Patents by Inventor Paul A. Francis

Paul A. Francis 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: 11087464
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for creating motion-adjusted or motion-compensated images of a patient to guide an interventional medical procedure. The method includes displaying a static roadmap and a plurality of dynamic images to show the interventional medical device aligned on the static roadmap using a motion transformation. Alignment of the interventional medical device on the static roadmap is based on a user selection of one of motion compensation of the interventional medical device relative to the static roadmap to produce a plurality of images that do not show patient motion or motion adjustment of the static roadmap relative to the interventional medical device to produce a plurality of images that show patient motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Martin Gerd Wagner, Paul Francis Laeseke
  • Patent number: 11061028
    Abstract: This disclosure provides antigen compositions useful for diagnosing Lyme disease and for detecting antibodies that bind to Borrelia antigens. The antigenic compositions comprise a mixture of hybrid peptides and Borrelia proteins. This disclosure also provides devices, methods, and kits that are useful for diagnosing Lyme disease and for detecting anti-Borrelia antibodies in a sample to aid in the diagnosis of Lyme disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Defined Diagnostics, LLC
    Inventors: Nina Lukinova, Xiaoling Song, Paul Francis Macomber, Jill Ann White
  • Publication number: 20210207517
    Abstract: In one aspect, an aspiration system for a work vehicle includes an exhaust tube extending along a flow direction and an aspiration tube in flow communication with the exhaust tube at an aspiration zone of the exhaust tube such that the aspiration tube is configured to receive an aspirated airflow. The system also includes an airflow area modifier provided in operative association with the aspiration zone and actuatable to adjust a cross-sectional flow area of the exhaust tube within the aspiration zone. The system includes an actuator provided in operative association with the airflow area modifier such that the actuator is configured to alter an orientation of the airflow area modifier such that the cross-sectional flow area of the exhaust tube within the aspiration zone is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Lacher, Derek Thomas Jennen, James Patrick Boeshans, Paul Francis Wollmuth
  • Patent number: 11051706
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for tracking one or more physiological metrics (e.g., heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, and the like) of a user are described. For example, one or more light sources and one or more light detectors may be positioned on a wearable device such that light can be emitted towards the user's skin and further such that light reflected back to the wearable device can be measured and used to generate values for the one or more physiological metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle P. Nadeau, Chris H. Sarantos, Kevin Pu Weekly, Javier L. Prieto, Peter W. Richards, Paul Francis Stetson, Aniket Sanjay Deshpande
  • Patent number: 11053665
    Abstract: A dual mode control system for a work vehicle includes a hydraulic system configured to drive a loader assembly and a dozer assembly coupled to the work vehicle. The hydraulic system includes a fluid delivery system comprising a plurality of flow paths fluidly coupled to a hydraulic pump. The hydraulic system includes a valve assembly configured to regulate diversion of fluid into a first and a second hydraulic cylinders coupled to the fluid delivery system to adjust the loader assembly, or into a third cylinder coupled to the fluid delivery system to adjust the dozer assembly. The dual mode control system also includes a controller operably coupled to the valve assembly, and one or more user interfaces coupled to the controller to enable an operator to provide inputs to cause the controller to adjust the valve assembly, and to thereby adjust the loader assembly or the dozer assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Aaron Newlin, Allan Paul Grossman, David R. Natzke, Paul Francis Szurpicki, Quinton James Berggren, Brady Dorr Lewis, Neil A. Detra
  • Patent number: 11036198
    Abstract: In a managed system controlled by multiple policy managers, conflicts between the policies of the managers are resolved by generating a satisfaction measure to be transmitted to policy managers together with sensor data, indicative of how closely the sensor data satisfies the policy which caused it. This satisfaction measure is used to determine whether actuators controlled by the other policy managers should be triggered by the sensor data. This allows policies to co-operate to prevent conflict between the conflicting requirements of different policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Nicholas John Davies, Paul Francis McKee
  • Patent number: 11036656
    Abstract: An industrial automation system employing a mesh topology of input/output allows flexibility in pairing field devices and controllers though the I/O mesh. Field devices can be connected to the geographically closest I/O module channel without regard to the location of the necessary controller. Modular prefabrication and deployment of the I/O modules becomes less complex and less time consuming thereby reducing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Francis McLaughlin, Christopher Paul Ladas, Angela Lee Lordi, James Michael Schreder, Stanley Robert Gorzelic
  • Patent number: 10966547
    Abstract: A refrigerator has an open front, an air curtain system having at least one upper air egress having an outer edge and at least one lower air-recovery ingress. The air curtain system is adapted to produce a substantially vertical air curtain over at least part of the open front of the refrigerator. The refrigerator has a plurality of shelves between the egress and the ingress a plurality of shelves between the egress and the ingress including a first shelf that has an aerofoil positioned in front of it, the first shelf being located in the upper half of the open front of refrigerator. The refrigerator also includes a second shelf that does not have an aerofoil positioned in front of it, the second shelf being located below the first shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Aerofoil Energy Limited
    Inventors: Paul Francis McAndrew, Matthew Piers Burke, Ian Stuart Turner
  • Publication number: 20210095888
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a casing comprising an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan configured to move air from the air inlet to the air outlet, and a tunable sound attenuating module having an opening at a first end of the tunable sound attenuating module, a cavity, and a back wall at a second end of the tunable sound attenuating module, wherein: the tunable sound attenuating module is oriented such that the back wall is closer to the fan than the opening, and a length of tunable sound attenuating module is substantially one fourth of the acoustic wavelength of a sound generated by the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Curtis EICHELBERGER, Paul Francis BAUCH, Rajavel BALAGURU
  • Patent number: 10924338
    Abstract: A network control system within an industrial processing facility (IPF) includes a controller platforms coupled to one another by a private path redundancy network providing a controller pool, each controller platform having at least one controller including computing hardware and a memory. An application module (AM) pool includes a plurality of AMs, wherein the controller platforms are coupled by an input/output mesh network to input/output devices coupled to field devices that are coupled to processing equipment in the IPF. A control application module orchestrator (CAMO) coupled to the plant-wide network is for dynamically deploying the AM's to the controller platforms, wherein the CAMO receives resource consumption attribute data regarding the controller platforms including a pool of available storage in the memory and processing resources available for the computer hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: John Rosa-Bian, Joseph Pradeep Felix, Paul Francis McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20200410666
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for creating motion-adjusted or motion-compensated images of a patient to guide an interventional medical procedure. The method includes displaying a static roadmap and a plurality of dynamic images to show the interventional medical device aligned on the static roadmap using a motion transformation. Alignment of the interventional medical device on the static roadmap is based on a user selection of one of motion compensation of the interventional medical device relative to the static roadmap to produce a plurality of images that do not show patient motion or motion adjustment of the static roadmap relative to the interventional medical device to produce a plurality of images that show patient motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Martin Gerd Wagner, Paul Francis Laeseke
  • Publication number: 20200399258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Ring A, R1-R8, and n are defined herein. The novel benzisoxazole sulfonamide derivatives are useful in the treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in patients. Additional embodiments relate to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and to methods of using the compounds and compositions in the treatment of abnormal cell growth in patients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ylva Elisabet Bergman Bozikis, Oleg Brodsky, Michelle Ang Camerino, Samantha Elizabeth Greasley, Robert Louis Hoffman, Robert Arnold Kumpf, Pei-Pei Kung, Paul Francis Richardson, Paul Anthony Stupple, Scott Channing Sutton
  • Publication number: 20200393988
    Abstract: A system and method for extending the path length of an electromagnetic wave signal traveling between apertures is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Francis McManamon, Daniel Damaghi, Ohad Harlev, Armand Vedadi-Comte, Alan Eli Willner, Charles Rocco Palanzo, Ryan Justin Howard
  • Patent number: 10856840
    Abstract: A universal ultrasound device having an ultrasound includes a semiconductor die; a plurality of ultrasonic transducers integrated on the semiconductor die, the plurality of ultrasonic transducers configured to operate a first mode associated with a first frequency range and a second mode associated with a second frequency range, wherein the first frequency range is at least partially non-overlapping with the second frequency range; and control circuitry configured to: control the plurality of ultrasonic transducers to generate and/or detect ultrasound signals having frequencies in the first frequency range, in response to receiving an indication to operate the ultrasound probe in the first mode; and control the plurality of ultrasonic transducers to generate and/or detect ultrasound signals having frequencies in the second frequency range, in response to receiving an indication to operate the ultrasound probe in the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Butterfly Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Rothberg, Susan A. Alie, Nevada J. Sanchez, Tyler S. Ralston, Christopher Thomas McNulty, Jaime Scott Zahorian, Paul Francis Cristman, Matthew de Jonge, Keith G. Fife
  • Patent number: 10846730
    Abstract: A community loyalty rewards system comprising a mobile device, a central server, and a pharmacy server. The mobile device has instructions stored on a mobile device memory that causes a mobile device processor to track health related activities, receive points for such activities, and push point data to the central server and pull status data from the central server. The pharmacy server has instructions stored on a pharmacy server memory that causes a pharmacy server processor to pushes campaign data to the central server and pull user point and status data from the central server. One of the pharmacy server processor and a central server processor determine a charity that receives the points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER RX, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Key, Stephen Culver, Paul Francis Carrig
  • Patent number: 10848991
    Abstract: A loss of connection between a wireless access point and a network is reported to a network-based service platform by the wireless access point by automatically establishing wireless contact with a second wireless access point, and transmits a predetermined fault report message to a predetermined network platform address by way of the second wireless access point and the second network interface. Authentication credentials are stored in the access point allowing automatic access to the service platform without user intervention, to allow the report to be generated without user intervention. The message may include data on recent usage of the access point, or may be repeated when a user attempts to use the access point, in order to prioritise the fault reported at the service platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventor: Paul Francis McKee
  • Publication number: 20200323217
    Abstract: An antimicrobial floor coating is provided that includes a matrix comprising a polymeric material; and a plurality of second phase particles comprising a controlled release agent, the controlled release agent comprising a plurality of antimicrobial copper ions. The polymeric material comprises an epoxy and an acrylic, and the plurality of second phase particles is distributed within the matrix. Further, an exterior surface of the coating exhibits at least a 2 log reduction in a concentration of Staphylococcus aureus under a Modified EPA Copper Test Protocol. Further, the controlled release agent can comprise a phase-separable glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Jackie Lynn Frederick, Joydeep Lahiri, Paul Francis Novak, JR., Florence Christine Monique Verrier
  • Publication number: 20200317958
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a kneadable adhesive sealant composition comprising a first outer portion of a first material comprising an uncured reactive polymer or resin composition and a second inner portion of a second material comprising a curing agent capable of curing the uncured reactive polymer or resin composition, wherein the first portion substantially surrounds the second portion and a process for making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Jason Albitz, Gregory N. Alexander, Michael Coates, Robert W. Colmery, Terry Carl Erb, Paul Francis Reginald Ewings, Leonard Jonathan Kolle, Thomas F. Millea
  • Publication number: 20200320024
    Abstract: An industrial automation system employing a mesh topology of input/output allows flexibility in pairing field devices and controllers though the I/O mesh. Field devices can be connected to the geographically closest I/O module channel without regard to the location of the necessary controller. Modular prefabrication and deployment of the I/O modules becomes less complex and less time consuming thereby reducing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Francis McLaughlin, Christopher Paul Ladas, Angela Lee Lordi, James Michael Schreder, Stanley Robert Gorzelic
  • Publication number: 20200310920
    Abstract: A method of fault-tolerant process control includes providing a network process control system in an industrial processing facility (IPF) including a plant-wide network coupling a server to computing platforms each including computing hardware and memory hosting a software application for simultaneously supporting a process controller and another process controller or an I/O gateway. The computing platforms are coupled together by a private path redundancy network for providing a hardware resource pool. At least some of the computing platforms are directly coupled by an I/O mesh network to a plurality of I/O devices to field devices that are coupled to processing equipment. Upon detecting at least one failing device in the hardware resource pool, over the private path redundancy network a backup is placed into service for the failing device from the another process controller or I/O gateway that is at another of the computing platforms in the hardware resource pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Francis McLaughlin, Jason Thomas Urso, James Michael Schreder, John Rosa-Bian, Norman Swanson, Jethro F. Steinman