Corcoran, US
Anthony Corcoran, New Waverly, TX US
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20130160720 | LAMB AND GOAT SWEAT JACKET - An animal covering is adapted to be placed on a portion of a show animal, such as a lamb or goat, to assist in the reduction of unwanted fat from the rib, shoulder and neck region of the animal. The animal covering may be snuggly placed on the animal with adjustable fasteners and may aid in the reduction in fat over the covered area of the animal via changes in the metabolic cell rate and/or a sweating process. | 06-27-2013 |
Brendan Corcoran, Pittsburgh, PA US
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20130143222 | METHODS FOR TREATING BARRETT'S METAPLASIA AND ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA - Disclosed herein are methods for treating Barrett's metaplasia and esophageal adenocarcinoma and methods for determining mutational load as a predictor of the risk of disease progression from Barrett's metaplasia to esophageal adenocarcinoma. | 06-06-2013 |
20130317317 | METHODS FOR TREATING BARRETT'S METAPLASIA AND ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA - Disclosed herein are methods for treating Barrett's metaplasia and esophageal adenocarcinoma and methods for determining mutational load as a predictor of the risk of disease progression from Barrett's metaplasia to esophageal adenocarcinoma. | 11-28-2013 |
Brendan William Corcoran, Ridgewood, NJ US
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20150269875 | Alert Sign - An illuminated display device is disclosed, comprising a housing with an illuminated inner volume. In one embodiment, the illuminated display device draws attention to the display via lights and sound, and provides textual and graphical information stored within the inner volume of the housing to provide emergency personnel and others with information related to the occupants, contents, and/or pets within a building during an emergency event. | 09-24-2015 |
Casey C. Corcoran, Wake Forest, NC US
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20120063743 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE PRESENTATION PROVISION - A method of receiving and playing a composite video, wherein the composite video includes at least a video asset and a non-video asset in separate files. The method comprising: receiving the non-video asset; receiving at least a portion of the video asset; buffering the at least a portion of the video asset in a buffer; delaying playback of the composite video until (a) the non-video asset is downloaded and (b) the at least a portion of the video asset received is sufficient under existing conditions that the video asset can be played in real time without emptying the buffer before the end of the video asset; and playing, after the delaying, the composite video. | 03-15-2012 |
Charles Corcoran, Duluth, GA US
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20150163312 | CROWD-SOURCED COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF COLLECTING AND TRANSFORMING PORTABLE DEVICE DATA - The present invention broadly comprises crowd-sourced computer-implemented methods and systems of collecting and transforming portable device data. One embodiment of the invention may be implemented as a system including an electronic device including a sensor configured to collect data, the device configured to begin collection of data based on a command from a user of the electronic device; and a server configured to issue a command to the electronic device to turn on the sensor and transmit data collected by the sensor to the server without any input by the user of the electronic device when a condition is met. | 06-11-2015 |
20150227999 | CROWD-SOURCED COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF COLLECTING REQUESTED DATA - The present invention broadly comprises crowd-sourced computer-implemented methods and systems of collecting requested data. One embodiment of the invention may be implemented as an electronic device including a request creating unit, a transmitter, and a receiver. The request creating unit is configured to create a request. The transmitter is configured to transmit the request for data to a plurality of collecting devices, to transmit an acceptance message to at least one of the plurality of collecting devices, and to transmit payment to each of the plurality of collecting devices to which the acceptance message was sent. The receiver is configured to receive bids from each of the plurality of collecting devices as proposed payment for collecting the data, and to receive the data from each of the plurality of collecting devices. | 08-13-2015 |
Christopher Corcoran, Manchester, CT US
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20120237348 | DAMPER PIN - A damper pin for coupling platforms of adjacent turbine blades includes a first flat longitudinal end region, a second flat longitudinal end region and a reduced cross sectional area. The reduced cross sectional area is separated from the first flat longitudinal end region by a first main body region and the reduced cross sectional area is separated from the second flat longitudinal end region by a second main body region. The cross sectional area of the reduced cross sectional area is less than the cross sectional area of each of the first and second main body regions. | 09-20-2012 |
20120237350 | TURBINE BLADE WITH MATE FACE COOLING AIR FLOW - A gas turbine engine blade comprises a dovetail, a shank extending from the dovetail, an airfoil, and a platform between the shank and the airfoil. The platform comprises a side wall extending between an upstream side and a downstream side of the platform. A first pin channel extends from the upstream side of the sidewall and a second pin channel, co-axial with the first pin channel, extends from the downstream side of the sidewall. The first channel includes a radial notch at the upstream longitudinal end of the first pin channel. | 09-20-2012 |
20140112792 | DAMPER PIN - A damper pin for coupling platforms of adjacent turbine blades includes a first flat longitudinal end region, a second flat longitudinal end region and a reduced cross sectional area. The reduced cross sectional area is separated from the first flat longitudinal end region by a first main body region and the reduced cross sectional area is separated from the second flat longitudinal end region by a second main body region. The cross sectional area of the reduced cross sectional area is less than the cross sectional area of each of the first and second main body regions. | 04-24-2014 |
20150118063 | TURBINE AIRFOIL TIP SHELF AND SQUEALER POCKET COOLING - An airfoil comprises pressure and suction surfaces extending from a root section to a tip section of the airfoil. The airfoil also comprises a leading edge and trailing edge defining a chord length therebetween. A tip shelf is formed along the tip section between the pressure surface and a tip shelf wall, the tip shelf wall being spaced between the pressure surface and the suction surface. A squealer pocket is formed along the tip section between the tip shelf wall and a squealer tip wall extending from the suction surface. The tip shelf extends from within 10% of the cord length measured from the leading edge to within 10% of the chord length measured from the trailing edge. The squealer pocket extends from within 10% of the chord length measured from the leading edge to terminate less than 85% of the chord length measured from the trailing edge. | 04-30-2015 |
Christopher Corcoran, East Hartford, CT US
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20150315918 | SHROUDED TURBINE BLADE WITH CUT CORNER - A method includes determining a vibration characteristic of a shrouded turbine blade, which includes an airfoil attacked to a shroud. A corner of the shrouded turbine blade can be removed after determining the vibration characteristic. | 11-05-2015 |
Clare L. Corcoran, Clay, NY US
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20110051774 | TEMPERATURE PATCH - A patch may be adapted for placement proximate to a surface region of a mammal. The patch may include an infrared target for receiving thermal energy from the surface region and for emitting infrared radiation according to a substantially known emissivity property. When the target is placed proximate to the surface region, the characteristics of infrared radiation emitted by the target substantially correspond to the temperature of the surface region. The patch may have means for selectively maintaining the target in a position proximate to a surface region of a mammal. The patch may include indicia uniquely associated with the patch. | 03-03-2011 |
Clint C. Corcoran, Houston, TX US
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20090314703 | System and Method for Demonstrating Water Filtration and Purification Techniques - The present invention is a portable water filtration/purification system that may be used for educational purposes. It includes a plurality of stackable filtration/purification housings, each of which accommodates a different type of water filtration/purification subsystem. A pressurization cap connectable to each housing provides for pressurizing one, several or all housings stacked in a particular combination or sub-combination. The housings may be color-coded for easy identification of each the type of filter within a particular housing. The water filters or purifiers in the various housing may include, but are not limited to, a sediment filter, a carbon filter, a reverse osmosis filter, a forward osmosis filter, a chemical purifier (or purification sub-system), and/or an ultraviolet light water purifier (or purification sub-system). | 12-24-2009 |
Craig M. Corcoran, Bellaire, TX US
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20100306159 | CONTACT STATE ESTIMATION FOR MULTI-FINGER ROBOT HANDS USING PARTICLE FILTERS - A method for identifying the location, orientation and shape of an object that a robot hand touches that includes using a particle filter. The method includes defining an appropriate motion model and a measurement model. The motion model characterizes the motion of the robot hand as it moves relative to the object. The measurement model estimates the likelihood of an observation of contact position, velocity and tactile sensor information given hand-object states. The measurement model is approximated analytically based on a geometric model or based on a corpus of training data. In either case, the measurement model distribution is encoded as a Gaussian or using radial basis functions. | 12-02-2010 |
Daniel Corcoran, Traverse City, MI US
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20150211662 | ADJUSTABLE FITTINGS FOR SMOOTH PIPE - Fittings for smooth surfaced pipe including an adjustable fitting in which the lateral wings of a saddle-shaped configuration can be molded to the surface of a round pipe using a hammering technique or a squeezing technique. The adjustable fitting is adhered to the pipe using a metal adhesive and optionally, dimpling in the pipe per se. | 07-30-2015 |
David Corcoran, Durham, NC US
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20120045395 | MicroRNAs In Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - The present invention relates to the discovery that certain microRNAs are differentially expressed in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. The present invention provides for diagnostic methods, therapeutic methods, and kits related to these differentially expressed microRNAs. | 02-23-2012 |
Dean Corcoran, Bothell, WA US
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20090138001 | Determining Patient-Specific Vapor Treatment and Delivery Parameters - Methods and systems for determining patient specific treatment parameters for delivering vapor to the lung to treat lung tissue. In some embodiments vapor is delivered to the lung to cause coagulative necrosis, inducing fibrosis and thereby reducing the volume of at least one segment of the lung. The delivery parameters can be adjusted depending on the desired degree of injury to be induced in the lung tissue. | 05-28-2009 |
20090301483 | Determining Patient-Specific Vapor Treatment and Delivery Parameters - Methods and systems for determining patient specific treatment parameters for delivering vapor to the lung to treat lung tissue. In some embodiments vapor is delivered to the lung to cause coagulative necrosis, inducing fibrosis and thereby reducing the volume of at least one segment of the lung. The delivery parameters can be adjusted depending on the desired degree of injury to be induced in the lung tissue. | 12-10-2009 |
20110172654 | Device and Method for Lung Treatment - This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume reduction following treatment. The lung volume reduction is effected by delivering a condensable vapor at a temperature above body temperature to the desired regions of the patient's lung to damage tissue therein. Blood flow and air flow to the damaged tissue region is essentially terminated, rendering the target region non-functional. Alternative energy sources may be used to effect the thermal damage to the lung tissue. | 07-14-2011 |
20110257644 | High Pressure and High Temperature Vapor Catheters and Systems - Devices and systems are described for treating intraluminal locations such as in a patient's lung. The device has an elongated shaft with an inner lumen, preferably defined by an inner tubular member, formed of heat resistant polymeric materials such as polyimide. The device also has an outer surface formed of heat resistant material. High temperature vapor is directed through the inner lumen into the intraluminal location to treat tissue at and distal to the location. An enlarged or enlargeable member, such as a balloon, is provided on a distal portion of the shaft to prevent proximal flow of the high temperature vapor upon discharge from the device. | 10-20-2011 |
20130211393 | Determining Patient-Specific Vapor Treatment and Delivery Parameters - Methods and systems for determining patient specific treatment parameters for delivering vapor to the lung to treat lung tissue. In some embodiments vapor is delivered to the lung to cause coagulative necrosis, inducing fibrosis and thereby reducing the volume of at least one segment of the lung. The delivery parameters can be adjusted depending on the desired degree of injury to be induced in the lung tissue. | 08-15-2013 |
Dean T. Corcoran, Bothell, WA US
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20110079221 | ONE-WAY VALVE DEVICES FOR ANCHORED IMPLANTATION IN A LUNG - An intra-bronchial device placed and anchored in an air passageway of a patient to collapse a lung portion associated with the air passageway. The device includes a support structure, an obstructing member carried by the support structure that reduces ventilation to the lung portion by preventing air from being inhaled into the lung portion, and at least one anchor carried by the support structure that anchors the obstruction device within the air passageway. The anchor may engage the air passageway wall by piercing or friction, include a stop dimensioned for limiting the piercing of the air passageway wall, and may be releasable from the air passageway for removal of the intra-bronchial device. The anchors may be carried by a peripheral portion of the support structure, or by a central portion of the support structure. The obstructing member may be a one-way valve. | 04-07-2011 |
20120289989 | ONE-WAY VALVE DEVICES FOR ANCHORED IMPLANTATION IN A LUNG - An intra-bronchial device placed and anchored in an air passageway of a patient to collapse a lung portion associated with the air passageway. The device includes a support structure, an obstructing member carried by the support structure that reduces ventilation to the lung portion by preventing air from being inhaled into the lung portion, and at least one anchor carried by the support structure that anchors the obstruction device within the air passageway. The anchor may engage the air passageway wall by piercing or friction, include a stop dimensioned for limiting the piercing of the air passageway wall, and may be releasable from the air passageway for removal of the intra-bronchial device. The anchors may be carried by a peripheral portion of the support structure, or by a central portion of the support structure. The obstructing member may be a one-way valve. | 11-15-2012 |
20130267939 | Methods and Apparatus for Ablating Lung Nodules with Vapor - Devices and systems are described for lung nodules with heated condensable vapor. The device can have an elongated shaft coupled to a vapor generator. High temperature vapor can be directed through the shaft into the lung to treat the lung nodule. In some embodiments, the device comprises a needle configured to deliver the vapor to the lung nodules. An expandable member, such as a balloon, can be provided on a distal portion of the shaft to prevent proximal flow of the high temperature vapor upon discharge from the device. Methods of use are also provided. | 10-10-2013 |
20150230852 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LUNG TREATMENT - This invention relates to the treatment of a patient's lung, for example, a lung exhibiting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in particular to methods and devices for affecting lung volume reduction, preferably for achieving acute or immediate lung volume reduction following treatment. The lung volume reduction is effected by delivering a condensable vapor at a temperature above body temperature to the desired regions of the patient's lung to damage tissue therein. Blood flow and air flow to the damaged tissue region is essentially terminated, rendering the target region non-functional. Alternative energy sources may be used to effect the thermal damage to the lung tissue. | 08-20-2015 |
Gerardine Mary Corcoran, Wayne, PA US
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20090298020 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING USER EFFICIENCY WITH HANDHELD DEVICES - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for training users how to operate handheld electronic devices and/or their respective applications, wherein the handheld electronic device may receive an expected input associated with an application executing on the handheld from a computing device. The handheld may then receive an actual input from a user of the handheld electronic device, compare the two inputs, and release the actual input from the user to the application if the inputs are substantially the same. | 12-03-2009 |
Ir Corcoran US
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20100060727 | REAL-TIME FACE TRACKING WITH REFERENCE IMAGES - A method of tracking a face in a reference image stream using a digital image acquisition device includes acquiring a full resolution main image and an image stream of relatively low resolution reference images each including one or more face regions. One or more face regions are identified within two or more of the reference images. A relative movement is determined between the two or more reference images. A size and location are determined of the one or more face regions within each of the two or more reference images. Concentrated face detection is applied to at least a portion of the full resolution main image in a predicted location for candidate face regions having a predicted size as a function of the determined relative movement and the size and location of the one or more face regions within the reference images, to provide a set of candidate face regions for the main image. | 03-11-2010 |
Jerry Alvin Corcoran, Canby, OR US
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20140364247 | Collapsible Air Resistance Training Tool For Improved Swing - A collapsible golf swing training tool employs a plurality of elliptical blades, attached to a weighted shaft, to capitalize on air resistance, to aid in developing the muscle memory and strength required for a smooth and consistent golf swing. Cylindrical weights can be added or removed to meets the user's needs and may be positioned such that their linear axis is parallel or perpendicular to the linear axis of the tool. For convenience the blades are collapsible for easy storage within a golfer's golf bag. | 12-11-2014 |
Keith Corcoran, Brunswick, OH US
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20110319162 | GREETING CARDS AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS WITH VIDEO GAMING FEATURES - The greeting card of the present disclosure and related inventions includes a mini video game enclosed within the greeting card construct. The video game screen and control buttons can be accessed through the card construct, either through the front face of the greeting card or through an internal panel. The video game components are concealed and protected within a protective housing that is substantially contained within the panels of the greeting card construct. An on/off switch may be included so that a user or card recipient can control power to the game or a slide or other type of switch may be included to automatically turn on the video game. | 12-29-2011 |
Kelly Corcoran, Fort Lauderdale, FL US
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20130097162 | Method and system for generating and presenting search results that are based on location-based information from social networks, media, the internet, and/or actual on-site location - Method and system for generating and presenting search results that are based on location-based information from social networks, media, the internet, and/or actual on-site location. | 04-18-2013 |
Kevin Corcoran, Mableton, GA US
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20100024561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PRESSURE INSIDE A FLUID SYSTEM - A disclosed method determines fluid pressure inside a vessel without compromising the integrity of the vessel. A sensor is positioned in operative communication with the external wall of the vessel such that expansion of the external wall of the vessel exerts a force against the sensor that is directed substantially radially outward with respect to the vessel. A substantially radially inward force is caused to be directed against the sensor in response to the substantially radially outward force exerted by the external vessel wall. The sensor can thus be used to detect the magnitude of the substantially radially outward force. | 02-04-2010 |
Kevin F. Corcoran, Middletown, MD US
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20090097408 | VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK TEST DEVICE AND METHOD - The invention includes a device and a method for testing a communication network that includes an Internet Protocol (VoIP) network. The inventive device includes a user interface for communicating results of a test, a transceiver for allowing the test device to communicate with a telecommunications network, and a digital signal processor for reformatting a communication signal to be tested by the device. The digital signal processor may include at least one coder/decoder that uses various compression protocols including wherein the digital signal processor uses at least one of the following data compression techniques: G.711a-law, G711μ-law, G.720, G.723.1, G.726, G.728, G.729, G.729A, and G.729AB2. The transceiver also may be a power line modem. The inventive device may include a processor, random access memory, read only memory, a user interface, and a network interface. The inventive method for testing the VoIP network includes accessing a telecommunications network that includes the VoIP network, conducting tests on the VoIP network using a butt set device, and displaying results of the test on the user interface located on the test device. The present invention may also comprise a power line communication VoIP network telephone. | 04-16-2009 |
Kevin L. Corcoran, Middletown, CT US
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20130319004 | SHIELD SLOT ON SIDE OF LOAD SLOT IN GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR - A rotor body rotates about an axis of rotation. A ledge provides a holding structure for holding blades. A plurality of blades are positioned beneath the ledge. load slot is sized to allow a mount portion of the blades to be moved radially inwardly of the ledge. The blades are moved circumferentially to have the mounted structure radially inwardly of the ledge. A lock slot is positioned on one circumferential side of the load slot. The lock slot is formed to receive a lock, and the lock is partially received within a portion of at least one of the blades, to lock the blades within the rotor, and a shield slot on a second circumferential side of the load slot. The shield slot is sized to be different from the lock slot such that a lock cannot be inadvertently positioned within the shield slot. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323049 | STRESS-RELIEVED WIRE SEAL ASSEMBLY FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - A sealing assembly for use in a gas turbine engine having a disk arranged relative to an axis, the assembly including a circumferential groove defined in the disk and an annular wire seal positioned at least partially within the groove. The groove includes a first sidewall, a base portion adjoining the first sidewall, and a second sidewall adjoining the base portion opposite the first sidewall, wherein the second sidewall is angled in a range greater than 0° and less than 90° with respect to the axis. | 12-05-2013 |
20140064976 | ROTOR KEYHOLE FILLET FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A rotor for a gas turbine engine includes an annular structure having a blade slot. A hub engagement feature is provided on the annular structure. The hub engagement feature includes first and second surfaces transverse to one another and joined by a fillet that is recessed with respect to the first and second surfaces. A method of manufacturing a rotor includes the steps of machining an annular hub engagement feature into a rotor. The hub engagement feature includes first and second surfaces transverse to one another and is joined by a fillet that is recessed with respect to the first and second surfaces. The method includes the step of peening the fillet, and grinding the first and second surfaces. | 03-06-2014 |
Lindsay E. Corcoran, Liberty Township, OH US
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20130302594 | HARDCOAT - Hardcoat and precursor therefore comprising a binder and a mixture of nanoparticles in a range from 40 wt. % to 95 wt. %, based on the total weight of the hardcoat, wherein 10 wt. % to 50 wt. % of the nanoparticles have an average particle diameter in a range from 2 nm to 200 nm and 50 wt. % to 90 wt. % of the nanoparticles have an average particle diameter in a range from 60 nm to 400 nm, and wherein the ratio of average particle diameters of nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in the range from 2 nm to 200 nm to average particle diameters of nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in the range from 60 nm to 400 nm is in a range from 1:2 to 1:200. Hardcoat described herein are useful, for example, for optical displays (e.g., cathode ray tube (CRT), light emitting diode (LED) displays), and of devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), cell phones, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, touch-sensitive screens and removable computer screens; and for body of such devices. | 11-14-2013 |
Michael Corcoran, Grand Forks, ND US
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20150249362 | CONFORMAL BODY CAPACITORS SUITABLE FOR VEHICLES - A vehicle system includes a plurality of capacitors each forming a portion of a vehicle structure, and a parallel electrical link between a pair of the plurality of capacitors, such that the pair of capacitors act as an aggregate capacitor. | 09-03-2015 |
Michael Corcoran, Woodbury, MN US
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20090292310 | Medical device for occluding a heart defect and a method of manufacturing the same - An implantable device for occluding a septal defect has interleaved frame sections that allow flexibility to conform to a variety of defect geometries and provide reliable occlusion during endothelialization. Left and right frames connect to opposite ends of a floating connection post. The device is resiliently deformable and is biased into a natural state wherein, in situ in a variety of defect geometries, the device applies a sandwiching force to the tissue surrounding the defect that is relatively uniform across its diameter, improving stability and promoting occlusion. | 11-26-2009 |
Michael John Corcoran, Silver Spring, MD US
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20140249649 | PROSTHETIC LIMB ATTACHMENT SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a system for attaching a prosthetic limb to a user's lower torso includes a socket shaped to receive therein a leg amputation site of the user. The system also includes a flexible garment assembly configured to be worn around the user's waist. The system additionally includes an anchor coupled to the flexible garment assembly at a plurality of attachment points, the anchor having a higher rigidity than the flexible garment assembly. The system additionally includes a first strap secured to the anchor and configured to selectively couple the socket to the flexible garment assembly via the anchor wherein the anchor is configured to transfer to a distributed area of the flexible garment assembly a force applied to the anchor by the socket. | 09-04-2014 |
Michael L. Corcoran, Memphis, TN US
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20110230394 | Processes Using Antibiotic Alternatives In Bioethanol Production - Methods for controlling the growth of bacteria in ethanol fermentation systems with antibiotic alternatives, which can be nonoxidizing biocides, stabilized oxidizers, or any combinations thereof, are described. As an option, a process or composition of the present invention can include one or more polycyclic antibacterial peptides. The methods can provide improvements, such as increased ethanol yields with minimal carryover of biocide into co-products of the processes. | 09-22-2011 |
20150118726 | Processes Using Antibiotic Alternatives In Bioethanol Production - Methods for controlling the growth of bacteria in ethanol fermentation systems with antibiotic alternatives, which can be nonoxidizing biocides, stabilized oxidizers, or any combinations thereof, are described. As an option, a process or composition of the present invention can include one or more polycyclic antibacterial peptides. The methods can provide improvements, such as increased ethanol yields with minimal carryover of biocide into co-products of the processes. | 04-30-2015 |
Michael P. Corcoran, Woodbury, MN US
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20090076541 | Occlusion device with centering arm - The present invention is an occlusion device having a centering arm network that self-centers across a defect and can be retrieved and redeployed in situ. A self centering system allows the center of the occlusion device to remain properly positioned within the defect, which increases the effectiveness of the occlusion device. The self centering system is comprised of a plurality of centering arms which define a flexible intermediate zone. In addition, the occlusion device of the present invention has a plurality of right arms connected to the plurality of centering arms which make it possible to retrieve and redeploy the occlusion device in situ. | 03-19-2009 |
20150025623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARDIAC VALVE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT - A method of delivering a prosthetic mitral valve includes delivering a distal anchor from a delivery sheath such that the distal anchor self-expands inside a first heart chamber on a first side of the mitral valve annulus, pulling proximally on the distal anchor such that the distal anchor self-aligns within the mitral valve annulus and the distal anchor rests against tissue of the ventricular heart chamber, and delivering a proximal anchor from the delivery sheath to a second heart chamber on a second side of the mitral valve annulus such that the proximal anchor self-expands and moves towards the distal anchor to rest against tissue of the second heart chamber. The self-expansion of the proximal anchor captures tissue of the mitral valve annulus therebetween. | 01-22-2015 |
20150209139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARDIAC VALVE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT - A prosthetic mitral valve comprising an expandable anchor comprising a first anchor, a central portion and a second anchor; wherein the first anchor comprises a first outer frame and a second outer frame, the first outer frame comprising a plurality of first arcs joined together, and the second outer frame comprising a plurality of second arcs joined together, wherein the plurality of first arcs are out of phase relative to the plurality of second arcs when the first anchor is viewed in an end view from the first anchor to the second anchor; and a plurality of replacement leaflets secured to the expandable anchor. | 07-30-2015 |
Michael Patrick Corcoran, Woodbury, MN US
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20120150218 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR OCCLUDING A HEART DEFECT AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An implantable device for occluding a septal defect has interleaved frame sections that allow flexibility to conform to a variety of defect geometries and provide reliable occlusion during endothelialization. Left and right frames connect to opposite ends of a floating connection post. The device is resiliently deformable and is biased into a natural state wherein, in situ in a variety of defect geometries, the device applies a sandwiching force to the tissue surrounding the defect that is relatively uniform across its diameter, improving stability and promoting occlusion. | 06-14-2012 |
20130218192 | LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION DEVICE - A medical device implant for the left atrial appendage of a patient's heart, to prevent strokes. The device includes a cap that overlies the opening of the LAA connected to a bulb in the LAA. Dis-continuous segmented sails attached to the cap promote tissue growth over the device. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218193 | REDEPLOYABLE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION DEVICE - A medical device implant for the left atrial appendage of a patient's heart to prevent strokes. The device includes a cap that overlies the opening of the LAA connected to a bulb in the LAA. Discontinuous segmented sails attached to the cap promote tissue growth over the device. The device maybe repositioned and redeployed during implantation. | 08-22-2013 |
Patrick H. Corcoran, Cherry Hill, NJ US
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20100112358 | ADHERENT COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR RESINOUS SUBSTRATES - The present invention is directed to a coating composition that when applied over untreated thermoplastic and thermosetting resinous substrates, produces an adherent coating thereon. The composition includes a crosslinkable component and a crosslinking component. The crosslinkable component includes a polymeric mix containing at least one crosslinkable copolymer polymerized from a monomer mixture comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers having on average 1 to 10, preferably 1 to 4 and more preferably 1 to 2 hydroxyl groups and a saturated hydrocarbon polymer. The crosslinkable component includes one or more cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate of the formula: | 05-06-2010 |
Patrick Henry Corcoran, Cherry Hill, NJ US
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20080287622 | Polymerization of acrylic polymers in reactive diluents - The present process is directed to preparation of addition polymers in diluents that are subsequently reactive in coatings during cure, instead of in traditional hydrocarbon solvents. The polymers so prepared can be used as the main film-forming polymer in high solids coating compositions, especially those useful for finishing automobiles and truck exteriors. | 11-20-2008 |
20100021640 | ADHESION PROMOTING CLEANER SOLUTION - The present invention relates to an adhesion promoting cleaner solution for producing and adherent coating on a resinous substrate. The adhesion promoting cleaning solution comprises a telechelic diol in a carrier liquid such as an organic solvent. Also disclosed is a process of using the adhesion promoting cleaner solution to produce an adherent coating on a resinous substrate. | 01-28-2010 |
20100267892 | ISOCYANATE TERMINATED POLYTRIMETHYLENE ETHER POLYOL AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME - Polyethers of 1,3-propane diol are terminated with polyisocyanates. The isocyanate terminated polytrimethylene ether polyols provide crosslinking agents that provide coating compositions having short dry time, excellent appearance, and resistance to chipping damage. | 10-21-2010 |
20110111117 | COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING IMPROVED EARLY HARDNESS - A fast hardening clear coating composition for repairing a clear coat/color coat finish or a pigmented mono-coat of a vehicle comprising a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier, where the binder contains a hydroxyl polymer component comprising (A) hydroxyl-containing acrylic polymer, (B) at least one hydroxyl-terminated component selected from the group consisting of (1) an organic diol having the formula | 05-12-2011 |
20120220710 | CROSSLINKING AGENT FOR ADHESION TO PLASTIC - The present disclosure relates to an isocyanate terminated saturated hydrocarbon polymer that can be used as a crosslinking agent in a coating composition. The coating composition can provide a composition that adheres well to resinous substrates. Also provided are coating composition comprising the crosslinking agent and methods for producing the adherent coating composition. | 08-30-2012 |
Paul Corcoran, Washington, IL US
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20150211199 | DEVICE AND PROCESS TO MEASURE GROUND STIFFNESS FROM COMPACTORS - This disclosure describes a system and method to calculate a ground stiffness value. The system includes at least one sensor configured to sense at least one of a vertical acceleration, vertical displacement, and a force of a compactor component and a processor configured to calculate a force at a drum-ground interface in response to the at least one sensor and further configured to calculate a drum displacement in response to the at least one sensor. The processor is further configured to determine ground stiffness using the calculated force at the drum-ground interface and the drum displacement. | 07-30-2015 |
Paul T. Corcoran, Washington, IL US
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20080202777 | System and method for preparing a worksite based on soil moisture map data - A soil moisture mapping based method for transferring soil for an earthworks construction project includes outputting signals based on soil moisture data and position data indicative of a location within a cut area or a fill area of the soil. The method further includes selecting a location within a cut area for obtaining fill soil or a location within a fill area for depositing fill soil based on the signals. A system for supplying soil for an earthworks construction project includes at least one machine having a sensor configured to sense soil moisture, and a receiver configured to receive position data corresponding with a location of the soil, and a signaling device configured to output signals based on the position data and soil moisture data. A transfer machine is included in the system and configured to selectively transfer fill soil between the cut area and the fill area based on the signals. | 08-28-2008 |
20090142133 | Paving system and method - A method of operating a paving system includes establishing a plan for paving a work area which is based on a positional temperature model. The method further includes receiving temperature data for paving material and comparing the temperature data with data predicted by the positional temperature model. Operation of the paving system is adjusted where actual data differs from model predicted data. A paving system and control system are provided having an electronic control unit configured to compare electronic temperature data with a positional temperature model for paving material. The electronic control unit can control machines of the paving system based on comparing actual data with model predicted data, and can further update either or both of a plan for paving a work area and the positional temperature model itself based on differences between actual data and model predicted data. A complete temperature profile of a paving work area, including a comparison with the model may be recorded in computer readable memory for forensic and predictive analysis. | 06-04-2009 |
20120107045 | Compactor System And Methods - A compactor system includes a tipped drum having a plurality of tips, and a drum axle rotatably coupling the tipped drum to a frame. The compactor system further includes a sensor configured to sense a parameter indicative of a height of the drum axle above a surface of a material substrate, and an electronic control unit configured to output a compaction progress signal responsive to inputs from the sensor. Related methods of preparing a work area with a compactor system, and determining a compaction state of a material substrate, are also disclosed. | 05-03-2012 |
20140348587 | System and Method for Determining a State of Compaction - A system for determining a state of compaction of a work material includes a compactor and a compaction sensor system. A controller is configured to determine an empirical state of compaction of the work material based upon signals from the compaction sensor system and the characteristics of a machine associated with the compaction sensor system. | 11-27-2014 |
Paul Thomas Corcoran, Washington, IL US
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20080267719 | Towed compaction determination system utilizing drawbar force - A compaction determination system for monitoring the compaction in a material produced by a rotary device as the rotary device is towed over the material is disclosed. The compaction determination system may have a force sensor associated with a drawbar used to tow the rotary device, the force sensor being configured to sense a force transmitted to the rotary device via the drawbar. The compaction determination system may further have a controller in communication with the force sensor. The controller may be configured to determine a compaction of the material produced by the rotary device based on the sensed force. | 10-30-2008 |
20120173090 | WORKSITE-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A worksite-management system includes a display component and one or more information-processors. The one or more information-processors may be configured to acquire information about a history of travel of one or more non-compactor mobile machines across a terrain surface of a worksite. The one or more information-processors may also be configured to process the acquired information to generate a digital map indicative of compaction of the terrain surface as a function of the history of travel of the one or more non-compactor mobile machines across the terrain surface. Additionally, the one or more information-processors may be configured to present on the display component information related to the compaction of the terrain surface as a function of the history of travel of the one or more non-compactor mobile machines across the terrain surface. | 07-05-2012 |
Peter M. Corcoran, Kings Park, NY US
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20100039346 | Asymmetric Radome For Phased Antenna Arrays - An antenna assembly comprises a plurality of antenna elements arranged in an array, and a radome for protecting the antenna elements, wherein the radome has a thickness that changes across a field of view to normalize insertion phase delay differences in an incoming signal passing through the radome and received by the antenna elements. | 02-18-2010 |
Philip M. Corcoran, Highland, NY US
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20090006902 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REPORTING FRU FAILURES IN STORAGE DEVICE ENCLOSURES - Monitoring a plurality of field-replaceable units (FRUs) in an enclosure using two or more microcontroller-equipped power supplies to detect an FRU failure. Upon detection of an FRU failure, a first signal indicative of the failure is communicated from at least one of the microcontroller-equipped power supplies to one or more small computer system interface (SCSI) repeaters over an I | 01-01-2009 |
20110228475 | ENCLOSURE WITH CONCURRENTLY MAINTAINABLE FIELD REPLACEABLE UNITS - An electronic system enclosure including cooling units to regulate temperature of electrical components therein. In one embodiment, the electronic system enclosure includes field replaceable units which facilitate concurrent maintenance. In this embodiment, air pressure within the electronic system enclosure is maintained while a field replaceable unit is removed. Also in this embodiment, cooling of the remaining electrical components of the electronic system enclosure is continued during removal of a field replaceable unit. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231676 | POWER BUS CURRENT BOUNDING USING LOCAL CURRENT-LIMITING SOFT-SWITCHES AND DEVICE REQUIREMENTS INFORMATION - An energy management control method and controller reduce power supply current and/or subsystem cooling overhead that reduces system efficiency, may reduce system reliability and may increase ambient noise. Multiple device connectors are supplied from corresponding soft switches that are programmed to provide a current level that is sufficient to supply the maximum current for the device installed in the corresponding device connector. The current level may be determined from device information provided from the device during initialization, which may directly specify a maximum current requirement. Alternatively, the maximum current requirement can be determined from other device-identifying information such as a unique device identifier. As a result a guaranteed maximum current or power and power dissipation can be determined, and multiple power supplies and/or cooling devices such as air movement devices (AMDs) may be enabled, disabled or otherwise controlled accordingly. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231689 | LOAD SHEDDING DURING EMERGENCY POWER OFF EVENT - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for load shedding during an emergency power off event. In one embodiment, power is supplied from a main power source to a plurality of electrical loads within a device enclosure. Power loss is detected from the main power source. Upon detecting the power loss, at least one of the electrical loads is disconnected from a supplemental power source such that power to at least one remaining load connected to the supplemental power source is sustained by the supplementary power source. | 09-22-2011 |
20110261526 | INPUT/OUTPUT AND DISK EXPANSION SUBSYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONICS RACK - An input/output (I/O) and disk expansion subsystem is provided for an electronics rack which provides expanded I/O and/or disk storage capabilities to electronic subsystems of the rack. The expansion subsystem includes a subsystem enclosure having first and second sides in opposing relation, with the first side accessible through a front of the rack and the second accessible through a back of the rack when the enclosure resides within the rack. A plurality of field-replaceable units reside within the subsystem enclosure, and are accessible and removable through the first or second sides of the enclosure without removing the enclosure from the rack. The field-replaceable units include an input/output adapter cage(s), a storage device cage, power and control supplies, fan assemblies, and a midplane connector assembly. The adapter cage, storage device cage, and power and control supply dock to and are electrically interconnected by the midplane connector assembly. | 10-27-2011 |
20120308294 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY LOCKING MECHANISM - A hardware retention mechanism comprising a frame including a first guide shoulder and a pivot point; an actuator arm including a first guide post; and a first shape memory alloy wire strung between the first guide shoulder and the first guide post that rotates the actuator arm between a locked position and an unlocked position. The actuator arm is rotatable around the pivot point between a locked position and an unlocked position. In some embodiments, the frame may further comprise a second guide shoulder, the actuator arm may further comprise a second guide post, and a second shape memory alloy wire may be strung between the second guide shoulder and the second guide post that rotates the actuator arm between an unlocked position and a locked position. | 12-06-2012 |
Philip M. Corcoran, Palm Bay, FL US
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20140338325 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY LOCKING MECHANISM - A hardware retention mechanism comprising a frame including a first guide shoulder and a pivot point; an actuator arm including a first guide post; and a first shape memory alloy wire strung between the first guide shoulder and the first guide post that rotates the actuator arm between a locked position and an unlocked position. The actuator arm is rotatable around the pivot point between a locked position and an unlocked position. In some embodiments, the frame may further comprise a second guide shoulder, the actuator arm may further comprise a second guide post, and a second shape memory alloy wire may be strung between the second guide shoulder and the second guide post that rotates the actuator arm between an unlocked position and a locked position. | 11-20-2014 |
Robert Corcoran, Laramie, WY US
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20140205903 | Single Component Sulfur-based Cathodes For Lithium and Lithium-ion Batteries - The present invention pertains to the selection of cathode materials. The cathode materials of concern are the conducting polymer or backbone and the redox active species or sulfur species. The selection of the materials is based on the characteristics of the materials relating to the other components of the batteries and to each other. The present invention also pertains to the resultant cathode materials, particularly a selected cathode material of a single component sulfur-based conducting polymer with the sulfur species covalently linked to the conducting polymer, and most particularly a thiophene based polymer with covalently linked sulfur species. The conducting polymers have been covalently-derivatized with sulfides and/or sulfide-containing groups as battery cathode materials. The present invention also pertains to a battery employing the selection method and resultant cathode materials. | 07-24-2014 |
Robert C. Corcoran, Tie Siding, WY US
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20120148521 | Methods and Compositions for Controlled Release of Drugs - Methods and compositions for controlled release of amine, alcohol and thiol drugs, e.g., narcotic analgesics, and tricyclic amine antidepressants, are provided. The drug is releasably covalently bonded to a polymer or other activity-blocking moiety. Release is by an unmasking reaction resulting in the formation of a chemical group that undergoes a second reaction releasing the drug. For example, the narcotic analgesic fentanyl covalently attached to an inert polymer by way of its nitrogen through formation of a quaternary vinylammonium salt is released by hydrolysis of an acetal exposing an alcohol that undergoes an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction involving displacement of the fentanyl nitrogen. Process rate is controlled by controlling the rate of the intramolecular substitution reaction through varying the number of atoms in the chain connecting the alcohol group and the vinylic carbon and/or by the addition of substituents on that chain, and/or by the acetal hydrolysis rate. | 06-14-2012 |
Robert C. Corcoran, Laramie, WY US
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20100022008 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING NERVE AGENTS - The present invention provides methods and compositions for detecting, identifying and measuring the abundance of chemical nerve agents. Methods and compositions of the present invention are capable of providing selective detection of phosphorous based nerve agents, such as nerve agents that are esters of methyl phosphonic acid derivatives incorporating a moderately good leaving group at the phosphorus. Selectivity in the present invention is provided by a sensor composition having an alpha (α) effect nucleophile group that undergoes specific nucleophilic substitution and rearrangement reactions with phosphorus based nerve agents having a tetrahederal phosphorous bound to oxygen. The present invention includes embodiments employing a sensor composition further comprising a reporter group covalently linked to the alpha effect nucleophile group allowing rapid optical readout of nerve agent detection events, including direct visual readout and optical readout via spectroscopic analysis. | 01-28-2010 |
20100130757 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING NERVE AGENTS - The present invention provides methods and compositions for detecting, identifying and measuring the abundance of chemical nerve agents. Methods and compositions of the present invention are capable of providing selective detection of phosphorous based nerve agents, such as nerve agents that are esters of methyl phosphonic acid derivatives incorporating a moderately good leaving group at the phosphorus. Selectivity in the present invention is provided by a sensor composition having an alpha (α) effect nucleophile group that undergoes specific nucleophilic substitution and rearrangement reactions with phosphorus based nerve agents having a tetrahederal phosphorous bound to oxygen. The present invention includes embodiments employing a sensor composition further comprising a reporter group covalently linked to the alpha effect nucleophile group allowing rapid optical readout of nerve agent detection events, including direct visual readout and optical readout via spectroscopic analysis. | 05-27-2010 |
20110177530 | Methods and Compositions for Detection of Biological Materials Using Microfluidic Devices - Provided herein are microfluidic devices and methods useful for sensitive detection of analytes. The methods and devices described herein are also useful for detecting direct or indirect binding of enzymes or catalysts to a surface, for example a surface having analytes bound thereon. Methods disclosed herein include embodiments utilizing a pre-concentration scheme to improve signal levels of corresponding reporter moieties. | 07-21-2011 |
Sean D. Corcoran, Rochester, MN US
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20090320134 | Detecting Secondary Infections in Virus Scanning - A method, computer program product or computer system for scanning files in a computer system to detect additional infected files of a computer virus when a first infected file of the computer virus is identified, includes maintaining a friends tree for each file in the computer system, maintaining a search tree using the friends trees for scanning the files, searching the files listed in the search tree for the additional infected files, and quarantining the additional infected files detected in the searching. | 12-24-2009 |
20090328034 | ESTABLISHING A BI-DIRECTIONAL GRID COMPUTING NETWORK - A method of establishing a bi-directional grid computing network includes submitting a processing job from a job requester to a central repository, querying nodes associated with the job requester to process the processing job, identifying suitable nodes associated with the job requester to process the processing job, transmitting the processing job from the job requester to at least one of the suitable nodes associated with the job requester, processing the processing job on the at least one suitable node associated with the job requester, and returning results from processing the processing job to the job requester. | 12-31-2009 |
20100228558 | Aggregate Content-Based Advertising - Techniques are disclosed selecting a targeted advertisement to present to an individual, based upon the product preference of others and the individual's relationships with others. By analyzing content such as images and text, an individual's interest in a product or an individual's relationship with another person may be determined. Generally, a profile may store the above information and a relational product grid may provide an organized description of the relationships and product interests. The salability of a given product to a particular individual may be determined by analyzing the relational product grid. Based upon the salability, advertisers may decide whether to advertise a product to an individual. Thus, by leveraging personal relationship data, advertisers may expand their targeted advertising campaigns. | 09-09-2010 |
Sonja Corcoran, New Waverly, TX US
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20130160720 | LAMB AND GOAT SWEAT JACKET - An animal covering is adapted to be placed on a portion of a show animal, such as a lamb or goat, to assist in the reduction of unwanted fat from the rib, shoulder and neck region of the animal. The animal covering may be snuggly placed on the animal with adjustable fasteners and may aid in the reduction in fat over the covered area of the animal via changes in the metabolic cell rate and/or a sweating process. | 06-27-2013 |
Stephen P. Corcoran, Corrales, NM US
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20080297788 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF BIOMETRIC DETERMINATION USING SPECIALIZED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatuses for performing biometric determinations using optical spectroscopy of tissue. The biometric determinations that are disclosed include determination or verifications of identity, estimation of age, estimation of sex, determination of sample liveness and sample authenticity. The apparatuses disclosed are based upon discrete light sources such as light emitting diodes, laser diodes, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, and broadband sources with multiple narrow-band optical filters. The multiple light sources are encoded in a manner that the tissue response for each source can be efficiently measured. The light sources are spaced at multiple distances from a detector to contribute differing information to the biometric determination task as do light sources with different wavelength characteristics. Apparatuses are disclosed that incorporate a spectral biometric sensor with a personal electronic device such as cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, wristwatches, electronic fobs for the purpose of providing secure biometric access to protected property. | 12-04-2008 |
20080304712 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF BIOMETRIC DETERMINATION USING SPECIALIZED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatuses for performing biometric determinations using optical spectroscopy of tissue. The biometric determinations that are disclosed include determination or verifications of identity, estimation of age, estimation of sex, determination of sample liveness and sample authenticity. The apparatuses disclosed are based upon discrete light sources such as light emitting diodes, laser diodes, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, and broadband sources with multiple narrow-band optical filters. The multiple light sources are encoded in a manner that the tissue response for each source can be efficiently measured. The light sources are spaced at multiple distances from a detector to contribute differing information to the biometric determination task as do light sources with different wavelength characteristics. Apparatuses are disclosed that incorporate a spectral biometric sensor with a personal electronic device such as cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, wristwatches, electronic fobs for the purpose of providing secure biometric access to protected property. | 12-11-2008 |
20090046903 | Biometric Detection Using Spatial, Temporal, And/Or Spectral Techniques - A biometric feature detection system is provided according to one embodiment. The system may include a target, an illumination source, a color filter array, a light detector, and a computational unit. The illumination source illuminates a portion of the target with monochromatic light at a large angle of incidence measured from the normal of the target surface. The light detector may be configured to receive light from the target through the color-filter array and provide an image of the target surface. Each pixel of the light detector may correspond to one of a plurality of color filter mosaics such that each pixel detects light associated with a corresponding color filter. The computational unit may be interfaced with at least the light detector. The computational unit may include instructions to monitor the levels of monochromatic light and make proximity, presence and segmentation determinations based on the detected levels of monochromatic light. | 02-19-2009 |
20090080709 | Whole-Hand Multispectral Biometric Imaging - A number of biometric systems and methods are disclosed. A system according to one embodiment includes an illumination subsystem, an imaging subsystem, and an analyzer. The illumination subsystem is disposed to illuminate a target space. The imaging subsystem is configured to image the target space under distinct optical conditions. The analyzer is provided in communication with the illumination subsystem, the imaging subsystem, and the three-dimensional subsystem. The analyzer also has instructions to operate the subsystems to collect substantially simultaneously a plurality of images of the object disposed at the predetermined spatial location under multispectral conditions. | 03-26-2009 |
20090245591 | Contactless Multispectral Biometric Capture - A number of biometric systems and methods are disclosed. A system according to one embodiment includes an illumination subsystem, an imaging subsystem, and an analyzer. The illumination subsystem is disposed to illuminate a target space. The imaging subsystem is configured to image the target space under distinct optical conditions. The analyzer is provided in communication with the illumination subsystem, the imaging subsystem, and the three-dimensional subsystem. The analyzer also has instructions to operate the subsystems to collect substantially simultaneously a plurality of images of the object disposed at the predetermined spatial location under multispectral conditions. | 10-01-2009 |
20110235872 | CONTACTLESS MULTISPECTRAL BIOMETRIC CAPTURE - A number of biometric systems and methods are disclosed. A system according to one embodiment includes an illumination subsystem, an imaging subsystem, and an analyzer. The illumination subsystem is disposed to illuminate a target space. The imaging subsystem is configured to image the target space under distinct optical conditions. The analyzer is provided in communication with the illumination subsystem, the imaging subsystem, and the three-dimensional subsystem. The analyzer also has instructions to operate the subsystems to collect substantially simultaneously a plurality of images of the object disposed at the predetermined spatial location under multispectral conditions. | 09-29-2011 |
20110310236 | WHITE-LIGHT SPECTRAL BIOMETRIC SENSORS - Methods and systems are provided for performing a biometric function. A purported skin site of an individual is illuminated with white light. Light scattered from the purported skin site is received with a color imager on which the received light is incident. Spatially distributed images of the purported skin site are derived and correspond to different volumes of illuminated tissue of the individual. The images are analyzed to perform the biometric function. | 12-22-2011 |
20120057762 | CONTACTLESS MULTISPECTRAL BIOMETRIC CAPTURE - A number of biometric systems and methods are disclosed. A system according to one embodiment includes an illumination subsystem, an imaging subsystem, and an analyzer. The illumination subsystem is disposed to illuminate a target space. The imaging subsystem is configured to image the target space under distinct optical conditions. The analyzer is provided in communication with the illumination subsystem, the imaging subsystem, and the three-dimensional subsystem. The analyzer also has instructions to operate the subsystems to collect substantially simultaneously a plurality of images of the object disposed at the predetermined spatial location under multispectral conditions. | 03-08-2012 |
20120062364 | BIOMETRIC IMAGING USING AN OPTICAL ADAPTIVE INTERFACE - Embodiments of the invention provide for a biometric system with an optically adaptive interface. In some embodiments, an optically adaptive interface changes optical characteristics in response to the placement of a finger on the optically adaptive interface. In some embodiments, the optically adaptive interface can include an active layer and a surface layer. The active layer and the surface layer can have different optical properties. For example, one layer may be opaque and the other transparent, the two layers may have complementary colors, the two layers may have orthogonal polarization reflectors, one layer may be reflective and the other absorptive, etc. Moreover, the active layer can be a fluid with either high or low viscosity. For example, the viscosity can be such that the active layer fluid is either completely displaced or not displaced in locations corresponding to finger valleys. | 03-15-2012 |
20130021596 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF BIOMETRIC DETERMINATION USING SPECIALIZED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatuses for performing biometric determinations using optical spectroscopy of tissue. The biometric determinations that are disclosed include determination or verifications of identity, estimation of age, estimation of sex, determination of sample liveness and sample authenticity. The apparatuses disclosed are based upon discrete light sources such as light emitting diodes, laser diodes, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, and broadband sources with multiple narrow-band optical filters. The multiple light sources are encoded in a manner that the tissue response for each source can be efficiently measured. The light sources are spaced at multiple distances from a detector to contribute differing information to the biometric determination task as do light sources with different wavelength characteristics. Apparatuses are disclosed that incorporate a spectral biometric sensor with a personal electronic device such as cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, wristwatches, electronic fobs for the purpose of providing secure biometric access to protected property. | 01-24-2013 |
20130027685 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF BIOMETRIC DETERMINATION USING SPECIALIZED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatuses for performing biometric determinations using optical spectroscopy of tissue. The biometric determinations that are disclosed include determination or verifications of identity, estimation of age, estimation of sex, determination of sample liveness and sample authenticity. The apparatuses disclosed are based upon discrete light sources such as light emitting diodes, laser diodes, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, and broadband sources with multiple narrow-band optical filters. The multiple light sources are encoded in a manner that the tissue response for each source can be efficiently measured. The light sources are spaced at multiple distances from a detector to contribute differing information to the biometric determination task as do light sources with different wavelength characteristics. Apparatuses are disclosed that incorporate a spectral biometric sensor with a personal electronic device such as cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, wristwatches, electronic fobs for the purpose of providing secure biometric access to protected property. | 01-31-2013 |
20140292484 | BIOMETRIC IMAGING USING AN OPTICAL ADAPTIVE INTERFACE - Embodiments of the invention provide for a biometric system with an optically adaptive interface. In some embodiments, an optically adaptive interface changes optical characteristics in response to the placement of a finger on the optically adaptive interface. In some embodiments, the optically adaptive interface can include an active layer and a surface layer. The active layer and the surface layer can have different optical properties. For example, one layer may be opaque and the other transparent, the two layers may have complementary colors, the two layers may have orthogonal polarization reflectors, one layer may be reflective and the other absorptive, etc. Moreover, the active layer can be a fluid with either high or low viscosity. For example, the viscosity can be such that the active layer fluid is either completely displaced or not displaced in locations corresponding to finger valleys. | 10-02-2014 |
Steve Corcoran, Corrales, NM US
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20110085708 | MULTIPLEXED BIOMETRIC IMAGING - Some embodiments of the present invention disclose systems and methods for a multiplexed multispectral imaging, object discrimination, background discrimination, and/or object identification. In some embodiments, a multispectral sensor is provided that includes at least two illumination sources and an imager with a color filter array. The two illumination sources can illuminate a platen with light having distinct illumination angles as well as distinct characteristics, such as distinct wavelengths or wavelength bands and/or distinct polarization conditions. The color filter array, which may be integral with the imager or separate therefrom, can filter light based on the specific distinctions between the two illumination sources. A single image of an object at the platen can be acquired. Individual pixels of the image will then be highly associated with one or the other illumination source. Because of the filtering by the color filter array, this image will include information about the illumination angle. | 04-14-2011 |
20110211055 | DUAL-IMAGER BIOMETRIC SENSOR - Embodiments disclose a two imager biometric sensor. In some embodiments, the two imagers can include a direct imager and a TIR imager. In some embodiments, multispectral light sources can be used to illuminate target tissue imaged by two imagers. In some embodiments, composite images can be created from images detected using both imagers. | 09-01-2011 |
Steve Corcoran, Mckinney, TX US
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20120302234 | Internetworking for Circuit Switched Fallback - In some implementations, a method includes presenting a network node as a Visited Location Resource (VLR) for User Equipment (UE) to Mobile Management Entity (MME) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. The network node includes an SGs interface to the MME in the LTE system and a MAP interface to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) in a Cellular System (CS). A notification of the UE registering the LTE system is received from the MME. A network node registers, through the MAP interface, with a Home Location Resource (HLR) in the CS as the VLR for the UE. | 11-29-2012 |
Steven Wayne Corcoran, Mckinney, TX US
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Susan Corcoran, Camillus, NY US
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20140306012 | METHOD OF PROGRAMMING A SYMBOL READING SYSTEM - A method of programming a symbol reading system having a field of view includes selecting a programming command from a list of programming commands for programming a symbol reading system. The list of programming commands is typically stored on a computer that includes a processor configured for, in response to the selection of a programming command from the list of programming commands, generating a page bearing a symbol corresponding to the selected programming command and no other symbol corresponding to another programming command in the list of programming commands. The method also includes placing the computer generated page bearing a symbol corresponding to the selected programming command within the system's field of view. | 10-16-2014 |
Suzanne D. Corcoran, West Harford, CT US
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20100012261 | ONE-PIECE SELF-EXPIRING LABEL SYSTEM - A self-expiring label system is provided that includes a label, a backing sheet, an adhesive, and a migrating ink pattern. The adhesive removably secures a bottom label surface to a top sheet surface. The migrating ink pattern is on a bottom sheet surface. The lines of weakness define a second portion of the backing sheet around the migrating ink pattern and at least one of the lines is a cut line that defines a starting point for peeling the label away from the backing sheet in a removal direction. The second portion remains adhered to the label by separation from the backing sheet along the lines of weakness upon peeling the label away from the backing sheet in the removal direction when a user simultaneously grasps a top label surface of the first portion and the bottom sheet surface of the second portion through the cut line. | 01-21-2010 |
Thomas Corcoran, Leonard, MI US
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20150330469 | Caliper Disk Brake and Wear Indicating Device Of Such A Brake - A caliper disk brake, particularly for commercial vehicles, comprising a carrier, a caliper, at least one brake pad, and an indicating device capable of indicating wear of said brake pad. Said indicating device comprises a screw drive converting a linear movement of said pad with respect to said carrier into a rotational move-ment. Moreover, the invention may include a wear indicating device of such a disk brake. | 11-19-2015 |
Thomas Michael Corcoran, Winona, MN US
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20110059660 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION CLAMPING - An apparatus and method for electrical connection clamping are provided. The apparatus includes a connection arrangement having a top clamp section and a bottom clamp section. The connection arrangement further includes a stacked connector between the top clamp section and the bottom clamp section. The top clamp section and the bottom clamp section are configured to distribute a compression force along a plurality of points of the stacked connector. | 03-10-2011 |
Thomas P. Corcoran, Eldridge, MO US
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20110011818 | ROTORHOOK - A load lifting device is provided. The load lifting device has a housing, a load lifting hook assembly mounted with the housing, a freely rotatable swivel mounted with the housing opposite the load lifting hook assembly, wherein the freely rotatable swivel can rotate around a vertical axis, and a rotational driving device located within the housing, wherein the rotational driving device interacts with the load lifting hook assembly and controls movement of the load lifting hook assembly along a vertical axis. The rotational driving device controls movement of the load lifting device remotely through a power source, remote processing unit, motor, and remote control. The load lifting device is built to be attached to a hoist line of a crane and be used by riggers or other workers to move material and equipment. | 01-20-2011 |
Thomas P. Corcoran, Branson West, MO US
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20120018495 | Mobile Manufacturing Platform - A mobile manufacturing platform is provided. The mobile manufacturing platform has a base, a cutting platform, and a welding platform. Additionally the mobile manufacturing platform has a rail system capable of moving the stock material in X, Y, Z coordinates around the platform. Stock material can be manufactured into a final desired piece at a building site by being cut on the cutting platform and then welded on the welding platform. A finishing station for painting and other finishing may also be added. The mobile manufacturing platform can be moved from building site to building site or wherever on-site manufacturing is preferred. | 01-26-2012 |
Thomas Paul Corcoran, Farmington, MO US
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20090295178 | ROTORHOOK - This pivoting hook system is designed to give the operator or the spotter on the building control over the swing of material being lifted. It provides a safer distance from under the load, as workers are in potential danger at times when handling tether ropes attached to beams, trusses, etc. as they guide them into place. This device provides a safer alternative to tying a rope to loads for positioning. | 12-03-2009 |
20100282287 | Solar-charge - This process of charging electric and electrically backed up vehicles is done through roof mounted solar panels. With the rising cost and burning fossil fuels, it is designed to extend battery duration while in transit, keeping the electric motors running longer. These solar panels adhere directly to the roofs of any trailer in tow, being very thin, they keep the trailer aerodynamic. This technology is to be used in conjunction with the development of trucks using hybrid technology. Also, this process can be used to power the basic electrical needs of the truck the trailer is connected to, including the air conditioning. | 11-11-2010 |
Tim Corcoran, Pittsburgh, PA US
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20090053149 | SURFACTANT-BASED ANTIMICROBIAL SOLUTION FOR INHALATION - A surfactant can be added, safely and effectively, to a drug solution containing any antimicrobial agent, such as an antibiotic like tobramycin, that is suitable for administration to the lungs via inhalation. Thus, when an aerosolized drug solution includes surfactant, Marangoni flows cause the drug particles, once deposited in the lungs, to spread over a wider surface area, thereby ensuring greater antimicrobial efficacy. A solution that contains, for example, an antibiotic and tyloxapol or another surfactant providing a similar surface tension to the composition is optimally delivered by the functional combination of a breath-actuated nebulizer and a high-flow compressor. | 02-26-2009 |
Tim M. Corcoran, Washington, DC US
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20110265162 | HOLISTIC RISK-BASED IDENTITY ESTABLISHMENT FOR ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS IN CONTEXT OF AN APPLICATION - A set of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) services can be utilized by applications executing in protected application environments external to a SOA environment. The SOA services can include an identity service, a eligibility service, and a security risk assessment service, each of which generates a percentage of risk when run. SOA services can be dependent on specific applications and application cases, each being a specific context of an application, so that results vary by application case. The SOA environment can store data, which is constantly being updated about people, which is used by the SOA services. In one embodiment, sensitive or confidential data can be maintained in the protected application environment and can be isolated from the SOA environment. Rules, criteria, factors, and the like used by the SOA services can be customized at an arbitrary level of complexity for specific applications and application cases. | 10-27-2011 |
Timothy C. Corcoran, Bay City, MI US
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20100052344 | Golf ball retriever - A golf ball retriever that has a telescopic handle and an adjustable head. The retriever is unique because the ball passes through the bottom edge by simply placing the retriever over the ball and pressing down on the ball making tabs move in an upward direction. After the ball passes through the bottom edge the spring loaded tabs return to their original position and trap the ball within the confines of the ball retriever. The handle and ball receiver are adjustable to one another via the adjustable head connector allowing the operator to change the position of the head in relation to the telescopic handle. This allows the user to retrieve a ball on uneven surfaces. | 03-04-2010 |
William Corcoran, Brunswick, NJ US
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20100031436 | Bathtub seat - A bathtub seat that includes a platform upon which a bather sits formed from a plurality of watersealed planks. The planks are chosen of an appropriate length which length corresponds to the width of the bathtub. The platform planks are attached to feet, which feet rest on the top of the bathtub. The back edge of the platform includes a guide rail with a guide slot. The guide slot is utilized to position suction cups which suction cups are employed to adhere the platform to the back wall above the bathtub. Attached to the back of the suction cups are studs and nuts, which are used to attach the suction cups to the guide rails. The suction cups are positioned along the guide rails by loosening the stud from the nut, moving the suction cup along the guide slot and thereupon re-tightening. Once the suction cups are positioned appropriately for the particular application, the bathtub seat is positioned over the bathtub with the feet on the top of the tub. The suction cups are moistened and adhered to the back wall above the tub. | 02-11-2010 |
William R. Corcoran, Kennett Square, PA US
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20130068760 | MICROWAVE FIELD DIRECTOR STRUCTURE HAVING VANES COVERED WITH A CONDUCTIVE SHEATH - A reusable self-supporting field director for use in heating an article in a microwave oven is characterized by a plurality of vanes, with each vane extending radially outwardly from a central axis. Each vane is angularly adjacent to two other vanes and is attached to each other at their inner ends. Each vane has a predetermined thickness dimension. | 03-21-2013 |