Patents by Inventor Stephen O'Driscoll

Stephen O'Driscoll 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: 9332935
    Abstract: Body-mountable devices and methods for embedding a structure in a body-mountable device are described. A body-mountable device includes a transparent polymer and a structure embedded in the transparent polymer. The transparent polymer defines a posterior side and an anterior side of the body-mountable device. The structure has an outer diameter and an inner diameter and includes a sensor configured to detect an analyte and an antenna. The antenna includes a plurality of conductive loops spaced apart from each other between the outer diameter and the inner diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: James Etzkorn, Stephen O'Driscoll
  • Patent number: 9291558
    Abstract: A sensor comprising a substrate (100) having a first surface (105) and a second surface (110) is described. The first surface has at least one sensor site (115) provided thereon. The substrate is configured such that on excitation of a sample provided at the sensor site, luminescence originating from the sensor site propagates into the substrate, the second surface of the substrate being configured to selectively transmit the luminescence propagating within the substrates at angles greater than the critical angle out of the substrate where it may be detected by a detector (160) provided below the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Dublin City University, Amic AB
    Inventors: Jim Writser Peter Bakker, Ove Ohman, Dirk Kurzbuch, Thomas Ruckstuhl, Brian MacCraith, Stephen O'Driscoll
  • Patent number: 9244066
    Abstract: The present application provides a system (1) that comprises a mobile phone (25) to allow testing of samples from a patient at the point of care or environmental/industrial process monitoring tests to be performed in the field. The system (1) may be easily adapted for use with a variety of different mobile phones (25). The mobile phone (25) comprises an integrated camera (15). The system (1) further comprises an optical module (20) for receiving a sample for testing. The mobile phone (25) is configured to extract the intensity and/or color information from the camera (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stephen O'Driscoll, Conor Burke, Brian MacCraith
  • Publication number: 20150364822
    Abstract: A system includes an antenna, an impedance measurement circuit, an impedance tuning circuit, and a controller. The impedance measurement circuit can include a test current source that conveys a test current through the antenna, and a voltage sensor that measure a voltage across the antenna while the test current is conveyed through the antenna. The impedance tuning circuit can be coupled to the antenna leads and can include one or more reactive elements that can be selectively coupled to the antenna, or otherwise adjusted, to effect adjustment of the impedance connected to the antenna. The controller can: (i) use the impedance measurement circuit to obtain a measurement indicative of an impedance of the antenna; (ii) determine an adjustment to the impedance tuning circuit based on the obtained measurement; and (iii) cause the impedance tuning circuit to make the determined adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventor: Stephen O'Driscoll
  • Publication number: 20140371559
    Abstract: Body-mountable devices and methods for embedding a structure in a body-mountable device are described. A body-mountable device includes a transparent polymer and a structure embedded in the transparent polymer. The transparent polymer defines a posterior side and an anterior side of the body-mountable device. The structure has an outer diameter and an inner diameter and includes a sensor configured to detect an analyte and an antenna. The antenna includes a plurality of conductive loops spaced apart from each other between the outer diameter and the inner diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James Etzkorn, Stephen O'Driscoll
  • Publication number: 20140371560
    Abstract: Body-mountable devices and methods for embedding a structure in a body-mountable device are described. A body-mountable device includes a transparent polymer and a structure embedded in the transparent polymer. The transparent polymer defines a posterior side and an anterior side of the body-mountable device. The structure has an outer diameter and an inner diameter and includes a sensor configured to detect an analyte and an antenna. The antenna includes a plurality of conductive loops spaced apart from each other between the outer diameter and the inner diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: James Etzkorn, Stephen O'Driscoll
  • Publication number: 20140296112
    Abstract: The present application provides a system (1) that comprises a mobile phone (25) to allow testing of samples from a patient at the point of care or environmental/industrial process monitoring tests to be performed in the field. The system (1) may be easily adapted for use with a variety of different mobile phones (25). The mobile phone (25) comprises an integrated camera (15). The system (1) further comprises an optical module (20) for receiving a sample for testing. The mobile phone (25) is configured to extract the intensity and/or colour information from the camera (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stephen O'Driscoll, Conor Burke, Brian MacCraith
  • Patent number: 8634928
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus and method for increasing a gain of a transmitted power signal in a wireless link when operating in a mid field wavelength that is within a range between wavelength/100 to 100*wavelength and within a medium having a complex impedance between a transmit antenna and a receive antenna. The apparatus and method maximize the gain in the wireless link using simultaneous conjugate matching, to increase power transfer within the transmitted power signal, wherein the simultaneous conjugate matching accounts for interaction between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, including the complex impedance of the medium between the transmit antenna and the receive antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Stephen O'Driscoll, Ada Shuk Yan Poon, Teresa H. Meng
  • Publication number: 20130236982
    Abstract: A sensor comprising a substrate (100) having a first surface (105) and a second surface (110) is described. The first surface has at least one sensor site (115) provided thereon. The substrate is configured such that on excitation of a sample provided at the sensor site, luminescence originating from the sensor site propagates into the substrate, the second surface of the substrate being configured to selectively transmit the luminescence propagating within the substrates at angles greater than the critical angle out of the substrate where it may be detected by a detector (160) provided below the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicants: AMIC AB, DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jim Writser Peter Bakker, Ove Ohman, Dirk Kurzbuch, Thomas Ruckstuhl, Brian MacCraith, Stephen O'Driscoll
  • Patent number: D754861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Stephen O'Driscoll, James Etzkorn