Cotton, GB
Darryl Cotton, Cambs GB
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20130106774 | Apparatus and Associated Methods | 05-02-2013 |
20140049505 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus including a plurality of adjacent repeated base units, each base unit formed from an active electrode of first, second and third touch sensor arrays, the first, second and third touch sensor arrays each including a plurality of active electrodes connected to a respective common terminal of the touch sensor array, wherein each base unit includes an active electrode of the second touch sensor array interlaced between an active electrode of the first touch sensor array and an active electrode of the third touch sensor array such that a swipe touch gesture applied to two or more adjacent active electrodes of the apparatus generates signalling at the respective common terminals of the corresponding touch sensor arrays which allows the direction of the swipe touch gesture to be determined. | 02-20-2014 |
20150097581 | SENSING - An apparatus comprising: a capacitance touch sensor arrangement configured to have a variable capacitance that varies when a conductive object approaches; and at least one variable impedance sensor configured to have a variable impedance that varies with a sensed parameter; | 04-09-2015 |
20150142355 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SENSING - A method, apparatus and computer program wherein the method comprises: providing a first input signal to a sensor; measuring a first output signal provided from the sensor in response to the first input signal and calculating capacitance of the sensor from the first measured output signal; providing a second input signal to the sensor; measuring the output signal provided from the sensor in response to the second input signal and calculating resistance of the sensor from the second measured output signal; wherein the first and second input signals are provided at different times. | 05-21-2015 |
20160072332 | Flexible, Hybrid Energy Generating And Storage Power Cell - An apparatus includes a separator/electrolyte assembly; a first energy storage portion disposed on a first surface of the separator/electrolyte assembly; a second energy storage portion disposed on a second surface of the separator/electrolyte assembly; a first metallized piezoelectric film disposed on the first energy storage portion; and a second metallized piezoelectric film disposed on the second energy storage portion. When a force is applied to the first metallized piezoelectric film, a piezoelectric effect converts mechanical strain into electric potential and each energy storage portion stores the energy converted in the first energy storage portion and the second energy storage portion for subsequent discharge from the first energy portion and the second energy storage portion to an electronic device. | 03-10-2016 |
Darryl Cotton, St. Ives GB
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20130106758 | Apparatus and Associated Methods | 05-02-2013 |
20130224551 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus including at least one substrate, the at least one substrate including first and second electrodes and configured to form a sealed chamber with the first and second electrodes contained therein and facing one another, the sealed chamber including electrolyte in the space between the first and second electrodes, wherein the at least one substrate is configured to undergo reversible stretching whilst still forming the sealed chamber containing the electrolyte. | 08-29-2013 |
20130256004 | Deformable Apparatus and Method - An apparatus and method wherein the apparatus comprises includes a deformable substrate; a conductive portion; and at least one support configured to couple the conductive portion to the deformable substrate so that the conductive portion is spaced from the deformable substrate. | 10-03-2013 |
20130265003 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus including a flexible substrate of electrically insulating material, and an electrically conductive polymer, wherein the electrically conductive polymer is retained by the flexible substrate to form together at least part of an electrode of an electrical storage apparatus such that the electrically conductive polymer provides an electrical path for electrons which are generated and/or stored by the electrical storage apparatus. | 10-10-2013 |
20140057147 | Method and Apparatus For Flexible Battery - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a single battery ribbon and vacuum packaging. The single battery ribbon includes a first portion, a second portion, and an interconnecting portion between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion includes a first block. The second portion includes a second block. The first portion, the second portion, and the interconnecting portion form a continuous single layer including an anode and a cathode. The vacuum packaging surrounds the single battery ribbon. The vacuum packaging includes a middle connecting portion configured to contact a first side of the interconnecting portion and a second opposite side of the interconnecting portion. | 02-27-2014 |
Darryl Cotton, Cambridgeshire GB
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20140295150 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINING TOGETHER MULTIPLE FUNCTIONAL LAYERS OF A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - The present invention may relate to provision of a mechanism to join together the various substrate layers of a flexible display with optically clear adhesives that permit improved flexibility of the substrate layer stack and may also optically guide images to locations on a display surface that are not aligned with the display layer of a substrate layer stack. Embodiments of the present invention may provide for an improved user interface which may include enhanced flexibility and enhanced optical characteristics. | 10-02-2014 |
20140345924 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - A substrate including a fluid reservoir and a connected fluid channel, the fluid reservoir positioned away from a component region of the substrate, the fluid channel configured to extend from the fluid reservoir to guide an electrically conductive fluid from the fluid reservoir at a reservoir end of the fluid channel through the fluid channel to a component end of the fluid channel, the component end extending to the component region of the substrate to enable the formation of an electrical connection to a connector of an electronic component appropriately positioned in the component region, formation of the electrical connection allowing the electronic component to be interconnected to other electronic components using one or more of the fluid reservoir and fluid channel. | 11-27-2014 |
Darryl Cotton, Cambridge GB
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20130106765 | Apparatus and Associated Methods | 05-02-2013 |
Darryl Cotton, St.ives GB
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20130257787 | Sensing - An apparatus including a capacitance touch sensor arrangement configured to have a variable capacitance that varies when a user finger touches the capacitance touch sensor arrangement; and at least one variable resistor sensor integrated within the capacitance touch sensor arrangement wherein the variable resistor sensor has a variable resistance that varies with a sensed parameter; the apparatus including an input configured to receive an input signal including a time varying component and an output configured to provide an output signal that depends upon both the capacitance of the capacitance touch sensor arrangement and the resistance of the variable resistance sensor. | 10-03-2013 |
Darryl Paul James Cotton, St. Ives GB
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20140327645 | TOUCHSCREEN ACCESSORY ATTACHMENT - An apparatus including a capacitive touch input device (TID); and a controller connected to the capacitive touch input device. The controller is configured to process a user touch signal from the capacitive touch input device. The controller is configured to process a non-touch signal from the capacitive touch input device generated by an electrical coupling of a device to the capacitive touch input device, where the non-touch signal is a variable signal. | 11-06-2014 |
Graham Cotton, Craigavon GB
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20140080162 | FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME EPIGENETICS ASSAYS - The invention is concerned with methods of assaying the activity of enzymes based on measurement of fluorescence lifetime (FLT). In particular, the invention relates to assays for enzymes which are capable of modifying the structure of peptide substrates, including for example enzymes catalysing methylation, demethylation, acetylation, deacetylation or deimination of peptide substrates. | 03-20-2014 |
Graham Cotton, Edinburgh GB
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20110224645 | TREATING INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS - An apheresis column loaded with a solid support comprises one or more chemokines, in particular biotinylated chemokines, immobilized directly or indirectly on the support, in particular on a support carrying streptavidin. Also disclosed are uses of the column and the support and a method of depleting cells, in particular leukocytes, from the peripheral blood of a person suffering from an inflammatory condition such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). | 09-15-2011 |
20140175018 | Diagnosing and Treating Inflammatory Diseases - A method of diagnosing, monitoring progression of, or monitoring treatment of inflammatory bowel disease comprises determining the levels of CD14 | 06-26-2014 |
Graham Cotton, East Lothian GB
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20120128629 | METHOD OF LABELLING INTERFERONS WITH PEG - A method of site specific labelling of an interferon molecule is provided. The method comprises the steps: a) providing a label molecule comprising a PEG moiety having an aldehyde or ketone moiety; b) providing an interferon molecule having a C terminal hydrazide moiety; and c) allowing the aldehyde or ketone moiety of the PEG moiety to react with the C terminal hydrazide of the interferon molecule to form a labelled interferon molecule, which comprises a PEG moiety attached to the C terminus of the interferon molecule via a hydrazone bond. Interferon molecules labelled using such a method are also described. | 05-24-2012 |
20140349297 | FLUORESCENT DYES BASED ON ACRIDINE AND ACRIDINIUM DERIVATIVES - The present invention relates to fluorescent dyes based on acridine and acridinium derivatives and use of such dyes in for example, biochemical and/or cell-based assays. | 11-27-2014 |
Graham John Cotton, Gladsmuir GB
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20130211047 | PURIFICATION TAGS OF SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS - The present invention relates to a series of compounds useful for effecting purification, in particular for use in purification of synthetic peptides and proteins. The compounds of the invention are particularly efficient at securely anchoring peptides or proteins to a surface and allowing the peptide or protein to become uniformly orientated, thus ensuring that substantially all of the peptide or protein is available for molecular binding to a substrate. | 08-15-2013 |
Ian Cotton, Wirral GB
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20110011640 | INSULATING MEDIUM AND ITS USE IN HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICES - An insulating composition for use in high voltage devices is formed from a soft dielectric casting compound, such as a silicone gel, comprising ferroelectric particles such as barium titanate dispersed within it. Low levels of particles, from 1% to 20% by volume of the insulating composition, are highly effective yet do not cause excessive thickening of the soft dielectric casting compound when it is in its liquid state. The insulating composition is particularly effective for coating, enrobing or encapsulating alternating high voltage devices such as power electronics devices in order to prevent electrical discharge. | 01-20-2011 |
20120205139 | STRUCTURAL INSULATOR - An electrically insulating cross-arm for a tower for high-voltage power networks. The cross-arm includes an insulating structural member for attachment to the tower body and to support a conductor cable. The insulating structural member comprises a solid rigid spine extending along a long axis having cross sectional profile, normal to the long axis, having a second moment of area of its cross sectional profile about every axis normal to the long axis and dissecting its centroid has a value of A | 08-16-2012 |
Martin Cotton, Hertfordshire GB
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20080258401 | Seal Arrangement - The present invention provides for a seal arrangement comprising monitoring means and a seal portion. The monitoring means comprises at least one means for determining the integrity of said seal portion, said determining means being arranged to deliver a signal to at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) means for producing an output signal in response to the integrity of the seal portion as determined by the said means for determining. The present invention also provides a container, a pipe section, a pipeline and a closure member provided with such a seal arrangement. | 10-23-2008 |
Patrick Cotton, Leeds GB
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20160106008 | Air Handling Unit and Method of Operating the Same - An air handling unit, particularly for data center cooling, operates to cool a flow of return air from a conditioned space using a flow of ambient air. The return air is recirculated to the conditioned space as supply air. The flow of ambient air can be adiabatically cooled to a lower temperature to provide additional cooling. A flow of makeup air can be joined with the cooled return air to form the supply air, and can be sourced from the ambient environment directly or from the heated flow of ambient air. | 04-14-2016 |
Paul William Cotton, Halstead Essex GB
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20140134750 | TEST DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE - A test device for analyzing fluid samples. The test device includes a planar support member for supporting reagent pads, and a handle attached to, or for attaching to the planar support member. The test device can be treated with a fluid sample by disposing a fluid sample on the reagent pads. The fluid sample can be disposed onto the reagent pads by the handle, or by dipping the test device into the fluid sample. | 05-15-2014 |
Simon Cotton, Sleaford, Lincolnshire GB
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20160061090 | Emissions Cleaning Module - An emissions cleaning module includes a first and second conduit. The first conduit contains a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) module and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) module; the second conduit contains a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) module. The emissions cleaning module is mounted to an external support by means of a mounting mechanism including at least one adjustable strap which is clamped around a conduit; and at least one saddle which is mounted to the conduit by the at least one adjustable strap. The saddle includes a curved upper surface configured to conform substantially to a portion of the conduit. | 03-03-2016 |
Simon Cotton, Sleaford GB
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20160053663 | Support Structure for Mounting an Emissions Cleaning Module - A support structure for mounting an emissions cleaning module to an engine is provided. The support structure includes a lower section adapted to be mounted to the engine and an upper section, coupled to the lower section, and adapted to carry the emissions cleaning module. The support structure may include anti-vibration mounts to reduce movement, in use, of the emissions cleaning module due to movement of the engine. | 02-25-2016 |
Stephen Cotton, Nottingham GB
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20130053748 | NON-ADHERENT WOUND DRESSING - A non-adherent wound dressing ( | 02-28-2013 |
20140309574 | WOUND DRESSINGS, AND YARN USEFUL THEREIN - Wound dressings, methods for their production and components for use therein. A knitted structure comprising a blend of gelling fibres and non-gelling fibres wherein the yarn comprises at least 50% w/w gelling fibres, a three-dimensional textile material comprising gelling fibres, and a yarn comprising a blend of gelling and non-gelling fibres which may be used in their production, the knitted structure and three-dimensional textile material beings suitable for use as wound dressings or as components of composite wound dressings. The wound dressings may be adapted for use in negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). It has been found that the incorporation of gel-forming fibres provides a material which has a high absorbency, enabling good transfer of exudates away from a wound, which retains structural integrity, and which is non-adherent and easily removed from the wound. | 10-16-2014 |
20150314285 | FILTRATION DEVICE - A device for collecting cellular material from a fluid sample comprises first and second chambers that are releasably connected and which define a fluid flow path from the first chamber to the second chamber. A porous membrane is between the chambers when they are connected to each other, in the fluid flow path. An absorbent body is positioned in close proximity to the downstream surface of the porous membrane, and a resilient member is arranged to urge the absorbent body towards the porous membrane. In use, a sample introduced into the first chamber contacts the upstream surface of the porous membrane and fluid is drawn through the porous membrane and is absorbed by the absorbent body. Cellular material is retained upon the upstream surface of the porous membrane. After separation of the chambers, the porous membrane can be removed from the device for analysis of the deposited cellular material. | 11-05-2015 |
20160067102 | WOUND DRESSINGS - A wound dressing comprises an absorbent body of foam material with first and second major surfaces. The first major surface is, in use, the wound-facing surface of the absorbent body. A thermochromic indicator is incorporated into, or is in intimate contact with, the second major surface of the absorbent body. The thermochromic indicator is sensitive to a change in temperature of the skin below the dressing and so is indicative of an infection. | 03-10-2016 |
Stephen Cotton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire GB
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20160067107 | ABSORBENT WOUND DRESSINGS - An absorbent wound dressing ( | 03-10-2016 |
Stephen Cotton, Nottinghamshire GB
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20100159192 | ADHESIVE LAMINATES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A releasably adhesive laminate ( | 06-24-2010 |
20110070391 | RELEASABLY ADHESIVE TAPES - An adhesive tape, particularly suitable for medical applications, comprises a structural layer carrying on at least one part of one side thereof a hydrophobic gel and on at least part of the other side thereof a backing layer. The structural layer comprises a synthetic material in the form of a film or non-woven web. The tape has separation lines comprising perforations extending laterally across the tape at regular intervals along the length of the tape. The hydrophobic gel that is carried on one side of the structural layer is preferably a soft silicone. | 03-24-2011 |
20110125110 | MATERIAL FOR USE AS A WOUND PACKING ELEMENT, PARTICULARLY IN NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY - A wound packing element is in the form of a nonwoven material, particularly an airlaid nonwoven material. Such a wound packing element, or a number of such wound packing elements formed into a layered assembly, may be utilised to pack a wound cavity. The wound packing element is of particular utility in negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). | 05-26-2011 |
20110229688 | PERFORATION OF LAMINATED MATERIALS, LAMINATE COMPRISING A PERFORATED LAYER OF HYDROPHOBIC GEL AND AN IMPERFORATE SUBSTRATE, WOUND DRESSING - A method is described for introducing perforations into a sheet ( | 09-22-2011 |
20110272343 | EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD FILTRATION - Apparatus and methods for extracorporeal blood filtration involving the connection of a patient's cardiovascular circulation to an extracorporeal circulatory circuit, and filtration devices suitable for use in such apparatus and methods are disclosed. Such filtration devices include a filter medium comprising a layer of non-woven fabric ( | 11-10-2011 |
20120022479 | ABSORBENT WOUND DRESSING FOR WRAPPING AROUND JOINTED LIMBS - A non-adhesive absorbent wound dressing ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120034432 | COMPOSITE ABSORBENT MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION - A composite absorbent material ( | 02-09-2012 |
20120107375 | ANTIMICROBIAL MATERIAL - An antimicrobial material comprises propolis dispersed within a solid carrier. The antimicrobial material is preferably in the form of a film The carrier may be a polymeric material. | 05-03-2012 |
20120116281 | METHOD - A method of manufacturing a wound dressing or the like comprises the steps of a) providing a layer of substrate material; b) extruding a curable hydrophobic gel precursor composition onto that substrate material via one or more mobile applicators; and c) causing or allowing the hydrophobic gel precursor composition to cure to form a hydrophobic gel. Wound dressings or the like that can be manufactured by such a method comprise a layer of substrate material, the wound facing surface of which carries bands of hydrophobic gel that are intermingled in a lattice-like arrangement. | 05-10-2012 |
20120175319 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING FLUID - Devices for concentrating fluids that comprise discrete or particulate material dispersed in a liquid medium, such as whole blood, by removal of a proportion of the liquid medium, and a method of producing blood cell concentrates from whole blood using reduced pressure. The devices comprise an outer bag formed of an impermeable material and an inner bag formed of a permeable material, the inner bag containing an absorbent material or being adapted for connection to a source of reduced pressure. | 07-12-2012 |
Stephen Michael Cotton, Nottingham GB
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20090287130 | WOUND DRESSING - A wound dressing comprising a layer in the form of a strip and comprising gel-forming fibers, the strip having longitudinal lines of stitches formed from a thread and transverse lines of stitches formed from a thread. | 11-19-2009 |
Stephen Michael Cotton, Papplewick GB
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20120130332 | WOUND DRESSING - A wound dressing comprising an absorbent layer, the absorbent layer being gathered in a longitudinal direction by one or more resilient yarns. | 05-24-2012 |
Symon Cotton, Great Gransden GB
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20080319283 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SKIN TEXTURE - Among various methods, apparatuses, and media, a number of methods are provided for measuring skin surface texture. One such method includes illuminating an area of skin with polarized light, and obtaining a measurement of light returned by the illuminated area of skin in a first and a second waveband. The method includes processing the measurement of light in the first waveband to determine an estimated expected level of light in the second waveband returned by the illuminated area of skin utilising a model of the interaction of light with at least one chromophore in the skin. A measurement of the surface texture of the imaged illuminated area of skin can be determined on the basis of a difference between the estimated and actual levels of light in said second waveband returned by the illuminated area of skin. | 12-25-2008 |
Symon D. Cotton, Great Gransden GB
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20090043363 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SKIN TEXTURE - Among various methods, apparatuses, and media, recording media having executable instructions are provided for measuring skin surface texture. One such execution of instructions can process an obtained first measurement of light utilising a model of the interactions of light with chromophores present in skin to determine variations in returned light levels arising due to variations in levels of illumination. Execution of such instructions can utilise a difference between the obtained first, and an obtained second measurement of light returned by an illuminated area of the skin and determined variations in returned light levels arising due to variations in levels of illumination, to obtain a measurement of the surface texture of the illuminated area of the skin. | 02-12-2009 |
20090080726 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING COLLAGEN THICKNESS | 03-26-2009 |
20090080727 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTIFYING PHOTO-DAMAGE - A method of obtaining a measurement of the extent of telangectasia in an area of skin is disclosed. Initially (S | 03-26-2009 |
Tom Cotton, London GB
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20080210655 | Teat - According to a first embodiment, a nipple for a feeding bottle or a soother comprises a base portion, a teat portion, an areola portion and a flex region allowing flexing of the teat portion towards and away from the areola portion. According to a second embodiment, a nipple for a feeding bottle or soother is provided with a helical flow formation on the inner face of the teat, which allows continuous flow of liquid even when the teat is collapsed via the helical flow path which allows extension at the teat, in particular rotational or torsional extension. | 09-04-2008 |
20080245947 | Gripping Mat - A mat having a resiliently deformable mat portion and a securing element provided thereon for securing an item attached thereto against movement and relative to the mat portion is provided. The mat is arranged to grip a support surface on which the mat portion is laid, in use, by formation of at least a partial vacuum between the mat portion and the support surface upon deformation of the mat portion. The mat comprises a projection arranged to urge the item away from the mat when held by the mat, thereby to create a deformation in the mat portion. | 10-09-2008 |
20130200031 | Baby Bottle With Flexible Nipple Regions - According to a first embodiment, a feeding bottle comprises a vessel, collar, and nipple. The nipple comprises a base portion, a teat portion, an areola portion allowing movement of the teat portion towards and away from the base portion. According to a second embodiment, a feeding bottle comprises a vessel, collar, nipple and handle portion removeably secured to the vessel by the collar. The invention includes a flexible region or regions to provide a more natural feeding by closely mimicking the human breast. | 08-08-2013 |
20150083685 | Baby Bottle With Flexible Nipple Regions - According to a first embodiment, a feeding bottle comprises a vessel, collar, and nipple. The nipple comprises a base portion, a teat portion, an areola portion allowing movement of the teat portion towards and away from the base portion. According to a second embodiment, a feeding bottle comprises a vessel, collar, nipple and handle portion removeably secured to the vessel by the collar. The invention includes a flexible region or regions to provide a more natural feeding by closely mimicking the human breast. | 03-26-2015 |
20150321807 | Storage Container - A storage device ( | 11-12-2015 |