Patents by Inventor Niall O'Connor

Niall 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).

  • Publication number: 20220023306
    Abstract: Described herein is the use of PPAR? agonists in the treatment of fatty acid oxidation disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Colin O'CARROLL, Niall O'DONNELL, Lynn PURKINS, Alex DORENBAUM
  • Publication number: 20220023296
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating or ameliorating a pediatric cholestatic liver disease by non-systemically administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pediatric formulation comprising an Apical Sodium-dependent Bile Acid Transporter Inhibitor (ASBTI) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods for treating or ameliorating a pediatric liver disease, decreasing the levels of serum bile acids or hepatic bile acids, treating or ameliorating pruritis, reducing liver enzymes, or reducing bilirubin comprising non-systemically administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pediatric formulation comprising an ASBTI or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: SHIRE HUMAN GENETIC THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Bronislava GEDULIN, Michael Grey, Niall O'DONNELL
  • Patent number: 11229661
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating or ameliorating a pediatric cholestatic liver disease by non-systemically administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pediatric formulation comprising an Apical Sodium-dependent Bile Acid Transporter Inhibitor (ASBTI) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods for treating or ameliorating a pediatric liver disease, decreasing the levels of serum bile acids or hepatic bile acids, treating or ameliorating pruritis, reducing liver enzymes, or reducing bilirubin comprising non-systemically administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pediatric formulation comprising an ASBTI or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHIRE HUMAN GENETIC THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Bronislava Gedulin, Michael Grey, Niall O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 11175767
    Abstract: An optical touch-sensitive device is able to determine the locations of multiple simultaneous touch events on a surface. The optical touch-sensitive device includes multiple emitters and detectors. Each emitter produces optical beams which are received by the detectors. Touch events on the surface disturb the optical beams received by the detectors. Based on the disturbed beams, a map of the touch activity on the surface is generated. Touch characteristics and touch types for each touch event are determined from the map. By applying the touch characteristics and touch types to contextual information, a machine learned model, or a set of predefined rules, touches can be classified as wanted or unwanted touch events. Unwanted touch events may be ignored to improve user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Beechrock Limited
    Inventors: Owen Drumm, Niall O'Cleirigh
  • Patent number: 11169641
    Abstract: A touch sensitive surface has emitters and detectors arranged around a periphery of the touch sensitive surface. The emitters produce optical beams that are received by the detectors. A stylus is configured to disturb one or more of the optical beams by a variable amount when in contact with the touch sensitive surface. The variable amount depends on an amount of force applied to the stylus towards the touch sensitive surface. A controller of the touch sensitive surface is configured to determine the touch strength of a touch event performed by the stylus based on disturbances of one or more of the optical beams. The touch strength provides a measure of the amount of force applied to the stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Beechrock Limited
    Inventors: Niall O'Cleirigh, Owen Drumm, Olivier Mathis, Danil Korchagin, Mihailo Kolundzija, Frederic Bourbon, Julien Piot
  • Publication number: 20210275056
    Abstract: Methods and devices provide physiological movement detection with active sound generation. In some versions, a processor may detect breathing and/or gross body motion. The processor may control producing, via a speaker coupled to the processor, a sound signal in a user's vicinity. The processor may control sensing, via a microphone coupled to the processor, a reflected sound signal. This reflected sound signal is a reflection of the sound signal from the user. The processor may process the reflected sound, such as by a demodulation technique. The processor may detect breathing from the processed reflected sound signal. The sound signal may be produced as a series of tone pairs in a frame of slots or as a phase-continuous repeated waveform having changing frequencies (e.g., triangular or ramp sawtooth). Evaluation of detected movement information may determine sleep states or scoring, fatigue indications, subject recognition, chronic disease monitoring/prediction, and other output parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: RESMED SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen MCMAHON, Damien O'ROURKE, Alberto ZAFFARONI, Redmond SHOULDICE, Tony FAGAN, Niall FOX, Niall O'MAHONY, Graeme LYON
  • Publication number: 20210085603
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition for ophthalmic delivery of a therapeutic agent, the composition comprising an oil-in-water (o/w) microemulsion comprising a fatty acid, or fatty acid ester, as the oil phase; an aqueous phase; a surfactant; and a co-surfactant, and wherein the composition further comprise a suspension of therapeutic agent-loaded nanoparticles. Use of the composition for the treatment or prevention of an eye disorder, a method of treatment or prevention of an eye disorder and an eye drop dispenser are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Waterford Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Gautam BEHL, Sangeeta KUMARI, Niall O'REILLY, Orla O'DONOVAN, Peter MCLOUGHLIN, David KENT, Laurence FITZHENRY
  • Publication number: 20210085618
    Abstract: This invention relates to a Nanostructured Lipid Carrier (NLC) particle comprising a therapeutic agent encapsulated therein for ocular delivery of the therapeutic agent, wherein the Nanostructured Lipid Carrier comprises: (i) a solid outer shell comprising a solid lipid, and (ii) a liquid core comprising a liquid lipid; and wherein the core comprises the therapeutic agent. Compositions of the NLC particles, use of the NLC particles, methods of treatment or prevention of an eye disorder and an eye drop dispenser are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Waterford Institute Of Technology
    Inventors: Gautam BEHL, Sangeeta KUMARI, Niall O'REILLY, Orla O'DONOVAN, Peter MCLOUGHLIN, David KENT, Laurence FITZHENRY, Elke BEHAEGHEL
  • Publication number: 20200310621
    Abstract: An optical touch-sensitive device is able to determine the locations of multiple simultaneous touch events on a surface. The optical touch-sensitive device includes multiple emitters and detectors. Each emitter produces optical beams which are received by the detectors. Touch events on the surface disturb the optical beams received by the detectors. Responsive to a touch event, the disturbed beams are identified and evaluated. Beams disturbed by two or more touches may be ignored. Alternatively, a beam response may be adjusted for a given touch event based on an estimated contribution of another touch event that also disturbs the beam. Additionally, touch events may be characterized as contamination touch events based on one or more past touch events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Julien Piot, Mihailo Kolundzija, Nicolas Aspert, Owen Drumm, Niall O'Cleirigh
  • Patent number: 10786593
    Abstract: A flexible electrode assembly for an air treatment device comprising: a flexible dielectric layer forming an insulating sheet; a plurality of conductive tracks on a first side of the insulating sheet; a conductive layer on a second side of the insulating sheet; wherein supply of voltage to the conducting tracks and the conductive layer generates plasma which is discharged from the conducting tracks. In a further aspect, the present invention also provides an air treatment apparatus for removal of health threatening airborne pollutants, which may include pathogens, from an air flow, the air treatment apparatus comprising an apparatus having a generally cyclonic-shaped geometry comprising a cylindrical section and a conical section. The present invention also relates to an air treatment device comprising the flexible electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Novaerus Patents Limited
    Inventors: Graham Deane, Kevin Maughan, Felipe Soberon, Niall O'Connor
  • Publication number: 20200246366
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating or ameliorating a pediatric cholestatic liver disease by non-systemically administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pediatric formulation comprising an Apical Sodium-dependent Bile Acid Transporter Inhibitor (ASBTI) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods for treating or ameliorating a pediatric liver disease, decreasing the levels of serum bile acids or hepatic bile acids, treating or ameliorating pruritis, reducing liver enzymes, or reducing bilirubin comprising non-systemically administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pediatric formulation comprising an ASBTI or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Lumena Pharmaceuticals LLC
    Inventors: Bronislava GEDULIN, Michael GREY, Niall O'DONNELL
  • Patent number: 10722879
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for magnetically separating paramagnetic beads for biomolecule isolation and processing are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: GENCELL BIOSYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Brian Barrett, Niall O'Keeffe, Brian Chawke, Noel Sirr
  • Publication number: 20200207797
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating or ameliorating hypercholemia or a cholestatic liver disease by administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an Apical Sodium-dependent Bile Acid Transporter Inhibitor (ASBTI) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods for treating or ameliorating a liver disease, decreasing the levels of serum bile acids or hepatic bile acids, treating or ameliorating pruritis, reducing liver enzymes, or reducing bilirubin comprising administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of ASBTI or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Lumena Pharmaceuticals LLC
    Inventors: Bronislava GEDULIN, Michael GREY, Niall O'DONNELL
  • Publication number: 20200190521
    Abstract: This invention provides methods of preventing formation of, or treating, fibrotic lesions, including skin scars such as keloids and hypertrophic scars which comprise administering to the subject by one or more injection a compound which comprises a modified oligonucleotide, such as a modified antisense oligonucleotide, siRNA, or oligodeoxyribonucleotide, which inhibits expression of protein involved in fibrosis. Dosing of the antisense using an intradermal threading technique is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas M. Dean, Lincoln Krochmal, Gregory Hardee, J. Gordon Foulkes, Niall O'Donnell, Leroy Young, Mark Jewell
  • Patent number: 10630779
    Abstract: Logical scalable units (LSU) can be used within a single network data center to provide stateful scalability. However, LSUs are not suitable for operating across multiple network data centers in order to provide geographical redundancy in active-active scenarios while providing high availability. This is because the latencies associated with replicating full session information are unacceptably slow. An additional component in the LSU (known as an LSU Frontend) can be used to replicate a small subset of session information between LSUs. This subset of session information may be enough to enable LSUs to process requests in an acceptable way rather than outright failing. This may be particularly advantageous in scenarios where the requests relate to Voice over LTE calls, because outright failure is very perceivable to subscribers, and it causes resource leakage within the telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: OPENET TELECOM LTD.
    Inventors: Peter Haraszti, David Davoren, Brian J. Forde, Ross Andreucetti, Tony Doolin, Niall O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20200069715
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating or ameliorating a pediatric cholestatic liver disease by non-systemically administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pediatric formulation comprising an Apical Sodium-dependent Bile Acid Transporter Inhibitor (ASBTI) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods for treating or ameliorating a pediatric liver disease, decreasing the levels of serum bile acids or hepatic bile acids, treating or ameliorating pruritis, reducing liver enzymes, or reducing bilirubin comprising non-systemically administering to an individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pediatric formulation comprising an ASBTI or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Lumena Pharmaceuticals LLC
    Inventors: Bronislava GEDULIN, Michael Grey, Niall O'Donnell
  • Publication number: 20200061190
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical formulation is described comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody, an acetate buffer, a lyoprotectant, a bulking agent and a surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan André ALBANESE, Roberto Pier-Lorenzo GIOVANNINI, Kevin Niall O'MAHONY
  • Patent number: 10566093
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to using graph structures and parent-child node configurations to facilitate data integration across corresponding investigatory events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: C/HCA, Inc.
    Inventors: Niall O'Connor, Mickey Alan Correll, Kathryn Hopkins McGill, Luke Connors, Daniel Schlauch
  • Patent number: 10558709
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to constructing graph models to represent constraints corresponding to various investigatory events and navigating the graph models to identify populations for the investigatory events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: C/HCA, Inc.
    Inventors: Niall O'Connor, Mickey Alan Correll, Kathryn Hopkins McGill, Luke Connors, Daniel Schlauch
  • Patent number: 10523545
    Abstract: Logical scalable units (LSU) can be used within a single network data center to provide stateful scalability. However, LSUs are not suitable for operating across multiple network data centers in order to provide geographical redundancy in active-active scenarios while providing high availability. This is because the latencies associated with replicating full session information are unacceptably slow. An additional component in the LSU (known as an LSU Frontend) can be used to replicate a small subset of session information between LSUs. This subset of session information may be enough to enable LSUs to process requests in an acceptable way rather than outright failing. This may be particularly advantageous in scenarios where the requests relate to Voice over LTE calls, because outright failure is very perceivable to subscribers, and it causes resource leakage within the telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: OPENET TELECOM LTD.
    Inventors: Peter Haraszti, David Davoren, Brian J. Forde, Ross Andreucetti, Tony Doolin, Niall O'Connell