Christopher L Moran

US Patent:

6438131, Aug 20, 2002

Filed:

Jul 28, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/123860

Inventors:

Patrick A. Gerber - Hazlet NJ
Christopher B. Moran - Middletown NJ
Richard Szajdecki - Jackson NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04L 1256

US Classification:

370395, 370469

Abstract:

Information is communicated in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) or other packet-based communication system using a service specific convergence layer which associates a holdover indicator with each of a number of packets generated in a voice and telephony service layer. The service specific convergence layer may be a Service Specific Convergence Sublayer (SSCS) of an ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) Type 2 connection, and the holdover indicator may be a holdover bit in a user-to-user-indication (UUI) field of a Common Part Sublayer (CPS) header of the AAL 2 connection. The holdover indicator may specify, for example, whether a speech detector used for providing silence elimination in the transmitted information is in a holdover mode. The indicator can thus be used by a receiver to determine if a period of silence has begun in the transmitted information, so as to facilitate the generation of comfort noise. The holdover indicators can also be used to provide rate control in a CPS transmitter of an AAL 2 device.

US Patent:

8054171, Nov 8, 2011

Filed:

Mar 16, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/049355

Inventors:

Christopher Lanzafame - Ocean Township NJ, US
Christopher Moran - Middletown NJ, US
Richard Szajdecki - Jackson NJ, US

Assignee:

Avaya Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G08B 21/00

US Classification:

340459, 340458, 340534

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for allowing a troubleshooter to reuse existing indicators, such as displays, LEDs, or specialized indicators, for a purpose other than the indicator's usual purpose. In response to an initial occurrence of a problem, the troubleshooter modifies the indicator's behavior to indicate a later occurrence of a fault or a set of faults, which may be the cause of the problem. Upon the later occurrence of the problem, the indicator is monitored for simultaneous notification of occurrence of the fault. After the problem is triaged, the modified indicator is returned to its original use. The notification from the indicator can be sensory, i. e. , auditory, visible, or tactile. The indicator's change in behavior can occur after the fault happens once or an administrable threshold number of times, or intermittently. Alternatively, the change in behavior may become semi-permanent if the fault continues to occur for some administrable number of times.

US Patent:

51974665, Mar 30, 1993

Filed:

Jan 7, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/818738

Inventors:

J. Alexander Marchosky - Creve Coeur MO
Christopher J. Moran - Town and Country MO
Neal E. Fearnot - West Lafayette IN

Assignee:

MED Institute Inc. - West Lafayette IN

International Classification:

A61F 712

US Classification:

128399

Abstract:

A system and method for producing volumetric conductive hyperthermia for the treatment of a cancerous tumor in a patient. The location and volume of the tumor are determined with the aid of a CT scanning system, and an array of probes each containing a heat-emitting element is formed by interstitial implantation in the tumor in a predetermined pattern for volumetric heating using a template for guiding the probes into parallel alignment in the tumor. The template is affixed with respect to the patient's body and with respect to the imaging plane of the CT scanning system. After implantation, the probes are connected to a manifold which is in turn connected to an external control system capable of independently controlling the probes while monitoring various analog and digital values representative of system performance.

US Patent:

49614223, Oct 9, 1990

Filed:

May 2, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/193167

Inventors:

J. Alexander Marchosky - Creve Coeur MO
Christopher J. Moran - Town and Country MO
Neal E. Fearnot - West Lafayette IN

International Classification:

A61F 712

US Classification:

128401

Abstract:

A system and method for producing volumetric conductive hyperthermia for the treatment of a cancerous tumor in a patient. The location and volume of the tumor are determined with the aid of a CT scanning system, and an array of probes each containing a heat-emitting element is formed by interstitial implantation in the tumor in a predetermined pattern for volumetric heating using a template for guiding the probes into parallel alignment in the tumor. The template is affixed with respect to the patient's body and with respect to the imaging plane of the CT scanning system. After implantation, the probes are connected to a manifold connector which is in turn connected to an external control system capable of independently controlling the probes while monitoring various analog and digital values representative of system performance.

US Patent:

47199199, Jan 19, 1988

Filed:

Feb 4, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/697697

Inventors:

Jose A. Marchosky - Creve Couer MO
Robert B. Alek - Ellisville MO
Christopher Moran - Creve Coeur MO
Raymond E. Rutledge - Ballwin MO

Assignee:

Ramm Associates, a partnership - Creve Coeur MO

International Classification:

A61F 712

US Classification:

128401

Abstract:

A system for generating heat and sensing the temperature in an internal body organ such as in a tumor and for gaining information about the tumor for diagnosis and other purposes comprising a first system portion which is preferably entirely implantable beneath the skin of the person being treated or diagnosed including a probe device having electrical heater and sensor elements in it for implanting extending into the tumor to be treated and including an internal control unit also implantable under the skin and operatively connected to the heater and sensor elements in the probe, the internal control unit also including an electronic control unit for controlling the energizing of the heater element and having a sensor responsive portion responsive to the temperature sensed by the sensor element, and a transmitter/receiver device and a second system portion including an external control unit having a transmitter/receiver device for positioning on the skin adjacent to the internal transmitter/receiver device for exchanging information between the internal and the external control units, the external control unit also including a computer and associated computer control devices and software. The external control unit also includes system elements for controlling the application of electric energy to the heater element to generate heat in the body organ. The internal control unit may also include a rechargeable energy source rechargeable under control of the external control unit.