Patents Represented by Attorney McDonell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
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Patent number: 8349129Abstract: The present invention provides a debonding apparatus, a system comprising such apparatus, and methods for using such apparatus or system for the removal of flexible substrates (14) post-processing without damage to fabricated devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona acting for and on behalf of Arizona State UniversityInventors: Robert Blanchard, R. Steve Rednour, Douglas Loy
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Patent number: 8229260Abstract: Optical fiber lasers and components for optical fiber laser. An optical fiber laser can comprise a fiber laser cavity having a wavelength of operation at which the cavity provides output light, the cavity including optical fiber that guides light having the wavelength of operation, the fiber having first and second lengths, the first length having a core having a V-number at the wavelength of operation and a numerical aperture, the second length having a core that is multimode at the wavelength of operation and that has a V-number that is greater than the V-number of the core of the first length optical fiber at the wavelength of operation and a numerical aperture that is less than the numerical aperture of the core of the first length of optical fiber. At least one of the lengths comprises an active material that can provide light having the wavelength of operation via stimulated emission responsive to the optical fiber receiving pump light.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: NefernInventor: Gavin P. Frith
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Patent number: 8158416Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to a methodology for the generation of nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses (Pringle, 1991) from cloned deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA). Such rescued viruses are suitable for use as vaccines, or alternatively, as plasmids in somatic gene therapy applications. The invention also relates to cDNA molecules suitable as tools in this methodology and to helper cell lines allowing the direct rescue of such viruses. Measles virus (MV) is used as a mode for other representatives of the Mononegavirales, in particular the family Paramyxoviridae.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Crucell Switzerland AGInventors: Martin A. Billeter, Pius Spielhofer, Karin Kalin, Frank Radecke, Henriette Schneider
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Patent number: 8133041Abstract: A high pressure pump for use in the injection of liquid chemicals into subsea oil or gas wells, and intended to be positioned in the subsea environment adjacent to the wellhead, comprises a piezoelectric actuator (19) for reciprocating a plunger (22) which acts to compress and expand the effective volume of a pumping chamber (29) having a valved inlet (15) connected to a source of the liquid and a valved outlet (16) to lead the liquid to the well. The device has a minimum of moving parts and in particular avoids the need for any rotating parts and attendant high performance bearings and seals.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Qinetiq LimitedInventors: Jeremy Leonard Clive Ludlow, Jonathan Geoffrey Gore, Adrian Robert Bowles, Mark Gregory Maylin, Richard Carson McBride, Abdul-Salam Kaddour, Ahmed Yehia Amin Abdel-Rahman
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Patent number: 8134487Abstract: An asynchronous analog to digital convertor for converting an analog input signal into a digital output is presented. According to an embodiment, the analog to digital convertor comprises a clock input operable to receive an external clock signal having a clock period, a comparator operable to compare the analog input signal to a reference signal, a digital to analog converter operable to generate the reference signal corresponding to a state of a successive approximation register, and a control block connected to the comparator and to the digital to analog converter. The control block is operable to generate and receive a sequence of control signals according to a successive approximation algorithm, to perform a plurality of comparisons, and to update the state of the successive approximation register thereby generating the digital output.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Stichting IMEC NederlandInventor: Pieter Harpe
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Patent number: 8119417Abstract: Methods using mass spectral data analysis and a classification algorithm provide an ability to determine whether a non-small-cell lung cancer patient, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma or colorectal cancer patient has likely developed a non-responsiveness to treatment with a drug targeting an epidermal growth factor receptor pathway. As the methods of this disclosure require only simple blood samples, the methods enable a fast and non-intrusive way of measuring when drugs targeting the EGFR pathway cease to be effective in certain patients. This discovery represents the first known example of true personalized selection of these types of cancer patients for treatment using these classes of drugs not only initially, but during the course of treatment.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Biodesix, Inc.Inventors: Heinrich Röder, Maxim Tsypin, Julia Grigorieva
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Patent number: 8115832Abstract: A zoom system (10) for an optical stereo device is provided. The zoom system (10) comprises a front plate (30) and a lens plate (60) disposed in a fixed spatial relationship and defining two optical paths within the zoom system (10). The zoom system further comprises a zoom plate (40) having two lens assemblies (45a, 45b), wherein the zoom plate (40) is disposed between the front plate (30) and the lens plate (60), and a compensation plate (50), wherein the compensation plate (50) is disposed between the zoom plate (40) and the lens plate (60).Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Swiss Medical Technology GmbHInventor: Joachim Luber
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Patent number: 8065221Abstract: A system and associated methods are provided for intelligent placement and movement of orders in an electronic trading environment. According to one example method, in addition to submitting a leg order at a calculated price level, additional orders, queue holder orders, are submitted for the leg order at prices either below or above the calculated price level. Based on this configuration, if the conditions change such that it is necessary to re-price the leg order, there will be already an order resting in the exchange order book at the re-calculated price that can be used in the strategy. Upon re-pricing the leg order, one or more additional queue holder orders will be placed in the market. Other tools are provided as well.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Burns, Eric M. Herz, Sagy P. Mintz, Alexander D. Dietz
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Patent number: 7824363Abstract: A hands-free breast pump that includes a balanced push-pull reciprocating drive system that applies pumping force to a vacuum chamber formed by a breast interface cup during inward and outward pump strokes. The breast pump includes a breast cup that has a resilient bellows structure that partially collapses the volume of the vacuum chamber during the inward stroke and recovers the volume of the vacuum chamber during the outward stroke. The pump mechanism includes a cam drive system that translates rotary electric motor power into reciprocating linear action of an actuator arm that drives the bellows structure. The bellows structure acts like a spring that charges (resists the pump force) during the inward stroke and discharges (assists the pump force) during the outward stroke, and the shape of the cam track is designed to produce a desired operating profile for the pump.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Medela Holding AGInventor: Kenneth E. Myers
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Patent number: 7794629Abstract: A composite material having a plasma frequency comprising a random mixture of conductive and non-conductive particles. A material having smaller conductive than non-conductive particles and a concentration of conductive particles approximately at, close to or above the percolation threshold for mixtures of the conducting and non-conducting particles may show a plasma frequency well below plasma frequencies for conventional bulk materials.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2004Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Qinetiq LimitedInventor: Ian John Youngs
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Patent number: 7741462Abstract: A newly identified hemoplasma agent, Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis, is disclosed. Also disclosed are detection methods, screening methods and methods of diagnosis for the hemoplasma agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: The University of Zurich Veterinary Clinical LaboratoryInventors: Barbara Willi, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann, Hans Lutz, Felicitas S. Boretti
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Patent number: 7244616Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increased production of a secreted, recombinant protein product through the introduction of molecular chaperones in a mammalian host cell. The present invention also relates to a mammalian host cell with enhanced expression of a secreted recombinant protein product by coexpressing at least one chaperone protein.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2004Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Bayer Pharmaceuticals CorporationInventors: Sham-Yuen Chan, Hsinyi Yvette Tang, Yiwen Tao, Yongjian Wu, Ruth Kelly
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Patent number: 7160110Abstract: Occlusal contact between upper and lower virtual three-dimensional teeth of a patient when the upper and lower arches are in an occlused condition are determined and displayed to the user on a user interface of a general purpose computing device. Various techniques for determining occlusal contacts are described. The areas where occlusal contact occurs is displayed on the user interface in a readily perceptible manner, such as by showing the occlusal contacts in green. If the proposed set-up would result in a interpenetration of teeth in opposing arches, such locations of interpenetration are illustrated in a contrasting color or shading (e.g., red). The ability to calculate distances and display occlusal contacts in a proposed set-up assists the user in planning treatment for the patient. The process can be extended to interproximal contact detection as well. The concepts also apply to dental prosthetics, such as crowns, fillings and dentures.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2002Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: OraMetrix, Inc.Inventors: Hans Imgrund, Rüdger Rubbert, Dimitij Kouzian, Peer Sporbert, Stephan Maetzel, Rohit Sachdeva
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Patent number: 7076980Abstract: A robotic bending apparatus for bending archwires and other types of elongate, bendable medical devices into a desired configuration includes a first gripping tool and a moveable gripping tool. The first gripping tool can be either fixed with respect to a base or table for the robot or positioned at the end of robot am. The moveable gripping tool is mounted to the end of a moveable robot arm having a proximal portion also mounted to the base. The robot preferably comprises a six axis bending robot, in which the distal end of the moveable arm can move relative to the fixed gripping tool about three translational axes and three rotational axes. The gripping tools preferably incorporate force sensors which are used to determine overbends needed to get the desired final shape of the archwire. The robot may also include a resistive heating system in which current flows through the wire while the wire is held in a bent condition to heat the wire and thereby retain the bent shape of the wire.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: OraMetrix, Inc.Inventors: Werner Butscher, Friedrich Riemeier, Rüdger Rubbert, Thomas Weise, Rohit Sachdeva
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Patent number: 7058213Abstract: A scanning system includes a hand-held scanning device that generates two-dimensional images of a pattern reflected off an object. The system also includes a memory and processing unit. The memory stores a calibration table for the scanner and received scanned bitmap images. The processing unit generates three-dimensional information as to a scanned object. The scanning can be performed without knowledge or even precise control of the position of the object relative to the scanner. Random movement of the object during scanning is also possible. For example, the scanner is simply swept over the surface of the object by hand. Three-dimensional information of the object is obtained from the captured images using a calibration table for the scanner. A method of calibration of the scanner in X, Y and Z directions is also described. The scanner can be used for a variety of purposes, including medical and industrial purposes.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2004Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: OraMetrix, Inc.Inventors: Rüdger Rubbert, Thomas Weise, Peer Sporbert, Hans Imgrund, Hans-Florian Geerdes, Lutz Pfeil, Peter See
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Patent number: 7004754Abstract: A method is provided for automatically separating tooth crowns and gingival tissue in a virtual three-dimensional model of teeth and associated anatomical structures. The method orients the model with reference to a plane and automatically determines local maxima of the model and areas bounded by the local maxima. The method automatically determines saddle points between the local maxima in the model, the saddle points corresponding to boundaries between teeth. The method further positions the saddle points along a dental arch form. For each tooth, the method automatically identifies a line or path along the surface of the model linking the saddle points to each other, the path marking a transition between teeth and gingival tissue and between adjacent teeth in the model. The areas bounded by the lines correspond to the tooth crowns; the remainder of the model constitutes the gingival tissue.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: OraMetrix, Inc.Inventors: Markus Kaufmann, Peer Sporbert, Phillip Getto
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Patent number: 6971873Abstract: An orthodontic workstation stores a library of virtual three-dimensional brackets in a memory. Each of the virtual brackets has a unique three-dimensional configuration and prescription. Typically, the library of bracket comprises a library of commercially available, off-the-shelf brackets. The workstation further includes an interactive treatment planning program that permits a user to move teeth from a virtual model of the dentition to a proposed set-up. In one possible embodiment, the treatment planning program provides the ability to display a virtual bracket placed on a virtual tooth and change the prescription or configuration of the virtual bracket. The treatment program automatically compares the modified prescription with the prescription information of the virtual brackets in the library and selects a bracket from the library that most closely matches the virtual bracket displayed on the tooth. Thus, the user does not have to use customized brackets.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2002Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: OraMetrix, Inc.Inventors: Rohit Sachdeva, Rüdger Rubbert, Thomas Weise
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Patent number: 6918761Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a orthodontic template that assists in the placement of an orthodontic apparatus includes processing that begins by obtaining a digital model of an orthodontic structure of an orthodontic patient. The processing continues by obtaining a selection of one of a plurality of orthodontic apparatuses for the orthodontic structure to produce a selected orthodontic apparatus. The processing then continues by obtaining a digital model of placement of the selected orthodontic apparatus on the digital model of the orthodontic structure. The processing then continues by retrieving a digital image of a tooth mounting apparatus (e.g., a bracket, a band, a headgear tube, etc.) of the selected apparatus for a given tooth.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2003Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: OraMetrix, Inc.Inventors: Rohit Sachdeva, Rudger Rubbert, Thomas Weise, Friedrich Riemeirer, Michael Placke, Mathew Johnson
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Patent number: 6905337Abstract: Templates are disclosed that permit an orthodontist to accurately place appliances such as bracket shims or brackets on a tooth or teeth at a desired position. The templates can be used for accurately locating the position of other dental or orthodontic procedures, such as varnishing, tooth etching and root canals. The templates are made from a flexible sheet of material adapted to be adhered directly to the surface of the tooth or teeth. The sheet of material is formed with the outline of the tooth or teeth or in the shape of the tooth to allow the template to be posited in a proper, reference position. The sheet of material is also formed with one or more marks indicating the location of the bracket on the tooth, for example one mark indicting the bracket base location and other marks indicating the orientation of the base and bracket slot.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2002Date of Patent: June 14, 2005Assignee: OraMetrix, Inc.Inventor: Rohit Sachdeva
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Patent number: D645794Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.Inventors: Shawn D. Noble, Michael P. Robinson, Hormoz Kerendian, Ashley T. Dudding