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Ani Yordanova Brain, Worcestershire GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090090634Method of plating metal onto titanium - A method of plating a metal onto a titanium surface comprising a surface cleaning step, an anodic etching step, a cathodic activation step and a plating step.04-09-2009

Archibald Ian Jeremy Brain, Mahe SC

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100313893LARYNGEAL MASK WITH TAPE TAB - The invention relates to a devices and methods for lung ventilation in a patient. In particular, there is provided a laryngeal mask airway device for facilitation of lung ventilation in a patient, comprising an airway tube opening at one end into the interior of a hollow mask portion, the mask portion including a backplate and a cuff, the mask portion shaped to conform to and to fit readily into the actual and potential space behind the larynx and to seal around the circumference of the laryngeal inlet without penetrating into the interior of the larynx, the airway tube extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having a tab disposed near said proximal end, a sealed airway passage extending from the proximal end of the tube to the glottic opening when the cuff is at the inserted location, characterized in that the tab is adapted to be biasable towards the philtrum of the patient in use.12-16-2010

Archibald Ian Jeremy Brain, Victoria SC

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110017388GASTRO-LARYNGEAL MASK - A method of making a device by integrally molding. The device includes an inflatable mask comprising a relatively stiff component and a relatively soft compliant flexible component. The mask is insertable, at least when deflated, through a mouth of the patient to an inserted location within a patient. The inserted location is near a laryngeal inlet of the patient. The device also includes an airway tube and an evacuation tube coupled to the mask. The relatively soft compliant flexible component of the mask is integrally formed in a single moulding operation.01-27-2011

Archibald I.j. Brain, Victoria SC

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120024294LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY DEVICE WITH AIRWAY TUBE HAVING FLATTENED OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE AND ELLIPTICAL INNER AIRWAY PASSAGE - The disclosed laryngeal mask airway device includes an inflatable cuff and an airway tube. The inflatable cuff defines a central opening at least when inflated. The cuff is insertable through a mouth of a patient to an inserted location within the patient. The cuff surrounds a glottic opening of the patient when the cuff is inflated and at the inserted location. The airway tube extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The airway tube defines an internal passage, an anterior portion, a posterior portion, a left portion, and a right portion. An airway passage extends from the proximal end of the tube through the internal passage to the glottic opening when the cuff is inflated and at the inserted location. The anterior portion is characterized by a thinner wall thickness than the left and right portions. The posterior portion is characterized by a thinner wall thickness than the left and right portions.02-02-2012
20120085351LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY DEVICE - The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device for insertion into a patient to provide an airway passage to the patient's glottic opening. The device includes an airway tube, a mask attached to the airway tube, a peripheral inflatable cuff, and an outlet for gas. The mask is attached to the airway tube for gaseous communication between the tube and an outlet. The device further includes an oesophaegeal drain that includes a conduit that extends from an inlet at the distal end of the mask to an outlet disposed outside the patient when the device is in place. The conduit includes a mask section and airway tube section, wherein the mask section is formed integrally in the material of the body of the mask.04-12-2012

Archibald I. J. Brain, Les Bons Villers BE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090007920LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY DEVICE - A modified laryngeal mask airway device (LMA-device) is provided with means to improve ease of insertion, reliability of function and higher seal pressure (i.e., cuff pressure ratio). The LMA-device includes an indented section of the airway tube to offer locating means and purchase for the inserting finger, and extended mask aperture bars to increase the effective ventilating area of the mask and reduce the possibility of epiglottis displacement occasioned by mask insertion. The LMA-device further includes a modification of the airway tube angle of attachment to the mask, and provision of a posterior or back-cushion covering the entire posterior surface of the mask.01-08-2009
20100059061LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device (03-11-2010

Patent applications by Archibald I. J. Brain, Les Bons Villers BE

Archibald I. J. Brain, Mahe SC

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080308109Laryngeal Mask Airway Device - The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device (12-18-2008
20090133701LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY DEVICE - The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device (05-28-2009
20090145438LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY DEVICE - The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device (06-11-2009

Patent applications by Archibald I. J. Brain, Mahe SC

Archibald I. J. Brain, Charleroi BE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100089393LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY DEVICE WITH DRUG DELIVERY MEANS - The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device to facilitate lung ventilation in a patient comprising an airway tube extending from a proximal end to a distal end and opening, at the distal end, into the interior of a hollow mask portion shaped to fit readily in use into the actual and potential space behind the larynx and to seal around the circumference of the laryngeal inlet without penetrating into the interior of the larynx, wherein the device comprises a conduit adapted to direct a liquid substance through the glottic opening. The invention further relates to a kit comprising the laryngeal mask airway device and a method for using the laryngeal mask airway device.04-15-2010

Archibald I. J. Brain, Victoria SC

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110203594DISPOSABLE LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY DEVICE - The disclosed laryngeal mask airway device includes a mask portion and an airway tube. The mask portion includes an inflatable cuff, which defines a central opening when the cuff is inflated. The airway tube defines an internal passage extending from a proximal end of the tube to a distal end of the tube. The airway tube further defines two or more tabs disposed near the distal end of the tube. The mask portion is coupled to the airway tube near the distal end of the airway tube, and the tabs extend from the airway tube into the central opening defined by the cuff when the cuff is inflated.08-25-2011
20120010467LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY DEVICE - The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device (01-12-2012

Christopher Thomas Brain, West Sussex GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080318940Quinazolinone Derivatives as Vanilloid Antagonists - The invention relates to quinazolinone compounds of the formula12-25-2008

Christopher Thomas Brain, Horsham GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110195983QUINAZOLINONE DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS VANILLOID ANTAGONISTS - The present invention relates to the use of a quinazolinone compound of the formula (I) wherein R08-11-2011

Helen Brain, Merseyside GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090110935CROSSLINKABLE FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF - A fluoropolymer block copolymer containing a hydrofluorocarbon and a polyamide-based crosslinking agent crosslinked at a temperature above about 500° F. (about 260° C.). The crosslinked-block copolymer has compatibility with both non-hydrofluorocarbon-based fluoropolymers and engineered resins. Additionally, the block copolymer has unexpectedly high temperature stability, higher than each of the individual components.04-30-2009

Helen L. Brain, Merseyside GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100080959BLENDED FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND COATINGS FOR FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES - Blended fluoropolymer compositions that, in one exemplary application, may be applied as a coating to a flexible substrate and, optionally, to a flexible substrate that has been previously coated with a primer or basecoat and/or a midcoat. In one embodiment, the composition is a blend of at least one low molecular weight polytetrafluoroethyelene (LPTFE) and at least one melt-processible fluoropolymer (MPF). In another embodiment, the composition includes a fluoropolymer base component including at least one fluoropolymer such as high molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene (HPTFE), and additionally includes the LPTFE/MPF blended fluoropolymer composition. After being applied to the flexible substrate, optionally over a primer or basecoat and/or midcoat, and then cured, the present compositions form coatings that demonstrate improved abrasion resistance and/or improved release characteristics and/or increased translucency/transparency and /or improved impermeability. The present compositions may also be used to produce films having a high degree of clarity and impermeability. The present compositions in powder form may be melt or paste extruded to form articles with improved impermeability.04-01-2010
20110306716BLENDED FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS HAVING MULTIPLE MELT PROCESSIBLE FLUOROPOLYMERS - Fluoropolymer compositions that include multiple fluoropolymer components and, in exemplary applications, may be applied as coatings to either rigid or flexible substrates. The compositions may themselves be applied as basecoats or overcoats, or may be combined with other components to formulate basecoats or overcoats. In one embodiment, the compositions include at least one low molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene (LPTFE) and at least two chemically different melt processible fluoropolymers (MPF). In another embodiment, the compositions include at least one high molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene (HPTFE), at least one low molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene (LPTFE), and at least two chemically different melt processible fluoropolymers (MPF). After being applied to a substrate, optionally over a basecoat and/or a midcoat and then cured, the present compositions form coatings that demonstrate improved characteristics, such as improved release characteristics, abrasion resistance, translucency/transparency, and permeability, for example.12-15-2011

John Errington Brain, Pierrefonds CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080205049Water-actuated survival lamp unit with an LED light source - Embodiments of water activated survival lamp units for mounting to a flotation device above and in proximity to the water line are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the survival lamp unit has a light source including a LED array having a plurality of semi conducting light emitting chips encased in a unitary lens structure through which the semi conducting light emitting chips output light. The exemplary survival lamp unit further includes a water responsive actuator for controlling the operation of the light source, responsive to a momentary contact with a coherent body of water for actuating the light source for an operative cycle of a time period largely exceeding a duration of the momentary contact. In some implementations, when the survival lamp unit is actuated, it emits either fixed light or flashing light in generally all directions of the upper hemisphere.08-28-2008

Joseph Brain, Bussum NL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090042759ENCAPSULATED FRAGRANCE CHEMICALS - A polymeric encapsulated fragrance is disclosed which is suitable for use in personal care and cleaning products. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the fragrance is encapsulated by a first polymer material to form a fragrance encapsulated polymer, the polymer encapsulated shell is then coated with a mixture of cationic polymers, in a preferred embodiment the coating polymers are a reaction product of polyamines (including 1H-imidazole) and (chloromethyl) oxirane or (bromomethyl) oxirane.02-12-2009

Patent applications by Joseph Brain, Bussum NL

Keith Roger Brain, Cardiff GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120123341MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MICRONEEDLE DRUG DELIVERY - The invention relates to a microneedle drug monitoring system, and also a microneedle device when provided with the drug monitoring system, comprising the selective and sequential coating of microneedles with layers of indicator material and therapeutic agent.05-17-2012