Patents by Inventor Craig R. Forest
Craig R. Forest 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: 10993634Abstract: In an automated methodology for in vivo image-guided cell patch clamping, a cell patch clamping device is moved into position and targeted to a specific cell using automated image-guided techniques. Cell contact is determined by analyzing the temporal series of measured resistance levels at the clamping device as it is moved. The difference between successive resistance levels is compared to a threshold, which must be exceeded before cell contact is assumed. Pneumatic control methods are used to achieve gigaseal formation and cell break-in, leading to whole-cell patch clamp formation. An automated robotic system capable of performing this methodology automatically performs patch clamping in vivo, automatically locating cells through image guidance and by analyzing the temporal sequence of electrode impedance changes.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Ho-Jun Suk, Edward S. Boyden, Ingrid van Welie, Brian Douglas Allen, Suhasa B. Kodandaramaiah, Craig R. Forest
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Publication number: 20210072223Abstract: A testing arrangement and testing method using a manipulator assembly configured to manipulate an apertured surface to and from a sample area and a cleaning area and a controller configured to control the manipulator assembly, wherein the controller includes a sample module configured to control the apertured surface through the sample area, which is configured to contain biological sample targets, and wherein the control system enables re-use of the apertured surface with at least two different biological sample targets.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Ilya Kolb, William Stoy, Erin Rousseau, Craig R. Forest
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Patent number: 10830758Abstract: A method for cleaning patch-clamp glass pipette electrodes that enables their re-use. By immersing pipette tips or planar patch clamp chips into a detergent, followed by rinsing, pipettes and planar patch clamp chips were re-usable at least ten times with little to no degradation in signal fidelity, in experimental preparations ranging from human embryonic kidney cells to neurons in culture, slices, and in vivo.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Ilya Kolb, William Stoy, Erin Rousseau, Craig R. Forest
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Publication number: 20180028081Abstract: In an automated methodology for in vivo image-guided cell patch clamping, a cell patch clamping device is moved into position and targeted to a specific cell using automated image-guided techniques. Cell contact is determined by analyzing the temporal series of measured resistance levels at the clamping device as it is moved. The difference between successive resistance levels is compared to a threshold, which must be exceeded before cell contact is assumed. Pneumatic control methods are used to achieve gigaseal formation and cell break-in, leading to whole-cell patch clamp formation. An automated robotic system capable of performing this methodology automatically performs patch clamping in vivo, automatically locating cells through image guidance and by analyzing the temporal sequence of electrode impedance changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Ho-Jun Suk, Edward S. Boyden, Ingrid van Welie, Brian Douglas Allen, Suhasa B. Kodandaramaiah, Craig R. Forest
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Publication number: 20170038364Abstract: A method for cleaning patch-clamp glass pipette electrodes that enables their re-use. By immersing pipette tips or planar patch clamp chips into a detergent, followed by rinsing, pipettes and planar patch clamp chips were re-usable at least ten times with little to no degradation in signal fidelity, in experimental preparations ranging from human embryonic kidney cells to neurons in culture, slices, and in vivo.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Ilya Kolb, William Stoy, Erin Rousseau, Craig R. Forest
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Patent number: 8240623Abstract: A mounting bracket is provided for removably mounting a storage device on a slot track or slotwall panel having a plurality of slots having undercut sidewalls that form generally “T” shaped slats. The mounting bracket includes a support surface having a first “J” shaped hook to hook over the edge of a slat and into the undercut sidewall and a second “J” shaped hook to hook into a second slot and into the undercut sidewall. The mounting bracket includes a storage device connector attached to the support surface at a first end and has a second end. The storage device connector can include a lock rotatably mounted on the top wall adjacent the first “J” shaped hook having a locking member and an operator that is rotatable between locked and unlocked positions. A storage device can be coupled to the second end of the storage device connector. The storage device can be an actuatable holding system for a bicycle, or other storage device such as a basket or a storage shelf.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Scott M. Collins, Craig R. Forest, Guy E. Garrison, Gilius A. Gaska, David E. Moeller, Michael J. Scherzer
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Publication number: 20120006778Abstract: A mounting bracket is provided for removably mounting a storage device on a slot track or slotwall panel having a plurality of slots having undercut sidewalls that form generally “T” shaped slats. The mounting bracket includes a support surface having a first “J” shaped hook to hook over the edge of a slat and into the undercut sidewall and a second “J” shaped hook to hook into a second slot and into the undercut sidewall. The mounting bracket includes a storage device connector attached to the support surface at a first end and has a second end. The storage device connector can include a lock rotatably mounted on the top wall adjacent the first “J” shaped hook having a locking member and an operator that is rotatable between locked and unlocked positions. A storage device can be coupled to the second end of the storage device connector. The storage device can be an actuatable holding system for a bicycle, or other storage device such as a basket or a storage shelf.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: SCOTT M. COLLINS, CRAIG R. FOREST, GUY E. GARRISON, GILIUS A. GASKA, DAVID E. MOELLER, MICHAEL J. SCHERZER
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Patent number: 8070118Abstract: A mounting bracket is provided for removably mounting a storage device on a slot track or slotwall panel having a plurality of slots having undercut sidewalls that form generally “T” shaped slats. The mounting bracket includes a support surface having a first “J” shaped hook to hook over the edge of a slat and into the undercut sidewall and a second “J” shaped hook to hook into a second slot and into the undercut sidewall. The mounting bracket includes a storage device connector attached to the support surface at a first end and has a second end. The storage device connector can include a lock rotatably mounted on the top wall adjacent the first “J” shaped hook having a locking member and an operator that is rotatable between locked and unlocked positions. A storage device can be coupled to the second end of the storage device connector. The storage device can be an actuatable holding system for a bicycle, or other storage device such as a basket or a storage shelf.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Whirpool CorporationInventors: Scott M. Collins, Craig R. Forest, Guy E. Garrison, Gilius A. Gaska, David E. Moeller, Michael J. Scherzer
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Patent number: 7883068Abstract: An actuatable holding system is provided for holding an object, such as a bicycle. In one exemplary embodiment of the system, first and second arms are pivotally connected to a pivot base and are actuated between an opened and closed position by an assembly that can include an actuator housing with a length and extending from the base, an arm contacting element that can slide along at least a portion of the length of the actuator housing, and a button slideably disposed on the housing, distal to the arm contacting element, and operable to releasably lock the arm contacting element in at least a first position, in which the first and second arms are in the opened position, and a second position, in which the first and second arms are in the closed position. A variety of features of actuatable holding systems, as well as methods of manufacturing such systems, are also disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Craig R. Forest, David E. Moeller
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Publication number: 20080237155Abstract: An actuatable holding system is provided for holding an object, such as a bicycle. In one exemplary embodiment of the system, first and second arms are pivotally connected to a pivot base and are actuated between an opened and closed position by an assembly that can include an actuator housing with a length and extending from the base, an arm contacting element that can slide along at least a portion of the length of the actuator housing, and a button slideably disposed on the housing, distal to the arm contacting element, and operable to releasably lock the arm contacting element in at least a first position, in which the first and second arms are in the opened position, and a second position, in which the first and second arms are in the closed position. A variety of features of actuatable holding systems, as well as methods of manufacturing such systems, are also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Craig R. Forest, David E. Moeller
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Patent number: D604595Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2008Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Craig R. Forest, David E. Moeller
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Patent number: D604596Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2008Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Craig R. Forest, David E. Moeller
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Patent number: D605028Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2008Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Craig R. Forest, David E. Moeller