Patents by Inventor Michael Shane

Michael Shane 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: 11111681
    Abstract: A power head for a powered concrete roller screed includes a handle and a driver housing at a distal end of the handle. A cordless, battery-operated driver is received in the driver housing. A head actuator includes a translatable link extending along the handle and an eccentric cam. The eccentric cam is operatively connected to the translatable link within the drive housing such that translation of the translation link imparts rotation of the eccentric cam about a rotational axis of the eccentric cam to an actuated position. The eccentric cam is adjacent a trigger of a cordless, battery-operated driver and is configured to depress the trigger when the eccentric cam is rotated about its rotational axis to the actuated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Marshalltown Company
    Inventors: Charles H. Cowie, Michael Shane Grigg
  • Publication number: 20210227745
    Abstract: A grounds maintenance vehicle having a vehicle frame is disclosed. An implement is coupled to the vehicle frame and has a first implement end and a second implement end. A height selection tool is configured to select one vertical position of a plurality of selectable vertical positions, where each vertical position limits a distance between the implement and the vehicle frame. An implement angle selection tool has a manually engageable mechanism configured to change the elevation of one of the first implement end or the second implement end relative to the other of the first implement end or the second implement end. The implement angle selection tool is configured to fix the elevation of the first implement end relative the second implement end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Shane Fredenburg, Justin Leigh Pryor, Frederick Aubrey Fugett, Kenneth Lloyd McConnell
  • Patent number: 11007056
    Abstract: A delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve may include an operating handle and a catheter assembly. The handle may include a housing, a piston cylinder, a piston longitudinally slidable within the piston cylinder, the piston and the piston cylinder together defining at least one pressure chamber, a deployment actuator coupled to the housing and rotatable relative thereto, and a pneumatic switch adapted to provide a pressurized fluid to the pressure chamber to apply a longitudinal force to the piston. The catheter assembly may include a first shaft around which a valve-receiving compartment is defined, the first shaft being operatively connected to the housing, and a distal sheath operatively connected to the piston, the distal sheath being moveable between a closed condition covering the compartment and an open condition uncovering the compartment. Longitudinal movement of the piston may move the distal sheath between the closed and open conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Shane Morrissey
  • Publication number: 20210142824
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided herein for modifying playlists of media assets. In some aspects, these methods and systems are provided by way of receiving a user input that causes a media asset in a playlist to cease from being played back and to be removed from the playlist. User interactions associated with the playlist may subsequently be monitored, where, in response to detecting a user interaction while monitoring, a number of user interactions that have been received subsequent to the user input may be determined. The number of user interactions may be compared to a threshold number, and, when the number of user interactions corresponds to the threshold number, the media asset may be inserted into the playlist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Shane Losey, Maeve Kathleen Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20210117480
    Abstract: A tangible, non-transitory machine-readable medium includes machine readable instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to receive an inquiry regarding digital content. The inquiry is indicative of a request for the digital content or a request for a determination to be made regarding the digital content. The instructions, when executed, also cause the processing circuitry to process the inquiry by analyzing aggregated result data generated using a series of neural network layers based on the digital content and metadata associated with the digital content. Furthermore, the instructions, when executed, cause the processing circuitry to generate response data to the inquiry using a neural network based on analyzing the aggregated result data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Glenn Deen, Michael Shane Wilkinson, Eric J. Avila, Borzou Afshar
  • Publication number: 20210105938
    Abstract: A grounds maintenance vehicle having a vehicle frame is disclosed. An implement is coupled to the vehicle frame and has a first implement end and a second implement end. A height selection tool is configured to select one vertical position of a plurality of selectable vertical positions, where each vertical position limits a distance between the implement and the vehicle frame. An implement angle selection tool is configured to change the elevation of the first implement end relative to the second implement end and fix the elevation of the first implement end relative the second implement end. The implement angle selection tool has a manually engageable mechanism configured to change the elevation of the first implement end relative to the second implement end when the implement angle selection tool is disengaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Shane Fredenburg, Justin Leigh Pryor, Frederick Aubrey Fugett, Kenneth Lloyd McConnell
  • Patent number: 10956674
    Abstract: A contract generation system that automatically generates cost models for new business contracts is provided. The system receives a new contract comprising a set of key-value pairs, each key-value pair comprising a question and an answer that correspond to a field of information in a document for the new contract. The system computes a similarity measure between the new contract and an existing contract based on a set of variance definitions for determining differences between the set of key-value pairs of the new contract and a corresponding set of key-value pairs of the existing contract. The system generates a cost model of the new contract based on the similarity measure and a cost model of the existing contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tara Astigarraga, Saurabh Sinha, Vugranam Sreedhar, Michael Shane Goode, John Jeffrey Dillon
  • Publication number: 20210059815
    Abstract: A delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve, the delivery device including an inner shaft, a distal sheath disposed about a portion of the inner shaft and forming a compartment with the inner shaft, the compartment being adapted to receive the prosthetic heart valve, the inner shaft and the distal sheath being movable relative to one another, and a handle including a frame having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end, the handle further including a deployment actuator and a hub, each of the deployment actuator and the hub being independently capable of opening and closing the compartment, the hub further including a hub actuator coupled to the inner shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shane Morrissey, Bruce Edward Frohman, Michael William Metz, Janis Paulis Skujins, David John Copeland, Spencer Patrick Brown
  • Patent number: 10930316
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided herein for modifying playlists of media assets. In some aspects, these methods and systems are provided by way of receiving a user input that causes a media asset in a playlist to cease from being played back and to be removed from the playlist. User interactions associated with the playlist may subsequently be monitored, where, in response to detecting a user interaction while monitoring, a number of user interactions that have been received subsequent to the user input may be determined. The number of user interactions may be compared to a threshold number, and, when the number of user interactions corresponds to the threshold number, the media asset may be inserted into the playlist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ROVl GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Shane Losey, Maeve Kathleen Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20210025577
    Abstract: The grand chandelier adaptor provides the means of joining two or more chandeliers or other electrical devices. This adaptor includes a junction box to facilitate the electrical connection as well as physical support of each device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Shane Bowden
  • Patent number: 10898324
    Abstract: A delivery device 1010 for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve 200, the delivery device including an inner shaft 1026, a distal sheath 1024 disposed about a portion of the inner shaft and forming a compartment 1023 with the inner shaft, the compartment being adapted to receive the prosthetic heart valve, the inner shaft and the distal sheath being movable relative to one another, and a handle 1020 including a frame 1030 having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end, the handle further including a deployment actuator 1021 and a hub 1100, each of the deployment actuator and the hub being independently capable of opening and closing the compartment, the hub further including a hub actuator 1600 coupled to the inner shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shane Morrissey, Bruce Edward Frohman, Michael William Metz, Janis Paulis Skujins, David John Copeland, Spencer Patrick Brown
  • Publication number: 20200397577
    Abstract: A guidewire may be configured for insertion into a heart of a patient during a procedure such as a transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure. The guidewire may include a proximal end and a distal end portion. The distal end portion may include (i) a leading section, (ii) a loop structure at a terminal distal end of the guidewire, and (iii) a transition section extending between the leading section and the loop structure. In the absence of applied forces, the leading section is not tangential to the loop structure. With such a configuration, the guidewire may avoid contact with the ventricular septum of the heart when the loop structure is seated within the left ventricle, which may mitigate potential interference with conduction pathways in the ventricular septum, which may in turn mitigate the need for a pacemaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Yousef F. Alkhatib, Michael Shane Morrissey, Jay Reimer, Kristopher Henry Vietmeier, Peter J. Ness
  • Patent number: 10849747
    Abstract: A delivery device for an implantable medical device includes an inner shaft with a device-carrying region, an outer shaft surrounding the inner shaft, a sheath at a distal end of the outer shaft, and a sleeve. The outer shaft is movable relative to the inner shaft from an advanced position in which the sheath surrounds the device-carrying region to a retracted position in which the sheath exposes the device-carrying region. The sheath includes a proximal structure having a cylindrical portion between first and second transition zones. The sleeve surrounds the outer shaft and is movable relative to the outer shaft from an advanced position in which a distal end portion of the sleeve surrounds the cylindrical portion to a retracted position in which the distal end portion of the sleeve is spaced proximally from the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shane Morrissey, Tyler Govek, John Matejka
  • Publication number: 20200368006
    Abstract: Combined embolic protection devices and prosthetic heart valve delivery devices useful for filtering emboli during a heart valve replacement procedure are described. The delivery devices may include a delivery sheath for housing the prosthetic heart valve in collapsed condition for delivery. The delivery devices may include one or more embolic protection filters received within the delivery device during the delivery of the prosthetic heart valve. The embolic protection filters may be deployed into an expanded or deployed condition prior to deploying the prosthetic heart valve. Any embolic debris entering the bloodstream during the prosthetic heart valve deployment may be trapped within, or deflected by, the deployed embolic filter(s) to reduce the risk of stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Caytlin Gale, Gary Erzberger, Kristen T. Morin, Trevor J. Springer, Jaron J. Olsoe, Kristopher Henry Vietmeier, Michael Shane Morrissey, Daniel J. Klima
  • Patent number: 10828158
    Abstract: A delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve may include an operating handle having a housing and a carriage movable relative to the housing, and a catheter assembly. The catheter assembly may have an inner shaft around which a compartment is defined, an outer shaft surrounding at least a portion of the inner shaft, a distal sheath fixedly connected to the outer shaft, and a spline tube surrounding at least a portion of the inner shaft. The spline tube may have thinner portions having a first maximum thickness in a radial direction of the inner shaft and thicker portions having a second maximum thickness in the radial direction that is greater than the first maximum thickness. The spline tube and the outer shaft may together define one or more channels that provide liquid communication between the operating handle and the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shane Morrissey, Sadie J. Cronin
  • Patent number: 10827183
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimal variable bit rate packing are disclosed. Some embodiments include encoding media at a plurality of bit rates to generate a corresponding plurality of encodings, where each of the plurality of encodings include a plurality of framesets, generating advance encoding data for each of the plurality of encodings, where each advance encoding data includes information related to a data size of the plurality of framesets of the corresponding encoding, transmitting the generated advance encoding data to a client, receiving a request from the client including a request for one or more framesets of a first encoding, and transmitting the requested one or more framesets of the first encoding to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Glenn Deen, Michael Shane Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 10758352
    Abstract: A delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve, the delivery device comprising an inner shaft, a distal sheath disposed about a portion of the inner shaft and forming a compartment with the inner shaft, the compartment adapted to receive the valve, the inner shaft and the distal sheath being slidable relative to one another, and a handle including a frame, a deployment actuator, a lever, and a hub, each of the deployment actuator, the lever, and the hub being independently capable of opening and closing the compartment, a resheathing lock configured to alert a user of a position of the distal sheath relative to the inner shaft and to impede movement of the distal sheath relative to the frame, and an indicator disposed on the frame and capable of showing an extent of deployment of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Wilson, David John Copeland, Bruce Edward Frohman, Travis Michael Beckerle, Joseph Gordon, Savannah Grace Kyle, Michael Shane Morrissey
  • Patent number: 10751177
    Abstract: A delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes an outer shaft having a first end and a second end, an inner shaft disposed inside the outer shaft and longitudinally movable relative to the outer shaft, and a distal sheath coupled to the inner shaft and movable with the inner shaft to selectively cover and uncover a compartment for housing the valve. The outer shaft includes a plurality of disks each having at least two hinges to allow articulation of adjacent disks relative to one another, and at least one rib for coupling the adjacent disks to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Shane Morrissey
  • Publication number: 20200262256
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for determining and verifying operational states of fifth wheels. Certain methods for determining the operational state of the fifth wheel may include sensing, with at least one sensor, magnetic flux caused by a magnet on a movable component movable to lock the fifth wheel to a kingpin of a towed vehicle and determining an end position of the movable component based on the magnetic flux. The end position of the movable component is then compared to a threshold position and an operational state of the fifth wheel is determined based on the comparison of the end position of the movable component to the threshold position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Fontaine Fifth Wheel COmpany
    Inventors: Carl Gaufin, Michael Shane Wolfe
  • Patent number: D889604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventor: Alexander Michael Shane