Altshuler, US
Alla Altshuler, Vernon Hills, IL US
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20100121789 | INTERACTIVE APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING IN ENCOURAGING OR DETERRING OF AT LEAST ONE PREDETERMINED HUMAN BEHAVIOR - The present invention provides a portable, inexpensive, and easy to use apparatus capable of providing one or more types of social intervention (e.g., deterring, encouraging, etc.) to a person in an interactive manner, in order to influence (or to assist in influencing) one or more of that person's behavior(s), in a corresponding predetermined manner. Advantageously, the inventive interactive apparatus may provide encouraging social interaction to motivate a person to engage in one or more positive desirable behaviors (exercise, etc.), and/or provide deterring social interaction to discourage the person from engaging in one or more predetermined detrimental behaviors (such as overeating, eating large quantities of unhealthy foods, smoking, etc.). In one inventive embodiment, the novel interactive apparatus may be configured to provide encouraging messages to increase the likelihood of utilization of another helpful product or service, thereby enhancing the effectiveness thereof. The apparatus of the present invention is preferably implemented as a doll, statuette, action figure, animal or other fanciful character-type toy, to enhance the social interaction experience with one or more persons whose behavior is to be encouraged or deterred. | 05-13-2010 |
Angelina Altshuler, Danville, CA US
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20100109876 | Devices, Systems and Methods to Control Caloric Intake - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to training a user in controlling and limiting total calorie consumption, and consequently body weight, by encouraging the user to perform specified consuming actions such as chewing slowly, adjusting a time interval between bites, detecting the early points of satiation, etc. The disclosure is therefore a “calorie pacer” that naturally reduces calorie consumption by re-teaching a user how to eat on a step-by-step basis. The slower eating pace results in a person feeling full before the intake of excessive food portions. The result is fewer calories consumed. Sensors and microcontrollers throughout a place setting are utilized to prompt the user, for example, when to take bites, how big of a bite to take, when to take a drink, etc and record the data in an efficient manner that allows for analysis, monitoring of progress, and personalized feedback. | 05-06-2010 |
20150297619 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRESERVING THE MUCOSAL BARRIER - Provided herein are methods and compositions for preventing small molecule permeability of the small intestine curing total ischemia by administering glucose to the lumen of the intestine, as well as administration of serine protease or metalloproteinase inhibitors. Also provided are compositions for performing the same. | 10-22-2015 |
Benjamin F. S. Altshuler, Cambridge, MA US
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20160116825 | POLYNOMIAL TEXTURE MAPPING AND REFLECTANCE TRANSFORMATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES - An image enhancement device and related techniques in support of polynomial texture mapping (PTM) (also known as reflectance transformation imaging (RTI)) photography. The device may include a number of pod legs that extend from a camera focal plane to a base location around an object of interest. At least some of the pod legs may include one or more markers that indicate locations at which directional light sources are used to illuminate an object for the purpose of creating PTM images. A user may place a light at a number of successive marker locations, and trigger the capture of images of the object. The successive images, along with the known locations of the markers, may be used to generate PTM images of the object. The device and associated techniques improve the accuracy and reliability of PTM image capture and creation as well as provide pedagogical support for teaching PTM techniques. | 04-28-2016 |
Boris Altshuler, N. Miami Beach, FL US
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20140000455 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING MERCURY FROM A GAS STREAM | 01-02-2014 |
David Altshuler, Brookline, MA US
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20100092977 | IRF-5 HAPLOTYPES IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS - Methods and materials involved in diagnosing SLE are provided herein. The methods and materials can be used to diagnose SLE and/or assess a mammal's susceptibility to develop SLE, based on the presence or absence of one or more IRF-5 variants. | 04-15-2010 |
20140303035 | PROPEPTIDE-LUCIFERASE FUSION PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides nucleic acid constructs that encode fusion peptides comprising a bioluminescent protein and a precursor of a secreted peptide or protein expressed at the cell surface and high throughput screening assays using same. | 10-09-2014 |
Edward L. Altshuler, Erie, CO US
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20130038031 | ICE HOCKEY RUNNER-BLADE ASSEMBLY - A customizable hockey skate includes a removable runner-blade assembly such that a runner-blade assembly having a first stiffness may be readily replaced with a runner-blade assembly having a second stiffness. The runner-blade assembly may be removably attached to first and second cups that are optionally removably attached to the sole of a skate boot. The first and second cups optionally are removably attachable at multiple lateral locations on the sole. Mounting plates to which the first and second cups are mounted may be included to provide damping interfaces between the first and second cups and the boot sole. The first and second cups may be separately removable from the sole such that the first cup may be replaced with a third cup (for example, a cup having a different stiffness than the first cup) without removal of the second cup. | 02-14-2013 |
20140312583 | ICE HOCKEY RUNNER-BLADE ASSEMBLY - A customizable hockey skate includes a removable runner-blade assembly such that a runner-blade assembly having a first stiffness may be readily replaced with a runner-blade assembly having a second stiffness. The runner-blade assembly may be removably attached to first and second cups that are optionally removably attached to the sole of a skate boot. The first and second cups optionally are removably attachable at multiple lateral locations on the sole. Mounting plates to which the first and second cups are mounted may be included to provide damping interfaces between the first and second cups and the boot sole. The first and second cups may be separately removable from the sole such that the first cup may be replaced with a third cup (for example, a cup having a different stiffness than the first cup) without removal of the second cup. | 10-23-2014 |
Edward Lafe Altshuler, Erie, CO US
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20080265120 | Linear translational microscope stand - A microscope stand which can include a base, a driving mechanism, a hollow column, a translational element and a support element is described. The hollow column can have at least one elongated opening that extends between a first end and a second end of the column wherein the column is attached to the base at the first end. The translational element is disposed substantially inside of the hollow column and is adapted to cooperate with the support element via the at least one elongated opening, the support element is moveable by the translational element along the column in a direction between the first end to the second end. | 10-30-2008 |
20100237118 | BICYCLE HYDRATION BOTTLE SYSTEM - A bottle holder for a bicycle including a frame attachable to a seat post assembly is described herein. The seat post assembly possesses a seat post extending at least partially in a vertical direction from the bicycle along a seat post axis such that the seat post axis extending concentrically along the length of the seat post. A first cage and a second cage are attached to the frame wherein each of the cages is adapted to retain a bottle. Each bottle possesses a top end and a bottom end wherein, when retained in either of the cages, the top end of the bottles are above the bottom end of the bottles, respectively, and the top ends of the bottles are closer to the seat post axis than the bottom end of the bottles such that a bottle axis that extends substantially centrically through the top and bottom ends of each bottle is at an angle of least seven degrees relative to the vertical direction. | 09-23-2010 |
Gordon L. Altshuler, Sunfish Lake, MN US
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20130101805 | PATTERNED AIR-LAID NONWOVEN FIBROUS WEBS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - Nonwoven fibrous webs including randomly oriented discrete fibers defining a multiplicity of non-hollow projections extending from a major surface of the nonwoven fibrous web (as considered without the projections), and a plurality of substantially planar land areas formed between each adjoining projection in a plane defined by and substantially parallel with the major surface. In some exemplary embodiments, the randomly oriented discrete fibers include multi-component fibers having at least a first region having a first melting temperature and a second region having a second melting temperature, wherein the first melting temperature is less than the second melting temperature. At least a portion of the oriented discrete fibers are bonded together at a plurality of intersection points with the first region of the multi-component fibers. In certain embodiments, the patterned air-laid nonwoven fibrous webs include particulates. Methods of making and using such patterned air-laid nonwoven fibrous webs are also disclosed. | 04-25-2013 |
Gregory Altshuler, Lincoln, MA US
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20090149844 | Method And Apparatus For Improved Vascular Related Treatment - Methods and apparatus are provided for selectively heating blood vessels in a patients skin to effect a desired dermatological (medical or cosmetic) treatment. For shallow vessels, particularly plexus vessels and superficial vessels/veins, radiation is applied to the vessels involved in the treatment which includes substantial radiation in a blue band of approximately 380-450 nm. The invention also involves maximizing the radiation used for which the safety radio for the area being treated is greater then one and minimizing the radiation used for which the safety ratio is less then one. This generally involves, depending on the blood vessel involved in the treatment and the patient's skin type, using radiation in one or more of a blue, green-yellow and near infrared wavelength band and filtering out radiation at other wavelengths, including radiation between the wavelength bands used. | 06-11-2009 |
20130072803 | SKIN OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION DEVICE - The present invention is generally directed to dermatological devices and methods in which one or more skin characteristics, such as the melanin index, are determined by analyzing radiation backscattered from a skin region illuminated by at least one, and preferably, two or more wavelengths, e.g., in a range of about 600 nm to about 900 nm. In many embodiments, the radiation is coupled to the skin via a waveguide, and an optical sensor is employed to ascertain contact between the waveguide (e.g., a waveguide surface adapted for contact with the skin) and the skin. | 03-21-2013 |
20140276693 | TREATMENT OF TISSUE - A method and apparatus are provided for treating targeted tissue as a function of the force sensed to move through the tissue. The method and apparatus can be used for treating and/or reducing the appearance of undesirable conditions such as cellulite. | 09-18-2014 |
Gregory B. Altshuler, Wilmington, MA US
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20090137995 | System For Electromagnetic Radiation Dermatology And Head For Use Therewith - A system for treating a selected dermatological problem and a head for use with such system are provided. The head may include an optical waveguide having a first end to which EM radiation appropriate for treating the condition is applied. The waveguide also has a skin-contacting second end opposite the first end, a temperature sensor being located within a few millimeters, and preferably within 1 to 2 millimeters, of the second end of the waveguide. A temperature sensor may be similarly located in other skin contacting portions of the head. A mechanism is preferably also provided for removing heat from the waveguide and, for preferred embodiments, the second end of the head which is in contact with the skin has a reflection aperture which is substantially as great as the radiation back-scatter aperture from the patient's skin. Such aperture may be the aperture at the second end of the waveguide or a reflection plate or surface of appropriate size may surround the waveguide or other light path at its second end. The portion of the back-scattered radiation entering the waveguide is substantially internally reflected therein, with a reflector being provided, preferably at the first end of the waveguide, for returning back-scattered light to the patient's skin. The reflector may be angle dependent so as to more strongly reflect back scattered light more perpendicular to the skin surface than back scattered radiation more parallel to the skin surface. Controls are also provided responsive to the temperature sensing for determining temperature at a predetermined depth in the patient's skin, for example at the DE junction, and for utilizing this information to detect good thermal contact between the head and the patient's skin and to otherwise control treatment. The head may also have a mechanism for forming a reflecting chamber under the waveguide and drawing a fold of skin therein, and for providing a second enlarged waveguide to expand the optical aperture of radiation. | 05-28-2009 |
20100145321 | METHODS AND PRODUCTS FOR PRODUCING LATTICES OF EMR-TREATED ISLETS IN TISSUES, AND USES THEREFOR - Methods of treatment of tissue with electromagnetic radiation (EMR) to produce lattices of EMR-treated islets in the tissue are disclosed. Also disclosed are devices and systems for producing lattices of EMR-treated islets in tissue, and cosmetic and medical applications of such devices and systems. | 06-10-2010 |
20130018236 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR A PHOTOCOSMETIC DEVICE - Photocosmetic device for use in medical or non-medical environments (e.g., a home, barbershop, or spa), which can be used for a variety of tissue treatments. Radiation is delivered to the tissue via optical systems designed to pattern the radiation and project the radiation to a particular depth. The device has a variety of cooling systems including phase change cooling solids and liquids to cool treated skin and the radiation sources. Contact sensors and motion sensor may be used to enhance treatment. The device may be modular to facilitate manufacture and replacement of parts. | 01-17-2013 |
20130150730 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR A PHOTOCOSMETIC DEVICE - Photocosmetic device for use in medical or non-medical environments (e.g., a home, barbershop, or spa), which can be used for a variety of tissue treatments. Radiation is delivered to the tissue via optical systems designed to pattern the radiation and project the radiation to a particular depth. The device has a variety of cooling systems including phase change cooling solids and liquids to cool treated skin and the radiation sources. Contact sensors and motion sensor may be used to enhance treatment. The device may be modular to facilitate manufacture and replacement of parts. | 06-13-2013 |
Michael Altshuler, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20140157087 | Bad Column Handling in Flash Memory - In a flash memory, redundant columns are used alternatively as replacement columns for replacing bad columns or to provide additional redundancy for ECC encoding. Locations of bad columns are indicated to a soft-input ECC decoder so that data bits from bad columns are treated as having a lower reliability than data bits from other columns. | 06-05-2014 |
20150370632 | Bad Column Handling in Flash Memory - In a flash memory, redundant columns are used alternatively as replacement columns for replacing bad columns or to provide additional redundancy for ECC encoding. Locations of bad columns are indicated to a soft-input ECC decoder so that data bits from bad columns are treated as having a lower reliability than data bits from other columns. | 12-24-2015 |
Thomas W. Altshuler, North Falmouth, MA US
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20150128842 | VARIABLE BUOYANCY PROFILING FLOAT - In various embodiments a variable buoyancy profiling float is disclosed. The variable buoyancy profiling float may comprise a spherical glass housing comprising a first hemisphere and a second hemisphere. The first and second hemispheres may be coupled by a partial vacuum within the spherical glass housing. A buoyancy system may be located at least partially within the spherical glass housing. The buoyancy system may be configured to provide variable buoyancy control to the variable buoyancy profiling float. A sensor bundle may be mounted to the spherical glass housing and may be configured to measure at least one environmental parameter. | 05-14-2015 |
Yury Altshuler, Needham, MA US
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20130218308 | Batting Simulator System - In response to detecting a user hitting a pitched ball, a batting simulator system is configured to provide data such as batting average, slugging percentage, and exit ball velocity and distance in real-time. Furthermore, the batting simulator system can both display a trajectory of the hit ball in a virtual stadium and provide the results of the ball hit (e.g., groundout, double, home run, etc.) in real-time. The batting simulator system can store and later output these results to the player to allow the player or a coach to identify hitting tendencies and optimize swing mechanics over the course of one hitting session or over an entire season. | 08-22-2013 |