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Alexander George Haig, Cambridge GB
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20100192693 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY - An acoustic transducer assembly comprises a bipolar transducer ( | 08-05-2010 |
Andrew M Haig, Birmingham, MI US
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20150360651 | INTEGRATION OF A RADAR SENSOR IN A VEHICLE - A washer system includes a washer pump constructed and arranged to pump washer fluid from a reservoir to an outlet of the pump. The pump includes an inlet port extending from a bottom thereof. The pump also includes surface features associated with the bottom thereof. Grommet structure has first and second ends and a fluid passage between the ends. The inlet port is received in the fluid passage. The grommet structure has surface features that mate with the surface features of the pump so as to prevent the pump from rotating with respect to the grommet structure. | 12-17-2015 |
Andrew Malcolm Haig, Birmingham, MI US
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20130146577 | VEHICLE MOUNTED OPTICAL AND SENSOR CLEANING SYSTEM - A sensor or camera assembly for a vehicle comprises a housing that is mountable to a vehicle component. The sensor or camera is located within the housing and has an exterior facing surface. A defrost element is located proximate to the sensor or camera and is electrically connectable to a defrost system. The defrost element is arranged to defrost the surface of the sensor or camera. A nozzle is located proximate to the sensor or camera and is fluidly connectable to a washer system for the vehicle. The nozzle is arranged to direct a fluid from the washer system over the surface of the sensor or camera. Therefore, the camera or sensor cleaning system minimizes any reduction in effectiveness and efficiency of the sensor by use of the clean or defrost feature. Maintaining effectiveness and efficiency of the sensor provides a key improvement in safety for the vehicle. | 06-13-2013 |
20130154411 | ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - An electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) shielding printed circuit board (PCB) has at least a routing layer and a ground layer. The shielding PCB has an opening that receives a motor bushing and at least one opening that receives motor terminals. | 06-20-2013 |
20130177451 | WASHER SYSTEM AND PUMP FOR SAME - A pump for a washer system includes a housing enclosing a motor driven pump and providing first and second outlets. First and second check valves are fluidly connected to and downstream from the first and second outlets. In one example, the first and second check valves are arranged in the housing. The check valves are configured such that one of the check valves is open to provide the fluid through the one of the outlets while the other check valve is closed to block fluid through the other of the outlets. In operation, a pumping element is rotated to pump fluid through an open first check valve, with the second check valve in the closed position. Reversing rotation of the pumping element pumps fluid through an open second check valve with the first check valve in the closed position. | 07-11-2013 |
Christiaan Haig, Richmond GB
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20150352045 | SKIN ENHANCING BEVERAGE COMPOSITION - The invention provides a beverage composition comprising hydrolysed collagen and vitamin C, or a derivative thereof, which is particularly suitable for improving skin hydration and skin condition. Additional active ingredients may include methyl sulphonyl methane, a vitamin selected from the vitamin B complex, L-lysine, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. The beverage composition is such that it promotes higher absorption and bioavailability of skin-nourishing ingredients. The beverage composition can improve the moisture content of the skin and can prevent fine lines and wrinkles. | 12-10-2015 |
Fiona Haig, Leeds GB
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20100298943 | ORTHOPAEDIC JOINT PROSTHESIS IMPLANT KIT - This invention relates to an orthopaedic joint prosthesis implant kit ( | 11-25-2010 |
Fiona M. Haig, Cambridge GB
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20100168522 | SURGICAL ACCESS ASSEMBLY - A surgical access assembly configured and dimensioned for positioning within an intercostal space defined between a patient's adjacent ribs to facilitate passage of a surgical instrument into an internal work site. The surgical access assembly includes a body portion that may be either partially or wholly formed from a resilient material such that the surgical access assembly is resiliently deformable to facilitate conformity with the intercostal space in order to minimize the application of force to the patient's tissue upon insertion and removal of the access assembly and manipulation of the surgical instrument. | 07-01-2010 |
Fiona Middlemiss Haig, Histon GB
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20110201892 | EXPANDABLE THORACIC ACCESS PORT - A surgical access assembly includes a body having first and second body members. Each body member has an opposed side and an outer side. The body members are coupled to one another by a connector and are moveable with respect to one another between an approximated position and a spread position wherein the opposed sides are flexed outwardly and apart from one another to define a passageway therebetween. A flexible membrane is coupled to the first and second body members and extends therefrom such that translating the flexible membrane radially outwardly moves the body members from the approximated position to the spread position. | 08-18-2011 |
Fiona Middlemiss Haig, Cambridge GB
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20110201894 | EXPANDABLE THORACIC ACCESS PORT - A surgical access assembly includes first and second wings disposed in opposed relation relative to one another. Each wing includes a body portion, a distal portion and first and second portions. A side wall section hingedly connects the body portions of the wings to one another at the first portion thereof and at the second portions thereof. Each of the side wall sections is movable with respect to the other side wall sections between a first position and a second position wherein each of the side wall sections is angled with the first and second wings. The first and second wings are moveable between an approximated position corresponding to the first position of the side wall sections and a spaced apart position corresponding to the second position of the side wall sections. | 08-18-2011 |
20110319719 | THORACIC ACCESS PORT - A surgical access assembly having a body including a leading end, a trailing end, and first and second body members extending between the leading and trailing ends. The leading end, trailing end and first and second body members define a passageway therethrough for receipt of surgical instrumentation. First and second flexible wing members extend proximally from the body. A flexible member is attached to the body and extends proximally therefrom. | 12-29-2011 |
Fiona Middlemiss Haig US
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20110301419 | PRESSURE FEEDBACK ACCESS PORTS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY - A surgical access port configured and dimensioned for positioning within an opening in tissue for providing access to an internal surgical site includes a body portion defining a passageway therethrough. The body portion includes an outer surface. A pressure feedback indicator is disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface of the body portion. The pressure feedback indicator is configured for providing a visual indication to a user where an applied pressure is greater than a predetermined threshold. | 12-08-2011 |
Fiona Middlemiss Haig, Boston, MA US
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20120130193 | Two Part Thoracic Port Assembly - A surgical port for use during a thoracic surgery includes a first port element and a second port element. The first port element includes a first sidewall and a first flange that is positioned adjacent a proximal portion of the first sidewall. The first flange extends in a laterally outward direction. The second port element includes a second sidewall and a second flange that is positioned adjacent a distal portion of the second sidewall. The second flange extends in a laterally outward direction. The first port element is configured to securely couple to the second port element and each of the first and second sidewalls defines a passageway to allow a surgical instrument to pass therethrough. | 05-24-2012 |
20120143007 | THORACIC PORT WITH CHANGING ELASTICITY - A surgical access assembly for positioning within an opening in a tissue to provide access to a patient's body for insertion of surgical instrumentation therethrough. The surgical access assembly includes a body portion defining a longitudinal axis and a passageway and having a proximal portion and a distal portion. At least a portion of the distal portion is configured to transition from a more flexible, first configuration for passage into a patient's body and a more rigid, second configuration to securely maintain the distal portion within the patient's body. | 06-07-2012 |
20130150674 | THORACIC SCOPE PORT SPONGE CLEANER - An instrument for cleaning a lens of a scope includes an elongated sheath and a cleaner. The elongated sheath defines a lumen dimensioned and configured to slidably receive the scope therethrough. The cleaner is positioned within the sheath at a distal end portion of the lumen. The cleaner includes a fluid receiving portion configured to clean the lens of the scope in response to translation of the scope therethrough. | 06-13-2013 |
20140235952 | EXPANDABLE THORACIC ACCESS PORT - A surgical access assembly includes a body having first and second body members. Each body member has an opposed side and an outer side. The body members are coupled to one another by a connector and are moveable with respect to one another between an approximated position and a spread position wherein the opposed sides are flexed outwardly and apart from one another to define a passageway therebetween. A flexible membrane is coupled to the first and second body members and extends therefrom such that translating the flexible membrane radially outwardly moves the body members from the approximated position to the spread position. | 08-21-2014 |
George M. Haig, Gurnee, IL US
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20130317054 | NEURONAL NICOTINIC AGONIST AND METHODS OF USE - An embodiment relates to a selective agonist of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7 subtype, a pharmaceutically suitable salt, prodrug, or a metabolite thereof, for the prevention and treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, and methods of use thereof. Another embodiment is a method of administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a selective agonist of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7 subtype, or a pharmaceutically suitable salt, prodrug, or a metabolite thereof, to a mammal in need thereof. | 11-28-2013 |
20130317055 | NEURONAL NICOTINIC AGONIST AND METHODS OF USE - An embodiment relates to a selective agonist of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7 subtype, a pharmaceutically suitable salt, prodrug, or a metabolite thereof, for the prevention and treatment of diseases and conditions that are mediated by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, and methods of use thereof. Another embodiment is a method of administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a selective agonist of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7 subtype, a pharmaceutically suitable salt, prodrug, or a metabolite thereof, to a mammal in need thereof. | 11-28-2013 |
20130317056 | NEURONAL NICOTINIC AGONISTS AND METHODS OF CORRELATING COMT SNPS - This application is directed to a-neuronal nicotinic receptor agonists selective for α7-subtype that are useful for improving cognition impairment in patients having schizophrenia, a schizophreniform disorder or a related schizophrenia spectrum psychotic disorder. Compounds and compositions containing such compounds, and methods of using such compound and compositions are described herein. | 11-28-2013 |
Keith R. Haig, Afton, MN US
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20150019385 | E-COMMERCE PURCHASE PORTAL - In an example, aspects of this disclosure relate to a process for electronic commerce that includes providing, at a website of a manufacturer, an indication of one or more products for sale by the manufacturer, wherein the one or more products are distributed by a distributor that is distinct from the manufacturer. The process also includes receiving an indication of an intent to purchase the one or more products by a customer and an identification number that uniquely identifies the customer, and, in response to receiving the indication of the intent to purchase and the customer identification number, generating order information comprising data identifying the one or more products and data identifying the customer. The process also includes initiating an order with the distributor using the order information without transitioning to a website of the distributor. | 01-15-2015 |
Paul Haig, Carrying Place CA
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20140046656 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INTELLIGIBILITY TESTING AND OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods for automatic user specific, condition specific communication system intelligibility testing and optimization are provided. The intelligibility of speech for a particular user is determined using a test of intelligibility administered by an interactive voice response (IVR) application running on a communication server. The intelligibility test can be run for a particular user under different conditions. For each user and/or set of conditions, a set of speech signal adjustment parameters can be determined. A set of speech signal adjustment parameters that will enhance the intelligibility of a speech signal for a user are applied when that user is involved in a communication session. The particular set of speech signal adjustment parameters selected can depend on the communication equipment and/or environment associated with the communication session. | 02-13-2014 |
20140200884 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS METHODS AND SYSTEMS PROVIDING USER SPECIFIC AUDIO OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods for applying user specific acoustic adjustment parameters are provided. The intelligibility of speech for a particular user is determined and a set of acoustic adjustment parameters is determined. The set or template of acoustic adjustment parameters for the user is placed in central store, for example provided as or in association with a server. The template can be obtained from the server for application in connection with a communication involving the user by providing an identification of the template. | 07-17-2014 |
Paul D. Haig, Milwaukee, WI US
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20100079139 | CIRCUIT AND APPARATUS FOR DECOUPLING RF SURFACE COILS - A decoupling circuit for a radio frequency (RF) surface coil having a plurality of tuning capacitors includes at least two decoupling points and a DC source coupled to the at least two decoupling points. Each decoupling point is associated with one of the plurality of tuning capacitors. Each decoupling point includes a decoupling inductor connected in parallel with a tuning capacitor, a diode connected in series with the decoupling inductor and in parallel with the tuning capacitor, a resistor connected in parallel with the diode and at least one isolating inductor connected between the resistor and the diode to RF isolate the resistor. The value of the resistor in each decoupling point is selected to maintain a high quality factor (Q) of the RF surface coil and to reduce the switching speed of the decoupling circuit. | 04-01-2010 |
Peter Haig, Dunn Loring, VA US
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20150154298 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ARCHIVING AND SEARCHING WEBSITE COLLECTIONS - A system includes components to allow a user to view websites. Collections of websites are stored and accessible by the user. The user views information on websites within a collection. A website is accessed through the collection and loaded into a frame environment. Thus, the user can search through collections of websites as opposed to search engine rankings to find websites of interest. | 06-04-2015 |
Robert Haig, Austin, TX US
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20080272800 | Dynamic dual control on-die termination - Controlling on-die termination on a bi-directional single-ended data bus carrying data between a controller and a memory device. The controller and the memory device respectively include input termination pull-ups and input termination pull-downs. An enabled state is maintained for the input termination pull-downs of the controller except when data is driven on the bi-directional single ended data bus by the controller. Similarly, an enabled state is maintained for the set of input termination pull-downs of the memory device except when data is driven on the bi-directional single ended data bus by the memory device. In conjunction with this, a disabled state is maintained for the input termination pull-ups of the memory device (or controller) except when data is being received from the bi-directional single-ended data bus by the memory device (or controller). | 11-06-2008 |
20130039131 | Systems And Methods Involving Multi-Bank, Dual- Or Multi-Pipe SRAMs - Systems and methods are disclosed for increasing the performance of static random access memory (SRAM). Various systems herein, for example, may include or involve dual- or multi-pipe, multi-bank SRAMs, such as Quad-B2 SRAMs. In one illustrative implementation, there is provided an SRAM memory device including a memory array comprising a plurality of SRAM banks and pairs of separate and distinct pipes associated with each of the SRAM banks, wherein each pair of pipes may provide independent access to its associated SRAM bank. | 02-14-2013 |
20140304463 | Systems and Methods Involving Multi-Bank, Dual- or Multi-Pipe SRAMs - Systems and methods are disclosed for increasing the performance of static random access memory (SRAM). Various systems herein, for example, may include or involve dual- or multi-pipe, multi-bank SRAMs, such as Quad-B2 SRAMs. In one illustrative implementation, there is provided an SRAM memory device including a memory array comprising a plurality of SRAM banks and pairs of separate and distinct pipes associated with each of the SRAM banks, wherein each pair of pipes may provide independent access to its associated SRAM bank. | 10-09-2014 |
20150357027 | Systems and Methods Involving Multi-Bank Memory Circuitry - Multi-bank SRAM devices, systems, methods of operating multi-bank SRAMs, and/or methods of fabricating multi-bank SRAM systems are disclosed. For example, illustrative multi-bank SRAMs and methods may include or involve features for capturing read and write addresses at a particular frequency, splitting and/or combining them via one or more splitting/combining processes, and bussing them to each SRAM bank, where they may be split and/or combined via one or more splitting/combining processes to read and write to a particular bank. Some implementations herein may also involve features for capturing two beats of write data at a particular frequency, splitting and/or combining them via one or more splitting/combining processes, and bussing them to each SRAM bank, where they may be split and/or combined via one or more splitting/combining processes for writing to a particular bank. Reading and writing to banks may occur at less than or equal to half the frequency of capture. | 12-10-2015 |
20150357028 | Systems and Methods Involving Multi-Bank, Dual-Pipe Memory Circuitry - Multi-bank, dual-pipe SRAM systems, methods, processes of operating such SRAMs, and/or methods of fabricating multi-bank, dual-pipe SRAM are disclosed. For example, one illustrative multi-bank, dual-pipe SRAM may comprise features for capturing read and write addresses, splitting and/or combining them via one or more splitting/combining processes, and/or bussing them to the SRAM memory banks, where they may be read and written to a particular bank. Illustrative multi-bank, dual-pipe SRAMs and methods herein may also comprise features for capturing two beats of write data, splitting and/or combining them via one or more splitting/combining processes, and bussing them to each SRAM bank, where they may be split/combined/recombined via one or more processes to write data to particular memory bank(s). | 12-10-2015 |
Robert B. Haig, Austin, TX US
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20090237109 | Efficient method for implementing programmable impedance output drivers and programmable input on die termination on a bi-directional data bus - A combined input and termination circuit comprises a fixed portion of impedance and a programmable portion of impedance. The fixed portion is able to be fixed in a driver mode and a termination mode. The programmable portion is able to be configured to have a desired impedance in a driver mode or a termination mode while maintaining minimum associated capacitance. | 09-24-2009 |
Thomas T. Haig, Novi, MI US
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20080227897 | COATING RESISTANT TO BIO-DIESEL FUELS - One embodiment of the invention includes a product including a coating comprising (a) a primary resin and a blocked isocyanate, and (b) at least one bio-diesel fuel degradation product neutralizing material. | 09-18-2008 |
William Haig, Dunn Loring, VA US
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20150154298 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ARCHIVING AND SEARCHING WEBSITE COLLECTIONS - A system includes components to allow a user to view websites. Collections of websites are stored and accessible by the user. The user views information on websites within a collection. A website is accessed through the collection and loaded into a frame environment. Thus, the user can search through collections of websites as opposed to search engine rankings to find websites of interest. | 06-04-2015 |