Patents by Inventor Aaron M. Kern
Aaron M. Kern 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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Patent number: 11942753Abstract: A folded slab waveguide laser having a hybrid waveguide-unstable resonator cavity. Multiple slab waveguides of thickness ‘t’ supporting vertical waveguide modes are physically arranged above one another in a stack and optically arranged in series through one or more cavity folding assemblies with curved mirrors. A gain medium such as a gas is arranged in each slab. Each cavity folding assembly is designed to redirect the radiation beam emitted from one slab waveguide into the next waveguide and also at the same time to provide a focus for the radiation beam so that a selected vertical waveguide mode (or modes) is (or are) coupled efficiently into the next slab.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: KERN TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul E Jackson, Gerald L Kern, Jacob D Colby, Aaron M Kern, Tyler P Schmidt, Keith L Weiher
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Publication number: 20230414960Abstract: A system may include a plurality of depressible members, wherein each depressible member is configured to move in response to movement of one or more digits of the subject. The system may include a plurality of sensors, wherein each depressible member is associated with at least one sensor, and wherein each sensor is configured to sense movement of at least one of the plurality of depressible members. The system may receive a feedback signal from each of the plurality of sensors, receive a signal that indicates a generation time of a magnetic stimulation pulse, and determine that the feedback signal from at least one of the plurality of sensors indicates movement within a time window after the generation time of the magnetic pulse. The system may generate, via a user interface, a notification that indicates that at least one of the depressible members moved in response to the magnetic pulse.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Neuronetics, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Ghiron, Dennis Michael Sauro, Daniel Zangrilli, Aaron M. Kern
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Patent number: 11251578Abstract: A laser resonator comprising a specially designed front mirror 32. The front mirror 32 together with a rear mirror form a resonator cavity. As well as having a resonator cavity reflective surface 42, the front mirror 32 also has an output coupling reflective surface 44 which forms a continuation of the resonator cavity reflective surface 42 and extends at an angle thereto so as to direct a beam laterally out of the cavity. The output coupling reflective surface 44 and the resonator cavity reflective surface 44 are joined by a “soft” rounded edge 40 of arcuate cross-section, this rounded transition suppressing diffraction ripples that would otherwise be generated if the edge were “hard”, i.e. sharp.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: KERN TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul E Jackson, Aaron M Kern
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Publication number: 20210083447Abstract: A laser resonator comprising a specially designed front mirror 32. The front mirror 32 together with a rear mirror form a resonator cavity. As well as having a resonator cavity reflective surface 42, the front mirror 32 also has an output coupling reflective surface 44 which forms a continuation of the resonator cavity reflective surface 42 and extends at an angle thereto so as to direct a beam laterally out of the cavity. The output coupling reflective surface 44 and the resonator cavity reflective surface 44 are joined by a “soft” rounded edge 40 of arcuate cross-section, this rounded transition suppressing diffraction ripples that would otherwise be generated if the edge were “hard”, i.e. sharp.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: KERN TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul E. Jackson, Aaron M. Kern
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Publication number: 20210006031Abstract: A folded slab waveguide laser having a hybrid waveguide-unstable resonator cavity. Multiple slab waveguides of thickness ‘t’ supporting vertical waveguide modes are physically arranged above one another in a stack and optically arranged in series through one or more cavity folding assemblies with curved mirrors. A gain medium such as a gas is arranged in each slab. Each cavity folding assembly is designed to redirect the radiation beam emitted from one slab waveguide into the next waveguide and also at the same time to provide a focus for the radiation beam so that a selected vertical waveguide mode (or modes) is (or are) coupled efficiently into the next slab.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: KERN TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul E. Jackson, Gerald L. Kern, Jacob D. Colby, Aaron M. Kern, Tyler P. Schmidt, Keith L. Weiher
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Patent number: 10811838Abstract: A folded slab waveguide laser having a hybrid waveguide-unstable resonator cavity. Multiple slab waveguides of thickness ‘t’ supporting vertical waveguide modes are physically arranged above one another in a stack and optically arranged in series through one or more cavity folding assemblies with curved mirrors. A gain medium such as a gas is arranged in each slab. Each cavity folding assembly is designed to redirect the radiation beam emitted from one slab waveguide into the next waveguide and also at the same time to provide a focus for the radiation beam so that a selected vertical waveguide mode (or modes) is (or are) coupled efficiently into the next slab.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: KERN TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul E Jackson, Gerald L Kern, Jacob D Colby, Aaron M Kern, Tyler P Schmidt, Keith L Weiher
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Publication number: 20190312403Abstract: A folded slab waveguide laser having a hybrid waveguide-unstable resonator cavity. Multiple slab waveguides of thickness ‘t’ supporting vertical waveguide modes are physically arranged above one another in a stack and optically arranged in series through one or more cavity folding assemblies with curved mirrors. A gain medium such as a gas is arranged in each slab. Each cavity folding assembly is designed to redirect the radiation beam emitted from one slab waveguide into the next waveguide and also at the same time to provide a focus for the radiation beam so that a selected vertical waveguide mode (or modes) is (or are) coupled efficiently into the next slab.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: KERN TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul E. Jackson, Gerald L. Kern, Jacob D. Colby, Aaron M. Kern, Tyler P. Schmidt, Keith L. Weiher