380 results about "Adverse conditions" patented technology

A non-invasive physiologic signs monitoring device includes a garment with electrocardiogram electrodes and various inductive plethysmographic sensors sewn, embroidered, embedded, or otherwise attached to the garment with an adhesive. The garment is in the form of a shirt. When the garment is fitted over the torso of the patient to be monitored, the electrodes and sensors generate signals in response to the physiologic signs of the patient. The signals are transmitted to a recording / alarm device where they are monitored for adverse conditions and logged. When an adverse condition or other preprogrammed condition occurs, a message is communicated to the patient by either an audio message or a display. The recording / alarm unit is also connectable to a remote receiving unit for monitoring by a health care professional or other machine.

Methods and apparatus for limiting communication capabilities in mobile communication devices are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a predetermined condition such as an unsatisfactory temperature or a low battery voltage is detected at the mobile communication device. At this time, a communication request for communicating information through a wireless communication network is received through a user interface. If the communication request is for a non-emergency communication, the non-emergency communication is inhibited during the existence of the predetermined condition. If the communication request is for an emergency communication, however, the emergency communication is allowed despite the existence of the predetermined condition. The emergency communication may be allowed at a reduced transmit power and / or using limited coding / modulation methods. The emergency communication may be a “911” voice call or an emergency message. The reception of communications may still be allowed but inhibited upon more adverse conditions.

Aspects of the invention include a sustained release dosage form that can be administered to an oral cavity, e.g., the mouth. In certain embodiments, the sustained release dosage form is formulated as a lozenge or gum that may be administered to an oral cavity of a user for the purpose of dissolving over a prolonged period of time and thereby delivering an essential oil component therein. In certain embodiments, the sustained release dosage form includes a beneficial agent and, therefore, not only provides for the prolonged delivery of an essential oil component to an oral cavity, but also provides for the sustained release of a beneficial agent thereto. In certain embodiments, the sustained release dosage form includes a biocompatible, water-insoluble polymer, e.g., ethylcellulose and an essential oil component, which are combined in such a manner so as to produce a dosage form that substantially dissolves over a prolonged period of time when positioned within an aqueous environment, such as an oral cavity of a user. In certain embodiments, the sustained release dosage form may include an additional water soluble agent, such as gum arabic, which may be included so as to further provide the dosage form with a desired dissolution characteristic. In certain embodiments, the dosage form may also include a beneficial agent to be delivered to the mouth. Methods of formulating such dosage forms and administering them to an oral cavity for the treatment of an adverse condition are also provided herein.

An adverse condition detector that allows the user to visually determine the type of adverse condition being detected. The adverse condition detector includes a sensor and a control unit coupled to the sensor. When the sensor detects an adverse condition above a selected level, the control unit generates an audible alarm signal and a visual alarm signal. The visual alarm signal simulates the type of adverse condition being detected. In one embodiment of the invention, the visual alarm signal includes a plurality of visual indicators operated in a random fashion to simulate the appearance of a flame.

An adverse condition detector that records historical data concerning the operation of the detector such that the detector can be interrogated by a technician. The microprocessor of the adverse condition detector monitors for alarm conditions and other important information related to the operation of the detector. Upon identifying an important characteristic of the detector operation, the microprocessor time stamps the information and stores the information within memory of the microprocessor. The detector includes an interface pad that is accessible from the exterior of the detector such that a technician can access the interface pad without removing the detector housing.

Methods and apparatus for limiting communication capabilities in mobile communication devices are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a predetermined condition such as an unsatisfactory temperature or a low battery voltage is detected at the mobile communication device. At this time, a communication request for communicating information through a wireless communication network is received through a user interface. If the communication request is for a non-emergency communication, the non-emergency communication is inhibited during the existence of the predetermined condition. If the communication request is for an emergency communication, however, the emergency communication is allowed despite the existence of the predetermined condition. The emergency communication may be allowed at a reduced transmit power and / or using limited coding / modulation methods. The emergency communication may be a “911” voice call or an emergency message. The reception of communications may still be allowed but inhibited upon more adverse conditions.

The present invention is an apparatus to enhance the Life of LED devices in an LED matrix for illumination. It comprises of a spare LED matrix in addition to a main LED matrix. It further comprises of a constant current source which is the power source. Such constant current source is coupled directly to said main LED matrix and powers it up accordingly. In adverse conditions, say when the ambient temperature is high, continuous operation of said main LED matrix at full power will deteriorate the LED life. A power converter coupled to said constant current source operates and draws current to power on said spare LED matrix. This relieves said main LED matrix from full power and the reduction in illumination is largely compensated by said spare LED matrix. This invention further comprises a controller which senses temperature and other parameters and operates said spare LED matrix intelligently. The present invention is also a method to operate said apparatus to maximize LED life or to maximize illumination.

A method for transferring adverse event information from a plurality of remote hydrants to a municipal monitoring server comprises detecting an adverse event in a hydrant that relates to an adverse hydrant condition; transferring data representative of the adverse condition to a host server by routing the data along a predefined hopping path; and transferring the data from the host monitor to the municipal monitoring server. A system for detecting adverse events at a hydrant and event information to a municipal monitoring sever is also disclosed.

A firearm including a barrel, receiver, indirect gas system and an adjustable gas block Four positions of adjustment are provided for on the adjustable gas block, each of which provides a different setting to regulate gas flow into the host firearm's operating system. A position of adjustment is selected based on how the firearm is being used. The provided positions of adjustment are calibrated for the standard use of the host firearm, use of a silencer, use of the firearm under hard or adverse conditions or when it is necessary to increase the firearm's rate of fire, and to block the flow of gas into the operating system. The provided gas block is designed to function with an indirect gas operating system, but could be adapted for use with a direct gas impingement system as well. Excess gas from the operating system is not vented from the gas block thereby eliminating the generation of additional muzzle flash and sound. No tool is required to manipulate the adjustment mechanism of the gas block.

A system and method are responsive to actual or anticipated weather changes that are likely to have an adverse effect on roadway driving conditions in a given vehicle use area. Based on the anticipated severity of the weather condition, transport-related road and / or parking tolls and fees are increased in order to discourage unnecessary vehicle travel. Using a communication system such as a transponder network, changes in the tolls and fees can be transmitted to toll collection agencies, public parking facilities and other governmental and private enterprises responsible for the collection of vehicle transport fees. Rate change information and details of weather changes can also be transmitted to vehicles likely to be affected by the adverse condition and the consequent change in these fees.

The disclosure relates to compositions and methods for protecting hair from both humid and arid environmental conditions. The compositions provide a water resistant and non-transferable protective barrier on the substrate which protects the hair from adverse conditions. The compositions contain at least one polyamine, at least one acid, at least one water-insoluble ingredient, solvent and optionally at least one auxiliary ingredient. The methods for protecting hair involve applying the compositions of the disclosure onto hair.

A system and method of treating an adverse cardiac condition, such as cardiac arrhythmia or a non-arrhythmic event, involves producing, by use of a patient actuatable non-implanted activator, an activation signal in response to a patient sensing a perceived adverse cardiac condition. The method further involves confirming, by an implantable medical device provided within the patient, that the patient is experiencing an actual adverse cardiac condition. A perceivable initiating signal instructing the patient or a physician to commence with a drug delivery regimen to treat the actual cardiac adverse condition is generated by the non-implanted activator. In one approach, the implantable medical device operates in a safe mode of pacing during drug treatment of the actual adverse cardiac condition. In another approach, an appropriate pacing, cardioversion or defibrillation regimen is initiated to treat the actual adverse cardiac condition.

7-Oxo-DHEA derivatives, various of which are themselves novel compounds, are well suited for cosmetically / therapeutically treating adverse conditions / afflictions of a keratinous substrate / material, notably of human skin, hair, eyelashes and nails, to improve the appearance thereof, in particular to prevent or treat signs of aging of the skin and / or a dull complexion and / or skin or hair pigmentation disorders and / or dryness of the skin and / or hyperseborrhoea and / or hyperseborrhoea-related imperfections and / or sensitive skin and / or dandruff and / or natural hair loss and / or baldness.

A system and method, which enable precise and automatic identification of characters, perform and calibrate data verification to ensure data reliability. The system can process these identified characters, such as override adverse conditions, adjusting and correcting unclear characters and their images.

Methods and compositions are provided for the treatment of inflammation and disorders, diseases, and adverse conditions, i.e., pathologies, caused by or otherwise associated with inflammatory processes. A metal ion sequestering agent that directly or indirectly exerts an anti-inflammatory effect is administered to a subject in combination with a sequestration inactivating moiety that facilitates transport of the metal ion sequestering agent through biological membranes. The sequestration inactivating moiety also inactivates the metal ion sequestering agent until association between the two components is cleaved in vivo to release the active sequestering agent. Compositions containing a metal ion sequestering agent and a sequestration inactivating moiety are also provided; the compositions optionally contain an added anti-inflammatory agent.

An adverse condition detector that records historical data concerning the operation of the detector such that the detector can be interrogated by a technician. The microprocessor of the adverse condition detector monitors for alarm conditions and other important information related to the operation of the detector. Upon identifying an important characteristic of the detector operation, the microprocessor time stamps the information and stores the information within memory of the microprocessor. The detector includes an interface pad that is accessible from the exterior of the detector such that a technician can access the interface pad without removing the detector housing.

A system and method, which enable precise and automatic identification of characters, perform and calibrate data verification to ensure data reliability. The system can process these identified characters, such as override adverse conditions, adjusting and correcting unclear characters and their images.

Systems and methods are provided for allowing an implantable medical device, such as pacemaker, to properly sense electrophysiological signals and hemodynamic signals within a patient during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure. Systems and methods are also provided for allowing the implantable medical device to transmit the sensed data to an external monitoring system during the MRI procedure so that attending medical personnel can closely monitor the health of the patient and the operation of the implantable device during the MRI. These improvements provide the attending personnel with information needed to determine whether the MRI should be suspended in response to induced tachyarrhythmias or other adverse conditions within the patient.

Techniques are described for improved network analysis and management. In certain embodiments, multiple analysis techniques may be applied to network data collected or obtained otherwise for a network. Correlations between the results of the multiple analysis techniques may then be determined. One or more inferences identifying one or more conditions or events associated with the network may then be drawn based upon the correlations. An inference can identify a past or present condition or predict the occurrence of a future network-related condition or event. One or more actions to be executed may be determined based upon the one or more inferences. The actions may include corrective actions to correct an existing adverse condition or preemptive actions that are meant to reduce or mitigate an adverse impact of a future condition or event on the network.

A method for detecting events / activities at a secured location in which the security method may include an operator and / or determination application for supervising the location, and a transmission network for transceiving data indicative of determined activities of the secured location, wherein the determination application and the operator can initiate a deter device in response to adverse activities. The determination application of the security method may include an intelligence system for distinguishing between normal and adverse conditions. The method may also include an application for the transfer of activity data to a storage device in which operator(s) may access the stored data.

An apparatus for determining air temperature such as an air temperature sensor suitable for use on an aircraft, such as on an aircraft engine, and where the air temperature sensor may be exposed to adverse conditions including high Mach numbers and icing conditions as well as water and debris and be capable of providing accurate temperature readings.

A scroll compressor includes a protection device that has a valve movable between a position blocking flow from the back pressure chamber into the suction chamber, and a position allowing such flow. The valve is movable dependent on an oil temperature. Under adverse conditions, the oil will reach higher temperatures and the valve will open allowing flow of refrigerant from the back pressure chamber into the suction chamber. This refrigerant will likely be at an elevated temperature, and will assist the heated oil in moving a motor protection switch associated with the motor to shut down the motor. Moreover, by relieving the back pressure chamber, the two scroll members are allowed to move out of contact with each other, thereby reducing potential damage due to the adverse conditions.

Providing a method and software solution to add robustness to real-time media streams such as voice, video and audio streams on a network. When the network channel carrying the media stream experiences an adverse condition that affects the transmissions, such as high packet loss or corruption of packets, a robust mode is activated at an intermediate node of the end-to-end transmission for the media stream to the destination link. The robust mode of the present invention may be activated on specific network links that are experiencing the network problems and not necessarily on the end-to-end communication path. Under certain conditions, an intermediate network node may terminate robust mode in packets received from an upstream link when the network channel in question no longer experiences the adverse network condition.

Nanodiamonds can be included in various compositions to take advantage of the ability of nanodiamond to bond with biological materials and to improve mechanical strength. Nanodiamonds can be dispersed in a biologically acceptable carrier to form various nanodiamond compositions. The presence of nanodiamonds can increase binding with many biological materials, making the compositions of the present invention useful for a large variety of purposes such as cleansing, testing and identification of materials, and treatment of adverse conditions. Specific examples of nanodiamond compositions that can be formulated include deodorants, toothpastes, shampoos, antibiotics, dermal strips, DNA test strips, skin cleansers, and the like. Similarly, nanodiamond particles can be included in a cosmetic nanodiamond composition within a cosmetically acceptable carrier. Cosmetic nanodiamond compositions can include, for example, nail polish, eyeliner, lip gloss, exfoliant, and the like.

A scroll compressor includes a protection device that has a valve movable between a position blocking flow from the back pressure chamber into the suction chamber, and a position allowing such flow. The valve is movable dependent on an oil temperature. Under adverse conditions, the oil will reach higher temperatures and the valve will open allowing flow of refrigerant from the back pressure chamber into the suction chamber. This refrigerant will likely be at an elevated temperature, and will assist the heated oil in moving a motor protection switch associated with the motor to shut down the motor. Moreover, by relieving the back pressure chamber, the two scroll members are allowed to move out of contact with each other, thereby reducing potential damage due to the adverse conditions.

A coating composition that contains hard particles, a binder, and at least one thickening agent is provided. Pigment materials, a dispersant, a biocide, and a defoaming agent may also be included. The particles may have a size of about 1.0 to about 20.0 microns and a hardness of at least 5 on the Mohs Hardness Scale. The hard particles may be present in the composition in an amount from about 2.0 to about 15.0% by weight of the composition. The coating composition may be applied to a veil to form a wear resistant coating. The coated veil may then be used to form a coated gypsum product. The coating composition improves wear resistance and reduces damaging effects that may be caused by winding, workers handling the coated gypsum product during installation, and / or adverse conditions after installation. Methods of forming a coated veil and coated gypsum products are also provided.

The invention relates to a fiber grating sensor, in particular to a fiber grating liquid flow sensor with temperature compensation or for eliminating the influence of temperature change on a measurement value. The sensor has high data acquisition precision and long service life, can work under the environment of high temperature (over 300 DEG C) and high pressure (over 40MPa) and acquire effective data, and is not affected by the adverse conditions of electric field, magnetic field, explosiveness, flammability and the like; the service life of the sensor is nearly semi-permanent; and the sensor has small volume, is easy to install, has high measurement precision, and can adapt to flow measurement of complex, layered and mixed layers. Particularly in the petroleum extraction process, the requirement of measurement of liquid yield is more prominent; and particularly, the sensor can be applied in the places where the temperature sensors of other forms are not competent, and particularly has great application prospect in the fields of nuclear power plants, oil fields, spaceflight, chemical industry, mining industry, energy conservation, emission reduction and the like.

An implementation of a routing protocol in a device is tested by testing how the device reacts to messages and message sequences having potentially adverse conditions. Examples include messages either having a specified message size which is intentionally out-of-conformance with the routing protocol, having a repeated protocol field, absent a mandatory protocol field, or having an incorrect order of protocol fields. Examples also include message sequences having either a specific playback delay between at least one pair of adjacent protocol messages in the first sequence of protocol messages, a specific playback rate for the second sequence of protocol messages, or a modified message order.

The disclosure relates to compositions and methods for imparting shine onto hair. The compositions provide a water resistant and non-transferable protective barrier on the substrate which protects the hair from adverse conditions and imparts shine. The composition contains at least one polyamine, at least one acid, at least one water-insoluble ingredient, at least one shine agent, solvent and optionally at least one auxiliary ingredient. The methods for imparting shine onto hair involve applying the composition of the disclosure onto hair.

Apparatus and method is disclosed for a data collection and monitoring system that utilizes a remote collection unit which has contained therein interaction software that allows the user to define and import data collection scenarios, capture data, update data, query data, and notify the user of adverse conditions triggered by the entered data values. The system has a means to allow transfer of the collected data to a main computer database for further review, reporting, and distribution purposes.