Method and apparatus for drug product tracking using encoded optical identification elements

JA Moon, MA Putnam, A Kersey, D Fournier… - US Patent …, 2009 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus for drug product tracking (or other pharmaceutical, health care or
cosmetics products, and/or the packages or containers they are supplied with) using …

Encoded particle having a grating with variations in the refractive index

JA Moon, MA Putnam - US Patent 7,872,804, 2011 - Google Patents
Microparticles 8 includes an optical substrate 10 having at least one diffraction grating 12
disposed therein. The grating 12 having a plurality of colocated pitches Λ which represent a …

Chemically-selective detector and methods relating thereto

ML Myrick, H Brooke, SL Morgan, MR Pearl - US Patent 8,212,213, 2012 - Google Patents
In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for adjusting
the spectral detectivity of a thermal detector is described. The method includes coating the …

Method and apparatus for labeling using diffraction grating-based encoded optical identification elements

JA Moon, MA Putnam, AD Kersey, T Li… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
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Optical analysis system for dynamic real-time detection and measurement

ML Myrick, RP Freese, RJ Priore, JC Blackburn… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
A method of real-time processing and monitoring comprises the steps of blending a material
of interest (eg, an active pharmaceutical material), with a secondary material,(eg, an …

Method of high-speed monitoring based on the use of multivariate optical elements

ML Myrick, RP Freese, RJ Priore, JC Blackburn… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
A method of high-speed processing and monitoring of a product, such as a pharmaceutical
powder or tablet, comprises: moving the product (C) past an inspection station; illuminating …

Optical analysis system and methods for operating multivariate optical elements in a normal incidence orientation

ML Myrick, RP Freese, JC Blackburn… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
A method of arranging and utilizing a multivariate optical computing and analysis system
includes transmitting light from a light source; reflecting the light from the sample; directing a …

Method and apparatus for aligning microbeads in order to interrogate the same

J Moon, MA Putnam, T Li, J Traynor - US Patent 7,399,643, 2008 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus are provided for aligning optical elements or microbeads, wherein
each microbead has an elongated body with a code embedded therein along a longitudinal …

Hybrid random bead/chip based microarray

J Moon, AD Kersey, MA Putnam, T Li - US Patent 7,164,533, 2007 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and apparatus f or performing an assay process, featuring
providing microbeads in a solution; placing the microbeads on an alignment substrate; …

Tunable Bragg stack

A Arsenault, GA Ozin, DP Puzzo - US Patent 8,861,072, 2014 - Google Patents
A tunable photonic crystal device comprising: alternating layers of a first material and a
second material, the alternating layers comprising a responsive material, the responsive …