O'Dowd, IE
Frank O'Dowd, Ballybunion IE
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20100240086 | BIOCHIP ASSEMBLY AND ASSAY METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is directed to a biochip assembly comprising a semi-permeable membrane and an assay method using said biochip assembly for carrying out cell based assays. | 09-23-2010 |
20130040334 | BIOCHIP ASSEMBLY AND ASSAY METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is directed to a method for measuring the migration of cells in a channel under the influence of an analyte wherein said cells are separated from said analyte by a semi-permeable membrane and said cells are subjected to controlled flow conditions while the analyte is static and in the form of a viscous substance or gel. | 02-14-2013 |
John O'Dowd, Ballyregan IE
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20080291067 | Automatic range shift system and method for an Analog to Digital Converter - Automatic range shifting for an analog to digital converter (ADC) includes combining an external analog input and a DAC output to provide an input to the ADC, detecting whether the range of the output of the ADC is above a predetermined upper range limit or below a predetermined lower range limit, and generating an adjustment code to increase the DAC output if the ADC output is above the upper range limit and to decrease the DAC output if the ADC output is below the lower range limit for decreasing the ADC input when the ADC output is above the upper limit and to increase the ADC input when the ADC output is below the lower limit to keep the ADC input within the ADC range. | 11-27-2008 |
John O'Dowd, Crecora IE
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20080210013 | Sealed capacitive sensor - A sealed capacitive sensor includes a substrate having a diaphragm forming a first plate of a capacitor; a second fixed plate of the capacitor spaced from the diaphragm and defining a predetermined dielectric gap and a sealing medium connecting together the substrate and fixed plate in an integrated structure and hermetically sealing the gap. | 09-04-2008 |
20080290929 | Proximity detection system and method - Proximity detection is accomplished by determining with a moving average calculation a moving average level of input data; setting a threshold level in response to the average level and a sensitivity factor; producing a proximity detection output when the input data meets the threshold level; and changing the weighting used by the average level calculation in response to a proximity detection output. | 11-27-2008 |
20160056829 | ISOLATOR SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ADCS VIA A SINGLE ISOLATOR CHANNEL - In an isolation system, different analog to digital converters (“ADCs”) are provided on a first side of an isolation barrier. Outputs from the ADCs may be merged into a common data stream and communicated across the isolation barrier by a single isolation device. The ADCs may sample independent signals or may sample a common signal. When the ADCs sample a common signal, the system may monitor the input signal for fault conditions. During no fault operation, results of an analog-to-digital conversion may be communicated across an isolation barrier by an isolation device. During a fault condition, data representing the fault condition may replace the ADC data in communication across the isolation barrier. Fault conditions may be signaled by unique data patterns that can be distinguished from ADC data. | 02-25-2016 |
John O'Dowd, Cappamore IE
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20130180879 | CASE ASSEMBLY - A case assembly for a portable device is provided that has a first sleeve member, a second sleeve member and a customized plate member. The first sleeve member is mated with the second sleeve member to encase the portable device. The customized plate member is configured and arranged to connect with the first sleeve member and the second sleeve member. | 07-18-2013 |
John O'Dowd, Dublin 12 IE
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20150185073 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY SWEEPING A TUNABLE LASER - The invention provides a dynamically swept tunable laser system and method for measuring sensor characteristics obtained from an array of optical sensors comprising means for dividing the total wavelength sweep of the laser into different regions in any particular order where each region contains single or multiple contiguous sweep segments and where each sweep segment is referenced by a start and a stop reference and can have different lengths compared to the other sweep segments. The sensor characteristics are determined from each region swept by the tunable laser. The invention provides for the tunable laser to be adapted to operate in a quasi-continuous mode to select segments in any order. The relative sweep rates of regions can be changed such that some regions can be swept more times than other regions. | 07-02-2015 |
John O'Dowd, Dublin IE
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20150349485 | System and Method to Compensate for Frequency Distortions and Polarization Induced Effects in Optical Systems - The invention provides a system and a method for wavelength referencing and polarization mitigation. An optical wavelength tunable laser source is swept in a number of contiguous, overlapping sweep segments. A coarse reference wavelength section produces a reference signal that defines at least one absolute wavelength within a sweep segment. A fine wavelength reference section produces a periodic wavelength reference signal that defines a plurality of equidistant wavelengths within each sweep segment with an indeterminate offset relative to the absolute wavelength(s) of the coarse reference wavelength section. The free spectral range of the fine wavelength reference section is smaller than the spacing between subsequent absolute reference wavelengths of the coarse reference wavelength section. This arrangement allows reducing the minimum required overlap between contiguous sweep segments. | 12-03-2015 |
Killian O'Dowd, Dublin IE
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20090082714 | Systems and methods for treating superficial venous malformations like spider veins - Systems and methods treat superficial venous malformations, such as spider veins. The systems and methods distribute a light-reactive agent, e.g., verteporfin, at or near an inner wall of a vein. The systems and methods activate the light-reactive agent by applying non-thermal light energy at a wavelength that activates the light-reactive agent to cause localize injury to the inner wall of the vein. | 03-26-2009 |
Killian O'Dowd, Co Dublin IE
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20090326435 | Systems and methods for treating superficial venous malformations like varicose or spider veins - Systems and methods treat superficial venous malformations, such as varicose or spider veins. The systems and methods distribute a reactive agent, e.g., a light-reactive agent such as talaporfin sodium or verteporfin, at or near an inner wall of a superficial feeder vein leading to the varicose or spider veins. The systems and methods activate the reactive agent by applying energy, e.g. non-thermal light energy at a wavelength that activates the reactive agent to cause localized injury to the inner wall of the superficial feeder vein to close the feeder vein to interrupt blood flow to the varicose or spider veins, which consequently shrink. | 12-31-2009 |
20100210995 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SUPERFICIAL VENOUS MALFORMATIONS LIKE SPIDER VEINS - Systems and methods treat superficial venous malformations, such as spider veins. The systems and methods distribute a reactive agent, e.g., a light-reactive agent such as talaporfin sodium or verteporfin, at or near an inner wall of a vein. The systems and methods activate the reactive agent by applying energy, e.g. non-thermal light energy at a wavelength that activates the reactive agent to cause localized injury to the inner wall of the vein. | 08-19-2010 |
Padraig O'Dowd, Clonee IE
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20090150384 | SEARCHING A DATABASE - A method of searching a database is disclosed, in which the database comprises a plurality of components and respective descriptions, such as a UDDI database of web services and associated descriptions. The method includes transmitting a query to the database, receiving a response from the database, the response comprising a plurality of components, accessing one or more service requirements relating to the transmitted query, matching the service requirements to the respective descriptions of the plurality of components of the response, and ranking the components in the response according to an output associated with the matching. | 06-11-2009 |
20090157709 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A CONVERSATION SUMMARY - A system, method and computer program product for displaying a conversation summary is provided. The method may include providing a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to allow communication between a number of users. The method may also include displaying an invitation to join a conversation at the graphical user interface from at least one of the users and displaying a summary of the conversation in a tag cloud on a computing device. Numerous other variations and embodiments are also included within the scope of the present disclosure. | 06-18-2009 |