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Patent CA-2322481-A1 (CA)
Title: Medication monitoring system and apparatus
Inventor: COPPOM BRIAN
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 1999-03-03
Abstract: A medication management system (100) which includes three components to assist a patient control, monitor and manage administration of prescribed medications. The system comprises a patient component (104) having a retrievable patient database of patient medical history, prior prescribed medications and current prescribed medications; a physician component (102) having a retrievable physician's database of medication information; and a pharmacist component (106) resident on a pharmacist's computer. At least one of or each of the physician component (102) and the pharmacist component (106) has the capability of searching a medication database to determine potential medication interactions with currently prescribed medications so that the patient can be alerted to the potential interactions. The patient component (104) has a scheduler which tracks a plurality of mediation dose schedules and includes alarm functions to prompt a patient to take particular medications, reschedule them, and alert the patient to potential interactions between medications.
Patent CA-2324131-A1 (CA)
Title: Capillary hematocrit separation structure and method
Inventor: BHULLAR RAGHBIR S
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2000-10-24
Abstract: A capillary hematocrit separation structure is included within a housing having a fluid inlet port, a reaction region, and a capillary pathway connecting the inlet port and the reaction region. The capillary pathway is dimensioned so that the driving force for the movement of liquid through the capillary pathway arises from capillary pressure. A plurality of obstructions are fixed in the capillary pathway, each obstruction having a concave portion facing toward the vented reaction region on the down stream side of the obstructions as viewed with reference to a liquid flowing from the inlet port to the reaction region. The capillary pathway in a hematocrit separation structure for a single drop sample size includes about 10 5 obstructions, each obstruction including a concave portion having a volume of between about -4 to 10 -5 µl for selectively receiving hematocrit.
Patent CA-2324732-A1 (CA)
Title: Web-based application for inbound message synchronization
Inventor: TJONG ANTHONY L
IPC: H04L12/861
Filed: 2000-10-30
Abstract: A Web-based computer system is provided with software for processing of inbound messages originating from a back office system. The computer system or web-based application may be operated to maintain the consistency of the information on both systems. A  method of operating the computer system and application is also provided. The method, system and application accommodate use of multiple inbound queue server processes, multiple ports for sending messages from the back office system and multi-threaded processing in the web-based application system. The various inbound messages received by the web-based application system are processed in proper time sequence. Every document created by the back office system is identified with a unique primary key. The primary key identifies the type of document and the document number corresponding to the particular document. The document and a timestamp identifying the date and time of the document's creations are stored in the back office database. The web-based application system receives an inbound message including the document information from the back office system. Upon receipt, the web based application system searches a database listing primary key information of earlier received messages and compares the primary key information of the inbound message. If the primary key of the inbound message matches a stored primary key entry, the timestamps of the two messages are compared. The message having the later timestamp is identified as the most current version and is recorded in the web-based application database.
Patent CA-2324950-A1 (CA)
Title: Axial flow fan
Inventor: SPAGGIARI ALESSANDRO
IPC: F04D19/00
Filed: 1999-03-18
Abstract: The axial flow fan (1) comprises a central hub (3), a plurality of blades (4), each blade (4) having a root (5) and an end (6) and being delimited also by a convex edge (7), whose projection onto the plane of rotation of the fan is defined by a parabolic segment, and by a concave edge (8) whose projection onto the plane of rotation of the fan is defined by a circular arc. The blades (4) consist of sections having aerodynamic profiles (18) with a face (18a) comprising at least one initial straight-line segment (t) and a blade angle (.beta.) that decreases gradually and constantly from the root (5) towards the end (6) of the blade (4) according to a cubic law of variation as a function of the fan radius.
Patent CA-2325045-A1 (CA)
Title: Gamma-aminobutyric acid derivatives containing, solid compositions and process for preparing the same
Inventor: AOMATSU AKIRA
IPC: A01C11/02
Filed: 1999-05-10
Abstract: The present invention provides a stabilized solid composition containing a 4-amino-3-substituted-butanoic acid derivative which can be obtained by incorporating a humectant as a stabilizer.
Patent CA-2329512-A1 (CA)
Title: Il-6/sil-6r complex for promotion of liver functions
Inventor: AXELROD JONATHAN
IPC: A61P31/12
Filed: 1999-06-01
Abstract: A method for treating an injury of a liver of a subject with a composition featuring a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of an IL-6/sIL-6R complex, preferably Hyper-IL-6. The composition is administered to the subject such that the injury to the liver is treated. Furthermore, a method of gene therapy for treating a subject is provided, comprising the step of administering to the subject, a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of a vector carrying Hyper-IL-6 chimera gene, such that the subject is treated.
Patent CA-2330531-A1 (CA)
Title: Method for exciting an optical cavity for detecting gas traces
Inventor: ROMANINI DANIELE
IPC: G01N21/39
Filed: 1999-04-30
Abstract: The invention concerns a method for detecting gas traces with a semiconductor laser coupled with an optical resonant cavity containing a species to be analysed. The laser is coupled with the cavity so that the light is not projected back towards the laser when the cavity is in resonance mode. The laser supplies an amplified and fine-tuned emission on the re-injected frequency and, when a current pulse is applied thereon, its frequency moves from a predetermined initial frequency to a final predetermined frequency. The laser is excited by a first current pulse such that its frequency is sequentially locked on the cavity successive modes. The luminous intensity decreasing time in the cavity is measured at the end of the pulse and the excitation and measurement steps are repeated for successive current pulses, to cover a spectral range to be analysed.
Patent CA-2331194-A1 (CA)
Title: Distributed feedback surface plasmon laser
Inventor: CAPASSO FEDERICO
IPC: H01S5/10
Filed: 2001-01-17
Abstract: A surface plasmon laser structure is formed to include a DFB structure as the metal carrying layer, thus forming a single mode surface plasmon laser. The DFB structure comprises a multiple layer metallic surface guiding structure (for example, titanium stripes covered with a layer of gold, forming alternating Ti/Au - Au stripes). The active region, in one embodiment, may comprise a quantum cascade structure.
Patent CA-2331288-A1 (CA)
Title: Aqueous process for manufacturing paroxetine solid dispersions
Inventor: KAO HUAI-HUNG D
IPC: A61K31/4525
Filed: 1999-05-05
Abstract: A process for preparing solid, amorphous paroxetine comprising: (A) mixing paroxetine free base or a pharmaceutically acceptable paroxetine salt with water and pharmaceutically acceptable polymer; and (B) drying to form a composition comprising amorphous paroxetine and polymer, eliminating the need for organic solvents common for the solvent process. The resultant amorphous solid paroxetine composition is free from the crystalline form, and yet has good handling properties, making it suitable for pharmaceutical use in the traditional tablet dosage form.
Patent CA-2331520-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HOLTERMULLER SIEGBERT
IPC: G01N1/06
Filed: 2000-03-08
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for feeding a sample or a cutting knife in to the cutting plane of a microtome, especially the cutting plane of a disc microtome, via a feeding carriage. According to the inventive method, the feeding carriage is moved and fed to a surface sensor by means of a motor drive. The position of the motor drive is determined and compared to a store d position of the cutting plane when the sample surface contacts the surface sensor. Control signals for the motor drive are calculated from both positio n values. The feeding carriage is fed into the cutting plane by means of the motor drive and in view of said control signals.
Patent CA-2334771-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and apparatus for determining overall length of a train
Inventor: CURTIS DWIGHT D
IPC: B61L1/14
Filed: 1999-02-23
Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the length of a train utilizing received signal such as a reference signal from a global positioning system or the like is disclosed. A first receiver (104) receives a signal, such as a reference signal from a global positioning system (208) or the like, from which a first position on a train may be determined. Similarly, a second receiver (110) receives a signal from which a second position on the train may be determined. A processor (210 and 228), operatively coupled to the first and second receivers, determines the lengths of the train based on the first and second positions.
Patent CA-2335158-A1 (CA)
Title: Percussive down-the-hole rock drilling hammer, and a piston used therein
Inventor: AHLHORN KENNETH
IPC: E21B4/14
Filed: 1999-06-08
Abstract: A down-the-hole percussive hammer comprises a casing (11), a drill bit (13) mounted at a lower end of the casing, a hollow feed tube (15) fixed within the casing and extending along a center axis (CL) thereof, and a piston (16) mounted for axial reciprocation within the casing for transmitting impacts to the drill bit. The piston has a stepped configuration in that a lower portion (16B) thereof is of smaller outer diameter than an upper portion (I 6A) thereof. The upper portion (16A) forms a downwardly facing surface (22) at the junction between the upper and lower portions. Air-conducting passages are formed in the upper portion of the piston and are supplied with pressurized air from the hollow feed tube. One (18) of those passages intersects the downwardly facing surface of the upper portion of the piston. The present invention also relates to the piston (16) per se.
Patent CA-2339779-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LA MONICA NICOLA
IPC: A61K38/22
Filed: 1999-08-05
Abstract: Helper dependant adenoviral vectors encoding erythropoietin (epo) provide hi gh levels of epo to achieve a long-term therapeutically effective dosage, and allow for repeat administration to patients with disorders such as anaemia o f Chronic Renal Failure (CRF), anaemias due to beta-thalassaemia, and sickle cell anaemia (SCA).
Patent CA-2340657-A1 (CA)
Title: Multi-channel capillary electrophoresis device including sheath-flow cuvette and replaceable capillary array
Inventor: NORDMAN ERIC S
IPC: G01N35/00
Filed: 1999-09-09
Abstract: A multi-channel capillary electrophoresis apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a capillary array assembly comprising a plurality of capillaries, each capillary having a capillary outlet, and an outlet support for supporting the capillary outlets.      The apparatus further includes a cuvette defining a receiving slot, a gap region, and a detection zone, where the receiving slot is adapted to removably receive the outlet support, and wherein when the outlet support is inserted into the receiving slot, the capillary outlets are positioned in the gap region in proximity to the detection zone, and a flow channel is formed by the outlet support and the receiving slot such that the flow channel is in fluid communication with the gap region. In addition, the apparatus includes a front plumbing block in fluid communication with the flow channel for supplying a fluid flow through the gap region sufficient to transport material downstream from the capillary outlets to the detection zone.
Patent CA-2340892-A1 (CA)
Title: Connection management in a data communications network
Inventor: EKLOF THOMMY
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 1999-08-25
Abstract: The reliability of a data flow between a server and a client in a data communications network is increased by a method according to which an application in a user terminal is arranged to receive information from a server, such as a push server or a streaming server, in the network, said method comprising the following steps: monitoring if a user who should have an active connection to the server is currently having such a connection; taking appropriate action if this is not the case. In a preferred embodiment, the user's connection to the data communications network is monitored. If connected to the data communications network, the user should also have an active connection to said server. A node for carrying out the method and a network comprising such a node are also disclosed.
Patent CA-2341543-A1 (CA)
Title: Pyrazine compounds
Inventor: WILD DEBORAH
IPC: C07D241/26
Filed: 1999-08-26
Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is phenyl substituted by one or more halogen atoms; R2 is -NH2; R3 is -NH2 or hydrogen; R4 is -CXNRaRb, -CXNH- (CH2)y-NRaRb; wherein X is = O or = S; y is an integer zero, 1 or 2; Ra and Rb, which may be the same or different, are selected from hydrogen and C1-4 alkyl or together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a saturated 5- or 6-membered heterocycle containing one or two nitrogen heteroatoms, which heterocycle can be further substituted with one or more C 1- 4 alkyl groups; and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof.
Patent CA-2345525-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HSU ROGER S
IPC: A47F7/28
Filed: 1999-10-19
Abstract: A merchandise dispensing device (10) for bottles (B) suspended in tracks (20 ) by their neck flanges (R) is adapted for installation on existing display racks (310) by means of a track support (30) which rests on the display rack  (310) and supports the tracks (20) a sufficient distance above the display rack (310) so that the suspended bottles (B) gravity-feed freely without contacting the display rack (310).
Patent CA-2346787-A1 (CA)
Title: Storable patient lift and transfer apparatus
Inventor: SIMON WILLIAM H
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 1999-10-12
Abstract: A portable lifting apparatus for lifting and transferring of patients for use in combination with a sling or the like support.      Separate motors are provided for control of up and down movement of the lifting arm, clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation of the column, extension and retraction of each of the legs individually and divergence and convergence of both legs simultaneously.
Patent CA-2347236-A1 (CA)
Title: Integrated multi-channel analog test instrument architecture
Inventor: ARENA JOHN J
IPC: G01R31/00
Filed: 1999-10-14
Abstract: Analog test instrument architecture for performing functional testing of electronic circuit assemblies is disclosed. The analog test instrument includes a plurality of identical channels, each channel including circuitry for driving test stimuli and measuring responses at one node of a circuit assembly under test. The driver and measurement circuitry in each channel implement functions that traditionally have been implemented in a test system using discrete instruments. The analog test instrument further includes a master clock reference, which is used for synchronizing the operation of the driver and measurement circuits. Each channel further includes triggering circuitry for distributing trigger events within the channel and to the other channels; and, an input buffer, which is shared by the measurement circuits in the channel. The synchronized operation, distributed trigger events, and shared input buffers are used to improve the correlation of measurements made during functional testing.
Patent CA-2348478-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HAWKINS CRAIG ANDREW
IPC: A61F13/00
Filed: 1998-11-10
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a fastener device. The fastener device comprises a base having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface; a securing means provided on the first surface of the base; a  first adhesive provided on the second surface of the base; and a cover membe r having an anchor region and a protective region. The anchor region is joined  to a part of the second surface of the base through the first adhesive, whil e the protective region is joined to the securing means so as not to expose th e securing means prior to an intended use of the securing means. The present invention is also directed to a method for making the fastener device.</SDOA B>
Patent CA-2349149-A1 (CA)
Title: Low nox apparatus and methods for burning liquid and gaseous fuels
Inventor: CHUNG I-PING
IPC: F23C99/00
Filed: 2001-05-24
Abstract: Low NO x apparatus and methods for burning liquid and gaseous fuels are provided by the present invention. The apparatus of the invention is basically comprised oil a housing having an open discharge end attached to a furnace space, means for introducing a controlled quantity of air into the housing and into the furnace space, a combustion compartment disposed within the housing for providing a primary combustion zone therein having an open inlet end for receiving a portion of the air introduced into the housing and an open discharge end, a liquid fuel nozzle attached to the housing for discharging liquid fuel into the primary combustion zone, at least one primary gaseous fuel nozzle for discharging primary gaseous fuel into the primary combustion zone and at least one secondary gaseous fuel nozzle for discharging secondary gaseous fuel into the furnace space.
Patent CA-2349869-A1 (CA)
Title: Nouvelle proteine et son utilisation
Inventor: SUGINO HIROMU
IPC: A61P25/00
Filed: 1999-11-11
Abstract: L'invention concerne une protéine exprimée particulièrement dans le cerveau, qui comprend un domaine PDZ et/ou un domaine WW et présente une affinité pour, en particulier, le récepteur de l'activine et/ou la molécule de transduction du signal intracellulaire de l'activine. L'invention concerne également un fragment peptidique ou un sel de ladite protéine, qui sont utiles pour déterminer une protéine de liaison capable de se lier à ladite protéine et de cribler un composé pouvant promouvoir ou inhiber la fixation de la protéine de liaison à ladite protéine, etc.
Patent CA-2353214-A1 (CA)
Title: Recloseable biosensor
Inventor: BHULLAR RAGHBIR SINGH
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2001-07-18
Abstract: A recloseable biosensor is provided that comprises a substrate, a sample site positioned on the substrate, and an openable and recloseable cover coupled to the substrate. The cover is operative to selectively block access to the sample site. The cover includes a fixed end coupled to the substrate, an opposite free end, and a middle portion extending across the sample site. The middle portion is releasably and recloseably adhered to the substrate.
Patent CA-2354076-A1 (CA)
Inventor: JALINK ANTONY JR
IPC: F04B43/02
Filed: 1998-12-11
Abstract: A ferroelectric pump has one or more variable volume pumping chambers internal to a housing. Each chamber has at least one wall comprising a dome shaped internally prestressed ferroelectric actuator having a curvature and a dome height that varies with an electric voltage applied between an inside and outside surface of the actuator. A pumped medium flows into and out of each pumping chamber in response to displacement of the ferroelectric actuator. The ferroelectric actuator is mounted within each wall and isolates each ferroelectric actuator from the pumped medium, supplies a path for voltage to be applied to each ferroelectric actuator, and provides for positive containment of each ferroelectric actuator while allowing displacement of the entirety of each ferroelectric actuator in response to the applied voltage.
Patent CA-2356129-A1 (CA)
Inventor: NISHTALA SRINIVAS
IPC: A61B10/00
Filed: 1999-12-20
Abstract: A tissue sampling device, comprising a stylet having a notch therein and a cannula at least partially surrounding the stylet. The notch has an exposed portion for receiving tissue to be sampled, and the cannula is adjustable relative to the stylet to vary the size of the exposed portion and therefore the amount of tissue to be sampled. The device also comprises a trigger mechanism operatively connected to at least one of the cannula and the stylet.  Acutation of the trigger mechanism causes relative movement of the stylet with respect to the cannula for collection of a tissue sample.
Patent CA-2359723-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SCHWAHN HARALD
IPC: C10L1/236
Filed: 2000-02-05
Abstract: L'invention concerne une composition de carburant contenant, en quantité principale, une essence automobile ayant une teneur en aromatiques de 42 % en volume au maximum et une teneur en soufre de 150 ppm en poids au maximum, et contenant, en moindre quantité, au moins un additif pour essence automobile à effet détergent ou à effet ralentissant l'usure des sièges de soupapes. La composition de carburant selon l'invention est caractérisée en ce que cet additif pour essence automobile présente au moins un reste hydrocarbure hydrophobe à poids moléculaire moyen compris entre 85 et 20 000 et au moins un groupement polaire.
Patent CA-2360231-A1 (CA)
Title: Air mattress
Inventor: SHIMADA TAKESHI
IPC: A47C27/10
Filed: 2001-10-26
Abstract: An air mattress includes a first through a fourth sheets (6, 7, 8, and 9), respectively, which are bonded together along the peripheries thereof and at a multiplicity of bonding spots, creating a triple-layer air cell structure consisting of a first, a second, and a third air cells (13, 15, and 17), respectively. A multiplicity of first bonding spots (10) bonding the first and second sheets together are spaced apart at regular intervals along longitudinal and transverse lines such that four neighboring spots occupy four corners of a tetragon. On the other hand, a multiplicity of second bonding spots (14) bonding the second and the third sheets together are arranged at positions which correspond to the centers of the tetragons. The third air cell has the same structure as the first air cell. These air cells are inflated such that the third air cell maintains high a pressure, while the first and second air cells maintain a low pressure. The low pressure air mattress may effectively prevent bedsores.
Patent CA-2361239-A1 (CA)
Title: Traitement de dysfonctionnements d'erection au moyen de polypeptide natriuretique type c (cnp) en monotherapie ou en combinaison avec des inhibiteurs de phosphodiesterase
Inventor: STIEF CHRISTIAN
IPC: A61P15/10
Filed: 2000-01-27
Abstract: L'invention concerne un médicament contenant une combinaison de CNP ou des fragments ou dérivés à action physiologique conservée du CNP et des inhibiteurs de phosphodiestérase.
Patent CA-2363472-A1 (CA)
Title: Rearview mirror assembly with internally mounted compass sensor
Inventor: BAUER FREDERICK T
IPC: G01C17/28
Filed: 2000-02-28
Abstract: A rearview mirror assembly (100) is disclosed for use in a vehicle that includes a mirror housing (120), a mounting structure (200) for pivotally mounting the mirror housing to the vehicle such that the mirror housing may be both vertically and horizontally tilted, a compass sensor (320) disposed in the mirror housing and coupled to a compass processing circuit. The mirror assembly may include means (380) for compensating for tilting of the mirror housing and may include a tilt detector (500) for detecting when the mirror housing has been tilted from a prior position.