Hekman

Edsko Evert Geert Hekman, Enschede NL

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100145238	ORTHESIS - The invention relates to an orthesis for controlling the angle of a limb relative to a second body part to which the limb is connected via a joint such as a hip, elbow or shoulder, which orthesis comprises:—a first arm rotatably, around a rotation point, connected to the second body part;—a second arm fixedly arranged to the lim; and—guide means for providing at least a two dimensional free translation of the second arm relative to the first arm, while maintaining both arms parallel.	06-10-2010

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20090120460	SOFT FLOOR PRE-SPRAY UNIT UTILIZING ELECTROCHEMICALLY-ACTIVATED WATER AND METHOD OF CLEANING SOFT FLOORS - A method is provided, which includes applying electrochemically activated acid and alkaline water to a surface as a pre-spray, allowing the electrochemically activated acid and alkaline water to remain on the surface for a dwell time, and after the dwell time, performing a cleaning operation on an area of the surface to which the pre-spray was applied.	05-14-2009
20090293912	Method and Apparatus for Cleaning Fabrics, Floor Coverings, and Bare Floor Surfaces Utilizing a Soil Transfer Medium - An apparatus and method for cleaning fabrics, floor coverings, and bare floor surfaces utilizing a soil transfer cleaning medium is disclosed. A method of mechanically removing soil from a surface intended to be cleaned includes the steps of successively and repeatedly: wetting a portion of a cleaning medium with a cleaning liquid; extracting any soil and at least some of the cleaning liquid from the previously wetted portion of the cleaning medium; and wiping the surface intended to be cleaned with the portion of the cleaning medium so as to transfer soil from the surface intended to be cleaned to the cleaning medium. Portable and vehicle-based devices may be utilized to practice the method of cleaning.	12-03-2009

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20100062439	Method for Detecting Cyst Nematodes - The present invention relates to a method for determining the presence of a cyst nematode in a sample comprising the steps of : providing a pair of bidirectional oligonucleotide primers or an oligonucleotide probe that hybridizes specifically, under stringent hybridization conditions, to a nucleic acid sequence encoding the SSU rRNA or LSU rRNA, or the complement or transcript thereof, of a sub genus-cluster of nematodes, said subgenus-cluster comprising cyst nematodes belonging to at least one species of nematode, and wherein said primers or probe do not hybridize to a nucleic acid sequence encoding the LSU rRNA, or the complement or transcript thereof, of cyst nematodes not part of said subgenus-cluster of cyst nematodes; providing a sample in which the presence of the cyst nematode is to be detected, and performing a nucleic acid detection assay on said sample using said pair of bidirectional oligonucleotide primers or said oligonucleotide probe.	03-11-2010
20100081133	Methods of Detecting Root Knot Nematodes - The present invention relates to a method of testing a sample for the presence of a	04-01-2010