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Brandon Wirtz, Phoenix, AZ US
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20140236939 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOPICAL GROUPING OF SEARCH RESULTS AND ORGANIZING OF SEARCH RESULTS - Embodiments include a method for providing two or more search results. The method can include receiving at least one search parameter from a search query of a first user. The method also can include determining potential search results based upon the at least one search parameter. The method further can include determining one or more related searches from one or more second users. The method also can include determining two or more search results at least partially based upon the at least one search parameter and the one or more related searches. The method additionally can include determining that the two or more search results are related to a topic. The method further can include organizing the two or more search results based upon the topic. The method also can include displaying the two or more search results to the first user. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING SEARCH RESULTS - Some embodiments concern a method for organizing two or more search results. The method includes: receiving at least one search parameter from a user; using at least one computer processor to determine a search type based upon the at least one search parameter; using the at least one computer processor to determine potential search results based upon the at least one search parameter; using the at least one computer processor to determine one or more qualitative traits of the potential search results; using the at least one computer processor to organize the two or more search results based upon the search type and the one or more qualitative traits of the potential search results; and displaying the two or more search results to the user. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 08-21-2014 |
20150227973 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORGANIZING SEARCH RESULTS AND TARGETING ADVERTISEMENTS - Embodiments include a method for selling targeted web-based advertising. The method includes receiving an advertisement from a first user; receiving one or more targeted words from the first user; determining one or more contextual words from among the one or more targeted words, such that each of the one or more contextual words have two or more contextual senses; sending to the first user each of the two or more contextual senses for each of the one or more contextual words; receiving from the first user one or more contextual sense selections for each of the one or more contextual words; and receiving from the first user a payment or promise for payment based on one or more predetermined uses of the advertisement when the advertisement is displayed with one or more web pages. The advertisement is displayed with the one or more web pages based on a matching of the one or more web pages with the one or more targeted words and with the one or more contextual sense selections of each of the one or more contextual words. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 08-13-2015 |
Chad Wirtz, Palo Alto, CA US
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20140325400 | MULTI-PANEL VIEW INTERFACE FOR A BROWSER OPERATING ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A method for operating a computing device is provided. One or more processors determines a plurality of web pages that are concurrently opened in a browser. At least a first group of web pages and a second group of web pages are determined. On the browser, a mufti-panel view interface is displayed having a plurality of panels. The mufti-panel view interface concurrently provides useable content of at least some web pages of a first set of web pages in the first group in each panel. The useable content corresponds to a portion of content displayed on an individual web page. The multi-panel view interface includes a selection interface to enable a user to select to view web pages in the first group or the second group. A web page is displayed on the multi-panel view interface by expanding the useable content of that web page. | 10-30-2014 |
Chadwyck Wirtz, Palo Alto, CA US
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20140096049 | DRAG AND DROP APPLICATION LAUNCHES OF USER INTERFACE OBJECTS - Example embodiments relate to drag and drop application launches within a user interface (UI). In example embodiments, a command is received by which a UI object currently displayed in a window of a first application is dragged from the window and dropped onto a home screen of an operating system. A second application suitable for displaying an object type of the UI object is then identified. Finally, the second application is launched in a new window in response to the drop of the UI object on the home screen, such that the new window displays the UI object. | 04-03-2014 |
Chadwyck Wirtz, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20120204191 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATIONS ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and method for providing notifications on a mobile computing device is disclosed. The method comprises enabling multiple applications that operate on the mobile computing device to generate notifications in response to event occurrences. A plurality of notification representations are presented in a notification bar on the display. The plurality of notification representations are individually generated by a corresponding application in response to an event occurrence. The plurality of notification representations are represented in a first portion of the notification bar and with a number that represents how many notification representations from an application have been generated and not dismissed by a user. | 08-09-2012 |
20140208336 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATIONS ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and method for providing notifications on a mobile computing device are disclosed. The method comprises enabling multiple applications that operate on the mobile computing device to generate notifications in response to event occurrences. A plurality of notification representations are presented in a notification bar on the display. The plurality of notification representations are individually generated by a corresponding application in response to an event occurrence. The plurality of notification representations are represented in a first portion of the notification bar and with a number that represents how many notification representations from an application have been generated and not dismissed by a user. | 07-24-2014 |
20140237385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATIONS ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and method for providing notifications on a mobile computing device are disclosed. The method comprises enabling multiple applications that operate on the mobile computing device to generate notifications in response to event occurrences. A plurality of notification representations are presented in a notification bar on the display. The plurality of notification representations are individually generated by a corresponding application in response to an event occurrence. The plurality of notification representations are represented in a first portion of the notification bar and with a number that represents how many notification representations from an application have been generated and not dismissed by a user. | 08-21-2014 |
20150370469 | SELECTION FEATURE FOR ADJUSTING VALUES ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A selection feature to enable a user to adjust a displayed value is provided on a display of a computing device. The selection feature includes a closed track and a selectable button that is moveable along the closed track. A user input is received from one or more sensors of the computing device that detect an object or a finger on a region of the display that provides the selection feature. The selection feature adjusts the displayed value in a first manner in response to the user selecting and moving the selectable button along the closed track, and adjusts the displayed value in a second manner in response to the user selecting a location on the closed track away from the selectable button. The displayed value is adjusted based on the user input. | 12-24-2015 |
Denis Wirtz, Washington, DC US
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20100253328 | MAGNETIC TWEEZERS METHOD TO MEASURE SINGLE MOLECULE TORQUE - A system and a method for determining the torque imposed on a filament, such as a single DNA strand or macromolecule, using a magnetic probe and an imaging device. | 10-07-2010 |
20150093779 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR CHARACTERIZING CELLS - A diagnostic device includes a microscope configured to obtain image data on a plurality of cells and a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive the image data, identify at least a portion of each of the plurality of cells based on the received image data, determine at least one of a value of a morphological parameter for each identified at least a portion of the plurality of cells or a relative organization among the identified at least a portion of the plurality of cells, and calculate statistics for the plurality of cells based on the at least one of the determined values of the morphological parameter or the determined relative organization, the statistics including information suitable for distinguishing metastatic cells from non-metastatic cells. The diagnostic device further includes an output device configured to output the statistics for diagnosis. | 04-02-2015 |
Denis Gaston Wirtz, Washington, DC US
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20130071003 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR CHARACTERIZING CELLS - A diagnostic device includes a microscope configured to obtain image data on a plurality of cells and a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive the image data, identify at least a portion of each of the plurality of cells based on the received image data, determine at least one of a value of a morphological parameter for each identified at least a portion of the plurality of cells or a relative organization among the identified at least a portion of the plurality of cells, and calculate statistics for the plurality of cells based on the at least one of the determined values of the morphological parameter or the determined relative organization, the statistics including information suitable for distinguishing metastatic cells from non-metastatic cells. The diagnostic device further includes an output device configured to output the statistics for diagnosis. | 03-21-2013 |
Frank J. Wirtz, Seattle, WA US
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20110304211 | Rack-Based Uninterruptible Power Supply - A rack power unit is configured to be inserted into a device rack of a data center. The rack power unit includes one or more power supplies and one or more battery packs. The one or more power supplies are each configured to receive power (e.g., AC power) when the apparatus is in the device rack, and convert the received power to a DC power. The one or more power supplies are further configured to output the DC power to a DC power bus of the device rack. The one or more battery packs are each configured to provide, in response to an interruption in the received power, DC power to the DC power bus of the device rack. | 12-15-2011 |
20110316338 | Hierarchical Power Smoothing - Power is provided to one or more devices in a system that includes a hierarchical power smoothing environment having multiple tiers. In response to a peak in power usage by the one or more devices, power is provided from a first power smoothing component in a first tier of the multiple tiers. Additionally, power is provided to the one or more devices from power smoothing components in each of other tiers of the multiple tiers if the power smoothing component in a next lower tier of the multiple tiers is unable to provide sufficient power for the peak in power usage. If the power smoothing components in the multiple tiers are unable to provide sufficient power for the peak in power usage, then performance of at least one of the one or more devices is reduced in response to the peak in power usage. | 12-29-2011 |
Jerry Wirtz, Ponca City, OK US
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20120079780 | In-ground shelter - An improved shelter of the type having a front wall, a back wall, two opposing side walls, a bottom and a top defining a substantially rectangular box with an opening defined in the top, a flat lid adapted to cover the opening, a roller means for alternatively rolling the lid to expose or close the open top, the improvement comprising: substantially, the entire top of the box defining an opening; the lid adapted to be substantially flush with the surrounding ground level in a closed position; and a roller means for allowing the lid to slide above the ground level, exposing more than half of the top when in an open position. The shelter alternatively including stairs rotatably affixed to the front wall and a stair support means releasably supporting the stair in position to be used as a stepping entrance into the shelter, whereby the stair can be rotated against the front wall when not in use or rotated and fixed in place by the stair support means to serve as a stepping surface. | 04-05-2012 |
20120222367 | Above-Ground Shelter and Method of Installing Same - An improved above-ground storm shelter having sidewalls comprised of two panels, an outer panel and an inner panel, a door means for allowing ingress and egress and for remaining securely closed during a storm event, and a roof adapted to be affixed thereto, whereby sound of articles striking the sidewalls during a storm event is lessened, and the two panels provide enhanced structural integrity compared with a single panel of comparable thickness. The sidewalls may be manufactured in modular segments adapted to be joined together to form a desired size of shelter. Preferably, at least one segment has defined therein a ventilation port with a cover means for preventing projectiles from entering the shelter during a storm event while allowing equalization of pressure. Also, a method of installing an above-ground shelter having the steps of providing modular wall segments having an outer panel separated from an inner panel a fixed distance by at least one structural member, the wall segments and structural members thereby defining a space between the panels; providing at least one door means; assembling a plurality of modular wall segments and a door means into a shelter; affixing a roof to a top edge of the modular panels and the door segment; affixing at least one transport means for rollingly moving the assembled shelter; transporting the assembled shelter to a desired location within the structure; and affixing the shelter to a floor at the desired location. | 09-06-2012 |
20150345168 | Above-Ground Shelter - An improved above-ground storm shelter having sidewalls comprised of two panels, an outer panel and an inner panel, a double-swing door means for allowing ingress and egress, a door bar for securely closing the double-swing doors during a storm event, and a roof adapted to be affixed thereto, whereby sound of articles striking the sidewalls during a storm event is lessened, and the two panels provide enhanced structural integrity compared with a single panel of comparable thickness. The sidewalls are manufactured in modular segments adapted to be joined together to form a desired size of shelter. At least one segment has defined therein a ventilation port with a protective plate and grate for preventing projectiles from entering the shelter during a storm event. | 12-03-2015 |
John M. Wirtz, Lincoln, NE US
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20090076843 | INTERACTIVE TEAM PORTAL SYSTEM - A team communication platform that combines messaging, video, testing, reporting, work flow diagramming, presentations, and performance analysis into a portal system that is made mobile through the use of synchronization services. | 03-19-2009 |
John O. Wirtz, Fort Gratiot, MI US
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20090291359 | REFORMED BATTERY GRIDS - A method of making a grid for a battery plate of a lead-acid battery. A substantially planar web is manufactured to include a plurality of spaced apart and interconnected wire segments, which at least partially define substantially planar surfaces, have a plurality of transverse lands, and interconnect at a plurality of nodes to define a plurality of open spaces between the wire segments. The web is reformed to change the cross-sectional shape of the wire segments. Other aspects may include simultaneously reducing the thickness of at least a portion of the web while reshaping the wire segments, and/or providing controlled surface roughness on at least one of the surfaces of the web to increase surface area of the grid and thereby promote adhesion of an electrochemically active material to the grid. | 11-26-2009 |
20100240274 | BATTERY BATH AND JOINT ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - A joint assembly and a tub assembly for a battery bath. The joint assembly has a seal that extends between a first flange of a first section and a second flange of a second section. The seal sealing a gap defined between the first and second flanges. | 09-23-2010 |
20140004401 | LEAD ACID BATTERY PLATE | 01-02-2014 |
20140083562 | Battery Grid Pasting Machine and System - A battery grid pasting system includes a battery grid pasting machine, a sensing station, and a controller. The battery grid pasting machine includes a conveying apparatus confronting a hopper's dispensing end across a space, and includes a motor actuatable to cause variance of the space and hence variance of the amount of battery paste received on carried battery grids through the space. The sensing station senses a value of a property of a pasted battery grid. And the controller receives the sensed value of the property and controls actuation of the motor based in part or more on the received value. | 03-27-2014 |
20150037683 | REFORMED BATTERY GRIDS - A method of making a grid for a battery plate of a lead-acid battery. A substantially planar web is manufactured to include a plurality of spaced apart and interconnected wire segments, which at least partially define substantially planar surfaces, have a plurality of transverse lands, and interconnect at a plurality of nodes to define a plurality of open spaces between the wire segments. The web is reformed to change the cross-sectional shape of the wire segments. Other aspects may include simultaneously reducing the thickness of at least a portion of the web while reshaping the wire segments, and/or providing a controlled surface roughness on at least one of the surfaces of the web to increase surface area of the grid and thereby promote adhesion of an electrochemically active material to the grid. | 02-05-2015 |
20150096645 | BATTERY PLATE GRID STRIP PASTING ASSEMBLY - A battery plate grid strip pasting assembly can include an orifice plate, a support structure, and a belt. The orifice plate has an opening through which battery paste material is dispensed out of a hopper. The support structure underlies a battery plate grid strip and supports the battery plate grid strip upstream of the opening. The belt traverses beneath the orifice plate and carries the battery plate grid strip downstream of the opening and downstream of the support structure. The support structure supports the battery plate grid strip above the belt and a gap is provided between a bottom surface of the battery plate grid strip and a top surface of the belt. Battery paste material is dispensed into the gap, through the battery plate grid strip, and overpastes the bottom surface of the battery plate grid strip. | 04-09-2015 |
John W. Wirtz, Port Huron, MI US
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20090291359 | REFORMED BATTERY GRIDS - A method of making a grid for a battery plate of a lead-acid battery. A substantially planar web is manufactured to include a plurality of spaced apart and interconnected wire segments, which at least partially define substantially planar surfaces, have a plurality of transverse lands, and interconnect at a plurality of nodes to define a plurality of open spaces between the wire segments. The web is reformed to change the cross-sectional shape of the wire segments. Other aspects may include simultaneously reducing the thickness of at least a portion of the web while reshaping the wire segments, and/or providing controlled surface roughness on at least one of the surfaces of the web to increase surface area of the grid and thereby promote adhesion of an electrochemically active material to the grid. | 11-26-2009 |
20150037683 | REFORMED BATTERY GRIDS - A method of making a grid for a battery plate of a lead-acid battery. A substantially planar web is manufactured to include a plurality of spaced apart and interconnected wire segments, which at least partially define substantially planar surfaces, have a plurality of transverse lands, and interconnect at a plurality of nodes to define a plurality of open spaces between the wire segments. The web is reformed to change the cross-sectional shape of the wire segments. Other aspects may include simultaneously reducing the thickness of at least a portion of the web while reshaping the wire segments, and/or providing a controlled surface roughness on at least one of the surfaces of the web to increase surface area of the grid and thereby promote adhesion of an electrochemically active material to the grid. | 02-05-2015 |
Karen J. Wirtz, Franksville, WI US
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20120073458 | Crimping and inking notary seal - The invention provides an integrated inkpad and embosser which serves to apply ink and emboss simultaneously the surface of a document. The device applies ink to only the embossed areas of a document. Thus perfectly rendering the seal easily visible on originals and copies. Positioned on the distal end of the unit is a set of two embossing plates which emboss and ink a document when the jaws of the plates are squeezed together. The novel feature taught by the present invention is the inclusion of an inkpad positioned on the bottom of the upper jaw so that ink is applied to the surface of the document when the jaws are squeezed together. The inkpad is covered with a surface having openings to allow the flow of ink selectively to the tops of the embossed characters. | 03-29-2012 |
Kevin Wirtz, Belgium, WI US
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20090292010 | SWEETENER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM - The present invention provides compositions comprising sucralose and 4-amino-5,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2(1H)-one or salts, solvates, and/or esters thereof and methods of making the compositions by spray drying. The present invention also provides ingestible compositions comprising compositions of the present invention and methods of making such foods. The present invention also includes a process of preparing 2-amino-thiophene derivatives, which are key intermediates for preparing 4-amino-5,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2(1H)-one. | 11-26-2009 |
20120177584 | SWEETENER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM - The present invention provides compositions comprising sucralose and 4-amino-5,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2(1H)-one or salts, solvates, and/or esters thereof and methods of making the compositions by spray drying. The present invention also provides ingestible compositions comprising compositions of the present invention and methods of making such foods. The present invention also includes a process of preparing 2-amino-thiophene derivatives, which are key intermediates for preparing 4-amino-5,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2(1H)-one. | 07-12-2012 |
20140093630 | Sweetner Compositions and Methods of Making Them - The present invention provides compositions comprising sucralose and 4-amino-5,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2(1H)-one or salts, solvates, and/or esters thereof and methods of making the compositions by spray drying. The present invention also provides ingestible compositions comprising compositions of the present invention and methods of making such foods. The present invention also includes a process of preparing 2-amino-thiophene derivatives, which are key intermediates for preparing 4-amino-5,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2(1H)-one. | 04-03-2014 |
Kevin Robert Wirtz, Belgium, WI US
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20100203172 | SODIUM NITRITE-CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods for determining the total non-volatile organic carbon in a sodium nitrite-containing sample. Further provided herein are methods for producing pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite. Still further provided herein are methods of treatment comprising the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite. | 08-12-2010 |
20110008467 | SODIUM THIOSULFATE-CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods for determining the total non-purgable organic carbon in a sodium thiosulfate-containing sample. Further provided herein are methods for producing pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate. Still further provided herein are methods of treatment comprising the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate. | 01-13-2011 |
20130287676 | SODIUM THIOSULFATE-CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods for determining the total non-purgeable organic carbon in a sodium thiosulfate-containing sample. Further provided herein are methods for producing pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate. Still further provided herein are methods of treatment comprising the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate. | 10-31-2013 |
20140023730 | SODIUM NITRITE-CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods for determining the total non-volatile organic carbon in a sodium nitrite-containing sample. Further provided herein are methods for producing pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite. Still further provided herein are methods of treatment comprising the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite. | 01-23-2014 |
20140205558 | SODIUM THIOSULFATE-CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods for determining the total non-purgeable organic carbon in a sodium thiosulfate-containing sample. Further provided herein are methods for producing pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate. Still further provided herein are methods of treatment comprising the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate. | 07-24-2014 |
20140302179 | SODIUM THIOSULFATE-CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods for determining the total non-purgeable organic carbon in a sodium thiosulfate-containing sample. Further provided herein are methods for producing pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate. Still further provided herein are methods of treatment comprising the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable sodium thiosulfate. | 10-09-2014 |
20150072024 | SODIUM NITRITE-CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods for determining the total non-volatile organic carbon in a sodium nitrite-containing sample. Further provided herein are methods for producing pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite. Still further provided herein are methods of treatment comprising the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite. | 03-12-2015 |
20150072025 | SODIUM NITRITE-CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods for determining the total non-volatile organic carbon in a sodium nitrite-containing sample. Further provided herein are methods for producing pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite. Still further provided herein are methods of treatment comprising the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite. | 03-12-2015 |
Kyle Wirtz, Portland, OR US
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20120310289 | FLEXIBLE PLATE FIXATION OF BONE FRACTURES - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for fixation of a fractured bone with a bone plate. In various embodiments, the systems and plates provide elastic suspension of the receiving holes relative to an osteosynthesis plate. This elastic suspension can promote load distribution between the screws that connect a bone segment to the plate, thereby reducing stress risers and load shielding effect. In addition, stress at the screw holes, and within the construct as a whole, is reduced by incorporation of these elastic elements in the plate. Additionally, in some embodiments where fracture healing by callus formation is desired, elastic suspension of the receiving holes relative to the osteosynthesis plate can enable small, controlled amounts of relative motion between bone fragments connected by the plate. This relative motion can promote fracture healing by callus formation. | 12-06-2012 |
20130204304 | BONE PLATE FOR ELASTIC OSTEOSYNTHESIS - Embodiments provide a method and device for plate osteosynthesis of a bone fracture that allows angle-stable fixation of the bone fracture, while permitting elastic axial motion at the fracture site in a controlled, symmetric manner to stimulate fracture healing. Embodiments pertain to a bone plate having an outer surface and a bone-facing surface. The bone plate incorporating internal sliding elements containing a threaded receiving hole for bone screws that have a correspondingly threaded screw head. The sliding elements undergo controlled displacement parallel to the longitudinal axis of the plate but are substantially constrained against displacement perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the plate. The bone screws with threaded heads may be rigidly fixed to the threaded receiving holes in the sliding elements without compressing the bone plate onto the bone surface. Sliding elements are elastically suspended inside the bone plate and undergo dynamic motion. | 08-08-2013 |
20140330275 | FLEXIBLE PLATE FIXATION OF BONE FRACTURES - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for fixation of a fractured bone with a bone plate. In various embodiments, the systems and plates provide elastic suspension of the receiving holes relative to an osteosynthesis plate. This elastic suspension can promote load distribution between the screws that connect a bone segment to the plate, thereby reducing stress risers and load shielding effect. In addition, stress at the screw holes, and within the construct as a whole, is reduced by incorporation of these elastic elements in the plate. Additionally, in some embodiments where fracture healing by callus formation is desired, elastic suspension of the receiving holes relative to the osteosynthesis plate can enable small, controlled amounts of relative motion between bone fragments connected by the plate. This relative motion can promote fracture healing by callus formation. | 11-06-2014 |
20150025588 | FLEXIBLE PLATE FIXATION OF BONE FRACTURES - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for fixation of a fractured bone with a bone plate. In various embodiments, the systems and plates provide elastic suspension of the receiving holes relative to an osteosynthesis plate. This elastic suspension can promote load distribution between the screws that connect a bone segment to the plate, thereby reducing stress risers and load shielding effect. In addition, stress at the screw holes, and within the construct as a whole, is reduced by incorporation of these elastic elements in the plate. Additionally, in some embodiments where fracture healing by callus formation is desired, elastic suspension of the receiving holes relative to the osteosynthesis plate can enable small, controlled amounts of relative motion between bone fragments connected by the plate. This relative motion can promote fracture healing by callus formation. | 01-22-2015 |
20150327896 | FLEXIBLE PLATE FIXATION OF BONE FRACTURES - A device can be provided that includes a bone plate having an upper surface and a bone-facing surface, wherein the bone plate includes one or more openings extending through the bone plate from the upper surface to the bone-facing surface, and one or more sliding elements each including a fastener receiving hole. The one or more openings can at least partially surround a periphery of one of the receiving holes. Further, the one or more openings can be at least partially filled with an elastomer to support elastic suspension of the one or more sliding elements in the bone plate, thereby enabling relative displacement between the one or more sliding elements and the bone plate. At least one sensor can also be provided that is operable to assess a dynamic parameter of one of the one or more sliding elements within the bone plate. | 11-19-2015 |
Marci Wirtz, Bronx, NY US
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20140066523 | Drug Delivery Compositions And Methods Of Use - The invention provides moldable drug delivery carriers made up of a suspension of a solid phase and an organic liquid phase for the sustained release of a therapeutic agent. The invention also provides multiphase drug delivery systems made up of a granular hydrophobic solid phase, an organic liquid phase and a hydrogel, for sustained drug delivery at varying rates over the life of the composition. | 03-06-2014 |
Marci Wirtz, Irvington, NY US
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20140275287 | Compositions and Methods for Hemostasis - The present invention relates to water soluble and completely absorbable and/or physiologically degradable hemostatic compositions having a wax or wax-like base effective for use in tamponade hemostasis of bone or cartilage. | 09-18-2014 |
20150105785 | Applicator with Conformable Tip - Described herein are applicators for delivery of a viscous material to a bone surface and methods of use. The applicator includes an elongate handle portion and a tip coupled to a distal location of the handle portion and formed of an elastomeric material configured to conform to the bone surface. The tip includes a bend a distance away from the distal location, a contact surface distal to the bend and including one or more surface features configured to adhere to the viscous material, and a front end having a conic curvature. The bend is between about 20 degrees to about 40 degrees from a longitudinal axis of the tip. | 04-16-2015 |
Mark Wirtz, Overland Park, KS US
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20110070773 | POWER SAVING DEVICE - A power saving device consisting of a strip attachable to the electrical outlet for holding at least one electrical plug in proximity to an electrical outlet, even when the electric plug is not plugged into the electrical outlet, is provided. The strip has flexible two symmetric bow wings. The strip is attached to the electrical outlet by using a securing device, such as a screw, and is provided with at least one vertical groove for securing the electrical cord of the electrical plug to the strip. The strip is made from an electrically insulated resilient material. | 03-24-2011 |
Richard Wirtz, Reno, NV US
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20120273481 | HIGH POWER-DENSITY PLANE-SURFACE HEATING ELEMENT - An electrical heat production device comprising a thin resistive layer sandwiched between a pair of plates having high thermal and electrical conductivity, the stack of layers being insulated around the side surfaces. When a voltage potential is applied across the plates in the disclosed electrical heat production device, an electrical current flows across the resistive layer producing heat within the resistive layer that is conducted through the plates and across the outer surfaces of the plates. A guard heater can be positioned adjacent to one of the outer plate surfaces to bias the heat flow from the resistive layer toward the opposite outer plate surface, such that the apparatus can have a single planar heating surface. | 11-01-2012 |
Rodney W. Wirtz, Lake Forrest, CA US
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20150078959 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIONS IN THE DIRECT CHILL CASTING OF ALUMINUM LITHIUM ALLOYS - Steam exhaust ports are located around a perimeter of a direct chill casting pit, at various locations from below the top of the pit to the pit bottom to rapidly remove steam from the casting pit with addition of dry excess air. Gas introduction ports are also located around a perimeter of the casting pit and configured to introduce an inert gas into the casting pit interior. | 03-19-2015 |
20150132180 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECT CHILL CASTING - A process in direct chill casting wherein molten metal is introduced into a casting mold and cooled by impingement of a liquid coolant on solidifying metal in a casting pit including a movable platen and an occurrence of a bleed-out or run-out is detected the process including exhausting generated gas from the casting pit; and introducing an inert gas into the casting pit, the inert gas having a density less than a density of air; reducing any flow of the liquid coolant. | 05-14-2015 |
20150139852 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECT CHILL CASTING - A system comprising at least one furnace including a melt containing vessel; an intermediate casting product station coupled to the at least one furnace and operable to receive a molten metal from the at least one furnace, the intermediate casting product station including a casting pit, at least one moveable platen disposed in the casting pit, an array of exhaust ports about at least a top periphery of the casting pit, and an array of gas introduction ports about at least the top periphery of the casting pit; and an inert gas source operable to supply an inert gas to the array of gas introduction ports. | 05-21-2015 |
Rodney W. Wirtz, Lake Forest, CA US
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20150367409 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIONS IN THE DIRECT CHILL CASTING ALUMINUM OF LITHIUM ALLOYS - An apparatus and a system including a casting pit; a mold including a reservoir and a cavity; a coolant feed operable to introduce a coolant to a periphery of a metal emerging from the mold cavity; an array of water vapor exhaust ports about at least the top periphery of the casting pit; a mechanism to introduce an inert fluid into the coolant feed. A method for a direct chill casting including, after detecting a bleed out, exhausting generated gas from the casting pit at a flow volume rate that is enhanced relative to a flow volume rate prior to detecting bleed out or run out; introducing an inert gas into the casting pit; and introducing an inert fluid into a coolant feed to the casting mold. | 12-24-2015 |
Stephen Karl Wirtz, Sparks, NV US
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