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20090180968 | Metal Coordination Complexes Of Volatile Drugs - The present disclosure provides a drug delivery device comprising a housing defining an airway, wherein the airway comprises at least one air inlet and a mouthpiece having at least one air outlet, at least one heated metal substrate disposed within the airway, at least one drug disposed on the at least one heated metal substrate. Drugs that can be complexed with metals or metal salts and could be deposited as thin films on heated metal substrate for generating thermal condensation aerosols are particularly suited. The metal substrate could be electrically or chemically heated. Further, the chemically heated metal source could be activated by an igniter that generates heat or spark. | 07-16-2009 |
20100006092 | Aerosol Drug Delivery Device Incorporating Percussively Activated Heat Packages - Aerosol drug delivery devices incorporating percussively activated heat packages are disclosed. The heat packages include a percussive igniter and a fuel capable of undergoing an exothermic oxidation-reduction reaction when ignited by the percussive igniter. The drug delivery devices disclosed can be activated by an actuation mechanism to vaporize a thin solid film comprising a drug disposed on the exterior of a hat package. Metal coordination complexes of volatile drugs, and in particular nicotine, from which the drug can be selectively vaporized when heated are also disclosed. The use of aerosol drug delivery devices comprising thin films of nicotine metal salt complexes for the treatment of nicotine craving and for effecting smoking cessation are also disclosed. | 01-14-2010 |
20100300433 | Substrates for Enhancing Purity or Yield of Compounds Forming a Condensation Aerosol - A device for vaporizing a composition. The device comprises a thermally conductive substrate having a surface, the surface comprising a thermally conductive surface structure. A dry composition capable of a solid to liquid phase change upon being heated to at least a select temperature is disposed on the surface structure. The surface structure is configured to form liquid droplets of the composition upon heating of the surface structure to at least the select temperature. The liquid droplets have a median diameter less than a median diameter of liquid droplets formed on a planar substrate surface heated to at least the select temperature. | 12-02-2010 |
20110253135 | METAL COORDINATION COMPLEXES OF VOLATILE DRUGS - The present disclosure provides a drug delivery device comprising a housing defining an airway, wherein the airway comprises at least one air inlet and a mouthpiece having at least one air outlet, at least one heated metal substrate disposed within the airway, at least one drug disposed on the at least one heated metal substrate. Drugs that can be complexed with metals or metal salts and could be deposited as thin films on heated metal substrate for generating thermal condensation aerosols are particularly suited. The metal substrate could be electrically or chemically heated. Further, the chemically heated metal source could be activated by an igniter that generates heat or spark. | 10-20-2011 |
20140102946 | Lithium Extraction Composition and Method of Preparation Thereof - This invention relates to a particulate extraction material for the extraction of lithium from a geothermal brine or lithium containing solution. The particulate material includes an inorganic or polymer based substrate that includes a lithium aluminum intercalate layer applied to the exterior of the substrate, wherein the lithium aluminum intercalate layer is operable to capture lithium ions from solution. | 04-17-2014 |
20140170041 | Methods for Removing Potassium, Rubidium, and Cesium, Selectively or in Combination, From Brines and Resulting Compositions Thereof - The invention generally relates to methods of removing potassium, rubidium, and/or cesium, selectively or in combination, from brines using tetrafluoroborates. Also disclosed are methods of producing potassium, rubidium, and/or cesium chlorides using ionic liquids and exchange media. This invention also generally relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of silica, iron, and potassium compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions of the treated brine contain a concentration of silica ranging from about 0 mg/kg to about 15 mg/kg, a concentration of iron ranging from about 0 mg/kg to about 10 mg/kg, and a concentration of potassium ranging from about 300 mg/kg to about 8500 mg/kg. Other exemplary compositions of the treated brines also contain reduced concentrations of elements like rubidium, cesium, and lithium. | 06-19-2014 |
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20080299048 | MIXED DRUG AEROSOL COMPOSITIONS - The present invention pertains to aerosols which comprise a first compound which is physiologically active and a second compound which is different from the first compound. Such aerosols may be produced “on demand” and can be used to control drug release, to improve vaporizability, or to reduce, modify or eliminate undesirable taste associated with a drug aerosol. The present invention also pertains to methods for producing such aerosols. | 12-04-2008 |
20130180516 | Self-contained Heating Unit and Drug-Supply Unit Employing Same - Heating units, drug supply units and drug delivery articles capable of rapid heating are disclosed. Heating units comprising a substrate and a solid fuel capable of undergoing an exothermic metal oxidation reaction disposed within the substrate are disclosed. These heating units can be actuated by electrical resistance, by optical ignition or by percussion. Drug supply units and drug delivery articles wherein a solid fuel is configured to heat a substrate to a temperature sufficient to rapidly thermally vaporize a drug disposed thereon are also disclosed. | 07-18-2013 |
20140072605 | Substrates for Drug Delivery Device and Methods of Preparing and Use - An assembly and method for producing a condensation aerosol are disclosed. The assembly includes a heat-conductive metal substrate with an oxidation resistant exterior surface and a drug composition film on the exterior surface and is for use in an aerosol device. The thickness of the film and the surface of the substrate is such that the aerosol formed by vaporizing and condensing the drug composition the aerosol contain 10% by weight or less drug-degradation products and at least 50% of the total amount of the drug composition in the film. The methods for treating the exterior surface include heat and chemical treatment and formation of a protective overcoat. | 03-13-2014 |
20150265783 | Self-Contained Heating Unit and Drug-Supply Unit Employing Same - Heating units, drug supply units and drug delivery articles capable of rapid heating are disclosed. Heating units comprising a substrate and a solid fuel capable of undergoing an exothermic metal oxidation reaction disposed within the substrate are disclosed. These heating units can be actuated by electrical resistance, by optical ignition or by percussion. Drug supply units and drug delivery articles wherein a solid fuel is configured to heat a substrate to a temperature sufficient to rapidly thermally vaporize a drug disposed thereon are also disclosed. | 09-24-2015 |
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20080209505 | Policy-based physical security system for restricting access to computer resources and data flow through network equipment - Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for integration and normalization of physical security data, states and events to and from disparate physical security systems to maintain in real-time rules based policy state information to enforce physical security policies uniformly across network and information technology (IT) systems. Moreover it pertains specifically to such apparatus for providing an integration platform, methods and processes for normalizing data from physical security systems, to maintain physical security states, mapping to network access and either directly affecting the network equipment through standard programming commands or providing interfaces for network equipment and IT applications to query and determine physical security access states thus enforcing rules in real-time based on security systems data and events. | 08-28-2008 |
20080209506 | Physical access control and security monitoring system utilizing a normalized data format - Embodiments disclose a system and method for the integration of data and events to and from physical access control and security monitoring systems that is normalized to standardized definition for enforcement of standardized rules, created through a visual policy editor, affecting persistence, propagation of data and generation of alerts and notifications for physical security, network and IT systems. Data from disparate physical security systems is normalized for visual rule creation by rule object shapes representing normalized security systems, data and processes. A rules-based policy engine enforces security policies and generates actionable events. The overall system provides an integration platform, methods and processes for normalizing data from physical security systems, representation of physical security systems, data and processes for visual creation of rules using defined stencil objects, generating formatted rules, and enforcing these rules in real-time on security systems data and events. | 08-28-2008 |
20150358359 | POLICY-BASED PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEM FOR RESTRICTING ACCESS TO COMPUTER RESOURCES AND DATA FLOW THROUGH NETWORK EQUIPMENT - Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for integration and normalization of physical security data, states and events to and from disparate physical security systems to maintain in real-time rules based policy state information to enforce physical security policies uniformly across network and information technology (IT) systems. Moreover it pertains specifically to such apparatus for providing an integration platform, methods and processes for normalizing data from physical security systems, to maintain physical security states, mapping to network access and either directly affecting the network equipment through standard programming commands or providing interfaces for network equipment and IT applications to query and determine physical security access states thus enforcing rules in real-time based on security systems data and events. | 12-10-2015 |
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20110002419 | Low Power Digital Media Broadcast Receiver with Time Division - Systems and methods for providing a low power receiver device using fine grained time division are provided. In one embodiment, the receiver device comprises a tuner, a demodulator configured to demodulate at least one sampled signal, a payload processor configured to process at least one demodulated signal into an output format, and a time division control logic configured to generate a control signal to switch at least one component within the receiver device between modes to conserve power. The at least one component may be switched between an active mode, a standby mode, a power off mode, and a low power mode. In further embodiments, the at least one component may be switched between staggered modes. | 01-06-2011 |
20120016502 | PROCESSOR EXTENSIONS FOR ACCELERATING SPECTRAL BAND REPLICATION - Enhancements to hardware architectures (e.g., a RISC processor or a DSP processor) to accelerate spectral band replication (SBR) processing are described. In some embodiments, instruction extensions configure a reconfigurable processor to accelerate SBR and other audio processing. In addition to the instruction extensions, execution units (e.g., multiplication and accumulation units (MACs)) may operate in parallel to reduce the number of audio processing cycles. Performance may be further enhanced through the use of source and destination units which are configured to work with the execution units and quickly fetch and store source and destination operands. | 01-19-2012 |
20120020267 | LOW POWER DIGITAL MEDIA BROADCAST RECEIVER WITH TIME DIVISION - Systems and methods for providing a low power receiver device using fine grained time division are provided. In one embodiment, the receiver device comprises a tuner, a demodulator configured to demodulate at least one sampled signal, a payload processor configured to process at least one demodulated signal into an output format, and a time division control logic configured to generate a control signal to switch at least one component within the receiver device between modes to conserve power. The at least one component may be switched between an active mode, a standby mode, a power off mode, and a low power mode. In further embodiments, the at least one component may be switched between staggered modes. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020268 | LOW POWER DIGITAL MEDIA BROADCAST RECEIVER WITH TIME DIVISION - Systems and methods for providing a low power receiver device using fine grained time division are provided. In one embodiment, the receiver device comprises a tuner, a demodulator configured to demodulate at least one sampled signal, a payload processor configured to process at least one demodulated signal into an output format, and a time division control logic configured to generate a control signal to switch at least one component within the receiver device between modes to conserve power. The at least one component may be switched between an active mode, a standby mode, a power off mode, and a low power mode. In further embodiments, the at least one component may be switched between staggered modes. | 01-26-2012 |
20120265329 | PROCESSOR EXTENSIONS FOR ACCELERATING SPECTRAL BAND REPLICATION - Enhancements to hardware architectures (e.g., a RISC processor or a DSP processor) to accelerate spectral band replication (SBR) processing are described. In some embodiments, instruction extensions configure a reconfigurable processor to accelerate SBR and other audio processing. In addition to the instruction extensions, execution units (e.g., multiplication and accumulation units (MACs)) may operate in parallel to reduce the number of audio processing cycles. Performance may be further enhanced through the use of source and destination units which are configured to work with the execution units and quickly fetch and store source and destination operands. | 10-18-2012 |
20140094132 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOW POWER ACTIVE RADIO RECEPTION - Embodiments may comprise radio data system logic to enter a sleep mode and wake periodically to receive a data packet. In several embodiments, the data packet is a Radio Data System (RDS) packet and the radio data system logic is RDS logic. Further embodiments may comprise radio data system logic to process the data packet to determine a first type field and to parse the first type field to identify a first indication. In several embodiments, parsing the data packet by the radio data system logic comprises parsing the data packet to determine a program type field and parsing the program type field to identify the first indication as an emergency alert indication. In response to identifying the first indication as a trigger, many embodiments wake up NRSC-5 compliant, In-band on-channel (IBOC) radio logic to process an Active Radio message to output information associated with the first indication. | 04-03-2014 |
20140188619 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR REBROADCASTING OF RADIO ADS OVER OTHER MEDIUMS - A method and system for specifying content of interest using a digital radio broadcast receiver is described. A digital radio broadcast signal includes an alternate way of distributing content-rich Advertisements over the digital radio broadcast networks and rebroadcast these Advertisements over technologies like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and the like to smart devices. A digital out-of-home network system will act as a bridge to relay the received Advertisements to smart devices. | 07-03-2014 |