Patents by Inventor Michael Levin

Michael Levin 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).

  • SEGMENTED BALLOON CATHETER
    Publication number: 20160228182
    Abstract: A catheter has an inflatable assembly at its distal portion, including a containment chamber, an axial core and a plurality of longitudinally oriented partitions extending from the axial core to the wall of the chamber to divide the containment chamber into at least four inflatable sectors. Hydraulic valves are connected to respective sectors to enable selective inflation of the sectors by a fluid when the valves are connected to a source of the fluid, and at least one surface electrode is mounted on each of the sectors. When introduced into a heart chamber and diametrically opposed sectors are inflated the assembly is stably fixed against the walls of the heart chamber and readings can be obtained from the surface electrodes of the inflated sectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: MICHAEL LEVIN, Yoav Lichtenstein, Avi Reuveni, Avigdor Rosenberg
  • DRIVELINE THERMAL AND LUBRICANT FLOW MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160178048
    Abstract: A vehicle includes axle housing, a differential and a ring gear, a scraper port, and a reservoir. The housing has a cover forming a heat exchanger having a coolant side and a lubricant side. The differential and ring gear are configured to pump a lubricating fluid. The scraper port is disposed at a bottom of the heat exchanger adjacent to the ring gear and is configured to direct the lubricating fluid through the lubricant side of the heat exchanger. The reservoir is disposed at a top of the heat exchanger and is configured to receive and store the lubricating fluid from the lubricant side of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Scott LIPPERT, John Edward BREVICK, Mathew John FAST, Lawrence MARSHALL, Andreas E. PERAKES, Danrich Henry DEMITROFF, W. Cary COLE, Furqan Zafar SHAIKH, Michael LEVIN
  • Far Field-Insensitive Intracardiac Catheter Electrodes
    Publication number: 20160174864
    Abstract: Cardiac catheterization is carried out using a catheter having an electrode assembly disposed on the distal portion of the catheter. The electrode assembly includes a sensing electrode connected to a remote receiver, and at least one grounded guard electrode spaced apart from the sensing electrode by a gap. The sensing electrode is bracketed on at least two sides by the at least one grounded guard electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Meir Bar-Tal, Yigal Ultchin
  • COUPLING OF RATIONAL AGENTS TO QUANTUM PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20160162799
    Abstract: The present invention provides devices, methods, and systems for coupling a rational agent to a quantum process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Levin
  • Driveline thermal and lubricant flow management
    Patent number: 9360104
    Abstract: A vehicle includes axle housing, a differential and a ring gear, a scraper port, and a reservoir. The housing has a cover forming a heat exchanger having a coolant side and a lubricant side. The differential and ring gear are configured to pump a lubricating fluid. The scraper port is disposed at a bottom of the heat exchanger adjacent to the ring gear and is configured to direct the lubricating fluid through the lubricant side of the heat exchanger. The reservoir is disposed at a top of the heat exchanger and is configured to receive and store the lubricating fluid from the lubricant side of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Scott Lippert, John Edward Brevick, Mathew John Fast, Lawrence Marshall, Andreas E. Perakes, Danrich Henry Demitroff, W. Cary Cole, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Michael Levin
  • Segmented balloon catheter
    Patent number: 9352134
    Abstract: A catheter has an inflatable assembly at its distal portion, including a containment chamber, an axial core and a plurality of longitudinally oriented partitions extending from the axial core to the wall of the chamber to divide the containment chamber into at least four inflatable sectors. Hydraulic valves are connected to respective sectors to enable selective inflation of the sectors by a fluid when the valves are connected to a source of the fluid, and at least one surface electrode is mounted on each of the sectors. When introduced into a heart chamber and diametrically opposed sectors are inflated the assembly is stably fixed against the walls of the heart chamber and readings can be obtained from the surface electrodes of the inflated sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Yoav Lichtenstein, Avi Reuveni, Avigdor Rosenberg
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING WASTE HEAT FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150352923
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an engine that includes an exhaust gas heat recovery system are described. The system may reduce engine warm-up time and increase an amount of time an engine of a hybrid vehicle is deactivated while the hybrid vehicle is powered by a motor. In one example, a phase change material selectively stores and releases exhaust gas energy from and engine to improve vehicle operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Quazi Ehtesham Hussain, William Samuel Schwartz, David Richens Brigham, Mark John Jennings, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Michael Levin, Donald Masch, Danrich Henry Demitroff, James Patrick O'Neill
  • Coupling of rational agents to quantum processes
    Patent number: 9189744
    Abstract: The present invention provides devices, methods, and systems for coupling a rational agent to a quantum process. In particular, the present invention provides rational agents configured to influence a quantum process, or to derive information from a quantum process, and methods and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mind Over Matter AI, LLC.
    Inventor: Michael Levin
  • Methods and systems for utilizing waste heat for a hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 9169751
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an engine that includes an exhaust gas heat recovery system are described. The system may reduce engine warm-up time and increase an amount of time an engine of a hybrid vehicle is deactivated while the hybrid vehicle is powered by a motor. In one example, a phase change material selectively stores and releases exhaust gas energy from and engine to improve vehicle operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Quazi Ehtesham Hussain, William Samuel Schwartz, David Richens Brigham, Mark John Jennings, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Michael Levin, Donald Masch, Danrich Henry Demitroff, James Patrick O'Neill
  • METHOD OF DETECTING ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN IN THE PRESENCE OF A CO-MORBIDITY
    Publication number: 20150284780
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of distinguishing active paediatric TB in the presence of a complicating factor, for example, latent TB and/or co-morbidities, such as those that present similar symptoms to TB in a child. The method employs a 42 gene signature and/or a 51 gene signature. The disclosure also relates to a gene signature employed in the method, a bespoke gene chip for use in the method and a disease risk score obtainable from the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Brian Eley, Lachlan Coin, Michael Levin, Suzanne Anderson
  • ADSORPTION AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150273974
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system which may be included in a motor vehicle may include a single pair of tube-and-plate heat exchangers arranged within a common vacuum enclosure, the heat exchangers selectively coupled with a heat source, a radiator, and an air-conditioning core. During an adsorbing/evaporating mode, coolant may circulate between a first heat exchanger and the radiator and vapor may evaporate from the surface of non-adsorbent-coated plates of the second heat exchanger and be adsorbed at adsorbent-coated plates of the first heat exchanger while coolant circulates between the second heat exchanger and the core. During a desorbing/condensing mode, coolant may circulate between a heat source and the first heat exchanger to effect desorption of vapor from the adsorbent in the first heat exchanger, while melting PCM in the core exchanges heat with air blown through the core to provide cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Danrich Henry Demitroff, Lawrence Marshall
  • MOTOR VEHICLE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150210142
    Abstract: A vehicle climate control system includes a thermal-adsorption heat pump driven by engine exhaust heat, the heat pump including two adsorbers asynchronously switching between adsorbing and desorbing modes, each adsorber coupled with a corresponding antifreeze tank via a plurality of refrigerant-containing wick chambers. Cold heat transfer fluid (HTF) flows through the adsorber during the adsorbing mode which causes evaporation of refrigerant from the wick chambers, thereby cooling antifreeze, whereas hot HTF flows through the adsorber during the desorbing mode which causes condensation of refrigerant at the wick chambers, thereby heating antifreeze. In this way, the thermal-adsorption heat pump may condition cabin air independent of engine coolant and without exerting a load on the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Yongfang Zhong, Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Danrich Henry Demitroff, Donald Masch
  • DIAGNOSIS OF ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS BY DETERMINING THE MRNA EXPRESSION LEVELS OF MARKER GENES IN BLOOD
    Publication number: 20150203899
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of distinguishing active TB in the presence of a complicating factor, for example, latent TB and/or co-morbidities, such as those that present similar symptoms to TB, such as HIV. The method employs a 27 gene signature to distinguish active tuberculosis from latent TB infection, a 44 gene signature to distinguish active TB from other diseases such as HIV and/or a 53 gene signature to discriminate active TB from latent TB and other diseases. The disclosure also relates to a gene signature employed in the method, a bespoke gene chip for use in the method and a disease risk score obtainable from the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Lachlan Coin, Robert Wilkinson, Neil French
  • Motor vehicle climate control system
    Patent number: 9080796
    Abstract: A vehicle climate control system operable in a winter mode and a summer mode includes an engine-exhaust-driven hot heat transfer fluid (HTF) circuit coupled with a heater core during the winter mode to provide passenger cabin heating, and thermal energy stored in a standalone hot phase change material (PCM) battery in the hot HTF circuit may provide surge heating at or prior to engine start. The hot HTF circuit and a cold HTF circuit including an HTF cooler drive two adsorbers in the summer mode, thereby providing passenger cabin cooling in conjunction with a refrigerant circuit which includes a condenser, evaporator, expansion valve, and standalone cold PCM battery. Thermal energy stored in the standalone cold PCM battery may provide surge cooling at or prior to engine start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Michael Levin, Danrich Henry Demitroff, Don Masch, Jim Patrick O'Neill
  • SEGMENTED BALLOON CATHETER
    Publication number: 20150126882
    Abstract: A catheter has an inflatable assembly at its distal portion, including a containment chamber, an axial core and a plurality of longitudinally oriented partitions extending from the axial core to the wall of the chamber to divide the containment chamber into at least four inflatable sectors. Hydraulic valves are connected to respective sectors to enable selective inflation of the sectors by a fluid when the valves are connected to a source of the fluid, and at least one surface electrode is mounted on each of the sectors. When introduced into a heart chamber and diametrically opposed sectors are inflated the assembly is stably fixed against the walls of the heart chamber and readings can be obtained from the surface electrodes of the inflated sectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Yoav Lichtenstein, Avi Reuveni, Avigdor Rosenberg
  • Motor vehicle climate control system
    Patent number: 8997505
    Abstract: A vehicle climate control system includes a thermal-adsorption heat pump driven by engine exhaust heat, the heat pump including two adsorbers asynchronously switching between adsorbing and desorbing modes, each adsorber coupled with a corresponding antifreeze tank via a plurality of refrigerant-containing wick chambers. Cold heat transfer fluid (HTF) flows through the adsorber during the adsorbing mode which causes evaporation of refrigerant from the wick chambers, thereby cooling antifreeze, whereas hot HTF flows through the adsorber during the desorbing mode which causes condensation of refrigerant at the wick chambers, thereby heating antifreeze. In this way, the thermal-adsorption heat pump may condition cabin air independent of engine coolant and without exerting a load on the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yongfang Zhong, Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Danrich Henry Demitroff, Donald Masch
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING WASTE HEAT FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150089922
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an engine that includes an exhaust gas heat recovery system are described. The system may reduce engine warm-up time and increase an amount of time an engine of a hybrid vehicle is deactivated while the hybrid vehicle is powered by a motor. In one example, a phase change material selectively stores and releases exhaust gas energy from and engine to improve vehicle operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Quazi Ehtesham Hussain, William Samuel Schwartz, David Richens Brigham, Mark John Jennings, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Michael Levin, Donald Masch, Danrich Henry Demitroff, James Patrick O'Neill
  • Heat pipe assembly in an engine lubrication system
    Patent number: 8985067
    Abstract: An engine lubrication system is provided. The engine lubrication system includes an oil pan housing a lubricant, an oil pump having a pick-up tube including an inlet submerged in the lubricant, and a heat pipe assembly including a fluidly sealed heat pipe coupled to the oil pan adjacent to the inlet of the pick-up tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Danrich Henry Demitroff, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Donald Masch, Michael Levin, James Patrick O'Neill, Lawrence Marshall
  • METHOD FOR CALCULATING A DISEASE RISK SCORE
    Publication number: 20150011415
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a general method for converting complex gene expression data into a simple, composite disease risk score which can be used for the development of rapid diagnostic tests suitable for clinical use for the determination of the presence of an infection or disease in a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Levin, Myrsini Kaforou, Jethro Herberg, Victoria Wright, Lachlan Coin
  • ELECTROCARDIOGRAM NOISE REDUCTION
    Publication number: 20140378902
    Abstract: Methods and systems of catheterization include a flexible catheter adapted for insertion into a heart of a living subject. The catheter has a lumen for passing an electrically conductive fluid therethrough with the fluid exiting the catheter at the distal portion. The lumen is connectable to an irrigation pump to form a fluid communication therewith. A fluid reservoir connected to the lumen supplies the fluid to the catheter. Electrocardiogram circuitry is connectable to the subject for monitoring electrical activity in the heart. An electrically conductive cable diverts induced charges in the fluid from the catheter electrodes, for example by connection to an isolated ground of the electrocardiogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL), LTD.
    Inventors: Eitan Moshe Saba, Yevgeny Bonyak, Michael Levin, Roy Urman, Yoav Lichtenstein, Liron Shmuel Mizrahi, Eyal Yechezkel Glottmann