SAMUEL MANN, MD
Osteopathic Medicine at 69 St, New York, NY

7717402, May 18, 2010

Jun 7, 2007

11/759398

Samuel J. Mann - New York NY, US

B66D 1/36, B65H 27/00

254326, 254284, 254362, 254266, 2423972, 2423973

A power or manually operated winch mechanism for handling the running rigging lines of a sailing yacht. The winch includes a winding drum, operating in conjunction with a level wind mechanism, which winds and stores the line during line retrieving operations and controllably releases the line when desired. Novel level wind features enable the lines to be appropriately tensioned during retrieval, to assure proper windup of the line in organized coils on the drum. During line release, the line is placed under tension by the level wind mechanism and thus positively drawn from the unwinding winch drum even when the line is not under load from the sail to which it is attached. The arrangement enables lines to be automatically released from one winch and retrieved on a second which, under a common control, as when tacking or resetting the sails of a yacht, all without the necessity of any physical line handling by crew members, resulting in a significant improvement in the safety and convenience of the crew. The new winch mechanism preferably includes a novel alternate arrangement for manual operation of the system in the event of a failure of the power system.

7594640, Sep 29, 2009

Apr 18, 2008

12/105785

Samuel J. Mann - New York NY, US

B66D 1/14

254294, 254278, 254295, 254316

A multi-function winch for handling multiple lines of the running rigging of a sailing yacht. The winch incorporates multiple winch drums capable of releasing, retrieving and storing working lines of the yacht. The multiple winch drums are mounted in an axially stacked relation on a single drive shaft. Individual ones of the drums can be engaged to be driven by the main shaft of the winch, while the others remain stationary or, where appropriate, free wheel and controllably release lines stored thereon. A rotatable selector lever, located at the top of the winch, is manipulated to engage a selected drum for driven operation. Level wind features can also be provided to assure neat and compact winding of retrieved lines.

2006028, Dec 14, 2006

Jun 12, 2006

11/451285

Samuel Mann - New York NY, US
Linda Gerber - Brooklyn NY, US

G01N 31/22

436169000

The invention generally relates to devices, systems and methods adapted for use by patients for monitoring their own dietary intake of sodium without any need of laboratory facilities or collection of blood samples. The systems utilize test strips for measuring the concentration of analytes in urine, specifically, chloride and creatinine. Urinary chloride concentrations, normalized by creatinine concentrations to reduce variability contributed mainly by changing states of hydration serve as a conveniently monitored surrogate for salt intake by subjects, especially patients with hypertension or congestive heart failure who must control their salt intake carefully.

2009015, Jun 18, 2009

Dec 12, 2008

12/334154

Samuel J. Mann - New York NY, US
Linda M. Gerber - Brooklyn NY, US

Cornell University - Ithaca NY

G01N 33/00, G01N 33/68, G01N 33/20, G01N 33/53, G01N 23/00, G01J 3/00, G01R 33/44, G06F 19/00

702 19, 436 98, 436 86, 436 74, 436111, 435 792, 250307, 356300, 324307

Methods and kits of the invention are useful for calculating 24-hour excretion of sodium without the need to collect urine for 24 hours.