Patents by Inventor John A. Derbyshire
John A. Derbyshire 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).
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Patent number: 8076934Abstract: In an imaging method, periodic maintenance radio frequency pulses (?, ??) are applied to maintain a steady state magnetic resonance excitation in an imaging region. Readout (66) of imaging data from the imaging region is performed during selected intervals between maintenance radio frequency pulses. A spatially selective blood signal suppression sequence (62, 62?) is performed during selected other intervals between maintenance radio frequency pulses. The blood signal suppression sequence suppresses a blood signal in a suppression region different from the imaging region. The blood signal suppression sequence has substantially no zero the moment applied magnetic field gradient.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2007Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Daniel A. Herzka, John A. Derbyshire
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Publication number: 20090315559Abstract: In an imaging method, periodic maintenance radio frequency pulses (?, ??) are applied to maintain a steady state magnetic resonance excitation in an imaging region. Readout (66) of imaging data from the imaging region is performed during selected intervals between maintenance radio frequency pulses. A spatially selective blood signal suppression sequence (62, 62?) is performed during selected other intervals between maintenance radio frequency pulses. The blood signal suppression sequence suppresses a blood signal in a suppression region different from the imaging region. The blood signal suppression sequence has substantially no zero the moment applied magnetic field gradient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2007Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.Inventors: Daniel A. Herzka, John A. Derbyshire
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Publication number: 20070225591Abstract: A method for fat-suppressed imaging is disclosed. Such a method may include storing a first spectral component of an echo signal formed at TR/2 from a sample, suppressing a second spectral component of the echo signal at TR/2, re-exciting the stored spectral component after suppressing the second spectral component, and producing an image of the sample based on the re-excited stored spectral component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicants: Department of Health and Human ServicesInventors: John Derbyshire, Daniel Herzka, Elliot McVeigh
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Patent number: 6852224Abstract: Disclosed is a filter comprised of activated carbon fibers, wherein said filter has a Virus Removal Index (hereafter “VRI”) of at least about 99%, as measured in accordance with the test method described in the specification. The filter may comprise unbound fibers, or the fibers may be bound with a binder to form a composite of fibers. Also disclosed is a method of removing viruses from a liquid, the method comprising contacting the liquid with a filter comprising activated carbon fibers wherein said filter has a VRI of at least about 99%. Also described is an article of manufacture comprising: (a) a filter comprising activated carbon fibers, wherein said filter has a VRI of at least about 99%; and (b) instructions which inform a user that the filter may be used to remove viruses from a liquid.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2003Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company, The University of Kentucky Research FoundationInventors: Marit Jagtoyen, Rosemary Anne Alexander Derbyshire, Mario E. Tremblay, Steve G. Fishter, Dimitris I. Collias, Francis John Derbyshire
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Patent number: 6702875Abstract: Described are filters containing free-activated carbon fibers or activated carbon fibers in the form of a composite used for filtering a variety of contaminants, including pathogens, from air. These filters can provide effective and efficient removal of contaminants from air, requiring only short contact time between the air being filtered and the filter itself, with only a minimum pressure drop across the filter. The characteristics of these filters allow for effective filtration with only thin filter layers being required. The process of filtering air utilizing these filters is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: University of Kentucky Research FoundationInventors: Marit Jagtoyen, Francis John Derbyshire
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Publication number: 20040040906Abstract: Disclosed is a filter comprised of activated carbon fibers, wherein said filter has a Virus Removal Index (hereafter “VRI”) of at least about 99%, as measured in accordance with the test method described in the specification. The filter may comprise unbound fibers, or the fibers may be bound with a binder to form a composite of fibers. Also disclosed is a method of removing viruses from a liquid, the method comprising contacting the liquid with a filter comprising activated carbon fibers wherein said filter has a VRI of at least about 99%. Also described is an article of manufacture comprising: (a) a filter comprising activated carbon fibers, wherein said filter has a VRI of at least about 99%; and (b) instructions which inform a user that the filter may be used to remove viruses from a liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2003Publication date: March 4, 2004Inventors: Marit Jagtoyen, Francis John Derbyshire, Mario E. Tremblay, Steve G. Fishter, Dimitris I. Collias, Rosemary Anne Alexander Derbyshire
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Publication number: 20030136728Abstract: Disclosed is a filter comprised of activated carbon fibers, wherein said filter has a Virus Removal Index (hereafter “VRI”) of at least about 99%, as measured in accordance with the test method described in the specification. The filter may comprise unbound fibers, or the fibers may be bound with a binder to form a composite of fibers. Also disclosed is a method of removing viruses from a liquid, the method comprising contacting the liquid with a filter comprising activated carbon fibers wherein said filter has a VRI of at least about 99%. Also described is an article of manufacture comprising: (a) a filter comprising activated carbon fibers, wherein said filter has a VRI of at least about 99%; and (b) instructions which inform a user that the filter may be used to remove viruses from a liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2002Publication date: July 24, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Marit Jagtoyen, Francis John Derbyshire, Rosemary Anne Alexander Derbyshire, Mario E. Tremblay, Steve G. Fishter, Dimitris I. Collias
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Publication number: 20030089237Abstract: Described are filters containing free-activated carbon fibers or activated carbon fibers in the form of a composite used for filtering a variety of contaminants, including pathogens, from air. These filters can provide effective and efficient removal of contaminants from air, requiring only short contact time between the air being filtered and the filter itself, with only a minimum pressure drop across the filter. The characteristics of these filters allow for effective filtration with only thin filter layers being required. The process of filtering air utilizing these filters is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2001Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventors: Marit Jagtoyen, Rosemary Anne Alexander Derbyshire, Francis John Derbyshire
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Patent number: 6545599Abstract: A tire condition monitoring system (1) comprises a wheel transmitter unit (2) for each wheel of a vehicle. The transmitter unit is mountable in the wheel and has sensors (9, 10) for sensing pressure and temperature in and rotation of the wheel. Signals from the sensors are processed by a processor (9) to produce data which is transmitted via a radio frequency transmitter (23). The data is transmitted with data representing a unit identity code. Transmitted data is received by a receiver unit (5, 6, 7) where it is analyzed to determine the condition of the tire. The receiver unit includes a user operable input for setting threshold limits for the temperature and/or pressure such that if a threshold is passed an alarm is sounded. Each wheel transmitter unit includes a power supply and is arranged so that power is only applied during the sensing and transmission of data. Intervals between transmissions of data can be varied depending on whether rotation of the wheel has been sensed.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Inventors: Andrew John Derbyshire, Jeremy Francis Siddons, John Kitto Richards, Edward Charles Gibson, Sean Patrick Davies
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Publication number: 20020044050Abstract: A tire condition monitoring system (1) comprises a wheel transmitter unit (2) for each wheel of a vehicle. The transmitter unit is mountable in the wheel and has sensors (9, 10) for sensing pressure and temperature in and rotation of the wheel. Signals from the sensors are processed by a processor (9) to produce data which is transmitted via a radio frequency transmitter (23). The data is transmitted with data representing a unit identity code. Transmitted data is received by a receiver unit (5, 6, 7) where it is analysed to determine the condition of the tire. The receiver unit includes a user operable input for setting threshold limits for the temperature and/or pressure such that if a threshold is passed an alarm is sounded. Each wheel transmitter unit includes a power supply and is arranged so that power is only applied during the sensing and transmission of data. Intervals between transmissions of data can be varied depending on whether rotation of the wheel has been sensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2001Publication date: April 18, 2002Inventors: Andrew John Derbyshire, Jeremy Francis Siddons, John Kitto Richards, Edward Charles Gibson, Sean Patrick Davies
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Patent number: 6271748Abstract: A tyre condition monitoring system comprises a wheel transmitter unit for each wheel of a vehicle. The transmitter unit is mountable in the wheel and has sensors for sensing pressure and temperature in and rotation of the wheel. Signals from the sensors are processed by a processor to produce data which is transmitted via a radio frequency transmitter. The data is transmitted with the data representing a unit identity code. Transmitted data is received by a receiver unit where it is analyzed to determine the condition of the tyre. The receiver unit includes a user operable input for setting threshold limits for the temperature and/or pressure such that if a threshold is passed an alarm is sounded. Each wheel transmitter unit includes a power supply and is arranged so that power is only applied during the sensing and transmission of data. Intervals between transmissions of data can be varied depending on whether rotation of the wheel has been sensed.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1997Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Inventors: Andrew John Derbyshire, Jeremy Francis Siddons, John Kitto Richards, Edward Charles Gibson, Sean Patrick Davies
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Patent number: 5947900Abstract: An MRI system measures the movements of a subject during the acquisition of a series of NMR images and automatically updates the scan parameters such that the image plane or volume tracks the movement of the anatomy of interest. An array of tracking coils fasten to the subject and an NMR measurement pulse sequence is interleaved with the image acquisitions to measure the location of the tracking cols.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1998Date of Patent: September 7, 1999Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: John A. Derbyshire, R. Scott Hinks, Graham A. Wright, Ross M. Henkelman