192 patents
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Medical Device Sterilization System with Plasma-based Detection of Residual Alcohol
19 Oct 23
A method includes initiating a sterilization process with a sterilizing machine while a medical device is positioned in a sterilization chamber of the sterilizing machine.
Todd Morrison
Filed: 21 Sep 21
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Systems, methods and apparatus for dispensing fluid to an object
10 Oct 23
Systems, methods and apparatus related to pre-wetting an edge portion of a bonded wafer prior to wetting a flat, horizontal portion of the bonded wafer.
Young-Shin Kwon, Paul Ivan John Keeton, James C. McKeon
Filed: 29 Oct 20
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Apparatus and method to repeatedly fill and purge channels of endoscope
3 Oct 23
A medical device reprocessor is operable to perform a method of cleaning an internal channel of a medical device.
Sungwook Yang
Filed: 12 Oct 21
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Combining Sampling Analog-to-digital Converter with Continuously Integrating Analog-to-digital Converter
28 Sep 23
A digitizing circuit includes a port connectable to a device under test (DUT), an integrating analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a high-speed ADC, one or more processors to apply a digital filter to output samples of the high-speed ADC to produce filtered samples, find differences between the filtered samples and samples from the integrating ADC to produce error values, and add the error values to the output samples of the high-speed ADC.
Wayne C. Goeke
Filed: 23 Mar 23
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Ultrasonic Defect Detection and Classification System Using Machine Learning
28 Sep 23
In an automated defect detection and classification system, one or more computing devices access scan data acquired in an ultrasonic scan of an object.
John J. Pickerd, Kevin Ryan
Filed: 21 Mar 23
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Estimation of unknown electronic load
26 Sep 23
A test and measurement instrument including a voltage source configured to output a source voltage, a current sensor, and one or more processors.
William C. Weeman
Filed: 5 Jun 20
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Method of sterilizing medical devices, analyzing biological indicators, and linking medical device sterilization equipment
26 Sep 23
A biological indicator analyzer includes a plurality of wells, a plurality of organism detector features, and a user input feature such as a touch screen.
Brian J. Thompson, Jacob S. Childs, Chunhui Xie, Marco A. Mangiaterra, Darius D. Eghbal, Margaret D. Shaffer, Jeremy M. Yarwood, Benjamin M. Fryer, Howell B. Schwartz, Philippe Kanh Dang, Yaeer Lev, Venkata Danam
Filed: 10 Feb 20
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Digital Loop Dual-stage Source Measure Unit
21 Sep 23
A dual-stage source measure unit (SMU) has a user interface to allow a user to input one or more target values, at least two terminals to couple to a device under test (DUT), a current loop having a current digital control loop (DCL), a current digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a sense resistor, a current analog-to digital converter (ADC), and a common ADC, the current DCL to receive inputs from the current ADC, from the common ADC, and a target value for the output current, and to control a first output stage to produce the output current, and a voltage loop having a voltage DCL, a voltage DAC, a voltage ADC, and the common ADC, the voltage DCL to receive inputs from the voltage ADC, from the common ADC, and a target value for the output voltage, and to control a second output stage to produce the output voltage.
Wayne C. Goeke
Filed: 13 Mar 23
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High Current Extension for a Dual-stage Source Measure Unit
14 Sep 23
A source measure unit has a voltage output stage to provide a voltage across first and second output terminals to connect to a load, and a current output stage to provide a voltage to a first sense resistor, the source measure unit to switchably employ both the voltage output stage and the current output stage for a first range of output current, to regulate a common point, and either output voltage or output current, or employ only one of either the voltage output stage or the current output stage to provide voltage to both the first and second output terminals and a second sense resistor for a second range of output current, and to regulate either output voltage or output current.
Wayne C. Goeke, Martin J. Rice
Filed: 10 Mar 23
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User interface and method to configure sourcing and measurement timing
12 Sep 23
A configuration device in a test and measurement system including an event generator and a Device Under Test (DUT) to receive one or more events generated by the event generator includes an output display structured to graphically illustrate a first event timeline that includes source event markers for a first test channel for a second test channel, in which the first event timeline and the second event timeline appear on the output display as separate timelines vertically separated from one another.
Jeffrey J. Trgovich, James H. Hitchcock
Filed: 14 Apr 22
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Systems and methods for ai-assisted electrical power grid fault analysis
22 Aug 23
Systems, methods, and processor-readable storage media for AI-assisted electrical power grid fault analysis predict the cause of a fault and cause the fault to be remedied by receiving an indication that a first fault has occurred, identifying a plurality of additional fault records associated with the first fault, obtaining a first prediction of the cause of the fault based on the first fault record and the plurality of fault records by applying the fault records to a machine learning model, obtaining a second prediction of the cause of the fault by applying the fault records to a rules-based model, and obtaining a final prediction of the cause of the first fault based on the first prediction and the second prediction.
Aaron Acton, Peter Glover, Mark Diamond, Peter Brett, David Cole, Paul Donegan
Filed: 27 Jul 22
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High-density Multi-channel Power Supply In a Test and Measurement Instrument
10 Aug 23
A power supply block has multiple isolated power channels, the power supply comprising an interface magnetic component having multiple windings, each winding connected to a separate one of the isolated channels.
Benjamin J. Yurick
Filed: 26 Jan 23
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Solderless High Current, High Voltage, High Bandwidth Test Fixture
10 Aug 23
A test fixture for coupling a Device Under Test (DUT) to a measurement instrument includes a device interface board, which may be a solderless, press-fit board, for electrically connecting to one or more DUTs, a power delivery section electrically coupled to the device interface board through a series of electrical contacts, a measurement interface section electrically coupled to the device interface board through a second series of electrical contacts, the measurement interface structured to be coupled to the measurement instrument, and a metal plate coupled between and providing an electrical return path between the measurement interface and the power delivery section.
Gregory Sobolewski
Filed: 10 Feb 23
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Apparatus and method for adjusting a volume of a basin of a treatment apparatus
1 Aug 23
An apparatus and a method for adjusting a void volume of a basin of a treatment apparatus are provided.
Navid Omidbakhsh
Filed: 17 Oct 19
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Apparatus and method for detecting improper positioning of removable component of sterilizing system
1 Aug 23
A sterilization system includes a sterilization chamber, a processor, and a sterilization module.
Doug Vo Truong, Lawrence Y. Mok
Filed: 29 Oct 19
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Pulsed high current technique for characterization of device under test
18 Jul 23
A test and measurement circuit including a capacitor in parallel with a device under test, a direct current voltage source configured to charge the capacitor, a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse for testing the device under test, and a sensor for determining a current in the device under test.
Gregory Sobolewski
Filed: 24 Aug 20
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Resource Allocation In a Test Instrument Network
13 Jul 23
A test instrument network, has a plurality of nodes, each node having a connection to the test instrument network with a unique node identifier, one or more script processors, each script processor having a unique group identifier to which resource groups can be allocated, and one or more resource groups, each resource group comprising one or more resources, wherein a node becomes a master node when it either processes a command message or initiates script processing.
Todd A. Hayes
Filed: 18 Nov 22
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Apparatus and method for sterilizing endoscope
11 Jul 23
A method of sterilizing an article includes receiving the article in a sterilization chamber.
Keyvan Nowruzi, Navid Omidbakhsh
Filed: 8 Apr 20
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Method and Apparatus for Commissioning a Sensor
6 Jul 23
In an embodiment, a method for commissioning a sensor via a communication unit includes scanning, by the communication unit, a sensor-identifying feature of the sensor to provide sensor-identifying data and sending, by the communication unit to a system controller, the sensor-identifying data.
Robert CACHRO
Filed: 4 Jan 23
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Removable Odometer for a Non-odometer Equipped Vehicle
6 Jul 23
An odometer comprises a housing having a vehicle mounting device attached thereto.
Kenneth L. DICKINSON
Filed: 5 Jan 23