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Patent CA-2571571-A1 (CA)
Title: Improvements relating to automatic injection devices
Inventor: JULIAN JOSEPH F
IPC: A61M5/20
Filed: 2005-06-23
Abstract: An injection device comprises a syringe (1) extendible against a spring bias (9) from a retracted position in a housing (2) to a projecting injecting position. A spring biased plunger has collapsible elbows (10) which, when the plunger is released, initially engage the end of the syringe to drive it to the projecting position, whereupon arresting of the syringe movement causes the elbows to collapse inside the syringe to allow the plunger to engage and drive the bung (3).
Patent CA-2572662-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and arrangement for designating a menu item on a handheld electronic device
Inventor: LEE MATTHEW RICHARD
IPC: G06F3/0482
Filed: 2006-12-29
Abstract: A system and method is disclosed that provides for running an application on a handheld electronic device and thereby causing an application page to be displayed on a display screen of the handheld electronic device. The system and method further provides for displaying a menu of user-selectable actions relevant to the displayed page and default--designating a safe action for user selection so that in the event that the user inadvertently actuates the safe action, detrimental affects are minimized.
Patent CA-2572694-A1 (CA)
Inventor: JOHNSTON JOHN
IPC: B60R16/02
Filed: 2007-01-03
Abstract: A retractable step alarm in a motor vehicle or trailer which includes a processor coupled to an alarm, a door sensor, vehicle operation sensors, and extended and retracted step position sensors. The alarm is activated by an enable signal sent by the processor. The extended step position sensor is positioned to detect if the steps are fully extended and the retracted step position sensor is positioned to detect if the steps are fully retracted. The processor activates the alarm means if the vehicle operation sensor indicates that the vehicle ignition is on and/or the transmission is engaged, indicative that the vehicle is bound for movement, and the retracted step position sensor indicates the steps are not fully retracted, or if the door sensor indicates the door is open and the extended step position sensor indicates the steps are not fully extended. The processor also activates the alarm means if both the extended or retracted door sensor signals are low for more than ten seconds indicating that the step is stuck partially extended or retracted and the processor activates the alarm means if both the extended or retracted door sensor signals are high indicating the step is fully retracted and extended at the same time thus indicating one or both step position sensors or wiring has failed or is damaged.
Patent CA-2572964-A1 (CA)
Title: Purified amphiphilic peptide compositions and uses thereof
IPC: A61K38/00
Filed: 2005-07-06
Abstract: A plurality of amphiphilic peptide chains having alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic amino acids, wherein the peptide contains at least 8 amino acids, are complementary and structurally compatible, and self-assemble into a beta-sheet macroscopic scaffold wherein peptide at least about 75% of the chains have the same sequence.
Patent CA-2574179-A1 (CA)
Title: Detection of cellular stress
Inventor: BROWN KENNETH
IPC: A01K67/027
Filed: 2005-07-15
Abstract: We provide reporter gene constructs incorporating nucleic acid sequences from a promoter region of a gene or set of genes whose expression is modified in response to external or internal changes in the cellular environment such as biochemical stress or toxic conditions. The promoters are operatively linked to nucleic acid sequences chosen on the basis of the ease with which their transcription and/or translation products may be assayed so that the reporter gene constructs can provide a system capable of detecting intracellular conditions. Also described are transfected cell lines including the constructs and transgenic non-human animal models including the constructs.
Patent CA-2574695-A1 (CA)
Inventor: AZIZI SOUFIANE
IPC: G06F16/9032
Filed: 2007-01-19
Abstract: A query processing coordination planning unit coordinates a query processing to obtain requested data from one or more data sources. The query processing coordination planning unit comprises a request preparation coordinator and a request execution coordinator. The request planning unit invokes one or more query operation providers in a conditional query processing sequence for translating a logical representation of the user request into a physical representation of a user request, and generates an execution plan expressed by the physical representation of a user request. The request execution coordinator executes the physical representation of the user request in accordance with the execution plan using the query operation providers.
Patent CA-2576509-A1 (CA)
Title: Portable energy consuming device
Inventor: LONG TIM
IPC: A45D20/12
Filed: 2005-03-30
Abstract: An improved portable energy consuming device that uses an external power source to store kinetic energy in the device until a desired level is reached and then the external power source is disconnected from the device to form a portable device and an internal power source is automatically used to maintain the desired kinetic energy level. Thus, the external power source causes at least one device load to reach a desired operating level such as temperature and then, when the device is removed from a base on which it is mounted, the external power source is disconnected and an internal power source is automatically connected to the at least one device load to cause it to just maintain the desired operating level. A control circuit is coupled between the internal power source and its associated internal load to cause only sufficient power to be supplied to the load to maintain the desired operating level.
Patent CA-2578691-A1 (CA)
Title: Melting furnace with agitator and agitator for melting furnace
Inventor: TAKAHASHI KENZO
IPC: F27D27/00
Filed: 2006-07-20
Abstract: There are provided a melting furnace including a containing space for containing a melt of nonferrous metal, a magnetic field generating device, a magnetic flux therefrom, from outside penetrates the melting furnace for containing the melt to run through the containing space in a direction; and at least one pair of electrode terminals, the electrode terminals facing each other with a predetermined distance in a direction crossing the direction of the magnetic flux at a certain angle, and being capable of connecting to a power supply.
Patent CA-2579126-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HIKMET RIFAT ATA MUSTAFA
IPC: G11B7/253
Filed: 2005-08-30
Abstract: The invention relates to an optical data carrier (1, 10) comprising a thermochromic layer (4, 11, 20) including a dielectric transition material (21) and metal nano-particles (22) embedded in said transition material (21) for absorbing at least a part of an irradiation (3) applied to said optical data carrier (1, 10) for reading out data from said optical data carrier (1,10) and/or for recording data on said optical data carrier (1, 10). The invention further relates to an optical master (30) for manufacturing an optical data carrier, said optical master (30) comprising such a thermochromic layer (20, 32). In order to provide an optical data carrier (1, 10) or an optical master (30) with a thermochromic material which allows a choosing of the position of the absorption band and of the temperature at which a thermochromic effect takes place and which is further sufficiently fast and stable, it is proposed that said transition material (21) has a first value of a material characteristic being a specific volume and/or a thermal expansion coefficient of said transition material (21) below a transition temperature (Tg, Tm) and a second value of said material characteristic above said transition temperature (Tg, Tm), said second value being higher than said first value.
Patent CA-2579216-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BEN-DAVID AVIGDOR
IPC: E06B9/11
Filed: 2005-07-14
Abstract: In one embodiment, a manually operated internal Venetian blind for raising/lowering a plurality of slats is disclosed, and comprises a stationary bearing housing, a longitudinally displaceable bifurcated bearing block, a counterweight interconnected to the bearing block and housing at least one internal magnet, and a first linearly displaceable actuator disposed outwardly to one of two glass sheets and provided with at least one external magnet at a fixed distance from the internal magnet. The displacement of the first actuator is significantly less than the displacement of the longitudinally lowest slat due to the winding of central cords around a ball bearing housed within the bearing block. In another embodiment, a device for tilting the slats to which two outer cords are affixed is provided with two laterally oriented sides and an annular protrusion rotatably supported by a suitable assembly secured to a support surface and transversally extending outwardly from each laterally oriented side, such that the tilting device is rotatable about a transversal axis coincident with the axis of the annular protrusions.  An external blind is also disclosed.
Patent CA-2579713-A1 (CA)
Title: Seamless channel change in a wireless local area network
Inventor: ROY VINCENT
IPC: H04W84/12
Filed: 2005-09-06
Abstract: A method for seamless channel change in a wireless local area network having a station STA (204) and an access point AP (202) begins with sending a channel change intention message from the AP to STA (210). A channel change response message (212) is sent from STA to the AP, informing the AP whether the STA  will follow the channel change. The AP determines whether to proceed with the channel change, and performs the change if the determination is positive.
Patent CA-2581267-A1 (CA)
Title: Non-invasive pressure measurement in a fluid adjustable restrictive device
Inventor: DLUGOS DANIEL F
IPC: A61B17/12
Filed: 2007-03-06
Abstract: An implantable restriction device is configured to provide a restriction in a patient as a function of the pressure of fluid. The implantable restriction device includes one or more pressure sensors configured to sense pressure of the fluid within the implantable restriction device. Pressure data obtained by the one or more pressure sensors may be communicated to a device located external to the patient, which may process the pressure data, and may further provide a display to a user including information relating to the processed pressure data. Where the implantable restriction device comprises an adjustable gastric band, the one or more pressure sensors may be located in any number of the following locations: an injection port, an interface between the injection port and a catheter, in a catheter, in-line with a catheter, adjacent to a catheter, in a gastric band, in a gastric band buckle, or elsewhere.
Patent CA-2582515-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HILDEBRAND MARC
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2005-10-07
Abstract: Irregular volumes (23) within one or more three-dimensional volume datasets are identified and extracted in response to criteria. The processing involves automatically finding a seed voxel or seed cell that meets the criteria and thus belongs to an irregular volume of interest, (42) and then identifying cells related to the seed cell by one or more predetermined relationships that are therefore also to be grouped into that irregular volume (44). Information, which can be of any suitable type, identifying each such cell as being related to other cells and belonging to an irregular volume is stored in a suitable data structure (192). The location or similar neighborhood information and other data describing properties or attributes of the identified cell are also stored (46). A graphical user interface (400) that includes an irregular volume presentation area (404) displaying a set of attributes associated with each of the identified irregular volumes (402) is also disclosed.
Patent CA-2586361-A1 (CA)
Inventor: JACKSON ROGER P
IPC: A61B17/56
Filed: 2005-11-07
Abstract: A spinal fixation device combines an open-headed anchor member, such as a polyaxial bone screw or a hook, with a rotatable closure that operably clamps a spinal fixation rod to the anchor member. The anchor member has spaced apart arms forming a rod receiving channel. The arms have arm extensions or tabs connected to main portions of the arms by weakened regions to enable the extensions to be broken-off or separated after the rod is clamped. The closure and inner surfaces of the arms and tabs have mating helical anti-splay guide and advancement flanges formed thereon which radially interlock and mechanically cooperate to prevent splaying the arms and extensions as the closure is advanced into the rod receiving channel.
Patent CA-2587139-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HOGG DEBORAH
IPC: C07K1/16
Filed: 2005-11-23
Abstract: The present invention provides improved methods for the purification of factor XIII. In particular, the methods provide compositions containing 5% or less contaminating proteins. In particular embodiments of the present invention the methods provide purified factor XIII compositions comprising less than 1% activated factor XIII, less than 2% protein aggregates, and/or less than 5% charge isomers of factor XIII. The methods do not require the use a precipitation or crystallization step common to prior methods of isolating factor XIII. Instead, the method uses immobilized metal affinity chromatography to remove various contaminants common to recombinant expression of factor XIII. Further, a combination of various chromatography methods including ion exchange chromatography, hydrophobic affinity chromatography, and immobilized metal affinity chromatography comprise a simple and less expensive method to produce a pharmaceutical grade factor XIII product at high yield.
Patent CA-2595374-A1 (CA)
Title: Apparatus, system and method for guaranteed term multi-trip emergency travel medical coverage
Inventor: DINEEN CATHERINE J
IPC: G06Q40/08
Filed: 2007-07-31
Abstract: A system and method for providing emergency travel medical coverage to a customer, including means for receiving an application for emergency travel medical coverage from the customer, the application containing customer information, means for processing the application from the customer, configured to record, in at least one database, a customer data record containing the customer information associated with the application, and selectively approve the customer for emergency travel medical coverage based on a risk analysis performed on the customer data record, and means for administering the emergency travel medical coverage for approved customers, said means configured to define a guaranteed coverage term having at least one renewal period, define a maximum permitted trip duration, define a geographic territory, calculate a premium to be paid in relation to the at least one renewal period, receive the premium in association with at least one particular renewal period, and, for each renewal period in which the premium has been received, provide emergency travel medical coverage to the customer for covered events that occur during that particular renewal period while the customer is traveling outside of the geographic territory for a duration less than the maximum permitted trip duration.
Patent CA-2599933-A1 (CA)
Title: Optical device with reduced temperature dependence
Inventor: BULTHUIS HINDRIK FREERK
IPC: G02B6/34
Filed: 2006-03-02
Abstract: Optical apparatus with improved center wavelength temperature stability. In an embodiment, an AWG has a plurality of slots inserted along the optical paths.  The slots contain one or more compensation materials which collectively correct for an order Q temperature dependency of the AWG base material. Q>=2 or the number of compensation materials is at least 2 or both.
Patent CA-2602580-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WILKE BO
IPC: D21C7/06
Filed: 2006-03-21
Abstract: The invention concerns a method and an arrangement for the feed of a chips suspension from one vessel to a subsequent digester in a continuous cooking process for the production of chemical cellulose pulp, where the vessel (101) has an inlet (107) for the input of chips and an outlet (201 ) for the output of a chips suspension. The chips suspension in the vessel (101) has a first fluid/wood ratio established above a second fluid/wood ratio, where the second fluid/wood ratio is established at the bottom of the vessel. The second fluid/wood ratio is at least as great as, preferably greater than, the first fluid/wood ratio. The invention is characterised in that after the output of the chips suspension from the vessel (101) and before the chips suspension is placed under pressure for onwards transport to a subsequent digester, a frac¬  tion (Q2) of fluid is withdrawn from the chips suspension, whereby a third fluid/wood ratio is established in the chips suspension, which third fluid/wood ratio is lower than the second fluid/wood ratio.
Patent CA-2603709-A1 (CA)
Title: Cable monitoring apparatus
Inventor: ZAIKEN ELIOT
IPC: G01R31/58
Filed: 2007-09-25
Abstract: A cable monitoring apparatus includes a housing having an input interface adapted to electrically connect to one end of a medical cable and an output interface adapted to electrically connect to an electrical system. Signal processing circuitry is incorporated within the housing for receiving a medical signal from the medical cable via the input interface and for selectively passing the medical signal to the electrical system via the output interface when in a first mode of operation, and has application software for selectively testing functionality of the medical cable when in a second mode of operation. The medical signal may include at least one monitoring signal selected from a group consisting of fetal and maternal medical signals. Preferably, the at least one monitoring signal is generated from a medical device selected from a group consisting of at least one medical electrode, a medical electrode array, an abdominal strain gauge, a tocodynamometer, an intrauterine pressure catheter, an ultrasonic transducer, a vacuum pressure sensor, a pulse oximeter, a pH sensor, a cervical dilation sensor, a cervical effacement sensor, a cervical length sensor, a fetal station sensor, and an ultrasound transducer.
Patent CA-2609301-A1 (CA)
Title: Multi-media recess data low voltage box with slide-away hidden cover
Inventor: DINH CONG THANH
IPC: H05K5/00
Filed: 2007-11-01
Abstract: An electrical box and cover that includes a body having a back wall, a face plate and a perimeter wall which define an interior and an exterior for the body. The back wall has one or more removable elements for forming apertures that can be used to mount connectors.  The faceplate has an opening for accessing the interior that extends beyond the perimeter wall to expose a slot. The cover is connected to the body by one or more hinges and is pivotably movable between an open and closed position. When the cover is in the open position, it can be retracted into the housing. A housing extending from the rear of the face plate on the exterior of the body receives the cover. The cover can include a rail on the interior surface and the perimeter wall can include a track that receives the rail when the cover is retracted into the box.
Patent CA-2610112-A1 (CA)
Title: Determining identifiers for wireless networks with hidden identifiers
Inventor: ABDEL-KADER SHERIF ALY
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2007-11-08
Abstract: A method for determining an identifier of a wireless network to which a mobile device can connect. For at least one wireless network, an identifier and at least one address for component(s) in that network is stored on the mobile device.  An address of a component in an available network is received.  If the address of the component is received without an identifier for the network, the received address is compared with at least one stored address. If the received address matches one of the at least one stored address, the identifier stored in association with that address is obtained. A module and a mobile device for implementing the method comprise a memory, a receiver, a comparison module and an interface module.
Patent CA-2612228-A1 (CA)
Title: Automotive articles prepared from filled tpo compositions, and methods of making the same
Inventor: KAKARALA SRIMANNARAYANA
IPC: C08L23/12
Filed: 2006-06-23
Abstract: An automotive part containing at least one component formed from a composition comprising the following: (i) a crystalline, isotactic propylene homopolymer, (ii) an ethylene/.alpha.-olefm elastomeric impact modifier, and (iii) a reinforcing grade of filler, for example, talc. The crystalline isotactic propylene homopolymer has a flex modulus of greater than about 1930 MPa and a heat deflection temperature (HDT) of greater than about 100~C; the ethylene/.alpha.-olefin interpolymer has a Tg of less than about -30~C, and a tan delta measured at 0.1 radians/s at 190~C of less than about 2; and the filler has a HDT reinforcing efficiency of at least about 2. The automotive part has an HDT of greater than about 100~C and a flex modulus of greater than about 1930 MPa.
Patent CA-2613782-A1 (CA)
Title: User interface for geographic search
Inventor: FRANK JOHN R
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2006-06-28
Abstract: A computer-implemented method of processing a geotext query, said method involving: receiving a first free-text query string from a user; and decomposing the first free-text query into a non-geographic query and a geographic query, wherein the non-geographic query is a second free-text query string derived from the first free-text query string and the geographic query is a geographical location description.
Patent CA-2617047-A1 (CA)
Inventor: OH HYUN JU
IPC: C12N5/16
Filed: 2006-07-26
Abstract: Disclosed herein are a cloned canine and a production method thereof. The method comprises the steps of enucleating the oocyte of a canine to prepare an enucleated recipient oocyte, conducting nuclear transfer into the enucleated oocyte using a canine somatic cell as a nuclear donor cell under optimized conditions so as to prepare a nuclear transfer embryo, and transferring the nuclear transfer embryo into the oviduct of a surrogate mother. The present invention provides a method for producing cloned canines and thus, can contribute to the development of studies in veterinary medicine, anthropology and medical science such as the propagation of superior canines, the conservation of rare or nearly extinct canines, xenotransplantation and disease animal models.
Patent CA-2617533-A1 (CA)
Title: Wood treatment
Inventor: BURLEIGH MALCOLM B
IPC: B27K3/36
Filed: 2006-08-03
Abstract: A process for treating wood comprising at least partially penetrating it with a urethane- or acrylate-based fluoro-material. Also, wood produced by the process.
Patent CA-2620481-A1 (CA)
Inventor: COON ROBERT
IPC: E21B34/06
Filed: 2008-02-07
Abstract: Sliding sleeve mechanisms including protective sheaths for debris protection are disclosed. Protective sheaths can be formed from materials such as composites, metal, foil, rubber, plastic, glass, ceramic, wire mesh, tape, etc. The protective sheaths can be substantially cylindrical shells (having one or more pieces), plugs in the flow ports, and/or tape or wire wrappings. The protective sheaths can be retained by recesses in the sliding sleeve or mechanical fasteners such as screws, pins, rivets, snap rings, bands, and buckles. The protective sheath can be outside or inside the sliding sleeve. The protective sheath can protect the sliding sleeve from debris by retaining grease that has been packed into the sliding sleeve for that purpose or positively preventing entry of debris into the sliding sleeve. The protective sheath can be cleared by permitting fluid flow through the sliding sleeve, which can act to destroy and/or wash away the protective sheath.