| 10th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 49 |
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| 20130060288 | METHODS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - Surgical instruments and methods aimed at the proper placement and installation of textile-based orthopedic implants. More specifically, the surgical instruments include a flexible template, insertion instrument and multi-pronged awl. The flexible template may be formed of a combination of rigid and flexible materials and is deformable to match the contour of the target anatomy for subsequent placement of a textile-based orthopedic implant. The insertion instrument has a handle and a template end used for holding the flexible template and textile-based implant. The template end has one or apertures with hollow cylindrical extensions for holding the flexible template or textile-based implant and one or more cutout regions for better visualization and affixation of fixation screws. An awl is also provided with one or more prongs to initiate channels for the fixation screws. A method of implanting a textile-based orthopedic implant is also disclosed. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060289 | BONE SCREW RETAINING SYSTEM WITH PINNED RETAINER - A bone screw retention system is provided for a plate which defines a plurality of transversely extending bores that are configured to receive a bone screw for engaging the plate to the cervical spine. The retention member has a body and two legs extending therefrom the body. The legs are moveable from a first position to a second position, thereby enabling or preventing movement of a bone screw therein the bores. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060290 | Cable Tie L-Pin - A device for treating a bone includes (a) an elongate body sized and shaped for insertion into a bone and extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end, the elongate body including a channel extending therethrough and a coating along an outer surface thereof, the coating adapted to absorb a selected frequency of light such that, when the selected frequency of light is applied thereto, portions of the coating melt to form a mass; and (b) a first anchor member slidably mountable over the elongate body and movable therealong from a first position at the proximal end of the elongate body to a second position adjacent a bone into which the elongate body has been inserted to cooperate with the mass to fix the elongate body to the bone. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060291 | Spinal Plate - Spinal plates with additional features to improve the stability of the interface between the plate and the underlying bone. A bone plate may include one or more sharp ridges along the periphery of its underside. When attached to bone, the ridge digs into the bone and increases stability. A bone plate may alternatively or additionally include one or more holes for optional spikes, which may be inserted once the plate is attached to the bone. By separating the spikes and including them as an optional component, the plate may enhance stability while reducing or eliminating the chance of the spike injuring the patient. Furthermore, bone screws may incorporate alternating notches and ridges into the head of the screw. The notches and ridges may interface with a set screw, thereby preventing rotation and loosening of the screw. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060292 | Bone anchors with longitudinal connecting member engaging inserts and closures for fixation and optional angulation - Polyaxial bone anchors include a retainer for holding a shank within a receiver, the retainer being in at least two discrete pieces and cooperating with a variety of inserts, some of which independently lock the polyaxial mechanism. Polyaxial and mono-axial bone anchor assemblies include pivot and/or pressure inserts or pads that cooperate with longitudinal connecting members to provide a desired degree of continued control of angulation of the longitudinal connecting member in the sagittal plane or to hold the connecting member in place. Pressure pads for deformable rods may also be made from a deformable plastic material. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060293 | Polyaxial bone anchor with pop-on shank and winged insert with lower skirt for engaging a friction fit retainer - A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a threaded shank body having an integral upper portion receivable in an integral receiver, the receiver having an upper channel for receiving a longitudinal connecting member and a lower cavity cooperating with a lower opening. A down-loadable compression insert having a sub-structure, a down-loadable friction fit split retaining ring having inner and outer tangs and an up-loadable shank upper portion cooperate to provide for pop- or snap-on assembly of the shank with the receiver either prior to or after implantation of the shank into a vertebra. The shank and receiver once assembled cannot be disassembled. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060294 | Bone Implants - Various bone fixation devices and methods of using the same are provided. In one embodiment, a spinal implant assembly is provided having a generally U-shaped rod-receiving head or receiver member, and a bone-engaging member extending distally from the receiver member. The receiver member can have two side arms extending proximally from a distal end, and the arms can define a U-shaped channel therebetween for receiving a spinal fixation element. The side arms of the receiver can have various configurations and can include a number of features to facilitate mating with a spinal tool. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060295 | HAMMER TOE IMPLANT - An implant is disclosed including an elongate threaded portion and a blade portion extending from the elongate threaded portion. The blade portion has a taper terminating at a point. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060296 | ACQUIRING NERVE ACTIVITY FROM CAROTID BODY AND/OR SINUS - An exemplary includes acquiring an electroneurogram of the right carotid sinus nerve or the left carotid sinus nerve, analyzing the electroneurogram for at least one of chemosensory information and barosensory information and calling for one or more therapeutic actions based at least in part on the analyzing. Therapeutic actions may aim to treat conditions such as sleep apnea, an increase in metabolic demand, hypoglycemia, hypertension, renal failure, and congestive heart failure. Other exemplary methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060297 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PAIRED PACING INTERPULSE INTERVALS TO REDUCE CONTRACTILITY DISEQUILIBRIUM USING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - Techniques are provided for use with implantable medical devices equipped to deliver paired postextrasystolic potentiation (PESP) pacing within a patient having an intact ventricle and a weakened ventricle. A first interpulse interval is determined for use with paired PESP pacing of the intact ventricle sufficient to achieve only relatively minimal potentiation within the intact ventricle. A second interpulse interval is determined for use with paired PESP pacing of the weakened ventricle sufficient to achieve relatively more significant potentiation within the weakened ventricle. Then, paired PESP pacing is delivered to the intact ventricle using the first interpulse interval while paired PESP is also delivered to the weakened ventricle using the second interpulse interval to reduce contractility disequilibrium within the heart caused by the weakened ventricle to achieve a matching of natural contractilities. In this manner, dual ventricular, independently timed, continuous PESP is provided. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060298 | DETECTION OF EXTRACARDIAC STIMULATION BY A CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A medical device system and associated method for controlling a cardiac rhythm management therapy detect extracardiac stimulation. Cardiac pacing pulses are delivered, and a cardiac electrical signal comprising myocardial depolarization and repolarization signals is acquired. A processor is configured to, responsive to the cardiac electrical signal, detect extracardiac capture due to the cardiac pacing pulse. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060299 | IDENTIFYING AN AREA FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO TREAT A PATIENT - A stimulation system, such as a spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system, having a programmer for identifying an area for electrical stimulation to treat a patient. The programmer includes a communication interface, a display screen, and a user interface. The communication interface communicates with the electrical stimulation generator to generate electrical stimulation and the display screen displays a patient model. The user interface receives user input identifying an area of pain on the patient model via a selection of the area of the body part. The programmer then associates the area of pain identified with a spinal column location, and displays on the display screen a suggested medical lead position and/or a suggested stimulation area on an image of a spinal column based on the step of associating. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060300 | POSITIONING LEADS ON PATIENT MODEL USING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A stimulation system, such as a spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system, for storing position information of an implanted medical lead implanted in a patient. A communication unit is configured to receive, from a first programmer, position data that indicates an actual position of the implanted medical lead with respect to a spinal column of the patient and an anatomically correct image of the spinal column. The communication unit is further configured to forward the position data, and to transmit both to a second programmer. The second programmer is then able to display a representation of the implanted medical lead on the anatomically correct image in an anatomically correct location and in an actual orientation based on the position data. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060301 | CONFIGURING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO TREAT A PATIENT - A stimulation system, such as a spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system, having a programmer with a user interface. The programmer determines a position of an implanted medical lead with respect to a patient's spinal column. The programmer overlays the medical lead, an initial stimulation field, and an initial target stimulation area within the initial stimulation field on an image of the spinal column. A user enters, via the user interface, graphical manipulations of displayed boundaries of the initial stimulation field and the initial target stimulation area. The graphical manipulations of the stimulation field and the target stimulation field are independent of each other and they may move and/or alter the shape of the boundaries. The programmer then determines stimulation parameters to drive the implanted medical lead to generate the displayed stimulation field and target stimulation field as manipulated by the user. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060302 | AUTOMATED SEARCH TO IDENTIFY A LOCATION FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION TO TREAT A PATIENT - A stimulation system, such as a spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system, having an automated search to establish a program to treat a patient with electrical stimulation. The stimulation system includes an electrical stimulation generator, a medical lead coupled to the electrical stimulation generator, and a programmer with a communication interface, a display screen, and a user interface. The display screen displays an image of a spinal column and a position of the medical lead relative to the spinal column. The system includes an automated search that stimulates a series of regions and receives patient feedback via the user interface. The system then stimulates a series of subregions within a subset of the regions based on the feedback, receives additional feedback, and identifies a subset of the subregions location for stimulation based on the additional feedback. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060303 | GENERATION OF PROPORTIONAL POSTURE INFORMATION OVER MULTIPLE TIME INTERVALS - The disclosure describes techniques for generation of proportional posture information over multiple time intervals. The techniques may include obtaining posture state data sensed by a medical device for a patient during delivery of therapy by the medical device, determining durations for which the patient occupied each of a plurality of posture states based on the posture state data, generating proportional posture information for a plurality of different time intervals based on the durations, wherein the proportional posture information for each of the time intervals indicates proportional amounts of the respective time interval in which the patient occupied the posture states, and presenting the proportional posture information to a user via a user interface. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060304 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Electrotherapeutic or Electrodiagnostic Waveforms - Subject matter includes a device comprising: an input port to receive a waveform file for a waveform to be electrically applied to one or more patients via an output port; and electronics configured to: generate the waveform having a shape, magnitude, or frequency based, at least in part, on the waveform file; and provide the waveform to the output port. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060305 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR TARGETED BRAIN STIMULATION USING ELECTRICAL PARAMETER MAPS - A system and method for selecting optimal stimulation parameter settings for a therapeutic neural stimulation for a current patient may include obtaining, by at least one processor, electrical parameter maps and corresponding score values of a patient population, and processing, by the at least one processor, the parameter maps and the score values to evaluate, based on a set of score criteria, parameter maps associated with potential stimulation parameter settings. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060306 | EFFICIENT CIRCADIAN AND RELATED SYSTEM MODULATION WITH A SLEEP MASK - Light therapy is provided to a subject through a sleep mask. The sleep mask is configured to deliver electromagnetic radiation to the closed eyelids of the subject within a defined optimal wavelength band that is therapeutically impactful in modulating circadian and related systems of the subject. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060307 | FRACTIONAL SCANNER FOR DERMATOLOGICAL TREATMENTS - A dermatological treatment device is disclosed for generating a matrix of two dimensional treatment spots on the tissue. A handpiece carries a laser which generates a beam of laser pulses. The pulses are focused onto the tissue with a lens system. A diffractive element is positioned between the laser and the lens system for splitting the laser beam into a plurality of sub-beams. A scanner translates the beam over the diffractive element to generate the two dimensional spot pattern. The laser has a semi-monolithic resonator design with one integral end mirror defining the output coupler and a second, independent mirror for adjustment. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060308 | Device and Method for Temperature Management of Heating Pad Systems - According to some embodiments, an apparatus for warming a patient on a thermal pad includes a heating element to heat a surface of the thermal pad. A power unit is operable to provide power to the heating element. Respective ones of a plurality of sensors are coupled to detect temperature at select portions of the surface of the thermal pad, while a heating element sensor is coupled to detect a temperature of the heating element. A temperature control circuit board is embedded within the thermal pad and is electrically coupled to the plurality of sensors and the heating element sensor. The temperature control circuit board is operable to limit a temperature at the surface of the thermal pad to a safe temperature based on the temperature detected by the plurality of sensors and the heating element sensor. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060309 | COOLED MEDICAL HANDPIECE - Apparatus and methods for treating tissue with electromagnetic radiation. A handpiece includes a housing and a baffle that divides an interior space of the housing into first and second channels. The housing further includes a first opening and a second opening coupled in fluid communication with the first opening by the first channel. The apparatus further includes a heat-generating element, such as a source of electromagnetic radiation, disposed at least partially in the first channel and an air-moving device coupled with the first channel. The air-moving device is configured to generate a forced flow of cooling air entering at the first opening and exhausted at the second opening. The cooling air receives heat transferred from the heat-generating element, which cools the heat-generating element, and the heated cooling air is exhausted from the second opening in a direction away from the tissue that is being treated with the electromagnetic radiation. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060310 | Multi-lumen heat transfer catheter systems - Heat transfer catheter apparatus and methods of making and using same are disclosed wherein fluid connection means is provided between the distal portions of two adjacent, thin-walled, high strength fluid lumens to define a closed loop fluid circulation system capable of controlled delivery of thermal energy to or withdrawal of thermal energy from remote internal body locations. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060311 | HEATING/ COOLING SYSTEM FOR INDWELLING HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER - A cooling system for an indwelling heat exchange catheter includes a heat exchange bath that is configured to receive a conduit that carries saline to and from the catheter. A heating/cooling fluid is in the bath and exchanges heat with the saline. The heating/cooling fluid flows through a heat exchanger that includes a refrigerant and two variable speed DC compressor for removing heat from the refrigerant. A gear pump circulates the working fluid to and from the catheter and is removably engaged with a pump support platform. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060312 | FEEDTHROUGH ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A LEAD FRAME ASSEMBLY - A feedthrough assembly may include a ferrule defining a ferrule opening, a feedthrough at least partially disposed within the ferrule opening, a capacitive filter array at least partially disposed within the ferrule opening, and a lead frame assembly. The feedthrough may include at least one feedthrough conductive pathway and the capacitive filter array may include at least one filter array conductive pathway. The lead frame assembly may include an electrically conductive lead electrically connecting the at least one feedthrough conductive pathway and the at least one filter array conductive pathway. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060313 | SURGICAL LEAD PADDLE - The present invention provides for an improved apparatus and method for electrical stimulation. A paddle having a thickness up to 0.030 inches is implanted adjacent the spinal cord dura mater to reduce the likelihood of paralysis due to stress on the spinal cord attributed to bulkier leads. The paddle is then positioned so that at least one of a plurality of electrodes is positioned over the area of the spinal cord requiring pain treatment; and then electric stimulation is applied to the electrodes to effect pain treatment. In another embodiment the paddle is curved about a vertical axis to substantially match the shape of a human spinal cord dura mater to help reduce lead migration. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060314 | LEAD INCLUDING CONDUCTORS CONFIGURED FOR REDUCED MRI-INDUCED CURRENTS - An implantable medical device lead includes an inner conductor coil comprising one or more generally cylindrically wound filars. The inner conductor coil is configured to have a first inductance value greater than or equal to 0.2 μH/inch when the inner conductor coil is subjected to a range of radio frequencies. The implantable medical device lead also includes a multi-filar outer coil comprising two or more generally cylindrically wound filars. The multi-filar outer coil is configured to have a second inductance value greater than or equal to 0.1 μH/inch when the multi-filar outer coil is subjected to the range of radio frequencies. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060315 | MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ELECTRODES - Cardiac electrodes and techniques for testing application of the electrodes to a victim are described herein. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060316 | BALLOON CATHETERS AND METHODS FOR USE - Apparatus and methods are provided for flaring a stent deployed within a branch vessel including an ostium communicating with a main vessel, a first end of the stent extending at least partially from the branch. A catheter is provided that includes a first balloon carried on its distal end, and a second balloon that includes a distal section overlying at least a portion of the first balloon and a proximal section. The catheter distal end is introduced into the main vessel and positioned through the ostium and stent into the branch until the first balloon is disposed within the stent. The first balloon is expanded to anchor the stent, and the second balloon is expanded to flare the first end of the stent. Optionally, the first balloon is expanded further, e.g., to expand the stent within the branch body lumen and/or dilate the lesion. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060317 | STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM HAVING STENT SECUREMENT APPARATUS - Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongate shaft including a first tubular member and a second tubular member. A balloon may be coupled to the shaft. A first member may be coupled to the first tubular member and positioned within the balloon. A second member may be coupled to the first tubular member and positioned within the balloon. A medical implant may be coupled to the shaft and positioned adjacent to the balloon. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060318 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR FLOW OCCLUSION DURING DEVICE EXCHANGES - A method for facilitating treatment of catheter induced vascular injuries may first involve introducing a guide wire into a vascular sheath residing in a blood vessel, where the guide wire has a distal end and an inflatable balloon at least 15 cm proximal of the distal end. The method may further involve proximally retracting the vascular sheath while leaving the wire in place and observing indicia of the presence or absence of a vascular injury caused to the blood vessel by the vascular sheath or a procedural catheter previously advanced through the vascular sheath. If indicia of a vascular injury are observed, the method may involve positioning the inflatable balloon at or near the vascular injury and inflating the balloon to reduce blood flow past the vascular injury, while leaving the guide wire in place to provide subsequent access to the injury. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060319 | STENT/GRAFT ASSEMBLY - A stent/graft assembly includes a tubular graft connected in substantially end-to-end relationship with a generally tubular stent. Free ends of the stent and graft extend in opposite directions from the end-to-end connection during a pre-deployment orientation of the assembly. However, the graft is inverted during deployment so that free ends of the graft and the stent extend in substantially the same direction from the end-to-end connection in a post-deployment orientation. Thus, at least a portion of the stent is disposed within at least a portion of the graft in a post-deployment orientation of the assembly. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060320 | INTRAVASCULAR IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - An intravascular implant and methods of using the implant within the vasculature of the body, for example near a vascular aneurysm, are disclosed. The method of attaching a second implant, such as a vascular graft, to the intravascular implant is also disclosed. The implant can be made from an anchor, a connector and a seal. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060321 | MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT NESTED STENT STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND DEPLOYMENT - Blood vessels and other body lumens are stented using stent structures comprising a plurality of radially expansible rings where at least some of the rings comprise axially extending elements which interleave with axially extending elements on adjacent unconnected rings. The ring structures may be open cell structures or closed cell structures, and the axially extending elements will typically be formed as part of the open cell or closed cell structure. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060322 | EXPANDABLE FRAMEWORK WITH OVERLAPPING CONNECTORS - A stent may comprise a plurality of serpentine bands and connectors. A first connector may overlap a second connector when the stent is unexpanded. The first connector may also overlap the second connector in an unexpanded state when the stent is subject to compressive forces in the local area of the connectors, such as when the connectors are located on the inside of a curve. The second connector may be shaped according to a rotation of the first connector about the centroid of the cell between the first connector and the second connector. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060323 | BRAIDED HELICAL WIRE STENT - Exemplary non-woven helical stents are described that are efficient to fabricate in terms of labor and resources by being able to be manufactured by hand or machine while providing mechanical stability equivalent or close thereto of known braided or woven stents. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060324 | ENDOVASCULAR STAPLER - An endovascular stapler for securing an endograft to a vessel is disclosed. The stapler includes a staple housing adapted for storing at least one staple therein, the staple housing having an exit area for discharge of the at least one staple therethrough, an actuating assembly adapted for discharging the at least one staple through the exit area, and a displacement mechanism in operative association with the staple housing near the exit area. The displacement member is operative for pushing the exit area against the endograft when discharging the at least one staple therethrough. The discharged staple forms a plurality of opposed loops connected by a central element upon discharge. Also disclosed are staples and displacement mechanisms adapted for use with surgical instruments such as the present endovascular staplers. The staples may be formed from memory metal or other metal. The displacement mechanisms disclosed include balloons and rigid offsetting devices. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060325 | IMPLANTABLE THREE-WAY DIAPHRAGM VALVE - An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a valve including a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion of the housing defines a first and second nozzle, and the bottom portion of the housing defines an opening. A diaphragm has an open position and a closed position, and the diaphragm is disposed between the top portion of the housing and the bottom portion of the housing. A first fluid flow path between the first nozzle and the second nozzle is defined by the housing and the diaphragm, when the diaphragm is in the closed position. A second fluid flow path between the opening and the first nozzle is defined by the housing and the diaphragm, when the diaphragm is in the closed position. Such a valve can be used for a number of purposes including hemodialysis procedures. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060326 | IMPLANT MADE OF A BIODEGRADABLE MAGNESIUM ALLOY - An implant made in total or in parts of a biodegradable magnesium alloy consisting of Y: 2.0-6.0% by weight, Nd: 1.5-4.5% by weight, Gd: 0-4.0% by weight, Dy: 0-4.0% by weight, Er: 0-4.0% by weight, Zr: 0.1-1.0% by weight, Li:0-0.2% by weight, Al: 0-0.3% by weight, under the condition that a) a total content of Er, Gd and Dy is in the range of 0.5-4.0% by weight and b) a total content of Nd, Er, Gd and Dy is in the range of 2.0-5.5% by weight, the balance being magnesium and incidental impurities up to a total of 0.3% by weight. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060327 | BIODEGRADABLE SELF-EXPANDING PROSTHESIS - Disclosed herein is a biodegradable prosthesis that includes a first end, a second end, and an elongate tubular body with a lumen therethrough. The prosthesis can have a first layer comprising a set of flexible interbraided bioabsorbable filaments, and optionally a set of flexible interbraided metallic filaments. Also, the prosthesis can have a second layer comprising a porous thermoplastic material that can be either an outer layer or an inner layer relative to the first layer. The prosthesis can include other features including branch apertures, folded portions, and attachment mechanisms for the first and second layers. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060328 | Transcatheter Balloon-Assisted Mitral Valve Navigation Device and Method - A method for positioning a centering introducer in a heart of a patient, which includes the steps of inserting an anchoring wire delivery catheter through a heart wall and to a treatment region of the heart, deploying at least one anchoring wire from the delivery catheter and into tissue in the treatment region of the heart, and removing the delivery catheter from the heart. A centering introducer can then be advanced along the anchoring wire to the treatment region, wherein the centering introducer includes an introducer element and at least one balloon. At least one of the balloons can then be inflated to reorient the introducer element in at least one direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the centering introducer. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060329 | Artificial Venous Valve with Discrete Shaping Members - The invention relates to a prosthetic valve for regulating flow through a body lumen. The medical device comprises discrete shaping members, a flexible covering, and a valve member. The discrete shaping members are operatively attached to the flexible covering, such that the medical device may exhibit low radial force and dynamic movement. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060330 | SYSTEM, OPHTHALMIC LENS, AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING DEPTH OF FOCUS - System, ophthalmic lens, and method for extending depth of focus includes an optic having a clear aperture disposed about a central axis. The optic includes a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first and second surfaces are configured to introduce an asymmetric aberration to the eye while maintaining the in-focus visual acuity. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060331 | Adaptive Optic Lens and Method of Making - A lens for correcting human vision, for example an IOL, contact lens or corneal inlay or onlay, that carries and interior phase or layer comprising a pattern of individual transparent adaptive displacement structures. In the exemplary embodiments, the displacement structures are actuated by shape change polymer that adjusts a shape or other parameter in response to applied energy that in turn displaces a fluid media within the lens that actuates a flexible lens surface. The adaptive optic means of the invention can be used to create highly localized surface corrections in the lens to correct higher order aberrations—which types of surfaces cannot be fabricated into and IOL and then implanted. The system of displacement structures also can provide spherical corrections in the lens. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060332 | CONTRAST-ENHANCING ASPHERIC INTRAOCULAR LENS - The present invention provides an intraocular lens (IOL) having an optic with a posterior and an anterior refractive surfaces, at least one of which has an aspherical profile, typically characterized by a non-zero conic constant, for controlling the aberrations of a patient's eye in which the IOL is implanted. Preferably, the IOL's asphericity, together with the aberrations of the patient's eye, cooperate to provide an image contrast characterized by a calculated modulation transfer function (MTF) of at least about 0.25 and a depth of field of at least about 0.75 Diopters. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060333 | TENDON CRIMP FOR PASSAGE INTO A BONE TUNNEL AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - A surgical device and method is used in attaching a tendon or a ligament to bone. In a preferred form, the device is a crimp configured to reduce the thickness of the free end of the tendon or the ligament to facilitate insertion of the tendon or the ligament into an opening formed in the bone. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060334 | MENISCUS REPAIR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - The present invention provides an assembly for repairing a tear or lesion in a body tissue such as a meniscus including a scaffold material and methods using such an assembly in repairing a tear or lesion. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060335 | Device for cell spraying, manufacturing of the device, method for spraying with the device and a cell suspension sprayed with the device - The invention provides a description of a method and a device suitable for producing a cell suspension spray with living cells, and the produced cell preparation, suitable for grafting to a patient. In contrast to other methods, the spraying is performed through a disposable needle which is inserted into a disposable air tube; which provides a cell distribution avoiding spray nozzles. Small suspension droplets are provided instead of cell nebulization. By using medical grade sterile Luer-lock disposables from medical routine praxis, biocompatibility and easy application is addressed. In applying the method and/or in using the device, cells suitable for grafting to a patient are dispersed in a solution and sprayed with the device for distribution over the recipient graft site. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060336 | SPINAL FUSION SYSTEM - A spinal fusion system for positioning between two vertebral bodies is presented. The system can have a substantially rigid body and a substantially rigid plate connected to a portion of the posterior face of the substantially rigid body that extends away from and substantially transverse to the posterior face of the substantially rigid body. The system also has a first implant body and a second implant body configured to matingly connect to one another with at least a portion of the substantially rigid plate positioned therebetween. The combination of the first and second implant bodies and the substantially rigid plate is configured for insertion between the two vertebral bodies. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060337 | Spinal Plate - Spinal plates with additional features to improve the stability of the interface between the plate and the underlying bone. A bone plate may include one or more sharp ridges along the periphery of its underside. When attached to bone, the ridge digs into the bone and increases stability. A bone plate may alternatively or additionally include one or more holes for optional spikes, which may be inserted once the plate is attached to the bone. By separating the spikes and including them as an optional component, the plate may enhance stability while reducing or eliminating the chance of the spike injuring the patient. Furthermore, bone screws may incorporate alternating notches and ridges into the head of the screw. The notches and ridges may interface with a set screw, thereby preventing rotation and loosening of the screw. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060338 | CELL CARRIER AND CELL CARRIER CONTAINMENT DEVICES CONTAINING REGENERATIVE CELLS - The present invention relates to a device comprising a cell carrier portion containing regenerative cells, e.g., stem and progenitor cells, and a cell carrier containment portion. The device is useful for the treatment of bone related disorders, including spinal fusion related disorders and long bone or flat bone related defects. The device may be used in conjunction with disclosed automated systems and methods for separating and concentrating regenerative cells. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060339 | Intervertebral Fusion Implant - The present invention provides an intervertebral implant for implantation in a treated area of an intervertebral space between vertebral bodies of a spine. The implant includes a spacer portion having an inferior and superior surface, wherein the inferior and superior surfaces each have a contact area capable of engaging with anatomy in the treated area, and the inferior and superior surfaces define a through-hole extending through the spacer body. The present invention further provides screw holes extending from a side portion to the inferior and superior surfaces of the spacer portion and a plate portion rigidly coupled to the spacer portion through a coupling means, wherein the plate portion contains screws holes for receiving screws. A screw back out prevention mechanism adapted on the plate portion and prevents the back out of screws from the screw holes. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060340 | COATING FOR A CoCrMo SUBSTRATE - A coating for a CoCrMo substrate including a first layer located directly on the substrate and including Ta(CoCrMo) | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060341 | GLENOIDAL COMPONENT, SET OF SUCH COMPONENTS AND SHOULDER PROSTHESIS INCORPORATING SUCH A GLENOIDAL COMPONENT - This glenoidal component for a shoulder prosthesis comprises a base which may be immobilized on the glenoid cavity of a shoulder, and an element provided to be mounted on this base and forming a convex surface of articulation centred on an axis of symmetry. This axis of symmetry is non perpendicular to a rear face of the base intended to abut against the glenoid cavity, this making it possible to compensate a defect in parallelism between the resectioned surface of the glenoid cavity and the axis of the patient's spinal column. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060342 | Method and System for Patella Tendon Realignment - A method and system provide and use a patellar implant. The patellar implant includes a superior portion, an inferior portion opposite to the superior portion, and an anterior portion. The superior portion being configured to reside below a patellar tendon and to elevate and/or tilt the patellar tendon. The inferior portion is configured to be seated in proximity to a tibia. The anterior portion is between the superior portion and the inferior portion. The anterior portion is placed in proximity to a patella. In one aspect, the method includes inserting the implant beneath the patellar tendon and between the patella and a position at which the patellar tendon is affixed to the tibia. In this aspect, the method also includes affixing the implant. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060343 | Method and System for Patella Tendon Realignment - A method and system provide and use a patellar implant. The patellar implant includes a superior portion, an inferior portion opposite to the superior portion, and an anterior portion. The superior portion being configured to reside below a patellar tendon and to elevate and/or tilt the patellar tendon. The inferior portion is configured to be seated in proximity to a tibia. The anterior portion is between the superior portion and the inferior portion. The anterior portion is placed in proximity to a patella. In one aspect, the method includes inserting the implant beneath the patellar tendon and between the patella and a position at which the patellar tendon is affixed to the tibia. In this aspect, the method also includes affixing the implant. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060344 | FEMORAL COMPONENT WITH REINFORCED ARTICULATING SURFACE - A femoral component for a knee joint prosthesis. The femoral component can comprise a polymer body having first and second condylar portions interconnected by an intercondylar anterior portion. A first reinforcement member can be secured to the first condylar portion. A second reinforcement member can be secured to the second condylar portion. The reinforcement members can comprise a material selected from the group consisting of a metal alloy, a ceramic material, and a thermoplastic material. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060345 | PARTIAL HIP PROSTHESIS - The invention reduces friction and wear in partial hip prosthesis by combining optimized geometry of the articulation and surface treatment of the prosthetic component. The acetabulum is reamed to the bone. One of the articulating surfaces—either that of the reamed acetabulum, or that of the femoral head prosthesis is a-spherical so that a fluid-filled gap is formed at the area of major load transfer. The fluid-filled gap is sealed by an annular area of contact, over which the concave and the convex components are congruent. The preferred surface treatment is by diamond-like coating, which results in very low coefficient of friction and high abrasion resistance against the bone. The prosthetic head is fixed to the femur by either a conventional stem, a perforated shell, or a femoral neck prosthesis screwed onto the femur so that it is partially covered by bone and partially exposed on the medial-inferior aspect, where it abuts the reamed cortex of the calcar region. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060346 | Hip Prosthesis System - A hip prosthesis system ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060347 | FEMORAL IMPLANT - A femoral implant ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060348 | Hydrogel Coated Magnesium Medical Implants - A surgical implant is provided which includes a body and a coating in contact with at least a portion of the body, the body including metallic magnesium, the coating including a hydrogel having an adhesion peptide contained therein. The adhesion peptide may be derived from an extracellular matrix protein and may be covalently bonded to the hydrogel. A method of making a surgical implant includes providing a magnesium based degradable implant body; applying and adhering a functionalized reactive silane based adhesion promoting layer to the implant body; providing a hydrogel monomeric solution having extracellular matrix adhesion peptides incorporated therein; and contacting the hydrogel monomeric solution with the adhesion promoting layer such that the hydrogel polymerizes and bonds to the adhesion promoting layer and encapsulates at least a portion of the implant. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060349 | PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC DEVICES HAVING MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL ELASTOMER SPRING WITH CONTROLLABLE STIFFNESS - A prosthetic or orthotic device includes a body configured to support at least a portion of a human limb of a user wearing the prosthetic or orthotic device. The device can also include a shock absorption member coupled to the body. The shock absorption member includes one or more magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) springs disposed between a first portion of the body and a second portion of the body. The one or more MRE springs are selectively actuatable to vary a stiffness of the shock absorption member via the application of a magnetic flux, thereby adjusting a stiffness of the body of the prosthetic or orthotic device to a level corresponding to an activity level of the user. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060350 | NORMALIZED CONTROL OF AN IHS COMPONENT - A component control system includes a component. At least one component element is included in the component. A component controller is included in the component, coupled to the at least one component element, and operable to couple to an Information Handling System (IHS) controller. The component controller is operable to receive a normalized component performance (NCP) value from the IHS controller. The NCP value is associated with at least one component output range. The component controller is also operable to provide a control signal that is associated with the NCP value to the at least one component element. In response to receiving the control signal, the at least one component element operates such that the component produces at least one component output, and each component output produced by the component is within a corresponding component output range. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060351 | ASSET TRACKING IN PROCESS CONTROL ENVIRONMENTS - An asset tracking system for use in a process control environment may include one or more asset tracking devices and an asset tracking host. The asset tracking device may receive signals corresponding to a position or location of an asset to be tracked, and may communicate, using an industrial automation protocol such as wireless HART, an indication of the position to the asset tracking host. The signals may be GPS signals that are re-radiated into the process control environment. Other information, such as environmental data, may be communicated in conjunction with the position of the asset. The asset tracking host may store and/or display the data or information included in the message, and may send a different message to the asset tracking device. An asset tracking device may be included in a field device, a network device, or a portable communications device used in the process control environment. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060352 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, SERVER, ELECTRICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - An input accepting unit accepts an input of desired time information showing a desired operation start time or a desired operation end time of a household electrical appliance, a sending unit sends, to a server, the desired time information, and electric power information showing an electric power required for the household electrical appliance to be operated, an electric power charge information acquiring unit acquires electric power charge information showing an electric power charge which changes per hour, an operation time computing unit computes an operation start time or an operation end time of the household electrical appliance based on the desired time information, the electric power information, and the electric power charge information, and an operation control unit starts the operation of the household electrical appliance according to the operation start time or the operation end time. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060353 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING WINDUP AND IMPROVING PROCESS CONTROL IN AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A method includes identifying one of multiple regions in a range where an output (OP) value used to implement a manipulated variable is located. The manipulated variable is associated with an industrial process, and the OP value represents an output of a downstream controller. The method also includes calculating an achievable manipulated variable (MV) limit for the manipulated variable based on the region in which the OP value is located. For example, when the OP value is located in one region, the achievable MV limit could match a user-specified limit or be based on a gain between the OP value and a value of a process variable. When the OP value is located in another region, the achievable MV limit could track the value of the process variable with a gap. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060354 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING PROBLEMATIC ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL PARAMETERS - The invention may be embodied in a system and method for monitoring and controlling feedback control in a manufacturing process, such as an integrated circuit fabrication process. The process control parameters may include translation, rotation, magnification, dose and focus applied by a photolithographic scanner or stepper operating on silicon wafers. Overlay errors are used to compute measured parameters used in the feedback control process. Statistical parameters are computed, normalized and graphed on a common set of axes for at-a-glance comparison of measured parameters and process control parameters to facilitate the detection of problematic parameters. Parameter trends and context relaxation scenarios are also compared graphically. Feedback control parameters, such as EWMA lambdas, may be determined and used as feedback parameters for refining the APC model that computes adjustments to the process control parameters based on the measured parameters. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060355 | Method And System For Processing Signals For A MEMS Detector That Enables Control Of A Device Using Human Breath - A method and system for processing signals for a MEMS detector that enables control of a device using expulsion of air via human breath, a machine and/or a device are provided. A microprocessor may receive one or more signals from the MEMS detector that may comprise various component sensor(s), sensing member(s) or sensing segment(s) that may detect movement of air caused by the expulsion of human breath. The signals may be processed by the microprocessor and an interactive output comprising one or more control signals that may enable control of a user interface such as | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060356 | FACILITATED USE OF CHARACTERIZING ABSTRACTS FOR HETEROGENEOUS HOME-AUTOMATION EDGE COMPONENTS - A control circuit operably couples to a plurality of home-automation edge-component interfaces. This control circuit is configured to compatibly interact with a plurality of home-automation edge components using characterizing abstracts as correspond to the home-automation edge components. By one approach at least some of the plurality of home-automation edge components belong to different classes that are operationally incompatible with one another. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060357 | FACILITATED USE OF HETEROGENEOUS HOME-AUTOMATION EDGE COMPONENTS VIA A COMMON APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE - A control circuit operably couples to a plurality of home-automation edge-component interfaces. This control circuit is configured to compatibly interact with a plurality of home-automation edge components via a common application programming interface. By one approach at least some of the plurality of home-automation edge components are operationally incompatible with one another. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060358 | FACILITATED USE OF HETEROGENEOUS HOME-AUTOMATION EDGE COMPONENTS - A control circuit operably couples to a plurality of home-automation edge-component interfaces. This control circuit is configured to compatibly interact with a plurality of home-automation edge components where at least some of the plurality of home-automation edge components are operationally incompatible with one another. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060359 | HOME APPLIANCE, HOME APPLIANCE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A home appliance, a home appliance diagnostic system, and an operation method according to the present invention allow a user to easily perform smart diagnosis by image progress and simply operating an input unit and to diagnose the status of a home appliance, by displaying setup of smart diagnosis in a menu image including characters and images and outputting explanation of progresses on a screen by stages in accordance with a set diagnosis method. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060360 | CONTROL SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD - In a control server, a storing section accumulates request data received from a terminal and used for remotely operating, via a control apparatus, a home electric appliance provided in a home. A generating section generates schedule data on the basis of at least one of the request data and the inquiry. The schedule data is data concerning a frequency of an inquiry about the request data by the control apparatus and data transmitted to the control apparatus. A transmitting section transmits the request data stored in the storing section to the control apparatus in response to the inquiry transmitted from the control apparatus at a frequency indicated by the schedule data. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060361 | FANTASY LEAGUE MANAGEMENT - One or more techniques and/or systems for managing a fantasy league are disclosed to incorporate one or more reality factors, equity lines, luxury tax, and/or revenue sharing policies into administration of the fantasy league. A reality factor may influence real life scenarios between at least one of a real player, a real team, and/or a real league, for example. Accordingly, the reality factor may be applied to at least one of a corresponding fantasy player, fantasy team, and/or fantasy league to create a fantasy rule configured to enable a fantasy environment (e.g., the fantasy player, fantasy team, fantasy league, and/or relationships thereof) to more closely emulate the real player, real team, real league, and/or corresponding relationships. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060362 | Predictive gaming - A predictive game, and its method of play, include an input device utilizable for other purposes than in the predictive game (such as a mobile touch screen device having Internet and texting, phone, and/or email capability) and for inputting predictions of individual events of a sporting contest substantially immediately before the event occurs, and application software for the input device. The input device is connectable to a remote host computer which tracks inputs into the device and ultimately whether or not the predictive inputs are correct. The application software may display screens relating to prediction of football plays during a live football game, the screens displayed before each football play is run, and includes at least “Run” and “Pass” touch boxes. Other touch boxes may be provided by pictorial representations of football players. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060363 | Slave Mode Transmit with Zero Delay for Audio Interface - An apparatus includes a first unit and a second functional units operating in a master-slave configuration. The first and second functional units operate as a master and slave, respectively. The first functional unit conveys clock and framing signals to the second functional unit. The second functional unit includes a buffer and a multiplexer having inputs coupled to the buffer. Digital audio data may be prefetched into the buffer. When a controller of the second functional unit detects assertion of the framing signal, it may cause a change of state to a selection signal provided to the multiplexer. Responsive thereto, the multiplexer selects an input coupled to receive, from the buffer, a next frame of data to be transmitted. A first bit of the frame is transmitted to the first functional unit on the same clock cycle in which assertion of the framing signal was detected. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060364 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MIXER VIA EXTERNAL CONTROLLER - A system includes at least one controller device connectable to a computer where a mixer function is implemented by application software. The controller device includes: a communication interface connectable to the computer; a plurality of faders capable of remote-controlling parameters of channels assigned thereto; a channel shift button; and a bank shift button. The channels assigned to the faders are collectively shifted by one channel in response to an instruction given via the channel shift button, or collectively shifted by the one bank in response to an instruction given via the bank shift button. For each of the controller devices, identification information of the controller device and information of a first channel of all of the assigned channels is stored so that the stored information is used at the time of activation of the software for restoring previous settings stored at the time of last deactivation of the software. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060365 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method for processing an audio signal, comprising: a step of performing a frequency conversion process on an audio signal to obtain a plurality of frequency transform coefficients; a step of selecting either a general mode or a non-general mode, on the basis of a pulse ratio, for the frequency transform coefficients having a high frequency band from among the plurality of frequency transform coefficients; and a step of performing, if the non-general mode is selected, the following steps: extracting a predetermined number of pulses from the frequency transform coefficients having the high frequency band, and generating pulse information; generating an original noise signal from the frequency transform coefficients having the high frequency band, excluding the pulses; generating a reference noise signal using the frequency transform coefficient having a low frequency band from among the plurality of frequency transform coefficients; and generating noise position information and noise energy information using the original noise signal and the reference noise signal. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060366 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Information processing device including a data processing unit configured to perform a process of reproducing content including music content. The data processing unit performs the content reproduction process using a scenario in which reproduction control information is recorded and a playlist file including designation information on content to be reproduced, the playlist file is one music reproduction playlist in which a plurality of music contents as reproduction target data and image content for a standby screen to be displayed on a display unit are used as reproduction designation content, and the data processing unit sequentially switches a plurality of playitems recorded in the music reproduction playlist, sequentially selects a stream file in which the music content associated with each of the playitems is stored, and performs continuous reproduction on the music content stored in each stream file in accordance with the reproduction control information on the scenario. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060367 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING TRANSIENT SOUND EVENTS IN AUDIO SIGNALS WHEN CHANGING THE REPLAY SPEED OR PITCH - An apparatus for processing an audio signal has an overlap-add stage for overlapping and adding blocks of a corresponding one of a plurality of subband signals using an overlap-add-advance value being different from a block extraction advance value. The apparatus further has a transient detector for detecting a transient in the audio signal or a subband signal of the plurality of subband signals. The overlap-add stage is configured for reducing an influence of a detected transient or for not using the detected transients when adding. The apparatus further has a transient adder for adding a detected transient to a subband signal generated by the overlap/add stage. A related method for processing an audio signal has, inter alia, either reducing an influence or discarding a detected transient when overlapping and adding. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060368 | VOLUMETRIC CUT PLANNING - Methods for computer-aided manufacturing and design, and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a three-dimensional (3D) solid part model and an associated 3D solid blank. The method includes defining an initial in-process workpiece (IPW) as the same as the 3D solid blank, and defining a cut volume in-process feature to be removed from the IPW. The method includes removing the cut volume in-process feature from the IPW. The method can include calculating and storing the cut volume in-process feature or the updated IPW with the removed cut volume in-process feature. The updated in-process workpiece can be calculated and displayed for each state at all times, in various embodiments. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060369 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR AN AUTOMATED MACHINE - A system and a method for generating instructions for an automated machine adapted for performing a given process on an object are disclosed. The method comprises providing process data representative of the given process to perform; acquiring 3D geometrical data of a portion of the object; generating a model of the portion of the object using the acquired 3D geometrical data; generating a set of instructions for the automated machine according to the generated model and the process data; and providing the set of instructions to the automated machine for performing the given process on the portion of the object. The method may be adapted for cost-effectively automating the manufacturing of a unitary object while taking into consideration actual deformations of the object prior to generate the instructions for the automated machine. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060370 | ADVANCED PLANNING SYSTEM - A production planning system for allocating production capacity to meet a demand includes an operational module and a simulating module. The operational module is for receiving demand inputs, calculating a consolidated demand based on the demand inputs, calculating and storing a production capacity, and creating a production plan. The simulating module includes a data retriever, a simulated data handler, and a simulating planner. The data retriever is for retrieving and storing consolidated demand and capacity data from the at least one operational processor. The simulated data handler is for receiving a simulated demand input and creating a simulated consolidated demand by adding the simulated demand input to the retrieved consolidated demand. The simulating planner is for creating a simulated production plan based on the simulated consolidated demand. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060371 | NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods to provide sequence management are provided. In example embodiments, a production sequence having a plurality of sequencing objects linked together by relationships is generated. Each sequencing object of the plurality of sequencing objects has a relationship to at least one adjacent sequencing object in the production sequence. A trigger to perform a resequence of the production sequence is received. In response, a new production sequence is determined. The new production sequence may be generated by reusing the sequencing objects and updating at least one of the relationships in the production sequence in order to change the production sequence into the new production sequence. The new production sequence may then be posted. Related capacity planning objects are decoupled from the sequencing objects and the sequencing objects are not affected automatically. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060372 | USER INTERFACE INCLUDING SCHEDULING HINT AND MATERIAL SUFFICIENCY INDICATOR FOR PRODUCTION PLANNING - The description refers to a method, computer program product, and computer system for displaying a chart for production planning. The chart includes a timeline, a material area associated with each of one or more materials and a resource area associated with each of one or more resources. The chart also includes a material sufficiency indicator provided within one or more of the material areas to indicate whether or not a sufficient amount of the associated material is available at one or more identified times to meet a demand of the one or more scheduled operations. The chart includes a scheduling hint that is displayed within a material area when an operation identifier has been selected. The scheduling hint identifies one or more portions within the material area for a material as providing either sufficient material or insufficient material for performance of the operation associated with the selected operation identifier. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060373 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER WITH WORKPIECE SETTING ERROR COMPENSATION UNIT FOR MULTI-AXIS MACHINE TOOL - A numerical controller for controlling a multi-axis machine tool for machining with three linear axes and three rotating axes has a function for compensating a setting error that arises when a workpiece is set. This numerical controller determines compensated linear axis positions of the three linear axes and compensated rotating axis positions of the three rotating axes by calculating compensated tool position and direction depending on the setting error such that the tool position and direction on the workpiece setting coordinate system are maintained on the workpiece having such a setting error, and drives and controls the axes according to the compensated linear axis positions and compensated rotating axis positions. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060374 | SEGREGATING WAFER CARRIER TYPES IN SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICES - A system for managing the entry of a wafer carrier into a stocker in a semiconductor manufacturing operation is disclosed. The system comprises a stocker that accepts wafer carriers via one or more input ports. The present invention provides a means for detecting the presence of a wafer carrier at the input port, means for identifying the type of the wafer carrier, and means for executing an action sequence if the stocker is not compatible with those wafer carriers. Upon detecting an erroneous condition, an action sequence is executed which may include prevention entry of the wafer carrier, and notifying an operator. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060375 | Paper Sheet Handling Apparatus - According to one embodiment, paper sheet handling apparatus includes inspecting module configured to detect denominations and directions of paper sheets, accumulating modules configured to accumulate paper sheets, storing module configured to store setting information in which accumulating modules are associated with denominations and directions of paper sheets, sorting module configured to specify accumulating module which accumulates paper sheets based on denomination and direction and setting information and to convey paper sheets to specified accumulating module, controlling module configured to display setting screen by displaying module based on setting information and to update setting information based on operation input to operating module. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060376 | Control device and method for controlling the speed of a conveyor - An object of the present invention is to propose a computerized control device and a computer-implemented method for speed regulation during delivery of printed products to stacking devices which do not have at least some of the disadvantages of the known systems. It is in particular an object of the present invention to propose a computerized control device and a computer-implemented method for regulating the speed of a conveyor for delivering printed products to stacking devices which enable flexible production of stacks of different sizes. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060377 | DISTRIBUTION OF MAIL PIECES ACROSS PRINT JOBS TO ENHANCE POSTAL DISCOUNTS IN A PRODUCTION PRINTING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided for enhancing postal discounts. The system receives multiple print jobs, each print job assigned for printing at a different printing system. Each print job comprises mail pieces that correspond with capabilities of the assigned printing system. The system identifies mail pieces of the print jobs that have delivery addresses that are not confirmed by a mailing address database (“non-automated mail pieces”), and extracts non-automated mail pieces that may be produced at printing systems having different capabilities. Further, the system determines a threshold number of non-automated mail pieces to reach a bulk postal discount for a print job, and redistributes the extracted mail pieces across the print jobs based upon the threshold to increase the number of print jobs that reach the bulk postal discount. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060378 | TEST INSTALLATION FOR TESTING CONTROL PROGRAMS FOR A ROBOT INSTALLATION - The invention relates to a test installation for testing control programs for a real robot installation, particularly for a lacquering installation, having a plurality of robot controllers ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060379 | ROBOT CLEANER, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed are a robot cleaner, and a system and method for remotely controlling the robot cleaner. Since the robot cleaner is accessed to a terminal through a network, the robot cleaner can be controlled in more various manners. A situation inside a house can be real-time checked from the outside, and the satiation can be rapidly handled according to a state of the robot cleaner. Since the terminal and the robot cleaner are connected to each other through a network, a voice call function and an interphone function can be implemented. Furthermore, the robot cleaner can perform automatic cleaning, manual cleaning, and reservation cleaning in an autonomous manner, or in a remote-controlled manner. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060380 | APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A GLASS WINDOW AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT THEREOF - A window cleaning apparatus includes a first cleaning unit and a second cleaning unit that is attached to both sides of a window, respectively, by a magnetic force and moved on the sides, and a method of controlling a movement of the window cleaning apparatus. The method includes detecting the first initial attachment position of the window cleaning apparatus and moving the window cleaning apparatus close to the detected initial attachment position after cleaning. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060381 | PARALLEL LINK ROBOT, PARALLEL LINK ROBOT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PARALLEL LINK ROBOT - A parallel link robot includes a base, three servo motors disposed in the base, three arms, and a robot controller. Each of the three arms includes a first link and a second link that respectively include a first joint and a second joint. Each of the three arms is driven by a corresponding one of the three servo motors. The robot controller determines whether or not any of the first and second joints of the arms is dislocated on the basis of the torques of the three servo motors. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060382 | METHOD OF ACCURATE MAPPING WITH MOBILE ROBOTS - A robotic mapping method includes scanning a robot across a surface to be mapped. Locations of a plurality of points on the surface are sensed during the scanning. A first of the sensed point locations is selected. A preceding subset of the sensed point locations is determined. The preceding subset is disposed before the first sensed point location along a path of the scanning. A following subset of the sensed point locations is determined. The following subset is disposed after the first sensed point location along the path of the scanning. The first sensed point location is represented in a map of the surface by an adjusted first sensed point location. The adjusted first sensed point location is closer to each of the preceding and following subsets of the sensed point locations than is the first sensed point location. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060383 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOT HAVING AN APPARATUS FOR DRIVING AN ATTACHABLE/DETACHABLE FOUR-BAR LINK MECHANISM - The invention relates to an industrial robot having an apparatus for driving an attachable/detachable four-bar link mechanism, comprising: a base frame having a rotating joint for a robot body; a pivot frame which is coupled to the rotating joint and which has a rotating joint; a column frame which is coupled to the rotating joint of the pivot frame, and which has a straight-line joint; a motor arranged in the pivot frame to rotate the column frame; a decelerator attachably/detachably mounted on the rotating joint of the pivot frame or directly on the pivot frame to receive driving force from the motor; and a four-bar link installed between an output shaft of the decelerator and the column frame. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060384 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING MEMBRANE CLEANING PROCESS - A reverse osmosis separation process is disclosed, such as for desalination and waste water reuse process, wherein an effectiveness of membrane cleaning can be estimated. Exemplary embodiments operate the reverse osmosis membrane cleaning process for a controlled time for cleaning and with a controlled value of chemical concentration in a chemical liquor prepared for cleaning the membrane. A method can include estimating fouling status of the membrane and determining a controlled value of chemical concentration in the chemical liquor, and a controlled time for cleaning based on the fouling status of the membrane. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060385 | HVAC CONTROLLER INCLUDING USER INTERACTION LOG - An HVAC controller is configured to log one more user interactions into a user interaction log stored in its memory such that at least some of the user interactions may be recalled from the user interaction log and displayed on the user interface of the HVAC controller in response to a request by a user. The user may use the information contained in the user interaction log as an aid in troubleshooting an HVAC system. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060386 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An air conditioning system and a controlling method of the same are disclosed. A controlling method of an air conditioning system includes an information collecting step configured to collect the state information or the operation information of the outdoor unit or the indoor unit in a preset period by using the gateway ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060387 | PROXIMITY DETECTION MODULE ON THERMOSTAT - According to an aspect of the disclosure, a method of managing a site in a mobile environment, which includes detecting an availability of a thermostat wherein the thermostat has an operating condition; detecting a location of a mobile device associated with the site; providing a proximity control selector within a user interface of the mobile device to manage a proximity detection module disposed on the thermostat, wherein the proximity control selector has an enabled setting of the proximity detection module and a disabled setting of the proximity detection module; enabling the proximity detection module in response to the enabled setting of the proximity control selector to allow for the modification of the operating condition of the thermostat based on the detected location of the mobile device relative to the site; and disabling the proximity detection module in response to the disabled setting of the proximity control selector. | 2013-03-07 |
