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Non-Medical Patents

Patent No.Patent DescriptionInventor(s)Issue Date
3,289,111Ferrite Device Utilizing the Shorted Turn Effect, with Electromagnet Winding Inside Waveguide and Adjacent to Ferrite MaterialKL Carr11/29/1966
3,289,115Reciprocal Stripline Ferrite Phase Shifter Having a Folded Center ConductorKL Carr11/29/1966
3,295,074Y-Junction Stripline Switchable Circulator Contained Within a Hollow Low Magnetic Permeability Cylindrical TubeKL Carr12/27/1966
3,355,679Impedance Matched Stripline Ferrite Y-Circulator Having Increased Ground Plane Spacing at the Junction of the Center ConductorsKL Carr11/28/1967
3,534,296Tandem Connected CirculatorsKL Carr10/13/1970
3,673,518Stub-Tuned CirculatorKL Carr6/27/1972
3,806,837Plug-In High Power Waveguide CirculatorKL Carr, S Segal4/23/1974
4,686,498Coaxial Connector MillimeterKL Carr8/11/1987

Medical Patents

Patent NumberInvention DescriptionInventor(s)Date
4,346,716Microwave Detection SystemKL Carr8/31/1982
4,557,272Microwave Endoscope Detection and Treatment SystemKL Carr12/10/1985
4,614,514Microwave SterilizerKL Carr, J Regan9/30/1986
4,647,281Infiltration Detection ApparatusKL Carr3/3/1987
4,715,727Non-Invasive Temperature MonitorKL Carr12/29/1987
4,774,961Multiple Antennae Breast Screening SystemKL Carr10/4/1988
4,815,479Hyperthermia Treatment Method and ApparatusKL Carr3/28/1989
5,073,167In-Line Microwave Warming ApparatusKL Carr, R Grabowy12/17/1991
5,198,776Microwave System for Detecting Gaseous EmboliKL Carr3/30/1993
5,334,141Extravasation Detection System and ApparatusKL Carr, J Regan8/2/1994
5,364,336Therapeutic Probe for Radiating Microwave and Ionizing RadiationKL Carr11/15/1994
5,531,662Dual Mode Microwave/Ionizing ProbeKL Carr7/2/1996
5,616,268Microwave Blood Thawing with Feedback ControlKL Carr4/1/1997
5,661,110Microwave Detection Apparatus for Locating Cancerous Tumors, Particularly Breast TumorsKL Carr9/2/1997
5,683,381In-Line Microwave Warming ApparatusKL Carr, R Grabowy11/4/1997
5,683,382Microwave Antenna CatheterT Lenihan, KL Carr11/4/1997
5,690,614Microwave Apparatus for Warming Low Rate InfusatesKL Carr11/25/1997
5,779,635Microwave Detection Apparatus for Locating Cancerous Tumors, Particularly Breast TumorsKL Carr7/14/1998
5,782,897Microwave Heating Apparatus for Rapid Tissue FixationKL Carr7/21/1998
5,919,218Cartridge for In-Line Microwave Warming ApparatusKL Carr7/6/1999
5,983,124Microwave Detection of Tumors, Particularly Breast TumorsKL Carr11/9/1999
6,146,359Apparatus for Controlled Warming Low Flow Rate InfusatesKL Carr, J Regan11/14/2000
6,210,367Intracorporeal Microwave Warming Method And ApparatusKL Carr8/4/1999
6,424,869 B1Dual Mode Transurethral Microwave Warming ApparatusKL Carr, J Regan1/3/2000
6,496,738Dual Frequency Microwave Heating ApparatusKL Carr2/6/2001
6,587,732Heat Treatment for Viral InactivationKL Carr12/1/1997
6,932,776Method and Apparatus for Detecting and Treating Vulnerable PlaqueKL Carr6/2/2003
7,197,356U.S. Continuation-in-Part Application for Microwave Detection ApparatusKL Carr5/18/2004
7,263,398Method and Apparatus for Measuring Intravascular Blood FlowKL Carr6/25/2003
7,699,841Microwave Apparatus for Controlled Tissue AblationKL Carr3/16/2006
7,734,330Method and Apparatus for Detecting and Treating Vulnerable PlaqueKL Carr3/23/2005
7,699,841Controlled Tissue AblationKL Carr, R Allison3/16/2006
7,734,330Detecting and Treating Vulnerable PlaquesKL Carr3/23/2005
7,769,469Integrated Heating/Sensing Catheter Apparatus For Minimally Invasive ApplicationsKL Carr, R Allison6/26/2006
7,933,660Detecting and Treating Vulnerable PlaquesKL Carr3/30/2005
7,989,741In Line Warming ApparatusKL Carr5/8/2007
8,062,228Dual Mode Intracranial Temperature SensorKL Carr7/3/2007
8,206,380Measuring Catheter Contact Force During Cardiac AblationKL Carr, R Allison6/12/2009
8,440,949In Line Microwave Warming ApparatusKL Carr5/5/2008
8,515,554Radiometric Heating/Sensing ProbeKL Carr, R Allison11/25/2009
8,574,166Dual Mode Intracranial Temperature SensorKL Carr9/9/2007
8,731,684Aligning an Ablation Catheter And Temperature Probe During an Ablation ProcedureKL Carr, R Allison1/20/2009
8,934,953Dual Mode Temperature SensorKL Carr4/30/2012
9,795,304Low Profile Cerebral Temperature TransducerR Allison, KL Carr12/4/2012
10,987,001Heating/Sensing Catheter Apparatus For Minimally Invasive ApplicationsKL Carr12/10/2012
10,869,605Non Invasive Microwave Radiometric Sensing Of a Tympanic Membrane (issued)KL Carr12/22/2020
11,413,404Elimination of Viruses in Blood Through Microwave TechniquesKL Carr8/16/2022

Awards

YearAward/Recognition
1978IR-100 Award for the TERRASCAN Underground Utility Locator
1980NASA Certificate of Recognition for brief entitled “Dual Mode Microwave Antenna”
1983NASA Certificate of Recognition for creative development of a scientific contribution determined to be of significant value in the advancement of NASA’s Aerospace Technology Program
1985-1986IEEE Distinguished Microwave Guest Lecturer, lecturing at sixty-five universities in the United States and abroad
1987Elevated to IEEE Life Fellow
1989IEEE/MTT-S International Application Award for the application of microwave technology in the detection and treatment of cancer
1991Tufts University Third Annual Distinguished Electrical Engineering Alumnus Award
1992Wentworth Institute of Technology President’s Award
1995Massachusetts Technology Collaborative SBIR Award for exemplary performance in the development and commercialization of technology through the Federal SBIR Program
1996U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Success Story Award for contributions in critical patient care, presented in their publication entitled “Creating Tomorrow’s History”
1999Prestigious Fourth Annual Tibbetts Award for “unique contributions as an SBIR Model of Excellence” from the U.S. Small Business Administration and the National Institutes of Health
2022Microwave Pioneer Award of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society recognizing a career of meritorious achievement and outstanding technical contributions in the field of microwave theory and techniques “for pioneering developments and commercialization of medical devices for the detection and treatment of medical conditions”

Books Contributed To

Publication TitleAuthor(s)PublisherYear
Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation(Published by John Wiley & Sons)John Wiley & Sons, New York1988
Microwave Engineering Passive CircuitsPeter A. RizziPrentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey1988
New Frontiers in Medical Device TechnologyArye Rosen, PhD., and Harel D. Rosen, M.D.John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, New York1995
Stripline Circuit DesignHarlan Howe Jr.Artech House, Dedham, Massachusetts1974