Patents by Inventor Michael Ballard
Michael Ballard 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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Patent number: 11986988Abstract: A non-crosslinked polymeric heat shrink tubing including poly(ether-block-amide) (PEBA) and methods for making such non-crosslinked polymeric heat shrink tubing is provided. The non-crosslinked PEBA heat shrink tubing disclosed herein finds application, e.g., as a processing aid and final component in the manufacture of catheters and other medical devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Zeus Company LLCInventors: Tyler Poole, John Richard Campanelli, Robert L. Ballard, Cameron Hunter, Justin Marro, Parastoo Azamian, Jacob Coleman, Shannon M. Giovannini, Patrick Cooper, James Michael Brown
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Patent number: 11578714Abstract: A novel design for desiccant air dryer pneumatic mufflers includes a core comprising a perforated inner tube with baffles attached to the outside surface of the inner tube. The inner tube is positioned in the interior of an outer tube, and a cap is positioned on one end of both tubes. The interior portion of the cap is solid so that it blocks the flow of air at the end of the inner tube, forcing the air to flow through the perforations in the inner tube and into the outer tube. The perimeter of the cap is perforated so that the air exits the muffler.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Winsupply 0207 ACQ CO.Inventors: Weymon Kevin Box, Michael Ballard Sheppard
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Publication number: 20210164461Abstract: A novel design for desiccant air dryer pneumatic mufflers includes a core comprising a perforated inner tube with baffles attached to the outside surface of the inner tube. The inner tube is positioned in the interior of an outer tube, and a cap is positioned on one end of both tubes. The interior portion of the cap is solid so that it blocks the flow of air at the end of the inner tube, forcing the air to flow through the perforations in the inner tube and into the outer tube. The perimeter of the cap is perforated so that the air exits the muffler.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Romar Supply Inc.Inventors: Weymon Kevin Box, Michael Ballard Sheppard
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Patent number: 10241026Abstract: A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ability to identify the location of bioactive agents and particles within the array using an optically interrogatable, optical signature encoding scheme. A wide variety of modified substrates may be employed which provide either discrete or non-discrete sites for accommodating the microspheres in either random or patterned distributions. The substrates may be constructed from a variety of materials to form either two-dimensional or three-dimensional configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a modified fiber optic bundle or array is employed as a substrate to produce a high density array. The disclosed system and method have utility for detecting target analytes and screening large libraries of bioactive agents.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGEInventors: David R. Walt, Karri Lynn Michael-Ballard
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Patent number: 10107804Abstract: A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ability to identify the location of bioactive agents and particles within the array using an optically interrogatable, optical signature encoding scheme. A wide variety of modified substrates may be employed which provide either discrete or non-discrete sites for accommodating the microspheres in either random or patterned distributions. The substrates may be constructed from a variety of materials to form either two-dimensional or three-dimensional configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a modified fiber optic bundle or array is employed as a substrate to produce a high density array. The disclosed system and method have utility for detecting target analytes and screening large libraries of bioactive agents.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGEInventors: David R. Walt, Karri Lynn Michael-Ballard
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Publication number: 20180217048Abstract: A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ability to identify the location of bioactive agents and particles within the array using an optically interrogatable, optical signature encoding scheme. A wide variety of modified substrates may be employed which provide either discrete or non-discrete sites for accommodating the microspheres in either random or patterned distributions. The substrates may be constructed from a variety of materials to form either two-dimensional or three-dimensional configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a modified fiber optic bundle or array is employed as a substrate to produce a high density array. The disclosed system and method have utility for detecting target analytes and screening large libraries of bioactive agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGEInventors: DAVID R. WALT, KARRI LYNN MICHAEL-BALLARD
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Publication number: 20180136203Abstract: A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ability to identify the location of bioactive agents and particles within the array using an optically interrogatable, optical signature encoding scheme. A wide variety of modified substrates may be employed which provide either discrete or non-discrete sites for accommodating the microspheres in either random or patterned distributions. The substrates may be constructed from a variety of materials to form either two-dimensional or three-dimensional configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a modified fiber optic bundle or array is employed as a substrate to produce a high density array. The disclosed system and method have utility for detecting target analytes and screening large libraries of bioactive agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGEInventors: DAVID R. WALT, KARRI LYNN MICHAEL-BALLARD
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Publication number: 20170184484Abstract: A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ability to identify the location of bioactive agents and particles within the array using an optically interrogatable, optical signature encoding scheme. A wide variety of modified substrates may be employed which provide either discrete or non-discrete sites for accommodating the microspheres in either random or patterned distributions. The substrates may be constructed from a variety of materials to form either two-dimensional or three-dimensional configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a modified fiber optic bundle or array is employed as a substrate to produce a high density array. The disclosed system and method have utility for detecting target analytes and screening large libraries of bioactive agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGEInventors: DAVID R. WALT, KARRI LYNN MICHAEL-BALLARD
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Publication number: 20170184578Abstract: A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ability to identify the location of bioactive agents and particles within the array using an optically interrogatable, optical signature encoding scheme. A wide variety of modified substrates may be employed which provide either discrete or non-discrete sites for accommodating the microspheres in either random or patterned distributions. The substrates may be constructed from a variety of materials to form either two-dimensional or three-dimensional configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a modified fiber optic bundle or array is employed as a substrate to produce a high density array. The disclosed system and method have utility for detecting target analytes and screening large libraries of bioactive agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGEInventors: DAVID R. WALT, KARRI LYNN MICHAEL-BALLARD
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Patent number: 9377388Abstract: A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ability to identify the location of bioactive agents and particles within the array using an optically interrogatable, optical signature encoding scheme. A wide variety of modified substrates may be employed which provide either discrete or non-discrete sites for accommodating the microspheres in either random or patterned distributions. The substrates may be constructed from a variety of materials to form either two-dimensional or three-dimensional configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a modified fiber optic bundle or array is employed as a substrate to produce a high density array. The disclosed system and method have utility for detecting target analytes and screening large libraries of bioactive agents.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Trustees of Tufts CollegeInventors: David R. Walt, Karri Lynn Michael-Ballard
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Publication number: 20140246925Abstract: A line frequency monitoring and load shedding control apparatus is placed in or closely coupled to a power load and monitors the line frequency of the alternating current electric power source supplying the power load. When a decrease in line frequency is detected, this line frequency monitoring and load shedding control apparatus may interrupt certain portions of the power load, thereby allowing the power source frequency to stabilize. Subsequently, the line frequency monitoring and load shedding control apparatus makes a determination to return operation of the load that was shed to a normal state of operation as the power line frequency recovers to a normal operating frequency. Fixed time delays, e.g., adjustable, programmable, etc., and/or pseudo random time delays may be incorporated to sequentially reconnect the loads back onto the power source, thereby preventing the loads previously shed from being reconnected all at the same time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATEDInventors: Stephen B. Porter, Michael Ballard
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Patent number: 8188269Abstract: The present invention relates to improved covalent coupling of two or more entities such as biomolecules, polymer compositions, organic/inorganic molecules/materials, and the like, including their combinations, through one or more novel reactive groups attached to linker groups of 2-1000 atoms length. The present invention also contemplates the use of bifunctional bridge molecules to link two or more entities, wherein the functional groups of the bridge molecules are the novel reactive groups of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Luminex CorporationInventors: Ananda G. Lugade, Kurt D. Hoffacker, Adam J. Jenkins, Karri L. Michael-Ballard, Leonid Patsenker, Ewald Terpetschnig, Veronica D. Thomason, Ralph McDade
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Publication number: 20120123026Abstract: The present invention relates to improved covalent coupling of two or more entities such as biomolecules, polymer compositions, organic/inorganic molecules/materials, and the like, including their combinations, through one or more novel reactive groups attached to linker groups of 2-1000 atoms length. The present invention also contemplates the use of bifunctional bridge molecules to link two or more entities, wherein the functional groups of the bridge molecules are the novel reactive groups of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2008Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Luminex CorporationInventors: Ananda G. Lugade, Kurt D. Hoffacker, Adam J. Jenkins, Karri L. Michael-Ballard, Leonid Patsenker, Ewald Terpetschnig, Veronica D. Thomason, Ralph McDade
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Publication number: 20110251105Abstract: A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ability to identify the location of bioactive agents and particles within the array using an optically interrogatable, optical signature encoding scheme. A wide variety of modified substrates may be employed which provide either discrete or non-discrete sites for accommodating the microspheres in either random or patterned distributions. The substrates may be constructed from a variety of materials to form either two-dimensional or three-dimensional configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a modified fiber optic bundle or array is employed as a substrate to produce a high density array. The disclosed system and method have utility for detecting target analytes and screening large libraries of bioactive agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: David R. Walt, Karri Lynn Michael-Ballard
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Publication number: 20090170728Abstract: A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ability to identify the location of bioactive agents and particles within the array using an optically interrogatable, optical signature encoding scheme. A wide variety of modified substrates may be employed which provide either discrete or non-discrete sites for accommodating the microspheres in either random or patterned distributions. The substrates may be constructed from a variety of materials to form either two-dimensional or three-dimensional configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a modified fiber optic bundle or array is employed as a substrate to produce a high density array. The disclosed system and method have utility for detecting target analytes and screening large libraries of bioactive agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2009Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: David R. Walt, Karri Lynn Michael-Ballard
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Publication number: 20090156425Abstract: A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ability to identify the location of bioactive agents and particles within the array using an optically interrogatable, optical signature encoding scheme. A wide variety of modified substrates may be employed which provide either discrete or non-discrete sites for accommodating the microspheres in either random or patterned distributions. The substrates may be constructed from a variety of materials to form either two-dimensional or three-dimensional configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a modified fiber optic bundle or array is employed as a substrate to produce a high density array. The disclosed system and method have utility for detecting target analytes and screening large libraries of bioactive agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2009Publication date: June 18, 2009Inventors: David R. Walt, Karri Lynn Michael-Ballard
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Publication number: 20090149341Abstract: A microsphere-based analytic chemistry system and method for making the same is disclosed in which microspheres or particles carrying bioactive agents may be combined randomly or in ordered fashion and dispersed on a substrate to form an array while maintaining the ability to identify the location of bioactive agents and particles within the array using an optically interrogatable, optical signature encoding scheme. A wide variety of modified substrates may be employed which provide either discrete or non-discrete sites for accommodating the microspheres in either random or patterned distributions. The substrates may be constructed from a variety of materials to form either two-dimensional or three-dimensional configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a modified fiber optic bundle or array is employed as a substrate to produce a high density array. The disclosed system and method have utility for detecting target analytes and screening large libraries of bioactive agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: David R. Walt, Karri Lynn Michael-Ballard
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Patent number: 7385053Abstract: The present invention relates to improved covalent coupling of two or more entities such as biomolecules, polymer compositions, organic/inorganic molecules/materials, and the like, including their combinations, through one or more novel reactive groups attached to linker groups of 2-1000 atoms length. The present invention also contemplates the use of bifunctional bridge molecules to link two or more entities, wherein the functional groups of the bridge molecules are the novel reactive groups of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2007Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Luminex CorporationInventors: Ananda G. Lugade, Kurt D. Hoffacker, Adam J. Jenkins, Karri L. Michael-Ballard, Leonid Patsenker, Ewald Terpetschnig, Veronica D. Thomason, Ralph McDade
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Publication number: 20080103061Abstract: The present invention relates to improved covalent coupling of two or more entities such as biomolecules, polymer compositions, organic/inorganic molecules/materials, and the like, including their combinations, through one or more novel reactive groups attached to linker groups of 2-1000 atoms length. The present invention also contemplates the use of bifunctional bridge molecules to link two or more entities, wherein the functional groups of the bridge molecules are the novel reactive groups of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: LUMINEX CORPORATIONInventors: Ananda G. Lugade, Kurt D. Hoffacker, Adam J. Jenkins, Karri L. Michael-Ballard, Leonid Patsenker, Ewald Terpetschnig, Veronica D. Thomason, Ralph McDade
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Patent number: 7241883Abstract: The present invention relates to improved covalent coupling of two or more entities such as biomolecules, polymer compositions, organic/inorganic molecules/materials, and the like, including their combinations, through one or more novel reactive groups attached to linker groups of 2–1000 atoms length. The present invention also contemplates the use of bifunctional bridge molecules to link two or more entities, wherein the functional groups of the bridge molecules are the novel reactive groups of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2002Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Luminex CorporationInventors: Ananda G. Lugade, Kurt D. Hoffacker, Adam J. Jenkins, Karri L. Michael-Ballard, Leonid Patsenker, Ewald Terpetschnig, Veronica D. Thomason, Ralph McDade