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Adam E. Bracken, Salt Lake City, UT US
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20130267888 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO INACTIVATE INFECTIOUS AGENTS ON A CATHETER RESIDING IN A BODY CAVITY - Methods and apparatus for the inactivation of infectious agents in, on or around a catheter residing in a patient's body cavity. The method comprises transmitting non-ultraviolet sterilizing electromagnetic radiation (EMR) substantially axially along an optical element in the catheter body. Through delivery of the sterilizing EMR to particular areas of highest infection, the present disclosure is able to inactivate the major sources of infection in catheters. | 10-10-2013 |
Andrew E. Bracken, San Diego, CA US
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20100120532 | Incorporating player-generated audio in an electronic game - Incorporating player-generated audio in an electronic game is disclosed. Incorporation may include receiving an audio clip from an electronic game player, applying a modification to the audio clip to generate a chant, associating the chant to the execution of an event in the electronic game, retrieving the chant when the event in the electronic game is executed, and initiating the play of the chant upon execution of the event in the electronic game. | 05-13-2010 |
20100120533 | Customizing player-generated audio in electronic games - Methods and apparatuses for customizing player-generated audio in electronic games are provided. Sound generated by a player may be recorded in an audio clip. A modification is selected by a player, and the modification is applied to the audio clip. The modified audio clip is associated with a game event designated by the player. When the designated game event is detected, the associated audio clip may be played. In some embodiments, playing the modified audio clip includes broadcasting the modified audio clip to another player in a network. | 05-13-2010 |
Christina Bracken, Key Biscayne, FL US
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20120204448 | Minimal Footwear - Minimalist footwear is provided including a resilient yet flexible sole attached to the upper with a stitch and turn construction method. In a valuable embodiment the upper has a collar around the circumference of the foot access aperture to increase the seal around the foot and preventing intrusion of foreign objects while maintaining the strength and integrity of the foot access aperture. The upper is fabricated of a flexible and durable material that comfortably encapsulates the foot. Integral to the upper are a series of bands that span from the medial edge of the sole to the lateral edge of the sole over the foot. Said bands are separated by a predetermined gap. The bands are flexible but somewhat less stretchable than the balance of the upper thereby reducing the lateral flexion of the shoe while permitting ample flex from front to back as the foot flexes naturally during ambulation. The materials used for the sole and the upper allow for contoured molding to the wearer's foot shape when warmed by the body heat of the wearer. High top, low top, full toe and split toe varieties are also provided. | 08-16-2012 |
Christopher H. Bracken, Poway, CA US
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20090240967 | EFFICIENT LOW POWER RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUES OF MEDIA DATA FROM NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - Power consumption may be reduced in a media device including a first processor coupled to the non-volatile memory, either directly or indirectly, allowing the first processor to generate a pointer structure. The first processor may also be coupled, either directly or indirectly to a memory space, allowing the first processor to write the pointer structure in the memory space. The media device includes a second processor, such as a DSP/SHW or peripheral processor, and may be also be coupled, either directly or indirectly to the memory space, allowing the second processor to retrieve a block of media data from the non-volatile memory. Retrieval of the block of media data may be read directly from the non-volatile memory, or in some cases, the media data being retrieved may be parsed. The media data may be an audio file data, video file data, or both. | 09-24-2009 |
Jack Bracken, Los Angeles, CA US
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20130225583 | SUBSTITUTED AMINO-TRIAZOLYL PDE10 INHIBITORS - The present invention is directed to substituted amino-triazolyl compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction. | 08-29-2013 |
James Bracken, Addison, TX US
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20140305633 | Capillary Injection Delivery System Having Tubing Anchor - A capillary injection system delivers chemical with a capillary string to a targeted area in a wellbore such as adjacent a rod pump of a reciprocating pump system. The capillary string is disposed along the production string and delivers the chemical downhole. A tubing anchor disposed on the production string anchors the production string in tension in the casing. The tubing anchor has a mandrel coupled to the production string and has a housing disposed on the mandrel. The mandrel accommodates the capillary string outside thereof and defines a guide slot for controlling relative movement of the mandrel and the housing engaged with the guide slot. The housing has a slip movable outward from the mandrel. The mandrel is in a set condition is moved axially in the guide slot, and the slip is moved outward from the mandrel against the casing. | 10-16-2014 |
Jeanette Quinn Bracken, Paris, KY US
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20090092420 | Toner Mass Control by Surface Roughness and Voids - The present disclosure relates to controlling a performance characteristic of an image forming device component having a surface which may include removal of a portion of the surface to expose a plurality of voids and a surface between the voids. The surface between the voids may have a surface roughness Ra in the range of 0.1 to 5.0 microns and the relationship SA | 04-09-2009 |
John Lawrence Bracken, Reston, VA US
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20140270129 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFERENCE CALLING USING PERSONAL URL - Systems and methods are disclosed for managing conference calling using a URL assigned to a conference call organizer. One method includes receiving, from a conference call organizer, a request to be placed into a conference call associated with a URL assigned to the organizer; and receiving, from a prospective conference call participant, a request to be placed into the conference call associated with the URL. Another method includes receiving, from a first user, through a web page of a URL assigned to the first user, a first phone number at which the first user can be called; receiving, from a second user, through the web page of the URL, a second phone number at which the second user can be called; and initiating phone calls to the first user at the first number and the second user at the second number. | 09-18-2014 |
20140369241 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFERENCE CALLING USING PERSONAL URL - Systems and methods are disclosed for managing conference calling using a URL assigned to a conference call organizer. One method includes receiving, from a conference call organizer, a request to be placed into a conference call associated with a URL assigned to the organizer; and receiving, from a prospective conference call participant, a request to be placed into the conference call associated with the URL. Another method includes receiving, from a first user, through a web page of a URL assigned to the first user, a first phone number at which the first user can be called; receiving, from a second user, through the web page of the URL, a second phone number at which the second user can be called; and initiating phone calls to the first user at the first number and the second user at the second number. | 12-18-2014 |
Kathryn Rene Bracken, Swampscott, MA US
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20100063278 | N-Formyl Hydroxylamines compounds - Novel N-formyl hydroxylamine compounds and their derivatives are discloses. These N-formyl hydroxylamine compounds inhibit peptidyl deformylase (PDF), an enzyme present in prokaryotes. The compounds are useful as antimicrobials and antibiotics. The compounds of the invention display selective inhibition of peptidyl deformylase versus other metalloproteinases such as MMPs. Methods of preparation and use of the compounds are also disclosed. | 03-11-2010 |
Mary E. Bracken, Blue Bell, PA US
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20150135394 | LEG WARMER - The invention is a product that is an improved leg warmer that is easy to wear and remove, including for young children. | 05-21-2015 |
Matthew Bracken, West Roxbury, MA US
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20100307126 | TOOL FOR EXTRACTING AND INSERTING PINS OF ROLLER CHAINS - A tool for inserting and extracting pins of roller chains includes a body having a bridge adapted to engage a chain and a drive screw assembly coupled to the main body on a first side of the bridge. The drive screw assembly includes a drive screw which is rotatable to provide a force and a pin mounted concentrically within the drive screw. The drive screw assembly further includes an alignment sleeve that surrounds the pin mounted concentrically within the drive screw. The alignment sleeve guides and supports the pin up to a face of a roller chain. The tool further includes a rotatable backing wheel coupled to the main body on a second side of the bridge. The rotatable backing wheel includes multiple channels such that the multiple channels correspond to different roller chains having different sizes. | 12-09-2010 |
Michael Paul Bracken, Avon Lake, OH US
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20130339040 | Selecting Secondary Patient Care - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for selecting a secondary care facility. Secondary care facility data can be collected and stored in a facility database. Received patient care data can be compared with the secondary care facility data in the facility database, resulting in a set of one or more secondary care facility identifiers, which can be provided to a patient representative. The patient representative may select at least one of the identified secondary care facilities presented, based on secondary care facility data provided to the patient representative. The selection made by the patient representative along with selection criteria data, such as a selection process and data provided, can be stored in an auditing database for later retrieval as desired. | 12-19-2013 |
Michael R. Bracken, West Friendship, MD US
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20130213148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED COLLECTION OF ANALYTES - One embodiment of the invention includes an automated system for collecting analyte. The system comprises a screen supply cartridge for holding a stack of clean tabs including sorbent coated screens (SCS) residing in SCS channels. The stack of tabs are arranged such that SCS tabs directly above and/or below a given SCS tab include SCS channels offset from the SCS channel of the given tab to isolate the SCS channels from one another and the environment. The system includes an air source that provides an analyte to be adsorbed by an SCS channel of a respective tab at a sampling region and a linear actuator that moves a given clean tab into the sampling region for exposing the SCS channel of the given clean tab to the analyte and providing a given exposed tab. | 08-22-2013 |
Robert J. Bracken, Niskayuna, NY US
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20110158814 | TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR BLADES AND ROTOR WHEELS - A rotor wheel and a rotor blade for use in a turbine engine, the rotor wheel and the rotor blade being configured to comprise a connection formed between a root of the rotor blade and an outer radial portion of the rotor wheel that secures the rotor blade to the rotor wheel during operation of the turbine engine; wherein the connection comprises two or more tangential dovetails. | 06-30-2011 |
Robert James Bracken, Niskayuna, NY US
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20090047128 | Fully Bladed Closure For Tangential Entry Round Skirt Dovetails - A fully bladed closure design for turbine wheel with tangential entry. A set of the final three buckets including a bladed closure bucket are disposed about a wheel margin with two buckets adjacent to the bladed closure bucket secured to the wheel margin by the dovetails. The closure bucket is secured to adjacent buckets by a combination of one or more retaining keys and to the margin by one or more retaining pins. The bladed closure bucket and the adjoining faces of the adjacent buckets have flat skirts providing suppport from the retaining keys across the full axial width of the bladed closure bucket and the adjacent buckets. | 02-19-2009 |
20090196735 | Systems and Methods for Internally Cooling a Wheel of a Steam Turbine - A system may cool a wheel of a steam turbine, the wheel being associated with a rotor of the steam turbine. The system may include an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The inlet passage may be positioned to communicate steam from an exterior of the rotor, through an interior of the rotor, and to the wheel. The outlet passage may be positioned to communicate steam from the wheel, through the interior of the rotor, and to the exterior of the rotor. | 08-06-2009 |
20100061857 | STEAM TURBINE HAVING STAGE WITH BUCKETS OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS - A steam turbine having a stage including buckets of different material. For example, a set of first buckets may be made of a first material and a set of second buckets may be made of a second material, where the first material is different than the second material. | 03-11-2010 |
20130330195 | Turbine Rotor and Blade Assembly with Multi-Piece Locking Blade - The present application provides a turbine rotor and blade assembly for a steam turbine. The turbine rotor and blade assembly may include a rotor, a number of buckets positioned about the rotor and a locking blade positioned about the rotor. The locking blade may include a base, a first side hook, and a second side hook. The locking blade may include a first side pilot hole defined between the base and the first side hook and a second side pilot hole defined between the base and the second side hook. | 12-12-2013 |
20140056712 | TURBINE BUCKET INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL ROTATION CONTROLLING FEATURE - A turbine bucket including an integral rotation controlling feature is disclosed. In one embodiment, a turbine bucket includes: a blade section having an inner radial end and an outer radial end; an integral cover section connected to the outer radial end of the blade section; and a base section for engaging a rotor body, the base section connected to the inner radial end, wherein the base section includes: a central body; a set of tangs extending axially from the central body; a set of flanges radially inboard of the set of tangs and extending axially from the central body; and an integral rotation controlling feature extending from the central body, wherein the rotation controlling feature engages a radial opening in the rotor body. The integral rotation controlling feature is sized to limit rotation of the base section, when the turbine bucket is engaged with a rotor body. | 02-27-2014 |
Roger Bodie Bracken, Stillwater, OK US
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20140159890 | Flasher Vehicle Interface Module - A flasher interface module for a vehicle having factory or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) lights. The flasher interface module includes a plurality of input and output ports corresponding to the factory lights of the vehicle and a plurality of leads corresponding to each of the input and output ports. The flasher interface module is configured such that the input and output ports operate independently of the vehicle such that factory lights are independently controlled by the module. | 06-12-2014 |
Ronald Lee Bracken, El Cajon, CA US
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20140216521 | Solar Electrical Generator System - In one embodiment, a solar electrical generator system includes a housing having a top side that is substantially transparent to solar radiation, and plurality of panels each having a passive face having reflective material, and an active face having reflective material and one or more photovoltaic (PV) cells. The plurality of panels are mounted within the housing substantially transversely to the top side and parallel to one another, such that solar radiation entering the housing through the top side and impinging a passive face of one panel is at least partially reflected thereby onto an active face of a neighboring panel. | 08-07-2014 |
Ronny Bracken, Conyers, GA US
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20090020118 | Patient Delivery Tube for Humidified Oxygen - A patient delivery tube for the delivery of a heated, humidified gas. The patient delivery tube includes an elongated tubing member molded from a flexible polymer, said elongated tubing member comprising a first end, a second end and an axially aligned passageway extending therethrough and an electric heater comprising a conductive material, said electric heater arranged along said axially aligned passageway for perimetrically heating said axially aligned passageway. A method of delivering a heated, humidified gas to a patient is also provided. | 01-22-2009 |
20100012121 | Patient Delivery Tube for Humidified Oxygen - A patient delivery tube for the delivery of a heated, humidified gas. The patient delivery tube includes an elongated tubing member molded from a flexible polymer, said elongated tubing member comprising a first end, a second end and an axially aligned passageway extending therethrough and an electric heater comprising a conductive material, said electric heater arranged along said axially aligned passageway for perimetrically heating said axially aligned passageway. A method of delivering a heated, humidified gas to a patient is also provided. | 01-21-2010 |
Ronny Bracken, Monroe, GA US
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20100089404 | Endotracheal and Tracheostomy Devices - An endotracheal device may include an elongated body member having a first end and a second end, first and second lumen defined by the body member, and a funnel member proximal the second end. The first lumen may extend from a first opening in the first end to a first opening in the second end The second lumen may extend from a second opening in the first end to at least one point in a wall of the body member proximal the second end. The tunneling member may be configured to direct fluid toward at least one of the points in the wall. | 04-15-2010 |
Scott Bracken, Norfolk, VA US
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20090204151 | Spinal implant device, procedure and system - A spinal implant procedure and system includes vertical rods fastened to the spine on opposite sides. A cross connector is arranged on each vertical rod and to opposite ends of a cross member. The cross member includes a block having a lateral opening and that includes a forked end that is arranged at a bottom side of a spineous process. A strap fastener include openings through which the cross member passes. An opening of the strap fastener hooks on a catch on the side of the block. The block limits prevents rotation, blocks extension and limits flexion of the affected vertebrae. | 08-13-2009 |
Scott J. Bracken, Long Lake, MN US
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20100173252 | APPLIANCE CONTROL WITH AUTOMATIC DAMPER DETECTION - Methods and systems for operating a fuel fired appliance that may include an optional hardware component such as a damper are disclosed. In some cases, the presence of the optional hardware component is detected, and it is determined whether the optional hardware component is required for future operation of the fuel fired appliance. The fuel fired appliance may be operated normally if the optional hardware component is present and required, or, in some cases, if the optional hardware component is determined to be not required. If the optional hardware component is absent but required, normal operation of the fuel fired appliance may be stopped. | 07-08-2010 |
Shawn Micheal Bracken, Pinole, CA US
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20120110673 | Inoculator and antibody for computer security - In an embodiment of the invention, a method includes: determining, in a computer, an area where an undesired computer program will reside; and providing a data object in the area, so that the data object is an antibody that provides security to the computer and immunity against the undesired program. Another embodiment of the invention also provides an apparatus (or system) that can be configured to perform at least some of the above functionalities. | 05-03-2012 |
Susan Bracken, Alexandria, VA US
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20120215571 | System and Method for Online Self-Badging - A computer-implemented method for self-registration by an attendee for an event, wherein the attendee accesses via the internet a log-in screen for the event organizer and inputs personal information required for that event. The event organizer provides to the attendee via the internet registration and payment information, and the attendee registers and pays fees for the event. Following confirmation of receipt of payment and registration, the attendee generates a badge electronically. The event organizer generates a document containing the badge; the attendee prints the document, cuts the badge from it and takes the pre-printed badge to the event. The event organizer verifies the badge and mates it with an event-specific badge holder that coordinates with the badge to serve as a credential valid for use at the event. | 08-23-2012 |