Patents by Inventor Stephen Morton
Stephen Morton 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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Patent number: 11975140Abstract: A medication delivery system having a holding chamber capable of delivering dosages of medicament from a metered dose inhaler. The holding chamber includes an actuator detector, a flow detector, and a display. In another embodiment, a medication delivery system includes a holding chamber having an input end and an output end, a metered dose inhaler operably coupled to the input end of the holding chamber, and a metered dose inhaler identifier associated with the holding chamber and operable to identify the metered dose inhaler coupled to the holding chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: TRUDELL MEDICAL INTERNATIONALInventors: Neritan Alizoti, Stephen Costella, Daniel Engelbreth, Noel Gulka, Alanna Kirchner, Adam Meyer, Robert Morton, Bart Nowak, Greg Romanczuk, Ronak Sakaria
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Patent number: 11964103Abstract: A respiratory treatment device having an inlet configured to receive exhaled air into the device, an outlet configured to permit exhaled air to exit the device, a valve moveable in response to a threshold exhalation pressure at the inlet between a closed position where the flow of air from the inlet to the outlet is restricted, and an open exhalation position where the flow of air from the inlet to the outlet is less restricted, and a valve brace configured to support the valve, wherein a position of the valve brace relative to the valve is selectively adjustable to increase or decrease the threshold exhalation pressure.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TRUDELL MEDICAL INTERNATIONALInventors: Stephen Costella, Robert Morton, James Schmidt
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Publication number: 20230196224Abstract: Improved risk based inspection including a method for providing a repair priority parameter for a processing device in a processing plant, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing, in a server, a criticality database, wherein the criticality database comprises for a plurality of processing devices in said processing plant at least one inspection routine, wherein each of the inspection routines has associated therewith a critically score; receiving in a server, from a user terminal, a result parameter associated with an inspection routine associated with said processing device, wherein the result parameter is indicative for a pass or a fail of said inspection routine; retrieving, if said received result parameter is indicative for a fail, from said criticality database the criticality score associated with said failed routine and said processing device; and defining said repair priority parameter for said processing device based on the retrieved criticality score.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.Inventor: Stephen MORTON
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Patent number: 11318097Abstract: Provided herein are liposomal vesicles comprising at least a first lipid bilayer and a second lipid bilayer, and a plurality of crosslinkages between the first lipid bilayer and the second lipid bilayer, wherein the plurality of crosslinkages comprise boronic ester or thioketal bonds. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the liposomal vesicles described herein and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Also provided are methods of making and using the liposomal vesicles. Thus, a method of treating a subject with a disease comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising the liposomal vesicles is described herein. Methods of making multilamellar liposomal vesicles responsive to reactive oxygen species are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Zhan Wang, Stephen Morton
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Publication number: 20220105037Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for producing liposomes by filtration. The methods include passing a heated lipid suspension through a filter assembly comprising two or more filters connected in series, wherein an orifice is disposed between adjacent filters. The methods and systems can produce liposomes having an average diameter that is less than half the diameter of the filter pores. Further, the methods and systems can produce liposomes with <100 nm average diameter, even when the liposomes comprise at least 30% sterol.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Stephen Morton, Zach Scott
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Patent number: 11246832Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for producing liposomes by filtration. The methods include passing a heated lipid suspension through a filter assembly comprising two or more filters connected in series, wherein an orifice is disposed between adjacent filters. The methods and systems can produce liposomes having an average diameter that is less than half the diameter of the filter pores. Further, the methods and systems can produce liposomes with <100 nm average diameter, even when the liposomes comprise at least 30% sterol.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Stephen Morton, Zach Scott
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Patent number: 11179335Abstract: Provided herein are encapsulated liposomes comprising a lipid bilayer, a first polyethylene glycol (PEG) corona, a targeting molecule and a second PEG corona. The second, encapsulating PEG corona can be reversibly linked to the first PEG corona. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the encapsulated liposomes and methods of treating a subject with a disease characterized by production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) with the compositions. Also provided are methods of making the encapsulated liposomes disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLCInventors: Kimberly Kam, Zhan Wang, Stephen Morton, Nicole Peck
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Patent number: 10842746Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for producing bi-directionally crosslinked liposomes. The methods include the steps of: providing a lipid composition comprising a plurality of reactive lipids, wherein each of the reactive lipids comprises a reactive hydrophobic group, a reactive hydrophilic group, or a reactive hydrophilic group and a reactive hydrophobic group; forming an un-crosslinked liposome comprising the reactive lipids; and crosslinking at least a portion of the reactive hydrophobic groups or the reactive hydrophilic groups; thereby producing the bi-directionally crosslinked liposomes. Bi-directionally crosslinked liposomes and methods for delivering therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents to subjects using the liposomes are also described.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Kimberly Kam, Zhan Wang, Stephen Morton
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Patent number: 10835619Abstract: Provided herein is a tumor associated macrophage (TAM)-targeting liposome. The liposome has a lipid bilayer, a targeting agent associated with the lipid bilayer, and a repolarizing agent associated with the lipid bilayer. The targeting agent optionally comprises an antibody or fragment thereof that selectively binds a TAM, whereas the repolarizing agent repolarizes the TAM upon binding of the TAM by the targeting agent. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the TAM-targeting liposomes and a method of treating a subject with cancer with the compositions or liposomes described herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Stephen Morton, Graziella Solinas
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Patent number: 10751284Abstract: Provided herein are tumor associated macrophage (TAM)-targeting liposome having a lipid bilayer; a targeting agent associated with the lipid bilayer, wherein the targeting agent comprises an antibody or fragment thereof that selectively binds a tumor associated macrophage; and a cytotoxic agent associated with the lipid bilayer, wherein the cytotoxic agent depletes tumor associated macrophages at or near the site of a tumor. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the TAM-targeting liposomes and methods of treating a subject with cancer with the compositions.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLCInventors: Stephen Morton, Graziella Solinas
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Patent number: 10583083Abstract: Provided herein are liposomal vesicles comprising at least a first lipid bilayer and a second lipid bilayer, and a plurality of crosslinkages between the first lipid bilayer and the second lipid bilayer, wherein the plurality of crosslinkages comprise boronic ester or thioketal bonds. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the liposomal vesicles described herein and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Also provided are methods of making and using the liposomal vesicles. Thus, a method of treating a subject with a disease comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising the liposomal vesicles is described herein. Methods of making multilamellar liposomal vesicles responsive to reactive oxygen species are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLCInventors: Zhan Wang, Stephen Morton
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Patent number: 10517823Abstract: Provided herein are encapsulated liposomes comprising a lipid bilayer, a first polyethylene glycol (PEG) corona, a targeting molecule and a second PEG corona. The second, encapsulating PEG corona can be reversibly linked to the first PEG corona. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the encapsulated liposomes and methods of treating a subject with a disease characterized by production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) with the compositions. Also provided are methods of making the encapsulated liposomes disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLCInventors: Kimberly Kam, Zhan Wang, Stephen Morton, Nicole Peck
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Patent number: 10492709Abstract: Body-mountable devices are provided to detect the presence or status of an analyte in subsurface vasculature of a body by detecting fluorescent reporters that are bound to instances of the analyte in the subsurface vasculature. Such devices further operate to exert an attractive magnetic force on magnetic nanoparticle-containing probes that are configured to bind to the analyte, thus concentrating the analyte proximate the devices by magnetically exerting attractive forces on such probes that are bound to instances of the analyte. The analyte can be an extracellular vesicle that is characteristic of a cancer, and a body-mountable device as described herein could be used to detect such extracellular vesicles in a portion of subsurface vasculature such that a presence or status of a tumor could be determined based on an amount, presence, or other detected property of the extracellular vesicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Mark Audeh, Joshua Simon Klein, Anthony M Giannetti, Stephen Morton, James Michael Higbie
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Publication number: 20190201341Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for producing liposomes by filtration. The methods include passing a heated lipid suspension through a filter assembly comprising two or more filters connected in series, wherein an orifice is disposed between adjacent filters. The methods and systems can produce liposomes having an average diameter that is less than half the diameter of the filter pores. Further, the methods and systems can produce liposomes with <100 nm average diameter, even when the liposomes comprise at least 30% sterol.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Verily Life Sciences LLCInventors: Stephen Morton, Zach Scott
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Patent number: 10183306Abstract: An apparatus and method of preparing and coating a large structure such as a ship's hull while in a dry dock wherein a plurality of spray guns disposed in an array are positioned by a robotic arm in a spaced relationship along the surface to be treated so that their spray patterns overlap. The array of spray guns is traversed downwardly and thus painting a strip whereupon the spray guns are secured, move horizontally and then are activated to be moved upwardly until another strip adjacent to and overlapping the first strip is painted. These steps are repeated until the surface area is substantially entirely painted. A shroud is provided for collecting paint oversprays and other excess paint is mounted in the array assemblage. An auxiliary spray gun may be positioned and its spray pattern adjusted to apply paint to area which were missed by the original spray pattern emanating from the array of spray guns.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Inventor: John Stephen Morton
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Publication number: 20180178239Abstract: An apparatus and method of preparing and coating a large structure such as a ship's hull while in a dry dock wherein a plurality of spray guns disposed in an array are positioned by a robotic arm in a spaced relationship along the surface to be treated so that their spray patterns overlap. The array of spray guns is traversed downwardly and thus painting a strip whereupon the spray guns are secured, move horizontally and then are activated to be moved upwardly until another strip adjacent to and overlapping the first strip is painted. These steps are repeated until the surface area is substantially entirely painted. A shroud is provided for collecting paint oversprays and other excess paint is mounted in the array assemblage. An auxiliary spray gun may be positioned and its spray pattern adjusted to apply paint to area which were missed by the original spray pattern emanating from the array of spray guns.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2018Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventor: John Stephen Morton
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Patent number: 9889459Abstract: An apparatus and method of preparing and coating a large structure such as a ship's hull while in a dry dock wherein a plurality of spray guns disposed in an array are positioned by a robotic arm in a spaced relationship along the surface to be treated so that their spray patterns overlap. The array of spray guns is traversed downwardly and thus painting a strip whereupon the spray guns are secured, move horizontally and then are activated to be moved upwardly until another strip adjacent to and overlapping the first strip is painted. These steps are repeated until the surface area is substantially entirely painted. A shroud is provided for collecting paint oversprays and other excess paint is mounted in the array assemblage. An auxiliary spray gun may be positioned and its spray pattern adjusted to apply paint to area which were missed by the original spray pattern emanating from the array of spray guns.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Inventor: John Stephen Morton
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Publication number: 20170143233Abstract: Body-mountable devices are provided to detect the presence or status of an analyte in subsurface vasculature of a body by detecting fluorescent reporters that are bound to instances of the analyte in the subsurface vasculature. Such devices further operate to exert an attractive magnetic force on magnetic nanoparticle-containing probes that are configured to bind to the analyte, thus concentrating the analyte proximate the devices by magnetically exerting attractive forces on such probes that are bound to instances of the analyte. The analyte can be an extracellular vesicle that is characteristic of a cancer, and a body-mountable device as described herein could be used to detect such extracellular vesicles in a portion of subsurface vasculature such that a presence or status of a tumor could be determined based on an amount, presence, or other detected property of the extracellular vesicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Mark Audeh, Joshua Simon Klein, Anthony M. Giannetti, Stephen Morton, James Michael Higbie
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Publication number: 20160214132Abstract: An apparatus and method of preparing and coating a large structure such as a ship's hull while in a dry dock wherein a plurality of spray guns disposed in an array are positioned by a robotic arm in a spaced relationship along the surface to be treated so that their spray patterns overlap. The array of spray guns is traversed downwardly and thus painting a strip whereupon the spray guns are secured, move horizontally and then are activated to be moved upwardly until another strip adjacent to and overlapping the first strip is painted. These steps are repeated until the surface area is substantially entirely painted. A shroud is provided for collecting paint oversprays and other excess paint is mounted in the array assemblage. An auxiliary spray gun may be positioned and its spray pattern adjusted to apply paint to area which were missed by the original spray pattern emanating from the array of spray guns.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventor: John Stephen Morton
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Patent number: 9302286Abstract: An apparatus and method of preparing and coating a large structure such as a ship's hull while in a dry dock wherein a plurality of spray guns disposed in an array are positioned by a robotic arm in a spaced relationship along the surface to be treated so that their spray patterns overlap. The array of spray guns is traversed downwardly and thus painting a strip whereupon the spray guns are secured, move horizontally and then are activated to be moved upwardly until another strip adjacent to and overlapping the first strip is painted. These steps are repeated until the surface area is substantially entirely painted. A shroud is provided for collecting paint oversprays and other excess paint is mounted in the array assemblage. An auxiliary spray gun may be positioned and its spray pattern adjusted to apply paint to area which were missed by the original spray pattern emanating from the array of spray guns.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2011Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Inventor: John Stephen Morton