Patents by Inventor Neil Pollock
Neil Pollock 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: 20140217197Abstract: A unit dose container for holding a single dose of a given liquid, the container comprising: a chamber (8) in which, in use, the given liquid is stored, the chamber having a wall through which, in use, the liquid is to be supplied; a release mechanism (7), at least part of which is internal to, or forms part of the wall of the chamber, the release mechanism being movable relative to the chamber between first and second positions; and means for allowing the release mechanism (7) to move from the first to the second positions, thereby opening a passage through the wall so that the liquid can exit the chamber (8), the means including at least one flexible wall portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: The Technology Partnership Plc.Inventors: Robert Gordon Maurice Selby, Neil Pollock, Daniel Crichton, Douglas Robert Saunders Bradshaw
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Patent number: 8511581Abstract: A fluid dispersion device comprises a substrate having an outer section and an inner section, said inner section of the substrate having an aperture, a dispersion element positioned at said aperture of said substrate, and an actuator arranged to coaxially surround said aperture of said substrate, wherein the outer edge of said inner section of said substrate is coupled to said outer section of said substrate by a plurality of resilient members.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: PARI Pharma GmbHInventors: Markus Urich, Samuel Charles William Hyde, Neil Pollock, Andrew Jonathan Sant
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Publication number: 20130077027Abstract: This invention relates to structures for mounting LEDs, said structures being suitable for use in the manufacture of light guide devices. This invention also relates to light guide devices comprising said structures and methods of manufacture of the aforementioned. The light guide devices are suitable for use in a range of applications, particularly in connection with the backlighting of displays, for example, liquid crystal displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: Neil Griffin, Neil Pollock
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Publication number: 20130070480Abstract: This invention relates to structures for mounting LEDs, said structures being suitable for use in the manufacture of light guide devices. This invention also relates to light guide devices comprising said structures and methods of manufacture of the aforementioned. The light guide devices are suitable for use in a range of applications, particularly in connection with the backlighting of displays, for example, liquid crystal displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: ITI Scotland LimitedInventors: Neil Griffin, Neil Pollock
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Publication number: 20120277639Abstract: An ultrasound transducer patch (100) comprises an array of ultrasound transducers (20) mounted to a flexi-PCB (10) containing multiple tracks (12). Each transducer (20), or a sub-group of the transducers is electrically connected to first and second of the multiple tracks. The flexi-PCB (10) is configured, such as by virtue of cut-out portions (114, 414) or by inherent elasticity, to be bendable a out non-parallel axes. The enables the patch (100) to readily conform to a complex 3D surface such as a portion of a patient's face to ensure efficient transmission of ultrasound energy to a desired area of treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: SONOVIA HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Neil Pollock, Paul Mark Galluzzo, Grant Corthorn
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Publication number: 20120267986Abstract: A dual-frequency ultrasound transducer, comprising a piezo-electric element bonded to a substrate, has two resonant vibration modes: a low frequency mechanical bending resonance mode and a relatively high frequency thickness resonance mode. The low frequency bending resonance mode occurs when the piezo-electric element is excited, in use, by a voltage which includes a low frequency oscillating component. The high frequency thickness resonance mode occurs when the piezo-electric element is excited, in use, by a voltage which includes a relatively high frequency oscillating component. The transducer may include a mounting arrangement, such as a support ring securing the periphery of the substrate to an underlying base layer that enhances the depth of penetration and focus of the ultrasound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: SONOVIA HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Paul Mark Galluzzo, Justine Rorke Buckland, Neil Pollock
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Publication number: 20110155768Abstract: A fluid dispersion device comprises a substrate having an outer section and an inner section, said inner section of the substrate having an aperture, a dispersion element positioned at said aperture of said substrate, and an actuator arranged to coaxially surround said aperture of said substrate, wherein the outer edge of said inner section of said substrate is coupled to said outer section of said substrate by a plurality of resilient members.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: PARI Pharma GmbHInventors: Markus Urich, Samuel Charles William Hyde, Neil Pollock, Andrew Jonathan Sant
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Patent number: 7931212Abstract: A fluid dispersion device comprises a substrate (3) having an outer section (25) and an inner section (26), said inner section (26) of the substrate (3) having an aperture (11), a dispersion element (10) positioned at said aperture (11) of said substrate (3), and an actuator (4) arranged to coaxially surround said aperture (11) of said substrate (3), wherein the outer edge of said inner section (26) of said substrate (3) is coupled to said outer section (25) of said substrate by a plurality of resilient members (81, 82, 83).Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: PARI Pharma GmbHInventors: Markus Urich, Samuel Charles William Hyde, Neil Pollock, Andrew Jonathan Sant
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Patent number: 7842283Abstract: A method for producing a microfoam suitable for use in scleropathy of blood vessels comprises introducing a physiologically acceptable blood-dispersible gas into a container (1) holding an aqueous sclerosant liquid and releasing the mixture of blood-dispersible gas and sclerosant liquid, whereby upon release of the mixture the components of the mixture interact to form a microfoam.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: BTG International LimitedInventors: Anthony David Harman, Paul Harper, Neil Pollock, Gary Stewart Sinclair
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Patent number: 7842282Abstract: A method for producing a microfoam suitable for use in scleropathy of blood vessels comprises introducing a physiologically acceptable blood-dispersible gas into a container (1) holding an aqueous sclerosant liquid and releasing the mixture of blood-dispersible gas and sclerosant liquid, whereby upon release of the mixture the components of the mixture interact to form a microfoam.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: BTG International LimitedInventors: Anthony David Harman, Paul Harper, Neil Pollock, Gary Stewart Sinclair
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Patent number: 7604775Abstract: A device that is intended for the sampling of fluids, comprises a base and a lid. Between the base and the lid there is provided an opening and a first open-sided channel extending from the opening to a second open-sided channel for the collection of fluid therein. The depth of the second channel is smaller than that of the first channel.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2002Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLCInventors: Neil Pollock, Richard Wilhelm Janse Van Rensburg
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Publication number: 20070163601Abstract: The device includes tethered plugs that may be reversibly inserted into the VAS to provide contraception. The method includes a procedure for inserting and removing the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2006Publication date: July 19, 2007Inventors: Neil Pollock, David Fishcell, Robert Fischell, John Burton
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Publication number: 20070031345Abstract: A method for producing a microfoam suitable for use in scleropathy of blood vessels comprises introducing a physiologically acceptable blood-dispersible gas into a container (I) holding an aqueous sclerosant liquid and releasing the mixture of blood-dispersible gas and sclerosant liquid, whereby upon release of the mixture the components of the mixture interact to form a microfoam.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Anthony Harman, Paul Harper, Neil Pollock, Gary Sinclair
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Publication number: 20070031346Abstract: A method for producing a microfoam suitable for use in scleropathy of blood vessels comprises introducing a physiologically acceptable blood-dispersible gas into a container (1) holding an aqueous sclerosant liquid and releasing the mixture of blood-dispersible gas and sclerosant liquid, whereby upon release of the mixture the components of the mixture interact to form a microfoam.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Anthony Harman, Paul Harper, Neil Pollock, Gary Sinclair
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Publication number: 20060229502Abstract: A medical diagnostic apparatus including a housing, a sensor assembly located within the housing and including a temperature sensing element, and at least one thermal seal compressed between the sensor assembly and the housing and separating the temperature sensing element from heat-generating internal components of the apparatus. A rigid printed circuit board (PCB) and a rigid frame are also positioned within the housing and secured together with the housing to provide the apparatus with improved stiffness and torsional rigidity. A docking station for use with the apparatus defines a pocket having a convex projection that mates with a concave depression of the apparatus during docking, and the medical diagnostic apparatus includes at least one electrically conductive contact that contacts an electrically conductive contact of the docking station during docking.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2004Publication date: October 12, 2006Applicant: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Neil Pollock, Adrian Streeter, Jamie Wehbeh
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Publication number: 20060097068Abstract: A fluid dispersion device comprises a substrate (3) having an outer section (25) and an inner section (26), said inner section (26) of the substrate (3) having an aperture (11), a dispersion element (10) positioned at said aperture (11) of said substrate (3), and an actuator (4) arranged to coaxially surround said aperture (11) of said substrate (3), wherein the outer edge of said inner section (26) of said substrate (3) is coupled to said outer section (25) of said substrate by a plurality of resilient members (81, 82, 83).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2003Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: Markus Urich, Samuel Hyde, Neil Pollock, Andrew Sant
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Patent number: 6810782Abstract: A tool fastening mechanism has a housing 2, in which a clamping opening 3 is embodied for receiving a tapering tool shaft clamping end 4 of a tool part 5. The clamping opening 3 tapers inward in the introduction direction of the clamping end 4 of a tool part 5, and furthermore the tapering sides are inclined toward one another in a plane extending perpendicular to the introduction direction, as a result of which the opening has a trapezoidal cross section, and the length of this cross section decreases away from the orifice of the clamping opening 3. The housing 2 furthermore has a transverse opening 7, which intersects the clamping opening 3 and in which a locking pin 8 is received.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Steffen Wuensch, Harald Krondorfer, Mather John Carr, Anne Tregoning Miller, Neil Pollock, Hans Kaiser, Daniel Saegesser, Daniel Grolimund
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Publication number: 20040156915Abstract: A method for producing a microfoam suitable for use in scleropathy of blood vessels comprises introducing a physiologically acceptable blood-dispersible gas into a container (1) holding an aqueous sclerosant liquid and releasing the mixture of blood-dispersible gas and sclerosant liquid, whereby upon release of the mixture the components of the mixture interact to form a microfoam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2004Publication date: August 12, 2004Inventors: Anthony David Harman, Paul Harper, Neil Pollock, Gary Stewart Sinclair
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Publication number: 20040094567Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a dispenser comprising (i) a container body (10), (ii) a storage region (12) which is disposed within the container body (10) and which in use contains a multiplicity of items (C) to be individually dispensed, (iii) a dispensing outlet (14), (iv) a passage between the storage region (12) and the dispensing outlet (14), (v) a valve member (38) disposed between said storage region (12) and said outlet (14) moveable between an open position and a closed position, (vi) a stop member (117) spaced from said valve member (38) so as to define a passage region (24) of a size to accommodate an item (C) to be dispensed, said stop member (117) being moveable into and out of a closed position in which it prevents passage of an item (C) through said passage region (24), and (vii) manually operable means (34) for moving said valve member (38) and said stop member (117).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Inventors: Neil Pollock, Gary Sinclair, Paul Crossman, Andrian Caroen
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Publication number: 20040028558Abstract: A device that is intended for the sampling of fluids, comprises a base and a lid. Between the base and the lid there is provided an opening and a first open-sided channel extending from the opening to a second open-sided channel for the collection of fluid therein. The depth of the second channel is smaller than that of the first channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2002Publication date: February 12, 2004Applicant: Bayer CorporationInventors: Neil Pollock, Richard Wilhelm Janse Van Rensburg