Patents by Inventor Timothy Higgins

Timothy Higgins 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).

  • Publication number: 20250110111
    Abstract: A disposable system, in some embodiments, includes a multi-channel or multi-chamber test cartridge device configured to operate with a testing system for evaluation of hemostasis in a subject by in vitro evaluation of a test sample from the subject. The disposable system, in some embodiments, is configured to interrogate the test sample to evaluate clot stiffness, strength, or other mechanical properties of the test sample to assess the function of various physiological processes occur during coagulation and/or dissolution of the resulting clot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, IV, Franklin F. Regan, IV, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens, Cynthia Ann Lloyd
  • Publication number: 20250051098
    Abstract: A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins
  • Patent number: 12151890
    Abstract: A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ocado Innovation Limited
    Inventors: Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins
  • Patent number: 12117436
    Abstract: A disposable system, in some embodiments, includes a multi-channel or multi-chamber test cartridge device configured to operate with a testing system for evaluation of hemostasis in a subject by in vitro evaluation of a test sample from the subject. The disposable system, in some embodiments, is configured to interrogate the test sample to evaluate clot stiffness, strength, or other mechanical properties of the test sample to assess the function of various physiological processes occur during coagulation and/or dissolution of the resulting clot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: HEMOSONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, Franklin F. Regan, IV, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens, Cynthia Ann Lloyd
  • Patent number: 12108318
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for transferring information from at least one instrument to an application, including: establishing a central protocol structure, wherein the central protocol structure defines a format for information transmitted utilizing the central protocol structure; transmitting over a short-range wireless communication channel information from the at least one device to the application, wherein the information is formatted in a broadcast packet in view of the central protocol structure; receiving, at the application, information from the at least one device; and performing, within the application, an action with respect to the information within the application, wherein the performing comprises deciphering the information contained in view of the central protocol structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: HACH COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Alan Harmon, Gregory James Lipinski, Joseph Rockstan Williams, Theophilus Brian Mooney, Timothy A. Higgins, Dan Jonathan Kroll, Vishnu Rajasekharan, Corey Alan Salzer
  • Publication number: 20230271784
    Abstract: A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins
  • Patent number: 11685602
    Abstract: A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: 6 River Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins
  • Publication number: 20230122443
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for transferring information from at least one instrument to an application, including: establishing a central protocol structure, wherein the central protocol structure defines a format for information transmitted utilizing the central protocol structure; transmitting over a short-range wireless communication channel information from the at least one device to the application, wherein the information is formatted in a broadcast packet in view of the central protocol structure; receiving, at the application, information from the at least one device; and performing, within the application, an action with respect to the information within the application, wherein the performing comprises deciphering the information contained in view of the central protocol structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: HACH COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Alan HARMON, Gregory James LIPINSKI, Joseph Rockstan WILLIAMS, Theophilus Brian MOONEY, Timothy A. HIGGINS, Dan Jonathan KROLL, Vishnu RAJASEKHARAN, Corey Alan SALZER
  • Patent number: 11595798
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for transferring information from at least one instrument to an application, including: establishing a central protocol structure, wherein the central protocol structure defines a format for information transmitted utilizing the central protocol structure; transmitting over a short-range wireless communication channel information from the at least one device to the application, wherein the information is formatted in a broadcast packet in view of the central protocol structure; receiving, at the application, information from the at least one device; and performing, within the application, an action with respect to the information within the application, wherein the performing comprises deciphering the information contained in view of the central protocol structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HACH COMPANY
    Inventors: Brian Alan Harmon, Gregory James Lipinski, Joseph Rockstan Williams, Theophilus Brian Mooney, Timothy A. Higgins, Dan Jonathan Kroll, Vishnu Rajasekharan, Corey Alan Salzer
  • Publication number: 20230020682
    Abstract: A disposable system, in some embodiments, includes a multi-channel or multi-chamber test cartridge device configured to operate with a testing system for evaluation of hemostasis in a subject by in vitro evaluation of a test sample from the subject. The disposable system, in some embodiments, is configured to interrogate the test sample to evaluate clot stiffness, strength, or other mechanical properties of the test sample to assess the function of various physiological processes occur during coagulation and/or dissolution of the resulting clot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, Franklin F. Regan, IV, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens, Cynthia Ann Lloyd
  • Patent number: 11366093
    Abstract: A disposable system, in some embodiments, includes a multi-channel or multi-chamber test cartridge device configured to operate with a testing system for evaluation of hemostasis in a subject by in vitro evaluation of a test sample from the subject. The disposable system, in some embodiments, is configured to interrogate the test sample to evaluate clot stiffness, strength, or other mechanical properties of the test sample to assess the function of various physiological processes occur during coagulation and/or dissolution of the resulting clot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HEMOSONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, Franklin F. Regan, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens, Cynthia Ann Lloyd
  • Publication number: 20210136540
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for transferring information from at least one instrument to an application, including: establishing a central protocol structure, wherein the central protocol structure defines a format for information transmitted utilizing the central protocol structure; transmitting over a short-range wireless communication channel information from the at least one device to the application, wherein the information is formatted in a broadcast packet in view of the central protocol structure; receiving, at the application, information from the at least one device; and performing, within the application, an action with respect to the information within the application, wherein the performing comprises deciphering the information contained in view of the central protocol structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Alan Harmon, Gregory James Lipinski, Joseph Rockstan Williams, Theophilus Brian Mooney, Timothy A. Higgins, Dan Jonathan Kroll, Vishnu Rajasekharan, Corey Alan Salzer
  • Publication number: 20200407164
    Abstract: A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins
  • Patent number: 10807800
    Abstract: A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: 6 River Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins
  • Publication number: 20190256290
    Abstract: A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins
  • Patent number: 10294028
    Abstract: A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: 6 River Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins
  • Patent number: 10239694
    Abstract: A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: 6 River Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins, Josh Chaitin-Pollak
  • Publication number: 20190077601
    Abstract: A warehouse automation system adapted to improve warehouse operating productivity includes a plurality of carts for transporting products within a warehouse and a controller. The controller is adapted to associate a first one of the plurality of carts with a first person and to control the first cart to lead the first person around the warehouse. According to one advantage, the time the first person spends restocking, picking, counting, sorting, moving, and packing product into customer orders and shipments, for example, is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Rylan Hamilton, Jerome Dubois, Christopher Cacioppo, Timothy Higgins
  • Patent number: D839447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: HemoSonics LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, Franklin Francis Regan, IV, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens
  • Patent number: D841184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: HemoSonics LLC
    Inventors: Francesco Viola, Timothy Higgins, Andrew Homyk, F. Scott Corey, Franklin F. Regan, IV, William F. Walker, David Bryant, Thomas Givens