Patents by Inventor Stephen H. Lund

Stephen H. Lund 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: 20240115801
    Abstract: An injection system includes an injection system body defining a proximal opening at a proximal end thereof and a distal needle interface at a distal end thereof. The system also includes proximal and distal stopper members disposed in the injection system body, forming a proximal drug and a distal drug chamber. The system further includes a plunger member configured to insert the proximal stopper member relative to the injection system body. Moreover, the system includes a valve forming an openable barrier between the distal needle interface and the distal drug chamber. The valve includes an outer member including a distal diaphragm, and an inner member. The distal diaphragm is configured to elastically deform distally away from the inner member with increased pressure in the distal drug chamber to allow flow from the distal drug chamber to the distal needle interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen H. Diaz, John Robert Lund, Gary Steese-Bradley, Alan E. Shluzas, Jeff Tillack
  • Patent number: 5504675
    Abstract: A sales promotion program is dynamically selected from a plurality of programs for presentation in a program presentation unit by a neural network that makes its selection based on first detecting if a person is in the area immediately around the program presentation unit, then either selecting a general attract loop sales promotion program with the trained neural network using a set of predetermined system criteria if no person is detected in the immediate area or selecting a specific loop sales promotion program if at least one person is detected in the immediate area. The neural network is trained by selecting general attract loop programs that are run and then collecting data indicative of the number of persons responding to the general attract loop and also by selecting specific loop programs that are run if a person is in the immediate area and then collecting data indicative of the responses to the specific loop programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian J. Cragun, Todd M. Kelsey, Stephen H. Lund