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20130196733 | Systems and Methods for Integrated Game Play Through the Use of Proximity-Based Communication on Smart Phones and Hand Held Devices - A user device in a system for selling gaming products receives a game play request from a user. The user device detects being tapped to an external proximity-based communication enabled device using a communication interface that communicates over a proximity-based communication connection. Upon detecting that the user device has been tapped to the external proximity-based communication enabled device, the user device sends a gaming request associated with the game play request over a wireless network. The proximity-based communication protocols ensure that the gaming transaction occurs in a geographical location that is within the jurisdiction of the appropriate gaming authority. | 08-01-2013 |
20130217462 | Systems and Methods for Providing Lottery Game Play Through an Unmanned Terminal - A game play system comprises a banking system that includes at least one terminal configured for financial transactions and an acquirer transaction server coupled with the terminal, the acquirer transaction server configured to provide game plays to a user through the terminal. The game play system further comprises a game play authority in communication with the acquirer transaction server, the game play authority configured to receive game play requests from the acquirer transaction server and game play information from one or more authorities associated with various game plays. | 08-22-2013 |
20130281190 | Game Play System for Automated Terminals - Disclosed embodiments relate to various aspects of providing game play. Exemplary embodiments of systems and methods allow for game play on a variety of unmanned terminals including, but not limited to, automated teller machines, taxi cab payment systems, fuel pump payment interfaces, a variety of other kiosks, and handheld devices. In an embodiment, a disclosed device allows for exchanging communications between a gaming facilitator and a gaming partner. | 10-24-2013 |
20140066194 | Systems and Methods for Integrated Game Play Through the Use of Barcodes on Smart Phones and Hand Held Devices - A user device in a system for selling gaming products receives a game play request from a user. Barcode information associated with a barcode at a location is obtained. The user device sends a gaming request associated with the game play request over a wireless network. The barcode information provides for verification that the gaming transaction occurs in a geographical location that is within the jurisdiction of the appropriate gaming authority. | 03-06-2014 |
20140274314 | Systems and Methods for Integrated Game Play at Payment-Enabled Terminals - A game play system and methods for facilitating game play purchases through a payment-enabled terminal store a plurality of records of game play number sets associated with respective payment card numbers. The association of game play number sets with respective payment card numbers allows for substantially “ticketless” lottery wagers, draws, scratch tickets, branded games, and second change games, access to game play purchases beyond the traditional manned lottery authority terminals, automatic redemption by associating a winning game play with a payment card number, and purchase of game plays using payment cards (e.g., debit or credit cards) instead of cash. | 09-18-2014 |
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20120253229 | Tissue Sampling Device And Method - A tissue sampling device includes a cannula having an elongate tubular body with a sharpened coring tip. A shaft extends within the cannula and is coupled with a cutter having an axially advancing wire extending between a distal end of the shaft and the sharpened coring tip. The axially advancing wire is movable in a cutting path defining an arc about the longitudinal axis, by way of rotating the shaft relative to the cannula. | 10-04-2012 |
20130137920 | Steerable Guide Member and Catheter - Medical devices are described and illustrated herein. In particular, steerable guide members and catheters useful in the identification and treatment of bodily passages are provided. Methods of identifying and treating bodily passages are also provided. | 05-30-2013 |
20140350524 | Wire Guide Engagement And Withdrawal Tool And Method - A tool for engaging and withdrawing a wire guide from a patient includes a deformable distal segment having a self-expanding bias such that the distal segment assumes a tortuous configuration, and a control line attached to the distal segment and configured to extend through an intraluminal sheath, such that pulling the control line deforms the distal segment in opposition to the self-expanding bias to tighten about a wire guide. The tool may be withdrawn from the patient while tightened about the wire guide, such that the wire guide simultaneously extends out of the patient at each of a first and a second percutaneous entry point. | 11-27-2014 |
20150174371 | SYSTEM FOR BYPASSING VASCULAR OCCLUSION HAVING PUNCTURING MECHANISM AND METHOD - A system for bypassing a vascular occlusion includes a catheter, and a puncturing mechanism within the catheter having a sleeve and a puncture wire positioned within the sleeve. The puncture wire is elastically deformable between an access configuration, and a deployed configuration. The puncture wire has a shape memory bias and is retracted within the sleeve and held by the sleeve in opposition to the bias in the access configuration. | 06-25-2015 |
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20100234816 | COATED WIRE GUIDE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - In at least one embodiment, a method for making a wire guide is provided. The method comprises applying a polymer coating to a proximal section of a FP coated core wire having a FP coating disposed thereon such that the polymer coating overlays at least a portion of the FP coating. The polymer coating is applied to a distal section of the FP coated core wire having an exposed metal portion such that the polymer coating overlays at least a portion of the exposed metal portion. The polymer coating is removed from the proximal portion of the FP coated core wire to form the wire guide having a proximal portion with the FP coating and a distal portion with the polymer coating. | 09-16-2010 |
20120226144 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEEDING TUBE PLACEMENT - A system and method for monitoring the placement of a feeding tube in the jejunum of a patient includes a system comprising a feeding tube and a tubular member received in a passageway extending through the feeding tube. The tubular member is sized relative to the feeding tube such that an echogenic distal length of the tubular member extends distal to the open distal end of the feeding tube. The distal end of the assembly is advanced into the small intestine of the patient, and a negative pressure is drawn through an opening in the distal length of the tubular member to draw the tubular member distal length into juxtaposition with a wall of the small intestine. The position of the assembly in the small intestine may be observed in real time via ultrasound visualization of the echogenic portion. | 09-06-2012 |
20130072961 | Embolic Coil Delivery System - An embolic coil delivery system includes a flexible elongate body having a distal segment. An embolic coil is loaded on the flexible elongate body at the distal segment and contacts an outer surface of the flexible elongate body. The embolic coil delivery system also includes a delivery catheter sized to advance over the flexible elongate body during an embolic coil delivery procedure, wherein a distal segment of the delivery catheter contacts the embolic coil during the embolic coil delivery procedure. | 03-21-2013 |
20130197618 | Medical Device Package And Methods - A medical device package includes an elongate tubular holder having a first and a second detachable tip, and a medical device positioned within a cavity and contained within the holder via the first and second detachable tips. The medical device has a self-shaping bias and is loaded in opposition to the bias via contact with an inner surface of the holder defining the cavity. The first and second detachable tips may include snap-off tips, such that upon detachment the cavity is opened for removing the medical device. Related methodology is disclosed. | 08-01-2013 |
20140142607 | Lumen Re-Entry System And Method - A lumen re-entry system includes a catheter having an elongate tubular body defining a wire lumen extending from an open proximal end of the elongate tubular body to a distal opening through the elongate tubular body. An abrasion resistant tubular liner is positioned within the wire lumen and has a fixed position relative to the elongate tubular body. The abrasion resistant tubular liner defines a reduced wire lumen extending from an open proximal end of the abrasion resistant tubular liner to an open distal end of the abrasion resistant tubular liner. A puncture wire is configured for axial movement through the reduced wire lumen and has an angled distal segment terminating in a puncture tip. The angled distal segment is oriented at an angle between about 10 degrees to about 90 degrees relative to a central longitudinal axis of the puncture wire. | 05-22-2014 |
20150132468 | METHOD OF MAKING A COATED WIRE GUIDE - In a method for making a wire guide, a fluoropolymer coating is removed from a distal section of an FP coated core wire to expose a metallic portion. A polymer coating is applied to a proximal section of the FP coated core wire such that the polymer coating overlays at least a portion of the FP coating, and to the distal section of the FP coated core wire including the exposed metal portion. The polymer coating is removed from the FP coating to form the wire guide having a proximal portion with the FP coating and a distal portion with the polymer coating. A hydrophilic coating may be applied to the distal portion over the polymer coating. | 05-14-2015 |
20150258306 | Variable Stiffness Catheter - A variable stiffness catheter having two concentric coils. A first coil is fixed with relation to the body of the catheter and a second coil is able to rotate in the space between adjacent turns of the first coil. The second coil translates axially in response to being rotated. When the second coil is advanced to its distal position, the stiffness is maximized. When the second coil is refracted proximally, the stiffness of the coil is reduced. | 09-17-2015 |