Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090009573 | INK-JET PRINTER USING PHASE-CHANGE INK PRINTING ON A CONTINUOUS WEB - A printing apparatus includes a printing station, including at least one printhead for applying phase-change ink to the substrate, and a backing member disposed on an opposite side of the substrate substantially opposite the printhead, the backing member causing the substrate to reach a predetermined ink-receiving temperature. | 01-08-2009 |
20090303305 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATING EDGES OF PAPER IN PRINTERS - System and method for encapsulating edges of a paper in digital printing systems. A spray applicator can include a set of stationary sprayers with spray nozzles, a set of transfer rollers and an inkjet print head. The stationary sprayers can be positioned at both marginal ends of the paper. The stationary sprayers apply the fluid through the spray nozzles at edges of the moving paper to encapsulate the edges of the paper such that loose paper fibers and debris are bound to the paper. The fluid can be applied when the transfer rollers can pass the moving paper through a printer or printing press. Thus, the system can protect various subsystems of the printer or printing press against contamination due to the loose paper fibers and debris. | 12-10-2009 |
20100086339 | System And Method For Facilitating Cutting Of Media Having A Phase Change Ink Image - A system cuts media printed with phase change ink in a manner that reduces the ink debris produced by cutting solidified ink. The system includes a heater configured to heat phase change ink on the media moving through the heater to a temperature at which the ink is malleable, the temperature being above room temperature and below a temperature at which phase change ink melts, and a cutter configured to receive the media after the media has been heated by the heater and to cut the media. The blade of the cutter may also be heated to facilitate media cutting with a reduced likelihood of solid ink debris being generated. | 04-08-2010 |
20110048312 | Label Configured To Indicate An Object Reaching A Predetermined Temperature - An apparatus indicates a temperature of an object. The apparatus includes a porous substrate, a mirror image of a first image pattern printed with a first phase-change ink having a first phase change temperature on a first side of the porous substrate, and an adhesive layer applied to the first side of the porous substrate to enable the porous substrate to be affixed to an object. | 03-03-2011 |
20120039645 | FIXING DEVICES INCLUDING LOW-VISCOSITY RELEASE AGENT APPLICATOR SYSTEM AND METHODS OF FIXING MARKING MATERIAL TO SUBSTRATES - Fixing devices for fixing marking material to a substrate, printing apparatuses and methods of fixing marking material to a substrate are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the fixing devices includes a first roll including an outer surface; a second roll forming a fixing nip with the outer surface of the first roll at which is received a pre-heated substrate on which marking material is disposed; a release agent applicator system including a supply of a release agent having a viscosity of from about 10 cST to about 300 cST, and a release agent applicator for applying the release agent to the outer surface of the first roll; and a thermal energy source for heating the outer surface of the first roll to a temperature of less than a boiling point of the release agent. The first roll and second roll are operable to apply heat and a pressure of at least about 500 psi to the pre-heated substrate and marking material at the fixing nip to fix the marking material to the substrate. | 02-16-2012 |
20130021398 | Method and System for Aligning Printheads that Eject Clear Ink in an Inkjet Printer - A method enables an operator to detect misalignment of printheads that eject clear ink in an inkjet printer. The method prints a first test pattern with a first color of ink and then prints a second test pattern of clear ink on top of the first test pattern. The ink of the first and the second test patterns is then spread to enable the clear ink to be dispersed in interstitial spaces in the ink of the first color. An operator is then able to detect the spatial relationship of predetermined marks in the second test pattern to predetermined marks in the first test pattern. The predetermined marks of the first and the second test patterns are arranged to enable an operator to detect a misalignment distance and the inkjet printer uses the misalignment distance entered by the operator to adjust the alignment of the printheads that eject clear ink. | 01-24-2013 |
20130293648 | Method and Apparatus for Cleaning a Heated Drum Within a Continuous Web Printer - A method of cleaning a heated drum within a continuous web printer includes operating an actuator to rotate a drum that is heated to a first temperature. The drum rotates in a process direction of a media web contacting the drum and heats the media web as the media web moves over a portion of the drum. The method also includes stopping movement of the media web, heating the drum to a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature, and operating the actuator to rotate the drum against a portion of the stopped media web to transfer ink from the drum to the portion of the stopped media web. | 11-07-2013 |
20140028747 | System and Method for Spreading Ink on a Media Web - A leveling and spreading system has been developed that enables the speed and position of the web to be determined from a sensor on a first roller. In a duplex print process, the first roller also reduces a temperature of the media web and an ink image printed in the first side print operation to within a first predetermined temperature range. A second roller modulates the temperature of the media web and ink ejected onto the media web immediately before the web enters the leveling and spreading system to within a second predetermined temperature range to enable uniformity of the ink and web temperatures for spreading the ink in a nip formed with a third roller. | 01-30-2014 |
20140139578 | Method And Apparatus For Alignment Of A Low Contrast Ink Printhead In An Inkjet Printer - In an inkjet printer, a first printhead forms a first mark on a print medium using a high-contrast ink. A second printhead forms a second mark on the first mark using a low-contrast ink. The printer generates image data of the low-contrast ink mark and the high-contrast ink, and a controller in the printer identifies a cross-process direction offset between the first printhead and the second printhead with reference to a distance between the center of the first mark and the second mark in the image data. | 05-22-2014 |
20140139851 | Compensation For Alignment Errors In An Optical Sensor - A method of operating a printer to detect errors in an optical sensor includes forming a printed line across a first side of a print medium and generating first image data corresponding to the printed line with the optical sensor. The optical sensor generates second image data of the second side of the print medium as the print medium passes the optical sensor a second time. A detect in the optical sensor is identified with reference to a difference between process direction alignments of the line in the first image data and the second image data. | 05-22-2014 |
20140146102 | System And Method For Full-Bleed And Near Full-Bleed Printing - A method of operating a printer includes identifying a region of a print medium located between marks formed by a first plurality of inkjets in the printer and an edge of the print medium. The printer activates a second plurality of inkjets to print ink drops into the region during a printing operation. The method enables full-bleed or near full-bleed printing for different media sizes. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146329 | System And Method For Page Alignment In A Printer - A method for printing on a continuous print medium having a plurality of pages includes identifying a location of a feature in image data that are generated from a portion of a first page in the print medium. The method includes modifying a time of operation of a marking unit to form an image on each page in the plurality of pages at a predetermined distance from the edge of each page with reference to the location of the identified feature in the image data. In one configuration, the method enables precise placement of printed images over preprinted forms. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090030317 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Ultrasonic imaging devices, systems and methods that may be used to image difficult to reach locations such as internal body cavities, etc. The ultrasonic imaging devices may be embodied in endoscopes that include one ore more channels for delivering instruments and other items to the location at which the imaging is occurring or the imaging devices may be provided in the form of a probe or other device that may, for example, be delivered through a channel located in an endoscope. | 01-29-2009 |
20090054905 | Embolization coil delivery systems and methods - A system and method for ultrasonically guided endoscopic (EUS) delivery of one or more embolization coils to an internal body site. The embolization coil delivery devices are preferably ultrasonically guided to the selected internal body site after being advanced through the working channel of an endoscope with its distal end located near the selected internal body site. In one aspect, the system and method may be utilized to deploy an embolization coil into a lesion to promote thrombosis and/or prevent bleeding. | 02-26-2009 |
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20110009980 | OBESITY TREATMENT AND DEVICE - A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating obesity includes an artificial fistula created between gastrointestinal organs such as between the stomach and the colon. The method includes selecting an implant comprising a passageway having an internal lumen with an inlet end and an outlet end. The passageway is positioned passing through a first wall of first gastrointestinal organ (for example, passing through the wall of the stomach) and a second wall of a second gastrointestinal organ (for example, passing through the wall of the large intestine) with the inlet end disposed within an interior of the first gastrointestinal organ and with the outlet disposed within an interior of the second gastrointestinal organ. | 01-13-2011 |
20110130783 | TREATMENT OF OBESITY AND RELATED DISORDERS - This disclosure provides a method of treating obesity and related disorders through the administration of a composition comprising a neurotoxin and a mucosal permeabilizing agent. Methods for making and using the described compositions are also provided. | 06-02-2011 |
20110190660 | Biopsy Devices - Tissue biopsy devices having improved safety, adaptability, and firing power and speed. | 08-04-2011 |
20120065674 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR CLOSING AN OPENING - This document provides methods and materials for closing an opening (e.g., an incision) within a mammal. For example, methods and materials for closing a transluminal incision created during a natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery are provided. | 03-15-2012 |
20120071987 | REMOVABLE AND/OR RETRIEVABLE STENTS AND KITS - Stents, kits and methods of using the stents are described herein. The stents may include one or more features that assist in removal and/or retrieval of the stent after deployment. | 03-22-2012 |
20120130392 | NECROSECTOMY ASSIST DEVICE - Endoscopic approach necrosectomy assist devices and methods of use to collect necrotic pancreatic tissue. One embodiment of the device includes a body, an expandable cap on a distal end of the body, an actuating mechanism for causing the cap to move between a reduced diameter retracted state and an expanded diameter operational state, a tissue collecting band on the cap, and a band actuating mechanism. Another embodiment of the invention includes a handle and a scoop on the handle. The scoop is movable between a reduced diameter retracted state and an expanded diameter operational state. The scoop is formed from a shape memory material and is self biased to the operational state. Blades, rake tips, cutters or abrasive can be included on the scoop. | 05-24-2012 |
20120271404 | PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODIFIABLE STENTS - Implantable stents and stent systems that include one or more features that can be selectively modified at the point of use, i.e., in the surgical suite, etc. The selectively modifiable features may take a variety of forms such as, e.g., length, the presence of flaps, voids, etc. | 10-25-2012 |
20130184635 | OBESITY TREATMENT AND DEVICE - A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating obesity includes an artificial fistula created between gastrointestinal organs such as between the stomach and the colon. The method includes selecting an implant comprising a passageway having an internal lumen with an inlet end and an outlet end. The passageway is positioned passing through a first wall of first gastrointestinal organ (for example, passing through the wall of the stomach) and a second wall of a second gastrointestinal organ (for example, passing through the wall of the large intestine) with the inlet end disposed within an interior of the first gastrointestinal organ and with the outlet disposed within an interior of the second gastrointestinal organ. | 07-18-2013 |
20130317390 | CYTOLOGICAL SAMPLE ACQUISITION DEVICE AND METHOD - A tissue collection device and method. One embodiment of the device includes a body formed by an elongated member, a pair of inflatable balloons at spaced-apart locations on the body, and one or more collection structures on the body. Inflation lumens extending through the body and coupled to the balloons cause the balloons to move between collapsed and expanded states. The collection structures collect a tissue sample from a collection region between the balloons. In another embodiment the collection structures include one or more of an irrigation lumen and an aspiration lumen having one or more ports opening into the collection region. | 11-28-2013 |