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Austin J. Reiser, Arlington, TX US
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20150375934 | TRASH CAN ASSEMBLY - The present application includes a trash can assembly having a container configured to hold a trash bag. The container includes one or more side walls and a base portion. The side walls extend around the base portion. A door assembly is included within the one or more side walls and selectively operates between an open position and a closed position. A removable tray is located within the base portion and may be removed while the trash bag is within the container. The trash bag is supported by an internal barrier coupled to the one or more side walls. The internal barrier prevents the trash bag from entering the removable tray. | 12-31-2015 |
Chris Reiser, Stevenson Ranch, CA US
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20150209062 | TISSUE SEPARATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for separating an object such as a pacing lead from a patient tissue involve a flexible and torqueable shaft having an internal lumen sized to receive the object, and a hard separating mechanism for separating the object from the tissue. Typically the shaft and separating mechanism are advanced along or toward the object, and the separating mechanism is contacted with the tissue. The shaft is rotated to effect separation between the object and the tissue. The systems and methods are well suited for use in cardiac pacing or defibrillator lead explant procedures. | 07-30-2015 |
Christopher Reiser, Stevenson Ranch, CA US
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20110208207 | Endocardial lead removing apparatus - The invention provides an apparatus having a tubular member for receiving an endocardial lead implanted within a patient's body. Disposed generally at a distal end of the tubular member is at least one blade or cutting surface. An adjustment mechanism moves the blade between retracted and extended positions to engage the cutting surface with the endocardial lead to cut the lead. Once severed, the cut portion of the lead remains within an inner channel of the tubular member and the apparatus and cut portion of the lead are removed from within the patient. Various embodiments include the blade pivotally connected to the distal end of the tubular member and activated by a wire adjustment mechanism. Others include a metallic wire for slicing through the lead. Still others include a pneumatically actuated adjustment mechanism that inflates to move the blade and engage the cutting surface with the lead. | 08-25-2011 |
20120095479 | Endocardial Lead Removing Apparatus - The invention provides an apparatus having a tubular member for receiving an endocardial lead implanted within a patient's body. Disposed generally at a distal end of the tubular member is at least one blade or cutting surface. An adjustment mechanism moves the blade between retracted and extended positions to engage the cutting surface with the endocardial lead to cut the lead. Once severed, the cut portion of the lead remains within an inner channel of the tubular member and the apparatus and cut portion of the lead are removed from within the patient. Various embodiments include the blade pivotally connected to the distal end of the tubular member and activated by a wire adjustment mechanism. Others include a metallic wire for slicing through the lead. Still others include a pneumatically actuated adjustment mechanism that inflates to move the blade and engage the cutting surface with the lead. | 04-19-2012 |
Craig Ian Reiser, Long Beach, CA US
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20140071607 | CASE AND KEYBOARD FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A case for a portable electronic device (PED) may include a keyboard, a base, and a support. The keyboard includes a receiving surface configured to support an edge of the PED. The base is configured to slidably engage the keyboard and the keyboard is removable from the base. The support is coupled to the base and includes a support surface for supporting the PED in an elevated position. The support is pivotable relative to the base and allows the PED to pivot relative to the support between a collapsed position and an elevated position. The angle of the PED supported by the receiving surface and the support surface is changed as the keyboard is slid relative to the base such that the angle of the PED with respect to the base is changed. | 03-13-2014 |
Dale Reiser, Meridian, ID US
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20130241775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF A DIRECT SEQUENCE SPREAD SPECTRUM TRANSMITTER - A direct sequence spread spectrum data transmitter for creating a modulated data signal comprising: a programmable-system-on-a-chip baseband modulator having only four blocks of programming logic, the four blocks of programming logic consisting of a DigBuf clock buffer block, a pseudo-random-sequence 8-bit block, an 8-bit timer block, and a serial peripheral interface slave block. A remote telemetry unit comprising the foregoing transmitter. A method for manufacturing the foregoing transmitter. A method for controlling the foregoing transmitter. | 09-19-2013 |
Dale E. Reiser, Meridian, ID US
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20160033563 | ELECTRONIC ARRANGEMENT AND VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER CHARACTERIZED BY REDUCED PHASE NOISE - An electronic arrangement and method for providing a signal characterized by reduced phase noise having a signal source for providing a stimulus signal, a modulator coupled to the signal source for generating a modulated signal as function of the stimulus signal and a local oscillator signal, and a mixer combining the stimulus and modulated signals to generate a mixed signal that includes a component characterized by a mathematical difference of the stimulus signal and the modulated signal. The modulated signal substantially identical to the stimulus signal and being offset by a frequency of the local oscillator signal, so that the difference component of the mixed signal results in a local oscillator signal wherein the stimulus signal phase noise generated by the signal source has been mathematically cancelled. | 02-04-2016 |
Danielle Renee Reiser, Winston Salem, NC US
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20150126151 | SYSTEM TO DETERMINE PERMISSION TO CONTACT - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for determining permission to contact. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to determine a contact for a customer; determine when a merchant has received explicit denial to communicate with the customer via the contact; determine when the contact requires permission to communicate with the customer; and determine when permission has been received to communicate with the customer. The system can be used to comply with regulations for when a contact, such as a phone number, may be contacted using automatic dialing technologies. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127560 | UNIFIED RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR PAYMENTS IN ARREARS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing a unified representation of all customer relationships with an entity. This representation focuses on customer products in arrears that are to be recovered. The invention presents an overarching view of all customer relationships to a representative. This allows the representative to make decision and take appropriate actions immediately based on the entire relationship with the customer when a customer communication is initiated. As such, the invention correlates all of the customer's relationships with a financial institution into one unified representation for a representative to review. The unified representation takes into consideration all of the customer's relationships as well as external factors on the communications and relationships. Thus providing a holistic customer service experience for a customer with accounts in arrears. | 05-07-2015 |
David J. Reiser, West Springfield, PA US
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20100287806 | MAGAZINE RELEASE FOR USE WITH PISTOL - A magazine release assembly for use with a pistol is disclosed. The magazine release assembly has a pin configured to be positioned through an end of a pistol trigger guard. There is a magazine release arm pivotally mounted to the pin. A magazine catch is also pivotally mounted to the pin. The magazine catch is configured to be positioned between a wall of the pistol handle and a wall of the magazine inserted into the pistol handle cavity in use. The magazine catch has a ledge which engages a notch on the magazine wall when the release arm is pivoted to an engaged position and which pivots away from the notch when the release arm is disengaged. In an embodiment, there are two magazine release arms, making the magazine release assembly ambidextrous. | 11-18-2010 |
David M. Reiser, Villanova, PA US
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20160067336 | METHODS FOR TREATING A DISEASE OR DISORDER USING ORAL FORMULATIONS OF CYTIDINE ANALOGS IN COMBINATION WITH AN ANTI-PD1 OR ANTI-PDL1 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY - The present disclosure provides methods of treating diseases or disorders with oral cytidine analogs (e.g., 5-azacytidine) in combination with anti-PD1/anti-PDL1 antibodies (e.g., pembrolizumab or durvalumab). The diseases or disorders include, but are not limited to, relapsed or refractory myelodysplastic syndromes, acute myeloid leukemia, ovarian cancer, or non-small cell lung cancer. | 03-10-2016 |
Derik Reiser, Maryville, IL US
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20140266594 | Smart Key Emulation for Vehicles - Techniques are disclosed for permitting a person to keylessly start a vehicle using a machine-sensible item such as his/her mobile device without requiring the person to possess a smart key. | 09-18-2014 |
20140278607 | Mobile Device-Enhanced Pickups for Rental Vehicle Transactions - A number of techniques are disclosed for making it more convenient and efficient for customers to conduct various rental vehicle transactions. As an example, a technique for performing an automated pickup of a rental vehicle using a mobile device is disclosed. As another example, a technique for performing an automated return administration of a rental vehicle using a mobile device is disclosed. As another example, a technique for permitting customer to select a particular rental vehicle for a rental vehicle transaction using a mobile device is disclosed. Also disclosed is a technique for permitting a customer to keylessly start a rental vehicle using a machine-sensible item such as his/her mobile device without requiring the customer to possess a smart key. | 09-18-2014 |
Gregory Reiser, Ashburn, VA US
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20150356198 | RICH FORMATTING OF ANNOTATED CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS - Systems and methods for producing and presenting annotations of clinical documents in a rich format are described, for instance for use with medical billing procedures. An initial XHTML document documenting a medical patient encounter and having rich formatting is used to generate a plain text document. A clinical language understanding system generates annotations, such as medical codes, which are used to annotate the XHTML document. The annotated XHTML document is then presented to a user, thus displaying for the user the annotations while retaining the rich formatting of the initial XHTML document. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356647 | USER AND ENGINE CODE HANDLING IN MEDICAL CODING SYSTEM - Techniques for medical coding include applying a natural language understanding (NLU) engine to a free-form text documenting a clinical patient encounter, to derive a first set of one or more medical billing codes for the clinical patient encounter and a link between each code in the first set and a corresponding portion of the free-form text. The first set of codes may be compared to a second set of one or more medical billing codes approved by one or more human users for the patient encounter, to identify at least one code in the first set that overlaps with at least one code in the second set. The code in the second set approved by the one or more human users may be retained instead of the overlapping code in the first set derived by the NLU engine. | 12-10-2015 |
Hans Reiser, San Francisco, CA US
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20090258840 | METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES - A compound of formula (1), and/or its salts, tautomers or solvates is used to treat hematological malignancies. In an embodiment, an organic acid salt of compound 1 is provided for general use in treatment of neoplasms, and in a further embodiment the salt is stabilized with carbohydrate. | 10-15-2009 |
20110172192 | METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES - A compound of formula 1 | 07-14-2011 |
Hans C. Reiser, San Francisco, CA US
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20100008867 | METHOD OF TREATMENT AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to methods, uses, and compositions comprising the caspase inhibitor (R)-N-((2S,3S)-2-(fluoromethyl)-2-hydroxy-5-oxo-tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-5-isopropyl-3-(isoquinolin-1-yl)-4,5-dihydroisoxazole-5-carboxamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 01-14-2010 |
20100160370 | METHOD OF TREATMENT AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to methods, uses, and compositions comprising the caspase inhibitor (R)-N-((2S,3S)-2-(fluoromethyl)-2-hydroxy-5-oxo-tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-5-isopropyl-3-(isoquinolin-1-yl)-4,5-dihydroisoxazole-5-carboxamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 06-24-2010 |
Jeffrey Reiser, Brooklyn, NY US
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20130311259 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACQUIRING NEW CUSTOMERS - Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for acquiring new customers. A plurality of merchants may submit customer lists to a business acquisition coalition (BAC). The BAC may combine the customer lists to create a master customer list. A merchant may transmit a customer offer to the BAC. The BAC may create an offer list comprising customers that meet criteria of the customer offer. The BAC may remove customers from the offer list which were provided by the merchant. The BAC may transmit the customer offer to the customers on the offer list. A customer may purchase the customer offer. The BAC may transmit payment to the merchant, and transmit a commission to a providing merchant that provided the customer's information. The BAC may receive an acquisition fee from the merchant. | 11-21-2013 |
Jochen Reiser, Miami, FL US
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20100221317 | DYNAMIN MEDIATED DISEASES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND PRODUCTS - This invention relates generally to the treatment of cathepsin or dynamin mediated diseases, such as proteinuria, cancer, and cognitive disease and related products. Diagnostic and other assays are also provided, as well as methods for podocyte cell gene transfer. | 09-02-2010 |
20100272709 | CATHEPSIN L MEDIATED DISEASES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND PRODUCTS - This invention relates generally to the treatment of cathepsin or dynamin mediated diseases, such as proteinuria, cancer, and cognitive disease and related products. Diagnostic and other assays are also provided, as well as methods for podocyte cell gene transfer. | 10-28-2010 |
20100297139 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROTEINURIC DISEASES - The present invention is directed to methods of treating proteinuric diseases by the administration of avβ3 integrin inhibitors. | 11-25-2010 |
20110212083 | ROLE OF SOLUBLE UPAR IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF PROTEINURIC KIDNEY DISEASE - Compositions which specifically block urokinase receptor (uPAR) in podocytes; compositions which modulate or block soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR); compositions which modulate pathways in which uPAR is associated with, protect against renal diseases or disorders. Methods of treatment in vivo involve use of one or more compositions. | 09-01-2011 |
20110236397 | LIMITED PROTEOLYSIS OF CD2AP AND PROGRESSION OF RENAL DISEASE - Compositions which specifically block cathepsin L function in podocytes, compositions which protect cytoskeletal adaptor protein (CD2AP) for degradation, compositions which modulate expression or function of cytoskeletal adaptor protein (CD2AP), protect against renal diseases or disorders. Methods of treatment in vivo involve use of one or more compositions. | 09-29-2011 |
20120195876 | NOVEL ROLE OF ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE ACTIVITY AS A BIOMARKER IN KIDNEY DISEASE - Biomarkers for diagnosis and differentiation between stages of kidney diseases. Methods of treatments and identification of novel therapies are provided. | 08-02-2012 |
20120213775 | TREATMENT OF RENAL DISEASES - Compositions for the treatment of renal diseases and disorders utilize agents which inhibit alphaV integrin molecules in vivo. Methods of treatment include use of these agents in the prevention and treatment of proteinuria, progressive glomerular disease and glomerular disease amongst others. | 08-23-2012 |
20120219542 | PODOCYTE PH MODULATION AND USES THEREOF - Compositions are directed to the treatment of kidney diseases in a cell-specific manner. Methods of treating kidney diseases comprise the use of the compositions. Assays for identification of further compounds are provided. Biomarkers for predisposition to kidney diseases and diagnosis are identified. | 08-30-2012 |
20120251527 | PODOCYTE SPECIFIC ASSAYS AND USES THEREOF - Compositions are directed to the treatment of kidney diseases in a cell-specific manner. Methods of treating kidney diseases comprise the use of the compositions. Assays for identification of further compounds are provided. | 10-04-2012 |
Jochen Reiser, Hinsdale, IL US
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20140083945 | Reducing Soluble Urokinase Receptor in the Circulation - Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a common cause of proteinuric kidney disease, which comprises both native and transplanted kidneys. Treatment was limited in the past due to the complicated pathogenesis of FSGS, including previously unidentified serum factors. Here, serum soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR) is reported to be elevated in FSGS patients but not in patients with other primary glomerular diseases. Higher pre-transplantation suPAR levels are associated with risk for FSGS recurrence in kidney grafts. Renal disease only develops when suPAR sufficiently activates podocyte β3 integrin. Thus, disease pathogenesis can be stopped or slowed by ex vivo removal of suPAR from a subject's circulation. Removal may be measured by comparing the level (e.g., amount or concentration) of suPAR before and after such treatment. | 03-27-2014 |
20140302065 | SOLUBLE UROKINASE RECEPTOR (SUPAR) IN DIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE - Methods and compositions are provided for diagnosing and treating a diabetic kidney disease (DKD) in an individual. In aspects of the methods, the levels of soluble circulating urokinase receptor (suPAR) in the blood are measured to predict a DKD, diagnose a DKD, or provide a prognosis pertaining to a DKD. In addition, reagents, devices and kits thereof that find use in practicing the subject methods are provided. | 10-09-2014 |
20150376575 | PODOCYTE CULTURES AND USES THEREOF - The following disclosure generally relates to methods of culturing podocytes in vitro. The cultures can be used for drug screening (such as medium or high throughput drug screening), and for studying molecular pathways involved in glomerular diseases. The disclosure also provides methods for analyzing the healthiness of podocytes in a cell culture. The disclosure also relates to diagnosis of kidney diseases. | 12-31-2015 |
Joel M. Reiser, Mendon, NY US
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20140025199 | OBJECT DISPENSER HAVING A VARIABLE ORIFICE AND IMAGE IDENTIFICATION - A method and apparatus for dispensing objects from automated storage and retrieval systems such as medications is disclosed which may also include a singulator to assure singulation (retrieval of singular objects). The singulator may be an imaging system to confirm and/or identify the objects being dispensed and/or a variable orifice dynamically adjustable to a specific object or pill size, and through which only a single object or pill is allowed to pass. The system may further include a flexible probe so as to reduce the size of the system where the movement of the probe relative to or while retrieving objects is accomplished by advancing/retracting a flexible tube. The method and apparatus may further include an imaging system. | 01-23-2014 |
Joseph H. Reiser, Norristown, PA US
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20150337003 | ABIRATERONE AND ANALOGS THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH CORTISOL OVERPRODUCTION - Novel analogs of abiraterone and methods of treating diseases associated with the overproduction of cortisol, such as Cushing's syndrome, obesity, headache depression, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, metabolic syndrome, pseudo-Cushing syndrome, cognitive impairment, dementia, heart failure, renal failure, psoriasis, glaucoma, cardiovascular disease, stroke or incidentalomas, by administering an effective amount of abiraterone or analogs thereof to a patient in need thereof are described. | 11-26-2015 |
Marc Reiser, Calabasas, CA US
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20130343563 | HEADPHONE ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRALGUITAR AMPLIFIER - A headphone assembly includes an integral guitar amplifier circuit for direct connection to a guitar. | 12-26-2013 |
Ralf Reiser, Franklin, TN US
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20090068336 | LOW SHEAR MEAT ANALOG - Methods for producing meat analog as well as formulations are disclosed. The novel production method uses a device designed to texturize the product while providing superior heat transfer for cooking. The device includes a helical compression conveyer with internal and external heating sources that delivers a high ratio of surface area for heat transfer to product volume. This results in the device being capable of heating of the emulsion volume as it is moved from the inlet to the outlet of the device to form a meat analog within the device in which the meat analog is formed in multiple segments to result in the meat analog having a defined surface texture. | 03-12-2009 |
20090208612 | Meat Analog Product - A meat analog product is provided prepared starting from a dry component that is a combination of ingredients, including a dry sulfur protein source, a carbohydrate source, a liquid, and a monovalent cationic bicarbonate or carbonate. The meat analog product can be produced and extruded under low shear conditions to provide a product having a plurality of striated and separable aligned fibers and a real meat appearance. | 08-20-2009 |
Ralf Bela Reiser, Mclean, VA US
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20140113032 | AERATED INJECTION MOLDED PET CHEW - Pet treats and chews that have been aerated during their production by a supercritical fluid are provided. The aeration process results in pet treats and chews that have a lower density and increased oral care properties in comparison to treats of similar composition that have not been similarly aerated. | 04-24-2014 |
20150296837 | AERATED INJECTION MOLDED PET CHEW - Pet treats and chews that have been aerated during their production by a supercritical fluid are provided. The aeration process results in pet treats and chews that have a lower density and increased oral care properties in comparison to treats of similar composition that have not been similarly aerated. | 10-22-2015 |
Robert Scott Reiser, Atlanta, GA US
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20140142996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PASSENGERS VEHICLE MANAGEMENT - An exemplary embodiment includes a method and system for providing management of a transportation system on a computer system. The management of a transportation system method is embodied in a computer program product for execution on an instruction processing system, comprising a tangible storage medium readable by the instruction processing system is storing instructions for execution by the instruction processing system. The method comprises loading passenger credential data into a database on a remote device, collecting a passenger identifying media to verify the passenger has a ticket and comparing the passenger identifying media to the passenger credential data in the database on the remote device. The method further comprises allowing the passenger to board the vehicle if the passenger has a valid ticket and following a customer operations policy action if the passenger does not have a valid ticket. | 05-22-2014 |
Stephen Paul Reiser, West Orem, UT US
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20130219397 | Methods and Apparatus for State Objects in Cluster Computing - Embodiments of a mobile state object for storing and transporting job metadata on a cluster computing system may use a database as an envelope for the metadata. A state object may include a database that stores the job metadata and wrapper methods. A small database engine may be employed. Since the entire database exists within a single file, complex, extensible applications may be created on the same base state object, and the state object can be sent across the network with the state intact, along with history of the object. An SQLite technology database engine, or alternatively other single file relational database engine technologies, may be used as the database engine. To support the database engine, compute nodes on the cluster may be configured with a runtime library for the database engine via which applications or other entities may access the state file database. | 08-22-2013 |
20130232164 | Methods and Apparatus for Job State Tracking in Cluster Computing - Embodiments of a state tracking technique may enable real-time tracking of jobs in a computer cluster. A state object is provided that allows a job to be implemented as a distributable database. The job may be tracked while the job is processing via the state tracking technique. Using the state tracking technique, the cluster may track the location of the state objects for jobs in a database. However, only location information for the state object, and not the job metadata itself, is stored in the central database. This reduces the amount of data stored in the central database, distributing the metadata across the cluster, thus improving database performance and reducing bandwidth requirements on the network. Information about a job may be acquired via a query to the central database to find the location of the respective state object, and then a query to the state object (or to a proxy). | 09-05-2013 |
20140143787 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN CLUSTER COMPUTING - Embodiments of an event-driven resource management technique may enable the management of cluster resources at a sub-computer level (e.g., at the thread level) and the decomposition of jobs at an atomic (task) level. A job queue may request a resource for a job from a resource manager, which may locate a resource in a resource list and grant the resource to the job queue. After the resource is granted, the job queue sends the job to the resource, on which the job may be partitioned into tasks and from which additional resources may be requested from the resource manager. The resource manager may locate additional resources in the list and grant the resources to the resource. The resource sends the tasks to the granted resources for execution. As resources complete their tasks, the resource manager is informed so that the status of the resources in the list can be updated. | 05-22-2014 |
Steven P. Reiser, Broken Arrow, OK US
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20120240149 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING AND BROADCASTING MULTIMEDIA - Multimedia distribution and broadcast systems and related processes are provided for transmitting multimedia contents and control information from a central uplink facility to a remote downlink via a satellite. The system is preferably implemented in order to generate sequences of multimedia that are broadcast from the remote downlink facility to viewers. The display arrangements of the multimedia sequences are varied and customized by each downlink facility using the control information in order to better inform and entertain viewers. | 09-20-2012 |
William Reiser, West Jordan, UT US
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20130184748 | KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR - A suture anchor comprises a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough and having one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole, such as threads. A lateral port passes through the body from the bore to the exterior surface and is formed of a slot entering the body from its proximal end. A length of suture for attaching soft tissue to bone passes down along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements, over a distal end of the body, up into the bore through and then back out of the bore and up along the exterior surface over the one or more purchase enhancements. | 07-18-2013 |
20140257346 | Implant Having Adjustable Filament Coils - A device having one or more adjustable loops or coils associated with an implant body for use in soft tissue reconstructions is provided. One exemplary embodiment of a device includes a body and a suture filament, with the filament being used to form a self-locking sliding knot disposed on a top side of the body and a plurality of adjustable coils that are substantially disposed on the body's bottom side. Terminal ends of the filament located above the body's top side can be passed through an opening of a Lark's Head knot from opposite sides, thus forming a self-locking sliding knot, and then the terminal ends can be tensioned to adjust a circumference of the coils. Changing a coil's circumference changes a location of a ligament graft disposed on the coil. Other configurations of devices and systems, as well as methods for performing ACL repairs, are also provided. | 09-11-2014 |