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Patent GB-2521993-A (GB)
Title: Container for transporting a biological sample
Inventor: MCELARNEY IAIN
IPC: B65D5/62
Filed: 2013-06-03
Abstract: A container with a base 12, side walls 14, 16, 28, and a lid 22 selectively covering an opening 24 in the upper wall; the container being formed from a folded fluid impermeable blank. Ideally the material is rigid corrugated cardboard with a laminated coated. The closing member could be provided with adhesive having release tape surrounding but not overlying the recess opening. The package should be able to fit through a letter box but be big enough to contain a removable plastic sample holder and enough material to absorb the full volume of the sample. The absorbent could also be reinforcing or cushioning; and formed from materials such as foam, corrugated cardboard, cotton wool. The container could be opened by a line of perforations or other line of weakness on the base 12 opposite the lid 22. A unique identifier such as a bar code or QR code could be printed contactlessly on the outside of the package by methods such as CO2, YAG or fibre laser printing.
Patent GB-2503806-A (GB)
Title: FinFET device formed using a sacrificial Silicon-Germanium alloy layer
Inventor: NOWAK EDWARD J
IPC: H01L29/66
Filed: 2013-01-28
Abstract: A fin field effect transistor (FinFET) structure and method of making the FinFET including a silicon fin that includes a channel region 154 and source/drain (S/D) regions 156, formed on each end of the channel region 154, where an entire bottom surface of the channel region 154 contacts a top surface of a first lower insulator 922 and bottom surfaces of the S/D regions 156 contact top surfaces of a second lower insulator layer 1224; the FinFET structure also includes extrinsic S/D regions 1056 that contact a top surface and both side surfaces of each of the S/D regions 156 and top surfaces of the second lower insulator layer 1224; the FinFET structure further includes a replacement gate or gate stack that contacts a conformal dielectric, formed over a top surface and both side surfaces of the channel region 154, that is disposed above the first lower insulator 722 and not above second lower insulator layer 1224, in which the gate stack is electrically insulated from the extrinsic S/D regions 1056 by the conformal dielectric. In the disclosed method a silicon-germanium alloy layer is provided beneath the channel region 154 initially, then replaced with the first 722 and second 1224 lower insulators following deposition of the sacrificial gate and removal of the sacrificial gate, respectively.
Patent GB-2506474-A (GB)
Title: Turbomachine with variable pitch vortex generators
Inventor: PERROT VINCENT PAUL GABRIEL
IPC: F01D5/14
Filed: 2013-07-08
Abstract: A turbomachine comprise at least one bladed disc, be it rotating or static, and vortex generators 17 positioned upstream of the blades 1 of the disc, and wherein the vortex generators are of variable pitch. The vortex generators may be fins, each arranged along an axis which is radial with respect to the axis of the turbomachine, the pitch angle being varied by rotation about the radial axis. The vortex generators may be triangular, have an upstream edge inclined with respect to the transverse radial plane, and be secured to a mounting plate 18 that can be rotated to adjust the pitch of the vortex generators. The vortex generators may be positioned upstream of the blade roots. The blades may be fixed guide vanes, with the vortex generators positioned on an internal shroud thereof. The blades may be rotor blades, with the vortex generators positioned on an external shroud thereof. The turbomachine is preferably an axial compressor of a gas turbine engine.
Patent GB-2516045-A (GB)
Title: Neurodegenerative disorders
Inventor: GREENFIELD SUSAN
IPC: C12N9/18
Filed: 2013-07-09
Abstract: A cyclic polypeptide, derivative or analogue thereof, comprising an amino acid sequence derived from the C-terminus of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), or a truncation thereof. The cyclic peptide may be a selective antagonist of the Î±7 nicotinic-receptor and preferably outcompetes binding for Î²-amyloid. Alternatively the invention may comprise a cyclic polypeptide, derivative or analogue thereof, suitable for use as a receptor antagonist. The cyclic peptides can be for use in therapy or diagnosis, in particular a neurodegenerative disorder which can be characterised by the damage or death of Global neurons. Diseases may include Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; Huntington's disease; Motor Neurone disease; Spinocerebellar type 1, type 2, and type 3; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); Frontotemporal Dementia; and Schizophrenia.
Patent GB-2523108-A (GB)
Title: Frame synchronization at low ADC resolution
Inventor: ACHIR MOUNIR
IPC: H04L27/233
Filed: 2014-02-12
Abstract: The invention produces I and Q datastreams which are up-mixed and transmitted (Fig. 2). The I and Q datastreams may be identical. The receiver performs I and Q down-mixing on the signal to produce I and Q (Fig. 3) analogue signals that are sampled, possibly oversampled at 3 samples per symbol period. A 1-bit ADC may be used for sampling. The invention may autocorrelate the I and Q digital signals for frame detection 503-4. If a frame is detected 505-6 cross correlation with a known 508-9 or inverted 511-12 synchronisation sequence may be performed. This allows the demodulation of the (anti)phase I and Q signals. The invention may then perform error checking on the demodulated I and Q signals and select the one with the least errors. The invention may be used with channels operating in terahertz bands and is intended to allow signal demodulation without requiring frequency offset compensation.
Patent GB-2524768-A (GB)
Title: Drilling aid and method of making a hole
Inventor: STAPLETON ANTHONY
IPC: B23B49/02
Filed: 2014-04-01
Abstract: The aid includes a drill target 1 with a target body 2 and one or more projections 3 projecting away from the body. The projection is for insertion into a pilot hole (301, Figure 3) provided in a substrate to be drilled and for holding the target securely in the pilot hole. The drill target includes one or more drill alignment surfaces 4-7, for aligning a drill relative to the pilot hole. The body of the target may include 2 to 8 portions connected by one or more breakable connecting portions 8. A method of producing a hole includes providing a substrate with a pilot hole and inserting the drill target projection into the hole, aligning a drill with the target and drilling into the target and pilot hole, thereby producing the hole and breaking the target. A set of drill targets includes first and second drill targets marked in accordance with different cutter sizes to be used.
Patent GB-2528428-A (GB)
Title: A tracking system
Inventor: HUNT LISA
IPC: G08B21/02
Filed: 2014-04-22
Abstract: A tracking system (100, fig 1B) for tracking a person comprising a first communication device (104, fig 1B) configured to join with a first object (102, fig 1A) or person to communicate and track a second communication device 202 joined to a second object (200, fig 2A) or person through a fastening portion 204. The first device having a camera function to capture an image of the first person and transmit the image to the second device. The first device can receive a communication from the first person via a microphone within the first device and transmit the communication to the second device through a speaker 210 within the second device. The second device can receive a communication from the second person and transmit the communication to the first device. The first device can also track the second device with a positioning system (106, fig 1B) and relay the position of the second person to the first person. The second device also comprises a power supply to power the system, a processor for regulating communications and operating the positioning system, a plurality of apertures (406, fig 5A) for a speaker to enable the passage of audio signals, a SIM (500, fig 5B) to store data and a USB port 302 for access to a micro USB 208 used to recharge the power supply.
Patent GB-2519210-A (GB)
Title: A washroom drainage tray
Inventor: HOGG WILLIAM
IPC: A47K3/40
Filed: 2014-08-14
Abstract: The invention relates to a rotatable washroom drainage tray 10 operable to assist disabled persons and to reduce space requirements in disabled washrooms. The tray comprises a base tray 12, a rotatable platform 14 mounted on the base tray, an annular ring 44 and a means 48 for rotating the annular ring to cause the rotatable platform to rotate relative to the base tray. The washroom drainage tray is further provided with a water-proofed housing formed between the tray 12 and the rotatable platform 14 when mounted on the base tray, where working components of the tray can be safely disposed away from exposure to water. The ring may be driven by a motor (48, Fig 4) disposed upon a raised central portion 25 of the base tray. The base tray may comprise a track 34, and the rotatable platform a track follower 54 (Fig.7). The annular ring may comprise a plurality of teeth 46 which engage with corresponding teeth 50 driven by the motor. The tray may comprise a brake to reduce the speed of the rotatable platform.
Patent GB-2514506-A (GB)
Title: Critical point drying systems and methods for in situ tissue preservation
Inventor: TOUSIMIS ANASTASIOS J
IPC: A01N1/02
Filed: 2012-02-23
Abstract: Methods and systems for preserving tissues in situ using critical point drying are disclosed. Such methods and systems are particularly applicable to the preservation of a deceased body, such as a deceased person or animal, with or without removal of internal tissues or organs. A fixative can be perfused through the vascular system of the body while blood is removed from the body. The exterior of the body can also be immersed in a bath of fixative. The fixative in the vascular system and the bath can be replaced by subsequent washes of buffer, de-ionized water, and/or alcohol. The alcohol-infused and fixated body can be disposed in a pressure chamber and subjected to a critical point drying process using carbon dioxide. After the critical point drying process, the body is in a preserved state.
Patent GB-2520167-A (GB)
Title: Method And Apparatus For Providing Services To A Geographic Area
Inventor: SCHUETTE MICHAEL A
IPC: H04W88/04
Filed: 2014-09-30
Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a particular service to a local-area network (LAN), for example in a public safety incident scene, are disclosed. A device determines the set of services deployed on it 501; determines the number T of devices within the LAN running and offering the particular service 503; determines a number C of devices within the LAN capable of offering the particular service but currently are not 505; and determining whether to start 515, cease 519 or continue to offer 521 the particular service based on T and C. The service may only be started on the device if the number of services running on it 511 is less than the total number of services that could run simultaneously 509. Whether the service is started may also depend on a desired degree of replication R for the particular service 507. The values of T and C may be determined via over-the-air messages transmitted from the devices.
Patent GB-2523429-A (GB)
Title: Door stop
Inventor: SMITH JERRY
IPC: E06B1/52
Filed: 2014-10-07
Abstract: An elongate stop member 1 is fixed in a first position to a door frame 2 and in a second position to a complementary door 4, to allow the door to be opened in the reverse to normal direction in an emergency. Releasable fixing elements 6, hooked lugs (14, fig 3), preferably extend from the rear of the stop to engage a retainer 16 on the door frame, the retainer may be a plate 18 with apertures 20. Second retaining means preferably comprise retaining plates (50, fig 6) on the door which cooperates with hooked buttons (34, 36, fig 3) projecting from the stop. The plate preferably comprises an opening and slot housing a sliding retention plate. A lever 26, located in a recess on the front of the stop, preferably locks the stop in either first or second positions.
Patent GB-2515949-A (GB)
Title: An optical security device
Inventor: LOK PHEI
IPC: B42D25/328
Filed: 2013-05-06
Abstract: An optical security device is disclosed which includes a diffraction layer having a plurality of diffraction elements and a high refractive index layer, wherein the high refractive index layer is applied on the diffraction layer such that selected regions of the diffraction layer have the corresponding diffraction elements partially uncovered by the high refractive index layer and other regions are substantially covered by the high refractive index layer. Accordingly, the optical security device has a first security feature associated with the diffraction layer and a second security feature associated with the high refractive index layer. An image is viewable from the regions of the high refractive index layer, either, covertly by placed an index matched item over the device or, overtly, through selection of the thickness of the high refractive index layer.
Patent GB-2532460-A (GB)
Title: Modular filling station
Inventor: RICHARD ROSE
IPC: B60S5/02
Filed: 2014-11-19
Abstract: A fuel filling station for dispensing fuel to vehicles, the filling station comprising: a fuel tank 112; one or more cradles 142 supporting the fuel tank; and one or more canopy members 160 for providing shelter to a user dispensing fuel from the fuel tank to a vehicle, each canopy member being connected to the one or more cradles such that the canopy member projects outwardly from the fuel tank in a cantilever arrangement. At its most general, the invention proposes a free standing fuel filling station in which the fuel tank is mounted above ground. One or more cradles support the fuel tank and one or more canopy members such that the canopy members are structurally supported by the weight of the fuel tank. Moreover, the filling station may be constructed and assembled off-site, with only minimal construction and commissioning work to be carried out on-site.
Patent GB-2519021-A (GB)
Title: Loft flooring system
Inventor: CAVE PIERS ST JOHN SPENCER
IPC: E04F15/18
Filed: 2011-07-06
Abstract: A raised loft flooring system comprises: a plurality of bridging supports each adapted to bridge between a substantially parallel pair of joists of a loft floor and having a first upright leg with a foot to mount onto a first of the joists and having, in use, a second upright leg with a foot to mount onto a second of the joists, and a spanning element therebetween defining a flooring surface or onto which flooring boards or flooring panels are laid, wherein each leg is initially so separate and the spanning element is an initially separate beam that is mounted to the legs to span between the joists. Insulation may be accommodated beneath the flooring without being compressed. Storage may be provided beneath the raised flooring. The spanning elements may be adapted to carry electric cabling or pipes and may have covers incorporating power or lighting outlets. Additional spacers may be provided to lift the spanning element higher than the top of the legs. An alignment tool for the legs and a method of laying the flooring including laying of insulation are also provided.
Patent GB-2537918-A (GB)
Title: A tool for a steam cleaning apparatus
Inventor: DAVID BRIAN AITKEN
IPC: B08B3/10
Filed: 2015-04-30
Abstract: A tool for a steam cleaning apparatus comprises a first part 12 having a conduit 120 defining a flow path which extends along a generally elongate axis X-X and a second part 14 having a conduit 140 defining a flow path which extends along a generally elongate axis Y-Y, the first and second parts 12, 14 being connected to one another. The first and second parts 12, 14 can move relative to one another between a first configuration in which the generally elongate axes of the respective flow paths lie in a first plane and a second configuration in which the generally elongate axes of the respective flow paths lie in a second plane. This arrangement allows the user to clean a floor surface and then a wall surface by turning the second part 14 as opposed to rotating the whole steam cleaning apparatus. The first part 12 can for part of the steam cleaning apparatus.
Patent GB-2539699-A (GB)
Title: Air intake system for generator system
Inventor: KARL STELLWAGEN
IPC: F16M5/00
Filed: 2015-06-25
Abstract: An air intake system for a generator module 16 and an engine 14 with a turbocharger 20 is provided. The air intake system 18 includes a base frame assembly 30, at least one conduit 32, and a supply conduit 34. The base frame assembly extends along a length and a width of the engine and the generator module which is mounted to the base frame assembly. The at least one conduit includes an inlet 58 and an outlet 60. The at least one conduit is enclosed within and extends along the length of an edge portion of the base frame assembly. The supply conduit is in fluid communication with the at least one conduit and the turbocharger. The supply conduit includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is coupled to the outlet of the at least one conduit. The second portion is coupled to the turbocharger. The air intake system provides lower manufacturing costs and improves access to the engine.
Patent GB-2535257-A (GB)
Title: Pharmaceutical compositions
Inventor: PAUL BOSSE
IPC: A61P25/06
Filed: 2015-09-08
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises: a plurality of first particulates comprising a 5HT1B receptor agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, preferably a triptan selected from sumatriptan, almotriptan, frovatriptan, eletriptan, rizatriptan or naratriptan; and a plurality of second particulates comprising an antiemetic or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, preferably promethazine, characterised in that the weight of the plurality of first particulates to the plurality of second particulates is from about 3:1 to about 5:1 respectively. Preferably the plurality of first particulates comprises about 50-150mg of the 5HT1B receptor agonist or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; about 1-10mg of polyvinylpyrrolidone; about 50-100mg microcrystalline cellulose; about 1-10mg croscarmellose sodium; about 0.1-5mg of magnesium stearate; and a coating material; and the plurality of second particulates comprises: about 10-50mg antiemetic or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; about 10-50mg microcrystalline cellulose; about 0.1-5mg of croscarmellose sodium and a coating material. Preferably the coating material is polyvinyl alcohol. The composition is useful in the treatment of headache, headache-associated symptoms such as nausea or vomiting, or adverse effects associated with triptan administration.
Patent GB-2530911-A (GB)
Title: Air ventilation unit
Inventor: BROOM COLIN EDWARD
IPC: F24F13/10
Filed: 2015-09-29
Abstract: An air-to-air heat recovery air ventilation unit 10 having a heat exchange unit 12, a fresh air flow path 14 and an extracted air flow path 16, both of the flow paths passing through the heat exchange unit whereby heat recovery can be effected. The air ventilation unit has a fresh air flow path obturator 18 (flap) and an extracted air flow path obturator 20; the obturators being operable to close the respective flow paths to a portion 12b of the heat exchange unit. The portion of the heat exchange unit can be in the range of twenty five percent to eighty percent of the whole heat exchange unit, preferably fifty percent. Preferably, each obturator is in the form of one or more plates, pivoted about the longitudinal centre line or a longitudinal edge. A method of air-to-air heat recovery air ventilation is disclosed. Heat exchange efficiency is maintained when a reduced level of ventilation is required. Reduction of the operating volume of the heat exchange unit results in reduced fan speed, power consumption and fan noise. The obturators can be controlled by a carbon dioxide sensor.
Patent GB-2543487-A (GB)
Title: Plant growth enhancing composition and method for producing it
Inventor: Russell Griggs
IPC: C05G3/00
Filed: 2015-10-14
Abstract: A composition produced from a combination of spent coffee grounds, coffee chaff, and sawdust has a carbon:nitrogen balance of from about 25:1 to about 40:1 and is useful for enhancing plant growth. The mixture has a moisture content of from about 58wt% to about 63wt%. The composition additionally may comprise yeast, e.g. Yarowla lipolytica. Also claimed is a method of producing a plant growth enhancing composition comprising providing coffee grounds, coffee chaff and sawdust, hydrating the mixture, mixing to a substantially homogenous blend and maintaining a substantially aerobic environment within the mixture by intermittent or continuous tumbling to promote decomposition.
Patent GB-2536744-A (GB)
Title: A method of reducing engine oil dilution
Inventor: KIM FORD
IPC: F02D41/02
Filed: 2015-10-19
Abstract: A method of operating a multi-cylinder lean burn diesel engine is disclosed in which, when regeneration of a lean NOx trap (16, fig.2) is required, the engine is operated in an asymmetric combustion mode in which some cylinders of the engine are operated rich and the remaining cylinders of the engine are operated lean and the cylinders that are operated rich and lean are changed in a predefined manner from rich to lean and lean to rich so as to reduce the transfer of fuel to the oil of the engine during the period of lean NOx trap regeneration. Two rich combustion events may be followed by one lean event. All of the cylinders may be operated rich, and all operated lean, at some time during the regeneration event. Switching between rich and lean combustion interrupts the transfer of fuel to the upper part of a cylinder thereby reducing oil dilution.
Patent GB-2546774-A (GB)
Title: Vital signs monitor
Inventor: JULIO ENRIQUE GUERRERO ONTIVEROS
IPC: A61B5/024
Filed: 2016-01-28
Abstract: A vital signs monitor comprising a housing (12, figure 1); a power supply 37; a plurality of measurement modules within the housing, each module being operable to measure and monitor at least one respective vital sign; one or more inputs for connection to sensors applied to a patient and arranged to supply sensor signals to respective measurement modules; and a user display 14a. In embodiments the vital signs monitor may be hand-held, or alternatively it may be a hand or wrist strap based monitor. The vital signs monitor may measure pulse, blood pressure, temperature, tympanic temperature, electrocardiogram (ECG), respiration, pulse oximetry and capnography.
Patent GB-2532163-A (GB)
Title: Medical instrument and application thereof
Inventor: PING WAN
IPC: A61F5/00
Filed: 2014-06-12
Abstract: Disclosed is an internal duodenal film, made of a biocompatible biodegradable or non-biodegradable material or/and a hydrophobic material, mainly consisting of an elastic ampulla (1) and a tubular portion (3), wherein the ampulla (1) contains a biocompatible bionic microarray adhesive sheet (2) capable of strongly adhering through urging direction without pricking into the intestinal tissue and capable of easy desorption and recovery. The adhesive sheet (2) has good stability, strong adaptability to the material and appearance, and good self-cleaning, without damaging and contaminating intestinal tissue, and it can be repeatedly adhered and desorbed, and mutually supports other components in function. When intestinal contents move, since there is no subvertical tractive force, the film will not be desorbed, and when the duodenal ampulla expands and inflates, since there is no contrary subvertical tractive force in the film, it will also not be desorbed, while when performing recovery, it can be easily desorbed and recovered through the subvertical forces. The internal duodenal film can be prepared into a medical instrument for the prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes without damaging intestinal tissue.