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US09869091B2	Pocket cap for post-tensioned concrete member A system for post tensioning a concrete member is disclosed. The system may include an anchor body, and a strand, the strand inserted through the anchor body. The strand may have a strand end and an outer diameter. The system may also include a pocket cap, the pocket cap positioned around the strand. The pocket cap may have a cylindrical interior wall, the cylindrical interior wall having a pocket cap diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the strand.
US09869089B2	Gypsum panels, systems, and methods Gypsum panels, sheathing systems, and methods of making and using the same are provided. A gypsum panel includes a gypsum core associated with a first fiberglass mat having a continuous barrier coating, the coating penetrating a portion of the first fiberglass mat opposite the gypsum core, wherein gypsum penetrates a remaining fibrous portion of the first fiberglass mat such that voids in the first fiberglass mat are substantially eliminated. A building sheathing system includes at least two gypsum panels and a seaming component to provide a seam at an interface between the gypsum panels.
US09869078B2	Flush system for a toilet A flush system includes a meter valve, a first pipe, a vacuum breaker, a second pipe, and a ball valve assembly. The meter valve defines a selectively openable outlet. The first pipe is in fluid communication with the meter valve and a water supply source. The vacuum breaker is disposed within the first pipe upstream of the meter valve and oriented to prevent backflow from the meter valve to the water supply source. The second pipe extends from a wall and is downstream from the supply source. The ball valve assembly is disposed between the first pipe and the second pipe upstream of the vacuum breaker to facilitate fluid communication between the first pipe and the second pipe and to selectively isolate the meter valve from the water supply source.
US09869077B2	Waste disposal with improved cutter plate features In one aspect, a waste disposal for processing waste may generally include a housing and a motor disposed within the housing. The housing may include an inlet defining an open area through the top of the housing. The motor may define a rotational axis. In addition, the waste disposal may include a cutter plate coupled to the motor. The cutter plate may include an upper surface, a side surface and an outer edge defined around an outer perimeter of the cutter plate. The upper surface may define a high point and may have a sloped portion angled downwardly from the high point towards the outer edge. The cutter plate may also define a cutter plate area directly below the open area defined by the inlet. The high point may be defined along the outer surface at a radial location between the cutter plate area and the outer edge.
US09869076B1	Combination sink strainer and stopper A combination sink strainer and stopper for a sink having a predefined sink opening through which fluid and limited waste passes includes a strainer cup having a continuous sidewall and a bottom connected to said sidewall, a strainer cup including a plurality of openings therethrough to provide a straining of debris over a predetermined size of the openings and a cover plate pivotally connected to the strainer cup which when the strainer cup is disposed in the sink opening, the cover plate is permitted to pivot to a first closed position and close and cover the strainer cup in a manner to seal about the sink opening and a second open position wherein the strainer cup is at least partially not covered by said cover plate and permit fluid and the limited waste therethrough.
US09869075B2	Sanitary component, namely jet regulator or jet former for flowing, fluid media, method of producing such a sanitary component and use of a sanitary component The invention relates to a sanitary component, namely a stream regulator or stream former for flowing fluid media, consisting of property-defining components in a sandwich-like arrangement in the direction of flow which comprise at least one screen attachment, one diffuser plate assembly as well as a shell body having segments of stream-forming openings extending across its cross-sectional surface. The property-defining components are exchangeable and combinable so as to realize adaptability to different user and user requirements. A locking means is provided e.g. on the inner circumference of the shell body for this purpose as is a corresponding counter-locking means on the outer circumference of the diffuser plate assembly. The diffuser plate assembly exhibits, at least on its exterior, a flow rate class-specifying optical code and the shell body exhibits a stream type-specifying, namely laminar or aerated, optical code.
US09869073B2	Controlling the operation of an industrial machine based on wire rope dead wraps An industrial machine that includes a dipper, a hoist drum, a wire rope connected between the hoist drum and the dipper, a hoist motor, a sensor, and a controller. The sensor generates a signal related to a number of wire wraps of the wire rope around the hoist drum, which is received by the controller. The controller determines, based on the signal from the sensor, the number of wire wraps around the hoist drum. If the controller determines that there are an insufficient number of dead wraps around the hoist drum, the controller sets one or more parameters of the hoist motor. The controller sets each of the one or more parameters of the hoist motor to a value that is lower than a normal operational value for the parameter.
US09869069B2	Anti-scour system Seabed scour about a seabed-mounted foundation or renewable energy device or anchor therefore, especially a wind-turbine monopile may be prevented or reduced by installing on or in the seabed area about the foundation or device an arrangement of interconnected sedimentation elements, which by virtue of the elemental structure or interconnective arrangement themselves do not cause or worsen seabed scour by substantially displacing seabed material on which the elements are placed. Elements having a specific gravity, either in situ or inherent, of substantially similar to the seabed material or mobilized seabed material in which they are placed are capable of achieving this. An ideal arrangement of elements (or mat) is one formed of used or discarded vehicle tires.
US09869060B2	Polymer and its preparation and use The present invention relates to a water-soluble cationic acrylamide-based polymer having one or more acetoacetate groups. The invention also relates to a method for producing the water-soluble polymer which comprises polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated monomers in an aqueous phase, wherein the monomers comprise (a) (meth)acrylamide, (b) ethylenically unsaturated cationic monomer, (c) ethylenically unsaturated monomer having one or more acetoacetate groups, and (d) optionally other ethylenically unsaturated monomer. The invention further relates to the use of the water-soluble polymer as a strength agent in the production of paper and board. The invention further relates to a process for producing paper and board which comprises providing an aqueous cellulosic suspension, adding to the suspension water-soluble polymer having one or more ketone groups, and dewatering the obtained suspension. The invention further relates to paper and board comprising the water-soluble polymer of the invention, as well as paper and board produced by the process of the invention.
US09869058B2	Pineapple leaf fiber fine treatment method The invention relates to a pineapple leaf fiber fine treatment method and belongs to the technical field of fiber fine treatment. According to the method, fibers are firstly subjected to pretreatment by ultrasonic waves, then subjected to swelling treatment by a swelling additive, then subjected to chemical degumming treatment after the swelling treatment to prepare pineapple leaf fiber degummed ramie, and finally teased and refined to obtain pineapple leaf fiber ramie stripes. A loosening fiber structure makes fibers slip easily under the effect of an external teasing and refining force, while the invention may increase the fiber looseness, improve the fiber fineness, improve the fiber quality, enable a chemical degumming additive to enter the inside of the fiber more easily, reduce sewage discharge during degumming, and decrease the degumming treatment cost.
US09869057B2	Defibration unit A defibration unit includes a rotating unit and a fixing unit. The rotating unit and the fixing unit are arranged so as to be apart from each other with a gap therebetween in a direction that intersects with a rotating shaft of the rotating unit. The fixing unit includes a plurality of plates that are layered in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and the plates has a plurality of convexities that protrude at a side facing the rotating unit.
US09869055B2	Rolling hamper A rolling hamper with a body with two sides, a front, a bottom and an expanded back portion. The body includes ventilation holes which may have fortified edges to avoid hazards for users. Wheels are removably coupled at the two back corners so that the hamper can be tipped back and rolled.
US09869042B2	Spunbond method for producing non-woven fabric of natural cellulose with flame-retarding feature A spunbond method for producing non-woven fabric of natural cellulose with flame-retarding feature comprises following steps. Blend pulp and solvent of N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMMO) to form slurry. Evaporate water content from slurry by a Thin Film Evaporator to form dope. Extrude the dope off spin nozzles to form filament strand via spunbond method. Coagulating regenerate, water rinse, hydro-entangled needle-punch and dry the filament strand to form normal natural cellulose nonwoven, which is soaking rolled by flame retardant of N-hydroxymethyl-3-(dimethoxy-phosphate acyl) propyl amide, then orderly bake, alkaline clean, water rinse, dry and wind-up to convert it into modified natural cellulose nonwoven fabrics of long-acting flame retarding feature in coil manner. Because of cross-linking reaction between foregoing flame retardant and natural cellulose nonwoven, the flame-retarding capability thereof meet requirements of testing standards in American ASTM D6413-1999 and ASTM D2863-1995. Moreover, the wastes thereof meet environmental protection requirements.
US09869038B2	Polypeptide electrospun nanofibrils of defined composition Electrospun nanofibrils and methods of preparing the same are provided. The electrospun nanofibrils comprise at least one polypeptide. A polypeptide can be dissolved in a solution, and the solution can be electrospun into a nanofibril. The solution can be added to a syringe or syringe pump, and an electric field can be applied to electrospin the at least one polypeptide.
US09869035B2	Vapor phase growth apparatus and vapor phase growth method A vapor phase growth apparatus includes: a reaction chamber; a lower region provided below the reaction chamber; a rotating body provided in the reaction chamber; a rotating shaft connected to the rotating body and having a lower end provided in the lower region; a support portion provided in an upper portion of the rotating body and supporting a substrate; a reaction gas supply port provided on the reaction chamber and supplying a reaction gas for forming a film on the substrate into the reaction chamber; a rotating mechanism including a rotor, the rotating mechanism provided in the lower region and configured to rotate the rotating shaft; a first bearing provided in the lower region and rotatably supporting the rotating shaft; a second bearing provided below the first bearing in the lower region, the second bearing rotatably supporting the rotating shaft; a first air supply port provided above the rotating mechanism and the first bearing in the lower region, the first air supply port supplying a first gas into the lower region; a second air supply port provided below the rotating mechanism and the second bearing in the lower region, the second air supply port supplying a second gas into the lower region; a first exhaust port provided between the first air supply port and the second air supply port in the lower region, the first exhaust port exhausting the first gas and the second gas from the lower region; and a second exhaust port provided in the reaction chamber and exhausting a surplus reaction gas and a reaction by-product generated by the formation of the film from the reaction chamber.
US09869033B2	Production of a GaN bulk crystal substrate and a semiconductor device formed on a GaN bulk crystal substrate A crystal has a diameter of 1 cm or more and shows a strongest peak in cathode luminescent spectrum at a wavelength of 360 nm in correspondence to a band edge.
US09869031B2	High-productivity porous semiconductor manufacturing equipment This disclosure enables high-productivity fabrication of semiconductor-based separation layers (made of single layer or multi-layer porous semiconductors such as porous silicon, comprising single porosity or multi-porosity layers), optical reflectors (made of multi-layer/multi-porosity porous semiconductors such as porous silicon), formation of porous semiconductor (such as porous silicon) for anti-reflection coatings, passivation layers, and multi-junction, multi-band-gap solar cells (for instance, by forming a variable band gap porous silicon emitter on a crystalline silicon thin film or wafer-based solar cell). Other applications include fabrication of MEMS separation and sacrificial layers for die detachment and MEMS device fabrication, membrane formation and shallow trench isolation (STI) porous silicon (using porous silicon formation with an optimal porosity and its subsequent oxidation). Further the disclosure is applicable to the general fields of Photovoltaics, MEMS, including sensors and actuators, stand-alone, or integrated with integrated semiconductor microelectronics, semiconductor microelectronics chips and optoelectronics.
US09869030B2	Process to mitigate spallation of anodic oxide coatings from high strength substrate alloys Anodic oxide coatings and methods for forming anodic oxide coatings are disclosed. In some embodiments, the anodic oxide coatings are multilayered coatings that include at least two anodic oxide layers formed using two separate anodizing processes. The anodic oxide coating includes at least an adhesion-promoting or color-controlling anodic oxide layer adjacent the substrate. The adhesion-promoting anodic oxide layer is formed using an anodizing process that involves using an electrolyte that prevents formation of delaminating compounds at an interface between the adhesion-promoting anodic oxide layer and the substrate, thereby securing the anodic oxide coating to the substrate. In some cases, the electrolyte includes an organic acid, such as oxalic acid. The anodic oxide coating can also include a cosmetic anodic oxide layer having an exposed surface corresponding to an external surface of the anodic oxide coating. Cosmetic anodic oxide layers can be designed to have a desired appearance or tactile quality.
US09869025B2	Doped tin oxide and method for selective metallization of insulating substrate Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a doped tin oxide. The doped tin oxide includes a tin oxide and at least one oxide of a doping element. The doping element includes at least one of vanadium and molybdenum. The doped tin oxide includes an amount of the tin oxide ranging from 90 mol % to 99 mol %, and an amount of the at least one oxide ranging from 1 mol % to 10 mol %.
US09869022B2	Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus includes a shower head configured to disperse a gas; a process vessel installed at a downstream side of the shower head and configured to have a process space that allows a substrate to be processed by a process gas therein; a gas supplier connected to the shower head; a shower head gas exhauster connected to the shower head; and a capturing assembly configured to capture a component different from the process gas within the shower head.
US09869020B2	Protecting a target pump interior with an ALD coating An apparatus and method for protecting a target pump interior, where a target pump (10) inlet is provided with an inlet manifold (20) and a target pump outlet with an exhaust manifold (30). The target pump interior is exposed to sequential self-saturating surface reactions by sequential inlet of reactive gases according to an ALD method via the inlet manifold into the target pump interior and outlet of reaction residue via the exhaust manifold, while the target pump is kept running or not running. A technical effect of the invention is protecting a pump interior, which can be also an assembled pump interior, by a conformal protective coating.
US09869019B2	Substrate processing apparatus including processing unit Provided is a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus in which a process with respect to substrates is performed includes a lower chamber having an opened upper portion, the lower chamber having a passage, through which the substrates are accessible, in a side thereof, an external reaction tube closing the opened upper portion of the lower chamber to provide a process space in which the process is performed, a substrate holder on which the one or more substrates are vertically stacked, the substrate holder being movable between a stacking position at which the substrates are stacked within the substrate holder and a process position at which the process with respect to the substrates is performed, a gas supply unit supplying a reaction gas into the process space, and a processing unit disposed outside the external reaction tube to activate the reaction gas, thereby performing the process with respect to the substrates.
US09869018B2	Solid precursor delivery method using liquid solvent for thin film deposition A method of solid precursor delivery for a vapor deposition process is provided. In some embodiments, a precursor ampoule is provided including a solid precursor arranged in the precursor ampoule. A solvent is added to the precursor ampoule including one or more ionic liquids to dissolve chemical species of the solid precursor and to form a liquid precursor. A carrier gas is applied into the liquid precursor through an inlet of the precursor ampoule. A gas precursor is generated at an upper region of the precursor ampoule by vaporization of the liquid precursor. The chemical species of the solid precursor are delivered into a vapor deposition chamber by the carrier gas. The chemical species of the solid precursor is deposited onto a substrate within the vapor deposition chamber.
US09869013B2	Ion assisted deposition top coat of rare-earth oxide A method of manufacturing an article comprises providing an article such as a chamber component for an etch reactor. A plasma spray deposition process is performed for deposit a first protective layer over at least one surface of the chamber component. The first protective layer is a plasma resistant ceramic having a thickness of greater than approximately 50 microns and a plurality of cracks and pores. An ion assisted deposition (IAD) process is then performed to deposit a second protective layer over the first protective layer. The second protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth oxide having a thickness of less than 50 microns and a porosity of less than 1%. The second protective layer seals the plurality of cracks and pores of the first protective layer.
US09869012B2	Ion assisted deposition for rare-earth oxide based coatings A method of manufacturing an article comprises performing ion assisted deposition (IAD) to deposit a protective layer on at least one surface of the article, wherein the protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth oxide film having a thickness of less than 300 μm and an average surface roughness of 10 micro-inches or less.
US09869011B2	Hard decorative member having gray-tone layer Provided is a hard decorative member excellent in scratch resistance. The hard decorative member according to the present invention includes a base and a hard decorative coating film layered on the base, in which the hard decorative coating film includes a gray-tone layer including a compound formed by a reaction of an alloy of Ti and one or two or more metals M2 selected from Nb, Ta, and V with a non-metallic element including at least carbon. It is preferable that the amount of carbon contained in the gray-tone layer is 30 to 70 atm % in a total of Ti, the metal M2, and the non-metallic element of 100 atm %.
US09869007B2	Hydrogen storage alloy, hydrogen storage alloy electrode, secondary battery, and method for producing hydrogen storage alloy Provided is a hydrogen storage alloy which is characterized in that two or more crystal phases having different crystal structures are layered in a c-axis direction of the crystal structures. The hydrogen storage alloy is further characterized in that a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a lattice constant a in the crystal structures of the laminated two or more crystal phases is 0.03 Å or less.
US09869003B2	Methods for processing alloys A method of processing a workpiece to inhibit precipitation of intermetallic compounds includes at least one of thermomechanically processing and cooling a workpiece including an austenitic alloy. During the at least one of thermomechanically working and cooling the workpiece, the austenitic alloy is at temperatures in a temperature range spanning a temperature just less than a calculated sigma solvus temperature of the austenitic alloy down to a cooling temperature for a time no greater than a critical cooling time.
US09869000B2	Methods of making bainitic steel materials Methods of making bainitic steels may involve austenitizing a quantity of steel by exposing the quantity of steel to a first temperature. A composition of the quantity of steel may be configured to impede formation of non-bainite ferrite, pearlite, and Widmanstätten ferrite. The quantity of steel may be heat-treated to form bainite by exposing the quantity of steel to a second, lower temperature. The second, lower temperature may be stabilized by exposing the quantity of steel to the second, lower temperature in the presence of a thermal ballast.
US09868993B2	Methods of diagnosing or treating prostate cancer using the ERG gene, alone or in combination with other over or under expressed genes in prostate cancer The present invention relates to oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes, as well as other genes, involved in prostate cancer and their expression products, as well as derivatives and analogs thereof. Provided are therapeutic compositions and methods of detecting and treating cancer, including prostate and other related cancers. Also provided are methods of diagnosing and/or prognosing prostate cancer by determining the expression level of at least one prostate cancer-cell-specific gene, including, for example, the ERG gene or the LTF gene alone, or in combination with at least one of the AMACR gene and the DD3 gene.
US09868989B2	Mutation within the connexin 26 gene responsible for prelingual non-syndromic deafness and method of detection A purified polynucleotide having a chain of nucleotides corresponding to a mutated sequence, which in a wild form encodes a polypeptide implicated in hereditary sensory defect wherein said mutated purified polynucleotide presents a mutation responsible for prelingual non-syndromic deafness selected from the group consisting of a specific deletion of at least one nucleotide.
US09868985B2	Massive parallel method for decoding DNA and RNA This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analog after the nucleotide analog is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogs which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analog through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose.
US09868977B2	Red-shifted luciferins and methods of using same Novel red-shifted luciferin derivatives and uses of those compounds are provided.
US09868974B2	Sensor devices The present invention relates to a sensor device for measuring a level of an analyte of interest in a fluid, such as body fluid (for example blood, plasma, urine, interstitial fluid, saliva), a method of manufacturing a sensor device, a reagent film for use in a sensor, a method of manufacturing a reagent film for use in a sensor, a method of conducting an assay using a sensor, a method of calibrating a measurement from a sensor, a method of calibrating a batch of sensors, a meter for use with a sensor and a kit comprising a meter and a sensor according to the invention. A first aspect of the invention provides a sensor device for measuring a level of an analyte of interest In a fluid comprising: a flowpath for the fluid; on the flowpath, a reagent for the analyte of interest adjacent to an internal standard comprising a first predetermined amount of a first calibration analyte; and further wherein the reagent and the predetermined amount of a first calibration analyte are in dry form. A second aspect of the invention provides a device comprising: a first calibration electrode having the first predetermined amount of first calibration analyte and reagent for the analyte of interest located thereon; a first working electrode having reagent for the analyte of interest thereon, and further wherein the first calibration electrode lies upstream of the first working electrode.
US09868973B2	Method for optimizing post-translational modifications on recombinant proteins A method for optimizing post-translational modifications of recombinant proteins expressed in living cells is described. More particularly, a method for modulation of host proteins in living cells that control PTMs on recombinant proteins is described that has particularly useful applications in developing manufacturing process changes or in biosimilar development. The goal of this modulation is to produce a recipe for production of a recombinant protein in the new process or in the biosimilar that will produce a targeted PTM profile in the resulting protein product. In the method one or more modulators are selected, as from a modulator library, which affect the activity of host proteins. These modulators are added to media during production such that the resulting product matches the PTMs of the reference product. The ideal set of modulators and their concentrations are identified through a unique iterative process and the combined modulators and their concentrations constitute a recipe for growth media for the production of said recombinant protein. The methodology to obtain such a recipe described herein may then be used in many applications, such as optimizing new batches of recombinant protein drugs, developing biosimilar or bio-better drugs.
US09868970B2	Method for improving GlcNAc production of recombinant bacillus subtilis The invention provides an effective method for improving N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) production by engineered B. subtilis Deletion of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase encoding gene pckA and encoding pyruvate kinase gene pyK in recombinant GlcNAc-producing strain BSGNK-PxylA-glmS-P43-GNA1 (BSGNK) is first performed to enhance GlcNAc production, followed by overexpression of pyruvate carboxylase encoding gene pycA for facilitating cell growth. Finally, the GlcNAc production of the recombinant strain BPTS3 reached to 11.3 g/L, which was 1.84-fold of BSGNK. This method can be used for improve cellular property of engineered B. subtilis for GlcNAc production, which can be further applied to industrial production of GlcNAc.
US09868967B2	Polyhydroxyalkanoate compositions and microbial cultures for making the same Embodiments of the invention relate to the microbial production of polyhydroxyalkanoic acids, or polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), from substrates which cannot be used as a source of carbon and/or energy for microbial growth or PHA synthesis and which have microbial and environmental toxicity. According to one embodiment of the invention, a process for the production of PHA is provided wherein an enzyme such as methane monooxygenase is used to convert volatile organic compounds into PHA through the use of microorganisms that are unable to use volatile organic compounds as a source of carbon for growth or PHA production.
US09868966B2	Genetically engineered yeast A genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae including an active fermentation pathway producing 3-HP expresses an exogenous gene expressing the aminotransferase YhxA from Bacillus cereus AH1272 catalyzing a transamination reaction between beta-alanine and pyruvate to produce malonate semialdehyde. The yeast may also express a 3-hydroxyisobutyrate dehydrogenase (HIBADH) and a 3-hydroxypropanoate dehydrogenase (3-HPDH) and aspartate 1-decarboxylase. Additionally the yeast may express pyruvate carboxylase and aspartate aminotransferase.
US09868964B2	Solid waste treatment with conversion to gas and anaerobic digestion Waste solids are treated by pyrolysis at a temperature over 700 degrees C. to produce char and a gas. The gas is treated in an anaerobic digester. In one system, gas and digestate are brought into contact in a diffusion cone. In another option, headspace gas above the digestate is re-circulated through the digestate, for example by way of an eductor downstream of the diffusion cone.
US09868961B2	Methods and compositions for localized secretion of anti-CTLA-4 antibodies The present invention provides compositions and methods for effectuating the localized expression of anti-CTLA-4 antibody proximal to a target tissue in a patient.
US09868960B2	Placental like alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) promoter mediated cell targeting The present invention relates to cell specific therapeutic modality by using a region of the PLAP Promoter. The invention further relates to specific expression of therapeutically PLAP useful sequences for specific transcriptional activation of this gene. The invention also relates to the PLAP region which may be used alone or in combination with other regions like enhancer sequences that augment cell or tumour specific gene expression.
US09868953B2	Methods and compositions for preventing ischemia reperfusion injury in organs The invention, in some embodiments, relates to compounds and methods for the prevention of ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) in organs, and in particular to IRI in organs aged 35 years and older. Specific uses include prevention of IRI in native organs in vivo, in reimplantations and in transplantations of donor organs aged 35 years and older. Additional embodiments include the prophylaxis of delayed graft function (DGF) and reduction in the frequency, amount and duration of dialysis in recipients of deceased donor kidney transplantations. The methods entail contacting the organ in vivo or ex vivo with a temporary p53 inhibitor. Novel temporary dsNA p53 inhibitors are further provided.
US09868948B2	Antigen-binding molecule capable of binding to two or more antigen molecules repeatedly The present inventors discovered that antibodies having weaker antigen-binding activity at the early endosomal pH in comparison with that at the pH of plasma are capable of binding to multiple antigen molecules with a single antibody molecule, have long half-lives in plasma, and have improved durations of time in which they can bind to antigen.
US09868946B2	Method of isolating pure mitochondrial DNA A method for preparing circular double stranded mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) substantially free of genomic DNA (gDNA) comprising the steps of: providing a cellular lysate free of protein and RNA contaminants, precipitating cellular debris and proteins out of said lysate and obtaining a solution comprising purified circular double stranded mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and genomic DNA (gDNA), incubating said solution with an amount of Hind Exonuclease V for a time and at a temperature effective to cleave non-circular DNA and obtain circular double stranded mtDNA, incubating said circular double stranded mtDNA with an amount of Ampure beads effective to bind said circular double stranded mtDNA, washing said beads with ethanol, and eluting said mtDNA from said beads, wherein said method is free of ultra-centrifugation.
US09868937B2	Cell and gene based methods to improve cardiac function Compositions and methods for improving cardiac function, myocardial contractility and relaxation in a mammal are provided. Cardiomyocytes transfected with one or more expression vectors comprising a ribonucleotide reductase subunit R1-encoding nucleic acid sequence and a ribonucleotide reductase subunit R2-encoding nucleic acid sequence operably linked to a promoter are grafted to a mammalian myocardium. Also provided are compositions and methods for delivering dATP to a myocardium through grafting of donor cells overexpressing R1 and R2. dATP is thereby produced in situ and delivered through gap junctions established between donor cells and host cardiomyocytes. Alternatively, viral vector(s) having the R1 and R2-encoding construct(s) are administered to the mammal directly. Improvement of cardiac function can also be effected by administration of vectors comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a L48Q, 61 Q, or L57Q cTnC variant.
US09868935B2	Composition and method of stem cells for preservation of cardiac tissue The present disclosure describes a method and composition for enhancing the survival of hematopoietic stem cells, preferably CD34+ derived from human umbilical cord or peripheral blood, in hypoxic and serum-deprived conditions by cultivating the cells in medium containing lysophosphatidic acid, preferably further comprising a gel, namely a biomimetic gel.The method and composition may be used in medicine or cosmetic application, in particular, in treatment of cardiac tissue and/or cardiac diseases, and/or in the treatment of wound healing namely diabetic wound healing.
US09868934B2	Method for producing pluripotent stem cells The present invention allows a TET1 protein to be more stably expressed in human pluripotent stem cells than in the past by, inter alia, substituting the second amino acid from the amino terminal of a TET1 protein with a different amino acid. Furthermore upon differentiation of said pluripotent stem cells, it is possible to quickly eliminate the expression of, inter alia, NANOG, which is an inhibitor of differentiation and promote the expression of factors related to differentiation by introducing a variant TET1 protein to a pluripotent stem cell. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing pluripotent stem cells with increased differentiation potential, and a substance that is useful to said method.
US09868931B2	Methods and an apparatus for transporting live cells The invention provides improved methods and an apparatus for transporting a starter culture of living cells including fungi, bacteria, animal and plant cells. The methods and apparatus enable on-demand feeding and on-demand supply of nutrient gas resulting in increased cell viability and improved fermentations.
US09868929B2	Method of making alcohol concentrate One embodiment of the present invention is a nested fermentation method for making a beverage, such as an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beer, a wine, or the like, the method comprising the steps of: (1) performing a first fermentation process on first fermentation ingredients to form a first solution; (2) removing a first collection of alcohol, aromatics, and water from the first solution to generate an intermediate solution; (3) adding additional fermentation ingredients to the intermediate solution; (4) removing additional alcohol, aromatics, and water from the intermediate solution after fermentation of the additional fermentation ingredients; (5) repeating steps (3) and (4) as necessary to create a concentrated solution; and (6) adding aromatics and/or alcohol to the concentrated solution.
US09868926B2	Dosage element and a method of manufacturing a dosage element A dosage element of a type to be consumed in ware washing comprises first (10) and second joined parts (20). The first part (10) comprises a substrate carrying a substance, but preferably carrying a plurality of mutually separated substances A, C. Opposed, second, part (20) comprises a substrate carrying one or more substances B. The first part (10) is joined to the second part (20) so as to form a closed receptacle enclosing the substances in a meshing or interdigitating manner. This arrangement has benefits in manufacturing and in mechanical properties.
US09868923B2	Perfume compositions A perfume composition having controlled release of phytoncides in an atmosphere in order to generate an air condition resembling the air environment of a forest is provided. The perfume composition includes a) at least about 0.6% by weight of at least one phytoncide; and b) a perfume mixture including (i) at least one solvent; and (ii) at least one fragrance ingredient. At least about 25% by weight of the at least one phytoncide is selected from the group consisting of pinene alpha, pinene beta and combinations thereof.
US09868921B2	Lubricant design manufacturability process Methods are provided for designing a blending component for making a plurality of lubricant products that contain the designed blending component. This can be accomplished by first determining a plurality of manufacturability index values for each desired lubricant product for a family of proposed blending components. The manufacturing index values can then be used to construct a manufacturability window for each lubricant product. The manufacturability windows for each lubricant product can then be analyzed to determine regions of overlap, if any, where a proposed blending component can be used with an increased likelihood to formulate each of the desired products. Alternatively, manufacturability windows can be used to determine suitability of pre-existing blending components for formulation of desired products.
US09868919B2	Lubricating composition containing lewis acid reaction product The invention provides a lubricating composition comprising: an oil of lubricating viscosity and a reaction product of a monovalent to tetravalent inorganic Lewis acid and a hydroxyl terminated polyether (or glycol), wherein the mole ratio of hydroxyl terminated polyether (or glycol) to Lewis acid is 1:1 or greater. The invention further relates to a method of lubricating a mechanical device (such as an internal combustion engine) with the lubricating composition.
US09868918B2	Biodiesel composition and related process and products There is described a biodiesel composition and process for producing biodiesel and related products. There is also described related fuels and fuel blends comprising biodiesel. The biodiesel composition may be prepared from a mixture comprising fats, oils and greases from sewer waste.
US09868914B2	Integrated hydrotreating and isomerization system with aromatic separation Deep desulfurization of hydrocarbon feeds containing undesired organosulfur compounds to produce a hydrocarbon product having low levels of sulfur, i.e., 15 ppmw or less of sulfur, is achieved by hydrotreating the feed under mild conditions, and separating the hydrotreated effluent into an aromatic-rich fraction which contains a substantial amount of the aromatic refractory and sterically hindered sulfur-containing compounds, and an aromatic-lean fraction. The aromatic-rich fraction is contacted with isomerization catalyst, and the isomerized aromatic-rich fraction is recycled to the mild hydrotreating process.
US09868911B2	Apparatuses and methods for energy efficient separations including refining of fuel products In various aspects, methods and apparatuses for liquid-liquid extraction are provided. In certain aspects, an emulsion can be formed by combining a feed stream, an extractant, and a surfactant. The feed stream comprises a plurality of distinct components including a first component to be removed therefrom. The feed stream may be selected from a group consisting of: a hydrocarbon feed stream and an azeotrope. Then, a portion of the first component is extracted from the feed stream (or emulsion) by contact with a superoleophobic and hygroscopic membrane filter that facilitates passage of the first component and extractant through the superoleophobic and hygroscopic membrane filter. A purified product is collected having the portion of the first component removed. Such methods are particularly useful for refining fuels and oils and separating azeotropes and other miscible component systems. Energy-efficient, continuous single unit operation apparatuses for conducting such separation techniques are also provided.
US09868909B2	Process for converting one or more C3—C12 oxygenates A process for converting one or more C3-C12 oxygenates comprising:1) contacting a feed comprising C3-C12 oxygenates with hydrogen in the presence of a sulphided hydrogenation catalyst to produce a partially hydrogenated effluent;2) contacting the partially hydrogenated effluent with hydrogen at a hydrogen partial pressure of at least 0.1 MegaPascal in the presence of a sulphided carbon-carbon coupling catalyst to produce a conversion product;3) optionally contacting at least part of the conversion product with hydrogen in the presence of a sulphided hydrotreating catalyst and/or a sulphided hydroisomerization catalyst to produce a conversion product; and4) optionally purifying the conversion product, optionally hydrotreated and/or hydroisomerized, conversion product to obtain a final product, wherein the carbon-carbon coupling catalyst comprises at least 60 wt % of a zeolite and in the range from 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of a hydrogenation metal, based on the total weight of the carbon-carbon coupling catalyst.
US09868906B2	Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal composition satisfies at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of the nematic phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to ultraviolet light and heat, or has a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics. The composition contains a specific compound having high stability to ultraviolet light as a first component, and a liquid crystal display device includes the composition. The composition may contain a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a second component, a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a third component, and a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive component.
US09868904B2	Liquid crystal displays and liquid crystalline media with homeotropic alignment The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media (LC media) having negative or positive dielectric anisotropy comprising self-aligning mesogens (SAMs) which effect homeotropic (vertical) alignment of the LC media at a surface or the cell walls of a liquid-crystal display (LC display). The invention therefore also encompasses LC displays having homeotropic alignment of the liquid-crystalline medium (LC medium) without conventional imide alignment layers. The LC media may be supplemented by a polymerizable or polymerized component, which serves for stabilization of the alignment, for adjustment of the tilt angle and/or as passivation layer.
US09868903B2	Liquid phase additive for use in thermal cracking process to improve product yields The present invention relates to a liquid phase additive comprising an alkyl nitrate; a petroleum sulphonates; an aliphatic, aromatic, cyclohexylamines or hetroalkylated lower amines; a hindered phenol based compounds; a phosphate esters and an aliphatic alcohols for use in delayed coking process with decreased coke yield and increased yield of liquid and/or gaseous product and a process for preparing the liquid phase additive. The present invention also relates to a process for thermal cracking of petroleum residue producing petroleum coke and lighter hydrocarbon products by using liquid phase additive.
US09868898B2	Processes for preparing color stable red-emitting phosphors Processes for preparing color stable Mn4+ doped phosphors include contacting a phosphor of formula I with a fluorine-containing oxidizing agent in gaseous form at temperature ≦225° C. to form the color stable Mn4+ doped phosphor A x ⁢ MF y ⁢ : ⁢ Mn 4 + I wherein A is independently at each occurrence Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is independently at each occurrence Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Hf, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the MFy ion; and y is 5, 6 or 7. In another aspect, the processes include contacting a phosphor of formula I at an elevated temperature with an oxidizing agent comprising a C1-C4 fluorocarbon, to form the color stable Mn4+ doped phosphor.
US09868896B2	Self-suspending proppants for hydraulic fracturing The invention provides for modified proppants, comprising a proppant particle and a hydrogel coating, wherein the hydrogel coating localizes on the surface of the proppant particle to produce the modified proppant, methods of manufacturing such proppants and methods of use.
US09868894B1	Corrosion inhibition with alkoxy aromatic imidazolines An aminoalkyl imidazolines of the formula: having p-octyloxy-, p-dodecyloxy-, or p-octadecyloxy-phenyl pendants as hydrophobes, for use to mitigate mild steel corrosion. An electron-rich aromatic ring, in conjugation with an amidine motif, imparts increasing corrosion inhibition efficiencies with an increasing hydrophobe chain length. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirms the formation of an aminoalkyl imidazoline film on a metal surface prior to reaching a critical molar concentration.
US09868893B2	Methods and compositions for use in oil and/or gas wells Methods and compositions comprising an emulsion or a microemulsion for use in various aspects of the life cycle of an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the emulsion or the microemulsion comprises water, a solvent, and a surfactant, and optionally, one or more additives. In some embodiments, methods for preventing, reducing, or eliminating a crude oil emulsion in an oil and/or gas well are provided.
US09868892B2	Method of forming fluid impermeable plug in a subterranean formation Water and gas flow into a subterranean reservoir may be reduced by pumping into the reservoir a multi-aldehyde crosslinking agent and a low molecular weight polyacrylamide capable of crosslinking with the crosslinking agent. The reaction product forms a gel plug impermeable to water and gas.
US09868891B2	Methods for producing emulsifiers for oil-based drilling fluids Methods for making emulsifiers, emulsified drilling fluids, and methods for using the same are provided. In one or more embodiments, the method for making an emulsifier can include mixing a tall oil and a triamide. The triamide can have the chemical formula: where: x, y, and z are integers independently selected from 1 to 10, R1 is a C8-C20 alkyl, a C8-C20 alkenyl, a C8-C20 dialkenyl, or a C8-C20 alkynyl, R2 is H or independently selected for each [(CH2)xNR2(CH2)y] unit, where R4 is a C1-C3 alkylene or a C1-C3 alkylene alcohol, and where at least one R2 is and R3 is a C8-C20 alkyl, a C8-C20 alkenyl, a C8-C20 dialkenyl, or a C8-C20 alkynyl.
US09868885B2	Polishing material particles, method for producing polishing material, and polishing processing method Disclosed are polishing material particles which have polishing performance suitable for precision polishing and also have a high polishing speed and high monodispersibility; a polishing material containing the polishing material particles; and a polishing processing method using the polishing material. The polishing material particles are spherical particles having an average aspect ratio of 1.00 to 1.15, wherein the particle diameter (D50 (nm)) of the polishing material particles as determined from a particle diameter cumulative distribution curve falls within the range from 50 to 1500 nm. The average content of cerium or the total content of cerium and at least one element selected from lanthanum (La), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm) and europium (Eu) in the polishing material particles is 81 mol % or more relative to the total content of all of rare earth elements that constitute the polishing material particles.
US09868879B2	Hot-melt adhesive and use thereof Use of a hot-melt adhesive for adhesive bonding of at least a first packaging and a second packaging, the hot-melt adhesive comprising: (a) 50-85 parts per weight of a basis polymer, wherein the basis polymer is consisting of a metallocene catalyzed polyolefin polymer, preferably ethene-1-octene-copolymer; (b) 10-25 parts per weight of a modifying polymer, the modifying polymer comprising a styrene block copolymer; (c) 5-25 parts per weight of a reinforcing wax, preferably a polyethylene wax or a wax produced by the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis route, the wax component preferably comprising paraffinic oil, naphthenic oil, polybutene, dibasic ester, polyol or mixtures thereof; and (d) 0.05-1.5 parts per weight of a stabilizer component comprising a sterically hindered phenolic antioxidant and/or a hindered amine light stabilizer and a pack comprising the hot-melt adhesive.
US09868874B2	Sympathetic printed-matter and method of producing the same Using the sympathetic printed-matter according to the present invention, a hidden content can be visualized just by wetting. Therefore, it is possible to remove necessities of the sympathetic ink and a special material such as reagent or equipment for visualizing hidden contents. In addition, since the hidden contents disappear by removing water from the sympathetic printed-matter, the sympathetic printed-matter can be used repeatedly. Using the reading confirmation portion, whether or not the sympathetic printed-matter has been read by any other person can be easily determined. In the sympathetic printing method according to the present invention, a hydrophobic substrate can be formed using an existing gas grafting facility, and an ester hydrolase composition and the reading confirmation portion can be formed using an existing printing method. Therefore, a large amount of sympathetic printed-matters can be produced inexpensively and efficiently.
US09868871B2	Water-washable resin formulations for use with 3D printing systems and methods A water washable resin formulation for 3D printing systems having at least one water-soluble and/or water-dispersible ingredient such as an oligomer and/or monomer. In one example, a water-soluble ingredient is greater than 1% by weight of the resin formulation. A water-soluble or water-dispersible filler may also be used as an ingredient in the resin formulation. The water-washable photopolymer resin formulation allows printed 3D objects to be cleaned with water rather than organic solvents. Because the water-washable photopolymer resin formulation is insoluble when cured, only the uncured water-washable photopolymer resin formulation is washed away. Depending on the filler's property and compatibility with the other ingredients of the resin formulation, the blending of filler therein can be used to modify the mechanical and chemical properties of the printed 3D objects.
US09868866B2	Method of forming a hydrolysis resistant aqueous emulsion A hydrolysis resistant aqueous emulsion includes a hydrolyzable silicon containing compound. This emulsion is formed by a method that includes the step of (A) forming a seed emulsion that includes (1) an emulsifier, (2) water, and (3) a first oil phase. The method also includes the step of (B) adding a second oil phase, including a hydrolyzable silicon containing compound, to the seed emulsion. A weight ratio of the second oil phase including the hydrolyzable silicon containing compound to the first oil phase in the seed emulsion is from 0.5 to 50. Moreover, a total weight of the first and second oil phases in the emulsion is at least 60 weight percent.
US09868864B2	Electroconductive-film-forming composition and method for producing electroconductive film An electroconductive-film-forming composition capable of forming an electroconductive film having excellent conductivity and few voids and a method for producing an electroconductive film using the same. The electroconductive-film-forming composition contains copper particles having an average particle diameter of 1 nm to 10 μm, copper oxide particles having an average particle diameter of 1 nm to 500 nm, a reducing agent having a hydroxy group, a metal catalyst including metals other than copper, and a solvent, in which the content of the copper oxide particles is 50% by mass to 300% by mass with respect to the content of the copper particles, the content of the reducing agent is 100 mol % to 800 mol % with respect to the content of the copper oxide particles, and the content of the metal catalyst is 10% by mass or less with respect to the content of the copper oxide particles.
US09868862B2	Surface coating system and method of using surface coating system A coating system for a surface (such as a floor) including a liquid adhesive layer composition including a heat-activated adhesive that forms an adhesive layer upon drying after application to a surface, and a liquid maintenance layer composition comprising a dispersible polymer that forms a maintenance layer upon drying after application to the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer and the maintenance layer may form a peelable coating. An adhesive strength between the adhesive layer and the maintenance layer may be greater than an adhesive strength between the adhesive layer and the surface. The peelable coating may have a tensile strength that is greater than the adhesive strength between the adhesive layer and the surface. The peelable coating may be configured to be peeled from the surface without the adhesive layer and the maintenance layer separating from one another.
US09868860B2	Bismuth vanadate pigments A bismuth vanadate pigment is provided which pigment is doped with a combination of Mg, Al and P and optionally an element E, wherein the molar ratios of the Bi, V, Mg, Al, P and E correspond to a formula Bi Mga Alb Ec Vd Pe Of (I) wherein E is selected from the group consisting of Be, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zr, Mo, Ce and a combination thereof; 0.001≦a≦0.2; 0.001≦b≦0.2; 0≦c≦1.7; 0.5≦d≦2.3; 0.001≦e≦0.5; and f denotes the number of oxygen atoms for satisfying the valence requirements of the cations. The pigment may be used as colorant in various applications, especially in coloring high molecular weight organic material, for example, coating compositions, paints, printing inks, liquid inks, plastics, films, fibers, or glazes for ceramics or glass.
US09868858B2	Optical brightening agents for high quality ink-jet printing The instant invention relates to mixtures of stilbene compounds which provide superior fluorescent whitening effects when applied to the surface of ink-jet papers.
US09868857B2	Composite products containing a powdered binder and methods for making and using same Composite products, powdered binders, resinated furnishes, and methods for making and using same. In one example, a composite product can include a plurality of lignocellulose substrates and an at least partially cured, powdered binder. Prior to curing the powdered binder can include about 5 wt % to about 95 wt % of a powdered carbohydrate, and about 5 wt % to about 95 wt % of a powdered nitrogen-containing compound, where the weight percent values are based on a total weight of the powdered carbohydrate and the powdered nitrogen-containing compound. The powdered carbohydrate can include a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, or a mixture thereof. The powdered nitrogen-containing compound can include an ammonium compound, an alkylammonium compound, an amino acid, a hydrate thereof, a salt thereof, or any mixture thereof.
US09868854B2	Sheet manufacturing apparatus, sheet manufacturing method, sheet manufactured using sheet manufacturing apparatus and sheet manufacturing method, and composite and container used in sheet manufacturing apparatus and sheet manufacturing method A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a mixing unit and a forming unit. The mixing unit is configured to mix fibers and a composite, where a resin and a wax are integrally combined, in air. The forming unit is configured to form a sheet by depositing and heating a mixed material where the fibers and the composite are mixed.
US09868853B2	Uses of biobased styrene Disclosed herein ARE various uses of styrene monomers derived from biobased material and containing modern carbon atoms, including in copolymers, in rubber compositions, in tire components, and to balance the viscoelastic properties of a rubber composition containing the styrene monomer.
US09868846B2	Curable composition for imprints, patterning method and pattern Disclosed is a to provide a curable composition for imprints capable of keeping a good patternability and of producing less defects even after repetitive pattern transfer. The curable composition for imprints comprising: a polymerizable compound (A); a photo-polymerization initiator (B); and a non-polymerizable compound (C) having a polyalkylene glycol structure having at least one terminal hydroxy group, or at least one etherified terminal hydroxy group, and containing substantially no fluorine atom and no silicon atom.
US09868841B2	Method to reprocess cross-linked foam and products produced therefrom Disclosed herein is a method of making a melt-processable material comprises: processing a cross-linked polymeric foam to form a processed cross-linked polymeric foam material wherein the processed cross-linked polymeric foam material has an average particle size suitable for feeding to a melt processor, feeding the processed cross-linked polymeric foam material to the melt processor, and melt mixing a composition comprising the processed cross-linked polymeric foam material and a thermoplastic material wherein the processed cross-linked foam material has a domain size, under melt mixing conditions, less than or equal to the processing spaces of the melt processor.
US09868837B2	Method of improving stability of polyurethane polyol blends containing halogenated olefin blowing agent The present invention is directed towards a method of stabilizing thermosetting foam blends such as polyurethane poly blends containing a blowing agent with negligible (low or zero) ozone-depletion and low GWP based upon unsaturated halogenated hydroolefins in which one or more ester is added to the thermosetting foam blends. The thermosetting foam blends typically in clued: polyol(s); surfactant(s); catalyst(s); flame retardent(s); organic acid inhibitor(s)/stabilizer(s); carbon dioxide generating agent(s). The addition of the one or more esters to the thermosetting foam blends was unexpectedly found to result in blends which were stable over time and the resulted foams have a uniform cell structure with little or no foam collapse.
US09868829B2	Low-density molding compound containing surface derivatized microspheres A molded article is provided that includes a resin matrix having a surface, the resin matrix formed from cross-linked polyester resin or vinyl-ester resin. Microspheroids having a mean diameter of from 16 to 45 microns are embedded in the resin matrix. The microspheroids having a specific gravity of between 0.19 and 0.6 and an isotactic crush strength of greater than or equal to 2750 kilopascals (kPa). Surface activating agent alkoxysilane molecules are covalently bonded to each of the microspheroids. Filler particles are also present in the resin matrix. Fibers are also present in the resin matrix. The fibers being natural fibers, glass fibers, carbon fibers, or a combination thereof. The article has a specific gravity of between 0.80 and 1.25.
US09868824B2	Method of polyarylene sulfide crystallization A method for formation of a semi-crystalline polyarylene sulfide is described. The method can include reaction of sulfur-containing monomer with a dihaloaromatic monomer in an organic amide solvent to form a polymer following by combination of the polymer with a crystallization solution. The crystallization solution is pre-heated and the mixture formed is slowly cooled to crystallize the polymer.
US09868822B2	Cross-linked polymers and medical products derived from nucleophilically activated polyoxazoline One aspect of the invention relates to a biocompatible medical product comprising at least 1% by weight of dry matter of a covalently cross-linked polymer that is obtained by reacting a nucleophilically activated polyoxazoline (NU-PDX) with an electrophilic cross-linking agent other than an electrophilically activated polyoxazoline, said NU-PDX comprising m nucleophilic groups; and said electrophilic cross-linking agent comprising n electrophilic groups, wherein the m nucleophilic groups are capable of reaction with the n electrophilic groups to form covalent bonds; wherein m≧2, n≧2 and m+n≧5; and wherein the NU-PDX comprises at least 30 oxazoline units in case the electrophilic cross-linking agent is an isocyanate.Also provided is a kit for producing the aforementioned biocompatible cross-linked polymer.The biocompatible cross-linked polymers according to the invention have excellent implant and/or sealing characteristics.
US09868821B2	Polymeric nanogels with degradable backbones and from gras components, and compositions and methods thereof The invention generally relates to novel polymers and polymeric nanogels having biodegradable polymeric backbones, and compositions and methods of preparation and use thereof, for example, as guest-host polymer nano-assemblies and nano-delivery vehicles, which offer utilities in diverse fields including drug delivery, diagnostics and specialty materials.
US09868820B2	Polyarylene materials Certain polyarylene oligomers having improved solubility are useful in forming dielectric material layers in electronics applications.
US09868818B2	Copolycarbonate and composition containing the same Disclosed is a polycarbonate composition including a polycarbonate; and a copolycarbonate, where the copolycarbonate includes: an aromatic polycarbonate-based first repeating unit; and aromatic polycatbonate-based second repeating units having siloxane bonds, which include a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2 and a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 3, where the ratio of an impact strength at room temperature and an impact strength at low-temperature (impact strength at room temperature/impact strength at low-temperature) as measured at 23° C. and −30° C., respectively, in accordance with ASTM D256 (⅛ inch, Notched Izod) is 1.01 to 1.30, and the impact strength at room temperature is 840 to 1000 J/m:
US09868815B2	Copolymerized polyester resin The present invention is a copolymerized polyester resin which contains a dicarboxylic acid component and diol components as constituting components, wherein greater than or equal to 90 mol % of terephthalic acid is contained as the dicarboxylic acid component, 39 to 79 mol % of ethylene glycol, 20 to 60 mol % of neopentyl glycol and 1 to 5 mol % of diethylene glycol are contained as the diol components, the reduced viscosity of the resin is greater than or equal to 0.50 dl/g, the number of contaminants having a particle diameter of greater than or equal to 5 μm is less than or equal to 100 per 1 mm2 in a sample of the copolymerized polyester resin having a thickness of 0.8 to 0.9 mm. The copolymerized polyester resin has a higher degree of clarification than conventionally known copolymerized polyesters and also has excellent color hue and heat resistance.
US09868810B2	Polyurethane prepolymers having little or no plasticizer and their use in vehicular glass adhesives An isocyanate terminated prepolymer has been discovered that has sufficiently low glass transition temperature (Tg), necessary rheological properties and mechanical properties that allows for the making of adhesive compositions useful for bonding substrates into larger structures (e.g., windows in vehicles and buildings) with minimal or no plasticizers. The polyether prepolymer comprises a polyisocyanate reaction product of a polyisocyanate having an isocyanate functionality of greater than 2 and a polyether monol having an average molecular weight (Mw) of 1000 to 2000 g/moles and said prepolymer having: (i) a weight molecular weight average (Mw) of about 2000 to about 30,000 g/mole, (ii) a free isocyanate content of 0.8% to 4% by weight of said prepolymer, and (iii) viscosity of 1000 to 50,000 centipoises.
US09868808B2	Quaternary phosphonium coated surfaces and methods of making the same Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a substrate with functionalized surface covalently bound to an anti-infective agent, such as a quaternary phosphonium compound with anti-bacterial activity against a broad range of bacteria, methods of synthesizing an anti-infective composition, and its resultant antimicrobial performance.
US09868806B2	Compositions that can be vulcanized and that are based on nitrile rubbers containing epoxy groups There are provided novel vulcanizable compositions based on optionally fully or partly hydrogenated nitrile rubbers containing epoxy groups, and specific crosslinkers, which no longer require use of conventional crosslinkers, more particularly sulphur. The vulcanizates producible therefrom possess very good compression sets at room temperature, 100° C. and 150° C., and additionally exhibit high tensile stress combined with good elongation at break.
US09868797B2	Bridged metallocene complex for olefin polymerization A metallocene complex according to formula 1 wherein M is a metal selected from lanthanides or transition metals from group 3, 4, 5, or 6, Q is an anionic ligand to M, k is the number of Q groups and equals the valence of M minus 2, X is a cyclic bridging group that is bonded to a carbon atom of the cyclopentadienyl ligand and to nitrogen, Z1, and Z4 are hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-20 carbon atoms; adjacent substituents Z2 and Z3 and are connected to form an indenyl or tetrahydroindenyl ring system and R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-20 carbon atoms. Also described is a composition comprising the metallocene complex, a process for the preparation of the complex, and a process for the polymerization of olefin polymers in the presence of the metallocene complex.
US09868791B2	Methods of preparation of conjugates The present invention is directed to methods of preparing a conjugate of a cell-binding agent and a drug (such as a cytotoxic compound). The methods comprise the use of an imine reactive compound to enable efficient conjugations of cytotoxic compounds with cell binding agents.
US09868790B2	Synergistic combinations of OX40L antibodies for the treatment of GvHD The present invention relates to anti-human OX40L antibodies, new medical uses and methods.
US09868789B2	Synergistic combinations of OX40L antibodies for the treatment of GvHD The present invention relates to anti-human OX40L antibodies, new medical uses and methods.
US09868787B2	Monoclonal antibodies for enhancing or inhibiting insulin-like growth factor-I The present invention provides αVβ3 integrin cysteine loop domain agonists and antagonists (including peptide agonists and antagonists and analogs thereof), along with methods of using the same.
US09868783B2	Inhibition of the synthesis of beta-app or the activity of the A-β peptide in the choroid plexus The invention relates to the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Alzheimer's disease, by inhibition of the synthesis of βAPP or of the activity of the Aβ peptide in the choroid plexus.
US09868779B2	Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), including Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more bacterial polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of IBD.
US09868777B2	CMV neutralizing antigen binding proteins The present invention is directed to antigen binding proteins including, but not limited to, monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to and preferably neutralize human cytomegalovirus (CMV). Also encompassed by the invention are antigen binding proteins that have been humanized. The antigen binding proteins of the invention are useful as a therapeutic agent for treating and/or preventing CMV infections in a patient in need thereof.
US09868774B2	Anti-CD22 chimeric antigen receptors The disclosure provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising a) an antigen binding domain of HA22, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular T cell signaling domain; or b) an antigen binding domain of BL22, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular T cell signaling domain comprising CD28 and/or CD137. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the CARs are disclosed. Methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal are also disclosed.
US09868770B2	Recombinant Der P 2 expressed in Pichia Pastoris as a “natural-like” allergen for immunotherapy and diagnostic purposes The present invention concerns a method for producing a recombinant Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus 2 protein (rDer p 2), comprising the steps of cultivating a Pichia pastoris yeast strain previously transformed with a rDer p 2 coding sequence, and isolating the rDer p 2 protein from said Pichia pastoris yeast strain. The invention also relates to compositions and kits comprising the rDer p 2 protein for therapeutic or diagnostic use.
US09868768B2	Hydrophobic modified pres-derived peptides of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and their use as vehicles for the specific delivery of compounds to the liver The present invention relates to hydrophobic modified preS-derived peptides of hepatitis B virus (HBV) which are versatile vehicles for the specific delivery of compounds to the liver, preferably to hepatocytes, in vitro as well as in vivo. Any kind of compound, but in particular drugs, such as interferons, viral reverse transcriptase inhibitors or core assembly inhibitors, and/or labels can be specifically targeted to the liver and so be enriched in the liver. This liver targeting can further be used for the targeted diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of liver diseases or disorders, such as hepatitis, malaria, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as well as for the prevention of HAV, HBV, HCV and/or HDV infection. The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said hydrophobic modified preS-derived peptide(s) and the compound(s) to be specifically delivered to the liver. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for the combined treatment of a liver disease and the prevention of HAV, HBV, HCV and/or HDV infection. The present invention relates also to the use of the preS-derived peptides in gene therapy and the delivery of immunogenic epitopes for hepatocyte-mediated antigen presentation to activate liver-directed immunological responses.
US09868765B2	T cell receptor and uses thereof A method has been developed to efficiently proliferate and culture a CTL specific to WT1 peptides under limiting dilution conditions. Utilizing this method, CTLs capable of recognizing both a state where a wildtype WT1 specific peptide is presented by HLA-A24:02 and a state where a mutant WT1 specific peptide is presented by HLA-A24:02 have been successfully obtained.
US09868763B2	Modulators of protease activated receptors The present invention provides novel compounds of the Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods for using such compounds as tools for biological studies or as agents or drugs for therapies such as metabolic syndrome, obesity, type II diabetes, fibrosis and cardiovascular diseases, whether they are used alone or in combination with other treatment modalities.
US09868762B2	Method for purifying virus-like particles (VLP) The invention relates to a method for purifying compositions containing virus-like particles (VLP), wherein a VLP-containing composition is filtered through a filter medium, in particular through a membrane, having a molecular weight cut off (MWCO) of more than 30 kDa, and the cell culture supernatant of VLP-expressing cells is used as a VLP-containing composition. The invention further relates to a VLP-containing composition which can be produced by this method.
US09868761B2	Buffer system for protein purification A method for purifying a protein using a simplified, sodium chloride-free buffer system that consists of two components (acid and base pairs) for appropriate solution pH control; and a third component for ionic strength control, where the third component is the sodium salt conjugate base.
US09868760B2	Protein purification A method for purifying a polypeptide by ion exchange chromatography is described in which a gradient wash is used to resolve a polypeptide of interest from one or more contaminants.
US09868752B2	Modular assembly of metal-organic super-containers incorporating calixarenes A new strategy to design container molecules is presented. Sulfonylcalix[4]arenes, which are synthetic macrocyclic containers, are used as building blocks that are combined with various metal ions and tricarboxylate ligands to construct metal-organic ‘super-containers’ (MOSCs). These MOSCs possess both endo and exo cavities and thus mimic the structure of viruses. The synthesis of MOSCs is highly modular, robust, and predictable.
US09868747B2	Marinopyrrole derivatives and methods of making and using same Marinopyrrole derivatives and methods for their synthesis and use are described herein. Novel cyclic and symmetric marinopyrroles with triazole substituents having antibacterial activity against resistant bacterial strains, such as MRSA are introduced. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for treating or preventing cancer and/or microbial infections.
US09868742B2	Substituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines, substituted imidazo[1,5-b] pyridazines, related compounds, and their use in the treatment of medical disorders The invention provides substituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine compounds, substituted imidazo[1,5-b]pyridazine compounds, related compounds, compositions containing such compounds, medical kits, and methods for using such compounds and compositions to treat medical disorders, e.g., Gaucher disease, Parkinson's disease, Lewy body disease, dementia, or multiple system atrophy, in a patient. Exemplary substituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine compounds described herein include substituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine-3-carboxamide compounds and variants thereof.
US09868740B2	Pyrimidinone compounds which are HNE inhibitors This invention relates to heterocyclic compounds, which are pyrimidinone derivatives having human neutrophil elastase inhibitory properties, and their use in therapy.
US09868739B2	Salt(s) of 7-cyclopentyl-2-(5-piperazin-1-yl-pyridin-2-ylamino)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid dimethylamide and processes of making thereof This invention relates to (1) process of making 7-Cyclopentyl-2-(5-piperazin-1-yl-pyridin-2-ylamino)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid dimethylamide and salt(s) thereof; (2) novel salt(s) of 7-Cyclopentyl-2-(5-piperazin-1-yl-pyridin-2-ylamino)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid dimethylamide; (3) pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same; and (4) methods of treatment using the same.
US09868737B2	Pyridino[1,2-A]pyrimidone analogue used as MTOR/P13K inhibitor The present invention relates to novel pyridino[1,2-α]pyrimidone compounds represented by formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and a method of use thereof for treating tumors.
US09868735B2	Benzazepine ketone compounds as glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor, preparation method therefor, and medical uses The present invention relates to the field of pharmaceutical chemistry, and particularly to a novel class of benzazepine ketone derivatives (I), their preparation method and their pharmaceutical uses. The compounds have glycogen phosphorylase inhibiting effect and can be used in the preparation of anti-diabetes and its complications medicaments, anti-cerebral ischemia medicaments, anti-cardiovascular diseases medicaments, blood lipid-lowering medicaments, weight-reducing medicaments, anti-atherosclerosis medicaments, medicaments for treating metabolic syndrome or anti-tumor medicaments. The present invention also relates to a preparation method of the class of compounds and pharmaceutical formulations containing the same.
US09868731B2	Indole amide compound as inhibitor of necrosis The present invention relates to an indole amide compound represented by formula (1), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or isomer thereof, a composition for prevention or treatment of necrosis and necrosis-associated diseases, and a method for preparing the composition, the composition comprising the indole compound or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt or isomer thereof as an active ingredient.
US09868726B2	Pyridyl benzothiophenes as kinase inhibitors This invention is directed to compounds, which are useful as protein kinase (PK) inhibitors and can be used to treat such diseases as cancer, blood vessel proliferative disorders, fibrotic disorders, mesangial cell proliferative disorders, metabolic diseases inflammatory disorders and neurodegenerative disorders.
US09868708B2	Heterocyclic compounds for the inhibition of PASK Disclosed herein are new heterocyclic compounds and compositions and their application as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of disease. Methods of inhibiting PAS Kinase (PASK) activity in a human or animal subject are also provided for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes mellitus.
US09868707B2	Small molecule agonists of neurotensin receptor 1 Provided herein are small molecule neurotensin receptor agonists, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions comprising the compounds.
US09868706B2	Processes for the preparation of uracil derivatives The present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) receptor antagonists of structure (VI); and stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US09868704B2	Estrogen receptor modulators and uses thereof Described herein are compounds that are estrogen receptor modulators. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
US09868702B2	Process for producing 2-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl)propane-1,3-diamine A process for producing 2-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl)propane-1,3-diamine by A) reacting triacetonamine (TAA) and malononitrile to afford the intermediate 2-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-ylidene)malononitrile, and B) hydrogenating 2-(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-ylidene)malononitrile in the presence of at least one catalyst. In another embodiment, the hydrogenation in step B) of the process is performed at 20-120° C. and at 20-300 bar. In another embodiment, the hydrogenation in step B) of the process is performed in two stages at 20-120° C. and at 20-300 bar.
US09868698B2	(2S,4R)-5-(5′-chloro-2′-fluorobiphenyl-4-yl)-4-(ethoxyoxalylamino)-2-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpentanoic acid In one aspect, the invention relates to a compound of the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a crystalline form of this compound, having neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising this compound; methods of using this compound; and processes for preparing this compound.
US09868696B2	Amino acid derivatives and absorbable polymers therefrom The present invention relates to the discovery of new class of hydrolysable amino acid derivatives and absorbable polyester amides, polyamides, polyepoxides, polyureas and polyurethanes prepared therefrom. The resultant absorbable polymers are useful for drug delivery, tissue engineering, tissue adhesives, adhesion prevention, bone wax formulations, medical device coatings, stents, stent coatings, highly porous foams, reticulated foams, wound care, cardiovascular applications, orthopedic devices, surface modifying agents and other implantable medical devices. In addition, these absorbable polymers should have a controlled degradation profile.
US09868695B2	10-substituted colchicinoids as potent anticancer agents The present invention relates to the compounds of formula I wherein R is as herein described. The present invention particularly relates to synthesis and antiproliferative activity of 10-substituted colchicinoids. Compounds of the invention can be used for prevention or in the treatment of cancer disease.
US09868692B2	Compounds and compositions for intracellular delivery of therapeutic agents The disclosure features novel lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include a novel lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, and PEG lipids. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactics such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactics to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.
US09868685B2	Processing by a separation technique of a gas mixture formed from a product stream of a dimethyl reactor A method for the processing, by separation technology, of a gas mixture (k) which is formed from a product stream (d) of a reactor (4) for synthesizing dimethyl ether from synthesis gas (b), and which contains at least dimethyl ether, carbon dioxide and at least one other component which is lower-boiling than carbon dioxide, is proposed. The gas mixture (k) is cooled at a first pressure level from a first temperature level to a second temperature level and a fraction of the gas mixture (k) that remains in gaseous form at the second temperature level is washed in an absorption column (16) with a reflux (v) predominantly containing carbon dioxide. The reflux (v) predominantly containing carbon dioxide is at least partially formed from a fraction of the gas mixture (k) which is separated in liquid form during the cooling.
US09868683B2	Multi-functional phenolic resins Disclosed herein are compositions and methods of making phenolic compounds and phenolic resins. The resins include multifunctional epoxies, amino glycidyl derivatives, alkanoate derivatives, alkyl ether derivatives, and multi-functional amines prepared from hydroxymethyl derivatives of novolac resin.
US09868678B2	Gas-generating pyrotechnic monolithic blocks A substantially cylindrical gas-generating pyrotechnical monolithic block has a thickness no lower than 10 mm, an equivalent diameter no lower than 10 mm, and a porosity lower than 5%; and a composition, given as weight percentages, which contains, for at least 94% of the weight thereof: +77.5% to 92.5% of guanidine nitrate, +5% to 10% of basic copper nitrate, and +2.5% to 12.5% of at least one inorganic titanate with a melting temperature higher than 2100 K.
US09868676B2	Compositions for enhancing pollination and methods for using same Aspects of the invention include compositions for enhancing pollination. Dry compositions according to certain embodiments include a carbon skeleton energy compound, macronutrients, a vitamin cofactor composition, micronutrients, an ionophore, and a source of extracted humate. Methods for using the dry compositions of the invention to enhance pollination are also described.
US09868675B2	Synergistic bacterial consortia for mobilizing soil phosphorus The present disclosure relates to consortia of bacteria strains and composition comprising one or more bacterial strains disclosed herein. These consortia of isolated bacteria cultures and compositions comprising said cultures, having greater activity than would be observed for the individual bacteria cultures and compositions. A composition of the disclosure may advantageously be used for enhancing the availability of soil phosphorus and other macronutrients and/or micronutrients to plants, and thereby enhancing their growth and yield.
US09868669B2	Precious metal clay regeneration solution and method for regenerating precious metal clay A precious metal clay regeneration solution contains water and a liquid paraffin, in which an amount of the liquid paraffin is more than or equal to 0.12 parts by mass and less than or equal to 60 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the water. A method for regenerating precious metal clay includes a step of bringing water and a liquid paraffin into contact with a solidified precious metal clay, in which an amount of the liquid paraffin is more than or equal to 0.12 parts by mass and less than or equal to 60 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the water.
US09868666B2	Cement clinker production system The cement clinker production system includes: a first supplying section configured to supply a sulfur source and a fluorine source of mineralizer; a second supplying device configured to supply clinker raw material; a crusher configured to crush the mixed raw material obtained by mixing the clinker raw material with the fluorine source of the mineralizer; a kiln configured to burn the crushed mixed raw material; an introducing section configured to introduce the sulfur source of the mineralizer to the kiln; a third supplying section configured to supply fuel to the kiln; and a test sample-analyzing system configured to collect each of the mixed raw material before the burning and the clinker after the burning and to measure amounts of the fluorine, main components and free lime depending on the type collected.
US09868663B2	Glass ceramics having low rhodium levels A glass ceramic precursor glass and a glass ceramic having low levels of rhodium and a method of controlling the amount of rhodium in such glasses and glass ceramics. The precursor glass and glass ceramic contain from about 1 ppm to about 10 ppm and, in certain embodiments, from about 1 ppm to about 6 ppm rhodium. The method of controlling of reducing rhodium dissolution from a rhodium-containing material such as, for example, an alloy into a glass melt comprises controlling and/or lowering the partial pressure of oxygen at the rhodium-containing vessel/glass interface by imposing a high humidity condition around the external (non-glass-contact) surface of the rhodium-containing material. The lower concentration of rhodium minimizes its coloring effect on the white color of the glass ceramic.
US09868659B2	Subsurface water purification method A method of producing purified water in a subsurface environment is provided in which ambient subsurface source water is introduced into and through one or more ultrafiltration membrane units of a subsurface water treatment system and producing thereby an ultrafiltrate substantially free of solid particulates having a largest dimension greater than 0.1 microns. An electrochemical unit in fluid communication with at least one ultrafiltration membrane unit provides an antifoulant solution. An ultrafiltrate-rich backwash fluid and at least a portion of the antifoulant solution are delivered to at least one non-producing ultrafiltration membrane unit during a backwash cycle. A flux of source fluid through each of the ultrafiltration membrane units of less than thirty gallons per square foot per day limits the need for backwash cycles. A reduction in the number of backwash cycles enhances system autonomy and useful life, and limits the need for intervention for maintenance and component replacement.
US09868654B2	Fresh-water clarification system with accelerator A method and apparatus for the shearing and dispersion of an active flocculent that is discharged from an electrolytic reactor into a larger volume or flow of water are disclosed. The device is submerged in a natural body of water, tank, etc. and is connected to the reactor via a fluid conduit such that the effluent is discharged under pressure through the device into the body of water. The accelerator device uses available pressure to shear the active flocculent into smaller size particles by impingement and to mix the reactor discharge into a larger volume or flow of water by entrainment. The apparatus uses the available pressure present in the reactor discharge and therefore is recovering waste energy from the available hydraulic power for operation. The submerged accelerator device may also include charged electrode plates to provide additional treatment and/or a motor driven turbine pump to allow the device to operate detached from the reactor as a stand-alone, submersible system that may be operated via alternative energy sources including solar, wind and hydro power. An in-line device is also described.
US09868650B2	Method for removing glyphosate from a solution using functionalized polymeric nanoparticles A method for removing glyphosate from a solution by contacting the solution with a polymeric particle including a moiety selected from the group consisting of ammonium, amine and combinations thereof, wherein the moiety is positively charged in the solution.
US09868648B2	Passive chemical dosing and mixing apparatus and method This disclosure is directed to the regulated injection of a chemical(s), solution(s) or material(s) hereafter referred to as chemicals into stormwater runoff, other surface waters or other fluid streams to promote the removal of a pollutant(s) or to alter the properties of the water. Specifically, and depending upon the types of chemicals injected, the physical, chemical and/or biological properties of the water can be altered. The invention provides a passive system to alter stormwater runoff or other surfaces. The system may be deployed at a remote site, such as a construction site, and implemented with minimal or zero external power requirements.
US09868633B2	Production process for device A production process for a device in which a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded to each other with bonding surfaces thereof mutually bonded and the second substrate has a through-hole, the production process including the steps of bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to each other with the presence of a non-bonding region formed by a recessed shape portion recessed from at least one of the bonding surface of the first substrate and the bonding surface of the second substrate; and causing at least a part of a portion of the second substrate corresponding to the non-bonding region to pass through.
US09868626B2	Beverage dispenser A beverage dispenser includes a lower base, an upper receptacle positioned on and above the lower base for storing a beverage, and a valve in fluid communication with the beverage stored in the upper receptacle. The valve is seated within an opening defined through a bottom panel of the upper receptacle, extends downward from the upper receptacle, and is biased into a closed position. A handle engages the valve, such that rotation of the handle causes the handle to move the valve from the closed position to an open position where the beverage is dispensed through the valve. At the same time, the handle (and the valve) can be readily installed on or removed from the beverage dispenser.
US09868625B2	System of illuminated tap handles A system of illuminated tap handle includes at least one tap handle and a wireless power charging unit. A battery of the at least one tap handle is wirelessly charged through the wireless power charging unit in addition to a power supply port of the at least one tap handle. The at least one tap handle includes a gripping member and an illuminating member. The illuminating member attaches to the gripping member while the gripping member attaches with a beer tower opposite of the illuminating member so that the beer tower can be operated through the at least one tap handle. The illuminating member lights up within the at least one tap handle through at least one light-emitting diode light that is electrically connected with the battery.
US09868624B2	Method and system for a hydraulic cylinder A system and method of operating a scissors lift assembly are provided. The system includes a hollow piston rod including an internal fluid reservoir, a cylinder body that is coaxial with and at least partially surrounding the hollow piston rod, and a fluid pump in flow communication with the reservoir through a suction channel extending from the internal fluid reservoir though a transfer tube to a suction port of the fluid pump. The transfer tube is coaxial with the piston, the piston rod, and the cylinder body and a discharge port of the fluid pump is in flow communication with an extension pressure chamber.
US09868623B1	Load position display indicator for an excavation system A load position indicating system includes a portable, stand-alone computing device for use on the loader. The stand-alone computing device includes a display, a wireless communication interface configured for peer-to-peer direct communication with an electronic control unit (ECU) mounted onboard the hauler, and at least one controller configured to receive a signal indicative of a real time position of an actual center of gravity of a payload carried by the hauler, determine a real time position and orientation of the loader relative to the hauler, determine a target location for the center of gravity of the payload carried by the hauler, calculate a new loading position for a payload to be deposited by the loader onto the hauler based on a difference between the real time position of the actual center of gravity of the payload and the target location of the center of gravity, and display at least one of the new loading position for a payload, the target location for the center of gravity of the payload, and the real time position of the actual center of gravity of the payload on an image representative of the hauler as seen from a perspective of an operator on the loader.
US09868616B2	Double-deck elevator In a double-deck elevator, a car apparatus includes: a main frame; an upper car and a lower car that are disposed inside the main frame so as to be able to move vertically; and a car suspending body that suspends the upper car and the lower car on the main frame so as to counterbalance each other. A stopper sheave is disposed on a lower portion of the main frame. A flexible stopper cord-like body is wound onto the stopper sheave. The stopper cord-like body is connected to the upper car on a first side of the stopper sheave and is connected to the lower car on a second side of the stopper sheave.
US09868615B2	Method and system for detecting a stall condition in an elevator Stall condition in an elevator is potentially dangerous situation if it causes slack to the ropes of the elevator. In such situation a counterweight or elevator car does not move even if the hoisting machine is still operating. This situation may be prevented by stopping the elevator as early as possible after detecting such stall condition. The detection of the stall condition is based on monitoring the torque generated by the hoisting machine of the elevator. When rapid change in the torque is detected a stall condition is suspected. The elevator may be stopped or an alarm may be launched when the stall condition is suspected.
US09868612B2	Arrangement of elongated element on empty spool An arrangement of an elongated element wound on a spool is presented. The elongated element has a leading end having a bent part and an unbent part. The bent part further having a beginning part and a trailing end. The leading end is positioned on the core of the spool and the bent part deviates at least for a part from a winding direction. The elongated element further forms subsequent windings in the winding direction on the core. At least one of the subsequent windings is wound over the beginning part of the bent part while an adhesive is provided to fix the trailing end of the bent part on the core simultaneously thereby securing elongated element on the spool.
US09868606B2	Rotary drum apparatus reconfigurable for various size substrates A rotary drum apparatus comprises a drum that is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The apparatus comprises a first set of first shell segments having a first number of first shell segments. Each first shell segment is releasably connectable with the drum and has an outer surface. The outer surfaces of the first shell segments combine to form a continuous first outer circumferential surface defining a maximum radial distance from the axis of rotation. The apparatus comprises a second set of second shell segments having a second number of second shell segments. Each second shell segment is releasably connectable with the drum and has an outer surface. The outer surfaces of the second shell segments combine to form a continuous second outer circumferential surface located within 10% of the maximum radial distance. The first number of first shell segments is greater than the second number of second shell segments.
US09868605B2	Geotextile rolling apparatus A geotextile rolling and collecting apparatus includes a mounting plate, a pair of outer lower forks arranged laterally, a pair of outer upper forks, at least one linear actuator, at least one lower feed drum, at least one upper feed drum, and at least one first drive motor. The first drive motor is coupled to rotate the lower feed drum on a first horizontal axis and to counter-rotate the upper feed drum on a second horizontal axis. With the geotextile rolling and collecting apparatus in a collecting position, a geotextile liner grasped between the feed drums is fed by counter-rotation of the upper feed drum and the lower feed drum into a collecting volume behind the upper feed drum and the lower feed drum and between the upper forks and the lower forks to form at least one geotextile liner roll in the collecting volume.
US09868604B2	Banknote alignment system for banknote validator A banknote drive arrangement adjacent a banknote inlet repositions and drives a banknote into a banknote processing pathway for validation. The drive arrangement includes two drive rollers preferably spaced either side of a longitudinal axis of the pathway and adjacent to the banknote inlet. Each drive roller is separately controlled to allow different rotational speeds thereof (and forward and rearward movement Of a banknote) to allow shifting of a received end portion of a banknote before receiving the entire length of the banknote. This arrangement is preferably used with a sensing arrangement for sensing misalignment of an inserted banknote and if sensed, using the different rotational speeds to correct misalignment and preferably center a banknote in the processing pathway.
US09868601B2	Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet feeder A sheet feeder, which can be included in an image forming apparatus, includes a rotary body to contact and feed a recording medium to a downstream side along a sheet conveying path, a friction body disposed facing and contacting the rotary body with the sheet conveying path interposed therebetween, the friction body forming a separation nip region with the rotary body, a receiver to support the friction body at a position opposite to the separation nip region, and multiple projections to guide the recording medium toward the separation nip region. Each of the multiple projections extends toward the rotary body at respective axial ends of the rotary body and has a top face disposed upstream from the separation nip region in a sheet conveying direction between an outer circumferential surface of the rotary body and a surface of the friction body.
US09868598B2	Conveyor with integrated dust collector system Embodiments of the present disclosure a system for capturing proppant dust particles when positioned at a fracking operation site including a proppant delivery assembly to receive one or more containers having proppant stored therein. The system dispenses the proppant from the one or more containers and delivers the proppant to other fracking operation equipment. Moreover, the system includes a dust collection assembly positioned proximate and associated with the proppant delivery assembly to capture dust particles released by movement and settling of the proppant when being dispensed and delivered by the proppant delivery assembly. The dust collection assembly is positioned to direct an air flow in a flow path overlying the dust particles to capture the dust particles and move the dust particles away from the proppant thereby reducing risk of dust exposure to fracking operation site personnel.
US09868597B2	System and method for an air cart and rotary air lock A system is provide for filling a pressurized tank of an air cart or other storage element while operating to deliver product to a ground engaging tool, such as for seeding or fertilizer placement. A rotary air lock coupled between a feeder and a storage tank includes a plurality of vanes providing pockets in between for holding particulate materials, The rotary air lock rotates the pockets from the feeder to a sealed area and from the sealed area to the storage tank, As such, the rotary air lock transfers the particulate materials to the storage tank while substantially maintaining a pressure in the storage tank. The system may be filled during, field operations, and a filling or conveyor system may be controlled via a vehicle to vehicle (V2V) operation.
US09868595B1	Vortex effect production device and method of improved transport of materials through a tube, pipe, and/or cylinder structure A tubular or cylindrical unit that creates a vortex effect with externally supplied pressurized fluid injected angularly within a transport structure is provided. Such a unit is utilized to either accelerate the vacuum and/or air conveyance of liquids, solid aggregates, and gases, reduce the energy required for such materials transport processes, or both. Such a result is achieved through the introduction of pressurized fluid via a plurality of injectors situated evenly around the circumference of the subject tube, pipe, and/or cylinder, and angled uniformly for an even pressure injection of fluid within the conveyance component thereof. In effect, through such injection of pressurized fluid, the overall transport system may be operated at significantly reduced cost while increasing the efficiency of overall vacuum and air conveyance systems simultaneously. The method of utilization of such a device is also encompassed within this invention.
US09868594B2	Transfer device controller and transport device The present invention aims to develop a dedicated control device for a transfer apparatus and a transfer apparatus controller that enables labor-saving wiring work, and to provide a conveying apparatus that switches a destination to which a conveyed object is to be conveyed by way of the transfer apparatus controller.A transfer apparatus includes a main conveying passage 101 that conveys a conveyed object 125 in one direction, an auxiliary conveying passage 102 for conveying a conveyed object 125 in a direction crossing the main conveying passage 101, and a lifting and lowering unit 115 that generates a height difference between both conveying passages 101 and 102 by lifting or lowering at least one of the conveying passages 101 and 102. A transfer apparatus controller 50 is provided with a main conveying power transmission terminal 55, an auxiliary conveying power transmission terminal 56, a lifting and lowering power transmission terminal 57, a power feed terminal 76 to which power is fed, a signal input unit 70, and one or more drive power generation circuits 52. A discharge direction of the conveyed object 125 can be designated based on a signal input to the signal input unit 70, and when the discharge direction instruction signal is input, the conveying passage 101 or 102 located on top is driven.
US09868592B2	Brake system for conveyor take-up mechanism A tensioning mechanism for a conveyor system includes a support structure, a first carriage, a second carriage, and a brake mechanism. The first carriage is positioned proximate a first end of the support structure and is supported for movement relative to the support structure. The first carriage includes first rolls for receiving the belt such that movement of the first carriage modifies a tension in the belt. The second carriage is supported for movement relative to the support structure and includes second rolls and at least one return pulley. The second rolls are configured to support a portion of the belt extending between the first carriage and the second carriage. The brake mechanism is positioned proximate a second end of the support structure and includes a brake pulley and a brake selectively retarding rotation of the brake pulley. The brake pulley supports a portion of the belt extending between the brake mechanism and the return pulley.
US09868591B2	Automated guided vehicle An automated guided vehicle is provided and includes a frame in which a driving wheel is accommodated and an actuator that is connected to lift and lower a first portion of the frame centered around a hinge part formed at a second portion of the frame. Only one side of the frame is lifted to lift the driving wheel from the floor, thus reducing capacity and power consumption of the driving motor, and a region for space utilization is increased by reducing a size by applying the driving motor.
US09868589B2	Modular transportation systems, devices and methods A system including devices and methods for transporting or storing materials uses slidable containers, or modules. The modules have recessed wheels that facilitate sliding movement when placed on tracks. The use of tracks allows for precise placement of the modules in close proximity to each other and the walls of a vessel or facility they are placed in. The modules may be disassembled for easy, compact storage or transport. The modules may be used with a lift platform adapted to accommodate the modules and tracks or rails for engaging the recessed wheels. By using closely aligned tracks, the transport module may be used to maximize efficient use of space when transporting cargo.
US09868588B2	Optical readable code support and capsule for preparing a beverage having such code support providing an enhanced readable optical signal An optically readable code support to be associated with or be part of a capsule indented for delivering a beverage in a beverage producing device by centrifugation of the capsule, the support comprising at least one sequence of binary symbols represented on the support so that each symbol is sequentially readable by a reading arrangement of an external reading device while the capsule is driven in rotation along an axis of rotation, wherein the binary symbols are essentially formed of light reflective surfaces and light absorbing surfaces. The code support preferably comprises a base structure extending continuously at least along said sequence of symbols and discontinuous discrete light-absorbing portions locally applied onto or formed at the surface of said base structure; wherein the discontinuous discrete light-absorbing portions form the light-absorbing surfaces and the base structure forms the light-reflective surfaces outside the surface areas occupied by the discrete light-absorbing portions: said discrete light-absorbing portions are arranged to provide a lower light-reflectivity than the one of the base structure outside the surface areas occupied by the discrete light-absorbing portions.
US09868584B2	Chemical storage container and method for replacing its internal atmosphere with dry air There is provided a chemical storage container which is capable of replacing the internal atmosphere with dry air. The chemical storage container includes a metal can having a top opening, a chemical storage bag disposed in the metal can, and an ejection member mounted to the chemical storage bag. Dry air is supplied through a dry air supply opening into the chemical storage bag, and the dry air in the chemical storage bag is discharged to the outside via a chemical nozzle.
US09868581B2	Microwave cooking package Microwave cooking packages suitable for use as microwave popcorn packages include at least one panel (e.g., first and second panels) formed of a vertically rigid material. A flexible portion is attached to the panels. The flexible portion may be formed of a polyester film material such as a biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, which may be at least partially transparent. The flexible portion (and panels) defines a bag construction configured to contain a popcorn charge and to be expandable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration when the popcorn charge is subjected to a popping operation. The microwave cooking package may include a vent assembly configured to at least partially open when the bag configuration is in an expanded configuration to vent the bag construction. The vent assembly includes a first portion a second portion of the bag construction that is configured to be folded against the first portion.
US09868576B2	Plastic package with an open reminder A plastic package with an open reminder comprises a container and cover; the container being mainly composed of the step portion, horizontal extending surface, outer folding portion, and the protruding portion; the cover being mainly composed of the concave portion, horizontal covering body, and tab; the container and the cover being combined into the plastic package, which forms an open reminder with the tab and perforated line, thereby achieving a function of open reminder that is easy to be observed when the cover has been opened.
US09868571B2	Lid with rotatable closure tab A lid includes: a brim sealing channel at a periphery of the lid; an outer sipping sidewall positioned within a circumference of the brim sealing channel and extending above the brim sealing channel; a sipping topwall adjacent to the outer sipping sidewall; a sipping port in the sipping topwall; and a central recess within the circumference of the brim sealing channel and proximate to the sipping topwall, wherein the central recess has an overhang and a bottomwall; and a rotatable closure tab includes: a central portion; a flanged-shaped structure at a first side of the central portion; a tab sidewall supported by the flanged-shaped structure; a tab topwall extending outwardly from the tab sidewall and away from the flanged-shaped structure; a sealing depression in the tab topwall; and a retention rim extending radially from the central portion and positioned between the overhang and bottomwall of the central recess.
US09868568B2	Container finish for metal lug closure A container assembly including a container and a metallic closure. The container includes a polymeric body and a polymeric finish. The polymeric finish includes a plurality of threads. A lug lock is associated with each one of the plurality of threads. The metallic closure includes at least three metallic lugs configured to cooperate with the plurality of threads to couple the metallic closure to the polymeric finish.
US09868561B2	Storage container To provide a storage container that employs a metallic housing while allowing individual identification of a contained object by means of radio wave communication with an electronic tag of a managed object in the housing. A storage container 1 comprising: a metallic housing 10 for enclosing battery modules 11, 12, 13, 14 as managed objects with electronic tags 21, 22, 23, 24 for individual identification being attached thereto; and an opening portion 15 that is provided on the metallic housing 10 and has an opening being formed therein, the opening constituting a radio wave propagation path between the electronic tags 21, 22, 23, 24 of the battery modules 11, 12, 13, 14 enclosed in the metallic housing 10 and exterior of the metallic housing 10.
US09868560B2	Technical marking, in particular for a vehicle, particularly for aircraft Device for affixing a visual marking on a surface to be marked of a rigid support (1) that is ready for use, which comprises an assembly that is essentially inelastic, exhibits a certain degree of flexibility, forms a flat and thin cohesive multilayer stack that includes a protective back (6), a marked support (7), a stencil (8), and an application obverse (9), limited by a peripheral edge (22) with an adhesion of its rear face (23) and of the front face of the stencil (21) that can—during the use of the device (1)—allow the removal of the application obverse (9) by peeling.
US09868551B2	Passive thermal system comprising combined heat pipe and phase change material and satellites incorporating same A passive thermal system for use in a satellite and other aerospace applications includes a container having a heat-pipe working fluid disposed in a first chamber and a Phase Change Material (PCM) disposed in a second chamber that substantially surrounds the first chamber. The first chamber contains a wick for transporting the heat-pipe working fluid. The exterior of the first chamber has fins, etc., that extend into the PCM for heat spreading and increased interface area.
US09868545B2	Primary structure for an attachment pylon with firewall and thermal layers A protective assembly and structural element for an aircraft comprising a portion of an attachment pylon primary structure is provided. The attachment pylon primary structure portion is at least partially covered by a protective assembly comprising a layer forming a firewall and a thermally insulating layer, the thermally insulating layer being located between the layer forming a firewall and the attachment pylon primary structure portion. The protective assembly is attached to the pylon primary structure by fasteners axially arranged in pairs, one of each pair extending through the protective assembly and the other of each pair extending through the pylon primary structure.
US09868544B2	Rotorcraft having fuel tanks mounted in suspension under a load-bearing middle floor of the fuselage of the rotorcraft A rotorcraft (1) having a feed unit for feeding fuel to a power plant (13) of the rotorcraft (1). A middle floor (12b) is securely engaged with at least two frames (9a, 9b) of the fuselage, and being load-bearing relative to general forces supported by the fuselage. A bottom compartment (7) of the rotorcraft (1) does not have the load-bearing covering (8) of the fuselage, the bottom face of the fuselage being open to the outside providing the bottom compartment (7) with a bottom (17) open to the outside of the rotorcraft. The bottom face of the middle floor (12b) forms an anchor member for suspending at least one fuel tank (25, 26) that is accessible from outside the fuselage via said open bottom (17).
US09868542B2	Tiltrotor aircraft having pillow block mounted pylon assemblies A propulsion system for a tiltrotor aircraft includes an engine supported by the airframe and a fixed gearbox operably coupled to the engine. Inboard and outboard pedestals are supported by the airframe and positioned above the wing. A pylon assembly is rotatably coupled between the inboard and outboard pedestals. The pylon assembly includes a spindle gearbox having an input gear, a mast operably coupled to the input gear and a proprotor assembly operable to rotate with the mast. The spindle gearbox is rotatable about a conversion axis to selectively operate the tiltrotor aircraft between helicopter and airplane modes. A common shaft, rotatable about the conversion axis, is configured to transfer torque from an output gear of the fixed gearbox to the input gear of the spindle gearbox. Each of the inboard and outboard pedestals includes a pillow block housing such as a full or a split pillow block housing.
US09868535B2	Method and a system for treating ice for an aircraft windshield A method of treating ice for a windshield of an aircraft, in which method at least two distinct de-icing zones of the windshield are defined. During a de-icing step, at least one de-icing means is activated temporarily in order to de-ice the de-icing zones in succession and in a given cycle.
US09868530B2	Acoustically and thermally insulated galley shell The present invention is a light weight, easily fitted, and removable protective panel for an aircraft galley monument that incorporates a thermal barrier for heat loss control. The thermal barrier encloses a high percentage of the cold bridges between the chilled compartments of a galley cooler and the ambient surroundings, allowing an aircraft galley cooler to efficiently and economically meet its target temperature. The protective panel is multi-configurable and capable of being customized to the requirements of a particular aircraft.
US09868519B2	Linkage mechanism for driving aircraft landing gear bay door A linkage mechanism for controlling an aircraft landing gear hatch door includes a primary torsion tube having a first portion located inside a landing gear hatch and a second portion outside the landing gear hatch. A first drive apparatus transfer the driving force of a landing gear support column to the primary torsion tube. A secondary torsion tube has an inner end portion located inside the hatch and an outer end portion located outside the hatch. A second drive apparatus is located outside the landing gear hatch and connects the primary torsion tube and the secondary torsion tube outside the hatch. Two third drive apparatuses are connected between the inner end portion of the secondary torsion tube and one of the hatch doors.
US09868518B2	Landing gear assembly The present invention provides a landing gear assembly for an aircraft landing gear, the assembly comprising a steering mechanism for steering at least one wheel of the landing gear, a deployment mechanism for moving a leg of the landing gear between a stowed position and a deployed position, and an actuator arranged to actuate both the steering mechanism and the deployment mechanism. The invention also provides an aircraft landing gear, an aircraft and methods of operating an aircraft landing gear.
US09868516B2	Adhesive panels of microvane arrays for reducing effects of wingtip vortices In one embodiment, a wing includes a low pressure side, a high pressure side opposite the low pressure side, and a drag reducing apparatus coupled to the low pressure using an adhesive. The drag reducing apparatus includes a first side coupled to the low pressure side of the wing, and a second side opposite the first side, the second side comprising a plurality of vortex generators arranged in an array configuration, the array configuration of vortex generators operable to weaken a wingtip vortex generated by the wing by generating one or more vane vortices near an end of the low pressure side of the wing.
US09868511B2	High lift system for an aircraft and aircraft having such a high lift system A high lift system for an aircraft comprises a wing structure and a leading edge slat movably supported relative to a leading edge of the wing structure, the leading edge slat comprises a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the trailing edge is configured to take different positions to form a gap between the leading edge slat and the wing structure, a skin and enclosing an interior space of the leading edge slat, the skin having a flexible leading skin section facing away from the wing structure, a flexible trailing skin section facing towards the wing structure, at least one actuation arrangement arranged inside the interior space for selectively introducing a normal force onto at least one of the leading skin section and the trailing skin section.
US09868510B2	Aircraft control surface A structure of a control surface for aircrafts, such as elevators, rudders, landing flaps, ailerons, and other similar lifting surfaces. The control surface includes a front spar, a rear spar, a plurality of ribs, at least one hinge fitting, and at least one actuator fitting, the hinge and actuator fittings joined with the front spar. A first rib is joined with a hinge fitting to form a first oblique angle with the front spar; a second rib is joined with an actuator fitting to form a second oblique angle with the front spar. The rear spar, located between the front spar and trailing edge of the control surface, extends only between the second rib and an outboard end of the control surface. The ribs are located in correspondence with the main torsion and bending load paths created in the control surface during flight, landing or takeoff.
US09868509B2	Combination comprising an aircraft wing trailing edge section and an adjustment body A combination comprises an aircraft wing trailing edge section and an adjustment body. The adjustment body comprises a tapered cross section in a local chord axis direction of the wing trailing edge section, a lower adjustment body surface connected to a top surface of the aircraft wing trailing edge section and a back-end surface having a height. The adjustment body is positioned such that the back-end surface is flush with the trailing edge of the aircraft wing trailing edge section. Attaching the adjustment body onto a top surface of the wing trailing edge section leads to compensation of an offset rolling moment due to unavoidable structural shape deviations of the aircraft and eliminates additional structural reinforcement requirements on the trailing edge compared to edge wedges mounted on the bottom surface of trailing edges. The trailing edge section may comprise a flap.
US09868507B2	Aircraft having keel tube with structure that reduces noise emissions An aircraft such as a gyroplane has a thrust propeller, a tail unit, a fuselage, and a keel tube that links the tail unit to the fuselage. The keel tube has a structure that reduces sound. The sound-reducing structure has a flow line-shape, is arranged at least partly below the thrust propeller, and extends from the keel tube in directions normal a vertical longitudinal plane of the gyroplane. The sound-reducing structure may extend asymmetrically from the keel tube and may be located along the longitudinal axis of the gyroplane on the keel tube within an angle between 10 degrees forward and 30 degrees rearward a vertical line extending to the keel tube from the intersection of the thrust propeller rotational axis and the thrust propeller rotational plane. The sound-reducing structure may also contain a sound-absorbent material or may comprise a hollow body with several openings.
US09868505B2	System for securing an aircraft door Systems and methods for securing an emergency exit door on an armrest of a seat are provided. A system includes a latch connected to an armrest of a seat of a vehicle. The latch is moveable relative to the armrest between a stowed position and a deployed position. The latch is structured and arranged to engage an edge of a door that is associated with an exit of the vehicle to hold the door on the armrest.
US09868503B2	Foot-actuated steering mechanism for stand-up paddle boards A steering system for a vessel includes a tiller system having a tiller arm; a rudder system having a rudder; and a push rod system having a push rod linking the tiller arm to the rudder. Actuation of the tiller arm moves the rudder in an orientation providing directional control over the vessel.
US09868502B2	Stern tube sealing device In a stern tube sealing device, slurry contained in outboard water is suppressed from depositing on sliding portions between a wall surface of a seal ring chamber or an outer peripheral surface of a propeller shaft and a sealing surface of a seal ring. A first seal ring (121) is arranged in a first seal ring chamber (111), and a second seal ring (122) is arranged in a second seal ring chamber (112) which is formed at an inboard side of the first seal ring chamber. The first seal ring chamber and the second seal ring chamber are in communication with each other through the sliding portions between a wall surface of the first seal ring chamber and a sealing surface (121a) of the first seal ring. Outboard water is filled into the first seal ring chamber, and clear water is filled into the second seal ring chamber.
US09868501B1	Method and system for controlling propulsion of a marine vessel A method for controlling propulsion of two or more marine drives in a marine vessel includes detecting a fault condition relating to a first marine drive, and determining, at a first control module associated with the first marine drive, a power limit restriction for the first marine drive based on the fault condition. The method further includes communicating the power limit restriction with the first control module on a CAN bus of the marine vessel, and receiving the power limit restriction at a second control module associated with a second marine drive. The power output of the second marine drive is then reduced based on the power limit restriction for the first marine drive.
US09868492B1	Tool assembly for installing a suction pile The subsea support system includes a suction pile installed underwater without a remote operated vehicle (ROV). A drilling rig or offshore windfarm can be anchored by the suction pile in relatively shallow water with reduced equipment and costs. The system includes a suction pile, a vent valve assembly made integral with the suction pile, and an installation tool assembly removably attached to the vent valve assembly by a clamping device. The system is connected on a vessel before being deployed. Once lowered to the subsea location, the installation tool assembly actuates a seal plate to positions corresponding to closing the suction pile, pumping water through the vent valve assembly to embed the suction pile, and sealing the suction pile at the desired depth. The installation tool assembly can be released by the clamping device to separate from the vent valve assembly and return to the vessel for reuse.
US09868491B1	Bicycle sprocket assembly A bicycle sprocket assembly is basically provided with a first sprocket having a first pitch circle diameter, a second sprocket having a second pitch circle diameter, a third sprocket having a third pitch circle diameter, a fourth sprocket having a fourth pitch circle diameter, and a sprocket supporting member. At least one of the second and third sprockets is attached to the sprocket supporting member. The first sprocket is attached to the second sprocket so that the second sprocket is positioned between the first sprocket and the sprocket supporting member in an axial direction. The fourth sprocket is attached to the third sprocket so that the third sprocket is positioned between the sprocket supporting member and the fourth sprocket in the axial direction. The second sprocket is adjacent to the third sprocket without another sprocket positioned therebetween in the axial direction.
US09868490B2	Electric vehicle An electric vehicle comprises an electric motor which generates driving power for driving a wheel; a battery case accommodating a battery storing DC power to be supplied to the electric motor, in a battery space in an interior of the battery case; and an inverter which converts the DC power supplied from the battery into AC power and supplies the AC power to the electric motor, wherein the inverter is placed above the battery to overlap with the battery case when viewed from above.
US09868489B2	Vehicle height adjustment device A vehicle height adjustment device includes a cylinder, a piston, a rod, a spring, an adjustor, a storage chamber, and a passage switch unit. The piston divides a space inside the cylinder. The rod has one end in the axial direction holding the piston and has the other end supported at a vehicle wheel side. The spring has one end in the axial direction supported at the body side and has the other end supported at the wheel side. The adjustor includes an accommodation chamber of fluid and supports the one end of the spring to adjust a length of the spring in accordance with an amount of the fluid in the accommodation chamber. The passage switch unit closes an opening of the cylinder and includes first and second communication passages to switch a passage for the fluid in accordance with a movement of the piston.
US09868488B2	Assembly for adjusting rake angle and trail on a motorcycle An assembly for a motorcycle is disclosed which can adjust rake angle and trail on a motorcycle. The assembly includes an inner housing which engages with an outer housing. The outer housing attaches to the frame of a motorcycle and has a first aperture and at least two additional apertures. The inner housing has a pair of angled apertures formed therethrough, a first aperture aligned with the first aperture formed in the outer housing, and at least two additional apertures each of which is capable of being aligned with one of the at least two additional apertures formed in the outer housing. First and second attachment members join the inner housing to the outer housing at a predetermined angle. The assembly also includes a pair of forks capable of supporting an axle on which a front wheel is mounted. Each of the pair of forks has a first end which passes through one of the pair of angled apertures formed in the inner housing. The pair of angled apertures establishes the rake angle for the motorcycle. The assembly further includes a pair of brackets each secured adjacent to a second end of each of the pair of forks. Each of the pair of brackets has at least two spaced apart grooves formed therein for receiving the axle.
US09868485B2	Support structures for mobility devices Described herein is a new assembly of components which comprise a support arm on the side of a bicycle or similar mobility device. The structure is capable of carrying long thin items such as a long surfboard, or it can be used to secure a pet such as a dog to allow them to walk or run safely alongside a bicycle. The invention is designed to fit a wide range of devices, and is optimized for maximum ease of installation and quick release removal without any tools.
US09868483B2	Intelligent anti-theft device for bicycles The present invention relates to an intelligent anti-theft device for bicycles, where the device includes a bolt, an expansion sheet, a hollow tube, a micro central processing unit, and a battery; the bolt is a hollow structure; the bolt includes a bolt head and a screw rod, an upper cover plate of the bolt head being in an openable connection with a bolt head body, and the communication module and the antenna being provided within an internal of the bolt head body; the bolt is in a threaded connection to a front cover of the hollow tube; the expansion sheet is provided between the bolt and a front end of the hollow tube; the truncated cone is provided between the expansion sheet and the bolt head; the micro central processing unit and the battery are provided within an internal of the hollow tube, the micro central processing unit being electrically connected to the battery, the communication module being electrically connected to the antenna, and the micro central processing unit being electrically connected to the communication module; and a rear end of the hollow tube is provided with a bottom cover. The present invention belongs to the technical field of electronic products. An object of the present invention is proving an intelligent anti-theft device for bicycles which having functions of real-time anti-theft and real-time information sharing after being stolen.
US09868477B2	Aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus An aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus for use with vehicles having downstream surfaces that are not streamlined. The apparatus includes folding panels that extend rearward for use in a drag reducing configuration and collapse for use in a space saving configuration.
US09868473B2	Layered panel A layered panel in which strength of a hinge can be improved regardless of the kinds of substrates configuring a front wall and a rear wall of the layered panel is provided. A layered panel in accordance with the present invention is a layered panel rotatable about a hinge as a rotary axis, characterized by including a front wall, a rear wall, and an intermediate layer interposed between the front wall and the rear wall, the hinge including the intermediate layer.
US09868467B2	Vehicle body front portion structure The present disclosure provides a vehicle body front portion structure including: a front side member main body to which a bead is formed at rear portion of an outer-side side wall portion, and is joined to a front side member base portion such that the front side member base portion covers a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the front side member main body located at vehicle body rear side of the bead. Abutting ribs extending in vehicle body front-rear direction are provided at a portion of the front side member base portion. The abutting ribs include a front-side extended portion located at a side portion of the bead and extends towards vehicle body front side beyond a portion that protrudes in vehicle body transverse direction, and include an abutting portion that faces towards vehicle body front side.
US09868464B2	Electric power steering apparatus and control method thereof The present invention relates to an electric power steering apparatus for determining whether a driver keeps hold of a steering wheel and a control method thereof that can calculate a steering torque model value from a steering torque value, steering torque information, and a steering torque model equation, and can accurately determine whether the driver keeps hold of the steering wheel by using a result obtained by comparing the steering torque model value with first and second reference torques and the counter value of a counter that is updated according to the comparison result.
US09868463B2	Parking assist system A method for vision assisted parking of a vehicle includes displaying video images derived from image data captured by a camera. A controller is operated in a first mode to generate a first overlay that includes a parking space representation of a parking space where the vehicle may be parked, and that is overlayed on the displayed video images at an offset position and remains at the offset position while the driver maneuvers the vehicle to position the parking space representation at a target parking location. The controller is operated in a second mode to generate a second overlay that includes (i) a representation of a predicted rearward path of travel of the vehicle and (ii) a representation of a determined target path. The second overlay is adjusted responsive to steering of the vehicle while the driver follows the determined target path towards and into the target parking location.
US09868459B2	Worm gear hub A gear blank is provided. It includes a disk having a first face and a second face. A first plurality of individual lugs formed on said first face circumferentially adjacent an outer circumferential edge of said disk. Each lug of said first plurality of individual lugs has a first inner circumferential edge formed on said first face along a first retaining diameter. Adjacent lugs of said first plurality of individual lugs have a first circumferential spacing therebetween.
US09868456B2	Stroller with secondary seating A stroller system including an expandable base and two frame members is discussed. The stroller system is configured for dual occupancy and provides an expandable cargo area to a user. The first and second seats coupled to their respective frame members may be modular in nature. The second seat may also include a bench seat with optional secondary support structures. The two frame members are configured to fold independently of one another. The mechanical apparatus of the dual occupancy stroller including locking and actuator mechanisms are discussed. Additionally, the mechanism by which the front frame member folds is discussed.The disclosed stroller is capable of simultaneously carrying multiple children with a cargo area that can be extended or retracted and can carry a heavy load. The stroller is able to easily fold to a stowed state.
US09868453B2	Railcar end unit A railcar end unit is operable to be mounted in a center sill between buff and draft sill stops. The buff and draft end bodies are configured to be shiftably mounted relative to the center sill to engage the respective sill stops and to shift axially relative to one another along a unit axis. The end unit includes a buff spring pack operably mounted between the end bodies and compressible along the unit axis from a neutral condition to a compressed condition.
US09868442B2	Vehicle control device A control device for a vehicle including an engine, a transmission, a connector/disconnector, and control means, wherein the transmission is configured to change a speed of rotation by drive force of the engine and output the rotation. The connector/disconnector is configured to connect/disconnect transmission of the drive force from the engine to the transmission. The control means controls the engine, the transmission, and the connector/disconnector. In the vehicle control device, in a case where the control means performs idle neutral control by controlling the connector/disconnector to a released state after making the engine return from an idle stop state, the control means makes a determination as to performance of the idle neutral control when it is determined that a rotational speed of the engine is stabilized.
US09868441B2	Vehicle control apparatus A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a subject vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle based on reflected waves from a target that is a reflecting portion of the preceding vehicle. In the apparatus, a controller is configured to implement the inter-vehicle distance control based on an inter-vehicle distance between a rear end of the preceding vehicle and the subject vehicle acquired from the detected distance. A control switcher is configured to, when target information for identifying the rear end of the preceding vehicle becomes unacquirable during implementation of the inter-vehicle distance control, suspend the inter-vehicle distance control and make a switch to the direct operation by the driver.
US09868440B2	Auto cruise controller of vehicle and method thereof An auto cruise system includes a compensating torque generator, an auto cruise controller, a first calculator, a PI controller, a second calculator, a torque saturator, and a torque command limiter. The compensating torque generator generates a compensating torque based on road conditions. The auto cruise controller detects a time at which a torque limitation is released, and adjusts target speed at that time. The first calculator calculates an error based on a difference between the current speed of the vehicle and the target speed adjusted by the auto cruise controller. The PI controller calculates torque corresponding to the error. The second calculator compensates the torque calculated by the PI controller. The torque saturator defines an upper value and a lower value of the torque compensated by the second calculator. The torque command limiter limits the torque which is physically saturated in the actuator by the available torque saturator.
US09868437B2	Driving force control system for hybrid vehicle A driving force control system for a hybrid vehicle is provided to reduce frequency of engagement and disengagement of engagement devices involved in a shifting operation to a hybrid mode. A controller is configured: to determine whether or not the engine is required to be started; to determine an operating mode to be established after starting the engine; to engage at least one of the first engagement device and the second engagement device to achieve the determined operating mode; and to start the engine while engaging said one of the first engagement device and the second engagement device.
US09868435B2	Hybrid electric vehicle, drive control method and device of the same The present disclosure provides a drive control method and a drive control device of a hybrid electric vehicle. The method includes: obtaining a current gear position of the vehicle, a current electric charge level of a power battery and a slope of a road on which the vehicle is driving; determining whether the vehicle is within a taxiing start-stop interval according to the current gear position, the current electric charge level, and the slope; if the vehicle is within the taxiing start-stop interval, obtaining a current speed of the vehicle; if the current speed is greater than or equal to a first speed threshold, and less than a second speed threshold, causing the vehicle to enter a small load stop mode; and if the current speed is greater than or equal to the second speed threshold, and less than a third speed threshold, causing the vehicle to enter a small load stall mode.
US09868428B2	Brake booster and method for operating a brake booster A brake booster includes an input element actuatable by a driver, an actuator for generating a support force, an output element that receives at least one of an input or support force and that applies an actuating force to a piston of a brake master cylinder, a force transmission unit having elastic properties and transmitting the input and/or support forces to the output element, and a preload unit acting on the force transmission unit to apply a force couple to the force transmission unit when the brake booster is in idle mode. A method for operating the brake booster includes generating a support force prior to a braking intent to be anticipated or immediately after detection of a braking intent, in a time span before or immediately after detection of an actuation of the input element.
US09868426B2	Pressure provision device and brake system The invention relates to an electrically controllable pressure provision device (5, 5′), particularly for a hydraulic motor-vehicle brake system, comprising a stepped bore (54), which is arranged in a housing (53,21), and a piston (51), which can be actuated by an electromechanical actuator (35, 36). The piston (51), together with the housing (53, 21), delimits a pressure chamber (50). The piston (51) is constructed as a stepped piston, the smaller-diameter piston step (51′) of which enters the smaller-diameter step (54′) of the stepped bore after a specified actuation of the stepped piston, such that the pressure chamber (50) is subdivided into a first pressure chamber (55) and a second pressure chamber (56). The invention further relates to a brake system for motor vehicles having such a pressure provision device.
US09868425B2	Saddle riding type vehicle An interlocking brake system structure provides braking force in response to a force caused by operation of brake levers even when disk brakes are used for both front and rear wheel brakes. A saddle riding type vehicle includes an interlocking brake lever on a second handle from among the left handle and the right handle to interlock a front wheel brake device and a rear wheel brake device. An operation force distributor distributes operation force, caused by an operation of the interlocking brake lever, between the front wheel brake device and the rear wheel brake device. An interlocking wire receives and transmits the operation force distributed at the operation force distributor to the front wheel brake device.
US09868424B2	Electronically slip-regulated vehicle brake system An electronically slip-regulated vehicle brake system is configured to change from an external force powered operating brake mode into a muscle-powered auxiliary brake mode, and includes a master brake cylinder configured to be operated, a pedal travel simulator configured to simulate an operating travel of the master brake cylinder during the operating brake mode, and a simulator control valve. The simulator includes two pressure chambers. The control valve is configured to control a flow of pressure medium into a first of the two pressure chambers from the master brake cylinder, and is disposed in a return line connecting a wheel brake to a reservoir tank at a position downstream of a connection point at which a second of the two pressure chambers of the simulator is connected to the return line.
US09868422B2	Control apparatus of brake system and method of controlling the same A control apparatus and a method of a brake system include an input unit receiving a connection signal on a connection between a vehicle and a trailer sensed by a sensing apparatus and receives current yaw rate error information of the vehicle according to current oscillation information of the trailer, a determination unit determining whether the vehicle and the trailer are mutually connected based on the connection signal, and a control unit selecting target yaw rate information preset while being divided for each type and weight of the trailer depending on the connection of the trailer to reduce a yaw rate error rate with respect to the current yaw rate error information of the vehicle according to the current oscillation information and transmitting a brake command to the brake system to brake the vehicle according to the selected corresponding target yaw rate information.
US09868420B2	Air compressor An air compressor includes a box and a compressor unit installed in the box. The box is provided with a connection socket. The compressor unit has an air outlet exposed to the connection socket of the box. An external device, such as a hose or a sealant bottle, can be firmly and detachably assembled onto the connection socket of the box, and can be connected between the outlet of the compressor unit and the air nozzle of a tire, so that the tire can be inflated or repaired safely and effectively.
US09868416B2	Vehicle occupant support The invention relates to device for providing a safety for passengers and to devices, providing the passenger comfort. There are disclosed variants of load limiter accomplishment for a restraint a passenger in a vehicle, which have a possibility to hold the preliminarily given force. The invention concerns a multi-passenger modular array oftiered passenger supports, having a several levels, means for attaching the modules, locking devices, attaching the modules to the vehicle floor, a drive mechanism for seats in the module, a mechanism for protecting the head of passenger, which is positioned on the seat. The means for providing the passenger comfort head are characterized by the position of steps in the modules, providing a sufficient space for free positioning the legs of the passenger in the upper and lower modules and in the zone of passage between rows. There are also disclosed the presence and position of the bins for storing packages, a construction of armrest and means for lighting, air conditioning, for information drop on the screen and for supplying an oxygen, in necessary.
US09868407B2	Wire harness A wire harness has at least one electrically conducting path and an exterior member accommodating the electrically conducting path to protect the electrically conducting path. The exterior member has a heat reflecting portion provided at at least a portion of an outer surface of the exterior member to reflect external heat.
US09868405B1	Bed liner fastening system and method A bed liner system for use in a bed floor of a material hauling machine includes a lower panel that is attachable to the bed floor. The lower panel includes a first plate having a first flange, a first central opening and two first central slots disposed, one each, on either side of the first central opening. The bed liner system further includes an upper panel that is attachable to the lower panel. The upper panel includes a top plate having a second flange having a second central opening and two second central slots disposed that are aligned with corresponding features of the first flange such that a block having a top flange and a bottom flange connected by a web is insertable through the first and second central openings and slidable through one each of the two first and second central slots.
US09868404B2	Vehicular camera with aligned housing members and electrical connection between aligned housing members A camera for mounting on a vehicle includes a front housing member having a lens, an imaging element and a circuit board, with the circuit board includes a set of front electrical connectors. A rear housing member mates with the front housing member along a first axis. The rear housing member includes a set of rear electrical connectors that, with the rear housing member mated with the front housing member, directly contact the front electrical connectors without use of a jumper. One set of the sets of front and rear electrical connectors is a set of male electrical connectors and the other set of the sets of front and rear electrical connectors is a set of female electrical connectors. Each female electrical connector has jaw structure including first and second jaws.
US09868392B2	Approaching vehicle warning speaker device This approaching vehicle notification sound speaker device is equipped with a voice coil for conducting an electrical signal, a cylindrical voice coil bobbin on which the voice coil is wound, an insulating sheet, and a cap. The sheet is wound on the voice coil bobbin at a position closer to the sound-emitting side than the voice coil, the cap is disposed closer to the sound-emitting side than the voice coil bobbin, the voice coil bobbin and the cap are made of an aluminum-containing material, and the sheet is formed with the inclusion of an aramid-based nonwoven fabric.
US09868387B2	Photoluminescent printed LED molding An illumination apparatus configured to seal and substantially conform to a roof ditch of a vehicle is disclosed. The illumination apparatus comprises a first electrode in connection with a seam of the roof ditch via an adhesive. A plurality of printed LEDs configured to emit a first emission and suspended in a semiconductor ink is disposed on a surface of the first electrode, and a second electrode is conductively connected to the plurality of LEDs. A photoluminescent layer is disposed on the second electrode. The illumination apparatus may be in communication with a controller via the first and second electrodes such that the controller may selectively activate the illumination apparatus.
US09868378B2	Car and truck beverage holder A beverage container holder for holding round or rectangular containers. In one embodiment, the holder is a unitary plastic structure which includes a lower rectangular container holding portion and an upper hook portion for hanging the holder onto another structure. The holding portion includes a plurality of resilient inwardly extending fingers, each of which assumes a generally V-shaped configuration. In a second embodiment, the holder includes an upper tray portion having a pair of side-by-side square openings, each having a plurality of inward extending resilient fingers, and a generally U-shaped supporting member which is pivotally attached to the tray portion.
US09868377B2	Vehicle heated cup holder system A heated cup holder system for a vehicle includes a sleeve receivable onto a container, the sleeve of a predefined inductance, and a cup holder including an induction-heating element operable to induce a current within the sleeve, thereby heating the sleeve.
US09868372B2	Energy absorbing seatback panel A seatback includes a frame and a panel rotatably coupled to the frame. A support bracket is attached to the frame with a lever is rotatably coupled to the support bracket. The lever is configured to engage the panel with a frame supported actuator via a cable attached to the actuator and the lever.
US09868371B2	Power disc style seat recliner A power disc style seat reclining mechanism for a vehicle seat includes a seat base fixed mounted guide disc pivotally connected to a set of pivotal discs. The pivotal discs include an internal disc segment and a seat back attaching member. Within the internal disc is a connection features and linkage that may be actuated by a center shaft that is driven by a motor. When the internal disc is rotated, the desired seat back position is the end result as the motion is discontinued.
US09868370B2	Seatback frame structure A seatback frame structure includes a reclining mechanism, a joining member that is joined to the reclining mechanism, a fastening member, a seatback frame, and a restricting member. The seatback frame forms a frame of a seatback that can support a back of a seated occupant. The seatback frame is fastened to the joining member by the fastening member. The restricting member includes a restricting portion. The restricting portion is fastened, together with the seatback frame, to the joining member by the fastening member. The restricting portion is configured to restrict relative movement of the seatback frame with respect to the joining member when a vehicle is involved in a rear collision. The seatback frame is made of resin, and the seatback frame is fixed in a state sandwiched by the restricting member and the joining member.
US09868369B1	Tip and slide system for a vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes a seatback pivot rotationally operable relative to a slidable base, a first cam in communication with the seatback pivot to activate a track-overslide actuator of the base when the seatback pivot is in a rear-entry position and a second cam in communication with the seatback pivot. When the track-overslide actuator is activated, forward operation of the base locks the seatback pivot in the rear-entry position.
US09868365B2	Ground level power supply system for a non-guided vehicle The inventive system, of the conduction type, comprises: a pair of power supply tracks, comprising a so-called live conductive track (11), designed to be electrically connected to a voltage source, and a so-called neutral conductive track (12), for the current return, designed to be electrically connected to a reference potential (Vref), the neutral track traveling parallel to the live track on a first side thereof; and a protective conductive track (13), designed to be connected to a ground potential, the protective track traveling parallel to the live track (11) on a second side thereof, opposite the first side. The system is installed in a roadway such that the live, neutral and protective conductive tracks are flush with a surface (18) of the roadway (2).
US09868364B2	Apparatus and method of controlling creep driving of electric vehicle An apparatus and a method of controlling creep driving of an electric vehicle are provided to improve driving convenience and fuel efficiency. The apparatus is applied to an electric vehicle to which a ‘one-foot drive’ mode is applied to execute the creep driving and actively determine whether the creep driving is provided based on a vehicle speed.
US09868363B2	Method and system for recycling motor power of a movable object A method of recycling motor power of a movable object is provided to recycle and redistribute power from at least one motor in a decelerating state. The method comprises determining whether an operating state of at least one motor of the movable object is a decelerating state, and recycling power from the at least one motor having a decelerating state. The method also comprises redistributing the recycled power to other power consuming components of the movable object. The method of present invention increases the energy efficiency and a battery life of the movable object. The movable object may be an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
US09868361B2	Battery impact absorbing system An impact absorbing system includes a first rocker panel and a second rocker panel spaced from the first rocker panel, a housing including a bottom extending between the first and second rocker panels and a side extending from the bottom, and an energy absorber that is deformable relative to the side and defines a repeating pattern of cells. The energy absorber is bonded to the side between the side and the first rocker panel and each cell has a central axis transverse to the side.
US09868358B2	Power conversion system suppressing reduction in conversion efficiency A power conversion system includes a DC-DC converter, a voltage detector, a current detector and a controller. The controller controls the DC-DC converter such that the DC-DC converter starts outputting power when the output voltage detected by the voltage detector is below a predetermined voltage and stops outputting the power when the output current detected by the current detector is below a reference current that corresponds to the conversion efficiency being larger than or equal to a predetermined conversion efficiency. The reference current is determined as a current value at which the conversion efficiency is decreased to be lower than the predetermined conversion efficiency when the output current exceeds the current value. The controller includes a limiting means that limits the output current not to exceed the reference current while the DC-DC converter is outputting the power.
US09868355B2	Propulsion control apparatus for railroad vehicle A propulsion control apparatus includes a first power converter that operates as a DC/AC converter, a DC/DC converter, or an AC/DC converter, a second power converter, a first control device that controls operations of a first motor and the first power converter, and a second control device that controls operations of a second motor and the second power converter, wherein a power storage device is configured to be able to connect to a second input/output end side and functions as a direct-current power supply that is charged with direct-current power supplied from the second input/output end side or discharges direct-current power to the second input/output end side.
US09868352B1	Systems and methodologies for real-time driver gaze location determination and analysis utilizing computer vision technology The method, system, and computer-readable medium facilitates monitoring one or more eyes of a vehicle operator during a driving session to generate a plurality of gaze location logs with gaze location values. The gaze location value may be generated by determining a location of the vehicle operator's gaze, determining which area of the vehicle is associated with the gaze location, and assigning the gaze location value based on the area of the vehicle associated with the gaze location. The gaze location logs may be analyzed to determine the duration of the vehicle operator's gaze at each area of the vehicle. Based on the duration of the vehicle operators gaze, one or more recommendations to improve vehicle operator performance may be identified and communicated to the vehicle operator.
US09868351B2	Vehicle axle connect and disconnect system An electronic self-locking connect and disconnect system for vehicles. The system includes a motor which turns a gear that meshes with a ring gear contained within a housing. The ring gear meshes with a lead screw thread on an outer surface of a lead screw. When the motor is activated the ring gear rotates the lead screw thread which selectively engages or disengages the clutch. A groove extends on the outer surface of and transverse to the lead screw thread. A pin extends radially inward from an inner surface of the housing till part of the pin is located within the groove. When the pin contacts a radial wall of the groove it prevents further rotation of the lead screw which prevents the stub shaft from axially moving beyond predetermined points. A spring and a sliding collar may be utilized to accommodate full motor travel regardless of the clutch state.
US09868348B2	Fixing structure and grille shutter unit A fixing structure includes: a first member having a locked portion; a second member which is formed of a material having lower stiffness than that of the first member and includes a locking claw to be locked onto the locked portion; and a reinforcing member which is configured to limit bending of the locking claw.
US09868347B2	Adjustment device and method for adjusting shutoff elements The invention relates to an adjustment device for adjusting shutoff elements of an air inlet of a motor compartment of a motor vehicle between at least a first position in which the air inlet is substantially closed and a second position in which the air inlet is substantially open. The adjustment device comprises a drive unit. The drive unit comprises a drive train, an electric motor with an output shaft for driving the drive train, and a drive shaft. The drive train comprises at least one reduction element. The reduction element, the output shaft of the electric motor, and the output shaft of the adjustment device form drive elements of the drive unit. The adjustment device is provided with a condition determining unit for determining a motion condition of at least one of the drive elements.
US09868344B2	Front-drive electric vehicle A holding mechanism includes: a holding plate capable of holding an electronic device for an electric vehicle; a leg portion supporting two long sides of the holding plate; first and second fixing portions provided in the leg portion and separated from each other in a short direction of the holding plate; and a third fixing portion located at or near one of two sides of the holding plate along the short direction and located higher than the first and second fixing portions, wherein the first and second fixing portions can be respectively fixed to first and second mount parts provided in a vehicle body structural member at a front side of the electric vehicle and separated from each other in a width direction or front-rear direction of the electric vehicle, and the third fixing portion can be fixed to a third mount part provided in the vehicle body structural member.
US09868343B2	Dump truck A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame; a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised or lowered; a plurality of tires provided to the vehicle body frame via a suspension; and a driving unit in a form of an electric motor configured to drive the tires, in which the vehicle body frame includes: supports respectively supporting an upper arm and a lower arm of a suspension arm of the suspension; and a hollow part at least partially in the vicinity of the supports, and the electric motor is fixed to the vehicle body frame while being housed in the hollow part of the vehicle body frame and supported by an inner surface of the hollow part.
US09868341B2	Arrangement comprising a cover for a vehicle roof An arrangement with a cover for a vehicle roof, which can be raised for opening by way of deployment means in the rear region thereof and which cover can be displaced toward the rear over the vehicle roof into an open position. The deployment means have a displaceable sliding carriage and a rear deployment lever which is pivotably coupled to the cover and which is pivotably coupled to a bearing which is stationary fixed with respect to the guide rail and which has a first coupling element. Furthermore, the deployment means have a deployment rod for the deployment of the rear deployment lever. The stationary fixed bearing is arranged such that a pivot axis of the stationary fixed bearing is arranged above a base of the guide rail.
US09868331B2	Shock absorber A shock absorber includes: a damping valve that suppresses a flow of operating fluid due to the sliding of a piston to generate damping force; a bottomed tubular pilot case that forms a pilot chamber that causes pressure to act on the damping valve in a valve closing direction, together with the damping valve; and an annular seal member (146) that is provided to be fixed to the outer circumferential side of a rear surface of the damping valve, and is fitted into a tube of the pilot case so as to be slidable and to be in a liquid tight manner. A part of the flow of the operating fluid is guided to the pilot chamber and opening of the damping valve is suppressed by the pressure of the pilot chamber. An annular concave portion (380) is formed on the outer circumferential side of the seal member (146), and an annular convex portion (385) is formed on the inner circumferential side of the seal member (146).
US09868324B2	Motorcycle tire A motorcycle tire comprises a tread portion provided on each side of the tire equator with primary oblique grooves extending from a tread center region to the vicinity of the tread edge, and secondary oblique grooves each having an axially outer end positioned axially inside the axially outer ends of the primary oblique grooves. The secondary oblique grooves comprises a pair of gradually widening parts respectively extending from two extreme ends of the secondary oblique groove in its longitudinal direction toward an intermediate position between the two extreme ends, while gradually increasing the groove width measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction, and a pair of gradually narrowing parts which are disposed between the gradually widening parts, and of which groove widths gradually decrease from the gradually widening parts toward the intermediate position.
US09868322B1	Axle assembly having a wheel mount disposed on a planet carrier An axle assembly having a wheel mount that is disposed on a planet carrier of a planetary gear set. The wheel mount may be fixedly positioned with respect to the planet carrier with one or more fasteners and one or more dowels so that the wheel mount and planet carrier may rotate together about an axis.
US09868321B2	Method for separating dual wheels A method for removing a dual wheel from a primary wheel of a dual wheel assembly. The dual wheel is secured to the primary wheel while forming a gap between a periphery of the dual wheel and a periphery of the primary wheel. The dual wheel and the primary wheel each may have a tire mounted thereon, with the dual wheel assembly being carried on an axle. The method comprising inserting an uninflated, high pressure airbag at least partially into the gap between the dual wheel and said primary wheel; inflating the high pressure airbag to expand the gap between the dual wheel and the primary wheel so as to separate the dual wheel and the primary wheel; and finally, removing the dual wheel from the primary wheel. Likewise, a similar method can be used to remove a wheel from an axel, the wheel being carried on and secured to the axel while forming a gap between a periphery of the wheel and a periphery of the axel.
US09868320B2	Rolling-riveted wheel bearing arrangement with a stepped inner ring A wheel bearing arrangement of a vehicle axle is disclosed. The wheel bearing arrangement includes a wheel bearing, which contains at least two rolling element rows, for supporting a wheel hub which can be driven by a drive element. The rolling elements of the wheel bearing are guided in races of a stationary outer ring, the rotating wheel hub, and a separate inner ring which is allocated to the wheel hub. In the assembled state, the wheel hub of the wheel bearing arrangement and the drive element are operatively connected via gearing. The inner ring has a radially stepped inner contour, the inner contour having two diameters which differ from one another, and are received in a complementarily designed receiving area of the wheel hub. The position of the inner ring is fixed on the end face by a rolling riveted collar of the wheel hub.
US09868317B2	Apparatus and method for inserting a circular-blank core into a circular-blank ring An apparatus and a method for inserting a non-round circular-blank core into a non-round hole of a circular-blank ring to create a circular blank. A transporting device transports the circular-blank ring to an insertion location. A feed device transports the circular-blank core to the insertion location. The circular-blank core is positioned on the hole of the circular-blank ring and inserted into the hole with the aid of a pushing-in device, which applies a pushing-in force. If the non-round hole is not in alignment with the non-round circular-blank core, the circular-blank core and the circular-blank ring are rotated relative to one another at the insertion location by generation of the pushing-in force. The circular-blank ring is preferably moved, by the pushing-in force, onto an alignment mandrel, which causes the circular-blank ring to rotate in its circumferential direction until the contours of the circular-blank core and of the hole are in alignment.
US09868315B2	Color erasing apparatus and method of controlling temperature of heat source in color erasing apparatus A color erasing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a color erasing unit with a heating unit that heats a paper to erase an image formed on the paper by a heat-erasable coloring material. A sensor outputs a sensor signal indicative of a thickness of the paper. A paper thickness detector determines the thickness of the paper based on the sensor signal. A heating unit controller controls temperature of the heating unit based on the thickness of the paper determined by the paper thickness detector. When the thickness of the paper determined by the paper thickness detector is greater than a predetermined thickness, the temperature is controlled to be a first temperature. When the thickness of the paper determined by the paper thickness detector is less than the predetermined thickness, the temperature is controlled to be a second temperature less than the first temperature.
US09868311B2	In-line case printing system with dynamic sampling frequency and method therefor A dynamic and adaptive control system for printing cases for and individual packages of consumer products. The system prints one or more checkmarks at a predetermined frequency. As the quality parameters of the checkmark[s] drift from the target criteria towards unacceptable range[s] sampling frequency is autonomously increased proportionately. This system enables one to monitor and act upon a greater range of process parameters than conventional systems, as different checkmarks may be printed in limited space therefor on different packages. This arrangement also reduces unacceptable production, by sampling each case/package if necessary, notifying the operator when corrective action is needed.
US09868308B2	Velocity detecting apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus A controller performs: correcting a pre-correction pulse signal and outputting the corrected pre-correction pulse signal as a post-correction pulse signal that switches between third and fourth levels, the correcting including: switching the post-correction pulse signal from the third to fourth level when first or second condition is satisfied, the first condition being that the pre-correction pulse signal switches from the first to second level, the second condition being that duration of the third level exceeds a first reference period; and switching the post-correction pulse signal from the fourth to third level when both of third and fourth conditions are satisfied, the third condition being that duration of the fourth level exceeds a second reference period, the fourth condition being that the pre-correction pulse signal is on the first level; and calculating a relative moving velocity of the moving device based on temporal changes between the third and fourth levels.
US09868304B2	Printer A printer, comprising: a printing part; a conveying mechanism to send out a print medium from a medium roll around which the print medium is wound, the conveying mechanism comprising a correcting mechanism to correct curl of the print medium in a winding direction by curving the print medium in a reverse direction of the winding direction; and a controller configured to: store a finish time of the printing; obtain a start time when next printing is started; determine whether an elapsed time elapsed from the finish time to the start time is longer than a particular time; when the elapsed time is longer than the particular time, cause the conveying mechanism to convey the print medium by a particular length which is longer than a length between the correcting mechanism and the printing part; and cause the printing part to perform the printing.
US09868297B2	Printer The disclosure discloses a printer includes an error occurrence detecting portion, an interruption control portion, a switching portion, an error storage portion, and a display control portion. The error occurrence detecting portion detects occurrence of an error event. The interruption control portion interrupts a printing process. The switching portion performs switching to a supply shutoff state or a low power consumption state. The error storage portion stores contents of the error event corresponding to the interruption when the switching portion performs the switching. The display control portion controls the display device to display an error display screen representative of the contents of the error event stored in the error storage portion in the case that a return to a normal power supply state.
US09868295B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus with pressure adjusting valve A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting section that includes a nozzle that ejects a liquid; a supplying path that is capable of supplying the liquid accommodated in a liquid accommodating section to the liquid ejecting section; a pressure adjusting valve that is disposed in the supplying path, and includes a pressure chamber which is capable of storing the liquid, the pressure chamber being is provided with an outlet that draws out the stored liquid to the liquid ejecting section, and when a pressure in the internal portion of the pressure chamber decrease, the pressure adjusting valve being opened to adjust a pressure of the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting section; a discharging path that connects to a communicating port which communicates with the pressure chamber in a separate position different from a position of the outlet; and a switching valve that is provided in the discharging path.
US09868294B2	Inkjet printer A controller of an inkjet printer performs control to: during ink delivery in a first ink tank pair, as a preparation of ink delivery in a second ink tank pair, generate positive pressure and negative pressure respectively in third and fourth ink tanks of the second ink tank pair and supply ink to the second ink tank pair; and upon completion of the ink delivery in the first ink tank pair, perform printing by ejecting the ink from an inkjet head while delivering the ink between the third and fourth ink tanks of the second ink tank pair prepared for the ink delivery via an ink flow passage and the inkjet head.
US09868293B2	Inkjet recording apparatus and method therefor including ink detection and notification features An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank, a recording head, an ink sensor, a monitor, an operation panel, and a controller configured to control operation thereof. The controller receives a completion signal indicating completion of ink injection, and receives a first signal or a second signal from the ink sensor based on whether a predetermined amount of ink is sensed in the ink chamber. Based on the completion signal and receipt of the first signal, inquiry information is displayed on the monitor regarding whether ink injection into the ink chamber is completed. Based on the completion signal and receipt of the second signal, a notification is displayed on the monitor that is based on the ink sensor not sensing the predetermined amount of ink.
US09868279B2	Print control apparatus, printing apparatus, and data processing method According to an embodiment of this invention, a print control apparatus which controls a printhead, including a plurality of nozzle arrays each formed from a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink, for executing printing on a print medium by discharging inks of a plurality of colors from the plurality of nozzle arrays executes the following data processing. That is, image data is received from an external apparatus. One of a plurality of ASICs executes at least common data processing for generating print data corresponding to the plurality of colors with respect to the received image data, and another ASIC executes specific data processing related to each of the plurality of colors. Thus, print data to be output to the printhead is generated, and then transmitted to the printhead.
US09868274B2	Electronic device and method of fabricating exterior member for the same An electronic device and method of fabricating an exterior member thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a basic member disposed on an outside of the electronic device and having an outer surface that is at least partially curved, and a glass film at least partially laminated to the outer surface of the basic member.
US09868270B2	Wavelength converting member Provided is a wavelength converting member made of a sintered body which inhibits color unevenness of exit light after wavelength conversion and has excellent light emitting efficiency and inhibited decrease in mechanical strength. The wavelength converting member includes a plate-like sintered body having one principal surface as a light entrance surface and the other principal surface as a light exit surface, and a porosity of 0.1% or less with fluorescent material grains containing an activator and light-transmitting material grains, the entrance surface and the exit surface are sintered surfaces in which the fluorescent material grains and light-transmitting material grains are exposed without processing. The sintered surface has an average roughness Ra of 0.1 μm to 0.5 μm, the fluorescent material grains exposed on a surface have an average roughness Ra1 of 0.2 nm to 0.5 nm, and the light-transmitting material grains exposed on a surface have an average roughness Ra2 of 0.3 nm to 0.7 nm.
US09868269B2	Acoustic panel made of plaster A plaster-based board includes a plaster-based core positioned between two sheets of paper or nonwoven fabric, wherein the core contains at least one polymer selected from polyvinyl butyral (PVB), copolymers of vinyl acetate and an olefin, which copolymers have a glass transition temperature that varies from −10° C. to +25° C., terpolymers of vinyl acetate, an olefin and a vinyl ester monomer, terpolymers of vinyl acetate, a vinyl ester monomer and a (meth)acrylate monomer, and copolymers of vinyl acetate and an acrylic monomer.
US09868268B2	Magnetic clasps for insulation Various insulations that employ magnetic clasps are disclosed herein. Insulation is formed as a panel of an insulation material. A magnetic clasp is attached to the panel. The magnetic clasp has a magnetic component that is substantially flush with a face of the panel. The magnetic component comprises a mixture of a ferromagnetic material and the insulation material.
US09868256B2	Three-dimensional printing system and method for three-dimensional printing A three-dimensional printing system includes a light source unit, at least one image-capturing module, a processing unit and a printing device. The image-capturing module includes an image-capturing unit and a focus-adjusting lens group. The processing unit controls a zooming lens to change a shooting focal length and controlling multiple images of the object to be measured captured by the image-capturing unit under the different shooting focal lengths, wherein each of the plural images includes focused and unfocused local images therein, and the processing unit calculates out a three-dimensional profile data of the object to be measured according to the focused local images in the images and the shooting focal lengths corresponding to the focused local images. The printing device prints multiple cross-sectional profiles corresponding to the object to be measured. Further, a method for three-dimensional printing is also provided.
US09868252B2	Container assembly and method for making assembly The present invention is directed to a method of assembling a container including an inner tube contained within an outer tube. The method includes providing an outer tube, providing a spacing element adjacent the open top of the outer tube and inserting an inner tube within the outer tube. The spacing element provides for venting of air from between the inner and outer tubes through the top of the container during assembly thereof.
US09868251B2	Method for producing plastic containers A method for producing a plastics material container from half-shells. The half-shells are aligned at respective edges thereof in at least two directions in space, and then at joined by being butt welded together at the respective edges thereof.
US09868250B2	Process for the adhesive bonding of plastics pipes by means of (meth)acrylate adhesive A process for the adhesive bonding of plastic pipes with and without a fitting by use of a (meth)acrylate adhesive and also corresponding pipe connections, are described.
US09868248B2	Stretched film and method for producing the same A method for producing a stretched film comprising a first step of stretching a long film by increasing a holding distance in the width direction and a second step of shrinking by decreasing the holding distance in the width direction. One side edge of the long film has a traveling direction with at least three bending travels, while the other side edge has a traveling direction with at least two bending travels. The first step or the second step performs the bending travel at one or both of the side edges. The first step or the second step has a traveling trajectory in which the both side edges of the long film travel to the same side. The method achieves suppression of wrinkles formed on the stretched film, limitation of biaxiality of the stretched film, and provides a stretched film having optical properties suitably usable as a retardation plate.
US09868247B2	Blow molder control systems and methods Systems and methods for controlling the operation of a blow molder are disclosed. An indication of a crystallinity of at least one container produced by the blow molder may be received along with a material distribution of the at least one container. A model may be executed, where the model relates a plurality of blow molder input parameters to the indication of crystallinity and the material distribution and where a result of the model comprises changes to at least one of the plurality of blow molder input parameters to move the material distribution towards a baseline material distribution and the crystallinity towards a baseline crystallinity. The changes to the at least one of the plurality of blow molder input parameters may be implemented.
US09868245B2	Screw elements for extruding plastic compositions The invention relates to novel screw elements for multi-screw extruders with screw profiles co-rotating in pairs and being fully self-wiping in pairs, to the use of the screw elements in multi-screw extruders and to a process for extruding plastic compositions.
US09868243B1	Apparatus and method for extruding stripes onto an extruded product An apparatus for extruding a jacket and/or insulative material onto an extruded product with one or more longitudinal stripes incorporated onto the surface of said extruded product comprising a body, a primary feed conduit for conveying a primary extrusion material, a striping die, a secondary feed conduit for conveying a secondary extrusion material, a striping die adapter, a striping feed conduit extending through the striping die adapter for conveying striping extrusion material. The striping die adapter may also include a thermocouple for maintaining the viscosity of the striping extrusion material and a thermocouple for monitoring the temperature of said striping die adapter. The striping die includes one or more striping extrusion outlets for conveying striping extrusion material onto the extruded product. The striping die may also include a wishbone-shaped trough for delivering equal amounts of striping extrusion material to said extrusion outlets for extrusion onto the product.
US09868242B2	Methods of manufacturing a multi-lumen device A method and system for manufacturing a multi-lumen device that includes extruding a first layer of material to form an elongate body with a first lumen and a second lumen, the elongate body having a length of at least 100 feet, depositing a mesh layer over the first layer of material along the entire length of the elongate body, and extruding a second layer of material over the mesh layer along at least a portion of the length of the elongate body. The length of at least 100 feet may be considered a first length, the method further comprising cutting the elongate body into a plurality of shortened elongate bodies having a usable length, such as between approximately two feet and approximately six feet.
US09868239B2	Mold positioning device Disclosed herein, amongst other things, are structure and steps for positioning a first mold part of a mold on a mold mounting face in an injection molding machine. In particular, the structure and steps may include a positioner that is configured to connect the first mold part to part of the injection molding machine, wherein the positioner is adjustable to position the first mold part across the mold mounting face.
US09868237B2	Mold for producing fiber-reinforced components A mold for a production device for production of fiber-reinforced components by means of an injection process is provided. The mold has a mold surface to form a surface of the fiber-reinforced component, the mold surface having a first partial area and a second partial area and in which the mold has an injection area for injection of matrix material into fibrous material situated on the mold surface through the second partial area of the mold surface and evacuation area for evacuation of a mold volume bounded by the mold through the first partial area of the mold surface.
US09868236B2	Manufacturing method of a composite long fiber product A manufacturing method of a composite long fiber product has steps of preparing base materials, mixing the base materials, and injection molding. In the step of preparing base materials, a first plastic base material, a second plastic base material, and a carbon fiber base material are prepared. In the step of mixing the base materials, the carbon fiber base material is grinded in a first mixing device and is mixed with the first plastic base material. An average length of the grinded carbon fiber base material is at least 10 millimeters. In the step of the injection molding, the first plastic base material and a mixture of the second plastic base material and the carbon fiber base material are injected into a molding device. The mixture of the second plastic base material and the carbon fiber base material can diffuse uniformly in the molding device.
US09868234B2	Method for manufacturing carbon fiber component and carbon fiber component manufactured by using this method A method for manufacturing a carbon fiber component includes: placing a film with a texture on a first side surface into a mold, where a second side surface of the film abuts against an inner wall of the mold; injecting melted carbon fiber composite plastic into the first side surface through an injection port of the mold to obtain a component in a first shape; and obtaining a component in a second shape from the component in the first shape by using a material removal technique. Compared with the prior art, with the manufacturing method provided in the present invention, on the basis of ensuring a use strength requirement of a component, processing efficiency may be effectively increased. On this basis, the present invention further provides a carbon fiber component manufactured by using this manufacturing method.
US09868233B2	Moldable fly-away tool structure system A composite structure includes a first face sheet, a second face sheet, and a foam member located between the first face sheet and the second face sheet. The foam member has a molded contour, the mold contour being configured to provide tooling surface for at least one of the first face sheet and the second face sheet prior to curing of the composite structure. A method of making the foam member includes creating a mold tool having an interior surface which resembles the desired outer contour of the foam member. A mixture is poured into a pour opening in the mold tool. The mixture is allowed to polymerize into a foam as the foam expands and distributes within the mold tool. Vent openings in the mold tool are selectively tailored to control the density of the foam member. The foam member is cured in the mold tool.
US09868232B2	Prosthetic appliance kit Prosthetics created in layers, and methods of making them, comprising one or more materials. The methods utilize a clay sculpture from which is made a negative impression cast in silicone, which is used to cast a durable positive prosthetic, which is used to create either durable or temporary negative production impressions into which the layers can be built to form the finished prosthetic.
US09868230B2	Polymer based molds and methods of manufacturing there of Polymer-based molds and methods of manufacturing are described. The method includes depositing two or more layers of a first material having a glass transition temperature (Tg) lower than about 70° C., in order to form a first portion of the mold and then depositing two or more layers of a second material having a Tg higher than about 80° C. to form a second portion of the mold. The method may further include depositing two or more layers of a material having a Tg lower than about 70° C. forming a third portion of the mold to cover the second portion.
US09868225B2	Stabilizing a concrete form A device for stabilizing a concrete form includes an anchoring member with a channel aligned along a first axis, and elongate members with cavities aligned along a second axis, the elongate members coupled to form a frame. The device may include an anchoring post for insertion through the channel of the anchoring member to secure the device to a surface, and sliders with elongate bodies for insertion into the cavities of the elongate members, where the sliders are affixed to an engagement member structurally configured for engaging the concrete form. First retaining members may be structurally configured to engage the anchoring post when inserted through the channel of the anchoring member thereby maintaining a position of the frame along the first axis. Second retaining members may be structurally configured to engage a slider when inserted into the elongate member thereby maintaining a position of the slider along the second axis.
US09868222B2	Tool for wrapping paper and kit for containing same A tool for use with wrapping paper comprises a unitary, plastic stick and a length of at least 18 inches. The stick extends linearly and has serrations defined in the plastic stick on a first side and has a non-serrated second side, opposite the first side, separated by a width. The serrations are adjacent a bracing surface and are parallel to the wrapping paper when the bracing surface is disposed on top of the wrapping paper. In particular embodiments, a non-skid feature can be added to the bracing surface, as well as a lip to self-orient the tool relative to the edge of wrapping paper. The tool can be provided within the hollow central core of a roll of wrapping paper, and enclosed therein by a clear plastic wrap. A product resulting from a 3D printing process is also described.
US09868221B2	Bent razor blades and manufacturing of such razor blades A razor blade includes an edge portion with a cutting edge at a first end of the razor blade; a further portion extending from the edge portion to a second end of the razor blade; and a bridge portion attached to a first portion of the further portion, leaving a second portion of the further portion exposed from the first end to the second end. The edge portion is bent relative to the further portion through an angle of at least 40° in a bending zone spaced from the cutting edge. Further, at least the edge portion has a material structure hardened by a first heat treatment, and the bending zone has a locally re-heated structure.
US09868220B2	Shaving cartridge with enhanced rinsing A razor that facilitates a user's removal of shaving lubricant, cut hairs, and other shaving-related debris, from around, and between, the razor's blade(s). A scoop at the upper portion of the razor's blade assembly funnels water to the blade channel in which the blades are affixed, and at least a portion of that water flows around and/or over the blade(s). The scoop captures, and directs through the razor's blades, a greater volume of water per unit time than can be achieved with an unmodified blade assembly. The cross-sectional area of the scoop's inflow mouth is greater than that of the blade channel's outflow mouth, thereby promoting a Venturi effect which increases the speed of the water's flow over the blades.
US09868217B2	All-elastomer 3-axis contact resistive tactile sensor arrays and micromilled manufacturing methods thereof At least one tactile sensor includes an insulating layer and a conductive layer formed on the surface of the insulating layer. The conductive layer defines at least one group of flexible projections extending orthogonally from the surface of the insulating layer. The flexible projections include a major projection extending a distance orthogonally from the surface and at least one minor projection that is adjacent to and separate from the major projection wherein the major projection extends a distance orthogonally that is greater than the distance that the minor projection extends orthogonally. Upon a compressive force normal to, or a shear force parallel to, the surface, the major projection and the minor projection flex such that an electrical contact resistance is formed between the major projection and the minor projection. A capacitive tactile sensor is also disclosed that responds to the normal and shear forces.
US09868214B2	Localization of a mobile system Systems and methods related to localizing mobile robotic devices are provided. A control system can receive a request for a particular mobile robotic device (PMRD) to travel between a first area and a cell area. After receiving the request, the control system can disable a presence sensor detecting objects traveling between the first area and the cell area. The control system can receive, from one or more identification sensors, sensor data identifying a mobile robotic device that has moved into the cell area based on identifiers of the mobile robotic device. The control system can verify that sensor data indicates the PMRD is in the cell area. After verifying that the PMRD is in the cell area, the control system can: disable the PMRD, enable the presence sensor, and indicate that the PMRD is disabled in the cell area.
US09868212B1	Methods and apparatus for determining the pose of an object based on point cloud data Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media that are related to 3D object detection and pose determination and that may optionally increase the robustness and/or efficiency of the 3D object recognition and pose determination. Some implementations are generally directed to techniques for generating an object model of an object based on model point cloud data of the object. Some implementations of the present disclosure are additionally and/or alternatively directed to techniques for application of acquired 3D scene point cloud data to a stored object model of an object to detect the object and/or determine the pose of the object.
US09868211B2	Restricting movement of a mobile robot A robot includes a body that is movable relative to a surface one or more measurement devices within the body to output information based on an orientation of the body at an initial location on the surface, and a controller within the body to determine an orientation of the body based on the information and to restrict movement of the body to an area by preventing movement of the body beyond a barrier that is based on the orientation of the body and the initial location.
US09868208B2	Apparatus and methods for controlling attention of a robot Apparatus and methods for controlling attention and training of autonomous robotic devices. In one approach, attention of the robot may be manipulated by use of a spot-light device illuminating a portion of the aircraft undergoing inspection in order to indicate to inspection robot target areas requiring more detailed inspection. The robot guidance may be aided by way of an additional signal transmitted by the agent to the robot indicating that the object has been illuminated and attention switch may be required. Responsive to receiving the additional signal, the robot may initiate a search for the signal reflected by the illuminated area requiring its attention. Responsive to detecting the illuminated object and receipt of the additional signal, the robot may develop an association between the two events and the inspection task. The light guided attention system may influence the robot learning for subsequent actions.
US09868206B2	Carrier device There is provided a carrier device that has a linkage arm mechanism, in particular, a carrier device that cools the linkage arm mechanism and can reduce the impact of radiation heat from a work that is in a high temperature state. A carrier device is a carrier device that includes a linkage arm mechanism and a pivot shaft, and the linkage arm mechanism includes lower arms and upper arms, and one ends of which are respectively connected to the lower arms, and horizontal movement members that support a work that is connected to the other ends of the upper arms, and cooling plates are respectively arranged between the upper arms, and the horizontal movement members.
US09868198B2	Hand held surgical handle assembly, surgical adapters for use between surgical handle assembly and surgical loading units, and methods of use A surgical device comprising an adapter assembly is disclosed. The adapter assembly selectively interconnects a loading unit and a device housing, and includes at least one drive converter assembly for interconnecting a rotatable drive shaft and an axially translatable drive member of the loading unit. The at least one drive converter assembly converts and transmits a rotation of the rotatable drive shaft to an axial translation of the axially translatable drive member of the loading unit. The at least one drive converter assembly includes a drive element, a drive nut, and a distal drive member. The drive element defines a longitudinal axis. The drive nut is disposed about the longitudinal axis, and the distal drive member is disposed along the longitudinal axis.
US09868195B2	Hand tool assembly A hand tool assembly includes a cylindrical first body having multiple first grooves. A driving head is connected to one end of the first body and has a ratchet wheel which is controlled by a ratchet mechanism in the driving head. The first body extends through the ratchet wheel. A handle unit is movably mounted to the first body and the handle unit is selectively positioned at one of the first grooves. The second body has two different connection portions on two ends thereof, and the second body can be replaced by other handle tools.
US09868189B2	Ratchet wrench with restriction member for restricting movement of pawl A ratchet wrench includes a head with a first room in which a ratchet wheel is rotatably received. A second room is defined in the inner periphery of the first room and a pawl is received in the second room. The pawl is biased by a resilient member in a recess defined in the inner periphery of the second room. A restriction member is located in the second room and has a first contact portion for contacting one end of the pawl, a second contact portion for contacting the engaging teeth of the pawl, and a contact corner for contacting the inside of the second recess. A gap between the first contact portion and the end of the pawl is 0 to 1 mm. The restriction member restricts the movement of the pawl in the second room.
US09868187B2	Diamond abrasive recovery method A diamond abrasive recovery method in which diamond abrasive is recovered from polishing material slurry including diamond abrasive used for polishing a polishing target mainly composed of silicon. The method comprises (1) recovering polishing material slurry including the used diamond abrasive; (2) adding inorganic salt including a metallic element which is to be a divalent or trivalent cation to the recovered polishing material slurry to aggregate the diamond abrasive and separating a supernatant liquid from a diamond abrasive included dispersion medium; and (3) extracting diamond abrasive from the separated diamond abrasive included dispersion medium using a low polarity dispersion medium.
US09868185B2	Polishing pad with foundation layer and window attached thereto Polishing pads having a foundation layer and a window attached to the foundation layer, and methods of fabricating such polishing pads, are described. In an example, a polishing pad for polishing a substrate includes a foundation layer having a first modulus. A polishing layer is attached to the foundation layer and has a second modulus less than the first modulus. A first opening is through the polishing layer and a second opening is through the foundation layer. The first opening exposes at least a portion of the second opening and exposes a portion of the foundation layer. A window is disposed in the first opening and is attached to the exposed portion of the foundation layer.
US09868179B2	Laser irradiation device, laser irradiation system, and method for removing coating or adhering matter In order to provide a laser irradiation system, a method for removing a coating, and a laser irradiation apparatus capable of efficiently removing a coating on a surface of a structure and recovering the removed substance using suction, a laser head (3) is configured from an optical system (4) for irradiating laser beam (30), a suctioning means (33) for suctioning removed matter (60) produced at the point where the laser beam (30) is directed, and an attachment (5) configured to be capable of abutting a surface (20) of a structure, the optical system (4) being operated to scan the irradiation point of the laser beam so as to draw a trajectory of a circle having a radius r1 around the optical axis of the laser beam (30) on a surface substantially perpendicular to the optical axis.
US09868175B2	Seam welding method and seam welding device A seam welding device sandwiches between a first roller electrode and a second roller electrode a laminate, which is formed by laminating a plurality of workpieces and disposing the thinnest workpiece, which has the smallest thickness among the workpieces, on the outside, to carry out seam welding. The second roller electrode, which is in contact with the thinnest workpiece, is disposed further along the direction of welding progress than the first roller electrode.
US09868173B2	Method for arc welding with a dual gas flow, with a central flow containing argon and hydrogen, and with a sheath flow including argon and either carbon dioxide or oxygen The invention relates to an arc welding method that implements an arc welding torch provided with an electrode, in which a central gas flow is supplied so as to contact the electrode and an annular gas flow is supplied on the periphery of said first gas flow. The central gas flow contains only argon and hydrogen (H2), the hydrogen content being 2 to 8 vol %. The sheath gas flow only contains argon and 1.8 to 3 vol % of carbon dioxide (CO2) or 0.9 to 1.5 vol % of oxygen (O2). The method is used for welding parts made of steel, in particular stainless steel or carbon steel, as well as steel coated with zinc or aluminium or any other material for preventing the corrosion of said steel.
US09868172B2	Arc welding with waveform control function A power supply with a waveform control function is provided. The power supply includes a waveform type selector that selects a desired shape for an output waveform and a setpoint selector that sets an output setpoint for the power supply. The power supply further includes a waveform generator that generates a reference waveform signal. The waveform generator includes a target generation circuit that generates a plurality of target values corresponding to the reference waveform signal. The waveform generator also includes a transition circuit that performs a series of transitions between the plurality of target values to generate the reference waveform signal, and a ramp circuit that controls a ramp speed of at least one transition of the series of transitions based on the desired shape. The generation of a target value corresponding to a peak value of the reference waveform signal is based on at least the output setpoint.
US09868170B2	Wire electrical discharge machining apparatus and machining method A wire electrical discharge machining apparatus includes an NC control device, and the NC control device determines, during taper machining, whether the type of machining is a type (first type) in which an upper die is located on a workpiece side in comparison with a lower die or a type (second type) in which the upper die is located on the side opposite to the workpiece in comparison with the lower die on the basis of a machining program and corrects the positional relationship between the upper die and the lower die in accordance with the determined type of machining.
US09868168B2	Cutter with positive seated stick blades for bevel gear cutting A bevel gear manufacturing face cutter head (2) for face hobbing and face milling wherein the face cutter head includes a positive blade seating and stick-type rectangular or square cross-section cutting blades (6) are clamped tight to the positive seating surfaces (14, 18). The cutting blades are adjustable radially by axial movement by a non-self-locking system.
US09868166B2	Power tool with pyrotechnic lockout A power tool assembly includes a workpiece support surface, a latch movable between a first latch position whereat a drop arm assembly cannot be moved from a first position whereat a shaping device does not extend above the workpiece support surface to a second position whereat the shaping device extends above the workpiece support surface, to a second latch position whereat the drop arm assembly can be moved from the first position to the second position, an actuator housing configured to receive an actuator device, and a reaction plug configured to be selectively seated with the actuator housing, the reaction plug configured such that when an actuator device is installed in the actuator housing and the reaction plug is moved from an unseated position to a fully seated position, the reaction plug forces the actuator device to move the latch from the first latch position to the second latch position.
US09868163B2	Cutting tool A cutting tool including an annular cutter body having at least one V-shaped pocket formed therein and a cutting tool cartridge configured to be received in the at least one pocket of the cutter body. The cutting tool cartridge including a main body. The main body includes a cutting head having a cutting chip control portion and a pocket configured to receive a cutting insert.
US09868155B2	Monolithic shrouded impeller An impeller including a hub body, a shroud surrounding the hub body, and a plurality of impeller blades extending from the hub body to the shroud, wherein the hub body, the shroud, and the plurality of impeller blades are a one-piece structure.
US09868154B2	Three-dimensional molding using magnetically activated static and dynamic ferrofluid configurations A method for creating a dynamic mold from a ferrofluid substrate in or adjacent to curable molding material is disclosed. A combination of magnetic elements is used to create a magnetic field that is capable of concentrating a ferrofluid substrate in a 3-D space. The ferrofluid substrate shapes a molding material to effect its shape. The ferrofluid, under the influence of a magnetic field, is capable of creating surface features and internal features in the molding material. Once cured or partially cured, the ferrofluid may be removed, resulting in features that are difficult to form by conventional methods.
US09868149B2	Feeder and shapeable composition for production thereof Feeders for use in the foundry industry comprising (a) rice husk ash containing, based on the total amount of the constituents detectable in the rice husk ash by quantitative phase analysis by means of x-ray diffractometry (i) crystalline modifications of silicon dioxide, (ii) monoclinic feldspar and (iii) amorphous silicon dioxide, a total content of at least 70 wt. %, preferably more than 75 wt. % of (i) crystalline modifications of silicon dioxide and (ii) monoclinic feldspar, wherein, based on the total weight of the shapeable composition of the feeder, the amount of this rice husk ash is in the range of from 5 to 50 wt. %, preferably 5 to 25 wt. %, (b) cured binder, (c) optionally fiber material, (d) optionally one or more further fillers, and (e) optionally an oxidizable metal and an oxidizing agent for the oxidizable metal are described.
US09868135B2	Aerodynamic microstructures having sub-microstructures Aerodynamic microstructures having sub-microstructure are disclosed herein. One disclosed example apparatus includes an aerodynamic microstructure on an external surface of a vehicle, and sub-microstructures superimposed on the aerodynamic microstructure, where the sub-microstructures are spaced to reduce reflections.
US09868133B1	Masking device A masking device for covering a masking area. The masking device includes a first member, a second member, and a third member. The masking device further includes a base formed by the first member, the second member, and the third member. The base defines a top surface and a bottom surface. The masking device further includes a pull tab formed by the first member and the second member. The pull tab extends away from the top surface of the base. The bottom surface includes an adhesive. The bottom surface is configured for removable attachment to the masking area.
US09868131B2	Atomic layer deposition with plasma source The invention relates to method including operating a plasma atomic layer deposition reactor configured to deposit material in a reaction chamber on at least one substrate by sequential self-saturating surface reactions, and allowing gas from an inactive gas source to flow into a widening radical in-feed part opening towards the reaction chamber substantially during a whole deposition cycle. The invention also relates to a corresponding apparatus.
US09868120B2	Rotatable cartridge with a metering chamber for analyzing a biological sample An automatic analyzer cartridge, spinnable around a rotational axis, has aliquoting and metering chambers, a connecting duct there between, and a vent connected to the metering chamber and nearer to the rotational axis than the metering chamber. The metering chamber has side walls that taper away from a central region. Capillary action next to the side walls is greater than in the central region. A circular arc about the rotational axis passes through a duct entrance in the aliquoting chamber and a duct exit in the metering chamber. The cartridge has a downstream fluidic element which is part of a fluidic structure for processing a biological sample into the processed biological sample. A valve connects the metering chamber to the fluidic element, which is fluidically connected to the fluidic structure. The fluidic structure receives the biological sample and has a measurement structure for enabling measurement of the processed biological sample.
US09868118B2	Process for regenerating catalyst particles A process for regenerating catalyst particles is disclosed. The process includes the steps: (a) withdrawing a regeneration zone effluent comprising halogen from a regeneration zone, wherein the regeneration zone contains catalyst particles comprising halogen; (b) contacting a first portion of the regeneration zone effluent with adsorbent in a first adsorption zone, removing halogen from the first portion of the regeneration zone effluent, and withdrawing from the first adsorption zone a first adsorption zone effluent; (c) contacting the first adsorption zone effluent with a water removing material to create a first water-depleted stream; and (d) passing the first water-depleted stream to the regeneration zone. Other embodiments include different orders of the steps.
US09868116B2	Direct incorporation of iron complexes into SAPO-34 (CHA) type materials Fe-SAPO-34 silicoaluminophosphates having Fe2+ organic complexes and methods for their direct synthesis in the absence of a co-templating agent are described. Fe-SAPO-34 silicoaluminophosphate having Fe3+ located in extra-framework locations within the pores of cages of the crystal are described. They are prepared by calcining the Fe-SAPO-34 silicoaluminphosphates containing Fe2+ polyamine complexes. Methods of using the Fe-SAPO-34 having Fe3+ located in extra-framework locations within the pores of cages of the crystal in the treatment of exhaust gases are described.
US09868115B2	Oxidation catalyst for internal combustion engine exhaust gas treatment The invention provides an exhaust gas cleaning oxidation catalyst and in particular to an oxidation catalyst for cleaning the exhaust gas discharged from internal combustion engines of compression ignition type (particularly diesel engines). The invention further relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising an oxidising catalyst on a substrate monolith for use in treating exhaust gas emitted from a lean-burn internal combustion engine. In particular, the invention relates to a catalysed substrate monolith comprising a first washcoat coating and a second washcoat coating, wherein the second washcoat coating is disposed in a layer above the first washcoat coating.
US09868113B2	Copper-zirconia catalyst and method of use and manufacture Catalysts and methods for their manufacture and use for the dehydrogenation of alcohols are disclosed. The catalysts and methods utilize a highly dispersible alumina, for example, boehmite or pseudoboehmite, to form catalysts that exhibit high dehydrogenation activities. Specifically, the catalysts include Cu that is highly dispersed by reaction of an alumina formed by peptizing of boehmite or pseudoboehmite and precursors of ZrO2, ZnO and CuO.
US09868111B2	Catalyst for direct NOx decomposition and a method of forming and using the catalyst A process of forming a direct NOx catalyst includes the steps of providing a palladium salt, providing a silicon oxide support material, mixing the palladium salt and silicon oxide support material in an aqueous solution, evaporating the aqueous solution forming a solid, calcining the solid, and then exposing the calcined solid to a pretreatment gas at a specified temperature to form a desired direct NOx catalyst. When the process includes exposing the calcined solid to helium gas at a temperature of from 650 to 1000° C. the catalyst may include a mixture of palladium and palladium oxide having a particle size of from 5 to 150 nm where the palladium particles are discrete particles without sintering and the mixture may include 41% by weight palladium oxide and 51% by weight palladium metal.
US09868106B2	Diatom-based nanocomposites, methods for their preparation and use Methods of forming a diatom-based nanocomposite are provided. The methods include mixing at least one diatomic material, one or more metal precursors, and functionalized graphite oxide to form a mixture. The methods also include exfoliating the mixture in presence of hydrogen to reduce functionalized graphite oxide to graphene and reducing the one or more metal precursors to metal nanoparticles. The methods further include depositing the metal nanoparticles on the diatomic material to form the diatom-based nanocomposite.
US09868105B2	Spinel-type lithium titanium oxide/graphene composite and method of preparing the same A spinel-type lithium titanium oxide/graphene composite and a method of preparing the same are provided. The method can be useful in simplifying a manufacturing process and shortening a manufacturing time using microwave associated solvothermal reaction and post heat treatment, and the spinel-type lithium titanium oxide/graphene composite may have high electrochemical performances due to its excellent capacity and rate capability and long lifespan, and thus be used as an electrode material of the lithium secondary battery.
US09868099B2	Methods for forming polycrystalline materials including providing material with superabrasive grains prior to HPHT processing Grains of superabrasive material may be infiltrated with a molten metal alloy at a relatively low temperature, and the molten metal alloy may be solidified within interstitial spaces between the grains of superabrasive material to form a solid metal alloy having the grains of superabrasive material embedded therein. The solid metal alloy with the grains of superabrasive material embedded therein may be subjected to a high pressure and high temperature process to form a polycrystalline superabrasive material. A polycrystalline superabrasive material also may be formed by depositing material on surfaces of grains of superabrasive material in a chemical vapor infiltration process to form a porous body, which then may be subjected to a high pressure and high temperature process. Polycrystalline compacts and cutting elements including such compacts may be formed using such methods.
US09868093B2	Flotation machine rotor A rotor for use in a slurry separation flotation cell having a tank within which the rotor is contained. The rotor has a shaft that has a conduit adapted to communicate a fluid, preferably a gas such as air, therethrough. The rotor also has impeller blades extending radially from the shaft and a baffle adjacent the bottom of the impeller blades. The baffle extends from an end of the shaft to at or near an outer edge of the impeller blades, directing the gas to the outer edges of the impeller blades for dispersion into the slurry. The rotor is located adjacent a floor of the tank and, in use, draws slurry downwards into the impeller portion and forces it outwards with the gas being mixed therein.
US09868087B2	Core-shell oxide material, method for producing the same, and catalyst and method for purification of exhaust gas using the core-shell oxide material A core-shell oxide material comprises: a core which comprises a ceria-zirconia based solid solution powder having at least one ordered phase of a pyrochlore phase and a κ phase; and a shell which comprises an alumina based oxide disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the core.
US09868085B2	Absorption tower having absorption separator A lean absorbent liquid supplier, disposed inside at an upper portion in the absorption tower housing, supplies a lean absorbent liquid into the housing. An absorption tower rectifier, disposed under the lean absorbent liquid supplier in the absorption tower housing, rectifies flow of the lean absorbent liquid supplied downwardly in the absorption tower housing, and dissolves an object gas in the lean absorbent liquid to generate a rich absorbent liquid. An absorbent liquid chamber, disposed below the absorption tower rectifier in the absorption tower housing temporarily stores the rich absorbent liquid therein. An absorption separator is disposed between the absorption tower rectifier and the absorbent liquid chamber in the absorption tower housing. The object gas is supplied to the absorbent liquid chamber.
US09868081B1	Water treatment cartridge with sealable inlet and outlet to prevent leaks A water treatment cartridge for an assembly head having a pair of valves for controlling the flow of water therethrough is provided. The cartridge includes a connector coupled to the assembly head and having a cartridge body with an inlet and an outlet, an inner end cover coupled to the cartridge body's interior, a pair of valve stems disposed within the cartridge body and connected to the assembly head, the valve stems including a first valve stem disposed within the inlet and a second valve stem disposed within the outlet, each valve stem having a head, a rod enclosed within the inlet or outlet, and a tail within the cartridge body, and a pair of driving springs coupled to the pair of valve stems and inner end cover.
US09868080B2	Compact plumbing system drain strainer for a galley A apparatus and system for filtering wastewater from a basin is disclosed, wherein the apparatus prevents backflow of waste water, provides easy access for cleaning and replacing strainers, and a viewing window. The apparatus also provides additional ports for draining the apparatus.
US09868077B2	Method and apparatus for in situ cleaning of tube settlers in water clarification Apparatus and method to remove sediment from tubes of a tube settler assembly used in water clarification. A series of tube laterals extends beneath the area of the tube settler assembly and allows air to escape from air exit holes in the tube laterals. An air supply provides air to the tube laterals. The air released from one tube lateral may be released by a second tube lateral at a time different from the time of air released by the first tube lateral. The air entrained in liquid rises and dislodges sediment in the tubes of the tube settler assembly. A flow deflector may be located below the structure supporting the tube settler assembly to deflect rising air into the tube settler assembly which would otherwise be blocked from air entry.
US09868074B2	Device for fire, light and dance performance The invention is a device used as a prop in dance and performances. In particular fire dancing, light performances and other performances such as belly dancing. The Specification describes the current need for a performance device that allows the user a greater freedom of movement and the ability to rapidly reconfigure the shape and function of the performance device. This device consists of a flat, crescent shaped body with a center area for gripping and two arms with attachments for wicks or lights. The device has holes in the grip area which allow the user to spin the device on a finger or thumb. The device has screw holes and, in some embodiment's, magnets, in the grip area and along the arms that allow the user to attach multiple units together to form difference shapes. Wicks or lights can easily be removed for rapid replacement or reconfiguration of props.
US09868073B2	Transformable toy A toy with an exterior structure. Constructed to transform from a rollable first shape to a second shape. An interior structure inside the exterior structure is endowed with a magnetic body that moves by way of a magnetic force that acts from the exterior of the toy, an interior locking portion that moves simultaneously with the movement of this magnetic body, and a biasing member that effects a force which moves or turns this interior locking portion in a particular direction. If the magnetic force does not act from the exterior of the toy, the first shape of the exterior structure maintained. In the event that a magnetic force has acted from the exterior of the said toy, the exterior structure transforms from the first shape to the second shape.
US09868064B2	Game server and scenario control program In a game server wherein a player can play a game online by operating a game terminal, and game program has two or more partial scenarios and the partial scenario has an event to be played by forming a party through two or more players, a unifier that unifies and controls scenario proceeding of the player as a challenger, a controller that controls to prohibit the unified player from executing another events, a processor that does a procedure corresponding to clearing on the player as the challenger to whom clearing of the event was judged, and a releaser that releases unification of the player classified into the challenger are provided.
US09868062B2	System, method, and graphical user interface for controlling an application on a tablet A system, method, and graphical user interface for playing games and/or executing applications on a tablet-based client. One embodiment of a graphical user interface (GUI) for playing a video game on a tablet-based client device comprises: a virtual controller rendered on a display of the tablet computer, the virtual controller substantially mimicking the control provided by a thumb stick of a physical game controller and providing omnidirectional, free-form movement in a synchronous direction in which a user moves a finger on the display of the tablet-based client.
US09868060B2	Moving image distribution server, moving image reproduction apparatus, control method, and recording medium Rendering processing is performed such that a distribution screen is rendered in rendering processing of a subsequent stage by referring to a Depth map generated by rendering processing of a preceding stage. A moving image distribution server selects the Depth map for coding determination during execution of rendering processing of the subsequent stage for a first screen, and determines for each set block whether to perform inter-frame coding by referring to a Depth map generated for a second screen rendered before the first screen. After rendering processing of the subsequent stage has ended for the first screen, the server performs coding in accordance with the determination result and sends the coded moving image data to an external device. The determination result is sent to the external device before generation of the coded moving image data of the first screen is completed.
US09868055B1	Generating individual play bases in a virtual space using markup information A system and method for generating individual player bases in a virtual space using markup information are disclosed. Player base definitions specific individual players may be managed. The player base definitions may indicate boundaries of player bases in the virtual space, a base type for the player bases, and/or any other information related to the player bases. Player base markup information may be obtained for a given player base type. The obtained player base markup information may indicate, in a markup language format, building information regarding one or more default buildings within a player base having the given base type. Individual player bases may be generated in the virtual space base on the boundaries of the player bases as indicated in the player base definitions associated with the individual players and further based on the player base markup information for the base type of the player bases.
US09868048B2	Skateboard capable of providing self-propulsive force The skateboard capable of providing the self-propulsive force includes: a board main body; a center rotation portion which allows a user of the skateboard to change a direction of the skateboard with one foot put thereon; a first footrest portion which is provided on one side of the board main body with respect to the center portion and moves the board main body through a left and right reciprocating movement of the footrest; a second footrest portion which is provided on the other side of the board main body with respect to the center portion and moves the board main body through a left/right reciprocating movement of the footrest; and an elastic guide portion which is provided between the board main body and the wheel assemblies and guides left/right reciprocating movements of the support members.
US09868045B2	Golf course pace of play management system and method A device and method for regulating a pace of golf play. A golf course is divided into segments, with each segment assigned a time for completion by a user golfer group. Spaced apart signal lights are positioned on the golf course. Each golfer group is provided with a wireless positioning device. A computing device compares an elapsed time for completion of a number of segments with the total assigned time for the number of segments completed. The computing device wirelessly actuates a visual signal to the golfer group by a signal light on the golf course when the elapsed time for completion of the number of segments by the user golfer group is greater than the total assigned time for the number of segments completed. The device and method take into account impediments to pace of play that are outside of the golfer group's control.
US09868042B1	Baton stand The baton stand is a training device that is configured for use with a baton that is used in the relay race events of a track and field competition. The baton stand is a container within which a baton can be placed or removed as a runner passes by the baton stand. The baton stand is adjustable such that the baton stand will simulate the angle and height the baton should be in during the acceptance or hand off of the baton. To use the baton stand, a runner runs past the baton stand and, depending on the objective of the training exercise, will place the baton into or remove the baton from the baton stand. The baton stand comprises a telescopic stanchion, a stand, a basket, and a locking hinge. The stand attaches to the telescopic stanchion. The locking hinge attaches the basket to the telescopic stanchion.
US09868039B2	Bat break-in testing method and associated apparatus A method for use in testing sports equipment such as a baseball bat for conformity to a performance standard or specification utilizes a compression contact member having a geometrical form identical in whole or in part to a baseball. In the method one supports one side of the bat in a cradle and presses the contact member into the batting member at a point of maximum performance on the bat. One continues alternating between compressions of successively increasing depth and elasticity test compressions, pausing to measure performance when the elasticity increases by a given percentage. The bat passes if it exhibits damage prior to exceeding a maximum permissible performance level or if its performance level is still less than that maximum once a maximum compression depth is attained.
US09868036B1	Golf club head A golf club head having two adjoining flush surfaces and method of manufacturing same is disclosed. In one embodiment, a golf club head includes a main body comprising an opening and a recessed flange formed along at least a portion of a peripheral edge defining the opening; at least one compressible shim disposed on a surface of the flange, the at least one compressible shim being compressible to at least 50% of its original uncompressed thickness; and a cover plate shaped and sized to fit within the opening, wherein a first portion of a mating surface of the cover plate is affixed to the surface of the flange and a second portion of the mating surface is disposed on top of the at least one compressible shim, wherein the compressible shim is in a compressed state such that an outer surface of the cover plate is flush with an adjacent surface of the main body.
US09868031B2	Golf ball dimple profile Golf ball dimples having a cross-sectional profile shape defined by the product of a base profile and one or more weighting functions are disclosed.
US09868028B2	Virtual reality indoor bicycle exercise system using mobile device Provided is a virtual reality indoor bicycle exercise system using a mobile device, which includes a cycle unit; a main controller controlling a load granted to the cycle unit and collecting information on various sensors attached to the cycle unit; a mobile device accessing the main controller to provide information such as physical exercise resistance, and the like and generated in an actual traveling path and receiving exercise information generated by various sensors from the main controller; and a main server wirelessly communicating with the mobile device and storing, updating and managing user information, exercise amount information, and the like.
US09868025B2	Contralateral hip and hamstring training device A contralateral hip and hamstring training device which mimics the body position and biomechanics of walking/running is provided. When using the training device, a user is positioned in a partially supported lunge with the front hip flexed just above 90 degrees and the back hip extended to at least neutral at the hip by use of an incline bench or seat pad with no seat back. This position allows users to engage the hip flexors of their back leg while the hamstring exercise is performed on the front leg creating true pelvic stabilization using the same counterforce mechanics required during walking/running. Because the user is able to adjust the amount of hip extension and muscle activation on the back leg in real time, the training device provides for adequate leverage for training the hamstrings in both Hip Extension and Knee Flexion simultaneously and through a full range of resistance levels.
US09868023B2	Sliding exercise device with a plurality of tracks The exercise device includes an elevated base, including a single track, diverging forwardly into a plurality of elevated arms, each including an elongated track member disposed between opposing first and second ends such that the first end is proximal to a forward end of the elevated base. An elevated beam provided with a stationary knee support protrudes rearwardly from the elevated base. A single slider including a steering mechanism is capable of being slidably disposed on the single track and selectively disposed onto an elongated track member of any one of the plurality of elevated arms. Preferably, a plurality of legs are used to elevate the plurality of elevated arms, elevated base and elevated beam from a supporting surface.
US09868020B2	Exercise apparatuses and methods of using the same An exercise apparatus includes a pair of step-up apparatuses wearable on feet of a user. Each step-up apparatus is configurable between an expanded configuration and a compressed configuration to simulate a selected motion when the user wearing the pair of step-up apparatuses travels by foot. One of the step-up apparatuses moves towards the expanded configuration while the other step-up apparatus moves towards the compressed configuration.
US09868019B2	Exercise machine reversible resistance system An exercise machine reversible resistance system for reversing the directional force of resistance against an exercise implement before, during, or after the performance of a routine of one or more exercises. The exercise machine reversible resistance system generally includes a frame, an elongated member movably positioned upon the frame, wherein the elongated member has a first run and a second run, a resistance device that applies a resistance force to the elongated member in a single direction, an exercise implement movably connected to the frame and a clutch connected to the exercise implement. The clutch is adapted to selectively engage the first run or the second run of the elongated member for selective control of the resistance direction of the exercise implement.
US09868015B2	Exercise device with rotatable reels An exercise device has a pair of axially spaced reels 102a, 102b, which are each biased by a spiral spring 108. Each reel is attached to one end of a respective strap 130a, 130b and an outer end of each strap is attached to a carabiner 134a, 34b. Each reel is selectably releaseable by a locking arrangement 112a, 112b, 16, 117, that is able to interfere with rotation of the reels 102a, 102b, in dependence upon action by a user. Each reel is independently rotatable and each strap 130a, 130b may be extended or retracted independently of one another. Using the carabiners 134a, 134b, each strap may be secured to an attachment 10 beam so that the straps form a V-configuration and it is envisaged that two such exercise devices may be used so that a user may perform exercises such as push-ups, triceps dips, back pulls and pull-ups. Non-suspended exercises may be performed by providing rubber feet 127a, 127b, and two such exercise devices may be connected together by interconnecting male 123a and female connectors 124b.
US09868012B2	Rehabilitation systems and methods The present invention integrates an actuated tilting rehabilitation table, video tracking of the patient arm and opposite shoulder, a low-friction forearm support with grasping force sensing, remote data transmission and additional weighing means, one or more large displays, a computer and a plurality of simulation exercises, such as video games. The patient can be monitored by a local or remote clinician. The table tilts in order to increase exercise difficulty due to gravity loading on the patient's arm and shoulder. In one embodiment, the present the invention includes an actuated tilting table which tilts in four degrees of freedom.
US09868002B2	Respirator including contrast layer Various embodiments of a respirator and a method of making such respirator are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the respirator includes a mask body and a harness attached to the mask body. The mask body can include an outer cover web, an inner cover web, a filtration layer disposed between the outer cover web and the inner cover web, and a contrast layer disposed between the outer cover web and the inner cover web in a sinus region of the mask body. A portion of the contrast layer can be visible through an outer surface of the outer cover web to form a contrast region of the mask body, where the outer surface of the outer cover web faces away from the filtration layer.
US09868000B2	Descent rescue device with double brake and back and forth controlled A descent rescue device with a double brake with back and forth control comprising an outer shell, a tyra mechanism, a wedge wheel and a double braking mechanism, wherein the double braking mechanism comprises an outer braking component, an inner braking component and a locking mechanism, the inner braking component is operatively associated with the energy conversion adjusting screw of the tyra mechanism, the wedge wheel is disposed between the inner braking component and the outer braking component, a bundle of steel wire rope is wrapped around the wedge wheel, and when no force or a force beyond a maximum threshold acts on the outer braking component, the steel wire rope wrapped on the wedge wheel is locked; when a force lower than the maximum threshold acts on the outer braking component, the steel wire rope is unlocked.
US09867993B2	System and method for generating electric charges from heart to power implantable medical devices Disclosed herein is system and method for generating, storing and transmitting electrical charge from heart's electrical conduction system to power implantable medical devices. An intelligent monitoring module in the system monitors amount of nerve impulses that are generated at the Sinoatrial (SA) node of the heart and continuously compares number of the generated nerve impulses with a threshold nerve impulse value. If excess impulses are detected, the intelligent monitoring module routes the excess nerve impulses to a battery management module which generates charge by converting the excess nerve impulses to electric charge. This charge may be further used to power up the implantable medical device.
US09867984B2	Fluoride iontophoresis device and method thereof The present invention provides a device for fluoride iontophoresis, comprising at least one electrochemical cell device containing at least one electrode and a fluoride-containing electrolyte, wherein the electrode is operated via an electromotive force to drive the fluoride-containing electrolyte into a biological interface; and a power supply connecting electrically to the cell device and at least providing a periodic pulse voltage signal to the electrode.
US09867983B2	Active implantable device suitable for use in an MRI scanner Embodiments include an implantable device configured to be used in an MRI device, including a control unit, a memory unit, an MRI sensor and a statistics unit. The memory unit includes program information including control programs and/or control parameters that control the function of the control unit, and current state parameters. The MRI sensor is connected to the control unit and responds to a positioning of the implant and/or a patient within or in the immediate vicinity of the MRI device. The statistics unit is connected to the control unit and detects current state parameters present prior to a respective response of the MRI sensor. The control unit selects a control program or control parameters indicated by the state parameters and maintains the control program or control parameters until the MRI sensor indicates a positioning of the implantable device within or in the immediate vicinity of the MRI device.
US09867978B1	Conformal electrode arrays for electrophysiologic recording and neural stimulation within the cerebral ventricles The present disclosure relates to an array of electrodes on a flexible scaffolding, with the ability to collapse into an axial configuration suitable for deploying through a narrow cylindrical channel. The electrode arrays can be placed into the ventricular system of the brain, constituting a minimally invasive platform for precise spatial and temporal localization of electrical activity within the brain, and precise electrical stimulation of brain tissue, to diagnose and restore function in conditions caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
US09867974B2	Microfluidic device for multiplexed point source administration of compounds A device is provided for the administration of a compound in a body. The device includes a capsule having a reservoir therein for receiving the compound therein and a delivery instrument for positioning the capsule within the body. The delivery instrument includes a barrel having an interior adapted to receive the capsule therein and a dispersal element interacting with the barrel to selectively expel the capsule therefrom and into the body. A diffusion regulator communicates with the reservoir and controls the diffusion of the compound from the reservoir into the body. A retention structure projects from capsule and is configured to retain the capsule at a desired location within the body. Multiple devices may be used in conjunction to provide a multiplexed point source to administer multiple compounds simultaneously in vivo.
US09867970B2	Method of device attachment to a biological surface A device and means of attaching an implantable drainage lumen, catheter, or other device to an internal bodily surface, such as the peritoneum, is generally indicated by a biocompatible material or mesh fabric connected to a lumen, catheter, or other mechanical or electrical device whereby the biocompatible material or mesh may be surgically affixed to a tissue or organ by means of sutures, tacks, screws, tissue infusion or adhesion or other means in order to secure an internal drainage, or mechanical/electrical system or component for the prevention of migration or non-optimal CSF reabsorption after installation.
US09867968B2	Balloon tube, balloon, balloon catheter, and balloon tube fabrication method In a balloon tube (10) which is processed after it is mounted on a mold, a bag part (14) has a plurality of parts having a different drawability in a radial direction centered around an axial direction X, disposed along the axial direction X. The highest drawability part (11), which has the highest drawability, is disposed to separate from both ends of the bag part (14) in the axial direction X thereof. The balloon tube (10) is preferable to stably fabricate a balloon having a uniform film thickness.
US09867966B2	Catheter assembly A catheter assembly includes: an inner needle; an inner needle hub connected to the inner needle; a catheter through which the inner needle is inserted; a catheter hub connected to a proximal end portion of the catheter; and a protector that covers at least the tip of the inner needle when the inner needle is withdrawn. The protector includes: an inner tube, and an outer tube. The inner tube includes at least one arm that releasably engages with a proximal end of the catheter hub. The catheter assembly is configured such that, when the inner needle is withdrawn, after the tip of the inner needle has been stored in the protector, the outer tube is retracted with respect to the inner tube thereby allowing the at least one arm to be displaced outwardly, whereby engagement between the at least one arm and the catheter hub is released.
US09867958B2	Auto-adjusting membrane for respiratory interface device A respiratory interface device is provided. The respiratory interface device includes a mask (10) having a faceplate (12) and a patient contacting cushion (15), the patient contacting cushion coupled to, and extending about, the faceplate, a brace assembly (40) having a brace body (42) with at least one mask coupling, the mask and the brace assembly coupled at the mask coupling, wherein the mask coupling is a soft coupling. The mask soft coupling utilizes a flexible membrane assembly, the flexible membrane assembly being disposed between the mask and the brace body.
US09867952B2	Delivery tool of a viscoelastic syringe assembly A delivery tool connectable with a syringe can be used to deliver a viscoelastic solution. The tool includes a first segment, a second segment and an inner lumen defined by the first and second segments. A distal portion extends from the second segment in a curved manner.
US09867950B2	Syringe assembly, syringe assembly package body, and pre-filled syringe A syringe assembly includes a barrel including a barrel body portion, a cylindrical barrel end portion disposed at a distal end of the barrel body portion, the cylindrical barrel end portion including an annular head portion and an annular recessed portion, and a puncture needle having a puncture needle tip and having a proximal end fixedly inserted into the barrel end portion; and a seal cap mounted to the barrel, the seal cap including a closed distal end portion, an open proximal end portion, a hollow portion including (i) a barrel end storage portion, the barrel end storage portion being configured to store the barrel end portion, and (ii) a puncture needle storage portion extending from a distal end of the barrel end storage portion, an insertion portion configured to receive the puncture needle tip, and a projection portion formed on an inner surface of the barrel end storage portion.
US09867947B2	Label for a syringe A label (100) in the form of an accessory for a manufactured syringe is provided that has graduations corresponding to volumes within the syringe. The label (100) comprises a flexible generally rectangular elongate sheet (102) of material with adhesive provided on an operatively back surface thereof, the sheet (102) having two parallel major edges (104) extending along the length of the elongate sheet (102) and a first scale (106) visible from an operatively front surface (107) of the label (100) along one of the major edges (104) being a volume indication scale calibrated to align with an existing volume indication scale on the syringe. A second scale (108) is provided adjacent the volume indication scale (106), the second scale (108) being a scale that relates to a patient body weight scale calibrated so that a correct recommended dose of a medicament can be delivered to a patient of a given weight, either during administration of the medicament or during preparation of a mixture to be administered.
US09867946B2	Gasket for pre-filled syringe The present invention aims to provide a pre-filled syringe coated with a resin film capable of reducing sliding resistance and preventing liquid leakage by a simple method. The present invention relates to a gasket for a pre-filled syringe, which has a sliding side surface that is coated with an inactive resin film and further cut to form a cut. The cut region is preferably between ring-shaped ribs on the sliding side surface, or in a ring-shaped rib on the sliding side surface.
US09867943B2	Apparatus and method for treating tissue An apparatus for treating tissue of a mammalian body. In one embodiment, a spring mechanism is carried by first and second tubular members and actuatable for moving a needle from a first position disposed within the distal extremity of the first tubular member to a second position extending distally of the first tubular member. In another embodiment, a nozzle is coupled to the distal extremity of an elongate tubular member for delivering a material into tissue of the mammalian body. In a further embodiment, a flexible elongate member provided with a recess is introduced into a cavity of the body to capture tissue in the recess and electrical energy is applied to such tissue in the recess so as to change the compliance of the tissue.
US09867942B2	Medicament delivery device A medicament delivery device includes a generally elongated tubular housing having opposite proximal and distal parts; a needle shield sleeve slidably and coaxially arranged inside the housing with a proximal part of the sleeve protruding a distance outside the proximal part of the housing; a syringe carrier mechanism having a syringe carrier slidably and coaxially arranged within the needle shield sleeve, a syringe having a stopper, a medicament, and a needle, the syringe being coaxially arranged within the syringe carrier; and a holding member connected to the syringe carrier; a first activator member an a second activator member; a drive mechanism adapted to accumulate a drive force for moving the syringe carrier mechanism in a first step and a second step. The second activator member is arranged within an information device for producing audible, visual, and/or tactile feedback to a user about a completed injection.
US09867938B2	Devices, systems and methods for medicament delivery An apparatus includes a medicament container assembly, a movable assembly, and a spring. The medicament container assembly includes a first plunger defining a first volume, and a second plunger defining a second volume. The movable assembly includes a first movable member and a second movable member. The second movable member can move the second plunger within the medicament container assembly. The first movable member can move the first plunger in a first direction within the medicament container assembly to expel contents of at least the first volume via a needle. The spring is configured to urge the needle in a second direction. The release portion of the first movable member is configured to contact the second movable member after the first movable member moves the first plunger to enable the spring to move the needle in the second direction.
US09867937B2	System and method for mitigating risk in automated medicament dosing A portable infusion pump can communicate with glucose monitor, such as a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), to receive continuous feedback relating to a user's blood glucose level during insulin or other medicament therapy and can automatically deliver insulin to a user when the CGM data indicates a need for additional insulin. Due to potential unreliability in the correlation of the CGM data to the user's actual blood glucose level, risk mitigation can be employed to limit the amount of extra insulin that can be delivered by the pump in response to the CGM data.
US09867932B2	Drug delivery device having a cavity sealed by a pressurized membrane A digital biomedical device includes a substrate forming a reservoir, a membrane comprising a first layer and a second layer having a strain therebetween, the membrane sealing the reservoir, and a controller configured to activate the membrane and release at least a portion of the strain causing the membrane curl and open the reservoir.
US09867925B2	Catheter/fistula needle to bloodline connection assurance device In general, multiple embodiments of a catheter/fistula needle to bloodline connection assurance device, which secures and strengthens a connection between an extension tube end of a catheter or fistula needle and a bloodline, are provided. In one embodiment, the assurance device includes a clamshell having two halves that open rotatably about at least one hinge. The assurance device includes a male luer portion that pressure seals to the male luer portion of the bloodline connector. The bloodline male luer portion of the device extends to a female luer portion, which is lined with a compressible material that conforms around any industrial catheter/fistula needle connector when the assurance device is closed about the mated connectors. Once the assurance device is closed, this prevents axial movement of the bloodline connector relative to the assurance device.
US09867924B2	Method for filling and rinsing a set of blood lines A method for the filling and flushing of a blood tube set including a pump segment for a blood pump, an arterial line connected to an inlet of a dialyzer, a venous line connected to an outlet of a dialyzer, a substituate line connected to a substitute port and having a pump segment for a substitute pump, and a three-way connector connected to the arterial line, the venous line and a rinse port. The method includes the steps of opening the rinse port, filling and simultaneously flushing the arterial and venous lines with the substituate supplied from the substitute line via the substitute pump, while substituate is drained off via the rinse port, closing the rinse port, and circulating the substituate in the circuit of arterial line, dialyzer and venous line by the blood pump.
US09867923B2	Reducing soluble urokinase receptor in the circulation Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a common cause of proteinuric kidney disease, which comprises both native and transplanted kidneys. Treatment was limited in the past due to the complicated pathogenesis of FSGS, including previously unidentified serum factors. Here, serum soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR) is reported to be elevated in FSGS patients but not in patients with other primary glomerular diseases. Higher pre-transplantation suPAR levels are associated with risk for FSGS recurrence in kidney grafts. Renal disease only develops when suPAR sufficiently activates podocyte β3 integrin. Thus, disease pathogenesis can be stopped or slowed by ex vivo removal of suPAR from a subject's circulation. Removal may be measured by comparing the level (e.g., amount or concentration) of suPAR before and after such treatment.
US09867918B2	Cartridges useful in cleaning dialysis solutions Cartridges useful in regenerating or purifying dialysis solutions are described as well as methods to regenerate or purify spent dialysis solutions. Dialysis methods using the sorbent cartridges of the present invention are further described.
US09867917B2	Medical material and hollow fiber membrane module The present invention provides a medical material and a blood purification apparatus each having high anti-thrombotic properties and high safety. The apparatus is produced by incorporating therein a medical material which has a hydrophilic copolymerization polymer present on a surface thereof which is to be in contact with blood, wherein particulate protuberances each having a particle diameter of 50 nm or more are present on the surface which is to be in contact with blood at a density of 3 particles/μm2 or less and the relaxation time of adsorbed water in the hydrophilic copolymerization polymer is 2.5×10−8 seconds or shorter and 5.0×10−10 seconds or longer at −40° C.
US09867915B1	Percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy tube for optimized gastric sumping An improved percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube that allows continuous suctioning/sumping without occlusion of the tube by the gastric wall. The PEG tube includes a hollow drainage tubing coupled to a ventilated bell cap. The bell cap can be open or closed to the external environment is ventilated via apertures, crenellations and grooves, and hemispherical arches. The PEG tube minimizes, or completely eliminates, the need for a user thereof to frequently flush the tube, thus also curtailing intermittent suctioning and allowing for longer periods of uninterrupted drainage. Furthermore, the PEG tubes of the current invention reduce clogging of the tube by larger gastric matter that is intended to be suctioned out of the patient or subject.
US09867913B2	Suction device for surgical instruments A suction device is shown and described. The suction device includes a body, an input port configured to receive a flow of matter, a suction port, and a suction lumen that couples the suction port to the input port. In some embodiments the suction device is configured to couple with a surgical instrument for use in a surgical procedure.
US09867911B2	Rapamycin 40-O-cyclic hydrocarbon esters, compositions and methods A new class of rapamycin 40-O-cyclic hydrocarbon esters is disclosed. The 40-O position of the rapamycin ester has the form 40-O—R, where R is C(O)—(CH2)n-X, n is 0, 1 or 2, and X is a cyclic hydrocarbon having 3-8 carbons, optionally containing one or more unsaturated bonds, and one or more linear (CH2)) and/or cyclic (X) carbon atoms may have an OH or halide group. Also disclosed are therapeutic compositions and methods that employ the novel analogs.
US09867910B2	Clonidine compounds in a biodegradable fiber Effective treatments of pain for extended periods of time are provided. Through the administration of an effective amount of clonidine in a fiber at or near a target site, one can relieve pain caused by diverse sources, including but not limited to spinal disc herniation (i.e. sciatica), spondilothesis, stenosis, discogenic back pain and joint pain, as well as pain that is incidental to surgery. When appropriate fiber formulations are provided within biodegradable polymers, this pain relief can be continued for at least three days.
US09867908B2	Dialysis catheters with fluoropolymer additives A vascular access catheter is disclosed that has a catheter shaft with a distal end portion with a distal tip having a sloped face that is positioned at an acute angle from the distal tip relative to a longitudinal axis of the catheter shaft. A first, second, and third lumen extend longitudinally through the catheter shaft. The third lumen is configured for receiving a guidewire and may extend a partial length of the catheter or substantially the entire length of the catheter. The first lumen has an aperture located in the angled edge distal end portion of the catheter next to the distal tip and communicates with the first lumen. The second lumen has an aperture that is positioned in the outer surface of the catheter shaft that is in communication with the second lumen, and is spaced proximally from the first lumen aperture. The catheter includes a fluoropolymer additive with specific compositions and/or purity levels.
US09867906B2	Cardiovascular prostheses Cardiovascular prostheses for treating, reconstructing and replacing damaged or diseased cardiovascular tissue that are formed from acellular extracellular matrix (ECM). The cardiovascular prostheses comprise various compositions, such as ECM based compositions, and structures, such as particulate structures, mesh constructs, encasement structures, coated structures and multi-sheet laminate structures.
US09867905B2	Collagen-based matrices with stem cells Collagen based-matrices and methods of their use are described. More particularly, collagen-based matrices for differentiating stem cells and progenitor cells, and for producing and isolating blood vessels and vascularized graft constructs are described.
US09867901B2	Method for making nerve graft A method for making a nerve graft includes the following steps. A culture layer including a lyophobic substrate, a carbon nanotube film structure, and a protein layer is provided. The carbon nanotube film structure is sandwiched between the lyophobic substrate and the protein layer. A number of nerve cells are seeded on a surface of the protein layer away from the lyophobic substrate. The nerve cells are cultured until a number of neurites branch from the nerve cells and are connected between the nerve cells.
US09867899B2	Reinforced adhesive complex coacervates and methods of making and using thereof Described herein is the synthesis of reinforced adhesive complex coacervates and their use thereof. The reinforced adhesive complex coacervates are composed of (a) at least one polycation, (b) at least one polyanion, and (c) a reinforcing component. The adhesive complex coacervates described herein can be subsequently cured to produce strong, cohesive adhesives. The reinforced adhesive complex coacervates have several desirable features when compared to conventional adhesives. The reinforced adhesive complex coacervates are effective in wet or underwater applications. The reinforced adhesive complex coacervates described herein, being phase separated from water, can be applied underwater without dissolving or dispersing into the water. The reinforced adhesive complex coacervates have numerous biological applications as bioadhesives and bioactive delivery devices. In particular, the reinforced adhesive complex coacervates described herein are particularly useful in underwater applications and situations where water is present such as, for example, wet tissues in physiological conditions.
US09867898B2	Clay-based hemostatic agents A hemostatic device for promoting the clotting of blood includes a gauze substrate, a clay material disposed on the gauze substrate, and also a polyol such as glycerol or the like disposed on the gauze substrate to bind the clay material. When the device is used to treat a bleeding wound, at least a portion of the clay material comes into contact with blood emanating from the wound to cause the clotting. A bandage that can be applied to a bleeding wound to promote the clotting of blood includes a flexible substrate and a gauze substrate mounted thereon. The gauze substrate includes a clay material and a polyol. A hemostatic sponge also includes a gauze substrate and a dispersion of hemostatic material and a polyol on a first surface of the substrate.
US09867897B2	Active photocatalytic oxidation An active oxidation and purifying system is provided to increase or maximize the rate of photocatalytic oxidation and ambient air purification capacity by providing both direct ultraviolet (UV) light and reflected UV light directed to the surface and apertures of active cell panels coated with a photocatalytic material. In one example, the active cells also include a plurality of apertures disposed in a transverse manner from the first surface to the second surface of the active cell. Furthermore, a first set of the apertures could be disposed about 45 degrees relative to a median axis along the first and second surfaces, while a second set of apertures could be disposed about negative 45 degrees relative to the same median axis in order to increase the surface area impinged by the direct and reflected UV light.
US09867895B2	Use of fluorescent polymers in marking compositions for the diagnostic determination of cleaning performance The present invention generally relates to fluorescent marking compositions and their use to determine whether a surface has been cleaned. More particularly, the marking compositions comprise fluorescent polymers.
US09867891B2	Delivery device A delivery device is described for intermittently delivering materials such as liquids or gels over a sustained period of time to a surface in a controlled way. The surface mountable delivery device is capable of delivering, for example, an antimicrobial agent to protect surfaces from microbial contamination and/or to disinfect surfaces, e.g. door handles, push plates, hand rails, etc. as an aid in preventing and/or hindering the spread of infectious agents. In one arrangement the device utilises a foam based reservoir in combination with a nonwoven fabric wicking layer and an elastomeric liquid delivery contact layer having valve like pore and/or slits; the combination provides for control of material delivery and longevity for the device in use.
US09867890B2	Inspection of containers An apparatus for inspecting empty containers in order to detect dirt therein is disclosed. A radiation source generates exciting radiation, and the exciting radiation is directed onto the inner wall of a container and excites dirt to be detected in such a way that the dirt emits luminescent radiation. At least one device detects the luminescent radiation emitted by the dirt, and another device analyzes the detected luminescent radiation. Also disclosed is a corresponding method for inspecting empty containers in order to detect dirt therein.
US09867888B2	Compounds and compositions for intracellular delivery of therapeutic agents The disclosure features novel lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include a novel lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, and PEG lipids. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactics such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactics to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.
US09867887B1	Anti-DLL3 antibody drug conjugates Novel modulators, including antibodies and derivatives thereof, and methods of using such modulators to treat proliferative disorders are provided.
US09867885B2	Block copolymers Described herein are block copolymers, and methods of making and utilizing such copolymers. The described block copolymers are disruptive of a cellular membrane, including an extracellular membrane, an intracellular membrane, a vesicle, an organelle, an endosome, a liposome, or a red blood cell. Preferably, in certain instances, the block copolymer disrupts the membrane and enters the intracellular environment. In specific examples, the block copolymer is endosomolytic and capable of delivering an oligonucleotide (e.g., an mRNA) to a cell. Compositions comprising a block copolymer and an oligonucleotide (e.g., an mRNA) are also disclosed.
US09867884B2	Vascular delivery systems The site-specific expression of selectins on endothelial cells of blood vessels during angiogenesis provides an opportunity to target anti-cancer drugs to the vascular endothelium to extend the range of the therapeutic effect. This invention describes an innovative drug targeting strategy for the selective delivery of the anticancer drugs to endothelial cells by means of polymer-drug conjugates modified with a carbohydrate ligand for the vascular selectins. A model chemotherapeutic drug, doxorubicin, and the E-selectin ligand, sLex, are attached to a biocompatible polymer (HPMA). The selective binding, cellular uptake, intracellular fate, and cell cytotoxicity of the polymer-bound drug are investigated in human endothelial cells.
US09867883B2	Isatoic anhydride derivatives and applications thereof Isatoic anhydride derivatives having an N-substituent which includes a quaternary ammonium group are useful for labeling and/or functionalizing a target material and/or for coupling materials together. The isatoic anhydride derivatives of the present disclosure can be advantageously water soluble, easily prepared and purified. Isatoic anhydride derivatives useful in the present disclosure preferably have at least one chemically reactive group or at least one binding group or at least one detectable label. Anthranilate derivatives made from the isatoic anhydrides derivatives or otherwise and kits including the isatoic anhydride derivatives are also disclosed.
US09867875B2	Methods and compositions for modulating the immune system with Arginase I Methods and compositions comprising recombinant Arginase I proteins which are capable of depleting the plasma arginine levels in a subject are disclosed. The methods and compositions can be used to modulate the activity of the immune system in a subject. Modulation of the immune system is useful in the treatment of immune disorders and in preventing rejection of a transplanted organ, tissue, or cell. The methods and compositions can also be used to treat a bone condition of a subject.
US09867865B1	Mesalamine for the treatment of cancer Methods of treating renal cancer, including renal cell carcinoma, using mesalamine are disclosed herein. Mesalamine can be administered as a monotherapy or as part of a comprehensive treatment program, which can also include administration with other anti-cancer drugs, surgical treatments or exposure to ionizing radiation.
US09867862B2	Compounds and method for treating or preventing disease conditions associated with alpha-1-antitrypsin The present invention provides compounds and methods for the treatment of an individual having or at risk of having a condition associated with alpha-1-antitrypsin by using a pharmacological chaperone. In particular, such methods are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of lung disorders associated with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency as well as liver disorders associated with an excess of alpha-1-antitrypsin. Suitable pharmacological chaperones include peptides and low-molecular weight compounds. The present invention also provides an assay for determining whether a test compound modulates alpha-1-antitrypsin activity.
US09867859B2	Method for increasing cannabinol content in a lipid-based extract of cannabis A method for modifying cannabinol (CBN) to trans-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content in a lipid-based extract of cannabis to yield a low-THC product. The method includes providing a lipid-based extract of cannabis containing THC, heating the lipid-based extract at 1 atm of pressure to 157 to 160° C. to vaporize a first portion of the THC, and converting a second portion of the THC to CBN by heating the lipid-based extract to between 130° C.-150° C. for at least 10 min. In one embodiment the step of vaporizing occurs after the step of converting to remove the trans-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol from the product.
US09867852B2	Viral inactivated biological mixture The invention relates to a viral inactivated biological liquid or dry mixture and to its preparation. Principally, the invention relates, but is not limited, to a mixture derived from a platelet source.
US09867848B2	Compositions and methods for treating hyperkalemia The present invention is directed to compositions and methods of removing potassium or treating hyperkalemia by administering pharmaceutical compositions of cation exchange polymers with low crosslinking for improved potassium excretion and for beneficial physical properties to increase patient compliance.
US09867845B2	Vectors for delivery of agents across biological membranes The disclosure provides for peptide-based bolaamphiphile vectors that are capable of encapsulating a variety of agents, including peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, and drugs. The disclosure further provides for delivering these agents across biological membranes using the peptide-based bolaamphiphile vectors.
US09867843B2	Defibrotide for use in prophylaxis and/or treatment of graft versus host disease (GVHD) Defibrotide for use in prophylaxis and/or treatment of Graft versus Host Disease (GVHD) in humans is disclosed, preferably in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), more preferably allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Graft versus Host Disease of the invention (GVHD) can be acute aGVHD and/or chronic cGVHD, preferably acute.
US09867836B2	Lavage and/or infusion using CSA compounds for increasing fertility in a mammal Increasing fertility in a mammal utilizes cationic steroidal antimicrobial (CSA) compounds and CSA-containing compositions. Such treatment in a mammal includes administering a formulation (e.g., lavage and/or infusion) including at least one CSA compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the reproductive structure(s) of the mammal (e.g., horse, dairy cow, human, etc.). The formulation may be applied topically as lavage and/or infusion to desired reproductive structures, such as the vagina, cervix, uterus, penis, or combinations thereof. The formulation may kill both planktonic and biofilm forms of sperm killing microbes, and may at least partially break up a microbial plaque or film located within any of the reproductive structures (e.g., the uterus). The CSA or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof may be selective or preferential in its action, so as to preferentially kill sperm killing microbes without causing harm to beneficial microbes also residing within the reproductive structure of the mammal.
US09867835B2	Methods and compositions for treating and preventing viral infections A method of treating or preventing a systemic viral infection in a mammal by administering a pharmaceutically acceptable composition selected from the group consisting of squalamine, an active isomer thereof, and an active analogue thereof, via a dosing regimen that delivers effective antiviral concentrations of squalamine. Also compositions for achieving the systemic antiviral effect.
US09867827B1	Methods and formulations for topical treatment of psoriasis A pharmaceutical formulation and topical administration thereof for the treatment of psoriasis or any one or more symptoms associated therewith. The formulation contains a therapeutically effective amount pemetrexed alone as the active agent or can contain therapeutically effective amounts of pemetrexed in combination with siRNA-inhibiting TNFα. The formulation may further include a cationic surfactant, such as cetylpyridinum chloride, and urea for enhanced permeation through the stratum corneum of the patient or subject.
US09867825B2	Pharmaceutical combination comprising binimetinib A combination of a CDK4/6 inhibitor and a MEK inhibitor for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
US09867824B2	Heterocyclic compounds and uses thereof The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US09867823B2	Neuroprotective bicyclic compounds and methods for their use in treating autism spectrum disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders Embodiments of this invention provide compositions and methods for therapeutic use of diketopiperazines including cyclic G-2-Allyl Proline and other cyclic Glycyl Proline compounds to treat Autism Spectrum Disorders and Neurodevelopmental Disorders as well as manufacture of medicaments including tablets, capsules, liquid formulations, gels, injectable solutions, and other formulations that are useful for treatment of such conditions.
US09867822B2	Cannabinoid receptor modulators Provided are certain methods useful in the treatment of pain comprising administering a compound of Formula Ia and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor;
US09867817B2	Systems and methods for treating an opioid-induced adverse pharmacodynamic response Disclosed in certain embodiments is a method of treating or preventing an opioid-induced adverse pharmacodynamic response comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of buprenorphine.
US09867816B2	PPARγ agonists for treatment of multiple sclerosis Methods of treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) with PPARγ agonists, and in particular with the compound of formula (I) known as INT131:
US09867814B2	Use of non-peptidic NK1 receptor antagonists for the production of apoptosis in tumour cells The invention relates to the use of substance P antagonists and, in particular, the use of non-peptidic NK1 receptor antagonists for the treatment of cancer and, more specifically, human melanoma, neuroblastoma, glioma, human Hodgkin's lymphoma KM-H2, lymphoblastic leukaemia, human rhabdomyosarcoma, human breast carcinoma, human Burkitt's lymphoma, human lung carcinoma, human Ewing's sarcoma, human glioma and human osteosarcoma.
US09867813B2	Aminopyridine based buffers with wide buffering ranges, antibiotics and myelin disease therapy Amines and amine derivatives that improve the buffering range, and/or reduce the chelation and other negative interactions of the buffer and the system to be buffered. Aminopyridines channel blocking, combined with buffering and zwitterionic charge states make promising therapies for myelin diseases and as antibiotics.
US09867812B2	N-biarylamides The invention relates to N-biarylamides, methods for production and use thereof for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and for improvement in cognition, concentration power, learning power and/or memory.
US09867809B2	Encapsulated active ingredients for controlled enteric release A method of forming a granule having an internal three-dimensional framework of channels to control and sustain the release of an active ingredient for enteric delivery of the active ingredient in an animal fed the granule. In the composition of the granules hydrogenated vegetable oil, HVO for example, is combined with a modifier to create a granule with channels through which the active ingredient is released. The active ingredients, including but not limited to metal salts of butyric acid, can be released in the lower gut of the animal where it will best benefit the animal. By adjusting the amount of the modifier, the release rate of the active can be adjusted to suit the passage rate of the species of animal being fed.
US09867807B2	Compositions and methods for drug-sensitization or inhibition of a cancer cell The disclosure provides rifamycin and rifamycin derivative compositions, including rifabutin and rifabutin derivative compositions able to cause drug-sensitization in a cancer cell or inhibition of a cancer cell. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to cancer cells to sensitize them to drugs, such as chemotherapeutics, or directly inhibit them. The disclosure also provides methods of administering such compositions to increase reactive oxygen species (ROS), particularly superoxides, in cancer cells. The disclosure further provides methods of determining whether a cancer will respond to chemotherapeutics and whether to administer rifamycin or a rifamycin derivative based on ROS levels in cancer cells of a patient.
US09867806B2	Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the treatment of cystic fibrosis The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, L, and the subscript m are as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds and their use in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment using the same, for the treatment of cystic fibrosis by administering a compound of the invention.
US09867804B2	Sodium ascorbate stimulation of elastogenesis Embodiments provide methods for using ascorbate for the stimulation of production of elastic fibers by cells.
US09867802B2	Method of treating Scedosporium spp. infection The present invention provides a method of treatment of Scedosporium spp. infection in an animal comprising the step of administering to the infected animal an effective amount of a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof.
US09867799B2	Diethyl-[6-(4-hydroxycarbamoyl-phenyl-carbamoyloxy-methyl)-naphthalen-2-yl-methyl]-ammonium chloride for use in the treatment of muscular dystrophy The present invention relates to a method for treating muscular dystrophy which comprises administering diethyl-[6-(4-hydroxycarbamoyl-phenyl-carbamoyloxy-methyl)-naphthalen-2-yl-methyl]-ammonium chloride or other pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof to a patient in need of such a treatment. The invention further relates to a method for treating muscular dystrophy which comprises administering diethyl-[6-(4-hydroxycarbamoyl-phenyl-carbamoyloxy-methyl)-naphthalen-2-yl-methyl]-ammonium chloride or other pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof in combination with one or more additional anti-inflammatory active agents to a patient in need of such a treatment.
US09867795B2	Nitrated lipids and methods of making and using thereof Described herein are nitrated lipids and methods of making and using the nitrated lipids.
US09867791B2	Method of administering amantadine prior to a sleep period Methods of nighttime administration of amantadine to reduce sleep disturbances in patient undergoing treatment with amantadine are described, as well as compositions of extended release amantadine that are suitable for nighttime administration.
US09867789B2	Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for cough The use of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug for the treatment of nonproductive cough caused by viruses or bacteria and a combination of at least one non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug with at least one antitussive in a formulation to treat coughs.
US09867787B2	Hypromellose-graft-chitosan and methods thereof for sustained drug delivery Described herein is a drug delivery system, which is based on a novel polymer namely hypromellose-graft-chitosan (HC), useful to deliver a drug to a patient in sustained and controlled release fashion. HC is highly water soluble across the pH range from 1.2 to 10, and has a high pH buffering capacity to provide a pH-stable environment for drug delivery. In addition, the drug delivery system provided herein exhibited a drug loading efficiency of over 90% in all drugs tested, which is 1-2 fold higher than the efficiency attainable by conventional chitosan, and achieved a 2-3 fold longer duration of sustained drug release.
US09867784B2	Pharmaceutical formulation containing gelling agent Disclosed in certain embodiments is a controlled release oral dosage form comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a drug susceptible to abuse together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients; the dosage form further including a gelling agent in an effective amount to impart a viscosity unsuitable for administration selected from the group consisting of parenteral and nasal administration to a solubilized mixture formed when the dosage form is crushed and mixed with from about 0.5 to about 10 ml of an aqueous liquid; the dosage form providing a therapeutic effect for at least about 12 hours when orally administered to a human patient.
US09867780B2	Optimized pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of inflammatory conditions of the esophagus Disclosed is an optimized pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of inflammatory conditions of the esophagus. A pharmaceutical formulation in the form of an orodispersible effervescent tablet is stable, easy to produce, and can be used without dissolving same in a liquid. It is not necessary to drink anything with the tablet as this would reduce the time that the budesonide solution remains in the affected regions of the esophagus. The effervescent tablet of the invention surprisingly resulted in an unexpectedly high rate of histological remission in patients with active eosinophilic esophagitis.
US09867779B2	Liquisoft capsules Described herein are oral pharmaceutical compositions suitable for chewing, sucking, or buccal dissolution comprising soft gel capsules and liquid fills, methods for making the same, and methods for treating subjects in need thereof with such capsules. In particular, oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising chewable, suckable, or dissolvable soft gel capsules with various flowable fill compositions are described.
US09867774B1	Body lotion This invention is a natural lotion that exploits the benefits of Dead Sea salt for helping with the dry skin of a human body, especially on the arms, legs, hands and face. The lotion adds to a base of organic aloe vera juice, organic coconut oil, shea butter, sunflower oil, olive oil, NF emulsified wax (vegetable based), rose hydrosol, and apple cider vinegar. It also includes green tea extract and several pure essential oils like geranium, bergamot, sweet orange and patchouli.
US09867772B2	Cosmetic composition for improving skin elasticity Provided is a cosmetic composition for improving skin elasticity containing Phyllanthus urinaria extract and a polymersome in which an anti-aging peptide is stabilized as active ingredients. The cosmetic composition of the present disclosure is efficacious in improving skin wrinkles, restoring skin elasticity and increasing skin water content, and thus is effective for improving skin elasticity.
US09867762B2	Consumer product comprising a porous dissolvable solid structure and silicone conditioning agent coating A consumer product comprises: (a) a porous dissolvable solid structure, and (b) a hydrophobic coating comprising a benefit agent. The hydrophobic coating is applied to the porous dissolvable solid structure and the hydrophobic coating has a viscosity of less than 14.5 Pa·s. A method of forming an aqueous treatment liquor comprises the steps of: (a) providing a consumer product, (b) providing an aqueous solution, and (c) dissolving the consumer product in the aqueous solution to form an aqueous treatment liquor comprising a hydrophobic portion and an aqueous portion. The hydrophobic portion of the aqueous treatment liquor has a viscosity of less than about 14.5 Pa·s.
US09867761B2	Colored lamellar compositions The present invention relates to a process for preparing a colored lamellar composition that may provide a wide range of colors. The process includes the steps of dispersing a colorant in a hydrocarbon, grinding the dispersed colorant to a particle size of less than about 1 micron (μm), and spraying the colorant onto a lamellar substrate to provide the colored lamellar composition while mixing and heating the lamellar composition to remove the hydrocarbon.
US09867759B2	Leg therapy apparatus A leg therapy apparatus is provided which enables the user to easily and comfortable engage the various muscles of the leg, providing the leg muscles with a therapeutic message which helps to loosen and relieve sore or damages muscles. The apparatus may also be used to assist in the removal of cellulite from areas of the leg. The apparatus is basically comprised of a frame structure means, a user engagement means, a coupling means, and an optional resistance means. The frame structure means has at least two main support members coupled together in such a manner that the leg of the user may be placed within, with the main support members surrounding a significant portion of the leg. The main support members are adjustably coupled together by the coupling means such that they may alternatively move away and towards one another, as the various leg muscles of the user are being engaged by the user engagement means. The optional resistance means may be used to provide motion resistance.
US09867756B2	Eyesight-protection imaging system and eyesight-protection imaging method This application discloses a vision protection imaging system and method. The system comprises: an adjustable lens module, configured to form an image of an object viewed by an eye; an imaging parameter adjustment module, configured to adjust an imaging parameter of the adjustable lens module according to a time pattern and an adjustment criterion; and a lens adjustment module, configured to adjust the adjustable lens module according to the imaging parameter. In the system and method of this application, an imaging parameter of the adjustable lens module is adjusted according to a time pattern and an adjustment criterion, so that an optical system of an eye is adjusted accordingly as well, thereby exercising the eye. Besides, the system and method have low costs, are easy to implement, and do not affect work, study, entertainment, or the like being currently performed by a user.
US09867755B2	Ergonomic crutch A novel crutch comprising a series of elements angled with respect to each other so as to provide a stable platform for supporting a user's weight while reducing injury.
US09867754B2	Magnetic conveyance system A magnetic conveyance system comprising a support structure having a ferromagnetic capacity and a trolley moveable upon the support structure in a plurality of directions. The trolley may include a trolley frame and at least one attractor cell disposed on the trolley frame. The at least one attractor cell may comprise a housing and at least one magnet, at least one friction reducing load spreading device, and a load transfer member disposed within the housing. The magnet may provide a magnetic attraction force between the trolley and the support structure. The friction reducing load spreading device may comprise a plurality of bearing balls circulating within a reservoir and a channel formed by the load transfer member disposed within the housing. The load transfer member may also include a bearing surface wherein a portion of the plurality of bearing balls is disposed between the bearing surface and the support structure.
US09867753B2	Jaw exerciser A jaw exerciser for providing passive motion therapy such as that used to treat trismus is provided. The jaw exerciser has a user-adjustable distance between the upper jaw support and the lower jaw support. The jaw exerciser includes a shaft, a first or upper jaw support frame including a first jaw support, a second or lower jaw support frame including a second jaw support, a distance adjuster which may be in the form of a jack screw for manually adjusting the distance between the first jaw support and the second jaw support, and a retaining screw. The jack screw may be received by the second or lower jaw support frame and engage the first or upper jaw support frame. Removable bite pads may optionally be provided for installing on the first jaw support and the second jaw support.
US09867752B2	Tilting inversion exerciser A tilting inversion exerciser includes a supporting stand having a primary frame and an auxiliary frame, one or two carriers pivotally attached to the supporting stand with apex members, a supporting table attached to the carriers and movable relative to the carriers, the carrier includes a guiding device for guiding the supporting table to move relative to the carrier and the apex member, and a spring biasing member is engaged between the carrier and the supporting table for adjusting a center of gravity of the carrier relative to the supporting table when users of different weight is engaged onto the supporting table and for giving some security to the user while conducting the inversion exercises.
US09867745B2	Emergency lift and transport system A lift system 100 may comprise two sets of two pistons with each set of pistons attached to an upper cross bar 210 and a lower cross bar 275, with the lower cross bar having distal ends comprising distal insertion areas 276 with the distal insertion areas passing through a first void 241 defined within a wheelie bar 240 and the distal insertion areas 276 reaching further to move a wedge bar 270. To lift a patient from a lowered position, a piston moves a lower cross bar 275 which in turn moves a wedge bar 270 into a wedge 280, causing the lower cross bar to break out of plane with a top bar 205. The use of two wheelie gears 220 ensures that the lift remains horizontal even if piston forces are not uniform. The use of four top bars 205 allows for folded storage.
US09867742B2	Disposable wearing article A wearing article improved so that an absorbent structure is not apt to be spaced away from the wearer's skin but stuffiness in the wearing article and/or eruption of the wearer's skin can be reliably prevented, which wearing article is a diaper that includes a front waist panel, a rear waist panel and a crotch panel. In the front and rear waist panels, elastics are respectively attached to front and rear waist sheets. The crotch panel includes an absorbent structure containing liquid-absorbent core material and, outboard of the absorbent structure as viewed in a longitudinal direction, front and rear end flaps are formed respectively. The crotch panel includes a first region which includes a front end of the absorbent structure and the front end flap and overlaps with the front waist panel and a second region which includes a front end of the absorbent structure and the rear end flap and overlaps with the rear waist panel. The first and second regions extend in the longitudinal direction and are joined to respective skin-facing surfaces of the front and rear waist panels by means of first and second joining zones each including a plurality of sub-zones spaced apart from one another in a transverse direction.
US09867741B2	Absorbent articles with elastics in multiple layers Absorbent articles that include elastics in multiple layers are disclosed herein.
US09867739B2	Absorbent article having a clefted topsheet An absorbent article comprising a topsheet and laterally extending wings is disclosed. The topsheet having a plurality of clefts is disclosed. The plurality of clefts of the first type can be formed by urging discrete portions of the topsheet in a first direction and the plurality of clefts of the second type are formed by urging discrete portions of the topsheet in a second direction that is different than the first direction. The first or second plurality of clefts can be positioned proximate to a wing or flap of the absorbent article.
US09867729B2	Endograft introducer and a capsule assembly for an endograft introducer A capsule assembly for an endograft introducer is disclosed. The assembly comprises: a capsule retriever having a plug portion and a tail portion, the plug portion having a lead-in surface, the tail portion having an elongate body extending proximally from the plug portion to an end stop feature receiver; a capsule tube having an end stop feature at a proximal end thereof and terminating in a distal end, the end stop feature and the end stop receiver arranged such that proximal movement of the capsule tube relative to the plug portion is limited; and a capsule cavity inside the capsule tube, a proximal end of a prosthesis being receivable in the cavity. The capsule tube is slidably movable with respect to the capsule retriever to a position in which the distal end of the capsule tube is adjacent to the lead-in surface of the plug portion.
US09867726B2	Device for inserting an implant The invention relates to a device having an endovascular implant (1) for the introduction into blood vessels or body cavities of the human or animal body and an insertion aid (2), wherein the implant (1) and the insertion aid (2) being connected to each other via a detachment element (3) designed to be electrolytically corrodible so that after the implant (1) has been inserted into the body and a voltage has been applied an at least partial dissolution of the detachment element (3) takes place causing the implant (1) to be separated from its the insertion aid (3), with the detachment element (3) being made of a cobalt-chrome alloy containing at least 20% w/w cobalt and 10 to 40% w/w chrome.
US09867723B2	Procedures for vascular occlusion A method of reducing blood flow within an aneurysm includes: injecting a contrast agent into a blood vessel including an aneurysm; deploying an occlusion device across the aneurysm; producing an image of the aneurysm including the contrast agent; and withdrawing the delivery device from the vessel after observing that the aneurysm has been stagnated by a desired amount. The image may be two-dimensional or three-dimensional. Observing that the aneurysm has been stagnated may include determining a degree of stagnation, for example by comparing an area or volume of the contrast agent in a first image and a second image. The desired amount may be a certain degree of stagnation, identification of a shape indicative of stasis such as a flat surface, an approximate hemisphere, a mushroom, or a crescent. If the occlusion device does not achieve the desired amount, a second occluding device may be deployed.
US09867721B2	Method and apparatus for post-operative tuning of a spinal implant A tunable implant, system, and method enables a tunable implant to be adjusted within a patient. The tunable implant includes a securing mechanism to secure the implant in the patient, a actuation portion that enables the implant to move and an adjustment portion that permits adjustment of the implant after the implant has been positioned within the patient. The method of adjusting the tunable implant includes analyzing the operation of the implant, determining if any adjustments are necessary and adjusting the implant to improve implant performance. The implant system includes both the tunable implant and a telemetric system that is operable to telemetrically receive data from the tunable implant where the data is used to determine if adjustment of the tunable implant is necessary. The system also includes an instrument assembly that is used for performing spinal surgery where the instrument assembly includes a mounting platform and a jig.
US09867720B2	Disassembly tool A disassembly tool for disassembly of a first component of a prosthesis to a second component of the prosthesis for use in joint arthroplasty. The tool includes a first member having a radial portion operably associated with the first component and adapted to exert a radial force on the first component. A second member operably associated with the second component is also included and the second member has a second member longitudinal axis. A drive mechanism is coupled to the second member, such that as the drive mechanism is activated, the second member exerts a force against the second component in the direction of the longitudinal axis. Such exertion of force against the second member further causes the second member to move relative to the first member along the second member longitudinal axis.
US09867718B2	Intervertebral implants, systems, and methods of use An intervertebral implant frame that is configured to engage a spacer can include a pair of arms that extend longitudinally from a support member such that the arms engage the spacer. The spacer can be made from bone graft, and include a first spacer body made of cortical bone, and a second spacer body made of cancellous bone.
US09867717B2	Stable device for intervertebral distraction and fusion Improved methods and apparatuses for vertebral body distraction and fusion in accordance with various embodiments employ mechanisms for stabilizing a device so that the device can stay in the body and stably support the disc space during vertebral fusion following distraction of the adjacent vertebra by operation of the device. The device is inserted into the disc space and distracted from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration to distract the disc space. Mechanisms for stabilizing the device in the expanded configuration constrain the device to zero degrees of freedom of movement to allow the device to stably support the disc space. A bone growth stimulant for promoting vertebral fusion can be inserted into an open space defined by the device, which continues to stably support the disc space during vertebral fusion.
US09867716B2	Intervertebral disc prosthesis The present invention relates to an intervertebral disc prosthesis comprising at least three pieces including an upper plate, a lower plate, and a movable core at least in relation to a plate, wherein it also comprises at least one elongated movable osseous anchor comprising an insertion end disposed at a first longitudinal end of the anchor and a retention end disposed at a second longitudinal end of the anchor and a plate-like body disposed between the insertion end and the retention end.
US09867713B2	Surgical implant with guiding rail A prosthetic intervertebral spacer includes a body having a front end, a rear end, an anterior side, a posterior side, a top surface, and a bottom surface, and an arcuate interface extending away from the body and being connected to the rear end and the posterior side of the body. A method of inserting and positioning the spacer includes engaging a tool to the interface, inserting the spacer at least partially into the intervertebral disc space by moving the tool along an insertion direction, and allowing the spacer to rotate with respect to the insertion direction within the intervertebral disc space while continuing to move the tool along the insertion direction.
US09867710B2	Modular humeral prosthesis A modular humeral prosthesis suitable for implant in a humeral seating of a humerus comprises an articulation component, a distal joint element able to be inserted into said humeral seating along an insertion axis, and an adapter body provided with a support positionable in the humeral seating and that has a coupling seating to connect said articulation component and provided with a connection unit inserted into said support to connect said distal joint element to said adapter body in a releasable manner. The connection unit comprises a clamping element associated in a selectively releasable manner to the distal joint element and the support has a through coupling seating configured to receive and position said clamping element inside it, and also configured to allow the insertion and extraction of said distal joint element through said support without removing said support from the humeral seating.
US09867708B2	Femoral prosthesis with lateralized patellar groove A prosthetic femoral component (10) for an orthopedic prosthesis has a canted patellar groove adapted for optimal patella/component interaction, with the component configured to have a medial or lateral cant depending upon the method of implantation. The femoral component defines a distal “component transverse plane,” which is a plane tangent to the distal-most points of the component condyles (12, 14). In a “mechanical” implantation, the component transverse plane is substantially normal to the mechanical femoral axis of the femur after the component has been implanted. Where the femoral component is configured to be “mechanically oriented” in this manner, the component has a medially canted patellar groove. On the other hand, an “anatomic” implantation is one in which, after the component has been implanted, the component transverse plane is substantially parallel to an “anatomic” transverse plane. The anatomic transverse plane is perpendicular to the anatomic axis of the femur from a sagittal view, and is inclusive of a line connecting the distal-most points of the natural femoral condyles before resection. Where the femoral component is configured to be “anatomically oriented” in this way, the component has a non-canted or slightly laterally canted patellar groove.
US09867706B2	Tissue fastening system A stabilization implant, such as a rod or plate, may be positioned adjacent spinous processes. Fasteners and sutures may be used to secure the rod or plate to the spine. A plurality of fasteners may be positioned against the rod or plate proximate to each spinous process. A second plurality of fasteners may be placed within or against the spinous processes. Sutures may extend between the fasteners and may be tensioned. The plate or rod may be positioned within or against the fractured bone. A fastener may be driven across the bone and locked onto the plate, rod, or another fastener.
US09867703B2	Medical device, kit and method for constricting tissue or a bodily orifice, for example, a mitral valve A device, kit and method may employ an implantable device (e.g., annuloplasty implant) and a tool to implant such. The implantable device is positionable in a cavity of a bodily organ (e.g., a heart) and operable to constrict a bodily orifice (e.g., a mitral valve). Tissue anchors are guided into precise position by an intravascularly deployed anchor guide frame and embedded in an annulus. Constriction of the orifice may be accomplished via a variety of structures, for example by cinching a flexible cable or anchored annuloplasty ring, the cable or ring attached to the tissue anchors. The annuloplasty ring may be delivered in a generally elongated configuration, and implanted in an anchored generally arch, arcuate or annular configuration. Such may move a posterior leaflet anteriorly and an anterior leaflet posteriorly, improving leaflet coaptation to eliminate mitral regurgitation.
US09867702B2	Cardiac valve downsizing device and method A device for repairing a heart valve comprises a medical device (10). The medical device (10) comprises an element in order to downsize the annulus upon insertion and allow the leaflets to open and close properly. The medical device (10) provides a temporary or permanent downsizing of the heart valve. An annuloplasty implant and/or heart valve prosthesis is in embodiments releasably attached to the medical device for insertion to the annulus and permanent fixation of the latter in a desired shape.
US09867698B2	Valve prosthesis and method for delivery In some embodiments, a valve prosthesis includes an inlet portion that is substantially s-shaped and configured to engage the floor of the outflow tract of the native heart atrium. In some embodiments, a valve prosthesis includes a chordae guiding element configured to reduce bending of the chordae to reduce stress on the chordae during the cardiac cycle. In some embodiments, a valve prosthesis includes a central portion having an hourglass shape configured to pinch a native annulus in order to provide axial fixation of the valve prosthesis within a valve site. In some embodiments, a valve prosthesis includes a frame having an outflow end that is flared to provide a gap between an outflow end of the frame and an outflow end of prosthetic leaflets when the prosthetic leaflets are fully opened.
US09867691B2	Continuous loop assembly Fixation assemblies having a button captured by a continuous (i.e., closed) loop of thread, such as ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber are disclosed herein. Preferred assemblies are constructed such that the intact button cannot be detached from the continuous loop without breaking or opening the loop of fiber. The closed fiber advantageously contains at least one or two stitched, or otherwise secured or reinforced, sections positioned on the loop.
US09867690B2	System and mandrel for creating graft devices A system for applying a fiber matrix on a tubular member is provided. A mandrel, configured for atraumatic placement within the tubular member, is included. Methods for atraumatic placement of a mandrel into a tubular member are also provided.
US09867687B2	System and method for UV tacking an implant A surgical instrument is provided including a handle portion and a body portion extending distally from the handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis. The surgical instrument also includes a grasper disposed at a distal end of the body portion, the grasper including an ultraviolet (UV) light mechanism for performing UV tacking of an implant. The implant is positioned between the first and second jaw members of the grasper: (i) to be placed at a surgical site and (ii) to be exposed by a UV light emitted from the UV light mechanism such that the UV tacking of the implant to the surgical site is performed.
US09867685B2	Minimally invasive implant and method Apparatus and methods are provided for treating urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and other pelvic defects or dysfunctions, in both males and females, using one or more lateral implants to reinforce the supportive tissue of the urethra. The implants can be configured as a sling device having at least one extension arm and a tissue support portion having an eyelet, wherein a portion of the at least one extension arm is adapted to slide through and adjustably attach with the eyelet.
US09867681B2	Force module for class II and class III correction and releasable distal connector for force module Orthodontic force modules and assemblies for use in correcting class II and/or class III malocclusions include an elongate hollow outer body extending between proximal and distal ends, a plunger, spring, and push rod. The plunger and push rod are slidably received within different ends of the hollow outer body. The spring is positioned within the hollow outer body and provides an expansion force which provides a desired corrective force. The outer body, plunger, spring, and push rod can be configured in a telescoping relationship in order for the components to be telescopically compressed and expanded during use. The distal end can include a bendable pin or latch mechanism for attachment to a buccal tube. The push rod can include a hook, hole, or slot for attachment to an archwire. Various connectors for coupling an orthodontic force module to a buccal tube portion of a molar bracket are also disclosed.
US09867677B2	Dental membrane or tissue placement forceps A dental membrane placement forceps which includes a thin spatula on the tip of one arm of the forceps. The spatula has a concave inward face juxtaposed the tip on the opposing forceps arm and is oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the opposing forceps tips move inward toward one another to grip the object (i.e., the gripping plane). The concave inward face of the spatula is concave in one direction. The forceps is useful for placing flat, flexible materials such as a membrane used for regenerative osseous surgery in dentistry.
US09867676B2	Dental preparation instrument with a pneumatic turbine A dental preparation instrument having a pneumatic turbine (1) with a rotor (5) for driving a tool (1.1), wherein the rotor (5), which is mounted in a turbine chamber (18) for rotation about an axis of rotation (4), is impinged by compressed air from a compressed-air nozzle (22). A first radial partition (23) has an opening (17) via which an annular space (8) is in flow connection with an outlet duct (19).
US09867675B2	System and method for performing surgical procedures with a reusable instrument module A surgical instrument includes an outer housing shell defining a cavity. The outer housing shell defines an upper outer housing half and a lower outer housing half. The upper outer housing half defines a longitudinal axis. An instrument module is selectively insertable into the cavity of the outer housing shell. The instrument module includes an inner housing shell, at least one motor disposed within the inner housing shell, a control board being in electrical communication with the at least one motor, and an energy source being in electrical communication with the at least one motor and the control board. The instrument module is inserted into the cavity of the outer housing shell in such a manner that the operative axis of the at least one motor is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the upper outer housing half.
US09867670B2	Microwave ablation system and user-controlled ablation size and method of use Disclosed is a system and method for enabling user preview and control of the size and shape of an electromagnetic energy field used in a surgical procedure. The disclosed system includes a selectively activatable source of microwave surgical energy in the range of about 900 mHz to about 5 gHz in operable communication with a graphical user interface and a database. The database is populated with data corresponding to the various surgical probes, such as microwave ablation antenna probes, that may include a probe identifier, the probe diameter, operational frequency of the probe, ablation length of the probe, ablation diameter of the probe, a temporal coefficient, a shape metric, and the like. The probe data is graphically presented on the graphical user interface where the surgeon may interactively view and select an appropriate surgical probe. Three-dimensional views of the probe(s) may be presented allowing the surgeon to interactively rotate the displayed image.
US09867669B2	Configuration marker design and detection for instrument tracking The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and tools for tool tracking using image-derived data from one or more tool located reference features. A method includes: directing illuminating light from a light source onto a robotic surgical tool within a patient body, wherein the tool includes a plurality of primitive features having known positions on the tool, and wherein each feature includes a spherical reflective surface; capturing stereo images of the plurality of primitive features when the tool is within the patient body, wherein the stereo images are captured by an image capture device adjacent the illumination source so that the illumination light reflected from the imaged primitive features toward the image capture device substantially aligns with spherical centers of the surfaces of the imaged primitive features, and determining a position for the tool by processing the stereo images so as to locate the spherical centers of the imaged primitive features by using the reflected light.
US09867667B2	Placement apparatus A positioning apparatus is provided that is configured to perform a biopsy or therapy support by puncture using a needle or other needle-shaped equipment. This positioning apparatus is exemplified by an apparatus that includes a first rotation member, a guide for guiding a needle or other needle-shaped equipment in a longitudinal direction, a second rotation member with a different rotation axis, and a friction applying unit configured to apply friction force to the first rotation member directly or indirectly and generates friction torque.
US09867665B2	Microwave ablation catheter, handle, and system A handle for longitudinal movement of a first tubular member over a second tubular member includes a handle body, a nose cone, a locking mechanism, and a retraction control. The nose cone has a sleeve and an outer wall that define a control channel therebetween. The nose cone is moveable over the handle body between extended and retracted positions. The locking mechanism has locked and unlocked positions for selectively fixing the nose cone in the extended and retracted positions. A finger of the retraction control is positioned within the control channel of the nose cone. The retraction control has first and second positions relative to the nose cone for transitioning the locking mechanism between the locked and unlocked position and for moving the nose cone between the extended and retracted positions.
US09867662B2	Systems and methods for reduction of atrial fibrillation Embodiments of the present invention are directed to ablation catheter systems configured, for example, to ablate tissue adjacent an ostium of the pulmonary vein in a left atria of a heart. In one embodiment, an ablation catheter system includes a handle and a catheter coupled to the handle defining a lumen extending through a length of the catheter, the catheter including a distal end thereof. The ablation catheter system may also include an electrode coupled to the handle with lines extending through the lumen of the catheter, the electrode being configured to be constrained adjacent the distal end of the catheter and configured to be deployed from the distal end of the catheter to an expanded configuration.
US09867660B2	Vein occlusion assessment using temperature A medical system, comprising an ablation catheter is disclosed. The ablation catheter includes an elongate shaft with a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen disposed between the proximal end and the distal end. The ablation catheter also includes an expandable element in fluid communication with the lumen, a first temperature sensor operable to measure a first temperature; and a second temperature sensor operable to measure a second temperature. The first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor are longitudinally separated from each other by at least a portion of the expandable element.
US09867656B2	Multi-function surgical instruments A surgical instrument includes a housing, an energizable member, a powered deployment assembly, and a cable assembly. The energizable member is configured to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue, and is movable between a storage position and a deployed position. The powered deployment assembly is configured to selectively move the energizable member between the storage position and the deployed position. The cable assembly having a cable coupled to the housing at a first end and having a plug coupled to the cable at a second, opposite end. The cable housing one or more first wires for selectively providing electrosurgical energy to the energizable member and one or more second wires for selectively providing power to the powered deployment assembly. The plug is configured to house a battery therein for powering the powered deployment assembly via the one or more second wires.
US09867650B2	Universal self-limiting electrosurgical return electrode A self-limiting electrosurgical return electrode for use with electrosurgical procedures is disclosed. The return electrode includes a conductive element and pads disposed on opposing sides of the conductive element. The conductive element, optionally in combination with the pads, is configured to limit the density of electrical current that passes from a patient to the return electrode. The conductive element and the pads can cooperate to define two separate working surfaces on opposing sides of the return electrode. The return electrode can also be safely used with patients of substantially any size and without requiring adjustments to the power settings of an electrosurgical generator.
US09867648B2	Method and system for consistent, repeatable, and safe cryospray treatment of airway tissue A method and system for automated and semi-automated predictable, consistent, safe, effective, and lumen-specific and patient-specific cryospray treatment of airway tissue in which treatment duration is automatically set by the system following entry of patient information and treatment location information into the system by the user, and treatment spray is automatically stopped by the system when the automatically selected treatment duration has been achieved as determined by the system.
US09867642B2	Method and apparatus for repairing the mid-foot region via an intramedullary nail A device, method, and system for treatment or fixation of a fractured, damaged, or deteriorating bone or bones in a mid-foot region. The device comprising an implant with both proximal and distal fastener holes, along with fastener slots in a central elongated body, for securing the implant to the appropriate osseous cortical structures of the foot. The method for treatment or fixation of fractured, damaged, or deteriorating bones in the medial column of the foot with use of a device such as an intramedullary nail that attaches to either the talus or first metatarsal bones to secure the medial cuneiform and navicular bones in place.
US09867639B2	Screw element for use in spinal, orthopedic or trauma surgery and a system of such a screw element and a screw driver adapted thereto A screw element includes a screw axis, a shank for inserting in a bone, and a drive portion for engaging a screw driver. The drive portion includes a first wall defining a first recess and a second wall defining a second recess. Drive grooves are formed in the first wall and extend parallel to the screw axis. The second wall extends axially from a free end portion of the screw element to the first wall and has an inner diameter that continuously increases from the first wall towards the free end portion. A plurality of guide grooves are formed in the second wall at circumferential positions corresponding respectively to circumferential positions of the drive grooves. The guide grooves extend further radially from the screw axis than the drive grooves and guide the screw driver from the free end portion of the screw element to the drive grooves.
US09867638B2	Transport distraction apparatus Transport distraction apparatus for performing transport distraction osteogenesis is provided which includes a track capable of being formed into a curvilinear shape with a carriage movable longitudinally along the track. The carriage has a fixation plate secured or securable to it and at least one gear for moving the carriage along the track in order to adjust its position relative to the length of the track. The track has a series of formations extending along one edge of the track and engaged by the gear which is at least partially accommodated within a space between a plane including the front face of the track and a plane including the rear face of the track. Preferably, the apparatus creates a gap between a central region of the track and a patient's bone in use. A fixation plate is also provided.
US09867634B2	Endoscopic surgical blade and method of use thereof An endoscopic surgical blade is disclosed. The blade is of a low-profile design, having a downward angled cutting surface that is radiused at its upper end. The blade is part of an endoscopic knife assembly which also contains a knife tube. The endoscopic knife assembly is for use in endoscopic surgery by insertion of the assembly through a slotted cannula. The knife tube is hollow and allows the insertion of an endoscope for viewing of the surgical procedure. A method for a performing an operative procedure on a target tissue in a subject using an endoscopic knife assembly having a low-profile, downward angled blade is also described.
US09867633B2	Endoluminal treatment method and associated surgical assembly including tissue occlusion device A surgical instrument includes a hollow member having a sidewall provided with a window and a closure member movably connected to the hollow member for alternately covering and uncovering the window. The hollow member has a first clamping surface along an edge of the window, while the closure member has a second clamping surface opposing the first clamping surface and disposable substantially adjacent thereto in a clamping or closure configuration of the instrument. The instrument additionally comprises a tissue occlusion component mounted to at least one of the hollow member and the closure member for acting on tissues gripped between the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface, to couple the tissues to each other.
US09867631B2	Surgical forceps Surgical forceps for gripping internal organs during minimally invasive surgery are provided. The surgical forceps can be a sanitizable sheet in a folded configuration that includes a first elongate region which transitions to a resilient hinge which transitions to a second elongate region, all of which are formed of the same sheet. The first elongate region can further include a first grasper end opposite the resilient hinge and the second elongate region can include a second grasper end opposite the resilient hinge. The resilient hinge can apply a spring force to the first elongate region and the second elongate region that biases the forceps in an open configuration where the first grasper end and the second grasper end are distal from each other. When an external force is applied against the resilient hinge, the first grasper end can close against the second grasper end.
US09867625B2	Methods and apparatus for a manual radial artery compression device A vascular compression apparatus and method for applying pressure onto an area of a patient generally including a blood vessel and a wound site, such as a blood vessel puncture after a cannulated procedure, for the purpose of controlling bleeding and achieving hemostasis.
US09867622B2	Implant delivery system A system and method of delivering and detaching an implant within a body of a patient is described. A tether connects an implant with a delivery device. The delivery device includes a heater through which the tether passes. The inner lumen of the delivery system pusher may accommodate the lead wires which connect to the heater.
US09867621B2	Ligator system with an intermediate ring between the ring bands A ligator system for applying an expanded ligator ring to an anatomical region of a living being to be ligatured by the ring in its relaxed state, which comprises a ligator with a holding tube, which receives inside it the anatomical region to be ligatured in each case and with its outer surface keeps a number of ligator rings arranged one behind the other expanded, wherein the ligator system comprises at least one intermediate ring, which is arranged on the holding tube between two ligator rings and keeps the two ligator rings at a distance from one another in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the holding tube.
US09867615B2	Surgical instrument with articulation lock having a detenting binary spring A apparatus includes a shaft, an end effector, an articulation joint, and a locking feature. The end effector is pivotable from a first position to a second position. The end effector is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the shaft in the first position and angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft in the second position. The articulation joint couples the shaft with the end effector and pivots the end effector from the first position to the second position. The locking feature is coupled with the articulation joint and translates from a proximal position to a distal position. The locking feature locks the articulation joint when the locking feature is in the distal position.
US09867611B2	Anchoring studs for transcatheter valve implantation An anchoring device for use within a vascular structure includes a head having a first surface and a second surface meeting at a common plane, and an anchor including a shaft having a longitudinal axis, a first end connected at a junction to the first surface of the head, and a free end. A harbor space is bounded by the shaft of the anchor, the first surface of the head, a first theoretical plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis at a spaced distance from the junction and a second theoretical plane tangential to the head at a point in the common plane. The harbor space has an are sufficient to receive a portion of a stented device therein.
US09867604B2	Surgical access device comprising internal retractor Devices, methods, and systems provide a surgical access device comprising an internal retractor device integrated with or coupled to a body wall or wound retractor. The wound retractor retracts an opening in a body wall into a body cavity, while the internal retractor permits a user to control the positions of internal structures within the body cavity, thereby permitting a user to define a surgical field. Embodiments of the internal retractor are adjustable.
US09867601B2	Retractor/stabilizer for excessive and/or redundant tissue and method of use A method for retracting/stabilizing excessive and/or redundant tissue or for compressing redundant tissue including adhering a tension member made of a sheet of material having a surface coated with an adhesive which will adhere to the dermis of a patient to a patient. The step of adhering the tension member to the patient includes: adhering a first portion of the tension member to redundant and/or excessive tissue of the patient and adhering a second portion of the tension member to an anchor point on the patient which is spaced from the redundant and/or excessive tissue such that the tension member is adhered to the patient substantially over the entire surface area of the tension member. When the tension member is applied to the patient, the excessive or redundant tissue pulls against the second portion of the tension member thereby placing the tension member in tension.
US09867596B2	Ultrasonic probe A body-cavity-insertion-type probe wherein an electronic circuit board is provided via a relay board on a back surface side of an oscillator unit. A backing member is joined to a center region of a back surface of the electronic circuit board. A wiring sheet is joined to a peripheral region of the back surface. A rear wing and a front wing of the wiring sheet surround a backing case, and a right wing and a left wing of an exhaust heat sheet protrude outward via two slits formed in a heat dissipation shell and are fixed on an outer surface of the heat dissipation shell. Heat generated by the electronic circuit board is transmitted to the heat dissipation shell via the exhaust heat sheet or the backing case, and heat is dissipated by the heat dissipation shell as a whole.
US09867595B2	Ultrasonography apparatus and ultrasonography method An ultrasonographic system includes an electronic memory to store a table that relates subject information to a plurality of frequencies, and a frequency setting unit that sets the examination frequency to one of the frequencies stored in the table. The frequency setting unit sets the examination frequency based on selection of subject information from the table, and the examination frequency is used to perform ultrasound examination on the subject according to the selected information.
US09867593B2	Processing device, ultrasonic device, ultrasonic probe, and ultrasonic diagnostic device An ultrasonic device includes a substrate, first ultrasonic elements having a resonance characteristic of a first frequency, and second ultrasonic elements having a resonance characteristic of a second frequency lower than the first frequency. The first ultrasonic elements are arranged along a first direction to make a first to an n-th high-frequency ultrasonic element lines. The second ultrasonic elements are arranged along the first direction to make a first to an n-th low-frequency ultrasonic element lines. The first to the n-th high-frequency ultrasonic element lines and the first to the n-th low-frequency ultrasonic element lines are arranged along a second direction. The first and second ultrasonic elements have an opening, a vibrating membrane, and a piezo element part. A length in the second direction of the opening of the first ultrasonic element is shorter than a length in the second direction of the opening of the second ultrasonic element.
US09867587B2	Method and system for controlling X-Ray radiation dosage applied in an X-Ray CT system A method of controlling radiation dosage of an X-Ray CT system includes applying radiation to a patient along a z-axis in an x-y plane at angles during rotations around the z-axis. The method also includes acquiring projections of the patient to reconstruct a 3D image of the patient's anatomy and controlling a dosage of the radiation by causing a same dosage of the radiation to be applied in the x-y plane to a posterior of the patient and to an anterior of the patient at a first portion along the length of the z-axis and causing a varied dosage of the radiation to be applied in the x-y plane at a second portion along the length of the z-axis. The varied dosage includes a first dosage applied to the posterior and a second dosage applied to the anterior that is less than the first dosage.
US09867586B2	Stereo X-ray tube based suppression of outside body high contrast objects A double focal spot X-ray tube is used to acquire a set of two images PIα, PIβ for a given gantry position from slightly different view positions. The stereo or binocular disparity (BD) of imaged structures is used to estimate the object depth in view direction, which in turn is used to discriminate between objects inside IO and outside EO the body. Respective structures are virtually removed from the images PIα, PIβ.
US09867585B2	Method for optimally visualizing a morphologic region of interest of a bone in an X-ray image The invention relates to a method for optimally visualizing a morphologic region of interest of a bone in an X-ray image of a patient, comprising: —receiving a set of 3D medical images of the bone, —creating a 3D bone model of at least part of the bone comprising said region of interest from said set of 3D images, —determining a criterion representative of a visualization of the extent of said morphologic region of interest, —automatically determining from the 3D bone model optimal relative bone and X-ray orientation so as to optimize said criterion for said patient, —creating at least one virtual X-ray image of the bone from said set of 3D images according to said optimal relative bone and virtual X-ray orientation.
US09867581B2	Cross-calibration for quantitative functional imaging Cross-calibration is provided for functional imaging. In PET or SPECT, the inaccuracies from the dose and detector sensitivity may be reduced or removed in both activity concentration and uptake. By using measures from both the radiotracer for the patient and factory calibrated sources, the variability due to dose may be removed. In SPECT, a measurement of system specific sensitivity to a factory calibrated point source is used to improve the accuracy of uptake values, not just activity concentration.
US09867579B2	Method of assisting monitoring alarm and medical external equipment using the same Provided are a method of assisting monitoring alarm method and a medical external equipment and a medical host equipment using the method. A technical scheme thereof comprises connecting the medical external equipment with the medical host equipment through an interface, wherein the medical external equipment forms a plug-and-play external alarm equipment. The medical host equipment performs self-check, and sends an alarm information to an auxiliary alarm device of the medical external equipment and generates a corresponding alarm when an alarm device in the medical host equipment works abnormally, thereby reducing a risk to the medical host equipment in the situation that the alarm device in the medical host equipment is in failure.
US09867576B2	Computer-accessible medium, system and method for assessing effect of a stimulus using intersubject correlation Exemplary embodiments of a system and method can be provided for measuring a level and/or details of how engaging, effective or memorable a stimulus that may be based on information associated with one or more subjects' neuronal, physiological and/or behavioral responses to the stimulus. In addition, an exemplary embodiment of a computer-accessible medium containing executable instructions thereon can also be provided which can be executed by a processing arrangement. For example, when the processing arrangement executes the instructions, the processing arrangement can be configured to, e.g., receive neuronal, physiological and/or behavioral data one or more subjects being presented with stimuli, determine further data associated with a measure of inter-subject similarity of the neuronal, physiological and/or behavioral data, and identify particular portions of the stimuli that meet a pre-determined criteria relating to the further data associated with the measure of inter-subject similarity. In addition, the processing arrangement can be further configured to display and/or store identifiers of the particular portions of the stimuli in a storage arrangement in a user-accessible format and/or a user-readable format.
US09867569B2	Method, apparatus, and system for estimating body fat A method, an apparatus, and a system for estimating body fat that are capable of measuring a portion of an abdominal outline by a simple method are provided.A method of estimating the body fat according to the present embodiments includes: a step of obtaining orientation information and motion information of the apparatus itself; a step of calculating a portion of an abdominal outline by a control unit based on the orientation information and the motion information; and a step of estimating, based on the portion of the abdominal outline, at least one of a visceral fat area and a subcutaneous fat area of the abdominal cross-section.
US09867567B2	Blinding kit for clinical trials A blinding device for administering a substance to a patient in a clinical trial is presented where the blinding device has an opaque housing to receive at least two delivery devices adapted to dispense a substance provided therein, an outlet being in fluid communication with at least one delivery device for administering the substance to a patient, and at least one actuating member mechanically engageable with at least one delivery device and being actuatable from outside the housing.
US09867562B2	Vector space methods towards the assessment and improvement of neurological conditions Path variables of a mallet cube until a hit in an interactive game involving cubes movable in three dimensions are indicative of both hyperactivity and inattention.
US09867560B2	Oxygen sensors Oxygen sensing luminescent dyes, polymers and sensors comprising these sensors and methods of using these sensors and systems are provided.
US09867558B2	Method and apparatus for assessing proprioceptive status for at least one joint of a person The present invention relates to a method of assessing proprioceptive status by calculating a proprioceptive score Sp from absolute and variable errors between target angles and angles estimated and joint motion detection by the person tested, and/or between measured time of perceived movement of the joint of the tested person these proprioceptive scores of a person being associated with an assessment date and then stored with a date so as to serve as a reference when said person is monitored or when there is a comparison of said person with at least another person. The present invention also concerns an apparatus for the proprioceptive assessment of at least one joint, this apparatus having two movable parts (8, 9) with drive means (12, 15) particular for the pivoting of the movable parts (8, 9), means of determining the pivot angle for each of the first and second parts (8, 9) also being provided. Applications are in the field of proprioceptive assessment by movement of a limb of a person.
US09867555B1	Shoe platform measurement scales A therapeutic measuring device that determines a difference in length between a pair of legs of a user. The therapeutic measuring device includes a stationary platform and a movable platform. The stationary platform has one leg of the user stand thereon. The movable platform has the other leg of the user stand thereon. The movable platform is moved vertically until the other leg of the user standing thereon aligns with the one leg of the user standing on the stationary platform, with an amount of elevation of the movable platform determining the difference in the length between the pair of legs of the user.
US09867552B2	Implantable sensor enclosure with thin sidewalls A wireless circuit includes a housing, such as a hermetic housing, and at least one antenna coil wound about a coil axis within the housing. The coil axis may be substantially parallel to at least one wall of the housing, wherein the wall parallel to the coil axis is substantially thinner than other walls of the housing.
US09867549B2	Motion tracking system for real time adaptive imaging and spectroscopy This invention relates to a system that adaptively compensates for subject motion in real-time in an imaging system. An object orientation marker (30), preferably a retro-grate reflector (RGR), is placed on the head or other body organ of interest of a patient (P) during a scan, such as an MRI scan. The marker (30) makes it possible to measure the six degrees of freedom (x, y, and z-translations, and pitch, yaw, and roll), or “pose”, required to track motion of the organ of interest. A detector, preferably a camera (40), observes the marker (30) and continuously extracts its pose. The pose from the camera (40) is sent to the scanner (120) via an RGR processing computer (50) and a scanner control and processing computer (100), allowing for continuous correction of scan planes and position (in real-time) for motion of the patient (P). This invention also provides for internal calibration and for co-registration over time of the scanner's and tracking system's reference frames to compensate for drift and other inaccuracies that may arise over time.
US09867548B2	System and method for providing and aggregating biosignals and action data A method and system for providing and aggregating bioelectrical signal data comprising: providing a stimulus configured to prompt an action in both a first user and a second user; at a first biosignal detector and a second biosignal detector, automatically collecting a first bioelectrical signal dataset from the first user as the first user performs the action and a second bioelectrical signal dataset from the second user as the second user performs the action; generating a first anonymized bioelectrical signal dataset from the first bioelectrical signal dataset and a second anonymized bioelectrical signal dataset from the second bioelectrical signal dataset; coupling the first and the second anonymized bioelectrical signal datasets with an action tag characterizing the action; and generating an analysis based upon the first the second anonymized bioelectrical signal datasets. An embodiment of the system comprises a biosignal detector and a processor configured to implement an embodiment of the method.
US09867547B2	System and method to calculate cardiac characteristics A system and method includes reception of a hemodynamic signal, reception of a cardiac impedance signal, identification of a first peak and a second peak of the cardiac impedance signal, identification of a first portion of the hemodynamic signal based on the first peak and a second portion of the hemodynamic signal based on the second peak, and calculation of a cardiac characteristic based on the first portion and the second portion of the hemodynamic signal.
US09867544B2	Spectrometer including vertical stack structure and non-invasive biometric sensor including the spectrometer Provided are a spectrometer that may be easily manufactured while having high resolution and sensitivity due to reduced light loss and a non-invasive biometric sensor including the spectrometer. The spectrometer includes: a stacked light absorbing structure including a plurality of absorbing layers stacked in a vertical direction and having different absorption wavelength bands, and a plurality of tunnel junction layers respectively interposed between the plurality of absorbing layers to electrically connect the plurality of absorbing layers; and an illuminating unit configured to provide the stacked light absorbing structure with an illumination light for saturation of the plurality of absorbing layers.
US09867542B2	Time reversal optical tomography for locating targets in a highly scattering turbid medium A time reversal optical tomography (TROT) method for near-infrared (NM) diffuse optical imaging of targets embedded in a highly scattering turbid medium is presented. TROT combines the basic symmetry of time reversal invariance and subspace-based signal processing for retrieval of target location. The efficacy of TROT is tested using simulated data and data obtained from NIR imaging experiments on absorptive, scattering and fluorescent targets embedded in Intralipid-20% suspension in water, as turbid medium, as well as, a realistic cancerous model breast assembled using ex vivo human breast tissues with two embedded tumors. The results demonstrate the potential of TROT for detecting and locating small targets in a turbid medium, such as, breast tumors in early stages of growth.
US09867539B2	Sweat sensing device communication security and compliance The invention addresses confounding difficulties involving continuous sweat analyte measurement. Specifically, the present invention provides: at least one component capable of monitoring whether a sweat sensing device is in sufficient contact with a wearer's skin to allow proper device operation; at least one component capable of monitoring whether the device is operating on a wearer's skin; at least one means of determining whether the device wearer is a target individual within a probability range; at least one component capable of generating and communicating alert messages to the device user(s) related to: wearer safety, wearer physiological condition, compliance with a requirement to wear a device, device operation; compliance with a behavior requirement, or other purposes that may be derived from sweat sensor data; and the ability to utilize aggregated sweat sensor data that may be correlated with information external to the device to enhance the predictive capabilities of the device.
US09867538B2	Method for robust eye tracking and ophthalmologic apparatus therefor An ophthalmic apparatus includes an AOSLO apparatus, a WFSLO apparatus, and a tracking processor that controls a tracking mirror based on position information calculated from AOSLO and WFSLO images. In another embodiment, the tracking processor controls the tracking mirror based on position information calculated from WFSLO images only. Depending on the amount of movement a target image with respect to a reference image, and the accuracy of detection thereof, the tracking mirror of either the AOSLO apparatus or the WFSLO apparatus can be selectively controlled according to a difference in position of the target image with respect to the reference image.
US09867536B2	Methods for comprehensive Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) Optical coherence tomography systems for imaging a whole eye are provided including a sample arm including focal optics that are configured to rapidly switch between at least two scanning modes in less than about 1.0 second.
US09867535B2	Method for the reliable determination of the axial length of an eye A method for determining the axial length of an eye by optical coherence tomography (OCT), in which the alignment of the measuring instrument to the eye is monitored to enable reliable determination of the axial length of the eye. B-scans are carried out following alignment from which scans of the retinal tissue structures are detected to determine the axial lengths, which are then used in the detection of the fovea in order to monitor alignment. The axial lengths determined from the B-scans are then confirmed or corrected and output depending, on the determined position of the fovea or the lateral distance thereof from the optical axis of the measuring instrument. The method is particularly suitable for OCT methods in which the axial length is determined on the basis of an A-scan along the axial dimension of the eye.
US09867533B2	Systems and methods for determining an angle of repose of an asymmetric lens Technology to determine the angle of repose of a lens, such as the angle of repose of a contact lens on an eye, includes storing an image including the lens captured using a camera and executing graphical user interface logic. The graphical user interface logic includes a frame or frames including the captured image, and graphical constructs prompting input identifying a set of locations on the captured image that are usable to define a location of the lens in the image, and a location usable to define an angle of repose of the lens in the image. The input data accepted via the graphical user interface is processed to determine angle of repose of the lens. The angle of repose of the lens is used to produce a specification for a lens.
US09867532B2	System for detecting optical parameter of eye, and method for detecting optical parameter of eye An optical parameter of an eye is detected using an image collection apparatus that collects an image presented by a fundus. An imaging apparatus adjusts an imaging parameter of an optical path between an eye and the image collection apparatus, wherein the image collection apparatus obtains a clearest image that satisfies a defined clarity criterion or condition. An image processing apparatus processes the clearest image to obtain an optical parameter of the eye. The image of the fundus is captured, and an imaging parameter known in the optical path when the clearest image is captured is found, so that a direction currently being watched by the eye and a distance between the eye and a focusing point can be obtained through optical calculation. Consequently, a position of the focusing point of the eye can be determined precisely for a wide range of concurrent applications for eye control interaction.
US09867529B2	Endoscope accessory This invention relates generally to an endoscope accessory. This device uses an overtube with an inflatable positioning balloon that can be inflated after placement of the overtube just proximal to the tip of the endoscope or echoendoscope. This balloon creates a temporary blockade of the gastrointestinal tract proximal to the portion that needs to be examined. The other part of the device is a catheter with an occlusion balloon affixed to its free endportion and can be passed through a passageway within the overtube and extended beyond the tip of the endoscope, distal to the part of the gastrointestinal tract that needs to be examined. Inflation of this balloon together with positioning balloon creates a closed space within the body cavity that can be filled with air or water for improving the quality of the examination with regular endoscope of echoendoscope, respectively, while reducing the examination complications.
US09867522B2	Attachment clamp Various apparatuses to attach a first medical device to a second medical device are described that allow the physician to grasp only a single device while the other device remains securely attached to the one being grasped. The apparatuses, once they are attached to the first medical device, are designed to be easily and quickly attached and detached to a second medical device, normally only requiring the use of one hand. Furthermore, the apparatuses oftentimes include a base that can easily couple and decouple from the portion that is attached to the second medical device so that if the need arises to separately use the second medical device, it can be decoupled from the first medical device without completely removing the apparatus from the second medical device.
US09867518B1	Device for wringing a mop and method of use A device for wringing a mop having a plurality of strings connected to a handle and a tailband connected to the strings, includes a bucket having a base connected to a wall. A wringer inwardly projects from the wall. The wringer is shaped and dimensioned to pass through the strings of the mop, so that when the mop is twisted the wringer captively engages the strings to effect a wringing action. In an embodiment, the wringer is a rod. In another embodiment, a friction-enhancing material is disposed on the bottom of the base. The friction-enhancing material prevents the bucket from moving as the mop is twisted and wrung out.
US09867515B2	Cleaner head A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance, comprising a brushbar, a housing defining a chamber which at least partially surrounds the brushbar, the chamber having a dirty air inlet and a dirty air outlet, and a scraper having a working edge which extends in the longitudinal direction of the brushbar. The scraper is arranged such that, in use, the working edge scrapes debris entrained by the brushbar from the brushbar. The working edge has a profile which is shaped such that debris which accumulates at the working edge is drawn by the airflow through the cleaner head along the working edge towards the dirty air outlet.
US09867510B2	Football helmet shaped toilet paper dispenser A football helmet shaped toilet paper dispenser holds a toilet paper roll and dispenses toilet paper from the roll. The football helmet shaped toilet paper dispenser includes a football helmet shaped housing, a faceguard lever, a toilet paper axle, a rotary sensor, and a sound system. The user actuates the faceguard lever to rotate the toilet paper axle and dispense toilet paper. Simultaneously, the rotary sensor assesses when the toilet paper axle is rotated and transmits a signal to active a fight song for a sport franchise. At least one button is positioned on the football helmet shaped housing such that the user may alert bystanders or emergency response personnel to come to the aid of the user.
US09867509B2	Dispenser with capacitive-based proximity sensor A dispenser assembly for web materials includes an enclosure that is configured to support a roll of material and a feed mechanism configured to dispense the material from the assembly. A capacitive sensor is connected to the feed mechanism and configured to allow touch-less operation of the dispenser. Operation of the sensor is adjustable so that the assembly can achieve a desired operation in environments having different capacitive backgrounds.
US09867508B2	Loofah A loofah includes an inner core and an outer portion. The inner core includes a natural material. The outer portion includes a natural material. A water absorbency of the inner core is less than a water absorbency of the outer portion.

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