Robert Bruce
Robert Bruce, Beaverton, OR US
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20080249383 | ANALYTE SENSING DEVICE HAVING ONE OR MORE SENSING ELECTRODES - Embodiments of the present invention provide an analyte sensing device having one or more sensing electrodes. In embodiments, each sensing electrode may serve as an anode, a cathode, or a combination of an anode and cathode. In embodiments, there may be any suitable number of electrodes. Related analyte sensor insertion aids and methods of using the disclosed embodiments are also provided. | 10-09-2008 |
20080269657 | ADHESIVE OVERBANDAGE - Embodiments of the present invention provide an adhesive overbandage. In an embodiment, there is provided an adhesive overbandage for use with a biosensor. An exemplary overbandage comprises a frame having an upper surface, a lower surface, an outer boundary and an inner boundary, wherein the inner boundary defines an interior opening configured to receive a monitoring device, adhesive disposed on the lower surface of the frame, and a release liner removably coupled to the adhesive. | 10-30-2008 |
20090082648 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING SKIN PRIOR TO BIOSENSOR INSERTION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a device and method for treating animal skin to produce tautness in the skin during the insertion of an analyte sensor. A device in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes a housing that partially encloses a cavity and is adapted for mounting onto animal skin and a sensor insertion module adapted to insert an analyte sensor through animal skin. | 03-26-2009 |
20100052899 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WIRELESS DEVICES - Systems and techniques for command communication between wireless devices are described. In one implementation, a data gathering device (such as a continuous glucose monitor) and a monitoring/control device, which communicate data samples through a frequency hopping protocol, utilize a dedicated command frequency for the transmission of non-data instructions and acknowledgements. A command mode is described where the command frequency is regularly listened to by a device to determine if pairing or other instructions are being sent. In another example, when communications are disrupted or corrupted, the devices revert to using the command frequency in order to reacquire a paired link between the devices. The command frequency is also used for a flight mode, where the data-acquisition device goes into a low-, or no-power transmission mode and remains in the mode, storing sampled data, until instructed to leave the flight mode over the command frequency. | 03-04-2010 |
20100331642 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSOR INSERTION - Embodiments provide a sensor insertion tool (SIT) that provides a motive force for insertion of an analyte sensor into/through skin. A SIT may be releasably locked to one or more components of a sensor insertion system, such that components of the sensor insertion system remain securely coupled during sensor insertion. A SIT may include a release member that unlocks or uncouples the SIT and the other components after sensor insertion. In various embodiments, a SIT may be a component of a sensor insertion system configured for assembly by an end user, a health care professional, and/or a caretaker prior to sensor insertion, and may act in cooperation with other sensor insertion system components. Additional components and methods of assembly and use are also provided herein. | 12-30-2010 |
20140249389 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING SKIN PRIOR TO BIOSENSOR INSERTION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a device and method for treating animal skin to produce tautness in the skin during the insertion of an analyte sensor. A device in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes a housing that partially encloses a cavity and is adapted for mounting onto animal skin and a sensor insertion module adapted to insert an analyte sensor through animal skin. | 09-04-2014 |
Robert Bruce, Kingston 5 JM
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20100148720 | Solar Powered Electrical Energy Generating Device - A system and method for charging batteries in a system wherein the output of the batteries is converted to alternating current utilizing inverters. The alternating current from the inverters is modified by transformers and variable speed drives to contain properties which enable the alternating current to be used in a power grid to operate conventional electrical appliances. At least two banks of batteries are employed in the system. A unique battery charging device is employed to maintain the two banks batteries in constant substantially full charge. The battery charging device switches between a charge mode for one bank of batteries and a rest mode for the other bank of batteries. The battery charging device constantly and rapidly switches the different banks of batteries between these two modes. A timer controls the amount of time that each mode is applied to each bank of batteries. A solar panel supplies electric power to the charging device to charge the batteries. | 06-17-2010 |
Robert Bruce, Stittsville CA
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20100053715 | SCANNING SYSTEM FOR LIDAR - The present invention relates to a scanning system optimized for lidar that includes a nodding mirror, a rotary electromagnetic drive, a rotary optical encoder, and control circuitry. The rotary electromagnetic drive includes a yoke incorporating a permanent magnet, and an arm having a coil at one end of the arm. The coil is enclosed within the yoke, and an opposite end of the arm is coupled to the nodding mirror, such that movement of the coil within the yoke in response to a current causes the nodding mirror to rotate. The rotary optical encoder produces an output signal in response to rotation of the nodding mirror, which serves as feedback to the control circuitry. The control circuitry adjusts the current provided to the rotary electromagnetic drive in response to the output signal, such that the nodding mirror rotates in a reference scan pattern. | 03-04-2010 |
Robert Bruce, Portland, ME US
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20100016083 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A VIRTUAL GAME - The computer-implemented virtual game-based method and system of the present invention allow participants to play incentive-based virtual games and accept or decline offered prizes. Declining an offered prize allows a participant to play for a more desirable price and accepting a prize prohibits the participant from accepting another prize for the duration of a temporal lock out period. Individual single use virtual games are issued electronically to participants requesting to play a virtual game. Prizes are offered by each single use virtual game in accordance with pre-generated single use virtual game tickets commanding the presentation of an offered prize or non-offered prize. Some embodiments of the present invention deliver branded advertising to consumers participating in game play. In these embodiments, virtual game elements comprise branded advertising impressions as part of the interactive virtual game. | 01-21-2010 |
20120265042 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTION OF A SENSOR - A device and method for delivering a device such as a sensor or fluid transport structure or a fluid transport structure sensor combination into, for example, mammalian skin. Such a device allows a sensor to penetrate mammalian skin without the use of an introducer device such as a needle. A device in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure includes a housing for attachment to mammalian skin including an exit port for receiving the distal end of a biosensor and an injection activation device including a mechanism for forcing the sensing device from a first position within the housing, through the exit port to a second position, with sufficiently high velocity to partially penetrate the mammalian skin. | 10-18-2012 |
20140188625 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A VIRTUAL GAME - The computer-implemented virtual game-based method and system of the present invention allow participants to play incentive-based virtual games and accept or decline offered prizes. Declining an offered prize allows a participant to play for a more desirable price and accepting a prize prohibits the participant from accepting another prize for the duration of a temporal lock out period. Individual single use virtual games are issued electronically to participants requesting to play a virtual game. Prizes are offered by each single use virtual game in accordance with pre-generated single use virtual game tickets commanding the presentation of an offered prize or non-offered prize. Some embodiments of the present invention deliver branded advertising to consumers participating in game play. In these embodiments, virtual game elements comprise branded advertising impressions as part of the interactive virtual game. | 07-03-2014 |
Robert Bruce, Rockwell, TX US
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20090120916 | Through-Via Laser Reflow Systems And Methods For Surface Mount Components - A system and method are disclosed for remelting solder balls in the forming of electrical connections between an electrical component being mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB). Vias are formed in the PCB. Underneath the PCB, a laser is directed through the via to remelt the solder ball to make the connection. In one version, the laser is included on a positioning device. The positioning device translates the laser to a location from which it is aimed through the aperture at the solder mass. In other versions, a camera on the positioning device helps position the laser by making reference to a fiducial mark on the PCB. Further, a detector can be used to determine laser intensity by measuring the output after it passes through the via. | 05-14-2009 |
Robert Bruce, Nanaimo CA
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20080223258 | Method and System for Manufacturing Lightweight, High-Strength Gypsum Products - In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a method for producing a gypsum product includes providing a calcined gypsum powder. Water and an aqueous foam generated from a foaming agent comprising a first portion of sodium decyl sulfate are combined with the calcined gypsum powder to generate a foamed calcined gypsum slurry. The method may also include combining water, a foam generated from a first and second portion of the foaming agent, and the calcined gypsum powder. The second portion of the foaming agent may comprise ammonium decyl ether sulfate and ammonium octyl ether sulfate. | 09-18-2008 |
Robert Bruce, La Grange, NC US
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20120037641 | Pressure Vessel Shear Resistant Boss and Shell Interface Element - A pressure vessel has a composite shell; a boss defining a port in the composite shell and having a neck; and an interface element disposed between the composite shell and the boss. The interface element is neither bonded to the composite shell nor to the boss, thereby allowing for movement between the interface element and the composite shell and allowing for movement between the interface element and the boss. The interface element further includes a neck disposed adjacent the neck of the boss. | 02-16-2012 |
Robert Bruce, Ventura, CA US
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20140155906 | SURGICAL CABLE TENSIONING SYSTEM - A cable tensioning system includes a reaction frame which contains a sliding platform arranged to move linearly within the frame, and a clam-type cleat attached to the sliding platform. The cleat features one or more grooves, each of which comprises two arrays of opposing ridges that converge to form a V-shape groove adapted to receive a length of cable. The ridges of each groove are tilted relative to an axis perpendicular to the groove's longitudinal axis, such that the cable is progressively captured between the ridges of the opposing arrays as it settles into the crotch of the groove when moved in a first direction, and can be disengaged from the cleat by relaxing the axial force on the cable and moving it in the opposite direction. A linear actuator mechanism may be coupled to the sliding platform to move the platform with respect to the reaction frame. | 06-05-2014 |