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Jack C. Broussard, Jr., New Iberia, LA US
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20100252365 | Personnel Transfer Device - A personnel transfer device, of the type commonly used in offshore oil and gas operations, has a means for lowering personnel from the personnel transfer device in a controlled manner, with the personnel transfer device in an elevated position. In one embodiment, the personnel transfer device has an automatic descender device fixed thereto. Such personnel transfer devices are typically lifted by cranes mounted on offshore platforms or drilling rigs, and move personnel from elevated positions on the platform or drilling rig to and from the decks of boats. In the event of a crane failure during the personnel transfer procedure, resulting in the personnel transfer device suspended in the air in an elevated position, personnel that are in the personnel transfer device can use the automatic descender to safely lower themselves from the elevated personnel transfer device to a waiting boat, the water's surface, etc. | 10-07-2010 |
Jack C. Chou, Stamford, CT US
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20090101831 | NEUTRON DETECTION - In some embodiments, an electron multiplier includes a neutron-sensitive composition having, in weight percent, approximately 30% to approximately 60% silicon oxide, approximately 20% to approximately 60% lead oxide, and approximately 1% to approximately 15% boron-10 enriched boron oxide. The composition is capable of interacting with neutrons to form an electron cascade. The electron multiplier can be in the form of a microchannel plate, a microfiber plate, or a microsphere plate. | 04-23-2009 |
20110133097 | Neutron Detection - An electron multiplier includes a neutron-sensitive composition having silicon oxide, lead oxide, boron-10 enriched boron oxide, and yttrium oxide. The composition is capable of interacting with neutrons to form an electron cascade. The electron multiplier can be in the form of a microchannel plate, a microfiber plate, or a microsphere plate. | 06-09-2011 |
Jack C. Fisher, La Jolla, CA US
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20090062633 | IMPLANTABLE ANALYTE SENSOR - An implantable analyte sensor including a sensing region for measuring the analyte and a non-sensing region for immobilizing the sensor body in the host. The sensor is implanted in a precisely dimensioned pocket to stabilize the analyte sensor in vivo and enable measurement of the concentration of the analyte in the host before and after formation of a foreign body capsule around the sensor. The sensor further provides a transmitter for RF transmission through the sensor body, electronic circuitry, and a power source optimized for long-term use in the miniaturized sensor body. | 03-05-2009 |
Jack C. Griffis, Iii, Decatur, GA US
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20090099654 | SCLERAL PROSTHESIS HAVING CROSSBARS FOR TREATING PRESBYOPIA AND OTHER EYE DISORDERS - A scleral prosthesis includes a prosthesis body having first and second side surfaces and a cavity extending through the prosthesis body from the first side surface to the second side surface. The scleral prosthesis also includes a crossbar configured to be inserted into the cavity, where the crossbar is wider than the prosthesis body. The cavity could define a narrower central opening and wider end openings, and the crossbar could have a narrower central portion and wider end portions. Also, the prosthesis body could include multiple cavities, and the scleral prosthesis could include multiple crossbars configured to be inserted into the multiple cavities. Each of the cavities could be located proximate to an end of the prosthesis body. The crossbar could be substantially straight with a cylindrical cross section. | 04-16-2009 |
20110054436 | Method and system for maintaining aseptic conditions in the storage of biologics - Technologies are generally described for the storage of biologics and other fluid materials while maintaining aseptic conditions. A system may include a storage body providing a reservoir for containing the materials. A cap may couple to the storage body forming a fluid-tight seal. A port may be provided for transferring the materials. A seal, or valve, may be provided within the port. The seal may be configured to close off the reservoir unless acted upon to release the materials through the port. A movable member may make up part of the storage body. The movable member may be configured to change a reservoir volume of the storage body in response to changes in a volume of the materials. The reservoir may become smaller as the materials are released. Multi-dose volumes of fluid materials may be stored for repeated access with reduced risk of contamination and reduction in shelf life. | 03-03-2011 |
20110077735 | SCLERAL PROSTHESIS FOR TREATING PRESBYOPIA AND OTHER EYE DISORDERS AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS - One example scleral prosthesis includes a first free end and a second free end, each wider than a middle portion of the scleral prosthesis. Multiple first portions form the first end of the scleral prosthesis. The first portions are separated along at least half of a length of the scleral prosthesis. Multiple second portions may form the second end of the scleral prosthesis, and the second portions may be separated along less than a quarter of the length of the scleral prosthesis. An implantation device can be used to facilitate implantation of a scleral prosthesis. The implantation device includes a first end portion configured to be inserted into a scleral tunnel of an eye. The implantation device also includes a second end portion configured to receive the scleral prosthesis. A rod with a tapered and rounded end can be partially inserted into the first end portion of the implantation device. | 03-31-2011 |
20110196186 | METHODS AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING IONIZING RADIATION FOR TREATMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA - Method and apparatus are disclosed employing ionizing radiation. for forming lines of ablation or lesions in cardiac tissue to treat atrial fibrillation or other electrophysiological problems with the heart. The apparatus may include a catheter in which the radiation source is advanced hydraulically after the catheter is in place within the heart. Various fixation devices are also disclosed for fixing the location of the catheter within the heart. | 08-11-2011 |
20110196432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSION AND FIXATION OF TENDON TO BONE - Methods and devices may be used to compress and fix soft tissue to bone. Exemplary embodiments described including methods of fixing tendon to bone in an anterior cruciate ligament replacement surgery. Through compressing tendon in situ within bone, tendons may be fixed to bone while limiting axial movement of tendons and adverse effects on tendon tension. | 08-11-2011 |
20120078280 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FORMING INCISIONS IN OCULAR TISSUE - A surgical tool includes a surgical blade configured to be moved to form an incision. The surgical tool also includes a wire configured to cause movement of the surgical blade. The surgical tool further includes an actuator configured to shorten a length of the wire to cause the movement of the surgical blade. The surgical tool could be configured to move the surgical blade in a first direction and then in a second direction in response to a single shortening of the wire. Also, the wire could represent a first wire, the surgical tool could include a second wire, and the surgical tool could be configured to move the surgical blade in a first direction in response to shortening the first wire and to move the surgical blade in a second direction in response to shortening the second wire. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078281 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FORMING INCISIONS IN OCULAR TISSUE - A surgical tool includes a surgical blade configured to be moved to form an incision. The surgical tool also includes a wire configured to cause movement of the surgical blade. The surgical tool further includes an actuator configured to shorten a length of the wire to cause the movement of the surgical blade. The surgical tool could be configured to move the surgical blade in a first direction and then in a second direction in response to a single shortening of the wire. Also, the wire could represent a first wire, the surgical tool could include a second wire, and the surgical tool could be configured to move the surgical blade in a first direction in response to shortening the first wire and to move the surgical blade in a second direction in response to shortening the second wire. | 03-29-2012 |
20120226107 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURING OCULAR TISSUE - An ocular fixation device includes a body configured to be placed on an eye. The ocular fixation device also includes multiple twist picks configured to be turned to secure the body to the eye and to release the body from the eye. The body includes connection points on which a surgical tool is mountable on the body. | 09-06-2012 |
20130103143 | SCLERAL PROSTHESIS FOR TREATING PRESBYOPIA AND OTHER EYE DISORDERS AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS - A system includes a scleral prosthesis and an insert. The scleral prosthesis includes an elongated body having a first free end and a second free end opposite the first end. A maximum width of the body at each end is wider than a maximum width of the body between the ends. The body includes multiple first portions that form the first end of the body and a part of the body between the ends. The first portions are separated lengthwise along a substantial portion of a total length of the body. The first portions are biased so that they maintain separation from one another without external interference but are configured to be pushed towards each other. The insert is configured to be placed between the first portions to maintain a separation of the first portions. The body and/or the insert could be formed using one or more magnetic materials. | 04-25-2013 |
Jack C. Kenning, Sandusky, OH US
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20100019421 | MUD GUN CAP - A mud gun cap is provided. The mud gun cap includes a flame resistant outer face, a ring and a mounting device wherein the mud gun cap connects to a mud gun nozzle to protect the mud gun nozzle from deterioration because of contact with molten iron and slag. The mud gun cap also prevents, or at least reduces the amount of, mud falling out of the nozzle while the mud gun nozzle is rotated into operation position. | 01-28-2010 |
Jack C. Lasee, Abbotsford, WI US
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20120027650 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PREPARING MICROSCOPY SAMPLES - A system for preparing and holding specimens for microscopic analysis including a capsule having an open end, an opposite end including at least one aperture and a reservoir. The system also includes an insert with a base including at least one aperture. The insert fits within and engages an inner wall of the reservoir to secure the insert within the reservoir. The system also includes an insertion tool configured to engage the insert. The insertion tool is sized to position the insert within the reservoir at a variety of positions within the reservoir. The insertion tool will disengage the insert once the insert is positioned within the reservoir. A method of positioning a specimen within a capsule for processing the specimen in preparation for microscopic analysis. A tray for holding a plurality of pipette tips in such a way that a lower end of each pipette tip is sealed. | 02-02-2012 |
20140059806 | CASEMENT WINDOW HINGE WITH REDUCED SASH-SAG - A casement window hinge protects against sash sag by providing a guide arm that substantially tills the space between the sash and the window frame when the window is closed. This space-filling guide arm may be produced with lightweight thermoplastic material whose pivoting connection to the sash arm may be strengthened through a wood screw providing an axis for the pivot that may be stabilized within the sash into which the screw is driven. | 03-06-2014 |
Jack C. La See, Abbotsford, WI US
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20100000051 | CASEMENT WINDOW HINGE WITH INTEGRATED ARM PIVOTS - A casement window hinge eliminates the use of rivets in the pivot between the sash arm and guide arm such as require a high force deformation of an element to a precise compression that varies according to a “tolerance stack up” between four controlled dimensions of the parts being assembled: the length of the rivet, the deformation of the rivet head, and the thickness of the two arms being assembled. The invention eliminates two of these dimensions through the use of integrally molded pivot pins that fit into a bore in the second arm and which are plastically flanged. Resistance to a pull-out of wood screws that are countersunk into a plastic sash arm is provided by exaggerated counter sinking with undersized countersink bores. | 01-07-2010 |
20110131763 | Casement Window Hinge With Reduced Sash-Sag - A casement window hinge protects against sash sag by providing a guide arm that substantially fills the space between the sash and the window frame when the window is closed. This space-filling guide arm may be produced with lightweight thermoplastic material whose pivoting connection to the sash arm may be strengthened through a wood screw providing an axis for the pivot that may be stabilized within the sash into which the screw is driven. | 06-09-2011 |
20130232727 | Casement Window Hinge With Reduced Sash-Sag - A casement window hinge protects against sash sag by providing a guide arm that substantially fills the space between the sash and the window frame when the window is closed. This space-filling guide arm may be produced with lightweight thermoplastic material whose pivoting connection to the sash arm may be strengthened through a wood screw providing an axis for the pivot that may be stabilized within the sash into which the screw is driven. | 09-12-2013 |
Jack C. Mcphearson, Frankton, IN US
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20130014757 | Fast Connect Device for Oxygen Humidity Bottles and other medical containers - A medical device that is fundamentally a releasable connection system for connecting two sections of tubing together or tubing to a medical device. It includes a male fitting further comprising a male shaft or couple and a female fitting called a socket, both structures having features to permit and provide hygienic connects with the fast or quick retention. The present invention is directed to tubing connection and disconnection apparatus. The device is used for the transport of both gaseous and liquid fluids such as oxygen, air, medicine (liquid or gas) and waste and drainage lines. It provides the medical field speed for a quick reaction to patient needs and the lower cost of the manpower/labor by medical personnel which provides savings opportunities. All this continues to provide reliable, clean and hygienic connections. | 01-17-2013 |
Jack C. Mcvickers, Scottsdale, AZ US
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20100101879 | Motor Battery Systems - A combined motor-battery system comprising an electric power source adapted to convert self-originating electrical current to mechanical power utilizing a set of common functional structures. Preferred embodiments include an electrochemical cell comprising field reactive electrodes that directly produce extractable mechanical forces in the presence of a magnetic field. | 04-29-2010 |
Jack C. Priegel, El Paso, TX US
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20080300064 | FERRULE AND SLEEVE ASSEMBLY - A ferrule and coupling member assembly for mounting a flag pole is disclosed. The ferrule and coupling member are both formed from a non-metallic material, such as a ceramic composite material, which aids in wear-resistance and provides a low coefficient of friction between the surfaces. In addition, debris will be less likely to become lodged in a gap between the ferrule and coupling member and particulate matter on the golf course will not be able to gouge or scratch the ferrule or the coupling member. | 12-04-2008 |
20090008339 | System For Providing A Chemical To A Fluid - A system for providing a chemical to a stream of a fluid. The system includes an elongate member with the chemical therein and moveable through the fluid to provide the chemical to the fluid. Optionally, the elongate member may be unwound from a first reel to a second reel through the stream of fluid to provide the chemical to the fluid. | 01-08-2009 |
20110012054 | Material With Enhanced Thermal Properties - A low density component, such as hollow microspheres, dispersed in a binder to produces a material having a surface that is comfortable to the touch even after extended exposure to an energy source, such as direct sun light. | 01-20-2011 |
20110185960 | Flag Pole Assembly - A knock down flag pole assembly is provided including a base, a ferrule, and an elongate post. The base may include a coupling with a pocket having a coupling member or portion configured to removably couple to the ferrule. The coupling secures the ferrule to the base, but also permits the flag pole to be knocked out from the base. | 08-04-2011 |
20120028725 | Flagpole And Ferrule Assembly - A golf flagpole and ferrule assembly for mounting in a golf cup hole is disclosed. The flagpole and ferrule both include cooperating coupling parts to form an attachment therebetween. A cap is applied over portions of the flagpole and the ferrule to couple to the retaining members and secure the flagpole to the ferrule. | 02-02-2012 |
Jack C. Rain, Jr., Herndon, VA US
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20100258828 | SOLID STATE LIGHT EMITTER WITH NEAR-UV PUMPED NANOPHOSPHORS FOR PRODUCING HIGH CRI WHITE LIGHT - A solid state white light emitting device includes a semiconductor chip producing near ultraviolet (UV) electromagnetic energy in a range of 380-420 nm, e.g. 405 nm. The device may include a reflector forming and optical integrating cavity. Phosphors, such as doped semiconductor nanophosphors, within the chip packaging of the semiconductor device itself, are excitable by the near UV energy. However the re-emitted light from the phosphors have different spectral characteristics outside the absorption ranges of the phosphors, which reduces or eliminates re-absorption. The emitter produces output light that is at least substantially white and has a color rendering index (CRI) of 75 or higher. The white light output of the emitter may exhibit color temperature in one of the following specific ranges along the black body curve: 2,725±145° Kelvin; 3,045±175° Kelvin; 3,465±245° Kelvin; 3,985±275° Kelvin; 4,503±243° Kelvin; 5,028±283° Kelvin; 5,665±355° Kelvin; and 6,530±510° Kelvin. | 10-14-2010 |
Jack C. Rains, Jr., Oak Hill, VA US
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20090109669 | Precise repeatable setting of color characteristics for lighting applications - A desired color of illumination of a subject is achieved by determining settings for color inputs and applying those setting to one or more systems that generate and mix colors of light, so as to provide combined light of the desired character. In the examples of appropriate systems, an optical integrating cavity diffusely reflects light of three or more colors, and combined light emerging from an aperture of the cavity illuminates the subject. System settings for amounts of the different colors of the input lights are easily recorded for reuse or for transfer and use in other systems. | 04-30-2009 |
20100008087 | OPTICAL INTEGRATING CHAMBER LIGHTING USING ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL COLOR SOURCES TO ADJUST WHITE LIGHT - A system provides white light having a selectable spectral characteristic (e.g. a selectable color temperature) using an optical integrating cavity to combine energy of different wavelengths from different sources with white light. The cavity has a diffusely reflective interior surface and an aperture for allowing emission of combined light. Control of the intensity of emission of the sources sets the amount of primary color light of each wavelength added to the substantially white input light output and thus determines a spectral characteristic of the white light output through the aperture. A variety of different elements may optically process the combined light output, such a deflector, a variable iris, a lens, a variable focusing lens system, a collimator, a holographic diffuser and combinations thereof. | 01-14-2010 |
Jack C. Rhyan, Fort Collins, CO US
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20080233153 | Vaccine compositions and adjuvant - The immune response of an animal to a target immunogen may be enhanced by use of a novel adjuvant which includes low concentrations of killed cells of | 09-25-2008 |
Jack C. Smale, Victoria AU
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20090212456 | Apparatus for Imparting Indentations in a Slug from Which Simulated Green Tumbled Bricks Are Formed - An apparatus for imparting indentations in a slug from which green bricks are formed. The slug is elongate about a longitudinal axis and rectangular in transverse cross section to thereby provide a first and second side face extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, a top face and a bottom face. The first and second side face intersect with the top face at a first and second edge, respectively. The apparatus includes a conveyance assembly for conveying the slug in a working direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a first and second indentation assembly, adjacent to the conveyance assembly for imparting indentations to the first and second edge of the slug, respectively. The apparatus further includes a third indentation assembly for imparting indentations to the top face of the slug; and control means for controlling operation of the conveyance assembly and the first, second and third indentation assembly. The indentations imparted to the top face of the slug are aligned with the indentations imparted to the first and second edge. | 08-27-2009 |
Jack C. Suggett, Calgary CA
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20090133643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEAM GENERATION - A method, apparatus, and system and operation of surface equipment to generate steam while reducing the quantity of boiler blowdown and thereby increasing the amount of feedwater that is re-used or re-cycled in generating said steam. The present invention teaches that, on a sustained basis, the blowdown stream at the outlet of a once-through steam generator can be routed to the inlet of a second once-through steam generator that is in series with the first, that blowdown stream can be used to generate additional steam in the second once-through steam generator and further reduce the amount of blowdown, and that this can be accomplished without need of any treatment that reduces hardness or silica levels of the blowdown stream prior to its entering or during its entry into the inlet of the second once-through steam generator. The output of this second steam generator is a substantially dry saturated steam vapor stream and, complementarily, a blowdown stream whose mass rate has been reduced substantially from that of the blowdown stream exiting the first steam generator. | 05-28-2009 |
Jack C. Wilson, Fairhope, AL US
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20090169300 | Hydraulic riding trowel with automatic load sensing system - A high performance, multiple rotor, hydraulically driven riding trowel for finishing concrete includes a rigid trowel frame with two or more downwardly-projecting, bladed rotor assemblies that frictionally engage the concrete surface. The rotor assemblies are tilted with double acting hydraulic cylinders to effectuate steering and control. Double acting hydraulic cylinders also control blade pitch. Hydraulic pressure to the rotors is monitored and controlled by an unloader valve system that monitors drive pump pressure with a shuttle valve to derive an unloader pilot signal. A sequence valve responds to the unloader pilot signal to control a pressure valve that bypasses the normal foot control valve in an overpressure situation. The pressure control head signal normally applied to the hydraulic drive motor control heads is modified with a feedback signal to automatically control the associated pump swash plates. | 07-02-2009 |
Jack C. Wybenga, Plano, TX US
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20080212592 | Apparatus and method for route summarization and distribution in a massively parallel router - A router for interconnecting external devices coupled to the router. The router comprises a switch fabric and a plurality of routing nodes coupled to the switch fabric. Each routing node is capable of transmitting data packets to, and receiving data packets from, the external devices and is further capable of transmitting data packets to, and receiving data packets from, other routing nodes via the switch fabric. The router also comprises a control processor for comparing the N most significant bits of a first subnet address associated with a first external port of a first routing node with the N most significant bits of a second subnet address associated with a second external port of the first routing node. The router determines a P-bit prefix of similar leading bits in the first and second subnet addresses and transmits the P-bit prefix to other routing nodes. | 09-04-2008 |