Patents by Inventor Timothy Foster
Timothy Foster 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: 11980430Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a surgical robot system may include an end-effector element configured for controlled movement and positioning and tracking of surgical instruments and objects relative to an image of a patient's anatomical structure. In some embodiments the end-effector may be tracked by surgical robot system and displayed to a user. In some embodiments the end-effector element may be configured to restrict the movement of an instrument assembly in a guide tube. In some embodiments, the end-effector may contain structures to allow for magnetic coupling to a robot arm and/or wireless powering of the end-effector element. In some embodiments, tracking of a target anatomical structure and objects, both in a navigation space and an image space, may be provided by a dynamic reference base located at a position away from the target anatomical structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.Inventors: Neil R. Crawford, Nicholas A. Theodore, Mitchell Foster, Nobert Johnson, Timothy Moulton, Kevin Zhang, Jeffrey Forsyth, Chris Major, Robert LeBoeuf, David Cleary
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Publication number: 20240114946Abstract: The present disclosure provides aerosol generating substrates and aerosol source members comprising aerosol generating substrates, as well as methods of manufacturing thereof. In an example implementation, an aerosol generating substrate may comprise a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the substrate is formed as a sheet, and wherein the heat conducting constituents are part of the sheet. The heat conducting constituents may be incorporated within the sheet, or may be formed on a surface of the sheet. In another example implementation, an aerosol source member may comprise a substrate portion formed of a collection of intermingled pieces cut from an aerosol substrate sheet. In addition, or alternatively, a substrate portion may be formed of a series of overlapping layers of an aerosol substrate sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Andries Sebastian, Stephen Benson Sears, Billy Tyrone Connor, Rajesh Sur, S. Keith Cole, Thaddeus Jackson, Timothy Frederick Thomas, Paul E. Braxton, Curtis Foster Doe, Vahid Hejazi, Kathryn Lynn Wilberding
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Patent number: 11512118Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved microbial antigen vaccines, pharmaceutical compositions, immunogenic compositions and antibodies and their use in the treatment of microbial infections, particularly those of bacterial origin, including Staphylococcal origin. Ideally, the present invention is directed to a recombinant staphylococcal MSCRAMM or MSCRAMM-like proteins, or fragment thereof, with reduced binding to its host ligand, for use in therapy.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: THE PROVOST, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLINInventors: Timothy Foster, Judy Higgins, Elisabet Josefsson, Joan Geoghegan, Andrej Tarkowski
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Patent number: 9913356Abstract: A connected light node (CLN) induction light ballast module for powering an induction lamp includes a printed circuit board having components mounted thereon and an earth ground region electrically isolated from a PCB ground region. A heat sink is disposed on a lower layer of the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the earth ground region, wherein a parasitic capacitance occurs between the printed circuit board ground region and the heat sink. A capacitive shield sandwiched by a lower insulating pad and an upper insulating pad is electrically isolated from the heat sink supporting the shield. A damping network electrically connects the capacitive shield to the PCB ground region. Switch-mode power converters are mounted above the upper insulating pad and the shield. The damping network suppresses noise by a parasitic capacitance between the PCB ground region and the heat sink during high frequency power converter operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Cyrous Rostamzadeh, Shijie Wang, Rajesh Das, Steven Gladstein, Timothy Foster, Allen Marecki, Sanjai Master
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Publication number: 20170202943Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved microbial antigen vaccines, pharmaceutical compositions, immunogenic compositions and antibodies and their use in the treatment of microbial infections, particularly those of bacterial origin, including Staphylococcal origin. Ideally, the present invention is directed to a recombinant staphylococcal MSCRAMM or MSCRAMM-like proteins, or fragment thereof, with reduced binding to its host ligand, for use in therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Timothy Foster, Judy Higgins, Elisabet Josefsson, Joan Geoghegan, Andrej Tarkowski
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Publication number: 20170181257Abstract: A connected light node (CLN) induction light ballast module for powering an induction lamp includes a printed circuit board having components mounted thereon and an earth ground region electrically isolated from a PCB ground region. A heat sink is disposed on a lower layer of the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the earth ground region, wherein a parasitic capacitance occurs between the printed circuit board ground region and the heat sink. A capacitive shield sandwiched by a lower insulating pad and an upper insulating pad is electrically isolated from the heat sink supporting the shield. A damping network electrically connects the capacitive shield to the PCB ground region. Switch-mode power converters are mounted above the upper insulating pad and the shield. The damping network suppresses noise by a parasitic capacitance between the PCB ground region and the heat sink during high frequency power converter operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Cyrous Rostamzadeh, Shijie Wang, Rajesh Das, Steven Gladstein, Timothy Foster, Allen Marecki, Sanjai Master
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Patent number: 9637525Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved microbial antigen vaccines, pharmaceutical compositions, immunogenic compositions and antibodies and their use in the treatment of microbial infections, particularly those of bacterial origin, including Staphylococcal origin. Ideally, the present invention is directed to a recombinant staphylococcal MSCRAMM or MSCRAMM-like proteins, or fragment thereof, with reduced binding to its host ligand, for use in therapy.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: THE PROVOST, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETHInventors: Timothy Foster, Judy Higgins, Elisabet Josefsson, Joan Geoghegan, Andrej Tarkowski
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Patent number: 9537674Abstract: A method for notifying a user of a computer having a display about incoming messages stored in an inbox. The method includes the steps of receiving attribute information describing attributes of a plurality of messages in the inbox and generating message visualization structures associated with the respective messages and determining at least one non-textual visual feature of each message visualization structure on the basis of an attribute of a respective message. The method also includes rendering on the display the visualization structures within a graphical environment in which the message visualization structures convey information about the messages and their respective attributes in a non-textual list manner.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2007Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: BCE INC.Inventors: Karen Freeman, David Robert Macphie, Nasahn Adam Sheppard, Jason Edward Short, Timothy Foster Wallack
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Patent number: 9353160Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved microbial antigen vaccines, pharmaceutical compositions, immunogenic compositions and antibodies and their use in the treatment of microbial infections, particularly those of bacterial origin, including Staphylococcal origin. Ideally, the present invention is directed to a recombinant staphylococcal MSCRAMM or MSCRAMM-like proteins, or fragment thereof, with reduced binding to its host ligand, for use in therapy.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignees: GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS S.A., THE PROVOST, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLINInventors: Timothy Foster, Judy Higgins, Elisabet Josefsson, Joan Geoghegan, Guy Dequesne, Andrej Tarkowski, Carlake Andersson
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Publication number: 20150232518Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved microbial antigen vaccines, pharmaceutical compositions, immunogenic compositions and antibodies and their use in the treatment of microbial infections, particularly those of bacterial origin, including Staphylococcal origin. Ideally, the present invention is directed to a recombinant staphylococcal MSCRAMM or MSCRAMM-like proteins, or fragment thereof, with reduced binding to its host ligand, for use in therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Timothy Foster, Judy Higgins, Elisabet Josefsson, Joan Geoghegan, Andrej Tarkowski
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Publication number: 20140321517Abstract: The present invention provides an improved network termination equipment (NTE). The NTE of the present invention comprises a VDSL modem such that telephony signals and data signals can be transmitted together over conventional telephone wiring, without the need to install data cabling. This makes installation of super-fast broad band services faster and cheaper and makes them less visually intrusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMTED COMPANYInventors: John Morton MacDonald, Kevin Timothy Foster
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Publication number: 20120244189Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved microbial antigen vaccines, pharmaceutical compositions, immunogenic compositions and antibodies and their use in the treatment of microbial infections, particularly those of bacterial origin, including Staphylococcal origin. Ideally, the present invention is directed to a recombinant staphylococcal MSCRAMM or MSCRAMM-like proteins, or fragment thereof, with reduced binding to its host ligand, for use in therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2010Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicants: THE PROVOST, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF, GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS S.A.Inventors: Timothy Foster, Judy Higgins, Elisabet Josefsson, Joan Geoghegan, Guy Dequesne, Andrej Tarkowski, Carlake Andersson
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Patent number: 7968100Abstract: Surface proteins are provided which generate polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies which are cross-reactive to both coagulase-positive staphylococcus bacteria, such as S. aureus and to coagulase-negative bacteria, such as S. epidermidis and S. hemolyticus. The antibodies may be generated from surface proteins that have been isolated on the basis of characteristics that may be common between S. aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci, or the A domains of those surface proteins, and these recombinant surface proteins are used to generate the cross-reactive antibodies. Vaccines comprising an immunologically effective amount of the proteins are also provided, and these vaccines are used in methods for the treatment or protection against a wide variety of staphylococcal infections.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignees: Universita'Degli Studi Di Pavia, Inhibitex, Inc., Provost Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth Near DublinInventors: Timothy Foster, Fiona Roche, Mark Pallen, Joseph M. Patti, Jeff T. Hutchins, Pietro Speziale
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Publication number: 20110150918Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved microbial antigen vaccines, pharmaceutical compositions, immunogenic compositions and antibodies and their use in the treatment of microbial infections, particularly those of bacterial origin, including Staphylococcal origin. Ideally, the present invention is directed to a recombinant staphylococcal MSCRAMM or MSCRAMM-like proteins, or fragment thereof, with reduced binding to its host ligand, for use in therapy.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Timothy Foster, Judy Higgins, Elisabet Josefsson, Joan Geoghegan, Carlake Andersson
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Publication number: 20100273457Abstract: A method for notifying a user of a computer having a display about incoming messages stored in an inbox. The method includes the steps of receiving attribute information describing attributes of a plurality of messages in the inbox and generating message visualization structures associated with the respective messages and determining at least one non-textual visual feature of each message visualization structure on the basis of an attribute of a respective message. The method also includes rendering on the display the visualization structures within a graphical environment in which the message visualization structures convey information about the messages and their respective attributes in a non-textual list manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2007Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventors: Karen Freeman, David Robert Macphie, Nasahn Adam Sheppard, Jason Edward Short, Timothy Foster Wallack
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Publication number: 20090202578Abstract: Surface proteins are provided which generate polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies which are cross-reactive to both coagulase-positive staphylococcus bacteria, such as S. aureus and to coagulase-negative bacteria, such as S. epidermidis and S. hemolyticus. The antibodies may be generated from surface proteins that have been isolated on the basis of characteristics that may be common between S. aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci, or the A domains of those surface proteins, and these recombinant surface proteins are used to generate the cross-reactive antibodies. Vaccines comprising an immunologically effective amount of the proteins are also provided, and these vaccines are used in methods for the treatment or protection against a wide variety of staphylococcal infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Timothy FOSTER, Fiona Roche, Mark Pallen, Joseph M. Patti, Jeff T. Hutchins, Pietro Speziale
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Publication number: 20080075827Abstract: A frozen aerated product having an overrun of between about 10% and about 250% and a pH, when melted, in the range about 3.5 to about 5.2, comprises water, 0 to about 20 w/w % fat, about 0.25 to about 20 w/w % milk solids not fat, about 0.05 to about 1.5 w/w % soluble dietary fibre and about 0.1 to about 5 w/w % of insoluble dietary fibre, about 0.1 to about 35 w/w % sweetener but no additional stabilisers or emulsifiers as herein defined. The soluble and insoluble dietary fibre may be derived from fruits or vegetables for example from one or more fruit purees, one or more vegetable purees or mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Beata Bartkowska, Timothy Foster, Sarah Gray, Sudarshi Regismond, Jeffrey Underdown
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Patent number: D619113Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: BCE Inc.Inventors: Nasahn Adam Sheppard, Timothy Foster Wallack, Jason Edward Short
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Patent number: D630602Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: BCE Inc.Inventors: Nasahn Adam Sheppard, Timothy Foster Wallack, Jason Edward Short
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Patent number: D631024Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: BCE Inc.Inventors: Nasahn Adam Sheppard, Timothy Foster Wallack, Jason Edward Short