Patents by Inventor Troy Lane
Troy Lane 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: 11850168Abstract: A TFL Protector for use during a total hip arthroplasty having a generally semi-circular or U-shaped elongate body includes a distal end, a proximal end, an elbow and a convex surface opposite a concave surface. The generally U-shaped or semi-circular elongated body extends from the distal end to the proximal end and the proximal end turns back toward back toward the distal end at elbow.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Invictus Orthopaedics LLCInventors: Kenneth McCulloch, Anthony D'Antuono, Troy Lane
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Patent number: 11766267Abstract: A surgical instrument for releasable connection to a surgical tool having two or more sections that are able to articulate 360 degrees in differing increments and directions. The articulation of the sections allows for the distal end to be spatially offset from the proximal, yet maintain parallel longitudinal axes. The surgical instrument includes a force disc at the proximal end upon which a surgeon can exert a linear force which is transmitted to the distal end having a second tool such as a broach firmly attached thereto.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Invictus Orthopaedics LLCInventors: Kenneth McCulloch, Anthony D'Antuono, Troy Lane
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Publication number: 20230190310Abstract: A surgical instrument for releasable connection to a surgical tool having two or more sections that are able to articulate 360 degrees in differing increments and directions. The articulation of the sections allows for the distal end to be spatially offset from the proximal, yet maintain parallel longitudinal axes. The surgical instrument includes a force disc at the proximal end upon which a surgeon can exert a linear force which is transmitted to the distal end having a second tool such as a broach firmly attached thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Invictus Orthopaedics LLCInventors: Kenneth McCulloch, Anthony D'Antuono, Troy Lane
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Publication number: 20230016885Abstract: A surgical instrument for releasably connecting to a surgical tool, having three main sections that are able to articulate 360 degrees in 60-degree increments. The articulation of the sections allows for the distal end of the surgical instrument to be spatially offset from the proximal end, yet maintain parallel longitudinal axes. Varying surgical tools can be connected to the surgical instrument via an adapter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Invictus Orthopaedics LLCInventors: Kenneth McCulloch, Anthony D'Antuono, Troy Lane
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Publication number: 20220331125Abstract: A TFL Protector for use during a total hip arthroplasty having a generally semi-circular or U-shaped elongate body includes a distal end, a proximal end, an elbow and a convex surface opposite a concave surface. The generally U-shaped or semi-circular elongated body extends from the distal end to the proximal end and the proximal end turns back toward back toward the distal end at elbow.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Invictus Orthopaedics LLCInventors: Kenneth McCulloch, Anthony D'Antuono, Troy Lane
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Patent number: 11273055Abstract: A TFL Protector for use during a total hip arthroplasty having a generally semi-circular or U-shaped elongate body includes a distal end, a proximal end, an elbow and a convex surface opposite a concave surface. The generally U-shaped or semi-circular elongated body extends from the distal end to the proximal end and the proximal end turns back toward back toward the distal end at elbow.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Invictus Orthopeadics LLCInventors: Kenneth McCulloch, Anthony D'Antuono, Troy Lane
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Publication number: 20200085448Abstract: A surgical instrument for releasable connection to a surgical tool having two or more sections that are able to articulate 360 degrees in differing increments and directions. The articulation of the sections allows for the distal end to be spatially offset from the proximal, yet maintain parallel longitudinal axes. The surgical instrument includes a force disc at the proximal end upon which a surgeon can exert a linear force which is transmitted to the distal end having a second tool such as a broach firmly attached thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Invictus OrthopaedicsInventors: Kenneth McCulloch, Anthony D'Antuono, Troy Lane
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Publication number: 20180235775Abstract: A TFL Protector for use during a total hip arthroplasty having a generally semi-circular or U-shaped elongate body includes a distal end, a proximal end, an elbow and a convex surface opposite a concave surface. The generally U-shaped or semi-circular elongated body extends from the distal end to the proximal end and the proximal end turns back toward back toward the distal end at elbow.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Invictus OrthopaedicsInventors: Kenneth McCulloch, Anthony D'Antuono, Troy Lane
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Patent number: 9891049Abstract: A method for solving the initial azimuth for a survey instrument, and other devices, with position and tilt information. The method may be part of bundle adjustment performed during the processing of image and position data collected from each camera of a survey instrument. The use of the initial azimuth generation method (and initial azimuth generator) makes it possible to get accurate azimuth orientation of a camera, such as each camera of a multi-camera survey instrument, without using data from a compass-like sensor. The initial azimuth generated by this method can then be used in later steps/processes of the bundle adjustment to find tie-points with an automatic tie-point finder. Prior to this method, the automatic tie-point finding algorithm relied on the compass and its accuracy, and inaccurate compass values would cause a complete failure, slow runtimes, or less accurate results for the bundle adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: TRIMBLE INC.Inventor: Troy Lane Brown
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Publication number: 20170367714Abstract: A surgical instrument for releasable connection to a surgical tool having two or more sections that are able to articulate 360 degrees in differing increments and directions. The articulation of the sections allows for the distal end to be spatially offset from the proximal, yet maintain parallel longitudinal axes. The surgical instrument includes a force disc at the proximal end upon which a surgeon can exert a linear force which is transmitted to the distal end having a second tool such as a broach firmly attached thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: Invictus OrthopaedicsInventors: Kenneth McCulloch, Anthony D'Antuono, Troy Lane
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Publication number: 20170122733Abstract: A method for solving the initial azimuth for a survey instrument, and other devices, with position and tilt information. The method may be part of bundle adjustment performed during the processing of image and position data collected from each camera of a survey instrument. The use of the initial azimuth generation method (and initial azimuth generator) makes it possible to get accurate azimuth orientation of a camera, such as each camera of a multi-camera survey instrument, without using data from a compass-like sensor. The initial azimuth generated by this method can then be used in later steps/processes of the bundle adjustment to find tie-points with an automatic tie-point finder. Prior to this method, the automatic tie-point finding algorithm relied on the compass and its accuracy, and inaccurate compass values would cause a complete failure, slow runtimes, or less accurate results for the bundle adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventor: TROY LANE BROWN
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Patent number: 8446531Abstract: A system and method for detecting a sampling clock offset of an analog-to-digital converter used to digitize an analog image signal. A method comprises buffering samples of an analog image signal, computing a value of an autocorrelation function using the buffered samples and a delayed version of the buffered samples, and repeating the computing a value for delays in a range of delays. The method also comprises computing a sampling frequency offset from the values of the autocorrelation function and changing a sampling frequency using the sampling frequency offset.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2008Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Bing Ouyang, John Michael Hayden, Troy Lane Ethridge, Hong Jin Cho, Jeff Kordel
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Patent number: 8111330Abstract: A method and apparatus for an analog-to-digital video signal converter. The converter is controlled by a clock with controllable frequency and phase for sampling an analog signal. A circuit corrects the clock frequency using a period of a columnar frame differences as a function of columnar location. The sampling clock frequency is changed by an amount dependent on the period of the columnar differences. A second measure of the difference between successive frames is computed for a sequence of clock phases. The frequency of the clock is verified using a characteristic of the second measure. The characteristic can be the ratio of the maximum to the minimum of the second measure over selected clock phases. Other characteristics can be used such as a difference of a maximum and a minimum measure.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Bing Ouyang, John Michael Hayden, Troy Lane Ethridge, Anuradha Sundararajan, Larry D. Dickinson
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Publication number: 20110043700Abstract: A method and apparatus for an analog-to-digital video signal converter. The converter is controlled by a clock with controllable frequency and phase for sampling an analog signal. A circuit corrects the clock frequency using a period of a columnar frame differences as a function of columnar location. The sampling clock frequency is changed by an amount dependent on the period of the columnar differences. A second measure of the difference between successive frames is computed for a sequence of clock phases. The frequency of the clock is verified using a characteristic of the second measure. The characteristic can be the ratio of the maximum to the minimum of the second measure over selected clock phases. Other characteristics can be used such as a difference of a maximum and a minimum measure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Bing Ouyang, John Michael Hayden, Troy Lane Ethridge, Anuradha Sundararajan, Larry D. Dickinson
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Patent number: 7825990Abstract: A method and apparatus for an analog-to-digital video signal converter. The converter is controlled by a clock with controllable frequency and phase for sampling an analog signal. A circuit corrects the clock frequency using a period of a columnar frame differences as a function of columnar location. The sampling clock frequency is changed by an amount dependent on the period of the columnar differences. A second measure of the difference between successive frames is computed for a sequence of clock phases. The frequency of the clock is verified using a characteristic of the second measure. The characteristic can be the ratio of the maximum to the minimum of the second measure over selected clock phases. Other characteristics can be used such as a difference of a maximum and a minimum measure.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Bing Ouyang, John Michael Hayden, Troy Lane Ethridge, Anuradha Sundararajan, Larry D. Dickinson
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Patent number: 7733424Abstract: A method and apparatus for an analog-to-digital video signal converter. The converter is controlled by a clock with controllable frequency and phase for sampling an analog signal. A measure of the difference between successive frames of the image is computed for a sequence of clock phases. The measure can be a count taken over pixels of the magnitude of the difference between a pixel in one frame and the corresponding pixel in a following frame exceeding a threshold value. The frequency of the clock is verified using a characteristic of the frame difference. The characteristic can be the ratio of the maximum measure to the minimum measure over the selected clock phases. Other characteristics can be used such as a difference of a maximum and a minimum measure.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: John Michael Hayden, Bing Ouyang, Troy Lane Ethridge, Anuradha Sundararajan, Larry D. Dickinson
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Publication number: 20100007795Abstract: A system and method for detecting a sampling clock offset of an analog-to-digital converter used to digitize an analog image signal. A method comprises buffering samples of an analog image signal, computing a value of an autocorrelation function using the buffered samples and a delayed version of the buffered samples, and repeating the computing a value for delays in a range of delays. The method also comprises computing a sampling frequency offset from the values of the autocorrelation function and changing a sampling frequency using the sampling frequency offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Bing Ouyang, John Michael Hayden, Troy Lane Ethridge, Hong Jin Cho, Jeff Kordel
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Publication number: 20100008575Abstract: A system and method for tuning a sampling frequency. A method comprises detecting a sampling frequency of an analog image signal, generating a set of histograms from samples of pixels from the analog image signal, using the set of histograms to determine whether the detected sampling frequency is substantially equal to a natural sampling frequency of the analog image signal, and sampling the analog image signal at the detected sampling frequency to produce image data. The samples are taken at the detected sampling frequency and at a different sampling phase for each of the histograms, and each histogram is for samples from a single image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Bing Ouyang, Amit Mittal, Troy Lane Ethridge
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Publication number: 20090256829Abstract: A system and method for detecting sampling frequency in a video signal. A method comprises applying a first test to determine the sampling frequency of the image signal, applying a second test to determine the sampling frequency of the image signal, and verifying the sampling frequency of the image signal. The first test compares detected timing characteristics of the image signal with known timing characteristics of a set of known standard image signals and the second test measures data characteristics of image data in the multiple image frames of the image signal. Combining both detected image characteristics and measured image characteristics based techniques to determine sampling frequency improves the possibility of correctly detecting an image signal's sampling frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2008Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Bing Ouyang, John Michael Hayden, Troy Lane Ethridge, Amit Mittal, Jeffrey Kenneth Smith
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Patent number: 7474760Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for contactless or touch-free measurement of a tool by imaging. A processor makes calculations based on image points on the tool, imaged onto an imaging area. Optics present the image of the image points on the tool on the imaging area. The processor calculates the momentary position and/or orientation along at least one axis of the tool making use of the image points. A number of measuring markers have predetermined mutual positions and are on the tool. Each measuring marker comprises at least one measuring point. At least one of the points is identifiable. Each measuring marker to be used as position and/or orientation indicator has a size making it restorable by the processor even if a part of it on the tool is obscured from the image area, for example by dust.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Trimble ABInventors: Mikael Hertzman, Troy Lane Brown