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Allison Calabrese, Memphis, TN US
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| 20100012703 | Surgical Gasket - An annular gasket for use with a circular stapling apparatus in performing an anastomosis is disclosed. The annular gasket comprises a substantially circular body portion having an upper surface, a lower surface, an outer terminal edge, and an inner terminal edge defining an aperture therein. The body portion defines a central longitudinal axis through the aperture. The annular gasket also comprises a plurality of pores extending through the body portion. Each of the pores is disposed between the outer terminal edge and the inner terminal edge and extends from the upper surface to the lower surface such that each pore defines an axis that is substantially parallel to the central longitudinal axis. An outer region of the gasket is disposed radially outward of the plurality of pores and the outer region is substantially non-porous. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100016888 | Surgical Gasket - A gasket for use with a surgical stapling apparatus is disclosed. The gasket comprises a diisocyanate end-capped poly(ether ester). The diisocyanate is selected from the following: aromatic, aliphatic and acyclic isocyanates. The poly(ether ester) can further comprise at least one polyol and at least one poly acid. The gasket is desirably bioabsorbable. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100100124 | BIOABSORBABLE SURGICAL COMPOSITION - Compounds are provided which can form bioabsorbable compositions useful as adhesives and/or sealants for medical/surgical applications. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100130717 | BIODEGRADABLE MACROMERS - Methods for producing biocompatible compositions are provided. The biocompatible compositions include an aliphatic polyester macromer produced without the use of solvents or catalysts. The resulting aliphatic polyester macromer may be reacted with a polyisocyanate to form an end-capped aliphatic polyester macromer which, in turn, may be reacted with a polyol to produce a polyurethane. The polyurethane, in turn, may be reacted with a second polyisocyanate to produce an isocyanate-functional polyurethane. The compositions prepared by the methods of the present disclosure may be used as adhesives or sealants for medical/surgical uses. | 05-27-2010 |
Allison Foss Calabrese, Hamden, CT US
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| 20090127195 | PURIFICATION OF ISOCYANATE FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS - Methods are provided for isolating and purifying components useful, either alone or in combination with other components, as adhesives or sealants for medical/surgical applications. | 05-21-2009 |
Andrew Antony Calabrese, San Diego, CA US
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| 20100093698 | AMINOTRIAZOLOPYRIDINES, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT THEREWITH - Provided herein are Heteroaryl Compounds of formula (I): | 04-15-2010 |
Charles A. Calabrese, Hackensack, NJ US
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| 20090050339 | System and method for extinguishing a fire - A fire suppression device for attachment to a tree, comprising a tree topper, a smoke and/or flame detection device, an electronic and/or mechanical triggering/actuation device, an extension tube for the transfer of fire suppression material, a reservoir such as a handheld fire extinguisher for extinguishing material including an apparatus for interfacing with the reservoir, and an electrical support system and backup. | 02-26-2009 |
Daniele Calabrese, Washington, DC US
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| 20100106799 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING MUSICAL CONTENT - Methods and systems for distributing musical content are provided. A user profile is received, and a client application is downloaded to the user's mobile device. Based on the user's profile, an identifier of another user, or an identifier of a place, musical content is distributed to the user's mobile device. Based on the type of musical content, the user's profile may be updated. Further, based on the type of musical content, additional information may be provided to the user's mobile device. | 04-29-2010 |
David C. Calabrese, North Kingston, RI US
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| 20110054485 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING A PROSTHETIC FABRIC INTO A PATIENT - An introducer and method for delivering a prosthetic fabric into a patient. The introducer includes a delivery tube having a distal end adapted to be inserted into the patient and a lumen that receives the prosthetic fabric. A loader may be provided to reconfigure the prosthetic fabric from a first configuration to a collapsed configuration and/or to insert the collapsed fabric into the lumen of the delivery tube. A plunger may be provided to push the prosthetic fabric through the delivery tube and into the patient. The loader and plunger may be combined in a dual-purpose component that is reversible to either load the fabric into the delivery tube or push the fabric through the delivery tube. | 03-03-2011 |
Gary S. Calabrese, Corning, NY US
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| 20110293917 | POROUS INORGANIC MEMBRANES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A method is provided for making a porous inorganic membrane by using a mixture of an inorganic material, organic polymer particles and a solvent to form a slurry, the particles being non-spherical, distributing the slurry onto a surface, drying the slurry to remove the solvent and firing the dried slurry to produce the porous inorganic membrane. Examples of organic polymer particles include particles of acrylic. A substrate with a porous inorganic membrane disposed on the substrate is also provided, the inorganic membrane having an average thickness of from about 0.5 micron to about 30 microns, a porosity of from about 30% to about 65%, a median pore size (d50) of from about 0.01 micron to about 1 micron, and a value of (d90−d10)/d50 less than about 2, as measured by mercury porosimetry. An example of a substrate includes an inorganic porous support. | 12-01-2011 |
Gerald Calabrese, Wayne, IL US
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| 20110258011 | Restaurant management system and method - A restaurant management system and method interface is provided. In accordance with the invention, data from various restaurant operations is collected and stored for processing. The data is processed into useful metrics, such as those indicative of various categories of restaurant staffing, efficiency, performance and quality. The useful metrics can be displayed as a human-readable chart, graph or report. The data can be processed in real time, permitting managers to promptly make adjustments and to alert restaurant workers or crew members of deficiencies so that prompt and effective remedial action can be taken to improve restaurant performance. Reports may be generated that provide the performance of restaurants individually and as a combined group. | 10-20-2011 |
Gerry Calabrese, Fort Lauderdale, FL US
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| 20090242469 | Filter Assembly for Cleaning Fluids by Way of an Indexing Cloth Filter - A filter assembly has an inlet for supplying a fluid to be cleaned and an outlet for returning cleaned fluid. A cloth filter is disposed between the inlet and the outlet. The filter has a web of filter cloth wound on a supply roll and guided along an effective filter area to a takeup roll for receiving clogged filter web. A motor is connected to the takeup roll for rotating the takeup roll and for transporting the filter cloth forward across the effective filter area. A switching device is connected to selectively energize the motor and to index the filter cloth forward by an amount less than a length of the effective filter area. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20110196792 | MOBILE PHONE CHARGE CARD NOTIFICATION AND AUTHORIZATION METHOD - An added level of security is provided for charge card transactions. Upon presenting a charge card number for a purchase, for example, the cardholder receives a message (e.g., SMS) on his cell phone or PDA that a charge authorization request has been received. The message may include the merchant, a charge amount, and a time and date. | 08-11-2011 |
John J. Calabrese, Plantsville, CT US
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| 20120024155 | BATTERY FIRE PREVENTION DEVICE - A battery fire prevention device includes a lithium battery, a container, and a porous material. The container houses the lithium battery and has an outwardly interfacing wall with an aperture which extends therethrough to vent outgassed battery constituents generally away therefrom. The porous material is disposed within the container between the aperture and the battery. The porous material is capable of trapping lithium particulates outgassed from the lithium battery within the container. | 02-02-2012 |
Paula A. Calabrese, Mendon, VT US
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| 20100031560 | ENGINEERED FUEL FEED STOCK USEFUL FOR DISPLACEMENT OF COAL IN COAL FIRING PLANTS - Disclosed are novel engineered fuel feed stocks, feed stocks produced by the described processes, and methods of making the fuel feed stocks. Components derived from processed MSW waste streams can be used to make such feed stocks which are substantially free of glass, metals, grit and noncombustibles. These feed stocks are useful for a variety of purposes including co-firing with coal and as substitutes for coal. | 02-11-2010 |
Robert Calabrese, Naperville, IL US
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| 20110167118 | MESSAGE WAITING NOTIFICATION TO EXTERNAL MESSAGE CENTERS - Systems and methods are disclosed for notifying external message centers when a mobile device becomes available to receive a text message. One embodiment includes a message waiting system that identifies a failed delivery attempt of a text message to a mobile device that is unavailable, where the text message originated from an external message center. The system identifies routing information for the external message center based on the failed delivery attempt, generates a Message Waiting Indicator (MWI) record for the text message that includes the routing information for the external message center, and stores the MWI record. When the system identifies that the mobile device becomes available, the system identifies the MWI record that includes information on the failed delivery attempt to the mobile device, and sends a notification indicating that the mobile device is available to the external message center based on the routing information in the MWI record. | 07-07-2011 |
Ronald V. Calabrese, Addison, IL US
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| 20080265909 | Autosensitive Detector and Measurement System - This disclosure relates to an autosensitive detector and an autosensitive measurement system with a self-adjustable set-off value, and more specifically, to a probe for adaptation to an environmental parameter such as liquids adapted to reset its measured sensitivity each time the probe is enabled or turned on, which can be further desensitized by adjusting a sensitivity correction factor by a factor (F) within the range of 0.05| 10-30-2008 | |
| 20090064757 | SELF-CALIBRATING LIQUID LEVEL TRANSMITTER - The present disclosure generally relates to a capacitance sensing apparatus equipped with self-calibrating capacity and method of use thereof. The disclosure contemplates the determination using a secondary means of precise fluid levels according to five possible embodiments, and the use of the determined fluid level to recalibrate the capacitance sensing apparatus along its continuous analog level, namely, a variation of the thickness of the insulation of a capacitance sensing apparatus, the variation of the surface geometry of the capacitance sensing apparatus, the use of a dual-probe sensor including a probe with a varied surface geometry, the use of an electromagnetic sensor adjoining the capacitance sensor, and the variation of the electromechanical sensor to serve as a capacitance sensing apparatus. The disclosure also contemplates methods for using the sensing apparatus previously disclosed to measure a fluid level using a self-calibrating capacitance sensing apparatus. Finally, the present disclosure contemplates the use of an improved mathematical method associated with a variability measurement, such as an exponential smoothing method, to determining locally discrete changes in the variability measurement of the capacitance in order to determine a fixed fluid level. | 03-12-2009 |
Stephen Calabrese, Jeffersonville, IN US
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| 20090233596 | System, method and program for configuring a mobile terminal to function as a two-way radio - A system, method and program for enabling a mobile terminal to communicate with a transceiver via two-way radio over a communication network. The mobile terminal receives a first radio communication, converts the first radio communication into first data packets, masks a destination port of the first data packets to appear as a data transfer port of the mobile terminal configured to exchange data with a server, and transmits the first data packets having the masked destination port to the server via the communication network. The mobile terminal receives second data packets, which are converted from a second radio communication transmitted from the transceiver and have a destination port masked to appear as a data receiving port of the mobile terminal configured to exchange data with the server, from the server via the communication network, converts the second data packets to the second radio communication, and outputs the second radio communication. | 09-17-2009 |