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20110047108 | Method for Managing Obesity, Diabetes and Other Glucose-Spike-Induced Diseases - Disclosed is a method for managing obesity, diabetes, hair loss, aging, cardiovascular, or other blood glucose-spike-induced diseases by reducing the post-prandial blood glucose spike, or the glucose shock. The blood glucose spike, or the glucose shock is reduced by generating a person-specific glucose profile for at least one significant meal to tune or train a blood glucose model (kinetic, artificial intelligence or hybrid), and then using the tuned or the trained model embedded in a computation-capable electronic device to compute and recommend a person-specific meal plan and an exercise plan, including semi-continuous meal ingestion and post-meal exercise while sitting at home or office. Advantages over prior art are that the method uses less strenuous exercise with no or less medicine, is person-specific, quantitative and more suitable for use by an individual, a dietician, or a health care practitioner. | 02-24-2011 |
20110067728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE - A method and an apparatus for cleaning of the perineal and the adjacent areas of a human body after using a toilet are disclosed. The method comprises cleaning the said areas with dilute soap solution delivered by gravity drainage, or a soap solution-air suspension delivered from a dispenser, and rinsing the cleaned areas with water delivered by gravity drainage or from a water dispenser. The apparatus comprises either reservoirs holding soap solution and rinse water that are hung from a decorative stand, or dispenser for soap solution-air or water-air suspension. Advantages over prior art include portability for indoor and outdoor use, compatibility with a western or a squat toilet, operability with atmospheric pressure water, affordability because of lower cost, acceptability because of easier installation and placement away from the toilet bowl, and comfortability of use by people suffering from itches, inflammation, or hemorrhoids. | 03-24-2011 |
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20100126911 | Method For Using Native Bitumen Markers To Improve Solvent-Assisted Bitumen Extraction - In solvent-assisted bitumen extraction, a native marker, for example: sulfur, nickel, vanadium, iron copper, or manganese, is used to control the solvent to bitumen ratio in a process stream such as a stream from a froth separation unit (FSU) and/or to measure hydrocarbon loss in a tailings solvent recovery unit (TSRU). | 05-27-2010 |
20100130386 | Solvent For Extracting Bitumen From Oil Sands - The use of a solvent for bitumen extraction, either from mined oil sands or in situ. The solvent includes (a) a polar component, the polar component being a compound comprising a non-terminal carbonyl group; and (b) a non-polar component, the non-polar component being a substantially aliphatic substantially non-halogenated alkane. The solvent has a Hansen hydrogen bonding parameter of 0.3 to 1.7 and/or a volume ratio of (a):(b) in the range of 10:90 to 50:50. | 05-27-2010 |
20100133150 | Use of A Fluorocarbon Polymer as A Surface Of A Vessel or Conduit Used In A Paraffinic Froth Treatment Process For Reducing Fouling - A use of a fluorocarbon polymer as a surface of a vessel or conduit in a paraffinic froth treatment (PFT) process, for reducing fouling. The foulant comprises asphaltenes. The surface has an average water contact angle of greater than 90 degrees, a standard deviation of water contact angles divided by the average water contact angle of less than 0.1, and impurities of less than 1000 ppmw. The fluorocarbon polymer may be a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-based polymer. The surface may be substantially free of colorants, fillers, and plasticizers. | 06-03-2010 |
20100282277 | Method For Cleaning Fouled Vessels In The Parraffinic Froth Treatment Process - A method of cleaning fouled vessels in the paraffinic froth treatment process (PFT). The foulant comprises asphaltenes. Foulant is at least partially removed from a surface of a vessel or conduit used in a PFT process by spraying a liquid against the foulant on the surface to physically remove at least a portion of the foulant from the surface. The liquid may be a PFT-compatible liquid, water, or a combination thereof. The method may be effected in the substantial absence of a foulant-dissolving agent. | 11-11-2010 |
20110047108 | Method for Managing Obesity, Diabetes and Other Glucose-Spike-Induced Diseases - Disclosed is a method for managing obesity, diabetes, hair loss, aging, cardiovascular, or other blood glucose-spike-induced diseases by reducing the post-prandial blood glucose spike, or the glucose shock. The blood glucose spike, or the glucose shock is reduced by generating a person-specific glucose profile for at least one significant meal to tune or train a blood glucose model (kinetic, artificial intelligence or hybrid), and then using the tuned or the trained model embedded in a computation-capable electronic device to compute and recommend a person-specific meal plan and an exercise plan, including semi-continuous meal ingestion and post-meal exercise while sitting at home or office. Advantages over prior art are that the method uses less strenuous exercise with no or less medicine, is person-specific, quantitative and more suitable for use by an individual, a dietician, or a health care practitioner. | 02-24-2011 |
20110067728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE - A method and an apparatus for cleaning of the perineal and the adjacent areas of a human body after using a toilet are disclosed. The method comprises cleaning the said areas with dilute soap solution delivered by gravity drainage, or a soap solution-air suspension delivered from a dispenser, and rinsing the cleaned areas with water delivered by gravity drainage or from a water dispenser. The apparatus comprises either reservoirs holding soap solution and rinse water that are hung from a decorative stand, or dispenser for soap solution-air or water-air suspension. Advantages over prior art include portability for indoor and outdoor use, compatibility with a western or a squat toilet, operability with atmospheric pressure water, affordability because of lower cost, acceptability because of easier installation and placement away from the toilet bowl, and comfortability of use by people suffering from itches, inflammation, or hemorrhoids. | 03-24-2011 |
20110210044 | Method And System For Reclaiming Waste Hydrocarbon From Tailings Using Solvent Sequencing - A method and system for extracting hydrocarbon products from waste tailings of a froth flotation unit and a paraffinic froth treatment process are provided. Bitumen and asphaltenes from the waste tailings are extracted using a serial addition of an aromatic solvent, followed by a polar-non-polar solvent. The method and system divert valuable hydrocarbons from tailings ponds. The hydrocarbon product can be used as a coating material or an emulsion fuel, for example. | 09-01-2011 |
20120305264 | Solvent Surveillance in Solvent-Based Heavy Oil Recovery Processes - The present disclosure relates to solvent surveillance in heavy oil production. A method includes the steps of measuring an amount of a native bitumen marker (NBM) in a heavy oil, measuring an amount of the NBM in a recovery-aid solvent, measuring an amount of the NBM in a blend including the heavy oil and the recovery-aid solvent, and applying a blending model to determine a fraction of the recovery-aid solvent in the blend. | 12-06-2012 |
20130168294 | CONTROLLING BITUMEN QUALITY IN SOLVENT-ASSISTED BITUMEN EXTRACTION - Described herein is a method of controlling bitumen quality in a process stream within a solvent-assisted bitumen extraction operation, for instance a hydrocarbon stream from a froth separation unit (FSU). Bitumen quality is a measure of the amount of selected contaminants in the process stream. Contaminants may include asphaltenes (comprising metal porphyrins), sulfur, and inorganic solids (comprising inorganic elements, e.g. Si, Al, Ti, Fe, Na, K, Mg, and Ca). First, the amounts of selected contaminants are measured. Next, these measured values are compared to maximum reference values. If one or more of these contaminants is higher than the maximum reference value, at least one variable of the solvent-assisted bitumen extraction is adjusted to improve bitumen quality. | 07-04-2013 |
20140034305 | Method of Enhancing the Effectiveness of a Cyclic Solvent Injection Process to Recover Hydrocarbons - Described is a method of operating a cyclic solvent-dominated recovery process (CSDRP) for recovering viscous oil from a subterranean reservoir of the viscous oil to enhance recovery effectiveness. The cyclic solvent process involves using an injection well to inject a viscosity-reducing solvent into a subterranean viscous oil reservoir. Reduced viscosity oil is produced to the surface using the same well used to inject solvent. The process of alternately injecting solvent and producing a solvent/viscous oil blend through the same wellbore continues in a series of cycles until additional cycles are no longer economical. Conventionally, the solvent composition remains constant over time within each injection cycle and among cycles. In the present method, by contrast, the solvent composition is varied over time thereby providing operational benefits as described herein. | 02-06-2014 |