Patents by Inventor Scott John MacGregor

Scott John MacGregor 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: 11730838
    Abstract: A method for inactivating medically important Gram-positive bacteria including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (CONS), Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Clostridium species, comprising exposure to visible light, and in particular light within the wavelength range 400-500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
    Inventors: John Galloway Anderson, Michelle Maclean, Gerald Alexander Woolsey, Scott John MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20210236670
    Abstract: A method for inactivating medically important Gram-positive bacteria including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (CONS), Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Clostridium species, comprising exposure to visible light, and in particular light within the wavelength range 400-500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: John Galloway Anderson, Michelle Maclean, Gerald Alexander Woolsey, Scott John MacGregor
  • Patent number: 10953117
    Abstract: A method for inactivating medically important Gram-positive bacteria including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (CONS), Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Clostridium species, comprising exposure to visible light, and in particular light within the wavelength range 400-500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: University of Strathclyde
    Inventors: John Galloway Anderson, Michelle Maclean, Gerald Alexander Woolsey, Scott John MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20180154027
    Abstract: A method for inactivating medically important Gram-positive bacteria including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (CONS), Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Clostridium species, comprising exposure to visible light, and in particular light within the wavelength range 400-500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: John Galloway Anderson, Michelle Maclean, Gerald Alexander Woolsey, Scott John MacGregor
  • Patent number: 9839706
    Abstract: A method for inactivating medically important Gram-positive bacteria including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (CONS), Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Clostridium species, comprising exposure to visible light, and in particular light within the wavelength range 400-500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: University of Strathclyde
    Inventors: John Galloway Anderson, Michelle Maclean, Gerald Alexander Woolsey, Scott John MacGregor
  • Publication number: 20150182646
    Abstract: A method for inactivating medically important Gram-positive bacteria including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (CONS), Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Clostridium species, comprising exposure to visible light, and in particular light within the wavelength range 400-500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
    Inventors: John Galloway Anderson, Michelle MacLean, Gerald Alexander Woolsey, Scott John MacGregor
  • Patent number: 9039966
    Abstract: A method for inactivating medically important Gram-positive bacteria including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (CONS), Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Clostridium species, comprising exposure to visible light, and in particular light within the wavelength range 400-500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: University of Strathclyde
    Inventors: John Galloway Anderson, Michelle Maclean, Gerald Alexander Woolsey, Scott John MacGregor
  • Patent number: 8398264
    Abstract: A lighting device with at least one first-element that emits visible light at a wavelength and irradiance sufficient to inactivate one or more pathogenic bacterial species, and at least one second element that emits light of one or more longer wave-lengths to that of the first-element. The at least one second element has a higher illuminance than that of the at least one inactivating element or component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: University of Strathclyde
    Inventors: John Anderson, Michelle MacLean, Scott John MacGregor, Gerald Alexander Woolsey
  • Publication number: 20100246169
    Abstract: A lighting device with at least one first-element that emits visible light at a wavelength and irradiance sufficient to inactivate one or more pathogenic bacterial species, and at least one second element that emits light of one or more longer wave-lengths to that of the first-element. The at least one second element has a higher illuminance than that of the at least one inactivating element or component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: John Anderson, Michelle MacLean, Scott John MacGregor, Gerald Alexander Woolsey
  • Publication number: 20080305004
    Abstract: A method for inactivating medically important Gram-positive bacteria including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (CONS), Streptococcus, Enterococcus and Clostridium species, comprising exposure to visible light, and in particular light within the wavelength range 400-500 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: University of Strathclyde
    Inventors: John Galloway Anderson, Michelle Maclean, Gerald Alexander Woolsey, Scott John MacGregor
  • Patent number: 7270195
    Abstract: Material is removed from a body of material, e.g. to create a bore hole, by plasma channel drilling. High voltage, high energy, rapid rise time electrical pulses are delivered many times per second to an electrode assembly in contact with the material body to generate therein elongate plasma channels which expand rapidly following electrical breakdown of the material causing the material to fracture and fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: University of Strathclyde
    Inventors: Scott John MacGregor, Steven McCallum Turnbull
  • Publication number: 20040069611
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for the purification or decontaminating of contaminated a gased and liquids and for the production of biocidal liquids that have a finite activity period. The method comprising the steps of aerating or sparging a liquid (17) with a gas such as to provide a suspension of bubbles (17A) within the body of the liquid, and then subjecting the aerated or sparged liquid to a pulsed electrical field having a magnitude sufficiently high to create ionisation activity in the gas bubbles (17A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Scott John MacGregor
  • Patent number: 6573663
    Abstract: A high intensity light source comprises a solid dielectric sheet having its back surface in contact with a conducting medium, which is electrically conducted to a fixed potential (such as ground) and its front surface free to receive electric charge to be electrostatically bound to the sheet. In one example, the charge is delivered to the surface by a unipolar Corona discharge arrangement having a plurality of Corona sources at different locations over the surface of the sheet. In order to generate a light output from the source, the electric charge build-up on the surface is discharged as an electric discharge by the rapid application of a switchable voltage to at least a localized region of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: University of Strathyclyde
    Inventors: Scott John MacGregor, Richard Anthony Fouracre