Patents by Inventor Kasey J. Russell
Kasey J. Russell 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).
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Publication number: 20210293707Abstract: A well reader and actuator (100) for a well array (50) has an array of detectors, each detector for detecting a fluorescence signal from fluorophores in a respective well of the well array and an excitation subsystem for exciting the fluorophores in the wells of the well array. Embodiments of this invention can be used to carry out two important functions in a highly parallel manner: by addressing individual wells in a 32, 96, 384 etc. well array, where each well contains a potential chemical or biological reaction. The two functions are: 1) through thermal, optical or other means and combinations thereof the rate of a chemical or biological reaction is controlled or gated (e.g. colder wells inhibit a reaction, or an enzymatic reaction requires blue light to proceed); and 2) through use of fluorescent species that are sensitive to the target reaction—or reactions—an optical readout of fluorescent intensity and/or lifetime is tracked to monitor the evolution of the reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Ian W. Frank, Andrew P. Magyar, Cory Larsen, Jonathan S. Ung, Kasey J. Russell, Kirsty A. McFarland, Jeffrey A. Korn
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Patent number: 9933298Abstract: Light exposure from at least one light source is received with a light detector of a light monitor that includes at least one of (a) an output device and (b) a communication device transported by a user. The light detector converts the light exposure into an electrical signal, and the current time of day at which the light exposure is received is recorded. An instantaneous light exposure value is generated from the electrical signal, and a weighting function is applied to the instantaneous light exposure value as a function of the recorded time of day associated with the light exposure to produce a weighted instantaneous light exposure value. The weighted instantaneous light exposure value is integrated to produce a weighted cumulative luminous exposure value; and the weighted cumulative luminous exposure value is compared with an established luminous-exposure target.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: SunSpriteInventors: Edward Likovich, Kasey J. Russell, Thomas C. Hayes, Jacqueline Olds, Richard Schwartz
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Patent number: 9802060Abstract: A light-monitoring apparatus includes a power source, a light detector, a computer processor coupled with the power source and in communication with the light detector and configured to receive and record light exposure detected by the light detector, an output device coupled with the computer processor, and a computer-readable medium coupled with the computer processor and storing instruction code for summing the recorded light exposure from the computer processor over time and communicating a signal to the output device to generate and communicate a signal indicating that a cumulative threshold light exposure for achieving a health benefit has been reached. The apparatus can accordingly be used by an individual to monitor cumulative light exposure from both natural and artificial sources, e.g., in the treatment of seasonal or non-seasonal depression.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: SunSpriteInventors: Jacqueline Olds, Richard S. Schwartz, Thomas C. Hayes, Kasey J. Russell
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Publication number: 20160123802Abstract: Light exposure from at least one light source is received with a light detector of a light monitor that includes at least one of (a) an output device and (b) a communication device transported by a user. The light detector converts the light exposure into an electrical signal, and the current time of day at which the light exposure is received is recorded. An instantaneous light exposure value is generated from the electrical signal, and a weighting function is applied to the instantaneous light exposure value as a function of the recorded time of day associated with the light exposure to produce a weighted instantaneous light exposure value. The weighted instantaneous light exposure value is integrated to produce a weighted cumulative luminous exposure value; and the weighted cumulative luminous exposure value is compared with an established luminous-exposure target.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2016Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: GoodLux Technology, LLCInventors: Edward Likovich, Kasey J. Russell, Thomas C. Hayes, Jacqueline Olds, Richard Schwartz
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Publication number: 20160016005Abstract: A light-monitoring apparatus includes a power source, a light detector, a computer processor coupled with the power source and in communication with the light detector and configured to receive and record light exposure detected by the light detector, an output device coupled with the computer processor, and a computer-readable medium coupled with the computer processor and storing instruction code for summing the recorded light exposure from the computer processor over time and communicating a signal to the output device to generate and communicate a signal indicating that a cumulative threshold light exposure for achieving a health benefit has been reached. The apparatus can accordingly be used by an individual to monitor cumulative light exposure from both natural and artificial sources, e.g., in the treatment of seasonal or non-seasonal depression.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Applicant: GOODLUX TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Jacqueline Olds, Richard S. Schwartz, Thomas C. Hayes, Kasey J. Russell
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Patent number: 9163983Abstract: A light-monitoring apparatus includes a power source, a light detector, a computer processor coupled with the power source and in communication with the light detector and configured to receive and record light exposure detected by the light detector, an output device coupled with the computer processor, and a computer-readable medium coupled with the computer processor and storing instruction code for summing the recorded light exposure from the computer processor over time and communicating a signal to the output device to generate and communicate a signal indicating that a cumulative threshold light exposure for achieving a health benefit has been reached. The apparatus can accordingly be used by an individual to monitor cumulative light exposure from both natural and artificial sources, e.g., in the treatment of seasonal or non-seasonal depression.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Goodlux Technology, LLCInventors: Jacqueline Olds, Richard S. Schwartz, Thomas C. Hayes, Kasey J. Russell
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Publication number: 20130301034Abstract: A light-monitoring apparatus includes a power source, a light detector, a computer processor coupled with the power source and in communication with the light detector and configured to receive and record light exposure detected by the light detector, an output device coupled with the computer processor, and a computer-readable medium coupled with the computer processor and storing instruction code for summing the recorded light exposure from the computer processor over time and communicating a signal to the output device to generate and communicate a signal indicating that a cumulative threshold light exposure for achieving a health benefit has been reached. The apparatus can accordingly be used by an individual to monitor cumulative light exposure from both natural and artificial sources, e.g., in the treatment of seasonal or non-seasonal depression.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Jacqueline Olds, Richard S. Schwartz, Thomas C. Hayes, Kasey J. Russell