Patents by Inventor Christopher G. Rylander

Christopher G. Rylander 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: 20260009581
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for cooling or heating a liquid in a container. In certain embodiments, the apparatus comprises a first conduit, a second conduit and a pump in fluid communication with the first conduit and the second conduit. The apparatus can also comprise a thermal energy transfer mechanism, where the pump is configured to transfer the liquid from the container to the thermal energy transfer mechanism via the first conduit, the thermal energy transfer mechanism is configured to cool or heat the liquid, and the pump is configured to transfer the liquid from the thermal energy transfer mechanism to the container via the second conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Marissa N. RYLANDER, Christopher G. RYLANDER
  • Patent number: 9168388
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for non-invasively modifying, maintaining, or controlling local tissue optical properties. Methods and devices of the disclosure may be used for optically clearing tissue, for example, for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. A method of optically clearing a tissue may comprise contacting the tissue with an optical clearing device having a base, an array of pins fixed to one side of the base, a brim fixed to the base, an inlet port in the base, an exit port in the base, and a handpiece interface tab fixed to the side of the base opposite the array of pins, applying a mechanical force to the tissue, and illuminating said tissue with at least one wavelength of light through the optical clearing device. A method may further comprise controlling the temperature of the tissue illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: The Board of Regents, the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Christopher G. Rylander, Thomas E. Milner, Oliver Stumpp, J. Stuart Nelson
  • Patent number: 8323273
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for non-invasively modifying, maintaining, or controlling local tissue optical properties. Methods and devices of the disclosure may be used for optically clearing tissue, for example, for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. A method of optically clearing a tissue may comprise contacting the tissue with an optical clearing device having a base, an array of pins fixed to one side of the base, a brim fixed to the base, an inlet port in the base, an exit port in the base, and a handpiece interface tab fixed to the side of the base opposite the array of pins, applying a mechanical force to the tissue, and illuminating said tissue with at least one wavelength of light through the optical clearing device. A method may further comprise controlling the temperature of the tissue illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Christopher G. Rylander, Thomas E. Milner, Oliver Stumpp, J. Stuart Nelson