Abstract: Non-invasive intracranial pressure detection and/or monitoring and use of data with respect thereto. Illustratively, with respect to a method, there can be a method to digitally produce and communicate intracranial pressure data from skull deformation electric signals, the method including: receiving, from at least one sensor, detected skull deformation electric signals at electrical equipment configured to transform and process the skull deformation signals that are received; transforming and processing, by the electrical equipment, the received skull deformation electric signals to produce digital intracranial pressure data; and outputting, by the electrical equipment, the digital intracranial pressure data via an output device operably associated with the electrical equipment to render the digital intracranial pressure data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 2012
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2017
Assignee:
Braincare Desenvolvimento E Inovação Tecnológica LTDA
Abstract: The present invention describes a process for the synthesis of spherical particles of polyvinyl alcohol—PVA and/or polyvinyl acetate—PVAc with shell nucleus structure from total or partial hydrolysis in a caustic aqueous medium with obtaining particulates of PVA/PVAc with controlled spherical morphology, to be used in vascular embolization.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 10, 2005
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2017
Assignees:
INSTITUTO ALBERTO LUIZ COIMBRA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO E PESQUISA DE ENGENHARIA—COPPE, FIRST LINE INDUSTRIA E COMMERCIA S/A
Inventors:
José Carlos Costa da Silva Pinto, Mariana Araújo Niemeyer Limeira, Fabricio Machado Silva, Priamo Albuquerque Melo, Márcio Nele De Souza, Galdêncio Espinosa Lopez
Abstract: A side-facing aircraft passenger seat having a head rest, seat back, seat bottom and leg rest moveable between an upright seating position and a lie flat sleeping position, and including a plurality of air bags positioned in at least partially surrounding orientation in relation to the seat and inflatable to provide comfort and protection to a seat occupant while in the lie flat sleeping position. The seat may be oriented obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft.
Abstract: A power supply comprises at least one input to couple the power supply to a power source. The power supply also comprises at least one switched-mode power circuit configured to extract electrical energy from the power source, the electrical energy to be transferred to a load. The power supply additionally comprises at least one control module coupled between the at least one input and the at least one switched-mode power circuit. The control module is configured to control operation of the switched-mode power circuit to regulate a voltage-to-current ratio at the at least one input of the power supply.
Abstract: Disclosed is a solid arthropodicide composition comprising by weight (a) from 0.3 to 100% of a particulate component comprising particles of a solid carrier infiltrated with a mixture comprising (i) one or more carboxamide arthropodicides and (ii) a surfactant constituent; (b) from 0 to 50% of a surfactant component having dispersing and wetting properties; and (c) from 0 to 99.7% of one or more additional formulating ingredients. Also disclosed is a propagule contacted with a biologically effective amount of said composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 5, 2013
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2017
Assignee:
E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Inventors:
Oliver Walter Gutsche, John Henry Green
Abstract: A process for the acid-catalyzed dehydration of ethanol, the process comprising the steps of distilling an ethanol feedstock (101) comprising at least one nitrogen-containing contaminant to form an overhead stream (102) and a bottom stream comprising ethanol (103), wherein the distillation has a reflux ratio of at least 20:1; and reacting the bottom stream in the presence of an acid catalyst to form a product stream comprising ethylene.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 19, 2014
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2017
Assignee:
Technip E&C Limited
Inventors:
Leslie William Bolton, Nigel Stewart Brown, Lewis Adam Heptonstall, Andrew John Hogben, Susan Elizabeth Little, Stephen James Smith
Abstract: A display device including a first common electrode, an active device array substrate, a display medium layer and a power system is provided. The active device array substrate includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes and a second common electrode. Each of the transistors is electrically connected to one scan line and one data line, and the pixel electrodes are electrically connected to the transistors, respectively. The second common electrode and the pixel electrodes form a plurality of storage capacitors. The display medium layer is disposed between the first common electrode and the active device array substrate. The power system is electrically connected to the first common electrode and the second common electrode through two separated conductive routes, respectively. A reset method of a display device is also provided.
Abstract: A multi-color electrophoretic medium contains first, second and third species of particles. The first species of particles is light-scattering, while the second and third species of particles are transmissive. A method for driving such a display is also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 19, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2017
Assignee:
E Ink Corporation
Inventors:
Richard J. Paolini, Jr., George G. Harris, Jonathan D. Albert, Barrett Comiskey
Abstract: Systems and methods for providing energy management utilize wireless wide-area network broadcast signals and a decentralized receiver architecture to allow customers to make informed choices with regard to energy consumption and load shedding for particular appliances. A receiver assembly embedded within an appliance receives a broadcast signal, e.g., an FM subcarrier signal, including tariff data and other electrical grid data. A processor coupled with the receiver controls the appliance in accordance with the received data and in accordance with user-defined preferences. In some embodiments, a transceiver assembly is embedded in one or more appliances in a household. Each transceiver is configured to receive broadcast signals regarding grid data, and to communicate with other appliances and/or a usage meter over a wireless personal area network. Meter data from one or more households may be aggregated and uplinked back to the energy provider or other entities.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 12, 2016
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2017
Assignee:
E-RADIO USA INC.
Inventors:
Jackson Kit Wang, Calvin Daniel Koskowich, John Paul Harvey
Abstract: A method (400) controls the delivery of insulin in a diabetic patient (P) based on data (d) representative of at least a fraction of a meal (m(k+i)) that the patient (P) will consume. The method provides from a block (R) representative of conventional therapy or open loop rule that the patient (P) is subject to, based on the data (d) representative of at least a fraction of the meal (m(k+i)), a reference insulin value (u0). The method is also based on data representative of the difference between input data (?), a reference glycemic level, and feedback data (yCGM) representative of the glycemic level detected in the patient (P). A control module (301; 401) provides a value of insulin (i) to be delivered to the patient (P) based on the various representative data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 23, 2012
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2017
Assignees:
DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA CIVILE E ARCHITETTURA DELL‘UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Inventors:
Paola Soru, Lalo Magni, Chiara Toffanin, Giuseppe De Nicolao, Chiara Dalla Man, Claudio Cobelli
Abstract: The present invention concerns a breathable product for protective mass transportation and cold chain applications, in particular a reflective sheet for covering temperature sensitive products the reflective sheet having at least a first layer made of a highly reflective moisture vapor permeable substrate having an outer side and an inner side, wherein said inner side comprises in addition at least a metal layer deposited by a PVD process to provide a thermal insulation through high reflection low convection while providing controlled moisture vapor permeability.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 15, 2012
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2017
Assignee:
E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Inventors:
Serge Rebouillat, Malik Zeniti, Guy Hopp, Sylvain Wallerich, Noel Stephen Brabbs, Sabine Gabriel, Ioannis V Bletsos
Abstract: The invention relates to gene expression regulatory sequences, specifically introns that act as enhancers of gene expression, the promoter and terminator sequences endogenously associated with these introns. Presence of these intronic enhancer sequences in proximity to promoter sequences leads to enhancement of gene expression. Methods of finding such new intronic enhancer sequences and using them to generate transgenic plants are also described.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 26, 2017
Publication date:
November 23, 2017
Applicants:
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Inventors:
SCOTT DIEHN, AJIT NOTT, DAVID A. SELINGER, CARL SIMMONS, PRIYANKA BHYRI, VENKATA S. TAVVA
Abstract: A method for producing a polyolefin-based porous film includes an (A) step: a raw fabric forming step for forming a non-porous raw fabric from a polyolefin-based resin composition, a (B) step: an MD cold stretching step for cold stretching the non-porous raw fabric obtained in the (A) step at a temperature of ?20° C. to (Tm?30)° C. (Tm is a melting point (° C.) of the non-porous raw fabric) in an extruding direction (MD) of the raw fabric to make the raw fabric porous; a (D) step: a TD cold stretching step for cold stretching a film processed in the (B) step in a direction (TD) perpendicular to the MD, and an (H) step: a thermal fixing step, in the above order.
Abstract: There is provided an electroactive material having Formula I wherein: Q is the same or different at each occurrence and can be O, S, Se, Te, NR, SO, SO2, or SiR3; R is the same or different at each occurrence and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; and R1 through R6 are the same or different and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylthio, phosphino, silyl, —COR, —COOR, —PO3R2, —OPO3R2, or CN.
Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a frame, at least one circuit board, at least one hardware device, and at least one first connector. The frame includes a first frame body and a second frame body. The first frame body includes a first wire therein. The circuit board includes a first edge and a second, and at least a portion of the circuit board is flexible. The first edge is connected to the first frame body. The second edge is connected to the second frame body. The circuit board is electrically connected to the first wire. The hardware device is disposed on the circuit board. The first frame body includes a first inner surface, and the first connector is disposed on the first inner surface and electrically connected to the first wire, and the first edge of the circuit board is plugged in the first connector.
Abstract: A reflective display device includes an electrophoretic display module, an adhesive layer, and a color filter layer. The adhesive layer is located on the electrophoretic display module. The color filter layer is located on the adhesive layer, and the adhesive layer is between the electrophoretic display module and the color filter layer. The color filter layer includes at least one color resist. The color resist has at least one opening, such that light can pass through the opening.
Abstract: A method of managing electric energy consumption and/or production dynamics, includes the steps of: sampling an electric energy flow, adapted to be measured by an electricity metering device (1) within a network (15) of an electrical company; calculating a variation ?Ei=(Ei?Ei?1)/?t at regular intervals, where Ei and Ei?1 are two integral sum values of electric energy amounts consolidated over a given number of cycles and ?t represents a time interval between the respective times at which the two values are obtained; adding the variation (?Ei) to analogous variations calculated at previous times, to obtain a cumulative sum of such variations; determining whether the variation and/or the cumulative sum exceed a predetermined threshold value (?DE); transmitting a message over the network (15) from the electricity metering device (1) if the variation and/or cumulative sum exceed the predetermined threshold value (?DE).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 28, 2011
Date of Patent:
November 21, 2017
Assignee:
ISTITUTO SUPERIORE MARIO BOELLA SULLE TECHNOLOGIE DELL'INFORMAZIONE E DELLE TELECOMMUNICAZIONI
Abstract: A deployable device holder adapted to mount to a tray table to support a personal electronic device in a position apart from the tabletop surface of the tray table such that the tray table and electronic device holder can be used simultaneously. The device holder includes pairs of moveable support members and a cross member for effecting unison movement of the support members as the device holder moves between stowed and deployed positions thereof.