For Mixing Patents (Class 206/219)
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Patent number: 11633704Abstract: A rotation mixer including a housing, a drive unit coupled to the housing, a carriage mounted on the drive unit for rotation relative to the housing, and a basket mounted for rotation relative to the carriage. The basket receives material to be mixed. The carriage includes an arm and a drive line coupled to the arm. The arm is mounted on the drive unit for rotation about a first axis relative to the housing, and the drive line converts rotation of the arm into rotation of the basket about a second axis relative to the arm during use of the rotation mixer. The drive line illustratively includes a belt and plurality of pulleys upon which the belt travels in a continuous loop, the belt engaging with a gear on the basket to cause rotation of the basket.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: FLACKTEK SPEEDMIXER, INC.Inventors: Matthew L. Gross, Dale R. Flackett, Maxiliaan Gulden
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Patent number: 11602211Abstract: One pouch for storage of multiple components of a mixture is described with a first compartment and a second compartment. At least one channel is defined between the first compartment and the second compartment and at least one seal is installed within the channel. An agitator is installed in the first compartment. The seal is breakable and the agitator is removable. Another pouch separates two pockets with an air compartment. The air compartment is breakable.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Kiss Nail Products, Inc.Inventors: Sung An Chae, Arina Lee
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Patent number: 11560259Abstract: A liquid-dispensing container may include a vessel, lid body, valve assembly, selector and/or straw. The selector may be movable between a first position that allows fluid disposed within the container to be discharged through a straw, and a second position that allows fluid within the container to be discharged by inverting and/or squeezing the container. The selector may be movable into a closed position that restricts fluid from being discharged from the container. The selector may be movable into a detachment position that allows for detachment of the selector from a remainder of the container, disassembly of the valve assembly, or both.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Runway Blue, LLCInventors: Nathan K. Hirst, Jim A. Colby, David O. Meyers, Joseph O. Jacobsen
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Patent number: 11560507Abstract: A method and drilling fluid additive for reducing severe fluid losses in a well, comprising a combination of granular scrap tire particles and polymer adhesive molded into a cone shape. Once in the severe loss zone, a plurality of LCMs wedge into the formation fractures and seal off the severe loss zone.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Md Amanullah, Raed A. Alouhali, Mohammed K. Arfaj
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Patent number: 11498729Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to dispensers. In some embodiments, a dispenser comprises a main body assembly including an outer wall and an inner wall, the inner wall defining an aperture through the main body, a seal, wherein the seal is affixed to the main body and encloses a lower portion of the aperture, a button seated within the aperture and configured to be manipulable between a first position and a second position, and a container housed within the button and configured to store a material, wherein when the button is in the second position the container contacts the seal to allow the material to exit the dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Inventor: Jennifer Dianne Hugo
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Patent number: 11491084Abstract: Medical devices are provided comprising a spike including proximal and distal ends, and a central axis extending from the proximal to the distal end; a valve body; a biasing body which biases the valve body; a distal tube that moves integrally with the valve body to both sides in the axial direction relative to the spike; a proximal tube fixed in the axial direction relative to the spike, the distal tube comprising a guided portion guided toward the proximal tube, and an engagement control unit which moves the guided portion toward one side in the radial direction by connection of the different medical device to the distal tube allowing the guided portion to engage with the proximal tube, and moves the guided portion toward the other side in the radial direction releasing engagement with the proximal tube when the different medical device is detached from the distal tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Ueda, Kazuya Akiyama
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Patent number: 11421495Abstract: An apparatus for providing a nonlabor-intensive process for sealing an opening formed in the ground with a chemically-inflatable bag is provided. The chemically-inflatable bag contains two or more chemical reactants, one of which is a liquid reactant that is initially stored in a liquid-containing device. The liquid-containing device has a removable cap, which upon removal or breakage of the cap permits the liquid reacting agent to contact and react with another reacting agent. The chemical reaction produces carbon dioxide, which expands the chemically-inflatable bag from a collapsed condition to an inflated condition. In the inflated condition, the chemically-inflatable bag fills and protects the integrity of the formed cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: STEMLOCK, INCORPORATEDInventor: Thomas S. Jenkins
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Patent number: 11407572Abstract: This disclosure provides a package for a product, including a capsule body configured to accommodate a predetermined amount of the product; a handle connected to one side of the capsule body; and a lid, wherein the capsule body is sealed with the lid. The capsule body, the handle, and the lid are made of an oxygen-proof, lightproof, moisture-proof, and sustainable material, e.g., aluminum. A modified atmosphere packaging technique is used during the packaging process to extend shelf life.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: OCCO CO.Inventors: Lisa Lorraine Carson, Connie Wang
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Patent number: 11365036Abstract: A closure assembly for a container comprising a pressurised tank and a plug member, the pressurised tank has an interior volume and a cylindrical wall including an annular boss member at its open end. The plug member has an annular channel arranged at a first side of the plug member adapted to sealingly engage with the boss member. The channel has at least one orifice extending from the floor or outer side wall of the channel to a nozzle at the second side of the plug member. The orifice is sealed from the interior volume of the tank when the channel is sealingly engaged with the boss member in a first position, but is in fluid communication with the interior volume of the tank when at least part of the channel is no longer engaged with the boss member in a second position.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Gizmo Packaging LimitedInventor: Jordan Maguire
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Patent number: 11351512Abstract: One embodiment provides a quick-connect and rotation system for impeller coupling including: an impeller comprising: a mixer end; and a first attachment end; the first attachment end comprising a first member that is diametrically magnetized; and an motor comprising: a rotational shaft with a second attachment end comprising a second member that is diametrically magnetized; wherein the first attachment end and the second attachment end are complementary to each other; and wherein the motor imparts rotational torque, via a magnetic field between the first member and the second member, on the first attachment end when the first attachment end and the second attachment end are connected.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.Inventors: William D. Dunfee, Jeffrey Taylor, Gregory D. Ariff, Stephen Krufka
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Patent number: 11338993Abstract: A discharging element for discharging substances into a liquid is disclosed, wherein the discharging element is in the form of a capsule, wherein the capsule casing (1-3) encloses a fillable volume for substances to be discharged, the capsule casing is made of a liquid-tight material and has at least one first opening (7) and at least one second opening (8) which are arranged in such a way that, when liquid flows around the capsule, a greater flow velocity is present at a first opening (7) than at a second opening (8), wherein the first and second opening are connected to one another via the fillable volume, and wherein either the first opening (7) and the second opening (8) are located on one outer surface, or wherein the surface normal of the capsule casing (1-3) at the location of the first opening (7) encloses an angle with the surface normal of the capsule casing at the location of the second opening (8).Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Moradi Consulting GmbHInventors: Shahriar Moradi, Lukas Rettenbacher
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Patent number: 11337497Abstract: A Brunnian link is a link formed from a closed loop doubled over itself to capture another closed loop to form a chain. The example kit provides for the successful creation of unique wearable articles using Brunnian link assembly techniques and includes several pin bars that are supported in a desired special orientation by at least one base. The desired special orientation is dependent on the desired linked configuration of the completed article. The pins may be assembled in various combination and orientations to provide endless variation of completed link orientations.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Choon's Design LLCInventor: Cheong Choon Ng
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Patent number: 11338984Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes a container having a substantially tubular body forming a first volume for receiving a first fluid. The body includes a first and a second end, and the first end includes a dispenser provided with an aperture making it possible to dispense the contents of the container. The second end includes a closure element having a flexible wall making it possible for the flexible wall to be displaced between a first and a second position relative to the dispenser in order to thus dispense the contents of the container. The container includes a capsule with an outer wall forming a second volume for containing a second fluid. The capsule is positioned between the dispenser and the flexible wall respectively. The capsule is suitable for releasing the second fluid into the first volume during or after a first displacement of the flexible wall from its first position towards its second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: CADORIT AG, ESTEE LAUDER INC.Inventors: Florence Bidamant, David Bouteloup, Lorraine Drake, Robert Michael Crescas
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Patent number: 11332636Abstract: A method of forming a coating on a food or beverage container, which includes spraying a coating composition onto an interior surface of the food or beverage container, where the coating composition includes an emulsion-polymerized latex copolymer having copolymer chains of one or more mono-unsaturated monomers that are cross-linked with one or more multi-unsaturated monomers. The method also includes heating the sprayed coating composition to cure the coating composition, thereby providing the coating on the interior surface of the food or beverage container.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Sebastien Gibanel, Benoit Prouvost
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Patent number: 11284697Abstract: Disclosed is a disposable deformable capsule including: a pouch containing a predetermined amount of only one of two phases which when mixed form a ready-to-use cosmetic product, a narrowing which forms a channel leading from one side to the pouch and from the other side to outside the capsule, the pouch being flattened, one of its two faces being flat, the other of its two faces being at least partly convex and flexible to allow expelling the contents of the pouch by mechanical pressure on the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: LABORATOIRES M&LInventor: Philippe De Brugiere
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Patent number: 11284867Abstract: A biological sample collection system can include (i) a sample collection vessel having an opening for receiving a biological sample, (ii) a selectively movable valve comprising a core and a collar disposed about the core, and (iii) a sealing cap coupled to the collar and comprising a reagent chamber for storing a measure of sample preservation reagent. The sealing cap is configured to associate—and form a fluid tight connection—with the sample collection vessel such that associating the sealing cap with the sample collection vessel causes a physical rearrangement of the core relative to the collar such that a fluid vent associated with the core is moved into fluid communication with the reagent chamber, thereby permitting sample preservation reagent to pass from the regent chamber to the sample collection vessel.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: SPECTRUM SOLUTIONS L.L.C.Inventor: Neil Jeremy Johnson
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Patent number: 11255094Abstract: A method and system for the application of foam insulation onto a surface or into a cavity include a sheet with an aperture, where the sheet covers or partially covers the surface or a cavity with the aperture adjacent to the surface or cavity. A pressure-activated foam generator which generates foam is coupled with the sheet. The pressure-activated foam generator includes a frangible output seal with a ruptured position. The pressure-activated foam generator is positioned so that in the ruptured position the foam has a path from the frangible output seal through the aperture and onto the surface or into the cavity. The sheet is connected to cover or partially cover the surface or cavity, and the pressure-activated foam generator is activated and the foam flows onto the surface or into the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Sperry Product Innovation, Inc.Inventors: Anthony O. Davlin, Brian A. Murch, Marc B. Laverdiere
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Patent number: 11242505Abstract: A self contained biological indicator is disclosed having a housing and an ampule disposed within the housing, the ampule having a first dome, a second dome and a sidewall. A cap may be coupled to the housing. The cap may include a projection that may be coupled to the ampule by, e.g., a friction fit. An insert may be disposed within the housing. The insert may include a well within which at least a portion of the bottom dome of the ampule may be disposed. The insert may also include a ramp that is angled relative to the central longitudinal axis of the ampule. The second dome of the ampule may contact the ramp. The insert may also include an arm or finger that extends above the well and has a stress concentrator disposed thereon such that it is also disposed above the second dome of the ampule and adjacent to the sidewall of the ampule.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: ASP GLOBAL MANUFACTURING GMBHInventor: Doug Vo Truong
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Patent number: 11235090Abstract: Provided are methods for preparing pathogen-inactivated platelet compositions, as well as processing sets and compositions related thereto.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Cerus CorporationInventors: Tovo David, Betsy Donnelly, Anna Erickson, Naheed Mufti
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Patent number: 11225360Abstract: A flat-bottomed bag is formed from a flexible sheet that initially is flat prior to being manipulated to form the bag. The sheet is a laminate of a first web and a second web laminated together by an adhesive layer disposed between the webs. The sheet defines a plurality of serially connected side wall panels collectively defining a vertically extending side wall of the bag, and a plurality of bottom panels respectively connected to the side wall panels at respective fold lines. The bottom panels are folded about the fold lines and are attached together to form a flat bottom wall configured to support the bag in an upright orientation. The adhesive layer is in a partial-coverage pattern that includes adhesive-free regions located along each fold line between each bottom panel and the respective side wall panel connected therewith.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Edward Trollen
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Patent number: 11225367Abstract: A multi-chamber film bag for an inorganic multi-component foam system has at least two chambers which are partitioned off from each other in a liquid-tight manner. One of the chambers is filled with an inorganic component in powder form, on the basis of either gypsum or cement mortar, and another chamber is filled with a foaming component in powder form which can react with the component. A partition element separates the chambers from each other in a liquid-tight manner in a first state and can provide a flow connection between the chambers in a second state. At least one of the chambers has an opening section which can be opened to discharge the foam system, wherein the chamber having the opening section has a predefined residual volume for receiving a liquid.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Mario Paetow, Jekaterina Miller
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Patent number: 11213056Abstract: A packaged food product with a seasoning disk is provided. The food product includes potatoes. The seasoning disk includes seasoning and fat that is in solid form at the food product's anticipated normal storage temperature. The fat includes milkfat.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: POTANDON PRODUCE L.L.C.Inventor: Dennis Lonergan
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Patent number: 11213159Abstract: A compact filtering and additive delivery system which is readily adaptable to a portable container, such as a sports bottle, and receives a modular additive container for the metered delivery of additive, such as flavor concentrate, to a stream of base liquid as the base liquid is drawn or dispensed from the container. The modular additive container configuration on the delivery system allows a consumer/user to experience different additives, such as different flavors or supplement compositions, for a given supply of base liquid, such as water, stored in the container. The system may be readily used with off-the-shelf containers, such as disposable water bottles. An additive container configuration provides modular additive delivery system as described herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Cirkul, Inc.Inventors: Garrett S. Waggoner, Andrew Gay, Christopher Jasperse
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Patent number: 11187338Abstract: A method for transporting a viscous fluid through a heat exchanger line that includes transporting a viscous fluid through a connecting piece with an excess pressure release component, where the excess pressure relief component separates an interior of the connecting piece from a discharge line in the connecting piece, and is fixed to an edge of the discharge line, mixing a fluid flow in a region of the excess pressure relief component using a mixing element disposed in the interior of the connecting piece and causing the excess pressure release component to release at least a portion of the fluid through the discharge line when the pressure of the fluid is equal to or greater than a preset excess pressure.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: AUROTEC GMBHInventors: Stefan Zikeli, Friedrich Ecker
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Patent number: 11167895Abstract: A closure device for use with a beverage container comprises a spout cap member having a top wall with a spout aperture covered by a spout cover, a side wall for securing to a neck of the container, and a plug support structure. A fluid chamber containing an additive liquid and a pressurised propellant is movably held within the spout cap member. A plug member is fixed to the plug support structure and sealingly engages a bottom aperture of the fluid chamber. The spout cover includes a strut extending through the spout aperture to an abutment surface on the fluid chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Gizmo Packaging LimitedInventors: Jordan Maguire, Bernard Derek Frutin
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Patent number: 11154343Abstract: One aspect relates to a device for mixing a polymethyl methacrylate bone cement formed of two starting components and for storing the starting components of the bone cement. The device has a tubular cartridge with a cylindrical interior. A powder is contained in a front of the cartridge and a container containing a monomer liquid is arranged in a rear of the cartridge. A discharge piston is arranged between the container and the powder, and a conveying piston is on the side of the container opposite the discharge piston. The discharge piston and the conveying piston are arranged in the interior of the cartridge movably in the longitudinal direction. A conduit is provided that connects the front part and the rear part of the interior of the cartridge to one another in a manner permeable for the monomer liquid and for gases and which is impermeable for the powder.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbHInventors: Sebastian Vogt, Thomas Kluge
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Patent number: 11155397Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-compartment beverage bottle system and methods of manufacturing the system are disclosed. First and second housing elements are in mutual engagement with one another to at least partially define a fluid vessel with a fluid cavity therein. The fluid cavity includes a first fluid compartment and a second fluid compartment. The first housing element is rotatable between a storage position and a mix position with respect to the second housing element. A shuttle element is disposed within the fluid cavity and axially actuatable along the main axis into and out of a seal position. Rotation of the first housing element toward the storage position actuates the shuttle element toward the seal position. Rotation of the first housing element toward the mix position actuates the shuttle element away from the seal position, thereby placing the first and second fluid compartments into fluid communication with one another for mixing.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: In Spirit Group, Inc.Inventors: Clifton Willis, Brandon Schwartz, Lawrence Cisneros, Feyats Lo
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Patent number: 11135051Abstract: A device for inserting a pre-filled or silicone prosthesis into a surgical pocket is formed from a sleeve formed of a bottom layer and a top layer attached to the bottom layer along longitudinal edges of the bottom layer and top layer. The top layer has a greater width than the bottom layer so as to form a half-cylinder shape when the sleeve is filled. The sleeve has a constant cross-sectional area along a length of the sleeve. This device reduces the chances for the implant to rotate in an unintended manner due to the non-circular cross-section of the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Inventor: Norman Bakshandeh
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Patent number: 11129913Abstract: A disinfectant device including a pouch, the pouch including a first layer of material coupled to a second layer of material and defining a compartment therebetween. At least one dry reactant is retained within the compartment, the at least one dry reactant producing chlorine dioxide gas when exposed to water. A wick is at least partially disposed within the compartment. At least one from the group consisting of the first layer of material and the second layer of material define an array of ports along a periphery of the pouch and an array of fluid conduits, the array of fluid conduits being proximal to the array of ports, offset from the array of ports, in fluid communication with the wick, the compartment, and the array of ports.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Odorstar Technology, LLCInventor: Peter Dornau
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Patent number: 11122955Abstract: A cleaning kit. The cleaning kit includes a first liquid-tight container and a second liquid-tight container, the second liquid-tight container adapted to be ruptured by the application of pressure by a user to the second container. The second container includes a baffle extending at least partially across the second container adapted to reduce accidental rupture caused by handling during shipping and a frangible seal along at least a portion of the boundary between the first container and the second container. A cleaning liquid may be in the second container and there may be at least one absorbent applicator in the first container and adjacent to the second container whereby the release of cleaning liquid from the second container is applied to the applicators in the first container.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Berkshire Holding CorporationInventors: Whitmore B Kelley, Jr., Susan E Faile, Justin J Autry, David Capotosto
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Patent number: 11097506Abstract: A method for making said flexible includes forming a flexible pouch having an open top. A dividing seal extends from the open top to the bottom of the pouch so as to define two pouch openings and two pouch spaces. Substances are introduced into the pouch spaces by a first nozzle and a second nozzle inserted into a respective first space and second space and filling the pouch body through the first and second nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Pouch Pac Innovations, LLCInventor: R. Charles Murray
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Patent number: 11084978Abstract: An article that includes a fluorescent composition having at least one of a fluorescent sensor compound and organic reporter molecules encapsulated in a microsphere structure. When encapsulated, the fluorescent sensor compound and the organic reporter molecules are distributed in a liquid organic matrix. When non-encapsulated, the remaining one of the fluorescent sensor compound and the organic reporter molecules reside in the matrix. In response to a force applied to the composition sufficient to break at least a portion of the microsphere structure, the fluorescent sensor compound and the organic reporter molecules are transformed into a non-reversible fluorescent state exhibiting a quantum yield greater than 0.2. The fluorescent state is objectively visually verifiable without physically contacting the composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Heidi A. Smartt, Dianna S. Blair, Juan A. Romero, Patrick L. Feng
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Patent number: 11083557Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for bioresorbable and biodegradable casings having both micropores and macropores for providing shape, structure and containment to different bone grafting materials. Kits and methods of use are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: SECADA MEDICAL LLCInventors: Sahil Jalota, Russell Cook
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Patent number: 11065095Abstract: An apparatus includes a flexible container, a port, and a support structure. The container includes a first layer coupled to a second layer to define a storage volume within which a tissue specimen can be contained. The first layer is characterized by a first stiffness and the second layer characterized by a second stiffness. An edge of the first layer is spaced apart from an edge of the second layer to define an opening into the storage volume. The edge of the first layer and the edge of the second layer are configured to form a peelable seal that hermetically seals the storage volume such that the first layer can be peeled away from the second layer to expose the storage volume. The port is coupled to the flexible container and allows fluid communication between the storage volume and an external volume. The support structure is configured to support the tissue specimen within the storage volume and is characterized by a third stiffness.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Instant Systems, Inc.Inventors: Madeline C. Alden, Kimber L. Burley, Tara C. Ramsey
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Patent number: 11040181Abstract: A topical applicator of the propel/repel type includes a reservoir, an attachable applicator cap, and a metered dosing system. The reservoir is suitable for mixing a topical formulation of multiple constituents using an electronic mortar and pestle and is closed using the applicator cap. Alternatively, the reservoir may be prefilled with a ready-to-use cream and medicament formulation, then sealed with a removable seal. The topical applicator can include a fast purge feature that overrides the metered dosing system to facilitate removal of air from the reservoir. The topical applicator can also include a one-way ratcheting feature to prevent reverse movement (repel) of the metered dosing system. Metered doses can be dispensed through holes in the applicator cap by rotating a knob, which has detent positions that correspond to discrete doses, and which provides audible and tactile feedback.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Reflex Medical Corp.Inventors: James G. Skakoon, Nicholas R. Rich, Timothy Etter
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Patent number: 11008155Abstract: A double container includes an outer layer body constituting an outer shell; an inner layer body including an upper opening communicating with a containing space, accommodated in the outer layer body, and deformable to undergo volume reduction; an inside plug including a tubular wall extending toward the containing space, a spherical body serving as a valve body being disposed inside the tubular wall; and a dispensing plug fitted to a mouth portion of the outer layer body and including a dispensing tube connected to the tubular wall. The tubular wall includes an inclined wall having a diameter decreasing toward the containing space and configured to abut against the spherical body over an entire circumference and including a protruding wall protruding from the inclined wall to the containing space. The protruding wall includes a liquid holding member holding a pool of liquid medium of the content formed below the spherical body.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Abe, Mitsuo Furusawa
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Patent number: 10987147Abstract: One aspect relates to a device for producing a bone cement paste from a monomer liquid and a cement powder as parent components of the bone cement paste and for delivering the mixed bone cement paste. The device has a cartridge with a cylindrical interior. The interior of the cartridge is closed at a front side apart from a delivery opening for discharging the bone cement paste. In the interior of the cartridge a delivery plunger is arranged which is pushable in the direction of the delivery opening. The cement powder is arranged in the interior of the cartridge between the delivery opening and the delivery plunger. A hollow cylinder is arranged at a front side of the delivery plunger facing the delivery opening. The hollow cylinder is open at its front face facing the delivery opening and extends from the front side of the delivery plunger at least 3 mm into the interior of the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Heraeus Medical GmbHInventors: Sebastian Vogt, Thomas Kluge, Rainer Strathausen
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Patent number: 10968026Abstract: A container system having connection devices for establishing a fluid connection between the containers. In one aspect, a connection device comprises a thin point that, within its shape, has a tip between two at least substantially straight legs and wherein the other connection device has a ram with a splitting device that is designed and arranged such as to rupture said thin point by acting on the tip when the containers are coupled. In another aspect, the thin point surrounds the ram, and in a third aspect the connection devices have corresponding, similar thin points, closure elements and splitting devices. In further aspects, the connection devices are similar, and the connection devices are linearly guided.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBHInventors: Marcus Rainer Rahmel, Peter Bauer, Guido Endert, Johannes Krieger, Philipp Ziegler
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Patent number: 10913590Abstract: A pouch or package (e.g., flexible package) having a containment compartment or chamber to securely seal and to segregate fine powders or other such products from another area of the package. A powder resistant sealable filter material is included between, or extending between edges of, opposing package panels. Water, or other liquids, can be added to the product through the material as this material allows liquid to pass through it to mix with the powder, but restricts passage of the powder back through.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Inventor: Mark Steele
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Patent number: 10905485Abstract: An apparatus for mixing bone cement can comprise a receiving chamber, a mixing chamber, a cannula, a base, and a piston located within the mixing chamber. The receiving chamber defining a conduit. The mixing chamber in fluid communication with the receiving chamber. The mixing chamber configured to house a first component of the bone cement. The cannula located in the receiving chamber and in fluid communication with the conduit. The base including a bladder arranged to be punctured by the cannula, the bladder configured to house a second component of the bone cement. Upon puncturing of the bladder by the cannula the second component of the bone cement passes through the conduit and the cannula into the mixing chamber. The piston configured to seal the mixing chamber upon movement of the piston from a first position relative to the conduit to a second position relative to the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Zimmer Biomet France SASInventors: Lenaic Giffard, Alexis Dupuy, Sebastien Chaligne, Julie Mottet
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Patent number: 10856691Abstract: In order to improve a beverage preparation device in terms of operability and ergonomics and in particular to simplify filling of a supply container with solid beverage starting products, a supply container arrangement is provided which has at least one two-part supply container having a lower part-container and a removable upper part-container which can be arranged on the lower part-container. The upper part-container has a bottom with a connection opening on which a closure device is arranged which is designed, when joining together the upper and lower part-containers, to open automatically and to free a connection between the upper and lower part-containers.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Franke Kaffeemaschinen AGInventor: Heinz Vetterli
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Patent number: 10815041Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein for selectively opening multiple compartment packages and methods for making selectively opening multiple compartment packages. The selectively opening multiple compartment package can include a front layer having two sides; a second layer having two sides; a third layer having two sides; and a rear layer having two sides. Compartments of the selectively opening multiple compartment package can be formed and bound by a second side of the front layer and the first side of the second layer; a second side of the second layer and a first side of the third layer; and a second side of the third layer and a first side of the rear layer. The compartments are configured to be selectively opened.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventor: Arye Binder
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Patent number: 10806669Abstract: A medical bag comprising: a bag main body comprising a flexible sheet material having an interior portion partitioned via a partition part into a first space and a second space that is smaller than the first space, a first liquid housed in the first space, and a second liquid housed in the second space. When the volume of the first liquid is set as L1 and the volume of the second liquid is set as L2, L1/L2 is 2.0 to 6.0. The partition part has a breaking strength of 5 to 25 kPa.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Erika Yoda
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Patent number: 10779545Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing a baked good. The device comprises an accommodating unit, which is designed to accommodate a capsule, wherein the capsule comprises ingredients for producing a baked good. Furthermore, the device comprises a baking unit, which is designed to bake a dough, and an output unit for outputting a baked good baked in the baking unit. In addition, the device comprises a control unit, which is designed to cause dough, which comprises the ingredients from a capsule inserted into the accommodating unit, to be baked in the baking unit. The control unit is also designed to cause the baked good baked from the dough to be output by means of the output unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausger{umlaut over (2)}te GmbHInventors: Andreas Schüssler, Lucia Schuster, Sebastian Winner, Evgeni Rehfuss, Anne Peijan, Manuel Fischer, Rudolf Metz
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Patent number: 10758596Abstract: Compositions and methods to treat biofilms are disclosed based on the discovery of the role of the disaccharide trehalose in microbial biofilm development. In various embodiments to treat body-borne biofilms systemically and locally, the method includes administering trehalase, the enzyme which degrades trehalose, in combination with other saccharidases for an exposition time sufficient to adequately degrade the biofilm gel matrix at the site of the biofilm. The method also includes administering a combination of other enzymes such as proteolytic, fibrinolytic, and lipolytic enzymes to break down proteins and lipids present in the biofilm, and administering antimicrobials for the specific type(s) of infectious pathogen(s) underlying the biofilm. Additionally, methods are disclosed to address degradation of biofilms on medical device surfaces and biofilms present in industrial settings.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: ZIOLASE, LLCInventors: Svetlana A. Ivanova, Dennis W. Davis, Brad W. Arenz, Thomas K. Connellan
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Patent number: 10751471Abstract: A cartridge for containing and dispensing a medicament, the cartridge including a cartridge body having an interior cavity therein, a stopper movably disposed within the interior cavity, and a septum disposed at an opposite end of the interior cavity from the stopper, for containing the medicament within the interior cavity. The cartridge also includes a connection thread integrally formed as a unitary construction of the cartridge body, the thread being disposed at a first end of the cartridge body for connecting a pen needle directly to the cartridge body to pierce the septum and provide communication between the medicament and a patient end of the pen needle.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Richard Cronenberg, Lionel Vedrine, Patrick Begley
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Patent number: 10744067Abstract: A filling aid for self-filling a cartridge from a storage vessel is disclosed. The filling aid has a housing that receives a fillable cartridge. A stopper is provided that interacts with the housing and is configured to enter the cartridge and a cannula is provided that is configured to pierce a septum of the cartridge. The housing is movable from an initial position in which the stopper is maintained outside the cartridge to an activated position in which the stopper is inserted in the cartridge and the septum is pierced by the cannula. Methods of manufacturing and using the filling aid are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.Inventor: Frank Deck
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Patent number: 10737868Abstract: A connecting system for providing a fluidic connection, preferably between containers, wherein the connecting system has at least two connecting arrangements configured to provide the fluidic connection, namely a first connecting arrangement and a second connecting arrangement, each of which is fluidically sealed in an initial state, wherein the first connecting arrangement has, in particular, a film-shaped, brittle and/or unstable opening region, is deformable outside the opening region and is configured such that deformation causes the first connecting arrangement to open in the opening region.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBHInventors: Marcus Rainer Rahmel, Guido Endert, Jonas Ruf, Horst Wergen
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Patent number: 10724781Abstract: This invention provides a thin and discreet coolant device, and single and multiple unit dispenser containers containing the same. The coolant device comprises a first packet being comprised of a waterproof or water-resistant material containing water therewithin and further comprising a fold and further adapted to have a selectively permanent connection between external and internal layers of said fold, such that upon applying a force to laterally extend the ends of said packet, a rupture of said first packet occurs allowing for the leakage of the water contained therewithin. The coolant device further comprises a second packet which encases said first packet, comprising an exterior and interior layer, wherein said interior layer is comprised of an absorbent material and said exterior layer is comprised of a waterproof or water-resistant material and wherein an amount of powdered urea is located within an interior of said second packet.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Inventor: Sarah Rothenberg
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Patent number: 10723537Abstract: A cartridge pump according to the present invention includes: a housing unit connected to a container; a head unit rotatably provided in the housing unit; a storage unit provided in the head unit and having a storage space in which contents are stored; and a mixing operator configured to lead the contents in the storage unit into the container in cooperation with an operation of the head unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: DARIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Dae Sik Son, Ji Na Kim, Do Hoon Lee