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The invention is a transgastric method for the endoscopic partial fundoplication for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The method makes use of an articulated endoscope, which is introduced through the mouth and esophagus into the stomach of the patient. A cutting tool is introduced through the working channel of the endoscope to cut a hole in the wall of the stomach. The endoscope is pushed through the hole and a grabbing tool is introduced through the working channel and used to grab the tissue at a location on the outer surface of the stomach and move the grabbed tissue close to the esophagus. The grabbed tissue is then stapled to the esophagus using a stapling device that is an integral part of the endoscope. If desired, after stapling the endoscope can be rotated one or more times and the procedure repeated. After the selected portions of the stomach wall have been attached to the esophagus, the endoscope is withdrawn from the body of the patient and the hole in the stomach wall is closed, preferably by means of a dedicated endoscopic stapling device especially designed for the task of closing holes in tissue.

According to the present invention, a vehicle connector lockout apparatus capable of being connected to the diagnostic port of a vehicle is provided. The preferred embodiment of the invention uses a raised protrusion, located in the common space below the two rows of pin spacing of the diagnostic port, as a locking point. The preferred embodiment provides a blocking mating connector with a pressure mechanism for clamping the mating connector to the protrusion. In the preferred embodiment the pressure mechanism is activated and released mechanically by operation of a key in a key lock which is an integral part of the mating connector, where rotation of the key to the locked position in the key lock applies pressure to the protrusion so as to clamp the blocking mating connector to the protrusion. A further embodiment of the invention provides a non-volatile microchip memory component to store information about the vehicle operator usable by medical personnel at the scene of a crash.

An arrangement is provided for charging a charge storage device by placing the charge storage device in an RF or microwave radiation field. One or more antennas which receive the radiated RF electromagnetic field are placed on the charge storage device. Rectifiers connected to the antennas rectify the received RF electromagnetic field an produce a DC output current which is used to charge the charge storage device. The charge storage device may be a battery or a capacitor and may form an integral part of an electronic device. The same RF field that charges the charge storage device can also be employed to communicate data to transponders which may be associated with computing devices.

Methods and apparatus are described which employ a new media type built on the concept of assembling a “story” from intelligent, large-grained containers rather than placing the constituent parts of a presentation on a fixed timeline.

The invention relates to electrical engineering. The technical result is to increase the operating efficiency of the wireless electrical energy transmission device and to reduce the potential hazard of the wireless electrical energy transmission device to humans. The essence of the invention is that in an appliance, which requires electrical power supply to operate, comprising at least one wireless electrical energy transmission device (WEETD), at least one specified WEETD is accommodated fully or partially inside specified appliance housing, herewith a wireless transmission of electrical energy to at least one technical mean, which is an integral part of the appliance, is carried out through at least one WEETD.

A method and medium for a computer readable input area. The input area is created by a computer program on a display capable of receiving touch-screen input. The computer on which the input area in used is at least a 32-bit system. The input area may contain a keyboard which is an image map. External programming may selectively access the input area through a dynamic link library. The input area has no task bar and may not be minimized, maximized, or deleted. Therefore, the input area becomes an integral component and provides the user with a constant and reliable method of inputting information into the computer program.

A light emission device, including at least two LED dies having differing spectral output from one another; and phosphor material including one or more phosphors, arranged to receive spectral output from at least one of the LED dies and to responsively emit a phosphor output, as a component of a spectral output of the light emission device. In a specific arrangement, the multiple LED dies and phosphor material are arranged to produce a white light output having a color temperature selected from among (i) color temperature in a range of from 1350° K to 1550° K, (ii) color temperature in a range of from 2400° K to 3550° K and (iii) color temperature in a range of from 4950° K to 6050° K.

A system assesses consumer experience by evaluating neuro-response measurements for a consumer exposed to products, services, offerings, and stimulus. Examples of neuro-response measurements include Electroencephalography (EEG), Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), Electrocardiograms (EKG), Electrooculography (EOG), eye tracking, and facial emotion encoding measurements. Components of a consumer experience are analyzed to assess neuro-response measurements specific to each component. In many instances, neuro-response data is combined with other data and analyzed to determine total consumer experience.

A modular prosthesis for replacement of a joint articulating surface of a bone, where the modular prosthesis generally comprises a head with a recessed socket, an elongate stem, and a connecting member including a patrix member having a generally spherical surface and adapted to be attached to an end of the stem and to be received in the head, and a locking member adapted to lock the head to the stem in a desired orientation; a system for use in surgical repair of a joint including a selection of components for assembling the modular implant prosthesis, a selection of components for assembling a trial prosthesis, and a transfer device for arranging the components of the implant prosthesis in the same orientation as the components of the trial prosthesis; and methods of using the modular prosthesis and system of the invention.

A device and system utilizable during actual golf game play configured to obtain information related to a player's golf swing. This information may include information generated by a sensor(s) located on or within a golf club, which information is configured to be sent to a golf appliance, such as a golf glove, or other appliances used during play. These sensors provide data to facilitate assessing a player's swing, to determine a ball strike, determine swing velocity, identify the club used, or other such data obtainable during actual game play. One aspect of the invention allows for sensor(s) to be an integral part of a newly manufactured club. Another aspect of the invention allows for existing golf clubs to be retrofitted by an individual with a sensor(s). An additional aspect of the invention provides for power coupling across the sensor(s) golf appliance interface.

A networked computing system including multiple network base stations, user equipment, a network resource controller (NRC), and a data communications network facilitating communications amongst all devices of the networked computing system. The NRC determines a current radio channel available capacity based on a user load associated with regional user equipment, and then forecasts a maximum radio channel capacity based on the current radio channel available capacity. The NRC may be a network base station and it may determine a number of additional user equipment it can support as a component of the forecast maximum radio channel capacity. The NRC / base station may be further configured to determine a handover threshold utilizing the forecast maximum radio channel capacity, and when the NRC base station's number of users exceeds the handover threshold, one or more user equipment may be handed over to a second network base station with better service capacity.

A computer-implemented process allows emergency plans to be easily and rapidly created for a plurality of different facilities. An emergency plan is provided in electronic form for each facility. Each emergency plan has a standardized format with a plurality of component parts. Each emergency plan has at least some component parts that are accessible by other facilities. An electronic network is provided which allows at least some of the facilities to electronically obtain the accessible component parts of the emergency plans of at least some of the other facilities. A user interface allows the emergency plan of a facility to electronically import into its emergency plan selected content of one or more component parts of the emergency plan of another facility using the electronic network. The electronic importing is facilitated via the use of the standardized format for the emergency plans.

The invention relates to a programmable robot system comprising a robot provided with a number of individual arm sections, where adjacent sections are interconnected by a joint, the system furthermore comprising controllable drive means provided in at least some of said joints and a control system for controlling said drive means. The robot system is furthermore provided with user interface means comprising means for programming the robot system, said user interface means being either provided externally to the robot, as an integral part of the robot or as a combination hereof and storage means co-operating with said user interface means and said control system for storing information related to the movement and further operations of the robot and optionally for storing information relating to the surroundings.

An integrated and unified method of statistical-like analysis, scenario forecasting, risking sharing, and risk trading is presented. Variates explanatory of response variates are identified in terms of the "value of the knowing." Such a value can be direct economic value. Probabilistic scenarios are generated by multi-dimensionally weighting a dataset. Weights are specified using Exogenous-Forecasted Distributions (EFDs). Weighting is done by a highly improved Iterative Proportional Fitting Procedure (IPFP) that exponentially reduces computer storage and calculations requirements. A probabilistic nearest neighbor procedure is provided to yield fine-grain pinpoint scenarios. A method to evaluate forecasters is presented; this method addresses game-theory issues. All of this leads to the final component: a new method of sharing and trading risk, which both directly integrates with the above and yields contingent risk-contracts that better serve all parties.

A method to determine the alignment of the transmitter and receiver fields of view of a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system. This method can be employed to determine the far-field intensity distribution of the transmitter beam, as well as the variations in transmitted laser beam pointing as a function of time, temperature, or other environmental variables that may affect the co-alignment of the LIDAR system components. In order to achieve proper alignment of the transmitter and receiver optical systems when a LIDAR system is being used in the field, this method employs a laser-beam-position-sensing detector as an integral part of the receiver optics of the LIDAR system.

A system allocates channel bandwidth based on the data received from a plurality of remote sources. A de-multiplexer / priority circuit separates two or more different data streams into their components parts. A stream modification driver modifies one or more characteristics of the data received from the de-multiplexer / priority circuit based on a priority assigned to the data by the de-multiplexer / priority circuit. The de-multiplexer / priority circuit determines the data transfer rates for each of the different data streams based on the assigned priority.

A packaging and a method for monitoring a packaging (10) of a disposable material in a chain of logistics. As an integral part of the packaging, the packaging has an electronic module (12) comprising electric energy supply means, data processing means, data storage nonvolatile memory means for storing information related to the packaging, time keeping means, and data transceiver means for transmitting and receiving said information in communication with a host computer (30). The electronic module also has sensor means (14, 20) for detecting a changed physical condition of the packaging and for signaling information representing said changed physical condition to the electronic module (12) to be stored in the memory means together with a notation of time from the time keeping means.

System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver.

Described is a system and method in which software images including updates are provided as packages. The package is self-describing, thereby facilitating the replacement of only component parts of an image. A software build process maps operating system features (comprising files, metadata, configuration information and so forth) into the packages, and executable code is processed for relocation purposes. The final package includes a device manifest file that describes the package and conveys dependency information and information about the priority of settings (shadow data).

In a display device having a color filter, a color material dispersed layer having the function of absorbing light of specific wavelengths in the visible light beam region is provided on the optical path so that the light absorption peak of this color material dispersed layer in the visible light beam region is located in the range of ±30 nm from the overlap point in the spectral transmission properties of each color of the color filter. Further, the color material dispersed layer is provided on a filter as a constituent part of the back light of the display. This filter has, as its substrate, a thermoplastic resin having a thickness of 30-350 micrometers and has a transmission in the maximum absorption wavelength in the color material dispersed layer of not more than 75%. The back light has, as its light source, a fluorescent lamp comprising a three band tube, and its emission color is subjected to color correction by an auxiliary filter having an organic color material dispersed layer provided on the illuminating light path.

A system assesses consumer experience by evaluating neuro-response measurements for a consumer exposed to products, services, offerings, and stimulus. Examples of neuro-response measurements include Electroencephalography (EEG), Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), Electrocardiograms (EKG), Electrooculography (EOG), eye tracking, and facial emotion encoding measurements. Components of a consumer experience are analyzed to assess neuro-response measurements specific to each component. In many instances, neuro-response data is combined with other data and analyzed to determine total consumer experience.

First continuous web as a component of disposable wearing article to be continuously manufactured is fed in a machine direction and first continuous elastic members are fed via guide means adapted to oscillate the elastic members in a cross direction crossing the machine direction and attached thereto. Each of the guide means comprises a first servomotor having a rotary shaft adapted to repeat reversal of its rotational direction, a first arm connected directly with the rotary shaft and extending in a direction crossing the rotary shaft so that the first arm swings around the rotary shaft as the rotary shaft rotates and a first feed member adapted to direct the first continuous elastic members toward guide means formed on the first arm.

A question-answering system for searching exact answers in text documents provided in the electronic or digital form to questions formulated by user in the natural language is based on automatic semantic labeling of text documents and user questions. The system performs semantic labeling with the help of markers in terms of basic knowledge types, their components and attributes, in terms of question types from the predefined classifier for target words, and in terms of components of possible answers. A matching procedure makes use of mentioned types of semantic labels to determine exact answers to questions and present them to the user in the form of fragments of sentences or a newly synthesized phrase in the natural language. Users can independently add new types of questions to the system classifier and develop required linguistic patterns for the system linguistic knowledge base.

A Trust Email Datastore (TED) system is employed to maintain a list of message addresses with associated trust ratings. The trust rating of a message address is derived from an underlying message address relationship network around the message address of interest through various network related activities such as message sending, forwarding, deleting, blocking, marking as is / is not spam, saving to address book, etc. There may be at least two components of the trust rating between two message addresses. One component of the trust rating, called a relationship trust, may be determined based on proximity of two message addresses in a message address relationship graph. Another component of the trust rating is substantially independent of the positions of two message addresses in the message address relationship graph, and is referred to as a universal trust rating. The trust rating components can be combined and employed for spam filtering.

A building's Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system is made more energy efficient and the indoor air quality (IAQ) of the building's circulating air is improved by incorporating a greenhouse as an integral part of the HVAC system and by utilizing a novel feed forward control strategy that maintains the proper levels of temperature, humidity and CO2 concentration in the building under varying conditions of day, time, use and occupancy.A portion or all of the exhaust air from the building is discharged into a greenhouse where the heat and humidity are recovered in the winter by heating the greenhouse and the air conditioning is recovered in the summer by cooling the greenhouse. Selected plants are used in the greenhouse to remove CO2 and pollutants from the building's exhaust air while enriching the air with oxygen and beneficial negatively charged ions. The oxygenated, improved quality air from the greenhouse is then used to supply all or a portion of the intake air to the building's HVAC system.

An embodiment of a method for adaptive reagent control is described that comprising a) introducing a first concentration of an enzyme reagent into a reaction environment with a reaction substrate, where the enzyme reagent and reaction substrate are constituent parts of a sequencing process; b) measuring a level of activity of the first concentration of the enzyme reagent in the reaction environment, where the level of activity comprises a measurable product of a reaction between the enzyme reagent and the reaction substrate; c) identifying an optimal concentration using the measured level of activity of the first concentration; and d) performing the sequencing process in the reaction environment using the optimal concentration of the enzyme reagent, where the sequencing process comprises an iterative series of sequencing reactions.

A method of playing a game based on statistics obtained in a football game that includes the step of creating a team of players that corresponds to players participating in one or more actual football games. The game also calculates a yardage touchdown number wherein yardage obtained by team members in said one or more actual football games is a component of the yardage touchdown number. The game further calculates an actual touchdown number based upon the number of touchdowns received by team members in the one or more actual football games wherein the number of touchdowns obtained by team members in said one or more actual football games is a component of the actual touchdown number. The game also calculates a total touchdown number wherein at least a portion the yardage touchdown number and at least a portion of the actual touchdown number are components of the total touchdown number. Finally, the game calculates a score wherein a component of the score is the result of multiplying the total touchdown number by a score index.