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| 20090191646 | MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX & TEST KIT TO ENHANCE ACCURACY OF ANALYSIS OF ENDOGENOUS ANALYTES IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS - Methods for enhancement in accuracy of immunochemical analysis of heterogeneous biological fluids containing exogenous substances that can interfere in immunochemical analysis for endogenous analytes of interest. According to this method a heterogeneous biological fluid sample is pretreated with an interferant suppression effective amount of a molybdenum coordination complex, so as to reduce manifestation of the presence of said exogenous material under immunoassay conditions. This invention is suitable for the suppression of manifestation of exogenous substances, specifically metabolites of drugs of abuse, during the immunoassay of biological fluids of infants for detection of endogenous substances indicative of a wellness or disease state. This invention also has application for similar suppression exogenous substances in the biological fluid of adults that have been inadvertently exposed to such substances (e.g. secondhand smoke). | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090272036 | DOOR STORAGE DEVICE - The present invention is directed to a door storage device. The door storage device | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100019009 | Securing device - A device is provided for securing an item comprising a body, a plurality of fingers having a first end secured to the body with the first end having an aperture, a second end, a cavity defined by the interior of the finger that is accessible from the aperture to receive a fluid therein to extend the second end from a first position outwardly from the body to a second position to secure the item, and a plurality of valve elements in fluid communication with the aperture to prevent backflow of the fluid from the cavity. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100177157 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - The present invention provides a video communication system including a kiosk for recording video messages created by a user and a database for storing and providing access to the video messages. The kiosk includes a user interface for receiving user information such as name, address, email, and other identifying information. The kiosk further includes a message-recording device for recording a user video message. The video message and user message data are uploaded to a database. The database reconnects with the user through the user information to allow the user to access the video message. In an embodiment, the database sends an email web link to the user. The user may view the video message by opening the email web link and viewing the video message on an internet website. | 07-15-2010 |
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| 20090261114 | Package and Merchandising System - A sensory interactable packaging assembly having a base and a container. The base has a power supply. The container may contain a consumer product. The container is removably attachable to the base. The container has an outer surface and a sensory interactable element disposed on the outer surface and a control system having an output. The control system is s in electrical communication with the sensory interactable element and the sensory interactable element is responsive to the output of the control system when the container is proximate to the base and the control system is in electrical communication with the power supply. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100006462 | PACKAGING ASSEMBLY HAVING A SENSORY INTERACTABLE ELEMENT - A sensory interactable packaging assembly having a base and a container. The base has a power supply. The container may contain a consumer product. The container is removably attachable to the base. The container has an outer surface and a sensory interactable element disposed on the outer surface and a control system having an output. The control system is s in electrical communication with the sensory interactable element and the sensory interactable element is responsive to the output of the control system when the container is proximate to the base and the control system is in electrical communication with the power supply. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20110095073 | BLANK FOR MAKING CONTAINERS AND A RESULTING CONTAINER HAVING A DECORATED END PANEL - The present invention is directed toward a polygonal container and a blank for making the polygonal container. The ends of the polygonal container are provided with a plurality of pie-shaped triangular sections that can provide unique decorative experience to the user of a consumer product contained and dispensed from therein. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095074 | BLANKS FOR MAKING CONTAINERS AND RESULTING CONTAINERS HAVING DECORATED SURFACES - The present invention is directed toward a polygonal container having at least five interconnected body panels and a blank for making the polygonal container. The ends of the polygonal container are provided with a plurality of pie-shaped triangular sections that can provide unique decorative experience to the user of a consumer product contained and dispensed from therein. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120080443 | PACKAGE FOR DISPENSING PRODUCTS - A package for dispensing products. The package has a substantially rectangular-shaped bottom panel joined to four side walls, each of which meet adjacent side walls to form an open, four-sided enclosure. A first side of each side wall defines an interior sidewall portion and a second side of each side wall defines an exterior sidewall portion. The interior sidewall portions are substantially at a right angle to the bottom panel. The exterior sidewall portions of a first pair of opposing sidewalls are substantially at a right angle to the bottom panel. The exterior sidewall portions of a second pair of opposing sidewalls are substantially at an angle less than a right angle with respect to the bottom panel. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120273513 | DISPENSERS FOR SANITARY TISSUE PRODUCTS - A dispenser for sanitary tissue products is provided. The dispenser comprises a cavity defined therein. The cavity is configured to receive one or more sanitary tissue products. The dispenser comprises a portion defining an opening therein and an arm extending from the dispenser. The one or more sanitary tissue products are configured to be dispensed through the opening. The arm comprises a first portion extending from a first portion of the dispenser and a second portion configured to removably attach to a second portion of the dispenser. | 11-01-2012 |
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| 20090025134 | Pool Cover Systems and Control Systems for Operating Mechanized Pool Cover Systems - A control system is configured for selectively facilitating operation of a mechanized pool cover system. The control system includes a security device and/or a sensor. A controller is in communication with the security device and/or sensor and is configured to selectively generate an actuation signal. A switch circuit is configured to facilitate provision of power from a power source to a pool cover actuator in response to receipt by the switch circuit of the actuation signal. The pool cover actuator is attached to a carriage, and the carriage is attached to a pool cover. The pool cover actuator is configured to selectively drive the carriage to facilitate movement of the pool cover with respect to a pool between a covering position and a non-covering position. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090077861 | Ingestible Substance Dispenser And Methods - A dispenser includes a hanger member, a shroud, a tray, and a shelf. The hanger member extends between an upper end and a lower end. The shroud cooperates with the upper end of the hanger member to define an inner area. The shroud includes a wall having a step portion. An access opening is defined adjacent to the step portion. The tray extends from the hanger member adjacent to the lower end. The tray includes a tray surface spaced from the access opening. The shelf is disposed within the inner area. The shroud and the shelf cooperate to define a passageway configured to facilitate passage of a rodent between the shelf and the step portion of the wall. Kits and methods are also provided. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100096419 | CHILD CARRIERS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING A YOUNG CHILD - A child carrier includes a flexible shell having a main section and at least one flap section extending from the main section. The flap section(s) is/are selectively foldable with respect to the main section from an opened position to a wrapped position. When the flap section(s) is/are in a wrapped position, the main section and flap section(s) cooperate to define a cavity and to restrain a child's torso, arms, and legs within the cavity. Methods for protecting a young child are also provided. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110076993 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A video communication system is provided. The video communication system includes a mobile device capable of recording a video message, a database for storing the video message, and a remote access point for accessing the video message via a website. The mobile device includes a camera, a user interface and a network connection. A software is configured to run on the mobile device. The software is configured to record a video communication using the camera, receive identification data related to a user from the user interface, connect to a network via the network connection, and upload the video message and identification data to a database over the network. The software may further share the video communication instantly to social networking websites. | 03-31-2011 |
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| 20090120950 | CENTER-PULL PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER - A center-pull dispenser for dispensing paper towels from a continuous roll, wherein each individual towel is separated from an adjoining towel by a plurality of perforations. The dispenser comprises a housing having a housing back and a detachable front cover hingedly connected thereto at the lower periphery of said housing back and front cover for opening and closing the housing, a paper support tray removably connected to a lower portion of the housing back and having a centrally located dispensing nozzle, an opening in the lower periphery of the housing through which the towels are dispensed, a detachable wall-mounting member for removably mounting the housing back to a wall, and a locking member for releasably locking the front cover to the housing back and the housing back to the wall-mounting member. In one embodiment, the housing cannot be removed from the wall-mounting member without first unlocking the locking member, and the housing and the housing back are removable from the wall without removing the wall-mounting member from the wall. In another embodiment, the paper support tray comprises locking arms for releasably locking first hinge elements on the lower periphery of said front cover against second hinge elements on the lower periphery of said housing back. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090120951 | CENTER-PULL PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER - A center-pull dispenser for dispensing paper towels from a continuous roll, wherein each individual towel is separated from an adjoining towel by a plurality of perforations. The dispenser comprises a housing having a housing back and a detachable front cover hingedly connected thereto at the lower periphery of said housing back and front cover for opening and closing the housing, a paper support tray removably connected to a lower portion of the housing back, the tray having a centrally located dispensing nozzle and at least one locking element for releasably locking at least one first hinge element on the lower periphery of the front cover to at least one second hinge element on the lower periphery of the housing back, an opening in the lower periphery of said housing through which the towels are dispensed, and a wall-mounting member for removably mounting the housing back to a wall. In one embodiment, the paper support tray comprises locking arms for releasably locking first hinge elements on the lower periphery of said front cover against second hinge elements on the lower periphery of said housing back. In another embodiment, the dispenser comprises a locking member for releasably locking the front cover to the housing back and the housing back to the wall-mounting member. | 05-14-2009 |
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| 20080295849 | ENDOSCOPIC BITE BLOCK FOR USE WITH CANNULA - A bite block that is inserted into a patient's mouth during an endoscopic diagnostic or surgical procedure that has a channel for receiving an endoscope or other surgical instrument through the patient's mouth and additional channels transmitting a gas to the patient and transmitting expired gas from the patient. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090048532 | Biopsy device tissue port adjustment - The present application is directed to an image-guided, vacuum assisted, percutaneous, coring, cable driven breast biopsy instrument which may be conveniently mounted to an x-ray machine wherein the biopsy instrument incorporates a rotation knob at the proximal end of the instrument to manually rotate the distal end of the probe, thus allowing the clinician to conveniently position the tissue port next to the tissue to be sampled. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090177146 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AND AUTOMATING FLUID INFUSION ACTIVITIES - The present invention provides apparatuses and methods to safely and economically deliver infusion fluid to a patient during a medical procedure. The infusion fluid may be a sedative, analgesic, amnestic or other pharmaceutical agent (drug) for alleviating a patient's pain and anxiety before, during and/or after a medical or surgical procedure. In general the apparatus comprises a microprocessor-based controller that receives inputs from a plurality of physiological monitors attached to a patient. The system controller processes the data from the physiological monitors and based upon a fluid infusion algorithm delivers infusion fluid to a patient. The physiological monitors monitor the patient throughout the course of the procedure and depending upon the health of the patient, drug delivery may be adjusted to optimize the procedure while ensuring the patient's health and pain level are maintained. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20110021945 | REMOTE THUMBWHEEL FOR A SURGICAL BIOPSY DEVICE - The present application is directed to an image-guided, vacuum assisted, percutaneous, coring, cable driven breast biopsy instrument which may be conveniently mounted to an x-ray machine wherein the biopsy instrument incorporates a rotation knob at the proximal end of the instrument to manually rotate the distal end of the probe, thus allowing the clinician to conveniently position the tissue port next to the tissue to be sampled. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110208124 | CATHETER INTRODUCER ASSEMBLY HAVING SAFETY SHIELDED SYRINGE - An intravenous catheter introducer assembly having a safety feature to prevent accidental needle sticks. The introducer assembly includes a needle assembly having a groove disposed on its outer surface. The introducer includes a protector made of a hollow member having an open distal end and an inwardly disposed resilient flange or a clip disposed thereon. The protector is coaxially slidably disposed around the needle with the flange abutting the outer surface of the needle and adapted to engage the groove when a catheter assembly is removed from the needle. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120289861 | BIOPSY DEVICE WITH STRAINER - The present application is directed to an image-guided, vacuum assisted, percutaneous, coring, cable driven breast biopsy instrument which may be conveniently mounted to an x-ray machine wherein the biopsy instrument incorporates a rotation knob at the proximal end of the instrument to manually rotate the distal end of the probe, thus allowing the clinician to conveniently position the tissue port next to the tissue to be sampled. | 11-15-2012 |
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| 20080223574 | High strength ceramic elements and methods for making and using the same - One embodiment of the present invention relates to spherical ceramic elements, such as proppants, for maintaining permeability in subterranean formations to facilitate extraction of oil and gas therefrom. The strength of the ceramic element may be enhanced by combining materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion. Methods of making the ceramic elements are also disclosed. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090170731 | CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCING STRUCTURES FOR USE WITH PROPPANTS IN OIL AND GAS WELLS - A mixture of proppant particles and conductivity enhancing structures is disclosed. The spherically shaped proppant particles have convex surfaces. The conductivity enhancing structures include concave surfaces. The proppant particles' convex surfaces abut the conductivity enhancing structures concave surfaces. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100113251 | HIGH STRENGTH PROPPANTS - A sintered ceramic particle made from a ceramic material having a true density greater than 3.5 g/cc and a composition having no more than 30 weight percent silicon oxide and at least 15 weight percent iron oxide, based on the combined weight of the oxides of aluminum, iron and silicon, is disclosed. A process that utilizes an externally applied compressive force to make a ceramic particle is also disclosed. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100167056 | CERAMIC ARTICLE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Disclosed is a process for producing ceramic particles, such as proppants, that have at least 10 percent total porosity. The process includes forming a particle precursor that includes 5 percent to 30 percent of a first ceramic material and at least 40 percent of a second ceramic material. The sintering temperature of the first ceramic material may be lower than the sintering temperature of a second ceramic material. Heating the precursor to a maximum temperature above the sintering temperature of the first material and below the sintering temperature of the second material. Also disclosed is a ceramic article that has a particular combination of chemistry and alumina crystalline phase. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100203336 | ROOFING GRANULES WITH HIGH SOLAR REFLECTANCE, ROOFING PRODUCTS WITH HIGH SOLAR REFLECTANCE, AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING SAME - Solar reflective roofing granules include a binder and inert mineral particles, with solar reflective particles dispersed in the binder. An agglomeration process preferentially disposes the solar reflective particles at a desired depth within or beneath the surface of the granules. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110086201 | SOLAR HEAT-REFLECTIVE ROOFING GRANULES, SOLAR HEAT-REFLECTIVE SHINGLES, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A process for preparing roofing granules includes forming kaolin clay into green granules and sintering the green granules at a temperature of at least 900 degrees Celsius to cure the green granules until the crystalline content of the sintered granules is at least ten percent as determined by x-ray diffraction. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110265995 | METHODS FOR USING HIGH STRNGTH CERAMIC ELEMENTS - One embodiment of the present invention relates to spherical ceramic elements, such as proppants, for maintaining permeability in subterranean formations to facilitate extraction of oil and gas therefrom. The strength of the ceramic element may be enhanced by combining materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion. Methods of making the ceramic elements are also disclosed. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110268877 | METHODS FOR MAKING HIGH STRENGTH CERAMIC ELEMENTS - One embodiment of the present invention relates to spherical ceramic elements, such as proppants, for maintaining permeability in subterranean formations to facilitate extraction of oil and gas therefrom. The strength of the ceramic element may be enhanced by combining materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion. Methods of making the ceramic elements are also disclosed. | 11-03-2011 |
