3m Innovative Properties Company

Solventum Intellectual Properties Company

Nicholas T Gabriel

Ronald David Jesme

Andrew P Bonifas

Andrew John Ouderkirk

Erin A McDowell

John M Kruse

Nicholas G Amell

Mikhail L Pekurovsky

John P Baetzold

Patrick A Mach

Ravi Palaniswamy

Kara A Meyers

Glendon D Kappel

Robert R Kieschke

Saagar A Shah

Ankit Mahajan

Joseph B Eckel

Robert M Jennings

Brock A Hable

Timothy J Nevitt

Olester Benson, Jr

Daniel J Schmidt

Glenn E Casner

James D Carlson

Brian J Stankiewicz

Shawn C Dodds

Jitendra Singh Rathore

Christian Weinmann

Dylan T Cosgrove

Alexi J Young

Thomas J Metzler

Arokiaraj Jesudoss

Roger W Barton

Darin Kyle Thompson

Ronald P Swanson

Wesley A Raider

Gautam Singh

Bret W Ludwig

David C Mercord

Lyudmila A Pekurovsky

Adam C Nyland

Samuel J Fahey

Bill H Dodge

Thaine W Fuller

Antonia E Schaefer

Robin E Gorrell

Alejandro Aldrin A Narag, Ii

Huang Chin Hung

Zohaib Hameed

Max Powers

Justin Tungjunyatham

Kelly S Johnson

Kayla C Niccum

James R Miller

Richard C Webb

Jonathan W Kemling

Ravi K Sura

Jason L Aveldson

Tilo Remhof

Steven G Lucht

Howard M Kaplan

Kristin J Godbey

Kevin T Reddy

Elisa J Collins

William J Kelliher, Jr

Jae Yong Lee

Erin A Binder

Kelly Reed Ingham

Richard J Sabacinski

Anthony J Nowicki

Frank T Herfort

Karl Battle

Joseph B Farley

Kristy A Jost

Elias Wilken-Resman

Jacob E Odom

Haleh Hagh-Shenas

Michael L Gjere

Rachneet Kaur

Doug A Addleman

Eugene V Johnson

Shrey Gupta

Erin A Mcdowell

An apparatus includes a mobile computing device () physically coupled to a lightbox (). The apparatus includes camera hardware configured to capture image data associated with an output signal area of a biological chromatographic test strip () inserted into a receiving slot of the lightbox. The apparatus further includes processing circuitry in communication with the camera hardware, the processing circuitry being configured to determine, based on the image data captured by the camera hardware, a concentration of a target analyte in a test sample submitted via the biological chromatographic test strip. The apparatus further includes an interface in communication with the processing circuitry, the interface being configured to output data indicative of the concentration of the target analyte determined by the processing circuitry.

Chromatographic reader devices for biodetection

A system includes a personal protective equipment (PPE) configured to be worn by an agent. The PPE includes a sensor assembly comprising a radar device configured to generate radar data, a microphone configured to capture speech input from the agent, and an inertial measurement device configured to generate inertial data. The system includes a computing device configured to: process sensor data from the sensor assembly, the sensor data including at least the radar data and the inertial data, to generate pose data of the agent based on the processed sensor data, the pose data including a location and an orientation of the agent as a function of time, to process the speech input to identify an item of interest in an environment in which the PPE is deployed, and to form mapping information for the environment with the item of interest being marked, based on the processed speech input.

Personal protective equipment for navigation and map generation within a visually obscured environment

A mobile computing device includes camera hardware configured to capture image data associated with an output signal area of a biological chromatographic test strip. The mobile computing device further includes processing circuitry in communication with the camera hardware, the processing circuitry being configured to determine, based on the image data captured by the camera hardware, a concentration of a target analyte in a test sample submitted via the biological chromatographic test strip. The mobile computing device further includes an interface in communication with the processing circuitry, the interface being configured to output data indicative of the concentration of the target analyte determined by the processing circuitry.

A reader device includes a camera board, processing circuitry in communication with the camera board, and an interface in communication with the processing circuitry. The camera board is configured to capture image data associated with an output signal area of a biological chromatographic test strip. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on the image data captured by the camera board, a concentration of a target analyte in a test sample submitted via the biological chromatographic test strip. The interface is configured to output data indicative of the concentration of the target analyte determined by the processing circuitry.

An ultrasonic coupling device. The ultrasonic coupling device includes a foam having an aperture; a hydrogel wherein the hydrogel has a water content of at least 10 wt %, wherein at least part of the hydrogel locates in the aperture of the foam; and a near field communication device.

Ultrasonic coupling device

Systems and methods of path-based mapping and routing are provided. Translation information and absolute information of mobile objects in environments are determined based on a fusion of sensing data from a radar and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) including a gyroscope and an accelerometer, from which path-based maps and optimal routes can be generated.

Methods and systems for path-based mapping and routing

An ultrasonic coupling device. The ultrasonic coupling device includes a hydrogel wherein the hydrogel has a water content of at least 10 wt %; and a near field communication device.

Embodiments include wireless authentication devices, systems, and methods. A wireless authentication system can include an active wireless communication device including a first memory, first processing circuitry, and a first antenna, the first processing circuitry to produce an identifier request for an identifier (ID) and cause the first antenna to transmit the identifier request, receive the ID in a response to the identifier request, identify, based on the ID and data in the first memory, a location of a second memory to access, and produce an access request for the identified location of the second memory and cause the first antenna to transmit the access request. The system can further include a passive wireless communication device comprising a second memory, second processing circuitry, a second antenna, and a power harvesting circuitry to convert electromagnetic power incident on the second antenna to electrical power for the second memory and the second processing circuitry, the second processing circuitry to produce the response to the identifier request, the response including the ID, and cause the second antenna to produce the response, receive the access request, retrieve data from or write data to the identified location of the second memory based on the access request, and cause the second antenna to transmit the response to the access request.

Wireless authentication systems

Flexible electrical connectors are provided to electrically connect electronic devices. The flexible electrical connector includes a removable adhesive tape strip having an adhesive surface thereof and an electrically conductive trace disposed on the adhesive tape strip. The flexible electrical connector engages an electronic device to form an electrical contact where the adhesive tape strip has an adhesive surface removably adhesively bonded to the substrate of the electronic device to at least partially cover the electrical contact.

Removable electrical connectors and devices

A bonded abrasive wheel is disclosed comprising a plurality of abrasive particles disposed in a binder, a first grinding surface, a second surface opposing the first grinding surface, and an outer circumference. The wheel comprises a rotational axis extending through a central hub and a circuit configured as a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) unit coupled to the abrasive wheel. The circuit comprises an antenna configured to communicate with one or more external devices and comprising a first end and a second end, wherein antenna has a radius of curvature about an axis along at least a portion thereof such that the first end is disposed adjacent to but is spaced from the second end, and an integrated circuit (IC) operably coupled to the antenna and configured to store at least a first data.

Embedded electronic circuit in grinding wheels and methods of embedding

Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are described that include a substrate, an antenna disposed on a major surface of the substrate, an integrated circuit (IC) disposed on a major surface of the substrate, and one or more stand-alone capacitors disposed on a major surface of the substrate. The antenna may have a length less than about 2 meters between first and second ends of the antenna. The integrated circuit may have an effective capacitance less than about 1000 pF and the one or more stand-alone capacitors may have an equivalent capacitance greater than 500 pF and may be connected in parallel with the antenna and the IC.

Radio frequency identification tag

At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a mobile sensing system comprising a sensing device for measuring a thermal property of an object, comprising an RF circuit and an antenna electronically coupled to the RF circuit, a sensor electronically coupled to the RF circuit, and a thermal source thermally coupled to the sensor and electronically coupled to the RF circuit, a mobile device having a processor, an RF reader connected to or integrated with the mobile device, wherein the RF reader is configured to interrogate the sensing device; wherein the sensing device receives power when the RF reader interrogates the sensing device and provides at least a portion of the power to the thermal source.

Wireless sensing system using sensing device with excitation element

Electrical conductors are disclosed. More particularly, undulating electrical conductors are disclosed. Certain disclosed electrical conductors may be suitable to be disposed on flexible or stretchable substrates.

Electrical conductors

Wireless sensing devices including stable near-field antennas are provided. A spacer layer is attached to a portion of the substrate adjacent to the antenna. The spacer layer has a thickness T, a relative permittivity k, and a figure of merit defined as the ratio of T (in micrometers) by k. The spacer layer has the figure of merit no less than 20 (micrometers).

Wireless sensing devices including stable near-field antenna

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Woodbury, MN, United States of America

Nicholas T Gabriel