Patents by Inventor Manoj Namboothiry

Manoj Namboothiry 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).

  • Small-scale pressure sensors
    Patent number: 9671301
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of sensing pressure in a region of interest by providing a plurality of metallic particles operatively associated with one another in the region of interest (for example, wherein the metallic particles sustain a plasmon upon excitation), and with the metallic particles configured or positioned in relationship to one another so that a physical property of the particles (for example, the energy of the plasmon) varies in response to pressure; measuring the physical property of the metallic particles that varies in response to pressure; and then determining the pressure in the region of interest from the detected physical property (e.g., resistance, energy of the plasmon). Compositions, articles and formulations for carrying out the method in industrial and biomedical applications are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: David L. Carroll, Faith M. Coldren, Nicole H. Levi, Lawrence X. Webb, William D. Wagner, Thomas L. Smith, Brian Werner, J. Baxter Mcguirt, Manoj Namboothiry
  • Small-Scale Pressure Sensors
    Publication number: 20100185121
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of sensing pressure in a region of interest by providing a plurality of metallic particles operatively associated with one another in the region of interest (for example, wherein the metallic particles sustain a plasmon upon excitation), and with the metallic particles configured or positioned in relationship to one another so that a physical property of the particles (for example, the energy of the plasmon) varies in response to pressure; measuring the physical property of the metallic particles that varies in response to pressure; and then determining the pressure in the region of interest from the detected physical property (e.g., resistance, energy of the plasmon). Compositions, articles and formulations for carrying out the method in industrial and biomedical applications are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicants: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David L. Carroll, Faith M. Coldren, Nicole H. Levi, Lawrence X. Webb, William D. Wagner, Thomas L. Smith, Brian Werner, J. Baxter Mcguirt, Manoj Namboothiry