Porteous
David John Porteous, Edinburgh GB
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20140242690 | CYSTIC FIBROSIS TREATMENT - The present invention relates to medicaments for the treatment of cystic fibrosis. Also provided are methods of preparing such medicaments so that they can be used in a treatment regime for cystic fibrosis. The present invention also provides a kit of parts including the medicament of the invention, as well as treatment regimes for cystic fibrosis. | 08-28-2014 |
Eric Porteous, Corona, CA US
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20120080034 | NON-INVASIVE BREATHING ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH FLOW DIRECTOR - An nCPAP device for assisting patient breathing includes a generator body forming an inlet, a chamber, and first and second flow circuits. The chamber directs pressurized gas from the inlet to the flow circuits. The flow circuits each include a first and second jets, a flow director and an exhaust conduit. The jets emit a jetstream into the flow director in a direction of a patient side thereof. In some embodiments, the flow director forms a first tapered wall section directing inhaled air toward the patient and a second tapered wall section directing exhaled air toward the exhaust conduit. The generator body requires reduced driving pressures to achieve target CPAP levels and reduces total imposed WOB as compared to conventional designs. | 04-05-2012 |
20120285457 | NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION EXHAUST GAS VENTING - A non-invasive ventilation patient interface comprises a fresh gas entry port, an exhaust gas vent port, and a filter media disposed in the exhaust gas vent port. The fresh gas entry port is configured for coupling with a fresh gas supply. The exhaust gas vent port is configured for allowing expulsion of exhaust gas from the patient interface in response to exhalation of a patient. The filter media is configured for filtering contagious from the exhaust gas, diffusing the exhaust gas, and controlling an expulsion flow of the exhaust gas through the exhaust gas vent port. | 11-15-2012 |
20120285461 | INTERCHANGEABLE INSERTS - In a mask for patient ventilation, a frame portion is included for surrounding a respiratory opening of a patient. A retention strap is coupled with the frame portion for maintaining positive pressure between the frame portion and the respiratory opening of the patient. A removable insert is configured to physically attach and detach from the frame portion without requiring removal of the frame or the retention strap from the patient. | 11-15-2012 |
20120285462 | LATERAL GAS LINE CONFIGURATION - A mask for patient ventilation comprises a frame portion, a front portion, a retention strap, and a gas delivery orifice. The frame portion is for surrounding a respiratory opening of a patient. The front portion is coupled with the frame portion and covers the respiratory opening region. The retention strap is for maintaining positive pressure between the frame portion and the patient. The gas delivery orifice is coupled with the frame portion and configured such that the gas delivery orifice is lateral to the front portion. | 11-15-2012 |
20120285464 | NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION FACIAL SKIN PROTECTION - A non-invasive ventilation patient interface comprises a fresh gas entry port, a frame, and a zygomatic facial interface. The fresh gas entry port is configured for coupling with a fresh gas supply. The frame is configured for coupling with a head strap system, wherein the head strap system is configured for supplying a securing force to secure the patient interface in a position over a respiratory opening of a patient. The zygomatic facial interface is coupled with the frame and configured for spreading the securing force away from a nasal bridge of the patient and onto left and right zygomatic arch regions of the patient. | 11-15-2012 |
20120285465 | NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION FACIAL SKIN PROTECTION - A non-invasive ventilation patient interface comprises a fresh gas entry port, an exhaust gas entry port, and a facial skin interface. Fresh gas entry port is configured for coupling with a fresh gas supply. The exhaust gas vent port is configured for allowing expulsion of exhaust gas from the patient interface. The facial skin interface is configured for eliminating fluid from within the patient interface and for eliminating fluid from facial skin which is covered by the patient interface. | 11-15-2012 |
20120285466 | ADJUSTING A VENTILATION MASK - In a method for adjusting a ventilation mask, a ventilative state is measured of a ventilation mask that is placed over a respiratory opening of a patient A sealing portion of the ventilation mask is for establishing a fluid seal between the ventilation mask and the patient. The sealing portion comprises a plurality of bladders. An unintentional leak of the fluid seal is determined based on a measured change of the ventilative state. A bladder of the plurality of bladders is adjusted to seal the unintentional leak. | 11-15-2012 |
20120285467 | CORRUGATED FLEXIBLE SEAL OF A VENTILATION MASK - A ventilation mask comprises a corrugated flexible seal, and a plurality of ridges disposed along the corrugated flexible seal. The corrugated flexible seal is configured for establishing a fluid seal between the ventilation mask and a patient, and for allowing facial movements of the patient while maintaining the fluid seal. The plurality of ridges disposed along the corrugated flexible seal is configured for physical contact with the patient. | 11-15-2012 |
20130284167 | PATIENT NASAL INTERFACE FOR USE WITH A NASAL AIRWAY PRESSURE SYSTEM - A patient nasal interface is provided that includes a female portion and a first registration feature. The female portion receives a male portion of a generator head. The female portion wraps around and over the male portion when the male portion is inserted into the female portion of the patient nasal interface. The first registration feature is configured for mating with a second registration feature associated with the male portion of the generator head and wherein the mating of the first registration feature with the second registration feature provides a feedback to an operator upon proper insertion of the male portion into the female portion. | 10-31-2013 |
20130284170 | SOUND-REDUCING TUBING IN A RESPIRATORY GAS DELIVERY SYSTEM - A system for reducing sound level in a respiratory gas delivery system is described. The system includes a first portion of a breathing circuit tubing and a second portion of the breathing circuit tubing positioned in-line with the first portion, wherein the second portion of the breathing circuit tubing is a sound-reducing tubing. | 10-31-2013 |
20130319413 | REDUCING SOUND LEVEL IN A RESPIRATORY GAS DELIVERY SYSTEM - A system for reducing sound level in a respiratory gas delivery system is described. The system includes an exhaust portion and a sound reducing component that is coupled with the exhaust portion and is configured for absorbing sound. The sound reducing component includes a pathway through which air from within the exhaust portion may move. | 12-05-2013 |
Ian Porteous, Mercer Island, WA US
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20130254771 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUAL, SELF-ADJUSTING BATCH PROCESSING OF A DATA STREAM - Methods, systems and apparatus are described herein that include processing a data stream as a sequence of batch jobs during collection of data in the data stream. Processing of successive batch jobs in the sequence includes creating a particular batch job upon completion of processing of a preceding batch job in the sequence. The particular batch job has a batch size that depends upon an amount of data in the data stream that has been collected since creation of the preceding batch job in the sequence, such that the batch size of the particular batch job self-adjusts to data rate changes in the data stream. The particular batch job is then processed to produce resulting data, where processing efficiency and processing time for the particular batch increase with the batch size. | 09-26-2013 |
20140164369 | ITEM COUNT APPROXIMATION - Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for approximating item counts. One of the methods includes maintaining a collection of counters for a class of items, processing each item in an item stream as a current item, including determining whether or not the collection includes an item counter for the current item, and if the collection includes an item counter for the current item, updating each count level in the item counter for the current item. | 06-12-2014 |
James Porteous, Austin, TX US
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20100264080 | Membrane bioreactor with reduced air scour requirements - In a sewage treatment plant with a membrane bioreactor (MBR), raw untreated or partially treated wastewater (influent) and/or mixed liquor in the intensified process is superoxygenated. In a preferred form of the process the influent is superoxygenated such that membrane air scouring requirements are reduced. Influent may be fed to a swing zone where denitrification and nitrification occur simultaneously through process control. In one embodiment superoxygenation is conducted in an internal recycle stream of the mixed liquor, with oxygen content supersaturated preferably to over 300 parts per million. Due to the active evolution of oxygen gas from the supersaturated stream, occurring preferably by seeding the supersaturated stream with air bubbles, the supersaturated oxygen can serve the dual purposes of meeting process oxygen demands and providing part of air scouring requirements for the membranes. | 10-21-2010 |
Julie Porteous, Tees Valley GB
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20140136186 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ALTERNATIVE AUDIBLE, VISUAL AND/OR TEXTUAL DATA BASED UPON AN ORIGINAL AUDIBLE, VISUAL AND/OR TEXTUAL DATA - A computer implemented method and system for generating an alternative audible, visual and/or textual data based upon an original audible, visual and/or textual data comprising the step of inputting to a processor original audible, visual and/or textual data having an original plot, extracting a plurality of basic segments from the original audible, visual and/or textual data, defining a vocabulary of intermediate-level semantic concepts based on the plurality of basic segments and/or the original plot, inputting to the processor at least an alternative plot based upon the original plot, modifying the alternative plot in terms of the vocabulary of intermediate-level semantic concepts for generating a modified alternative plot, and modifying the plurality of basic segments of the original audible, visual and/or textual data in terms of said vocabulary of intermediate-level semantic concepts for generating a modified plurality of basic segments. | 05-15-2014 |
Nicholas D. Porteous, Atlanta, GA US
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20100059572 | WELD REPAIR PROCESS AND ARTICLE REPAIRED THEREBY - A method for repairing a steel alloy article, and an article repaired thereby, is provided and comprises the steps of depositing at least a first weld repair layer on a surface of the article so as to form a heat affected zone in the article beneath the surface. Locally heat treating the first weld repair layer and at least a portion of the heat affected zone adjacent the first weld repair layer at a temperature above the critical A | 03-11-2010 |
Pamela Porteous, Irvine GB
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20110003015 | STABILIZED COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ADRENERGIC COMPOUND - A stabilised composition comprising at least one adrenergic compound and at least one antioxidant selected from the group consisting of a bisulfate, a metabisulfite and a sulfite compound. | 01-06-2011 |
20120129944 | STABILIZED COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ADRENERGIC COMPOUND - A stabilised composition comprising at least one adrenergic compound and at least one antioxidant selected from the group consisting of a bisulfite, a metabisulfite and a sulfite compound. | 05-24-2012 |
Paul Porteous, Tousand Oaks, CA US
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20120216826 | DENTAL CORD DISPENSER - This invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing a cord and comprises a housing having a cavity arranged to hold the cord. The housing also has a top cover and a bottom cover to enclose the cord. The dispenser further comprises a knob, handle or button on the dispenser, for example on the top cover or side for use in feeding the cord from the dispenser, an aperture that provides an outlet for the retraction cord to exit the housing, and a cutter near the aperture to cut the dispensed cord. | 08-30-2012 |
Paul Porteous, Oxnard, CA US
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20090173288 | Adherence-Aided Therapeutic Horse Hoof Packing - Horse hoof protection against thrush conditions is obtained by depositing onto the horse hoof bottom wall a synthetic organic resin such as a urethane resin through which a medicament that does not block cure of the resin has been, distributed for continuing hoof wall contact. The resin is suitably free flowing into place, conforms to the contours of the hoof bottom wall, and adheres to the wall when cured. The protection by the resin is resilient and softer than the hoof wall and acts to cushion the hoof against shock. | 07-09-2009 |
Paul Porteous, Thousand Oaks, CA US
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20090188826 | Colored Coding System For Packaging Materials - A color-coded packaging system is provided where a set of different colors are selected with each color designated to signify a varying feature of a product such as a dimensions of a pouch for receiving instruments for sterilization. Printed information or indicia printed on that pouch are printed in a colored ink designating the size of that pouch. Multiple pouches of the same size are packaged in boxes which have information or indicia printed thereon in the same color so that the size of box contents can be readily determined by the color of the printing thereon. The storage area can also include designated color coded areas for placement of like colored boxes. The color coding of the storage area, the boxes and the content of boxes provides for easy selection of a desired product as a means for a quick visual inventory. | 07-30-2009 |
Richard Porteous, Ellon GB
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20110278007 | TOOL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A WELLHEAD ANNULUS - A system and method for accessing an annulus within a wellhead assembly while the annulus is pressurized. The system includes a tubular body with an attached valve assembly and adapter. The adapter to the wellhead assembly with a sealed annular fitting. The body houses a selectively extendable plunger assembly rotatable by an attached motor. A bit or milling device is provided on the end of the plunger assembly, so that selectively extending the plunger assembly through the valve assembly and adapter contacts the bit against the wellhead assembly. An opening is formed through the wellhead assembly with the rotating bit allowing access to the annulus. | 11-17-2011 |
Richard Porteous, Tipperty Ellon GB
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20090288832 | Varying Access Points for Tubing and Casing Monitoring and Casing Annulus Remediation Systems - An adapter for connecting a casing annulus remediation system to a well having a wellhead with standard lateral ports. The adapter has a body with first and second ends. The first end of the adapter body has a substantially planar surface adapted to cover the lateral ports and be in abutting contact with the wellhead when the two are connected to one another. The second end of the adapter body has a planar surface positioned at an angle greater than 0 degrees and up to 90 degrees to the planar surface of the first end. The second end of the adapter is adapted to be connected to a casing annulus remediation system. | 11-26-2009 |