Patents by Inventor Michelle Pressler

Michelle Pressler 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).

  • Oral Drug Compliance Monitoring Using Sound Detection
    Publication number: 20100135907
    Abstract: A tablet, pill or capsule containing a material which produces sound waves when the tablet, pill or capsule is exposed to the gastrointestinal system. A two step method for oral drug compliance monitoring. The first step is to ingest a tablet, pill or capsule containing a material which produces sound waves when the tablet, pill or capsule is exposed to the gastrointestinal system of a person. The second step is to detect the sound waves produced when the tablet, pill or capsule is exposed to the gastrointestinal system to confirm that the person has ingested the tablet, pill or capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Paul E. Cranley, Larry S. Sun, Malcolm W. Warren, Michelle A. Pressler, Kristine L. Danowski, Hamed Lakrout, Christopher M. Jones, Doug P. White, Flor A. Castillo, Bettina M. Rosner
  • Oral drug compliance monitoring using radio frequency identification tags
    Patent number: 7382263
    Abstract: A device useful for oral drug delivery device consisting of: (a) a capsule, tablet or pill designed to disperse in the gastrointestinal system; (b) an RFID tag positioned in the capsule, tablet or pill, the RFID tag comprising an antenna; (c) an object selected from the group consisting of a magnet, a ferromagnetic object, a ferrite object and an electromagnetic shielding object positioned within, over or adjacent the antenna of the RFID tag to alter the antenna characteristics of the RFID tag so that if the RFID tag is interrogated before the capsule, tablet or pill disperses in the gastrointestinal system, the response of the RFID tag is sufficiently altered or attenuated to determine that the capsule, tablet or pill has not dispersed in the gastrointestinal system and so that if the RFID tag is interrogated after the capsule, tablet or pill has dispersed in the gastrointestinal system, the object separates from the RFID tag so that the response of the RFID tag is sufficiently detectable to determine that t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kristine L. Danowski, Larry S. Sun, Peter K. Mercure, Robert P. Haley, Douglas P. White, Michelle A. Pressler, Susan J. Babinec, Flor A. Castillo, Jahne Simon, Paul E. Cranley, Malcolm W. Warren, II, Diedre A. Strand, Bettina M. Rosner, Robert B. Fletcher, Christopher M. Jones, Thomas H. Kalantar, Mark T. Bernius, W. Chris McDougall, Mark S. B. Felix
  • Oral drug compliance monitoring using radio frequency identification tags
    Publication number: 20060289640
    Abstract: A device useful for oral drug delivery device consisting of: (a) a capsule, tablet or pill designed to disperse in the gastrointestinal system; (b) an RFID tag positioned in the capsule, tablet or pill, the RFID tag comprising an antenna; (c) an object selected from the group consisting of a magnet, a ferromagnetic object, a ferrite object and an electromagnetic shielding object positioned within, over or adjacent the antenna of the RFID tag to alter the antenna characteristics of the RFID tag so that if the RFID tag is interrogated before the capsule, tablet or pill disperses in the gastrointestinal system, the response of the RFID tag is sufficiently altered or attenuated to determine that the capsule, tablet or pill has not dispersed in the gastrointestinal system and so that if the RFID tag is interrogated after the capsule, tablet or pill has dispersed in the gastrointestinal system, the object separates from the RFID tag so that the response of the RFID tag is sufficiently detectable to determine that t
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Mercure, Kristine Danowski, Larry Sun, Robert Haley, Douglas White, Michelle Pressler, Susan Babinec, Flor Castillo, Jahne Simon, Paul Cranley, Malcolm Warren, Diedre Strand, Bettina Rosner, Robert Fletcher, Christopher Jones, Thomas Kalantar, Mark Bernius, W. McDougall, Mark Felix