Patents by Inventor KARA NICOLE-SIMMS BOCAN

KARA NICOLE-SIMMS BOCAN 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).

  • Powering and reading implanted devices
    Patent number: 10080624
    Abstract: A method of providing RF energy to a wireless transponder device includes outputting primary RF energy in a form wherein the primary RF energy comprises a plurality of RF bursts, with each consecutive pair of the RF bursts being separated by an associated time interval, and outputting secondary continuous wave RF energy in between each of the RF bursts of the primary RF energy during at least a portion of each of the associated time intervals. Also, a reader device implementing this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Marlin H. Mickle, Joshua R. Stachel, Kara Nicole-Simms Bocan, Ervin Sejdic
  • PASSIVELY POWERED IMAGE CAPTURE AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170251145
    Abstract: A passively powered image capture device includes a remote execution unit structured to receive commands from a base station and an imaging device coupled to the remote execution unit. The imaging device is structured to be controlled by the remote execution unit based on the commands received by the remote execution unit. The passively powered image capture device also includes an antenna and energy harvesting circuitry coupled to the antenna, the remote execution unit and the imaging device. The energy harvesting circuitry is structured to convert RF energy received by the antenna to DC energy for powering the remote execution unit and the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTE M OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: MARLIN H. MICKLE (DECEASED), ZIQUN ZHOU, KARA NICOLE-SIMMS BOCAN, VYASA SAI, AJAY OGIRALA, ERVIN SEJDIC, NICHOLAS G. FRANCONI
  • POWERING AND READING IMPLANTED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20160135917
    Abstract: A method of providing RF energy to a wireless transponder device includes outputting primary RF energy in a form wherein the primary RF energy comprises a plurality of RF bursts, with each consecutive pair of the RF bursts being separated by an associated time interval, and outputting secondary continuous wave RF energy in between each of the RF bursts of the primary RF energy during at least a portion of each of the associated time intervals. Also, a reader device implementing this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: MARLIN H. MICKLE, JOSHUA R. STACHEL, KARA NICOLE-SIMMS BOCAN, ERVIN SEJDIC