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Kenneth H. Eguro, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100325633 | Searching Regular Expressions With Virtualized Massively Parallel Programmable Hardware - Logic and state information suitable for execution on a programmable hardware device may be generated from a task, such as evaluating a regular expression against a corpus. Hardware capacity requirements of the logic and state information on the programmable hardware device may be estimated. Once estimated, a plurality of the logic and state information generated from a plurality of tasks may be distributed into sets such that the logic and state information of each set fits within the hardware capacity of the programmable hardware device. The tasks within each set may be configured to execute in parallel on the programmable hardware device. Sets may then be executed in series, permitting virtualization of the resources. | 12-23-2010 |
Kenneth H. Falchuk, Newton, MA US
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| 20080275732 | Using patterns of medical treatment codes to determine when further medical expertise is called for - A technique for using ICD-9 and CPT codes in an individual's medical records to determine a particular manner in which a medical condition of an individual should be dealt with. The medical records are analyzed for a pattern of the medical treatment codes that is associated with the particular manner of dealing with the medical condition and an indication of the pattern's existence is provided. In one embodiment, the analysis is used to determine whether and what kind of specialist is required. The analysis may be performed when the diagnosis of the condition is uncertain, when the treatment of the condition is uncertain, when the treatment has resulted in further problems, or when the patient is not responding to the treatment. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20100287000 | MEDICAL CONSULTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A medical consultation support system in which a client computer, such as a personal computer or a terminal of an existing medical support system, is employed to transfer a structured request for consultation from a primary care physician to a supervisory host computer. The structured request may be accompanied by additional information related to the request, such as existing data files containing patient history information, medical image data, laboratory results, pathologies, etc., forming a transmittable, machine-readable collection of information relating to the consultation request. At the supervisory computer, the request is displayed for preliminary review by a receiving staff physician who designates a specialist and retrieves and assembles selected tutorial and background information, including related published articles, tutorial background lessons, practice and protocol documentation, and records of prior consultations which are related to the current consultation request, all of which are stored in one or more databases of medical information accessible to the supervisory host computer. The supervisory computer then transmits the request for consultation, together with at least the identification of the assembled supporting documentation, to the selected specialist for review, and thereafter receives the responsive comment from the selected specialist. The supervisory computer further stores the request for consultation, including the specialist's responsive comment and an identification of the cited supporting material, as a structured case history item in the database of medical information where it may be accessed for future reference. Each consultation is further stored as a recorded learning event associated with the requesting primary care physician, and used to generate a report of continuing legal education credits earned by the requesting physician while participating in the managed consultation sessions. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110010190 | HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system and method for facilitating and managing health care between a medical provider and a patient. In one aspect, the system and method includes providing a patient having a first criteria, which includes a medical symptom. The system and method also include selecting a subset of medical providers having expertise in treating the medical symptom, generating a care request to obtain a treatment proposal for the medical symptom of the patient, and updating the care request with medical information associated with the medical sympton. The system and method further include receiving at least one treatment proposal of the medical symptom from the medical providers and selecting a treatment proposal of the medical symptom from the medical providers. | 01-13-2011 |
Kenneth H. Grabstein, Mercer Island, WA US
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| 20080200641 | AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTED MOLECULES - The invention provides compositions and methods of identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules, including therapeutic molecules by modification with non-natural amino acids. Certain aspects of the invention include methods of adding a chemical moiety to a target molecule, and the compositions resulting therefrom. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to kits for identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules described herein. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080214439 | AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTED MOLECULES - The invention provides compositions and methods of identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules, including therapeutic molecules by modification with non-natural amino acids. Certain aspects of the invention include methods of adding a chemical moiety to a target molecule, and the compositions resulting therefrom. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to kits for identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules described herein. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100015723 | Antagonists of Interleukin-15 - Antagonists of mammalian interleukin-15 (“IL-15”) are disclosed and include muteins of IL-15 and modified IL-15 molecules that are each capable of binding to the IL-15Rα-subunit and that are incapable of transducing a signal through either the β- or γ-subunits of the IL-15 receptor complex. Also included are monoclonal antibodies against IL-15 that prevent IL-15 from effecting signal transduction through either the β- or γ-subunits of the IL-15 receptor complex. Methods of treating various disease states are disclosed, including treating allograft rejection and graft-versus-host disease. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100254943 | AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTED MOLECULES - The invention provides compositions and methods of identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules, including therapeutic molecules by modification with non-natural amino acids. Certain aspects of the invention include methods of adding a chemical moiety to a target molecule, and the compositions resulting therefrom. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to kits for identifying, modifying and producing modified target molecules described herein. | 10-07-2010 |
Kenneth H. Green, Whitefish, MT US
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| 20090050256 | MULTI-LAYERED COMPOSITE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A multi-layered composite includes a polymer adhesive layer and a polymer support film layer that becomes intimately incorporated with the polymer adhesive layer upon application of heat. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090173134 | CLAMP AND REPAIR TOOL - A tool for gripping, clamping or holding an object, wherein the tool has a handle portion, a linkage portion and a working portion, and wherein the working portion includes two workpiece contacting surfaces, at least one of the surfaces shaped to generally conform to at least a portion of the outer surface of a workpiece to be clamped, gripped or held. In some embodiments, at least one of the workpiece contacting surfaces is adapted to provide a treatment to a workpiece being clamped, gripped or held. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100313625 | CLAMP AND REPAIR TOOL - A tool for use on a generally tubular workpiece includes a clamp base having an opening, a first jaw coupled to the clamp base with a first linkage and a second jaw coupled to the clamp base with a second linkage, a translation mechanism disposed on or within the clamp base operatively coupled to the first and second jaws via one or more adjusting links, whereby the first and second jaws are adapted to move, under a force communicated by the adjusting links and the linkages, within the opening between an open position in which the respective bottom ends of the first and second jaws are spaced apart to a closed position in which the respective bottom ends of the first and second jaws are abutting. | 12-16-2010 |
Kenneth H. Griess, Kent, WA US
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| 20080302913 | CARGO FLOOR, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - Embodiments provide a cargo floor, a system, and a method adapted to be made integral with or complementary of the aircraft fuselage. Cargo floor members may be adapted to be coupled with a flat fuselage bottom inner skin of an aircraft fuselage to serve as the main orthotropic stiffeners to the flat fuselage bottom inner skin such that a portion of the in service loading experienced by the aircraft are shared by a combination of the fuselage and the cargo floor. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090184881 | STRUCTURAL FEED APERTURE FOR SPACE BASED PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS - A structural phased array antenna and method for manufacturing are disclosed. An integrated structural antenna aperture can be used to reduce net weight, cost, and volume where an array of antenna elements are incorporated into a structural member, e.g. in a spacecraft. A structural material layer, such as a structural foam, may be used with the array of individual antenna element cavities machined into the layer. The antenna element cavities are lined with a conductive material, such as plated aluminum. Facesheets may be bonded to the front and/or backside of the structural material layer in order to increase strength and/or stiffness using an RF transparent material. The array of antenna elements may be coupled to filters at the back side of structural material layer. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090294588 | FUSELAGE STRUCTURE INCLUDING AN INTEGRATED FUSELAGE STANCHION - A fuselage structure for an aircraft or similar vehicle may include an upper fuselage portion and a lower fuselage portion. A floor may be disposed between the upper fuselage portion and the lower fuselage portion. At least one unitized stanchion may be disposed between the floor and the lower fuselage portion. The at least one unitized stanchion may form the only structural support between the floor and the lower fuselage portion without any vertical beams. | 12-03-2009 |
Kenneth H. Kohlndorfer, Roseville, MI US
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| 20080290203 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SEAT BELT RETRACTOR - An electromechanical seat belt retractor has a seat belt retractor assembly having a spool rotationally moveable about an axis of rotation for winding and unwinding a seat belt; a motor for selectively rotating the spool; a clutch including an over-clutch driven by the motor through one or more gears; the clutch being coaxially aligned with the axis of rotation of the spool and linearly spaced from the spool; and wherein upon a forward actuation of the motor a clutch plate of the clutch linearly moves to engage the spool coupling to the spool and thereafter rotating the spool about the axis to initiate a winding of the seat belt. After the clutch plate engages the spool a reversal of the motor linearly moves the clutch plate away from the spool disengaging the spool. Preferably the clutch means is a Bendix type clutch assembly. In a preferred embodiment, the clutch plate first engages an over-clutch is fixed in a locking engagement to the spool. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080290204 | SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WITH A PRETENSIONER DEVICE - A seat belt retractor device has a gas generator for generating a high pressure gas when a vehicle is in emergency; a chamber cylinder for conducting the high pressure gas from the gas generator; a piston received movably within the chamber cylinder and pressed and moved by the high pressure gas, the piston having an O ring sealed end portion engaging walls of the chamber cylinder and a rack portion extending into the chamber cylinder; and a drive unit for rotating a winding shaft or spool of a seat belt retractor in a direction of removing a slack of a belt, using the movement of the piston and driven by said rack teeth portions; a pretensioner employed with an energy absorbing mechanism, for reversely rotating the winding spool when a tension acting on the belt exceeds a predetermined value after removing the slack of the belt; and a venting mechanism having a gas passageway for exhausting the high pressure gas from a space filled with the high pressure gas to the outside of the space, the gas passageway extending through the sealed end portion into said rack, characterized by the gas passageway having a first longitudinal extending passageway portion extending for a length in the direction of the rack portion to a closed end and a second transverse passageway portion intersecting the first portion at a distance of at least 10 mm from the end, and being open to the outside space. | 11-27-2008 |
Kenneth H. Lau, La Crescenta, CA US
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| 20090075222 | Particulate mitigating propellant management tank device - A propellant management device comprising a plurality of insert vanes with respective outwardly extending curved flanges is disposed in a propellant tank with the curved flanges having mating contact along contacting lines on the interior of the tank as the insert vanes serves to wick fuel within the tank with reduced particulate generation within the tank for improved reliability and use of the propellant tank. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090237613 | Peripheral filtering optical eyeglasses - A filter or lens for common optical apparatus includes a clear center portion and an attenuating peripheral portion where the peripheral portion attenuates off-axis images and passes on-axis images with high signal to noise ratios yet not completely blocking the off-axis images, which lens is well suited for reducing off-axis glare in the optical apparatus that may be handheld optical apparatus such as binoculars, telescopes, cameras, and eyeglasses. | 09-24-2009 |
Kenneth H. Nealson, Los Angeles, CA US
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| 20100040908 | MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS - A microbial fuel cell includes an anode compartment with an anode and an anode biocatalyst and a cathode compartment with a cathode and a cathode biocatalyst, with a membrane positioned between the anode compartment and the cathode compartment, and an electrical pathway between the anode and the cathode. The anode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing oxidation of an organic substance, and the cathode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing reduction of an inorganic substance. The reduced organic substance can form a precipitate, thereby removing the inorganic substance from solution. In some cases, the anode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing oxidation of an inorganic substance, and the cathode biocatalyst is capable of catalyzing reduction of an organic or inorganic substance. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100176005 | High-throughput Biological Screening Assay Using Voltage Gradients - A high throughput biological screening assay comprising at least two anodes, at least two cathodes acting as the reference electrode, and a polymer membrane placed between each anode and cathode, wherein the at least two anodes comprise a biological culture, and wherein the at least two cathodes comprise an oxidizing agent and a buffering agent. The high throughput biological screening assay wherein the at least two cathodes are connected in parallel to simulate the connection between the same cathode and different anodes. The high throughput biological screening assay further including an external resistor or open circuit and means for measuring the voltage across the external resistor or open circuit. A method of measuring power generation using a single cathode as a reference electrode to monitor the biological production of energy. A method of correlating bacterial biofilm formation within an operational microbial fuel cell directly to current output. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100196742 | Electricity Generation Using Phototrophic Microbial Fuel Cells - A sediment-type self-sustained phototrophic microbial fuel cell for generating electricity through the syntrophic interaction between photosynthetic microorganisms and heterotrophic bacteria in algae cultivation ponds used for biodiesel production. The microbial fuel cell is operable to continuously produce electricity without the external input of exogenous organics or nutrients. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110032511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE NANO-SCALE STRESS AND STRAIN IN MATERIALS - A system for measuring stress and strain in a sample is provided. The system includes a sample holder operable to support the sample; a stress inducing assembly operable to apply force to a selected location on the sample to deform the sample by a selected distance in a range from about 0.1 angstrom to about a millimeter; and an interferometer operable to determine a surface topography of the deformed sample at a resolution in a range from about 0.1 angstrom to about a micron. | 02-10-2011 |
Kenneth H. Persen, Maple Grove, MN US
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| 20080208292 | Method and apparatus for communication between a handheld programmer and an implantable medical device - Systems and methods for telemetric communication between a handheld programmer and an implantable medical device are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a user-friendly, color, touch-sensitive screen that allows the user to visually observe and control the handheld's operation. The handheld further comprises an internal and/or external analytical means to provide robust analytical capabilities. Some embodiments of a system disclosed herein can be configured as a component of an Advanced Patient Management System that helps better monitor, predict and manage chronic diseases. | 08-28-2008 |
Kenneth H. Speckhals, Wexford, PA US
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| 20090263672 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF COMPOSITE-COATED RIGID FLAT-ROLLED SHEET METAL SUBSTRATE - Methods and apparatus for producing composite-coated rigid flat-rolled sheet metal substrate in which thermoplastic polymeric materials are selected and combined for dual-layer molten-film extrusion presenting a first-contacting tie-layer and an externally-located finish-layer which are simultaneously extruded for a single substrate surface at-a-time; in which tie-layer selection includes an ethylene-glycol modified PET, requiring a substrate-surface temperature between 230° F. and 300° F., and a maleic-anhydride modified polyethylene free of any substrate-surface heating requirement; the tie-layer provides sufficient green-strength-adhesion for a finish-layer selected from PBT, PET, and a combination of PBT and PET; each substrate-surface is separately activated for desired adhesion and separately polymeric coated; dual-surface finishing-processing is carried-out by remelting the coated polymeric materials for completing bonding of the dual polymeric layers on each inorganic-metallic protectively-coated surface of the substrate. | 10-22-2009 |
Kenneth H. Stueve, Edgerton, KS US
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| 20110080262 | LOCATION FINDER SYSTEM - A locating system for locating a specific subject among a number of possible subjects having an RFID tag attached to subjects which, when interrogated by an RFID reader, provides a unique identification code. A database containing information about subscribers including a list of RFID tag codes associated with the subjects of interest is included in the system. Transceivers having an RFID reader and a processor responsive to the transceiver and the RFID reader are also included in the locating system for locating a subject of interest. When the transceivers receive RFID code transmitted via the communications network, the transceiver is activated to transmit data to any nearby RFID tags. Upon receipt of a response from the RFID tag, the transceivers transmit the tag data to the communications network so that the subject of interest can be located. | 04-07-2011 |
Kenneth H. Whifield, New Haven, CT US
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| 20080283575 | SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE - A surgical stapling device for sequentially applying a plurality of fasteners to body tissue and simultaneously incising tissue is provided. The surgical stapling device is adapted to receive disposable loading units having staples in linear rows whose length can be between about 30 mm and 60 mm. The disposable loading unit includes a proximal body portion, a mounting assembly and a tool assembly. The mounting assembly is secured to the proximal end of the tool assembly and pivotally mounted about a pivot axis to the distal end of the proximal body portion. A support member or blow-out plate assembly is positioned on opposite sides of the pivot avis and extends between the proximal body portion and the mounting assembly. An axial drive assembly is slidably positioned between the support members and is translatable through the cartridge assembly to eject staples from the cartridge assembly. The support members prevent outward buckling of the axial drive assembly during actuation of the device especially when the tool assembly is articulated. Preferably, a protrusion is provided in the proximal body portion of the disposable loading unit at a position to frictionally engage an articulation link. Engagement between the protrusion and the articulation link retains the articulation link at a fixed position within the proximal body portion to maintain the tool assembly in a desired orientation until a predetermined axial force is applied to the articulation link. The disposable loading unit also preferably includes a locking member which is operably connected to the axial drive assembly. The locking member provides an audible and/or tactile indication that the device has been actuated. | 11-20-2008 |
Kenneth H. Wong, Santa Rosa, CA US
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| 20080204039 | Self Calibration Apparatus And Methods - The present invention is a method to allow a vector network analyzer (VNA) to self calibrate without the addition of calibration standards, e.g. a calibration kit with a network analyzer. | 08-28-2008 |