Patents by Inventor Steven A Thomas

Steven A Thomas 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).

  • Glucagon-receptor selective polypeptides and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 10501517
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated polypeptides that are glucagon-receptor selective analogs and peptide derivatives thereof. These analogs are selective for human glucagon receptor with improved solubility, thermal stability, and physicochemical properties as compared to native endogenous glucagon. This invention also relates to methods of using such polypeptides in a variety of therapeutic and diagnostic indications, as well as methods of producing such polypeptides. These analogs are useful, alone or in combination with other therapeutic peptides, in methods of treating obesity, diabetes, metabolic disorders, and other disorders or disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: INTARCIA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: William Blackwell, Ved P. Srivastava, Mark A. Paulik, Andrew Young, Robert Neil Hunter, III, Steven Thomas Dock
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA
    Publication number: 20190358449
    Abstract: An oral appliance is disclosed that provides electrical stimulation to a patient's tongue in a manner that prevents collapse of the tongue and/or soft palate during sleep. More specifically, the appliance may induce a reversible current or currents in a lateral direction across the tongue in a manner that shortens the patient's Palatoglossus muscle, which in turn pulls the patient's soft palate downward towards a base of the tongue and/or decreases a volume of the tongue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Thomas Kent, Laurence Wylie Harter, Harold Byron Kent, Karena Yadira Puldon
  • SEMI-AUTOMATED OPHTHALMIC PHOTOCOAGULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190350759
    Abstract: An ophthalmic treatment system and method for performing therapy on target tissue in a patient's eye. A delivery system delivers treatment light to the patient's eye and a camera captures a live image of the patient's eye. Control electronics control the delivery system, register a pre-treatment image of the patient's eye to the camera's live image (where the pre-treatment image includes a treatment template that identifies target tissue within the patient's eye), and verify whether or not the delivery system is aligned to the target tissue defined by the treatment template. The control electronics control the delivery system to project the treatment light onto the patient's eye in response to both an activation of a trigger device and the verification that the delivery system is aligned to the target tissue, as well as adjust delivery system alignment to track eye movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventor: Steven Thomas CHARLES
  • CATALYSTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR THE CONVERSION OF BIOMASS TO CHEMICALS
    Publication number: 20190345090
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a solid support, a metal positioned on the solid support, and an oxide coating positioned to at least partially cover the metal. The compositions described herein may be utilized in methods that include contacting muconic acid and hydrogen to convert at least a portion of the muconic acid to adipic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Derek Richard Vardon, Steven Thomas Christensen, Katherine Elaine Hurst, Amy Elizabeth Settle, Michael Brandon Griffin
  • Method and system of customizing scripture study
    Patent number: 10460619
    Abstract: A system, method, computer program, and on-line computer site is provided for customizing scripture study to enhance scriptural fluency. The method includes specifying a range of passages from a small assortment to a complete canon of scripture, then randomly generating a passage from within the range, optimizing a study to meet personal goals using interactive features, and producing a study report to save and share with peers for collaboration and feedback. Preferably, the invention is operated in conjunction with an interactive Web site or stand alone software program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventor: Steven Thomas Mann
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN IMPROVED PEEL OPERATION DURING ADDITIVE FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20190322053
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a method of additive fabrication wherein a plurality of layers of material are formed on a build platform is provided. The method may comprise forming a layer of material in contact with a container, and subsequent to the forming of the layer of material, rotating the container relative to the build platform and moving the build platform relative to the container, thereby creating an effective fulcrum about an axis, wherein the rotating of the container and moving of the build platform causes the layer of material to separate from the container. According to some embodiments, the container may be configured to rotate about a fixed axis. According to some embodiments, moving the build platform may comprise moving the build platform toward the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Maxim Lobovsky, Steven Thomas, Benjamin FrantzDale
  • Monitoring System With Multidrop Backplane Scheduler
    Publication number: 20190310308
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for monitoring operation of industrial equipment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a monitoring system is provided that includes a passive backplane and one more functional circuits that can couple to the backplane. Each of the functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane can have access to all data that is delivered to the backplane. Therefore, resources (e.g., computing power, or other functionality) from each functional circuits can be shared by all active functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane. Because resources from each of the functional circuits can be shared, and because the functional circuits can be detachably coupled to the backplane, performance of the monitoring systems can be tailored to specific applications. For example, processing power can be increased by coupling additional processing circuits to the backplane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Dustin Hess, Steven Thomas Clemens
  • Gated Asynchronous Multipoint Network Interface Monitoring System
    Publication number: 20190310619
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for monitoring operation of industrial equipment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a monitoring system is provided that includes a passive backplane and one more functional circuits that can couple to the backplane. Each of the functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane can have access to all data that is delivered to the backplane. Therefore, resources (e.g., computing power, or other functionality) from each functional circuits can be shared by all active functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane. Because resources from each of the functional circuits can be shared, and because the functional circuits can be detachably coupled to the backplane, performance of the monitoring systems can be tailored to specific applications. For example, processing power can be increased by coupling additional processing circuits to the backplane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Thomas Clemens, Dustin Hess
  • Monitoring System With Bridges For Interconnecting System Elements
    Publication number: 20190310309
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for monitoring operation of industrial equipment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a monitoring system is provided that includes a passive backplane and one more functional circuits that can couple to the backplane. Each of the functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane can have access to all data that is delivered to the backplane. Therefore, resources (e.g., computing power, or other functionality) from each functional circuits can be shared by all active functional circuits that are coupled to the backplane. Because resources from each of the functional circuits can be shared, and because the functional circuits can be detachably coupled to the backplane, performance of the monitoring systems can be tailored to specific applications. For example, processing power can be increased by coupling additional processing circuits to the backplane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Alan Tart, Steven Thomas Clemens, Dustin Hess, Paul Richetta
  • FLEXIBLE CONDITION MONITORING OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINES
    Publication number: 20190310607
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a condition monitoring circuit can include a circuit controller and a node. The node can include a gate controller, a node controller and one or more gates. The node can be configured to detachably couple to a bus of a monitoring system associated with an industrial machine. The circuit controller can be configured to identify an operating parameter associated with the industrial machine. The gate controller can be configured to transfer, via the one or more gates, one or more data packets including data characterizing the operating parameter from the bus in the monitoring system. The one or more gates can be configured to prevent transfer of an outgoing data packet to the bus via the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Alan Tart, Raymond Jensen, Steven Thomas Clemens, Dustin Hess
  • Augmented reality system
    Patent number: 10431005
    Abstract: An example augmented reality system includes: obtaining information about an instance of a device; recognizing the instance of the device based on the information; selecting a digital twin for the instance of the device, with the digital twin being unique to the instance of the device; and generating augmented reality content based on the digital twin and an actual graphic of the instance of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: PTC Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Parfenov, Kevin Elliott Jordan, Steven Thomas Dertien, Moshe Jacob Baum, Andre Gosselin, Stephen Prideaux-Ghee, James E. Heppelman
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A THICKNESS OF A NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID LAYER
    Publication number: 20190285497
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to systems and methods for determining a thickness of a nonaqueous phase liquid layer (NAPL) that is disposed adjacent a second layer of aqueous phase liquid (APL). The system can include a pressure transducer assembly having a total density value between a first density value of the NAPL and a second density value of the APL. The pressure transducer assembly can be configured to measure a first pressure associated with the pressure exerted by the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Avery Buckley, Brad William Koons, Steven Thomas Gaito, Monal Gajjar
  • Semi-automated ophthalmic photocoagulation method and apparatus
    Patent number: 10398599
    Abstract: An ophthalmic treatment system and method for performing therapy on target tissue in a patient's eye. A delivery system delivers treatment light to the patient's eye and a camera captures a live image of the patient's eye. Control electronics control the delivery system, register a pre-treatment image of the patient's eye to the camera's live image (where the pre-treatment image includes a treatment template that identifies target tissue within the patient's eye), and verify whether or not the delivery system is aligned to the target tissue defined by the treatment template. The control electronics control the delivery system to project the treatment light onto the patient's eye in response to both an activation of a trigger device and the verification that the delivery system is aligned to the target tissue, as well as adjust delivery system alignment to track eye movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: TOPCON MEDICAL LASER SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Steven Thomas Charles
  • TECHNIQUES FOR SURFACE PREPARATION DURING ADDITIVE FABRICATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20190263059
    Abstract: According to some aspects, an additive fabrication device is provided configured to form layers of material on a build platform, each layer of material being formed so as to contact a container in addition to the build platform and/or a previously formed layer of material. The additive fabrication device may comprise a container and a wiper, wherein the wiper comprises a wiper arm and a wiper blade coupled to said wiper arm using a pivoting coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Ferguson, Konstantinos Oikonomopoulos, Steven Thomas, Benjamin FrantzDale, Nicholas M. Sohn
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN IMPROVED PEEL OPERATION DURING ADDITIVE FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20190240968
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a method of additive fabrication wherein a plurality of layers of material are formed is provided. The method may comprise forming a layer of material in contact with a container, and subsequent to the forming of the layer of material, actively bending the container around at least one fixed point such that the layer of material separates from the container. According to some aspects, an additive fabrication apparatus configured to form a plurality of layers of material is provided. The apparatus may comprise a container, a build platform, one or more force generators, and at least one controller configured to, subsequent to formation of a layer of material in contact with the container, actively bend the container around at least one fixed point via the one or more force generators, such that the layer of material separates from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Thomas, Yoav Reches, Jason Livingston, Jeffery Morin, Caitlin Reyda
  • Systems and methods for an improved peel operation during additive fabrication
    Patent number: 10369747
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a method of additive fabrication wherein a plurality of layers of material are formed on a build platform is provided. The method may comprise forming a layer of material in contact with a container, and subsequent to the forming of the layer of material, rotating the container relative to the build platform and moving the build platform relative to the container, thereby creating an effective fulcrum about an axis, wherein the rotating of the container and moving of the build platform causes the layer of material to separate from the container. According to some embodiments, the container may be configured to rotate about a fixed axis. According to some embodiments, moving the build platform may comprise moving the build platform toward the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Maxim Lobovsky, Steven Thomas, Benjamin FrantzDale
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATING EXPENSE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20190205846
    Abstract: Methods and systems for communicating expense management information between an expense management system and a mobile device are provided. The methods and systems include one or more applications for a mobile device, such as mobile phone, that enable a user, such as an expense manager for an entity such as a business entity or other organization, to use their mobile device to communicate and exchange data with an expense management system, such as a management system for expenses associated with a provider of products and/or services to the entity. The methods and systems enable an expense manager to review and approve invoices, generate graphics to review usage or other data, and conduct data searches relative to the expenses being managed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Carl N. Friedholm, Angela Melissa Taylor, Randy Edmonds, Gregory Steven Thomas
  • CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A DEPLOYABLE PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20190176710
    Abstract: The present invention provides a control module (10) for controlling powered operation of a platform (2) for a vehicle compartment (101) that is movable between a first position in which the platform engages a moveable structure (102) of the vehicle (100) and a second position; wherein the control module (10) is configured to control movement of the platform (2) from the second position to the first position by first controlling a powered actuation means (5) to move the platform (2) from the second position through the first position and into a third position, and then controlling the powered actuation means (5) to move the platform (2) from the third position into contact with the moveable structure (102) to thereby bring the platform (2) into the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Duncan LOVEDAY, Steven THOMAS
  • Display screen with graphic user interface for a surgical console
    Patent number: D854549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Thomas Clifford, Anna-Karin Soederstroem, Sarah Garcia
  • Display screen with graphical user interface for a multimode surgical console
    Patent number: D856345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Thomas Clifford, Anna-Karin Soederstroem, Sarah Garcia