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Patent CA-2943519-A1 (CA)
Title: Aircraft camera viewing system
Inventor: de Boer Dylan
IPC: H04N7/18
Filed: 2016-09-29
Abstract: A system for enabling passengers to observe the surroundings of an aircraft has one or more weatherproof cameras mounted on an external surface of the aircraft; a network switch in communication with the one or more cameras, configured to receive and transmit the signal from the one or more cameras; a control unit in communication with the switch configured to process the camera signals into camera images; and one or more digital devices to which the camera images are transmitted from the control unit, configured to display the camera images. In an embodiment, the cameras are encased in polycarbonate. The cameras may show a cockpit view, and/or show starboard and port views, and/or show front and rear views, and/or show top and bottom views.  The camera images may be transmitted by wireless signal, and the control unit may restrict the transmission of the camera images.
Patent CA-2945246-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FEIGENBLUM JOSE
IPC: B29C33/06
Filed: 2015-04-13
Abstract: The invention relates to a device for heating a moulding face, notably of large size, characterized in that this device comprises: a. a metallic sheet (110) comprising a ferromagnetic layer (110) and comprising a part (115) formed into a shape that defines said moulding face and a forming plane (111); b. a stand and means of supporting said metal sheet (110) on said stand; c. means (410, 415) of inductively heating said metal sheet (110).
Patent CA-2945768-A1 (CA)
Inventor: TALTON JAMES D
IPC: A61K38/15
Filed: 2015-04-16
Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods of treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disorders and/or C. difficile spores in the gastrointestinal tract by administering ramoplanin or a pharmaceutical formulation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising ramoplanin, and therapeutic uses thereof in treating Clostridium difficile-associated disorders and/or C. difficile spores.
Patent CA-2949981-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BERNSTEIN IRWIN D
IPC: C12N5/0789
Filed: 2015-06-03
Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for immortalizing precursor cells that are non-terminally differentiated cells such as stem cells, the methods comprising culturing the precursor cells in the presence of a Notch 1 agonist, Notch 2 agonist or Notch 1 agonist and Notch 2 agonist (and, in particular embodiments, one or more growth factors) that support the proliferation but not differentiation of the non-terminally differentiated cells. The present disclosure further provides methods to induce the differentiation of immortalized cells, comprising growing the cells in the presence of a Notch 1 agonist, Notch 2 agonist or Notch 1 agonist and Notch 2 agonist and at least one growth factor which supports the differentiation of the cell into a more specialized cell type. The immortalized and/or differentiated cells of the disclosure can be used to repopulate cell populations that have been diminished, for example as a result of infection or exposure to certain drugs. The disclosure further provides a cell culture comprising a population of non-terminally differentiated cells immortalized by the methods of the present disclosure and kits comprising reagents that promote the immortalization of precursor cells.
Patent CA-2953748-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BOWEN DOUGLAS M
IPC: B42D15/04
Filed: 2017-01-05
Abstract: A greeting card having mechanically actuated moving portions is provided. The greeting card may include a panel having one or more folds, one or more flexible drive shafts coupled to the panel and having a flipping or moving portion, and a decorative portion coupled to at least one of the panel and the flipping or moving portion. Each flexible drive shaft may be coupled to the panel such that a portion is positioned on a first side of the fold and a portion is positioned on a second side of the fold. When the greeting card is opened, a moment arm is created in the flexible drive shaft which causes the flipping or moving portion to move from a first position to a second position. The decorative portion may move in response to the flipping or moving portion moving from the first position to the second position.
Patent CA-2954897-A1 (CA)
Title: Multi-pole synchronous pulmonary artery radiofrequency ablation catheter
Inventor: CHEN SHAOLIANG
IPC: A61B18/12
Filed: 2015-07-10
Abstract: A multi-pole synchronous pulmonary artery radiofrequency ablation catheter, wherein an adjustment apparatus is arranged on a control handle; a catheter body is hollow, and a cavity is arranged therein; a lead wire, a temperature sensing wire and a pull wire are arranged in the cavity; one end of the catheter body is flexible, and the flexible end is connected to an annular ring; the other end of the catheter body is connected to the control handle; one end of the pull wire is connected to the flexible end, and the other end of the pull wire is connected to the adjustment apparatus on the control handle, the tension of the pull wire is adjusted through the adjustment apparatus to achieve radian control of the flexible end; a shape memory wire is arranged in the annular ring, one end of the shape memory wire extends to the end of the annular ring and the other end of the shape memory wire passes through the root of the annular ring and is fixed on the flexible end of the catheter body; the annular ring is provided with an electrode group with each electrode connected to the lead wire and temperature sensing wire; the lead wire and temperature sensing wire go through the catheter body and are electrically connected to the control handle. The device uses cold saline perfusion method to protect the vascular intima and possesses advantages of simple operation, short operation time and controllable precise ablation. The device can be used to treat pulmonary hypertension with pulmonary denervation.
Patent CA-2955109-A1 (CA)
Title: Procede d'acetylation du bois
Inventor: BENSTEAD STEPHEN JOHN
IPC: B27K5/00
Filed: 2015-07-17
Abstract: La présente invention concerne l'intégration de la production d'anhydride acétique à partir de cétène et de l'acétylation du bois à l'aide de fluide d'acétylation comprenant de l'acide acétique et de l'anhydride acétique. L'invention consiste à utiliser directement de l'anhydride acétique brut tel qu'obtenu dans la production de celui-ci à partir de cétène, sous la forme d'un fluide d'acétylation du bois.
Patent CA-2956284-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MORREALE JOHN D
IPC: F04B53/22
Filed: 2014-07-31
Abstract: A system for mounting a fluid end (420) of a pump (400) to a power end (410) of the pump (400) includes an upper clamping bar (448) and a clamping assembly (460) that is adapted to removably clamp the fluid end (420) to the upper clamping bar (448). The clamping assembly (460) includes a clamp bar (462) having a first tapered clamping face (462x) that is adapted to contact a correspondingly tapered clamping face (448x) on the upper clamping bar (448) when the fluid end (420) is removably clamped to the upper clamping bar (448).
Patent CA-2957317-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WALL WESLEY JAMES
IPC: C03B19/02
Filed: 2015-08-05
Abstract: A method of forming a dissolvable part of amorphous borate includes: preparing a mixture comprising one or more boron compounds and one or more alkali compounds, at least one of the one or more boron compounds and the one or more alkali compounds being hydrous; heating the mixture to a melting temperature for a predetermined time to melt the mixture and release water from the mixture to form an anhydrous boron compound that is moldable, wherein the amount of alkali compound being selected to achieve an alkali oxide content of between about 10 to 25%; with the anhydrous boron compound at a molding temperature, molding the anhydrous boron compound in a mold; and cooling the anhydrous boron compound to form a solid..
Patent CA-2961487-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WOOLEY BENJAMIN C
IPC: G02C7/04
Filed: 2017-03-20
Abstract: A multifocal ophthalmic lens has an optic zone that includes at least one first zone having a dioptric power that satisfies a distance refraction need of a patient; and at least one second zone having a dioptric power that is greater than the dioptric power of the at least first zone. The at least one first zone and the at least one second zone are configured so that 1) an image quality on the retina of the patient is superior to the image quality both in front of the retina and behind the retina, and 2) an image quality in front of the retina of the patient is superior to the image quality behind the retina. The multifocal ophthalmic lens prevents and/or slows myopia progression.
Patent CA-2965964-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BOURKE FREDERIC A JR
IPC: C09K11/08
Filed: 2009-03-11
Abstract: A method and a system for producing a change in a medium disposed in an artificial container. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one of the plasmonics agent and an energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy through the artificial container to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent.
Patent CA-2967045-A1 (CA)
Title: Apparatus and methods for sealing a vascular puncture
Inventor: HUNDERTMARK RONALD R
IPC: A61B17/00
Filed: 2015-11-13
Abstract: A closure system for delivering a sealant to an arteriotomy. A distal section of the closure system can include overlapping inner and outer sleeves that can expand with expansion of the sealant. A proximal section of the closure system can include a handle portion and a sheath adapter extending from the handle portion. The handle portion can comprise one or more actuators that when depressed or engaged can assist in deployment of the sealant in the arteriotomy and can further include tamping of the sealant and/or retraction of an expandable member. The sheath adapter can removably engage a side port or an irrigation line of a standard procedural sheath. When the sheath adapter is secured to the procedural sheath, movement of the closure system can also move the procedural sheath.
Patent CA-2967504-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ROLFS ARNDT
IPC: G01N33/92
Filed: 2015-11-19
Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for diagnosing Niemann-Pick disease in a subject comprising a step a), wherein the step a) comprises detecting a biomarker in a sample from the subject, wherein the biomarker is compound 509.
Patent CA-2967921-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ROUSE CODIE
IPC: E21B21/00
Filed: 2017-05-23
Abstract: A power system and method for the adaptive power control of the drilling rig which includes at least one power consuming component, drilling rig power bus, as well as a mechanical power transmission system. While operating the internal combustion engine in its efficient operating range, unrequired mechanical power is converted to electrical power for storage, or use via the electrical bus on the rig. When the internal combustion engine is not required to provide mechanical or electrical power it is deactivated, and then reactivated -electrical storage on the system in the meantime providing electrical power to the bus as required. The power supply and management system could be retroactively fitted to an existing drilling rig by the incorporation of a generator and electrical storage device thereon. The system and method of the present invention allows for optimized use of combustion based power on a drilling rig, while minimizing environmental emissions from idle running of the at least one internal combustion engine.
Patent CA-2968074-A1 (CA)
Title: Security element, method for personalizing a security element, and security document
Inventor: STAUB RENE
IPC: B41M5/035
Filed: 2015-12-10
Abstract: The invention relates to an absorbent medium for improving the printability, especially by inkjet printing, of a security element, in particular an optically variable security element, said absorbent medium comprising a binder, at least one pigment, and an especially aqueous solvent. The invention further relates to a transfer film comprising an absorbent layer made of said type of absorbent medium as well as to a method for personalizing a security element using said type of transfer film.
Patent CA-2968907-A1 (CA)
Title: A cutting device adapted to be placed above a gap extending across a carrying surface of a conveyor system
Inventor: SORENSEN GORM
IPC: A22C17/00
Filed: 2015-11-30
Abstract: This invention relates to a cutting device adapted to be placed above a gap extending across a carrying surface of a conveyor system with the cutting plane of the cutting device extending through the gap. The cutting device is adapted for cutting food items into smaller food items via rotational movement of the cutting device while the food items conveyed by the conveyor system pass the gap. The cutting device includes an arm and a cutting blade mounted to one end of the arm, the opposite end of the arm being adapted to be mounted to a driving unit for supplying rotational movement of the arm and thus the cutting blade,wherein the cutting blade is mounted to the arm such that, while cutting a food item into smaller food items, a cutting edge side of the cutting blade engages with the food item under an angle such that the cutting blade exerts with a downwardly facing force onto the food item and towards the carrying surface of the conveyor system during the cutting.
Patent CA-2969033-A1 (CA)
Inventor: DOBRUSKY SVATOPLUK
IPC: E04H12/34
Filed: 2015-11-30
Abstract: La présente invention concerne une section (10) de béton conçue pour former un mât (1) pour une éolienne (2), ladite section comprenant : - une première partie (11) comprenant une première bride (11'), - une seconde partie (12) comprenant une seconde bride (12'), - un dispositif de précontrainte (20) comprenant au moins une partie visible (22) située entre la première bride (11') et la seconde bride (12'), - un premier dispositif de fixation (13a) conçu pour être relié à la première bride (11') et/ou - un second dispositif de fixation (13b) conçu pour être relié à la seconde bride (12'), et le mât résultant (1) et un procédé pour construire un mât (1).
Patent CA-2969209-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CHEN JIANMING
IPC: A61P1/16
Filed: 2015-12-24
Abstract: L'invention a trait à une injection de silibinine renfermant une silibinine, à, une sulfobutyléther-ß-cyclodextrine et des vecteurs organiques injectables, ainsi qu'un co-solvant, un agent de soutènement lyophilisé, un régulateur du pH et de l'eau injectable.
Patent CA-2969781-A1 (CA)
Title: A hand held appliance such as a hairdryer
Inventor: DOUGLAS CRAIG
IPC: A45D20/10
Filed: 2015-11-24
Abstract: Disclosed is a hand held appliance comprising a wall (200), a fluid flow path extending within the wall from a fluid inlet (40) into the appliance to a fluid outlet from the appliance, a fan unit (70) extending longitudinally within the wall for drawing fluid into the fluid inlet wherein the fan unit is non-concentric with respect to the wall. The fan unit may be positioned coaxially within the fluid flow path. The wall has a thickness and the thickness of the wall may varies. The wall may be generally tubular and the thickness of the wall varies around a circumference of the wall. The wall may be generally tubular and has an inner surface and an outer surface. A central axis of the inner surface may be different to a central axis of the outer surface.
Patent CA-2969844-A1 (CA)
Title: A system and apparatus for optimizing hydration and for the contextual dispensing of additives
Inventor: WHEATLEY MAXIM D
IPC: A47J43/27
Filed: 2015-12-04
Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and apparatuses for a portable hydration system including a mechanical or electromechanical mechanism for dispensing additives into a liquid or other solute in a portable container. Such additives include solids, liquid, powders, and gases, and include vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, pharmaceuticals, and other consumables. Additives are introduced into the hydration device via closed vessels equipped with RFID tags or similar, capable of transferring data about the vessels' contents to the device. Dispensing is initiated manually by direct user action, automatically by the device, and/or externally through an associated application on a user device. Dispensing is adjustable by contextual factors such as a user's preferences, location, activity, physiologic status, and the like, obtained via APIs to third party applications or through more direct measurements or inputs. Consumption of additives and consumable liquids in the container is measured and monitored, and the data used to generate recommendations.
Patent CA-2971073-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SPICER DAVID B
IPC: C22C30/00
Filed: 2015-11-16
Abstract: The invention relates weldments useful as heat transfer tubes in pyrolysis furnaces. The invention relates to tubes that are useful in pyrolysis furnaces. The weldments include a tubular member and at least one mixing element. The tubular member comprises an aluminum-containing alloy. The mixing element comprises an aluminum-containing alloy. The mixing element's aluminum-containing alloy can be the same as or different from the tubular member's aluminum-containing alloy. Other aspects of the invention relate to pyrolysis furnaces which include such weldments, and the use of such pyrolysis furnaces for hydrocarbon conversion processes such as steam cracking.
Patent CA-2972965-A1 (CA)
Inventor: JONES PAT
IPC: E02D29/02
Filed: 2017-07-12
Abstract: A hydraulic jack system for lifting a load is disclosed comprising a hydraulic cylinder having a hydraulic piston for displacing loads and a locking ring for locking the hydraulic cylinder in place when pressure is removed from the hydraulic cylinder. The jack system also has a gear operatively connected to the locking ring for displacement of the locking ring and a top plate connected to the hydraulic piston for receiving the load. A bottom plate connected to the hydraulic cylinder to provide support to the hydraulic cylinder is also disclosed and, securing means for attaching the bottom plate to the hydraulic cylinder wherein the securing means allow for movement of the bottom plate when the hydraulic jack system is lifting a load.
Patent CA-2973537-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SATO YASUNARI
IPC: F16L55/00
Filed: 2015-01-26
Abstract: The present uninterrupted flow construction method: encloses a portion of an existing pipe with a sealing case; connects a boring machine to the sealing case without interposing a working valve between a protruding pipe section of the sealing case and the boring machine; forms a circular hole at a site of the existing pipe in the protruding pipe section using a hole saw of the boring machine; rotates the T-pipe and boring machine in the circumferential direction of the existing pipe to a position such that the protruding pipe section completely clears the hole; after the rotation, maintains a sealed state in which application of pressure from fluid inside the existing pipe on the protruding pipe section is prevented by seal packing; and in the sealed state, detaches the boring machine from the protruding pipe section.
Patent CA-2977909-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KLESCZEWSKI BERT
IPC: C08G18/44
Filed: 2016-02-23
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing viscoelastic polyurethane foams by reacting an isocyanate component with a component that reacts with isocyanates and contains = 50 to = 100 parts by weight of at least one polyether carbonate polyol with a hydroxyl number of = 150 mg KOH/g to = 300 mg KOH/g in accordance with DIN 53240. The invention also relates to polyurethane foams produced by the claimed method and to the use thereof.
Patent CA-2978263-A1 (CA)
Inventor: Hale Travis
IPC: B01D11/04
Filed: 2017-09-01
Abstract: A chemical additive for reclaiming oil from a fluid product stream is described. In embodiments, chemical additive compositions comprise a propylene glycol ester, a hydrophobic silica, a polyglycol ester or a polyglycerol oleate ester, a polyethoxylate sorbitan or sorbitan ester and a block copolymer or ethylene oxide-propylene oxide polymer. Less chemical additive is needed for improved oil extraction and concentration and a shorter incubation time is required, which reduces cycle time and energy consumption.
Patent CA-2983531-A1 (CA)
Inventor: OTT LAURA ELIZABETH
IPC: A47B61/00
Filed: 2017-10-23
Abstract: A wall-mountable bracket described herein can be used, for example, with various wall mounts to facilitate implementation of various shelf configurations. The wall-mountable bracket can include a mounting arm that can be used to attach the wall-mountable bracket to a structure. The wall-mountable bracket can also include a support arm that extends from the mounting arm and extends away from the structure when the wall-mountable bracket is attached to the structure. The support arm can include one or more openings that can receive one or more items to allow the wall-mountable bracket to support the various items. For example, the support arm can include an opening that includes a rounded surface that can receive and support one or more tubes or rods having circular cross-section or the support arm can include an opening that includes a substantially flat surface that can receive and support a horizontally arranged piece of lumber.
Patent CA-2984656-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BEARDSLEY JOHN
IPC: A61B17/072
Filed: 2017-11-03
Abstract: An end effector includes a cartridge assembly having a first tissue contact surface, an anvil assembly having a second tissue contact surface, and one or more tissue pockets defined in one of the first or second tissue contact surfaces. The anvil and the cartridge assemblies are moveable between an open position and a closed position to selectively clamp tissue between the first and second tissue contact surfaces. Each tissue pocket is configured to capture tissue therein while the anvil and the cartridge assemblies are disposed in the closed position. Each tissue pocket is configured to prevent the tissue from migrating away from the first and second tissue contact surfaces while the tissue is clamped between the first and second tissue contact surfaces.
Patent CA-2990541-A1 (CA)
Inventor: PALMER STEPHEN
IPC: G02B5/30
Filed: 2016-06-24
Abstract: A time-multiplexed stereoscopic 3d projection system including a beam-splitting element to split the randomly polarized image-beam generated by a single-lens projector into one primary image-beam, possessing a first state of linear polarization, and two secondary image-beams, both possessing a second state of linear polarization. The polarization states are mutually orthogonal. The primary and secondary image-beams recombine to form a complete image on the surface of a polarization-preserving projection-screen. There are polarization modulators that modulate the first and second states of linear polarization between a left and right circular polarization state. There is a contrast enhancement film in the optical -path of the primary or secondary image-beams located between the polarization modulator and the projection-screen. The contrast enhancement film comprises a stack of at least three uniaxially stretched retardation-films which perturb the circular polarization state of said image-beams and which possess an in-plane retardation value substantially equal to 140nm, 270nm, or 540nm.