Patents by Inventor Stephen Woolley

Stephen Woolley 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).

  • Patent number: 12251150
    Abstract: Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Naomi Buckley, Benjamin J Clark, Michael Cummins, Danny Donovan, Mark Gelfand, Luke Hughes, Brian Kelly, Gary Kelly, Grace Kelly, John Kelly, Mark S. Leung, Gwenda Francis, Barry Mullins, Karun D. Naga, Stephen Nash, Eric Ryba, Fiachra Sweeney, Vincenzo Tilotta, Roman Turovskiy, Lana Woolley, Denise Zarins, Michael Turovskiy
  • Patent number: 8700617
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program for managing resources within an integrated development environment for multiple users. The resources include both content resources and people resources. The method comprises: managing a plurality of nodes representing resources, the nodes including content nodes and person nodes, wherein the node contains a resource reference for referencing the resource; managing one or more links representing one or more relationships between the resources, the links including links between content nodes, between person nodes and between content and person nodes, each link comprising node references to identify the nodes in the relationships and an importance value to identify the importance of the relationship; providing an interface for selecting one of the plurality of content nodes or person nodes; adapting, in response to the user selected node, one or more importance values of certain links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Andrew Connick, Nicholas James Hill, Mark James Hiscock, Sebastian Stein, Stephen Woolley
  • Patent number: 7877391
    Abstract: A method is provided for managing resources within an integrated development environment for multiple users. The resources include both content resources and people resources. The method comprises managing a plurality of nodes representing resources. The nodes include content nodes and person nodes. The node contains a resource reference for referencing the resource. The method comprises managing one or more links representing one or more relationships between the resources. Each link comprises node references to identify the nodes in the relationships and an importance value to identify the importance of the relationship. The method further comprises providing an interface for selecting one of the plurality of content nodes or person nodes and estimating, in response to a selected nodes, a node having a likelihood of subsequent selection based on the importance value of its link to the selected nodes. The method comprises providing an interface for selecting said estimated node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colin Leonard Bird, Andrew Connick, Nicholas James Hill, Mark James Hiscock, Sebastian Stein, Stephen Woolley
  • Publication number: 20060149757
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program for managing resources within an integrated development environment for multiple users. The resources include both content resources and people resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Colin Bird, Andrew Connick, Nicholas Hill, Mark Hiscock, Sebastian Stein, Stephen Woolley
  • Publication number: 20060149759
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program for managing resources within an integrated development environment for multiple users. The resources include both content resources and people resources. The method comprises: managing a plurality of nodes representing resources, said nodes including content nodes and person nodes, wherein the node contains a resource reference for referencing the resource; managing one or more links representing one or more relationships between the resources, said links including links between content nodes, between person nodes and between content and person nodes, each link comprising node references to identify the nodes in the relationships and an importance value to identify the importance of the relationship; providing an interface for selecting one of the plurality of content nodes or person nodes; adapting, in response to the user selected node, one or more importance values of certain links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Colin Bird, Andrew Connick, Nicholas Hill, Mark Hiscock, Sebastian Stein, Stephen Woolley
  • Publication number: 20060149717
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program for managing resources within an integrated development environment for multiple users. The resources include both content resources and people resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Colin Bird, Andrew Connick, Nicholas Hill, Mark Hiscock, Sebastian Stein, Stephen Woolley