Patents by Inventor Daniel Hensley

Daniel Hensley 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: 20240103103
    Abstract: A pulsed magnetic particle imaging system includes a magnetic field generating system that includes at least one magnet, the magnetic field generating system providing a spatially structured magnetic field within an observation region of the magnetic particle imaging system such that the spatially structured magnetic field will have a field-free region (FFR) for an object under observation having a magnetic nanoparticle tracer distribution therein. The pulsed magnetic particle imaging system also includes a pulsed excitation system arranged proximate the observation region, the pulsed excitation system includes an electromagnet and a pulse sequence generator electrically connected to the electromagnet to provide an excitation waveform to the electromagnet, wherein the electromagnet when provided with the excitation waveform generates an excitation magnetic field within the observation region to induce an excitation signal therefrom by at least one of shifting a location or condition of the FFR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Steven M. Conolly, Patrick W. Goodwill, Daniel Hensley, Zhi Wei Tay, Bo Zheng
  • Patent number: 11709212
    Abstract: A pulsed magnetic particle imaging system includes a magnetic field generating system that includes at least one magnet, the magnetic field generating system providing a spatially structured magnetic field within an observation region of the magnetic particle imaging system such that the spatially structured magnetic field will have a field-free region (FFR) for an object under observation having a magnetic nanoparticle tracer distribution therein. The pulsed magnetic particle imaging system also includes a pulsed excitation system arranged proximate the observation region, the pulsed excitation system includes an electromagnet and a pulse sequence generator electrically connected to the electromagnet to provide an excitation waveform to the electromagnet, wherein the electromagnet when provided with the excitation waveform generates an excitation magnetic field within the observation region to induce an excitation signal therefrom by at least one of shifting a location or condition of the FFR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Steven M. Conolly, Patrick W. Goodwill, Daniel Hensley, Zhi Wei Tay, Bo Zheng
  • Publication number: 20220260655
    Abstract: A magnetic particle imaging system that includes a magnetic field generating system with at least one magnet and providing a gradient magnetic field within an observation region such that the gradient magnetic field has a dynamic field-free region (FFR) for an object under observation having strongly-interacting magnetic particles distributed therein. The magnetic field generating system also includes a drive field and a slow shift field that dynamically shifts the FFR across a field of view (FOV) within the observation region, where the trajectory of the drive field accommodates for a coercivity of the strongly-interacting magnetic particles by ensuring that the particles in the FOV are saturated to a full coercivity field prior to traversing to an opposite-polarity of coercivity. The magnetic particle imaging system also includes a detection system proximate the observation region and configured to detect a signal from the strongly-interacting magnetic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: The Regents of the University of California, University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven Conolly, Carlos Rinaldi, Bo Zheng, Prashant Chandrasekharan, Daniel Hensley, Shehaab Savliwala, Zhi Wei Tay, Rohan Deepak Dhavalikar
  • Publication number: 20220221537
    Abstract: A pulsed magnetic particle imaging system includes a magnetic field generating system that includes at least one magnet, the magnetic field generating system providing a spatially structured magnetic field within an observation region of the magnetic particle imaging system such that the spatially structured magnetic field will have a field-free region (FFR) for an object under observation having a magnetic nanoparticle tracer distribution therein. The pulsed magnetic particle imaging system also includes a pulsed excitation system arranged proximate the observation region, the pulsed excitation system includes an electromagnet and a pulse sequence generator electrically connected to the electromagnet to provide an excitation waveform to the electromagnet, wherein the electromagnet when provided with the excitation waveform generates an excitation magnetic field within the observation region to induce an excitation signal therefrom by at least one of shifting a location or condition of the FFR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Steven M. Conolly, Patrick W. Goodwill, Daniel Hensley, Zhi Wei Tay, Bo Zheng
  • Patent number: 11231469
    Abstract: A pulsed magnetic particle imaging system includes a magnetic field generating system that includes at least one magnet, the magnetic field generating system providing a spatially structured magnetic field within an observation region of the magnetic particle imaging system such that the spatially structured magnetic field will have a field-free region (FFR) for an object under observation having a magnetic nanoparticle tracer distribution therein. The pulsed magnetic particle imaging system also includes a pulsed excitation system arranged proximate the observation region, the pulsed excitation system includes an electromagnet and a pulse sequence generator electrically connected to the electromagnet to provide an excitation waveform to the electromagnet, wherein the electromagnet when provided with the excitation waveform generates an excitation magnetic field within the observation region to induce an excitation signal therefrom by at least one of shifting a location or condition of the FFR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Steven M. Conolly, Patrick W. Goodwill, Daniel Hensley, Zhi Wei Tay, Bo Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190079149
    Abstract: A pulsed magnetic particle imaging system includes a magnetic field generating system that includes at least one magnet, the magnetic field generating system providing a spatially structured magnetic field within an observation region of the magnetic particle imaging system such that the spatially structured magnetic field will have a field-free region (FFR) for an object under observation having a magnetic nanoparticle tracer distribution therein. The pulsed magnetic particle imaging system also includes a pulsed excitation system arranged proximate the observation region, the pulsed excitation system includes an electromagnet and a pulse sequence generator electrically connected to the electromagnet to provide an excitation waveform to the electromagnet, wherein the electromagnet when provided with the excitation waveform generates an excitation magnetic field within the observation region to induce an excitation signal therefrom by at least one of shifting a location or condition of the FFR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Steven M. Conolly, Patrick W. Goodwill, Daniel Hensley, Zhi Wei Tay, Bo Zheng
  • Publication number: 20060180698
    Abstract: A multiple roll toilet tissue dispenser having a hollow sleeve portion and an insert portion. The insert portion is designed to be slidingly received within the sleeve portion and provides for storing a plurality of rolls of toilet tissue in stacked relationship. An upper assembly is attached to a top member of the insert portion and includes a toilet paper holder adapter to support a roll of toilet paper for rotation about an axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventor: Daniel Hensley