Patents by Inventor Allen Lawrence Garner
Allen Lawrence Garner 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: 9356357Abstract: A composition for destructive interference in at least a portion of the frequency range from about 1 GHz to about 20 GHz can comprise a dielectric and a conductive filler mixed with at least a portion of the dielectric, wherein the percentage volume of the conductive filler relative to the total volume of the composition is configured such that the wavelength of sensitivity for the composition is on the order of a wavelength of an incident electromagnetic radiation in at least a portion of the frequency range from about 1 GHz to about 20 GHz.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.Inventors: Davide Louis Simone, Gary Stephen Balch, David Alexander Gibson, III, Harold Jay Patchen, Allen Lawrence Garner, Gregory John Parker, Daniel Qi Tan, Francis Johnson
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Patent number: 9252496Abstract: A composition for energy dissipation in at least a portion of the frequency range from about 1 GHz to about 20 GHz, the composition can comprise a dielectric and graphene mixed with at least a portion of the dielectric, wherein the percentage volume of the graphene relative to the total volume of the composition is configured such that dissipation of incident electromagnetic radiation is substantially optimized in at least a portion of the frequency range from about 1 GHz to about 20 GHz.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.Inventors: Davide Louis Simone, Gary Stephen Balch, David Alexander Gibson, III, Harold Jay Patchen, Allen Lawrence Garner, Gregory John Parker
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Patent number: 9238808Abstract: A pulse generation system for applying electric pulses across a load includes a first plurality of energy storage modules connected in series on a positive chain and configured to apply a positive potential to the load and a second plurality of energy storage modules connected in series on a negative chain and configured to apply a negative potential to the load. Each energy storage module of the positive chain and the negative chain includes a rectifier and a storage element, and at least one control element.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Antonio Caiafa, Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Andrew Soliz Torres, Allen Lawrence Garner
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Publication number: 20150202264Abstract: Methods and systems for releasing growth factors are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a blood sample is exposed to a sequence of one or more electric pulses to trigger release of a growth factor in the sample. In certain embodiments, the growth factor release is not accompanied by clotting within the blood sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: VASILE BOGDAN NECULAES, ANDREW SOLIZ TORRES, ANTONIO CAIAFA, BRIAN DUH-LAN LEE, ALLEN LAWRENCE GARNER
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Publication number: 20150203836Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, exposure of a sample to one or more electric pulses via capacitive coupling is described. In certain embodiments, the sample may be a biological sample to be treated or modified using the pulsed electric fields. In certain embodiments, the electric pulses may be delivered to a load using capacitive coupling. In other embodiments, the electric pulses may be bipolar pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Antonio Caiafa, Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Allen Lawrence Garner, Andrew Soliz Torres
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Patent number: 9078862Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to platelet activation and/or aggregation using electric pulses. In one embodiment, a platelet-containing sample is exposed to electric pulses. At least one of the electric pulses has a duration greater than 1 microsecond and a field strength below 50 kV/cm. In another embodiment, the electric pulses may be designed with particular field strengths and durations.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Antonio Caiafa, Brian Duh-Lan Lee, Nicole Evelyn LaPlante, Andrew Soliz Torres, Allen Lawrence Garner
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Publication number: 20140363881Abstract: A pulse generation system for applying electric pulses across a load includes a first plurality of energy storage modules connected in series on a positive chain and configured to apply a positive potential to the load and a second plurality of energy storage modules connected in series on a negative chain and configured to apply a negative potential to the load. Each energy storage module of the positive chain and the negative chain includes a rectifier and a storage element, and at least one control element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Antonio Caiafa, Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Andrew Soliz Torres, Allen Lawrence Garner
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Publication number: 20140363412Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to platelet activation and/or aggregation using electric pulses. In one embodiment, a platelet-containing sample is exposed to electric pulses. At least one of the electric pulses has a duration greater than 1 microsecond and a field strength below 50 kV/cm. In another embodiment, the electric pulses may be designed with particular field strengths and durations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Antonio Caiafa, Brian Duh-Lan Lee, Nicole Evelyn LaPlante, Andrew Soliz Torres, Allen Lawrence Garner
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Publication number: 20140197977Abstract: A composition for destructive interference in at least a portion of the frequency range from about 1 GHz to about 20 GHz can comprise a dielectric and a conductive filler mixed with at least a portion of the dielectric, wherein the percentage volume of the conductive filler relative to the total volume of the composition is configured such that the wavelength of sensitivity for the composition is on the order of a wavelength of an incident electromagnetic radiation in at least a portion of the frequency range from about 1 GHz to about 20 GHz.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.Inventors: Davide Louis Simone, Gary Stephen Balch, David Alexander Gibson, III, Harold Jay Patchen, Allen Lawrence Garner, Gregory John Parker, Daniel Qi Tan, Francis Johnson
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Publication number: 20140197352Abstract: A method for forming a composition exhibiting energy dissipation in at least a portion of the frequency range from about 1 GHz to about 20 GHz can comprise treating a magnetic lossy material to increase the brittleness of the material, processing at least a portion of the magnetic lossy material into a powder, and mixing at least a portion of the powder with a dielectric resin, wherein the percentage volume of the powder relative to the total volume of the composition is configured such that dissipation of incident electromagnetic radiation is substantially optimized in at least a portion of the frequency range from about 1 GHz to about 20 GHz.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.Inventors: Davide Louis Simone, Gary Stephen Balch, David Alexander Gibson, III, Harold Jay Patchen, Allen Lawrence Garner, Daniel Qi Tan, Francis Johnson, Gregory John Parker
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Publication number: 20140197978Abstract: A composition for energy dissipation in at least a portion of the frequency range from about 1 GHz to about 20 GHz, the composition can comprise a dielectric and graphene mixed with at least a portion of the dielectric, wherein the percentage volume of the graphene relative to the total volume of the composition is configured such that dissipation of incident electromagnetic radiation is substantially optimized in at least a portion of the frequency range from about 1 GHz to about 20 GHz.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: SABIC Innovative Plastics IP B.V.Inventors: Davide Louis Simone, Gary Stephen Balch, David Alexander Gibson, III, Harold Jay Patchen, Allen Lawrence Garner, Gregory John Parker
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Patent number: 8778682Abstract: A method of delivering exogenous molecules, comprising: providing a plurality of cells having a cell membrane; adding a plurality of exogenous molecules to the cells; exposing the cells to a defocused infrared (IR) light to permeabilize the cell membrane of the cells; and delivering the exogenous molecules to the cells through the permeablized cell membrane, wherein an intensity of the IR light at the optical focus is at least greater than or equal to an order of 104 W/cm2.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Kenneth Roger Conway, Allen Lawrence Garner, Evelina Roxana Loghin, Siavash Yazdanfar, Dmitry Vladimirovich Dylov, Brian Michael Davis, Chulmin Joo
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Publication number: 20140017365Abstract: Methods and systems for fluid stabilization are provided. The system includes a first electrical field generator positioned adjacent to a first passage. The first electrical field generator imparts a first electrical field to a fluid flowing through the first passage such that first particles and second particles entrained in the fluid are charged to a first polarity. A first collector positioned within the first passage collects the first particles charged in the fluid. A second electrical field generator positioned adjacent to a second passage is downstream from the first electrical field generator. The second electrical field generator imparts a second electrical field to the fluid discharged from the first passage and substantially neutralizes the second particles entrained in the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Robert Warren Taylor, Bradley Stephen Rogers, James Easel Roberts, Allen Lawrence Garner
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Publication number: 20130052725Abstract: A system for delivering exogenous molecules comprises a support for containing cells and exogenous molecules; an infra-red (IR) light source that generates an IR optical beam with an average power density at least greater than 105 W/cm2; one or more optical elements; an imaging system to image the cells in a field of view; a processor that generates a signal for localization of cells in the field of view; a light pattern shaper for temporal focusing of optical beam to generate wide field illumination on the cells to permeabilise the cell membrane for delivering the exogenous molecules; and a controller that switches optical beam from wide field illumination to a focused illumination. The processor is operatively coupled to the imaging system and the light pattern shaper and transmits the signal for the localization of cells to ensure the temporal focusing of the optical beam on the cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Siavash Yazdanfar, Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Kenneth Roger Conway, Allen Lawrence Garner, Evelina Roxana Loghin, Dmitry Vladimirovich Dylov, Brian Michael Davis, Chulmin Joo
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Publication number: 20130052738Abstract: A method of delivering exogenous molecules, comprising: providing a plurality of cells having a cell membrane; adding a plurality of exogenous molecules to the cells; exposing the cells to a defocused infrared (IR) light to permeabilize the cell membrane of the cells; and delivering the exogenous molecules to the cells through the permeablized cell membrane, wherein an intensity of the IR light at the optical focus is at least greater than or equal to an order of 104 W/cm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Vasile Bogdan Neculaes, Kenneth Roger Conway, Allen Lawrence Garner, Evelina Roxana Loghin, Siavash Yazdanfar, Dmitry Vladimirovich Dylov, Brian Michael Davis, Chulmin Joo
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Patent number: 8294023Abstract: A radioisotope power sources that includes radioisotope nanoparticles and scintillator materials. An embodiment of the radioisotope power source includes radioisotope nanoparticles suspended within a polycrystalline scintillator; additional polycrystalline scintillator at least partially surrounding the polycrystalline scintillator with the radioisotope nanoparticles; and a photovoltaic device in light communication with the surrounding polycrystalline scintillator. A system that employs the radioisotope power source and a method of generating an electrical current are also disclosed. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brent Allen Clothier, Matthew Christian Nielsen, Todd Ryan Tolliver, Allen Lawrence Garner
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Publication number: 20110100439Abstract: A radioisotope power sources that includes radioisotope nanoparticles and scintillator materials. An embodiment of the radioisotope power source includes radioisotope nanoparticles suspended within a polycrystalline scintillator; additional polycrystalline scintillator at least partially surrounding the polycrystalline scintillator with the radioisotope nanoparticles; and a photovoltaic device in light communication with the surrounding polycrystalline scintillator. A system that employs the radioisotope power source and a method of generating an electrical current are also disclosed. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Brent Allen Clothier, Matthew Christian Nielsen, Todd Ryan Tolliver, Allen Lawrence Garner