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Patent CA-2606234-A1 (CA)
Inventor: PROKOP GARY F
IPC: A61N1/375
Filed: 2006-04-11
Abstract: SubQ ICDs are disclosed that are entirely implantable subcutaneously with minimal surgical intrusion into the body of the patient and provide distributed cardioversion-defibrillation sense and stimulation electrodes for delivery of cardioversion-defibrillation shock and pacing therapies across the heart when necessary. Configurations include one hermetically sealed housing with 1 or, optionally, 2 subcutaneous sensing and cardioversion-defibrillation therapy delivery leads or alternatively, 2 hermetically sealed housings interconnected by a power/signal cable. The housings are generally dynamically configurable to adjust to varying rib structure and associated articulation of the thoracic cavity and muscles. Further the housings may optionally be flexibly adjusted for ease of implant and patient comfort.
Patent CA-2608024-A1 (CA)
Title: Use of flibanserin in the treatment of chronic pain
Inventor: BORSINI FRANCO
IPC: A61K31/496
Filed: 2006-05-09
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the treatment of chronic pain comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of flibanserin in combination with one or more active ingredients.
Patent CA-2609988-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CHAMBERS FREEMAN G
IPC: A61F2/24
Filed: 2006-06-06
Abstract: A system and method for assembling a prosthetic heart valve, including a procedure for tightly wrapping fabric (40) around a heart valve support stent (18) . The support stent (42) typically includes alternating cusps (44) and commissures (46) that create a highly contoured undulating outflow edge (48) .  The system includes a mandrel (60) for retaining tension without manual assistance in a tubular length of fabric wrapped over the support stent (18) .  The mandrel (60) may include an inner clamping mechanism (76) for holding the first end of the fabric tube (62) , a pedestal tube (66) on which the support stent (18) rests and through which the fabric tube passes, and an outer clamping mechanism (74) for holding the free end of the fabric tube. The inner (76) and outer (74) clamping mechanisms include discrete clamps (78) spaced apart 120~ from each other that pull the fabric only in the cusps (44) of the support stent (18) . The inner clamping mechanism (76) , outer clamping mechanism (74), and pedestal (66) are relatively axially movable.
Patent CA-2611995-A1 (CA)
Title: Method for antimissile protection of vehicles and implementing device
Inventor: POCHOLLE JEAN-PAUL
IPC: F41H11/02
Filed: 2006-06-07
Abstract: The invention concerns a method for anti-missile protection of vehicles having a very short reaction time practically without any false alarm and not requiring resorting to means such as decoys or conventional laser scramblers, while providing the best possible protection. The invention is characterized in that it consists in creating at least a curtain of plasma filaments (7) between said vehicles (5) and the probable firing point (9) of said missiles, said curtain being designed to blind the device designating the target of the missiles.
Patent CA-2613610-A1 (CA)
Inventor: GELLMAN BARRY N
IPC: A61M60/851
Filed: 2007-12-06
Abstract: The invention relates to an integrated centrifugal blood pump-oxygenator (1) comprising a housing (2) with a top (3) having a blood inlet (4), a blood outlet (5) and a gas inlet (6), and a bottom (7) having a rotational body (8) being rotatably arranged in a rotor-housing (9) of the bottom (7). The integrated centrifugal blood pump-oxygenator (1) further comprises an oxygenator membrane (10) provided in an interior (11) of the housing (2), wherein in the operation state oxygen (12) is transferred from the gas inlet (6) through the oxygenator membrane (10) to an gas outlet (13) and a blood (14) is brought in direct contact with the oxygenator membrane (10) by pumping the blood (14) by the rotational body (8) from the blood inlet (4) to the blood outlet (5).  According to the invention, the rotational body (8) is magnetically journalled in a contact free manner with respect to the rotor-housing (9). The invention is also related to an extracorporeal life support system (1000) and a method of de-bubbling and priming a extracorporeal life support system (1000) in accordance with the present invention.
Patent CA-2614615-A1 (CA)
Title: Melanocortin receptor ligands
Inventor: MOREAU JACQUES-PIERRE
IPC: A61K51/08
Filed: 2006-07-10
Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds according to formula, (R2R3)-A1-c(A2-A3-A4-A5-A6-A7-A8-A9)-A10-R1, and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof that act as ligands for one or more of the melanocortin receptors, to methods of using such compounds to treat mammals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds.
Patent CA-2616887-A1 (CA)
Inventor: RITCHEY JONATHAN G
IPC: F28B11/00
Filed: 2006-07-31
Abstract: A water condenser includes a fan which draws a primary airflow through an upstream refrigerant evaporator, through an air-to-air heat exchanger and in one embodiment also an air-to-water heat exchanger uses cold water collected as condensate from the evaporator, the airflow to the evaporator being pre-cooled by passing through the air-to-air heat exchanger and the air-to-water heat exchanger prior to entry into the evaporator wherein the airflow is further cooled to below its dew point so as to condense moisture onto the evaporator far gravity collection. The evaporator is cooled by a closed refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant condenser for the closed refrigerant circuit may employ the fan drawing the airflow through the evaporator or a separate fan, both of which drawing an auxiliary airflow separate from the airflow through the evaporator through a manifold whereby bath the auxiliary airflow and the airflow through the evaporator, or just the auxiliary airflow are guided through the condenser and corresponding fan.
Patent CA-2618219-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ORTIZ CESAR G
IPC: C09D5/44
Filed: 2007-03-21
Abstract: A urethane coating is formed by a reaction of a hydroxy-functional resin and a blocked isocyanate crosslinker. A method of catalyzing this reaction includes forming a polymeric ligand from the resin and/or the crosslinker. The method also includes incorporating a metal catalyst with the polymeric ligand to complex the metal catalyst with the polymeric ligand. The method further includes reacting resin and the crosslinker to form the urethane coating.
Patent CA-2618352-A1 (CA)
Inventor: NOORDHOEK NIELS
IPC: A61B19/00
Filed: 2006-07-14
Abstract: A method for enhancing objects of interest in a sequence of noisy images (11), the method comprising: acquiring the sequence of images (11); extracting features (61), (62), (71), (72) related to an object of interest on a background in images of the sequence (11) having an image reference; computing a motion vector corresponding to motion of the object of interest associated with at least two images of the sequence (11); deblurring each image of the sequence based on its corresponding motion vector to form a deblurred sequence of images (13); registering the features related to the object of interest in the deblurred sequence of images with respect to the image reference, yielding a registered sequence of images (15); and integrating with a temporal integration both the object of interest and the background over at least two registered images of the registered sequence of images (15).
Patent CA-2619345-A1 (CA)
Title: Lamp structure
Inventor: WU CHENG-HSIU
IPC: F21V33/00
Filed: 2008-02-05
Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp structure capably installed inside a cabinet for illuminating the inside of the cabinet, when the doors of the cabinet is opened, the lamp structure is automatically turned on for illumination that allows clear viewing of the positions of objects inside, and when doors of the cabinet is closed, the lamp structure is automatically shut off.
Patent CA-2619547-A1 (CA)
Title: Polycrystalline diamond constructions having improved thermal stability
Inventor: KESHAVAN MADAPUSI K
IPC: B01J3/06
Filed: 2008-02-05
Abstract: Polycrystalline diamond constructions include a diamond body comprising a matrix phase of bonded together diamond crystals formed at high pressure/high temperature conditions with a catalyst material. The sintered body is treated remove the catalyst material disposed within interstitial regions, rendering it substantially free of the catalyst material used to initially sinter the body. Accelerating techniques can be used to remove the catalyst material. The body includes an infiltrant material disposed within interstitial regions in a first region of the construction. The body includes a second region adjacent the working surface and that is substantially free of the infiltrant material.  The infiltrant material can be a Group VIII material not used to initially sinter the diamond body. A  metallic substrate is attached to the diamond body, and can be the same or different from a substrate used as a source of the catalyst material used to initially sinter the diamond body.
Patent CA-2620823-A1 (CA)
Title: Plastic container
Inventor: SLAT WILLIAM A
IPC: B65D81/20
Filed: 2003-11-25
Abstract: A process for manufacturing and filling a container is disclosed. The container has a sidewall and a base, the base includes a substantially flat rigid annular support portion and a flexible portion configured to flex upwardly in response to internal vacuum pressure within the container, and the sidewall includes a structural reinforcement. The process includes providing, at a first location, the plastic container, labelling the container at the first location, transporting the container to a second location, filling the container with content at an elevated temperature, and accommodating an internal pressure within the container by permitting the flexible portion to at least partially flex in the direction of the content while the sidewall of the container supporting the label remains substantially rigid.
Patent CA-2623162-A1 (CA)
Title: Information recording medium with prepit and recording/reproducing apparatus and method using the same
Inventor: LEE KYUNG-GEUN
IPC: G11B7/007
Filed: 2006-10-25
Abstract: An information recording medium that can be rapidly finalized, and a recording/reproducing apparatus and method using the same are provided. In the information recording medium, a prepit is pre-formed in a finalization area.  Since the portion that has to be filled with data in finalizing the information recording medium is previously formed as the prepits series in manufacturing the information recording medium, the time necessary to finalize the information recording medium can be shortened, thereby achieving the rapid finalization of the medium.
Patent CA-2623636-A1 (CA)
Title: Method of producing positive electrode active material and nonaqueous electrolyte battery using same
Inventor: IWANAGA TOMOKO
IPC: H01M4/58
Filed: 2006-09-20
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for easily mass-producing a positive electrode active material having rate characteristics suitable for nonaqueous electrolyte batteries, especially suitable for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries.  Also disclosed is a high-performance nonaqueous electrolyte battery having a positive electrode active material obtained by such a method. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a positive electrode active material, which comprises a step wherein lithium manganese phosphate LiMnPO4 or a compound LiMn1-xMxPO4 (wherein 0 <= x < 1 and M represents at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Fe, Zn, Cu, Ti, Sn, Zr, V and Al) containing manganese phosphate LiMnPO4as a solid solution composition is mixed with a carbon source, and the resulting mixture is subjected to a heat treatment in an inert gas atmosphere. Also specifically disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolyte battery which has a positive electrode containing such a positive electrode active material.
Patent CA-2625497-A1 (CA)
Title: Frozen desserts and methods for manufacture thereof
Inventor: FRANGELLA JAIME LYNN
IPC: A23G9/46
Filed: 2006-10-20
Abstract: Lower process viscosity methods for the production of frozen products are disclosed. The methods can be used to prepare frozen desserts, such as ice cream, that have outstanding sensory properties and reduced fat content. This is especially advantageous for individuals who for health or other reasons desire to reduce their caloric intake without sacrificing the eating qualities of their frozen desserts. The present invention is also directed to frozen desserts, as well as materials used therein.
Patent CA-2625520-A1 (CA)
Inventor: POST MARTIQUA
IPC: B64C21/00
Filed: 2006-08-17
Abstract: Sachant qu'un aéronef comprend une surface sur laquelle passe un flux d'air, on décrit un activateur de plasma produisant un plasma au-dessus d'une surface, ce plasma assurant le couplage d'un élan orienté dans l'air entourant la surface pour réduire une séparation du flux d'air par rapport à la surface. On décrit aussi un procédé de réduction de ladite séparation par rapport à une surface d'aéronef, qui consiste à produire un plasma dans l'air entourant la surface en une position dans laquelle le flux d'air se séparerait de la surface en l'absence de plasma.
Patent CA-2628712-A1 (CA)
Inventor: PECORA ANDREW L
IPC: A61M25/10
Filed: 2006-10-24
Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a chemotactic hematopoietic stem cell product comprising an enriched population of CD34+ cells containing a subpopulation of cells having chemotactic activity, methods of preparing these compositions and use of these compositions to treat or repair vascular injury, including infarcted myocardium.
Patent CA-2629417-A1 (CA)
Title: Charcoal reactor system
Inventor: FLOTTVIK JOHN
IPC: C10B47/44
Filed: 2008-04-18
Abstract: A reactor for converting organic feed is provided. A retort extends through the furnace of the reactor. The retort has a retort auger, an inlet and an outle t. The reactor includes a charcoal delivery assembly having a collection line, delivery line, and a transfer zone. The collection line is adjacent to the outlet of the retort receives charcoal from the retort, and contains a collection auger with a flighted portion extending at least partially therethrough. The delivery line is connected to a downstream portion of the collection line and has a flighted delivery auger extending therethrough. The transfer zone is a space, between a downstream e nd of the flighted portion of the collection auger and an upstream end of the flighted delivery auger, where charcoal collected and delivered by the collection aug er forms a plug, thereby blocking biogas from the retort from entering the delivery line.
Patent CA-2629483-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ANDREWS ROBERT E
IPC: A61F13/58
Filed: 2008-04-18
Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying tabs to a traveling web of material at a transfer position when the tabs are provided to the transfer position in a path that is skew to the web travel path. A tab supply assembly carries the tabs in a tab path that is either perpendicularly skew or obliquely skew to the travel path of the web. The web is generally spaced from the tab supply assembly. A plurality of bump transfer surfaces is adapted to urge the web towards the tab supply assembly, thereby contacting a tab.
Patent CA-2630020-A1 (CA)
Title: Apparatus and method for cleaning out sand from an underbalanced hydrocarbon producing well
Inventor: JACKLIN SHAWN ARTHUR
IPC: E21B37/00
Filed: 2004-12-16
Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for cleaning out sand from underbalanced gas wells. The apparatus can include a valve subassembly equipped with an emergency shut in device to remotely control the actuation of the valve via an air or hydraulic control line. Operatively coupled to the inlet of the valve subassembly is a swivel subassembly that enables the coupling to a tubing string. A lifting assembly attaches the valve subassembly to an elevator of a well service rig. A hardened elbow coupled to an outlet of the valve subassembly directs the gas/sand mixture being removed from the well through a hose to a collection pit. The use of the apparatus in a sand cleanout operation allows joints of pipe to be tripped into and out of the tubing string all the while keeping the emergency shutdown device actuator connected and operational.
Patent CA-2634064-A1 (CA)
Inventor: RAKOWSKI BRIAN
IPC: G06F7/00
Filed: 2006-12-12
Abstract: Annotations relating to web sites may be based on blog posts relating to the web sites. A user viewing a web site may concurrently view related blog posts about the web site. More particularly, in one implementation, a method includes detecting when a user visits a web page and receiving, in response to the detection, a group of blog posts that link to the web page. The method further includes displaying an indication of the group of blog posts to the user while the user is visiting the web site.
Patent CA-2636898-A1 (CA)
Title: Apparatus and method for constructing prediction model
Inventor: SHIGEMORI HIROYASU
IPC: G06N20/00
Filed: 2006-10-20
Abstract: A prediction formula making device has an achievement database, a degree of similarity calculation means, and a prediction formula making means. The achievement database makes the production conditions of a product produced in the past correspond to its production result information, and stores a plurality of pieces of information which is made to correspond by that production conditions and the result information. The degree of similarity calculation means compares the production conditions stored in the achievement database with the production conditions of a prediction object and calculates the degree of similarity consisting of a plurality of comparison results. The prediction formula making means determines the parameters of a prediction formula corresponding to the production conditions of the prediction object.
Patent CA-2637099-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WALCH MARK A
IPC: G06V30/224
Filed: 2007-01-11
Abstract: A method for recognizing a character string on a static document is disclosed. The character string is extracted from the static document. The character string is converted into a representative character string graph. The common embedded isomorphic graphs are extracted from the representative character string graph. Each of the common embedded isomorphic graphs extracted are converted into digital ink files. The character string associated with each of the digital ink files are identified using a dynamic recognition system.
Patent CA-2637117-A1 (CA)
Title: Ensemble pile a combustible colle, et procedes et systemes pour la fabrication de celui-ci
Inventor: BURDZY MATTHEW PETER
IPC: H01M2/08
Filed: 2007-01-16
Abstract: L'invention concerne un procédé de formation de composants de pile à combustible qui comprend les étapes consistant à préparer une colle bicomposant avec une première partie comprenant un initiateur et une deuxième partie comprenant un matériau polymérisable ; appliquer la première partie de la colle à un substrat d'un premier composant de pile à combustible ; appliquer la deuxième partie de la colle à un substrat d'un deuxième composant de pile à combustible ; juxtaposer les substrats du premier et du deuxième composant de pile à combustible ; et durcir la colle pour coller ensemble le premier et le deuxième composant de pile à combustible. L'initiateur peut être un initiateur pour rayonnement actinique, auquel cas la colle est durcie par un rayonnement actinique. Le matériau polymérisable peut être un monomère polymérisable, un oligomère, un polymère téléchélique, un polymère fonctionnel ou une combinaison de ceux-ci. Le groupe fonctionnel est avantageusement un groupe époxyde, allyle, vinyle, acrylate, méthacrylate, imide, amide, uréthane, ou une combinaison de ceux-ci. Les composants de pile à combustible utiles devant être collés incluent les plaques à champ d'écoulement de cathode, les plaques à champ d'écoulement d'anode, les cadres de résine, les couches de diffusion gazeuse, les couches de catalyseur d'anode, les couches de catalyseur de cathode, les membranes électrolytiques, les cadres des ensembles membrane-électrode, et leurs combinaisons.
Patent CA-2640353-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ALKEMADE PATRICK WILLIAM
IPC: B67B1/08
Filed: 2006-09-04
Abstract: A sediment removal assembly (10) is provided for removal of sediment (110) in a container (100). The assembly has a container seal (12) for sealing an opening (114) to the container. The container seal is formed with a seal body (14) with a flow through passageway (20) between opposite ends of the seal body, and a valve arrangement (26) with a valve member (34) normally spring biassed to close said passageway. One end of said seal body is adapted to sealingly engage said container at an opening thereof to close the opening.  The assembly also has a sediment reservoir (40) adapted for removable sealing engagement with the opposite end of the seal body and in communication with the flow through passageway so that upon opening the valve member a predetermined amount of liquid may flow through the flow through passageway from the container into the reservoir and any sediment may be delivered gravitationally into the reservoir for accumulation of sediment in the reservoir and removal thereof from the container after the flow through passageway is closed. The reservoir may have a valve actuator (52)adapted to automatically actuate the valve member as it is being applied to engage the valve body to an open position.
Patent CA-2640959-A1 (CA)
Title: Storage container and container system
Inventor: FURLONG BRIAN
IPC: B65D21/02
Filed: 2007-02-09
Abstract: A storage container system (20) has a plurality of container bases (30) and a plurality of lids (32) configured to close off the open top of any one of the container bases. A first snap structure (82) is provided on each of the lids comprising one component (86) configured to connect to a mating lid component on any other one of the lids to connect any two lids together. A second snap structure (96) different from the first snap structure is also provided on each of the lids and is configured to connect to a mating base component (99) on the bottom of a container base to connect any one of the lids to any one of the container bases.
Patent CA-2641930-A1 (CA)
Title: Rfid business process-decoupling of design and deployment time activities
Inventor: ARUNKUMAR C
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2007-02-15
Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates implementing a binding between a radio frequency identification (RFID) process and a device. An RFID process can receive a tag read event from a device and make the tag read event available for at least one high level application. A  binding engine can bind the RFID process to the device while decoupling a design time activity and a deployment time activity associated with the RFID  process. In addition, the binding engine can include at least one of a device mapping component that employs a device binding; and a component configuration module that employs a component binding.
Patent CA-2643400-A1 (CA)
Title: Camptothecin derivatives and their uses
Inventor: CHEN YI
IPC: C07D311/00
Filed: 2007-01-17
Abstract: New camptothecin derivatives with the following structure of the formula (I), their use and the pharmaceutical compositions containing the same. The compounds of the present invention have good anti-tumor activities and good solubility in water, and can be used in development of medicines.