Patents Assigned to Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Event monitoring dosimetry apparatuses and methods thereof
    Patent number: 10292445
    Abstract: A dosimetry apparatus includes at least one sensor in a housing, a cover configured to permit compression waves to pass through, the cover is seated over the at least one sensor, and a dosimetry processing device with a memory. The dosimetry processing device is coupled to the at least one sensor in the housing. The dosimetry processing device is configured to execute programmed instructions stored in the memory comprising: obtaining readings from the at least one sensor; storing the readings with a time and date stamp when obtained; conducting an analysis based on the obtained readings; and outputting at least one of the stored readings or the conducted analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: David A. Borkholder, Werner Fassler, Andrew Blair, Kim Sherman, Derek DeBusschere
  • Method and system for contactless detection of cardiac activity
    Patent number: 10292594
    Abstract: A system and method include contactless detecting and tracking cardiac activity by making use of a feedback control system, such as a Phase Locked Loop (PLL), in real-time or from a prerecorded signal stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Gill R. Tsouri, Sohail Dianat
  • Motorized Wheel System for Pediatric Stander
    Publication number: 20190127011
    Abstract: A motorized and controllable wheel system for a non-motorized stander is disclosed. Micro-controllers are programmed to be capable of acquiring and processing multiple inputs from the user and therapist and controlling the motors. Additional sensors are implemented in order to enhance safety and provide some device autonomy with the goal of providing a device that improves the mobility, autonomy, and educational experience of children.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Steven Day
  • Pulse Wave Velocity, Arterial Compliance, and Blood Pressure
    Publication number: 20190083045
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for determining physiological parameters of an individual including blood pressure, arterial compliance, flow velocity, and pressure wave velocity. A noninvasive method for determining the blood pressure of a patient is based on measurements of flow velocity, pulse wave velocity and arterial compliance. A noninvasive method for determining the arterial compliance of a patient is based on measurements of blood pressure, flow velocity, and pulse wave velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David A. Borkholder, Alexander S. Liberson, Jeffrey S. Lillie, Steven W. Day
  • Mode-locked lasers on silicon by palladium bonding and methods therefor
    Patent number: 10236659
    Abstract: A mode-locked laser on a silicon substrate and method for the production thereof by low temperature palladium bonding is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stefan F. Preble, Zihao Wang, Michael L. Fanto
  • Digital Behavioral Health Platform
    Publication number: 20190074081
    Abstract: A platform and method for administering a digital behavioral health treatment to an individual, includes customizing and personalizing a digital avatar health coach and an interactive therapy platform of evidenced based cognitive behavioral therapy which targets and treats maladaptive behaviors in the individual to improve treatment outcomes, wherein the digital platform is standardized and specific to target specific maladaptive behaviors and implements positive, healthier, and prosocial behaviors incorporating the mechanisms of social learning theory, classical conditioning, and operant conditioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Caroline J. Easton, Richard Doolittle
  • Formation and Properties of Cellular Foam Fibrous Material
    Publication number: 20190071550
    Abstract: A foaming process for converting fibrous material into a cellular foam structure includes mixing fibrous material and a solvent-based binding agent to form a mixture; saturating the mixture with a pressurized gas to form a gas-saturated mixture; expanding the gas-saturated mixture by reducing the pressure of the pressurized gas to form an expanded mixture with voids in the fibrous material; and curing the expanded mixture to set the fibrous material and drive off the solvent to provide a stable network of fibrous material having cushioning properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Changfeng Ge, Mark Olles, Kevin Cosgrove, Carlos A. Diaz
  • Near zero volt storage tolerant electrochemical cells through reversible ion management
    Patent number: 10193354
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell having a positive electrode; a negative electrode and an electrolyte, wherein the electrochemical cell contains reversible ions in an amount sufficient to maintain a negative electrode potential verses reference level below a negative electrode damage threshold potential of the cell and a positive electrode potential verses reference level above a positive electrode damage threshold potential of the cell under an applied load at a near zero cell voltage state, such that the cell is capable of recharge from the near zero cell voltage state, and method for its production is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kyle Crompton, Brian Landi
  • Spectral target for macroscopic and microscopic reflectance imaging
    Patent number: 10191194
    Abstract: A spectrally selective (e.g., color) target has been designed and fabricated for reflectance micro- and/or macro-imaging that utilizes microlens arrays and color mirrors. The color mirrors are optical interference coatings. The microlenses are designed and fabricated such that the light reflected from the color mirror is incident onto the detector. This system of microlenses and color mirrors allows the user to image different colored specular highlights. An infinite number of spectral reflectance profiles can be created with these color targets and used for spectral and colorimetric imaging applications. The targets are not limited to the visible region; they can also be designed to work in the ultraviolet and infrared wavelength regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jennifer D. T. Kruschwitz, Roy S. Berns
  • Heat Transfer System and Method Incorporating Tapered Flow Field
    Publication number: 20180306531
    Abstract: A heat transfer system including a fluid inlet; a fluid outlet; and a substrate in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and fluid outlet, the substrate including a heat exchange region having a heat transfer surface and a flow field adjacent the heat transfer surface, the flow field including a fluid flow area including an open region at the inlet, a heat transfer region in thermal communication with the heat exchange region, and a taper of the flow field cross-sectional area in the flow direction, wherein the flow field heat transfer region includes a plurality of spaced apart open enhancement features from 1 micron to 3 mm in size, and method for enhancing the heat transfer performance of an apparatus is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Satish G. Kandlikar
  • Mode-locked Lasers on Silicon by Palladium Bonding and Methods Therefor
    Publication number: 20180287332
    Abstract: A mode-locked laser on a silicon substrate and method for the production thereof by low temperature palladium bonding is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stefan F. Preble, Zihao Wang, Michael L. Fanto
  • System and method for feedback of dynamically weighted values
    Patent number: 10085690
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a signal from a function to record a set of values for each signal monitored; determining for each signal monitored the relative value of the signal being monitored over time; identifying each signal exhibiting a relative value representing a change in a pre-identified direction and each signal exhibiting a relative value not representing a change in the pre-identified direction, wherein each signal is aligned in the same direction relative to the pre-identified direction; dynamically weighting at least one signal monitored; displaying the monitored signals as an aggregate including enhancement of each signal exhibiting a change in the pre-identified direction; and causing a desired change in at least one monitored function based upon feedback of the displayed aggregate signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Laurence I. Sugarman, Brian L. Garrison, Stephen Jacobs
  • Ultra-thin nanometer scale polymeric membranes
    Patent number: 10086336
    Abstract: Ultra-thin nanometer-sealer freestanding polymeric membranes and methods for producing ultra-thin nanometer-scale freestanding recast membranes and ultra-thin nanometer-scale freestanding cross-linked membranes with solid internal backbone are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jirachai Getpreecharsawas, David A. Borkholder
  • Pulse Energy Manipulation of Material Properties
    Publication number: 20180269378
    Abstract: Material properties are manipulated using rapid pulse application of energy in combination with applied electric or magnetic fields. When sintering, annealing or crystallizing a target film, the pulse repetition cycle can be constrained to ensure material temperature rises above and falls below the Curie temperature before the next energy pulse. This process results in enhanced material properties as compared to traditional techniques having a single, slow temperature excursion and subsequent application of the applied external field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David A. Borkholder, Jing Ouyang, Denis R. Cormier, Ahmed Alfadhel
  • Heat transfer system and method incorporating tapered flow field
    Patent number: 10018430
    Abstract: A heat transfer system including a fluid inlet; a fluid outlet; and a substrate in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and fluid outlet, the substrate including a heat exchange region having a heat transfer surface and a flow field adjacent the heat transfer surface, the flow field including a fluid flow area including an open region at the inlet, a heat transfer region in thermal communication with the heat exchange region, and a taper of the flow field cross-sectional area in the flow direction, wherein the flow field heat transfer region includes a plurality of spaced apart open enhancement features from 1 micron to 3 mm in size, and method for enhancing the heat transfer performance of an apparatus is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Satish G. Kandlikar
  • CAPSULE, IN-LINE MAGNETIC VALVE SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180156356
    Abstract: A capsule is disclosed which includes a flexible outer shell capable of transforming into an asymmetric shape; an internal medium encapsulated by the outer shell, the medium including a plurality of magnetic particles, wherein the magnetic particles can move in response to an applied magnetic field. A valve system includes an in-line valve sized to fit within a flow channel including a capsule having a flexible outer shell containing an internal medium encapsulated by the outer shell, the medium including a plurality of magnetic particles; and a magnetic field source disposed about the exterior wall of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Ahmed Alfadhel, Meng-Chun Hsu, David A. Borkholder
  • Method for Determining Hearing Thresholds in the Absence of Pure-Tone Testing
    Publication number: 20180132765
    Abstract: A method for determining hearing thresholds in the absence of pure-tone testing includes an adaptive speech recognition test which includes a calibrated item pool, each item having a difficulty value (di) and associated standard error (se). Test items are administered to a group of individuals having mild to moderately severe hearing loss to obtain responses. The responses are subjected to multiple regression statistical methods to develop an equation for converting an individual's test score to hearing threshold values at several frequencies. The adaptive speech recognition test can be administered to an individual and their score can be converted into hearing thresholds at each of the several frequencies by use of the equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Joseph H. Bochner, Wayne M. Garrison
  • METHOD AND FIXTURE FOR GUIDED PEDICLE SCREW PLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20180116727
    Abstract: A customized patient-specific combined template and implant for spinal fixation and method for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Michael R. Caldwell, Mark W. Olles, Amit Singla
  • Optical Vortex Coronagraph Scatterometer
    Publication number: 20180067036
    Abstract: An optical vortex coronagraph scatterometer including a light source of wavelength ?, a scattering cell in optical communication with the light source, a circular aperture having a radius R at a distance d from the scattering cell in optical communication with the light source, a pivot point between the circular aperture and the scattering cell allowing relative movement of the light source and the scattering cell with respect to the circular aperture, a first lens at a focal length f1 between the circular aperture and an optical vortex element, and a second lens at a focal length f2 between the optical vortex element and a detector; and method for determining a scattering spectra at low and zero angles is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Grover A. Swartzlander, JR.
  • Automated fundus image field detection and quality assessment
    Patent number: 9905008
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer readable medium which automatically determine the side, field and a level of image quality of fundus images of the retina of a human eye is disclosed. The disclosure combines image processing, computer vision and pattern recognition techniques in a unique way to provide a robust process to identify and grade the quality of fundus images with application to improve efficiency and reduce errors in clinical or diagnostic retinal imaging workflows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Gajendra Jung Katuwal, John P. Kerekes, Rajeev S. Ramchandran, Christye P. Sisson