Patents by Inventor Patrick Murphy

Patrick Murphy 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: 20230366196
    Abstract: A connector that allows for the connection of a supported member to a supporting member and the supported member can be part of a prefabricated member such as a cassette, the connector having front and back members connected by a seat member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Patrick Murphy, Sam Thomas Hensen
  • Patent number: 11794519
    Abstract: A bassinet includes a base, a column assembly rotatably connected to the base at a first end of the column assembly, an arm rotatably connected to a second end of the column assembly, a tub frame pivotably connected to the arm, an infant tub retained within the tub frame, the infant tub including a front wall, a back wall, and two side walls and having areas of reduced height along the front wall and at least one of the side walls to provide enhanced access to the infant located within the infant tub, and an insert configured to reversibly fit within an interior of the infant tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Kristin Patricia Tully, Catherine Sullivan, Carl John Seashore, Alison Mann Stuebe, Ty Hagler, Patrick Murphy, Prasad Joshi, Charity Grace Kirk
  • Publication number: 20230335007
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tablet with an improved Braille display. The Braille display employs a pin array that allows for the selective use of either six or eight pin cells. This is accomplished by turning off or on a pin pair adjacent to each cell. The spacing of the pins also allows capacitive sensors to be located adjacent to each Braille cell. These sensors are used to determine the location of the user’s finger upon the display. The pin spacing further allows geometric shapes to be generated in additional to text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Todd Conard, Patrick Murphy, Carl Edwin Wise
  • Publication number: 20230332395
    Abstract: A connection between a first, supporting structural member, such as a header, and a second, supported structural member such as a beam is provided, wherein the connection is made with a connector and fastenings, the use of which can be substantially hidden from view. The connector is designed to be inserted in a slotted opening in the second, structural member and to attach to a surface of the first, supporting structural member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Patrick Murphy, Robert J. Leichti, Frank Harald Richter, Larry Randall Daudet
  • Patent number: 11775912
    Abstract: A method for a lead grading platform can include, receiving a lead from a lead vendor, wherein the lead comprises a plurality of lead attribute values, converting the plurality of lead attribute values to a plurality of benchmark values, assigning the lead to a pre-determined cluster and a pre-determined sub-cluster based on the plurality of benchmark values, determining a grade for the lead based on the pre-determined cluster and the pre-determined sub-cluster, and responding to the grade being greater than a threshold grade by: delivering the lead to a lead consumer. In this way, a conversion rate of leads delivered to a lead consumer may be greater than an overall conversion rate of an unfiltered population of leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LEADSCORZ INC.
    Inventors: Bernard Patrick Murphy, Santiago Diez-Perez
  • Publication number: 20230252911
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Braille display with protection against the ingress of contaminants. In one embodiment, contaminant protection is provided by a flexible film that is secured beneath the Braille dots of the display. This film both secures the dots and prevents contaminants from coming into contact with pin actuators within the display housing. In another embodiment, ingress protection is provided by air pressure supplied to a plenum located at the base of the dot pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Todd Conard, Walter van Tujil, Patrick Murphy, Maarten van Egmond
  • Patent number: 11715389
    Abstract: Disclosed is a braille display that is impact resistant and that employs a modular construction. The impact resistance is achieved, in part, by molded and resilient end caps. Each end cap includes a centrally positioned slit that functions in absorbing lateral impacts to the display. The impact resistance is further achieved by an over molded housing that is positioned about an associated USB connector. The modularity of the display is achieved by way of a subassembly that is releasably secured within the interior of a main housing. The subassembly, in turn, includes a series of cell compartments that are arranged in groups. Each group of cell compartments is controlled by an individual shift register. This allows a grouping cell compartments to be removed and replaced as needed without disturbing the remaining cell components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Freedom Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Murphy, Todd Conard, Bradley S. Davis, Maarten van Egmond
  • Publication number: 20230233210
    Abstract: The current invention comprises devices and methods for performance of retrograde angiography, viz, devices and methods of occlusion of a blood vessel and injection of contrast to flow proximal to the direction of blood flow, thereby enabling retrograde clinical angiograms of blood vessels and grafts to be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Timothy Patrick Murphy
  • Publication number: 20230228823
    Abstract: A system is described. The system includes at least one power supply, a control system communicatively coupled to the at least one power supply, a communication module, and at least one channel connecting the at least one power supply to the communication module. The at least one channel is also configured to support communication according to a particular communication protocol. The communication module is configured to interface with two or more power supplies of the at least one power supply via the at least one channel, and each power supply of the at least one power supply is configured to transmit diagnostic data associated with the power supply to the communication module via the at least one channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Neil Jingo Samson Valmonte, Ravindra Gurjar, Ajay Tripathi, Patrick Murphy, Calvin Burnett, Earl Max Cambronero
  • Patent number: 11688077
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a machine-learned object tracking policy. One of the methods includes receiving a current video frame by a user device having a plurality of installed object trackers, wherein each object tracker is configured to perform a different object tracking procedure on the current video frame rent video frame. The current video frame and one or more object tracks previously generated by the one or more object trackers are provided as input to a trained policy engine that implements a reinforcement learning model to generate a particular object tracking plan. A particular object tracking plan is selected based on the output of the reinforcement learning model, and the selected object tracking plan is performed on the current video frame to generate one or more updated object tracks for the current video frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Susanna Maria Ricco, Caroline Rebecca Pantofaru, Kevin Patrick Murphy, David A. Ross
  • Publication number: 20230191647
    Abstract: A router includes a motor unit and a base that receives the motor unit. A threaded shaft is supported on either the motor unit or the base. A slide is supported on the other of the motor unit and the base. The slide engages with the shaft in a first position of the slide in which micro-adjustments to a cutting depth are permitted. The slide disengages with the shaft in a second position of the slide in which macro-adjustments to the cutting depth are permitted. With a lever in a locked position, neither macro-adjustments nor micro-adjustments are permitted regardless of the slide being in the first position or the second position. With the lever in a micro-adjustment position, only micro-adjustments are permitted with the slide in the first position. With the lever in an unlocked position, the lever disengages the slide from the shaft to permit macro-adjustments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew J. Scangamor, Patrick Murphy, Austin J. Johnson, Divyeshwar Ramesh, Antoinette Louw, Mason A. Matlock, Wen Nie, Ping Li
  • Publication number: 20230191092
    Abstract: The disclosed invention is in the field of medical devices, namely angioplasty balloon catheters. The embodiments provide an angioplasty balloon catheter that has favorable features of both biaxial and coaxial lumen configurations, such as pushability, torque, and trackability, enabled by a transition between a biaxial catheter segment and a coaxial catheter segment. In an exemplary embodiment a biaxial-coaxial lumen configuration facilitates injection of fluids through the catheter and out of the catheter proximal to its distal tip end with a guidewire in place in the catheter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Summa Therapeutics, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy Patrick Murphy
  • Publication number: 20230186415
    Abstract: A system and methods for streamlining the legal client intake process and revolutionizing the way legal representation in general is effectuated is disclosed. The system includes an intake platform, and optionally includes one or more of the following modules which interface with the intake platform: a scheduling module, a messaging client, a documents database, a virtual meeting platform, a client database, an attorney database, a payment module. The system is capable of formalizing an engagement for legal services between the user and a practitioner selected by the user, generating drafts of legal documents, sending drafts of such legal documents to the user and practitioner, scheduling an initial meeting between the user and practitioner, and soliciting and accepting payment for legal services, via a single platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Simple Will, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Murphy, John Starling
  • Publication number: 20230078736
    Abstract: A delivery system includes a handle, a catheter shaft, and a steering mechanism. The catheter shaft extends from the handle to a flexible distal end portion. The steering mechanism is configured to steer the flexible distal end portion. The steering mechanism can include a steering element a control member, and one or more actuation elements. Actuating the control member can move the steering element to increase and/or decrease tension in one or more actuation elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Haim Brauon, Or Cohen, Brian Patrick Murphy, Omar Fawzi Azanki, Ernest William Heflin, Steven Eric Decker, Timothy Allen Dalton, Ehud Aviv, Lindsay Marie Hall, Murrad Mirza Kazalbash, Julia Akiko Roche, Danny Barrientos Baldo
  • Publication number: 20230083892
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing black box optimization to identify an output that optimizes an objective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: David Benjamin Belanger, Georgiana Andreea Gane, Christof Angermueller, David W. Sculley, II, David Martin Dohan, Kevin Patrick Murphy, Lucy Colwell, Zelda Elaine Mariet
  • Patent number: 11591557
    Abstract: The present invention is drawn to devices and systems for allergen detection in a sample. The allergen detection system includes a sampler, a disposable analysis cartridge and a detection device with an optimized optical system. In some embodiments, the allergen detection utilizes aptamer nucleic acid molecules as detection agents. In some embodiments, the nucleic acids are conjugated to magnetic beads or solid surfaces such as glasses, microwells and microchips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DOTS Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Adi Gilboa-Geffen, Gregory J. Kintz, Adam J. Young, Patrick Murphy, Joshua Glenn Anthony, Paul Fleming, Brett Gorham, Ryan Griswold, Bruce Richardson
  • Patent number: 11590013
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a brace system including an upper portion and a lower portion. The brace system may also include a first pulley rotatably coupling the upper portion to a first intermediate link positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion. The brace system may also include a second pulley rotatably coupling the first intermediate link to a second intermediate link positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion. The brace system may also include a third pulley rotatably coupling the second intermediate link to the lower portion. Further, the brace system may include at least one tension-bearing element substantially encircling each of the first pulley, the second pulley, and the third pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BOSTON DYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Everett Thorne, Steven D. Potter, Michael Patrick Murphy
  • Publication number: 20220409562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to salts and compositions for use in the treatment of ischaemic stroke reperfusion (IR) injury. In particular, the present invention relates to a salt of formula (I) for use in treating or preventing ischaemic stroke reperfusion injury, wherein X, Y, n, m, Z, A and B are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Murphy, Thomas Krieg
  • Publication number: 20220401285
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a device for assisting motion of a joint may include a first anchor on a first side of the joint, a second anchor on a second side of the joint, a spring operatively coupled to the first anchor and the second anchor, and an actuator operatively coupled to the first anchor and the second anchor. Actuating the actuator may apply a torque about the joint that is resisted by a reaction torque applied to the joint by the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Patrick Murphy, Brendan Thomas Quinlivan, David Christopher Perry, Asa M. Eckert-Erdheim, Dorothy Cecile Orzel, Taylor Beth Greenberg-Goldy, Conor J. Walsh
  • Patent number: 11532243
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tablet with an improved Braille display. The Braille display employs a pin array that allows for the selective use of either six or eight pin cells. This is accomplished by turning off or on a pin pair adjacent to each cell. The spacing of the pins also allows capacitive sensors to be located adjacent to each Braille cell. These sensors are used to determine the location of the user's finger upon the display. The pin spacing further allows geometric shapes to be generated in additional to text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Freedom Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Conard, Patrick Murphy, Carl Edwin Wise