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20110212481 | ASSAYS AND METHODS FOR FUSING CELL AGGREGATES TO FORM PROTO-TISSUES - Provided are assays and methods for creating proto-tissues from aggregates of cells. The invention concerns assays and methods useful in tissue engineering and reconstruction techniques, specifically in the formation of macrotissues from microtissues using microtissue pre-culture time as a controlling parameter. | 09-01-2011 |
20120107439 | IN SITU FORMING HEMOSTATIC FOAM IMPLANTS - Systems and methods related to polymer foams are generally described. Some embodiments relate to compositions and methods for the preparation of polymer foams, and methods for using the polymer foams. The polymer foams can be applied to a body cavity and placed in contact with, for example, tissue, injured tissue, internal organs, etc. In some embodiments, the polymer foams can be formed within a body cavity (i.e., in situ foam formation). In addition, the foamed polymers may be capable of exerting a pressure on an internal surface of a body cavity and preventing or limiting movement of a bodily fluid (e.g., blood, etc.). | 05-03-2012 |
20130071463 | IMPLANTS FOR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN - Medical implants and methods useful in treating postoperative pain are described. The implants comprise one or more electrospun drug-loaded fibers, which fibers comprise a drug useful in the treatment of pain. The implants are implanted at sites of interest including joint capsules, bones, and subcutaneous spaces, and are secured with tissue flaps or fasteners. | 03-21-2013 |
20130317418 | In-situ Forming foams with outer layer - Systems, methods and kits relating to in-situ forming polymer foams for the treatment of aneurysms or fluid filled spaces are disclosed. The systems include an insertable medical device and an in-situ forming foam of lava like materials with a fast forming outer skin and a slower hardening interior that is formed from a one-, two- or multi-part formulation. When used to treat an aneurysm, the foam is placed into contact with at least a portion of an exterior surface of the medical device and/or the tissue surface of the aneurysm. | 11-28-2013 |
20140316367 | Foam-Based Medical Treatments - The present invention relates generally to systems and methods and systems for generating polymer foams within body cavities to locate and/or control bleeding. The present invention further relates to methods and systems for generating polymer foams within non-compressible wounds to control or stop bleeding. The present invention further relates to the use of foams and gels for medical and cosmetic purposes. | 10-23-2014 |
20150012031 | INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE TO PROMOTE HEMOSTASIS AND SURVIVAL - Systems, methods and kits for treating hemorrhages within cavities are provided. The methods utilize the application of a rapid spike of pressure to the closed cavity, followed by a steady state pressure or pressures. | 01-08-2015 |
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20130216717 | SLURRY DISTRIBUTOR WITH A WIPING MECHANISM, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A slurry distributor can include a distribution conduit and a slurry wiping mechanism. The distribution conduit extends generally along a longitudinal axis and includes an entry portion, a distribution outlet in fluid communication with the entry portion, and a bottom surface extending between the entry portion and the distribution outlet. The distribution outlet extends a predetermined distance along a transverse axis, which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The slurry wiping mechanism includes a movable wiper blade in contacting relationship with the bottom surface of the distribution conduit. The wiper blade is reciprocally movable between a first position and a second position over a clearing path, which is disposed adjacent the distribution outlet. | 08-22-2013 |
20130233880 | SLURRY DISTRIBUTOR WITH A PROFILING MECHANISM, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A slurry distributor can include a distribution conduit and a profiling mechanism. The distribution conduit extends generally along a longitudinal axis and includes an entry portion and a distribution outlet in fluid communication with the entry portion. The distribution outlet extends a predetermined distance along a transverse axis, which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The distribution outlet includes an outlet opening having a width, along the transverse axis, and a height, along a vertical axis mutually perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis. The profiling mechanism includes a profiling member in contacting relationship with the distribution conduit and movable over a range of travel such that the profiling member is in a range of positions over which it is in increasing compressive engagement with a portion of the distribution conduit adjacent the distribution outlet to vary the shape and/or size of the outlet opening. | 09-12-2013 |
20130308411 | SLURRY DISTRIBUTOR, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A slurry distributor includes a feed conduit and a distribution conduit in fluid communication therewith. The feed conduit includes an entry segment with a feed inlet and a feed entry outlet in fluid communication therewith and extending along a first feed flow axis. The feed conduit includes a shaped duct having a bulb portion in fluid communication with the feed entry outlet. The feed conduit includes a transition segment in fluid communication with the bulb portion and extending along a second feed flow axis in non-parallel relationship with the first feed flow axis. The bulb portion has an area of expansion with a cross-sectional flow area that is greater than a cross-sectional flow area of an adjacent area upstream from the area of expansion. The shaped duct has a convex interior surface in confronting relationship with the feed entry outlet of the entry segment. | 11-21-2013 |
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20130104194 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRANT MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CYCLE OPTIMIZATION - An apparatus, method, and system for federating grant management, project management, and funding in a web-based environment are disclosed. The apparatus, method, and system may include a module for receiving an electronic submissions of at least one grant proposal, a module for pestablishing a permission structure governing access to the at least one grant proposal, a module for providing a virtual collaboration space for the review process of the at least one grant proposal, a module for tracking a funding amount for the at least one grant proposal, a module for measuring statistical information based on parameters associated with the at least one grant proposal, and a module for generating reports based on the measured statistical information. | 04-25-2013 |
20130218733 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA MANAGEMENT AND MONETIZATION - An apparatus, method, and system for linking out to product websites in an electronic laboratory journal environment are disclosed. The apparatus, method, and system comprising a module for receiving a content entry in a content space, a module for receiving a hyperlink associated with the content entry in the content space, the hyperlink configured to link out to a third party website with affiliation to the content entry, and a module for generating in the content space a content entry listing having embedded therein the hyperlink that is configured to link out to the third party website. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218801 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRANT MANAGEMENT AND FUNDING - An apparatus, method, and system for receiving an electronic submission of at least one grant proposal, determining whether to publish at least a portion of the grant proposal to a publicly-accessible space based on a plurality of indicators, and publishing at least the portion of the grant proposal to the publicly-accessible space if a first indicator and a second indicator of the plurality of indicators are in an authorized publication state. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219365 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUAL FEEDBACK - An apparatus, method, and system for visual feedback are disclosed. The apparatus, method, and system may include a module for detecting a first feedback trigger designating a first area including at least one pixel, capturing a screenshot including at least the first area, generating a workspace including the screenshot, generating a first design element anchored to the first area within the workspace, receiving an input in or a modification of the first design element, detecting a workspace submission trigger, and transmitting the workspace including the first area and the first design element to a remote server. | 08-22-2013 |
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20130073323 | TRAVEL EXPLORATION METHODS AND APPARATUS - In one aspect, a computer system comprising at least one computer storing a software implemented exploration tool is provided. The exploration tool, when processed by the at least one computer, performs a method comprising providing at least one first interface for display to a user, the at least one first interface allowing the user to provide criteria regarding a trip, receiving, via the at least one first interface, at least one criterion from the user indicating one or more travel preferences, the at least one criterion not including a specific destination, obtaining travel results for a plurality of destinations, each of the travel results meeting the at least one criterion, and providing the travel results for display to the user. | 03-21-2013 |
20140195525 | SHARING AND COLLABORATION OF SEARCH RESULTS IN A TRAVEL SEARCH ENGINE - A travel search engine enables a user to share his or her search results with one or more other users in real time. Each of the users has a common set of search results and any user can select share a specific result within the common set. The remaining results in the common set can be independently filtered and sorted. By selectively sharing various ones of the search results, while being able to separately manipulate the remaining search results, users have access to a common set of potentially mutually acceptable results, but can still individually explore the search results by filtering along different criteria. | 07-10-2014 |
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20090215358 | Pose and Play Dolls - Pose and play dolls that will stand on a platform by magnetic attraction and dance with lifelike animation, but which may be removed from the stand for ordinary play. The dolls include animation powered from the platform through the legs of the doll. A motor in the doll animates the doll body, arms and head, with proportional feedback allowing control by a controller in coordination with music being played. The doll head may rotate or gyrate, and the arms swing as a unit or with the lower arms bending as the arms swing. In one form of platform simply rotates through controlled angles, again in coordination with the music being played. In another form of doll, the hips are configured to swing back and forth, and another form of platform controls the hip movement, again in coordination with the music being played. Various other features and capabilities are disclosed. | 08-27-2009 |
20120220190 | Marker Tag Darts, Dart Guns Therefor, and Methods - Marker tag darts, dart guns therefor, and methods which allow a toy gun to receive a marker tag dart, to put water in the forward tip of the dart and to shoot the dart. The marker tag dart itself has slits in the wall of a small chamber at the front of the dart so that on impact with a target, the inertia of the water causes deformation of the tip and opening of the slits to eject water for marking the location of the marker tag dart hit. The dart guns are spring chocked, and propel the dart with a blast of air from an air pump powered by the spring. Various embodiments and modes of operation are disclosed. | 08-30-2012 |
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20100015847 | Intelligent Inter-Connect and Cross-Connect Patching System - An intelligent network patch field management system is provided that includes electronic hardware, firmware, mechanical assemblies, cables, and software that provide visible and audible cues for connecting and disconnecting patch cords in an interconnect or cross-connect patching environment. Systems of the present invention also monitor patch cord connections in a network. | 01-21-2010 |
20110244698 | Intelligent Inter-Connect and Cross-Connect Patching System - An intelligent network patch field management system is provided that includes electronic hardware, firmware, mechanical assemblies, cables, and software that provide visible and audible cues for connecting and disconnecting patch cords in an interconnect or cross-connect patching environment. Systems of the present invention also monitor patch cord connections in a network. | 10-06-2011 |
20120309211 | Intelligent Inter-Connect and Cross-Connect Patching System - An intelligent network patch field management system is provided that includes electronic hardware, firmware, mechanical assemblies, cables, and software that provide visible and audible cues for connecting and disconnecting patch cords in an interconnect or cross-connect patching environment. Systems of the present invention also monitor patch cord connections in a network. | 12-06-2012 |
20130217247 | Intelligent Inter-Connect and Cross-Connect Patching System - An intelligent network patch field management system is provided that includes electronic hardware, firmware, mechanical assemblies, cables, and software that provide visible and audible cues for connecting and disconnecting patch cords in an interconnect or cross-connect patching environment. Systems of the present invention also monitor patch cord connections in a network. | 08-22-2013 |
20140219134 | Intelligent Inter-Connect and Cross-Connect Patching System - An intelligent network patch field management system is provided that includes electronic hardware, firmware, mechanical assemblies, cables, and software that provide visible and audible cues for connecting and disconnecting patch cords in an interconnect or cross-connect patching environment. Systems of the present invention also monitor patch cord connections in a network. | 08-07-2014 |
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20090060503 | STORAGE OVER OPTICAL/WIRELESS INTEGRATED BROADBAND ACCESS NETWORK (SOBA) ARCHITECTURE - An optical line terminal (OLT), network and method include input and output switching modules configured to switch between input and output channels. A transmission module is configured for physical layer transmission using at least one of a plurality of transmission technologies to provide multiple uses of an existing transmission line. A dynamic resource module is configured to allocate network resources dynamically to one or more storage area networks (SAN) based on storage resource requests. A service differentiation module is configured to determine and implement different service levels for SAN users. An existing network infrastructure is enabled to provide custom SAN services without a dedicated line and without interfering with existing services. | 03-05-2009 |
20120047330 | I/O EFFICIENCY OF PERSISTENT CACHES IN A STORAGE SYSTEM - A system and method are disclosed for improving the efficiency of a storage system. At least one application-oriented property is associated with data to be stored on a storage system. Based on the at least one application-oriented property, a manner of implementing at least one caching function in the storage system is determined. Data placement and data movement are controlled in the storage system to implement the at least one caching function. | 02-23-2012 |
20130173853 | MEMORY-EFFICIENT CACHING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Caching systems and methods for managing a cache are disclosed. One method includes determining whether a cache eviction condition is satisfied. In response to determining that the cache eviction condition is satisfied, at least one Bloom filter registering keys denoting objects in the cache is referenced to identify a particular object in the cache to evict. Further, the identified object is evicted from the cache. In accordance with an alternative scheme, a bit array is employed to store recency information in a memory element that is configured to store metadata for data objects stored in a separate cache memory element. This separate cache memory element stores keys denoting the data objects in the cache and further includes bit offset information for each of the keys denoting different slots in the bit array to enable access to the recency information. | 07-04-2013 |
20140304478 | Space Reclamation of Objects in a Persistent Cache - Disclosed herein are methods and structures for a computer cache that includes its own garbage collection component that reclaims space occupied by free objects in the cache such that the cache avoids retaining deleted objects thereby increasing cache hit ratios and further permits short-lived dirty objects to be deleted without requiring them to be written back to an underlying store. | 10-09-2014 |
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20130098268 | FLOW SPLITTER FOR SLURRY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A flow splitter can include an inlet conduit and first and second outlet conduits separated by a junction portion. The inlet conduit can include an inlet end and a junction end. The inlet conduit is disposed along a main flow axis extending between the inlet end and the junction end. The inlet end defines an inlet opening. The junction end defines first and second junction openings. The first junction opening is disposed in spaced relationship to the second junction opening. The junction portion is disposed at the junction end of the inlet conduit between the first and second junction openings. The junction portion includes a substantially planar wall region that is substantially perpendicular to the main flow axis. The flow splitter can be placed in fluid communication with a cementitious slurry mixer and a slurry distributor with the flow splitter disposed therebetween. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099027 | SLURRY DISTRIBUTOR, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A slurry distributor can include a feed conduit and a distribution conduit in fluid communication therewith. The feed conduit can include a first and second feed inlets disposed in spaced relationship to each other. The distribution conduit can extend generally along a longitudinal axis and include an entry portion and a distribution outlet in fluid communication therewith. The entry portion is in fluid communication with the first and second feed inlets of the feed conduit. The distribution outlet extends a predetermined distance along a transverse axis. The first and second feed inlets each has an opening with a cross-sectional area. The entry portion of the distribution conduit has an opening with a cross-sectional area which is greater than the sum of the cross-sectional areas of the openings of the first and second feed inlets. The slurry distributor can be placed in fluid communication with a gypsum slurry mixer. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099418 | MULTI-PIECE MOLD AND METHOD OF MAKING SLURRY DISTRIBUTOR - A multi-piece mold for use in a method for making a slurry distributor includes a plurality of mold segments adapted to be removably secured together. The mold segments are configured such that, when the mold segments are assembled together, the assembled mold segments define a substantially continuous exterior surface adapted to be a negative image of an interior flow region of a slurry distributor molded thereupon. Each mold segment has a maximum cross-sectional area in a plane substantially transverse to a direction of movement of the mold segment along a removal path out of a respective opening of the molded slurry distributor. The maximum cross-sectional area of each mold segment is up to about 150% of the smallest area of the interior flow region of the molded slurry distributor through which the mold segment traverses when moving along the respective removal path. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100759 | MULTIPLE-LEG DISCHARGE BOOT FOR SLURRY DISTRIBUTION - A multi-leg discharge boot can include an inlet conduit and first and second outlet conduits separated by a junction portion. The inlet conduit includes an entry segment, a transition segment and a heel portion disposed therebetween. The inlet conduit can include an inlet end and a junction end. A junction portion is disposed at the junction end of the inlet conduit between first and second junction openings. The junction portion includes a substantially planar wall region that is substantially perpendicular to a main flow discharge axis. | 04-25-2013 |