Patents by Inventor Patrick Cowan

Patrick Cowan 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: 11918775
    Abstract: An assembly for retaining a pressure jacket (134) and a syringe (132) on a fluid injector, the assembly including a base plate (1902) comprising a body (1904); at least a first retaining arm (1910a) and a second retaining arm (1910b) operatively mounted on the body of the base plate, the first retaining arm having a first retaining surface at a distal end thereof and the second retaining arm having a second retaining surface at a distal end thereof, wherein the first retaining surface and the second retaining surface are configured for abutting a distal surface of at least one of the pressure jacket and the syringe; a linkage assembly operatively connected to at least one of the first retaining arm and the second retaining arm, wherein the linkage assembly is configured to move at least one of the first retaining arm and the second retaining arm between at least a first open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Michael Spohn, Kevin Cowan, Arthur Uber, III, Patrick Campbell, Andrew Osan, John Haury, James Dedig, Andrew Naples, Christopher Scutt, Michael Swantner, Nathaniel Payor
  • Publication number: 20050092939
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to fault detection and control methodologies for ion implant processes, and a system for performing same. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises performing a tuning process for an ion implant tool, the tuning process resulting in at least one tool parameter for the ion implant tool, selecting or creating a fault detection model for an ion implant process to be performed in the ion implant tool based upon the tool parameter resulting from the tuning process, and monitoring an ion implant process performed in the ion implant tool using the selected or created fault detection model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Elfido Coss, Patrick Cowan, Richard Markle, Tom Tse