Patents by Inventor Daniel Robert Strange

Daniel Robert Strange 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).

  • Method of operating a dynamic nuclear polarization system
    Patent number: 7649355
    Abstract: A method of operating a DNP system comprising: a cryostat (1); a magnetic field generator (2) located in the cryostat for generating a magnetic field in a working volume; a microwave cavity (8) within which the working volume is located; and a waveguide (18) for supplying microwave power to the microwave cavity; the method comprising: a) locating a sample in the working volume and subjecting the sample to a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator; b) supplying liquid coolant to the working volume to cool the sample; c) irradiating the sample with microwave power so as to hyperpolarize nuclear spins in the sample; and d) warming the sample following the irradiation step by expelling liquid coolant from the working volume while leaving the sample in the working volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Oxford Instruments Molecular Biotools Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Strange, Robert Andrew Slade
  • Method of Operating a Dynamic Nuclear Polarization System
    Publication number: 20090085562
    Abstract: A method of operating a DNP system comprising: a cryostat (1); a magnetic field generator (2) located in the cryostat for generating a magnetic field in a working volume; a microwave cavity (8) within which the working volume is located; and a waveguide (18) for supplying microwave power to the microwave cavity; the method comprising: a) locating a sample in the working volume and subjecting the sample to a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator; b) supplying liquid coolant to the working volume to cool the sample; c) irradiating the sample with microwave power so as to hyperpolarize nuclear spins in the sample; and d) warming the sample following the irradiation step by expelling liquid coolant from the working volume while leaving the sample in the working volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Strange, Robert Andrew Slade