Stephen S Burns

US Patent:

20090198231, Aug 6, 2009

Filed:

Dec 6, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/329571

Inventors:

Axel T. Esser - Muenchen, DE
Thiruvallur R. Gowrishankar - Acton MA, US
Kyle C. Smith - Cambridge MA, US
Stephen K. Burns - Durham NH, US
James C. Weaver - Sudbury MA, US

Assignee:

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

A61B 18/14

US Classification:

606 41

Abstract:

Provided are methods for selecting parameters of an electrical pulse for electroporation to induce apoptosis in a tissue in need of therapeutic removal in a patient. Also provided are methods and apparatuses for treating a disease by inducing apoptosis in a tissue in need of therapeutic removal in a patient. Further provided are computer-readable media having instructions for selecting parameters of an electrical pulse for electroporation to induce apoptosis in a tissue in need of therapeutic removal in a patient.

US Patent:

60008008, Dec 14, 1999

Filed:

Jun 22, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/102699

Inventors:

Robert H. Webb - Lincoln MA
Stephen A. Burns - Reading MA
Carl Murray Penney - Saratoga Springs NY

Assignee:

Schepens Eye Research Institute - Boston MA

International Classification:

A61B 310

US Classification:

351211

Abstract:

A refractometer provides a reference path coaxial with a measurement path and thereby simplifies construction by reducing the number of parts and simplifies maintenance by halving the number of optical axes to be aligned. The refractometer includes a reference projector for projecting a reference pattern on a reference pattern position on a detector during a reference interval, a site-selector for selecting a measurement site on an optical system, and a measurement projector for projecting a measurement pattern through this selected measurement site and onto a measurement pattern position on the detector during a measurement interval. The reference projector, the site selector, and the measurement projector are all aligned along the same optical axis. In the case in which the optical system is a human eye, the designated site in typically a site on the cornea and the detector is the retina of the eye. The refractometer provides an aligner for alignining the reference pattern position with a measurement pattern position.

US Patent:

47413433, May 3, 1988

Filed:

Dec 22, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/945120

Inventors:

H. Frederick Bowman - Needham MA
Stephen K. Burns - Henniker NH
David J. Edell - Lexington MA
James C. Weaver - Sudbury MA

Assignee:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

A61N 140

US Classification:

128635

Abstract:

Oxygen partial pressure and temperature are measured in living tissue by inserting a thin probe into living tissue. The probe includes a plurality of spatially separated thermal sensors secured to the probe substrate. A plurality of oxygen sensors is positioned along the length of the probe substrate and each oxygen sensor is associated with and positioned adjacent to or is an integral part of one of the thermal sensors. Electrical parameters of the sensors located on the probe are measured and used to determine oxygen partial pressure and to determine temperature at each of a plurality of sites along the probe.

US Patent:

60991259, Aug 8, 2000

Filed:

Dec 7, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/206464

Inventors:

Robert H. Webb - Lincoln MA
Stephen A. Burns - Reading MA
Carl Murray Penney - Saratoga Springs NY

Assignee:

Schepens Eye Research Foundation - Boston MA

International Classification:

A61B 310

US Classification:

351211

Abstract:

A refractometer provides a reference path coaxial with a measurement path and thereby simplifies construction by reducing the number of parts and simplifies maintenance by halving the number of optical axes to be aligned. The refractometer includes a reference projector for projecting a reference pattern on a reference pattern position on a detector during a reference interval, a site-selector for selecting a measurement site on an optical system, and a measurement projector for projecting a measurement pattern through this selected measurement site and onto a measurement pattern position on the detector during a measurement interval. The reference projector, the site selector, and the measurement projector are all aligned along the same optical axis. In the case in which the optical system is a human eye, the designated site in typically a site on the cornea and the detector is the retina of the eye. The refractometer provides an aligner for aligning the reference pattern position with a measurement pattern position.

US Patent:

20160270553, Sep 22, 2016

Filed:

Jun 1, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/170644

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Alex SORIANO - Coventry RI, US
Stephen BURNS - Cumming GA, US
Yuk Tong POON - Yuen Long, HK

Assignee:

KIDS II, INC. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A47D 9/02

Abstract:

A cradling bassinet to impart a rocking, swaying or gliding motion to soothe a child occupant includes a frame and an infant receiving receptacle. In example forms, the frame is movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The infant receiving receptacle is pivotally mounted to the frame such that the infant receiving receptacle is capable of gliding or swaying relative to the frame. In some example forms, the infant receiving receptacle is removed from engagement with the frame and capable of rocking on a support surface.

US Patent:

20150342367, Dec 3, 2015

Filed:

May 27, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/722691

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Alex SORIANO - Coventry RI, US
Stephen BURNS - Cumming GA, US
Yuk Tong Thomas POON - Yuen Long, HK

Assignee:

KIDS II, INC. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A47D 9/02
A47D 9/00

Abstract:

A cradling bassinet to impart a rocking, swaying or gliding motion to soothe a child occupant includes a frame and an infant receiving receptacle. In example forms, the frame is movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The infant receiving receptacle is pivotally mounted to the frame such that the infant receiving receptacle is capable of gliding or swaying relative to the frame. In some example forms, the infant receiving receptacle is removed from engagement with the frame and capable of rocking on a support surface.