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David Girouard, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20110214144 | VIDEO-ENABLED COMMUNITY BUILDING - A system and method that provide media content owners the capability to achieve community building goals by exploiting video processing capabilities using rich, interactive and compelling media content on a network or Internet website. The system and method additionally provide website community building mechanisms to community members, thereby allowing the members to customize the actual community websites that many companies and website owners seek in order to enhance e-commerce revenue generation. | 09-01-2011 |
Jacqueline R. Girouard, Atherton, CA US
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| 20100292906 | Method of controlling engine performance - The present invention provides a method of controlling engine performance that includes obtaining at least one optical wavelength-dependent measurement from at least one combustion event in at least one combustion chamber. The method further includes analyzing the optical wavelength-dependent measurement for determining adjustments to the at least one combustion event. Additionally, the method includes adjusting the at least one combustion event or at least a next combustion event by changing at least one physical parameter, at least one constituent parameter, or at least one physical parameter and at least one constituent parameter to control the engine performance. The engine can include steady-flow engines or periodic flow engines, and the engine performance can be selected by an engine user. | 11-18-2010 |
John F. Girouard, East Haddam, CT US
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| 20090174541 | Light assembly with shielding device and visibility window - The present disclosure relates to an housing that reduces obstruction of the vehicle operator's ability to see through the upper portion of the windshield. Rather than a light shield constructed entirely of a opaque plastic, an interior mounted warning light assembly incorporates a visibility window above the vehicle operator's position. A cutout in the opaque casing material is fitted with a window of transparent one-way mirror material. The mirror coating faces the interior of the light assembly and acts as a shield by blocking flashback when the light assembly is activated, while simultaneously allowing the operator of the vehicle to see upwardly through it to the outside during normal vehicle operation. | 07-09-2009 |
Michael Girouard, San Antonio, TX US
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| 20090299256 | SEE-THROUGH, REDUCED-PRESSURE DRESSINGS AND SYSTEMS - A see-through dressing assembly is presented for use with a reduced-pressure system for treating a wound on a patient using reduced pressure that allows visual observation of the wound during treatment. The dressing assembly includes a bolster for providing a directed force when under reduced pressure, a sealing member for covering the bolster and providing a seal over the bolster and a patient's epidermis, and wherein the bolster and sealing member are formed from see-through materials sufficient to allow perception of color from a point external to the system. Other systems, dressings, and methods are presented. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090299307 | REDUCED-PRESSURE, LINEAR-WOUND TREATMENT SYSTEMS - A system for treating a linear wound on a patient has a closing dressing bolster for placing on the patient's epidermis over the linear wound, a sealing subsystem for providing a seal over the closing dressing bolster and the patient, and a reduced-pressure subsystem for delivering reduced pressure to the sealing subsystem. The sealing subsystem and reduced pressure subsystem are operable to deliver reduced pressure to the closing dressing bolster. The closing dressing bolster is operable under reduced pressure to develop a inward closing. The closing dressing bolster may include one or more closing members on each side of a center wound area to create the inward closing when under reduced pressure. A compressive force may also be developed. Other systems and methods are presented. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100145360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPLANTATION OF DERMAL TISSUE - A dermal tissue transplantation system combining a tissue particle harvester, a tissue particle collector, and a chambered dressing. The system provides a harvester capable of harvesting tissue from a donor site on the order of about 100 microns. The integrated tissue particle collector provides a means for collecting the harvested tissue for in situ cultivation in a chambered dressing at the wound site. | 06-10-2010 |
Michael P. Girouard, Cornelius, NC US
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| 20100119595 | Monounsaturated fatty acids and perhydrocyclopentanophenanthrene nucleus combination molecules, and their precursors, and the use of all of these as weight-loss agents - The pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic compositions for treatment of obesity and/or overweight contain an effective amount of a fatty-acid monoester of a 2 hydroxy derivative estrogen and a fatty acid wherein the estrogen is preferably a 2 hydroxy derivative of estrone, diethylstilbestrol, estriol, estradiol or ethinyl estradiol and the fatty acid is selected from the group consisting of the fatty acid oleic acid, arachadonic, palmitic, palmitoleic, linoleic, linolenic, cis 13 docosenoic acid, and the fatty acid, cis 15 tetracosenoic acid eicosenoic acid, especially cis 11 eicosenoic, although cis 5, cis 8, and cis 13 eicosenoic acid are also effective. The C-22 fatty acid monoester of estrogen, cis to 13 docosenoic acid (Erucic acid), and the C-24 fatty acid monoester of estrogen, cis 15 tetracosenoic acid (Nervonic acid) are also effective and are included in this disclosure. In addition, synthesized combination molecules formed when a monounsaturated fatty acid of 20 carbon atoms or more is joined via an ester, ether, or amide bond to either a steroid or any molecule containing a perhydrocyclopentanophenanthrene nucleus or perhydrocyclopentanophenanthrene nucleus derivative are also included in this invention. The fatty-acid monoesters mimic the function of estrone monooleate, as a signal that informs the brain of the size of fat tissue mass. In preferred pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic compositions for intravenous injection the monoester is incorporated in a lipidic suspension, prepared from lipoproteins or from liposome components, such as soy oil and egg phospholipids. When administered to rats with a 15% of total adipose tissue, they produce weight reduction of about 10%, by a new and unexpected mechanism. They are useful for the treatment of obesity and/or overweight in mammals, with the advantages of high efficacy and low toxicity. | 05-13-2010 |
Michael R. Girouard, San Antonio, TX US
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| 20120108999 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SEIZURES - A method of detecting seizures may comprise receiving an EMG signal and processing the received EMG signal to determine whether a seizure characteristic is present in the EMG signal during a time window. An apparatus for detecting seizures with motor manifestations may comprise one or more EMG electrodes capable of providing an EMG signal substantially representing seizure-related muscle activity; and a processor configured to receive the EMG signal, process the EMG signal to determine whether a seizure may be occurring, and generate an alert if a seizure is determined to be occurring based on the EMG signal. | 05-03-2012 |
Michael Richard Girouard, San Antonio, TX US
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| 20090326423 | STIMULATION OF CARTILAGE FORMATION USING REDUCED PRESSURE TREATMENT - Provided is a method of stimulating cartilage formation at a tissue site in a mammal. Also provided is a biocompatible scaffold. Additionally, a system for stimulating cartilage formation at a tissue site is provided. Further provided is the use of a manifold, a chondrocyte, and a reduced-pressure source to stimulate cartilage formation at a tissue site of a mammal. | 12-31-2009 |
Raymond Girouard, Atherton, CA US
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| 20100292906 | Method of controlling engine performance - The present invention provides a method of controlling engine performance that includes obtaining at least one optical wavelength-dependent measurement from at least one combustion event in at least one combustion chamber. The method further includes analyzing the optical wavelength-dependent measurement for determining adjustments to the at least one combustion event. Additionally, the method includes adjusting the at least one combustion event or at least a next combustion event by changing at least one physical parameter, at least one constituent parameter, or at least one physical parameter and at least one constituent parameter to control the engine performance. The engine can include steady-flow engines or periodic flow engines, and the engine performance can be selected by an engine user. | 11-18-2010 |
Steve D. Girouard, Changrin Falls, OH US
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| 20080280339 | Cell Training For Local Field Stimulation - A system is provided for stimulating one or more cells, wherein the stimulation is sub-threshold and may alter a transmembrane potential of the one or more cells. For some populations of cells it may be possible to affect the transmembrane potential to gain a therapeutic benefit. Cells of the sino-atrial node spontaneously depolarize predominantly due to the slow depolarization of transmembrane potential. The present system may provide sino-atrial cells with a local field stimulation that while not eliciting an action potential may nonetheless alter local transmembrane potential. Such alteration of transmembrane potential may permit an increase or decrease in a rate of depolarization, and hence modify heart rate. | 11-13-2008 |
Steven Girouard, Chagrin Falls, OH US
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| 20090053180 | Tandem cardiac pacemaker system - This invention provides pacemaker systems comprising (1) an electronic pacemaker, and (2) a biological pacemaker, wherein the biological pacemaker comprises a cell that functionally expresses a chimeric hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) ion channel at a level effective to induce pacemaker current in the cell. The invention also provides related biological pacemakers, atrioventricular bridges, methods of making same, and methods of treating a subject afflicted with a cardiac rhythm disorder. | 02-26-2009 |
Steven Girouard, Maricopa, AZ US
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| 20080218972 | Cooling device, system containing same, and cooling method - A cooling device includes a heat sink ( | 09-11-2008 |