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20130152927 | METHOD FOR USING A DRY POWDER INHALER - A method of using a dry-powder inhaler, including providing a dry-powder inhaler ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130186398 | DRY POWDER INHALER - A dry-powder inhaler including a body containing a dispersion chamber; a dispenser orifice through which the user inhales; a loading opening that receives a capsule containing a dose of dry powder for inhaling; and at least one movable portion that moves relative to the body between a first end position and a second end position; the dispersion chamber containing at least a portion of an empty capsule at the moment of inhalation, the at least one capsule portion swirling in the dispersion chamber during inhalation so as to disperse and/or break up the powder. | 07-25-2013 |
20140238395 | POWDER INHALING DEVICE - A powder inhaler device having a body provided with a dispenser orifice; a plurality of predosed reservoirs each containing a dose of powder for dispensing; and reservoir-opening device for opening a reservoir on each actuation. The inhaler device has a dispersion chamber including an inlet connected during inhalation to an open reservoir and receiving the flow of air and of powder from the open reservoir via a delivery channel, and an outlet connected to the dispenser orifice via a dispenser channel. The dispersion chamber including at least one ball that is movable along a ball path in the dispersion chamber, the dispersion chamber including at least one air inlet that is approximately tangential to said ball path, the delivery and dispenser channels extending in a same direction that is substantially perpendicular to the ball path and to the tangential air inlet. | 08-28-2014 |
20140290653 | POWDER INHALING DEVICE - A powder inhaler having reservoirs containing a dose of powder and formed on a flexible blister strip having a base layer with cavities and a closure layer. The base layer containing empty blisters rolls up around a first rotary receiver element, and the closure layer peeled off the base layer rolls up around a second rotary receiver element that has a first portion forming a peeling wheel and a second portion forming a tensioner. The tensioner is capable of turning in a first direction of rotation and includes a fastener element for the leading end of the closure layer. The tensioner turns with the peeling wheel in the first direction to roll up the closure layer at each actuation of the device and turns relative to the peeling wheel in the first direction of rotation to tension the closure layer after the blister strip has been assembled in the body. | 10-02-2014 |
20150083129 | DRY POWDER INHALATOR - A dry powder inhaler including a main body, a plurality of individual reservoirs, such as blisters, each containing a single dose of powder, and disposed one behind another on a flexible strip, and an opening mechanism provided for opening an individual reservoir each time the device is actuated. The device includes first a displacement mechanism adapted to displace an individual reservoir to face the opening mechanism before and/or after each actuation, and a second displacement mechanism adapted to displace an individual reservoir against the opening mechanism on each actuation. The first displacement mechanism having an indexer wheel provided with a recess that receives an individual reservoir, the recess defined by a bottom wall and an inner side wall of said indexer wheel, and by an outer side wall formed on a separate adjustment element assembled on the indexer wheel. | 03-26-2015 |
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20080311682 | MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FORMING SUCH PACKAGE - A method for packaging a semiconductor device. The method includes: providing a dielectric layer over the semiconductor device; determining patterns and placement of material on the dielectric layer to provide a predetermined magnetic or electric effect for the device, such effects being provided on the device from such patterned and placed material solely by electrical or magnetic waves coupled between such material and the device; and forming the material in the determined patterns and placement to provide the predetermined effects. | 12-18-2008 |
20100182092 | POWER SENSITIVE VARIABLE ATTENUATOR - A variable attenuator having: an input port; a semiconductor device having a control electrode for controlling carriers flowing between a first electrode and a second electrode, such control electrode being coupled to one of the first and second electrodes, one of the first and second electrodes being coupled to the input port and the other one of the first and second electrodes being coupled to a reference potential to form an active device characterized by such device having a resistivity in the device to the flow of carriers substantially constant when such device is fed through input port with a signal having a relatively small power level and having a resistivity in the device to the flow of carriers which is nonlinear when such device is fed through input port with a signal having a relatively large power level; and an output port coupled to one of the first and second electrodes coupled to the input port. Such a network may be used with a power amplifier to reduce excessive small signal gain and soft compression. | 07-22-2010 |
20110223692 | MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FORMING SUCH PACKAGE - A method for packaging a semiconductor device. The method includes: providing a dielectric layer over the semiconductor device; determining patterns and placement of material on the dielectric layer to provide a predetermined magnetic or electric effect for the device, such effects being provided on the device from such patterned and placed material solely by electrical or magnetic waves coupled between such material and the device; and forming the material in the determined patterns and placement to provide the predetermined effects. | 09-15-2011 |
20120068793 | MICROPSTRIP TRANSMISSION LINE/COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE (CPW) TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE - A structure having a coplanar waveguide transistor; and a microwave section, coupled to the transistor, having: a strip conductor coplanar with the electrodes of the coplanar waveguide transistor and a ground plane conductor disposed under the strip conductor. | 03-22-2012 |
20120327624 | MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (MMICs) HAVING CONDUCTOR-BACKED COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES AND METHOD OF DESIGNING SUCH MMICs - A MMIC having: a substrate; a plurality of active and passive electrical elements disposed on a top surface of the substrate; a plurality of coplanar waveguide transmission line sections disposed on the top surface of the substrate for electrically interconnecting the active and passive electrical elements; an electrical conductor disposed on a bottom surface of the substrate under the coplanar waveguide section. Edges of ground plane conductors of the coplanar waveguide (CPW) sections have slots therein in regions thereof connected to the active and passive devices. The design of such circuit includes mathematical models of the CPW with the pair of local ground planes and the strip conductor thereof have relatively narrow connectable ports. | 12-27-2012 |
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20080265130 | Wave Front Sensing Method and Apparatus - A new way of mixing instrumental and digital means is described for the general field of wave front sensing. The present invention describes the use, the definition and the utility of digital operators, called digital wave front operators (DWFO) or digital lenses (DL), specifically designed for the digital processing of wave fronts defined in amplitude and phase. DWFO are of particular interest for correcting undesired wave front deformations induced by instrumental defects or experimental errors. DWFO may be defined using a mathematical model, e.g. a polynomial function, which involves coefficients. The present invention describes automated and semi-automated procedures for calibrating or adjusting the values of these coefficients. These procedures are based on the fitting of mathematical models on reference data extracted from specific regions of a wave front called reference areas, which are characterized by the fact that specimen contributions are a priori known in reference areas. For example, reference areas can be defined in regions where flat surfaces of a specimen produce a constant phase function. The present invention describes also how DWFO can be defined by extracting reference data along one-dimensional (1D) profiles. DWFO can also be defined in order to obtain a flattened representation of non-flat area of a specimen. Several DWFO or DL can be combined, possibly in addition with procedures for calculating numerically the propagation of wave fronts. A DWFO may also be defined experimentally, e.g. by calibration procedures using reference specimens. A method for generating a DWFO by filtering in the Fourier plane is also described. All wave front sensing techniques may benefit from the present invention. The case of a wave front sensor based on digital holography, e.g. a digital holographic microscope (DHM), is described in more details. The use of DWFO improves the performance, in particular speed and precision, and the ease of use of instruments for wave front sensing. The use of DWFO results in instrumental simplifications, costs reductions, and enlarged the field of applications. The present invention defines a new technique for imaging and metrology with a large field of applications in material and life sciences, for research and industrial applications. | 10-30-2008 |