Patents by Inventor Sean Dobson

Sean Dobson 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: 11931526
    Abstract: A medical device is provided that can be held and operated with a single hand to cause a catheter to be placed at a selected location in a patient's body. The user's other hand is free to perform other tasks, such as operating an ultrasound probe, for example. The medical device may also include a valve that can be operated with the same hand that holds the medical device to open a port to cause a fluid, such as a nerve block agent, for example, to be injected into the patient's body at the selected location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: James D. Turner, Sean Dobson
  • Publication number: 20230256201
    Abstract: A medical device is provided that can be held and operated with a single hand to cause a catheter to be placed at a selected location in a patient's body. The user's other hand is free to perform other tasks, such as operating an ultrasound probe, for example. The medical device may also include a valve that can be operated with the same hand that holds the medical device to open a port to cause a fluid, such as a nerve block agent, for example, to be injected into the patient's body at the selected location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: James D. Turner, Sean Dobson
  • Publication number: 20210236771
    Abstract: A medical device is provided that can be held and operated with a single hand to cause a catheter to be placed at a selected location in a patient's body. The user's other hand is free to perform other tasks, such as operating an ultrasound probe, for example. The medical device may also include a valve that can be operated with the same hand that holds the medical device to open a port to cause a fluid, such as a nerve block agent, for example, to be injected into the patient's body at the selected location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: James D. Turner, Sean Dobson
  • Patent number: 8438096
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems for evaluating residential mortgage loan backed security products in which electronic loan data for the same individual loans is received from two or more different loan information providers, and the electronic loan data for respective individual loans received from the loan information providers is integrated. Thereafter, each individual loan in the integrated loan data is scored with a risk score based on a plurality of risk attributes of each individual loan; pre-defined forecast vectors are applied to the bucketed loans; cash flow forecasts are generated for the bucketed loans; and a price and/or yield for each bucketed loan is derived based on the cash flow forecasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Amherst Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Fashenpour, Sean Dobson
  • Patent number: 8244618
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems for evaluating residential mortgage loan backed security products in which electronic loan data for the same individual loans is received from two or more different loan information providers, and the electronic loan data for respective individual loans received from the loan information providers is integrated. Thereafter, each individual loan in the integrated loan data is scored with a risk score based on a plurality of risk attributes of each individual loan; pre-defined forecast vectors are applied to the bucketed loans; cash flow forecasts are generated for the bucketed loans; and a price and/or yield for each bucketed loan is derived based on the cash flow forecasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Amherst Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Fashenpour, Sean Dobson
  • Patent number: D578497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Modeci, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Weinzierl, Max Probasco, Sean Dobson, Clae Templet, Jim Monti, Katie Pilipchik