DR. ISRAEL M STEIN, M.D.
Marriage and Family Therapists at Edge Hill Rd, Boston, MA

2009008, Apr 2, 2009

Jan 3, 2008

12/006492

Samuel Joseph Wald - Brookline MA, US
Israel Mayer Stein - Chestnut Hill MA, US

G06F 17/28

704 2

A system having a computer system with one or more interfaces enabling communication with one or more communication devices, and memory storing a first database associating geographic regions with the most commonly spoken language(s) of those regions, and a second database associating interpreters with different languages, and a third database providing demographics of members who previously enrolled with the service and including information such as telephone numbers and languages spoken. In response to a requesting communication device, the computer system determines the language(s) spoken by the member associated with that requesting device as identified in the third database, determines a geographic region associated with the requesting communication device and a language of that region as identified by the first database, and selects a matching interpreter from the second database who can assist in both the regional language and one of the languages spoken by the member. The requesting communication device is connected to the communication device of the selected interpreter for either voice communication or text messaging with the user of the device. The requesting communication device may be associated with either a single user or with one of multiple participants associated with a request to the computer system to connect such participants in a multi-party call. In another embodiment, the second database is used to identify interpreters to assist in multi-party conferences or conference calls through remote audio links, in which a series of switches and volume adjustments are used to prevent distraction during simultaneous interpretation for selected participants.

2006009, May 11, 2006

Nov 10, 2004

10/985315

Israel Stein - Chestnut Hill MA, US
Gerardus Giesen - Zutphen, NL
Jagan Rao - Moorestown NJ, US
Richard Driver - Cambridge MA, US

G01N 27/26

204409000, 204400000

An analyte recognition system uses an array () of ion-selective electrode (ISE) sensors, each sensitive to a different ion in a downstream flow path () therethrough to a coupling () which provides a ground or bias electrode. Another flow path () is upstream through an ISE sensor () which provides a reference electrode and the coupling. The coupling has a flow path, provided by a sidearm, to an outlet () going to a drain () for both the upstream and downstream flow paths. The upstream flow path reference electrode is a conduit for a reference fluid, and measurements from the other electrodes are made with respect to the reference electrode. Contamination and permanent poisoning of certain of the electrodes in the downstream path may occur if reversal of the flow were to take place, or if the reference fluid flowing in the upstream path were to flow into the downstream path. Reversal of flow is prevented by inclusion of a one-way valve, desirably a duckbill valve () in the coupling in the downstream path to the sidearm. Poisoning of the ISE sensors is prevented because the duckbill valve reduces the likelihood of a reversal of the normal downstream flow and reduces flow of the reference fluid in the upstream direction through the array of ion-selective electrodes.

4098267, Jul 4, 1978

Jul 5, 1977

5/813403

Israel M. Stein - Boston MA
Ronald T. Peterson - Newton Upper Falls MA

Clinical Data, Inc. - Boston MA

A61B 504

128 206G

A system is described for displaying several lines of electrocardiographic (ECG) signals on a cathode ray tube screen for observation, analysis and selection of those portions of the signals which indicate abnormalities of heart rhythm and cardiac events of interest to the diagnostician or trained observer. The ECG signals may be recorded at real time but are inputted to the system at much greater than real time. The system provides the display of the signal portions which were recorded consecutively, each on a separate vertically displayed line. In the system the greater than real time ECG signals are converted into consecutive bytes of data and transferred through a memory, which may be part of a computer, to a bulk storage unit such as a magnetic disc unit. The data from the disc is transferred to the display by way of the memory such that the display is continuously refreshed while the lines of ECG signals are under observation. Together with the ECG signals, other alphanumeric data, such as the time of day when the signals were recorded, patient name, heart rate, cardiac condition, and other pertinent information, may also be displayed simultaneously with the lines of ECG signals by the use of the memory and storage means to receive and hold such data.

8041018, Oct 18, 2011

Dec 3, 2008

12/451538

Samuel Joseph Wald - Brookline MA, US
Israel Mayer Stein - Chestnut Hill MA, US

H04M 3/56, G06F 17/28

37920201, 370260, 704 2, 704 8

System and method for conferencing communication devices associated with participants conversant in different languages has a system for connecting communication devices with one or more other communication devices where each communication device is associated with one of a plurality of different languages, and one of the different languages is designated as the main language. The system in response to receiving a request for a conference call, connects two or more of the communication devices in a conference call when two or more of said communication devices are associated with the main language, connects each of the communication devices associated with a different language than the main language with the communication device of an interpreter selected for interpreting between the different language and the main language, and then connects the communication device of the interpreter for each of the different languages than the main language to the conference call.

2006013, Jun 22, 2006

Dec 16, 2004

11/013859

Israel Stein - Chestnut Hill MA, US
Gerardus Giesen - Zutphen, NL
Renzo Montanari - Ravenna, IT

B01L 9/00

422099000, 422104000, 422102000

An adapter for test tubes is provided enabling attachment of information with identifying patient and/or test data, and which further facilitates insertion of test tubes into automated test equipment. The adapter has a cylindrical housing with two open ends into which a test tube and its attached stopper are received. In one embodiment, one end of the adapter is attached to the stopper and extends partially along the length of the test tube. In another embodiment, the adapter receives the entire test tube in a first position, and in a second position, the test tube and attached stopper are slid within the adapter housing, such that the test tube exits the housing and retains the stopper in the housing. When the assembly of the adapter and test tube is inserted into automatic test equipment, the adapter prevents the information attached to its housing associated with the sample from interfering with analysis of the sample contained in the test tube.

2006015, Jul 20, 2006

Jan 14, 2005

11/035530

Israel Stein - Chestnut Hill MA, US

G06F 17/00

235375000

Cards having non-volatile memory, referred to as smart cards, are provided which are insertable into a slot of an automatic sample analysis device. Such smart cards may be of different types, including a quality control smart card, which stores quality control information for use by the device when analyzing quality control samples associated with the quality control smart card. Other types of smart card may also be provided, such as a setup card for setting up the device for operation, or a tube card for setting the device for a lot of sample containers.

2006023, Oct 19, 2006

Apr 13, 2005

11/104927

Israel Stein - Chestnut Hill MA, US

B01L 9/00

422102000

An improved glass test tube is provided with a protective shield on the test tube's outer surface which protects the test tube from accidental breakage. The protective shield may be of a color which indicates that it has breakage protection. In one embodiment, the protective shield is provided by plastic material which is coated or sprayed on the outer surface of the glass test tube. In another embodiment, the protective shield is provided by one or more layers of wrapped sheet material, such as polyester film. The improved glass test tube is particularly useful in automatic analyzers that measure erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

4886164, Dec 12, 1989

Jun 16, 1989

7/367173

Israel M. Stein - Chestnut Hill MA
Alan S. Goodman - Roxbury MA
Richard Romanow - South Boston MA

Enviro Med, Inc. - Boston MA

B65D 512, B65D 8100

206366

Containers suitable for storage and transport of regulated medical waste, including sharps and solid and semi-solid waste, which is disposable with the waste as by incineration, are provided by low cost paper, preferably corrugated paper, boxes having inserts which provide a mouth through which the waste items may be inserted. The insert has side walls which are attached to the side walls of the box near the top thereof. The insert has notches in the side walls along its bottom. A cover panel having tabs with spacing complimentary to the spacing of the notches is placed in the box upon the bottom of the insert with the tabs in the notches. The box may be lined with a plastic bag to provide leak resistance. The bag extends between the side walls of the insert and the side walls of the box and above the top of the box. The cover may also have a sleeve of flexible plastic material.

2006023, Oct 19, 2006

May 13, 2005

11/129546

Israel Stein - Chestnut Hill MA, US

B01L 9/00

422102000

An improved test tube with a glass inner surface, layer, or lining, and a protective outer shield (or layer) of a material that protects the test tube from accidental breakage. The protective shield may be of a color which indicates that it has breakage protection. In one embodiment, the protective shield is provided by plastic material which is coated or sprayed on the outer surface of the glass test tube. In another embodiment, the protective shield is provided by one or more layers of wrapped sheet material, such as polyester film. In a further embodiment, a glass tube is inserted into a plastic tube to provide such glass tube with breakage protection. The improved test tube is particularly useful in automatic analyzers that measure erythrocyte sedimentation rate.