Patents by Inventor Andrew A. Burns
Andrew A. Burns 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: 11311225Abstract: A system for monitoring medical conditions includes a conformable medical monitoring device that includes a first substrate layer, which includes an electronics module, many signal traces, and at least one electrode, such that one or more of the many signal traces electrically couple the at least one electrode to the electronics module. The conformable medical monitoring device includes a second substrate layer positioned over the electronics module, the first substrate layer, or any combination thereof to insulate the electronics module, the first substrate layer, or any combination thereof. The conformable medical monitoring device also includes a third substrate layer positioned over the second substrate layer, such that the third substrate layer reduces electromagnetic interference caused by a voltage pulse and includes an adjustable system coupled to the first substrate layer and that changes a position of the at least one electrode relative to the electronics module.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Azar Alizadeh, Andrew A. Burns, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Ralf Lenigk, Jeffrey Michael Ashe, Obi Aghogho, Nancy Cecelia Stoffel, Juha Virtanen, Otto Pekander, Timo Toivanen, Robert Santala
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Publication number: 20210254827Abstract: A combustion kiln system, comprising: a pre-heating chamber which is supplied with waste product; and a combustion chamber which receives the waste product from the pre-heating chamber and in which the waste product is incinerated; wherein the pre-heating chamber heats the waste product to remove moisture from the waste product prior to transfer to the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Michael Alan BURNS, Paul Andrew Burns
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Patent number: 11034070Abstract: A system includes a cavity, an injection nozzle configured to inject material into the cavity, and a plurality of sensors at sensor locations. Each of the plurality of sensors is configured to measure parameters at one of the sensor locations. The system lacks a strain gauge. The system further includes a controller configured to control a flow rate of the injection of material into the cavity. The controller is configured to receive the measured parameters and compare the received information to predetermined curves. The controller is configured to control the flow rate when the measured parameters deviate from the predetermined curves.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: IMFLUX INC.Inventors: Milko Gergov, Chow-Chi Huang, Steve Andrew Burns, Rick Alan Pollard
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Publication number: 20210140904Abstract: A multi-functional sensor assembly includes an electrically non-conductive substrate defining at least a distal region, intermediary region, and proximal region that are each covered with electrically conductive traces. The proximal region is configured to be exposed to a media to be sensed and the distal and intermediary regions are configured to be protected from the media. The electrically conductive traces comprise at least electrical circuits to sense temperature and flow of the media and one or more electrodes to sense one or more of conductivity, oxidation reduction potential (ORP), and acidity (pH) of the media.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Klaus Brondum, Mark Andrew Burns, Wen-Chi Lin, Michael McCague, Stephen Michael Stec, Brian N. Johnson, Garry Marty
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Patent number: 11002446Abstract: A combustion kiln system, comprising: a pre-heating chamber which is supplied with waste product; and a combustion chamber which receives the waste product from the pre-heating chamber and in which the waste product is incinerated; wherein the pre-heating chamber heats the waste product to remove moisture from the waste product prior to transfer to the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: CLEAN THERMODYNAMIC ENERGY CONVERSION LIMITEDInventors: Michael Alan Burns, Paul Andrew Burns
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Patent number: 10894634Abstract: An opening and reclosing device for a container, the opening and reclosing device comprising: an affixing means for affixing the opening and reclosing device to a container; an integral cutting tool for creating an opening in the container in a prescribed manner; and a zip-locking mechanism for re-closing the created opening, the zip-locking mechanism comprising a slider, the integral cutting tool comprising: a blade tip at a first end thereof, a thumb tab at a second end thereof; and a coupling means provided between the first and second ends, which coupling means provides for pivotal connection of the integral cutting tool to the slider, such that the integral cutting tool is pivotally moveable between: a first deployed position wherein the blade tip protrudes out of the slider for cutting an opening in a container; and a second stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Inventor: Andrew Burns
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Publication number: 20200405710Abstract: The present application relates to the treatment of nematode infections.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Peter Roy, Sean Harrington, Jacob Pyche, Andrew Burns, Rachel Ross, Mark Lautens
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Publication number: 20200376149Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorescent silica-based nanoparticle that allows for precise detection, characterization, monitoring and treatment of a disease such as cancer. The nanoparticle has a range of diameters including between about 0.1 nm and about 100 nm, between about 0.5 nm and about 50 nm, between about 1 nm and about 25 nm, between about 1 nm and about 15 nm, or between about 1 nm and about 8 nm. The nanoparticle has a fluorescent compound positioned within the nanoparticle, and has greater brightness and fluorescent quantum yield than the free fluorescent compound. The nanoparticle also exhibits high biostability and biocompatibility. To facilitate efficient urinary excretion of the nanoparticle, it may be coated with an organic polymer, such as poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). The small size of the nanoparticle, the silica base and the organic polymer coating minimizes the toxicity of the nanoparticle when administered in vivo.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Michelle S. Bradbury, Ulrich Wiesner, Oula Penate Medina, Andrew Burns, Jason S. Lewis, Steven M. Larson
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Patent number: 10845131Abstract: A steam generator for generating a superheated fluid from a working fluid using a stream of heated gas, the steam generator comprising: a housing, which defines a gas flow path having an inlet at one, upstream end thereof into which a stream of heated gas is delivered and an outlet at the other, downstream end thereof; and a steam generation module which is disposed within the gas flow path of the housing, the steam generation module comprising a heat exchanger which receives a working fluid and is operative to raise the temperature of the working fluid to provide a saturated fluid, and a superheater which receives the saturated fluid from the heat exchanger and is operative to raise the temperature of the saturated fluid and provide a supersaturated fluid.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Clean Thermodynamic Energy Conversion LtdInventors: Michael Alan Burns, Paul Andrew Burns
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Patent number: 10595275Abstract: In a wireless media network a source device provides entertainment content to a sink device over a radio frequency (RF) wireless channel. The source device can go into a receive only quiet enrolment mode until activated by a sink device transmitting enrolment trigger packets or having a signal strength above a certain threshold, thereby improving coexistence with other wireless devices. The source device changes from the quiet enrolment mode to an active enrolment mode when activated by the sink device.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATEDInventors: Ralph Mason, Andrew Burns, Chengbin Fan
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Patent number: 10548997Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorescent silica-based nanoparticle that allows for precise detection, characterization, monitoring and treatment of a disease such as cancer. The nanoparticle has a range of diameters including between about 0.1 nm and about 100 nm, between about 0.5 nm and about 50 nm, between about 1 nm and about 25 nm, between about 1 nm and about 15 nm, or between about 1 nm and about 8 nm. The nanoparticle has a fluorescent compound positioned within the nanoparticle, and has greater brightness and fluorescent quantum yield than the free fluorescent compound. The nanoparticle also exhibits high biostability and biocompatibility. To facilitate efficient urinary excretion of the nanoparticle, it may be coated with an organic polymer, such as poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). The small size of the nanoparticle, the silica base and the organic polymer coating minimizes the toxicity of the nanoparticle when administered in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignees: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Cornell UniversityInventors: Michelle S. Bradbury, Ulrich Wiesner, Oula Penate Medina, Hooisweng Ow, Andrew Burns, Jason S. Lewis, Steven M. Larson
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Patent number: 10548998Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorescent silica-based nanoparticle that allows for precise detection, characterization, monitoring and treatment of a disease such as cancer. The nanoparticle has a range of diameters including between about 0.1 nm and about 100 nm, between about 0.5 nm and about 50 nm, between about 1 nm and about 25 nm, between about 1 nm and about 15 nm, or between about 1 nm and about 8 nm. The nanoparticle has a fluorescent compound positioned within the nanoparticle, and has greater brightness and fluorescent quantum yield than the free fluorescent compound. The nanoparticle also exhibits high biostability and biocompatibility. To facilitate efficient urinary excretion of the nanoparticle, it may be coated with an organic polymer, such as poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). The small size of the nanoparticle, the silica base and the organic polymer coating minimizes the toxicity of the nanoparticle when administered in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignees: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Cornell UniversityInventors: Michelle S. Bradbury, Ulrich Wiesner, Oula Penate Medina, Andrew Burns, Jason S. Lewis, Steven M. Larson
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Publication number: 20190316771Abstract: A combustion kiln system, comprising: a pre-heating chamber which is supplied with waste product; and a combustion chamber which receives the waste product from the pre-heating chamber and in which the waste product is incinerated; wherein the pre-heating chamber heats the waste product to remove moisture from the waste product prior to transfer to the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Clean Thermodynamic Energy Conversion LimitedInventors: Michael Alan BURNS, Paul Andrew BURNS
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Publication number: 20190161244Abstract: An opening and reclosing device for a container, the opening and reclosing device comprising: an affixing means for affixing the opening and reclosing device to a container; an integral cutting tool for creating an opening in the container in a prescribed manner; and a zip-locking mechanism for re-closing the created opening, the zip-locking mechanism comprising a slider, the integral cutting tool comprising: a blade tip at a first end thereof, a thumb tab at a second end thereof; and a coupling means provided between the first and second ends, which coupling means provides for pivotal connection of the integral cutting tool to the slider, such that the integral cutting tool is pivotally moveable between: a first deployed position wherein the blade tip protrudes out of the slider for cutting an opening in a container; and a second stowed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventor: Andrew Burns
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Publication number: 20190105826Abstract: A system includes a cavity, an injection nozzle configured to inject material into the cavity, and a plurality of sensors at sensor locations. Each of the plurality of sensors is configured to measure parameters at one of the sensor locations. The system lacks a strain gauge. The system further includes a controller configured to control a flow rate of the injection of material into the cavity. The controller is configured to receive the measured parameters and compare the received information to predetermined curves. The controller is configured to control the flow rate when the measured parameters deviate from the predetermined curves.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Milko Gergov, Chow-Chi Huang, Steve Andrew Burns, Rick Alan Pollard
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Publication number: 20190090194Abstract: In a wireless media network a source device provides entertainment content to a sink device over a radio frequency (RF) wireless channel. The source device can go into a receive only quiet enrolment mode until activated by a sink device transmitting enrolment trigger packets or having a signal strength above a certain threshold, thereby improving coexistence with other wireless devices. The source device changes from the quiet enrolment mode to an active enrolment mode when activated by the sink device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: Microchip Technology IncorporatedInventors: Ralph Mason, Andrew Burns, Chengbin Fan
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Publication number: 20190015008Abstract: A system for monitoring medical conditions includes a conformable medical monitoring device that includes a first substrate layer, which includes an electronics module, many signal traces, and at least one electrode, such that one or more of the many signal traces electrically couple the at least one electrode to the electronics module. The conformable medical monitoring device includes a second substrate layer positioned over the electronics module, the first substrate layer, or any combination thereof to insulate the electronics module, the first substrate layer, or any combination thereof. The conformable medical monitoring device also includes a third substrate layer positioned over the second substrate layer, such that the third substrate layer reduces electromagnetic interference caused by a voltage pulse and includes an adjustable system coupled to the first substrate layer and that changes a position of the at least one electrode relative to the electronics module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Azar Alizadeh, Andrew A. Burns, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Ralf Lenigk, Jeffrey Michael Ashe, Obi Aghogho, Nancy Cecelia Stoffel, Juha Virtanen, Otto Pekander, Timo Toivanen, Robert Santala
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Publication number: 20190019603Abstract: A system includes a conformable biopotential sensor that withstands a defibrillation pulse. The conformable biopotential sensor includes a polymer substrate, a plurality of electrodes printed on the polymer substrate, a signal trace printed on the polymer substrate, and one or more resistors printed on the polymer substrate and in electrical communication with an electrode of the plurality of electrodes via the signal trace. One or both of the one or more resistors and the polymer substrate withstand a defibrillation pulse. The conformable biopotential sensor further includes a coating layer applied to the one of both of the one or more resistors, wherein the coating is more thermally conductive than the polymer substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Azar Alizadeh, Matthew Jeremiah Misner, Andrew A. Burns, Juha Virtanen, Otto Pekander, Robert Santala, Teemu Alajoki
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Publication number: 20180326103Abstract: The present invention provides a fluorescent silica-based nanoparticle that allows for precise detection, characterization, monitoring and treatment of a disease such as cancer. The nanoparticle has a range of diameters including between about 0.1 nm and about 100 nm, between about 0.5 nm and about 50 nm, between about 1 nm and about 25 nm, between about 1 nm and about 15 nm, or between about 1 nm and about 8 nm. The nanoparticle has a fluorescent compound positioned within the nanoparticle, and has greater brightness and fluorescent quantum yield than the free fluorescent compound. The nanoparticle also exhibits high biostability and biocompatibility. To facilitate efficient urinary excretion of the nanoparticle, it may be coated with an organic polymer, such as poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). The small size of the nanoparticle, the silica base and the organic polymer coating minimizes the toxicity of the nanoparticle when administered in vivo.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Michelle S. Bradbury, Ulrich Wiesner, Oula Penate Medina, Andrew Burns, Jason S. Lewis, Steven M. Larson
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Patent number: 10129831Abstract: In a wireless media network a source device provides entertainment content to a sink device over a radio frequency (RF) wireless channel. The source device can go into a receive only quiet enrolment mode until activated by a sink device transmitting enrolment trigger packets or having a signal strength above a certain threshold, thereby improving coexistence with other wireless devices. The source device changes from the quiet enrolment mode to an active enrolment mode when activated by the sink device.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATEDInventors: Ralph Mason, Andrew Burns, Chengbin Fan