Patents Examined by David P. Porta
  • Patent number: 11719641
    Abstract: A method for analyzing the results of a ligand-receptor binding assay comprising the steps of: (a) providing the results of a ligand-receptor binding assay; and (b) qualifying the results of a ligand-receptor binding assay. More particularly, the ligand-receptor binding assay involves the steps of combining appropriate reagents in which receptors attached to a solid support, a sample suspected of containing a ligand, and a conjugate comprising a label form a complex in which the label is present at a concentration that is directly proportional to the amount of ligand present in the sample. Alternatively, the ligand-receptor binding assay involves the steps of combining appropriate reagents to perform a ligand-receptor binding assay in which receptors attached to a solid support, a sample suspected of containing a ligand, and a conjugate comprising a label form a complex in which the label is present at a concentration that is inversely proportional to the amount of analyte present in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Qiaoqiao Ruan, Sylvia C. Saldana, Joseph P. Skinner, Sergey Y. Tetin
  • Patent number: 11719833
    Abstract: Disclosed are a radon measuring apparatus and method. A radon measuring apparatus according to the present invention can comprise: a housing having two separate spaces and through holes formed such that each space communicates with the outside; a probe unit having first and second probe rods which are respectively disposed inside each space in the opposite direction from each other inside the housing; a control unit disposed inside the housing and connected to the probe unit; and a switching unit for controlling the electrical connection between the first and second probe rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ARIM SCIENCE CO.
    Inventors: Sang In Kim, Hyun Keun Lim, Eun Jung Yun
  • Patent number: 11719640
    Abstract: There is provided is sliding body surface evaluation method and apparatus configured so that a temporal change in a transformed portion at a sliding portion of a sliding body can be observed. The method includes a first step of irradiating, with an electromagnetic wave, a sliding portion of a sliding body sliding on a sliding target body, a second step of detecting light emitted from the sliding portion irradiated with the electromagnetic wave, and a third step of deriving a change in a light emission state of the sliding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Takuto Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 11719644
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composite particle for use in a marking that is suitable for identification/authentication purposes. The particle comprises at least one superparamagnetic portion and at least one thermoluminescent portion and optionally also a thermoconductive portion between the superparamagnetic and thermoluminscent portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Mia Milos, Xavier Cédric Raemy, Jean-Luc Dorier
  • Patent number: 11719631
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a computer implemented method, a system, and a computer program product of measuring light scattering of a sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: WYATT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dwight Kahng, Cha Lee, Sigrid C. Kuebler, Ross E. Bryant
  • Patent number: 11719835
    Abstract: A radiation-sensing device is provided. The radiation-sensing device includes a substrate, a first scintillator layer, a second scintillator layer, and an array layer. The first scintillator is disposed on a first side of the substrate, and includes a plurality of first blocking walls and a plurality of first scintillator elements. The plurality of first scintillator elements are located between the plurality of first blocking walls. The second scintillator layer is disposed on a second side of the substrate, and the second side is opposite to the first side. The array layer is located between the first scintillator layer and the second scintillator layer, and has a plurality of photosensitive elements. In addition, a projection of at least one of the plurality of first blocking walls on the substrate overlaps with a projection of at least one of the plurality of photosensitive elements on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: InnoCare Optoelectronics Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 11719639
    Abstract: Some aspects relate to an integrated circuit, comprising at least one photodetection region configured to generate charge carriers responsive to incident photons emitted from a sample, at least one charge storage region configured to receive the charge carriers from the photodetection region, and at least one controller configured to obtain information about the incident photons, the information comprising at least one member selected from the group comprising pulse duration and interpulse duration and at least one member selected from the group comprising wavelength information, luminescence lifetime information, and intensity information. In some embodiments, the information comprises at least three, four, and/or five members selected from the group comprising wavelength information, luminescence lifetime information, intensity information, pulse duration information, and interpulse duration information. In some embodiments, the information obtained may be used to identify the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Quantum-Si Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerard Schmid, Dajiang Yang, Eric A. G. Webster, Xin Wang, Todd Rearick, Changhoon Choi, Ali Kabiri, Kyle Preston, Brian Reed
  • Patent number: 11719574
    Abstract: A marker is arranged to indicate the presence of ultraviolet radiation. The marker includes at least an emitting layer having a fluorescent material arranged to emit visible light in a first range of wavelengths in response to excitation by ultraviolet radiation in a second range of wavelengths. The emission of visible light is reversible, and the marker is reusable. The marker may be a warning sign, and may be adhered to a surface or incorporated into a freestanding portable apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAF-T-GLO LIMITED
    Inventors: Sean Patrick O'Kell, Andrew Jon Hallett
  • Patent number: 11712587
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s). In an embodiment, a method comprises presenting, by a server, for display on a graphical user interface, an image of a position of a patient on a couch of a radiotherapy machine, whereby at least a gantry of the radiotherapy machine is configured to rotate around the patient; calculating, by the server, one or more predicted collisions between a part of the radiotherapy machine and at least one of (a) the patient or (b) another part of the radiotherapy machine; and when a portion of the patient is calculated to be in a collision with the part of the radiotherapy machine, revising, by the server, the graphical user interface such that the portion of the patient calculated to be in the collision is visually distinct in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
  • Patent number: 11714073
    Abstract: A method of detecting gas includes determining and storing, by a controller, a zero level of a photoionization detector using ambient air inflow when an ultraviolet lamp is in a turned OFF state, wherein the stored zero level is based on an ambient temperature; sampling, by the controller, an output of a detector electrode of the photoionization detector when the ultraviolet lamp is in a turned ON state; and comparing the sampled output of the detector electrode to the stored zero level to determine if a threshold concentration of a gas is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Guangli Xie, Bo Chen, Zhanghua Wu, Yaofu Gong
  • Patent number: 11715577
    Abstract: A neutron detector is disclosed herein. The neutron detector can include a housing defining a cavity, wherein the housing is configured to permit an amount of neutrons emitted from a core of a nuclear reactor to enter the cavity. The neutron detector can also include an amount of a neutron sensitive material dispositioned within the cavity, wherein the neutron sensitive material is configured to generate and emit gamma rays upon interacting with the amount of neutrons. The neutron detector can further include an amount of electron emissive material configured to generate and emit a current of electrons upon interacting with the emitted gamma rays, wherein the current of electrons is indicative of the amount of neutrons emitted from the core of the nuclear reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventor: Michael D. Heibel
  • Patent number: 11712211
    Abstract: The invention concerns a storage device for cleaning and charging portable X-ray detectors, and an X-ray system comprising such storage device. The storage device comprises a receiving unit for receiving at least one portable X-ray detector, a cleaning unit for cleaning the portable X-ray detector when being received by the receiving unit, and a charging unit for charging the portable X-ray detector, wherein the cleaning unit is configured for mechanically and/or chemically cleaning the portable X-ray detector. Further, the invention concerns a method of cleaning and charging a portable X-ray detector in a storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Köpnick, Eugen Hermann, Hanns-Ingo Maack
  • Patent number: 11714202
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are variations of megavoltage (MV) detectors that may be used for acquiring high resolution dynamic images and dose measurements in patients. One variation of a MV detector comprises a scintillating optical fiber plate, a photodiode array configured to receive light data from the optical fibers, and readout electronics. In some variations, the scintillating optical fiber plate comprises one or more fibers that are focused to the radiation source. The diameters of the fibers may be smaller than the pixels of the photodiode array. In some variations, the fiber diameter is on the order of about 2 to about 100 times smaller than the width of a photodiode array pixel, e.g., about 20 times smaller. Also disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing a focused scintillating fiber optic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: RefleXion Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Manat Maolinbay
  • Patent number: 11714271
    Abstract: A multi-depth confocal imaging system includes at least one light source configured to provide excitation beams and an objective lens. The excitation beams are focused into a sample at a first plurality of focus depths along an excitation direction through the objective lens. An image sensor receives emissions from the sample via the objective lens, wherein the emissions define foci relative to the image sensor at a second plurality of focus depths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Hu Cang, Eli N. Glezer
  • Patent number: 11709229
    Abstract: A laser radar device includes: a modulator (8) for causing a transmission seed light beam to branch, and giving different offset frequencies to a plurality of the transmission seed light beams having branched, and then modulating the plurality of transmission seed light beams into pulsed light beams and outputting the pulsed light beams, or for modulating the transmission seed light beam into a pulsed light beam, causing the pulsed light beam to branch, and giving the different offset frequencies to a plurality of the pulsed light beams having branched, and then outputting the plurality of pulsed light beams; a band pass filter (14) in which a frequency band including frequencies of signal components included in a plurality of beat signals detected by an optical heterodyne receiver (13) is set as a pass band and a frequency band not including the frequencies of the signal components is set as a cutoff band; and an ADC (15) for sampling the beat signals passing through the band pass filter (14) at a sampling f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ando, Eisuke Haraguchi, Hitomi Ono
  • Patent number: 11709136
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for inferring protein binding based on rotational diffusion of a collection of fluorophores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: CALICO LIFE SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Gregory York, Maria Del Mar Ingaramo
  • Patent number: 11707239
    Abstract: A radiological imaging device configured to analyze a limb includes a first module that includes a source configured to emit radiation, a second module that includes a detector configured to receive radiation from the source that has passed through the limb, a control station connected to the first and second modules for controlling movement of the first and second modules and acquiring images from the second module, and a platform having an outer support surface to support the first and second modules. The control station includes a casing and a connecting member that is connected to the casing to attach the platform. The platform is suitable to rotate around an axis approximately parallel to the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: IMAGINALIS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Leonardo Manetti, Massimiliano Leonori, Damiano Fortuna
  • Patent number: 11709139
    Abstract: An example system for detecting pipe defects is provided. The system includes a transmitter, a receiver and a processing device. The transmitter is oriented to transmit Terahertz (THz) waveform pulses towards at least one of an outer surface of a pipe or an inner surface of the pipe. The receiver is oriented to receive reflected Terahertz (THz) waveform pulses from at least one of the outer surface of the pipe or the inner surface of the pipe. The processing device configured is to receive as input the Terahertz (THz) waveform pulses transmitted from the transmitter and the reflected Terahertz (THz) waveform pulses received by the receiver and, based on the received input, determine if a defect in the pipe exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Inventors: John F. Federici, Louis Rizzo, Ian Gatley, Samuel Gatley, Joseph Maillia
  • Patent number: 11709098
    Abstract: A device for detecting energy beam is provided. The device comprises a carbon nanotube structure, a support structure and an infrared detector. The carbon nanotube structure comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and an extending direction of each carbon nanotube is parallel to a direction of an energy beam to be detected. The support structure is configured to support the carbon nanotube structure, and make a portion of the carbon nanotube structure suspended in the air. The infrared detector is located below and spaced apart from the carbon nanotube structure. The infrared detector is configured to detect a temperature of a suspended portion of the carbon nanotube structure, and image according to a temperature distribution of the carbon nanotube structure. A method for detecting energy beam is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ke Zhang, Guo Chen, Peng Liu, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 11703443
    Abstract: The disclosed flow cytometer includes a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM). The WDM includes an extended light source providing light that forms an object, a collimating optical element that captures light from the extended light source and projects a magnified image of the object as a first light beam, and a first focusing optical element configured to focus the first light beam to a size smaller than the object of the extended light source to a first semiconductor detector. The disclosed flow cytometer further includes a composite microscope objective to direct light emitted by a particle in a flow channel in a viewing zone of the composite microscope to the extended light source, a fluidic system and a peristaltic pump configured to supply liquid sheath and liquid sample to the flow channel, and a laser diode system to illuminate the particle in the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: IRIS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Yong Qin Chen