Patents by Inventor Bradley A. Bower

Bradley A. Bower 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).

  • Publication number: 20090057790
    Abstract: A package for a micro-electromechanical device (MEMS package) includes an inner enclosure having an inner cavity defined therein, and a fill port channel communicating with the inner cavity and of sufficient length to allow a quantity of adhesive to enter the fill port channel while preventing the adhesive from entering the inner cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Don Michael, Mari J. Rossman, Bradley Bower, Charles Craig Haluzak, John R. Sterner, Quan Qi, John Kane
  • Patent number: 7465600
    Abstract: A package for a micro-electromechanical device (MEMS package) includes an inner enclosure having an inner cavity defined therein, and a fill port channel communicating with the inner cavity and of sufficient length to allow a quantity of adhesive to enter the fill port channel while preventing the adhesive from entering the inner cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Don Michael, Mari J. Rossman, Bradley Bower, Charles Craig Haluzak, John R. Stemer, Quan Qi, John Kane
  • Publication number: 20080181477
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for managing frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) image resolution. A spectrum used to acquire an image of a subject is calibrated and default dispersion correction parameters are set. Default dispersion management parameters associated with a region of the image of the subject are also set. The image of the subject is acquires after setting the default dispersion correction parameters and the default dispersion management parameters. A quality of the acquired image is compared to a quality metric for the acquired image. The dispersion correction parameters are adjusted if the quality of the acquired image does not meet or exceed the quality metric for the acquired image. The acquired image is reprocesses based on the adjusted dispersion correction parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph A. Izatt, Eric L. Buckland, Bennett R. Groshong, Bradley A. Bower
  • Publication number: 20080115727
    Abstract: Implantable medical devices such as stents, methods of making medical devices, and systems for making medical devices are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, medical device includes a stent that is coated at least on a portion of one surface by an ink-jet device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: David R Otis, Hirdey Bhathal, Isaac Farr, Nk Peter Samuel, Bradley Bower
  • Publication number: 20070115481
    Abstract: A method/system preserves annotations of different pathological conditions or changes that are recognized on cross-sections within a three dimensional volume of a patient's eye so that the annotations are maintained in a visible state in an en face projection produced with a SVP technique. It is thus possible to coregister the annotated conditions or changes with other types of two dimensional en face images such as images from other ophthalmic devices (e.g., angiography device, microperimetry device, autofluorescence device, fundal photography device.). The annotations are also maintained in a visible state in the coregistered image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: Duke University
    Inventors: Cynthia Toth, Marcin Stopa, Bradley Bower
  • Publication number: 20070032865
    Abstract: Implantable medical devices such as stents, methods of making medical devices, and systems for making medical devices are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, medical device includes a stent that is coated at least on a portion of one surface by an ink-jet device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: David Otis, Hirdey Bhathal, Isaac Farr, N.K. Samuel, Bradley Bower
  • Publication number: 20060081643
    Abstract: A method of delivering fluid can include using electro-wetting effects to pick-up, transport, and/or deliver discrete volumes of fluid. Voltage can be applied across a fluid contact area having a conductive substrate and a dielectric material with an outer surface. The outer surface can have a native interfacial surface tension state and a voltage induced second state having a reduction in interfacial surface tension. A fluid can be contacted such that a volume of fluid adheres to the outer surface of the fluid contact area when the voltage is applied. Subsequently, the voltage can be adjusted such that at least a portion of the volume of fluid is delivered to a receiving location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Charles Haluzak, Bradley Bower
  • Publication number: 20050173769
    Abstract: A package for a micro-electromechanical device (MEMS package) includes an inner enclosure having an inner cavity defined therein, and a fill port channel communicating with the inner cavity and of sufficient length to allow a quantity of adhesive to enter the fill port channel while preventing the adhesive from entering the inner cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Don Michael, Mari Rossman, Bradley Bower, Charles Haluzak, John Stemer, Quan Qi, John Kane
  • Patent number: 6858466
    Abstract: A fluid filling system includes a vacuum filling chamber configured to receive a wafer, a conduit coupled to the vacuum filling chamber, and a vacuum pump fluidly coupled to the vacuum filling chamber through the conduit, the vacuum pump being configured to create a vacuum within the wafer level packaging cavity, wherein the vacuum filling chamber includes a body having a vacuum orifice, a first substrate sealingly coupled to the body to seal a first end of the vacuum orifice, and a second substrate sealingly coupled to the body to seal a second end of the vacuum orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Bradley Bower, Quan Qi, Kirby Sand