Gauthier Biomedical, Inc.

Other

Spinal Cord Society

Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Dean C Jeutter

Michael T Gauthier

Stacy Ann Gauthier

Austin R S Braganza

Thomas Walter Odorzynski

Austin R Braganza

Ronald Fedder

Shih-Kang Liang

Vikram Cariapa

Lawrence L Hause

Fabien J Josse

Mark S Geisler

James C Han

A torque wrench for use in driving fasteners is provided. The wrench includes an electronics unit disposed within a housing engaged with the body of the wrench that is capable of sensing and measuring the torque applied to a fastener by the wrench and providing an output of the level of torque to the user. The data sensed by the electronics unit can be utilized to provide feedback to the user regarding the operation of the wrench, and to monitor the overall operation of the wrench for calibration purposes, among other functions. During use, the wrench can provide the user with visual, audible and tactile feedback regarding the operation of the device relative to stored maximum torque values stored in the electronics unit. The housing for the electronics unit can be formed to be a single use component of the tool or can be designed for multiple uses with a configuration that can be engaged with cradles forming the body of the wrench having various different configurations.

Electronic torque wrench

A torque wrench for use in driving fasteners is provided. The wrench includes an electronics unit disposed within a body of the wrench that is capable of sensing and measuring the torque applied to a fastener by the wrench and providing an output of the level of torque to the user. The electronics unit is also disposed within a barrier in the body that isolates the unit from the exterior environment around the wrench. The data sensed by the electronics unit can be utilized to provide feedback to the user regarding the operation of the wrench, and to monitor the overall operation of the wrench for calibration purposes, among other functions. During use, the wrench can provide the user with visual, audible and tactile feedback regarding the operation of the device relative to stored maximum torque values stored in the electronics unit.

A mapping method for producing an infra-red map utilizing IR coatings on substrates such as microscope slides. The invisible map can be used for positioning a microscope platform or for locating microscopic objects without interference from visible or ultraviolet light.

Mapping method for a microscope slide

The present invention can provide a monitoring method and system for signaling a predetermined status in an article ( ) having a monitored portion ( ). The monitoring system includes an interrogator ( ) which is located in an operative proximity to the article, and is configured to provide input energy with a predetermined input frequency. A status signaling device ( ) is located at the monitored portion ( ) of the article. The status signaling device includes a sensor ( ) which can indicate a change of state that occurs when the monitored portion ( ) of the article ( ) changes from a first condition to a different, second condition. A passive transponder ( ) is in an operative communication with the sensor ( ). In a particular aspect of the invention, the transponder can be an electronic transponder. The transponder ( ) can be configured to receive the input energy from the interrogator ( ), and can be configured to generate indicator data when the monitored portion ( ) is in the second condition. The transponder ( ) can be configured to communicate an output energy away from the article ( ). The output energy can include at least a portion of the input energy, and the output energy can be configured to carry the indicator data. An output receiver ( ) can be configured to electronically acquire the output energy and indicator data from the transponder ( ). A detector ( ) can be connected to the output receiver ( ), and can react to a threshold value of the indicator data. An annunciator ( ) can be in communication with the detector ( ) and can be configured to announce a presence of the threshold value of the indicator data.

Remote, wetness signaling system

The present invention can provide a distinctive article ( ) having a monitored portion ( ), and a status signaling device ( ) for communicating a change in status of the monitored portion. The status signaling device includes a sensor ( ) which can indicate a change of state that occurs when said monitored portion ( ) of the article ( ) changes from a first condition to a different, second condition. A passive electronic transponder ( ) can be cooperatively connected with the sensor ( ). The transponder ( ) can be configured to receive electromagnetic input energy which has been provided to the transponder at a predetermined input frequency, and can be configured to respond with operative indicator data when the monitored portion ( ) is in the second condition.

Wetness signaling device

The present invention is a vehicle having a mobile extremity pumping apparatus mounted thereon. The mobile extremity pumping apparatus comprises a control module, a driver module and one or more compression units. A two-layer bladder assembly is positioned between the inner layer and the outer shell comprising precompression and compression bladder layers. The precompression bladder layer extends longitudinally along the person's extremity with the individual bladders each wrapping around and arranged sequentially along the extremity. The precompression bladder layer is surrounded by a compression bladder layer mounted between the precompression bladder layer and the outer shell. A pump in the driver module compresses the media, which may be water, air, or similar media, and directs the compressed media to a manifold for distribution to each valve in the driver module. A control processor unit in the control module is connected to each valve in the driver module and further connected to each pressure sensor in the driver module to monitor the pressure in each bladder in the two-bladder layer assembly.

Mobile extremity pumping apparatus

A portable, hydraulic extremity pump apparatus for treatment of edema is disclosed. The apparatus consists of a flexible compression unit that wraps around an individual's extremity. The compression unity has a plurality of prefill bladders each containing a separate compression bladder. The bladders are connected to a hydraulic pump through valves. Pressure sensors are connected to prefill bladders. The valves, the pump and the pressure sensors are all connected to a programmable control processor to operate the valves and pump and to monitor the bladder pressures. The valves to the prefill bladders are closed at an appropriate pressurization and the pump is shut down to mold the compression unit around the extremity. The occurrence of edema may then be detected by the monitoring of the pressure in the prefill bladders. Upon detecting an increase in pressure, indicating edema, the control processor activates the pump and opens the valves connected to the compression bladders in a sequential manner to create a sequential pressurization and a wave of compression moving proximally on the extremity. The pressure sensors and control processor continue to monitor the pressures after each wave of compression.

Extremity pump apparatus

A power supply implanted behind a tissue barrier in a human body and operating a medical device and incorporating a high frequency power receiver antenna coil; a transmitter having a high frequency transmitter antenna coil generating high frequency power and transmitting the power from the transmitting coil to the implanted receiver coil; an implanted non-ferrous magnet affixed within the implanted annular receiver coil; and a magnetic field sensing device or magnetically operated reed switch affixed concentrically within the transmitter coil of the transmitter and controlling transmission of high frequency power from the transmitter to the implanted power supply.

Position sensitive power transfer antenna

A regenerative electrical stimulation device comprising a stimulator portion to be surgically implanted in patients and an external controller portion. The implanted stimulator portion provides electrical stimuli of selected parameters to damaged nerve tissue to stimulate regeneration and/or healing of the damaged nerve tissue. The external controller portion communicates with the implanted stimulator portion to turn the stimulator portion on and off, to change the parameters of the electrical stimuli, to recharge the batteries, and to monitor the status of the batteries. The implanted portion has an antenna coil, a receiver, a programmable control processor, rechargeable batteries, and a passive transmitter. The external controller portion has an antenna coil, a control processor, a transmitter, a receiver for receiving the data passively transmitted by the implantable portion, and a display means.

Regenerative electrical

A cochlear prosthesis composed of a transmitter part which is to be carried exterior to the user's body and a receiver part which is to be implanted in the user, the transmitter and receiver parts being coupled by a radio link provided by implanted receiver coils and external transmitter coils free of any percutaneous connections. In the transmitter part, sound signals are obtained in plurality of channels, and these channels are frequency multiplexed into a composite signal with the aid of a plurality of surface acoustic wave filters, each having a respective passband. In the implanted receiver, the received composite signal is frequency demultiplexed by means of a similar plurality of surface acoustic wave filters each having a respective passband. A further signal is transmitted from the transmitter part to the receiver part via the radio link in order to supply operating power for the circuits in the receiver part, where the further signal is rectified to produce d.c. operating voltages.

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Grafton, WI, United States of America

Dean C Jeutter