Patents by Inventor Or Kaplan

Or Kaplan 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).

  • Needle spin for medical instrument
    Publication number: 20020026090
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a distal frame portion that accepts a needle cam. The needle cam has helical slots for accepting a collar, whereby the collar rides up and down the needle cam, to thereby cause the needle cam to rotate. Spin movement of the needle is caused by movement of the collar, to thereby achieve a proper seed implantation during a medical procedure by having the needle spin between seed implant locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: INTEGRATED IMPLANT SYSTEMS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Edward J. Kaplan, Diego Y. Fontayne, Robert H. Joachim
  • Allele detection using primer extension with sequence-coded identity tags
    Publication number: 20020025532
    Abstract: A method for determining the genotype of one or more individuals at a polymorphic locus employs amplification of a region of DNA, labeling of allele-specific extension primers containing tags, and hybridization of the products to an array of probes. The genotype is identified from the pattern of hybridization. The method can also be used to determine the frequency of different alleles in a population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Xiaohua Huang, Thomas Ryder, Paul Kaplan
  • Rapid high-accuracy magnetic resonance imaging
    Patent number: 6351121
    Abstract: Methods for increasing the imaging accuracy of object density pixel values by forming linear combinations thereof to counteract spatial mixing of object density pixel value information, and by using an estimate of the object density pixel values to correct for the effects of variations in the object density. A measured variable M as a function of time t is related to the actual object density by M(t)=∫F((q),q,t) (q) dq, where q is the spatial variable. An estimated object density * is related to an actual object density by (q)=∫&Sgr;tE([],q,t)F(,q′,t) (q′) dq′, where E is an approximate inverse of F, and &Sgr;tE([],q,t)F(,q′,t) is defined as the kernel function A(q,q′). Due to the limited number of time samples, the kernel A only approximates the delta function &dgr;(q−q′), and values of (q′) away from q=q′ contribute to *(q).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Inventor: Jerome I. Kaplan
  • Distributed information system and protocol for affixing electronic signatures and authenticating documents
    Publication number: 20020023220
    Abstract: A system can process a digital representation (DF) of a document with a one-way cryptographic hash function (CHF) to yield a digital fingerprint (DFP) value that is associated with the DF. A document identification number (DID) is created, uniquely associated with the DFP, and with DID and DFP are associated optional credential information (C). A registration certificate DFC that represents an optional electronic signature associated with the document and that includes the DID and DFP is promulgated and archived at a plurality of storage locations. The system can authenticate whether a putative document is the original document by generating a digital fingerprint value for the putative document and comparing it to DFP retrieved from various of the storage locations. Authentication can confirm that the electronic signature is unaltered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Applicant: Distributed Trust Management Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan C. Kaplan
  • Temperature controlling apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20020020188
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a controlled temperature environment for an extended period of time. The apparatus comprises a thermal chamber for holding a heat exchange substance, the heat exchange substance having a reservoir temperature, and one or more storage chambers for holding a storage specimen, wherein the storage chambers are in thermal communication with the thermal chamber through one or more insulation element, such that when the thermal chamber is holding a heat exchange substance, each of the storage chambers maintain a range of predetermined storage temperature that is between the reservoir temperature and the ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Igal Sharon, Amos Simon, Yechezkel Kaplan, Michael Inbar
  • Method and apparatus for transferring packing units
    Patent number: 6347709
    Abstract: A method of transferring packing units from a receiving station to a stack building station includes the steps of delivering the packing units to the receiving station in a plurality of rows and in a plurality of tracks in a conveying direction, accepting the packing units in a plurality of rows and in a plurality of tracks at a transfer apparatus, removing all packing units of desired properties from a first row not only including packing units of desired properties, storing the at least one packing unit of desired properties, and positioning the at least one stored packing unit of desired properties in a row following the first row, so that only rows of packing units of desired properties are collected at the stack building station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Kloeckner Medipak GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Biehl, Dieter Gaus, Horst Kaplan, Eugen Niessner, Jörg Knüppel
  • Optical position sensor and position determination method
    Publication number: 20020019714
    Abstract: A method of position measurement by processing at least two phase displaced signals and by selecting one signal for position measurement at a given position point. Specifically, the two phase displaced signals are quadrature signals and the selected signal has a more linear waveform slope relative to time at a given position point than the non-selected signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Fluidsense Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Carliale, Alvaro Kaplan, John M. Kirkman
  • Flexible armrest construction
    Patent number: 6343839
    Abstract: A component has a support with a stiff section and a flexible section. An incompressible resilient material, such as a gel, is supported on the flexible section. In one form, the component forms an armrest, with the support including upper and lower sections forming a loop. The upper section bridges between ends of the lower section and includes the flexible section, and a section of gel material is positioned on or molded onto the flexible section. In the armrest, the incompressible resilient material is sufficiently thick and resilient to comfortably support a person's forearm on the support yet further is sufficiently flowable and stretchable to at least partially move off a rib on the support and into the non-supporting areas when pressure is applied to the incompressible resilient material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignees: Steelcase Development Corporation, TechnoGel GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jr., Thomas Overthun, Alan M. Vale, Thomas B. Eich, Jonathan I. Kaplan
  • METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR IDENTIFYING MODULATORS OF NEURONAL APOPTOSIS
    Publication number: 20020009747
    Abstract: The invention provides assays for modulators of neuronal apoptosis. The assays include measurement of the levels of p53, Bad, Bax, p21, p27 and phosphorylated Rb in neurons which have been induced to undergo apoptosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: FREDA DIANE MILLER, RAQUEL SILVIA ALOYZ, DAVID KAPLAN
  • Railcar with trackless support for radial end door
    Patent number: 6339994
    Abstract: A radial end door that includes, in addition to the conventional inner and outer rollers for supporting the door, a door mounted support on the inner portion of the door, unsupported by the railcar body when the door is open, but supported by the railcar body when the door is closed. The door mounted support preferably comprises a roller that can be added as a retrofit or upgrade to the existing door, without altering the basic configuration, geometry or operational characteristics of the door, except to improve the performance of the door. The door mounted support preferably cooperates with a floor-mounted support comprising a wear bar having a ramp portion to raise the door mounted support and increase loading on the outer roller as the door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Kaplan, Ralph Hartman Schorr, Ronny Lamar Allison, Barney Russell Willoughby, Jr.
  • Medical instrument
    Publication number: 20020007104
    Abstract: A medical instrument provides for precise indexing in order to implant seeds into seed implant locations within a patient. The medical instrument is affixed to a targeting fixture, and upon operator actuation of a trigger, is automatically indexed from one seed implant location to a next seed implant location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: INTEGRATED IMPLANT SYSTEMS,
    Inventors: Edward J. Kaplan, Diego Y. Fontayne, Robert H. Joachim, Steven Bellofatto, Troy H. Phipps, Ernest A. Elgin, III.
  • Methods for detecting an analyte of interest using tyramide coating technology
    Patent number: 6335173
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of tyramide coating live cells for flow cytometry, using catalyzed reporter deposition and serial amplification staining. A catalyzed reporter deposition or an analyte dependent enzyme activation system is described for detecting and/or quantitating an analyte of interest on the surface of a cell by flow cytometry. Also described is a method for serial amplification staining by tyramide coating cells which possess an analyte of interest or a solid phase to which an analyte is bound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Verve, Ltd. c/o James Bell
    Inventor: David R. Kaplan
  • Systems, methods and computer program products for managing multimedia content
    Publication number: 20010056434
    Abstract: The present invention is a multimedia management system for storing, manipulating, and displaying multimedia content. The system comprises a user interface, a plurality of predefined functions, a multimedia acquisition interface, and system controls. The system provides users with a simple and intuitive method and computer program for reviewing multimedia content, which can include digital video, digital audio and text, still images, animation, and MIDI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Applicant: Smartdisk Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Kaplan, Robert Protheroe, Randy Martin, David Riggle, Juan Gonzales
  • Pet toy
    Patent number: D453241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventor: Joan Kaplan
  • Pet toy
    Patent number: D453242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventor: Joan Kaplan
  • Pet toy
    Patent number: D453400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventor: Joan Kaplan
  • Pet toy
    Patent number: D453401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventor: Joan Kaplan
  • Pet toy receptacle
    Patent number: D453419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventor: Joan Kaplan
  • Multi-stone gem setting and base
    Patent number: D453908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Merit Diamond Corporation
    Inventor: Gagi Kaplan
  • Play mat for pet
    Patent number: D454236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventor: Joan Kaplan