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  • Solidification matrix
    Patent number: 7893012
    Abstract: A solid cleaning composition includes methacrylate, water, defoamer, carboxylate, sodium carbonate, metasilicate, and surfactant. The solid cleaning composition includes between about 1% and about 10% methacrylate by weight, less than about 5% water by weight, between about 1% and about 5% defoamer by weight, between about 10% and about 30% carboxylate by weight, between about 15% and about 80% sodium carbonate by weight, between about 1% and about 5% metasilicate by weight, and between about 1% and about 5% surfactant by weight. The solidification system may be used, for example, in a solid detergent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Brenda Lynn Tjelta, Lisa Maureen Sanders, Michael Edward Besse
  • Controllable valve and inhalation device
    Patent number: 7891358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved controllable valve, in particular for an inhalation device, which, e.g., comprises a container for a predetermined aerosol volume, a means for disbursing an aerosol from an aerosol dispenser into the container and a control means that keeps the inhalation flow essentially constant during the entire inhalation. The control means comprises an either continuously or gradually controllable valve so as to limit the flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Activaero GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Kolb, Sascha Roeder
  • Ancillary tool for positioning a glenoid implant
    Patent number: 7887544
    Abstract: The ancillary tool according to the invention comprises a plate which defines a convex surface intended to bear against the glenoid cavity of a patient's scapula and which forms a directional guide for a drilling, fashioning or like member. To allow the surgeon to apply this member in a chosen direction, the tool comprises means for adjusting the position of the guide with respect to the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tornier SAS
    Inventors: Alain Tornier, Anders Ekelund
  • Sensors having protective eluting coating and method therefor
    Patent number: 7890171
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an implantable device, such as a chronically implantable device that has a device body. One or more chemical sensors are coupled with the device body. A drug eluting substance is disposed at a location including at least one of on, directly adjacent, or near the one or more chemical sensors, where the drug eluting substance prevents fibrotic growth on the one or more chemical sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Qingsheng Zhu, Ronald W. Heil, Jr., Mudit Jain
  • Solidification matrix
    Patent number: 7888303
    Abstract: A solidification matrix includes methacrylate, sodium carbonate, and water. The methacrylate, sodium carbonate, and water interact to form a hydrate solid having a growth exponent of less than about 3%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Brenda L. Tjelta, Lisa M. Sanders, Michael E. Besse
  • Implantable lead for septal placement of electrode with fixation mechanism in the pulmonary artery
    Patent number: 7890188
    Abstract: A lead body includes an electrode coupled to an intermediate portion of the lead body. A distal end of the lead includes a pre-formed, biased shape adapted to passively fixate the distal end of the lead within a pulmonary artery with the electrode positioned in the right ventricle or ventricular outflow tract. The lead body can include a preformed J-shape, with the electrode coupled to the intermediate portion of the lead body and located distally from a bottom of the pre-formed J-shape. The lead body can include a section of the intermediate portion of the lead body being less stiff than adjacent sections of the lead body with the electrode coupled to the intermediate portion of the lead body and located distally from the less stiff section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongxing Zhang, James O. Gilkerson, Paul E. Zarembo
  • Percutaneous gas-line
    Patent number: 7887478
    Abstract: A percutaneous gas-line (10) for a medical device (14). The gas-line including a first gas-line part (10a) and a second gas-line part (10b). The first gas-line part (10a) is adapted to be wholly implanted in a patient and has a first end (10a?) adapted for sealing connection to the medical device (14) and a second end (10a?) with a connection fitting (20). The second gas-line part (10b) is adapted to be part-implanted and part-external and has a first (external) end (10b?) adapted for sealing connection to an external driver (12) and a second (implanted) end (10b?) adapted for removable sealing connection with the connection fitting (20) on the second end (10a?) of the first gas-line part (10a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sunshine Heart Company Pty Ltd
    Inventor: William Suttle Peters
  • Lead assembly having a tethered sensor and methods related thereto
    Patent number: 7890187
    Abstract: A lead including a tether with a sensor for measuring a physiologic parameter within the body and methods for implanting such devices are disclosed. An illustrative lead includes a lead body with one or more conductors, an electrode, and a tether extending from the lead body including a sensor for measuring a physiologic parameter within the body such as blood pressure, blood chemistry or blood gas. A method of implanting a lead includes disposing a lead body of the lead at a first position within a patient, anchoring the lead body at the first position, flowing a sensor and tether tethered to the lead body to a second position, and measuring a physiologic parameter using the sensor at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Pramote Hochareon, Bruce Tockman, Mohan Krishnan, Mary Lowden
  • Medical electrical lead with deployable fixation features
    Patent number: 7890174
    Abstract: A medical electrical lead adapted to be at least partially implanted in a cardiac vessel includes a fixation feature operable to change from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration in which the fixation feature is adapted to engage an inner surface of the cardiac vessel. A tendon is disposed within a lumen of the lead and is operatively connected to the fixation feature and adapted to cause the fixation feature to change from the undeployed configuration to the deployed configuration for acute and/or chronic fixation of the lead. In one embodiment, the fixation feature includes a deflectable region of the lead which in the deployed configuration causes a surface of the lead body to engage the inner surface of the cardiac vessel. In another embodiment, the fixation feature includes a radially expandable structure for engaging the inner surface of the vessel in the deployed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Soltis, Bruce A. Tockman, Kent C. B. Stalker, Eric T. Johnson, Peter J. D'Aquanni
  • On board oil reservoir for lubricating piston paint pump
    Patent number: 7886876
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for on-board lubrication of a paint pumping piston including a reservoir for lubricant and a lubricant dispensing mechanism for delivering a predetermined repeatable amount of lubricant upon manual actuation of the lubricant dispensing mechanism. In one embodiment, a section of tubing acts as the reservoir, and in another embodiment, the reservoir is formed by a transparent or translucent chamber located adjacent an aperture in a pump housing to enable visual inspection of the level of lubricant in the reservoir. A lubricant delivery piston is actuated by an extension thereof projecting through an aperture in the housing, and a lubricant discharge nozzle is located adjacent the paint pumping piston proximate a bushing supporting the paint pumping piston. A breather valve prevents a vacuum in the reservoir as the lubricant is dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Scott R. Carpenter, Robert D. Cooper, Jr., Stephen K. Liedtke
  • Method and apparatus for determining the coronary sinus vein branch accessed by a coronary sinus lead
    Patent number: 7881794
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the coronary sinus vein branch location of a left ventricle electrode are disclosed. The systems and methods involve detecting the occurrence of electrical events within the patient's heart including sensing one or more of the electrical events with the electrode and then analyzing the electrical events to determine the electrode's position. The determination of electrode position may be used to automatically adjust operating parameters of a VRT device. Furthermore, the determination of electrode position may be made in real-time during installation of the electrode and a visual indication of the electrode position may be provided on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Yinghong Yu, Jiang Ding, Jeng Mah, Julio Spinelli
  • Method for foaming a cleaning composition
    Patent number: 7879785
    Abstract: A method for foaming a cleaning composition is provided. The method includes mixing a cleaning composition and air in a mechanical foaming head to generate a foam without the use of a non-air containing propellant. The cleaning composition includes about 0.01 wt. % to about 10 wt. % total amount of surfactant, at least about 80 wt. % water and a glycol ether solvent. The glycol ether solvent includes one or more glycol ethers, each having a HLB value of at least about 6.9 and an OHLB value of between about 12 and about 20. The weight ratio of the glycol ether solvent to the total amount of surfactant is at least about 1:100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Kim R. Smith, Keith E. Olson
  • Conductive polymeric coating with optional biobeneficial topcoat for a medical lead
    Patent number: 7881808
    Abstract: A cardiac lead comprising a lead body extending from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion; a cardiac electrode disposed along the lead body; and a coating associated with at least a portion of the electrode, the coating comprises a conductive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Harshad Borgaonkar, Piotr Waszczuk, Daniel J. Cooke, Xiangchun Jiang
  • Systems and methods for managing the longevity of an implantable medical device battery
    Patent number: 7877145
    Abstract: A method for managing battery longevity of an implantable medical device (“IMD”) battery includes calculating a total IMD battery longevity value for an IMD and determining whether the total IMD battery longevity is below an optimal battery longevity value. At least one IMD parameter to be modified to improve the total IMD battery longevity value is automatically identified. The at least one automatically identified IMD parameter is adjusted to improve the total IMD battery longevity. Additionally, the improved total IMD battery longevity is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventor: Renold J. Russie
  • Method and system for tracking and managing various operating parameters of enterprise assets
    Patent number: 7877235
    Abstract: Various embodiments of methods and systems described herein relate to tracking and/or managing any combination of energy consumption, GHG emissions, carbon credits, and/or costs associated with one or more pieces of equipment, one or more sites, or an entire enterprise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Verisae, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. McConnell, Paul Hepperla, Daniel T Johnson
  • Link analysis compliance and calibration verification for automated printed wiring board test systems
    Patent number: 7876121
    Abstract: A transmission line on a printed wiring board is tested and printed wiring board manufacturing variability is assessed. A response of the transmission line to a signal test pattern is measured. A network including a plurality of components connected by the transmission line is then simulated. The simulated network is based on the measured scattering parameters and virtual models representative of each of the components in the network. A system-level output response of the simulated network to a simulated input signal is analyzed, and the printed wiring board is characterized based on a comparison of the system-level output response to a printed wiring board performance metric threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Bart O. McCoy, Robert W. Techentin, Daniel Schraufnagel, Erik S. Daniel
  • Strategic combination of conductors in a lead assembly for a medical device
    Patent number: 7877151
    Abstract: Low voltage conductors in a lead assembly share a lumen in a tube and are separated from adjacent conductors in the tube by an insulative layer. In an embodiment, low voltage conductors are combined with high voltage conductors. In another embodiment, low voltage conductors are combined with other low voltage conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric John Wengreen, Gregory L. Sundberg, Russell E. Anderson
  • Method for manipulating an adjustable shape guide catheter
    Patent number: 7875018
    Abstract: A method of manipulating a catheter assembly involves providing an inner catheter member movably disposed within an outer catheter member. At least a distal end portion of the inner catheter member has a stiffness greater than that of at least a distal end portion of the outer catheter member. The distal end portion of the outer catheter member includes a deflectable distal end. The method further involves advancing the inner catheter member through the outer catheter member toward the deflectable distal end of the outer catheter member, and longitudinally displacing the distal end portion of the inner catheter member relative to the deflectable distal end of the outer catheter member to alter a shape of the deflectable distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Tockman, Randy Westlund
  • Plated ground features for integrated lead suspensions
    Patent number: 7875804
    Abstract: A method for forming an electrical interconnect on an integrated lead suspension or suspension component of the type having a stainless steel layer, a conductive lead layer and an insulator layer separating the stainless steel and conductive lead layers. An aperture is formed through only the insulator layer to expose the stainless steel layer at an interconnect site. An interconnect mask is applied around the interconnect site. A first conductive material is electroplated onto the stainless steel layer at the interconnect site to form a plated interconnect between the spring metal layer and the conductive lead layer. The mask is then removed. An electrical interconnect between the stainless steel and conductive lead layers including an aperture only through the insulator layer and an electroplated conductive material interconnect extending between both the spring metal layer and the conductive lead layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Tronnes, Cedar Decker, Brett L. Haugen
  • Footwear
    Patent number: D632465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: CROCS, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefano del Biondi, Lucio Stefanello