Bolduc
Bertrand Bolduc, Longueuil CA
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20080318910 | Controlled-Release Oral Dosage Form - A controlled-release oral dosage form suitable for administration to a mammal. The dosage form comprises a drug and an organic acid or a salt thereof. The dosage form releases no more than 60% the total amount of the drug within about a first hour, the remaining amount of the drug being released over a period of time of about 5 to about 8 hours subsequent to the first hour. Such a dosage form can be particularly useful for delivery of various pH-dependent solubility drugs. | 12-25-2008 |
Bertrand Bolduc, St-Hyacinthe CA
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20130123741 | FLEXIBLE STERILE BAG CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AND DILUANT SEPARATELY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - The present document describes a formulation for the preparation of an injectable composition comprising at least one pH regulator, and pharmaceutical ingredients, to prepare an injectable composition at a predetermined pH value; Also described are containers for combined storage and administration of powdered or liquid formulations and diluents. | 05-16-2013 |
Eric Bolduc, Quebec CA
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20100207741 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH THE INSPECTION OF LIQUID MERCHANDISE - A method for facilitating the inspection of liquid merchandise is provided. A machine readable tag is generated and is associated with liquid merchandise purchased at a duty free point of sale or other secure sales or distribution location, the machine readable tag conveying identification information related to the liquid merchandise. At a security check-point, the identification information is extracted from the machine readable tag and is used in conjunction with an X-ray image of the liquid merchandise to determine if the liquid merchandise is consistent with the identification information. A system and an apparatus for implementing the method presented are also provided. | 08-19-2010 |
Isabelle Bolduc, Chambly CA
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20080261807 | Polysaccharide-Inorganic Composite Particles as Performance Additives for Superabsorbent Polymers - The present invention relates to discrete particulate composite additives for superabsorbent polymers and includes a method of making same. The discrete particulate composite additives generally comprise a polysaccharide and an inert inorganic component. Advantageously, these discrete particulate composite additives functionally improve superabsorbent performance. They are suitable for a number of applications, including the use and manufacture of hygiene products. | 10-23-2008 |
20120142525 | POLYSACCHARIDE-INORGANIC COMPOSITE PARTICLES AS PERFORMANCE ADDITIVES FOR SUPER-ABSORBENT POLYMERS - The present invention relates to discrete particulate composite additives for superabsorbent polymers and includes a method of making same. The discrete particulate composite additives generally comprise a polysaccharide and an inert inorganic component. Advantageously, these discrete particulate composite additives functionally improve superabsorbent performance. They are suitable for a number of applications, including the use and manufacture of hygiene products. | 06-07-2012 |
20120202236 | COMPOSITE ANIMAL LITTER MATERIAL AND METHODS - A composite litter material for detecting a disease, such as urinary tract disease, when contacted by feline urine includes an absorptive polymer material forming a solid matrix, exfoliated clay embedded and dispersed within the solid matrix, a chromogenic indicator provided within the solid matrix, and an oxidizing agent distributed and stabilized within the solid matrix to be responsive to peroxidase activity in the urine to activate the chromogenic indicator. A method for detecting or diagnosing a feline disease includes contacting urine with the material and detecting a color change. A method of manufacturing the composite material includes preparing a mixture comprising the absorptive polymer and water and distributing the exfoliated clay, chromogenic indicator and oxidizing agent within the mixture, preferably by extrusion and addition of the components at particular points in processing the polymer mixture. | 08-09-2012 |
20130296548 | SUPERABSORBENT SURFACE-TREATED CARBOXYLATED POLYSACCHARIDES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Surface-treated carboxyalkylated polysaccharides comprising a biobased content of at least 82% are described herein. The surface-treated carboxyalkylated polysaccharides comprise a CRC of at least 18 g/g, a FSC of at least 26 g/g, and an AUL at 0.7 psi of at least 14 g/g. Processes for the manufacture of surface-treated carboxyalkylated polysaccharides are also described herein. | 11-07-2013 |
Isabelle Bolduc, Quebec CA
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20150233899 | Chromogenic Absorbent Material for Animal Litter and Related Chromogenic Solution - A chromogenic absorbent material and related chromogenic solution, use, process and application for an animal litter. The chromogenic absorbent material includes an absorptive material for absorbing an animal excretion; an oxidizing agent responsive to peroxidatic/pseudoperoxidatic activity in the animal excretion to provide oxidizing activity; and an inclusion complex including a host compound and a guest compound, the guest compound being a chromogenic indicator associated with the host compound and being chromogenically responsive to the oxidizing activity of the oxidizing agent. The chromogenic absorbent material may be prepared from the chromogenic solution including the oxidizing agent and the inclusion complex. The chromogenic absorbent material may be used as particles combined with animal litter for detection of peroxidatic/pseudoperoxidatic activity in the animal excretion. The chromogenic material or solution may include a buffering agent, a colour enhancer, a stabilizer or a metal-scavenger agent or a combination thereof. | 08-20-2015 |
Isabelle Bolduc, Sherbrooke CA
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20140235387 | ACTIVE TENSIONING DEVICE - An active tensioning device for a looped cord of a window covering system. The active tensioning device comprises a body having a channel configured to receive a section of the looped cord therein. The channel has a first wall allowing the section of the looped cord to slide thereon and a second wall having at least one cord engaging member engageable with the section of the looped cord. The active tensioning device is pivotable about the looped cord between an inoperative configuration where the looped cord contacts the second wall of the channel and an operative configuration where the looped cord contacts the first wall of the channel. The active tensioning device is balanced to be urged towards the inoperative configuration by gravity. | 08-21-2014 |
Laval Bolduc, Longueuil CA
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20100218012 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A WIRELESS SECURITY SERVICE AND/OR A WIRELESS TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICE FOR PERSONAL COMPUTERS - Methods and systems for providing a wireless security service and/or a wireless technical support service for a personal computer. The personal computer comprises a control unit for processing information conveyed by signals transmitted over a wireless network and received by a wireless interface of the personal computer. By processing this information, the control unit may: send at least one command for execution by a power management controller of the personal computer such that, upon executing the at least one command, the power management controller changes a power state of the personal computer (e.g., powers off the personal computer and prevents the personal computer from being powered on, or powers on the personal computer); cause booting software to become corrupted; cause various technical support operations (diagnostics and/or maintenance operations) to be performed on the personal computer; and/or cause the wireless interface to transmit over the wireless network information regarding a boot sequence of the personal computer. | 08-26-2010 |
Martin Bolduc, Quebec CA
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20140166882 | UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETER DETECTOR AND ARRAY FOR TERAHERTZ DETECTION - An uncooled microbolometer detector that includes a substrate, a platform held above the substrate by a support structure, at least one thermistor provided on the platform, and an optical absorber. The optical absorber includes at least one electrically conductive layer extending on the platform over and in thermal contact with the at least one thermistor and patterned to form a resonant structure defining an absorption spectrum of the uncooled microbolometer detector. The optical absorber is exposed to electromagnetic radiation and absorbs the electromagnetic radiation according to the absorption spectrum. A microbolometer array including a plurality of uncooled microbolometer detectors arranged in a two-dimensional array is also provided. Advantageously, these embodiments allow extending the absorption spectrum of conventional infrared uncooled microbolometer detectors to the terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum. | 06-19-2014 |
Michel Bolduc, Levis CA
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20160086449 | BLACKJACK GAME WITH PROGRESSIVE SIDE WAGER - Systems and methods of presenting a game and a progressive jackpot. At least one deck of playing cards are provided at a gaming device equipped with the progressive controller. A progressive wager is accepted from a player qualifying the player to participate in a progressive. A base game of blackjack is presented including dealing cards to form a player hand and a house hand. The outcome of the first blackjack game is determined and winnings are paid or bets are collected according to blackjack rules. It is also determined if the first dealt player card of the player hand has a rank of two. When the first dealt player card has the rank of two, a number of consecutive two-ranked cards in the player hand is determined. The number of consecutive two-ranked cards is compared to a pay table defining a progressive jackpot award for the consecutive two-ranked cards. | 03-24-2016 |
Olivier Bolduc, Deux-Montagnes CA
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20110310383 | HIGH RESOLUTION SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE INSTRUMENT USING A DOVE PRISM - A surface plasmon resonance instrument and measuring method, in which a lens collimates light into a light beam, a prism propagates the collimated light beam at a single propagation angle and with internal reflection on a face of the prism, and an analyzer processes the collimated light beam from the prism. The face of the prism is configured to receive a surface plasmon resonance sensor and at least the first lens and the prism are aligned on a single optical axis. | 12-22-2011 |
Olivier Bolduc, Laval CA
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20120329986 | HETEROPEPTIDES USEFUL FOR REDUCING NONSPECIFIC ADSORPTION - Reagents, kits, uses and methods useful for example fo decreasing nonspecific adsorption of biomolecules at the surface of a solid support are disclosed. Such reagents and methods, which are based on short heteropeptides, may be used to decrease nonspecific adsorption in for example biosensing applications. | 12-27-2012 |
Rene Bolduc, Sainte-Clotilde-De-Beauce CA
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20100293855 | GATE SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC LOCKING AND UNLOCKING FEATURE - A controlled gate system is comprised of a barrier arm which is pivotally connected to a first fixed support. A motion detector is secured to a second fixed support spaced a predetermined distance from the first fixed support and in alignment therewith to create a restricted passageway with the barrier arm normally resting in an obstructing position within the passageway. The barrier arm is arrested at the obstructing position by a solenoid actuated latch which is disengaged by the motion detector. The arc of displacement of the barrier arm is also restricted to permit passage through the passageway in a single direction. Under certain conditions a controller will permit the barrier arm to be disengaged to permit passage in the passageway in opposed directions. The motion detector of the preferred embodiment is constituted by a further barrier arm. | 11-25-2010 |
20130199094 | CONTROLLED GATE SYSTEM WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCKING MECHANISM - A controlled gate system for use in a restricted passage having an entry end and an exit end is described. The system comprises a barrier gate secured to a pivotal support assembly at the exit end to permit the barrier gate to pivot from a closed position, obstructing the restricted passage, to an open position, outwardly of the restricted passage to permit entry into an establishment. An electrically actuable brake, arrests the gate at the closed position and it is deactivated by a detector activated by a person at the entry end. An electromagnetic arresting mechanism is provided to disconnect the barrier gate from the electrically actuable brake to permit the barrier gate to swing freely within and out of the passage to provide for evacuation in emergency situations. | 08-08-2013 |
René Bolduc, Sainte-Clotilde-De-Beauce CA
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20130199094 | CONTROLLED GATE SYSTEM WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCKING MECHANISM - A controlled gate system for use in a restricted passage having an entry end and an exit end is described. The system comprises a barrier gate secured to a pivotal support assembly at the exit end to permit the barrier gate to pivot from a closed position, obstructing the restricted passage, to an open position, outwardly of the restricted passage to permit entry into an establishment. An electrically actuable brake, arrests the gate at the closed position and it is deactivated by a detector activated by a person at the entry end. An electromagnetic arresting mechanism is provided to disconnect the barrier gate from the electrically actuable brake to permit the barrier gate to swing freely within and out of the passage to provide for evacuation in emergency situations. | 08-08-2013 |
Robert Bolduc, Senneville CA
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20120133727 | SCREEN SHARING AND VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A screen sharing and video conferencing method and system comprising a presenter device, one or more attendee devices and a streaming server for receiving and rebroadcasting video and audio streams from the presenter and the attendee devices. The presenter device and the attendee devices each comprise a browser-based video and audio streaming components configured to transmit camera video and microphone audio to the streaming server and playback video and audio streams from the streaming server. The presenter device further comprises an installed screen capture and system audio capture component configured to compress and transmit video data from a desktop and/or video source of the presenter device and to transmit system audio to the streaming server. The attendee devices further receive video and audio streams from the streaming server of camera, microphone, system audio and screen capture sources. | 05-31-2012 |
Sebastien Bolduc, Longueull CA
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20130028775 | APEX SEAL ARRANGEMENT FOR ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In one aspect, described is a rotor for a Wankel engine comprising two circumferentially spaced apart apex seals at each of the apex portions with each apex seal protruding axially from both end faces, and each apex seal having a first biasing member biasing the apex seal radially outwardly away from the peripheral face of the body, and a second biasing member biasing the apex seal axially outwardly away from a respective one of the end faces, the two apex seals of a same one of the apex portions being biased by the respective second biasing member in opposite axial directions from one another. | 01-31-2013 |
Sebastien Bolduc, Longueuil CA
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20130028769 | APEX SEAL FOR ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In one aspect, there is described a rotor of a Wankel engine including a plurality of apex seal members each biased by a respective spring, each spring including an axial action portion and a radial action portion, the axial action portion including at least two radially extending band sections with adjacent ones of the band sections being connected by a fold, one of the band sections contacting a radially extending surface of the apex seal member and another of the band sections contacting a radially extending element of the rotor body, and the radial action portion forming a major part of a length of the spring, contacting an axially extending surface of the apex seal member in two spaced apart locations, and contacting the rotor body between the two spaced apart locations. | 01-31-2013 |
20130028776 | APEX AND FACE SEALS WITH ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In one aspect, described is a rotor for a rotary internal combustion engine where a first face seal biased axially outwardly away from the first end face has opposed curled ends abutting a first seal element of a respective one of the adjacent apex seal assemblies, and a second face seal biased axially outwardly away from the second end face has opposed curled ends abutting a second seal element of a respective one of the adjacent apex seal assemblies. | 01-31-2013 |
20130247866 | PORT FOR ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A Wankel engine with a peripheral wall of the stator body including a non-circular opening formed therethrough and defining at least part of a port. The opening has a perimeter defined by a first edge and remaining edges, with the remaining edges being located downstream of the first edge with respect to a direction of rotation of the rotor. The remaining edges extend non parallel to a longitudinal axis of the apex seals. | 09-26-2013 |
20140020381 | COMPOUND CYCLE ENGINE - A compound cycle engine having an output shaft; at least two rotary units each defining an internal combustion engine, a velocity turbine, and a turbocharger is discussed. The velocity turbine includes a rotor in driving engagement with the output shaft between two of the rotary units. The exhaust port of each rotary unit is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the velocity turbine upstream of its rotor. The outlet of the compressor of the turbocharger is in fluid communication with the inlet port of each rotary unit. The inlet of the pressure turbine of the turbocharger is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the velocity turbine downstream of its rotor. A method of compounding at least two rotary engines is also discussed. | 01-23-2014 |
20150275756 | COMPOUND CYCLE ENGINE - A compound cycle engine having an output shaft; at least two rotary units each defining an internal combustion engine, a first stage turbine, and a turbocharger is discussed. The first stage turbine includes a rotor in driving engagement with the output shaft between two of the rotary units. The exhaust port of each rotary unit is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the first stage turbine upstream of its rotor. The outlet of the compressor of the turbocharger is in fluid communication with the inlet port of each rotary unit. The inlet of the second stage turbine of the turbocharger is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the first stage turbine downstream of its rotor. The first stage turbine has a lower reaction ratio than that of the second stage turbine. A method of compounding at least two rotary engines is also discussed. | 10-01-2015 |
20160069255 | COMPOUND CYCLE ENGINE - A compound cycle engine having an output shaft, at least two rotary units each including an internal combustion engine with the rotor of each rotary unit mounted on the output shaft and in driving engagement therewith, and a turbine including a rotor in driving engagement with the output shaft. The exhaust port of each rotary unit housing is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the turbine upstream of its rotor. The turbine is disposed co-axially between two of the rotary units. The engine may further include a compressor in fluid communication with the inlet port of each housing and a second turbine having an inlet in fluid communication with the flowpath of the first turbine downstream of its rotor. A method of compounding rotary engines is also discussed. | 03-10-2016 |
Sebastlen Bolduc, Longueull CA
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20130028774 | ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH PHASING GEAR - In one aspect, described is a rotor of a rotary internal combustion engine, including a phasing gear with an annular meshing section including a plurality of radially inwardly oriented teeth and an annular attachment section connected to the meshing section and coaxial therewith, the attachment section being offset axially inwardly from the teeth and having at least a portion thereof located radially inwardly of the teeth, and a fastener apparatus connecting the phasing gear to the rotor body, the fastener apparatus engaging the rotor body radially inwardly of the teeth. | 01-31-2013 |
Sebastlen Bolduc, Longueuil CA
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20130028771 | OIL SEAL ARRANGEMENT FOR ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A rotor of a rotary internal combustion engine, including an annular oil seal assembly snugly received within each oil seal groove, each oil seal assembly including a seal ring retaining first and second axially spaced apart annular sealing elements in substantial radial alignment with one another, the seal ring radially pressing each of the sealing elements in sealing engagement with a respective surface in the groove in opposite directions from one another, and a spring member biasing the seal ring axially away from the end face. | 01-31-2013 |
Steve Bolduc, Levis CA
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20090044339 | SHEARLESS PIVOT FOR BED - A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, stretcher, or the like, includes a support deck with a head section pivotable between a generally flat orientation and a raised orientation. As the head section pivots from the flat orientation to an intermediate orientation, the pivot axis of the head section remains generally stationary. As the head section pivots from the intermediate orientation to the raised orientation, the pivot axis of the head section moves. The support deck may include an intermediate section attached to the head section wherein a foot end of the intermediate section moves linearly in a horizontal plane as the head section pivots from the intermediate orientation toward the raised orientation. | 02-19-2009 |
Steve Bolduc, Beaumont CA
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20160058639 | SYSTEMS FOR PATIENT SUPPORT SURFACE ORIENTATION AND DISPLACEMENT - There is provided a backrest pivoting system having a backrest and an actuator for pivoting the backrest. The actuator is pivotably connected to the backrest by a pivot defining a first pivot axis. The backrest is configured to pivot about a guide member which defines a second pivot axis coaxial with the first pivot axis. There is also provided a backrest pivoting system including an actuator and a resilient member mounted in series with the actuator. There is also provided an extendable user support assembly comprising a lower body support panel and a core support panel supported by a frame, the lower body support panel being translatable relative to the frame such that an opening is created between the lower body support panel and the core support panel when the lower body support panel is translated away from the core support panel. There is also provided a method for placing a bed in a vascular position. | 03-03-2016 |
20160063846 | HOSPITAL BED WITH PATIENT WEIGHT AND DISPLACEMENT SENSORS - A system for determining a location of a patient on a hospital bed comprising: at least one deformation sensor adapted to generate a signal indicative of a deformation of a frame of the bed; a location determination unit for determining a lateral and/or longitudinal location of the patient based on the deformation of the frame. A method for monitoring an exit of a patient from a hospital bed comprising: determining a patient location on the bed based on measured deformation and generating an alarm signal if the determined location is outside a predetermined area. A weight sensing system for a hospital bed having a base with a suspended frame suspended from a fixed frame comprising: a load sensor connecting the suspended frame and the fixed frame via a suspension member which is unsecured from the fixed frame to allow free vertical movement of the suspended frame relative to the fixed frame. | 03-03-2016 |