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20080208075 | SNARE COIL RETRIEVAL DEVICE FOR CAPTURING AND RETRIEVING A SPECIMEN - A retrieval device for retrieving and capturing a foreign body specimen, such as a tissue specimen or a foreign material specimen, according to one exemplary embodiment includes an outer cannula member having an inner lumen and an inner member received within the inner lumen such that the inner member can rotate relative to the outer cannula. The inner member has a distal end that extends beyond a distal end of the outer cannula. The device also includes a first snare coil having a first end and an opposing second end. The first end of the snare coil is attached to an outer surface of the outer cannula and the second end of the snare coil is attached to the inner member to allow the snare coil to be actuated by rotating the inner member relative to the outer cannula so as to either open or close the snare coil for collecting the specimen. | 08-28-2008 |
20080281223 | BIOPSY NEEDLES - A biopsy needle for collecting a tissue specimen includes a handle including a handle body that defines a hollow interior that includes a hollow inner housing member and a cannula assembly including an inner cannula, an outer cannula and a snarecoil coil at a distal end that is attached to the outer cannula. The biopsy needle also includes a first biasing element that is coupled to the cannula assembly and is configured to apply a force thereto when stored energy of the first biasing element is released to cause forward projection of the cannula assembly. A first mechanism of the needle has a first component associated with a proximal end of the inner cannula that is received within the inner housing member and a second component associated with the inner housing to cause controlled rotation of the inner cannula relative to the outer cannula after the cannula assembly is projected a predetermined distance. | 11-13-2008 |
20090082697 | BONE MARROW BIOPSY NEEDLE - A biopsy needle for removal of tissue from a patient including an outer tube; an inner tube within said outer tube; and a snare connected to the inner tube and to the outer tube. The outer tube has an outer surface that has a first region that terminates in the distal end and is the distalmost section of the outer tube and a second region adjacent the first region. The first region represents a tip transition region and has a frustoconical shape that is defined by an outer surface area (A) and is defined by a cross-sectional area (B) at the interface between the first and second regions in a direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the needle, the interface representing a base of the frustoconical second region, wherein a ratio R=(A)/(B) is approximately 1 for a predetermined needle type, such as an 8 gauge needle. | 03-26-2009 |
20090204023 | ROTATING SOFT TISSUE BIOPSY NEEDLE - A biopsy needle for collecting a tissue specimen includes a housing; an outer cannula that is at least partially received within the housing; and an inner tube received within the outer cannula and is configured to receive a stylet. The needle also includes a snare coil that is formed as part of the inner tube and is coupled to the outer cannula. The needle has a first actuation stage and a second actuation stage that is automatically activated as a result of activation of the first actuation stage. During the first actuation stage, a first mechanism contained at least partially within the housing is actuated to longitudinally and axially advance both the outer cannula and the inner tube as well as causing the outer cannula and the inner tube to simultaneously rotate in unison as the two are longitudinally advanced. In the second stage, a second mechanism contained at least partially within the housing is actuated to cause rotation of the inner tube relative to the outer cannula thereby causing activation of the snare coil. | 08-13-2009 |
20120150066 | SNARECOIL RETRIEVAL DEVICE FOR CAPTURING AND RETRIEVING A SPECIMEN - A retrieval device for collecting a specimen includes an outer cannula member having an inner lumen and an inner member received within the inner lumen such that the inner member can rotate relative to the outer cannula. The device also includes first and second snarecoil elements that are formed as part of the inner member. Each snarecoil element has an arcuate shape and is attached to an inner surface of the outer cannula. The snarecoil elements being deformable such that rotation of the inner member relative to the outer catheter results in the snarecoil elements collapsing toward a center of the outer cannula member resulting in either the tissue specimen being captured between the two snarecoil elements in one embodiment or being sheared by the two snarecoil elements in another embodiment. | 06-14-2012 |
20130237880 | BIOPSY NEEDLES - A biopsy needle for collecting a tissue specimen includes a handle including a handle body that defines a hollow interior that includes a hollow inner housing member and a cannula assembly including an inner cannula, an outer cannula and a snarecoil coil at a distal end that is attached to the outer cannula. The biopsy needle also includes a first biasing element that is coupled to the cannula assembly and is configured to apply a force thereto when stored energy of the first biasing element is released to cause forward projection of the cannula assembly. A first mechanism of the needle has a first component associated with a proximal end of the inner cannula that is received within the inner housing member and a second component associated with the inner housing to cause controlled rotation of the inner cannula relative to the outer cannula after the cannula assembly is projected a predetermined distance. | 09-12-2013 |
20160135793 | BIOPSY NEEDLES - A biopsy needle for collecting a tissue specimen includes a handle including a handle body that defines a hollow interior that includes a hollow inner housing member and a cannula assembly including an inner cannula, an outer cannula and a snarecoil coil at a distal end that is attached to the outer cannula. The biopsy needle also includes a first biasing element that is coupled to the cannula assembly and is configured to apply a force thereto when stored energy of the first biasing element is released to cause forward projection of the cannula assembly. A first mechanism of the needle has a first component associated with a proximal end of the inner cannula that is received within the inner housing member and a second component associated with the inner housing to cause controlled rotation of the inner cannula relative to the outer cannula after the cannula assembly is projected a predetermined distance. | 05-19-2016 |
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20090089630 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS OF A SYSTEM FOR MATCHING DATA RECORDS - Embodiments disclosed herein provide a system and method for analyzing an identity hub. Particularly, a user can connect to the identity hub, load an initial set of data records, create and/or edit an identity hub configuration locally, analyze and/or validate the configuration via a set of analysis tools, including an entity analysis tool, a data analysis tool, a bucket analysis tool, and a linkage analysis tool, and remotely deploy the validated configuration to an identity hub instance. In some embodiments, through a graphical user interface, these analysis tools enable the user to analyze and modify the configuration of the identity hub in real time while the identity hub is operating to ensure data quality and enhance system performance. | 04-02-2009 |
20110010346 | PROCESSING RELATED DATA FROM INFORMATION SOURCES - Systems and methods for managing data are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention may allow attribute values associated with data records to be assembled and presented in a unified manner. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention may utilize a set of locally stored identity information associated with a data record to determine a set of logical procedures operable to retrieve values for one or more non-identity attributes from a remote location. Furthermore, other embodiments of the present invention may apply a logical procedure to the values of the attributes corresponding to data records to select one or more values of one or more attributes of the data records. | 01-13-2011 |
20110010728 | Method and System for Service Provisioning - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods that can bridge the gap between business operations and data management operations. An interface layer provides customizable interfaces for interactions with a master entity index (MEI) system to accomplish association, storage, management or processing of data records based on user-defined business service operations. The interface layer allows a user to define business services, operations, and logical procedures according to a desired data model such that the inputs and outputs for each operation of the service correspond to the particular needs of the user and allow different terminology to be employed by the user. | 01-13-2011 |
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20120078865 | DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF A PERSISTENCE PROVIDER - Provided are techniques for updating a physical data structure type. A persistence provider is updated with dynamic configuration data for the updated physical data structure type while an application is executing. The application that is executing is allowed to access the updated physical data structure type using the updated persistence provider to map an application level object type to the updated physical data structure type without restarting the application. | 03-29-2012 |
20120203735 | DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF A PERSISTENCE PROVIDER - Provided are techniques for updating a physical data structure type. A persistence provider is updated with dynamic configuration data for the updated physical data structure type while an application is executing. The application that is executing is allowed to access the updated physical data structure type using the updated persistence provider to map an application level object type to the updated physical data structure type without restarting the application. | 08-09-2012 |
20140281729 | ANALYSIS OF A SYSTEM FOR MATCHING DATA RECORDS - Embodiments disclosed herein provide a system and method for analyzing an identity hub. Particularly, a user can connect to the identity hub, load an initial set of data records, create and/or edit an identity hub configuration locally, analyze and/or validate the configuration via a set of analysis tools, including an entity analysis tool, a data analysis tool, a bucket analysis tool, and a linkage analysis tool, and remotely deploy the validated configuration to an identity hub instance. In some embodiments, through a graphical user interface, these analysis tools enable the user to analyze and modify the configuration of the identity hub in real time while the identity hub is operating to ensure data quality and enhance system performance. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090096533 | ADAPTIVELY TUNED RF POWER AMPLIFIER - An adaptively tuned RF power amplifier includes at least one power amplifier stage that has one or more active elements. A tunable output network is coupled to the power amplifier stage and includes one or more adjustable reactive elements. A mismatch detector detects a tuning mismatch based, at least in part, on one or more signals present within the tunable output network, and supplies one or more mismatch signals indicative of a detected tuning mismatch. A tuning controller, responsive to the one or more mismatch signals, controls one or more of the one or more adjustable reactive elements in the tunable output network so as to control the detected mismatch. | 04-16-2009 |
20090243578 | Power Supply with Digital Control Loop - One embodiment of a power supply apparatus includes a switching regulator generating an output voltage VOUT at an output node from an input voltage VIN at an input node in accordance with a pulse width modulated signal having a nominal frequency of f | 10-01-2009 |
20090243701 | Power Supply with Digital Control Loop - One embodiment of an apparatus for switching a transistor includes a first current mirror providing i | 10-01-2009 |
20090245504 | Power Supply with Digital Control Loop - One embodiment of a power supply apparatus includes a first switcher coupled to provide VOUT from a VSUPPLY. A cascaded second switcher is coupled to provide a subscriber line interface circuit target VBAT from VOUT, wherein the first switcher is placed in one of an active mode and an inactive mode in accordance with a function of VSUPPLY and VBAT, wherein in the active mode | 10-01-2009 |
20100124326 | SUBSCRIBER LINE INTERFACE CIRCUITRY WITH COMMON BASE AUDIO ISOLATION STAGE - Methods and apparatus for coupling outgoing analog audio signals to a subscriber line are described. A subscriber line interface circuit apparatus couples an outgoing audio signal to the subscriber line through a common base isolation stage. In one embodiment, linefeed driver control signals for controlling battery feed to the subscriber line are received on the same signal lines as the outgoing audio signal. In various embodiments, the common base isolation stage comprises a plurality of bipolar junction transistors coupled in a common base configuration or a plurality of field effect transistors coupled in a common gate configuration. | 05-20-2010 |
20110133838 | LOW OUTPUT IMPEDANCE RF AMPLIFIER - A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier includes a low impedance pre-driver driving the input of a common-source output amplifier stage. The preamplifier includes a first transistor that has a first terminal coupled to a preamplifier RF input node, a second terminal coupled to a preamplifier RF output node, and a third terminal coupled to a supply voltage node. A first inductor is coupled between the RF output node and a bias voltage node. A voltage difference between respective first and second voltages on the RF input node and the RF output node that are substantially in phase, determines current through the first transistor. | 06-09-2011 |
20130093516 | LOW OUTPUT IMPEDANCE RF AMPLIFIER - A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier includes a low impedance pre-driver driving the input of a common-source output amplifier stage. The preamplifier includes a first transistor that has a first terminal coupled to a preamplifier RF input node, a second terminal coupled to a preamplifier RF output node, and a third terminal coupled to a supply voltage node. A first inductor is coupled between the RF output node and a bias voltage node. A voltage difference between respective first and second voltages on the RF input node and the RF output node that are substantially in phase, determines current through the first transistor. | 04-18-2013 |
20130281040 | RECONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIER FOR IMPROVED LOW-POWER EFFICIENCY - A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) is reconfigured to operate in a low power mode from a high power mode. The RF PA has a first RF amplifier is connected to the first and second inputs of a first transformation network. The RF PA has a second a second RF amplifier connected to a second transformation network. During high power mode, both RF amplifiers drive a load coupled to the transformation networks. In low power mode the first RF amplifier is disabled and the first and second inputs of the first transformation are coupled together so as to change the load impedance seen by the second RF amplifier. The second RF amplifier continues to supply power to the load during operation in the low power mode. | 10-24-2013 |
20130307635 | INTEGRATED DIRECTIONAL COUPLER WITHIN AN RF MATCHING NETWORK - A directional coupler utilizes an inductive element of a power amplifier and a coupled conductive element. The inductive element of the power amplifier is a functioning element within the power amplifier and at least part of the inductive element of the power amplifier is disposed in a multi-layer substrate. At least part of the coupled conductive element is disposed in the multi-layer substrate. The coupled conductive element is configured to be inductively coupled to the inductive element of the power amplifier such that the coupled conductive element carries a first RF signal that is representative of a second RF signal within the inductive element of the power amplifier. | 11-21-2013 |
20140152390 | Digital Bias Adjustment in a Variable Supply Radio Frequency Power Amplifier - An RF power amplifier operates over the range of supply voltages provided by a DC/DC converter whether the range of voltages is intentional or unintentional. A system for digitally adjusting the bias levels relative to the supply voltage includes at least one RF power amplifier stage, a digital control block, and a bias circuit. The RF power amplifier stage has at least one RF input signal, at least one RF output signal, and at least one bias input that controls its bias conditions. The RF Power Amplifier Stage includes one or more active gain elements used to amplify the RF input signals. The RF power amplifier operates in a number of bias states controlled by the digital control block. The digital control block uses information related to the supply voltage and may use other information stored in memory to select the desired bias. | 06-05-2014 |
20150077186 | RECONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIER FOR IMPROVED LOW-POWER EFFICIENCY - A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) is reconfigured to operate in a low power mode from a high power mode. The RF PA has a first RF amplifier is connected to the first and second inputs of a first transformation network. The RF PA has a second a second RF amplifier connected to a second transformation network. During high power mode, both RF amplifiers drive a load coupled to the transformation networks. In low power mode the first RF amplifier is disabled and the first and second inputs of the first transformation are coupled together so as to change the load impedance seen by the second RF amplifier. The second RF amplifier continues to supply power to the load during operation in the low power mode. | 03-19-2015 |
20150263769 | SINGLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT POWER AMPLIFIER - An RF amplifier, including: an input RF chain configured to receive and process an input RF signal including a plurality of frequency bands within a first band group and output a first signal; and a plurality of output RF chains coupled to the input RF chain, each output RF chain of the plurality of output RF chains configured to process the first signal within at least one band of the plurality of frequency bands of the first band group, wherein each output RF chain includes a bias circuit configured to receive an enable signal to enable the processing of the first signal within the at least one band and output an output RF signal within the at least one band. | 09-17-2015 |