Patents by Inventor Michael T. Reilly

Michael T. Reilly 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).

  • Versatile surface plasmon resonance analyzer with an integral surface plasmon resonance enhanced fluorescence mode
    Patent number: 8526001
    Abstract: An instrument for measuring and analyzing surface plasmon resonance on a sensor surface has a polarized light source optically connected to the sensor surface by a plurality of optical elements, including in one embodiment an optical telescope that transfers light from a rotatable reflecting surface to the sensor surface. Selective positioning of a cylindrical lens into a first position within the path of light transforms collimated light to a rectangular wedge that is incident upon the sensor surface at numerous angles. In another embodiment, the light source is operated as a laser to excite fluorescence on the sensor surface and the fluorescence is selectively directed to a detector by appropriate optical elements positioned in specific configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Ciencia, Inc.
    Inventors: George N. Gibson, Ernest F. Guignon, Michael T. Reilly
  • Versatile surface plasmon resonance analyzer with an integral surface plasmon resonance enhanced fluorescence mode
    Patent number: 8368897
    Abstract: An instrument for measuring and analyzing surface plasmon resonance on a sensor surface has a polarized light source optically connected to the sensor surface by a plurality of optical elements, including in one embodiment an optical telescope that transfers light from a rotatable reflecting surface to the sensor surface. Selective positioning of a cylindrical lens into a first position within the path of light transforms collimated light to a rectangular wedge that is incident upon the sensor surface at numerous angles. In another embodiment, the light source is operated as a laser to excite fluorescence on the sensor surface and the fluorescence is selectively directed to a detector by appropriate optical elements positioned in specific configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Ciencia, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Reilly, Ernest F. Guignon, George N. Gibson
  • Versatile Surface Plasmon Resonance Analyzer with an Integral Surface Plasmon Resonance Enhanced Fluorescence Mode
    Publication number: 20100078575
    Abstract: An instrument for measuring and analyzing surface plasmon resonance on a sensor surface has a polarized light source optically connected to the sensor surface by a plurality of optical elements, including in one embodiment an optical telescope that transfers light from a rotatable reflecting surface to the sensor surface. Selective positioning of a cylindrical lens into a first position within the path of light transforms collimated light to a rectangular wedge that is incident upon the sensor surface at numerous angles. In another embodiment, the light source is operated as a laser to excite fluorescence on the sensor surface and the fluorescence is selectively directed to a detector by appropriate optical elements positioned in specific configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Michael T. Reilly, Ernest F. Guignon, George N. Gibson