Harshman, US
Bruce Harshman, Wentzville, MO US
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20080220112 | DOUBLE BAG VACUUM INFUSION PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR LOW COST, ADVANCED COMPOSITE FABRICATION - Boeing is actively engaged in the production of lightweight composite airframes for both military and commercial applications. The double bag vacuum infusion process of the present invention provides a low cost, method for producing complex composite assemblies without an autoclave. It also enables the production of highly innovative structures. The quality of the composites produced using such an infusion process are comparable to composites made using prepregs, hand layup or fiber placement and autoclave curing. | 09-11-2008 |
20120231107 | Double Bag Vacuum Infusion Process and System for Low Cost, Advanced Composite Fabrication - Boeing is actively engaged in the production of lightweight composite airframes for both military and commercial applications. The double bag vacuum infusion process of the present. invention provides a low cost, method for producing complex composite assemblies without an autoclave. It also enables the production of highly innovative structures. The quality of the composites produced using such an infusion process are comparable to composites made using prepregs, hand layup or fiber placement, and autoclave curing. | 09-13-2012 |
Dale Richard Harshman, Lynden, WA US
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20140011683 | Layered Ionic Superconductor - A composition of matter for a layered ionic superconductor comprising a plurality of layers of ions and electronic interaction charges, and having a substantially improved superconducting transition temperature is described. An aspect of the composition includes a first layer comprising a plurality of alkali ions and cesium ions in particular that is adjacent to a second layer comprising a plurality of halogen ions and fluorine ions in particular. The first and second layers contain electronic interaction charges and are separated by a predetermined perpendicular distance. Crystalline structure, ionic properties, superconducting transition temperature, and superfluid density for several embodiments including companion ionic species are described and illustrated. Methods for preparing the several embodiments are provided. | 01-09-2014 |
Edward S. Harshman, Kirkland, WA US
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20130310822 | COMPACT DELIVERY PULMONARY TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING PULMONARY FUNCTION - A pulmonary treatment system includes a compact configuration for delivery to a first airway of a patient. An energy delivery system of the pulmonary treatment system delivers energy to target tissue in or along an airway wall of the first airway to reduce airway resistance in a second airway distal to the first airway. The pulmonary treatment system protects tissue in the airway wall of the first airway located between the target tissue and the energy delivery system by at least one of thermodynamically cooling, circulating a liquid coolant through the pulmonary treatment system, and shielding a portion of the energy delivery system. | 11-21-2013 |
20140276792 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT - A treatment system includes a fluid cooling supply system for chilling and delivering liquid coolant to a patient. The fluid cooling supply system includes a cooling device and a heat exchanger device. The heat exchanger device is biased to the cooling device and is in fluid communication with a treatment device in a patient. The fluid cooling supply system includes at least one biasing mechanism to provide a given biasing force between the heat exchanger device and the cooling device to effectuate and improve heat transfer. The liquid coolant may be circulated through an energy delivery device positioned in an airway of a patient to preserve tissue. The system is controlled to circulate liquid coolant at a given temperature and pressure for a selected amount of time during pulmonary treatment of a patient. | 09-18-2014 |
20160022351 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT - A treatment system includes a fluid cooling supply system for chilling and delivering liquid coolant to a patient. The fluid cooling supply system includes a cooling device and a heat exchanger device. The heat exchanger device is biased to the cooling device and is in fluid communication with a treatment device in a patient. The fluid cooling supply system includes at least one biasing mechanism to provide a given biasing force between the heat exchanger device and the cooling device to effectuate and improve heat transfer. The liquid coolant may be circulated through an energy delivery device positioned in an airway of a patient to preserve tissue. The system is controlled to circulate liquid coolant at a given temperature and pressure for a selected amount of time during pulmonary treatment of a patient. | 01-28-2016 |
Edward Scott Harshman, Kirkland, WA US
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20150257800 | SHAPE ADAPTABLE INTRAMEDULLARY FIXATION DEVICE - Implantable devices for fixation of curved bone such as the pelvic ring pubic symphysis and acetabulum, and methods for the use of the devices are disclosed. The implantable devices are convertible between a flexible state and a rigid state, and include an elongate structure having a proximal bone interface, a main body, and a distal bone interface. In a flexible state, the devices may be inserted along, and conform to a curved pathway, and in the rigid state, the devices may support the mechanical loads required to fixate a fracture. | 09-17-2015 |
E. Scott Harshman, Kirkland, WA US
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20120330160 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is described. In one implementation, the connector includes a female portion including one or more electrical contacts and a male portion including one or more electrical contacts. The female portion and the male portion each have a self-orientating geometry that allows the male portion to be mated with the female portion in any rotational position along 360 degrees of rotation. When mated, the electrical contacts of the female portion mate with corresponding one or more electrical contacts of the male portion to form one or more electrical connections between two electronic components. | 12-27-2012 |
E. Scott Harshman, Redmond, WA US
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20090221918 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is described. In one implementation, the connector includes a female portion including one or more electrical contacts and a male portion including one or more electrical contacts. The female portion and the male portion each have a self-orientating geometry that allows the male portion to be mated with the female portion in any rotational position along 360 degrees of rotation. When mated, the electrical contacts of the female portion mate with corresponding one or more electrical contacts of the male portion to form one or more electrical connections between two electronic components. | 09-03-2009 |
Gabriel J. Harshman, Kalamazoo, MI US
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20140130937 | MANIFOLD FOR FILLING PLURAL CANNULAE, THE MANIFOLD INCLUDING A QUICK RELEASE MECHANISM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY HOLDING AND RELEASING THE CANNULAE TO/FROM THE MANIFOLD - A system for loading plural cannulae with a substance that is to be injected into living tissue. This invention provides an efficient means of providing plural substance-filled cannulae for surgical procedures, such as vertebral augmentations. The system includes a mixing and delivery system, including a manifold. The manifold includes a housing with a plurality of channels that route the flow of the mixed substance from a single central channel to multiple sub-channels for the simultaneous filling of attached cannulae. The manifold also includes valves that regulate the flow of the substance out of the manifold. The open/closed states of these valves are inherently set as a function of the presence/absence of cannulae. A cartridge/plate releasably holds the multiple cannulae to the manifold. The release of the cartridge/plate results in the simultaneous release of the substance-filled cannulae from the manifold. | 05-15-2014 |
Gabriel James Harshman, Portage, MI US
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20130345765 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OFF-AXIS TISSUE MANIPULATION - A surgical system and method for manipulating tissue. A steerable assembly comprises a steerable instrument and a deformable conduit. The steerable instrument comprises a control element and a deflectable portion operatively connected to the control element. The steerable assembly is directed through an access cannula such that at least a portion of the steerable assembly protrudes from the distal end of the access cannula. The steerable instrument is actuated to move a deflectable portion of the steerable instrument and a distal portion of the deformable conduit away from the longitudinal axis of the access cannula so that the deformable conduit assumes a deformed position. The steerable instrument is retracted from the deformable conduit. | 12-26-2013 |
James P. Harshman, Bradenton, FL US
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20090188859 | WASTEWATER TREAMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for wastewater treatment. A nitrate source may be dosed to a collection tank, such as a wet well, for downstream control of hydrogen sulfide levels in the wastewater. A source of a strong oxidizer may also be dosed to the wet well. The oxidizer, such as chlorite, may temporarily interrupt denitrification processes in the wet well to prevent floatation of undesirable constituents therein. The oxidizer dosage may be generally consistent with the nitrate dosage. An ORP sensor may facilitate regulation of dosing. The nitrate and the oxidizer may be present in a single mixture to be dosed to the wet well. | 07-30-2009 |
20100012558 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for wastewater treatment. A nitrate source may be dosed to a collection tank, such as a wet well, for downstream control of hydrogen sulfide levels in the wastewater. A source of a strong oxidizer may also be dosed to the wet well. The oxidizer, such as chlorite, may temporarily interrupt denitrification processes in the wet well to prevent floatation of undesirable constituents therein. The oxidizer dosage may be generally consistent with the nitrate dosage. An ORP sensor may facilitate regulation of dosing. The nitrate and the oxidizer may be present in a single mixture to be dosed to the wet well. | 01-21-2010 |
20120213662 | SYNERGISTIC METHODS FOR ODOR CONTROL - An odor control composition may be dosed to a wastewater treatment system to control hydrogen sulfide levels. The composition may include a sulfide-reducing agent and an oxidizer. Synergy between the compounds of the odor control composition may facilitate efficient reduction of hydrogen sulfide levels. The sulfide-reducing agent and the oxidizer may be present in a single odor control composition or may be dosed to the system separately. | 08-23-2012 |
James Paul Harshman, Bradenton, FL US
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20110049061 | METHOD FOR TREATING ODOR IN WASTEWATER - Disclosed herein is method of treating wastewater to remove odorous sulfide compounds. The method includes measuring a concentration of a dissolved sulfide compound contacting the wastewater with an enhanced hydrogen peroxide solution to produce a molecular ratio of not more than four to one of hydrogen peroxide to the dissolved sulfide compound in the wastewater, and maintaining the wastewater under conditions sufficient to lessen a concentration of the dissolved sulfide compound in the wastewater to an acceptable level after an enhanced residence time of the hydrogen peroxide in the wastewater. | 03-03-2011 |
20120012188 | SLURRY FEED SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention can provide or facilitate systems and methods for feeding a slurry and, in particular, to systems and methods for treating wastewater streams with a slurry having periodic flushing of conduits. | 01-19-2012 |
James Paul Harshman, Brandenton, FL US
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20130220431 | SLURRY FEED SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention can provide or facilitate systems and methods for feeding a slurry and, in particular, to systems and methods for treating wastewater streams with a slurry having periodic flushing of conduits. | 08-29-2013 |
James Vaughan Harshman, Bradenton, FL US
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20110233146 | SYNERGISTIC WASTEWATER ODOR CONTROL COMPOSITION, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS THEREFOR - Some aspects of the invention can involve compositions, systems, and related techniques that control or reduce objectionable odor characteristics of a body or a stream of wastewater. The compositions, systems, and related techniques can comprise one or more compounds that adjust metabolic activity of at least a portion of microorganisms in wastewater to inhibit or disfavor the formation of at least one objectionable odorous compound or species and one or more compounds that modify, shift, or promote one or more states or characteristics of one or more objectionable odorous species in wastewater. The metabolic modifying compound can be an anthraquinone and the state modifying compound can be an alkaline or pH-elevating compound. | 09-29-2011 |
20160051929 | ADDITION OF ALKALINE MATERIALS TO BIOTRICKLING FILTER OR BIO-FILTER MAKE-UP WATER - A system for removing undesirable compounds from contaminated air includes a biofilter having an alkaline material introduction system and a fuzzy-logic based controller. A contaminant, such as hydrogen sulfide, is removed from contaminated air by passing the contaminated air through the biofilter. | 02-25-2016 |
Julia M. Harshman, Owings, MD US
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20150150167 | Apple tree named 'Antietam Blush' - A new and distinctive variety of | 05-28-2015 |
Mark Harshman, St. Joseph, MO US
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20090079103 | Tool and apparatus for forming a moldable material - The present invention is directed to a tool and apparatus for forming a moldable material into a formed product having a desired shape, and optionally having a pouch for inserting pills, vitamins, and the like. The tool comprises a sleeve with a concentric insert, with a gap between the two for directing compressed air to eject the formed product from the tool. Exemplary apparatus using the tool and an associated method are also provided. | 03-26-2009 |
Scott Harshman, Kirkland, WA US
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20100069931 | Transesophageal gastric reduction method and device for reducing the size of a previously formed gastric reduction pouch - A gastric reduction pouch of a stomach is formed by gathering stomach tissue circumferentially from within the stomach to form a reduced diameter stomach section. A plurality of fasteners are deployed within the gathered stomach tissue to maintain the reduced diameter stomach portion. The gathering step may include folding the stomach tissue to produce a plurality of stomach tissue folds. A device is disclosed that is particularly adapted to permit such gastric reduction of a previously formed gastric reduction pouch. | 03-18-2010 |
20100094166 | Methods and devices for taking multiple biopsy samples from the esophagus - A biopsy device is provided which has a plurality of sample chamber bodies with each body having a plurality of sample chambers. The sample chamber bodies are pivotally coupled to one another to permit the device to be steered and so that the device may conform somewhat to the shape of the esophagus. | 04-15-2010 |
20100114120 | Assemblies for deploying fasteners in tissue and snares for use in such assemblies - An assembly is provided to facilitate the deployment of at least one fastener through tissue, such as stomach tissue. The assembly comprises a fastener deploying device arranged to deploy a fastener through the tissue and a snare arranged to bind the tissue and fastener deploying device together as the fastener deploying device deploys a fastener through the tissue. | 05-06-2010 |
20100241139 | Methods and devices for forming a tissue fold - A device for forming a tissue fold includes a recess and an opening at the end of the recess. Tissue is drawn into the recess and through the opening using a tissue engaging element. As the tissue is drawn through the opening, the tissue layers are compressed together. A fastener is used to secure the tissue fold. | 09-23-2010 |
20140180301 | TRANSESOPHAGEAL GASTRIC REDUCTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE SIZE OF A PREVIOUSLY FORMED GASTRIC REDUCTION POUCH - A gastric reduction pouch of a stomach is formed by gathering stomach tissue circumferentially from within the stomach to form a reduced diameter stomach section. A plurality of fasteners are deployed within the gathered stomach tissue to maintain the reduced diameter stomach portion. The gathering step may include folding the stomach tissue to produce a plurality of stomach tissue folds. A device is disclosed that is particularly adapted to permit such gastric reduction of a previously formed gastric reduction pouch. | 06-26-2014 |
20140194901 | ASSEMBLIES FOR DEPLOYING FASTENERS IN TISSUE AND SNARES FOR USE IN SUCH ASSEMBLIES - An assembly is provided to facilitate the deployment of at least one fastener through tissue, such as stomach tissue. The assembly comprises a fastener deploying device arranged to deploy a fastener through the tissue and a snare arranged to bind the tissue and fastener deploying device together as the fastener deploying device deploys a fastener through the tissue. | 07-10-2014 |
20150112365 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FORMING A TISSUE FOLD - A device for forming a tissue fold includes a recess and an opening at the end of the recess. Tissue is drawn into the recess and through the opening using a tissue engaging element. As the tissue is drawn through the opening, the tissue layers are compressed together. A fastener is used to secure the tissue fold. | 04-23-2015 |
Scott Harshman, Menlo Park, CA US
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20160106576 | CONTROLLER FOR DRY EYE TREATMENT SYSTEMS - Controllers for dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally comprise a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured to adhere to an underlying region of skin in proximity to one or both eyes of a subject such that the one or more strips allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches. A controller is in communication with the one or more strips and is programmable to monitor a temperature of the one or more strips to provide a treatment therapy above a threshold temperature of, e.g., 39° C., and below a maximum temperature of, e.g., 48° C., over a treatment period of 12 minutes. | 04-21-2016 |
Trent A. Harshman, Galveston, IN US
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20090114560 | Method and package for assembling and shipping fresh cut floral arrangements - This invention relates generally to a method and package for shipping and handling fresh cut floral arrangements where fragile flower blooms cover the top and sides of the arrangement. | 05-07-2009 |
20090211153 | Aquapac - The present invention relates generally to a method for shipping flowers that provides moisture and nutrients to the flowers during shipping which significantly increases their life expectancy and provides protection to the fragile stem ends against handling damage. | 08-27-2009 |
20120036771 | Stackables - The present invention relates generally to a stackable series of holders of different sizes and shapes. More particularly it relates to a holder with integral riser in the center and a universal stacking support between each level of holder primarily for floral applications. | 02-16-2012 |