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Alan R. Lee, Littleton, CO US
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| 20090062791 | Integrated smoke evacuation electrosurgical pencil and method - An electrosurgical pencil includes an adjustable-length suction tube which surrounds a stationary electrode to evacuate smoke and electrosurgical byproducts from a surgical site. An electrode anchor unit is located within the interior of the suction tube to allow relative movement of the suction tube relative to a stationarily-retained electrode, and to receive and connect to different lengths of the electrodes. Adjusting the length of the suction tube relative to the different lengths of the electrode achieves effective evacuation, among other things. | 03-05-2009 |
Amy Sarah Lee, Loveland, CO US
Bernard C. Lee, Fort Collins, CO US
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| 20080288320 | ACTIONABLE BUSINESS PLAN CREATION AND EXECUTION - Disclosed is a system and method for creating and executing business plans. A business plan is created as an actionable business plan using an interactive knowledgebase. The actionable business plan is stored in an electronic format using a hierarchical parent/child storage structure, such as a structure that may be created in a database. The actionable business plan is presented to a user for reporting and maintenance through an interactive Graphical User Interface (GUI). The system and method may further support managing multiple business plans on a single system by placing each individual actionable business plan into a separate folder. The folders may be incorporated as an extension of the hierarchical parent/child structure of an actionable business plan. Each folder and the associated child business plan elements may have unique access permissions such that each individual user is presented with the business plan elements that are related to folders that the individual has permission to access. The system and method may also support tracking a business plan that spans multiple quarters with an ability to focus on plan elements that occur within a definable range of quarters and then view calculated weighted progress for the specified range of quarters. The system and method may generate an interactive report that shows all business plan elements that span the specified quarters. Two primary reports are a weighted average for all business plan actions that are due during the chosen quarters and a weighted average for all business plan actions due throughout the entire course of the business plan. | 11-20-2008 |
Choon Kee Lee, Denver, CO US
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| 20130060185 | Thermal Apparatus - Provided herein are an apparatus and methods to induce electromagnetic field in biologic tissue for thermal therapy. The apparatus comprises electromagnetic devices fitted to be releasably deployed inside a body, magnetic materials to be deployed in a body, and a magnetic centrifuge machine. An electromagnetic device includes a controllably flexible fiberoptic tubular device with a magnetic-flux-controlled electromagnetic assembly on its distal end. The electromagnetic device receives direct or alternating electric current. Implanted particulate magnetic materials in close proximity to said electromagnetic assembly form reversible magnetic vascular mold in target blood vessels by static magnetic field produced by direct electric current to said electromagnetic assembly. Implanted magnetic materials generate heat by alternating magnetic field induced by alternating electric current to said electromagnetic assembly. A magnetic centrifuge machine removes magnetic materials from blood by centrifugation under static magnetic field after completion of thermal therapy. | 03-07-2013 |
Christopher A. Lee, Denver, CO US
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| 20130019268 | CONTEXTUAL COMMERCE FOR VIEWERS OF VIDEO PROGRAMMINGAANM Fitzsimmons; Michael R.AACI San FranciscoAAST CAAACO USAAGP Fitzsimmons; Michael R. San Francisco CA USAANM Rudnick; David M.AACI DenverAAST COAACO USAAGP Rudnick; David M. Denver CO USAANM Joe; BrianAACI San FranciscoAAST CAAACO USAAGP Joe; Brian San Francisco CA USAANM Lee; Christopher A.AACI DenverAAST COAACO USAAGP Lee; Christopher A. Denver CO USAANM Hu; WeiAACI EnglewoodAAST COAACO USAAGP Hu; Wei Englewood CO US - An apparatus and method for enabling a viewer to watch television in the usual manner, while providing the viewer with an opportunity to indicate interest in products contextually associated with, but not necessarily displayed, in the television programs viewed, are described. Viewer interest might be indicated, for example, by launching a widget from an icon located on the TV video receiver using a handheld remote controller in communication with a set-top box during the program. The program being viewed may then be identified, for example, by the selected channel, the name of the program, the episode, and the time of the selection, or a combination of these indicators. The selections are transmitted by the set-top box to a remote search server, which returns information to the viewer on a portion of the TV video receiver concerning available products contextually related to the program being viewed at the time the widget was launched by the viewer, as well as purchase information. A selected product may as well be purchased through the set-top box in communication with an e-commerce server. Use of a mobile telephone in combination with a TV set-top box for product purchasing is also described. | 01-17-2013 |
Christopher David Lee, Boulder, CO US
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| 20100021875 | Medical Simulation System and Method - A method, apparatus and system for simulating the release of radio opaque dye within a vasculature system. The method, apparatus and system include simulating a vessel tree of the vasculature system for display on a display device, activating a particle-based contrast software effect, and injecting a plurality of physics-based particles into a confined vessel space of said vessel tree. The method and apparatus may also include fading down over a period of time an opacity of each of the physics-based particles and opacifying a portion of a vessel wall. | 01-28-2010 |
Donald Lee, Fort Collins, CO US
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| 20100327702 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF MICROMACHINED TRANSDUCERS - A micromachined structure, comprises a substrate and a cavity in the substrate. The micromachined structure comprises a membrane layer disposed over the substrate and spanning the cavity. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110088234 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF MICROMACHINED TRANSDUCERS - A micromachined structure, comprises a substrate and a cavity in the substrate. The micromachined structure comprises a membrane layer disposed over the substrate and spanning the cavity. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110266925 | RESONATOR DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRODE WITH BURIED TEMPERATURE COMPENSATING LAYER - An acoustic resonator device includes a composite first electrode on a substrate, a piezoelectric layer on the composite electrode, and a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer. The first electrode includes a buried temperature compensating layer having a positive temperature coefficient. The piezoelectric layer has a negative temperature coefficient, and thus the positive temperature coefficient of the temperature compensating layer offsets at least a portion of the negative temperature coefficient of the piezoelectric layer. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120154074 | RESONATOR DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRODE WITH BURIED TEMPERATURE COMPENSATING LAYER - An acoustic resonator device includes a composite first electrode on a substrate, a piezoelectric layer on the composite electrode, and a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer. The first electrode includes a buried temperature compensating layer having a positive temperature coefficient. The piezoelectric layer has a negative temperature coefficient, and thus the positive temperature coefficient of the temperature compensating layer offsets at least a portion of the negative temperature coefficient of the piezoelectric layer. | 06-21-2012 |
Garland Lee, Windsor, CO US
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| 20120032529 | LATCHING RELAY CONTROL CIRCUITRY - Electronic circuits and methods are provided for power conservation applications. A latching relay includes a controlled switch electrically coupled within a power supply of a computer or other load. Circuitry of the present teachings controls operation of the latching relay. Set and reset conditions of the latching relay establish normal and deep standby operating modes for the computer, respectively. Manual switching or automated signaling are used to assert the set and reset relay conditions. Very low power consumption is achieved during the deep standby mode of operation. | 02-09-2012 |
Garland Lee, Fort Collins, CO US
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| 20120025610 | POWER SUPPLY HAVING LOW QUIESCENT CONSUMPTION - Electronic circuitry and methods are provided. Electrical energy is coupled to a transformer by way of line filter of a power supply. A clipper circuit limits the alternating-current voltage applied to the primary side. A voltage tripler receives output from the secondary side of the transformer and a resulting voltage is coupled to a voltage regulator. At least one regulated direct-current voltage is output to a load and is maintained while a current pulse is applied to a predetermined device. The electronic circuitry conforms to pending power conservation requirements for computers and other equipment. | 02-02-2012 |
Hanil Lee, Broomfield, CO US
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| 20130008134 | STRAIGHT-SPLIT POUCH, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING THE POUCH - A straight-split pouch, a method for manufacturing the pouch, and a device for manufacturing the pouch. The pouch is based on a front synthetic resin sheet and a rear synthetic resin sheet, has a notch marking the tear starting point at the openable portion, and has a series of multiple grooves for splitting disposed at a predetermined distance from one another along a straight line at the openable portion starting from the notch. The method includes producing a base film; producing the grooves for splitting; applying an adhesive to the surface protection layer and drying the layer; adhering the base film to the surface protection layer; sealing a large-area sheet; and cutting the sealed large-area sheet and forming the notch. The device includes first and second winding portions; an adhesive application portion; a chamber; a shaping apparatus; a laminating treatment portion; and a heat seal and cutting portion. | 01-10-2013 |
Han Il Lee, Broomfield, CO US
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| 20100178827 | ROOF UNDERLAYMENT - A roofing underlayment comprising a top layer, a bottom layer and a water-sealing composition layer positioned between the top layer and the bottom layer wherein the water-sealing composition consists essentially of at least 80 weight % of a copolymer of ethylene and at least one comonomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate and vinyl acetate is disclosed. The top and bottom layers independently comprise a fabric selected from the group consisting of nonwoven polypropylene, nonwoven polyethylene, nonwoven polyethylene terephthalate, woven polypropylene, woven polyethylene, spunbond polypropylene, and spunbond polyester. The roofing underlayment may optionally comprise additional layers. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110086564 | Toughened thermoplastic polyamide compositions - Disclosed are high frequency-active blends comprising (a) copolymers of ethylene and maleic anhydride or its functional equivalents and (b) ethylene copolymers with polar comonomers such as ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers, ethylene/alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymers and ethylene/(meth)acrylate/carbon monoxide terpolymers; and films, powders, multilayer structures, and articles prepared therefrom. | 04-14-2011 |
Hyoungjoo Lee, Highlands Ranch, CO US
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| 20110167298 | PACKET MIRRORING BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY VIRTUALIZED SOFTWARE IMAGES FOR IMPROVED SYSTEM FAILOVER PERFORMANCE - Packet loss at a standby server during failover results when the primary fails. There is currently always some amount of packet traffic that is inbound to the primary that is lost during the failover interval. With existing solutions, this packet loss during failover is inevitable. The problem is that when this information is lost, the standby has the state of the last commit, so the standby will have the state information that is old and representative of system state accurately only to the system state at the time of the last commit. One solution is a method in which all inbound data packets targeted to be delivered to a primary software application, such as a virtualized software application, running in a primary virtual machine, are continuously monitored and copied by a Network Replication Device for simultaneous delivery to a backup image of the software application running on a standby system. | 07-07-2011 |
Jae Sang Lee, Denver, CO US
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| 20100226596 | Reusable Bag with Fastening System and Methods of Use - A reusable bag with a fastening system is disclosed. The reusable bag having at least one panel, but typically having a first panel and a second panel with a first loop handle and a second loop handle, the first and second handles coupled with and extending from the first and second panels respectively. The fastening system of the reusable bag comprises at least one of, but typically both a first strap and a second strap. The first strap having one of a hook material and a loop material, while the second strap having another of the hook material. Further disclosed are a looped third strap of the fastening system and a pocket adapted to receive the first and second straps. Methods relating to the reusable bag and fastening system, such as a method comprising folding and/or rolling, stacking, wrapping, and securing one or more reusable bags are additionally described herein. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20120091156 | Reusable Beverage Sleeve and Methods of Use Thereof - Reusable beverage sleeves and methods of use are disclosed herein. The inventive reusable beverage sleeves can be removably coupled or operatively engaged with a beverage container. The reusable beverage sleeve typically comprises a first section and a second section. The first section includes a pocket with which to store and secure various items. The second section and the first section form a generally tubular sleeve having an upper edge and a lower edge which creates an opening to receive the beverage container of a user's appendage (e.g., a wrist, forearm, ankle, or calf). The first and second sections are typically substantially comprised of a flexible fabric, such as elastic or similar elastomer material. | 04-19-2012 |
Jason Lee, Highlands Ranch, CO US
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| 20120055962 | User Wearable Line Holder - A fishing line holder that can be either removably or permanently attached to a piece of clothing, such as a shirt is described. In one preferred use, the holder, which includes a slit, permits a fisherman wearing a piece of clothing having the holder attached thereto to temporarily store a monofilament fishing line in the slit while he/she is making changes to his/her fishing rig. | 03-08-2012 |
Jefferson Nathan Lee, Colorado Springs, CO US
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| 20110051623 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTRATION OF STORAGE OBJECTS - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of generating a representation of a storage network. The method includes obtaining an request from a client system to view contents of a node in a tree model. The method also includes receiving tree information corresponding to the node and adding the tree information to the tree model. | 03-03-2011 |
John Edwin Lee, Fort Collins, CO US
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| 20110125412 | REMOTE MONITORING OF CARBON NANOTUBE SENSOR - The present invention provides a remote monitoring system for monitoring the operation of a fluid treatment system and/or the qualities, characteristics, properties, etc., of the fluid being processed or treated by the fluid treatment system. The present invention also relates to carbon nanotube sensors. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20120125771 | CARBON NANOTUBE SENSOR - The present invention provides a remote monitoring system for monitoring the operation of a fluid treatment system and/or the qualities, characteristics, properties, etc., of the fluid being processed or treated by the fluid treatment system. The present invention also relates to carbon nanotube sensors. | 05-24-2012 |
John N. Lee, Longmont, CO US
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| 20090033658 | COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY USING CONTROL GEOMETRY HAVING AT LEAST TWO DIMENSIONS - A method and system for computer aided design (CAD) is disclosed for designing geometric objects. The present invention interpolates and/or blends between such geometric objects sufficiently fast so that real time deformation of such objects occurs while deformation data is being input. Thus, a user designing with the present invention obtains immediate feedback to input modifications without separately entering a command for performing such deformations. The present invention utilizes novel computational techniques for blending between geometric objects, wherein weighted sums of points on the geometric objects are used in deriving a new blended geometric object. The present invention is particularly useful for designing the shape of surfaces. Thus, the present invention is applicable to various design domains such as the design of, e.g., bottles, vehicles, and watercraft. Additionally, the present invention provides for efficient animation via repeatedly modifying surfaces of an animated object such as a representation of a face. | 02-05-2009 |
Joshua G. Lee, Denver, CO US
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| 20100125107 | MULTIPLE GASIFIERS MANIFOLDED TO MULTIPLE FISCHER-TROPSCH REACTORS WITH OPTIONAL RECYCLE TO THE REACTORS - A method of producing synthesis gas via gasification in a Fischer-Tropsch plant, the method including providing a number of gasifiers, the number of gasifiers provided being at least one more than the base number required to provide 100% plant capacity of synthesis gas when each gasifier is operated at 100% gasifier capacity. A method of continually producing synthesis gas via gasification of a carbonaceous feed in a Fischer-Tropsch plant by providing a number of gasifiers, the number of gasifiers provided being at least one more than the base number required to provide 100% plant capacity of synthesis gas when each gasifier is operated at 100% gasifier capacity; and adjusting the amount of synthesis gas produced by adjusting the number of online gasifiers, the flow rate of carbonaceous feed to each gasifier, or a combination thereof. A system for carrying out the method is also provided. | 05-20-2010 |
Kenneth F. Lee, Highlands Ranch, CO US
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| 20130042568 | WIDE SPAN STATIC STRUCTURE - A building structure includes an upper chord element, a lower chord element and web elements extending between the upper chord element and the lower chord element. The upper chord element forms part of an outer surface of a roof for the building structure. | 02-21-2013 |
Lane Lee, Boulder, CO US
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| 20090327743 | SECURE PORTABLE DATA TRANSPORT & STORAGE SYSTEM - A portable data transport device that provides security to data stored therein, and is configured to communicate data with a host computer for securing and transporting data. The portable data transport device includes a first processor and a biometric identification system. Upon successful biometric identification of an enrolled user, the first processor permits mounting of the data transport device to a host computer. However, prior to the commencement of read/write operations, cross-checking of stored identification codes of components of the portable data transport device occurs, including the use of a hash function. If any identifier does not match, no read/write data operations are permitted. The portable data transport device includes a file security program that includes a DLL encryption/decryption program having a self-check feature. Upon self check, if any changes were made to the encryption/decryption program, no read/write operations are permitted. The portable data transport device permits the selection of multiple files for encryption together into a single data container pack file and to store that data container pack file. The file security program permits an enrolled user at a host computer to assign only a password to a data container pack file. If a user at a host computer enters an incorrect password a predetermined number of times, portable data transport device processor will erase all data in any volatile memory it is using and will lock itself in a non-operational configuration. | 12-31-2009 |
Lane W. Lee, Longmont, CO US
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| 20090034722 | METHOD OF ENCRYPTING AND DECRYPTING DATA STORED ON A STORAGE DEVICE USING AN EMBEDDED ENCRYPTION/DECRYPTION MEANS - A method of encrypting data is provided that uses a medium key retrieved from a storage medium. The medium key is combined with another key to generate a combination key. Content is encrypted according to the combination key and written to the storage medium. | 02-05-2009 |
Lane W. Lee, Boulder, CO US
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| 20080294914 | Trusted storage - In one embodiment, a method for authenticating access to encrypted content on a storage medium, wherein the encrypted content is encrypted according to a full disk encryption (FDE) key, the storage medium including an encrypted version of the FDE key and an encrypted version of a protected storage area (PSA) key, and wherein the encrypted version of the FDE key is encrypted according to the PSA key, the method comprising: providing an authenticated communication channel between a host and a storage engine associated with the storage medium; at the storage engine, receiving a pass code from the host over the authenticated communication channel; hashing the pass code to form a derived key, wherein the encrypted version of the PSA key is encrypted according to the derived key; verifying an authenticity of the pass code; if the pass code is authentic, decrypting the encrypted version of the PSA key to recover the PSA key; decrypting the encrypted FDE key using the recovered PSA key to recover the FDE key; and decrypting the encrypted content using the FDE key. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090003608 | BLOCK-LEVEL STORAGE DEVICE WITH CONTENT SECURITY - A block-level storage device is provided that implements a digital rights management (DRM) system. In response to receiving a public key from an associated host system, the storage device challenges the host system to prove it has the corresponding private key to establish trust. This trust is established by encrypting a secure session key using the public key. The host system uses its private key to recover the secure session key. The storage device may store content that has been encrypted according to a content key. In addition, the storage device may encrypt the content key using the secure session key. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090041244 | Secure Access System and Method - In one embodiment, a storage device is provided that includes: a storage medium; and a storage engine, the storage engine being configured to generate a secure session key and to receive encrypted content and a corresponding encrypted content key from a host system, wherein the content key has been encrypted by the host system using the secure session key, the storage engine being further configured to decrypt the encrypted content key using the secure session key and to encrypt the decrypted content key with a first storage engine encryption key and to write the storage-engine-encrypted content key to the storage medium. | 02-12-2009 |
Myongjai Lee, Boulder, CO US
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| 20100291438 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL, LITHIUM-ION BATTERY AND METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides an anode comprising a nanocomposite of graphene-oxide and a silicon-based polymer matrix. The anode exhibits a high energy density such as ˜800 mAhg | 11-18-2010 |
Patrice A. Lee, Erie, CO US
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| 20090204050 | Method and System for Colloid Exchange Therapy - The present invention relates to a method and system for using a hemofilter to treat IMRD, hepatic failure, exogenous intoxication and other conditions associated with toxins in a patient's blood. One treatment includes the use of a very large pore hemofilter to remove target complex molecules and/or target molecules from a patient's blood and to infuse a replacement fluid into the patient's blood to maintain a prescribed albumin concentration in the patient's blood. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20110040228 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLOID EXCHANGE THERAPY - The present invention relates to a method and system for using a very large pore hemofilter to treat IMRD, hepatic failure, exogenous intoxication and other conditions associated with toxins in a patient's blood. One treatment includes the use of a very large pore hemofilter to remove target complex molecules and/or target molecules from a patient's blood and to infuse a replacement fluid into the patient's blood to maintain a prescribed albumin concentration in the patient's blood. | 02-17-2011 |
Rebecca M. Lee, Colorado Springs, CO US
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| 20120292968 | Balance Chair - A balance chair includes a central vertical post with a base attached at a lower end of the central post; a flexible joint attached at an upper end of the central post, a seat attached atop the flexible joint; and a plurality of resistance members attached to the central post and the seat, wherein the plurality of resistance members are arranged around the post in a spaced-apart manner, wherein the flexible joint supports the seat and enables the seat to pivot about an effective pivot point as defined by the shape and composition of the flexible joint, and wherein the resistance members resist but do not prevent pivoting of the seat about the effective pivot point. The flexible joint and the resistance members support pivoting of the seat both side-to-side and fore-and aft and any combination thereof. The resistance members limit a degree of pivoting of the seat. | 11-22-2012 |
Richard M. Lee, Denver, CO US
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| 20110206039 | Systems And Methods For IP And VoIP Device Location Determination - A method and system for precise position determination of general Internet Protocol (IP) network-connected devices. A method enables use of remote intelligence located at strategic network points to distribute relevant assistance data to IP devices with embedded receivers. Assistance is tailored to provide physical timing, frequency and real time signal status data using general broadband communication protocols. Relevant assistance data enables several complementary forms of signal processing gain critical to acquire and measure weakened or distorted in-building Global Navigation Satellite Services (GNSS) signals and to ultimately extract corresponding pseudo-range time components. A method to assemble sets of GNSS measurements that are observed over long periods of time while using standard satellite navigation methods, and once compiled, convert using standard methods each pseudo-range into usable path distances used to calculate a precise geographic position to a known degree of accuracy. | 08-25-2011 |
Seung J. Lee, Morrison, CO US
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| 20120019941 | SYSTEM FOR DISCRETELY ACTUATED SOLAR MIRRORS - System for establishing a surface shape. The system includes a compliant substrate including the surface and having a reverse side, and a plurality of discrete actuators engaging the reverse side and arranged in a selected pattern to control the surface shape as individual discrete activators are activated. It is preferred that the actuators have multiple discrete stable states of elongation. A particularly preferred embodiment uses actuators that are binary with two stable states of elongation. | 01-26-2012 |
Wai-Man Lee, Longmont, CO US
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| 20090099155 | 6-SUBSTITUTED 2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-1H-BENZO[D]AZEPINES AS 5-HT2C RECEPTOR AGONISTS - The present invention provides 6-substituted 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzoazepines of Formula I as selective 5-HT | 04-16-2009 |
Wen-Chau Lee, Boulder, CO US
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| 20100026565 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A REPRESENTATION OF AN ATMOSPHERIC VORTEX KINEMATIC STRUCTURE - A method for generating a representation of a kinematic structure of an atmospheric vortex is provided. The method comprises receiving a plurality of signals from a Doppler radar. The signals are reflected at a plurality of pulse volumes. The method also comprises measuring a plurality of Doppler velocities based on the received signals. A plurality of scaled Doppler velocities are calculated representing the plurality of measured Doppler velocities, the radial distance between the Doppler radar and the pulse volume where the Doppler velocity is measured, and the distance between the radar and a first estimated atmospheric vortex center. The method also comprises generating a representation of the kinematic structure of the atmospheric vortex using the plurality of scaled Doppler wind velocity values. | 02-04-2010 |
Weng-Kai K. Lee, Longmont, CO US
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| 20110077648 | Switch Assembly for Electrosurgical Instrument - An electrosurgical forceps includes a housing having a shaft affixed thereto, the shaft including jaw members at a distal end thereof. The forceps also includes a switch assembly that includes a supporting member, a flexible membrane circuit having snap dome switch contacts operably fixed thereto, and ergonomically-contoured keytops. The switch assembly provides at least one monopolar activation switch, and a bipolar activation switch. The forceps also include a drive mechanism which causes the jaw members to move relative to one another for manipulating tissue. A monopolar safety switch is incorporated into the switch assembly which cooperates with the drive mechanism to inhibit the monopolar activation switch when the jaw members are in an open position. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20120202179 | Laparoscopic Surgery Simulator - A surgical simulation system for demonstrating a laparoscopic surgical instrument includes a frame defining an internal cavity for supporting an object simulative of human tissue. A wall is coupled to the frame and obstructs a view of the cavity from a surgical vantage point. The wall is constructed of three adjacent layers including an outer layer simulative of skin tissue coupled to the frame by a first fastener, an intermediate layer, and an inner layer simulative of abdominal tissue. The inner layer is coupled to the intermediate layer by a second fastener such that the inner layer is removable from the intermediate layer independently of the outer layer. At least one aperture is defined through the wall to provide entry of the endoscopic surgical instrument into the cavity. A camera captures images from within the cavity transmits the images to a monitor visible from the surgical vantage point. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20130041402 | Surgical Forceps - A forceps includes first and second shaft members each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof. The shaft members are moveable relative to one another between spaced-apart and approximated positions to move the jaw members between open and closed positions. A knife assembly is engaged within the second shaft member. The knife assembly includes an arm extending through a trough defined within the second shaft member and has a knife disposed at a distal end thereof. The arm is moveable between a first position, corresponding to a retracted position of the knife, wherein the arm defines an arched portion extending from the second shaft member, and a second position, wherein the arched portion defines a more linear configuration to elongated the arm distally to advance the knife between the jaw members to cut tissue grasped therebetween. | 02-14-2013 |
William David Lee, Westminster, CO US
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| 20110027459 | Methods and Devices for Monitoring and Controlling Thin Film Processing - Thin film processing systems and methods are provided having a moving deposition sensor capable of translation and/or rotation in a manner that exposes the sensor to thin film deposition environments in a flux region substantially the same as the deposition environments experienced by one or more moveable substrates during a selected deposition period. In one embodiment, a thin film monitoring and control system is provided wherein one or more moveable substrates and a moveable deposition sensor are moved along substantially coincident trajectories in a flux region of a thin film deposition system for a selected deposition period. Systems and methods of the present invention may include SC-cut quartz crystal microbalance sensors capable of excitation of at least two different resonant modes. | 02-03-2011 |
Y.c. Lee, Boulder, CO US
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| 20110017431 | FLEXIBLE THERMAL GROUND PLANE AND MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Methods, apparatuses, and systems are disclosed for flexible thermal ground planes. A flexible thermal ground plane may include a support member. The flexible thermal ground plane may include an evaporator region or multiple evaporator regions configured to couple with the support member. The flexible thermal ground plane may include a condenser region or multiple condenser regions configured to couple with the support member. The evaporator and condenser region may include a microwicking structure. The evaporator and condenser region may include a nanowicking structure coupled with the micro-wicking structure, where the nanowicking structure includes nanorods. The evaporator and condenser region may include a nanomesh coupled with the nanorods and/or the microwicking structure. Some embodiments may include a micromesh coupled with the nanorods and/or the microwicking structure. | 01-27-2011 |