Abstract: A device for pulsing the control lines of an HVAC system in order for a user to discover which outside unit is associated with a particular inside unit. Lead wires from the device connect to the control contacts on the thermostat of an HVAC unit. The device is an electrical or electromechanical circuit that can use the power contained within the thermostat or can be battery powered. Once the device is connected, it pulses the control line for the reversing valve, in the case of a heat pump system, or pulses the control line for the compressor, for a cooling-only system. This pulsing creates a loud clicking sound in either case that allows the repair technician to decipher the correct outside unit corresponding to the inside unit without use of a helper.

Abstract: A device for pulsing the control lines of an HVAC system in order for a user to discover which outside unit is associated with a particular inside unit. Lead wires from the device connect to the control contacts on the thermostat of an HVAC unit. The device is an electrical or electromechanical circuit that can use the power contained within the thermostat or can be battery powered. Once the device is connected, it pulses the control line for the reversing valve, in the case of a heat pump system, or pulses the control line for the compressor, for a cooling-only system. This pulsing creates a loud clicking sound in either case that allows the repair technician to decipher the correct outside unit corresponding to the inside unit without use of a helper.

Abstract: A fuel blend consisting of a hydrocarbon-containing fuel component; and ethyl acetate is provided. The hydrocarbon-containing fuel component may be gasoline, diesel, bioethanol or biodiesel.

Abstract: A process that employs hydrolysis of fats and oils as a pretreatment step to prevent or drastically reduce the formation of glycerin decomposition products that occur in systems that use fixed bed or heterogeneous catalysts for simultaneous trans-esterification and esterification of fats and oils to alkyl esters of fatty acids for use as Biofuels, soaps, detergents, solvents or other applications of fatty acid alkyl esters. The pretreatment step is particularly effective for processes using fixed bed catalytic reactors operating at elevated temperatures and pressures sufficient to cause formation of decomposition products of glycerin which is known to be a problem associated with these processes. The pretreatment hydrolysis step allows the formation, separation and recovery of better quality glycerin by-product and minimizing the formation of glycerin decomposition products in the reactors.

Abstract: An information technology system for a health care environment is disclosed. Health care instruments transfer medical data to wireless access points. Mobile user interfaces transfer user instructions to the wireless access points. Identity tags transfer identity information to the wireless access points. The wireless access points transfer the data, instructions, and information to a server system. The server system processes the medical data to generate display data and processes the user instructions to generate control data. The server system transfers the display data and the control data to the wireless access points. The wireless access points transfer the display data to the mobile user interfaces and transfer the control data to the instruments. The user interfaces control their displays responsive to the display data. The instruments operate responsive to the control data.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for managing patient care. The system may include a central information system containing patient records, caregiver data, and task-related information. The system may additionally include a patient identification device including a patient identifier linking a patient to a patient record in the central information system and a caregiver identifier associated with the caregiver data in the central information system. The system may further include a portable information device for collecting data from the patient identification device and communicating with the central information system to retrieve the patient record and verify the caregiver identifier. The system may further include a device link server and a patient link micro-server for locally caching data. Other identification devices such as a medication identification device and a medical device identifier may also be provided in the system.