Patents by Inventor Stephen Peter

Stephen Peter 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).

  • Low-Temperature Bonding With Spaced Nanorods And Eutectic Alloys
    Publication number: 20180200840
    Abstract: Bonded surfaces are formed by adhering first nanorods and second nanorods to respective first and second surfaces. The first shell is formed on the first nanorods and the second shell is formed on the second nanorods, wherein at least one of the first nanorods and second nanorods, and the first shell and the second shell are formed of distinct metals. The surfaces are then exposed to at least one condition that causes the distinct metals to form an alloy, such as eutectic alloy having a melting point below the temperature at which the alloy is formed, thereby bonding the surfaces upon which solidification of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen Peter Stagon, Hanchen Huang, Paul Robert Elliott
  • Devices and methods for preparing a transcatheter heart valve system
    Patent number: 10010411
    Abstract: Devices and methods for preparing a transcatheter heart valve system. The device includes a housing, sealing apparatuses and a port. The housing forms a chamber sized to receive a prosthetic valve and a portion of a delivery device. During use, the prosthesis is seated in the chamber, and the sealing apparatuses operated to seal the chamber about the delivery device. Air bubbles in a liquid delivered through the delivery device and to the chamber are removed from the system via the port, thereby flushing the system. Further, the device is manipulated to permit loading of the prosthesis into the delivery device in an air bubble-free environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic Vascular Galway
    Inventor: Stephen Peter
  • SEALING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20180141860
    Abstract: A water resistant sealing material suitable as a gasket or valve seal is described. The sealing material comprises modified chemically exfoliated vermiculite (CEV) in a proportion of 30-70% w/w sealing material and a filler in a proportion of 70-30% w/w sealing material, and optionally other additives in a proportion of 0-10% w/w sealing material. The modified CEV comprises water resistance enhancing monovalent cations. The sealing material is particularly useful to provide improved water resistance in gaskets and valve seals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen Peter Bond, Richard Rodgers, Stephen WOOLFENDEN, Neal Skipper
  • PHOTONIC QUANTUM MEMORY
    Publication number: 20180136688
    Abstract: A photonic quantum memory is provided. The photonic quantum memory includes entanglement basis conversion module configured to receive a first polarization-entangled photon pair and to produce a second entangled photon pair. The second polarization-entangled photon pair can be a time-bin entangled or a propagation direction-entangled photon pair. The photonic quantum memory further includes a photonic storage configured to receive the second entangled photon pair from the basis conversion module and to store the second entangled photon pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald N. Gilbert, Jonathan S. Hodges, Stephen Peter Pappas, Yaakov Shmuel Weinstein
  • GASKET
    Publication number: 20180119855
    Abstract: A gasket for fluidly sealing two conduits having mating surfaces is described. The gasket includes an outer seal with a first thickness and an inner seal with a thickness greater than that of the outer seal. The inner seal can be compressed at least to the thickness of the outer seal. Methods of making the gaskets are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen Peter Bond, Anthony Russell Currie, Stephen Woolfenden, Dean John Kirby
  • SENSOR TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS AND GUIDE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180087337
    Abstract: A sensor transportation apparatus to convey a sensor assembly through a wellbore. The apparatus comprising has an engagement structure to connect the sensor transportation apparatus to the sensor assembly, and one or more wheels arranged to rotate about an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sensor assembly when the transportation apparatus is connected to the sensor assembly. An orientation structure defining a form having a transverse outline which has a rotational centre, wherein the rotational centre is offset from a centroidal axis of the elongate sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: PETROMAC IP LIMITED
    Inventor: Stephen Peter McCormick
  • Gasket
    Patent number: 9885435
    Abstract: A method for fluidly sealing two conduits having mating surfaces is described. The method includes positioning a gasket between the surfaces, securing the two conduits together with the gasket interposed between the mating surfaces wherein the gasket includes an outer seal with a first thickness and an inner seal with a thickness greater than that of the outer seal. The step of positioning and/or the step of securing includes compressing the thickness of the inner seal. Methods of making the gaskets are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Flexitallic Investments, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Peter Bond, Anthony Russell Currie, Stephen Woolfenden, Dean John Kirby
  • Sensor transportation apparatus and guide device
    Patent number: 9863198
    Abstract: A sensor transportation apparatus to convey a sensor assembly through a wellbore. The apparatus comprising has an engagement structure to connect the sensor transportation apparatus to the sensor assembly, and one or more wheels arranged to rotate about an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sensor assembly when the transportation apparatus is connected to the sensor assembly. An orientation structure defining a form having a transverse outline which has a rotational center, wherein the rotational center is offset from a centroidal axis of the elongate sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: PETROMAC IP LIMITED
    Inventor: Stephen Peter McCormick
  • Photonic quantum memory with time-bin entangled photon storage
    Patent number: 9851742
    Abstract: A photonic quantum memory is provided. The photonic quantum memory includes entanglement basis conversion module configured to receive a first polarization-entangled photon pair and to produce a second entangled photon pair. The second polarization-entangled photon pair can he a time-bin entangled or a propagation direction-entangled photon pair. The photonic quantum memory further includes a photonic storage configured to receive the second entangled photon pair from the basis conversion module and to store the second entangled photon pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald N. Gilbert, Jonathan S. Hodges, Stephen Peter Pappas, Yaakov Shmuel Weinstein
  • Capacitive liquid level sensor
    Patent number: 9766109
    Abstract: A capacitive liquid level sensor is provided comprising a capacitive probe having a capacitance and comprising a sensing tip wherein the capacitive probe is configured such that the capacitance of the probe changes when the sensing tip is exposed to liquid. A signal generator operates to supply an electrical signal alternating between a high and low state to the capacitive probe, the electrical signal being configured such that the probe is alternately charged and discharged when the signal is high or low respectively. A comparator operates to detect the magnitude of an electrical signal across the capacitive probe and provides a first output signal value when the detected signal magnitude is greater than a predetermined threshold value and a second output signal value when the signal magnitude is less than the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: RANDOX LABORATORIES LTD.
    Inventors: Ian Armstrong, Michael Duffy, Stephen Peter Fitzgerald
  • Methods and compositions for the diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease
    Patent number: 9726678
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD) in a subject and methods of determining the prognosis in patients with AD. The adhesion molecules P-selectin and L-selectin are described for the first time for use as biomarkers to aid in the diagnosis of AD. The invention further describes the use of one or more of L-selectin, MCP-1, IL-1?, IL-8 and IFN-? to aid in the prognosis of either accelerated cognitive decline (ACD) or slow cognitive decline (SCD) in patients with AD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: RANDOX LABORATORIES LTD.
    Inventors: Massimiliano Corsi, Stephen Peter Fitzgerald, John V. Lamont, Paul Innocenzi
  • Method and apparatus for quantum mechanical entanglement protection
    Patent number: 9720437
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods to robustly inter-convert between polarization-entangled photon pairs and time-entangled photon pairs, such that produced polarization-entangled photons pairs can be converted into time-entangled photon pairs, stored as time-entangled photon pairs to preserve the entanglement for longer periods of time, and then converted back to polarization-entangled photon pairs when ready for manipulation, processing, and measurement by a quantum application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald N. Gilbert, Jonathan S. Hodges, Stephen Peter Pappas, Yaakov Shmuel Weinstein
  • LIQUID SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170128051
    Abstract: A liquid sample collection device is provided. The liquid sample collection device comprises a housing including a liquid collection chamber, and a liquid supply conduit extending from an inlet port and in use generally downwardly to the collection chamber, wherein the collection chamber includes an air vent port located such that in use liquid supplied to the collection chamber through the liquid supply conduit displaces air through the air vent port, and wherein the liquid supply conduit follows a meandering path including at least one air trap section defined at the junction between portions of the conduit extending with upward and downward components respectively, whereby in use once the air vent port is closed, air is displaced along the liquid supply conduit until it is trapped by the air trap section thereby preventing further liquid flow through the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Stuart Jackson, Ivan McConnell, John Lamont, Stephen Peter Fitzgerald
  • GASKET
    Publication number: 20170089498
    Abstract: A method for fluidly sealing two conduits having mating surfaces is described. The method includes positioning a gasket between the surfaces, securing the two conduits together with the gasket interposed between the mating surfaces wherein the gasket includes an outer seal with a first thickness and an inner seal with a thickness greater than that of the outer seal. The step of positioning and/or the step of securing includes compressing the thickness of the inner seal. Methods of making the gaskets are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Peter Bond, Anthony Russell Currie, Stephen Woolfenden, Dean John Kirby
  • Gasket
    Patent number: 9551422
    Abstract: Gaskets for sealing two mating surfaces are described. The gaskets have an outer portion including a core between two sealing layers and an inner portion made of a deformable material and located in an aperature in the outer portion. The thickness of the inner portion is greater than the thickness of the outer portion. The inner portion may include a chemical treatment agent that can provide chemical protection to the mating surfaces. Methods of producing the gaskets and methods of using the gaskets for sealing joints, including corroded joints, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Flexitallic Investments, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Peter Bond, Anthony Russell Currie, Stephen Woolfenden, Dean John Kirby
  • Screening Methodology to Eliminate Wire Sweep in Bond and Assembly Module Packaging
    Publication number: 20170016950
    Abstract: Quality control testing for a batch of electronic modules. A series of tests are performed on manufactured electronic modules, including tests sensitive to the failure rate of previously tested modules. Specifically, a first test comprised of two phases is performed on the module batch. Further screening is then performed responsive to detection of a wire sweep failure in a subset of failed modules from the first test phase. The further screening is on modules that passed the first test phase and excludes modules that failed the first test phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Peter Ayotte, Michael Russell Uy Gonzales, Mark Tiam Weng Lam
  • Distal Tip for a Delivery Catheter
    Publication number: 20160338862
    Abstract: Distal tips for use with delivery catheters are disclosed that are configured to maintain complete engagement between the distal tip and a distal opening of a sheath component of the delivery catheter so as to prevent separation therebetween and/or to prevent fish-mouthing of a distal leading edge of the sheath component during in vivo use. Distal tips so configured realize one or more of the objectives of safer tracking of the delivery catheter through the vasculature, safe crossing of the delivery catheter through structural components of the vasculature and heart, such as through native valves, and safe removal of the delivery catheter post deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Susheel Deshmukh, Siyan Som, Adam Shipley, Matthew Spurchise, Stephen Peter, Shishira Nagesh
  • METHOD OF PROVIDING ELECTRIC POWER TO A HOST
    Publication number: 20160314544
    Abstract: A method of providing electric power and energy to a host comprises executing a power purchase agreement between a provider and the host. The provider has an electric generator system and the host has a facility located on a property of the host. The provider becomes a market participant in the regional wholesale electricity markets. The provider installs the generator system on the host's property. The provider provides power and energy to the host's facility through a local utility as an electric supplier. The provider provides distributed power and energy to the host's facility directly from the generator system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Scuderi Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Scuderi, Salvatore Scuderi, Matthew Austin Fioretti, Stephen Peter Scuderi
  • Screening methodology to eliminate wire sweep in bond and assembly module packaging
    Patent number: 9470740
    Abstract: Quality control testing for a batch of electronic modules. A series of tests are performed on manufactured electronic modules, including tests sensitive to the failure rate of previously tested modules. Specifically, a first test comprised of two phases is performed on the module batch. Further screening is then performed responsive to detection of a wire sweep failure in a subset of failed modules from the first test phase. The further screening is on modules that passed the first test phase and excludes modules that failed the first test phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Peter Ayotte, Michael Russell Uy Gonzales, Mark Tiam Weng Lam
  • Detection of synthetic cannabinoids
    Patent number: 9441033
    Abstract: The invention describes methods and kits for detecting and determining current and future synthetic cannabinoids from the JWH and RCS families. Unique antibodies derived from novel immunogens enable said methods and kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Randox Laboratories Limited
    Inventors: Elouard Benchikh, Stephen Peter Fitzgerald, Paul John Innocenzi, Philip Andrew Lowry, Ivan Robert McConnell