Highsmith
Debby Highsmith, Laguna Niguel, CA US
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20160106498 | METHODS FOR CONTEMPORANEOUS ASSESSMENT OF RENAL DENERVATION - Techniques are disclosed for contemporaneously assessing the success of a renal denervation procedure. One or more characteristics of a patient's heart, such as atrioventricular (AV) interval, PR interval and/or heart rate are monitored during an ablation procedure. A change in the heart characteristic detected during the ablation may indicate successful denervation. Accordingly, successive new locations may be targeted for ablation until a change is detected. | 04-21-2016 |
Debby Esther Highsmith, Laguna Niguel, CA US
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20140350552 | CATHETER WITH MULTIPLE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES FOR USE AT OR NEAR TUBULAR REGIONS OF THE HEART - A catheter with ablation and potential sensing capabilities is adapted for outer circumferential contact with an opening of a tubular region and inner circumferential contact within the tubular region. The catheter has a proximal electrode assembly and a distal electrode assembly for ablation of an ostium and potential sensing inside the pulmonary vein so that it is possible to obtain ECG signals inside a pulmonary vein when ablating around the ostium. The distal electrode assembly has an elongated member defining a longitudinal axis and a plurality of spines surrounding the member and converging at their proximal and distal ends, where each spine has at least one electrode and a curvature so that the spine bows radially outwardly from the member. The proximal electrode assembly has a proximal electrode assembly has an elongated member configured with a generally radial portion and a generally circular portion generally transverse to the catheter axis, where the generally circular portion comprising a plurality of electrodes. The control handle advantageously allows a user to manipulate a tensile member for changing the curvature of the spine. | 11-27-2014 |
20150342675 | CATHETER WITH MULTIPLE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES FOR USE AT OR NEAR TUBULAR REGIONS OF THE HEART - A catheter with ablation and potential sensing capabilities is adapted for outer circumferential contact with an opening of a tubular region and inner circumferential contact within the tubular region. The catheter has a proximal electrode assembly and a distal electrode assembly for ablation of an ostium and potential sensing inside the pulmonary vein so that it is possible to obtain ECG signals inside a pulmonary vein when ablating around the ostium. The distal electrode assembly has an elongated member defining a longitudinal axis and a plurality of spines surrounding the member and converging at their proximal and distal ends, where each spine has at least one electrode and a curvature so that the spine bows radially outwardly from the member. The proximal electrode assembly has a proximal electrode assembly has an elongated member configured with a generally radial portion and a generally circular portion generally transverse to the catheter axis, where the generally circular portion comprising a plurality of electrodes. The control handle advantageously allows a user to manipulate a tensile member for changing the curvature of the spine. | 12-03-2015 |
Gail S. Highsmith, Greenville, SC US
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20130332302 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SOURCING OF STRATEGIC RESOURCES - A computer-based method and system for management of sourcing of strategic resources for commercial entities is described. Internet/intranet-based portals are accessible by an administrator and one or more respondents representing prospective vendors to enable an administrator to create requests for information, proposals and/or quotations (RFx), and for respondents to submit responses to an RFx by answering questions presented in the RFx. The system also generates reports based on criteria established by the administrator and/or the commercial entity for which the RFx has been issued, using data compiled and/or generated from the answers provided by the respondents to the RFx. | 12-12-2013 |
Maxine Highsmith, Raleigh, NC US
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20120191355 | Insect Prediction Techniques for the Forestry Industry - A study of the tip moth-pine tree interaction reveals clues as to the moments when the pine trees are most likely to be damaged by tip moths. From this study, software tools may be extrapolated which help farmers know when to apply pesticides to limit damage to the pine crop and also educational software so student-farmers may know more about the life-cycle of the crop and threats to the crop. While originally focused on the pine tree-tip moth dynamic, the study is readily abstracted for use with other crop-insect dynamics. | 07-26-2012 |
Ronald Highsmith, Chesterfield, VA US
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20080287641 | MICRON-SIZE POLYMER PARTICLES, PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF - A plurality of micron-size solid particles is described herein that includes at least one polyamide compound, wherein the particles comprise a diameter in the range of about 1 micron to about 1000 microns, and wherein at least some of the plurality of particles are substantially transparent. In addition, a plurality of micron-size solid particles is described herein that includes at least one polyamide compound, wherein the particles comprise a diameter of less than about 4 microns. Methods of forming a plurality of micron-size solid particles are also described that include a) introducing at least one amide-based compound having a melting point, at least one suspending agent and at least one surfactant into a reaction vessel to form a reaction mixture; b) applying a thermal energy to the reaction mixture, wherein the thermal energy comprises a temperature that is at or above the melting point of the at least one amide-based compound; c) polymerizing the at least one amide-based compound in the reaction mixture; d) cooling the reaction mixture; and e) rinsing the reaction mixture to retrieve the polymer particles. | 11-20-2008 |
Tenisha Highsmith, Westerville, OH US
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20100176061 | WATER PURIFICATION - The invention provides an efficient method to purify an aqueous solution, typically mine drainage water, especially of anions and cations present in the aqueous solution as dissolved solids, the anions and cations are removed by treatment with a positively charged extractant having at least eight carbon atoms, whereby an unstable emulsion is formed; the unstable emulsion is allowed to break into an extract phase loaded with the anions and cations, and a water phase depleted in anions and cations; a floe inherently forms in the loaded extractant phase and then the loaded extractant phase and floe are separated from the purified water and treated to remove the anions and cations as concentrated useful products; the treated aqueous phase now reduced in anion and/or cation content is also separated from the emulsion as a purified aqueous solution. The extractant phase is preferably recycled. A continuous water purification process is provided. | 07-15-2010 |
20140217024 | WATER PURIFICATION - The invention provides an efficient method to purify an aqueous solution, typically mine drainage water, especially of anions and cations present in the aqueous solution as dissolved solids, the anions and cations are removed by treatment with a positively charged extractant having at least eight carbon atoms, whereby an unstable emulsion is formed; the unstable emulsion is allowed to break into an extract phase loaded with the anions and cations, and a water phase depleted in anions and cations; a floc inherently forms in the loaded extractant phase and then the loaded extractant phase and floc are separated from the purified water and treated to remove the anions and cations as concentrated useful products; the treated aqueous phase now reduced in anion and/or cation content is also separated from the emulsion as a purified aqueous solution. The extractant phase is preferably recycled. A continuous water purification process is provided. | 08-07-2014 |
Tenisha Highsmith, Beavercreek, OH US
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20150298992 | Process Water Treatment Using Liquid-Liquid Extraction Technology - The invention provides an efficient method to treating a nutrient rich process water, such as municipal, agricultural, and/or farm water. The process water is treated by first extracting one or more P- and/or N-based ionic species from the process water with an extractant phase, resulting in an ion-loaded extractant phase; and then stripping one or more ionic species from the ion-loaded extractant phase to obtain a stripped extractant phase and useful concentrated ionic products. The stripped extractant phase is preferably recycled. A continuous flow treatment process is provided. The process is also capable of inactivating pathogens and reducing odors. | 10-22-2015 |
William R. Highsmith, Palm Bay, FL US
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20110142096 | CHIME-IN PROTOCOL FOR CHANNEL ACCESS - A network of stations uses bandwidth assigned to primary users on a secondary user basis. The stations having a status of needing to send information indicate a need for transmission access by transmitting, simultaneously with transmissions indicating a need for transmission access from other stations of the network, an indication of status to a master station. Each station indicating need for transmission access transmits that indication of status on a respectively different frequency. The master station then grants access to the transmission bandwidth to the requesting stations. | 06-16-2011 |
20110310930 | SPECTRAL REUSE TRANSCEIVER-BASED AGGREGATION OF DISJOINT, RELATIVELY NARROW BANDWIDTH (VOICE) CHANNEL SEGMENTS OF RADIO SPECTRUM FOR WIDEBAND RF COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS - A bandwidth usage control methodology uses the clear channel detection and frequency agile functionality of a spectral reuse transceiver to effectively ‘aggregate’ disjoint user channels into an overall bandwidth, the spectral extent of which is at least sufficient to meet a high bandwidth requirement (such as, but not limited to the transmission of data/video), that cannot be realized by a conventional, single channel radio. | 12-22-2011 |
William R. Highsmith, Indiatlantic, FL US
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20090069008 | SITUATIONAL BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION IN SPECTRAL REUSE TRANSCEIVER - A situational or flexible bandwidth management system which enables management applications to control the allocation of bandwidth in a cellular network of spectral reuse transceivers based on network conditions. | 03-12-2009 |
William R. Highsmith, Indialantic, FL US
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20100061299 | DYNAMIC NETWORKING SPECTRUM REUSE TRANSCEIVER - Systems and methods are disclosed for the operation of a network of cognitive radios in a dynamic network topology. The systems and methods make use cross-layer communications to input parameters required by network services into a reasoning engine, which in turns processes the parameter the parameter information and reports linguistic results to the network services. The cross-layer communications are leveraged to shift network service functionality to the MAC or PHY Layers. Route discovery functionality is shifted from routing services down to the MAC or PHY Layers. The route discovery functionality is implemented by a process to elect a relay node based on the number of available channels that each of the source node neighbors has available to communicate with other neighbors. | 03-11-2010 |
20120264471 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING AND USING A RESERVATION MAP - A method of allocation transmission channels of a frequency band to has each of a plurality of remote stations monitor all channels of the frequency band in its area for the presence of transmissions from stations not part of the network. Each remote station transmits its clear channel list to a master station that aggregates the clear channel list into a reservation map, or map of channels that are clear to all stations in the network. The master station then transmits the reservation map to all stations of the network. The individual stations use the channels of the reservation map to transmit information to the master station. Preferably transmission is accomplished using frequency hopping using a set of channels selected from the reservation map. | 10-18-2012 |
William Russell Highsmith, Palm Bay, FL US
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20110181408 | Public Tactical Message System - An emergency message system provides localized tactical emergency messages to the public. | 07-28-2011 |