Patents by Inventor W. Rogers

W. Rogers 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).

  • VEHICLE WHEEL ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING DRIVE DIRECTION
    Publication number: 20210319586
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel alignment system includes a pair of wheel mounted targets, a pair of reference targets mounted to a stationary reference, a pair of gravity sensors, and a pair of vehicle-mounted active heads mounted on first and second sides of the vehicle. The active heads each have an image sensor for producing image data of one of the reference targets and one of the wheel mounted targets. The gravity sensors are disposed on each side of the vehicle in a known relationship to either the respective reference targets or the image sensors. A data processor calculates, using the image data, a plurality of poses of the wheel mounted targets as the vehicle wheels rotate; calculates a vehicle drive direction using the target poses and a measured orientation relative to gravity from the gravity sensors; and calculates a wheel alignment measurement using the vehicle drive direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Snap-On Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven W. ROGERS, David A. JACKSON, Eric R. SELLERS, Ronald D. SWAYNE, James Rodney HARRELL, Chance ROBINSON, Robert J. D'AGOSTINO
  • Macrocycles for use in treating disease
    Patent number: 11142533
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to certain chiral diaryl macrocyclic derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan W. Rogers, Jane Ung, Vivian Nguyen, Dayong Zhai, Wei Deng, Jingrong J. Cui
  • Systems and methods for controlling a surgical instrument
    Patent number: 11129683
    Abstract: A teleoperational medical system comprises an input device and a manipulator configured to couple with and move an instrument. The system also comprises a control system including one or more processors. In response to a determination that the instrument is inserted into an instrument workspace in a corresponding direction to a field of view of the workspace, the control system is configured to map movement of the input device to movement of the instrument according to a first mapping. In response to a determination that the instrument is inserted into the instrument workspace in a non-corresponding direction to the field of view, the control system is configured to map movement of the input device to movement of the instrument according to a second mapping. The second mapping includes an inversion of the first mapping for at least one direction of motion of the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John Ryan Steger, Brian M. Crews, Craig R. Gerbi, Tyler J. Morrissette, Margaret M. Nixon, Joseph P. Orban, III, Theodore W. Rogers, Alain Sadaka, Charles E. Swinehart, Michael Turner, Kerry S. Wang
  • CONVERTIBLE PLUNGERS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME IN A MEDICAL BARREL
    Publication number: 20210275752
    Abstract: Disclosed are plunger assemblies including various convertible plungers and methods of making the same. Each plunger assembly is configured for disposition within a barrel of a medical container, e.g., a syringe, and displaced within the barrel from an engagement position to a release position. The engagement position is configured to provide a compression seal between a storage sealing section of the plunger and an inner wall of the syringe barrel. In the release position, the compression seal is reduced or eliminated. Also disclosed are methods for making convertible plungers and assembling them into syringes, e.g., pre-filled syringes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Russell Lilly, Kenneth Wade Kelly, Joseph W. Rogers, Jean-Pierre Giraud, Bruce Rabinne, Herve Pichot, Benjamin Hunt, Zachary Dean Freeman, Dalton Roe, Robert S. Abrams
  • Therapeutic compositions of undecylenic acid and arginine
    Patent number: 11103475
    Abstract: Compositions including a complex of fatty acids (e.g., including one or more C4 to C40 fatty acids, such as a C4 to C20 fatty acid) and one or more amino acids (and particularly one or more amino acids having electrically charged basic side chains, e.g., Arginine, Lysine, etc.) for use as an anti-pathogenic composition. These compositions may include the complex of fatty acid:amino acid having a lamellar supramolecular structure. In particular, described herein are therapeutic compositions of undecylenic acid:Arginine forming a complex of undecylenic acid and Arginine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Wintermute Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Rau, Geoffrey W. Rogers
  • ELECTRICAL RECEPTABLE FAULT PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20210249850
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle contains a plug outlet that has a pair of contacts for electrical connection to respective hot and neutral power lines. A controlled switch, such as a TRIAC, is connected in series relationship between the outlet contact and the hot power line. Sensors in the receptacle outputs signals to a processor having an output coupled to the control terminal of the controlled switch. The processor outputs an activation signal or a deactivation signal to the controlled switch in response to received sensor signals that are indicative of conditions relative to the first and second contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: John ERIKSEN, Jean-Guy GAGNE, James W. ROGERS, Patrick BELANGER, Rene K. PARDO
  • MACROCYCLES FOR USE IN TREATING DISEASE
    Publication number: 20210246145
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to certain chiral diaryl macrocyclic derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Evan W. Rogers, Jane Ung, Vivian Nguyen, Dayong Zhai, Wei Deng, Jingrong J. Cui
  • Methods and Apparatus to Shape Flexible Entry Guides for Minimally Invasive Surgery
    Publication number: 20210228063
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing surgical procedures is disclosed including a flexible entry guide tube and a first steering device. The guide tube has one or more lumens extending along its length from a proximal end to substantially at or near a distal end. At least one of the one or more lumens is an instrument lumen with open ends to receive a flexible shaft of a surgical tool. The first steering device is insertable into the instrument lumen to shape the guide tube as it is inserted through an opening in a body and along a path towards a surgical site. The apparatus may further include a flexible locking device to couple to the flexible entry guide tube and selectively rigidize the guide tube to hold its shape. The guide tube may be steered by remote control with one or more actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Theodore W. Rogers, David Q. Larkin
  • Self-calibrating wheel aligner with improved portability
    Patent number: 11073381
    Abstract: A portable vehicle alignment system has a vertical central column with a carriage movable along its length, and a pair of camera arms pivotably attached to the carriage, each with a camera pod. The camera pods each have a camera for capturing image data of a respective vehicle-mounted target. One pod also has a calibration target disposed in a known relationship to its camera, and the other pod has a calibration camera disposed in a known relationship to its camera for capturing images of the calibration target. The camera arms pivot between an extended position where the cameras are disposed to capture image data of the vehicle targets and the calibration camera is disposed to capture images of the calibration target, and a folded position where the aligner has a width smaller than the width between the camera pods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Snap-On Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven W. Rogers, David A. Jackson, Adam C. Brown, Ronald D. Swayne, Brian K. Gray, Bryan C. Minor, James Rodney Harrell
  • SURGICAL SYSTEM INSTRUMENT MANIPULATOR
    Publication number: 20210220066
    Abstract: An instrument manipulator and a robotic surgical system including an instrument manipulator are provided. In one embodiment, an instrument manipulator includes a plurality of independent actuator drive modules, each of the plurality of actuator drive modules including an actuator output, wherein each of the actuator outputs are configured to independently actuate a corresponding actuator input of a surgical instrument without force input from another actuator output. The instrument manipulator further includes a frame housing the plurality of independent actuator drive modules, the frame including a distal end from which each of the actuator outputs distally protrude for engaging the corresponding actuator inputs of the surgical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Todd R. SOLOMON, Thomas G. COOPER, Eugene F. DUVAL, Nicola DIOLAITI, Daniel H. GOMEZ, Robert E. HOLOP, Anthony K. McGROGAN, Craig R. RAMSTAD, Theodore W. ROGERS
  • MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210214373
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to certain macrocyclic compounds that inhibit SRC and MET, and/or CSF1R, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Jingrong Jean Cui, Evan W. Rogers, Jane Ung, Jeffrey Whitten, Dayong Zhai, Wei Deng, Xin Zhang, Zhongdong Huang, Jing Liu, Han Zhang
  • TAB RELEASE CHILD SAFETY FEATURE
    Publication number: 20210206538
    Abstract: A child-resistant container including a container body, a lid, and at least one resilient tab is provided. The lid is pivotable about an axis through a hinge joining the lid to the container body to open and close the container. The resilient tab has a proximal portion fixed to the lid, a distal portion projecting from the lid, and at least one abutment on the distal portion. The abutment on the distal portion of the tab is normally biased into engagement with an abutment on the container body when the lid is in its closed position. The distal portion of the tab is displaceable against the bias to disengage the abutment of the tab from the abutment of the container. Displacement of the tab releases the lid so that it can be pivoted about the hinge to open the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Michel Zbirka, Joseph W. Rogers
  • Systems and methods for a material handling vehicle network
    Patent number: 11048270
    Abstract: One or more material handling vehicles of a fleet can be equipped with telematics controllers and configured for wireless communication. In different arrangements, the material handling vehicles of the fleet can communicate with each other and with a management system, in order to effect management of the fleet and of particular material handling vehicles belonging thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: The Raymond Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua D. Vanderpool, Nathaniel W. Rogers, Joseph L. Callea, Ryan A. Magill, Gregory W. Smiley, Sandra L. Charles, Timothy E. Donahue
  • MACROCYCLES FOR USE IN TREATING DISEASE
    Publication number: 20210163499
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to certain chiral diaryl macrocyclic derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Evan W. Rogers, Jane Ung, Vivian Nguyen, Dayong Zhai, Wei Deng, Jingrong J. Cui
  • Instrument shaft for computer-assisted surgical system
    Patent number: 11020196
    Abstract: A shaft for a surgical instrument comprises an outer tube having a proximal end and a distal end, a central lumen extending through the outer tube, and a plurality of stiffening rods positioned around the central lumen. The plurality of stiffening rods may comprise a nonconductive material. The shaft may form part of an electrosurgical instrument. In another embodiment, a surgical instrument may comprise an end effector and a shaft having an outer tube having a proximal end and a distal end, a drive rod, and at least four stiffening rods positioned around the drive rod, each stiffening rod being positioned substantially immediately adjacent to the drive rod. The axial stiffness of the shaft increases incrementally during actuation of the end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Peling G. Lee, Theodore W. Rogers, John Ryan Steger, Matthew R. Williams
  • COMPUTER-ASSISTED MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210153961
    Abstract: A computer-assisted medical system includes a manipulator arm and an instrument holder physically coupled to the manipulator arm. The instrument holder is configured to releasably couple to an instrument. The instrument holder includes an adjustable assembly and a cannula clamp physically coupled to the adjustable assembly. A physical adjustment of the adjustable assembly moves the cannula clamp relative to the manipulator arm. The cannula clamp is configured to releasably couple to a cannula configured to receive the instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Peter DiMaio, David William Bailey, Theodore W. Rogers, Alec Paul Robertson
  • Chiral diaryl macrocycles as modulators of protein kinases
    Patent number: 11008337
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to certain chiral diaryl macrocyclic derivatives, of the formula I: pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat cancer, pain, neurological diseases, autoimmune diseases, and inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jingrong J. Cui, Yishan Li, Evan W. Rogers, Dayong Zhai, Wei Deng, Jane Ung
  • Detachable Power Source for an Aerosol Delivery Device
    Publication number: 20210137171
    Abstract: An aerosol delivery device having a detachable power source is provided. A control body may be coupleable with a cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device. The cartridge may contain an aerosol precursor composition and be equipped with a heating element configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. The control body may comprise a housing and a power source detachably coupled to an outer surface of the housing. A control component may be contained within the housing and configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge. The control component in the active mode may be configured to direct power from the power source to the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Michael F. Davis, Percy D. Phillips, James W. Rogers, Lisa E. Brown, James Demopoulos
  • Tab release child safety feature
    Patent number: 10981701
    Abstract: A child-resistant container including a container body, a lid, and at least one resilient tab is provided. The lid is pivotable about an axis through a hinge joining the lid to the container body to open and close the container. The resilient tab has a proximal portion fixed to the lid, a distal portion projecting from the lid, and at least one abutment on the distal portion. The abutment on the distal portion of the tab is normally biased into engagement with an abutment on the container body when the lid is in its closed position. The distal portion of the tab is displaceable against the bias to disengage the abutment of the tab from the abutment of the container. Displacement of the tab releases the lid so that it can be pivoted about the hinge to open the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Michel Zbirka, Joseph W. Rogers
  • DIARYL MACROCYCLE POLYMORPH
    Publication number: 20210094974
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to polymorphs of (7S,13R)-11-fluoro-7,13-dimethyl-6,7,13,14-tetrahydro-1,15-ethenopyrazolo[4,3-f][1,4,8,10]benzoxatriazacyclotridecin-4(5H)-one that are useful in the treatment of disease, such as cancer, in mammals. This disclosure also relates to compositions including such polymorphs, and to methods of using such compositions in the treatment of diseases, such as cancer, in mammals, especially in humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jingrong J. Cui, Evan W. Rogers