Patents by Inventor Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan
Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan 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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Publication number: 20200390628Abstract: An infant care device includes a mattress and mattress tray configured to support a baby and an enclosure/barrier surrounding the mattress to create a chamber around the baby. A plurality of sensors, such as load cells, are distributed beneath the mattress and mattress tray. A control unit receives information from the load cells and is able to determine the position of the baby on the mattress. A safe zone and a potential fall zone are defined in the control unit. When the determined location of the baby is within the potential fall zone, the control unit operates a resistance mechanism to restrict movement of the baby toward a perimeter edge of the mattress and generates an alarm. Multiple embodiments of the resistance mechanism are disclosed to restrict the movement of the baby.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventors: Shruti Abhijit Gadgil, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Helge B. Klockow
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Publication number: 20200179206Abstract: Various systems and devices are provided for determining a weaning readiness for weaning a patient from a thermoregulated microenvironment. In one example, a method includes receiving a plurality of current patient parameters of a patient housed in a thermoregulated microenvironment, applying a weaning model to the plurality of current patient parameters to generate a weaning index representing a likelihood that the patient will be successfully weaned from the microenvironment if weaned at that time, the weaning model trained to correlate the current patient parameters with the likelihood based on historical data of prior patients and known outcomes for those prior patients, and outputting the weaning index for display on a display device and/or for storage in a medical record of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Shruti Abhijit Gadgil, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan
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Publication number: 20200181560Abstract: A microfluidic device (100) is disclosed for in-process monitoring of cell culture conditions including for example one or more of: cell density; cell viability; secreted proteins; protein analysis; epitope markers; concentrations of metabolites or nutrients and antigenic determinations; the device comprising: a cell inlet path (120); plural fluid reservoirs (130) in fluid communication with the cell input path, a cell analysis area (160) in fluid communication with the path and reservoirs, and a waste storage volume (166) also in fluid communication with the cell analysis area, the device being operable to cause a primary fluid flow along the inlet path to the analysis area, and to selectively cause secondary fluid flow(s) into the path from none, one or more of the selected reservoirs to combine, if one or more of the reservoirs are selected, with the primary fluid flow from the cell inlet path, in each case for analysis at the cell analysis area, the device being further operable to cause a fluid flow of tType: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Prashanth Hosabettu Mohan, Sandip Maity, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Swapnil Puranik, Li Ou
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Publication number: 20200071656Abstract: A bio-processing system (100) for wirelessly powering one or more sensors (116-128, 400) is presented. The system (100) includes bio-processing units (106-110), process supporting devices (112-114), energy sources (146-148), and sensors (116-128, 400) including an energy harvesting unit (402) and an energy storage unit (404). The system (100) includes a power management subsystem (104, 200) wirelessly coupled to the sensors (116-128, 400) and including a processor (202) configured to wirelessly monitor energy consumption of the sensors (116-128, 400) and a level of energy stored in corresponding energy storage units (404), select at least one sensor (116-128, 400) based on the energy consumption of the sensors (116-128, 400) and corresponding levels of energy stored in the energy storage units (404), and identify at least one active energy source (146-148) as a power source, where the identified power source is configured to wirelessly transfer power to the selected sensor (116-128, 400).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Suma Memana Narayana Bhat, Veena B N Rao, Andreas Axen, Deepak Aravind, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Hanish Lakhani, Purbasha Halder, Victor Jose
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Publication number: 20190099616Abstract: A blanket for use in phototherapy treatment integrates a phototherapy element for delivering phototherapy to a patient placed on the blanket and a heating element for warming the patient. In one example, the phototherapy element includes a light emitting panel made from woven optical fibers and the heating element includes a heating wire secured to the light emitting panel. In another example, both phototherapy and warming are provided by a woven optical fiber panel. Blue light is emitted from the panel for phototherapy and infrared light is emitted from the panel for warming.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Steven Falk
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Patent number: 9869634Abstract: A method implemented on a processor includes emitting a light beam from a light source to a component in an absorption cell, wherein the light beam comprises a plurality of wavelength beams. The method further includes generating a plurality of response signals due to the presence of the component, corresponding to the plurality of wavelength beams of the light beam. The method also includes detecting the plurality of response signals by a photo detector coupled to the absorption cell. The method includes determining a concentration of the component based on the plurality of response signals.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, Sandip Maity, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan
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Patent number: 9759610Abstract: A method for dissolved gas analysis is presented. The method includes the steps of irradiating a fluid with electromagnetic radiation; and determining a concentration of a gas as a function of a temperature change of the fluid in response to the irradiation. A device for such an analysis of dissolved gases in a fluid, and a system having such device are also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Sandip Maity, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Shashank Sinha
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Patent number: 9739706Abstract: A method for detecting of components in a fluid includes emitting a modulated light beam from a modulated light source to the fluid in a chamber, wherein the fluid comprises a liquid and a component in the liquid. The method includes producing an acoustic signal in response to the emitted modulated light beam and detecting the acoustic signal via a pressure sensor disposed in the chamber. The method in one example also includes transmitting the acoustic signal from the pressure sensor to a processor based module and determining at least one of a component and a concentration of the component in the fluid via the processor based module, based on the acoustic signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Sandip Maity, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Niloy Choudhury
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Patent number: 9689795Abstract: A system is presented. The system includes an absorption cell filled-with a gas-mixture, a mirror-cum-window comprising a first portion that acts as a first mirror and a second portion that acts as a first window, a second mirror, a plurality of radiation sources to generate a plurality of light beams directed into the absorption cell through the first window followed by reflection of the plurality of light beams between the first mirror and the second mirror to irradiate the gas-mixture resulting in generation of a plurality of transmitted light beams passing out of the absorption cell through the second window, a detector that detects at least one characteristic of the plurality of transmitted light beams resulting in generation of one or more response signals, and a processing subsystem that analyzes the gas-mixture at least based on the one or more response signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark Marshall Meyers, David Peter Robinson, Sandip Maity, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan
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Patent number: 9645076Abstract: A method for determining a concentration of at least one individual gas present in a gas-mixture includes irradiating a first component by incident modulated-light-beams characterized by a determined absorption wavelength range, modulation frequencies and a modulation amplitudes to generate first transmitted-light-beams, irradiating a second component, comprising a determined concentration of the at least one individual gas, by the first incident modulated-light-beams to generate second transmitted-light-beams, generating noise signals representative of a characteristic of the first transmitted-light-beams, generating noise-free signals representative of a characteristic of the second transmitted-light-beams, selecting an optimal modulation frequency and an optimal modulation amplitude from the modulation frequencies and the modulation amplitudes based on the noise signals and the noise-free signals, and determining a concentration of the at least one individual gas in the gas-mixture based on the optimal modType: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Sandip Maity, Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, Moitrayee Mukherjee, Purbasha Halder, Harish Sasikumar, Prasenjit Pandey
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Patent number: 9638628Abstract: A gas analysis system and method filter different wavelengths of incident light using a variable light filter at different locations along a length of the variable light filter to form filtered light. The variable light filter is configured to be disposed between a light source generating plural different wavelengths of the incident light and a gas sample. Intensities of wavelengths of the filtered light are determined after the incident light generated by the light source passes through the variable light filter and the gas sample. The gas sample may be identified from among different potential gasses based on the intensity of the one or more wavelengths of the filtered light that is determined by the light detector.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, Jr., David Peter Robinson
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Publication number: 20170059476Abstract: A gas analysis system and method filter different wavelengths of incident light using a variable light filter at different locations along a length of the variable light filter to form filtered light. The variable light filter is configured to be disposed between a light source generating plural different wavelengths of the incident light and a gas sample. Intensities of wavelengths of the filtered light are determined after the incident light generated by the light source passes through the variable light filter and the gas sample. The gas sample may be identified from among different potential gasses based on the intensity of the one or more wavelengths of the filtered light that is determined by the light detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, David Peter Robinson
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Publication number: 20160282260Abstract: A system is presented. The system includes an absorption cell filled-with a gas-mixture, a mirror-cum-window comprising a first portion that acts as a first mirror and a second portion that acts as a first window, a second mirror, a plurality of radiation sources to generate a plurality of light beams directed into the absorption cell through the first window followed by reflection of the plurality of light beams between the first mirror and the second mirror to irradiate the gas-mixture resulting in generation of a plurality of transmitted light beams passing out of the absorption cell through the second window, a detector that detects at least one characteristic of the plurality of transmitted light beams resulting in generation of one or more response signals, and a processing subsystem that analyzes the gas-mixture at least based on the one or more response signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Mark Marshall Meyers, David Peter Robinson, Sandip Maity, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan
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Patent number: 9453806Abstract: A system, comprising at least one source for irradiating electromagnetic radiation into a sample fluid and a reference fluid resulting in a change in a temperature of the sample fluid and a change in a temperature of the reference fluid, and a processing subsystem that monitors and determines a concentration of a gas of interest dissolved in the sample fluid based upon a difference between the change in the temperature of the sample fluid and the change in the temperature of the reference fluid, wherein the reference fluid does not contain the gas of interest, and the electromagnetic radiation has a wavelength range corresponding to a spectral absorption range of the gas of interest.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sandip Maity, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, Prashanth Raghavendra Prasad
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Publication number: 20160187251Abstract: A method for determining a concentration of at least one individual gas present in a gas-mixture includes irradiating a first component by incident modulated-light-beams characterized by a determined absorption wavelength range, modulation frequencies and a modulation amplitudes to generate first transmitted-light-beams, irradiating a second component, comprising a determined concentration of the at least one individual gas, by the first incident modulated-light-beams to generate second transmitted-light-beams, generating noise signals representative of a characteristic of the first transmitted-light-beams, generating noise-free signals representative of a characteristic of the second transmitted-light-beams, selecting an optimal modulation frequency and an optimal modulation amplitude from the modulation frequencies and the modulation amplitudes based on the noise signals and the noise-free signals, and determining a concentration of the at least one individual gas in the gas-mixture based on the optimal modType: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Sandip Maity, Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, Moitrayee Mukherjee, Purbasha Halder, Harish Sasikumar, Prasenjit Pandey
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Publication number: 20160061721Abstract: A method implemented on a processor includes emitting a light beam from a light source to a component in an absorption cell, wherein the light beam comprises a plurality of wavelength beams. The method further includes generating a plurality of response signals due to the presence of the component, corresponding to the plurality of wavelength beams of the light beam. The method also includes detecting the plurality of response signals by a photo detector coupled to the absorption cell. The method includes determining a concentration of the component based on the plurality of response signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Samhitha PALANGANDA POONACHA, Sandip MAITY, Nagapriya KAVOORI SETHUMADHAVAN
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Publication number: 20150059435Abstract: A system and a method for detecting of components in a sample fluid includes a first chamber having a sample fluid and a second chamber coupled to the first chamber, wherein the second chamber has a reference fluid. The system includes a modulated light source for emitting a modulated light beam to the sample fluid and the reference fluid, to generate a first acoustic signal in the first chamber and a second acoustic signal in the second chamber. The system further includes a pressure sensor disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber, for detecting a difference between the first acoustic signal and the second acoustic signal. The system includes a processor based module communicatively coupled to the pressure sensor and configured to receive a signal representative of the difference and determine at least one of a component and the concentration of the component in the sample fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Niloy Choudhury, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Sandip Maity
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Publication number: 20140165704Abstract: A system, comprising at least one source for irradiating electromagnetic radiation into a sample fluid and a reference fluid resulting in a change in a temperature of the sample fluid and a change in a temperature of the reference fluid, and a processing subsystem that monitors and determines a concentration of a gas of interest dissolved in the sample fluid based upon a difference between the change in the temperature of the sample fluid and the change in the temperature of the reference fluid, wherein the reference fluid does not contain the gas of interest, and the electromagnetic radiation has a wavelength range corresponding to a spectral absorption range of the gas of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sandip Maity, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Samhitha Palanganda Poonacha, Prashanth Raghavendra Prasad
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Publication number: 20140036954Abstract: A method for dissolved gas analysis is presented. The method includes the steps of irradiating a fluid with electromagnetic radiation; and determining a concentration of a gas as a function of a temperature change of the fluid in response to the irradiation. A device for such an analysis of dissolved gases in a fluid, and a system having such device are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sandip Maity, Nagapriya Kavoori Sethumadhavan, Shashank Sinha