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Patent AU-2011215904-A1 (AU)
Title: Ultrasonically powered surgical instruments with rotating cutting implement
Inventor: ROBERTSON GALEN C
IPC: A61B17/00
Filed: 2011-02-09
Abstract: In one general aspect, various embodiments are directed to an ultrasonic surgical instrument that comprises a handpiece housing that rotatably supports an ultrasonic transducer assembly therein that may be selectively rotated by various motor configurations. Various slip ring arrangements are disclosed for supplying ultrasonic electrical signals and motor drive signals from a control system. Various forms of blade and cutting implements are disclosed for attachment to the ultrasonic transducer assembly such that such implements may be selectively rotatable within a hollow outer sheath. Vacuum may be applied to the cutting implement or through the outer sheath to draw tissue through an opening in the sheath and into contact with the cutting implement.
Patent AU-2011224023-A1 (AU)
Title: IL-18 binding proteins
Inventor: BORIS LABKOVSKY
IPC: C07K16/24
Filed: 2011-09-13
Abstract: IL -18 BINDING PRO TEINS Abstract The present invention encompasses IL-1 8 binding proteins, particularly antibodies that bind human interleukin- 18 (hIL- 18). Specifically, the invention relates to antibodies that are entirely human antibodies. Preferred antibodies have high affinity for hlL-18 and/or that neutralize hIL-1 8 activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the io invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Method of making and method of using the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The antibodies, or antibody portions, of the invention are useful for detecting hlL- 18 and for inhibiting hIL-18 activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which hlL 18 activity is detrimental.
Patent AU-2011224049-A1 (AU)
Title: Access device including shape memory deployment mechanism
IPC: A61M39/02
Filed: 2011-09-14
Abstract: ACCESS DEVICE INCLUDING SHAPE MEMORY DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM A surgical access device (10) is disclosed which includes a housing (20), a collar (32), and a plurality of deformable members (34). The housing (20) defines a proximal end (24) and a distal end (26) and has a plurality of lumens (22) extending therethrough. The collar (32) is repositionable between a first position and a second position with the second position being closer to the proximal end (24) of the housing (20) than the first position. Each of the plurality of deformable members (34) defines a distal portion (36), is coupled to the collar (32) and is transitionable through one of the plurality of lumens (22). The plurality of deformable members (34) is in a retracted state when the collar (32) is in the first position and a deployed state when the collar (32) is in the second position. One or more of the plurality of deformable members (134) may also include a barb (138) attached to the distal portion (136).
Patent AU-2011235985-A1 (AU)
Title: An Electrical Socket Assembly for an Electrical Switchboard
Inventor: DICKINSON WILLIAM STANLEY
IPC: H01R13/10
Filed: 2011-10-12
Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical socket assembly for an electrical switchboard. The socket assembly includes an electrical socket arrangement. An adaptor is provided for coupling the electrical socket arrangement to a power supply of the switchboard. 2 ( - / ' ~ / ~'2 /4,1 ~I ii/ / Il FIG. la
Patent AU-2011237288-A1 (AU)
Title: A rock breaking product
Inventor: LEPPANEN JARMO UOLEVI
IPC: F42D1/22
Filed: 2011-04-06
Abstract: A rock breaking product (32) which includes a sealed, elongate, flexible tube (40), a cartridge (74), with an energetic material, inside the tube and a valve arrangement (68) for allowing the tube to be filled and expanded with water whereby the cartridge is placed in a mode in which the energetic material can be ignited.
Patent AU-2011239289-A1 (AU)
Title: Information processor, image forming apparatus, information processing method, and program
Inventor: OHSHIMA MINORU
IPC: G03G21/20
Filed: 2011-10-24
Abstract: An information processor (7) includes a storage unit (32) that stores a first coefficient (y), which is preset on the basis of the relationship between a water content of a sheet 5 of paper (P) and a signal output from a signal output unit (6a) on the basis of the water content when a sheet of paper (P) having each characteristic has the water content, in correspondence with the characteristics, a first acquisition unit (41) that acquires a first signal output from the signal 10 output unit (6a) on the basis of the water content of a first sheet of paper (P) not having a first image (Il) formed thereon, a second acquisition unit (42) that acquires a second signal output from the signal output unit (6a) on the basis of the water content of the first sheet of paper (P) which has the 15 first image (Il) formed on a first surface thereof and which is heated to fix the first image, a determination unit (43) that determines the characteristic of the first sheet of paper (P), a first calculation unit (44) that calculates a variation in water content of the first sheet of paper (P) using the 20 difference between the acquired first signal and the acquired second signal and the first coefficient (y) stored in correspondence with the determined characteristic in the storage unit (32), and a second calculation unit (45) that calculates an expansion and contraction ratio of the first 25 sheet of paper (P) using the variation in water content calculated by the first calculation unit (44). 41 FIRST SECOND 42 7 ACQUISITION ACQUISITION DETERMINATION CALCULATION CALCULATION
Patent AU-2011242396-A1 (AU)
Title: A wear plate system, arrangement and method
Inventor: FERNANDEZ RICARDO FRANCISCO DOBERTI
IPC: B02C17/18
Filed: 2011-04-19
Abstract: A wear plate for a grinding mill discharge head comprises a support structure adapted to secure to a wall of the grinding mill. An opening is defined in the support structure for registration with a corresponding opening in the mill wall. The wear plate further comprises an elastomeric body comprising at least one discharge hole extending there through, the body being adapted to overlay the support structure such that a discharge end of the hole is spaced inwardly of an edge of the support structure opening.
Patent AU-2011242417-A1 (AU)
Title: Camper assembly
Inventor: PECK VICTOR ANTHONY
IPC: B60P3/34
Filed: 2011-04-21
Abstract: A camper assembly (20) comprising: a first section (22); a second section (24) connected to the first section (22), the first and second sections (22, 24) being generally horizontally movable relative to each other between a compacted configuration of the camper assembly (20) at which the second section (24) is adjacent the first section (22) and an expanded configuration of the camper assembly (20) at which the second section (24) is spaced from the first section (20); and a wall assembly (88, 120, 130) extending between the first and second sections (22, 24) in the expanded configuration of the camper assembly (20); wherein the first section (22) includes an attachment assembly (86) which solely supports the camper assembly (20) on a tow hitch receiver (210) of a tow vehicle (200) in the compacted configuration of the camper assembly (20).
Patent AU-2011244147-A1 (AU)
Title: Alarm
Inventor: BRIGHAM PETER
IPC: G08B17/107
Filed: 2011-04-20
Abstract: An optical smoke detector (10) is provided that comprises a light source (154), a light receiver (172), and a control circuit (130) for controlling operation of the detector. The control circuit (130) is configured to apply an unregulated voltage to the light source to cause it to emit light, to monitor the current through said light source (154) so as to monitor the light emitted by said light source (154); and to monitor the current generated by light received by said light receiver (172) so as to monitor the light received by said light receiver (172). The control circuit (130) generates a ratio signal representative of the ratio of the monitored currents; and compares the ratio signal with a reference value and generate a smoke detection signal in dependence thereon.
Patent AU-2011253762-A1 (AU)
Title: Catchment surface for collection of water precipitate
Inventor: JONATHAN LEONARD
IPC: E03B3/03
Filed: 2011-12-01
Abstract: Abstract Catchment and collection apparatus is provided for collecting and storing water precipitate. The apparatus includes a water storage receptacle including a roof and a catchment surface integral with the roof of the water storage receptacle. Channelling means is provided for conveying the water from the catchment surface to an inlet of the water storage receptacle. Also provided is a catchment apparatus for collecting the water precipitate and channelling the water from the catchment surface to an inlet of a water storage receptacle. The catchment apparatus is configured for attachment to a top of an existing water storage receptacle.
Patent AU-2011254564-A1 (AU)
Title: Biosynthetic proline/alanine random coil polypeptides and their uses
Inventor: SKERRA ARNE
IPC: A61K38/00
Filed: 2011-05-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to a biosynthetic random coil polypeptide or a biosynthetic random coil polypeptide segment or biosynthetic conjugate, wherein said biosynthetic random coil polypeptide, said biosynthetic random coil polypeptide segment or said biosynthetic conjugate comprises an amino acid sequence consisting solely of proline and alanine amino acid residues, wherein said amino acid sequence consists of at least about 50 proline (Pro) and alanine (Ala) amino acid residues. Said at least about 50 proline (Pro) and alanine (Ala) amino acid residues may be (a) constituent(s) of a heterologous polypeptide or an heterologous polypeptide construct. Also uses and methods of use of these biosynthetic random coil polypeptides or polypeptide segments or said conjugates are described. The uses may, inter alia, comprise medical uses, diagnostic uses or uses in the food industry as well as other industrial applications, like in the paper industry, in oil recovery, etc. In particular, a drug conjugate is provided that comprises (i) a biosynthetic random coil polypeptide or polypeptide segment comprising an amino acid sequence consisting solely of proline and alanine amino acid residues, wherein said amino acid sequence consists of at least 50 proline (Pro) and alanine (Ala) amino acid residues, and (ii) a drug selected from the group consisting of (a) a biologically active protein or a polypeptide that comprises or that is an amino acid sequence that has or mediates a biological activity and (b) a small molecule drug. Furthermore, nucleic acid molecules encoding the biosynthetic random coil polypeptide or polypeptide segment and/or the biologically active, heterologous proteins as well as vectors and cells comprising said nucleic acid molecules are disclosed. In addition, the present invention provides compositions comprising the compounds of the invention as well as specific uses of the random coil polypeptide or polypeptide segment, the biologically active proteins, the drug conjugates or the nucleic acid molecules, vectors and cells of the invention. Also methods of producing and/or obtaining the inventive biosynthetic random coil polypeptides or polypeptide segments as well as of producing and/or obtaining the inventive biologically active, heterologous proteins, and/or polypeptide constructs or conjugates, like drug conjugates are provided.
Patent AU-2011268092-A1 (AU)
Title: Disposable suture cutter
Inventor: MILLER PETER C
IPC: A61B17/32
Filed: 2011-06-18
Abstract: A suture cutting device is provided, the device suitable for cutting high strength suture materials used in arthroscopic surgeries. The device includes a blade (12) having distal blade portion movable within a distal suture guide, the distal suture guide including a lateral suture guide slot (54). The distal blade portion includes a dorsal recess (70) that, in combination with an upper wall of an enclosed blade guide slot, controls an amount of dorsal movement of a cutting edge during a longitudinal movement of the cutting edge. The combined dorsal movement and longitudinal movement of the cutting edge creating a sliding/slicing movement of the cutting edge against a suture in the suture guide slot. At least a proximal blade portion and an extension blade portion are made of a single blade, those portions defining a spring, contacting a trigger, and effectuating a movement from a first position to a second position.
Patent AU-2011276505-A1 (AU)
Title: Cannabis drug delivery and monitoring system
Inventor: TODD WILLIAM W
IPC: G16H20/10
Filed: 2011-06-28
Abstract: This invention relates to a new technology that enables administration of
Patent AU-2011285573-A1 (AU)
Title: Systems and methods to rank and select triggers for real-time offers
Inventor: YODER JEANETTE
IPC: G06Q50/00
Filed: 2011-08-05
Abstract: In one aspect, a computing apparatus is configured to receive an input specifying a set of users, identify a set of triggers, each of which corresponds to a set of one or more conditions which when satisfied cause transmission of a message to the set of users, rank the triggers based at least in part on transaction data of the users that was recorded by a transaction handler, and generate a ranked list of the triggers based on the ranking.
Patent AU-2011296837-A1 (AU)
Title: Influenza virus neutralizing antibody and method for screening same
Inventor: KUROSAWA YOSHIKAZU
IPC: A61K39/145
Filed: 2011-09-02
Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-influenza virus antibody that has neutralizing activity against any of the influenza viruses which are categorized into two groups by degree of amino acid conservation in hemagglutinin, regardless of any differences between the groups. The present invention also provides a method for producing the same, and a method for testing whether a subject has the neutralizing antibody.
Patent AU-2011300738-A1 (AU)
Title: Lactococcus lactis strain with high vitamin K2 production
Inventor: GARRIGUES CHRISTEL
IPC: A23L33/15
Filed: 2011-08-11
Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel wild-type
Patent AU-2011301231-A1 (AU)
Title: Geodetic survey system having a camera integrated in a remote control unit
Inventor: ZOGG HANS-MARTIN
IPC: G01C15/06
Filed: 2011-08-17
Abstract: The invention relates to a survey system having a position-finding unit (2, 2') for determining a target position and having a mobile target unit (1) for defining targets (20). The target unit (1) has a survey stick (11) having a high-precision localizable target (12, 12', 12'') and a hand-held remote control unit (3). The remote control unit (3) has an electronic graphical display (9) and can be mounted on a holder on the survey stick (11) such that the remote control unit (3) - in the mounted state - is in a fixed position relative to the target (12, 12', 12'') fitted to the survey stick (11). According to the invention, the remote control (3) comprises a camera (5) for taking a camera image in a defined shooting direction. In addition, an image processing and evaluation unit with a data link to the position-finding unit (2, 2') and to the camera (5) is provided which - from knowledge of the fixed relative position and of a defined shooting direction and also on the basis of the determined target position - can spatially relate image data from the camera (5) to the targets in the coordinate system.
Patent AU-2011319481-A1 (AU)
Title: Head-mounted display apparatus employing one or more Fresnel lenses
Inventor: SMITH DAVID ALAN
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2011-12-20
Abstract: Head-mounted displays (100) are disclosed which include a frame (107), an image display system (110) supported by the frame (107), and a Fresnel lens system (115) supported by the frame (107). The HMD (100) can employ a reflective optical surface, e.g., a free-space, ultra-wide angle, reflective optical surface (a FS/UWA/RO surface) (120), supported by the frame (107), with the Fresnel lens system (115) being located between the image display system (110) and the reflective optical surface (120). The Fresnel lens system (115) can include at least one curved Fresnel lens element (820). Fresnel lens elements (30) for use in HMDs are also disclosed which have facets (31) separated by edges (32) which lie along radial lines (33) which during use of the HMD pass through a center of rotation (34) of a nominal user's eye (35) or through the center of the eye's lens (36) or are normal to the surface of the eye's cornea.
Patent AU-2011333998-A1 (AU)
Title: Communication network traffic control element
Inventor: DOE STEPHEN RICHARD
IPC: H04L47/30
Filed: 2011-11-04
Abstract: A communication network traffic control element is disclosed which is arranged to receive traffic, such as voice and data,as a plurality of discrete traffic packets at an input and communicate the traffic as a serial traffic stream to an output. The traffic control element comprises a receiver which is arranged to receive the traffic packets, and a processor which is arranged to communicate the serial traffic stream to the output. The process or comprises a buffer which is arranged receive traffic from the receiver and to control a rate of traffic flow from the receiver to the processor to enable a rate of traffic output from the processor to be varied independently of a rate of traffic flow input to the receiver.
Patent AU-2011341786-A1 (AU)
Title: Envelope element for a pipeline, mold for manufacture thereof, and method for covering a pipeline
Inventor: MEIJER KARST
IPC: E21B17/01
Filed: 2011-12-12
Abstract: A plastic envelope element (1) for an underwater pipeline comprises at least one spring portion (5, 6) manufactured integrally with the envelope element. The envelope element is modular in circumferential direction of the pipeline. The spring portion is at least formed by a wall portion of the envelope element in the relaxed condition projecting on the inner side (3) of the envelope element. In its tensioned condition, the spring portion does not project, or projects to a lesser extent than in the relaxed condition, on the inner side of the envelope element, such that in its fitted condition the spring portion presses under its spring force against the pipeline. The projecting wall portion extends bridgingly between two mutually parallel and mutually spaced hinge edges of the projecting wall portion. Between the non-adjoining portion of other edges, on one side, and remaining portions of the envelope element located next to the spring portion, on the other, in the relaxed condition at least one passage is formed in the envelope element.
Patent AU-2011349318-A1 (AU)
Title: Process to produce biofuels from biomass
Inventor: POWELL JOSEPH BROUN
IPC: C10G3/00
Filed: 2011-12-20
Abstract: A method to produce biofuels from biomass is provide by contacting the biomass with an aqueous media to form an extracted biomass, separating at least a portion of an aqueous liquor from the extracted biomass thereby providing the aqueous liquor stream comprising soluble carbohydrates; contacting the aqueous liquor stream with a purification substrate effective to remove sulfur compounds and nitrogen compounds thereby producing a treated carbohydrate stream having less than 35% of the sulfur content and less than 35% of the nitrogen content of the untreated aqueous liquor feed, based on the untreated aqueous liquor stream, then contacting the treated carbohydrate stream with an aqueous phase reforming catalyst to form a plurality of oxygenated intermediates; and processing at least a portion of the oxygenated intermediates to form a liquid fuel.
Patent AU-2012200015-A1 (AU)
Title: A system and method for funding prizes in real-time
Inventor: FANG SHENG-PING
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2012-01-01
Abstract: Abstract The present invention discloses a unique model for funding prizes for a reward program. The system and method disclosed herein enable prizes of different values to be financed individually and in real time. The real-time funding model is unique as it 5 enables large quantities of prizes to be offered or presented in a reward program with minimal or no outlay of capital in advance from the sponsor or host of the program.
Patent AU-2012202616-A1 (AU)
Title: Corrugated panel mounting bracket
Inventor: HADDOCK ROBERT M M
IPC: F24J2/52
Filed: 2012-03-15
Abstract: Attorney Docket No. 50200-00118 A mounting bracket (210) for a corrugated panel (202) is disclosed. The mounting bracket (210) includes an upper wall (216) in the form of an at least substantially flat surface for supporting various types of attachments. This upper wall 5 (216) is disposed above and spaced from a panel valley engagement section (232) for engaging a panel valley (208) of a corrugated panel (202). A panel crown engagement section (224) is positioned on each side of the panel valley engagement section (232) for engaging different panel crowns (204) of a corrugated panel (202). An attachment may be secured relative to the mounting bracket (210) utilizing a mounting hole (218) on the 10 bracket upper wall (216). Page 56 of 56
Patent AU-2012203893-A1 (AU)
Title: Synchronization of wireless catheters
Inventor: KILIM NAHUM
IPC: A61B5/296
Filed: 2012-07-03
Abstract: A method includes disposing multiple medical probes to acquire physiological data concurrently from a living body. The data is sent from the multiple medical probes by transmitting over wireless channels respective sequences of data packets that are marked with respective packet numbers. A synchronization signal that is broadcast to the multiple probes is received in the probes. In response to receiving the synchronization signal, the packet numbers that are to be assigned in the probes to subsequent data packets in the respective sequences are reset.
Patent AU-2012203951-A1 (AU)
Title: A socket with a shutter
Inventor: CHEN BIN
IPC: H01R13/00
Filed: 2012-07-05
Abstract: The present invention provides a socket with a shutter comprising: a shutter disposed in the base, the shutter including a first branch for covering the N-pole earth contact, a second branch for covering the L-pole earth contact, a cylindrical hole, and a drive surface adjacent to the cylindrical hole that is positioned over the E-pole earth contact; a rotary shaft inserted and fitted into the cylindrical hole such that the shutter may pivot around the rotary shaft; and an elastic member disposed on or integrally formed with one of the E-pole earth contact, the L-pole earth contact and the N-pole earth contact, the elastic member being mounted against the shutter such that the shutter, after being rotated, may be rotated around the rotary shaft back to its original position by an elastic force of the elastic member after being compressed. The socket of the present invention may avoid shock hazard caused by unexpected or inappropriate insertion into the earth contacts and has less components and relatively simple assemble structures. r- kr) Ig %