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Combination Electrical Stimulating and Infusion Medical Device and Method

A combined electrical and chemical stimulation lead is especially adapted for providing treatment to the spine and nervous system. The stimulation lead includes electrodes that may be selectively positioned along various portions of the stimulation lead in order to precisely direct electrical energy to ablate or electrically stimulate the target tissue. Embodiments of the stimulation lead include single or multiple lead elements. The multiple lead element embodiments can be selectively deployed to cover a targeted area. The lead may also includes central infusion passageway(s) or lumen(s) that communicates with various infusion ports spaced at selected locations along the lead to thereby direct the infusion of nutrients / chemicals to the target tissue. Some embodiments utilize a disposable sheath in combination with a reusable stimulation lead.
Owner:VILIMS BRADLEY D

Large group interactions via mass communication network

A method of supporting mass human-interaction events, including: providing a mass interaction event by a computer network (100) in which a plurality of participants (102) interact with each other by generating information comprising of questions, responses to questions and fact information for presentation to other participants and assimilating information: and controlling, automatically by a computer (104) the rate of information presentation to each participant, to be below a maximum information assimilation rate of each participant.
Owner:INVOKE SOLUTIONS

2-D Planar VCSEL Source for 3-D Imaging

An apparatus and a method are provided for 3-D proximity sensing, imaging and scanning using a 2-D planar VCSEL array source using reflected radiation from an object being detected. An important aspect of the apparatus is a compact high power optical source and in particular, an optical source comprising a plurality of VCSELs to illuminate the object. VCSELs in the optical source are configured in different 2-D planar arrangements, such that the optical source may be used in many different modes to adapt to different sensing, imaging and scanning requirement suited for different environments including one where shape, size and illumination mode require to be altered dynamically. When used in different modes of operation the apparatus provides a comprehensive set of measured distance and intensity profile of the object to compute a 3-D image.
Owner:PRINCETON OPTRONICS

Method and Related Communication Device for Enhancing Power Control Mechanism

A method for enhancing power control mechanism for a mobile device in a wireless communications system includes enabling a repetition function by which the mobile device repeatedly transmits a feedback signal in a plurality of consecutive subframes, receiving downlink signaling indicating an uplink grant as well as a power control command and allocation of a subframe of an uplink transmission, and not performing the uplink transmission in the subframe when the subframe collides with one of the consecutive subframes.
Owner:HTC CORP

Combination electrical stimulating and infusion medical device and method

A combined electrical and chemical stimulation lead is especially adapted for providing treatment to the spine and nervous system. The stimulation lead includes electrodes that may be selectively positioned along various portions of the stimulation lead in order to precisely direct electrical energy to ablate or electrically stimulate the target tissue. The invention also includes a method of activating electrodes in the electrical stimulation lead whereby an ablative lesion can be formed in a desired shape and size. The invention further includes a method of managing pain in a sacrum of a patient, and a method of assembling an electrical stimulation device.
Owner:NEUROTHERM

Projection display device

Light beams having different wavelengths emitted from red and blue semiconductor lasers and a laser diode pumped green solid-state laser are incident on respectively different surfaces of a color combining element and are overlaid on a single light path. Multiple beam interference films of the color combining element allow only the light beams having the oscillating wavelengths corresponding to the respective light sources to pass therethrough or reflect thereon so as to combine the light beams. A collimator collimates the light beams so that the beam waist of the light beams lies around a projection plane. When two-dimensional scanning is performed by radiating the light beams onto a micromechanical mirror and then onto a galvanometer mirror for scanning light in the horizontal and vertical directions, respectively, a color image is displayed on the projection plane by arranging pixels in array, each pixel consisting of overlapping pulses of light of three colors.
Owner:CANON KK

Method for providing consumer choice and equalizing pharmacy provider availability in prescription medication dispensing plans

InactiveUS20060184391A1Low costUndue biases toward mail order are avoidedCosmetic preparationsFinancePharmacyMedical education
A method is disclosed whereby consumers enrolled in a prescription benefit plan can obtain prescription medication fulfillment at any participating pharmacy of their choice, regardless of whether the fulfillment is by a retail pharmacy or a mail order pharmacy, and whether the quantity of medication prescribed is for administration over a short period (acute care) or a prolonged period (maintenance). The plan of this invention operates by having the plan manager substantially equalize the financial effects of the discounts and services fees allowed to participating pharmacies such that both retail and mail order pharmacies are compensated in a manner which encourages them to accept all consumers and fill all prescriptions. Compensation is preferably adjusted periodically by the manager to retain pharmacy incentives. Consumers obtain choice of pharmacies, plan payers have pleased employees and members and pharmacies obtain income from the entire spectrum of consumers.
Owner:MEDIMPACT HEALTHCARE SYST

System, tracker, and program product to facilitate and verify proper target alignment for radiation delivery, and related methods

A system, tracker, program product, and methods to facilitate and verify proper target alignment for radiation delivery are provided. The system includes a radiation delivery apparatus having a radiation emitter, a rotating assembly controlled by a controller, and an application computer which provides treatment delivery instructions to the controller. The system also includes a trackable body having a trackable body reference point to be positioned adjacent a surface point of a patient to determine a position of such surface point. The system also includes an apparatus to track a trackable body which has a trackable body detector to detect a position of indicators carried by the trackable body and a trackable body determiner to determine a position of the trackable body reference point. The system also includes a target alignment analyzing computer having memory and target alignment analyzing program product stored therein to aid a user of the system to make and display various patient body-surface related measurements.
Owner:BEST MEDICAL INT

Usage-based insurance cost determination system and method

A system and method for calculating and applying insurance costs. For vehicle insurance under one embodiment of the present invention, insurance costs are calculated on a per-mile basis in a nonlinear fashion, assigning different levels of risk based upon the distance driven by a customer. In one embodiment of the present invention, the first miles or kilometers driven by a customer are assigned a greater level of risk than later-driven miles or kilometers. The present invention provides an actuarial method that more closely conforms the cost of insurance for a particular vehicle to its annual mileage by creating a Rate Per Mile Factor (RMF), where the RMF is expressed as a function of annual mileage.
Owner:ALLSTATE INSURANCE

Systems and methods for controlling phasing of advancing substrates in absorbent article converting lines

The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for controlling the relative positions or phasing of advancing substrates and / or components in absorbent article converting lines. The systems and methods may utilize feedback from technologies, such as vision systems, sensors, remote input and output stations, and controllers with synchronized embedded clocks to accurately correlate component placement detections and placement control on an absorbent article converting process. The systems and methods may accurately apply the use of precision clock synchronization for both instrumentation and control system devices on a non-deterministic communications network. In turn, the clock synchronized control and instrumentation network may be used to control the substrate position. As such, the controller may be programmed to the relative positions of substrates and components along the converting line without having to account for undeterminable delays.
Owner:THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

Method for reconstruction of limited data images using fusion-aligned reprojection and normal-error-aligned reprojection

The present invention provides methods of using current but incomplete data to prepare an approximated complete image of a patient potentially undergoing radiation therapy. A complete image of the patient is fused or aligned with a limited patient image using image registration techniques. The aligned image is converted to sinogram data. This sinogram data is compared to sinogram data corresponding to the limited patient image to determine what data exists beyond the scope of the limited sinogram. Any additional data is added to the limited data sinogram to obtain a complete sinogram. This complete sinogram is then reconstructed into an image that approximates the complete image that would have been taken at the time the limited image was obtained.
Owner:TOMOTHERAPY INC

Fusion device, systems and methods thereof

The spinal fusion device (100) of the invention is implanted within an intervertebral space between adjacent upper and lower vertebrae and secured to the vertebrae with cement. The fusion device includes upper and lower endplate facing surfaces (150, 160) each having at least one opening (120) for delivering cement material to adjacent contact surfaces of the vertebrae above and below the implant. Utilizing quick-setting cement compositions with the device <:an allow for almost immediate fusion of the vertebrae, thus, reducing or eliminating the need for adjuvant fixation devices such as screws, plates, and / or rods, while also simultaneously providing precise delivery of cement to contact surfaces between the fusion device and vertebrae.
Owner:PIONEER SURGICAL TECH INC

2-D Planar VCSEL Source for 3-D Imaging

An apparatus and a method are provided for 3-D imaging and scanning using a 2-D planar VCSELs source configured as a lightfiled optical source. VCSELs are configured in different 2-D spatial arrangements including single VCSEL, or preferably a group, cluster, or array each to be operated effectively as an independent VCSEL array source. A set of microlens and an imaging lens positioned at a pre-determined distance collimates radiation from each VCSEL array source to a set of parallel beams. The parallel beams from different VCSEL array sources generated in a rapid pre-determined timing sequence provide scanning beams to illuminate an object. The radiation reflected from the object is analyzed for arrival time, pulse shape, and intensity to determine a comprehensive set of distance and intensity profile of the object to compute a 3-D image.
Owner:PRINCETON OPTRONICS

Protective Film Installation Apparatus and Method

Disclosed is an apparatus for the application of protective films to electronic devices and a method for applying the same. The apparatus utilizes a base shoe and modular framing system that is adaptable for many devices and, when fitted with a device and installed in the shoe, precisely holds the device in a known location relative the shoe. Films are supplied on an application sheet and precisely positioned thereon in a manner such that the application sheet, when positioned on the shoe, holds the film in the exact location needed for quick and precise application of the film. The application sheet is pressed downwards against the device, successively from one edge to another, thereby the film to the device. The shoe features a raised head on a flexible arm, thus raising the film above the level of the device before application and allowing the sheet to be pressed into position.
Owner:ANTENNA79

Protective material applicator device

Devices, methods and systems disclosed herein relate to the application of a protective film on a surface of an electronic device that instantly reduces air bubbles and eliminates the waiting time usually required when using a wet fluid solution. In one embodiment, a roller device may include a carriage or housing and one or more rollers coupled or integrated with the housing, configured to apply a protective material to a surface of the electronic device in a first orientation, and configured to function as a device stand in a second orientation. In addition or alternatively, a roller guide apparatus and / or a wedge may be utilized to assist the roller device in applying the protective material to the surface of the electronic device.
Owner:SUPERIOR COMM

Ablative treatment of the heart to improve patient outcomes following surgery

Devices and methods provide for ablation of cardiac tissue for treating cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. Although the devices and methods are often be used to ablate epicardial tissue in the vicinity of at least one pulmonary vein, various embodiments may be used to ablate other cardiac tissues in other locations on a heart. Devices generally include at least one tissue contacting member for contacting epicardial tissue and securing the ablation device to the epicardial tissue, and at least one ablation member for ablating the tissue. Various embodiments include features, such as suction apertures, which enable the device to attach to the epicardial surface with sufficient strength to allow the tissue to be stabilized via the device. For example, some embodiments may be used to stabilize a beating heart to enable a beating heart ablation procedure. Many of the devices may be introduced into a patient via minimally invasive introducer devices and the like. Although devices and methods of the invention may be used to ablate epicardial tissue to treat atrial fibrillation, they may also be used in veterinary or research contexts, to treat various heart conditions other than atrial fibrillation and / or to ablate cardiac tissue other than the epicardium. A method is described for treating cardiac arrhythmia by: verifying at least one location of a patient's cardiac parasympathetic ganglia, advancing at least one treatment member through an incision on the patient into the vicinity of the cardiac parasympathetic ganglia and applying energy to ablate at least one the cardiac parasympathetic ganglia. A combined pacing and ablation probe is described for performing the method.
Owner:ATRICURE

Osteosynthesis clip and insertion tool for inserting an osteosynthesis clip into bone tissue fragments

An improved osteosynthesis clip for the cicatrization of bone fragments, an improved insertion tool and method for inserting the improved clip and a surgical system implementing the improved clip and insertion tool are provided. The clip includes at least two engagement legs extending approximately parallel to one another and including insertion tips to be inserted into the bone tissue fragments; and a connecting bridge coupled to the at least two engagement legs at portions opposite the insertion portions, the connecting bridge including at least two elongated sections extending along side one another, the elongated sections extending along a non-linear trajectory to form a non-linear deformable region, such as a depression or a dome, wherein the engagement legs having respective helical screw surfaces extending substantially an entire distance between respective insertion and opposite portions to facilitate removal of the clip after the bone tissue fragments have fused. The improved clip may be made of any biocompatible material, including shape memory alloys, such as Nitinol. The insertion tool is improved to apply force at the bridging tips of either a stepped on a non stepped clip.
Owner:MEDICREA INT SA

Receiving part for receiving a rod for coupling the rod to a bone anchoring element and a bone anchoring device

A receiving part for coupling a rod to a bone anchoring element includes: a receiving part body with a rod receiving portion and a head receiving portion having an open end for introducing a head of a bone anchoring element, and a locking ring, wherein the head receiving portion includes a plurality of flexible wall portions, the flexible wall portions and the locking ring being configured to engage each other at circumferentially distinct pressure areas having positions corresponding to circumferentially separated projections on at least one of the flexible wall portions or the locking ring, and wherein the locking ring exerts a first force on at least one of the flexible wall portions at a corresponding pressure area, and exerts a second force less than the first force on the at least one flexible wall portion in a region circumferentially adjacent to the corresponding pressure area.
Owner:BIEDERMANN TECH GMBH & CO KG

Screw and method of use

A two-part screw system for use in bone repair and joint replacement includes a first portion and a second portion capable of mating with the first portion. The first portion includes a thread for engaging cancellous bone within a portion of a bone on one side of a fracture. The second portion is coupled to a retention mechanism that couples a portion of the bone on opposite sides of the fracture to a portion of the bone having the first portion of the two-part screw.
Owner:ALEXA MEDICAL

System and method for fusion-aligned reprojection of incomplete data

The present invention provides a system and method of using current but incomplete data to prepare an approximated complete image of a patient potentially undergoing radiation therapy. A limited patient image, such as that obtained from a CT scan is fused with a complete image of the same area using image registration techniques. The fused image is converted to sinogram data. This data is compared to sinogram data corresponding to the limited patient image to determine what data exists beyond the scope of the limited sinogram. Any additional data is added to the limited data sinogram to obtain a complete sinogram. This is reconstructed into an image that approximates the complete image that would have been taken at the time the limited image was obtained.
Owner:TOMOTHERAPY INC
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