Macdougall, US
Alejandra Mariah Macdougall, Downey, CA US
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20150257538 | ATTACHABLE HEADREST WITH EYE COVER - Various apparatuses are disclosed. An apparatus may include a headrest configured to accommodate a head of a user, and an eye cover connected to the headrest and configured to cover eyes of the user. The apparatus may also include headrest straps connected to the headrest and configured to adjustably fasten the headrest to a seat. The headrest straps may adjustably fasten the headrest to the seat by wrapping around the seat. The headrest may include a wedged portion that contacts a shoulder of the user. The headrest may include an indentation shaped substantially similar to at least a portion of the head of the user. The head of the user may be substantially immobilized when the headrest is fastened to a seat and the eye cover is fastened over eyes of the user. | 09-17-2015 |
Craig Andrew Macdougall, Corona, CA US
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20130247683 | Device for measuring the surface energy of materials - The present invention is a device for measuring the surface energy of a material. The device includes a pulling mechanism and a clamp. A film, including an adhesive side, is attached to a surface to be measured. The film is clamped to surface energy measuring device. The device is placed flush on the surface. A pulling mechanism is pulled until a triangular piece of film tears and is removed from the surface. The device is then lifted off of the surface and a measurement is made at the pre-calibrated marking nearest the tip of the triangle torn into film. | 09-26-2013 |
Craig Andrew Macdougall, Norco, CA US
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20120241073 | Foams Made of Amorphous Hollow Spheres and Methods of Manufacture Thereof - Novel cellular solids and foams from amorphous materials with a glass transition temperature (T | 09-27-2012 |
Daniel Ross Macdougall, Durham, NC US
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20110271225 | System and Method for Configuring Identification Codes - A system and method for configuring identification codes associated with electronic records is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a user interface enables a user to create or edit an identification code configuration by displaying identification code characteristics and receiving corresponding identification code characteristic selections. The identification code characteristics include information segments, separators, and identification code types. The identification code characteristic selections are stored in a database or other data storage structure so as to define the identification code configuration. Preferably, the identification code configuration is used to generate a plurality of identification codes each of which is associated with and provides information about an electronic record. | 11-03-2011 |
Frederick W. Macdougall, San Diego, CA US
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20100327819 | CAPACITOR WITH AN INTERNAL DUMP RESISTANCE - The present embodiments provide a capacitor system, comprising a capacitor, a switch, and an internal dump resistor coupled with the switch, such that the switch when activated couples the internal dump resistor with the capacitor to drain a charge from the capacitor. | 12-30-2010 |
20110012740 | CHARGED CAPACITOR WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A capacitor warning circuit, and method of providing a warning are provided, the circuit comprising a capacitor capable of being charged to a charged state and a warning circuit coupled to the capacitor and adapted to provide an indication that the capacitor is in the charged state, wherein the warning circuit is powered by energy accumulated in the capacitor when the capacitor is in the charged state. | 01-20-2011 |
Glenn C. Macdougall, Covington, LA US
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20130207235 | SELF-ALIGNED EMITTER-BASE REGION - Aspects of the invention provide a method of forming a bipolar junction transistor. The method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate including a uniform silicon nitride layer over an emitter pedestal, and a base layer below the emitter pedestal; applying a photomask at a first end and a second end of a base region; and performing a silicon nitride etch with the photomask to simultaneously form silicon nitride spacers adjacent to the emitter pedestal and exposing the base region of the bipolar junction transistor. The silicon nitride etch may be an end-pointed etch. | 08-15-2013 |
20150054123 | SELF-ALIGNED EMITTER-BASE REGION - Aspects of the invention provide a method of forming a bipolar junction transistor. The method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate including a uniform silicon nitride layer over an emitter pedestal, and a base layer below the emitter pedestal; applying a photomask at a first end and a second end of a base region; and performing a silicon nitride etch with the photomask to simultaneously form silicon nitride spacers adjacent to the emitter pedestal and exposing the base region of the bipolar junction transistor. The silicon nitride etch may be an end-pointed etch. | 02-26-2015 |
Hamish G. Macdougall, Pittsburgh, PA US
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20080273084 | INTEGRATED VIDEO AND ELECTRO-OCULOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A goggle based light-weight VOG/EOG system includes at least one digital camera connected to and powered by a laptop computer through a firewire connection. The EOG system is incorporated directly into a goggle base. The digital camera may digitally center the pupil in both the X and Y directions. A calibration mechanism may be incorporated onto the goggle base. The VOG system may track and record 3-D movement of the eye, track pupil dilation, head position and goggle slippage. An animated eye display provides data in a more meaningful fashion. The VOG system is a modular design whereby the same goggle frame or base is used to build a variety of digital camera VOG systems. | 11-06-2008 |
James M. Macdougall, Beacon, NY US
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20120111793 | AMMONIA-PEROXIDE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM - A method of treating wastewater containing peroxide and ammonia includes performing a first stage peroxide pretreatment of the wastewater with a catalyst, and performing a second stage ammonia separation of the peroxide treated wastewater by a distillation process, thereby producing a concentrated ammonium hydroxide end product that is separated from the wastewater. | 05-10-2012 |
James M. Macdougall, La Jolla, CA US
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20100190728 | Synthesis Of Metabolically Stable Analgesics, Pain Medications And Other Agents - Disclosed are analgesic-related compositions and methods of using the compositions for modulation of analgesic receptor activity. The compositions and methods are useful for reducing pain, as well as for therapeutic intervention of addictions or other diseases or disorders amenable to treatment or prophylaxis by modulation of analgesic receptor signaling. | 07-29-2010 |
Jamie Macdougall, Oakland, TN US
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20150196689 | MULTIPHASIC BONE GRAFT SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL - The invention provides a particulate composition adapted for forming a bone graft substitute cement upon mixing with an aqueous solution, comprising i) a calcium sulfate hemihydrate powder, wherein the calcium sulfate hemihydrate is present at a concentration of at least about 50 weight percent based on the total weight of the particulate composition; ii) a monocalcium phosphate monohydrate powder; iii) a non-porous β-tricalcium phosphate powder; and iv) a porous β-tricalcium phosphate powder. Bone graft substitute cements made therefrom, a bone graft substitute kit comprising the particulate composition, methods of making and using the particulate composition, and articles made from the bone graft substitute cement are also provided. | 07-16-2015 |
John Macdougall, Hingham, MA US
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20090181997 | THERAPEUTIC CANCER TREATMENTS - The invention is directed to use of hedgehog inhibitors in conjunction with chemotherapy in treating cancers, and preventing relapses thereby. | 07-16-2009 |
20100297118 | Therapeutic Cancer Treatments - Provided are methods for treating non-small cell lung cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a hedgehog inhibitor. | 11-25-2010 |
John Macdougall, Hamden, CT US
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20130202527 | Method of Treating Ovarian and Renal Cancer Using Antibodies Against T Cell Immunoglobulin Domain And Mucin Domain 1 (TIM-1) Antigen - The invention described herein is related to antibodies directed to the antigen TIM-1 and uses of such antibodies for the treatment of cancer (e.g., renal and ovarian cancer). In particular, there are provided fully human monoclonal antibodies directed to the antigen TIM-1. Isolated polynucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions (FR's) and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), specifically from FR1 through FR4 or CDR1 through CDR3, are provided. Hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such immunoglobulin molecules and monoclonal antibodies are also provided. | 08-08-2013 |
John R. Macdougall, Hingham, MA US
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20120010229 | THERAPEUTIC REGIMENS FOR HEDGEHOG-ASSOCIATED CANCERS - Provided herein are methods, therapeutic regimens, and kits that optimize the benefits of hedgehog inhibition for cancer therapy. | 01-12-2012 |
20120010230 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH HEDGEHOG SIGNALING - Provided herein are methods, assays and kits for evaluating a sample, e.g., a sample obtained from a cancer patient, to detect one or more hedgehog biomarkers and/or one or more cilium markers. Thus, the invention can be used, inter alia, as a means to identify patients likely to benefit from administration of one or more hedgehog inhibitors, alone or in combination with therapeutic agents; to predict a time course of disease or a probability of a significant event in the disease of a cancer patient; to stratify patient populations; and/or to more effectively treat or prevent a cancer or a tumor associated with hedgehog signaling. | 01-12-2012 |
20150025012 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH HEDGEHOG SIGNALING - Provided herein are methods, assays and kits for evaluating a sample, e.g., a sample obtained from a cancer patient, to detect one or more hedgehog biomarkers and/or one or more cilium markers. Thus, the invention can be used, inter alia, as a means to identify patients likely to benefit from administration of one or more hedgehog inhibitors, alone or in combination with therapeutic agents; to predict a time course of disease or a probability of a significant event in the disease of a cancer patient; to stratify patient populations; and/or to more effectively treat or prevent a cancer or a tumor associated with hedgehog signaling. | 01-22-2015 |
Joseph Macdougall US
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20090263519 | COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR INDUCING THE EXPRESSION OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS - A nutritional composition comprising at least an effective amount of geranylgeranylacetone or derivative of geranygeranylacetone and/or paeoniflorin or derivative of paeoniflorin and an effective amount of Schisandrin B, wherein the ingredients act substantially simultaneously, via differing mechanism, to enhance the expression of heat shock protein in cells, particularly heat shock protein 72 in skeletal muscle. A method of same is also provided. | 10-22-2009 |
20090270501 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR INCREASING THE ANABOLIC STATE OF MUSCLE CELLS - A nutritional supplement comprising at least a therapeutically effective amount of ethyl pyruvate and a therapeutically effective amount of at least one α-hydroxy branched-chain amino acid metabolite is provided by the present invention. The ingredients of the present nutritional supplement substantially simultaneously act to induce a anabolically-favorable state for muscle by substantially simultaneously maintaining blood and muscle physiological pH levels as well as increasing cellular concentrations of branched-chain amino acids. Both a composition and a method are provided by the present disclosure. | 10-29-2009 |
20110189312 | Compositions and Methods for Supporting Heat Shock Protein Function - Compositions and methods for promoting or maintaining protein accretion in cells, particularly in skeletal muscle cells, by supporting heat shock protein function. The compositions comprise glutamine and additional components directed at enhancing the activity of heat shock proteins. | 08-04-2011 |
Scott Andrew Macdougall, Ventura, CA US
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20140250651 | ARTICLE ASSEMBLY APPARATUS HAVING ROTARY ARTICLE PICK AND PLACE - An article assembly apparatus and method employs rotary pick and place technology to deposit one component of an apparatus within another at a relatively high rate of speed. A substantially disk-shaped component is inserted within a substantially cylindrical component with a relatively tight fit between the two. The substantially disk-shaped component is carried at a fixed, predetermined angle, relative to a radius of a rotating wheel carrying the component, permitting the smooth placement and depositing of the substantially cylindrical component within the substantially cylindrical component. The substantially disk-shaped component may comprise a piston and the substantially cylindrical component may comprise a body of a bottom filled airless container undergoing assembly following the placement of a substance to be dispensed within the body. | 09-11-2014 |
20140250659 | ARTICLE ASSEMBLY METHOD EMPLOYING ROTARY ARTICLE PICK AND PLACE - An article assembly apparatus and method employs rotary pick and place technology to deposit one component of an apparatus within another at a relatively high rate of speed. A substantially disk-shaped component is inserted within a substantially cylindrical component with a relatively tight fit between the two. The substantially disk-shaped component is carried at a fixed, predetermined angle, relative to a radius of a rotating wheel carrying the component, permitting the smooth placement and depositing of the substantially cylindrical component within the substantially cylindrical component. The substantially disk-shaped component may comprise a piston and the substantially cylindrical component may comprise a body of a bottom filled airless container undergoing assembly following the placement of a substance to be dispensed within the body. | 09-11-2014 |
Trevor Macdougall, Simsbury, CT US
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20090072128 | SPECTRALLY STABILIZED BROADBAND OPTICAL SOURCE - Methods and apparatus enable compensation of source light wavelength fluctuations due to instability of a broadband source within an optical sensing system. Tapping off two or more portions of the light output from the source at specific wavelength bands enables power based measurements of these portions. The measurements provide compensation ability by either use as feedback to control the source or for determination of the central wavelength so that adjustments can be applied to sensor response signals received at a receiver. | 03-19-2009 |
20100266243 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FEEDTHROUGH ASSEMBLY - An optical fiber feedthrough assembly includes a glass plug disposed in a recess of a feedthrough housing. The glass plug may define a large-diameter, cane-based, waveguide sealed within the recess in the housing and providing optical communication through the housing. Sealing occurs with respect to the housing at or around the glass plug of an optical waveguide element passing through the housing by braze sealing to the glass plug and/or embedding the glass plug in a polymer bonded with the plug to form a molded body that is sealed in the housing by, for example, compression mounting of the molded body or providing a sealing element around the molded body. | 10-21-2010 |
20120087629 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FEEDTHROUGH ASSEMBLY - An optical fiber feedthrough assembly includes a glass plug disposed in a recess of a feedthrough housing. The glass plug may define a large-diameter, cane-based, waveguide sealed within the recess in the housing and providing optical communication through the housing. Sealing occurs with respect to the housing at or around the glass plug of an optical waveguide element passing through the housing by braze sealing to the glass plug and/or embedding the glass plug in a polymer bonded with the plug to form a molded body that is sealed in the housing by, for example, compression mounting of the molded body or providing a sealing element around the molded body. | 04-12-2012 |
20140245588 | ARRAY TEMPERATURE SENSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus enable monitoring conditions in a well-bore using multiple cane-based sensors. The apparatus includes an array of cane-based Bragg grating sensors located in a single conduit for use in the well-bore. For some embodiments, each sensor is located at a different linear location along the conduit allowing for increased monitoring locations along the conduit. | 09-04-2014 |
Trevor W. Macdougall, Simsbury, CT US
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20090310925 | PURE SILICA CORE, HIGH BIREFRINGENCE, SINGLE POLARIZATION OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - Methods and apparatus provide for birefringent waveguides suitable for optical systems exhibiting polarization dependence such as interferometer sensors including Sagnac interferometric fiber optic gyroscopes (IFOG). The waveguides, for some embodiments, may offer single polarization performance over lengths of about a kilometer or more due to polarization dependent attenuation. According to some embodiments, the waveguides incorporate a pure silica core for resistance to radiation-induced attenuation (RIA). | 12-17-2009 |
20120073329 | LARGE DIAMETER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SPLICE - Techniques and systems suitable for performing low-loss fusion splicing of optical waveguide sections are provided. According to some embodiments, multiple laser beams (from one or more laser) may be utilized to uniformly heat a splice region including portions of the optical waveguide sections to be spliced, which may have different cross-sectional dimensions. According to some embodiments, the relative distance of the optical waveguide sections and/or the power of the multiple laser beams may be varied during splicing operations. | 03-29-2012 |
Trevor Wayne Macdougall, Simsbury, CT US
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20080253428 | STRAIN AND HYDROGEN TOLERANT OPTICAL DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A distributed temperature sensing system and method includes an optical sensing waveguide. The optical sensing waveguide is a single mode waveguide having a substantially pure silica core and a large outer diameter. The system further includes an optical instrument optically connected to the optical sensing waveguide. The optical instrument is configured for generating an optical excitation signal along the optical sensing waveguide, and is also configured for receiving a return optical signal indicative of the temperature at one or more locations along the optical sensing waveguide. | 10-16-2008 |
20090290147 | DYNAMIC POLARIZATION BASED FIBER OPTIC SENSOR - An optical fiber sensor system includes an optical fiber. A linear polarizing component is configured to communicate with the optical fiber. The linear polarizing component includes a polarization sensing fiber to be disposed adjacent to and preferably collinear with the optical fiber. A light source communicates with the linear polarizing component for generating a light signal along the optical fiber. A reflector is disposed along the optical fiber for reflecting back the light signal along the optical fiber. An optical detector communicates with the linear polarizing component. A signal processor communicating with the optical detector and configured for determining from the reflected light signal dynamic events along the optical fiber. | 11-26-2009 |
20090314102 | POLARIZATION BASED FIBER OPTIC DOWNHOLE FLOWMETER - A flow monitoring system includes a pipe for transporting a fluid therethrough. An optical fiber generally spirals about the pipe along a longitudinal portion having a predetermined length to serve as a single transducer for detecting flow information from the longitudinal portion. A linear polarizer/analyzer circuit communicates with the optical fiber. A light source communicates with the linear polarizer/analyzer circuit and generates a light signal along the optical fiber at a frequency greater than a period of a disturbance to flow past the predetermined length of the transducer. A reflector is disposed along the optical fiber for reflecting the light signal along the optical fiber. An optical detector communicates with the linear polarizer/analyzer circuit. The optical detector determines from the light signal dynamic events along the optical fiber indicative of flow disturbances passing by the transducer. | 12-24-2009 |
20120039359 | LOW PROFILE, HIGH TEMPERATURE, HYDROGEN TOLERANT OPTICAL SENSING CABLE - A sensing cable has a sensing fiber assembly, which includes a pair of sensing fibers joined by a turnaround section with a modal filter, at a terminating end of the sensing fibers. The sensing cable also includes an inner sleeve that surrounds the sensing fiber assembly and an armored casing that caps the terminating end of the inner sleeve. The sensing cable has a low profile and its components are each made of high temperature and hydrogen tolerant materials and are capable of prolonged operation at high temperatures, such as up to 300° C., in hydrogen environments over long lengths of fiber. A distributed thermal sensing (DTS) interrogator is connected to the sensing cable and performs DTS measuring according to protocols and algorithms that leverage the modal filter of the turnaround section to calculate temperature readings along the sensing fiber assembly. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039360 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING OPTICAL DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING (DTS) MEASUREMENTS IN HYDROGEN ENVIRONMENTS - A method for calculating a temperature along a length of a sensing fiber of a distributed thermal sensing (DTS) system. The sensing fiber, which has two ends, is heat resistant for operation up to 300° C. The DTS system includes a two-channel DTS interrogator that is attached to each of the two ends of the sensing fiber. The DTS interrogator interrogates the sensing fiber from both ends, calculates a temperature difference between co-located positions along the length of the sensing fiber for each end, and determines an error associated with the temperature difference. Based on the determined error, a corrected temperature value along the length of the sensing fiber is calculated and outputted. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039561 | HIGH TEMPERATURE FIBER OPTIC TURNAROUND - A sensing cable includes a pair of sensing fibers that are connected to one another by a U-shaped turnaround section. The turnaround section is a section of sensing fiber coated with a jacket that includes metallic components. The turnaround section is bent and, then, annealed according to a method of the present invention. The turnaround section is robust and reduced in size (i.e., radius). The sensing cable also includes an inner sleeve that surrounds the sensing fibers and an elongated outer armor casing (i.e., including an armor tube and a sealing cap) that encases a terminating end thereof. The armor tube and the sealing cap protect the sensing fiber from mechanical and chemical harm, are reduced in size and facilitate insertion of the sensing cable into downhole environments. The sensing cable has improved operating range up to 300° C. | 02-16-2012 |
20140060199 | MULTI-MODE HOLOGRAPHIC PRESSURE SENSOR - A holographic pressure sensing apparatus includes a first optical fiber with a diffractive element at its end face, and a light-coupling component for receiving from the first optical fiber end face first and second images respectively formed by interaction with the diffractive element of a first light of a first wavelength and a second light of a second wavelength. Displacement of the light-coupling component, toward or away from the first optical fiber end face, will adjust an overlap of the first and second images, such that a change in a measurement of said overlap will indicate a change of the pressure in the fluid surrounding the casing. | 03-06-2014 |