Patents by Inventor Andrew Devitt

Andrew Devitt 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: 8753014
    Abstract: In order to effect a seal; a porous material which comprises one side of two opposing surfaces is used to restrict and evenly distribute externally pressurized gas, liquid, steam, etc. between the two surfaces, exerting a force which is opposite the forces from pressure differences or springs trying to close the two faces together and so may create a non contact seal that is more stable and reliable than hydrodynamic seals currently in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: New Way Machine Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Devitt
  • Publication number: 20130195940
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods and materials for modulating the recruitment of macrophages or monocytes to sites at which they may contribute to disease initiation or progression. Embodiments of the disclosure comprise providing a modulator of the activity of ICAM-3 or proximal to the site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Aston University
    Inventor: Andrew Devitt
  • Publication number: 20080305043
    Abstract: Described is a method of detecting non-viable cells in a sample of cells, the method comprising contacting a sample of the cells with a detectable reagent and detecting binding of said reagent to cells of said sample. The detectable reagent is milk, a milk product or component thereof. A component which may be used is a lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, for example lactoferrin. The method may be performed in low Ca2+ or Ca2+-free conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: University Court of the University of Edinburgh
    Inventors: Christopher D. Gregory, Andrew Devitt, Ian Tennant
  • Publication number: 20070258897
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of enhancing an immune response to apoptotic cells, the method comprising administration of a specific binding member which specifically binds to a microbial antigen. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies and assays to identify specific binding members capable of enhancing an immune response to apoptotic cells. Also described are methods for the treatment of cancer using antibodies which bind to an apoptotic cell intracellular antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: University Court of the University of Edinburgh
    Inventors: Andrew Devitt, Christopher Gregory
  • Publication number: 20070034228
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning, drying, coating, baking etching and deposition of surfaces on glass substrate as it transitions thru and between small gaps between hydro-static porous media bearings. Due to the non-contact nature of the device extremely high pressures can be induced upon the work piece through various fluids without damage to the substrate, allowing the system to utilize the viscous nature of fluids to accomplish the desired cleaning, drying, coating, etching or baking. The process also allows for simultaneous and immediately sequential ordering of processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventor: Andrew Devitt
  • Publication number: 20070031600
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coating and baking and deposition of surfaces on glass substrate or flexible substrate, such as films and thin glass sheets or other similar work pieces as it transitions thru and between small gaps of aero-static or hydro-static porous media bearings and differentially pumped vacuum grooves, in a non-contact manner, in order to process within a vacuum environment. The process is also intended to incorporate simultaneous and immediately sequential ordering of various processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventor: Andrew Devitt
  • Publication number: 20060219605
    Abstract: Thin substrates, such as flat glass panels, are levitated on a porous media air bearing creating a pressurized film of air and preloaded against the air film by negative pressure areas. The pressure can be distributed most uniformly across the pressure areas by defusing the pressure through a porous medium. Such a bearing can be used for glass flattening by holding the glass such that the unevenness is migrated to the side opposite the side to be worked on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventor: Andrew Devitt
  • Publication number: 20060060259
    Abstract: A stage for processing a substrate, especially useful for vacuum applications, has a recess just large enough to hold a substantially flat substrate and a chuck or holder but not much more. The perimeter of the recessed side has an air bearing surface separated from the recess by differentially pumped groves and seal lands. The air bearing lands are urged against a reference plate guide surface and the seal lands being substantially coplanar create a resistance to flow between the groves and recess, on the other side of the base reference plate mounts the radiation source. The VCS may operate in a vacuum environment itself, or in another preferred embodiment, it provides the possibility for multiple stages moving between process or inspection steps within the same tool or process sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventor: Andrew Devitt
  • Publication number: 20020150882
    Abstract: A method of detecting CD14 expressing cells using at least one of Ce3, R7 or R29. Ce3, R7 or R29 being capable of being expressed from bacterial strains having the accession numbers MNIMB 41088, NCIMB 41086 and NCIMB 41087 respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Andrew Devitt, Christopher Darrell Gregory, Jaspal Sanghera, Sarah Elizabeth Pierce