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Alan John Dowling, Bracknell GB
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| 20100216638 | HERBICIDALLY ACTIVE BICYCLIC 1,3-DIONE COMPOUNDS - Bicyclic dione compounds of formula (I), and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides. | 08-26-2010 |
John Dowling, Brakpan ZA
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| 20100224845 | Conveyor Belt Lifting Device - A conveyor belt lifting device for use on a belt-type conveyor comprising a conveyor belt supported by a support structure includes an inflatable bag and is operable between a retracted condition in which the inflatable bag is deflated and an operative condition in which the inflatable bag is inflated and its operably upper surface adopts a shape generally to conform to an underside of the conveyor belt. The invention extends to a method for providing access to components of a belt-type conveyor comprising a conveyor belt supported by a support structure. | 09-09-2010 |
Kenneth Dowling, Bro SE
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| 20080306578 | Attachment of Tubing in a Cardiac Lead - In a method for fixing tubing of a cardiac lead to a termination element, such as an electrode or a pin connector and in a cardiac lead formed according to such a method, an exterior of the termination element is provided with a thermoplastic fixation element, and thermoplastic tubing is provided with an end portion that coaxially surrounds a portion of the fixation element. A section of the end portion of the thermoplastic tubing is fused to the thermoplastic fixation element, so that the thermoplastic tubing is fixed to the termination element. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090171415 | COATED MEDICAL LEADS AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION THEREOF - An implantable medical device can be made more durable and long-lasting by providing a silane coating on at least a portion of a metal or metal alloy outer surface of an electrically conductive device, upon which silane coating is placed an insulating layer. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100114274 | SURFACE MODIFICATION OF IMPLANTABLE ARTICLE - An implantable elastomeric article having modified surface characteristics on at least one surface obtained by application of an acid on said at least one surface and after a predetermined treatment time removing the acid by rinsing. The treatment gives the surface an increased roughness that decreases the friction against another object. A method of modifying surface characteristics of at least one surface on an implantable elastomeric article, comprising application of an acid, followed by rinsing. A method of assembly of an implantable electrode lead made of silicone tubing and a spiral conductor, comprising treating the tubing with an acid before inserting the conductor into the tubing. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100130839 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION OF A SUBSTANCE AND/OR MOLECULE IN BLOOD OR TISSUE OF A PATIENT - In a medical lead having a sensor, an implantable device connectable to such a medical lead and a method for determining the concentration of a substance and/or molecule in blood or tissue of a patient, in particular for determining the concentration of substances and or molecules such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, molecules representative of a PH value, glucose, urea, ammonia, lactose, hormones and insulin, photoluminescent molecules embedded in a carrier, in which the substance and/or molecule to be analyzed diffuse, are excited to emit light by light emitted by a light source of the sensor. The determination of the concentration of the substance and/or molecule is based on the characteristics of the light emitted by the photoluminescent molecules. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110009938 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF - An implantable medical lead for implantation in a patient which has at least one electrical conductor connected to at least one electrode and/or sensor of said lead. The at least one conductor is arranged within a continuous sheet of a polymer material. A distal portion of the lead is adapted to be located in or at a heart of said patient and a proximal portion of said lead is connectable to an implantable medical device and arranged such that, when connected to the device, at least a part of the proximal portion of the sheet is placed in close proximity to said medical device. At least the proximal portion of the polymer sheet material is processed in at least a first heat process stage such that an inherent resistance to wear of the polymer sheet material is substantially maintained, and the distal portion of said polymer sheet material is processed in at least a second heat process stage in which a polymer morphology of said polymer material is altered such that an inherent flexibility of the polymer sheet material is substantially increased. | 01-13-2011 |
Mark Dowling, Cambridgeshire GB
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| 20090072722 | LIGHT EMISSIVE DEVICE - An organic light emissive device, which comprises: an anode; a cathode; and an organic light emissive region between the anode and the cathode, which region comprises a polymeric electroluminescent material; wherein the emission from the polymeric electroluminescent material is colour shifted by the presence of a colour shifting unit in the polymer. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090203876 | Pulsed Driven Displays - A pulsed driven display comprising an organic light-emitting device, said device comprising an organic layer comprising a semiconductive polymer, said polymer comprising a fluorene or triarylamine repeat unit, the fluorene or triarylamine repeat unit having a group R pendent from the polymer backbone, wherein R has general formula I: | 08-13-2009 |
| 20110042656 | Electronic Devices and Methods of Making the Same Using Solution Processing Techniques - An electronic device comprising: an electronic substrate comprising circuit elements; a double bank well-defining structure disposed over the electronic substrate, the double bank well-defining structure comprising a first layer of insulating material and a second layer of insulating material thereover, the second layer of insulating material having a lower wettability than the first layer of insulating material; and organic semiconductive material disposed in wells defined by the double bank well-defining structure. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110198661 | Method for Ink Jet Printing Organic Electronic Devices - A method of fabricating an organic electronic device using ink jet printing in swathes, comprises depositing an ink into a first set of locations in a column in a first print pass; wherein the first set of locations is less than a total number of locations in the column; and depositing an ink into a second set of locations in the column in a subsequent print pass; wherein the second set of locations is less than a total number of locations in the column. Preferably the number of nozzles used to fill all locations in a column is equal to the number of print passes needed to print the column. All locations in the swathe are printed after all print passes using a regular repeating randomized pattern, such that be ensured that print locations are not under filled, or over filled. | 08-18-2011 |
Mark Raymond Dowling, Victoria AU
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| 20110131028 | CELL POPULATION SYSTEM AND PROCESS - A cell population process executed by a computer system, the process including generating cell population data representing numbers of cells in a cell population from one or more probability distributions representing probabilities for cell division in the absence of cell death in successive generations of cells of the cell population, and one or more probability distributions representing probabilities for cell death in the absence of cell division in successive generations of cells of the cell population. | 06-02-2011 |
Patrick Dowling, Kildare IE
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| 20110213214 | MECHANICALLY DEPLOYABLE TRACHEAL TUBE SENSOR - Various embodiments of a tracheal tube having a mechanically deployable sensor are provided. Certain embodiments of the tracheal tube may be capable of mechanically deploying the sensor during intubation to sense one or more indicators of blood flow characteristics, such as a level of blood gases and/or blood analytes, in the respiratory tract. The mechanically deployable sensor may be configured to abut the tracheal mucosa of a patient or not contact the tracheal wall at all during deployment. The sensor may be further adapted to remain in a recess disposed in the tracheal tube prior to deployment and exit the recess when acquiring measurements. | 09-01-2011 |
Patrick Dowling, Athy IE
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| 20090295181 | ACCESSORY MODULE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE WINDOW - The present invention is concerned with an accessory module system for a vehicle, the system comprising an accessory module assembly for location against an interior of a vehicle windscreen and which defines a plurality of sites for the modular location of one or more electronic accessories or the like, in particular for communicating with and/or through the vehicle windscreen, the accessory module system also including a cover assembly for location between the windscreen and a rigid frame assembly forming part of the accessory module assembly, the cover assembly being resiliently deformable in order to be capable of closely conforming to the shape of the windscreen. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20110213264 | SENSOR ON NON-SEALING PORTION OF TRACHEAL TUBE CUFF - Various embodiments of a tracheal tube having a sensor disposed on a non-sealing portion of a cuff are provided. Certain embodiments of the tracheal tube may be capable of deploying the sensor during intubation to sense one or more indicators of blood flow characteristics, such as a level of blood gases and/or blood analytes, in the respiratory tract. The sensor on the cuff may be configured to deploy upon inflation of the cuff and to return to its predeployment position upon deflation of the cuff. The sensor may be further adapted to abut the tracheal mucosa of a patient or not contact the tracheal wall at all during deployment. | 09-01-2011 |
Patrick Dowling, Kildare GB
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| 20110230742 | TRACHEAL TUBE SENSOR DISPOSED ON PERMEABLE MEMBRANE - Various embodiments of an tracheal tube having a sensor coupled to a selectively permeable membrane are provided. In some embodiments, the membrane may be permeable to one or more blood gases and/or blood analytes. Certain embodiments of the endotracheal tube may be capable of deploying the sensor during intubation to sense one or more indicators of blood flow characteristics, such as a level of blood gases and/or blood analytes, in the respiratory tract. Embodiments of the present invention may include positioning of the sensor in a variety of suitable positions with respect to the permeable membrane, such as mounting the sensor to the underside of an inflatable permeable membrane. | 09-22-2011 |
Patrick J. Dowling, County Kildare IE
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| 20090097097 | EC MIRROR ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides an EC mirror assembly that include s an EC mirror cell and control means for controlling the reflectivity of the mirror cell, the assembly also including a pair of contact elements independently displaceable relative to the mirror cell while maintaining an electrical connection with the control means, the contact elements also being engageable with opposite edges of the mirror cell in order to provide an electrical connection between the control means and the mirror cell. | 04-16-2009 |
Phillip Dowling, Mt. Gambier AU
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| 20110055991 | Dianella tasmanica plant named 'NPW2' - ‘NPW2’ is a distinctive variety of | 03-03-2011 |
Sean Andrew Dowling, Welsford CA
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| 20120000050 | SCALABLE COMMON INTERFACE PLATE SYSTEM (SCIPS) - The present invention provides a low profile, compact, scalable concept end-effector for use in robotic handling applications. The end-effector acts as the interface between multi-degree-of-freedom (DOF) manipulator and its base (if applicable), as well as the tools it handles and is compatible with both large manipulator systems such as the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) and Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) and smaller dexterous manipulators such as the Orbital Express Dexterous Manipulator System. An active/controlled component is attached to the roll joint(s) at one or both end(s) of the manipulator, with an entirely passive component attached to the structure/tools that the manipulator interfaces with. Interface engagement and mate operations are performed by way of the manipulator roll joint. Once mated, shear pins are extended to lock the mated assembly in place and achieve a high stiffness, zero free play mated interface. | 01-05-2012 |