Patents Represented by Attorney F. Neil Sudol

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  • Microscale sensor element and related device and method of use
    Patent number: 6935165
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus useful in detecting viability of biological cells. A substrate defines a microscopic chamber. One or more microcantilevers extend from the substrate into the chamber. A detector is operatively connected to the microcantilevers for sensing a state of deformation thereof. On each microcantilevers is deposited a layer of an environmentally sensitive hydrogel polymer having a configuration changing in accordance with presence of an environmental parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Rashid Bashir, Nicholas A. Peppas, James Z. Hilt, Amit K. Gupta
  • Device and related method for reducing swelling of hemorrhoidal tissues
    Patent number: 5263926
    Abstract: A device for reducing swelling of hemorrhoidal tissues comprises an at least partially hollow body member, a hypertonic solution contained in the body member, and a semipermeable membrane defining a wall or surface of the body member. The membrane is positioned along the body member so that the membrane is in substantial direct contact with hemorrhoidal tissues upon insertion of the body member into a rectum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Inventor: Peter J. Wilk