With Moisture Absorbent Patents (Class 206/204)
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Patent number: 11565871Abstract: An insulated container assembly includes an outer box defining a box cavity; and an insulated insert positioned within the box cavity, the insulated insert including a pair of opposing side panels including a first side panel and a second side panel; and a pair of opposing main panels including a first main panel and a second main panel, the first main panel connected to the first side panel by a first crease line, the second main panel connected to the first side panel by a second crease line, the second main panel connected to the second side panel by a third crease line, the pair of opposing side panels and the pair of opposing main panels defining a top end and a bottom end of the insulated insert, the first crease line, the second crease line, and the third crease line extending from the top end to the bottom end.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLCInventors: Jamie Waltermire, Paul Ott
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Patent number: 11554080Abstract: A kit preparation that enables drug dose adjustment. The kit preparation includes a bag which contains an infusion solution or pure water and at least one drug enclosing part in which a drug is enclosed and which is provided with a sealing part. The drug enclosing part is connected to the bag via the sealing part; and, when the sealing part is released, the bag is communicated with the drug enclosing part and thus the drug is poured into the bag so that a dispensing work can be carried out.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Inventor: Futoshi Miyazaki
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Patent number: 11432817Abstract: A packaging assembly is designed for an applicator that contains a buttress assembly that is used with a surgical stapler to reinforce a cut and stapled tissue site. The packaging assembly protects the buttress assembly from damage due to physical contact as well as exposure to adverse environmental factors like excess moisture, etc. In one example the packaging assembly includes a dual tray design with an inner tray that holds the applicator. The combined inner tray and applicator are hermetically sealed within a foil assembly or foil pouch. The foil pouch with the inner tray and applicator within is placed within the outer tray to protect the foil from damage.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Trevor J. Barton, Denise Griffiths, John V. Hunt, Kevin O'Brien, Emily A. Schellin, Nicholas B. Van Stolk, Michael J. Vendely
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Patent number: 11412766Abstract: A humidity control system includes a two-way humidity control material, a plant extract, and a package housing the two-way humidity control material and the plant extract. A method of flavoring a product and controlling the humidity of an environment in a container includes inserting a humidity control system in the container and enclosing the product in the container. The humidity control system includes a two-way humidity control material, a plant extract, and a package housing the two-way humidity control material and the plant extract.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: DESICCARE, INC.Inventors: Sammie Joe Glorioso, Benjamin Edward Blankenhorn
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Patent number: 11401059Abstract: A package for retaining a food item includes a tray with a base connected to at least one sidewall. The sidewall extends away from the base to a rim to define an inner chamber. The tray is made of a fluid impermeable material to retain fluids in the inner chamber. The package also includes a shelf made of the fluid impermeable material that is removably supported in the inner chamber such that the shelf is spaced apart from the base of the tray to permit an absorbent pad to be positioned therebetween. The shelf is configured to support the food item in the inner chamber separated from the absorbent pad.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS COMPANYInventors: Steven Morris, Jeffrey Czarny, Steven Clarke, Mark Jones, Nick Harding
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Patent number: 11358778Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a humidity control device having a capsule and a humidity control agent arranged within the capsule. The capsule may have a sidewall arranged between a pair of end portions, and at least one end portion may be an endcap coupled to the sidewall. Further, the capsule may have at least one vapor permeable and liquid impermeable surface. The humidity control device may be configured to control relative humidity within an enclosure to a particular level or to within a particular range. The humidity device may be sized and configured to control humidity within a relatively small and/or uniquely shaped enclosure, such as a container for a single cigar or rolled cannabis product, for example.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Boveda Inc.Inventors: Brian Rice, Robert L. Esse, David Egberg
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Patent number: 11344056Abstract: Methods for storing and preserving cannabis or cannabis-containing substances using container assemblies are disclosed. An exemplary container assembly includes a lid and a container body. The lid is configured to be closed onto the container body over an opening of the container body. The opening provides access to an interior space having a product compartment configured to store product. The assembly also includes a humectant compartment permanently secured within the assembly. The humectant compartment includes a rigid housing containing a humectant solution. The rigid housing is configured within the assembly to prevent leaking of the humectant solution into the product compartment while facilitating bidirectional transmission of moisture between the humectant compartment and the product compartment. The humectant solution regulates relative humidity of the product compartment to maintain the relative humidity at a predetermined level.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2016Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Belfance, Kasey Myers, Ethan Ross Perdue, William Frederick Spano, Jonathan Freedman, Franklin Lee Lucas, Jr.
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Patent number: 11340043Abstract: Vertical explosive reactive armor (VERA) include: an explosive material, an inert plate, a damping material, a casing; a casing cover and a casing upper limiter. VERA additionally could have an expandable material and an uneven surface inert plate. The essential component of VERA is the casing upper limiter, the purpose of which is to hold back the part of the inert plate after the detonation, which makes the inert plate to bend at an angle. Bent back inert plate is breaking kinetic penetrator by its plane into individual elements and affects the trajectory of the kinetic penetrator. If the penetrator is explosively formed penetrator, the inert plate shatters or partially destroys the integrity of the current of the penetrator by its own plane. Such VERA construction protects against kinetic penetrators, explosively formed penetrators and tandem explosively formed penetrators. These VERA are efficient, compact, easy to manufacture and operate.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: MB ,,IDERIKA″Inventor: Erikas Raulynaitis
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Patent number: 11332298Abstract: A substantially moisture tight container and lid assembly for storing and packaging moisture-sensitive items comprising an assembly with a container and a lid, the lid is attached by a hinge to an upper housing portion of the container, the lid includes a lip seal member that depends downwardly from the lid, the lip seal member is configured to abut at least a portion of the interior side of the container when the lid is in the closed position resulting in a substantially moisture tight seal between the lid and the lid, and the container assembly further comprising a base portion and an upper housing portion, the upper housing portion is capable of being snap-fit into the base portion by employing a lip seal mechanism to form a substantially moisture-tight seal.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jean-Pierre Giraud
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Patent number: 11279061Abstract: A cartridge for storing and transporting fiber-bundle-based preform charges includes a plurality of cells arranged within the housing, wherein each cell is physically adapted to receive a preform charge and prevent it from moving therein as the cartridge is transported. In some embodiments, the cartridge and preform charges it conveys are serialized.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Arris Composites Inc.Inventors: Ethan Escowitz, J. Scott Perkins, Erick Davidson, Riley Reese, Sam Pirahanchi
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Patent number: 11254466Abstract: A tray (100) is provided for retaining a plurality of food items (90) that includes a bottom wall portion (120,122,124) and a sidewall portion (126, 128, 130, 132, 134,136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148) together defining a plurality of compartments (114, 116, 118) separated from each other by dividers (152, 154) and each configured to retain a stack of the food items (90). Each of the dividers (152, 154) is interconnected to the sidewall portion by a pair of scalloped ledges (172, 174, 176, 178). The sidewall portion of the tray includes two side panels (138, 148) each including stiffening ribs (156) extending only along a portion thereof, but not extending along an entire length thereof. The tray (100) is configured such that, in response to a compressing force applied to the tray (100) in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second side panels (138, 148), the sidewall portion of the tray (100) deflects in a direction away from the food items (90).Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLCInventors: Alicia Evans, Patrick Harrell, Mandar Madhukar Kulkarni, Rafael Quinones
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Patent number: 11242186Abstract: There are included a packing material that has a moisture-proof property and forms a third space, a liquid ejecting head that includes a case member which forms a second space communicating with the third space, and a first moisture absorbing material and a piezoelectric element which are disposed in the second space, and is disposed in the third space, and a second moisture absorbing material that has a higher moisture absorbing property than that of the first moisture absorbing material and is disposed in the third space.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Nakajima, Shinichi Tokunaga, Takahiro Kanegae
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Patent number: 11173236Abstract: A liquid-collection canister includes a liquid collection chamber defined by at least one wall and a first and second gas-communication pathway formed within the at least one wall. A first aperture is positioned between the first gas-communication pathway and the liquid collection chamber to allow gaseous communication between the liquid collection chamber and the first gas-communication pathway. A second aperture is positioned between the second gas-communication pathway and the liquid collection chamber to allow gaseous communication between the liquid collection chamber and the second gas-communication pathway. A first and a second liquid-air separator are positioned over the first aperture and the second aperture, respectively, to substantially prevent liquid passing through the first and second apertures.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Bendele, Kenneth Smith
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Patent number: 11146664Abstract: A device connector receives a TCP data packet of a diagnostic device in a data TCP communication manner, encapsulates the TCP data packet into a first data packet, and transmits the first data packet to the vehicle connector through remote communication. A vehicle connector converts the first data packet into a TCP diagnostics instruction data packet and transmits the TCP diagnostics instruction data packet to a vehicle. The vehicle connector receives, based on TCP communication, a TCP diagnostics response data packet, encapsulates the TCP diagnostics response data packet into a second data packet, and transmits the second data packet to the device connector through the remote communication. The device connector converts the second data packet into the TCP diagnostics response data packet and transmits the TCP diagnostics response data packet to a diagnostic device. The diagnostic device obtains a diagnostics result and presents the diagnostics result to a user.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: LAUNCH TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Liu, Zhijian Chen
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Patent number: 11112060Abstract: A mobile work machine which includes a lower protective belly plate and a machine component drawer located above the belly plate. The drawer has a bottom with at least one fluid drain aperture. A fluid drip retention tray is removably positioned below the drawer in a protected space above the belly plate. The machine component drawer and drip retention tray may each have a magnetically attractable bottom and magnets means preferably affixed to the bottom of the drawer to magnetically support the tray below the drawer. A drip retention tray is also provided for a wheel steering cylinder, the tray having a curved retainer portion which extends upwardly around the cylinder for a distance sufficient to retain the tray on said cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING CO LLCInventor: Gary Crook
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Patent number: 11053060Abstract: A substantially moisture tight container and lid assembly for storing and packaging moisture-sensitive items comprising an assembly with a container and a lid, the lid is attached by a hinge to an upper housing portion of the container, the lid includes a lip seal member that depends downwardly from the lid, the lip seal member is configured to abut at least a portion of the interior side of the container when the lid is in the closed position resulting in a substantially moisture tight seal between the lid and the lid, and the container assembly further comprising a base portion and an upper housing portion, the upper housing portion is capable of being snap-fit into the base portion by employing a lip seal mechanism to form a substantially moisture-tight seal.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: CSP Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jean-Pierre Giraud
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Patent number: 11034476Abstract: A container to hold a quantity of high surface area material. High surface area material has a surface area of greater than about 20 m2/g. The container may be structured in various ways to dispose the high surface area material in the vicinity of a local environment to cause a beneficial effect on that environment. The container may include a moisture permeable wall. The high surface area material may adsorb moisture, and contain and/or emit or off-gas one or more active agent. An exemplary beneficial container may be used for one or more of the following: to control moisture; regulate temperature (e.g., provide either heating or cooling from ambient); promote tissue healing in a human by application of a medicine or treatment agent in vapor phase; destroy microbes and/or bacteria; and destroy or sequester a ripening agent associated with a foodstuff.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Microlin, LLCInventors: Ashok V. Joshi, Radha A. Joshi
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Patent number: 11021312Abstract: The pouch includes a pouch material defining an inner cavity, the pouch material includes a first polymer layer and a gas impermeable layer, the first polymer layer forms an inner surface of the inner cavity, a consumable item in the inner cavity, and an oxygen scavenger, the oxygen scavenger includes at least one active element dispersed within a matrix material, the oxygen scavenger is at least partially connected to the first polymer layer within the inner cavity, and the first polymer layer and the matrix material both include a first polymer material.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Scott A. Fath, Robert T. Mitten, Jason A. Macko
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Patent number: 10974887Abstract: A container includes a container body (201), optionally a lid (220), and an insert (100) secured, optionally fixedly secured within an interior of the container body. The insert has a base material, optionally a polymer, for providing structure to the insert, and a desiccant. The insert further has an opening leading to an interior compartment (102) configured for housing products and an outer surface (104) facing an inner surface of the container body. A void is provided between an exposed portion of the outer surface of the insert and a portion of the inner surface of the container body. At least one fluid pathway is provided between the void and the interior compartment of the insert.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jonathan R. Freedman, Donald Lee Huber
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Patent number: 10948477Abstract: A moistureproof container for accommodating a biochemical test strip. The moistureproof container includes a moistureproof unit disposed in the container body which houses the biochemical test strip. The moistureproof unit is formed of a hydrophilic polymer material on a surface of a carrier. The moistureproof unit is disposed in the container body which houses the biochemical test strip and absorbs the moisture in the container body.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventor: Liao-Chuan Huang
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Patent number: 10935475Abstract: A biological fluids concentration device, including a tube-in-tube assembly, is disclosed. The tube-in-tube assembly receives biologic fluids and may then be placed in the bucket of a centrifuge and spun to separate out the components of the biological fluid by their various densities. For example, whole blood may be centrifuged in the tube-in-tube assembly for separating into plasma, red blood cell component, and a buffy coat. A piston slideably and sealingly engages an inner tube of the tube-in-tube assembly, the inner tube fitting within an outer tube. A lid is designed to engage the top of the outer tube, which lid has an opening therein for receipt of a plunger. The plunger is adapted to move up and down with respect to the lid and the tubes, so as to sealingly, in a down position, and unsealingly, in an open position, engage the top of the inner tube of the tube-in-tube assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: ALLIANCE PARTNERS, LLCInventors: Emad Hassouneh, Logan White, Matt Schmidt, Andrew Enke, Frank Morris
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Patent number: 10899494Abstract: A product package is disclosed having e a frame part with a recess for a product and a removable inner lining. The frame part includes a base and connected side walls, end walls, and corner parts. The side and end walls each include a first part folded from the base and a second part folded from the first part toward the base. The side and end wall second parts include a cut edge which is fitted into the recess of the package, and the inner lining is fitted on top of the second parts so as to enclose the cut edges. The inner lining also includes an edge section which forms an edge flange extending over top edges of the frame part and a package lid which is arranged to be fastened to said flange.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: JOSPAK OYInventor: Jouni Suokas
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Patent number: 10781024Abstract: Provided is a high-purity tin product that does not contain undesirable carbonaceous impurities as a result of the following: a vacuum-packed high-purity metal article (vacuum-packed high-purity tin article) is obtained by vacuum packaging a high-purity metal (high-purity tin), at least a portion of a surface of a high-purity metal being covered with a fluorocarbon resin sheet; and the vacuum-packed high-purity metal article(vacuum-packed high-purity tin article) is obtained by vacuum packaging, with a vacuum packaging film, the high-purity metal in which at least a portion of a surface is covered with the fluorocarbon resin sheet.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals CorporationInventors: Toru Imori, Koichi Takemoto, Hideaki Fukuyo, Shiro Tsukamoto, Takahiro Uchida, Masatomi Murakami
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Patent number: 10760215Abstract: The present invention relates to glass plate-interleaving paper, which is used for a glass plate for use in a display, and in which wood pulp is used as a raw material, and the number of foreign substances having a Mohs hardness of 4 or higher present on the surface of the glass plate-interleaving paper is fewer than 0.010 per square meter. Even if the glass plate-interleaving paper of the present invention is used in a conventional way as glass plate-interleaving paper with respect to a glass plate used as a substrate material for a flat panel display in which high cleanliness and high quality are required, the glass plate-interleaving paper is able to prevent damage or cracks occurring on the surface of the glass plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: TOKUSHU TOKAI PAPER CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Akahori, Tomoki Hirasawa, Yoshiaki Tomotake, Yasuhiko Asai, Takayuki Nishimura
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Patent number: 10758856Abstract: A filter includes (i) a filter body, (ii) a front cap associated with a first end of the filter body and coupled to and receiving smoke from a vacuum hose, (iii) a back cap associated with a second end of the filter body and having a filter exhaust sized and shaped to associate with and communicate suction from a smoke evacuation system, (iv) a compressed carbon reservoir disposed within the filter body between the front cap and the back cap, and (v) a flexible porous barrier disposed on at least a first side of the compressed carbon reservoir. The compressed carbon reservoir is under a compressive bias by the flexible porous barrier that transitions from a flexed state to a partially relaxed state in response to the compressed carbon reservoir reducing in volume.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Megadyne Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Shawn K. Horner, Jason Harris, Frederick Shelton, David Yates
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Patent number: 10734264Abstract: A semiconductor wafer container assembly includes a container defining an exterior and defining an interior having a wafer storage area adapted to support one or more semiconductor wafers. The container also defines an opening in the container between the exterior and the interior. The container has a door and a latching mechanism to sealingly secure the door closed, and the door is openable for access to the wafer storage area. A passive getter module is removably secured with respect to the exterior of the container by substantially rigid connection structure that is a part of or extends from substantially rigid getter module housing. Getter material is disposed within the housing to decrease concentration of contaminants within the wafer storage area of the container via the access opening and the opening in the container.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey J. King, Matthew A. Fuller, John Burns, Martin Forbes
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Patent number: 10677777Abstract: A moistureproof unit for a moistureproof container for accommodating a biochemical test strip is manufactured by uniformly distributing a moistureproof layer of a hydrophilic polymer material on a surface of a carrier, and including water absorption semicircular units in the hydrophilic polymer material. The moistureproof unit is disposed in a container body which houses the biochemical test strip. The moistureproof unit absorbs the moisture in the container body via the moistureproof layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Inventor: Liao-Chuan Huang
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Patent number: 10596333Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dose indicator comprising, a chassis comprising a chassis frame and a displacement portion, an indexable first display unit, mountable on the chassis, the first display unit being indexable about a first display axis, the indexable first display unit comprising a plurality of indexing teeth, a first display non-return arm, and a drive pawl connected at its proximal part to the displacement portion, the drive pawl comprising a socket at its distal part, the socket being adapted to engage an indexing tooth of the first display unit during indexing. The disclosure further relates to an actuator for an inhaler, wherein the actuator comprises a dose indicator as described above. The present disclosure is also directed to an inhaler comprising such actuator.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Stephen J. Howgill
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Patent number: 10518955Abstract: The present disclosure is a portable humidification device. The portable humidification device may include a container and may further include at least one wall coupled to the container that includes one or more openings configured to allow passage of vapor from the container to an environment within an enclosure in order to maintain a desired level of humidity within the enclosure. The portable humidification device may include a liquid within the container and may optionally include a liquid absorbing material within the container to adjust the distribution of vapor over time.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Whippet Innovations, LLCInventor: Timothy Kuhlman
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Patent number: 10499675Abstract: A structure (10) includes a formed body (1) of a predetermined shape and a liquid film (3) formed on the surface thereof, the liquid film (3) being formed by using a dispersion solution obtained by dispersing, in a dispersion medium, a liquid that is incompatible therewith. The structure (10) exhibits slipping property to the emulsified product maintaining stability. Also disclosed is a method for producing the structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignees: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD., TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Nyuu, Yoshiaki Okada, Tomoyuki Miyazaki, Mikio Asakura, Yosuke Akutsu, Shinya Iwamoto
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Patent number: 10500133Abstract: A multi-mix infusion bag is provided. The multi-mix infusion bag includes a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion has a lower chamber and the upper portion includes a plurality of chambers. Each chamber is separated and contains a fluid agent. The multi-mix infusion bag is configured to transfer each fluid agent within each chamber of the upper portion into the lower chamber for mixing. The multi-mix infusion bag may include dispensing devices associated with each chamber, wherein the dispensing devices operate to transfer the fluid agents into the lower chamber for mixing.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Inventors: Tomas A. Caquias, Jesus A. Caquias
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Patent number: 10486885Abstract: The present invention is directed to packages having a flexible top sheet sealed to a flexible embossed bottom sheet The flexible bottom sheet comprises a plurality of embossed peaks and valleys wherein each valley has a defined perimeter with a valley base integrally connected to a valley wall which thereby defines an individual liquid containment cell. The packages according to the present invention are heat resistant to allow food packaged therein to be cooked in a microwave oven such that a substantial amount of water and/or grease released by the food during the cooking process is captured beneath a food contact surface in a plurality of embossed individual liquid containment cells, in preferred embodiments, the package of the present invention is a microwavable form-fill-seal package or microwavable vacuum package for storing and cooking a precooked or cured food product with substantial water and/or fat content.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Bemis Company, Inc.Inventors: Peter M. Chen, Jay D. Hodson, Otacilio T. Berbert
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Patent number: 10441978Abstract: A fiber sheet having both a bulky feel and softness is provided. A fiber sheet (1) is provided with a surface sheet layer (5) and a softness imparting layer (6). The fiber sheet (1) is subjected to embossing and a binder is applied to the fiber sheet (1). The softness imparting layer (6) is constituted by a plurality of fibers; and the fibers exist densely in a compressed state in a region of a boundary face between the surface sheet layer (5) and the softness imparting layer (6). Additionally, the surface sheet layer (5) is a paper material formed from pulp paper or a material including pulp as a principal raw material; and the softness imparting layer (6) is formed from crushed pulp or a material including crushed pulp as a principal raw material. Furthermore, the surface sheet layer (5) is manufactured by a paper making process; and the softness imparting layer (6) is formed by laminating crushed pulp along a flow of an airflow on a surface of the surface sheet.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Inventor: Kikuo Yamada
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Patent number: 10413280Abstract: A biopsy device includes a probe, a holster, and a tissue sample holder for collecting tissue samples. The probe includes a needle and a hollow cutter. The tissue sample holder includes a housing having a plurality of chambers that are configured to receive a plurality of strips connected by at least one flexible member. The flexible member is configured to permit the strips to pivot relative to each other such that the strips can shift between a flat configuration and a arcuate configuration. The tissue sample holder is rotatable to successively index each chamber to the cutter lumen such that tissue samples may be collected in the strips. The strips may be removed from the tissue sample holder and placed in a tissue sample holder container for imaging of tissue samples.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Devicor Medical Products, Inc.Inventors: Trevor W. V. Speeg, Edward A. Rhad, Emmanuel V. Tanghal, Morgan R. Hunter, Jessica P. Leimbach, Andrew P. Nock, Kevin M. Fiebig
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Patent number: 10384827Abstract: A product with packaging includes a base box having sidewalls defining a cavity, a support structure having sidewalls disposed in the cavity, the support structure sidewalls being attached to corresponding walls of the base box. A tray is attached to the support structure and disposed in the cavity. An outer periphery of the tray is larger than an inner periphery of the cavity, such that the outer periphery of the tray presses against the inner periphery of the cavity resulting in a gapless interface between the two. An outer periphery the support structure is smaller than an inner periphery of the cavity, such that it results in a tension fit between the two that pulls the inner periphery of the cavity against the tray resulting in a gapless interface between the two.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bhautik H. Mehta, Evan M. Rosebrock, Mark T. Uyeda, Wayne H. Cowan, Connie Yang
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Patent number: 10384852Abstract: A razor enclosure is disclosed herein. The razor can comprise a case, and a bottom rigid support. The case can have a base and a lid and is capable of housing a razor in a chamber formed by the lid and base. The bottom rigid support can be mounted the base. Further, the bottom rigid support can have one or more slits at the top front surface of the bottom rigid support, a tray having a rim and a recess, a permeable inner layer mounted over the one or more slits, and one or more absorbent inner cores. The rim can attach to the top back surface of the bottom rigid support such that the recess is behind the one or more slits.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Inventor: Richard Marquette
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Patent number: 10385180Abstract: A method for producing a porous film having a water content percentage of less than 1000 ppm, the method including the steps of: (1) obtaining a porous film (A) having a water content percentage of not less than 1000 ppm; (2) obtaining a package by causing the obtained porous film (A) and a drying agent to be contained in a water vapor barrier packaging container and sealing the water vapor barrier packaging container; and (3) storing the obtained package.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Satoshi Yoneyama, Daizaburo Yashiki
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Patent number: 10351327Abstract: The disclosure relates to containers and other shaped articles (e.g., trays and dishes) for containing articles such as food products (e.g., cuts of meat and poultry or liquid-sensitive electronic parts) in shaped articles in which a wicking material is interposed between two thermoformed trays, at least one of which is perforated. Liquid can flow through the perforated tray into the wicking material and then elsewhere (e.g., to a cavity) in the space between the two trays. The disclosure also relates to hollow shaped articles (e.g., bottles and jars) for containing fluids. In manufacture of such hollow shaped articles, the wicking material serves as a manufacturing aid and can be removed after formation of the article.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Converter Manufacturing, LLCInventor: Millard F. Wallace
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Patent number: 10330574Abstract: A biological fluids concentration device, including a tube-in-tube assembly, is disclosed. The tube-in-tube assembly receives biologic fluids and may then be placed in the bucket of a centrifuge and spun to separate out the components of the biological fluid by their various densities. For example, whole blood may be centrifuged in the tube-in-tube assembly for separating into plasma, red blood cell component, and a buffy coat. A piston slideably and sealingly engages an inner tube of the tube-in-tube assembly, the inner tube fitting within an outer tube. A lid is designed to engage the top of the outer tube, which lid has an opening therein for receipt of a plunger. The plunger is adapted to move up and down with respect to the lid and the tubes, so as to sealingly, in a down position, and unsealingly, in an open position, engage the top of the inner tube of the tube-in-tube assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: ALLIANCE PARTNERS, LLCInventors: Emad Hassouneh, Logan White, Matt Schmidt, Andrew Enke, Frank Morris
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Patent number: 10288554Abstract: A moisture detecting bleeder material includes a fiberglass material and a moisture absorption indicator material. The moisture absorption indicator material is a component of the fiberglass material and undergoes a color change from a first color to a second color when exposed to moisture. The color change may be thermally irreversible below a threshold temperature (e.g., below a temperature of 450° F.).Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Megan N. Watson, Justin H. Register, Meredith M. Bird
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Patent number: 10244973Abstract: Bodily fluid sample transport systems, devices, and method are provided. In at least one embodiment described herein, methods are provided for the physical transport of small volumes of bodily fluid in liquid form from one location to another location. By way of nonlimiting example, the samples are collected in liquid form at a collection site, transported in liquid form, and arrive at an analysis site in liquid form. In many embodiments, the liquid form during transport is not held in a porous matrix, wicking material, webbing, or similar material that prevents sample for being extracted in liquid form at the destination site. In one embodiment, small volume of sample in each sample vessel is in the range of about 1 ml to about 1 microliter.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Theranos IP Company, LLCInventors: Elizabeth A. Holmes, Clarissa Lui, Michael Chen, Daniel Young
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Patent number: 10246241Abstract: A container for receiving moisture sensitive goods includes a container body (15) and a cap (26) shaped to establish a leak-proof seal between the container body and the cap. The container body has a base and a sidewall with an insert element present inside the container body having a bottom and an insert sidewall, wherein an outer circumferential surface of the insert sidewall is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the sidewall of the container body. The bottom of the insert element is permeable to moisture and the insert sidewall and the sidewall of the container body are designed to attach the insert element inside the container body. In addition, the container has a desiccant chamber between the bottom of the insert element and the base of the container body for receiving desiccant material.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: CLARIANT HEALTHCARE PACKAGING (FRANCE) S.A.S.Inventors: Valere Logel, Franck Richir
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Patent number: 10248765Abstract: Bodily fluid sample collection systems, devices, and method are provided. The device may comprise a first portion comprising at least a sample collection channel configured to draw the fluid sample into the sample collection channel via a first type of motive force. The sample collection device may include a second portion comprising a sample vessel for receiving the bodily fluid sample collected in the sample collection channel, the sample vessel operably engagable to be in fluid communication with the collection channel, whereupon when fluid communication is established, the vessel and/or another source provides a second motive force different from the first motive force to move a majority of the bodily fluid sample from the channel into the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Theranos IP Company, LLCInventors: Elizabeth A. Holmes, Clarissa Lui, Michael Chen, Daniel Young, Adrit Lath, Zachary Morrison, Brian Argyres, William Westrick
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Patent number: 10201395Abstract: A sterile filter module/dialyzer packaging including a filter module, preferably a dialyzer, sterile-packaged in a primary packaging. The filter module having an essentially cylindrical central section and a filter module connection formed at the end of the central section. The primary packaging is a blister packaging with a plastic molded part as a lower section forming a receiving compartment for the filter module and a soft upper foil which, with the lower section, closes the receiving compartment for the filter module. The upper foil is fixed onto the lower section so as to be hermetically sealed and the filter module is fixed at least in sections by means of form fit.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: B. BRAUN AVITUM AGInventor: Stefan Döring
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Patent number: 10172878Abstract: An extended-release topiramate capsule that includes a capsule shell containing a single population of coated particles; wherein each coated particle includes a core and a coating thereon; wherein each particle core includes a homogeneous mixture comprising topiramate throughout its core; and wherein the coating includes one or more release controlling agent(s).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: UPSHER-SMITH LABORATORIES, LLCInventors: Sarah Michelle Betterman, Jaidev Srinivas Tantry, Laura Marie Patrick
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Patent number: 10123563Abstract: A humidity control device designed to fit inside a pocket, purse, or other small enclosure which contains a space to store materials in the humidity control device. The humidity control device is designed with a separate compartment within the space into which humidity control materials can be placed. The separate compartment within the humidity control device is designed with a lid which has an opening covered by a semi-permeable membrane which permits water vapor to travel from the separate compartment into the body of the humidity control device, thereby permitting materials which require some constant level of humidity to retain their ideal properties while being transported in the humidity control device.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Inventors: Marline Jackson, JoeAnne Jackson
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Patent number: 10088230Abstract: Systems and methods are described for conductively heated vacuum-based drying of portable electronic devices. For example, a portable electronic device that has been exposed to excessive liquid is placed inside a drying chamber. The drying chamber is closed and a drying routine commences. During the drying routine, the chamber is pressurized to a vacuum level sufficient to gasify liquids inside the device, and the device is conductively heated at least to replace latent heat of vaporization lost during the pressurization. Some embodiments include techniques relating to payment processing, monitoring and feedback control, decontamination, and/or other functionality.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: TEKDRY INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Adam Roy Cookson, Eric Andrew Jones
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Patent number: 10081465Abstract: A container assembly configured to maintain a predetermined humidity for storing a product therein. The container assembly includes a container having a body with a body wall and a mouth opening into a storage cavity and a cap having a top wall. The cap is selectively mountable over the mouth of the container to substantially enclose the storage cavity in a mounted configuration. A sidewall extends substantially perpendicularly from one of the body wall and the top wall. The sidewall defines an opening and a compartment and has an opening edge adjacent the opening. A moisture control material is positioned within the compartment. A sealing membrane has a peripheral portion. The peripheral portion is secured to the sidewall proximate the opening edge. The sealing membrane is configured to allow moisture flow therethrough to maintain the predetermined humidity in the storage cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Inventors: Lissa Biesecker Longacre, Frederick N. Biesecker, II, Douglas S. Camomile, Bruce T. Cleevely, Alex M. Warmkessel, Robert Esse, Timothy H. Bohrer, Brian Rice, Kyle A. Moll, Eric Weller
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Patent number: 10065784Abstract: A packaged medicine-filled container has a resin-made medicine-filled container in which a medicine is housed, a sealed packaging body in which the medicine-filled container is housed, and an oxygen scavenger housed inside the packaging body. The packaging body is hardly oxygen-permeable. Both a moisture-dependent type oxygen scavenger and a self-reacting type oxygen scavenger are used as the oxygen scavenger.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kenji Tanoguchi
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Patent number: 10058091Abstract: The present disclosure relates to Oxygen Reduction Disposable kits (ORDKit), devices and methods for the improved preservation of whole blood and blood components. The improved devices and methods for the collection of blood and blood components provide for whole blood and blood components having reduced levels of oxygen. The devices and methods provide for the rapid preparation of deoxygenated blood and blood components for storage that improves the overall quality of the transfused blood and improves health outcomes in patients.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: New Health Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Michael Wolf, Jancarlo Sarita, Jeffrey Karl Sutton, Rafael Cordero, Michael Zocchi, Philip Keegan, Narendran Renganathan, Robert Harhen