Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Rhodes
Timothy A. Rhodes 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: 11964459Abstract: A system and method for removing a backing from a ply of composite material is disclosed. The system includes a roller having a roller axis and a roller surface that circumscribes the roller axis. The system also includes an adhesion feature disposed on the roller surface. The system further includes a roller drive to move the roller along a travel path that is perpendicular to the roller axis and to rotate the roller about the roller axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Travis R. Adams, Charles A. Rhodes, Benjamin Richards, Juliette Dubon, Adam Martinez, Eric E. Moyes, Timothy J. Luchini, Augustus J. Ellis
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Publication number: 20240123723Abstract: A system and method for removing a backing from a ply of composite material is disclosed. The system includes a roller having a roller axis and a roller surface that circumscribes the roller axis. The system also includes an adhesion feature disposed on the roller surface. The system further includes a roller drive to move the roller along a travel path that is perpendicular to the roller axis and to rotate the roller about the roller axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Travis R. Adams, Charles A. Rhodes, Benjamin Richards, Juliette Dubon, Adam Martinez, Eric E. Moyes, Timothy J. Luchini, Augustus J. Ellis
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Publication number: 20240108369Abstract: Snares for retrieval of medical devices from the body of an animal, medical assemblies, kits, and methods of retrieving a medical device from the body of an animal are described. An example snare comprises an outer sheath defining an outer sheath lumen; an elongate member disposed in the outer sheath lumen and having a longitudinal axis and at least one elongate member lumen; a capture member disposed and axially movable within the at least one elongate member lumen, the capture member defining a capture loop having a throat region and a portion extending along a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member; and a threader member disposed and axially movable within the at least one elongate member lumen, the threader member defining a threader loop. A handle includes a rotatable control member for deflecting a distal end of the outer sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Jahi Gist, Zach Ingram, Riley Rapert, Lillian Rhodes, Timothy Robert Smith
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Publication number: 20240081708Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a self-learning bladder volume monitoring system. The system can include a bladder volume (BV) system configured to measure an electrical impedance of a bladder region of a patient and determine a volume of fluid disposed therein using an impedance to bladder volume model (“By model”). Further, the system can measure a total body water (“TBW”) for the patient and modify the BV model to account for variations in TBW within the tissues surrounding the bladder providing a more accurate bladder volume measurement. The system can include a “training unit” which can include one of a user input interface, an automatic urine output monitoring system, an ultrasound system, and an intrabladder pressure system configured to verify a volume of fluid within or voided from the bladder and train the BV model.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Timothy J. Kelly, Eric A. Fallows, Robert Cancelosi, Damien Marechal, Yolanda Rhodes, Gregory Mann, Alexandra A. Falis
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Publication number: 20200068873Abstract: A decoy control apparatus for organizing and displaying a spread of buoyant decoys in a free-surface marine environment, the decoy control apparatus including a pliant, water permeable sheet for subsurface deployment with a plurality of buoyant decoys attached thereto for surface display of the plurality of buoyant decoys grouped in a predetermined spread, a tethering assembly mounted to the sheet for removable attachment of a plurality of buoyant decoys thereto and a ballast attachment arrangement fixed to at least one end edge of the sheet for attachment of at least one ballast weight thereto to downwardly bias the sheet against the upward bias of the buoyant decoys, thereby stabilizing the sheet in a subsurface disposition intermediate the surface-borne buoyant decoys and the at least one ballast weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Timothy Rhodes, Kyle Taylor, Wesley Redfearn
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Patent number: 9381518Abstract: Described herein is a process for preparing nano-suspensions, wherein the process comprises: providing an admixture of at least one active pharmaceutical compound, an aqueous dispersion medium, and milling media and applying thereto acoustic energy having a frequency of from about 10 hertz to 1000 hertz and which supplies a linear acceleration of from about 10 G's to about 100 G's (where “G” is the force of gravity) for a period sufficient to supply a nano-suspension having a D50 of less than about 1 micron, preferably less than about 500 nm. Described also are nano-suspensions having novel properties prepared via the inventive process.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Dennis Leung, Todd D. Nelson, Timothy A. Rhodes, Elizabeth Kwong
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Publication number: 20150134741Abstract: The invention is generally directed to systems and methods for online product presentation, and more particularly to systems and methods for the interactive live/real-time online presentation and commerce of small products. One preferred embodiment is an online computing system that enables the interactive live/real-time presentation of small products of value with intricate detail such as jewelry or precious stones on client computing devices communicatively coupled to a wide area network, such as the Internet. The system includes a conferencing system having a video conferencing session communicatively coupled to the wide area network; a computer connected to a web cam, wherein the computer communicatively couples the web cam to the video conferencing session through the wide area network, and further wherein the web cam has a lens directed at the product; and a light box substantially surrounding said product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Deborah Hecht, Timothy Rhodes
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Publication number: 20140256818Abstract: Described herein is a process for preparing nano-suspensions, wherein the process comprises: providing an admixture of at least one active pharmaceutical compound, an aqueous dispersion medium, and milling media and applying thereto acoustic energy having a frequency of from about 10 hertz to 1000 hertz and which supplies a linear acceleration of from about 10 G?s to about 100 G?s (where “G” is the force of gravity) for a period sufficient to supply a nano-suspension having a D50 of less than about 1 micron, preferably less than about 500 nm. Described also are nano-suspensions having novel properties prepared via the inventive process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Inventors: Dennis Leung, Todd D. Nelson, Timothy A. Rhodes, Elizabeth Kwong
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Publication number: 20140244757Abstract: The invention is generally directed to systems and methods for online product presentation, and more particularly to systems and methods for the interactive live/real-time online presentation and commerce of small products. One preferred embodiment is an online computing system that enables the interactive live/real-time presentation of small products of value with intricate detail such as jewelry or precious stones on client computing devices communicatively coupled to a wide area network, such as the Internet. The system includes a conferencing system having a video conferencing session communicatively coupled to the wide area network; a computer connected to a web cam, wherein the computer communicatively couples the web cam to the video conferencing session through the wide area network, and further wherein the web cam has a lens directed at the product; and a light box substantially surrounding said product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Deborah Hecht, Timothy Rhodes
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Publication number: 20140043425Abstract: The invention is generally directed to systems and methods for online product presentation, and more particularly to systems and methods for the interactive live/real-time online presentation and commerce of small products. One preferred embodiment is an online computing system that enables the interactive live/real-time presentation of small products of value with intricate detail such as jewelry or precious stones on client computing devices communicatively coupled to a wide area network, such as the Internet. The system includes a conferencing system having a video conferencing session communicatively coupled to the wide area network; a computer connected to a web cam, wherein the computer communicatively couples the web cam to the video conferencing session through the wide area network, and further wherein the web cam has a lens directed at the product; and a light box substantially surrounding said product.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Deborah Hecht, Timothy Rhodes
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Publication number: 20130176376Abstract: The invention is generally directed to systems and methods for online product presentation, and more particularly to systems and methods for the interactive live/real-time online presentation and commerce of small products. One preferred embodiment is an online computing system that enables the interactive live/real-time presentation of small products of value with intricate detail such as jewelry or precious stones on client computing devices communicatively coupled to a wide area network, such as the Internet. The system includes a conferencing system having a video conferencing session communicatively coupled to the wide area network; a computer connected to a web cam, wherein the computer communicatively couples the web cam to the video conferencing session through the wide area network, and further wherein the web cam has a lens directed at the product; and a light box substantially surrounding said product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Inventors: Deborah Hecht, Timothy Rhodes
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Publication number: 20070298099Abstract: N-[1S,2S]-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3-cyanophenyl)-1-methylpropyl]-2-methyl-2-{[5-trifluoromethyl]pyridine-2-yl}oxy}propanamide (Compound I) has surprisingly improved solubility and bioavailability in a lipophilic vehicle comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable digestible oil, a surfactant, or a cosolvent, or a mixture of any two or more thereof. In one embodiment of the present invention are self-emulsifying or self-microemulsifying composition comprising 1) Compound I; 2) a surfactant having an HLB of 1 to 8; and 3) a surfactant having an HLB of over 8 to 20; and optionally, 4) a digestible oil and/or cosolvent and/or antioxidant or preservative.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2005Publication date: December 27, 2007Inventors: Andrey Peresypkin, Eleni Dokou, Craig McKelvey, Charles DeLuca, Laman Alani, Todd Gibson, Danielle Euler, Santipharp Panmai, W. Wuelfing, Thomas Gandek, Drazen Ostovic, Timothy Rhodes, Brian Hamilton