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Patent CA-2535089-A1 (CA)
Title: Light adjustable lenses capable of post-fabrication power modification via multi-photon processes
Inventor: CASE PATRICK
IPC: C08G2/00
Filed: 2004-08-09
Abstract: The invention relates to novel photoinitiators and their use in light adjustable compositions. The initiatives comprise two or more multiphoton chromophores linked by a bridging compound. The bridging compound consists of a material that is compatible with the base material of the light adjustable composition. The novel photoinitiator permit the readjustment of light adjustable material without the need for significant amounts photoasorbers.
Patent CA-2535687-A1 (CA)
Inventor: NORTON DENNIS SELL
IPC: F01C5/04
Filed: 2006-02-09
Abstract: A progressing cavity stator and a method for fabricating such a stator are disclosed. Exemplary embodiments of the progressing cavity stator include a plurality of rigid longitudinal stator sections concatenated end-to-end in a stator tube. The stator sections are rotationally aligned so that each of the internal lobes extends in a substantially continuous helix from one end of the stator to the other. The stator further includes an elastomer liner deployed on an inner surface of the concatenated stator sections. Exemplary embodiments of this invention include a comparatively rigid stator having high torque output and are relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture as compared to prior art rigid stators.
Patent CA-2536241-A1 (CA)
Title: Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape and pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for medical adhesive tape
Inventor: TAKAKI SHUNSUKE
IPC: C09J7/38
Filed: 2004-08-04
Abstract: An adhesive composition for medical adhesive tapes, comprising a base polymer containing a pressure-sensitive adhesive polymer obtained by crosslinking or curing a precursor containing a urethane acrylate oligomer and an ultraviolet (UV) initiator, the base polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 0~C or less.
Patent CA-2536688-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FLAN BENOIT
IPC: G01N33/68
Filed: 2004-08-23
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the in vitro titration of a non-conventional transmissible agent (NCTA), using transgenic cell lines. The invention also relates to: the application of the aforementioned in vitro titration method in a method for the in vitro evaluation and/or monitoring of the effectiveness of a biological production or treatment method or of one or more steps in such a method for the elimination of an NCTA, and to the application thereof in a method for the in vitro evaluation and/or monitoring of a decontamination procedure.
Patent CA-2538480-A1 (CA)
Title: Device and methods for preventing formation of thrombi in the left atrial appendage
Inventor: DEVELLIAN CAROL A
IPC: A61B17/12
Filed: 2004-08-05
Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a device that modifies the left atrial appendage (LAA) to reduce the likelihood of thrombus formation therein. The device includes a liner that reduces the volume of the LAA and remodels the interior geometry and surfaces of the LAA thereby minimizing the crenellations in the LAA that impede blood flow. According to some embodiments, the device further includes an anchor component. The anchor component helps to expand the liner upon deployment of the device in-vivo and further prevents dislodgement and migration of the device, by ensuring the device is properly seated and completely sealed against the walls and ostium of the LAA.
Patent CA-2539473-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LIBRIZZI JOSEPH
IPC: C11D3/37
Filed: 2004-08-19
Abstract: Cette invention concerne des procédés faisant intervenir un tensioactif anionique qui permettent de réduire l'irritation provoquée par des compositions de soins personnels renfermant un tensioactif anionique. Le procédé consiste à combiner une substance à hydrophobie modifiée, pouvant se lier à un tensioactif, avec un tensioactif anionique, ce qui donne une composition pour soins personnels faiblement irritante. Sont également décrites des méthodes d'utilisation de telles compositions pour le lavage des cheveux ou le nettoyage de la peau..
Patent CA-2540034-A1 (CA)
Inventor: AZVINE BEHNAM
IPC: G06F17/27
Filed: 2004-09-22
Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for generating, from an input set of documents, a word replaceability matrix defining semantic similarity between words occurring in the input document set. For each word, distinct word sequences of predetermined length are identified from the documents of the set, each word sequence being indicative of the context in which the word was used and, according to the relative frequency of occurrence of the identified word sequences for the word, fuzzy sets are generated for each word comprising membership values for corresponding groups of word sequences. For each pair of words occurring in the document set, their respective fuzzy sets are used to calculate the probability that the first word of a pair is semantically suitable as a replacement for the second word of the pair, these probabilities being collated to form a word similarity matrix for use in an improved method of determining document similarity and in information retrieval.
Patent CA-2540145-A1 (CA)
Title: Dual tensioning health support
Inventor: GOODRICH KELLIE M
IPC: A61F5/01
Filed: 2004-09-23
Abstract: A dual tensioning health support includes a support layer adapted to be at least partially wrapped about a body part; first and second elongated securing straps extending from opposite sides of the support layer adjacent a first common side of the support layer such that they can be simultaneously pulled away from each other in opposite directions without substantial twisting of the support layer; a first securing device for securing a distal end of the first elongated securing strap to the support layer after the first elongated securing strap has been wrapped at least partially about the body part; and a second securing device for securing a distal end of the second elongated securing strap to the support layer after the second elongated securing strap has been wrapped at least partially about the body part.
Patent CA-2541938-A1 (CA)
Title: Rolled plate joining apparatus and continuous hot rolling apparatus equipped with the same
Inventor: TAZOE NOBUHIRO
IPC: B21B39/14
Filed: 1997-11-12
Abstract: A rolled plate joining apparatus for joining rolled plates by cutting one surface of the tailing end of a preceding rolled plate and the other surface of the leading end of a succeeding rolled plate while traveling in the width direction and by overlapping the resulting cut surfaces to be joined. The joining apparatus includes machining apparatuses each having a cutter for cutting the undersurface of the tailing end and the upper surface of the leading end, a traversing apparatus for running said machining apparatuses in the plate width direction to move said machining apparatuses to waiting positions outside of the plate width, and cutter cooling apparatuses provided in said waiting positions for cooling said cutters.
Patent CA-2546843-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MERCER ALEX
IPC: A61K35/30
Filed: 2004-11-19
Abstract: The invention is directed to methods of promoting neurogenesis by contacting neuronal tissue with neurogenesis modulating agents. Novel methods for treating neurological disorders using neurogenesis modulating agents are disclosed.
Patent CA-2548647-A1 (CA)
Title: Cooling system methods and apparatus for a refrigeration device
Inventor: TUPIS JEFFERY A
IPC: F25B49/02
Filed: 2006-05-26
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a housing defining at least one chamber and a condenser system in which a refrigerant flows. The condenser system includes a condenser, a switching device, and a hot gas loop in flow communication with one another. The condenser system is configured to be in heat transfer relation with the chamber and the switching device is configured to allow the refrigerant to bypass the hot gas loop when a thermal demand of the refrigerator is met.
Patent CA-2550235-A1 (CA)
Title: Anti-pinch system using pressure-sensitive rubber
Inventor: MARENTETTE LESLIE JOSEPH
IPC: B60J1/17
Filed: 2006-06-16
Abstract: An anti-pinch system for a vehicle opening device, such as a window regulator, that includes a pressure sensitive resistive coupler located between a gear and a damper plate in the vehicle opening device. When the load is increased on the vehicle opening device, the resistive coupler compresses, altering its electrical resistance.  An electrical circuit runs through the resistive coupler, and the circuits resistance is measured. A controller for the device's motor is operable to adjust the velocity of the motor based upon changes in resistance in the damper. Preferably, the controller compares changes in measured resistance to an expected change in resistance based upon the opening device's position to determine whether a pinch condition has occurred.
Patent CA-2550304-A1 (CA)
Title: System and method for protection system design support
Inventor: KOLENC JOSH
IPC: G06F11/30
Filed: 2004-12-18
Abstract: A method and system for examining and safely evaluating process systems, including fluid pressure sytems, to aid overpressure design and/or sizing of overpressure equipment. The system inlcudes a serber subsystem (2), a storage subsystem (5), an assessment subsystem (6), and optionally a report generation subsystem (7), including computer harddware and application software for supporting these subsystems.
Patent CA-2550527-A1 (CA)
Title: Electrical disconnect with push-in connectors
Inventor: BETHURUM GARY C
IPC: H01R24/58
Filed: 2006-06-21
Abstract: A wire connector has an enclosure including a housing and a cap and one or more contacts supported in the enclosure. The contacts each have outer ends opposite wire ports in the cap to receive a stripped end of a wire in a push-in engagement. One set of contacts has a male blade and the other set of contacts has a female socket at the inner or forward ends thereof. The housings are arranged so that two housings are releasably engagable with one another. When two housings are engaged the male contacts electrically engages the female contacts of the other housing. The female contacts include a sacrificial tine that is always first to make and last to break engagement with the male contact so that any degradation due to arcing always occurs at the sacrificial tine.
Patent CA-2552268-A1 (CA)
Title: Aerated frozen suspensions with adjusted creaminess and scoop ability based on stress-controlled generation of superfine microstructures
Inventor: TAPFER UWE
IPC: A23G9/20
Filed: 2004-07-07
Abstract: Products that are aerated multiphase systems containing an aqueous continuou s fluid phase which may include solutes thus forming an aqueous syrup and disperse phases like gas/air cells, water ice crystals and solid/semi-solid fat globules or aggregates thereof, whereas the disperse phases are that finely structured that their mean diameters are below phase specific critica l maximum values and thereby generate a most preferred by consumers, full rich silky-creamy mouth feel at much lower fat content than usual in conventional related products like premium and super premium ice creams.
Patent CA-2554082-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SCHWEITZER ANNIE
IPC: A61K31/335
Filed: 2005-01-28
Abstract: The present invention is about the use of at least one epothilone or derivative thereof as an active ingredient for manufacturing a medicament for use in the treatment of disease(s) involving a neuronal connectivity defect, such as schizophrenia or autism.
Patent CA-2555258-A1 (CA)
Title: 1-isopropyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide derivatives having 5-ht4 receptor agonistic activity
Inventor: KAWAMURA KIYOSHI
IPC: C07D401/12
Filed: 2005-01-18
Abstract: This invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen atom, R2 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, and A represents an oxygen atom or a group of the formula -C(R4)(R5)- (in which R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R5 represents a hydroxy group or an alkoxy group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds have 5-HT4 receptor agonistic activity, and thus are useful for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, non-ulcer dyspepsia, functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome or the like in mammalian, especially humans.
Patent CA-2555814-A1 (CA)
Title: Alpha-(trifluoromethyl-substituted aryloxy, arylamino, arylthio or arylmethyl)-trifluoromethyl-substituted phenylacetic acids and derivatives as antidiabetic agents
Inventor: ZHAO ZUCHUN
IPC: A61K31/41
Filed: 2005-02-17
Abstract: Compounds having a formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, are provided, and are useful for the treatment of metabolic disorders.
Patent CA-2555850-A1 (CA)
Title: Methods of treating cancer and the pain associated therewith using endothelin antagonists
Inventor: JANUS TODD J
IPC: A61K31/662
Filed: 2001-08-06
Abstract: The instant invention is directed to methods for the inhibition of bone metastases, methods for the prevention of growth of new metastases, methods for the inhibition of bone turnover, and methods for the prevention of bone loss in patients, including cancer patients, using an endothelin ET-A receptor antagonist.
Patent CA-2556299-A1 (CA)
Inventor: DAVIS MICHAEL L
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2006-08-15
Abstract: A system and method for authenticating radio frequency identification (RFID) devices and validating readers of the RFID devices are disclosed, Embodiments of the invention use RFID devices adapted for storing data in a form of data segments selectively associated with promiscuous and non-promiscuous regions of their memories and monitor algorithmic, computational, communicational, or tampered errors of the readers
Patent CA-2557566-A1 (CA)
Title: Procede de production d'un concentrat liquide de bacteries adaptees et viables a usage alimentaire
Inventor: BARBEAU JEAN-YVES
IPC: A23L35/00
Filed: 2005-02-28
Abstract: La présente invention concerne un procédé de production d'un concentrât liquide de bactéries adaptées et viables à usage alimentaire. De manière préférentielle mais non limitative, les bactéries produites sont des bactéries lactiques.
Patent CA-2557818-A1 (CA)
Title: Photocleavable fluorescent nucleotides for dna sequencing on chip constructed by site-specific coupling chemistry
Inventor: JU JINGYUE
IPC: C07H19/04
Filed: 2005-03-03
Abstract: This invention provides a method for determining the sequence of a DNA or an RNA, wherein (i) about 1000 or fewer copies of the DNA or RNA are bound to a solid substrate via 1,3-dipolar azide-alkyne cycloaddition chemistry and (ii) each copy of the DNA or RNA comprises a self-priming moiety.
Patent CA-2558711-A1 (CA)
Title: Rotary table for enclosed hose reel
Inventor: ANDERSON TORRENCE C
IPC: B65H75/44
Filed: 2006-08-30
Abstract: A rotatable base apparatus for use with a hose reel enclosure. The base comprises an upper and a lower portion. A bearing is located in between the upper and lower portions and allows the portions to rotate with respect to each other. The bearing can comprise balls mounted in sockets in the lower base portion which ride in a track in the upper base portion. Clips are provided on the upper base portion to secure the hose reel enclosure thereto. This arrangement allows the user to remove the hose from the reel in any direction without the danger of the hose reel enclosure tipping over. The hose reel enclosure will rotate to the direction in which the hose is being removed. It also allows the hose reel enclosure to rotate to the direction that the hose is being wound onto the reel. This prevents the hose from being unevenly wound onto the reel, i.e. piling up on one side of the reel.
Patent CA-2559093-A1 (CA)
Title: Proteins imparting boron-tolerance and genes thereof
Inventor: FUJIWARA TORU
IPC: C12Q1/02
Filed: 2005-03-15
Abstract: It is intended to provide genes and proteins which can impart boron-tolerance to organisms and, therefore, are expected as usable in constructing plants tolerant to boron excess. Several genes of a higher plant Arabidopsis are expressed in a yeast, which is a model organism of eucaryotes, to thereby find five types of genes capable of imparting boron-tolerance to the yeast, i.e., AtPAB2, AtRBP47c~, AtRPS20B, AtMYB13 and AtMYB68, AtRBP45a, AtRBP45b, AtRBP45c, AtRBP45d, AtRBP47a, AtRBP47b, AtRBP47c, AtUBP1a, AtUBP1b and AtUBP1c. It is also found out that the key factor of the boron toxicity mechanism resides in the specific inhibition of splicing and thus a gene relating to the acceleration of the splicing efficiency is a gene capable of imparting boron-tolerance.
Patent CA-2562564-A1 (CA)
Title: Protein-protein interactions for pharmacological profiling
Inventor: MICHNICK STEPHEN WILLIAM WATSO
IPC: G16B5/30
Filed: 2005-04-11
Abstract: The present invention provides methods for performing pharmacological profiling of a chemical compound, in particular to improve drug safety and efficacy at an early stage in the drug development process. The chemical compound may be a test compound, drug lead, known drug or toxicant. The compound is profiled against a panel of assays. Preferred embodiments of the invention include high-content assays for protein-protein interactions. The compositions and methods of the invention can be used to identify pathways underlying drug efficacy, safety, and toxicity; and to effect attrition of novel compounds with undesirable or toxic properties. The compositions and methods of the invention can also be used to identify new uses of therapeutic agents, to screen libraries of chemical compounds, to perform lead optimization, and to perform studies of structure-activity relationships in the context of intact cells. The compositions and methods of the invention can be applied to any test compound, drug, drug target, pathway, and therapeutic indication.
Patent CA-2564055-A1 (CA)
Inventor: YATES HOWARD PRESTON
IPC: B25B5/10
Filed: 2004-03-19
Abstract: A tension rod positioning apparatus and method including a shaped threaded rod (20) inserted into a shaped threaded hole (22, 56) on an engagement collar (16). When the shaped rod (20) and shaped hole (22, 56) are aligned, the rod (20) may be freely positioned within the collar (16). When the shaped rod (20) is inserted into the collar (16) and turned, the rod (20) engages and turns the engagement collar (16). The engagement collar (16) includes an external thread (29) sized to fit an internal thread (23) on a clamp base (52). The rod (20) may be inserted and then turned to both engage the engagement collar (16) and increase the clamping pressure. The shaped rod (20) may be turned in the opposite direction to loosen the clamping pressure and disengage the engagement collar (16). Once the rod (20) and collar (16) have been disengaged by aligning the shaped rod (20) and shaped hole (22, 56), the rod (20) may be freely moved within the engagement collar (16) to reposition the clamp (10) for the next operation.
Patent CA-2566036-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MUENZMAY THOMAS
IPC: C08L75/04
Filed: 2005-04-28
Abstract: The invention relates to novel polyurethane and polyurethane-polyurea dispersions, to a method for producing such dispersions, and to their use as adhesives.
Patent CA-2567407-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SINNOTT M MARY
IPC: A61B17/04
Filed: 2002-10-17
Abstract: A suture anchor (10) includes an elongated shaft (12) having an exterior sidewall (3) extending between a proximal end and an opposing distal. A helical first thread (16) is wound about and outwardly projects from the exterior sidewall of the shaft so as to extend between the proximal end and the distal end of the shaft. A first suture port (42) transversely extends through at least a portion of the first thread at the proximal end of the shaft. The suture port is configured to receive a suture line.
Patent CA-2568791-A1 (CA)
Title: Optimum matching of the output of a two-dimensional laser array stack to an optical fiber
Inventor: SCHNITZLER CLAUS
IPC: H01S5/40
Filed: 2004-10-08
Abstract: A light generating apparatus is operably coupled to an optical fiber (10) with a cladding (5) and a core (4) defining a core diameter. The optical fiber (10) has a numerical aperture, and the product of the numerical aperture of the fiber and one-half the diameter of the core (4) is less than or substantially equal to 400 millimeter-milliradians. The apparatus includes a plurality (7) of laser diode arrays (6, 23, 55), each array comprising at least one light emitting region (1, 24) adapted for emitting light in a individual beam (21, 11). The plurality of laser diode arrays (6, 23, 55) are arranged such that light from the individual beams (21, 11) is combined in a combined beam, and the combined beam has a first far-field, half-angle divergence in a first direction and a first waist dimension in the first direction, and a second far-field, half-angle divergence in a second direction, substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a second waist dimension in the second direction. The laser diode arrays (6, 23, 55) are arranged relative to the optical fiber (10) to couple light output from the laser diode arrays (6, 23, 55) into the core of the fiber at an end of the fiber. The product of the first far-field, half-angle divergence and the first waist dimension is equal to or smaller than one-half of the product of the core diameter and a numerical aperture of the fiber (10), and the product of the second far-field, half-angle divergence and the second waist dimension is equal to or smaller than one-half of the product of the core diameter and the numerical aperture.
Patent CA-2570974-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and apparatus for monitoring the purity and/or quality of steam
Inventor: KAISER HERBERT J
IPC: G01N27/22
Filed: 2004-09-10
Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring at least one of steam purity and steam quality for steam used in a decontamination process. A capacitor is exposed to the steam, wherein the steam acts as a dielectric between the plates of the capacitor. Permittivity of the dielectric is affected by the purity and/or quality of the steam, and thus a measurement of electrical properties of the capacitor is used to monitor steam purity and/or quality.
Patent CA-2572848-A1 (CA)
Inventor: AYAI NAOKI
IPC: H01B13/00
Filed: 2005-06-06
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a superconducting wire (1) having a filament portion (2) containing a Bi2223 phase and a sheathe portion (3) covering the filament portion (2). This method is characterized by comprising a filling step, a wire drawing step, a rolling step and a sintering step, and further characterized in that the filament portion does not contain a Bi2223 phase before the sintering step.
Patent CA-2573617-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CUNNINGHAM IVY F
IPC: H04W4/02
Filed: 2005-07-11
Abstract: In an instant messaging session, the status of a participant of the instant messaging session is set via a data connection to a network; and changed via a voice connection to the network.
Patent CA-2573646-A1 (CA)
Inventor: PAHLE WOLFGANG
IPC: F16D66/00
Filed: 2005-07-13
Abstract: A pole wheel is described, which can be connected to a wheel hub of a motor vehicle. The pole wheel comprises an annular-shaped wheel ring extending in a radial plane, and forming an outer edge comprising a plurality of openings arranged at substantially equal angular distances in relation to each other. The pole wheel also includes a dimensionally stable stop formed directly or indirectly on the wheel ring. The stop engages the brake disc connected to the wheel hub such that the brake disc is retained in an axial direction.