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20080198789 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING COOPERATIVE ROUTING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A system and method is presented for establishing relayed communications involving (1) sending a request message from a source node to a destination node through a plurality of intermediate nodes, (2) receiving the request message at the destination node, and (3) sending an acceptance message from the destination node to the source node through at least a subset of the intermediate nodes, wherein an intermediate node relays the request or acceptance message by receiving the message and re-transmitting the message, and wherein the intermediate node is capable of receiving the message from more than one other intermediate node. | 08-21-2008 |
20140056212 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONDUCTING RELAYED COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods are presented for conducting a relayed communication involving a source node, a plurality of intermediate nodes, and at least one destination node, involving at the source node transmitting a signal associated with the relayed communication on a first medium allocation, at each one of the plurality of intermediate nodes relaying the signal onto a next medium allocation in response to receiving the signal as transmitted on at least one medium allocation up to a current medium allocation, and at the at least one destination node receiving the signal as transmitted on at least one medium allocation up to a last medium allocation, wherein at least one node among the plurality of intermediate nodes and the at least one destination node receives signals associated with the relayed communication from multiple intermediate nodes as transmitted on at least one medium allocation. | 02-27-2014 |
20140161015 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING COOPERATIVE ROUTING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A system and method is presented for establishing relayed communications involving (1) sending a request message from a source node to a destination node through a plurality of intermediate nodes, (2) receiving the request message at the destination node, and (3) sending an acceptance message from the destination node to the source node through at least a subset of the intermediate nodes, wherein an intermediate node relays the request or acceptance message by receiving the message and re-transmitting the message, and wherein the intermediate node is capable of receiving the message from more than one other intermediate node. | 06-12-2014 |
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20090184756 | Semiconductor Power Device with Bias Circuit - An RF power circuit comprises a power transistor having a gate and drain, an output matching network coupled to the drain and an input matching network coupled to the gate. A closed-loop bias circuit is integrated with the power transistor on the same die and coupled to the gate for biasing the RF power transistor based on a reference voltage applied to the bias circuit. | 07-23-2009 |
20100097155 | Stripline Balun - According to one embodiment, a balun includes one or more transformers configured to block DC power between a line and a device at microwave frequencies. The one or more transformers block DC power between the line and the device by electromagnetically coupling the device to the line. | 04-22-2010 |
20100200979 | Power Transistor Package with Integrated Bus Bar - According to one embodiment, a power transistor package includes an electrically conductive flange configured to be connected to a source of a power transistor device. The package further includes a first terminal mechanically fastened to the flange and configured to be electrically connected to a gate of the power transistor device and a second terminal mechanically fastened to the flange and configured to be electrically connected to a drain of the power transistor device. The package also includes a bus bar mechanically fastened to the flange which extends between and connects at least two different DC bias terminals mechanically fastened to the flange. The bus bar is configured to be electrically connected to the drain via one or more RF grounded connections. | 08-12-2010 |
20110258844 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A POWER TRANSISTOR MODULE AND PACKAGE WITH INTEGRATED BUS BAR - According to an embodiment of a method of manufacturing a power transistor module, the method includes mechanically fastening a first terminal, a second terminal and at least two different DC bias terminals to an electrically conductive flange; connecting the flange to a source of a power transistor device; electrically connecting the first terminal to a gate of the power transistor device; electrically connecting the second terminal to a drain of the power transistor device; mechanically fastening a bus bar to the flange which extends between and connects the DC bias terminals; and electrically connecting the bus bar to the drain via one or more RF grounded connections. | 10-27-2011 |
20110309872 | Voltage Spike Protection for Power DMOS Devices - A power device includes a power transistor, a capacitor with a first plate coupled to a ground node and a second plate separated from the first plate by an insulator, a first plurality of wires coupling a drain node of the power transistor to the second plate of the capacitor, a second plurality of wires coupling the second plate of the capacitor to a DC supply node, and a voltage clamping device coupled in parallel with the capacitor. The voltage clamping device is operable to limit the voltage at the second plate of the capacitor to a value below a breakdown voltage of the power transistor. | 12-22-2011 |
20120154053 | Power Transistor Output Match Network with High Q RF Path and Low Q Low Frequency Path - A power circuit includes a power device, an output match network and a bypass network. The output match network is coupled to an output of the power device and includes a blocking capacitor which forms part of a high quality factor RF path of the output match network. The output match network is operable to provide a range of impedance matching over a signal bandwidth and a low frequency gain peak outside the signal bandwidth which corresponds to a low frequency resonance of the high quality factor RF path. The bypass network is coupled in parallel with the blocking capacitor of the output match network. The bypass network is operable to attenuate the low frequency gain peak while maintaining the high quality factor RF path. | 06-21-2012 |
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20130061523 | Actuation systems comprising an active-material actuator and pinch protectection process for use with such systems - An actuator system for use in selectively engaging an input to an output. The actuator system includes an input sub-system having an input component configured to connect to an input element which is in turn connected to a work source. The actuator system also includes an output sub-system being connectable to the input sub-system for receiving work from the work source via the input sub-system. The actuator system further includes an actuator sub-system having an active material and an actuating component. The actuator sub-system is configured so that the active material, when activated, causes the actuating component to move from a first state to a second state to disengage the input and output sub-systems. In another embodiment, the present technology includes a pinch-protection system that determines whether a present value for a work-source physical characteristic exceeds a running average by at least a preset offset value. | 03-14-2013 |
20140081513 | SENSOR MULTIPLEXING IN ACTUATION SYSTEMS COMPRISING ACTIVE-MATERIAL ACTUATORS - A system, method, and computer storage configured for determining period-ending positions of multiple parts movable by select actuation of corresponding active materials. The operations include receiving, from a work-source sensor, work-source input indicating a distance moved by the work source and a direction of the movement, and determining, based on the work-source input and a first and second status histories, corresponding to a first and a second part, respectively, first and second distances travelled by the parts, respectively. Operations also include calculating, based on the first and second distances determined and first and second period-starting positions, corresponding to the first and second parts, respectively, first and second period-ending positions for the first and second parts, respectively. | 03-20-2014 |
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20160112019 | CABLELESS HIGH POWER RF/MICROWAVE POWER AMPLIFIER WITH MULTIPLE POWER AMPLIFIER UNITS - A cableless high power RF or microwave amplifier may amplifies an RF or microwave signal. The amplifier may include: an input signal divider (DIV) that has a DIV input connector that receives the RF or microwave signal and that divides this input signal into multiple sub-input signals, each of which is delivered to a DIV output connector; multiple power amplifier units (PAUs), each of which has a PAU input connector that receives an RF or microwave signal and a PAU output connector that delivers an amplified version of the received RF or microwave signal; and an output signal switching combiner unit (SCU) that has multiple SCU input connectors and that coherently sums the signals at the multiple SCU input connectors and delivers this to an SCU output connector. Each of the PAU output connectors may be electrically connected to a different one of the SCU input connectors without connecting cables. | 04-21-2016 |
20160112020 | COMBINED HIGH POWER RF/MICROWAVE AMPLIFIER WITH MULTIPLE POWER AMPLIFIER UNITS AND AUTOMATIC FAILURE PROTECTION - A high power RF or microwave amplifier may amplify an RF or microwave input signal. The high power RF or microwave amplifier may include an input signal divider (DIV) that has an input port that receives the RF or microwave input signal and that divides this input signal into multiple sub-input signals; multiple power amplifier units (PAUs), each having an input port that receives an RF or microwave signal, an output port that delivers an amplified version of the received RF or microwave signal, and an interface port; an interface control unit (ICU) that communicates with each PAU through its interface port; and an output signal switching combiner unit (SCU) that coherently sums the outputs of the on-line PAUs and delivers this to an output port. The ICU may set one or more of the PAUs to amplify one of the multiple sub-input signals (hereinafter referred to as on-line PAU in on-line mode); monitor each on-line PAU to verify that it is operating within one or more pre-determined PAU specifications; and upon detecting that one of the on-line PAUs is no longer operating within the one or more pre-determined PAU specifications (malfunctioning PAU), set the malfunctioning PAU not to amplify one of the multiple sub-input signals and not to be available to be switched to the on-line mode by the ICU (hereinafter referred to as off-line PAU in off-line mode). | 04-21-2016 |
20160112021 | RF/MICROWAVE HIGH POWER SWITCHING COMBINER UNIT - A switching combiner unit (SCU) may combine coherent RF or microwave outputs from multiple power amplifier units (PAUs). Each SCU may be able to be switched between an on-line mode (on-line PAU), during which the PAU amplifies a coherent instance of the same RF or microwave input signal and delivers that amplified input signal to an output, and a standby or off-line mode (standby/off-line PAU), during which the PAU does not amplify an instance of the same RF or microwave input signal or deliver an amplified input signal to the output. The SCU may include an input port that connects to each of the PAU outputs; a control signal input that receives one or more control signals that indicate whether each PAU is in the on-line or standby/off-line mode; signal combining circuitry that coherently sums the outputs from all of the on-line PAUs, while simultaneously isolating the standby/off-line PAUs from the output of the SCU and the outputs of the on-line PAUs; and an SCU output port that delivers the coherently summed outputs from all of the on-line PAUs. | 04-21-2016 |
20160112027 | RF/MICROWAVE POWER DIVIDER WITH PORT TO PORT ISOLATION - A power divider may coherently divide an RF or microwave input signal into multiple instances of that signal. The power divider may include: an input port that receives the input signal; multiple output ports; and passive signal splitting circuitry that causes a different instance of the input signal to be delivered to each of the output ports all substantially in phase with one another and with substantially equal amplitude, but isolates any signal that is reflected back to one of the output ports from a device to which the output port is connected from any of the other output ports. | 04-21-2016 |
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20130032626 | ADJUNCT THERAPY DEVICE HAVING DRIVER WITH CAVITY FOR HEMOSTATIC AGENT - An instrument is configured to receive a staple cartridge to staple tissue and expel a fluid from within a container in the staple cartridge. The staple cartridge has an upper deck including staple apertures and orifices formed therein. The orifices are in fluid communication with the containers. The staple cartridge includes staple drivers having a driver body to translate a staple and a container protrusion to expel the fluid out the orifices. The fluid may be expelled while driving the staples out through the staple apertures. The container may be vertically compressible container or, in one alternative, may be a container having a channel and a sealant that is configured to be pierced as the fluid is expelled. Some configurations for the fluid include a hemostatic agent, thrombin, a gel, or a medicament. The containers may also be formed as reservoirs defined within the upper deck and/or cartridge body. | 02-07-2013 |
20130075447 | ADJUNCT THERAPY DEVICE FOR APPLYING HEMOSTATIC AGENT - A surgical instrument includes a handle portion, a shaft housing a firing bar, an end effector comprising an anvil, a lower jaw, and a stapling and severing assembly responsive to a longitudinal closing motion produced by the handle portion and the shaft. The lower jaw is configured to receive a removable cartridge. The cartridge includes a housing, a plurality of staples disposed in the housing, and a deck disposed over the plurality of staples. The deck defines apertures, with each aperture being substantially disposed over each staple. The cartridge further receives a buttress material stored in one or both of the anvil or cartridge. The material is releasable onto severed tissue via a firing bar severing the buttress material in response to the longitudinal closing motion. | 03-28-2013 |
20140305986 | SURGICAL STAPLING APPARATUS WITH CONTROL FEATURES OPERABLE WITH ONE HAND - A surgical stapling apparatus. Various embodiments include a rotatable elongated body that extends from a rotatable shroud on handle assembly and has a distal end configured for attachment to a disposable loading unit. The apparatus further includes a lockable rotation system for selectively locking the rotatable shroud to prevent rotation thereof about a longitudinal axis. | 10-16-2014 |
20150060521 | END EFFECTOR COUPLING ARRANGEMENTS FOR A SURGICAL CUTTING AND STAPLING INSTRUMENT - In various embodiments, a surgical stapling instrument can include a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, wherein the shaft defines an axis, and a disposable loading unit which is assembled to the shaft in a direction which is transverse to the shaft axis. Such a connection between the disposable loading unit and the shaft can prevent, or at least inhibit, the disposable loading unit from being unintentionally displaced proximally and/or distally relative to the shaft of the surgical instrument. The surgical stapling instrument and/or disposable loading unit can further include a threaded collar and/or detent assembly configured to hold the disposable loading unit in place. In various embodiments, a disposable loading unit can include a lockout feature which can prevent, or at least inhibit, an expended disposable loading unit from being reassembled to the elongated body of the surgical instrument. | 03-05-2015 |
20150144678 | SURGICAL STAPLING APPARATUS WITH CONTROL FEATURES OPERABLE WITH ONE HAND - A surgical stapling apparatus. Various embodiments include a rotatable elongated body that extends from a rotatable shroud on handle assembly and has a distal end configured for attachment to a disposable loading unit. The apparatus further includes a lockable rotation system for selectively locking the rotatable shroud to prevent rotation thereof about a longitudinal axis. | 05-28-2015 |
20150201935 | END EFFECTOR COUPLING ARRANGEMENTS FOR A SURGICAL CUTTING AND STAPLING INSTRUMENT - In various embodiments, a surgical stapling instrument can include a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, wherein the shaft defines an axis, and a disposable loading unit which is assembled to the shaft in a direction which is transverse to the shaft axis. Such a connection between the disposable loading unit and the shaft can prevent, or at least inhibit, the disposable loading unit from being unintentionally displaced proximally and/or distally relative to the shaft of the surgical instrument. The surgical stapling instrument and/or disposable loading unit can further include a threaded collar and/or detent assembly configured to hold the disposable loading unit in place. In various embodiments, a disposable loading unit can include a lockout feature which can prevent, or at least inhibit, an expended disposable loading unit from being reassembled to the elongated body of the surgical instrument. | 07-23-2015 |
20150297224 | SURGICAL STAPLING APPARATUS WITH CONTROL FEATURES OPERABLE WITH ONE HAND - A surgical stapling apparatus. Various embodiments include a rotatable elongated body that extends from a rotatable shroud on handle assembly and has a distal end configured for attachment to a disposable loading unit. The apparatus further includes a lockable rotation system for selectively locking the rotatable shroud to prevent rotation thereof about a longitudinal axis. | 10-22-2015 |
20150297226 | SURGICAL STAPLING APPARATUS WITH CONTROL FEATURES OPERABLE WITH ONE HAND - A surgical stapling apparatus. Various embodiments include a rotatable elongated body that extends from a rotatable shroud on handle assembly and has a distal end configured for attachment to a disposable loading unit. The apparatus further includes a lockable rotation system for selectively locking the rotatable shroud to prevent rotation thereof about a longitudinal axis. | 10-22-2015 |
20160000439 | END EFFECTOR COUPLING ARRANGEMENTS FOR A SURGICAL CUTTING AND STAPLING INSTRUMENT - In various embodiments, a surgical stapling instrument can include a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, wherein the shaft defines an axis, and a disposable loading unit which is assembled to the shaft in a direction which is transverse to the shaft axis. Such a connection between the disposable loading unit and the shaft can prevent, or at least inhibit, the disposable loading unit from being unintentionally displaced proximally and/or distally relative to the shaft of the surgical instrument. The surgical stapling instrument and/or disposable loading unit can further include a threaded collar and/or detent assembly configured to hold the disposable loading unit in place. In various embodiments, a disposable loading unit can include a lockout feature which can prevent, or at least inhibit, an expended disposable loading unit from being reassembled to the elongated body of the surgical instrument. | 01-07-2016 |
20160000440 | END EFFECTOR COUPLING ARRANGEMENTS FOR A SURGICAL CUTTING AND STAPLING INSTRUMENT - In various embodiments, a surgical stapling instrument can include a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, wherein the shaft defines an axis, and a disposable loading unit which is assembled to the shaft in a direction which is transverse to the shaft axis. Such a connection between the disposable loading unit and the shaft can prevent, or at least inhibit, the disposable loading unit from being unintentionally displaced proximally and/or distally relative to the shaft of the surgical instrument. The surgical stapling instrument and/or disposable loading unit can further include a threaded collar and/or detent assembly configured to hold the disposable loading unit in place. In various embodiments, a disposable loading unit can include a lockout feature which can prevent, or at least inhibit, an expended disposable loading unit from being reassembled to the elongated body of the surgical instrument. | 01-07-2016 |
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20080215852 | System and Device Architecture For Single-Chip Multi-Core Processor Having On-Board Display Aggregator and I/O Device Selector Control - System, device, device architecture, and method for operating a multi-core processor providing application level file isolation and providing display frame buffer aggregator or selector to provide a user with the experience of multiple simultaneous application execution within a single processor while actually providing separate concurrent but isolated processing sessions. | 09-04-2008 |
20080244743 | Computer System Architecture And Method Providing Operating-System Independent Virus-, Hacker-, and Cyber-Terror Immune Processing Environments - Information appliance, computing device, or other processor or microprocessor based device or system provides security and anti-viral, anti-hacker, and anti-cyber terror features, and can automatically create multiple sequentially or concurrently and intermittently isolated and/or restricted computing environments to prevent viruses, malicious or other computer hacking, computer or device corruption and failure by using these computing environments in conjunction with restricted and controlled methods of moving and copying data, combined with a process that destroys malicious code located in computing environments and data stores. | 10-02-2008 |
20100005531 | Isolated multiplexed multi-dimensional processing in a virtual processing space having virus, spyware, and hacker protection features - Information appliance, computing device, or other processor or microprocessor based device or system provides security and anti-viral, anti-hacker, and anti-cyber terror features, and can automatically create multiple sequentially or concurrently and intermittently isolated and/or restricted computing environments to prevent viruses, malicious or other computer hacking, computer or device corruption and failure by using these computing environments in conjunction with restricted and controlled methods of moving and copying data, combined with a process that destroys malicious code located in computing environments and data stores. Time multiplexed processing streams with system, device, architecture and method for maintaining isolation of multiple processes executing in single physical processor. Virtual multi-dimensional processing space and virtual processing environments. Temporally multiplexed processing in a single CPU. Process isolation using address control and mapping. Selecting, configuring, switching, and/or multiplexing multiple processes in physical and/or virtual processing or computing spaces to create physical and/or virtual processing or computing environments. | 01-07-2010 |
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20120096925 | METHOD AND ANALYZER FOR DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF CARBON-CONTAINING PARTICLES FILTERED FROM AN AIR STREAM - An improved analyzer and method of analyzing the content of carbon-containing particles in samples filtered from an air stream is presented. The air stream may be, for example and without limitation, ambient air impacted by pollution; air breathed in an occupational situation such as the atmosphere in a factory or mine; or a combustion exhaust stream such as an engine tailpipe, a chimney, or a smoke plume. The analyzer may operate without the use of bottled gases, such as unfiltered air, and may be operated to provide a very large dynamic range. | 04-26-2012 |
20120229798 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSIS AND CALIBRATION OF A PHOTOMETRIC PARTICLE ANALYZER - A method is provided for diagnosing the operation of a photometric particle analyzer. The method may determine when the operation is degraded from normal operating conditions, automatically, and the result displayed locally as well as being transmitted to a remote observer. The present invention may be used by optical photometric particle analyzers, or by analyzers that measure other properties of particles collected on filters. | 09-13-2012 |
20160069787 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSIS AND CALIBRATION OF A PHOTOMETRIC PARTICLE ANALYZER - A method is provided for diagnosing the operation of a photometric particle analyzer. The method may determine when the operation is degraded from normal operating conditions, automatically, and the result displayed locally as well as being transmitted to a remote observer. The present invention may be used by optical photometric particle analyzers, or by analyzers that measure other properties of particles collected on filters. | 03-10-2016 |
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20090272251 | Systems and methods for portable audio synthesis - Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing music are provided, preferably employing a top-down process, where the user is provided with a musical composition that may be modified and interacted with and played and/or stored (for later play). The system preferably is provided in a handheld form factor, and a graphical display is provided to display status information, graphical representations of musical lanes or components which preferably vary in shape as musical parameters and the like are changed for particular instruments or musical components such as a microphone input or audio samples. An interactive auto-composition process preferably employs musical rules and a pseudo random number generator, which may also incorporate randomness introduced by timing of user input or the like. The user may quickly begin creating desirable music in accordance with one or a variety of musical styles, with the user modifying the auto-composed (or previously created) musical composition, either for a real time performance and/or for storing and subsequent playback. An analysis process flow also is disclosed for using pre-existing music as input(s) to an algorithm to derive music rules that may be used as part of a music style in a subsequent auto-composition process. In addition, the present invention makes use of node-based music generation as part of a system and method to broadcast and receive music data files, which are then used to generate and play music. By incorporating the music generation process into a node/subscriber unit, bandwidth requirements are lowered, and consequently the bandwidth can preferably be used for additional features such as node-to-node and node-to-base music data transmission. The present invention is characterized by the broadcast of relatively small data files that contain various parameters sufficient to describe the music to the node/subscriber music generator. In addition, improved audio synthesis in a portable environment is provided with the present invention by performing audio synthesis in a manner that simplifies design requirements and/or minimizes cost, while still providing quality audio synthesis features targeted for a portable system (e.g., portable telephone). In addition, problems associated with the tradeoff between overall sound quality and memory requirements in a MIDI sound bank are addressed in the present invention by providing systems and methods for a reduced memory size footprint MIDI sound bank. In addition, music ringtone alert tone remixing, navigation, and purchasing capabilities are disclosed that are particularly advantageous in the context of a portable communications device, such as a cellular telephone, in connection with a communications network. | 11-05-2009 |
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20130115906 | Down-Conversion of Multiple RF Channels - A method and system is disclosed for designing a radio for down-converting RF signals to IF signals by sampling the signals in a round-robin sampling circuit and multiplying the samples by coefficients that are changed at a fixed rate equal to the rate of operation of each of the sampling circuits. The circuit is able to down-convert multiple channels simultaneously to adjacent positions in the IF band, while rejecting unwanted image signals. The method and system avoids the difficulty and cost of directly digitizing the RF signal, allowing each component to operate at a greatly reduced speed. The coefficients are selected to provide the desired transfer function while keeping the output signal centered at a desired frequency. | 05-09-2013 |
20140073279 | Minimizing Bandwidth in Down-Conversion of Multiple RF Channels - A method and system is disclosed for simultaneously down-converting multiple selected signals, such as RF signals, into adjacent ranges in an intermediate frequency band so that the total resulting bandwidth, and thus the sampling rate required to digitize the signal, is minimized. A first signal is down-converted into a range starting at a lowest selected frequency in the IF band. The next signal is down-converted, into a range higher than, but near or adjacent to, the down-converted range of the first signal, and so on. A guard band may be left between the signals if desired. In this way, the selected signals occupy the minimum bandwidth required. When the selection of signals to be down-converted is changed, the frequency ranges are dynamically adjusted so that the signals being down-converted always occupy the lowest ranges of the IF band. | 03-13-2014 |
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20090137888 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OF PATIENTS - A patient monitoring system implemented by a service provider for users via recording a patient's analytes measurements by non-invasively interrogating a skin patch placed upon the patient's skin surface. The system includes an input module to provide a device to measure analytes from a patient, such as a measurement of the blood glucose level. The measurement is shared among a plurality of output devices such as computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), cellular phones, and pagers that are stationed or held by various users, such as doctors, patients, researchers, pharmacies, labs, and health insurers. In addition, behavioral attributes are recorded and correlated with the analytes measurements to generate a profile. The profile is selectively sent to output devices based on the user profile corresponding to the output device. Also, access to the profile is monitored by a security module that encrypts the profile to prevent access by un-authorized users. | 05-28-2009 |
20090270704 | PATCHES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT - Described here are patches, systems, and methods for measuring glucose. In general, the patches comprise a microfluidic collection layer and a detector, and the systems comprise a patch and a measurement device. Some methods for measuring glucose comprise cleaning the skin surface, collecting sweat from the skin surface using a microfluidic collection device, and measuring the collected glucose. Other methods comprise cleaning the skin surface, collecting sweat in a patch comprising a microfludic collection layer, and measuring glucose collected in the patch. Still other methods comprise cleaning the skin surface, collecting a first sweat sample from the skin surface in a patch comprising a microfludic collection layer and a detector layer, transferring the first sweat sample from the collection layer to the detector layer, measuring glucose in the first sweat sample, and repeating the collection, transferring, and measuring steps at least once. | 10-29-2009 |
20120168070 | LIGHT CONTROL FILM FORMATION - Light control film formation methods are described herein where reflective louvers in small size scale (generally less than a few millimeters) may be formed between planar or nearly planar sheets. Regions of varying adhesion may be formed within the film such that when a filler material is planarized upon a base film and cured, the filler material may retract internally from regions having a relatively lower adhesion thereby forming gaps which function as reflective internal louvers. | 07-05-2012 |