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Patent CA-2474635-C (CA)
Inventor: BENE BERNARD
IPC: A61M1/14
Filed: 2002-10-31
Granted: 2011-03-08
Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a fluid flow rate in a blood access having an upstream position and a downstream position using a blood treatment apparatus including a blood treatment unit having a semi permeable membrane delimiting a first chamber through which blood removed from said blood access passes and a second chamber through which dialysis liquid passes, an arterial line and a venous line, connected to an inlet and an outlet of the first chamber respectively. The method for determining the fluid flow rate involves measurement of the post dialyzer concentration or conductivity before and after a flow reversal. The invention further involves a method for checking the operating configuration of the arterial and venous lines of the blood treatment apparatus.
Patent CA-2477374-C (CA)
Title: Fail-safe module integral with a sedation and analgesia system and method
Inventor: HICKLE RANDALL S
IPC: A61M5/14
Filed: 2003-02-25
Granted: 2014-07-08
Abstract: The invention provides a fail-safe module (FSM) integral with a sedation and analgesia system that meets the high-reliability needs of sedation and/or analgesia delivered by non~-anesthetist practitioners. The FSM may operate in "real-time" in order to ensure optimal patient safety. The FSM may deactivate specific patient interfaces, user interfaces, and/or sedation and analgesia delivery in order to ensure patient safety and has redundant safety systems in order to provide the fail-safe module with an accurate assessment of controller functionality.
Patent CA-2479238-C (CA)
Inventor: LANG FRED D
IPC: F22B35/18
Filed: 2002-12-18
Granted: 2010-02-16
Abstract: This invention relates to a fossil-fired thermal system such as a power plant (20) or steam generator, and, more particularly, to a method for rapid detection of tube failures (27) and their location within the power plant (20) or steam generator, without need for direct instrumentation, thereby preventing more serious damage and minimizing repair time on the effected heat exchanger (28). This method is applicable to Input/Loss methods of monitoring fossil-fired thermal systems.
Patent CA-2494974-C (CA)
Title: Il-7 drug substance, composition, preparation and uses
Inventor: MORRE MICHEL CHRISTIAN
IPC: A61K38/00
Filed: 2003-08-06
Granted: 2014-07-29
Abstract: The present invention relates, generally, to the fields of immunology and molecular biology. The invention discloses, more particularly, new and improved interleukin-7 drug substances, corresponding specific immunoreactive antibodies, as well as compositions comprising the same, their preparation and uses. The invention also discloses methods to characterize the impurity profile of a r-hIL-7 drug substance used for therapeutic purpose, as well as optimized nucleotide sequences encoding mammalian IL-7, recombinant expression vectors and methods for preparing and purifying said polypeptides. The present invention stems from the unexpected discovery that the long term activity of recombinant IL-7 is mostly expressed by a specific conformer and that other conformers, potential product-related substances, product-related impurities, and process-related impurities, which would normally be included in the specification of the drug substance and/or drug product, although bioactive, should be strictly minimized because they are able to trigger an immune reaction against the desired IL-7 molecule.
Patent CA-2505456-C (CA)
Inventor: BALLESTRAZZI ARIS
IPC: B65B57/00
Filed: 2005-04-27
Granted: 2013-10-29
Abstract: A process for feeding individual sheeted products to a conveyor (13) with thrusters (14) in an apparatus for packaging publishing products through at least one feeder (11) that comprises a pile (12) of sheeted products (10) in which an individual sheeted product (10) is slipped away from the bottom of the pile (12) and is gripped by a gripping element (18) arranged integral with a rotating disc (19) for feeding it towards the conveyor (13) with thrusters, said process foreseeing the steps of: arranging a pair of rollers (21) downstream of the rotating disc that receive the individual sheeted product (10), and actuating the rollers (21) at a different speed to that at which the conveyor with thrusters advances in at least a portion of the discharge cycle (K) of the individual sheeted product (10) at a different speed to the optimal one. The invention also concerns a feeder (11) that uses such a process.
Patent CA-2507456-C (CA)
Inventor: MARTIN FRANCOIS
IPC: C25D15/02
Filed: 2003-12-08
Granted: 2011-11-22
Abstract: The invention concerns a lubricating metal coating, and a method for making same. The material constituting the coating is a composite material comprising a metal matrix wherein are distributed sheet talc particles, the metal matrix consisting of a metal selected among Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, Cr, Cu, W, Mo, Zn, Au, Ag, Pb, Sn or of an alloy of said metals, or of a metal-metalloid alloy. The coating is obtained by a method which consists in carrying out an electrodeposit using a solution of precursors of the metal matrix of the coating containing additionally suspended talc particles surface-modified by irreversible adsorption of a cellulose-derived compound by substituting all or part of the hydroxyl groups.
Patent CA-2509085-C (CA)
Title: Ensemble outil pour trou de forage, systeme palier a utiliser dans un tel ensemble et procede de conception dudit ensemble
Inventor: ROGGEBAND SERGE MATHIEU
IPC: E21B4/00
Filed: 2003-12-12
Granted: 2012-06-19
Abstract: L'invention concerne un ensemble outil pour trou de forage comprenant un boîtier et un mandrin pénétrant le long d'un sens axial dans le boîtier ainsi qu'un système palier permettant de transférer une charge axiale entre le boîtier et le mandrin et permettant la rotation du boîtier par rapport et autour du mandrin. Le système comporte au moins deux étages, chacun disposé de manière à transférer une partie de la charge axiale, chaque étage comprenant des moyens paliers et des moyens de mitigation permettant de distribuer la charge de manière sensiblement proportionnelle sur les étages respectifs.
Patent CA-2522406-C (CA)
Title: Dispositif et procede de mesure d`ondes sismiques
Inventor: MEUNIER JULIEN
IPC: G01V1/16
Filed: 2004-04-16
Granted: 2015-07-14
Abstract: L'invention concerne un dispositif de mesure d'ondes sismiques placé dans un forage, comportant un module incluant au moins un hydrophone (2), et un agent de couplage qui remplit l'espace entre le module et la paroi du forage et immobilise le module, caractérisé en ce que le module comprend un élément de protection en résine (11) dans lequel est noyé l'hydrophone, la résine étant apte à transmettre les variations de pression résultant d'ondes sismiques.
Patent CA-2523172-C (CA)
Title: Systeme de commande pour processus catalytiques
Inventor: STANCOVSKI VICTOR
IPC: C10G35/24
Filed: 2003-11-04
Granted: 2011-07-26
Abstract: L'invention concerne un système de commande pour un processus catalytique. Le système de commande selon l'invention comprend : a) un support électroconducteur sur lequel est placée une couche d'un catalyseur ; b) un moyen permettant d'appliquer un courant continu d'une polarité sur la couche de catalyseur et d'une polarité opposée sur le support électroconducteur ; c) un moyen permettant de commander et de faire varier l'application de courant continu ; d) un moyen permettant de mesurer l'impédance de polarisation à travers la couche de catalyseur et le support électroconducteur ; e) un moyen permettant de comparer l'impédance de polarisation mesurée à une valeur de référence ; et f) un moyen permettant de faire varier l'application de courant continu sur la couche de catalyseur et le support électroconducteur lorsque l'impédance de polarisation mesurée diffère de la valeur de référence. Le système de commande peut aussi comprendre éventuellement : g) un moyen permettant de chauffer le support électroconducteur ; h) un moyen permettant de commander et de faire varier l'application de chaleur ; et i) un moyen permettant de faire varier l'application de chaleur sur le catalyseur et le support électroconducteur lorsque l'impédance de polarisation mesurée diffère de la valeur de référence. L'invention a également trait à un procédé consistant à mettre le catalyseur du système de commande en contact avec un flux de débit d'hydrocarbures légers ou d'émissions de combustion.
Patent CA-2523174-C (CA)
Inventor: DAS SUJIT R
IPC: H04L29/02
Filed: 2005-10-11
Granted: 2013-08-06
Abstract: A method of network communication includes employing a communication network protocol stack having a plurality of independent communication layers providing a plurality of different corresponding services. A buffer manager is employed for a plurality of communication buffers. The buffer manager is independent of the independent communication layers. An application framework provides asynchronous communications among the buffer manager and the independent communication layers. For a plurality of pairs of the buffer manager and one of the independent communication layers and for a plurality of pairs of the independent communication layers, the method provides subscribing by the buffer manager and by the independent communication layers to a plurality of events through the application framework and publishing by the buffer manager and by the independent communication layers a plurality of corresponding events through the application framework.
Patent CA-2523799-C (CA)
Title: Device for dispensing milk and/or milk froth
Inventor: LUESSI ANDRE
IPC: A47J31/44
Filed: 2004-04-29
Granted: 2011-01-04
Abstract: Disclosed is a device for dispensing milk and/or milk froth from a container (1) which contains milk and is inserted into a coolable cabinet (3). The milk is conveyed into an emulsifying unit (6) that is located outside the coolable cabinet via a withdrawing conduit (4) and an additional conduit (5). The received product is dispensed from said emulsifying unit (6) via a discharge nozzle (7). Steam, by means of which the milk that is directed through the emulsifying unit (6) can be heated and/or frothed, can be introduced into the emulsifying unit (6). The additional conduit (5) comprises a flexible tube that is placed inside a squeezed tube pump (9). Said squeezed tube pump (9) is provided with switching means (10) that allow the squeezed tube pump (9) to be moved from a closed pump state to an open state in which the passage of the flexible tube (5) is released. The inventive device can be cleaned in an optimal manner while optimally allowing milk to be dispensed at different temperatures or milk froth to be dispensed. Said device is advantageously integrated into a coffee machine, making it possible to automatically obtain different types of coffee with added milk.
Patent CA-2525443-C (CA)
Title: Systeme, procede et appareil pour mesurer le debit sanguin et le volume sanguin
Inventor: KEREN HANAN
IPC: A61B5/296
Filed: 2004-05-10
Granted: 2013-12-17
Abstract: Cette invention se rapporte à un système permettant de mesurer le débit sanguin dans un organe chez un sujet, servant en particulier dans la technique non invasive de monitoring du débit cardiaque (N.I.C.O.M.?.TM.¿), ce système comprenant : un générateur de radiofréquence destiné à générer des signaux de radiofréquence de sortie ; plusieurs électrodes, conçues pour être connectées à la peau du sujet et destinées à transmettre les signaux de radiofréquence de sortie jusqu'à l'organe et à détecter les signaux de radiofréquence d'entrée de l'organe. Ce système comprend en outre un mélangeur, communiquant par voie électrique avec le générateur de radiofréquence et avec certaines au moins des électrodes et destiné à mélanger les signaux de radiofréquence de sortie et les signaux de radiofréquence d'entrée, afin de produire un signal de radiofréquence mixte indiquant le débit sanguin. Ce système comporte en outre un circuit électronique, construit et conçu pour filtrer une partie du signal de radiofréquence mixte, afin d'augmenter sensiblement le rapport signal/bruit d'une partie restante du signal de radiofréquence mixte.
Patent CA-2529499-C (CA)
Inventor: TADIN TONY
IPC: G01B7/28
Filed: 2004-06-18
Granted: 2009-09-08
Abstract: A three-dimensional (3-D) capture method and system having a 3-D contour capture device (5) for capturing a surface contour of an object, a contoured support device (20) for placing between the surface and the 3-D contour capture device that provides additional support to at least a portion of the surface, wherein a first contour captured (25) by the 3-D contour capture device is modified based on a second contour captured support device placed between the surface and the 3-D contour capture device to provide a resultant 3-D contour.
Patent CA-2531654-C (CA)
Inventor: LULLA AMAR
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 2004-07-09
Granted: 2011-09-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to an inhaler device and provides such a device comprising first and second compartments (4, 6) movable relative to one another such that, upon movement of said components (4, 6), operating means (16, 28, 40, 42, 44, 46) advances a cartridge compartment (140) into a predetermined position relative to medicament extraction facilitating means (14) and extends the medicament extraction facilitating means (14) into a position adjacent said advanced compartment (140) for allowing medicament extraction upon inhalation by a user.
Patent CA-2531924-C (CA)
Inventor: OGAWA ATSUCHI
IPC: A63B102/32
Filed: 2005-12-30
Granted: 2012-02-14
Abstract: Provided is a golf club head which has the coefficient of restitution within the regulated range and which is easy for hitting balls. The ball-hitting face is made of a material anisotropic in Young's modulus. Preferably. the direction of the largest Young's modulus on the face material is perpendicular to the horizontal direction on the face.
Patent CA-2533607-C (CA)
Title: Use of dialkyl carbonates as solvents for expanded polystyrene
Inventor: NOTARI MARCELLO
IPC: C08J3/09
Filed: 2004-08-31
Granted: 2012-07-03
Abstract: The invention relates to the use of dialkyl carbonates as solvents for expanded polystyrene and to a new process for the recycling of expanded polystyrene. Said process comprises the volume reduction of expanded polystyrene by dissolution with a dialkyl carbonate, or a blend of dialkyl carbonates, the removal of the insoluble components by filtration, the selective precipitation of polystyrene with a non-solvent or a blend of non-solvents, the separation, drying and extrusion of the precipitated polystyrene. This process allows the recovery of pure polystyrene without altering its properties.
Patent CA-2535664-C (CA)
Title: Disinfecting and sanitizing article for hands and skin and hard surfaces
Inventor: TAYLOR PAUL M
IPC: A01N25/34
Filed: 2006-02-09
Granted: 2011-12-20
Abstract: A disinfecting and sanitizing article is adapted for use on objects to be disinfected and sanitized, including skin and hands and nonporous hard surfaces. The article is formed from a porous substrate formed from an absorbent fibrous matrix. A disinfecting and sanitizing agent is formed as a liquid composition that is absorbed into the substrate. The composition is formulated from an organic solvent present in a concentration of about 10 percent to 40 percent by weight, a surfactant present in a concentration of about 0.5 percent to 20 percent by weight, one or more pathogen killing agents present in a concentration of about 0.255 percent to 10.5 percent by weight, an emollient present in a concentration of about 0.05 percent to 3.0 percent by weight, and water present in a concentration of about 50.0 percent to 89.9 percent by weight. Application of the article provides an abrasive disinfecting and sanitizing action by a scrubbing action on the surface of the object to disinfected and sanitized.
Patent CA-2543675-C (CA)
Inventor: MATSUZOE HISANOBU
IPC: B41J2/14
Filed: 2004-12-10
Granted: 2009-08-04
Abstract: The invention provides a discharge control unit, which can control discharge from a discharge electrode at low voltage, aiming at achieving high density mounting based on downsizing of the discharge control portion and a decrease in production costs, cause electric leakage to hardly occur, and excellent in discharge stability. The discharge control unit includes:  a heating portion including one or a plurality of heat-generating bodies and driver ICs electrically connected to one or a plurality of heat-generating bodies and caused to generate heat by flowing an electric current to an optional point of one heat-generating body or selectively flowing the same to a plurality of heat-generating bodies; and a heat generation portion insulating film covered on at least the heat-generating bodies; and discharge electrodes, to which voltage is applied, disposed at the heat generation portion insulating film so as to correspond to one or a plurality of heat-generating bodies;  wherein discharge is carried out from discharge portions of the discharge electrodes selectively heated by the heat-generating bodies.
Patent CA-2551695-C (CA)
Title: Storage medium having interactive graphic stream and apparatus for reproducing the same
Inventor: JUNG KIL-SOO
IPC: G11B27/10
Filed: 2005-01-13
Granted: 2012-05-08
Abstract: A storage medium including an interactive graphic stream providing menus using various transition effects regardless of reproducing modes of multimedia data and an apparatus for reproducing the same. The storage medium in which multimedia information is recorded includes: video data; and graphic data to provide a menu screen overlaid on an image based on the video data, wherein the graphic data provides a plurality of menu pages. Accordingly, a plurality of menu pages may be provided regardless of application types of a main stream, and various transition effects may be applied when transitions between menu pages are performed.
Patent CA-2552982-C (CA)
Title: Toxine botulique pour le traitement des maladies vasculaires
Inventor: BRIN MITCHELL F
IPC: A61K38/48
Filed: 2005-01-07
Granted: 2014-05-13
Abstract: L'invention concerne des médicaments et des procédés de traitement de troubles vasculaires par administration d'une toxine botulinique directement dans un vaisseau sanguin d'un patient.
Patent CA-2554981-C (CA)
Inventor: SAMPSON JOHN ROGER
IPC: A24D1/02
Filed: 2005-02-28
Granted: 2013-06-18
Abstract: A smoking article, and a method and apparatus for producing a smoking article, in which a web material containing an adsorbent material such as activated carbon and a stabilised flavourant such as menthol is positioned adjacent an interior surface of a cigarette wrapper to deliver flavour to a smoker with minimal/insignificant migration of flavour to other parts of the smoking article or packaging. The web material may be a section that extends over only a portion of the smoking article to deliver flavour to a smoker at a specific point during smoking and if positioned at the mouth end of a smoking article will be able to deliver a flavour sensation in the final puff(s).
Patent CA-2559701-C (CA)
Title: Coriolis mass flow measuring device
Inventor: DRAHM WOLFGANG
IPC: G01N9/00
Filed: 2005-03-16
Granted: 2012-05-22
Abstract: The Coriolis mass flow measuring device includes a vibratory measuring transducer having at least one measuring tube, which has medium flowing through it during operation. In operation, the measuring tube is caused by an exciter arrangement to undergo mechanical oscillations, especially bending oscillations.  Additionally, the Coriolis mass flow measuring device includes a sensor arrangement for producing oscillation measurement signals (s1, s2) representing the inlet-end and outlet-end oscillations of the measuring tube. A measuring device electronics controlling the exciter arrangement produces an exciter current (i exc) and an intermediate value (X'm) derived from the oscillation measurement signals (s1, s2). This intermediate value represents an uncorrected mass flow. Derived from the exciter current and/or from a component of the exciter current (i exc), an intermediate value (X2) is produced, which corresponds to a damping of the oscillations of the measuring tube (10).
Patent CA-2563094-C (CA)
Title: Copper-based alloy casting in which grains are refined
Inventor: OISHI KEIICHIRO
IPC: C22C9/00
Filed: 2005-05-02
Granted: 2012-03-27
Abstract: A copper-based alloy casting includes 69 to 88% of Cu, 2 to 5% of Si, 0.0005 to 0.04% of Zr, 0.01 to 0.25% of P by mass, and a remainder including Zn and inevitable impurities, and satisfies 60 <= Cu - 3.5 × Si - 3 × P <= 71. Further, mean grain size after melt-solidification is 100 µm or less, and .alpha., .kappa. and .gamma.-phases occupy more than 80% of phase structure. Furthermore, the copper-based alloy casting according to the invention can further include at least one element selected from a group consisting of 0.001 to 0.2% of Mg, 0.003 to 0.1% of B, 0.0002 to 0.01% of C, 0.001 to 0.2% of Ti and 0.01 to 0.3% of rare earth element.
Patent CA-2565499-C (CA)
Title: Method of partially scrambling a data stream
Inventor: WAJS ANDREW AUGUSTINE
IPC: H04N7/167
Filed: 2004-07-26
Granted: 2010-11-30
Abstract: A method of partially scrambling a data stream (6) including transport stream packets (7), each transport stream packet (7) having a header (8) and a payload (9), wherein a sequence of transport stream packets (7) has payloads carrying encoded data elements, arranged in units (15), includes: selecting transport stream packets (7) forming a sub~sequence of the sequence, and scrambling at least part of the payloads (9) of each transport stream packet (7) in the subsequence. The method further includes monitoring the payloads (9) of at least some of the transport stream packets (7) in the sequence for the presence of data (22) indicating a boundary between two subsequent units (15), and, for selected units (15), including at least one of the transport stream packets (7) carrying data forming part of the selected unit (15) in the sub-sequence.
Patent CA-2566747-C (CA)
Inventor: LIU PUCHUN
IPC: C07C229/00
Filed: 2005-05-19
Granted: 2015-04-28
Abstract: The present invention provides a topical composition comprising (a) at least one delivery agent compound and (b) a cromolyn component. Methods of treatment, and methods of preparing the topical composition are also provided.
Patent CA-2566960-C (CA)
Inventor: VENTOSA NORA
IPC: A61H9/00
Filed: 2006-01-03
Granted: 2012-06-26
Abstract: La présente invention a trait à un procédé pour l'obtention de systèmes de microdispersion et de nanodispersion. En particulier, l'invention a trait à un procédé qui permet l'obtention desdits systèmes, tels que des liposomes, émulsions et suspensions avec une taille inférieure à 50 µm, et de préférence inférieur à 1 µm, et avec des propriétés de stabilité améliorées dans le temps, comprenant les étapes suivantes: a) la dissolution ou la suspension d'un composé C dans un fluide A, en vue d'obtenir un mélange A, sous la forme d'une solution ou dispersion; b) la thermostatisation dudit mélange A à une température comprise entre -50 °C et 200 °C; c) l'ajout d'un fluide B au mélange A jusqu'à l'obtention d'une pression P. Le procédé est caractérisé en ce qu'au cours de l'étape (c), la formation de la solution AB se produit et en ce qu'il comprend d) la réduction de la pression de la solution AB à une pression inférieure ou égale à 100 bars, et ensuite e) l'ajout d'un fluide E, dans lequel le fluide A est miscible et dans lequel le composé C est partiellement ou entièrement insoluble à la pression atmosphérique, ledit fluide E agissant comme un agent d'interruption de cristallisation.