Diverse Sensing Means Patents (Class 210/103)
  • Patent number: 11815011
    Abstract: An HHO gas second fuel is produced in a pressure-resistant container and distributed at a low volumetric rate at multiple locations about the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HyTech Power, LLC
    Inventors: Evan Charles Johnson, Adam Anthony Filkins, Herbert Daniel Deming, Henry White Dean, Phillip Edward Jennings
  • Patent number: 11725589
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprises a fan drive turbine for driving a gear reduction. The gear reduction drives a fan rotor. A lubrication system supplies oil to the gear reduction. The lubrication system includes a lubricant pump supplying a mixed air and oil to a deaerator inlet. The deaerator includes a separator that for separating oil, and delivering separated air to an air outlet, and for delivering separated oil back into an oil tank. The separator includes a member having lubricant flow paths on both of two opposed sides. A method of designing a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: William G. Sheridan
  • Patent number: 11590274
    Abstract: Embodiments include a vacuum assisted venous drainage (VAVD) system, including a regulator valve assembly configured to facilitate application of vacuum to a reservoir; a control unit configured to control the regulator valve assembly to facilitate controlling application of the vacuum; at least one pressure sensor coupled to the reservoir and configured to obtain pressure measurements of pressure in the reservoir; a heating element configured to heat the regulator valve assembly to a target temperature; and at least one temperature sensor configured to determine a temperature of the regulator valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LivaNova Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Olivier Wolfgramm
  • Patent number: 11571501
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of blood (1) has a supply line (2), a waste line (13) and an ultrafilter (19; 70) inserted in the supply line (2). An air inlet line is connected to the first chamber (21; 72) of the ultrafilter (19; 70) and a pressure sensor (41) configured for detecting pressure in the waste line (13). A controller (50) is configured to carry out, with the hydraulic circuit (100) in by-pass configuration, an integrity test procedure for detecting if the ultrafilter membrane has multiple or single fiber breaks. A method of testing the ultrafilter (19; 70) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Gambro Lundia AB
    Inventors: Mauro Suffritti, Michela Carpani
  • Patent number: 11499977
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system, comprising: a) a sample processing unit, comprising an input port and an output port coupled to a rotating container having at least one sample chamber, the sample processing unit configured provide a first processing step to a sample or to rotate the container so as to apply a centrifugal force to a sample deposited in the chamber and separate at least a first component and a second component of the deposited sample; and b) a sample separation unit coupled to the output port of the sample processing unit, the cell separation unit comprising separation column holder (42), a pump (64) and a plurality of valves (1-11) configured to at least partially control fluid flow through a fluid circuitry and a separation column (40) positioned in the holder, the separation column configured to separate labeled and unlabeled components of sample flowed through the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MILTENYI BIOTEC B.V. & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Miltenyi, Winfried Schimmelpfennig, Holger Lantow, Niklas Elmar Neuschaefer, Martin Biehl, Eiad Kabaha, Juergen Schulz
  • Patent number: 11453601
    Abstract: A frac sand separator system includes a sand separator having an inlet fluidly connected to a well for receiving a fracking return mixture from the well. The sand separator is configured to separate water of the fracking return mixture from particulate matter of the fracking return mixture. The sand separator includes an outlet. The frac sand separator system includes a collection container fluidly connected to the outlet of the sand separator for receiving the particulate matter from the sand separator. At least one outlet valve is fluidly connected between the outlet of the sand separator and the collection container. The frac sand separator system includes a computing device operatively connected to the at least one outlet valve. The computing device includes a processor configured to automatically open the at least one outlet valve such that the particulate matter is released from the sand separator into the collection container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC
    Inventors: Roger Johns, Eric Iwasenko, Matthew B. Green, Andres Felipe Perilla, Jeffery Shaun Daniels
  • Patent number: 11439735
    Abstract: A system for calculating cardiac output of a patient on an extracorporeal blood oxygenation circuit includes measuring first oxygenated blood flow rate by a pump in the extracorporeal circuit and a corresponding arterial oxygen saturation and recirculation in the extracorporeal circuit, then changing the pump flow rate, such as decreased, to produce a corresponding change in arterial oxygen saturation (wherein such change is outside of normal operating variances or drift), which change in the arterial oxygen saturation and recirculation are measured. From the first flow rate and the second flow rate along with the corresponding measured recirculation and the arterial oxygen saturation, the CO of the patient can be calculated, without reliance upon a measure of venous oxygen saturation. The system also includes an accommodation of oxygenation by the lungs of the patient during the extracorporeal blood oxygenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Transonic Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolai M. Krivitski, Gregory Galyanov
  • Patent number: 11383014
    Abstract: An object is to provide a blood purifying device and an access flow rate measuring method enabling easy and accurate measurement of an access flow rate of an access vessel. A blood purifying device includes a flow rate calculating unit calculating the access flow rate of an access vessel based on an initial blood indicator for blood distributed through a vein side circuit and flowing through the access vessel of a patient, the flow rate distributed through measuring means when a pump is reversed to cause the priming solution to flow out from an artery side circuit, and a blood indicator for the blood diluted with the priming solution which is obtained when the pump is reversed to dilute, with the priming solution, the blood distributed through the vein side circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: ARTISAN LAB CO., LTD, NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Shibata
  • Patent number: 11359171
    Abstract: Wine-making process comprising a first step of arranging “Acacia Verek” raw gum arabic and a second step of arranging a wine to be bottled, a step of dissolving the raw gum arabic in water in order to obtain raw gum arabic in solution with a concentration of gum arabic comprised between 5 and 50%, a step of filtering the raw gum arabic in solution by means of a tangential filter provided with synthetic membrane with nominal porosity comprised between 0.5 and 3 ?m in order to obtain filtered gum arabic in solution with a concentration of gum arabic comprised between 5 and 40%, a step of admixing the filtered gum arabic in solution in the wine to be bottled in order to obtain a wine to be bottled admixed with gum arabic, and finally a step of microfiltrating the wine to be bottled admixed with gum arabic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: ENOLOGICA VASON S.P.A.
    Inventors: Albano Vason, Gianmaria Zanella, Marco Adolfo Marconi
  • Patent number: 11352279
    Abstract: A rural landscape-type nitrogen and phosphorus ecological interception ditch system and a farmland drainage nitrogen and phosphorus interception method using the system are provided. The system includes a sediment buffer zone, an ecological ditch unit, an interception-conversion pool and a field ridge hedge fence; the sediment buffer zone, the ecological ditch unit, and the interception-conversion pool are sequentially arranged in a continuous ditch along a direction of a water flow; and the field ridge hedge fence is arranged on field ridges on one side or both sides of the ditch. The present disclosure can, on the basis of not affecting normal production functions of a farmland, further exert an ecological role of the farmland, and use the farmland as an assimilation sink for environmental nitrogen and phosphorus, so as to optimize drainage water quality and improve a farmland ecological environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xinqiang Liang, Ziyi Zhao, Shuang He, Feng Liu, Fayong Li, Junwei Jin
  • Patent number: 11167068
    Abstract: An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus is provided comprising a filtration unit (2) connected to a blood circuit (17) and to a dialysate circuit (32), a preparation device (9) for preparing and regulating the composition of the dialysis fluid; a control unit (12) is configured for receiving a desired sodium mass transport at the end of the treatment session and for setting the sodium concentration value for the dialysis fluid in the dialysis supply line (8) at a set point to achieve the desired sodium mass transport at the end of the treatment session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Gambro Lundia AB
    Inventor: Anders Nilsson
  • Patent number: 11090419
    Abstract: Provided is a blood purification apparatus which can continue to accurately monitor a blood purification treatment state even if treatment conditions are changed during blood purification treatment. The blood purification apparatus can perform real-time monitoring on the blood purification treatment state, based on a concentration change in a discharge solution which is obtained by an arithmetic device. The blood purification apparatus includes a treatment condition change device that sets or changes treatment conditions as requested, and that causes a discharge solution concentration sensor to previously detect concentration of the discharge solution under the respective treatment conditions, and a storage device that stores the concentration of the discharge solution under the respective treatment conditions which is detected by the discharge solution concentration sensor in the treatment condition change device, as a first predetermined value corresponding to the respective treatment conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Nikkiso Company Limited
    Inventors: Tomoya Murakami, Kunihiko Akita, Masahiro Toyoda
  • Patent number: 11085171
    Abstract: Hydro excavation vacuum apparatus that process spoil material onboard the apparatus by separating water from the cut earthen material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Andy Strobel, Corey Lanoue, Tayte Askelsen, James W. Skinner
  • Patent number: 11045573
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a system for treating a fluid and specifically to a treatment system configured for improved bacterial reduction, wherein the system comprises a field emission based UV light source adapted to emit light within a ultraviolet C (UVC) spectrum with a wavelength range having an upper range limit being higher compared to light emitted from a mercury based UV light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Lightlab Sweden AB
    Inventor: Jonas Tirén
  • Patent number: 10994067
    Abstract: A system associated with a medical treatment device for detecting a condition of a patient includes an input device including at least a camera or a microphone. The system also includes a medical treatment device with a controller/classifier and at least one of flow controller, a pump, and/or an alarm output. The controller/classifier has at least a video-image processor or an audio processor configured to recognize a face and a body or to recognize changes in skin color, facial expression, or body position. The controller/classifier may also recognize speech and classify predefined normal and irregular sound patterns, and output state data corresponding thereto. The controller/classifier is connected to apply the state data to the at least one flow controller, pump, and/or alarm output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NxStage Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Burbank, James M. Brugger
  • Patent number: 10836655
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a system for treating a fluid and specifically to a treatment system (200) configured for selectively activating a first (206) and a second UV light source (104). The aim of the invention is to reduce the effective energy consumption of a system for treating a fluid with UV light. The invention especially concerns to overcome the drawback with mercury light sources, which do not turn on immediately. Only the second UV light source (104) is an UV mercury based light source and the electrical power supply is configured to selectively deactivate the first UV light source (206) based on a predetermined condition based on a warm-up period for the second light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Lightlab Sweden AB
    Inventor: Jonas Tirén
  • Patent number: 10807882
    Abstract: In one of its aspects, the invention relates to a process to optimize the dose of a treatment agent for the treatment of a fluid comprising a contaminant. In this first aspect the process comprises the steps of: (a) calculating the dose of the treatment agent based on the relationship between concentration of the treatment agent at one or more points and residence time distribution of the treatment system, and (b) contacting the fluid with the treatment agent in the concentration required to meet the dose calculated in step (a). In another one of its aspects, the invention relates to a process to optimize the dose of a treatment agent for reduction of a contaminant in a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TROJAN TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Yuri Andrew Lawryshyn, Tai Fung Tang, Domenico Santoro, Siva Rajan Sarathy
  • Patent number: 10668199
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit (10) is configured calculate set values of two or more of the fluid flow rates by imposing that an emptying time of containers of fresh fluid (16, 20, 21, 26) and/or a filling time of a waste container is substantially same as, or multiple of, the emptying time of one or more of the other containers of fresh fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Gambro Lundia AB
    Inventors: Hiram Rada, Dominique Pouchoulin, Georges Vantard, Alain Frugier
  • Patent number: 10512713
    Abstract: A method for removing excess fluid from a patient with hemodilution is provided. The method includes: deploying a urinary tract catheter into the patient such that flow of urine from the ureter and/or kidney is transported within a drainage lumen of the catheter; applying negative pressure to the ureter and/or kidney through the drainage lumen of the catheter to extract urine from the patient; periodically measuring a hematocrit value of the patient; and if the measured hematocrit value is greater than a predetermined threshold value, ceasing the application of the negative pressure to the ureter and/or kidney. A system for removing excess fluid from a patient with hemodilution including a ureteral catheter and a pump is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Strataca Systems Limited
    Inventors: John R. Erbey, II, Jacob L. Upperco, Michael Allen Fisher, Patrick William Strane, Lance Michael Black, David E. Orr
  • Patent number: 10464110
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a dust collection apparatus includes a liquid supplier, a first member, and a liquid recoverer. One end of the first member is connected to the liquid supplier, one other end of the first member is connected to the liquid recoverer. The first member is conductive. The first member has a first surface including a plurality of trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventor: Hideaki Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10456486
    Abstract: A solution for generating ultraviolet diffusive radiation is provided. A diffusive ultraviolet radiation illuminator includes at least one ultraviolet radiation source located within a reflective cavity that includes a plurality of surfaces. At least one of the plurality of surfaces can be configured to diffusively reflect at least 70% of the ultraviolet radiation and at least one of the plurality of surfaces can be configured to transmit at least 30% of the ultraviolet radiation and reflect at least 10% of the ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Saulius Smetona, Alexander Dobrinsky, Yuri Bilenko, Michael Shur
  • Patent number: 10434239
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems are provided for priming, separating, and collecting blood components. At least one disposable component may be utilized, and a determination may be made as to whether such a disposable component is authentic, is new/unused or used, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Hospital Products IP Limited
    Inventors: Dennis Briggs, Simon Do, Mark Vandlik, Kevin Murphy
  • Patent number: 10307715
    Abstract: The method of verifying an RO membrane of an RO installation is characterized in that the conductivity values of the supplied raw water and of the permeate and the amount of the raw water inflow and the concentrate outflow are continuously or cyclically measured and that the efficiency of the RO membrane, its retention rate and/or filtration efficiency are calculated from the measured values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Manfred Volker
  • Patent number: 10307691
    Abstract: A method of liquid chromatography includes providing one or more solvent reservoirs, providing a solvent pump, drawing one or more solvents into the pump in response to a pressure drop that promotes outgassing of the solvents, and dispersing outgassed bubbles into smaller bubbles to promote re-dissolution of the gas. A liquid-chromatography apparatus includes at least two solvent reservoirs, a pump, at least one bubble-dispersing unit that receives a pressurized flow of proportioned solvents from the pump, and a control unit. The control unit includes a processor and a memory that stores instructions; the control unit controls proportioning of solvents to obtain a preselected solvent composition, and pumping at flow rates to support preparative-scale or process-scale liquid chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua A. Shreve, Michael R. Jackson
  • Patent number: 10280545
    Abstract: A vapor-liquid separator includes a casing having an accommodation space, an inlet at the casing to allow a refrigerant mixture fluid to be intaken to the accommodation space therethrough, and an outlet at the side of the inlet to allow a gas phase refrigerant separated from the refrigerant mixture fluid to be discharged therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sejin Ku, Yeongju Kim, Taekyoung Ahn
  • Patent number: 10279097
    Abstract: A blood processing apparatus (1) comprises a measurement device (8) having a first chamber element (80) for measuring a haematocrit value of a blood fluid, the first chamber element (80) comprising a first inlet port (800) connectable to a first reservoir container (2) for allowing a flow from the first reservoir container (2) into the first chamber element (80) and a first outlet port (801) for allowing a flow out of the first chamber element (80), and the second chamber element (81) comprising a second inlet port (810) for allowing a flow into the second chamber element (81) and a second outlet port (811) connectable to a second reservoir container (3) for allowing a flow out of the second chamber element (81) towards the second reservoir container (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Artur Meisberger, Melanie Fahrendorff, Ilka Sternheimer, Lars Michel, Frank Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10252258
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for separating and concentrating a target substance as an alternative to existing cationic polymers, and a kit for implementing this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO BOSEKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuho Ashizawa, Kenta Noda, Koji Watanabe, Yoko Teruuchi, Masaru Bunya
  • Patent number: 10213517
    Abstract: A system of fluid sterilization is provided, which incorporates a heating section to heat pressurized fluid above prescribed thresholds for temperature, pressure, and duration (e.g., dwell time) to achieve desired levels of sterilization, including a heat exchanger to both (a) preheat fluid prior to entering the heating section and (b) cool outflow of the heating apparatus, in which fluid travels through the apparatus by operating valves forward and aft of the heating section in a controlled sequence to facilitate flow through the system while maintaining prescribed pressure and temperature profiles. The system operates within prescribed ranges of pressure and temperature to achieve the desired level of sterilization without need of maintaining a fixed temperature or a fixed pressure within any portion of the system, including the heating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Papadopoulos
  • Patent number: 10203308
    Abstract: A controller for controlling the operations of an autosampler, a sample push unit, and a make-up unit includes a pump stop timing setting unit for setting a first timing T1 of completion of dilution of a sample, and a subsequent second timing T2 of completion of trapping of a sample in the trap column, a dilution control unit for causing a solvent delivery pump for make-up of the make-up unit to operate, and for stopping operation of the solvent delivery pump for make-up at the first timing T1 set by the pump stop timing setting unit, and a sample push control unit for causing a solvent delivery pump for sample push of the sample push unit to operate, and for stopping operation of the solvent delivery pump for sample push at the second timing T2 set by the pump stop timing setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Morikawa, Kohji Okada
  • Patent number: 10046988
    Abstract: The RO installation for producing ultrapure water, preferably for medicinal flushing solutions, with a raw water supply conduit, which leads to a feed tank, from which a conduit with a pump leads to the primary side of an RO membrane, from where a concentrate circulation conduit leads back to the feed tank, and with a permeate feed conduit and a first permeate circulation conduit, which either extends to a permeate return conduit, which leads to the feed tank, or communicates via a further permeate circulation conduit with the secondary side of the RO membrane, and with a filtrate outlet conduit is characterized in that the primary circuit including the feed tank, the conduit, the primary side of the RO membrane and the concentrate circulation conduit and the secondary circuit including the secondary side of the RO membrane, the first permeate circulation conduit and the further permeate circulation conduit may be flowed through by a disinfecting and cleaning agent independently of one another, wherein a disi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Manfred Volker
  • Patent number: 10040007
    Abstract: Filtration systems and methods for removing a filter residue from a filter employed in filtering a liquid (for example, grey water). The filtration system may include a vessel having an inlet through which a liquid can be introduced during use and an outlet through which filtered clean liquid can exit. A filter configured to filter the liquid is disposed within the vessel between the inlet and the outlet. The filtration system may further include at least one transducer disposed on or adjacent to the filter. The at least one transducer may be configured to generate one or more pressure waves effective to dislodge at least some residue materials collected on an upstream side of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventor: Quentin Arthur Carl Adam
  • Patent number: 10040699
    Abstract: A solution for treating a fluid, such as water, is provided. An ultraviolet transparency of a fluid can be determined before or as the fluid enters a disinfection chamber. In the disinfection chamber, the fluid can be irradiated by ultraviolet radiation to harm microorganisms that may be present in the fluid. One or more attributes of the disinfection chamber, fluid flow, and/or ultraviolet radiation can be adjusted based on the transparency to provide more efficient irradiation and/or higher disinfection rates. In addition, various attributes of the disinfection chamber, such as the position of the inlet(s) and outlet(s), the shape of the disinfection chamber, and other attributes of the disinfection chamber can be utilized to create a turbulent flow of the fluid within the disinfection chamber to promote mixing and improve uniform ultraviolet exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SENSOR ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Saulius Smetona, Timothy James Bettles, Igor Agafonov, Ignas Gaska, Alexander Dobrinsky, Michael Shur, Remigijus Gaska
  • Patent number: 9926899
    Abstract: A fuel-filter abnormality detection device is used for a subject filter provided in a fuel supply device of an engine to filtrate a fuel. The fuel-filter abnormality detection device includes a first filter attachable downstream of the subject filter in fuel flow. A filtration capacity of the first filter is smaller than a filtration capacity of the subject filter, and the first filter traps a foreign matter on a downstream side of the subject filter to cause a change in fuel pressure indicating an abnormality of the subject filter. The fuel-filter abnormality detection device may include a bypass passage through which the fuel bypasses the first filter, a bypass control valve configured to allow the fuel to flow through the bypass passage when the abnormality of the subject filter is detected, and a second filter filtrating the fuel flowing through the bypass passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: KYOSAN DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kato, Toshiyuki Yonemoto, Katsumi Mori
  • Patent number: 9908065
    Abstract: A hybrid scavenger operates downstream of a separator such as a gunbarrel separator for petroleum production. The separator may be overdriven to maximize use of a permitted reinjection rate. The hybrid scavenger then extracts water from the oil and oil from the water without having to treat the entire stream of incoming production fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: THOUGHT PRESERVE, LLC
    Inventors: C. Michael Miller, David A. Bell
  • Patent number: 9901849
    Abstract: A process for filtering a liquid stream from a fixed bed reaction zone in order to remove catalyst fines contained in the stream. The effluent stream is passed to a filtering section which may contain at least two filtering vessels. Each filtering vessel includes at least two differently filtering sections, each section designed to collect differently sized particles. If a pressure drop occurs in one of the filtering vessels, it may be taken offline to remove the filtering sections and recover the metal in the particles collected on the filtering sections. The other filtering vessel can remain online to allow the filtering process to be continuous. Metal on the catalyst fines may be recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Daniel James Pintar, Dorothy Richmond, John J. Jeanneret, Richard Hoehn
  • Patent number: 9839730
    Abstract: A blood bag system includes a BC pooling bag for centrifugation of a buffy coat, a filter for removing white blood cells from a supernatant liquid transferred from the BC pooling bag, a platelet preserving bag for reserving the supernatant liquid that has passed through the filter, a first tube connecting the BC pooling bag and an inlet of the filter, a second tube connecting the platelet preserving bag and an outlet of the filter, and a cassette to be fixed in the centrifugation and separation apparatus. The first tube and the second tube are disposed within the cassette. The cassette includes a first clamp section for closing and opening the first tube, and a second clamp section for closing and opening the second tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Roland Biset, Makoto Hirabuki
  • Patent number: 9839729
    Abstract: A blood bag system includes a BC pooling bag for centrifugation of a buffy coat, a filter for removing white blood cells from a supernatant liquid transferred from the BC pooling bag, a platelet preserving bag for reserving the supernatant liquid that has passed through the filter, a first tube connecting the BC pooling bag and an inlet of the filter, a second tube connecting the platelet preserving bag and an outlet of the filter, and a cassette to be fixed in the centrifugation and separation apparatus. The first tube and the second tube are disposed within the cassette. The cassette includes a first clamp section for closing and opening the first tube, and a second clamp section for closing and opening the second tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Roland Biset, Makoto Hirabuki
  • Patent number: 9751049
    Abstract: A method and a composition of cleaning and reprocessing a hemodialysis filtration membrane assembly that employs polyvinylpyrrolidone-containing membranes, the method comprising the step of treating the assembly with an aqueous mixture or a gas-liquid mixture comprising an inorganic base and from 100 to 1,000 ppm of a hypochlorite salt, wherein the mixture has a pH between about 12.0 and about 12.5, an oxidation reduction potential of less than 0.5 volts, a temperature of 40° to 55° C. and wherein the mole % of hypochlorous acid, HOCl, relative to the sum of hypochlorous acid plus hypochlorite anion, —OCl, is less than 0.004%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Novaflux Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Emam Labib, Yacoob Tabani
  • Patent number: 9731060
    Abstract: Filtration systems and methods using a pump and pressure sensor are provided for improved efficiency in fluid filtration systems. A filtration system includes a pre-filter container joined to a post-filter container by a filter line having a filter. To reduce the time required for filtration a pump and pressure sensor are included in a filter inlet flow path. The pump also is used to provide air management in the system via pre-filtration evacuation of air from at least the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.
    Inventors: Kartike Gulati, Grant S. Benjamin
  • Patent number: 9581478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems that allow users to observe the operation of pool skimmers. In some embodiments, the system includes a flow sensor system, which may be located in a ring above the skimmer basket. The flow sensor system may include, for example a microphone or a paddle wheel. Optionally, the system may further include a remote computer (e.g., smart phone/tablet computer) that receives the inputs measured by the flow sensor system and displays on its display screen alerts based on the inputs (e.g., to notify the user to clean the skimmer basket or backwash the filter).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Totally New Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Ronnie E. Smith
  • Patent number: 9533087
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment, comprising a treatment unit (2) having a first chamber (3) and a second chamber (4) separated from one another by a semipermeable membrane (5), a blood removal line (6) connected in inlet with the first chamber (3) and a blood return line (7) connected in outlet with the first chamber; an infusion line (9; 9a, 9b) of a replacement fluid and a fluid evacuation line (10) connected in outlet from the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Gambro Lundia AB
    Inventors: Mauro Suffritti, Michela Carpani
  • Patent number: 9459239
    Abstract: A fluid supply system configured for metering two or more fluids in controlled proportions, including a plurality of solvent supply lines, a pumping unit configured for taking in fluids from selected solvent supply lines and for supplying a pressurized mixture, a proportioning valve configured for modulating solvent composition by sequentially coupling selected ones of the solvent supply lines with the inlet of the pumping unit, a sensor configured for sensing process information in the fluid supply system, an analysis entity configured for analyzing the process information for determining reciprocating element related information at a beginning of fluid intake, and a control unit configured for switching the proportioning valve to sequentially couple selected ones of the solvent supply lines to the inlet of the pumping unit at one or more switching points based on the given metering scheme and based on the reciprocating element related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Klaus Witt, Konstantin Choikhet
  • Patent number: 9433734
    Abstract: In accordance with another embodiment, a controller in a fluid delivery system initiates drawing fluid into a chamber of a diaphragm pump. During a delivery phase of pumping the fluid in the chamber to a target recipient, the controller applies pressure to the chamber. At multiple different times during the delivery phase, the controller temporarily discontinues application of the pressure to the chamber to calculate how much of the fluid in the chamber has been pumped to the target recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: IVENIX, INC.
    Inventors: Jesse E. Ambrosina, Benjamin G. Powers, Ali Shajii
  • Patent number: 9119922
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment, comprising a device for detecting a tubing system to be placed in the blood treatment apparatus and a method for detecting a tubing system to be placed in an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus. The tubing system is detected on the basis of the dependency of the flow rate Q, at which the fluid is delivered by at least one pump of the extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus in a tubing section of the tubing system, on the speed n at which the at least one pump is operated, and on the inner diameter d of the tube of the tubing section. Because the dependency of the flow rate on the pump speed and the tube cross section is known, a conclusion can be drawn as to whether a particular tubing system has been placed in the extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Nuernberger, Peter Kloeffel
  • Publication number: 20150129494
    Abstract: A method for controlling fluid flowing through a chromatographic system includes determining a fluidic parameter related to density at a first fluidic location in the chromatographic system; and in response to the determined fluidic parameter, modifying a volumetric flow rate or a pressure at a second fluidic location in the chromatographic system to produce a selected mass flow rate of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kurt D. Joudrey, Paul Keenan, Richard W. Andrews, Peyton C. Beals, Joshua A. Shreve
  • Patent number: 9028701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for filtering liquid products. The apparatus includes a filtration bell provided with filtering device and connected to an inflow circuit and a first outlet circuit of the retentate, and to a second outlet circuit of the filtered liquid. The apparatus can include a monitoring and control unit, a first and second sensing device suitable for detecting the value of a first pressure PT1 in the first outlet circuit and of a second pressure PT2 in the second outlet circuit, a flow rate detection device that detects the value of a first flow rate FIT in the second outlet circuit, and value device arranged in the second circuit downstream of the second sensing device. The monitoring and control unit includes a device to control the closure of the valve device and to start a process of backwashing the filtering device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: TMCI Padovan S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luca Bornia
  • Publication number: 20150122745
    Abstract: A method for performing pasteurization cycles in a hot water system according to a time-temperature profile is provided. The hot water system includes a plurality of temperature sensors configured to measure temperatures of at least one fluid in the hot water system. The time-temperature profile is stored. A predefined modification criteria is stored. Fluid temperature data associated with the plurality of temperature sensors is determined. A determination is made whether the fluid temperature data meets a predefined modification criteria. The time-time temperature profile for performing a next pasteurization cycle is modified based at least in part on the determination that the fluid temperature data meets the predefined modification criteria. The next pasteurization cycle is performed in accordance with the modified time-temperature profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Bristol STICKNEY, Fredric MILDER
  • Publication number: 20150090669
    Abstract: A filter assembly includes a filter media for filtering a fluid, and a valve having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet for controlling a flow of the fluid through the filter assembly. The valve includes a thermally active element that changes shape between a first configuration and a second configuration in response to a temperature variation. When the thermally active element is in the first configuration the valve is open with the fluid inlet in fluid communication with the fluid outlet, and the thermally active element changes shape to the second configuration to close the valve. The thermally active element may move a valve poppet against a valve seat to close the valve. A pressure bypass is configured to open the valve in response to a pressure increase in the filter assembly above a threshold pressure when the thermally active element is in the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: John Trott, Homayoun Sanatgar
  • Patent number: 8951418
    Abstract: A method of operating hydrocyclone comprising a separation chamber which in use is arranged to generate an internal air core for affecting a material separation process, comprises measuring both a vibrational parameter of the separation chamber and a stability parameter of the internal air core during operation of the hydrocyclone. The measurements are compared against predefined corresponding parameters which are indicative of a stable operation of the hydrocyclone and an operational parameter of the hydrocyclone is adjusted dependent on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Vulco S.A.
    Inventor: Eduardo Francisco Olivares Castro
  • Patent number: 8920657
    Abstract: A grey water dividing and treatment system is provided. A drain system of the grey water dividing and treatment system receives grey water from a grey water producing source. A grey water dividing apparatus of the grey water dividing and treatment system divides the grey water received from the drain system into a number of cells, and determines a contamination level of each of the cells. Grey water treatment tanks of the grey water dividing and treatment system receive the grey water from the grey water dividing apparatus based on the determined contamination level of each of the cells and treat the grey water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventor: Hideki Kawasaki