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| 20090048596 | Electrically Conductive/Insulative Over Shoe for Tissue Fusion - An over shoe for use with electrosurgical instruments having a pair of juxtaposed jaw members pivotably associated with one another, at least one of which includes an electrically conductive surface disposed thereon which is in electrical engagement with an electrosurgical energy source. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the over shoe includes a tissue contacting wall configured and dimensioned to selectively and substantially overlie the electrically conductive surface of the electrosurgical instrument. The tissue contacting wall is fabricated from a non-conductive material and includes a plurality of apertures formed therethrough. In another embodiment, the tissue contacting wall is electrically conductive and is configured for selective engagement atop on of the jaw members. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090149853 | Tissue Sealer with Non-Conductive Variable Stop Members and Method of Sealing Tissue - A bipolar forceps for sealing tissue includes an elongated shaft having opposing jaw members at a distal end thereof, each of the jaw members including an electrically conductive sealing surface. The jaw members are movable relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The bipolar forceps is connected to a source of electrical energy such that the Jaw members are capable of conducting bipolar energy through tissue grasped therebetween to effect a seal. The distance between the electrically conductive sealing surfaces when tissue is held therebetween is adjusted based upon a sensed pre-surgical condition during activation. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090270887 | Anastomotic staple with capillary which expels a bonding agent upon deformation - A surgical fastener for use with an anastomosis of two tissues includes a base leg and an upright leg. The base leg is selectively deformable and includes a traumatic tip for piecing tissue. The surgical fastener also includes at least one capillary disposed on the base leg which has a reservoir defined therein for retaining a liquid, e.g., bioadhesive, bonding agent, medicament, etc. Each of the capillaries is ruptureable upon deformation of the surgical fastener to dispense the liquid to the anastomosis site. | 10-29-2009 |
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| 20080199684 | THERMAL SPRAY COATINGS AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR - This invention relates to coatings for a metal or non-metal substrate comprising (a) a thermal sprayed bondcoat layer applied to said substrate, said bondcoat layer comprising: (i) a thermal sprayed inner layer comprising an inner layer alloy of MCrAlM′ wherein M is an element selected from nickel, cobalt, iron and mixtures thereof, and M′ is an element selected from yttrium, zirconium, hafnium, ytterbium and mixtures thereof; and (ii) a thermal sprayed outer layer comprising an outer layer alloy of MCrAlM′ wherein M is an element selected from nickel, cobalt, iron and mixtures thereof, and M′ is an element selected from yttrium, zirconium, hafnium, ytterbium and mixtures thereof, and (b) a thermal sprayed ceramic layer applied to said bondcoat layer. The coatings are useful for extending the service life under severe conditions, such as those associated with metallurgical vessels' lances, nozzles and tuyeres. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080199722 | THERMAL SPRAY COATINGS AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR - This invention relates to coatings for a metal or non-metal substrate comprising (i) a thermal sprayed bondcoat layer applied to said substrate comprising an alloy of MCrAlM′ wherein M is an element selected from nickel, cobalt, iron and mixtures thereof, and M′ is an element selected from yttrium, zirconium, hafnium, ytterbium and mixtures thereof, and wherein M comprises from about 35 to about 80 weight percent of said alloy, Cr comprises from about 15 to about 45 weight percent of said alloy, Al comprises from about 5 to about 30 weight percent of said alloy, and M′ comprises from about 0.01 to about 1.0 weight percent of said alloy, said alloy thermally sprayed from a powder having a mean particle size of 50 percentile point in distribution of from about 5 microns to about 100 microns, said bondcoat having a surface roughness of at least 200 micro-inches, and said bondcoat having a thermal expansion of about 6.5 millimeters per meter or less between a temperature of from about 25° C. to about 525° C., and (ii) a thermal sprayed ceramic layer applied to said bondcoat layer; wherein said coating has a helium leak rate of less than 6×10 | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090317321 | DECOMPOSITION OF SPENT SULFURIC ACID USING OXYGEN - Spent sulfuric acid is decomposed by atomizing it with an oxygen-containing stream into a decomposition furnace. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20120009533 | MULTI-OUTPUT VALVE AND BURNER USEFUL TO PROMOTE NON-STATIONARY FLAME - A valve useful in distributing gas received in one inlet to several outlets in a sequence, and burner apparatus including this valve for feeding material in sequence to outlets of a burner thereby forming a non-stationary flame at the burner. | 01-12-2012 |
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| 20080263469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATION OF A SCHEMATIC USER INTERFACE FOR MONITORING AND PREDICTING THE REAL-TIME HEALTH, RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF AN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM - A system for automatically generating a schematic user interface of an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine, a machine learning engine and a schematic user interface creator engine. The virtual system modeling engine generates predicted data output for the electrical system. The analytics engine monitors real-time data output and predicted data output of the electrical system. The machine learning engine stores and processes patterns observed from the real-time data output and the predicted data output to forecast an aspect of the electrical system. The schematic user interface creator engine is configured to create a schematic user interface that is representative of the virtual system model and link the schematic user interface to the data acquisition component. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100023309 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING SYMMETRIC, AUTOMATED, REAL-TIME ARC FLASH ENERGY WITHIN A REAL-TIME MONITORING SYSTEM - A system for making real-time predictions about an arc flash event on an electrical system comprises a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system; an analytics server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component and comprising a virtual system modeling engine configured to generate predicted data output for the electrical system using a virtual system model of the electrical system, an analytics engine configured to monitor the real-time data output and the predicted data output of the electrical system, and an arc flash simulation engine configured to use the virtual system model updated based in the real-time data to forecast an aspect of the arc flash event. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100049494 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING POWER USAGE EFFECTIVENESS AND DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE EFFICIENCY WITHIN A REAL-TIME MONITORING SYSTEM - A system for making real-time predictions about power usage efficiency (PUE) and/or data center infrastructure efficiency (DCiE) of an electrical system comprises a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system; an analytics server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component and comprising a virtual system modeling engine configured to generate predicted data output for the electrical system using a virtual system model of the electrical system, an analytics engine configured to monitor the real-time data output and the predicted data output of the electrical system, and a PUE/DCiE simulation engine configured to use the virtual system model updated based in the real-time data to forecast the PUE/DCiE. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100262411 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME SYSTEM MONITORING AND PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS - A system for providing real-time modeling of an electrical system under management is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a virtual system modeling engine, and an analytics engine. The data acquisition component is communicatively connected to a sensor configured to provide real-time measurements of data output from an element of the system. The virtual system modeling engine is configured to generate a predicted data output for the element. The analytics engine is communicatively connected to the data acquisition system and the virtual system modeling engine and is configured to monitor and analyze a difference between the real-time data output and the predicted data output. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110082596 | REAL TIME MICROGRID POWER ANALYTICS PORTAL FOR MISSION CRITICAL POWER SYSTEMS - Systems and method for providing a microgrid power analytics portal for mission critical power systems are provided. The techniques disclosed herein provides for real-time modeling, evaluation, and commodity market pricing and optimization for an electrical network that includes microgrids using data collected from virtually any digital data source. The portal is platform independent and can be configured to collect and aggregate real-time data from sensors interfaced with components of the electrical network regardless of proprietary architectures or vendor-specific limitations imposed by the sensors or data collection software. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110082597 | MICROGRID MODEL BASED AUTOMATED REAL TIME SIMULATION FOR MARKET BASED ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods for optimizing energy consumption in multi-energy sources sites are provided. These techniques include developing a real-time model and a virtual model of the electrical system of a multi-energy source site, such as a microgrid. The real-time model represents a current state of the electrical system can be developed by collecting data from sensors interfaced with the various components of the electrical system. The virtual model of the electrical system mirrors the real-time model of the electrical system and can be used to generate predictions regarding the performance, availability, and reliability of cost and reliability of various distributed energy sources and to predict the price of acquiring energy from these sources. The virtual model can be used to test “what if” scenarios, such as routine maintenance, system changes, and unplanned events that impact the utilization and capacity of the microgrid. | 04-07-2011 |
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| 20080279553 | OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK HIERARCHY FOR FULL TRANSPARENT TRANSPORT OF DATACOM AND TELECOM SIGNALS - The present invention provides an Optical Transport Network (OTN) hierarchy that supports full transparency for both Ethernet and Telecom signals. The present invention defines new rates and mapping/multiplexing methods to adapt transparent 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GBE) (255/238 and 255/237) and 10 Gigabit Fibre Chanel (10 GFC) (255/237) to Optical Channel Transport Unit-3 (OTU3) at a higher rate. Additionally, the present invention defines new rates and mapping/multiplexing methods to adapt future transparent 100 GBE into an Optical Channel Transport Unit-4-extended (OTU4e) which is an OTU4 at a higher rate to support full transparency. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090169204 | FRAME-INTERLEAVING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 100G OPTICAL TRANSPORT ENABLING MULTI-LEVEL OPTICAL TRANSMISSION - The present invention provides frame-interleaving systems and methods for Optical Transport Unit K (OTUK) (i.e. Optical Transport Unit 4 (OTU4)), 100 Gb/s Ethernet (100 GbE), and other 100 Gb/s (100 G) optical transport enabling multi-level optical transmission. The frame-interleaving systems and methods of the present invention support the multiplexing of sub-rate clients, such as 10×10 Gb/s (10 G) clients, 2×40 Gb/s (40 G) plus 2×10 G clients, etc., into two 50 Gb/s (50 G) transport signals, four 25 Gb/s (25 G) transport signals, etc. that are forward error correction (FEC) encoded and carried on a single wavelength to provide useful, efficient, and cost-effective 100 G optical transport solutions today. In one exemplary configuration, a 100 G client signal or 100 G aggregate client signal carried over two or more channels is frame-deinterleaved, followed by even/odd sub-channel FEC encoding and framing. In another exemplary configuration, a 100 G client signal or 100 G aggregate client signal carried over two or more channels is received and processed by a single 100 G FEC framer, followed by frame-deinterleaving into two or more sub-rate channels. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090169217 | BYTE-INTERLEAVING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 100G OPTICAL TRANSPORT ENABLING MULTI-LEVEL OPTICAL TRANSMISSION - The present invention provides byte-interleaving systems and methods for Optical Transport Unit N (OTUN) (i.e. Optical Transport Unit 4 (OTU4)) and 100 Gb/s (100 G) optical transport enabling multi-level optical transmission. The byte-interleaving systems and methods of the present invention support the multiplexing of sub-rate clients, such as 10 Gb/s (10 G) clients, 40 Gb/s (40 G) clients, etc., into two 50 Gb/s (50 G) logical flows, for example, that can be forward error correction (FEC) encoded and carried on a single wavelength to provide useful, efficient, and cost-effective 100 G optical transport today. Signaling format support allows these two 50 G logical flows to be forward compatible with an evolving OTU4 and 100 G signaling format without waiting for optical and electronic technology advancement. Signaling format support also allows an evolving standard 100 G logical flow (i.e. OTU4, 100 Gb/s Ethernet (100 GbE), etc.) to be carried as 2×50 G logical flows, 4×25 G logical flows, or other lower rate formats on a single wavelength. | 07-02-2009 |
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| 20090195256 | Input Channel Diagnostics - This invention relates to input channel diagnostics for an industrial process control system. The invention provides improved apparatus and methods relating to fault containment, overload protection and input channel diagnostics. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195952 | Method and Apparatus for Protecting Against Reverse Current Flow - A system for protecting against reverse current flow in an output module of an Industrial Process Control System includes a transistor that is driven by a control signal and a current monitor arranged to monitor a current through the transistor. The system includes a processor that is arranged to receive the monitored current and to generate the control signal in dependence upon the monitored current. The processor is configured to turn off the transistor if a reverse current is detected in the transistor. Extension of the system provides a power feed combiner that is protected against reverse current flow. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090198348 | Method and Apparatus for Interconnecting Modules - An industrial process control apparatus and method that includes a number of processors and a number of input/output modules. Each processor is connected to a plurality of the input/output modules by a unidirectional command line. Each input/output module is connected to a plurality of the processors by a unidirectional response line. The processors are arranged to issue an identifier request to all of the connected input/output modules and each input/output module is arranged to respond to the identifier request via the respective response line with a response that includes a unique identifier. Such a configuration allows each processor to identify the physical location of each respective input/output module. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090219049 | Method and Apparatus for Testing and Protecting Digital Output Circuits - A method and system for testing and protecting the operability of an output module. An output channel includes a transistor having a gate, a source, and a drain. The output channel drives a load with a load voltage and a load current in dependence upon a gate drive signal applied to the gate. The system determines a voltage threshold and a current threshold and monotonically varies the gate drive signal from a starting value for a predetermined time interval while monitoring the load current and the load voltage. The system returns the gate drive signal to the starting value if any of the load voltage reaches the voltage threshold, the load current reaches the current threshold, or a predetermined time interval expires indicating the condition of the output module. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100079129 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SUPPLY - A power supply that is capable of supplying power to an input/output channel for an Industrial Process Control System. The power supply includes a primary voltage converter having a first voltage input and a second voltage output, and overvoltage protection components that prevent the second voltage from rising above a predetermined maximum. The power supply includes a first low dropout regulator that is connected to receive the second voltage and to generate a third voltage, a second low dropout regulator that is connected to receive the second voltage and to generate a fourth voltage, and a third low dropout regulator that is connected to receive the fourth voltage and to generate a fifth voltage. The power supply provides an over-voltage fault tolerant self-testable architecture, allows for compact low cost individual channel isolation and fault tolerant EMI/RFI filtration. | 04-01-2010 |
