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20080216224 | FLUSH TOILET WITH FLEXIBLE WASTE ARM - A toilet system includes a toilet and a pump assembly. The toilet has a bowl and a base. The base has a hopper for receiving waste from the bowl. The pump assembly is operative for pumping a source of flush water to the bowl and for pumping the waste from the hopper. A first flexible conduit interconnects the pump assembly and the bowl. A second flexible conduit interconnects the pump assembly and the hopper. The pump assembly is flexibly interconnected to the toilet for independent positioning relative to the toilet. | 09-11-2008 |
20080216225 | PUMP ASSEMBLY FOR A FLUSH TOILET WITH MODE SELECTOR - A mode selector for the pump assembly includes a first conduit defining a fluid inlet and a second conduit defining a fluid outlet. The first conduit associated with a first one-way valve and the second conduit is associated with a second one-way valve. The mode selector includes a first portion moveable between a first position and a second position, such that in the first position a fluid path extending through the first and second conduits is open and in the second position the first portion closes the fluid path. A second portion of the mode selector maintains one of the one-way valves in an open condition when the first portion is moved to the second position so as to avoid the creation of a vacuum. | 09-11-2008 |
20080216905 | PUMP ASSEMBLY WITH REVERSIBLE ONE-WAY VALVES - A pump assembly includes a housing and first and second valves. The housing has a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port. The first and second valves are substantially identical valves both including a mounting portion, a valve seat and a valve body. The mounting portion has a first end and a second opposite end. The first and second ends are both selectively mountable to a conduit defining a fluid path. The valve seat is interconnected to the mounting portion. The valve body is interconnected to at least one of the mounting portion and the valve seat for movement relative to the valve seat between a seated position and a closed position. The valve body includes a first side and a second side and is operative to seal against back flow from the first side and open to positive pressures on the second side. The first valve is mounted to the fluid inlet port with the first end such that the first valve normally functions to only permit fluid to flow into the housing. The second valve is mounted to the fluid outlet port with the second end such that the second valve normally functions to only permit fluid to flow out of the housing. | 09-11-2008 |
20110094023 | FLUSH TOILET WITH IMPROVED FLOW PATTERN - A flush toilet includes a bowl assembly defining a bowl. The bowl assembly has a discharge outlet at a lower end and a ledge circumferentially extending about a substantial portion of the bowl. The bowl has a rear surface that is generally flat and vertical. The rear surface transitions to the ledge as the bowl continues clockwise and counter clockwise from the rear surface. A horizontal dimension of the ledge increases as the ledge continues from the rear surface to a front of the bowl. An angle of the ledge increases as the ledge continues from the rear surface to the front. A maximum slope of the ledge is located proximate the front. A nozzle is mounted to the bowl assembly for pressurizing a source of flush water and delivering the source of flush water to the bowl for rinsing and flushing of the bowl. The nozzle is positioned at a rear portion of the bowl and produces a first flow of water in a first circumferential direction about the bowl and a second flow of water in a second circumferential direction about the bowl. The second circumferential direction is opposite to the first circumferential direction. The ledge cascades the first and second flows of flush water down the bowl as the first and second flows of water move in the first and second circumferential directions, respectively. | 04-28-2011 |
20110094024 | SEALING MEMBER FOR A FLUSH TOILET - A flush toilet includes a base and a bowl assembly defining a bowl. The bowl assembly is mounted to the base and defines a discharge opening at a lower end of the bowl. A waste ball valve assembly is mounted to the flush toilet for selectively opening and closing the discharge opening of the bowl assembly. A common sealing member operates to seal the bowl to the base and to wipe a ball of the waste ball valve assembly as the waste ball valve assembly is selectively opened and closed. The common sealing member has a generally horizontal portion for wiping the ball of the ball valve assembly and a compressible cylindrical portion upwardly extending from the generally horizontal portion. The cylindrical portion is compressed between the base and the bowl to define a seal therebetween. | 04-28-2011 |
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20110251676 | Sheath for Controlled Delivery of a Heart Valve Prosthesis - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for controlling deployment of a self-expanding support structure of a prosthetic valve that flares in a proximal direction upon implantation in vivo. A tubular delivery sheath having a side opening that proximally extends within a side wall thereof is used to deploy the prosthetic valve with the self-expanding support structure in a controlled manner. The prosthetic valve is distally advanced within a lumen of the delivery sheath with the self-expanding support structure held in a compressed delivery configuration within the delivery sheath lumen. The self-expanding support structure of the prosthetic valve is aligned with the side opening of the delivery sheath and the prosthetic valve is rotated relative to the delivery sheath whereby the self-expanding support structure is laterally released from the delivery sheath lumen through the side opening to gradually transition from the compressed delivery configuration to a flared deployed configuration. | 10-13-2011 |
20120089047 | CRYOABLATION APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION - Catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for cryogenically modulating neural structures of the renal plexus by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present application, for example, is directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods that incorporate a catheter treatment device comprising an elongated shaft. The elongated shaft is sized and configured to deliver a cryo-applicator to a renal artery via an intravascular path. Cryogenic renal neuromodulation may be achieved via application of cryogenic temperatures to modulate neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. | 04-12-2012 |
20120136344 | NEUROMODULATION CRYOTHERAPEUTIC DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136417 | NEUROMODULATION CRYOTHERAPEUTIC DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136418 | NEUROMODULATION CRYOTHERAPEUTIC DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Neuromodulation cryotherapeutic devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator in fluid communication with the supply lumen and configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the target site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state. | 05-31-2012 |
20120245520 | SPIRAL PERFUSION DILATATION BALLOON FOR USE IN VALVULOPLASTY PROCEDURE - A balloon dilatation catheter for use in a valvuloplasty procedure includes a catheter shaft and a spiral perfusion balloon mounted thereon. The perfusion balloon is formed from an inflatable tube that is in fluid communication with a catheter shaft inflation lumen. The inflatable tube is coiled into a series of windings that in an inflated configuration form a cylindrical or hourglass profile. In the inflated configuration, inner surfaces of the coiled windings of the inflatable tube define a perfusion lumen to allow blood flow through the perfusion balloon. Adjacent windings may be secured together with a flexible adhesive and/or a support weave formed from one or more filaments of material that criss-crosses between the adjacent windings along substantially the entire length of the spiral perfusion balloon. | 09-27-2012 |
20120253471 | Variable Length Airway Stent Graft With One-Way Valves - An airway stent graft includes a plurality of openings through the surface of the graft material and one-way valves at the openings to permit air from outside of the stent graft to enter a lumen thereof during exhalation and to prevent air from exiting the lumen through the openings during inhalation. The stent graft may be of variable length such that the stent graft may be cut to the desired length in vivo. A delivery system includes a cutter assembly to cut graft material of the stent at the desired location in vivo. | 10-04-2012 |
20150088113 | CRYOTHERAPEUTIC DEVICES FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Cryotherapeutic devices for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having a distal portion and a supply lumen along at least a portion of the shaft. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion intravascularly at a treatment site proximate a renal artery or renal ostium. The supply lumen can be configured to receive a liquid refrigerant. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cooling assembly at the distal portion of the shaft. The cooling assembly can include an applicator having a distributor in fluid communication with the supply lumen and a balloon configured to deliver cryotherapeutic cooling to nerves proximate the treatment site when the cooling assembly is in a deployed state. | 03-26-2015 |
20150126986 | Apparatus and Methods Related to Constrained Deployment of Cryogenic Balloons for Limited Cryogenic Abiation of Vessel Walls - Embodiments related to cryogenically ablating a portion of the inner surface of a vessel by constraining a cryoballoon using various apparatuses and methods are disclosed. For example, a catheter can include a cryoballoon for ablation of the vessel wall and a constraining element disposed substantially in parallel with the cryoballoon to deflect or offset a portion of the cryoballoon away from non-target tissue of the vessel wall and prevent ablation of the non-target tissue. Partial circumferential, non-continuous, or helical ablation can be effective for treating a variety of renal, cardio-renal, and other diseases including but not limited to hypertension, heart failure, renal disease, renal failure, contrast nephropathy, arrhythmia, and myocardial infarction. The constraining element may be, for example, a second inflatable balloon or one or more self-expanding prongs. | 05-07-2015 |
20150148791 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CRYOGENIC RENAL NEUROMODULATION - Cryotherapeutic systems and cryotherapeutic-system components configured for renal neuromodulation are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic system configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include a console having a cartridge housing, a cartridge connector adjacent to the cartridge housing, and a supply passage fluidly connected to the cartridge connector. The console can further include a supply valve along the supply passage and a control assembly including a supply-valve actuator and a user interface. The supply-valve actuator can be operably connected to the supply valve, and the control assembly can be configured to signal the supply-valve actuator to open the supply valve in response to a signal from the user interface. | 05-28-2015 |
20150250524 | Monitoring and Controlling Internally Administered Cryotherapy - A method of using a cryotherapeutic system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes advancing an elongate shaft of a catheter toward a treatment location within a body lumen of a human patient and directing a flow of refrigerant toward a cryotherapeutic element at a distal end portion of the shaft. The directed refrigerant is expanded to cause cooling within a balloon of the cryotherapeutic element. The pressure within the balloon is monitored and its rate of change calculated. The rate of change is then processed using different feedback loops during different monitoring windows of a treatment cycle. The individual feedback loops include an upper and a lower threshold and are configured to cause the flow of refrigerant to the cryotherapeutic element to stop if the rate of change falls outside a range between the upper and the lower threshold. | 09-10-2015 |
20160038212 | Cryoablation Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods for Renal Neuromodulation - Catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for cryogenically modulating neural structures of the renal plexus by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present application, for example, is directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods that incorporate a catheter treatment device comprising an elongated shaft. The elongated shaft is sized and configured to deliver a cryo-applicator to a renal artery via an intravascular path. Cryogenic renal neuromodulation may be achieved via application of cryogenic temperatures to modulate neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. | 02-11-2016 |
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20130034853 | TWO-COLOR CHROMOGENIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION - The present invention relates to systems and processes for chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH), and in particular to methods that prevent interference between two or more color detection systems in a single assay. The present invention also relates to processes for scoring assays utilizing break-apart probes. | 02-07-2013 |
20130122516 | DETECTING TARGETS USING MASS TAGS AND MASS SPECTROMETRY - Particular disclosed embodiments disclosed herein concern using a one or more various mass tags, which can be specifically deposited at targets through direct or indirect enzymatic-catalyzed transformation, to provide a method for identifying targets in tissue samples. The mass tags may be labeled with stable isotopes to produce mass tags having the same chemical structure but different masses. Mass codes produced by ionizing the mass tags are detected and/or quantified using mass spectrometry. The method can be used for multiplexed detection of multiple targets in a particular sample. In some embodiments, a map divided into sections representing sections of the tissue sample may be prepared, with the map sections including data corresponding to quantification data wherein the size of a mass peak is determined and correlated with the amount of a target for the corresponding tissue sample section. | 05-16-2013 |
20140041494 | COVE SYSTEM - A system and a method of using the system for reproducibly cutting a cove using a table saw are presented. The system comprises a first fence assembly and a fixturing means, where the fence assembly is rotatably affixed to the fixturing means, wherein the fixturing means can be releasably secured to the table of the table saw. The method comprises providing a blank molding, a table saw having a table and saw blade, and the cove system and releasably affixing the cove system to the table. The method further comprises setting a fence angle using the first fence assembly and setting a fence depth by adjusting the position of the fixturing means with respect to the table. The method finally comprises feeding the blank molding over the saw blade thereby cutting a cove in the blank molding. | 02-13-2014 |
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20140316398 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO SELECTIVE HEATING OF CRYOGENIC BALLOONS FOR TARGETED CRYOGENIC NEUROMODULATION - Systems and methods related to selective heating of cryogenic balloons for targeted cryogenic neuromodulation are disclosed herein. A cryotherapeutic device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an elongated shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The shaft can be configured to locate the distal portion in a vessel. The cryotherapeutic device can further include a cryoballoon extending from the distal portion and a plurality of heating elements arranged about the cryoballoon. The plurality of heating elements can be individually controlled to selectively deliver heat to tissue of a wall of the vessel proximate the outer surface of the cryoballoon. | 10-23-2014 |
20140358136 | APPARATUS AND METHODS RELATED TO SELECTIVE THERMAL INSULATION OF CRYOGENIC BALLOONS FOR LIMITED CRYOGENIC ABLATION OF VESSEL WALLS - Embodiments related to cryogenically ablating a vessel wall in a partial circumferential, non-continuous, or helical ablation pattern are disclosed. A catheter is disclosed that includes a cryoballoon for ablation of the vessel wall. A radially expandable insulative element is disposed over the cryoballoon to shield non-targeted tissue of the vessel wall from the cryoballoon and prevent ablation of the non-targeted tissue. Partial circumferential, non-continuous, and helical ablation can be effective for treating a variety of renal, cardio-renal, and other diseases including but not limited to hypertension, heart failure, renal disease, renal failure, contrast nephropathy, arrhythmia, and myocardial infarction. The insulative element may be, for example, a sheath component having opening(s) formed therethrough or may be an outer balloon within which the cryoballoon is disposed. | 12-04-2014 |
20150305807 | Neuromodulation Catheters Having Braided Shafts and Associated Systems and Methods - Methods for treating a patient using therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to a catheter apparatus including an elongated shaft defined by a braid embedded within a polymer. The braid can include one or more thermocouple assemblies intertwined with a braiding element. The thermocouple assemblies can be coupled to one or more electrodes at a distal portion of the shaft. | 10-29-2015 |
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20140379408 | Invitee-Driven Calendar Appointment Duration Reduction - A calendar appointment invitation is displayed. The invitation includes a user selectable initial time slot having an initial duration, and a user selectable option to shorten the initial duration. If a user selects the initial time slot and the shorten option, the appointment is scheduled for a shortened time slot having a duration that is shorter than the initial duration and that is within the initial time slot. If the user selects the initial time slot but not the shorten option, the appointment is scheduled for the initial time slot. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380222 | Complex Customizable Appointment Booking Workflows - A plurality of graphical user interface objects are displayed, wherein each object associated with a step in a sequence of user interface screens to be presented to a user in order to guide the user through an appointment scheduling process. Selections of the objects are received in order to build a customized appointment scheduling process. Information is stored representing the selections of the objects for the customized appointment scheduling process. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380455 | System and Method for Making Application Requests into Private Firewalled Networks - A first agent process is provided in a first computing environment. The first agent process is in communication with a first application. A second agent process is provided in a second computing environment, and the second agent process is in communication with a second application. Both the second agent process and first application run behind a firewall. The first agent process and second agent process communicate with each other across the firewall to have tasks performed by the second application on behalf of the first application. | 12-25-2014 |
20150281440 | INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM LINKED TO A CALENDARING AND AVAILABILITY SYSTEM - An Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system is provided that is integrated with a calendaring and availability system. A telephone caller calls to book a future appointment with the entity or organization that was originally called but is unavailable at the time of the call. This invention can be used to provide call center-like capabilities in the context of appointment scheduling but without the overhead cost of staffing a call center with human operatives. | 10-01-2015 |
20150281441 | VOICEMAIL INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE FOR INSTANT APPOINTMENT BOOKING - A system and method are provided that transforms the typical voicemail interaction into one in which the client does not feel that their voice messages could be easily ignored. Instead of being prompted in the traditional manner to simply leave a message, the client is asked to choose from a list of available times, each representing a potential time for the service provider to call the client back. The system is aware of both the service provider's calendar appointments and the times that they have made available for client appointments. Once the client chooses a time slot, the service provider's calendar will be updated with the new appointment details. When that time arrives, the provider's calendar system will alert them of their impending appointment and they will be reminded to telephone back their client at the scheduled time. | 10-01-2015 |