Patents by Inventor Richard A. Thompson

Richard A. Thompson 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: 11883002
    Abstract: A system includes an endoscope connector and an endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector includes a first portion. The first portion includes a first magnetic coupling element and a first planar portion that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope connector. The endoscope adapter includes a second planar portion. The second planar portion includes a second magnetic coupling element and a substantially planar surface that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector is non-mechanically attachable to the endoscope adapter using the first magnetic coupling element and the second magnetic coupling element. The first planar portion is alignable with the second planar portion such that: electroconductive contacts of the endoscope connector are axially aligned with electroconductive pins of the endoscope adapter and a port of the endoscope connector is axially aligned with a corresponding insertion port of the endoscope adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anina Cooter, Michael Kloter, Evan M. Leingang, Kevin R. Lochner, Indrek-Toomas Polluks, Marko Radosevic, Jeremy Roth, Reed O. Saunders, Thomas A. Tedham, Richard A. Thompson, II, Chase Van Rossen
  • Publication number: 20240001382
    Abstract: A hand held spray dispenser in which air and liquid are pressurised towards a turbulence chamber and wherein air is introduced into the liquid adjacent to an inlet orifice of the turbulence chamber and the mixture passes through the inlet orifice into the turbulence chamber before being expelled through an exit orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Robert AITKEN, Sebastian ALVAREZ, Sjoerd Paul HOIJINCK, Eduardo CARVALHAL LAGE VON BUETTNER RISTOW, Guy Richard THOMPSON
  • Patent number: 11850369
    Abstract: A catheter including a loop member adjustment mechanism for adjusting a diameter of a loop member is provided. The catheter further includes a longitudinally-extending catheter shaft including a proximal end portion and a distal end deflectable portion, wherein the distal end deflectable portion includes the loop member. The loop adjustment mechanism includes a loop member pull wire, wherein a distal end of the loop member pull wire is attached to the loop member, and a sliding member, located within the handle, wherein the sliding member is configured to translate within the handle, and wherein a proximal end of the pull wire is attached to the sliding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett A. Hillukka, Varun Bansal, Evan Michael Leingang, Richard A. Thompson, II
  • Publication number: 20230381043
    Abstract: Some systems, devices and methods detailed herein provide adjustable restraint device maintaining a selected position of a person relative to a support structure, for example, to maintain a safe and customizable patient position during a surgical procedure or during medical transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Volz, Adam Troness, Richard A. Thompson, II, Jacob Wilson, Ryan Lawrence Smith
  • Publication number: 20230346374
    Abstract: Embodiments include an end effector including an anvil that includes a first end, a second end, and an anvil face positionable on the first side of an anatomical structure, a cartridge operably configured to house a plurality of staples, the cartridge comprising a first end, a second end, and a cartridge face positionable on the second side of the anatomical structure. The end effector includes a blade assembly comprising a blade, a beam, and a nut, the blade comprising a first side and a second side joined at a cutting edge. The end effector includes first and second electrodes coupled to the first side of the blade and an electrosurgical power generating source in electrical communication with the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Trevor Jon Barton, Adam Robert Dunki-Jacobs, Robert Taylor Means, III, Jonathan Richard Thompson
  • Patent number: 11784912
    Abstract: A request from a client device is received at a first one of a plurality of compute nodes at a first one of a plurality of data centers of a distributed cloud computing network. A destination of the request is determined. An optimized route for transmitting the request toward an origin server that corresponds with the destination of the request is determined, where the optimized route is based on at least in part on probe data between data centers of the distributed cloud computing network for a plurality of transit connections, and where the optimized route has an IP address that encodes an identification of which of the plurality of transit connections is to be used to deliver the request. The request is transmitted to a next hop as defined by the optimized route over the identified one of the plurality of transit connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.
    Inventors: Braden Ehrat, Jay A. Kreibich, Jérôme Fleury, Michael Vanderwater, Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Richard Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230277752
    Abstract: A fat harvesting systems and related methods of harvesting and reinjecting fat that provides a medical professional with multiple technique options. Harvested fat can be subjected to a variety of pre-reinjection preparation steps within a single, self contained reservoir such that the potential for contaminating the harvested fat is avoided. The fat harvesting system can be completely self-contained kit requiring no additional external systems or alternatively, can utilize available surgical suite systems, for example, vacuum to successfully harvest, prepare and reinject fat cells. The fat harvesting system can size harvested fat cells so as to be especially desirable for different injection locations in the body. The fat harvesting system is a single use, disposable system that requires no sterilization equipment and recovered and sized fat cells are maintained in a sanitary environment so as to avoid contamination that could result in having to discard recovered fat cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Karan Chopra, Joseph M. Gryskiewicz, Richard A. Thompson, II, Reed O. Saunders, Evan M. Leingang, Thomas A. Tedham, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Jacob T. Wilson, Brett J. Herdegen, Jason N. Scherer, Landon Hove Dinger, Justin A. Barbot
  • Patent number: 11679198
    Abstract: A fat harvesting system and related methods of harvesting and reinjecting fat that provides a medical professional with multiple technique options. Harvested fat can be subjected to a variety of pre-reinjection preparation steps within a single, self-contained reservoir such that the potential for contaminating the harvested fat is avoided. The fat harvesting system can be completely self-contained kit requiring no additional external systems or alternatively, can utilize available surgical suite systems, for example, vacuum to successfully harvest, prepare and reinject fat cells. The fat harvesting system can size harvested fat cells so as to be especially desirable for different injection locations in the body. The fat harvesting system is a single use, disposable system that requires no sterilization equipment and recovered and sized fat cells are maintained in a sanitary environment so as to avoid contamination that could result in having to discard recovered fat cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Chopra Gryskiewicz, LLC
    Inventors: Karan Chopra, Joseph M. Gryskiewicz, Richard A. Thompson, II, Reed O. Saunders, Evan M. Leingang, Thomas A. Tedham, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Jacob T. Wilson, Brett J. Herdegen, Jason N. Scherer, Landon Hove Dinger, Justin A. Barbot
  • Publication number: 20230134974
    Abstract: A request from a client device is received at a first one of a plurality of compute nodes at a first one of a plurality of data centers of a distributed cloud computing network. A destination of the request is determined. An optimized route for transmitting the request toward an origin server that corresponds with the destination of the request is determined, where the optimized route is based on at least in part on probe data between data centers of the distributed cloud computing network for a plurality of transit connections, and where the optimized route has an IP address that encodes an identification of which of the plurality of transit connections is to be used to deliver the request. The request is transmitted to a next hop as defined by the optimized route over the identified one of the plurality of transit connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Braden Ehrat, Jay A. Kreibich, Jérôme Fleury, Michael Vanderwater, Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Richard Thompson
  • Patent number: 11638670
    Abstract: Some systems, devices and methods detailed herein provide adjustable restraint device maintaining a selected position of a person relative to a support structure, for example, to maintain a safe and customizable patient position during a surgical procedure or during medical transport. For example, in particular embodiments, the adjustable restraint devices can be releasably lockable at a customized position along the surgical table and can be conveniently manipulated to a curved or other customized configuration (e.g., to engage with a patient's limb) before being releasably locked into that particular customized configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Volz Surgical Consulting Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Volz, Adam Troness, Richard A. Thompson, II, Jacob Wilson, Ryan Lawrence Smith
  • Publication number: 20230074215
    Abstract: A system includes an endoscope connector and an endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector includes a first portion. The first portion includes a first magnetic coupling element and a first planar portion that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope connector. The endoscope adapter includes a second planar portion. The second planar portion includes a second magnetic coupling element and a substantially planar surface that is perpendicular to an axial direction of the endoscope adapter. The endoscope connector is non-mechanically attachable to the endoscope adapter using the first magnetic coupling element and the second magnetic coupling element. The first planar portion is alignable with the second planar portion such that: electroconductive contacts of the endoscope connector are axially aligned with electroconductive pins of the endoscope adapter and a port of the endoscope connector is axially aligned with a corresponding insertion port of the endoscope adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Anina COOTER, Michael KLOTER, Evan M. LEINGANG, Kevin R. LOCHNER, Indrek-Toomas POLLUKS, Marko RADOSEVIC, Jeremy ROTH, Reed O. SAUNDERS, Thomas A. TEDHAM, Richard A. THOMPSON, II, Chase VAN ROSSEN
  • Patent number: 11583778
    Abstract: A game-hosting service of a service provider network is configured to place game sessions on fleets of virtual machine (VM) instances using a value-based approach. In order to place a game session on a fleet, the game-hosting service may determine one or more attributes of the game session request, such as player attributes and/or game attributes. The game-hosting service may also determine available fleets of VM instances allocated to a subscriber associated with the game session request, which may be located across disparate geographical regions. A value(s) may be determined based on the attributes of the game session request, and the value(s) may be used to select a fleet of the available fleets for hosting the game session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Scott Pare, Joseph Richard Thompson, Bruce Erwin Brown, Alexander Lambertus Eusman, Brian J Schuster, Christopher Byskal
  • Patent number: 11571618
    Abstract: A multi-region game server fleet may span a plurality of computing regions including a home computing region and one or more remote computing regions. A fleet management service operating in the home computing region may receive a request to perform a modification to the multi-region game server fleet, such as adding an additional remote computing region, removing an existing remote computing region, or making a configuration change. The modification may be performed, at least in part, by one or more region specific worker processes hosted in the home region. The fleet management service operating in the home computing region may also receive a request to perform an interaction with a specific remote region game server. An instruction corresponding to the interaction may be transmitted, by a region-specific computing function hosted in the home region, to the specific remote region game server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Brian J. Schuster, Akshay Gopal Shetty, Xiaohang Miao, Jonathan Robert Bush, Joseph Richard Thompson, Dajun Duan
  • Patent number: 11571619
    Abstract: A multi-region game server fleet may span a plurality of computing regions including a home computing region and one or more remote computing regions. A fleet management service operating in the home computing region may receive a request to perform a modification to the multi-region game server fleet, such as adding an additional remote computing region, removing an existing remote computing region, or making a configuration change. The modification may be performed, at least in part, by one or more region specific worker processes hosted in the home region. The fleet management service operating in the home computing region may also receive a request to perform an interaction with a specific remote region game server. An instruction corresponding to the interaction may be transmitted, by a region-specific computing function hosted in the home region, to the specific remote region game server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Brian J. Schuster, Akshay Gopal Shetty, Xiaohang Miao, Jonathan Robert Bush, Joseph Richard Thompson, Dajun Duan
  • Patent number: 11517714
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medical device comprising an actuator restraining assembly configured to assist in restraining a catheter shaft in a deflected configuration. The actuator restraining assembly may include a brake element, a release element, a connecting sheath, and a connecting rod disposed in a catheter handle, wherein the connecting sheath and connecting rod are attached to an actuator mechanism, and wherein the at brake element is attached to the connecting sheath and the release element is attached to the connecting rod. The brake element is sized and configured to contact an inner wall of the handle to thereby provide resistance to movement of actuator mechanism in a proximal direction with respect to the handle. In one embodiment, the actuator restraining assembly is configured to allow for temporary, i.e., reversible, restraining of the catheter shaft in the deflected configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett A. Hillukka, Evan M. Leingang, Richard A. Thompson, II
  • Patent number: 11504617
    Abstract: A game-streaming service of a service provider network is configured to assign virtual machine (VM) instances to game streaming requests using a value-based approach. In order to assign a VM instance to a game streaming request for streaming a game to a client device of a player associated with the game streaming request, the game-streaming service may determine one or more attributes of the game streaming request, such as player attributes and/or game attributes. The game-streaming service may also determine available VM instances allocated to a subscriber associated with the game streaming request, which may be located across disparate geographical regions. A value(s) may be determined based on the attributes of the game streaming request, and the value(s) may be used to select one of the available VM instances for streaming the game as part of a corresponding game session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Scott Pare, Joseph Richard Thompson, Bruce Erwin Brown, Alexander Lambertus Eusman, Brian J Schuster, Christopher Byskal
  • Publication number: 20220347374
    Abstract: A fat harvesting system and related methods of harvesting and reinjecting fat that provides a medical professional with multiple technique options. Harvested fat can be subjected to a variety of pre-reinjection preparation steps within a single, self-contained reservoir such that the potential for contaminating the harvested fat is avoided. The fat harvesting system can be completely self-contained kit requiring no additional external systems or alternatively, can utilize available surgical suite systems, for example, vacuum to successfully harvest, prepare and reinject fat cells. The fat harvesting system can size harvested fat cells so as to be especially desirable for different injection locations in the body. The fat harvesting system is a single use, disposable system that requires no sterilization equipment and recovered and sized fat cells are maintained in a sanitary environment so as to avoid contamination that could result in having to discard recovered fat cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Karan Chopra, Joseph M. Gryskiewicz, Richard A. Thompson, II, Reed O. Saunders, Evan M. Leingang, Thomas A. Tedham, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Jacob T. Wilson, Brett J. Herdegen, Jason N. Scherer, Landon Hove Dinger
  • Patent number: 11484692
    Abstract: A method for maintaining a balloon of a balloon catheter at a prescribed pressure of between about 0.2 psi and 1 psi comprises the step of: generating a vacuum within a reservoir defined in a burette that is part of a fluid management system that is configured to controllably inflating and deflating the balloon by circulating balloon fill media along a fluid circuit, wherein generating the vacuum results in formation of a pressure differential along the fluid circuit, thereby allowing the balloon to be maintained at the prescribed pressure between about 0.2 psi and about 1 psi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: CARDIOFOCUS, INC.
    Inventors: Sergei Babko-Malyi, Brian Estabrook, Gerald Melsky, Richard Thompson
  • Patent number: 11478264
    Abstract: The teachings herein provide an instrument comprising a forceps. The forceps comprise a hand piece; a tubular member connected to the hand piece; and a jaw assembly connected to the hand piece. The jaw assembly includes a first jaw element and a second jaw element. The first jaw element includes a gripping section and a flexing section. The flexing section includes an arcuate section. The second jaw element opposes the first jaw element and includes a gripping section. The tubular member is moveable onto the arcuate section of the first jaw element so that the flexing section of the first jaw element is flexed and the jaw assembly is moved into a closed position. The first jaw element, the second jaw element, or both include a stiffening spine so that the jaw assembly is substantially rigid in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil M. Murdeshwar, John R. Mensch, Zane R. Ward, Kester J. Batchelor, Richard A. Thompson, II, Evan M. Leingang, Jeffrey J. Nelson
  • Patent number: 11471571
    Abstract: Embodiments of a canister for a negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods for operating the systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, the canister includes a receptacle for receiving wound exudate. A filter stack is interposed between the receptacle and the pump assembly and provides a fluid flow path therebetween. The flow path is more easily navigable by gas than by liquid, thereby allowing the pump assembly to apply a negative pressure to the canister without aspirating wound exudate into filters housed within the filter stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
    Inventors: Lars Runquist, Evan Leingang, Richard A. Thompson, II, Thom Tedham