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Bruce J. Cardinal, Mill Valley, CA US
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| 20100010682 | IRRIGATION SYSTEM - A technique for controlling an irrigation system is disclosed. The technique comprises receiving landscape information, receiving environmental information, deriving an irrigation schedule based on the landscape information and the environmental information, and sending the irrigation schedule to an irrigation control unit. | 01-14-2010 |
Joe Cardinal, Brooklyn Park, MN US
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| 20110147550 | Extracorporeal Blood Circuit Component Mounting System - A mounting system for mounting one or more components of an extracorporeal blood circuit to an upstanding mast provided with a pump cart. The system includes a clamp device, a primary arm, a seat, a post, and a locking mechanism. The clamp device is mountable to the mast and pivotably maintaining the primary arm. The seat defines a tapering intermediate section and is mounted to the primary arm. The post projects from the seat. Finally, the locking mechanism is configured to releasably secure an extracorporeal circuit component, otherwise located over the seat, to the primary arm. With this configuration, the extracorporeal circuit component can be selectively located and locked to the primary arm at a variety of different rotational orientations. The mounting system can further include an auxiliary arm defining a sleeve sized to be removably disposed over the seat. | 06-23-2011 |
John Cardinal, Tamarac, FL US
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| 20100316708 | Novel Pharmaceutical Formulation Containing A Biguanide and a Thiazolidinedione Derivative - A pharmaceutical dosage form comprising a controlled release component comprising an antihyperglycemic drug in combination with a second component comprising a thiazolidinedione derivative is herein disclosed and described. | 12-16-2010 |
John R. Cardinal, Tamarac, FL US
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| 20110262538 | NOVEL PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION CONTAINING A BIGUANIDE AND A THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE - A pharmaceutical dosage form comprising a controlled release component comprising an antihyperglycemic drug in combination with a second component comprising a thiazolidinedione derivative is herein disclosed and described. | 10-27-2011 |
John R. Cardinal, Wilmington, NC US
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| 20100159001 | Extended-Release Pharmaceutical Formulations - The present invention provides matrix-forming, sustained-release pharmaceutical formulations comprising four primary components: i) an effective amount of at least one drug substance; ii) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable, water-swellable, pH independent polymer; iii) at least one pharmaceutically-acceptable, anionic, pH dependent polymer; and (iv) a pharmaceutically-acceptable polymer selected from the group consisting of a) at least one pharmaceutically-acceptable cationic polymer; and b) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable hydrocolloid. The present formulations can be used with compounds having a wide range of solubilities as well as compounds characterized as having hydrophobic or hydrophilic characteristics. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100160363 | EXTENDED-RELEASE PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS - The present invention provides matrix-forming, sustained-release pharmaceutical formulations comprising four primary components: i) an effective amount of at least one drug substance; ii) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable, water-swellable, pH independent polymer; iii) at least one pharmaceutically-acceptable, anionic, pH dependent polymer; and (iv) a pharmaceutically-acceptable polymer selected from the group consisting of a) at least one pharmaceutically-acceptable cationic polymer; and b) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable hydrocolloid. The present formulations can be used with compounds having a wide range of solubilities as well as compounds characterized as having hydrophobic or hydrophilic characteristics. | 06-24-2010 |
Joseph E. Cardinal, Brooklyn Park, MN US
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| 20100145361 | Methods and Devices for Occlusion of an Atrial Appendage - A novel occluder application and clip device for treatment of embolic stroke caused by atrial fibrillation uses multiple sutures in a non directional handle to affix the occlusion device to the applicator and manipulate the occluder from an open and receiving position to a closed and occluding position. The occluder is retained in place by a clamping means related to locks retainers, resilient material or otherwise. An actuator mechanism is used to manipulate the occluder to a locked or occluding position. The applicator with the occluder attached has a low profile and remote manipulations to allow the occluder to be delivered to the clamping location within a patient through a small incision or delivery port such as a trocar cannula or the like. | 06-10-2010 |
Keith Cardinal, Gilbert, AZ US
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| 20090045224 | Liquid product pouring and measuring package with drain-back spout fitment and tight-sealing measuring cup assembly - An improved dispensing package for liquids is described comprising a combination pouring spout fitment, a closure that functions as a measuring cup when removed and inverted, and a bottle. The improved liquid seal between the closure and the fitment is made possible through mismatched bevels on the closure and fitment respectively wherein the sharper angled bevel on one of the parts buries into the wider angled bevel of the other part. The applied torque is prevented from loosening prematurely through a thread configuration form that allows the closure to seat securely into the spout fitment with the closure threads pushing back up against the bottom surfaces of the fitment threads in a “locked” arrangement. The correct alignment of the fitment on the bottle is made possible through the coordination of a thread stop on the fitment and corresponding locking lug on the neck of the bottle. Lastly, an indicia means is used on the outside of the fitment skirt to verify that the spout fitment and closure subassembly has been correctly orientated on the bottle even through the direction of the spout is obscured when the closure is in place. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20100230432 | FORWARD LEANING STORAGE AND DISPENSING BOX - A forward leaning, hinged-lid storage and dispensing box is described, suitable for use with flat, stacked articles such as index or playing cards, dry stiff articles and pads such as cleaning or burnishing pads, or the like. Minimally the box of the present invention comprises in combination; a back panel; side panels; a bottom panel; a front panel; a top panel; and, a lid hinged to the front panel that forms at least a portion of both the front and top panels of the closed box, and wherein the lid drops and opens forward on at least one hinged connection, and wherein the front panel is angled forward from vertical at least a few degrees. In this way, stacked flat articles loaded into the box will necessarily lean against and parallel to the inside surface of the front wall, ready for easy reach and removal one-at-a-time by the consumer. | 09-16-2010 |
Mark Cardinal, Altamont, NY US
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| 20090177333 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF AN ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for controlling operation of an electrical power generation system are provided. The electrical power generation system has a plurality of electrical generators electrically coupled to an electrical grid. The method includes obtaining a first output parameter value associated with the electrical power generation system. The method further includes determining an error value indicative of a difference between the first output parameter value and a desired output parameter value. The method further includes determining a first gain value based on at least one of the first output parameter value and a time-varying operational parameter of the electrical power generation system. The method further includes determining a first power value based on the error value and the first gain value. The method further includes determining a second gain value based on at least one of the first output parameter value, the time-varying operational parameter, and a reference value. The method further includes determining a second power value based on the error value and the second gain value. The method further includes generating a desired power command for the electrical power generation system based on the first and second power values. | 07-09-2009 |
Mark E. Cardinal, Altamont, NY US
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| 20090218817 | WINDFARM COLLECTOR SYSTEM LOSS OPTIMIZATION - A windfarm system is provided that is optimized for minimizing electrical loss. The windfarm system includes a plurality of wind turbine generators and a collector system including a conductor or network of conductors. The collector system also including a plurality of transformers with one or more transformers connected between each wind turbine generator and the conductors, and a substation transformer connecting the windfarm collector system to the electrical grid. The windfarm system also includes a monitoring system for monitoring the windfarm system electrical output and thermal condition, and outputs of the individual wind turbine generators. A control function may include voltage and real and reactive power commands to the individual wind turbine generators. The control function incorporates an algorithm whose technical effect is minimizing electrical losses for the windfarm system. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090218818 | WIND TURBINE PLANT HIGH WIND DERATING CONTROL - A method for operating a wind turbine plant including providing a plurality of wind turbines each having a turbine rotor including at least one blade mounted to a rotatable turbine shaft and an induction generator having a stator and a rotor coupled to the turbine shaft for rotation therewith. The wind turbine is configurable to provide a variable amount of power. A control is provided capable of communicating with the plurality of wind turbines. A wind speed is measured and a power derating factor is determined in response to the measured wind speed. The determined derating factor is communicated to the plurality of wind turbines. The amount of power generated by each of the plurality of wind turbines is adjusted in response to the power derating factor. A system for operating a wind turbine plant is also disclosed. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100025994 | INTRA-AREA MASTER REACTIVE CONTROLLER FOR TIGHTLY COUPLED WINDFARMS - A wind turbine generator control system is provided for controlling output of a plurality of tightly-coupled windfarms connected at a point of common coupling with a power system grid. A master reactive control device employs algorithms whose technical effect is to coordinate the real power, reactive power and voltage output of the multiple windfarms. The controller incorporates a reactive power regulator that can be used to regulate reactive power, power factor or voltage at the point of common coupling and an active power regulator that can be used to regulate real power at the point of common coupling; such that each windfarm is not asked to contribute or violate its own operating capability. | 02-04-2010 |
Mark Edward Cardinal, Schenectady, NY US
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| 20100114397 | INTEGRATED REAL-TIME POWER AND SOLAR FARM CONTROL SYSTEM - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for controlling power in renewable solar energy sources. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for controlling a renewable energy solar farm, where the farm may include one or more renewable energy sources. The method may include measuring aggregate energy output of the renewable energy solar farm and measuring individual source energy output of the one or more renewable energy sources. The method may also include controlling energy production from the one or more renewable energy sources via a controller based at least in part on the measured aggregate energy output and the measured individual source energy output, where the controller facilitates communications with the one or more renewable energy sources. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100145533 | POWER RAMP RATE CONTROL FOR RENEWABLE VARIABLE POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for controlling power ramp rates in renewable variable power generation systems. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for limiting power ramp rates. The method can include regulating collective power output of a plurality of variable energy sources by monitoring collective power output of the plurality of variable energy sources, predicting collective available power levels of the variable energy sources based at least in part on ramp rate limits, modifying the predicted collective available power levels based at least in part on the limiting rate of change of the predicted collective available power levels, determining a power regulation setpoint, generating a net power command signal based at least in part on the power regulation setpoint or the modified predicted collective available power levels, generating a plurality of power control signals based at least in part on the net power command signal, and controlling collective power output of the plurality of variable energy sources with the plurality of power control signals. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110095609 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING POWER IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for regulating power in renewable energy sources. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for regulating active power produced by the renewable energy source towards an apparent power setpoint. The method may include selectively regulating voltage based on power factor foldback or voltage foldback associated with the renewable energy source. When power factor foldback is selected, the method may include regulating the power factor associated with the renewable energy source based at least in part on a power factor angle magnitude setpoint, and reducing the power factor angle magnitude setpoint towards zero when apparent power produced by the renewable energy source approaches or exceeds the apparent power setpoint. When voltage foldback is selected, the method may include regulating voltage of the renewable energy source based at least in part on measured VARs and an apparent power ratio, where the apparent power ratio is about equal to the apparent power divided by the apparent power setpoint. | 04-28-2011 |
Paul Gregory Cardinal, Houston, TX US
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| 20090200290 | VARIABLE VOLTAGE LOAD TAP CHANGING TRANSFORMER - Power supply systems for subsurface heaters are described herein. The power supply system includes a variable voltage, load tap changing transformer. Systems and methods for supplying electrical power to subsurface heaters using the variable voltage transformers are also described herein. | 08-13-2009 |
Ralph Cardinal, White Bear Lake, MN US
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| 20100168820 | AUTOMATIC THRESHOLD ASSESMENT UTILIZING PATIENT FEEDBACK - Methods, Implantable Pulse Generators (IPGs), and systems for stimulating a sympathetic nervous system nerve including automatically increasing the maximum stimulation current intensity over time. Some IPGS increase the current stimulation current maximum upon passage of an elapsed time or occurrence of a time of day. The current stimulation current maximum is the actual stimulation current in some methods and is a ramp maximum in other methods. The patient may interact with the IPG to indicate discomfort, resulting in a decrease in the current stimulation current maximum. In some methods, after receiving too many patient indications of discomfort, stimulation is stopped by the IPG. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100268311 | Method for Implanting Electrode on Nerve - Methods and devices for implanting an electrode near a nerve covered by a tissue layer or layers. Methods can include cutting through a tissue layer covering the nerve to form at least two exposed pleural tissue layer edges. The nerve can be freed from any tissue around the nerve and the electrode placed around the nerve. The pleura edges can be drawn toward each other to cover the nerve and the edges secured together. Some methods form two tissue flaps which are pulled away from each other to expose the nerve. Other methods form a single tissue flap which extends over the nerve and is pulled back to expose the nerve. The now covered nerve is protected against movement of tissues near the now covered nerve. Such methods find one use in placing electrodes near the splanchnic nerves in the thoracic cavity, where the lung and diaphragm may contact an exposed electrode. | 10-21-2010 |
Randall W. Cardinal, Bountiful, UT US
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| 20100325018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO NETWORK SERVICES - A system and method for provisioning services accessible via a broadband network. The system receives a user selection of one or more services that have been deemed to be available to the user via the network as well as user registration information. The user registration information may include billing information and a user identifier such as a login id or email address. The system then authenticates the identity of the user with an ISP and communicates the user identifier to each provider of each selected service. The registration information and information representative of any selected service is also communicated to a billing engine. In this manner, a user may access each product or service and be billed appropriately for its usage. | 12-23-2010 |
Richard S. Cardinal, Minneapolis, MN US
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| 20100018934 | Polysulfone and poly(N-vinyl lactam) polymer alloy and fiber and filter materials made of the alloy - A polymer alloy has been developed comprising a polysulfone and a vinyl lactam polymer. The resulting alloy has excellent thermal characteristics and even in the presence of substantial quantities in vinyl lactam polymers, has solvent resistance to both organic and aqueous solvent materials. The materials, when dissolved in solvents, can be spun from a variety of solvents into a variety of useful fiber materials. The resulting fine fiber, microfiber and nanofiber materials have excellent thermal and chemical resistance for a variety of fiber applications. The polymer alloys of the invention can be spun into nanofiber mats that can act as a filtration media and can also be combined into conventional substrate materials for fabrication into filter structures. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20110135901 | Polysulfone and poly(N-vinyl lactam) polymer alloy and fiber and filter materials made of the alloy - A polymer alloy has been developed comprising a polysulfone and a vinyl lactam polymer. The resulting alloy has excellent thermal characteristics and even in the presence of substantial quantities in vinyl lactam polymers, has solvent resistance to both organic and aqueous solvent materials. The materials, when dissolved in solvents, can be spun from a variety of solvents into a variety of useful fiber materials. The resulting fine fiber, microfiber and nanofiber materials have excellent thermal and chemical resistance for a variety of fiber applications. The polymer alloys of the invention can be spun into nanofiber mats that can act as a filtration media and can also be combined into conventional substrate materials for fabrication into filter structures. | 06-09-2011 |