Patents by Inventor Neil Plotkin

Neil Plotkin 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).

  • Patent number: 8694267
    Abstract: A method and system of monitoring for chemical or other toxic agents includes operating a plurality of first type sensors having a first level of sensitivity to an agent in a monitored area. Concurrently a second type sensor is operated having a second level of sensitivity to the agent in the monitored area, where the second level of sensitivity is at least ten times more sensitive than the first level of sensitivity. Input from the plurality of first type sensors and the second type sensor is received and analyzed, at a central location, in order to determine the presence of the agent in the monitored area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Sunshine, Timothy E. Burch, Gregory Steinthal, Neil Plotkin, Chang-Meng Hsiung
  • Publication number: 20130158881
    Abstract: A method and system of monitoring for chemical or other toxic agents includes operating a plurality of first type sensors having a first level of sensitivity to an agent in a monitored area. Concurrently a second type sensor is operated having a second level of sensitivity to the agent in the monitored area, where the second level of sensitivity is at least ten times more sensitive than the first level of sensitivity. Input from the plurality of first type sensors and the second type sensor is received and analyzed, at a central location, in order to determine the presence of the agent in the monitored area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Steven A. SUNSHINE, Timothy E. BURCH, Gregory STEINTHAL, Neil PLOTKIN, Chang-Meng HSIUNG
  • Patent number: 8285493
    Abstract: A method and system of monitoring for chemical or other toxic agents includes operating a plurality of first type sensors having a first level of sensitivity to an agent in a monitored area. Concurrently a second type sensor is operated having a second level of sensitivity to the agent in the monitored area, where the second level of sensitivity is at least ten times more sensitive than the first level of sensitivity. Input from the plurality of first type sensors and the second type sensor is received and analyzed, at a central location, in order to determine the presence of the agent in the monitored area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Sunshine, Timothy E. Burch, Gregory Steinthal, Neil Plotkin, Chang-Meng Hsiung
  • Patent number: 7171312
    Abstract: Chemical and biological detector systems, devices and apparatus. Such devices may be portable and wearable, such as badges, that are analyte-general, rather than analyte-specific, and which provide an optimal way to notify and protect personnel against known and unknown airborne chemical and biological hazards. The devices of the present invention are advantageously low-cost, have low-power requirements, may be wearable and are designed to detect and alarm to a general chemical and biological threat. A sensor device of the present invention in one embodiment includes two or more sensor devices, a processing module coupled to each of the sensor devices and configured to process signals received from each of the two or more sensor devices to determine an environmental state; and a communication module that communicates information about the environmental state to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Smiths Detection, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Steinthal, Steven Sunshine, Tim Burch, Neil Plotkin, Chang-Meng Hsiung
  • Patent number: 7034677
    Abstract: Portable and wearable chemical detector devices, such as badges, that are analyte-general, rather than analyte-specific, and which provide an optimal way to notify and protect personnel against known and unknown airborne chemical hazards. The devices are advantageously low-cost, have low-power requirements, may be wearable and are designed to detect and alarm to a general chemical threat. A sensor device includes two or more sensor devices, a processing module coupled to each of the sensor devices and configured to process signals received from each of the two or more sensor devices to determine an environmental state; and a communication module that communicates information about the environmental state to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Smiths Detection Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Steinthal, Steven Sunshine, Tim Burch, Neil Plotkin, Chang-Meng Hsiung
  • Publication number: 20040204915
    Abstract: Chemical and biological detector systems, devices and apparatus. Such devices may be portable and wearable, such as badges, that are analyte-general, rather than analyte-specific, and which provide an optimal way to notify and protect personnel against known and unknown airborne chemical and biological hazards. The devices of the present invention are advantageously low-cost, have low-power requirements, may be wearable and are designed to detect and alarm to a general chemical and biological threat. A sensor device of the present invention in one embodiment includes two or more sensor devices, a processing module coupled to each of the sensor devices and configured to process signals received from each of the two or more sensor devices to determine an environmental state; and a communication module that communicates information about the environmental state to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicants: Cyrano Sciences Inc., Smiths Detection - Pasadena, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Steinthal, Steven Sunshine, Tim Burch, Neil Plotkin, Chang-Meng Hsiung
  • Publication number: 20040135684
    Abstract: Portable and wearable chemical detector devices, such as badges, that are analyte-general, rather than analyte-specific, and which provide an optimal way to notify and protect personnel against known and unknown airborne chemical hazards. The devices of the present invention are advantageously low-cost, have low-power requirements, may be wearable and are designed to detect and alarm to a general chemical threat. A sensor device of the present invention in one embodiment includes two or more sensor devices, a processing module coupled to each of the sensor devices and configured to process signals received from each of the two or more sensor devices to determine an environmental state; and a communication module that communicates information about the environmental state to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Cyrano Sciences Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Steinthal, Steven Sunshine, Tim Burch, Neil Plotkin, Chang-Meng Hsiung
  • Patent number: 5221457
    Abstract: A system for analyzing the ion level of a fluid sample including an analyzer instrument, containing electrical circuitry for analyzing the ion level of the fluid sample, in electrical communication with a sensor unit having an ion selective electrode in communication with the fluid sample and electrical contacts for communication with the analyzer instrument. A recharger unit for the analyzer instrument is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Porton Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. North, Robert L. Kay, Jeff Brown, Mark Eike, Neil Plotkin