Patents by Inventor Philip Walsh
Philip Walsh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20130331823Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a pump assembly comprising a voice coil, a magnet and a diaphragm, wherein the voice coil is configured to move the diaphragm to pump a fluid through the pump assembly in response to a drive signal applied to the voice coil. Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to an apparatus for applying negative pressure to a wound comprising a source of negative pressure configured to be coupled to a dressing, the source of negative comprising a voice coil actuator and a diaphragm, and a controller configured to produce a drive signal for the voice coil actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Ben Alan Askem, Trevor John Beckett, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matthew James Herd, Keith Marshall, Tom Moy, Alex David Norman, Christian Riva, Gary Stacey, Philip Walsh
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Publication number: 20130313287Abstract: A container (100), comprising a thread (120) arranged around an opening (110) for engaging a corresponding thread (120) of a closure (400), more than four retention members (140) arranged around the opening (110), each retention member (140) having an end-face for abutting a member (510) on an interior surface of the closure (400) to impede unthreading of the closure (400), the retention members (140) being arranged such that a tangent (170) to each end-face of the retention members (140) intersects a plane (160, 350) bisecting the container (100) at an obtuse angle (171), wherein the retention members (140) are arranged in first and second groups, the first group (141, 410) comprising one retention member (140) having an end-face substantially parallel to the plane bisecting the container (100), and the second group (142, 420) comprising two or more retention members (140), the first and second groups being arranged on one side of the plane (160, 350), each in a respective quadrant of the container (100), thType: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: ARCHIMEDES DEVELOPMENT LIMITEDInventors: Philip Walsh, Peter Watts
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Publication number: 20120115211Abstract: Apparatus for testing the quality of a fluid sample comprising a body defining an interior space including a primary chamber and one or more secondary chambers, the apparatus having a first configuration in which it is arranged to hold at least some of the fluid sample in the primary chamber and a second configuration in which it is arranged to isolate a first portion of the fluid sample within the one or more secondary chambers whilst retaining a second portion of the fluid sample in the primary chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: The University of BristolInventors: Tahmina Ajmal, Robert E.S. Bain, Stephen W. Gundry, Philip Walsh, Craig I. Wightman
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Publication number: 20120055929Abstract: A child resistant container (10) has a container cavity (20) for the receipt of one or more items to be stored therein. The container cavity (20) is defined by a pair of lids (14, 16) which are hingedly connected to one another. Primary lock means (50) includes a first lock assembly on one lid (14, 16) which engages with a second lock assembly on the other lid (14, 16). A primary lock actuation includes an externally open topped pocket (60) formed in the body of said one lid (14, 16). The pocket (60) has a pocket side wall (62) which is resiliently deflectable from a lock position to an unlock position. The pocket (60) is shaped and sized to permit a finger of an operative to enter the pocket (60) to effect deflection of the pocket side wall (62) to its unlock position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: ARCHIMEDES DEVELOPMENT LIMITEDInventors: Paul Hayton, Philip Walsh, Tom Walker, Christopher Althorpe
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Patent number: 8123082Abstract: A hand-held dispensing device having a dispenser incorporating: (i) a dispenser body defining a dispensing chamber for holding a substance; (ii) an outlet communicating with the dispensing chamber; (iii) a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the substance through the outlet; and (iv) an actuating member resiliently mounted for movement relative to the dispenser body to actuate the dispensing mechanism. The dispenser is operably connected to and manually slidable relative to a handle between a non-use position, and an operative position. The device further comprises a locking assembly for releasably locking the dispenser body to the handle in the operative position to prevent said manual sliding movement of the dispenser body, whereby a user may grasp the handle and effect manual movement of the actuating member relative to the handle and the dispenser body, against the action of the biasing member, to actuate the dispensing mechanism and dispense the contents of the dispensing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: McNeil-ABInventors: Paul Graham Hayton, Tom Edward Walker, David Gary Cottle, Philip Walsh, Philip Beardsall
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Publication number: 20110184448Abstract: A lancing device formed from a main body and a cap. The main body is configured from a lower housing, an upper housing extending over a portion of the lower housing, and an actuator operatively engaged to the upper and lower housings with the actuator extending along the portion of the lower housing not covered by the upper housing. The upper housing further includes an actuator button, wherein a lancet may be placed within the body such that movement of the actuator from a first position to a second position away from said endcap cocks the lancet for firing, which is achieved by depressing the actuator button. Conveniently, the lancing device is configured for tactile recognition in the palm of a human hand and may preferably be operated one handed and without visual observation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Daniel Brown, Martin Antoine Mathelier, Maria Isabel Lorza, William McCloud, Glenn Purcell, Tom Walker, Sehegeun Choi, Philip Walsh
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Publication number: 20090183744Abstract: A hand-held dispensing device for dispensing a substance, the device comprising: a dispenser incorporating: i) a dispenser body defining a dispensing chamber for holding the substance; ii) an outlet in communication with the dispensing chamber; iii) a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the contents of the dispensing chamber through the outlet and iv) an actuating member resiliently mounted for movement relative to the dispenser body, against the action of a biasing member, to actuate the dispensing mechanism; the dispenser being operably connected to a handle for manual sliding movement relative to the handle from a non-use position, in which the handle covers the outlet, to an operative position, in which the outlet is uncovered; the device further comprising a locking assembly for releasably locking the dispenser body to the handle in the operative position to prevent said manual sliding movement of the dispenser body, whereby a user may grasp the handle and effect manual movement of the actuating mType: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Paul Graham Hayton, Tom Edward Walker, David Gary Cottle, Philip Walsh, Philip Beardsall
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Publication number: 20060281094Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for processing a fluid sample comprising: (i) a platform comprising: (a) a chamber suitable for receiving a sample; and (b) a functional component; (ii) an arm capable of being raised and lowered and including a means for removeably attaching to the functional component such that said component may be raised and lowered with the arm; and (iii) a means for moving the platform such that any chamber or functional component may be aligned with respect to the arm. This invention also relates to a method of processing a fluid sample and use of said apparatus and said method for processing a sample prior to a nucleic acid amplification reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2004Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventors: David Squirrell, Kevin Bown, Philip Walsh
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Patent number: 7060998Abstract: The invention relates to a component support (29) for use in a radioisotope generator, the component support comprising a latching member (5) movable between an engaging position and an open position characterised by further including a bracing member (13) mechanically associated with the latching member and adapted to prevent movement of the latching member to the open position.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2002Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: GE Healthcare LimitedInventors: Terence Robert Frederick Forrest, Mark Teucher, Philip Walsh
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Publication number: 20050193714Abstract: A gas turbine engine (10) comprises a second compressor (14), a first compressor (16), a heat exchanger (18), a combustor (20), a first turbine (22), a second turbine (24) and a third turbine (26) arranged in flow series. The first turbine (22) is arranged to drive the first compressor (16). The second turbine (24) is arranged to drive the second compressor (14). There are means to inject liquid into the gas turbine engine (10). The means to inject liquid is arranged to inject liquid upstream (46) of the second compressor (14), within (48) the second compressor (14), between (50) the second compressor (14) and the first compressor (16), within (52) the first compressor (16), between (54) the first compressor (16) and the heat exchanger (18) or within (56) the combustor (20) to boost the power of the gas turbine engine (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Inventors: Philip Walsh, Paul Fletcher
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Publication number: 20050166595Abstract: In order to regulate fuel flow to the combustor (36) of the combustion turbine engine (10) having a primary combustion zone (64) and at least one further combustion zone, the temperature of the inlet and outlet of the combustor (36) are determined, as are first and second values representing first and second properties, with the first property being one of: the total enthalpy rise in the combustor (36), the equivalence ratio of the combustor (36), the fuel/air ratio of said combustor (36), the fuel flow through the combustor, and the second property being one of: the enthalpy rise in the primary zone (64), the equivalence ratio of said primary zone (64), the fuel/air ratio of the primary zone (64); the temperature rise across the primary zone (64), or the fuel flow through the primary zone (64). The second property is determined from the first value and the current value of the ratio of the fuel to the primary zone (64) to the total fuel to the combustor (36).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2004Publication date: August 4, 2005Inventors: Paul Fletcher, Philip Walsh
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Publication number: 20050104016Abstract: The invention relates to a component support (29) for use in a radioisotope generator, the component support comprising a latching member (5) movable between an engaging position and an open position characterised by further including a bracing member (13) mechanically associated with the latching member and adapted to prevent movement of the latching member to the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2002Publication date: May 19, 2005Inventors: Terence Forrest, Mark Teucher, Philip Walsh
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Publication number: 20050095542Abstract: A variable geometry combustor (15), comprising: a combustor liner (42) defining at least one dilution port (86) for providing air to a dilution zone (85) of the combustor; and at least one valve (90) positioned adjacent the dilution port (86) for controlling the flow of air through the dilution port (86), the valve (90) being settable to maintain one of a plurality of different open configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2004Publication date: May 5, 2005Inventors: Noel Sanders, Carl Bourne, Anthony Moran, Paul Fletcher, Philip Walsh
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Publication number: 20030079107Abstract: A system is described for providing at least one interface for a repository (102). A first interface (304) is provided with a plurality of objects (502), each object (502) representing an entity or group of entities for which there is metadata (306) provided in the repository (102). A means for selecting an object (502) in the first interface (304) provides access to the relevant metadata (306) in the repository (102). The first interface (304) represents a metamodel of the repository (102). The first interface (304) also has a plurality of lines (504) joining the objects, each line representing a relationship between the entities or group of entities represented by the objects (502) and a means for selecting a line (504) provides access to relevant metadata (306) in the repository (102) relating to the relationship represented by the line (504).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Paul Jonathan Booth, Roger John Colgate, Iain James Graf, Christopher Mark Green, Philip Walsh, Ernest James Wilkins
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Patent number: D607575Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2008Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Enigma Diagnostics LimitedInventor: Philip Walsh
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Patent number: D616987Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Bayer HealthCare LLCInventors: Daniel Brown, Martin Antoine Mathelier, Maria Lorza, William McCloud, Glenn Purcell, Tom Walker, Sehegeun Choi, Philip Walsh
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Patent number: D656413Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.Inventors: Paul Hayton, Tom Edward Walker, David Gary Cottle, Philip Walsh, Philip Beardsall
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Patent number: D663943Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Archimedes Development LimitedInventors: Philip Walsh, Christopher Althorpe, Tom Walker, Paul Hayton
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Patent number: D672252Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.Inventors: Paul Hayton, Tom Edward Walker, David Gary Cottle, Philip Walsh, Philip Beardsall
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Patent number: D683844Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Laboratories Liconsa, S.A.Inventors: Laura Andrade, José Ramón Ruiz, Celestino Ronchi, Maria Maeso, Alessandro Castellucci, Gonzalo Hernández, Thomas Stephen Collings, Christopher John Althorpe, Philip Walsh