Patents by Inventor Andre de Oliveira Botelho

Andre de Oliveira Botelho 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).

  • Patent number: 11060968
    Abstract: A target sample to be chemically analyzed is received at a microfluidic device which is part of an analysis card. The microfluidic device includes at least one input layer configured to receive the target sample, at least one intermediary layer, and at least one readout layer configured to present one or more color attributes at one or more readout regions in response to one or more colorimetric reactions to the target sample. An image of the readout layer of the microfluidic device is obtained. A calibration file that corresponds to the analysis card is obtained. The calibration file includes a calibrated model of at least one color attribute based on data from at least one known chemical attribute of at least one standard sample processed by a calibration card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ricardo Luis Ohta, Ademir Ferreira da Silva, Andre de Oliveira Botelho, Matheus Esteves Ferreira, Jaione Tirapu Azpiroz, Michael Engel, Mathias Steiner
  • Patent number: 11029300
    Abstract: A method and system for receiving, at a sampling location recommendation module, conventional and complementary information regarding a liquid distribution system, wherein the complementary information includes at least one of a social media post or a consumer report; processing the complementary information and a database of the liquid distribution system in the sampling location recommendation module, using computational and artificial intelligence algorithms, to generate a list of locations for sampling the liquid distribution system; displaying the list of locations; receiving a geo-tagged test record indicative of a sampled contaminant concentration value of at least one location of the list of locations; processing the geo-tagged test record, at a contamination source mapping module, to estimate a location and risk of a contamination source in the liquid distribution system; and displaying the estimated location and risk of the contamination source by modifying a map of the liquid distribution system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jaione T. Azpiroz, Michael Engel, Ademir Ferreira Da Silva, Ricardo L. Ohta, Andre De Oliveira Botelho, Mathias B. Steiner
  • Patent number: 10816456
    Abstract: A reconfigurable point-of-care system, comprising an analysis device having one or more detection components to perform a diagnostic method on a sample, the sample being loaded on a microfluidic chip, wherein the analysis device provides identification information, an interface device coupled to the analysis device to provide a communication channel, and a reader unit coupled to the communication channel and having a processor to select the diagnostic method based on the identification information and reconfigure one or more components of the interface device based on the analysis device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andre de Oliveira Botelho, Ricardo L. Ohta, Mathias B. Steiner, Jaione Tirapu Azpiroz
  • Publication number: 20190383783
    Abstract: A method and system for receiving, at a sampling location recommendation module, conventional and complementary information regarding a liquid distribution system, wherein the complementary information includes at least one of a social media post or a consumer report; processing the complementary information and a database of the liquid distribution system in the sampling location recommendation module, using computational and artificial intelligence algorithms, to generate a list of locations for sampling the liquid distribution system; displaying the list of locations; receiving a geo-tagged test record indicative of a sampled contaminant concentration value of at least one location of the list of locations; processing the geo-tagged test record, at a contamination source mapping module, to estimate a location and risk of a contamination source in the liquid distribution system; and displaying the estimated location and risk of the contamination source by modifying a map of the liquid distribution system
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: JAIONE T. AZPIROZ, MICHAEL ENGEL, ADEMIR FERREIRA DA SILVA, RICARDO L. OHTA, ANDRE DE OLIVEIRA BOTELHO, MATHIAS B. STEINER
  • Publication number: 20190302008
    Abstract: A target sample to be chemically analyzed is received at a microfluidic device which is part of an analysis card. The microfluidic device includes at least one input layer configured to receive the target sample, at least one intermediary layer, and at least one readout layer configured to present one or more color attributes at one or more readout regions in response to one or more colorimetric reactions to the target sample. An image of the readout layer of the microfluidic device is obtained. A calibration file that corresponds to the analysis card is obtained. The calibration file includes a calibrated model of at least one color attribute based on data from at least one known chemical attribute of at least one standard sample processed by a calibration card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ricardo Luis Ohta, Ademir Ferreira da Silva, Andre de Oliveira Botelho, Matheus Esteves Ferreira, Jaione Tirapu Azpiroz, Michael Engel, Mathias Steiner
  • Publication number: 20180106759
    Abstract: A reconfigurable point-of-care system, comprising an analysis device having one or more detection components to perform a diagnostic method on a sample, the sample being loaded on a microfluidic chip, wherein the analysis device provides identification information, an interface device coupled to the analysis device to provide a communication channel, and a reader unit coupled to the communication channel and having a processor to select the diagnostic method based on the identification information and reconfigure one or more components of the interface device based on the analysis device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Andre de Oliveira Botelho, Ricardo L. Ohta, Mathias B. Steiner, Jaione Tirapu Azpiroz