Patents by Inventor Thomas Givens

Thomas Givens 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).

  • Publication number: 20240383523
    Abstract: A tool device, such as a lawnmower, or a steerable-wheel assembly therefor may include a frame, a walking element, a drive motor, and a steerable-wheel assembly (SWA). The walking element may be coupled to the frame. The drive motor may selectively power the walking element. The SWA may be attached to the frame apart from the walking element. The SWA may include a caster connector pivotably mounted to the frame to rotate about a pivot axis, a steerable wheel rotatably coupled to the caster connector, a primary drive gear, a primary driven gear, and a secondary driven gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Ray, Denis Ogiyenko, Robert Givens, Shehzaan Farooqui, Adam D’Angelo, Conner Eddy, Matt Lambert, Grzegorz Kondro, Eric Laliberté, Michael Carr, Fernando Vargas, Tyler Davis, Adam Benjamin Hood, Jeffrey Francis Wilson, Jonathan Feldkamp
  • Publication number: 20240383524
    Abstract: A tool device, such as a lawnmower, or a steerable-wheel assembly therefor may include a frame, a walking element, a drive motor, and a steerable-wheel assembly (SWA). The walking element may be coupled to the frame. The drive motor may selectively power the walking element. The SWA may be attached to the frame apart from the walking element. The SWA may include a caster connector pivotably mounted to the frame to rotate about a pivot axis, a steerable wheel rotatably coupled to the caster connector, a detectable magnet fixed to the caster connector to pivot therewith about the pivot axis, and an encoder including a magnetic sensor fixed to the frame apart from the caster connector to detect a pivotable position of the detectable magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Ray, Denis Ogiyenko, Robert Givens, Shehzaan Farooqui, Adam D’Angelo, Conner Eddy, Matt Lambert, Grzegorz Kondro, Eric Laliberté, Michael Carr, Fernando Vargas, Tyler Davis, Adam Benjamin Hood, Jeffrey Francis Wilson, Jonathan Feldkamp
  • Publication number: 20240383279
    Abstract: A tool device, such as a lawnmower, or a steerable-wheel assembly therefor may include a frame, a walking element, a drive motor, a steerable-wheel assembly (SWA), and one or more controllers attached to the frame. The walking element may be coupled to the frame. The drive motor may selectively power the walking element. The SWA may be attached to the frame apart from the walking element. The SWA may include a caster connector pivotably mounted to the frame to rotate about a pivot axis, a steerable wheel rotatably coupled to the caster connector, a first sensor configured to detect a pivotable position of the caster connector, and a second sensor configured to detect the set reference point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Ray, Denis Ogiyenko, Robert Givens, Shehzaan Farooqui, Adam D’Angelo, Conner Eddy, Matt Lambert, Grzegorz Kondro, Eric Laliberté, Adam Benjamin Hood, Jonathan Feldkamp
  • Patent number: 12117436
    Abstract: A disposable system, in some embodiments, includes a multi-channel or multi-chamber test cartridge device configured to operate with a testing system for evaluation of hemostasis in a subject by in vitro evaluation of a test sample from the subject. The disposable system, in some embodiments, is configured to interrogate the test sample to evaluate clot stiffness, strength, or other mechanical properties of the test sample to assess the function of various physiological processes occur during coagulation and/or dissolution of the resulting clot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: HEMOSONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, Franklin F. Regan, IV, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens, Cynthia Ann Lloyd
  • Publication number: 20230020682
    Abstract: A disposable system, in some embodiments, includes a multi-channel or multi-chamber test cartridge device configured to operate with a testing system for evaluation of hemostasis in a subject by in vitro evaluation of a test sample from the subject. The disposable system, in some embodiments, is configured to interrogate the test sample to evaluate clot stiffness, strength, or other mechanical properties of the test sample to assess the function of various physiological processes occur during coagulation and/or dissolution of the resulting clot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, Franklin F. Regan, IV, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens, Cynthia Ann Lloyd
  • Patent number: 11366093
    Abstract: A disposable system, in some embodiments, includes a multi-channel or multi-chamber test cartridge device configured to operate with a testing system for evaluation of hemostasis in a subject by in vitro evaluation of a test sample from the subject. The disposable system, in some embodiments, is configured to interrogate the test sample to evaluate clot stiffness, strength, or other mechanical properties of the test sample to assess the function of various physiological processes occur during coagulation and/or dissolution of the resulting clot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HEMOSONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, Franklin F. Regan, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens, Cynthia Ann Lloyd
  • Publication number: 20180306774
    Abstract: A disposable system, in some embodiments, includes a multi-channel or multi-chamber test cartridge device configured to operate with a testing system for evaluation of hemostasis in a subject by in vitro evaluation of a test sample from the subject. The disposable system, in some embodiments, is configured to interrogate the test sample to evaluate clot stiffness, strength, or other mechanical properties of the test sample to assess the function of various physiological processes occur during coagulation and/or dissolution of the resulting clot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, Frank Regan, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens, Cynthia Ann Lloyd
  • Patent number: 6502040
    Abstract: A method for presenting relationships between data from a thrombosis-hemostasis assay on an unknown sample and data from a purality of assays on known samples, which can be in the form of a topological feature map wherein spatial locations within the map correspond to intrinsic features of the known samples. The position of the unknown sample is superimposed on the positions of the known samples. An alternative presentation is showing the distance of each of a purality of predictor variables from an unknown sample to the mean values of a known population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: bioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Givens, Paul Braun, Lisa Beck
  • Publication number: 20020010553
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for presenting the relationships between data from an assay relating to thrombosis-hemostasis on an unknown sample, and data from a plurality of assays relating to thrombosis-hemostasis from known sample populations including, (a) providing data from at least one time dependent measurement profile for each of a plurality of known blood samples; (b) measuring a respective property over time as to derive at least one time-dependent measurement for an unknown blood sample; (c) transforming data from steps (a) and (b) to a plurality of predicator variables which sufficiently capture the information content of both the time-dependent measurements from the known blood samples and unknown blood sample; (d) presenting the data from said unknown blood sample time-dependent measurement profile relative to the data from said known blood sample time-dependent measurement profiles using the presentation method of either steps (e), (f), and (g), or steps (h) and (i); namely, (e) creating a topological
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: THOMAS GIVENS, PAUL BRAUN, LISA BECK
  • Patent number: D839447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: HemoSonics LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, Franklin Francis Regan, IV, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens
  • Patent number: D841184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: HemoSonics LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, Franklin F. Regan, IV, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens