Patents by Inventor Anthony Killard

Anthony Killard 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).

  • System and method for analysing and measuring ammonia levels in a sample
    Patent number: 9435788
    Abstract: A system for sensing and measuring ammonia in a breath sample is described. The system includes a sampling means for capturing and directing a breath sample from a subject to an ammonia sensor, the ammonia sensor including a conducting polymer polyaniline sensor. The sampling means includes a breath sample capture chamber, the chamber having an inlet and outlet, the inlet having a first valve through which a breath is exhaled into the sample capture chamber, the outlet having a second valve through which breath surplus to the volume of the chamber is expelled, to provide capture of a breath sample of predefined volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Dublin City University
    Inventors: Anthony Killard, Troy Hibbard, Karl Crowley
  • System and Method for Analysing and Measuring Ammonia Levels in a Sample
    Publication number: 20150260706
    Abstract: A system for sensing and measuring ammonia in a breath sample is described. The system comprises a sampling means for capturing and directing a breath sample from a subject to an ammonia sensor, the ammonia sensor comprising a conducting polymer polyaniline sensor. The sampling means comprises a breath sample capture chamber, the chamber having an inlet and outlet, the inlet having a first valve through which a breath is exhaled into the sample capture chamber, the outlet having a second valve through which breath surplus to the volume of the chamber is expelled, to provide capture of a breath sample of predefined volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: Dublin City University
    Inventors: Anthony Killard, Troy Hibbard, Karl Crowley
  • METHOD OF FABRICATION OF MONOLITHIC STATIONARY PHASES FOR SEPARATIONS, AND METHODS OF SEPARATION USING SUCH STATIONARY PHASES
    Publication number: 20110297542
    Abstract: Analysis tools for use in analytical separations are provided including a stationary phase comprising an electroconducting material, for example, a conducting polymer. There is further provided a method for manufacturing monolithic stationary phases in various formats including in chip-format, column or capillary column format and method of separation using stationary phases. Also provided is a method for analytical separation comprising selective manipulation of the stationary phase making it is possible to tune the device to specific applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Malcolm Smyth, Aoife Morrin, Blanaid White, Anthony Killard, Nie Fuqiang
  • Sensor Comprising Conducting Polymer Materials
    Publication number: 20100000883
    Abstract: A sensor comprises a substrate having nanoparticles of a conducting polymer such as polyanaline printed thereon. Also described is a printing composition for printing onto a substrate, the composition comprising nanoparticles of a conducting polymer such as polyanaline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicants: DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF WOLONGONG
    Inventors: Aoife Morrin, Malcolm Smyth, Anthony Killard, Orawan Ngamna, Gordon Wallace, Simon Edward Moulton, Karl Crowley