Patents by Inventor Timothy Foley
Timothy Foley 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: 11638654Abstract: The present embodiments provide systems and methods for treating a medical condition. In one embodiment, the system comprises a stent having proximal and distal regions, and further having a delivery state and an expanded state. A therapeutic agent is disposed on a segment of the stent. The stent is disposed around an exterior surface of a core assembly in the delivery state. A coupling assembly releasably secures the proximal region of the stent to the exterior surface of the core assembly. The coupling assembly secures the stent to the core assembly for a predetermined period while the stent is in the expanded state and during release of the therapeutic agent at a target site. The coupling assembly further enables the stent to be disengaged from the core assembly and deployed in a bodily passageway.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Alec E. Cerchiari, Brian Feng, Timothy Foley, Christopher Mobley, Gary Neff, Ram H. Paul, Jr.
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Publication number: 20210154031Abstract: The present embodiments provide systems and methods for treating a medical condition. In one embodiment, the system comprises a stent having proximal and distal regions, and further having a delivery state and an expanded state. A therapeutic agent is disposed on a segment of the stent. The stent is disposed around an exterior surface of a core assembly in the delivery state. A coupling assembly releasably secures the proximal region of the stent to the exterior surface of the core assembly. The coupling assembly secures the stent to the core assembly for a predetermined period while the stent is in the expanded state and during release of the therapeutic agent at a target site. The coupling assembly further enables the stent to be disengaged from the core assembly and deployed in a bodily passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Alec E. Cerchiari, Brian Feng, Timothy Foley, Christopher Mobley, Gary Neff, Ram H. Paul, JR.
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Patent number: 10152328Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for efficiently performing voting operations within a multi-threaded parallel-processing system. A group of related parallel program threads executes within a processor core together in parallel. A new instruction, called a “vote” instruction, is introduced that enables a parallel program thread to post an individual vote within the context of the group of related threads and to receive the result of the vote. In this fashion, the vote instruction advantageously reduces overhead associated with inter-thread communication, thereby improving overall system performance.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATIONInventors: John R. Nickolls, Lars Nyland, Peter C. Mills, Jeremy Sugerman, Timothy Foley, Brian Fahs, Michael Garland, David P. Luebke
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Publication number: 20140296588Abstract: A method of producing butene from an oxygenate-containing feedstock is described. The oxygenate-containing feedstock is converted to olefins and separated. The C4 isoolefins are then etherified and separated. The normal C4 olefins can be used to produce butadiene.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Andrea G. Bozzano, Steven L. Krupa, Timothy Foley
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Publication number: 20120239909Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for efficiently performing voting operations within a multi-threaded parallel-processing system. A group of related parallel program threads executes within a processor core together in parallel. A new instruction, called a “vote” instruction, is introduced that enables a parallel program thread to post an individual vote within the context of the group of related threads and to receive the result of the vote. In this fashion, the vote instruction advantageously reduces overhead associated with inter-thread communication, thereby improving overall system performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: John R. Nickolls, Lars Nyland, Peter C. Mills, Jeremy Sugerman, Timothy Foley, Brian Fahs, Michael Garland, David P. Luebke
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Patent number: 8230937Abstract: A method for altering the course of a conflagration involving firing a projectile comprising a powder mixture of oxidant powder and nanosized reductant powder at velocity sufficient for a violent reaction between the oxidant powder and the nanosized reductant powder upon impact of the projectile, and causing impact of the projectile at a location chosen to draw a main fire to a spot fire at such location and thereby change the course of the conflagration, whereby the air near the chosen location is heated to a temperature sufficient to cause a spot fire at such location. The invention also includes a projectile useful for such method and said mixture preferably comprises a metastable intermolecular composite.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Department of EnergyInventors: Blaine W. Asay, Steven F. Son, V. Eric Sanders, Timothy Foley, Alan M. Novak, James R. Busse
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Patent number: 8214625Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for efficiently performing voting operations within a multi-threaded parallel-processing system. A group of related parallel program threads executes within a processor core together in parallel. A new instruction, called a “vote” instruction, is introduced that enables a parallel program thread to post an individual vote within the context of the group of related threads and to receive the result of the vote. In this fashion, the vote instruction advantageously reduces overhead associated with inter-thread communication, thereby improving overall system performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: John R. Nickolls, Lars Nyland, Peter C. Mills, Jeremy Sugerman, Timothy Foley, Brian Fahs, Michael Garland, David P. Luebke
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Patent number: 8200947Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for efficiently performing voting operations within a multi-threaded parallel-processing system. A group of related parallel program threads executes within a processor core together in parallel. A new instruction, called a “vote” instruction, is introduced that enables a parallel program thread to post an individual vote within the context of the group of related threads and to receive the result of the vote. In this fashion, the vote instruction advantageously reduces overhead associated with inter-thread communication, thereby improving overall system performance.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: John R. Nickolls, Lars Nyland, Peter C. Mills, Jeremy Sugerman, Timothy Foley, Brian Fahs, Michael Garland, David P. Luebke
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Publication number: 20110083325Abstract: A method for pre-loading a shape memory alloy coil spring wound in a first direction after a shape-setting treatment, the method comprising inverting the coil spring by attaching one end of the coil spring to a core and unwinding it while winding it around the core in a second direction opposite to the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventors: Joseph Timothy FOLEY, Matthew Stephen JOLDA
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Publication number: 20070019502Abstract: A system comprising one or more sample vessels is provided, the sample vessels comprising a liquid growth medium and a stirrer element, the stirrer element capable of being influenced by a magnetic force, and an incubation and measurement module comprising one or more openings for holding the one or more sample vessels. The incubation and measurement module further comprises at least two drive magnets associated with each of the sample vessels, and a magnet driver adapted to repeatedly move each of the at least two drive magnets toward and away from the surface of the associated sample vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Timothy Foley, P. Beaty, Michael Walters, Alexander Clark, Dwight Livingston, A. Lentz, Miroslaw Bartkowiak, Daniel Schwartz, Nicholas Bachur
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Publication number: 20060292427Abstract: An air depolarized battery with an improved sealing member for sealing the air inlet port(s) of the battery before use is disclosed. The sealing member has areas of relatively high and low permeability, with an area of low permeability over at least a portion of an air inlet port. The rate of flow of air through the low permeability area and into the battery can be easily modified to maintain a desired battery open circuit voltage during battery storage to allow activation of the battery within a short time after removal of the sealing member, while minimizing losses in discharge capacity before use.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2005Publication date: December 28, 2006Inventors: Brandon Bartling, Timothy Foley, Sonya Pitts
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Publication number: 20060154327Abstract: A system and method for detecting a pathogen in a sample is provided, the system capable of measuring the volume of a sample in a container through the use of various measurement technologies, thereby ensuring that a user is aware of volumes not meeting specification and/or allowing correction of results to account for the out-of-specification sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Nicholas Bachur, Timothy Foley
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Publication number: 20050191613Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for detection and evaluation of metabolic activity of eukaryotic and/or prokaryotic cells based upon their ability to consume dissolved oxygen. The methods utilize a luminescence detection system which makes use of the sensitivity of the luminescent emission of certain compounds to the presence of oxygen, which quenches (diminishes) the compound's luminescent emission in a concentration dependent manner. Respiring eukaryotic and/or prokaryotic cells will affect the oxygen concentration of a liquid medium in which they are immersed. Thus, this invention provides a convenient system to gather information on the presence, identification, quantification and cytotoxic activity of eukaryotic and/or prokaryotic cells by determining their effect on the oxygen concentration of the media in which they are present.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2004Publication date: September 1, 2005Inventors: J. Bruce Pitner, John Jacob Hemperly, Richard Guarino, Magdalena Wodnicka, David Stitt, Gregory Burrell, Timothy Foley, Patrick Shawn Beaty
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Publication number: 20050136322Abstract: Various embodiments of a metal-air cell having a tab system that covers an air entry port of the metal-air cell are provided. In one representative embodiment the tab system includes polymer layer and an adhesive layer between the metal-air cell and the polymer layer. The tab system has a loss stiffness of less than 55,000 N/m at 20° C. to 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2003Publication date: June 23, 2005Inventors: Brandon Bartling, Timothy Foley
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Publication number: 20050108135Abstract: Systems and techniques for promotion of financial services to consumers are described. In one aspect, a system comprises a database of provider information including identification of affiliated providers, the services offered by the providers and categories of customers served by the providers and incentives offered by the providers, as well as an incentive information database including identification of incentives offered in exchange for selecting affiliated providers, levels of incentives offered and qualification requirements for each incentive and incentive level.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2003Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: GE Mortgage Holdings, LLCInventors: Timothy Foley, Paul Krupa, Dale Adams, Arthur O'Connor
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Publication number: 20050101814Abstract: A process for cracking a naphtha feedstream to light olefins is presented. The process comprises converting aromatics and naphthenes to paraffins, and separating iso- and normal paraffins using a ring opening reactor and an adsorption separation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2003Publication date: May 12, 2005Inventors: Timothy Foley, Leonid Galperin, Michael McCall, Joseph Kocal, Bryan Glover, Peter Pujado