Catherine M Carroll

US Patent:

20100269566, Oct 28, 2010

Filed:

Apr 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/766662

Inventors:

John Carroll - West Palm Beach FL, US
Dennis Bellehumeur - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Catherine Carroll - West Palm Beach FL, US

International Classification:

G01N 33/497

US Classification:

73 233

Abstract:

This invention relates to a system and method that can quickly and accurately detect and measure ethyl alcohol in the blood of a motorized vehicle driver transdermally and non-invasively within minutes of ethanol consumption and in the presence of interferents. The system includes an array of sensors embedded into the steering mechanism of a motorized vehicle, a data base of patterns produced through empirical testing of various analytes in various combinations and concentrations, neural net based pattern recognition algorithms to ascertain the driver's transdermal alcohol concentration and a database derived from human testing, correlating the driver's transdermal alcohol concentration with the driver's blood alcohol concentration. The detection system is integrated with a motor vehicle decision module which can prevent the operation of a motorized vehicle by a driver whose BAC exceeds a preset limit.

US Patent:

20130027209, Jan 31, 2013

Filed:

Aug 3, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/566610

Inventors:

John Carroll - West Palm Beach FL, US
Dennis Bellehumeur - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Catherine Carroll - West Palm Beach FL, US

Assignee:

Sober Steering Sensors LLC - West Palm Beach FL

International Classification:

A61B 5/1477
G08B 23/00
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

340576, 600345, 701 1

Abstract:

This invention relates to a system and method that can quickly and accurately detect and measure ethyl alcohol in the blood of a motorized vehicle driver transdermally and non-invasively within minutes of ethanol consumption and in the presence of interferents. The system includes an array of sensors embedded into the steering mechanism of a motorized vehicle, a data base of patterns produced through empirical testing of various analytes in various combinations and concentrations, neural net based pattern recognition algorithms to ascertain the driver's transdermal alcohol concentration and a database derived from human testing, correlating the driver's transdermal alcohol concentration with the driver's blood alcohol concentration. The detection system is integrated with a motor vehicle decision module which can prevent the operation of a motorized vehicle by a driver whose BAC exceeds a preset limit.