Patents by Inventor Steven L. Thornton

Steven L. Thornton 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).

  • Electrode assembly for delivering a therapeutic agent into ocular tissue
    Patent number: 8923961
    Abstract: A contact electrode assembly for delivering at least one therapeutic agent into ocular tissue of a subject includes a flexible dielectric layer, a first electrode portion, and a second electrode portion. The flexible dielectric includes oppositely disposed first and second surfaces. The first electrode portion is disposed on the first surface of the dielectric layer. The second electrode portion is disposed on a portion of the second surface of the dielectric layer. The second electrode portion includes an interdigitated electrode having a first comb-shaped portion defining a first plurality of fingers and a second comb-shaped portion defining a second plurality of fingers. Each of the first electrode portion, the first comb-shaped portion, and the second comb-shaped portion is electrically connectable to a signal source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Rishi P. Singh, William G. Lionetta, Marc E. Larosee, George R. Watchko, John Wrisley, Steven L. Thornton, Lawrence R. Moschini, David P. Hill, Michael H. Bunyan, Chi Hang Wu
  • ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR DELIVERING A THERAPEUTIC AGENT INTO OCULAR TISSUE
    Publication number: 20110275981
    Abstract: A contact electrode assembly for delivering at least one therapeutic agent into ocular tissue of a subject includes a flexible dielectric layer, a first electrode portion, and a second electrode portion. The flexible dielectric includes oppositely disposed first and second surfaces. The first electrode portion is disposed on the first surface of the dielectric layer. The second electrode portion is disposed on a portion of the second surface of the dielectric layer. The second electrode portion includes an interdigitated electrode having a first comb-shaped portion defining a first plurality of fingers and a second comb-shaped portion defining a second plurality of fingers. Each of the first electrode portion, the first comb-shaped portion, and the second comb-shaped portion is electrically connectable to a signal source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: RISHI P. SINGH, WILLIAM G. LIONETTA, MARC E. LAROSEE, GEORGE R. WATCHKO, JOHN WRISLEY, STEVEN L. THORNTON, LAWRENCE R. MOSCHINI, DAVID P. HILL, MICHAEL H. BUNYAN, CHI HANG WU
  • Manufacture of electronics enclosure having a metallized shielding layer
    Patent number: 6763576
    Abstract: Manufacture of an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding cover or other enclosure part for housing circuitry of an electronic device. The enclosure part has an exterior surface and an opposing interior surface metallized with an electrically-conductive EMI shielding layer. The layer is sprayed onto the interior surface in a molten state and is solidified to form a corrosion-resistant, self-adherent coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: George R. Watchko, Brian F. Flaherty, Matthew T. Gagnon, Douglas Nobbs, Steven L. Thornton, Walter H. Dolbier, Jr., George A. Lee, James J. Sauer
  • Manufacture of electronics enclosure having a metallized shielding layer
    Publication number: 20020166682
    Abstract: Manufacture of an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding cover or other enclosure part for housing circuitry of an electronic device. The enclosure part has an exterior surface and an opposing interior surface metallized with an electrically-conductive EMI shielding layer. The layer is sprayed onto the interior surface in a molten state and is solidified to form a corrosion-resistant, self-adherent coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: George R. Watchko, Brian F. Flaherty, Matthew T. Gagnon, Douglas Nobbs, Steven L. Thornton, Walter H. Dolbier, George A. Lee, James J. Sauer
  • EMI shielding gasket
    Patent number: 5070216
    Abstract: An electrically conductive gasket comprised of a plastic substrate and a metal layer formed on at least one surface of the gasket. The gasket is preferably formed in a form such that it has an attachment portion and a contact portion. Preferably, the gasket is an EMI/RFI shielding gasket having a plurality of fingers extending outwardly from a center portion such that the metal layer of the gasket establishes an electrical connection between two substrates which require EMI/RFI shielding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Chomerics, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven L. Thornton