Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Swabey Ogilvy Renault
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Patent number: 7240582Abstract: An override device is proposed to permit the manual operation of a closure which is normally driven by an electric motor. The override device comprises a manual closure driving mechanism, such as a chain engaged around a pulley, which when operated first produces the translation of a first gear along its rotation axis until this first gear meshes with a second gear connected to the output shaft of the motor which normally drives the closure. During the translation of the first gear, a switch is tripped to safely interrupt power to the motor and a mechanism is operated to disengage the motor from the output shaft. Thereafter, further operation of the chain, and therefore further rotation of the pulley, is adapted to cause the first gear to rotate instead of translating, whereby the second gear is driven into rotation by the first gear thereby causing the rotation of the output shaft and the manual operation of the closure.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1994Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Inventors: Michel Manaras, Eddy Desrochers
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Patent number: 6691317Abstract: The liner according to the invention is designed such that the moisture barrier component of the liner may be easily separated from the garment for inspection, testing, repair or replacement. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the moisture barrier is attached to the thermal barrier or the outer shell component by means of a heat and flame resistant slide fastener.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2001Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: MarcanadaInventor: Ross Cochran
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Patent number: 6634355Abstract: A single breath induction anesthesia apparatus for anesthetizing a patient, comprises a gas delivery system for delivering at least one gas to the patient, an oxygen supply system for providing oxygen, and an oxygen/anesthesia gas supply system for mixing oxygen and at least one anesthesia gas at a preset optimum ratio sufficient to cause anesthesia of the patient with a single breath, thereby providing an oxygen/anesthesia gas mixture. The apparatus of the invention further includes a valve for providing selective gas flow communication between the oxygen supply system and the gas delivery system or between the oxygen/anesthesia gas supply system and the gas delivery system.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1999Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Inventor: Marie-José Colas
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Patent number: 6634663Abstract: A manual propulsion kit for a wheelchair when the wheelchair includes a frame with two large wheels on either side of the frame journaled to axles on the frame, each of the large wheels mounting a circular handrail. The kit including a pair of manual propulsion assemblies wherein each assembly includes a lever adapted to be journaled to one of the axles for rotational movement within a predetermined angular sector determined by a substantially vertical neutral position and a position forward of the frame. A crank handle having a crank web member is pivoted for rotation, at the end of the lever arm adjacent the handrail when the lever arm is mounted to the axle, such that the crank web member moves between a neutral position disengaged from the handrail and a forward position engaged with the handrail. A crank handle grip is mounted to the crank web member.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1999Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Inventor: Raymond L. Mitchell
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Patent number: 6554235Abstract: An upright support structure comprises a telescopic post having a number of longitudinally extending grooves circumferentially distributed on the periphery thereof for clamping engagement with support brackets having respective pairs of commonly operable groove engaging members. Each bracket is adapted to support a variety of accessories in one of different available orientations. A locking device is operatively associated with the telescopic post to provide for incremental adjustment of the length thereof. This is useful when it is desired to securely mount the telescopic post between a floor and a ceiling structure. The post can also be mounted on a mobile base or, alternatively, pivotally mounted between a stationary base and an overhead fixture. Finally, the telescopic post is provided with an internal guiding structure to ensure proper alignment of the post segments forming part of the telescopic post.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1999Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Force et FormeInventor: Michel Fortier
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Patent number: 6554831Abstract: A mobile dynamic implantable spinal apparatus comprising at least one fixed bracket secured on a correcting rod and at least one mobile carrier slidably mounted on the correcting rod. The fixed bracket and the mobile carrier each include a body and a pedicle screw or a transverse process hook articulated to the body. The distribution of the degrees of freedom between the carrier and the rod, and the pedicle screws or hooks and the carrier and the fixed bracket provide a non-rigid assembly which preserves some of the natural mobility of the vertebrae and disk, and the potential growth of the spinal column.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2000Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Hopital Sainte-JustineInventors: Charles-Hilaire Rivard, Ariel Dujovne
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Patent number: 6520987Abstract: An intravascular flexible permanent prosthesis (stent) for implantation in a body lumen such as an artery, consists of a plurality of radially expandable and deformable thin-walled ring elements aligned in a common longitudinal axis, and held together by interconnecting links so as to limit longitudinal expansion or contraction during radial deployment. The stent is delivered and expanded within a blood vessel by an angioplasty balloon catheter. The ring elements are formed of a series of hexagonal components or inverted hexagonal components, with elements of a series of hexagonal components preferably alternating with elements formed of a series of inverted hexagonal components. Each point of adjacent ring elements is adjoined by a pair of diametrically opposed links, whilst the succeeding pair of adjacent ring elements is adjoined by a pair of links which are diametrically opposed and located at an angle of 90° to the previous pair of links.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1999Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Symbiotech Medical, INCInventor: Sylvain Plante
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Patent number: 6516574Abstract: The present staircase includes a permanent framing made of metallic stringers, one of which being typically secured to a half-timbering. vertically extending step supports are secured along the stringers and each include upper and front flanges adapted to be secured respectively to a tread and to a riser of each step of the staircase. A temporary staircase may be easily obtained with the present kit for use during construction, wherein a number of L-shaped steel step units are laid onto the step supports to form a successive series of alternating risers and treads. Then, these L-shaped steel units can be removed and replaced by finished steps of various configurations. If the staircase has an exposed side, a finishing stringer is provided thereat to conceal the structural metallic stringer.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1999Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Stairframe Systems Inc.Inventor: Raymond Couture
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Patent number: 6511695Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for denaturation of proteins, which comprises the steps of: a) subjecting a protein solution to a high pressure homogenizer at a pressure of about 500 to about 5000 bar, at a recirculation ranging from 0 to about 50 and at a temperature ranging from about 20° C. to about 80° C. for a period of time on the order of milliseconds, wherein the protein solution consisting of a protein fraction dispersed in water, buffer or salt solution at a concentration ranging from about 2% to about 35% w/w and at a pH adjusted between about 2.0 to about 12.0; b) concentrating the protein solution by i) evaporation, ii) ultrafiltration and sprayed dried or iii) ultrafiltration and freeze dried.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1999Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignee: Universite LavalInventors: Paul Paquin, Johanne Lacasse, Muriel Subirade, Sylvie Turgeon
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Patent number: 6494014Abstract: A framing template for use in the framing of a building structure. The template has a plurality of groups of printed measuring indicia, each measuring indicia comprising a centering mark. The centering marks for each group have a predetermined spacing therebetween. The centering marks of each group may include numbers, colors or shaped symbols indicative of a repetitive measured distance from a zero reference point of the template. The centering marks also include indicia indicating the total distance the centering mark is from the zero reference point. The numbers are readable regardless if the template is secured on a horizontal or a vertical surface. In another broad aspect, the present invention contemplates permanently affixing the template, such as with printing, on building materials requiring measurements for integrating into the building structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2001Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Inventor: Claudex Lafrance
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Patent number: 6477724Abstract: A hydro massage bathtub enclosure is provided with conduits interconnecting air jet holes provided in the sidewalls, end or bottom wall of the bathtub enclosure. One or more curved cavities are disposed below one or more of the air jet holes to create a turbulent air flow in the area of the curved cavity whereby to expel any residual water accumulated in the curved cavity after the water level in the bathtub enclosure has been lowered below the air jet holes with the conduit pressurized by air from the blower to purge the conduit. A water evacuating conduit may also be connected in such cavities for the evacuation of residual water therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2002Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Gestion Ultra International Inc.Inventors: Henry Brunelle, Stéphane Baron, Guy Baillargeon
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Patent number: 6476194Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating and diagnosing protein trafficking disorders and controlling secretory protein production. The present invention also relates to methods for folding unfolded proteins, especially in heterelogous expression systems. The methods comprise exposing an unfolded protein to a biological preparation comprising ERp57 in combination with calnexin or calreticulin under conditions to permit folding of the unfolded protein.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1999Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: National Research Council of CanadaInventors: Daniel C. Tessier, Andrë Zapun, John J. M. Bergeron, David Y. Thomas
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Patent number: 6469132Abstract: The present invention relates to diblock copolymers and more particularly to polycaprolactone-b-polyethylene oxide (PCL-b-PEO) diblock copolymers used in micellar systems, for delivering a biologically active agent to a site. There is provided a diblock copolymer compound comprising a hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic block, the hydrophilic block comprising a polyethylene oxide (PEO) polymer, the hydrophobic block comprising a polycaprolactone (PCL) polymer, the PCL polymer comprising a number of caprolactone monomers selected from 5 to 150, the PEO polymer comprising a number of ethylene oxide monomers selected from 30 to 100. The diblock copolymer compound of the present invention may be used to form a micellar delivery system for delivering biologically active agents such as lipophilic drugs to sites such as the central nervous system.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: McGill UniversityInventors: Adi Eisenberg, Dusica Maysinger, Christine Allen
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Patent number: 6468144Abstract: A sausage link forming machine having a rotating frame secured on a drivable axle and wherein the frame has opposed parallel discs. Control cams are secured to the axle intermediate the discs. A plurality of sausage grasping head assemblies are secured between the discs and equidistantly spaced apart along a circular path. A link forming pincer mechanism is secured between each of the grasping head assemblies. These head assemblies have rotatable support rollers which are displaceable towards one another from a sausage casing receiving position to a sausage casing engaging position. A first cam follower is associated with each of the grasping head assemblies and engages a first cam portion of the control cam to displace the support rollers. A second cam follower is associated with each of the link forming pincer mechanisms and engages a second cam portion to cause the fork members to pivot to and away from one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: D.M.P. Industries Inc.Inventors: Ghislain Michaud, Denis Michaud
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Patent number: 6449967Abstract: A high-speed evaporator defrost system is described. It comprises a defrost conduit circuit having valves for directing hot high pressure refrigerant gas from a discharge line of a compressor and through a refrigeration coil of an evaporator of a refrigeration system during a defrost cycle thereof, and back to a suction header of the compressor through a reservoir of the refrigeration system to remove any liquid refrigerant contained in the refrigerant gas prior to returning to the suction header. The reservoir has an internal pressure which is generally at the same pressure as that of a suction header of the compressor thereby creating a pressure differential across the refrigeration coil sufficient to accelerate the hot high pressure refrigerant gas in the discharge line through the refrigeration coil of the evaporator to quickly defrost the refrigeration coil. The reservoir is repressurized after the defrost cycle for using the reservoir in a refrigeration cycle.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2001Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Inventor: Serge Dubé
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Patent number: 6446413Abstract: A panel for a portable floor system comprising a rectangular core defining an upper surface and a lower surface extending parallel to the upper surface and lateral side surfaces extending from edges of the upper surface to edges of the lower surface. Frame members are connected to the lateral side surfaces and define outwardly projecting channels. The frame members have opposed spaced parallel horizontal walls defining an upper wall and a lower wall, and further have a transverse connecting end wall for connection to the lateral side surfaces. A laminated graphic layer is integrally joined to the upper surface of the rectangular core and extends over the upper walls of the frame members to conceal the frame members. The channels of the frame members have flanges for releasably securing connecting members for joining a panel to other panels in side-by-side aligned relationship.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2001Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Folia Industries Inc.Inventor: Moritz F. Gruber
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Patent number: 6438895Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system composed of a principal pipe joining a secondary pipe by means of a T, and that at the end of the secondary pipe is located a threaded adapter by which comes to connect a spout that one can to disconnect and clean , and which the threaded adapter comes itself to connect at the external stem of T located on the principal pipe in closing the secondary pipe in order to avoid the accumulation of bacteria or detritus at the inside of the secondary pipe.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1999Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Inventor: Bernard Fortier
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Patent number: 6427413Abstract: A grooved construction lumber element for use in constructing lumber structures such as wall framing, roof trusses, load bearing beams, deck and stair railings, and the like, is described. The construction lumber element is comprised of a straight lumber piece having a plurality of spacing grooves disposed in at least one surface of the lumber piece. The spacing grooves have a predetermined depth and are configured to receive therein an associated further lumber element to construct a specific building structure. At least some of the spacing grooves are disposed at common spaced intervals. The lumber element is preferably an elongated straight wood lumber piece of rectangular cross-section and defines opposed flat parallel surfaces and opposed flat parallel side edge surfaces. The spacing grooves are formed in one of the flat surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2000Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Inventor: Claudex Lafrance
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Patent number: 6426950Abstract: A method of resource management at computer controlled telephony hardware outside the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) operated by a service provider for establishing a call between a service subscriber and another party by facilitating a PSTN voice connection between the service subscriber and the computer controlled telephony hardware, and a PSTN voice connection between the other party and the computer controlled telephony hardware involves determining a resource management index associated with the service subscriber, determining a call treatment using the resource management index, and applying the call treatment to the call.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1998Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventor: Dhansukh Nathubhai Mistry
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Patent number: D465343Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2002Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Inventor: François Daneault