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Device and method for determining analyte levels

InactiveUS20100099970A1Reducing and eliminating phenomenonEliminate and significantly delay environmental stress crackingMicrobiological testing/measurementCatheterAnalyteImplanted device
Devices and methods for determining analyte levels are described. The devices and methods allow for the implantation of analyte-monitoring devices, such as glucose monitoring devices, that result in the delivery of a dependable flow of blood to deliver sample to the implanted device. The devices comprise a unique microarchitectural arrangement in the sensor region that allows accurate data to be obtained over long periods of time.
Owner:DEXCOM

Numerically controlled surgical stapling apparatus

The invention relates to a numerically controlled surgical stapling apparatus comprising a clamping assembly, a housing and a main body assembly arranged in the housing. An electric driving device is arranged in the main body assembly. The stapling apparatus is characterized by further comprising a numerical control device which comprises a control board, a display screen and a sensing device, wherein at least one memory chip and a control chip are arranged on the control board; and the display screen is capable of displaying the values of operation parameters and clock information. The electric driving device is capable of receiving a signal produced by the numerical control device and drives a nail magazine to move toward a nail anvil until a predetermined closing gap, and further causes a suturing nail to reach a predetermined forming height after firing the suturing nail. The numerically controlled surgical stapling apparatus provided in the invention is capable of performing accurate and safe control on the transmission steps and the operation actions and also of clearly displaying the operation parameters so that a doctor can know the whole surgery process; therefore, human-machine conversation is made possible.
Owner:B J ZH F PANTHER MEDICAL EQUIP

Method for generating patient-specific implants

An implant is generated which is functionally and aesthetically adapted to the patient with a greater degree of precision, irrespective of the size, form and complexity of the defect, whereby the implant can be produced and operatively inserted into the patient over a short time period and in a simple manner. A virtual three-dimensional model of the patient which is formed from existing recorded (two-dimensional) image data of the patient is compared with real medical reference data. The comparison which is, for example, carried out using a data bank with test person data enables a reference model object which is most suited to the patient or closest to the patient model to be selected or formed and a virtual implant model is generated accordingly. Computer numeric control data is directly generated from the implant model which is generated virtually in the computer for program-assisted production of the implant.
Owner:3DI

Device and method for determining analyte levels

InactiveUS20050177036A1Reducing and eliminating phenomenonEliminate and significantly delay environmental stress crackingMicrobiological testing/measurementCatheterAnalyteImplanted device
Devices and methods for determining analyte levels are described. The devices and methods allow for the implantation of analyte-monitoring devices, such as glucose monitoring devices, that result in the delivery of a dependable flow of blood to deliver sample to the implanted device. The devices comprise a unique microarchitectural arrangement in the sensor region that allows accurate data to be obtained over long periods of time.
Owner:DEXCOM

Bio-flexible spinal fixation apparatus with shape memory alloy

The present invention relates to a spinal fixation apparatus having a segment flexible rod for connecting pedicle screws and a transverse link for spacing out the rods, which are made from a shape memory alloy, thereby easily and simply connecting the rods and the pedicle screws. According to the present invention, it can easily and simply fit the rods to the misaligned pedicle screw, even if it may be a failure of alignment of the pedicle screws in surgery. Also, it can easily set up the transverse link on a pair of the longitudinal rods, even if the longitudinal rods are declined or are not in parallel.
Owner:PARK KYUNG WOO

Delivery system for medical devices

The invention is directed a delivery system for implantation a self-expanding medical device in a body which includes a control handle and a catheter portion. The catheter portion includes an outer restraining member which covers the collapsed, medical device, an inner catheter member having a distal end including a region upon which the medical device is mounted, and an outer sheath which is removably attached to the control handle. The outer sheath creates a conduit for the catheter portion to prevent the inner catheter member from moving axially when the outer restraining member is retracted. The control handle has a rotatable thumbwheel to actuate a retraction mechanism attached to the proximal end of the outer restraining member which moves the restraining member in a proximal direction to deploy the medical device.
Owner:ABBOTT VASCULAR SOLUTIONS

Picture transmission and display between wireless and wireline telephone systems

A 3G-camera phone (9) user may transfer photographic images from 3G-camera phone to an image viewing device (11) associated with a residential telephone (13) accessible on the PSTN telephone network (3). Both the image viewing device (11) and telephone (13) are connected to narrowband PTSN POTS telephone line (25). Through use of a call waiting (6) feature of the networks, data transfer is performed over a single narrowband PTSN POTS line with the voice conversation put on hold. Reciprocal image transmission is also possible. Like data transfers may also be made to telephone users having broadband DSL (45, 47 FIGS. 8 &10) or CATV (54, 57 FIGS. 9 &11) or VoIP (82, FIGS. 10 &11) services. An Internet (7) connected fileserver (15) uses a lookup table (23) to determine the kind of line to which the image viewing device is connected and select the appropriate routing for the image transfer.
Owner:FARLEY MARK A +1

Pulse oximeter with motion detection

There is a need for a technique to compensate for, or eliminate, motion-induced artifacts in patient-attached critical care monitoring instruments. Consequently, the invention is directed to improving pulse-oximetry by incorporating additional signals to aid in the triggering of the pulse-oximeter or in analyzing the data received by the pulse oximeter. This includes detecting when the patient moves and analyzing the pulse-oximetry data in light of the detected movement.
Owner:OPTICAL SENSORS

Delivery system for medical devices

The invention is directed to a delivery system for implantation a self-expanding medical device in a body which includes a control handle and a catheter portion. The catheter portion includes an outer restraining member which covers the collapsed, medical device, an inner catheter member having a distal end including a region upon which the medical device is mounted, and an outer sheath which is removably attached to the control handle. The outer sheath creates a conduit for the catheter portion to prevent the inner catheter member from moving axially when the outer restraining member is retracted. The control handle has a rotatable thumbwheel to actuate a retraction mechanism attached to the proximal end of the outer restraining member which moves the restraining member in a proximal direction to deploy the medical device.
Owner:ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR

Modular physiological sensors

Modular physiological sensors that are physically and / or electrically configured to share a measurement site for the comfort of the patient and / or to ensure proper operation of the sensors without interference from the other sensors. The modular aspect is realized by providing outer housing shapes that generally conform to other physiological sensors; mounting areas for attachment of one sensor to another sensor; providing release liners on the overlapping sensor attachment areas; and / or providing notches, tabs or other mechanical features that provide for the proper placement and interaction of the sensors.
Owner:MASIMO CORP

Methods and apparatus for surgical planning

Methods and apparatus for enhancing surgical planning provide enhanced planning of entry port placement and / or robot position for laparoscopic, robotic, and other minimally invasive surgery. Various embodiments may be used in robotic surgery systems to identify advantageous entry ports for multiple robotic surgical tools into a patient to access a surgical site. Generally, data such as imaging data is processed and used to create a model of a surgical site, which can then be used to select advantageous entry port sites for two or more surgical tools based on multiple criteria. Advantageous robot positioning may also be determined, based on the entry port locations and other factors. Validation and simulation may then be provided to ensure feasibility of the selected port placements and / or robot positions. Such methods, apparatus, and systems may also be used in non-surgical contexts, such as for robotic port placement in munitions diffusion or hazardous waste handling.
Owner:INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC +1

Display device and method for manufacturing the same

A semiconductor substrate is formed into a regular hexagon or a shape similar to the regular hexagon. The semiconductor substrate is bonded to and separated from a large-area substrate. Moreover, layout is designed so that a boundary of bonded semiconductors is located in a region which is removed by etching when patterning is performed by photolithography or the like.
Owner:SEMICON ENERGY LAB CO LTD

Air cleaner

Apparatus and method for cleaning air. An air cleaner includes a housing that defines an airflow pathway and a catalytic reactor having a catalyst secured on a porous substrate that is disposed transverse to the airflow pathway. Preferably, the catalyst includes a light activated oxidizing photocatalyst or a thermally activated oxidizing catalyst. A photocatalytic reactor will include a light source directed at a light activated oxidizing photocatalyst, such as TiO2 particles or a binary oxide particle species, which is disposed on the porous substrate. Most preferably, a metal catalyst is disposed on the photocatalyst particles at a concentration or loading between about 0.01 wt % and about 5 wt %. The air cleaner may further comprise an adsorption matrix upstream of the catalytic reactor, optionally in combination with a heater. A particulate filter and / or an electrostatic precipitator may also be disposed upstream of the adsorption matrix and the catalytic reactor.
Owner:LYNNTECH

Sensor for detecting the level of a medium

A level sensor for detecting the level of a medium contained in a vessel comprises:an array of capacitive elements designed to be associated with the vessel (1), comprising a plurality of electrodes (J1-Jn), spaced apart from each other along an axis of detection (X),an insulation layer (16) for electrically insulating the electrodes (Ji-L) with respect to the inside of the vessel (1),a controller (24) having a plurality of inputs.Each capacitive element comprises at least one of a single electrode and a group of electrodes connected in common to each other, the single electrode or the group of electrodes being connected to a respective input of the plurality of inputs.The controller (24) is prearranged for discriminating a value of electrical capacitance associated with each electrode (J1-Jn) to deduce the level of the medium present in the vessel.
Owner:ELTEK

FinFET SRAM cell using low mobility plane for cell stability and method for forming

The present invention provides a device design and method for forming the same that results in Fin Field Effect Transistors having different gains without negatively impacting device density. The present invention forms relatively low gain FinFET transistors in a low carrier mobility plane and relatively high gain FinFET transistors in a high carrier mobility plane. Thus formed, the FinFETs formed in the high mobility plane have a relatively higher gain than the FinFETs formed in the low mobility plane. The embodiments are of particular application to the design and fabrication of a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) cell. In this application, the bodies of the n-type FinFETs used as transfer devices are formed along the {110} plane. The bodies of the n-type FinFETs and p-type FinFETs used as the storage latch are formed along the {100}. Thus formed, the transfer devices will have a gain approximately half that of the n-type storage latch devices, facilitating proper SRAM operation
Owner:GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC

Automatic vehicle exterior light control

A system for automatically controlling continuously variable headlamps on a controlled vehicle includes an imaging system capable of determining lateral and elevational locations of headlamps from oncoming vehicles and tail lamps from leading vehicles. The system also includes a control unit that can acquire an image from in front of the controlled vehicle. The image covers a glare area including points at which drivers of oncoming and leading vehicles would perceive the headlamps to cause excessive glare. The image is processed to determine if at least one oncoming or leading vehicle is within the glare area. If at least one vehicle is within the glare area, the headlamp illumination range is reduced. Otherwise, the illumination range is set to full illumination range.
Owner:STAM JOSEPH S +2

Auditing method and system for an on-line value-bearing item printing system

An on-line value bearing item (VBI) printing system that includes one or more cryptographic modules and a central database is disclosed. The cryptographic modules are capable of implementing the USPS Information Based Indicia Program Postal Security Device Performance Criteria and other required VBI standards. The modules encipher the information stored in the central database for all of the on-line VBI system customers and are capable of preventing access to the database by unauthorized users. Additionally, each cryptographic module is capable of providing audit support functions that enable secure logging of all sensitive actions.
Owner:STAMPS COM

Connector terminal system and wiring method for thermostat

A thermostat having a terminal connection mechanism and method that provides ease of installation of the thermostat and the heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) wiring is provided. One embodiment allows any wire to be attached to any terminal. This thermostat includes logic for determining an identity of the wire connected to an HVAC system component. The control logic determines a characteristic of the HVAC system component and compares the characteristic to a known characteristic of the HVAC system component. Environmental responses may also be monitored to identify the HVAC component. The terminal of the thermostat may be color coded to further ease installation. Tool-less terminal connectors may also be used to still further ease installation.
Owner:RANCO OF DELAWARE

Pressure/vacuum actuated catheter forceps

A method for extracting a tissue sample is provided, including the steps of inserting a catheter into a bodily cavity, the catheter having a sampling chamber, a movable cover, and an actuation mechanism for actuating the cover, positioning the sampling chamber next to tissue to be sampled, providing a fluid to the actuation mechanism to open the cover, supplying a vacuum to draw tissue sample into the sampling chamber and to close the cover, and withdrawing the catheter from the bodily cavity. Catheter forceps for obtaining a tissue sample are also provided, including a catheter, a sampling chamber positioned at a distal end of the catheter and having a movable cover, and an actuation mechanism for moving the movable cover to an opened position by providing a fluid to the actuation mechanism and to a closed position by providing a vacuum to the actuation mechanism.
Owner:SANOVAS

System and method for data warehousing and analytics on a distributed file system

ActiveUS20090055370A1Significant performance bottleneckProcess is time-consume and expensiveDigital data information retrievalDigital data processing detailsData warehouseMap reduce
A computer implemented method for executing an ANSI SQL expression belonging to the SELECT-WHERE-equi-JOIN class on data residing in a distributed file system, said method comprising the steps of entering the ANSI SQL expression into a user interface; converting the ANSI SQL expression into a map-reduce program; running the map-reduce program on the distributed file system; storing the result set of the program in the distributed file system; and presenting the result set through a user interface.
Owner:THRYV INC

Display apparatus and drive method thereof and electronic device

Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a pixel array section and a drive section. The pixel array section has power supply lines, scan lines arranged in row, signal lines arranged in column, and pixels arranged in matrix at intersections of each of the scan lines and each of the signal lines. The drive transistor is connected at one of a pair of current terminals to the light emitting device and at the other of the pair of current terminals to the power supply line. The drive section supplies a control signal to each scan line and a video signal to each signal line to drive each pixel, executing a threshold voltage correcting operation, a write operation, and a light emitting operation.
Owner:JOLED INC

Network to alarm panel simulator for VoIp

The present invention provides for a system and method for providing a signal to a communication system comprising an interface between a communication link and the communication system, like an alarm system, wherein the interface receives a signal from the communication link and provides a signal indicative of the availability of the communication link for use by the communication system. Alarm systems operations may be facilitated so that Residential Gateway components (such as voice terminal adapters) may simulate traditional telephone network systems that run on 48 VDC powered telephone lines. The system also comprises an input port associated with the interface for receiving the signal from the communication link, a transformer or a voltage regulator and an output port associated with the interface for providing the conditioned signal to the communication system. A ring voltage received from the communication link may be passed through to the alarm system.
Owner:SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES LP

Electronic payment process and system for implementing this process

Electronic payment process and system for implementing such a process.Customer equipment is mobile equipment, for example of the GSM type. In addition to the customer (C) and the merchant (M), a gateway (P) participates in the transaction, authenticates the customer and the merchant and ensures that the goods item ordered will be duly paid for. Customer equipment may work with a bank payment card.
Owner:FRANCE TELECOM SA

Scalable switch fabric system and apparatus for computer networks

A scalable switch fabric system and apparatus for computer networks. The scalable switch fabric system and apparatus comprises a Switch Fabric Subsystem, Input-Output Subsystems, Application Subsystems and System Control Subsystems. The Switch Fabric Subsystem is a protocol agnostic cell or packet switching infrastructure that provides scalable interconnections between the Input-Output Subsystems and Application Subsystems. The Switch Fabric Subsystem provides primary data paths for network traffic being moved by the switch. The Input-Output Subsystems connect to the external network devices that use the switch to communicate with other external network devices. The Input-Output Subsystems are part of the data path and do low level decoding of ingress frames from the external ports; switching / routing, identifying the destination Input-Output Subsystems for the frame; and queuing the frame for transmission through the Switch Fabric. The System Control Subsystems provide overall management of the scalable switch fabric system and apparatus.
Owner:MAXXAN SYST

Remote maintenance system

A remote maintenance system has a center server that is located in a service center for performing maintenance of an electrical appliance and a home server that is located in a house and monitors a status of the electrical appliance 102 in the house which are connected via a communication network. The home server includes an electrical appliance management unit that acquires a status value of the electrical appliance, a communication unit that receives from the center server a failure model which is information defining a method of deriving a decision whether the electrical appliance has failed or not from the status value, and a failure deciding unit that decides whether the electrical appliance has failed or not based on the acquired status value and the received failure model using qualitative reasoning. The center server includes a failure model updating unit that updates a failure model and sends the updated failure model to the home server via a communication unit.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP
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