Kircher, US
Adam S. Kircher, Tallahasse, FL US
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20150221001 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING DONATION OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION - Provided are methods, computer readable storage media, and systems for facilitating and receiving a donation of prescription medications through a peer-to-peer model. Exemplary methods include the steps of receiving registration information and a formulary from a recipient, receiving registration information from a donor, connecting the donor and recipient through communication of registration information, and verifying that the donor and recipient both approve a donation. Further methods include donation and recipient records for reconciling a medication donation. Other exemplary methods include the steps of providing a formulary to a medication donor, receiving registration information from a donor, approving the donor for donating a medication from the formulary, and receiving a donated medication, with further methods for reconciling and dispensing a donated medication. Computer readable storage media and computer-implemented systems including instructions for carrying out the described methods are also provided. | 08-06-2015 |
Amy Lynn Kircher, St. Paul, MN US
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20140288995 | CRITICALITY SPATIAL ANALYSIS - A system includes a processor, a memory and a user interface. The processor has an input port to receive node data, path data, and spatial data. The node data corresponds to nodes in a system. A node is associated with a facility in a food supply chain. The path data corresponds to connectivity between nodes along paths. The paths are associated with nodes in the food supply chain. The spatial data corresponds to nodes or paths. The memory stores executable instructions for accessing risk data associated with at a node, a path, or a food item. The instructions generate output data based on the node data, the path data, the spatial data, and the risk data. The output corresponds to criticality of the food supply chain. The user interface receives user-selected input data as to the food supply chain and provides the output data. | 09-25-2014 |
Brian C. Kircher, Georgetown, TX US
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20080297384 | Analog to Digital Converter Unit - The present invention is a programmable Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) unit ( | 12-04-2008 |
20100318953 | PLATFORM PROGRAMMING FOR MASS CUSTOMIZATION - This disclosure describes a configuration data structure ( | 12-16-2010 |
Deborah Kircher, Santa Barbara, CA US
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20130329429 | EMITTER PACKAGE WITH INTEGRATED MIXING CHAMBER - LED packages are disclosed having encapsulants which can have at least one reflective surface. Due to the reflection of light, the encapsulant can serve as a mixing chamber and thus can produce light of a more uniform color. The encapsulant can take many different shapes, including that of a cylinder and that of a rectangular prism. Encapsulants can also include scatterers to further mix the light. | 12-12-2013 |
20140367713 | MULTI-LAYER CONVERSION MATERIAL FOR DOWN CONVERSION IN SOLID STATE LIGHTING - Light emitting diodes are disclosed that utilize multiple conversion materials in the conversion process in order to achieve the desired emission color point. Different embodiments of the present invention can comprise different phosphor types in separate layers on, above or around one or a plurality of LED chips to achieve the desired light conversion. The LEDs can then emit a desired combination of light from the LED chips and conversion material. In some embodiments, conversion materials can be applied as layers of different phosphor types in order of longest emission wavelength phosphor first, followed by shorter emission phosphors in sequence as opposed to applying in a homogeneously mixed phosphor converter. The conversion material layers can be applied as a blanket over the LED chips and the area surrounding the chip, such as the surface of a submount holding the LED chips. | 12-18-2014 |
James R. Kircher, Mendon, NY US
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20090213330 | STEREO PROJECTION USING POLARIZED SOLID STATE LIGHT SOURCES - A stereoscopic digital image projector includes (a) a plurality of light modulation assemblies, each comprising: (i) at least one solid-state light source energizable to provide illumination having a first polarization axis; (ii) a polarization rotator disposed in the path of the polarized illumination from the solid-state light source(s) and actuable to controllably rotate the polarization axis from the solid-state light source(s) to a second polarized axis; (iii) a micro-electromechanical spatial light modulator in the path of the polarized illumination and energizable to modulate the polarized illumination to form a first modulated light from illumination of the first polarization state and to form a second modulated light from illumination of the second polarization state; and (b) a synchronizing means to temporally control the polarization rotation to match the appropriate image data on the spatial light modulator; and (c) projection optics for directing the first and second modulated light toward a display surface. | 08-27-2009 |
20100277698 | DIGITAL PROJECTOR USING ARRAYED LIGHT SOURCES - A beam alignment chamber extending in a length direction comprising a base having a front edge, and two side edges, first and second opposed side walls connected to the base, and extending along the length of the base, a front wall located at the front edge of the base having an output opening. The beam alignment chamber further comprises a plurality of arrays of light sources disposed to direct light beams through the first or second side walls, and a plurality of reflectors mounted on the base, each having independent yaw and pitch adjustments, each reflector being paired with a corresponding array of light sources, the base-mounted reflectors being disposed to direct the light beams along the length of the beam alignment chamber through the output opening forming an aligned two-dimensional array of parallel light beams. | 11-04-2010 |
20100277699 | BEAM ALIGNMENT CHAMBER PROVIDING DIVERGENCE CORRECTION - A beam alignment chamber comprising: a base, first and second side walls connected to the base, and a front wall located at the front edge of the base having an output opening. The beam alignment chamber further including a plurality of light sources disposed to direct light beams through the first or second side walls, a plurality of reflectors mounted on the base, each having independent yaw and pitch adjustments, each being disposed to direct the light beams from a corresponding light sources along the length of the beam alignment chamber through the output opening forming an aligned array of parallel light beams, and one or more optical elements positioned in the optical path of the aligned array of light beams disposed to correct the beam divergence with respect to at least one axis. | 11-04-2010 |
20100302514 | BEAM ALIGNMENT SYSTEM USING ARRAYED LIGHT SOURCES - A beam alignment system for generating an aligned two-dimensional array of parallel light beams, comprising a beam alignment chamber including a base extending in a length direction and a plurality of reflectors mounted on the base, each having independent yaw and pitch adjustments. The beam alignment system further includes a plurality of arrays of light sources, each generating an array of light beams and being paired with a corresponding reflector, the reflectors being disposed to direct the light beams along the length of the beam alignment chamber forming an aligned two-dimensional array of parallel light beams. | 12-02-2010 |
20110007279 | ETENDUE REDUCED STEREO PROJECTION USING SEGMENTED DISK - A stereoscopic digital image projecting system has a light source system energizable to provide polarized illumination having a first polarization state and a beam splitting system alternately generating first and second light beams having different polarization states from the polarized illumination. A combining system has a polarization beam combiner that combines the first and second light beams into a combined light beam. A spatial light modulator is used to modulate the combined light beam in a manner consistent with stereoscopic image data to form a first modulated image from illumination in the combined light beam having the first polarization state and to form a second modulated image from illumination in the combined light beam having the second polarization state. Projection optics are configured to project the first and second modulated images onto a display surface. | 01-13-2011 |
20110013144 | STEREOSCOPIC PROJECTOR WITH ROTATING SEGMENTED DISK - A stereoscopic digital image projecting system has a light source system providing polarized illumination having a first polarization state and a beam splitting system with a rotating segmented disk in the illumination, alternately generating first and second light beams, the rotating segmented disk having outer segments alternately transmissive and non-transmissive and inner segments radially aligned with the outer segments and alternately reflective and transmissive. A polarization rotator in a path of either the first or second light beam rotates the first polarization state to a second state orthogonal to the first. A combining system combines the first and second light beams into a combined light beam. A spatial light modulator modulates the combined light beam in a manner consistent with stereoscopic image data to form first and second modulated images having substantially orthogonal polarization states. Projection optics project the modulated images onto a display surface. | 01-20-2011 |
20110267550 | OFF-STATE LIGHT BAFFLE FOR DIGITAL PROJECTION - A light modulation assembly for a digital projection apparatus comprising: a solid-state light source that provides an illumination beam; a spatial light modulator having a plurality of tiltable micro-mirrors, each micro-mirror being actuable to tilt with respect to a tilt axis between a first tilt position that provides on-state light and a second tilt position that provides off state light, and wherein the micro-mirrors deflect the illumination beam along an arced path defining a deflection plane as they are tilted between the first tilt position and the second tilt position; and a light baffle disposed alongside the optical axis and in the path of the off state light from the micro-mirrors, the light baffle having a light-trapping surface adapted to absorb the off-state light from the micro-mirrors on the spatial light modulator, the light-trapping surface having a plurality of protruding fins that extend outward from the light-trapping surface at an oblique angle. | 11-03-2011 |
John C. Kircher, Salt Lake City, UT US
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20100324454 | DECEPTION DETECTION USING OCULOMOTOR MOVEMENTS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a rapid, automated, and objective method for using oculomotor measures to determine whether a person is being truthful or deceitful. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention measure a plurality of oculomotor and behavioral dependent measures while a subject reads and responds to written items that are both related and unrelated to a suspected crime. The oculomotor and behavioral measures may include pupil diameter, response times, the number of fixations during reading, the time spent reading and rereading items, and the rate of eye blinks on the current and subsequent item. Several behavioral and oculomotor measures were diagnostic of deception, and a weighted combination of four of those variables correctly classified 84% of guilty and 89% of innocent subjects. | 12-23-2010 |
Joseph J. Kircher, Gurnee, IL US
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20100057264 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE COMPOUNDING OF A PHARMACEUTICAL ADMIXTURE - A method of controlling the compounding of a prescribed admixture, the method performed by a computer under control of a computer program, the method including: inputting the prescribed admixture; determining if a concentration of the prescribed admixture is within an allowed range; and if the concentration is within the allowed range, choosing which of at least two of the following compounding setups to employ (i) a high and a low flow compounding setup for the prescribed admixture, (ii) a low flow compounding setup for the prescribed admixture, and (iii) a high flow compounding setup for the prescribed admixture. | 03-04-2010 |
20140078854 | Syringe Storage Tray - A storage system is provided. The system may include a tray having at least one recess in which at least one syringe is disposed, the syringe including a barrel with first and second barrel ends, and a stopper fixedly disposed between the first and second barrel ends. A tool attached to the stopper through the second barrel end, the tool having a first end attached to the stopper and a second end attached to or abutting the barrel or a surface of the recess, the first end being selectively adjustable relative to the second end to vary the distance between the first and second ends of the tool. In addition or in the alternative to the tool, the system may include a motion generator attached externally to the syringe, the motion generator being one of at least a vibration generator and a rotating frame. | 03-20-2014 |
Michael Kircher, Brandenton, FL US
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20110259945 | WAX REPLACEMENT SPECIALTY FORMULATED CORRUGATING ADHESIVE - Adhesive compositions have properties that make them particularly well suited for recyclable corrugated boards for use in transporting and storing perishable foods such as fresh and frozen produce, seafood and meats together with ice, or under refrigeration. | 10-27-2011 |
Moritz Kircher, New York, NY US
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20140350534 | RAMAN BASED ABLATION/RESECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Described herein are methods, systems, and devices for automated laser ablation and/or tissue resection triggered by Raman spectroscopic information. These systems and methods provide for precise removal of cancerous or other diseased tissue with minimal damage to adjacent healthy tissue. | 11-27-2014 |
20150018807 | RAMAN-TRIGGERED ABLATION/RESECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A Raman-based resection system and methods of operation thereof are disclosed. The method includes producing, via an ablation laser, an interrogation electromagnetic radiation over a scanning point of a sample having been treated with a Raman reporter, the ablation laser illuminating the scanning point at an interrogation power level; acquiring, via a detector, a signal indicative of scattered photons emanating from the scanning point following the illumination; determining, via a processor, whether the acquired signal is indicative of the presence of the Raman reporter in and/or upon the scanning point; and, responsive to a determination of the presence of the Raman reporter in and/or upon the scanning point, producing, via the ablation laser, an ablation electromagnetic radiation over the scanning point to ablate tissue at the scanning point, wherein the ablation electromagnetic radiation is at a power level sufficient to ablate tissue. | 01-15-2015 |
Moritz F. Kircher, New York, NY US
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20120179029 | PROBES, METHODS OF MAKING PROBES, AND METHODS OF USE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for probes, methods of using the probe, methods of making the probe, method of imaging a condition (e.g., pre-cancerous tissue, cancer, or a tumor), methods of planning resection of a brain tumor, methods of imaging a brain tumor, and the like. | 07-12-2012 |
Ryan S. Kircher, Evergreen, CO US
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20130199748 | FABRICATION OF HYBRID SOLID-POROUS MEDICAL IMPLANTABLE DEVICES WITH ELECTRON BEAM MELTING TECHNOLOGY - Systems and methods for fabrication of implantable medical devices using an Electron Beam Melting (EBM) manufacturing process are provided. According to one embodiment, an EBM manufacturing system is caused to perform a fabrication process that results in an implantable medical device of unitary construction having a solid volume and a porous volume. A layer of metal powder is spread across a build platform of the EBM manufacturing system. Portions of the layer of metal powder are selectively heated in accordance each portion's association with the solid volume or the porous volume by scanning the layer of metal powder with an electron beam of the EBM manufacturing system and adjusting a power of the electron beam and a speed of said scanning The build platform is lowered based on a predetermined layer thickness and the process of continues on a layer-by-layer basis until the implantable medical device is completed. | 08-08-2013 |
Susan M. Kircher, Hanover, PA US
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20130089886 | METHOD FOR DIRECT AND RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING FROM POSITIVE BLOOD CULTURES - Methods of the invention include the isolation of intact, viable microorganism(s) from positive blood culture (“PBC”) samples for use in downstream analyses such as identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (“AST”). The methods involve collecting a portion of the PBC sample, adding a choline-containing solution, lysing the blood cells, isolating the viable microorganism, and performing downstream analysis of the isolated, viable microorganism. The methods can be applied to a variety of gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria, and/or yeast, and particularly to strains of | 04-11-2013 |
20150125895 | FORMULATIONS AND PROCESS FOR ISOLATING VIABLE MICROORGANISM FROM POSITIVE BLOOD CULTURES - Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for reagents and methods for rapidly isolating viable microbial cells, including | 05-07-2015 |
Thomas Kircher, Biddeford, ME US
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20130040166 | LAYERED COATING SYSTEM WITH A MCRALX LAYER AND A CHROMIUM RICH LAYER AND A METHOD TO PRODUCE IT - A layer system and a method for producing a component having such a layer system are provided. The layer system includes a substrate a substrate, at least one MCrX layer on the substrate, and a chromium-rich layer on or in the at least one MCrX layer. X includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of yttrium (Y), silicon (Si), aluminum (Al) and boron (B). M includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co). | 02-14-2013 |