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Craig Geibel, San Marcos, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110066218Temperature Therapy Bag and Wrap Combination - A wrap for applying thermal therapy to a body part includes a substantially liquid-tight, flexible polymer bag for containing a thermal agent which is attached to a wrap body formed from a non-expandable material. The bag is fastened to the wrap body such that the fastening area is 25% or less than the area of the bag. A pair of wings formed from an expandable, retractable material extends from each of opposite sides of the wrap body. Releasable fasteners are attached at the ends of at least two wings to attach to the ends of the opposite wings to secure the bag over the body part.03-17-2011

Dean E. Geibel, New Cumberland, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080233787Implosion Connector and Method for Use With Transmission Line Conductors Comprising Composite Cores - An electrical connector that can be compressed onto a composite transmission line without causing catastrophic damage to the non-metal/steel core. The electrical connector comprises a sleeve and a compression regulator that limits compression of the sleeve.09-25-2008
20090020996Collapsible vehicle steering column - A vehicle safety system including a steering column, a keying member, and a squib. The steering column includes a first steering column section longitudinally slidably connected to a second steering column section. The keying member locates the first and second steering column sections at a fixed longitudinal position relative to each other. The squib is located relative to the keying member to exert a force on the keying member when the squib is initiated to thereby allow the first and second steering column sections to longitudinally slide relative to each other to shorten a length of the steering column.01-22-2009
20120023029Method to Capture Direct Patent Infringement By Indirect Infringement Acts - The present invention generally relates to claims and methods of drafting patent claims that can be directly infringed by affirmative contributory or inducement acts.01-26-2012

Patent applications by Dean E. Geibel, New Cumberland, PA US

Dean E. Geibel, Dover, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110159473ARRAY OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS HAVING OFFSET ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS - An array of electrical connectors is provided having a first plurality of electrical connectors configured to be mounted on a substrate, and a second plurality of electrical connectors configured to be mounted on the substrate at a location adjacent the first plurality of electrical connectors, such that the first plurality of electrical connectors is offset with respect to the second plurality of electrical connectors along an insertion direction.06-30-2011

Elyse Geibel, Basking Ridge, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120122208Tubular Bioreactor System for Use in Bone and Cartilage Tissue Engineering - A bioreactor system includes a growth chamber having an inlet, an outlet, and defining a cavity, a media reservoir is in fluid communication with the inlet, and a pump configured to perfuse a media from the reservoir into the inlet and through the growth chamber. A plurality of discrete scaffold members is packed within the growth cavity. Spaces between adjacent scaffold members define pores. The media is movable around the scaffold members and through the pores via the pump.05-17-2012

John L. Geibel, Butler, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080245750Apparatus and Method For Distributing Gas and Liquid During Backwash in Filter Underdrain Flumes Using Dual Separation - A backwash distribution apparatus for a filter having a filter tank and a plurality of underdrain laterals includes a first and second separator device positioned in a common main conduit to define first and second auxiliary flumes. The first and second auxiliary flumes are in fluid communication with the common main conduit and the underdrain laterals. The first separator device has at least one flume liquid metering orifice preferably located near the bottom of the first separator device so that it may be below a gas liquid interface in the first auxiliary flume. The second separator device has either a weir edge or a plurality of metering orifices (or both) for passing backwash liquid from the common main conduit into the second auxiliary flume. The second separator device creates an adequate liquid pool in the common main conduit to prevent short circuiting of gas into a liquid opening for the common main conduit and also to provide low velocity flow of backwash liquid therein, while also providing uninhibited flow of backwash gas. The second separator also controls the distribution of backwash liquid and/or gas inside the common main conduit. A method for gas backwash in the presence of liquid according to the invention is also disclosed.10-09-2008
20090269147ADJUSTABLE ANCHOR ROD - An adjustable anchor rod arrangement for use with an underdrain system that includes the a pair of spaced apart legs and an elongated member adjustably attached to the legs, wherein the legs are adjustable along a longitudinal axis of the elongated member and the elongated member is adjustable along a longitudinal axis of the legs.10-29-2009
20100237025Method and System for Cleaning Filter Media Support Structures - The present invention is related to a method and system for cleaning a media support structure in a filter cell in a liquid filter system, wherein a cleaning solution does not significantly enter a filter media zone. The method comprises supplying a cleaning solution to a filter cell to a level sufficient to submerge the media support structure, but not to significantly enter the filter media zone. Additionally, the cleaning solution level is monitored to ensure the cleaning solution does not significantly enter the filter media zone. Alternatively, the cleaning solution may be continuously recirculated and reintroduced to the filter cell during the cleaning operation.09-23-2010
20110073549Clog Resistant Media Retainer Assembly - A media retainer assembly for retaining filter media in a filter assembly includes a top plate for supporting the filter media, the top plate having a top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of openings extending therethrough; a bottom plate having a top surface and a plurality of openings extending therethrough; and scouring media, the scouring media being adapted to abrade the surfaces of the top and bottom plates. The top plate is connected to the bottom plate such that the top surface of the bottom plate is spaced from the bottom surface of the top plate to define at least one chamber between the top plate and the bottom plate. The top surface of the top plate is in fluid communication with the chamber via the openings in the top plate. The scouring media is supported by the bottom plate within the at least one chamber.03-31-2011
20120103897Underdrain Flume Plate - An underdrain flume plate for use in a filter including at least one central opening having an upstanding flange to interface with a cut-out in an underdrain lateral to form a passageway for connecting the lateral to the flume. The flume plate may also include at least one raised channel at each end of the plate with a solid or cut-away top surface, and/or holes and/or slots for connection of the flume plate to anchor rods and may be configured to overlap one another when placed side by side. The present invention also includes a method of installing underdrain laterals in a filter, including arranging a grid of anchor rods on a filter floor such that anchor rods are provided on both sides of the flume, and providing at least one underdrain flume plate adapted for attachment to the anchor rods such that the flume plate covers the flume.05-03-2012

Patent applications by John L. Geibel, Butler, PA US

John P. Geibel, Branford, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090035393FAST ACTING INHIBITOR OF GASTRIC ACID SECRETION - The present invention relates to the use of pharmaceutically acceptable zinc salts, preferably water soluble zinc salts alone or optionally, in combination with one or more of a protein pump inhibitor (PPI), H2 blocker, anti-02-05-2009
20100150861COMPOSTIONS WITH ENHANCED BIOAVAILABILITY AND FAST ACTING INHIBITOR OR GASTRIC ACID SECRETION - The present invention relates to the use of pharmaceutically acceptable zinc salts, preferably water soluble zinc salts alone or optionally, in combination with one or more of a protein pump inhibitor (PPI), H2 blocker, anti-06-17-2010

Patent applications by John P. Geibel, Branford, CT US

John Peter Geibel, Branford, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090018135Methods of treating bowel disorders - The present invention relates to methods for treating or preventing bowel disorders using calcimimetics.01-15-2009
20110144102CALCIMIMETIC COMPOUND FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF EPITHELIAL INJURY - This invention relates generally to the field of medicine and, more specifically, to methods for treating epithelial injury, in particular, due to ischemia, hypoxia, trauma, chemolytics or radiation exposure.06-16-2011

Patent applications by John Peter Geibel, Branford, CT US

Paul Geibel, San Antonio, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090312837EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT - An expandable intervertebral implant including a body having a longitudinal axis and including first and second axial walls spaced apart along a transverse axis, and first and second transverse end walls extending between and interconnecting the first and second axial walls. The intervertebral implant includes an expansion member co-acting with the axial walls to expand the body along the transverse axis.12-17-2009

Paul T. Geibel, San Antonio, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080275454Lumbar pedicular-facet fixation system and instrumentation - An implant and surgical system designed to guide and promote segmental instrumentation and stabilization through a pediculo-facet fixation technique. The implant varies in size, diameter and attachments for maximal fixation across this axis. A targeting device and surgical technique for placement of said implants through an open or minimally invasive approach is described. The combination of surgical technique, targeting device and low profile implants reduces associated morbidity associated with many fusion procedures.11-06-2008

Paul Tucker Geibel, San Antonio, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100070041Expandable spinal implant and associated instrumentation - An expandable spinal implant including an implant body transitionable between an initial configuration and an expanded configuration. The implant body includes first and second axial walls spaced apart along a transverse axis, with at least one of the walls including first and second axial wall portions laterally offset from one another. An expansion member co-acts with the first wall portion to outwardly displace the first wall portion relative to the second wall portion to transition the implant body to the expanded configuration. In another embodiment, the first wall portion defines a recessed region relative to the second wall portion when the implant body is in the initial configuration, and wherein the recessed region is outwardly expanded as the implant to body is transitioned to the expanded configuration. In a further embodiment, the first wall portion is movable while the second wall portion remains substantially stationary.03-18-2010

Stephen Geibel, Cortland, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080264854Corrugated Fluid Treatment Packs and Methods of Making Them - Corrugated fluid treatment packs and methods of making corrugated fluid treatment packs are disclosed. The fluid treatment packs may comprise a non-woven fibrous structure and/or porous membrane having a tubular configuration and a longitudinal axis, the fibrous structure and/or porous membrane being corrugated to define at least one crest, at least one trough, and at least one corrugation, each corrugation including first and second webs, the first and second webs extending into one another along a crest or a trough. The crests, troughs, and corrugations may include webs may which extend circumferentially or helically.10-30-2008
20100206819FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS AND FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS HAVING UNEVEN SURFACES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - Fluid treatment arrangements and elements and methods for making and using fluid treatment arrangements and elements are disclosed. A ribbon including a permeable fluid treatment medium may be spirally wound in a plurality of windings to form a fluid treatment element having a disk-shaped body. The disk-shaped body may have first and second opposite end surfaces, e.g., an inflow surface and an outflow surface, and an outer rim. One or both of the end surfaces may be an uneven surface. At least two and as many as many as fifty or more fluid treatment elements may be positioned along a hollow core assembly. Fluid may be directed to or from the interior of the core assembly through each fluid treatment element. In each fluid treatment element, fluid flows from the inflow surface to the outflow surface generally edgewise through the permeable fluid treatment medium.08-19-2010

Patent applications by Stephen Geibel, Cortland, NY US

Stephen A. Geibel, Cortland, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080251444SEPARATION DEVICES AND PROCESSES - A separation device comprises a cylindrical separation pack including a spirally wound porous medium, a feed channel including a shear region, a plurality of permeate passages extending along the permeate side of the porous medium opposite the shear region and perpendicular to the feed channel, a feed inlet, a retentate outlet, and a plurality of permeate outlets.10-16-2008
20090255877FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS - Fluid treatment arrangements and methods involve a spirally wound fluid treatment pack. The fluid treatment pack includes a fluid treatment medium, a feed region, and a permeate region. The feed region extends along a feed surface of the fluid treatment medium and the permeate region extends along a permeate surface of the fluid treatment medium. The fluid treatment pack is spirally wound around a core assembly to form a plurality of windings of the feed region, a plurality of windings of the fluid treatment medium, and a plurality of windings of the permeate region.10-15-2009
20100018924FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS - Fluid treatment arrangements and methods involve a plurality of fluid treatment modules and a core assembly that extends through the plurality of fluid treatment modules. Each fluid treatment module has a feed region, a permeate region, and a fluid treatment medium separating the feed region from the permeate region. The feed region extends along a feed surface of the fluid treatment medium, and the permeate region extends along a permeate surface of the fluid treatment region. Feed fluid is directed along the feed region of each module, and a portion of the feed fluid passes as permeate through the fluid treatment medium, into the permeate region, and then into the core assembly. One or more control mechanisms are fluidly coupled to the permeate region of one or more fluid treatment modules to control a flow parameter in the permeate region of the module.01-28-2010
20110083995Method for haze mitigation and filterability improvement base stocks - The present invention is a process for removing waxy haze from and improving the filterability of base stocks including heavy mineral oil base stocks, gas-to-liquids (GTL) and hydrodewaxed or hydroisomerized waxy feed basestocks by filtering the waxy haze causing particles out of the base stock employing a filter characterized by a high surface area of pores accessible to the haze wax particles which have particles dimensions of no more than about 5 microns.04-14-2011

Patent applications by Stephen A. Geibel, Cortland, NY US