Patents by Inventor Robert Gilbert
Robert Gilbert 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: 11957330Abstract: Medical devices for cinching and cutting one or more suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a shaft, a sleeve attached to the shaft, cutter slidable within the sleeve, a cinch sleeve releasably coupled to the sleeve, and a cinch member. An elongated inner shaft may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the elongated shaft, sleeve, cutter, cinch sleeve, and cinch member. The inner shaft may be actuated to cinch and cut one or more suture disposed within the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Ryan V. Wales, Christopher R. Deuel, Kevin L. Bagley, Kathryn Venuto, Stan Robert Gilbert
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Publication number: 20240118537Abstract: Provided herein is a photonic integrated circuit and methods for controlling a photonic integrated circuit that can utilize the resonant frequency of one or more components of the photonic integrated circuit to enhance the response of the circuit. At least one component of the photonic integrated circuit can be driven by an electrical signal whose frequency is substantially equal to the mechanical resonance frequency of the component such that the response of the optical component is increased. The component of the photonic integrated circuit can include a phase shifter that can impart a phase shift on a received optical signal. By driving the phase shifter with an electrical signal that is equal to the mechanical resonance frequency of the optical phase shifter, less power can be required to impart a desired phase shift on a received optical signal. The optical components can be implemented using piezoelectric cantilevers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicants: The MITRE Corporation, Sandia National Laboratories, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Mark DONG, Gerald Neal GILBERT, Matthew Scott EICHENFIELD, Dirk Robert ENGLUND
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Publication number: 20240099412Abstract: A ventilated helmet is provided. The helmet includes a shell defining a cavity, the shell having a front section provided with an opening to allow the wearer to see. The helmet also includes a transparent shield adapted having an inner surface and being adapted to substantially close the opening. Finally, the helmet includes a ventilation system having an evacuation subsystem adapted to create an evacuation airflow to evacuate humid air within the cavity to a surrounding environment. The ventilation system further has a pressurizing subsystem adapted to admit a pressurizing airflow within the cavity to create a high-pressure zone and a low-pressure zone within the cavity, wherein when in use, the wearer exhales air within the low-pressure zone, and wherein the high-pressure zone prevents air within the cavity from travelling from the low-pressure zone to the high-pressure zone. A method of evacuating humid air from the cavity is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Nicolas BOUCHARD FORTIN, Robert HANDFIELD, Jean-Simon LÉVESQUE, Étienne GILBERT, Hachimi FELLOUAH, Marouen DGHIM
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Publication number: 20240091745Abstract: A composite oxidation catalyst for use in an exhaust system for treating an exhaust gas produced by a vehicular compression ignition internal combustion engine is disclosed. The composite oxidation catalyst comprises a honeycomb flow-through substrate monolith and two catalyst washcoat zones arranged axially in series on and along the substrate surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Andrew CHIFFEY, Kieran COLE, Oliver COOPER, Christopher DALY, Lee GILBERT, Robert HANLEY, David MICALLEF, Francois MOREAU, Paul PHILLIPS, George PLATT
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Patent number: 11932414Abstract: Techniques for employing a smart sensor device that has a primary sensing function for sensing a state of a physical component and can concurrently enable one or more backup functions for sensing one or more states of one or more other physicals components in response to one or more other smart sensor devices not being able to perform their primary function of sensing and/or reporting on the one or more states of the one or more other physical components.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITEDInventors: Timothy Robert North, Tod Alexander Gilbert, Steven Bonnett
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Patent number: 11910862Abstract: A ventilated helmet is provided. The helmet includes a shell defining a cavity, the shell having a front section provided with an opening to allow the wearer to see. The helmet also includes a transparent shield adapted having an inner surface and being adapted to substantially close the opening. Finally, the helmet includes a ventilation system having an evacuation subsystem adapted to create an evacuation airflow to evacuate humid air within the cavity to a surrounding environment. The ventilation system further has a pressurizing subsystem adapted to admit a pressurizing airflow within the cavity to create a high-pressure zone and a low-pressure zone within the cavity, wherein when in use, the wearer exhales air within the low-pressure zone, and wherein the high-pressure zone prevents air within the cavity from travelling from the low-pressure zone to the high-pressure zone. A method of evacuating humid air from the cavity is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: KIMPEX INC.Inventors: Nicolas Bouchard Fortin, Robert Handfield, Jean-Simon Lévesque, Étienne Gilbert, Hachimi Fellouah, Marouen Dghim
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Publication number: 20240050085Abstract: A suture device may include a suture translation assembly configured to be axially translatable within a lumen of a delivery system and a distal assembly configured to be securable to the distal end of the delivery system. The suture translation assembly and the distal assembly may cooperate to enable a user to pass a needle back and forth between the two in order to endoscopically suture a defect.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: SHAUN D. COMEE, DENNIS B. HUBBARD, JR., JASON R. LEBEAU, NORMAN C. MAY, PAUL SMITH, ROBERT B. DeVRIES, CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, STAN ROBERT GILBERT
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Patent number: 11832809Abstract: A suture device may include a suture translation assembly configured to be axially translatable within a lumen of a delivery system and a distal assembly configured to be securable to the distal end of the delivery system. The suture translation assembly and the distal assembly may cooperate to enable a user to pass a needle back and forth between the two in order to endoscopically suture a defect.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Shaun D. Comee, Dennis B. Hubbard, Jr., Jason R. Lebeau, Norman C. May, Paul Smith, Robert B. DeVries, Christopher R. Deuel, Stan Robert Gilbert
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Patent number: 11696753Abstract: Medical devices for cinch and cutting one or more suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a coupler, a sleeve releasably coupled to the coupler, a cutter slidably disposed within the sleeve, and a suture cinching member movable into and out of the sleeve. A wire may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the coupler to move the suture cinching member and cutter.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Christopher R. Deuel, Ryan V. Wales, Sean P. Fleury, Stan Robert Gilbert
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Publication number: 20230172603Abstract: Medical devices for applying a cinch to a suture and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongated shaft including a proximal region and a distal region. The distal region may define a lumen having a lumen dimeter, and a distally facing end surface. The medical device may also include an outer cinch member defining a bore and having an outer surface defining a shoulder. An elongated inner shaft may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the lumen and the bore and including a distal end section. An inner cinch member may be engaged with the distal end section of the elongated inner shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: STAN ROBERT GILBERT, SHAUN DENNIS COMEE, PETER JOSEPH SHANK, CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, DENNIS BRIAN HUBBARD, JR., NORMAN C. MAY
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Publication number: 20220338862Abstract: A medical device includes a mounting structure that is adapted to be secured to a distal end of an endoscope. A first suture arm is pivotably secured to the mounting structure and is adapted to releasably secure a needle that is adapted to puncture tissue while accommodating a suture. A second suture arm is pivotably secured to the mounting structure and is adapted to releasably secure the needle. The first suture arm and the second suture arm cooperate to pass the needle back and forth therebetween along an arcuate path.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Christopher R. Deuel, Kevin L. Bagley, Stan Robert Gilbert
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Publication number: 20220331528Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for delivering a powdered agent into a subject's body may include a powder chamber housing the powdered agent. The apparatus also may include a chassis in fluid connection with the powder chamber. The chassis may include a first passage for receiving a pressurized gas, a second passage for receiving the powdered agent from the powder chamber, and a junction in fluid communication with the first passage and the second passage. At least a first portion of the pressurized gas is introduced into the powdered agent at the junction to fluidize the powdered agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Amanda Lynn SMITH, Gerald FREDRICKSON, Dennis Brian HUBBARD, JR., Stan Robert GILBERT, Caitlyn Emily BINTZ, Andrew PIC
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Patent number: 11406771Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for delivering a powdered agent into a subject's body may include a powder chamber housing the powdered agent. The apparatus also may include a chassis in fluid connection with the powder chamber. The chassis may include a first passage for receiving a pressurized gas, a second passage for receiving the powdered agent from the powder chamber, and a junction in fluid communication with the first passage and the second passage. At least a first portion of the pressurized gas is introduced into the powdered agent at the junction to fluidize the powdered agent.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Amanda Lynn Smith, Gerald Fredrickson, Dennis Brian Hubbard, Jr., Stan Robert Gilbert, Caitlyn Emily Bintz, Andrew Pic
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Publication number: 20210162175Abstract: A medical device may comprise a handle and a flexible sheath extending from the handle. The sheath may include a first chamber configured to receive a first agent and a second chamber configured to receive a second agent. Each of the first chamber and the second chamber may be disposed in a distal portion of the sheath. The sheath may also include a first piston received within the first chamber and a second piston received within the second chamber and at least one actuation element configured to transmit a force from the handle to each of the first piston and the second piston. When the handle is in a first configuration, the first agent may be maintained within the first chamber and the second agent is maintained within the second chamber. When the handle is in a second configuration, the first agent may be released from the first chamber to mix with the second agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: John Thomas Favreau, Stan Robert Gilbert, Jennifer Mague, Andrew Pic, Matthew LaPlaca, Jennifer Golden, Jennifer Whelehan, Travis Henchie
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Publication number: 20210128140Abstract: Medical devices for cinching and cutting one or more suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a shaft, a sleeve attached to the shaft, cutter slidable within the sleeve, a cinch sleeve releasably coupled to the sleeve, and a cinch member. An elongated inner shaft may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the elongated shaft, sleeve, cutter, cinch sleeve, and cinch member. The inner shaft may be actuated to cinch and cut one or more suture disposed within the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: RYAN V. WALES, CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, KEVIN L. BAGLEY, KATHRYN VENUTO, STAN ROBERT GILBERT
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Publication number: 20210128141Abstract: Medical devices for cinch and cutting one or more suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a coupler, a sleeve releasably coupled to the coupler, a cutter slidably disposed within the sleeve, and a suture cinching member movable into and out of the sleeve. A wire may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the coupler to move the suture cinching member and cutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, RYAN V. WALES, SEAN P. FLEURY, STAN ROBERT GILBERT
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Publication number: 20210128139Abstract: Medical devices for applying a cinch to one or more suture and cutting the suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongated shaft, a connection sleeve, a cinch sleeve coupled to the connection sleeve, and a cinch member. An elongated inner shaft may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the elongated shaft, connection sleeve, cinch sleeve, and cinch member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, RYAN V. WALES, SEAN P. FLEURY, STAN ROBERT GILBERT
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Publication number: 20210106323Abstract: A suture device may include a suture translation assembly configured to be axially translatable within a lumen of a delivery system and a distal assembly configured to be securable to the distal end of the delivery system. The suture translation assembly and the distal assembly may cooperate to enable a user to pass a needle back and forth between the two in order to endoscopically suture a defect.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: SHAUN D. COMEE, DENNIS B. HUBBARD, JR., JASON R. LEBEAU, NORMAN C. MAY, PAUL SMITH, ROBERT B. DeVRIES, CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, STAN ROBERT GILBERT
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Patent number: 10932771Abstract: A suture device may include a suture translation assembly configured to be axially translatable within a lumen of a delivery system and a distal assembly configured to be securable to the distal end of the delivery system. The suture translation assembly and the distal assembly may cooperate to enable a user to pass a needle back and forth between the two in order to endoscopically suture a defect.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Shaun D. Comee, Dennis B. Hubbard, Jr., Jason R. Lebeau, Norman C. May, Paul Smith, Robert B. DeVries, Christopher R. Deuel, Stan Robert Gilbert
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Publication number: 20180235604Abstract: A suture device may include a suture translation assembly configured to be axially translatable within a lumen of a delivery system and a distal assembly configured to be securable to the distal end of the delivery system. The suture translation assembly and the distal assembly may cooperate to enable a user to pass a needle back and forth between the two in order to endoscopically suture a defect.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: SHAUN D. COMEE, DENNIS B. HUBBARD, JR., JASON R. LEBEAU, NORMAN C. MAY, PAUL SMITH, ROBERT B. DeVRIES, CHRISTOPHER R. DEUEL, STAN ROBERT GILBERT