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Patent CA-2806992-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LALANCETTE DANIEL
IPC: H01B7/24
Filed: 2013-02-22
Abstract: A breakable protector plate is provided for preventing damage to wires or cables which are behind the protector plate. The plate comprises a weakened break line. To prevent nails or screws from penetrating the reduced material thickness at the break line, the surface of the break line is raised with respect to the plate in order to redirect nails or screws into a greater thickness area of the plate.
Patent CA-2808949-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HUDETZ JAMES PAUL
IPC: G06F17/21
Filed: 2013-03-11
Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer-readable medium are disclosed for reformatting documents based on a source document. In one example, a method for facilitating the formatting of content of an active document is provided. The method includes receiving style template data in response to a display of style source template indicators. A style template preview based on the style template data is displayed and style template selection data indicating a selected style source template is received. A reformatted document is generated in which the reformatted document is based on the active document and source style data from the selected style source template. A reformat preview is then displayed including a representation of the active document and a representation of the reformatted document.
Patent CA-2810439-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FISCHER DANIEL
IPC: A47J31/36
Filed: 2011-08-29
Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing brewed beverages, having a brewing unit which has a brewing chamber, into which a capsule can be introduced through an introduction shaft.
Patent CA-2815467-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BOGUE BEUFORD A
IPC: B29C48/37
Filed: 2011-10-21
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for forming films. In particular, the present invention relates to the formation of films on a substrate via the use of individual pumps to deposit individual wet film products onto a substrate.
Patent CA-2815494-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SCHNEIDER JOHN BERNARD
IPC: G16H10/60
Filed: 2011-10-21
Abstract: A modular medical device includes a core module housing. The core module housing includes a treatment module interface configured to couple to any one of a plurality of treatment modules, and each of the plurality of treatment modules includes a treatment assembly configured to apply a medical treatment. The core housing module contains one or more processing devices coupled to the treatment module interface and configured to determine which particular treatment module, from the plurality of treatment modules, is coupled to the treatment module interface. The one or more processing devices are configured to select, based on the determination, a set of control instructions for the particular treatment module from a plurality of control instructions, and control the particular treatment module using the selected control instructions such that the treatment assembly of the particular treatment module applies the medical treatment for which the treatment assembly is configured.
Patent CA-2816856-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CAVENAGH EDWARD JOHN
IPC: B65F1/14
Filed: 2011-11-07
Abstract: A flexible container assembly (10) configured to hold an amount of material, the assembly (10) comprising a flexible container structure (14) comprising a flexible container (30) comprising a bottom wall section (32) and a plurality o side wall sections (34), the bottom wall section (32) and the side walls sections (34) forming a walled enclosure for containing for containing the amount of the material within the flexible container (30) when the bottom wall section (32) is in a closed state, a plurality of support pocket structures (50) wherein a support pocket structure (50) is connected to an upper end of each respective side wall section (34) and a support structure (12) comprising a plurality of vertical supports (16), an end of each vertical support (16) received into a respective support pocket (50) for maintaining the flexible container (30) in an upright position.
Patent CA-2817818-A1 (CA)
Inventor: EVERETT BRYAN J
IPC: E02F9/20
Filed: 2011-11-02
Abstract: A control system (30) is disclosed for use with a mobile loading machine (12a) operating at a first location (14) and a plurality of mobile haul machines (12b) configured to move material received at the first location (14) to a second location (16). The control system (30) may have a plurality of control modules (20), each associated with one of the mobile loading machine (12a) and the plurality of mobile haul machines (12b), and a worksite controller (28). The worksite controller (28) may be configured to make a determination that a position of the mobile loading machine (12a) has changed, and to generate a new travel path (18) for the plurality of mobile haul machines (12b) based on the determination. The worksite controller (28) may also be configured to selectively communicate the new travel path (18) to each of the plurality of control modules (20). The new travel path (18) between the first (14) and second locations (16) may be automatically determined in accordance with at least one user-selected goal.
Patent CA-2818102-A1 (CA)
Title: Self-immolative probes for enzyme activity detection
Inventor: SZCZEPANIK MACIEJ
IPC: C09K11/06
Filed: 2011-11-09
Abstract: Provided is a compound comprising the structure: (SIG)-(SI-MOD)m. In this compound, SIG is a signaling molecule, SI is a self-immolative structure bound to SIG such that SIG has a reduced signal relative to the signal of SIG without SI, MOD is a moiety bound to SI that is subject to modification by an activator, and in is an integer from 1 to about 10. With this compound, when MOD is modified by an activator, SI is destabilized and self- cleaved from SIG such that SIG generates an increased signal. Also provided is a method of determining whether a sample comprises an activator, using the above-described compound. Additionally provided is a method of determining whether a cell comprises a nitroreductase using the above-described compound where nitroreductase is the activator. Further provided is a method of determining whether a mammalian cell is hypoxic using the above-described compound where nitroreductase is the activator. A method of detecting a microorganism that comprises a nitroreductase, using the above-described compound where nitroreductase is the activator, is also provided. Also provided is a method of identifying nitroreductase in a sample, using the above-described compound where nitroreductase is the activator.
Patent CA-2819008-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MUIR ELIOT MARVYN
IPC: G06F17/24
Filed: 2011-11-21
Abstract: A method and system for gen-erating annotations in a code editor of a devel-opment environment is provided. A user enters code into a code editor of a development en-vironment and the code accesses a data source.  The execution of the code accesses the data and presents output to the user in the code ed-itor in real time. Another aspect is the trigger-ing of an autocompletion event, which causes the code to be compiled and executed, wherein the executing of the code accesses the data and presents selectable options for autocompletion and enables user selection of available options.
Patent CA-2820364-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SCHIEWE JAY A
IPC: A01G9/02
Filed: 2013-06-14
Abstract: A planter system features a rigid upright backing structure having a front face, a layer of water permeable material lying in a planar configuration over the front face of the rigid upright backing structure, and at least one pocket member defined independently of the layer of water permeable material and carried at a respective height on the upright structure to define a respective pocket space bound between the layer of water permeable material and the pocket on a side of said layer opposite the upright backing structure. Each pocket member is fastened in place on the upright backing structure in a position with a bottom edge of the pocket member flush against the layer of water permeable material without compression thereof.  Water introduced at or near a top end of the unit is distributed down through the water permeable material to each pocket for watering of plant life therein.
Patent CA-2821910-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SHAW KEVIN
IPC: G09F3/00
Filed: 2013-07-29
Abstract: A wine bottle wrap for promoting the contents of the bottle, the brand, or the entity that produced or is presenting the bottle for sale. The wine bottle wrap is generally made of paper, sized and shaped to be easily wrapped around a bottle, such as a wine bottle. The paper will include printed words and drawings or other images that can both identify the contents of the bottle and provide other marketing material. In a preferred embodiment, at least some of the bottle is visible in a gap in the wrap, preferably at the bottom of the bottle.
Patent CA-2822416-A1 (CA)
Title: Lubricating oil compositions comprising fatty amides
Inventor: CORRADI MARCO
IPC: C10M133/44
Filed: 2013-07-31
Abstract: The present invention relates to automotive lubricating oil compositions, especially for use in spark-ignited or compression-ignited internal combustion engines.  The compositions exhibit an improved inhibition of corrosion of the metallic engine parts during operation of the engine, which is fuelled with a biofuel. The lubricating oil compositions contain a minor amount of an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible additive component (B) obtained by reacting an aliphatic polyamine and an aliphatic hydrocarbyl mono acid to form at least one amide or imidazoline group, in combination with a minor amount of an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible additive component (C) of an aliphatic primary amide, in a lubricating oil composition, to reduce and/or inhibit the corrosion of the metallic engine components, wherein the lubricating oil composition becomes contaminated with the biofuel during operation of the engine.
Patent CA-2823055-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BENNETT STEVE R
IPC: B65F1/14
Filed: 2013-08-08
Abstract: An alerting/information device used to expediate the removal of waste and recyclables by employing two adjacent pockets, one affixed and one free to move, each pocket containing pertinent information on cards, that, when closed with a detachable adhesive, signifies no engagement, but when opened, it signifies that the device is active and on interaction with waste vehicle, device will reset to the no engagement mode.
Patent CA-2823093-A1 (CA)
Title: Seal element for anastomosis
Inventor: BETTUCHI MICHAEL
IPC: A61B17/115
Filed: 2005-09-29
Abstract: An assembly for disposing a seal element between tissue lumens comprising:  a circular surgical stapling device comprising an anvil assembly and a tubular body portion wherein the anvil assembly comprises an anvil member and a first shaft and the tubular body portion comprises a plurality of surgical staples in a circular configuration and a second shaft disposed inwardly of the surgical staples, the first shaft being attachable to the second shaft; and a seal element comprising a first material and a second material wherein the first material promotes tissue ingrowth and the second material comprises a sealant.
Patent CA-2824284-A1 (CA)
Title: Ballstent device and methods of use
Inventor: FRANANO F NICHOLAS
IPC: A61M25/10
Filed: 2012-01-17
Abstract: What is disclosed are medical devices comprising a rounded, thin-walled, expandable metal structure ("ballstent") and a flexible, elongated delivery device ("delivery catheter") and systems and methods of use for treating saccular vascular aneurysms with the medical devices. Ballstents comprised of gold, platinum, or silver that can be compressed, positioned in the lumen of an aneurysm, and expanded to conform to the shape of the aneurysm are disclosed. The external surface of ballstents can be configured to promote local thrombosis and to promote the growth of tissue into and around the wall of the ballstent in order to seal the aneurysm and fix the ballstent in place in the aneurysm. The wall of the ballstent can also be configured to release drugs or pharmacologically active molecules, such as those that promote thrombosis, cell proliferation, extracellular matrix deposition, and tissue growth.
Patent CA-2826216-A1 (CA)
Title: Edulcorant naturel ameliore et procede de fabrication associe
Inventor: CATANI STEVEN J
IPC: A23L27/30
Filed: 2012-02-07
Abstract: L'invention concerne une composition édulcorante naturelle contenant un mélange brut d'au moins un composé édulcorant à haute intensité, naturel, à base de plante, cette composition étant obtenue par le procédé comprenant (a) une étape de distillation par entraînement à la vapeur d'eau du mélange brut ; et (b) au moins une étape de filtration du mélange brut.
Patent CA-2831530-A1 (CA)
Title: Networked, wireless lighting control system with distributed intelligence
Inventor: PLATNER BRIAN P
IPC: H04L12/16
Filed: 2009-05-05
Abstract: A progammable lighting control system integrates time-based, sensor-based, and manual control of lighting and other loads. The system includes one or more groups of controlled lighting areas, which may be, for example, floors of a building. Each group may have one or more lighting zones, which may be, for example, individual rooms or offices on a building floor. Each lighting zone includes occupancy and/or daylight sensors that may be wirelessly coupled to a gateway of the group. Each gateway is coupled to a network, such as, for example, a local area network (LAN). Control software, residing on a computer (e.g., a personal computer or a server) coupled to the network and accessible via the network, remotely communicates with and controls the lighting zones either individually, groupwise, or globally. Each lighting zone can also be locally controlled at the gateway and can function independently of the control software and the gateway.
Patent CA-2835360-A1 (CA)
Title: Tissue healing
Inventor: HARTWELL SAMANTHA DAWN
IPC: A61F13/02
Filed: 2011-11-02
Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are disclosed for dressing a wound and for minimizing scarring. The apparatus promotes scar-minimizing healing of a wound where negative pressure wound therapy is applied, and comprises a wound contact layer containing silicone, polysiloxanes, or other related compounds.
Patent CA-2837003-A1 (CA)
Inventor: TOMALA JANUSZ
IPC: F27D1/00
Filed: 2012-04-23
Abstract: A refractory, which is particularly suitable for use in an inner lining of a blast furnace, is obtainable by a process including the following steps: a) providing a mixture containing - coke, - silicon and - binder, b) forming a green block from the mixture provided in step a), c) baking the green block of step b) and d) semi-graphitizing the baked block of step c) at a temperature between 1600 and 2000°C.
Patent CA-2837796-A1 (CA)
Title: Device and method for the capture of c02 by cao carbonation and for maintaining sorbent activity
Inventor: ABANADES GARCIA JUAN CARLOS
IPC: B01D53/83
Filed: 2012-06-07
Abstract: The present invention is included within the field of energy production from carbonaceous fuels with capture of carbón dioxide for its use or permanent storage and in particular relates to devices and methods which enable the improved capture of C02 by CaO in calcination-carbonation processes due to the use of a recarbonator(l) where the partially carbonated solids from the carbonator(2) are brought into contad: with highly concentrated C02(13); so that the fraction of carbonate in the solids increases slightly above the effective C02 carrying capacity in the carbonator and said increase compensates the loss of effective. C02 carrying capacity that said solids undergo in the following calcination-carbonation cycle, thus checking the deactivation process in a higher valué of C02 carrying capacity of the sorbent.
Patent CA-2838543-A1 (CA)
Title: Uv red fluorescent ea toner
Inventor: RICHARDS-JOHNSON ROXAN
IPC: G03G9/09
Filed: 2014-01-07
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a toner design for a clear UV red fluorescence toner having a high lanthanide complex pigment loading, including methods of making the fluorescence toner using a saccharide or a sugar acid to avoid complexation of lanthanide ions from the pigment, with lower aggregation and coalescence temperatures in the preparation of toner particles, where the particles exhibit a narrow size distribution and good xerographic performance.
Patent CA-2839250-A1 (CA)
Inventor: OTANI TOSHIAKI
IPC: G02B5/23
Filed: 2012-07-10
Abstract: This photochromic curable composition is characterized by comprising (A) a radical-polymerizable component which comprises (A1) a silsesquioxane component having a radical -polymerizable group and (A2) a bifunctional radical -polymerizable monomer represented by general formula (1) and (B) a photochromic compound. In the formula, a is a number of 0 to 30 and b is a number of 0 to 30, with the sum of a and b being 2 to 30 on average; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom or methyl; and A is a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms. The photochromic curable composition is useful particularly as a photochromic coating material, is hard enough not to suffer from scratches in the lens-processing step, and can yield, by a coating method, a photochromic lens which exhibits excellent photochromic characteristics such as excellent color density, fade speed, and repetition durability.
Patent CA-2840690-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MODESITT D BRUCE
IPC: A61B18/14
Filed: 2005-06-30
Abstract: Devices and methods for biological tissue closure are disclosed. Arteriotomy closure and hemostasis devices and methods are disclosed. A device that can provide a lateral tension across an opening in the tissue and apply energy to seal the tissue is disclosed. Methods for using the device are also disclosed.
Patent CA-2841373-A1 (CA)
Title: Device for assisting in the preparation of an operation on the human eye
Inventor: JEGLORZ TOBIAS
IPC: A61F9/008
Filed: 2011-07-28
Abstract: A device for assisting in the preparation of an operation on the human eye for the purpose of generating a corneal flap by means of a microkeratome system includes: an input interface arrangement that permits at least the input of data relating to a set value of at least one flap parameter and also to at least one patient-related parameter; a computer to access a stored data collection of several surgical data records, each of which includes a post-operative actual value of at least one flap parameter, a value for at least one patient-related parameter and configuration data of the microkeratome system, the computer having been set up to ascertain, on the basis of the data collection in a manner depending on the input data, configuration information that represents a proposed configuration of the microkeratome system; and an output interface arrangement for outputting the configuration information. The microkeratome system receives the configuration information confirmed by a user from the device.
Patent CA-2841526-A1 (CA)
Inventor: OBERHAENSLI FRANZ
IPC: A47L11/30
Filed: 2006-11-16
Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved squeegee assembly. Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to a uniquely shaped squeegee configuration that has been found to remove liquids from a floor in an efficient manner. One particular embodiment utilizes a W-shaped squeegee. Other embodiments are directed to a squeegee fixation device. Yet other embodiments are directed toward a squeegee orientation device. Some embodiments are also directed toward a lifting mechanism and the connection between the squeegee assembly and the lifting mechanism.
Patent CA-2842533-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BESSON FRANCOIS
IPC: A47J31/36
Filed: 2012-08-21
Abstract: A system comprises a cartridge (9) containing a beverage ingredient and a device (1) for brewing the ingredient in the cartridge by supplying a brewing liquid such as heated water into the cartridge. The device has upstream and downstream cartridge enclosing parts (7, 8) relatively movable between an open position for inserting and/or removing the cartridge and a closed position for forming a brewing chamber (11) enclosing the cartridge during brewing. The brewing chamber (11) has a confining expansion space (12) which is: unoccupied by the cartridge (9) when the enclosing parts (7, 8) are in the closed position enclosing the cartridge; and occupied by the cartridge upon expansion thereof caused by exposure of the ingredient to the brewing liquid.
Patent CA-2845856-A1 (CA)
Title: Gift card mall in the home
Inventor: WILEN RICHARD
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2014-03-12
Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing and activating gift cards and advertising so as to provide a gift card mall in the home of a gift giver are described. The system can include a unitary single-sheet form, a package envelope, an activation system, a delivery system, and a redemption system. The system can also include a publication. A plurality of the forms can be inserted into the package envelope for delivery to the gift giver. The gift giver can select one or more of the gift cards for activation and delivery to a gift recipient. The gift recipient can then redeem the activated gift received from the gift giver for a redemption item sold or provided by a retailer, service provider, or manufacturer. The redemption item can be a good, service, or money. The redemption item can be purchased at an online shopping mall, by telephone, or in a retail store.
Patent CA-2846689-A1 (CA)
Title: Method for treating waste gases from plants for pig iron production and/or synthesis gas
Inventor: MILLNER ROBERT
IPC: C01B3/12
Filed: 2012-08-22
Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a system for treating waste gases (4) from plants (32, 33) for pig iron production and/or synthesis gas, wherein a first sub-stream (51) of the waste gas or synthesis gas is subjected to an at least partial conversion of CO into CO2 after addition of water and/or water vapour (10), and the waste gas (4) or synthesis gas is then subjected to CO2 capture. In order to be able to set a variable H2/CO ratio in the waste gas or synthesis gas, according to the invention a further sub-stream (52) of the waste gas or synthesis gas is not subjected to a conversion of CO into CO2, but is subjected to CO2 capture separately from the first sub-stream (51).
Patent CA-2850260-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ENGLER WOLFGANG
IPC: G01G19/03
Filed: 2012-09-27
Abstract: Magnetometers under the road surface detect variations in the vertical and longitudinal horizontal components of the magnetic field over time in response to passing vehicles. A trajectory of these components in the phase space of these field components is regularized to obtain a magnetic signature. Magnetic signatures are compared using cross-correlation over arc length to identify vehicles. Inductance sensors can be used to detect vehicles and help determine the beginning and end of magnetic signatures.
Patent CA-2851027-A1 (CA)
Inventor: DARBY JASON
IPC: F24F13/32
Filed: 2013-09-27
Abstract: A system for securing an air conditioning unit to a building without the need for any alteration and/or damage to the building itself. The system includes a cross bar, an air conditioning unit support, and a strut. The arrangement of the components results in the cross bar applying an outward force to an interior surface of the building and strut applying an inward force to an exterior surface of the building in response to the downward force exerted on the air conditioning unit support. The sum of the forces applied on the surfaces of the building are sufficient to secure the air conditioning unit to the building.
Patent CA-2854450-A1 (CA)
Title: Microbial production of n-butyraldehyde
Inventor: CHO KWANG MYUNG
IPC: C12N15/52
Filed: 2012-11-02
Abstract: Microorganisms and methods of producing n-butyraldehyde with enhanced yields are presented in which a microorganism is engineered to enhance the conversion of a carbon source into n-butyraldehyde. The n-butyraldehyde is recovered by way of a gas stripping process that occurs during the conversion process, providing significantly greater product yield than post-fermentation recovery of n-butyraldehyde alone.