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Andrew S. Katz, Beverly, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120006283ANIMAL HANDLING STATION - Exemplary embodiments provide an animal handling station configured for use in handling an animal. The handling station includes a work platform to support the animal, a lift mechanism that supports, lifts and lowers the work platform, and a handling arm that secures the head of the animal during a handling session. In an exemplary embodiment, the work platform is designed and configured in a dog-bone shaped outline.01-12-2012
20130213318Animal Handling Station - Exemplary embodiments provide an animal hander station configured for use in handling an animal. The handling station can be a grooming tub having base work platform and a wall extending perpendicularly from a perimeter of the base work platform. The grooming tub can be designed and configured to have a dog-bone shaped outline.08-22-2013

Arrin Katz, Cambridge, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090062152THERMAL CYCLING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A thermal cycling device and a method of thermal cycling are provided. A thermal cycling device includes a fluid device system, a case, and a cycling head. The fluid delivery system develops a flow of controlled-temperature fluid. The case has a fluid-tight cavity for holding a microfluidic array. The array includes a sheet of material having a pair of opposed surfaces, a thickness, and a plurality of through-holes running through the thickness between the surfaces. The cycling head holds the case and delivers the flow of fluid over the case.03-05-2009
20100024527SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF FLUIDIC SAMPLES - Aspects of the invention provide systems and methods for high-throughput screening of fluidic samples. In some embodiments, two chromatography columns are utilized in series. The first chromatography column can have a high affinity for phosphorylated compounds while the second chromatography column has a high affinity for one or more analytes of interest.02-04-2010
20110003699Thermal Cycler for Microfluidic Array Assays - A system for thermal cycling a plurality of samples. The system includes a case having a fluid-tight cavity defining an interior volume. A microfluidic array is disposed in the interior volume, the array including a sheet of material having a pair of opposed surfaces, a thickness, and a plurality of through-holes running through the thickness between the surfaces. A thermal cycler having at least one thermally controlled surface is adapted to thermally contact the case.01-06-2011
20110290731CARTRIDGE CHANGERS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING THE SAME - Aspects of the invention provide cartridge changers and methods utilizing the same. One aspect of the invention provides a cartridge changer for a plurality of cartridges. The cartridge changer includes a cartridge holder having a plurality of receptacles each adapted to receive one of the plurality of cartridges and a pair of fittings adapted to releasably engage one of the plurality of cartridges.12-01-2011
20120245038THERMAL CYCLING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system for holding at least one of sample and reagent for analysis. The system includes a pair of parallel covers, at least one of which is light transmissive, of which pair a light transmissive cover forms a top, and of which pair the other forms a bottom. A frame is disposed between the covers to define, in relation to the covers, an interior volume. The frame and the covers are associated with one another to form a case, the case being substantially tight to liquids. A microfluidic array is disposed in the interior volume. The array includes a sheet of material having a pair of opposed surfaces, a thickness, and a plurality of through-holes running through the thickness between the surfaces, the through-holes containing at least one of sample and reagent.09-27-2012
20140179566Thermal Cycling Apparatus and Method - A system for holding at least one of sample and reagent for analysis. The system includes a pair of parallel covers, at least one of which is light transmissive, of which pair a light transmissive cover forms a top, and of which pair the other forms a bottom. A frame is disposed between the covers to define, in relation to the covers, an interior volume. The frame and the covers are associated with one another to form a case, the case being substantially tight to liquids. A microfluidic array is disposed in the interior volume. The array includes a sheet of material having a pair of opposed surfaces, a thickness, and a plurality of through-holes running through the thickness between the surfaces, the through-holes containing at least one of sample and reagent.06-26-2014

Patent applications by Arrin Katz, Cambridge, MA US

Arrin Katz, Somerville, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090062134ASSAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHODS - A method of conducting an assay on a plurality of samples is provided. The method includes the steps of performing an assay at each sample site in a sample array having greater than 100 sample sites simultaneously illuminating each sample site using one or more LEDs, and simultaneously imaging each of the sample sites to produce imaging data pertinent to the optical effect of each site. Each assay provides an optical effect.03-05-2009

Aubrey Katz, Newton, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150080738APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING ANTIGEN IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN TISSUE - Exemplary configurations can be provided which can be structured to be included and/or inserted in an internal anatomical structure. For example, the configuration(s) can have at least one first arrangement which can include at least one substance that, when applied to at least one section of the internal anatomical structure, has a potential to induce an inflammatory response in the section(s). The configuration(s) can also have at least one second (e.g., microscopy) arrangement which can be configured to receive information from the section(s), and determine whether the inflammatory response has occurred therein.03-19-2015

Bruce R. Katz, Sudbury, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130073993INTERACTION WITH A VISUALIZED STATE TRANSITION MODEL - A state transition model is dynamically generated for an active application. A graphical user interface is generated based upon, at least in part, the state transition model for the active application. The graphical user interface includes an indication of a current state of a record within the active application. The record is manipulated within the active application in response to an input received in association with the graphical user interface.03-21-2013

Damien F. Katz, Chelmsford, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090063644SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REPLICATING MESSAGE STATUS CHANGES ACROSS MESSAGING SYSTEMS - The present invention provides a method, system and program product for replicating message status changes across messaging systems. Specifically, under the present invention, when a status of a message for a user is changed on a messaging system, the status change is entered into a log associated with the user along with a clock time of the messaging system. The status change is then replicated to a replica messaging system along with the clock time of the original messaging system. Upon receipt, the replica messaging system will ensure that the status change is the most recent activity for the message. If so, the status change will be entered into a log of the replica messaging system along with the clock time of the original messaging system and a clock time of the replica messaging system.03-05-2009

Daniel A. Katz, Holliston, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120155474MESSAGING WITH FLEXIBLE TRANSMIT ORDERING - In one embodiment, a system includes a packet reception unit. The packet reception unit is configured to receive a packet, create a header indicating scheduling of the packet in a plurality of cores and concatenate the header and the packet. The header is based on the content of the packet. In one embodiment, a system includes a transmit silo configured to store a multiple fragments of a packet, the fragments having been sent to a destination and the transmit silo having not received an acknowledgement of receipt of the fragments from the destination. The system further includes a restriction verifier coupled with the transmit silo. The restriction verifier is configured to receive the fragments and determine whether the fragments can be sent and stored in the transmit silo.06-21-2012
20130100812PACKET PRIORITY IN A NETWORK PROCESSOR - In a network processor, a “port-kind” identifier (ID) is assigned to each port. Parsing circuitry employs the port-kind ID to select the configuration information associate with a received packet. The port kind ID can also be stored at a data structure presented to software, along with a larger port number (indicating an interface and/or channel). Based on the port kind ID and extracted information about the packet, a backpressure ID is calculated for the packet. The backpressure ID is implemented to assign a priority to the packet, as well as determine whether a traffic threshold is exceeded, thereby enabling a backpressure signal to limit packet traffic associated with the particular backpressure ID.04-25-2013
20140079071MESSAGING WITH FLEXIBLE TRANSMIT ORDERING - In one embodiment, a system includes a packet reception unit. The packet reception unit is configured to receive a packet, create a header indicating scheduling of the packet in a plurality of cores and concatenate the header and the packet. The header is based on the content of the packet. In one embodiment, a system includes a transmit silo configured to store a multiple fragments of a packet, the fragments having been sent to a destination and the transmit silo having not received an acknowledgement of receipt of the fragments from the destination. The system further includes a restriction verifier coupled with the transmit silo. The restriction verifier is configured to receive the fragments and determine whether the fragments can be sent and stored in the transmit silo.03-20-2014
20150244649MULTIPLE ETHERNET PORTS AND PORT TYPES USING A SHARED DATA PATH - In an embodiment an interface unit includes a transmit pipeline configured to transmit egress data, and a receive pipeline configured to receive ingress data. At least one of the transmit pipeline and the receive pipeline being may be configured to provide shared resources to a plurality of ports. The shared resources may include at least one of a data path resource and a control logic resource.08-27-2015
20150288625MESSAGING WITH FLEXIBLE TRANSMIT ORDERING - In one embodiment, a system includes reassembly stores configured to store a fragment of a packet in a particular reassembly store corresponding with the packet, and when the particular reassembly store contains fragments of the packet representing the packet as a whole, forward the packet to a plurality of cores. The system further includes a packet reception unit configured to store the fragment in one of a plurality of memories within the reassembly stores, and, when the one of the plurality of memories is filled, copy the at least one fragment to a memory external to the packet reception unit.10-08-2015

Patent applications by Daniel A. Katz, Holliston, MA US

Daniel Adam Katz, Ashland, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150195383METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SINGLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DATA PROGRAMMABLE PACKET PARSERS - A parser for parsing network packets comprises a plurality of clusters, each cluster comprising one or more engines; a launcher configured to determine a candidate cluster of the plurality of clusters to parse a subset of a plurality of received packets; a loader configured to transmit the subset of the plurality of packets to the candidate cluster, wherein each of the one or more engines in the candidate cluster is configured to parse and derive parse results for a packet of the subset of the plurality of packets; and an unloader configured to receive from the candidate cluster the parse results for the subset of the plurality of packets and to transmit that information to a target.07-09-2015
20150195384PACKET PARSING ENGINE - A packet parsing engine comprises a DMEM configured to store packet data; one or more registers configured to store parsing instructions or parse results; and one or more arithmetic logic units configured to parse the packet data based on the parsing instructions and to derive the parse results. The engine may be one engine of a plurality of engines configured to access a shared memory, and the engine may be configured to receive data from the shared memory or to send data to the shared memory. The DMEM may be divided into subsections, and at least one of the one or more registers may be divided into subsections, and the subsections may be configured such that while a DMEM subsection and its corresponding register subsection is parsing packet data for a first packet, one or more other subsections load packed data or unload parse results for a second packet.07-09-2015
20150195385METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF PACKETS AMONG PARSING CLUSTERS - A method for parsing network packets via one or more clusters configured to parse network packets comprises receiving one or more packets to be parsed; determining a candidate cluster of the one or more clusters for parsing the one or more packets; transmitting the one or more packets to the candidate cluster; launching the candidate cluster to parse the one or more packets when a launch condition is met; and receiving parse results for the one or more packets from the candidate cluster. The launch condition may be met after transmitting the one or more packets meets a fraction of a parsing capacity of the candidate cluster. The fraction may be one such that the transmitting the one or more packets meets a parsing capacity of the candidate cluster. The launch condition may also be met when a time elapsed since a previous cluster was launched reaches a delay limit.07-09-2015
20150195386METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A SINGLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DATA PACKET PARSING CLUSTER - Methods and systems are provided for operating a SIMD packet parsing cluster, wherein the cluster includes a plurality of M packet parsing engines 1 to M, and the cluster further includes a shared memory and an instruction memory storing a plurality of instructions to be performed by each of the engines, and wherein the instructions include one or more memory accessing instructions that require accessing the shared memory. The method comprises transmitting the instructions to the engines for instructions to be executed by the engines; for each of the engines 2 to M, delaying execution of each of the memory accessing instructions by a delay time compared to a previous engine; and each one of the engines performing one of the memory accessing instructions at a time that the other engines are not performing one of the memory accessing instructions.07-09-2015

David J. Katz, Sharon, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140173147TRIGGER ROUTING UNIT - Trigger routing in computational hardware such as a digital-signal processor involves routing a trigger signal from a first, master module to a second, slave module, thereby initiating an event at the slave module without involving a core processing unit.06-19-2014

David J. Katz, Andover, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110018126LOW NOISE HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MIXED SIGNAL PACKAGE - An improved microelectronic assembly (01-27-2011
20110316594CHIP INTERFACE - In one aspect, an integrated circuit (IC) system includes a receiver IC configured to receive a first clock signal and includes a feedback circuit to provide a feedback signal to a driver IC. The system also includes the driver IC configured to receive a second clock signal and includes a phase selection circuit configured to provide a phase selection signal to the receiver IC based on the feedback signal. The phase selection signal controls the data received by the receiver IC by adjusting the first clock signal.12-29-2011
20110317793WAVEFORM GENERATOR IN A MULTI-CHIP SYSTEM - In one aspect, an integrated circuit (IC) system includes a receiver IC configured to receive a first clock signal and includes a feedback circuit configured to provide a feedback signal to a driver IC. The IC system also includes the driver IC configured to receive a second clock signal and includes a waveform generator configured to provide synthesized waveforms from DC to K-band, a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) to receive data from the waveform generator and to provide the signal to the receiver IC and a phase selection circuit to provide a phase selection signal to the first integrated circuit based on the feedback signal. The phase selection signal calibrates the signal from the SERDES and provides phase correction to the SERDES.12-29-2011
20120015485LOW NOISE HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MIXED SIGNAL PACKAGE - An improved microelectronic assembly (01-19-2012

Henry Katz, Brookline, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20160112372DYNAMIC TUNNEL FOR REAL TIME DATA COMMUNICATION - A tunneled session management (“TSM”) server manages a dynamic datagram tunnel (“DDT”) for a real time communication (“RTC”) with a TSM client. The TSM server establishes a stream based tunnel with the TSM client and then establishes the RTC via the stream based tunnel, where the RTC includes communicating a first channel for signaling traffic and a second channel for media traffic. Then, it is determined whether to establish the DDT for communicating the media traffic, and if so, the DDT is established and the second channel is communicated via the DDT while the first channel is maintained on the stream based tunnel.04-21-2016

Henry Katz, Bedford, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130283037REDUNDANCY FOR REAL TIME COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methods of redundancy for real time communications are disclosed. One such system includes a first device and a second device, where the first device includes a redundant tunneled services element (RTSE) and the second device includes a redundant tunnel services control function (RTSCF). The RTSCF is in communication with the RTSE and is operable to establish a redundant secure tunnel to the RTSE. The RTSE is operable to redundantly convey a first stream of media packets over the redundant secure tunnel to the RTSCF. The RTSCF is operable to redundantly convey a second stream of media packets over the redundant secure tunnel to the RTSE.10-24-2013

Isadore T. Katz, Harvard, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130227510DATABASE BASED TIMING VARIATION ANALYSIS - A method for timing analysis of a circuit design includes, for each group of one or more instances of a cell of a cell library in the circuit design, determining timing related data for the group according to circuit context of the group in the design. The context includes at least one of a path depth, an output load, and an input slew rate. The determined timing related data are applied to analyze the circuit design.08-29-2013

Jason Katz, Newton Highlands, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110207711Therapeutic Compounds - The present invention relates to pyrazolopyridines and imidazopyridines which are inhibitors of the kinase PDK1 and are thus useful for the treatment of myeloproliferative disorders or cancer. The compounds are also useful as inhibitors of other kinases such as FGFR3, NTRK3, RP-S6K and WEE1. Furthermore, the present compounds also selectively inhibit microtubule affinity regulating kinase (MARK) and are therefore useful for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.08-25-2011
20130040933AZAINDOLES AS JANUS KINASE INHIBITORS - The present invention provides compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Compounds of formula I are inhibitors of Janus kinases and as such are useful for the treatment of various diseases and conditions mediated by said enzymes, such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD, ALS, and the like.02-14-2013

Jason D. Katz, Boston, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150353552PURINE INHIBITORS OF HUMAN PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE DELTA - The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are PI3K-delta inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of PI3K-delta-mediated diseases such as inflammation, asthma, COPD and cancer.12-10-2015

Jason D. Katz, Newton, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150336948Isotopically Labeled Biaryl Urea Compounds - The present invention is directed to isotopically labeled biaryl urea compounds which possess high affinity to neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), and thus are useful to determine the amount and distribution of NFTs in brain. The isotopically labeled biaryl urea compounds may also be useful as PET tracers and in competition assays to identify other compounds that may serve as PET tracers.11-26-2015
20150353552PURINE INHIBITORS OF HUMAN PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE DELTA - The instant invention provides compounds of formula I which are PI3K-delta inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of PI3K-delta-mediated diseases such as inflammation, asthma, COPD and cancer.12-10-2015

Jason D. Katz, Newton Highlands, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090197908Benzocycloheptapyridines as inhibitors of the receptor tyrosine kinase met - The present invention relates to 5H-benzo[4,5]cyclohepta[1,2-b]pyridine compounds, that are useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases, for treating disorders associated with MET activity, and for inhibiting the receptor tyrosine kinase MET. The invention also related to compositions which comprise these compounds, and methods of using them to treat cancer in mammals.08-06-2009
20110195933PYRAZOLO[1,5-A]PYRIDINES AS MARK INHIBITORS - The invention encompasses pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine derivatives which selectively inhibit microtubule affinity regulating kinase (MARK) and are therefore useful for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also included.08-11-2011

Patent applications by Jason D. Katz, Newton Highlands, MA US

Jeremy L. Katz, Arlington, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100058325Live Operating System Installation Method and System for Universal Serial Bus Devices - A method and apparatus for the installation of a live operating system includes an installation module that automatically detects available portable removable storage devices. The installation module also automatically determines available operating systems for installation on the portable removable storage devices. The determination of available operating systems can include checking for available operating systems on remote servers. The installation module provides a user interface that is populated with the available installation options including the options to select a size of a persistent overlay and the use of encryption. The installation process installs the user selected operating system on the user designated portable removable storage device and validates the installation. The installation can be performed without generating a new partition on the portable removable storage device and without reformatting the device.03-04-2010

Jeremy Lee Katz, Arlington, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150081880SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING AND MEASURING PERFORMANCE RELATIVE TO EXPECTED PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR APPLICATIONS AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE HOSTED BY AN IAAS PROVIDER - The present disclosure is directed to a system for monitoring and analyzing operation of a widely distributed service operated by an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) tenant but deployed on a set of virtual resources controlled by an independent IaaS provider. The set of virtual resources provided to the IaaS tenant by the IaaS provider is hosted on a set of physical resources selected by the IaaS provider, and both the set of virtual resources and the set of physical resources can change rapidly in both size and composition (i.e., the resources are “ephemeral”). Although the monitoring system may not have visibility into the composition, configuration, location, or any other information regarding the set of physical resources, the monitoring system can evaluate the performance of the virtual resources and infer that a virtual resource within the set of virtual resources may be hosted on at least one physical resource that is underperforming.03-19-2015
20150081882SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ALERTING ON EPHEMERAL RESOURCES FROM AN IAAS PROVIDER - The present disclosure is directed to a system for monitoring and analyzing operation of a widely distributed service operated by an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) tenant but deployed on a set of virtual resources controlled by an independent IaaS provider. The set of virtual resources provided to the IaaS tenant by the IaaS provider is selected by the IaaS provider and can change rapidly in both size and composition (i.e., the virtual resources are “ephemeral”). The monitoring system can integrate system-level metrics collected directly from virtual resources with infrastructure metadata characterizing the virtual resources collected from the IaaS provider to report on operation of the virtual resources. The infrastructure metadata can contain a resource type, a resource role, an operational status, an outage history, or an expected termination schedule. By integrating different sources of data, the monitoring system can avoid inaccurate analysis.03-19-2015
20150081883SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADAPTIVELY AND DYNAMICALLY MODELLING AND MONITORING APPLICATIONS AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE HOSTED BY AN IAAS PROVIDER - The present disclosure is directed to a monitoring system for rapidly updating a service architecture of a widely distributed service operated by an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) tenant but deployed on a set of virtual resources controlled by an independent IaaS provider. The set of virtual resources provided to the IaaS tenant by the IaaS provider is selected by the IaaS provider and can change rapidly in both size and composition (i.e., the virtual resources are “ephemeral”). The monitoring system can infer from infrastructure metadata and/or system-level metric data how the virtual resources should be organized into groups, clusters and hierarchies. The monitoring system can also update the service architecture frequently to capture an expected rate of change of the resources, e.g., every five minutes. The monitoring system can then run analytics based on this inferred service architecture to report on service operation.03-19-2015
20150082432SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SEMANTICALLY MODELLING AND MONITORING APPLICATIONS AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE HOSTED BY AN IAAS PROVIDER - The present disclosure is directed to a monitoring system for automatically inferring, without human modelling input or information regarding actual physical network connectivity, a service architecture of a widely distributed service operated by an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) tenant but deployed on a set of virtual resources controlled by an independent IaaS provider. The monitoring system can collect infrastructure metadata and/or system-level metric data characterizing the set of virtual resources from the IaaS provider, and automatically infer from the metadata and/or metric data how the virtual resources should be organized into groups, clusters and hierarchies. The monitoring system can automatically infer this service architecture using naming conventions, security rules, software types, deployment patterns, and other information gleaned from the metadata and/or metric data. The monitoring system can then run analytics based on this inferred service architecture to report on service operation.03-19-2015

Joel Katz, Stoneham, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100142850System, method, and product for scanning of biological materials - An embodiment of a scanning system is described including optical elements that direct an excitation beam at a probe array, detectors that receive reflected intensity data responsive to the excitation beam, where the reflected intensity data is responsive to a focusing distance between an optical element and the probe array, a transport frame that adjusts the focusing distance in a direction with respect to the probe array, an auto-focuser that determines a best plane of focus based upon characteristics of the reflected intensity data of at least two focusing distances where the detectors further receive pixel intensity values based upon detected emissions from a plurality of probe features disposed on the probe array at the best plane of focus, and an image generator that associates each of the pixel intensity values with at least one image pixel position of a probe array based upon one or more position correction values.06-10-2010
20120235016System, Method, and Product for Scanning of Biological Materials - An embodiment of a scanning system is described including optical elements that direct an excitation beam at a probe array, detectors that receive reflected intensity data responsive to the excitation beam, where the reflected intensity data is responsive to a focusing distance between an optical element and the probe array, a transport frame that adjusts the focusing distance in a direction with respect to the probe array, an auto-focuser that determines a best plane of focus based upon characteristics of the reflected intensity data of at least two focusing distances where the detectors further receive pixel intensity values based upon detected emissions from a plurality of probe features disposed on the probe array at the best plane of focus, and an image generator that associates each of the pixel intensity values with at least one image pixel position of a probe array based upon one or more position correction values.09-20-2012

Patent applications by Joel Katz, Stoneham, MA US

Joel M. Katz, Stoneham, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110243411System, method, and product for scanning of biological materials - An embodiment of a scanning system is described including optical elements that direct an excitation beam at a probe array, detectors that receive reflected intensity data responsive to the excitation beam, where the reflected intensity data is responsive to a focusing distance between an optical element and the probe array, a transport frame that adjusts the focusing distance in a direction with respect to the probe array, an auto-focuser that determines a best plane of focus based upon characteristics of the reflected intensity data of at least two focusing distances where the detectors further receive pixel intensity values based upon detected emissions from a plurality of probe features disposed on the probe array at the best plane of focus, and an image generator that associates each of the pixel intensity values with at least one image pixel position of a probe array based upon one or more position correction values.10-06-2011

Nathaniel Katz, Natick, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150248843TRAINING METHODS FOR IMPROVED ASSAYING OF PAIN IN CLINICAL TRIAL SUBJECTS - Provided are methods for training subjects to report pain, and for identifying accurate pain reporting subjects prior to or subsequent to training. The methods of the invention generally involve: determining the reported pain threshold and tolerance levels of the subject in response to an evoked pain stimulus; determining the reported pain of the subject in response to a natural index pain using a standard pain reporting scale; determining the response profile of the subject to noxious stimuli using a standard pain reporting scale, wherein the noxious stimuli intensity are between the pain threshold and tolerance levels of the subject; and determining the pain reporting accuracy and/or reliability of the subject.09-03-2015

Noam Katz, Norwood, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140111019FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION IN WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEMS - The disclosure features apparatus, methods, and systems for wireless power transfer that include a power source featuring at least one resonator, a power receiver featuring at least one resonator, a first detector featuring one or more loops of conductive material and configured to generate an electrical signal based on a magnetic field between the power source and the power receiver, a second detector featuring conductive material, and control electronics coupled to the first and second detectors, where during operation, the control electronics are configured to measure the electrical signal of the first detector and compare the measured electrical signal of the first detector to baseline electrical information for the first detector to determine information about whether debris is positioned between the power source and the power receiver.04-24-2014
20140111154FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION IN WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEMS - The disclosure features apparatus, methods, and systems for wireless power transfer that include a power source featuring at least one resonator, a power receiver featuring at least one resonator, a first detector featuring one or more loops of conductive material and configured to generate an electrical signal based on a magnetic field between the power source and the power receiver, a second detector featuring conductive material, and control electronics coupled to the first and second detectors, where during operation, the control electronics are configured to measure the electrical signal of the first detector and compare the measured electrical signal of the first detector to baseline electrical information for the first detector to determine information about whether debris is positioned between the power source and the power receiver.04-24-2014
20150051750IMPEDANCE TUNING - The disclosure features wireless power transfer systems that include a power transmitting apparatus configured to wirelessly transmit power, a power receiving apparatus connected to an electrical load and configured to receive power from the power transmitting apparatus, and a controller connected to the power transmitting apparatus and configured to receive information about a phase difference between output voltage and current waveforms in a power source of the power transmitting apparatus, and to adjust a frequency of the transmitted power based on the measured phase difference.02-19-2015
20150233988OBJECT DETECTION FOR WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEMS - The disclosure features living object detectors for a wireless energy transfer systems that include a sensor featuring a first conductor positioned adjacent to a first surface of a substrate, a shield featuring a second conductor different from the first conductor, where at least a portion of the second conductor is positioned proximal to the first conductor and adjacent to the first surface of the substrate, a ground reference featuring a third conductor spaced from the substrate and positioned on a side of the substrate opposite to the first surface, and an electrical circuit coupled to the first, second and third conductors and configured so that during operation of the living object detector, the electrical circuit applies a first electrical potential to the first conductor and a second electrical potential to the second conductor, the first and second electrical potentials being approximately similar.08-20-2015
20150323694FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTION IN WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for detecting foreign object debris around a wireless power transfer system include a plurality of detectors, each detector featuring one or more loops of conducting material, and a controller configured to measure at least one of a voltage and a current in each detector and to determine, based on the measurements, whether foreign object debris is present around the wireless power transfer system, where at least some of the plurality of detectors include a first number of loops of the conducting material, and at least some of the plurality of detectors include a second number of loops of the conducting material larger than the first number.11-12-2015
20150372495WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS FOR SURFACES - The disclosure features wireless energy transfer sources that include at least two source resonators and a power source, where: each of the at least two source resonators has a nominal impedance when a device resonator is not positioned on or near any of the at least two source resonators, the nominal impedances of each of the at least two source resonators varying by 10% or less from one another; and the at least two source resonators are configured so that during operation of the wireless energy transfer source, when a device resonator is positioned on or near a first one of the at least two source resonators: (a) the impedance of the first source resonator is reduced to a value smaller than the nominal impedances of each of the other resonators by a factor of 2 or more.12-24-2015

Warren Katz, Boston, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20160029778WEARABLE MODULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SUCH AS TO HOLD A SELECTABLE AND/OR REPLACEABLE BIOMETRIC SENSOR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AND/OR IN PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH A WEARER AND/OR TO HOLD A BATTERY - A wearable modular electronic device to maintain an electronic module proximate to a wearer may be configured to attach to a wearable accessory such as, without limitation jewelry (e.g., necklace/pendant, finger ring, earring, body piercing, brooch, wrist bracelet, and/or wristwatch), a money clip, a belt buckle, a handbag, and/or an article of clothing. A wearable modular electronic device may be configured as a clasp assembly for a wristwatch, which may be configured to replace an existing clasp of a wristwatch, and which may be configurable for multiple types of wristbands (e.g., strap-type and/or metal). An electronic module may include a battery and/or sensor, such as a biometric sensor, and the wearable modular electronic device or a surface thereof may be contoured to coincide with a body part of a wearer and/or otherwise configured to maintain the biometric sensor proximate to the wearer.02-04-2016
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