Patents by Inventor Michael Stuart

Michael Stuart 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).

  • Publication number: 20220387117
    Abstract: A surgical system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium involving a robotic manipulator configured to move a surgical instrument relative to virtual boundaries. A navigation system tracks each of a first object, a second object, and the surgical instrument. The first object is moveable relative to the second object. One or more controllers associate a first virtual boundary with the first object and associate a second virtual boundary with the second object. The first virtual boundary is moveable in relation to the second virtual boundary. The controller(s) control the robotic manipulator in relation to the first virtual boundary to facilitate interaction of the surgical instrument with the first object. The controller(s) control the robotic manipulator in relation to the second virtual boundary to avoid interaction of the surgical instrument with the second object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: David Gene Bowling, Donald W. Malackowski, José Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera, Patrick Roessler, Jerry A. Culp, John Michael Stuart, Joel N. Beer
  • Publication number: 20220381693
    Abstract: An assay device is disclosed comprising a housing and a test portion, electronic circuitry and an optical assembly each a least partially located in the housing. The test portion comprises one or more test zones adapted to receive an analyte and a fluorescent label associated with the analyte, the fluorescent label being excitable by excitation light and adapted to emit emission light upon excitation by excitation light. The electronic circuitry comprises one or more light sources and one or more light detectors. The optical assembly comprises one or more excitation light guides adapted to guide excitation light from the one or more light sources to the one or more test zones, and/or one or more emission light guides adapted to guide emission light from the one or more test zone to the one or more light detectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Sean Andrew PARSONS, Michael Stuart HAZELL, David LARA
  • Publication number: 20220367577
    Abstract: Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Vadim Adamovich
  • Patent number: 11502134
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to reduced power consumption OLED displays at reduced cost for reduced information content applications, such as wearable displays. Image quality for wearable displays can be different than for high information content smart phone displays and TVs, where the wearable display has an architecture that in includes, for example, an all phosphorescent device and/or material system that may be fabricated at reduced cost. The reduced power consumption can facilitate wireless and solar charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Julia J. Brown, Michael Stuart Weaver, Woo-Young So
  • Publication number: 20220358877
    Abstract: Adaptive display devices and techniques for operating the same are provided. A secondary display processor analyzes incoming display signals to identify characteristics of the display signal and provide display panel behavior adjustment data that is used to change the behavior of a display panel based on the contents of the display signal. The secondary processor may implement one or more machine learning algorithms to identify the display signal characteristics and to generate the display panel behavior adjustment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Michael HACK, Michael Stuart WEAVER
  • Patent number: 11464579
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed involving an instrument, an instrument tracking device for tracking movement of the instrument, a first boundary tracking device for tracking movement of a first virtual boundary associated with an anatomy of a patient to be treated by the instrument, and a second boundary tracking device for tracking movement of a second virtual boundary associated with a periphery of an opening in the patient to be avoided by the instrument. One or more controllers receive information associated with the tracking devices including positions of the instrument relative to the first and second virtual boundaries, detect movement of the first and second virtual boundaries relative to one another, and generate a response upon detecting movement of the first and second virtual boundaries relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: David Gene Bowling, Donald W. Malackowski, Jose Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera, Patrick Roessler, Jerry A. Culp, John Michael Stuart, Joel N. Beer
  • Patent number: 11450713
    Abstract: Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Vadim Adamovich
  • Patent number: 11442012
    Abstract: An assay device is disclosed comprising a housing and a test portion, electronic circuitry and an optical assembly each a least partially located in the housing. The test portion comprises one or more test zones adapted to receive an analyte and a fluorescent label associated with the analyte, the fluorescent label being excitable by excitation light and adapted to emit emission light upon excitation by excitation light. The electronic circuitry comprises one or more light sources and one or more light detectors. The optical assembly comprises one or more excitation light guides adapted to guide excitation light from the one or more light sources to the one or more test zones, and/or one or more emission light guides adapted to guide emission light from the one or more test zone to the one or more light detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ellume Limited
    Inventors: Sean Andrew Parsons, Michael Stuart Hazell, David Lara
  • Publication number: 20220278185
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a display including a plurality of emissive surfaces, where each of the plurality of emissive surfaces has emissive devices that are deposited or attached in the same plane, with each of the plurality of emissive surfaces configured with independent scan and data drivers. The display may be configured to display an image that is a combination of light from the plurality of emissive surfaces, wherein each of the plurality of emissive surfaces renders an image that differs by at least one selected from the group consisting of: color resolution, fill-factor, viewing angle, and transparency. Embodiments also provide an augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), or mixed reality (MR) system having a plurality of displays that each rendering an image based on the provided light of a different color spectrum, and one or more waveguides through which the light from the displays is combined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Michael HACK, Michael Stuart WEAVER, Zhaoqun ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20220273480
    Abstract: A knee brace having an upper part securable about a user's thigh and a lower part securable about the user's lower leg is provided. The upper and lower parts are secured together adjacent the user's knee by a hinge. The knee brace is characterised in that a flexible tensioning element extends between the upper part and the lower part over a lobe which is secured to the upper part adjacent the hinge such that pivoting of the upper and lower parts about the hinge causes the flexible element to engage the lobe about its periphery to cause tension in the flexible element and wherein the lobe is shaped to cause the tension to dynamically increase as the upper part is pivoted relative to the lower part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Graham TRUSLER, Michael Stuart BARROW
  • Publication number: 20220231094
    Abstract: Display panels and other devices are provided that include emissive devices disposed on two carrier substrates and arranged to achieve a desired emission profile and transparency. Each carrier substrate includes OLED devices of a selected color which may be used to provide one- or two-sided imaging based on emission from devices on each carrier substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Michael HACK, Michael Stuart WEAVER
  • Patent number: 11388208
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for communicating between virtual agents associated with users of electronic devices connected via at least one network. A first user may instruct an associated first virtual agent to invoke a communication session with a second virtual agent associated with a second user. To invoke the communication session, the first virtual agent may send an outgoing communication to the second virtual agent and the outgoing communication may instruct the second virtual agent to perform at least one action on behalf of the first user. Virtual agents associated with different users may alternatively communicate with each other in the absence of user interaction to perform a collaborative action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stuart Phillips, John Nguyen, Thomas Jay Leonard, David Grannan
  • Patent number: 11382308
    Abstract: A sampling system that uses a handheld body that can hold a punch and storage container to receive the punch. A sample identification reader and an item ID reader are used to read ID of the item and punch or storage container. The timing between the taking of a sample and the reading of the item ID and the ID of the punch/storage container may be recorded and if the time is too long the sample may be assigned as being invalid or of high tamper risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SNPSHOT TRUSTEE LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Stuart Gardner, Roy Victor Bladen, Rory Bladen
  • Publication number: 20220199703
    Abstract: Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Vadim Adamovich
  • Patent number: 11318027
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for bone preparation with designed areas having accurate tolerance profiles to enable improved initial fixation and stability for cementless implants and to improve long-term bone ingrowth/ongrowth to an implant. One method includes preparing a bone surface to receive a prosthetic implant thereon by resecting the bone surface using a first cutting path to create a first resected region and resecting the bone of the patient using a second cutting path to create a second resected region at least partially overlapping the first resection region. The second cutting path is different than the first cutting path and either manual or robotic cutting tools can be used for creating the first and second resected regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart L. Axelson, Jr., Donald W. Malackowski, John Michael Stuart
  • Publication number: 20220130946
    Abstract: New and/or improved techniques and arrangements are provided to increase the overall transparency of a local region within the display itself based on arrangements of backplane and/or frontplane architectures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Michael HACK, Michael Stuart WEAVER
  • Publication number: 20220115458
    Abstract: Devices, pixel arrangements, and fabrication techniques thereof are provided for devices that include pixels having red, green, and blue sub-pixels, where the blue sub-pixel is shared among more than one pixel in the arrangement. The display includes fewer than three data lines per pixel and uses only three colors of sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Michael HACK, Michael Stuart WEAVER, Julia J. BROWN
  • Patent number: 11302749
    Abstract: Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Vadim Adamovich
  • Publication number: 20220102441
    Abstract: Devices, arrangements, and techniques are provided to improve the color saturation of displays such as OLED displays while avoiding or substantially reducing any increase in power consumption that typically would be associated with such increase in saturation. A three-subpixel per pixel red/green/blue (RGB) architecture is provided as well as a four sub-pixel approach which uses two red sub-pixels for each pixel (red/red/green/blue, or R1R2GB).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Michael HACK, Michael Stuart WEAVER, Julia J. BROWN
  • Publication number: 20220102442
    Abstract: Devices, arrangements, and techniques are provided to improve the color saturation of displays such as OLED displays while avoiding or substantially reducing any increase in power consumption that typically would be associated with such increase in saturation. A three-subpixel per pixel red/green/blue (RGB) architecture is provided as well as a four sub-pixel approach which uses two red sub-pixels for each pixel (red/red/green/blue, or R1R2GB).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Michael HACK, Michael Stuart WEAVER, Julia J. BROWN