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Douglas H. Blakeway, Langley CA
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| 20090089994 | Method of enclosing an electronic circuit with a permanently enclosed enclosure - An enclosure method comprising a first enclosure portion and a second enclosure portion configured to mate with the first enclosure portion. A receptacle is provided on the first enclosure portion. The receptacle has a frangible wall portion accessible from an exterior of the first enclosure portion. The frangible wall portion is operable to be broken from outside the enclosure method. A protrusion is provided on the second enclosure portion and the protrusion is operable to be received in the receptacle. A first locking member is connected to the frangible wall portion to extend inside the receptacle and a second locking member is provided on the protrusion. The second locking member is configured to engage the first locking member such that separation of the first and second enclosure portions is prevented unless the frangible wall portion is deliberately broken. | 04-09-2009 |
Douglas H. Callison, Escondido, CA US
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| 20120016497 | Method and Apparatus for Programming a Decoder-based Irrigation Controller - A method and programming chart having viewable indicia thereon for programming a decoder-based controller is disclosed. The programming chart comprises a specific portion comprising a station number area for one or more stations being controlled by a decoder-based irrigation controller, a decoder address area adapted to receive an entry indicating an address of a decoder being associated with each of the one or more stations and a plurality of other information areas for each of the one or more stations to receive information pertaining to each of the one or more stations. Furthermore, a method is provided for programming a decoder-based irrigation controller comprising associating a decoder unit with at least a first station, removing a decoder address indicator provided with the decoder unit and recording the decoder address indicator onto a programming chart onto an area designated for a decoder address associated with the first station. | 01-19-2012 |
Douglas H. Currie, Jr., Londonberry, NH US
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| 20100024816 | INLINE VAPORIZER - An inline vaporizer disposed in a carrier gas line vaporizes a fluid and adds such vaporized fluid to a carrier gas that flows within the carrier gas line. The vaporizer includes a reservoir or wick that transfers a fluid to a vaporizing element that is adjacent to the reservoir or wick. The vaporizer releases a vapor into the carrier gas line so that the carrier gas flows past the vaporizer to form a vapor and carrier gas mixture. | 02-04-2010 |
Douglas H. Gesswein, Temecula, CA US
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| 20090131971 | GUIDE WIRE WITH EMBOLIC FILTERING ATTACHMENT - A separate deliverable embolic protection device filter that attaches to a helical coil at a distal end of a conventional guide, for use in a blood vessel when an interventional procedure is being performed to capture any embolic material which may be created and released into the bloodstream during the procedure. The device includes a filter assembly with a proximal end and a distal end, and a guide wire connector attached to the distal end of the filter assembly. The guide wire connector is able to couple with the helical coil of the guide wire. A restraining sheath placed over the filter assembly in a coaxial arrangement maintains the filter assembly in a collapsed position and delivers the filter assembly separately to the helical coil of the guide wire, and then the guide wire connector is joined to the helical coil. Alternatively, the guide wire can include a rotatable coil section forming a portion of the distal tip coil on the guide wire which is adapted to be coupled to the filter assembly. This arrangement allows the filter assembly to be rotatably mounted onto the guide wire. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100152769 | LOCKING COMPONENT FOR AN EMBOLIC FILTER ASSEMBLY - A locking component for locking a medical device onto a guide wire. Such medical devices include, for example, an embolic filter assembly used to capture embolic material that may be created and released into a patient's vasculature during a stenting or angioplasty procedure. The embolic filter assembly tracks along the guide wire, and is delivered to a treatment site where it is locked in place and deployed. The locking component enables the filter assembly to lock onto any standard guide wire, and does not require a modified guide wire that has a specially-designed fitting or stop to accomplish the locking function. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110029008 | GUIDE WIRE WITH EMBOLIC FILTERING ATTACHMENT - A separate deliverable embolic protection device filter that attaches to a helical coil at a distal end of a conventional guide, for use in a blood vessel when an interventional procedure is being performed to capture any embolic material which may be created and released into the bloodstream during the procedure. The device includes a filter assembly with a proximal end and a distal end, and a guide wire connector attached to the distal end of the filter assembly. The guide wire connector is able to couple with the helical coil of the guide wire. A restraining sheath placed over the filter assembly in a coaxial arrangement maintains the filter assembly in a collapsed position and delivers the filter assembly separately to the helical coil of the guide wire, and then the guide wire connector is joined to the helical coil. Alternatively, the guide wire can include a rotatable coil section forming a portion of the distal tip coil on the guide wire which is adapted to be coupled to the filter assembly. This arrangement allows the filter assembly to be rotatably mounted onto the guide wire. | 02-03-2011 |
Douglas H. Gubbin, Brooklyn Park, MN US
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| 20090082620 | Methods and Apparatus Providing Suction-Assisted Tissue Engagement Through a Minimally Invasive Incision - Suction-assisted tissue-engaging devices, systems, and methods are disclosed that can be employed through minimal surgical incisions to engage tissue during a medical procedure through application of suction to the tissue through a suction member applied to the tissue. A shaft is introduced into a body cavity through a first incision, and a suction head is attached to the shaft via a second incision. The suction head is applied against the tissue by manipulation of the shaft and suction is applied to engage the tissue while the medical procedure is performed through the second incision. A system coupled to the shaft and a fixed reference point stabilizes the shaft and suction head. When the medical procedure is completed, suction is discontinued, the suction head is detached from the shaft and withdrawn from the body cavity through the second incision, and the shaft is retracted through the first incision. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090143638 | Method and System for Organ Positioning and Stabilization - This invention provides a system and method for positioning, manipulating, holding, grasping, immobilizing and/or stabilizing a heart including one or more tissue-engaging devices, one or more suction sources, one or more fluid sources, one or more energy sources, one or more sensors and one or more processors. The system and method may include an indifferent electrode, a drug delivery device and an illumination device. The system's tissue-engaging device may comprise a tissue-engaging head, a support apparatus and a clamping mechanism for attaching the tissue-engaging device to a stable object. The system may be used during various medical procedures including the deployment of an anastomotic device, intermittently stopping and starting of the heart, ablation of cardiac tissues and the placement of cardiac leads. | 06-04-2009 |
| 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 |
| 20100305398 | Methods and Devices for Stabilizing Tissue - Tissue stabilizers including a clamp assembly, a turret assembly, an articulating arm having a tension element extending therethrough, a collet assembly and a head-link assembly are disclosed. Methods of stabilizing tissue are also disclosed. | 12-02-2010 |
Douglas H. Niedrich, Hailey, ID US
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| 20090193564 | Hunters Hat with Mask - A hat with a built-in flexible facemask mounted on the bottom front edge of the hat. By raising the hat above the user's head, the mask falls out of the interior of the hat into a deployed position in front of the user's face. | 08-06-2009 |
Douglas H. Phanstiel, Los Altos, CA US
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| 20110297823 | MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA ACQUISITION MODE FOR OBTAINING MORE RELIABLE PROTEIN QUANTITATION - Described herein are methods and systems which enable a unique platform for analyte quantitation. The methods and systems relate to determining the amount of interference in a precursor ion isolation window resulting from an impurity. Once the level of impurity is determined, several methods can be employed to reduce the amount of interference in a subsequent MS/MS spectrum. The methods and systems described herein enable increased quantitation accuracy while maintaining high levels of throughput. | 12-08-2011 |
Douglas H. Richie, Jr., Long Beach, CA US
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| 20110126427 | SUPPORT FOR INCLUSION IN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR AND METHOD FOR RAISING THE ARCH OF A PERSON'S FOOT - A support arranged for disposition within a shoe, boot or sandal, to raise the arch of the foot by everting the forefoot and inverting the rearfoot, thereby locking the midtarsal joint. The support basically comprises a base portion and a wedge portion. The base portion has an upper surface on which the wedge portion is disposed. The wedge portion includes a medial side edge and a lateral side edge and extends from the base of all five metatarsals of the person's foot to the heads of all five metatarsals. The wedge portion tapers in thickness from at least the midline of the wedge portion to the medial side edge. The wedge portion includes an anterior portion that is tapered to the sulcus section of the wearer's foot. | 06-02-2011 |
Douglas H. Smith, Boothwyn, PA US
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| 20110097719 | Neprilysin Gene Polymorphism and Amyloid Beta Plaques in Traumatic Brain Injury - The invention relates to methods of diagnosing risk of amyloid β deposition following traumatic brain injury. More particularly, the invention relates to the discovery of a specific single nucleotide polymorphism in the neprilysin gene that is linked to an increased risk of amyloid β deposition after traumatic brain injury | 04-28-2011 |
Douglas H. Smith, Garnet Valley, PA US
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| 20100073678 | Blast injury dosimeter - A method for detecting blast induced pressure changes includes exposing a material, a contained solution, a membrane-bound solution, or a photonic crystal material, having a first optical property, to a pressure wave having a blast level. A change in the first optical property to a second optical property of the exposed material, contained solution, membrane-bound solution, or photonic crystal material is determined, and the extent of change corresponds to the blast level. | 03-25-2010 |
Douglas H. Thamm, Fort Collins, CO US
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| 20090060840 | Lanthanide Nanoparticle Conjugates and Uses Thereof - The present disclosure is directed generally to lanthanide nanoparticle conjugates, such as gadolinium nanoparticle conjugates, nanoparticle conjugates including polymers, conjugation to targeting agents and therapeutic agents, and their use in targeting, treating, and/or imaging disease states in a patient. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090111135 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSES OF HEMANGIOSARCOMA IN MAMMALS - The disclosure relates to a method for detecting hemangiosarcoma in canines. The method includes the steps of: (1) obtaining a quantity of blood from the subject canine; (2) separating the quantity of blood into a serum portion and a non-serum portion; (3) contacting the serum portion of the blood with a detector to detect presence of an amount of Thymidine Kinase (TK); and (4) detecting the level of TK in serum and determining whether TK is present in amounts of about 8 units/mL or greater. | 04-30-2009 |