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Bradley R. Grady, Cleburne, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110211818Fracturing Tank Fluid Heating - Fracturing fluid in a fluid tank is heated at a wellsite to protect against freezing of the fluid because of cold weather conditions. Convection currents induced in the fluid during heating cause fluid circulation in the tank to stir the fluid without additional equipment for that purpose.09-01-2011

Bradley Rex Grady, Covington, TX US

Brian Grady, Norman, OK US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100180691SENSOR-ENABLED GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to a sensor-enabled geosynthetic material for use in geosynthetic structures, a method of making the sensor-enabled geosynthetic material, and a method of measuring geometric strains of a geosynthetic product made from the sensor-enabled geosynthetic material. The sensor-enabled geosynthetic material includes a polymeric material and an electrically conductive filler. The polymeric material and an electrically conductive filler are combined to provide a sensor-enabled geosynthetic material. The sensor-enabled geosynthetic material having a predetermined concentration of the electrically conductive filler so as to provide the sensor-enabled geosynthetic material with an electrical conductivity and a strain sensitivity within the percolation region or slightly above it.07-22-2010
20100190889POLYALKENOATE CEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE IN CEMENTING APPLICATIONS - Methods and compositions for cementing applications. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of cementing comprising the steps of: providing a cement composition that comprises: a polyelectrolyte and/or an alkenoic acid first monomer; a filler; and a crosslinking agent; placing the cement composition in a desired location; and allowing the cement composition to set therein.07-29-2010
20120090400SENSOR-ENABLED GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to a sensor-enabled geosynthetic material for use in geosynthetic structures and geosyntapes, a method of making the sensor-enabled geosynthetic material and the geosyntapes, and a method of measuring geometric strains of a geosynthetic product made from the sensor-enabled geosynthetic material. The sensor-enabled geosynthetic material includes a polymeric material and an electrically conductive filler. The polymeric material and an electrically conductive filler are combined to provide a sensor-enabled geosynthetic material. The sensor-enabled geosynthetic material having a predetermined concentration of the electrically conductive filler so as to provide the sensor-enabled geosynthetic material with an electrical conductivity and a strain sensitivity within the percolation region or slightly above it.04-19-2012
20130178540SULFOXIDE-BASED SURFACTANTS - The present invention provides sulfoxide compounds comprising hydrophobic ester or amide moieties such that the compounds have surfactant properties. Also provided are methods for using the sulfoxide compounds or mixtures of the sulfoxide compounds in a variety of applications.07-11-2013

Patent applications by Brian Grady, Norman, OK US

Brian Douglas Grady, Mountain View, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090079584Method and system of reading utility meter data over a network - A utility meter may be read by sending a request to read the meter from a meter reading application, which may be located on a utility server or on an access point to a network, to a communications module associated with the utility meter. The communications module initiates a session with the utility meter, makes requests for data from the associated utility meter, receives the responses to requests for data from the utility meter, and terminates the session after receiving all the requested data from the meter. It then formats the responses with the data received from the utility meter, and transmits the formatted response to the meter reading application.03-26-2009

Brian P. Grady, Norman, OK US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090143255Methods and Compositions for Improving Well Bore Stability in Subterranean Formations - Films that may be created and/or placed in a well bore that prevent the flow of fluid into cracks or fractures in a portion of a subterranean formation penetrated by the well bore, and associated methods of use, are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises a base fluid and a film-forming polymer; introducing the treatment fluid into a portion of a well bore penetrating a portion of a subterranean formation, the well bore comprising an interior wall; and allowing the film-forming polymer to electrostatically interact with a surface of the interior wall of the well bore to form a substantially continuous film along a portion of the interior wall of the well bore, the substantially continuous film being capable of hindering the flow of a fluid therethrough.06-04-2009
20110288656TISSUE GRAFT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A tissue graft composition is described herein that includes a segment of small intestinal submucosa having at least one nanoparticle incorporated therein such that the permeability of the segment of small intestinal submucosa is altered, thereby providing the segment of small intestinal submucosa with a more substantially uniform structure for cell migration and proliferation. The tissue graft composition may further comprise at least one macromolecule incorporated into the nanoparticle. The tissue graft composition may be utilized in seeded or unseeded methods of tissue repair.11-24-2011

Charles Grady, St. Louis, MO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150178683SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SELECT PARTICIPANTS IN A PROGRAM TO SUSTAINABLY EXIT POVERTY - A computer-implemented method for selecting participants from an applicant pool to participate in a program to exit poverty is described. The method implemented using a computing device in communication with a memory. The method includes storing a plurality of questions to ask each applicant from a pool of applicants, storing a plurality of ratings based on historical data wherein each rating is associated with each of one or more potential answers for each question of the plurality of questions, compiling by the computing device one or more scores for the applicant based on the applicant's answers to the plurality of questions and the plurality of ratings, calculating by the computing device the applicant's overall score based on the one or more scores, determining the applicant's ranking in comparison to the pool of applicants, and outputting the rankings of the applicants.06-25-2015

Claude Grady, Los Angeles, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140173816Support Waistband With Bodily Protective Elements - This invention relates to support garments and personal protective gear and, more particularly, to supportive waistbands providing an adjustable belt capable of both orthopedic support and essential body armor. The invention is capable of being worn with bullet proof or protective vests without interfering with comfort or the utility of the vest. A myriad of different schemes for design, use, and placement of body armor and protective elements are disclosed.06-26-2014

Daniel J. Grady, Weaverville, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130230602Devices and Methods for Making and Administering an Intravenous Liquid with Supersaturated Dissolved Gas - Methods and devices for treating patients using high partial pressures of dissolved gas in a liquid. Greater than hyperbaric partial pressures of gas may be dissolved and maintained in the liquid when mixing occurs at ambient pressure. Additional increases in dissolved gas partial pressure may be achieved when the temperature of the liquid is further decreased. The method further includes administering the liquid intravenously via a conventional catheter. Gas exchange occurs due to diffusion upon mixing of the liquid and blood within the vasculature of the patient.09-05-2013
20130231591Devices and Methods for Aerosol Therapy Using Hyperbaric Tonometry - Methods and devices for creating a supersaturated liquid solution having dissolved gas with hyperbaric partial pressures and aerosolizing the supersaturated solution via a nebulizer. High partial pressures of the dissolved gas may be maintained before, during, and after the aerosolization process. Thus, the hyperbaric partial pressures may be retained in the aerosol particles even after the particles are exposed to ambient barometric pressure. The aerosolized particles may be inhaled to improve oxygenation and blood flow to the lung or alternatively, the aerosolized particles can be topically applied to accelerate wound healing. Nebulizers may produce aerosol particles in some embodiments have mass median aerodynamic diameters of between about 0.25 and about 5 microns, thereby allowing sufficient deposition in the lung parenchyma, proximal to alveoli. Supersaturated dissolved oxygen aerosol particles having mass median aerodynamic diameters greater than 10 microns may be used to accelerate wound healing when combined with ultrasound.09-05-2013

Daniel T. Grady, Audubon, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140079374Optically Readable Codes in a Content Delivery System - A method, apparatus, and software are provided for using an optically-readable code such as a quick-response (QR) code. The optically-readable code may represent a uniform resource identifier (URI) including parameters that represent a query, such as a query for content and/or other data. The query results may be used to command a content consumption device to record or otherwise obtain an item of content. The optically-readable code may additionally or alternatively be determined based upon a status of the device, such as what content, or portion thereof, is currently being displayed, and/or what error condition is being experienced.03-20-2014

Giuia Abano Grady, Carlisle, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110131055PATIENT-BASED IMMUNIZATION TRACKING - Techniques for patient management of immunizations, including performing steps of recording patient information including a date of birth; recording information for immunization doses received by the patient, including the date each dose was received; obtaining an immunization schedule from a remote computer system; generating a plurality of recommended immunization doses based on the recorded immunization doses received by the patient and the date of birth of the patient, each recommended immunization dose having a recommended time period for administration of the dose; recording a selected date of administration for a recommended immunization dose; displaying a list of the recommended immunization doses, along with their respective date of administration or recommended time period for administration.06-02-2011

James Grady, St. Louis, MO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120123804Systems and Methods for Providing an Inducement to Purchase Incident to a Physician's Prescription of Medication - Systems and methods for providing targeted content to a patient who has received a prescription for medication. The systems and methods generally provide the content prior to the Point of Sale (POS) of the actual prescription allow patients to review the content and possibly act on it prior to actually obtaining the medication. Depending on embodiment, the content may be provided by a pharmacy at or around the time of dispensing or by a physician at or around the time of prescribing.05-17-2012
20130054263Systems and Methods for Providing an Inducement to Purchase Incident to a Physician's Prescription of Medication - Systems and methods for providing targeted content to a patient who has received a prescription for medication. The systems and methods generally provide the content prior to the Point of Sale (POS) of the actual prescription allow patients to review the content and possibly act on it prior to actually obtaining the medication. Depending on embodiment, the content may be provided by a pharmacy at or around the time of dispensing or by a physician at or around the time of prescribing.02-28-2013
20140288956Systems and Methods for Providing an Inducement of a Purchase in Conjunction with a Prescription - Systems and methods for providing targeted content to a patient who has received a prescription for medication. The systems and methods generally provide the content prior to the Point of Sale (POS) of the actual prescription to allow patients to review the content and possibly act on it prior to actually obtaining the medication. Depending on embodiment, the content may be provided by a pharmacy at or around the time of dispensing or by a physician at or around the time of prescribing.09-25-2014
20140288972Systems and Methods for Providing an Inducement to Purchase Incident to a Physician's Prescription of Medication - Systems and methods for providing targeted content to a patient who has received a prescription for medication. The systems and methods generally provide the content prior to the Point of Sale (POS) of the actual prescription allow patients to review the content and possibly act on it prior to actually obtaining the medication. Depending on embodiment, the content may be provided by a pharmacy at or around the time of dispensing or by a physician at or around the time of prescribing.09-25-2014

Patent applications by James Grady, St. Louis, MO US

James Edward Grady, Mountain View, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140047761CENTRIFUGAL FLUID RING REACTOR - The Centrifugal Fluid Ring Reactor employs a centrifugal impeller and a fluid barrier to mix multi-phase fluids and repeatedly move the mixture through a reaction zone, where the mixture contacts catalysts and/or is subjected to electromagnetic, mechanical, nuclear, or sonic energy to create ions, free radicals or activated molecules, which initiate or promote a desired reaction. It can be used to convert carbon dioxide, methane and other gaseous carbon sources into liquid fuel at ambient temperature and pressure.02-20-2014

James M. Grady, Londonderry, NH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120136266AUTOMATED ISCHEMIA ANALYSIS OF ECG DATA - An ECG analysis system is responsive to patient ECG data for performing an analysis of the ECG data to determine whether acute MI is present. The system first analyzes the ECG data by standard ECG analysis to determine whether acute MI is present. This analysis is followed in a first mode of operation by ACI-TIPI analysis to estimate the probability of acute MI from patient characteristics and the ECG data. In a second mode, when the standard ECG analysis is definitive as to the presence of acute MI the ACI-TIPI analysis is not run and the user is presented with only the results of the standard interpretation. If the standard ECG analysis is indeterminate as to the presence of acute MI, then the ACI-TIPI analysis is run and the results of the ACI-TIPI analysis are presented to the user.05-31-2012

James T. Grady, Chester, NH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130059111TOUCH FASTENER CONFIGURATION AND MANUFACTURING - A touch fastener product has a base strip of resin carrying both mechanical fastener projections and adhesive, in some cases disposed on raised portions of the base strip. The fastener projections are arranged in discrete fields with lanes between the fields, and the adhesive is disposed within the lanes. The adhesive in each lane is shorter, as measured perpendicularly from the base strip, than the projections nearest the lane, by a distance that is less than ten percent of the width of the lane. In some cases molded stems extend through the adhesive in the lanes. The fastening face of the molded base strip is treated to give the fastening face a higher surface energy than the back face, to resist adhesive delamination during unspooling.03-07-2013
20130067701LAMINATED TOUCH FASTENERS - A method of making a laminated touch fastener includes introducing a flexible substrate to a resin applicator, applying flowable resin to a limited region of a surface of the substrate, and molding the applied resin to form a plurality of defined structures extending from a layer of the applied resin. The substrate surface, as the substrate is introduced to the resin applicator, has a surface characteristic that varies across the surface. The surface includes both a first region and a second region adjacent the first region, the surface characteristic varying to a greater degree within the second region than within the first region. The flowable resin may be applied within the first region such that an edge of the resin layer is disposed within, and adjacent an exposed portion of, the first region of the substrate surface.03-21-2013
20130280474FORMING LAMINATED TOUCH FASTENERS - A laminated touch fastener is made in a continuous process on a mold roll. Flowable resin is pressed against the mold roll in limited areas to form projections extending from resin layers that are laminated to a flexible substrate while carried on the mold roll. In one example a continuous channel about the mold roll is positioned such that the resin at least partially fills the channel as the layers are formed, thereby forming in the channel a raised portion in which the resin layer is of a greater thickness than at a point between the projections and the raised portion. In another example, grooves in the mold roll receive ribs of a pressure applicator during forming of the layers, the ribs blocking lateral flow of the resin to form a desired edge profile.10-24-2013
20140106952DOUBLE-SIDED FASTENERS - A method for forming a double-sided loop strap includes: receiving a continuous longitudinal strip of loop material including a strip-form base bearing a field of upstanding loops on a fastening side of the strip bounded by opposite longitudinal edges, folding each of the longitudinal edges away from the fastening side, such that the base overlaps itself, and securing the folded edges in place by permanently bonding together overlapped areas of the base to form the double-sided loop strap.04-17-2014
20140157556LAMINATED TOUCH FASTENERS - A method of making a laminated touch fastener includes introducing a flexible substrate to a resin applicator, applying flowable resin to a limited region of a surface of the substrate, and molding the applied resin to form a plurality of defined structures extending from a layer of the applied resin. The substrate surface, as the substrate is introduced to the resin applicator, has a surface characteristic that varies across the surface. The surface includes both a first region and a second region adjacent the first region, the surface characteristic varying to a greater degree within the second region than within the first region. The flowable resin may be applied within the first region such that an edge of the resin layer is disposed within, and adjacent an exposed portion of, the first region of the substrate surface.06-12-2014

Jay Grady, Walcott, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120258423CAPSULE AND DELIVERY TIP WITH TRANSITION PORTION FOR DISPENSING VISCOUS REACTIVE DENTAL MATERIALS - A material capsule containing a reactive or caustic dental material and a separately attachable delivery tip having a metal cannula. A material capsule for placement in a syringe contains a reactive or caustic dental material for dispensing through a metal cannula. The material capsule is sealed for storing the caustic or reactive dental material, preventing prolonged contact with or proximity to the metal cannula of a delivery tip. Contact with the reactive or caustic dental material only occurs during actual dispensing. Transition portions facilitate dispensing of viscous material. External grips facilitate attachment of the delivery tip. The dispensing and accurate placement of caustic or reactive dental materials is facilitated, making dentistry easier.10-11-2012

Jeff Grady, Charleston, SC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090050499PROTECTIVE ASSEMBLY FOR PORTABLE DIGITAL DEVICE - A protective case for a portable digital media device includes a hinged element and an aperture registered with an input element for such device, to provide protection against inadvertent damage to the device, to selectively operate as a stand to maintain the device in an upright position, and enable user access to the input element when the case is closed.02-26-2009

Patent applications by Jeff Grady, Charleston, SC US

Jim Grady, Elko, NV US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100244748ROTATING BEACON - A light beacon includes a base, a plurality of towers supported on the base, a first set of LEDs having a first color mounted on each of said towers and a second set of LEDs having a second color also mounted on each of said towers. A microprocessor in operative communication with each of the first and second LEDs is configured to illuminate the first set of LEDs through a defined channel either simultaneously or sequentially, at a user's option through a user interface. The processor is further configured to illuminate the second set of LEDs through a defined channel either simultaneously or sequentially at a user's option. A lens mounted on the housing directs light from the LEDs in a preconfigured distribution.09-30-2010
20100253499LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM - A method of controlling a plurality of lights on a vehicle lighting system provides a first and second light having a first and second processor. Each is in operative communication with a bus establishing an operative communication between the first and second processor. A master processor is arbitrated among the first and second processors. Thereafter the master processor signals the first and second processors to execute a preconfigured flash pattern.10-07-2010

John Grady, Cypress, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090231800Blade Enclosure With Replaceable Hard Drives - One embodiment has plural servers stacked in an enclosure. The servers have a front surface and at least two hard disk drives that are each hot-swappable and replaceable through an opening in the front surface.09-17-2009

John F. Grady, Burr Ridge, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120330313Intramedullary nail technology - Embodiments of the invention provide intramedullary nail assemblies that provide particularly good internal fixation, are particularly easy to deploy, or both. Embodiments also provide methods of using such nail assemblies.12-27-2012

John K. Grady, Harvard, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090160255UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY - An external uninterruptible power supply (“UPS”), and a related method, are presented in which a predetermined desired DC voltage potential is applied directly to the internal DC voltage power distribution bus in a computer. The UPS is configured to use an automotive battery to provide the predetermined desired DC voltage potential in the event of the loss of the AC voltage input signal. In a preferred embodiment, the UPS includes an inverterless AC-DC power supply, such as a bridge rectifier circuit, for supplying a predetermined desired direct current voltage potential at its output. That output potential in turn is carried by a suitably arranged cord or power cable connected to the internal direct current voltage distribution bus in the computer. The distribution bus may be connected to one or more points-of-load, also known as “point-of-power” voltage conversion modules, each of which provide a regulated voltage to power the various high density chip loads, components and circuitry in the computer. The input voltage to a point-of-load power chip can vary over a wide range allowing unregulated voltages ranging from 11 to 14 volts which may be used to supply the point-of-load power chips with no operating problems since the chips are inherently an on-card switching regulator operating at a high frequency.06-25-2009
20120084972CONCRETE EMBEDDED ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - Applicant has disclosed an improved method and apparatus for installing electrical junction boxes in embedded concrete construction applications. In the preferred embodiment, a first box (with at least one attached conduit) is embedded in the bottom of a concrete deck at pour, wherein the box has an open bottom covered during the pour. After pouring, the cover is removed to expose the open bottom, through a plane of the deck, without having to break through the concrete. A second box, with an open top, is lifted up and fastened (preferably, screwed) to the embedded first box to complete a preferred electrical junction box. The second box is designed to be exposed to accept surface mount or exposed wiring methods. There is a passage between the first and second boxes for accepting wire pulled through the conduit(s).04-12-2012
20120160222DUAL COIL IGNITION - Applicant has disclosed an improved dual cycle ignition system for automobiles. In the preferred embodiment, the improved ignition system comprises at least two secondary ignition coils wired in a high voltage “OR” configuration using a single high voltage circuit through a distributor, or alternatively a single plug operated directly from diodes connected respectively to associated secondary coils. The ignition coils are set up to alternate sparks, so that even at 8000 engine RPM, each coil is firing as if operating at 4000 RPM, a speed where conventional highly optimized and inexpensive coils are very effective and can reach their full output.06-28-2012
20120200242AUTOMOTIVE BIPOLAR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - Applicant has disclosed a method and apparatus for a bipolar automotive electrical system. In the preferred “apparatus” embodiment, Applicant's bipolar electrical system comprises: two (e.g., 12 V) batteries of equal, but opposite voltage (e.g., +12 V, −12 V), with bipolar outputs; an alternator, responsive to the batteries, which controls electrical charge to the batteries individually; an automotive DC motor connected by a single lead wire to the bipolar outputs from the batteries; and, wherein the reversible motor is run off the bipolar output without the need for any intervening devices between the bipolar command outputs and the motors. Alternatively, the alternator can inherently charge the batteries sequentially with the lowest voltage battery being addressed first. This approach allows heavy loads to be powered by 24 V or 48 V DC, yet the arc voltage to ground is still only 12 V or 24 V DC.08-09-2012
20120249017AUTONOMOUS STREETLIGHT CONTROL - Applicant has disclosed a method for controlling on and off times for streetlights by synchronizing these intervals to recent local daylight conditions without any human intervention. The preferred method comprises: sensing, via a photocell, when dusk and dawn occurs; and then, timing or counting the dusk and dawn times per 24-hour cycle, recording that dusk and dawn data, calculating the average dusk-to-dawn interval for a plurality of preceding 24-hour cycles; predicting, the next dusk time; and turning on the streetlight for a preselected percentage of the calculated average dusk-to-dawn interval. Future “on” time periods are repeatedly calculated as a percentage of the dark periods determined on one or several immediately prior nights, and so varies with the seasons. Unlike the prior art, Applicant's streetlight control does not require field programming or field inputs from the installer or time knowledge. It also does not require any external or internal precision clock or calendar.10-04-2012
20120294427METHOD FOR REMOVING MOTION FROM NON-CT SEQUENTIAL X-RAY IMAGES - Applicant has disclosed a method for removing motion from non-CT cardiac angiographic or fluoroscopic x-ray 2-D sequential images, without using data prediction techniques in sequential CT imagery. Applicant's results are achieved by actively deleting or skipping exposure of certain 2-D flash image acquisitions during rapid heart motion (e.g., beating), the latter to reduce x-ray exposure. Applicant's preferred method comprises: positioning a person relative to a non-CT type x-ray machine, designed for fluoroscopy or angiography, with the person's heart between an x-ray source and a detector; monitoring rapid movement of the person's heart by electrocardiography; generating a series of x-ray pulses from the x-ray source; actively skipping any x-ray pulses by switching off the x-ray source during beating of the person's heart to prevent any images being generated from the skipped x-ray pulses; and generating sequential (i.e., either angiographic or fluoroscopic) 2-D cardiac images from the non-skipped x-ray pulses; wherein the motion is removed from the sequential images without using predictive algorithms and without using estimated compensation of motion.11-22-2012

Patent applications by John K. Grady, Harvard, MA US

John K. Grady, Ayer, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150085992MOTORIZED DRIVE FOR MOBILE FLUOROSCOPY UNITS - A mobile C-arm fluoroscopy unit comprising a self-contained radial coordinate or vector movement mechanism utilizing at least one motor-driven wheel, wherein the at least one motor-driven wheel is individually continuously steerable around a generally vertical steering axis.03-26-2015

John M. Grady, Sellersburg, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100200610ICE/BEVERAGE DISPENSER WITH IN-LINE ICE CRUSHER - An ice crusher is attached to an ice dispenser or to a combined ice and beverage dispenser. The ice crusher occupies minimal space in order to fit the dispenser into an existing space on a serving counter or in a beverage dispensing area. The ice crusher may also elevate the ice. In embodiments using this technique, the outlet of the ice from the ice crusher is higher than the ice inlet. As the ice flows from a source of ice, such as an ice bin, the ice is elevated while it is being crushed. The ice then flows from the outlet of the ice crusher down an ice chute or other outlet of the ice crusher, into a cup or container as desired. Other embodiments convey the ice without lifting it, and still other embodiments dispense either crushed or cubed ice, as the consumer may select. In one embodiment the selected crushed ice or cubed ice are both dispensed though the same ice dispensing chute. A retrofit kit may be used to add an ice crusher to an existing ice dispenser, or to an existing combined ice and beverage dispenser.08-12-2010

John R. Grady, Cypress, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080303391EJECTABLE/RETRACTABLE INTERFACE MODULE FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM - An ejectable/retractable interface module is disclosed. AN exemplary interface module may include a display trolley assembly, and a display module pivotally connected to the display trolley assembly. A management cable connects the display module to a computer board in the display trolley assembly. The display trolley assembly and display module are configured for during ejection and retraction in a blade enclosure so that the display module folds flat and retracts into the blade enclosure to reduce damage during shipping. The display module pivots to a desired viewing angle during use.12-11-2008
20080313539ON-BOARD INPUT AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR A COMPUTING SYSTEM - An on-board input and management device is disclosed. In an exemplary implementation, a method of managing a blade computing system may include monitoring current systems status in a blade computing system with an integrated management controller. The method may also include using the integrated management controller for user interaction to monitor and modify configuration of a plurality of modules in the blade computing system. In an exemplary embodiment, all of the modules in the blade computing system may be monitored and managed.12-18-2008
20120186076GEARED INSERTION APPARATUS FOR A PCA - A apparatus for mounting an interposer PCA into a chassis is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a bracket attached to the PCA. A geared handle is rotatably attached to one end of the bracket. The geared handle is configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position. Two geared segments are rotatably attached to the opposite end of the bracket and are meshed with the geared handle. A slot is formed in each geared segment and two slots are formed in the geared handle. The slots engage with insertion/ejection flanges on the chassis. The engaged slots force the PCA down into mating connectors in the chassis when the handle is rotated from the open position to the closed position.07-26-2012

Patent applications by John R. Grady, Cypress, TX US

John R. Grady, Houston, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110249392Computer Including Hot-pluggable Disk Storage Drives That Are Mounted In An In-line Arrangement - An electronic device includes a housing defining an enclosure, one or more processors in the enclosure, and one or more memory modules in the enclosure. Disk storage drives are provided in an in-line arrangement within the enclosure such that a rear portion of one disk storage drive is adjacent a front portion of another disk storage drive.10-13-2011

Ken Grady, Carlisle, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110131055PATIENT-BASED IMMUNIZATION TRACKING - Techniques for patient management of immunizations, including performing steps of recording patient information including a date of birth; recording information for immunization doses received by the patient, including the date each dose was received; obtaining an immunization schedule from a remote computer system; generating a plurality of recommended immunization doses based on the recorded immunization doses received by the patient and the date of birth of the patient, each recommended immunization dose having a recommended time period for administration of the dose; recording a selected date of administration for a recommended immunization dose; displaying a list of the recommended immunization doses, along with their respective date of administration or recommended time period for administration.06-02-2011

Kevin Grady US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100060035Removable Chassis Skirt - The invention is a chassis skirt for a motor vehicle's chassis. The chassis skirt has a panel assembly that releasably engages a frame assembly. The frame assembly mounts to a chassis, such as to a chassis mounted bracket like a battery box. The frame assembly has spaced apart bracket assemblies that can have a pin extending from a bracket to engage receivers in the panel assembly. Isolators in the frame assembly also engage the panel assembly. A spring is used to assist in moving the panel assembly away from the chassis to access the chassis mounted bracket.03-11-2010

Kevin Grady, Canton, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110169767POLARIZER CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen is disclosed. The touch screen includes a display assembly to generate a visible feedback to a user, a conductive layer spaced from the display assembly for sensing a touch of the user, and a polarizer layer disposed adjacent the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer is interposed between the display assembly and the polarizer layer.07-14-2011
20140070763E-FIELD SHIELD FOR WIRELESS CHARGER - A shielding arrangement for preventing AM radio interference when a wireless charger is used in a vehicle has a plurality of parallel conductors arranged at a distance from one another responsive to a frequency desired to be attenuated. An interconnection arrangement includes a solid conductive junction and connects the conductors to one another without forming loops, and to ground. The conductors are traces disposed on a PCB. Additional parallel conducts are disposed on the other side of the PCB at an orthogonal orientation with respect to the first conductors. The spacing between the conductors is determined in response to the frequency desired to be attenuated, as well as frequencies thereabove that are desired to be propagated therethrough, such as mobile telephone signals. The solid conductive junction that is disposed on the printed circuit board is electrically and thermally conductive, such as copper.03-13-2014

Kevin L. Grady, Fort Wayne, IN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080231079REMOVABLE CHASSIS SKIRT - The invention is a chassis skirt for a motor vehicle's chassis. The chassis skirt has a panel assembly that releasably engages a frame assembly. The frame assembly mounts to a chassis, such as to a chassis mounted bracket like a battery box. The frame assembly has spaced apart bracket assemblies that can have a pin extending from a bracket to engage receivers in the panel assembly. Isolators in the frame assembly also engage the panel assembly. A spring is used to assist in moving the panel assembly away from the chassis to access the chassis mounted bracket.09-25-2008
20090184493REMOVABLE TOW HOOKS AND TOW LOCKING SYSTEM - A removable tow device and tow device receiver is provided having lugs upon the removable tow device that engage lug pockets within the tow device receiver for secure engagement. The removable tow device and receiver are simple to use, requiring a minimal of manipulation to install. Installation is reduced to insert, twist, and release. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.07-23-2009

Kristen J. Grady, Murrieta, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130157789COLOR-CODED PRACTICE BAND FOR A TENNIS RACKET - A practice band to surround or replace the existing grip of a (e.g., tennis) racket so that a visual indication is provided as to where the hand or hands should be correctly positioned with respect to the grip by a player who is practicing a variety of (e.g., tennis) strokes. According to a preferred embodiment, the practice band is provided with a series of parallel-aligned stripes having different colors to correspond with the different positions around the grip to which the player's hand or hands should be rotated depending upon the stroke to be practiced. The practice band is also provided with printed indicia that is applied over the stripes to identify the different strokes to which the colored stripes of the band correspond.06-20-2013

Leo Grady, Millbrae, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130077842Semi-Automated Preoperative Resection Planning - Preoperative resection planning is assisted by a computer. Rather than rely on interpolation of the user input, a graph of interconnections is used. The user inputs one or more polylines on one or more two-dimensional views. The polylines are used to assign resection and remnant seeds with a band of unassigned locations. The 2D seeds are used with the graph of interconnections to assign different voxels in the volume, including the unassigned locations, as being part of the resection volume or part of the remnant volume.03-28-2013
20130088225System for Reconstructing MRI Images Acquired in Parallel - A system for parallel image processing in MR imaging comprises multiple MR imaging RF coils for individually receiving MR imaging data representing a slice of patient anatomy. An MR imaging system uses the multiple RF coils for acquiring corresponding multiple image data sets of the slice. An image data processor comprises at least one processing device conditioned for, deriving a first set of weights for generating a calibration data set comprising a subset of k-space data of composite image data representing the multiple image data sets. The at least one processing device uses the calibration data set in generating a first MR image data set, deriving a second set of weights using the calibration data set and the generated first MR image data set and uses the second set of weights in generating a second MR image data set representing a single image having a reduced set of data components relative to the first composite MR image data set.04-11-2013
20130207652System for Accelerated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Parallel Coils - An MR imaging system uses multiple RF coils for acquiring corresponding multiple image data sets of a slice or volume of patient anatomy. An image data processor comprises at least one processing device conditioned for, deriving a first set of weights for weighted combination of k-space data of the multiple image data sets for generating a calibration data set comprising a subset of k-space data of composite image data representing the multiple image data sets. The image data processor uses the calibration data set in generating a first MR image data set, deriving the parameters of a probability distribution in response to the first set of weights and the first MR image data set and deriving a second set of weights and second MR image data set together using the probability distribution.08-15-2013
20130231552Method and System for Diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder from Magnetic Resonance Images - A method and system for automated diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from magnetic resonance images is disclosed. Anatomical features are extracted from a structural magnetic resonance image (MRI) of a patient. Functional features are extracted from a resting-state functional MRI (rsFMRI) series of the patient. An ADHD diagnosis for the patient is determined based on the anatomical features, the functional features, and phenotypic features of the patient using a trained classifier. An ADHD subtype may then be determined for patients diagnosed as ADHD positive using a second trained classifier.09-05-2013
20130243352Global Error Minimization In Image Mosaicking Using Graph Laplacians And Its Applications In Microscopy - An image mosaicking method includes performing pairwise registration of a plurality of tiles (09-19-2013
20130272587SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE SEGMENTATION ON MOBILE DEVICES IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A mobile device (10-17-2013
20140073976SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING ISCHEMIA AND BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS FROM VESSEL GEOMETRY AND PHYSIOLOGY - Systems and methods are disclosed for determining individual-specific blood flow characteristics. One method includes acquiring, for each of a plurality of individuals, individual-specific anatomic data and blood flow characteristics of at least part of the individual's vascular system; executing a machine learning algorithm on the individual-specific anatomic data and blood flow characteristics for each of the plurality of individuals; relating, based on the executed machine learning algorithm, each individual's individual-specific anatomic data to functional estimates of blood flow characteristics; acquiring, for an individual and individual-specific anatomic data of at least part of the individual's vascular system; and for at least one point in the individual's individual-specific anatomic data, determining a blood flow characteristic of the individual, using relations from the step of relating individual-specific anatomic data to functional estimates of blood flow characteristics.03-13-2014
20140073977SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS FROM VESSEL GEOMETRY AND PHYSIOLOGY - Systems and methods are disclosed for estimating patient-specific blood flow characteristics. One method includes acquiring, for each of a plurality of individuals, a geometric model and estimated blood flow characteristics of at least part of the individual's vascular system; executing a machine learning algorithm on the geometric model and estimated blood flow characteristics for each of the plurality of individuals; identifying, using the machine learning algorithm, features predictive of blood flow characteristics corresponding to a plurality of points in the geometric models; acquiring, for a patient, a geometric model of at least part of the patient's vascular system; and using the identified features to produce estimates of the patient's blood flow characteristic for each of a plurality of points in the patient's geometric model.03-13-2014
20140133733Cell Feature-Based Automatic Circulating Tumor Cell Detection - An automated method for detecting circulating tumor cells in a microscopic image of a blood sample includes receiving, by a computer, a plurality of low-resolution images, each low resolution image providing a representation of the blood sample with one of a plurality of stains applied. The computer determines a threshold value for each of the plurality of stains based on the low resolution images and identifies a list of potential cells based on the threshold values. A gating process is performed on the list of potential circulating tumor cells to identify one or more likely or highly likely circulating tumor cells. The computer presents the subset of the low-resolution images in a verification interface comprising one or more components allowing a user to confirm that a respective low-resolution image included in the subset of the low-resolution images includes one or more circulating tumor cells.05-15-2014
20140221832TUNING ULTRASOUND ACQUISITION PARAMETERS - Values for ultrasound acquisition parameters are altered in a manifold space. The number of parameters to be set is reduced using a manifold. Virtual parameters different than the acquisition parameters are used to alter the greater number of acquisition parameters. In a further use, optimum image settings may be obtained in an automated system by measuring image quality for feeding back to virtual parameter adjustment.08-07-2014
20140249784METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN MODELING BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Embodiments include systems and methods for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. A method includes receiving patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's vasculature; creating an anatomic model representing at least a portion of the patient's vasculature based on the patient-specific data; and creating a computational model of a blood flow characteristic based on the anatomic model. The method also includes identifying one or more of an uncertain parameter, an uncertain clinical variable, and an uncertain geometry; modifying a probability model based on one or more of the identified uncertain parameter, uncertain clinical variable, or uncertain geometry; determining a blood flow characteristic within the patient's vasculature based on the anatomic model and the computational model of the blood flow characteristic of the patient's vasculature; and calculating, based on the probability model and the determined blood flow characteristic, a sensitivity of the determined fractional flow reserve to one or more of the identified uncertain parameter, uncertain clinical variable, or uncertain geometry.09-04-2014
20140249790METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TREATMENTS BY MODIFYING PATIENT-SPECIFIC GEOMETRICAL MODELS - Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating cardiovascular treatment options for a patient. One method includes creating a three-dimensional model representing a portion of the patient's heart based on patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart or vasculature; and for a plurality of treatment options for the patient's heart or vasculature, modifying at least one of the three-dimensional model and a reduced order model based on the three-dimensional model. The method also includes determining, for each of the plurality of treatment options, a value of a blood flow characteristic, by solving at least one of the modified three-dimensional model and the modified reduced order model; and identifying one of the plurality of treatment options that solves a function of at least one of: the determined blood flow characteristics of the patient's heart or vasculature, and one or more costs of each of the plurality of treatment options.09-04-2014
20140314292METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED RADIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL INFORMATION FOR DIAGNOSIS, THERAPY SELECTION, AND MONITORING - A method and system for integrating radiological and pathological information for cancer diagnosis, therapy selection, and monitoring is disclosed. A radiological image of a patient, such as a magnetic resonance (MR), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), or ultrasound image, is received. A location corresponding to each of one or more biopsy samples is determined in the at least one radiological image. An integrated display is used to display a histological image corresponding to the each biopsy samples, the radiological image, and the location corresponding to each biopsy samples in the radiological image. Pathological information and radiological information are integrated by combining features extracted from the histological images and the features extracted from the corresponding locations in the radiological image for cancer grading, prognosis prediction, and therapy selection.10-23-2014
20140372096METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TREATMENTS BY MODIFYING PATIENT-SPECIFIC GEOMETRICAL MODELS - Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating cardiovascular treatment options for a patient. One method includes creating a three-dimensional model representing a portion of the patient's heart based on patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart or vasculature; and for a plurality of treatment options for the patient's heart or vasculature, modifying at least one of the three-dimensional model and a reduced order model based on the three-dimensional model. The method also includes determining, for each of the plurality of treatment options, a value of a blood flow characteristic, by solving at least one of the modified three-dimensional model and the modified reduced order model; and identifying one of the plurality of treatment options that solves a function of at least one of: the determined blood flow characteristics of the patient's heart or vasculature, and one or more costs of each of the plurality of treatment options.12-18-2014
20140379318METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TREATMENTS BY MODIFYING PATIENT-SPECIFIC GEOMETRICAL MODELS - Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating cardiovascular treatment options for a patient. One method includes creating a three-dimensional model representing a portion of the patient's heart based on patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart or vasculature; and for a plurality of treatment options for the patient's heart or vasculature, modifying at least one of the three-dimensional model and a reduced order model based on the three-dimensional model. The method also includes determining, for each of the plurality of treatment options, a value of a blood flow characteristic, by solving at least one of the modified three-dimensional model and the modified reduced order model; and identifying one of the plurality of treatment options that solves a function of at least one of: the determined blood flow characteristics of the patient's heart or vasculature, and one or more costs of each of the plurality of treatment options.12-25-2014
20150051884SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PERSONALIZED VASCULAR IMPLANTS FROM PATIENT-SPECIFIC ANATOMIC DATA - Embodiments include methods of identifying a personalized cardiovascular device based on patient-specific geometrical information, the method comprising acquiring an anatomical model of at least part of the patient's vascular system; performing, using a processor, one or more of geometrical analysis, computational fluid dynamics analysis, and structural mechanics analysis on the anatomical model; and identifying, using the processor, a personalized cardiovascular device for the patient, based on results of one or more of the geometrical analysis, computational fluid dynamics analysis, and structural mechanics analysis of anatomical model.02-19-2015
20150051885SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PERSONALIZED VASCULAR IMPLANTS FROM PATIENT-SPECIFIC ANATOMIC DATA - Embodiments include methods of identifying a personalized cardiovascular device based on patient-specific geometrical information, the method comprising acquiring a geometric model of at least a portion of a patient's vascular system; obtaining one or more geometric quantities of one or more blood vessels of the geometric model of the patient's vascular system; determining the presence or absence of a pathology characteristic at a location in the geometric model of the patient's vascular system; generating an objective function defined by a plurality of device variables and a plurality of hemodynamic and solid mechanics characteristics; and optimizing the objective function using computational fluid dynamics and structural mechanics analysis to identify a plurality of device variables that result in desired hemodynamic and solid mechanics characteristics.02-19-2015
20150051886SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PERSONALIZED VASCULAR IMPLANTS FROM PATIENT-SPECIFIC ANATOMIC DATA - Embodiments include methods of identifying a personalized cardiovascular device based on patient-specific geometrical information, the method comprising: generating a patient specific model of at least a portion of a patient's vasculature from image data of the patient's vasculature and one or more measured or estimated physiological or phenotypic parameters of the patient; determining pathology characteristics from cardiovascular geometry of the patient specific model; defining an objective function for a device based on design considerations and one or more estimates of hemodynamic and mechanical characteristics; optimizing the objective function, by simulating at least one change in devices and evaluating the objective function using fluid dynamic or structural mechanic analyses; and using the optimized objective function to either (i) select a device from a set of available devices or (ii) manufacture a desired device.02-19-2015
20150065846SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING LOCATION, ONSET, AND/OR CHANGE OF CORONARY LESIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting the location, onset, or change of coronary lesions from factors like vessel geometry, physiology, and hemodynamics. One method includes: acquiring, for each of a plurality of individuals, a geometric model, blood flow characteristics, and plaque information for part of the individual's vascular system; training a machine learning algorithm based on the geometric models and blood flow characteristics for each of the plurality of individuals, and features predictive of the presence of plaque within the geometric models and blood flow characteristics of the plurality of individuals; acquiring, for a patient, a geometric model and blood flow characteristics for part of the patient's vascular system; and executing the machine learning algorithm on the patient's geometric model and blood flow characteristics to determine, based on the predictive features, plaque information of the patient for at least one point in the patient's geometric model.03-05-2015
20150065847SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING LOCATION, ONSET, AND/OR CHANGE OF CORONARY LESIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting the location, onset, or change of coronary lesions from factors like vessel geometry, physiology, and hemodynamics. One method includes: acquiring, for each of a plurality of individuals, a geometric model, blood flow characteristics, and plaque information for part of the individual's vascular system; training a machine learning algorithm based on the geometric models and blood flow characteristics for each of the plurality of individuals, and features predictive of the presence of plaque within the geometric models and blood flow characteristics of the plurality of individuals; acquiring, for a patient, a geometric model and blood flow characteristics for part of the patient's vascular system; and executing the machine learning algorithm on the patient's geometric model and blood flow characteristics to determine, based on the predictive features, plaque information of the patient for at least one point in the patient's geometric model.03-05-2015
20150065848SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING LOCATION, ONSET, AND/OR CHANGE OF CORONARY LESIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting the location, onset, or change of coronary lesions from factors like vessel geometry, physiology, and hemodynamics. One method includes: acquiring, for each of a plurality of individuals, a geometric model, blood flow characteristics, and plaque information for part of the individual's vascular system; training a machine learning algorithm based on the geometric models and blood flow characteristics for each of the plurality of individuals, and features predictive of the presence of plaque within the geometric models and blood flow characteristics of the plurality of individuals; acquiring, for a patient, a geometric model and blood flow characteristics for part of the patient's vascular system; and executing the machine learning algorithm on the patient's geometric model and blood flow characteristics to determine, based on the predictive features, plaque information of the patient for at least one point in the patient's geometric model.03-05-2015
20150066818SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING LOCATION, ONSET, AND/OR CHANGE OF CORONARY LESIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting the location, onset, or change of coronary lesions from factors like vessel geometry, physiology, and hemodynamics. One method includes: acquiring, for each of a plurality of individuals, a geometric model, blood flow characteristics, and plaque information for part of the individual's vascular system; training a machine learning algorithm based on the geometric models and blood flow characteristics for each of the plurality of individuals, and features predictive of the presence of plaque within the geometric models and blood flow characteristics of the plurality of individuals; acquiring, for a patient, a geometric model and blood flow characteristics for part of the patient's vascular system; and executing the machine learning algorithm on the patient's geometric model and blood flow characteristics to determine, based on the predictive features, plaque information of the patient for at least one point in the patient's geometric model.03-05-2015
20150086133SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING USER REPEATABILITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF AUTOMATED IMAGE ANNOTATION CORRECTION - Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling image annotation. One method includes acquiring a digital representation of image data and generating a set of image annotations for the digital representation of the image data. The method also may include determining an association between members of the set of image annotations and generating one or more groups of members based on the association. A representative annotation from the one or more groups may also be determined, presented for selection, and the selection may be recorded in memory.03-26-2015

Patent applications by Leo Grady, Millbrae, CA US

Leo J. Grady, Millbrae, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140270427METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING IMAGE QUALITY IN MODELING OF PATIENT ANATOMIC OR BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing the quality of medical images of at least a portion of a patient's anatomy, using a computer system. One method includes receiving one or more images of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy; determining, using a processor of the computer system, one or more image properties of the received images; performing, using a processor of the computer system, anatomic localization or modeling of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy based on the received images; obtaining an identification of one or more image characteristics associated with an anatomic feature of the patient's anatomy based on the anatomic localization or modeling; and calculating, using a processor of the computer system, an image quality score based on the one or more image properties and the one or more image characteristics.09-18-2014
20140275945METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING IMAGE QUALITY IN MODELING OF PATIENT ANATOMIC OR BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing the quality of medical images of at least a portion of a patient's anatomy, using a computer system. One method includes receiving one or more images of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy; determining, using a processor of the computer system, one or more image properties of the received images; performing, using a processor of the computer system, anatomic localization or modeling of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy based on the received images; obtaining an identification of one or more image characteristics associated with an anatomic feature of the patient's anatomy based on the anatomic localization or modeling; and calculating, using a processor of the computer system, an image quality score based on the one or more image properties and the one or more image characteristics.09-18-2014
20140275946METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING IMAGE QUALITY IN MODELING OF PATIENT ANATOMIC OR BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing the quality of medical images of at least a portion of a patient's anatomy, using a computer system. One method includes receiving one or more images of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy; determining, using a processor of the computer system, one or more image properties of the received images; performing, using a processor of the computer system, anatomic localization or modeling of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy based on the received images; obtaining an identification of one or more image characteristics associated with an anatomic feature of the patient's anatomy based on the anatomic localization or modeling; and calculating, using a processor of the computer system, an image quality score based on the one or more image properties and the one or more image characteristics.09-18-2014
20140275947METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING IMAGE QUALITY IN MODELING OF PATIENT ANATOMIC OR BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing the quality of medical images of at least a portion of a patient's anatomy, using a computer system. One method includes receiving one or more images of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy; determining, using a processor of the computer system, one or more image properties of the received images; performing, using a processor of the computer system, anatomic localization or modeling of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy based on the received images; obtaining an identification of one or more image characteristics associated with an anatomic feature of the patient's anatomy based on the anatomic localization or modeling; and calculating, using a processor of the computer system, an image quality score based on the one or more image properties and the one or more image characteristics.09-18-2014
20140376797METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING IMAGE QUALITY IN MODELING OF PATIENT ANATOMIC OR BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing the quality of medical images of at least a portion of a patient's anatomy, using a computer system. One method includes receiving one or more images of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy; determining, using a processor of the computer system, one or more image properties of the received images; performing, using a processor of the computer system, anatomic localization or modeling of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy based on the received images; obtaining an identification of one or more image characteristics associated with an anatomic feature of the patient's anatomy based on the anatomic localization or modeling; and calculating, using a processor of the computer system, an image quality score based on the one or more image properties and the one or more image characteristics.12-25-2014
20150086093METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING IMAGE QUALITY IN MODELING OF PATIENT ANATOMIC OR BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing the quality of medical images of at least a portion of a patient's anatomy, using a computer system. One method includes receiving one or more images of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy; determining, using a processor of the computer system, one or more image properties of the received images; performing, using a processor of the computer system, anatomic localization or modeling of at least a portion of the patient's anatomy based on the received images; obtaining an identification of one or more image characteristics associated with an anatomic feature of the patient's anatomy based on the anatomic localization or modeling; and calculating, using a processor of the computer system, an image quality score based on the one or more image properties and the one or more image characteristics.03-26-2015
20150089337SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING AND CORRECTING AUTOMATED MEDICAL IMAGE ANNOTATIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for manipulating image annotations. One method includes receiving an image of an individual's anatomy; automatically determining, using a processor, one or more annotations for anatomical features identified in the image of the individual's anatomy; determining a dependency or hierarchy between at least two of the one or more annotations for anatomical features identified in the image of the individual's anatomy; and generating, based on the dependency or hierarchy, a workflow prompting a user to manipulate the one or more annotations for anatomical features identified in the image of the individual's anatomy.03-26-2015

Mark Grady, West Chester, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140277175BONE REPAIR SYSTEM, KIT AND METHOD - A bone repair system, kit and method for percutaneous repair of a bone segment containing a first bone segment and a second bone segment in a patient, each bone segment having a drill hole. The system comprises a longitudinal member configured to contact the first bone segment and the second bone segment and having at least one opening and cleats on the side adapted to contact the first bone segment and the second bone segment; a first fastener assembly configured to be disposed through the opening of the longitudinal member to hold the longitudinal member in place through the opening and the hole in the first bone segment; and a second fastener assembly configured to be disposed through the opening of the longitudinal member to hold the longitudinal member in place through the opening and the hole in the second bone segment.09-18-2014

Mark P. Grady, Ambler, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080236585INDICATING DEVICE FOR A VENTILATOR - An indicating device assists rescue personnel in administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A transducer measures the pressure drop in a flow tube attached to the patient, and this pressure drop is converted into a flow rate and volume. Another transducer measures the pressure in the flow tube at a point near the patient, the measured pressure being essentially the same as, or related to, the intratracheal pressure. Indicator lights show either red or green or yellow, when the flow rate, and/or the intratracheal pressure, are within or outside of a preferred range. The desired ranges can be adjusted according to the weight of the patient. The device provides immediate guidance for rescue personnel, by indicating whether the volume of gas received by the patient is appropriate, and whether intratracheal pressure is below or above a potentially lethal level. It also provides a prompt light to indicate the desirable rate at which to administer respirations, a rate based upon the measured values of the exhaled volume and the intratracheal pressure.10-02-2008

Mark P. Grady, West Chester, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120226320EXPANDABLE BONE FIXATION IMPLANT - Bone fixation devices, assemblies, and methods are provided. An expandable bone fixation implant can be implanted into a patient and attached to an underlying bone via a percutaneous or alternative fixation procedure in order to provide fixation and stabilization of the underlying bone.09-06-2012

Matthew S. Grady, Burlington, VT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100042355METHOD FOR MONITORING THERMAL CONTROL - A structure has a heat dissipating feature, an internal temperature measurement device, and a memory. The structure generates heat as power is supplied to the structure, and a threshold voltage of the internal temperature measurement device changes as the temperature of the temperature measurement device changes. The embodiments herein establish a linear relationship between temperature and threshold voltage by heating the structure to a first temperature and recording a first threshold voltage, and then heating the structure to a second temperature and recording a second threshold voltage. From this, the embodiments herein calculate a linear relationship between temperature and threshold voltage. Further, the embodiments herein can calculate the temperatures of the structure based only upon the linear relationship and threshold voltages measured from internal temperature measurement device.02-18-2010
20130007546INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TEST OPTIMIZATION USING ADAPTIVE TEST PATTERN SAMPLING ALGORITHM - A method of implementing integrated circuit device testing includes performing baseline testing of a first group of chips using a full set of test patterns, and for chip identified as failing, determining, a score for each test pattern in the full set. The score is indicative of an ability of the test pattern to uniquely identify a failing chip with respect to other test patterns. Following the baseline testing, streamlined testing on a second group of chips is performed, using a reduced set of the test patterns having highest average scores as determined by the baseline testing. Following the streamlined testing, full testing on a third group of chips is performed using the full set of test patterns, and updating the average score for each pattern. Further testing alternates between the streamlined testing and the full testing for additional groups of chips.01-03-2013
20140059382REAL-TIME RULE ENGINE FOR ADAPTIVE TESTING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A method of testing a device is disclosed. Test data is obtained for a device testing program that tests the device. An adaptation command for testing the device is determined at an adaptive testing engine using obtained test data. The adaptation command is sent from the adaptive testing engine to a tool control application. The tool control application uses the adaptation command to control an operation related to the testing of the device.02-27-2014
20140059386REAL-TIME RULE ENGINE FOR ADAPTIVE TESTING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A method of testing a device is disclosed. Test data is obtained for a device testing program that tests the device. An adaptation command for testing the device is determined at an adaptive testing engine using obtained test data. The adaptation command is sent from the adaptive testing engine to a tool control application. The tool control application uses the adaptation command to control an operation related to the testing of the device.02-27-2014

Patent applications by Matthew S. Grady, Burlington, VT US

Michael Grady, Boston, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090256683CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN AN RFID SYSTEM INCLUDING A MULTIPLICITY OF RFID READERS - A system and method that facilitates the configuration and control of components of a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, taking into account how the RFID system components are associated with one or more physical locations within an environment in which the RFID system is deployed. The RFID system can be controlled by obtaining a representation of the physical space. Next, at least one region of interest is specified in the representation of the physical space. An interrogation zone is then specified in the representation of the physical space, in which the interrogation zone corresponds to the data reader. Next, at least one overlap region of the interrogation zone and the region of interest is specified. Information is then stored, including the representation, and the interest region, the interrogation zone, and/or the overlap region. Operation of the data reader is controlled as a function of the stored information.10-15-2009

Patent applications by Michael Grady, Boston, MA US

Michael Grady, Wellesley, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100163483FOOD PROCESSING RESOURCE RECOVERY - A method of hydrolyzing peptide bonds in waste material from dissolved air flotation (DAF float) wastewater treatment systems is disclosed. The method according to the disclosure comprises controlling the pH of said DAF float; adding a lytic agent to said pH controlled DAF float; and incubating the lytic agent/DAF float mixture. The hydrolyzed peptide bonds allow for the cleaving of oil molecules from protein material thereby increasing oil extraction from wastewater streams.07-01-2010

Michael Charles Grady, Oaklyn, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090305370METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUTANOL USING TWO-PHASE EXTRACTIVE FERMENTATION - A method of making butanol from at least one fermentable carbon source that overcomes the issues of toxicity resulting in an increase in the effective titer, the effective rate, and the effective yield of butanol production by fermentation utilizing a recombinant microbial host wherein the butanol is extracted into specific organic extractants during fermentation12-10-2009
20100221802METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUTANOL USING TWO-PHASE EXTRACTIVE FERMENTATION - A method of making butanol from at least one fermentable carbon source that overcomes the issues of toxicity resulting in an increase in the effective titer, the effective rate, and the effective yield of butanol production by fermentation utilizing a recombinant microbial host wherein the butanol is extracted into specific organic extractants during fermentation09-02-2010
20100261851Recoverable polymer-bound homogeneous catalysts for catalytic chain transfer process - Disclosed herein are novel polymer-tethered ligands, metal complexes comprising these ligands, and the use of these complexes as chain transfer catalysts to control the molecular weight of oligomeric and polymeric materials produced in a radical polymerization process. The materials made by the processes disclosed herein have significantly reduced color, making them suitable for a wide range of color-critical end-uses, including automotive coatings.10-14-2010
20110059252TWO COMPONENT COATING COMPOSITIONS AND COATINGS PRODUCED THEREFROM - The present invention is directed to two component coating compositions that cure under ambient conditions and more particularly to those having low VOC (volatile organic content) that are suitable for use in automotive refinish and Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) applications. The coating composition includes crosslinkable and crosslinking components, wherein the crosslinkable component includes a low polydispersity, low molecular weight copolymer having on an average 2 to 25 functional groups, such as hydroxyl, carboxyl, acetoacetoxy, primary and secondary amine, and epoxy. The copolymer is polymerized from a monomer mixture that includes one or more non-functional acrylate monomers and one or more functional methacrylate monomers provided with the functional groups. The crosslinking component includes polyisocyanate, polyamine, ketimine, melamine, epoxy, polyacid or a combination thereof. The invention is also directed to coating produced from the coating composition.03-10-2011
20110097773METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUTANOL USING EXTRACTIVE FERMENTATION - A method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed by extraction into a water-immiscible extractant composition comprising a first solvent and a second solvent, is provided. The first solvent is selected from the group consisting of C04-28-2011
20110136193METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUTANOL USING EXTRACTIVE FERMENTATION WITH OSMOLYTE ADDITION - A method is provided for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed during the fermentation by extraction into a water-immiscible organic extractant in the presence of at least one osmolyte at a concentration at least sufficient to increase the butanol partition coefficient relative to that in the presence of the osmolyte concentration of the basal fermentation medium and of an optional fermentable carbon source. The osmolyte may comprise a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, glycerol, sugarcane juice, molasses, polyethylene glycol, dextran, high fructose corn syrup, corn mash, starch, cellulose, and combinations thereof. Also provided is a method and composition for recovering butanol from a fermentation medium.06-09-2011
20110159558METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUTANOL USING EXTRACTIVE FERMENTATION WITH ELECTROLYTE ADDITION - A method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed during the fermentation by extraction into a water-immiscible organic extractant in the presence of at least one electrolyte at a concentration at least sufficient to increase the butanol partition coefficient relative to that in the presence of the salt concentration of the basal fermentation medium, is provided. The electrolyte may comprise a salt which dissociates in the fermentation medium, or in the aqueous phase of a biphasic fermentation medium, to form free ions. Also provided is a method and composition for recovering butanol from a fermentation medium.06-30-2011
20110288344RECOVERY OF BUTANOL FROM A MIXTURE OF BUTANOL, WATER, AND AN ORGANIC EXTRACTANT - A process for recovering butanol from a mixture comprising a water-immiscible organic extractant, water, butanol, and optionally a non-condensable gas, is provided. The butanol is selected from 1-butanol, 2-butanol, isobutanol, and mixtures thereof. An overhead stream from a first distillation column is condensed to recover a mixed condensate. An entrainer is added to at least one appropriate process stream or vessel such that the mixed condensate comprises sufficient entrainer to provide phase separation of the organic and the aqueous phases to provide for recovery of the butanol.11-24-2011
20110288345RECOVERY OF BUTANOL FROM A MIXTURE OF BUTANOL, WATER, AND AN ORGANIC EXTRACTANT - A process for recovering butanol from a mixture comprising a water-immiscible organic extractant, water, butanol, and optionally a non-condensable gas, is provided. The butanol is selected from 1-butanol, 2-butanol, isobutanol, and mixtures thereof. The extractant comprises at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of C11-24-2011
20110294179METHOD FOR PRODUCING BUTANOL USING TWO-PHASE EXTRACTIVE FERMENTATION - A method of making butanol from at least one fermentable carbon source that overcomes the issues of toxicity resulting in an increase in the effective titer, the effective rate, and the effective yield of butanol production by fermentation utilizing a recombinant microbial host wherein the butanol is extracted into specific organic extractants during fermentation12-01-2011
20110312043EXTRACTION SOLVENTS DERIVED FROM OIL FOR ALCOHOL REMOVAL IN EXTRACTIVE FERMENTATION - In an alcohol fermentation process, oil derived from biomass is hydrolyzed into an extractant available for in situ removal of a product alcohol such as butanol from a fermentation broth. The glycerides in the oil can be catalytically (e.g., enzymatically) hydrolyzed into free fatty acids, which form a fermentation product extractant having a partition coefficient for a product alcohol greater than a partition coefficient of the oil of the biomass for the product alcohol. Oil derived from a feedstock of an alcohol fermentation process can be hydrolyzed by contacting the feedstock including the oil with one or more enzymes whereby at least a portion of the oil is hydrolyzed into free fatty acids forming a fermentation product extractant, or the oil can be separated from the feedstock prior to the feedstock being fed to a fermentation vessel, and the separated oil can be contacted with the enzymes to form the fermentation product extractant. The fermentation product extractant can be contacted with a fermentation broth for in situ removal of a product alcohol.12-22-2011
20110312044EXTRACTION SOLVENTS DERIVED FROM OIL FOR ALCOHOL REMOVAL IN EXTRACTIVE FERMENTATION - In an alcohol fermentation process, oil derived from biomass is chemically converted into an extractant available for in situ removal of a product alcohol such as butanol from a fermentation broth. The glycerides in the oil can be chemically converted into a reaction product, such as fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty amides, fatty acid methyl esters, fatty acid glycol esters, and hydroxylated triglycerides, and mixtures thereof, which forms a fermentation product extractant having a partition coefficient for a product alcohol greater than a partition coefficient of the oil of the biomass for the product alcohol. Oil derived from a feedstock of an alcohol fermentation process can be chemically converting into the fermentation product extractant. The oil can be separated from the feedstock prior to the feedstock being fed to a fermentation vessel, and the separated oil can be chemically converted to a fermentation product extractant, which can then contacted with a fermentation product comprising a product alcohol, whereby the product alcohol is separated from the fermentation product.12-22-2011
20110312053SUPPLEMENTATION OF FATTY ACIDS FOR IMPROVING ALCOHOL PRODUCTIVITY - Fatty acids derived from biomass at a step in a fermentation process can be added to a fermentation medium comprising a recombinant microorganism that produces a product alcohol. At least one of growth rate and fermentable carbon consumption of the microorganism is greater in the presence of the fatty acids than the growth rate and the fermentable carbon consumption of the microorganism in the absence of the fatty acids. The addition of the fatty acids can increase glucose consumption, and can improve microorganism biomass production (cell growth/density) and growth rate, thereby reducing production time and increasing productivity of the fermentation process.12-22-2011
20120035398PROCESS TO REMOVE PRODUCT ALCOHOL FROM A FERMENTATION BY VAPORIZATION UNDER VACUUM - A fermentation liquid feed including water and a product alcohol and optionally CO02-09-2012
20120156738PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOL ESTERS AND IN SITU PRODUCT REMOVAL DURING ALCOHOL FERMENTATION - An alcohol fermentation process and composition that includes production of alcohol esters by esterification of product alcohol in a fermentation medium with a carboxylic acid (e.g., fatty acid) and a catalyst (e.g., lipase) capable of esterifying the product alcohol, such as butanol, with the carboxylic acid to form the alcohol esters. The alcohol esters can be extracted from the fermentation medium, and the product alcohol recovered from the alcohol esters. The carboxylic acid can also serve as an extractant for removal of the alcohol esters from the fermentation medium.06-21-2012
20120208246PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOL ESTERS AND IN SITU PRODUCT REMOVAL DURING ALCOHOL FERMENTATION - An alcohol fermentation process and composition that includes production of alcohol esters by esterification of product alcohol in a fermentation medium with a carboxylic acid (e.g., fatty acid) and a catalyst (e.g., lipase) capable of esterifying the product alcohol, such as butanol, with the carboxylic acid to form the alcohol esters. The alcohol esters can be extracted from the fermentation medium, and the product alcohol recovered from the alcohol esters. The carboxylic acid can also serve as an extractant for removal of the alcohol esters from the fermentation medium.08-16-2012
20120211348Process to Remove Product Alcohol from a Fermentation by Vaporization Under Vacuum - A fermentation liquid feed including water and a product alcohol and optionally CO08-23-2012
20130001061RECOVERY OF BUTANOL FROM A MIXTURE OF BUTANOL, WATER, AND AN ORGANIC EXTRACTANT - A process for recovering butanol from a mixture comprising a water-immiscible organic extractant, water, butanol, and optionally a non-condensable gas, is provided. The butanol is selected from 1-butanol, 2-butanol, isobutanol, and mixtures thereof. An overhead stream from a first distillation column is condensed to recover a mixed condensate. An entrainer is added to at least one appropriate process stream or vessel such that the mixed condensate comprises sufficient entrainer to provide phase separation of the organic and the aqueous phases to provide for recovery of the butanol.01-03-2013
20130001062RECOVERY OF BUTANOL FROM A MIXTURE OF BUTANOL, WATER, AND AN ORGANIC EXTRACTANT - A process for recovering butanol from a mixture comprising a water-immiscible organic extractant, water, butanol, and optionally a non-condensable gas, is provided. The butanol is selected from 1-butanol, 2-butanol, isobutanol, and mixtures thereof. The extractant comprises at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of C01-03-2013
20130089900Extraction Solvents Derived from Oil for Alcohol Removal in Extractive Fermentation - In an alcohol fermentation process, oil derived from biomass is hydrolyzed into an extractant available for in situ removal of a product alcohol such as butanol from a fermentation broth. The glycerides in the oil can be catalytically (e.g., enzymatically) hydrolyzed into free fatty acids, which form a fermentation product extractant having a partition coefficient for a product alcohol greater than a partition coefficient of the oil of the biomass for the product alcohol. Oil derived from a feedstock of an alcohol fermentation process can be hydrolyzed by contacting the feedstock including the oil with one or more enzymes whereby at least a portion of the oil is hydrolyzed into free fatty acids forming a fermentation product extractant, or the oil can be separated from the feedstock prior to the feedstock being fed to a fermentation vessel, and the separated oil can be contacted with the enzymes to form the fermentation product extractant. The fermentation product extractant can be contacted with a fermentation broth for in situ removal of a product alcohol.04-11-2013
20130236935EXTRACTION SOLVENTS DERIVED FROM OIL FOR ALCOHOL REMOVAL IN EXTRACTIVE FERMENTATION - In an alcohol fermentation process, oil derived from biomass is hydrolyzed into an extractant available for in situ removal of a product alcohol such as butanol from a fermentation broth. The glycerides in the oil can be catalytically (e.g., enzymatically) hydrolyzed into free fatty acids, which form a fermentation product extractant having a partition coefficient for a product alcohol greater than a partition coefficient of the oil of the biomass for the product alcohol. Oil derived from a feedstock of an alcohol fermentation process can be hydrolyzed by contacting the feedstock including the oil with one or more enzymes whereby at least a portion of the oil is hydrolyzed into free fatty acids forming a fermentation product extractant, or the oil can be separated from the feedstock prior to the feedstock being fed to a fermentation vessel, and the separated oil can be contacted with the enzymes to form the fermentation product extractant. The fermentation product extractant can be contacted with a fermentation broth for in situ removal of a product alcohol.09-12-2013
20140018581Process to Remove Product Alcohol from a Fermentation by Vaporization under Vacuum - A fermentation liquid feed including water and a product alcohol and optionally CO01-16-2014
20140073021PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FERMENTATION PRODUCTS - The present invention relates to the production of fermentation products such as alcohols including ethanol and butanol, and processes employing in situ product removal methods.03-13-2014
20140080189Method for Producing Butanol using Extractive Fermentation with Electrolyte Addition - A method for producing butanol through microbial fermentation, in which the butanol product is removed during the fermentation by extraction into a water-immiscible organic extractant in the presence of at least one electrolyte at a concentration at least sufficient to increase the butanol partition coefficient relative to that in the presence of the salt concentration of the basal fermentation medium, is provided. The electrolyte may comprise a salt which dissociates in the fermentation medium, or in the aqueous phase of a biphasic fermentation medium, to form free ions. Also provided is a method and composition for recovering butanol from a fermentation medium.03-20-2014
20140099688PROCESS TO REMOVE PRODUCT ALCOHOL FROM A FERMENTATION BY VAPORIZATION UNDER VACUUM - A fermentation liquid feed including water and a product alcohol and optionally CO04-10-2014
20140335582FERMENTIVE PRODUCTION OF FOUR CARBON ALCOHOLS - Methods for the fermentative production of four carbon alcohols is provided. Specifically, butanol, preferably isobutanol is produced by the fermentative growth of a recombinant bacterium expressing an isobutanol biosynthetic pathway.11-13-2014
20140363865SUPPLEMENTATION OF FATTY ACIDS FOR IMPROVING ALCOHOL PRODUCTIVITY - Fatty acids derived from biomass at a step in a fermentation process can be added to a fermentation medium comprising a recombinant microorganism that produces a product alcohol. At least one of growth rate and fermentable carbon consumption of the microorganism is greater in the presence of the fatty acids than the growth rate and the fermentable carbon consumption of the microorganism in the absence of the fatty acids. The addition of the fatty acids can increase glucose consumption, and can improve microorganism biomass production (cell growth/density) and growth rate, thereby reducing production time and increasing productivity of the fermentation process.12-11-2014
20150080615HIGH TEMPERATURE ESTER HYDROLYSIS OPERATING AT HIGH ESTER TO WATER RATIOS - A process for recovering alcohol from a fatty acid and/or diacid alcohol ester using water in an equal or lesser amount than oil on a mass basis. The process uses multiple reactors with separation of the alcohol product of hydrolysis between successive reactors. The use of low amounts of water allows recovery of the alcohol with a lower evaporation requirement, thus making a more energy efficient process.03-19-2015

Patent applications by Michael Charles Grady, Oaklyn, NJ US

Michael Jason Grady, Floravista, NM US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150117997Transfer Trailer for Loading Bales of Forage into a Transport Vehicle - A transfer trailer for loading bales of forage into a transport vehicle includes a press wall mounted on a horizontal deck to be movable between a loading position and a transfer end of the trailer, and the transfer trailer has a sizing structure disposed at the transfer end formed of a hinged door arrangement such that motive means moving the press wall along the deck of the transfer trailer causes the hinged door arrangement to engage a stack of bales loaded onto the deck of the transfer trailer to force the stack of bales into standardized dimensions prior to delivery to a transport vehicle.04-30-2015

Michael S. Grady, Saratoga, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120306747Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Entering Alternate Characters with a Physical Keyboard - A device displays a text entry area with an insertion point and detects activation of a first physical key in a physical keyboard. In response to a determination that the activation of the first physical key lasts more than a first predefined time period, the device displays a character selection area; while displaying the character selection area, the device detects activation of a second physical key in the physical keyboard; in response to a determination that the activated second physical key is an arrow key, the device moves a current character focus in accordance with a direction of the arrow key; and, in response to a determination that the activated second physical key is the first physical key, the device enters in the text entry area a single instance of a character that has the current character focus, and ceases to display the character selection area.12-06-2012

Mike Grady, Daytona Beach, FL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110259256SHALLOW WATER ANCHOR SYSTEM - A shallow water anchor system configured to secure a watercraft to a location in a shallow body of water. The shallow water anchor system includes an L-shaped mounting bracket coupled to the watercraft. The shallow water anchor system includes a mount sized and shaped to be coupled to the L-shaped mounting bracket. The mount includes an attachment member sized and shaped to be coupled to the L-shaped mounting bracket. The mount includes a support extending from the attachment member and extending at an off-right angle from the attachment member. The mount includes a channel coupled to the support and extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom. The shallow water anchor system includes a spike sized and shaped to extend through the channel and be held thereby.10-27-2011

Patrick Grady, San Francisco, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100023407System and Method for Availability-Based Limited-Time Offerings and Transactions - System and method for availability based on limited-time offerings and transactions. One embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method that, based on a set of known preferences and historic transactions with customers, culls from a customer database those customers most likely to close a transaction in a short time. The selected customers are notified of the offer, and the system processes the customers responses in a timely manner, and thus allow fleeting inventories to be sold off before they expire.01-28-2010

Patrick Charles Grady, Woodbridge, VA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080262948Alert distribution and management system and returns module - A method for managing a returns process in response to product alerts is provided. The method includes receiving an alert related to a product. The method also includes processing the alert into an alert repository. The method further includes retrieving product data based on the alert. The method further includes associating the product data with the alert. The method further includes facilitating a return of the product to a vendor using the product data. The method further includes receiving data in response to the return of the product. The method further includes providing an actionable display including the product data, the data in response to the return, and data related to a return action.10-23-2008
20090132330Alert distribution and management system and interface components - A method for distributing product alerts among a plurality of facilities is provided. The method includes receiving alerts, processing the alerts into an alert repository, providing an interface to an external system, receiving, via the interface, a request from the external system for an alert related to a product at the facility, extracting the alert from the alert repository, and sending, via the interface, the alert to the external system. A system for managing product alert handling at a facility is also provided. The system includes an alert processor and an interface component. The alert processor maintains a database. The interface component receives a request from an external system for alert handling data, retrieves the alert handling data from the database, sends the data to the external system, receives an action based on the data from the external system, and implements the action to manage alert handling at the facility.05-21-2009

Paul Grady, Reno, NV US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090083703Electronic Clinical Study Site Generation System - An electronic clinical system receives protocol information from a clinical study or trial designer and automatically generates source code modules and a data model for a website used in conducting the study or trial. The source code modules are used in automatically generating and exposing case report forms for use by the clinical sites participating in the study.03-26-2009

Philip E. Grady, Kannapolis, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080211685Changing a function of a device based on tilt of the device for longer than a time period - In various embodiments, changing the function involves disabling an input device, disabling an output device, changing a display mode of the output device from portrait to landscape, or increasing volume of the output device. In an embodiment, the change of the function is delayed by a time period, and the delay for changing the output device is longer than the delay for changing the input device. If the electronic device is upright, the input device and the output device are enabled. The tilt is sensed by a sensing device, signals from the sensing device are filtered, and a delay is introduced. In this way, premature disabling or enabling of the electronic device is avoided.09-04-2008
20130121134FAIL TO WIRE REMOVABLE MODULE FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION LINK - A fail-to-wire (FTW) module that preserves a primary data path connection from an upstream computer to a downstream computer if there is any kind of failure in a breakout data path to a breakout system. The FTW module provides switches between the incoming data network data and the breakout system such that when the breakout system encounters a failure, the switches are de-activated to bypass the breakout system. The switches in the FTW module are activated by a system health signal from the breakout system. The breakout system can be serviced without interrupting the data network connections since the FTW module can be extracted from the failed breakout system with data network connections intact. The FTW module is preferably a compact modular element that fits within the breakout chassis and is easily inserted and removed from the breakout system during servicing operations.05-16-2013
20130121139FAIL TO WIRE REMOVABLE MODULE FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION LINK - A fail-to-wire (FTW) module that preserves a primary data path connection from an upstream computer to a downstream computer if there is any kind of failure in a breakout data path to a breakout system. The FTW module provides switches between the incoming data network data and the breakout system such that when the breakout system encounters a failure, the switches are de-activated to bypass the breakout system. The switches in the FTW module are activated by a system health signal from the breakout system. The breakout system can be serviced without interrupting the data network connections since the FTW module can be extracted from the failed breakout system with data network connections intact. The FTW module is preferably a compact modular element that fits within the breakout chassis and is easily inserted and removed from the breakout system during servicing operations.05-16-2013
20130121159DATA BREAKOUT AT THE EDGE OF A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A first service mechanism in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. These services may include caching of data, data or video compression techniques, push-based services, charging, application serving, analytics, security, data filtering, and new revenue-producing services, as well as others. This architecture allows performing new mobile network services at the edge of a mobile data network within the infrastructure of an existing mobile data network.05-16-2013
20130121250DATA BREAKOUT AT THE EDGE OF A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A first service mechanism in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. These services may include caching of data, data or video compression techniques, push-based services, charging, application serving, analytics, security, data filtering, and new revenue-producing services, as well as others. This architecture allows performing new mobile network services at the edge of a mobile data network within the infrastructure of an existing mobile data network.05-16-2013
20130156020KEY STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL IN A BREAKOUT COMPONENT AT THE EDGE OF A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A breakout component in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. These services may require the use of keys. Keys are stored and retrieved from a non-volatile key storage in a way that assures subsystems that need the keys have access to the keys. The keys retrieved from the non-volatile key storage are stored in a shared memory in the requesting subsystem, which allows any applications that requires access to the keys to directly access the keys in the shared memory.06-20-2013
20130157618KEY STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL IN A BREAKOUT COMPONENT AT THE EDGE OF A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A breakout component in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. These services may require the use of keys. Keys are stored and retrieved from a non-volatile key storage in a way that assures subsystems that need the keys have access to the keys. The keys retrieved from the non-volatile key storage are stored in a shared memory in the requesting subsystem, which allows any applications that requires access to the keys to directly access the keys in the shared memory.06-20-2013
20130157619STATES FOR BREAKOUT APPLIANCE IN A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A breakout appliance in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. The breakout appliance includes multiple states that support manufacturing, testing, production, tamper detection and end of life, and the functions of the breakout appliance vary according to its state.06-20-2013
20130157702STATES FOR BREAKOUT APPLIANCE IN A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A breakout appliance in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. The breakout appliance includes multiple states that support manufacturing, testing, production, tamper detection and end of life, and the functions of the breakout appliance vary according to its state.06-20-2013

Patent applications by Philip E. Grady, Kannapolis, NC US

Robert Francis Grady, Lake Zurich, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110049004Box insert - A product is secured within a box, using an apparatus that can be re-used to secure a different sized or shaped product. The apparatus is a box insert having a rigid sheet that fits snugly within the box, and multiple supports mounted on both the top and bottom of the rigid sheet. The supports mounted on the top side of the insert are spaced in an opposing manner to hold a first product snugly between those supports, while the supports mounted on the bottom side are spaced to hold a second product of a different shape or size. The insert is placed in a box so that either the top side or the bottom side of the insert is closest to the top of the box to serve as a support for whichever sized and shaped product best fits within the supports on that top-facing side of the insert.03-03-2011

Robert Henry Grady, Rumford, RI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130107772SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIME-BASED HAILING OF RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES05-02-2013
20130109319SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC SQUELCHING IN RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES05-02-2013
20140028468SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING DATA WITHIN A MESH NETWORK - Systems and methods for distributing a firmware upgrade within a mesh network are provided. In one implementation, a firmware upgrade distributing system comprises a utility provider, which is configured to provide utility services to a plurality of customers, a plurality of meters, and a plurality of nodes. Each meter is configured to measure utility usage data of a respective customer. The nodes are configured to transmit the utility usage data from the plurality of meters to the utility provider. When at least one of the meters is scheduled to receive a firmware upgrade, the utility provider is configured to forward the firmware upgrade to at least one of the plurality of nodes. The at least one node is configured to receive and store the firmware upgrade and, after storing the firmware upgrade, is further configured to forward the firmware upgrade to at least one of the plurality of meters.01-30-2014
20140028469HIGH TRAFFIC DATA TRANSMISSION - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating with a radio frequency (RF) device. An exemplary method includes: listening, by the collector node, during a first listening period, for a hailing signal from a plurality of RF devices on a hailing channel, the hailing signal including identification of a specified data channel; in response to receiving the hailing signal from one of the plurality of RF devices, switching to the specified data channel and receiving data, by the collector node, on the specified data channel; collecting, by the collector node, during a collecting period, data from the plurality of RF devices; receiving, by the collector node, the data from at least one of the plurality of RF devices; and listening, during a second listening period, for an alert notification, wherein the first listening period and the collecting period occur at different times.01-30-2014
20140028470HIGH TRAFFIC DATA TRANSMISSION - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating with a radio frequency (RF) device. An exemplary method includes: listening, by the collector node, during a listening period, for a hailing signal from a plurality of RF devices on a hailing channel, the hailing signal including identification of a specified data channel; in response to receiving the hailing signal from one of the plurality of RF devices, switching to the specified data channel and receiving data, by the collector node, on the specified data channel; collecting, by the collector node, during a collecting period, data from the plurality of RF devices; and receiving, by the collector node, the data from at least one of the plurality of RF devices, wherein the listening period and the collecting period occur at different times.01-30-2014
20140029567TRANSMITTING DATA WITHIN A MESH NETWORK - Systems and methods for communicating data within mesh networks are provided. According to one implementation, a data communication node comprises a radio frequency (RF) driver configured to transmit RF signals to and receive RF signals from a remote device via an antenna. The node further comprises a timing device configured to establish a plurality of sequential time periods having start times and end times in synchronization with corresponding time periods of the remote device. The node also includes a memory device configured to store a frequency channel table listing a predetermined sequence of channels, the table also being stored in the remote device. Furthermore, the node comprises a transmitting module configured to forward information related to a data packet to the RF driver for transmission over a channel of the predetermined sequence of channels to the remote device during a first of the plurality of sequential time periods.01-30-2014

Robert W. Grady, Letart, WV US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090211487Wood Preservative Composition - A wood preservative composition resulting from admixing components comprising: at least one preservative metal; a quaternary ammonium compound; at least 2 amine compounds; a pH reducing agent, and water, wherein the pH of the composition is from about 7.1 to less than 8.5. Surprisingly, this combination of materials results in a stable solution that can contain a moldicide yet have a commercially acceptable shelf life.08-27-2009

Steven C. Grady, Chanhassen, MN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110183183BATTERY ARRAYS, CONSTRUCTIONS AND METHOD - Disclosed is a stacked array of a plurality of thin film batteries that are electrically connected together. The stacked array is in a staggered configuration. The outermost points of side edges on one side of the stacked array preferably generally conform to an interior surface of an electronic device or component thereof in order to advantageously save space in the device. In an embodiment, the stacked array comprises at least one battery having a single surface in contact with a plurality of batteries. In another embodiment, a shaped array of a plurality of thin film batteries electrically connected together is provided, whereby a plurality of batteries are arranged in a single layer on a non-rectangular substrate adjacent to one another generally in the shape of the surface of the substrate. Additionally, a thin film battery is described wherein at least one via is provided through the substrate and at least one other via through an insulation layer to provide electronic connection to the battery cell.07-28-2011

Thomas Grady, Mclean, VA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120187749Generating axle - Generators are not new. They have been around for a long time. We find them in windmills, in hydroelectric dams, and in many other applications where kinetic energy, in these cases in the form of wind and falling water, is harnessed and turned into electricity. I propose to harness the kinetic energy of an automobile (and other devices) by turning the axles into generators. I propose to do this by wrapping the axles in wire and either magnetizing the axle tube or lining it with magnets on two sides. Then, when the axle spins, the wire will turn in a magnetic field, thereby creating electricity which can be routed directly to the battery to prolong its charge.07-26-2012
20130229092ELECTRICITY GENERATING AXLE AND ELECTRICITY GENERATING HUB FOR A VEHICLE - A generating axle for a vehicle. The generating axle can include a hollow, tubular housing, a shaft rotatably disposed within the housing, at least one armature carried by the shaft, and at least one permanent magnet carried by the housing, wherein the at least one armature and the at least one permanent magnet are disposed such that a current is induced in the armature when the shaft is rotated with respect to the housing.09-05-2013

Victor Eugene Grady, Irvine, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120096628PERSONAL ITEM PROTECTOR APPARATUS - An apparatus and a system for support and/or holder for implements, and more specifically, for the securement and transport of personal items such as eyewear is provided. The apparatus may be used with a shirt. For example, the shirt can include a first protector pocket attached to the shirt, the first protector pocket including a pull tab loop with an open portion in the center. The shirt can also include a second protector pocket attached to the shirt, the second protector pocket including a vertical loop. A first shorter pocket can be in front of a second taller pocket. The pocket can include a notch such as a semi-circular notch, a rectangular notch formed on the face of the pocket or a notch that is formed on the side of the pocket and defined by two areas of stitching, one above the notch and a second below the notch.04-26-2012

Wayne Grady, Morgan Township, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120317809METHOD OF REPAIRING A TURBINE NOZZLE SEGMENT IN A TURBINE ENGINE - A method for repairing a turbine nozzle having at least one vane disposed between an inner and an outer band. Embodiments of the method can comprise separating the inner band from the outer band and securing a replacement part to the inner band. In one embodiment, the methods accommodate replacement parts that include vanes with a base feature that comprises a non-airfoil shape and that integrates cooling features useful for operation of the turbine nozzle.12-20-2012

Wayne R. Grady, Fairfield, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080273971TURBINE NOZZLE SEGMENT AND REPAIR METHOD - A method of repairing a turbine nozzle segment having at least one vane disposed between outer and inner bands. The method includes using an salvageable part, such as honeycomb backing strip remnant, from a nozzle segment that is unrepairable, and joining the honeycomb backing strip to a replacement casting. The replacement casting includes a tenon formed on the inner band that mates with a mortise formed on the back side of the honeycomb backing strip. A nozzle segment and nozzle segment casting used in connection with the method is also disclosed.11-06-2008

Wayne Ray Grady, Hamilton, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080267775Nozzle segments and method of repairing the same - A method of repairing a nozzle segment is provided. The nozzle segment includes at least one airfoil extending between an inner band and an outer band, and the airfoil includes a first sidewall and an opposing second sidewall that are joined together at a leading edge and at an axially-spaced trailing edge. The method includes identifying a damaged portion of the airfoil, repairing the damaged portion of the airfoil by at least one of welding weld filler in the area of the damaged portion of the airfoil, and brazing preform in the area of the damaged portion of the airfoil, and blending at least one of the weld filler and the preform to remove excess material to facilitate finishing an outer surface of the airfoil.10-30-2008
20100024187METHOD FOR REPAIR OF A LOCOMOTIVE DIESEL MOTOR WATER MANIFOLD - Methods for repairing and restoring water manifold pipes, particularly locomotive diesel motor water manifolds exhibiting excessive corrosion around at least one water port. Exemplary methods include inserting a pipe segment into a selected water port and using the inserted pipe segment as a build-up or brazing form. Braze material is applied in one layers around and against the inserted pipe segment. Excess braze material and the pipe segment are thereafter removed in order to restore the manifold pipe to an original dimension.02-04-2010
20100126014REPAIR METHOD FOR TBC COATED TURBINE COMPONENTS - A method is provided for repairing a metallic turbine component which includes a thermal barrier coating system including a metallic bond coat and a ceramic top coat. The method includes: (a) removing the top coat using a mechanical process; (b) partially stripping the metallic bond coat from the component, such that substantially no material of the component is removed; (c) repairing at least one defect in the turbine component; (d) applying a new metallic bond coat to the turbine component; and (e) applying a new ceramic top coat over the metallic bond coat.05-27-2010

Patent applications by Wayne Ray Grady, Hamilton, OH US

Wayne Ray Grady, Fairfield, OH US

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20120027617TURBINE NOZZLE SEGMENT AND METHOD OF REPAIRING SAME - A method is provided for repairing a metallic turbine component which includes at least two airfoils interconnected by a mid-span shroud. The method includes: (a) applying a reinforcement plate to the mid-span shroud; (b) applying braze material to at least a portion of a perimeter of the reinforcement plate; (c) heating the component to melt and flow the braze material between the reinforcement plate and the mid-span shroud; and (d) allowing the braze material to cool and solidify so as to bond the reinforcement plate to the mid-span shroud.02-02-2012

William Grady, Nashville, TN US

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20140206855METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH METHYLATION OF HMLH1 PROMOTER DNA - Methods are provided for detection of cancers associated with methylation of hMLH1 promoter DNA in a subject. The method comprise assaying for the presence of methylated hMLH1 promoter DNA in a bodily fluid from a subject. In one embodiment, the method comprises reacting DNA from the sample with a chemical compound that converts non-methylated cytosine bases but not methylated cytosine bases, to a different nucleotide base. The compound-converted DNA is then amplified using a methylation-sensitive polymerase chain reaction (MSP) employing primers that amplify the compound-converted DNA template. The present invention also provides nucleotide primer sequences for use in the methylation-sensitive PCR assay.07-24-2014

William A. Grady, Bedford, TX US

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20090287742METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RUN TIME DIRECTORIES FOR ADDRESS SERVICES ON A MAIL PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present application generally relates to address data maintenance services using a mail processing system. The present application discloses techniques and equipment to update address information and usage of mail processing equipment to print delivery point barcodes that represent the current and accurate address information available for the addressee. The present application also provides a new approach for storing and searching address and name run time directories as part of a mail processing system using address reader technology.11-19-2009

William Andrew Grady, Bedford, TX US

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20090057207MAIL PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR ADDRESS CHANGE SERVICE - Systems and methods are disclosed for processing a mailing including one or more mail pieces. The exemplary systems and method include capturing address data, addressee data, or address and addressee data associated with each respective mail piece of the mailing. A delivery point address code and a unique identifier are determined for the respective mail piece based at least in part on the captured address data, addressee data, or address and addressee data. In addition, a machine readable code is generated comprising at least a mailer identifier for the mailing and the unique identifier. The machine readable code is then printed on the respective mail piece. Also disclosed are exemplary systems and methods for retrieving a delivery point address code from a move data file. A machine readable code is generated from the delivery point address code and a unique identifier, and is printed on the mail piece.03-05-2009

William Lewis Grady, Savannah, GA US

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20140338565REJUVENATION OF RECLAIMED ASPHALT - Asphalt compositions comprising reclaimed asphalt and a rejuvenating agent are disclosed. The reclaimed asphalt comprises aggregate and an aged binder. The rejuvenating agent, which has a cyclic content of at least 5 wt. %, comprises an ester or ester blend derived from an acid selected from aromatic acids, fatty acids, fatty acid monomers, fatty acid dimers, fatty acid trimers, rosin acids, rosin acid dimers, and mixtures thereof. The rejuvenating agent revitalizes the aged bitumen binder of reclaimed asphalt and restores its physical properties to those of the original performance-grade bitumen. Improvements include desirable softening, low-temperature cracking resistance, better fatigue cracking resistance, good elevated temperature performance, improved miscibility, and restored temperature sensitivity. The rejuvenating agents enable the use of higher levels of recovered asphalt, particularly RAP, in asphalt mixtures, reduce binder and aggregate costs, and help the road construction industry reduce its reliance on virgin, non-renewable materials.11-20-2014

William Mack Grady, Round Rock, TX US

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20100085065PASSIVE AGENT SYSTEM IMPEDANCE MONITORING STATION AND METHOD - This invention relates to a hybrid passive agent system impedance monitoring station and method. The method of monitoring impedance of an electrical system includes the steps of providing an impedance monitoring station adapted to test and monitor system impedance, solving for system impedance in a time domain, solving for system impedance in a frequency domain, and determining a time domain driving point impedance and a frequency domain driving point impedance to identify the impedance of the system.04-08-2010

William N. Grady, Haledon, NJ US

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20140052073Controlled Release Structure for Attaching Medical Devices - A medical device for use with a fluid transfer device includes a hub having an open proximal end with a frusto-conically-shaped cavity therein, a distal end and a passageway therethrough. The cavity is part of the passageway. A release element in the passageway of the hub is positioned to block fluid-tight engagement of the frusto-conically-shaped tip with the cavity of the hub. Structure is provided to release at least part of the release element, upon application of a proximally directed force on the hub, to allow the abrupt fluid-tight engagement of the tip and the cavity in the hub.02-20-2014
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