Patents by Inventor Norman Darnell McCollough, JR.

Norman Darnell McCollough, JR. 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).

  • Portable magnetic, electric and radio frequency field monitoring apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9551761
    Abstract: The use of implanted medical devices that address a wide range of health conditions is rapidly expanding. These implanted devices include: Cochlear implants, drug dispensing pumps, cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators and other devices. Although these devices are designed to withstand interference from external radio frequency, electric and magnetic fields, interference can occur which may affect the operation of these devices and pose a health risk. An inventive personal, body-wearable electric field, radio frequency, and three-axis magnetic field monitoring device detects the ambient radio frequency, electric and magnetic fields and warns the wearer when any of these field measurements exceeds a safe level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Norman Darnell McCollough, Jr., Philip Cochrane, Robert Ira Kavet
  • PORTABLE MAGNETIC, ELECTRIC AND RADIO FREQUENCY FIELD MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140159716
    Abstract: The use of implanted medical devices that address a wide range of health conditions is rapidly expanding. These implanted devices include: Cochlear implants, drug dispensing pumps, cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators and other devices. Although these devices are designed to withstand interference from external radio frequency, electric and magnetic fields, interference can occur which may affect the operation of these devices and pose a health risk. An inventive personal, body-wearable electric field, radio frequency, and three-axis magnetic field monitoring device detects the ambient radio frequency, electric and magnetic fields and warns the wearer when any of these field measurements exceeds a safe level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Electric Power Research Institute
    Inventors: Norman Darnell McCollough, JR., Philip Cochrane, Robert Ira Kavet