21st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 55 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110125210 | LTCC/HTCC HYBRID FEEDTHROUGH - The present invention is directed to a ceramic monolith for use as a feedthrough in medical devices and method of making. The monolith includes a first surface, a second surface, and a passageway extending from the first surface to the second surface. The first surface is high temperature co-fired ceramic and the second surface is low temperature co-fired ceramic, and the two ceramics are intermixed in a blended interface located between the first and second surfaces. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125211 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GASTROINTESTINAL STIMULATION - Methods and devices for gastrointestinal stimulation are disclosed. In one embodiment, disclosed is an electrical stimulator device that includes a circuit board and a battery contained within a base housing; a conduction element; and at least one electrode. In some embodiments, the stimulator base housing can be directly attached to a wall of a body lumen. In other embodiments, the stimulator base housing can be attached to a cuff or a sleeve device. In still other embodiments, one or more elements of the system are free-floating within the GI tract. The devices can be delivered endoscopically, and in some embodiments toposcopically. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125212 | HYBRID METHOD FOR MODULATING UPPER AIRWAY FUNCTION IN A SUBJECT - A hybrid method is provided for modulating upper airway function in a subject. The method includes applying first and second therapy signals to the subject to modulate at least one extrinsic laryngeal muscle and at least one intrinsic laryngeal muscle to synergistically control laryngeal motion and vocal fold movement, respectively. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125213 | NON-INVASIVE TREATMENT OF BRONCHIAL CONSTRICTION - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for treating bronchial constriction related to asthma, anaphylaxis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The treatment comprises transmitting impulses of energy non-invasively to selected nerve fibers that are responsible for smooth muscle dilation. The transmitted energy impulses, comprising magnetic and/or electrical, mechanical and/or acoustic, and optical and/or thermal energy, stimulate the selected nerve fibers. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125214 | MEDICAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION WITH EXTERNAL SIMULATED CASE ELECTRODE - This disclosure describes delivery of omnipolar electrical stimulation with an external electrical stimulator. Omnipolar electrical stimulation may involve stimulation with an electrode carried on the housing of an implantable medical device (IMD) while substantially simultaneously delivering stimulation via one or more implanted electrodes having the same polarity as the electrode on the housing. An external medical device (EMD) may simulate the IMD housing electrode with an electrode separate from the electrodes carried on leads implanted near target tissue. This electrode may be an external electrode carried on the external housing of the EMD or an external patch electrode. Alternatively, the electrode may be an implantable electrode coupled to the EMD. The conductivity of the external or implantable electrode may also be optimized to approximate the conductivity of the IMD housing electrode. This electrode coupled to the EMD may be utilized during trial stimulation or chronic, external, stimulation. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125215 | MEDICAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION WITH IMPLANTABLE SIMULATED CASE ELECTRODE - This disclosure describes delivery of omnipolar electrical stimulation with an external electrical stimulator. Omnipolar electrical stimulation may involve stimulation with an electrode carried on the housing of an implantable medical device (IMD) while substantially simultaneously delivering stimulation via one or more implanted electrodes having the same polarity as the electrode on the housing. An external medical device (EMD) may simulate the IMD housing electrode with an electrode separate from the electrodes carried on leads implanted near target tissue. This electrode may be an external electrode carried on the external housing of the EMD or an external patch electrode. Alternatively, the electrode may be an implantable electrode coupled to the EMD. The conductivity of the external or implantable electrode may also be optimized to approximate the conductivity of the IMD housing electrode. This electrode coupled to the EMD may be utilized during trial stimulation or chronic, external, stimulation. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125216 | ADJUSTABLE NERVE ELECTRODE - Example adjustable electrodes are described. One example adjustable electrode includes two or more contacts configured to selectively deliver high frequency alternating current (HFAC) to a nerve in an amount sufficient to produce an HFAC nerve conduction block in the nerve. The example adjustable electrode also includes a logic configured to selectively control which of the two or more contacts deliver HFAC to the nerve to control whether the nerve electrode is in a first (e.g., onset response mitigating) configuration or in a second (e.g., HFAC nerve conduction block maintenance) configuration. The electrode may be used in applications including, but not limited to, nerve block applications, and nerve stimulation applications. The electrode may be adjusted by changing attributes including, but not limited to, the number, length, orientation, distance between, surface area, and distance from a nerve of contacts to be used to deliver the HFAC. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125217 | ACTIVE ELECTRODE STATE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method and system for charge imbalance compensation in a stimulating medical device is provided. The stimulating medical device includes at least one electrode contact configured for providing stimulation to a recipient. A charge imbalance compensation system in the stimulating medical device measures any residual charge remaining on the electrode contact that may result from an imbalance in the applied stimulation. If the measured residual charge exceeds a threshold, the charge imbalance compensation system causes a compensator current to be applied to reduce the residual charge. This residual charge may be measured by measuring a potential difference between the electrode contact and a reference electrode; or, by measuring a potential difference across a capacitor in-series with the electrode contact. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125218 | INPUT SELECTION FOR AN AUDITORY PROSTHESIS - Providing stimulation signals for an implanted auditory prosthesis including receiving first and second sound signals at first and second sound input devices, each of the first and second signals having a signal-to-noise ratio; determining a signal parameter related to said signal-to-noise ratio of each of the first and second signals; selecting one of the first and second signals which has the greater signal-to-noise ratio; and generating stimulation signals for the implanted auditory prosthesis based on said selected sound signal. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125219 | IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR FOR NEUROSTIMULATION THAT COMPRISES THIN-OXIDE TRANSISTORS AND METHOD OF OPERATING A NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a method, of operating an IPG, comprises: generating a variable anode voltage by first circuitry to drive current during pulse generation, the first circuitry being programmable to generate the anode voltage from a plurality of voltages in response to a control signal; providing the anode voltage to a first circuit node; operating a transistor to control current flow between the first circuit node and an output of the IPG, wherein the transistor possesses a gate-to-source breakdown voltage; generating a first supply signal that is maintained at a voltage level equal to the anode voltage plus or minus a predetermined amount; and selectively applying the first supply signal and a second supply signal to a gate of the transistor to connect or disconnect the first circuit node in a circuit path with the output of the IPG. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125220 | IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR FOR NEUROSTIMULATION THAT COMPRISES VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUITRY AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - In one embodiment, an implantable pulse generator (IPG) for generating electrical pulses for stimulation of tissue of a patient, comprises: a controller for controlling operations of the IPG; pulse generating circuitry for generating electrical pulses; and conversion circuitry for converting a received logic signal generated by a first voltage domain for provision to a second voltage domain, the conversion circuitry comprising a first stage and a second stage, wherein (i) the first stage receives first signals at first and second logic levels; (ii) the second stage receives second signals at third and fourth logic levels, (iii) the second stage comprising two sets of cross-coupled transistors for generating a rail-to-rail output at the third and fourth logic levels according to whether the received logic signal is at the first or second logic level. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125221 | FAILSAFE PROGRAMMING OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - A watchdog unit receives stay-alive signals from a programming device during programming of an implantable medical device. The watchdog unit maintains a watchdog timer, and resets the timer upon receipt of each stay-alive signal. If the watchdog timer expires, the watchdog unit changes a mode of operation of the implantable device, e.g., places the implantable medical device into a known, safe state. For example, the watchdog unit may cause the implantable medical device to suspend delivery of therapy, perform a power-on reset, and/or recall a known, safe, therapy delivery program. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125222 | Transdermal Photonic Energy Transmission Devices and Methods - An output assembly comprises at least one light detector configured for placement under skin near a temporal bone so as to couple with a behind the ear unit coupled with the Pinna. The area of the at least one detector may comprise an area to couple with a light source. As the area of the detector under the skin can be large the at least one detector under the skin can couple efficiently with a light source. An input transducer assembly can be configured to transmit light energy to the output assembly with the multiplexed optical signal through the skin tissue. The multiplexed optical signal may comprise a pulse width modulated signal so as to decrease the effect of non-linearities of the light source and light detector and provide quality sound to the user. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125223 | NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOUNDING CURRENT TO MINIMIZE CURRENT SOURCES - A neurostimulation system and method of providing therapy to a patient implanted with a plurality of electrodes using a plurality of electrical sources is provided. A source-electrode coupling configuration is determined from the electrical sources and electrodes. Electrical current is respectively conveyed between active ones of the plurality of electrical sources and active subsets of the plurality of electrodes in accordance with the determined source-electrode coupling configuration. The total number of the electrodes in the active electrode subsets is greater than the total number of the active electrical sources. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125224 | NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING CURRENT USING RECONFIGURABLE CURRENT SOURCES - A neurostimulation system and method of providing therapy to a patient implanted with a plurality of electrodes using a plurality of electrical sources is provided. One of the electrical sources is reconfigured from a second polarity to a first polarity. A first electrical current is generated with the one electrical source when configured in the first polarity. A second electrical current is generated with another one of the electrical sources. At least a portion of the first electrical current and at least a portion of the second electrical current is combined in one of an additive manner and a subtractive manner to produce a first combined electrical current. The first combined electrical current is conveyed to or from one or more of the electrodes. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125225 | INTERFERENTIAL NON INVASIV TEMPORARY PACER - New effective emergency non invasive pacing technique and apparatus is designed to improve the heart rate, cardiac output in patients during bradycardia. It also overcomes the existing disadvantages of unwanted transcutaneous muscular stimulation in the process of cardiac stimulation. This method uses interferential high frequency currents to selectively produce pulsed stimulus to the desirable area of myocardium is introduced. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125226 | COORDINATED DELIVERY OF SOLITON WAVES THROUGH COUPLED MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS - Disclosed are a method, an apparatus, and a system of a coordinated delivery of soliton waves through coupled medical instruments. In one embodiment, a method includes coupling a first medical instrument to another medical instrument. The method also includes generating a first soliton wave through the first medical instrument at a first wavelength and at a first frequency. In addition, the method includes generating a second soliton wave through another medical instrument at a second wavelength and at a second frequency. The method also includes coordinating a delivery of the first soliton wave and the second soliton wave on a biological medium through an algorithm that controls a start of a sequence of pulsation of the diodes from the different instruments affecting the delivery of laser and diode light of the first medical instrument and another medical instrument. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125227 | Method and System for Controlling Non-Coherent Pulsed Light - A system and method to control non-coherent pulsed light, the system including a lamp to produce non-coherent light energy in a pulsed mode, a current supply to provide energy to the system, and a switching module to control the spectral distribution and/or light intensity in the non-coherent pulsed light energy during a pulse of non-coherent light. The system may include a controller unit to control pulse parameters for a selected treatment, based on illumination data received from the light sensor. The system may include one or more changeable filters to modulate the pulses supplied to the lamp during a pulse. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125228 | LASER BASED MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE CARDS - A laser-based medical instrument and method having interchangeable cards are disclosed. A method of laser therapy includes providing one or more substantially planar laser diode(s), configured to lase at a wavelength when driven, to form a medical instrument. The method also includes focusing a resultant beam including an output beam of the one or more substantially planar laser diode(s) at the corresponding wavelength thereof on a biological medium to impart energy to the biological medium. Further, the method includes altering a mode of operation of the medical instrument when an interchangeable card of the medical instrument is removed. The mode of operation includes one or more segment(s) that include a time of pulsation of the one or more substantially planar laser diode(s) and a frequency of pulsation of the one or more substantially planar laser diode(s). | 2011-05-26 |
20110125229 | ARTHRITIC SYMPTOM RELIEF THROUGH A LASER BASED MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - Disclosed are several methods, apparatus, and a system for providing arthritic symptom relief through a laser based medical instrument. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a radiation of a laser-light created by a laser diode of a first medical instrument. In addition, the method includes applying a treatment of the radiation to a portion of a hand. The method also includes reducing a pain caused by one or more diseases associated with a degradation of a joint in the hand. The method further includes providing a relief from the pain when the treatment is complete. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125230 | Portable Light Therapy Devices - A light therapy device includes a first module adapted to be coupled to a head of an individual, and a second module including at least one light, the second module being coupled to the first module so that the second module is positioned relative to the individual's eyes, and the second module powering the light to provide indirect light therapy to the individual. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125231 | SKIN THERAPY SYSTEM - A light therapy appliance comprises an electronic circuit including Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) configured to emit light at one or more different wavelengths. A hand held enclosure containing the electronic circuit includes a front lens that directs the multiple different colored lights to a top surface of skin. The light therapy appliance can be programmed for different skin conditions and may be used in conjunction with different topical ointments. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125232 | Hyperthermia, system, method, and components - An IV pole mountable, therapeutic infusate processing device is incorporated into a hypothermia system to receive therapeutic fluid(s), such as normal saline, peritioneal dialysis solution, or other crystalloid solution, to heat such therapeutic fluid(s) a few degrees centigrade above normal body temperature and to direct the resulting heated infusate to and through a selected anatomical portion of a patients body to raise the temperature of that body portion so as to affect any cancerous or other tumors that may be located therein. The processing device is provided with touch screen controls and visual indicators to facilitate its proper use; while the system further includes temperature and pressure sensors to monitor the hyperthermia processing to insure patient safety. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125233 | TISSUE COOLING APPARATUS - An apparatus for cooling a tissue is provided, which includes a temperature control module, a hypothermic catheter, and a cooling member. The temperature control module includes a regulation unit, a temperature sensor, a processor, a display unit, and a refrigerator. The regulation unit is used to regulate a predetermined temperature. The temperature sensor is used to measure a reference temperature of the tissue. The processor is used to calculate a difference between the predetermined temperature and the reference temperature as a feedback to control the output of a cooling source. The display unit is used to display the temperature information. The refrigerator is used to output the cooling source. The hypothermic catheter includes a primary cooling pipe, to transport the cooling source; and a secondary cooling pipe. The cooling member makes contact with the tissue to reduce its temperature. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125234 | Devices and Methods For Controlling Patient Temperature - Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through esophageal cooling are disclosed. Devices and methods for operative temperature management are disclosed. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125235 | INDWELLING HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A catheter is adapted to exchange heat with a body fluid, such as blood, flowing in a body conduit, such as a blood vessel. The catheter includes a shaft with a heat exchange region disposed at its distal end. This region may include hollow fibers which are adapted to receive a remotely cooled heat exchange fluid preferably flowing in a direction counter to that of the body fluid. The hollow fibers enhance the surface area of contact, as well as the mixing of both the heat exchange fluid and the body fluid. The catheter can be positioned to produce hypothermia in a selective area of the body or alternatively positioned to systemically cool the entire body system. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125236 | INDWELLING HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A catheter is adapted to exchange heat with a body fluid, such as blood, flowing in a body conduit, such as a blood vessel. The catheter includes a shaft with a heat exchange region disposed at its distal end. This region may include hollow fibers which are adapted to receive a remotely cooled heat exchange fluid preferably flowing in a direction counter to that of the body fluid. The hollow fibers enhance the surface area of contact, as well as the mixing of both the heat exchange fluid and the body fluid. The catheter can be positioned to produce hypothermia in a selective area of the body or alternatively positioned to systemically cool the entire body system. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125237 | INDWELLING HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A catheter is adapted to exchange heat with a body fluid, such as blood, flowing in a body conduit, such as a blood vessel. The catheter includes a shaft with a heat exchange region disposed at its distal end. This region may include hollow fibers which are adapted to receive a remotely cooled heat exchange fluid preferably flowing in a direction counter to that of the body fluid. The hollow fibers enhance the surface area of contact, as well as the mixing of both the heat exchange fluid and the body fluid. The catheter can be positioned to produce hypothermia in a selective area of the body or alternatively positioned to systemically cool the entire body system. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125238 | METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING INSOMNIA BY INDUCING FRONTAL CEREBRAL HYPOTHERMIA - Method, systems and devices for treating insomnia by non-invasive hypothermic treatment are described. In general, these devices, systems and method enable cooling of the frontal cortex prior to and/or during sleep to enhance sleep, which may be particularly beneficial to treat insomnia. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125239 | LEAD INTERCONNECT USING A CAPUTRED FIXATION MEMBER - Methods and devices for interconnecting a medical lead conductor member and an electrode are provided. One device includes a medical lead having a shaft. The shaft has a conductor member extending therethrough and a ring electrode disposed along the shaft. The ring electrode has a fixation device disposed within the ring electrode, and the fixation device forms an interference fit with the conductor member, forming an electrical contact therebetween. Also provided are methods for forming an electrical interconnect between a ring electrode and a conductor member. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125240 | BIOCOMPATIBLE INDUCTOR FOR IMPLANTABLE LEAD AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A biocompatible inductor for an implantable medical lead is disclosed herein. In one embodiment the biocompatible inductor may include a biocompatible bobbin and a wire wound about a barrel of the biocompatible bobbin to form a coil. The wire may include an electrically conductive core, an electrically conductive biocompatible jacket extending over the core, and a coating of high dielectric strength insulation material extending over the jacket. Additionally, the biocompatible inductor may include medical adhesive located in gaps within the coil and a polyester shrink tube covering the coil. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125241 | LEAD INCLUDING COMPOSITE DEVICE FOR ELUTING A STEROID AND AN ANTIMICROBIAL - A lead may include a lead body including a proximal end and a distal end, an electrode proximate to the distal end of the lead body, and a monolithic controlled release device located proximate to the electrode. According to this aspect of the disclosure, the monolithic controlled release device includes a polymer, a steroid mixed in the polymer, and an antimicrobial mixed in the polymer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125242 | Post-operative pectoral-pocket immobilization device - The present invention comprises a chest band adapted to encircle the torso of a patient after having implant surgery. The chest band couples to an arm cuff by means of an adjustable strap. The arm cuff fits loosely over the patient's arm above the elbow and is adjustable, comprising a single strap material with mating hook and loop fastener devices to allow adjustability for different sized arms. The chest band had a tapered end that over folds a second end and the tapered end includes a hook and loop faster that releasably couples directly to the fabric of the chest band. An adjustable wrist cuff includes a direct means for fastening the cuff to the chest band, or optionally, a second adjustable strap to enable selective coupling of the wrist cuff to the chest band. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125243 | STENT HAVING AN EXPANDABLE WEB STRUCTURE - A stent comprises a tubular flexible body composed of a web structure that is expandable from a contracted delivery configuration to a deployed configuration and that comprises neighboring web patterns of alternating concavities extending circumferentially and adjoined by X-shaped transition sections. The web pattern may comprise either arcuate struts interconnected by bends, or a plurality of substantially straight sections with the transition sections formed by the junctions between pairs of adjacent bends of opposite curvatures. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125244 | STENT GRAFT AND INTRODUCER ASSEMBLY - A stent graft ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110125245 | HYPOTUBE ENDOLUMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD - A self-expanding endoluminal device comprising a tubular filamentary member having a hollow core for receiving a guidewire, the tubular member having a straightened configuration with the guidewire in the hollow core, a shape memory configuration without the guidewire in the hollow core, and an extension, optionally severable, accessible from outside of the body. The hollow core may be adapted to contain and elute or permanently contain a substance, which may be injected through the extension. A delivery system includes the guidewire, and a deployment method includes deployment with a proximal end of the extension accessible from outside of the body. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125246 | DELIVERY TOOLS AND METHODS FOR INTRAVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE DEVICES - Improved methods and apparatuses for positioning intravascular implantable device (IID) in a patient's vasculature utilize a device delivery system having an elongated flexible body. A handle can be operably connected to the proximal end and a grasper mechanism can be positioned at the distal end of the device delivery system. The grasper mechanism can be configured to releasably grasp the IID by closing a releasable honda around the IID and can be selectively controllable with the handle. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125247 | BALLOON CATHETER WITH NON-DEPLOYABLE STENT - An angioplasty balloon including a non-deployable stent to prevent or reduce the potential for slippage of the inflated balloon with respect to the vessel wall being treated. The balloon includes a non-deployable stent that is adapted to be secured to the balloon or angioplasty balloon catheter. The stent has a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one extension section, at least one set of serpentine rings and at least one set of elongation links that allow expansion of the strut to accommodate the inflation of the balloon. The stent is made of a material so that the stent collapses upon deflation of the balloon. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125248 | CUSTOM LENGTH STENT APPARATUS - Apparatus and methods for delivering prosthetic segments to a body lumen, utilize a device having an elongated flexible member including proximal and distal ends, a plurality of prosthetic segments releasably arranged axially along the elongated flexible member near the distal end and an outer sheath slidably disposed over at least a portion of the prosthetic segments. The apparatus further includes a separator disposed on the outer sheath and adapted to engage the prosthetic segments. The separator is also adapted to be retracted proximally over the prosthetic segments and advanced distally to separate a proximal group of the prosthetic segments from a distal group of the prosthetic segments which are to be deployed in the body lumen. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125249 | Stent Graft and Introducer Assembly - A stent graft ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110125250 | Stent and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A method of manufacturing a stent includes forming a first cylindrical mesh structure by bending a first member in a zigzag-shape having peaks and valleys and a plurality of turns wound around an outer circumference of a manufacturing frame and forming a second cylindrical mesh structure by bending a second member in a zigzag-shape having peaks and valleys and a plurality of turns wound around an outer circumference of a manufacturing frame, wherein a bending track the second member crosses a bending track of the first member. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125251 | Self-Expanding Stent with Polygon Transition Zone - The self-expanding stent of the present invention provides for a transition zone between the main body of the stent and the end zone, comprising a plurality of n-sided polygons where the surface area of the adjacent polygons in the transition zone is unequal. In one embodiment, the surface area of the polygons in the transition zone increases circumferentially across the transition zone in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner. The polygons are formed from two pairs of undulations which are connected by segments. The bending moment of the undulations is equal within each polygon and constant across the transition zone. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A STENT GRAFT - A stent graft can be held in place on the outside of the thoracic arch by a hypodermic needle tube which passes through the bore of the stent graft and back to the user. A centre tube tethered to the stent graft at the end distal to the user is employed to hold the stent graft within the pulsatile blood flow, preventing the stent graft from collapsing during deployment. The position of both the hypodermic needle tube and the centre tube can be controlled by the user by means of a control handle. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125253 | GRAFTS AND STENT GRAFTS HAVING A RADIOPAQUE MARKER - A graft device comprising a layer of synthetic non-metallic material having a first surface and a second surface spaced apart from the first surface. The device further, includes a radiopaque marker at least partially embedded in the layer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125254 | DRUG RELEASING MEMBRANE FOR STENT AND DRUG RELEASING STENT FOR EXPANDING INTRALUMINAL COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a drug releasing membrane for stent and a drug releasing stent for intraluminal expansion comprising the same. The drug releasing membrane according to the present invention has a two layer structure consisting of an inner layer M | 2011-05-26 |
20110125255 | PTFE LAYERS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING - Single, continuous PTFE layers having lateral zones of varied characteristics are described. Some of the lateral zone embodiments may include PTFE material having little or no nodal and fibril microstructure. Methods of manufacturing PTFE layers allow for controllable permeability and porosity of the layers, in addition to other characteristics. The characteristics may vary from one lateral zone of a PTFE layer to a second lateral zone of a PTFE layer. In some embodiments, the PTFE layers may act as a barrier layer in an endovascular graft or other medical device. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125256 | Slitting Tool - A slitting tool can be used to make a linear incision. The slitting can include a flat blade contained within a housing, and an actuator for extending the flat blade out of a housing. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125257 | Prosthetic Valve For Transluminal Delivery - A prosthetic valve assembly for use in replacing a deficient native valve comprises a replacement valve supported on an expandable valve support. If desired, one or more anchor may be used. The valve support, which entirely supports the valve annulus, valve leaflets, and valve commissure points, is configured to be collapsible for transluminal delivery and expandable to contact the anatomical annulus of the native valve when the assembly is properly positioned. The anchor engages the lumen wall when expanded and prevents substantial migration of the valve assembly when positioned in place. The prosthetic valve assembly is compressible about a catheter, and restrained from expanding by an outer sheath. The catheter may be inserted inside a lumen within the body, such as the femoral artery, and delivered to a desired location, such as the heart. When the outer sheath is retracted, the prosthetic valve assembly expands to an expanded position such that the valve and valve support expand within the deficient native valve, and the anchor engages the lumen wall. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125258 | CARDIAC VALVE PROSTHESIS SYSTEM - The present invention concerns a cardiac valve prosthesis system ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110125259 | IMPLANTABLE SYSTEM FOR RESTORING ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY USING INTERNAL ENERGY - An implantable system for restoring accommodation capacity includes at least one ring configured to be implanted in a ciliary sulcus and a capacitor with a first capacitor plate and a second capacitor plate. The first capacitor plate is arranged on an implantable ring and the second capacitor plate is connected to a capsular bag. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125260 | ARTIFICIAL CORNEA - The present invention provides an artificial cornea (keratoprosthesis) that may be implanted into a patient in need thereof. The artificial cornea comprises a rigid transparent central core surrounded by a peripheral skirt comprising a porous hydrogel. Methods of making such artificial corneas are also provided. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125261 | ADJUSTABLE MULTIFOCAL INTRAOCULAR LENS SYSTEM - An adjustable multifocal intraocular lens system for an individual's eye, includes a base multifocal intraocular lens having an optic with an optical axis, a peripheral edge, a multifocal optical power anterior surface and a posterior surface along with an attachment for maintaining said base multifocal lens in the individual's eye with the optical axis centered along an eye optical axis. An enhanced multifocal intraocular lens is provided with an optic with a peripheral edge, an anterior surface and a reverse multifocal optical power posterior surface, and a coupling enables assembly of the base lens and enhance lens with the enhance lens posterior surface overlaying the base lens anterior surface in order that the enhance intraocular lens reverse multifocal surface adjust multifocal powers of the base IOL by substantially masking near power of the base multifocal intraocular lens. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125262 | External Breast Prosthesis and Method of Fabricating Same - An external breast prosthesis having a thin-walled outer shell and an air-filled interior cavity. The prosthesis is fabricated using a method and die set to form the two-part shell without internal supporting structure. The method provides a repeatable process which yields a prosthesis having durable air-tight seal between the anterior and posterior shell and a Class-A exterior surface which accurately replicates the visual and tactile characteristics of a human breast. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125263 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANOSTRUCTURES ON A SURFACE OF A MEDICAL IMPLANT - A method for treating a surface of a medical implant to create nanostructures on the surface that results in increased in-vivo chondrocyte adhesion to the surface. Further, disclosed is a method to fabricate a drug delivery system. The drug delivery system includes a medical implant that has undergone a surface treatment process that results in the modification of the surface configuration and topography. The modified surface acts as a depot or reservoir for loaded biological material, biologic agents or pharmaceutical products. Additionally, a device for delivering pharmaceutical products or other biological materials is disclosed. The device includes integrally attached nanostructures that retain or adsorb the loaded pharmaceutical products and/or biological materials. Further disclosed is a medical implant that includes a surface configured to allow for and regulate protein adsorption. The surface of the medical implant has a layer of nanostructures rigidly attached with varying porosity and orientation that allow for surface protein adsorption to be controlled. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125264 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICES FOR SUBCHONDRAL TREATMENT OF JOINT PAIN - Devices and associated methods are disclosed for treating bone, and particularly bone tissue at the joints. Disclosed are curved implantable devices that can be used either alone or in combination with this augmentation or hardening material for the repair of bone defects and which are particularly suited for use at the joints, and even more particularly, suited for use at the subchondral bone level. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125265 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICES FOR SUBCHONDRAL TREATMENT OF JOINT PAIN - Devices and associated methods are disclosed for treating bone, and particularly bone tissue at the joints. Disclosed are implantable devices that can be used either alone or in combination with this augmentation or hardening material for the repair of bone defects and which are particularly suited for use at the joints, and even more particularly, suited for use at the subchondral bone level. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125266 | Spinal Surgical Implant and Related Methods - This invention relates generally to spine surgery and, in particular, to a surgical implant for separating adjacent spinal vertebrae. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125267 | Method for preparing an implant of cortical bone - A screw formed of cortical bone for use in the human body with an implant having a screw hole for receiving at least a portion of a screw therethrough, includes a shaft with a thread along at least a portion of its length. The thread has an outer diameter dimensioned to pass through the screw hole in the implant. The trailing end of the screw is configured to cooperatively engage at least a portion of the screw hole of the implant so as to prevent the screw from linear motion along the mid-longitudinal axis of the shaft in a direction opposite to the direction of insertion when the screw is threaded through the screw hole to attach the implant to a bone portion of the human body. The screw is formed substantially of cortical bone of a single cortical thickness. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125268 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ACHIEVING LUMBAR FACET FUSION - Assemblies of one or more implant structures make possible the achievement of diverse interventions involving the fusion and/or stabilization of lumbar and sacral vertebra in a non-invasive manner, with minimal incision, and without the necessitating the removing the intervertebral disc. The representative lumbar spine interventions, which can be performed on adults or children, include, but are not limited to, lumbar interbody fusion; translaminar lumbar fusion; lumbar facet fusion; trans-iliac lumbar fusion; and the stabilization of a spondylolisthesis. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125269 | TOTAL ARTIFICIAL SPINO-LAMINAR PROSTHETIC REPLACEMENT - A total artificial spinous process (spino)-laminar prosthesis (TASP-LP) including a body having a portion forming a spinous process extending away from the body, a first lamina portion extending from a first side of the body, and a second lamina portion extending from a second side of the body, wherein the first lamina portion and the second lamina portion are disposed on opposite sides of the spinous process. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125270 | Prosthetic Spinal Disc Replacement - The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine. The present invention also relates to a method for implanting a prosthetic spinal disc via posterior or posterior lateral implantation. Other surgical approaches for implanting the prosthetic disc may also be used. The present invention also involves a method for implanting the prosthetic spinal disc while either avoiding or minimizing contact with the spinal cord and nerve rootlets, or reducing the time and extent that they need to be repositioned during implantation. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125271 | METHOD OF PERFORMING AN ANCHOR IMPLANTATION PROCEDURE WITHIN A DISC - Methods of performing procedures within an intervertebral disc are disclosed. The methods include performing procedures such as implant delivery, tissue manipulation, tissue diagnostics, and therapeutic and diagnostic agent delivery at selected locations within intervertebral discs. In one embodiment, a method includes delivering an anchor and an implant within a functional spinal unit using a surgical device having at least one depth stop. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125272 | BONE-DERIVED IMPLANTABLE DEVICES FOR SUBCHONDRAL TREATMENT OF JOINT PAIN - Implantable devices for the surgical treatment of bone, and particularly to a bone defect at a joint region, and even more particularly at the subchondral bone level of the joint region, are disclosed. The implantable devices may be formed of a bone material, and configured to serve the dual functions of providing mechanical strength and structural integrity to the area to be treated, while also facilitating the dispersal of a flowable material in the same area. Associated delivery tools are also provided. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125273 | GLENOID COMPONENT WITH OFFSET CENTER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A glenoid component having an offset center of articulation and associated systems and methods. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125274 | ELBOW REPLACEMENT APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus and methods for total elbow replacement are provided to allow a surgeon to intraoperatively select a linked or unlinked constraint by utilizing a connection located on the body of the ulnar and/or humeral stem. Additional modularity also allows the selection of a cemented or cementless stem as described herein. The modularity and adjustability provides a number of advantages. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125275 | PROSTHETIC CONDYLAR JOINTS WITH ARTICULATING BEARING SURFACES HAVING A TRANSLATING CONTACT POINT DURING ROTATION THEREOF - A prosthetic joint according to the present invention includes a first implant component for attachment to a first bone and a second implant component for attachment to a second bone. The first implant component has a condylar portion that includes first and second condylar bearing surfaces and similarly, the second implant component has bearing surfaces that receive and are complementary to the first and second condylar bearing surfaces. Each of the first and second condylar bearing surfaces and each of the bearing surfaces of the second implant component has a cross-section in a coronal plane that exhibits two different radii and a contact point is established between the first and second condylar bearing surfaces and the bearing surfaces of the second implant component. The bearing surfaces of the respective implant components are configured such that varus and valgus rotation of the first implant component relative to the second implant component causes the contact point to move outwardly. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125276 | MODULAR PROSTHESIS AND USE THEREOF FOR REPLACING A RADIAL HEAD - A modular prosthesis system for replacement of a head portion of a proximal radius includes a monolithic stem component, a head component, and a locking mechanism formed by the stem and head components. The stem component defines a stem anchoring portion having a longitudinal axis and configured to couple to the proximal radius, and a dovetail-shaped first mounting portion on a first end face that extends in a first direction transverse to the longitudinal axis. The head component has a dovetail-shaped second mounting portion on a second end face opposite the first end face slidably engaged with the first mounting portion along the first direction. One of the first and second mounting portions intersects the longitudinal axis. The locking mechanism is formed at an interface between the stem and head components and is engaged through relative translational movement between the stem and head components. A related method is provided. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125277 | DUAL-SIDED JOINT IMPLANT HAVING A WEAR RESISTANT SURFACE AND A BIOACTIVE SURFACE - A medical implant for application in an articulating surface of a joint, comprising a plate-shaped structure having a first surface and a second surface facing mutually opposite directions, the first surface comprising a first biocompatible metal, metal alloy or ceramic and being devised to form a wear resistant articulate surface configured to face the articulating part of the joint; and the second surface comprising a bioactive ceramic or bioactive glass incorporated into a second metal, metal alloy or ceramic and being devised to form a bone contacting surface configured to face bone structure in the joint; wherein: the first surface and the second surface are adhered by means of a sintered material structure. Possibly the second surface is a sintered mixture having a homogenous microstructure comprising the bioactive ceramic or bioactive glass and the second metal, metal alloy or ceramic. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125278 | TOTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS - The present invention relates to a total knee prosthesis. This prosthesis includes a femoral implant ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110125279 | CONSTRAINED CONDYLAR KNEE DEVICE - A knee joint prosthesis includes a femoral component having a first condylar bearing surface and a second condylar bearing surface. Each of the first and second condylar bearing surfaces has a cross-section in a coronal plane that exhibits at least two different radii. The prosthesis also includes a tibial component and an insert component associated with the tibial component. The insert component has bearing surfaces that are complementary to the first and second condylar bearing surfaces, wherein a contact point is established between the bearing surfaces of the insert component and the first and second condylar bearing surface. In accordance with the present invention and as a result of the above construction, varus and valgus rotation of the femoral component relative to the insert component causes the contact point to move laterally as the knee is rotated. By shifting the contact pointy laterally/outwardly, the knee stability (i.e., stiffness) gradually increased. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125280 | High Performance Knee Prostheses - Knee prostheses featuring components that more faithfully replicate the structure and function of the human knee joint in order to provide, among other benefits: greater flexion of the knee in a more natural way by promoting or at least accommodating internal tibial rotation in a controlled way, replication of the natural screw home mechanism, and controlled articulation of the tibia and femur respective to each other in a more natural way. In a preferred embodiment, such prostheses include an insert component disposed between a femoral component and a tibial component, the insert component preferably featuring among other things a reversely contoured posterolateral bearing surface that helps impart internal rotation to the tibia as the knee flexes. Other surfaces can also be specially shaped to achieve similar results, preferably using iterative automated techniques that allow testing and iterative design taking into account a manageable set of major forces acting on the knee during normal functioning, together with information that is known about natural knee joint kinetics and kinematics. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125281 | HIGH PERFORMANCE KNEE PROSTHESES - Knee prostheses featuring components that more faithfully replicate the structure and function of the human knee joint in order to provide, among other benefits: greater flexion of the knee in a more natural way by promoting or at least accommodating internal tibial rotation in a controlled way, replication of the natural screw home mechanism, and controlled articulation of the tibia and femur respective to each other in a more natural way. In a preferred embodiment, such prostheses include an insert component disposed between a femoral component and a tibial component, the insert component preferably featuring among other things a reversely contoured posterolateral bearing surface that helps impart internal rotation to the tibia as the knee flexes. Other surfaces can also be specially shaped to achieve similar results, preferably using iterative automated techniques that allow testing and iterative design taking into account a manageable set of major forces acting on the knee during normal functioning, together with information that is known about natural knee joint kinetics and kinematics. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125282 | High Performance Knee Prostheses - Knee prostheses featuring components that more faithfully replicate the structure and function of the human knee joint in order to provide, among other benefits: greater flexion of the knee in a more natural way by promoting or at least accommodating internal tibial rotation in a controlled way, replication of the natural screw home mechanism, and controlled articulation of the tibia and femur respective to each other in a more natural way. In a preferred embodiment, such prostheses include an insert component disposed between a femoral component and a tibial component, the insert component preferably featuring among other things a reversely contoured posterolateral bearing surface that helps impart internal rotation to the tibia as the knee flexes. Other surfaces can also be specially shaped to achieve similar results, preferably using iterative automated techniques that allow testing and iterative design taking into account a manageable set of major forces acting on the knee during normal functioning, together with information that is known about natural knee joint kinetics and kinematics. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125283 | HIGH PERFORMANCE KNEE PROSTHESES - Knee prostheses featuring components that more faithfully replicate the structure and function of the human knee joint in order to provide, among other benefits: greater flexion of the knee in a more natural way by promoting or at least accommodating internal tibial rotation in a controlled way, replication of the natural screw home mechanism, and controlled articulation of the tibia and femur respective to each other in a more natural way. In a preferred embodiment, such prostheses include an insert component disposed between a femoral component and a tibial component, the insert component preferably featuring among other things a reversely contoured posterolateral bearing surface that helps impart internal rotation to the tibia as the knee flexes. Other surfaces can also be specially shaped to achieve similar results, preferably using iterative automated techniques that allow testing and iterative design taking into account a manageable set of major forces acting on the knee during normal functioning, together with information that is known about natural knee joint kinetics and kinematics. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125284 | Improvements in or Relating to Joints and/or Implants - A joint part ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110125285 | SET OF MOBILE NECKS FOR INSERTING INTO THE STEM OF A HIP PROSTHESIS - A set of mobile necks for inserting into the stem ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110125286 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CHAMBER FOR HOUSING A BIOLOGICAL COMPONENT - The present invention relates to the field of extracorporeal liver perfusion and, more particularly, to the design of a chamber in which a biological component can be housed to form e.g. a bio-artificial liver (BAL). It also relates to a bio-artificial liver per se, it's components and methodological steps associated with its development and use. The chamber ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110125287 | Reinforced Tissue Patch - A method of improving the mechanical properties of a tissue patch is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a tissue patch and placing at least one barbed suture along at least a portion of the tissue patch. The method may further include the step of placing one or more additional barbed sutures in a laterally spaced relation to the barbed suture. The barbed suture may be biodegradable or non-biodegradable. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125288 | Tissue Augmentation Material And Method - A permanent, biocompatible material for soft tissue augmentation. The biocompatible material comprises a matrix of smooth, round, finely divided, substantially spherical particles of a biocompatible ceramic material, close to or in contact with each other, which provide a scaffold or lattice for autogenous, three dimensional, randomly oriented, non-scar soft tissue growth at the augmentation site. The augmentation material can be homogeneously suspended in a biocompatible, resorbable lubricious gel carrier comprising a polysaccharide. This serves to improve the delivery of the augmentation material by injection to the tissue site where augmentation is desired. The augmentation material is especially suitable for urethral sphincter augmentation, for treatment of incontinence, for filling soft tissue voids, for creating soft tissue blebs, for the treatment of unilateral vocal cord paralysis, and for mammary implants. It can be injected intradermally, subcutaneously or can be implanted. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125289 | Implantable Graft to Close a Fistula - An implantable graft, which may be inserted into a fistula tract to occlude the primary opening of the fistula, is provided. To prevent unintentional displacement of the graft or extrusion of the graft from the fistula of a patient, the graft may be provided with a cap that extends laterally from at least one end of the body of the graft, where the cap may be integral with the body of the graft, attachable to at least one end of the body of the graft, and/or moveable along the body of the graft. The graft may also have a tail that extends from one end of the body of the graft to assist in placement of the graft in a fistula tract. The graft may be an integral unit made of a single material, such as a heterograft material, or may include distinct components made of the same or different materials. Methods for closing a fistula tract are also provided. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125290 | Reactive Layer Control System for Prosthetic and Orthotic Devices - A variable gain impedance controller for use in a control system for controlling a motorized prosthetic or orthotic apparatus provided with a joint The controller comprises a sensor input for receiving a signal indicative of an interaction between the apparatus and the ground, a torque sensor input for receiving a signal indicative of the torque at the joint and a variable gain scheduler in communication with the sensor input so as to receive data therefrom thereby providing a variable torque gain. The variable gain impedance controller adjusts its control on the apparatus based on the variable torque gain and the indicated torque so as to a) increase the joint resistance to motion when the signal received from the sensor input indicates an interaction between the apparatus and the ground and b) decrease the joint resistance to motion when the signal received from the sensor input indicates an absence of interaction between the apparatus and the ground. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125291 | PROSTHETIC DEVICE AND CONNECTING SYSTEM USING A VACUUM - The disclosed prosthetic device may comprise a receptacle for receiving a limb of a person; a vacuum pump in fluid communication with the receptacle for maintaining an amount of vacuum used for connecting the receptacle to the limb of the person; a controller; and/or an electronically controllable fluid control device. The controller may be configured to provide a vacuum signature to be displayed at a user interface and/or to control the amount of vacuum used for connecting the receptacle to the limb of the person. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125292 | STARTING DEVICE OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCT AND METHOD THEREOF - In a starting device of an electronic product and a method thereof, the starting device includes a detecting unit for detecting a motion state of an external device and generating a detecting signal by a motion state, a keyboard unit for generating a key signal, a memory unit for storing parameters, and a processing unit. While the detecting signal and the key signal correspond to a starting signal, the processing unit starts to output the corresponding starting signal which can enable the electronic product to execute a function action according to the parameters. Thereby, a function action command can be executed by a combination of the detecting signal and the key signal, and it is capable of simplifying the operation procedure and improving the work efficiency. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125293 | FAST ALGORITHM FOR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL - An improved process and corresponding controller provide a model predictive control approach that can be implemented with less computational resources and/or with greater speed than conventional MPC, while at the same time retaining all or a substantial portion of the robustness and advantages of conventional MPC. According to one aspect of the invention, the process provides an improved initial estimate of the MPC model trajectory to reduce the number of iterations to find the optimal one. The improved trajectory is obtained by applying a correction to the computed MPC manipulated value trajectory, and using the corrected manipulated value trajectory as the starting point for the next iteration of MPC manipulated value trajectory computation. As set forth in more detail below, the correction is determined from the LQR feedback control strategy. Since the sequence of control laws for the LQR feedback control strategy can be computed off-line and stored, the real time part of the LQR control strategy needed to determine the correction can be retrieved with relatively little computational resources. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125294 | ENERGY CONSERVATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems are described for conserving energy used by an energy consuming device. In certain embodiments, an energy conservation system can be configured to deliver energy to the energy consuming device for a period, followed by a period where energy delivery is dampened and/or cut. By cycling the delivery of energy in this fashion, the energy conservation can achieve a pulsed efficiency. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125295 | Method for providing device-specific information of a field device of automation technology - A method for providing device-specific information of a field device of automation technology and/or for servicing a field device, wherein a web server is integrated in the field device at least a part of the device description describing the field device is compiled/interpreted into a field-device-specific software code for the web server, and, on the basis of the field-device-specific software code, there are presented on a display unit dynamically produced, device-specific, web pages, via which service personnel are provided device-specific information, and/or via which the field device is serviced by service personnel. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125296 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLANT METABOLISM MANIPULATION USING SPECTRAL OUTPUT - An array or multiple arrays of energy efficient LEDs are configured in proximity to plant life to emit light energy in a variety of photosynthetic promoting frequencies and power outputs. Specific light frequencies are selected after analyzing the photosynthetic properties of the plant of interest. The LEDs are remotely controlled and can be remotely controlled through a handheld device using a GUI adapted for that purpose. A variety of LEDs emitting a variety of photosynthetically useful wavelengths are arrayed together. The array can be controlled to emit pre-dawn and after-sunset glows. The array can also be used to inhibit plant growth by adjusting frequencies. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125297 | METHOD FOR SETTING UP A LIST OF AUDIO FILES - A method for setting up a list of audio files and an audio re-production device utilizing the method for setting up the list of audio files are described. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125298 | ALTERING FUNCTIONALITY FOR DIFFERENT CONTROL DEVICES - A method of interacting with a digital content device is described. The method includes associating a specific control device with specified functionality of the digital content device. A control signal is received from the control device. A state of the digital content device is altered to allow the control device to interact with the digital content device according to the specified functionality. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125299 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A processing unit executes at least one of a task of a radio tuner, a task of a television tuner, a task of a playback control unit for playback of stored image and sound, a task of an indication unit for indicating image according to image data, a task of a navigation unit for detecting a present position and indicating the detected position on a map, and a task of a route search unit for searching for a route and indicating the searched route on the map, in accordance with a predetermined priority. When execution of multiple tasks by the processing unit exceeds processing performance of the processing unit, a processing suspension unit suspends a task, which satisfies a predetermined condition, among the multiple tasks currently executed by the processing unit, irrespective of a priority of the task. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125300 | Non-Intrusive Acoustic Monitoring for Equipment Diagnostic and Fault Reporting - A method, computer program product, and a computer system are provided for acoustic monitoring and fault reporting. A computer identifies a sound from a consumer device. Responsive to identifying the sound from a consumer device, the computer converts the sound to an acoustic signal. Responsive to converting the sound to an acoustic signal, the computer generates a current acoustic fingerprint from the acoustic signal. Responsive to generating the acoustic fingerprint, the computer identifies whether the current acoustic fingerprint contains an ideal acoustic fingerprint. Responsive to identifying that the current acoustic fingerprint does not contain the ideal acoustic fingerprint, the computer provides notification that the current acoustic fingerprint does not contain the ideal acoustic fingerprint. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125301 | SOUND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A sound reproduction apparatus of the present application stores the physical address value of a source device that is the device to be switched to, and references the physical address values that are parameters of CEC commands issued by other devices. In the case where the referenced physical address value matches the stored physical address value of the source device, the sound reproduction apparatus automatically switches the sound input to the sound input for the device to be switched to. In this manner, the sound reproduction apparatus can reproduce sound based on a multichannel sound signal output from the source device. Also, in the case where a user sets the source device to a viewing state through a sink device, the sound reproduction apparatus automatically switches the sound input to the sound input from the source device. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125302 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMAL SAFETY VERIFICATION OF MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS - A method and system is provided for verifying and certifying the safety logic of a manufacturing automation system including safety logic, where the logic may include one or more safety modules, routines, programs and tasks or a combination thereof; testing specifications corresponding to the safety logic; one or more formal model generators adapted for automatically transforming the safety logic and testing specifications through a logic parser into their respective mathematical models, formatted for example, as a Petri-net or binary decision diagram; a safety logic verifier configured for automatically comparing the safety logic formal model against the testing specification formal model to verify the safety logic model for the purpose of certifying the safety logic. The testing specifications may include testing of safety logic behavior including reaching safe state, remaining in safe state without reset, recovering from safe state with reset and remaining active with false alarm detection. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125303 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A REPRESENTATION OF A PRODUCT OR PROCESS - A product lifecycle management system cannot interact with 3D models and data representing a product or process that lacks information for creating a three-dimensional model in a seamless and uniform manner. Such incompatible data includes legacy and conceptual data. Accordingly, a method and corresponding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention are provided to create from such data, an intermediary representation that is compatible with the three-dimensional model domain but differs from a three-dimensional model that has real-world geometry of the product or process. The intermediary structure is formed in a manner that enables the product lifecycle management system to interact with the intermediary representation and three-dimensional models in a seamless and uniform manner, and is capable of being updated with real-world geometry of the product or process. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125304 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING PROSTHETIC DENTAL ITEMS - A dental CAD/CAM system performs structural analyses of a candidate prosthetic dental item that is to be created using design data representing the prosthetic dental item. The dental CAD/CAM system can recommend positioning of a surface of the prosthetic dental item within a volume of a milling block based on the design data and data representing desired aesthetic properties of the prosthetic dental item. The dental CAD/CAM system can generate and display simulated images of the aesthetic properties of the prosthetic dental item using the design data, data representing the surface of the prosthetic dental item, data representing the volume of the milling block, and data representing aesthetic properties of the milling block. The dental CAD/CAM system can be used to form prosthetic dental items having complex aesthetic properties, such as translucent regions and shades of colors that vary spatially. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125305 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FABRICATING A DENTAL SUPERSTRUCTURE FOR ATTACHMENT TO AN IMPLANT - A system for a dental superstructure to be attached to an implant using a digital model description of a shape of the superstructure, the superstructure including first and second elements. The system comprises a computing device arranged to (a) analyze a recorded real clinical situation or shaped clinical situation of an implant axis and insertion axis, (b) compute a shape of the dental superstructure based at least in part on the determined implant axis, (c) generate digital data representing the shape of the superstructure, and (d) separate the computed shape into first digital data representing a shape of the first element to be connected to the implant and second digital data representing a shape of the second element to be connected to the first element, the shape of the first element being optimized, at least in part, based on a tilt angle between the determined implant axis and insertion axis. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125306 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A BONE COMPLEMENT - A process for producing a bone complement to to be carried out as a pre-operatory surgical procedure that includes the following steps: a) submitting the patient to a computerized tomography scan, in order to obtain images of the site of the defect to be grafted; b) analyzing the images obtained in a specific software; c) after the evaluation and diagnosis through the images, promoting the virtual treatment of the defect through a specific image manipulation software; d) transferring the manipulated images to 3D prototype producing equipment; e) generating the bone complement in a biomaterial; and f) promoting the cellular enrichment of the bone complement. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125307 | PRODUCT ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND CONTROL SOFTWARE - An improved assembly, test, packaging and/or processing system and a control system, each of which may be expanded or reduced in size, capability and/or capacity on a modular basis to suit or adapt to a number of different applications. The product assembly, test, packaging and/or processing system comprises a number of modules which are assembled and arranged as required. Pallets move between stations on the modules along track portions which cooperate with track portions on adjacent modules so other modules can be added without affecting the movement of the pallets. When those modules are added or removed, or when stations are added or removed, corresponding controllers in the control system are also added or removed. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125308 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE FOR TESTING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE FOR TESTING AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A test substrate manufacturing apparatus comprising a test circuit database that stores circuit data of a plurality of types of test circuits in association with a plurality of types of testing content; a definition information storing section that stores definition information defining arrangements of device pads of devices under test and testing content to be performed for each of the device pads; and a lithography data generating section that generates lithography data for the test substrate by (i) selecting, from the test circuit database, circuit data of each test circuit to be connected to a device pad based on the testing content defined by the definition information stored in the definition information storing section and (ii) determining positions on the test substrate where the test circuits corresponding to the selected circuit data are formed using lithography, based on the arrangements of the device pads as defined by the definition information. | 2011-05-26 |
20110125309 | METHOD OF CREATING A UNIQUE PATTERN FOR EMBROIDERY OR PRINTING ON ARTICLES OF CLOTHING AND PRINTING ON OTHER OBJECTS - A method of creating a pattern incorporating words in a unique format. Information including selected words, numbers, and symbols are entered into a computer program. The computer program arranging the information into a matrix format in which each word is interconnected with at least one other word by a letter common to each word. The resulting matrix is then as a template for reproducing the matrix on garments and other physical objects. The words entered into the computer program are arranged in a hierarchy with different words occupying different levels within the hierarchy, with a user of the method designating a different color for each level within the hierarchy and the words in the resulting matrix being displayed in the selected colors. | 2011-05-26 |