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Patent GB-2437159-A (GB)
Title: Percutaneous registration-and-access tool for minimally invasive spinal surgery
Inventor: JAKO RONALD A VON
IPC: A61B17/02
Filed: 2007-04-04
Abstract: The tool comprises a tubular body 120 having at least two spring biased flanges 132, 134 at a distal end which form a gripping area between which the end of a spinous process is located. The tool may comprise a finger hold 114. In use the tool may be used as a percutaneous spinal registration-and-access tool for minimally invasive spinal surgery involving lumbar pedicle screw fixation and registration.
Patent GB-2436972-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle security apparatus
Inventor: SHIMOMURA TOSHIO
IPC: B60R25/04
Filed: 2007-04-05
Abstract: A vehicle security apparatus includes an immobilizer ECU, a remote security ECU, a display, an operation unit, and a power supply control unit. The immobilizer ECU controls a drive prohibition and drive permission for an engine based on an identification signal transmitted from a key and/or a remote setting signal and a remote unsetting signal output from the remote security ECU. When a remote setting signal has been transmitted to set an immobilizer, the power supply control unit causes a power supply transition to an accessory-on state or an ignition-on state when an authorized identification signal from the key is transmitted. Thus, the remote immobilizer is enabled to be unset by the display and the operation unit.
Patent GB-2448513-A (GB)
Title: A sectional glass bath
Inventor: DIVANGAHI JAMSHID
IPC: A47K3/02
Filed: 2007-04-18
Abstract: A sectional glass bath made from toughened glass, the sections of glass are glued together to form the bath. The sectional bath may allow the bath to be easily transported, and constructed at the point of installation. Preferably the glass bath is constructed from at least three sections, a top/rim section, a base section and a section forming the sides of the bath. The sides of the bath may be constructed from one or more sections that are glued together. The sides are glued to the base that may have a pre drilled waste discharge hole and anti slip grooves. The top/rim section may then be glued to the side section(s) thereby increasing the strength of the bath. The top/rim section may have pre-drilled tap holes. The glass sections may be formed using conventional methods of moulding or shaping flat glass and reinforcing glass, and the size and angles of each section may be altered to suit the end user. The bath may have waterproof lighting to provide a visual effect.
Patent GB-2440631-A (GB)
Title: A computerised model for predicting time to failure (survival analysis) of components for example of an electrical submersible pump.
Inventor: BAILEY WILLIAM J
IPC: G06F17/00
Filed: 2007-07-20
Abstract: A statistical methodology is disclosed to provide time-to-event estimates for oilfield equipment utilising Kaplan-Meier and Cox modelling approaches, Lunn-McNeil analysis of competing risks and Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) to select the best approximation model. A method according to the present invention extracts unbiased information from equipment performance data and considers parameters interactions without recourse to data thinning. The analysis explicitly accounts for items of equipment that are still operational at the time of analysis. A method according to the present invention may also be utilised to apply survival analysis to any oilfield equipment components where time-to-event information has been recorded. The method of the present invention allows comparative reckoning between different components present in the system comprising several or many individual components and allows survival analysis of these components either individually or simultaneously, i.e., in the presence of other components.
Patent GB-2447524-A (GB)
Title: Method of allocating uplink radio resources to a mobile device
Inventor: PROVVEDI LEONARDO
IPC: H04B7/26
Filed: 2007-07-27
Abstract: Uplink and downlink timeslots are allocated to a mobile communication device so that the sum of the allocated uplink timeslots and the allocated downlink timeslots, within a predetermined period, is less than the total number of assigned time slots and does not exceed a predetermined maximum. The resources are allocated in a reduced transmission time interval (RTTI) configuration in which an indication of the uplink timeslot allocation is received from the network in a downlink timeslot, or downlink timeslot pair (6, 7), directing the mobile device to transmit only in one uplink timeslot pair (8, 9). The method is applied in an EGPRS system. Uplink resources in an RTTI configuration are assigned using flexible timeslot assignment (FTA) and allocated using dynamic allocation. This means that a single indication in the downlink allows only one specific uplink timeslot pair to be allocated for transmission, rather than that timeslot pair and all subsequent assigned uplink timeslot pairs.
Patent GB-2452057-A (GB)
Title: A microfluidic device for thermal assays
Inventor: STEWART PATRICK DOUGLAS SHAW
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2007-08-23
Abstract: A microfluidic device for carrying out thermal assays comprises a conduit 3 where the temperature varies along the length of the conduit. Droplets 5 including the molecules to be tested, e.g. macromolecules, are dispensed into an immiscible carrier liquid in the conduit 3. By moving the carrier liquid these droplets 5 can be moved along the conduit 3, exposing the droplets and the molecules to changing temperatures. If the properties of the droplets are monitored, thermal assays can be performed. Frequently the molecules to be tested will be biological macromolecules, thus using static light scattering, fluorescent dyes, etc., the temperature at which a macromolecule denatures can be determined. This allows assays known as "thermal shift assays" (TSA) to be performed. The information obtained from TSAs can be used for binding studies, searching for ligands, stability studies, etc.
Patent GB-2456496-A (GB)
Title: Weatherproof coaching cards for a variety of sports
Inventor: ALLEN STEWART JOHN
IPC: A63B69/00
Filed: 2007-09-14
Abstract: A permanent and portable system for coaching sport comprises a number of weatherproof or laminated sheets with coaching information printed on them. The cards contain illustrations of strategies and positioning of players during a game and may be kept by the player for future reference.
Patent GB-2439707-A (GB)
Title: Methanol synthesis
Inventor: FITZPATRICK TERENCE JAMES
IPC: C07C29/152
Filed: 2007-11-08
Abstract: A process for synthesising methanol is described comprising the steps of; (i) reforming a hydrocarbon feedstock and separating water from the resulting reformed gas mixture to generate a make-up gas comprising hydrogen and carbon oxides, said make-up gas mixture having a stoichiometric number, R, defined by the formula; R = ([H2] - [CO2]) / ([CO2] + [CO]) of less than 2.0, (ii) combining said make up gas with an unreacted synthesis gas to form a synthesis gas mixture, (iii) passing the synthesis gas mixture at elevated temperature and pressure through a bed of methanol synthesis catalyst to generate a product stream comprising methanol and unreacted synthesis gas, (iv) cooling said product stream to recover a crude methanol stream from said unreacted synthesis gas, (v) removing a portion of said unreacted synthesis gas as a purge gas, and (vi) feeding the remaining unreacted synthesis gas to step (ii), characterized in that hydrogen is recovered from at least a portion of said purge gas and a portion of said make up gas, and the recovered hydrogen is included in the synthesis gas mixture.
Patent GB-2441457-A (GB)
Title: Fluid loss additive for enhanced fracture clean-up
Inventor: AYOUB JOSEPH A
IPC: E21B33/134
Filed: 2006-06-07
Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing method is disclosed that includes designing a fracture treatment including a fluid pumping schedule to fracture a subterranean formation according to a design model that accounts for cumulative filter cake thickness, including polymer concentrated at the fracture surfaces, to provide a propped fracture width effectively greater than the cumulative filter cake thickness, and injecting fluids through a wellbore into the formation essentially according to the fluid pumping schedule of the fracture treatment design. A fracturing method is also disclosed that includes placing a high breaker loading in the filter cake. A composition is disclosed which comprises a fluid viscosified with a polymer and a fluid loss additive comprising a delayed breaker.
Patent GB-2443338-A (GB)
Title: Control system
Inventor: KOCZARA WLODZIMIERZ
IPC: H02J3/46
Filed: 2006-05-25
Abstract: A control system for controlling the AC output of a variable speed generating set is disclosed. The control system implements a frequency droop technique in which the frequency of the AC output varies with power in accordance with a frequency droop coefficient. The control system is arranged such that, when the generating set is first connected to a load bus, the frequency droop coefficient is set to a higher value than its steady state value. This can allow the initial active power change to be reduced, which may avoid or reduce voltage dips which might otherwise occur on the load bus.
Patent GB-2456763-A (GB)
Title: Swimming pool for continuous swimming
Inventor: LITTLETON NICHOLAS BRIAN
IPC: A63B69/12
Filed: 2008-01-22
Abstract: A swimming pool occupies a small ground area and enables a user to swim continuously without turning wherein a current of water is caused to flow through the body of the pool in a direction parallel to a greater longitudinal dimension of the pool from an entry point to an exit point and to return from the exit point to the entry point through peripheral conduit means the current of water being driven by one or more impellers (2) having a total electric power consumption of not more than 2 KW.
Patent GB-2453396-A (GB)
Title: Timepiece with shock absorption
Inventor: BENNEY SIMON FALCON SALLIS
IPC: G04B37/05
Filed: 2008-02-27
Abstract: A timepiece 1, especially a watch, has an inner casing 2 housing the mechanics and an outer shell 8 separated from the inner shell by an air gap 10. The casing is held in the shell by a plurality of mounts 11. The mounts may be elastic, especially springs, and lend a shock absorbing quality to the timepiece. The mounts may be hollow so that a winder 3 or chronograph buttons 4,5 may pass through them.
Patent GB-2447364-A (GB)
Title: A digital component deterministic pseudo-random clock and noise source device based on a random frequency modulated oscillator
Inventor: GRESSEL CARMI DAVID
IPC: G06F1/02
Filed: 2006-05-25
Abstract: Random number generators are used for entertainment in gambling, lotteries and video gaining devices. True Random Number Generators, as are now currently defined, must be actuated by a physical noise source, typically based on the uncertainty of the phase differences of a stable and an unstable autonomous oscillator. In this invention an autonomous random frequency modulated oscillator driven by a self contained pseudo random number generator outputs three loosely correlated random binary streams. Included in the invention is a hardware method for proving wandering phase differences and also the existence of a colored random distribution of concatenated nibbles.
Patent GB-2460082-A (GB)
Title: Navigation equipment and methods for determining the position and orientation of a wireless probe
Inventor: KRUIP MARCEL JAN MARIE
IPC: A61B1/00
Filed: 2008-05-16
Abstract: The equipment includes at least three coils in known mutual orientations located distant from a probe. The wireless probe comprises one or more magnetic sensors and a means for communicating measurements from the sensor(s) to a receiver. In use, time-varying currents of differing frequency are applied to each of the coils, resulting in a magnetic field consisting of a constant flux density and a gradient of flux density. By comparing the magnetic field measured by the probe with that predicted from a knowledge of the coils, the position and orientation of the probe can be calculated. This calculation may involve an iterative approach, and may also involve deriving a rotational matrix. The device can preferably be used in medical endoscopy, but could also find application in investigating hollow vessels in general, for example storage tanks, or in plumbing.
Patent GB-2445905-A (GB)
Title: Integrating display controller into low power prosessor
Inventor: POLZIN STEPHEN R
IPC: G06F1/32
Filed: 2006-11-02
Abstract: In one embodiment, a system (10) comprises a memory (12); a memory interface coupled to the memory; a processor unit (14) coupled to the memory interface, a second interface coupled to the processor unit, and a graphics processing unit (30). The processor unit comprises at least one processor core (24A) and a display controller (28) configured to couple to a display (18). The graphics processing unit is configured to render data into a frame buffer (36) representing an image to be displayed on the display. The processor unit is configured to deactivate the second interface if the graphics processing unit is not rendering, and the display controller is configured to read the frame buffer data for display even if the second interface is deactivated.
Patent GB-2449553-A (GB)
Title: Fifth Wheel Setting Guide for Tractor-Trailer Combination
Inventor: THOMSON JIM
IPC: B62D53/08
Filed: 2008-05-22
Abstract: A reference guide or gauge for setting the position of a fifth wheel coupling (15, fig 1C) upon a tractor chassis bed 16 of an articulated tractor-trailer combination, features an elongate extendible linear bar with one or more juxtaposed elongate marker rules or guides 20, each sub-divided by a series of markings representing indexed positions for relative tractor trailer disposition, and related respectively to a distance between trailer 11 front wall and tractor cab 10 rear wall and tractor cab chassis 16 rear end and trailer underside legs (14) or base step wall (17); along with an alignment reference marker for setting in relation to both scales, as an indicator of fifth wheel position to allow operating clearance between tractor (10,16) and trailer (11). A combination extendible rule is envisaged for both trailer and tractor measurements. Dual considerations of operational clearance to avoid mutual impact or collision and minimizing trailer front wall to tractor cab rear wall clearance for reduced induced, profile or form drag and thus improved fuel economy.
Patent GB-2463494-A (GB)
Title: Providing a single telephone dialling number for multiple telephony devices
Inventor: STEWART MARK NORMAN
IPC: H04M3/42
Filed: 2008-09-15
Abstract: Providing one-telephone dialling number telephony services where only a single telephone dialling number is required for each subscriber, despite each subscriber having multiple telephony devices on which they wish to be contacted. Calls to a one-telephone dialling number telephony service subscriber may be detected at a telephone switch using one or more triggers configured in association with a device-shared telephone dialling number allocated to the subscriber. Upon receipt of a call connection request to a subscriber, control of the call is assumed, for example by redirecting the call to a service platform capable of generating multiple call connection requests. Multiple outgoing call connection requests are transmitted to multiple telephony devices, including a mobile telephone, associated with the device-shared telephone dialling number allocated to a subscriber. Embodiments of the invention including transmitting an outgoing call connection request to the mobile telephony device based upon a location query being sent to the subscriber database in relation to the device shared telephone dialling number. A second embodiment of the invention include the first telephony device using a first alerting indicator, and the second telephony device using a second alerting indicator, different to the first.
Patent GB-2464340-A (GB)
Title: Folded arch
Inventor: DARLING-REID MAUREEN PATRICIA
IPC: A63H33/16
Filed: 2008-10-15
Abstract: A folded arch play structure comprising a sheet of cardboard, which can be folded to flat form for storage, or which may be folded in such a way that parts of it form a box-like structure containing other parts of it. When constructed the arch is closed on one side by a wall section from which project prismatic side portions and a prismatic lintel. The structure may be decorated e.g. to represent a fireplace (5) or gate.
Patent GB-2461934-A (GB)
Title: Container wall and flexible tank bracing means for shipping container
Inventor: BOTHAM DALE MARTIN
IPC: B65D88/12
Filed: 2008-10-29
Abstract: The invention comprises bracing means designed to allow a container to carry bulk cargo without damage to the side or end walls. The bracing means can be horizontal members (7, Fig.2) having brackets (8, Fig.2) at their ends for connection with the container walls (3, Fig.2), generally on the recesses (Fig.8) of the corrugated wall structure. The bracing means can also be provided by means of a vertical frame (11, Fig.3) engaging the side walls. The flexible tank or bag 12 carried within the container may have itself internal ties 16 fixed at fastening points 13 on the bag, or it may have tubular members 14 incorporated into and extending across the tank so as to allow a rigid brace tied to the container walls to extend through the flexible tank. The flexible tanks carried within the container can be furthermore provided with their own frames, either internal or external to the tank skin (Fig.5). In these cases a plurality of frames are placed parallel to each other but to connected longitudinally so that the flexible tank and its frame can be collapsed. The flexible tank may also be embraced by flexible members (Fig.7) that contain its sideways expansion.
Patent GB-2466250-A (GB)
Title: Slide fastener assembly with reinforced end
Inventor: WILLIAMS MEIRION
IPC: A44B19/36
Filed: 2008-12-16
Abstract: The slide fastener assembly comprises a pair of opposing fastener tapes 5, 6 with co-operating coupling elements 7, 8, and a slider with a guide channel for coupling and uncoupling the coupling elements. One end of each pair of tapes is reinforced by means of a stiffening layer 23, 24 extending along at least one surface of the tapes. The stiffening layer can be manufactured by injection moulding a thermoplastics material onto the surface of the tapes. When the fastener is in the fully closed state, the stiffening layer can, by acting to maintain the tension in the tapes, prevent uncoupling of coupling elements subjected to an externally applied stress. End stops 30, 31 are preferably provided at one or both ends of one or both tapes. The slider may be received in a docking region 35, 36 located in the stiffening layer of at least one of the tapes.
Patent GB-2469297-A (GB)
Title: A sheath with longitudinal channels on its inner wall
Inventor: RASMUSSEN ERIK EDELBOE
IPC: A61F2/07
Filed: 2009-04-07
Abstract: An introducer for deploying an implantable medical device such as a stent, stent graft or other similar device is provided with an outer sheath (132) whose inner wall includes one or more channels (136) extending in a longitudinal direction of the sheath. The channels (136) may be formed by rib like projections (134) spaced substantially evenly around the inner wall and may extend over a distance at least as long as the implantable device and terminate at the distal end of the sheath. The sheath (132) may also have a substantially round transverse cross section and smooth inner walls. Also detailed is an implantable device with at least one substantially non compressible barb. In use the barbs are designed to be maintained in the channels of the introducer which facilitate its introduction.
Patent GB-2472466-A (GB)
Title: System for assisting the rescue of vulnerable persons
Inventor: WILSON DEREK ALEXANDER
IPC: G08B5/36
Filed: 2009-08-11
Abstract: A system is provided for assisting the rescue of vulnerable persons, such as young children, the elderly, and the disabled, from buildings, particularly by a fire rescue crew. Conventionally, a fire rescue crew, upon entering a burning building 1, will search rooms 1A to 1H in a strictly specified order to ensure that every room is searched. This procedure however does not ensure that top priority is given to rooms that are likely to contain vulnerable persons. This problem is addressed by the disclosed system which utilises a visual signalling unit 5 mounted on or adjacent the door of a room 1F identified as containing a vulnerable person and visible to rescuers in the access area A. The signalling unit 5 comprises a microphone (6,fig.2); means (7-11,fig.2) for processing an output of the microphone to identify a sound emanated from a smoke alarm; and means (12,12A,fig.2) for generating, in response to such detection, a visual signal, visible to rescuers in the access area A. Activation of the visual signal may be delayed by a predetermined period to allow for longer observation of a sound potentially emitted from a smoke alarm in order to avoid false activations, and to account for the response time of the fire rescue crew.
Patent GB-2473855-A (GB)
Title: A nebuliser dispenser device
Inventor: DUFFIELD PAUL
IPC: A61M11/00
Filed: 2009-09-28
Abstract: A nebuliser dispenser device for a fluid and a fluid delivery system, comprises a perforated plate piezo electric nebuliser member. The nebuliser member is arranged so that it contacts volume of liquid which in use is intended to be dispensed. The fluid delivery system does not comprise a wick.
Patent GB-2462963-A (GB)
Title: Stabilised sprayable liquid oil emulsions
Inventor: MUSSAWIR-KEY FREDERICK WADE
IPC: A23L27/60
Filed: 2009-12-04
Abstract: The invention provides a liquid edible product comprising a first liquid component, a second liquid component dispersed in the first liquid component to form an emulsion, and an emulsifier comprising a sucrose ester or a functionally equivalent derivative of a sucrose ester. The liquid edible product is of sprayable viscosity and may include edible oil and have use as a non-stick cooking composition or a shallow frying oil.
Patent GB-2476083-A (GB)
Title: Manufacturing a breathable polymer film
Inventor: LAKSO ELISABETH
IPC: A61F13/15
Filed: 2009-12-10
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a breathable polymer film comprises the steps of reacting gypsum (CaSO4) with carbon dioxide in the presence of water to provide calcium carbonate (CaCO3) isolating the calcium carbonate, mixing the calcium carbonate with a polymer resin, forming the mixture into a precursor film and stretching the precursor film to form a breathable polymer film 10. Stretching the precursor film causes the particles of calcium carbonate filler to break, creating pores in the film. The reaction between the gypsum and carbon dioxide may take place in the presence of an ammonia containing catalyst. The mixture of calcium carbonate and polymer resin can further contain one or more additional inorganic fillers, such as barium sulfate, and/or one or more additional organic components, such as castor oil. In another aspect the breathable polymer film is incorporated into a disposable article 100, preferably as a backsheet 120 thereof. The disposable article maybe diapers, incontinence guards, medical dressings etc.