Patents Represented by Attorney Hudak, Shunk & Farine Co., LPA
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Patent number: 8164625Abstract: A device for visually recording two-dimensional or three-dimensional objects, which comprises a camera for recording images of the two-dimensional or three-dimensional object and which is provided with, can be connected to or is connected to at least one evaluation unit for evaluating the recorded images. A single camera and at least one adjustable or pivotal mirror element are provided. According to the method for visually recording two-dimensional or three-dimensional objects while using a device of the aforementioned type, a camera and at least one adjustable mirror element are arranged relative to one another so that the objects to be recorded are situated in the coverage area of the at least one mirror element. The adjustable mirror element for recording the objects to be recorded is displaced or pivoted about one or two axes with an adjustable velocity.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Modi Modular Digits GmbHInventor: Dieter Klawunder
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Patent number: 8151577Abstract: A frozen beverage device (10) has a container (20) and sealable cover (30) to convert a liquid (60), such as a non-alcoholic or alcoholic beverage into an at least semi-frozen slurry containing ice crystals (61). Freezing device(s) (50), which may have a range of shapes, contain refrigerant to from a thin layer of ice/ice crystals on the deformable wall(s) of the freezing device(s) (50), the ice crystals (61) being released therefrom due to agitation of the liquid (60) by shaking/rotation and/or squeezing on the container (20) and/or cover (30).Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Hydro-Turbine Developments Pty LtdInventor: Alfio Bucceri
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Patent number: 8153002Abstract: A device for treating water, particularly a filtration device, including a cartridge, which has a receptacle for receiving treatment agents for water, particularly for receiving filtration agents, and a connecting head disposed on the receptacle, wherein the connecting head at the outer surface thereof has at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening. The device further includes a connecting element, which has a holder for the connecting head with at least one inflow opening and an outflow opening, which are connected to the inlet and outlet openings of the connecting head in a sealing manner by means of sealing elements. The connecting head is tapered toward the free end, wherein the outer surface has at least one first curved outer surface section, which is inclined toward the longitudinal axis of the cartridge, and a second outer surface section opposite from the first outer surface section. The inlet and outlet openings are located in the first and/or the second outer surface sections.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Brita GmbHInventor: Marc Namur
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Patent number: 8153446Abstract: Fluorophores derived from photoactivatable azide-pi-acceptor fluorogens or from a thermal reaction of an azide-pi-acceptor fluorogen with an alkene or alkyne are disclosed. Fluorophores derived from a thermal reaction of an alkyne-pi-acceptor fluorogen with an azide are also disclosed. The fluorophores can readily be activated by light and can be used to label a biomolecule and imaged on a single-molecule level in living cells.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignees: Kent State University, Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Robert J. Twieg, William E. Moerner, Samuel J. Lord, Na Liu, Reichel Samuel
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Patent number: 8147530Abstract: A locking mechanism assembly to allow locking of a fastener in an orthopedic implant having its axis at a variable angle relative to the axis of a concavely rounded through opening in the implant. The assembly includes a convexly rounded ring shaped locking cam insert which mates with the through opening and further which includes an expansion slot. The cam insert includes two cam raceways on the inside that are engaged by cam members on the head of the fastener. The cam members increase radially and expand the insert in the through opening to hold it in position by friction. The cam insert further includes a stop member that inhibits the cam insert from rotating as the fastener is rotated in the cam insert and locks it into the desired position.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2007Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Orthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc.Inventors: Lee A. Strnad, Amanda Martin, Dustin Ducharme
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Patent number: 8142719Abstract: A device is disclosed, being an analysis device for the study of biological or chemical samples by means of a reagent liquid supplied via a pipette. The device has an instrument housing with a base plate, a working plate arranged on the base plate horizontally to receive the samples in a sample holder having several wells, a robot manipulator arranged above the working plate, which carries a horizontal support arm with a slide. A needle system is fastened to the slide and can move in the Z direction, carrying 3 needles and being brought into vertical positions by a first vertical drive. The needle tips can be placed in an upper position above and in a lower position below a well. The middle needle can move vertically relative to the other two needles, which can be raised and lowered by a second vertical drive. The horizontal spacing of the three needles is so small that all three needles can be positioned with their tips inside the same wells.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Inventors: Torsten Matthias, Hugo Ribeiro, Hans-Peter Schimon, Peter Van Praet
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Patent number: 8142104Abstract: A support leg for a dowel sleeve, the dowel sleeve having a hollow open body at a second end spaced from one end of the body connectable to a construction plate. The support leg has a spigot engagable in the body, the exterior of which is engaged by an abutment face. The effective length of the support leg is adjustable by selectively detaching one or more leg member segments, each provided with a disc-like base member.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Connolly Key Joint Pty. Ltd.Inventors: John Mercer, Mark Anthony Connolly
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Patent number: 8138166Abstract: The present invention discloses a method to induce fatty liver in an animal. The steps of the method comprise: feeding an animal with a high calorie diet, and injecting a mitochondrial inhibitor into the animal to inhibit the mitochondrial activity of the animal, then resulting in fat accumulation and inflammation in the liver of the animal.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Taipei Medical UniversityInventors: Rong-Hong Hsieh, Sheng-Mei Lin
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Patent number: 8118846Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of orthopedic plates for use in repair of a clavicle. The plate has a Y-shaped profile or an X-shaped profile which includes an elongate central trunk with a complex contour and wither one or two terminal pairs of arms that have a first arm and a second arm that form differing angles and lengths relative to the trunk portion of the plate. The arms include locking screw holes where the screws converge toward each other to provide for multiplanar fixation but which do not impinge.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Orthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc.Inventors: Andrew J. Leither, Derek S. Lewis, Rebecca F. DiLiberto, Bryan D. Den Hartog, Thomas Bradley Edwards, Anil K. Dutta, Robert H. Bell
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Patent number: 8118848Abstract: The present invention relates to an orthopedic plate for use in repair of a fibula. The plate has a Y-shaped profile which has the contour of a spoon where the bowl includes a terminal pair of arms that form differing angles and lengths relative to the trunk portion of the plate. The arms include locking screw holes where the screws converge toward each other, but do not impinge so as to provide-multiplanar fixation.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Orthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc.Inventors: Dustin Ducharme, Bryan D. Den Hartog, Derek S. Lewis
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Patent number: 8106941Abstract: The present invention discloses a stereoscopic display apparatus comprising a first and a second image displayer, an aspherical reflection mirror, a beamsplitter and a housing. The first and the second image displayer are used for projecting a first and a second image light respectively. The aspherical reflection mirror is used for refracting the image light and for changing a polarity of the image light. The beamsplitter, disposed between the image generator and the aspherical reflection mirror, is used for deflecting a proceeding route of the image light based on the polarity of the optical signal. The housing has at least one opening for an operator to inspect a first image and a second image through.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Chang—Gung UniversityInventors: Shih Tseng Lee, Chieh-Tsai Wu, Wen-Chung Teng, Hsin-Liang Chen
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Patent number: 8100954Abstract: The present invention relates to an orthopedic plate and screw system and instruments for surgical fixation of a small bone or bones. The plate facilitates three dimensional contouring to provide for a variety of applications and to accommodate individual variation in bone shape. The plate has a modified x shape including a central trunk portion including one or more screw holes along a longitudinal axis and a set of divergent upper and an oppositely extending set of divergent lower arms, each arm including screw holes which are placed at a radially equal distance but which diverging asymmetrically from the longitudinal axis relative to its paired upper or lower mate. The screws of the system are self-starting, self-tapping screws including the option of partial or full cannulation.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Orthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc.Inventors: David B. Kay, Lee A. Strnad, Dustin Ducharme, G. Martin Wynkoop
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Patent number: 8100037Abstract: A milling head for use in conjunction with a rotary milling tool that is utilized to perform an operation on a tube, preferably of a tube bank or tube wall of a boiler system. The milling head is utilized to remove material or film from the outer diameter of a tube, or place a bevel on a tube end, or both. In one embodiment, the milling head includes at least one outer diameter milling element and at least one bevel milling element that are adjustable in relation to each other as well as the milling head body. Methods for milling a tube are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: H&S Tool, Inc.Inventor: J. Randall Hall
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Patent number: 8096529Abstract: A semitrailer landing gear, particularly for supporting trailers, including a supporting element, which can be telescopically displaced in the height thereof and which has an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve, the outer sleeve having a fastening flange for placing on a vehicle. The aim of the invention is to develop semitrailer landing gears with a reduced weight as well as with favorable manufacturing costs. To this end, the invention provides that at least one lateral wall of the outer sleeve and/or of the inner sleeve is provided with an angled wall section extending in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2006Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Jost-Werke GmbHInventors: Gerald Müller, Günter Seidel, José Algüera
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Patent number: 8092783Abstract: Gadolinium+3 (Gd3+) containing (or incorporated) Prussian blue lattice contrast agents that can be used as an MRI contrast agent have unexpectedly improved r1 relaxivities of 1 or 2 magnitudes higher than the commercial Gd3+-chelates as well as exceedingly, non-toxic, low release of the Gd3+ ions into an aqueous environment at a pH of about 2 to about 7.5. The Prussian blue lattice containing Gd3+ ions therein can be used for clinical diagnosis intravenously to human beings for medical imaging. The particle sizes of the doped Prussian blue lattices are of a nanosize scale and are very stable against agglomeration.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Kent State UniversityInventors: Songping D. Huang, Yongxiu Li, Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr
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Patent number: 8087374Abstract: Specialized cable-concealing fittings and couplings suitable and a fitting system for use in forming cable runs comprising tubular framing and rails wherein the fittings, framing and rails can serve a as a conduit for cable. In particular, the cable concealing fittings are utilized in association with a cable from an electrical device such as a solar panel that is connected to an electrical system of a watercraft, such as sailboat or powerboat. The fittings and system utilizing the fittings serves both protective and aesthetic purposes.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Inventor: Keith H. Porter
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Patent number: 8089760Abstract: A notebook computer includes a base; a top cover pivotally coupled via a first rotary shaft to the base and including a display panel disposed at an inner side thereof; a first plate member provided on an outer side of the top cover, a third plate member pivotally coupled at an end to the base via a second rotary shaft; and a second plate member pivotally coupled at an end to the first plate member and slidably coupled at an opposing end to the third plate member, such that the second and the third plate member are displaceable relative to each other. When the top cover is pivotally turned to an operation position, the second end of the second plate member is pushed against the third plate member to restrict the top cover and the third plate member from turning further, and hold the top cover to the operation position.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Yeh Yi-Chang
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Patent number: 8084247Abstract: A biological indicator for monitoring the effectiveness of a sterilizing or disinfecting treatment or process. A compound or condition is disclosed which comprises a substrate having a surface layer containing functional groups thereon desirably free of silicon linking groups. The functional groups are desirably in the form of a monolayer of a uniformed distribution and of a selected quantity. Various types of microorganism indicators, such as spores, and/or etiological agent indicators are covalently bonded to the surface layer functional groups through a crosslinking reagent and thus form a uniform number and distribution of the microorganism and/or etiological agent indicators. After being subjected to sterilization or other similar disinfecting treatments or processes, along with various articles such as instruments, the indicator can be cultivated to determine the effectiveness of the sterilization, disinfection, etc. treatment or process.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: American Sterilizer CompanyInventors: Tricia A. Cregger, Phillip P. Franciskovich, Mark J. Duda, Robert E. Bellow, Jr.
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Patent number: D656823Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Brita GmbHInventor: Monika Kriegel
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Patent number: D657267Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams CompanyInventor: Louisa Meijer