SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUPERCRITICAL STEAM
Granted: January 30, 2020
Application Number:
20200032675
A system for providing supercritical steam including a first boiler that generates steam via combusting a first fuel, and a second boiler fluidly connected to the first boiler via a conduit which heats the generated steam to supercritical steam temperatures via combusting a second fuel. A first temperature of the conduit may be below a critical corrosion temperature and a second temperature of the conduit is greater than or equal to the critical corrosion temperature. A combined carbon…
SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CHANGES IN DOWNHOLE HYDROCARBON AND GAS SPECIES
Granted: January 30, 2020
Application Number:
20200032648
A sensing system for a resource recovery system is provided. The sensing system includes at least one sensing sub-assembly and a sensing computing device. The sensing computing device is configured to receive, from the at least one sensing sub-assembly, at least one signal that includes at least one pulse having at least one pulse peak. The sensing computing device is also configured to identify the at least one pulse peak which has a magnitude and a signal-to-noise ratio, and retrieve…
INTERFACE FOR TWO-PART WEARABLE PATIENT MONITORING DEVICE
Granted: January 30, 2020
Application Number:
20200029813
A two part patient monitoring device includes an activator module and a sensor device. The activator module includes a non-galvanic data port that creates a communication path with a non-galvanic data port on the sensor device. The activator module includes power contact pads that are each at least partially surrounded by a bias ring. A bias voltage is applied to the bias rings and a processor or circuit in the activator module monitors the voltage on the bias ring to detect a leakage…
CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT
Granted: January 23, 2020
Application Number:
20200025216
A combustion system includes at least one plasma actuator disposed along a substrate at a plasma location, and at least one fuel injector disposed along the substrate at an injection location. The fuel injector disperses fuel toward the plasma location. The plasma from plasma actuator ignites fuel from the fuel injector proximate the plasma location.
GAS TURBINE ENGINE
Granted: January 23, 2020
Application Number:
20200025110
A gas turbine engine includes: a compressor section including a compressor mean radius; a combustor section fluidly coupled downstream of the compressor section and include a combustor mean radius; and a turbine section fluidly coupled downstream of the combustor section and a turbine mid-span radius. The combustor mean radius is greater than each of the compressor mean radius and the turbine mid-span radius.
CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT
Granted: January 23, 2020
Application Number:
20200023942
An aircraft includes a first leading edge defining the forward edge of a left aircraft wing, a second leading edge defining the forward edge of a right aircraft wing, a plurality of plasma actuators disposed along the first and second leading edges, a control processing unit communicatively coupled to each plasma actuator, and at least one flight stability sensor communicatively coupled to the control processing unit. The control processing unit commands at least one plasma actuator to…
MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE ANALYSIS AND REVIEW SYSTEM AND METHOD
Granted: January 23, 2020
Application Number:
20200022657
A minimally invasive procedure analysis and review system includes a display device, a user input device, a computing system communicatively connected to the display device and the user input device, and a study analysis module executable on a processor. The study analysis module is configured to receive a running tally of events during the minimally invasive procedure, wherein each event includes an event time and an event type. An event is selected from the running tally of events, and…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ECG REFERENCE DATA FOR MR IMAGING TRIGGERING
Granted: January 23, 2020
Application Number:
20200022608
A method of generating ECG reference data for MR image data acquisition includes obtaining an initial ECG dataset from a patient prior to moving the patient into a bore of the MRI device, wherein the initial ECG dataset comprises at least two channels of ECG data. An initial set of R-peaks is identified and an initial R-peak polarity and initial R-R interval are determined. A reference ECG dataset is then obtained from the patient once the patient is in the bore of the MRI device. A…
MICROMIXER FOR USE WITH LIQUID FUEL
Granted: January 16, 2020
Application Number:
20200018484
A micromixer of a gas turbine has a plurality of tubes each having an inlet and an outlet for receiving a flow and dispersing the flow to a combustor. At least some of the tubes have a liquid fuel injector, and the liquid fuel injector projects into one of the tubes. The liquid fuel injector has a ramped upstream surface and two converging side surfaces. The ramped upstream surface compresses the flow passing thereover, and a top surface of the liquid fuel injector comprises a liquid…
LOCATION BASED METHOD OF OPERATING A MEDICAL DEVICE
Granted: January 9, 2020
Application Number:
20200015031
A patient monitoring system that operates mobile medical devices based upon a known location of the mobile medical device within a facility. Each of the mobile medical devices communicates with a central control unit to obtain information and communicate information received from the patient. Each communication event between the mobile medical device and the central control unit can be used to identify the location of the mobile medical device within the facility. The known physical…
PREDICTIVE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
Granted: January 9, 2020
Application Number:
20200013501
Systems and methods of managing maintenance for a plurality of monitored medical devices include receiving streaming time series medical device data from the plurality of monitored medical devices. The streaming time series medical device data is analyzed to determine an operational status of a component of a medical device of the plurality of monitored medical devices. A maintenance procedure for the medical device is determined from the operational status of the component of the…
METHOD OF COATING AN ARTICLE, PASTE AND PLUG FOR PREVENTING HOLE BLOCKAGE DURING COATING
Granted: January 9, 2020
Application Number:
20200010944
A method includes masking at least one hole of an article with a paste, wherein the hole opens onto a surface of the article, applying a coating to the surface of the article, and removing the paste including contacting the paste with water, leaving at least one open hole in the surface of the coated article. The paste includes about 40-80 wt % of a filler material, about 0.5-20 wt % of an inorganic binder, about 0.5-15 wt % of a polyhydroxy compound and about 5-25 wt % of water. The…
TRANSVERSE FAN PROPULSION SYSTEM
Granted: January 9, 2020
Application Number:
20200010189
A transverse fan propulsion system includes a first transverse fan configured to rotate in a first direction, and a second transverse fan configured to rotate in a second direction. The second direction is opposite to the first direction. The second transverse fan is located coaxially with and radially inward of the first transverse fan.
CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING
Granted: January 9, 2020
Application Number:
20200009583
A centrifugal separator includes a stator assembly (114) that includes at least one housing (116), and a rotor assembly (112) positioned within the at least one housing. The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft (132), an array of longitudinal fins (189) extending radially outward from the rotor shaft, and a plurality of separator vanes (134) coupled to the array of longitudinal fins. Each separator vane includes a plurality of longitudinal slots (194) defined therein and configured to…
USE OF NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID IN MATTRESS FOR RESUSCITATION AND PRESSURE DIFFUSION
Granted: January 9, 2020
Application Number:
20200008584
An infant care device and mattress for use with the infant care device for supporting the weight of an infant during normal use and during resuscitation. The mattress includes a non-Newtonian fluid that supports the weight of the infant. The non-Newtonian fluid allows the mattress to act as a pressure diffusing mattress when the infant patient is placed on the mattress for an extended period of time. The non-Newtonian fluid reacts to a force applied to the mattress, such as during…
METHOD AND SYSTEM USING AUGMENTATED REALITY FOR POSITIONING OF ECG ELECTRODES
Granted: January 2, 2020
Application Number:
20200005481
A method of directing positioning of ECG electrodes on a patient includes receiving at a processor an image of a patient from a camera of an augmented reality device. The processor analyzes the image for anatomical landmarks on the patient and generates an overlay image. The overlay image is shown over the real time image of the patient on the augmented reality device. The overlay image includes visual indicators of the desired electrode placement. The method further includes determining…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AN OBJECT VIA PRE-SHOT PROCESSING
Granted: January 2, 2020
Application Number:
20200005064
A system for imaging an object via pre-shot processing is provided. The system includes an imaging device operative to image the object, and a controller in electronic communication with the imaging device. The controller is operative to acquire at least one pre-shot image of the object via the imaging device; and to generate, based at least in part on the at least one pre-shot image, an indicator that corresponds to a likelihood that one or more diagnostic images of the object acquired…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A PATIENT POSITION AND AN EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION FOR A MEDICAL PROCEDURE
Granted: January 2, 2020
Application Number:
20200000442
A system for selecting a patient position and an equipment configuration for a medical procedure is provided. The system includes a controller, and a memory device operative to store an application. The application adapts the controller to retrieve, from the memory device, one or more possible patient positions for the medical procedure and one or more possible equipment configurations for the medical procedure. The application further adapts the controller to select, based at least in…
CUSTOMIZABLE INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR INVASIVE CARDIOLOGY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Granted: January 2, 2020
Application Number:
20200000358
A physiological data acquisition system includes at least one interface module and a base unit configured to communicatively connect to the at least one interface module to receive the physiological signals recorded by a catheter. Each interface module is formed by mating at least a first one of the two or more different personality modules to a dock. The dock has a multi-modal connection port configured to directly connect to a dock connector of any one of the two or more different…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTACT MANAGEMENT OF A BIOPSY APPARATUS
Granted: December 26, 2019
Application Number:
20190388152
A system for management of a biopsy apparatus is provided. The system includes an imaging device and a controller. The imaging device is operative to obtain one or more images of an object to be biopsied by the biopsy apparatus. The controller is in electronic communication with the imaging device and operative to receive the one or more images; and to generate a contour of the object based at least in part on the one or more images. The controller is further operative to determine,…
