Patents by Inventor Leslie Gutierrez

Leslie Gutierrez 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: 20110040221
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing or preventing stasis-induced ischemia reperfusion injury to a tissue. The system and method may vary a pressure exerted on a tissue to generate a physiological response in the tissue. The physiological response may include the production of an antioxidant. The system and method may introduce a pharmacological agent to increase blood flow to the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: KCI LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Amy McNulty, Cynthia Miller, Leslie Gutierrez, Teri Feeley, Dan Beniker
  • Patent number: 6882356
    Abstract: A printing method and apparatus (100) for pre-exposing a digital watermark image onto a photosensitive medium (140) at the time of manufacture is disclosed. For exposure energy, the apparatus employs a single color light source (60) consisting of an array of LEDs. The LEDs are spatially modulated in intensity by means of a reflective LCD array (91). The photosensitive medium (140) may be compensated to allow such single color pre-exposure while avoiding hue shift and contrast loss. The exposure at the film may be increased by: employing partial frame illumination, pulsing the LEDs with high currents with short pulse durations and low duty cycles, employing two LCD devices (91, 92) to utilize both polarizations, and dichroically combining two LED (60, 61) arrays of slightly different wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James E. Roddy, Robert J. Zolla, Leslie Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20040156111
    Abstract: A printing method and apparatus (100) for pre-exposing a digital watermark image onto a photosensitive medium (140) at the time of manufacture is disclosed. For exposure energy, the apparatus employs a single color light source (60) consisting of an array of LEDs. The LEDs are spatially modulated in intensity by means of a reflective LCD array (91). The photosensitive medium (140) may be compensated to allow such single color pre-exposure while avoiding hue shift and contrast loss. The exposure at the film may be increased by: employing partial frame illumination, pulsing the LEDs with high currents with short pulse durations and low duty cycles, employing two LCD devices (91, 92) to utilize both polarizations, and dichroically combining two LED (60, 61) arrays of slightly different wavelengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James E. Roddy, Robert J. Zolla, Leslie Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 6372418
    Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive photographic print element is disclosed comprising a support bearing on one side thereof: a blue color sensitive record comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion yellow-image forming layer, a red color sensitive record comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion cyan-image forming layer, and a green color sensitive record comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion magenta-image forming layer; wherein the overall contrast (OC) of the green record is greater than 1.7, the mid-scale contrast (MSC) of the green record is less than 2.6, and the upper-scale contrast (USC) of the green record is from 2.85 to 3.15, wherein the parameters OC, MSC and USC are as defined herein. Color print film silver halide photographic elements in accordance with the invention enable the production of outstanding projected images having improved flesh tone and shadow detail reproduction, and sufficiently high black densities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Kathleen R. C. Gisser, Esther M. Betancourt, Leslie Gutierrez, Sandra M. Finn, Susan K. Mroczek, Christopher J. Haller
  • Patent number: 5888706
    Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive photographic print element is disclosed comprising a support bearing on one side thereof: a blue color sensitive record comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion yellow-image forming layer, a red color sensitive record comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion cyan-image forming layer, and a green color sensitive record comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion magenta-image forming layer; wherein the overall contrast (OC) of the green record is greater than 1.9, the mid-scale contrast (MSC) of the green record is less than 3.2, and the upper-scale contrast (USC) of the green record is greater than 3.2, wherein the parameters OC, MSC and USC are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James P. Merrill, John C. Brewer, Leslie Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 5879867
    Abstract: A silver halide light sensitive photographic element is disclosed comprising a support bearing at least one yellow image forming hydrophilic colloid layer comprising yellow image dye forming couplers, at least one hydrophilic colloid layer immediately adjacent to the yellow image forming layer, and at least one adjacent cyan or magenta image forming hydrophilic colloid layer comprising cyan or magenta image dye forming couplers; wherein the yellow image forming layer is substantially free of high boiling permanent solvent, any immediately adjacent hydrophilic colloid layers and the adjacent image forming layer are substantially free of high boiling permanent solvents having a logP value of less than about 5.5, and the adjacent image forming layer contains a high boiling permanent solvent having a logP value of at least about 5.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul L. Zengerle, Gary N. Barber, Leslie Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 5750320
    Abstract: Silver halide light sensitive photographic print elements are disclosed comprising a support bearing on one side thereof: a blue color sensitive record comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion yellow-image forming layer, a red color sensitive record comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion cyan-image forming layer, and a green color sensitive record comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion magenta-image forming layer; wherein at least one of the color records has a fixed best fit contrast less than or equal to 2.2, wherein the fixed best fit contrast for a color record is defined as the slope of a straight line connecting a point B and a point C on the characteristic curve of Status A density versus log Exposure for the color record, where points B and C are located by defining a point A on the characteristic curve at the log Exposure required to attain a density level of 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Mitchell Joseph Bogdanowicz, Charles Peter Hagmaier, Leslie Gutierrez