Patents by Inventor Leif T. Stordal

Leif T. Stordal 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).

  • Patent number: 10245393
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods that may be used to supplement inhaler use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Leif T. Stordal
  • Publication number: 20190076584
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to substrates associated with photolyzable nitric oxide, and apparatus and methods employing such substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Patent number: 10080823
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to substrates associated with nitric oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Gearbox LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9815697
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior passages that provide reactant gas to an interior portion of a densely packed nanotube forest as it is growing. In some embodiments, a continuous-growth furnace is provided that includes an access port for removing nanotube forests without cooling the furnace substantially. In other embodiments, a nanotube film can be pulled from the nanotube forest without removing the forest from the furnace. A nanotube film loom is described. An apparatus for building layers of nanotube films on a continuous web is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: GrandNano, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander B. Lemaire, Charles A. Lemaire, Leif T. Stordal, Dale J. Thomforde
  • Publication number: 20160045685
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods that may be used to supplement inhaler use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Leif T. Stordal
  • Publication number: 20150020954
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior passages that provide reactant gas to an interior portion of a densely packed nanotube forest as it is growing. In some embodiments, a continuous-growth furnace is provided that includes an access port for removing nanotube forests without cooling the furnace substantially. In other embodiments, a nanotube film can be pulled from the nanotube forest without removing the forest from the furnace. A nanotube film loom is described. An apparatus for building layers of nanotube films on a continuous web is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander B. Lemaire, Charles A. Lemaire, Leif T. Stordal, Dale J. Thomforde
  • Patent number: 8877508
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dressings, such as patches and bandages, and other devices and systems that deliver nitric oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8845941
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior passages that provide reactant gas to an interior portion of a densely packed nanotube forest as it is growing. In some embodiments, a continuous-growth furnace is provided that includes an access port for removing nanotube forests without cooling the furnace substantially. In other embodiments, a nanotube film can be pulled from the nanotube forest without removing the forest from the furnace. A nanotube film loom is described. An apparatus for building layers of nanotube films on a continuous web is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: GrandNano, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander B. Lemaire, Charles A. Lemaire, Leif T. Stordal, Dale J. Thomforde
  • Patent number: 8754055
    Abstract: Methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits are provided which includes accurately sampling a RNA from a tissue of an animal and analyzing RNA in the tissue of the animal as an indicator of physiological state, infectious disease, neoplastic disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerotic disease, or neurological disease in the animal. A method is provided which includes administering at least one compound to an animal wherein the at least one compound is configured to prevent the cleavage of at least one tissue RNA by a ribonuclease. The method further includes collecting a sample of at least a portion of tissue from the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward S. Boyden, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Stephen L. Malaska, Dennis J. Rivet, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140041791
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior passages that provide reactant gas to an interior portion of a densely packed nanotube forest as it is growing. In some embodiments, a continuous-growth furnace is provided that includes an access port for removing nanotube forests without cooling the furnace substantially. In other embodiments, a nanotube film can be pulled from the nanotube forest without removing the forest from the furnace. A nanotube film loom is described. An apparatus for building layers of nanotube films on a continuous web is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: GrandNano, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander B. Lemaire, Charles A. Lemaire, Leif T. Stordal, Dale J. Thomforde
  • Patent number: 8614057
    Abstract: Methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits are provided which includes accurately sampling a RNA from a tissue of an animal and analyzing RNA in the tissue of the animal as an indicator of physiological state, infectious disease, neoplastic disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerotic disease, or neurological disease in the animal. A method is provided which includes administering at least one compound to an animal wherein the at least one compound is configured to prevent the cleavage of at least one tissue RNA by a ribonuclease. The method further includes collecting a sample of at least a portion of tissue from the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward S. Boyden, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Stephen L. Malaska, Dennis J. Rivet, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8551376
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior passages that provide reactant gas to an interior portion of a densely packed nanotube forest as it is growing. In some embodiments, a continuous-growth furnace is provided that includes an access port for removing nanotube forests without cooling the furnace substantially. In other embodiments, a nanotube film can be pulled from the nanotube forest without removing the forest from the furnace. A nanotube film loom is described. An apparatus for building layers of nanotube films on a continuous web is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: GrandNano, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander B. Lemaire, Charles A. Lemaire, Leif T. Stordal, Dale J. Thomforde
  • Patent number: 8308741
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods for automatically inserting a needle into an insertion-target region of a living subject in response to a machine-vision system locating the insertion-target region. In an embodiment, a needle insertion system includes a moveable needle configured to be inserted into a living subject, a machine-vision system configured to locate an insertion-target region of the living subject, control electrical circuitry, and an actuator coupled to the control electrical circuitry. The control electrical circuitry may be coupled to the machine-vision system to receive location information therefrom about the insertion-target region, and configured to output needle targeting instructions. The actuator may be coupled to the control electrical circuitry to receive the needle targeting instructions therefrom and coupled to the moveable needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jordin T. Kare, Eric C. Leuthardt, Michael A. Smith, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Victoria Y. H. Wood
  • Patent number: 8252529
    Abstract: Methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits are provided which includes accurately sampling a RNA from a tissue of an animal and analyzing RNA in the tissue of the animal as an indicator of physiological state, infectious disease, neoplastic disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerotic disease, or neurological disease in the animal. A method is provided which includes administering at least one compound to an animal wherein the at least one compound is configured to prevent the cleavage of at least one tissue RNA by a ribonuclease. The method further includes collecting a sample of at least a portion of tissue from the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward S. Boyden, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Stephen L. Malaska, Dennis J. Rivet, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8252528
    Abstract: Methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits are provided which includes accurately sampling a RNA from a tissue of an animal and analyzing RNA in the tissue of the animal as an indicator of physiological state, infectious disease, neoplastic disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerotic disease, or neurological disease in the animal. A method is provided which includes administering at least one compound to an animal wherein the at least one compound is configured to prevent the cleavage of at least one tissue RNA by a ribonuclease. The method further includes collecting a sample of at least a portion of tissue from the animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Paul G. Allen, Edward S. Boyden, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Stephen L. Malaska, Dennis J. Rivet, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120205834
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior passages that provide reactant gas to an interior portion of a densely packed nanotube forest as it is growing. In some embodiments, a continuous-growth furnace is provided that includes an access port for removing nanotube forests without cooling the furnace substantially. In other embodiments, a nanotube film can be pulled from the nanotube forest without removing the forest from the furnace. A nanotube film loom is described. An apparatus for building layers of nanotube films on a continuous web is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Alexander B. Lemaire, Charles A. Lemaire, Leif T. Stordal, Dale J. Thomforde
  • Patent number: 8162643
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior passages that provide reactant gas to an interior portion of a densely packed nanotube forest as it is growing. In some embodiments, a continuous-growth furnace is provided that includes an access port for removing nanotube forests without cooling the furnace substantially. In other embodiments, a nanotube film can be pulled from the nanotube forest without removing the forest from the furnace. A nanotube film loom is described. An apparatus for building layers of nanotube films on a continuous web is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Inventors: Alexander B. Lemaire, Charles A. Lemaire, Leif T. Stordal, Dale J. Thomforde
  • Publication number: 20110275978
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dressings, such as patches and bandages, and other devices and systems that deliver nitric oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110190604
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to nitric oxide sensors and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110182970
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to nitric oxide sensors and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, JR.