Patents by Inventor Stephen M. Kennedy

Stephen M. Kennedy 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: 20240125704
    Abstract: An optical stack for sensing a presence of an analyte is provided. The optical stack includes a sensor material. The sensor material includes a first optical response including a first optical property having a second value in response to an excitation signal including the first optical property having a first value different from the second value. The first optical response includes a second optical property sensitive to the presence of the analyte. The optical stack includes a first optical film disposed proximate the sensor material and includes a third optical property having respective third and fourth values in response to the respective first and second values of the first optical property. The third value is different from the fourth value by at least a factor of 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jessica E. Demay, John A. Wheatley, William J. Gray, Johah Shaver, Neil Percy, Aaron M. Marcella, Stephen M. Kennedy, Zhaohui Yang, Bharat R. Acharya
  • Publication number: 20240000335
    Abstract: A method includes applying an electrical signal to a tissue and measuring an impedance of the tissue based on the applied electrical signal. The method further includes determining information indicative of a stage of wound healing based on the impedance and outputting information indicative of the stage of wound healing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen M. Kennedy, Jeffrey P. Kalish, Sean M. Sweetnam, Michael D. Benson, Jana Ninkovic, Jason W. Bjork, Amy K. McNulty
  • Publication number: 20230393054
    Abstract: A measurement system is disclosed and includes a light source, a receiver, a measurement subject, and a reflector. The reflector is disposed on an opposite side of the measurement subject than are the light source and the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: John A. Wheatley, William Gray, Bharat R. Acharya, Aaron M. Marcella, Stephen M. Kennedy, Brett J. Sitter, Micheal L. Steiner, Mark A. Roehrig, Jonah Shaver, Jessica E. DeMay
  • Publication number: 20230263462
    Abstract: A method and system for tissue impedance measurement are disclosed. In examples, the system comprises electrical contacts configured to be coupled to a first tissue and a first device configured to apply a first electrical signal to the first tissue via the electrical contacts. The system further comprises a second device configured to determine a first impedance phase angle of epithelial tissue of the first tissue site based on the first applied electrical signal, determine a baseline impedance phase angle of epithelial tissue corresponding to a second tissue, determine information indicative of epithelial tissue characteristics based on a ratio of the first impedance phase angle and the baseline impedance phase angle, and output information indicative of the epithelial tissue characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen M. Kennedy, Jacob E. Odom, Jeffrey P. Kalish, Sean M. Sweetnam, Michael D. Benson, Jana Ninkovic, Devon M. Hunerdosse, Jason W. Bjork
  • Publication number: 20230092755
    Abstract: A recycling optical cavity is defined at least by first and second optical films and is configured to receive a test material therein. The test material is configured to emit at least a second light having a second wavelength when irradiated with a first light having a first wavelength. For at least one of s- and p-polarized incident lights incident in an incident plane, and at the first and second wavelengths: at a first incident angle, the first optical film has respective optical transmittances T11(?1) and T12(?1), and the second optical film has respective optical transmittances T21(?1) and T22(?1), wherein T11(?1)>T12(?1), T21(?1), T22(?1); and at a second incident angle, the first optical film has respective optical transmittances T11(?2) and T12(?2), and the second optical film has respective optical transmittances T21(?2) and T22(?2), wherein T21(?2)>T11(?2), T12(?2), T22(?2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Bharat R. Acharya, Tonya D. Bonilla, Jessica E. DeMay, Stephen M. Kennedy, Aaron M. Marcella, Raj Rajagopal, Mark A. Roehrig, David A. Rosen, Jonah Shaver, Brett J. Sitter, Gregory W. Sitton, Michael L. Steiner, John A. Wheatley, Zhaohui Yang, Antonia E. Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20220334108
    Abstract: A composition and method of detecting an analyte in a sample using the composition, the composition including: a liquid that includes water; a plurality of first hollow glass bubbles in the liquid; a plurality of covalently attached first affinity groups that are covalently attached to at least some of the plurality of first hollow glass bubbles; and a plurality of first detector compound molecules not covalently bonded to the plurality of first hollow glass bubbles; wherein the first detector compound molecules include a first detectable group that is detected at a first wavelength; and wherein the first hollow glass bubbles have: a density of less than 0.60 gram/mole; a span of less than 1.0; and a plurality of covalently attached first affinity groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Frederica Sgolastra, Stephen B. Roscoe, Daniel M. Dohmeier, Masayuki Nakamura, Catherine A. Bothof, Deniz Yuksel Yurt, David D. Johnson, Kyle A. Kalstabakken, Minghua Dai, Myungchan Kang, Neil Percy, Leslie M. Horton, Stephen M. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8762950
    Abstract: A computer program product for scenario-based source code inspection is provided. The computer program product comprises a computer-usable data carrier storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to display a plurality of functions, the plurality of functions comprising: a first function for creating one or more scenario paths in the source code by providing the ability to create hyperlinks from subroutine/macro calls to the subroutine or macro source in the code and commentary addition; and a second function for inspecting code in execution order and inspecting uninspected lines of code by providing the ability to annotate the code with any errors and observations found and mark lines inspected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Dennis B. Beasley, Wayne A. Booth, Stephen M. Kennedy, Mark D. Tischler, David Walter Vollman
  • Publication number: 20100023930
    Abstract: A computer program product for scenario-based source code inspection is provided. The computer program product comprises a computer-usable data carrier storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to display a plurality of functions, the plurality of functions comprising: a first function for creating one or more scenario paths in the source code by providing the ability to create hyperlinks from subroutine/macro calls to the subroutine or macro source in the code and commentary addition; and a second function for inspecting code in execution order and inspecting uninspected lines of code by providing the ability to annotate the code with any errors and observations found and mark lines inspected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Dennis B. Beasley, Wayne A. Booth, Stephen M. Kennedy, Mark D. Tischler, David Walter Vollman
  • Patent number: 5301320
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for defining, executing, monitoring and controlling the flow of business operations. A designer first defines a workflow by providing a template of business activities that expresses the manner in which these activities relate to one another. The system orchestrates performance of the tasks in accordance with the template; in so doing, it integrates various types of application software, and partitions tasks among various users and computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: John D. McAtee, Stephen M. Kennedy, Paul J. Piccolomini, Paul J. Cerqua