Ladd, US
Alan R. Ladd, The Colony, TX US
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20110004879 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING WAIT FOR BOOT-UP - A method and apparatus for eliminating wait for boot-up of an apparatus while simultaneously preventing increased power usage. The method includes predicting a boot-up schedule according to a determined usage schedule, and scheduling boot-up time according to the predicted boot-up schedule, wherein said boot-up schedule eliminates wait for boot-up while simultaneously preventing increased power usage. | 01-06-2011 |
Alan Robert Ladd, The Colony, TX US
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20150022956 | Electronic Pull Tab for Battery Protection - A battery powered device is configured to allow the device to be stored for extended periods of time with a lithium battery installed and operable. An electronic switch is coupled between the battery and processing logic of the device and is biased off to block all current flow to the processing logic while the device is in a storage state. A user may perform a simple action to overcome the bias such that the electronic switch is turned on and allows current to flow to the processing logic in an operational state. Later, the user may perform another simple action to restore the bias such that the electronic switch is turned off to return the device to the storage state in which essentially no current is drained from the battery. | 01-22-2015 |
Barry Lewis Ladd, Zionsville, IN US
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20090281696 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TRANSMISSION DURING ACCELERATION FROM IDLE - A method for controlling a transmission in a motor vehicle during acceleration from an idle condition begins when the vehicle is stationary, the engine is at idle, and the transmission is in the first gear range or ratio. When the vehicle begins to accelerate, the method includes the steps of monitoring the rate of vehicle acceleration and comparing the rate of vehicle acceleration to a rate of vehicle acceleration threshold. If the rate of vehicle acceleration is less than the acceleration threshold, then the transmission allows one of the currently engaged clutches to slip. This clutch slip reduces the torque load on the engine. The method then monitors the engine output speed. If the engine output speed exceeds an engine output speed threshold, then the clutch is fully applied. | 11-12-2009 |
Brian J. Ladd, Ortonville, MI US
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20130142956 | METHOD FOR FORMING A MULTILAYER COATING - The present disclosure is directed to a method of applying at least one layer of a waterborne primer composition, at least one layer of a waterborne basecoat composition and at least one layer of a clearcoat composition to a substrate followed by a heating step which simultaneously cures the applied layers of coating composition. | 06-06-2013 |
Brian James Ladd, Ortonvile, MI US
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20140350867 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING LIQUID COMPOSITION - The present invention is directed to a system for producing a target composition having one or more target property values. The system provides real time measurements of property values of the target composition being produced. The system can further provide real time image of the target composition for quality control and adjustment on one or more property values, such as color property values. The system can be used for producing the target composition, such as coating compositions, with improved quality control and increased productivity. The system can be used for OEM or refinish coating manufacturing or small volume paint mixing or adjustment operations. | 11-27-2014 |
Bryan Ladd, Minneapolis, MN US
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20140222042 | Tissue-Removing Catheter Including Operational Control Mechanism - A tissue-removing catheter includes a sensor configured to detect a parameter of the catheter during the cutting operation of the catheter when a tissue-removing element is in a tissue-removing position. A locking control circuit is in electrical communication with the sensor and a locking device. During an operational control function, the locking control circuit receives a signal from the sensor based at least in part on the parameter of the catheter detected during the cutting operation of the catheter. The locking control circuit determines whether the received signal is indicative of a tissue-removing element engaging a non-tissue obstruction. The locking control circuit configures the locking device in its locked configuration to inhibit movement of the tissue-removing element from its tissue-removing position to its neutral position if the received signal is indicative of the tissue-removing element engaging a non-tissue obstruction. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222044 | Tissue-Removing Catheter Including Screw Blade and Cutter Driveshaft - A tissue-removing catheter includes a cutter having an axial cavity and an opening extending from the axial cavity through the cutter to allow tissue removed from the body lumen by the annular cutting edge to pass proximally through the opening toward a tissue-transport passage of a catheter body. A screw blade extends longitudinally within the interior passage of the catheter body includes an external helical thread for transporting removed tissue proximally within the tissue-transport passage as the screw blade rotates about its axis. A cutter driveshaft extends longitudinally within a driveshaft passage of the screw blade and is rotatable about its axis relative to the screw blade. The cutter driveshaft having a distal end portion operatively coupled to the cutter for driving rotation of the cutter. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222045 | Tissue-Removing Catheter for Body Lumen - A catheter for removing tissue from a body lumen includes a rotatable cutter. The cutter includes an annular cutting tip at the distal end portion of the cutter for removing tissue from the body lumen. An axial cavity is defined by an interior surface of the cutter and extends proximally from the annular cutting tip toward the proximal end portion of the cutter. An eccentric opening extends from the central cavity through the cutter to allow tissue removed from the body lumen by the annular cutting tip to pass proximally through the eccentric opening toward an interior passage of the catheter body. The offset opening is offset from the longitudinal axis of the cutter. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222048 | DEBULKING CATHETER - A catheter for debulking and removing tissue from a body lumen includes an elongate catheter body configured for insertion into the body lumen. The catheter body has opposite distal and proximal end portions, and a longitudinal axis extending between the distal and proximal end portions. A debulking assembly for debulking tissue in the body lumen includes concentric outer and inner cutters disposed generally at the distal end of the catheter body. A drive shaft is operatively connected to at least one of the outer and inner cutters for rotating the at least one of the cutters relative to the other cutter about a rotational axis. Each of the outer and inner cutters includes at least one cutting edge at a distal end of the cutter. Rotation of the at least one of the cutters relative to the other cutter creates a shearing action between the respective cutting edges of the cutters to debulk the tissue in the body lumen. | 08-07-2014 |
20160095620 | Tissue-Removing Catheter Including Screw Blade and Cutter Driveshaft - A tissue-removing catheter includes a cutter having an axial cavity and an opening extending from the axial cavity through the cutter to allow tissue removed from the body lumen by the annular cutting edge to pass proximally through the opening toward a tissue-transport passage of a catheter body. A screw blade extends longitudinally within the interior passage of the catheter body includes an external helical thread for transporting removed tissue proximally within the tissue-transport passage as the screw blade rotates about its axis. A cutter driveshaft extends longitudinally within a driveshaft passage of the screw blade and is rotatable about its axis relative to the screw blade. The cutter driveshaft having a distal end portion operatively coupled to the cutter for driving rotation of the cutter. | 04-07-2016 |
Bryan E. Ladd, West Carrollton, OH US
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20100019611 | MOTOR/GENERATOR PHASE INSULATION ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING - Apparatus including a monolithic, motor/generator phase insulation article having a manufactured state and a ready-to-use state. The insulation article has longitudinally-spaced-apart first and second tabs and flexible, transversely-spaced-apart first and second legs each having a first end monolithically joined to the first tab and a second end monolithically joined to the second tab. The first and second tabs are disposed longitudinally closer together in the manufactured state than in the ready-to-use state. In the manufactured state the first and second legs each have a more serpentine shape, and in the ready-to-use state the first and second legs each have a less serpentine shape. A method for manufacturing the insulation article is also described which cuts a monolithic, substantially-rectangular sheet of motor/generator phase insulation to create the insulation article. | 01-28-2010 |
20160089983 | Braking Grid Cooling System - A braking grid cooling system may include a fan having a hub supporting a rotor and at least partially enclosing a stator, and a plurality of fan blades connected to and projecting radially from the hub; and a dynamic braking grid receiving the fan in a nested relation such that a combined height of the grid and the fan is less than a sum of a height of the grid and a height of the fan. | 03-31-2016 |
Bryan Matthew Ladd, St. Louis Park, MN US
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20130220524 | CATHETER WITH HELICAL DRIVE SHAFT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - Drive shafts having helical blades and methods of making are disclosed. In one method a helical auger blade is formed by twisting or sculpting a heated polymer tube which has been placed over a cylindrical drive shaft. In another method a drive shaft is placed within a helical winding and heat is applied to melt polymer which has been coated over one or both of the drive shaft and helical winding. | 08-29-2013 |
20150238223 | CATHETER WITH HELICAL DRIVE SHAFT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - Drive shafts having helical blades and methods of making are disclosed. In one method a helical auger blade is formed by twisting or sculpting a heated polymer tube which has been placed over a cylindrical drive shaft. In another method a drive shaft is placed within a helical winding and heat is applied to melt polymer which has been coated over one or both of the drive shaft and helical winding. | 08-27-2015 |
Bryan Matthew Ladd, Minneapolis, MN US
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20100070015 | STENTS AND CATHETERS HAVING IMPROVED STENT DEPLOYMENT - An implant delivery system and method comprises an implant, for example, a stent, and a delivery catheter. The stent has a scaffold with a coating or a shell that retains the scaffold in a collapsed configuration. The coating or shell is made of a material that dissolves or biodegrades upon exposure to a dissolution or biodegradation media. The stent is used with an implant delivery system which has a catheter with a catheter, wherein the stent is mounted on the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft is configured to be withdrawn through the patient's vessel when the scaffold is in its expanded configuration. Advantageously, the implant is thereby prevented from changing length during implant delivery and implant deployment. | 03-18-2010 |
20130304186 | STENTS AND CATHETERS HAVING IMPROVED STENT DEPLOYMENT - An implant delivery system and method comprises an implant, for example, a stent, and a delivery catheter. The stent has a scaffold with a coating or a shell that retains the scaffold in a collapsed configuration. The coating or shell is made of a material that dissolves or biodegrades upon exposure to a dissolution or biodegradation media. The stent is used with an implant delivery system which has a catheter with a catheter, wherein the stent is mounted on the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft is configured to be withdrawn through the patient's vessel when the scaffold is in its expanded configuration. Advantageously, the implant is thereby prevented from changing length during implant delivery and implant deployment. | 11-14-2013 |
Clay Ladd, Lafayette, NY US
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20120247346 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIN-TIE APPLICATION - A system for applying a tin-tie, from a supply of tin-ties releaseably adhered along the length of a liner, with the tin-tie length generally aligned along a length of packaging moving in a first direction includes a tamp applicator for extending and retracting along a second direction substantially transverse to the first direction. The tamp applicator includes a magnet for carrying the tin-tie after it is released from the liner by a peeler, an air assist for aid in releasing and positioning the tin-tie, and a recess and edge for positioning the tin-tie. Part of the tamp applicator carrying the released tin-tie is also moveable in the same first direction, allowing travel in the same first direction as the moving packaging material when putting the tin-tie on the moving packaging material. A spring biases the part to return in a third direction opposite the first direction. | 10-04-2012 |
Collin Ladd, North Charleston, SC US
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20150217367 | Three-Dimensional Printing of Metallic Materials - Methods of printing metallic objects include providing parameters of an object for printing, and controlling a deposition of a fluid metallic material to form the object. At least an outer surface region of the fluid metallic material is converted to a solid region after deposition. | 08-06-2015 |
Danielle Ladd, Westminster, CO US
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20110092363 | POROUS METAL OXIDE PARTICLES - Preparing porous particles includes forming a gel including a first liquid and an oxygen-containing compound of a metal, semi-metal, metalloid, or semi-conductor, including an oxide, hydroxide, alkoxide, oxohydroxide, oxoalkoxide, oxo salt, or oxo salt hydrate of the metal, semi-metal, metalloid, or semi-conductor; contacting the gel with a combustible liquid to form a combustible gel; and initiating combustion of the combustible gel to form a substance including porous metal, semi-metal, metalloid, or semi-conductor oxide particles. The combustible liquid can include a volatile solvent. The porous particles have open pores with a range of nanoscale pore sizes. The porous particles may be treated further to form, for example, a composite. | 04-21-2011 |
Danielle Ladd, Scottsdale, AZ US
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20140342156 | GEOPOLYMER RESIN MATERIALS, GEOPOLYMER MATERIALS, AND MATERIALS PRODUCED THEREBY - A product formed from a first material including a geopolymer resin material, a geopolymer resin, or a combination thereof by contacting the first material with a fluid and removing at least some of the fluid to yield a product. The first material may be formed by heating and/or aging an initial geopolymer resin material to yield the first material before contacting the first material with the fluid. In some cases, contacting the first material with the fluid breaks up or disintegrates the first material (e.g., in response to contact with the fluid and in the absence of external mechanical stress), thereby forming particles having an external dimension in a range between 1 nm and 2 cm. | 11-20-2014 |
David Ladd, Lisle, IL US
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20080281957 | DEFERRED INVOCATION OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES - In one embodiment, a network device determines one or more conditions for invoking one or more real applications to the network device for a session. This determination may be made at the initiation of the session, such as when a SIP INVITE message is received. The one or more conditions allow real applications to be invoked when a future event satisfies the condition. When it is determined that a condition is satisfied, a real application associated with the condition is then invoked. Accordingly, conditions may be set for real applications that may be tested against future events that have not yet occurred. This allows deferred invocation of real applications. Accordingly, if real applications are not needed for a session, then they are not invoked. But, when a real application is needed, it can be invoked. | 11-13-2008 |
20110270997 | Deferred Invocation of Communication Services - In one embodiment, a network device determines one or more conditions for invoking one or more real applications to the network device for a session. This determination may be made at the initiation of the session, such as when a SIP INVITE message is received. The one or more conditions allow real applications to be invoked when a future event satisfies the condition. When it is determined that a condition is satisfied, a real application associated with the condition is then invoked. Accordingly, conditions may be set for real applications that may be tested against future events that have not yet occurred. This allows deferred invocation of real applications. Accordingly, if real applications are not needed for a session, then they are not invoked. But, when a real application is needed, it can be invoked. | 11-03-2011 |
David Ladd, Rainbow City, AL US
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20110287910 | Upper Body Exercise Apparatus for Stationary Bike - An upper body exercise apparatus includes a spring positioned in a housing interior area. First and second cables have respective first ends operatively coupled to the spring and respective second ends extending away from the housing. Respective movements of the first and second cables away from the housing cause the spring to move toward a biased configuration. The exercise apparatus includes a transmission configured such that an outward movement of the first cable in the absence of an outward movement of the second cable causes all of the springs resistance to be transmitted to the first cable, an outward movement of the second cable in the absence of movement of the first cable causes all of the spring's resistance to be transmitted to the second cable, and an outward movement by both cables causes the spring's resistance to be distributed equally between the first and second cables. | 11-24-2011 |
20120035973 | COMPUTERIZED DYNAMIC CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computerized system and method facilitates the collection, calculation, and analysis of supplier capacity data. Using portal technology, communications between the manufacturer and suppliers related to capacity data are facilitated. The system and method accommodate numerous supplier manufacturing processes and their unique configurations so that consistent “standard’ and “maximum” capacity values may be calculated. The portal supports data entry to quickly, efficiently, and accurately identify capacity constraints at the process and part number levels, create solutions, and monitor the implementation of solutions to increase capacity. Using dynamic calculation logic, fluctuating demand values for parts are considered in determining probable capacity values. The impact of various investments on production capacity may also be assessed. The manufacturer may further use capacity constraint data to adjust production to sales or market changes and to align production with capacity. | 02-09-2012 |
David A. Ladd, Lisle, IL US
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20130297732 | Providing an Aggregate Reachability Status - A customizable mechanism is provided for determining and reporting the overall reachability of a user based on the current statuses of a variety of network elements associated with the user, such as devices or applications that a user may use to communicate with others. The system can evaluate customizable reachability rules to determine an overall reachability status for the user. The system provides for distribution of reachability status and presence statuses of network elements to authorized subscribers. | 11-07-2013 |
Doug Ladd, Cincinnati, OH US
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20140320617 | Video Processing In A Compact Multi-Viewing Element Endoscope System - The present specification is directed towards endoscopes, such as colonoscopes, that provide a broader field of view and allow extended access of surgical tools and also enable efficient packing of all necessary elements in the tip section, while maintaining their functionality. Also described are methods and systems for capturing and displaying still and video images using an endoscope corresponding to a left-side looking, a front-looking and a right-side looking viewing element of an endoscopic tip generated in a native aspect ratio. | 10-30-2014 |
20140333743 | Operational Interface in a Multi-Viewing Element Endoscope - The present specification describes an endoscopy display system including an endoscope with a distal tip having at least three image capturing components, and a handle with an actuator that, when activated, generates a video processing command; a controller including a video processing system adapted to transmit commands to the three image capturing components and receive an image feed from each of said three image capturing components; and a display system, including at least one monitor that concurrently receives and concurrently visually displays each of said processed image feeds, where the video processing system is adapted to process each of said image feeds in accordance with the video processing command to cause at least one of changing a position of, zooming into or out of; recording; freezing; highlighting; or superimposing a navigation indicator upon the at least one of the processed image feeds. | 11-13-2014 |
20150208900 | Interface Unit In A Multiple Viewing Elements Endoscope System - An interface unit is configured to functionally associate with an endoscope system which includes at least two simultaneously operating imaging channels associated with at least two displays, respectively. In a first configuration, the interface unit includes an image processor functionally associated with the at least two imaging channels which is configured to separately synchronize images and image data received simultaneously from the at least two imaging channels and send those discrete image streams to different displays. In a second configuration, the interface unit includes an image processor functionally associated with the at least two imaging channels which is configured to receive image streams, synchronize the image streams, and create a single image stream to send to a display. | 07-30-2015 |
Douglas N. Ladd, Cincinnati, OH US
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20090088665 | MARKER DEVICE AND METHOD OF DEPLOYING A CAVITY MARKER USING A SURGICAL BIOPSY DEVICE - A biopsy marker introduction assembly is configured for introduction through a specimen retrieval recess into a probe cutter lumen of a handheld breast biopsy handle. Advancing the cutter causes an extending deployment rod to distally translate within an introducer tube of the introduction assembly, pushing a biopsy marker out of a distal end of the probe at a surgical biopsy site. Thereby, the surgeon is able to position the probe and effect deployment of the marker even if using the other hand to position an imaging device such as an ultrasonic transceiver. | 04-02-2009 |
Eric Ladd, West Jordan, UT US
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20100129266 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN FROM A CHEMICAL HYDRIDE - A system is disclosed to generate hydrogen. The system includes a fuel cartridge, a cartridge interface, and a fuel cartridge receiver. The fuel cartridge includes a liquid permeable material with one or more cavities that encloses a solid anhydrous chemical hydride. The fuel cartridge also includes a housing that is heat and pressure resistant that houses the liquid permeable material, and a liquid. The fuel cartridge also includes one or more liquid sources that introduce the liquid into the housing such that the liquid contacts at least a portion of the liquid permeable material. | 05-27-2010 |
20110027670 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM A CHEMICAL HYDRIDE - An apparatus is disclosed to generate electric power from a chemical hydride. A fuel cartridge produces hydrogen by reacting a liquid with a chemical hydride. A fuel cell stack generates electric power using an oxygen source and the produced hydrogen. An electric power storage device is coupled with the fuel cell stack. The electric power storage device stores and supplies electric power. One or more liquid sources inject the liquid into the fuel cartridge at a variable rate. A controller calculates a liquid injection rate for the one or more liquid sources based on power demands of an electric load. | 02-03-2011 |
Eric J. Ladd, West Jordan, UT US
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20090053134 | PROCESS, COMPOSITION OF MATTER, AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN FROM A CHEMICAL HYDRIDE - A process, composition of matter, and apparatus for generating hydrogen are disclosed. The process includes providing an anhydrous hydride, forming a mixture of the hydride with an activating agent, and introducing a liquid reactant to the mixture to produce hydrogen. The mixture includes activating agent in the range of between about 20 to about 80 percent by dry weight. | 02-26-2009 |
20090304554 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE REACTION OF AN ANHYDROUS HYDRIDE REACTANT - The apparatus includes a liquid permeable pouch that defines a cavity for maintaining an anhydrous hydride reactant, wherein the cavity comprises a cross-section such that a point within the cross-section is separated from a perimeter of the liquid permeable pouch by no more than double the permeation distance, and a cartridge configured to receive the liquid permeable pouch and a liquid reactant such that at least a portion of the liquid permeable pouch is submerged in the liquid reactant. The system includes a plurality of pouches formed from two rectangular sheets of liquid permeable material, and each pouch has a width selected such that each point within a cross-section is separated from the sheets by no more than double the permeation distance. The method includes joining the sheets, forming one or more seals to define a cavity, disposing anhydrous hydride within the cavity, and sealing the opening. | 12-10-2009 |
Evan Andrew Ladd, Amsterdam, NY US
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20150079557 | FLAME SIMULATOR WITH WEIGHTED BASE - A mounting and stabilization system including a base portion and a mounting portion pivotally coupled to the base portion. The base portion and the mounting portion have a closed configuration where the base portion and the mounting portion are generally parallel with each other and an open configuration where the base portion and the mounting portion are generally perpendicular with each other. The system further includes a collapsible container positioned between the base portion and the mounting portion, where the collapsible container is adapted to expand and receive ballast therein when the base portion and the mounting portion are in the open configuration. The collapsible container is adapted to collapse between the base portion and the mounting portion when the base portion and the mounting portion are in the closed configuration. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079558 | Fire Fighting Training System with Integrated Extinguishant Sensor - A system for developing firefighting skills including a display device configured to display a simulated fire, wherein the display device has a front surface. The system further includes a sensor configured to detect an actual or simulated extinguishant that is directed at the front surface, wherein the sensor is directly coupled to the front surface of the display device. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079559 | Fire Fighting Training System with Steam/Smoke Generation - A firefighting training system including a display device configured to display an actual or simulated fire and a sensor configured to detect an actual, simulated or virtual extinguishant that is directed at the display device. The system further includes a smoke or steam generation system configured to provide an output and a controller operatively coupled to the display device, the sensor and the generation system. The controller is configured to control the display of the actual or simulated fire and the output based at least in part upon an output of the sensor. | 03-19-2015 |
Gerald Richard Ladd, Omaha, NE US
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20110208572 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A REFFERAL REWARD INCENTIVE FOR AN ITEM VIA A NETWORKING WEBSITE - A computer-implemented method for providing a referral reward incentive via a networking website is described. Registration information for an item that is associated with a reward may be received. Information relating to an item purchased by a first subscriber of the networking website may be displayed. A recommendation for the purchased item may be posted from the first subscriber to a second subscriber of the networking website. The reward may be distributed to the first subscriber if the second subscriber purchases the item based on the recommendation received from the first subscriber. | 08-25-2011 |
Gregory Richard Ladd, Elkhorn, NE US
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20110208572 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A REFFERAL REWARD INCENTIVE FOR AN ITEM VIA A NETWORKING WEBSITE - A computer-implemented method for providing a referral reward incentive via a networking website is described. Registration information for an item that is associated with a reward may be received. Information relating to an item purchased by a first subscriber of the networking website may be displayed. A recommendation for the purchased item may be posted from the first subscriber to a second subscriber of the networking website. The reward may be distributed to the first subscriber if the second subscriber purchases the item based on the recommendation received from the first subscriber. | 08-25-2011 |
Holly Ladd, Rainbow City, AL US
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20110287910 | Upper Body Exercise Apparatus for Stationary Bike - An upper body exercise apparatus includes a spring positioned in a housing interior area. First and second cables have respective first ends operatively coupled to the spring and respective second ends extending away from the housing. Respective movements of the first and second cables away from the housing cause the spring to move toward a biased configuration. The exercise apparatus includes a transmission configured such that an outward movement of the first cable in the absence of an outward movement of the second cable causes all of the springs resistance to be transmitted to the first cable, an outward movement of the second cable in the absence of movement of the first cable causes all of the spring's resistance to be transmitted to the second cable, and an outward movement by both cables causes the spring's resistance to be distributed equally between the first and second cables. | 11-24-2011 |
Jeffrey C. Ladd, Rochester, NY US
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20110192953 | LATCHING MECHANISM FOR HOLDING A REMOVABLE COMPONENT IN A MOUNT - Disclosed are apparatus and methods for holding a removable component in a rack or similar mount, and more particularly a latching mechanism for holding a radio transceiver in a shock-absorbing mounting rack such as in a vehicle. | 08-11-2011 |
Jim L. Ladd, Erie, CO US
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20100049809 | System and method for determining source of an email - A system and method for determining if a received email is human or machine generated. Each received email is stored temporarily after the sender's address is extracted. A record from a database of challenges is randomly selected. Each record in the database is an image of a commonly known object. Associated with each object is an easily answered question about the object. The answer to the question about the object is also stored with the question. Next a set of image transformations is randomly selected and applied to the randomly retrieved image. The transformed image is sent to the email sender with the challenge (question about the object in the image.) The challenge question is constructed so that answering the challenge is beyond the capabilities of current computing technology. The email is queued until a response to the challenge is received from the sender. When received, the answer provided by the sender is extracted and compared to the answer stored with the randomly retrieved image. If the two answers are the same, the email is moved to the receiver's inbox. Otherwise the email is treated as spam. | 02-25-2010 |
20100226742 | MANUAL FORKLIFT APPARATUS AND METHODS - A manual forklift for lifting, maneuvering, and arranging palleted freight, comprising an extensible wheeled base, a steering handle, a mast, and a boom with a descending standard secured to a support frame carriage and forward extending tines. Hydraulic jack cylinders joining the mast to the boom and the boom to the descending standard in concert with hinge joints connecting the mast to the boom and the boom to the descending standard allow the tines to be manipulated forwardly or backwardly, raised or lowered, and tilted upwardly or downwardly relative to the mast and base, enabling the user to transfer palleted freight engaged by the tines between surfaces with differing heights and angles and across longitudinal spaces. Castered wheels affixed to the base further enable freight to be moved multi-directionally, including laterally leftward or rightward. | 09-09-2010 |
John Ladd, Boise, ID US
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20080291310 | Imager and system utilizing pixel with internal reset control and method of operating same - A pixel having no dedicated reset control line. By using the voltage on the column line to control the gate of the reset transistor, there is no need to provide a dedicate reset control line. | 11-27-2008 |
20090101796 | Methods, systems and apparatuses using barrier self-calibration for high dynamic range imagers - Methods, systems and apparatuses proving a high dynamic range imager. Multiple photosensor integration periods are used to capture pixel signal information. A transistor gate is used to remove electrons from the photosensor between the two successive integration periods providing a non-linear pixel response characteristic having a knee point. Each pixel is calibrated for the knee point which is used during adjustment of the pixel output signal. Each pixel may also be calibrated with an arbitrary signal response curve for multiple light intensities. | 04-23-2009 |
20090103827 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES THAT COMPENSATE FOR NOISE GENERATED IN AN IMAGER DEVICE - Methods, systems and apparatuses for using regular and/or dark pixels of a pixel array in either a fixed or dynamic fashion to compensate for fixed pattern noise. | 04-23-2009 |
20090237541 | Method and apparatus providing reduced metal routing in imagers - An imaging device and method for operating the device. The imaging device comprises a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns. At least one pixel of the array comprises a photosensor and a first reset circuit responsive to a first reset control signal for resetting the photosensor. A first terminal of the first reset circuit is coupled to the photosensor and a second terminal of the first reset circuit is configured to receive a first resetting voltage from a control line. | 09-24-2009 |
20090322913 | SPLIT TRANSFER GATE FOR DARK CURRENT SUPPRESSION IN AN IMAGER PIXEL - A pixel with a photosensor and a transfer transistor having a split transfer gate. A first section of the transfer gate is connectable to a first voltage source while a second section of the transfer gate is connectable to a second voltage source. Thus, during a charge integration period of a photosensor, the two sections of the transfer gate may be oppositely biased to decrease dark current while controlling blooming of electrons within and out of the pixel cell. During charge transfer the two gate sections may be commonly connected to a positive voltage sufficient to transfer charge from the photosensor to a floating diffusion region. | 12-31-2009 |
20110114826 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DARK CURRENT AND BLOOMING SUPPRESSION IN 4T CMOS IMAGER PIXEL - A method and apparatus for operating an imager pixel that includes the act of applying a relatively small first polarity voltage and a plurality of pulses of a second polarity voltage on the gate of a transfer transistor during a charge integration period. | 05-19-2011 |
20110297816 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DARK CURRENT AND BLOOMING SUPRESSION IN 4T CMOS IMAGER PIXEL - A method and apparatus for operating an imager pixel that includes the act of applying a relatively small first polarity voltage and a plurality of pulses of a second polarity voltage on the gate of a transfer transistor during a charge integration period. | 12-08-2011 |
John R. Ladd, Commerce Township, MI US
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20140216367 | AIR COOLER AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF AN AIR COOLER - An air cooler line is provided. The air cooler lines includes a first air cooler having a plurality of air flow conduits, each of the air flow conduits including an inlet, and a first air flow deflector extending across peripheral portions of the inlets and fixedly coupled to the air flow conduits and a second air cooler having a plurality of air flow conduits, each of the air flow conduits including an inlet, and a second air flow deflector extending across peripheral portions of the inlets and fixedly coupled to the air flow conduits, the second air flow deflector differing in at least one of size and geometry than the first air flow deflector. | 08-07-2014 |
John Ralph Ladd, Russiaville, IN US
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20150125816 | DENTAL INSTRUMENT - A dental instrument device includes a middle body with two ends, a pair of removable instrument tips, a pair of securing collets, and a pair of removable end caps. Each end of the middle body terminates in a middle body/instrument tip connection interface that receives a right-handed instrument tip only in a first orientation and a left-handed instrument tip only in a second orientation differing from the first orientation. The removable instrument tips have a similar middle body/instrument tip connection interface, and a working instrument end with a right-handed or a left-handed orientation. A right-handed instrument tip is releasably connected to the first middle body/instrument tip connection interface, and a left-handed instrument tip is releasably connected to the second middle body/instrument tip connection interface, with the right-handed and left-handed orientations being visually distinguishable one from the other by casual observation of an ordinary observer. | 05-07-2015 |
John W. Ladd, Boise, ID US
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20080258187 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR THE DESIGN AND USE OF IMAGER SENSORS - An imager sensor cell design having readout circuitry contained within the photodiode region. | 10-23-2008 |
Jonathan Ladd, Bridgewater, NH US
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20090117928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING TIME AND FREQUENCY OVER A NETWORK - A system to distribute accurate time and/or frequency over a network utilizing signals of opportunity transmitted by one or more local transmitters with known locations, the system includes a base receiver with a clock synchronized to a reference time scale such as GNSS or UTC time that saves a series of samples of the signals of opportunity and time tags the series with a calculated time of broadcast. A remote receiver saves samples of the signals of opportunity and correlates the series with the saved samples. The remote receiver calculates a time of transmission of saved samples that correspond to the series, determines a time offset as a difference in the time of broadcast calculated at the remote receiver and the time of broadcast calculated at the base receiver, and determines the time offset with respect to the base receiver. The base receiver further or instead phase locks to the signal opportunity and at predetermined intervals determines phase measurements of the integrated carrier frequency of the signal of opportunity and provides the phase information to the remote receiver. The remote receiver, which is also phase locked to the same signal of opportunity, uses the phase measurement information to frequency lock its clock to the base receiver clock by determining a frequency error based on the rate of change of phase measurements made at the base receiver and the remote receiver. | 05-07-2009 |
20090121940 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POSITION OVER A NETWORK - A system to determine position, frequency and clock offsets over a network utilizing signals of opportunity transmitted by one or more transmitters with known locations, the system includes a base receiver with a clock and a known position that determines ranges to the transmitters, takes a series of samples of the signals of opportunity and time tags the series with times of receipt, calculated times of transmission based on the calculated ranges, or both. The base receiver transmits the time tagged series and, as appropriate, computed ranges to the remote receivers. A given remote receiver saves and time tags samples of the signals of opportunity, correlates the time-tagged series with the saved samples, and calculates a time offset as a time difference of the times of receipt at the remote receiver and either the time of receipt at the base receiver or the time of transmission calculated at the base receiver. The remote receiver calculates position based on the time offsets, and as appropriate, the ranges provided by the base receiver. The elevations of the remote receivers may be calculated as part of the position calculations, determined iteratively based on constraining the Z coordinate to an average elevation, or determined from differences in air pressure sensor readings at the base and remoter receivers. | 05-14-2009 |
20090322601 | GNSS RECEIVER USING SIGNALS OF OPPORTUNITY AND ASSISTANCE INFORMATION TO REDUCE THE TIME TO FIRST FIX - A GNSS receiver reduces the time to first fix by utilizing the properties of existing radiated signals of opportunity, such as AM or FM radio signals, television signals and so forth, to reduce the uncertainties associated with oscillator frequency and phase , and further utilizing an Almanac and battery backed-up date and time to determine the satellites in view and reduce the uncertainties associated with Doppler. The receiver may use multiple signals of opportunity to determine the city or local area in which the receiver is located based on the set of frequencies of the signals, and also to reduce search uncertainties for oscillator frequency by estimating an offset based on the differences between the frequencies of the respective signals of opportunity at the receiver and the nominal broadcast frequencies of the signals. | 12-31-2009 |
Josh Samuel Ladd, Knoxville, TN US
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20090292648 | DIVERSIFICATION MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM - This disclosure details methods for measuring and analyzing diversification of portfolio of assets. A dimension is a logical and quantitative means to measure diversification. As the number of dimensions increases so does diversification. Strong asset correlations among each other detract from the notion of independence. A positive correlation increases risks and is therefore undesirable. Assets are embedded into a high dimensional Euclidean vector space. The entire portfolio is interpreted as a set of points whose ambient dimension is the number of assets in the portfolio. The Karhunen-Loève expansion is used to quantify the KL dimension of the geometric object induced by a portfolio. The associated dimension is taken as the measure of diversification accounts for both the number of assets and the commonality within them. This ensures that measuring diversification as a dimension accounts for the complete diversification affect of the portfolio and is thus a valuable portfolio management tool. | 11-26-2009 |
20120221484 | DIVERSIFICATION MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM - This disclosure details methods for measuring and analyzing diversification of portfolio of assets. A dimension is a logical and quantitative means to measure diversification. As the number of dimensions increases so does diversification. Strong asset correlations among each other detract from the notion of independence. A positive correlation increases risks and is therefore undesirable. Assets are embedded into a high dimensional Euclidean vector space. The entire portfolio is interpreted as a set of points whose ambient dimension is the number of assets in the portfolio. The Karhunen-Loève expansion is used to quantify the KL dimension of the geometric object induced by a portfolio. The associated dimension is taken as the measure of diversification accounts for both the number of assets and the commonality within them. This ensures that measuring diversification as a dimension accounts for the complete diversification affect of the portfolio and is thus a valuable portfolio management tool. | 08-30-2012 |
Komal Ladd, Danbury, CT US
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20140014130 | HAIR TREATMENT AND REVITALIZING COMPOSITION AND METHODS - A hair care composition comprising: a crosslinking component comprising an inorganic fluoride; and a conditioning component, wherein the composition has a ratio of crosslinking component to conditioning component in the range of about 10:90 to about 95:5. | 01-16-2014 |
Lori A. Ladd, Chesterfield, MO US
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20100010471 | MEDICATION APPLICATOR DEVICE - A device for inserting medication into a cavity of a body comprising a syringe having a barrel member and a plunger, the plunger having an end for movable interaction with the barrel member, the end comprising a seat configured to allow seating of the medication therein. | 01-14-2010 |
Marion L. Ladd, Alpharetta, GA US
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20120152289 | Sterilization Container With Disposable Liner - A container for sterilizing and storing surgical materials and preserving surgical materials in a sterilized condition is disclosed herein. The container includes a lid, liner and in many embodiments, a frame. The lid and liner are desirably disposable and recyclable after a single use while the frame should be reusable many times. The liner and optionally the lid is substantially transparent so that a user can inspect the instruments while the container is closed without compromising the sterile nature of the inside of the container. | 06-21-2012 |
Mark J. Ladd, Indianapolis, IN US
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20140216078 | REDUCED ENERGY HEAT PUMP DEFROST FOR UNOCCUPIED SPACE - Embodiments are directed to determining, by a controller comprising a processor, that a coil associated with a heat pump is subjected to a defrost cycle, determining, by the controller, that at least one of: a conditioned space is occupied, and a thermostat associated with the conditioned space indicates that an energy saving mode is not in use, and enabling, by the controller, an auxiliary heat source based on the determination that the coil is subject to the defrost cycle and the determination that the conditioned space is occupied or the thermostat indicates that the energy saving mode is not in use. | 08-07-2014 |
Mark J. Ladd, Chicago, IL US
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20140302919 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSOR-BASED MOBILE GAMING - A system includes an emitter, a receiver, a wireless communications module, and a user interface module. The emitter, controlled by a first player, emits an emitter signal that includes emitter identification information. The receiver receives the emitter signal and generates a receiver signal that includes the emitter identification information. The gameplay cloud interface module receives the receiver signal and communicates an indication that includes player identification information associated the emitter identification information. The gameplay cloud interface module is further configured to receive scoring information that is based on the player identification information. The user interface module presents gameplay information based on the scoring information to the first player. | 10-09-2014 |
Michael M. Ladd, Renton, WA US
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20100304044 | Spectrally Selective Coatings And Associated Methods For Minimizing The Effects of Lightning Strikes - A method for reducing structural damage to a substrate resulting from interaction between the substrate and a plasma, the method including the steps of identifying a wavelength at which a spectral radiance of the plasma is at a peak, the wavelength being a function of a temperature of the plasma, preparing a coating capable of imparting to the substrate a threshold electromagnetic reflectivity over a spectral band about the wavelength, and applying the coating to the substrate. | 12-02-2010 |
20150086788 | SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE COATINGS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR MINIMIZING THE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING STRIKES - A coating composition for reducing structural damage to a substrate resulting from interaction between the substrate and lightening plasma is disclosed. The coating composition includes a binder having a plurality of pigment particles that have a size distribution of a first portion of pigment particles that are relatively large compared to ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths from lightning plasma thereby backscattering UV energy, and a second portion of pigment particles that are relatively small compared to infrared (IR) wavelengths thereby forward scattering IR energy. | 03-26-2015 |
Mitchell Ladd, Winston-Salem, NC US
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20110172683 | TISSUE EXPANDER - Provided herein is a tissue stretching device including a tissue clamping member defining an area in a Z plane, wherein the tissue clamping member is configured to hold tissue parallel to the Z plane. Methods of use of the tissue stretching device to stretch a tissue as well as for culturing organized tissues are also provided. Stretched and/or cultured tissues produced by these processes are also provided, as well as methods of treatment making use of the same. | 07-14-2011 |
Paula D. Ladd, Seattle, WA US
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20100279293 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING FRAGILE X-ASSOCIATED DISORDERS - The present invention provides compositions and methods of identifying a subject as having an increased risk of developing fragile X-associated tremor and ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) or identifying a subject having an increased risk of developing fragile X syndrome (FXS), comprising analyzing messenger RNA (mRNA) transcripts and/or translation products of the antisense gene ASFMR1. | 11-04-2010 |
Ryan Patrick Ladd, Indianapolis, IN US
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20090222368 | AUTHOR WEBSITE IN A COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT - A method, system and apparatus of an author website in a commerce environment are disclose. In one embodiment, a method of a merchant site includes creating, through an interaction module of the merchant site, an author website having at least some descriptive content of a literary work that is automatically applied from the merchant site to the author website based on a preference of an author of the literary work, automatically associating a user database of the merchant site to the author website, providing access to the author website from a location adjacent to where the literary work is marketed in the merchant site and providing an interface to enable a patron of the merchant site represented in the user database to communicate with the author of the literary work through at least one of the merchant site and the author website. | 09-03-2009 |
Scott A. Ladd, Coventry, CT US
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20110011095 | WASHER WITH COOLING PASSAGE FOR A TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTOR - A washer for a turbine engine combustor comprises a first surface, a second surface facing generally opposite from the first surface, a bore communicating through the first and second surfaces, and a cooling passage separate from the bore and communicating through the first and second surfaces. | 01-20-2011 |
20140003922 | TURBINE EXHAUST CASE DUCT | 01-02-2014 |
Scott W. Ladd, Penobscot, ME US
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20160094105 | CORDLESS PORTABLE PUMP DEVICE - A cordless portable pump device comprising a submersible pump, wiring means capable of conducting electrical current, a power supply comprising a rechargeable battery pack from a commercially available portable power tool having a voltage rating of at least fourteen volts, and a power receptacle suitably adapted to receive and retain the power supply. | 03-31-2016 |
Steve Ladd, Meriden, NH US
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20130036144 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING POINT ADDRESS DATA - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for converting a database of point address data into a database of address range data using a computer, wherein each point address comprises an address number, a street name and a geographical location. The method comprises assigning each point address to a chain based upon its street name; ordering the point addresses in each chain according to their geographical location; determining the direction and range of the road numbers in at least part of at least one chain; and storing the direction and range data as address range data. | 02-07-2013 |
Steven Kif Ladd, Kennebunk, ME US
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20150073821 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME REVIEW OF RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION ACTIVITIES OF PROFESSIONALS - Systems, methods, and computer program product for reviewing current research and collaboration activities of a professional in real-time maintain, in storage memory, a database containing profiles of professionals including current research and collaboration activities of such professionals, submit a query to the database to search for information related to the research and collaboration activities associated with the profile of a given professional, and display, in response to receiving results of the query submitted to the database, each current research and collaboration activity of the given professional. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073822 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MANAGE COMPLIANCE OF CONTRACTS BETWEEN PROFESSIONALS AND THIRD PARTIES - Systems, methods, and computer program product for managing contracts between professionals and organizations include providing online access to a proposed contract through a first online portal to a professional, who is a party to the proposed contract, and to a legal representative through an online legal portal. A review of the proposed contract, performed by the legal representative through the online legal portal, is guided in accordance with predefined criteria. Certain data extracted from the proposed contract by the legal representative are recorded in a database through the online legal portal. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073823 | REAL-TIME COMPLIANCE SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and computer program product for ensuring compliance by an employee to requirements of an employer includes storing a profile of each employee in a database. The profile of each employee includes information about one or more contractual relationships related to a practice of that employee. A first online portal is provided to each employee with a profile in the database. The first online portal presented to each employee has a user interface customized for that employee through which that employee dynamically manages the information in the profile of that employee. An employer of one or more of the employees with a profile stored in the database accesses the dynamically managed information in each profile of that one or more employees through a second online portal. One or more rules are automatically applied to the information accessed by the employer to determine whether the one or more employees are in compliance with requirements of the employer. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073951 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUDITING AND DISPUTING THIRD-PARTY RECORDS OF PAYMENTS TO PROFESSIONALS - Systems, methods, and computer program product for verifying financial exchanges made by an organization to a professional include obtaining, from a third-party database, payment information related to payments purportedly made by one or more organizations to a professional, automatically comparing the payment information obtained from the third-party database related to the payments purportedly made by one or more organizations to the professional with payment information entered by the professional through an online portal into a second database, and displaying, to an authorized viewer, results of the comparison of the payment information entered by the professional into the second database with the payment information obtained from the third-party database, to facilitate identifying discrepancies therebetween. | 03-12-2015 |
Thatcher B. Ladd, Bethesda, MD US
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20160051533 | DIAGNOSIS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER AND SYMPTOMS OF SEASONALITY - A method for reducing one or more symptoms associated with seasonal affective disorder and/or seasonality in symptoms of bipolar and/or premenstrual syndrome in an individual, the method including administering to the individual suffering from seasonal affective disorder and/or more generally, seasonality symptoms, a composition that comprises a therapeutically effective amount of an agent to down regulate the activity of an orexin selected from the group consisting of orexin A or orexin B, at one or more orexin receptors. | 02-25-2016 |
Thomas B. Ladd, Jacksonville, FL US
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20110021471 | REDUCING Abeta42 LEVELS AND Abeta AGGREGATION - This document relates to methods and materials for reducing Aβ42 levels, reducing Aβ aggregation, or reducing both Aβ42 levels and Aβ aggregation. For example, this document provides methods and materials related to the use of agents (e.g., 5β-cholanic acid) to reduce Aβ42 levels and to reduce Aβ aggregation in mammals. | 01-27-2011 |