Patents by Inventor Michael Keller
Michael Keller 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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Publication number: 20250139306Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for providing computer implemented services are disclosed. To provide the computer implemented services, a data processing system may include various hardware components within an interior of a chassis. To secure the various hardware components, the data processing system may include a security system. The security system may include a security bezel and a sled for limiting movement of the chassis. To do so, the sled may reversibly attach to a rail on which the chassis is positioned and reversibly fixedly attach to the security bezel to a position on the chassis. By doing so, the security bezel may cover an opening through which access to the hardware components is provided. Additionally, by doing so, the security bezel may be positioned with the rail, thereby limiting the movement of the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: SEAN P. O’DONNELL, MATTHEW BRYAN GILBERT, RICHARD WILLIAM GUZMAN, KEVIN MICHAEL KELLER
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Publication number: 20250142756Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for providing computer implemented services are disclosed. To provide the computer implemented services, a data processing system may include various hardware components. To secure the various hardware components, the data processing system may include a security bezel. The security bezel may for a chassis of the data processing system, the hardware components being positioned on an interior of the chassis. The security bezel may have a structural body that has a length that is equal to or less than a length of a two-dimensional surface through which access to the interior is provided. The security bezel may further have an adjustable member adapted to adjust a length of the structural bezel to match the length of the surface while reversibly securing the structural body to the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: SEAN P. O’DONNELL, YI-HSIN KUAN, MATTHEW BRYAN GILBERT, NICHOLAS LENN POTERACKI, KEVIN MICHAEL KELLER
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Patent number: 12220694Abstract: Pipetting device for pipetting a liquid driven by a gaseous working medium, the pipetting device having at least one pipette connector adapted to attach a pipette at a connection opening at least one pressurizing and/or suctioning pressure source, a gas flow connection between said connection opening and at least one pressure source, a flow restriction defining at least a section of said gas flow connection, a first sensor configured to measure a quantity indicative of the temperature of the flow restriction. The invention is further directed to a gas flow connection element for a pipetting device and to a method of pipetting a liquid volume.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Michael Keller, Thomas Geiges
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Publication number: 20250034576Abstract: The present invention relates to double stranded oligonucleotides that are complementary to JAK1, leading to modulation of the expression of JAK1. Modulation of JAK1 expression is beneficial for a range of medical disorders including inflammatory bowel disease, organ transplant rejection, graft-versus-host disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriasis, dermatitis, diabetic nephropathy, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), dry eye disease, cancer, myelofibrosis, and asthma. Also included are compositions comprising the double stranded oligonucleotide and methods of treatment using the double stranded oligonucleotide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Philipp Friedrich BERNINGER, Konrad BLEICHER, Erik FUNDER, Helle JACOBSEN, Dennis Jul HANSEN, Michael KELLER, Inna Appeldorff LARSEN, Meiling LI, Disa Elisabet TEHLER, Lotte WINTHER, Jesper WORM, Lena WYSS, Tiago Francisco SANTOS FERREIRA
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Patent number: 12168046Abstract: The present disclosure relates, at least in part, to mycobacterial polynucleotides and polypeptides, to fragments or variants thereof, to cells comprising the mycobacterial polynucleotides and polypeptides, to cells comprising the mycobacterial polynucleotides and polypeptides, that are engineered to expand T-cells ex vivo, and to methods of use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Children's National Medical CenterInventors: Michael Keller, Catherine Bollard, Patrick Hanley, Conrad Russell Cruz, Haili Lang, Shabnum Patel
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Publication number: 20240407747Abstract: Techniques for patient positioning quality assurance prior to mammographic image acquisition are described. A system may include an x-ray source configured to expose human tissue to radiation. An x-ray detector module may be configured to detect the radiation and generate a pre-diagnostic image of the human tissue. A position analysis module may be configured to receive the pre-diagnostic image and determine whether the human tissue is positioned correctly based upon one or more predefined positioning criteria. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be configured to store the results of the positional analysis module determination. A display may be configured to display the determination of the position analysis module within a user interface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Brad Michael KELLER, Zhenxue JING
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Publication number: 20240402207Abstract: A method for aspirating a liquid with a laboratory automation device comprises: lowering a pipette of the laboratory automation device into a vessel containing the liquid; during lowering, generating an underpressure or overpressure in the pipette with a pressure generating device of the laboratory automation device and measuring a pressure in a pressure distribution system interconnecting the pressure generating device with the pipette; detecting a liquid surface of the liquid in the vessel by evaluating a pressure change of the pressure; calculating a compensation volume from compartment volumes of compartments of the pressure distribution system and/or of the pipette and from pressure losses between the compartments; and aspirating the liquid from the vessel into the pipette by controlling the pressure generating device to aspirate a specific volume altered by the compensation volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Michael Keller, Thomas Geiges
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Patent number: 12151767Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame assembly having a front end and a rear end extending along a longitudinally-extending centerline, a front ground-engaging member operably coupled to the front end of the frame assembly at a front rotational axis, and a rear ground-engaging member operably coupled to the rear end of the frame assembly at a rear rotational axis. The vehicle further includes an engine supported by the frame assembly and operably coupled to the front and rear ground-engaging members, and the engine includes a throttle body assembly. Additionally, the vehicle includes an air intake assembly fluidly coupled to the engine and including an airbox and a mounting plate having a first channel and a second channel. The first and second channels are configured to align with the throttle body assembly. The mounting plate is configured to couple the airbox to the throttle body assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Indian Motorcycle International, LLCInventors: Martin Pelz, Matthias Botta, Scott M. Schwintek, Michael Keller, Jason A. Warns, Severin Hefti
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Publication number: 20240312654Abstract: A nuclear reactor module, comprising a reactor pressure vessel including a removably attached lower reactor vessel head configured to house a reactor core; a lower reactor vessel head removably attached to the reactor pressure vessel and configured to house the reactor core; a containment vessel encapsulating the reactor pressure vessel; and a lower containment head removably attached to the containment vessel and configured to house the lower reactor vessel head, the containment vessel and the reactor pressure vessel being configured to be lifted and transported between a reactor bay and a refueling bay within a nuclear reactor building via a crane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: NuScale Power, LLCInventors: Michael Keller, Ross I. Snuggerud
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Patent number: 12042318Abstract: Techniques for patient positioning quality assurance prior to mammographic image acquisition are described. A system may include an x-ray source configured to expose human tissue to radiation. An x-ray detector module may be configured to detect the radiation and generate a pre-diagnostic image of the human tissue. A position analysis module may be configured to receive the pre-diagnostic image and determine whether the human tissue is positioned correctly based upon one or more predefined positioning criteria. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be configured to store the results of the positional analysis module determination. A display may be configured to display the determination of the position analysis module within a user interface. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Hologic, Inc.Inventors: Brad Michael Keller, Zhenxue Jing
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Publication number: 20240216507Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for preventing or treating SARS-CoV-2 infection by administering SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells which recognize particular peptide epitopes in SARS-CoV-2 spike (S), nucleocapsid (N), membrane, and envelope proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTERInventors: Catherine BOLLARD, Michael KELLER, Chris LAZARSKI, Allistair ABRAHAM, Patrick HANLEY, Conrad Russell Y. CRUZ
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Publication number: 20240201208Abstract: A method for determining physical parameters of an unknown liquid to be aspirated and/or dispensed by a laboratory automation device comprises: determining physical parameters of a pipette, the physical parameters including geometric parameters of the pipette, which at least include a tip radius of an orifice of the pipette; aspirating and/or dispensing the unknown liquid with a pipette of the laboratory automation device and measuring a measured pressure curve in the pipette during aspirating and/or dispensing; determining the physical parameters of the unknown liquid by minimizing an objective function depending on a difference between a simulated pressure curve and the measured pressure curve, wherein the simulated pressure curve simulates a pressure in the pipette during aspirating and/or dispensing and is calculated based on a physical model of the laboratory automation device including the physical parameters of the pipette.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Michael Keller, Thomas Geiges, Volfgang Vilaj
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Publication number: 20240201219Abstract: A method for determining physical parameters of a liquid to be aspirated and/or dispensed by a laboratory automation device comprises: picking up of a pipette with the laboratory automation device; lowering the pipette into a sample container with the laboratory automation device, the sample container containing the liquid; aspirating and dispensing air and liquid with the laboratory automation device in such a way, that a liquid level in the pipette solely rises in a first step and solely lowers in a second step, such that an interior surface of the pipette is wetted with liquid solely one time; and during aspirating and dispensing air and liquid, measuring a pressure curve in the pipette and determining the physical parameters from the pressure curve, the physical parameters comprising at least one of a surface tension, a wetting angle and a viscosity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Michael Keller, Thomas Geiges, Volfgang Vilaj
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Publication number: 20240201209Abstract: A method for classifying a specific pipetting procedure of a laboratory automation device comprises: determining a plurality of pressure curves of a plurality of pipetting procedures, which are equivalent to the specific pipetting procedure; determining a median curve from the plurality of pressure curves, wherein for each time point of the median curve, a median value of the values of the plurality of pressure curves at this time point is calculated; determining a median curve range containing the median curve; controlling the laboratory automation device to perform the specific pipetting procedure and measuring a specific pressure curve during the specific pipetting procedure; determining a deviation value of the specific pressure curve with respect to the median curve range, wherein the deviation value is indicative of the specific pressure curve leaving the median range; and classifying the specific pipetting procedure as erroneous, when the deviation value is greater than a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Michael Keller, Christina Bauer, Guido Schuster, Simon Walser
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Patent number: 11999967Abstract: Safe, rapid and efficient methods for producing antigen-specific T cells recognizing human papilloma virus or HPV antigens.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTERInventors: Catherine M. Bollard, Conrad Russell Cruz, Patrick J. Hanley, Michael Keller
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Patent number: 11992833Abstract: A pipette tip extension attachable to a pipette tip having a proximal end, a distal end, and an exterior wall extending between the proximal end and the distal end is disclosed. The exterior wall has an outer side and an inner side and forms at the proximal end a reception aperture for inserting a pipette tip, and at the distal end a dispense aperture. The pipette tip extension further has an inner cavity, a distance element connected to the inner side of the exterior wall, and a constriction element.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: TECAN TRADING AGInventors: Adrian Sager, Philipp Ott, Patrick Kinney, Hagen Reinhardt, Michael Keller, Sujata Iyer
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Patent number: 11984231Abstract: An in-core instrumentation system for a reactor module includes a plurality of in-core instruments connected to a containment vessel and a reactor pressure vessel at least partially located within the containment vessel. A reactor core is housed within a lower head that is removably attached to the reactor pressure vessel, and lower ends of the in-core instruments are located within the reactor core. The in-core instruments are configured such that the lower ends are concurrently removed from the reactor core as a result of removing the lower head from the reactor pressure vessel.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: NuScale Power, LLCInventors: Michael Keller, Ross I. Snuggerud
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Publication number: 20240083539Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame assembly having a front end and a rear end extending along a longitudinally-extending centerline, a front ground-engaging member operably coupled to the front end of the frame assembly at a front rotational axis, and a rear ground-engaging member operably coupled to the rear end of the frame assembly at a rear rotational axis. The vehicle further includes an engine supported by the frame assembly and operably coupled to the front and rear ground-engaging members, and the engine includes a throttle body assembly. Additionally, the vehicle includes an air intake assembly fluidly coupled to the engine and including an airbox and a mounting plate having a first channel and a second channel. The first and second channels are configured to align with the throttle body assembly. The mounting plate is configured to couple the airbox to the throttle body assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Martin Pelz, Matthias Botta, Scott M. Schwintek, Michael Keller, Jason A. Warns, Severin Hefti
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Publication number: 20240069630Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes detecting that a user has donned a headset, capturing eye-tracking data of the user's eyes using sensors, using the eye-tracking data to estimate six degrees-of-freedom offsets between the headset as donned and a predefined optimal donning position, using facial landmarks in images of a lower portion of the user's face obtained by cameras to estimate a pitch offset between the headset as donned and the predefined optimal donning position, and generating, based on the six degrees-of-freedom offsets and pitch offset, instructions to guide the user to adjust the headset to be closer to the predefined optimal donning position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Dmitri Model, Jacob Dean Popham, Blaze Michael Keller
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Patent number: 11873054Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame assembly having a front end and a rear end extending along a longitudinally-extending centerline, a front ground-engaging member operably coupled to the front end of the frame assembly at a front rotational axis, and a rear ground-engaging member operably coupled to the rear end of the frame assembly at a rear rotational axis. The vehicle further includes an engine supported by the frame assembly and operably coupled to the front and rear ground-engaging members, and the engine includes a throttle body assembly. Additionally, the vehicle includes an air intake assembly fluidly coupled to the engine and including an airbox and a mounting plate having a first channel and a second channel. The first and second channels are configured to align with the throttle body assembly. The mounting plate is configured to couple the airbox to the throttle body assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Indian Motorcycle International, LLCInventors: Martin Pelz, Matthias Botta, Scott M. Schwintek, Michael Keller, Jason A. Warns, Severin Hefti