Patents by Inventor Webster

Webster 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).

  • Anterior cruciate ligament substituting knee implants
    Patent number: 9861484
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides knee prostheses that replicate at least a portion of the function of an individual patient's anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). An exemplary knee prosthesis includes a femoral component configured to be implanted on the distal end of the patient's femur and a tibial component configured to be implanted on the proximal end of the patient's tibia. In extension, the femoral component and the tibial component may cooperate to limit anterior movement of the tibial component relative to the femoral component. In flexion, the femoral component may be free to rotate relative to the tibial component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam H. Sanford, Vincent A. Webster, Dwight T Todd, Anthony Romano, Christopher M. Byrd, Jody L. Claypool, Raymond C. Parisi
  • FORMULATIONS OF DEOXYCHOLIC ACID AND SALTS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180000835
    Abstract: The present application is directed to an aqueous pharmaceutical formulation comprising less than about 5% w/v sodium deoxycholate maintained at a pH sufficient to substantially inhibit precipitation of the sodium deoxycholate. Also disclosed herein, are methods for inhibiting precipitation of sodium deoxycholate in an aqueous solution comprising less than about 5% w/v of sodium deoxycholate, said method comprising maintaining pH of the solution of from at least about 8.0 to about 8.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Emil Hodge, Jeffrey Douglas Webster
  • METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING RADIATION BEAM INTENSITY PROFILE SHAPE USING DUAL MULTIPLE APERTURE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180001111
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to multiple aperture devices (MADs) for beam shaping in x-ray imaging. Two or more of these binary filters can be placed in an x-ray beam in series to permit a large number of x-ray fluence profiles. However, the relationship between particular MAD designs and the achievable fluence patterns is complex. The present invention includes mathematical and physical models that are used within an optimization framework to find optimal MAD designs. Specifically, given a set of target fluence patterns, the present invention finds, for example, a dual MAD design that is a “best fit” in generating the desired fluence patterns. This process provides a solution for both the design of MAD filters as well as the control actuation that is required (relative motion between MADs) that needs to be specified as part of the operation of a MAD-based fluence field modulation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph Webster Stayman, Aswin John Mathews, Reuven Levinson
  • Applying user preferences, behavioral patterns and environmental factors to an automated customer support application
    Patent number: 9860377
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of applying user profile information to a customized application are disclosed. One example method of operation may include receiving an inquiry message or call from a user device, identifying and authorizing the user from inquiry message information received from the inquiry message, retrieving a user profile comprising at least one user preference, applying the at least one user preference to a user call processing application, and transmitting menu options to the user device based on the applied at least user preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Blake John Roux, Craig A. Webster
  • Stable nanoreporters
    Patent number: 9856519
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for detection and quantification of individual target molecules in biomolecular samples. In particular, the invention relates to improved, stable nanoreporter probes that are capable of binding to and identifying target molecules based on the probes' uniquely detectable signal. Methods for identifying target-specific sequences for inclusion in the probes are also provided, as are methods of making and using such probes. Polynucleotide sequences of certain nanoreporter components are also provided. The probes can be used in diagnostic, prognostic, quality control and screening applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: NanoString Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippa Jane Webster, Timothy Dahl
  • AIRFOIL WITH CAST FEATURES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20170370229
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a film hole in an outer wall of an airfoil. The film hole includes a blind opening adjacent the interior of the airfoil and a hole adjacent the exterior of the airfoil. The blind opening fluidly couples to the hole to form the film hole for providing a volume of fluid as a surface cooling film along the exterior of the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Terrence Garay, Douglas Ray Smith, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Zachary Daniel Webster
  • ADJUSTABLE FRACTURING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170370172
    Abstract: A method and apparatus according to which a hydraulic fracturing fluid is communicated to a wellhead, the apparatus including a fracturing tree connected to the wellhead and into which the hydraulic fracturing fluid is adapted to flow, a fluid conduit connected to the fracturing tree and through which the hydraulic fracturing fluid is adapted to flow before flowing into the fracturing tree, the fluid conduit defining a straight fluid flow path, and a zipper module connected to the fluid conduit and out of which the hydraulic fracturing fluid is adapted to flow before flowing through the fluid conduit. The hydraulic fracturing fluid flows along the straight fluid flow path of the fluid conduit upon flowing out of the zipper module, and continues to so flow along the straight fluid flow path until the hydraulic fracturing fluid flows into the fracturing tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Duc Thanh Tran, Matthew Thomas Robinson Webster, Ray Dicksang Pang, Keith Murdoch
  • DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTIONS IN HOST APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170359409
    Abstract: Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more processes remotely delivering customized code to a host application and/or computing device. The host application may be configured as an Application Programming Interface with a customized code processing library that may configure the host application to receive further instructions remotely. The host application may be further configured to execute host code and/or third-party code. The host application may be configured to receive remote application logic, after the host application has been installed on a computing device, and to execute the received application logic to alter the behavior of the host application, such as selectively tracking end user interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick McWilliams, Jason Lap-Wing Koo, Chad Major Hartman, George Thomas Webster, IV, Son Phi Hoang
  • Adapter for offset stacking of beverage decanters
    Patent number: 9839319
    Abstract: An adapter for offset stacking of beverage decanters or dispensers in laterally offset relation, and more particularly, configurable for stacking the decanters in a forwardly and/or sidewardly arranged laterally offset relation, to allow dispensing individually from faucets, spigots, or other dispensing apparatus of the decanters without dripping directly onto lower faucets and without interference, and which can also serve as a decanter lid. The adapter can be configured for fore and aft, angular, and/or sideward offsets, and can include pass-through openings for brewing, and other optional features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Newco Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Jody G. Jacobsen, David L. Brandsma, Joseph P. Webster
  • System and method for liquefying a fluid and storing the liquefied fluid
    Patent number: 9841228
    Abstract: A Dewar system is configured to liquefy a flow of fluid, and to store the liquefied fluid. The Dewar system is disposed within a single, portable housing. Disposing the components of the Dewar system within the single housing enables liquefied fluid to be transferred between a heat exchange assembly configured to liquefy fluid and a storage assembly configured to store liquefied fluid in an enhanced manner. In one embodiment, the flow of fluid liquefied and stored by the Dewar system is oxygen (e.g., purified oxygen), nitrogen, and/or some other fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Brian Edward Dickerson, Jeremy Webster Blair, Laurent Brouqueyre, Douglas Adam Whitcher
  • Capacitive Sensor Packaging
    Publication number: 20170351902
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a fingerprint sensor having a set of capacitive elements configured for capacitively coupling to a user fingerprint. The fingerprint sensor may be disposed under a control button or display element of an electronic device, for example one or more of a control button and a display component. A responsive element is responsive to proximity of the user fingerprint, for example one or both of a first circuit responsive to motion of the control button, and a second circuit responsive to a coupling between the fingerprint and a surface of the display element. The fingerprint sensor is disposed closer to the fingerprint than the responsive element. The control button or display component may include an anisotropic dielectric material, for example sapphire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Pope, Shawn Arnold, Barry J. Corlett, Terry L. Gilton, Syed Husaini, Steven Webster, Scott A. Myers, Matthew D. Hill, Benjamin B. Lyon
  • Oral Care Compositions and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20170348550
    Abstract: This invention relates to oral care compositions comprising a basic amino acid or salt thereof, a zinc source, and a preservative, as well as to methods of using and of making these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wilbens JOSIAS, Richard ROBINSON, Adam PEPPERNEY, Kimdra SMITH-WEBSTER
  • TOOLS FOR USE IN CONFINED SPACES
    Publication number: 20170348795
    Abstract: A tool assembly for performing operations in confined spaces, the tool assembly includes a telescoping pole having a proximal end and a distal end. The telescoping pole is capable of extending between a retracted position and an extended position. A working tool is connected to the distal end of the telescoping pole, and a control unit is connected to the proximal end of the telescoping pole. A flexible cable extending through the telescoping pole electrically connects the working tool to the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Mamoon Tawfiq ABEDRABOH, Richard Wallace CEASS, Louis Webster Ruffin, Adam Britton Polcha
  • 3,3-disubstituted-(8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]OCT-8-yl)-[5-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-thiophen-3-yl]-methanones as inhibitors of 11 (?)-HSD1
    Patent number: 9834549
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to certain 3,3-disubstituted-(8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-8-yl)-[5-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-thiophen-3-yl]-methanone, 3,3-disubstituted-(6-aza-bicyclo[3.1.1]hept-6-yl)-[5-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-thiophen-3-yl]-methanone, and 4,4-disubstituted piperidin-1-yl)-[5-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-thiophen-3-yl]-methanone compounds of the following formula that, inter alia, inhibit 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?-HSD1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
    Inventors: Scott Peter Webster, Jonathan Robert Seckl, Brian Robert Walker, Peter Ward, Thomas David Pallin, Hazel Joan Dyke, Trevor Robert Perrior
  • Sensors, methods of making and devices
    Patent number: 9835595
    Abstract: Disclosed sensors can include at least one resonator (in some embodiments, at least two resonators) and various other structures that may be formed in association with the resonators. The at least one resonator in embodiments can include a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a top electrode, wherein the piezoelectric layer is positioned between the bottom electrode and the top electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: QORVO US, INC.
    Inventors: James Russell Webster, Peter J. Schiller, Richard Allan Van Deusen, Ian Robert Harmon
  • FLOW METERS, FLOW METER CARTRIDGES, AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20170343405
    Abstract: A flow meter for measuring a flow rate of a fluid may include a cartridge containing certain components such as a flow sensor. The cartridge is removable from the flow meter such that it may be replaced with a new cartridge, allowing calibration of the flow meter while enabling the flow meter to continue to be operated with another cartridge in the place of the removed cartridge. The flow meter may be configured to direct fluid flow away from selected components of the flow meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Webster, Joseph B. Bush
  • WAVE FIELD SYNTHESIS BY SYNTHESIZING SPATIAL TRANSFER FUNCTION OVER LISTENING REGION
    Publication number: 20170347216
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, the technology relates to using wave field synthesis theory to simulate one or more idealized virtual point sources in a multi-speaker system. The speaker transfer function of each speaker is modeled, and the values and directional gradient of the combined speaker transfer function at test points in a convexly-bounded listening region are compared to the desired values and directional gradient for the idealized transfer function of the idealized virtual point source(s) at the test points to determine filter coefficient sets for each filter. The determined filter coefficients are those which minimize the total difference between the values and directional gradient of the combined speaker transfer function and the values and directional gradient of the idealized transfer function of the idealized virtual point source across all the test points for a plurality of frequency bins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Arash Khabbazibasmenj, Benjamin George Webster, Joseph David Caci
  • SILICON PHOTONIC HYBRID POLARIZATION DEMULTIPLEXER
    Publication number: 20170336656
    Abstract: An optical demultiplexer that includes at least one a hybrid phase shifter configured to receive a light signal over a fiber element, the light signal including polarized optical signals. Each phase shifter includes a thermo-optic phase shifter configured to phase shift the light signal, an electro-optic phase shifter configured to phase shift the light signal, and a coupler configured to maintain polarization of the polarized signal components. The optical demultiplexer also includes control circuitry configured to regulate the thermo-optic and electro-optic phase shifters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Sean Anderson, Mark Webster, Kalpendu Shastri
  • Flame and smoke extinguisher for candles
    Patent number: D806323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: Calvert H. Webster
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface for smart home automation system having a multifunction status
    Patent number: D807376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mizono, Zachery Webster Kennedy, Ted Boda, Jaxon Ketterman, Jesse Boettcher, Lauren Von Dehsen, Tomas Brennessl, Chikezie Ejiasi, Nina Shih, Tracy Kuwatani