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Cory Boudreau, Madison, WI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110039641RACQUET HAVING ARTICULATING GROMMET ASSEMBLIES - A sports racquet including a frame, at least one grommet assembly. The frame includes a head portion coupled to a handle portion. The head portion includes a hoop having inner and outer peripheral walls. At least a first set of concave recesses and channels are formed into the outer peripheral wall. The hoop includes first, second and third groups of string openings. The second and third groups of string openings are aligned with the first set of concave recesses. The second group of string openings extends through the outer peripheral wall at the first set of concave recesses. The grommet assembly engages the outer peripheral wall. The grommet assembly includes at least three pivotable elements interconnected by torque transmitting arms, each pivotable element including a string passage. The pivotable elements and the torque transmitting arms are pivotable about an axis parallel to a string bed plane.02-17-2011
20110088694Integrated, Extendable Anesthesia System - The specification describes anesthesia systems with an integrated, extendable clinical center and clinician/anesthesia office that accommodates for physical separation of clinical and clerical functions. The disclosed anesthesia systems allow for a portion of the system to be brought closer to the patient such that clinical controls can be accessed while tending to the patient airway, without compromising office space available to the clinician or crowding the patient area.04-21-2011

Cory R. Boudreau, Madison, WI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100275446ROTARY ELECTRIC SHAVER - A rotary electric shaver generally includes a handle assembly including a housing, a motor disposed in the housing, a plurality of drive shafts operatively connected to the motor and extending at least in part exterior of the housing, and a head assembly mount separate from the plurality of drive shafts, wherein the head assembly mount has a longitudinal axis. A shaver head assembly is positionable on the handle assembly, and the shaver head assembly has a circumference and includes a plurality of inner cutters each operatively connectable to a respective one of the drive shafts for conjoint rotation therewith, and a plurality of outer cutters each corresponding to a respective one of the inner cutters. The shaver head assembly is configured for mounting on the head assembly mount such that the shaver head assembly is capable of pivoting movement relative to the handle housing about the entire circumference of the shaver head assembly.11-04-2010

Patent applications by Cory R. Boudreau, Madison, WI US

David Boudreau, Ansonia, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080234154ORGANIC TUNGSTEN COMPLEXES - The present invention relates to lubricant compositions containing phosphorus and sulfur free organotungstates. The organotungstates are defined as either the reaction product of a mono- or diglyceride and a tungsten source, or as the reaction product of a secondary amine, a fatty acid derivative, and a tungsten source. These compositions exhibit improved antiwear, corrosion, and antioxidancy properties, particularly in low phosphorus and low sulfur environments.09-25-2008

Diane Boudreau, Vacaville, CA US

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20090064572Tree limb support device - A device for supporting a tree limb. The device includes a base having top and bottom surfaces for situating the device proximate to said tree limb. A telescoping pole having a longitudinal axis and first and second ends is provided, the first end being rotatably secured to the base. A coupling is included for varying the length of the telescoping pole. A support rod is affixed to the second end of the telescoping pole, the support rod being rotatable about the longitudinal axis. A U-shaped limb support member is fixedly appended to the support rod.03-12-2009

Eric Boudreau, Research Triangle Park, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090305982MUTEINS OF TEAR LIPOCALIN AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING THE SAME - The present invention relates to novel muteins derived from human tear lipocalin. The invention also refers to a corresponding nucleic acid molecule encoding such a mutein and to a method for its generation. The invention further refers to a method for producing such a mutein. Finally, the invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a lipocalin mutein as well as to various uses of the mutein.12-10-2009

Patent applications by Eric Boudreau, Research Triangle Park, NC US

Eric Boudreau, Leominster, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110179425Adaptive Content Platform and Application Integration with the Platform - An adaptive content platform and application integration of with the platform is described. The adaptive content platform includes one or more content-enabled, dependent applications forming an application layer and a services layer that has services shared by the each of the one or more content-enabled, dependent applications. The services layer includes at least workflow, repository, and publishing services. Each content-enabled, dependent application is object modeled in the repository services in a hierarchical structure. The object types modeled in the repository may have content associated with them. The content may be stored in a data layer that is in communications with the services layer.07-21-2011

James Charles Boudreau, Hales Corders, WI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110214237Split apart soft stretcher - One embodiment of this patient transferring device is that it remains flexible. This flexible, split apart stretcher provides a way to convey patients from one location to another. This application has flexible rubber tubing 09-08-2011

Jeffrey M. Boudreau, Warwick, RI US

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20110184589METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING OPERATION ACCORDING TO DETECTED ORIENTATION - An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) mountable within a vehicle receives input power and produces a first output in response to the received input power even in the absence of the input power. A detector is coupled to the UPS and detects a situation parameter associated with the vehicle and/or the UPS. The detected situation parameter is either an incline angle relative to a reference plane, an applied force, an acceleration or a vibration. The first output of the UPS is then modified as a function of the detected situation parameter with respect to either a threshold value or a range of values.07-28-2011

Keith Boudreau, Beverly, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090182353THERMAL SUTURE WELDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method of suture welding is disclosed which includes: receiving suture segments between first and second jaw members, the first and second jaw members being in an open state. closing the first and second jaw members to captively hold and position the suture segments between the first and second jaw members; selectively applying an elongated joiner element to the suture segments where the joiner element has a selectively operative heating element facing the suture segments; and applying energy to the heating element to weld the suture segments-to-be-welded, whereby the heating element has a temperature above a predetermined threshold adapted to at least partially melt the suture segments.07-16-2009
20090191174BLOOD PROCESSING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention is directed to an environmentally closed cell processing device, for the aseptic processing of blood cells. The device includes a continuous flow centrifuge, fluid reservoirs and fluid handling systems. Blood cells are processed by the present device, to remove their immunodominant antigens. Seroconverted cells and methods of treating subjects with these cells are also described.07-30-2009

Keith D. Boudreau, Beverly, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100187283Method For Feeding Staples In a Low Profile Surgical Stapler - A method for feeding a fastener including the step of providing a device having a housing, at least one fastener within the housing, wherein the fastener is disposed within the housing in a first plane, an elongated actuator disposed within the housing, the actuator comprising a shaft substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing and rigidly spaced from the fastener in a second plane the actuator comprising at least one radially extending advancer disposed along a length thereof. The method further includes the step of rotating the actuator so to engage the fastener, and longitudinally moving the actuator to advance the fastener.07-29-2010
20100187284Apparatus For Feeding Staples In a Low Profile Surgical Stapler - A mechanism for feeding a fastener including a housing having a longitudinal axis and at least one fastener within the housing. The fastener has a crown and at least two legs extending therefrom. The fastener is disposed within the housing in a first plane parallel to the longitudinal axis. The mechanism includes an elongated actuator disposed within the housing. The actuator has a shaft substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mechanism and rigidly spaced from the fastener in a second plane. The actuator has at least one radially extending advancer disposed along a length thereof, and a mechanism for rotating the actuator so that the advancer engages the fastener.07-29-2010

Matthew Boudreau, North Attleboro, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110232130Article of Footwear with Support Element - An article of footwear with an undulating sole provides a different and unique ride and/or feel to the article of footwear, while also providing a unique aesthetic appeal and adequate cushioning and support. The midsole has an undulating shape substantially similar to a sine wave with a series alternating peaks and troughs, and may include one or more support elements disposed on the midsole to provide desired stiffness or cushioning properties to the midsole.09-29-2011

Michael K. Boudreau, Orange, CA US

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20120030072CATALOG-BASED SOFTWARE LICENSE RECONCILIATION - A software reconciliation engine utilizes a software rule-based catalog to produce accurate license reconciliation across a wide range of software configurations. A software offering may comprise software installables and corresponding constraints. Installed software and active hardware is discovered by a scanner, stored in an installed software database and active hardware database respectively and is mapped against entitled software offerings to determine whether the installed software is entitled to be installed on the hardware. The installed software has a base product attribute, a used-in-count attribute and a parent-child attribute that are used by the reconciliation engine to compare against the constraints to determine entitlement and report compliance.02-02-2012
20120030073CREATION AND USE OF CONSTRAINT TEMPLATES - The new creation and use of entitlement constraint templates methods and systems can be linked to software offerings in a software catalog. Allowing software catalog experts to link contractual entitlement data with software product offerings via constraint templates on such a varying list of constraint types, establishes a highly robust software catalog knowledgebase. The result is significant cost savings in terms of time spent inputting entitlement constraint data by contract analysts as well as minimizing errors by those analysts who would otherwise be required to have a very high level of expertise in the software offerings while potentially inputting the same constraint data repeated times.02-02-2012

Paul R. Boudreau, Austin, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090044950Buoyancy tensioning systems for offshore marine risers and methods of use - Devices and methods for the enhanced assembly and disassembly of offshore marine risers through the use of a combination of passive and active buoyancy elements in a marine riser. Methods for assembling passive buoyancy joints comprise providing disc handling devices capable of simultaneously manipulating a plurality of buoyancy discs capable of nesting and interlocking with one another. The combination of passive and active buoyancy elements along with a near surface disconnect package allow for quicker upper riser recovery especially in the event of an approaching tropical storm.02-19-2009

Robert Addison Boudreau, Corning, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110030569ROLL MECHANICS FOR ENABLING PRINTED ELECTRONICS - A print press system and a method are described herein that print an electronic circuit onto a material (e.g., glass substrate, plastic film, plastic film-glass substrate laminate). In exemplary applications, the print press system can print an electronic circuit onto a material to form, for instance, a flexible Liquid Crystal Display, a retail point of purchase sign and an e-book.02-10-2011

Ronald Boudreau, Boxborough, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110118764METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING A MINIMALLY INVASIVE DISTAL ANASTOMOSIS FOR AN AORTIC VALVE BYPASS - A connector for joining a first hollow structure to the side wall of a second hollow structure, the connector comprising: 05-19-2011

Ronald Bernard Boudreau, Boxborough, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110076172SCROLL PUMP WITH ISOLATION BARRIER - Scroll pumping apparatus includes a first scroll element and a second scroll element; a drive mechanism operatively coupled to the second scroll element for producing orbiting motion of the second scroll element relative to the first scroll element, the drive mechanism having an axis of rotation; and an isolation element to isolate a first volume and a second volume in the scroll pumping apparatus. The isolation element includes a first resilient annular member coupled, directly or indirectly, to the first scroll element, a second resilient annular member coupled, directly or indirectly, to the second scroll element, and a tubular member coupled between the first and second annular members.03-31-2011

Ryan Boudreau, Iowa City, IA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080274989Rna Interference Suppression of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Methods of Use Thereof - The present invention is directed to small interfering RNA molecules (siRNA) targeted against nucleic acid sequence that encodes huntingtin or ataxin-1, and methods of using these siRNA molecules.11-06-2008
20090130751REDUCTION OF OFF-TARGET RNA INTERFERENCE TOXICITY - The present invention is directed to RNA interference (RNAi) molecules targeted against a nucleic acid sequence, and methods of using these RNAi molecules to reduce off-target toxicity.05-21-2009
20110111491RNA INTERFERENCE SUPPRESION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention is directed to small interfering RNA molecules (siRNA) targeted against nucleic acid sequence that encodes huntingtin or ataxin-1, and methods of using these siRNA molecules.05-12-2011
20110212520RNA INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention is directed to small interfering RNA molecules (siRNA) targeted against nucleic acid sequence that encodes huntingtin or ataxin-1, and methods of using these siRNA molecules.09-01-2011

Patent applications by Ryan Boudreau, Iowa City, IA US

Ryan L. Boudreau, Iowa City, IA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110244562RNA INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention is directed to RNA interference (RNAi) molecules targeted against a nucleic acid sequence that encodes poly-glutamine repeat diseases, and methods of using these RNAi molecules.10-06-2011

Trinity J. Boudreau, Worcester, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120071071ABRASIVE IMPREGNATED BRUSH - An abrasive brush includes a securing element and a plurality of abrasive filaments secured to the securing element to form a brush. Each abrasive filament includes a matrix of thermoplastic polymer and a plurality of alumina abrasive particles interspersed throughout at least a portion of the matrix. The abrasive particles comprising a polycrystalline alpha alumina having a fine crystalline microstructure characterized by an alpha alumina average domain size not greater than 500 nm. The alumina abrasive particles further include a pinning agent comprising a dispersed phase in the polycrystalline alpha alumina.03-22-2012

Wilfred Charles Boudreau, Mundelein, IL US