Patents by Inventor Michael Wilkes
Michael Wilkes 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: 11931060Abstract: Aspiration medical device as well as methods for making and using aspiration medical devices are disclosed. An example aspiration medical device may include a tubular member having a distal end region and defining an inflow orifice adjacent to the distal end region. An aspiration member may be disposed within the tubular member. The aspiration member may have a plurality of axially-spaced fluid jets formed therein.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Cass Alexander Hanson, Benjamin Michael Wilke
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Patent number: 11709059Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for executing the operations represented by an asynchronous execution graph. One of the methods includes receiving data characterizing an asynchronous execution graph comprising one or more subgraphs, wherein each subgraph comprises a plurality of nodes connected by edges, the plurality of nodes comprising a source node, one or more processor nodes, and one or more sink nodes; receiving source data from an external system that corresponds to the source node of a first subgraph in the graph; in response, executing the operations represented by the processor nodes in the first subgraph; and executing the operations represented by each sink node in the first subgraph.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Ouais Alsharif, Ian Michael Wilkes
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Publication number: 20210190508Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for executing the operations represented by an asynchronous execution graph. One of the methods includes receiving data characterizing an asynchronous execution graph comprising one or more subgraphs, wherein each subgraph comprises a plurality of nodes connected by edges, the plurality of nodes comprising a source node, one or more processor nodes, and one or more sink nodes; receiving source data from an external system that corresponds to the source node of a first subgraph in the graph; in response, executing the operations represented by the processor nodes in the first subgraph; and executing the operations represented by each sink node in the first subgraph.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Ouais Alsharif, Ian Michael Wilkes
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Patent number: 11022389Abstract: Techniques and architectures are disclosed for a gas operating system for a firearm. The system includes a barrel having a bore including a rifled portion. Attached to the barrel is a gas block. Located distally of the rifled portion of the bore is a gas expansion chamber in fluid communication with the bore and the gas block. In some examples, the gas expansion chamber includes a diameter at least twice the bore diameter. The gas block of the gas operating system, in some examples, includes a piston, where in response to receiving gases from the gas expansion chamber, the piston cycles the gas operating system.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: SIG SAUER, INC.Inventors: Douglas Aubin, David Michael Wilkes, Aaron C. Sakash, Lindsay Bunch
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Patent number: 10835278Abstract: Thrombectomy catheter systems, accessory devices, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example thrombectomy system may include a catheter shaft having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a lumen extending at least partially through the catheter shaft. A high pressure tube may be disposed within the lumen. The high pressure tube may be designed for communication with a fluid source. A fluid jet emanator may be coupled to the high pressure tube. The fluid jet emanator may have at least one jet orifice. The catheter shaft may include a first orifice disposed proximally of a distal end of the catheter shaft and a second orifice disposed proximally of the first orifice. An accessory device may be disposed within the lumen. The accessory device may include a helical distal region.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Benjamin Michael Wilke, Debra M. Kozak, Michael P. Schrom, Daniel T. Quillin
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Publication number: 20200025476Abstract: Techniques and architectures are disclosed for a gas operating system for a firearm. The system includes a barrel having a bore including a rifled portion. Attached to the barrel is a gas block. Located distally of the rifled portion of the bore is a gas expansion chamber in fluid communication with the bore and the gas block. In some examples, the gas expansion chamber includes a diameter at least twice the bore diameter. The gas block of the gas operating system, in some examples, includes a piston, where in response to receiving gases from the gas expansion chamber, the piston cycles the gas operating system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Sig Sauer, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Aubin, David Michael Wilkes, Aaron C. Sakash, Lindsay Bunch
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Publication number: 20190209745Abstract: Aspiration medical device as well as methods for making and using aspiration medical devices are disclosed. An example aspiration medical device may include a tubular member having a distal end region and defining an inflow orifice adjacent to the distal end region. An aspiration member may be disposed within the tubular member. The aspiration member may have a plurality of axially-spaced fluid jets formed therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: CASS ALEXANDER HANSON, BENJAMIN MICHAEL WILKE
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Patent number: 10252098Abstract: The disclosure provides a device for fine weight adjustment of a host apparatus. The host apparatus can be a free weight or similar having a bar with a bar diameter. The device can have an annular or disc-shaped body. The annular body can have an inner disc perimeter defining a central aperture having a diameter substantially similar to the bar diameter of the host apparatus. The annular body can also have a slot extending through the annular body from an outer perimeter to the central aperture defining a first disc end and a second disc end separated by a slot width. The annular body can be formed of a material having an elasticity sufficient to allow axial flexibility that returns the annular body to its original shape after being deformed to fit around the bar of the host apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Inventor: Christopher Michael Wilke
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Patent number: 10222151Abstract: A regulator that controls an amount of energy provided to an auto loader for rounds having different gun powder loads is provided. The regulator includes a chamber, and a piston in fluid communication with the chamber. The regulator may further include a throttling valve having a first position in which pressurized combustion gas from the gas port of a barrel of a firearm can flow into the chamber, and a second position in which pressurized combustion gas from the gas port of a barrel of a firearm cannot flow into the chamber. The throttling valve is configured to move from the first position to the second position when pressure in the chamber exceeds a threshold level. The regulator may include an expansion valve in fluid communication with the chamber and arranged to move from a first position to increase a volume of the chamber when pressure in the chamber exceeds a threshold level.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Sig Sauer, Inc.Inventors: William C. Daley, Jr., David Michael Wilkes, Douglas Aubin, David Steimke
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Publication number: 20180235648Abstract: Thrombectomy catheter systems, accessory devices, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example thrombectomy system may include a catheter shaft having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a lumen extending at least partially through the catheter shaft. A high pressure tube may be disposed within the lumen. The high pressure tube may be designed for communication with a fluid source. A fluid jet emanator may be coupled to the high pressure tube. The fluid jet emanator may have at least one jet orifice. The catheter shaft may include a first orifice disposed proximally of a distal end of the catheter shaft and a second orifice disposed proximally of the first orifice. An accessory device may be disposed within the lumen. The accessory device may include a helical distal region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Benjamin Michael Wilke, Debra M. Kozak, Michael P. Schrom, Daniel T. Quillin
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Publication number: 20180157482Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method (200) of updating safety-related software in a people conveyor system, particularly in an elevator system (10), the method comprising: the steps of providing an updated version of the safety-related software (210); storing (230) the updated version of the safety-related software in a safety unit (60) of the people conveyor system; activating (240) the updated version of the safety-related software, the step of activating including operating a software update activation switch permanently associated with the people conveyor system; and in case of successful activation of the updated version of the safety-related software, controlling the operation of the people conveyor system based on the updated version of the safety-related software (290).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2015Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Frank Kirchhoff, Martin Georg Walter Hnida, Michael Wilke, Hermann Ludwig Lorenz, Peter Herkel
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Patent number: 9878876Abstract: Embodiments are directed to receiving, by a demand entering device configured to receive an elevator destination command, a request for at least one of: statistical data regarding use of at least one elevator, and field data in connection with a field service, maintenance, repair, or installation activity associated with the at least one elevator, and obtaining, by the demand entering device, at least one of the statistical data and the field data in response to the request.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2012Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Michael Wilke, Donald F. Cominelli, Hans-Kilian Spielbauer, Michael Peters
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Publication number: 20170276445Abstract: A regulator that controls an amount of energy provided to an auto loader for rounds having different gun powder loads is provided. The regulator includes a chamber, and a piston in fluid communication with the chamber. The regulator may further include a throttling valve having a first position in which pressurized combustion gas from the gas port of a barrel of a firearm can flow into the chamber, and a second position in which pressurized combustion gas from the gas port of a barrel of a firearm cannot flow into the chamber. The throttling valve is configured to move from the first position to the second position when pressure in the chamber exceeds a threshold level. The regulator may include an expansion valve in fluid communication with the chamber and arranged to move from a first position to increase a volume of the chamber when pressure in the chamber exceeds a threshold level.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: Sig Sauer, Inc.Inventors: William C. Daley, JR., David Michael Wilkes, Douglas Aubin, David Steimke
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Patent number: 9702644Abstract: A regulator that controls an amount of energy provided to an auto loader for rounds having different gun powder loads is provided. The regulator includes a chamber, and a piston in fluid communication with the chamber. The regulator may further include a throttling valve having a first position in which pressurized combustion gas from the gas port of a barrel of a firearm can flow into the chamber, and a second position in which pressurized combustion gas from the gas port of a barrel of a firearm cannot flow into the chamber. The throttling valve is configured to move from the first position to the second position when pressure in the chamber exceeds a threshold level. The regulator may include an expansion valve in fluid communication with the chamber and arranged to move from a first position to increase a volume of the chamber when pressure in the chamber exceeds a threshold level.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: SIG SAUER, INC.Inventors: William C. Daley, Jr., David Michael Wilkes, Douglas Aubin, David Steimke
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Publication number: 20170080275Abstract: The disclosure provides a device for fine weight adjustment of a host apparatus. The host apparatus can be a free weight or similar having a bar with a bar diameter. The device can have an annular or disc-shaped body. The annular body can have an inner disc perimeter defining a central aperture having a diameter substantially similar to the bar diameter of the host apparatus. The annular body can also have a slot extending through the annular body from an outer perimeter to the central aperture defining a first disc end and a second disc end separated by a slot width. The annular body can be formed of a material having an elasticity sufficient to allow axial flexibility that returns the annular body to its original shape after being deformed to fit around the bar of the host apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventor: Christopher Michael Wilke
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Patent number: 9556002Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a portable recording device, multiple recordings of sounds made by an elevator during operation of the elevator, the multiple recordings generated at different times. The method includes analyzing, by a sound analysis circuit, the multiple recordings generated at the different times to detect changes in an elevator characteristic over time and generating, based on detecting the changes in the elevator characteristic over time, a notification to perform an action on the elevator.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Michael Wilke, George Scott Copeland, Soumitra Borthakur, Kelly Martin Dubois, Juan Jose Fernandez
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Publication number: 20160202006Abstract: A regulator that controls an amount of energy provided to an auto loader for rounds having different gun powder loads is provided. The regulator includes a chamber, and a piston in fluid communication with the chamber. The regulator may further include a throttling valve having a first position in which pressurized combustion gas from the gas port of a barrel of a firearm can flow into the chamber, and a second position in which pressurized combustion gas from the gas port of a barrel of a firearm cannot flow into the chamber. The throttling valve is configured to move from the first position to the second position when pressure in the chamber exceeds a threshold level. The regulator may include an expansion valve in fluid communication with the chamber and arranged to move from a first position to increase a volume of the chamber when pressure in the chamber exceeds a threshold level.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: Sig Sauer, Inc.Inventors: William C. Daley, JR., David Michael Wilkes, Douglas Aubin, David Steimke
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Patent number: D764620Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Sig Sauer, Inc.Inventors: Harry Andrew Packard, Kathryn Hack, Christopher Sirois, Cory Joshua Newman, Douglas Aubin, David Michael Wilkes, Robert Hirt
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Patent number: D815710Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Sig Sauer, Inc.Inventors: Harry Andrew Packard, Kathryn Hack, Christopher Sirois, Cory Joshua Newman, Douglas Aubin, David Michael Wilkes, Robert Hirt
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Patent number: D870836Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Sig Sauer, Inc.Inventors: Harry Andrew Packard, Christopher Sirois, Douglas Aubin, David Michael Wilkes, Robert Hirt