Patents by Inventor Steven Syme
Steven Syme 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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Patent number: 7397730Abstract: The invention relates to a timer device capable of performing one or more control actions in response to the time lapsed since a user initiated action took place. The timer device comprises contact means operatable between two conditions, timer means, and means for storing first and second time stamps. The device further comprises control means for setting a first time stamp in response to the contact means being operated between first and second conditions, setting a second time stamp in response to the contact means being operated between the second and first conditions, calculating the time elapsed between the two time stamps, comparing the elapsed time with a preset time value, and performing a control action if the elapsed time is greater than the preset time value.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2006Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Ole Skyggebjerg, Lars Hofmann Christensen, Rasmus Panduro, Nina Bjorlig, Steffen Lav, Barry Weben, Manuel Alvarez Icaza, Steven Syme
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Publication number: 20070060843Abstract: A lancing method includes contacting a contact surface of a cap body distal end with a target site, the cap body distal end being included in a cap for a lancing device. The cap body is subsequently urged towards the target site such that a portion of the contact surface moves from a first position to a second position under a predetermined force, thereby creating a target site bulge is created within an opening of the cap body. A sensor of the cap is then employed to detect that the portion of the contact surface is in the second position and the sensor signals the lancing device upon such detection. The target site bulge is thereafter lanced with the lancing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2005Publication date: March 15, 2007Inventors: Manuel Alvarez-Icaza, Derek McRiner, Steven Syme
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Publication number: 20070060844Abstract: A cap for a lancing device includes a cap body and at least one sensor. In addition, the cap body includes a distal end with a target site contact surface, a proximal end for attachment to a lancing device and an opening through the cap body from the distal end to the proximal end. Furthermore, at least a portion of the target site contact surface is moveable between a first position and a second position upon application of a predetermined pressure to that portion of the distal end contact surface, and the sensor is configured to detect movement of the portion of the distal end contact surface into the second position and communicate such detection to the lancing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2005Publication date: March 15, 2007Inventors: Manuel Alvarez-Icaza, Derek McRiner, Steven Syme
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Publication number: 20070060842Abstract: A lancing kit includes a lancing device and a lancing device cap. The cap for the lancing device includes a cap body and at least one sensor. In addition, the cap body includes a distal end with a target site contact surface, a proximal end for attachment to a lancing device and an opening through the cap body from the distal end to the proximal end. Furthermore, at least a portion of the target site contact surface is moveable between a first position and a second position upon application of a predetermined pressure to that portion of the distal end contact surface, and the sensor is configured to detect movement of the portion of the distal end contact surface into the second position and communicate such detection to the lancing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2005Publication date: March 15, 2007Inventors: Manuel Alvarez-Icaza, Derek McRiner, Steven Syme
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Publication number: 20070030764Abstract: The invention relates to a timer device capable of performing one or more control actions in response to the time lapsed since a user initiated action took place. The timer device comprises contact means operatable between two conditions, timer means, and means for storing first and second time stamps. The device further comprises control means for setting a first time stamp in response to the contact means being operated between first and second conditions, setting a second time stamp in response to the contact means being operated between the second and first conditions, calculating the time elapsed between the two time stamps, comparing the elapsed time with a preset time value, and performing a control action if the elapsed time is greater than the preset time value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Ole Skyggebjerg, Lars Christensen, Rasmus Panduro, Nina Bjorlig, Steffen Lav, Barry Weben, Manuel Alvarez-Icaza, Steven Syme
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Patent number: 7133329Abstract: The invention relates to a timer device capable of performing one or more control actions in response to the time lapsed since a user initiated action took place. The timer device comprises contact means operatable between two conditions, timer means, and means for storing first and second time stamps. The device further comprises control means for setting a first time stamp in response to the contact means being operated between first and second conditions, setting a second time stamp in response to the contact means being operated between the second and first conditions, calculating the time elapsed between the two time stamps, comparing the elapsed time with a preset time value, and performing a control action if the elapsed time is greater than the preset time value.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2003Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Ole Skyggebjerg, Lars Hofmann Christensen, Rasmus Panduro, Nina Bjorlig, Steffen Lav, Barry Weben, Manuel Alvarez-Icaza, Steven Syme
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Publication number: 20040062148Abstract: The invention relates to a timer device capable of performing one or more control actions in response to the time lapsed since a user initiated action took place. The timer device comprises contact means operatable between two conditions, timer means, and means for storing first and second time stamps. The device further comprises control means for setting a first time stamp in response to the contact means being operated between first and second conditions, setting a second time stamp in response to the contact means being operated between the second and first conditions, calculating the time elapsed between the two time stamps, comparing the elapsed time with a preset time value, and performing a control action if the elapsed time is greater than the preset time value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Ole Skyggebjerg, Lars Christensen, Rasmus Panduro, Nina Bjorlig, Steffen Lav, Barry Weben, Manuel Alvarez-Icaza, Steven Syme
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Patent number: 5154897Abstract: A method and a generator for separating daughter radioisotope from a stock solution containing the daughter radioisotope and its parent are provided. The generator is provided with a glass adsorbent which preferentially adsorbs daughter radioisotope relative to the parent radioisotope and circulation means for withdrawing the stock solution from a reservoir, contacting the solution with the glass adsorbent to adsorb the daughter radioisotope and returning the parent radioisotope-enriched solution to the reservoir. In the process stock solution containing daughter radioisotope having a predetermined pH is contacted with the glass adsorbent to selectively adsorb the daughter radioisotope thereon and the daughter radioisotope is eluted with an eluant at a second predetermined pH. The process also includes a step of washing the glass adsorbent with a wash solution at the first predetermined pH to remove traces of the parent radioisotope from the adsorbent prior to eluting the daughter radioiotope.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1991Date of Patent: October 13, 1992Assignee: University of MissouriInventors: Gary J. Ehrhardt, Robert K. Guimon, Kurt R. Zinn, Steven Symes