Patents by Inventor Pedro J. Diaz

Pedro J. Diaz 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).

  • Publication number: 20110132848
    Abstract: A submersible apparatus, having at least one aperture formed in the body of the apparatus and one or more sanitizing or disinfecting tablets being contained within the apparatus, is placed into a swimming pool or other body of water. Initially, the combined mass of the apparatus and the chlorine tablets contained within the body of the apparatus will have slightly negative buoyancy and, as the apparatus sinks into the water, the position of the apparatus will stabilize (e.g., reach neutral buoyancy) at a position at or near the bottom of the swimming pool. As the chlorine tablets interact with the water in the swimming pool and slowly dissolve, the buoyancy of the apparatus increases (becomes more positive) and the apparatus gradually rises vertically until it reaches the surface of the swimming pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Pedro J. Diaz
  • Patent number: 5233992
    Abstract: A subject (22), such as a human patient, is positioned with a region of interest (24), such as the liver, close proximity to a phantom (12). A Volume image through the liver, the phantom, and adjacent portions of the subject are collected (40) with a magnetic resonance scanner. The phase component of the magnetic resonance data is reconstructed (50) into a three-dimensional phase map. An actually measured field map H.sub.m (r) is determined (42) from the phase map. A geometric model of the volumes occupied by the liver, the phantom, and adjacent portions of the subject are defined mathematically (44). A calculation routine (46) calculates a calculated or estimated field map H.sub.c (r) of the distortions to the magnetic field in the phantom which would be caused by the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Edison Biotechnology Center
    Inventors: Randall W. Holt, Pedro J. Diaz, Errol M. Bellon, Gary M. Brittenham