Patents by Inventor C. Alexander Morrow
C. Alexander Morrow 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: 10765859Abstract: The present disclosure relates to neuromuscular stimulation and sensing cuffs. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff has at least two fingers and a plurality of electrodes disposed on each finger. More generally, the neuromuscular stimulation cuff includes an outer, reusable component and an inner, disposable component. One or more electrodes are housed within the reusable component. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff may be produced by providing an insulating substrate layer, forming a conductive circuit on the substrate layer to form a conductive circuit layer, adhering a cover layer onto the conductive circuit layer to form a flexible circuit, and cutting at least one flexible finger from the flexible circuit. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff employs a flexible multi-electrode design which allows for reanimation of complex muscle movements in a patient, including individual finger movement.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Chad E. Bouton, Gaurav Sharma, Andrew Sweeney, Amy M. Heintz, Stephanie Kute, Nicholas Annetta, Thomas D. Haubert, Steven M. Risser, Jeffrey Friend, John Bartholomew, Rachel Thurston, C. Alexander Morrow, George Brand, Jeffrey Ellis, Matthew Mowrer, Raymond Zaborski
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Publication number: 20200276438Abstract: The present disclosure relates to neuromuscular stimulation and sensing cuffs. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff has at least two fingers and a plurality of electrodes disposed on each finger. More generally, the neuromuscular stimulation cuff includes an outer, reusable component and an inner, disposable component. One or more electrodes are housed within the reusable component. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff may be produced by providing an insulating substrate layer, forming a conductive circuit on the substrate layer to form a conductive circuit layer, adhering a cover layer onto the conductive circuit layer to form a flexible circuit, and cutting at least one flexible finger from the flexible circuit. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff employs a flexible multi-electrode design which allows for reanimation of complex muscle movements in a patient, including individual finger movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Chad E. Bouton, Gaurav Sharma, Andrew Sweeney, Amy M. Heintz, Stephanie Kute, Nicholas Annetta, Thomas D. Haubert, Steven M. Risser, Jeffrey Friend, John Bartholomew, Rachel Thurston, C. Alexander Morrow, George Brand, Jeffrey Ellis, Matthew Mowrer, Raymond Zaborski
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Patent number: 10211489Abstract: Light is transmitted from a light source through or from a separator of a battery cell and received by one or more light detectors. The light that is normally transmitted through the separator is scattered, absorbed, wavelength-shifted or otherwise distorted by an impending fault in the vicinity of or within the separator. The change in light due to the impending fault is measured by a detector and a signal from the detector is processed to identify the impending fault so that a warning can be generated indicative of the impending fault. In particular, one or both of the light source and detector are enclosed within a battery cell housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: C. Alexander Morrow, Steven M. Risser, James H. Saunders
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Patent number: 10177421Abstract: Light is transmitted from a light source through or from a separator of a battery cell and received by one or more light detectors. The light that is normally transmitted through the separator is scattered, absorbed, wavelength-shifted or otherwise distorted by an impending fault in the vicinity of or within the separator. The change in light due to the impending fault is measured by a detector and a signal from the detector is processed to identify the impending fault so that a warning can be generated indicative of the impending fault. In particular, one or both of the light source and detector are enclosed within a battery cell housing and receive power from the electrodes of the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: James H. Saunders, Steven M. Risser, C. Alexander Morrow
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Publication number: 20180154140Abstract: The present disclosure relates to neuromuscular stimulation and sensing cuffs. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff has at least two fingers and a plurality of electrodes disposed on each finger. More generally, the neuromuscular stimulation cuff includes an outer, reusable component and an inner, disposable component. One or more electrodes are housed within the reusable component. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff may be produced by providing an insulating substrate layer, forming a conductive circuit on the substrate layer to form a conductive circuit layer, adhering a cover layer onto the conductive circuit layer to form a flexible circuit, and cutting at least one flexible finger from the flexible circuit. The neuromuscular stimulation cuff employs a flexible multi-electrode design which allows for reanimation of complex muscle movements in a patient, including individual finger movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Chad E. Bouton, Gaurav Sharma, Andrew Sweeney, Amy M. Heintz, Stephanie Kute, Nicholas Annetta, Thomas D. Haubert, Steven M. Risser, Jeffrey Friend, John Bartholomew, Rachel Thurston, C. Alexander Morrow, George Brand, Jeffrey Ellis, Matthew Mowrer, Raymond Zaborski
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Patent number: 9570781Abstract: Light is transmitted from a light source through or from a separator of a battery cell and received by one or more light detectors. The light that is normally transmitted through the separator is scattered, absorbed, wavelength-shifted or otherwise distorted by an impending fault in the vicinity of or within the separator. The change in light due to the impending fault is measured by a detector and a signal from the detector is processed to identify the impending fault so that a warning can be generated indicative of the impending fault. In particular, the separator and a battery cell electrolyte can be selected to provide waveguide properties.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: James H. Saunders, C. Alexander Morrow, Steven M. Risser, Kevin B. Spahr
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Publication number: 20160240897Abstract: Light is transmitted from a light source through or from a separator of a battery cell and received by one or more light detectors. The light that is normally transmitted through the separator is scattered, absorbed, wavelength-shifted or otherwise distorted by an impending fault in the vicinity of or within the separator. The change in light due to the impending fault is measured by a detector and a signal from the detector is processed to identify the impending fault so that a warning can be generated indicative of the impending fault. In particular, one or both of the light source and detector are enclosed within a battery cell housing and receive power from the electrodes of the battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: James H. Saunders, Steven M. Risser, C. Alexander Morrow
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Publication number: 20160013522Abstract: Light is transmitted from a light source through or from a separator of a battery cell and received by one or more light detectors. The light that is normally transmitted through the separator is scattered, absorbed, wavelength-shifted or otherwise distorted by an impending fault in the vicinity of or within the separator. The change in light due to the impending fault is measured by a detector and a signal from the detector is processed to identify the impending fault so that a warning can be generated indicative of the impending fault. In particular, one or both of the light source and detector are enclosed within a battery cell housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: C. Alexander Morrow, Steven M. Risser, James H. Saunders
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Publication number: 20150270584Abstract: Light is transmitted from a light source through or from a separator of a battery cell and received by one or more light detectors. The light that is normally transmitted through the separator is scattered, absorbed, wavelength-shifted or otherwise distorted by an impending fault in the vicinity of or within the separator. The change in light due to the impending fault is measured by a detector and a signal from the detector is processed to identify the impending fault so that a warning can be generated indicative of the impending fault. In particular, the separator and a battery cell electrolyte can be selected to provide waveguide properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: James H. Saunders, C. Alexander Morrow, Steven M. Risser, Kevin B. Spahr
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Publication number: 20150155605Abstract: Light is transmitted through or from a separator of a battery cell or scattered within a battery cell and received by one or more light detectors. The light that is normally transmitted through the separator is scattered, absorbed, wavelength-shifted or otherwise distorted by an impending fault in the vicinity of or within the separator. The change in light due to the impending fault is measured by a detector and a signal from the detector is processed to identify the impending fault so that a warning can be generated indicative of the impending fault.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: James E. Dvorsky, Steven M. Risser, James H. Saunders, C. Alexander Morrow, David W. Nippa
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Patent number: 8553224Abstract: Optical fibers are utilized to provide high efficiency, spatially resolved coupling of light from collection optics to an imaging spectrometer. In particular, a micro lens array may be utilized to couple light from multiple spatial locations into individual optical fibers. At the opposite end of the fiber bundle, the fibers are packed tightly together to send the light into an imaging spectrograph. The light that enters this spectrograph maintains its spatial separation, for instance, along the array dimension and is spectrally dispersed, for instance, along a dimension orthogonal to the array dimension. This spatially separated, wavelength resolved light can then be recorded on a two dimensional detector such as a CCD camera.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: C. Alexander Morrow, Theodore J. Ronningen
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Publication number: 20130201298Abstract: A stereoscopic camera (10) is provided comprising: an image sensor (14); a lens system (20) adapted to focus light from a scene (O1) onto the image sensor (14); a dividing device (30) associated with the lens system (20) for dividing the lens system (20) into two portions; and a structure (30A) associated with the lens system (20) defining an aperture (41, 42) limiting an amount of light passing through at least a portion of the lens system (20). The aperture has a first length (L1) in a horizontal dimension which is greater than a second length (L2) in a vertical dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: John S. Laudo, C. Alexander Morrow
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Publication number: 20130194391Abstract: A stereoscopic camera is provided comprising: an image sensor; a lens system adapted to focus light from a scene onto the image sensor, the lens system including an aperture stop; an electronically actuatable matrix shutter including a plurality of individually addressable and actuatable shutter elements; a memory; and a processor communicating with the electronically actuatable matrix shutter and the memory. The processor may control the matrix shutter to create pairs of pupil apertures according to a plurality of exposure patterns stored in the memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventor: C. Alexander Morrow
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Publication number: 20120081704Abstract: Optical fibers are utilized to provide high efficiency, spatially resolved coupling of light from collection optics to an imaging spectrometer. In particular, a micro lens array may be utilized to couple light from multiple spatial locations into individual optical fibers. At the opposite end of the fiber bundle, the fibers are packed tightly together to send the light into an imaging spectrograph. The light that enters this spectrograph maintains its spatial separation, for instance, along the array dimension and is spectrally dispersed, for instance, along a dimension orthogonal to the array dimension. This spatially separated, wavelength resolved light can then be recorded on a two dimensional detector such as a CCD camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: C. Alexander Morrow, Theodore J. Ronningen