Patents by Inventor Manuel Teixeira
Manuel Teixeira has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230223760Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a method of controlling a hybrid power plant connected to a power network. The hybrid power plant comprises at least two types of renewable energy generator having an active power reserve for supplying additional active power. The method comprises, during a frequency event detected on the power network: determining an additional amount of active power to be provided to the power network to provide fast frequency response; calculating, based on a preset configuration and the active power reserve of the generators, a contribution from each of the at least two types of generator for supplying the additional amount of active power; and generating and dispatching active power requests to the generators for supplying the additional amount according to the calculated contributions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Ricardo Mendanha Pereira, Ricardo Manuel Teixeira Gomes
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Patent number: 11406802Abstract: Devices and methods for trimming a stent to a desired length with an outer tube and an inner tube having a distal end and a diameter configured to receive a portion of the stent in excess of the desired length. The inner tube may move within the outer tube and the distal end may include an end effector configured to trim the portion from the stent while the device and stent are within a patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Kimberly DeGraaf, Peter J. Pereira, Manuel Teixeira, William A. Sturos, Jefferson R. Alpizar, Jozef Slanda, Mark Hera, Michael S. H. Chu, David Salto
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Patent number: 11248591Abstract: A textile contractible band for use in a wearable garment for applying pressure to a subject body part includes a shape memory material, in particular a shape memory alloy, or shape memory polymer, part and a textile part, said parts being successively coupled to form said contractible band, wherein the shape memory material part has an electrically-contractible shape memory material and a spring arranged to reverse the contraction of the shape memory material, and wherein the textile part has an elastic fabric band and an optical fiber strain sensor arranged to sense the fabric band strain. The sensor can be a lossy optical fiber arranged in meandering layout such that variation of band extension causes variation of transmitted light. The contractual band can be used for lymphedema or venous return.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignees: IPCA—INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DO CÁVADO E AVE, CENTITVC—CENTRO DE NANOTECNOLOGIA E MATERIAIS TÉCNICOS, FUNCIONAIS E INTELIGENTESInventors: Carlos Diogo Alves Da Costa Gonçalves, Ricardo João Ferreira Simões, Alexandre Manuel Teixeira De Barros Ferreira Da Silva, João Manuel De Carvalho Gomes
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Publication number: 20200114131Abstract: Devices and methods for trimming a stent to a desired length with an outer tube and an inner tube having a distal end and a diameter configured to receive a portion of the stent in excess of the desired length. The inner tube may move within the outer tube and the distal end may include an end effector configured to trim the portion from the stent while the device and stent are within a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Kimberly DeGraaf, Peter J. Pereira, Manuel Teixeira, William A. Sturos, Jefferson R. Alpizar, Jozef Slanda, Mark Hera, Michael S.H. Chu, David Salto
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Publication number: 20200102940Abstract: Textile contractible band for use in a wearable garment for applying pressure to a subject body part, comprising a shape memory material, in particular a shape memory alloy, or shape memory polymer, part. The disclosure can be used for lymphedema or venous return. The contractible band for use in a wearable garment for applying pressure to a subject body part, comprises a shape memory material part and a textile part, said parts being successively coupled to form said contractible band, wherein the shape memory material part comprises an electrically-contractible shape memory material and a spring arranged to reverse the contraction of the shape memory material, wherein the textile part comprises an elastic fabric band and an optical fibre strain sensor arranged to sense the fabric band strain. The sensor can be a lossy optical fibre arranged in meandering layout such that variation of band extension causes variation of transmitted light.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Carlos Diogo ALVES DA COSTA GONÇALVES, Ricardo João FERREIRA SIMÕES, Alexandre Manuel TEIXEIRA DE BARROS FERREIRA DA SILVA, João Manuel DE CARVALHO GOMES
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Patent number: 10532196Abstract: Devices and methods for trimming a stent to a desired length with an outer tube and an inner tube having a distal end and a diameter configured to receive a portion of the stent in excess of the desired length. The inner tube may move within the outer tube and the distal end may include an end effector configured to trim the portion from the stent while the device and stent are within a patient.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Kimberly DeGraaf, Peter J. Pereira, Manuel Teixeira, William A. Sturos, Jefferson R. Alpizar, Jozef Slanda, Mark Hera, Michael S. H. Chu, David Salto
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Publication number: 20180161557Abstract: Devices and methods for trimming a stent to a desired length with an outer tube and an inner tube having a distal end and a diameter configured to receive a portion of the stent in excess of the desired length. The inner tube may move within the outer tube and the distal end may include an end effector configured to trim the portion from the stent while the device and stent are within a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Kimberly DeGraaf, Peter J. Pereira, Manuel Teixeira, William A. Sturos, Jefferson R. Alpizar, Jozef Slanda, Mark Hera, Michael S.H. Chu, David Salto
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Publication number: 20170278429Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical procedures performed using ultrasound imaging for guidance. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure include anatomical models simulating body organs that may be used to train clinicians, students or other medical professionals to access such organs with medical tools in performing interventional procedures using ultrasound guidance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Josef Slanda, Christian Ratteree, Manuel Teixeira
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Publication number: 20160278827Abstract: Featured are a device, a surgical kit and an osteotomy method for aligning a bone or bony structure. Such a method includes providing a base member that extends in at least two directions and spans the cut in the bone; a securing mechanism mechanically coupled to the base member for securing the base member to the bone; and an adjusting mechanism coupled to the base member and including at least one first portion. Such a method includes securing one end of the base member to the bone using the securing mechanism and rotating the at least one first portion so it contacts at least one of the opposing surfaces of the cut thereby maintain the two opposing surfaces in fixed spaced relation. Such a method also includes securing the base member's other end to the bone using the securing mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2014Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: ESPMEN - CONSULTORIA, UNIPESSOAL, LDAInventors: Joao Duarte COELHO DO SAMEIRO ESPREGUEIRA MENDES, Antonio Jose CAETANO BAPTISTA, Augusto Duarte CAMPOS BARATA DA ROCHA, Diana Rebecca ESTEVES CARDOSO GAVAZZO RODRIGUES, Helder MIGUEL PEREIRA, Joao Paulo GERALDES TOURO PEREIRA, Jorge Manuel TEIXEIRA DA SILVA, Rogerio BARBOSA PEREIRA
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Patent number: 9162850Abstract: A door frame of an elevator shaft closure has a chamber in which an elevator control arrangement is arranged. The elevator shaft closure separates an elevator shaft of a building from a story of the building. The elevator control arrangement includes an elevator control unit and at least one electronic power unit, which is connectible with an elevator motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Inventio AGInventors: Roman Hopp, Christian Lüthi, Manuel Teixeira Pinto Dias
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Patent number: 9156659Abstract: An elevator shaft closure, which separates an elevator shaft of a building from a story of the building, has a door frame. An elevator control arrangement is arranged in a chamber of the door frame, wherein the elevator control arrangement includes an elevator control unit and at least one electronic power unit for operation of an elevator motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Inventio AGInventor: Manuel Teixeira Pinto Dias
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Patent number: 9012415Abstract: This invention refers to photo-crosslinked hydrogel materials based in gellan gum suitable for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications or as drug delivery systems. Formulations of gellan gum with different degrees of acylation serve as precursor material for insertion of a polymerizable moiety. The materials are capable of free radical polymerization with a photo-initiator at mild temperatures and exposure to ultraviolet light, enabling control of reticulation and withstanding the encapsulation of human and animal cells and/or drugs, and any combination thereof. The physicochemical and biological properties can be adjusted by combining different formulations of gellan gum and reaction conditions.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Stemmatters, Biotecnologia e Medicina Regenerativa S.A.Inventors: Joana Catarina Da Silva Correia, Joaquim Miguel Antunes De Oliveira, João Manuel Teixeira De Oliveira, Rui Pedro Amandi Romero De Sousa, Rui Luis Gonçalves Dos Reis
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Publication number: 20140350237Abstract: This invention refers to photo-crosslinked hydrogel materials based in gellan gum suitable for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications or as drug delivery systems. Formulations of gellan gum with different degrees of acylation serve as precursor material for insertion of a polymerizable moiety. The materials are capable of free radical polymerization with a photo-initiator at mild temperatures and exposure to ultraviolet light, enabling control of reticulation and withstanding the encapsulation of human and animal cells and/or drugs, and any combination thereof. The physicochemical and biological properties can be adjusted by combining different formulations of gellan gum and reaction conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Joana Catarina da Silva Correia, Joaquim Miguel Antunes de Oliveira, João Manuel Teixeira de Oliveira, Rui Pedro Amandi Romero de Sousa, Rui Luis Gonçalves dos Reis
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Publication number: 20130017177Abstract: This invention refers to photo-crosslinked hydrogel materials based in gellan gum suitable for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications or as drug delivery systems. Formulations of gellan gum with different degrees of acylation serve as precursor material for insertion of a polymerizable moiety. The materials are capable of free radical polymerization with a photo-initiator at mild temperatures and exposure to ultraviolet light, enabling control of reticulation and withstanding the encapsulation of human and animal cells and/or drugs, and any combination thereof. The physicochemical and biological properties can be adjusted by combining different formulations of gellan gum and reaction conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: Joana Catarina Da Silva Correia, Joaquin Miguel Antunes De Oliveira, Joâo Manuel Teixeira De Oliveira, Rui Pedro Amandi Romero De Sousa, Ruiç Luis Gonçalves Dos Reis
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Publication number: 20120305337Abstract: A door frame of an elevator shaft closure has a chamber in which an elevator control arrangement is arranged. The elevator shaft closure separates an elevator shaft of a building from a story of the building. The elevator control arrangement includes an elevator control unit and at least one electronic power unit, which is connectible with an elevator motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Roman HOPP, Christian LÜTHI, Manuel Teixeira Pinto Dias
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Publication number: 20120304550Abstract: An elevator shaft closure, which separates an elevator shaft of a building from a story of the building, has a door frame. An elevator control arrangement is arranged in a chamber of the door frame, wherein the elevator control arrangement includes an elevator control unit and at least one electronic power unit for operation of an elevator motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventor: Manuel Teixeira Pinto Dias
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Publication number: 20100273253Abstract: The present invention refers to the conception process of new dynamic systems for cell culture in 3D supports appropriate to its growing. These are constituted by:—cylindrical container (1) exhibiting a terminal area with a truncated inverted cone shape (2) in the lower internal zone;—cylindrical screw lid (4) the upper external zone of which has a cylindrical tube (7) that penetrates the whole extension of the lid, also containing a coupling central hole (6);—screw cap (10) containing a filter (11) that fits in the cylindrical tube (7) of the lid (4); hexagonal shaft (12) with an insertion for the derivations in the lower terminal part (part ‘E’);—Derivation in the form of tweezers forming a gripping tool that sustains the 3D supports. These new systems allow a yield increase in biological material costs, laboratory consumable and time spent by technical specialized staff.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventors: Joao Manuel Teixeira de oliveira, Adriano José De Abreu Pedro, Roi Luis Goncalves Dos Reis
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Patent number: D626518Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Inventio AGInventor: Manuel Teixeira Pinto Dias
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Patent number: D969729Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: SOLARISFLOAT, LDAInventors: Nuno Andre Curado Mateus Correia, Carla Filipa Sousa Gomes, Ricardo Fernando Rodrigues Pinto, Luis Miguel Pereira Pina, Jorge Manuel Teixeira Da Silva, Nuno Jose Eleuterio Da Silva Moita
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Patent number: D1017788Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Gonfrio, Indústria de Frio, S.A.Inventors: David André Pinto de Almeida, José Manuel Marques Monteiro, Tiago Fernandes Teixeira