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20090038180 | Dynamic Cushioning Assembly - A dynamic cushioning assembly to be used on beds, seats, backrests, shoes or any other surfaces where a portion of a body is subjected to prolonged contact and pressure with a support surface. The arrangement is comprised of a pattern of spherical elastic lugs cooperating with an upper, elastomeric layer. When a force is applied to the upper layer, the cooperation of the lugs with the upper layer create an uneven but soft surface having undulating zone of higher and lower resistance which serve to enhance blood circulation. | 02-12-2009 |
20090066121 | Transportation Vehicle Passenger Accommodation Assembly - A passenger accommodation assembly for a transportation vehicle, comprising a plurality of accommodation units placed along an aisle with each accommodation unit being convertible between an upright seat position and a reclined position. A first accommodation unit of the assembly is elevated relative to a second unit whereby the legs of a passenger reclining in the second unit can extend under a seat portion of the first unit and the backrest of the passenger in the first unit can extend over the legs of the passenger in the second unit. Other embodiments of the invention comprise multiple accommodation units and combinations of accommodation unit assemblies. | 03-12-2009 |
20090289896 | INPUT ARRANGEMENT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A new form of input arrangement for cursor control devices or other handheld electronic devices in which the activation surfaces are designed to allow the fingers and thumb of the user to affect commands by means of ergonomic and less repetitive motion as compared to current devices. In embodiments, sensors are associated with the user's digits which sense motion in not only the downward direction, but in multiple directions. In embodiments, the cursor control device has resilient pads to further add comfort to a user. The resulting ability of the user to vary and reduce the points of pressure and other stresses onto different surfaces of the digits and corresponding nerves and muscles serves to reduce discomfort and pain resulting from current devices. | 11-26-2009 |
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20080260824 | Bioadhesive Rate-Controlled Oral Dosage Formulations - The present invention relates to a bioadhesive drug delivery system (BIOadhesive Rate controlled Oral Dosage (BIOROD) formulation) in which a drug containing core either alone or coated with a rate controlling membrane system is enveloped on its circumference by a bioadhesive coating, thereby yielding a monolithic system that allows for drug release in a regulated manner. Also described herein are polymers with improved bioadhesive properties and methods for improving bioadhesion of polymers. | 10-23-2008 |
20080299204 | Dosage forms for movement disorder treatment - The invention relates to the improvement in the treatment of certain neural disorders/diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and other motor disorders. One aspect of the invention relates to drug compositions and dosage forms comprising said drug composition. Another aspect of the invention relates to methods of manufacturing the drug compositions and dosage forms. Another aspect of the invention relates to methods of treatment, comprising administering the drug composition and dosage form to an individual. | 12-04-2008 |
20100316712 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS - The invention relates to the improvement in the treatment of certain neural disorders/diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and other motor disorders. The invention relates to drug compositions and dosage forms comprising said drug composition; methods of manufacturing the drug compositions and dosage forms; and methods of treatment, comprising administering the drug composition and dosage form to an individual. In certain embodiments, the drug compositions and dosage forms comprise carbidopa and levodopa in a formulation suitable for once-daily administration. | 12-16-2010 |
20110086095 | Bioadhesive Polymers - Polymers and compositions, collectively “bioadhesive materials”, with improved bioadhesive properties have been developed. One or more compounds comprising: a) an aromatic moiety comprising two or more hydroxyl substituents, methoxy substituents, substituents hydrolyzable to hydroxyl substituents, or a combination thereof, and b) a primary or secondary amino moiety are either covalently attached to a polymer or are physically mixed with a polymer to form a bioadhesive material. These bioadhesive materials can be used, for example, to fabricate new drug delivery or diagnostic systems with increased residence time at tissue surfaces, and consequently increase the bioavailability of a drug or a diagnostic agent. | 04-14-2011 |
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20110064247 | Automated Customization of Loudspeakers - A loudspeaker includes a horn including a first end panel, a second end panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. Edges of at least the first and second side panels define a diffraction slot opening. The first and second side panels are each fabricated from a sheet of flexible material held in a stressed, curved shape by at least a rigid support member. The panels are designed by an automated process based on a number of electro-acoustic transducers to be used in a loudspeaker, horizontal and vertical coverage angles for the loudspeaker, and a wall length for a horn of the loudspeaker. | 03-17-2011 |
20110135119 | AUTOMATED CUSTOMIZATION OF LOUDSPEAKERS - In general, in some aspects, a loudspeaker includes a horn including a first end panel, a second end panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. Edges of at least the first and second side panels define a diffraction slot opening. A plurality of manifold components each has an output opening coupled to the diffraction slot opening. The output openings of the plurality of manifold components together constitute a diffraction slot source at the diffraction slot opening. A plurality of electro-acoustic transducers are each coupled to an input opening of one of the manifold components. | 06-09-2011 |
20150063620 | AUTOMATED CUSTOMIZATION OF LOUDSPEAKERS - A loudspeaker includes a horn including a first end panel, a second end panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. Edges of at least the first and second side panels define a diffraction slot opening. The first and second side panels are each fabricated from a sheet of flexible material held in a stressed, curved shape by at least a rigid support member. The panels are designed by an automated process based on a number of electro-acoustic transducers to be used in a loudspeaker, horizontal and vertical coverage angles for the loudspeaker, and a wall length for a horn of the loudspeaker. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066182 | Automated Customization of Loudspeakers - A loudspeaker includes a horn including a first end panel, a second end panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. Edges of at least the first and second side panels define a diffraction slot opening. The first and second side panels are each fabricated from a sheet of flexible material held in a stressed, curved shape by at least a rigid support member. The panels are designed by an automated process based on a number of electro-acoustic transducers to be used in a loudspeaker, horizontal and vertical coverage angles for the loudspeaker, and a wall length for a horn of the loudspeaker. | 03-05-2015 |
20150082995 | Cooking Temperature and Power Control - A system and method for controlling the power delivered to cookware by a power control system that comprises a heating control user interface that is set by the user to a particular heating control user interface set point within an operating range. A controller derives from the heating control user interface set point a desired cookware temperature set point, and, over at least a first portion of the operating range that encompasses the boiling range, also derives from the heating control user interface set point a maximum limit of power that can be delivered to the cookware to maintain the cookware at the desired cookware temperature set point. The maximum power limit varies monotonically over the first portion of the operating range. | 03-26-2015 |
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20150081882 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ALERTING ON EPHEMERAL RESOURCES FROM AN IAAS PROVIDER - The present disclosure is directed to a system for monitoring and analyzing operation of a widely distributed service operated by an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) tenant but deployed on a set of virtual resources controlled by an independent IaaS provider. The set of virtual resources provided to the IaaS tenant by the IaaS provider is selected by the IaaS provider and can change rapidly in both size and composition (i.e., the virtual resources are “ephemeral”). The monitoring system can integrate system-level metrics collected directly from virtual resources with infrastructure metadata characterizing the virtual resources collected from the IaaS provider to report on operation of the virtual resources. The infrastructure metadata can contain a resource type, a resource role, an operational status, an outage history, or an expected termination schedule. By integrating different sources of data, the monitoring system can avoid inaccurate analysis. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SEMANTICALLY MODELLING AND MONITORING APPLICATIONS AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE HOSTED BY AN IAAS PROVIDER - The present disclosure is directed to a monitoring system for automatically inferring, without human modelling input or information regarding actual physical network connectivity, a service architecture of a widely distributed service operated by an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) tenant but deployed on a set of virtual resources controlled by an independent IaaS provider. The monitoring system can collect infrastructure metadata and/or system-level metric data characterizing the set of virtual resources from the IaaS provider, and automatically infer from the metadata and/or metric data how the virtual resources should be organized into groups, clusters and hierarchies. The monitoring system can automatically infer this service architecture using naming conventions, security rules, software types, deployment patterns, and other information gleaned from the metadata and/or metric data. The monitoring system can then run analytics based on this inferred service architecture to report on service operation. | 03-19-2015 |