ROBERT FARRA
Engineering in Acton, MA

5746719, May 5, 1998

Oct 25, 1996

8/736879

Robert Farra - Acton MA
Ronald J. Forni - Littleton MA

Arthur D. Little, Inc. - Cambridge MA

A61M 100

604151

A fluid flow control system includes a disposable cartridge which is receivable in a shifting carrier body portion of a control module. The disposable cartridge houses a disposable pump and a pressure transducer element which are fluidly interconnected by an internal fluid flow circuit formed in part by an elastomeric separating sheet within the cartridge. Following loading of the cartridge, shifting of the carrier body portion automatically results in a drive connection to the pump, the positioning of various flow control valves within the cartridge and the seating of the pressure transducer element to the control module. External flow lines are readily placed in fluid communication with the internal fluid flow circuit through exterior connection ports provided on the cartridge.

2012013, May 24, 2012

Nov 22, 2011

13/302863

Robert Farra - Acton MA, US

MICROCHIPS, INC. - Waltham MA

A61M 5/00

604500, 604 9301

Drug delivery devices and methods are provided. The device included two or more housing units connected together end-to-end in a fixed, linear orientation, the exterior surfaces of the connected housing units defining a sidewall of the device; discrete drug dose units disposed within the housing units; degradable timing members connected to the housing units and separating the discrete dose units from one another; first and second end pieces defining opposed ends of the device such that the discrete dose units are located between the first and second end pieces within each of the housing units, wherein the device is configured to release in vivo a first of the discrete dose units following rupture of the first or second end piece, and subsequently to release in vivo a second of the discrete dose units following rupture of the degradable timing member separating the first discrete dose unit from the second discrete dose unit.

2013005, Feb 28, 2013

Aug 27, 2012

13/595492

Robert Farra - Acton MA, US

MICROCHIPS, INC. - Waltham MA

A61M 37/00, B23K 31/02, B32B 37/24, A61B 5/04, H05K 3/36

600377, 6048911, 29830, 156242, 2281805

Containment devices and methods of manufacture and assembly are provided. In an embodiment, the device includes at least one microchip element, which includes a containment reservoir that can be electrically activated to open, and a first electronic printed circuit board (PCB) which comprises a biocompatible substrate. The first PCB may have a first side on which one or more electronic components are fixed and an opposed second side on which the microchip element is fixed in electrical connection to the one or more electronic components. The device may further include a second PCB and a housing ring securing the first PCB together with the second PCB. The microchip element may include a plurality of containment reservoirs, which may be microreservoirs, and/or which may contain a drug formulation or a sensor element.

2013021, Aug 15, 2013

Aug 12, 2011

13/818545

Jonathan R. Coppeta - Windham NH, US
Robert Farra - Acton MA, US
Kenneth L. Hilts - Merrimic MA, US

Micro CHIPS ,Inc. - Waltham MA

A61B 5/145, A61B 5/1486

600347, 600345

Sensor devices and methods are provided for detecting the presence or concentration of an analyte in fluid. The device has a reservoir; a working electrode located within the reservoir, a catalyst covering at least part of the working electrode; an oxygen-generating auxiliary electrode in the reservoir; and a reservoir cap to isolate the working and auxiliary electrodes within the reservoir. The device further includes means for selectively rupturing the cap to permit analyte from outside the reservoir to contact the catalyst. The methods may include in vivo glucose monitoring and may include implanting the device in a patient; disintegrating a reservoir cap to permit glucose to enter the reservoir; generating oxygen using the oxygen-generating auxiliary electrode; and using a working electrode to oxidize hydrogen peroxide produced by the reaction of the oxygen with glucose in the presence of glucose oxidase, and thereby detecting endogenous glucose in the patient.

5753992, May 19, 1998

Nov 7, 1996

8/746238

Raymond C. Avitable - Indianapolis IN
Robert Farra - Acton MA
Thomas P. Hosmer - Concord MA

H02K 1300

310239

A substantially enclosed brush holder assembly includes a brush fixture of singular piece construction for use in a harsh operating environment, such as that in which a motor vehicle alternator operates. An exemplary brush holder assembly according to the present invention includes a brush fixture for use in connection with a dynamoelectric machine. The brush fixture has at least one brush compartment that is configured to receive a brush. The brush fixture also includes at least one set of spring coil compartments, each of which are designed to receive one of two spring coils of a constant force extension spring. These spring coil compartments are adjacent to and in open communication with the brush compartment, thereby allowing the constant force extension spring to be extended through the brush compartment and peripherally around the brush located therein. The interiors of both the brush compartment and each of the spring coil compartments are substantially enclosed when the brush fixture is affixed to a cooperative shielding fixture. In particular, the brush fixture includes only one open face, and the open face is advantageously configured to receive the cooperative shielding fixture, which when assembled to the brush fixture substantially encloses the brush fixture.

5460007, Oct 24, 1995

Jun 28, 1994

8/267567

Michael A. Reed - Portsmouth NH
Douglas J. Ely - North Andover MA
Robert Farra - Acton MA
Richard F. Topping - Westborough MA

Arthur P. Little, Inc. - Cambridge MA

F25C 100, G01F 1700

62137

An ice level sensor includes three capacitive plates for sensing the level of ice cubes in an ice tray or ice bucket. The ice level sensor preferably includes a relay for turning off the ice maker when a particular ice level is reached. The three capacitive plates provide immunity to frost collection because frost will collect on all plates equally. Preferably, the capacitive sensor is positioned with one plate next to the ice bucket and two plates positioned above the ice bucket. Preferably, the ice sensor may be retrofitted to existing refrigerators by mounting the capacitor plates to the rear freezer wall, and connecting AC input wires to the ice maker through a relay in the capacitor sensor.