Patents Examined by Charles Marmo
  • Patent number: 7169116
    Abstract: An actuation system for a bodily fluid extraction device includes a detector cap, at least one vibration sensor connected to the detector cap, and at least one signal processing unit in communication with the vibration sensor. In addition, the signal processing unit is configured to receive an output signal from the vibration sensor, analyze the received output signal, and to send an actuation signal to the bodily fluid extraction device based on the analysis of the received output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: LifeScan, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Day, Manuel Alvarez-Icaza, Simon Palmer
  • Patent number: 7037230
    Abstract: A speed transmission apparatus containing a first rotary crankcase, a double planetary gearset, a first rotation transmission arranged at an intermediate output of the first gearset, a second rotation transmission arranged at an intermediate input of the second gearset, a first intermediate shaft arranged in one of the first and second transmissions, a first electric compression brake acting on the first intermediate shaft and capable of modifying a rotational speed thereof, a computer electrically connected to the first compression brake, and an electrical connection capable of being provided between the first compression brake and a second compression brake whereof the effect is to accelerate the second intermediate shaft by the braking effect exerted on the first intermediate shaft by the first compression brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventor: Charles Louis Dupriez