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Patent CA-2499918-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN JUERGEN
IPC: H02J3/24
Filed: 2003-09-23
Abstract: A power system stabiliser (19) for stabilising a power generation system (9) having a grid (11) supplying a load (17) where power fluctuations may arise as a consequence of variations in the power generation system (9) or the load (17). The power system stabiliser (19) includes sensors for sensing a property of the power generation system (9), being a grid frequency and/or a grid voltage of the power generation system (9). Power system interface means in the form of a grid interface (21) is also included for electrically connecting with the power generation system (9). The grid interface (21) allows flow of electrical energy between the power system stabiliser (19) and the power generation system (9). Load interface means in the form of a load interface (25) is provided for electrically connecting with a stabilising load (20).The power system stabiliser (19) also comprises a link (29) for electrically connecting the grid interface (21) and the load interface (25).
Patent CA-2500732-A1 (CA)
Title: Compressor systems for use with smokeless lubricant
Inventor: MCQUADE WILLIAM
IPC: B01D50/00
Filed: 2003-10-01
Abstract: A compression system including a compressor driven by a motor, an optional accumulator, a liquid/gas separator, heat exchangers in the form of a condenser and an evaporator, expansion valves and conduit in the form of piping to connect these components together. The liquid/gas separating means is a lubricant separator, typically a cylindrical horizontal or vertical vessel used in conjunction with a gas compressor. The lubricant separator accepts discharge flow from the compressor which includes a mixture of a "smokeless" lubricant and refrigerant gas in a range of particle sizes forming a fluid stream, separates the refrigerant gas from the lubricant and collects the lubricant for reuse in the compressor.  Because the lubricant used in the lubrication system rapidly agglomerates into a larger size droplets and does not produce the aerosol, the separator does not require a coalescer element to coalescer aerosol and does not require a manway for serving the coalescer element. The coalescer element is replaced with a more reliable and durable mesh pad to agglomerate the larger sized droplets. The overall size and space requirements associated with the separator are reduced.
Patent CA-2500839-A1 (CA)
Inventor: TENNISON GLEN
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2005-03-15
Abstract: A system and method for generating well qualified sales leads to a service provider, using a novel buckslip, brochure or coupon promoting a product or service not usually carried by a retailer. The buckslip has a universal product code (UPC) barcode which can be scanned at a retailer's point-of-sale device, along with the customer's retail loyalty card or other unique identifier that is linked to a database of customer contact information. The buckslip provides instructions to the customer to contact the service provider to purchase the service. In a daily process, the service provider sends a list of the customers who have purchased the service, to the retailer. The retailer then sends a list to the provider with contact information for interested customers who have not yet purchased the service, within a predetermined time period.
Patent CA-2501363-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KEYS KIMBERLY S
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2003-10-03
Abstract: An online shopping system (20) that permits a customer to submit online orders for items and/or services from a store that serves both walk-in customers and online customers. The online shopping system (20) presents an online display of an order cutoff time and an associated delivery window for items selected by the customer. The system accepts the customer's submission of a purchase order for the item in response to a time of submission being before the order cutoff time. The online shopping system (20) does not settle with a credit supplier of the customer until the item selected by the customer is picked from inventory but before it is delivered. Therefore, the customer can go online and make changes to the order. In addition, available service windows are presented to the customer as a function of customer selected order and service types; and further, the order picking is assigned in accordance with a picker's preference.
Patent CA-2505267-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BECKER KURT
IPC: H05H1/24
Filed: 2003-11-05
Abstract: A method and apparatus for stabilizing glow plasma discharges by suppressing the transition from glow-to-arc includes a perforated dielectric plate having an upper surface and a lower surface and a plurality of holes extending therethrough. The perforated dielectric plate is positioned over the cathode.  Each of the holes acts as a separate active current limiting micro-channel that prevents the overall current density from increasing above the threshold for the glow-to-arc transition. This allows for a stable glow discharge to be maintained for a wide range of operating pressures (up to atmospheric pressures) and in a wide range of electric fields include DC and RF fields of varying strength.
Patent CA-2505659-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ROBERT FRANCOIS
IPC: F16G11/00
Filed: 2003-11-10
Abstract: The invention concerns an anchoring device (1) for fixing elements of a particular type on a flat surface (3), preferably tensioned, such as shrouds, riggings, cable. Said device is characterized in that the device is in the form of two mutually secured plates (3, 4), one (3) of said plates (3, 4), generally designed to be pressed against an inner surface of a flat surface (2), being integral with a socket (5) capable of being positioned opposite a perforation of said flat surface (2), said socket (5) containing a bundle of flexible fibers (6) flared at one end to form at least one layer (6A) enclosed between the two plates (3, 4), the bundle of fibers (6) projecting outside the socket (5) to act as anchoring point to an element of a particular type connected to the bundle (6).
Patent CA-2505877-A1 (CA)
Title: Treadmill control system
Inventor: LANTZ KENNETH F
IPC: A63B24/00
Filed: 2000-09-07
Abstract: A microprocessor based exercise treadmill control system is disclosed which includes various features to enhance user operation. These features include programs operative to: permit a set of user controls to cause the treadmill to initially operate at predetermined speeds; permit the user to design custom workouts; permit the user to switch between workout programs while the treadmill is in operation; and perform an automatic cooldown program where the duration of the cooldown is a function of the duration of the workout or the user's heart rate. The features also include a stop program responsive to a detector for automatically stopping the treadmill when a user is no longer on the treadmill and a frame tag module attached to the treadmill frame having a non-volatile memory for storing treadmill configuration, and operational and maintenance data.
Patent CA-2506451-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SCARAMUCCI JOHN P
IPC: F16K5/06
Filed: 2005-05-06
Abstract: A bearing retainer for a valve having an internally mounted stem and valve member with a trunnion and a bearing positioned thereabout is disclosed. The bearing retainer has a retainer body having a bearing receiving opening extending from a first side to an opposed second side and a stem receiving slot formed in the first side thereof in open communication with the bearing receiving opening. The retainer body is disposable about the bearing, and the retainer body is configured such that the retainer body is rotatable about the trunnion upon the valve member, the bearing, and the bearing retainer being positioned in the valve chamber with the stem engaged with the valve member.
Patent CA-2506619-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SANCHEZ ANTHONY
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2003-11-18
Abstract: Host nucleic acids and host proteins that participate in viral infection, su ch as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), influenza A, and Ebola virus, have be en identified. Interfering with or disrupting the interaction between a host nucleic acid or host protein and a virus or viral protein confers an inhibition of or resistance to infection. Thus, interfering with such an interaction in a host subject can confer a therapeutic or prophylactic effec t against a virus. The sequences identified can be used to identify agents tha t reduce or inhibit viral infection.
Patent CA-2507404-A1 (CA)
Title: Radioisotope-associated polymeric hydrogel microspheres and methods for producing and using the same
Inventor: KROM JAMES A
IPC: A61K9/16
Filed: 2003-10-17
Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric materials that are labeled with colloidal metals, preferably colloidal gold, to processes for producing the labeled polymeric material, and to methods of using the materials in prophylactic, therapeutic and cosmetic applications. Specifically, the invention relates to porous injectable and implantable microparticles, preferably microspheres, that are associated with radioactive colloidal metals such that the microparticles are visible or detectable under regular light, by radiological and/or magnetic resonance imaging techniques, or both. The microparticles having radioactive colloidal metals are particularly useful for embolization, radiation therapy, drug delivery, gene therapy, and other prophylactic or therapeutic medical applications.
Patent CA-2508475-A1 (CA)
Title: Devices and methods for programmable microscale manipulation of fluids
Inventor: VAN DE VYVER BART
IPC: F16K17/40
Filed: 2003-12-04
Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to devices and methods for controlling fluid flow in meso-scale fluidic components in a programmable manner. Specifically, the present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for placing two microfluidic components in fluid communication at an arbitrary position and time, both of which are externally defined. The inventive apparatus uses electromagnetic radiation to perforate a material layer having selected adsorptive properties. The perforation of the material layer allows the fluid communication between microfluidic components. Other aspects of this invention include an apparatus and method to perform volumetric quantitation of fluids, an apparatus to program arbitrary connections between a set of input capillaries and a set of output capillaries, and a method to transport fluid in centripetal device from a larger to a smaller radius. In addition, the present invention also is directed to a method to determine the radial and polar position of a pickup in the reference frame of a rotating device.
Patent CA-2508910-A1 (CA)
Inventor: PAWLOSKI JAMES C
IPC: B29C48/12
Filed: 2005-05-31
Abstract: A method of extruding two or more closure elements onto a web includes extruding the closure elements through a die plate having a first aperture for a first closure element and a second aperture for a second closure element. The first aperture is spaced from and at least partially overlaps the second aperture in a lateral direction. The partial overlapping of the apertures allows the closure elements to be spaced very closely together on the web. The space between the apertures prevents extrudate streams forming the elements from bonding to each other. The closely spaced elements are extruded through the same die plate without an interconnecting portion therebetween.
Patent CA-2509094-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LIU WENJEN
IPC: F16K17/12
Filed: 2005-06-03
Abstract: A vacuum breaker includes a hollow bushing with an end in communication with the atmosphere and the other end in communication with at least one water outlet, a check plugger moveably disposed in the bushing, and a sealing sleeve disposed in the bushing adjacent to the upper end of the check plugger. The check plugger falls automatically down by gravity. The check plugger has a conical upper end. The upper end has a closing surface. The sealing sleeve is defined with a central hole receiving the upper end of the check plugger. An inner conical surface is formed in the inner wall of the central hole. The inner conical surface is closely abutted against by the closing surface.
Patent CA-2509561-A1 (CA)
Title: Synthesis of heteroaryl acetamides
Inventor: JARVI ESA T
IPC: C07D471/04
Filed: 2003-12-16
Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of a heteroaryl acetamide from a heteroaryl .alpha.-hydroxyacetamide is provied. The process comprises directly hydrogenating the heteroaryl .alpha.-hydroxyacetamide in the presence of a strong acid, a halide and a catalyst. In one embodiment, the heteroaryl acetamide is zolpidem and the heteroaryl .alpha.-hydroxyacetamide is .alpha.-hydroxyzolpidem.
Patent CA-2510377-A1 (CA)
Title: Use of nicotinamide n-methyltransferase as a marker for colorectal cancer
Inventor: KOTT THERESA
IPC: C12Q1/48
Filed: 2003-12-19
Abstract: The present invention relates to the diagnosis of colorectal cancer. It discloses the use of the protein nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer. It relates to a method for diagnosis of colorectal cancer from a liquid sample, derived from an individual by measuring NNMT in said sample. Measurement of NNMT can, e.g., be used in the early detection or diagnosis of colorectal cancer.
Patent CA-2510649-A1 (CA)
Title: Motor control system and method with adaptive current profile
Inventor: MASLOV BORIS A
IPC: H02P25/08
Filed: 2004-01-29
Abstract: Subject to user or system selection, one of the motor control schemes is accessed from the memory (56) by a controller (44) for implementation. The controller (44) generates control signals that are applied to energization circuitry (42) for supplying current to the phase windings (38) with a particular current waveform profile in accordance with the selected motor control scheme. The controller (44) has an input terminal (47) for receiving a user initiated torque command signal representing a desired motor torque. Each motor control scheme provides motor driving current that corresponds to torque command signals received at the controller input terminal.
Patent CA-2510845-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KORB YAAKOV
IPC: B05B1/14
Filed: 2005-06-22
Abstract: A showerhead includes a base connected with a water supply assembly. The base has a front wall with a plurality of water outlets; a plurality of waterways for directing water from the water supply assembly to the water outlets; and a plurality of cavities between the waterways that are not pressurized with water when the showerhead is operated. The showerhead may optionally include a front cover releasably supported on the base, and having a plurality of openings through which water from the water outlets of the base flows. If so, the front cover may be decorative and not pressurized with water when the showerhead is operated. A  non-adjustable showerhead includes a structural unit having waterways that limit the surface area of the structural unit that is exposed to water pressure thereby limiting the force on the structural unit. The front wall of the structural unit may be exposed and serve not only a structural function but also as the esthetic part of the showerhead.
Patent CA-2510851-A1 (CA)
Title: Benzoxazines and derivatives thereof as inhibitors of pi3ks
Inventor: GOGLIOTTI ROCCO DEAN
IPC: A61K31/553
Filed: 2003-12-10
Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) wherein W, Q, E, D, A, L, R6, R7, R8, Y, K, R9, R10, G, the dashed bond between D and E, and the double bond denoted "*" have any of the values defined therefore in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are useful as agents in the treatment of diseases and conditions, including inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and cancers. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of Formula (I).
Patent CA-2516736-A1 (CA)
Title: Drug delivery from embolic agents
Inventor: LEWIS ANDREW LENNARD
IPC: A61K31/60
Filed: 2004-02-23
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for uterine fibroid embolisation comprises a polymer and, associated with the polymer in a releasable form, a COX inhibitor, e.g. a non-steroidal anti inflammatory drug, such as ibuprofen. The polymer is preferably in particulate form, such as in the form of microspheres. A suitable polymer is a crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol polymer formed by the copolymerisation of PVA macromer with other ethylenically unsaturated monomers. The composition provides a synergistic treatment for the symptoms of uterine fibroids, leading to size regression as well as pain relief.
Patent CA-2516989-A1 (CA)
Title: Off-gas feed method and target gas purification system
Inventor: MIYAKE MASANORI
IPC: B01D53/047
Filed: 2004-02-16
Abstract: The invention provides an off-gas feeding method that supplies the off -gas discharged from a plurality of adsorption towers (A, B, C) to an off-gas consumption unit (1), when performing a pressure swing adsorption process of repeating a cycle including a plurality of steps, to enrich and separate the target gas out of a gas mixture in the adsorption towers (A, B, C) loaded with an adsorbent. The method allows at least one of the plurality of adsorption towers (A, B, C) to discharge the off-gas, in all the steps included in the cycle, so as to continue to supply the off-gas to the off-gas consumption unit (1) without interruption.
Patent CA-2517810-A1 (CA)
Title: Sample preparation for colorimetric and fluorescent assays as implemented on optical analysis discs
Inventor: LAM AMETHYST HOANG
IPC: G01N21/64
Filed: 2004-03-05
Abstract: A wide variety of current diagnostic and other biochemical tests employ a substance, such as a chromagen, that undergoes a detectable color development or change of fluorescent emission in the presence of the analyte of interest.  The intensity of the color or fluorescence developed may be time dependent and proportional to the concentration of the analyte of interest. Systems, methods, and components usable for quantifying the concentration of an analyte of interest in a biological sample on optical biodiscs are disclosed herein.  Analytes may include, for example, glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides. In one embodiment, reagents are immobilized on the optical disc prior to the assay.
Patent CA-2519570-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WU KUANG-JONG
IPC: C08G12/40
Filed: 2004-02-26
Abstract: This invention relates to a crosslinking composition comprising a compound having the structure of Formula (I): where Z is a hydrogen, an alkyl of 1 to about 18 carbon atoms, an aryl of about 6 to about 24 carbon atoms, an aralkyl of about 7 to about 24 carbon atoms, or-NR2R2; each R2 is independently hydrogen, an alkyl, aryl or an aralkyl of 1 to about 18 carbon atoms or R3;  where R3 is-CHROR1or (a) where R is alkyl, halogenated alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, halogenated aralkyl, alkoxyalkyl or an alkaryl having from 1 to about 24 carbon atoms; R1 is a hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxyalkyl or an alkaryl having from 1 to about 24 carbon atoms; and where the aalkyl or aryl groups in each radical may optionally have heteroatoms in their structure; B  is a resifue of a poly(alkylaldehyde) with n aldehyde groups; n is an integer of 2 to about 4; and A is an amino moiety derived from the group consisting of guanamine and melamine. The above composition may be prepared by reacting a melamine or guanamine with a mono(alkylaldehyde), a poly(alkylaldehyde) and an alcohol.
Patent CA-2521475-A1 (CA)
Title: Construction implement for granular bed regeneration
Inventor: SMITH NEIL W G
IPC: E02F3/88
Filed: 2004-05-12
Abstract: A device for assisting in granular bed reconstruction projects such as catalyst bed construction, includes a frame, a tracked drive, a turret and a boom with an actuator to move the boom relative to the turret. The boom includes a tube for fixing to a vacuum source at one end and an opening for sucking catalyst granules out of the bed on the other end. The device can be operated remotely from a controller. The device is small enough and light weight enough to be able to gain access to the bed and to work on the catalyst without destroying the catalyst. Use of the device eliminates or considerably reduces the need to put persons within the reactor vessel for this stage of reconstruction.
Patent CA-2521621-A1 (CA)
Title: Compounds for the treatment of metabolic disorders
Inventor: VON BORSTEL REID W
IPC: A61K/
Filed: 2004-04-08
Abstract: Agents useful for the treatment of various metabolic disorders, such as insulin resistance syndrome, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver disease, cachexia, obesity, atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis are disclosed. Wherein n is 1 or 2; m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; q is 0 or 1; t is 0 or 1; R2 is alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R3 is hydrogen, halo, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or alkoxy having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; A is phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted by 1 or 2 groups selected from: halo, alkyl having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, perfluoromethyl, alkoxy having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, and perfluoromethoxy; or cycloalkyl having from 3 to 6 ring carbon atoms wherein the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or one or two ring carbons are independently mono-substituted by methyl or ethyl; or a 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring having 1 or 2 ring heteroatoms selected from N, S and 0 and the heteroaromatic ring is covalently bound to the remainder of the compound of formula I by a ring carbon; and R1 is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, provided that when m is 0 or 1, R1 is not hydrogen.  Alternatively, when R1 is hydrogen, the biologically active agent can be a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound of Formula I.
Patent CA-2525456-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BAILEY ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: G01S13/04
Filed: 2005-11-07
Abstract: A detection system for a washroom device evaluates outputs from an active sensor and a passive sensor to determine whether to activate the device (e.g., operate a valve in a sink or a lavatory). The active sensor has a transmitter that directs a light beam to a selected zone and a receiver that detects whether the light beam is reflected back to the sensor. The passive sensor detects changes in a temperature signature around the washroom device. A controller evaluates the outputs from both the active sensor and the passive sensor to determine how to operate the washroom device.
Patent CA-2525487-A1 (CA)
Inventor: PATENAUDE BERNARD
IPC: C11D3/20
Filed: 2005-11-09
Abstract: A solid form cleanser composition for shaver head, and which comprises an effective amount of sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, boric acid, colorant, flavor and fragrance.
Patent CA-2526474-A1 (CA)
Title: Microwave heating device
Inventor: STILLESJO FREDRIK
IPC: H05B6/74
Filed: 2004-04-30
Abstract: Microwave heating device intended for heating load(s) and comprising a cylinder-shaped cavity (2) enclosed by a periphery wall, said cavity is provided with a microwave feeding means (10). The heating device comprises a dielectric wall structure (8) arranged inside said cavity between said periphery wall and said load(s), wherein said microwave feeding means is arranged to generate a microwave field being an arch surface hybrid mode having TE and TM type properties inside said cavity in order to heat the load(s).
Patent CA-2526847-A1 (CA)
Title: Assay and kits for detecting protein binding
Inventor: TREIBER DANIEL KELLY
IPC: G01N33/543
Filed: 2004-06-21
Abstract: The invention provides methods for determining the interactions between phage~-displayed proteins and test molecules. The phage-displayed proteins are contacted with a reference moiety in the presence and absence of a test molecule; the behavior of the phage-~displayed proteins as a function of concentration of the test molecule permits calculation of the binding affinity of the phage-displayed protein for the test molecule.