Patents by Inventor Thomas Pepin

Thomas Pepin 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: 10413702
    Abstract: A drainage catheter, comprising an elongate body member, an elongate flexible member and a hub, the hub including a base and a collar, the base an internal passageway and a side lumen and an outer surface including an engagement element and a mating surface portion, and the collar including a side lumen extending from the inner surface to the outer surface and wherein the inner surface of the collar includes a mating surface portion and a counter element, wherein the elongate flexible member extends through the side lumen side lumens, and wherein the hub has an unlocked position where the engagement element and the counter element are not engaged and a locked position where the engagement element and the counter element are engaged, the collar is tightened on the base and the elongate flexible element is clamped between the mating surface portions of the base and the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Gray, Alison Lepordo, Nathan Zamarripa, Karla Weaver, Thomas Pepin
  • Patent number: 9175558
    Abstract: A sensor array system includes a sensor array comprising a first sensor disposed underground and a second sensor disposed underground, and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensors of the sensor array, the processor operative to receive signals from the sensors of the sensor array indicative of seismic activity, and identify a position of a portion of a borehole machine operative to induce the seismic activity while disposed in an underground borehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Theodore J. Vornbrock, Jr., Aaron M. Foulk, William Suliga, Thomas Pepin, Michael A. Toreno, Mark Olender, Richard Pitre
  • Publication number: 20140034388
    Abstract: A sensor array system includes a sensor array comprising a first sensor disposed underground and a second sensor disposed underground, and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensors of the sensor array, the processor operative to receive signals from the sensors of the sensor array indicative of seismic activity, and identify a position of a portion of a borehole machine operative to induce the seismic activity while disposed in an underground borehole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Theodore J. Vornbrock, JR., Aaron M. Foulk, William Suliga, Thomas Pepin, Michael A. Toreno, Mark Olender, Richard Pitre