Patents by Inventor Abhijit Biswas

Abhijit Biswas 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).

  • Publication number: 20240245312
    Abstract: A method is directed to continuously, non-invasively, and directly measuring blood pressure, and includes providing a calibrated measurement device having a blood-flow control balloon and a sensor array. The method further includes placing the sensor array in a non-invasive manner over the surface of a patch of skin connected to an artery by adjoining soft tissues and inflating the blood-flow control balloon with a controlled amount of pressure. In response to the inflating of the blood-flow control balloon, changes in the artery geometry and forces are detected, via the sensor array, during a heartbeat cycle. The changes correspond to spatio-temporal signals from the artery or in the adjoining soft tissues. The spatio-temporal signals are measured and processed, via a controller, to determine blood-pressure parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Mandayam A. SRINIVASAN, Mohan Thanikachalam, Edward Howard Adelson, Abhijit Biswas
  • Publication number: 20240099597
    Abstract: A method is directed to continuously, non-invasively, and directly measuring blood pressure, and includes providing a calibrated measurement device having a blood-flow control balloon and a sensor array. The method further includes placing the sensor array in a non-invasive manner over the surface of a patch of skin connected to an artery by adjoining soft tissues and inflating the blood-flow control balloon with a controlled amount of pressure. In response to the inflating of the blood-flow control balloon, changes in the artery geometry and forces are detected, via the sensor array, during a heartbeat cycle. The changes correspond to spatio-temporal signals from the artery or in the adjoining soft tissues. The spatio-temporal signals are measured and processed, via a controller, to determine blood-pressure parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Mandayam A. SRINIVASAN, Mohan Thanikachalam, Edward Howard Adelson, Abhijit Biswas
  • Patent number: 11883140
    Abstract: A method is directed to continuously, non-invasively, and directly measuring blood pressure, and includes providing a calibrated measurement device having a blood-flow control balloon and a sensor array. The method further includes placing the sensor array in a non-invasive manner over the surface of a patch of skin connected to an artery by adjoining soft tissues and inflating the blood-flow control balloon with a controlled amount of pressure. In response to the inflating of the blood-flow control balloon, changes in the artery geometry and forces are detected, via the sensor array, during a heartbeat cycle. The changes correspond to spatio-temporal signals from the artery or in the adjoining soft tissues. The spatio-temporal signals are measured and processed, via a controller, to determine blood-pressure parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Trustees of Tufts College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Mandayam A. Srinivasan, Mohan Thanikachalam, Edward Howard Adelson, Abhijit Biswas
  • Publication number: 20230263414
    Abstract: An optomechanical sensor system is provided. The system can include a patient-worn surface displacement system comprising a deformable surface configured to be positioned against the patient adjacent to a superficial artery thereof, a plurality of optical markings disposed on the deformable surface, and an actuator configured to apply a pressure to hold the surface displacement system against the patient such that spatiotemporal movement of the superficial artery causes corresponding movement of the deformable surface and the plurality of optical markings. The system further includes an optical system which includes an imaging system, illumination, and with or without mirrors configured to visualize the plurality of optical markings at an oblique angle. The system determined the spatiotemporal movement of the superficial artery based on the received plurality of images and determine a cardiopulmonary parameter associated with the patient based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Edward H. Adelson, Abhijit Biswas, Mohan Thanikachalam
  • Patent number: 8576394
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. In one embodiment, the method has the steps of simultaneously evaporating a metal at a first evaporation rate and a polymer at a second evaporation rate different from the first evaporation rate, to form a nanocomposite of the metal and the polymer, depositing the nanocomposite onto a substrate, and applying an etching process to the deposited nanocomposite on the substrate to remove the polymer material, thereby forming an SERS substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Alexandru S. Biris, Abhijit Biswas, Ilker S. Bayer, Lloyd A. Bumm
  • Publication number: 20110285992
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. In one embodiment, the method has the steps of simultaneously evaporating a metal at a first evaporation rate and a polymer at a second evaporation rate different from the first evaporation rate, to form a nanocomposite of the metal and the polymer, depositing the nanocomposite onto a substrate, and applying an etching process to the deposited nanocomposite on the substrate to remove the polymer material, thereby forming an SERS substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Alexandru S. Biris, Abhijit Biswas, Ilker S. Bayer, Lloyd A. Bumm
  • Patent number: 8013992
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. In one embodiment, the method has the steps of simultaneously evaporating a metal at a first evaporation rate and a polymer at a second evaporation rate different from the first evaporation rate, to form a nanocomposite of the metal and the polymer, depositing the nanocomposite onto a substrate, and applying an etching process to the deposited nanocomposite on the substrate to remove the polymer material, thereby forming an SERS substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Alexandru S. Biris, Abhijit Biswas, Ilker S. Bayer, Lloyd A. Bumm
  • Publication number: 20100149529
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. In one embodiment, the method has the steps of simultaneously evaporating a metal at a first evaporation rate and a polymer at a second evaporation rate different from the first evaporation rate, to form a nanocomposite of the metal and the polymer, depositing the nanocomposite onto a substrate, and applying an etching process to the deposited nanocomposite on the substrate to remove the polymer material, thereby forming an SERS substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Alexandru S. Biris, Abhijit Biswas, Ilker S. Bayer, Lloyd A. Bumm
  • Patent number: 6922430
    Abstract: An optical beacon is comprised of a telescope having a primary focal plane or Coudé focal plane, a plurality of fiber coupled laser sources for generating a plurality of beams, a collimator for collimating the plurality of beams, and optics for combining and focusing the plurality of collimated beams onto the primary or Coudé focal plane of the telescope. The telescope propagates the optical beacon, which is arranged into a ring of incoherent plurality of collimated beams. The apparatus further comprises fiber splitters coupled to each laser source to provide at least eight beams from at least four laser sources. The optics comprises a prism assembly, a combiner lens, a focusing lens and a field lens for focusing the plurality of collimated beams onto the primary focal plane or Coudé focal plane of the telescope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Abhijit Biswas, Babak Sanji, Malcolm W. Wright, Norman Alan Page
  • Publication number: 20030147142
    Abstract: An optical beacon is comprised of a telescope having a primary focal plane or Coudé focal plane, a plurality of fiber coupled laser sources for generating a plurality of beams, a collimator for collimating the plurality of beams, and optics for combining and focusing the plurality of collimated beams onto the primary or Coudé focal plane of the telescope. The telescope propagates the optical beacon, which is arranged into a ring of incoherent plurality of collimated beams. The apparatus further comprises fiber splitters coupled to each laser source to provide at least eight beams from at least four laser sources. The optics comprises a prism assembly, a combiner lens, a focusing lens and a field lens for focusing the plurality of collimated beams onto the primary focal plane or Coudé focal plane of the telescope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Abhijit Biswas, Babak Sanii, Malcolm W. Wright, Norman Alan Page