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Occupational Health: Wearable Kneel-Sit Support Device for Manual Labor and Heavy Industry Applications
This CDC-developed technology describes a novel ergonomic device that supports a portion of the worker's weight while kneeling, relieving the knee pressure and pain common to many manual labor occupations. Unfortunately, many of the devices that have been used in the past to relieve pressure on the knees are bulky, heavy, and of questionable durability. This...
Published: 7/25/2024   |   Inventor(s): Ova Johnston, Stephen Hudock, Steven Wurzelbacher
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Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Medical Devices, TherapeuticArea > Geriatrics, Application > Occupational Safety and Health, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, TherapeuticArea > Dental, Application > Consumer Products, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, TherapeuticArea > Immunology, TherapeuticArea > Neurology, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, Application > Non-Medical Devices, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease
Silica Exposure Safety: Mini-baghouse Systems and Methods for Controlling Particulate Release from Large Sand Transfer Equipment
CDC/NIOSH scientists have developed an effective point-source control for silica-containing dusts that can be generated from machinery on sites where hydraulic fracturing is occurring. The CDC/NIOSH mini-baghouse retrofit assembly is a bolt-on control designed to contain silica-containing respirable dusts generated during refill operations of sand...
Published: 7/25/2024   |   Inventor(s): Michael Breitenstein, John Snawder
Keywords(s): AE1XXX, AE2XXX, AE3XXX, AEXXXX, AGXXXX, apparatus, AXXXXX, Baghouse, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, CONTROL, CONTROLING, Crystalline, DEVICE, DUST, Dust collector, ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, environmental health, Equipment, Fracturing, HYDRAULIC, LARGE, Methods, MINE, MINER, Mini, MINING, Movers, MULTIPLE, NIOSH, NIOSH-DSHEFS, Occupational health, PARTICULATE, Release, RESPIRABLE, Respiration, Respirator, Retrofit, SAND, SILICA, SILICOSIS, SYSTEMS, VPXXXX, WCXXXX, WEXXXX, WFXXXX, WGXXXX, WMXXXX, XDXXXX, XIXXXX, YEXXXX, YFXXXX
Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, TherapeuticArea > Dental, Application > Consumer Products, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, Application > Medical Devices, Application > Non-Medical Devices, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, Application > Occupational Safety and Health
Mining Safety: Personal Dust Monitor Filters for Accurate, Quantifiable Spectrometric Analysis and Assessment of Worker Exposure Levels
This CDC-developed invention pertains to a novel dust monitor filter that is specially constructed of organic materials for spectrometric analysis, ultimately allowing for detection and accurate quantification of a particular chosen analyte (e.g., crystalline silica/quartz dust that may lead to silicosis). For miners, the risk of lung disease increases...
Published: 7/25/2024   |   Inventor(s): Donald Tuchman
Keywords(s): AAXXXX, AC1XXX, AC3XXX, ACXXXX, AE1XXX, AE2XXX, AE3XXX, AE4XXX, AEXXXX, AIRBORNE, AXXXXX, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, CHARACTERIZING, COAL, DUST, Dust collector, Methods, MINE, MINER, MINING, MONITOR, NIOSH, NIOSH-PRL, PARTICULATES, VPXXXX, WBXXXX, WCXXXX, WEXXXX, WFXXXX, WGXXXX, WMXXXX, XDXXXX, XIXXXX, YAXXXX, YBXXXX, YEXXXX, YFXXXX
Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Non-Medical Devices, Application > Occupational Safety and Health, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, Application > Diagnostics, Application > Consumer Products, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, TherapeuticArea > Dental, Application > Medical Devices, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease
Inexpensive, Personal Dust Detector Tube/Dosimeter Operating on a Gas Detector Tube Platform
This CDC developed dust detector tube is designed to provide inexpensive, short-term, time weighted average dust exposure data feedback directly to device users. This invention operates upon a conventional gas detector tube platform and can be used with any low volume pump that can electronically measure pump back pressure. The device consists of three...
Published: 7/25/2024   |   Inventor(s): Harry Dobroski, Steven Page, Jon Volkwein
Keywords(s): AE1XXX, AE2BXX, AE2XXX, AE3XXX, AEXXXX, AG3XXX, AGXXXX, AXXXXX, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, DETECTOR, DEVICE, DUST, Enviromental, environmental health, MINING, MONITOR, NIOSH, NIOSH-PRL, Occupational health, OSHA, Protection, SAMPLER, Tube, VPXXXX, WCXXXX, WEXXXX, WFXXXX, WGXXXX, WORKER, WORKER safety, XDXXXX, XHXXXX, YEXXXX
Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Occupational Safety and Health, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, Application > Consumer Products, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, TherapeuticArea > Dental, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, Application > Non-Medical Devices, ResearchProducts > Research Equipment, Application > Medical Devices
Single-Step Process for Production of Phenol and Copper Metal
Background Over 10 million metric tons of phenol are produced annually, making it a commodity chemical with a multibillion-dollar market. Phenol is primarily used as an intermediate in the production of polymers and adhesives. The current industrial production method is the cumene process, a complex, multi-step process that limits yield and produces...
Published: 2/23/2023   |   Inventor(s): Grant Loescher, Everett Shock, Ian Gould, Hilairy Hartnett, Lynda Williams
Keywords(s): Mining, Petroleum and Fuel
Category(s): Physical Science, Manufacturing/Construction/Mechanical
Electrokinetic Dewatering System that Effectively Removes Water from Phosphatic Clay Slurries
An Applied Low Voltage Electrical Field Enhances the Rate of Clay Dewatering, Hastening Clay Settling Pond Land Reclamation Continuous operation of this electrokinetic dewatering system removes water from phosphatic clay suspensions, thereby achieving clay cake solid contents approaching 25 percent more rapidly than other methods. In Central Florida,...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Mark Orazem, David Bloomquist, Saeed Moghaddam, Rui Kong, Yuelong Huang, Dazhi Yu, Han Lai, David Horner
Keywords(s): Clays, dewatering, mining, Phosphate fertilizer
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Civil, Technology Classifications > Environmental > Solid, Technology Classifications > Environmental > Water
Geostatistical Analysis Software (Spatial Statistics)
GeostatWin is a software package that provides advanced geostatistical evaluations of mineral resources, including model validation, linear and non-linear estimation, various methods for 3D simulation of quantitative variables (eg ore grades) and complex geological structures.GeostatWin was originally developed as a teaching tool for industry short...
Published: 9/7/2017   |   Inventor(s): Peter Dowd, Chaoshui Xu
Keywords(s): Analytical Services, Computing, Consulting, Informatics, Mining, Service
Category(s): Engineering, Chemicals, Computer Software, Energy, Environment, Materials
Mineral Investment Management Tool (MINVEST)
Mineral Investment Management Tool MINVEST is a financial evaluation tool specifically designed for use in the minerals industry. Seven common financial evaluations can be conducted with up to 39 economic parameters selected as variables. More complex evaluations include independent and relational sensitivity analyses, risk analysis and optimal production...
Published: 9/7/2017   |   Inventor(s): Peter Dowd, Chaoshui Xu
Keywords(s): Consulting, Mining, Service, Venture Capital
Category(s): Engineering, Chemicals, Computer Software, Materials