Mccusker
Catherine Frances Mccusker, Sandwich GB
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20080267942 | BENZAZEPIN-2(1H)-ONE DERIVATIVES - Compounds of formula (I) | 10-30-2008 |
Daniel Mccusker, Bridgewater, MA US
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20090005701 | Cradled Sensor Assembly - Various methods and devices are provided for removably coupling a sensor assembly to a catheter to measure conditions surrounding the catheter when the catheter is implanted in a patient. In one embodiment, a modular sensor assembly is provided and includes a housing having an antenna therein adapted to be removably coupled to at least a portion of a catheter. The housing can be a closed loop having an opening therethrough. One or more sensors can be coupled to the antenna for measuring conditions surrounding the catheter when the catheter is implanted in a patient. In one embodiment, the housing can be adapted to removably couple to a distal end of the catheter, and the opening of the housing can be adapted to receive the catheter. The antenna can be a loop disposed within the housing. | 01-01-2009 |
20130253266 | FLUID MANAGEMENT CATHETER AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A catheter and method for managing fluid in a patient, the catheter having an elongated shaft with a distal end and a proximal end. The shaft defines at least one lumen extending substantially therethrough, the shaft further defining a plurality of drainage holes along a distal portion of the shaft, with the drainage holes in fluid communication with the lumen. The catheter further has a substantially transparent tip portion attached to the distal end of the shaft with an outer distal leading surface that is substantially rounded to assist insertion through tissue. | 09-26-2013 |
20150031956 | FLUID MANAGEMENT CATHETER AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A catheter and method for managing fluid in a patient, the catheter having an elongated shaft with a distal end and a proximal end. The shaft defines at least one lumen extending substantially therethrough, the shaft further defining a plurality of drainage holes along a distal portion of the shaft, with the drainage holes in fluid communication with the lumen. The catheter further has a substantially transparent tip portion attached to the distal end of the shaft with an outer distal leading surface that is substantially rounded to assist insertion through tissue. | 01-29-2015 |
Daniel J. Mccusker, Bridgewater, MA US
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20080214983 | PRESSURE SENSING VALVE - A pressure sensing catheter having a pressure sensor and an antenna that is coupled to the pressure sensor, e.g., by a connector, are provided. The pressure sensor can be adapted to measure a pressure surrounding the catheter, and the antenna can be adapted to telemetrically communicate the measured pressure to an external device. In an exemplary embodiment, the antenna, pressure sensor, and/or connector are hermetically sealed, e.g., by the catheter and/or a coating, to prevent the antenna, pressure sensor, and connector from coming into contact with fluid, thereby allowing the catheter to be permanently implanted or otherwise used for long term use. Exemplary methods for manufacturing and using pressure sensing catheters are also provided. | 09-04-2008 |
20090156960 | PRESSURE SENSING VALVE - A pressure sensing catheter having a pressure sensor and an antenna that is coupled to the pressure sensor, e.g., by a connector, are provided. The pressure sensor can be adapted to measure a pressure surrounding the catheter, and the antenna can be adapted to telemetrically communicate the measured pressure to an external device. In an exemplary embodiment, the antenna, pressure sensor, and/or connector are hermetically sealed, e.g., by the catheter and/or a coating, to prevent the antenna, pressure sensor, and connector from coming into contact with fluid, thereby allowing the catheter to be permanently implanted or otherwise used for long term use. Exemplary methods for manufacturing and using pressure sensing catheters are also provided. | 06-18-2009 |
20100010415 | HIGH PRESSURE RANGE HYDROCEPHALUS VALVE SYSTEM - A valve for use in a shunt system to drain fluid from one part of a patient's body to another is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the valve is operable at a threshold pressure that is selectively adjustable up to at least about 400 mm H | 01-14-2010 |
Desmond Mccusker, Balmain AU
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20080209723 | FEEDTHROUGH FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS | 09-04-2008 |
20110218548 | CARTRIDGE FOR AN ELECTRODE ARRAY INSERTION DEVICE - A device, system and method for inserting a pre-curved electrode array ( | 09-08-2011 |
20110300764 | FEEDTHROUGH FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS | 12-08-2011 |
Desmond A. Mccusker, Balmain AU
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20080208289 | FEEDTHROUGH FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS | 08-28-2008 |
Desmond A. Mccusker, Sydney AU
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20110059331 | DIVERTING A CAPILLARY FLOW OF BRAZE MATERIAL DURING A BRAZING METHOD - A method for joining a first component to a second component with a brazing material, the first component including an aperture for receiving the second component. The method includes positioning the second component within the first component via the aperture to form a gap between an inner surface of the first component and an outer surface of the second component, introducing by capillary action brazing material into the gap between the first component and the second component, and forming a join between the first and second component upon cooling of the brazing material introduced by capillary action. According to this first aspect of the present invention, the capillary flow of brazing material in the gap is diverted via a capillary flow diverter located in the gap between the first and second component. | 03-10-2011 |
Desmond A. Mccusker, New South Wales AU
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20100326723 | ELECTRICALLY INSULATIVE STRUCTURE HAVING HOLES FOR FEEDTHROUGHS - Forming feedthrough device comprising an electrically insulative structure having holes extending there through. The holes have disposed therein conductive members around which the electrically insulative structure is hermetically sealed. | 12-30-2010 |
Desmond A. Mccusker, Balmain New South Wales AU
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20090034769 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - The present invention provides an implant device comprising a shell and a printed circuit board for mounting electronic components, wherein the shell surrounds the printed circuit board and defines a large area for large electronic components mounted on the printed circuit board and a small area for smaller electronic components. The shell has a shape that is curved. The shell may consist of two layers, with one layer being thicker. Also one layer may provide openings or feedthroughs for connecting the implant to other components, such as coils and electrode arrays. | 02-05-2009 |
Elizabeth O. Mccusker, Evanston, IL US
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20140206886 | Enantioselective N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed annulation reactions with imidazolidinones - Enantiomeric bicyclic lactone compounds as can be prepared via an N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed annulation reaction. | 07-24-2014 |
James Mccusker, Sunderland, MA US
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20100023464 | Systems and methods for parameter adaptation - A method of parameter adaptation is used to modify the parameters of a model to improve model performance. The model separately estimates the contribution of each model parameter to the prediction error. It achieves this by transforming to the time-scale plane the vectors of output sensitivities with respect to model parameters and then identifying the regions within the time-scale plane at which the dynamic effect of individual model parameters is dominant on the output. The method then attributes the prediction error in these regions to the deviation of a single parameter from its true value as the basis of estimating individual parametric errors. The proposed Signature Isolation Method (PARSIM) then uses these estimates to adapt individual model parameters independently of the others, implementing, in effect, concurrent adaptation of individual parameters by the Newton-Raphson method in the time-scale plane. The Signature Isolation Method has been found to have an adaptation precision comparable to that of the Gauss-Newton method for noise-free cases. However, it surpasses the Gauss-Newton method in precision when the output is contaminated with noise or when the measurements are generated by inadequate excitation. | 01-28-2010 |
James Andrew Mccusker, W. Henrietta, NY US
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20130034031 | AD HOC WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK WITH NODE ROLE INFORMATION ROUTING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An ad hoc wireless communications network includes wireless nodes arranged in a backbone net and stub nets coupled to the backbone net via respective wireless nodes defining gateway nodes. A method for the network includes transmitting node role information from each gateway node to respective wireless nodes within each stub net. The node role information includes node reactive routing directions for establishing a route outside of a given stub net. A route request is unicast transmitted from a first wireless node in a respective first stub net to a respective first gateway node based upon the node role information. The route request is a request to communicate to a second wireless node in a respective second stub net. The route request is transmitted from the first gateway node across the backbone net to the second gateway node of the second stub net. | 02-07-2013 |
James R. Mccusker, East Bridgewater, MA US
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20110167025 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARAMETER ADAPTATION - A method of parameter adaptation is used to modify the parameters of a model to improve model performance. The model separately estimates the contribution of each model parameter to the prediction error. It achieves this by transforming to the time-scale plane the vectors of output sensitivities with respect to model parameters and then identifying the regions within the time-scale plane at which the dynamic effect of individual model parameters is dominant on the output. The method then attributes the prediction error in these regions to the deviation of a single parameter from its true value as the basis of estimating individual parametric errors. The proposed Signature Isolation Method (PARSIM) then uses these estimates to adapt individual model parameters independently of the others, implementing, in effect, concurrent adaptation of individual parameters by the Newton-Raphson method in the time-scale plane. The Signature Isolation Method has been found to have an adaptation precision comparable to that of the Gauss-Newton method for noise-free cases. However, it surpasses the Gauss-Newton method in precision when the output is contaminated with noise or when the measurements are generated by inadequate excitation. | 07-07-2011 |
Kealan Mccusker, London GB
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20140359290 | AUTHENTICATION - A method in a first entity for authenticating itself to a second entity by proving to the second entity that it is in possession of a full secret without sending the full secret to the second entity, the method comprising: receiving in the first entity an input from a user, the full secret having been divided into at least a first factor and a second factor and the input relating to the second factor of the full secret; reconstructing in the first entity the full secret from at least the first factor and the input; and carrying out a calculation in the first entity using the reconstructed full secret and sending the results of the calculation to the second entity, wherein the results provide an input to a pairing calculation in the second entity. | 12-04-2014 |
Kevin N. Mccusker, West Hartford, CT US
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20090067997 | Gas turbine engine with canted pocket and canted knife edge seal - A gas turbine engine is provided with turbine sealing structures including knife edge seals which extend at an angle relative to an axial center line of the engine. Each knife edge seal is associated with a control pocket defined between a radially inner surface and a spaced radially outer surface. The control pockets and their associated knife edge seals create a difficult flow path to prevent leakage into radially inner portions of the turbine section. | 03-12-2009 |
20130017059 | HOLE FOR ROTATING COMPONENT COOLING SYSTEMAANM Wu; Charles C.AACI GlastonburyAAST CTAACO USAAGP Wu; Charles C. Glastonbury CT USAANM McCusker; Kevin N.AACI West HartfordAAST CTAACO USAAGP McCusker; Kevin N. West Hartford CT USAANM Turner; Mark S.AACI HartfordAAST CTAACO USAAGP Turner; Mark S. Hartford CT US - A rotor for a gas turbine engine comprises an annular body and a plurality of holes. The annular body is configured to rotate in a circumferential direction about an axis extending through a center of the annular body. The annular body comprises an outer diameter surface and an inner diameter surface. The plurality of holes extends through the annular body. Each of the holes comprises an elongate profile in the circumferential direction, and a side wall extending between the outer diameter surface and the inner diameter surface. The side wall is slanted in the circumferential direction. | 01-17-2013 |
20130115081 | HIGH SOLIDITY AND LOW ENTRANCE ANGLE IMPELLERS ON TURBINE ROTOR DISK - According to an embodiment disclosed herein, an apparatus for cooling a rotating part having cooling channels therein, the rotating part attaching to a disk rotating about an axis, the disk having a conduit for feeding a cooling fluid to the cooling channel is described. The apparatus has a first impeller rotating with the disk and in register with the conduit and an outer periphery of the disk, the impeller directing the cooling flow to the conduit. | 05-09-2013 |
Martin Mccusker, Zurich CH
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20120175410 | FOOD CONTAINER - A collapsible, disposable food container for containing a food product. The food container includes a main body portion being selectively positionable between a collapsed and stowed configuration and an expanded and operable configuration, and a bottom portion extending from the main body portion. In some embodiments, a separable strip is provided and formed in at least one of the front panel, the back panel, and the one or more side panels. The separable strip is removable, in some embodiments, to bifurcate the associated panel to permit the main body portion and the bottom portion to be laid substantially flat without removal of the food product. | 07-12-2012 |
Michael V. Mccusker, Los Altos, CA US
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20110064312 | IMAGE-BASED GEOREFERENCING - An image-based georeferencing system comprises an image receiver, an image identification processor, a reference feature determiner, and a feature locator. The image receiver is configured for receiving a first image for use in georeferencing. The image comprises digital image information. The system includes a communicative coupling to a georeferenced images database of images. The image identification processor is configured for identifying a second image from the georeferenced images database that correlates to the first image. The system includes a communicative coupling to a geographic location information system. The reference feature determiner is configured for determining a reference feature common to both the second image and the first image. The feature locator is configured for accessing the geographic information system to identify and obtain geographic location information related to the common reference feature. | 03-17-2011 |
20130195362 | IMAGE-BASED GEOREFERENCING - An image-based georeferencing system comprises an image receiver, an image identification processor, a reference feature determiner, and a feature locator. The image receiver is configured for receiving a first image for use in georeferencing. The image comprises digital image information. The system includes a communicative coupling to a georeferenced images database of images. The image identification processor is configured for identifying a second image from the georeferenced images database that correlates to the first image. The system includes a communicative coupling to a geographic location information system. The reference feature determiner is configured for determining a reference feature common to both the second image and the first image. The feature locator is configured for accessing the geographic information system to identify and obtain geographic location information related to the common reference feature. | 08-01-2013 |
20130195363 | IMAGE-BASED GEOREFERENCING - A computer-implemented method of providing georeferenced information regarding a location of capture of an image is provided. The method includes receiving a first image at an image-based georeferencing system, the first image comprising digital image information and identifying a cataloged second image that correlates to the first image. The method further includes automatically determining reference features common to both the second image and the first image, accessing geographic location information related to the common reference features, utilizing the geographic location information related to the common features to determine a georeferenced location of capture of the first image and providing the georeferenced location of capture for access by a user of the image-based georeferencing system. | 08-01-2013 |
20140039724 | MOBILE PLATFORM FOR CONVEYING AN NSS DEVICE - A survey instrument conveyance is disclosed. One embodiment includes a mobile platform having a set of wheels attached thereto. In addition, a mechanical coupling assembly is used to couple a survey instrument to the mobile platform. An adjustable position mechanism is coupled to the mechanical coupling assembly to raise and lower the survey instrument relative to the mobile platform. | 02-06-2014 |
20140285631 | Indoor navigation via multi-beam laser projection - An indoor navigation system is based on a multi-beam laser projector, a set of calibrated cameras, and a processor that uses knowledge of the projector design and data on laser spot locations observed by the cameras to solve the space resection problem to find the location and orientation of the projector. | 09-25-2014 |
20150043012 | EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DISTANCE MEASUREMENT ACCESSORY FOR A MOBILE DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM - A known fixed relationship is maintained between an external electronic distance measurement accessory and a mobile data collection platform that are physically coupled together. A light beam axis of the external electronic distance measurement accessory is parallel with an optical axis of an entrance pupil of the mobile data collection platform. The external electronic distance measurement accessory integrates with the mobile data collection platform. The external electronic distance measurement accessory receives control instructions from the mobile data collection platform. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045058 | PERFORMING DATA COLLECTION BASED ON INTERNAL RAW OBSERVABLES USING A MOBILE DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM - An image that includes a point of interest is captured using an image capturing device that is part of the mobile data collection platform. Raw observables are obtained from a GNSS chipset that is internal to the mobile data collection platform. A position fix of the mobile data collection platform is determined based on the raw observables where the position fix defines a location of an antenna. A location of an entrance pupil is calculated as an offset of the location of the antenna. Orientation information comprising a tilt angle and an azimuth angle is determined. The position fix and the orientation information are associated with a three dimensional location that the mobile data collection platform is at when the image was captured. Scale information is captured. The image, the position fix, the scale information, and the orientation information are stored in hardware memory of the mobile data collection platform. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045059 | PERFORMING DATA COLLECTION BASED ON EXTERNAL RAW OBSERVABLES USING A MOBILE DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM - An image that includes a point of interest is captured using an image capturing device that is an integral part of the mobile data collection platform. Raw observables are obtained from a GNSS raw observables provider that is external to and coupled with the mobile data collection platform. A position fix of the mobile data collection platform is determined based on the raw observables where the position fix is a location of an antenna. A location of an entrance pupil is calculated as an offset from the location of the antenna. Orientation information comprising a tilt angle and an azimuth angle is determined. The position fix and the orientation information are associated with a three dimensional location of the mobile data collection platform when the image was captured. Scale information is captured. The image, the position fix, the scale information, and the orientation information are stored in hardware memory of the mobile data collection platform. | 02-12-2015 |
20150050907 | COLLECTING EXTERNAL ACCESSORY DATA AT A MOBILE DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM THAT OBTAINS RAW OBSERVABLES FROM AN INTERNAL CHIPSET - External accessory data is collected at a mobile data collection platform (MDCP) provided by an external accessory of the MDCP. An image that includes a point of interest is captured using an image capturing device integral to the MDCP. Raw observables are obtained from a GNSS chipset internal to the MDCP. An position fix of the MDCP defines the location of an antenna and is determined based on the raw observables. An entrance pupil location is calculated as an offset off the antenna location. Orientation information comprising a tilt angle and an azimuth angle is determined. The position fix and orientation information are associated with a three dimensional location that the MDCP is at when the image was captured. External accessory data is received from an accessory external to the MDCP. The image, position fix, orientation information and external accessory data are stored in hardware memory of the MDCP. | 02-19-2015 |
20150057028 | COLLECTING EXTERNAL ACCESSORY DATA AT A MOBILE DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM THAT OBTAINS RAW OBSERVABLES FROM AN EXTERNAL GNSS RAW OBSERVABLE PROVIDER - External accessory data is collected at a mobile data collection platform provided by an external accessory of the mobile data collection platform. An image that includes a point of interest is captured by an image capturing device that is an integral part of the mobile data collection platform performs. Raw observables are obtained from an external GNSS raw observable provider that is separate from and outside of the mobile data collection platform. A position fix of the mobile data collection platform is determined based on the raw observable. Orientation information comprising a tilt angle and an azimuth angle is determined. External accessory data is received from an accessory that is external to the mobile data collection platform. The image, the position fix, the orientation information and the external accessory data are stored in hardware memory of the mobile data collection platform. | 02-26-2015 |
Owen Mccusker, East Lyme, CT US
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20120072983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIVACY-ENHANCED CYBER DATA FUSION USING TEMPORAL-BEHAVIORAL AGGREGATION AND ANALYSIS - A method of determining, within a deployed environment over a data communication network, network threats and their associated behaviors. The method includes the steps of acquiring sensor data that identifies a specific contact, normalizing the acquired sensor data to generate transformed sensor data, deriving, for the specific contact from the transformed sensor data, a contact behavior feature vector for each of a plurality of time periods, determining, for the specific contact, scores associated with each of a plurality of classification modules to form a contact score vector, the contact score vector being independent of an identity of the specific contact, identifying a type of the specific contact based on the contact score vector, and determining a threat type, based on the contact behavioral profile and the contact score vector, when the specific contact is determined to be a threat in the identifying step. | 03-22-2012 |
Sean Mccusker, New Haven, CT US
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20130288873 | AMPLIFICATION AND ARRAY LOADING APPARATUS AND METHODS - An apparatus includes a robotic system providing movement in three orthogonal directions to an arm operable to receive a pipette tip and to facilitate movement of fluid into and out of the pipette tip. In addition, the apparatus can include a tray for receiving pipette tips, receptacles for receiving tubes, an apparatus for forming an emulsion, a device for forming particles that include copies of the polynucleotide, a device for enriching the particles and an apparatus for loading such particles onto a sensor array. The apparatus can further include receptacles for holding containers of reagent solutions. Optionally, the robot can include a gripper arm in addition to the pipette receiving arm. | 10-31-2013 |