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20090190791 | Acoustic transducer comprising a plurality of coaxially arranged diaphragms - An acoustic transducer comprises one or more electromagnetic motors that drive one or more sets of multiple diaphragms to provide acoustically efficient loudspeaker systems having dimensions that allow use in applications that would be difficult or impossible with traditional transducers. The diaphragms may be driven directly, inertially or fluidically. If diaphragms are driven by rods that pass through holes in the diaphragms, noise may be generated by air that leaks through the pass-through holes. This noise may be reduced or eliminated by measures that reduce or eliminate the air leakage. | 07-30-2009 |
20150036867 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF COAXIALLY ARRANGED DIAPHRAGMS - An acoustic transducer comprises one or more electromagnetic motors that drive one or more sets of multiple diaphragms to provide acoustically efficient loudspeaker systems having dimensions that allow use in applications that would be difficult or impossible with traditional transducers. The diaphragms may be driven directly, inertially or fluidically. If diaphragms are driven by rods that pass through holes in the diaphragms, noise may be generated by air that leaks through the pass-through holes. This noise may be reduced or eliminated by measures that reduce or eliminate the air leakage. | 02-05-2015 |
20150036868 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF COAXIALLY ARRANGED DIAPHRAGMS - An acoustic transducer includes a housing, a plurality of diaphragms suspended from the housing and separated into one or more groups, and one or more motors combined with the housing that operate in response to an electrical signal. The diaphragms of each group are driven by a respective motor to which all the diaphragms in the group are coupled and at least one motor has an indirect coupling with no direct mechanical connection to the diaphragms driven thereby. One or more electromagnetic motors that drive one or more sets of multiple diaphragms to provide acoustically efficient loudspeaker systems having dimensions that allow use in applications that would be difficult or impossible with traditional transducers. | 02-05-2015 |
20150063624 | MAGNETIC SUSPENSION TRANSDUCER - A method for operating an acoustic transducer is provided. The acoustic transducer includes a moving element and a fixed element, wherein the moving element is coupled to surrounding air. In the method, a signal-independent magnetic field is generated to urge the moving element into a rest position when no input signal is received; and a force is generated in response to the input signal and applying that force to the moving element to urge the moving element away from the rest position. The moving element is controlled by a combined influence of the signal-independent magnetic field and the signal-dependent force to generate acoustic vibrations in response to an audio input signal. | 03-05-2015 |
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20090110732 | BIORESORBABLE COMPOSITION FOR REPAIRING SKELETAL TISSUE - Bioresorbable compositions for treating skeletal tissue are disclosed. The biomedical compositions are formed from a polylactide polymer, a polyglycolide polymer, or a poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) polymer having a relatively low molecular weight. For instance, the average number molecular weight of the polymer is generally less than 10,000, such as from about 500 to about 5,000. Fumarate groups are incorporated into the low molecular weight polymer that provide crosslinking sites. If desired, ethylene oxide groups and ceramic particles may also be incorporated into the polymer for producing compositions having a variety of properties. For example, the biomedical composition of the present disclosure can be used to treat soft skeletal tissue or to treat hard skeletal tissue. The biomedical compositions are biodegradable and can contain various therapeutic, beneficial and pharmaceutical agents that may be released during degradation of the polymer. | 04-30-2009 |
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20100327494 | Electrospun Fibrous Three-Dimensional Scaffolds with Well-Defined Pore Geometry - In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for fabricating multi-layer fibrous scaffolds with a well-defined pore geometry is provided. The method includes electrospinning generally parallel rows of biodegradable synthetic polymer fibers onto a collector plate, wherein the fibers of each generally parallel row on the collector plate are generally aligned as they are electrospun onto the collector plate. The collector plate is rotated and additional generally parallel rows of biodegradable synthetic polymer fibers are electrospun onto the collector plate, wherein the additional fibers on the collector plate are generally aligned as they are electrospun onto the collector plate and a multi-layer scaffold is formed. The process can be continued to form a multi-layer fibrous scaffold with macropores of well-defined geometry. | 12-30-2010 |
20120226295 | Fiber-Reinforced Laminated Hydrogel / Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites - In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for forming a laminated nanocomposite is provided. The method includes applying a hydrogel precursor solution to a first layer of poly(L-lactide) nanofiber mesh. A second layer of poly(L-lactide) nanofiber mesh is stacked on the first layer with at least a portion of the hydrogel precursor solution being situated between the first layer and the second layer. The method further includes compressing the first layer and second layer together wherein the first layer and second layer are crosslinked to one another by the hydrogel precursor solution to form a laminated nanocomposite. Furthermore, the laminate layers, prior to crosslinking, can be wrapped around a rod and crosslinked to form a laminated tubular nanocomposite. | 09-06-2012 |
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20140350692 | Biomineralization Promoting Materials and Methods of Forming Same - Bone tissue biomimetic materials, biomimetic constructs that can be formed with the materials, and methods for forming the materials and constructs are described. The bone tissue biomimetic materials include electrospun nanofibers formed of polymers that are conjugated with peptides that include acidic amino acid residues. The materials can incorporate high levels of mineralization so as to provide mechanical strength and promote osteogenesis and/or osteoconductivity on/in the bone tissue biomimetic materials. The materials and constructs can be utilized in forming tissue engineered structures for in vitro and in vivo use. Macroscopic bone tissue biomimetic scaffolds formed from the materials can be seeded with osteogenic cells and utilized to develop bone graft materials that can exhibit strength and osteoconductivity similar to the native bone and that exhibit uniform distribution of nutrients in the scaffolds. | 11-27-2014 |