Patents by Inventor Richard A. Roland
Richard A. Roland 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).
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Publication number: 20220265154Abstract: A system for determining reference signatures for use in assisting identification of a body state in a biological subject, the system including at least one processing device that obtains reference data for each of a plurality of reference individuals, the reference data including at least one reference impedance indicator obtained by performing at least one impedance measurement on the reference individual, a body state indication indicative of any body states associated with the reference individual and characteristic data indicative of one or more physical characteristics of the reference individual and analyses the reference data to establish one or more reference signatures, each reference signature being indicative of at least one reference impedance indicator associated with a respective body state for respective physical characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Richard Roland Carreon, Jack Gerald Cosentino
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Patent number: 11304610Abstract: A system for determining reference signatures for use in assisting identification of a body state in a biological subject, the system including at least one processing device that obtains reference data for each of a plurality of reference individuals, the reference data including at least one reference impedance indicator obtained by performing at least one impedance measurement on the reference individual, a body state indication indicative of any body states associated with the reference individual and characteristic data indicative of one or more physical characteristics of the reference individual and analyses the reference data to establish one or more reference signatures, each reference signature being indicative of at least one reference impedance indicator associated with a respective body state for respective physical characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Impedimed LimitedInventors: Richard Roland Carreon, Jack Gerald Cosentino
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Patent number: 11185239Abstract: A system for determining reference signatures for use in assisting identification of a body state in a biological subject, the system including at least one processing device that obtains reference data for each of a plurality of reference individuals, the reference data including at least one reference impedance indicator obtained by performing at least one impedance measurement on the reference individual, a body state indication indicative of any body states associated with the reference individual and characteristic data indicative of one or more physical characteristics of the reference individual and analyses the reference data to establish one or more reference signatures, each reference signature being indicative of at least one reference impedance indicator associated with a respective body state for respective physical characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: IMPEDIMED LIMITEDInventors: Richard Roland Carreon, Jack Gerald Cosentino
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Patent number: 10517588Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an anvil half-section and a cartridge-receiving half-section including an elongated channel member having a pair of opposed openings defined through sidewalls thereof. A disposable assembly including a single use loading unit and a single use firing unit is configured to be releasably supported within the cartridge-receiving half-section. The disposable assembly includes a stationary housing for supporting the firing unit which includes a distal extension for supporting the single use loading unit. The stationary housing includes a pair of flared tabs configured to be releasably received within the openings of the cartridge-receiving half-section to releasably engage the disposable assembly within the cartridge-receiving half-section.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Arvind Kumar Gupta, Nikhil R. Katre, Kiran Garikipati, Sekar Perumal, Rajesh T. Shelke, Cinish P. Varghese, Richard Roland Bueno
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Publication number: 20190357776Abstract: A system for determining reference signatures for use in assisting identification of a body state in a biological subject, the system including at least one processing device that obtains reference data for each of a plurality of reference individuals, the reference data including at least one reference impedance indicator obtained by performing at least one impedance measurement on the reference individual, a body state indication indicative of any body states associated with the reference individual and characteristic data indicative of one or more physical characteristics of the reference individual and analyses the reference data to establish one or more reference signatures, each reference signature being indicative of at least one reference impedance indicator associated with a respective body state for respective physical characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Richard Roland Carreon, Jack Gerals Cosentino
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Publication number: 20190183387Abstract: A system for managing subject data relating to a body status of a subject, the system including one or more subject databases storing subject data for a plurality of subjects, the subject data being indicative of body status indicator and measured body parameter values of the subject and one or more processing devices that receives collected subject data from a client device via a communications network, the client device receiving measurement data indicative of at least one measured body parameter value of a subject from a measuring device, and the collected subject data being indicative of at least one of the measurement data and the at least one measured body parameter value and determines an identity of the subject, updates the subject data for the subject using the collected subject data and retrieves retrieved subject data for the subject, the retrieved subject data being indicative of measured body parameter values for the respective subject and being used to derive a body status indicator indicative oType: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Jack Gerald Cosentino, Richard Roland Carreon
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Publication number: 20170325811Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an anvil half-section and a cartridge-receiving half-section including an elongated channel member having a pair of opposed openings defined through sidewalls thereof. A disposable assembly including a single use loading unit and a single use firing unit is configured to be releasably supported within the cartridge-receiving half-section. The disposable assembly includes a stationary housing for supporting the firing unit which includes a distal extension for supporting the single use loading unit. The stationary housing includes a pair of flared tabs configured to be releasably received within the openings of the cartridge-receiving half-section to releasably engage the disposable assembly within the cartridge-receiving half-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Arvind Kumar Gupta, Nikhil R. Katre, Kiran Garikipati, Sekar Perumal, Rajesh T. Shelke, Cinish P. Varghese, Richard Roland Bueno
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Patent number: 9724095Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an anvil half-section and a cartridge-receiving half-section including an elongated channel member having a pair of opposed openings defined through sidewalls thereof. A disposable assembly including a single use loading unit and a single use firing unit is configured to be releasably supported within the cartridge-receiving half-section. The disposable assembly includes a stationary housing for supporting the firing unit which includes a distal extension for supporting the single use loading unit. The stationary housing includes a pair of flared tabs configured to be releasably received within the openings of the cartridge-receiving half-section to releasably engage the disposable assembly within the cartridge-receiving half-section.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Arvind Kumar Gupta, Nikhik R. Katre, Kiran Garilkipati, Sekar Perumal, Rajesh T. Shelke, Cinish P. Varghese, Richard Roland Bueno
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Publication number: 20140275768Abstract: A minimally invasive viewing instrument including a cannula configured and adapted to house a scope having a lens. An attachment member including a skirt member is configured and adapted to maintain the lens of the scope at a distance away from the distal end of the skirt member to minimize the potential of lens contamination. Moreover, the materials shape, and/or contours of the skirt member is configured and adapted to divert the flow of bodily fluid away from the lens, thereby reducing the potential of lens contamination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: John Luttati, Michael J. Bettuchi, Richard Roland Bueno
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Publication number: 20130037595Abstract: A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an anvil half-section and a cartridge-receiving half-section including an elongated channel member having a pair of opposed openings defined through sidewalls thereof. A disposable assembly including a single use loading unit and a single use firing unit is configured to be releasably supported within the cartridge-receiving half-section. The disposable assembly includes a stationary housing for supporting the firing unit which includes a distal extension for supporting the single use loading unit. The stationary housing includes a pair of flared tabs configured to be releasably received within the openings of the cartridge-receiving half-section to releasably engage the disposable assembly within the cartridge-receiving half-section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: February 14, 2013Inventors: Arvind Kumar Gupta, Nikhil R. Katre, Kiran Garikipati, Sekar Perumal, Rajesh T. Shelke, Cinish P. Varghese, Richard Roland Bueno
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Patent number: 7119271Abstract: A photovoltaic cell or other optoelectronic device having a wide-bandgap semiconductor used in the window layer. This wider bandgap is achieved by using a semiconductor composition that is not lattice-matched to the cell layer directly beneath it and/or to the growth substrate. The wider bandgap of the window layer increases the transmission of short wavelength light into the emitter and base layers of the photovoltaic cell. This in turn increases the current generation in the photovoltaic cell. Additionally, the wider bandgap of the lattice mismatched window layer inhibits minority carrier injection and recombination in the window layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Richard Roland King, Peter C. Colter, James H. Ermer, Moran Haddad, Nasser H. Karam
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Publication number: 20040206873Abstract: An adapter that holds and stabilizes a fast food container in a standard cylindrical automobile cup holder to prevent spilling of its contents. A typical fast food container would be one that holds French fried potatoes. It has a lower rigid cylindrical member and two flexible upper members that are mechanically biased to return to their original position when they are not holding the container. The lower member fits into the automobile cup holder, and the flexible members hold a larger sized container temporarily in a fixed position. The adapter permits the larger sized container to be conveniently inserted and removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: Mark Pastore, Richard Roland
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Publication number: 20030145884Abstract: A photovoltaic cell or other optoelectronic device having a wide-bandgap semiconductor used in the window layer. This wider bandgap is achieved by using a semiconductor composition that is not lattice-matched to the cell layer directly beneath it and/or to the growth substrate. The wider bandgap of the window layer increases the transmission of short wavelength light into the emitter and base layers of the photovoltaic cell. This in turn increases the current generation in the photovoltaic cell. Additionally, the wider bandgap of the lattice mismatched window layer inhibits minority carrier injection and recombination in the window layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2003Publication date: August 7, 2003Inventors: Richard Roland King, Peter C. Colter, James H. Ermer, Moran Haddad, Nasser H. Karam
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Patent number: 6586669Abstract: A perfectly or approximately lattice-matched semiconductor layer for use in an electronic or optoelectronic device. Perfectly lattice-matched (“PLM”) semiconductor layers prevent or lessen the formation and propagation of crystal defects in semiconductor devices, defects that can decrease the performance characteristics of the device. For some semiconductors, the ability to optimize composition-dependent properties over the wider range of compositions that approximately lattice-matched (“ALM”) semiconductor layers allows is more advantageous than the lower strain and dislocation density encountered for PLM layers. In addition, PLM cell layers and ALM cell layers are also expected to result in improved radiation resistance characteristics for some semiconductor devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2001Date of Patent: July 1, 2003Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Richard Roland King, James H. Ermer, Peter Colter, Nasser H. Karam
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Publication number: 20030070707Abstract: A photovoltaic cell or other optoelectronic device having a wide-bandgap semiconductor used in the window layer. This wider bandgap is achieved by using a semiconductor composition that is not lattice-matched to the cell layer directly beneath it and/or to the growth substrate. The wider bandgap of the window layer increases the transmission of short wavelength light into the emitter and base layers of the photovoltaic cell. This in turn increases the current generation in the photovoltaic cell. Additionally, the wider bandgap of the lattice mismatched window layer inhibits minority carrier injection and recombination in the window layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2001Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: Richard Roland King, Peter C. Colter, James H. Ermer, Moran Haddad, Nasser H. Karam
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Publication number: 20020195137Abstract: A perfectly or approximately lattice-matched semiconductor layer for use in an electronic or optoelectronic device. Perfectly lattice-matched (“PLM”) semiconductor layers prevent or lessen the formation and propagation of crystal defects in semiconductor devices, defects that can decrease the performance characteristics of the device. For some semiconductors, the ability to optimize composition-dependent properties over the wider range of compositions that approximately lattice-matched (“ALM”) semiconductor layers allows is more advantageous than the lower strain and dislocation density encountered for PLM layers. In addition, PLM cell layers and ALM cell layers are also expected to result in improved radiation resistance characteristics for some semiconductor devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2001Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: Richard Roland King, James H. Ermer, Peter Colter, Nasser H. Karam
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Publication number: 20020098953Abstract: An exercise apparatus for performing squats is disclosed and includes in the preferred embodiment a frame, a base platform, a yoke assembly, a pair of weight carriages and a pair of universal joints. A pair of elongated handrails are attached to the frame. A pair of adjustable yoke catch/supports are operatively associated with the frame. A pair of vertical rods are disposed at each side of the frame for guiding the travel of the weight carriages when in use. The yoke assembly includes a padded neck and shoulder portion, with the shoulder pads being contoured. The weight carriages provide support for the weight plates. The location of the weight supports allow the weight plates to be disposed approximate to the height of the user's waist and closer to the user's center of gravity. A first universal joint connects the first weight carriage to the yoke assembly and a second universal joint connects the second carriage member to the yoke assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Applicant: TKO SPORTS GROUP, INC., a Canadian Corporation, Ontario CharterInventors: Armin James Scheewe, Richard Roland Lefebvre
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Patent number: 5900019Abstract: Apparatus for protecting memory storage blocks (page frames) against unwanted I/O accesses, including I/O data transferred in an unwanted direction. I/O storage keys are provided in an I/O protection array. Each I/O key is comprised of one or two bits and is associated with a respective storage block in computer memory. If the array contains two bit I/O keys, each key has 4 settings for controlling I/O accesses to an associated storage block; which: 1) inhibit an I/O access in the input direction of I/O data flow, 2) inhibit an I/O access in the output direction of I/O data flow, 3) allow I/O accesses in both directions, or 4) prevent all I/O accesses. If the array contains single bit I/O storage keys, each key has two settings, which: 1) prevent all I/O accesses in the associated storage block, or 2) allow all I/O accesses in the associated block. No I/O program keys are needed for controlling this type of I/O protection, which avoids key comparison operations by the I/O access protection apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1996Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Paul Gregory Greenstein, Richard Roland Guyette, John Ted Rodell
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Patent number: 5809546Abstract: I/O protection key processes for protecting storage blocks (page frames) in a shared main storage against unwanted I/O accesses. Independent CP (central processor) key protection may optionally be provided to protect the same storage against unwanted CP accesses. Processes are included for initializing, and addressing I/O buffers used by the I/O programs; each I/O buffer is comprised of a contiguous set of the blocks (page frames). The I/O keys may be used independently of any CP keys provided for protecting the same blocks against unwanted accesses by any CP in the system. The I/O keys must be supported by a hardware I/O storage array when only real (or absolute) addressing is used by I/O programs. However, the CP keys may be supported by either real CP keys in a second hardware key array; or alternatively the CP keys may be provided as virtual CP keys in a field in each page table entry (which is used for translating CP virtual addresses to CP real addresses).Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 1996Date of Patent: September 15, 1998Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Paul Gregory Greenstein, Richard Roland Guyette, John Ted Rodell
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Patent number: D526164Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Inventors: Mark Pastore, Richard Roland