Patents by Inventor Timothy J. O'Connor

Timothy J. O'Connor 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: 20250213299
    Abstract: Treatment of damaged, diseased, abnormal, obstructive, cancerous or undesired tissue (e.g. a tumor, a benign tumor, a malignant tumor, a cyst, or an area of diseased tissue, etc) is provided by delivering specialized pulsed electric field energy to target tissue areas in a specific dose so as to obtain a superior outcome. The specialized PEF energy and delivery has been optimized to provide advanced treatment of target tissue areas, including destruction of undesired tissue and generation of improved inflammatory and immune responses. The specialized PEF energy provides superior outcomes to radiofrequency ablation and irreversible electroporation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ebtesam Nafie, Chiara Pastori, Robert E. Neal, II, Timothy J. O'Brien, William S. Krimsky, Matthew T. Silvestrini, Jonathan R. Waldstreicher, Mukta S. Wagh
  • Patent number: 12259629
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display includes an electrophoretic medium having a non-polar fluid and two sets of charged pigment particles dispersed in the non-polar fluid and movable through the non-polar fluid under influence of an electric field. The two sets of charged pigment particles have different optical characteristics from each other. The display also includes a light-transmissive electrode on one side of the electrophoretic medium, a rear electrode on an opposite side of the electrophoretic medium, and a dielectric layer having a dielectric constant greater than 5 between the electrophoretic medium and the light-transmissive electrode or between the electrophoretic medium and the rear electrode configured to reduce electrode electrochemical degradation and buildup of remnant voltages in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Cristina Visani, Stephen J. Telfer, Kosta Ladavac, Kenneth R. Crounse, Timothy J. O'Malley, Teck Ping Sim
  • Publication number: 20250065333
    Abstract: An electrowetting system for actuating droplets of a first composition and of a second composition. The system includes: a plurality of electrodes configured to manipulate droplets of fluid in a microfluidic space, each electrode being coupled to circuitry which applies driving voltages to the electrode; and a processing unit operably connected to a look up table correlating drive sequences to chemical species and at least one composition parameter. The processing unit is configured to: receive data of a first chemical species and a first composition parameter of the first composition; receive data of a second chemical species and a second composition parameter of the second composition; correlate a first drive sequence with the first chemical species and the first composition parameter; correlate a second drive sequence with the second chemical species and the second composition parameter; and output the first drive sequence and the second drive sequence to the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Richard J. Paolini, JR., Luke M. Slominski, Timothy J. O'Malley, David Zhitomirsky
  • Publication number: 20250071576
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for characterizing radio propagation channels. One method includes receiving, at a first modem, a first unit of communication over a radio frequency (RF) communication path from a second modem, wherein the first modem and the second modem process information for RF communications. The first modem identifies fields in the first unit of communication, the fields used to analyze the RF communication path. The first modem extracts data from the fields. The first modem accesses a channel model for approximating a channel representative of the RF communication path from the first modem to the second modem, wherein the channel model includes machine learning models. The first modem trains the channel model using the extracted data. The first modem applies the trained channel model to simulate a set of channel effects associated with the communication path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Timothy J. O’Shea, Ben Hilburn, Nathan West, Tamoghna Roy
  • Publication number: 20250053817
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for adversarially generated communication. In some implementations, first information is used as input for a generator machine-learning network. Information is taken from both the generator machine-learning network and target information that includes sample signals or other data. The information is sent to a discriminator machine-learning network which produces decision information including whether the information originated from the generator machine-learning network or the target information. An optimizer takes the decision information and performs one or more iterative optimization techniques which help determine updates to the generator machine-learning network or the discriminator machine-learning network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Nathan West, Tamoghna Roy, Timothy J. O’Shea, Ben Hilburn
  • Patent number: 12190836
    Abstract: An electro-optic display including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode associated with a display pixel, and an electrophoretic display medium disposed between a common electrode and the first and second subpixel electrodes. The electro-optic display also includes a display controller circuit in electrical communication with the common electrode and a first transistor associated with the display pixel. The display controller circuit is capable of applying waveforms to the display pixel by applying one or more time-dependent voltages between the common electrode and the first subpixel electrode via the first transistor, where the one or more time-dependent voltages are applied to the first subpixel electrode. The electro-optic display also includes a second transistor in electrical communication with the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'Malley, Karl Raymond Amundson, Chih-Hsiang Ho, Jonathan L. Zalesky, Yi Lu, Ian French
  • Patent number: 12186514
    Abstract: An active molecule delivery system whereby active molecules can be released on demand and/or a variety of different active molecules can be delivered from the same system and/or different concentrations of active molecules can be delivered from the same system. The invention is well-suited for delivering pharmaceuticals to patients transdermally. In some embodiments, the system includes two separate reservoirs and a mixing area thereby allowing precursors to be mixed immediately before transdermal delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Stephen J. Telfer, Timothy J. O'Malley, Brian D. Bean
  • Patent number: 12179203
    Abstract: An electrowetting system for actuating droplets of a first composition and of a second composition. The system includes: a plurality of electrodes configured to manipulate droplets of fluid in a microfluidic space, each electrode being coupled to circuitry which applies driving voltages to the electrode; and a processing unit operably connected to a look up table correlating drive sequences to chemical species and at least one composition parameter. The processing unit is configured to: receive data of a first chemical species and a first composition parameter of the first composition; receive data of a second chemical species and a second composition parameter of the second composition; correlate a first drive sequence with the first chemical species and the first composition parameter; correlate a second drive sequence with the second chemical species and the second composition parameter; and output the first drive sequence and the second drive sequence to the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NUCLERA LTD
    Inventors: Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Luke M. Slominski, Timothy J. O'Malley, David Zhitomirsky
  • Publication number: 20240390672
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are provided to treat damaged, diseased, abnormal, obstructive, cancerous or undesired tissue (e.g. a tumor, a benign tumor, a malignant tumor, a cyst, or an area of diseased tissue, etc) by delivering specialized pulsed electric field (PEF) energy to target tissue areas. The energy is delivered in a manner so as to be non-thermal (i.e. below a threshold for causing thermal ablation). Consequently, when extracellular matrices present, the extracellular matrices are preserved, and the targeted tissue maintains its structural architecture including blood vessels and lymphatics. Thus, sensitive structures, such as biological lumens, blood vessels, nerves, etc, are preserved which are critical to maintaining the integrity and functionality of the tissue. The energy is delivered with the use of systems and devices advantageously designed for superior access to target tissue throughout the body, particularly in locations previously considered inaccessible to percutaneous approaches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Neal, William S. Krimsky, Seth S. Gleiman, Nicholas S. Mercer, Timothy J. O'Brien, Quim Castellvi, Johnathan R. Waldstreicher, Kevin J. Taylor, Luis L. Mangual Arbelo, Chiara Pastori, Ebtesam He Nafie, Mukta S. Wagh
  • Publication number: 20240397459
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication over RF channels. In some implementations, information is obtained. An encoder network is used to process the information and generate a first RF signal. The first RF signal is transmitted through a first channel. A second RF signal is determined that represents the first RF signal having been altered by transmission through the first channel. Transmission of the first RF signal is simulated over a second channel implementing a machine-learning network, the second channel representing a model of the first channel. A simulated RF signal that represents the first RF signal having been altered by simulated transmission through the second channel is determined. A measure of distance between the second RF signal and the simulated RF signal is calculated. The machine-learning network is updated using the measure of distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'Shea, Ben Hilburn, Tamoghna Roy, Nathan West
  • Publication number: 20240350185
    Abstract: Treatment of damaged, diseased, abnormal, obstructive, cancerous or undesired tissue (e.g. a tumor, a benign tumor, a malignant tumor, a cyst, or an area of diseased tissue, etc.) is provided by delivering specialized pulsed electric field (PEF) energy to target tissue areas in a specific dose so as to obtain a superior outcome. The PEF energy and delivery has been optimized to provide advanced treatment of target tissue areas, including destruction of undesired tissue and generation of improved inflammatory and immune responses. These various types of treatment are controlled by a variety of factors including the electrode geometry, the dose of PEF energy delivered, the time the energy is delivered over, and the waveform of the PEF energy itself. The PEF energy is delivered in the form a dose which is considered to be one application of the specialized energy. Each dose creates a lesion in the target tissue area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Galvanize Therapeutics , Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'Brien, William S. Krimsky, Matthew T. Silvestrini, Chiara Pastori, Robert E. Neal, II, Jonathan R. Waldstreicher, Ebtesam He Nafie, Mukta S. Wagh
  • Publication number: 20240299076
    Abstract: Methods and systems for distributing electrical energy to tissue which minimize Joule heating, thermal effects, and/or thermal damage, without sacrificing efficacy of treatment, are described. The methods and systems are particularly suitable to electrical energy-based therapies employing multiple electrodes, such as arrays of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'Brien, Robert E. Neal, II, Rafael V. Davalos
  • Publication number: 20240257773
    Abstract: An electro-optic display including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode associated with a display pixel, and an electrophoretic display medium disposed between a common electrode and the first and second subpixel electrodes. The electro-optic display also includes a display controller circuit in electrical communication with the common electrode and a first transistor associated with the display pixel. The display controller circuit is capable of applying waveforms to the display pixel by applying one or more time-dependent voltages between the common electrode and the first subpixel electrode via the first transistor, where the one or more time-dependent voltages are applied to the first subpixel electrode. The electro-optic display also includes a second transistor in electrical communication with the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'MALLEY, Karl Raymond AMUNDSON, Chih-Hsiang HO, Jonathan L. ZALESKY, Yi LU, Ian FRENCH
  • Patent number: 12045726
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for adversarially generated communication. In some implementations, first information is used as input for a generator machine-learning network. Information is taken from both the generator machine-learning network and target information that includes sample signals or other data. The information is sent to a discriminator machine-learning network which produces decision information including whether the information originated from the generator machine-learning network or the target information. An optimizer takes the decision information and performs one or more iterative optimization techniques which help determine updates to the generator machine-learning network or the discriminator machine-learning network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: DeepSig Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan West, Tamoghna Roy, Timothy J. O'Shea, Ben Hilburn
  • Patent number: 12035155
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for characterizing radio propagation channels. One method includes receiving, at a first modem, a first unit of communication over a radio frequency (RF) communication path from a second modem, wherein the first modem and the second modem process information for RF communications. The first modem identifies fields in the first unit of communication, the fields used to analyze the RF communication path. The first modem extracts data from the fields. The first modem accesses a channel model for approximating a channel representative of the RF communication path from the first modem to the second modem, wherein the channel model includes machine learning models. The first modem trains the channel model using the extracted data. The first modem applies the trained channel model to simulate a set of channel effects associated with the communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: DeepSig Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'Shea, Ben Hilburn, Nathan West, Tamoghna Roy
  • Publication number: 20240173557
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are provided for treating of target tissue within a body of a patient, particularly tumors. Such systems can include an energy delivery device having at least one energy delivery body configured to be positioned near a target tissue area of the patient, and a generator in electrical communication with the at least one energy body. The generator can include at least one energy delivery algorithm configured to provide an electric signal of pulsed electric field energy deliverable to the at least one energy delivery body so as to induce extravasation within the target tissue area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Robert E. NEAL, II, Timothy J. O'BRIEN, Chiara PASTORI
  • Patent number: 11991658
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication over RF channels. In some implementations, information is obtained. An encoder network is used to process the information and generate a first RF signal. The first RF signal is transmitted through a first channel. A second RF signal is determined that represents the first RF signal having been altered by transmission through the first channel. Transmission of the first RF signal is simulated over a second channel implementing a machine-learning network, the second channel representing a model of the first channel. A simulated RF signal that represents the first RF signal having been altered by simulated transmission through the second channel is determined. A measure of distance between the second RF signal and the simulated RF signal is calculated. The machine-learning network is updated using the measure of distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: DeepSig Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'Shea, Ben Hilburn, Tamoghna Roy, Nathan West
  • Patent number: 11950835
    Abstract: Methods and systems for distributing electrical energy to tissue which minimize Joule heating, thermal effects, and/or thermal damage, without sacrificing efficacy of treatment, are described. The methods and systems are particularly suitable to electrical energy-based therapies employing multiple electrodes, such as arrays of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., AngioDynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'Brien, Robert E. Neal, II, Rafael V. Davalos
  • Patent number: 11854373
    Abstract: A system and method for combining the inputs of various sensors used in platforms, primarily those having a military use, having or making use of a number of inputs capable of determining information about an environment in which they are operating. Each input is configured to output a standardized set of information regarding its capabilities and the environment in which it is operating. A correlator is configured to adaptably process the information based on rules contained in at least one changeable correlation matrix and information contained in at least one changeable configuration file. The information, or simply an alert, is provided to at least one output that provides the information to a human operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Porpiglia, Kyle W. Flynn, Brian A. Harris, Timothy J. O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 11821996
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking entities and objects in an environment can include an entity-mounted instrumentation (EMI) and an object-mounted instrumentation (OMI). The OMI can include a first IMU array to detect the object orientation, and a TOF pulse transmitter to transmit a TOF pulse. The EMI can include a second IMU array to detect the entity orientation, a GPS receiver, and an array of TOF sensors to receive various versions of the TOF pulse. The EMI can determine a location and orientation of the entity using GPS data and orientation data generated by the second IMU array. The EMI can determine a relative location of the object using the various versions of the TOF pulse, and can determine a location of the object using the relative location of the object and the location of the entity. The EMI can determine the object orientation using data provided by the first IMU array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter F. Reardon, Timothy J. O'Malley