43rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110259249 | PALLET - A pallet provides reinforced columns and a more resilient periphery of the upper deck. The pallet includes an upper portion having an upper deck and a lower portion, which may include runners. A plurality of outer column portions have peripheral walls extending from the upper portion to the lower portion. A plurality of inner column portions are received within the outer column portions. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259250 | Systems And Methods For Converting Biomass In The Field To A Combustible Fluid For Direct Replacement Or Supplement To Liquid Fossil Fuels - Methods, systems, and devices convert biomass from the field to provide heat, motive working gas, electrical energy, or fuel such that the biomass directly replaces or supplements liquid fossil fuels wherever these fuels may be used. The methods include procedures for harvesting the biomass, reducing it to a transportable form, purifying it and blending additives as necessary, and finally reducing the refined biomass to an explosible particle size distribution generally finer than 80 mesh for heating applications or 200 mesh for application in internal or external combustion engines. The present invention preferably includes transportation of the finished powder to storage units at the end user site, where the fuel is used by continuous delivery, metering, and dispersal in air to produce a continuous supply of an explosible fluid dispersion for direct energy conversion. Systems of automatic production for a variety of applications are also described. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259251 | WEAR-RESISTANT VALVE FOR TRANSPORTING PARTICULATE MATTER AND METHOD OF MAKING - The present disclosure provides a valve for controlling the flow of abrasive particles along a predetermined path from the outlet of a hopper to a conveying line in a particle collection or transportation system. The design of the valve reduces the occurrence of erosive wear resulting from contact with the flow of abrasive particles. A method of making the valve that enhances the hardness of localized areas in the valve that are subject to high wear conditions is also disclosed. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259252 | Cladding Element for Device Sections of Incinerators - A cladding element for device sections of incinerators consists of a lower plate ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110259253 | STEPPED FLOOR FOR SOLID FUEL BOILERS - A design and method of operation for the floor of solid fuel boilers is described. The combustion region includes a stepped-floor that improves combustion in the lower furnace. In some embodiments, the fuel is moved between the steps of the floor by a gas, rather than by mechanical means, and the fuel is moved from an upper to a lower step as it is burned. In some embodiments, the steps are fixed steps having a layer of a refractory material. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259254 | SAILING MONOHULL TRI-FOILER - A tri-foil sailboat and powerboat are described having retractable hydrofoils with independently adjustable angles of attack allowing the hull to be fully lifted from the water and the sailboat to travel at more than twice the wind speed. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259255 | Tamper Proof Boat Drain Plug - A boat plug has external threads that mate with a boat hole housing, and an end keyed to operate the plug. In preferred embodiments the key has a first end portion that mates with the plug, and a second end portion that mates with a driver. The first end portion, and the corresponding recess in the plug, can advantageously have depths of no more than 1 cm, and more preferably no more than 5 mm. In other aspects of preferred embodiments, the first end portion comprises a recess having irregularities, and independently the second end portion comprises a nut. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259256 | SHALLOW WATER ANCHOR SYSTEM - A shallow water anchor system configured to secure a watercraft to a location in a shallow body of water. The shallow water anchor system includes an L-shaped mounting bracket coupled to the watercraft. The shallow water anchor system includes a mount sized and shaped to be coupled to the L-shaped mounting bracket. The mount includes an attachment member sized and shaped to be coupled to the L-shaped mounting bracket. The mount includes a support extending from the attachment member and extending at an off-right angle from the attachment member. The mount includes a channel coupled to the support and extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom. The shallow water anchor system includes a spike sized and shaped to extend through the channel and be held thereby. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259257 | Apparatus for Generating Compressed Air and Distributing Compressed Air for Reducing Drag on a Nautical Vessel - The invention is an apparatus and method for reducing the drag that a vessel hull experiences when moving through the water by interposing air bubbles between the hull and the stream of water that the vessel is moving through. The invention delivers compressed air to the bottom of the vessel without the need for a high energy air compressor. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259258 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT SAFETY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS, AND METHODS THEREOF - A safety device includes an elongated wand having an enlarged impact head. The elongated wand is flexible in vertical and horizontal directions with respect to a lengthwise direction of extension of the elongated wand. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259259 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SILICON WAFER - Silicon wafer manufacturing method including cleaning polycrystalline silicon with dissolved ozone aqueous solution, cleaning the polycrystalline silicon with fluoric acid or mixed acid of fluoric acid and nitric acid, rinsing the polycrystalline silicon with ultra pure water, melting the rinsed polycrystalline silicon and pulling a single crystal silicon ingot from the molten silicon liquid at a solidification ratio of 0.9 or less, making the pulled single crystal silicon ingot into block-shaped or grain-shaped single crystal silicon, cleaning with dissolved ozone aqueous solution, cleaning with fluoric acid or mixed acid of fluoric acid and nitric acid, rinsing the single crystal silicon with ultra pure water, remelting and pulling a single crystal silicon ingot at a solidification of 0.9 or less, and forming a silicon wafer out of the single crystal silicon ingot. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259260 | SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL PULL-UP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL - A silicon single crystal pull-up apparatus is provided with a chamber into which an inert gas is introduced; a crucible that supports a silicon melt within the chamber; a heater that heats the silicon melt in the crucible; a lifting device for lifting and lowering the crucible; a thermal radiation shield disposed above the crucible; a cylindrical purging tube that is provided inside the thermal radiation shield so as to straighten the inert gas; a CCD camera that photographs the mirror image of the thermal radiation shield reflected on the liquid surface of the silicon melt through the purging tube; a liquid surface level calculator that calculates the liquid surface level of the silicon melt from the position of the mirror image photographed by the camera; and a conversion table creator that creates a conversion table representing a relationship between the liquid surface level of the silicon melt and the mirror image position obtained. The liquid surface level calculator calculates the liquid surface level based on the conversion table. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259261 | REACTION VESSEL FOR GROWING SINGLE CRYSTAL AND METHOD FOR GROWING SINGLE CRYSTAL - It is provided a method of growing a single crystal by flux process from a melt containing sodium, in that a flux is contained in a reaction vessel made of yttrium-aluminum garnet. Compared with the case that an alumina or yttria vessel is used, it can be successfully obtained a single crystal whose incorporation amounts of oxygen and silicon can be considerably reduced, residual carrier density can be lowered, and electron mobility and specific resistance can be improved. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROWING MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON INGOTS BY DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION - Systems and methods are provided for producing monocrystalline materials such as silicon, the monocrystalline materials being usable in semiconductor and photovoltaic applications. A crucible ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110259263 | Device for Coating Food Products, in Particular Fruits and Vegetables - A device for coating food products, of the type having a coating area includes: a coating conveyor provided to drive said food products in a longitudinal direction; and a device for applying a coating compound on the food products driven on the conveyor. The coating conveyor includes a chassis, a plurality of rotary brushes fastened in the longitudinal direction relative to the chassis, and a motorized assembly for driving the brushes in rotation around respective transverse axes relative to the chassis, the brushes being arranged so as to define, together, a support and driving surface for the food products and being provided to make the food products roll during the application of the coating compound. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259264 | DEVICE FOR THE APPLICATION OF FLUID COATS TO SURFACES - Device for the application of fluid coats to surfaces. The device includes a main body ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110259265 | VOLUME COMPENSATION FOR APPLICATION HEADS WITH APPLICATION WIDTH ADJUSTMENT - A device for dispensing fluid onto a substrate includes a basic body, a fluid supply channel connectible to a fluid source for supplying the fluid, and a nozzle assembly which has a distribution channel that communicates with the fluid supply channel and which has an essentially elongated slit that communicates with the distribution channel. The slit includes at least one discharge opening for dispensing the fluid. The effective length of the distribution channel is variable by means of a closure element that is movable in the distribution channel. An equalization channel is connected with the distribution channel, and the volume of the equalization channel is adjustable. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259266 | COATING SYSTEM - A coating system includes a housing, a coating umbrella, a rotatable assembly, a lift driver, a solvent storage chamber, and a jet device. The housing includes a block dividing the housing into a coating chamber and a painting chamber. The coating umbrella is configured for receiving a number of workpieces. The rotatable assembly is connected to the coating umbrella to drive the rotatable assembly to rotate. The lift driver lifts the rotatable assembly to switch the position of the coating umbrella between the coating chamber and the spray painting chamber. The solvent storage chamber is configured for storing paint solvent. The solvent storage chamber communicates with the painting chamber. The jet device is received in the solvent storage chamber, and communicated with the painting chamber to spray the paint solvent onto the workpieces. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259267 | FILM COATING HOLDER - A film coating holder includes a top cover, a plurality of annular parts, and a plurality of connecting pieces. The top cover defines a plurality of first holes for receiving workpieces therein. The plurality of annular parts is stacked on each other with progressively increasing radiuses. Each of the plurality of annular parts defines a plurality of second holes for receiving the workpieces, and the top cover is positioned on the annular part with a minimum radius. The plurality of connecting pieces connects the annular part with the minimum radius to the top cover and connects each two adjacent annular parts together. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259268 | METHOD FOR MEASURING DOPANT CONCENTRATION DURING PLASMA ION IMPLANTATION - Embodiments of the invention generally provide apparatuses for endpoint detection of dopants. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a plasma chamber containing a body having sidewalls, a lid, and a bottom encompassing an interior volume and a substrate support assembly disposed within the body and having a substrate supporting surface configured to support a substrate. The apparatus also has a processing region disposed between the substrate supporting surface and a gas distribution assembly—which contains a perforated plate disposed above the substrate supporting surface. The apparatus also has a plasma source coupled with the body and configured to form an inductively coupled plasma within the interior region. Additionally, the apparatus has an optical sensor disposed either above or below the substrate supporting surface and coupled with a controller, wherein the controller is configured to derive a current dopant concentration relative to an amount of radiation received by the optical sensor. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259269 | SMALL FORM FACTOR PLASMA SOURCE FOR HIGH DENSITY WIDE RIBBON ION BEAM GENERATION - An ion source, capable of generating high-density wide ribbon ion beam, utilizing inductively coupled plasma production is disclosed. As opposed to conventional ICP sources, the present disclosure describes an ICP source which is not cylindrical. Rather, the source is defined such that its width, which is the dimension along which the beam is extracted, is greater than its height. The depth of the source may be defined to maximize energy transfer from the antenna to the plasma. In a further embodiment, a multicusp magnetic field surrounding the ICP source is used to further increase the current density and improve the uniformity of the extracted ion beam. Ion beam uniformity can also be controlled by means of several independent controls, including gas flow rate, and input RF power. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259270 | CARBON COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A carbon component having a hole therein and an outer surface covered with a ceramic coating, and a method for manufacturing the carbon component are provided. The carbon component includes two carbon plate members joined together. The hole is defined by a groove formed on a mating surface of at least one of the carbon plate members and a mating portion of the other of the carbon plate members, which opposes the groove. An inner surface of the hole including a surface of the groove is entirely covered with a ceramic coating. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259271 | ROTARY PLATFORMS - A rotary milking facility having an annular floor made up of subfloor supported modules. Each module defines plural bail areas and is each moulded at least primarily in a composite material. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259272 | Bird Feeder with Bear Deterrent - An apparatus and method for feeding birds having a system of ‘no reward” for scavenging animals, such as bears and other non aviary animals. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259273 | Pet Fountain Assembly - A pet fountain having a basin and a cover overlying at least part of the basin and is supported by a sidewall of the basin and a pump disposed therebetween. The basin and cover have sidewall sections that converge to form a V-shaped locator arrangement that positions a coupling tube in communication with drinking bowl inlet of the cover so it is substantially coaxial with an outlet of the pump or pump module to telescopically engage the outlet. The basin can have an upraised shelf that holds a cord conduit providing a cord routing recess underneath. The shelf is disposed adjacent the V-shaped locator arrangement between an apex of the V-shaped locator arrangement and the pump or pump module minimizing the length of the cord run to the pump. In one embodiment, the V-shaped locator arrangement is formed by at least the basin having a raindrop or teardrop shape. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259274 | Cat litter box - A stainless steel litter box is provided in which three of the walls extend upward perpendicular to a base, and one of the four wall extends upward at an obtuse angle and the walls are at least about 6 inches high. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259275 | LIFT-ASSISTED LITTER BOX SYSTEM - A litter box device for use by pets. The device includes at least two litter boxes arranged as stacked drawers held in a housing. The upper drawer is accessible to a pet through an entry to the housing. The bottom of each drawer has a screen and a slidably removable drawer bottom. Removal of the slidably removable drawer bottom allows the contents of the drawer to pass into the underlying drawer. After pets excrete waste into the litter in the top box, the loose litter is separated from the waste clumps by sliding the removable drawer bottom from the top drawer, allowing loose litter granules to flow down through a screened opening into the underlying drawer. The top drawer will retain the waste clumps on its screen within the upper drawer, the screen positioned proximate to the slidably removable drawer bottom. The waste clumps may then be removed from the drawer and screen. The lower drawer containing the filtered litter can be guided up into the top position. A lift assisting mechanism allows the lower drawer to be lifted into the upper drawer position without the operator having to bear the full weight of the litter-filled drawer. After the emptied drawer is placed in the vacant lower drawer position the apparatus is ready for pet use again. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259276 | FLOAT AND A FLOATABLE STRUCTURE | 2011-10-27 |
20110259277 | ANIMAL ENCLOSURE LATCH - Devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods related to animal enclosure latches. Specifically, the disclosed devices, apparatuses, systems and/or methods relate to animal enclosure latches having an internal latch receptacle and an external latch receptacle, where the internal latch receptacle has a top downward-sloping portion to prevent animal collars and the like from becoming hooked, snagged and/or caught on the internal latch receptacle. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259278 | MOVABLE KENNEL - A mobile pet kennel comprising: a plurality of kennel walls connected to form an enclosure; rollers; and a roller positioner, wherein the roller positioner is configured to retain the rollers in a selectable first or second position relative to the kennel walls. In the first position the rollers contact the ground and in the second position the rollers are elevated above the ground. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259279 | HEATABLE FLOOR FOR LIVESTOCK STALLS - The invention relates to a heatable floor for livestock stalls comprising a plurality of hollow, right-angled plate elements whose hollow spaces are filled with a heat transfer fluid and can be heated by means of heating lines ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110259280 | MULTI-PURPOSE BAG - A pet drying and cleaning bag is made of a piece of material having two opposite ends joined together to form an open-ended material. One of the unjoined ends is kept fully open while the other unjoined end is partially joined together, leaving an opening in at least a portion of this other unjoined end. This opening may be closable and may also be elastically expandable. Some embodiments of the pet drying bag may include closure mechanisms, such as zippers or hook and loop fasteners, to provide additional openings in the bag. The bag of the present invention may be made larger to act as a beach bag, towel, and privacy changing screen. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259281 | DE-SHEDDING TOOL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A de-shedding tool includes first and second thin plates, and first and second rows of spaced apart teeth formed along first and second longitudinal edges of the first and second plates respectively. The first and second plates are superimposed and longitudinally offset such that the offset first and second rows of equally spaced apart teeth together form a plurality of continuous serrated teeth. The teeth have surfaces with a roughness sufficient to engage and pull away loose hair when the teeth slide through the hair of an animal. A method of manufacturing the de-shedding tool is also disclosed. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259282 | Transformable, Dual Element Pet Toy - A pet toy is provided having multiple elements interconnected or intertwined in a manner that the elements, combined, function as a single toy unit, and when the members are pulled apart or disconnected then each separable element functions similarly on its own. Each toy member is formed as a separate component and forms a generally helical body member terminating at least one end by a thematic caricature formed as a plush doll or plush toy element. The body member is formed of a outer covering having an otherwise generally elongated outer shell adapted such as to create arcuate or compound arcuate centerline such as to urge the body member to wrap about itself or other similar structure. The friction of the outer surfaces provide a fictional, torsion, compression or other non-magnetic or non-adhesive attachment, cling or connection between the toys. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259283 | DETERMINING RESPIRATORY OR CIRCULATORY HEALTH CONDITION IN ANIMALS FOR IMPROVED MANAGEMENT - A method and system for managing at least one animal is disclosed. The method can include imaging, such as ultrasound imaging, a lung of a live animal, such as a ruminant or bovine. The imaging can be performed to determine a degree of respiratory damage from past respiratory illness. After imaging, information regarding respiratory damage can be used to select at least one aspect of the treatment, care or disposition of the animal. For example, the information can be used to select the amount or type of feed provided to the animal at a feedlot. The information also can be used to select how long the animal should be housed at the feedlot prior to slaughter. If an animal is diagnosed with a respiratory illness, information about its degree of respiratory damage from past respiratory illness also can be used to select the appropriate medical treatment or lack of treatment. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259284 | BOILER EQUIPPED WITH A SUPERHEATER | 2011-10-27 |
20110259285 | AMMONIA BURNING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ammonia burning internal combustion engine using ammonia as fuel comprises an ammonia feed device feeding ammonia to a combustion chamber and a temperature/pressure raising system raising the temperature or raising the pressure of ammonia fed to the ammonia feed device. The temperature/pressure raising system raises the temperature or raises the pressure of ammonia by energy produced along with the operation of the internal combustion engine. As a result, an ammonia burning internal combustion engine maintaining high energy efficiency for the internal combustion engine as a whole or a vehicle mounted with the internal combustion engine as a whole while appropriately controlling the temperature or pressure of ammonia fed to an ammonia injector is provided. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259286 | Common rail slurry fuel injector system - A fuel injection system is described for injecting slurry fuels into the combustion chamber of a diesel engine, equipped with a fuel common rail, and fitted with a gas to fuel contactor chamber for dissolving supplementary atomizing gas into the continuous phase of the slurry fuel, at high pressure. Each fuel injector comprises a combined double valve for starting and stopping fuel injection, so that slurry fuel containing atomizing gas is only depressurized when injected into the engine combustion chamber, when such depressurization greatly improves fuel atomization and combustion efficiency. In this way small bore, high speed, diesel engines can be efficiently operated on high viscosity, low cost fuels such as tars from tar sands, tars from coal and biomass, and residual petroleum fuels. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259287 | Engine cooling device - In an engine, a block-side flow path for circulating cooling water to cool a cylinder block, and a head-side flow path for circulating cooling water to cool a cylinder head are formed. A head-side outlet temperature of cooling water flowing out of the head-side flow path is adjusted by using a water pump that pressure sends the cooling water to both the block-side flow path and the head-side flow path. A block-side outlet temperature of cooling water flowing out of the block-side flow path is adjusted by a first thermostat that changes a flow amount of the cooling water flowing out of the block-side flow path. The cooling water flowing out of the block-side flow path is used as a heat source of first and second heater cores for heating air. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259288 | HYDRAULIC ASSEMBLY FOR A CYLINDER HEAD OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPRISING A HYDRAULICALLY VARIABLE GAS EXCHANGE VALVE TRAIN - A hydraulic assembly ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110259289 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A primary resilient member urges a primary limiting member into a recess in an inserting direction in a state where a rotational phase is a limited phase in a limited phase range. A relative slide gap is radially provided between the primary limiting member and a secondary limiting member at a location adjacent to a working chamber. First and second primary slide gaps are radially provided between the primary limiting member and radially opposed wall surface sections of the receiving hole. A secondary slide gap is radially provided between the secondary limiting member and a radially opposed wall surface section of the receiving hole. The relative slide gap is larger than the first and second primary slide gaps and the secondary slide gap. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259290 | AMMONIA BURNING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ammonia burning internal combustion engine can feed ammonia and a highly combustible substance burning easier than ammonia to a combustion chamber. When the amount of ammonia fed into the combustion chamber is increased or when the ratio of the amount of the ammonia to the total amount of the ammonia and the highly combustible substance fed into the combustion chamber is increased, the operating parameters of the internal combustion engine are controlled so the air-fuel mixture fed into the combustion chamber is made easier to burn. As a result, an ammonia burning internal combustion engine designed to suppress a drop in combustibility of auxiliary fuel due to ammonia, can be provided. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259291 | LASER DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD FOR IT - In a method for operating a laser device, which has a laser-active solid having a passive Q-switch, the laser device is acted upon using pumping light in such a way that a specifiable curve over time of the inversion density comes about in the laser-active solid, as a result of which an especially precise control of the time behavior is achieved during the generation of passively Q-switched laser pulses. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259292 | LASER-INDUCED SPARK IGNITION FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A laser ignition device is provided for an internal combustion engine, having an ignition laser in which a combustion chamber window has an orifice plate arranged in front of it. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259293 | Intake Manifold - An intake manifold assembly has one or more shells coupled together and coupled to a cover. When the manifold cover, or other exterior surface, is rounded, the manifold does not sit stably on a flat surface when the rounded is placed onto the flat surface. The manifold may roll off a table and be damaged. To mitigate such situation, the rounded surface is provided with at least two standoffs extending outwardly from a surface of the cover with distal ends of the standoffs substantially lying in a common plane. The standoffs have a central axis and the standoffs extend outwardly from the surface along the central axis at least as far as any other feature of the intake manifold assembly. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259294 | Lubricating System for a Two-Stroke Engine - A lubricating system for a two-stroke engine is provided in which oil is more reliably pumped into the two-stroke engine. The oil travels through passages that are integrally cast into the cylinder and/or crankcase. The oil may be injected directly into the crankcase chamber or intake passage. The oil pump may be a rotary pump mounted on the crankcase concentric to the crankshaft. It is also possible to not use an oil pump, and have the oil drawn into the engine by vacuum created in the crankcase. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259295 | HIGH PERFORMANCE CONTINUOUS INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine that includes a rotary device is disclosed. A rotary head has an expansion chamber that includes intake and exhaust slots. A drum with axial slots radially displaced over its circumference is disposed in close noncontacting proximity to the inner side of the rotary head. The drum and the rotary head are substantially rotationally symmetric about a common axis. Radially moveable plates respond to a mechanical control mechanism adapted to move each plate from a retracted position in which the plate is located entirely within the outer surface of the drum and an extended position in which the plate is in close proximity to an upper surface of the expansion chamber to substantially seal the expansion chamber. At least one of the plates is substantially always present between the intake slot and the exhaust slot such that when the combustion gas is under pressure within the expansion chamber force is exerted on the plate and the drum to produce rotational motion of the rotary head about the common axis. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259296 | ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A rotary engine includes a compressor assembly and two power assemblies that receive compressed air from the compressor assembly. Each assembly includes at least two intermeshing rotors. The rotors of the compressor assembly compress air, either alone or in an air/fuel mixture, in a compression chamber located in that assembly. The compressed air is transferred to the expansion chambers of the power assemblies, where fuel is ignited to initiate a power stroke. A line bisecting the axes of the rotors of the compressor assembly is inclined at an acute angle relative to a line bisecting the axes of the rotors of the power assemblies. The power assemblies operate 180° out of phase with respect to one another to minimize power fluctuations in the engine. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259297 | Piston Bowl With Deflecting Features - A piston for a direct injection engine is provided, the piston having a bowl at an upper end, the bowl forming a portion of a combustion chamber. The bowl includes an inner surface and a dome that defines a volume configured to receive a fuel-air mixture, the inner surface of the bowl and the dome each including at least one surface feature as a target for the fuel spray. The surface feature may protrude from the inner surface of the bowl or may be recessed into the inner surface. Such surface features may reduce soot and improve fuel-air mixing. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259298 | Knocking Control System for Gas Engine - A knocking control system for a gas engine of the present invention, being configured to calculate a knocking occurrence ratio (SEV) which is a ratio of a cycle number of cycles in which a predetermined knocking occurs for a period of the cycles of the predetermined cycle number, to the predetermined cycle number, decide a target value of an ignition timing of the ignition device based on a deviation (ΔSEV) between an occurrence ratio delay calculation value (SEV | 2011-10-27 |
20110259299 | Fuel Injector - A fuel injector for fuel-injection systems of internal combustion engines. The fuel injector includes an electromagnetic actuating element having a solenoid coil, a core and a valve cover as external solenoid circuit component, and a movable valve-closure element, which cooperates with a valve-seat surface assigned to a valve-seat body. The core and a connection pipe are fixedly connected in an inner opening of a thin-walled valve sleeve by being pressed into place, and the valve cover at the outer circumference of the valve sleeve is firmly connected to the valve sleeve by being pressed onto it. The firm press-fitted connection of in each case two of these metallic components of the fuel injector is characterized by the fact that at least one of the partner components has in its press-fitting region a structure with score marks, and/or the particular press-fitting region has an intake rounding in at least one transition to an adjoining component section. To safely contain abrasion particles produced in the press-fitting action, starting from the press-fitting region of a partner component, first a recessed region adjoins, which is followed by a press lip, which radially projects further to the outside on the outer contour of this one component partner. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259300 | INJECTION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An injection system for an internal combustion engine has a prefeed pump for delivering fuel from a fuel tank, a high pressure pump for delivering the fuel to a fuel accumulator arranged downstream of the prefeed pump, an accumulator return line arranged downstream of the fuel accumulator and used to return the fuel from the fuel accumulator to the fuel tank, and a valve arranged in the accumulator return line and by which the fuel can be optionally supplied to the fuel tank or to a tank bypass line which hydraulically leads to a point between the prefeed pump and the high pressure pump. A pressure relief valve is arranged in the accumulator return line downstream of the valve and upstream of the fuel tank. The pressure relief valve is suitably designed to allow adjustment of a fuel pressure in the accumulator return line upstream of the pressure relief valve. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259301 | PRESSURE FLUCTUATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING PRESSURE FLUCTUATION IN UPSTREAM SIDE OF COMMON RAIL - A device for controlling a variation in pressure upstream of a common rail, the device being an extremely simple and small-sized compact device which is used in a pressure accumulating common rail type fuel injection apparatus. The device for controlling a variation in pressure upstream of a common rail can supply high-pressure fuel to the common rail in a stable pressure state by preventing pulsation of a high-pressure pump from occurring in each cylinder of the pump and also preventing generation of a surge pressure caused by opening and closing of a check valve. The device is provided with a secondary common rail which is connected to the fuel outlets of the check valves each provided to each of the cylinders of the high-pressure pump and which has a volume equal to or less than the volume of the common rail, and the device is also provided with injection pipes which connect between the common rail and the fuel outlets of the secondary common rail. The number of the injection pipes is set to be less than the number of the check valves each provided to each of the cylinders of the high-pressure pump. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259302 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING CAVITATION DAMAGE TO A DIESEL ENGINE FUEL INJECTION PUMP - The present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing cavitation damage to a diesel engine fuel injection pump, wherein a pressure control valve for shutting a barrel port is mounted on a deflector or a barrel of the fuel injection pump to increase the fuel pressure in the barrel port during an early stage of fuel compression. This prevents fountain-type or jet-type cavitation from occurring before and after the opening of the barrel port during a late stage of fuel compression, thereby preventing corrosion damage caused by cavitation occurring mainly in a plunger and the barrel port of the fuel injection pump. The key technical features of the present invention are for an apparatus for preventing cavitation damage to a diesel engine fuel injection pump having a fuel intake valve and the barrel port for the inflow and outflow of fuel, respectively, comprising: a valve member mounted on the barrel port to shut the barrel port during an early stage of fuel compression performed by the upward movement of the plunger to increase the pressure in the barrel port; a valve housing installed in the deflector or the barrel of a pump housing to support the valve member; and a pressure control valve constituted by a spring interposed between the valve member and the valve housing to elastically support the valve member. The barrel port is shut to increase the pressure therein during the early stage of fuel compression, and thus preventing cavitation caused by the pressure difference between the barrel port and a pump chamber before and after the opening of the barrel port during the late stage of fuel compression. When the pressure of fuel in the barrel port exceeds a level higher than an open level, the barrel port opens to discharge fuel. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259303 | ZERO-GOVERNOR FITTING CONFIGURATION IN GAS ENGINE - A zero-governor fitting structure for a gas engine, configured in such a manner that the lower half of a fuel tank for a gasoline engine is utilized as a support box for supporting the zero-governor in which a gas supply inlet pipe and a zero governor can be reliably mounted with vibration and heating of the zero-governor avoided. A zero-governor mounting structure for a gas engine equipped with a zero-governor is provided with a support box fixed to the upper part of the gas engine. The support box is formed as a box having two depths. The zero-governor is supported, through a vibration insulation gasket, on the bottom plate of the shallower depth space of the support box. A gas supply inlet pipe and an elbow joint which is connected to the gas supply inlet pipe and can be bent the direction of the gas flow at a right angle toward the zero-governor are received in the deeper depth space, and the elbow joint is connected to the bottom inlet of the zero-governor. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259304 | FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM - An engine includes a fuel injector support element to support a fuel injector and define a first opening through which the fuel injector can inject fuel. A first piston defines a substantially cylindrical inner chamber and a portal into the substantially cylindrical inner chamber. One or more second pistons are arranged to reciprocate inside the substantially cylindrical inner chamber and to define, in cooperation with the substantially cylindrical inner chamber, a combustion chamber. The first fuel injector support element and the first piston are arranged such that, during engine operation, the first piston reciprocates relative to the first fuel injector support element to thereby cause the first opening and the first portal to move in and out of alignment with one another. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259305 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXHAUST GAS MIXING - A method of operating an engine system is described in which a back-pressure valve of a low pressure EGR system can be modulated at a lower frequency during an EGR operation, and at a higher frequency when additional exhaust gas sensing is requested. Back-pressure valve modulation can therefore be used to promote exhaust gas mixing while providing EGR. Exhaust gas constituents in the mixed exhaust gas can then be sensed with higher accuracy by downstream exhaust gas sensors. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259306 | HIGH FLOW EGR SYSTEM - A high flow EGR system for an internal combustion engine having a pair of series connected EGR coolers and a water droplet condensation collector and reservoir connected to the gas flow. The reservoir feeds a pump which is actuated to inject the liquid to the engine adjacent each cylinder for uniform distribution of the water to the engine cylinders. The pump is controlled to inject the water at appropriate conditions during the engine operating cycle. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259307 | IGNITION COIL - The invention relates to an ignition coil for an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110259308 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An EG-ECU suspends fuel cutoff when the fuel cutoff is being carried out and the engine speed NE becomes lower than or equal to the resumption engine speed NErtn. The EG-ECU forcibly opens and closes an EGR valve when the fuel cutoff is being carried out, and performs abnormality diagnosis for an EGR device based on a change amount of pressure in an intake pipe caused by opening and closing the EGR valve. The EG-ECU suspends the diagnosis when the diagnosis is being carried out and the engine speed NE becomes lower than or equal to a forcible suspension engine speed NEoff. When the diagnosis is being performed, the EG-ECU sets the forcible suspension engine speed NEoff to a smaller value when the EGR valve is not in a forcibly opened state than when the EGR valve is in the forcibly opened state. Specifically, the EG-ECU sets the forcible suspension engine speed NEoff in such a manner that an allowance ΔNEallw of the forcible suspension engine speed NEoff with respect to the resumption engine speed NErtn has a smaller value when the EGR valve is not in the forcibly opened state than when the EGR valve is in the forcibly opened state. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259309 | ARCHERY APPARATUS AND ARCHERY METHOD - The handgrip is inclined to one side of the bow's lengthwise axis—to the right for a right-handed archer and to the left for a left-handed archer. Thus in the firing position the hand holding the grip has its palm facing towards the ground. The hand grip also has a hemispherical thrust surface which fits into the hollow of the hand, and the arrow is fired from a position above the hand. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259310 | TOY - A toy having a housing and a projectile launcher capable of moving between a first stowed position within the housing and a second deployed position extending from the housing. The toy further including a trigger mechanism for launching at least one projectile from the projectile launcher; and a selector mechanism for movement between a first position and a second position, wherein the trigger mechanism will launch only a single projectile from the projectile launcher when the selector mechanism is in the first position and the trigger mechanism is actuated and wherein the trigger mechanism will launch at least two projectiles from the projectile launcher when the selector mechanism is in the second position and the trigger mechanism is actuated. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259311 | Bow String release - The present invention provides a method of releasing the bow string of a bow in a manner that provides an archer with significant control over the string release. An attachment is connected to the trigger of a trigger activated hand held archery release. The attachment allows the trigger to be activated in a consistent and controlled manner, without shifting the position of the string or the arrow held in the string. The attachment has two opposing faces and a solid region between the opposing faces surrounded by an exterior surface, and includes a tactilely discernible activation position to which pressure is applied to activate the trigger of the archery release. The activation position may be an edge, bulge, or indention in the exterior surface to allow the archer to feel and utilize a consistent position at which to apply pressure to the trigger each time the bow string is drawn. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259312 | PROJECTILE-LOADING ASSEMBLY FOR AIR-POWERED GUN - A projectile-loading assembly ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110259313 | Archery Bow Stabilizer Illumination Device - An archery stabilizer with removable flashlight end is an illumination device having one or more types of illumination. An archery stabilizer reduces the amount of shock and recoil caused by the release of an arrow from an archery bow and provides weight forward of the archery bow to provide better balance of the archery bow | 2011-10-27 |
20110259314 | COMBINATION ARCHER BOW FIELD CARRY DEVICE/STABILIZER/COUNTERBALANCE - A carrying device for an archery bow that attaches to the threaded port on an archery bow that is typically intended for attachment to a “stabilizer” or “counterbalance”. The carrying device can be provided as a kit customizable by the user, which deploys common materials utilized for the purpose of counterbalancing and stabilizing an archery bow, and, dampening vibration or noise. The user is able to manipulate components of the device to provide customized ballast and vibration dampening effect. The carrying component is an eyelet, hoop, ring, or hook, formed or machined, onto or into which the ballast/vibration dampening components are assemble. The carrying component is readily clipped to a users sling, back pack, belt, etc., for the purpose of hands free carrying of the bow. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259315 | TABLE SAW - The present invention relates to a table saw, including: a work table, including a working surface for placing a workpiece; a fence, slidably arranged on said work table for support said work piece; a first motor, arranged below said working surface of the work table; a blade, driven by said first motor for cutting motion, and at least part of the blade is protruding out of the working surface of the work table in the cutting process, characterized in that: A planer detachably arranged on said work surface, said planer including a housing, a second motor located in said housing and a blade shaft driven by said second motor to rotate about its longitudinal axis. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259316 | MELTING-SOLIDIFICATION FURNACE WITH VARIABLE HEAT EXCHANGE VIA THE SIDE WALLS - The melting and solidification furnace for crystalline material includes a crucible having a bottom and side walls, and means for heating the crystalline material by magnetic induction. The furnace includes at least one lateral thermal insulation system arranged at the periphery of the crucible around the side walls. At least one lateral element of the lateral thermal insulation system moves with respect to the side walls between an insulating position and a position fostering thermal leakage. The lateral thermal insulation system has an electric conductivity of less than 1 S/m and a thermal conductivity of less than 15 W/m/K. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259317 | Hot water supply apparatus - According to the hot water supply apparatus of the present invention, it becomes possible to effectively prevent the dew condensation on a bypass line. While exhaust gas after passage through a heat exchanger | 2011-10-27 |
20110259318 | Two-Stage Solar Concentrating System - An improved solar concentrating system ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110259319 | Solar Energy Absorber - It aims to provide a solar heat collecting apparatus that can efficiently collect energy from solar light. The solar heat collecting apparatus comprises an opened container part | 2011-10-27 |
20110259320 | SOLAR LIGHT COLLECTING METHOD IN MULTI-TOWER BEAM-DOWN LIGHT COLLECTING SYSTEM - It enhances heat collecting efficiency of sunlight received by heliostats. It is a solar light collecting method in a multi-tower beam-down light collecting system, including a tower selection. The multi-tower beam-down light collecting system is a system in which, in a field where a plurality of beam-down light collecting towers are present, light primarily reflected by heliostats | 2011-10-27 |
20110259321 | HEAT DRIVEN LIQUID SELF-CIRCULATING DEVICES AND THE SYSTEM EMPLOY SAME - This application discloses a heat driven liquid self-circulating device, system and method, means the liquid system formed by said devices according to said method can be circulated automatically to transfer the heat without external pump power. In one aspect, a heat driven self-circulating device for heated liquid which used with a liquid heat collector is disclosed. The heat driven self-circulating device for heated liquid which used with a liquid heat collector, comprises an airtight container for containing heated liquid, having a wall to separate its outer and inner spaces; said inner space is filled with heated liquid partially and having a upper air/vapor space above liquid level surface and lower liquid space under liquid level surface; an inlet and a outlet arranged on said wall of the container that both are under the liquid level surface in said container, and said inlet not lower than said outlet | 2011-10-27 |
20110259322 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING EFFICIENCY OF HEATING SYSTEM - A method and system is provided for controlling efficiency of a heating system which is a combination hot water and space heating system that can modulate energy transfer. The heating system includes a heat exchanger for transferring and modulating heat between a primary fluid system having a hot water supply and a secondary fluid system for space heating. The primary fluid system includes a storage container, temperature sensors, a heating element connected to the heating assembly within the storage container for increasing the temperature of the storage fluid therein, a heating assembly, and a storage pump for delivering storage fluid from the storage container to the heat exchanger. The secondary fluid system includes a heating supply structure for containing a heating supply fluid, temperature sensors, and a heating supply pump in connection with the heating supply structure for circulating the heating supply fluid. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259323 | ACTUATOR FOR AN INHALER - An actuator for an inhaler for delivering drug by inhalation, comprising: a housing for receiving a canister which comprises a body which includes a base and a head and defines a chamber for containing drug, and a valve stem which extends from the body and from which drug is in use delivered on actuation of the canister; and an outlet through which a user in use inhales, wherein the outlet has a substantially closed rear section which partitions the outlet from the housing, such that, on inhalation through the outlet, an air flow is drawn substantially only from an outer peripheral surface of the outlet. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259324 | DRIVE UNIT FOR DOSAGE COUNTER - A nebuliser, particularly an MDI, with a counter is proposed. By means of a guide track or inclined plane and an associated guide element, an axial movement occurring on actuation of the nebuliser is partly converted into a rotary movement for driving a counting ring, using an annular rigid drive element with axial teeth. In this way a simple and operationally reliable construction can be achieved, in which even incomplete actuations are counted. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259325 | Delivery of ultra pure nitric oxide (NO) - A system for deliverying a therapeutic amount of nitric oxide can include a reservoir assembly, a gas supply, and a delivery conduit including a first cartridge, wherein the first cartridge can include a surface-activated material saturated with an aqueous solution of a reducing agent. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259326 | INHALER WITH INDEXING LINKED TO MOVEMENT OF COVER - The disclosure relates to a medical dispenser, comprising an outlet and a plurality of sealed compartments containing medicament to be sequentially aligned with and dispensed through said outlet. Movement of an actuator sequentially causes mechanical energy to be built up and then released and converted into an indexing movement of the compartments. The disclosure also relates to an indexing method for a medical dispenser. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259327 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SENSING RESPIRATION AND CONTROLLING VENTILATOR FUNCTIONS - Improved methods and devices are described for sensing the respiration pattern of a patient and controlling ventilator functions, particularly for use in an open ventilation system. An apparatus for sensing respiration and synchronizing a ventilator to the respiration of a patient is described. The apparatus may include a plurality of thermal breath sensors. At least one of the plurality of thermal breath sensors may be a heated thermal breath sensor. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259328 | SIMPLE CAPSULE-BASED INHALER - A dry powder inhaler for pulmonary or nasal use, employing capsules containing a dose of powder for inhalation, comprising two operating components and an optional cover. Air is drawn by the patient via a mouthpiece or nosepiece which is in communication with the capsule and travels via air paths through the device and through the capsule thereby dispersing and entraining the dose of powder. The capsule is cut by cutting means located on one of the components, in a manner which eliminates or minimizes capsule debris and minimizes powder leakage during use. The inhaler body and capsule cutting blades comprise a single operating component and they may be manufactured in a single unitary step. The invention affords a very economical and simple device for the delivery of pulmonary medicines. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259329 | DELIVERY DEVICES - A breath-actuated delivery device includes a mouthpiece through which a subject in use exhales, an air channel which is in fluid communication with the mouthpiece, and a flexible diaphragm which is disposed in the air channel. The diaphragm provides for at least a restricted air flow through the air channel until a predeterminable actuation pressure is developed in the mouthpiece, and, on generation of the predeterminable actuation pressure in the mouthpiece, provides for an air flow through the air channel. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259330 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VENTILATOR LEAKAGE DURING STABLE PERIODS WITHIN A BREATH - This disclosure describes systems and methods for compensating for leaks in a ventilation system based on data obtained during periods within a breath in which the patient is neither inhaling nor exhaling. The methods and systems described herein more accurately and quickly identify changes in leakage. This information is then to estimate leakage later in the same breath or in subsequent breaths to calculate a more accurate estimate of instantaneous leakage based on current conditions. The estimated leakage is then used to compensate for the leak flow rates, reduce the patient's work of breathing and increase the patient's comfort (patient-ventilator breath phase transition synchrony). | 2011-10-27 |
20110259331 | SYSTEM AND RESPIRATION APPLIANCE FOR SUPPORTING THE AIRWAY OF A SUBJECT - A respiration appliance ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110259332 | Ventilation System With System Status Display For Configuration And Program Information - The disclosure describes a novel approach for displaying information on a ventilation system. The disclosure describes a novel respiratory system including a removable primary display and system status display. Further, the disclosure describes a novel method for displaying ventilator information and a novel method for controlling a ventilation system. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259333 | Ventilation System With System Status Display For Maintenance And Service Information - The disclosure describes a novel approach for displaying information on a ventilator system. The disclosure describes a novel respiratory system including a removable primary display and system status display. Further, the disclosure describes a novel method for displaying ventilator information and a novel method for controlling a ventilator system. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259334 | INLET AIRFLOW ASSEMBLY IN A MEDICAL VENTILATOR - A ventilator that is small, lightweight, and portable, yet capable of being quickly adapted to operate in a plurality of different modes and configurations to deliver a variety of therapies to a patent. A porting system having a plurality of sensors structured to monitor a number of parameters with respect to the flow of gas, and a number of porting blocks is used to reconfigure the ventilator so that it operates as a single-limb or dual limb ventilator. In the single-limb configuration, an active or passive exhaust assembly can be provided proximate to the patient. The ventilator is capable of operate in a volume or pressure support mode, even in a single-limb configuration. In addition, a power control mechanism controls the supply of power to the ventilator from an AC power source, a lead acid battery, an internal rechargeable battery pack, and a detachable battery pack. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259335 | Headgear Support for Respirator Mask - A self supporting head mounted harness for mounting a respirator mask on the face of a user, the harness including a harness body having a material stiffness sufficient to enable the harness to be retained and self supported on the head of a user independent of whether or not the mask is attached to the harness. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259336 | System for controlling pressure in defined environment and associated method - A system and a method for treating pain in a patient suffering pain are provided. The method may include providing a system inhabitable by the patient in which pressure may be controlled. The patient may suffer from a pain inducing condition associated with a pressure change. The method may also include controlling the pressure of the environment that may be inhabited by the patient to prevent, reduce, or eliminate pressure change. The pain inducing condition may be prevented, reduced or eliminated. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259337 | Forehead support for a patient interface - Mask assembly ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110259338 | Ventilator to Tracheotomy Tube Coupling - A coupling for connecting a ventilator tube to a tracheotomy tube has a latching mechanism which prevents the coupling from axially displacing a tapered tubular extension of the tracheotomy tube after they have been mated in a pneumatically discrete path. For use with known adult tracheotomy tubes which have inner and outer cannulas, the latching mechanism engages the coupling with the leading end of the outer cannula collar with the inner cannula collar sandwiched therebetween. For use with known one piece children's tracheotomy tubes, the latching mechanism is a clamshell contoured to concentrically grip the tapered tubular extension of the tracheotomy tube. Interlocking the coupling and the tracheotomy tube prevents them from inadvertently axially displacing from each other. Non-axial force disengages the coupling from the tracheotomy tube so that the coupling can be axially displaced without exertion of excessive axial force on the system and the patient. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259339 | VENTILATING APPARATUS AND METHOD ENABLING A PATIENT TO TALK WITH OR WITHOUT A TRACHOSTOMY TUBE CHECK VALVE - A method of operating a ventilator assembly having inhalation and exhalation passages communicating with one another, and a respiration assembly that can perform repetitive respiratory cycles. The method includes (a) connecting the conduit with an open end of an endotracheal tube positioned within the trachea so that the open end leads into the airway below the vocal cords, (b) repetitively cycling the respiration assembly so that during the inhalation phase, gas in the inhalation passage flows through the endotracheal tube and into the airway, and during the exhalation phase, an exhalation valve is maintained relatively closed and the exhaled gases flow pass the vocal cords and out of the mouth thereby facilitating the patient's ability to speak, and (c) monitoring ring the pressure within at least one of the passages during both phases for determining the pressure within the patient for use in operating the ventilator assembly. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259340 | SYSTEM AND RESPIRATION APPLIANCE FOR SUPPORTING THE AIRWAY OF A SUBJECT - A respiration appliance ( | 2011-10-27 |
20110259341 | Fallopian Tube Occlusion Device - A device for occluding the fallopian tube including a retention member and a mesh material supported by the retention member. The retention member has a first lower profile configuration for delivery and a second expanded configuration for placement within the fallopian tube. The mesh material is configured to block passage of an egg through the tube. The member has a plurality of tube engagement members to secure the retention member to the fallopian tube. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259342 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OCCLUDING REPRODUCTIVE TRACTS TO EFFECT CONTRACEPTION - Systems and methods of visibly marking a reproductive tract, e.g., at least one ostium of the Fallopian tubes accessed transvaginally and transcervically, to indicate delivery of an occlusion device into the corresponding at least one Fallopian tube to effect contraception are disclosed. Marking is effected by delivery of a dye that stains the ostium and/or extension of the marking member from the delivered occlusion device into view in the uterine cavity or ostium. A catheter (or catheters) preferably introduced through a hysteroscope that illuminates and provides visualization of the uterine cavity and the ostia of the Fallopian tubes is employed to insert each contracted, stent-like, occluding device into each Fallopian tube and to mechanically expand or release to self-expand the occluding device. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259343 | METHOD FOR PERMANENT OCCLUSION OF FALLOPIAN TUBE - Disclosed is a method and apparatus of contraception. The apparatus can include an implant sized for insertion into a fallopian tube. The implant can comprise a plurality of loose, bulked fibers. The fibers can be formed from one or more bioabsorbable materials, for example, the method can include inserting the implant into a fallopian tube and occluding the fallopian tube with the implant. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259344 | FORNIX MANIPULATOR - A formix manipulator includes a collar and stabilizer. The collar has a first end and a second end, the second end having an opening and diameter greater than the first end and the first end having an opening to receive a cervix into the collar. The stabilizer has a base portion defining a guide hole and a plurality of prongs extending from the base portion to contact the first end of the collar. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259345 | Device for the Alleviation of Snoring and Sleep Apnoea - Apparatus for the alleviation of sleep apnoea in which dentition engagement units or dental overlays shaped to engage the maxillary and mandibular dentition of a subject each having a laterally located pair of flanges the ends of which almost abut, magnets embedded in said flanges with their like poles adjacent or sinusoidally-shaped extension elements made from shape-memory material having a transition temperature equal to or slightly less than normal body temperature and accommodated in cavities in said flanges provide, respectively, a magnetic repulsion force or expansive force when warmed by body heat sufficient, during sleep-induced relaxation, to displace said mandibular dentition engagement unit or dental overlay forwardly in relation to said maxillary dentition engagement unit, displacing the mandible of the subject and thereby effecting a displacement of the temporomandibular joint. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259346 | TONGUE POSITION CONTROLLER - Provided is a device which effectively improves obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), which places a small psychosomatic burden on the patient, and which is unlikely to cause a decrease in compliance or adverse side effects. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259347 | Orthopedic Disposable Bilateral Split Sheet - A sterile surgical sheet comprising two parallel slits and bands of adhesive bonding for prepping a patient for bilateral knee replacement surgery and providing adequate shielding from an upper thigh tourniquet. The sheet is of one-piece construction and utilizes two parallel slits for placement around a patient's legs to maintain a sterile field and seal off a tourniquet area. Outer sections of material are wrapped around and over each leg from the outside, while an inner section between the slits is folded over the patient's groin and over the outer section wrapping. Bands of adhesive bonding along the slits secure the folded assembly against the patient's legs and ensure the sheet does not come unwrapped. This provides doctors and nurses with a bounded sterile region and uninhibited access to a patient's legs. The one-piece drape provides convenience for users and reduces effort when preparing a patient prior to surgery, eliminating the use of multiple, overlapping sheets that are prone to separation. | 2011-10-27 |
20110259348 | EAR PADDING FOR OXYGEN TUBING - The present invention relates to padding for placement over a section of oxygen tubing comprising: a section of hypo-allergenic foam; and a slit along the length of the foam, where the slit provides a means to insert a section of oxygen tubing and the foam conforms to the outer surface of the tubing. The padding provides protection for the user of the oxygen tubing. | 2011-10-27 |