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| 20090212967 | Circuit Interrupting System with Remote Test And Reset Activation - The present disclosure relates to resettable circuit interrupting devices and system and methods capable of being tested and reset from remote locations, and in particular to circuit interrupting devices and system capable of being tested and reset from remote locations. A remote monitoring device can also be included which can be used to control an actuation device which is capable of controlling a circuit interrupting device. Alternatively, the remote monitoring or control device can be used to control the circuit interrupting device directly. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100226053 | DETECTING AND SENSING ACTUATION IN A CIRCUIT INTERRUPTING DEVICE - A circuit interrupting device configured to cause electrical discontinuity along a conductive path upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition is disclosed. The device includes a fault sensing circuit detecting the predetermined condition and generating a circuit interrupting actuation signal, and a coil and plunger assembly actuatable by the circuit interrupting actuation signal so that, upon detecting the predetermined condition, the plunger will move in a fault direction from a non-actuated to an actuated configuration a distance sufficient to cause disengagement of at least one set of contacts from each other to cause electrical discontinuity along the conductive path; and a test assembly causing the plunger to move in a test direction, from a pre-test configuration to a post-test configuration, a distance insufficient to disengage the at least one set of contacts from each other. Analogous methods of testing the circuit interrupting device are also disclosed. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110279932 | CIRCUIT INTERRUPTING SYSTEM WITH REMOTE TEST AND RESET ACTIVATION - The present disclosure relates to a circuit interrupting device and system capable of being tested and reset from remote locations, and in particular to circuit interrupting devices and system capable of being tested and reset from remote locations. A remote monitoring device can also be included which can be used to control an actuation device which is capable of controlling a circuit interrupting device. Alternatively the remote monitoring or control device can be used to control the device directly | 11-17-2011 |
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| 20080249619 | CARDIAC-VALVE PROSTHESIS - A cardiac-valve prosthesis which can be used, for example, as a valve for percutaneous implantation. The prosthesis includes an armature for anchorage of the valve prosthesis in the implantation site. The armature defines a lumen for passage of the blood flow and supports a set of prosthetic valve leaflets, which, under the action of the blood flow, are able to move into a radially divaricated condition to enable the flow of the blood through the lumen in a first direction and a radially contracted condition, in which the valve leaflets co-operate with one another and block the flow of the blood through the prosthesis in the opposite direction. The armature includes, in one embodiment, two annular elements connected by anchor members having the capacity of projecting radially with respect to the prosthesis, and support members for the set of leaflets, the support members being carried by at least one of the annular elements so as to leave substantially disengaged the aforesaid lumen for passage of the blood. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080255662 | MINIMALLY-INVASIVE CARDIAC-VALVE PROSTHESIS - A cardiac-valve prosthesis is adapted for percutaneous implantation. The prosthesis includes an armature adapted for deployment in a radially expanded implantation position, the armature including a support portion and an anchor portion, which are substantially axially coextensive with respect to one another. A set of leaflets is coupled to the support portion. The leaflets can be deployed with the armature in the implantation position. The leaflets define, in the implantation position, a flow duct that is selectably obstructable. The anchor portion can be deployed to enable anchorage of the cardiac-valve prosthesis at an implantation site. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090018570 | EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC VALVE CRIMPING DEVICE - A device for crimping an implantable device or a part thereof between a radially expanded condition and a radially contracted condition, includes first and second annular bodies arranged about a common axis, and a ring-like array of linear crimping elements having respective opposite ends linked to the first and second annular bodies, respectively. These annular bodies are relatively rotatable around the common axis between a first position, wherein the annular array of crimping elements define a wider orifice for receiving a device to be crimped, and a second position, wherein the annular array of crimping elements define a narrower orifice. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110264205 | EXPANDABLE PROSTHETIC VALVE CRIMPING DEVICE - A device for crimping an implantable device or a part thereof between a radially expanded condition and a radially contracted condition, includes first and second annular bodies arranged about a common axis, and a ring-like array of linear crimping elements having respective opposite ends linked to the first and second annular bodies, respectively. These annular bodies are relatively rotatable around the common axis between a first position, wherein the annular array of crimping elements define a wider orifice for receiving a device to be crimped, and a second position, wherein the annular array of crimping elements define a narrower orifice. | 10-27-2011 |
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| 20100234834 | Device for localized thermal ablation of biological tissues, particularly tumoral tissues or the like - Device for localized thermal ablation of lesion tissues, particularly tumoral tissues or the like, which device comprises: a probe or needle intended to be positioned with the end tip at the lesion tissue or tumoral tissue area to be removed; which probe or needle support at least a light guide as an elongated member like a thin wire or thread, one of the ends thereof is an end emitting heating electromagnetic energy and which light guide ends at said end of the probe or needle by a tip irradiating said electromagnetic energy, particularly as a laser light and the other end thereof is connected to a source generating the electromagnetic energy; means for controlling the activation/deactivation of the source generating the electromagnetic energy. Characterized in that in combination it comprises means for the controlled distribution of the heating action on the lesion tissue area generated by the electromagnetic energy emitted by the irradiating tip inside a volume having a predetermined size. The invention relates also to a method for localized thermal ablation. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100241111 | Device for localized thermal ablation of biological tissues, particularly tumoral tissues or the like - Device for localized thermal ablation of lesion tissues, particularly tumoral tissues or the like, which device comprises: a probe or needle intended to be positioned with the end tip at the lesion tissue or tumoral tissue area to be removed; which probe or needle support at least a light guide as an elongated member like a thin wire or thread, one of the ends thereof is an end emitting heating electromagnetic energy and which light guide ends at said end of the probe or needle by a tip irradiating said electromagnetic energy, particularly as a laser light and the other end thereof is connected to a source generating the electromagnetic energy; means for controlling the activation/deactivation of the source generating the electromagnetic energy. Characterized in that in combination it comprises means for monitoring the heating action on the lesion tissue area generated by the electromagnetic energy emitted by the irradiating tip inside a volume having a predetermined size and operating on the basis of a transferring function of generated heat on a measuring sensor provided at a predetermined distance and position with respect to the source emitting the electromagnetic irradiation. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100280505 | Device for Localized Thermal Ablation of Biological Tissue, Particularly Tumoral Tissues or the Like - Device for localized thermal ablation of lesion tissues, particularly tumoral tissues or the like, which device comprises: a probe or needle intended to be positioned with the end tip at the lesion tissue or tumoral tissue area to be removed; which probe or needle support at least a light guide as an elongated member like a thin wire or thread, one of the ends thereof is an end emitting heating electromagnetic energy and which light guide ends at said end of the probe or needle by a tip irradiating said electromagnetic energy, particularly as a laser light and the other end thereof is connected to a source generating the electromagnetic energy; means for controlling the activation/deactivation of the source generating the electromagnetic energy. Characterized in that it comprises in combination means for controlled distribution of the heating action on the lesion tissue area generated by the electromagnetic energy emitted by the irradiating tip inside a volume having a predetermined size, which means are composed of a fluid or a mixture or a combination of heat storing and/or conveying fluids or substances there being provided means for distributing, conveying and/or containing said fluid or fluids or said substance or substances inside the area to be treated or for conveying or containing said fluid or fluids or said substance or substances outside the area to be treated. | 11-04-2010 |
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| 20080289642 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AND PACKING ARTICLES - A cigarette manufacturing and packing system having a connecting unit connected to a data-gathering computer; a sensor device for detecting a code identifying a work material; and a signalling device for emitting a signal relative to an instant the work material starts to be used; the connecting unit acts as a server to make available to the data-gathering computer, for a given length of time, the data received from the sensor device and the signalling device. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090044491 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATIC PRODUCTION/PACKING MACHINE - A method of controlling an automatic production/packing machine having: at least one production line, along which a number of materials are fed and processed to produce an end product; a control unit for supervising operation of the automatic machine; and a number of electric/electronic operating components distributed along the production line. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090293890 | BRAND CONTROL METHOD FOR AN AUTOMATIC TOBACCO ARTICLE PROCESSING MACHINE - A brand control method for an automatic tobacco article processing machine, the method including the steps of: defining a number of end product brands that can be produced on the automatic machine; creating a number of configurations, each associated with a respective brand and having a set of values of control parameters controlling electrically controlled operating parts to produce the brand; selecting a desired end product brand; loading the configuration corresponding to the desired end product brand onto a control unit to commence production of the desired brand; defining a number of sections, each having a set of control parameters and independent of the other sections; defining a number of recipes by assigning each section at least one respective set of values of the corresponding control parameters, so each recipe corresponds to a respective section and contains the values of the control parameters in that particular section; and defining each configuration by combining a number of compatible recipes, so that each recipe may potentially form part of a number of different configurations. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100085413 | Laser Packet Marking Unit - A laser marking unit for marking packets, having: a marking conveyor for feeding the packets successively along a marking path; and a marking station located along the marking conveyor, and having a laser marking device for marking a code on the outer surface of each packet conveyed on the marking conveyor. The laser marking device has a laser beam generator which emits a laser beam by means of an emitter; and a deflection box which deflects the laser beam onto the packet at the marking station by directing the laser beam along a focusing path that starts at the emitter and terminates on the outer surface of the packet. | 04-08-2010 |
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| 20080292664 | Hydrogels and Hyaluronic Acid and Alpha, Beta-Polyaspartyl-Hydrazide and Their Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Uses - Compositions and products based on the chemical crosslinking of hyaluronic acid with a polyfunctional polymer having a protein-like structure, bearing hydrazido pendent groups along the polymeric chain. The polymer is preferably, alpha-beta-polyaspartylhydrazide, a biocompatible macromolecule. The materials obtained after crosslinking, specifically hydrogels, undergo a reduced chemical and enzymatic degradation, unlike the starting hyaluronic acid, and they can be used to prepare systems for applications in the biomedical and pharmaceutical field. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090221545 | Ophthalmic Pharmaceutical Composition Containing Amphiphilic Polyaspartamide Copolymers - The present invention relates in general to the use of amphiphilic graft-type copolymers of polyaspartamide for the ophthalmic administration of drugs, such as for example steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, antimicrobial agents such as aminoglycosides, macrolides, cephalosporin, tetracycline, quinolones, penicillin, beta-lactams, anti-glaucoma agents such as prostaglandins, alpha- and beta-blockers, inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase, cannabinoids, antiviral agents, diagnostic agents, anti-angiogenic agents, antioxidants. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100247619 | Nanostructured Lipid Carriers Containing Riluzole And Phamaceutical Formulations Containing Said Particles - This invention relates to nanoparticles consisting of riluzole trapped in lipids, and their use to prepare medicinal products for the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Multiple Sclerosis. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110236486 | METHOD TO PRODUCE HYALURONIC ACID FUNCTIONALIZED DERIVATIVES AND FORMATION OF HYDROGELS THEREOF - A system and method are provided for controlling an internal combustion engine driving a generator/welder or a stand-alone generator. Controlling the engine may include altering the engine speed based upon a detected demand on the generator and/or operating parameters of a welder. For example, the engine speed may be increased based on a detected draw on the generator and/or the operating parameters of the welder. In addition, the engine speed may be automatically decreased to a non-standard idle speed or the engine may be automatically turned off if no demand is detected for a period of time. Additionally, the engine speed may be increased if only frequency-insensitive demands are detected on the generator. Combinations of these and further methods may be executed. Various devices are provided for implementing the above methods. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110280921 | ANTIBACTERIAL HYDROGEL AND USE THEREOF IN ORTHOPEDICS - The present invention relates to hydrogels endowed with antibacterial properties, to be used for injection in damaged bones or in the production of antibacterial coatings of prostheses for implant in the human or animal body, obtained by loading with antibacterial agents hydrogels formed by derivatives of hyaluronic acid; the invention also relates to a kit of parts for producing the antibacterial hydrogels. | 11-17-2011 |
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| 20090208593 | PHYTO AROMA MICRO-NUTRITHERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS IN ORODIETOLOGY - The invention concerns a composition comprising at least a nutrient and at least a phytotherapeutic compound. The composition according to the invention is characterized in that it also comprises at least an essential oil and/or essence and it is in the form of a granule. The invention is used as a complement of a varied and balanced diet for indications such as aging, weight loss, discomfort related to hormonal changes of the pre-menopause and menopause, drainage, digestion, intestinal transit, relaxation, calm, microcirculation, appeasement of the bacterial flora, painful joints, physical and mental fatigue, protection of the immune system, or even whiten teeth and reduce urge to smoke. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090312230 | PERFUME TESTERS OR PERFUMES - The invention relates to a granule, perfume tester or perfume, a method for making such a granule, tester or perfume and use thereof. The perfume tester or perfume according to the invention is characterised in that it comprises a granule ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20110223224 | COSMETIC COMPOSITION INCLUDING MICROBEADS - A cosmetic composition, microbeads to be added into a cosmetic carrier for said composition, methods for making the same, and the uses thereof. The composition comprises microbeads having one or more concentric coating layers around a core, each concentric coating layer including a solid phase and a binder, at least one of the concentric coating layers includes a pigment, and the composition also comprises a cosmetic carrier. The invention is particularly useful as a make-up product. | 09-15-2011 |