Patents by Inventor Sean Sullivan

Sean Sullivan 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: 20220111156
    Abstract: Systems and methods encourage users to rotate injection sites and avoid lipodystrophy. Sleeves and/or lost-tooth gear dials and/or microswitches in or on injection pens or their caps, on vials, and on other portable devices manually adjust an indicator before or after an injection to show a current or next injection site in accordance with a site rotation plan. Injected medicine packaging and related printed indicia encourage site rotation. Optical devices employing optical mouse or projection technology help locate and/or distribute injection sites within a body area. A mobile phone app tracks injections and locations to select next injection site, and can use imaging to locate a target injection site and optionally diagnose lipodystrophic conditions and record them. Tactile and print media educational tools are presented to help users palpate and identify lipos in body areas having injection sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Sudarsan SRINIVASAN, Michael A. DIBIASI, Amit LIMAYE, Brendon HILL, Sean SULLIVAN
  • Publication number: 20210269318
    Abstract: A method for growing bulk boron arsenide (BA) crystals, the method comprising utilizing a seeded chemical vapor transport (CVT) growth mechanism to produce single BAs crystals which are used for further CVT growth, wherein a sparsity of nucleation centers is controlled during the further CVT growth. Also disclosed are bulk BAs crystals produced via the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Zhifeng REN, Fei TIAN, Gang CHEN, Bai SONG, Ke CHEN, Li SHI, Xi CHEN, Sean SULLIVAN, David BROIDO, Navaneetha Krishnan RAVICHANDRAN
  • Publication number: 20210247881
    Abstract: Bi-directional communication, through a computing system, may be used to maintain and monitor regulatory compliance. Employees of a firm may be prompted to provide information, which may be communicated to the computing system and stored in one or more databases. An internal auditor may be provided with a user interface that permits the initiation of audits, viewing of information reported, and/or the opportunity to provide findings and/or comments based on the information reported. The information reported may be provided to the auditor in the form of predetermined types of reports, based on the information reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Petra BARONE, Sean SULLIVAN, Patrick SULLIVAN, Kevin SULLIVAN, James PERHACS, James HOOKS, Julie GALBRAITH, James SULLIVAN
  • Publication number: 20210110842
    Abstract: Systems and methods of monitoring radio channels and automatically providing selective notifications through a network that messages containing useful information, transmitted in the form of voice content, have been received. Keywords are compared with textual data transcribed from voice messages receive on a radio channel. The textual data and the keywords are compared, and upon identifying a correlation therebetween, a notification is automatically generated that indicates receipt of a given message, the existence of the correlation with the keywords, and an identity of the channel, so that client terminals can receive the message and also receive subsequent or related messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Telegraph Peak Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Richard E. Barnett, Terence Sean Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10916258
    Abstract: Systems and methods of monitoring communications channels and automatically providing selective notifications through a network that messages containing useful information, transmitted in the form of voice content, have been received. Keywords are compared with textual data transcribed from voice messages receive on a channel. The textual data and the keywords are compared, and upon identifying a correlation therebetween, a notification is automatically generated that indicates receipt of a given message, the existence of the correlation with the keywords, and an identity of the channel, so that client terminals can receive the message and also receive subsequent or related messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Telegraph Peak Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Richard E. Barnett, Terence Sean Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20200331687
    Abstract: A pen needle assembly, comprising an outer cover having an open end, a lid removably connected to the open end of the outer cover, a pen needle disposed in the outer cover, and connecting members disposed on opposite sides of the outer cover. Also disclosed is a pen needle assembly, comprising an outer cover having an open end, a lid removably connected to the open end of the outer cover, a pen needle disposed in the outer cover, and connecting members disposed on opposite sides of the outer cover, wherein a plurality of pen needle assemblies are connected adjacent to each other via the connecting members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Joshua D. HORVATH, Deirdre COLLINS, Charles G. HWANG, Paul UPHAM, Sean SULLIVAN, Ed LANGILL
  • Publication number: 20200303056
    Abstract: A system for improving an emotional mindset of a person, the system includes a server to receive and process data; a computing device in data communication with the server; one or more software rules implemented through the server and computing device; a platform implemented through the computing device, the platform to perform the steps of: receive a user identified need; a meditation packet created by the computing device, server, and one or more software rules, the meditation packet having resources complied based on the user identified need, the meditation packet to aid the user with the user identified need; the meditation packet is provided to the user through the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Sean Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20200297938
    Abstract: User-friendly attachment mechanisms for pen needles provide improved handling and ease of use, including locking installation and removal features and sensory feedback when a needle-bearing hub is seated on a pen. Embodiments include a needle-bearing hub having a circumferentially oriented flexible tab that engages a radially inward rib on an outer cover to assist in attaching a pen device to the pen needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Sudarsan Srinivasan, Michael DiBiasi, Sean Sullivan, Keith Knapp, Joshua Herr, Amit Limaye, David Huang, David Schiff, Todd Sack
  • Patent number: 10745188
    Abstract: A pen needle assembly, comprising an outer cover having an open end, a lid removably connected to the open end of the outer cover, a pen needle disposed in the outer cover, and connecting members disposed on opposite sides of the outer cover. Also disclosed is a pen needle assembly, comprising an outer cover having an open end, a lid removably connected to the open end of the outer cover, a pen needle disposed in the outer cover, and connecting members disposed on opposite sides of the outer cover, wherein a plurality of pen needle assemblies are connected adjacent to each other via the connecting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Joshua D. Horvath, Deirdre Collins, Charles G. Hwang, Paul Upham, Sean Sullivan, Ed Langill
  • Publication number: 20200254191
    Abstract: A pen needle is enclosed by an outer cover to facilitate installation of a needle bearing hub on a medication pen. The outer cover design reduces or eliminates the likelihood of user contact with the patient end needle or the non-patient end needle during installation and disposal, and provides an audible indication when the hub is fully installed on a medication pen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Sean Sullivan, Sudarsan Srinivasan, Michael DiBiasi, Keith Knapp, Kunjal Oza, Sajayesh Vijayachandran, Ganesh Kamble
  • Publication number: 20200254192
    Abstract: A pen needle is enclosed by an outer cover to facilitate installation of a needle bearing hub on a medication pen. The outer cover design reduces or eliminates the likelihood of user contact with the patient end needle or the non-patient end needle during installation and disposal, and provides an audible indication when the hub is fully installed on a medication pen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Sean Sullivan, Sudarsan Srinivasan, Michael DiBiasi, Keith Knapp, Kunjal Oza, Sajayesh Vijayachandran, Ganesh Kamble
  • Patent number: 10709846
    Abstract: User-friendly attachment mechanisms for pen needles provide improved handling and ease of use, including locking installation and removal features and sensory feedback when a needle-bearing hub is seated on a pen. Embodiments include a needle-bearing hub includes a circumferentially oriented flexible tab that engages a radially inward rib on an outer cover to assist in attaching a pen device to the pen needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Sudarsan Srinivasan, Michael DiBiasi, Sean Sullivan, Keith Knapp, Joshua Herr, Amit Limaye, David Huang, David Schiff, Todd Sack
  • Patent number: 10661025
    Abstract: A pen needle is enclosed by an outer cover to facilitate installation of a needle bearing hub on a medication pen. The outer cover design reduces or eliminates the likelihood of user contact with the patient end needle or the non-patient end needle during installation and disposal, and provides an audible indication when the hub is fully installed on a medication pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Sean Sullivan, Sudarsan Srinivasan, Michael DiBiasi, Keith Knapp, Kunjal Oza, Sajayesh Vijayachandran, Ganesh Kamble
  • Publication number: 20200114093
    Abstract: A needle-bearing hub for a pen needle is provided with a distal patient-facing side having an enlarged surface for contact with the subject's skin. The enlarged surface is provided with a radius of curvature that increases the likelihood that the needle reaches full injection depth when an injection is performed at an inclined angle with respect to the surface of the skin and with to the desired depth less discomfort to the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Sean SULLIVAN, David HUANG, Brendon HILL, Sudarsan SRINIVASAN, Christopher RINI, Richard KLUG, Bruce Clyde ROBERTS, Didier MOREL, Ronald J. PETTIS
  • Patent number: 10583240
    Abstract: A package for a medical cannula with a hub, such as a pen needle, is disclosed. The package includes a cover for receiving a medical cannula and for engaging a hub of the medical cannula. The cover has open ends that are in communication through the cover. The packaging also includes a sterility barrier for the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik, Sean Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10569031
    Abstract: A needle-bearing hub for a pen needle is provided with a distal patient-facing side having an enlarged surface for contact with the subject's skin. The enlarged surface is provided with a radius of curvature that increases the likelihood that the needle reaches full injection depth when an injection is performed at an inclined angle with respect to the surface of the skin and with to the desired depth less discomfort to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Sean Sullivan, David Huang, Brendon Hill, Sudarsan Srinivasan, Christopher Rini, Richard Klug, Bruce Clyde Roberts, Didier Morel, Ronald J. Pettis
  • Patent number: 10437340
    Abstract: A device for providing thermoreceptive haptic feedback includes a first array of low mass elements, arranged in a geometric pattern, the array having a first temperature and a first collective thermal effusivity, and configured for selectively contacting a user, a second array of low mass elements, interspersed among the low mass elements of the first array, and thermally isolated from the low mass elements the first array, the array having a second temperature and a second collective thermal effusivity, and configured for selectively contacting a user, and a means for mechanical switching coupled to the low mass elements of the first and the second arrays and configured to place selected low mass elements of the first and the second arrays in contact with a user, to realize a thermal effusivity between the first collective thermal effusivity and the second collective thermal effusivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: Sean Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20190005978
    Abstract: Systems and methods of monitoring communications channels and automatically providing selective notifications through a network that messages containing useful information, transmitted in the form of voice content, have been received. Keywords are compared with textual data transcribed from voice messages receive on a channel. The textual data and the keywords are compared, and upon identifying a correlation therebetween, a notification is automatically generated that indicates receipt of a given message, the existence of the correlation with the keywords, and an identity of the channel, so that client terminals can receive the message and also receive subsequent or related messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Telegraph Peak Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Richard E. Barnett, Terence Sean Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20190006970
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a different amplifier. A node in the apparatus receives a motor-current signal and an output of the differential amplifier. The motor-current signal represents a motor current of a DC brush motor. Moreover, a first input of the differential amplifier is coupled to a node. The apparatus also includes a low-pass filter with an input receiving a motor-current signal and an output coupled to a second input of the differential amplifier. The apparatus additionally includes a comparator with a first input coupled to the output of the differential amplifier and a second input coupled to a referential voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Sean Sullivan, Arun Tej Vemuri
  • Publication number: 20180369496
    Abstract: User-friendly attachment mechanisms for pen needles provide improved handling and ease of use, including locking installation and removal features and sensory feedback when a needle-bearing hub is seated on a pen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Sudarsan Srinivasan, MichaeL DiBiasi, Sean Sullivan, Keith Knapp, Joshua Herr, Amit Limaye, David Huang, David Schiff, Todd Sack