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Jeff Ference, Charlottesville, VA US
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| 20100094267 | Confined Beam Laser Liposuction Handpiece - A cannula for a liposuction device includes a laser energy source for liquefying, emulsifying or softening fatty tissue at the cutting windows inside the distal tip end of the cannula. The energy source provides laser energy through an optical fiber positioned within said interior region of the cannula and extending though the cannula and having an end located at the distal tip end of the cannula adjacent the cutting windows. Fat is emulsified, liquefied or softened by the energy emitted into tissue at the cutting windows of the cannula and is removed by aspiration. In a confined laser beam power assisted embodiment, the openings in the cannula shear or cut neighboring fat tissue and the radiant energy at the cutting windows softens and/or emulsifies the tissue. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110040287 | SURGICAL LIPOSUCTION INSTRUMENT WITH RADIANT ENERGY SOURCE - A cannula for a liposuction device includes an energy source for liquefying, emulsifying or softening fatty tissue near a tip end. The energy source can provide laser energy through a fiber optic cable, or can provide energy such as RF, ultrasound or IR/UV/Vis energy from a laser diode or the like. Fat is emulsified, liquefied or softened by the energy emitted from the cannula and is removed by aspiration through a series of holes disposed in the outside wall and at the distal end of the cannula. In a power assisted embodiment, the openings in the cannula shear or cut neighboring fat tissue. The tip of the cannula can be heated to promote skin tightening. | 02-17-2011 |
Jonathan H. Ference, Fleetwood, PA US
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| 20080258666 | Method of controlling a motorized window treatment - A method of controlling a motorized window treatment provides for continued operation of the motorized window treatment during an overload condition, a low-line condition, or an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event. The motorized window treatment is driven by an electronic drive unit having a motor, a motor drive circuit, a rotational position sensor, a controller, and a memory for storing the command. The controller stores the present position of the motorized window treatment in the memory each time the rotational position of the motor changes by a predetermined angle, such that a plurality of positions are stored in the memory. When the controller is reset due to an overload condition or ESD event, the controller recalls the desired position from the memory, determines the present position, and continues to drive the motor drive circuit in response to the command and the present position. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090116579 | INTERPROCESSOR COMMUNICATION LINK FOR A LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a reliable communication protocol that provides multicasting of digital messages on an interprocessor link coupling together a plurality of processors of a load control system. Preferably, the load control system includes a plurality of sub-systems, with a number of the processors in each sub-system. The processors are each characterized by a unique individual address, while all of the processors of a single sub-system are characterized by an identical multicast address. The processors re-transmit digital messages on the communication link if a target address of the digital message is equal to the multicast address. The processors determine if acknowledgement messages are received from each of the processors from which acknowledgement messages were expected during a predetermined amount of time after transmitting an initial digital message, and transmit a retry message in response to determining that the acknowledgement messages were not received. | 05-07-2009 |
Michael Ference, Solon, OH US
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| 20110200068 | PILE SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A system for monitoring the forming of a solid object having a sensor string positionable in a forming structure before the curing process and a communication line extending along a string axis between a first and second end. The string further including a plurality of sensors joined to the communication line between the ends and each sensor being mounted at a set position on the line. Each sensor having a sensor body and a sensor housing and the sensor body including an electrical connecter to electrically join an electrical structure to the communication line at the set position. The electrical structure including a temperature sensor configured to monitor temperature near the set position and further including an electronic identification code corresponding to the set position of the sensor along the axis. The system further including a transmitting device for selectively communicating the temperature and identification code. | 08-18-2011 |
Robert Ference, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20090151949 | DEBRIS-FREE PERFORATING APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUE - An apparatus that is usable with a well includes a perforating system that is adapted to be fired downhole in the well. The perforating system includes a component, which includes an alloy that has a negative corrosion potential and is unable to passivate, or self-protect, while deployed in the well. The component is adapted to disintegrate to form substantially no debris in response to the firing of the perforating system. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100147587 | WELL COMPLETION APPARATUS AND METHODS - A wellbore tool includes a perforating charge adapted to create a tunnel in a subterranean formation upon activation; a propellant that provides a pressure cycle when activated; and a delay device operationally connected to the perforating charge and the propellant to activate the perforating charge and the propellant in a manner to influence a selected wellbore condition. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110094406 | Dissolvable Material Application in Perforating - A shaped charge includes a charge case; a liner; an explosive retained between the charge case and the liner; and a primer core disposed in a hole in the charge case and in contact with the explosive, wherein at least one of the case, the liner, the primer core, and the explosive comprising a material soluble in a selected fluid. A perforation system includes a perforation gun, comprising a gun housing that includes a safety valve or a firing valve, wherein the safety valve or the firing valve comprises a material soluble in a selected fluid. | 04-28-2011 |
Thomas George Ference, Essex Junction, VT US
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| 20100005835 | Pearl containing cremated remains - A pearl comprised of cremated remains surrounded by nacre. The cremated remains may be from any person or pet. The pearls containing cremated remains can be incorporated into fine jewelry to create ageless, beautiful keepsakes for the remembrance of deceased loved ones. | 01-14-2010 |