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Chadwick Whitcher, Worcester, MA US
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20150297365 | FLEXIBLE PROSTHETIC APPLIANCE - A prosthetic appliance disposes a plurality of elongated, resilient members in a circular configuration around a pivot point representing a skeletal joint such as an ankle, wrist or shoulder. The resilient members are resilient and adapted to deformable respond to pivoting forces of the fulcrum, and forcibly deform in response to the pivoting of the shaft forcing the fulcrum against the resilient members. The circular orientation of the resilient members pivot the shaft orthogonal to the base from which the resilient members extend, such that the resilient members bias the fulcrum and shaft in the orthogonal position at a rest position. Forces drawing the shaft off-center disposed the fulcrum against one or more of the resilient members and causing resilient deformation and counterforces against the fulcrum back to the centered rest position. In response to pivoting movement, the resilient members apply increasing forces for biasing the pivoting shaft. | 10-22-2015 |
Cole Whitcher, Brea, CA US
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20140365346 | METHOD OF VERIFYING A DEBT - A method of verifying a debt and ownership of the debt including the steps of providing a Debt System in which information on debts, the person/organization who owes each of the debts, and the person/organization who owns each of the debts are registered, registering in the Debt System a debtor that owes one of the registered debts, registering in the Debt System a person/organization debt owner that owns the one of the registered debts, and the Debt System providing to the debtor that owes one of the registered debts information on the one of the registered debts in response to a request to the Debt System, the information including the person/organization who owns the one of the registered debts. | 12-11-2014 |
Daniel R. Whitcher, Sugar Land, TX US
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20110240753 | DIRECTED MULTIPORT EDUCTOR AND METHOD OF USE - A directed multiport jetting nozzle in an eductor having a focal point of the motive fluid inside the throat of a venturi-diffuser body of the present eductor provides an efficient pump and mixer providing substantial surface contact area between the motive flow and the bulk material for movement through the outlet of the eductor. The result of this design provides a homogeneous mixture of the motive fluid and the bulk material which may be hydrating or wetting, or the creation of a slurry, | 10-06-2011 |
20140030031 | Accurate Dry Bulk Handling System and Method of Use - Rapid evacuation and deployment of dry materials is achieved by the dual structure of this device and the method of using it to fill and empty vacuum reloading tanks automatically. This permits materials such a bentonite, barite or cement to be handled easily and without dust on a rig floor and mixed appropriately as needed for well control and completion operations. Dry bulk material is offloaded from an offshore supply vessel into atmospheric tanks, which provide fluidized bed systems to aerate and agitate and move material through piping into the vacuum re-loader tanks. The dual re-loader tank system allows one tank to be emptied while another fills thereby providing sufficient flexibility to expertly manage receiving, storage, transfer, filtration and control of the bulk material on various space-critical platforms, including offshore rigs and service vessels, that require the handling of dry bulk materials in an accurate and dust-free manner. | 01-30-2014 |
20150151998 | Water Reclamation Apparatus and Method of Operation - A water reclamation system is composed of a high-capacity input pump connected to an ionizer, which dissociates solid or biological particles from the water. After leaving the ionizer, the fluid stream is run through staged filter systems progressively filtering the solids from the water, which is then fed to a reverse osmosis system for further filtration. Rejected water is diverted to a series of thermal units which cause the rejected water to flash into steam which is returned to the cleaned water stream of the reverse osmosis unit for discharge or further use; the remaining water, having the remaining solids and biological materials, is sent to a fracture unit where it is incinerated at an elevated temperature. The system is designed to provide parallel backups at each part of the process allowing cleaning to take place continuously while the other parallel system is operating. | 06-04-2015 |
Dan R. Whitcher, Sugar Land, TX US
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20110017584 | Desalination System and Method - A system for desalinating water includes a generally cylindrical enclosure ( | 01-27-2011 |
Desmond Seymer Whitcher, Pretoria ZA
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20080207299 | GAME OF CHANCE - The invention provides a card based game of chance which includes a set of standard playing cards; an additional special card; and a random selection device to be operated when the special card is dealt to a player to determine a supplementary payout to that player. Betting participation in a card based game of chance is enhanced by adding the special card to a standard set of cards and permitting a player to whom the card is dealt to operate a random selection device to determine a supplementary payout. Apparatus to play the game has a set of standard playing cards; a special card to be added to the set; and a random selection device to be operated when the special card is dealt to a player to determine a supplementary payout to that player. A table layout for the card based game of chance includes regions demarcated thereon for playing a basic game; and at least one extra participating betting region whereby at least one player may place a bet to participate in a supplementary game of chance associated with the random selection device. | 08-28-2008 |
20080234039 | GAMING - A gaming machine has a random percentage selection device for randomly selecting a percentage value of a jackpot amount. The gaming machine may have a plurality of random percentage selection devices for selecting a plurality of individual percentage values and a summation unit for summing the individual percentage values to provide a summed percentage value. A display means is provided for displaying the individual percentage values and the summed percentage value. The gaming machine is particularly used together with a plurality of primary slot machines. Each of the primary slot machines has a supplementary winning combination which entitles the player thereof to operate the gaming machine to try and win a part, or all of, the jackpot. | 09-25-2008 |
Douglas Adam Whitcher, Atlanta, GA US
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20120180899 | SYTEM AND METHOD FOR LIQUEFYING A FLUID AND STORING THE LIQUEFIED FLUID - A Dewar system is configured to liquefy a flow of fluid, and to store the liquefied fluid. The Dewar system is disposed within a single, portable housing. Disposing the components of the Dewar system within the single housing enables liquefied fluid to be transferred between a heat exchange assembly configured to liquefy fluid and a storage assembly configured to store liquefied fluid in an enhanced manner. In one embodiment, the flow of fluid liquefied and stored by the Dewar system is oxygen (e.g., purified oxygen), nitrogen, and/or some other fluid. | 07-19-2012 |
20140216453 | OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR SUPPLY LINE OBERPRESSURE PROTECTION - A portable oxygen concentrator ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140345609 | PORTABLE OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR - Methods and systems for concentrating oxygen include an oxygen concentration subsystem configured to generate a supply of oxygen-enriched gas, an oxygen delivery subsystem configured to communicate oxygen-enriched gas to a respiratory circuit for delivery to an airway of a subject, and one or more batteries configured to act as a sole power supply for the oxygen concentration subsystem and the oxygen delivery subsystem, wherein a ratio R | 11-27-2014 |
Forrest Whitcher, Allston, MA US
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20080221670 | RADIOPAQUE POLYMERIC STENT - The invention relates to an implantable radiopaque stent adapted to be disposed in a body lumen. In one aspect of the invention, at least one radiopaque filament is arranged for permanent attachment to a hollow tubular structure. The filament is desirably arranged in a linear direction traverse to a longitudinal length of the structure, the structure having a tubular wall that defines an inner surface and an outer surface and opposing first open end and second open end. The radiopaque filament improves external imaging of the tubular structure on fluoroscope or x-ray imaging equipment. | 09-11-2008 |
20080300673 | RADIOPAQUE COMPOSITIONS, STENTS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION - The invention relates to an implantable radiopaque stent adapted to be disposed in a body lumen. In one aspect of the invention, a plurality of elongate filaments including one or more radiopaque filaments are arranged to form a hollow tubular structure having a tubular wall that defines an inner surface and an outer surface and opposing first open end and second open end. One of the open ends of the stent is formed by an intersection of adjacent filament ends. A radiopaque compound is applied to the intersection, the radiopaque compound comprising radiopaque material and polymeric material. The radiopaque compound and radiopaque filament provide improved external imaging of the tubular structure on imaging equipment. | 12-04-2008 |
20120259407 | Radiopaque Polymeric Stent - The invention relates to an implantable radiopaque stent adapted to be disposed in a body lumen. In one aspect of the invention, at least one radiopaque filament is arranged for permanent attachment to a hollow tubular structure. The filament is desirably arranged in a linear direction traverse to a longitudinal length of the structure, the structure having a tubular wall that defines an inner surface and an outer surface and opposing first open end and second open end. The radiopaque filament improves external imaging of the tubular structure on fluoroscope or x-ray imaging equipment. | 10-11-2012 |
Forrest D. Whitcher, Allston, MA US
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20130231734 | Radiopaque Compositions, Stents and Methods of Preparation - The invention relates to an implantable radiopaque stent adapted to be disposed in a body lumen. In one aspect of the invention, a plurality of elongate filaments including one or more radiopaque filaments are arranged to form a hollow tubular structure having a tubular wall that defines an inner surface and an outer surface and opposing first open end and second open end. | 09-05-2013 |
20140288637 | Radiopaque Compositions, Stents and Methods of Preparation - The invention relates to an implantable radiopaque stent adapted to be disposed in a body lumen. In one aspect of the invention, a plurality of elongate filaments including one or more radiopaque filaments are arranged to form a hollow tubular structure having a tubular wall that defines an inner surface and an outer surface and opposing first open end and second open end. One of the open ends of the stent is formed by an intersection of adjacent filament ends. A radiopaque compound is applied to the intersection, the radiopaque compound comprising radiopaque material and polymeric material. The radiopaque compound and radiopaque filament provide improved external imaging of the tubular structure on imaging equipment. | 09-25-2014 |
Lee Whitcher, Cambridge GB
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20120068021 | CRAFT AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING CRAFT WITH CONTROLLED SPIN - This invention relates to a craft designed to move through or on a surface of a fluid. It is believed to be principally of use in relation to airborne craft and missiles but the theory behind the invention is equally applicable for example to submarines. | 03-22-2012 |
Michael S. Whitcher, Apex, NC US
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20130262425 | TECHNIQUES TO PERFORM IN-DATABASE COMPUTATIONAL PROGRAMMING - Techniques to perform in-database computational programming. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a client application operative on the processor circuit to generate a general request to perform an analytical calculation on data stored in a distributed database system based on a compute model, where the client application uses a threaded kernel service layer. The apparatus may also comprise a compute request component operative on the processor circuit to convert the general request to a compute request having a request format used by the distributed database system, and send the compute request to a node of the distributed database system having an analytic container. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-03-2013 |
20140188918 | TECHNIQUES TO PERFORM IN-DATABASE COMPUTATIONAL PROGRAMMING - Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus and method for generating a general request having structures and information to perform an analytical calculation on data stored in a distributed database system and converting the structures and information of the general request to a compute request having a request format conforming to a query language used by the distributed database system. Various embodiment may also include sending the compute request to a node of the distributed database system and receiving a compute response from the node of the distributed database system, the compute response including a result set of the analytical calculation performed on data local to the node from an analytic container implemented by the node, the analytic container including an embedded process to replicate an execution environment hosted within the distributed database system used by a client application. | 07-03-2014 |
Michael Stephen Whitcher, Apex, NC US
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20100114932 | Computer-Implemented Method and System for Handling and Transforming Database Queries in a Fourth Generation Language - A computer-implemented method and system allows generating a query and a first fourth generation language at a native system to a non-native database which is capable of processing queries in a second fourth generation language. A query initiated by a client applicant in a first fourth generation language is analyzed to determine if it can be processed by a non-native system capable of processing queries in a second fourth generation language. Non-standard syntax representative of a function and the query that cannot be evaluated by the non-native database system is identified. If the syntax is discovered, the query is transformed through the use of formats or through an algorithm process into an equivalent query expression that can be processed by the database system. | 05-06-2010 |
Timothy John Whitcher, Rochester, NY US
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20080215984 | STORYSHARE AUTOMATION - A method and system simplifies the creation process of a multimedia story for a user. It does this by using input and/or derived metadata, by providing constraints on the usability of assets, by automatically suggesting a theme for a story, and identifying appropriate assets and effects to be included in a story, which assets and effects are owned by the user or a third party. | 09-04-2008 |