Patents by Inventor Timothy Proulx

Timothy Proulx 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: 20240393832
    Abstract: Devices for recording brain activity of a subject include a first arm shaped to extend along a subject's head, the first arm having a first aperture that allows access to the subject's head. A sensor assembly of the device has multi-directional adjustability in orientation. The sensor assembly includes a shell configured for multi-directional rotation; a sleeve inside the shell; an elastic element attaching a first end of the sleeve to an interior end of the shell; and a sensor removably inserted into the sleeve, with a contact surface of the sensor facing the subject's head. The device also includes a housing that contains an energy source and operational components for the sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Neurolutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Zwierstra, Eric Claude Leuthardt, Kern Bhugra, Timothy Proulx, Peter Szucs
  • Patent number: 12079034
    Abstract: Devices for recording brain activity of a subject include a first arm shaped to extend along a subject's head, the first arm having a first aperture that allows access to the subject's head. A sensor assembly of the device has multi-directional adjustability in orientation. The sensor assembly includes a shell configured for multi-directional rotation; a sleeve inside the shell; an elastic element attaching a first end of the sleeve to an interior end of the shell; and a sensor removably inserted into the sleeve, with a contact surface of the sensor facing the subject's head. The device also includes a housing that contains an energy source and operational components for the sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Neurolutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Zwierstra, Eric Claude Leuthardt, Kern Bhugra, Timothy Proulx
  • Publication number: 20240201737
    Abstract: Devices for recording brain activity of a subject include a first arm shaped to extend along a subject's head, the first arm having a first aperture that allows access to the subject's head. A sensor assembly of the device has multi-directional adjustability in orientation. The sensor assembly includes a shell configured for multi-directional rotation; a sleeve inside the shell; an elastic element attaching a first end of the sleeve to an interior end of the shell; and a sensor removably inserted into the sleeve, with a contact surface of the sensor facing the subject's head. The device also includes a housing that contains an energy source and operational components for the sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Neurolutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Zwierstra, Eric Claude Leuthardt, Kern Bhugra, Timothy Proulx
  • Patent number: 11219478
    Abstract: A surgical tool for removing a portion of an implant is provided that includes a housing, a motor contained within the housing and coupled to the housing, and an output shaft having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the motor and the distal end has an opening configured to rotateably engage an implant. The surgical tool further includes a counter-torque sleeve extending around the output shaft having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the housing and the distal end is configured to couple to the implant relative to the counter-torque sleeve. Upon a rotational force to the implant, the forces transmitted by the output shaft and the counter-torque sleeve are balanced by the coupling of the output shaft and counter-torque sleeve through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Beale, Harold Taylor, Jeffrey Chapin, Timothy Proulx, Jared Alden Judson
  • Patent number: 11083144
    Abstract: There is provided by the present invention planting containers and associated trays for the production, distribution and display of plants where the planting containers have a channel in the base for engaging with a production or display tray for positioning plant pots in a desired orientation. In one embodiment, the plant container is a flower pot which comprises an upper part; a middle part connected at one end to the upper part; and a bottom part connected to an opposite end of the middle part; the bottom part having a channel extending from one side of the bottom part to the other side of the bottom part; said channel having an apex perpendicular to an axis of the pot, first and second sides, and a plurality of slots at the apex for engaging with a rail system on the tray having teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Timothy Proulx, Ari Tao Adler, Matthew Patrick Brown, Cindy Ellen Wieland, Gerardo Joaquin Suazo, Alexander Prohodski
  • Patent number: 10736440
    Abstract: The present application provides a refrigerated merchandising case. The refrigerated merchandising case may include a refrigerated product area, a rear panel with a roller channel and a number of support apertures, and a number of shelves with a roller and a number of attachment prongs. The shelves may maneuver along the rear panel via the roller within roller channel and attach via the attachment prongs and the support apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: KYSOR WARREN EPTA US CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ajay Iyengar, Robert Paul DelVentura, Oivind Brockmeier, Todd A. Hoff, James Kenneth Knudsen, Richard Henry Kon, Timothy Proulx, William C. Stewart
  • Patent number: 10478235
    Abstract: A surgical tool for removing a portion of an implant is provided that includes a housing, a motor contained within the housing and coupled to the housing, and an output shaft having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the motor and the distal end has an opening configured to rotatably engage an implant. The surgical tool further includes a counter-torque sleeve extending around the output shaft having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the housing and the distal end is configured to couple to the implant relative to the counter-torque sleeve. Upon a rotational force to the implant, the forces transmitted by the output shaft and the counter-torque sleeve are balanced by the coupling of the output shaft and counter-torque sleeve through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Beale, Harold Taylor, Jeffrey Chapin, Timothy Proulx, Jared Alden Judson
  • Publication number: 20180303040
    Abstract: There is provided by the present invention planting containers and associated trays for the production, distribution and display of plants where the planting containers have a channel in the base for engaging with a production or display tray for positioning plant pots in a desired orientation. In one embodiment, the plant container is a flower pot which comprises an upper part; a middle part connected at one end to the upper part; and a bottom part connected to an opposite end of the middle part; the bottom part having a channel extending from one side of the bottom part to the other side of the bottom part; said channel having an apex perpendicular to an axis of the pot, first and second sides, and a plurality of slots at the apex for engaging with a rail system on the tray having teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Timothy Proulx, Ari Tao Adler, Matthew Patrick Brown, Cindy Ellen Wieland, Gerardo Joaquin Suazo, Alexander Prohodski
  • Patent number: 9662160
    Abstract: A surgical tool for removing a portion of an implant is provided that includes a housing, a motor contained within the housing and coupled to the housing, and an output shaft having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the motor and the distal end has an opening configured to rotateably engage an implant. The surgical tool further includes a counter-torque sleeve extending around the output shaft having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the housing and the distal end is configured to couple to the implant relative to the counter-torque sleeve. Upon a rotational force to the implant, the forces transmitted by the output shaft and the counter-torque sleeve are balanced by the coupling of the output shaft and counter-torque sleeve through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Warsaw Othropedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Beale, Harold Taylor, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Timothy Proulx, Jared Alden Judson
  • Patent number: 9078671
    Abstract: A tool for use during surgery includes a housing including a distal end and a proximal end, a motor disposed within the housing, and an output shaft having a proximal end connected to the motor and a distal end extending from the distal end of the housing. The tool further includes a battery pack contained within the housing, and a passage extending from the distal end to the proximal end of the housing through the output shaft and the battery pack, wherein the passage is defined by an interior surface of the output shaft and a channel through the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Beale, Harold Taylor, Oivind Brockmeier, Jared Alden Judson, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Timothy Proulx, Ari Tao Adler, Jason Robinson
  • Patent number: 9017333
    Abstract: A surgical tool for removing a portion of an implant is provided that includes a housing, a motor contained within the housing and coupled to the housing, and an output shaft having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the motor and the distal end has an opening configured to rotatably engage an implant. The surgical tool further includes a counter-torque sleeve extending around the output shaft having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the housing and the distal end is configured to couple to the implant relative to the counter-torque sleeve. Upon a rotational force to the implant, the forces transmitted by the output shaft and the counter-torque sleeve are balanced by the coupling of the output shaft and counter-torque sleeve through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Beale, Harold Taylor, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Timothy Proulx, Jared Alden Judson
  • Publication number: 20130253525
    Abstract: A surgical tool for removing a portion of an implant is provided that includes a housing, a motor contained within the housing and coupled to the housing, and an output shaft having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the motor and the distal end has an opening configured to rotateably engage an implant. The surgical tool further includes a counter-torque sleeve extending around the output shaft having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the housing and the distal end is configured to couple to the implant relative to the counter-torque sleeve. Upon a rotational force to the implant, the forces transmitted by the output shaft and the counter-torque sleeve are balanced by the coupling of the output shaft and counter-torque sleeve through the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: JEFF BEALE, Harold Taylor, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Timothy Proulx, Jared Alden Judson
  • Publication number: 20090264893
    Abstract: A surgical tool for removing a portion of an implant is provided that includes a housing, a motor contained within the housing and coupled to the housing, and an output shaft having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the motor and the distal end has an opening configured to rotateably engage an implant. The surgical tool further includes a counter-torque sleeve extending around the output shaft having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the housing and the distal end is configured to couple to the implant relative to the counter-torque sleeve. Upon a rotational force to the implant, the forces transmitted by the output shaft and the counter-torque sleeve are balanced by the coupling of the output shaft and counter-torque sleeve through the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Beale, Harold Taylor, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Timothy Proulx, Jared Alden Judson
  • Publication number: 20090264940
    Abstract: A tool for use during surgery includes a housing including a distal end and a proximal end, a motor disposed within the housing, and an output shaft having a proximal end connected to the motor and a distal end extending from the distal end of the housing. The tool further includes a battery pack contained within the housing, and a passage extending from the distal end to the proximal end of the housing through the output shaft and the battery pack, wherein the passage is defined by an interior surface of the output shaft and a channel through the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Beale, Harold Taylor, Oivind Brockmeier, Jared Alden Judson, Jeffrey R. Chapin, Timothy Proulx, Ari Tao Adler, Jason Robinson
  • Publication number: 20070167752
    Abstract: Synthetic transmit aperture is provided for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging. A transducer may have separate transmit and receive elements. Broad beams are transmitted, allowing fewer transmit elements and/or more rapid scanning. A multidimensional receive array generates data in response to sequential transmissions, such as transmissions from different angles. The data is combined to increase resolution. A transducer array with offset transmit elements for forming a transmit line source may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy Proulx, Christopher Daft, J. Mohr, Walter Wilser, Charles Bradley, Paul Wagner, Igal Ladabaum
  • Publication number: 20070038082
    Abstract: A medical diagnostic ultrasound transducer system has at least a first and a second set of transducer layers of an element. Each set has one or more transducer layers with independent electrical access. A transmit event through a first set of transducer layers with broadband electrical signals generates acoustic signals containing at least two different frequency bands, and a receive event through a second and different set of transducer layers receives multiple tissue harmonic signals to generate a wide bandwidth response. Fundamental signals can be reduced with a pulse inversion technique through a second transmit event of inverted pulses, a second receive event and superposition of signals from the two receive events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Jian-Hua Mo, Timothy Proulx, Charles Bradley
  • Publication number: 20060241468
    Abstract: In k31 mode, a vibration is along an axis or orthogonal to the poling or electric field orientation. The direction of vibration is toward a face of an ultrasound transducer array. For each element of the array, electrodes are formed perpendicular to the face of the array, such as along the sides of the elements. Piezoelectric material is poled along a dimension parallel with the face of the transducer and perpendicular to the direction of acoustic energy propagation. Using elements designed for k31 resonant mode operation may provide for a better electrical impedance match, such as where small elements sizes are provided for a multi-dimensional transducer arrays. For additional impedance matching, the elements may be made from multiple layers of piezoelectric ceramic. Since the elements operate from a k31 mode, the layers are stacked along the poling direction or perpendicular to a face of the transducer array for transmitting or receiving acoustical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Xuan-Ming Lu, Timothy Proulx, Lewis Thomas, Worth Walters
  • Patent number: D729080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Filip Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Wolos, Sten Kirkbak, Pål Selnæs, William Herbert Darden, IV, Dirk Ahlgrim, Timothy Proulx, Ari Adler, Jonathan Peachey, Martin Hanssmann
  • Patent number: D730209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Filip Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Wolos, Sten Kirkbak, Pål Selnæs, William Herbert Darden, IV, Dirk Ahlgrim, Timothy Proulx, Ari Adler, Jonathan Peachey, Martin Hanssmann
  • Patent number: D744892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Filip Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Wolos, Sten Kirkbak, Dirk Ahlgrim, Timothy Proulx, Ari Adler, Jonathan Peachey, Martin Hanssmann