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20090018565 | Atherectomy devices, systems, and methods - The devices and methods generally relate to treatment of occluded body lumens. In particular, the present devices and method relate to removal of the occluding material from the blood vessels as well as other body lumens. | 01-15-2009 |
20090018566 | Atherectomy devices, systems, and methods - The devices and methods generally relate to treatment of occluded body lumens. In particular, the present devices and method relate to removal of the occluding material from the blood vessels as well as other body lumens. | 01-15-2009 |
20090018567 | Atherectomy devices, systems, and methods - The devices and methods generally relate to treatment of occluded body lumens. In particular, the present devices and method relate to removal of the occluding material from the blood vessels as well as other body lumens. | 01-15-2009 |
20090024085 | Atherectomy devices, systems, and methods - The devices and methods generally relate to treatment of occluded body lumens. In particular, the present devices and method relate to removal of the occluding material from the blood vessels as well as other body lumens. | 01-22-2009 |
20110152906 | Devices, systems, and methods for debulking restenosis of a blood vessel - Devices, systems, and methods are employed to restore patency to arterial lesions, e.g., by debulking restenosis in a blood vessel or within a stent or coil. | 06-23-2011 |
20110152907 | Devices, systems, and methods for performing atherectomy including delivery of a bioactive material - Devices, systems, and methods are employed to perform an atherectomy in an identified region to restore patency to arterial lesions. A bioactive material is introduced into the identified region before, after or during performing the atherectomy. The bioactive material can be introduced, e.g., on a balloon coated with the bioactive material, which is expanded in contact with the identified region to deliver the bioactive material. The bioactive material can be, e.g., at least one of a restenosis-inhibiting agent, a thrombus-inhibiting agent, and an anti-inflammatory agent. | 06-23-2011 |
20130096587 | ATHERECTOMY APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Described here are devices and methods for performing atherectomies. Generally, the atherectomy devices may comprise a handle, a cutter assembly, and a catheter or catheter assembly therebetween. The cutter assembly may include a cutter housing and a cutter comprising a first cutting element and a second cutting element, each of which may be rotated relative to the atherectomy device to cut occlusive material. | 04-18-2013 |
20130103063 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING ATHERECTOMY INCLUDING DELIVERY OF A BIOACTIVE MATERIAL - Devices, systems, and methods are employed to perform an atherectomy in an identified region to restore patency to arterial lesions. A bioactive material is introduced into the identified region before, after or during performing the atherectomy. The bioactive material can be introduced, e.g., on a balloon coated with the bioactive material, which is expanded in contact with the identified region to deliver the bioactive material. The bioactive material can be, e.g., at least one of a restenosis-inhibiting agent, a thrombus-inhibiting agent, and an anti-inflammatory agent. | 04-25-2013 |
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20080291277 | Monocular display device - A head mounted support system for a head mounted apparatus. The apparatus includes a monocular display with a wireless communications interface, a user input device, a transmitter, receiver and a controller. The controller is configured to control the transmitter for sending and receiving control signals to and from an external device via the wireless interface. The monocular display is positioned relative to the user's dominant eye to display images to the user while occluding less than half of the user's maximum viewing space, while enabling the user to send and receive audible information or music. The head mounted support system may include an ear loop, and a housing for storing one or more functional components of the apparatus. | 11-27-2008 |
20090099836 | Mobile wireless display providing speech to speech translation and avatar simulating human attributes - An apparatus includes a monocular display with a wireless communications interface, user input device, transmitter, and controller, and may provide a video link to and control and management of a host device and other devices, such as a cell phone, computer, laptop, or media player. The apparatus may receive speech and digitize it. The apparatus may compare the digitized speech in a first language to a table of digitized speech in a second language to provide translation or, alternatively, may compare the digitized speech to a table of control commands. The control commands allow user interaction with the apparatus or other remote devices in a visual and audio manner. The control signals control a “recognized persona” or avatar stored in a memory to provide simulated human attributes to the apparatus, network or third party communication device. The avatar may be changed or upgraded according to user choice. | 04-16-2009 |
20090117890 | Mobile wireless display for accessing data from a host and method for controlling - An apparatus includes a monocular display with a wireless communications interface, a user input device, a transmitter, and a controller. The monocular display is positioned relative to the user's eye to display images to the user while occluding less than half of the user's maximum viewing space. The apparatus can incorporate a wireless communication controller that not only provides a video link to a host device, but also provides for control and management of a host device and other more devices. In this context, a host device may be any appropriate device that sources audio, video, text, office functionality and other information, such as a cell phone, personal computer, laptop, media player, and/or the like. The apparatus and the host may support Microsoft Windows SideShow, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), and Virtual Network Computing (VNC). | 05-07-2009 |
20110001699 | REMOTE CONTROL OF HOST APPLICATION USING MOTION AND VOICE COMMANDS - A remote control microdisplay device that uses hand and head movement and voice commands to control the parameters of a field of view for the microdisplay within a larger virtual display area associated with a host application. | 01-06-2011 |
20110187640 | Wireless Hands-Free Computing Headset With Detachable Accessories Controllable by Motion, Body Gesture and/or Vocal Commands - A remote control microdisplay device that uses hand movement, body gesture, head movement, head position and/or vocal commands to control the headset, a peripheral device, a remote system, network or software application, such as to control the parameters of a field of view for the microdisplay within a larger virtual display area associated with a host application, a peripheral device or host system. The movement and/or vocal commands are detected via the headset and/or detachable peripheral device connected to the headset microdisplay device via one or more peripheral ports. | 08-04-2011 |
20120068914 | MINIATURE COMMUNICATIONS GATEWAY FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head mounted display (HMD) system includes a number of separately and uniquely packaged components. A first component is a headset that incorporates at least a microphone input and speaker output devices into headset housing apparatus designed to be supported about the user's head or face. A microdisplay element is located in an optical pod at the end of an adjustable boom as part of the headset. Additional components, including electronic circuits, such as a microcomputer, one or more wired and wireless interfaces, associated memory or storage devices, auxiliary device mounts and the like are packaged in the headset or as a pager sized gateway device having a belt clip. | 03-22-2012 |
20120068921 | WIRELESS VIDEO HEADSET WITH SPREAD SPECTRUM OVERLAY - Enhanced Bluetooth and/or cellular frequency hopping radios are integrated into a hands-free wireless mobile computing and video display headset. Forms of these enhanced headsets incorporating the enhanced frequency hopping spread spectrum radio technology are of interest to military, police, fire fighters, first responders and certain commercial companies such as utility companies seeking private cellular systems seeking enhanced communication privacy. | 03-22-2012 |
20120075177 | LAPEL MICROPHONE MICRO-DISPLAY SYSTEM INCORPORATING MOBILE INFORMATION ACCESS - A shoulder mounted lapel microphone housing that encloses a microdisplay, a computer, and other communication system components. A microdisplay element is located on or in the microphone housing. Other electronic circuits, such as a microcomputer, one or more wired and wireless interfaces, associated memory or storage devices, auxiliary device mounts and the like are packaged in the microphone housing and/or in an optional pager sized gateway device having a belt clip. Motion, gesture, and/or audio processing circuits in the system provide a way for the user to input commands to the system without a keyboard or mouse. The system provides connectivity to other computing devices such as cellular phones, smartphones, laptop computers, or the like. | 03-29-2012 |
20120235896 | BLUETOOTH OR OTHER WIRELESS INTERFACE WITH POWER MANAGEMENT FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - A Head Mounted Display (HMD) system that includes a wireless front end that interprets spoken commands and/or hand motions and/or body gestures to selectively activate subsystem components only as needed to carry out specific commands. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236025 | ADVANCED REMOTE CONTROL OF HOST APPLICATION USING MOTION AND VOICE COMMANDS - A head mounted microdisplay (HMD) device that uses hand, body, head movement or gesture and voice commands to control interaction with a local processor or host computer. The local processor overlays information, such as onto an operating system desktop or application program menu, indicating the motion, gesture, and/or voice input needed to activate an associated action. | 09-20-2012 |
20120287284 | HEADSET COMPUTER THAT USES MOTION AND VOICE COMMANDS TO CONTROL INFORMATION DISPLAY AND REMOTE DEVICES - A wireless hands-free portable headset computer with a micro display arranged near but below a wearer's eye in a peripheral vision area not blocking the wearer's main line of sight. The headset computer can display an image or portions of an image, wherein the portions can be enlarged. The headset computer also can be equipped with peripheral devices, such as light sources and cameras that can emit and detect, respectively, visible light and invisible radiation, such as infrared radiation and ultraviolet radiation. The peripheral devices are controllable by the wearer by voice command or by gesture. The headset computer also can be broken down into component parts that are attachable to another article worn by an individual, such as a helmet or respirator mask. | 11-15-2012 |
20130285886 | Collapsible Head Set Computer - In one embodiment, collapsible head mounted computer (CHMC) transforms between a collapsed and headset form via joints embedded in the structure of the headset. Joints can be in the back or sides of the CHMC. The CHMC in the headset form is configured to be mounted on the user's head. The headset form presents the display in front of the user's eye, or in the peripheral vision of the user's eye. The CHMC in the collapsed form is designed to minimize empty space to fill a smaller volume. In this manner, the CHMC can be stored away easily. The CHMC may also include an electronics module enabling onboard processing or an onboard power source to operate electronics modules and a display without an outside electrical connection. The CMHC may also employ near field communication on circuit board near joints to allow for communication regardless of the form of the device. | 10-31-2013 |
20130288753 | Headset Computer (HSC) As Auxiliary Display With ASR and HT Input - The present invention related to human/computer interfaces and more particularly to a headset computing display device that accepts voice commands and tracks head motions to provide command inputs to and receive display information from a software application executed on a host computing device. An example embodiment of the present invention includes a method of, and corresponding system for, operating a native Smartphone or PC application, simultaneously displaying an output of the application through the Smartphone or PC screen and a headset computing display device, and using speech and head tracking commands to control the native application. The present invention enables hands-free operation of a Smartphone or PC application. | 10-31-2013 |
20130289971 | Instant Translation System - A method of, and corresponding headset computer for, performing instant speech translation including, establishing a local network including a link between a first and a second headset computer in which preferred language settings of each headset computer are exchanged, transmitting captured speech in a first language from a first headset computer to a network-based speech recognition service to recognize and transcribe the captured speech as text, receiving the text at the first headset computer, broadcasting the text over the local network to at least the second headset computer, receiving the text at the second headset computer, transmitting the received text from the second headset computer to a network-based text translation service to translate the text to a text in a second language, receiving the text in the second language at the second headset computer from the network-based text translation service, and displaying the translated text at the second headset computer. | 10-31-2013 |
20130300649 | Headset Computer Operation Using Vehicle Sensor Feedback for Remote Control Vehicle - A system performs stable control of moving devices (such as a helicopter or robot) with attached camera(s), providing live imagery back to a head-mounted computer (HMC). The HMC controls the moving device. The HMC user specifies a desired path or location for the moving device. Camera images enable the user-specified instructions to be followed accurately and the device's position to be maintained thereafter. A method of controlling a moving device with a headset computer includes analyzing, at the headset computer, at least one image received from the moving device to form an indication of change in position of the moving device. The method displays to a user of the headset computer the indication of change in position of the moving device. The method can additionally include enabling the user to control the moving device. | 11-14-2013 |
20140002357 | Enabling and Disabling Features of a Headset Computer Based on Real-Time Image Analysis | 01-02-2014 |
20140111427 | LifeBoard - Series Of Home Pages For Head Mounted Displays (HMD) That Respond to Head Tracking - To assist with hands-free computing, the Head Mounted Display or Headset Computer utilizes a series of user configurable Home Pages that contain the shortcuts and widgets the user wants. This allows the user to design a user interface environment which gives him the information he wants, in the order he wants. | 04-24-2014 |
20140132507 | BLUETOOTH OR OTHER WIRELESS INTERFACE WITH POWER MANAGEMENT FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - A headset computer that includes a wireless front end that interprets spoken commands and/or hand motions and/or body gestures to selectively activate subsystem components only as needed to carry out specific commands. | 05-15-2014 |
20140153173 | SPRING-LOADED SUPPORTS FOR HEAD SET COMPUTER - In one embodiment, a head worn computer comprising a housing, wherein the housing includes at least one spring applying inward force to a user's head, a plurality of regions, the regions being able to be flexible regions or stiff regions, and two end regions, configured to wrap around a portion of the user's head, such that the two end regions are located at the front of the user's head, and each of the two end regions are on opposite sides of the user's head. In another embodiment, a method of configuring a head worn computer to a user, using the above mentioned head worn computer. | 06-05-2014 |
20140191964 | Headset Computer with Head Tracking Input Used For Inertial Control - A Head-tracker is built into a headset computer as a user input device. A user interface navigation tool utilizes the head tracking but with inertial control. The navigation tool is formed of two different sized circles concentrically depicted, and a pointer. The pointer is moveable within the two circles defining inner and outer boundaries. The pointer represents user's head position and movement sensed by the head tracker. The HSC displays a document and pans (navigates) the document as a function of user head movement sensed by the head tracker and illustrated by the navigation tool. The direction of movement of the pointer depicted in the navigation tool defines pan direction of the displayed document. Pan speed of the displayed document is defined based on position of the pointer, with respect to the inner and outer circle boundaries in the navigation tool. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195247 | Bifurcated Speech Recognition - Presented are improvements for speech recognition systems used to control devices. Features include two-stage confirmation, two-stage limited speech recognition mode, and two-stage wake-up for speech driven applications and systems. A headset computer device includes such staged confirmation operation. | 07-10-2014 |
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20140347794 | Wearable Electronic Eyewear Display - A wearable electronic eyewear display can include a head band member having two side portions which are connected together at rear portions thereof, for being worn in a generally horizontal orientation on a user's head. A display arm can extend forwardly from one of the side portions of the head band member and can have an active display device for positioning in front of one eye of the user for viewing. The two side portions of the head band member can have two pairs of ear capture structures on opposing top and bottom surfaces or edges of the head band member for engaging top portions of the user's ears with one of the two pairs of ear capture structures at a given time, and for allowing the head band member to be worn with the display arm extending in front of one eye or flipped over to be worn with the display arm extending in front of the other eye, while engaging the ears of the user in either orientation with a respective one pair of ear capture structures. | 11-27-2014 |
20140368412 | Wireless Hands-Free Computing Headset With Detachable Accessories Controllable by Motion, Body Gesture And/Or Vocal Commands - A headset computer (HSC) is used to request diagnostic or testing content from a source. The HSC has a local processor, a microdisplay for displaying visual information received from the local processor, and one or more input devices for generating input signals, such as user motion and/or vocal input. Optionally, the input devices are peripherals. The local processor has one or more receivers for the input signals, a translator for translating the input signals into user commands, a display controller for forwarding information to be displayed on the microdisplay, and a communications interface for wirelessly communicating with the source of diagnostic or testing content, optionally via a remote host processor serving as an intermediary. | 12-18-2014 |
20150072672 | Headset Computer (HSC) As Auxiliary Display With ASR and HT Input - The present invention related to human/computer interfaces and more particularly to a headset computing display device that accepts voice commands and tracks head motions to provide command inputs to and receive display information from a software application executed on a host computing device. An example embodiment of the present invention includes a method of, and corresponding system for, operating a native Smartphone or PC application, simultaneously displaying an output of the application through the Smartphone or PC screen and a headset computing display device, and using speech and head tracking commands to control the native application. The present invention enables hands-free operation of a Smartphone or PC application. | 03-12-2015 |