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).

  • Publication number: 20110166536
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to substrates associated with nitric oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Patent number: 7897399
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to nitric oxide sensors and systems. In some embodiments one or more devices are provided that include one or more nitric oxide sensors; one or more transmitters; and one or more controllers configured to transmit using the one or more transmitters one or more signals that are associated with controlling one or more nitric oxide generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7862598
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dressings, such as patches and bandages, and other devices and systems that deliver nitric oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7846400
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to substrates associated with nitric oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100274202
    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: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Searete 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
  • Publication number: 20100244307
    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: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Alexander B. Lemaire, Charles A. Lemaire, Leif T. Stordal, Dale J. Thomforde
  • Patent number: 7744793
    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 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Inventors: Alexander B. Lemaire, Charles A. Lemaire, Leif T. Stordal, Dale J. Thomforde
  • Publication number: 20100062428
    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: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    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: 20090311665
    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: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    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: 20090311269
    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: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    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: 20090311270
    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: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    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: 20090112485
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to nitric oxide sensors and systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090108777
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dressings, such as patches and bandages, and other devices and systems that deliver nitric oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090110604
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to substrates associated with nitric oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090110933
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and devices related to nitric oxide releasing materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090112295
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to dressings, such as patches and bandages, and other devices and systems that deliver nitric oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Publication number: 20070254015
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to materials and gloves that include one or more sanitizing layers that include one or more substantially continually sanitizing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Leif T. Stordal, Lowell L. Wood, Victoria Y.H. Wood