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Albert Crum, Brooklyn Heights, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080213905Methods of assessing the need for and the effectiveness of therapy with antioxidants - The invention relates to diagnostic methods for assessing the need of a subject for treatment with an anti-oxidant, or alternatively, for determining the utilization efficiency and ultimate effectiveness of anti-oxidant therapy in subjects having been treated with antioxidants. More specifically, the methods of the present invention are particularly useful in prophylactic assessment of individuals at risk for developing diseases or conditions in which oxidative stress plays a role, such that an appropriate therapeutic regimen can be prescribed for that individual, thus leading to alternative therapies and/or life style changes. The invention further relates to methods for assessing the need for, the utilization efficiency and the effectiveness of therapy in subjects having received therapy with specific antioxidant and immune enhancing formulations. Kits are also provided for measuring the levels of markers of oxidative stress and immune cell numbers.09-04-2008

Albert Crum, Rhinebeck, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110250240IMMUNE ENHANCING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A method of administering parenterally, particularly intramuscularly, glutamine and cystine and glycine plus selenium; or lactalbumin plus selenium; or lactalbumin and glutamine and cystine and glycine plus selenium, through a long-acting pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to a patient. The method comprises injecting a mixture of glutamine, cystine, glycine, lactalbumin and selenium in order to maintain the mixture systemically or locally for a sufficient time period so as to maintain blood levels of glutathione within an improved therapeutic range.10-13-2011

Bryan Crum, Louisville, KY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100072715ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SHOPPING CART - An electronic display is mounted on a base which in turn is mounted on a shopping cart.03-25-2010
20110131846SHOPPING CART DEVICE - A display mounted on a shopping cart handle includes a replaceable magazine.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Bryan Crum, Louisville, KY US

Bryan Eugene Crum, Louisville, KY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110215138SHOPPING APPARATUS AND METHODS - Methods and apparatus related to enabling a shopper to utilize a mobile electronic device to check-in to a physical store while at the store. A shopper may utilize the mobile electronic device to read a check-in code at a location proximal to an entrance of a physical store. A substantially instantaneous pecuniary reward may be provided to the shopper upon reading of the check-in code and the shopper may be notified of such reward via the mobile electronic device.09-08-2011
20110221149SHOPPING CART DEVICE - A display mounted on a shopping cart handle allows shoppers to, inter alia, find information, to obtain coupons, to refer to in-store audio or video programs, and/or to obtain additional targeted shopper related information.09-15-2011

David Crum, Scottsdale, AZ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110279260Room Management System - Apparatus and method for managing utilization of rooms in a clinic, for example, include a visible display, for example, colored lights at an examining room, indicating one or more of several available room status values for the room. An input device including, e.g., push buttons, is coupled to the display and adapted for selecting the room status value. A timer coupled to the input device and display automatically changes the status value of a room when a predetermined time period has elapsed after the status value is first selected, except when a third room status value is selected. This feature notifies personnel if, for example, a patient has been left alone in a room too long. A central control provides a database to accumulate minute-by-minute utilization data of the clinic rooms and also programs to access and compute from the data the overall utilization by variable periods. This utilization data are useful for planning, reallocation and investment in new space. 11-17-2011

David A. Crum, Scottsdale, AZ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090189757Room Management System - Apparatus and method for managing utilization of rooms in a clinic, for example, include a visible display, including, for example, colored lights, at an examining room, indicating one or more of several available room status values for the room. An input device including, e.g., push buttons, is coupled to the display and adapted for selecting the room status value. A timer coupled to the input device and display automatically changes the status value of a room when a predetermined time period has elapsed after the status value is first selected, except when a third room status value is selected. This feature notifies personnel if, for example, a patient has been left alone in a room too long.07-30-2009

Gary A. Crum, Silver Spring, MD US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110107158RADIATION-HARDENED PROCESSING SYSTEM - A processing system including an FPGA having a dual port RAM and for use in hostile environments. The FPGA includes three portions: a C&DH portion; a first scratch pad portion receiving a first set of data, processing the first set of data, and outputting a first set of processed data to a first location of the RAM; and a second scratch pad portion receiving a second set of data identical to the first set of data, processing the second set of data in the same way that the first set of data is processed, and outputting a second set of processed data to a second location of the RAM. The C&DH portion compares the first set of processed data to the second set of processed data and, if the first set of processed data is the same as the second set of processed data, outputs one set of processed data.05-05-2011

Gregory A. Crum, Mauldin, SC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090090767METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESTORING PARENT METAL PROPERTIES ACROSS WELDS - A method, with an associated system, for providing a cast component comprises annealing heat treatment to reduce casting stresses; initial machining the cast component; initial nondestructive testing (NDT) the machined cast component to identify NDT indications in the cast component; treating and removing NDT indications from the machined cast component; weld upgrading the treated and removed NDT indications from the machined cast component, the weld upgrading providing stress relief; intermediate nondestructive testing the cast component to identify NDT indications in the weld upgraded cast component; normalizing and temper heat treatment of the cast component; second intermediate nondestructive testing the cast component to identify NDT indications in the cast component; further treating and removing NDT indications from the cast component; post-normalization and temper weld upgrading the treated and removed NDT indications providing stress relief; and final nondestructive testing the cast component to identify NDT indications in the cast component.04-09-2009

Gregory Allan Crum, Mauldin, SC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100272558Turbine rotor support apparatus and system - An apparatus to support a rotor of a turbine engine disposed upon a support surface is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a rotor support bearing disposed within the housing, and a support leg in operable communication with the housing and in direct structural connection with the support surface.10-28-2010

Patent applications by Gregory Allan Crum, Mauldin, SC US

Jan M. Crum, Webster, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110236668Films Having Low Density and Low Haze - Disclosed are single and multi-layer films having low haze and low density properties, comprising at least one polymeric layer and at least one density reduction agent, wherein the film has a haze ≦35% and a density (D) of at least 1% lower than the density of the polymer. The density reduction agent may be added to, for example, a core layer, one or more tie layers, or a core layer and one or more tie layers. Processes for the manufacture of these films, and the use of these films as labels and packaging products are disclosed.09-29-2011

Jeffrey K. Crum US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120012118THERAPEUTIC BOOTS STABILAZATION WEDGE - A device for stabilizing a limb, typically when the limb is in a therapeutic boot. A wedge-shaped stabilization block includes an outwardly-extending tether. A fastener in the form of spaced fastener elements is located on the tether for securing the stabilization block in place.01-19-2012

Jeffrey K. Crum, Wonder Lake, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090076427THERAPEUTIC BOOTS STABILIZATION WEDGE - A device for stabilizing a limb, typically when the limb is in a therapeutic boot. A wedge-shaped stabilization block includes an outwardly-extending tether. A fastener in the form of spaced fastener elements is located on the tether for securing the stabilization block in place.03-19-2009

Jesse D. Crum, Forst Scott, KS US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120016725Combination Retailing System For Consumer Based Products Or Precious Stones and Metals - A method for appraising at a retail location an item having one of a precious stone, a semi-precious stone, a precious metal, or a semi-precious metal includes the step of providing a variety of food products at the retail location. Then, by a transaction point computer at the retail location, the item to be appraised is received, along with the consumer's selection of a food product. The item's composition is determined using an evaluating device, and an exchange value is associated with the item using data obtained by the evaluating device and market data obtained over a network. The exchange value of the item is relayed to the consumer after the food product selected by the consumer has been delivered.01-19-2012

Jesse D. Crum, Fort Scott, KS US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090289447FORM HAVING ABUTTING TAPE-INTERCONNECTED SUBSTRATES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A business form product (11-26-2009
20100282399Filament based open celled carrier web system for pressure sensitive product assemblies - The present invention relates to the use of an open carrier web, a web having a series of regularly occurring openings or spaces that is used in connection with pressure sensitive products, namely labels. The carrier web uses a series of strings or filaments that are spaced from one another and travel in one or more directions depending on the particular configuration of the web that is being used. The open lattice work of the carrier web permits areas of the adhesive to be exposed while at the same time provides enough distance between successive layers of the pressure sensitive products that the adhesive will not cause the layers to become permanently adhered together. The carrier web assembly may be used in connection with continuous pressure sensitive products, that is where the web consists of a single continuous substrate, or alternatively, with a number of discrete individual labels that may be carried on the web.11-11-2010
20110242167Method And Apparatus For High-Speed Multicolor Inkjet Printing - Versatility and high resolution are imparted to a high-speed printing apparatus by depositing separate colors of inkjet ink, under computer control, directly onto the blanket cylinder(s) for transfer to a printable substrate held on an impression cylinder, thus eliminating the need for printing plates and making it possible to electronically change the image or any part thereof from one impression to the next via a computer program. A plurality of inkjet heads may also successively deposit inks of different consistency directly on one or more blanket rollers under the control of a computer.10-06-2011

Patent applications by Jesse D. Crum, Fort Scott, KS US

Lawrence Crum, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100160781DOPPLER AND IMAGE GUIDED DEVICE FOR NEGATIVE FEEDBACK PHASED ARRAY HIFU TREATMENT OF VASCULARIZED LESIONS - A noninvasive technique that can be used to deny blood flow to a particular region of tissue, without the inherent risks associated with invasive procedures such as surgery and minimally-invasive procedures such as embolization. Blood flow in selected portions of the vasculature can be occluded by selectively treating specific portions of the vasculature with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), where the HIFU is targeted Doppler ultrasound data, and a duration of the therapy is automatically controlled using a negative feedback loop provided by Doppler ultrasound data collected during the HIFU therapy. A portion of the vasculature providing blood flow to the undesired tissue is selected by a clinician, or automatically selected based on Doppler data, and HIFU is administered to the selected portion of the vasculature to occlude blood flow through that portion of the vasculature.06-24-2010

Lawrence A. Crum, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080199957ENHANCED TRANSPORT USING MEMBRANE DISRUPTIVE AGENTS - Compositions and methods for transport or release of therapeutic and diagnostic agents or metabolites or other analytes from cells, compartments within cells, or through cell layers or barriers are described. The compositions include a membrane barrier transport enhancing agent and are usually administered in combination with an enhancer and/or exposure to stimuli to effect disruption or altered permeability, transport or release. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions include compounds which disrupt endosomal membranes in response to the low pH in the endosomes but which are relatively inactive toward cell membranes, coupled directly or indirectly to a therapeutic or diagnostic agent. Other disruptive agents can also be used, responsive to stimuli and/or enhancers other than pH, such as light, electrical stimuli, electromagnetic stimuli, ultrasound, temperature, or combinations thereof. The compounds can be coupled by ionic, covalent or H bonds to an agent to be delivered or to a ligand which forms a complex with the agent to be delivered. Agents to be delivered can be therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents. Treatments which enhance delivery such as ultrasound, iontophoresis, and/or electrophoresis can also be used with the disrupting agents.08-21-2008
20100226555COUNTERTOP ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME FOR PATHOLOGY SPECIMEN EVALUATION - A tissue specimen imaging device, comprising: a container having an upwardly facing surface, adapted to receive a tissue specimen and a liquid, an ultrasound imaging assembly, adapted to automatically form a three dimensional image of the tissue specimen interior. In one preferred embodiment the device includes a transducer head that is automatically moved relative to the specimen.09-09-2010
20110251528METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-INVASIVE TREATMENT OF TISSUE USING HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND THERAPY - Methods and systems for non-invasive treatment of tissue using high intensity focused ultrasound (“HIFU”) therapy. A method of non-invasively treating tissue in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology, for example, can include positioning a focal plane of an ultrasound source at a target site in tissue. The ultrasound source can be configured to emit HIFU waves. The method can further include pulsing ultrasound energy from the ultrasound source toward the target site, and generating shock waves in the tissue to induce boiling of the tissue at the target site within milliseconds. The boiling of the tissue at least substantially emulsifies the tissue.10-13-2011
20110288238ENHANCED TRANSPORT USING MEMBRANE DISRUPTIVE AGENTS - Compositions and methods for transport or release of therapeutic and diagnostic agents or metabolites or other analytes from cells, compartments within cells, or through cell layers or barriers are described. The compositions include a membrane barrier transport enhancing agent and are usually administered in combination with an enhancer and/or exposure to stimuli to effect disruption or altered permeability, transport or release. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions include compounds which disrupt endosomal membranes in response to the low pH in the endosomes but which are relatively inactive toward cell membranes, coupled directly or indirectly to a therapeutic or diagnostic agent. Other disruptive agents can also be used, responsive to stimuli and/or enhancers other than pH, such as light, electrical stimuli, electromagnetic stimuli, ultrasound, temperature, or combinations thereof. The compounds can be coupled by ionic, covalent or H bonds to an agent to be delivered or to a ligand which forms a complex with the agent to be delivered. Agents to be delivered can be therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents. Treatments which enhance delivery such as ultrasound, iontopheresis, and/or electrophoresis can also be used with the disrupting agents.11-24-2011
20110288410METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND BASED MONITORING OF HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND THERAPY - Methods and systems for monitoring the progress of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy use diagnostic ultrasound to identify temperature differentials using scatterer tracking between two backscattered radio frequency frames. The observed displacement of the scatterers may be combined with knowledge of the exposure protocol, material properties, heat transfer, and/or measurement noise to estimate heating, thermal dose, and temperature conditions resulting from the HIFU therapy.11-24-2011

Patent applications by Lawrence A. Crum, Bellevue, WA US

Matthew M. Crum, Austin, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120005459PROCESSOR HAVING INCREASED PERFORMANCE AND ENERGY SAVING VIA MOVE ELIMINATION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for increasing processor performance and energy saving via eliminating physical data movement to accomplish a move instruction. The apparatus comprises a first plurality of available physical registers mapped to a second plurality of logical registers, including a source logical register and a destination logical register. A renaming unit remaps the destination logical register to the same physical register mapping as the source logical register in response to a move instruction. In this way, the move instruction is effectively executed without moving data between physical registers. A method is provided for increasing processor performance and energy saving via eliminating physical data movement to accomplish a move instruction. The method comprises determining a mapping of a logical source register and a logical destination register to physical registers of a processor and then remapping the logical destination register to the same physical register mapping as the logical source register to affect an equivalent of the move instruction with actual data movement between physical registers.01-05-2012

Michael Andrew Crum, Mantachie, MS US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100283297Recliner Ottoman Linkage with Unique Secondary Ottoman - Extendable ottoman linkages supporting both a main and secondary ottoman, as well as high-leg, space-saving recliners for which such linkages are designed, are provided. The extendable ottoman linkages provide sufficient clearance for a secondary ottoman to extend by arranging the components of the linkage such that the extension of the secondary ottoman is delayed until the main ottoman has extended sufficiently to provide the necessary clearance. The extendable ottoman linkages further hold the secondary ottoman securely in a closed position when the furniture is in a closed position.11-11-2010

Taun Crum, Parker, CO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100115545Systems and Methods for Setting a Timer via an Interactive Trigger - Systems and methods may provide for setting a timer via an interactive trigger. The interactive trigger may be combined with a video stream and detected when the video stream is to be displayed. Based on the detection, a selectable display object associated with the interactive trigger may be displayed with the display of the video stream. Selection of the selectable display object may enable a timer to be set based on the interactive trigger. The timer enabled by the interactive trigger may be a recording timer, an auto-tune timer or a reminder timer.05-06-2010