Patents by Inventor Robert Connors

Robert Connors 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: 11957493
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a first portion and a second portion that translates and/or rotates with respect to the first portion. A first locking mechanism may prevent the second portion from translating with respect to the first portion, such as during transport of the system. A second locking mechanism may prevent the second portion from rotating with respect to the first portion, such as during transport and/or during an imaging scan. Further embodiments include a cable management system between the first and second portions, a spherically-shaped surface of a support gimbal and a user interface device for an imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Mobius Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene A. Gregerson, Russell Stanton, Paul Sebring, Michael Connor, Robert Powell
  • Patent number: 11950881
    Abstract: This invention is a smart bra for optical scanning of breast tissue which has light emitters which transmit light into breast tissue, light receivers which receive the light after it has been transmitted through the breast tissue, and expandable components which selectively move light emitters and/or receivers closer to the surface of a breast where there are air gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Holovsions LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20240108148
    Abstract: This invention is a device or system which modifies the temperatures of one or more climate zones on a bed using liquid-flow tubes (or channels) which are inside air-flow tubes (or channels). The locations and shapes of the climate zones can be customized by one or more people in the bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sleepme Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11944316
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are intrasacular aneurysm occlusion devices with nested proximal and distal meshes. A proximal mesh covers the aneurysm neck. A flexible distal mesh expands to fill even an irregularly-shaped aneurysm sac when it is expanded by the insertion of embolic members and/or material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Aneuclose LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20240090903
    Abstract: This invention can be embodied in a method and device for therapeutically-occluding a cerebral aneurysm. A method embodiment includes radially-constraining a tubular mesh to form proximal and distal convex portions of the mesh, collapsing the proximal portion into a concave (e.g. bowl) shape, and expanding the distal portion of the mesh within an aneurysm sac by filling it with embolic members and/or material. The expanded distal portion of the mesh holds the concave proximal portion securely against the aneurysm neck and conforms to the wall contours of even an irregularly-shaped aneurysm sac.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Aneuclose LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11925271
    Abstract: This invention is a device which creates adjustable acoustic and/or thermal zones in a bed to address sleep issues such as bed partner snoring and hot flashes. Adjustable acoustic bed zones can be created with a flexible movable partition which longitudinally spans a bed from an arch at the head of the bed to an arch at the foot of the bed. Adjustable thermal bed zones can be created with inflow and outflow flexible longitudinal air tubes which are inserted into a space between layers of bedding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sleepnea LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20240075042
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer (e.g., advanced solid cancer) using Compound No. 1 or Compound No. 2: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and pharmaceutical kits suitable for the treatment or prevention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Elizabeth BUCK, Matthew O'CONNOR, Darlene ROMASHKO, Tai-An LIN, Alexander FLOHR, Luca ARISTA, Iwona WRONA, Matthew LUCAS, Chris ROBERTS, Giorgio OTTAVIANI, Sherri SMITH, Nigel WATERS
  • Publication number: 20240065550
    Abstract: This invention is a method or system which uses machine learning and/or artificial intelligence (AI) to adjust, manage, and/or control the operation of one or more implanted medical devices. This method or system identifies the lagged effects of operating parameters of the one or more implanted medical devices on a person's biometric indicators and then adjusts the operating parameters of the one or more implanted medical devices to change the values of the biometric indicators in a desired direction and/or by a desired amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11915329
    Abstract: An online agricultural system manages and optimizes interactions of entities within the system to enable the execution of transaction and the transportation of crop products. The online agricultural system accesses historic and environmental data describing factors that may impact crop product transactions and/or transportation to determine market prices for crop products and crop product transportation. Responsive to receiving a request from an entity, the online agricultural system determines an optimal transaction for the entity, such as a price for selling a crop product, an available crop product for purchase, or a transportation opportunity to transport a crop product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: INDIGO AG, INC.
    Inventors: David Patrick Perry, Barry Loyd Knight, Eric Michael Jeck, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Neal Hitesh Rajdev, Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn, Robert Berendes, Nathan Post, Philip Gabriel Sheets-Poling, Rodney Connor, Jonathan Hennek, Ean Shaughnessy Wahl Mullins
  • Patent number: 11892286
    Abstract: This invention is Motion Recognition Clothing™ which measures the motion and/or configuration of a person's body using an energy-conducting mesh with a plurality of energy pathways. Energy input components direct energy into the pathways at a first set of locations. Energy sensors measure energy flow through the energy pathways from a second set of locations. As the person's body moves, the mesh stretches, elongates, and/or twists, which changes the flows of energy through pathways. These changes are then analyzed to estimate the motion and/or configuration of the person's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20240023970
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are intrasacular aneurysm occlusion devices with nested proximal and distal meshes. A proximal mesh covers the aneurysm neck. A flexible distal mesh expands to fill even an irregularly-shaped aneurysm sac when it is expanded by the insertion of embolic members and/or material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Aneuclose LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20240000383
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article of smart clothing which automatically recognizes body configuration and motion. This smart clothing includes inertial motion units which are distal relative to selected joints and also sets of strain sensors which span those joints. The type of energy transmitted through a strain sensor can be electrical energy or light energy. Combined multivariate analysis of data from both inertial motion units and strain sensors provides more accurate recognition of body configuration and motion than data from either alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11850052
    Abstract: This invention is a dry EEG electrode with an articulated distal base and/or a plurality of articulated conductive proximal protrusions which penetrate between strands of hair for good electromagnetic contact without causing discomfort or skin irritation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11853708
    Abstract: This invention is a method for detecting AI-written material which evaluates authorship more directly than purely machine-based methods of AI detection. This method automatically selects relatively-rare key words and/or phrases used in a submitted body of text which is asserted to have been written by a specific person and creates a test to measure understanding of those key words and/or phrases which is administered to that person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Holovisions LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20230389803
    Abstract: This device is a multi-layer smart bra or bra insert for optical detection of breast cancer. It has four layers: an air-gap-reducing layer; an optical layer with a plurality of light emitters and light detectors; an expandable layer; and a structural layer. Light from the light emitters which has been transmitted through and/or reflected from breast tissue and received by the light detectors is analyzed to detect and/or image abnormal breast tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Holovisions LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20230384825
    Abstract: This invention is a device with an expandable light-emitting display which is worn on a persons' wrist and/or lower arm. The expandable display can be a flexible display which can be rolled and then expanded by unrolling it out from a housing. In an example, the flexibility of the expandable second display can be adjusted. The second display can be made flexible so that is can be rolled around a roller, but can also be made rigid for use as a touch screen in an expanded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20230346284
    Abstract: This invention is a dry electrode for use on a hair-covered area of a person's head to record EEG signals or deliver neurostimulation. This dry electrode has a plurality of electroconductive protrusions which extend out from a base toward the surface of a person's head. These protrusions slide through hair without being so narrow that they do not get good electrical contact and without being so stiff that they are uncomfortable for extended wear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Publication number: 20230335253
    Abstract: A device, system, or method for estimating a person’s food consumption comprises two types of wearable sensors. A first type of sensor collects data to detect when the person consumes food. A second type of sensor is activated when data from the first type of sensor indicates that the person is consuming food. Data from these sensors are analyzed to estimate the types and amounts of food consumed by the person. This device, system, or method then provides feedback and/or coaching to the person to improve their eating habits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11754542
    Abstract: This invention is a system for nutritional monitoring and management which includes a camera, a spectroscopic sensor, a fiducial component, a wearable biometric sensor, a smart utensil or dish, a passive feedback mechanism which provides a person with information concerning food item types and/or quantities, and an active stimulus mechanism which modifies the person's food-related physiological processes. This system can help a person to improve their dietary habits and health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 11754843
    Abstract: This invention is augmented reality eyewear with a radial, honeycomb, or nested-ring array of selectively-movable reflective elements. These reflective elements can each be moved from a first configuration which is parallel to a line of sight from an eye to a second configuration which is perpendicular to this line of sight. The second configuration reflects light displaying a virtual image to the eye and blocks environmental light in the area of the virtual image. Since light from the environment does not shine through the virtual object, the virtual object appears solid instead of “ghost like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Holovisions LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor