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20120061150 | Rotary Carousel Scale - The present invention provides a high-accuracy rotary carousel scale with a rotary platter. The rotary carousel scale utilizes a plurality of load cells of either planar-beam or single-point type, fitted with a stabilizing structure and wheels to support the rotary platter. The stabilizing structure prevents side forces and moment forces being applied to the load cells, allowing their full accuracy to be maintained, as well as protecting them from damage. The rotary platter provides support for, and weighs, bags of purchased products in the self-checkout and related industries and is rotated to access individual bags during filling. The rotary carousel scale can incorporate devices to prevent damage to the load cells during an overload. Alternatively, the rotary carousel scale can rely for this on overload prevention built-into the load cell mount. | 03-15-2012 |
20120186111 | Plow - The present invention is directed to a plow substantially made from polymeric material and that may be used with an all-terrain vehicle (“ATV”) or other similar vehicles. The design and shape of the plow generally cause the snow to move toward the middle of the plow instead of being pushed out of snow removal path or toward the sides of the plow. | 07-26-2012 |
20120187263 | Frame Assembly for Coupling an Implement to a Vehicle - A support frame assembly for supporting a plow, or another front-mounted implement, on a small vehicle such as an all-terrain vehicle (“ATV”) is provided. The frame assembly comprises a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion is typically raised with respect to the rear portion, allowing the plow to be pivotally attached to the front of the frame assembly at a higher location. The rear portion comprises a locking mechanism allowing the frame assembly to be easily mounted to the underside of the vehicle. A releasing mechanism, operatively connected to the locking mechanism, allows for the easy removal of the frame assembly from the vehicle. | 07-26-2012 |
20130015676 | Windshield Mounting SystemAANM Coulombe; AlexandreAACI Saint-Germain de GranthamAACO CAAAGP Coulombe; Alexandre Saint-Germain de Grantham CAAANM Cloutier; AlexandreAACI St-Charles-de-DrummondAACO CAAAGP Cloutier; Alexandre St-Charles-de-Drummond CAAANM Patry; Marc-AndreAACI DrummondvilleAACO CAAAGP Patry; Marc-Andre Drummondville CAAANM Morin; VincentAACI DrummondvilleAACO CAAAGP Morin; Vincent Drummondville CAAANM Lauziere; BenoitAACI DrummondvilleAACO CAAAGP Lauziere; Benoit Drummondville CAAANM Therrien; GenevieveAACI St-Joachim-de-CourvalAACO CAAAGP Therrien; Genevieve St-Joachim-de-Courval CAAANM Demers; GenevieveAACI DrummondvilleAACO CAAAGP Demers; Genevieve Drummondville CA - A system for mounting a windshield to a small vehicle such as an all-terrain vehicle (“ATV”), a utility-terrain vehicle (“UTV”), or a snowmobile is disclosed. The system typically comprises a pair of receiving elements, each of them configured to be secured to the vehicle, typically the handlebar(s) thereof, and a corresponding pair of mounting elements secured to a windshield panel or panel assembly and configured to be respectively releasably received in the receiving elements. Each receiving element comprises a rotatable cam and each mounting element comprises a groove on an outwardly extending protrusion such that the cams can selectively engage the grooves in a locking engagement when the mounting elements are received in the receiving elements. | 01-17-2013 |
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20140358135 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING PHONOMYOGRAPHY TO PREVENT NERVE DAMAGE DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE - A method and system for preventing phrenic nerve injury during a cardiac ablation procedure. The method generally includes stimulating a phrenic nerve with a pacing electrode at a location proximate a target treatment location, ablating tissue at the target treatment location with a treatment element, obtaining a heart audio signal with an audio sensor positioned proximate the target treatment location, and determining whether phrenic nerve stimulation (PNS) is present based as least in part on the obtained heart audio signal. A processor may be used to compare an amplitude of the obtained heart audio signal to a predetermined threshold amplitude. The processor may determine that PNS is present if the amplitude of the obtained audio signal is greater than the threshold amplitude. If PNS is present, ablation of the tissue may continue at the current or greater energy level and/or at the current treatment location without injuring the phrenic nerve. | 12-04-2014 |
20150057563 | METHOD OF CMAP MONITORING - A method and system for monitoring phrenic nerve function and preventing phrenic nerve injury during cardiac ablation. The system includes a pacing device operable to transmit stimulation energy to the phrenic nerve through target tissue proximate the phrenic nerve, a plurality of assessment electrodes operable to make comparisons between baseline, real-time, and predetermined threshold values for CMAP signal amplitude and amplitude over time. The processing device may be connected to an ablation console, and the processing device may interrupt or adjust an ablation procedure controlled by the ablation console and/or generate a system alert in response to one of these comparisons, if the comparison indicates phrenic nerve injury. The method includes applying stimulation energy to the phrenic nerve, recording diaphragmatic CMAP signals in response to the stimulation energy, and adjusting an ablation procedure and/or automatically generating a system alert in response to comparisons performed by the processing device. | 02-26-2015 |
20150359487 | SUPPORTING CATHETER FOR USE FOR PHRENIC NERVE PACING - A device, system, and method for providing support to a mapping catheter during mapping or pacing and for adjusting the diameter of a distal loop portion of currently available mapping catheters. A medical device support device includes an elongate body defining a wall and an at least substantially linear proximal portion and a distal portion being transitionable between an at least substantially linear configuration and an expanded configuration, the elongate body defining a lumen extending through the proximal portion and distal portion, the lumen being entirely surrounded by the wall in the proximal portion and being partially surrounded by the wall in the distal portion. For example, the lumen may be sized to receive a mapping catheter therein such that adjustment of the configuration or diameter of the distal portion of the elongate body will likewise modify the configuration or diameter of the distal portion of the mapping catheter. | 12-17-2015 |
20160066974 | CRYOADHESIVE DEVICE FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION - An epicardial device, system, and method for stabilizing the left atrial appendage during a left atrial appendage ligation/occlusion procedure. A cryoadhesion device including a stabilization element is positioned within the pericardial space proximate the left atrial appendage through subxiphoid access. Once the stabilization element is in contact with the left atrial appendage, the stabilization element is cooled to a temperature that is sufficient to cryoadhere the stabilization element to the left atrial appendage. In this way, the cryoadhesion device stabilizes the left atrial appendage in order to perform left atrial appendage ligation/occlusion with a secondary medical device. | 03-10-2016 |
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20100198203 | ISOLATION OF PULMONARY VEIN - The present invention advantageously provides a method and system for the improved isolation and corresponding treatment of tissue targeted for cryogenic or other thermal therapy to increase the thermal efficacy and thermal efficiency of the treatment. In particular, the present invention provides methods and systems for improved thermal treatment of target tissue, such as a pulmonary vein and/or regions of the left atrium by reducing the resistive forces and/or increased thermal energy experienced from blood flow exiting the pulmonary vein into the left atrium during treatment. | 08-05-2010 |
20110098761 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING NERVE INJURY DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE - A method of treating tissue is provided, including positioning a stimulation device proximate a phrenic nerve; stimulating the phrenic nerve with the stimulation device; measuring a physiological response to the stimulation; defining a threshold physiological response value based at least in part on the measured physiological response; positioning a thermal treatment element proximate to an arrhythmogenic cardiac tissue region; applying a thermal treatment regimen to the cardiac tissue region with the medical device; measuring a physiological parameter during the thermal treatment regimen application; and conveying the measured physiological parameter to a controller, the controller comparing the measured physiological parameter to the defined physiological response value threshold, the controller adjusting the thermal treatment regimen in response to the comparison of the measured physiological parameter to the defined physiological response value threshold. | 04-28-2011 |
20140088580 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING NERVE INJURY DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE - A method of treating tissue is provided, including positioning a stimulation device proximate a phrenic nerve; stimulating the phrenic nerve with the stimulation device; measuring a physiological response to the stimulation; defining a threshold physiological response value based at least in part on the measured physiological response; positioning a thermal treatment element proximate to an arrhythmogenic cardiac tissue region; applying a thermal treatment regimen to the cardiac tissue region with the medical device; measuring a physiological parameter during the thermal treatment regimen application; and conveying the measured physiological parameter to a controller, the controller comparing the measured physiological parameter to the defined physiological response value threshold, the controller adjusting the thermal treatment regimen in response to the comparison of the measured physiological parameter to the defined physiological response value threshold. | 03-27-2014 |
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20100080292 | Video Rate Control for Video Coding Standards - A method and device for improving rate controlling in video coding of sequences including a series of Inter frames separated by Intra frames, when a decoding delay is considered, comprise for each Inter frame of the series: computing a target frame size, computing a maximum buffer level related to a position of each Inter frame relative to a previous Intra frame and an upcoming Intra frame, and optimizing a transmission buffer level in response to the computed target frame size and the computed maximum buffer level. | 04-01-2010 |
20100195713 | Buffer Based Rate Control in Video Coding - A device and method of controlling bitrate in video coding of a sequence of frames including series of Inter frames separated by Intra frames, wherein the coded frames are validated in a video buffering device prior to transmission of the coded frames and wherein the method comprises: measuring frame complexity in the sequence of frames; for each Inter frame, calculating a target buffer level of the video buffering device in relation to a distance between the Inter frame and a next Intra frame; for each Inter frame, calculating a target frame size in relation to the distance between the Inter frame and the next Intra frame, the measured frame complexity, a current buffer level of the video buffering device and the calculated target buffer level of the video buffering device; and using the calculated target frame size to control bitrate in video coding of the sequence of frames. | 08-05-2010 |
20100254629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE FILE SIZE OF IMAGES SUBJECT TO TRANSFORMATION BY SCALING AND A CHANGE OF QUALITY-CONTROLLING PARAMETERS - A system and method for predicting a file size of an image subject to transformation by scaling and a change about at least one quality-controlling parameter, in which an input receives (a) the file size of the image before transformation, (b) information about at least one quality-controlling parameter of the image before transformation, (c) information about at least one quality-controlling parameter for application to the image during transformation, and (d) a scaling factor for application to the image during transformation. A relative size prediction is calculated on the basis of the received quality-controlling parameters information and scaling factor. The file size of the image after transformation is finally calculated as a function of the file size of the image before transformation and the calculated relative size prediction. | 10-07-2010 |
20100296580 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT VIDEO TRANSCODING - A method and system for an efficient transcoding of a sequence of input images in a first format to a sequence of output images in a second format are described. The method utilizes the encoding block mode, the motion vectors and the residual information extracted during the decoding of the input image that are effectively reused to select an optimal transcoding block mode and to perform selective refinement of motion vectors. A corresponding system for video transcoding is also provided. | 11-25-2010 |
20100296581 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING BLOCK MODE CONVERSION TABLE FOR EFFICIENT VIDEO TRANSCODING - A method and system for generation of a block mode conversion table for use in online transcoding of a sequence of input images in a first format to a sequence of output images in a second format are described. The table is based on a sequence of training images and provides an effective mapping between the encoding block modes and respective candidate transcoding block modes used during the online transcoding. The method utilizes the encoding block mode, the motion vectors and the residual information extracted during the decoding of the training image to generate the block mode conversion table. A corresponding system is also provided. | 11-25-2010 |
20120021796 | MULTI-USERS REAL-TIME TRANSCODING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA SESSIONS - A method an system for establishing a multi-user communication session, having a session description, between terminals with incompatible media characteristics, in which users with terminals having incompatible media characteristics are invited to participate in the communication session. A transcoding session is set up for enabling transcoding between the incompatible media characteristics of the terminals based on information about the terminals of the users having accepted the invitation, this information comprising the media characteristics of the users' terminals. The session description is established according to the transcoding session and, during the communication session, media streams from the terminal of one user are transcoded according to the transcoding session and the transcoded media streams are transmitted according to the session description to the other users participating in the communication session, using the media characteristics of the terminals of those other users. | 01-26-2012 |
20120237139 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE FILE SIZE OF IMAGES SUBJECT TO TRANSFORMATION BY SCALING AND A CHANGE OF QUALITY-CONTROLLING PARAMETERS - A system and method for predicting a tile size of an image subject to transformation by scaling and a change about at least one quality-controlling parameter, in which an input receives the file size of the image before transformation, information about at least one quality-controlling parameter of the image before transformation, information about at least one quality- controlling parameter for application to the image during transformation, and a scaling factor for application to the image during transformation. A relative size prediction is calculated on the basis of the received quality-controlling parameters information and scaling factor. The file size of the image after transformation is finally calculated as a function of the file size of the image before transformation and the calculated relative size prediction. Images are partitioned into classes of images, and for each class of images, an array of relative file size predictions is computed, the array having at least two dimensions. | 09-20-2012 |
20130094778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUALITY-AWARE SELECTION OF PARAMETERS IN TRANSCODING OF DIGITAL IMAGES - A method for quality-aware transcoding of an input image into an output image for display on a terminal having device file size and image size constraints are disclosed. The method extracts features of the input image including dimensions and file size of the input image, predicts a file size of the output image taking into account constraints of the terminal and extracted features, including selecting a set of feasible transcoding parameters so that a corresponding predicted file size of the output image meets the device file size constraint of the terminal, determines quality metric values of the output image, characterizing a measure of distortion of the input image introduced by the transcoding, corresponding to the feasible transcoding parameters in the set of feasible transcoding parameters, and selects those transcoding parameters from the set of feasible transcoding parameters, which yield the highest quality metric value. A corresponding system is also provided. | 04-18-2013 |