Patents by Inventor Ciaran Purdy

Ciaran Purdy 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: 20180193846
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Donogh O'Driscoll
  • Publication number: 20180193845
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Donogh O'Driscoll
  • Patent number: 9943850
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Donogh O'Driscoll
  • Publication number: 20160367992
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, Donogh O'Driscoll
  • Patent number: 8741232
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Faxitron Bioptics, LLC
    Inventors: Akif Baysal, Eric Hutchings, Brad Jackson, Donogh O'Driscoll, William Lee, Ciaran Purdy
  • Patent number: 8740030
    Abstract: A device for breaking glass, arranged to be mounted on a pane of a breakable substrate, and being actuatable to break the pane. In one embodiment, the device comprises a base, a plunger moveable relative the base and a pin extending from and axially moveable relative the plunger, wherein the plunger is moveable relative the base from a retracted to an extended position so when the base is placed against a first pane, a distal end of the pin strikes and breaks the first pane, and the pin is moveable relative the plunger from a retracted position to an extended position, with the plunger in its extended position, such that the distal end of the pin strikes and breaks a second pane parallel to the first pane. Preferably, the plunger and pin are biased to an extended position each by a biasing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, William Lee
  • Publication number: 20140065656
    Abstract: A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Akif Baysal, Eric Hutchings, Brad Jackson, Donogh O'Driscoll, William Lee, Ciaran Purdy
  • Publication number: 20100301088
    Abstract: A device for breaking glass, arranged to be mounted on a pane of a breakable substrate, and being actuatable to break the pane. In one embodiment, the device comprises a base, a plunger moveable relative the base and a pin extending from and axially moveable relative the plunger, wherein the plunger is moveable relative the base from a retracted to an extended position so when the base is placed against a first pane, a distal end of the pin strikes and breaks the first pane, and the pin is moveable relative the plunger from a retracted position to an extended position, with the plunger in its extended position, such that the distal end of the pin strikes and breaks a second pane parallel to the first pane. Preferably, the plunger and pin are biased to an extended position each by a biasing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Ciaran Purdy, William Lee