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20130197282 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING 2-CHLORO-3,3,3,-TRIFLUOROPROPENE (HCFC-1233xf) - The present invention relates to an improved method for manufacturing 2-chloro-3,3,3,-trifluoropropene (HCFC-1233xf) by reacting 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene, 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane, and/or 2,3,3,3-tetrachloropropene with hydrogen fluoride, in a vapor phase reaction vessel in the presence of a vapor phase fluorination catalyst and stabilizer. HCFC-1233xf is an intermediate in the production of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf) which is a refrigerant with low global warming potential. | 08-01-2013 |
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20130155152 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE INCLUDING RECIRCULATION SYSTEM - A fluid ejection device including, at least, one recirculation system is disclosed. Such recirculation system contains, at least, one drop generator, recirculation channels that include an inlet channel, an outlet channel and a connection channel and a fluid feedhole that communicates with the drop generator via the inlet channel and the outlet channel of the recirculation channel. Also disclosed are inkjet pen containing it and method of using it. | 06-20-2013 |
20150190767 | MICROFLUIDIC MIXING DEVICE - In one embodiment, a microfluidic mixing device includes a mixing channel, a fluid inlet chamber to pass fluids into the mixing channel, an axis-asymmetric mixing actuator integrated within the channel to cause fluid displacements that mix the fluids as they flow through the channel, and an outlet chamber to receive the mixed fluids. | 07-09-2015 |
20150273853 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE INCLUDING RECIRCULATION SYSTEM - A fluid ejection device including, at least, one recirculation system is disclosed. Such recirculation system contains, at least, one drop generator, recirculation channels that include an inlet channel, an outlet channel and a connection channel and a fluid feedhole that communicates with the drop generator via the inlet channel and the outlet channel of the recirculation channel. The recirculation channels can be asymmetrical with reference to the drop generator. | 10-01-2015 |
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20090038832 | Device and method of forming electrical path with carbon nanotubes - Carbon nanotubes are dispersed in a curable polymer matrix to form a dispersion. When electrical energy is applied to the dispersion, the carbon nanotubes become oriented to form an electrical path. The polymer matrix is cured to fix the electrical path. | 02-12-2009 |
20100094681 | System and Method for Electronically Assisting a Customer at a Product Retail Location - A method is disclosed for electronically assisting a customer through a buying cycle at a product retail location having a product oriented display. The method includes sensing an amount of time the customer is interested in the display. Another operation is determining the customer's stage in a product buying cycle based on the amount of time the customer is interested in the display and displaying product detail based on the customer's stage in the buying cycle. The display can be changed to a subsequent stage in the buying cycle having more time and interaction between the customer and the display. | 04-15-2010 |
20110286493 | MICROCALORIMETER SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, a microcalorimeter system includes a first microfluidic channel coupling a calorimeter with a sample chamber. A second microfluidic channel couples the calorimeter with a waste chamber. An inertial pump includes a fluid actuator integrated asymmetrically within the first microfluidic channel, and the fluid actuator is capable of selective activation to pump fluid from the sample chamber to the calorimeter and from the calorimeter to the waste chamber through the first and second microfluidic channels, respectively. | 11-24-2011 |
20120244604 | POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system includes a mixture chamber, a denature chamber, an annealing chamber, an extension chamber, and a product chamber, that are fluidically coupled to one another through a plurality of microfluidic channels. An inertial pump is associated with each microfluidic channel, and each inertial pump includes a fluid actuator integrated asymmetrically within its associated microfluidic channel. The fluid actuators are capable of selective activation to circulate fluid between the chambers in a controlled cycle. | 09-27-2012 |
20130057622 | FLUID EJECTION ASSEMBLY WITH CIRCULATION PUMP - A fluid ejection assembly includes a fluid slot, and a group of uniformly spaced drop generators, where each drop generator is individually coupled to the fluid slot through a first end of a drop generator channel and to a connection channel at a second end of the drop generator channel. The fluid ejection assembly includes a pump disposed within a pump channel located between two drop generator channels, and is configured to circulate fluid from the fluid slot, into the connection channel through the pump channel, and back to the fluid slot through the drop generator channels. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061936 | GENERATING FLUID FLOW IN A FLUIDIC NETWORK - In one embodiment, a method of generating net fluid flow in a microfluidic network includes, with a fluid actuator integrated asymmetrically within a microfluidic channel, generating compressive and tensile fluid displacements that are temporally asymmetric in duration. | 03-14-2013 |
20130061962 | MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS - In one embodiment, a microfluidic system includes a fluidic channel coupled at each end to a reservoir. A fluid actuator is located asymmetrically within the channel to create a long side and a short side of the channel and to generate a wave propagating toward each end of the channel, producing a unidirectional net fluid flow. A controller is to selectively activate the fluid actuator to control the unidirectional net fluid flow through the channel. | 03-14-2013 |
20130187984 | NONCIRCULAR INKJET NOZZLE - An inkjet nozzle includes an aperture with a noncircular opening having a first segment substantially defined by a first polynomial equation and a second segment substantially defined by a second equation. | 07-25-2013 |
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20110230879 | CARTILAGE TREATMENT PROBE - An electrosurgical instrument for ablating cartilage while limiting collateral damage includes a non-conducting head with a small electrically conductive surface. The head of the instrument is coupled to a shaft by a flexible portion. The flexible portion biases the electrically conductive surface towards a tissue surface. The head is pivotably coupled to the shaft such that the electrically conductive surface is oriented substantially parallel to the tissue surface as the head slides across the tissue surface. A method of performing electrosurgery includes positioning the electrically conductive surface adjacent to the tissue surface, and sliding the shaft across the tissue surface with the head pivoting such that the electrically conductive surface is oriented substantially parallel to the tissue surface. | 09-22-2011 |
20130012939 | CARTILAGE TREATMENT PROBE - An electrosurgical instrument for ablating cartilage while limiting collateral damage includes a non-conducting head with a small electrically conductive surface. The head of the instrument is coupled to a shaft by a flexible portion. The flexible portion biases the electrically conductive surface towards a tissue surface. The head is pivotably coupled to the shaft such that the electrically conductive surface is oriented substantially parallel to the tissue surface as the head slides across the tissue surface. A method of performing electrosurgery includes positioning the electrically conductive surface adjacent to the tissue surface, and sliding the shaft across the tissue surface with the head pivoting such that the electrically conductive surface is oriented substantially parallel to the tissue surface. | 01-10-2013 |
20140018787 | CARTILAGE TREATMENT PROBE - An electrosurgical instrument for ablating cartilage while limiting collateral damage includes a non-conducting head with a small electrically conductive surface. The head of the instrument is coupled to a shaft by a flexible portion. The flexible portion biases the electrically conductive surface towards a tissue surface. The head is pivotably coupled to the shaft such that the electrically conductive surface is oriented substantially parallel to the tissue surface as the head slides across the tissue surface. A method of performing electrosurgery includes positioning the electrically conductive surface adjacent to the tissue surface, and sliding the shaft across the tissue surface with the head pivoting such that the electrically conductive surface is oriented substantially parallel to the tissue surface. | 01-16-2014 |
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20090087472 | CONTROLLED RELEASE OF BIOPHARMACEUTICAL GROWTH FACTORS FROM HYDROXYAPATITE COATING ON BIORESORBABLE INTERFERENCE SCREWS USED IN CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY - Controlled release of biopharmaceutical growth factors from a hydroxyapatite coating on a bioresorbable interference screw used in cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery on a human. Biologically active scaffolds, such as interference bone screws used for ligament fixation, made by growing calcium phosphate-based hydroxyapatite coatings on bioresorbable poly(α-hydroxy ester) scaffolds that provide controlled mineral dissolution and controlled release of bone morphogenetic protein-2. The biologically active scaffold provides improved bioavailability of BMP-2 growth factor that in turn provides enhanced graft-bone healing in the tibial bone tunnel. The coating method uses surface hydrolysis and modified simulated body fluid incubation which does not require solvent or heat and is conducted at room temperature. | 04-02-2009 |
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20110129611 | DECORATING HYDROXYAPATITE BIOMATERIALS WITH MODULAR BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MOLECULES - A modular peptide design strategy wherein the modular peptide has two functional units separated by a spacer portion is disclosed. More particularly, the design strategy combines a hydroxyapatite-binding portion and a biomolecule-derived portion. The modular peptides have improved non-covalent binding to the surface of the HA-based materials, and are capable of initiating osteogenesis, angiogenesis, and/or osteogenic differentiation. | 06-02-2011 |
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20130149457 | METHODS OF DECORATING HYDROXYAPATITE BIOMATERIALS WITH MODULAR BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MOLECULES - A modular peptide design strategy wherein the modular peptide has two functional units separated by a spacer portion is disclosed. More particularly, the design strategy combines a hydroxyapatite-binding portion and a biomolecule-derived portion. The modular peptides have improved non-covalent binding to the surface of the HA-based materials, and are capable of initiating osteogenesis, angiogenesis, and/or osteogenic differentiation. | 06-13-2013 |
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20140101694 | AUCTIONING FOR CONTENT ON DEMAND ASSET INSERTION - Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributer to process information about a COD content selection by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). The CODAID also processes information about assets from asset providers. The CODAID ranks the assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributer to insert the identified one or more ranked assets into the COD content selection. The system also includes an auction system which identifies asset placement opportunities remaining in the COD content selection after the CODAID identifies the one or more ranked assets for insertion so as to provide an auction for the asset placement opportunities. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101695 | AUCTIONING FOR CONTENT ON DEMAND ASSET INSERTION - Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributer to process information about COD content selections by Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs). An auction system is communicatively coupled to the CODAID and to a plurality of asset providers to process information about assets of the providers, to provide an auction for asset opportunities in the COD content selections, to receive bids for the asset opportunities, and to rank the auctioned assets according to bid. The CODAID further ranks the auctioned assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the further ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributer to insert the identified one or more further ranked assets into the COD content selection. | 04-10-2014 |
20140310745 | CAMPAIGN GENERATION FOR CONTENT ON DEMAND ASSET INSERTION - Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion and to recommend changes to asset campaigns. One system includes a COD asset insertion decision system operable to process information from a remote COD content distributer about COD content selections by Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs) and to identify assets for insertion in the COD content selections. The system also includes a campaign manager communicatively coupled to COD asset insertion decision system and operable to provide asset campaigns to the COD asset insertion decision system. The campaign manager is also operable to collect information about the assets identified for insertion, to modify the asset campaigns based on the collected information, and to present the modified asset campaigns to asset managers through a communication portal. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310756 | CAMPAIGN MODIFICATION FOR CONTENT ON DEMAND ASSET INSERTION - One embodiment herein includes a Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion system that is operable to process a plurality of asset campaigns from a plurality of asset managers, to process information from a remote COD content distributer about COD content selections by a plurality of Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs), to identify and qualify assets of the asset campaigns for insertion in the COD content selections, and to direct the remote COD content distributor to insert the qualified assets into the COD content selections. The embodiment also includes an analytics processor that is operable to collect information about the assets inserted in the COD content selections, to modify the asset campaigns based on the collected information, and to present the modified asset campaigns to the COD asset insertion decision system. The COD asset insertion decision system is further operable to re-qualify the assets based on the modified asset campaigns. | 10-16-2014 |