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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7747067 | System and method for three dimensional modeling An apparatus and method for creating a 3D model of a scene. A plurality of light beams are projected onto the scene and their imaged projections are analyzed to capture surface information of the scene at a plurality of dots where the light beams intersect the scene... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7700072 | Catalytic hydrogen production from hydrolytic oxidation of organosilanes A novel application of a transition metal oxo complex, a cationic oxorhenium(V) oxazoline, in the production of molecular hydrogen (H2) from the catalytic hydrolytic oxidation of organosilanes. The reaction is characterized by quantitative hydrogen yields... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7542913 | System and method of predicting high utilizers of healthcare services A healthcare management system and method identify individuals at risk of high near-term healthcare use. On step of the method includes collecting information from an individual for a predetermined set of predictive factors. Another step of the method includes assig... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7369735 | Apparatus for the collection and transmission of electromagnetic radiation A collector for propagating incident radiation to a remote location. The collector comprises, a light directing component coupled to a buffer component, a first propagation component coupled to the buffer component and configured to transmit the incident radiation i... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7211096 | Lancet dispenser A system suitable for collecting a body fluid, in particular blood from a body region of a person to be examined which comprises a lancing device which is suitable for holding a lancet, a lancet magazine for storing two or several lancets which has a transport devic... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6126620 | Systems and method for performing soft tissue massage therapy A method and a system for use by a trainer in performing soft tissue massage. The system includes a tool including a handle portion and a skin engagement portion that is configured to generally match the contour of the impaired area of soft tissue to be t... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6101885 | Substitution kits for volumetric flow sensors and corresponding vortex flow sensors These substitution kits are provided for field-installed volumetric differential pressure flow sensors (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106) comprising bores (111, 121) for sensing the fluid pressure and an orifice plate (13) of standard thickness which is fixed... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6098222 | Vibratory patient support system The present invention relates to a vibratory patient support system for providing therapeutic vibrational action or forces to a patient suffering from a respiratory ailment. The vibratory patient support system includes a rigid support frame such as a bed... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6067019 | Bed exit detection apparatus A patient detection system including a plurality of sensors located adjacent the support surface and each sensor having an output signal variable in response to the change detected by the sensor. A processor monitors the output signals and provide an indi... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6062260 | Dual piston pilot valve A dual piston pilot valve includes a housing forming first and second cylinders. A first spool is moveable in the first cylinder for engaging the a piston to effect movement of the first piston and a second spool is moveable in the second cylinder for eng... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5971020 | Rotary coupling for an article handler A rotary coupling for communicating a pneumatic signal from a stationary pneumatic source to an apparatus. The rotary coupling has a housing and a rotating portion that rotates with respect thereto. The housing has at least two inlets in fluid communicati... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5970799 | Electromagnetic flow probe To improve both the absolute measurement accuracy and the linearity of the characteristic function and the short-time repeatability of measurements at varying flow velocities, particularly at low flow rates, this electromagnetic flow probe (10) is designe... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5969258 | Evaluation unit of a differential-pressure sensor Evaluation unit of a differential-pressure sensor An evaluation unit of a differential-pressure sensor is provided which supplies an output signal which corresponds to a differential pressure (ƊP) which has been corrected with respect to a measuring erro... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5969666 | Radar-based method of measuring the level of a material in a container In measuring the level of a material in a container by a radar-based method the echo profile of the received microwaves is registered and a maximum of the echo profile established for determining the microwaves reflected by the material surface. To avoid ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5955681 | Galvanic electrode of an electromagnetic flow meter This galvanic electrode of a flow sensor of an electromagnetic flowmeter for measuring the volumetric flow rate of an electrically conductive liquid flowing in a measuring tube is practically absolutely fluid-tight inserted in the wall of the measuring tu... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5954900 | Process for joining alumina ceramic bodies This process serves to form a long-time-vacuum-tight, high-strength, and corrosion-resistant joint, by means of a joining material, between a first body and a second body each made of sintered, polycrystalline alumina ceramic with a purity greater than 92... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5949288 | Circuit arrangement with an operational amplifier This circuit arrangement has the property of an amplifier with a set or adjustable non-inverting gain and contains an opamp (3) having an a non-inverting and an inverting input (31, 32) as well as an output (33) which is also a signal output (A) of the ci... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5939643 | Vortex flow sensor with a cylindrical bluff body having roughned surface To increase in the accuracy of vortex flow sensors measuring the flow velocity and/or the volumetric flow rate of a fluid flowing through a measuring tube, the vortex flow sensor comprises a cylindrical bluff body of circular section mounted in the measur... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5931194 | Rotary coupling for an article handler A rotary coupling for communicating a pneumatic signal from a stationary pneumatic source to an apparatus. The rotary coupling has a housing and a rotating portion that rotates with respect thereto. The housing has at least two inlets in fluid communicati... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5926152 | Parabolic antenna for measuring the level in containers A parabolic antenna for measuring the level in containers is proposed, a transmitted pulse from a transmitting and receiving device being focused via the parabolic antenna and directed onto the surface of a filled material whose level is to be determined,... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5922970 | Vortex flow sensor with a turbulence grid This vortex flow sensor (1) for measuring the flow velocity and/or the volumetric flow rate of a fluid flowing in a measuring tube (2) has an improved measurement accuracy according to the following design: A bluff body (4) is mounted in the measuring tub... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5915521 | Random indexing and lifting apparatus An apparatus is provided for indexing and lifting items from a first conveyer in a first plane and transferring such items to a second conveyor in a second plane it a different level than the first plane. The apparatus includes a transfer assembly for mov... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5907292 | Circuit for transmitting a measurement current from an intrinsically safe sensor to a non-intrinsically safe area This circuit arrangement comprises a transformer (2) for transmitting a measurement current (I), which is output by a sensor arrangement (1) at a measurement location situated in an intrinsically safe area (10), to a non-intrinsically safe area (20), in w... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5907103 | Instrumentation amplifier arrangements of electromagnetic flowmeters Instrumentation amplifier arrangements (10, 10') of electromagnetic flowmeters are disclosed which permit reliable conditioning of the measuring-electrode signals without an increase in coil current even if solids-loaded fluids are measured. The flowmeter... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5884231 | Processor apparatus and method for a process measurement signal A method and apparatus for processing a time domain reflectometry (TDR) signal having a plurality of reflection pulses to generate a valid output result corresponding to a process variable in a vessel. The method includes the steps of establishing an init... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5879307 | Non-invasive method and apparatus for diagnosing and monitoring aortic valve abnormalities, such a aortic regurgitation A method and device is provided for determining aortic valve abnormalities. The method first includes the step of providing a sphygmomanometer device for inducing a pressure on a body part of a patient. A data stream receiver is provided for receiving a s... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5880698 | Arrangement for generating and transmitting microwaves, in particular for a filling level measuring device An arrangement is provided for generating and transmitting microwaves, in particular for a filling level measuring device, which arrangement generates a microwave mode which has a radiation characteristic with a pronounced forward lobe and which arrangeme... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5877424 | Capacitive pressure measuring arrangement having protection against interference signals This pressure measuring arrangement (10), which is both proof against the coupling-in of interference signals and satisfies the specifications relating to explosion protection, comprises a capacitive, ceramic pressure sensor (11) which has a substrate (12... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5866815 | Fill-level indicator Proposed is a fill-level indicator designed to indicate the level of the contents of a container or the storage level of a material at a storage place, the indicator having an ultrasonic transducer which is operated to act alternately as a pulse emitter a... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5864561 | Circuit arrangement with a multiplexer To connect one out of N signal channels (K1, K2, KN) each having a signal line (L1, L2, LN) and a channel zero line (N1, N2, NN), where N is greater than one, to... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5855491 | Device for the detachable fastening of one or more instruments at one or more locations and for their electrical connection A device is provided for the detachable fastening of one or more instruments (1) at one or more locations and their electrical connection to a cable (5) having one or more wires, using at least one fastening element which is mounted at one of the location... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5854430 | Coriolis mass flow sensor This Coriolis mass flow sensor (40, 50, 60, 70) can be inserted in a pipeline by means of an inlet-side and an outlet-side connecting element (402, 403; 502, 503; 602, 603; 702, 703). An oscillating system comprises at least one measuring tube (401; 501; ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5844491 | Apparatus for establishing and/or monitoring a predetermined filling level in a container An apparatus for establishing and/or monitoring a predetermined filling level in a container is provided, in which a reception signal (E) is equal to the measurement signal, and in which a fixed phase difference (Ɗ$c;R), which is independen... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5841666 | Processor apparatus and method for a process measurement signal An apparatus and method for processing a time domain reflectometry (TDR) signal to generate an output result corresponding to a valid process variable. The method includes the steps of processing the TDR signal using at least two different techniques for ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839977 | Applique for a hockey stick An applique is disclosed for placement on a hockey stick for improving the engagement of the stick with a game piece. The applique includes a base member having a first surface and a second surface. An adhesive is provided on a second surface for adhesive... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5836192 | Device for monitoring a predetermined level of a liquid in a container For monitoring a predetermined level of a liquid in a container an ultrasonic transducer is fitted on the outer surface of the container wall at a measurement point situated at the height of the level to be monitored. The ultrasonic transducer contains a ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5836063 | Method for producing capacitive ceramic absolute pressure sensors sorted in zero-point long-term stability defect classes In this method for producing capacitive alumina-ceramic absolute pressure sensors sorted in high-precision zero-point long-term stability defect classes referred to a measured-value span csp, the sensors are firstly produced conventionally: a s... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5827985 | Sensor apparatus for process measurement A sensor apparatus is provided for transmitting electrical pulses from a signal line into and out of a vessel to measure a process variable. The sensor apparatus has a mounting section, at least one dielectric insert, a conductive transitioning pin, a met... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5827943 | Method for calibration in level measurement Measuring the level of a material in a container using a sensor fitted above the highest level occurring and measuring the distance to the surface of the material in the container. An evaluation circuit computes the level from the distance measured by the... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5822275 | Method and apparatus for fixed target echo suppression in distance measurement on the principle of pulse transit time In distance measurement on the principle of pulse transit time in each measurement cycle in a transmitting phase a transmission pulse having a given transmission frequency is emitted and in a subsequent receiving phase the envelope of the received signals... | 10/13/1998 |
