Patents by Inventor Michael McAuliffe
Michael McAuliffe 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: 12156661Abstract: Provided is a method for designing a patient-specific surgical device for performing knee surgery, which includes determining a first alignment axis and/or a second alignment axis from a knee joint in extension and/or flexion respectively and subsequently designing said surgical device based on the first and/or second alignment axes. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a patient-specific surgical device designed by the aforementioned method. A patient-specific surgical device designed and/or manufactured by the above methods and a method of performing knee surgery with said patient-specific surgical device is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignees: Smith & Nephew Surgical PTY. LTDInventors: Michael McAuliffe, Daniel Raymond Lawson, Shuo Shi, Conan B. Cavanagh
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Patent number: 12112732Abstract: A sensing system for a keyboard. Each key sensor comprises passive and active resonant circuits. The passive resonant circuit has a resonant frequency and the active resonant circuit excites the passive resonant circuit at the resonant frequency. A sensor driver drives the active resonant circuit with an RF drive signal, a multiplexing system multiplexes the drive signal such that simultaneously driven key sensors are separated by at least (k?1) keys, and a detector detects a level of RF signal from a driven key sensor for sensing a position and/or velocity of a key.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: SONUUS LIMITEDInventors: James Hastings Clark, John Michael McAuliffe
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Publication number: 20240125179Abstract: Provided herein are ladders having a flared beaded joint to couple a rung to a rail of the ladder. In some embodiments, a ladder comprises a rail having a web. The web has a first side and a second side. The ladder further includes a rung coupled to the rail via a flared beaded joint. In some configurations, flared beaded joints are disposed at each end of the rung. The flared beaded joint includes a first bead on the first side of the web and a second bead on the second side of the web. The first bead includes a first flange portion and a second flange portion. The first flange portion directly abuts the first side of the web. At least a portion of the second flange portion is disposed at an angle relative to the first flange portion to flare an end of the rung.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Patrick Michael McAuliffe, Thomas Ward Parker
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Patent number: 11877736Abstract: Provided is a spacer device for assisting a surgeon during knee surgery on a patient, the spacer device having a housing, a support portion and an electronic force sensor. The housing includes a lateral member having an outer surface and an inner surface and a pair of side members that comprise respective, internal, opposed side walls. The support portion includes a first end portion disposed between the side walls of the housing and including a first pair of lateral projections and a second end portion. The support portion is further adapted for axial slidable movement relative to the housing so as to define a first space and a second space between a first pair of lateral projections and respective side members for receiving one or more spacer elements therein. A surgical system including the spacer device as well as methods of using same are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: DSB Co Pty LtdInventors: Michael McAuliffe, Linda Cebisch-Nitz, David French
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Publication number: 20230329727Abstract: Provided is a method for designing a patient-specific surgical device for performing knee surgery, which includes determining a first alignment axis and/or a second alignment axis from a knee joint in extension and/or flexion respectively and subsequently designing said surgical device based on the first and/or second alignment axes. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a patient-specific surgical device designed by the aforementioned method. A patient-specific surgical device designed and/or manufactured by the above methods and a method of performing knee surgery with said patient-specific surgical device is further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Michael McAuliffe, Daniel Raymond Lawson, Shuo Shi, Conan B. Cavanagh
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Publication number: 20230200826Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of surgery, such as knee replacement surgery and hip replacement surgery that achieves optimal implant sizing and placement within a surgically repaired joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventor: Michael Mcauliffe
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Patent number: 11657789Abstract: A sensing system for a keyboard. Each key sensor comprises passive and active resonant circuits. The passive resonant circuit has a resonant frequency and the active resonant circuit excites the passive resonant circuit at the resonant frequency. A sensor driver drives the active resonant circuit with an RF drive signal, a multiplexing system multiplexes the drive signal such that simultaneously driven key sensors are separated by at least (k?1) keys, and a detector detects a level of RF signal from a driven key sensor for sensing a position and/or velocity of a key.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SONUUS LIMITEDInventors: James Hastings Clark, John Michael McAuliffe
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Patent number: 11583266Abstract: Provided is a spacer device for assisting a surgeon during knee surgery on a patient, the spacer device having a housing and a support portion. The housing includes a lateral member having an outer surface and an inner surface and a pair of side members that comprise respective, internal, opposed side walls. The support portion includes a first end portion disposed between the side walls of the housing and including a first pair of lateral projections and a second end portion. The support portion is further adapted for axial slidable movement relative to the housing so as to define a first space and a second space between a first pair of lateral projections and respective side members for receiving one or more spacer elements therein. A surgical system including the spacer device as well as methods of using same are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: DSB Co Pty LtdInventors: Michael Mcauliffe, Linda Cebisch-Nitz, David French
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Patent number: 11449152Abstract: An electronic drum, comprising: a bottom member; a drum head; a drum sensor comprising: a passive resonant circuit mounted on the drum head and having a resonant frequency; and an active resonant circuit mounted on the bottom member and configured to excite the passive resonant circuit at the resonant frequency; a sensor driver to drive the active resonant circuit with an RF drive signal at the resonant frequency; and a detector to detect a level of RF signal from the driven active resonant circuit for sensing a position and/or velocity of the drum head; and a signal processor, coupled to the detector, configured to process the detected level of RF signal to sense a position and/or velocity of the drum head for determining when the drum head is hit.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SONUUS LIMITEDInventors: James Hastings Clark, John Michael McAuliffe
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Patent number: 11422637Abstract: A sensing system for a computer input device. The sensing system comprises an actuator to attach to a key top or button. The actuator is moveable along an axis or hinged. The sensing system further comprises a biasing element to exert a biasing force on the actuator directed along the axis. The sensing system further comprises an actuator motion sensor associated with the actuator. The actuator motion sensor comprises a passive resonant circuit configured to be moved by the actuator and having a resonant frequency, an active resonant circuit configured to excite the passive resonant circuit at the resonant frequency, a sensor driver to drive the active resonant circuit with an RF drive signal at the resonant frequency, and a detector to detect a level of RF signal from a driven actuator motion sensor for sensing a position and/or velocity of the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: SONUUS LIMITEDInventors: James Hastings Clark, John Michael McAuliffe, Archibald J. Clark
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Patent number: 11278270Abstract: Provided is a spacer device for assisting a surgeon during knee surgery on a patient, the spacer device having a housing, a support portion and an electronic force sensor. The housing includes a lateral member having an outer surface and an inner surface and a pair of side members that comprise respective, internal, opposed side walls. The support portion includes a first end portion disposed between the side walls of the housing and including a first pair of lateral projections and a second end portion. The support portion is further adapted for axial slidable movement relative to the housing so as to define a first space and a second space between a first pair of lateral projections and respective side members for receiving one or more spacer elements therein. A surgical system including the spacer device as well as methods of using same are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: DSB Co Pty LtdInventors: Michael McAuliffe, Linda Cebisch-Nitz, David French
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Publication number: 20210161543Abstract: Provided is a method for designing a patient-specific surgical device for performing knee surgery, which includes determining a first alignment axis and/or a second alignment axis from a knee joint in extension and/or flexion respectively and subsequently designing said surgical device based on the first and/or second alignment axes. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a patient-specific surgical device designed by the aforementioned method. A patient-specific surgical device designed and/or manufactured by the above methods and a method of performing knee surgery with said patient-specific surgical device is further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Michael McAuliffe, Daniel Raymond Lawson, Shuo Shi, Conan B. Cavanagh
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Patent number: 10952753Abstract: Provided is a method for designing a patient-specific surgical device for performing knee surgery, which includes determining a first alignment axis and/or a second alignment axis from a knee joint in extension and/or flexion respectively and subsequently designing said surgical device based on the first and/or second alignment axes. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a patient-specific surgical device designed by the aforementioned method. A patient-specific surgical device designed and/or manufactured by the above methods and a method of performing knee surgery with said patient-specific surgical device is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: SMITH & NEPHEW SURGICAL PTY. LTDInventors: Michael McAuliffe, Daniel R Lawson, Shuo Shi, Conan B Cavanagh
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Patent number: 8632285Abstract: A router table clamp system for attaching a router to a router table, wherein the system includes a first plate that is fixed with respect to the router table, a second plate that is configured to cooperate with the first plate to enable the router to be removably attached to the router table, and a clamping mechanism configured and arranged to move the second plate with respect to the first plate between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein when the clamping mechanism is in the locked position, the router is securely attached to the router table. The clamping mechanism also includes a lever assembly configured and arranged to move the second plate in a locking direction and an unlocking direction, which directions are both generally coincident with a plane defined by the second plate, wherein the locking direction is opposite of the unlocking direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: John Charles Derler, Creighton Wade Nachtigall, Hagen Walter Dost, Juan Javier Ibarra Sandoval, Patrick Michael McAuliffe, Bobby Brent Boyd
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Publication number: 20110222981Abstract: A router table clamp system for attaching a router to a router table, wherein the system includes a first plate that is fixed with respect to the router table, a second plate that is configured to cooperate with the first plate to enable the router to be removably attached to the router table, and a clamping mechanism configured and arranged to move the second plate with respect to the first plate between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein when the clamping mechanism is in the locked position, the router is securely attached to the router table. The clamping mechanism also includes a lever assembly configured and arranged to move the second plate in a locking direction and an unlocking direction, which directions are both generally coincident with a plane defined by the second plate, wherein the locking direction is opposite of the unlocking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: John Charles Derler, Creighton Wade Nachtigall, Hagen Walter Dost, Juan Javier Ibarra Sandoval, Patrick Michael McAuliffe, Bobby Brent Boyd
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Patent number: 7389152Abstract: A document image scanner; a camera having a field of view, for sensing differentiated information areas on each physical document as the physical document is transported; an image processing system associated with the camera, for producing a virtual image data file from the differentiated information areas sensed by the camera; sensors for determining the position of the physical document relative to the camera field of view; of electro-mechanical devices for actuating the transporter; and a data interface controller for receiving data from the sensors and controlling the electro-mechanical devices. A communications link is provided between the data interface controller and the image processing system for synchronization by the data interface controller, of the physical document as conveyed and the virtual document image captured by the image processing system.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2005Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Scan-Optics Inc.Inventors: Edward F. Scanlon, Michael McAuliffe, Lee Zuidema, Michael Wiggins, Alfred Basso
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Publication number: 20050274914Abstract: A document image scanner having a transporter for conveying physical documents in spaced serial relation along a working distance; a camera having a field of view along the working distance, for sensing differentiated information areas on each physical document as the physical document is conveyed; an image processing system operatively associated with the camera, for producing a virtual image data file from the differentiated information areas sensed by the camera on the physical document; sensors for determining the position of the conveyed physical document relative to the camera field of view; a plurality of electro-mechanical devices for actuating the transporter; and a data interface controller for receiving data from the sensors and controlling the electro-mechanical devices to transport the physical document.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2005Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: Edward Scanlon, Michael McAuliffe, Lee Zuidema, Michael Wiggins, Alfred Basso
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Patent number: D604751Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hagen Walter Dost, Javier Ibarra, Patrick Michael McAuliffe, Kenneth C. Osberg
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Patent number: D627805Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2008Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hagen Walter Dost, Javier Ibarra, Patrick Michael McAuliffe, Kenneth C. Osberg