Patents by Inventor Emil Ciurczak

Emil Ciurczak 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: 7075645
    Abstract: A blending apparatus comprises a blender including a container having a wall, the wall including a window. The container rotates about an axis of rotation. A wireless spectrometer is mounted to the container and operates through the window, in a direction that does not intersect the axis of rotation, for obtaining a set of spectroscopic data regarding the product during an operation of the blender. In addition, a method for assaying a blended product in a blender includes mounting a wireless spectrometer to the container, rotating the container about its axis of rotation so as to blend the product; operating the wireless spectrometer through a window in the container, in a direction that does not intersect the axis of rotation, to obtain spectroscopic data regarding the product during the blending, and determining a homogeneity of the product from the spectroscopic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Euro-Celtique S.A.
    Inventors: Lane Gehrlein, Emil Ciurczak, Gary Ritchie
  • Patent number: 7057722
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the homogeneity of a pharmaceutical mixture has a hopper for containing a mixture of two or more pharmaceutical components and that is situated within a production line of preparation of a pharmaceutical dosage form. A spectroscope is mounted to the hopper for measuring spectroscopic characteristics of the mixture, and a processing device that is not physically coupled to the spectroscope analyzes the spectroscopic characteristics of the mixture and derives information regarding the homogeneity of the mixture. The spectroscope wirelessly sends the spectroscopic characteristics to the processing device, which derives information regarding the homogeneity of the mixture. The wireless transmission of the spectroscopic characteristics can be done through infrared radiation or near infrared radiation, and the spectroscopic characteristics can be converted to digital signals prior to being transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Euro-Celtique S.A.
    Inventors: Lane Gehrlein, Emil Ciurczak, Gary Ritchie, Kevin C. Bynum
  • Publication number: 20050033127
    Abstract: A system for predicting blood glucose values in a patient includes a remote wireless non-invasive spectral device, the remote wireless non-invasive spectral device generating a spectral scan of a body part of the patient. Also included are a remote invasive device and a central processing device. The remote invasive device generates a constituent value for the patient, while the central processing device predicts a blood glucose value for the patient based upon the spectral scan and the constituent value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Euro-Celtique, S.A.
    Inventors: Emil Ciurczak, Gary Ritchie, Howard Mark, Kevin Bynum
  • Publication number: 20040064299
    Abstract: An automated method for modeling spectral data includes accessing a set of spectral data, corresponding to each of a plurality of samples, each set having associated therewith at least one independently measured constituent value (201).Data transforms are applied to the set of spectral data to generate, for each sample, a set of transformed and untransformed spectral data, which with its associated constituent values, is divided into a calibration sub-set (231) and a validation sub-set (232). One or more of a partial least squares, principal component regression, neural net, or a multiple linear regression analysis is applied to the calibration data sub-sets to obtain corresponding modeling equations for predicting the target substance amount in a sample. The modeling equation with the best correlation between the spectral data in the validation sub-set and the corresponding constituent values in the validation sub-set is identified, preferably as a function of the SEE and SEP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Howard Mark, Emil Ciurczak, Gary Ritchie
  • Publication number: 20040019462
    Abstract: A blending apparatus comprises a blender including a container having a wall, the wall including a window. The container rotates about an axis of rotation. A wireless spectrometer is mounted to the container and operates through the window, in a direction that does not intersect the axis of rotation, for obtaining a set of spectroscopic data regarding the product during an operation of the blender. In addition, a method for assaying a blended product in a blender includes mounting a wireless spectrometer to the container, rotating the container about its axis of rotation so as to blend the product; operating the wireless spectrometer through a window in the container, in a direction that does not intersect the axis of rotation, to obtain spectroscopic data regarding the product during the blending, and determining a homogeneity of the product from the spectroscopic data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Lane Gehrlein, Emil Ciurczak, Gary Ritchie
  • Publication number: 20040012781
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the homogeneity of a pharmaceutical mixture has a hopper for containing a mixture of two or more pharmaceutical components and that is situated within a production line of preparation of a pharmaceutical dosage form. A spectroscope is mounted to the hopper for measuring spectroscopic characteristics of the mixture, and a processing device that is not physically coupled to the spectroscope analyzes the spectroscopic characteristics of the mixture and derives information regarding the homogeneity of the mixture. The spectroscope wirelessly sends the spectroscopic characteristics to the processing device, which derives information regarding the homogeneity of the mixture. The wireless transmission of the spectroscopic characteristics can be done through infrared radiation or near infrared radiation, and the spectroscopic characteristics can be converted to digital signals prior to being transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Lane Gehrlein, Emil Ciurczak, Gary Ritchie, Kevin C. Bynum
  • Patent number: 6549861
    Abstract: An automated method for modeling spectral data is provided, wherein the spectral data generated by one of diffuse reflectance, clear transmission, or diffuse transmission. The method includes accessing a set of spectral data, the set of spectral data including, corresponding spectral data for each of a plurality of samples, the spectral data for each of the plurality of samples having associated therewith at least one constituent value, the at least one constituent value being a reference value for a target substance in the sample which is measured by a independent measurement technique. A plurality of data transforms are applied to the set of spectral data to generate, for each sample, a set of transformed and untransformed spectral data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Euro-Celtique, S.A.
    Inventors: Howard Mark, Emil Ciurczak, Gary Ritchie