Patents by Inventor Gerald G. Miller

Gerald G. Miller 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).

  • Perylenequinones for use as sonosensitizers
    Patent number: 6627664
    Abstract: The invention is perylenequinones that are both sonosensitizers and photosensitizers, and their therapeutic use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Altachem Pharma Ltd.
    Inventors: Gerald G. Miller, J. William Lown
  • Perylenequinones for use as photosensitizers and sonosensitizers
    Publication number: 20020143066
    Abstract: The invention is perylenequinones that are both sonosensitizers and photosensitizers, and their therapeutic use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Gerald G. Miller, J. William Lown
  • Automatic state tranition controller for a fluorescent lamp
    Patent number: 5652481
    Abstract: A control module and method controls the operation of a fluorescent lamp in a circuit in which the lamp is connected to a ballast and energized by alternating half-cycles of power supplied from an AC power source. The fluorescent lamp has cathodes and a medium which emits light energy when energized into a plasma. A controllable switch conducts half-cycles of AC current through the cathodes and commutates into a non-conductive condition. A sensor supplies sensing signals related to an electrical condition at the cathodes. A state transition controller controls the switch. The state transition controller establishes a power-up, warm-up, ignition and fire operational states and transitions between the states in response to the electrical condition sensed and the time duration of those conditions. The lamp lights more reliably, premature failure of the ballast and cathodes is prevented due to overheating, and the lamp is controlled effectively by input signals in the form of short power interruptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Beacon Light Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Johnson, Dan E. Rothenbuhler, Gerald G. Miller
  • Immunochemical detection of hypoxia in normal and tumor tissue
    Patent number: 5086068
    Abstract: A process for preparing an immunogenic conjugate of a nitroaromatic compound and a carrier comprises colavently bonding the nitroaromatic compound to the carrier in an essentially oxygen-free atmosphere and isolating the conjugate from the reaction mixture. The conjugate may be used to raise antibodies specific to the nitroaromatic hapten. The antibodies may be used to determine the presence of hypoxic tissue in living matter by treating the living matter with a nitroaromatic compound and subsequently testing suspected tissue to determine if there is binding of the antibody to tissue. By use of appropriate markers, bound antibodies can be determined to indicate the presence of hypoxic tissue due to the unique reaction of nitroaromatic compounds with hypoxic tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Alberta Cancer Board
    Inventors: James A. Raleigh, Gerald G. Miller, Allan J. Franko, J. D. Chapman