Patents by Inventor Sean McKenna

Sean McKenna 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: 12214292
    Abstract: In an aspect, a storage device is provided and includes a container including an exterior surface and an opening therethrough. The storage device further includes at least one movable facial feature element. The storage device further includes an actuator operatively connected to the at least one movable facial feature element for driving movement of the at least one movable facial feature element. The storage device further includes a closure structure extending along the opening, and a traveler that is movably mounted to the closure structure for movement between a first traveler position and a second traveler position to open or close the closure structure. A coupling arrangement connects the traveler to the actuator such that movement of the traveler drives movement of the actuator, which in turn drives movement of the at least one movable facial feature element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Spin Master Ltd.
    Inventors: Sean McKenna, Vanessa R. Raponi
  • Publication number: 20240278025
    Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
  • Patent number: 11992690
    Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
  • Patent number: 11969604
    Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
  • Patent number: 11957917
    Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
  • Publication number: 20240031426
    Abstract: Systems and methods cross device application discovery and/or control. Cross device application discovery and/or control can provide for simple detection and activation of applications on remote devices. Cross device application discovery and/or control can provide for the control of remote applications in a master and slave configuration. Responsive to an activation message, an application can execute a task in an application, the task being displayed on a target device. Responsive to an activation message, an application can execute a task in an application on a target device, a task context data for the task being streamed to the source device for presentation on a display. Cross device application discovery and/or control can be enabled on a single operating system, or across a plurality of operating systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Arunjeet SINGH, John M SHEEHAN, Kunal GANDHI, Sean MCKENNA, Akhilesh (Akhil) KAZA, Sameer TEJANI
  • Patent number: 11818199
    Abstract: Systems and methods cross device application discovery and/or control. Cross device application discovery and/or control can provide for simple detection and activation of applications on remote devices. Cross device application discovery and/or control can provide for the control of remote applications in a master and slave configuration. Responsive to an activation message, an application can execute a task in an application, the task being displayed on a target device. Responsive to an activation message, an application can execute a task in an application on a target device, a task context data for the task being streamed to the source device for presentation on a display. Cross device application discovery and/or control can be enabled on a single operating system, or across a plurality of operating systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Arunjeet Singh, John M Sheehan, Kunal Gandhi, Sean Mckenna, Akhilesh (Akhil) Kaza, Sameer Tejani
  • Publication number: 20230069632
    Abstract: In an aspect, a storage device is provided and includes a container including an exterior surface and an opening therethrough. The storage device further includes at least one movable facial feature element. The storage device further includes an actuator operatively connected to the at least one movable facial feature element for driving movement of the at least one movable facial feature element. The storage device further includes a closure structure extending along the opening, and a traveler that is movably mounted to the closure structure for movement between a first traveler position and a second traveler position to open or close the closure structure. A coupling arrangement connects the traveler to the actuator such that movement of the traveler drives movement of the actuator, which in turn drives movement of the at least one movable facial feature element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sean MCKENNA, Vanessa R. RAPONI
  • Patent number: 11419399
    Abstract: In an aspect, a storage device is provided and includes a container including an exterior surface and an opening therethrough. The storage device further includes at least one movable facial feature element. The storage device further includes an actuator operatively connected to the at least one movable facial feature element for driving movement of the at least one movable facial feature element. The storage device further includes a closure structure extending along the opening, and a traveler that is movably mounted to the closure structure for movement between a first traveler position and a second traveler position to open or close the closure structure. A coupling arrangement connects the traveler to the actuator such that movement of the traveler drives movement of the actuator, which in turn drives movement of the at least one movable facial feature element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Spin Master Ltd.
    Inventors: Sean McKenna, Vanessa R. Raponi
  • Publication number: 20220141284
    Abstract: Systems and methods cross device application discovery and/or control. Cross device application discovery and/or control can provide for simple detection and activation of applications on remote devices. Cross device application discovery and/or control can provide for the control of remote applications in a master and slave configuration. Responsive to an activation message, an application can execute a task in an application, the task being displayed on a target device. Responsive to an activation message, an application can execute a task in an application on a target device, a task context data for the task being streamed to the source device for presentation on a display. Cross device application discovery and/or control can be enabled on a single operating system, or across a plurality of operating systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Arunjeet Singh, John M. Sheehan, Kunal Gandhi, Sean Mckenna, Akhilesh (Akhil) Kaza, Sameer Tejani
  • Publication number: 20220118264
    Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
  • Publication number: 20220118265
    Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
  • Publication number: 20220118266
    Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
  • Patent number: 11287272
    Abstract: A system and method for combined route planning and opportunistic searching in variable costs environments are presented. A route for a vehicle may be dynamically planned according to an opportunistic search of an unknown domain to achieve one or more secondary objectives while both progressing towards a primary objective and minimizing travel costs using one or more Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and computing devices and a knowledge of a location of the vehicle relative to one or more waypoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean McKenna, Adi Botea
  • Patent number: 11247059
    Abstract: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a flexible circuit assembly, is described. The flexible circuit assembly is contained within an electronics compartment between a battery, a housing, and a header assembly of the biostimulator. The flexible circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate that folds into a stacked configuration in which an electrical connector and an electronic component of the flexible circuit assembly are enfolded by the flexible substrate. An aperture is located in a fold region of the flexible substrate to allow a feedthrough pin of the header assembly to pass through the folded structure into electrical contact with the electrical connector. The electronic component can be a processor to control delivery of a pacing impulse through the feedthrough pin to a pacing tip. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
    Inventors: Wade Keller, Thomas B. Eby, Sean McKenna, Brett C. Villavicencio
  • Patent number: 11228640
    Abstract: Systems and methods cross device application discovery and/or control. Cross device application discovery and/or control can provide for simple detection and activation of applications on remote devices. Cross device application discovery and/or control can provide for the control of remote applications in a master and slave configuration. Responsive to an activation message, an application can execute a task in an application, the task being displayed on a target device. Responsive to an activation message, an application can execute a task in an application on a target device, a task context data for the task being streamed to the source device for presentation on a display. Cross device application discovery and/or control can be enabled on a single operating system, or across a plurality of operating systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Arunjeet Singh, John M Sheehan, Kunal Gandhi, Sean Mckenna, Akhilesh (Akhil) Kaza, Sameer Tejani
  • Patent number: 11175634
    Abstract: A device for transmitting synchronized timing including a receiver, a transmitter, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the programs including instructions for receiving through the receiver a timing signal comprising first time information that is synchronized to a time standard, determining second time information based at least partially on the first time information, composing a message formatted in accordance with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) standard, wherein the message comprises the second time information, and transmitting the message through the transmitter on a radio signal having a frequency in the frequency modulation (FM) radio frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jeffrey Dunn, Sean McKenna, Cynthia E. Martin, Michael L. Cohen
  • Patent number: D980624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SPIN MASTER LTD.
    Inventors: Sean McKenna, Vanessa R. Raponi
  • Patent number: D1014079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Spin Master Ltd.
    Inventor: Sean McKenna
  • Patent number: D1048704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Spin Master Ltd.
    Inventor: Sean McKenna