Patents by Inventor Robert Foster
Robert Foster 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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Patent number: 10278817Abstract: A delivery device usable to deliver an inverting implant is provided that includes a positioning mechanism that automatically initiates the inversion process once a predetermined length of the implant has exited a delivery catheter. The positioning mechanism allows the implant to be safely and accurately deployed with reduced operator experience and in a greater variety of target locations.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: HLT, Inc.Inventors: Dale K. Nelson, John P. Gainor, Evan M. Leingang, Robert Foster Wilson, Cassandra Ann Piipo Svendsen
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Patent number: 10270170Abstract: An antenna system is provided, including a first antenna, a second antenna, a ground plane, and a resonant isolator located proximate to the first antenna and the second antenna. The resonant isolator is coupled to the ground plane at or proximate to one current null point created by a first antenna and at or proximate to a second current null point created by a second antenna, and is configured to isolate the first antenna from the second antenna at a resonance. In some cases, the resonant isolator may include at least two conductive portions that may be substantially parallel to one another. The resonant isolator may also include an active tuning element that may change the resonance at which the resonant isolator de-couples the two antennas. In some cases, each of the antennas may be a capacitively-coupled compound loop antenna.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Inventors: Matthew Robert Foster, Jonathan Neil Bringuier, Ryan James Orsi, Forrest James Brown, Alexandre Dupuy
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Patent number: 10251543Abstract: An optometry apparatus includes an eye chart presentation optical system that presents an optometric chart to an eye to be examined as a subjective eye chart for subjective measurement and a control unit that controls the eye chart presentation optical system to present the optometric chart. The control unit executes an instant presentation of the optometric chart by controlling the eye chart presentation optical system to finish presenting the optometric chart when an instant presentation time has elapsed after starting presenting the optometric chart.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Robert Foster, Mutsutaka Ishihara, Wataru Umeji
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Publication number: 20180360604Abstract: A stentless support structure capable of being at least partly assembled in situ. The support structure comprises a braided tube that is very flexible and, when elongated, becomes very long and very small in diameter, thereby being capable of placement within a small diameter catheter. The support structure is preferably constructed of one or more thin strands of a super-elastic or shape memory material such as Nitinol. When released from the catheter, the support structure folds itself into a longitudinally compact configuration. The support structure thus gains significant strength as the number of folds increase. This radial strength obviates the need for a support stent. The support structure may include attachment points for a prosthetic valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: HLT, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Thill, Robert Foster Wilson, John P. Gainor, Christopher M. Banick
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Patent number: 10080655Abstract: A stentless support structure capable of being at least partly assembled in situ. The support structure comprises a braided tube that is very flexible and, when elongated, becomes very long and very small in diameter, thereby being capable of placement within a small diameter catheter. The support structure is preferably constructed of one or more thin strands of a super-elastic or shape memory material such as Nitinol. When released from the catheter, the support structure folds itself into a longitudinally compact configuration. The support structure thus gains significant strength as the number of folds increase. This radial strength obviates the need for a support stent. The support structure may include attachment points for a prosthetic valve.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: HLT, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Thill, Robert Foster Wilson, John P. Gainor, Christopher M. Banick
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Patent number: 10050969Abstract: A method of authenticating a user so that the user can access a website without entering a unique user credential. A user accesses a target and is presented with an authentication code and an address, and the user sends a message containing the authentication code to that address. Alternatively, the user is pre-supplied with an address and is presented only with an authentication code when the user accesses the target. The user's identity is authenticated by comparing an aspect of the metadata of the message with known metadata aspects, and the user is authenticated by comparing the authentication key presented to the user with the one received in the message. Both the user and the user's identity are authenticated in a single step without requiring the user to input any unique user credential.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: TEXTPOWER, INC.Inventors: Robert Foster, Scott Goldman, Mark Nielsen
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Patent number: 10022221Abstract: A stentless support structure capable of being at least partly assembled in situ. The support structure comprises a braided tube that is very flexible and, when elongated, becomes very long and very small in diameter, thereby being capable of placement within a small diameter catheter. The support structure is preferably constructed of one or more thin strands of a super-elastic or shape memory material such as Nitinol. When released from the catheter, the support structure folds itself into a longitudinally compact configuration. The support structure thus gains significant strength as the number of folds increase. This radial strength obviates the need for a support stent. The support structure may include attachment points for a prosthetic valve.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: HLT, Inc.Inventors: John Gainor, Gary A. Thill, Robert Foster Wilson, Christopher M. Banick
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Publication number: 20180028312Abstract: A stentless support structure capable of being at least partly assembled in situ. The support structure comprises a braided tube that is very flexible and, when elongated, becomes very long and very small in diameter, thereby being capable of placement within a small diameter catheter. The support structure is preferably constructed of one or more thin strands of a super-elastic or shape memory material such as Nitinol. When released from the catheter, the support structure folds itself into a longitudinally compact configuration. The support structure thus gains significant strength as the number of folds increase. This radial strength obviates the need for a support stent. The support structure may include attachment points for a prosthetic valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: HLT, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Thill, Robert Foster Wilson, John P. Gainor, Christopher M. Banick
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Patent number: 9877829Abstract: An intravascular cuff acts as a lining between a native vessel and an intravascular prosthetic device. During deployment, the ends of the cuff curl back upon themselves and are capable of trapping native tissue, such as valve leaflet tissue, between the ends. The cuff creates a seal between the vessel and the prosthetic, thereby preventing leakage around the prosthetic. The cuff also traps any embolic material dislodged from the vessel during expansion of the prosthetic.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: HLT, Inc.Inventors: Robert Foster Wilson, John P. Gainor
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Patent number: 9827095Abstract: A stentless support structure capable of being at least partly assembled in situ. The support structure comprises a braided tube that is very flexible and, when elongated, becomes very long and very small in diameter, thereby being capable of placement within a small diameter catheter. The support structure is preferably constructed of one or more thin strands of a super-elastic or shape memory material such as Nitinol. When released from the catheter, the support structure folds itself into a longitudinally compact configuration. The support structure thus gains significant strength as the number of folds increase. This radial strength obviates the need for a support stent. The support structure may include attachment points for a prosthetic valve.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: HLT, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Thill, Robert Foster Wilson, John P. Gainor, Christopher M. Banick
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Patent number: 9814575Abstract: A stentless support structure capable of being at least partly assembled in situ. The support structure comprises a braided tube that is very flexible and, when elongated, becomes very long and very small in diameter, thereby being capable of placement within a small diameter catheter. The support structure is preferably constructed of one or more thin strands of a super-elastic or shape memory material such as Nitinol. When released from the catheter, the support structure folds itself into a longitudinally compact configuration. The support structure thus gains significant strength as the number of folds increase. This radial strength obviates the need for a support stent. The support structure may include attachment points for a prosthetic valve.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: HLT, Inc.Inventors: Gary A. Thill, Robert Foster Wilson, John P. Gainor, Christopher M. Banick
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Patent number: 9799956Abstract: A three-dimensional compound loop antenna is provided, including a ground plane, a pair of horizontal conductive portions substantially horizontal relative to the ground plane, a feed line substantially vertical relative to the ground plane, and a vertical conductive portion coupling the pair of horizontal conductive portions to the ground plane.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: DOCKON AGInventors: Ryan James Orsi, Matthew Robert Foster
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Patent number: 9795478Abstract: A delivery device usable to deliver an inverting implant is provided that includes a positioning mechanism that automatically initiates the inversion process once a predetermined length of the implant has exited a delivery catheter. The positioning mechanism allows the implant to be safely and accurately deployed with reduced operator experience and in a greater variety of target locations.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: HLT, Inc.Inventors: Robert Foster Wilson, Cassandra Ann Piippo Svendsen, Dale K. Nelson, John P. Gainor
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Publication number: 20170265999Abstract: An intravascular cuff acts as a lining between a native vessel and an intravascular prosthetic device. During deployment, the ends of the cuff curl back upon themselves and are capable of trapping native tissue, such as valve leaflet tissue, between the ends. The cuff creates a seal between the vessel and the prosthetic, thereby preventing leakage around the prosthetic. The cuff also traps any embolic material dislodged from the vessel during expansion of the prosthetic.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: HLT, Inc.Inventors: Robert Foster Wilson, John P. Gainor
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Patent number: 9748651Abstract: Source radio frequency energy (RF) is coupled wirelessly, with no direct physical contact, between two compound loop (CPL) antennas across a variety of barriers such as plastic, human tissues, glass, and air. The compound coupling interface is highly efficient in transferring the RF energy from a source including one CPL antenna to a destination including a second CPL antenna. A re-radiating structure including a further CPL antenna or a different type of antenna may be connected on the destination side to completely physically isolate the source side from the destination side. When the destination coupling antenna is removed, the source coupling antenna may operate as an efficient radiator at the desired operating frequencies. Likewise, the destination coupling antenna may operate as an efficient radiator in the absence of the source coupling antenna.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: DOCKON AGInventors: Ryan James Orsi, Matthew Robert Foster, Gregory Poilasne, Bryan Joseph Justice, Jonathan Neil Bringuier
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Patent number: 9618118Abstract: An air seal assembly for an aircraft control surface comprises a bulb-type air seal, a mounting bracket and a fastener. The bulb-type air seal has a hollow bulb portion, a T-shaped mounting extension, and a first through hole extending through the T-shaped mounting extension. The mounting bracket has a T-shaped channel configured to slidingly receive the T-shaped mounting extension of the air seal and a second through hole. The fastener has a head at one end and an opposite exposed end sized for extending through the first through hole in the T-shaped mounting extension and through the second through hole in the mounting bracket. The exposed end is accessible to tighten the fastener against the bracket to keep the air seal in place within the T-shaped channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Alaska Airlines, Inc.Inventors: Scott Robert Foster, Eiji Sugi, Harold Demarest, Jr.
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Publication number: 20170079791Abstract: A delivery device usable to deliver an inverting implant is provided that includes a positioning mechanism that automatically initiates the inversion process once a predetermined length of the implant has exited a delivery catheter. The positioning mechanism allows the implant to be safely and accurately deployed with reduced operator experience and in a greater variety of target locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: HLT, Inc.Inventors: Dale K. Nelson, John P. Gainor, Evan M. Leingang, Robert Foster Wilson, Cassandra Ann Piipo Svendsen
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Publication number: 20170062932Abstract: An antenna system is provided, including a first antenna, a second antenna, a ground plane, and a resonant isolator located proximate to the first antenna and the second antenna. The resonant isolator is coupled to the ground plane at or proximate to one current null point created by a first antenna and at or proximate to a second current null point created by a second antenna, and is configured to isolate the first antenna from the second antenna at a resonance. In some cases, the resonant isolator may include at least two conductive portions that may be substantially parallel to one another. The resonant isolator may also include an active tuning element that may change the resonance at which the resonant isolator de-couples the two antennas. In some cases, each of the antennas may be a capacitively-coupled compound loop antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Matthew Robert FOSTER, Jonathan Neil BRINGUIER, Ryan James ORSI, Forrest James BROWN, Alexandre DUPUY
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Patent number: 9566154Abstract: A delivery device usable to deliver an inverting implant is provided that includes a positioning mechanism that automatically initiates the inversion process once a predetermined length of the implant has exited a delivery catheter. The positioning mechanism allows the implant to be safely and accurately deployed with reduced operator experience and in a greater variety of target locations.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: HLT, Inc.Inventors: Joseph S. Czyscon, Evan M. Leingang, Robert Foster Wilson, John P. Gainor
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Publication number: 20170041320Abstract: A method of authenticating a user so that the user can access a website without entering a unique user credential. A user accesses a target and is presented with an authentication code and an address, and the user sends a message containing the authentication code to that address. Alternatively, the user is pre-supplied with an address and is presented only with an authentication code when the user accesses the target. The user's identity is authenticated by comparing an aspect of the metadata of the message with known metadata aspects, and the user is authenticated by comparing the authentication key presented to the user with the one received in the message. Both the user and the user's identity are authenticated in a single step without requiring the user to input any unique user credential.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Robert Foster, Scott Goldman, Mark Nielsen