Patents by Inventor Colin J. Cumming

Colin J. Cumming 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).

  • Patent number: 8323576
    Abstract: A detector for detecting vapors emitted from analytes includes a housing, a pump and a sensing assembly. The housing has an inlet, an outlet and an enclosed sensing volume therebetween. The pump communicates with the housing for moving a carrier sequentially through the enclosed sensing volume at a predetermined flow rate. The sensing assembly senses the vapors of the analyte delivered by the carrier as the carrier passes through the housing. The sensing assembly includes a sensing unit constructed of an amplifying fluorescent polymer, a source of excitation, a detector, and a convertor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig A. Aker, Colin J. Cumming, Mark E. Fisher, Michael J. Fox, Marcus J. laGrone, Dennis K. Reust, Mark G. Rockley, Eric S. Towers
  • Patent number: 7419636
    Abstract: A detector for detecting vapors emitted from analytes includes a housing, a pump and a sensing assembly. The housing has an inlet, an outlet and an enclosed sensing volume therebetween. The pump communicates with the housing for moving a carrier sequentially through the enclosed sensing volume at a predetermined flow rate. The sensing assembly senses the vapors of the analyte delivered by the carrier as the carrier passes through the housing. The sensing assembly includes a sensing unit constructed of an amplifying fluorescent polymer, a source of excitation, a detector, and a convertor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Nomadics, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig A. Aker, Colin J. Cumming, Mark E. Fisher, Michael J. Fox, Marcus J. IaGrone, Dennis K. Reust, Mark G. Rockley, Eric S. Towers
  • Publication number: 20030165407
    Abstract: A detector for detecting vapors emitted from analytes includes a housing, a pump and a sensing assembly. The housing has an inlet, an outlet and an enclosed sensing volume therebetween. The pump communicates with the housing for moving a carrier sequentially through the enclosed sensing volume at a predetermined flow rate. The sensing assembly senses the vapors of the analyte delivered by the carrier as the carrier passes through the housing. The sensing assembly includes a sensing unit constructed of an amplifying fluorescent polymer, a source of excitation, a detector, and a convertor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Craig A. Aker, Colin J. Cumming, Mark E. Fisher, Michael J. Fox, Marcus J. IaGrone, Dennis K. Reust, Mark G. Rockley, Eric S. Towers
  • Patent number: 6558626
    Abstract: A detector for detecting vapors emitted from energetic compounds includes a housing, a pump and a sensing assembly. The housing has an inlet, an outlet and an enclosed sensing volume there between. The pump communicates with the housing for moving a carrier gas sequentially through the enclosed sensing volume at a predetermined flow rate. The sensing assembly senses the vapors of the energetic compound delivered by the carrier gas as the carrier gas passes through the housing. The sensing assembly includes a sensing unit constructed of an amplifying fluorescent polymer, a source of excitation, a light detector, and a convertor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Nomadics, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig A. Aker, Colin J. Cumming, Mark E. Fisher, Michael J. Fox, Marcus J. laGrone, Dennis K. Reust, Mark G. Rockley, Eric S. Towers
  • Patent number: 6097308
    Abstract: An adapter device for downloading stored data from a pager device to a digital computer. A pager device with holster includes an interface circuit board with transmission circuitry, either wired or wireless, for downloading logic level signal, data stored in the pager to a host digital computer for input via the RS-232C interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Data Critical Corp.
    Inventors: David E. Albert, Colin J. Cumming, Joel Roark
  • Patent number: 5804971
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor electrode connected to a card module that can be received within an industry standard plug-in receptacle of a selected computer to enable a combination capable of very exhaustive data detection, processing, storage and the like for whatever the selected data sensor and particular card module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Nomadics, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin J. Cumming, Philip M. Maltby
  • Patent number: 5735285
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for transmission of biomedical waveform data from a patient to an attending physician wherein the waveform data audio signal is frequency modulated for subsequent wireline or wireless transmission to a remote hand-held computer that functions to digitize, record and demodulate the frequency modulated signal for display on the computer, for permanent print-out, or for further retransmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Data Critical Corp.
    Inventors: David E. Albert, Landgrave T. Smith, Carl J. Rieger, Colin J. Cumming, Leslie D. Hoy
  • Patent number: D427243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Visimatix, Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Luby, Colin J. Cumming