Patents by Inventor Alan A. Pitas

Alan A. Pitas 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: 20260049934
    Abstract: Devices and methods for analyzing polymer arrays formed on integrated surfaces of microLEDs. One microarray includes a plurality of individually controllable microLED elements, a plurality of photodetector elements, an integrated surface, and a CMOS driver chip. Each microLED element is paired with a photodetector element. The CMOS driver chip controls activation of the microLED elements and the photodetector elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas E. Dillinger, Daniel L. Burgess, Alan A. Pitas
  • Patent number: 5687777
    Abstract: An anesthetic vaporizer filler valve is disclosed that can be used in conjunction with anesthetic agent bottles currently commercially available and which have standard keying systems with rotating collars having lugs extending therefrom. The standard collar of such anesthetic agent bottles is keyed into the vaporizer filling valve. the vaporizer filler valve has an internal valve that must be opened in order to introduce the liquid anesthetic agent into the vaporizer sump. By means of a corresponding slot in the vaporizer filler valve that correspond with mating lugs of the standard anesthetic agent bottle, only a proper anesthetic agent bottle can engage and be screwed into the filler valve designed for that specific anesthetic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Ohmeda Inc.
    Inventors: Darwin B. Dobson, Alan A. Pitas