Patents by Inventor Michael E. Sullivan

Michael E. Sullivan 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).

  • Rapid pharmaceutical identification and verification system
    Patent number: 7218395
    Abstract: A prescription verification system includes a database that contains a plurality of spectral signatures corresponding to identified pharmaceuticals. A multimodal multiplex sampling (MMS) spectrometer obtains a spectra of a pharmaceutical to be identified and verified. The pharmaceutical can be inside or out of a vial. The prescription verification system includes algorithms for matching spectra of pharmaceuticals to be verified obtaining using the MMS spectrometer to spectral signatures contained in the database corresponding to identified pharmaceuticals. The prescription verification system further includes algorithms for identifying such pharmaceuticals to be verified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Optopo Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen T. Kaye, Prasant Potuluri, David J. Brady, Michael Fuller, Michael E. Sullivan