Patents by Inventor Thomas To

Thomas To 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).

  • Systems and methods for treating aneurysms
    Patent number: 11202636
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating an aneurysm in a blood vessel includes an occlusion element including a first tubular mesh having a first end and a second end coupled together at a proximal end of the occlusion element such that an intermediate portion of the first tubular mesh between the first end and the second end includes a substantially 180 degree turn, the intermediate portion of the first tubular mesh extending distally from the proximal end of the occlusion element, wherein the intermediate portion of the first tubular mesh has a collapsed configuration and is configured to expand to an expanded. In some embodiments, the apparatus further includes a second tubular mesh having a first end and a second end coupled to the proximal end of the occlusion element such that an intermediate portion of the second tubular mesh between the first end and the second end includes a substantially 180 degree turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Galaxy Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Osama O. Zaidat, Aamir Badruddin, Brett Follmer, Edgard Luiz Ramos Pereira, Arturo Rosqueta, Thomas J. Wolfe
  • Methods for removal of toxins from blood using an extracorporeal circuit comprised of a hollow-fiber filter module and polymer sorbent in combination
    Patent number: 11202855
    Abstract: This invention discloses methods for reducing physiologic molecules in abnormal levels and/or exogenous toxins in blood from blood by way of an extracorporeal circuit comprising a hollow-fiber filter module and polymer sorbent in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: CYTOSORBENTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Tai Young, Tamaz Guliashvili, Andrew Scheirer, Josh Vichare, Timothy Kovacs, Maryann Gruda, Thomas Golobish, Vincent Capponi, Phillip Chan
  • Compositions and methods for treating and preventing adhesions and ileus
    Patent number: 11202768
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions useful for the treatment and prevention of adhesions and ileus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Leading Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Hallam, John Rodenrys
  • Implant placement planning
    Patent number: 11202675
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented medical data processing method, a corresponding computer program and a corresponding system for planning an implant placement into an anatomical structure of a patient, which allows a user to modify the implant placement within a frame defined by predefined requirements that have to be fulfilled for achieving a desired medical outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: BRAINLAB AG
    Inventors: Joerg Uhde, Thomas Drexl, Martin Koestler
  • Garment for feeding tube
    Patent number: 11202477
    Abstract: A garment for providing access to feeding tubes while the garment is being worn by a patient/individual. The garment includes a centralized access opening that is closable for portions of time and that provide access to a feeding tube or feeding tube mechanism that has been surgically implemented in a patient. The access opening may be located relatively central to the garment and can illustratively include additional fasteners that can secure a portion of the feeding tube to the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas J. Dawson
  • Universal expandable cable management bracket
    Patent number: 11204474
    Abstract: A cable management bracket that routes cables in a cabinet or rack. The cable management bracket includes an inner mounting rail and an outer mounting rail. The outer mounting rail is secured to the inner mounting rail by fasteners. The inner mounting rail has a top flange, first and second end flanges, a bottom flange, and a side surface. The outer mounting rail has a top flange, an end flange, a bottom flange, and a side surface. The side surfaces of the inner mounting rail and the outer mounting rail have a plurality of mounting features for securing bundling clips that receive a plurality of cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Sedor, Joseph E. Sanders
  • Multiple gateway controllers to establish network access
    Patent number: 11206243
    Abstract: Network access is provided to a networking device. In one approach, a method includes: obtaining, by a gateway, access rules for a networking device; providing, by the gateway, one or more dedicated networking tunnels between the gateway and respective remote gateways to one or more respective network segments, wherein the networking device is authorized to access the one or more network segments by the access rules; and routing, by the gateway, networking packets from the networking device based on source address information in the networking packets to the one or more dedicated networking tunnels, and based on destination address information in the networking packets, routing the networking packets to a selection of the one or more dedicated networking tunnels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Cyxtera Cybersecurity, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Glazemakers, Gokhan Berberoglu, Kosmas Valianos, Per Johan Allansson, Hoang Long Nguyen, Thomas Bruno Emmanuel Cellerier, Aitor Perez Iturri, Harish Dinne, Salvatore Tomaselli
  • Method and apparatus for polymer drying using inert gas
    Patent number: 11203133
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for drying granular resin material by heating compressed air to a temperature prescribed for gas separation membrane operation, presenting the heated compressed air to a membrane separating out oxygen-size and smaller molecules to provide a stream of gas molecules of at least nitrogen-size at a pressure substantially that of the compressed air, heating the stream of gas molecules of at least nitrogen-size to a temperature at which dew point of the stream is no higher than ?40 degrees F., and introducing the heated stream of gas molecules into a chamber for upward flow to atmosphere through granular resin material in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Novatec, Inc.
    Inventors: Conrad Bessemer, Mark Haynie, Gregory Michael Washburn, Thomas Trevor Bludis
  • Dosage and administration of non-fucosylated anti-CD40 antibodies
    Patent number: 11202827
    Abstract: This invention relates methods of using a non-fucosylated anti-CD40 antibody for treatment of cancer and chronic infectious diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Seagen Inc.
    Inventors: Shyra Gardai, Che-Leung Law, Stanford Peng, Jing Yang, Haley Neff-LaFord, Thomas John Manley
  • Analyte sensor and apparatus for insertion of the sensor
    Patent number: 11202591
    Abstract: An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventors: Phillip Yee, Christopher A. Thomas, Udo Hoss, Lei He, Michael R. Love
  • Real time crude oil validation swept source spectroscopy
    Patent number: 11204316
    Abstract: A system of spectroscopic devices deployed amongst the fluid infrastructure of hydrocarbon fluids are described herein. The devices provide early visibility into the characteristics of those fluids which inform and educate downstream parties of the potential value of the fluid, or the opportunity to reblend or redirect the fluid to optimize the formulization. By allowing downstream parties to determine the quality and quantity of refined products at an early stage, they are better able to determine the true value of the fluid. The data from the distributed network of spectroscopic analyzers provides valuation information that can be used to make more informed purchasing decisions or allow processors to create blends that optimize the efficiency of refining operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: JP3 Measurement, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Little, III, Matthew R. Thomas
  • Water effect play units and structures
    Patent number: 11202965
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to water effect play structures for use in playgrounds, splash pads, and water parks. The play structures comprise a plurality of water tanks maintained at an elevation above a play surface. Each of the plurality of water tanks fills with water and then releases the water contained therein, splashing children in the vicinity. Each of the plurality of water tanks may be configured to release the water contained therein at different times. Further, in some embodiments, the water tanks may be enclosed, such as by being connected to a water transport system that fills the tanks internally and by having a movable cover over the opening(s) through which the water is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: THE FOUNTAIN PEOPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Brown, Chris Thomas, Luke Cavanaugh, Matthew Dangle, Thomas Robert Norquist
  • System testing infrastructure with hidden variable, hidden attribute, and hidden value detection
    Patent number: 11204848
    Abstract: Inputs to a system under test (SUT) are modeled as a collection of attribute-value pairs. A set of testcases is executed using an initial set of test vectors that provides complete n-wise coverage of the attribute-value pairs. For each execution of the testcases, for each attribute-value pair, a non-binary success rate (SAV) is computed based on the binary execution results. in response to a success rate of an attribute-value pair being below a predetermined threshold, a subset of testcases that use the attribute-value pair is identified. Further, sets of code paths for the subset of testcases are identified, each set of code path respectively corresponding to a testcase from the subset of testcases. Further, an intersection of the sets of code paths is determined. Code paths of the SUT that are in the intersection, are highlighted to represent a soft failure with the SUT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew C. M. Hicks, Kevin Minerley, Dale E. Blue, Ryan Thomas Rawlins, Daniel Nicolas Gisolfi
  • Lower gas flow injection system and method for additive manufacturing system
    Patent number: 11203027
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing (AM) system includes a housing defining a chamber, a build platform disposed in the chamber at a first elevation, and a lower gas inlet disposed at a second elevation and configured to supply a lower gas flow. The AM system includes a contoured surface extending between the lower gas inlet and the build platform to direct the lower gas flow from the second elevation at the lower gas inlet to the first elevation at the build platform, where the contoured surface discharges the lower gas flow in a direction substantially parallel to the build platform. The AM system also includes one or more gas delivery devices coupled to the lower gas inlet to regulate one or more flow characteristics of the lower gas flow, and a gas outlet configured to discharge the lower gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christian Thomas Wakelam, Rene du Cauze de Nazelle, Mohammed Mounir Shalaby, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Jens Stammberger
  • Eyewear supporting embedded and tethered electronic components
    Patent number: 11204512
    Abstract: Techniques for providing eyewear with electrical components are disclosed. The electrical components can provide electrical technology to eyewear (e.g., eyeglasses) without having to substantially compromise aesthetic design principles of the eyewear. Often, the electrical components can be attached to the eyewear as an after-market enhancement. The electrical components can operate independently or together with other electrical components provided elsewhere. In some embodiments, tethered electrical components can be coupled to electrical components in or attached to a pair of eyeglasses. Tethered electrical components, alone or in combination with eyeglass electrical components can be used for a variety of different applications and uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: IngenioSpec, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas A. Howell, David Chao, C. Douglass Thomas, Peter P. Tong
  • Caching of file system warning queries to determine an applicable file system warning
    Patent number: 11204938
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to a organization directory hosted by a synchronized content management system. The corporate directory can provide access to user accounts for all members of the organization to all content items in the organization directory on the respective file systems of the members' client devices. Members can reach any content item at the same path as other members relative to the organization directory root on their respective client device. In some embodiments novel access permissions are granted to maintain path consistency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kleinpeter, Conor Woods, Sergei Vorobev, Quazie Kwaselow, Marcio von Muhlen, Nils Bunger
  • Pulley device, in particular for tensioning idler or runner roller
    Patent number: 11204088
    Abstract: A pulley device provides a pulley and a bearing. The pulley has at least one C-shaped pulley part having an inner portion mounted on the bearing, an outer portion having an outer cylindrical surface dedicated to interact with a belt or a chain, and an intermediate portion extending substantially radially between axial ends of inner and outer portions on one axial side of pulley device. The outer cylindrical surface of outer ring is provided with at least one material deformation forming an axial stop for the pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Benoît Hauvespre, Gwenael Hingouet, Thomas Perrotin, Nicolas Tronquoy
  • Method for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by suspension polymerization
    Patent number: 11203005
    Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by suspension polymerization and thermal surface postcrosslinking, wherein the agglomerated base polymer obtained by suspension polymerization has a centrifuge retention capacity of at least 37 g/g and the thermal surface postcrosslinking is conducted at 100 to 190° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tina Mark, Thomas Daniel, Erich Lutz, Stefan Molter, Anna Kowalski
  • Hemp powder
    Patent number: 11202771
    Abstract: A relatively dry, relatively free flowing cannabinoid concentrate composition having a plant extract and a thickening agent. The cannabinoid concentrate composition may have a variety of cannabinoids, drying agents, flowing agents, and/or stabilization agents. The mixture may be a dry powder formulation similar to the consistency of flour or sand. The mixture may comprise a cannabinoid raffinate, an isolated cannabinoid, maltodextrin, and or silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TREEHOUSE BIOTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob Black, Robert Davis, Sean Colvin, Thomas Smeltzer, John Evanyo
  • Co-casted fluidic devices
    Patent number: 11204100
    Abstract: A fluidic device comprises a channel, a gate, and one or more additional elements. The channel is configured to transport a fluid from a source to a drain. The gate includes a chamber with an adjustable volume that affects fluid flow within the channel by displacing a wall of the channel toward an opposite wall of the channel based in part on fluid pressure within the chamber exceeding a threshold pressure. A high pressure state of the gate corresponds to a first chamber size and a first flow rate of the fluid. A low pressure state of the gate corresponds to a second chamber size that is smaller than the first chamber size and a second flow rate that is greater than the first flow rate. The additional elements are configured to reduce the threshold pressure past which the chamber decreases the cross-sectional area of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Jason Keller, David R. Perek, Tristan Thomas Trutna, Garrett Andrew Ochs, Nicholas Roy Corson, Raymond King, Jack Lindsay, Riccardo DeSalvo, Joseph Minh Tien, Matthew Robert Schwab