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| 20130042220 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF USER STORIES FOR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS VIA A PRODUCT CONTENT SPACE - Exemplary embodiments include a computer-implemented method for generating agile user stories, the method including collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate the user stories and outputting, by the processor, the user stories. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130298110 | Software Visualization Using Code Coverage Information - A method for visualization of a software program includes receiving code coverage data generated by the software program, the code coverage data being associated with a test case, by a visualization tool in a computing system; and generating, by the visualization tool, a visualization of an execution of the test case by the software program based on the code coverage data; and displaying the visualization to a user. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140201242 | ROLE BASED AUTHORIZATION BASED ON PRODUCT CONTENT SPACE - A computer-implemented method for generating role-based authorizations includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of permissions from an access control list, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of permissions from an access control list, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of access control list roles and outputting, by the processor, the plurality of access control list roles. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201245 | EMBEDDING A SOFTWARE CONTENT SPACE FOR RUN-TIME IMPLEMENTATION - A computer-implemented method for generating user stories for a software product, includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate the user stories, defining, by the processor, a content space, and embedding, by the processor, the content space in the software product. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201686 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE STREAMLINING IMPLEMENTING A CONTENT SPACE - A computer-implemented method for streamlined graphical user interface navigation includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of user stories and mapping the user stories to a plurality of graphical user interface panels. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201701 | CONTENT SPACE ENVIRONMENT REPRESENTATION - Embodiments of the invention relate to content space environment representation. An aspect of the invention includes selecting one or more platform attributes for a software content space. The software content space includes one or more noun spaces. A platform space is created for each noun space in the software content space. The platform space is compatible with the noun space. A set of user stories is generated on a computer using the software content space and platform specification compatible with existing content space system specifications. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201703 | AUTOMATED CODE COVERAGE MEASUREMENT AND TRACKING PER USERSTORY AND REQUIREMENT - Embodiments of the invention relate to automated code coverage measurement and tracking per user story and requirement. An aspect of the invention includes receiving one or more software development requirements. One or more tasks are generated from the one or more software development requirements. A task identifier (ID) is assigned to each of the one or more tasks, and each of the task IDs is assigned to at least one code component. An application is released that includes at least one code components. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201704 | INTEGRATION AND USER STORY GENERATION AND REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method for managing user story requirements includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of content space-based testable units, and managing, by the processor, the plurality of requirements to reduce gaps and overlap between individual content space testable units in the plurality of content space-based testable units. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201710 | SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSING BASED ON A CONTENT SPACE - A computer-implemented method for generating software license types, includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of software product functions, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of software product functions, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of software license types and outputting, by the processor, the plurality of software license types. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201711 | LOGGING AND PROFILING CONTENT SPACE DATA AND COVERAGE METRIC SELF-REPORTING - A computer-implemented method for generating user stories for a software product, includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate the user stories that are related to real time data of the software product, defining, by the processor, a content space, mapping, by the processor, the user stories to the content space and embedding, by the processor, the content space with the software product, wherein user stories include at least one of real time log data, profile statistics data, and coverage metric self-reporting data. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201712 | INTEGRATION OF A SOFTWARE CONTENT SPACE WITH TEST PLANNING AND TEST CASE GENERATION - A computer-implemented method for test planning and test case generation, includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of user stories, outputting, by the processor, the plurality of user stories and integrating, by the processor, the user stories into test planning and test case generation. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201713 | AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION, COMPUTATION AND REPORTING OF CONTENT SPACE COVERAGE METRICS FOR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - One or more test results and one or more user stories are received. For each test result in the one or more test results a set of content space coordinates of the one or more test results is compared to a set of content space coordinates of the one or more user stories. Based on the comparison it is determined if one or more user stories have been tested. One or more results of the comparison are then stored. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20150020046 | LOGGING AND PROFILING CONTENT SPACE DATA AND COVERAGE METRIC SELF-REPORTING - A computer-implemented method for generating user stories for a software product, includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate the user stories that are related to real time data of the software product, defining, by the processor, a content space, mapping, by the processor, the user stories to the content space and embedding, by the processor, the content space with the software product, wherein user stories include at least one of real time log data, profile statistics data, and coverage metric self-reporting data. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150020047 | SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSING BASED ON A CONTENT SPACE - A computer-implemented method for generating software license types, includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of software product functions, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of software product functions, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of software license types and outputting, by the processor, the plurality of software license types. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150020053 | INTEGRATION OF A SOFTWARE CONTENT SPACE WITH TEST PLANNING AND TEST CASE GENERATION - A computer-implemented method for test planning and test case generation, includes collecting, by a processor, a plurality of requirements, creating, by the processor, a plurality of content space specification files that includes the plurality of requirements, processing, by the processor, the plurality of content space specification files to generate a plurality of user stories, outputting, by the processor, the plurality of user stories and integrating, by the processor, the user stories into test planning and test case generation. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150020072 | CONTENT SPACE ENVIRONMENT REPRESENTATION - Embodiments of the invention relate to content space environment representation. An aspect of the invention includes selecting one or more platform attributes for a software content space. The software content space includes one or more noun spaces. A platform space is created for each noun space in the software content space. The platform space is compatible with the noun space. A set of user stories is generated on a computer using the software content space and platform specification compatible with existing content space system specifications. | 01-15-2015 |
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| 20090163127 | ABRASIVE ARTICLE HAVING A PLURALITY OF PRECISELY-SHAPED ABRASIVE COMPOSITES - An abrasive article comprising a sheet-like structure having a major surface and having deployed in a fixed position thereon a plurality of precisely-shaped abrasive composites in an area spacing. Each of the precisely-shaped abrasive composites comprising a plurality of abrasive particles dispersed in a binder and wherein the abrasive article has a Precisely-Shaped Abrasive Composite Defect Rate of between 0 percent to about 30 percent. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090165394 | METHOD OF MAKING ABRASIVE SHARDS, SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH AN OPENING, OR DISH-SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES - By controlling the process parameters and by using a polymeric production tooling having a plurality of mold cavities, different types of shaped abrasive particles selected from the group consisting of abrasive shards, dish-shaped abrasive particles, and shaped abrasive particles with an opening can be produced from the exact same mold. In one embodiment, the mold comprised a plurality of equilateral triangles and fractured precursor abrasive particles, dish-shaped precursor abrasive particles, or precursor shaped abrasive particles with an opening were produced from the same mold. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090169816 | SHAPED, FRACTURED ABRASIVE PARTICLE, ABRASIVE ARTICLE USING SAME AND METHOD OF MAKING - Precursor alpha alumina abrasive particles in a mold are subjected to a drying process that cracks or fractures at least a majority of the precursor abrasive particles into at least two pieces thereby producing abrasive shards having a smaller size than the mold cavity from which they were made. The smaller abrasive shards, once formed, could be reassembled like jigsaw puzzle pieces to reproduce the original cavity shape of the mold from which they were made. The cracking or fracturing of the precursor abrasive particles is believed to occur by ensuring that the surface tension of the abrasive dispersion to the walls of the mold is greater than the internal attractive forces of the abrasive dispersion as the abrasive dispersion is dried within the mold cavity. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100146867 | SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH GROOVES - Abrasive particles comprising shaped abrasive particles each having a sidewall, each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a sidewall and having a maximum thickness, T; and the shaped abrasive particles further comprising a plurality of grooves on the second face. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100151195 | DISH-SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH A RECESSED SURFACE - Abrasive particles comprising dish-shaped abrasive particles each having a sidewall; each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a thickness, t; and wherein either the first face or the second face is recessed or concave. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100151196 | SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH A SLOPING SIDEWALL - Abrasive particles comprising shaped abrasive particles each having a sloping sidewall, each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a thickness, t. The shaped abrasive particles further comprising either: a draft angle α between the second face and the sloping sidewall, and the draft angle α is between about 95 degrees to about 130 degrees, or the sloping sidewall having a radius, R, between the first face and the second face and the radius, R, is between about 0.5 to about 2 times the thickness, t. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100151201 | SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH AN OPENING - An abrasive comprising shaped abrasive particles each with an opening. The shaped abrasive particles are formed from alpha alumina and have a first face and a second face separated by a thickness t. The opening in each of the shaped abrasive particles can improve grinding performance by reducing the size of a resulting wear flat, can provide a reservoir for grinding aid, and can improve adhesion to a backing in a coated abrasive article. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110146509 | TRANSFER ASSISTED SCREEN PRINTING METHOD OF MAKING SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES AND THE RESULTING SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES - Shaped ceramic articles can be obtained by screen printing the desired shapes from a dispersion of a precursor of the ceramic onto a receiving surface using a transfer assisted technique that applies a differential pressure, at least partially drying the screen printed shapes, and firing them to generate the shaped ceramic articles. Shaped abrasive particles made using lower viscosity sol gels that tended to flow or creep after the screen printing formation were found to have higher grinding performance over screen printed shaped abrasive particles made with higher viscosity sol gels. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110244769 | ABRASIVE ARTICLE HAVING A PLURALITY OF PRECISELY-SHAPED ABRASIVE COMPOSITES - A method of making an abrasive article including the steps of treating a plurality of cavities in a contacting surface of a production tool by plasma deposition of a thin film thereby forming a plurality of plasma treated cavities. Filling the plurality of plasma treated cavities in the production tool with an abrasive slurry, and at least partially curing the abrasive slurry while residing in the plurality of cavities. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110314746 | SHAPED, FRACTURED ABRASIVE PARTICLE, ABRASIVE ARTICLE USING SAME AND METHOD OF MAKING - Precursor alpha alumina abrasive particles in a mold are subjected to a drying process that cracks or fractures at least a majority of the precursor abrasive particles into at least two pieces thereby producing abrasive shards having a smaller size than the mold cavity from which they were made. The smaller abrasive shards, once formed, could be reassembled like jigsaw puzzle pieces to reproduce the original cavity shape of the mold from which they were made. The cracking or fracturing of the precursor abrasive particles is believed to occur by ensuring that the surface tension of the abrasive dispersion to the walls of the mold is greater than the internal attractive forces of the abrasive dispersion as the abrasive dispersion is dried within the mold cavity. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120137597 | SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH A SLOPING SIDEWALL - Abrasive particles comprising shaped abrasive particles each having a sloping sidewall, each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a thickness, t. The shaped abrasive particles further comprising a draft angle α between the second face and the sloping sidewall, and the draft angle α is between about 95 degrees to about 125 degrees. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120144754 | DISH-SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH A RECESSED SURFACE - Abrasive particles comprising dish-shaped abrasive particles each having a sidewall; each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a thickness, t; and wherein either the first face or the second face is recessed or concave. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120144755 | SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH AN OPENING - An abrasive comprising shaped abrasive particles each with an opening. The shaped abrasive particles are formed from alpha alumina and have a first face and a second face separated by a thickness t. The opening in each of the shaped abrasive particles can improve grinding performance by reducing the size of a resulting wear flat, can provide a reservoir for grinding aid, and can improve adhesion to a backing in a coated abrasive article. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130255162 | TRANSFER ASSISTED SCREEN PRINTING METHOD OF MAKING SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES AND THE RESULTING SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES - Shaped ceramic articles can be obtained by screen printing the desired shapes from a dispersion of a precursor of the ceramic onto a receiving surface using a transfer assisted technique that applies a differential pressure, at least partially drying the screen printed shapes, and firing them to generate the shaped ceramic articles. Shaped abrasive particles made using lower viscosity sol gels that tended to flow or creep after the screen printing formation were found to have higher grinding performance over screen printed shaped abrasive particles made with higher viscosity sol gels. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130312337 | ELECTROSTATIC ABRASIVE PARTICLE COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method of applying particles to a backing having a make layer on one of the backing's opposed major surfaces. The method including the steps of: supporting the particles on a feeding member having a feeding surface such that the particles settle into one or more layers on the feeding surface; the feeding surface and the backing being arranged in a non-parallel manner; and translating the particles from the feeding surface to the backing and attaching the particles to the make layer by an electrostatic force. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140109490 | METHOD OF MAKING CERAMIC SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES, SOL-GEL COMPOSITION, AND CERAMIC SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES - A method includes: providing a mold having a plurality of mold cavities, wherein each mold cavity is bounded by a plurality of faces joined along common edges; filling at least some of the mold cavities with a sol-gel composition that includes a release agent dispersed therein; at least partially drying the sol-gel composition thereby forming shaped ceramic precursor particles; calcining at least a portion of the shaped ceramic precursor particles to provide calcined shaped ceramic precursor particles; and sintering at least a portion of the calcined shaped ceramic precursor particles to provide ceramic shaped abrasive particles. A sol-gel composition, shaped ceramic precursor particles, and ceramic shaped abrasive particles associated with practice of the method are also disclosed. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140239148 | PRODUCTION TOOL TO MAKE ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH GROOVES - Abrasive particles comprising shaped abrasive particles each having a sidewall, each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a sidewall and having a maximum thickness, T; and the shaped abrasive particles further comprising a plurality of grooves on the second face. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140259961 | ELECTROSTATIC ABRASIVE PARTICLE COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method of applying particles to a backing having a make layer on one of the backing's opposed major surfaces. The method including the steps of: supporting the particles on a feeding member having a feeding surface such that the particles settle into one or more layers on the feeding surface; the feeding surface and the backing being arranged in a non-parallel manner; and translating the particles from the feeding surface to the backing and attaching the particles to the make layer by an electrostatic force. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150224629 | ELECTROSTATIC ABRASIVE PARTICLE COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method of applying particles to a backing having a make layer on one of the backing's opposed major surfaces. The method including the steps of: supporting the particles on a feeding member having a feeding surface such that the particles settle into one or more layers on the feeding surface; the feeding surface and the backing being arranged in a non-parallel manner; and translating the particles from the feeding surface to the backing and attaching the particles to the make layer by an electrostatic force. | 08-13-2015 |
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| 20090045056 | Stable three enzyme creatinine biosensor - The invention provides methods for preparing a stable, multiple-use three enzyme biosensor for the amperometric determination of creatinine in biological liquids that has a useful lifetime that extends significantly beyond that of presently available amperometric biosensors. The biosensor prepared by the methods of the invention encompasses a plurality of immobilized enzymes that are applied to the biosensor as an enzyme-polymer composition. The enzymes, which can include creatinine amidohydrolase, creatine amidinohydrolase and sarcosine oxidase, are immobilized into the enzyme-polymer composition simultaneously as well as applied to the biosensor simultaneously. Prior to being immobilized, the enzymes can be chemically modified by attaching one or more polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains per enzyme monomer. The polymer component can be provided by a polyurethane membrane. The invention also provides a method of preparing a biosensor that limits the diffusion of silver ions emanating the reference electrode, thereby preventing, contact between the silver ions and the enzymes. Related methods of preparing an enzyme-polymer composition for incorporation into a multiple use three enzyme biosensor for the amperometric determination of creatinine in biological liquids also are provided. The invention also provides multiple-use biosensors and enzyme-polymer compositions prepared by the methods disclosed. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20110054580 | POLYISOBUTYLENE URETHANE, UREA AND URETHANE/UREA COPOLYMERS AND MEDICAL LEADS CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention provides medical devices that contain polyisobutylene urethane copolymers, polyisobutylene urea copolymers and polyisobutylene urethane/urea copolymers. More particularly, the present invention provides medical leads that contain such copolymers. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20130131767 | POLYISOBUTYLENE URETHANE, UREA AND URETHANE/UREA COPOLYMERS AND MEDICAL LEADS CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention provides medical devices that contain polyisobutylene urethane copolymers, polyisobutylene urea copolymers and polyisobutylene urethane/urea copolymers. More particularly, the present invention provides medical leads that contain such copolymer. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130204077 | SURGICAL SCAFFOLDS - According to an aspect of the present invention, surgical scaffolds for soft tissue repair are provided. The surgical scaffolds comprise a sheet of a material within which through-holes are formed. Further aspects of the invention, among others, pertain to methods of using such surgical scaffolds and to kits containing such surgical scaffolds. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20140088218 | Crosslinkable Polyisobutylene-Based Polymers and Medical Devices Containing the Same - The present invention pertains to crosslinkable and crosslinked polyisobutylene-based polymers, to compositions that contain such polymers, and to medical devices that are formed using such polymers. According to one aspect, the present invention pertains to crosslinkable and crosslinked compositions that comprise a copolymer that comprises a polyisobutylene segment and two or more reactive groups. According to another aspect, the present invention pertains to medical devices that contain such compositions. According to another aspect, the present invention pertains to methods of making medical devices using such compositions. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140187855 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS AND KITS FOR SURGICAL REPAIR - In some aspects, the present invention provides surgical procedures that comprise applying compositions into and/or onto tissue, including supporting tissues (e.g., ligaments, connective tissue, muscles, etc.) for pelvic organs, among other tissues. In other aspects, the present disclosure pertains to compositions that are useful for performing such procedures. In still other aspects, the present disclosure pertains to kits that are useful for performing such procedures. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140194963 | POLYISOBUTYLENE URETHANE, UREA AND URETHANE/UREA COPOLYMERS AND MEDICAL LEADS CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention provides medical devices that contain polyisobutylene urethane copolymers, polyisobutylene urea copolymers and polyisobutylene urethane/urea copolymers. More particularly, the present invention provides medical leads that contain such copolymer. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140257023 | MEDICAL DEVICES AND IMPLANT ASSEMBLIES FOR IMPLANT CAPTURE - This invention generally relates to devices and methods that allow an operator to position an implant into the body of a patient without the need for direct-vision of the operator or the need to hand-guide a needle in order to capture an implant. In one aspect, a multi-arm delivery device includes a receiving arm that releasably holds an implant in place for capture and a clamping arm that includes a needle deployment mechanism for advancing a needle directly to the implant for capture and for retracting the needle with the implant attached to deliver the implant into the desired location. In one embodiment, the needle includes a plurality of retaining slots. In another embodiment, an end portion of the implant is configured to receive a needle into the end portion and at least some of the end portion of the implant is configured to be retained into one or more retaining slots of the needle. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257027 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHODS OF DELIVERING THE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a mesh having an edge, a loop coupled to the edge of the mesh, and a suture coupled to at least one of the loop or the edge of the mesh, the suture having a barb. The loop can have an inner diameter smaller than a combined width of the suture and at least a portion of an outer portion of the barb. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140275753 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR AND METHOD OF DELIVERING THE MEDICAL DEVICE - In an embodiment, the invention discloses a medical device configured to be delivered and placed within a patient's body. The medical device includes an implant and a cover member. The implant is configured to be disposed within the patient's body. The implant includes a support member, a first arm member and a second arm member, an elongated first sleeve, and an elongated second sleeve. The support member includes a crescent shaped opening. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140276590 | DELIVERY DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF USE - According to an aspect of the disclosure, a treatment method may include treating a wall of a portion of a gastrointestinal tract of a patient. Treating the wall may include positioning one or more injection units adjacent to the wall. Treating the wall may also include affecting at least one of movement of gastrointestinal tract contents through the gastrointestinal tract and absorption of gastrointestinal tract contents by the gastrointestinal tract, by injecting material into the wall using the one or more injection units. Injecting the material may include injecting the material between layers forming at least a portion of the wall. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140276997 | MULTI-COMPONENT-FILAMENT-BASED SURGICAL MESHES - According to an aspect of the present disclosure, surgical meshes are provided that contain at least one multi-component polymeric filament. The multi-component polymeric filament further contains at least two components of differing composition. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150025308 | BODILY IMPLANT - In one embodiment, an implant includes a body member, a first arm member and a second arm member. The body member is formed of a first material and has a first side portion and a second side portion. The body member has a first stiffness and includes multiple apertures through the body member. The first arm member is formed of a second material and is coupled to and extends from the body member. The second arm member is formed of the second material and is coupled to and extends from the body member. The first arm member and the second arm member have a second stiffness, the second stiffness being more than the first stiffness. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150141951 | TARGETED TISSUE HEATING METHODS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS - In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method for treating a bladder within a body of a subject, including inserting one or more heaters into the bladder wall of a subject, and selectively heating the one or more heaters by a remote device. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150265392 | DEVICES FOR SIZING A CAVITY TO FIT AN ORGAN AND RELATED METHODS OF USE - A method of sizing a cavity to fit an organ is disclosed. The method may include inserting the organ into the cavity. The method may also include inserting a support member into the cavity and inserting a substance into the cavity or the support member. The support member and the substance may at least partially fill a void space in the cavity after the organ is inserted therein. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20160001067 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of the present disclosure include medical apparatus, and related methods thereof. The apparatus may include a longitudinally extending lead, at least one electrode, an anchor component, and a control module. The lead may include a distal end and a proximal end. The at least one electrode may be coupled to the lead, wherein the at least one electrode may be disposed on the distal end of the lead. The anchor component may be disposed in the lead proximate of the at least one electrode. The anchor component may include solder. The control module may be operably coupled to the proximal end of the lead and may be configured to deliver energy to the at least one electrode. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160030107 | BLADDER TREATMENT BY ABLATIVE DENERVATION - In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to methods of treating various conditions including bladder conditions in a patient, comprising: positioning at least one ablative element of an ablative device on or over an adventitial surface of the bladder; and using the ablative device to denervate bladder nerve fibers. Other aspects of the present disclosure pertain, for example, to devices and kits for of treating bladder conditions. | 02-04-2016 |
