaxation rates obtained from the plant sample are compared to reference relaxation data or plots. The plots can represent the weight percent polyisoprene versus T1 spin-lattice relaxation rate or T2 spin-spin relaxation rate. The reference relaxation data or plots are generated from testing the same type of plant as the sample.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Michael C. Davis, Yingyi Huang
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Patent number: 10042014Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing and analyzing the molecular structure of a sample material in an NMR device are described. A sample is held in a pre-determined stretched state in an apparatus that includes the sample arranged between two body components that are secured together with one or more retaining members that fit around the bodies or portions thereof. The apparatus is inserted into an NMR device to obtain NMR spectrums for analyzing the molecular structure of the samples, for instance, identifying strain-induced crystallinity and quantifying the same at pre-determined stretch ratios of a sample material.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignees: Bridgestone Corporation, The University of AkronInventors: Toshikazu Miyoshi, Michael C. Davis, Jiahuan Hu