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Jesse T. Bodwell, Manchester, NH US
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| 20100057016 | OCCLUDER FOR A MEDICAL INFUSION SYSTEM - The present invention generally relates to occluders and, in particular, to occluders for use in medical infusion systems. In one aspect, the occluder contains one or more tubes through which fluid can flow, and the occluder can be automatically controlled to allow or at least partially prevent fluid flow. In some cases, the occluder may be constructed and arranged to fail (e.g., due to loss of power) in a “closed” position, i.e., a position that at least partially prevents fluid flow. In addition, in one embodiment, the occluder may be manually overridden, even when in a failed state, by a user. For instance, in the event of a power failure, a user may be able to manually override the occluder to remove tubing from the occluder. Such occluders may find use, for example, in medical devices such as hemodialysis machines, medical infusion pumps, plasmapheresis devices, and the like. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110017544 | ACOUSTIC DAMPENING ENCLOSURE FOR A MECHANICAL DEVICE - A two-component elastomeric enclosure surrounding a mechanical device can effectively attenuate the noise and vibration associated with the device. The outer shell of the enclosure comprises a castable polyurethane elastomer, while the inner shell of the enclosure comprises polymeric foam. The inner foam layer of the enclosure can contact both vertical and horizontal surfaces of the enclosed device in order to immobilize it within the enclosure, and to enhance the dampening effect of the enclosure on acoustic and mechanical vibrations. The enclosure can act as a vertical and horizontal supporting structure for the enclosed mechanical device. The enclosure may in turn be fastenable to a housing or frame member via relatively stiff elastomeric bushings, pads or mounts, in order to further reduce the transmission of vibrations originating from the mechanical device. The enclosure can be molded in a two-stage pour-molding process using a cavity mold and two forming dies—one for each layer of the enclosure. The second stage of the molding process allows the inner foam layer to bond to the outer shell of the enclosure during the curing process, and to have inner dimensions that can make close contact with pre-determined portions of the device for which the enclosure is being produced. Highly customized cavity molds and forming dies can be created using rapid manufacturing or prototyping techniques. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110092893 | MEDICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS USING A PLURALITY OF FLUID LINES - A medical treatment system, such as peritoneal dialysis system, may include control and other features to enhance patient comfort and ease of use. For example, a cycler device ( | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110098635 | FLUID FLOW OCCLUDER AND METHODS OF USE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS - An occluder ( | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110106002 | FLUID LINE AUTOCONNECT APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM - A medical infusion fluid handling system, such as an APD system, may be arranged to de-cap and connect one or more lines ( | 05-05-2011 |
Jesse T. Dybenko, Cupertino, CA US
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| 20110189004 | FAN INLET AND METHOD - A method and apparatus to improve air flow in an air circulating fan assembly by forming an inlet opening in a fan assembly. A static air pressure profile is calculated along a top portion of the fan assembly configured to operate in an enclosure. The shape of a section of the inlet opening in the top portion of the fan assembly is changed based on a pressure contour of the calculated static air pressure profile. The method is repeated iteratively one or more times using an inlet opening changed by a previously calculated static air pressure profile when calculating a subsequent static air pressure profile. The inlet opening is positioned in the top surface of the fan assembly so that the centroid of the inlet opening is laterally offset with respect to the rotational axis of an impeller in the fan assembly. | 08-04-2011 |
Jesse T. Gratke, Royal Oak, MI US
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| 20100049516 | METHOD OF USING MICROPHONE CHARACTERISTICS TO OPTIMIZE SPEECH RECOGNITION PERFORMANCE - A system and method for tuning a speech recognition engine to an individual microphone using a database containing acoustical models for a plurality of microphones. Microphone performance characteristics are obtained from a microphone at a speech recognition engine, the database is searched for an acoustical model that matches the characteristics, and the speech recognition engine is then modified based on the matching acoustical model. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110051941 | MICROPHONE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME - A microphone diagnostic method and system for accomplishing the same are disclosed herein. The method includes generating an analog tone signal and receiving the analog tone signal at a microphone. Via a processor operatively associated with the microphone, the analog tone signal is converted into a digital tone signal and the digital tone signal is compared to a reference digital tone signal having a predetermined amplitude range and a predetermined frequency range associated therewith. The method further includes generating a diagnostic trouble code signal when the digital tone signal falls outside of the predetermined amplitude range, or determining that the microphone is functioning properly when the digital tone signal falls within the predetermined amplitude range. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051972 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MOUNTING A MICROPHONE TO AN INTERIOR SURFACE OF A VEHICLE - A housing sub-assembly for mounting a microphone sub-assembly to a vehicle includes, but is not limited to a main body portion that is adapted to be mounted to an interior surface of the vehicle. The main body portion is configured to connect to the microphone sub-assembly and to support the microphone sub-assembly in a position such that a portion of the microphone sub-assembly protrudes beyond an end of the main body portion when the main body portion is connected to the microphone sub-assembly. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110164759 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A MICROPHONE TO AN INTERIOR SURFACE OF A VEHICLE - An arrangement for mounting a microphone to a surface in a passenger compartment of a vehicle includes, but is not limited to, a housing having an opening. The housing is configured to be mounted to the surface. A directional wideband microphone is mounted within the housing and positioned to partition the housing into a first chamber and a second chamber. The directional wideband microphone has an acoustic axis that extends through the first chamber. The housing and the directional wideband microphone cooperate to direct the acoustic axis in a predetermined direction. | 07-07-2011 |
Jesse T. Quatse, Mill Valley, CA US
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| 20090177540 | HIGH-PRECISION CUSTOMER-BASED TARGETING BY INDIVIDUAL USAGE STATISTICS - A system for distributing limited numbers of promotional offers targeted to individual customers based on the customers' individual probabilities of accepting the offers is disclosed. Each customer can receive a limited number of offers estimated to be most likely to be acceptable by the customer. Customer-Based targeting analyzes each customer's past purchasing behavior relative to a master list of promotional offers made available to all customers and selects a number of promotional offers most likely to be preferred by each customer. Various techniques, such as empirical Bayes techniques and sparse data handling techniques, are disclosed for providing an offer acceptance probability profile tailored for individual customers. Product groupings and market segments are taken into account. Various marketing strategies are incorporated into the system. An individual can override a system computation and manually set the relative offer acceptance probabilities for an individual user or class of users using a graphical technique. | 07-09-2009 |