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| Flip container for blister card medication holders | 20130112586 | 20130509 |
 There is shown in three embodiments a pill blister pack container for holding a pill blister pack. The container having a first portion highedly attached to a second portion. The first portion being sized to fit within the second portion when the container is closed. Both the first and second portions have defined side walls and a front wall. In addition, the first portion includes flanges in the side walls that engage apertures in the second portion to lock the two portions. Furthermore, a least one support post extends between the two portions.
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| Box type container holder for medication cards | 20130112587 | 20130509 |
 There is shown in a pill blister pack container for holding a pill blister pack. The container having a central structure with a hollowed interior configured to hold the blister pack. A top is secured to the central structure by a hinge member and has a closure structure secured configured to maintain the top in a closed portioned. The closure structure includes corresponding first locking members formed on forward facing surfaces to cooperate in maintaining the cap in the closed position along with corresponding second locking members formed on side facing surfaces and formed on the top to further maintain the cap in the closed positioned.
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| Book type container holder for medication cards | 20130112588 | 20130509 |
 There is shown in three embodiments a pill blister pack container for holding a pill blister pack. The container having a first portion highedly attached to a second portion. The first portion being sized to fit within the second portion when the container is closed. Both the first and second portions have defined side walls and a front wall. In addition, the first portion includes flanges in the side walls that engage apertures in the second portion to lock the two portions. Furthermore, at least one support post extends between the two portions.
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| Crushing bags and methods for use and manufacture | 20130113151 | 20130509 |
 A pill crusher pouch is constructed of a flexible sheet material having an open top and an open bottom, wherein the open bottom is dimensionally smaller than the open top, forming a funnel-like internal pouch cavity, and a crease near the bottom of the pouch that allows a user to easily fold the pouch to form a temporary seal that prevents crushed pill product from dispensing through the open bottom until the user unfolds the pouch.
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| Pill dispensing assembly | 20130116818 | 20130509 |
 A pill dispensing assembly for dispensing a pill from a pill bottle includes a first layer having a pill exit passage. A second layer is operatively connected to the first layer, and includes a pill entry passage horizontally offset from the exit passage. A pill dispensing layer is positioned between the first and second layers, is movable with respect to the first and second layers, and includes a holding chamber sized to receive the pill. The holding chamber is horizontally movable from a first loading position in which the holding chamber is aligned with the entry passage and is horizontally offset from the exit passage to receive the pill, to a second dispensing position in which the holding chamber is aligned with the exit passage and... |
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| System and method for generating a medication inventory | 20130117044 | 20130509 |
| A system and method for electronically verifying a patient's medication inventory comprises receiving an optical image of a medication label on a pill bottle or other medication container, translating said image into text data (e.g., comprising patient's name, medication name, dose, frequency and route of administration of medication); comparing the text data to known medications in a medication database and identifying any identical match. If no match is found, the system and method acts as an expert system to search the data in the medication database for historical user verified closest matches and to return the closest match with the highest user verified historical probability of being correct. The matched information is displayed to a user and the user is enabled to correct the information, if... |
| Pill dispenser | 20130110283 | 20130502 |
| A pill dispensing system that includes pill packages that can be used to dispense pills manually or with a dispenser system to provide enhanced functionality. The packages can be provided with information relating to the packaged pills or to the use of the packaged pills. By reading the information from the package, the dispenser system can know what is in the package, when it is to be taken and can understand and track inventory. The dispenser system provides reminders of when the pills should be taken. The dispenser system may have the ability to key a specific electronic device, such as a cell phone, to a specific user and the dispenser system may require the electronic device to be within proximity of the dispenser system before... |
| Vessel such as a pill bottle with contents describing voice storing and reproducing means and method | 20130110516 | 20130502 |
| A bottle assembly that provides an audio message related to its contents, including: a first housing configured to contain the contents; a second housing coupled to the first housing; an audio system selectively attached to the second housing; a printed circuit board disposed within the audio system including a memory configured to receive audio data; and a speaker and battery disposed within the audio system and coupled to the printed circuit board; the audio system has a keyed shape and is configured to mate with a similarly-shaped receptacle of an audio data programming system when the audio system is detached from the second housing. The audio system has a keyed shape such that it may be mated with the audio data programming system in only one... |
| Artemisinin with berberine compositions and methods of making | 20130102625 | 20130425 |
| An all-natural herbal composition and methods of preparing the same are provided. The novel Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACT) consists of artemisinin and its derivatives and berberine, the two active substances mixed with various selected excipient compounds to form a single pill, tablet or capsule for treatment and prevention of malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, dysentery, Lyme disease, babesiosis, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, Helicobacter Pylori, and colitis, in adults and children. A tablet or pill for children is formulated to be chewable.
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| Authenticatable coatings for pharmaceutical tablets and ingestible materials | 20130084249 | 20130404 |
| An authenticable and machine readable coating for pills, tablets and other ingestible materials is provided. The disclosure also relates to methods of authenticating the same. The coatings are formed from a lattice of particles stacked to cause selective diffraction such that each pill or tablet has an optical signature. The signature associated with each coating can be read and authenticated. In one embodiment, the particles are substantially spherical and self-organized. In one embodiment, generally recognized as safe (GRAS) materials are used to form the particles.
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| "better" pill dispenser | 20130056384 | 20130307 |
| A unit designed to allow freedom to handle one and only one daily dosage of medications or vitamins. The polypropylene base embodies seven identical round holes that securely accepts one each, clear polypropylene vial. The vials hinged lid snaps shut and is easily opened with a push of ones thumb. Each vial displays one each of seven days of the week. All vials would be filled with a daily AM or PM dose of medications or vitamins. At the proper time, one simply removes the single vile from the base for that appropriate day and time. To replenish on a weekly basis, simply flip open each vial and count out the desire dosage.
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| Easy fill lockable pill container | 20130056385 | 20130307 |
| A pill container and method for staging and storing pills or other small objects includes a plurality of storage cells, where each cell defines a top opening and a bottom refill opening. Pills are staged in a sorting area disposed on a bottom side of the pill container, allowing verification by sight and feel of a correct number and type of pill before being dropped into the storage cells. A slide bar is moved to an open position to align holes in the slide bar with the refill openings in the bottom of the storage cells, thereby allowing the pills to be loaded into the storage cells. The slide bar is moved back to a closed position to seal the holes in the bottom of the... |
| Method and apparartus for breaking tablets or pills | 20130056511 | 20130307 |
| A method and apparatus for breaking tablets or pills into separate, generally equal sized portions. A container for the tablets has a surface with an elongated, generally straight, raised ridge member extending along the container surface. A tablet or pill is placed on the topmost surface of the raised ridge with the outer tablet edges extending along the container surface. A tablet or pill is placed on the topmost surface of the raised ridge with the outer tablet edges extending outwardly beyond the raised ridge and spaced above the container surface. Generally equal forces are simultaneously exerted downwardly on the outer tablet edges urging the outer edges downwardly toward the container surface breaking the tablet into two generally equally sized tablet portions.
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| Auto-injector for retractable prefilled syringe | 20130060231 | 20130307 |
| An actuation mechanism for an automatic injector includes a first actuation spring, a first actuation pill, a second actuation spring, and a second actuation pill. In an initial configuration the first actuation spring resides in a compressed, energized state substantially within an upper portion of first actuation pill and the second actuation spring resides in a compressed, energized state between the first actuation pill and the second actuation pill. An automatic injector includes a housing, an activation mechanism, an actuation mechanism, and a syringe cartridge having a plunger and a needle assembly. A retractable syringe may be utilized as a syringe cartridge, such as a prefilled retractable syringe with integrated safety features which retract the needle after use. The automatic injector may be utilized to inject... |
| Apparatus and method for determination of medication location | 20130044196 | 20130221 |
| A method, apparatus and computer program stored on a non-volatile computer readable storage medium for confirming a pill in the mouth of a user. The computer program causing a general purpose computer to perform the steps of capturing one or more images of a user by an image capture device, confirming the position of the face of the user within the captured image by measuring a size of the face, and setting a predetermined portion of the face of the user to be a region of interest. An open mouth of the user is confirmed within the region of interest, and the open mouth of the user is classified as one of a mouth with a pill therein and a mouth without a pill therein.
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| Suspension device for use with low temperature refrigerator | 20130036750 | 20130214 |
| A suspension device for use with a low temperature refrigeration system, such as an adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator is provided. A support ring is provided with three spring-loaded tension assemblies equally spaced about the periphery of the support ring. The tension assemblies each have a pulley, about which is entrained a band of material. Connected to this band is a ring that laterally supports a cylindrical salt pill. Undesired variations in the amount of slack in the band as the salt pill cools are compensated for by the spring loading of the tension assemblies.
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| Medicine portfolio and organizer | 20130037428 | 20130214 |
| A portfolio for organizing and managing the storage, access and administration of prescription and/or over-the-counter medications. The portfolio that includes various storage mechanism, holders and tools that can be used for managing a patient's medications. The portfolio is a two-sided brief-case like device that can be secured in a closed position, or opened to gain access to the interior of the portfolio. The portfolio may include multiple pockets on the outside for storing various items, and a variety of pockets, sleeves, receptors and Velcro or hook and loop structures for receiving and holding various elements such as a pill dispenser, containers, pill bottles, etc. The portfolio can be pre-configured or configurable by including an interior that includes Velcro or hook and loop surfaces that can receive... |
| Prescription bottle imaging system and method | 20130039564 | 20130214 |
| The invention is directed to a prescription imaging system for capturing, storing and displaying images of prescription bottles during the prescription fulfillment process to monitor the quality of the fulfillment process. The system includes one or more pill cameras for capturing images of pills dispensed into one or more prescription bottles and one or more label cameras for capturing images of the bottle labels. The images are stored on a storage device in a database record. The images can be used to verify that the pills in each bottle correspond with the associated prescription.
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| Intelligent dispenser | 20130035785 | 20130207 |
| A pill dispenser for dispensing pills of various sizes includes a pill storage section, a dispensing section located at a lower end of the storage section, an optical sensor, a memory and a controller. The dispensing section includes a device for adjusting a variable size cavity configured to adjust to various pill sizes. The controller adjusts the variable size cavity of the dispensing section depending on the individual pill specifications, and determines if the optical sensor has sensed presence of the pill to be dispensed.
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| Container for pills or vitamins and methods of use | 20130021878 | 20130124 |
| Containers for pills and/or vitamins, and methods of use. According to some embodiments, an exemplary container may include a body having a cavity for receiving a pill, the body having an opening for dispensing the pill, a timer, and a lid operatively connected to the body, the lid being selectively movable between a closed position to retain the pill within the body and an open position for dispensing the pill from the body, wherein selectively moving the lid from the closed position to the open position activates a timer.
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| Medication management apparatus and system | 20130024022 | 20130124 |
| The invention relates to an apparatus, system and method for managing medication. In an aspect, an adaptable pill organizer comprises of at least one or more rectangular units for containing pills. Individual units and/or rows of seven units—attach and detach from one another in order to create a custom pill organizer. The adaptable pill organizer further employs electronic capabilities which: allow user to input, store and display information on the pill organizer; provide lighting means for the device; provide various automatic and/or commanded physical responses to usage of the device such as the lighting of a unit, or the opening and closing of a unit; provide programmed alarms; communicate data messages and usage information with third party devices; and store and provide access to user medication... |
| Temperature indication product and method of manufacture | 20130008368 | 20130110 |
| Finely divided particles preferably formed into tablets or into pellets of granular temperature indication material are used as a thermometer and are brought into contact with a surface to measure surface temperature by a change in appearance of the indication material at a known temperature. Pellets are made from comminuted solid temperature indicating material shaped into a pill or tablet. In a version of the invention different temperatures are indicated by separate parts of the product, such as by separate stacked layers assembled as a composite unit to form an article of manufacture.
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| Microclimate controlling fabrics and methods | 20130012090 | 20130110 |
| A fabric comprises a woven fabric having continuous filament warp yarns and continuous filament filling yarns, wherein the warp yarns are about 30 denier to 100 denier, and the filling yarns are about 30 denier to 100 denier, wherein the warp yarns and filling yarns are woven together in a plain weave to provide a pill resistant fabric having identical surfaces on both sides thereof, and wherein each surface has a coefficient of friction that does not exceed 0.35 under both dry and wet surface conditions. The fabric has a wicking rate of between about 1.00 and 1.75 inches per minute, and has a percent dryness after 45 minutes of 90%.
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| Pill holder | 20120325688 | 20121227 |
| A toothbrush sheath with an integrated pill sheet holder, the sheath comprising a brush cavity configured to accept and hold a toothbrush for use by a user and a cavity shaped to accept pill sheets of various sizes. Also described is an electric or manual toothbrush with an integrated pill sheet holder, the handle of the toothbrush comprising a pill sheet cavity shaped to accept pill sheets of various Sizes. Also described is a static toothbrush holding unit with a base having a designated space for holding the toothbrush and a built-in ejectable tray for holding pill sheets.
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| Lint and fuzz balls remover | 20120311800 | 20121213 |
| A lint and fuzz ball removing device is disclosed comprising at least one blade attached to an easily grasped and maneuvered body allowing for the quick removal and or detangling of lint, hair and pill balls. The blade surface is entirely covered with particle removing hooks or finger-like projections, including a plurality of flat surfaces, and edges of the blade, allowing for the quick and easy removal of lint, hair, fuzz and pill balls of any shape and size, across broad surfaces or hard to reach areas of clothing and fabric.
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| Pill crusher, pouch, and corresponding systems and methods | 20120312906 | 20121213 |
| A crushing device (100) is suitable for crushing pills (703), tablets, or other ingestive objects. The crushing device (100) includes a base (101), an anvil (104), an end pillar (105), and a support pillar (106). A threaded shaft (108) is disposed between the anvil (104) and the end pillar (105), and passes through an aperture (107) in the support pillar (106). The threaded shaft (108) is coupled to a crushing head (109), which translates toward the anvil (104) when a lever (110) coupled to the threaded shaft (108) is rotated radially about an axis (301) of the threaded shaft (108). When a pill crushing pouch (500) having pills (703) therein is placed between the crushing head (109) and the anvil (104), rotation of the lever (110)... |
| Portable vital statistics monitoring and medication dispensing system | 20120316405 | 20121213 |
| A portable vital statistics monitoring and medication dispensing system that provides personal healthcare management and daily prescription routines. The medication dispenser and vital statistics monitor combination incorporates a medication dispenser, a blood testing system, a pill cutting module operated by the control unit, and other vital sign monitoring into a portable wireless device with customizable features. The medication dispenser and vital statistics monitor combination has the capability of notifying the user of the correct times to take medication and automatically dispensing the accurate prescription dosage. The medication dispenser and vital statistics monitor combination communicates the patient information using an onboard display, transmits the information to a local or distributed network, or prints/embosses/etches the information onto patient information cards, wristbands, or other information sheets.
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| Wormwood pill containing 95% of wormwood ethyl alcohol extract that has inactivation efficacy of the h1n1 virus and the h9n2 avian influenza virus | 20120308653 | 20121206 |
| A mugwort pill containing a 95% ethanol extract of wormwood having an inactivation power with respect to a novel swine-origin influenza virus and an avian influenza virus is disclosed. In more details, the conventional mugwort pill is prepared by a hot water extraction method and has 0.8% of crude fat component; however the ethanol extract mugwort crude fat of the present invention is 11.6%, in particular the crude fat component is 14.5 times higher, and the novel swine-origin influenza virus (H1N1) can be inactivated 99.99%, and it has a good disinfection effect to an avian influenza virus (H9N2). When a mugwort pill containing a 95% ethanol extract of wormwood having an inactivation power with respect to a novel swine-origin influenza virus and an avian influenza virus... |
| Method, system, and apparatus for identifying pharmaceutical products | 20120290619 | 20121115 |
| A method, system and apparatus is provided for identifying pharmaceutical products. A database of known pharmaceuticals is provided with links to virtual 3D models of each pharmaceutical. When a pill needs to be identified, an image of the pill is transmitted to the database CPU. The CPU screens out non-matching records and obtains perspective data. based on the orientation of the pill. The CPU manipulates a 3D model into the same perspective as the pill to facilitate identification.
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| Pill pen with a pill cutter and grinder | 20120272528 | 20121101 |
| The pill container is shaped like a conventional pen and is composed of multiple cylindrical compartments and a cap. Each compartment is labeled for the medication it contains. The label can be placed outside or attached inside with a clip. Such labeling with a clip can be applied to the regular medication organizers to add extra function as a labeled pill container. The last compartment of pill pen has a blade embedded at its end and functions as a pill cutter, which is covered with a safety cap, which has a serrated convex surface so as to function as a pill grinder. The cutting and grinding surface is the inside vertex of the cap of the pill pen.
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| Diagnostic test strip having fluid transport features | 20110015545 | 20110120 |
| A test strip for testing a blood sample is provided with a fluid transport feature to facilitate transport of a blood sample obtained from a lancing operation through a capillary channel to a measurement site. A fluid transport path is defined on the major face of the strip terminating at the mouth of the capillary channel. The fluid transport path includes a depending portion at one end opposite the mouth of the channel. The depending portion extends away from the strip on the side facing the fluid sample, such that a droplet of fluid sample contacting the depending portion is directed toward the mouth of the capillary channel. Thereafter the sample moves by capillary action to the measurement site.
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| Devices and methods for treating cardiomyopathy | 20110015476 | 20110120 |
| This application relates to cardiac medical devices, and specifically to adjustable tensioning devices for tissue anchors, to the intraventricular cardiac anchoring or banding devices themselves, to devices and methods for controlling the depth of penetration of tissue anchors, to devices and methods for the joining of both papillary muscles to the mitral valve, to devices and methods for non-invasive “sling” or “loop” tethering of papillary muscles, to devices and methods for establishing suction prior to and during tissue anchor implant, to a double-barreled needle delivery device, and to a method of remodelling the heart muscle by implanting one or more tethers, and then periodically reducing the tether distance over time.
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| Papilloma virus-like particles, fusion proteins as well as processes for their production | 20110015376 | 20110120 |
| The invention relates to the recombinant production of proteins as well as VLPs which are suitable as a vaccine for therapeutic and prophylactic vaccination. The invention also relates to processes for the production and purification of recombinant papilloma virus proteins and fusion proteins.
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| Apparatus and method for ejecting droplets using charge concentration and liquid bridge breakup | 20110015094 | 20110120 |
| Disclosed is an apparatus and method for ejecting droplets using charge concentration and liquid bridge breakup. The droplet ejection apparatus includes a reservoir storing a liquid; a capillary nozzle having a lower end submerged in the liquid stored in the reservoir and an upper end exposed outside the surface of the liquid, the capillary nozzle transferring the liquid to the upper end using capillary force; a potentiostat for applying a voltage to the liquid; a substrate mount on which a substrate is disposed to face the upper end of the capillary nozzle; and a distance adjusting unit for reciprocatingly moving the substrate between first and second positions with respect to the capillary nozzle, wherein the first position denotes a position where a distance between the upper... |
| Devices and methods for engaging children | 20110014847 | 20110120 |
| A system and method for providing a child activity device is disclosed. The system may comprise a child activity device. The child activity device may comprise a main portion; one or more playthings for engaging children; and one or more attachment mechanisms to couple the one or more playthings with the main portion. In some embodiments, the main portion may be a headpiece comprising at least one of a hat, a cap, a visor, a headband, or a bonnet. In other embodiments, the main portion may be a garment comprising at least one of an apron, a shirt, a jacket, a vest, or a belt. In yet other embodiments, the main portion may be a stand-alone structure comprising at least one of a tent, a blanket,... |
| Toy and method designed to enhance emotional learning | 20110014842 | 20110120 |
| A plush toy for use in emotional learning is described herein. The plush toy can be used in conjunction with feeling pillows used to facilitate emotional learning. The plush toy embodiments include characters that can also be used in an online learning system used to teach emotional learning in a virtual world, which may exist, for example over the Internet or similar networking medium. The present invention further comprises methods of using a plush toy embodiment of the present invention as a means of facilitating emotional learning. These methods can be performed in the physical world with physical toy embodiments or in the virtual learning system with replicas of the physical toys.
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| Plastic candle | 20110014579 | 20110120 |
| A plastic candle includes a plastic wax and a capillary candle core wrapped by the plastic wax. In using, the candle core is first wrapped in the plastic wax, which is then kneaded manually by a user to be formed into a desired figure. Thus, the unique useful plastic candle is finished.
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| Solid effervescent mixture for the oral absorption | 20110014132 | 20110120 |
| The present invention is a solid effervescent mixture for oral absorption which comes in the following forms: tablets, pills, granules, chewing gum, and candy. The formulation and preparation methods of the solid effervescent mixture are also disclosed. The solid effervescent formulation is administrated orally without water for dissolving and swallowing. In general, the present invention is directed to a solid or other mixture that comprises an orally administrable therapeutic agent or agents, in combination with an effervescent formulation that may be used as an absorption enhancer for the therapeutic agents across the buccal, sublingual, and/or gingival mucosa in order to relieve local and systemic symptoms rapidly.
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| Ink delivery systems | 20110012965 | 20110120 |
| Ink delivery systems to provide ink from a reservoir to an applicator pad for marking a surface. Ink is stored in a reservoir within a marker body. A valve system controls the flow of ink to the applicator pad to prevent puddling of ink on the marking surface. The reservoir is a hollow body with free flowing ink or may contain a fiber reservoir at least partially saturated with ink. The reservoir may also contain capillary channels and ribs to aid in transporting ink to the valve system. The valve system includes a plug and a spring to bias the plug in a closed position. The plug includes at least one contact surface to contact a housing, and thereby control the flow of ink from the... |
| Disposable sanitary cover | 20110012404 | 20110120 |
| A disposable sanitary cover for use with a high chair seat includes a first panel, a second panel, a third panel and a plurality of retention straps. The cover can be made of non-woven disposable material, anti-bacterial disposable material, spill resistant disposable material, biodegradable disposable material or a combination thereof.
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| Roof structure of a body of a motor vehicle | 20110012390 | 20110120 |
| In a roof structure for the body of a motor vehicle with front roof pillars which are interconnected via a roof frame element, the roof frame element is arranged in a center section of the roof structure in relation to the connecting section thereof to the respective roof pillar so as to be set back in the longitudinal vehicle direction.
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| Semiconductor device having vertical transistor, manufacturing method thereof, and data processing system | 20110012193 | 20110120 |
| A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a silicon pillar provided perpendicularly to a main surface of the semiconductor substrate; a gate dielectric film that covers a portion of a side surface of the silicon pillar; an insulator pillar that covers remaining portions of the side surface of the silicon pillar; a gate electrode that covers the silicon pillar via the gate dielectric film and the insulator pillar; an interlayer dielectric film provided above the silicon pillar, the gate dielectric film, the insulator pillar, and the gate electrode; and a gate contact plug embedded in a contact hole provided in the interlayer dielectric film, and in contact with the gate electrode and the insulator pillar. A film thickness of the insulator pillar in a lateral direction... |
| Semiconductor memory device | 20110012188 | 20110120 |
| A semiconductor memory device includes: a stacked body formed of a plurality of inter-layer insulating films and a plurality of electrode films alternately stacked and having a through-hole formed in the stacking direction; an electrode-side insulating film of a film thickness of 4 nm or more provided on an inner surface of the through-hole; a charge storage film provided on the electrode-side insulating film; a semiconductor-side insulating film of a film thickness of 4 nm or more provided on the charge storage film; and a semiconductor pillar buried in the through-hole.
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| Assembling structure of water conduction device for mist maker | 20110011948 | 20110120 |
| This invention relates to an assembling structure of water conduction device for mist maker in which the water conduction device comprises a mounting seat and a capillary water-conduction fiber; resilient pieces being provided at both sides of the mounting seat, which have engaging means provided thereon; a mounting hole being further provided within the housing of the mist maker, in which the mounting seat of the water conduction device is assembled, the engaging means provided on the resilient pieces of the mounting seat being interlocked on the wall face of the assembling hole of the housing such that the water conduction device can be mounted within the housing of the mist maker. If the water conduction device is to be replaced, two resilient pieces has to... |
| Single pill distributing cap for use on pill bottles | 20110011883 | 20110120 |
| A single pill distributing cap has a movable part and a fixed part The fixed part is releasably attached onto a bottle and the movable part is rotationally attached to the fixed part. The fixed part consists in a pill sorting chamber, and an exit chamber. The pill sorting chamber allows only one pill at a time to egress from the pill sorting chamber by way of a pill sorting chamber hole. Once a pill is out of the pill sorting chamber, upon continued rotation of the movable part, it aligns itself with the exit chamber. Once thus aligned, the pill drops into the exit chamber.
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| Pill dispenser for pets | 20110011884 | 20110120 |
| A pill dispenser includes a housing having front, rear, and side walls defining a hollow interior. A pill holding member is removably coupled to the housing front wall and defines a frontward bore configured to receive a pill and being in operative communication with the housing front opening. An elongate plunger shaft having proximal and distal ends is positioned extends through the housing. The shaft is movable between a retracted configuration in which the distal end extends from the housing rear wall and an actuated configuration in which the distal end is adjacent the housing rear wall. A spring is positioned in the dispenser housing and operatively connected to the plunger shaft for selectively moving the plunger shaft between the retracted and actuated configurations so as... |
| Vessel for collecting petroleum products | 20110011784 | 20110120 |
| The invention relates to a vessel for collecting petroleum products, in which an Archimedean screw (4) is used to collect spills, which vessel comprises a T-shaped hull with a central longitudinal narrow body (1) and a front transverse segment (3), said hull having no keel and being provided with a planar base, thereby conferring minimum draft thereon, of the order of 50 cm. The containers, which are independent of the hull (1), are mounted to either side of same and the relative height thereof can be varied in relation to the hull depending on the load level. In addition, each container can be removed in order to be emptied. Consequently the vessel can operate at beaches, ports, rias or any other low-draft areas.
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| Apparatus for the separation of plasma | 20110011781 | 20110120 |
| The invention relates to an apparatus for separating blood, more particularly an apparatus (1) for absorbing blood (19) and separating blood components, e.g. blood plasma, as a sample liquid (2). Said apparatus (1) comprises a feeding device (13) for absorbing the blood (2), a device (15) for separating blood components as a sample liquid (2), a duct which preferably absorbs the sample liquid (2) exclusively by means of capillary forces, and a device for filling the duct (3) with sample liquid (2) in an inlet or feeding zone (18) of the duct (3). The separating device (15), in particular a membrane, is curved, especially convexly shaped, and the apex of said curved, especially convex shape projects into the filling device.
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| Jewelry holder and organizer | 20110011753 | 20110120 |
| A jewelry holding apparatus is adapted for attachment to a flat surface, and particularly the inner surface of a medicine cabinet door in the interest of convenience, privacy and space efficiency. The apparatus has a two-part frame which clips together to suspend a mesh screen for storing a variety of hook-type or loop earrings, as well as accessory hooks. The apparatus further includes an arrangement of adjacently positioned foam pillows that are packed tightly together for holding various items of jewelry between the foam pillows. An arrangement of hooks on the frame allow for storage of bracelets, watches, small necklaces, rings and earrings. One or more posts on either side of the top of the frame allow for hanging of longer necklaces. The apparatus mounts to... |
| Capillary immunoassay systems and methods | 20110011740 | 20110120 |
| An automated assay system is described with stations for placement of materials to be used in an assay of materials inside capillaries and an automated gripper for manipulating capillaries. The system includes a separation/detection station where reactions inside the capillaries take place and photoemissions from the capillary reactions are detected. The photoemissions from the capillaries may be displayed as line graphs or in columns of a pseudo-gel image resembling the familiar Western gel blot. An automated control system has a user interface by which an operator can select a run protocol and define the locations of samples and reagents to be used in the protocol run. Following the setup the control system will cause the automated system to execute the protocol, then display the results in... |
| Test strip with slot vent opening | 20110011738 | 20110120 |
| A test strip with a covering layer having a novel slot. The slot divides the inventive covering layer into two parts and provides a vent opening that allows air to escape as fluid enters a cavity or sample receiving chamber formed in the test strip. In preferred embodiments, the covering layer is clear such that the user can see through it and the slot doubles as a “fill line.” The user can thus watch the fluid sample enter the test strip, progress through the capillary cavity, and then stop at the slot or fill-line. This provides positive assurance to the user that the sample size is sufficient and the test strip has been filled properly. The present invention also provides an advantageous method of mass-producing the... |
| Dual-temperature, sealed-system critical temperature indicator | 20110011330 | 20110120 |
| An inexpensive, disposable apparatus that visually indicates whether an object has been exposed to either one or both of two predetermined critical temperatures such as a critical high T1 or a critical low T2 temperature. The apparatus includes a housing having a reservoir portion, and a capillary tube portion with a first, proximal end in fluid connection with the reservoir portion and an open, second, distal end. A first fluid is contained within the reservoir portion and a portion of the proximal capillary tube portion. A second fluid is contained within the capillary portion intermediate the first fluid and the distal end. A barrier is located intermediate the first fluid and the second fluid. The barrier prevents the first and second fluids from intermixing until the... |
| Floatable vessel | 20110011324 | 20110120 |
| A floatable vessel is associated with an excavated area or foundation such that the floatable vessel rises and falls with changes in the water level of the surrounding environment. The foundation comprises a plurality of stabilizing posts that include telescopic sections where an upper telescopic section is connected to the floatable vessel. As the water level in the foundation rises or falls, the telescopic sections extend or retract as the buoyant floatable vessel moves with the water level. This action maintains the floatable vessel's connection with the foundation at various water levels. When there is no water within the foundation, or when the water level is sufficiently low, the floatable vessel rests on a plurality of pillars within the foundation. A tether cable is provided within... |
| Spool holder and sewing machine provided therewith | 20110011319 | 20110120 |
| A spool holder includes a spool base and a thread guide mechanism including a thread guide member having thread guide portions guiding the threads extending from thread spools, respectively and a divided support pillar disposed so as to support the guide member on the spool base and including an upper support pillar having an upper end swingably mounted on the guide member and a lower support pillar having a lower end which is swingably mounted on the spool base, and a holding unit which holds the divided support pillar so that the pillar is switchable between a first position where both pillars are substantially vertically lined so that the guide member is located at an upper position in its use and a second position where both... |
| Air filtration and absorption method and system for the remediation of hydrazine | 20110011266 | 20110120 |
| An air filtration system and method for the remediation of hydrazine from contaminated air. The system is provided in the form of a container with an inlet port and an outlet port containing absorbent pads or filters or wipes saturated with a solution of a dicarbonyl compound. As contaminated air passes through the container, hydrazine present within the air reacts with the dicarbonyl compound and becomes neutralized, thereby resulting in the exit of pure air from the container. The absorbent pads can also be used independently to remove hydrazine liquid spill.
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| Double-layer directed sweat cloth | 20110011250 | 20110120 |
| A double-layer directed sweat cloth, especially a quick hygroscopic sweat cloth, is disclosed. Sweat drawn by a lining is given a directional route for transporting and delivering quickly to an external dissipation layer for evaporation and sweat transferred is prevented from staining reversely a skin surface, forming a dry-wet separation effect to keep a lining layer dry. In the lining layer, part of core sections of yarns which absorb sweat are at same positions in the dissipation layer, allowing water liquid affinitive to the lining to directly acquire a directional route that sweat is quickly transported and carried outward to keep skin dry, by a co-core capillary effect to transport sweat directly and collapsing sweat beads at far ends. Moreover, as drawing yarns are woven hollowly,... |
| Capacitive acceleration sensor | 20110011182 | 20110120 |
| A capacitive acceleration sensor includes an acceleration sensor moving part and an acceleration sensor stationary part together forming a capacitor for detecting acceleration, a sealing structure hermetically enclosing but not contacting the acceleration sensor moving part, and at least one support pillar enclosed by but not directly contacted by the acceleration sensor moving part, both ends of the at least one support pillar being in contact with inside walls of the sealing structure. The acceleration sensor moving part is electrically connected to the at least one support pillar.
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| Mounting structure for frame garnish | 20110010995 | 20110120 |
| A mounting structure for mounting a frame garnish on a door window frame of a vehicle is disclosed. The door window frame includes a vertical portion extending in a generally vertical direction so as to overlap a center pillar of the vehicle. The door window frame is formed to surround a door window glass of the vehicle. The vertical portion includes a hooking hole formed in an upper part of the vertical portion and an insertion hole formed in a lower part of the vertical portion. The frame garnish includes a main portion, a hooking portion, and an insertion portion. The insertion portion is inserted into the insertion hole in the vertically downward direction, and the hooking portion is inserted into and hooked to the hooking... |
| Hydrazine decontamination wipes | 20110010878 | 20110120 |
| An apparatus for remediating hydrazine from hydrazine contaminated surfaces. Pads or wipes can be utilized to remediate hydrazine spills. In its operational form, the dicarbonyl compound may be present on or in the absorbent material in a dry form or an aqueous solution. The apparatus includes a wipe comprising an absorbent medium pre-treated with a dicarbonyl compound, wherein the surface contaminated with hydrazine reacts with the dicarbonyl compound of the wipe to neutralize and convert the hydrazine into a stable organic compound, thereby decontaminating the surface. The wipe itself may include a porous surface cover surrounding an inert absorbent interior component of the wipe that in turn surrounds an absorbent interior core comprising a dicarbonyl compound that reacts with the hydrazine in order to neutralize the... |
| Tubular wrap and methods for its use | 20110010862 | 20110120 |
| A tubular wrap is provided for enclosing the outside surfaces of a folded flat pillow. The tubular wrap includes a tubular body formed of a soft and resilient material with a central tunnel passing through longitudinally. The fabric tube has an opening on both ends. The tube surrounds the body of the folded pillow by passing through the central tunnel and bringing each end of the pillow to meet each end of the pillowcase, so that the pillowcase embodies the folded pillow.
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| Controlled release endoprosthetic device | 20090326633 | 20091231 |
| wherein the micro-deepenings of said structural member and/or said polymer member comprise a pharmaceutical composition containing one or more active ingredients selected from the group consisting of agents to inhibit or at least reduce excessive proliferation of vessel wall cells, agents to enhance the downstream perfusion of tissue, agents to promote and/or to enhance the neo-formation of capillaries, agents designed to modulate the amount or activity of coagulation factors, agents to reduce the amount of Thrombin- and/or Fibrin-formation, embedded therein for release from the member, with such in its expanded state.
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| Laser fiber capillary apparatus and method | 20090326525 | 20091231 |
| A method and an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a capillary for use in side-firing optical fibers. An outer surface of the capillary defines a recessed transmissive portion of the capillary. The area of the recessed transmissive portion can be a four-sided area or an area with a rounded boundary, for example. An optical-fiber-core end portion disposed within the capillary can include an end surface configured to redirect laser energy in a lateral direction and through the recessed transmissive portion of the capillary. The lateral direction can be substantially normal to the recessed transmissive portion of the capillary and offset from a longitudinal axis of the distal end portion of the core. The end surface of the core can be non-perpendicular to... |
| Fluidic capillary chip for regulating drug flow rates of infusion pumps | 20090326517 | 20091231 |
| An erosion-resistant capillary chip for use with in an infusion pump that is made from a silicon substrate having a first surface that includes a micro groove etched therein and a glass plate laminated to the first surface. The glass plate covers the micro groove so that a micro fluid conduit is created. The glass plate includes an inlet bore that connects with the micro fluid conduit and the silicon substrate includes an outlet bore that connects with the micro fluid conduit so that a drug solution entering the inlet bore from the infusion pump may pass through the micro fluid conduit at a restricted flow rate to the outlet bore and thereafter to a target site of a patient. The micro groove includes a passivation... |
| Electroporation to deliver chemotherapeutics and enhance tumor regression | 20090326436 | 20091231 |
| A method is disclosed for disrupting capillary blood flow and trapping materials such as chemotherapeutic agents in undesirable tissue, including cells of a cancerous or non-cancerous tumor. The method involves the placement of electrodes into or near the vicinity of capillary vessels supplying blood to capillaries in the undesirable tissue, and application of electrical pulses causing capillary blood flow disruption. In some cases, the electric pulses irreversibly permeate the cell membranes, thereby invoking cell death. The irreversibly permeabilized cells are left in situ and are removed by the body's immune system. The process may further comprise monitoring blood flow and/or infusion of a material such as a chemotherapeutic agent or marker into the blood.
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| New pharmaceutical composition | 20090326025 | 20091231 |
| The invention provides a new pharmaceutical compositions for treating cardiovascular disease, which contains the active component 2-butyl-4-chloro-1-[2′-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)1,1′-biphenyl-methyl]imidazole-5-carboxylic acid, 1-[(isopropoxy)carbonyloxy]methyl ester dispersing in pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. The composition can be prepared to solid dosage forms e.g. powders, granules, dripping pills, micro-pellets, tablets, capsules, lozenges etc. by mouth or other way e.g. sublingual administration etc.
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| Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of capillary arteriopathy | 20090325997 | 20091231 |
| The present invention relates to the use of ergot derivatives or ergolines, and in particular of lisuride and terguride for the prophylaxis and treatment of constrictive capillary arteriopathy. Constrictive capillary arteriopathy refers to the diseases pulmonary arterial hypertension, endogenously induced or exogenously induced glomeruloscleroses as well as secondary Raynaud's syndrome.
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| Method for changing the wettability of rock formations | 20090325826 | 20091231 |
| Single-phase microemulsions (SPMES) and in situ-formed microemulsions in water-wetting pills may be used to reverse the wettability of subterranean rock previously drilled with an oil-based mud or synthetic-based mud before pumping a high fluid loss squeeze pill or crosslink pill or other water-based pill. This wettability reversal occurs by solubilization of the non-polar material into the microemulsion when the water-wetting pill contacts the non-polar material. An in situ microemulsion may be formed when one or more surfactant and a polar phase (e.g. water or brine), and eventually some amount of organic phase, contacts the reservoir formation and reverses the wettability encountered in the porous media. The microemulsions are effective for reversing the wettability that occurs from non-polar materials which include, but are not necessarily limited to,... |
| Electrolytic membrane | 20090325005 | 20091231 |
| An electrolyte membrane comprising a reinforcement structure and an ionomer is provided. The reinforcement structure comprises a plurality of pores with a diameter of 0.3 μm to 2.5 μm as established by a PMI Capillary Flow Porometer and exhibit a linear swelling expansion below 0.5% for all directions in the X-Y plane. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing such electrolyte membranes is provided. The electrolyte membrane is particularly suitable for application as electrolyte membrane in low temperature fuel cells, such as polymer exchange fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells, and in electrolysis cells.
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| Coatings | 20090324910 | 20091231 |
| A superhydrophilic coating can be antireflective and antifogging. The coating can remain antireflective and antifogging for extended periods. The coating can have a graded refractive index. The coating for wafer-level optics can be for targeted capillary condensation in nanoparticle containing reflow-compatible coatings.
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| Capillary pumps for vaporization of liquids | 20090324206 | 20091231 |
| A capillary pump is provided for producing pressurized and unpressurized vapor emissions from liquid feed. In its simplest form, the capillary pump incorporates a liquid feed intake, a porous vaporization component, and a heat transfer component. Additional components, such as an insulator component, a feed pre-heat component, a liquid feed reservoir and/or delivery system, an integrated or associated heater component, a vapor collection chamber, a heat distribution component, an orifice component and/or vapor release component, may also be associated with or integrated in the improved capillary pumps. Capillary pump arrays are provided, and numerous applications for capillary pumps are disclosed.
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| Method for fabricating high density pillar structures by double patterning using positive photoresist | 20090323385 | 20091231 |
| A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming a first photoresist layer over an underlying layer, patterning the first photoresist layer into a first photoresist pattern, wherein the first photoresist pattern comprises a plurality of spaced apart first photoresist features located over the underlying layer, and etching the underlying layer using the first photoresist pattern as a mask to form a plurality of first spaced apart features. The method further includes removing the first photoresist pattern, forming a second photoresist layer over the plurality of first spaced apart features, and patterning the second photoresist layer into a second photoresist pattern, wherein the second photoresist pattern comprises a plurality of second photoresist features covering edge portions of the plurality of first spaced apart features. The method... |
| Heat transport device and electronic apparatus | 20090323285 | 20091231 |
| A heat transport device includes an airtight container, a working fluid contained in the airtight container, and a plurality of plate-like members including a first plate-like member and a second plate-like member adjacent to the first plate-like member, the plate-like members each having a first hole having a first opening area and a second hole having a second opening area smaller than the first opening area, the plate-like members being layered in the airtight container so that the first hole of the first plate-like member and the first hole of the second plate-like member are communicated with each other, to retain the working fluid in a liquid phase by applying a capillary force to the working fluid, and so that an opening of the second hole... |
| Eyeglasses | 20090323017 | 20091231 |
| The present invention is related to a pair of eyeglasses, comprising at least a lens, at least a pair of temples, at least a pair of engaging elements, and at least a connecting element. The lens includes at least a pair of engaging elements disposed on the left and right opposite sides of the lens, and the engaging elements include a C type engaging portion. The pair of temples include at least a connecting element disposed at one end of the temples to be pivotally connected to the engaging elements of the lens, and the connecting element includes at least a connecting pillar and is at least partially suspended. Wherein when the connecting element and the engaging elements are pivotally connected to each other, the connecting... |
| Semiconductor structure, method for manufacturing semiconductor structure and semiconductor package | 20090321916 | 20091231 |
| A semiconductor structure, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor package are provided. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes the following steps. Firstly, a silicon substrate is provided. Next, a part of the silicon substrate is removed to form a ring hole and a silicon pillar surrounded by the silicon pillar. Then, a photosensitive material is disposed in the ring hole, wherein the photosensitive material is insulating. After that, the silicon pillar is removed, such that the ring hole forms a through hole and the photosensitive material covers a lateral wall of the through hole. Lastly, the conductive material is disposed in the through hole, wherein the outer surface of the conductive material is surrounded by the photosensitive material.
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| Method of fabricating an electromechanical structure including at least one mechanical reinforcing pillar | 20090321887 | 20091231 |
| The invention also relates to an electromechanical structure obtained by the method.
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| Vertical-type non-volatile memory device | 20090321816 | 20091231 |
| In a vertical-type non-volatile memory device, first and second single-crystalline semiconductor pillars are arranged to face each other on a substrate. Each of the first and second single-crystalline semiconductor pillars has a rectangular parallelepiped shape with first, second, third and fourth sidewalls. A first tunnel oxide layer, a first charge storage layer and a first blocking dielectric layer are sequentially stacked on the entire surface of the first sidewall of the first single-crystalline semiconductor pillar. A second tunnel oxide layer, a second charge storage layer and a second blocking dielectric layer are sequentially stacked on the entire surface of the first sidewall of the second single-crystalline semiconductor pillar. A word line makes contact with surfaces of both the first and second blocking dielectric layers. The word... |
| Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same | 20090321813 | 20091231 |
| A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a stacked body with a plurality of insulating films and electrode films alternately stacked therein, through which a through hole extending in the stacking direction is formed; a semiconductor pillar buried inside the through hole; and a charge storage layer located on both sides of each of the electrode films in the stacking direction and insulated from the electrode film and the semiconductor pillar.
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| Triangle two dimensional complementary patterning of pillars | 20090321789 | 20091231 |
| A method of making a semiconductor device includes forming at least one device layer over a substrate, forming a plurality of spaced apart first features over the device layer, where each three adjacent first features form an equilateral triangle, forming sidewall spacers on the first features, filling a space between the sidewall spacers with a plurality of filler features, selectively removing the sidewall spacers, and etching the at least one device layer using at least the plurality of filler features as a mask. A device contains a plurality of bottom electrodes located over a substrate, a plurality of spaced apart pillars over the plurality of bottom electrodes, and a plurality of upper electrodes contacting the plurality of pillars. Each three adjacent pillars form an equilateral triangle,... |
| Nanopillar arrays for electron emission | 20090321633 | 20091231 |
| The present invention provides systems, devices, device components and structures for modulating the intensity and/or energies of electrons, including a beam of incident electrons. In some embodiments, for example, the present invention provides nano-structured semiconductor membrane structures capable of generating secondary electron emission. Nano-structured semiconductor membranes of this aspect of the present invention include membranes having an array of nanopillar structures capable of providing electron emission for amplification, filtering and/or detection of incident radiation, for example secondary electron emission and/or field emission. Nano-structured semiconductor membranes of the present invention are useful as converters wherein interaction of incident primary electrons and nanopillars of the nanopillar array generates secondary emission. Nano-structured semiconductor membranes of this aspect of the present invention are also useful as directed charge amplifiers wherein... |
| Laptop stand | 20090321605 | 20091231 |
| The EZ Laptop Stand® is made in 3 different designs called Model A, Model X, and Model U. Model A and Model X are for use on a desktop surface, under any laptop computer, but each one is designed to better accommodate slightly different configurations of laptop computers. Model U is for using a laptop computer while sitting or lying down when the user wishes to use it directly on their lap.
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| Method and apparatus for automatically filling prescriptions using interchangeable platens | 20090321472 | 20091231 |
| A device for dispensing pills includes a set of pill canisters and a control for releasing a desired quantity of pills from a selected pill canister at a target location. A frame is situated beneath the target location. The frame is adapted to accept and hold a selected platen of a set of platens and to move the selected platen in both an X axis and a Y axis. The selected platen holds and supports a target container into which the desired quantity of pills is deposited.
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| Pill dispenser with canisters having electronically readable identification | 20090321470 | 20091231 |
| A device for dispensing pills includes a set of pill canisters, each having a machine-readable canister identifier. The device for dispensing pills further includes a reader adapted to read the machine-readable canister identifier and a selector interfaced to the reader. An active pill canister from the plurality of pill canisters is selected by the selector using data from the reader to determine which of the plurality of pill canisters is at a target location. A control is provided for releasing a desired quantity of pills from the selected pill canister at a target location into a target package.
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| Pill dispenser with interchangeable platen having electronically readable identification | 20090321469 | 20091231 |
| A device for dispensing pills includes a set of pill canisters and a control for releasing a desired quantity of pills from a selected pill canister at a target location. Several platens are provided, each of the plurality of platens having a machine-readable platen identifier. A frame is situated beneath the target location. The frame is adapted to move in both an X axis and a Y axis and adapted to accept and hold a selected platen of a set of platens whereas the selected platen holds and supports a target container into which the desired quantity of pills is deposited and the machine-readable platen identifier is read by the device for dispensing pills to determine which of the plurality of platens is the selected platen.
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| Method of automatically filling prescriptions | 20090321465 | 20091231 |
| A method of dispensing pills includes (a) inputting a request and (b) loading a cassette having a first pill type into position then (c) positioning a target container beneath that cassette. (d) The cassette is energized to drop one pill. (f) If a pill dropped and there are still more of the current pill to drop, the method continues at step d. (g) If a pill dropped and the number of the current pill has satisfied the request, the method ends. (h) If a pill dropped and a number of the current pill already dispensed type has not satisfied the request, the method continues with step d. (i) If no pill dropped, an operator is informed. (k) If the operator indicates the cassette is empty and... |
| Child drinking vessel | 20090321458 | 20091231 |
| A non-spillable drinking vessel is disclosed that includes a detachable lid assembly with an anti-spill tip or a detachable spill stopper, a body with an interior for containing liquid, and a detachable base. The detachable base of the vessel is a sealed compartment containing LED lights and/or sound and associated circuitry.
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| Display device for a hob, hob and method of operating such a display device | 20090321413 | 20091231 |
| A hob comprising a plurality of heating elements further comprises a support for a plurality of illuminating means, said support being of elongate construction and typically arcuate in shape. In one embodiment, two rows of illuminaries in the form of LEDs are provided wherein a cover with light zones is positioned thereover. The cover may indicate various symbols and letters to a user of the hob. Separate light zones may be defined to prevent light from one illuminary zone spilling over to the next illuminary zone. A controller may illuminate one row of illuminaries indicating the heating element is hot, even after power is removed from the heating element, and illuminate another row indicating a level of operation of the heating element. The hob may comprise... |
| Method and device for machining a target using a femtosecond laser beam | 20090321398 | 20091231 |
| The invention relates to a method and device for machining a target using a femtosecond laser beam. The invention consists in taking advantage of the deterministic nature of the ablation threshold and the nonlinear dependence thereof through the use of amplitude or phase pupillary filtering using the polarising effect or any other technique in order to reduce significantly the machining dimensions obtained by focusing a laser beam in nanotechnologies. One such filtering process modifies the distribution of the intensity in the focal plane such as to reduce the maximum of the central component of the spectrum of laser pulses while maintaining the bright rings below the deterministic ablation threshold. The invention associates the femtosecond ablation technique with deterministic threshold and the apodisation technique.
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| Lightweight container having mid-body grip | 20090321386 | 20091231 |
| The present disclosure provides a one-piece plastic container having a body defining a generally rectangular horizontal cross-section, and including a first pair of opposing sidewalls and a second pair of opposing sidewalls. The body has an upper portion, a shoulder region, a sidewall portion and a base. The shoulder region is integrally formed with and extends from the upper portion to the sidewall portion. The base closes off an end of the container. The shoulder region defines a pair of grip portions defined in part by a respective pair of pillars. Each pillar defines oppositely facing walls that are offset inboard relative to the respective second pair of opposing sidewalls.
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| Capillary membrane filtration module | 20090321332 | 20091231 |
| A filtration device removes particles from a liquid. The filtration device includes a collector header and a plurality of planar membrane assemblies having an upper side and a lower side, the lower side being operatively linked to the collector header. Each planar membrane assembly is formed as a single row of a plurality of capillary membranes and is linked to an individual upper header.
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| Loop heat pipe | 20090321055 | 20091231 |
| A loop heat pipe for heat dissipating to a heat source including a first pipe, a first capillary structure, a second capillary structure, a second pipe, and a working fluid is provided. The first pipe has an evaporating portion adjacent to the heat source and a condensing portion. The first capillary structure is disposed on an inner surface of the first pipe and extends from the evaporating portion to the condensing portion. The second capillary structure is disposed on the inner surface and located within the evaporating portion. The second pipe is connected between the evaporating portion and the condensing portion. The working fluid disposed in the first pipe and the second pipe is capable of being transferred from the evaporating portion to the condensing portion... |
| Key mechanisms | 20080314101 | 20081225 |
| A key mechanism. A base plate includes at least one first guiding base, at least one second guiding base, at least one first barricade, and at least one second barricade. The first guiding base opposes the second guiding base. The first barricade opposes the second barricade. A scissors linking assembly is connected to the base plate and includes a first linking member and a second linking member. The first linking member pivots to the second linking member and includes a first guiding pillar. The second linking member includes a second guiding pillar. The first guiding pillar is disposed in the first guiding base through the first barricade and is abutted therebetween. The second guiding pillar is disposed in the second guiding base through the second barricade... |
| Vertically integrated 3-axis mems accelerometer with electronics | 20080314147 | 20081225 |
| A system and method in accordance with the present invention provides for a low cost, bulk micromachined accelerometer integrated with electronics. The accelerometer can also be integrated with rate sensors that operate in a vacuum environment. The quality factor of the resonances is suppressed by adding dampers. Acceleration sensing in each axis is achieved by separate structures where the motion of the proof mass affects the value of sense capacitors differentially. Two structures are used per axis to enable full bridge measurements to further reduce the mechanical noise, immunity to power supply changes and cross axis coupling. To reduce the sensitivity to packaging and temperature changes, each mechanical structure is anchored to a single anchor pillar bonded to the top cover.
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| Dry powder inhalation apparatus | 20080314383 | 20081225 |
| The invention relates to dry powder inhalation apparatus usually operable by breath of a user which provides for controlled and smooth transfer of medicament during multiple actuations by a user. A mechanism of the apparatus for achieving this controlled and smooth transfer includes a device (4) normally held adjacent a reservoir for receiving medicament in a cup or receptacle (15) and which is generally movable transversely of a longitudinal axis of the apparatus to delivery channels of the apparatus. This bodily shifting of the device (4) is achieved by a yoke acting on an abutment (16) thereof. Spillage of medicament in the apparatus is avoided.
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| Photovoltaic collection systems, friction drives, and method for tracking the sun and avoiding wind damage | 20080314440 | 20081225 |
| Disclosed are photovoltaic collection systems, friction drives, and method for tracking the sun and avoiding wind damage without the use of complicated or expensive mechanical systems. In particular, disclosed is friction drive system for coupling a support beam supporting a photovoltaic collection assembly to a support pillar. The frictional drive system can include a plurality of wheels positioned for rotatably and pivotably coupling the support beam to the support pillar such that the support beam will slip with respect to the support pillar under application of a wind torque of a predetermined amount. Further, at least one motor can apply torques to the wheels for moving the support beam with respect to the support pillar.
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| Double wall pipe | 20080314469 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to a double wall pipe with an inner high pressure pipe (1) having an inner flow space for harmful and/or flammable liquids, particularly fuel to be infected or hydraulic oil, and with an outer protection pipe (2) coaxially arranged around the inner pipe, having an enter flow space between inner pipe and outer pipe, for possibly leaking or spilling liquid from the inner pipe, wherein the protection pipe (2) has several substantially longitudinal arranged grooves (23) throughout its inner surface (21); the inner high pressure pipe (1) is fitted tightly into the protection pipe (2); and after bending the double wall pipe (100), the double wall pipe (100) is unified by surface pressure due to deformation of bending process.
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| Electrophoretic separation of analytes by molecular mass | 20080314751 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the separation of analytes based on their molecular weight, by application of an electric field across a low-friction matrix that includes with a charged separation agent. The matrix comprises charged regions ordered in a monotonous sequence distributed throughout the matrix so as to generate a charge density gradient. When an external electric field is applied, the complex will move through the different charged regions and focusing of different analytes in different charge regions will occur. These systems are suitable for planar, capillary in-tube electrophoresis, as well as multi-channel arrays of capillaries filled with charge gradient gels, serial arrays of discrete compartments with charge density gradient, arrays in a chip format, pre-designed mass focusing arrays for specific... |
| Lockable container with integral internal tray | 20080314780 | 20081225 |
| Taught herein is a package for holding and securing various types of portable items. An inner slide card with integral tray (12) is loaded with items, and inserted into an outer sleeve (200). Receiving apertures (38) and securing tabs (40) hold and secure the items in the tray. An engaging element (42), integral to the slide card or tray cooperatively engages locking elements and stopping elements (240, 216) integral to the outer sleeve. The cooperative engagement of the elements provides an optional child-resistant feature and an optional spill-resistant feature. A release button (224) integral to the outer sleeve disengages the child-resistant feature.
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| Multifunctional medicinal dispensary device | 20080314919 | 20081225 |
| A multifunctional medicinal dispensary device made up of an armstand, an arm with an attached punchknob pivotably connected thereto and equipped with a handle as well as a punchplate with a hole in it being attached to the topside of the armstand along with a splitter bar and splitterguard each connected to the arm and a pillcrusher component also pivotably affixed a pivotstand affixed to the arm and laterally positioned pill compartments within the arm stand all for the purpose of extracting pills from pill packs, splitting and/or crushing them or for extracting liquid medicine from within capsular pill jackets, all very hygienically, economically and efficiently with only minimal effort, without waste.
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| Assembly for fixing and connecting light bar lamp | 20080314944 | 20081225 |
| An assembly for fixing and connecting a polygonal LED light bar lamp includes a fixing seat, a covering plug, and an electrical connector. The fixing seat has a bottom with both edges thereof extending to form two bevels and parallel plates. The bottom and bevels have a penetrating hole, respectively. The covering plug has a cover having an insertion hole. Two electrode pins are disposed in the interior of the insertion hole. The electrical connector has a partitioning block. Both sides of the partitioning block have a protruding pillar, respectively. The protruding pillar is provided with a hollow pillar having electrodes for contacting with electrode pins. With the fixing seat being fixed on a carrier, the light bar can be held in the fixing seat with... |
| Multiple capillary tubes to dispense vapor | 20080315011 | 20081225 |
| This invention relates to the use of multiple capillary tubes 10 for the evaporation of volatile active substances, in particular aromatics and/or insecticides from a liquid reservoir 40. The intent is to incorporate individual capillary tubes 20 in a single piece made ideally out of a polymer that can resist both heat and organic compounds. The multiple capillary tubes 10 could replace twisted, braided or woven wicks that are currently used in electronic vapor emanation systems that utilize heat 50 or atomization 60. The multiple capillary tubes 10 are extruded in a single piece and then cut to length or individual capillary tubes are extruded, bundled and then cut to length.
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| Device and method for coupling capillary separation methods and mass spectrometry | 20080315083 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to capillaries which are at least partially sheathed with metal foil and to the use thereof in the coupling of methods such as HPLC, CE (capillary electrophoresis), CEC (capillary electrochromatography) or pCEC (pressurised CEC) to MS (mass spectrometry). The sheathing according to the invention with metal foil enables direct coupling of the capillaries to a mass spectrometer without using further adapters, such as spray needles or empty capillary parts.
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| Nanowire transistor with surrounding gate | 20080315279 | 20081225 |
| One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method for forming a transistor. According to an embodiment of the method, a pillar of amorphous semiconductor material is formed on a crystalline substrate, and a solid phase epitaxy process is performed to crystallize the amorphous semiconductor material using the crystalline substrate to seed the crystalline growth. The pillar has a sublithographic thickness. A transistor body is formed in the crystallized semiconductor pillar between a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region. A surrounding gate insulator is formed around the semiconductor pillar, and a surrounding gate is formed around and separated from the semiconductor pillar by the surrounding gate insulator. Other aspects are provided herein.
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| Semiconductor device | 20080315297 | 20081225 |
| There is provided a semiconductor device having a drift layer with a pillar structure including first semiconductor layer portions of the first conduction type and second semiconductor layer portions of the second conduction type formed in pillars alternately and periodically on a semiconductor substrate. A device region includes a plurality of arrayed transistors composed of the first semiconductor layer portions and the second semiconductor layer portions. A terminal region is formed at the periphery of the device region without the transistors formed therein. The drift layer in the terminal region has a carrier lifetime lower than ⅕ the carrier lifetime in the drift layer in the device region.
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| Automotive body and trim assembly with complementary locating and positioning features and method of assembling same | 20080315627 | 20081225 |
| An automotive body and trim assembly is provided that utilizes locating features on only a single sheet metal layer of a multi-layer body frame pillar to position a trim member, thus minimizing variability in the final assembled position of the trim member. The single sheet metal layer has both a fore-aft-locating feature and a cross-car-locating feature. A fore-aft-positioning feature and a cross-car-positioning feature on the pillar trim member are spaced to permit contact with the fore-aft-locating feature and the cross-car-locating feature, respectively when the pillar trim member is assembled with the body frame pillar, so that only the single sheet metal layer determines the fore-aft and cross-car position of the pillar trim member. A method of assembling a pillar trim member and a body frame pillar... |
| Reinforcing member for vehicle center pillar | 20080315628 | 20081225 |
| Deformation by camber recovery etc. due to non-uniform residual stress is suppressed, and occurrence of crack and burr is suppressed by improving press forming property of a roof side T-shaped portion, so that a reinforcing member having a predetermined shape accuracy is manufactured easily and inexpensively by pressing. A reinforcing member (12) is constructed by three members, i.e. an upper member (20), a lower member (22) and a central member (24). A tensile strength of the upper member (20) is selected lower than that of the central member (24), and is higher than that of the lower member (22). In comparison to a case where the upper member (20) and the central member (24) are constructed integrally by an ultra-high tensile steel plate, fluctuation of internally... |
| Seat headrest | 20080315657 | 20081225 |
| A headrest support assembly capable of moving a headrest simultaneously in an up/down and fore/aft position. The headrest support assembly is located in a seat back and includes a headrest frame mounted on a support bracket, the support bracket includes a first and second guide track spaced apart from one another. Each guide track defines a substantially vertical first channel and a curved second channel therein. A first and second support pillar is mounted to the headrest frame. These first and second support pillars are located adjacent to the first and second guide track, respectively. A first and second guide roller is located on each of the first and second support pillars. The first guide roller is positioned within the first channel and the second guide... |
| Spatially-fed high power amplifier with shaped reflectors | 20080315944 | 20081225 |
| A spatially-fed high-power amplifier comprises one or more shaped reflectors to reflect an initial wavefront, and an active array amplifier to amplify the reflected wavefront to generate a high-power planar wavefront. The shaped reflectors provide the reflected wavefront with substantially uniform amplitude when incident on the active array amplifier. The initial wavefront may be a substantially spherical wavefront, and the shaped reflectors may compensate for any amplitude taper of the initial wavefront to provide the reflected wavefront with substantially uniform amplitude components for incident on the active array amplifier. In some embodiments, the shaped reflectors may also contour the illumination to fit the shape of the active array amplifier to help minimize spillover.
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| Droplet printing apparatus using capillary electric charge concentration | 20080316261 | 20081225 |
| A droplet printing apparatus using capillary electric charge concentration includes a reservoir which contains a solution, a capillary nozzle comprising a back-end part and a front-end part disposed substantially opposite the back-end part, a target member spaced apart from the front-end part of the capillary nozzle at a predetermined distance, and a voltage supplier which supplies a voltage to the solution, wherein the back-end part is immersed in the solution and transmits the solution to the front-end part.
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| X-ray lens assembly and x-ray device incorporating said assembly | 20080317211 | 20081225 |
| An X-ray lens assembly, a device including the X-ray lens assembly and a method of manufacturing the X-ray lens assembly are described. The X-ray assembly comprises a tube member (50) including an inlet opening (90) for X-rays and an outlet opening (94) for X-rays. Additionally, the assembly comprises a capillary X-ray lens (28) mounted inside the tube member (50). The X-ray lens (28) may be mounted inside the tube member (50) by a stabilizing agent and/or by one or more separate mounting structures (96A, 96B).
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| Fluid pump | 20080317617 | 20081225 |
| A pump for fluid, comprising a pump body defining a bore, a pumping plunger having an end region which is slidably received within the bore, a spill port defined by the pump body in a wall of the bore which port is coverable by the end region of the pumping plunger as the plunger is driven on a pumping stroke, in use, so as to initiate fluid pressurization within a pumping chamber; and a spill feature defined by the pumping plunger being arranged to uncover the spill port during a pumping stroke so as to cause depressurization of the pumping chamber. The pumping plunger further defines a speed sensitive feature configured to permit a controlled leak of fluid from the pumping chamber to the spill port... |
| Multiplex lateral flow devices and methods | 20080317633 | 20081225 |
| A lateral flow device includes a porous medium layer having a two-dimensional shape in plan view defined by one or more peripheral edges wherein the two dimensional shape includes a plurality of testing regions separated from one another by spaces between portions of the one or more peripheral edges. The porous medium layer further includes a fluid-receiving region in capillary flow communication through the porous medium layer to the testing regions.
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| Compositions containing a capillary -active system with application -relevant differentiability, and the use thereof | 20080317856 | 20081225 |
| The invention also relates to the use of such compositions, in particular systemically or enterally, especially for the selective control, for example, of structural changes, functional disturbances of the target organs in question (hair, skin, cerebrum, skeleton, muscles, gastrointestinal tract, eyes) as supplements (food supplements, supplementary balanced diet, dietary components), or pharmaceutical agents.
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| Diamond shell fabricated by using porous particle and the fabrication method thereof | 20080318023 | 20081225 |
| A hollow diamond shell with a size of a few micrometer to hundreds of micrometer and having a geometrical shape and its fabrication method are disclosed. A diamond film is deposited by a CVD method and porous grits are used as a victim substrate to be etched later, so that the substrate can be easily removed by a capillary phenomenon that an etching solution can be intensively absorbed in a substrate etching process. Thus, a perfect diamond shell with only a plurality of fine pores with a nano size without any conspicuous opening can be obtained. Also, a diamond shell with a small opening of below 10 percent of the surface area of grits can be fabricated by controlling a nuclear generation of diamond particles.
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| Fuel element for melting plate candle assembly | 20080318176 | 20081225 |
| A fuel charge for use with a melting plate candle assembly includes an outer shell of fuel material surrounding an inner core of fuel material having different properties than the fuel material of the outer shell. The outer shell is substantially solid and may contain fuel additive that slows capillary flow of liquid fuel to the flame through the wick. The inner core may include liquid fuel, discrete solid fuel particles, or a solid fuel mass. The fuel additive is disposed in the fuel charge so as to slow migration of liquefied fuel to a flame on a wick only after a substantial portion of the fuel charge has been liquefied by heat from the flame.
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| Apparatus and method for purification of nucleic acids by phase separation using laser and beads | 20080318279 | 20081225 |
| An apparatus and method for purification of nucleic acids of cells or viruses are provided. The nucleic acid purification apparatus includes: a cell lysis capillary having a sample inlet through which samples and magnetic beads are introduced; a vibrator attached to the capillary and mixing the samples and the magnetic beads in the capillary; a laser generator attached to the capillary and supplying a laser to the capillary; and a magnetic force generator attached to the capillary and fixing the magnetic beads to a capillary wall. According to the method and apparatus, PCR yield can be increased since PCR inhibitors can be readily removed by means of a phase separation in a capillary. The use of an electromagnet ensures the removal of the PCR inhibitors. In... |
| Junction diode with reduced reverse current | 20080318397 | 20081225 |
| A method for annealing a diode formed of a silicon-germanium alloy that minimizes leakage current is disclosed. The method includes the steps of forming semiconductor pillars of an alloy of silicon and germanium; heating the pillars at a first temperature for at least 30 minutes, and then heating the pillars at a second temperature higher than the first temperature of the alloy for up to 120 seconds. The invention further includes a monolithic three dimensional memory array of a plurality of p-i-n diodes, the p-i-n diodes being formed of a silicon-germanium alloy that have been subjected to a two-stage heating process.
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| Unit dosage forms of temozolomide | 20080319039 | 20081225 |
| This invention relates to unit dosage forms of temozolomide. These unit dosage forms are particularly well-suited for decreasing the pill burden and increasing patient compliance. The invention also relates to methods of treating proliferative disorders in a patient with these unit dosage forms. The invention additionally relates to kits comprising these unit dosage forms.
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| Microneedle devices | 20080319404 | 20081225 |
| Microneedles and microarrays comprising such microneedles are described. The microneedles comprise: a base; a shaft portion extending from the base to a second end distal from the base; a microblade structure extending from the second end; capillary spaces associated with the microblade structure; and a coating in the capillary spaces, the coating comprising an active component. The invention also provides a method for delivering an active component through mammalian skin, comprising: applying the medical device to mammalian skin so that the at least one microneedle is inserted through the stratum corneum and the active component is exposed to interstitial fluids; and allowing the at least one microneedle to remain inserted through the stratum corneum for a sufficient amount of time to dissolve the active component. In... |
| Methods and apparatus for compiling instructions for a data processor | 20080320246 | 20081225 |
| Methods and apparatus optimized for compiling instructions in a data processor are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of address calculation is disclosed, comprising operating a compiler to generate at least one instruction; canonicalizing the address calculation in a plurality of different approaches: in one exemplary embodiment, the first approach comprises canonicalizing the “regular” 32-bit instruction addressing modes, and the second for the “compressed” 16-bit instruction addressing modes. In another aspect, a plurality of functions (up to and including all available functions) are called indirectly to allow addresses to be placed in a constant pool. Improved methods for instruction selection, register allocation and spilling, and instruction compression are provided. An improved SoC integrated circuit device having an optimized 32-bit/16-bit processor core implementing at least one of... |
| Systems and methods for providing inflatable apparel | 20080307557 | 20081218 |
| This application relates to inflatable apparel. In particular, this application discusses systems and methods for providing apparel that is both selectively inflatable and adapted for use as a pillow. The inflatable apparel may include any clothing or object that is adapted to be worn by a person and is selectively inflatable so as to act a cushion for the person wearing the apparel or of another. The inflatable apparel comprises an apparel item, such as a necktie, and an inflatable bladder. In some cases, the necktie is made to receive and retain the bladder in an inflated position or a deflated position. The bladder extends through at least a portion of the necktie. Additionally, when inflated, the bladder provides a pillow or cushion for use by... |
| Fluid-inflatable pillow | 20070294830 | 20071227 |
| A pillow for supporting at least one user's head and neck, the pillow having fluid-inflatable first and second chambers disposed about corresponding portions of the perimeter of the pillow. The first chamber has a maximum cross-sectional dimension when inflated that is greater than the maximum cross-sectional dimension of the second chamber when inflated. Preferably, a plurality of fluid-inflatable support chambers extend between the first and second chambers. In one embodiment, the first and second chambers are U-shaped with open ends disposed opposite one another. In another embodiment, the first and second chambers are L-shaped with joined end portions. In yet another embodiment, the first and second chambers extend parallel to one another along opposite sides of the pillow.
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| Vehicle door hinge | 20070294860 | 20071227 |
| A hinge for vehicle doors so as to provide for door front edge opening operation, also known as suicide operation, comprises fastening elements provided with fixed pivot pins and with sliding guides, which can be housed respectively in the thickness of the door and in a corresponding pillar; linkages for connecting the fastening elements with their first extremity, hinged on the fixed pivot pin of one of the fastening elements and with a second extremity including a shoe engaged in the sliding guide of the other fastening element; and a joint interposed at the extremities of the linkages which pivotally couples the linkages to each other allowing their relative angular mobility. The fastening elements further comprise a control means in cooperative engagement with the sliding guide... |
| Method for making a plate type heat pipe | 20070294892 | 20071227 |
| A method for making a plate type heat pipe includes the steps of: stacking a wick structure on a first plate, the wick structure defining a plurality of capillaries; high frequency welding the wick structure to the first plate; stacking a second plate on the wick structure; and connecting hermetically peripheral edges of the first and second plates together so as to form an enclosed cavity between the first and second plates for enclosing the wick structure.
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| Testing mechanism for casings | 20070294899 | 20071227 |
| An exemplary testing mechanism (100) is used for testing for a sufficiency of a casing 90. The testing mechanism includes a framework (20) and a testing module (40). The framework includes a base board (21) and a pillar (26). One end of the pillar is mounted on the base board. The testing module includes a main board (42) and at least one testing pin (44). The main board is slidably mounted on the pillar. A bottom end of the testing pin is slidably mounted to the main board. A top end of the testing pin is positioned adjacent to the base board of the framework. The at least one testing pin is located in a position corresponding to at least one mounting hole of a sufficient... |
| Reinforcement of foundation | 20070294969 | 20071227 |
| The present invention relates to a reinforcement of foundation which comprises at least two base steel plates arranged to be upright with respect to the ground and shaped as a plate with a cutaway formed at a top portion thereof, a reinforced steel plate coupled to upper portions of both ends of the base steel plates, fastening steel rods placed to extend in a longitudinal direction of the base steel plate and coupled to the reinforced steel plate, and a connection steel rod bored sequentially through the base steel plates and coupled to the base steel plates. According to the present invention, huge concentrated load exerted on a foundation can be uniformly distributed, and thus, load transmitted from a pillar or column installed on the foundation... |
| Combination major appliance and pet watering system | 20070295278 | 20071227 |
| A major appliance or cabinet unit integrates an automatically refillable water bowl including a liquid level sensor and an electrical or mechanical valve in fluid communication with a source or water. In the preferred embodiment the appliance is a refrigerator freezer with plumbing to an ice maker or other accessory to which the bowl can interconnect, though the invention is equally applicable to other appliances such as non-combined refrigerators and freezers, stoves, ranges, dishwashers, trash compactors, and cabinet units. Various optional accessories are disclosed, including a fan for drying water spilled from the bowl. The fan may be used for another purpose in the appliance, as in a condensing unit, or may be provided separately. A sensor may be included to disable the fan in the... |
| Device for passive microfluidic washing using capillary force | 20070295372 | 20071227 |
| The present invention provides a microfluidic device, comprising: a substrate; a sample solution inlet provided on the substrate for introducing a sample solution; a washing solution inlet provided on the substrate for introducing a washing solution; a washing valve provided on the substrate at which the sample solution and the washing solution stops and in which passive washing is induced by pressure difference between the sample solution inlet and the washing solution inlet when the sample solution and the washing solution join together; and a plurality of channels connecting the sample solution inlet and the washing solution inlet to the washing valve, within which channels the sample solution and the washing solution can move by capillary force.
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| Heat pipe | 20070295485 | 20071227 |
| A heat pipe includes a shell containing a working fluid therein, a capillary wick arranged within the shell and a vapor channel. The shell includes an evaporating section, a condensing section and an adiabatic section located between the evaporating section and the condensing section. The capillary wick includes a first segment occupying the whole of the evaporating section, a second segment and a third segment received in the condensing section and connected to the first segment by the second segment. The vapor channel is defined between the second segment of the capillary wick and the shell.
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| Heat spreader with composite micro-structure | 20070295486 | 20071227 |
| A heat spreader comprising a casing, a micro-structure layer, a support device, and a working fluid is provided. The casing has an inner surface and is defined by a sealed chamber where the working fluid circulates therein. The micro-structure layer is formed on the inner surface of the casing, wherein the micro-structure layer comprises a first structure layer which is formed by the first metallic mesh. Specifically, the first metallic mesh forms the first structure layer on the inner surface through diffusion bonding so that the working fluid can circulate within the micro-structure layer by capillary action. In addition, the support device is disposed in the sealed chamber for supporting the casing. Thus, a heat spreader with a composite micro-structure can not only enhance the capillarity... |
| Flat type heat transferring device and manufacturing method of the same | 20070295494 | 20071227 |
| The present invention relates to a flat type heat transferring device, and manufacturing method of the same, which is comprises of a capillary wick that is provided inside a case and formed by weaving a wire in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction so as to absorb a liquid coolant, and a linear member that is formed to have a different wire diameter from the wire of the capillary wick and woven in the capillary wick to form a space where a vapor coolant flows. Accordingly, the mechanically stabilized support rigidity can be secured and an ultra thin configuration can be implemented with a light-weight, in particular, the problem of degrading the capillary force is resolved, and it has the effect that the cooling efficiency... |
| Micropump controlled by electrocapillary and gas pressures | 20070295605 | 20071227 |
| A micropump utilizes electrically controlled interfacial tension between a mercury column and an electrolyte solution in a capillary tube, and also uses the gas pressure in a confined chamber connected to the capillary tube as the restoring pressure. Accordingly, the pump operates without generating external jitter or noise, in vertical, horizontal, or in any orientation against the gravitational force. In this manner, the flow rate of the pumped fluid can be widely and conveniently controlled. Further, the micropump is small in size and simple in construction, and needs extremely small power consumption.
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| Sprayer for application of textured finish to surfaces | 20070295834 | 20071227 |
| A sprayer for providing a regulated flow of material to a gun wherein said material is disbursed by means of a flow of air provided by a compressor. The sprayer includes a number of features that facilitate usage. Such features include a polygonal-shaped free end of a cartridge shaft that is aligned with and coupled to thereby rotate with the augur of a pump. An aperture in a guard that overlies the free end of the shaft permits easy access with a socket-like tool for unfreezing the pump without disassembly. The rear panel of a hopper exceeds that of the side and front panels to permit tipping of the sprayer frame for manual transport without spillage of material. A hook is provided on the frame of... |
| Nonvolatile memory cell with concentric phase change material formed around a pillar arrangement | 20070295948 | 20071227 |
| A memory cell comprises a first feature and a second feature. The second feature comprises a dielectric material and defines an opening at least partially overlying the first feature. A third feature is formed on the first feature and partially fills the opening in the second feature. What is more, a phase change material at least fills a volume between the second feature and the third feature. At least a portion of the phase change material is operative to switch between lower and higher electrical resistance states in response to an application of a switching signal to the memory cell.
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| Vertical field-effect transistor and method of forming the same | 20070296028 | 20071227 |
| A semiconductor device, a method of forming the same, and a power converter including the semiconductor device. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a heavily doped substrate, a source/drain contact below the heavily doped substrate, and a channel layer above the heavily doped substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a heavily doped source/drain layer above the channel layer and another source/drain contact above the heavily doped source/drain layer. The semiconductor device further includes pillar regions through the another source/drain contact, the heavily doped source/drain layer, and portions of the channel layer to form a vertical cell therebetween. Non-conductive regions of the semiconductor device are located in the portions of the channel layer within the pillar regions. The semiconductor device still further includes a gate above... |
| Process for producing hollow capillary polymeric membranes for the treatment of blood and its derivatives | 20070296111 | 20071227 |
| A process to produce semi-permeable polymer membranes that allows to obtain hollow capillary membranes to be preferably (but not exclusively) used in the field of the treatment of blood and its derivatives, particularly for hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, and hemofiltration. The process is based on a phase separation mechanism to produce the semi-permeable membrane, and uses dense or supercritical fluids instead of the liquid solvents as non-solvents in the phase separation. Supercritical or dense fluids act as non-solvents for polymers and as solvents for liquid solvents used to form the membrane. The temperature, pressure, residence time and composition ranges have been designed so as to allow the modulation of the porosity of the produced capillary membranes.
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| Front structure of vehicle | 20070296238 | 20071227 |
| A front pillar (17) is provided between a side portion of a windshield glass (13) and a front portion of a side door (14), and a molding (27) is fitted into an outer periphery portion of the windshield glass (13). Also, the inner surface of the side portion of the windshield glass (13) is bonded to the front pillar (17), and a hollow-shape portion (28d) to be brought into contact with the front pillar (17) is provided at the molding (27). Moreover, the hollow-shape portion (28d) is constructed to be brought into contact with the front pillar (17) so as to cover the gap between the molding (27) and the front pillar (17).
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| Board device and method for manufacturing display element | 20070296905 | 20071227 |
| A pillar-shaped spacer is disposed at the position between the boundary line of adjacent liquid crystal cells and an OLB terminal so as to face the end portion of the OLB terminal and so as to be interposed between a first large-size substrate and a second large-size substrate. Even when the respective liquid crystal cells are separated from one another along the boundary lines of the adjacent liquid crystal cells, exfoliation of the OLB terminals is prevented by the pillar-shaped spacers, so that extra cutting margins between the adjacent liquid crystal cells can be reduced and the manufacturing performance and the built-in number of the liquid crystal cells can be enhanced.
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| Pill crusher pouch for use with a pill crusher | 20070297701 | 20071227 |
| A pill crusher pouch having ribs and intersecting straight bottom seal portions. The pill crusher pouch is used for holding a pill or tablet to be crushed by a pill crusher device so as to form a powder that can easily be dispensed and provided to a patient. The ribs increase the strength of the walls of the pouch, preventing rupture. In one embodiment, the ribs have a fiber material therein, increasing the strength. A bottom seal of the pouch is formed by straight portions intersecting at obtuse angles increase the strength of the bottom seal and permitting more complete dispensing of the powdered pill. The substantially straight portions increase strength and the obtuse angles prevent a portion of the powdered pill from being trapped within... |
| Thin-wall bearing | 20070297705 | 20071227 |
| A thin-wall bearing, comprising a retainer (4) formed in a divided type having a plurality of resin plate-like members (5), (5), . . . curved along an inner ring (1) and an outer ring (2). The retainer (4) comprises pockets (6) opening to the axial end part thereof and rollingly holding balls (3). Slit-like through holes (14) extending in the axial direction and opening to the axial end part where the opening parts (7) of the pockets (6) are positioned are formed at the center parts of pillars (10) between the pockets (6) and (6) adjacent to each other. As a result, the thin-wall bearing can have excellent lubricity.
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| Cage for roller bearing and manufacturing method thereof | 20070297707 | 20071227 |
| In the present cage, both pillar portions which face each other in a circumferential direction of a pocket have a plurality of bent portions which are alternately bent in a width direction, and each bent portion is provided with roller stopping portions protruding into the pocket. The bent portions are formed in a curved cross-sectional shape. Tip portions of the bent portions in the thickness direction of the cage are formed in a cross-sectional shape that becomes narrower toward the tips, and the tip portions are drawn in a state where they protrude into the pocket by plastic deformation working, thereby forming the roller stopping portions.
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| Method and device for detecting leaks using smoke | 20070297774 | 20071227 |
| A smoke producing device for detecting leaks in a fluid system comprises a smoke producing chamber and a fluid reservoir for containing a smoke producing fluid. A heating element is provided within the smoke producing chamber. The chamber has a pressurized gas inlet for receiving a pressurized gas and an outlet port for conveying pressurized gas and/or smoke out of said chamber. A fluid transfer device has a first portion disposed within the fluid reservoir and a second portion which is adjacent and/or in contact with the heating element. The fluid transfer device is a capillary flow device which conveys smoke producing fluid from the fluid reservoir to the vicinity of the heating element primarily by capillary action. In order to detect a leak in a... |
| Method of and apparatus for generating a depth map utilized in autofocusing | 20070297784 | 20071227 |
| A method of and an apparatus for determining a depth map utilizing a movable lens and an image sensor are described herein. The depth information is acquired by moving the lens a short distance and acquiring multiple images with different blur quantities. An improved method of simulating gaussian blur and an approximation equation that relates a known gaussian blur quantity to a known pillbox quantity are used in conjunction with a non-linear blur difference equation. The blur quantity difference is able to be calculated and then used to determine the depth map. Many applications are possible using the method and system described herein, such as autofocusing, surveillance, robot/computer vision, autonomous vehicle navigation, multi-dimensional imaging and data compression.
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| Product release system to atomize compositions containing hair-conditioning ingredients | 20070297992 | 20071227 |
| A product release system to atomize cosmetic hair compositions is described, which has (a) pressure-resistant packaging, (b) a capillary-containing spray head, and (c) a propellant-containing cosmetic composition, and wherein the composition contains at least one hair-conditioning ingredient, which is selected from cationic surfactants, amino surfactants, silicone compounds, fatty alcohols, oils, plant extracts, protein hydrolysates, amino acids, panthenol, panthenyl ethyl ether, sorbitol, betaine, and creatine. The atomization is done using the capillary. The capillary preferably has a diameter of 0.1 to 1 mm and a length of 5 to 100 mm. The spray rate is preferably 0.01 to 5 g/s. The composition can particularly be a gel, wax, or emulsion.
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| Gas filling apparatus for photomask box | 20070298331 | 20071227 |
| A gas filling apparatus used to fill a photomask box with gas such as nitrogen or other inert gas. The gas filing apparatus of the present invention has a gas filling chamber provided with a plurality of first pillared elements, a plurality of second pillared elements, at least one gas inlet, at least one gas outlet, and a plurality of clamping elements; wherein the first pillared elements are used to couple with the recesses on a cover member of the photomask box, the second pillared elements are used to prop against the peripheral of a cover member of the photomask box, and the clamping elements respectively prop against two opposite sides of the cover member of photomask box, whereby the gas inlets and the gas outlets... |
| Vertical field-effect transistor and method of forming the same | 20070298559 | 20071227 |
| A semiconductor device, a method of forming the same, and a power converter including the semiconductor device. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a heavily doped substrate, a source/drain contact below the heavily doped substrate, and a channel layer above the heavily doped substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a heavily doped source/drain layer above the channel layer and another source/drain contact above the heavily doped source/drain layer. The semiconductor device further includes pillar regions through the another source/drain contact, the heavily doped source/drain layer, and portions of the channel layer to form a vertical cell therebetween. Non-conductive regions of the semiconductor device are located in the portions of the channel layer within the pillar regions. The semiconductor device still further includes a gate above... |
| Vertical field-effect transistor and method of forming the same | 20070298564 | 20071227 |
| A semiconductor device, a method of forming the same, and a power converter including the semiconductor device. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a heavily doped substrate, a source/drain contact below the heavily doped substrate, and a channel layer above the heavily doped substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a heavily doped source/drain layer above the channel layer and another source/drain contact above the heavily doped source/drain layer. The semiconductor device further includes pillar regions through the another source/drain contact, the heavily doped source/drain layer, and portions of the channel layer to form a vertical cell therebetween. Non-conductive regions of the semiconductor device are located in the portions of the channel layer within the pillar regions. The semiconductor device still further includes a gate above... |
| Compositions and methods for controlling fluid loss | 20070298978 | 20071227 |
| Alkaline earth metal compounds may be fluid loss control (FLC) agents for viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fluids used for fluid loss control pills, lost circulation material pills and kill pills in hydrocarbon recovery operations. The FLC agents may include, but not be limited to oxides and hydroxides of alkaline earth metal, and in one case magnesium oxide where the particle size of the magnesium oxide is between 1 nanometer to 0.4 millimeter. The FLC agent may alternatively be transition metal oxides and/or transition metal hydroxides. The FLC agent appears to associate with the VES micelles and together form a novel pseudo-filter cake quasi-crosslinked viscous fluid layer that limits further VES fluid flow into the porous media. The FLC agent solid particles may be added along with VES... |
| Method and composition for thickening hair | 20070299032 | 20071227 |
| The present invention provides a method for maintaining and promoting hair thickening by increasing the expression of keratinocyte growth factor (FGF-7) in hair follicle cells, and preferably dermal papilla cells, a composition for increasing expression of FGF-7 that contains adenosine and/or a derivative thereof, and particularly, an external scalp preparation for maintaining and promoting hair thickening.
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| Sampling system for sample fluid | 20070299365 | 20071227 |
| The invention generally relates to a sampling system for sample liquid having a support, a lancing element arranged thereon and a semi-open channel for the capillary transport of the sample liquid from the lancing element to a collecting site on the support. A receiving structure is provided for receiving excess sample liquid escaping from the side of the channel.
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| Snore recording pillow | 20070289065 | 20071220 |
| A snore recording pillow includes a pillow main body, and microphones provided in the pillow main body and connected to a recorder.
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| M-body body pillow | 20060288485 | 20061228 |
| The sleep support system of the present invention comprises an encompassing support that includes a top support and extensions. The extensions are preferably positioned, and of sufficient stability, to provide an individual with a comfortable sleeping platform along with a measure of support that prevents displacement from the desired sleeping position. Preferably, this is accomplished through the “M” shaped configuration of the present invention.
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| Watertight decking | 20060288651 | 20061228 |
| The watertight decking is assembled from extruded panels to form a watertight deck assembly. First side, second side, and intermediate panels have complementary edges mating with other corresponding panels. One edge of the first side and intermediate panels has a drainage gutter and the tongue or groove of a tongue and groove connection, with mating second side and intermediate panel edges having the mating tongue or groove. A depending drip rail wedges tightly against the opposite gutter wall of the adjoining panel to prevent relative motion between the two, and also to prevent capillary flow of liquid across the underside of the panel where it could leak into the area below. Additional sealing may be provided along the tongue and groove joints. A second, lower wall... |
| Bird cage | 20060288952 | 20061228 |
| A bird cage having a wire grille upper portion and a base assembly. A portion of the base assembly may be made of a light impervious material such as a transparent or translucent material. A plurality of connectors may be used to secure the wire grille panels together. In one embodiment, the footprint of the base assembly is larger than the footprint of the wire grille upper portion of the cage. One or more feeding stations may be provided inside of the cage with a door located on the cage to access the feeding stations. The feeding stations may be arranged in a locked position such that a bird inside the cage cannot tip over or spill the contents of a feeding station.
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| Portable pet hotel | 20060288953 | 20061228 |
| Our product is a soft-shelled, “suitcase-type” object, designed with nylon-type fabric, which is treated with a heavy urethane backcoating and a durable water repellent topical/surface. This fabric is durable, washable, and lightweight and is especially designed to enhance the pet owner's décor, available in many colors. The outside pouch is designed with an adjustable, comfortable, durable shoulder strap and two comfortable, soft handles for easy carrying, has two rust-resistant zippered compartments designed to hold all the pet's travel and at home essentials: food/water bowls, treats, snacks, leash, etc. The inside of the product is divided into two halves; one half contains an easily removable, contoured washable pet bed (available in many colors); the other half contains durable, washable, spill-proof food/water bowls on one side and an... |
| Method for mixing inside a capillary and devices for achieving same | 20060289059 | 20061228 |
| The present invention provides a method for mixing three or more fluids inside a capillary. The present invention further provides a method for optimizing efficient mixing of two or more fluids inside a capillary, and a computer-readable medium for use by a processor to carry out this method. Additionally, the present invention provides an automated system for mixing two or more fluids inside a capillary. Also provided is a system for optimizing efficient mixing of two or more fluids inside a capillary.
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| Convertible backpack and seat with an extensible blanket | 20060289572 | 20061228 |
| A combination blanket and seat article is disclosed. The blanket portion comprises a king-size terry cloth sheet with two removable seat cushions installed in pockets. Straps attaché the seat back to the seat cushion and secure the seat for comfort. Weights around the periphery of the blanket secure it in place. The blanket portion can be used separately from the seat portion. When the seat is inserted, the back portion can be rolled to form a pillow. A strap is provided to hold the rolled back in position. Handles are provided for carrying the article. Shoulder straps are also provided to enable carrying the article as a backpack.
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| Wire bonding machine capable of removing particles from capillary and cleaning method of capillary bottom tip | 20060289605 | 20061228 |
| A wire bonding machine capable of removing particles from capillary and cleaning method of capillary bottom tip uses a grinding film of the wire bonding machine mounted on a clamp block. The capillary of the wire bonding machine periodically moves on the grinding film and then, the bottom tip of the capillary is rubbed with and moves on the grinding film at a predetermined distance, whereby various particles formed at the bottom tip of the capillary are removed.
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| Oral drug compliance monitoring using radio frequency identification tags | 20060289640 | 20061228 |
| A device useful for oral drug delivery device consisting of: (a) a capsule, tablet or pill designed to disperse in the gastrointestinal system; (b) an RFID tag positioned in the capsule, tablet or pill, the RFID tag comprising an antenna; (c) an object selected from the group consisting of a magnet, a ferromagnetic object, a ferrite object and an electromagnetic shielding object positioned within, over or adjacent the antenna of the RFID tag to alter the antenna characteristics of the RFID tag so that if the RFID tag is interrogated before the capsule, tablet or pill disperses in the gastrointestinal system, the response of the RFID tag is sufficiently altered or attenuated to determine that the capsule, tablet or pill has not dispersed in the gastrointestinal... |
| Vapor diffusing device | 20060289669 | 20061228 |
| A device adapted to provide volatile liquid material to an atmosphere comprising a reservoir (1) containing volatile liquid material, a rod-like transfer member (3, 4) extending therefrom and adapted to transfer liquid from the reservoir, and at least one diffusion surface (7) adapted to receive the liquid from the transfer member and facilitate its evaporation into the atmosphere, the diffusion surface extending essentially laterally from the transfer member and comprising at least one non-integral, non-porous sheet bearing a surface capillarity (9), which sheet has an extent and a capillarity sufficient to allow an appropriate evaporation. The device is cheap and easy to construct, versatile and diffuses odour without major changes of the odour over time.
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| Ink container and ink jet recording apparatus | 20060290753 | 20061228 |
| An ink cartridge is partitioned into a negative pressure generator chamber containing a negative pressure generator and a storage chamber containing an ink bag. The ink bag stores ink and supplies the ink to the negative pressure generator chamber through an ink port. The negative pressure generator absorbs and holds the ink by its capillary force, to keep pressure inside nozzles of a recording head negative to atmospheric pressure. Through a first air introduction hole, the air is introduced into the negative pressure generator chamber as the ink in the negative pressure generator chamber decreases. Through a second air introduction hole, the air is introduced into the storage chamber as the ink in the ink bag decreases. So variations in pressure inside the nozzles are suppressed,... |
| Heat dissipating module and heat sink assembly using the same | 20060291168 | 20061228 |
| A heat dissipating module (10) includes a container (11), a wick layer (12) and a working fluid (40). The container further includes a partition wall (13), a first cavity (16), a second cavity (17), an inlet (14) and an outlet (15). The first and second cavities are separated by the partition wall. The partition wall is arranged inside the container and is configured for blocking the working fluid from flowing from the first cavity to the second cavity. The wick layer is formed as a porous capillary structure. The wick layer is configured for guiding the working liquid to flow from the first cavity to the second cavity. The present invention also provides a heat sink assembly (100). The heat sink assembly includes an above-described heat... |
| Lighted inflated or inflatable objects | 20060291217 | 20061228 |
| According to various aspects of the present disclosure, an inflated or inflatable object generally includes at least one light source for illuminating at least a portion of the inflated or inflatable object. The inflated or inflatable object may be a balloon, a ball, a lamp, a furniture piece, a raft, a pillow, a slide, a bouncing platform (e.g., bounce house, etc.), a swimming pool, a support for a body part, etc. In various embodiments, at least a portion of an inflated or inflatable object's skin is black-light sensitive, and at least one light source emits black light so as to illuminate the black-light sensitive portion of the skin. Other aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to methods relating to using, assembling, disassembling, and/or making lighted... |
| Micro neutron detectors | 20060291606 | 20061228 |
| Micro neutron detectors include relatively small pockets of gas including a neutron reactive material. During use, under a voltage bias in a neutron environment, neutron interactions in the neutron reactive material are seen to occur. Ultimately, electron-ion pairs form and positive ions drift to a cathode and electrons to the anode. The motion of charges then produces an induced current that is sensed and measurable, thereby indicating the presence of neutrons. Preferred pocket volumes range from a few cubic microns to about 1200 mm3; neutron reactive materials include fissionable, fertile or fissile material (or combinations), such as 235U, 238U, 233U, 232Th, 239Pu, 10B, 6Li and 6LiF; gasses include one or more of argon, P-10, 3He, BF3, BF3, CO2, Xe, C4H10, CH4, C2H6, CF4, C3H8, dimethyl ether,... |
| Hub and spindle assembly having asymmetrical seals for a disc drive memory system | 20060291757 | 20061228 |
| A rotating hub and fixed spindle assembly with first and second fluid dynamic journal bearings and first and second fluid dynamic thrust bearings for a disc drive memory system has a pump seal and a radial ring seal at a first axial terminus for lubricant containment, and a capillary seal and a labyrinth seal at a second axial terminus for lubricant containment and storage. Lubricant fluid pressure differences between first and second seals are minimized through one or more lubricant fluid communicating channels in the hub assembly, in order to minimize lubricant fluid loss through a seal. Lubricant fluid can also be purged of any air bubbles by lubricant fluid circulation through the channel.
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| Honeycomb structured body | 20060292044 | 20061228 |
| A honeycomb structured body of the present invention is a honeycomb structured body in which plural pillar-shaped honeycomb units are bonded to one another through sealing material layers, each unit having in the longitudinal direction a large number of cells placed in parallel with a cell wall therebetween. Herein, a cross-sectional area of the honeycomb unit on a cross-section perpendicular to the length direction is at least about 5 cm2 and at most about 50 cm2, the honeycomb unit includes inorganic fibers and/or whiskers in addition to inorganic particles, and a Young's modulus of the honeycomb unit is at least about 50% and at most about 150% of a Young's modulus of the sealing material layer.
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| Honeycomb structured body | 20060292330 | 20061228 |
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| Honeycomb structured body, manufacturing device of honeycomb structured body and manufacturing method of honeycomb structured body | 20060292331 | 20061228 |
| A honeycomb structured body of the present invention is a honeycomb structured body in which plural pillar-shaped honeycomb units are bonded to one another through sealing material layers, each unit having in the longitudinal direction a large number of cells placed in parallel with a cell wall interposed therebetween. Herein, each honeycomb unit includes inorganic fibers and/or whiskers in addition to inorganic particles. A cross-sectional area of the honeycomb unit on a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is at least about 5 cm2 and at most about 50 cm2. A region in which a sealing material layer is not formed is provided on both ends of the side faces of each of the honeycomb unit, each of the ends accounting for at least about... |
| Ceramic honeycomb structural body | 20060292393 | 20061228 |
| The ceramic honeycomb structural body comprises a pillar-shaped honeycomb structural porous ceramic member formed by arranging a plurality of through holes as a gas path side by side through partition walls or a combination thereof, in which the ceramic honeycomb structural body is a sintered body having a pore structure in which one or more peaks (the maximum value) exist in each region of a first pore group of pores having a pore size of about 0.05 μm to about 150 μm and of a second pore group of pores having a pore size of about 0.006 μm to about 0.01 μm.
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| Methods and apparatus for protein assay diagnostics | 20060292558 | 20061228 |
| Automated protein assay apparatus and methods for measuring antibodies against an analyte are described. A standard mixture of one or more analytes is loaded into a capillary, the analytes are resolved by isoelectric focusing and immobilized in the capillary. Serum from a human or non-human subject under analysis is flowed through the capillary and antibodies specific for the immobilized analytes bind to the analytes. A secondary antibody including a detectable marker is introduced, binding to the immobilized antibody-analyte complexes. The locations of the antibody-analyte complexes are detected by means of the detectable markers, revealing the presence of analyte-specific antibodies in the serum.
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| Automated vntr genotyping method | 20060292574 | 20061228 |
| The invention provides an automated VNTR genotyping method using multiple variable-number tandem repeats (VNTRs) loci based on mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU) undergoing multiplex PCR and high throughput MegaBACE® capillary electrophoresis system. The method uses fluorescent dyes of 6-carboxytetramethylrhodamine(TAMRA), 6-carboxy fluorescein (FAM) and 6-carboxy-2′,4,4′,5′,7,7′-hexachlorofluorescein (HEX) labeling PCR primers. The method results in an efficient VNTR genotyping with low cost, less labor-requirement and less reaction time. The method is applicable in organism analyses by VNTR genotyping, such as microorganisms, parasites, animals or plants.
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| Methods and apparatus for reference lab diagnostics | 20060292649 | 20061228 |
| Automated protein assay apparatus and methods suitable for use in a reference lab are described. A screening test for a pathogen or disease condition is performed at the reference lab. If the results of the screening test are positive, a definitive assay is performed. One or more analytes are resolved in a fluid path such as that of a capillary by isoelectric focusing. The resolved analytes are immobilized in the capillary by photoimmobilization. A typical analyte is a protein of a biological sample of a subject. Detection agents such as antibodies are flowed through the capillary which bind to or interact with the analytes, forming antibody-protein complexes. A chemiluminescent substrate is flowed through the capillary and detected with a photon detector. The detected locations of the... |
| System and methods for laser-generated ionizing radiation | 20060293644 | 20061228 |
| A system and methods for transporting light and then intensifying the light are provided. The system and methods can be utilized for a number of applications, including the detection and treatment of cancer and restenosis. Laser light is transported through a catheter (composed of capillaries) which can be fed into a patient allowing the end of the catheter to be placed in close proximity to a tumor. The laser light at the end of the catheter assembly can be reduced in pulse duration and focused to high intensity onto a target and thereby generate in vivo pulses of ionizing radiation.
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| System and method for the control and distribution of content for television display | 20060294554 | 20061228 |
| A television provides a full range of content to be rendered to the user, while complying with strict hospital electrical isolation standards. An interface unit receives control inputs from a pillow speaker, translates the control inputs to appropriate commands, and outputs the commands to a television via a commercial grade control interface, and to a set top box. The interface unit receives an audio output signal from the television, galvanically isolates the audio signal, selectively amplifies the audio signal in response to control inputs from the pillow speaker, and outputs the volume-controlled, isolated audio signal to the pillow speaker. In this manner, the television can display any programming carried on a cable (a direct input to the television), as well as any audio-video content provided to... |
| Pillow and pillow cover | 20060282951 | 20061221 |
| A fast-drying pillow and accompanying pillow cover. The fast-drying pillow is preferably manufactured of a fast-drying material such as nylon. The pillow includes a component for receiving a suspension device to enable the pillow to be suspended for air drying. The pillow cover includes overlapping flaps to minimize the infiltration of dirt into the cover and onto the pillow.
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| Arched pillow assembly | 20060282952 | 20061221 |
| The arched pillow assembly allows a user to comfortably sleep with an arm underneath his or her head and a pillow without restricting the circulation of blood through the arm. The arched pillow assembly includes a pillowcase that holds a conventional pillow and has two spaced apart pockets attached to the bottom of the pillowcase for snugly receiving and holding a rigid arch support. Once placed on a resting surface, the arch support has a radius of curvature sufficient to form a channel thereunder for accommodating the passage of an extended arm. The arch is strong enough to support the head of the user and the pillow in an elevated position above the extended arm and the resting surface, thereby preventing the weight of the head... |
| Article of footwear | 20060283043 | 20061221 |
| An article of footwear has a sole with a plurality of spaced apart pillars extending upwardly from a base surface defining passageways therebetween. The sole may include a vent allowing air to circulate through the passageways. An insole may rest on the plurality of pillars and may have a plurality of perforations therethrough that intersect the passageways.
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| Capillary tube bubble containment in liquid cooling systems | 20060283199 | 20061221 |
| According to some embodiments, a capillary tube may be utilized to facilitate bubble containment in liquid cooling systems. For example, a system may comprise a first volume to contain a liquid, a second volume to contain the liquid and a gas, a capillary tube configured to hydraulically couple the first and second volumes, an inlet coupled to the first volume to receive the liquid from an electronics cooling system, and an outlet coupled to the first volume to provide the liquid to the electronics cooling system.
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| Method and apparatus for manufacturing custom orthotic footbeds | 20060283243 | 20061221 |
| A method and apparatus for providing a topographical map of the bottom of a patient's rear foot with the foot in a semi-weight bearing condition and in the neutral position. A flexible membrane defines the top of an air cushion that captures the patient's foot in the neutral position when the air pillow is inflated. The membrane also conforms to the bottom of the foot. A three-dimensional scanner located below the membrane measures the distances to the bottom of the membrane over an array of positions. A manufacturing facility converts these measurements into information by which computer numerical controlled equipment machines an orthotic insert for the patient's footwear.
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| Micro-mechanical device comprising suspended element which is connected to a support by means of a pier and production method thereof | 20060283272 | 20061221 |
| A cavity is etched in a substrate and opens out onto the surface of the substrate facing the suspended element (1). The cavity has at least one broader zone having a cross-section which is greater than the cross-section of the cavity at said surface. A base (4) of the pillar (2), of complementary shape to the cavity, is buried in the cavity. The base (4) of the pillar (2) can form a dovetail assembly with the cavity of the substrate. This assembly is obtained by deposition, on a surface of the substrate, of a sacrificial layer and etching, in the sacrificial layer, of a hole passing through the sacrificial layer and reaching the surface of the substrate. The substrate is then etched, in the extension of... |
| Flat spiral capillary column assembly with thermal modulator | 20060283324 | 20061221 |
| The nature of this invention encompasses the creation of a capillary gas chromatography (GC) column assembly and a thermal modulator used to heat or cool the column assembly in a very thermally and chromatographically efficient manner. The GC column assembly described herein consists of capillary GC column material, such as fused silica or metal capillary tubing, which is constrained to lie in a flat, ordered, spiral pattern and then encased between two thin opposing surfaces. The resulting column assembly is flat, dimensionally stable and can be very efficiently thermally modulated. The resulting column assembly also takes up very little space, has very little thermal mass, and can be easily and accurately manufactured. The column assembly can be adapted for chromatographic use by affixing it to the... |
