Durban

David Durban, Haifa IL

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100162825	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEALTH OF STRUCTURAL JOINTS - The present invention provides a system and a method monitoring the health of structural joints by monitoring the strain developed near the joint due to perturbation applied away from that joint and comparing the monitored strain to strain which develops in a healthy joint due to comparable perturbation. The system for monitoring joints comprises: at least one near field strain measuring device installed near a monitored joint for monitoring the induced strain; at least one far field strain indicating device installed away from monitored joint indicating, measuring or producing the perturbation; and a data processor connected to said near field strain measuring device and to said near field strain measuring device for analyzing the response of the structure to the perturbation and determining the integrity of said joint. The method may also be used for detection and monitoring of off-joint crack initiation and edge delamination in composites.	07-01-2010

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20080303717	Oblique EM wave navigation coordinate plotter and cooperative transponder - A high speed obliquely disposed EM “Electromagnetic Wave” based image plotter consisting of one or more narrow beam EM radiators conveying trigonometrically derived location coordinates to one or more cooperative EM pixel decoding tags, transponders or like circuitry. The cooperative transponder detects and decodes the EM pixels and reconciles its own location from resident memory stored navigation map that is changeable by the EM plotter. The EM plotter is obliquely oriented in relation to the operative navigation space it covers as to establish a three point trigonometric relationship between the plotter's fixed elevation to its cooperative transponder's X axis distance from the plotter as determined by the elevation angle of the plotter's beacon at the time of measurement.	12-11-2008

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20090247854	Retractable Sensor Cable For A Pulse Oximeter - Provided is a method and apparatus for storing of a sensor cable used with a medical device. The medical device may include a retraction device that is activated by depressing a lever. Once the lever is depressed, the sensor cable may automatically wind itself around a spool inside of the medical device. Additionally, an automatic stop feature prevents a sensor cable from retracting without depression of the lever, thus maintaining the exact length of cable required to connect a monitor to the monitoring site on a patient. The retraction of the sensor cable may allow for storage of the cable in the monitor itself, or may allow for storage of the cable into the retraction device, which may be detachable from the monitor.	10-01-2009