JAMES WILSON
Occupational Therapy at Whirlwind St, Benton, AR

6945937, Sep 20, 2005

Sep 3, 2004

10/934916

William C. Culp - Little Rock AR, US
James D. Wilson - Benton AR, US

Board of Trustees University of Arkansas - Little Rock AR

A61B008/00

600437

An apparatus and method for using ultrasound augmented with microbubbles, thrombolytic drugs or other agents for clot lysis wherein at least one ultrasound transducer generates a plurality of acoustic signals and time, amplitude, phase and frequency modulation of the signals provide more uniform power delivery with fewer gaps in the ultrasound field. Interference patterns from one or multiple transducers are constantly shifted in position. A phased array of transducers may generate a beam that is swept over the area to be treated. In another embodiment, an array of transducers may generate ultrasound at a number of slightly varying frequencies to produce an interference pattern that sweeps in and out through the targeted tissue. A single array may be used to produce both effects simultaneously or separately.

6911593, Jun 28, 2005

Sep 24, 2002

10/253625

Malay K. Mazumder - Little Rock AR, US
Robert A. Sims - Little Rock AR, US
James D. Wilson - Benton AR, US

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas - Little Rock AR

H01L031/048, H01L031/042, A47L013/40

136251, 136244, 136291, 136293, 323906, 15 151, 134 1

A transparent electromagnetic shield to protect solar panels and the like from dust deposition. The shield is a panel of clear non-conducting (dielectric) material with embedded parallel electrodes. The panel is coated with a semiconducting film. Desirably the electrodes are transparent. The electrodes are connected to a single-phase AC signal or to a multi-phase AC signal that produces a travelling electromagnetic wave. The electromagnetic field produced by the electrodes lifts dust particles away from the shield and repels charged particles. Deposited dust particles are removed when the electrodes are activated, regardless of the resistivity of the dust. Electrostatic charges on the panel are discharged by the semiconducting film. When used in conjunction with photovoltaic cells, the power for the device may be obtained from the cells themselves. For other surfaces, such as windshields, optical windows and the like, the power must be derived from an external source.

2003019, Oct 23, 2003

Apr 9, 2003

10/411027

Curtis Lowery - Little Rock AR, US
Hari Eswaran - Little Rock AR, US
Pamela Murphy - North Little Rock AR, US
James Wilson - Benton AR, US

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas

G01R033/02, A61B005/05

600/409000, 324/248000

The present invention is directed to satisfying the need to measure and monitor uterine activity non-invasively and accurately. Using superconducting quantum interference device sensors, we have established the feasibility of recording uterine contractile activity with high enough spatial-temporal resolution to determine the regions of localized activation and propagation over the uterus. With the large surface area and the shape of the array, spatial-temporal recordings of uterine activity were obtained using 151 sensors yielding a better insight into the mechanism of uterine contraction. By obtaining a contour plot of the magnetic field distribution, we were able to localize the areas of activation over the uterus during a contraction.

2013031, Nov 21, 2013

Feb 3, 2012

13/981818

Hari Eswaran - Little Rock AR, US
Curtis L. Lowery - Little Rock AR, US
James D. Wilson - Benton AR, US

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - Little Rock AR

A61B 5/00

600591

A pneumatic tocodynamometer (“pTOCO”) () having a guard-ring () with a thin elastic membrane () stretched across a shallow spherical depression () trapping a small volume of air in the center of the guard-ring (). A pressure transducer () may be molded into the body of the pTOCO (). In an alternative embodiment, the air volume beneath the membrane () of the pTOCO () may be connected via a low volume air conduit () to a separate pressure transducer ().

6903554, Jun 7, 2005

Jul 15, 2003

10/619810

James Douglas Wilson - Benton AR, US
Jason Shain Breland - Conway AR, US

Carrier Corporation - Farmington CT

G01R031/02

324418, 361160

An apparatus for measuring an operating parameter of a relay armature operating a pair of relay contacts, and for controlling the voltage that occurs between the pair of relay contacts when they open or close. The apparatus includes a microcontroller that senses a reference voltage, and a sensed voltage signal that comprises a voltage component representing a relay coil voltage, a power supply voltage component, and a voltage component induced by a motion of the armature. The microcontroller uses discrete digital samples of the signals to deduce the operating parameter. The microcontroller provides a control signal to cause the relay to open or close the relay contacts at a time when a predefined voltage occurs therebetween. The predefined voltage can be substantially zero volts. Methods of use of the apparatus to control the opening and closing of relay contacts are described.