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Duane A. Granston, White Plains, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110040313IMPLANTABLE RESTRICTION DEVICE WITH PROTECTIVE MEMBER - An implantable restriction device includes a belt and a balloon secured to the belt for engagement with tissue when the implantable restriction device is positioned about an organ. A protective member is associated with the balloon for positioning between the balloon and a tissue surface defining a band tissue interface.02-17-2011

Duane A. Grensteiner, Northfield, MN US

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20110041399AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PLANT VIGOR - A system for evaluating the quality and/or vigor of plants is described. Plants are planted in row sections and a cart is used to pass a radiometric sensor over the row sections. The cart has a radiometric sensor assembly positioned above the row section. Each sensor assembly generates a data signal and a computer receives and stores the data signals. The field cart is positioned above the row sections and measures the existence of plants in the row section and the quantity of vegetation in the row section.02-24-2011

Duane A. Leinhos, Satsuma, AL US

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20080227971Deacylation of sucralose-6-acylates - A method of making sucralose includes maintaining a solution of a sucralose-6-acylate in an aqueous solvent at a temperature in a range from −20° C. to 20° C. and at a pH of at least 12.2 and less than 14.0 for a period of time sufficient to deacylate substantially all of the sucralose-6-acylate. The method may employ purified sucralose-6-acylate as the starting material, or the sucralose-6-acylate may be present in a quenched reaction mixture resulting from chlorination of a sucrose-6-acylate. The quenched reaction mixture may be exposed to deacylation conditions either before or after removal of a tertiary amide that may be present in it. Sucralose is subsequently recovered to complete the process.09-18-2008
20090247737METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUCRALOSE - The present invention provides a method for producing sucralose from a feed stream including a sucrose-6-acylate in a reaction vehicle. The method includes: 10-01-2009
20090259034REMOVAL OF ACIDS FROM TERTIARY AMIDE SOLVENTS - A method of removing a carboxylic acid from a liquid that contains a tertiary amide solvent includes a step of contacting the liquid with an extraction medium comprising an amine. The amine is immiscible with both water and the tertiary amide solvent, and the contacting step forms a de-acidified phase containing the tertiary amide solvent and a phase containing the extraction medium and the carboxylic acid. Both the liquid that contains the tertiary amide solvent and the de-acidified phase may also contain a sucrose-6-acylate.10-15-2009
20090264633METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUCRALOSE - The present invention provides a method for producing sucralose from a feed stream resulting from the chlorination of a sucrose-6-acylate in a reaction vehicle. The feed stream includes a sucralose-6-acylate, the reaction vehicle, water, and salts. The salts include one or more selected from the group consisting of alkali metal chlorides, alkaline earth metal chlorides and ammonium chloride. The method includes: 10-22-2009
20090281295CRYSTALLIZATION OF SUCRALOSE FROM SUCRALOSE-CONTAINING FEED STREAMS - A process for the purification of sucralose in sucralose-containing feed streams is disclosed. The process includes multiple liquid-liquid extraction steps; optionally, a concentration step; multiple crystallization steps; optionally, a chromatography step; and various recycle steps.11-12-2009

Duane A. Linenkugel, Cincinnati, OH US

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20090326561SURGICAL SUTURE ARRANGEMENT - A surgical instrument may comprise a shaft having proximal and distal ends defining an axis therebetween. The shaft may be flexible and sized for insertion into the working channel of a flexible endoscope. The shaft may be configured to be used in conjunction with various suture anchor applicators. One suture anchor applicator may have a first tube with a first channel and a tissue penetrating tip. The first channel may be adapted to retain a second tube. The second tube may have a second channel and a blunt tip. The second channel may be adapted to retain at least one suture anchor and may include an exit port adapted for ejecting suture anchors. An alternative suture anchor applicator may comprise a first tube and a second tube with a tissue penetrating tip. The second channel is adapted to retain at least one suture anchor.12-31-2009
20110112434KITS AND PROCEDURES FOR NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMENAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY - Various surgical devices, kits, and/or methods are provided herein that may be useful in performing a surgical procedure through a natural orifice. Such a surgical procedure may utilize one or more devices, kits, and/or methods to create an access port to a body cavity of a patient, to perform a specific surgical procedure, and to close the access port. In various embodiments, the specific surgical procedure may comprise a sleeve gastrectomy, a ventral hernia repair, a hybrid transgastric cholecystectomy, and/or a hybrid transgastric appendectomy.05-12-2011

Patent applications by Duane A. Linenkugel, Cincinnati, OH US

Duane A. Potrzeba, Hastings, NE US

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20110271385PLANTS AND SEEDS OF HYBRID CORN VARIETY CH867615 - According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH867615. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH867615, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH867615 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH867615.11-03-2011
20110271393PLANTS AND SEEDS OF HYBRID CORN VARIETY CH457359 - According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH457359. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH457359, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH457359 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH457359.11-03-2011
20110271394PLANTS AND SEEDS OF HYBRID CORN VARIETY CH955017 - According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH955017. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH955017, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH955017 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH955017.11-03-2011

Duane A. Preszler, River Falls, WI US

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20110187808PROCESSOR FOR IMAGING MEDIA - A thermal processor including an oven and a cooling section. The oven is configured to heat an imaging media to a development temperature. The cooling section is configured to cool the imaging media from the development temperature to a desired exit temperature as imaging media moves along a transport path from an entrance to an exit. The cooling section provides a varying rate of heat transfer from the imaging media along the transport path so as to create a varying cooling temperature gradient in the imaging media substantially equal to and not exceeding a varying maximum cooling temperature gradient of imaging media.08-04-2011

Duane A. Wegher, Ft. Collins, CO US

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20090034910Optical Connections And Methods Of Forming Optical Connections - In one embodiment, an assembly having a first board, a second board, a fiber bundle, and at least one movable stage is provided. The fiber bundle has a first end and a second end, and the first end of the fiber bundle is attached to the first board first face. The movable stage has a second optical array provided thereon or therein. The movable stage is disposed on the second board such that the at least one motor steers the movable stage. The movable stage is steered such that the second optical array is aligned with the second end of the fiber bundle in a desired manner.02-05-2009
20100074294APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING OPTICAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS BETWEEN A STEERABLE ARRAY OF LASER EMITTERS AND AN ARRAY OF OPTICAL DETECTORS - An array of light beam emitter sections comprises: a substrate having a surface divided into an array of sections; and a grouping of light emitters disposed at each surface section and configured to emit light beams at different emission angles with respect to the surface. Also disclosed is apparatus for establishing optical communication channels between the array of light beam emitter sections and an array of light detectors. Further disclosed is a method of establishing optical communication channels between the array of light emitter sections and the array of light detectors by mapping at least one light emitter of each grouping with a light detector of the detector array to establish optical communication channels between the arrays based on the mappings.03-25-2010
20100074576Optical Connections And Methods Of Forming Optical Connections - In one embodiment, method of forming fibers is provided. The method includes modifying a first exposed edge of at least one core of a first fiber. The first fiber has a first end, a second end, and a length between the first end and the second end. The second end has the first exposed edge of the core, and the first exposed edge has a first diffusion state. The first fiber may transmit light along the core. The modification of the first exposed edge includes modifying the first diffusion state of the first exposed edge of the core to a second diffusion state such that light exiting the first exposed edge in the second diffusion state is spread over a greater number of angles relative to angles of the light exiting the first exposed edge in the first diffusion state.03-25-2010
20100150502Optical Connections And Methods Of Forming Optical Connections - In one embodiment, an assembly having a first board, a second board, a fiber bundle, and at least one movable stage is provided. The fiber bundle has a first end and a second end, and the first end of the fiber bundle is attached to the first board first face. The movable stage has a second optical array provided thereon or therein. The movable stage is disposed on the second board such that the at least one motor steers the movable stage. The movable stage is steered such that the second optical array is aligned with the second end of the fiber bundle in a desired manner.06-17-2010
20100322552OPTICAL CONNECTIONS AND METHODS OF FORMING OPTICAL CONNECTIONS - In one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of electronic circuit boards and at least one optical fiber in optical communication with at least one circuit board of the plurality of electronic circuit boards, wherein at least one optical fiber comprises at least one core having at least one end surface, and wherein at least one end surface comprises a light dispersing geometry.12-23-2010

Patent applications by Duane A. Wegher, Ft. Collins, CO US