Patents by Inventor Hugh McCann

Hugh McCann 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).

  • Nervous system monitoring method
    Patent number: 8088076
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the response of a nervous system of a body to a stimulus. The method comprises collecting a set of voltage measurements between selected areas on a surface of the body while current is being passed between selected regions of the surface of the body. The set of voltage measurements is collected over a predetermined measurement period, the predetermined measurement period is initiated at a predetermined time after application of the stimulus, and the collected voltage measurements are compared with reference to determine normal or abnormal response of the nervous system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: The University of Manchester
    Inventors: Christopher John Douglas Pomfrett, Hugh McCann
  • NERVOUS SYSTEM MONITORING METHOD
    Publication number: 20100010369
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the response of a nervous system of a body to a stimulus. The method comprises collecting a set of voltage measurements between selected areas on a surface of the body whilst current is being passed between selected regions of the surface of the body. The set of voltage measurements is collected over a predetermined measurement period, the predetermined measurement period is based upon a time after application of the stimulus, and the collected voltage measurements are compared with reference measurements to determine normal or abnormal response of the nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER JOHN DOUGLAS POMFRETT, HUGH MCCANN
  • Nervous system monitoring method
    Publication number: 20060189883
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the response of a nervous system of a body to a stimulus. The method comprises collecting a set of voltage measurements between selected areas on a surface of the body whilst current is being passed between selected regions of the surface of the body. The set of voltage measurements is collected over a predetermined measurement period, the predetermined measurement period is initiated at a predetermined time after application of the stimulus, and the collected voltage measurements are compared with reference to determine normal or abnormal response of the nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Pomfrett, Hugh McCann
  • Chemical species distribution and mixture monitoring
    Patent number: 6593573
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring the distribution of a chemical species within a defined space, for example a vessel such as an internal combustion engine cylinder. A plurality of radiation sources and radiation detectors are distributed around the perimeter of the vessel. The radiation sources are distributed to emit beams of radiation across the interior of the vessel, the wavelength of the radiation being selected such that an interaction such as fluorescence or absorption occurs between the radiation and the chemical species which can be detected by the detectors. A representation of the distribution of the chemical species within the vessel can then be derived from the detected interactions by conventional tomography techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hugh McCann, Krikor Bertch Ozanian, Stephen John Carey, Francis Peter Hindle