Patents Assigned to Micronics, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20250116917
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to an imaging camera including a filter wheel. The filter wheel includes a main body including a plurality of receptacles and a plurality of wedges. Each of the wedges is attached to one of the plurality of receptacles. Each of the wedges includes a receiving orifice to a filter. The main body of the filter wheel includes an adapter configured to receive an actuator to actuate the filter wheel. Each wedge is removably attached to one of the plurality of receptacles. The filter wheel is configured to rotate around a central axis of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Phoenix-Micron, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Roy Thorn, Jonathan Scott Carr
  • Publication number: 20250098955
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a system and method for adjusting the illumination intensity of an imaging device. The system includes an imaging camera including a light box. The outer surface of the light box includes a first set of magnets. The imaging camera includes a light guide configured to provide light to the light box. A focus assembly including a focus lens is disposed at an end of the light guide. An adjustable collar may be disposed around the focus assembly. The collar includes a second set of magnets disposed on a rear face of the main body. One or more set screws are disposed on the main body of the collar. The collar is configured to move along the length of the focus assembly and can be secured to a position on the focus assembly via the set screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Phoenix-Micron, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Roy Thorn
  • Publication number: 20240407886
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus that can be attached to a tip portion of an eye-imaging device including the lens. The apparatus includes an annular base having an orifice having a first end and a second end. A contact member may be disposed adjacent the second end of the annular base. The contact member may include a contact surface having a geometry that is configured to fit on a tip of an eye-imaging device. For example, the contact surface may include a tapered region that matches the profile of a tip of an eye-imaging device. The tapered region may provide a frictional fit with a tip of the eye-imaging device such that the contact surface is flush with the surface of the tip. A solution can be deposited in the apparatus and onto a lens surface after it is attached to the tip of the eye-imaging device. In this way, the apparatus prevents any solution from leaking to other areas of the eye-imaging device to clean the lens surface of the eye-imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: PHOENIX-MICRON, INC.
    Inventor: Jonathan Roy Thorn
  • Publication number: 20240122476
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a lens housing coupled to a lens assembly, a first lens disposed in a first end of the lens housing, a lens holder disposed in a second end of the lens housing, a lens aligner coupled to the lens assembly, and an optical element. The optical element is insertable laterally into the lens assembly to adjust a transverse position of the first lens and the second lens based on a thickness of the optical element to align a first axis of the first lens and the second lens to a second axis of a third lens positioned in the lens assembly for imaging an eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Phoenix-Micron, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Roy Thorn, Jonathan Scott Carr
  • Publication number: 20240127716
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an eye-imaging training apparatus including an actuator to articulate one or more movable eyeball members. The eye-imaging training apparatus provides a caregiver a training tool for practicing various eye-imaging techniques that simulate or mimic natural and animal-like eye movement. For example, the eye-imaging training apparatus may include an eyeball member that can move in multiple directions to simulate human-like eye movement. The eye-imaging training apparatus can train a caregiver to practice, for example, aligning an eye-imaging camera, calibrating the eye-imaging camera (e.g., determining the desired optical parameters), and retracting eyelids for eye-imaging. The present disclosure is also related to systems and methods for eye imaging using an eye-imaging training apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Phoenix-Micron, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Roy Thorn, Jonathan Scott Carr, Leslie Mackeen
  • Patent number: 11138864
    Abstract: An early alert system and a method for livestock disease detection are disclosed. An activity measurement zone (AMZ) is defined near an incentive device (e.g. a livestock feeder) with an RFID tag reader and a uniquely-designed feedlot fence crossbar-embedded RFID antenna, which amplifies multiple signal wavelengths in a single dipole antenna. The early alert system is configured to detect and count an animal's access into the AMZ with an RFID tag attached to the animal. If the animals' activity relative to the AMZ drops to an alarmingly low level (e.g. dropping below an alert trigger point) over time, then a user of the early alert system is informed of a potential health problem of the animal and may also be encouraged to inspect the animal in person for further determination of its current health and potential medical issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: HANA MICRON INC.
    Inventors: Seungwhan Rhee, Songtao Jin, Sung Bok Kwak
  • Patent number: 10715209
    Abstract: A method includes a computing device transmitting a radio frequency (RF) signal to a passive wireless sensor. The RF signal includes a carrier frequency signal and a modulated sense request signal. The method further includes, in response to the modulated sense request signal, receiving, by the computing device, a response RF signal that includes the carrier frequency signal and a coded sense response signal from the passive wireless sensor. The coded sense response signal is representative of a sensed environmental condition by the passive wireless sensor. The method further includes generating, by the computing device, an environmental condition value based on the coded sense response signal and an environmental conversion information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: RF Micron, Inc.
    Inventor: Shahriar Rokhsaz
  • Patent number: 10679930
    Abstract: A fan-out wafer level package is disclosed, which includes: a redistribution layer; a semiconductor chip electrically connected with the redistribution layer through a bump; a protective member protecting the semiconductor chip, wherein a part of the protective member is removed such that the upper surface of the semiconductor chip is exposed in order to dissipate heat and prevent warpage; and an interconnector disposed outside the semiconductor chip at substantially the same level and having a lower part electrically connected with the redistribution layer and an upper part not being covered with the protective member, wherein the interconnector includes a metal core solder ball, the metal core solder ball includes a metal core and a solder buffer between the metal core and the protective member, and the metal core is formed of a combination of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and silver (Ag).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HANA MICRON INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Woo Lee, Jin Wook Jeong, Hyun Joo Kim, Jin Young Ock
  • Publication number: 20190311999
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a redistribution structure includes a redistribution layer provided on a semiconductor chip, and a passivation layer covering the redistribution layer while partially exposing the redistribution layer. The passivation layer has a thickness less than that of the redistribution layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: HANA MICRON INC.
    Inventors: Hyung Jun KIM, Seung Tae LEE
  • Patent number: 10389027
    Abstract: A method includes varying, by a tuning module of a passive radio RFID sensor, a reactive component impedance coupled to the tuning module and an antenna of the passive RFID sensor in order to change a system impedance. The method further includes producing an impedance value representative of the reactive component's impedance. The method further includes storing, by a memory module of the passive RFID sensor, the impedance value, identification information corresponding to the antenna, and a timestamp corresponding to the impedance value. The method further includes communicating, by a wireless communication module of the passive RFID sensor, the impedance value, the identification information, and the timestamp to an RFID reader. When the impedance value, the identification information, and the timestamp indicate an unfavorable environmental condition, the method further includes generating, by the RFID reader, an alarm signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: RF Micron, Inc.
    Inventors: Shahriar Rokhsaz, Brian David Young, Ahmed Younis
  • Publication number: 20180358288
    Abstract: fan-out wafer level package is disclosed, which comprises: a redistribution layer; a semiconductor chip electrically connected with the redistribution layer through a bump; a protective member protecting the semiconductor chip, wherein a part of the protective member is removed such that the upper surface of the semiconductor chip is exposed in order to dissipate heat and prevent warpage; and an interconnector disposed outside the semiconductor chip at substantially the same level and having a lower part electrically connected with the redistribution layer and an upper part not being covered with the protective member, wherein the interconnector includes a metal core solder ball, the metal core solder ball includes a metal core and a solder buffer between the metal core and the protective member, and the metal core is formed of a combination of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and silver (Ag).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: HANA MICRON INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Woo LEE, Jin Wook JEONG, Hyun Joo KIM, Jin Young OCK
  • Patent number: 10146970
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader includes an RFID module configured to generate a radio frequency (RF) signal, a power divider configured to divide the generated RF signal into a plurality of RF signals having a same power, at least one antenna configured to transmit the divided RF signals, and a sensor configured to detect an object within a predetermined area and transmit a result of the detection of the object to the RFID module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: HANA MICRON INC.
    Inventors: Sang Yeul Yeum, Hyeong Seop Song, Jung Hwan Jo
  • Publication number: 20180307876
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader. The RFID reader includes an RFID module configured to generate a radio frequency (RF) signal, a power divider configured to divide the generated RF signal into a plurality of RF signals having the same power, at least one antenna configured to transmit the divided RF signals, and a sensor configured to detect an object within a predetermined area and transmit a result of the detection of the object to the RFID module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: HANA MICRON INC.
    Inventors: Sang Yeul YEUM, Hyeong Seop SONG, Jung Hwan JO
  • Patent number: 10107797
    Abstract: Microfluidic cartridges for agglutination reactions are provided. The cartridges include a microfluidic reaction channel with at least two intake channels, one for an antigen-containing fluid and the other for an antibody-containing fluid, conjoined to a reaction channel modified by incorporation of a downstream flow control channel. At low Reynolds Number, the two input streams layer one on top of the other in the reaction channel and form a flowing, unmixed horizontally-stratified laminar fluid diffusion (HLFD) interface for an extended duration of reaction. Surprisingly, the design, surface properties, and flow regime of microfluidic circuits of the present invention potentiate detection of antibody mediated agglutination at the stratified interface. Antigen:antibody reactions involving agglutination potentiated by these devices are useful in blood typing, in crossmatching for blood transfusion, and in immunodiagnostic agglutination assays, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Micronics, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Frederick Battrell, Diane Wierzbicki, John Clemmens, Jason Capodanno, John R. Williford, Carolina Elmufdi, Isaac Sprague
  • Patent number: 10087440
    Abstract: An integrated “lab-on-a-chip” microfluidic device performs nucleic acid sample preparation and diagnostic analysis from test samples containing cells and/or particles. The device analyzes DNA or RNA targets, or both, from a common test sample. Dried and/or liquid reagents necessary for nucleic acid sample preparation and analysis are contained on the device, such that the device only requires addition of test sample. Clay mineral and alkaline buffer reagents are employed for overcoming the problems of nucleic acid degradation and contamination during sample preparation. The device may include a composite filter to separate plasma or serum from other blood constituents when the test sample is a blood product. The microfluidic device utilizes a plurality of microfluidic channels, inlets, valves, membranes, pumps, and other elements arranged in various configurations to manipulate the flow of the liquid sample, in particular, in order to prepare nucleic acids and perform further diagnostic analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Micronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan K. Lofquist, C. Frederick Battrell, Heather K. Bouzek
  • Patent number: 9938571
    Abstract: Manufacturing methods and compositions are described for production of self-contained microfluidic cartridge devices with on-board reagents for molecular biological testing. Sensitive reagents are stored in dry form without lyophilization or freezing, and reconstituted at the point of use with either a biological sample or a sample eluate at the point of use. Manufacturing methods include sheet and roll fabrication processes where the reagents are printed in place and sealed within individual microfluidic cartridges before gel vitrification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Micronics, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Frederick Battrell, Denise Maxine Hoekstra, Joan Haab, John R. Williford, Sabrina N. Gunderson, Elizabeth R. Leber, Isaac Sprague
  • Patent number: 9895692
    Abstract: A microfluidic cartridge and methods for performing a diagnostic, molecular or biochemical assay thereon, where all dried and/or liquid reagents necessary for the assay are contained in the cartridge and the assay requires only the addition of sample. Pneumohydraulic features, chamber and diaphragm technologies are introduced for overcoming the problems of bubble interference and reagent washout during operation of a microfluidic cartridge. The cartridges are inserted into a host instrument for performance of an assay and the cartridge is supplied as a consumable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Micronics, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Frederick Battrell, Isaac Sprague, Matthew Scott Bragd, Jason Capodanno
  • Patent number: D1049374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Phoenix-Micron, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Roy Thorn
  • Patent number: D1067429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Phoenix-Micron, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Roy Thorn
  • Patent number: D1068072
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Phoenix-Micron, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Roy Thorn