35th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120221036 | ISOMARK TATTOOING DEVICES - A device and method for marking a treatment isocenter on a patient's body. One embodiment includes a base including alignment indicia, a marker disposed over the base and positioned relative to the indicia for marking the isocenter on the patient's body and an actuator for actuating the marker and causing a mark indicating the isocenter to be made on the patient's body. The actuator can include a button and a spring coupled to the marker. Compressing the actuator causes the marker to travel through an ink well prior to piercing the patient's skin. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221037 | BARIATRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WEIGHT LOSS - A bariatric device for use in inducing weight loss, comprising a cardiac element, a pyloric element, and a connecting element between the two other elements, wherein the connecting element provides structure between the cardiac and pyloric elements, keeping them largely in place and at least intermittently touching and applying pressure to the stomach's cardiac, adjacent fundic and pyloric regions, respectively, which produces a satiety signal to the user, giving the recipient a feeling of fullness and reducing his or her hunger feelings. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221038 | BALLOON WITH DIVIDING FABRIC LAYERS AND METHOD FOR BRAIDING OVER THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORMS - A medical balloon with a variable diameter that is reinforced with continuous fibers woven to form a fabric with a varying number of layers and fiber densities. Portions of the balloon having a relatively smaller diameter are reinforced with a fabric having a reduced fiber density and an increased number of layers to facilitate the placement of the layers. The fabric also includes a braiding pattern that facilitates the transition from a single layer fabric to a multiple layer fabric. Also described is a manufacturing method for the braiding and layering. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OCCLUDING A REPRODUCTIVE BODY LUMEN - An occluding system is provided that can include a first occluding device (e.g., secondary occluder) and a second occluding device (e.g., primary occluder). Providing two devices can better promote effective occlusion within the body lumen and facilitate advantageous occlusion stages, such as initial and long-term occlusion stages. In various embodiments, the two occluding devices are in operative communication with one another, such that the second occluding device is adapted to couple with or slide along a tail portion of the first occluding device. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221040 | Absorbable Vascular Filter - An absorbable vascular filter is disclosed for deployment within a vessel for temporary filtering of body fluids. A preferred embodiment is the placement of such absorbable vascular filter within the inferior vena cava (IVC) to filter emboli for the prevention of pulmonary embolism for a limited duration in time. Once protection from PE is complete, the filter is sequentially biodegraded according to a planned schedule determined by the absorption properties of the filter components. Hence the temporary absorbable vascular filter obviates the long term complications of permanent IVC filters such as increased deep vein thrombosis, while also circumventing the removal requirement of metal retrievable IVC filters. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221041 | ARTERY COMPRESSOR - The present invention relates to a compression arrangement ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120221042 | Methods And Devices For Treating The Left Atrial Appendage - Methods and devices that treat the left atrial appendage by bringing the distal wall of the appendage to a position where the tissue of the wall blocks the ostium, thereby preventing blood from flowing into the appendage. The methods and devices are adapted to create a separation between the distal wall of the appendage and the adjacent pericardium such that the risk of rupturing the pericardium are minimized. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221043 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEALING ACCESS - The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for sealing a puncture in a tubular tissue structure or the wall of a body cavity. More specifically, the present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for sealing a puncture site in the wall of a tubular tissue structure, or in the wall of a body cavity with a stabilizer used to stabilize the material used to seal the puncture site as the material is positioned. The material is inserted into the puncture site as a ribbon or sheet on an introducer element such as a needle, a cannula, a guide wire, an introducer element adapted for dialysis, an introducer element adapted for catheterization, a trocar, or any other introducer element used to access the lumen of a tubular tissue structure or used to access a body cavity. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221044 | Dynamic Tensioning System and Method - Systems and methods of applying dynamic force to tissues to promote healing. Systems of this invention may be applied to tissue to bolster the tissues, move the tissues, or expand the tissue. Systems of this invention may also include a tension indication feature, allowing measured application of dynamic force to the tissue. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221045 | NEEDLE UNIT - A needle unit includes an outer cannula and an inner wire passing through a passageway thereof. The outer cannula is straight or curved, and the outer cannula has a piercing end and an open end connected to the passageway. The piercing end has a dull tip. An opening is disposed around the dull tip of the piercing end or at the top of the cannula. The inner wire has a threading part at an end thereof near an opening of the outer cannula, it allows the suture thread passing through the threading part and it is movable inwardly or outwardly via the opening. Therefore, the needle unit can be advantageous to tie the desired vessels or parenchyma of a liver in hepatic resection with less restriction. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221046 | NIPPLE - A nipple simulating the shape, surface geometry and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The base has an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and can simulate the areola of a woman's breast. The bulbous region can simulate the region of a woman's breast surrounding the areola. The areola region has a texture or surface geometry that is different from the texture or surface geometry of the stem or bulbous region. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221047 | Chiropractic cervical traction-decompression device - A portable device that provides a frame for cervical traction with an elevation clip holder that can produce gross or incremental adjustments along a vertical axis during traction supported by a stable rigid frame that can be attached to a manipulation or manipulative surgical table with support brackets, which is designed to be used in conjunction with a variety of cervical traction units and certain methods, techniques, and procedures to create decompression forces in the spine with the use of the hands of the doctor. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221048 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STABILIZING BONE - In some embodiments, a method comprises disposing a portion of a flexible fastening band into contact with a first bone portion and into contact with a second bone portion. The portion of the flexible fastening band having a substantially uniform shape configured to substantially compliment a shape of the first bone portion and a shape of the second bone portion. The method further includes inserting the portion of the flexible fastening band into a fastener and advancing the portion of the flexible fastening band through the fastener until the first bone portion and the and the second bone portion are stabilized. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221049 | VERTEBRAL FACET JOINT FUSION IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR FUSION - In some embodiments a method comprises disposing an implant into contact with a first bone portion and into contact with a second bone portion, the implant having (1) a first interface configured to receive a restraining member, and (2) a second interface. The method further comprises inserting a portion of the fastener member into the first interface. The method further comprises securing the fastener member such that the first bone portion and the second bone portion are fixed to each other, at least in part by a substance after the securing, at least a portion of the substance disposed through the second interface. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221050 | Spinous Process Fusion Devices - The present disclosure generally relates to a device for positioning and immobilizing at least two adjacent vertebrae. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the present disclosure relates to spinous process fusion devices that distract and immobilize the spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221051 | SPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION APPARATUS - An implantable device and method for fixation of spinous processes is presented. The device has first and second spaced plates configured for attachment to portions of adjacent spinous processes. The device can also have an implant configured for insertion between two adjacent spinous processes, but need not necessarily. The method has the steps of assembling the components of the implantable device and otherwise inserting them into position onto, between, and/or adjacent two desired spinous processes. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221052 | DISTANCE-KEEPING INTER-PROCESS IMPLANT - The invention concerns a distance-keeping inter-process implant with a body ending in its posterior part with two opposite-situated resistance protrusions. In the anterior part of the body there are situated at least two wings, at least one of which is a mobile wing connected with the body by an articulated joint. Each wing is provided with at least one guide of the tensioning band. The articulated joint between the mobile wing and the body is formed by the mutually collaborating shaped surface of the. wing (and the shaped surface of the body and is usefully secured by the pin that constitutes the axis of rotation of the mobile wing. In an alternative version of the implementation of the implant, the mobile wing connected with the body is provided with at least one arm situated with respect to the wing at the angle a amounting to from 30° to 150°. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221053 | Spine Fixation System - A spine fixation system ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120221054 | Soft stabilization assemblies with pretensioned cords - A soft dynamic stabilization assembly includes a core, typically in the form of a tensioned cord, at least one pair of bone anchors, a spacer surrounding the core located between the bone anchors, typically, at least one elastic bumper and at least one fixing or blocking member. The core is slidable with respect to at least one of the bone anchors and cooperating spacer. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221055 | Spine Fixation System - A spine fixation system ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120221056 | APPARATUS FOR LINKING IMPLANTS AND REDUCING DEFORMITIES - An apparatus for connecting a pair of bone screws of a vertebral level includes a first end member, a second end member, and a transverse member. The first end member includes a track for removably attaching to a head of a first one of the bone screws. The second end member includes a track for removably attaching to a head of a second one of the bone screws. The transverse member connects the first and second end members. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221057 | Spinal Rod Link Reducer - The present invention includes a rod link reducer of a spinal fixation system that includes a first and a second spinal rod manipulator; a first spinal rod manipulator joint connected to the first spinal rod manipulator and a second spinal rod manipulator joint connected to the second spinal rod manipulator; a first and a second translatable transverse shaft connected to the first and second joints, respectively; and a universal reducer connected to both the first and second translatable transverse shafts, wherein the universal reducer, the shafts and the linkers provide movement and temporary fixation of a spine that has been manipulated into a final position during spinal surgery. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221058 | Torque Limited Instrument For Manipulating A Spinal Rod Relative to a Bone Anchor - An instrument for adjusting a spinal rod relative to a bone anchor includes a handle connecting a set screw driver with a reduction collar. The handle includes an inner shaft engageable with the set screw driver, an outer shaft engageable with the reduction collar, and a clutch connecting the inner shaft to the outer shaft and permitting selective rotation of the inner shaft relative to the outer shaft, and thus, selective rotation of the set screw driver relative to the reduction collar, upon application of a torque to the reduction collar and the outer shaft greater than a preselected torque value. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221059 | CERVICAL SPINE CLAMP - A spine immobilization system is provided wherein the system includes a plurality of vertebra clamps structured and operable to be clamped to one of a plurality of target vertebrae, a pair of retaining rails disposable along the length of the target vertebrae between the clamps and each of the target vertebrae, and a pair of clamp interlocking rods structured and operable to interlock the clamps together once each clamp is clamped to the respective one of the target vertebra such that the target vertebrae are securely held together to provide a cumulative, unified vertebral body, whereby the target vertebrae can only move simultaneously together as a single cumulative, unified structure. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221060 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STABILIZING BONE - In some embodiments, a method comprises disposing a portion of a flexible fastening band into contact with a first bone portion and into contact with a second bone portion. The portion of the flexible fastening band having a substantially uniform shape configured to substantially compliment a shape of the first bone portion and a shape of the second bone portion. The method further includes inserting the portion of the flexible fastening band into a fastener and advancing the portion of the flexible fastening band through the fastener until the first bone portion and the and the second bone portion are stabilized. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221061 | SCREW BACK-OUT PREVENTION MECHANISM - A screw back-out prevention mechanism for a bone fixation system is provided. The mechanism, when engaged, either locks or retains the screws of the bone fixation system in place thereby preventing the screws of the bone fixation system from backing out of the bone, and in turn reducing the risk of device separation or failure in the bone fixation system. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221062 | MEDICAL DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND SURGICAL METHOD - A medical device is provided, the device, for example, being implantable into a human or animal body or being an augmentation device for strengthening human or animal hard tissue for subsequent implantation of a separate implant. The device includes a sheath element suitable of being brought into contact, during a surgical operation, with live hard tissue and/or with hard tissue replacement material. The sheath element has a, for example, generally elongate shape and a longitudinal bore defining a longitudinal opening reaching from a proximal end of the sheath element into a distal direction, and a plurality of holes in a wall of the opening. Further, the device includes a liquefiable element that is insertable or inserted in the longitudinal opening and at least partly liquefiable by the impact of energy impinging from the proximal side. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221063 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INTER-VERTEBRAL ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE PLACEMENT - The disclosure relates to devices and methods for implantation of an orthopedic device between skeletal segments using limited surgical dissection. The implanted devices are used to adjust and maintain the spatial relationship(s) of adjacent bones. Depending on the implant design, the motion between the skeletal segments may be increased, limited, modified, or completely immobilized. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221064 | PROTECTIVE BARRIERS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - Exemplary protective barriers may be provided that house at least a portion of a medical device to prevent contamination of the medical device when it is used for treatment or testing. The protective barriers are removable from the medical device after use so that disinfection of the medical device is not required. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221065 | LEAD CONDITION ASSESSMENT FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A method, system, and apparatus for performing a lead condition assessment and/or a lead orientation determination associated with an implantable medical device (IMD). A first impedance is determined. The first impedance relates to the impedance relative to a first electrode and a portion of the IMD. A second impedance is determined. The second impedance relates to the impedance relative to a second electrode and the portion of the IMD. The first impedance is compared with the second impedance to determine an impedance difference. A determination is made whether the impedance difference is outside a predetermined tolerance range. Furthermore, artifact measured during impedance measurements or test pulses may be compared to assess lead orientation. An indication of a lead condition error is provided in response to determining that the impedance difference is outside the predetermined tolerance range. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221066 | Systems and Methods for Activating and Controlling Impedance-Based Detection Systems of Implantable Medical Devices - Techniques are provided for use with implantable medical devices for addressing encapsulation effects, particularly in the detection of cardiac decompensation events such as heart failure (HF) or cardiogenic pulmonary edema (PE.) In one example, during an acute interval following device implant, cardiac decompensation is detected using heart rate variability (HRV), ventricular evoked response (ER) or various other non-impedance-based parameters that are insensitive to component encapsulation effects. During the subsequent chronic interval, decompensation is detected using intracardiac or transthoracic impedance signals. In another example, the degree of maturation of encapsulation of implanted components is assessed using impedance frequency-response measurements or based on the frequency bandwidth of heart sounds or other physiological signals. In this manner, impedance-based HF/PE detection systems can be activated as soon as component encapsulation has matured, without necessarily waiting until completion of a preset post-implant maturation interval, often set to forty-five days or more. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221067 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE POWER SAVING COMMUNICATION - A non-implantable communication unit ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120221068 | EMERGENCY MODE SWITCHING FOR NON-PACING MODES - An implantable medical device (IMD) may be configured into a sensing only mode in which the IMD does not delivery therapy. For example, the IMD may be configured to operate in a sensing only mode to reduce the undesirable effects that may be caused by external fields, such as those generated by an MRI device. However, there may be instances, such as a change in the patient's condition, in which it may be desirable to transition from the sensing only mode to a pacing mode to provide therapy. In accordance with the techniques described herein, the IMD monitors signals on one or more leads coupled to the medical device while operating in the sensing only mode and transitions to a pacing mode in response to not detecting a minimum number of signals on the one or more leads. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221069 | Systems and Methods for Activating and Controlling Impedance-Based Detection Systems of Implantable Medical Devices - Techniques are provided for use with implantable medical devices for addressing encapsulation effects, particularly in the detection of cardiac decompensation events such as heart failure (HF) or cardiogenic pulmonary edema (PE.) In one example, during an acute interval following device implant, cardiac decompensation is detected using heart rate variability (HRV), ventricular evoked response (ER) or various other non-impedance-based parameters that are insensitive to component encapsulation effects. During the subsequent chronic interval, decompensation is detected using intracardiac or transthoracic impedance signals. In another example, the degree of maturation of encapsulation of implanted components is assessed using impedance frequency-response measurements or based on the frequency bandwidth of heart sounds or other physiological signals. In this manner, impedance-based HF/PE detection systems can be activated as soon as component encapsulation has matured, without necessarily waiting until completion of a preset post-implant maturation interval, often set to forty-five days or more. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221070 | MINIMUM VENTRICULAR PACING TO BREAK THE REPETITIVE AR-VS PATTERN - An implantable cardiac pacing device delivering minimum ventricular pacing and an associated method control intervals timed by the device during sensing and pacing. An atrial-only pacing mode is set in response to sensing intrinsic ventricular events in the ventricular chamber. A first post-ventricular atrial refractory period is set following each of a plurality of ventricular events sensed in the ventricular chamber, and atrial events each being sensed during first post-ventricular atrial refractory periods are detected. A second post-ventricular atrial refractory period is set in response to detecting the atrial events each being sensed during the first post-ventricular atrial refractory period. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221071 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING PACING SETTINGS OF A CARDIAC STIMULATOR - In an implantable medical device, such as a cardiac stimulator such as a pacemaker, and method for predicting patient responses to physical exertion, the patient response is monitored over time to evaluate disease progression and pacing therapies of cardiac stimulators are adapted based on the predicted patient response. A current cardiac status indicator for the patient is created indicating a response of the patient to an increased physical activity as a primarily heart rate response or as a primarily a stroke volume response. The pacing parameters of the cardiac stimulator can thereafter be adapted depending on the current cardiac status indicator, wherein the adapted pacing parameters include a first pacing setting if the current cardiac status indicator indicates a primarily heart rate response or a second pacing setting if the current cardiac status indicator indicates a primarily stroke volume response. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221072 | EXTRAVASCULAR NEUROMODULATION TO TREAT HEART FAILURE - Treatment of heart failure in a patient by electrically modulating both the sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic cardiac nerve fibers that innervate the patient's heart at an extravascular site in the pericardial space of the heart. The extravascular site is any suitable single location inside the chest cavity that carries both sympathetic and parasympathetic cardiac nerves such as the cardiac plexus or the pericardial transverse sinus or any two separate extravascular sites with one site carrying predominantly sympathetic cardiac nerves and the other site carrying predominantly parasympathetic cardiac nerves for electrically modulating the balance of autonomic cardiac nerve control. Physiologic inputs from a neuromodulation system's own sensors or from separate implanted or external cardiovascular hemodynamic sensor systems can be used for closed loop control over the balance of sympathetic and parasympathetic cardiac autonomic effects on the patient's cardiac function in real time response to chronic and transient physiologic needs. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221073 | TRANSCUTANEOUS STIMULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - Some embodiments relate to a method of treating a waste evacuation dysfunction, comprising administering transcutaneous electrical stimulation to at least one lumbar or abdominal region for at least one treatment period per day over a treatment term of at least one week. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221074 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR PROVIDING STIMULATION THERAPY - An electrical stimulation system provides stimulation therapy to a patient. The system includes a neurostimulation lead that contacts patient tissue and couples with an implantable stimulation device, such as an implantable pulse generator, that receives stimulation parameters for providing stimulation therapy to a patient. The implantable stimulation device includes a header with a plurality of connector assemblies that receive an end of the neurostimulation lead, and a case containing a charging coil and a telemetry coil coupled to programming circuitry on a printed circuit board, which is in turn coupled to the connector assemblies via a feedthrough assembly. The telemetry coil receives data from an external programmer and transmits the data to the programming circuitry, which in turn uses the data to communicate to the connector assemblies and the neurostimulation lead to provide stimulation therapy to a patient. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221075 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM OR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HUMAN, PHYSICAL AND PLANETARY CONDITIONS - The invention outlines a system, method or device capable of modulating the planetary, physical, and brain related aspects of human existence through the combination of diagnostic and corrective or therapeutic or stimulation modalities that are capable of identifying and evaluating any imbalances or pathological conditions or abnormal conditions pertaining to the environment, brain condition, or physical conditions of human beings and applying corrective or stimulation modalities or influences that are capable of improving or optimizing or healing or otherwise balancing these planetary, physical, human, brain related or bodily aspects or measures or conditions. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221076 | CUSTOMIZATION OF IRREGULAR ARRAYS - An apparatus includes: an input configured to receive information indicative of sensed light locations; memory coupled to the input and storing indicia of receptive fields forming a mosaic, each of the receptive fields corresponding to an electrode, the mosaic including first and receptive fields having first and second shapes that are different, the memory further storing instructions; a processor coupled to the input and the memory and configured to read and execute the instructions to: analyze the information indicative of sensed light locations; determine, for each of respective ones of the sensed light locations, one or more receptive fields that include the corresponding sensed light location; and produce excitation indicia; the apparatus further including an output coupled to the processor and configured to be coupled to a retinal implant and to convey the excitation indicia toward the retinal implant. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221077 | Video Configuration File Editor for Visual Prosthesis Fitting - A method of editing a video configuration file downloadable to or from a video processing unit of a fitting system for a visual prosthesis is shown. The visual prosthesis has a plurality of electrodes and the video configuration file defines mapping of a video signal captured from a camera of the visual prosthesis to an electrical signal for the electrodes. The editing controls a brightness map for an individual electrode or electrode groups, together with a temporal stimulation pattern to which an individual electrode or electrode groups are assigned. A related computer-operated system is also disclosed. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221078 | FEEDTHROUGH HAVING A NON-LINEAR CONDUCTOR - The implantable medical device including a hermetic enclosure including at least one feedthrough having at least one electrically conductive path through the feedthrough. The at least one feedthrough includes an insulator having an entry face and an exit face, and at least one non-linear conductor is configured to extend, within the insulator, from the entry face to the exit face to provide the conductive path, wherein the entry and exit faces are not substantially parallel opposite faces of the insulator. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221079 | FLUORESCENT HANDPIECE - A handpiece can treat biological tissue using electromagnetic radiation, which can be substantially fluorescent light. The handpiece includes a source of electromagnetic radiation and a waveguide. The waveguide is adjacent the source, receives electromagnetic radiation from the source, and delivers the electromagnetic radiation to the biological tissue. The handpiece also includes a system for moving a fluorescent substance through the waveguide. The fluorescent substance includes a fluid base and a fluorescing agent and is capable of modulating at least one property of the electromagnetic radiation. A device is provided to remove a fluorescing agent from the fluorescing substance so that more of the same fluorescing agent can be added to clean fluid base. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221080 | INFRARED THERAPY CHAMBER - A therapeutic chamber controls the targeted application of infrared radiation according to programs tailored to conditions or areas of the body in need of treatment. Programs are provided and may also be determined or designed by a treatment administrator or subject. An embodiment utilizes groups of carbon fiber impregnated infrared generating sheets to provide targeted radiation in an energy efficient fashion. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221081 | PHASE-CHANGE AND SHAPE-CHANGE MATERIALS - Apparatus and methods are described for killing cancer cells ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120221082 | Central Nervous System Treatment Device and Methodology - The invention relates to a method of central nervous system pathology treatment through selective hypothermia. Brain and spinal cord cooling is achieved through a closed loop catheter system inserted directly into the cerebrospinal fluid space. The catheter comprises of a portion that dilates in a pulsatile or peristaltic fashion and facilitates circulation of the cooled cerebrospinal fluid. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221083 | Treatment System by Heat Extraction and Methods of Use Thereof - A treatment system utilizing cryolipolysis to reduce subcutaneous lipid-rich areas by removing heat from the subcutaneous lipid-rich area, thereby affecting lipid-rich cells of the subcutaneous lipid-rich areas having an applicator having a cavity, and a retention mechanism, and a cooling member, where the cavity contains the cooling member, and the retention mechanism secures the applicator to a target area. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221084 | Medical Electrical Lead - An improved medical electrical lead is disclosed herein. The lead may include a longitudinally extending body having a distal end, a proximal end, a conductive element extending between the distal and proximal ends, and an electrode coupled to the conductive element utilizing a reflow process. The conductive element and electrode may comprise materials that are incompatible. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221085 | ACTIVE FIXATION IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD - An implantable medical lead has a distal lead portion with a tubular header and a fixation helix provided in a lumen of the tubular header. The fixation helix is connected to a shaft attached to a conductor coil. A tubular coupling is connected to the tubular header and is coaxially arranged relative the shaft, with the shaft in its lumen. Rotation of the conductor coil causes rotation of the shaft and the fixation helix and longitudinal movement of the fixation helix out of the implantable medical lead by a rotation-to-translation transforming element. A friction device is arranged between the shaft and the tubular coupling or between the tubular header to oppose rotation of the shaft relative the tubular header and the tubular coupling. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221086 | MRI-COMPATIBLE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD - An MRI-compatible implantable medical lead includes two electrodes coupled to a distal end of the lead, two matching electrode terminals coupled to a proximal end and a lead body in the form of an outer insulating tubing running from the distal end to the proximal end. A coaxial conductor assembly is arranged in a bore of the outer insulating tubing and comprises an inner conductor, an outer conductor and an inner insulating tubing arranged between the inner and outer conductors. A capacitor is arranged between the inner conductor and the outer conductor at a distance from the distal end defined based on the magnetic field strength of the MRI system with which the lead is compatible. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221087 | STIMULATING CRANIAL NERVE TO TREAT PULMONARY DISORDER - A method for stimulating a portion of a vagus nerve of a patient to treat a pulmonary disorder is provided. At least one electrode is coupled to at least one portion of a left vagus nerve and/or a right vagus nerve of the patient. An electrical signal is applied to the portion of the vagus nerve using the electrode to treat the pulmonary disorder. The electrical signal may perform a blocking of an intrinsic neural activity on said at least one portion of the left vagus nerve and said right vagus nerve. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221088 | Cochlear Lead - A cochlear lead includes a plurality of electrodes configured to stimulate an auditory nerve from within a cochlea and a flexible body supporting the plurality of electrodes along a length of the flexible body. A stiffening element is slidably encapsulated within the flexible body, the stiffening element extending past a most distal electrode at the tip of the cochlear lead, wherein a distal portion of the stiffening element plastically deforms upon insertion into a curved portion of the cochlea. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221089 | Large Vessel Closure Device and Method - A low profile stent device consisting of a stent plus an optional covering is placed percutaneously into a blood vessel to provide vascular closure to a nearby large diameter arteriotomy site. A self-expanding stent device is mounted onto a balloon for postdilitation and is held in a small diameter configuration by an outer case. A balloon expandable stent device has hinge and strut features that provide it with crush resistance. The cone and sheath of the deliver catheter serves as a dilator and introducer sheath to assist in delivery. An attachable guidewire reduces profile by eliminating a guidewire lumen. A locator balloon placed through the large diameter arteriotomy introducer sheath assists positioning. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221090 | BRANCH STENT GRAFT FOR AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR - Described is a removable shunt adapted for deployment along a brain-supplying artery into an aorta to supply blood to the artery during deployment of a stent-graft in the aorta, the removable shunt including a stiff segment that is stiff enough to remain at least partially open when between the aorta and the stent-graft and large enough to allow sufficient blood supply to the brain during the deployment of the stent-graft; and a mechanism for facilitating safe removal of the shunt from between the stent-graft and the aorta. Also described is a method of deploying a branch stent graft having a flaring portion in a blood vessel branching at a bifurcation from an aorta to connect to an aortic stent graft deployed in the aorta across the bifurcation, a branch stent-graft useful in the method, and a delivery system useful in the method. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221091 | ROTATIONAL CONTROLLED DEPLOYMENT DEVICE - A stent graft deployment device assembly ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120221092 | CATHETER GRIPPER - A fastener for attaching a device to a catheter used to mediate a procedure in a patient's body, the fastener dimensioned so that it and the device can be introduced into the patient's body with the catheter and comprising: a clutch controllable to lock the fastener onto and to unlock the fastener from the catheter; and a controller operable to control the clutch selectively to Clock onto and unlock from the catheter when the catheter and fastener are inside a body of a patient. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221093 | SHORT THROW CENTERED HANDLE FOR STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A stent delivery system and method for implanting a stent are provided. The stent delivery system includes an elongate shaft including a proximal portion, a distal portion, a lumen extending at least partially therethrough, and a stent receiving portion on the distal portion of the shaft. It also includes a stent positioned at the stent receiving portion of the elongate shaft, the stent having a constrained configuration and an expanded configuration. A proximal constraining member and a distal constraining member releasably connected to the stent and having a first position and a second position are also included. The proximal constraining member and the distal constraining member cooperatively apply longitudinal tensile force to at least a portion of the stent with the proximal and distal constraining members each in the first position. A cog and rack mechanism is included to provide mechanical advantage and efficiency during stent deployment. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221094 | STENT GRAFT WITH VALVE ARRANGEMENT - A stent graft ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120221095 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING AND DEPLOYING AN OCCLUDING DEVICE WITHIN A VESSEL - A system and method for deploying an occluding device that can be used to remodel an aneurysm within the vessel by, for example, neck reconstruction or balloon remodeling. The system comprises an introducer sheath and an assembly for carrying the occluding device. The assembly includes an elongated flexible member having an occluding device retaining member for receiving a first end of the occluding device, a proximally positioned retaining member for engaging a second end of the occluding device and a support surrounding a portion of the elongated flexible member over which the occluding device can be positioned. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221096 | PROSTHESIS HAVING PIVOTING FENESTRATION - The present disclosure relates to an endoluminal prosthesis, such as a stent graft that includes one or more fenestrations to accommodate endovascular disease, such as an aneurysm in cases where one or more side branches is involved. In one aspect, the prosthesis includes fenestrations that are pivotable to accommodate the dynamic geometry of the aortic branches. In another aspect, the pivotable fenestrations include a first perimeter, a band of flexible material attached and surrounding the first perimeter, and a second perimeter attached to and surrounding the band of flexible material. The first perimeter, band of flexible material, and second perimeter have a geometric shape. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221097 | CIRCUMFERENTIALLY NESTED EXPANDABLE DEVICE - Expandable medical implants for maintaining support of a body lumen are disclosed. Some embodiments of these implants comprise a circumferentially nested, diametrically expandable, moveable vascular device for enlarging an occluded portion of a vessel. The device can be configured to allow for motion such as rotating, translating, and/or slide and lock. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221098 | ENDOLUMINAL DEVICE FOR IN VIVO DELIVERY OF BIOACTIVE AGENTS - The present invention consists of an implantable structural element for in vivo delivery of bioactive active agents to a situs in a body. The implantable structural element may be configured as an implantable prosthesis, such as an endoluminal stent, cardiac valve, osteal implant or the like, which serves a dual function of being prosthetic and a carrier for a bioactive agent. Alternatively, the implantable structural element may simply be an implantable article that serves the single function of acting as a time-release carrier for the bioactive agent. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221099 | COATED BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES - Some embodiments of the present invention relate to coated biological material for the manufacture of heart valve prostheses, characterized in that the surface of the biological material is covered entirely or partially with a coating which contains or is composed of a biocompatible anorganic material, and to a process for manufacturing such a coated biological material. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221100 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF HEART VALVES OR ADJACENT TISSUE WITHOUT THE NEED FOR FULL CARDIOPULMONARY SUPPORT - Methods and systems for endovascular, endocardiac, or endoluminal approaches to a patient's heart to perform surgical procedures that may be performed or used without requiring extracorporeal cardiopulmonary bypass. Furthermore, these procedures can be performed through a relatively small number of small incisions. These procedures may illustratively include heart valve implantation, heart valve repair, resection of a diseased heart valve, replacement of a heart valve, repair of a ventricular aneurysm, repair of an arrhythmia, repair of an aortic dissection, etc. Such minimally invasive procedures are preferably performed transapically (i.e., through the heart muscle at its left or right ventricular apex). | 2012-08-30 |
20120221101 | ADJUSTABLE ANNULOPLASTY RING ACTIVATION SYSTEM - An adjustable annuloplasty device is described. The device includes a body member comprising a shape memory material, the body member configured to be placed at or near a base of a valve of a heart. The device further includes a hysteretic material configured to undergo magnetic hysteresis in response to a first activation energy, the hysteretic material being in thermal communication with the shape memory material. The body member may have a first size of a body member dimension in a first configuration and a second size of the body member dimension in a second configuration. When the body member is in position in the heart, a change from the first configuration to the second configuration changes a size of a dimension of the annulus of the valve. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221102 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INSERTION DEVICE - An intraocular lens insertion device having a novel configuration, capable of more accurately arranging front and back surfaces of an intraocular lens in a proper direction. The intraocular lens insertion device is adapted in such a manner that the intraocular lens is set on a stage in a state placed flat with a pair of haptics extended facing front and back sides in a movement direction by a plunger. Also, an interfering acting part is provided to an insertion tube part, and the interfering acting part interferes with the haptic, which is extended facing the front side in the movement direction of the intraocular lens moved by the plunger, to apply on the haptic an external force toward the back side in the movement direction. Thus, the interfering acting part curves and deforms the haptic to a side approaching an optical portion. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221103 | RETINAL PROSTHESIS WITH EFFICIENT PROCESSING CIRCUITS - A medical device includes an array of electrodes, configured for implantation in contact with tissue in an eye of a living subject. Driver circuitry is configured to drive the electrodes in an alternating pattern, such that different groups of the electrodes are driven to stimulate the tissue during different, predetermined respective time periods. A power sensor, may be coupled to deactivate a first group of the electrodes when the available electrical power drops below a predetermined threshold, while a second group of the electrodes remains active. Other embodiments are also described. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221104 | PROSTHETIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An implantable device for use in tissue and ligament repair comprising at least one knitted section and at least one single continuous fiber traversing the at least one knitted section, the at least one single continuous fiber forming a plurality of traverses extending through the at least one knitted section. The implantable device may comprise at least one single continuous silk fiber. The implantable device is suitable for use in a variety or reconstructive or support applications such as breast reconstruction, mastopexy, breast augmentation revision, breast augmentation support, standard breast augmentation, chest wall repair, organ support, body contouring, abdominoplasty, facial reconstruction, hernia repair, and pelvic floor repair. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221105 | PROSTHETIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An implantable device for use in tissue and ligament repair comprising at least one knitted section and at least one single continuous fiber traversing the at least one knitted section, the at least one single continuous fiber forming a plurality of traverses extending through the at least one knitted section. The implantable device may comprise at least one single continuous silk fiber. The implantable device is suitable for use in a variety or reconstructive or support applications such as breast reconstruction, mastopexy, breast augmentation revision, breast augmentation support, standard breast augmentation, chest wall repair, organ support, body contouring, abdominoplasty, facial reconstruction, hernia repair, and pelvic floor repair. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221106 | Extra-Articular Implantable Load Sharing Systems - A system and method for sharing and absorbing energy between body parts. In one particular aspect, the system facilitates absorbing energy between members forming a joint such as between articulating bones. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221107 | Disk Fusion Implant - An implant strip is disclosed. In some cases, the prosthesis can take the form of an implant strip that may be implanted through the use of a surgical procedure that minimizes incision sizes and may be considered less invasive than typical spinal implant procedures. The implant strip includes provisions for implantation, including teeth, spacing provisions, and various shapes. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221108 | ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY WITH ELEMENTS COUPLED BY A RETAINING STRUCTURE - The present invention provides an orthopedic device assembly comprising a first assembly element, a second assembly element, and a retaining mechanism. The first assembly element has a recess that receives the second assembly element, and the retaining mechanism holds the second element in an assembled state with the first assembly element. The retaining mechanism includes a retaining member with an angular cross-section defined by a base portion and a lateral flange portion projecting from the base portion. The retaining member is inserted through an aperture of the first assembly element into a groove in a wall of the recess of the first assembly element, with the flange portion projecting laterally of the groove and overhanging a shoulder portion of the second assembly element so as to retain the second assembly element in the assembled state with the first assembly element. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221109 | CRANIAL BURR HOLE PLUG AND INSERTION TOOL - A cranial burr hole plug with an insertion tool and method of implantation is provided. The burr hole plug includes a shell; a collet interlocked within the shell; a clamp compressing the collet around an elongated medical device exiting the skull of a patient, such as a catheter or lead; and a cover over the clamp, collet, and shell. The insertion tool inserts the collet within the shell and locks the collet around the clamp. The method of implantation includes inserting the burr hole plug components in a cranial burr hole using the insertion tool and securing the exiting medical device without disturbing the position of the medical device. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221110 | ARTIFICIAL JOINT - An artificial joint includes a ball and a cup constituting a pair of joint members which forms a joint. A convex curved surface and a concave curved surface which constitute a pair of friction surfaces which slides relative to each other are provided between the pair of joint members. The convex curved surface which is at least one friction surface out of the convex curved surface and the concave curved surface includes: at least either one of groove-shaped recessed portions and hole-shaped recessed portions having a width gradually narrowed toward the inside of the convex curved surface from a surface side of the convex curved surface; and curved surface portions which smoothly connect inclined surface portions which form the recessed portions and a surface which forms a surface portion of the convex curved surface. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221111 | GLENOID IMPLANT FOR A SHOULDER PROSTHESIS, AND SURGICAL KIT - A glenoid implant for a shoulder prosthesis for implantation in the glenoid of a scapula according to embodiments of the present invention includes a central fixation element; an articular body configured for articulation with a humerus, the articular body comprising a plate, the plate comprising a side configured to be oriented toward the glenoid, the side comprising a central protrusion, wherein the central fixation element comprises a means for mechanically engaging with the central protrusion; a first means for locking rotation of the central fixation element with respect to the glenoid; and a second means for locking rotation of the articular body with respect to the glenoid. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221112 | Rotatable Reverse Metaglene - A metaglene assembly for use in a shoulder prosthesis includes a metaglene body, an augment, a void, at least one fastener hole, and at least one fastener. The metaglene body has a lateral, prosthesis-facing side, and a medial, bone-facing side. The augment extends medially from the medial, bone-facing side of the metaglene body. The void is defined by a portion of the medial, bone-facing side of the metaglene body and a lateral portion of the augment. The fastener hole extends from the void through the augment. The fastener is configured to extend within the fastener hole. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221113 | ELBOW PROSTHESIS - An elbow prosthesis according to the present teachings can include a stem structure and an articulating component. The stem structure can be operable to be positioned in a bone of a joint. The stem structure can include a stem portion that is operable to be positioned in the bone and a C-shaped body portion having a first retaining mechanism formed thereon. The articulating component can have a second retaining mechanism formed thereon. One of the first and second retaining mechanisms can comprise an extension portion and a first anti-rotation portion. The other retaining mechanism can comprise a receiving portion and a second anti-rotation portion. The articulating component can be advanced from an insertion position to an assembled position, such that the first and second mechanisms cooperatively interlock to inhibit translation and rotation of the articulating component relative to the C-shaped body portion of the stem structure. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221114 | MODULAR ORTHOPAEDIC COMPONENT CASE - A case for modular neck components for hip implants. The case may include indicators based on independent variables associated with physical characteristics of the implant, including leg length, offset, and anteversion. During surgery, the surgeon may be confronted with a need to change a preoperatively-chosen modular neck. For example, the surgeon may desire a change in at least one of the variables, e.g., leg length, offset, and/or anteversion. The case allows the surgeon to quickly and easily select a different modular neck based on an evaluation of one of the variables without requiring reevaluation of the other variables. A method described herein may include preoperative planning in which a template including a grid coordinate system is used, which advantageously provides an intuitive system for the surgeon both preoperatively and during surgery. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221115 | MAINTAINING PROPER MECHANICS THA - A prosthetic hip joint comprising: (a) a femoral component including a femoral head; and, (b) an acetabular component including an acetabular cup and an acetabular cup insert, the acetabular cup insert sized to receive the femoral head, where the femoral head is sized to have a spherical center that matches a spherical center of a patient's native femoral head, where the acetabular cup is sized to have a cavity with a spherical center that matches a spherical center of a cavity of a patient's native acetabulum and, where the femoral head center of the femoral component is concentric with the center of the cavity of the acetabular cup. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221116 | HIP STEM PROSTHESIS - A hip prosthesis is provided for insertion into a femur. In one exemplary embodiment, the hip prosthesis includes a stem having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis. This stem may include anterior and posterior locking surfaces which diverge away from the longitudinal axis. A shank portion may extend distally from the anterior and posterior locking surfaces and converge at an angle distally toward the longitudinal axis. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221117 | URETERAL STENT - A ureteral stent comprising a short renal coil made of a pliable material and a wick portion made of a material having a hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity different from that of the renal coil and extending from a ureteropelvic junction to a bladder so as to assist in the transfer of urine out of a kidney and into the bladder and to improve patient comfort. Due to increased hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, wick may be significantly smaller in diameter than renal coil, resulting in less reflux of urine into the kidney and further decreasing patient discomfort. The stent may further comprise one or more couplers between the renal coil and wick portion, and the wick portion may comprise a sheath surrounding an elastic core to prevent kinking and enhance the ability of the wick portion to move with the patient. A method of ureteral stent placement is also disclosed. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221118 | MATERIALS FOR SOFT AND HARD TISSUE REPAIR - Biomaterials and methods and uses for repair or augmentation of tissues are provided. In particular, the invention provides a multi-layered, naturally occurring multi-axial oriented biomaterial comprising predominately type I collagen fibers. The invention further provides methods and uses for repair or augmentation of tissues using biomaterials of the invention. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221119 | SYSTEMS AND CONTROL METHODOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING STABILITY IN POWERED LOWER LIMB DEVICES - Systems and methods are provided for controlling a lower limb device having at least one powered joint. The method includes detecting a stumble event based on one or more sensor signals associated with an overall motion lower limb device, classifying the stumble event based on sensor signals following the sensor signals associated with the stumble event, and selecting a stumble recovery strategy for the lower limb device based on the classification of the stumble event. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221120 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN ARTIFICIAL ORTHOTIC OR PROSTHETIC JOINT - The invention relates to a method and device for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic joint of a lower extremity having a resistance device to which at least one actuator is associated, via which the bending and/or stretching resistance is changed depending on sensor data. During the use of the joint, status information is provided via sensors. During use of the joint, status information is provided via sensors, wherein a cyclic movement different from walking is determined and the resistance is reduced for the duration of the cyclic movement. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221121 | BONE FIXATED, ARTICULATED JOINT LOAD CONTROL DEVICE - A load control device can be attached to bones on either side of an articulated joint in order to control the forces and loads experienced by the joint. The device comprises an apparatus for controlling the load on articular cartilage of a human or animal joint and includes: a first fixation assembly for attachment to a first bone; a second fixation assembly for attachment to a second bone; a link assembly coupled to the first fixation assembly by a first pivot and coupled to the second fixation assembly by a second pivot, the first and second fixation assembly thereby each being angularly displaceable relative to the link assembly. The apparatus enables a clinician to effectively control the environment of cartilage in a joint during a treatment episode. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221122 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PROSTHESIS - The present invention relates to a method of controlling a movable component of a prosthesis or orthosis. The method ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120221123 | ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT AND CONTROLLING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling an electrical instrument to which a user inputs a reservation time using a rotary dial includes, upon reception of power rates by time periods from a power provider, confirming power rate levels by time periods based on the received power rates, displaying a color window including the power rate levels by time periods around the rotary dial, and displaying the reservation time input by the user through the rotary dial on the clock window. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a user interface that displays power rate information by time periods such that the user intuitively recognizes the power rate information and sets a reservation time on the basis of the power rate information. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221124 | USING AUTOCORRELATION TO DETECT MODEL MISMATCH IN A PROCESS CONTROLLER - A process controller adaptation and tuning technique uses a closed loop adaptation cycle that performs an autocorrelation analysis on the prediction error or the control error of a process control system to determine if significant process model mismatch exists or to determine an increase or a decrease in process model mismatch over time. The adaptation and tuning technique may perform a controller tuning cycle when the determined model mismatch raises above a predetermined level. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221125 | RELIABILITY CENTRED MAINTENANCE - A maintenance method and apparatus based on reliability centred maintenance, applied for example to a military aircraft, include the following steps performed in a feedback manner: i) performing RCM; ii) feeding outcomes derived from performing the RCM to an update process; iii) performing the update process to provide update data for performing the RCM; and iv) inputting the update data into the performing of the RCM. The method can carry out a maintenance action selected by and/or or at a time and/or extent specified by the performing of the RCM; the outcomes that are fed to the update process including outcomes from the maintenance action that is carried out. The maintenance method thereby can provide a continuously updating RCM process. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221126 | EXTRACTION OF A FOUNDATION FIELDBUS DEVICE INFORMATION FOR ENHANCED DEVICE SELECTION AND DATA VALIDATION - A method for extracting and reporting a foundation fieldbus device description (DD) file for device selection and data validation can include obtaining the DD file for an intelligent field device (H | 2012-08-30 |
20120221127 | TARGETING ADVERTISEMENTS TO ATHLETES - An athlete service platform implemented at a server system obtains athletic performance information and selectively stores that information in a plurality of athlete-user accounts in which each athlete-user account is associated with a respective athlete competing in one or more athletic events. The server system obtains a set of advertisement parameters from an advertiser which specify how and whether to direct one or more advertisement messages to one or more of the plurality of athlete-user accounts. The set of advertisement parameters includes at least one performance parameter. The server system identifies, with reference to the plurality of athlete-user accounts and the athletic performance information stored in those athlete-user accounts, a target athlete-user account associated with an athlete that has achieved the performance parameter as indicated by the athletic performance information. The server system directs the advertisement message to the target athlete-user account. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221128 | ATHLETE SERVICE PLATFORM SUPPORTING AUGMENTED VIEWS - An athlete service platform implemented by a server system receives a request for athletic performance information from a client computing device via a communications network. The request is initiated at an athlete-user interface of the client computing device. The server system attributes an athlete-user account of the plurality of athlete-user accounts to the request for the athletic performance information. The server system generates an augmented view of the athletic performance information based on the athlete-user account. The augmented view includes a first indicator defining a first sub-set of the performance information associated with the athlete-user account. The augmented view further includes a second indicator defining a second sub-set of the performance information associated with one or more related athlete-user accounts of the plurality of athlete user accounts. The one or more related athlete user accounts have a predefined relationship to the athlete-user account attributed to the request. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221129 | SEEDING IN A SKILL SCORING FRAMEWORK - Skill scores represent a ranking or other indication of the skill of the player based on the outcome of the game in a gaming environment. Skills scores can be used in matching compatible players on the same team and matching opposing players or teams to obtain an evenly-matched competition. An initial skill score of a player in a new gaming environment may be based in whole or in part on the skill score of that player in another game environment. The influence that the skill scores for these other game environments may have in the skill score seeding for the new game environment may be weighted based on a defined compatibility factor with the new game environment. The compatibility factor can be determined based on a game-to-game basis, compatible categories or features, game developer defined parameters, or any combination of considerations. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221130 | SHORT TIME INTERVAL BETTING SYSTEM - A betting system for handling betting events, comprising means for determining natural probability values assigned to the events based on a statistical method; and transformation means for applying a transformation function to the natural probability values to get transformed probability values; and means for providing the transformed probability values to betting clients of the betting system. The betting system may provide real-time betting events in comparable short time intervals. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221131 | Systems and Methods for Recognizing Sound and Music Signals in High Noise and Distortion - A method for recognizing an audio sample locates an audio file that closely matches the audio sample from a database indexing a large set of original recordings. Each indexed audio file is represented in the database index by a set of landmark timepoints and associated fingerprints. Landmarks occur at reproducible locations within the file, while fingerprints represent features of the signal at or near the landmark timepoints. To perform recognition, landmarks and fingerprints are computed for the unknown sample and used to retrieve matching fingerprints from the database. For each file containing matching fingerprints, the landmarks are compared with landmarks of the sample at which the same fingerprints were computed. If a large number of corresponding landmarks are linearly related, i.e., if equivalent fingerprints of the sample and retrieved file have the same time evolution, then the file is identified with the sample. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221132 | AUDIO SYSTEM PROCESSING SYSTEM - In an audio signal processing device having a plurality of tracks recording an audio signal supplied from any of a plurality of buses, when a track is selected in accordance with an operation by a user, a bus supplying the audio signal to the track is searched, and when an appropriate bus is found and it is judged affirmative that a signal input device having an indicator whose display contents can be controlled by the audio signal processing device supplies the audio signal to the found bus, control data for making an indicator corresponding to a transmission port supplying the audio signal to the found bus perform a display indicating that the transmission port is connected to the selected track. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221133 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic device comprises a user communication interface, a memory for storing music tracks, a music player capable of playing back the music tracks, and a processor provided for measuring, for each of the music tracks, how many times the music track is played back and how long time the music track is played back each time; calculating a parameter value for each of the music tracks based on how many times the music track is played back and how long time the music track is played back each time; and creating a play list of music tracks based on the parameter values. | 2012-08-30 |
20120221134 | MULTICORE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF MULTICORE SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A multicore system | 2012-08-30 |
20120221135 | ON-LINE SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A DENTAL MOLD - An on-line system for manufacturing a dental mold is provided. In one embodiment, An on-line system for manufacturing a dental mold may comprise a user terminal configured to receive graphic data of a damaged tooth, a tooth adjacent to the damaged tooth and a tooth occluded with the damaged tooth, which are obtained by a 3D scanner, and to generate graphic data of a restoration tooth based on the received graphic data; a dental mold data management server configured to receive the graphic data of the restoration tooth from the user terminal; and one or more dental mold manufacturing apparatuses configured to receive the graphic data of the restoration tooth from the dental mold data management server and to manufacture the dental mold corresponding to the graphic data of the restoration tooth. | 2012-08-30 |