Patents by Inventor Ryan M. Weight

Ryan M. Weight 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).

  • Photo-acoustic detection device and method
    Patent number: 8501099
    Abstract: An example system for detecting an analyte in a sample of a bodily fluid comprises a test chamber having at least one sidewall and configured to contain at least a portion of a bodily fluid sample, an excitation electromagnetic energy source configured to direct an energy source into the test chamber through the at least one sidewall and to induce a thermoelastic expansion in the one or more analytes, and a sensor configured to detect said thermoelastic expansion in the bodily fluid sample in the test chamber, the sensor configured to measure changes in optical reflectance that result from the thermoelastic expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: John A. Viator, Paul S. Dale, Ryan M. Weight, Peter Sutovsky
  • Photo-acoustic detection device and method
    Patent number: 8293176
    Abstract: An example method for detecting an analyte in a sample of a bodily fluid includes the steps of exposing the bodily fluid sample to electromagnetic energy to cause a thermoelastic expansion in the analyte, and detecting a photoacoustic signal in the sample that results from the thermoelastic expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: John A. Viator, Paul S. Dale, Ryan M. Weight, Peter Sutovsky
  • PHOTO-ACOUSTIC DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110217762
    Abstract: An example method for detecting an analyte in a sample of a bodily fluid comprises the steps of exposing the bodily fluid sample to electromagnetic energy to cause a thermoelastic expansion in the analyte, and detecting a photoacoustic signal in the sample that results from the thermoelastic expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: John A. Viator, Paul S. Dale, Ryan M. Weight, Peter Sutovsky
  • Photo-acoustic detection device and method
    Patent number: 7968347
    Abstract: An example method for detecting an analyte in a sample of a bodily fluid comprises the steps of exposing the bodily fluid sample to electromagnetic energy to cause a thermoelastic expansion in the analyte, and detecting a photoacoustic signal in the sample that results from the thermoelastic expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: John A. Viator, Paul S. Dale, Ryan M. Weight, Peter Sutovsky
  • PHOTO-ACOUSTIC DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20090170149
    Abstract: An example system for detecting an analyte in a sample of a bodily fluid comprises a test chamber having at least one sidewall and configured to contain at least a portion of a bodily fluid sample, an excitation electromagnetic energy source configured to direct an energy source into the test chamber through the at least one sidewall and to induce a thermoelastic expansion in the one or more analytes, and a sensor configured to detect said thermoelastic expansion in the bodily fluid sample in the test chamber, the sensor configured to measure changes in optical reflectance that result from the thermoelastic expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
    Inventors: John A. Viator, Paul S. Dale, Ryan M. Weight, Peter Sutovsky
  • Photo-acoustic detection device and method
    Publication number: 20080014574
    Abstract: An example method for detecting an analyte in a sample of a bodily fluid comprises the steps of exposing the bodily fluid sample to electromagnetic energy to cause a thermoelastic expansion in the analyte, and detecting a photoacoustic signal in the sample that results from the thermoelastic expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: John A. Viator, Paul S. Dale, Ryan M. Weight, Peter Sutovsky