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20080281357 | Looped tissue-grasping device - A looped tissue-grasping device includes a looped suture having two ends swaged to a needle and a plurality of tissue-grasping elements provided on the looped suture. The device is used for joining bodily tissue in surgical applications and wound repair. The configuration of the tissue-grasping elements permit movement of the suture through the tissue in the direction the needle is pulled and, prevent slippage or movement of the suture in a direction opposite to the direction of movement of the needle. | 11-13-2008 |
20090299407 | Methods For Using Looped Tissue-Grasping Devices - A method for repairing friable tissue having a defect therein includes providing a looped barbed suture having a plurality of barbs extending outwardly therefrom along at least a portion of a length thereof, and having first and second ends, first and second end portions and a middle portion therebetween. The first and second ends are fixedly coupled to a single needle, and the plurality of barbs extends outwardly away from the needle. The steps further include placing the looped barbed suture around an outer surface of the friable tissue in a spaced apart configuration and so as to extend across the defect, passing the needle through the friable tissue and around the middle portion of the looped barbed suture one or more times at the middle portion, and removing the needle from the looped barbed suture. | 12-03-2009 |
20120197292 | PATENT FORAMEN OVALE CLOSURE METHOD - The present invention relates to devices for closing a passageway in a body, for example a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in a heart, and related methods of using such closure devices for closing the passageway. The method includes introducing a mechanical closure device into an atrium of the heart and transeptally deploying the closure device across the interatrial septum to provide proximation of the septum secundum and septum primum. | 08-02-2012 |
20130296924 | PATENT FORAMEN OVALE CLOSURE DEVICE - A device and method for deploying a mechanical closure device for closing a passageway in a body, for example a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in a heart. The deployment device has a first tubular structure having proximal and distal ends. A second tubular structure is substantially coaxial to and slideably engaged within the first tubular structure. The second tubular structure has a first substantially linear shape when constrained within the first tubular structure, and a second curvilinear shape when telescopically extended from the distal end of the first tubular structure. A third tubular structure is substantially coaxial to and slideably engaged within the second tubular structure. The third tubular structure is configured to provide sufficient rigidity to push the mechanical closure device from the distal end of the second tubular structure, and provide sufficient flexibility to assume a curvilinear shape when deflected by the second tubular structure. | 11-07-2013 |
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20110054062 | UV Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive for Stickers and Labels - A UV pressure-sensitive adhesive is described. In one aspect of the invention, the adhesive comprises a UV rosin-monomer blend, an acrylated urethane polyol, a TPDGA tripropylene glycol, a UV flexo photoinitiator, a nonionic wetting agent and molecular defoamer, and a slip additive and deaerator. In another aspect of the invention, the adhesive comprises a UV low odor rosin varnish, an acrylated urethane polyol, a TPDGA tripropylene glycol diacrylate, a multifunctional triacrylate monomer, a UV low odor photoinitiator, a nonionic wetting agent and molecular defoamer, a slip additive and deaerator, and a fragrance. | 03-03-2011 |
20110165362 | METHOD AND FORMAT FOR STICKERS AND LABELS - A format for stickers and labels comprises a first ply having an inner side and a UV pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the inner side of the second ply, the adhesive being cured, a second ply having an inner side, the inner side of said second ply being married to the inner side of the first ply, and a kiss cut formed in at least one of said first ply and said second ply. | 07-07-2011 |
20110174771 | HIGH-DEFINITION DEMETALIZATION PROCESS - A method of producing images on a metalized substrate is described. The metalized substrate comprises a substrate having a top side and a bottom side and a metalized coating adhered to the top side of the substrate. The method comprises the steps of printing an image onto the metalized coating by selectively applying a protective coating of the image, curing the protective coating, applying a demetalizing solution onto the metalized substrate, rinsing the metalized substrate, drying the metalized substrate, applying an adhesive coating onto the metalized substrate, and removing the adhesive coating. | 07-21-2011 |
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20090258344 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING RISK OF BREAST CANCER AND TREATMENTS THEREOF - Provided herein are methods for identifying risk of breast cancer in a subject and/or a subject at risk of breast cancer, reagents and kits for carrying out the methods, methods for identifying candidate therapeutics for treating breast cancer, and therapeutic methods for treating breast cancer in a subject. These embodiments are based upon an analysis of polymorphic variations in nucleotide sequences within the human genome. | 10-15-2009 |
20090305284 | Methods for Identifying Risk of Breast Cancer and Treatments Thereof - Provided herein are methods for identifying risk of breast cancer in a subject and/or a subject at risk of breast cancer, reagents and kits for carrying out the methods, methods for identifying candidate therapeutics for treating breast cancer, and therapeutic methods for treating breast cancer in a subject. These embodiments are based upon an analysis of polymorphic variations in nucleotide sequences within the human genome. | 12-10-2009 |
20090317816 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING RISK OF BREAST CANCER AND TREATMENTS THEREOF - Provided herein are methods for identifying risk of breast cancer in a subject and/or a subject at risk of breast cancer, reagents and kits for carrying out the methods, methods for identifying candidate therapeutics for treating breast cancer, and therapeutic methods for treating breast cancer in a subject. These embodiments are based upon an analysis of polymorphic variations in nucleotide sequences within the human genome. | 12-24-2009 |
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20110310675 | LOCAL SENSING IN A MEMORY DEVICE - Methods for sensing, memory devices, and memory systems are disclosed. In one such memory device, a local sense circuit provides sensing of an upper group of memory cells while a global sense circuit provides sensing of a lower group of memory cells. Data sensed by the local sense circuit is transferred to the global sense circuit over local data lines or a global transfer line that is multiplexed to the local data lines. An alternate embodiment uses the local sense circuit to sense both upper and lower groups of memory cells. | 12-22-2011 |
20130003465 | LOCAL SENSING IN A MEMORY DEVICE - Methods for sensing, memory devices, and memory systems are disclosed. In one such memory device, a local sense circuit provides sensing of an upper group of memory cells while a global sense circuit provides sensing of a lower group of memory cells. Data sensed by the local sense circuit is transferred to the global sense circuit over local data lines or a global transfer line that is multiplexed to the local data lines. An alternate embodiment uses the local sense circuit to sense both upper and lower groups of memory cells. | 01-03-2013 |
20130127492 | TERMINATION FOR COMPLEMENTARY SIGNALS - Apparatuses including termination for complementary signals are described, along with methods for terminating complementary signals. One such apparatus includes a termination transistor including a first node configured to receive a first complementary signal and a second node configured to receive a second complementary signal. A regulation circuit can generate a regulated voltage to render the termination transistor conductive with a substantially constant resistance. In one such method, a first complementary signal is received at a drain of a termination transistor and a second complementary signal is received at a source of the termination transistor. Energy of the complimentary signals can be absorbed when the termination transistor is rendered conductive. Additional embodiments are also described. | 05-23-2013 |
20140153334 | TERMINATION FOR COMPLEMENTARY SIGNALS - Apparatuses including termination for complementary signals are described, along with methods for terminating complementary signals. One such apparatus includes a termination transistor including a first node configured to receive a first complementary signal and a second node configured to receive a second complementary signal. A regulation circuit can generate a regulated voltage to render the termination transistor conductive with a substantially constant resistance. In one such method, a first complementary signal is received at a drain of a termination transistor and a second complementary signal is received at a source of the termination transistor. Energy of the complimentary signals can be absorbed when the termination transistor is rendered conductive. Additional embodiments are also described. | 06-05-2014 |