Patents by Inventor Robert G. Munro

Robert G. Munro 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: 7804409
    Abstract: A system for monitoring compliance with handwashing protocols by a plurality of workers, each worker carrying a wireless tag having a worker identifier, the monitoring being performed in a facility having a plurality of areas, the system comprising a plurality of wireless tag reader/transmitters each having an area identifier, at least one wireless tag reader/transmitter being positioned in each of the areas and each wireless tag reader/transmitter being capable of reading the worker identifier stored in the wireless tag when the worker is within range of the wireless tag reader/transmitter and further capable of transmitting the worker and area identifiers to at least one computing device; and at least one of said wireless tag reader/transmitters being disposed at a handwashing station; wherein the at least one wireless tag reader/transmitter reads the worker identifier when the worker manipulates a device at the handwashing station dispensing a washing substance and transmits the worker and area identifiers
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Andrew D. Munro, Robert G. Munro
  • Patent number: 7605704
    Abstract: A system for monitoring compliance by a plurality of workers carrying wireless tags having worker identifiers with handwashing protocols in a facility having a plurality of areas. The system includes a plurality of wireless tag reader/transmitters having area identifiers for reading the worker identifiers stored in the wireless tags when the worker is positioned a predetermined distance from any of the plurality of wireless tag reader/transmitters and transmitting worker and area identifiers to at least one computing device; and at least one cleanser dispensing apparatus positioned in an area having at least one wireless tag reader/transmitter, the at least one cleanser dispensing apparatus alerting the at least one wireless tag reader/transmitter to read the worker identifiers and transmitting the worker and area identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Duke University & Duke University Health Systems
    Inventors: Andrew D. Munro, Robert G. Munro
  • Publication number: 20090237254
    Abstract: A system for monitoring compliance with handwashing protocols by a plurality of workers, each worker carrying a wireless tag having a worker identifier, the monitoring being performed in a facility having a plurality of areas, the system comprising a plurality of wireless tag reader/transmitters each having an area identifier, at least one wireless tag reader/transmitter being positioned in each of the areas and each wireless tag reader/transmitter being capable of reading the worker identifier stored in the wireless tag when the worker is within range of the wireless tag reader/transmitter and further capable of transmitting the worker and area identifiers to at least one computing device; and at least one of said wireless tag reader/transmitters being disposed at a handwashing station; wherein the at least one wireless tag reader/transmitter reads the worker identifier when the worker manipulates a device at the handwashing station dispensing a washing substance and transmits the worker and area identifiers
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andrew D. Munro, Robert G. Munro
  • Publication number: 20070257803
    Abstract: A system for monitoring compliance by a plurality of workers carrying wireless tags having worker identifiers with handwashing protocols in a facility having a plurality of areas. The system includes a plurality of wireless tag reader/transmitters having area identifiers for reading the worker identifiers stored in the wireless tags when the worker is positioned a predetermined distance from any of the plurality of wireless tag reader/transmitters and transmitting worker and area identifiers to at least one computing device; and at least one cleanser dispensing apparatus positioned in an area having at least one wireless tag reader/transmitter, the at least one cleanser dispensing apparatus alerting the at least one wireless tag reader/transmitter to read the worker identifiers and transmitting the worker and area identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: DUKE UNIVERSITY & DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Andrew D. Munro, Robert G. Munro
  • Patent number: 5595074
    Abstract: A desktop security locking station for a laptop computer or similarly sized computer peripheral including a box-shaped platform having open forward and rearward compartments; a clamping mechanism coupled to a forward extent of the platform for securing the platform to a recipient object and being securable and releasable by access through the forward compartment only; a base plate disposed over the rearward compartment and coupled to the platform for holding a laptop computer or similarly sized computer peripheral thereupon; a ratcheting grip assembly mechanism disposed within the platform for holding a laptop computer or similarly sized computer peripheral in a fixed position and being securable and releasable by access through the forward compartment only; and a lockable door coupled to the platform and closable over the forward compartment to preclude access to the clamping and the ratcheting grip assembly mechanisms, thereby precluding the laptop computer or similarly sized computer peripheral from being
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Inventor: Robert G. Munro
  • Patent number: 5206703
    Abstract: A technique for measuring a small gap, in particular the clearance gap between the lobes of the rotors of a screw compressor. Light is directed through the gap, and the amount of paraxial light passing through the gap is measured, with the gap width being related to the measured amount of light. The light is directed at the pitch line helix angle into the rotor clearance gap, and the paraxial light is measured by means of an area scan camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Renold Power Transmission Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Holmes, Robert G. Munro, Stanley Eastwood