Patents by Inventor Muriel Ishikawa

Muriel Ishikawa 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: 20070106271
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled substance delivery device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, a delivery device or related device may be placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or into an additional fluid handling structure within the device. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. The concentration of a substance in the fluid to be delivered may be modified by a remote control signal. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Leroy Hood, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Robert Langer, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070106275
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled reaction device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to various embodiments, a reaction device is placed in an environment in order to perform a chemical reaction in an environment. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Leroy Hood, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Robert Langer, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070106281
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled reaction device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to various embodiments, a reaction device is placed in an environment in order to perform a chemical reaction in an environment. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Leroy Hood, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Robert Langer, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070106277
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled substance delivery device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, a delivery device or related device may be placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or into an additional fluid handling structure within the device. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. The concentration of a substance in the fluid to be delivered may be modified by a remote control signal. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Leroy Hood, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Robert Langer, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070106331
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled reaction device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to various embodiments, a reaction device is placed in an environment in order to perform a chemical reaction in an environment. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Leroy Hood, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Robert Langer, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070106270
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled substance delivery device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, a delivery device or related device may be placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or into an additional fluid handling structure within the device. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. The concentration of a substance in the fluid to be delivered may be modified by a remote control signal. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Leroy Hood, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Robert Langer, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070104023
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled substance delivery device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, a delivery device or related device may be placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or into an additional fluid handling structure within the device. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. The concentration of a substance in the fluid to be delivered may be modified by a remote control signal. In selected embodiments, an acoustic control signal may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Leroy Hood, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Robert Langer, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070106269
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled substance delivery device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, a delivery device or related device may be placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or into an additional fluid handling structure within the device. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. The concentration of a substance in the fluid to be delivered may be modified by a remote control signal. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Leroy Hood, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Robert Langer, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070106267
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled reaction device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to various embodiments, a reaction device is placed in an environment in order to perform a chemical reaction in an environment. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Leroy Hood, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Robert Langer, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070106268
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled reaction device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to various embodiments, a reaction device is placed in an environment in order to perform a chemical reaction in an environment. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Leroy Hood, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Robert Langer, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070106279
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled reaction device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to various embodiments, a reaction device is placed in an environment in order to perform a chemical reaction in an environment. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Leroy Hood, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Robert Langer, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070088334
    Abstract: Embodiments of devices and system for controllable nasal delivery of materials are described. Methods of use of such devices and system and software for controlling the operation of such devices and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: W. Hillis, Roderick Hyde, Muriel Ishikawa, Elizabeth Sweeney, Clarence Tegreene, Richa Wilson, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070066929
    Abstract: Embodiments of a lumenally-active system and method of use and control thereof are disclosed. According to various embodiments, a lumenally-active device is positioned in a body lumen of an organism, where the device may sense a parameter of a fluid in the body lumen and perform an action on the fluid. Control logic and/or circuitry may be located on the device, or the system may include a separate control module. Liquid or gaseous fluids may be treated by embodiments of the device. Actions may include, for example, modification of a body fluid by addition or removal of a material, or by modification of a property of a body fluid or a component thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, W. Hillis, Roderick Hyde, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Nathan Myhrvold, Elizabeth Sweeney, Clarence Tegreene, Richa Wilson, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070053243
    Abstract: A method of storing a data storage device includes but is not limited to emplacing a data storage device in a container, the container having surfaces; and writing storable data to the data storage device by transmitting energy through a surface of the container. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application. Other methods and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: W. Hillis, Roderick Hyde, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Nathan Myhrvold, Lowell Wood
  • Publication number: 20070048340
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating skin for aesthetic or health or other purposes are described. According to various embodiments, photoresponsive materials and light are delivered in controlled fashions to produce a patterned distribution of one or more material in or upon the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Nathan Myhrvold, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070038270
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating skin for aesthetic or health or other purposes are described. According to various embodiments, photoresponsive materials and light are delivered in controlled fashions to produce a patterned distribution of one or more material in or on the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Nathan Myhrvold, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070028931
    Abstract: Various embodiments of methods and systems for improving and enhancing vision are disclosed. Adjustable lenses or optical systems may be used to provide adaptive vision modification. In some embodiments, vision modification may be responsive to the current state of the user's visual system. Certain embodiments provide correction of the subject's near and far vision. Other embodiments provide enhancement of vision beyond the physiological ranges of focal length or magnification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: W. Hillis, Roderick Hyde, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Nathan Myhrvold, Clarence Tegreene, Lowell Wood
  • Publication number: 20070032846
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating skin for aesthetic, functional, health or other purposes are described. According to various embodiments, materials are delivered to or formed in or on the skin at multiple depths or heights in a pattern to form a hologram in or on the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Nathan Myhrvold, Lowell Wood, Victoria Wood
  • Publication number: 20070021322
    Abstract: Chemical compositions may be selectively or preferentially excited by the application of scores comprising a series of energy inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Nathan Myhrvold, Lowell Wood
  • Publication number: 20070021921
    Abstract: Chemical compositions may be selectively or preferentially excited by the application of scores comprising a series of energy inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Muriel Ishikawa, Edward Jung, Nathan Myhrvold, Lowell Wood