Patents by Inventor Nathan Thomas

Nathan Thomas 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: 20240197149
    Abstract: A valve assembly with a valve shaft shiftable within a valve well from an off position blocking fluid communication between ports in the valve well, and an on position allowing fluid communication between such ports. The on position may be proximal to the off position. The length of the valve shaft is selected simply to block access to one of the ports of the valve well when in the off position, and thus may be shorter than prior valve shafts. The valve shaft is along a distal end of an actuatable member of the valve assembly, and a user-engagement element may be provided along the proximal end of the actuatable member. The user-engagement element may be movable towards the valve shaft to move the valve shaft from the off position to the on position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas Cummings
  • Patent number: 11999802
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions including a fusion polypeptide and methods for making a fusion polypeptide that includes a COF1/CRBN-binding polypeptide, COF2/CRBN-binding polypeptide, or COF3/CRBN-binding polypeptide and a heterologous polypeptide of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: James E. Bradner, Andrei Golosov, Carleton Proctor Goold, Carla Patricia Pinto Guimaraes, Marc Horst Peter Hild, Gregory Motz, Nathan Thomas Ross, Jonathan M. Solomon, Rohan Eric John Beckwith, Seth Carbonneau
  • Patent number: 11986614
    Abstract: An applicator for an analyte monitoring device may include an actuatable housing having a body defining a cavity therein and having a distal opening and a side opening. A cuff and a shuttle are received within the cavity and are separately translatable relative to the housing body. A base may removable engage the housing body at the distal opening. The housing body, the cuff, the shuttle, and/or the base may be engaged with one another with one or more releasable coupling features. The base may be removed from an engagement with the housing body, causing the cuff and the shuttle to be aligned and positioned in a configuration in which the analyte monitoring device, held by the shuttle, is ready for insertion into the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Biolinq Incorporated
    Inventors: George Albert Mansfield, III, David Michael Morelock, Mark Christopher Brister, Nathan Thomas Balcom, Joshua David Doan, Joshua Andrew Warner
  • Patent number: 11975256
    Abstract: A trolley apparatus, system, and method of manufacture are described herein. The trolley apparatus may comprise one or more of a first side plate, a second side plate, a support axle, one or more roller components, and/or other components. The support axle may be mounted through and/or between the first side plate and the second side plate. The support axle may be mounted such that the first side plate and the second side plate are at opposite ends of the support axle. The support axle may be configured to support the one or more roller components. In some implementations, the trolley apparatus may be specifically configured to accommodate a slackline webbing which may have a width of about five centimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: eBrands Global Oy
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Sargent, Riley N. Sargent, Tate A. Sargent
  • Publication number: 20240140590
    Abstract: Disclosed are electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft gaming apparatuses and methods. In one embodiment, a video game apparatus comprises a processor, a first inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the first inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, and a second inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the second inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to control a heading of an aircraft in a video game using a signal received from the second inceptor corresponding to lateral linear movement of the second inceptor. Some embodiments may additionally include at least one sensor and a thumb stick for each inceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas DEPENBUSCH, Jeffery Scott Greenwood
  • Publication number: 20240125393
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for a valve for a medical device. The valve may include a valve stem. An elongate body of the valve stem may include a first opening and a second opening fluidly coupled to one another via a lumen. The valve stem may include a first seal and a second seal extending circumferentially around the elongate body. The elongate body, the first seal, and the second seal may be formed from a single material. The single material may be a thermoplastic elastomer or other suitable material. The valve stem may include recessed portion proximate the seals of the valve stem to facilitate bending or flexing of the seals as the valve stem translates within a valve well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas Cummings
  • Publication number: 20240122450
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for a valve for a medical device. The valve may include a valve stem. An elongate body of the valve stem may include a first opening and a second opening fluidly coupled to one another via a lumen. The valve stem may include one or more seals extending circumferentially around the elongate body. The one or more seals may include sealing surfaces that may be non-perpendicular with a longitudinal axis of the elongate body to selectively fluidly isolate openings or other features of a valve well in which the valve stem is configured to translate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas Cummings
  • Publication number: 20240103346
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a vehicle camera system. In some examples, the vehicle camera system includes one or more camera components, heat generating electronic components, and a shroud. The shroud is configured to provide structural support for the one or more camera components and configured to facilitate dissipation of heat generated by the heat generating electronic components. In some examples, the shroud includes boundaries at least partially surrounding the heat generating electronic components and defining a heat dissipation path for air flow from at least one air inlet to an air outlet of the shroud, and mounting features for mounting the one or more camera components, in which at least one of the mounting features is defined within a portion of the boundaries defining the heat dissipation path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Melinda Liggett, Isaku Kamada, Nathan Thomas Link, Joshua Wise
  • Patent number: 11937789
    Abstract: A device includes a balloon configured for inflation with a light-diffusing fluid and configured, upon inflation, to expand a body lumen within which it is positioned and a flexible light-emitting device attached to the balloon having a light-emitting side facing radially inward toward the fluid so that, during a medical procedure, light emitted from the light-emitting side is diffused by the fluid and illuminates a treatment area within the body lumen proximal to the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Jan Weber, Nora Belkhayat, Hannah Rebar, Nathan Thomas Cummings, Jessica Powers
  • Publication number: 20240073582
    Abstract: A flexible arm that is configured to be located between and physically and electrically connect an acoustic module of an open-ear headphone to a battery housing of the open-ear headphone. The flexible arm includes a flexible printed circuit that extends through the entire original resting length of the flexible arm and comprises a conductor that is configured to carry electrical energy between the acoustic module and the battery housing. A first interface structure is coupled to one of the acoustic module and the battery housing. At least one link member is pivotably coupled to the first interface structure. A flexible material encases at least some of the flexible printed circuit, at least some of the at least one link member, and at least some of the first interface structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Smith, Peter Santoro, Andrew J. LaFosse
  • Publication number: 20240057855
    Abstract: Methods and systems for refilling a container during an endoscopic procedure. An illustrative reservoir may be placed in selective fluid communication with a water bottle. The water bottle may form a fluid tight seal with the reservoir to transfer water from the water bottle to the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Brittany Elizabeth Reed, Brian Luis, Ryan V. Wales, Aakash Deora, Juan M. Alvarez Azpeitia, Nathan Thomas Cummings
  • Patent number: 11904127
    Abstract: An applicator for an analyte monitoring device may include an actuatable housing having a body defining a cavity therein and having a distal opening and a side opening. A cuff and a shuttle are received within the cavity and are separately translatable relative to the housing body. A base may removable engage the housing body at the distal opening. The housing body, the cuff, the shuttle, and/or the base may be engaged with one another with one or more releasable coupling features. The base may be removed from an engagement with the housing body, causing the cuff and the shuttle to be aligned and positioned in a configuration in which the analyte monitoring device, held by the shuttle, is ready for insertion into the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Biolinq Incorporated
    Inventors: George Albert Mansfield, III, David Michael Morelock, Mark Christopher Brister, Nathan Thomas Balcom, Joshua David Doan, Joshua Andrew Warner
  • Patent number: 11883549
    Abstract: Ultraviolet (UV) light emission devices and related methods of use. The UV light emission devices disclosed herein are particularly suited for use in disinfecting surfaces and air. The UV light emission devices disclosed herein can be provided in the form factor of a handheld device that is easily held and manipulated by a human user. The human user can manipulate the handheld UV light emission device to decontaminate surfaces, air, and other areas by orienting the handheld UV light emission device so that the UV light emitted from its light source is directed to the area of interest to be decontaminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: UV Innovators, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Grenon, Nicholas William Medendorp, Jr., Scott Eric Liddle, Jeffery Michael Rosino, Nathan Thomas Luck
  • Publication number: 20240016936
    Abstract: Provided herein are uses of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) for treating a cancer (such as B cell related cancer, e.g., multiple myeloma).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Celgene Corporation
    Inventors: Ethan Greene THOMPSON, Shari m. KAISER, Nathan Thomas MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20240000305
    Abstract: Methods and systems for refilling a container during an endoscopic procedure. An illustrative container may comprise a container extending from a first end to a second end and having a reduced diameter stem extending from the first end, the reduced diameter stem defining an opening for receiving a fluid, a water outlet, a gas inlet, and a port. The port may comprise a sealing ring defining an aperture extending from a first end to a second of the sealing ring, the aperture in fluid communication with the opening in the container, a cap positioned adjacent to the first end of the aperture of the sealing ring, and a biasing mechanism disposed between the container and the sealing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas Cummings
  • Patent number: 11840324
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for controlling an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. In one embodiment, a system comprises a processor, a first inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the first inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, and a second inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the second inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to control a heading of an aircraft using a signal received from the second inceptor corresponding to lateral linear movement of the second inceptor. Some embodiments may additionally include at least one sensor and a thumb stick for each inceptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Archer Aviation, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Depenbusch, Jeffery Scott Greenwood
  • Patent number: 11834023
    Abstract: A control system is provided that may include a controller for a vehicle system. The controller may include one or more processors configured to obtain at least one first operating parameter related to an operating system of the vehicle system, and determine an operating condition of the operating system based at least in part on the first operating parameter. The one or more processors may also be configured to communicate with an off-board sensor to obtain at least one auxiliary operating parameter related to the operating condition, and verify the operating condition based at least in part on the auxiliary operating parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Milan Karunaratne, Nathan Thomas North, Anthony D. Paul
  • Publication number: 20230374814
    Abstract: A tent apparatus and method of manufacture are described herein. The tent apparatus may comprise a tent body, a frame, and/or other components. The tent body may include a first portion configured to be substantially enclosed within the bed of the pickup truck in an as-used mode of the tent apparatus, and a second portion that extends from the first portion such that the second portion is exposed to an environment above a bed of a pickup truck in the as-used mode. The frame may be integrally coupled to the tent body, and configured to articulate between a closed position and an open position. The frame may comprise a central hub coupled to the tent body at a central coupling point; and support members that extend from the central hub to coupling points on the tent body to integrate the frame with the tent body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventor: Nathan Thomas Sargent
  • Publication number: 20230330467
    Abstract: A trolley apparatus, system, and method of manufacture are described herein. The trolley apparatus may comprise one or more of a first side plate, a second side plate, a support axle, one or more roller components, and/or other components. The support axle may be mounted through and/or between the first side plate and the second side plate. The support axle may be mounted such that the first side plate and the second side plate are at opposite ends of the support axle. The support axle may be configured to support the one or more roller components. In some implementations, the trolley apparatus may be specifically configured to accommodate a slackline webbing which may have a width of about five centimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Sargent, Riley N. Sargent, Tate A. Sargent
  • Patent number: D1016719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Cambridge Mobile Telematics Inc.
    Inventors: Isaku Douglas Kamada, Veronica Cochran Newlin, Melinda Lois Liggett, Nathan Thomas Link