Patents by Inventor Sean Miller
Sean Miller 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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Publication number: 20240335283Abstract: A heart valve implantation device with a motor and drive mechanism that allows a single operator to deliver a prosthetic heart valve to a target site. The motor controls relative positions between a delivery catheter and an implant release mechanism attached to the implant. The motor can be operated in two directions, allowing the motor to be used not only for delivery, but for loading and extraction of the valve, if necessary. An embodiment of a valve implant and a loading system designed for use with the device are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2024Publication date: October 10, 2024Inventors: Robert Foster Wilson, Kris Siverhus, Steve Zaver, Zach Garvey, Tom Gerold, David Elizondo, Sean Miller
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Publication number: 20240042971Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface-mountable retractable trailer stand assembly for supporting a trailer parked at a loading dock. In an embodiment, the assembly comprises a base for mounting to a surface, one or more moveable support members attached to the base. The one or more moveable support members are moveable between a first lowered stored position wherein the one or more moveable support members are retracted towards the surface, and a second raised operable position wherein the one or more moveable support members are extended away from the surface and are capable of supporting a trailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Joseph J. DI BIASE, Sean MILLER
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Patent number: 11842361Abstract: An online behavior, survey, and social research system is provided. In some embodiments, the system comprises a hardware processor; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the hardware processor to perform a method comprising: collecting data from a user device of a user, the data representing actions performed by the user on one or more network sites; receiving an event match configuration specifying one or more patterns of interest; generating event matches based on the collected data and the event match configuration, wherein each of the event matches represents a portion of the collected data matching with one or more of the patterns of interest; receiving a project configuration specifying a time period of interest; generating a user journey report comprising the event matches occurring during the time period of interest; and providing the user journey report to a client device.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: LUTH RESEARCH, LLCInventors: Roseanne Luth, Sean Miller, Baixue Wu
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Publication number: 20230249406Abstract: A system for additive manufacturing includes an extrusion apparatus configured to receive a raw material and to output an extrudate, a print head configured to receive the extrudate and to output a bead to form an object, and a quality control system having at least one measurement device for measuring at least one of a bead width, a bead height and/or a bead temperature of the bead.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: TRIEX, LLCInventors: TYLER MCNANEY, SEAN MILLER
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Publication number: 20220378219Abstract: An article of manufacture for providing a portable bunk bed travel curtain is disclosed. The travel curtain attached to an upper bunk of a bunk bed for covering an open side of lower bunk of bunk bed. The travel curtain includes: a curtain fabric for covering an open side of the lower bunk of the bunk bed, a set of attachment straps for coupling the travel curtain to physical elements of the upper bunk, each attachment strap within the set of attachment straps couples to itself after wrapping around one of the physical elements of the upper bunk, a plurality of attachment tabs coupled to at least one side of the curtain fabric, each of the attachment loops may be used to secure items to the travel curtain, and one or more carabiners attached to corresponding attachment loops coupled to the curtain fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventor: Sean Miller
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Patent number: 11178180Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for risk analysis and access activity categorization across data structures for use in network security mechanisms are provided herein.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Sean Miller, Aaron Beaudoin, Avinash Sangappa, Venkata Kanaparthy
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Publication number: 20210295359Abstract: An online behavior, survey, and social research system is provided. In some embodiments, the system comprises a hardware processor; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the hardware processor to perform a method comprising: collecting data from a user device of a user, the data representing actions performed by the user on one or more network sites; receiving an event match configuration specifying one or more patterns of interest; generating event matches based on the collected data and the event match configuration, wherein each of the event matches represents a portion of the collected data matching with one or more of the patterns of interest; receiving a project configuration specifying a time period of interest; generating a user journey report comprising the event matches occurring during the time period of interest; and providing the user journey report to a client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Roseanne Luth, Sean Miller, Baixue Wu
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Publication number: 20210261287Abstract: A container with a magnetic self-aligning sleeve includes a container that defines an interior receiving cavity with an opening at one end adapted to receive liquid or solid, and a base at an opposing end. The container additionally includes a sleeve defining a container receiving interior cavity with an opening at one end receiving the container, and a base at an opposing end. Of note, the container receiving cavity has an inside diameter that exceeds an outside diameter of the container. Finally, the container includes a first pair of magnetic arrays. A first one of the first pair of magnetic arrays has a primary polarity and is included with the base of the container. A second one of the first pair of magnetic arrays has a secondary polarity opposite the primary polarity and is included with the base of the sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Stephan WEMBACHER, Atman BUCH, Sean MILLER, Michael MCHALE, Sophie LEFBVRE
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Publication number: 20200334737Abstract: Described herein are a system and techniques directed toward identifying personalized recommendations for a user for products which are non-uniform and/or which are not easily equated across retailers. In some embodiments, this may involve using one or more clustering techniques to identify a cluster into which the user belongs. The system may ascertain, based on cluster data, an effect that the product is likely to have on the user. The user's preferences (e.g., lifestyle and consumption method) may then be used to identify a likelihood that a product's likely effect on a user is one desired by the user. Products may then be ranked based on those likelihoods and products with the highest likelihood may be presented to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventor: Sean Miller
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Publication number: 20200145460Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for risk analysis and access activity categorization across data structures for use in network security mechanisms are provided herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Sean Miller, Aaron Beaudoin, Avinash Sangappa, Venkata Kanaparthy
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Patent number: 10487444Abstract: A textile spreader apparatus, comprising: a first spread carriage and a second spread carriage, each configured to respectively receive opposing corners of a leading edge of a textile and to respectively convey the opposing corners in substantially opposing directions toward an extended position, such that the leading edge of the textile travels along a predetermined path; a catch arranged in the predetermined path of the leading edge, such that the catch intercepts the leading edge; and a sensor configured to detect when the catch intercepts the leading edge, wherein the catch is configured to retract from the path of the leading edge upon the sensor detecting a pressure applied to the leading edge, exceeding a threshold, wherein the threshold is reduced as the first spread carriage and the second spread carriage convey the opposing corners toward the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: G.A. Braun, Inc.Inventors: Darren Sponable, Sean Miller, Maxwell Krause, Rachelle Radi
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Publication number: 20190336268Abstract: Luminal devices are described. In one embodiment, a luminal device includes an esophageal stent and an anchoring membrane coupled to the esophageal stent. The anchoring membrane may be configured to be coupled to an esophageal wall with a tissue anchor placed through the anchoring membrane. The anchoring membrane may be configured to be pierced to allow the tissue anchor to be placed through the anchoring membrane. Methods for attaching a luminal device to the esophageal wall are described. In one embodiment, a method may include forming a bulge in an anchoring membrane of the luminal device and the esophageal wall, piercing the bulge from a first side of the anchoring membrane and a first side of the esophageal wall, placing a second retention element of a tissue anchor on a second side of the esophageal wall; and placing a tension element of the tissue anchor through the anchoring membrane and the esophageal wall. The tension element may be coupled to the second retention element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Jon ST. GERMAIN, Cole CHEN, Roland MAUDE-GRIFFIN, Johann NEISZ, Sean MILLER
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Publication number: 20190276979Abstract: A textile spreader apparatus, comprising: a first spread carriage and a second spread carriage, each configured to respectively receive opposing corners of a leading edge of a textile and to respectively convey the opposing corners in substantially opposing directions toward an extended position, such that the leading edge of the textile travels along a predetermined path; a catch arranged in the predetermined path of the leading edge, such that the catch intercepts the leading edge; and a sensor configured to detect when the catch intercepts the leading edge, wherein the catch is configured to retract from the path of the leading edge upon the sensor detecting a pressure applied to the leading edge, exceeding a threshold, wherein the threshold is reduced as the first spread carriage and the second spread carriage convey the opposing corners toward the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2018Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: G.A. Braun, Inc.Inventors: Darren Sponable, Sean Miller, Maxwell Krause, Rachelle Radi
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Patent number: 10368973Abstract: Gastrointestinal bypass devices are described. In one embodiment, a gastrointestinal bypass device may include an anchoring membrane configured to be attached to a wall of an esophagus with a tissue anchor placed through the anchoring membrane. The anchoring membrane may be configured to be pierced to allow the tissue anchor to be placed through the anchoring membrane. Methods for attaching a device to a tissue wall are described. In one embodiment, a method may include forming a bulge in an anchoring membrane of the device and the tissue wall, piercing the bulge from a first side of the anchoring membrane and a first side of the tissue wall, placing a second retention element of a tissue anchor on a second side of the tissue wall, and, placing a tension element of the tissue anchor through the anchoring membrane and the tissue wall. The tension element may be coupled to the second retention element. The method may further include placing a first retention element on the first side of the anchoring membrane.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: ValenTx, Inc.Inventors: Jon St. Germain, Cole Chen, Roland Maude-Griffin, Johann Neisz, Sean Miller
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Patent number: 10226324Abstract: Delivery devices are described. In one embodiment, a delivery device includes a catheter and a sealing pad coupled to an outer surface of the catheter. The delivery device may further include a recess formed in an outer surface of the catheter. The sealing pad may be coupled in the recess. Methods for delivering a tubular device are described. In one embodiment, a method may include inserting a distal end of a catheter into a lumen of a tubular device. The catheter may include a sealing pad coupled to an outer surface of the catheter. The method also includes positioning the sealing pad inside a drawstring coupled circumferentially to the tubular device, and cinching the drawstring around the catheter at the sealing pad to couple the tubular device to the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: ValenTx, Inc.Inventors: Jon St. Germain, Cole Chen, Roland Maude-Griffin, Johann Neisz, Sean Miller
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Patent number: 9818256Abstract: A method for synchronizing a casino game playable at a plurality of gaming devices is provided. The method includes receiving, by a server having at least one processor, an indication of a wager from at least one of the plurality of gaming devices, determining, by the server, a schedule for at least one jackpot of the casino game based at least in part on the received indication of the wager, and sending, by the server, the schedule for the at least one jackpot of the casino game to at least a first gaming device and a second gaming device, the sending including sending the schedule to the first gaming device through wired communication channels, and sending the schedule to the second gaming device through at least one wireless communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: IGT CANADA SOLUTIONS ULCInventors: James William Morrow, Sean Miller, Bradley Boudreau
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Patent number: 9786119Abstract: A method for synchronizing a casino game playable at a plurality of gaming devices is provided. The method includes receiving, by a server having at least one processor, an indication of a wager from at least one of the plurality of gaming devices, obtaining, by the server, indications of communication latency from the server to at least a first gaming device and a second gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices, and sending, by the server, game outcome determinations to at least the first and second gaming devices, the sending including sending a first game outcome determination to the first gaming device through wired communication channels, and sending a second game outcome determination to the second gaming device through at least one wireless communication channel, wherein sending the first and second game outcome determinations is based at least in part on the indications of communication latency.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: IGT CANADA SOLUTIONS ULCInventors: James William Morrow, Sean Miller, Bradley Boudreau
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Patent number: D803853Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Yi Zhang, Joshua Nedelka, Sean Miller, Thomas Shimko, Matthew Burriesci, Manohar Prabhu, Keith Wright, Matthew Frisbie, Issac VanDuyn, Johan Kartiwa
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Patent number: D828016Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: M-PAKS LLCInventors: Kirk Stanley Gillespie, Kevin Roger Gillespie, Sean Miller
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Patent number: D996296Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: IDEAL WAREHOUSE INNOVATIONS INC.Inventors: Joseph J. Di Biase, Sean Miller