Patents by Inventor John A. Rogers

John A. Rogers 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: 20210130053
    Abstract: Packages made from flexible material, wherein the packages include one or more self-folds formed by applying activation energy to the flexible material are presented. The packages include a polymeric film, wherein the polymeric film is formed from one type of polymer, and wherein the flexible material defines an enclosed product volume. The packages include a first panel formed from the flexible material and a second panel formed from the flexible material. The packages include a self-fold that has an overall thickness that is about 5% to about 30% greater than a thickness of the flexible material outside of the self-fold. The self-fold has a differential thermal-mechanical set than the flexible material outside of the self-fold, and forms an angle of about 100 degrees to about 170 degrees between the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Hugh Joseph O'DONALL, Michael REMUS, Neil John ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20210127975
    Abstract: Provided herein are medical devices comprising a plurality of biologically interactive devices configured for interacting with a large area biological surface. The biologically interactive devices each may comprise a sensor for measuring a physiological parameter. A wireless controller is configured to wirelessly operate the plurality of biologically interactive devices. A wireless transmitter is configured for wirelessly communicating an output from said plurality of biologically interactive devices to a remote receiver. The medical devices are particularly suited for measuring one or both of pressure and temperature, with compatibility for incorporating additional sensors of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Seungyong HAN, Sang Min WON, Jeonghyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20210113099
    Abstract: Provided herein are medical sensors and related methods for measuring a real-time personal metric. The medical device may comprise an electronic device having a sensor comprising an accelerometer and a bidirectional wireless communication system electronically connected to the electronic device for sending an output signal from the sensor to an external device and receiving commands from an external controller to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Shuai XU, Kun Hyuck LEE, Xiaoyue NI, Angela ROBERTS, Bonnie MARTIN-HARRIS, Leora CHERNEY, Arun JAYARAMAN, Edna BABBITT, Megan O'BRIEN
  • Patent number: 10981708
    Abstract: Methods of making packages from flexible material, wherein the packages include one or more self-folds formed by applying activation energy to the flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil John Rogers, Michael Remus, Hugh Joseph O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 10969395
    Abstract: Provided herein are epidermal microfluidic systems and methods that allow for the collection of biofluids in a wet or aquatic environment, for example, from the surface of the skin. The described systems allow for the efficient collection of biofluids, without loss of the biofluid to the surrounding environment or introduction of extraneous liquids from the environment. The described microfluidic systems are versatile and can provide information regarding a number of biofluid properties both electronically and colorimetrically/visually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Jungil Choi, Johnathan T. Reeder
  • Publication number: 20210096710
    Abstract: In certain implementations, a user request to add a new concept may be received. A set of media item recommendations may be caused to be loaded on a user interface for presentation to a user responsive to the user request to add the new concept. The media item recommendation set may include a set of recommendations loaded on an on-screen portion of the user interface and a set of recommendations loaded on an off-screen portion of the user interface. The on-screen user interface portion is visible to the user at a first time. The off-screen user interface portion is not being visible to the user at the first time. A user selection of one or more recommendations of the on-screen recommendation set is received. The off-screen recommendation set may be caused to be updated on the user interface during the presentation of the media item recommendation set based on the user recommendation selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: John ROGERS, Keith ITO, Marshall JONES, Daniel KANTOR, Matthew ZEILER
  • Publication number: 20210089918
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a given client computing platform may include a client-side machine learning model configured to facilitate deep neural network operations on structured data. The operations may be performed by a client application installed on the given client computing platform. The client application may locally access the client-side machine learning model in order to perform the operations. Deep neural network operations on structured data may be performed at one or more servers. Sharing of model states may be facilitated between the cloud machine learning model and the client-side machine learning model. The cloud machine learning model may be improved, at one or more servers, based on usage of the application and user interactions with the given client computing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: John ROGERS, Kevin MOST, Matthew ZEILER
  • Publication number: 20210077304
    Abstract: Provided herein are smart functional fabrics and therapeutic/diagnostic garments which utilize flexible wireless electronic devices to enhance functionality, for example, by measuring key therapy parameters and providing data to clinicians, and methods utilizing such devices. The provided methods are designed to avoid patient discomfort and decrease harm or irritation caused by garments which utilize bulkier, more rigid sensors. Additionally, the described devices are multiplexed to allow for sensing of multiple parameters of therapeutic interest and combinations of measured data for new clinical metrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Shuai XU, In Hwa JUNG, John A. ROGERS
  • Patent number: 10925523
    Abstract: Provided are microfluidic systems for monitoring a biofluid property and related methods. Specially configured microfluidic networks and associated structural support and functional elements, including flexible substrates, capping layers, and fluidic conduits and controllers, provide reliable biofluid collection. Optical components and indicators provide a reliable and readily observable readout, including of any of a number of biofluid properties, including directly from biofluid collected in the microfluidic network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Jungil Choi, Tyler R. Ray, Johnathan T. Reeder, Yurina Sekine, Amay J. Bandodkar, Yi Zhang, Hexia Guo, Sungbong Kim, Diana Ostojich
  • Patent number: 10925543
    Abstract: Provided are implantable and bioresorbable medical devices comprising a bioresorbable substrate and an electronic circuit supported by the bioresorbable substrate. The electronic circuit comprises a membrane of silicon having a thickness less than or equal to 5 ?m and an array of dissolvable electrodes, wherein the dissolvable electrodes are formed from the membrane of silicon. The electronic circuit is configured to conformally contact a biological tissue and electrically interface with biological tissue during use. The silicon may be highly doped to provide the requisite characteristics for electrically interfacing with biological tissue, and may be further used to form other components of the electronic circuit, including back-plane transistors electrically connected to the electrode array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Ki Jun Yu
  • Patent number: 10926930
    Abstract: Packages made from flexible material, wherein the packages include one or more self-folds formed by applying activation energy to the flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Michael Remus, Neil John Rogers
  • Patent number: 10918298
    Abstract: Provided herein are biomedical devices and methods of making and using biomedical devices for sensing and actuation applications. For example, flexible and/or stretchable biomedical devices are provided including electronic devices useful for establishing in situ conformal contact with a tissue in a biological environment. The invention includes implantable electronic devices and devices administered to the surfaces(s) of a target tissue, for example, for obtaining electrophysiology data from a tissue such as cardiac, brain tissue or skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Dae Hyeong Kim, Joshua D. Moss, David J. Callans, Brian Litt, Jonathan Viventi
  • Publication number: 20210033622
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of mass spectrometry analysis. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods for detecting and quantifying proteins by enrichment followed by mass spectrometry analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Bhavinkumar PATEL, John ROGERS, Penny JENSEN
  • Publication number: 20210022686
    Abstract: Provided are conformable devices to measure subdermal fluid flow and related methods. A soft, stretchable and flexible substrate supports a thermal actuator and various specially positioned temperature sensors. A microprocessor in electronic communication with sensors calculates subdermal fluid flow from the measured upstream and downstream temperatures, as well as various application-dependent parameters. Devices and methods provided herein are particularly useful for measuring cerebral spinal fluid in a ventricular shunt placed for treatment of hydrocephalus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Siddharth KRISHNAN, Tyler R. RAY, Amit B. AYER, Philipp GUTRUF, Jonathan T. REEDER, Kun Hyuck LEE, Chun-Ju SU
  • Publication number: 20210022609
    Abstract: Provided are wireless electronic devices for thermally interfacing with a biological tissue. The device may have a flexible substrate; a thermal actuator supported by said flexible substrate configured to provide a thermal input to said biological tissue; a temperature sensor supported by said flexible substrate configured to measure a temperature to determine thermal conductivity of said biological tissue; and a wireless electronic system in electronic communication with said thermal actuator and said temperature sensor, wherein said wireless electronic system is configured to provide two-way communication with an external controller. Also provided are related methods of using the electronic devices, including for cosmetic, beauty, or medical applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Shuai XU, Yajing LI, Philipp GUTRUF, Surabhi R. MADHVAPATHY, Siddharth KRISHNAN
  • Publication number: 20210000390
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for tissue-mounted photonics. Devices of some embodiments implement photonic sensing and actuation in flexible and/stretchable device architectures compatible with achieving long term, mechanically robust conformal integration with a range of tissue classes, including in vivo biometric sensing for internal and external tissues. Tissue-mounted photonic systems of some embodiments include colorimetric, fluorometric and/or spectroscopic photonics sensors provided in pixelated array formats on soft, elastomeric substrates to achieve spatially and/or or temporally resolved sensing of tissue and/or environmental properties, while minimize adverse physical effects to the tissue. Tissue-mounted photonic systems of some embodiments enable flexible passive or active optical sensing modalities, including sensing compatible with optical readout using a mobile electronic devices such as a mobile phone or tablet computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventor: John A. ROGERS
  • Publication number: 20210000395
    Abstract: A microfluidic system includes a flexible substrate having a skin-facing surface and a back-facing surface; a microfluidic network at least partially embedded in or supported by the flexible substrate; a sensor fluidically connected to the microfluidic network, wherein the microfluidic network is configured to transport a biofluid from a skin surface to the sensor; and a capping layer, having a capping layer skin-facing surface and a back-facing surface, wherein the back-facing surface of the capping layer is attached to the skin-facing surface of the substrate. The flexible substrate is at least partially formed of a thermoplastic elastomer or a polymer configured to provide a high barrier to vapor or liquid water transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Jungil CHOI, Tyler R. RAY, Johnathan T. REEDER, Yurina SEKINE, Amay J. BANDODKAR, Yi ZHANG, Hexia GUO, Sungbong KIM, Diana OSTOJICH
  • Publication number: 20200397326
    Abstract: The provided systems, methods and devices describe lightweight, wireless tissue monitoring devices that are capable of establishing conformal contact due to the flexibility or bendability of the device. The described systems and devices are useful, for example, for skin-mounted intraoperative monitoring of nerve-muscle activity. The present systems and methods are versatile and may be used for a variety of tissues (e.g. skin, organs, muscles, nerves, etc.) to measure a variety of different parameterps (e.g. electric signals, electric potentials, electromyography, movement, vibration, acoustic signals, response to various stimuli, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Michel KLIOT, Roozbeh GHAFFARI, YuHao LIU
  • Patent number: 10867241
    Abstract: Off-line deep neural network operations on client computing platforms may be enabled by cooperative machine learning across multiple client computing platforms and the cloud. A given client computing platform may include a client-side machine learning model configured to facilitate deep neural network operations on structured data. The operations may be performed by a client application installed on the given client computing platform. The client application may locally access the client-side machine learning model in order to perform the operations. Deep neural network operations on structured data may be performed at one or more servers. Sharing of model states may be facilitated between the cloud machine learning model and the client-side machine learning model. The cloud machine learning model may be improved, at one or more servers, based on usage of the application and user interactions with the given client computing platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Clarifai, Inc.
    Inventors: John Rogers, Kevin Most, Matthew Zeiler
  • Patent number: 10866705
    Abstract: In certain implementations, a user request to add a new concept may be received. A set of media item recommendations may be caused to be loaded on a user interface for presentation to a user responsive to the user request to add the new concept. The media item recommendation set may include a set of recommendations loaded on an on-screen portion of the user interface and a set of recommendations loaded on an off-screen portion of the user interface. The on-screen user interface portion is visible to the user at a first time. The off-screen user interface portion is not being visible to the user at the first time. A user selection of one or more recommendations of the on-screen recommendation set is received. The off-screen recommendation set may be caused to be updated on the user interface during the presentation of the media item recommendation set based on the user recommendation selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Clarifai, Inc.
    Inventors: John Rogers, Keith Ito, Marshall Jones, Daniel Kantor, Matthew Zeiler