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Duane Belongie, Minneapolis, MN US
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| 20090198174 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS - A peritoneal dialysis system includes a cycler operable with a disposable cassette, the cassette connected to a patient line, the cassette capable of fluid communication with a catheter having access to a patient's peritoneal cavity, the cycler configured to: (i) convey dialysis fluid to the peritoneal cavity through the patient line and the catheter during a patient fill phase; (ii) allow the dialysis fluid to dwell within the peritoneal cavity during a patient dwell phase; (iii) convey dialysis fluid away from the peritoneal cavity through the patient line and the catheter during a patient drain phase; and (iv) sense, at first and second sensing locations of the disposable cassette via first and second pressure sensors, an intraperitoneal pressure through the catheter to optimize an amount of fluid conveyed during the patient fill phase, so that the peritoneal cavity is not overpressurized during the patient dwell phase. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20110028892 | PERITONEAL DIALYSIS SYSTEM HAVING CASSETTE-BASED-PRESSURE-CONTROLLED PUMPING - A peritoneal dialysis system includes a removable cassette defining a flexible pump chamber and a pressure sensing area that is fluidly connected to the pump chamber wherein, during operation of the peritoneal dialysis system, peritoneal dialysis fluid is contained in the pump chamber; and a peritoneal dialysis machine configured to secure the removable cassette, peritoneal dialysis machine including (i) a pressure sensor positioned to align with and to contact the pressure sensing area of the removable cassette when the removable cassette is secured to the peritoneal dialysis machine, and (ii) a controller connected to the pressure sensor and adapted to change the operation of the peritoneal dialysis machine in response to changes in pressure sensed by the pressure sensor, wherein the pressure sensor and the pressure sensing area are arranged so that the pressure sensor measures a pressure of fluid in a fluid passage between the pump chamber and a patient during operation of the peritoneal dialysis system. | 02-03-2011 |
Duane Bomleny, Geneseo, IL US
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| 20110094201 | Center Draper Belt With Crop Conveying Features - A center draper belt for a center conveyor of a draper platform that is configured to carry a crop mat of severed plant stalks in a first direction, the crop mat having a maximum operating thickness, the belt comprises a generally planar web having first and second longitudinally side edges disposed on opposite sides of the web; and first and second ridges fixed to the longitudinal side edges and extending upward therefrom to stop plant stalks of a bottom layer of the crop mat from being propelled off the side edges. | 04-28-2011 |
Duane Bujalski, Auburn, MI US
Duane Christersen, Hastings, MN US
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| 20110253768 | INTEGRATED TAB HANGING FILE SYSTEM - An integral tab system for a 2-D or 3-D tab for a folder, and a method of making same is disclosed. The integral 2-D (flat) tab ( | 10-20-2011 |
Duane Davis, Westmoreland, KS US
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| 20100284978 | CULTURES, PRODUCTS AND METHODS USING UMBILICAL CORD MATRIX CELLS - Stem cells from human sources can have a variety of useful applications in disease treatment and biotechnology. More particularly the umbilical cord matrix cell cultures of the invention have a variety of totipotent, pluripotent, or multipotent cells for a variety of end uses from a non-controversial, universally available, species-specific source. The technology can have application to any amniotic animal, including agricultural and laboratory animals and humans. The invention relates to isolating the stem cells, culturing the stem cells, maintaining the stem cells, transforming the stem cells into useful cell types using genetic or other transformation technologies, stem cell and tissue banking and using untransformed or transformed cells in disease treatment. | 11-11-2010 |
Duane Davis, Redondo Beach, CA US
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| 20100021279 | Pick up device with telescoping tube - This invention provides hand operated portable adjustable length devices for grasping and manipulation of objects as well as methods of their use. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100219215 | CLOTHES HANGING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An improved clothes hanging device and method therefor capable of holding an article of clothing in place using a minimum amount of material while maintaining an effective amount of strength and rigidity. | 09-02-2010 |
Duane Eitzen, Portland, OR US
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| 20080314879 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTING PARAMETERS TO INCREASE THROUGHPUT DURING LASER-BASED WAFER PROCESSING - Systems and methods automatically modify a laser-based system for processing target specimens such as semiconductor wafers. In one embodiment, the laser-based system detects a trigger associated with a processing model. The processing model corresponds to a set of wafers. In response to the trigger, the system automatically adjusts one or more system parameters based on the processing model. The system then uses the modified system parameters to selectively irradiate structures on or within at least one wafer in the set of wafers. In one embodiment, the trigger includes variations in a thermal state related to a motion stage. In response to the variations in the thermal state, the system operates the motion stage in a series of movements until a thermal equilibrium threshold is reached. The sequence of movements may, for example, simulate movements used to process a particular wafer. | 12-25-2008 |
Duane Fetko, Masontown, PA US
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| 20110042945 | Dual Purpose Dimple for HVAC Circular Ductwork - This invention relates to sealing HVAC ductwork along its joints in order to reduce air leakage. The ductwork can be sealed by the combination of a gasket and mechanical locking mechanism. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110266791 | HVAC Pipe Sealed Fittings - The invention relates to providing a virtually air tight seal of the joints of fittings used in HVAC air distribution systems. The invention relates to the manufacturing process, equipment used in the manufacturing process, and the sealed fitting itself. | 11-03-2011 |
Duane Fier, Hudson, WI US
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| 20090199486 | Doorway with anti-bubbling sill drain - A doorway with anti-bubbling sill drain includes spaced vertical side jambs, a head jamb, and a substantially hollow contain-and-drain sill, all of which form a frame. The sill has an outside nosing provided with weep holes and weep doors and a threshold portion that directly underlies a closed door mounted in the frame. A drain insert is mounted within an oblong hole in the threshold portion of the sill for allowing water collected on the threshold portion to drain into the sill and for allowing air within the sill to vent. The drain insert has a top cover, from the end portions of which a pair of drains depend. The tops of the drains are spaced from the underside of the top cover to form drain entrances. An open vent space is formed between the two drains and terminates at its upper extent in drain holes formed through the top cover. When installed, the drains extend down into the interior of the sill with the drain entrances being flush with the floor of the threshold portion. Water on the threshold portion drains into the drain entrances and through the two drains into the sill while air escaping from within the sill vents through the separate vent space and vent holes above. Percolation and bubbling at the drain location is thus eliminated. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100300001 | Doorway with DP Enhanced Sill - A doorway with a sill attachment that increases a sill DP rating includes spaced vertical jambs, a head jamb, and a sill, all of which form a door frame, and a door panel mounted in the frame. The sill is a substantially hollow contain-and-drain type sill with a nosing provided with drainage openings. a substantially hollow sill attachment is mounted to and extends along the nosing and the attachment projects downwardly to a position below the openings in the nosing of the sill. The drainage openings communicate with the interior of the extension. Weep holes that communicate with the environment are located in the sill attachment at a position below the openings in the nosing of the sill. The sill and sill attachment may be formed as a single component, or as separate components assembled either in the factory or the field. The attachment increases a column height of water that can be accommodated by the sill before leakage occurs, and thus enhances the DP rating of the sill. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100325982 | Accessible Sill with Flexible Dam for Water Containment and Drainage - A handicap accessible doorway includes a frame having side jambs and a low profile sill extending between the bottom portions of the jambs. A flexible fin extends along the length of the sill and projects upwardly therefrom to form a water dam. The flexible fin is sealingly attached at each end to a jamb. During a blowing rainstorm, water is contained by the dam and directed to a contain-and-drain water management system, which directs the water away from the doorway to an exterior weep hole or other drain port. The fin, being flexible, yields to the weight of a footstep or a wheelchair thereby maintaining the handicap accessible designation of the sill and the doorway. | 12-30-2010 |
Duane Frion, Brooklyn Center, MN US
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| 20090132040 | Ocular Implant Delivery System and Method - A method of inserting an ocular implant into a patient's eye, the ocular implant being mounted on a carrier, the method comprising: inserting a cannula into an anterior chamber of the eye; moving a distal exit port of the cannula into communication with Schlemm's canal; and advancing the ocular implant and carrier through an exit port of the cannula into Schlemm's canal. The invention also provides an ocular implant and delivery system comprising: a cannula comprising a distal exit port adapted to be inserted into a Schlemm's canal portion of an eye; an ocular implant; a carrier disposed within the implant and movable with the implant within the cannula; and a proximal control adapted to be operated from exterior to an eye to move at least one of the carrier and the implant when the distal exit port of the cannula is within the eye. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100191332 | Implantable Tendon Protection Systems and Related Kits and Methods - An implantable tendon protection system includes a body adapted to be implanted within a bursa overlying a tendon of a patient to protect the tendon. The body may be fixed to the tendon with adhesive, sutures, staples, and/or anchors. A surgical kit is provided with such a tendon protection system and an insertion cannula. Methods of protecting a tendon of a patient are also disclosed. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100241227 | MEDICAL DEVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A tendon repair implant delivery system and methods incorporating a guide member having a temporary fixation member on or adjacent to the distal end. The point of fixation defines a target site for placement of the tendon repair implant which is subsequently affixed to the tendon. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100312250 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING STAPLES TO A TARGET TISSUE - A device for attaching a sheet-like implant to a target tissue includes a pilot member and a staple push rod. In some embodiments, the pilot member has a distal end and at least a pair of prongs extending from the distal end. The prongs are configured to form pilot holes when the distal end of the pilot member is pressed against the target tissue. The staple push rod is disposed within at least a portion of the pilot member and slidable relative thereto. The staple push rod includes at least a pair of stakes. Each stake is dimensioned to engage a surface of a staple to apply pushing forces thereto. Each stake is positioned relative to a prong along an inner surface of the pilot member so that the stakes advance into the pilot holes when the stakes are moved in a distal direction. Methods for attaching a sheet-like implant to a target tissue are also disclosed | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100312275 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FIXING SHEET-LIKE MATERIALS TO A TARGET TISSUE - A staple for attaching a sheet-like implant to tissue or bone may, include first and second arms, and first and second flukes. In some embodiments, the first arm has a proximal end and a distal end, and the second arm has a proximal end and a distal end. A bridge extends from the proximal end of the first arm to the proximal end of the second arm. The first fluke has a proximal end abutting the distal end of the first arm, and the first fluke extends distally from the first arm. The first fluke has a lateral extent larger than a lateral extent of the first arm and is mounted eccentrically thereto. The first fluke includes a proximal surface projecting at an outward angle in a proximal direction away from the distal end of the first arm to engage the tissue or bone when inserted therein. The second fluke has similar features. This arrangement causes the first and second flukes to rotate in response to a pullout force on the bridge. Methods for attaching a sheet-like implant to a target tissue are also disclosed. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110000950 | METHODS AND APPARATUS HAVING BOWSTRING-LIKE STAPLE DELIVERY TO A TARGET TISSUE - Devices for attaching a sheet-like implant to a target tissue include a sheath and a staple push rod. The sheath has a distal end configured to be pressed against the target tissue. The staple push rod is disposed within at least a portion of the sheath and is slidable relative thereto. The staple push rod includes a pair of stakes. Each stake is dimensioned to abut a surface of a staple to apply pushing forces thereto. The stakes are biased to assume a bow-like shape such that an intermediate portion of a staple extends tautly between the first stake and the second stake when the stakes are extending beyond the distal end of the tubular member. Methods for attaching a sheet-like implant to a target tissue are also disclosed. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004221 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEPLOYING SHEET-LIKE MATERIALS - Implant delivery systems for delivering sheet-like implants include a delivery shaft, an implant expander, a sheath, and a sheet-like implant. In some embodiments, the delivery shaft has a proximal end and a distal end. The implant expander is mounted to the distal end of the delivery shaft. The implant expander includes a central portion and a plurality of leg portions radiating from the central portion. The implant expander is evertable between an unstressed configuration in which a distal surface of the implant expander defines a concave surface, and a first compact configuration in which the distal surface of the implant expander defines a convex surface. The implant expander has a first lateral extent when the implant expander is free to assume the unstressed configuration. The sheath defines a lumen having a lumen diameter. At least a portion of the delivery shaft is slidably disposed in the lumen. The lumen diameter is smaller than the first lateral extent of the implant expander so that the sheath holds the implant expander in the first compact configuration when slidably disposed therein. The sheet-like implant overlays at least a portion of the distal surface of the implant expander with portions of the sheet-like implant extending between the leg portions of the implant expander and the sheath. Methods of treating a rotator cuff of a shoulder are also disclosed. | 01-06-2011 |
Duane Harthoorn, Lynville, IA US
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| 20100308144 | Material Reducing Apparatus Having Features for Enhancing Reduced Material Size Uniformity - The present disclosure relates to a material reducing machine including a rotary reducing component positioned at least partially within a reducing chamber. A sizing screen defines a portion of the reducing chamber and extends at least partially around the rotary reducing component. Material catches are disclosed for preventing elongated strips of material from snaking longitudinally through the sizing screen without being adequately reduced in length. | 12-09-2010 |
Duane Harthoorn, Lynnville, IA US
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| 20090072062 | Apparatus and method for supporting a removable anvil - A grinding machine having a mounting arrangement and an anvil. The grinding machine generally including a feed table and a grinding drum positioned within a mill box. The mounting arrangement being configured to support an end of the feed table and the anvil. The anvil including a wedge-shaped portion and having a length. The length of the anvil being configured to extend beyond sides of the mill box. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090242677 | Apparatus and method for supporting a removable anvil - A grinding machine having an improved anvil mounting arrangement is provided. The mounting arrangement according to the present disclosure is configured to securely support an end of the feed table and an anvil, and also enables easy replacement of the anvil. | 10-01-2009 |
Duane Inscho, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20100233950 | ANEROID REPLACEMENT - An altitude switch limit assembly has two independent limit switches to monitor cabin pressure and back up performance of the auto and monitor channels on the aircraft. The auto channel closes a first switch upon sensing that a cabin pressure falls below a set value, the monitor channel closes a second switch upon sensing that the cabin pressure falls below the set value. A first independent limit switch may be wired to the auto channel and a second independent limit switch may be wired to the monitor channel. Logic circuitry may determine that the assembly closes an outflow valve regulating cabin pressure when either both independent limit switches sense the condition, or when one of the independent limit switch senses the condition and either the auto channel or monitor channel to which that independent limit switch may be wired senses the same condition. | 09-16-2010 |
Duane Keenan, Jr., Genoa City, WI US
Duane Kunkee, Florissant, MO US
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| 20110077914 | Computerized Tool and Method for the Automated Creation of a Cutter Ramp Curve - An automated and computerized technique as disclosed herein can be utilized to generate a modeled cutter ramp curve for a flange component. The technique can be utilized in conjunction with any suitable CAD system to render a cutter ramp curve on the modeled flange component. The system obtains a selected amount of user inputs, verifies that the user inputs are consistent with the geometry of the flange component, and generates the cutter ramp curve in response to the user inputs and the flange geometry. | 03-31-2011 |
Duane Langenwalter, Newtown, CT US
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| 20120018692 | Fence rail support system - Apparatus and method of assembling a fence system. A fence post comprises an inner structural post and an outer post. The inner structural post includes a base flange for attaching the inner structural post to a surface. A lower insert block is inserted over the inner structural post and in contact with the base flange. The outer post comprises upper and lower apertures. Horizontal rail supports are inserted through the upper and lower apertures. The horizontal rail supports are locked in place by locking devices. Horizontal rails are inserted over the horizontal rail supports to create a fence system. | 01-26-2012 |
Duane Langenwalter, Monroe, CT US
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| 20100127231 | Decorative fencing system - A customizable decorative fencing system. A plurality of stakes, configured to be driven into the ground at selected positions, have projecting portions projecting above the ground. Posts have cavities in lower distal ends thereof. Any stake projecting portion is configured to slide into any post cavity, and be frictionally, removably, interchangeably retained therein. Fence components, including base units, gate units, and end units, include post collars, and hinge collars, respectively, through which any post can slide. Removability and interchangeability of posts with respect to fence components, and removability and interchangeability of posts with respect to stakes, provides for an infinite number of possible fence configurations. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100133492 | Fencing system - A fencing system. Components may be joined in various combinations to create a limitless number of different configurations or arrangements. Stakes, posts, and chains may be attached to one another in multiple combinations. The posts are removably interchangeably inserted onto stakes set in the ground, thereby allowing each post to be rotated to any desired position. The stakes are first driven into the ground and the posts are then inserted into or onto a post-holder in the stake to provide support and stability for the fencing system. Chains are removably suspended between two selected posts. The chain may have post attachment collars with through bores, which are aligned, and the posts inserted therethrough into the post holding structure. Clamps attached below a lowermost post attachment collar suspend the chains to the posts. | 06-03-2010 |
Duane Lappinga, Palos Verdes Estates, CA US
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| 20110161124 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENTERPRISE BUILDING AUTOMATION - A method and system for an enterprise-level building automation system, the method includes providing building level building data to a building level building automation system (BAS) associated with a property, the building level building data including a status of building equipment; communicating building level building data provided to a plurality of different building level building automation systems (BASs), each of the plurality of different building level BASs being associated with a distinct property to an enterprise level BAS; providing energy utility data to the enterprise level BAS; monitoring the building level data associated with each distinct property in real time by the enterprise level BAS; and generating, based on the building level data and the energy utility data, a report including a graphical visualization of the building level data and the energy utility data associated with each distinct property by the enterprise level BAS. | 06-30-2011 |
Duane Leinhos, Mcintosh, AL US
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| 20080234472 | Sucralose production method - There is provided a method for the production of sucralose from a feed stream resulting from the chlorination of a sucrose-6-acylate in a reaction vehicle, said feed stream comprising a sucralose-6-acylate, the reaction vehicle, and by-products including high molecular weight coloured material, said method comprising: | 09-25-2008 |
Duane Linenkugel, Cincinnati, OH US
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| 20100076462 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DELIVERING AND APPLYING SUTURE ANCHORS - Methods and devices are provided for deploying and applying a suture anchor. In one embodiment, a surgical device is provided having a shaft configured to be introduced into a body and to deliver a suture anchor with a coil of suture attached thereto to tissue. The shaft can be configured to deploy the suture anchor through tissue and to deliver the coil of suture into a body cavity such that the suture extending from the coil extends through the tissue to allow the anchor to engage the tissue. The coil can remain in the body cavity for subsequent use. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100076488 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DELIVERING AND APPLYING MULTIPLE SUTURE ANCHORS - Methods and devices are provided for deploying and applying multiple suture anchors. In one embodiment, a surgical device is provided having a shaft configured to be introduced into a body, e.g., through a scoping device, and to deliver a plurality of suture anchors into tissue, preferably without the need to remove the shaft from the body. The shaft can have a plurality of channels, with each of the plurality of channels configured to seat at least one of a plurality of suture anchors. Each of the anchors can be removably seated in a channel such that the anchors can be removed from the device, such as by pulling on sutures attached to the respective anchors. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100081876 | MAGNETIC SCOPE MANIPULATOR - Devices and methods are provided for manipulating scoping devices, surgical tools, and/or tissue. An exemplary system for manipulating a scoping device can include a scoping device having a working channel, a tether extending through the working channel, and an internal coupling member attached to the tether and positioned adjacent to a distal end of the scoping device. The internal coupling member can be magnetically coupled to an external coupling member. An exemplary method for manipulating a scoping device can include inserting at least a portion of a scoping device into a body cavity and positioning an external coupling member proximate to an external surface of tissue such that the external coupling member magnetically couples through the tissue to an internal coupling member disposed within the body cavity and attached to a tether passed through at least one working channel of the scoping device. | 04-01-2010 |
Duane Lucht, Winnipeg CA
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| 20090300859 | Hinged Ramp Assembly - A ramp is assembled from first and second boards such that the first and second boards are foldable relative to one another. Rail assemblies comprising first and second channels are fastened along opposing sides of the boards. First and second hinge members, fastened to the sides of the first and second channels, pivotally couple the channels. Two central hinge members are mounted on the boards respectively to pivotally couple the boards at a central location between the opposing sides of the boards. An auxiliary hinge member is supported on the bottom of the first channels to provided added support to the pivotal coupling between the first and second channels. The auxiliary hinge member and the central hinge members are interchangeable with one another. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20110047890 | Method of Packaging a Storage Building Kit of Parts - A kit of parts can be assembled into a storage building in a first configuration and a shipping package suitable for handling with pallet handling equipment in a second configuration. The kit of parts comprises a plurality of base elements including wooden floor panels and wooden floor joists arranged to be assembled into a building floor structure in the first configuration and into a pallet base with an upright frame structure thereon in the second configuration. Metal wall and roof panels are mounted in an upright orientation either on the building floor structure to form a building or on upright frame structure of the pallet base to form a tall narrow shipping package. | 03-03-2011 |
Duane Mentze, Roseville, CA US
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| 20090154440 | Wireless Communications Systems and Wireless Communications Methods - Wireless network access methods, communication device configuration methods, configuration devices, communications systems, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one aspect, a wireless network access method includes providing a communications device, providing a wireless network including access to a service, storing wireless network access data and service access data using a configuration device, communicating the wireless network access data and the service access data to the communications device using the configuration device, communicating the wireless network access data to the wireless network using the communications device to establish the communications device as a node on the wireless network, communicating the service access data to the wireless network using the communications device, and accessing the service using the communications device responsive to the communicating the service access data. | 06-18-2009 |
Duane Meyerink, Geddes, SD US
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| 20090311044 | MOBILE BARRIER - In one embodiment, a safety trailer has semi-tractor hitches at both ends and a safety wall that is fixed to one side of the trailer. That side, however, can be changed to the right or left side of the road, depending on the end to which the truck attaches. A caboose can be attached at the end of the trailer opposite the tractor to provide additional lighting and impact protection. Optionally, the trailer can be equipped with overhead protection, lighting, ventilation, onboard hydraulics, compressors, generators and other equipment, as well as related fuel, water, storage and restroom facilities and other amenities. | 12-17-2009 |
Duane Outka, Freemont, CA US
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| 20090311079 | ELECTRODE TRANSPORTER AND FIXTURE SETS INCORPORATING THE SAME - An electrode transporter is provided comprising a transporter frame, a plurality of transitional support elements, and a plurality of flipside support elements. The flipside support elements are configured to immobilize an electrode along a gravitational force vector normal to a major face of an electrode positioned in an electrode accommodating space defined by the transitional support elements and the flipside support elements. The transitional support elements are configured to transition back and forth from a secured state, where the electrode is further immobilized along an opposing force vector opposite the gravitational force vector, to an unsecured state where the electrode is relatively mobile along the opposing force vector. Additional embodiments relate to the use of a transporter tripod and an electrode removal puck and lifting fork to remove an electrode from the transporter frame. | 12-17-2009 |
Duane Petrovich, London GB
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| 20100157135 | Passive distance estimation for imaging algorithms - The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for a passive estimation of a distance between a camera or an electronic device comprising the camera (e.g., a wireless camera phone) and an identified object or objects (e.g., automatically recognizable by the camera) having one or more known dimensions and located substantially in one object plane using an image (e.g., provided by the camera) for implementing by the camera/electronic device one or more imaging algorithms (e.g., autofocusing, flash adjustment, etc.) using that distance. | 06-24-2010 |
Duane Potes, Jr., Adrian, MI US
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| 20100171346 | Closed Cell Foam Vehicle Interior Component And Method Of Making Same - A vehicle seat assembly including at least a component of the seat assembled made of closed-cell foam and having an integral exterior surface. The component may include a backrest, headrest, seat cushion or a component thereof such as an armrest. A method of forming a seat assembly including a first seat component and a second seat component wherein at least one of the first and the second components are made of closed-cell foam. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110037243 | VEHICULAR TRIM APPLICATIONS USING FILM ADHESIVE IN LIEU OF STITCHING - A vehicle seat configured to retain an air bag. The vehicle seat uses selective use of adhesive tape in place of stitching to provide easier manufacturing, lower cost, improved durability and easier repairs, as well as having the adhesive tape be configured to rupture as needed in response to activation of the air bag. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110260508 | Vehicular Trim Applications Using Film Adhesive In Lieu Of Stitching - A trim covering for a seat assembly of a vehicle, the trim cover having an inner and outer surface and a bonding tape applied to at least one of the inner or outer surfaces. The bonding tape is used to bond portions of the trim cover together, provide additional structural integrated to the trim cover and provide improved craftsmanship in closing-out certain areas of the trim cover. A method of performing a trim cover assembly for use in a seat assembly of a vehicle. The method includes applying heat and pressure over a predetermined time period to bonding tape arranged at a joint between at least two trim components, placing such bonding tape and trim components in a mold, and applying heat and pressure over a predetermined time period to such trim components having the bonding tape arranged at a joint, to form a one-piece trim assembly. | 10-27-2011 |
Duane Quiet, Hillsboro, OR US
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| 20080231331 | Spread spectrum clock generator - Disclosed are embodiments of methods and circuits to generate spread spectrum clocks. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100169523 | Scalable method and apparatus to configure a link - Disclosed herein are reconfigurable ports and methods for doing the same. | 07-01-2010 |
Duane Smith, Livermore, CA US
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| 20090183413 | PORTABLE SELF-DEFENSE DEVICE - A non-lethal self-defense device that ejects two electrically charged streams of conductive fluid at a biological target for a period of time sufficient to have the liquid contacting both the target and the electrically charged device until incapacitation of the target occurs. | 07-23-2009 |
Duane Sorlie, Escondido, CA US
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| 20090278241 | SEMICONDUCTOR DIE PACKAGE INCLUDING DIE STACKED ON PREMOLDED SUBSTRATE INCLUDING DIE - A semiconductor die package. The semiconductor includes a premolded substrate. The premolded substrate includes (i) a leadframe structure, (ii) a first semiconductor die comprising a first die surface and a second die surface, attached to the leadframe structure, and (iii) a molding material covering at least a portion of the leadframe structure and the first semiconductor die. The premolded substrate includes a first premolded substrate surface and a second premolded substrate surface. A second semiconductor die is stacked on the second premolded substrate surface of the premolded substrate. A housing material is on at least a portion of the second semiconductor die and the second premolded substrate surface of the premolded substrate. One of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die includes a transistor while the other includes an integrated circuit. | 11-12-2009 |
Duane Stackhouse, Coopersburg, PA US
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| 20110317958 | Vent Structures For Encapsulated Components On An SOI-Based Photonics Platform - An silicon-on-insulator (SOI)-based photonics platform is formed to including a venting structure for encapsulating the active and passive optical components formed on the SOI-based photonics platform. The venting structure is used to allow for the encapsulated components to “breathe” such that water vapor and gasses will pass through the package and not condensate on any of the encapsulated optical surfaces. The venting structure is configured to also to prevent dust, liquids and other particulate material from entering the package. | 12-29-2011 |
Duane Storti, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090244065 | SOLID MODELING BASED ON VOLUMETRIC SCANS - The geometry of an object is inferred from values of the signed distance sampled on a uniform grid to efficiently model objects based on data derived from imaging technology that is now ubiquitous in medical diagnostics. Techniques for automated segmentation convert imaging intensity to a signed distance function (SDF), and a voxel structure imposes a uniform sampling grid. Essential properties of the SDF are used to construct upper and lower bounds on the allowed variation in signed distance in 1, 2, and 3 (or more) dimensions. The bounds are combined to produce interval-valued extensions of the SDF, including a tight global extension and more computationally efficient local bounds that provide useful criteria for root exclusion/isolation, enabling modeling of the objects and other applications. | 10-01-2009 |
Duane Tumlinson, San Clemente, CA US
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| 20100137879 | Apparatus and Method for Subcutaneous Electrode Insertion - Devices and methods for electrode implantation. A first embodiment includes an electrode insertion tool adapted to tunnel through tissue and attach, at its distal end, to a lead, such that the lead may be pulled into the tunneled space as the electrode insertion tool is removed. Additional embodiments include methods for inserting electrode/lead assemblies, including a method wherein an insertion tool is first used to tunnel through tissue, then to pull an electrode/lead into the tunneled space. In a further embodiment the insertion tool is next used, with a splittable sheath disposed thereon, to create an additional path into tissue, after which the insertion tool is removed, leaving the sheath in place; a lead is inserted to the sheath, and, finally, the splittable sheath is removed over the lead. | 06-03-2010 |
Duane Viazanko, Lutherville, MD US
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| 20090148823 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING DISTRIBUTED LEARNING CONTENT - A system for assembling and distributing learning content to students via a delivery medium, such as the Internet, in a rich media format that provides for an interactive student learning experience. The learning content may have a varying size depending on the amount of delivery bandwidth available. | 06-11-2009 |