Patents by Inventor Mark A. Burns
Mark A. Burns 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: 10991269Abstract: A fluidic logic and actuator system for outputting a displacement having a fluidic logic circuitry layer including a fluidic control input and a plurality of fluidic latching memory units. At least some of the plurality of fluidic latching memory units are configured to perform combinatorial and sequential logic functions and output a fluid response. A fluid actuator layer is provided having a plurality of fluid actuators, wherein each of the plurality of fluid actuators being movable in response to the fluid response of a corresponding one of the plurality of fluidic latching memory units.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Alexander C. Russomanno, Richard Brent Gillespie, Maire Sile O'Modhrain, Mark A. Burns
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Publication number: 20210115167Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to polymerization and producing polymers and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, systems, and compositions for producing articles using three-dimensional printing and for improving control of polymerization using a polymerization photoinhibitor having fast back reaction kinetics such as hexaarylbiimidazole compounds and bridged hexaarylbiimidazole compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Timothy F. Scott, Harry van der Laan, Megan A. Cole, Mark A. Burns, Martin P. De Beer, Zachary D. Pritchard, Avi Bregman
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Patent number: 10955400Abstract: A sensor for detecting heavy metals in water is provided. The sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode having complementary interdigitated surfaces that are separated from each other by a first gap having a distance of greater than or equal to about 500 nm to less than or equal to about 10 ?m. The sensor also includes a power source connectable to the first electrode and the second electrode. The sensor is configured to continuously monitor water for the presence of heavy metals. Methods of making and using the sensor are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Wen-Chi Lin, Mark A. Burns
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Publication number: 20210048431Abstract: The present invention relates to assays, methods, and kits to assess traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a subject. The present invention also relates to ultrasensitive assays for GFAP, tau, CKBB, IL-1?, IL-2, IL-6, IL-10, IL-22, IP-10, TNF?, TSLP, NFL, and/or NFH.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicants: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC., GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEMInventors: Jeff DEBAD, Joshua GATSON, Mark BURNS, Arianna BIESSO
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Patent number: 10900921Abstract: A multi-functional sensor assembly includes an electrically non-conductive substrate defining at least a distal region, intermediary region, and proximal region that are each covered with electrically conductive traces. The proximal region is configured to be exposed to a media to be sensed and the distal and intermediary regions are configured to be protected from the media. The electrically conductive traces comprise at least electrical circuits to sense temperature and flow of the media and one or more electrodes to sense one or more of conductivity, oxidation reduction potential (ORP), and acidity (pH) of the media.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignees: Masco Corporation, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Klaus Brondum, Mark A. Burns, Wen-Chi Lin, Michael McCague, Stephen Michael Stec, Brian J. Johnson, Garry Marty
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Publication number: 20210010916Abstract: A droplet-based microfluidic rheometer system and method of use for real-time viscosity monitoring of blood coagulation is disclosed. Droplets of blood samples are generated in a microfluidic rheometer, and the size of the droplets is highly correlated to the sample viscosity. The size of the droplets can be determined optically using an inverted light microscope and a camera or using electrodes. The microfluidic rheometer systems provides viscosity measurements in less than a second and consumes less than 1 ?l blood or plasma over an hour period. The viscosity measurements may be displayed and transmitted to the Internet or cloud storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Yunzi Li, Kevin Ward, Mark A. Burns
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Patent number: 10845284Abstract: A droplet-based microfluidic rheometer system and method of use for real-time viscosity monitoring of blood coagulation is disclosed. Droplets of blood samples are generated in a microfluidic rheometer, and the size of the droplets is highly correlated to the sample viscosity. The size of the droplets can be determined optically using an inverted light microscope and a camera or using electrodes. The microfluidic rheometer systems provides viscosity measurements in less than a second and consumes less than 1?{umlaut over (?)} blood or plasma over an hour period. The viscosity measurements may be displayed and transmitted to the Internet or cloud storage.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Yunzi Li, Kevin R. Ward, Mark A. Burns
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Patent number: 10740326Abstract: A network resource access system for providing access by a user to network resources over a communications network, the system comprising: a resource registry including stored resource records associated with each of the network resources and a stored user profile containing a list of network resources such that the network resources have a ranking relative to each other based at least in part on user behavior with respect to usage of each of the network resources, the user profile associated with the user such that the list of network resources contains the network resources previously accessed by the user; and a resource service for receiving an access query from a network terminal identifying the user and associated with submission of application data for processing by a selected network resource from the list, the resource service further configured for accessing the user profile to identify a suggested network resource from the list in view of the relative ranking and for sending identification of the suType: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mark Burns, Michael St. Laurent, Dharmesh Krishnammagaru
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Publication number: 20200230603Abstract: A microfluidic device system includes a channel having an entrance and an exit, a height at the entrance being greater than a height at the exit. The height of the channel may decrease continuously from the height at the entrance to the height at the exit. Cells or particles or beads traveling through the channel become trapped based on their size and/or deformability. A visual sensor captures images of the trapped cells or particles or beads, and image software analyzes the captured images to provide size and/or deformability and/or fluorescence information. A method of fabricating such a microfluidic device includes introducing a glass wafer to an etching solution at a specific rate such that a first end of the glass wafer is etched longer than other portions of the glass wafer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Mark A. Burns, Alyse D. Krausz, Sarah Elizabeth Mena, Martin Patrick De Beer, Kevin R. Ward
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Publication number: 20190341761Abstract: A helical jumper connector includes a helical support member configured to support a wire. The helical support member includes a first leg having a first helical winding and a second leg having a second helical winding that defines a second axial opening. The first axial opening and the second axial opening are coaxial with the wire when the first helical winding and the second helical winding are wrapped around the wire and cooperatively engage with one another to support the wire. A jumper casting is configured to receive the helical support member. The helical support member and the jumper casting are electrically conductive such that the helical jumper connector forms an electrically conductive pathway to carry electrical current from the wire. A method of making a helical jumper connector assembly includes applying a compression force to a helical jumper connector comprising a helical support member received in a jumper casting.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk, Andrew James Hanneman, Mark Burns
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Patent number: 10361549Abstract: A helical jumper connector includes a helical support member configured to support a wire. The helical support member includes a first leg having a first helical winding and a second leg having a second helical winding that defines a second axial opening. The first axial opening and the second axial opening are coaxial with the wire when the first helical winding and the second helical winding are wrapped around the wire and cooperatively engage with one another to support the wire. A jumper casting is configured to receive the helical support member. The helical support member and the jumper casting are electrically conductive such that the helical jumper connector forms an electrically conductive pathway to carry electrical current from the wire. A method of making a helical jumper connector assembly includes applying a compression force to a helical jumper connector comprising a helical support member received in a jumper casting.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Preformed Line Products Co.Inventors: Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk, Andrew James Hanneman, Mark Burns
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Publication number: 20190108168Abstract: A network resource access system for providing access by a user to network resources over a communications network, the system comprising: a resource registry including stored resource records associated with each of the network resources and a stored user profile containing a list of network resources such that the network resources have a ranking relative to each other based at least in part on user behavior with respect to usage of each of the network resources, the user profile associated with the user such that the list of network resources contains the network resources previously accessed by the user; and a resource service for receiving an access query from a network terminal identifying the user and associated with submission of application data for processing by a selected network resource from the list, the resource service further configured for accessing the user profile to identify a suggested network resource from the list in view of the relative ranking and for sending identification of the suType: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Mark Burns, Michael St. Laurent, Dharmesh Krishnammagaru
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Publication number: 20190044315Abstract: A helical jumper connector includes a helical support member configured to support a wire. The helical support member includes a first leg having a first helical winding and a second leg having a second helical winding that defines a second axial opening. The first axial opening and the second axial opening are coaxial with the wire when the first helical winding and the second helical winding are wrapped around the wire and cooperatively engage with one another to support the wire. A jumper casting is configured to receive the helical support member. The helical support member and the jumper casting are electrically conductive such that the helical jumper connector forms an electrically conductive pathway to carry electrical current from the wire. A method of making a helical jumper connector assembly includes applying a compression force to a helical jumper connector comprising a helical support member received in a jumper casting.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk, Andrew James Hanneman, Mark Burns
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Patent number: 10168685Abstract: A method for applying stress conditions to integrated circuit device samples during accelerated stress testing may include partitioning each of the integrated circuit device samples into a first region having a first functional element, partitioning each of the integrated circuit device samples into at least one second region having at least one second functional element, applying a first stress condition to the first region having the first element, applying a second stress condition to the at least one second region having the at least one second element, determining a first portion of the integrated circuit device samples that functionally failed based on the first stress condition, and determining a second portion of the integrated circuit device samples that functionally failed based on the second stress condition. An acceleration model parameter is derived based on the determining of the first and second portion of the integrated circuit samples that functionally failed.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark A. Burns, Douglas S. Dewey, Nazmul Habib, Daniel D. Reinhardt
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Patent number: 10162325Abstract: A method for applying stress conditions to integrated circuit device samples during accelerated stress testing may include partitioning each of the integrated circuit device samples into a first region having a first functional element, partitioning each of the integrated circuit device samples into at least one second region having at least one second functional element, applying a first stress condition to the first region having the first element, applying a second stress condition to the at least one second region having the at least one second element, determining a first portion of the integrated circuit device samples that functionally failed based on the first stress condition, and determining a second portion of the integrated circuit device samples that functionally failed based on the second stress condition. An acceleration model parameter is derived based on the determining of the first and second portion of the integrated circuit samples that functionally failed.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark A. Burns, Douglas S. Dewey, Nazmul Habib, Daniel D. Reinhardt
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Publication number: 20180335415Abstract: A sensor for detecting heavy metals in water is provided. The sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode having complimentary interdigitated surfaces that are separated from each other by a first gap having a distance of greater than or equal to about 500 nm to less than or equal to about 10 ?m. The sensor also includes a power source connectable to the first electrode and the second electrode. The sensor is configured to continuously monitor water for the presence of heavy metals. Methods of making and using the sensor are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Wen-Chi LIN, Mark A. BURNS
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Publication number: 20180321123Abstract: A droplet-based microfluidic rheometer system and method of use for real-time viscosity monitoring of blood coagulation is disclosed. Droplets of blood samples are generated in a microfluidic rheometer, and the size of the droplets is highly correlated to the sample viscosity. The size of the droplets can be determined optically using an inverted light microscope and a camera or using electrodes. The microfluidic rheometer systems provides viscosity measurements in less than a second and consumes less than 1 blood or plasma over an hour period. The viscosity measurements may be displayed and transmitted to the Internet or cloud storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Yunzi Li, Kevin R. Ward, Mark A. Burns
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Publication number: 20180158367Abstract: A fluidic logic and actuator system for outputting a displacement having a fluidic logic circuitry layer including a fluidic control input and a plurality of fluidic latching memory units. At least some of the plurality of fluidic latching memory units are configured to perform combinatorial and sequential logic functions and output a fluid response. A fluid actuator layer is provided having a plurality of fluid actuators, wherein each of the plurality of fluid actuators being movable in response to the fluid response of a corresponding one of the plurality of fluidic latching memory units.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Alexander C. RUSSOMANNO, Richard Brent GILLESPIE, Maire Sile O'MODHRAIN, Mark A. BURNS
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Patent number: 9983110Abstract: The disclosure provides a label-free viscosity-based analyte detection system using paramagnetic beads as an asynchronous magnetic bead rotation (AMBR) microviscometer. It is disclosed herein that the bead rotation period is linearly proportional to the viscosity of a solution comprising analytes surrounding the paramagnetic bead. Optical measurement of asynchronous microbead motion determines solution viscosity precisely in microscale volumes, thus allowing an estimate of analyte concentration. The results demonstrate the feasibility of viscosity-based analyte detection using AMBR in microscale aqueous volumes.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANInventors: Raoul Kopelman, Mark A. Burns, Yunzi Li
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Patent number: 9859695Abstract: A structure for supporting a wire includes a first portion extending along a first axis. The first portion includes a body portion and an alignment portion. The alignment portion is removably coupled to the body portion. The first alignment opening extends between a first side and a second side of the alignment portion. The first side has a first surface portion and a second surface portion. The first surface portion is separated a first distance from the first axis. The second surface portion is separated a second distance from the first axis. The first distance is different than the second distance. The structure includes a second portion defining a second alignment opening through which the second portion receives the fastener. The second portion is spaced a distance from the body portion to define a wire opening into which the wire is received for support by the structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO.Inventors: Mark Burns, Lan-Ping Ling, David C. Sunkle