Patents by Inventor Richard Thompson
Richard 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).
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Publication number: 20240153361Abstract: A bi-optic data reader has a horizontal housing portion including a horizontal reading window, a vertical housing portion including a vertical reading window disposed between a left panel area and a right panel area of a body of the vertical housing portion, and a weigh platter having a horizontal weigh surface extending over the horizontal housing portion, and a crown extending over the vertical housing portion including overhanging portions that extend over the left panel area and the right panel area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Ryan Thompson, Richard Neel, Alan Shearin, Mohamed Hamidat, Matt Monte, Anne Kelley
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Publication number: 20240111450Abstract: A computer-implemented method for effectively delivering notifications in data storage environments includes, receiving, by a storage controller from a host system, a request to register the host system with the storage controller to receive notifications. These notifications may be associated with a selected type of event detected by the storage controller. In certain embodiments, the selected type of event is a space-related condition associated with a particular storage resource controlled by the storage controller. The computer-implemented method registers the host system with the storage controller. In response to detecting an event of the selected type on the storage controller, the computer-implemented method transmits a notification from the storage controller to the host system to provide notice of the event. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Beth Ann Peterson, Matthew Richard Craig, John G. Thompson, John R. Paveza, Nicolas Marc Clayton, Terry O'Connor, David Michael Shackelford
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Patent number: 11937818Abstract: An end effector for use by a surgeon to staple an anatomical structure of a patient during a surgical procedure includes an anvil and a cartridge. Each of the anvil and the cartridge has a face that is positionable on the anatomical structure. The anvil is coupled to the cartridge at first and second ends. The anvil is movable relative to the cartridge to define a first gap between the faces at the first ends that is different from a second gap between the faces at the second ends.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Standard Bariatrics, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Thompson, Bennie Thompson, Richard P. Nuchols, Russell L. Holscher
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Publication number: 20240090748Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20240091800Abstract: A hand held spray dispenser in which air and liquid are pressurised towards a mixing chamber by energy generated by a manual activation element that is rotated with a unidirectional twist to energise one or more energy storage bodies, energy from which is released to generate sufficient air pressure and air flow and sufficient liquid flow for a spray to be formed from the air-liquid mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Andrew Robert AITKEN, Sebastian ALVAREZ, Sjoerd Paul HOIJINCK, Eduardo CARVALHAL LAGE VON BUETTNER RISTOW, Guy Richard THOMPSON
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Publication number: 20240084235Abstract: An organomimetic device includes a microfluidic device that can be used to culture cells in its microfluidic channels. The organomimetic device can be part of dynamic system that can apply mechanical forces to the cells by modulating the microfluidic device and the flow of fluid through the microfluidic channels. The membrane in the organomimetic device can be modulated mechanically via pneumatic means and/or mechanical means. The organomimetic device can be manufactured by the fabrication of individual components separately, for example, as individual layers that can be subsequently laminated together.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Jose Fernandez-Alcon, Norman Wen, Richard Novak, Donald E. Ingber, Geraldine A. Hamilton, Christopher Hinojosa, Karel Domansky, Daniel Levner, Guy Thompson, II, Kambez Hajipouran Benam, Remi Villenave, Thomas Umundum, Alfred Paris, Georg Bauer
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Publication number: 20240069005Abstract: A method includes determining, using a processing device, a set of observations from coolant data, the coolant data being received from one or more sensors in an environment associated with a coolant. The method further includes determining, using a machine learning model and the set of observations, a contamination level of the coolant. The method also includes initiating an operation, using the processing device, responsive to determining the coolant contamination level.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Ryan Kelsey Albright, William Andrew Mecham, Tahir Cader, Michael Scott Thompson, Aaron Richard Carkin, William Ryan Weese, Benjamin Joseph Goska, Marc Davis
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Patent number: 11896666Abstract: This invention relates to adjuvant formulations comprising various combinations of triterpenoids, sterols, immunomodulators, polymers, and Th2 stimulators; methods for making the adjuvant compositions; and the use of the adjuvant formulations in immunogenic and vaccine compositions with different antigens. This invention further relates to the use of the formulations in the treatment of animals.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Zoetis Services LLCInventors: Paul Joseph Dominowski, Ramasamy Mannar Mannan, Richard Lee Krebs, James Richard Thompson, Tedd Alan Childers, Mary Kathryn Olsen, Robert John Yancey, Jr., Risini Dhammika Weeratna, Shucheng Zhang, Cedo Martin Bagi
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Patent number: 11895009Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.Inventors: Braden Ehrat, Jay A. Kreibich, Jérôme Fleury, Michael Vanderwater, Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Richard Thompson
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Patent number: 11883002Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KGInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20240001382Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Andrew Robert AITKEN, Sebastian ALVAREZ, Sjoerd Paul HOIJINCK, Eduardo CARVALHAL LAGE VON BUETTNER RISTOW, Guy Richard THOMPSON
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Patent number: 11850369Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.Inventors: Brett A. Hillukka, Varun Bansal, Evan Michael Leingang, Richard A. Thompson, II
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Publication number: 20230381043Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Lawrence T. Volz, Adam Troness, Richard A. Thompson, II, Jacob Wilson, Ryan Lawrence Smith
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Publication number: 20230346374Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Trevor Jon Barton, Adam Robert Dunki-Jacobs, Robert Taylor Means, III, Jonathan Richard Thompson
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Patent number: 11784912Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: CLOUDFLARE, INC.Inventors: Braden Ehrat, Jay A. Kreibich, Jérôme Fleury, Michael Vanderwater, Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Richard Thompson
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Publication number: 20230277752Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 11679198Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Chopra Gryskiewicz, LLCInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20230134974Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Braden Ehrat, Jay A. Kreibich, Jérôme Fleury, Michael Vanderwater, Nicholas Alexander Wondra, Richard Thompson
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Patent number: 11638670Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Volz Surgical Consulting Inc.Inventors: Lawrence T. Volz, Adam Troness, Richard A. Thompson, II, Jacob Wilson, Ryan Lawrence Smith
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Publication number: 20230074215Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: 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