Patents by Inventor Laura A. Negron

Laura A. Negron 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).

  • Ingestible capsule packaging
    Patent number: 7434691
    Abstract: A packaging system (15) for an ingestible capsule comprising an ingestible capsule (20) having a pH sensor (22) and an outer surface (24), packaging (16) for the capsule comprising an open well (28) having an inner surface (46-49) and a holding volume (33) defined by the inner surface of the well and the outer surface of the capsule, the inner surface of the well configured and arranged to engage at least a portion (25) of the outer surface of the well, and the holding volume configured to and arranged to contain a pH calibration fluid and to hold the pH sensor submerged in the pH calibration fluid when the pH calibration fluid is added to the well, whereby the packaging provides for calibrating the pH sensor without removing the capsule from the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: The SmartPill Corporation
    Inventor: Laura A. Negron
  • Ingestible capsule packaging
    Publication number: 20080060952
    Abstract: A packaging system (15) for an ingestible capsule comprising an ingestible capsule (20) having a pH sensor (22) and an outer surface (24), packaging (16) for the capsule comprising an open well (28) having an inner surface (46-49) and a holding volume (33) defined by the inner surface of the well and the outer surface of the capsule, the inner surface of the well configured and arranged to engage at least a portion (25) of the outer surface of the well, and the holding volume configured to and arranged to contain a pH calibration fluid and to hold the pH sensor submerged in the pH calibration fluid when the pH calibration fluid is added to the well, whereby the packaging provides for calibrating the pH sensor without removing the capsule from the packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventor: Laura A. Negron
  • Ingestible pressure sensing capsule
    Publication number: 20070129703
    Abstract: An improved capsule (15) for sensing a contractual force within a mammalian tract, comprising a shell (16), a flexible sleeve (17) affixed to the shell and defining a chamber (19) between the shell and the sleeve, and a pressure sensor (18) operatively arranged to sense pressure within the chamber, whereby a contraction force on the outside of the sleeve produces a corresponding pressure change within the chamber. The chamber may contain a fluid (22) and the fluid may be mineral oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: David D'Andrea, Laura Negron, John Semler