Brindley, US
Dougal Brindley, Alameda, CA US
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20090276283 | SCREENING ELECTRONIC SERVICE REQUESTS - A facility for screening service requests for requesting assistance is described. The facility receives from a user a service request that requests assistance with solving a problem associated with a system accessible to the user and includes information related to the system. The facility searches a collection of system status information for at least one entry that corresponds with the received information related to the system. Where a corresponding entry is found, the facility provides to the user an indication of the correspondence and an opportunity to cancel the service request. | 11-05-2009 |
20130085794 | SCREENING ELECTRONIC SERVICE REQUESTS - A facility for screening service requests for requesting assistance is described. The facility receives from a user a service request that requests assistance with solving a problem associated with a system accessible to the user and includes information related to the system. The facility searches a collection of system status information for at least one entry that corresponds with the received information related to the system. Where a corresponding entry is found, the facility provides to the user an indication of the correspondence and an opportunity to cancel the service request. | 04-04-2013 |
Matthew Brindley, Cambridge, MA US
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20120016924 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMAIL ANALYTICS - An email campaign is analyzed by sending an email message including a tracking code that requests content from an initial-engagement location (e.g., a server). The tracking code requests the content from the initial-engagement location when the email message is opened by a mail user agent operated by a recipient. Requests sent to the initial-engagement location are then tracked to measure the number of recipients that open the email message. A first redirect response is then served from the initial-engagement location to the mail user agent of the recipient after a first delay period to cause the mail user agent of the recipient to then request content from a first redirect location; and requests sent to the first redirect location are tracked to measure the number of recipients that keep the email message open in the mail user agent for through all of the first delay period. | 01-19-2012 |
20120150984 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMAIL ANALYTICS - An email campaign is analyzed by sending an email message including a tracking code that requests content from an initial-engagement location (e.g., a server). The tracking code requests the content from the initial-engagement location when the email message is opened by a mail user agent operated by a recipient. Requests sent to the initial-engagement location are then tracked to measure the number of recipients that open the email message. A first redirect response is then served from the initial-engagement location to the mail user agent of the recipient after a first delay period to cause the mail user agent of the recipient to then request content from a first redirect location; and requests sent to the first redirect location are tracked to measure the number of recipients that keep the email message open in the mail user agent for through all of the first delay period. | 06-14-2012 |
Rob Brindley, Delton, MI US
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20110034977 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE ARRAY ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A CARRIER FOR SUPPORTING THE ELECTRODES AND CONTROL MODULES FOR REGULATING OPERATION OF THE ELECTRODES EMBEDDED IN THE CARRIER, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An implantable electrode array that includes multiple spaced apart electrodes to which current can be individually sourced and sunk. The array includes a carrier that supports the electrodes. One or more control modules that source current to or sink current from the electrodes are disposed in recesses within the carrier. A sheet of material more flexible than the carrier is disposed between, on one side, the carrier and the control modules and, on the other side, the electrodes. Conductors over which instructions and power are applied to the control modules and conductors that extend between the control modules are the electrodes are embedded in and extend through the sheet of flexible material. | 02-10-2011 |
20120310316 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE ARRAY ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A CARRIER FOR SUPPORTING THE ELECTRODES AND CONTROL MODULES FOR REGULATING OPERATION OF THE ELECTRODES EMBEDDED IN THE CARRIER, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An implantable electrode array ( | 12-06-2012 |
20120330393 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE ARRAY ASSEMBLY WITH AN ARRAY SUBTRATE, ELECTRODES AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, THE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS BEING ATTACHED TO PACKAGE SUBSTRATES - An electrode array with a flexible array substrate on which plural spaced apart electrodes are disposed. Integrated circuits are disposed in the array substrate. The integrated circuits are mounted to package substrates. The package substrates are more rigid than the array substrate. Internal to each package substrate is at least one electrical conductor. The electrical conductor extends from a bond pad integral with integrated circuit at least partially through the package substrate. The electrical conductor functions as the conductive member that extends between the integrated circuit an electrode with which the integrated circuit is associated. | 12-27-2012 |
Robert Brindley, Delton, MI US
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20080312530 | IMPLANTABLE MARKER FOR A SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM, THE MARKER HAVING A SPIKE FOR REMOVABLY SECURING THE MARKER TO THE TISSUE TO BE TRACKED - A marker for use with a surgical navigation system for tracking the tissue with which the marker is associated. The overall dimensions of the mark is such that it is shaped to be disposed below the skin of the patient in which the marker is implanted. The marker has a stem or a spike that allows the marker to be implanted in hard tissue such as bone. A head, containing navigation system components is located above the stem or spike. Once the procedure is completed the marker is removed from the patient by breaking the head free from the stem Alternatively the head may be rotated to cause the whole of the marker to break free from the bone in which the marker is implanted. | 12-18-2008 |
20090182338 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SURGICAL SAW BLADE WITH A BLADE HEAD AND RAISED BOSS AROUND WHICH THE BLADE HEAD PIVOTS - In a method of assembling a surgical saw blade assembly with an blade bar that contains an oscillating head, the blade bar is formed from opposed plates. One of the plates is punch stamped to define a boss around which blade head pivots. The plates are secured to one another in a series of steps in which spaced apart sections of the plates are welded together. | 07-16-2009 |
20090293270 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN ELECTRODE ARRAY THAT INCLUDES A PLASTICALLY DEFORAMBLE CARRIER - A method of assembling an implantable electrode array from a coupon ( | 12-03-2009 |
20100064525 | SURGICAL SAGITTAL SAW BLADE WITH A STATIC BAR AND A PIVOTING BLADE HEAD, THE BAR SHAPED TO FACILITATE HOLDIGN THE BLADE TO A COMPLEMENTARY SAW - A surgical sagittal saw blade with a static blade bar and to which a blade head is mounted. Distal from the proximal end of the blade bar, the sides of the bar taper outwardly. These outer taper sides facilitate the coupling of the blade bar to the complementary saw used to actuate the blade. | 03-18-2010 |
20100228256 | SAGITTAL SAW BLADE WITH A STATIC BAR AND A MOVING DRIVE ROD AND BLADE CROWN, THE BAR HAVING SECONDARY OPENINGS - A surgical sagittal saw blade with a static blade bar shaped to be coupled to a sagittal saw. At least one drive rod extends through the bar. The drive rod is moveable within the blade bar. A blade crown, located outside the distal end opening of the blade bar is connected to the drive rod. The actuation of the drive rod by the saw results in the oscillation of the blade crown. Proximal to the distal end of the blade bar, the bar is formed with secondary openings. When the drive rod and blade crown are actuated, tissue entrained in the blade bar is discharged from the secondary openings. | 09-09-2010 |
20130060252 | SURGICAL SAGITTAL SAW BLADE ASSEMBLY FORMED BY PUNCHING A PIVOT BOSS FROM ONE OF THE STATIC PLATES OF THE ASSEMBLY - A surgical sagittal saw blade assembly formed that includes a static bar, an oscillating blade head and at least one drive rod that reciprocates to oscillate the blade head. The bar is formed from two plates. A boss is pouch formed to extend up from one of the plates. The boss serves as the static pivot point around which the blade head oscillates. When the plates are secured together to form the bar, the top of the boss is welded to the inner surface of the second plate. | 03-07-2013 |
20130137972 | IMPLANTABLE MARKER FOR A SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM, THE MARKER HAVING A SPIKE FOR REMOVABLY SECURING THE MARKER TO THE TISSUE TO BE TRACKED - A marker for use with a surgical navigation system for tracking the tissue with which the marker is associated. The overall dimensions of the mark is such that it is shaped to be disposed below the skin of the patient in which the marker is implanted. The marker has a stem or a spike that allows the marker to be implanted in hard tissue such as bone. A head, containing navigation system components is located above the stem or spike. Once the procedure is completed the marker is removed from the patient by breaking the head free from the stem Alternatively the head may be rotated to cause the whole of the marker to break free from the bone in which the marker is implanted. | 05-30-2013 |
20140091054 | METHOD OF FABRICATING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES ONE OR MORE THIN FILM POLYMER SUPPORT LAYERS - An implantable medical device formed from one or more layers of thin film polymer is assembled by providing by adhesively securely one or more polymer coupons on individual rigid backings. After each coupon is shaped or components mounted to the coupon, the coupons are bonded together. The adhesive is dissolved to remove the device from the backing or backings to which it is attached. | 04-03-2014 |
20140343643 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE ARRAY ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A CARRIER WITH EMBEDDED CONTROL MODULES CONTAINED IN PACKAGES, THE PACKAGES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY SO AS TO EXTEND OVER THE CARRIER - An implantable electrode array that includes a carrier on which multiple spaced apart electrodes are disposed. Embedded in the module are control modules. The control modules are contained in packages. Portions of the packages extend outwardly from the carrier so as to be disposed against adjacent surfaces of the carrier. The packages contain conductive tracts that provide conductive links from the conductors internal to the carrier to the packaged control modules. | 11-20-2014 |
20150025367 | IMPLANTABLE MARKER FOR A SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM, THE MARKER HAVING A STEM WITH A SEPARATION ZONE TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF THE MARKER - A marker for use with a surgical navigation system for tracking the tissue with which the marker is associated. The overall dimensions of the mark is such that it is shaped to be disposed below the skin of the patient in which the marker is implanted. The marker has a stem that allows the marker to be implanted in hard tissue such as bone. A head, containing navigation system components is located above the stem or spike. The stem is formed with a section of reduced tensile strength. Once the procedure is completed, a force is applied to the marker. The force breaks the stem at the separation zone. This allows the portion of the marker above the separation zone to be removed. | 01-22-2015 |
Robert Brindley, Kalamazoo, MI US
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20130131680 | SURGICAL SAGITTAL SAW BLADE WITH A BIASING ASSEMBLY THAT URGES THE BLADE ASSEMBLY USED WITH THE SAW AWAY FROM THE SAW HEAD - A surgical sagittal saw for use with a complementary blade assembly that includes a static bar. The saw includes a head over which the blade assembly bar is seated. A biasing member mounted to the saw head normally places a force of the blade assembly bar that urges the bar away from the blade head. A coupling assembly releasably holds the blade assembly bar in the static state to the saw head. When the coupling assembly is in the run state, holding the blade assembly to the saw head, the coupling assembly does so in opposition to the force the biasing assembly exerts against the blade assembly bar. During the process of removing the blade assembly from the saw, the force of the biasing assembly assists in the removal of the blade assembly bar from the saw head. | 05-23-2013 |
Robert A. Brindley, Delton, MI US
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20110077660 | FOLDABLE, IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND TOOL FOR IMPLANTING SAME - An electrode array assembly with a frame that is foldable or bendable on which electrodes are disposed. The frame includes laterally spaced apart bridges. Tabs extend laterally outwardly from the bridges Electrodes are disposed on the tabs. Beams, also part of the frame, extend between the laterally adjacent bridges. The frame can be folded around the beams so as to cause the laterally spaced bridges to at least partially overlap. When the beams are so bent, the electrode carrying tabs extend beyond the bent beams. | 03-31-2011 |
20140260676 | Sensor Assembly and Method for Measuring Forces and Torques - A sensor assembly comprises a base plate and a sensor member displaceable relative to the base plate. A spring arrangement operates in first and second stages in response to displacement of the sensor member relative to the base plate. Different resolutions of force and torque measurements are associated with the first and second stages. A light sensitive transducer senses displacement of the sensor member relative to the base plate and generates corresponding output signals. A collimator directs a plurality of light beams onto the light sensitive transducer so that the light beams strike different pixels of the light sensitive transducer to sense displacement of the sensor member relative to the base plate. | 09-18-2014 |
Wiliam J. Brindley, Indianapolis, IN US
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20100159136 | STATIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF y-Ni + y'-Ni3AI COATINGS - A static chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process may be used to deposit a coating including a γ-Ni+γ′-Ni | 06-24-2010 |
William J. Brindley, Indianapolis, IN US
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20120121382 | LASER MAINTENANCE TOOL - In one form a maintenance device includes a flexible member with an inspection end sized to be inserted through an inspection port of a workpiece such as a gas turbine engine or a blade of a gas turbine engine. The maintenance device includes a directed energy member that in one form is configured to produce a double pulse laser with an interval time between a first one of the pulses and a second one of the pulses greater than the time of either the first one of the pulses or the second one of the pulses. The first one of the pulses is sufficiently powerful to produce a quantity of debris upon irradiation of the workpiece. The debris produced from the first one of the pulses can be evaporated by the second one of the pulses to eliminate and/or reduce a recast layer on the workpiece. | 05-17-2012 |
William J. Brindley, Hebron, CT US
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20130062323 | TECHNIQUES FOR REMOVING A CONTAMINANT LAYER FROM A THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND ESTIMATING REMAINING LIFE OF THE COATING - Systems and techniques are disclosed for removing contaminants from a surface of a thermal barrier coating (TBC) and, optionally, estimating the remaining lifetime of the TBC. Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is one method that may be used to remove contaminants from a surface the TBC prior to performing photo luminescence piezo spectroscopy (PLPS) or another spectroscopic technique on a thermally grown oxide (TGO). LIBS may facilitate monitoring substantially in real-time the chemical composition of the material removed. LIBS may be used to remove substantially only the contaminants with minimal effects on the underlying TBC. One technique for determining when to stop removal of material from the TBC is cross-correlation between a spectrum collected from the ablated material and a reference spectrum collected from a reference substrate. In some embodiments, the same system may be used to perform LIBS to remove impurities and PLPS to measure stress in the TGO. | 03-14-2013 |
William John Brindley, Indianapolis, IN US
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20110197999 | METHODS FOR MAKING HIGH-TEMPERATURE COATINGS HAVING PT METAL MODIFIED GAMMA-NI +GAMMA'-NI3AL ALLOY COMPOSITIONS AND A REACTIVE ELEMENT - A method for making an oxidation resistant article, including (a) depositing a layer of a Pt group metal on a substrate to form a platinized substrate; and (b) depositing on the platinized substrate layer of Pt group metal a layer of a reactive element selected from the group consisting of Hf, Y, La, Ce and Zr and combinations thereof to form a surface modified region thereon, wherein the surface modified region includes the Pt-group metal, Ni, Al and the reactive element in relative concentration to provide a γ-Ni+γ-Ni3Al phase constitution. | 08-18-2011 |