Boileau
Catherine Boileau, Paris FR
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20080199856 | Probe for Diagnosis of Marfan Syndrome and a Method for Screening Using the Probe - The purpose of this invention is to provide a probe for diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, which enables early diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, and to provide a method for screening using said probe. The invention is a probe for a Marfan Syndrome characterized by using a nucleic acid comprising following (a) or (b); | 08-21-2008 |
20100209923 | Probe for diagnosis of marfan syndrome and a method for screening using the probe - The purpose of this invention is to provide a probe for diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, which enables early diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, and to provide a method for screening using said probe. The invention is a probe for a Marfan Syndrome characterized by using a nucleic acid comprising following (a) or (b); | 08-19-2010 |
20150133381 | METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND THE TREATMENT OF FAMILIAL THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS CAUSED BY TGFB2 LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATIONS - The present invention relates to methods for the diagnosis and the treatment of familial thoracic aortic aneurysms caused by TGFB2 loss of function mutations. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for determining whether a subject is predisposed to thoracic aortic aneurysms comprising detecting a TGFB2 loss of function mutation wherein the presence of the mutation indicated that the subject is predisposed to thoracic aortic aneurysms. The present invention also relates to a transforming growth factor beta-2 (TGF-β2) polypeptide for use in the prophylactic treatment of a subject who has been considered as predisposed to thoracic aortic aneurysms by the method of the invention (i.e. a subject having one TGB2 loss of function mutation according to the invention). | 05-14-2015 |
Dawn M. Boileau, Liberty, MO US
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20090310291 | WORKSTATION MODESTY PANEL WITH LAPTOP STORAGE AND DOCKING - A workstation configured to provide laptop storage and permit docking of the laptop broadly includes a desk and a modesty panel attached to the desk. The modesty panel includes a chassis and a panel door swingably attached to the chassis into and out of a closed position where the chassis and panel door define an enclosed space. The chassis includes power and data terminals for providing electrical power and data access to the laptop. The chassis further includes a removable partition with containers for holding the laptop and peripherals within the chassis. With the panel door closed, the chassis and panel door cooperatively define a passage that is configured to receive a transmission cable for interconnecting terminals and the laptop. The modesty panel is configured to securely store the laptop in the enclosed space by restricting removal of the laptop when the panel door is closed. The modesty panel is also configured to serve as a docking station when the panel door is closed and the laptop is removed from the enclosed space by permitting the transmission cable to extend into and out of the enclosed space by extending through the passage. | 12-17-2009 |
Guy Boileau, Brossard CA
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20100221234 | BONE DELIVERY CONJUGATES AND METHOD OF USING SAME TO TARGET PROTEINS TO BONE - A bone delivery conjugate having a structure selected from the group consisting of: A) X-D | 09-02-2010 |
20100240125 | BONE DELIVERY CONJUGATES AND METHOD OF USING SAME TO TARGET PROTEINS TO BONE - A bone delivery conjugate having a structure selected from the group consisting of: A) X-D | 09-23-2010 |
20100297119 | BONE TARGETED ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE, KITS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A bone targeted alkaline phosphatase comprising a polypeptide having the structure: Z-sALP-Y-spacer-X-W | 11-25-2010 |
James M. Boileau, Novi, MI US
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20130220497 | Aluminum Alloy with Additions of Scandium, Zirconium and Erbium - An aluminum alloy including additions of scandium, zirconium, erbium and, optionally, silicon. | 08-29-2013 |
James Maurice Boileau, Novi, MI US
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20150118516 | Composite Metal Alloy Material - An alloy composite material comprising an aluminum alloy layer and a thermal spray alloy layer of 20 to 40% Mn and 47 to 76% Fe by weight in overlaying contact with the aluminum alloy layer. An alloy composite material comprising an aluminum alloy layer or base layer and a thermal spray alloy layer of 20 to 40% Mn and 47 to 76% Fe by weight in overlaying contact with the aluminum alloy layer or base layer. The aluminum alloy layer or base layer and the thermal spray alloy layer have a mechanical compatibility to each other of 20-60 MPa as determined using tests specified by ASTM-C633 test. A process of thermal spraying comprising providing a base layer and a feed stock alloy of 20 to 40% Mn and 47 to 76% Fe and thermally spraying the feed stock alloy onto the base layer to form an alloy composite material. | 04-30-2015 |
20150125713 | HEAT TREATMENT TO IMPROVE JOINABILITY OF ALUMINUM SHEET - In at least one embodiment, an assembly is provided comprising a first member including a 6xxx series aluminum alloy heat treated to have a yield strength of at least 200 MPa and an r/t (bendability) ratio of up to 0.4. One or more members may be secured to the first member with a rivet (e.g., a self-piercing rivet). The heat treated alloy may have a yield strength of at least 260 MPa and may have a bendability ratio of up to 0.3. A method of forming an assembly is also provided, including heat treating a 6xxx series aluminum alloy to produce an alloy having a yield strength of at least 200 MPa and an r/t (bendability) ratio of up to 0.4 and riveting a member including the heat treated alloy to one or more additional members. | 05-07-2015 |
Jean Sebastien Boileau, Montreal CA
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20140115602 | INTEGRATION OF A CALCULATION ENGINE WITH A SOFTWARE COMPONENT - Various embodiments of systems and methods for integrating a calculation engine of an in-memory database with a software component are described herein. A control unit schedules and triggers jobs to be processed by an operational unit. The control unit and the operational unit are at an application level. The operational unit divides a job workload corresponding to a job trigger into work packages based on one or more parameters. The work packages are sent to a calculation engine in an in-memory database. At the in-memory database, operations are performed on the work packages and an output is generated. A log in the control unit is updated based on the output. | 04-24-2014 |
Melanie J. Boileau, Glencoe, OK US
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20140255352 | NON-CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT FOR INFECTIONS IN CATTLE - Compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing bacterial infections in animals such as bovines are provided. The compositions and methods utilize the predatory bacterium | 09-11-2014 |
Michael Boileau, Winnipeg CA
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20140144841 | Water Purification Matrix - A method for removing one or more organic or inorganic solutes from a solution, comprising contacting the solution with one or more layers of filtration media, whereby the solute(s) are adsorbed onto one or more filtration layer(s) is described. Primarily, but not exclusively, the filtration media are polymers formed by polymerizing one or more hydrophilic electrically active monomers, with the subsequent addition of varying mole percent's of one or more counter anions. The solution can comprise a polar solvent such as a polar organic solvent or water or an aqueous solution. The solution may also be a non-polar solvent, or water and organic mixture. The hydrophillic monomer can be, for example, a heterocyclic group, such as pyrrole or thiophene. The counter anion can be any anion, such as polystyrene sulfonate. The varying hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of the polymer filtration media is controlled by the type(s) and mole percent of counter anion(s) used. | 05-29-2014 |
Pascal Boileau, Nice FR
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20080287992 | Surgical method for suturing soft tissue to a bone, in particular the rotator cuff to the humerus - The aim of this method is to improve the efficiency and ease of implanting a means for suturing a soft tissue to a bone, while allowing it to be carried out by arthroscopy in particular. In accordance with the method according to the invention: | 11-20-2008 |
20100274254 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR FITTING AN OSTEOSYNTHESIS NAIL - Embodiments of a method for introducing a substance near a fracture of a bone include installing an osteosynthesis nail into a canal of the bone, the osteosynthesis nail including a fixation aperture, coupling an alignment device with the osteosynthesis nail, the alignment device including an alignment sleeve having a longitudinal axis passing through the fixation aperture, drilling a hole through a wall of the bone and into the canal using the alignment sleeve, inserting an injector through the alignment sleeve, the injector having an injector body with an injection nozzle and a plunger, and moving the plunger to push the substance from within the injector body through the injection nozzle and into the canal. | 10-28-2010 |
20110046625 | SURGICAL TECHNIQUE AND APPARATUS FOR PROXIMAL HUMERAL FRACTURE REPAIR - A method and apparatus of reattaching a bone fragment to a proximal humerus of a humerus in a shoulder joint. The method includes introducing a distal end of the humeral nail into a medullary canal of the humerus. A first proximal screw is engaged with the bone fragment and a first proximal bore in the proximal end of the humeral nail to move the bone fragment toward the proximal humerus. The humeral nail and the attached bone fragment are rotated relative to the medullary canal of the humerus to position the bone fragment to an anatomically optimal location. The bone fragment is preferably one of a greater or lesser tuberosity of the proximal humerus. The method and apparatus can be used to reattach bone fragments in a variety of other joints. | 02-24-2011 |
20110166661 | APPARATUS FOR FITTING A SHOULDER PROSTHESIS - Method and set of surgical instruments for fitting a shoulder prosthesis, and the shoulder prosthesis. The proposed method seeks to interpose a bone graft between the previously prepared glenoid surface of a scapula of a patient's shoulder and the face of a glenoid prosthetic component opposite the articular surface. The set of instruments permit the bone graft to be taken from the upper epiphysis of the humerus, either in situ or ex vivo. | 07-07-2011 |
20120109320 | SET OF GLENOID COMPONENTS FOR A SHOULDER PROSTHESIS - This set (J) comprises glenoid components (S | 05-03-2012 |
20120221111 | GLENOID IMPLANT FOR A SHOULDER PROSTHESIS, AND SURGICAL KIT - A glenoid implant for a shoulder prosthesis for implantation in the glenoid of a scapula according to embodiments of the present invention includes a central fixation element; an articular body configured for articulation with a humerus, the articular body comprising a plate, the plate comprising a side configured to be oriented toward the glenoid, the side comprising a central protrusion, wherein the central fixation element comprises a means for mechanically engaging with the central protrusion; a first means for locking rotation of the central fixation element with respect to the glenoid; and a second means for locking rotation of the articular body with respect to the glenoid. | 08-30-2012 |
20120310279 | SURGICAL FASTENING - A surgical device includes a first fastener having a planar profile, a second fastener having a concave surface, and a suture that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners. | 12-06-2012 |
20130060341 | GLENOIDAL COMPONENT, SET OF SUCH COMPONENTS AND SHOULDER PROSTHESIS INCORPORATING SUCH A GLENOIDAL COMPONENT - This glenoidal component for a shoulder prosthesis comprises a base which may be immobilized on the glenoid cavity of a shoulder, and an element provided to be mounted on this base and forming a convex surface of articulation centred on an axis of symmetry. This axis of symmetry is non perpendicular to a rear face of the base intended to abut against the glenoid cavity, this making it possible to compensate a defect in parallelism between the resectioned surface of the glenoid cavity and the axis of the patient's spinal column. | 03-07-2013 |
20140243827 | SURGICAL TECHNIQUE AND APPARATUS FOR PROXIMAL HUMERAL FRACTURE REPAIR - A method and apparatus of reattaching a bone fragment to a proximal humerus of a humerus in a shoulder joint. The method includes introducing a distal end of the humeral nail into a medullary canal of the humerus. A first proximal screw is engaged with the bone fragment and a first proximal bore in the proximal end of the humeral nail to move the bone fragment toward the proximal humerus. The humeral nail and the attached bone fragment are rotated relative to the medullary canal of the humerus to position the bone fragment to an anatomically optimal location. The bone fragment is preferably one of a greater or lesser tuberosity of the proximal humerus. The method and apparatus can be used to reattach bone fragments in a variety of other joints. | 08-28-2014 |
20140277185 | SURGICAL FASTENING - Methods of joint repair employing sutures and attached fixation devices are discussed. For example, a bone block graft procedure (e.g., Latarjet) is discussed which employs fixation devices to secure contact between graft surfaces of two bones. A suture construct, including a continuous suture loop routed through a first fastener, is secured to a first bone. Looped ends of the suture loop are passed through passageways formed in the two bones. The looped suture ends are further routed through a second fastener. The second fastener is mounted to the second bone and a sliding knot, formed in the looped suture ends, is advanced into contact with the second fastener. The suture is further tensioned using a tensioner device to secure the two bones together. | 09-18-2014 |
20150018959 | GLENOIDAL COMPONENT, SET OF SUCH COMPONENTS AND SHOULDER PROSTHESIS INCORPORATING SUCH A GLENOIDAL COMPONENT - This glenoidal component for a shoulder prosthesis comprises a base which may be immobilized on the glenoid cavity of a shoulder, and an element provided to be mounted on this base and forming a convex surface of articulation centred on an axis of symmetry. This axis of symmetry is non perpendicular to a rear face of the base intended to abut against the glenoid cavity, this making it possible to compensate a defect in parallelism between the resectioned surface of the glenoid cavity and the axis of the patient's spinal column. | 01-15-2015 |
20150039031 | SURGICAL FASTENING - A surgical device includes a first fastener having a planar profile, a second fastener having a concave surface, and a suture that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners. | 02-05-2015 |
20150230808 | DRILL GUIDE - A drill guide includes a body, a stabilizing member, a tubular guide sleeve, and an engagement member. The body includes a first channel aligned with a longitudinal axis and a second channel transverse to the longitudinal axis. The first channel is dimensioned to receive the sleeve, while the second channel is dimensioned to receive an engagement member. The engagement member is adapted to move within the second channel between an engaged position, where the engagement member inhibits proximal motion of the sleeve, and a second position, where motion of the sleeve is not inhibited. An alignment member is further mounted to the distal end of the sleeve that includes a distally extending member, spaced from the sleeve. In use, the distally extending member may be employed to exert a force upon a bone or other tissue lateral to the longitudinal axis for improved positioning of the bone or tissue. | 08-20-2015 |
20150265411 | SYSTEMS FOR REVERSE SHOULDER IMPLANTS - Embodiments of the present invention include a convertible prosthesis that is capable of conversion from a humeral head replacement to a reverse reconstruction without any removal of parts integrated into the patient's bony anatomy (e.g. implant stems). A desired overall implant inclination angle may be achieved by matching various implant stems with various reverse inserts, thus permitting a resection surface to be matched with an implant stem selection while also permitting a desired overall implant inclination angle to be achieved through the selection of an appropriate insert. | 09-24-2015 |
20150297354 | INTRA-ARTICULAR JOINT REPLACEMENT - A method of forming a shoulder prosthesis includes resecting an end portion of a humerus to form a resected end of the humerus and a resected portion separated from the humerus, the resected portion having an outer convex surface and an inner surface. The inner surface of the resected portion is processed to include a concave articular surface. The outer convex surface of the resected portion is implanted in the resected end of the humerus. An implant having a convex articular surface is secured to a glenoid. The concave articular surface of the resected portion is articulated with the convex articular surface of the implant. | 10-22-2015 |
Pascal Boileau, Nice Cedex 3 FR
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20130268010 | BONE SCREW AND SELF-RETAINING DRIVER - Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for a bone screw and self-retaining driver. The system includes a mechanism that enables a bone screw to be rigidly attached to a screwdriver for manipulation and transfer of bone fragments and grafts to a fixation site, such as during surgery. The system includes a cannulated bone screw that has a drive connection that engages with a drive structures of a screwdriver. The bone screw also includes a structural connector that securely attaches to or receives an internal shaft or rod of the screwdriver. The internal shaft or rod of the screwdriver can rotate and slide independent of an outer shaft of screwdriver. Accordingly, the internal shaft of the screwdriver can rigidly connect with the bone screw enabling applied torque to the screwdriver to be transferred to the bone screw, without the bone screw falling off of the drive connection. | 10-10-2013 |
Patrick Boileau, Tournefeuille FR
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20140154064 | THRUST REVERSER DEVICE - A thrust reverser device of a nacelle includes a thrust reversal cowl which moves alternately from a closed position to an open position in which the thrust reversal cowl opens a path within the nacelle and uncovers a flow deflector, and a rear frame supporting deflecting cascades. The flow deflector includes first deflecting cascades distributed over a circumference of the thrust reversal cowl and arranged so that a diverted flow passes, at least in part, through the first deflecting cascades, when the thrust reverser device is in reverse jet. In particular, the rear frame has an extension structure provided with second deflecting cascades which redirect a portion of the diverted flow when the thrust reverser device is in reverse jet. | 06-05-2014 |
20140291066 | AIR INTAKE STRUCTURE FOR TURBOJET ENGINE NACELLE - An air intake structure for a turbojet engine nacelle includes a substantially annular main structure having an internal wall, an external wall and an air intake lip structure connecting the external and internal walls upstream. The air intake structure also includes a first acoustic attenuation structure which has a holed acoustic skin, a cellular core and a solid rear skin with which the internal wall is equipped, and a second acoustic attenuation structure having a similar architecture fitted to a part of the air intake lip substantially near a junction with the internal wall. The rear skin of the first acoustic attenuation structure is aligned with the rear skin of the second acoustic attenuation structure, both of rear skins being structural. | 10-02-2014 |
20150354499 | TURBOJET ENGINE NACELLE HAVING A VARIABLE NOZZLE - A turbojet engine nacelle has a thrust reverser device and an actuating system for said thrust reverser device, and the thrust reverser device includes a moving cowl mounted translatably alternating between a closed position and an open position, and a jet nozzle section for gases that extends the moving cowl. In particular, the jet nozzle section includes a nozzle flap mounted movable between a closed position and an open position in which the nozzle flap opens a leakage passage toward the outside of the nozzle section. The actuating system has an actuator shared with the moving cowl and the nozzle flap to activate the translational movement of the moving cowl and to pivot the nozzle flap between three following positions: an idle position, an open position of the nozzle flap and an open position of the moving cowl. | 12-10-2015 |
20150367946 | PROPULSION UNIT FOR AN AIRCRAFT - The present disclosure relates to a propulsion unit for an aircraft including a nacelle which surrounds a turbojet engine. The nacelle has an inner structure surrounding a downstream compartment of the turbojet engine, and the inner structure includes two annular half-portions. The propulsion unit also includes a rail/guide unit and to move the annular half-portions between a working position and a maintenance position. In particular, the rail/guide unit radially moves away the annular half-portions relative to a longitudinal axis of the nacelle, during a translation movement of the annular half-portions. The nacelle is provided with a connecting rod which is connected to the annular half-portions and to the turbojet engine and so that the connecting rod contributes to rotate the annular half-portions about the rail. | 12-24-2015 |
20160025039 | THRUST REVERSER DEVICE - A thrust reverser device for an aircraft turbojet engine includes: a movable cowl, translating cascades connected to the movable cowl, a mast; and a front suspension to suspend the turbojet engine. The cascades translates between a direct jet position where the cascades are retracted in a fan casing, and an indirect jet position where the cascades are brought out of the fan casing. In particular, the cascades have a sliding connection with the mast by means of at least one spacer connected to the mast downstream of the front suspension. | 01-28-2016 |
Raphaël Boileau, Thaon Les Vosges FR
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20140069094 | OUTER RACE LOCATING WASHER - An assembly for a turbocharger can include a locating washer having an axis and a perimeter that includes a chord segment defined by an apothem measured from the axis; a bearing assembly that includes an outer race having an axis and a perimeter that includes a chord segment defined by an apothem measured from the axis; and a housing that includes a bore for receipt of the bearing assembly and a recess for receipt of the locating washer to space apart the axes of the locating washer and the outer race by a distance greater than the sum of the apothems that provides for contact between the chord segments upon rotation of at least one of the locating washer in the recess and the outer race in the bore. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 03-13-2014 |
20140369865 | ASSEMBLY WITH BEARINGS AND SPACER - A method can include providing a turbocharger housing that includes a bore; providing a spacer; providing a shaft and wheel assembly with a first rolling element bearing assembly seated on a first portion of a shaft of the shaft and wheel assembly; providing a second rolling element bearing assembly; interference-fitting the spacer into the bore; inserting a free end of the shaft into the bore and through the spacer; and inserting the second rolling element bearing assembly into the bore and seating the second rolling element bearing assembly on a second portion of the shaft such that the spacer is disposed intermediate the first portion of the shaft and the second portion of the shaft. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 12-18-2014 |
Serge Boileau, Grenville-Sur-La-Rouge, Quebec CA
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20160035253 | MODULAR CARD DISPLAY DEVICE - A card display device for displaying cards, the card display device comprising a number of card display segments attached to one another, each the card display segment comprising a main body, a first connector carried by the main body, a second connector carried by the main body, complementary first and second angular adjustment members provided on the first and second connectors, and a card support member carried by one of the main body, the first connector and the second connector for holding a card for display. One card display segment is attached to another card display segment by connecting its first connector to the second connector of the other card display segment and by angularly adjusting its position relative to the position of the other card display segment by using the angular adjustment members. | 02-04-2016 |
Steven I. Boileau, Leesburg, VA US
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20120259485 | EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SATELLITE COMMAND - Systems and methods for commanding a satellite are provided. A system for commanding a satellite includes a data bus and a payload coupled to the data bus, the payload including a payload receiver. The system further includes a primary receiver coupled to the data bus and a processor coupled to the data bus. The processor configured to receive a first command from the primary receiver via the data bus, and to receive telemetry data from the payload via the data bus. The processor is further configured to detect a second command by processing the telemetry data received from the payload, and to execute the detected second command. | 10-11-2012 |
Sylvain Boileau, Excenevex FR
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20080316869 | Time Piece Provided With a Date Dial - The inventive timepiece provided with a date dial comprises a date disc driven step by step once per 24 hours. The dial of the time piece is provided with unit figures distributed along a circular sector and crossed by a window which is embodied in the form of a circular arc and extends through the entire angular length of the circular sector. A display member connected to the date disc appears in the window and comprises an index of units, FIGS. | 12-25-2008 |
Thomas D. Boileau, Fort Collins, CO US
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20150195938 | PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A protective enclosure for an electronic device includes a shell, a first cushioning layer and a second cushioning layer. The shell includes an inner and an outer surface, a retaining wall defined by a perimeter portion of the shell, the retaining wall having a top-side, a bottom-side, and left and right side wall portions. The first cushioning layer includes a front surface and a back surface, the back surface of the first cushioning layer being overmolded on the inner surface of the shell and the front surface cushioning the back portion of the electronic device. The second cushioning member includes a perimeter wall having a tope side wall, a bottom side wall, and left and right side walls, the perimeter wall being overmolded with the retaining wall of the bottom shell and adapted to form-fit over at least the perimeter portion of the electronic device. | 07-09-2015 |
Thomas W. Boileau, Plymouth, MN US
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20150209383 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING GASTROINTESTINAL BACTERIA TO PROMOTE HEALTH - Methods and compositions for treating medical conditions or improving health in which the composition is ingested in an amount sufficient to modify the proportion of bacteria in a gut microbiome of the individual ingesting the composition. The composition may comprise polydextrose or soluble com fiber, for example. The proportion of Coriobacteriaceae may be decreased to treat conditions such as elevated serum triglycerides, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, metabolic syndrome, obesity, or type-2 diabetes. The proportion of V eillonellaceae may be increased to decrease serum cholesterol. The proportion of | 07-30-2015 |