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Matthew F. Bleckman, Lenexa, KS US
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20080201074 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND SHARING NAVIGATION ROUTES WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A device which converts geographic coordinates such as track logs to navigational routes matched to known road networks includes a GPS receiver; a display; and a processing system. The GPS receiver determines a series of geographic coordinates corresponding to points along a path traveled by a user of the device. The processing system accesses the series of geographic coordinates; compares them to a database of known paths to find a match; and displays at least a portion of the matching path along with navigational information which permits the user to generally follow the series of geographic coordinates while traveling on the path. | 08-21-2008 |
Matthew F. Denio, Clarkston, MI US
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20140067128 | HAPTIC TEACH PENDANT - An apparatus for providing haptic feedback to a teach pendant including a teach pendant having a housing and a processor disposed therein. The processor is in signal communication with a robot controller and is configured to monitor and control a robot. At least one haptic device is disposed on the teach pendant. The haptic device is in signal communication with the processor and configured for providing haptic feedback through the teach pendant to a user upon the occurrence of a haptic event. | 03-06-2014 |
Matthew F. Dicorleto, Boulder, CO US
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20120201421 | System and Method for Automatic Registration Between an Image and a Subject - A patient defines a patient space in which an instrument can be tracked and navigated. An image space is defined by image data that can be registered to the patient space. A tracking device can be connected to a member in a known manner that includes imageable portions that generate image points in the image data. Selected image slices or portions can be used to register reconstructed image data to the patient space. | 08-09-2012 |
20130261609 | Navigated Instrument With a Stabilizer - A stabilizer for use with a trackable surgical instrument can include a first member, a second member and a retaining member. The first member can have a first annular body portion and a first pair of legs extending therefrom. The first annular body portion can include a plurality of locating slots for engaging a selectively positionable portion of a surgical instrument. The second member can have a second annular body portion and a second pair of legs extending therefrom. The second annular body can engage a drive device of the surgical instrument. The first pair of legs can be telescopically coupled with and adjustable relative to the second pair of legs such that the first member can be axially adjustable relative to the second member. The retaining member can cooperate with at least one leg to retain the first member adjustably coupled to the second member. | 10-03-2013 |
Matthew F. Foriska, Girard, PA US
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20090081908 | Connector With Redundant Terminal Locking - A connector is disclosed. The connector includes a connector housing having a terminal channel and a terminal positioned within the terminal channel. The connector includes a primary locking mechanism including a locking beam configured to engage a first terminal locking surface and a secondary locking mechanism including a locking hinge having a locking foot configured to engage a second terminal locking surface. The locking hinge is configured to pivot from a staging position to permit passage of the terminal into the connector through the terminal channel to an operative position to retain the terminal within the terminal channel and establish a position of maximum rearward travel of the terminal within the terminal channel. | 03-26-2009 |
Matthew F. Gornet, Ladue, MO US
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20100280619 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIZING, INSERTING AND SECURING AN IMPLANT IN INTERVERTEBRAL SPACE - A prosthetic spinal implant having a securing member for fixing the implant relative to an adjacent bone. In one form, the securing member is deployable into a portion of the vertebral space for affixing the implant between the vertebrae. The securing member may be disposed substantially within the body of a bearing member of the implant when the securing member is in an undeployed orientation. In other forms, the securing member is provided separately from the implant such that it may be inserted into the intervertebral space after the implant has been placed in an implanted orientation between the vertebrae. In such forms, the securing member is configured for ease of insertion between an outer bearing surface of the implant and an adjacent bone via linear or rotary motion. | 11-04-2010 |
Matthew F. Hanfelt, Marquette, MI US
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20110202096 | Spinal Rod and Screw Securing Apparatus and Method - A minimally invasive and open surgery surgical system for implanting spinal screw assemblies to be connected by a spinal rod is disclosed. In one form, the system includes an improved tool device for inserting a cap insert into an initial and final locking of a screw assembly and securing a spinal rod inserted through an incision to a vertebra. In another form, the system also includes a screw fixation system that allows greater variability in thread diameter for orthopedic implant for in the spine, iliac crest, or bones. | 08-18-2011 |
Matthew F. Himelstein, Soda Springs, CA US
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20150265931 | FANTASY SPORT LINEUP BUILDER - Disclosed is a method for creating a fantasy sport team. The method may include receiving a user input for a fantasy sport contest that is associated with one or more real-life sporting events that are scheduled to occur, in which a plurality of athletes are scheduled to play in first and second player positions, and displaying athletes that are scheduled to play in the first player position in the scheduled sporting events based on the selected contest. The method may include receiving a user input selecting a first athlete, and upon the receiving the user input selecting the first athlete, automatically displaying a plurality of selectable second athletes that are scheduled to play in the second player position in the scheduled sporting events. The method may include receiving a user input selecting a second athlete, and displaying a fantasy user team that includes the selected first and second athletes. | 09-24-2015 |
Matthew F. Hockin, Salt Lake City, UT US
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20090298103 | Predicting hemostatic risk; dependence on plasma composition - Featured are methods for assessing hemostatic risk including the risk for ACS. Such methods include acquiring blood/plasma composition based on a biological sample obtained from a subject, determining parameters associated with blood clotting, simulating in silico blood clotting using the determined parameters and comparing the results of such simulation to a reference and to determine the hemostatic risk from said comparing. In further embodiments, such methods further include selecting a treatment regime or protocol based on the results of such comparing. In yet further embodiments, such methods further include assessing the efficacy of medicants, drugs and the like of a given treatment protocol such as by simulating in silico the application of such medicants, drugs and the like. | 12-03-2009 |
Matthew F. Hogge, New Bedford, MA US
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20090221386 | GOLF BALL WITH INTERMEDIATE LAYER CONTAINING AN EXPANDABLE POLYMER - A multilayer golf ball with at least one layer made from an expandable polymeric composition is disclosed. In accordance to one aspect of the invention, the expandable polymeric composition comprises a film-forming binder polymer latex, a dispersing agent, a plurality of polyspheres encapsulating expandable volatile substance, and at least one additive. The additive can be a defoaming agent, a solvent, a thickener, a plasticizer, or any combination thereof. The at least one layer may also comprise a thermally expandable microsphere encapsulating foaming agent. | 09-03-2009 |
20100292031 | GOLF BALL WITH INTERMEDIATE LAYER CONTAINING AN EXPANDABLE POLYMER - A multilayer golf ball with at least one layer made from an expandable polymeric composition is disclosed comprising a thermally expandable microsphere encapsulating foaming agent wherein the expandable polymeric composition expands from 5% to 200% of its pre-expand thickness when the expandable polymeric composition is exposed to a triggering environmental factor. | 11-18-2010 |
Matthew F. Hogge, Fairhaven, MA US
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20110207557 | POLYUREA COATINGS FOR GOLF EQUIPMENT - A polyurea-based curable coating for use with sports equipment, such as golf balls, golf shoes, golf clubs, footballs, billiard balls, baseballs, and the like, of which the coating may be cured over time, with heat, or a combination thereof, providing enhanced adhesion to equipment surfaces, improved abrasion resistance, and increased water resistance. | 08-25-2011 |
Matthew F. Jones, Ft. Worth, TX US
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20140052135 | Limited-Use Tool System And Method Of Reprocessing - A system of limited-use, battery-operated orthopedic power tools, having data collection modules for recording performance characteristics and data analysis modules with algorithms for performing analysis of performance characteristics and providing recommendations for preventative maintenance and repairs. | 02-20-2014 |
Matthew F. Kalady, Cleveland Heights, OH US
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20120184454 | GENE SIGNATURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY STAGE RECTAL CANCER RECURRENCE - Applicants have identified a 36-gene signature that is associated with recurrence of stage I and II rectal cancers not treated with chemotherapy or radiation. This signature can be used to identify early stage rectal cancer patients that may need additional therapy beyond surgery to treat their cancer as well as identify patients that will not benefit from therapy other than surgery. | 07-19-2012 |
20130345077 | DIAGNOSIS OF LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT IN RECTAL CANCER - A method of determining the risk that a subject that has been diagnosed with rectal cancer has stage III rectal cancer is described. The method includes determining the expression levels of a plurality of differentially expressed genes in a rectal cancer sample from the subject, comparing the expression levels of the plurality of genes with the corresponding controls, and characterizing the subject as having an increased risk of having stage III rectal cancer if the expression levels of the genes are increased or decreased compared to the corresponding control values. The inventor has determined which genes are expressed at higher or lower levels by a subject who has stage III rectal cancer. Microarrays and kits for staging subjects are also provided. | 12-26-2013 |
Matthew F. Krietemeyer, Akron, OH US
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20130118669 | Reinforced Radial Tire - A tire includes a pair of bead portions, with each bead portion having a bead core and a bead filler portion. A belt is disposed below a circumferential tread, in the tread portion of the tire. A carcass ply has a main portion extending between the pair of beads and a pair of turn-up portions that wrap around the beads and terminate below the belt, in the tread portion of the tire. The tire further includes a pair of nylon reinforcements, wherein each nylon reinforcement is disposed axially between a respective bead filler portion and a main portion of the carcass ply. Additionally, each nylon reinforcement has a top end disposed above a top end of the respective bead filler portion. Each nylon reinforcement further has a bottom end disposed below the top end of the respective bead filler portion and above a respective bead core. | 05-16-2013 |
Matthew F. Ryavec, Lexington, KY US
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20120221933 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO BUILD INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTS - In one embodiment, during a design mode an editing interface is provided, the interface including a plurality of cells arranged in a layout. An instruction is received to cause binding of a widget to a first cell, and data is received at the first cell. During a production mode, a view of the document is displayed. The first cell is updated to reference changed data when it is detected that data within the widget is changed via user input at the widget. The widget is updated to reference changed data when it is detected that data within the first cell has changed for a reason other than user input at the widget. | 08-30-2012 |
20120278691 | BUILDING INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTS UTILIZING ROLES AND STATES - In one embodiment, a page of an interactive document and a user interface to enable building of the page are displayed. A designation of an end user role applicable to the document and a designation of a state for the page are received via the interface. A designation of a property is received via the interface, the property to be applied to a component of the page when the page is accessed, in the state, by an end user indentified with the role. | 11-01-2012 |
Matthew F. Shinopulos, Burlington, MA US
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20090312692 | SHEAR STRESS ULTRASONIC HORN FOR ULTRASONIC SURGICAL ASPIRATION - An ultrasonic horn for use with an ultrasonic surgical hand piece including a resonator comprises a contacting annulus having a plurality of angled lands. The lands are alternated around the annulus such that adjacent lands have opposite angles. As a result of the adjacent angled lands, a shear stress field is developed in contacted tissue due to the promotion of refracted longitudinal ultrasonic waves propagating in different directions at the interface to the coupled tissue. The shear stress field enhances the fragmentation and removal rate of fibrous, elastic, and tenacious tissue. The horn is hollow permitting suction to be applied to the tissue for controlling tissue contact with the lands. | 12-17-2009 |
20120089053 | METHOD OF APPLYING SHEAR STRESS - An ultrasonic horn for use with an ultrasonic surgical hand piece including a resonator comprises a contacting annulus having a plurality of angled lands. The lands are alternated around the annulus such that adjacent lands have opposite angles. As a result of the adjacent angled lands, a shear stress field is developed in contacted tissue due to the promotion of refracted longitudinal ultrasonic waves propagating in different directions at the interface to the coupled tissue. The shear stress field enhances the fragmentation and removal rate of fibrous, elastic, and tenacious tissue. The horn is hollow permitting suction to be applied to the tissue for controlling tissue contact with the lands. | 04-12-2012 |
20130345734 | METHOD OF CREATING A SHEAR STRESS FIELD WITH MEDICAL DEVICE - An ultrasonic horn for use with an ultrasonic surgical hand piece including a resonator comprises a contacting annulus having a plurality of angled lands. The lands are alternated around the annulus such that adjacent lands have opposite angles. As a result of the adjacent angled lands, a shear stress field is developed in contacted tissue due to the promotion of refracted longitudinal ultrasonic waves propagating in different directions at the interface to the coupled tissue. The shear stress field enhances the fragmentation and removal rate of fibrous, elastic, and tenacious tissue. The horn is hollow permitting suction to be applied to the tissue for controlling tissue contact with the lands. | 12-26-2013 |
Matthew F. Smiechowski, Westerville, OH US
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20130309746 | BIODEGRADABLE IMMOBILIZED ENZYMES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - The present application discloses immobilized enzymes and immobilized enzyme materials comprising a crosslinked enzyme having a support material which includes a biomass material different than the biomass used to initially derive the enzyme. Optionally, the immobilized enzyme further includes a polymeric material and/or the biomass which was used to initially derive the enzyme. The resulting immobilized enzyme materials may be biodegradable. The present application also discloses methods of making and using the disclosed immobilized enzyme materials. | 11-21-2013 |
20130316431 | IMMOBILIZED ORGANOPHOSPHATE-DEGRADING ENZYMES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - The present application discloses immobilized enzymes and immobilized enzyme materials comprising a crosslinked organophosphate-degrading enzyme having a support material which includes a biomass material and/or a polymeric material. The resulting immobilized enzyme materials may be biodegradable. The present application also discloses methods of making and using the disclosed immobilized organophosphate hydrolase enzyme and enzyme materials. | 11-28-2013 |
Matthew F. Teleen, Arlington, MA US
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20150201866 | ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURING DEVICE - A measuring device with a measuring tape and a one-piece handle. The handle includes a main body with a fixed reference, an anchor portion with a movable reference and a resilient element. The measuring tape is secured to the anchor portion. The resilient element allows the anchor portion to move with respect to the main body when the measuring tape is under the tension. The resilient element is configured so that the movable reference comes into alignment with the fixed reference when the measuring tape is under proper tension. The fixed reference may also provide a reference from which to take measurements. The resilient element may include a pair of nonlinear segments that straighten under tension. The main body may include a pair of fixed references disposed on opposite sides of the measuring tape, and the anchor portion may include a pair of corresponding movable references. | 07-23-2015 |
Matthew F. Viehe, Sheridan, IN US
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20160136669 | LID-PUMP ASSEMBLY - The present invention involves a combination bucket lid and pump apparatus for pumping fluids out of a bucket having an open end, the pump mounted on the bucket lid, and the bucket lid extending over the open end of the bucket and having a circumferential clamp for clamping onto the bucket exterior and sealing the open end. | 05-19-2016 |
Matthew F. Zibell, Boston, MA US
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20160048775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH PATRONS - The present invention relates to a system and method for interacting with patrons of a service provider. In particular, the present invention relates to a system and method for identifying, tracking, and assigning seating to walk-in patrons of an establishment without previously receiving information from the patron. Specifically, the system and method identifies, tracks, and assigns seating to the walk-in patrons without previously making a reservation or providing their name to be placed on a waitlist for the service provider. The walk-in patrons can enter the establishment, have the establishment be automatically alerted as to who the patron is, and be instantly enabled to assign a seating or table location for that patron in a manner that multiple devices associated with the establishment are provided with the patron information and their seating or table location. | 02-18-2016 |
Matthew F. Zurbey, Cottage Grove, MN US
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20080293615 | Dimensionally Stable Solid Rinse Aid - The present invention is a solid rinse aid composition and methods of making and using the same. The solid rinse aid composition generally includes sodium sulfate and urea as solidification agents and an effective amount of an alcohol ethoxylate compound sheeting agent component and an effective amount of defoamer component. The solid rinse aid composition may also incorporate a preservative system including sodium bisulfate. The solid rinse aid composition may be phosphate-free, aminocarboxylate-free, and GRAS if desired. | 11-27-2008 |
20090203569 | DIMENSIONALLY STABLE SOLID RINSE AID - The present invention is a solid rinse aid composition and methods of making and using the same. The solid rinse aid composition generally includes sodium sulfate and urea as solidification agents and an effective amount of an alcohol ethoxylate compound sheeting agent component and an effective amount of defoamer component. The solid rinse aid composition may also incorporate a preservative system including sodium bisulfate. The solid rinse aid composition may be phosphate-free, aminocarboxylate-free, and GRAS if desired. | 08-13-2009 |
20120231992 | DIMENSIONALLY STABLE SOLID RINSE AID - The present invention is a solid rinse aid composition and methods of making and using the same. The solid rinse aid composition generally includes sodium sulfate and urea as solidification agents and an effective amount of an alcohol ethoxylate compound sheeting agent component and an effective amount of defoamer component. The solid rinse aid composition may also incorporate a preservative system including sodium bisulfate. The solid rinse aid composition may be phosphate-free, aminocarboxylate-free, and GRAS if desired. | 09-13-2012 |