Bledsoe, US
Benjamin E. Bledsoe, Missoula, MT US
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20130226607 | AUTOMATED HEALTH CARE DELIVERY VERIFICATION - A health service system is described herein that uses commonly available modern mobile computing devices to enhance the delivery and verification of health care services. Information automatically collected from mobile devices can corroborate a timesheet, mileage log, or other information submitted by caregivers. The system provides a comprehensive suite of verification technologies. For example, the system may capture photographic evidence of the visit (e.g., a picture of the patient, caregiver, or both together), GPS location and time information, biometric information (e.g., a fingerprint, retina scan, or other biometric signature from the patient and/or caregiver), and so forth. Thus, the health service system improves the delivery of and payment for health care services by helping each party to collect and provide the information associated with verification in a less obtrusive and more automated manner. | 08-29-2013 |
Brad J. Bledsoe, Euless, TX US
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20100142532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING PACKET TRAFFIC - A system and method are disclosed for routing packet traffic. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Provider Edge (PE) router having a routing element that routes packet traffic between a plurality of autonomous systems according to one or more Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) tables each having a plurality of Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) Autonomous System (AS) numbers. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 06-10-2010 |
Brett O. Bledsoe, Cedar Hill, TX US
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20090043234 | WALKING BOOT FOR DIABETIC AND OTHER PATIENTS - An orthopedic walking boot promotes rapid healing of diabetic foot ulcerations by lowering the maximum peak pressure imposed upon the foot. The walker has a hard unyielding shell which is designed for walking. The shell closely and rigidly supports a mid-sole in a foot-shaped bed. The mid-sole has a foot-shaped cavity with rounded sides adapted to form resilient support for the heel, arch and sides of a foot in addition to the bottom of a foot. A conformable inner-sole is adapted to fit over the foot-shaped cavity in the mid-sole and be compressed in response to foot pressure between the sides and bottom of the foot and the sides and bottom of the foot-shaped cavity in the mid-sole thereby compensating for small differences between the shape of the foot and the shape of the cavity. Weight applied to the foot is transferred to the walking shell by contact between the sides of the foot, arch, and heel and the arch, heel and sides of the foot-shaped cavity as well as the bottom of the cavity thereby decreasing the peak or maximum unit pressure on the plantar surface of the foot. A breathable bootie which wraps the foot and lower leg in a protective “cocoon” is preferably secured to the upper surface of the insole thereby preventing foreign materials from entering the foot cavity. | 02-12-2009 |
Brett Owen Bledsoe, Cedar Hill, TX US
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20120271211 | ORTHOPEDIC KNEE BRACE WITH DYNAMICALLY CHANGING MEDIAL AND LATERAL HINGES - An orthopedic knee brace includes an upper medial upright; a lower medial upright; an upper lateral upright; a lower lateral upright; a medial hinge connected rotatably to the upper and lower medial uprights; a lateral hinge connected rotatably to the upper and lower lateral uprights; and wherein one of the medial and lateral hinges is configured such that its respective uprights rotate from a flexion to an extended relative positioning while striking a radially-decreasing arc, while the other of the medial and lateral hinges is configured such that its respective uprights rotate from a flexion to an extended relative positioning while striking a radially-increasing arc. | 10-25-2012 |
Charles Dean Bledsoe, Oak Hills, CA US
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20140283470 | PREFABRICATED WALLS FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING APPLICATIONS - An assembly of prefabricated wall and junction units that can be assembled to provide utilities such as water, power, communications and sewer to a plurality of different living spaces. The prefabricated units are uniform and can be assembled together in a rapid fashion to facilitate building of a temporary or permanent living space. | 09-25-2014 |
Chris Bledsoe, Anderson, IN US
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20150207389 | B+ MOUNTED INTEGRATED ACTIVE RECTIFIER ELECTRONICS - A method of cooling electronics of an alternator includes mounting the electronics onto an electrically conductive chassis, and electrically connecting the chassis to positive DC output voltage (B+) of the alternator, whereby the chassis is electrically insulated from ground potential and conductively isolated from heat of the housing. An alternator includes a housing at ground potential, a chassis at B+ potential, and electronics mounted to the chassis, where the chassis is electrically insulated and conductively isolated from the housing. An electric machine includes a B+ chassis having an electronics mounting surface, having a convection surface, and defining an electrical bus for conducting a B+ potential. A chassis assembly has an insulator secured between a frame at ground potential and the B+ chassis. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208528 | COOLING AIR ROUTING DEVICE FOR ELECTRONICS HEAT REMOVAL - An alternator includes a housing body, and an electronics chassis electrically in common with output voltage (B+) of the alternator, conductively isolated from heat of the housing body, and having cooling fins. An air router intermediate the housing body and the chassis directs cooling air from air intake openings to the cooling fins. An electric machine includes a housing with air intake openings, an electronics chassis having rectifier electronics mounted thereon and having axially-extending cooling fins, and an air router secured intermediate the housing body and the electronics chassis, for routing the cooling air from the air intake openings directly to the cooling fins. An alternator includes a housing, an electronics chassis electrically in common with (B+), air intake openings, and an air router secured intermediate the housing body and the electronics chassis, the air router structured for routing air from the air intake openings directly to the electronics chassis. | 07-23-2015 |
20150256040 | ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING ELECTRICAL BUSS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - An electric machine including a stator, a rotor surrounded by and rotatable relative to the stator, a supply terminal assembly, and an electronic module electrically connected to the stator. The electronic module includes a terminal having at least one bonding region. An electrical buss is attached to the supply terminal assembly, and includes a first and second conductor portions each having a connection region joined to a bonding region of the terminal of the electronic module. The terminal of the electronic module is electrically connected to the supply terminal assembly by the first and second conductor portions. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing such an electric machine. | 09-10-2015 |
20150295478 | MACHINE AND ACCESSORY - An electric machine having a stator and a rotor operably coupled therewith. An accessory is coupled with the electric machine and an electrical device is mounted in a housing. The housing may advantageously include a polymeric shell that is overmolded on a conductive element providing communication between the electrical device and an external circuit. In some embodiments, a printed circuit board is mounted within the housing and thermally coupled with a metallic base member. In other embodiments, a second printed circuit board is provided with the first printed circuit board having a substrate with a greater thermal conductivity than the substrate of the second printed circuit board. The first printed circuit board may include a MOSFET rectifier and may take the form of a ceramic printed circuit board with the second board being an FR-4 board. The electric machine may be advantageously employed as an alternator for a vehicle. | 10-15-2015 |
Christopher Bledsoe, Anderson, IN US
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20140339964 | ALTERNATOR FAN - An alternator fan includes a base member having a central hub, an outer peripheral edge, and a web that extends between the central hub and the outer peripheral edge, and a plurality of openings extending through web. A plurality of fan blade elements is arranged in corresponding ones of each of the plurality of openings. | 11-20-2014 |
20150069884 | COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electric machine component includes a rotor assembly having at least one claw pole member having a number of pole members, an outer fan member support surface, and a central hub projecting from the outer fan member support surface. The central hub includes an anti-rotation member and a substantially planar bearing surface. | 03-12-2015 |
20150207287 | TWISTED EN-PLATED TERMINAL FOR HIGH CURRENT MOSFET TERMINATIONS - A method includes resistance brazing using high-phosphorous electroless nickel (EN) plating both as a resistance path and as a flux. A method for fixing an electrical terminal to a pair of copper conductor bus strips includes the steps of plating the electrical terminal with high-phosphorous EN, placing the EN-plated terminal between the bus strips, and resistance brazing the terminal to the bus strips using the EN plating both as a resistance path and as a flux. A method of providing a high current electrical connection includes the steps of extending a terminal from a bottom surface of an electrical module, plating the terminal extension with high-phosphorous EN, placing a bus conductor into abutment with the plated terminal extension, and resistance brazing the bus conductor to the plated terminal extension using the high-phosphorous electroless nickel as a resistance path. | 07-23-2015 |
20150295480 | ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH COMBINED INSULATOR AND TERMINAL ASSEMBLY - An electronics package for an alternator includes an electrically conductive carrier member and a terminal assembly engaging the carrier member. The carrier member includes an inner side, an outer side, and at least one passage extending from the inner side to the outer side. A plurality of switches are connected to the carrier member. The terminal assembly includes an electrically insulative portion and a plurality of electrical traces extending through the electrically insulative portion. The electrically insulative portion includes a post extending through the at least one passage of the carrier member, a first shoulder engaging the outer side of the carrier member, and a second shoulder engaging the inner side of the carrier member. The post, the first shoulder, and second shoulder are all formed as a unitary component. | 10-15-2015 |
Christopher A. Bledsoe, Anderson, IN US
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20140141300 | CLOSE-COUPLED DRY BATTERY SYSTEM FOR HYBRID AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES - A battery pack apparatus comprising a first cell bank and a laminated cooling plate. The first cell bank includes a first tray and at least one battery cell coupled to the tray. The laminated cooling plate being in contact with the first cell bank and including a plurality of face sheets and a plurality of internal sheets. The face sheets forming a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The plurality of internal sheets forming a plurality of fluid passages connecting the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. The internal sheets further formed to include fluid pathways defining the fluid passages wherein none of the fluid pathways individually defining an uninterrupted flow path. | 05-22-2014 |
Christopher Lee Bledsoe, Alexandria, VA US
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20150134752 | AUTOMATICALLY TRANSITIONING A USER FROM A CALL TO ACTION TO AN ENROLLMENT INTERFACE - Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for automatically transitioning a user from a call to action (CTA) to an enrollment interface. An embodiment operates by receiving a request from a user's device to display web content. The requested web content is displayed along with a CTA. When the CTA is selected by the user, an e-mail client associated with the user's device automatically opens, generates an electronic message based on the selected CTA, and populates a recipient address and a code associated with the CTA within the electronic message. Upon its receipt, the electronic message is processed by enrolling the user in a campaign associated with the CTA based on the code and the user's e-mail address. An electronic message is generated and sent to the user's e-mail address that contains a first hyperlink to the campaign associated with the CTA and a second hyperlink to an associated privacy policy. | 05-14-2015 |
David L. Bledsoe, Phoenix, AZ US
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20130089608 | Sustained Release Pharmaceutical Compositions for Highly Water Soluble Drugs - The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions for controlled release of pharmaceutically active agents, especially those with a high water solubility, high dose, and/or short half-life. In addition, the present application provides methods for preparing and using such pharmaceutical compositions. | 04-11-2013 |
Derek Lee Bledsoe, Woodinville, WA US
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20150036047 | ORIENTATION CONTROL OF AN IMAGE SENSOR OF A PORTABLE DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA - A camera accessory includes one or more kinematic sensor(s), such as accelerometer(s) and/or angular rate sensor(s), an actuator, and a coupling mechanism to adjust the orientation of a horizontal image plane of an image sensor of a digital video camera independent of the orientation of the camera housing of the digital video camera. | 02-05-2015 |
Gary Bledsoe, Grand Prairie, TX US
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20120233736 | LEG PROTECTOR FOR SPORTS ACTIVITIES - An embodiment of a leg protector of the present disclosure includes an upper thigh pad that is structurally attached to an upper bracing shell including lateral and medial uprights. The upper shell and thigh pad can be held to the player via a strap and/or garment. The uprights extend to uni- or polycentric hinges arranged on, and in one embodiment biased against, either side of the player's knee. A connecting member extends in a frontward direction from each hinge and attaches to a patella pad held in place over the player's knee. The patella pad may additionally be connected to the thigh pad via one or more connecting strip. Each hinge is also connected to a lower bracing shell, which includes lateral and medial uprights that extend down and around the player's lower leg, anteriorly or posteriorly. The lower shell can also be fitted via a strap or garment. | 09-20-2012 |
Gary R. Bledsoe, Mansfield, TX US
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20090043234 | WALKING BOOT FOR DIABETIC AND OTHER PATIENTS - An orthopedic walking boot promotes rapid healing of diabetic foot ulcerations by lowering the maximum peak pressure imposed upon the foot. The walker has a hard unyielding shell which is designed for walking. The shell closely and rigidly supports a mid-sole in a foot-shaped bed. The mid-sole has a foot-shaped cavity with rounded sides adapted to form resilient support for the heel, arch and sides of a foot in addition to the bottom of a foot. A conformable inner-sole is adapted to fit over the foot-shaped cavity in the mid-sole and be compressed in response to foot pressure between the sides and bottom of the foot and the sides and bottom of the foot-shaped cavity in the mid-sole thereby compensating for small differences between the shape of the foot and the shape of the cavity. Weight applied to the foot is transferred to the walking shell by contact between the sides of the foot, arch, and heel and the arch, heel and sides of the foot-shaped cavity as well as the bottom of the cavity thereby decreasing the peak or maximum unit pressure on the plantar surface of the foot. A breathable bootie which wraps the foot and lower leg in a protective “cocoon” is preferably secured to the upper surface of the insole thereby preventing foreign materials from entering the foot cavity. | 02-12-2009 |
20110077567 | ADJUSTABLE ORTHOPEDIC BACK BRACE - An adjustable orthopedic back brace includes: a first side panel having a distal end and a proximal end; a second side panel having a distal end and a proximal end; a rotating gear in geared communication with a first rack gear, the first rack gear connected to the proximal end of the first side panel, the rotating gear in geared communication with a second rack gear, the second rack gear connected to the proximal end of the second side panel; a mechanical advantage member rotatable with and providing mechanical advantage for the rotating gear; and an actuator connected operably to the mechanical advantage member for turning the member and the rotating gear to cause a translational movement of (i) the first rack gear and the first side panel and (ii) the second rack gear and the second side panel. | 03-31-2011 |
20120143111 | ADJUSTABLE PAD AND ORTHOPEDIC KNEE BRACE INCLUDING SAME - An orthopedic apparatus includes an orthopedic knee brace including at least one hinge, an adjustable pad removably attachable to the hinge, the adjustable pad including a top plate, a base plate, an adjuster located between the top plate and the base plate, at least one ramp including a plurality of ramp angles, the ramp inclined so that at least two of the ramp angles are spaced differently from a foot of the ramp, and at least one spoke positioned and arranged to selectively engage one of the ramp angles of the at least one ramp to set an overall height of the pad, and wherein the adjustable pad is installable on the brace hinge for adjusting the side force applied to the user's knee to help relieve the pain of medial or lateral unicompartmental osteoarthritis while providing additional stability for ligament or cartilage insufficiencies. | 06-07-2012 |
20120158103 | COLD THERAPY APPARATUS USING HEAT EXCHANGER - A cold therapy system includes a cooling bath; a therapy pad; a heat exchanger; a first pathway fluidly connecting the cooling bath to the heat exchanger; a second pathway fluidly connecting the heat exchanger to an inlet of the therapy pad; a third pathway fluidly connecting an outlet of the therapy pad to the heat exchanger; and a fourth pathway fluidly connecting an outlet of the heat exchanger to the cooling bath. | 06-21-2012 |
20140074198 | COLD THERAPY APPARATUS HAVING HEAT EXCHANGING THERAPY PAD - A cold therapy system includes (i) a cooling bath structured to chill and hold chilled water; (ii) a pump positioned and arranged to pump the chilled water; (iii) a to-pad line positioned and arranged to hold chilled water pumped by the pump from the cooling bath; (iv) a from-pad line positioned and arranged to hold water returning to the cooling bath; and (v) a therapy pad in fluid communication with the to- and from-pad lines, the therapy pad including a patient-contacting chamber that is in heat exchange communication with a chilled-water chamber residing outside of the patient-contacting chamber when the therapy pad is donned. | 03-13-2014 |
George Bledsoe, Hot Springs, AR US
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20100307396 | METHOD OF TIMBERLAND MANAGEMENT - A method of managing timberland generally includes planting within a plot a first genetic tree crop of a first tree species that is selected for at least a first tree trait in a substantially linear pattern defining a first plurality of adjacent substantially linear beds at a first crop spacing and at a first row spacing between adjacent substantially linear beds. The method further includes interplanting a second genetic tree crop of the first tree species that is selected for at least a second tree trait in the first plurality of adjacent substantially linear beds at a second crop spacing that is shorter than the first crop spacing, such that adjacent substantially linear beds include trees of the first and second genetic tree crops. | 12-09-2010 |
James Bledsoe, Corvallis, OR US
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20120300006 | HANDHELD MOBILE PRINTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF REAL-TIME IN-LINE TAGGING OF PRINT SURFACES - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method that includes moving a handheld device over a print medium, depositing a tagging substance with the handheld device in a tagging pattern on the print medium, further moving the handheld device over the print medium such that at least one sensor of the handheld device senses at least part of the tagging pattern, and determining at least one of a position and/or a velocity of the handheld device based upon the sensing at least part of the tagging pattern. The tagging pattern is configured to provide absolute position information. | 11-29-2012 |
James D. Bledsoe, Albany, OR US
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20080215286 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A DEVICE - An apparatus and method are disclosed for use in a device, such as a handheld printer or scanner, having functionality that requires information of its position relative to an origin and initial orientation. The module includes two sensors to generate movement data indicative of movement direction and orientation changes of the device. The location and orientation of the device relative to the origin and initial orientation is derived based on the movement data. A handheld printer or scanner implementing the device may thus be moved in different directions across a media to print or scan images, text, or other objects. | 09-04-2008 |
20110007331 | HANDHELD PRINTER - A handheld printer that provides an appropriate application of ink to a print medium without a bulky and complex mechanical system for positioning a print head with respect to the print medium. A handheld printer according to the present teachings includes a navigation subsystem that tracks a motion of the handheld printer with respect to a printing surface and a print head controller that causes a print head to fire ink drops onto the printing surface in response to the motion and in response to an image contained in an image buffer. | 01-13-2011 |
20110205561 | HANDHELD PRINTER - A handheld printer that provides an appropriate application of ink to a print medium without a bulky and complex mechanical system for positioning a print head with respect to the print medium. A handheld printer according to the present teachings includes a navigation subsystem that tracks a motion of the handheld printer with respect to a printing surface and a print head controller that causes a print head to fire ink drops onto the printing surface in response to the motion and in response to an image contained in an image buffer. | 08-25-2011 |
20120136620 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A DEVICE - An apparatus and method are disclosed for use in a device, such as a handheld printer or scanner, having functionality that requires information of its position relative to an origin and initial orientation. The module includes two sensors to generate movement data indicative of movement direction and orientation changes of the device. The location and orientation of the device relative to the origin and initial orientation is derived based on the movement data. A handheld printer or scanner implementing the device may thus be moved in different directions across a media to print or scan images, text, or other objects. | 05-31-2012 |
20130182276 | PRINTER WITH SELECTABLE CAPABILITIES - A system comprising a processor and a memory comprising firmware is provided. The firmware is executable by the processor to cause the processor to operate a print mechanism in accordance with a first state associated with a capability of the print mechanism, change the first state associated with the capability to a second state in response to receiving first information from an external interface, and operate the print mechanism in accordance with the second state associated with the capability. | 07-18-2013 |
J. Daren Bledsoe, Albany, OR US
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20090273817 | Two-Dimensional CMOS Sensor Array to Image Documents and Other Flat Objects - A flatbed scanner includes a housing, a transparent platen atop the housing for receiving an object to be scanned, and a carriage operable to travel along a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The carriage includes a light source for illuminating the object and a rectangular photodetector array for simultaneously detecting light intensity of multiple scan lines. | 11-05-2009 |
20150012675 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFACING A HOST DEVICE TO A PERIPHERAL DEVICE IN ORDER TO INCREASE CONSUMPTION OF CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS BY THE PERIPHERAL DEVICE - Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method comprising providing an apparatus, wherein the apparatus is configured to be coupled to (i) a peripheral device and (ii) a host device. The apparatus includes memory configured to store logic, wherein the logic is configured to (i) allow the host device and the peripheral device to communicate with each other and (ii) operate the peripheral device. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to execute the logic. The method further comprises bundling the apparatus with a consumable product for sale with the consumable product, wherein the consumable product is configured to be consumed by the peripheral device. | 01-08-2015 |
J. Daren Bledsoe, Corvallis, OR US
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20140078086 | AUGMENTED TOUCH CONTROL FOR HAND-HELD DEVICES - In various embodiments, the present disclosure describes hand-held devices with one or more touch-sensitive areas. The hand-held devices include a housing occupying each of a first plane, a second plane, and a third plane. A first exterior surface of the housing occupies the first plane and includes a first touch-sensitive area responsive to user touch. A second exterior surface of the housing occupies the second plane and includes a second touch-sensitive area responsive to user touch. A third exterior surface of the housing occupies the third plane and includes a display screen. A user interface module causes display of a user interface on the display screen and interprets at least one of (i) user touch of the first touch-sensitive area as a command to interact with the user interface or (ii) user touch of the second touch-sensitive area as a command to interact with the user interface. | 03-20-2014 |
John Gary Bledsoe, St Louis, MO US
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20100241120 | INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING LONG BONE - The present invention describes a intramedullary nail that is useful in the repair of long bone fractures, wherein the nail has a flexible state, which allows for the insertion of the nail through any number of incisions that may be off center of the intramedullary canal, and a rigid state, which allows the nail to provide adequate support to mend the long bone. Several embodiments of an intramedullary nail are described, including a nail comprising a shape memory nickel-titanium alloy, which has an austenite start temperature of about 15° C. and an austenite finish temperature of about 35° C., and a nail comprising loosely fitting multiple links that can be tightened to provide rigidity when properly set in the intramedullary canal. | 09-23-2010 |
20110277890 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PHASE TRANSFORMATION TEMPERATURE IN METAL ALLOY OF A DEVICE - An efficient method to reduce product wastes due to inaccurate transformation temperatures for shape memory products and parts, which provides a useful method for optimizing shape memory alloys phase transformation temperatures and mechanical properties by using heat treatment procedures below 250 degrees C. for extended dwell times. | 11-17-2011 |
Michael Bledsoe, San Diego, CA US
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20150366983 | MODIFIED CANINE LEPTIN POLYPEPTIDES - Modified canine leptin polypeptides and formulations and uses thereof, are provided including polyethylene glycol (PEG) modified canine leptin polypeptides, wherein the PEG moiety is covalently attached to a para-acetyl-phenylalanine (pAF) residue of the polypeptide, and related compositions and methods useful in treating companion animal obesity and other leptin-related disorders. | 12-24-2015 |