Patents by Inventor Richard R. Anderson
Richard R. Anderson 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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Publication number: 20240100899Abstract: A method of on-demand energy delivery to an active suspension system is disclosed. The suspension system includes an actuator body, a hydraulic pump, an electric motor, a plurality of sensors, an energy storage facility, and a controller. The method includes disposing an active suspension system in a vehicle between a wheel mount and a vehicle body, detecting a wheel event requiring control of the active suspension; and sourcing energy from the energy storage facility and delivering it to the electric motor in response to the wheel event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: ClearMotion, Inc.Inventors: Zackary Martin Anderson, Marco Giovanardi, Clive Tucker, Jonathan R. Leehey, Colin Patrick O'Shea, Johannes Schneider, Vladimir Gorelik, Richard Anthony Zuckerman, Patrick W. Neil, Tyson David Sawyer, Ross J. Wendell
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Patent number: 11920407Abstract: A power assist module for use in roller tube driven products, such as roller shades. The module may be pre-wound prior to installation in a roller tube and retains its pre-wound condition, even after use, when removed from the roller tube.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.Inventors: Stephen R. Haarer, Richard N. Anderson
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Publication number: 20230414249Abstract: Exemplary methods and devices can be provided for harvesting a plurality of small tissue pieces, e.g., having widths less than about 1 mm or 0.5 mm, using one or more hollow needles. A fluid can be flowed through a conduit past the proximal ends of the needles to facilitate removal of the tissue pieces from the needle lumens, and can maintain the tissue pieces in a controlled and protective liquid environment. A filter can be used to extract and collect the tissue pieces from the liquid, or the tissue pieces can be deposited directly onto a porous dressing. Such tissue pieces can be used as microscopic grafts, which can be applied directly to a wound site or provided on a substrate or dressing, or stored for later use. Such microscopic grafts can promote tissue regrowth and wound healing, or can be applied to a scaffold to grow new tissue.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Richard R. Anderson, Walfre Franco, Joel N. Jimenez-Lozano, William A. Farinelli
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Patent number: 11813218Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems can be provided for resurfacing of skin that include formation of a plurality of small holes, e.g., having widths greater than about 0.2 mm and less than about 0.7 mm or 0.5 mm, using a mechanical apparatus. Compressive and/or tensile forces can then be applied to the treated region of skin as the damage heals to facilitate hole closure, and provide enhanced and/or directional shrinkage of the treated skin area.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Richard R. Anderson, Mathew Avram, Fernanda H. Sakamoto, Wikunda Limpiangkanan, William A. Farinelli
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Patent number: 11717317Abstract: Exemplary methods and devices can be provided for harvesting a plurality of small tissue pieces, e.g., having widths less than about 1 mm or 0.5 mm, using one or more hollow needles. A fluid can be flowed through a conduit past the proximal ends of the needles to facilitate removal of the tissue pieces from the needle lumens, and can maintain the tissue pieces in a controlled and protective liquid environment. A filter can be used to extract and collect the tissue pieces from the liquid, or the tissue pieces can be deposited directly onto a porous dressing. Such tissue pieces can be used as microscopic grafts, which can be applied directly to a wound site or provided on a substrate or dressing, or stored for later use. Such microscopic grafts can promote tissue regrowth and wound healing, or can be applied to a scaffold to grow new tissue.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Richard R. Anderson, Walfre Franco, Joel N. Jimenez-Lozano, William A. Farinelli
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Patent number: 11684388Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for affecting an appearance of skin by harvesting small portions of tissue from a donor (first) site and applying them at a recipient (second) site. A plurality of micrografts can be formed from a piece of graft tissue and attached to a dressing material. The dressing material can then be expanded to increase a separation distance between the micrografts, and the dressing material having spaced-apart micrografts attached thereto can be applied to a prepared recipient site. An apparatus can be provided that expands the dressing material using a pressurized fluid. A further method can include providing a suspension of small portions of graft tissue in a solution. The solution can be injected into blisters formed at a recipient (second) site and the tissue portions allowed to attach and proliferate. A method and apparatus can also be provided for forming corresponding blisters at a donor site and at a recipient site.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Falguni Asrani, William Farinelli, Ajay Shah, Vincent Liu, Richard R. Anderson
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Publication number: 20230132373Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for affecting an appearance of skin by harvesting small portions of tissue from a donor (first) site and applying them at a recipient (second) site. A plurality of micrografts can be formed from a piece of graft tissue and attached to a dressing material. The dressing material can then be expanded to increase a separation distance between the micrografts, and the dressing material having spaced-apart micrografts attached thereto can be applied to a prepared recipient site. An apparatus can be provided that expands the dressing material using a pressurized fluid. A further method can include providing a suspension of small portions of graft tissue in a solution. The solution can be injected into blisters formed at a recipient (second) site and the tissue portions allowed to attach and proliferate. A method and apparatus can also be provided for forming corresponding blisters at a donor site and at a recipient site.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2019Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Falguni Asrani, William Farinelli, Ajay Shah, Vincent Liu, Richard R. Anderson
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Patent number: 11590020Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for use in the selective disruption of lipid-rich cells by controlled cooling. The present invention further relates to a device for use in carrying out the methods for selective disruption of lipid-rich cells by controlled cooling.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Richard R. Anderson, Dieter Manstein
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Patent number: 11452479Abstract: A diagnostic system is provided for classifying a soft tissue condition within a region of interest of a subject. The diagnostic system comprises a spectrometer system configured to irradiate a soft tissue within a region of interest of a subject, and configured to generate spectral data by acquiring at least a portion of the reflected or emitted light from the region of interest. The diagnostic system further comprises a thermal detection system including at least one thermal sensor that is configured to acquire thermal detection data from the region of interest. A computer system is then used to build a classification model based on input thermal detection and spectral data. The classification model is then applied to an unknown soft tissue condition to classify the condition (e.g., classifying cellulitis from pseudocellulitis).Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Richard R. Anderson, Adam B. Raff, William A. Farinelli, Daniela Kroshinsky, Antonio Ortega-Martinez
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Publication number: 20220258155Abstract: Immunoassay devices, systems, and methods described herein measure the presence of analytes of interest in a sample, as well as the presence of sample adequacy markers in a sample. The sample adequacy markers allow for the assessment of the quality, quantity, and composition of the sample. In one aspect, the sample adequacy marker in the sample includes human albumin. In another aspect, the sample adequacy marker in the sample includes lactotransferrin. The immunoassay devices, systems, and methods are able to distinguish between samples that do not contain an analyte of interest, and samples that are of insufficient adequacy to obtain an accurate result. The immunoassay devices, systems, and methods described herein can be implemented as part of a clinical, laboratory, or at-home testing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Huimiao Ren, Brian Dwyer, Richard R. Anderson
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Publication number: 20220120741Abstract: Lateral flow assay (LFA) devices for detecting whether SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein is present in a sample are provided. Aspects of the LFA devices include: a sample receiving region; a conjugate region downstream from the sample receiving region that includes test particulate labels made up of label particles conjugated to first and second specific binding members that specifically bind to the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein; and a detection region downstream from the conjugate region which includes an immobilized capture specific binding member that specifically binds to the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein. Also provided are methods of using the LFA devices, as well as readers, systems and kits for use in the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Huimiao Ren, Ashley Orlowski, Richard R. Anderson
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Publication number: 20220054343Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems can be provided for resurfacing of skin that include formation of a plurality of small holes, e.g., having widths greater than about 0.2 mm and less than about 0.7 mm or 0.5 mm, using a mechanical apparatus. Compressive and/or tensile forces can then be applied to the treated region of skin as the damage heals to facilitate hole closure, and provide enhanced and/or directional shrinkage of the treated skin area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Richard R. Anderson, Mathew Avram, Fernanda H. Sakamoto, Wikunda Limpiangkanan, William A. Farinelli
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Patent number: 11065027Abstract: The present disclosure relates to exemplary embodiments of method and apparatus for harvesting, handling and implanting small tissue grafts obtained from a donor site. In some embodiments the apparatus includes hollow needles and base that can be formed of one or more biocompatible materials that are biodegradable and/or dissolvable.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Walfre Franco, Joel N. Jimenez-Lozano, Martin Purschke, Richard R. Anderson
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Patent number: 10905491Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and apparatus for effecting (e.g., lightening) an appearance of skin by cooling or freezing small separated surface regions of the skin to produce regions of local hypopigmentation. The width of the regions can be, for example, smaller than about 1 mm or 0.5 mm, and a distance between these frozen regions can be greater than about 3 times the width of the regions. An exemplary apparatus can be provided that includes a plurality of spatially-separated thermally conductive arrangements that can be affixed or otherwise coupled to a base. For example, the conductive arrangements can be regions of conductive material provided in or proximal to a thermal insulator, or thermally conductive protrusions affixed to the base. The conductive arrangements can be cooled and then contacted with the skin surface to produce the small regions of hypopigmentation.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Richard R. Anderson, Dieter Manstein
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Publication number: 20200121243Abstract: A diagnostic system is provided for classifying a soft tissue condition within a region of interest of a subject. The diagnostic system comprises a spectrometer system configured to irradiate a soft tissue within a region of interest of a subject, and configured to generate spectral data by acquiring at least a portion of the reflected or emitted light from the region of interest. The diagnostic system further comprises a thermal detection system including at least one thermal sensor that is configured to acquire thermal detection data from the region of interest. A computer system is then used to build a classification model based on input thermal detection and spectral data. The classification model is then applied to an unknown soft tissue condition to classify the condition (e.g., classifying cellulitis from pseudocellulitis).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Richard R. Anderson, Adam B. Raff, William A. Farinelli, Daniela Kroshinsky, Antonio Ortega-Martinez
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Publication number: 20190254694Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for affecting an appearance of skin by harvesting small portions of tissue from a donor (first) site and applying them at a recipient (second) site. A plurality of micrografts can be formed from a piece of graft tissue and attached to a dressing material. The dressing material can then be expanded to increase a separation distance between the micrografts, and the dressing material having spaced-apart micrografts attached thereto can be applied to a prepared recipient site. An apparatus can be provided that expands the dressing material using a pressurized fluid. A further method can include providing a suspension of small portions of graft tissue in a solution. The solution can be injected into blisters formed at a recipient (second) site and the tissue portions allowed to attach and proliferate. A method and apparatus can also be provided for forming corresponding blisters at a donor site and at a recipient site.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Falguni Asrani, William Farinelli, Ajay Shah, Vincent Liu, Richard R. Anderson
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Patent number: 10278724Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for affecting an appearance of skin by harvesting small portions of tissue from a donor (first) site and applying them at a recipient (second) site. A plurality of micrografts can be formed from a piece of graft tissue and attached to a dressing material. The dressing material can then be expanded to increase a separation distance between the micrografts, and the dressing material having spaced-apart micrografts attached thereto can be applied to a prepared recipient site. An apparatus can be provided that expands the dressing material using a pressurized fluid. A further method can include providing a suspension of small portions of graft tissue in a solution. The solution can be injected into blisters formed at a recipient (second) site and the tissue portions allowed to attach and proliferate. A method and apparatus can also be provided for forming corresponding blisters at a donor site and at a recipient site.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Falguni Asrani, William Farinelli, Ajay Shah, Vincent Liu, Richard R. Anderson
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Patent number: 9980765Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for use in the selective disruption of visceral fat tissue by controlled cooling.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: The General Hospital CorporationInventors: Matthew M. Avram, Richard R. Anderson, Joshua Tam
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Publication number: 20180028253Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and apparatus for effecting (e.g., lightening) an appearance of skin by cooling or freezing small separated surface regions of the skin to produce regions of local hypopigmentation. The width of the regions can be, for example, smaller than about 1 mm or 0.5 mm, and a distance between these frozen regions can be greater than about 3 times the width of the regions. An exemplary apparatus can be provided that includes a plurality of spatially-separated thermally conductive arrangements that can be affixed or otherwise coupled to a base. For example, the conductive arrangements can be regions of conductive material provided in or proximal to a thermal insulator, or thermally conductive protrusions affixed to the base. The conductive arrangements can be cooled and then contacted with the skin surface to produce the small regions of hypopigmentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Richard R. Anderson, Dieter Manstein
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Publication number: 20180008500Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems can be provided for resurfacing of skin that include formation of a plurality of small holes, e.g., having widths greater than about 0.2 mm and less than about 0.7 mm or 0.5 mm, using a mechanical apparatus. Compressive and/or tensile forces can then be applied to the treated region of skin as the damage heals to facilitate hole closure, and provide enhanced and/or directional shrinkage of the treated skin area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Richard R. Anderson, Mathew Avram, Fernanda H. Sakamoto, Wikunda Limpiangkanan, William A. Farinelli