Patents by Inventor Stephen L. Malaska

Stephen L. Malaska 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: 20160077524
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Stephen L. Malaska
  • Publication number: 20160070267
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example, a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Stephen L. Malaska
  • Publication number: 20160063268
    Abstract: A display device includes one or more sensors to sense activity in a physical region near the display, as well as a permission component, account component, and a data gathering component. The permission component is configured to determine a permission level corresponding to the display device. The account component is configured to determine an account status that is based on the permission level. The data gathering component is configured to gather usage data for the display device based on the permission level. The usage data includes data from the one or more sensors regarding activity in the physical region near the display device. The transmission component is configured to transmit the usage data to a remote server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Jesse R. Cheatham, III, William David Duncan, Roderick A. Hyde, Stephen L. Malaska
  • Publication number: 20160063318
    Abstract: An apparatus or system includes a permission management component, a usage component, an attention component, and a report component. The permission management component is configured to determine a permission level corresponding to a display device. The permission level may indicate an amount of data or type of data that can be gathered. The usage component is configured to receive sensor data from one or more sensors observing a viewing area of a display device. The display device may include the one or more sensors, and the sensor data may be received in accordance with the permission level. The attention component is configured to determine, based on the sensor data, an attention level of one or more individuals to the display device. A report component is configured to report the attention level to a content provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Jesse R. Cheatham, III, William David Duncan, Roderick A. Hyde, Stephen L. Malaska
  • Patent number: 9241858
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Stephen L. Malaska
  • Patent number: 9238133
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein for treatment of a disease, disorder, or condition in a vertebrate subject. A device is provided that includes one or more passive cooling elements configured to be applied to one or more tissues of a vertebrate subject to modulate at least one activity of brown adipose tissue of the vertebrate subject, wherein at least a portion of the one or more passive cooling elements is configured to be implantable, and wherein the one or more passive cooling elements includes a first portion configured to be in association with the one or more tissues to be cooled, and a second portion configured to be placed in association with one or more tissues adjacent to an external epidermal tissue of the vertebrate subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Edward S. Boyden, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Edward K. Y. Jung, Eric C. Leuthardt, Stephen L. Malaska, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9233039
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Stephen L. Malaska
  • Patent number: 9220651
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Stephen L. Malaska
  • Patent number: 9205204
    Abstract: Wearable injection guides and manufacture and use thereof are described, which include: a rigid needle-penetrable material having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having form-fitting contours substantially conforming to a topography of a body region of an individual and the outer surface including one or more fiducials indication of at least one treatment parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Mahalaxmi Gita Bangera, Edward S. Boyden, Gregory J. Della Rocca, Daniel Hawkins, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Robert Langer, Eric C. Leuthardt, Stephen L. Malaska, Terence Myckatyn, Parag Jitendra Parikh, Dennis J. Rivet, Joshua S. Shimony, Michael A. Smith, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Clarence T. Tegreene, Sharon L. Wolda, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150342806
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Stephen L. Malaska
  • Patent number: 9199044
    Abstract: Wearable injection guides and manufacture and use thereof are described, which include: a rigid material formed to substantially conform in shape to a topography of a body region of an individual, the rigid material substantially impenetrable to an injection needle, and the rigid material including one or more injection needle access regions arranged in a treatment pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Mahalaxmi Gita Bangera, Edward S. Boyden, Gregory J. Della Rocca, Daniel Hawkins, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Robert Langer, Eric C. Leuthardt, Stephen L. Malaska, Terence Myckatyn, Parag Jitendra Parikh, Dennis J. Rivet, Joshua S. Shimony, Michael A. Smith, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Clarence T. Tegreene, Sharon L. Wolda, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150336438
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a stand-up wheel chair having automatic stability control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Stephen L. Malaska, Clarence T. Tegreene
  • Patent number: 9144526
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a stand-up wheel chair having automatic stability control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Stephen L. Malaska, Clarence T. Tegreene
  • Patent number: 9125779
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Stephen L. Malaska
  • Publication number: 20150244873
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a building having one or more microphones coupled to a telephone includes a detector configured to detect a triggering event within the building and transmit an activating signal when the triggering event is detected, and a control module configured to receive the activating signal from the detector. The control module is programmed to activate at least one of the one or more microphones to monitor sound when the activating signal is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: ELWHA LLC
    Inventors: Edward S. Boyden, Jesse R. Cheatham, III, William D. Duncan, Bran Ferren, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Stephen L. Malaska, Nathan P. Myhrvold, David B. Tuckerman, Lowell L. Wood,, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9107790
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a stand-up wheel chair having automatic stability control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Stephen L. Malaska, Clarence T. Tegreene
  • Patent number: 9101522
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a stand-up wheel chair having automatic stability control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Stephen L. Malaska, Clarence T. Tegreene
  • Patent number: 9060911
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a stand-up wheel chair having automatic stability control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Stephen L. Malaska, Clarence T. Tegreene
  • Patent number: 9052718
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Stephen L. Malaska
  • Patent number: 9011510
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein for treatment of a disease, disorder, or condition in a vertebrate subject. A device is provided that includes one or more cooling elements configured to be applied to one or more tissues of a vertebrate subject to modulate at least one activity of brown adipose tissue of the vertebrate subject, wherein at least a portion of the one or more cooling elements is configured to be implantable, and a programmable controller configured to provide instructions to the one or more cooling elements in response to information regarding one or more physiological conditions of the vertebrate subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Edward S. Boyden, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Edward K. Y. Jung, Eric C. Leuthardt, Stephen L. Malaska, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.