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| 20090069512 | COMPOSITION AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A composition includes a reaction product of a poly(arylene ether) composition having a plurality of terminal groups and a siloxane composition. Associated article and method are also provided. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090117367 | ARTICLE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An article includes a membrane having pores and a selectively permeable coating supported by the membrane. The selectively permeable coating includes a hydroxyalkyl-substituted polyalkyleneimine in an amount that is sufficient to chemically react with a chembio agent to reduce the biological activity of the chembio agent or increase an amount of time for a significant amount of unreacted biologically active chembio agent to pass through the article. An associated method is also provided. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100029864 | POLYARYLETHER COMPOSITION AND MEMBRANE - A composition including a polyarylether copolymer is provided. The copolymer includes a polyarylether backbone; and a sulfonated oligomeric group bonded to the polyarylether suitable for use as a cation conducting membrane. Method of bonding a sulfonated oligomeric group to the polyarylether backbone to form a polyarylether copolymer. The membrane may be formed from the polyarylether copolymer composition. The chain length of the sulfonated oligomeric group may be controlled to affect or control the ion conductivity of the membrane. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100077529 | ARTICLE, LAMINATE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An article includes a porous membrane having pores, a first selectively permeable coating supported by the membrane and a component protective against delamination of the selectively permeable coating from the porous membrane and/or any other coatings applied thereto. The first selectively permeable coating includes an antichemical, antibiological, antiradiological and/or antimicrobial agent. The protective component may be provided alone, or as an element of the first selectively permeable coating, or, a second selectively permeable coating. A laminate and methods of providing these are also provided. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20120135658 | PROTECTIVE ARTICLE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - An article comprises a first layer which includes a substrate and a nucleophilic organic polymer cross-linked on a surface of or within the substrate. The cross-linked nucleophilic polymer comprises functional groups operative to form a covalent bond with a chemical or biological agent. The first layer also includes reactive particles located on a surface of or within the substrate. | 05-31-2012 |
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| 20080289277 | FLOOR MEMBER - The floor member is a laminated structure in the form a floor tile or a floor plank. A bottom portion of the floor member is formed with a plurality of moisture dispersal pathways that lead toward peripheral side edges of the bottom portion. The moisture dispersal pathways permit any moisture that develops between a floor base and the bottom portion of the floor member that is installed on the floor base to flow in the moisture dispersal pathways toward at least one of the peripheral side edges of the bottom portion, for passage beyond the one peripheral side edge of the bottom portion. Adjacent tiles of a floor tile installation have communicable moisture dispersal pathways such that moisture is not entrapped below the floor member and can migrate through the communicable pathways to an outermost peripheral side edge of the floor tile installation for dissipation of moisture into the ambient air. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100170179 | FLOOR MEMBER - The floor member, in the form a floor tile or a floor plank, that is formed of a flexible, non-rigid material, has a bottom portion formed with a plurality of moisture dispersal pathways that lead toward peripheral side edges of the bottom portion. The moisture dispersal pathways permit any moisture that develops between a floor base and the bottom portion of the floor member that is installed on the floor base to flow in the moisture dispersal pathways toward at least one of the peripheral side edges of the bottom portion, for passage beyond the one peripheral side edge of the bottom portion. Adjacent tiles of a floor tile installation have communicable moisture dispersal pathways such that moisture is not entrapped below the floor member and can migrate through the communicable pathways to an outermost peripheral side edge of the floor tile installation for dissipation of moisture into the ambient air. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20130269280 | CEILING PLANK - An elongated generally rectangular ceiling plank formed of wood or plastic composition and has opposite elongated side edges with a length that is between nine and ten times the width of the opposite end edges. The ceiling plank includes complementary tongue and groove engagement portions formed at the sides and ends for side-by-side or end-to-end engagement with other similar planks. In a ceiling plank installation a ceiling plank securement clip secures the side groove portion of one plank to a ceiling. The secured plank can be joined to another plank in side-by-side or end-to-end engagement at a ceiling by interengagement with the tongue portion at the side or end of the other plank. The ceiling plank is approximately forty-eight inches long and five inches wide and can thus be easily handled and installed by one person. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140283479 | FIBROUS PLASTIC CEILING TILE - The multi-purpose tile is formed solely of randomly arranged and uniformly distributed non-woven plastic fibers. The non-woven plastic fibers are fused together without a binder and compressed while in a heated state to establish a predetermined thickness of the tile. The tile is flexible, self-supporting and non-collapsible, and can be installed as a lay-in ceiling tile on a grid for use as a suspended ceiling, or bonded directly to a ceiling, or bonded directly to a wall. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20150017378 | CEILING TILE - The ceiling tile, in one embodiment of the invention, is a laminate of a rigid core layer, such as gypsum, having one surface covered by a display layer of plastic sheet material. An opposite surface of the core layer is covered by a layer of light reflective material. The design layer has a design surface that is viewable when the tile is installed in a ceiling, and the light reflective layer has an exposed light reflective surface. Both the design layer and the light reflective layer form leak tight seals on the opposite surfaces of the rigid core layer. The entire peripheral edge of the tile laminate and marginal portions of the design surface and light reflective surface are covered by a plastic leak tight tape that forms a gas tight seal at the peripheral edge of the tile laminate. | 01-15-2015 |
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| 20100089539 | Cord lock - A cord lock for a Venetian blind or a shade disclosed has a housing having two parallel sidewalls, an end wall, a downwardly facing surface of the ramp members is formed with a plurality of transverse ribs; an opening is formed by the sidewalls, the end wall and the downwardly facing surface of the ramp members; a separator extends between the end wall and the ramp members; a pulley roller is rotatably mounted on a shaft supported in the sidewalls; a cylindrical floating roller formed on its peripheral surface with a plurality of ribs extending in a direction parallel to own axis; a top of the opening through which lift cords may pass freely to the pulley roller and then through the opening and then through different sides of the separator and then be completed as free hanging ends of pull cords; pushing means placed on the housing and having a mechanical contact with the pull cords on spots facing to the end wall and pushing the pull cords towards the cylindrical floating roller permanently. The pushing means will secure the immediate locking of the cords if the pull cords were accidentally released or dropped. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110072622 | Failsafe system for raising and lowering at least one object - A cleat with automatic line-locking, includes a frame having proximate and remote sides and formed with a passageway, extending between the proximate and remote sides, for receiving a line for movement along a first line moving direction from the proximate to the remote sides and an opposing line pulling direction from the remote to the proximate sides, and defining a line bearing surface or limit stop on one side of the passageway for limiting excessive transverse movements of the line in a direction to the one side of the passageway. Fasteners attach the frame to a support surface. A cam is provided on the frame on the other or opposite side of said passageway and has a line engaging portion normally spaced a predetermined distance from the line. The cam is movable between a line releasing position and a line locking position and is arranged to normally disengage from the line, engagement of the line by the cam to the line locking position while advancing the line in the first line moving direction creating a force couple that wedges the line between the line bearing surface or limit stop and the cam that tends to arrest or stop the line relative to the frame fixed on the support surface. The cam is formed of generally flat sheet material defining a cam plane and the line engaging portion being formed of a plurality of generally flat pressure-engaging segments or pressure pads that are angularly offset to opposite sides of said cam plane and together generally defining a line-receiving region having a generally uniform cross-section configured to frictionally engage the line in the line locking position. Auxiliary sheave assemblies may be used to provide automatic failsafe operation by means of the cleat when raising or lowering an object on a hook or loop. A pusher may be used to urge the line to move in the direction of the cam especially when the line is released. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110286790 | Remotely actuatable pendulum binary latch - A remotely actuatable latch for locking and releasing an object at a location remote from a user includes a sheave mounted at the remote location for free rotation about an axis. A line is engaged with the sheave and has one end coupled to an object to be selectively locked or released at the remote location and an opposing end that can be gripped and manually manipulated by a user at a location spaced from the remote location. A shackle connects the object to the line. A pendulum at the remote location is pivoted for movements between a stable position and an unstable position and positioned along the path of movement of the line and shackle when a user pulls or releases the opposing end. The pendulum has a cam surface for deflecting the pendulum responsive to movements of the shackle along the path of movement past the pendulum towards the sheave to cause the shackle to ride along the cam surface thereby angularly pivoting the pendulum from the stable rest position to the unstable position. The pendulum has an engaging mechanism for engaging the shackle and has a natural period of oscillation selected to require a time τ to move from the unstable to the stable positions, whereby release of the line to allow the shackle to free fall past said pendulum with a time less than τ allows the shackle to clear the pendulum and unlock the object while controlled release of the line to move the shackle with a time sufficiently greater than τ causes the pendulum engaging mechanism to engage the shackle and fixedly secure the object to the pendulum, whereby a user can lock or unlock the shackle and therefore also the object at the remote location by controlling the speed of release of the line. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110298346 | Wall-mounted sliding storage enclosure with fail-safe position fixing mechanism - A sliding storage system includes a vertical rod having upper and lower ends. Brackets attach the upper and lower ends of the rod to a wall to fix the rod in a vertical orientation. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20130012360 | Portable gymnastic device - A portable gymnastic device comprising a suspension means having two opposed and complementary rigid hooks, which are pivotally connected together and to a U-shaped frame by a pin. Hooked upper ends of the hooks are engaged over a horizontal cross member of the doorframe or a horizontal bar. The hooks are normally biased to a closed position permanently by the spring. A rope is connected with the U-shaped frame by a knot, which is placed on a top end of the rope. A handle is connected with a bottom end of the rope by suitable means such as a cam within the handle. On the bottom end of the rope several handles may be set on different levels to accommodate different height users and different exercises. | 01-10-2013 |
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| 20090102611 | WIRELESS DISPOSABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR - A patient physiological parameter monitoring apparatus for a subject includes a sensor assembly having at least one responsive element that produces a first signal upon detection of a change in temperature. The assembly also includes a converter for converting the first signal into an electrical signal, and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting converted electrical signals upon demand based upon receipt of a transmitted signal from an interrogation device. Preferably, at least a portion of the sensor assembly is disposable to permit single use or single subject use and can be further used to track location and information of medical equipment in addition to subjects. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090285260 | THERMOMETER HEATER AND THERMISTOR - A thermometric apparatus for determining a patient's temperature having a elongated sensing probe that is connected to a base housing. The insertion tip of the probe contains a outer shell and a spaced apart inner shell. The outer surface of the inner shell has a heater that is fabricated of a resistive thick film material and a heat sensor mounted thereon. The heater and the heat sensor are connected to a pair of thick film conductive traces which in turn are electrically attached by a flexible circuit board to leads running back to the base housing. The space between the two shells is filled by a thermally conductive epoxy. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100027582 | CYCLE COUNTING - The present invention provides a platform for a manufacturer of reusable medical apparatuses to provide timely post-sale service for replaceable parts. In one embodiment, the probe assembly of an electronic thermometer has a connector that is equipped with a memory device, e.g., EEPROM, that stores a variety of probe-specific service information including usage count of the probe, probe warranty information and error codes. The user can plug the connector, e.g., through an adapter module, to a local computer's USB port and submit the stored service information to a website maintained by the probe manufacturer to check up and get service for the specific probe in a timely fashion. Automatic alert for replacement probe orders depending on the amount of usage, automatic generation of RMA numbers when the probe warranty is determined to be in effect, and automatic service calls for malfunctioning thermometers can all be accomplished accordingly without the need for manual record-keeping. A healthcare provider can simply set aside a day at a scheduled interval to check all of its reusable medial apparatuses equipped with the invented system to keep them safe and effective. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100260230 | IR THERMOMETRY PROBE COVER - A removable protective cover for an insertion probe of a medical instrument. The cover contains a flexible tubular body that compliments the probe geometry and a radially disposed flange that surrounds the proximal end of the body. A series of snap-on fasteners removably connect the cover to the instrument. A camming surface is located on the outer face of the flange which coacts with a cam follower that is movably mounted upon the instrument to flex the cover sufficiently to open the fastener and release the cover from the instrument and move the cover axially toward the distal end of the tip. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100265986 | CALIBRATED ASSEMBLY FOR IR THERMOMETER APPARATUS - A tip assembly for an IR thermometer apparatus includes a heat sink having a heat sink cavity and a tip section and a fluid path and at least one hydraulic port. The tip assembly also includes an IR sensor mechanically seated in the tip section and thermally coupled to the heat sink. The tip assembly also includes an electrical connector configured to provide an electrical connection to the tip assembly. A fluid having a fluid temperature is introduced into the fluid path via the hydraulic port. The fluid causes the heat sink and the IR sensor to substantially reach one or more pre-determined temperatures by thermal conduction during calibration of the tip assembly. Another tip assembly having an internal heat source is described. Another tip assembly having an internal heat pump is described. A method to calibrate a tip assembly is also described. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100284436 | IR THERMOMETER THERMAL ISOLATION TIP ASSEMBLY - An IR tip assembly includes a shroud having at least one feature that permits releasable attachment of a disposable cover fitted to a shroud. When the disposable cover is fitted to the shroud, at least one air gap is defined between the shroud and the disposable cover. An IR sensor disposed within the IR tip assembly is mechanically and thermally coupled to a heat sink. The at least one defined air gap creates a thermal isolation between the disposable cover and the disposed IR sensor. There can also be airflow through the at least one air gap. Apparatus and methods to create the airflow are described. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110106484 | THERMOMETER FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN ANIMAL'S EAR DRUM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A thermometer for determining the temperature of an animal's ear drum. The thermometer includes a probe, an infrared-radiation detector adapted to receive infrared radiation emitted by the ear drum, and devices that help insure that the probe is disposed in a desired position in the ear canal so as to optimize the infrared radiation received from the ear drum, and to minimize the infrared radiation received from other ear parts. A method of using the thermometer is also disclosed. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110160595 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT WITH PROBE, PROBE COVER, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A medical instrument including a probe adapted to be inserted into an orifice of an animal's body. The instrument includes an emitter of electromagnetic radiation that is sensed by a sensor mounted on the probe. The sensor can then determine, by variations in the amount of radiation received from the emitter, whether a probe cover is mounted over the probe. A sensor can also be used to determine whether the walls of the body orifice block the radiation received from the emitter, thereby indicating position of the sensor, and thus, the probe within the orifice. A special probe cover is disclosed, and methods of using the medical instrument are also disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120027047 | IR THERMOMETRY PROBE COVER - A protective cover for an insertion probe of a medical instrument. The cover contains a flexible tubular body that compliments the probe geometry and a radially disposed flange that surrounds the proximal end of the body. A series of snap-on fasteners removably connect the cover to the instrument. A camming surface is located on the outer face of the flange which coacts with a cam follower that is movably mounted upon the instrument to flex the cover sufficiently to open the fastener and release the cover from the instrument and move the cover axially toward the distal end of the tip. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20130131518 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT WITH PROBE, PROBE COVER, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A medical instrument including a probe adapted to be inserted into an orifice of an animal's body. The instrument includes an emitter of electromagnetic radiation that is sensed by a sensor mounted on the probe. The sensor can then determine, by variations in the amount of radiation received from the emitter, whether a probe cover is mounted over the probe. A sensor can also be used to determine whether the walls of the body orifice block the radiation received from the emitter, thereby indicating position of the sensor, and thus, the probe within the orifice. A special probe cover is disclosed, and methods of using the medical instrument are also disclosed. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20140064331 | Probe Cover Container Identification - A temperature measurement system includes a temperature probe including a temperature sensor. The system also includes a reader, and a controller in communication with the temperature sensor and the reader. The system further includes a container housing a plurality of probe covers associated with the temperature probe. The container includes an information feature providing information related to the plurality of probe covers. The reader is configured to read the information and direct a signal to the controller indicative of the information. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20150124854 | IR THERMOMETRY PROBE COVER - A protective cover for an insertion probe of a medical instrument. The cover contains a flexible tubular body that compliments the probe geometry and a radially disposed flange that surrounds the proximal end of the body. A series of snap-on fasteners removably connect the cover to the instrument. A camming surface is located on the outer face of the flange which coacts with a cam follower that is movably mounted upon the instrument to flex the cover sufficiently to open the fastener and release the cover from the instrument and move the cover axially toward the distal end of the tip. | 05-07-2015 |
