Patents by Inventor Peter M. McDonald

Peter M. McDonald 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).

  • Systems and methods of determining orientation of cutting windows of a mechanical resection instrument
    Patent number: 11957373
    Abstract: Determining orientation of cutting windows of a mechanical resection instrument. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: sensing a location of a cutting window through an outer tube of the mechanical resection instrument, the sensing based on a magnetic field strength of a first magnet; sensing a location of a cutting window through an inner tube concentrically disposed within the outer tube, the sensing based on a combined magnetic field strength of the first magnet and a second magnet; and stopping a rotation of the inner tube relative to the outer tube with the cutting window through the outer tube and the cutting window through the inner tube in a predetermined orientation, the stopping based on the combined magnetic field strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED
    Inventors: Rafal Z. Jezierski, Peter M. Cesarini, Christopher D. McDonald
  • System and method for anonymizing address data
    Patent number: 10922320
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives a first set of address data that describes a first geographic location. The program further determines a first set of geo-location coordinates based on the first set of address data. The program also determines a second set of geo-location coordinates based on the first set of geo-location coordinates. The program further determines a second set of address data based on the second set of geo-location coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Ronald Dupey, Peter M McDonald
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANONYMIZING ADDRESS DATA
    Publication number: 20190258735
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives a first set of address data that describes a first geographic location. The program further determines a first set of geo-location coordinates based on the first set of address data. The program also determines a second set of geo-location coordinates based on the first set of geo-location coordinates. The program further determines a second set of address data based on the second set of geo-location coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: SAP SE
    Inventors: Ronald Dupey, Peter M. McDonald