Patents by Inventor Patrick Paul Smith

Patrick Paul Smith 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).

  • Fixed optic sensor system and distributed sensor network
    Patent number: 6191847
    Abstract: A fixed optic sensor system (200) comprising a sensor system (210), and electronic sub-system (205) and a communications means (215). The system can be used for detecting the presence of various sample (236) properties and in that regard has widespread application by leveraging off various miniaturized sensor configurations including surface plasmon resonance (50), fluorescence (80), light transmission (125) and others (150). In one embodiment, the communications means (215) is a wireless transmitter/receiver. In another embodiment, a hand held instrument (358) can be used on-site and communicates with the sensor (350) to receive sample (352) related data and transmit it to a remote processing system (370) for further analysis. In yet another embodiment, a hand held instrument (403) has a plurality of cardiac marker binding ligands (400) deposited on the sensor/sample interface providing a medical diagnosis and point-of-care device (403).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jose L. Melendez, Richard A. Carr, Patrick Paul Smith, Dwight U. Bartholomew, John H. Berlien, Jr., Frederick F. Geyer, Paul S. Breedlove
  • Fixed optic sensor system and distributed sensor network
    Patent number: 5946083
    Abstract: A fixed optic sensor system (200) comprising a sensor system (210), and electronic sub-system (205) and a communications means (215). The system can be used for detecting the presence of various sample (236) properties and in that regard has widespread application by leveraging off various miniaturized sensor configurations including surface plasmon resonance (50), fluorescence (80), light transmission (125) and others (150). In one embodiment, the communications means (215) is a wireless transmitter/receiver. In another embodiment, a hand held instrument (358) can be used on-site and communicates with the sensor (350) to receive sample (352) related data and transmit it to a remote processing system (370) for further analysis. In yet another embodiment, a hand held instrument (403) has a plurality of cardiac marker binding ligands (400) deposited on the sensor/sample interface providing a medical diagnosis and point-of-care device (403).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jose L. Melendez, Richard A. Carr, Patrick Paul Smith, Dwight U. Bartholomew, John H. Berlien, Jr., Frederick F. Geyer, Paul S. Breedlove