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Patent GB-2426358-A (GB)
Title: An internet based system for controlling the distribution of pharmaceuticals
Inventor: JHETAM IMRAAN FEISAL
IPC: G16H20/10
Filed: 2005-05-12
Abstract: A system for controlling the distribution of pharmaceuticals involves tracking the distribution of pharmaceutical products and managing pharmaceutical rebates via the internet. The system provides for the verification, payment and auditing of the rebates. Before the pharmacy can participate in the rebate scheme they must first undergo an initial registration process. Following registration, the pharmacy may purchase pharmaceutical products which are supplied from the manufacturer via a supply chain. The pharmaceuticals are supplied at a standard supply price, irrespective of the country in which the retailers are located. When the pharmaceuticals are supplied to an end user, e.g. a patient, the pharmacy enters a rebate claim, which is processed by an international clearing centre. Provided the processing has a successful outcome, the pharmacy receives a rebate payment, the size of which depends upon the country in which the pharmacist is located. This allows the dispensing of prescription pharmaceuticals at a discount to the patient and reduces the prevalence of parallel importation.
Patent GB-2426046-A (GB)
Title: Quantum mechanics modelling for surface plasmon resonance
Inventor: GILBERT RICHARD
IPC: G01N21/55
Filed: 2005-05-12
Abstract: A method for predicting the suitability of a material to support surface plasmon resonance (SPR) at a given wavelength comprising using quantum mechanics to predict the dielectric properties of a variety of metals to thereby derive mathematical models to estimate the suitability to support surface plasmon resonance. Silver, gold and copper were found to be the three metals of choice for SPR at visible wavelengths. Both aluminium and magnesium are predicted to strongly support SPR in the UV region. A new SPR biosensor is proposed where the frequency of an illumination laser is chosen to coincide with a strong excitation peak of a surface-adsorbed fluorescent molecule, and a suitable metal is chosen to support SPR at this wavelength.
Patent GB-2414586-A (GB)
Title: Swimming pool alarm
Inventor: HATHERELL ROBIN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G08B21/08
Filed: 2005-05-25
Abstract: A safety device comprises a first sensor 1 in communication with a body of liquid, such as a swimming pool, and a second sensor 2 in communication with the air above the body of liquid. An alarm is sounded only if both sensors detect the presence of a foreign object. The first sensor may detect surface motions or vibrations or subsurface pressure differences and the second sensor may detect sound. The alarm may be suppressed if the signals detected by the two sensors are dissimilar. A control means may also compare detected signals with stored signals known to be characteristic of false alarms. An override mechanism is provided to allow the pool to be used without setting off the alarm, the override being capable of automatically reactivating the alarm after a period of inactivity. The safety device may be contained in a single vandal resistant casing and may be solar powered.
Patent GB-2429044-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement to reduce damage to Stirling machine from oxidation of regenerator
Inventor: MCENTEE JARLATH MICHAEL
IPC: F02G1/053
Filed: 2005-06-28
Abstract: A Stirling engine with a regenerator 7 has an Oxygen getter 32 positioned in the hot space in the path of the inert working gas, to remove traces of oxygen from the gas and so prevent oxidation of the regenerator. The engine may also or alternatively have a filter 33 which absorbs particles which break off the regenerator due to oxidation. The filter may be made of PTFE and positioned at the cold end of the regenerator.
Patent GB-2428135-A (GB)
Title: Production of carbon nanotube-molecular semiconductor thin film
Inventor: HATTON ROSS ANDREW
IPC: H01L33/00
Filed: 2005-07-07
Abstract: A method of producing a thin film of an organic molecular semiconductor with uniformly dispersed carbon nanotubes is disclosed. The method comprises adapting the carbon nanotubes and the molecular semiconductor to make them soluble. The molecular semiconductor is also adapted to facilitate high molecular order and frontier orbital overlap between adjacent molecules. The soluble carbon nanotubes and the soluble molecular semiconductor are combined in a solvent to form a solution and a thin film is produced from the solution, e.g. by spin casting. The molecular semiconductor is preferably a porphyrin or phthalocyanine. The thin film is useful as a carrier injection layer in organic electronic devices such as solar cells, organic light emitting diodes, backlights for liquid crystal displays and system on chip devices.
Patent GB-2419236-A (GB)
Title: An indicator for distinguishing between states of an electromechanical device
Inventor: WARD PATRICK
IPC: H01H9/16
Filed: 2005-07-28
Abstract: An indicator for distinguishing between first and second positions of a movable mechanical component of an electromechanical device is disclosed. The indicator comprises a flag 30 coupled to or forming part of the mechanical component so as to move with the component, and at least one optical component 20. The flag 30 is substantially more visible via the optical component 20 when the mechanical component is in its first position than when it is in its second position. The flag 30 is visible via the optical component 20 by reflection at least at one face 26 of the optical component 20.
Patent GB-2418686-A (GB)
Title: Well intervention lubricator system
Inventor: EDWARDS JEFFREY CHARLES
IPC: E21B33/035
Filed: 2004-01-16
Abstract: A self-contained well intervention system which can be deployed from a lightweight vessel and coupled directly to a wellhead includes rams 51 for providing a suitable well barrier and sealing the intervention system to allow an emergency disconnect. A tool magazine 50 contains at least one deployable intervention tool 100, a tool selection and deployment means based on a winch located in close proximity to the magazine and a plurality of magazine pockets each of which may have a deployable tool therein. A slickline or wireline is fed through a first, relatively small bore lubricator conduit section 66, over a pressurised section containing a sheave wheel 68 and through a relatively large bore lubricator conduit section 70, coupled to magazine housing 50, for the passage of a tool string.
Patent GB-2433218-A (GB)
Title: Removable waste container for a sink
Inventor: KNOWLES SIMON KENNETH GUY
IPC: E03C1/26
Filed: 2005-12-14
Abstract: A sink unit comprises a sink element 12 having a waste outlet 24 in communication with a drain inlet 30, and a removable waste container 16 for collecting solid waste and which is positionable beneath the sink element 12 and interposable between the waste outlet 24 of the sink element 12 and the drain inlet 30. The removable waste container 16 includes a waste inlet 48 which, when the container 16 is positioned beneath the sink element 12, is in communication with the waste outlet 24 of the sink element 12, and a waste liquid outlet 52 which is in fluid communication with the drain inlet 30. In use and with the removable waste container 16 positioned beneath the sink element 12, liquid and solid waste moves from the sink element 12 to the removable waste container 16 and the liquid waste then drains through the waste liquid outlet to the drain inlet 30 leaving the solid waste in the container 16, and with the container 16 removed, liquid and solid waste moves from the sink element 12 to the drain inlet 30 without passing through the container 16. Preferably, the removable waste container 16 includes a, typically automatic, valve device for opening and closing the waste liquid outlet 52.
Patent GB-2433926-A (GB)
Title: Container with RFID for storing calibration information
Inventor: ROBINSON GRENVILLE
IPC: B65D8/00
Filed: 2005-12-22
Abstract: A container 2 for storing test sensors consists of an outermost surface, an innermost surface, and a radio frequency identification device (RFID) 22 located between the two surfaces. Preferably the container 2 consists of at least one layer of material and the RFID 22 is embedded therein. The layer may be a sorbent such as bentonite or an hydrophillically modified silica. The container 2 may be provided with a cavity and the RFID 22 located within the cavity. The container may consist of two layers with the RFID 22 embedded therebetween. Preferably the test sensors are test strips for use in blood glucose analysis, and the RFID 22 contains calibration information that accounts for the performance variability of the test strips - i.e. calibration information.
Patent GB-2421985-A (GB)
Title: Pump assembly for inflatable cell apparatus
Inventor: EVANS JOHN JAMES HENRY
IPC: F04B49/03
Filed: 2006-01-05
Abstract: A pump assembly (200) for therapeutic inflatable cell apparatus, the assembly comprising a common pump unit (210), control means (160), and, first and second valve means (201;202), each valve means comprising a cycle control valve means, said cycle control valve means being provided with at least one fluid passageway and adapted to be positioned to predetermined conditions so as to regulate fluid quantity in respective therapeutic inflatable cell apparatus. Each valve means is adapted to perform at least one respective inflation/deflation sequence, and the assembly being such that, in use, on air being required by a valve means at a particular instance during the respective inflation/deflation sequence, the control means activates the common pump unit and air is pumped to an air outlet to feed air to the at least two valve means. The first and second valve means are operable both singularly and simultaneously. The valve means may be rotary valves.
Patent GB-2437959-A (GB)
Title: Indirect jaquard warp control
Inventor: RUSH JOHN
IPC: D03C3/42
Filed: 2006-05-11
Abstract: The system of a jacquard and harness is a known and reliable method of converting pattern information into warp position for jacquard weaving. However, the generation and transmission of the full shedding amplitude to the loom causes problems with the harness and increases the size and power requirements of the jacquard. An alternative system is to use the jacquard and harness to transmit only the pattern information to the loom in the form of a small displacement, and use a mechanism on the loom which provides mechanical drive for the shed amplitude, and which can be controlled by the small displacement.
Patent GB-2439520-A (GB)
Title: Rack assembly
Inventor: SIGLER HEINZ
IPC: H05B6/64
Filed: 2006-06-22
Abstract: A rack assembly for a domestic appliance, comprising: a rack having a plurality of apertures distributed over the surface thereof; at least two supports, each of the supports being attached to the rack, each support being adapted for supporting the rack assembly in at least a first position and a second position; wherein the rack is attached to the supports in an asymmetric configuration, whereby, in use, the level of the rack is higher when the rack assembly is in the first position than in the second position. The supports may each comprise at least one leg and at least one foot, the legs being attached to the rack; wherein the legs are elongate, and the rack is attached to each of the legs at a point thereon that is closer to one end thereof than the other. The rack is attached at a point on the supports that is about 10 to about 40% along the length thereof. This provides two different levels of cooking (e.g. low, for large joints, and high for sausages etc.), and this is particularly suited to devices (e.g. microwave ovens) with a grill function. In one embodiment the spacing between crossbars in the rack is smaller in the middle of the rack that at the edges.
Patent GB-2427029-A (GB)
Title: Autocalibrated multiphase fluid characterisation using extrema of measurements
Inventor: SCOTT BENTLEY N
IPC: G01N33/28
Filed: 2006-07-20
Abstract: A system and method for determining the fraction of a first phase of a multiphase fluid flow stream such as the amount of water in crude petroleum oil flowing from a production well or container, wherein an electrical property such as permittivity (104) and a physical property such as density (106) are used as the basis of the improved characterization. The method comprises collecting a time series of measurements of the fluid (104, 106), applying a predetermined extrema selection criteria to the measurements (110), deriving at least one corrective transform (112) and applying it to the measurement values (114) to determine fluid properties (118). The observed values are used to generate a hindsight auto-calibration and correction to the other values using knowledge of the degree of uncertainty in the measurements caused by variable salinity and variable phase state of the multiphase fluid. The hindsight auto-calibration and corrections thus permit more accurate measurements of the instantaneous arid the cumulative amounts of each phase in the multiphase fluid flow stream.
Patent GB-2429087-A (GB)
Title: A method of operating a computer device through the use of extensible thread states
Inventor: MAY DENNIS
IPC: G06F9/455
Filed: 2006-08-10
Abstract: A personality layer running above an operating system kernel puts any threads that the personality layer is responsible for into new states which the kernel does not know about. This prevents the kernel from performing operations on a thread which has been placed in one of these new states where these operations are sensitive to state of the thread itself (such as kill, suspend, change priority). Instead, the kernel redirects these thread operations to a handler in the personality layer which then handles the operation. The kernel is thus, in essence, extensible through the use of the added personality layers, and it can therefore be used to run legacy real-time applications written for other real-time operating systems.
Patent GB-2427965-A (GB)
Title: Faceplate attachment system
Inventor: JOHNSEN ROGER T
IPC: H01H9/00
Filed: 2005-02-25
Abstract: A system is disclosed for mounting a faceplate 105. The system includes a sub-plate 110 configured to be coupled to a junction box. The sub-plate 105 can have an interference-fit socket 106, 108 extending through the sub-plate 110. The interference-fit socket 106, 108 comprises one or more interference fingers 120, 140 located adjacent to a post opening 125, 145. A post 102, 103 extending from the faceplate 105 can be positioned and sized such that, as the faceplate 105 is coupled to the sub-plate 110, the post 102, 103 will be received into the post opening 125, 145 in the interference-fit socket 106, 108 and engaged by the one or more interference fingers 120, 140, enabling the faceplate 105 to be securely mounted to the sub-plate 110.
Patent GB-2439546-A (GB)
Title: Fencing post extender
Inventor: HARRISON CARL BRENDAN
IPC: E04H17/00
Filed: 2006-10-20
Abstract: The invention relates to a fence post extender 100 and a fencing apparatus. The fence post extender comprises a fence post engaging means 1a to engage a fence post, and further comprising an extension means 2a suitable in use for receiving an end portion of a second end post. First and second ends 1, 2 comprise first and second ends of a passageway defined by a wall 10. Fixing means 20a, 20b, are arranged between the first and second ends 1, 2 to fix the ends of posts received by the first and second ends 1, 2. Later embodiments relate to a fencing apparatus comprising at least one fence post extender and a fence panel coupled thereto, a kit of parts comprising a fencing post extender and a method of extending a height of a fence post.
Patent GB-2436801-A (GB)
Title: Electrically heated hot water bottle and docking station
IPC: A61F7/08
Filed: 2007-03-23
Abstract: A bedside bed-warming system includes reheating stations that electrically heat one or more compatible hot water bottle-like modules up to a safe temperature. Direct connection or inductive methods are preferred for power transfer. Latent heat evolution at about 45 deg C 495 from capsules holding a wax is a preferred way to simulate a higher effective specific heat than water at a steady temperature, although water will do. Another method is use of an internal battery that has been recharged, then discharged through a heater inside the module under electronic temperature-regulated control.
Patent GB-2447984-A (GB)
Title: A parasitic element with switches for a directional, ultra-wideband, antenna
Inventor: WILLIAMS NEIL
IPC: H01Q5/15
Filed: 2007-03-30
Abstract: A parasitic antenna element 20 comprises first and second switches 22, 28. The first switch 22 is at the base of the parasitic element 20 and is arranged to selectively connect the element to a ground plane. The second switch 28 is located half way along the element 20 to selectively partition the antenna element into first and second portions 24, 30. The lower half 24 may be realized as part of a coplanar waveguide with a meandering central conductor 32. This provides a convenient method for biasing the second switch 28 while the outer conductors 24, 26 provide shielding and reduce coupling of RF energy into the bias circuitry. The switches 22, 28 may be PIN diodes, micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) devices and/or GaAs FET devices. Voltage bias arrangements may be used to selectively activate the switches. The parasitic element 20 may be printed on a circuit board and used in an antenna array to obtain an ultra-wideband, directional, antenna, where the switches 22, 28 are activated to provide suitable reflector and transparent directional parasitic elements. The antenna element may be used in Wi-Fi, GSM and Bluetooth frequency communications.
Patent GB-2449425-A (GB)
Title: An audio and visual video monitoring and/or alarm system which uses incident analysis, pattern recognition and detection or sub area analysis is disclosed.
Inventor: BOGHOSSIAN BOGHOS
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2007-05-18
Abstract: Data processing apparatus comprising a video data receiver configured to receive video data, and an audio data receiver configured to receive audio data. The apparatus further comprises an alarm engine configured to analyse said received video and audio data and generate an alarm signal based on an output signal generated by said analysis. Also disclosed is a method and apparatus for automatically determining the real size of an object in an image and a method and apparatus for using a virtual signal to test an alarm system.
Patent GB-2451668-A (GB)
Title: Error correction in a set associative cache
Inventor: CRASKE SIMON JOHN
IPC: G06F11/10
Filed: 2007-08-08
Abstract: A data processing apparatus 30 has a processor 32 and a set associative storage device 34 such as a cache. The storage device has error correction circuitry 40 to detect and correct errors when values in the device are accessed. The processor can send a request to maintenance circuitry 50 in the device control circuit 36 to perform dummy accesses to specific locations in the device. The maintenance circuit gives error information about the locations to the processor. The request may be made when the processor is idle, periodically, when an interrupt occurs, when the apparatus is connected to an electricity supply or when a battery status is above a particular level. The location may be read, the value corrected and the corrected value written back to the location. The value may then be read back again to detect hard errors.
Patent GB-2438353-A (GB)
Title: A method of establishing a hard disk physical partition
Inventor: JING TAO
IPC: G06F21/78
Filed: 2005-11-30
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of establishing a hard disk physical partition. First of all, it selects a sector in which the head of the hard disk physical partition is located, and establishes a user area of the hard disk within the range of the hard disk physical volume from the sector, the other portion of the hard disk becomes a protected area of the hard disk, finally constitutes one hard disk physical partition. After entering into the hard disk physical partition, only the user area can be accessed, the protected area is invisible to the user. It can establish the different hard disk physical partition in the different position of the hard disk through selecting the sector where the head of the hard disk is located. The present method can realize that protecting the various users' data from each other in physical on the premise of sharing the same hard disk, thus establishes fully separate data storage space from physical level, causes the user to have a proprietary run environment.
Patent GB-2441923-A (GB)
Title: A clamp arrangement for use with doors
Inventor: AUSTIN ROBERT JAMES
IPC: E05C17/44
Filed: 2006-06-23
Abstract: A clamp arrangement (1, 101) for fixing a hanging door (2) relative to the ground (3, 103), the clamp arrangement (1, 101) comprising a ground engaging means (4, 104) and a door engaging means (5, 105) being movably mounted on the ground engaging means (4, 104). Means for moving the door engaging means (5, 105) relative to the ground engaging means (4, 104) are provided as well as means for fixing the position of the door engaging means (5, 105) relative to the ground engaging means (4, 104).
Patent GB-2456389-A (GB)
Title: Pharmaceutical composition comprising emulsifying ointment and water
Inventor: SONENFELD BARRY
IPC: A61K9/06
Filed: 2008-01-15
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising emulsifying ointment and water substantially in the proportions A% and B% respectively of the total composition, where A + B is substantially 100% of the total composition and the ratio A:B is in the range 60:40 to 40:60 w/w. The composition may also include one or more substances in a proportion C% of the total composition, where C% is not more than 5% w/w. The C% may consist solely of preservative, e.g. phenoxyethanol. In a method of making the pharmaceutical composition, the emulsifying ointment and the water are heated, e.g. to substantially 60{C, stored together, and allowed to cool. The pharmaceutical composition may be applied to the skin, or used as a soap substitute.
Patent GB-2442186-A (GB)
Title: Restraint system
Inventor: GIRARDIN JEAN-MARC
IPC: A61G3/08
Filed: 2006-08-02
Abstract: A control device for controlling a restraint belt retractor, comprises a latch portion, a cable with a first end arranged to be joined to the latch portion and a second end arranged to be operatively associated with the restraint belt retractor, the latch portion being movable between a first position in which the cable is arranged to maintain the restraint belt retractor in a locked position and a second position in which the cable is ranged to maintain the restraint belt retractor in a released position, a displacement portion for displacing the latch portion between the first and second positions, the latch portion being biased toward the first position, a suspension portion for suspending the latch portion at or near the second position for a predetermined period of time, thereby to permit operation of the restraint belt retractor in the released position.
Patent GB-2446726-A (GB)
Title: Modular wheelchair with alternate widths and wheel sizes
Inventor: MCNALLY THOMAS
IPC: A61G5/02
Filed: 2008-03-01
Abstract: A wheelchair comprises horizontal tubes 4 linking side frames 5. The width of the chair may be altered changing the horizontal tubes 4 and a fabric seat unit. The wheelchair may also comprise two alternative axle housings 2 in each side frame 5, allowing the use of alternate wheel sizes to give self-propelled and transit style configurations. Front castor forks 3 may be inset such that when used with a shopping trolley designed specifically for the disabled it there is no clash between the castor wheels of the wheelchair and the rear castor wheels of the shopping trolley. A basket may also rest on the lower horizontal.