Patents by Inventor Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor 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).

  • Patent number: 12022979
    Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, SHARKNINJA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin, Michelle Hilary Power, Xu Sheng Deng, Ting Hua Zhang, Pushan He, Ping Chu
  • Publication number: 20240211166
    Abstract: A hierarchical network enables access for a stacked memory system including or more memory dies that each include multiple memory tiles. The processor die includes multiple processing tiles that are stacked with the one or more memory die. The memory tiles that are vertically aligned with a processing tile are directly coupled to the processing tile and comprise the local memory block for the processing tile. The hierarchical network provides access paths for each processing tile to access the processing tile's local memory block, the local memory block coupled to a different processing tile within the same processing die, memory tiles in a different die stack, and memory tiles in a different device. The ratio of memory bandwidth (byte) to floating-point operation (B:F) may improve 50× for accessing the local memory block compared with conventional memory. Additionally, the energy consumed to transfer each bit may be reduced by 10×.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: William James Dally, Carl Thomas Gray, Stephen W. Keckler, James Michael O'Connor
  • Patent number: 12016496
    Abstract: A micro puree machine including a housing, a power shaft, a bowl assembly and a platform. The power shaft extends from the housing. The bowl assembly including at least one locking bowl element. The platform includes at least one complementary locking platform element that is configured to engage the at least one locking bowl element such that rotation of the bowl assembly relative to the platform is prevented at times the bowl assembly is positioned thereon. The platform is rotatable from a first position to a second position relative to the housing such that the platform raises the bowl assembly towards the power shaft during the rotation of the bowl assembly and platform. The raising of the bowl assembly facilitates connection between the power shaft and a blade assembly that is positioned in a lid assembly on the bowl assembly. A blade assembly detection system detects proper positioning of the blade assembly within the lid assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, SHARKNINJA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin, Michelle Hilary Power, Xu Sheng Deng, Ting Hua Zhang, Pushan He, Ping Chu
  • Patent number: 12016533
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure may include a medical device comprising an elongate member and a handle assembly connected to the elongate member. The handle housing may house a steering mechanism movable relative to the handle assembly and configured to steer the elongate member along a first plane and a second plane different from the first plane, a camera system configured to capture images from a distal end of the elongate member, and an illumination system configured to provide illuminating light from the distal end of the elongate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Oskin, Brian C. MacLean, William M. Asselin, Michael O'Brien, Thomas M. Zappia
  • Patent number: 12017168
    Abstract: An aqueous fluid filter assembly with aeration mitigation includes a cap, a bowl engaging the cap and defining a filter volume, and a filter element disposed in the filter volume. The filter element is sealed against an interior of the cap and an interior of the bowl to provide an unfiltered volume and a filtered volume. An inlet is in fluid communication with the unfiltered volume and an outlet is in fluid communication with the filtered volume via a pickup section. The pickup section has a pick-up section inlet extending into the filtered volume and an air-metering orifice, wherein the air-metering orifice has a diameter less than 30% of the diameter of the pick-up section inlet and the pick-up section inlet is located below the air-metering orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SHAW DEVELOPMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Kuieck, Patrick Greivell, Michael O'Hara, Eric Gress
  • Patent number: 12016661
    Abstract: A non-invasive electronic patient monitor tracks one or more physiological parameters of a patient, such as intravascular volume index (IVI), extravascular volume index (EVI), total hemoglobin (SpHb), impedance, and/or weight. The patient monitor determines if one or more of the physiological parameters are within a predetermined range. The patient monitor activates an alarm if one or more of the physiological parameters are outside the predetermined range and indicates a patient can be experiencing edema and/or heart failure, or sepsis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Masimo Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Ronald Jansen, Michael O'Reilly
  • Publication number: 20240198011
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an electronic encoder module (100) for use with a drug delivery device (1) for recording doses that are delivered from the drug delivery device (1) or with a charging station (200). The electronic module comprises a rechargeable electrical power supply (103), a memory, a processor with a PCBA (102) configured to control operation of the electronic module and coupled to the electrical power supply (103) and to the memory, at least one sensor arrangement (104) and a coupling portion for releasably mounting the electronic module (100) to the drug delivery device (1) when it is not mounted to a charging station (200) or to the charging station (200) when it is not mounted to the drug delivery device (1). At least one electrical power transfer component (107) is located within the coupling portion and connected to the PCBA (102) and/or to the rechargeable electrical power supply (103).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Allerdings, Jonathan Jason Drake, Tom Alexander Earwaker, Matthew Meredith Jones, Aidan Michael O`Hare
  • Publication number: 20240199676
    Abstract: Antiviral compounds and methods of using the same, singly or in combination with additional agents, and pharmaceutical compositions of said compounds for the treatment of viral infections are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Byoung-Kwon Chun, Michael O. Clarke, Deeba Ensan, Richard L. Mackman, Devan Naduthambi, Dustin S. Siegel
  • Publication number: 20240198010
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to an electronic system for a drug delivery device. The electronic system may comprise an electrical power supply, a memory, a processor configured to control operation of the electronic system and coupled to the electrical power supply and to the memory, and two optical sensor units. The electronic system haa a first low-power-consumption state and at least one further state having a higher power consumption compared with the first state. The processor is configured to regularly poll both optical sensors in the first low-power-consumption state, to maintain the first low-power-consumption state if the response of both optical sensors is identical to each other and identical to the preceding response, and to switch into the at least one further state if the responses of the optical sensors are different from each other or are different from the preceding response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Allerdings, Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, Matthew Meredith Jones, Aidan Michael O`Hare
  • Patent number: 12013252
    Abstract: An optimization and recommendation engine can receive user location data to programmatically generate customized recommendations regarding the user's operation as a potential service provider for a network service. The optimization and recommendation engine can determine potential service routes based on the user location data indicating a frequent route of the user and on service data associated with the network service. The optimization and recommendation engine can also perform multivariate optimizations to select one or more optimal service routes from the potential service routes. The recommendations can include the one or more optimal service routes as well as parameters associated with such routes. The recommendations can further include a comparison of the parameters against characteristics of the user's frequent route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael O'Herlihy, Nirveek De
  • Patent number: 12013380
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methodologies, systems, and apparatus for controlling fluid flow within a chromatography system. The chromatography system includes a mobile phase pump configured to pump a liquid mobile phase through a column and a restrictor positioned downstream of the column and upstream of a detector. The system also includes a valve configured to operate in at least two positions. In a first position, the valve is configured to direct the output of the column to bypass the valve and reach the detector, while in the second position the valve directs the output of the column to waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael O. Fogwill, Theodore A. Dourdeville
  • Patent number: 12007370
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments may compensate for expected frictional heating or Joule-Thomson cooling in chromatography columns. Frictional heating or Joule Thomson cooling are the same thing for a fluid decompressing along a porous material. Either heat is absorbed from or released to the external environment. The exemplary embodiments may cool the mobile phase to a sub-ambient temperature before the mobile phase passes through a chromatography column to compensate for the frictional heating or heat the mobile phase to a super-ambient temperature to compensate for Joule-Thomson cooling. The amount of temperature increase expected from the frictional heating or the amount of temperature decrease expected from the Joule-Thomson cooling may be calculated or estimated. Based on the amount of temperature increase or decrease expected, the set point for the heater/cooler may be determined and applied to the mobile phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael O. Fogwill, Wade P. Leveille, Joseph D. Michienzi, Fabrice Gritti
  • Patent number: 12004906
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for mapping a section of a vasculature of a subject are described herein, including moving a probe to a first position at a body of the subject adjacent the section of the vasculature; transmitting, by the probe, a first ultrasound beam into a first portion of the section of the vasculature through the body of the subject; receiving first ultrasound data including at least one imaging parameter of the first portion based on the first ultrasound beam; moving the probe to a second position at the body of the subject adjacent the section of the vasculature and different from the first position; transmitting, by the probe, a second ultrasound beam into a second portion of the section of the vasculature through the body of the subject; receiving second ultrasound data including the at least one imaging parameter of the second portion based on the second ultrasound beam; and constructing a map of the section of the vasculature based on the fi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Neurasignal, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael O'Brien, Mina Ranjbaran, Leo Petrossian, Robert Hamilton, Shankar Radhakrishnan, Corey M. Thibeault, Samuel G. Thorpe, Nicolas Canac
  • Patent number: 12004797
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods, devices, and systems for reducing a pigmentation of a skin of a patient. In some embodiments, freezing of the skin may be desirable to effect the hypopigmentation of the skin of the patient. Generally, embodiments may limit supercooling (or promote freezing) of the skin of the patient during a cooling treatment. In some embodiments, coupling fluids are provided to reduce a thermal contact resistance between a cooling treatment probe and the skin of the patient to improve cooling treatment. Optionally, a fluid carrier may be provided to help retain the coupling fluid at the treatment site. In some embodiments, the coupling fluid may include ice nucleating agents to promote ice crystal formation in the coupling fluid during cooling treatment. The ice crystal formation in the coupling fluid may progress into the skin to limit supercooling of the skin during treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: R2 Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Rosen, Kevin Springer, Kristine Tatsutani, Michael O'Neil
  • Patent number: 12001725
    Abstract: A combined on-package and off-package memory system uses a custom base-layer within which are fabricated one or more dedicated interfaces to off-package memories. An on-package processor and on-package memories are also directly coupled to the custom base-layer. The custom base-layer includes memory management logic between the processor and memories (both off and on package) to steer requests. The memories are exposed as a combined memory space having greater bandwidth and capacity compared with either the off-package memories or the on-package memories alone. The memory management logic services requests while maintaining quality of service (QoS) to satisfy bandwidth requirements for each allocation. An allocation may include any combination of the on and/or off package memories. The memory management logic also manages data migration between the on and off package memories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Niladrish Chatterjee, James Michael O'Connor, Donghyuk Lee, Gaurav Uttreja, Wishwesh Anil Gandhi
  • Publication number: 20240174704
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds for treating a variety of diseases, such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), HRV, hMPV, Ebola, Zika, West Nile, Dengue, and HCV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory F. Chin, Byoung-Kwon Chun, Michael O. Clarke, Bindu Goyal, Hon C. Hui, Petr Jansa, Richard L. Mackman, Dustin S. Siegel, Hai Yang
  • Patent number: 11994500
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for thermally controlled interfaces for separation devices and optical flow cell devices with minimized post-column volumes are described. In one embodiment, for example, a column-optical cell assembly may include an insulating device, a chromatography column arranged within the insulating device, and an optical flow cell in fluid communication with the chromatography column, the chromatography column arranged within a minimum distance of the optical flow cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark J. Basile, Jeffrey Musacchio, Michael O. Fogwill, Sebastien Besner, Joseph D. Michienzi, Wade P. Leveille
  • Patent number: 11993471
    Abstract: A raising assembly for use with a gangway connected for rotation between a raised stowed position and a lowered deployed position. The raising assembly comprises at least one fluid actuated cylinder connected to the gangway. A raising actuator is operative to cause operation of the cylinder in a manner that rotates the gangway toward the stowed position while the raising actuator is continuously activated by an operator. A lowering actuator is operative to cause operation of the cylinder in a manner that rotates the gangway toward the deployed position due to gravitational forces while the lowering actuator is continuously activated by the operator. The raising assembly is configured to maintain the gangway at a current position between the stowed position and the deployed position if the operator does one of ceasing to activate the raising actuator while raising the gangway or ceasing to activate the lowering actuator while lowering the gangway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAFE RACK LLC
    Inventors: John Rutledge Lawson, James Michael O'Keefe, Jeff W. Reichert, Jeffrey David Scott
  • Patent number: 11996190
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aggregating and sharing wellness data. The wellness data can be received by a user device from any number of sensors external or internal to the user device, from a user manually entering the wellness data, or from other users or entities. The user device can securely store the wellness data on the user device and transmit the wellness data to be stored on a remote database. A user of the device can share some or all of the wellness data with friends, relatives, caregivers, healthcare providers, or the like. The user device can further display a user's wellness data in an aggregated view of different types of wellness data. Wellness data of other users can also be viewed if authorizations from those users have been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aroon Pahwa, Rebecca L. Weber, Divya Nag, Christopher D. Soli, Lawrence Y. Yang, Stephen O. Lemay, Kevin M. Lynch, Stacey F. Lysik, Dylan R. Edwards, Zachury B. Minjack, Zachery W. Kennedy, Adam L. Beberg, Dennis S. Park, Afshad M. Mistri, Anton M. Davydov, Jay K. Blahnik, Christine M. Eun, James H. Foster, Stephanie M. Greer, Daniel S. Keen, Natalia C. Maric, Gregory B. Novick, Michael O'Reilly, Donald W. Pitschel
  • Patent number: D1031820
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Burns, Jonathan Howard Biddle, Michael O'Connor