Brian R Edwards

US Patent:

6494611, Dec 17, 2002

Filed:

Jan 26, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/770982

Inventors:

Brian Edwards - West Milford NJ
Paul Higham - Ringwood NJ
Joseph Zitelli - River Edge NJ

Assignee:

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. - Allendale NJ

International Classification:

B01F 1100

US Classification:

366209, 366216, 366218

Abstract:

An apparatus for mixing dry and liquid components is used to form a setting paste. A holder is mounted on the apparatus for reciprocating movement with respect to a base of the apparatus. The movement has an amplitude with components in first and second perpendicular directions. A drive system is operatively connected to the holder for imparting said reciprocating movement to said holder at a predetermined number of cycles per minute. A container having a mass of said dry and liquid components therein is mounted in the holder. The mass, amplitude and cycles per minute of reciprocation being chosen to produce an energy input of at least about 3Ã10 Joules per second per 3 cc of mixture.

US Patent:

6547866, Apr 15, 2003

Filed:

Oct 30, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/699662

Inventors:

Brian Edwards - West Milford NJ
Paul Higham - Ringwood NJ
Joseph Zitelli - River Edge NJ

Assignee:

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. - Allendale NJ

International Classification:

A61L 2402

US Classification:

106 35, 106646, 501 84, 523116, 623 2362

Abstract:

A kit and a method for making a porous cement which self sets to hydroxyapatite and has an interconnected porosity is produced by mixing a calcium source and a phosphate source with a carbonate source and mixing this powdered component with a liquid component having an acid component. The liquid component comprises water or an aqueous solution containing an acid. The acid and the carbonate react to form carbon dioxide thereby producing an interconnected porosity in the normally solid self-hardening bone cement. The method requires only a relatively low weight percent of the acid and base to be mixed with the liquid and powder cement components.

US Patent:

6592251, Jul 15, 2003

Filed:

Jan 26, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/771317

Inventors:

Brian Edwards - West Milford NJ
Paul Higham - Ringwood NJ
Joseph Zitelli - River Edge NJ

Assignee:

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. - Allendale NJ

International Classification:

B01F 506

US Classification:

366268, 336130, 336332, 336334

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for mixing a liquid component and a powdered component to form a bone filler has first and second syringes each having a barrel, a plunger and an exit port. The plunger is moveable with the barrel of each syringe along a longitudinal axis of the barrel. An end portion of each plunger extends beyond the end of each barrel when the plunger tip is spaced from the exit port and can be activated to move the plunger tip toward the exit port. A mechanism for mixing the liquid and powdered components is operatively connected to each of the barrels and plungers of the first and second syringes so that the relative sliding movement of first and second parts of the mechanism simultaneously moves the plungers and barrels of the first and second syringes relative to one another to move the combined liquid and powdered components back and forth between the first and second syringe.

US Patent:

6670293, Dec 30, 2003

Filed:

Sep 9, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/237499

Inventors:

Brian Edwards - West Milford NJ
Paul Higham - Ringwood NJ
Joseph Zitelli - River Edge NJ

Assignee:

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. - Allendale NJ

International Classification:

A61L 2402

US Classification:

501 84, 501 1, 106 35, 106646, 623 2362

Abstract:

A kit and a method for making a porous cement which self sets to hydroxyapatite and has an interconnected porosity is produced by mixing a calcium source and a phosphate source with a carbonate source and mixing this powdered component with a liquid component having an acid component. The liquid component comprises water or an aqueous solution containing an acid. The acid and the carbonate react to form carbon dioxide thereby producing an interconnected porosity in the normally solid self-hardening bone cement. The method requires only a relatively low weight percent of the acid and base to be mixed with the liquid and powder cement components.

US Patent:

8116009, Feb 14, 2012

Filed:

May 16, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/300948

Inventors:

Nader Engheta - Wayne PA, US
Alessandro Salandrino - Philadelphia PA, US
Brian Edwards - Philadelphia PA, US

Assignee:

The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

G02B 3/00
G02B 5/18

US Classification:

359642, 359558, 359900

Abstract:

Far-field sub-diffraction optical lenses “FaSDOLs” comprise an anisotropic crystal having special dispersion characteristics such that it supports diffraction free propagation. An image with subwavelength features on the input surface is transferred through a propagation function to the output surface with effectively no, or minimal, loss in information. These special properties may be exploited in several ways, including but not limited to, magnification of an image at the input surface through the use an oblique cut at the output surface, magnification of an image at the input surface through use of a curved crystalline structure, and more generally near-field optical processing.

US Patent:

8293087, Oct 23, 2012

Filed:

Dec 21, 2006

Appl. No.:

12/158365

Inventors:

Nader Engheta - Berwyn PA, US
Brian Edwards - Philadelphia PA, US

Assignee:

The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

G01N 27/26
G01N 27/447

US Classification:

204547, 204643

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to the use of dielectrophoretic forces for the arbitrary manipulation of micrometer- and nanometer-sized particles and to devices capable of arbitrarily manipulating micrometer- and nanometer-sized particles by means of dielectrophoretic forces within a two- or three-dimensional region. The devices and methods of the invention are capable of arbitrarily controlling the velocities, locations, and forces applied to a particle, arbitrarily specifying a force or set of forces at a location in space, and determining friction and/or drag coefficients of a particle, and are thus well-suited for a range of applications including cell sorting, drug delivery, as a diagnostic tool for determining membrane stiffness, and in the heterogeneous integration of micro- and nano-components through directed assembly.

US Patent:

20110005265, Jan 13, 2011

Filed:

May 12, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/778881

Inventors:

Brian D. Edwards - Malvern PA, US

International Classification:

F25D 25/00
B65D 81/18

US Classification:

62465, 22059216

Abstract:

A beverage container cooling device for rapidly cooling beverage cans or bottles and their contents includes a plurality of turntables provided with stepped diameter expansible collets formed from an elastomeric material for frictional engagement with beverage containers of diverse different sizes, including soda cans and bottles. Bearing assemblies mount the turntables for rotation in a container adapted for containment of a cooling medium such as an ice and water mixture. A gear mechanism in conjunction with either an electric motor or a hand crank functions to rotate the turntables and the beverage containers mounted thereon within the cooling medium in the container for rapidly cooling the beverage containers and their contents.

US Patent:

59646713, Oct 12, 1999

Filed:

Jul 13, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/114316

Inventors:

Brian D Edwards - Waldorf MD
Larry D Edwards - Welcome MD

International Classification:

A63B 6938

US Classification:

473437

Abstract:

A warm-up and weight training device for use on a sports racket is provided which can be readily secured to and removed from the racket's strings. The device includes two housing portions and a plurality of weights positionable in the housing portions. A securing device is used to clamp the housing portions together from opposing sides of the strings while securing the housing and weights to the strings. Protective gaskets are provided as a barrier preventing injury to the strings. The combination of the variable weights and the change in the moment arm based on the position of the invention from the handle, provide a wide range of resistance.

Address:

629 S Yewdall St, Phila, PA 19143

Phone:

2157155599

VIN:

1N4AA51E09C843545

Make:

NISSAN

Model:

MAXIMA

Year:

2009