William T Norton

US Patent:

20020116253, Aug 22, 2002

Filed:

Feb 21, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/080014

Inventors:

Kevin Coyne - Atlanta GA, US
Shawn Coyne - Smyrna GA, US
Peter Flur - Charlotte NC, US
William Norton - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/010000

Abstract:

The invention comprises systems and methods for making a prediction utilizing admissions-based or personal information. The invention receives information associated with the prospective student or person via a network. The invention determines one or more predictive factors based upon selected prospective student information or selected personal information. Finally, the invention determines a likelihood of a decision such as an enrollment decision based upon at least one predictive factor. Information utilized by the invention consists of at least one of the following: static data, biographical data, statistical data, historical data, behavioral data, preferential data, circumstantial data, demographic data, or other data that permits an observation to be made about a person such as the prospective student. The invention develops and updates a predictive algorithm that correlates one or more predictive factors based upon selected prospective student information or personal information.

US Patent:

59891807, Nov 23, 1999

Filed:

Apr 10, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/058948

Inventors:

William J. Norton - Lawrenceville GA

Assignee:

C.R. Bard, Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

A41F 200

US Classification:

600 29

Abstract:

A removable external closure device is disclosed for managing female urinary incontinence. The device includes a resilient, deformable, hollow body portion and a flange which seals against the tissue surrounding the urethral orifice. When the body portion is squeezed and the flange positioned against the tissue surrounding the urethral orifice, the resilience of the body portion creates a vacuum which holds the device in place and closes the urethral orifice. The device is configured to promote tearing of the flange after a predetermined period of normal use so as to insure that the patient will change the device regularly and thus minimize the possibility of creating an infection or tissue irritation that could result from use of a contaminated or dirty device. In one aspect of the invention tearing is promoted by at least the flange being formed of a composition which exhibits a low tear strength. In another aspect of the invention tearing is promoted by an interruption, such as a short radial slit, in the periphery of the flange.