Patents by Inventor Steven P. Morton
Steven P. 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: 11896420Abstract: A metallic diaphragm disk incorporating a piezoelectric material bonded thereto and operatively coupled to a base rim of a housing provides for closing an open-ended cavity at the first end of the housing. At least one inertial mass is either incorporated in or attached to the housing. A plastic film adhesively bonded to at least one of an outer rim of the housing or an outer-facing surface of the disk provides for receiving an adhesive acoustic interface material to provide for coupling the housing to the skin of a test subject.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: AUSCULSCIENCES, INC.Inventors: Simon Martin, Mark W. Armstrong, Anthony Dewar, Robert J. Griffin, Brady Laska, Sergey A. Telenkov, Steven P. Morton, Camilla Jastrzebski
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Publication number: 20230091977Abstract: A metallic diaphragm disk incorporating a piezoelectric material bonded thereto and operatively coupled to a base rim of a housing provides for closing an open-ended cavity at the first end of the housing. At least one inertial mass is either incorporated in or attached to the housing. A plastic film adhesively bonded to at least one of an outer rim of the housing or an outer-facing surface of the disk provides for receiving an adhesive acoustic interface material to provide for coupling the housing to the skin of a test subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: AUSCULSCIENCES, INC.Inventors: Simon MARTIN, Mark W. ARMSTRONG, Anthony DEWAR, Robert J. GRIFFIN, Brady LASKA, Sergey A. TELENKOV, Steven P. MORTON, Camilla JASTRZEBSKI
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Patent number: 11510644Abstract: Each conductor of a plurality of insulated conductors of a wiring harness extends between, and electrically connects, a corresponding terminal of a first electrical connector to either a corresponding terminal of an electrical connector jack of a plurality of electrical jacks located along the wiring harness, or to a corresponding terminal of a corresponding auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor of the plurality of auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensors. The plurality of insulated conductors are organized in a plurality of distinct branches, each distinct branch originating either from the first electrical connector or from another portion of the wiring harness, and the locations of the plurality of distinct branches, in cooperation with the plurality of electrical jacks, if present, are implicitly suggestive of a corresponding location of the corresponding auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor on a thorax of a test subject.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: AUSCULSCIENCES, INC.Inventors: Sergey A Telenkov, Simon Martin, Mark W. Armstrong, Steven P. Morton, Robert J. Griffin
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Publication number: 20210338189Abstract: One or more auscultation sensors attached to the skin of an at-least-prospectively contagiously-infected patient are connected via a corresponding associated one or more sensor cables so as to provide for one or more health care practitioners to listen to auscultation sounds from the one or more auscultation sensors from a relatively safe distance, without a need for close proximity to the patient when listening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Marina VERNALIS, Brian J. BOOTH, Simon MARTIN, Jun ZHOU, Md Shahidul ISLAM, Steven P. MORTON
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Publication number: 20210169440Abstract: Each conductor of a plurality of insulated conductors of a wiring harness extends between, and electrically connects, a corresponding terminal of a first electrical connector to either a corresponding terminal of an electrical connector jack of a plurality of electrical jacks located along the wiring harness, or to a corresponding terminal of a corresponding auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor of the plurality of auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensors. The plurality of insulated conductors are organized in a plurality of distinct branches, each distinct branch originating either from the first electrical connector or from another portion of the wiring harness, and the locations of the plurality of distinct branches, in cooperation with the plurality of electrical jacks, if present, are implicitly suggestive of a corresponding location of the corresponding auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor on a thorax of a test subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: AUSCULSCIENCES, INC.Inventors: Sergey A. TELENKOV, Simon MARTIN, Mark W. ARMSTRONG, Steven P. MORTON, Robert J. GRIFFIN
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Patent number: 10925573Abstract: A metallic diaphragm disk incorporating a piezoelectric material bonded thereto and operatively coupled to a base rim of a housing provides for closing an open-ended cavity at the first end of the housing. In one aspect, plastic film adhesively bonded to at least one of an outer rim of the housing or an outer-facing surface of the disk provides for receiving an adhesive acoustic interface material to provide for coupling the housing to the skin of a test subject. In another aspect, an outer-facing surface of a base portion of the housing provides for receiving an adhesive acoustic interface material to provide for coupling the housing to the skin of a test subject, at least one inertial mass is operatively coupled to a central portion of the metallic diaphragm disk, and the opening in the first end of the housing is closed with a cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: AusculSciences, Inc.Inventors: Simon Martin, Steven P. Morton, Mark W. Armstrong, Robert J. Griffin, Sergey A. Telenkov, Brady Laska, Anthony Dewar, Camilla Jastrzebski
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Publication number: 20190099152Abstract: A metallic diaphragm disk incorporating a piezoelectric material bonded thereto and operatively coupled to a base rim of a housing provides for closing an open-ended cavity at the first end of the housing. In one aspect, plastic film adhesively bonded to at least one of an outer rim of the housing or an outer-facing surface of the disk provides for receiving an adhesive acoustic interface material to provide for coupling the housing to the skin of a test subject. In another aspect, an outer-facing surface of a base portion of the housing provides for receiving an adhesive acoustic interface material to provide for coupling the housing to the skin of a test subject, at least one inertial mass is operatively coupled to a central portion of the metallic diaphragm disk, and the opening in the first end of the housing is closed with a cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: AUSCULSCIENCES, INC.Inventors: Simon MARTIN, Steven P. MORTON, Mark W. ARMSTRONG, Robert J. GRIFFIN, Sergey A. TELENKOV, Brady LASKA, Anthony DEWAR, Camilla JASTRZEBSKI
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Patent number: 7356102Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling gain compensation over temperature and frequency variations. A variable amplifier may be used to receive a control signal and an input signal. The variable amplifier may be operable to apply a gain to the input signal to generate an output signal, wherein the gain is a function of the control signal. A summation module may be used to combine a gain reference signal and a gain variation signal to generate the control signal. The gain reference signal may be calibrated at a reference temperature and a reference frequency. A gain calibration module may be used to output the gain variation signal as a function of both a current operating temperature and a current operating frequency.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2003Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Steven P. Morton, Qing Zhong Jiao, Xin Jin
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Publication number: 20040213355Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling gain compensation over temperature and frequency variations. A variable amplifier may be used to receive a control signal and an input signal. The variable amplifier may be operable to apply a gain to the input signal to generate an output signal, wherein the gain is a function of the control signal. A summation module may be used to combine a gain reference signal and a gain variation signal to generate the control signal. The gain reference signal may be calibrated at a reference temperature and a reference frequency. A gain calibration module may be used to output the gain variation signal as a function of both a current operating temperature and a current operating frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2003Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventors: Steven P. Morton, Qing Zhong Jiao, Xin Jin