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Abigail Flower, Stevenson, MD US
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| 20100234748 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM METHOD FOR DETECTION OF PATHOLOGICAL FLUCTUATIONS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS TO DIAGNOSE HUMAN ILLNESS - Method, system, and computer program method for detecting pathological fluctuations of physiological signals to diagnose human illness. The method comprises performing a sliding window analysis to find sequences in physiological signal data that match amplitude- and duration-adjusted versions of a template function to within a specified tolerance. | 09-16-2010 |
Bob Flower, Sun City, CA US
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| 20110218575 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPINAL FIXATION - Fusion of cervical spinal vertebrae with one or more fixation devices can be accomplished with the described tools and methods. For example, a guidewire introducer can include a tubular introducer cannula and a handle. The handle can be angularly offset from the introducer cannula such that positioning of the introducer on the cervical spine does not interfere with a patient's head. A sheath assembly can include inner and outer sheath bodies and a handle. The handle is angularly offset from the sheath bodies such that the sheath assembly can be applied to the cervical spine without interference to the patient's head. The sheath body can be curved or straight. Various tools such as drills, tapping devices, compression tools, and pin release tools can be applied to the cervical spine through the sheath body to apply the fixation device. The tools can include elongate flexible shafts. | 09-08-2011 |
David M. Flower, Grand Rapids, MI US
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| 20110059192 | Methods and Compositions for Modulating Hair Growth or Regrowth - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating hair growth or regrowth. The compositions of the present invention include extracts of one or more of the following: | 03-10-2011 |
David M. Flower, Caledonia, MI US
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| 20100025490 | AIR CARE UNIT ALLOWING FOR CUSTOMIZATION OF FRAGRANCE STRENGTH AND CHARACTER - An air freshener with customizable fragrances is disclosed. The air freshener accepts a plurality of fragrance modules, which allow a user to create customized fragrant environments. A fan and/or heating element are included to increase fragrance dispersal. Additional components may be included into the air freshener to provide enhancements to the user experience, including but not limited to a clock, timer, or a music player. The air freshener obtains power from a number of sources, such as AC mains or DC batteries. Energy storage devices located on board the air freshener may be charged by inductive or solar power. The air freshener may also include lighting elements and styling cues to integrate into the local environment. | 02-04-2010 |
Elizabeth Flower, Carlsbad, CA US
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| 20090205100 | Thong Panties with Interchangeable Jewelry - A thong panty or thong bathing suit with detachable interchangeable jewelry constructed of a generally triangular shaped front piece and a jewelry thong formed by three beaded strings each having one end connected to a central member and one free end equipped with a clasp for connecting to three rings at three corners of the front piece. | 08-20-2009 |
Graham Flower, San Jose, CA US
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| 20080273880 | Redundant channel implementation to extend optical transceiver lifetime and relibility - Embodiments introduce redundant optical channels to significantly extend the lifetime of parallel optical transceivers. A plurality of transmitters, N, transmit on a plurality of optical channels, where N is an integer number of optical channels greater than 1. One or more redundant channels, M, are also provided. N+M multiple input shift registers provide multiple paths for signals from each of the transmitters to connect to N+M laser diodes. In the event up to M of the N+M laser diodes fail, the multiple input shift registers connect the N transmitters to functioning ones of the N+M laser diodes thus extending the life of the device. A corresponding scheme is also described for the receiver side. | 11-06-2008 |
John Flower, Walnut Creek, CA US
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| 20080215680 | Conference Server Operations - An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream. | 09-04-2008 |
Jon Flower, Walnut Creek, CA US
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| 20100306674 | Presenting Information in a Conference - An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those steams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are obsoleted by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area. Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream. | 12-02-2010 |
Jonathan Flower, Lafayette, CA US
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| 20110258393 | MIRRORED CACHE PROTECTION - Methods of protecting cache data are provided. For example, various methods are described that assist in handling dirty write data cached in memory by duplication into other locations to protect against data loss. One method includes caching a data item from a data source in a first cache device. The data item cached in the first cache device is designated with a first designation. In response to the data item being modified by a data consumer, the designation of the data item in the first cache device is re-assigned from the first designation to a second designation, and the data item with the second designation is copied to a second cache device. | 10-20-2011 |
Robert Flower, Sun City, CA US
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| 20100331891 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPINAL FIXATION - A system and method of bone fixation are provided for improving the bone growth and stability of the fixated bones. For example, a target site for a bone fixation procedure can be accessed at a facet of a first vertebra using a tissue dilator. Bone material can be disrupting from or at the target site, and a bone fixation device can be installed to fix the first vertebra relative to a second vertebra. The disruption and/or removal of the bone material, such as by rasping facets or a facet joint of the first vertebra and the second vertebra, can tend to promote bone growth. Further, it is contemplated that bone graft material can be inserted at the target site, such as into a joint space formed between facets of the first vertebra and the second vertebra. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110040332 | SPINOUS PROCESS SPACER AND IMPLANTATION PROCEDURE - A spinal fixation procedure and system are provided for fixing the spacing of an inferior vertebra relative to a superior vertebra. The procedure for implanting a spinous process spacer can comprise decorticating and/or forming a notch in adjacent spinous processes, measuring the distance between the notches formed in the spinous processes, and inserting an interspinous process implant such that the implant is fitted into the notches of the spinous processes. Other fixation devices, such as bone screws, can also be used for fixing the position of the vertebrae and to create facet fusion. | 02-17-2011 |
Robert Flower, Hunt Valley, MD US
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| 20080221648 | COMBINED PHOTOCOAGULATION AND PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY - A method for treating a lesion of an animal, the animal having at least one vessel that carries blood to the lesion, comprising locating the vessel, administering a composition comprising a photodynamic agent, applying energy to the vessel to photocoagulate the vessel and thereby reduce the rate at which the treatment composition exits said lesion and applying energy to said lesion, of a type and an amount sufficient to excite the photodynamic agent, causing the lesion to undergo photodynamic therapy. Preferably, a dye that is both a fluorescent dye and a radiation absorbing dye, such as indocyanine green dye, is added to the treatment composition to allow (a) confirmation of the presence of the treatment composition b the lesion to be detected by fluorescent angiography and (b) the rate of blow flow to be reduced in the blood vessel feeding the lesion using dye enhanced photocoagulation. | 09-11-2008 |
Robert W. Flower, Hunt Valley, MD US
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| 20090285762 | IMAGING METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING FLUORESCENT DYES ASSOCIATED WITH VIRAL COMPONENTS FOR NERVE IMAGING - Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for imaging nerve cells. The composition comprises a fluorescent dye; and a viral component selected from a neurotropic, replication-defective virus, a viral protein of a neurotropic virus, and a capsid of a neurotropic virus. Although the fluorescent dye in itself cannot penetrate nerve cells, the fluorescent dye is bound to the viral component to form a dye/viral component complex that is capable of penetrating nerve cells. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100286529 | NEAR INFRA RED FLUORESCENCE IMAGING FOR VISUALIZATION OF BLOOD VESSELS DURING ENDOSCOPIC HARVEST - Endoscopic identification and dissection of a blood vessel in tissue during endoscopic harvest can be enhanced by injecting a bolus of ICG into the bloodstream, illuminating the target vessels with excitation light capable of exciting fluorescence in the ICG, and locating the vessel to be harvested by observing the ICG fluorescence. Moreover, collapsed blood vessel may be harvested by inserting an endoscope into the collapsed blood vessel, injecting into the collapsed blood vessel a bolus containing ICG to re-inflate the blood vessel, illuminating the target vessels with excitation light capable of exciting fluorescence in the ICG; and locating the re-inflated blood vessel by observing the ICG fluorescence. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110098685 | METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE OF SUBSTANCE-LOADED ERYTHROCYTES (S-IEs) FOR OBSERVATION AND TREATMENT OF MICROVASCULAR HEMODYNAMICS - Disclosed herein are methods, kits, and compositions for medical imaging relating to fluorescent dyes entrapped in erythrocytes. Also disclosed therein are methods, and compositions further comprising erythrocytes entrapping at least one therapeutically active agent, as well as methods for releasing the entrapped therapeutically active agent(s). Disclosed herein also are methods for preparation of the cells entrapping dye and therapeutically active agent(s) in a freeze-dried form that makes them readily available and easy to use in a clinical environment. | 04-28-2011 |
Rodney M. Flower, Richardson, TX US
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| 20090230228 | FIBER OPTIC/ELECTRICAL CABLE REEL ASSEMBLY - A cable reel or cable reel assembly is provided for storing, deploying, retrieving and transporting a cable assembly (having a cable and connectors). The cable reel includes a central hub and two side flanges constructed, in one embodiment, of composite plastic material having reinforcing material(s). An annular rim and spaced apart spoke sections in each side flange function to provide multiple carrying handles. In a specific embodiment, a secondary hub (and third flange) adjacent the central hub is positioned and disposed within a side periphery defined by the annular rim of one of the side flanges enabling two cable reels to be stacked together such that the annular rims of respective cable reels may be in close or actual contact. In another embodiment, a retractable handle is disposed within the side periphery when in the retracted position. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20110170826 | VERSATILE SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURABLE HYBRID FIBER-OPTIC/ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS - A system for providing a configurable hybrid electrical/optical connector assembly is disclosed. The system provides a connector housing, having a channel through which some connection between transmission elements is made. An insert cap is produced, securable to the housing within the channel. The insert cap has a plurality of universal channel apertures formed through it. An electrical channel insert is provided, and disposed within one of the plurality of channel apertures. The electrical channel insert is adapted to secure an electrical transmission element. An optical channel insert is also provided, and disposed within another of the plurality of channel apertures. The optical channel insert is adapted to secure an optical transmission element. | 07-14-2011 |
Tyrone Flower, Carlsbad, CA US
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| 20090205100 | Thong Panties with Interchangeable Jewelry - A thong panty or thong bathing suit with detachable interchangeable jewelry constructed of a generally triangular shaped front piece and a jewelry thong formed by three beaded strings each having one end connected to a central member and one free end equipped with a clasp for connecting to three rings at three corners of the front piece. | 08-20-2009 |