Prokop, US
Adrian F. Prokop, Seattle, WA US
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20110264031 | ULTRASOUND THERAPY SYSTEM - In one embodiment of the present invention, a system for treating an occlusion within a patient's vasculature with ultrasonic energy comprises a catheter configured to be passed through the patient's vasculature such that a portion of the catheter is positioned at an intravascular treatment site. The system further comprises an ultrasound radiating member, an ultrasound signal generator configured to supply a drive signal to the ultrasound radiating member, an infusion pump configured to pump a therapeutic compound into the fluid delivery lumen so as to cause the therapeutic compound to be delivered to the treatment site and a controller configured to control the ultrasound signal generator and the infusion pump. | 10-27-2011 |
Ales Prokop, Franklin, TN US
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20110294202 | BIOREACTORS WITH MULTIPLE CHAMBERS - A bioreactor for cultivating living cells in a liquid medium. In one embodiment of the present invention, the bioreactor has a first substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, defining a chamber therebetween for receiving the cells and the liquid medium. The bioreactor further has a barrier dividing the chamber into a first subchamber and a second subchamber, wherein the barrier has a porosity to allow the first subchamber and the second subchamber in fluid communication and allow at least one predetermined type of cells to permeate between the first subchamber and the second subchamber. | 12-01-2011 |
20120003729 | CAPILLARY PERFUSED BIOREACTORS WITH MULTIPLE CHAMBERS - A bioreactor for cultivating living cells in a liquid medium. In one embodiment of the present invention, the bioreactor includes a first substrate having a first surface, an opposite second surface and edges. The bioreactor further includes a second substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, defining a cavity with a bottom surface, where the bottom surface is located therebetween the first surface and the second surface. The first surface of the first substrate is received by the second surface of the second substrate to cover the cavity so as to form a channel for receiving cells and a liquid medium. In forming the bioreactor, the channel is sized to allow the growth of a layer of cells on a biocompatible coating layer and a flow of liquid in the channel. The flow of liquid is controlled so as to provide a known shear force to the layer of cells. The flow of liquid can be further controlled so as to provide an environment that simulates a vascular space in the channel. | 01-05-2012 |
Ales Prokop, Nashville, TN US
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20090215654 | Capillary Perfused Bioreactors with Multiple Chambers - A bioreactor for cultivating living cells in a liquid medium. In one embodiment of the present invention, the bioreactor includes a first substrate having a first surface, an opposite second surface and edges. The bioreactor further includes a second substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, defining a cavity with a bottom surface, where the bottom surface is located therebetween the first surface and the second surface. The first surface of the first substrate is received by the second surface of the second substrate to cover the cavity so as to form a channel for receiving cells and a liquid medium. In forming the bioreactor, the channel is sized to allow the growth of a layer of cells on a biocompatible coating layer and a flow of liquid in the channel. The flow of liquid is controlled so as to provide a known shear force to the layer of cells. The flow of liquid can be further controlled so as to provide an environment that simulates a vascular space in the channel. | 08-27-2009 |
20090305319 | Apparatus and methods for monitoring the status of a metabolically active cell - An apparatus and methods for monitoring the status of a cell that consumes oxygen. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes the steps of confining the cell in a sensing volume, measuring dynamically intracellular or extracellular signaling of the cell, and determining the status of the cell from the measured intracellular or extracellular signaling of the cell. | 12-10-2009 |
20120156763 | Apparatus and Methods for Using Biological Material to Discriminate an Agent - An apparatus and methods for using biological material to discriminate an agent. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes the steps of providing at least one cell, exposing at least one cell to an agent, measuring the response of the cell to the agent in terms of a physical quantity related to at least one of the cellular physiological activities of the cell, and identifying the agent from the measured response. The method further includes the step of quantifying the agent from the measured response. | 06-21-2012 |
Alexander Prokop, Reno, NV US
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20090054005 | System for providing intermittent communication without compromising a sterile field - A system for providing intermittent communication while preserving a sterile area is provided. Sterility is preserved because the user can switch between transmitting and receiving mode without needing to touch a physical button, switch, or dial. The system is particularly valuable to doctors or dentists performing procedures. The system includes a two-way communication device coupled with a sensor, the sensor being capable of detecting the presence of an object, generally the user's hand or an instrumentality of the user, located closer than a predetermined distance from the sensor in a predetermined direction relative to the sensor. Upon such detection, the communication device is switched from receiving to tranmitting mode and remains in transmitting mode until a predetermined amount of time has elapsed since the object has ceased to be located within the predetermined distance in the predetermined direction of the sensor. | 02-26-2009 |
Andrew J. Prokop, St. Paul, MN US
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20130128878 | METHOD TO PROCESS A CALL REQUEST - Establishing a communication session in a packet-based network. A communication session request is received from an originating device. The communication session request includes a destination address. A communication session is established with the originating device. The communication session includes a communication session identifier. Based on the destination address, a first media path is set up between the originating device and a first destination device, the first media path not including a communication session controller. The first media path between the originating device and the first destination device is taken down while maintaining the communication session with the originating device. After taking down the first media path, a second media path in the communication session is set up using the communication session identifier. The second media path extends between the originating device and a second destination device, the second media path not including the communication session controller. | 05-23-2013 |
20140321455 | METHOD TO PROCESS A CALL REQUEST - Establishing a communication session in a packet-based network. A communication session request is received from an originating device. The communication session request includes a destination address. A communication session is established with the originating device. The communication session includes a communication session identifier. Based on the destination address, a first media path is set up between the originating device and a first destination device, the first media path not including a communication session controller. The first media path between the originating device and the first destination device is taken down while maintaining the communication session with the originating device. After taking down the first media path, a second media path in the communication session is set up using the communication session identifier. The second media path extends between the originating device and a second destination device, the second media path not including the communication session controller. | 10-30-2014 |
Andrew T. Prokop, Sugar Land, TX US
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20140269187 | WIRELESS SEISMIC SYSTEM WITH PHASED ANTENNA ARRAY - Systems and methods for utilization of a smart antenna in facilitating wireless communication between adjacent seismic data acquisition modules. The smart antenna may target an adjacent module with a radiation pattern directed toward the adjacent module. As such, the modules may employ space division multiplexing techniques to avoid interference between modules in the array. The modules may scan throughout a continuum of positions to locate adjacent modules. Once located, a spatial signal signature may be identified for the adjacent module and beamforming vectors may be calculated for targeting the radiation pattern toward the located module. | 09-18-2014 |
Dan Prokop, Kingwood, TX US
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20110100839 | Generation of Chemical Reagents for Various Process Functions Utilizing an Agitated Liquid and Electrically Conductive Environment and an Electro Chemical Cell - The disclosure teaches an apparatus for circulating electrically conductive solutions between electro-chemical cells. The apparatus is able to decrease the size or surface area of the cells and operate the electro-chemical at reduced amperage. Movement of the solution over the plates also facilitates reduced build up of scale on the plates. The flow rate or treatment dwell time can be controlled. | 05-05-2011 |
20130001172 | PROCESS FOR TREATING WASTE WATER UTILIZING AN AGITATED LIQUID AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND ELECTRO CHEMICAL CELL - A method and apparatus for treating waste water utilizing two energized agitated electrochemical reaction reactor units (each utilizing approximately 10 amps per gallon) with a reaction time of approximately 5 minutes wherein the first reaction vessel has a pH below 7 and a second reaction vessel has a pH of above the pH of the first reaction vessel and the effluent flows from a first agitated electrochemical reaction vessel to a degassing tank and then flows to a second agitated electrochemical reaction vessel and then to a flocculation tank. | 01-03-2013 |
David Prokop, Sammamish, WA US
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20080301879 | Gardening Apparatus - A gardening apparatus for manipulating soil and/or cutting plants is disclosed, which comprises an implement being made of at least one rigid material, such as steel or plastic, at least one copper rich material coving at least one working surface area of the implement, and a plurality of metal metal alloy buttons containing desired metal elements being fixed on the implement, wherein during an intended use of the gardening apparatus abrasions between the gardening apparatus and the soil and/or plants cause particles of both the at least one copper rich material and plurality of metal metal alloy buttons to be removed therefrom. | 12-11-2008 |
20140306010 | UNIQUELY IDENTIFIABLE DRUG DOSAGE FORM UNITS - The present invention provides products, systems, and methods for the unique identification of individual drug dosage form units. The invention includes: random integrated optical identification marking of an individual drug unit; a lack of direct surface-to-surface contact between a marking instrument and the drug unit, i.e., deposition of a mark; drug unit image data based on the identification mark; a secondary product identifier associated with the individual drug unit; and comparing the marked drug unit to drug unit image data. | 10-16-2014 |
20150102099 | UNIQUELY IDENTIFIABLE DRUG DOSAGE FORM UNITS - The present invention provides products, systems, and methods for the unique identification of individual drug dosage form units. The invention includes: random integrated optical identification marking of an individual drug unit; a lack of direct surface-to-surface contact between a marking instrument and the drug unit, i.e., deposition of a mark; drug unit image data based on the identification mark; a secondary product identifier associated with the individual drug unit; and comparing the marked drug unit to drug unit image data. | 04-16-2015 |
David M. Prokop US
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20140263461 | MOTORIZED AERATOR POURER - A motorized aerator pourer for mixing oxygen with certain liquids such as wine, spirits, water and preventing dripping of the liquid after being poured from a container. The motorized aerator pourer includes a pouring spout assembly being removably engaged to a container for pouring liquid from a container. The assembly includes a motorized aerating component being attached to the pouring spout assembly for mechanically aerating the liquid as it is being poured from a container. | 09-18-2014 |
David M. Prokop, Sammamish, WA US
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20140263461 | MOTORIZED AERATOR POURER - A motorized aerator pourer for mixing oxygen with certain liquids such as wine, spirits, water and preventing dripping of the liquid after being poured from a container. The motorized aerator pourer includes a pouring spout assembly being removably engaged to a container for pouring liquid from a container. The assembly includes a motorized aerating component being attached to the pouring spout assembly for mechanically aerating the liquid as it is being poured from a container. | 09-18-2014 |
Gary F. Prokop, Wheaton, IL US
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20100280488 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING FLUID AND MATERIAL TO A SUBJECT - The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site. | 11-04-2010 |
20100287723 | Roller Surface Insert and Container Incorporating Same - A removable roller surface insert for use with a container of rollable liquid. The insert may, in one embodiment, include a roller surface having an upper edge, and an upper contact portion attached to the roller surface at or near the upper edge. The upper contact portion may be configured to contact an inner sidewall surface of the container at or near the upper rim. All, or substantially all, of the insert may be, when the insert is in a use position, located within a first half of the container, the first half defined by a vertical plane passing through a centerline of the container. | 11-18-2010 |
20120131732 | Ear Protection Device - An apparatus comprising a first curved band portion and a second curved band portion. The first curved band portion has a first end, a second end, an inner curved side and an outer curved side. The first curved band portion defines a passageway between the first end and the second end of the first curved band portion. The passageway has a first opening. The second curved band portion has a first end, a second end, an inner curved side and an outer curved side. A motion-restraint portion is proximate to the first end of the second curved band portion. The first end of the second curved band portion is insertable into the first opening of the passageway of the first curved band portion. The first curved band portion has a range of motion within the passageway of the second curved band portion. | 05-31-2012 |
Harald Prokop, Cambridge, MA US
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20140263608 | POINT-OF-SALE TOKEN SCANNER AND RELATED METHODS - A scanning device provides illumination with a stand-by color in a stand-by mode and a user color upon approval of payment transactions. | 09-18-2014 |
Howard Prokop, Feasterville, PA US
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20140364619 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF (METH)ACRYLIC ESTERS AND DERIVATIVES - Transesterification processes for producing a compound of formula (I) | 12-11-2014 |
Howard W. Prokop, Chadds Ford, PA US
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20100121086 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALKANOLAMIDE - The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of alkanolamide containing compositions, and more particularly to a process of reacting a fatty acid and diethanolamine (DEA) which result in the formation of low levels of undesirable by products, particularly of bis-hydroxyethyl piperazine (BHEP). | 05-13-2010 |
Jane Prokop, Jersey City, NJ US
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20130091032 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROSS SELLING OF GOODS AND SERVICES AMONG NON-AFFILIATED RETAIL MERCHANTS - Methods and systems are provided that encourage and provide informational and transactional support and infrastructure for cross-selling of products and services among otherwise unaffiliated merchants by formation of networks (e.g., social networks) of local merchants with knowledge of each others' products and services. | 04-11-2013 |
Libor Prokop US
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20150340980 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF A ROTOR OF A POLYPHASE ELECTRIC MOTOR - A device for determining a rotor position in a polyphase electric motor having a first phase, a second phase and a third phase. A power control unit applies a first voltage on the first phase, and a second voltage on the second phase, the first voltage and the second voltage being periodic signals of opposite polarity, alternating between a first part and a second part of the alternating period, such as square waves. A sample unit samples a third voltage on the third phase for acquiring a first sample at a first instant in the first part and a second sample at a second instant in the second part, and a difference value between the first sample and the second sample. The difference value represents a mutual inductance between the stator coils due to the rotor position. A determination unit determines the rotor position based on the difference value. | 11-26-2015 |
Marigale A. Prokop, White Bear Lake, MN US
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20110062039 | Cord Management System for Appliances - A caddy that holds styling appliances in an attractive, organized, and ready-to-use mode for daily grooming, thereby eliminating clutter. The caddy can include a hinged front access panel forming a door that includes an opening for a hair dryer and its associated electrical cord. The door provides access to the interior of the housing to allow routing of the various electrical cords through an opening in the rear of the housing, as well as to allow quick stowage of the electrical cords when grooming has been completed. The caddy can also include a pair of openings disposed on the top panel that provide a holder and cord storage port for a curling or flat hair dressing iron. | 03-17-2011 |
Norman F. Prokop, South Euclid, OH US
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20120256648 | Method and Apparatus for In-Situ Health monitoring of Solar Cells in Space - Embodiments of the present invention describe an apparatus including an oscillator, a ramp generator, and an inverter. The oscillator is configured to generate a waveform comprising a low time and a high time. The inverter is configured to receive the waveform generated by the oscillator, and invert the waveform. The ramp generator is configured to increase a gate control voltage of a transistor connected to a solar cell, and rapidly decrease the gate control voltage of the transistor. During the low time, a measurement of a current and a voltage of the solar cell is performed. During the high time, a measurement of a current of a shorted cell and a voltage reference is performed. | 10-11-2012 |
Tomasz Prokop, Pleasanton, CA US
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20130230092 | SPARSE AND RECONFIGURABLE FLOATING TAP FEED FORWARD EQUALIZATION - In described embodiments, a Floating Tap, Feed Forward Equalizer (FT-FFE) achieves performance comparable to a full size, long FFE when equalizing wire line channels in, for example, SerDes receivers. A FT-FFE might be employed as a standalone datapath equalizer, or might be employed in conjunction with other equalization techniques. | 09-05-2013 |
20130243066 | DECISION FEEDFORWARD EQUALIZATION - In described embodiments, a Decision Feed Forward Equalizer (DFFE) comprises a hybrid architecture combining features of a Feed Forward Equalizer (FFE) and a Decision Feedback Equalizer (DFE). An exemplary DFFE offers relatively improved noise and crosstalk immunity than an FFE implementation alone, and relatively lower burst error propagation than a DFE implementation alone. The exemplary DFFE is a relatively simple implementation due few or no critical feedback paths, as compared to a DFE implementation alone. The exemplary DFFE allows for a parallel implementation of its DFE elements without an exponential increase in the hardware for higher numbers of taps. The exemplary DFFE allows for cascading, allowing for progressive improvement in BER, at relatively low implementation cost as a solution to achieve multi-tap DFE performance. | 09-19-2013 |
20140146867 | Receiver with Parallel Decision Feedback Equalizers - Described embodiments apply equalization to an input signal to a receiver such as a serial-deserializer. The receiver has an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), an M-way parallelizer, N serial buffers, N prefix buffers, and N decision feedback equalizers (DFEs), where M and N are greater than one. The ADC digitizes the input signal to form digitized symbols. The parallelizer assembles the digitized symbols into parallel sets of M digitized symbols. Each serial buffer has slots of M locations per slot and stores one set of M digitized symbols in one of the slots. The DFEs are responsive to common tap weight coefficients and produce parallel sets of M recovered data bits. Each DFE is first trained using sets of past digitized symbols loaded into a corresponding one of the prefix buffers and then processes digitized symbols stored in a corresponding one of the serial buffers. | 05-29-2014 |
20140192935 | RECEIVER WITH DUAL CLOCK RECOVERY CIRCUITS - A receiver derives the desired data sampling clock phase by averaging the phase information of transitions before and after a data eye. The average of the phase information reduces data clock phase error due to variations in the phases of transitions in received data signals depending on the polarity and positions of the transitions. | 07-10-2014 |
20150195108 | RECEIVER WITH PIPELINED TAP COEFFICIENTS AND SHIFT CONTROL - A serializer-deserializer using series-coupled signal processing blocks to process digitized input symbols, each block having a coefficient input. Each of plurality of series-coupled coefficient delay elements has a control input and a coefficient output coupling to the coefficient inputs of a corresponding one of the signal processing modules, is controlled by a shift register having an input and a plurality of outputs, each one of the plurality of outputs coupled to the control input of a corresponding one of the coefficient delay elements. An adaptation unit has a flag output coupled to the input of the shift register, and a first coefficient output coupled to the input of a first one of the coefficient delay elements. The adaptation unit generates a flag when the adaptation unit generates a coefficient, and the coefficient is entered into the first one of the coefficient delay elements when the shift register receives the flag. | 07-09-2015 |
20150207648 | Modular Low Power Serializer-Deserializer - Modular, low power serializer-deserializer receivers and methods for configuring such receivers are disclosed. The disclosed receivers are configured to sample input signals at the front-end utilizing a plurality of track-and-hold circuits time-interleaved based on a plurality of phase-shifted clock signals. The disclosed receivers are also modular and various processing components, including analog front-end and equalizers, are selectively utilized based on the determined length of the communication channel, ranging from ultra short reach applications to very short reach, medium reach, long reach and extra long reach applications. | 07-23-2015 |
Tomasz Prokop, San Jose, CA US
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20110110399 | BUFFER-BASED GENERATION OF OVSF CODE SEQUENCES - In one embodiment, a buffer-based method for generating codes (such as Orthogonal Variable Spreading Factor (OVSF) codes) for spreading and despreading data, without using a chip-rate counter. First, a buffer is populated with initial values based on a received spreading factor and desired code index. Next, a timing strobe is received, and the values in the buffer are changed upon receipt of the timing strobe based on an algorithm that is independent of any count value associated with the timing strobe. Finally, a code sequence value is generated based on the values in the buffer. | 05-12-2011 |
20140233668 | Code Forwarding and Clock Generation for Transmitter Repeaters - A repeater includes a clock-and-data recovery element and a phase interpolator to extract an embedded clock frequency from a data stream. The phase interpolator determine a frequency offset and sends such offset as phase interpolator codes to a filter and scaler. The filtered, scaled phase interpolator codes are used to produce a reference clock frequency for retransmission. | 08-21-2014 |