Elliott E Brown

US Patent:

7906962, Mar 15, 2011

Filed:

Aug 25, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/229540

Inventors:

Songi Han - Santa Barbara CA, US
Evan R. McCarney - Wellington, NZ
Brandon D. Armstrong - Santa Barbara CA, US
Ravinath Kausik - Goleta CA, US
Hanna Pavlova - Goleta CA, US
Mark Lingwood - Goleta CA, US
Elliott Brown - Glendale CA, US

Assignee:

The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA

International Classification:

G01V 3/00

US Classification:

324307, 324300

Abstract:

A method and apparatus are provided for treating hydrated material in a fluid that contains water in which a stable nitroxide is attached to the hydrated material. A dynamic nuclear polarization process (DNP) is conducted on the hydrated material whereby to hyperpolarize the water. A polarization cell contains the hydrated material to obtain hyperpolarized water free from the nitroxide. The dynamic nuclear polarization process is conducted using components comprising a tunable, solid state high power X-band driver and an X-band resonator for microwave transmission to the hydrated material. The components can also include a radio-frequency nuclear magnetic resonance probe, a permanent magnet formed to receive the hydrated material, a portable nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, and an electron spin resonance detector. The components can be sized to be portable, and include electrical input and output and a lap-size hard-case with access to the electrical input and output.

US Patent:

20110150779, Jun 23, 2011

Filed:

Feb 3, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/020660

Inventors:

Songi Han - Santa Barbara CA, US
Evan R. McCarney - Wellington, NZ
Brandon D. Armstrong - Santa Barbara CA, US
Ravinath Kausik - Goleta CA, US
Hanna Pavlova - Goleta CA, US
Mark Lingwood - Goleta CA, US
Elliott Brown - Glendale CA, US

International Classification:

A61K 49/06
C01B 5/00
A61P 43/00
H01P 7/00
G01R 33/44

US Classification:

424 93, 4235801, 2504931, 324307

Abstract:

A method and apparatus are provided for treating hydrated material in a fluid that contains water in which a stable nitroxide is attached to the hydrated material. A dynamic nuclear polarization process (DNP) is conducted on the hydrated material whereby to hyperpolarize the water. A polarization cell contains the hydrated material to obtain hyperpolarized water free from the nitroxide. The dynamic nuclear polarization process is conducted using components comprising a tunable, solid state high power X-band driver and an X-band resonator for microwave transmission to the hydrated material. The components can also include a radio-frequency nuclear magnetic resonance probe, a permanent magnet formed to receive the hydrated material, a portable nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, and an electron spin resonance detector. The components can be sized to be portable, and include electrical input and output and a lap-size hard-case with access to the electrical input and output.

US Patent:

59908505, Nov 23, 1999

Filed:

Sep 5, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/706542

Inventors:

Elliott R. Brown - Arlington VA
John D. Joannopoulos - Belmont MA
Shanhui Fan - Somerville MA
Pierre R. Villeneuve - Boston MA
Oliver B. McMahon - Nashua NH

Assignee:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

H01Q 1514
H01Q 1502

US Classification:

343912

Abstract:

A metallodielectric photonic crystal including a plurality of elements, each having a non-dielectric component, arranged with respect to each other in a three-dimensionally periodic lattice. The non-dielectric components being spatially isolated from one another, the lattice exhibiting a band gap in the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation modes propagating through said lattice. A support structure positions the elements in the three-dimensionally periodic lattice. In an exemplary embodiment, the elements are metallic spheres arranged within dielectric material. The three-dimensionally periodic lattice can include a face-centered-cubic lattice which exhibits a unidirectional photonic band gap, or a diamond lattice which exhibits an omnidirectional photonic band gap. The diamond lattice structure includes a gap width to midgap frequency ratio which can exceed 60%.