Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Rea

Thomas J. Rea 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: 11126014
    Abstract: Embodiments according to the present disclosure are directed to, for example, head mounted eyewear (e.g., similar in form to traditional eye glasses) that includes low light vision enhancing and/or additional vision enhancing capabilities (e.g., near-vision enhancing capabilities). For example, in some embodiments, a head mounted housing arrangement is provided that includes an eyepiece adjacent to a wearer's eye, one or more imaging devices (e.g., one or more solid state or other imagers sensitive to light, including low light levels), one or more image generator(s) operatively coupled to the imager(s) (e.g., optically coupled, in electrical communication with, or wirelessly coupled) to receive an output from the imaging device(s), and/or one or more optical elements (e.g., a combination of mirror(s) and/or lenses). The one or more optical elements may place an output of the image generator(s) into a position that is visible to the wearer's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Regener-Eyes, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Ainsworth, Peter Francis, Thomas J. Rea
  • Publication number: 20200033640
    Abstract: Embodiments according to the present disclosure are directed to, for example, head mounted eyewear (e.g., similar in form to traditional eye glasses) that includes low light vision enhancing and/or additional vision enhancing capabilities (e.g., near-vision enhancing capabilities). For example, in some embodiments, a head mounted housing arrangement is provided that includes an eyepiece adjacent to a wearer's eye, one or more imaging devices (e.g., one or more solid state or other imagers sensitive to light, including low light levels), one or more image generator(s) operatively coupled to the imager(s) (e.g., optically coupled, in electrical communication with, or wirelessly coupled) to receive an output from the imaging device(s), and/or one or more optical elements (e.g., a combination of mirror(s) and/or lenses). The one or more optical elements may place an output of the image generator(s) into a position that is visible to the wearer's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sean Ainsworth, Peter Francis, Thomas J. Rea
  • Patent number: 10437080
    Abstract: Embodiments according to the present disclosure are directed to, for example, head mounted eyewear (e.g., similar in form to traditional eye glasses) that includes low light vision enhancing and/or additional vision enhancing capabilities (e.g., near-vision enhancing capabilities). For example, in some embodiments, a head mounted housing arrangement is provided that includes an eyepiece adjacent to a wearer's eye, one or more imaging devices (e.g., one or more solid state or other imagers sensitive to light, including low light levels), one or more image generator(s) operatively coupled to the imager(s) (e.g., optically coupled, in electrical communication with, or wirelessly coupled) to receive an output from the imaging device(s), and/or one or more optical elements (e.g., a combination of mirror(s) and/or lenses). The one or more optical elements may place an output of the image generator(s) into a position that is visible to the wearer's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Regener-Eyes, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Ainsworth, Peter Francis, Thomas J. Rea
  • Publication number: 20170351120
    Abstract: Embodiments according to the present disclosure are directed to, for example, head mounted eyewear (e.g., similar in form to traditional eye glasses) that includes low light vision enhancing and/or additional vision enhancing capabilities (e.g., near-vision enhancing capabilities). For example, in some embodiments, a head mounted housing arrangement is provided that includes an eyepiece adjacent to a wearer's eye, one or more imaging devices (e.g., one or more solid state or other imagers sensitive to light, including low light levels), one or more image generator(s) operatively coupled to the imager(s) (e.g., optically coupled, in electrical communication with, or wirelessly coupled) to receive an output from the imaging device(s), and/or one or more optical elements (e.g., a combination of mirror(s) and/or lenses). The one or more optical elements may place an output of the image generator(s) into a position that is visible to the wearer's eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Sean Ainsworth, Peter Francis, Thomas J. Rea
  • Patent number: 9759932
    Abstract: Embodiments according to the present disclosure are directed to, for example, head mounted eyewear (e.g., similar in form to traditional eye glasses) that includes low light vision enhancing and/or additional vision enhancing capabilities (e.g., near-vision enhancing capabilities). For example, in some embodiments, a head mounted housing arrangement is provided that includes an eyepiece adjacent to a wearer's eye, one or more imaging devices (e.g., one or more solid state or other imagers sensitive to light, including low light levels), one or more image generator(s) operatively coupled to the imager(s) (e.g., optically coupled, in electrical communication with, or wirelessly coupled) to receive an output from the imaging device(s), and/or one or more optical elements (e.g., a combination of mirror(s) and/or lenses). The one or more optical elements may place an output of the image generator(s) into a position that is visible to the wearer's eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Regener-Eyes, LLC
    Inventors: Sean Ainsworth, Peter Francis, Thomas J. Rea
  • Patent number: 7994120
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating or preventing a condition or disorder associated with dyslipidemia with compositions comprising apolipoprotein-sphingomyelin complexes. The methods of the invention permit reduction, by 4- to 20-fold, of the amount of apolipoprotein required for therapeutic administration to bring about an ameliorative effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Pfizer, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Dasseux, Thomas J. Rea, Anna S. Shenderova
  • Publication number: 20080269111
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating or preventing a condition or disorder associated with dyslipidemia with compositions comprising apolipoprotein-sphingomyelin complexes. The methods of the invention permit reduction, by 4- to 20-fold, of the amount of apolipoprotein required for therapeutic administration to bring about an ameliorative effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: JEAN-LOUIS H. DASSEUX, Anna A. Shenderova, Thomas J. Rea
  • Patent number: 6974702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for high information content (HIC) analysis or screening of complex biological systems using Fourier transform mass spectrometry (FTMS). The present methods are useful for analyzing complex biological mixtures containing both high molecular weight molecules (e.g., polynucleotides, proteins, polysaccharides) and low molecular weight molecules (e.g., oligonucleotides, peptides, lipids, oligosaccharides, steroid hormones, catabolic and metabolic intermediates) permit the elucidation of molecular differences between complex biological samples, and permit the identification of biologically active molecules (e.g. therapeutically active drugs, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis H. Dasseux, Roger S. Newton, Thomas J. Rea, Charles L. Bisgaier, Michael E. Pape
  • Publication number: 20040067873
    Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating or preventing a condition or disorder associated with dyslipidemia with compositions comprising apolipoprotein-sphingomyelin complexes. The methods of the invention permit reduction, by 4- to 20-fold, of the amount of apolipoprotein required for therapeutic administration to bring about an ameliorative effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Jean-Louis H. Dasseux, Anna A. Shenderova, Thomas J. Rea
  • Patent number: 6680203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for high information content (HIC) analysis or screening of complex biological systems using Fourier transform mass spectrometry (FTMS). The present methods are useful for analyzing complex biological mixtures containing both high molecular weight molecules (e.g., polynucleotides, proteins, polysaccharides) and low molecular weight molecules (e.g., oligonucleotides, peptides, lipids, oligosaccharides, steroid hormones, catabolic and metabolic intermediates) permit the elucidation of molecular differences between complex biological samples, and permit the identification of biologically active molecules (e.g. therapeutically active drugs, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis H. Dasseux, Roger S. Newton, Thomas J. Rea, Charles L. Bisgaier, Michael E. Pape
  • Publication number: 20020019023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for high information content (HIC) analysis or screening of complex biological systems using Fourier transform mass spectrometry (FTMS). The present methods are useful for analyzing complex biological mixtures containing both high molecular weight molecules (e.g., polynucleotides, proteins, polysaccharides) and low molecular weight molecules (e.g., oligonucleotides, peptides, lipids, oligosaccharides, steroid hormones, catabolic and metabolic intermediates) permit the elucidation of molecular differences between complex biological samples, and permit the identification of biologically active molecules (e.g. therapeutically active drugs, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Jean-Louis H. Dasseux, Roger S. Newton, Thomas J. Rea, Charles L. Bisgaier, Michael E. Pape
  • Patent number: 5041370
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant DNA sequence encoding the pseudorabies virus (PRV) glycoprotein gX, host cells transformed by said DNA sequence, the gX polypeptide, and methods and kits for detecting animals infected with PRV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventors: deceased Hamdy, by Heide M Hamdy, heir, Roger J. Brideau, Leonard E. Post, Thomas J. Rea, James G. Timmins, Carmine C. Marchioli
  • Patent number: 5041536
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant DNA sequence encoding the pseudorabies virus (PRV) glycoprotein gX, host cells transformed by said DNA sequence, the gX polypeptide, and methods and kits for detecting animals infected with PRV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: The Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Roger J. Brideau, Aziz H. Hamdy, deceased, Leonard E. Post, Thomas J. Rea, James G. Timmins