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Patent NO-981289-D0 (NO)
Inventor: BORST CORNELIUS
IPC: A61B19/00
Filed: 1998-03-20
Abstract: An apparatus for temporarily immobilizing a local area of tissue. In particular, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for temporarily immobilizing a local area of heart tissue to thereby permit surgery on a coronary vessel in that area without significant deterioration of the pumping function of the beating heart. The local area of heart tissue is immobilized to a degree sufficient to permit minimally invasive or micro-surgery on that area of the heart. The present invention features a suction device to accomplish the immobilization. The suction device is coupled to a source of negative pressure.  The suction device has a series of suction ports on one surface. Suction through the device causes suction to be maintained at the ports. The device further is shaped to conform to the surface of the heart. Thus, when the device is placed on the surface of the heart and suction is created, the suction through the ports engages the surface of the heart. The suction device is further fixed or immobilized to a stationary object, such as an operating table or a sternal or rib retractor. Thus, the local area of the heart near the suction device is temporarily fixed or immobilized relative to the stationary object while suction is maintained. In such a fashion, the coronary artery may be immobilized even though the heart itself is still beating so that a bypass graft may be performed. In addition the suction device may be used in either a conventional, open-chest environment or in a minimally-invasive environment, e.g. endoscopic.
Patent NO-984702-D0 (NO)
Inventor: OSBORN III THOMAS WARD
IPC: A61F13/514
Filed: 1998-10-08
Abstract: A napkin comprises an absorbent core between a pervious topsheet and an impervious backsheet, with all parts extensible, and a fastener for securing the napkin to the garment, the fastener allowing at least parts of the napkin to extend. The napkin is pref. extensible both longitudinally and transversely and may require extending before applying to the garment, or may be extended by forces applied during use. Stretched length is pref. at least 25% greater than unstretched length. The napkin may be provided with a pull-out tab so that the user can lengthen the napkin.
Patent NO-992210-D0 (NO)
Inventor: FABER THOMAS
IPC: B23K20/12
Filed: 1999-05-06
Abstract: Connector components, such as pipes, rods or semi-finished products is performed by friction welding with the steps of using a friction element which is arranged in an abutting position between those ends of the components which are to be connected and is rotated about an axis which is common to the components and to the friction element in order to produce a welding temperature by friction heat with compression forces which at the same time act on contact surfaces between the friction element and the component ends, subjecting the connecting component, for adjoining process, after the rotary movement has been stopped to higher compression forces in opposite directions, after reaching the welding temperature within a virtually steady-state temperature area, continuing the welding process with a material of the friction element being removed on surfaces which are involved with the friction process, until the ends of the components to be joined come into contact with one another, thereafter subjecting the components to an increased contact pressure and welding to one another by upsetting, and removing a friction and upsetting burr produced during the friction and upsetting, at the same time.
Patent NO-993299-D0 (NO)
Inventor: KELLNER GERD
IPC: F42B12/06
Filed: 1999-07-02
Abstract: Projectiles or war-heads with an inner arrangement for the formation of bulging zones (4,4a) are proposed, comprised of an enclosed bulging medium (1) which is terminal-ballistically substantially ineffective and is radially enclosed by a penetration material (2) which is terminal-ballistically effective, with the bulging medium (1) having a lower density as compared with the enclosing penetration material (2). This leads to the effect that on impact or on penetrating a target plate (3) the bulging medium (1) remains behind relative to the encompassing terminal-ballistic effective body (2) and is laterally increasingly bulged by the bulging material (1) which continues to flow in from behind. As a result of the high pressures, a conical (crowned) pressure and bulging zone (4,4a) is formed dynamically, which zone radially widens or fragments the passing ambient effective material (5,5a).
Patent NO-995319-D0 (NO)
Inventor: TUBEL PAULO
IPC: E21B47/10
Filed: 1999-11-01
Abstract: A method of controlling production from a wellbore (12) comprises providing a producing string (106) carrying an electrical submersible pump (114,516) for pumping wellbore fluid to the surface, said string carrying a high voltage line (52) from a surface location to the pump for providing electrical power to the pump; and providing an optical fiber (122) carrying at least one fiber optic sensor (40) along the high voltage line for taking measurements of a wellbore parameter. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-0004199-D0 (GB)
Title: System
IPC: A01G31/02
Filed: 2000-02-22
Abstract: The present invention provides a system for growing plants without soil, comprising a container ( 1 ) for containing a plant liquid nutrient reservoir; a support unit ( 2; 22 ) mounted in the container ( 1 ) above the floor thereof and extending substantially horizontally therein for supporting a plant to be grown; a lid for the container provided with a plant growth aperture ( 13 ) for the plant to grow up through; means ( 20; 34 ) for continuously circulating the plant liquid nutrient and for maintaining flow thereof in association with the support unit ( 2; 22 ); means for emptying and charging the plant liquid nutrient reservoir. The invention also includes a method of growing plants utilizing such a system.
Patent GB-0015246-D0 (GB)
Title: Method for the treatment of urinary incontinence
IPC: A61P13/10
Filed: 2000-06-22
Abstract: Treatment or prevention of overactive bladder or urinary incontinence in mammals, particularly humans, using (S)-N-[2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-[4-(2-oxoperhydropyrimidin-1-yl)piperidino]butyl]-N-methylbenzamide, pharmaceutically-advantageous salts of the compound, methods of use of the compound, either alone or in combination with other pharmacological agents, and pharmaceutical compositions useful in practising the methods of the invention.
Patent GB-0021024-D0 (GB)
Title: Inhalation device
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 2000-08-29
Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided an inhalation device for dispensing medicament comprising a body ( 150 ), the body being shaped for receipt of a medicament carrier ( 286 ); and an actuator ( 10 ) having a mouthpiece ( 20 ), the actuator being reversibly movable between a dispensing position and a storage position; wherein the body includes an air channel ( 253 ), and the actuator includes an air hole ( 225 ) such that the air channel communicates with the air hole when the actuator is in the dispensing position and the air channel and air hole do not communicate when the actuator is in the storage position.
Patent GB-0103312-D0 (GB)
Title: Hydraulic actuation systems
IPC: F16H61/30
Filed: 2001-02-12
Abstract: A hydraulic actuation system for an automated transmission system including an active clutch includes; a hydraulic clutch actuator controlling engagement of the clutch, the hydraulic control actuator being preloaded towards a disengaged position of the clutch, whereby pressure above a first predetermined value is required in order to move the clutch to a predetermined position; first and second gear engagement actuators for controlling the selection and engagement of a selected gear ratio; a source of hydraulic fluid under pressure, a hydraulic fluid reservoir; a clutch control valve for selectively connecting the clutch actuator to the source of hydraulic fluid under pressure or to the reservoir; a gear engagement control valve for selectively connecting each gear engagement actuator to the source of hydraulic fluid under pressure or to the reservoir; and a changeover valve situated between the gear engagement control valve and the first and second gear engagement actuators, said changeover valve in a first position connecting the first gear engagement actuator to the gear engagement control valve and the second gear engagement actuator to the reservoir and, in a second position, connecting the second gear engagement actuator to the gear engagement control valve and the first gear engagement actuator to the reservoir, the changeover valve being shifted from its first position to its second position when pressure in the clutch actuator rises above a second predetermined value, the second predetermined value being lower than the first predetermined value.
Patent GB-0121170-D0 (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to content selection
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 2001-08-31
Abstract: A method and corresponding apparatus are disclosed whereby a user initially establishes a profile 202 of content in which she has an interest. The profile 202 is used to filter 204 metadata relating to broadcasts made to a receiver 106 such as a Set Top Box and the personalised metadata is delivered to her personal trusted device 176 such as a PDA, for example. A final selection of content to be rendered by the receiver 106 is made via the PTD 176.
Patent GB-0123280-D0 (GB)
Title: Therapeutic wound dressings
IPC: A61L15/42
Filed: 2001-09-27
Abstract: A wound dressing comprising: a wound contacting sheet having a wound facing surface and a back surface opposite the wound facing surface, and having apertures therein that open or enlarge in the presence of wound exudate; and a plurality of particles comprising one or more therapeutic agents located behind the back surface of the back sheet, wherein the particles are able to pass through the apertures to the wound facing surface of the sheet when the apertures are opened or enlarged in the presence of said wound exudate.
Patent GB-0129559-D0 (GB)
Title: Turntable incorporating heating means and oven incorporating the same
IPC: H05B6/80
Filed: 2001-12-11
Abstract: A turntable ( 19 ) for an oven comprising a surface for heating a food item ( 27, 75 ) placed on the turntable ( 19 ), wherein the turntable ( 19 ) is provided with integral heating means ( 29 ). The turntable may be incorporated into an oven cavity ( 17, 67 ) of an oven.
Patent GB-0216897-D0 (GB)
Title: Switched-current analogue-to-digital converter
IPC: H03M1/06
Filed: 2002-07-20
Abstract: An current mode analogue-to-digital converter uses a conversion stage which operates using a two-phase clock and which requires the input signal to be present during only one of the phases. A sample-and-hold circuit ( 120, 130, 135 ) samples the input signal during the first clock phase and during the second clock phase a quantised bit value is generated from a mirror of the held input current by a kickback-free comparator circuit ( 140 ). Also during the second clock phase a residue is generated using the quantised value and a non-mirrored version of the held input current. Optionally, two comparator circuits ( 140, 140'' ) may be used to provide two-level quantisation, enabling errors introduced by the current mirror to be corrected by a Redundant Signed Digit algorithm. Two pipelines of conversion stages (S<SUB>i</SUB>', S<SUB>i</SUB>'') can be multiplexed to double the conversion rate.
Patent GB-0316864-D0 (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to container liners
IPC: B65D88/72
Filed: 2003-07-18
Abstract: A fluidizing mat has an upper, micro-perforated sheet and a lower gas impermeable sheet. The upper and lower sheets are maintained in spaced apart superimposed relationship by a plurality of spaced-apart load bearing means, e.g. encapsulated air bubbles, which define a plurality of passageways that extend in different directions over substantially the full area of the fluidizing mat and intersect with each other to form a single continuous chamber between the upper and lower sheets.
Patent GB-0328332-D0 (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to food packaging
IPC: B65D81/26
Filed: 2003-12-06
Abstract: A multi-compartment unitary packaging is used for a variety of foodstuffs. The packaging includes two or more conjoined compartments. Each of the compartments is provided with or constituted by a containment having a gas permeability matching the individual respiration rate of the foodstuff(s) to be held within that compartment.
Patent GB-0417366-D0 (GB)
Title: Method for determining the selectivity of a pre-synaptic neuromuscular blocking substance
IPC: G01N33/50
Filed: 2004-08-04
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the selectivity of a pre-synaptic neuromuscular blocking substance for striated muscle or smooth muscle. The method comprises measuring the effect induced by a pre-determined quantity of pre-synaptic neuromuscular blocking substance upon electrically stimulating striated muscle tissue, measuring the effect induced by a pre-determined quantity of a pre-synaptic neuromuscular blocking substance upon electrically stimulating smooth muscle tissue, and calculating a quotient of the results obtained in order to determine the selectivity of the pre-synaptic neuromuscular blocking substance for striated muscle or for smooth muscle.
Patent GB-0602726-D0 (GB)
Title: Navigation Device With Touch Screen
IPC: G06F3/0481
Filed: 2004-02-26
Abstract: A navigation device has a route ire calculation function. This is activated by the user touching the screen to task away from the normal navigation map mode to a menu screen which displays multiple types of route re-calculation options.
Patent GB-0615857-D0 (GB)
Title: Data delivery
Filed: 2006-08-10
Abstract: A system and method for sending a first request for first data, receiving, in reply, one or more data structures for accessing a first plurality of data fragments, using the one or more data structures to create and send a second plurality of second requests for data fragments of the first data, receiving, in reply to the second requests, at least each of the first plurality of data fragments, using the first plurality of data fragments to create the first data and storing one or more, but not all, of the first plurality of data fragments.
Patent GB-0805681-D0 (GB)
Title: balanced variable displacement vane pump with floating face seals and biased va seals
Filed: 2008-03-28
Abstract: A vane pump assembly including a cam ring having an elliptical inner bore defining a hydraulic pumping chamber, the pumping chamber having an interior camming surface. The cam ring defines ports for admitting fluid into the pumping chamber. A rotor, within the cam ring, defines a plurality of radial vane slots. A vane assembly is supported in each vane slot to define vane buckets. Each vane assembly has an end dynamic vane seal for reducing leakage between the buckets. Front and rear side plates, separated by an annular spacer, enclose the pumping chamber. The pump assembly may also include floating front and rear rotor seals for reducing radially inward leakage. Each rotor seal is disposed within a groove formed in the rotor, wherein discharge pressure urges the rotor seals axially outward from the pumping chamber to create an effective seal against the respective side plate.
Patent GB-0904560-D0 (GB)
Title: Process for preparing composite membranes
Filed: 2009-03-17
Abstract: A continuous process for preparing a composite membrane comprising the steps of: (i) providing a laminate structure comprising a barrier layer and a porous sheet; (ii) applying a curable composition to the porous sheet; (iii) curing the composition to form the composite membrane comprising the sheet and the cured composition; and (iv) optionally separating the composite membrane from the barrier layer. The composite membranes are particularly useful for producing electricity by reverse electrodialysis.
Patent GB-8300102-D0 (GB)
Title: Antithrombotic/antihypertensive treatment
IPC: A61K31/70
Filed: 1983-01-05
Abstract: Hypertension and thrombotic conditions in mammals are treated by administration of sulphite, bisulphite or cyclic sulphite ester of a monohydric or polyhydric alcohol.
Patent GB-8325049-D0 (GB)
Title: Bearing assembly
IPC: F16C19/18
Filed: 1983-09-19
Abstract: A bearing assembly for a wheel hub driven from a universal joint including an outer race attached to the wheel carrier of a motor vehicle having first and second outer bearing tracks thereon and an inner race having first and second inner bearing tracks thereon, the first bearing tracks being formed by a tubular projection of the universal joint and the second bearing tracks being formed by a tubular projection of the wheel hub. First and second bearing elements are interposed respectively betwen the first inner and outer tracks and the second inner and outer tracks and a sleeve extending within inner juxtaposed surfaces formed by the first and second tubular projections operates to place the universal joint in torque-transmitting engagement with the wheel hub and to restrain the tubular projections against relative axial displacement.
Patent GB-8327065-D0 (GB)
Title: Driers
IPC: G05D22/02
Filed: 1983-10-10
Abstract: A clothes drier (1) of the type in which heated air is moved to an exhaust (9) through a rotating drum (6) in which clothes to be dried are tumbled, has an exhaust temperature sensor and a reference temperature sensor (16) connected in a circuit, arranged to switch "off" a heater (10) to the drier when a desired manually set temperature difference between exhaust and reference temperature is reached. A clock control selector (25,32) selectively lowers the required exhaust temperature if the original preset temperature is not reached within a predetermined time so that loads of clothes of varying size and initial wetness will be dried to substantially the same dryness as selected by the user.
Patent GB-8411668-D0 (GB)
Title: Processed cereal
IPC: A23L1/18
Filed: 1984-05-08
Abstract: Processed cereal with a shape corresponding to that of the non processed grain, low bacteria count cocoa beans, hulled and toasted seeds. The processed cereals and the further products are obtained by subjecting the corresponding starting products to a gauge pressure of at least 5 atmospheres at a temperature of 200-300 DEG C for at least one second, while supplying heat and moisture by introducing steam through an inlet (19) debouching in the bottom of the treating chamber (18) and at the end of the desired treating time releasing the pressure at once. The product obtained has very favourable food properties and is easily digestable, while it has a good appearance and taste.
Patent GB-8530262-D0 (GB)
Title: Accurate positioning apparatus
IPC: B23Q5/22
Filed: 1985-12-09
Abstract: The incremental very accurate positioning device is operable to control accurate positioning of a movable member such as a tool. The apparatus comprises a base (24) with a mounting bar (60) spaced from the base (24) for mounting the member. The bar (60) is movable along its elongate axis by a drive force applied to the proximal end (62) thereof for moving the distal end (64) forwardly and rearwardly along the axis. The bar (60) is mounted on two parallel spaced elongated flat springs (72, 74) that extend transversely of the bar (60). The springs (72, 74) are fixed to the bar (60) for maintaining an axial force on the bar (60) and are mounted at each end to a block (31-34) which is pivotally mounted on the base (24).
Patent GB-8607042-D0 (GB)
Title: Controlled delivery device
IPC: A61K9/22
Filed: 1986-03-21
Abstract: A device for the controlled release of an active material into an aqueous medium, e.g. body fluids, comprises a water soluble glass container in which the active material is sealed. The container wall has a region of reduced thickness which region dissolves before the remainder of the container wall to release the active material.
Patent GB-8804840-D0 (GB)
Title: High frequency resonator for welding material
IPC: B29C65/02
Filed: 1988-03-01
Abstract: A blade-shaped high frequency resonator for welding sheet material without a gap, when resonators of this shape are disposed in an array, includes at its output surface a pair of laterally extending ears, each ear terminating in end surfaces configured to interface with the end surfaces of a similarly shaped juxtaposed resonator. Each ear is dimensioned to cause the sum of the moments about the lateral axis of the resonator to be substantially zero. Typically, the lateral end surface of a respective ear is of a zigzag configuration. The end surface intersecting the lateral resonator axis intersects such axis at an angle of less than ninety degrees.
Patent GB-8805624-D0 (GB)
Title: Variable output oil pump
IPC: F04C14/04
Filed: 1988-03-09
Abstract: The invention provides a variable output pump of the gerotor type in which one rotor (16) meshes in two side by side annulii (14, 12) which can be aligned for maximum output and turned in opposite directions to be non-aligned for minimum output. The movement is effected by a gear train (20, 24, 29) displaced by a rack (40) which is hydraulically operated by pump pressure. Hence high pressure displaces the rack to result in lower output against lower pressure. A variation is described in which a control spool diverts fluid to either side of the piston according to need and this is displaced in one direction by the derived fluid pressure and in the other direction additionally by spring pressure transferred from the piston position by a lever system. This can give desired pump output/speed results at reduced power consumption.
Patent GB-9315797-D0 (GB)
Title: Boom extension for gantry cranes
IPC: B66C19/00
Filed: 1993-07-30
Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing a boom extension for retractable booms of gantry cranes which does not require lowering the boom during attachment of the extension, or increasing the lift capacity of the boom hoist machinery, nor does the boom extension add bending moment to the retractable boom.
Patent GB-9404357-D0 (GB)
Title: The gripzip
IPC: A44B19/30
Filed: 1994-02-24
Abstract: The device is a tag which is attached permanently to the zip fastener on a garment. When the zip fastener is closed, the device is attached to a button or stud or other part of the garment at the top of the zip. The device prevents the zip fastener from opening accidentally. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-9409282-D0 (GB)
Title: Attachment means for a belt
IPC: A61F13/56
Filed: 1994-05-10
Abstract: The invention relates to a belt (1) of flexible material for use with absorbent garments, wherein the belt comprises attachment means (6, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22) securely attached at one end. The attachment means is in the form of a flexible strip of hook elements such as used for releasable hook and loop type connectors and is used for securing that one end to an outer surface of the belt. In order to provide greater comfort for the wearer the attachment means itself is located approximately centrally and extends with its greatest dimension (a) in the width direction of the belt where dimension (a) is between 25% to 75% of the belt width (z).