Patents by Inventor William Lucas

William Lucas 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: 20250250546
    Abstract: A method for transporting a biological sample at hypothermic temperatures. The container can be cooled using phase change material and pump fluid through the sample. The fluid can pump through the system at a rate independent of the parameters of the biological sample. A valve can control the rate of flow of the fluid into the biological sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Danny Macari, Matthew Whitney, Samantha Estrella, William Lucas Churchill
  • Patent number: 12357533
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein generally relate to prolonging viability of bodily tissue, especially an organ, by adjusting pressure as needed to maintain a constant pressure within the organ even during external pressure fluctuations due, for example, to transportation of the organ in an airplane. The systems and methods herein can include an electronic pump that pumps gas into an organ and a mechanical pressure regulator to release gas based on organ pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Paragonix Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Bulka, Arkady Shinder-Lerner, William Lucas Churchill, Michael Tajima, Pratik Patel
  • Patent number: 12351286
    Abstract: An inflatable oar frame and methods of making and using an inflatable oar frame adapted to removably mount over a watercraft interior, wherein oar towers can couple to the inflatable oar frame to provide an interface between the oars and the watercraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Ideal LLC
    Inventor: William Lucas Hopkins
  • Publication number: 20250214868
    Abstract: An improved bioretention system and color removal method combines Water Treatment Residuals (WTRs) with biochar, to provide a color removal effect, especially one beyond what could be achieved with the WTRs or biochar alone. WTRs are commonly used in drinking water treatment plants and can include the material both in its fresh or aged form. Biochar is formed by the pyrolysis of organic material. Water, such as stormwater or surface water can be directed to flow over a color removal media of WTRs and biochar to remove the color, especially color caused by tannins from the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventor: William Lucas
  • Publication number: 20250204519
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for the hypothermic storage of biological samples, such as tissues, organs, or body fluids between arrival at a transplantation site and transplantation. In some examples, various cooling media may be positioned in and around a container used to for the hypothermic storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Steve Bornhoft, Barry Gellman, William Lucas Churchill
  • Patent number: 12269758
    Abstract: An improved bioretention system and color removal method combines Water Treatment Residuals (WTRs) with biochar, to provide a color removal effect, especially one beyond what could be achieved with the WTRs or biochar alone. WTRs are commonly used in drinking water treatment plants and can include the material both in its fresh or aged form. Biochar is formed by the pyrolysis of organic material. Water, such as stormwater or surface water can be directed to flow over a color removal media of WTRs and biochar to remove the color, especially color caused by tannins from the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Sustainable Water Infrastructure Group, LLC
    Inventor: William Lucas
  • Publication number: 20250064052
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining an oxygen concentration of a biological sample. The oxygen concentration can be maintained by measuring the oxygen concentration within the biological sample and adjusting a rate of an oxygen supplier in response to this measurement. For example, when the oxygen concentration is below a threshold, oxygen can be delivered to the biological sample at a higher rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Ben Bulka, Arkady Shinder-Lerner, William Lucas Churchill, Michael Tajima, Pratik Patel
  • Publication number: 20250064674
    Abstract: The systems and methods relate to cyclically inflating and deflating a lung. The lung can be stored and transported while pumping a gas into the lung and removing another gas from the lung. The cyclical inflation and deflation of the lung can be performed at a rate enhanced or optimized for lung performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Ben Bulka, Arkady Shinder-Lerner, William Lucas Churchill, Michael Tajima, Pratik Patel
  • Publication number: 20250064050
    Abstract: Systems and methods herein generally relate to prolonging viability of bodily tissue, especially an organ, by adjusting pressure as needed to maintain a constant pressure within the organ even during external pressure fluctuations due, for example, to transportation of the organ in an airplane. The systems and methods herein can include an electronic pump that pumps gas into an organ and a mechanical pressure regulator to release gas based on organ pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Ben Bulka, Arkady Shinder-Lerner, William Lucas Churchill, Michael Tajima, Pratik Patel
  • Publication number: 20240389988
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an articulation joint that can include a plurality of articulation links, wherein each articulation link can include an elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, an outer surface, and a first lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. Each articulation link can further include a plurality of arms extending radially outward from the elongate body, wherein each arm includes an inner end attached to the outer surface of the elongate body and a second lumen extending from a proximal side of the arm to a distal side of the arm. The articulation joint can also include a bending member positioned within the first lumen of the elongate body and a control member positioned within a plurality of second lumens, wherein each of the plurality of second lumens includes a common longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary KAPPEL, William Lucas CHURCHILL, Francis MACNAMARA, Eric GUTIERREZ, Larry STANTON
  • Publication number: 20240384413
    Abstract: A showerhead assembly configured to deliver a plurality of gases into a cyclic deposition chamber comprises a showerhead comprising a vertical cavity formed through a central region and a main inner surface configured to face a substrate. The main inner surface radially surrounds the vertical cavity and is tapered such that a vertical distance from the substrate to the main inner surface decreases in a radially outward direction relative a center of the substrate. The showerhead assembly additionally comprises an injector block assembly disposed over the showerhead for delivering the gases from outside of the cyclic deposition chamber into the cyclic deposition chamber through the vertical cavity. The showerhead assembly further comprises a plurality of gas channels formed in the injector block assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Martin J. Salinas, Miguel Saldana, Victor Calderon, H. William Lucas, JR., Seyed Hossein Hashemi, Vinay Shankar Vidyarthi
  • Publication number: 20240350717
    Abstract: A method for operating a fluid management system includes automatically detecting an unstable condition in the system, which may include detecting a large change in the supply fluid amount (indicative of a bag change), detecting a large change in the waste fluid amount (indicative of a bag change), or detecting a large difference between the amount of fluid dispensed as measured by the weight data and the amount of fluid dispensed as measured by the flow data (indicative of a blockage in the supply tubing). The method further includes adjusting the operating mode of the system during the unstable condition, which may include switching to using flow data rather than weight data to track the fluid deficit during a supply bag exchange, halting operation of an outflow pump during a waste container exchange, and/or halting operation of the system during a blockage in the supply tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: David J. Holigan, Joanna Myczkowska, William Lucas Churchill, Danny Macari
  • Patent number: 12089826
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an articulation joint that can include a plurality of articulation links, wherein each articulation link can include an elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, an outer surface, and a first lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. Each articulation link can further include a plurality of arms extending radially outward from the elongate body, wherein each arm includes an inner end attached to the outer surface of the elongate body and a second lumen extending from a proximal side of the arm to a distal side of the arm. The articulation joint can also include a bending member positioned within the first lumen of the elongate body and a control member positioned within a plurality of second lumens, wherein each of the plurality of second lumens includes a common longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Kappel, William Lucas Churchill, Francis MacNamara, Eric Gutierrez, Larry Stanton
  • Publication number: 20240279801
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates generally to semiconductor manufacturing, and more particularly to precursor delivery in cyclic deposition. In one aspect, a thin film deposition system comprises a thin film deposition chamber configured to deposit a thin film. The thin film system additionally comprises a precursor source connected to the thin film deposition chamber by a precursor delivery line, wherein the precursor delivery line comprises a filter connected to the precursor source via a first valve, and a by-pass line connected to the precursor source via a second valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Chong Jiang, Vinay Shankar Vidyarthi, H. William Lucas, JR., Jose A. Palencia, Francisco Z. Araiza
  • Patent number: 12048799
    Abstract: A method for operating a fluid management system includes automatically detecting an unstable condition in the system, which may include detecting a large change in the supply fluid amount (indicative of a bag change), detecting a large change in the waste fluid amount (indicative of a bag change), or detecting a large difference between the amount of fluid dispensed as measured by the weight data and the amount of fluid dispensed as measured by the flow data (indicative of a blockage in the supply tubing). The method further includes adjusting the operating mode of the system during the unstable condition, which may include switching to using flow data rather than weight data to track the fluid deficit during a supply bag exchange, halting operation of an outflow pump during a waste container exchange, and/or halting operation of the system during a blockage in the supply tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Holigan, Joanna Myczkowska, William Lucas Churchill, Danny Macari
  • Publication number: 20240216004
    Abstract: A uterine fibroid tissue removal device includes an inner tube disposed within an outer tube and configured to be translated and rotated relative to the outer tube, and a separately formed unitary distal tip member attached to a distal end of the inner tube, such that the distal tip member translates and rotates relative to the outer tube along with the inner tube, wherein a distal facing open cutting end of the distal tip member in fluid communication with an axial lumen of the distal tip member translates across a tissue resection window in a sidewall of the outer tube so as to sever tissue extending therethrough, the distal tip member axial lumen being in fluid communication with an axial lumen of the inner tube, wherein an outer diameter of the distal tip member is greater than an outer diameter of the inner tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Roy Hewitt Sullivan, Albert Chun-Chi Chin, Eric Karl Litscher, William Lucas Churchill, Ronald David Adams, William Harwick Gruber, David Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20240156510
    Abstract: A system for modulating delivery of radiofrequency (RF) power to tissue, the system including an RF applicator configured for being positioned adjacent to tissue, an RF generator electrically coupled to the RF applicator, and a controller operatively coupled to the RF generator. The controller includes a tissue impedance measurement circuit operatively coupled with the RF applicator and configured for measuring an impedance of tissue disposed adjacent to the RF applicator, and a power modulation module configured to cause RF power to be delivered from the RF generator to the tissue disposed adjacent to the RF applicator so that an impedance of the tissue tracks a target tissue impedance as a function of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: HOLOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: William Lucas Churchill, Danielle Gline Allen
  • Patent number: 11918276
    Abstract: A system is configured to delivering radiofrequency power to the endometrial lining tissue of a uterine cavity, including modulating the delivered power so that a measured impedance of the endometrial lining tissue tracks a target impedance as a function of time, wherein the target tissue impedance is derived from a function that approximates a preferred endometrial lining tissue ablation impedance curve that is determined based upon a measured impedance of the endometrial lining tissue after RF power has been delivered for a predetermined initial time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hologic, Inc.
    Inventors: William Lucas Churchill, Danielle Gline Allen
  • Publication number: 20240062993
    Abstract: A temperature-controlled showerhead assembly is configured to deliver a plurality of gases into a cyclic deposition chamber. The showerhead assembly comprises a showerhead body having a cavity formed therethrough and at a central region thereof, wherein the cavity is configured to diffuse or mix the gases prior to introducing the gases into the deposition chamber. The showerhead assembly additionally comprises a network of cooling channels configured to conduct heat away from the showerhead body. The showerhead assembly further comprises a network of heating elements configured to supply heat to the showerhead body, wherein the network of heating elements is disposed closer to the an upper surface of the showerhead body relative to the cooling channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Martin J. Salinas, Miguel Saldana, Victor Calderon, H. William Lucas, JR.
  • Patent number: PP35853
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Loropetalum plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘Purlorocha’, is disclosed. The new cultivar is characterized by its deep purplish, red-colored flowers and it is also characterized by its dark, burgundy-colored foliage. The new cultivar provides a moderately vigorous, compact, and mounded, well-branched growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventor: William Lucas