Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetic device for non-contact injection of strong modulated (0-1000 Hz) electric fields with intensity of 1-2 volts per centimeter into a whole human body at the frequency band 100-500 kHz. The device of the present invention is a low-pass birdcage coil resonator with a very large number of rungs, with two inductively coupled loop feeds, and with a high quality factor of 300.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 11, 2018
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2020
Assignee:
Neva Electromagnetics, LLC
Inventors:
Sergey N Makarov, Gregory M Noetscher, Viktor S Makarov, Zhi-De Deng
Abstract: A method for thermally processing a minimally absorbing thin film in a selective manner is disclosed. Two closely spaced absorbing traces are patterned in thermal contact with the thin film. A pulsed radiant source is used to heat the two absorbing traces, and the thin film is thermally processed via conduction between the two absorbing traces. This method can be utilized to fabricate a thin film transistor (TFT) in which the thin film is a semiconductor and the absorbers are the source and the drain of the TFT.
Abstract: A telepresence device is disclosed, which includes a display and a camera array including cameras configured to capture images of a local subject through the display and output a plurality of local captured images. The telepresence device also includes a local tile selector configured to select a plurality of tiles from the plurality of local captured images based on remote subject point of view (POV) data received from a remote device. The local tile selector outputs local image data that comprises the plurality of selected tiles. The local image data is sent to the remote device to composite an image of the local subject.
Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to wirelessly receive first usage data in conjunction with a wear-state report, indicating a sensed level of system wear, from a plurality of vehicles. The processor is also configured to aggregate and analyze the first usage data to determine common parameters and corresponding values indicative of the sensed level of system wear. The processor is further configured to wirelessly receive second usage data from a vehicle lacking a sensor capable of sensing the sensed level of system wear. Also, the processor is configured to compare values of the common parameters in the second usage data to the determined values indicative of the sensed level of system wear and report a likely wear-state to the vehicle lacking the sensor, responsive to the comparison indicating a level of system wear similar to the sensed level of system wear.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2017
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2020
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Omar Makke, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Patrick Lawrence Jackson Van Hoecke, Perry Robinson MacNeille
Abstract: A staple cartridge assembly includes a stepped staple cartridge deck and an implantable layer, such as a tissue thickness compensator and/or a buttress material, for example, positioned thereon. The layer can include a first portion positioned over a first deck surface of the multi-step staple cartridge and a second portion positioned over a second deck surface of the multi-step staple cartridge. The first portion includes a first tissue-contacting surface and the second portion includes a second tissue-contacting surface, wherein the first tissue-contacting surface is vertically offset from the second tissue-contacting surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 30, 2017
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2020
Assignee:
Ethicon LLC
Inventors:
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan, Chester O. Baxter, III
Abstract: A mounting arrangement and method are provided for securing a T-joint in a control cable connectable in electrical communication with an electrical device, such as an electrically controlled nozzle, attached to a mounting surface such as the boom of an agricultural product sprayer. The mounting arrangement includes a base block adapted for fixed attachment to the mounting surface, and a pair of first and second clamping shells adapted and cooperatively configured for attachment to the base block and one another to define an internal cavity of the mounting arrangement between the clamping shells and the base block for receiving and retaining the T-joint within the mounting arrangement. The mounting arrangement is attached to the boom with a single threaded fastener. The clamping shells are identical and lock to one another and the base block without additional fasteners.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 22, 2017
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2020
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC
Inventors:
Charles D. O'Connell, Rex L. Ruppert, Jeffrey S. Martin
Abstract: A system for providing cooled air to electronic equipment includes an evaporative cooling water source; a water-to-water heat exchanger in fluid communication with the evaporative water source; an air-to-water heat exchanger in fluid communication with the water-to-water heat exchanger and positioned to received heated air from a group of electronic devices; and a control system programmed to maintain a supply of cooling water to the air-to-water heat exchanger at a temperature above a dew point of air surrounding the air-to-water heat exchanger.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2011
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2020
Assignee:
Google LLC
Inventors:
Andrew Carlson, William Whitted, Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen, Gerald Aigner, Donald L. Beaty
Abstract: Techniques for inferring the identity (e.g., member profile attributes) of members of an online social network service are described. According to various embodiments, a member profile attribute missing from a member profile page associated with a particular member of an online social network service is identified. Member profile data and behavioral log data associated with a plurality of members of the online social network service is then accessed. Thereafter, a prediction modeling process is performed, based on a prediction model and feature data including the member profile data and the behavioral log data, to generate a confidence score associated with the particular member and the missing member profile attribute, the confidence score indicating a likelihood that the missing member profile attribute corresponds to a candidate value.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 10, 2015
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2020
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventors:
Zhigang Hua, Kin Fai Kan, Peter N. Skomoroch, Gloria Lau, Saveliy Uryasev
Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods administering various compounds in conjunction with dextromethorphan to a human being. Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to dextromethorphan or dextrorphan and bupropion, hydroxybupropion, erythrohydroxybupropion, threohydroxybupropion, or a metabolite or prodrug of any of these compounds are also disclosed.
Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for reliable messaging between two or more servers. The computer readable medium includes computer-executable instructions for execution by a processing system. Primary applications runs on primary hosts and one or more replicated instances of each primary application run on one or more backup hosts. The reliable messaging ensures consistent ordered delivery of messages in the event that messages are lost; arrive out of order, or in duplicate. The messaging layer operates over TCP or UDP with our without multi-cast and broad-cast and requires no modification to applications, operating system or libraries.
Abstract: A toilet seat with handles is disclosed. The handles include light transmitters and light receivers. The light transmitters and receivers may be used to determine blood oxygen saturation levels and heart rate of a toilet seat user. Ultrasonic transmitters and receivers in the toilet seat handle are also disclosed for determining bone density of a toilet seat user. The handles may be retractable and may include UV sanitation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 2, 2019
Publication date:
January 30, 2020
Applicant:
Hall Labs LLC
Inventors:
David R. Hall, Dan Allen, Andrew Davis, Justin R. Robinson
Abstract: A lamp having a front surface from which light is emitted and that includes a high efficiency light source assembly producing a beam having a 3 dB beamwidth of greater than 100°, and which includes a substrate, a high efficiency light source supported by the substrate; and a dome-lens that contains the high efficiency light source. Also, an optical assembly is positioned to receive light from the light emitting diode assembly and to produce a headlamp light beam emitted from the front surface of the lamp. Further, an annular light block defines an annulus and is placed about the lens, so that the lens protrudes through the annulus, thereby creating a sharp boundary for the output light beam.
Abstract: A non-water-activatable cast has one or more layers of sheet-like material which create a combined flexibility, stiffness, or rigidity so that the cast may be manually positioned in substantial contact with a lower extremity to be received within the cast. As such, the cast is not only readily deployable by a patient, but has predetermined flexibility located and selected to control ankle movement within a therapeutically appropriate range, whether used by itself or in association with a related orthosis, such as a CAM walker. In certain applications, the cast likewise offloads or otherwise redistributes force by virtue of the rigidity of the plantar impact surface on such cast and the rigidity of other cast portions.
Abstract: Enteric elastomers and related methods are generally provided. In some embodiments, the enteric elastomer is a polymer composite. Certain embodiments comprise a polymer composite in which hydrogen bonds within two carboxyl group-containing polymers cross-link the polymer networks into an elastic and pH-responsive polymer composite. Advantageously, this polymer composite has the capacity of being stable and elastic in an acidic environment such as that of the stomach but can be dissolved in a neutral pH environment such as that of the small and large intestines. In some embodiments, the polymer composites described herein comprise a mixture of two or more polymers with carboxyl functionality such that the two or more polymers form hydrogen bonds. In certain embodiments, the polymer composite has both enteric and elastic properties.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 31, 2019
Publication date:
January 30, 2020
Applicants:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Tokitae LLC
Inventors:
Shiyi Zhang, Andrew Bellinger, Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Robert S. Langer, Dean Liang Glettig, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Philip A. Eckhoff
Abstract: An aerating and liquid agitating device to efficiently introduce high velocity, agitating air into a water line for mixing and aerating water tanks. An illustrative embodiment of the aerating and liquid agitating device includes a device fitting having an ingress end configured to be coupled to a liquid pump, an egress end and an opening between the ingress end and the egress end. The device fitting may be configured to accommodate flow of a liquid from the ingress end to the egress end. An air inlet fitting may extend through the opening in the device fitting and terminate inside the device fitting. The air inlet fitting may be defined by a terminal angled profile sloped between from about 35° to about 90°. An air inlet hose may be coupled to the air inlet fitting. The air inlet hose may be configured to introduce air through the air inlet fitting into the device fitting.
Abstract: The present invention provides a metal injection molded ammunition cartridge comprising a metal injection molded bottom portion comprising a primer recess in communication with a primer flash hole that extends into a propellant chamber and a metal injection molded body extending form the metal injection molded bottom portion.
Abstract: Splice housings for distributing large numbers of optical fiber splices. In some examples, the splice housings can be pivoted relative to each other. In some examples, the splice housings include flexible splice holders configured to hold multiple splices for a first subset of optical fibers while allowing passage of a second subset of optical fibers through the splice holder.