David A Locke

US Patent:

20210138207, May 13, 2021

Filed:

Oct 1, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/060129

Inventors:

- Irvine CA, US
Fatemeh Akbarian - Rancho Palos Verdes CA, US
David M. Locke - Springboro OH, US
Athanasios Papadakis - Newport Beach CA, US
Madison K. Vanosdoll - Irvine CA, US

International Classification:

A61M 25/10

Abstract:

A method of dilating a target anatomical structure of an ear, a nose, or a throat of a patient includes inserting a distal end of a balloon catheter into the ear, the nose, or the throat. The balloon catheter includes a balloon assembly coaxially disposed along a proximally extending shaft. The balloon assembly includes at least first and second dilation balloons that at least partially overlap one another. The method also includes distally advancing the distal end until the balloon assembly is disposed in the target anatomical structure. The method also includes selectively dilating the target anatomical structure based on a diameter of the target anatomical structure by inflating the first dilation balloon to a first diameter or inflating the second dilation balloon to a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter. The second inflation lumen is not in fluid communication with the first inflation lumen.

US Patent:

20140249821, Sep 4, 2014

Filed:

May 15, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/278627

Inventors:

- BELLEVUE WA, US
DAVID LOCKE - REDMOND WA, US
RICHARD KENNEWICK - WOODINVILLE WA, US
TOM FREEMAN - MERCER ISLAND WA, US

Assignee:

VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION - BELLEVUE WA

International Classification:

G10L 15/18
G10L 15/22

US Classification:

704257

Abstract:

Systems and methods for receiving natural language queries and/or commands and execute the queries and/or commands. The systems and methods overcomes the deficiencies of prior art speech query and response systems through the application of a complete speech-based information query, retrieval, presentation and command environment. This environment makes significant use of context, prior information, domain knowledge, and user specific profile data to achieve a natural environment for one or more users making queries or commands in multiple domains. Through this integrated approach, a complete speech-based natural language query and response environment can be created. The systems and methods creates, stores and uses extensive personal profile information for each user, thereby improving the reliability of determining the context and presenting the expected results for a particular question or command.