Patents by Inventor Robert Michael Evans

Robert Michael Evans 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).

  • Publication number: 20240169300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for hypothetical testing of a supply chain optimization. The computerized method for hypothetical optimization of a supply chain receives a hypothetical optimization query, generates variable definitions responsive to the query, generates scope definitions responsive to the query, generates presentation definitions and generates an optimization parameter set using the variable definitions and the scope definitions. The parameter set is used to optimize a hypothetical supply chain via an artificial intelligence (AI) modeling platform. One or more recommendations are generated based upon the optimized hypothetical supply chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: David Michael Evans, Robert Derward Rogers, Vishnuvyas Sethumadhavan
  • Publication number: 20240112110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for ingesting of raw client data into a supply chain optimization system. The client enterprise data system (EDS) provides raw data, typically in tabular format across many files, to a data management module of the optimization system. This data is then profiled. and a set of mapping AI models is applied to the profiled data. Each of the plurality of mapping AI models corresponds to a single input feature of the optimization model. As the mapping models are applied, a live preview is generated. This live preview is reviewable by a human operator, and human input can be provided. When there is input, the individual mapping model is updated (without impacting the other mapping models), and a new live preview for that given feature is generated. The resulting standardized feature set may be consumed by the supply chain optimization model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: David Michael Evans, Robert Derward Rogers, Vishnuvyas Sethumadhavan, Mehran Najafi
  • Publication number: 20240099570
    Abstract: Devices for maintaining a telescope during a minimally invasive surgery (MIS) technique such as laparoscopy or thoracoscopy. A telescope maintenance assembly is comprised of a disc and a dome. The disc is absorbent and includes a central aperture. The dome is hollow and includes an inlet port, a lower protrusion, and outlet ports which abut against the disc when attached thereto. To prepare the assembly for use, the disc is secured about a proximal port of a trocar and the lower protrusion is inserted through the central aperture, and an anti-fog solution is transmitted into and through the dome to wet the disc. After the disc is wetted, the wetted disc can be used by a surgeon or assistant to wipe debris from a lens or other optical component of the telescope without needing to remove the telescope from the trocar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Michael Evans, George Crawford
  • Patent number: 11931011
    Abstract: Devices for maintaining a telescope during a minimally invasive surgery (MIS) technique such as laparoscopy or thoracoscopy. A telescope maintenance assembly is comprised of a disc and a dome. The disc is absorbent and includes a central aperture. The dome is hollow and includes an inlet port, a lower protrusion, and outlet ports which abut against the disc when attached thereto. To prepare the assembly for use, the disc is secured about a proximal port of a trocar and the lower protrusion is inserted through the central aperture, and an anti-fog solution is transmitted into and through the dome to wet the disc. After the disc is wetted, the wetted disc can be used by a surgeon or assistant to wipe debris from a lens or other optical component of the telescope without needing to remove the telescope from the trocar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Michael Evans, George Crawford