Patents Represented by Attorney Vincent L. Carney

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  • Exercise apparatus and technique
    Patent number: 5954621
    Abstract: To provide controlled amounts of resistance to movement in exercise equipment or in orthotic devices, a control module has cooperating resistance elements. The force between the elements is varied in accordance with the position of the elements with respect to each other. For example the control module can connect two splints of a knee brace so that the resistance to flexion and extension are programmed in accordance with the position of the leg and thigh with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Kinetecs, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Edward Joutras, Ronald J. Hruska, Jr.
  • Multi-chambered supercritical fluid extraction cartridge
    Patent number: 5932095
    Abstract: A multiple chamber sample holding cartridge is used with a supercritical fluid extractor that causes membranes dividing the cartridge into chambers to rupture upon the pressurization of the sample cartridge, thereby allowing the intermixing of materials contained in the chambers. The neutral oil and loss determination of soybean and other oilseed oils by supercritical fluid extraction is efficient with this two-chambered sample cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Isco, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Walters, Dale Messer, Dale Clay, Robert W. Allington
  • Reverse twist turned-down terminal for road guardrail systems
    Patent number: 5931448
    Abstract: A turned-down terminal for a guardrail system has a drop-down section and a turned-down section formed by twisting the guardrail clockwise to be at an angle causing sufficient force and torque to pull at least a portion of the drop-down section of the guardrail barrier free upon being impacted with a vehicle. Back-up plates are bolted to the posts and to the guardrail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Dean L. Sicking, John D. Reid, Gene W. Paulsen
  • Reloader with snap-in tools and quick release shell or shot shell holders
    Patent number: 5932828
    Abstract: To permit operators to change dies quickly and easily and to remove shot shells from any station, inspect them and replace them, bayonet snap in dies may be easily inserted into a tooling section of a reloader and shot shells can be removed from shell plates by pivoting the retainer free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Hornady Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Stephen Hornady, Kenneth L. Elshof, John W. Goodin, Dennis L. Grudt
  • Peristaltic pump having a roller support
    Patent number: 5915932
    Abstract: The rollers of a peristaltic pump are supported to prevent said rollers from compressing said tube more than the thickness of the walls of the tube. A tube holder rotates along with the roller assembly of the peristaltic pump and keeps the tube in line with the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Isco, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick Alan Nabity, Robert Raymond Fiedler, James Paul Masek, Brian D. Dawson, Russell Todd Barker, Frederick Detlef Sueverkruepp, III, Ralph E. Setter, Paul George Wright, Larry Lee Fritz
  • Swab and method of manufacturing and using it
    Patent number: 5915746
    Abstract: To provide an autoclavable swab, a fibrous applicator pad is formed with a narrow slit and a handle with a plurality of barb means extending away from its longitudinal axis and from a first end toward a second end. The opening is sufficient in size to receive the first end of the handle and the adjacent portion through at least 25 percent of the applicator pad, whereby the barbs, once inserted, engage the applicator pad material within the opening to resist removal of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Nagl Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Jerald R. Melcher, Debra A. Speichert
  • Removal of tissue
    Patent number: 5911699
    Abstract: To reduce damage to surrounding tissue while fragmenting some tissue such as for example not damaging the capsular wall while removing the lens during cataract removal surgery or not damaging artery or vein walls during bypass surgery while freeing the artery or vein to be transplanted, an incision is made for the insertion of surface--a handpiece tip. The tip is rotated and reciprocated ultrasonically at the same time so that tissue is fragmented by the combined motion of a fragmenting surface perpendicular to the surface and at an angle to the surface many times during a single revolution or part of a revolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Aziz Yehia Anis
    Inventors: Aziz Y. Anis, Mark E. Steen
  • Apparatus and method for collecting analyte in supercritical fluid extraction
    Patent number: 5911881
    Abstract: To collect analyte from a supercritical fluid extractor, the collector lifts vials into place by a biasing device that guides the file up to the restrictor where it is sealed. The vial can be moved back down from the collecting mechanism even if frost forms on the vial while the restrictor remains stationary. This vial is held in place by a guide that contains the seal for sealing the vial when it is raised in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Isco, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Lee Clay, Robert W. Allington, Philip Bernard Liescheski, III, Robin Randall Winter, Daniel Gene Jameson
  • Solid matrix conditioning of seeds for sorting purposes
    Patent number: 5910050
    Abstract: In the process of the invention, the seed to be treated, a predetermined amount of solid matrix material and a predetermined amount of water are admixed and the mixture allowed to stand, preferably in a container which allows entry of air but which reduces evaporation losses, for example, a closed metal container with a small top opening, for a time and at a temperature sufficient to enhance resultant plant vigor, i.e., enhance emergence, growth of yield characteristics, but short of that which would cause the seed to sprout. Faulty seeds may be separated by size and systemic resistance to disease can be induced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Kamterter II, LLC
    Inventor: John Alvin Eastin
  • Oxidase-producing aspergillus niger
    Patent number: 5866406
    Abstract: To provide increased levels of oxidase, mutants of Aspergillus niger that constitutively synthesize glucose oxidase when grown in a medium having less than 0.1M (molar) glucose are obtained. To obtain mutants, a microorganism is cultured with a substrate having a nutrient, an auxiliary carbon source and a pH-sensitive indicator; and cultures in which the pH has changed as indicated by the pH-sensitive indicator are selected for further growth. More specifically, Aspergillus niger that has been subjected to mutagens is cultured with an auxiliary carbon source, methyl red and D-glucose at a low concentration below that which will trigger the production of D-glucose oxidase in the microorganism. Portions of the culture indicated by red are separated and increased. One such mutants has accession number NRRL 18927.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Fred W. Wagner, John P. Markwell
  • Digital DNA typing
    Patent number: 5863403
    Abstract: To sequence DNA automatically, fluorescently marked DNA are electrophoresed in a plurality of channels through a gel electrophoresis slab; wherein the DNA samples are resolved in accordance with the size of DNA fragments in the gel electrophoresis slab into fluorescently marked DNA bands. The separated samples are scanned photoelectrically with a laser and a sensor, wherein the laser scans with scanning light at a scanning light frequency within the absorbance spectrum of said fluorescently marked DNA samples and light is sensed at the emission frequency of the marked DNA. The light is modulated from said laser at a predetermined modulation frequency and fluorescent light emitted by said DNA bands at said modulation frequency is detected, whereby background noise from the medium through which the light is transmitted is discriminated against.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Lyle Richard Middendorf, John Albert Brumbaugh, Gi Young Jang
  • Purge system
    Patent number: 5844137
    Abstract: To measure flow rates, the cross-sectional shape of the flow path is changed by inserting a multiple position gate into the flow path and altering the position of the gate to maintain the head of liquid constant with a reduced flow cross section. The position of the multiple position gate is correlated with the depth as measured with a bubbler to provide an indication of flow rate. To purge the bubbler line, a purge tank is located near the bubbler line. At timed periods or as manually initiated the controller causes an increase in pressure in accumulator portion of the purge tank. When a predetermined pressure is reached, a purge valve in the purge tank opens, rapidly allowing a burst of air at a substantial pressure and velocity to flow through the bubbler line to remove any material adhering to the bubbler outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Isco, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Timothy Carson
  • Capillary electrophoresis sample injection technique
    Patent number: 5843294
    Abstract: To inject sample into a capillary tube of an electrophoresis apparatus, a vacuum tank is connected to one end of the tube while the other end is in sample to impart a pressure difference across the tube. The pressure in the pressure chamber is sensed, integrated and used to determine and control the amount of sample drawn and to correct peak data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Isco, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert William Allington
  • Underwater contact lens
    Patent number: 5831713
    Abstract: To permit vision underwater, a contact lens has a center portion that includes underwater correction of vision and a peripheral portion that sufficiently conforms in curvature with the cornea of an eye to hold the contact lens to the eye. In one embodiment, the lens provides a correction adequate for both underwater and above water use and in another embodiment, underwater correction is provided when wet and above water correction is provided when dry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Inventors: Michael H. Fritsch, Thomas M. Fritsch
  • Removal of tissue
    Patent number: 5827292
    Abstract: To reduce damage to surrounding tissue while fragmenting some tissue such as for example not damaging the capsular wall while removing the lens during cataract removal surgery or not damaging artery or vein walls during bypass surgery while freeing the artery or vein to be transplanted, an incision is made for the insertion of surface--discriminating, rotating, fragmenting handpiece. The surface--discriminating fragmenting handpiece fragments and permits aspiration of the tissue without damaging the surrounding wall by fragmenting surfaces of higher inertia material but moving at a rate of speed and having openings between them of such a size that the more integrated lower mass, more flexible and smoother tissue is moved away from the fragmenting zone and the higher mass, lower flexibility or rougher tissue is fragmented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Inventor: Aziz Yehia Anis
  • Ruminant feed and method for making
    Patent number: 5789001
    Abstract: A ruminally inert fat for a ruminant feed is made by applying reducing sugars to oilseed meats and heating to induce non-enzymatic browning. The process is controlled to ensure penetration of the reducing sugars into the interior of cracked oilseed meat prior to browning. The browning reaction renders the protein which surrounds the oil resistant to rumen bacterial degradation to thereby encapsulate the oil in a protective matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Terry James Klopfenstein, Thomas Stephen Winowiski, Robert Allen Britton, deceased
  • Exercise apparatus and technique
    Patent number: 5788618
    Abstract: To provide controlled amounts of resistance to movement in exercise equipment or in orthotic devices, a control module has cooperating resistance elements. The force between the elements is varied in accordance with the position of the elements with respect to each other. For example the control module can connect two splints of a knee brace so that the resistance to flexion and extension are programmed in accordance with the position of the leg and thigh with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Kinetecs, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Edwards Joutras
  • Doppler shift velocity measuring system with correction factors
    Patent number: 5777892
    Abstract: To determine the average velocity of a fluid stream, an ultrasonic signal is transmitted into the fluid and reflected ultrasonic signal received. The signals are mixed with a frequency of the transmitted ultrasonic signals. A Fourier transform is performed on the signals, the largest coefficient used to normalize the signal and certain of the weighted signals are averaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Isco, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick Alan Nabity, Larry Lee Fritz, Douglas Timothy Carson, Ralph Setter
  • Binder containing plant protein and densified refuse fuel cubes made using same and methods of making them
    Patent number: 5763509
    Abstract: To form a binder from naturally occurring products or a fuel brick or pellet using the binder without extraction or purification steps, the binder utilizes proteins from the germ or endosperm of cereal grasses or from the seed of buckwheat, oil seed plants, Amaranthus or leguminous plants or from leaves or from grain stillage. The protein has a thermoplastic microstructure with linear polymers of molecular weight of at least 2,000 linked with peptide linkages of at least 50 in number. The binder is mixed with waste such as municipal waste without further processing and processed in a pelleting machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Jerry D. Eastin, David Jones, Darin Dux, Harold Earl Egger
  • Apparatus and method for pumping supercritical fluid and measuring flow thereof
    Patent number: 5755559
    Abstract: In a piston pump for pumping liquid carbon dioxide at a temperature below 30 degrees Fahrenheit and pressures at least as high as 7500 psi, the volume leaving the pump is determined by measuring only pressure or other parameter related to flow and movement of the plunger. The position of the piston is measured and the resulting displacement is integrated to determine volume of fluid pumped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Isco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert William Allington, Daniel Gene Jameson, Dale A. Davison, Dale Clay, Robin R. Winter, Yoossef Tehrani