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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7635284 | Programmable appliance controller An apparatus and method for control of an alternating current appliance comprising locating in either an appliance plug or a plug-in module programmable control means and providing a plurality of electrical connections between the programmable control means and prog... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7366622 | Arc fault identification using model reference estimation An apparatus and method for the identification of arcing phenomena in a faulted electrical network. By continually updating a model for the load on an electrical branch, an estimate of the behavior of that load may be calculated. Since electrical arcing faults resul... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7221106 | Cordset based appliance controller An apparatus and method for distributed control of an electrical appliance having a plug and a load and two power carrying conductors connecting the plug to the load, comprising locating power control elements completely within the plug, connecting interface element... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6843766 | Fecal incontinence management device An apparatus, and corresponding method, for management of fecal incontinence comprising a catheter having at least two electrodes and an inflatable balloon, a non-conductive sleeve surrounding the electrodes, and an alarm box, wherein the catheter is insertable into... | 01/18/2005 |
