13th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150088216 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - A system including a programmable implantable monitoring device and a programmer for programming the device and a method of use thereof. The programmer may be configured to transmit programming commands responsive to entry of a reason for monitoring to the implantable device including a prioritization of an arrhythmia storage criterion. The implantable may be configured to thereafter store and/or transmit records of the arrhythmia according to the prioritization. The programmer may be configured to transmit the patient's age to the implantable device and the implantable may be configured to thereafter apply arrhythmia detection criteria based upon the patient's age. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088217 | IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC STIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD THAT STABILIZES VENTRICULAR RATE DURING EPISODES OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - An implantable cardiac stimulation device provides electrical stimulation therapy to stabilize the ventricular rate of a heart during episodes of atrial fibrillation. The stimulation therapy may be a plurality of sub-threshold stimulation pulses delivered to capture AV node vagal innervations following the detection of atrial fibrillation. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088218 | METHOD TO STABILIZE VENTRICULAR RATE DURING EPISODES OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION - A method to provide electrical stimulation therapy to stabilize ventricular rate of a heart during episodes of atrial fibrillation. The stimulation therapy may be a plurality of stimulation pulses delivered to the AV node during the AV node refractory period following the sensing of an atrial event. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088219 | Apparatus for Artificial Cardiac Stimulation and Method of Using Same - A system for artificial stimulation of the heart of a subject is provided, the system comprising a controller comprising a receiver for receiving signal data, a processor for processing received signal data, and a transmitter for transmitting signal data; a sensing stent for location in the proximal coronary sinus of the subject, the sensing stent electrode comprising a sensing electrode assembly for sensing atrial and/or ventricular signals from the heart of the subject and a transmitting assembly for transmitting signal data to the receiver of the controller; and a stimulation stent for location in a vein of the subject distal of the sensing stent, the stimulation stent comprising a receiver for receiving signal data from the transmitter of the controller and an electrode assembly for providing a stimulating electrical signal to the heart of the subject in response to the data received. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088220 | System and Method for Synchronizing Energy Delivery to the Cardiac Rhythm - A system for synchronizing application of treatment signals with a cardiac rhythm is provided. The system includes a memory that receives and stores a synchronization signal indicating that a predetermined phase such as R-wave of a cardiac rhythm of a patient has started. A synchronization module analyzes whether the stored synchronization signal is erroneous and if so, prevents a medical treatment device from applying a treatment energy signal such as an IRE pulse to a patient to take into account an irregular heart beat and noise in the synchronization signal in order to maximize safety of the patient. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088221 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE EPICARDIAL PACEMAKER - A fully implantable cardiac pacemaker system is provided. The pacemaker system includes a pacemaker having an electrode sub-assembly containing an electrode and a base into which the electrode is embedded. It also includes an implantable package that has electronic components for providing electrical pulses to a patient's heart. The pacemaker also has a power supply and a flexible electrically conductive lead that connects the electronic components to the electrode. In addition to the pacemaker, the pacemaker system includes a removable insertion casing that is physically attached to the base portion of the electrode sub-assembly. Upon insertion of the pacemaker into a patient's heart, the pacemaker is detached from the removable insertion casing and deployed fully in the patient's chest. The pacemaker system has particular use in fetal applications. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088222 | INGESTIBLE, ELECTRICAL DEVICE FOR STIMULATING TISSUES IN A GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OF AN ORGANISM - In one aspect, an ingestible, electrical device, comprises one or more electrodes comprising a biocompatible conducting material and a biocompatible insulating material; a generator connected to the one or more electrodes; and an outer casing enclosing the one or more electrodes and the generator, the outer casing configured to dissolve in an aqueous environment of the organism; wherein the one or more electrodes have a first form factor when enclosed in the outer casing and a second form factor following a dissolution of the outer casing, the first form factor is a form factor that is collapsed an increased amount relative to an amount that the second form factor is collapsed, and the second form factor is a form factor that is collapsed a decreased amount relative to an amount that the first form factor is collapsed. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088223 | VOA GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A FIBER SPECIFIC ANALYSIS - A system and method for generating an estimated volume of activation (VOA) corresponding to settings applied to a stimulation leadwire includes a processor performing the following: determining, for each of a plurality of neural elements, one or more respective parameters characterizing an electrical distribution along the neural element, looking up the one or more parameters for each of the neural elements in a look-up table (LUT), obtaining threshold values for each of the neural elements recorded in the LUT in association with the looked-up parameters, comparing, for each of the neural elements, a value of the leadwire settings to each of the respective threshold value, estimating based on the comparisons which of the neural elements would be activated by the settings, and generating a structure corresponding to a region including the neural elements estimated to be activated. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088224 | WEARABLE TRANSDERMAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THEM - Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems), and methods for transdermal electrical stimulation (TES). Apparatuses described herein can be self-contained, lightweight, and wearable. The apparatus may include a primary unit (TES stimulator) and an electrode portion that includes a first transdermal electrode and a second transdermal electrode and mates with the TES stimulator. The first electrode and secondary electrode are placed at two locations on the skin of a user, for example on the head and/or neck of a user. Electrical stimulation driven between the two electrodes may induce a cognitive effect in a user of the device. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088225 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CUSTOMIZING COCHLEAR IMPLANT STIMULATION AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME - One aspect of the invention provides a method for customizing cochlear implant stimulation of a living subject. The cochlear implant includes an electrode array having a plurality of electrodes implanted in a cochlea of the living subject. The method includes determining a position for each of the plurality of electrodes and spiral ganglion nerves that the electrode array stimulates, determining a geometric relationship between neural pathways within the cochlea and the electrode array implanted therein, and using one or more electrodes of the electrode array to stimulate a group of SG neural pathways of the cochlea based on the location of the one or more electrodes and their geometric relationship with the neural pathways. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088226 | DEVICE IMPLANTABLE UNDER SKIN - A cochlear implant includes a sealed housing containing electronics for at least stimulation or collection of data and at least one antenna for communicating with an external device and a magnet configured to hold the external device in proximity to the sealed housing. The sealed housing includes an upper cover being closest to the skin when the device is implanted, and a lower cover that is hermetically connected to the upper cover. The lower cover includes an elevated region, a recessed region, and at least one feedthrough element formed in the recessed region of the lower cover. The recessed region provides space for a lead to connect to the feedthrough element and protects it from shock and other environmental risks. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088227 | TRIAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS - A trial stimulation system includes a disposable trial electrical stimulator that, in some examples, is sterilized for a single use in a stimulation trial of one patient. Additionally, systems for securing a disposable trial stimulator to the body of a patient are described, which may function to improve the durability of the system during the trial period and reduce the risk of damage or malfunction to the system due to lead/electrode dislocation and/or off-label uses like showering or bathing with the trial stimulator still secured to the body. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088228 | NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY ESTIMATING VOLUME OF ACTIVATION AND PROVIDING THERAPY - An external control device, neurostimulation system, and method of programming a neurostimulator. A volume of tissue activation for each of a first one or more candidate stimulation parameter sets is simulated without conveying electrical stimulation energy into the tissue. One of the first candidate stimulation parameter set(s) is selected based on each simulated volume of tissue activation. Electrical stimulation energy is conveyed into the tissue in accordance with a second one or more candidate stimulation parameter sets, wherein the initial one of the second candidate stimulation parameter set(s) is the selected one of the first candidate stimulation parameter set(s). One of the second candidate stimulation parameter set(s) is selected based on a therapeutic efficacy of the electrical stimulation energy conveyed into the tissue. The neurostimulator is programmed with the selected one of the second candidate stimulation parameter set(s). | 2015-03-26 |
20150088229 | Method and System to Remotely Control a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Device - A system to remotely control a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device is disclosed. The system includes a TENS control unit where a transceiver of the TENS control unit is configured to receive wireless Bluetooth signals transmitted from a smartphone, and to transmit wireless Bluetooth response signals to the smartphone in response to biofeedback from a user's body. The system also includes a controller configured to transmit electrical stimulus pulses during a treatment session in response to receiving the wireless Bluetooth signals, where the controller is configured to modulate pulse width, frequency, intensity, or any combination thereof, of the electrical stimulus pulses. A graphical user interface is accessible using the smartphone and configured for a user to select desired control commands to transmit to the TENS control unit using the wireless Bluetooth signals, where the control commands determine the electrical stimulus impulses that are applied to the user's body. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088230 | Method and System for Determining Settings for Deep Brain Stimulation - A method and system are provided for determining a relation between stimulation settings for a brain stimulation probe and a corresponding V-field. The brain stimulation probe comprises multiple stimulation electrodes. The V-field is an electrical field in brain tissue surrounding the stimulation electrodes. The method comprises sequentially applying a test current to n stimulation electrodes, n being a number between 2 and the number of stimulation electrodes of the brain stimulation probe, for each test current at one of the n stimulation electrodes, measuring a resulting excitation voltage at m stimulation electrodes, m being a number between 2 and the number of stimulation electrodes of the brain stimulation probe, from the stimulation settings and the measured excitation voltages, deriving a coupling matrix, an element in the coupling matrix reflecting an amount of electrical impedance between two of the stimulation electrodes, and using the coupling matrix for determining the relation between the stimulation settings and the corresponding V-field. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088231 | OCULAR TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING RED AND GOLD PHOTOTHERAPY - Systems and methods of ophthalmologic or ocular phototherapy treatment are provided herein. In some embodiments, the systems and methods of ophthalmic or ocular phototherapy treatment comprise applying a treatment light beam in a predetermined wavelength or wavelength range corresponding to gold (yellow to orange), red, or at least part of both the gold and red visible light wavelength ranges to at least a portion of an eye. The treatment light beam may be applied to an entire eye. In some embodiments, the selected treatment area is irradiated with light in the selected gold and/or red wavelength range at a predetermined dose for a selected time period as a primary treatment in order to treat various eye conditions and reduce eye pain or discomfort, or help to promote eye wound healing following injury or surgery, or as a secondary treatment to augment eye treatment using light in different phototherapy treatment ranges. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088232 | IRRADIATION DEVICE WITH ERGONOMIC ADAPTATION OPTIONS - An irradiation device for irradiating of body parts of a patient is provided, with a carrier system which provides a basic framework of the irradiation device with at least one light head with a light source for the irradiation, and a control element for operating the irradiation device. The irradiation device moreover includes a separate control module that is connected with the carrier system with at least one control for controlling the at least one light head. Innovative assembly and connection arrangements aid rapid and secure positioning. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088233 | Cost-effective systems and methods for enhanced normothermia - Structures and protocols are presented for supporting a medical or veterinary patient with therapeutically significant normothermia and other practical advantages. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088234 | DEVICE FOR THE PLASMA TREATMENT OF HUMAN, ANIMAL OR PLANT SURFACES, IN PARTICULAR OF SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE AREAS - The invention relates to a device for the treatment of free-form areas and zones of human or animal skin areas or plant surfaces by means of cold atmospheric-pressure plasma. The core of the device is a specific, preferably gas-permeable, electrode arrangement for generating a dielectrically impeded surface discharge where the earthed electrode is composed of electrically conductive textile material and the high-voltage electrode consists of a thin wire or electrically conductive thread which is sheathed with an insulting layer which has to meet specific requirements. On the basis of the present invention, it is possible to generate, in the area of diseased skin parts of the human body, in direct proximity to the skin surface or to wounds, a flat plasma for the treatment of the diseased areas which is acceptable in respect of the stress on the skin caused by temperature and electric potentials. The advantage of the gas-permeable textile sheet-like structure consists especially in that the arrangement can be placed flexibly onto variously curved surfaces and, in addition, offers the possibility of a gas exchange with the environment and/or the targeted dosing of a specific process gas mixture across the textile material into the active plasma zone. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088235 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WARMING AND STERILIZING SKIN FOR VEIN ACCESS - A device and method are disclosed for improving vein access. An exemplary device includes a porous substrate saturated with a disinfectant. The device may maintain a temperature sufficient to cause vasodilation for an extended period of time after removal from a heat source. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088236 | MOIST HEAT THERAPY COMPRESS - A moist heat therapy compress for therapeutic treatment of a treated body part. The moist heat therapy compress includes a fluid-permeable shell, a flexible backing fastened to the shell to define an enclosure, and hydrophilic zeolite fill granules loosely contained within the enclosure. The moist heat therapy compress is exposed to a source of moisture to cause absorption of water into the hydrophilic zeolite, and the moisture is delivered from the hydrophilic zeolite through the fluid permeable shell to the treated body portion. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088237 | LEAD EXTENSIONS FOR USE WITH ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE LEAD EXTENSIONS - An implantable lead extension includes an intermediate body element; a plurality of proximal tails attached to a proximal end portion of the intermediate body element; a plurality of terminals disposed along each of the plurality of proximal tails; and a connector assembly attached to a distal end portion of the intermediate body element. The connector assembly includes a plurality of connectors; each configured and arranged for electrically coupling with a different stimulation lead. Each connector has a connector housing defining a port for receiving a proximal end portion of a stimulation lead, and a plurality of connector contacts disposed in the connector housing. The connector contacts can couple to terminals of the stimulation lead when the proximal end portion of the stimulation lead is received by the port. Conductors extend along the longitudinal length of the intermediate body element and electrically couple the connector contacts to the terminals. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088238 | METHOD FOR COATING DEVICES USING ELECTROSPINNING - A medical electrical lead may include an insulative lead body, a conductor disposed within the insulative lead body, an electrode disposed on the insulative lead body and in electrical contact with the conductor and a fibrous matrix disposed at least partially over the electrode. The fibrous matrix may be formed from polytetrafluoroethylene. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088239 | METHODS FOR TREATING ABNORMAL GROWTHS IN THE BODY USING A FLOW REDUCING IMPLANT - A flow reducing implant for reducing blood flow in a blood vessel having a cross sectional dimension, the flow reducing implant comprising a hollow element adapted for placement in the blood vessel defining a flow passage therethrough, said flow passage comprising at least two sections, one with a larger diameter and one with a smaller diameter, wherein said smaller diameter is smaller than a cross section of the blood vessel. A plurality of tabs anchor, generally parallel to the blood vessel wall, are provided in some embodiments of the invention. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088240 | CLIP SHEATH FOR A POLYMER SCAFFOLD - A sheath is placed over a crimped scaffold to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath has an opening spanning the length of the sheath. The opening spans an arc length of about 90 degrees with respect to the circumference of the scaffold or balloon. The sheath may be removed from the scaffold by pinching the sheath between a thumb and forefinger, or bending or peeling back the sheath from the edges of the opening using fingertips. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088241 | SHEATHS USED WITH POLYMER SCAFFOLDS - A medical device includes a polymer scaffold crimped to a catheter having an expansion balloon. A sheath pair is placed over the crimped scaffold after crimping to reduce recoil of the crimped polymer scaffold and maintain scaffold-balloon engagement relied on to hold the scaffold to the balloon when the scaffold is being delivered to a target in a body. The sheath pair is removed by a health professional before placing the scaffold within the body. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088242 | Transluminal Delivery System - A transluminal delivery system and a method of assembling. The system includes a cylindrical, inner-catheter component and a retractable sheath surrounding the component and defining a space between the component and the sheath to receive a self-expanding luminal prosthesis between the component and the sheath. The inner-catheter component may include at least one sleeve having fibers, at least one connected sleeve portion connected to the inner catheter, and at least one unconnected sleeve portion slidably engaging the inner catheter such that when the sheath retracts, the unconnected portion expands and sleeve fibers engage the prosthesis's luminal surface, wherein the engagement opposes proximal stent movement. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088243 | STENTED VASCULAR GRAFT - A vascular graft incorporating a stent into a portion of its length. While various materials may be used for the vascular graft, the graft is preferably an ePTFE graft. The stent is preferably a self-expanding stent, although it may alternatively be a balloon expandable stent. The vascular graft preferably has a continuous inner tubular liner that extends between the opposing ends of the graft and provides a continuous luminal surface for blood contact that is uninterrupted by seams or joints. The length portion of the graft that does not include the stent has a greater wall thickness than does the portion including the stent. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088244 | TANDEM MODULAR ENDOGRAFT - A tandem modular endograft includes a main elongate tubular graft body having at least one circumferential inflatable channel disposed towards a proximal portion of the graft body wall and a plurality of circumferential inflatable channels disposed towards a distal portion of the graft body wall. A proximal expansion anchor is disposed at or secured to a proximal neck portion of the graft body wall. First and second elongate tubular stent-graft extensions may be percutaneously disposed into a distal end of the tubular graft body. In combination, proximal portions of the first and second stent-graft extensions are conformable to a shape of the open lumen of the main graft body. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088245 | Medical Device Delivery Systems and Methods - A delivery system for deploying a medical device includes a first attachment member configured to selectively couple to and radially constrain a first end portion of the medical device. The delivery system also includes a second attachment member configured to selectively couple to and radially constrain a second end portion of the medical device. The first attachment member is configured to move relative to the second attachment member such that the first attachment member applies a first tensile force to the first end portion of a medical device in a first direction and the second attachment member applies a second tensile force to the second end portion of a medical device in a second direction substantially opposite from the first direction. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088246 | DEVICE FOR EXCISION OF HEART VALVE | 2015-03-26 |
20150088247 | TISSUE-ENGINEERED HEART VALVE FOR TRANSCATHETER REPAIR - A single-layer tissue sheet having a puncture strength of 2 kgf to 6 kgf. A valve, such as a heart valve, made of one or more leaflets formed from a single-layer tissue sheet. A method of making a tissue sheet having a puncture strength of 2 kgf to 5 kgf. The ultra-strong tissue sheets described herein have very long culture times, such as in excess of 20 weeks. Valves that comprise one or more leaflets made from the ultra-strong tissue sheets described herein may be delivered via trans-cathete aortic valve implantation. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088248 | HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS - Heart valve prosthesis, comprising a ring-shaped supporting structure ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150088249 | Heart Valve Delivery Catheter With Safety Button - Valve delivery catheter assemblies including components that limit trauma to the expanded prosthetic valve and body channels as the distal tip of the catheter is withdrawn through the expanded valve and thereafter from the body. Catheter assemblies according to the present invention can include a handle assembly, an introducer sheath, and a distal tip assembly. The handle assembly can include a fixed main handle and two or more rotating handles that allow a user to control the distal tip assembly of the catheter. A safety button can be included on the handle assembly to allow for precise and consistent positioning of the prosthetic valve in the body. A valve retaining mechanism can be included to assist in retaining the prosthetic valve prior to deployment. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088250 | HEART VALVES WITH INCREASED EFFECTIVE ORIFICE AREA - A prosthetic heart valve for implant in a human. The valve includes a wireform with undulating inflow cusps and outflow commissure posts to which flexible leaflets attach and coapt in a flow area. Each leaflet may drape over the top of the wireform in the cusp area, but have tabs that each extend underneath the wireform at the commissure posts to be secured along with a tab of an adjacent leaflet. The prosthetic heart valve may also be a dual-wire wireform, with the leaflets sandwiched therebetween. One wireform may be larger than the other, with the leaflets extending over the smaller wireform. The smaller wireform may have commissures that bend radially outward from the larger wireform to provide structure to which the leaflet tabs attach. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088251 | CARDIAC VALVE PROSTHESIS - Provided herein is a prosthetic device in patients with ventricular assist device (VAD) support and a closed off aortic valve orifice, which reestablishes the formation of normal fluid flow patterns in the aortic root. The prosthesis includes a circular body having a first surface and a second surface and a projection disposed on the first surface of the body, wherein the projection includes a plurality of walls extending away from the first surface of the body, each wall being positioned such that a first side edge contacts a center of the body, thereby forming a plurality of intercepted arcs, each located between adjacent walls; and a plurality of concave parabolic surfaces, each disposed within an intercepted arc. Also provided are methods of using the prosthetic device to reduce thrombosis formation in patients with VAD support. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088252 | CARDIAC VALVE, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cardiac valve with a support frame having a first end member and a second end member opposing the first end member in a substantially fixed distance relationship, and a cover extending over the support frame to allow for unidirectional flow of a liquid through the valve. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088253 | Systems and Methods for Power Management of Implantable Ophthalmic Devices - Systems and methods of the disclosure relate to managing power consumption of an implantable device, such as an implantable ophthalmic device, that includes one or more rechargeable batteries and a processor operably coupled to the rechargeable batteries. The processor can be configured to implement a quick-charge process that includes charging each rechargeable battery for a first time interval using a first constant current, for a second time interval using a second constant current less than the first constant current, and for a third time interval using a constant voltage. This quick charge process is faster than conventional charging. The processor also manages discharge of two batteries in an alternating fashion so as to increase time between charging cycles, reduce the total number of charging cycles, and extend battery life. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088254 | ANTERIOR CAPSULE DEFLECTOR RIDGE - An accommodating intraocular lens designed to provide a space in front of the lens optic, to allow it to move forward with accommodation, by stretching its connections to opposing plate haptics, to provide the patient with seamless vision from distance to near. The lens is designed to separate and prevent fibrosis of the anterior capsular rim with the posterior capsule where it surrounds the optic. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088255 | IMPLANTATION ASSEMBLY FOR A PROSTHETIC LIGAMENT - An implantation assembly ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150088256 | Intrabody Osteotomy Implant and Methods of Use - An intrabody implant disclosed and methods of use are disclosed. The implant has an inclined surface, forming a wedge shape having an acute angle adapted to be placed between at least 2 separated portions of a single bony structure (such as a vertebral body). In some embodiments, the implant may be used to support portions of a vertebral body that have been separated surgically as part of a pedicle subtraction osteotomy and to orient the portions at a more predictable lordotic angle. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088257 | Spinal Cord Devices and Methods for Promoting Axonal Regeneration - A spinal cord device comprises a body formed of a biocompatible, biodegradable matrix. The body includes proximal, cranial and distal, caudal surfaces for connection to two ends of an injured spinal cord after removal of an injured section and has through channels with openings in the cranial and caudal surfaces for connection of descending motor pathways and ascending sensory pathways. The device has a transversal diameter (D | 2015-03-26 |
20150088258 | Methods and Apparatuses for Vertebral Body Distraction and Fusion Employing a Coaxial Screw Gear Sleeve Mechanism - Improved methods and apparatuses for vertebral body distraction and fusion in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention employ one or more coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanisms. In various embodiments, coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanisms include a post with a threaded exterior surface and a corresponding sleeve configured to surround the post, the corresponding sleeve having a threaded interior surface configured to interface with the threaded exterior surface of the post and a geared exterior surface. A drive mechanism can be configured to interface with the geared exterior surface of the sleeve, causing the device to distract. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088259 | SPINAL IMPLANT - Intervertebral disc prostheses and methods of use. An intervertebral disc prosthesis for installation in a spinal column may include a first intervertebral plate, a second intervertebral plate, and a removable insert core. The first intervertebral plate may engage one or both of the inferior vertebral endplate and the inferior ring apophysis of a superior vertebral body. The second intervertebral plate may engage one or both of the superior vertebral endplate and the superior ring apophysis of an inferior vertebral body. The removable insert core is located between and engages the intervertebral plates. A projection projects from one of the intervertebral plates toward the other intervertebral plate. The removable insert core at least partially surrounds the projection when installed. The removable insert core is removable from between the intervertebral plates and from around the projection while the intervertebral plates and projection remain installed. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088260 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN SPINAL INTERBODY FUSION - An expandable interbody fusion device includes superior and inferior endplates that are configured to receive a sequentially inserted stack of expansion members or wafers in interlocking engagement. The expansion members are formed to each have a generally U-shaped rearward facing opening. The superior and inferior endplates have openings through their outer surfaces in at least partial alignment and communication with the rearward facing openings of the expansion members. The inferior endplate has a fully bounded cavity for telescoping receipt of the superior endplate. The inferior endplate also has a fully bounded channel extending through the rear endwall thereof in direct communication with the rearward facing opening of at least one expansion member for the receipt of bone graft material into the device to promote fusion between opposing vertebral bodies of the spine. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088261 | REVERSE SHOULDER ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANT HAVING AN ELLIPTICAL GLENOSPHERE COMPONENT - A reverse shoulder orthopaedic implant includes a glenosphere component having a lateral bearing surface configured to articulate with a humeral cup of a humeral prosthesis. A metaglene component includes a platform configured to receive glenosphere component. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088262 | METHOD OF IMPLANTING A REVERSE SHOULDER ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANT HAVING AN ELLIPTICAL GLENOSPHERE COMPONENT - A reverse shoulder orthopaedic implant includes a glenosphere component having a lateral bearing surface configured to articulate with a humeral cup of a humeral prosthesis. A metaglene component includes a platform configured to receive glenosphere component. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088263 | ELBOW PROSTHESIS - An elbow prosthesis can include a humeral component having a yoke, an ulnar component having a head, a humeral bearing positionable in a base of the humeral component, an ulnar bearing assembly configured to engage with the head, and a pin extendable through the bearing assembly and the head. The pin can be extendable into first and second ears of the yoke to enable pivotable movement of the ulnar component relative to the humeral component. The elbow prosthesis can include a first fastener insertable through the first ear of the yoke and configured to engage with the pin, and a second fastener insertable through the second ear of the yoke and configured to engage with the pin. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088264 | Implant for Restoring Normal Range Flexion and Kinematics of the Knee - Embodiments of the invention provide knee prostheses which more faithfully and closely replicate the function, anatomy and physiology of the normal human knee yielding a number of advantages. Among other things, such prostheses can provide an increased range of motion and function more normally particularly in extension, deep flexion and during normal gait. Knee prostheses according to various aspects of the invention recognize that during movement of the knee, particularly during flexion, the kinematics of the bones of the knee are a result of achieving equilibrium of the forces that cause motion of the knee. In addition, the shape of the articular surfaces acting in combination with forces imposed by various muscles, ligaments and tendons, determines the direction of the large contact forces. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088265 | CRUCIATE-RETAINING KNEE PROSTHESIS - Certain embodiments generally provide an improved tibial base member comprising keel portions that allow one or both cruciate ligaments to be preserved. Other embodiments provide improved lateral and/or medial inserts having a mesial lip that helps relieve and/or prevent impingement between the femoral component and the tibial eminence. Other embodiments provide improved femoral components having various chamfers to provide additional clearance with respect to the tibial eminence and posterior cruciate ligament without decreasing bone coverage. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088266 | BALL AND SOCKET IMPLANTS FOR CORRECTION OF HAMMER TOES AND CLAW TOES - A toe bone implant for correction of toe bone deformities is provided. The toe bone implant includes a first portion having a socket portion. The toe bone implant also includes a second portion having a ball portion operatively connected to the socket portion. The toe bone implant is implanted in a joint such that the ball portion is configured to rotate a predetermined amount respective to the socket portion. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088267 | BONE AUGMENT INTERLOCKING WITH BONE PLATE - A bone augment for filling a void in a bone and providing secure fixation of an implant to the bone includes a sidewall structure having a top surface, a first end and a second end. The sidewall structure rises from a base of the bone augment. The first end of the bone augment is disposed opposite to the second end of the bone augment. An insertion aperture is disposed within the bone augment and extends from the first end of the bone augment to the second end of the bone augment. The bone augment receives a bone plate within the insertion aperture and the bone plate fixes the bone augment within the void. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088268 | Systems and Methods for Joint Stabilization - Photodynamic devices for stabilizing a joint are provided. In some embodiments, a photodynamic joint spacer is provided that includes an expandable member configured for attachment to a bone having an excised region; a formable bar configured for attachment to the bone along at least a portion of the expandable member; and a light-sensitive liquid passed into the expandable member to expand the expandable member, wherein the expandable member is shaped by the formable bar to a shape resembling the excised region of the bone, and wherein the light-sensitive liquid is curable upon exposure to light energy to set the expandable member in the shape resembling the excised region to form a photodynamic joint spacer. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088269 | WEARABLE ROBOTS AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - A wearable robot may comprise: a robot unit including machinery configured to assist a wearer's muscular strength; at least one first sensor provided on the wearer's knees and configured to detect the wearer's motion of pressing the wearer's knees; and/or a controller configured to judge whether or not the wearer intends to stand up based on information detected using the at least one first sensor, and configured to transmit a control signal to assist corresponding muscular strength to the robot unit upon judging that the wearer intends to stand up. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088270 | PROSTHETIC FOOT - A stable shock absorbing prosthetic foot that transfers energy between heel strike and toe-off. A toe plate is separated from one or more other plates by a bumper assembly located at each of the toe end and heel end of the foot. Certain embodiments of the shock absorbing foot of the present invention are designed for use with a prosthetic ankle. A torsion adapter may also be used to attach a prosthetic foot of the present invention to the remainder of a prosthesis. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088271 | METHOD OF AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF TASKS - A method of processing tasks having at least one action server and at least one production server (SP) in which the action servers execute the control of the tasks in real time and in a direct and priority manner. This control is master and integrates all the changes of states that may have occurred on the internal elements of the system and on the external elements. The missing elements corresponding to these changes of state are classed into four categories: internal or external, deterministic or nondeterministic. For each of these categories a method of resolution is formulated at the level of the production server (SP). The system includes at least two data transmission buses: a ‘process’ bus (BP) linking the action servers and action terminals and desks (R | 2015-03-26 |
20150088272 | Energy Management Based on Occupancy and Occupant Activity Level - In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are disclosed for automating control of energy consuming devices. In an exemplary embodiment, a method generally includes analyzing wireless signal patterns inside a structure to detect motion, determining occupancy of the structure and occupant activity level based on the detected motion, and controlling operation of an energy consuming device based on the determined occupancy and occupant activity level. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088273 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT - Included are embodiments for wireless control and management. Some embodiments include receiving a first signal regarding a device condition of a service device in an environment, determining a condition type of the device condition, and sending a first request for to correct the device condition, based on the condition type. Some embodiments also include receiving a second signal indicating whether the device condition was corrected. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088274 | METHOD FOR CONDITIONING A TOOL FOR CONFIGURING A FREELY PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL DEVICE - A method is disclosed for conditioning a tool for configuring a freely programmable control device for integrating intelligent field devices in a control or automation system having a flexibly expandable hardware structure, in which device-related information is visualized as objects of a branched tree structure. To improve user-friendliness, recording use of these objects by the user over the service life of the control or automation system allows for determining usage frequency. Objects with a high usage frequency which are subordinate to a hierarchically superordinate object are allocated to an object list assigned to the respective superordinate object. When using the hierarchically superordinate object, the object list containing the objects with a high usage frequency which are hierarchically subordinate to this superordinate object is displayed in the tool and offered to the user for selection. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088275 | TOOL FOR CONFIGURING A FREELY PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL DEVICE - A method is disclosed for conditioning a tool for configuring a freely programmable control device for integrating intelligent field devices in a control or automation system having a flexibly expandable hardware structure, in which device-related information is visualized as objects of a branched tree structure. To improve user-friendliness, recording use of these objects by the user over the service life of the control or automation system allows for determining usage frequency. Objects with a high usage frequency which are subordinate to a hierarchically superordinate object are allocated to an object list assigned to the respective superordinate object. When using the hierarchically superordinate object, the object list containing the objects with a high usage frequency which are hierarchically subordinate to this superordinate object is displayed in the tool and offered to the user for selection. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088276 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A WORKING MACHINE - A device for controlling a working machine has at least two control levers which are each operatively connected to at least one control device via an actuation unit. The actuation unit comprises a switching device with which the assignment between control levers and control devices is interchangeable. The switching device comprises at least four levers, of which every two levers are assigned to a control lever. Each of the four levers has a stop point for an actuation element. Each actuation element engages on the stop point with the respective assigned lever via couplings that can be detached without tools. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088277 | PROCESS VARIABLE TRANSMITTER WITH DUAL COMPARTMENT HOUSING - A process variable transmitter for use in an industrial control or monitoring process is provided and includes a housing with a cavity formed therein. The housing includes an integrated terminal block which defines first and second compartments in the cavity. The transmitter further includes a process variable sensor configured to sense a process variable of the industrial process. Measurement circuitry is carried in the first compartment and configured to receive a process variable signal from the process variable sensor and provide an output. An electrical connection is carried on the integrated terminal block in the second compartment and is electrically coupled to the output of the measurement circuitry. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088278 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device including a physical button, a processing unit and a sensing unit is provided. The processing unit is coupled to the physical button and the sensing unit is coupled to the processing unit. When the electronic device enters a hibernation mode or in a shutdown state, the sensing unit continuously detects a wake-up signal. When receiving the wake-up signal, the sensing unit wakes up the processing unit. The sensing unit further receives an instruction signal externally, generates an instruction information according to the instruction signal, and sends the instruction information to the processing unit. When receiving the instruction information, the processing unit adjusts a corresponding function of the physical button according to the instruction information. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088279 | NORMALIZED PROCESS DYNAMICS - A sensing system includes a filter construction module that constructs a high pass filter for filtering sensor values indicative of a process variable, the filter construction module setting values for parameters of the filter based on a temperature value indicative of a temperature of the sensor that produced the sensor values. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BALANCING AN INPUT DEVICE - A system for balancing an input device, the system comprising: a spherical device having an outer spherical wall and an inner spherical wall the system further comprising: an internal circuitry module housing internal circuits and positioned in the center of the spherical device and balanced in the center in order hold the spherical device still on a flat surface; a cavity formed between the outer spherical wall and the inner spherical wall; a rheological fluid disposed in the cavity wherein the volume of the rheological fluid is below 50% of the volume of the cavity and such that the weight of the rheological fluid is above the weight of the spherical device without the rheological fluid; wherein al least one of the outer spherical wall and the inner spherical wall comprises a rheological fluid activation means configured to change the state of the rheological fluid; and a rheological fluid activation controller configured to control the rheological fluid activation means in response to occurrence of a predefined condition so that the spherical device may switch between a free rolling state and a fixed state. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088281 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO OVERLAY BEHAVIORS ON FOUNDATION FIELDBUS ALERTS - An industrial control system is provided that includes a field device configured to provide an alert, wherein the field device is configured to receive only a first plurality of behaviors for the alert and a controller of an industrial control system. The controller is configured to receive the alert and to customize a second plurality of behaviors. The controller is further configured to overlay the second plurality of behaviors on the alert, and the controller is configured to process one or more of the second plurality of behaviors differently than the first plurality of behaviors. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088282 | TOUCH-LESS SWIPE CONTROL - A touch-less swipe control system for use with a network to control a device of the network. The touch-less swipe control system may include a control mat to detect a touch-less gesture, and a processor coupled to the control mat to receive data indicative of the touch-less gesture, wherein the processor may be configured to recognize if the received data is associated with a control of the device. The touch-less swipe control system may include a communication transceiver to communicate the control to the device in response to having recognized that the received data is associated with a control of the device. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088283 | TOUCH-LESS SWIPE CONTROL - Methods and systems for a touch-less swipe control may comprise a control mat configured to detect a touch-less gesture, a processor coupled to said control mat, wherein the processor is configured to receive data indicative of said touch-less gesture, and wherein the processor is further configured to recognize if the received data is associated with i) a control and ii) which one of a plurality of devices is to be controlled in said network, and a communication transceiver configured to communicate said control to said one of a plurality of devices in response to the processor having recognized that the received data is associated with i) a control and ii) which one of a plurality of devices is to be controlled in said network. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088284 | Miniature Surface EMG/EKG - This invention relates to biofeedback device, and more particularly to device for detecting, interpreting and recording the electrical field generated by the contraction of muscles and using the electrical field data to control an external device. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088285 | CONFIGURABLE WELDING INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATED WELDING APPLICATIONS - A welding power source including an embedded web server provides access to an operator at a remote web browser. From the remote web browser, the user is provided access to weld functions, and can selectively choose between weld functions that can be displayed and controlled from the remote web browser. The weld functions that can be accessed include control functions, which allow an operator to activate welding functions such as a jog or purge function; a command function, which allows an operator to provide a command level for a voltage, wire feed speed, or other parameter; and a display function, which provides access for an operator to display welding command and actual feedback values. The operator can also selectively view diagnostic data, including weld state data, error data, and operational voltage and current levels within the power source, such as motor voltage and input voltage levels. After an operator selects parameters to be displayed or controlled from the browser, the selected functions can be stored and recalled as a web page. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088286 | Method and Apparatus for Automatically Creating an Executable Safety Function for a Device - A method for automatically creating an executable safety function for a device, includes the steps of collecting digital parameters which specify a particular safety function, determining a first check value on the basis of the digital parameters, automatically assigning a number of digital function modules from a plurality of predefined digital function modules to the collected digital parameters in order to obtain a safety function source code of the particular safety function, compiling the safety function source code in order to obtain the executable safety function, determining a second check value on the basis of the executable safety function, and outputting the executable safety function if the first check value and the second check value meet a verification criteria. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088287 | DEVICE-OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEVICE-OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A device-operation management apparatus of the present invention is an agent server for receiving a device operation instruction from a portable terminal via a user's input operation and managing an operation of a house device, and causes an operation button to be displayed on the user's portable terminal so that the user can perform a touch operation, which operation button is for transmitting, to the device, the operation instruction for operating the device in accordance with an operation proposal included in a message which indicates the operation proposal to the home device. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088288 | LOCATION-AWARE OPERATION BASED ON BLUETOOTH POSITIONING WITHIN A STRUCTURE - In one embodiment, location aware operation is provided using Bluetooth positioning. A Bluetooth-enabled handheld device is operated within a structure. Received Bluetooth signal strengths are measured for a plurality of Bluetooth-enabled transmitter/receiver units dispersed within the structure, where respective ones of the plurality of Bluetooth-enabled transmitter/receiver units are located on separate floors, in separate rooms, or in different portions of a same room. Based on the received Bluetooth signal strengths, a single Bluetooth-enabled transmitter/receiver unit is selected. A location of the selected Bluetooth-enabled transmitter/receiver unit is assigned to the Bluetooth-enabled handheld device. A first electronic device is controlled based on the assigned location. In response to movement by a user of the Bluetooth-enabled handheld device within the structure, a location of a different Bluetooth-enabled transmitter/receiver unit is reassigned to the Bluetooth-enabled handheld device. A second electronic device is controlled based on the reassigned location. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088289 | Tournament Gaming System With Shared Elements - A tournament gaming system offers a wagering game tournament to players and includes displaying game-play series on a first display device and a second display device. A plurality of players, including a first player and a second player, participate in the game-play series. In accordance with respective randomly selected outcomes achieved in the plurality of game-play series, the players are assigned a tournament rank. A tournament element is shared between the first player and the second player in response to a tournament incentive. The tournament element has an effect on the tournament rank. A tournament award is awarded based on the tournament rank. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088290 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PHYSICAL PAYMENT CARDS - A computer-based method for generating a physical payment card for a consumer is provided. The method is implemented using a computer device including a processor. The method includes identifying a consumer account. The method also includes creating, by the processor, a model data file associated with the physical payment card for the consumer account. The model data file includes data representing the physical payment card. The method further includes transmitting the model data file to a 3-dimensional printer device. The model data file is configured to enable the printer device to print the physical payment card. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088291 | Single Action Three-Dimensional Model Printing Methods - Methods and techniques of using 3D printers to create physical models from image data are discussed. Geometric representations of different physical models are described and complex data conversion processes that convert input image data into geometric representations compatible with third party 3D printers are disclosed. Printing templates are used to encapsulate complex geometric representations and complicated data conversion processes from users for fast and simple 3D physical model printing applications. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088292 | METHOD OF PROVIDING DATA FOR MINIMIZING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIMENSIONS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE FORMED BY LASER RADIATION AND DESIGN VALUES OF SCAN PATH OF SUCH THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE AND COMPUTER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING SUCH DATA - Acquiring expected precision even in a case that partial shrinkage occurs. The present invention is a technique for providing data for minimizing a difference between dimensions of a three-dimensional structure formed by laser radiation and design values of a scan path of the three-dimensional structure, in which the technique includes: modeling a manufacturing process of the three-dimensional structure and formulating a shrinkage of material used in the manufacturing process; and performing an optimization calculation for minimizing the difference between the dimensions of the three-dimensional structure after the shrinkage of the material and the design values by using the formulated shrinkage model to compute the scan length x minimizing the difference, and in which the formulation includes formulating a shrinkage function in the case where the material shrinks according to the scan length x | 2015-03-26 |
20150088293 | Pre-Operative Planning And Manufacturing Method For Orthopedic Procedure - A pre-operative planning and manufacturing method for orthopedic surgery includes obtaining pre-operative medical image data representing a joint portion of a patient. The method also includes constructing a three-dimensional digital model of the joint portion and manufacturing a patient-specific alignment guide for the joint portion from the three-dimensional digital model of the joint portion when the image data is sufficient to construct the three-dimensional digital model of the joint portion. The patient-specific alignment guide has a three-dimensional patient-specific surface pre-operatively configured to nest and closely conform to a corresponding surface of the joint portion of the patient in only one position relative to the joint portion. The method further includes determining, from the image data, a size of a non-custom implant to be implanted in the patient and assembling a surgical kit including the non-custom implant when there is insufficient image data to construct the patient-specific alignment guide therefrom. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088294 | ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an environmental monitoring system and method for a liquid crystal manufacturing apparatus. The monitoring system comprises an environmental information acquiring equipment, a server, and the liquid crystal manufacturing apparatus. The environmental information acquiring equipment moves along a predetermined track inside the liquid crystal manufacturing apparatus. The environmental information acquiring equipment acquires inner environmental information of the liquid crystal manufacturing apparatus during its movement and transmits the environmental information to the server. The server generates a monitoring report and provides it to detecting personnel. The present invention can solve the problems of high cost, low efficiency, and unable to accurately measure inner environmental information of the liquid crystal manufacturing apparatus in conventional skills. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088295 | METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - A method for forming a three-dimensional article through successive fusion of parts of a powder bed, applying a first powder layer on a work table, directing a first energy beam from a first energy beam source over said work table causing said first powder layer to fuse in first selected locations according to a corresponding model to form a first cross section of said at least one three-dimensional article, where said first energy beam is fusing a first article with parallel scan lines in a first direction, fusing a second scan line in said first direction in said first layer in said first article within a predetermined time interval after fusing a first scan line in said first article, wherein at least one intermediate scan line is fused within said time interval at another predetermined position and where said first and second scan lines are adjacent to each other. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088296 | CORRUGATED PAPERBOARD CUTTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND CORRUGATED PAPERBOARD CUTTING CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed are a corrugated paperboard cutting control apparatus and a corrugated paperboard cutting control method. Under control of a cutter control device ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150088297 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SCLERAL LENSES - A system and method for designing scleral lenses includes a computer, a camera and a lathe connected by a network. The camera captures a set of sagittal images at each of a set of sagittal planes of an eye. A combined sagittal image is created from each set of sagittal images. A spline curve is defined for each combined sagittal image creating a set of spline curves. A set of back surface curves is created from the set of spline curves. A back lens surface is generated from the set of surface curves. A front lens surface is generated adjacent the back lens surface. A point cloud is generated from the back lens surface and the front lens surface. The point cloud is converted to a lens image. The lens is converted to a text file for use by the lathe to cut the scleral lens. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088298 | GEAR MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GEAR - A gear manufacturing device includes a control unit for synchronously rotating a work rotating about a work axis and a cutter rotating about a cutter axis, the work axis and the cutter axis being skew to each other, the control unit relatively moving the cutter and the work in an axial direction of the work with a predetermined cutting depth, and a correction control portion executing at least one of a position correction and a phase correction when an amplitude value of a vibration detected by a vibration sensor during a machining reaches equal to or greater than a set value, the position correction for correcting a relative positional relationship in a direction to correct the cutting depth, the phase correction for correcting a relative phase in a direction to correct an unbalance cutting that is otherwise to be applied on a pair of tooth surfaces formed on the work. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088299 | MACHINE TOOL CERTIFICATION FOR PART SPECIFIC WORKING VOLUME - A method for machining a selected part with a machine tool, comprises obtaining a master part replicating at least a portion of a geometry of a selected part. The master part is loaded in a machine tool. A signature of the machine tool is defined by measuring at least dimensional data of the master part relative to the machine tool, the dimensional data being limited to a selected-part-specific working volume substantially smaller than a complete working volume of the machine tool. The machine tool is certified as being within tolerances to machine the selected part within the working volume, using the dimensional data of the signature. The selected part is machined from a workpiece with the machine tool. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088300 | ROBOTIC SMART END EFFECTOR TOOLING - A robotic end effector system and method having a plurality of end effectors which are selectively suitable for particular applications on a workpiece. The end effectors include a resident controller adapted to execute tasks specific to the end effector and are rapidly attachable and removable from the robot for easy change over to different workpieces. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088301 | System and Method for Determining Feedrates of Machining Tools - A method determines a feedrate of a tool machining a workpiece according to a path. The method partitions the path into a set of segments, such that within each segment a function of engagement of the tool and the workpiece is substantially constant. Next, the method determines a feedrate for each segment in the set. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088302 | INTER-FACILITY TRANSPORT IN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND FULFILLMENT SYSTEMS - In an infrastructure that uses a mobile order fulfillment system, robotic drive units may be dispatched and instructed to bring inventory holders to a workstation where at least one of the inventory holders is packed and prepared for shipment. The robotic drive units are then instructed to move the prepared inventory holder to a transport vehicle such as a truck. Fiducial marks may be removably placed within the transport vehicle to aid navigation of the robotic drive units. At a destination facility, additional robotic drive units may be instructed to move the inventory holders from the truck and place the inventory holders at appropriate storage locations. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088303 | MEDICINAL AGENT FILLING DEVICE - There is provided a medicinal agent filling device with reduced size, which can automatically fill a medicinal agent into containers having different sizes. A medicinal agent filling device includes: a supply device for supplying a medicinal agent of interest to a container capable of being filled with the medicinal agent; a conveyance device for conveying the container; and a detecting unit for obtaining measurement data corresponding to an outer diameter of the container in a conveyance direction of the container by the conveyance device. Based on the measurement data, the conveyance device stops the container at a supply position where the medicinal agent can be supplied from the supply device to the container. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088304 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING METERED AMOUNTS OF INGREDIENT, ESPECIALLY FOR A TAILORED NUTRITION TO INFANTS - The present invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2015-03-26 |
20150088305 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH VENDING MACHINE - Invented method comprises data detection by watching communication between vending machine and its payment system in unified manner, without intervention in this communication, and automated downloading this data; transmitting downloaded data via wireless network by invented device's modem/external peripheral device's resource; analyzing this data by determining events and one-time events and generating states by unifying the meaning of communication between vending machine and its payment systems performed according to multitude of standard communication protocols; extracting from analyzed data of information about technical condition of vending machine/payment systems, about operating regime of vending machine, about sales made by vending machine and revenues in its payment systems; remote control on basis of analyzed data and optional discontinuation/restoration of vending machine operation by invented device at request by external peripheral device connected to vending machine. The data is tracked or monitored and the diagnosis at the vending machine is transferred. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088306 | INVENTORY MONITORING SYSTEM - An inventory monitoring system. The inventory monitoring system includes a cabinet. The cabinet is configured to store the item and is in electronic communication with a terminal. The cabinet dispenses an item in response to the sale and records the removal of the item. The inventory monitoring system also includes a terminal, wherein the terminal is configured to allow a user to enter a sale of an item. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088307 | INVENTORY DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - An inventory distribution system and method of providing a plurality of items to a plurality of kiosks is provided. The inventory distribution system may maintain and update a plurality of inventory records associated with the plurality of items provided by the plurality of kiosks, which can be used to determine and update quantities of the plurality of items at specific kiosks. To provide the plurality of items to the plurality of kiosks, the inventory distribution system can provide deliveries to a plurality of distribution agents, where the distribution agents are assigned to a subset of kiosks to maintain and distribute one or more select items to the subset of kiosks. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088308 | LINK ACTUATION DEVICE - A link actuation device includes a distal end side link hub connected with a proximal end side link hub through three or more sets of link mechanisms for alteration in orientation. By means of an actuator provided in the two or more set of the link mechanism, the distal end orientation, which is the orientation of the distal end side link hub relative to the proximal end link hub, is changed arbitrarily. The operating device includes an orientation designating unit for designating the distal end orientation aimed at by means of a coordinate position on the orthogonal coordinate system by an artificial manipulation, an orientation acquiring unit for acquiring the distal end orientation that is expressed by an angular coordinate system through calculation, and an orientation information applying unit for applying information on the distal end orientation so acquired to a control device for controlling the actuator. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088309 | Method for Operating a Multi-Limb Manipulator - A method for operating a multi-limb manipulator which includes electric actuators assigned to manipulator limbs, control units assigned to the actuators, including: the provision of desired movement values for the actuator to an actuator dynamic model and the determination of an electric desired current value for the actuator, the transfer of the desired current value to a controller designed for outputting an actuator current to the actuator with the inclusion of the desired current value and of a measured actual current value and a measured actual position of the actuator, wherein a difference between the desired current value and the actual current value is determined as a required positional deviation, and wherein the positional deviation is added to the desired distance fed into the actuator dynamic model to facilitate a diversion movement of the manipulator limb operated by the actuator on the occurrence of an external disturbing force. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088310 | SOCIAL BEHAVIOR RULES FOR A MEDICAL TELEPRESENCE ROBOT - Devices, systems, and methods for social behavior of a telepresence robot are disclosed herein. A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an object detection system, and a social behaviors component. The drive system is configured to move the telepresence robot. The control system is configured to control the drive system to drive the telepresence robot around a work area. The object detection system is configured to detect a human in proximity to the telepresence robot. The social behaviors component is configured to provide instructions to the control system to cause the telepresence robot to operate according to a first set of rules when a presence of one or more humans is not detected and operate according to a second set of rules when the presence of one or more humans is detected. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088311 | ROBOT CALIBRATING APPARATUS AND ROBOT CALIBRATING METHOD, AND ROBOT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT APPARATUS - A robot calibrating apparatus calibrating a command value for a robot body | 2015-03-26 |
20150088312 | SMART BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MULTI-BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A smart building management system manages a building for providing smart analyses and strategies. The management system connects with plural hardware devices in the building and receives the data and statuses replied by the hardware devices, and further analyzes the maintenance statuses and energy consumption statuses of the hardware devices. Then the management system gathers the statistics of the total energy consumption statuses of the building according to the energy consumption statuses of the hardware devices. The management system receives the requests of users through a graphic user interface. The management system plans an energy-saving strategy based on the maintenance statuses of the hardware devices and the requests of users, and adjusts the hardware devices depending on the energy-saving strategy. Therefore, the total energy consumption statuses of the building meet an energy-saving target set by users in advance. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088313 | APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPARATUS MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is an apparatus management device configured to manage one or more apparatuses that control a work environment of a workspace. The apparatus management device includes a storage part configured to store an associated relationship between the users and parameters indicating the work environment, an apparatus management part configured to specify a user in the workspace from an image of the workspace, a calculating part configured to calculate a setting value for controlling the work environment based on a parameter stored in association with the user specified by the apparatus management part, and a transmitting part configured to transmit the setting value calculated by the calculating part to one of the apparatuses that control the work environment. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088314 | DATA CENTER COOLING - A method and/or computer program product automatically adjusts room temperature in a data center room. A processor in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system receives a throttle threshold temperature for each of multiple computing devices that are within a data center room, which is climate-controlled by the HVAC system. The processor in the HVAC system monitors a real-time temperature of at least one of the multiple computing devices. In response to the real-time temperature of said at least one of the multiple computing devices exceeding the throttle threshold temperature, an ambient air temperature in the data center room is decreased by adjusting a hardware thermostat in the HVAC system. | 2015-03-26 |
20150088315 | DEMAND RESPONSE METHOD AND DEMAND RESPONSE CONTROL APPARATUS - A demand response method includes: obtaining DR contracts scheduled to be implemented in a target period; determining, for each of the DR contracts, whether or not content of the adjustment of the supply and demand for electrical energy requested in the DR contract is executable; generating one or more DR scenarios each being a combination of two or more of the DR contracts executable in the target period; and extracting, from among the generated one or more DR scenarios, at least one DR scenario of which a total value of an amount of the adjustment of the supply and demand for electrical energy of the at least one appliance satisfies contract conditions of each of the two or more of the DR contracts included in the at least one DR scenario when the at least one appliance is caused to operate based on the at least one DR scenario. | 2015-03-26 |