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| 20100100503 | USER INTERFACE TAB STRIP - A method and apparatus for reducing the amount of time for a user to switch markets for a particular contract include market tab strips that allow a user to switch quickly between markets for a particular contract without having to reconfigure the user preferences. Typically, in the prior art, a user will have to reconfigure the market window layout if switching between markets. A market tab strip allows a user to switch between different markets for a particular contract without having to spend time reconfiguring the market window. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100114751 | METHOD FOR TRADING USING VOLUME SUBMISSIONS - A method for reducing the amount of time for a user to submit an order is provided. Volume submission allows a user to submit and revise orders with a single action on a volume entry region. Typically, a user has to set a price and quantity. Many users wait for specific prices or track prices dynamically based on predefined criteria. These trading styles eliminate the need to set the price manually for each transaction. It is advantageous to provide a list or menu of buttons or selections with preconfigured volumes for the user to choose, thus allowing the single action of choosing the volume to submit the order. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100241588 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONFIDENCE LEVELS FOR A MARKET DEPTH IN A COMMODITIES MARKET - A system and method are provided for providing improved market depth information for traders in exchanges such as a commodity exchange, for example. By adding a confidence rating or quality data to the depth information, the invention provides more useful depth information that should make it much easier for traders to see what is really going on in a market, such as which orders really are working with an intention to be filled. The confidence rating or quality data also may reduce the influence of automated tools on the market place. The confidence ratings may be based on historic behavior patterns of traders or accounts so that a history may be maintained for each trader or account and used to create an aggregated confidence rating for projected bid and offer price levels on a known bid volume showing the likelihood that any order may be filled, or to what degree. | 09-23-2010 |
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| 20090007642 | DIALYSIS FLUID MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS USING CONDUCTIVE CONTACTS - A dialysate testing method in one embodiment includes placing electrical contacts in a dialysate flow path, measuring an electrical property of the dialysate as it flows through the flow path and past the contacts, and determining whether the dialysate has been mixed properly from the detected electrical property. A dialysate testing method in another embodiment includes flowing dialysate past a pair of electrical contacts, calculating a conductivity of the dialysate using an algorithm that takes into account a geometry of the contacts, and using the calculated conductivity to determine if the dialysate has been removed properly. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090012452 | DIALYSIS FLUID MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS USING CONDUCTIVE CONTACTS - A dialysis system instrument includes a dialysis instrument, a disposable pumping and valving cassette apparatus operable with pumping and valving actuators of the dialysis instrument, the disposable cassette including an electronic cell and electronics associated with the electronic cell, the electronics configured to determine an electrical property of a solution flowing through the electronic cell of the disposable apparatus. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090082647 | DETECTING ACCESS DISCONNECT USING NEEDLE SLEEVE - An access needle for extracorporeal therapy is equipped with a mount and a sleeve having a metal or magnetic component at its distal end. The mount includes a sensor for detecting when the distal end is pressed against the mount. The sensor is a hall-effect sensor or a proximity sensor. When therapy is begun, the sleeve is rolled up and urged against the mount, exposing the needle for use with the patient. While the sleeve, and the piece of metal or magnet, remains in contact with the sensor, the needle has not been dislodged and therapy may continue. If the needle is dislodged, the sleeve pushes away from mount, moving the metal or magnet away from the sensor. The sensor notes the dislodgement and sends a signal to alert the patient or a caregiver. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090101550 | DIALYSIS SYSTEM HAVING NON-INVASIVE FLUID VELOCITY SENSING - A dialysis system includes a dialyzer; a blood pump coupled operably to a dialyzer; a dialysate inlet pump couple operably to a dialysate inlet of the dialyzer; a dialysate outlet pump coupled operably to a dialysate outlet of the dialyzer; a first non-invasive fluid velocity sensor positioned to sensor of inlet flowrate of dialysate pumped to the dialysate inlet by the dialysate inlet pump; and a second non-invasive fluid velocity sensor positioned to sense an outlet flowrate of dialysate pumped from the dialysate outlet by the dialysate outlet pump. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090182262 | VALVE ACTUATOR FOR CONTROLLING A MEDICAL FLUID - A machine for controlling a medical fluid includes a base and an actuator comprising an electroactive polymer and disposed on the base. The actuator is configured for movement between an extended position and a contracted position. A valve head is disposed on the actuator and adapted to engage a flexible membrane of a cassette against a valve seat of the cassette when the actuator is extended to perform a valving function to control the flow of a fluid within the cassette | 07-16-2009 |
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| 20090084719 | DIALYSIS SYSTEMS HAVING AIR SEPARATION CHAMBERS WITH INTERNAL STRUCTURES TO ENHANCE AIR REMOVAL - A dialysis fluid cassette includes a rigid portion defining at least one valve chamber, the rigid portion further defining an air separation chamber, the air separation chamber when in an operating position including a first sidewall and a second sidewall, a first fluid opening, a second fluid opening, and a separation wall extending from the first sidewall to the second sidewall, the separation wall having a free edge residing within the air separation chamber, the separation wall forcing the dialysis fluid to flow from one of the fluid openings around the free edge of the separation wall to the other of the openings. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090124963 | BALANCED FLOW DIALYSIS MACHINE - A system and method for balancing flows of renal replacement fluid is disclosed. The method uses pressure controls and pressure sensing devices to more precisely meter and balance the flow of fresh dialysate and spent dialysate. The balancing system may use one or two balancing devices, such as a balance tube, a tortuous path, or a balance chamber. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20110144557 | DIALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING CASSETTE WITH FLUID HEATING AND AIR REMOVAL - A dialysis fluid system includes an instrument including a pump actuator and a fluid heater, and a dialysis fluid cassette. The dialysis fluid cassette includes a rigid portion defining a pumping section for operation with the pump actuator and a heating section for operation with the fluid heater. The heating section includes a dialysis fluid inlet, a dialysis fluid outlet, and a dialysis fluid heating area located between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, the heating section further includes an air separation chamber for collecting air separated from the dialysis fluid. | 06-16-2011 |
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| 20080225484 | THERMAL PILLOW - Methods, apparatus and assemblies for enhancing heat transfer in electronic components using a flexible thermal pillow. The flexible thermal pillow has a thermally conductive material sealed between top and bottom conductive layers, with the bottom layer having a flexible reservoir residing on opposing sides of a central portion of the pillow that has a gap. The pillow may have roughened internal surfaces to increase an internal surface area within the pillow for enhanced heat dissipation. In an electronic assembly, the central portion of the pillow resides between a heat sink and heat-generating component for the thermal coupling there-between. During thermal cycling, the flexible reservoir of the pillow expands to retain thermally conductive material extruded from the gap, and then contracts to force such extruded material back into the gap. An external pressure source may contact the pillow for further forcing the extruded thermally conductive material back into the gap. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090057865 | SANDWICHED ORGANIC LGA STRUCTURE - An LGA structure is provided having at least one semiconductor device over a substrate and a mechanical load apparatus over the semiconductor device. The structure includes a load-distributing material between the mechanical load apparatus and the substrate. Specifically, the load-distributing material is proximate a first side of the semiconductor device and a second side of the semiconductor device opposite the first side of the semiconductor device. Furthermore, the load-distributing material completely surrounds the semiconductor device and contacts the mechanical load apparatus, the substrate, and the semiconductor device. The load-distributing material can be thermally conductive and comprises an elastomer and/or a liquid. The load-distributing material comprises a LGA interposer adapted to connect the substrate to a PCB below the substrate and/or a second substrate. Moreover, the load-distributing material comprises compressible material layers and rigid material layers. The load-distributing material comprises a rigid material incased in a compressible material. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090266447 | OPTIMIZATION OF METALLURGICAL PROPERTIES OF A SOLDER JOINT - Semiconductor packaging techniques are provided which optimize metallurgical properties of a joint using dissimilar solders. A solder composition for Controlled Collapse Chip Connection processing includes a combination of a tin based lead free solder component designed for a chip and a second solder component designed for a laminate. The total concentration of module Ag after reflow is less than 1.9% by weight. A method of manufacturing a solder component is also provided. | 10-29-2009 |
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| 20100160452 | HIGH ALCOHOL-CONTENT FOAMS - A foamable aqueous composition having alcohol and at least one water soluble polymer. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100249013 | ENCAPSULATED ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FOR CLEANING APPLICATIONS - Described are encapsulated time-release cleaning agents, comprising active agents that, when combined with an aqueous phase, have slight delay release, moderate delay release, and/or extended delay release. The invention also relates to the manufacture and use of such compositions. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100285604 | DISSOLVABLE FILM WITH DETECTION FUNTIONALITY - Provided are films having a visual cue agent present in a sufficient amount to present a visual cue when the film is contacted by an aqueous solution, and methods of detecting when a film is contacted by an aqueous solution. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110098492 | CLEANING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING MID-RANGE ALKOXYLATES - Cleaning compositions are described comprising mid-range alkoxylate surfactants or blends of alkoxylate surfactants, and their use as cleaners for triglycerides and cross-linked triglycerides, formula stabilization agents, agents for ultra-concentrated cleaning formulations, pre-wash spotters, detergents, agricultural adjuvants, hard surface cleaning, and emulsifiers. | 04-28-2011 |
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| 20100064609 | OUTDOOR FLOORING, DECK AND PATIO SURFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for providing an outdoor flooring such as a lightweight deck surface, employs a fiber reinforced polymer structural panel with plural grid openings therein. Connectors adapted to interlock adjacent panels to one another and to a base, also are adapted for receiving support column members therein for providing ground or base oriented surface or an elevated surface. A surfacing material, such as a quarried stone or tile, is attached to the top of the panel, providing a deck surface without requiring substantial structural support. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20110192106 | Flooring, Deck and Patio Surface System and Method of Use - A system and method for providing an outdoor flooring such as a lightweight deck surface, employs a fiber reinforced polymer structural panel with internally tapered plural grid openings therein. A connector is driven into selected openings to enable the panel to be secured to a deck frame, or in the case of an impenetrable deck frame, a series of plates are used with or without pipe stanchions to make a floating or raised floating planar surface. A surfacing material, such as a quarried stone, is attached to the top of the panel, providing a stone deck surface without requiring substantial structural support. | 08-11-2011 |
