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20140316485 | NASAL STIMULATION DEVICES AND METHODS - Described here are devices, systems, and methods for treating one or more conditions (such as dry eye) or improving ocular health by providing stimulation to nasal or sinus tissue. Generally, the devices may be handheld or implantable. In some variations, the handheld devices may have a stimulator body and a stimulator probe having one or more nasal insertion prongs. When the devices and systems are used to treat dry eye, nasal or sinus tissue may be stimulated to increase tear production, reduce the symptoms of dry eye, and/or improve ocular surface health. | 10-23-2014 |
20140371812 | NASAL STIMULATION DEVICES AND METHODS - Described here are devices, systems, and methods for treating one or more conditions (such as dry eye) or improving ocular health by providing stimulation to nasal or sinus tissue. Generally, the devices may be handheld or implantable. In some variations, the handheld devices may have a stimulator body and a stimulator probe having one or more nasal insertion prongs. When the devices and systems are used to treat dry eye, nasal or sinus tissue may be stimulated to increase tear production, reduce the symptoms of dry eye, and/or improve ocular surface health. | 12-18-2014 |
20160114172 | CONTACT LENS FOR INCREASING TEAR PRODUCTION - Described here are devices, systems, and methods for increasing tear production by stimulating the cornea, conjunctiva, and/or subconjunctiva. In some variations, the devices may be in the form of a contact lens. The contact lens may comprise a lens body and a stimulator chip, where the stimulator chip is embedded in the lens body. An external power source wirelessly transmits energy to the stimulator chip, where the stimulator chip may convert the energy to an electric waveform to stimulate the cornea, conjunctiva, and/or subconjunctiva. Stimulation may activate the lacrimal reflex to increase tear production. The devices and systems for increasing tear production may be used in methods of treating dry eye, reducing the symptoms of tired eye, increasing comfort for contact lens wearers, and extending the number of years a contact lens user can wear contacts. Also described are methods of manufacturing a contact lens. | 04-28-2016 |
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20080290430 | Stress-Isolated MEMS Device and Method Therefor - A stress-isolated MEMS device ( | 11-27-2008 |
20090218642 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) component | 09-03-2009 |
20090293617 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH REDUCED SENSITIVITY TO PACKAGE STRESS - A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor ( | 12-03-2009 |
20100301706 | DIFFERENTIAL PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR - A differential piezoelectric sensor ( | 12-02-2010 |
20140024162 | ANCHOR DESIGN AND METHOD FOR MEMS TRANSDUCER APPARATUSES - An improved MEMS transducer apparatus and method. The method includes providing a movable base structure having a base surface region overlying a substrate and a center cavity with a cavity surface region. At least one center anchor structure and one spring structure can be spatially disposed within a substantially circular portion of the surface region. The spring structure(s) can be coupled the center anchor structure(s) to a portion of the cavity surface region. The substantially circular portion can be configured within a vicinity of the center of the surface region. At least one capacitor element, having a fixed and a movable capacitor element, can be spatially disposed within a vicinity of the cavity surface region. The fixed capacitor element(s) can be coupled to the center anchor structure(s) and the movable capacitor element(s) can be spatially disposed on a portion of the cavity surface region. | 01-23-2014 |
20140361661 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR MEMS DEVICES - A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes a temperature compensating structure including a first beam suspended from a substrate and a second beam suspended from the substrate. The first beam is formed from a first material having a first Young's modulus temperature coefficient. The second beam is formed from a second material having a second Young's modulus temperature coefficient. The body may include a routing spring suspended from the substrate. The routing spring may be coupled to the first beam and the second beam. The routing spring may be formed from the second material. The first beam and the second beam may have lower spring compliance than the routing spring. The MEMS device may be a resonator and the temperature compensating structure may have dimensions and a location such that the temperature compensation structure modifies a temperature coefficient of frequency of the resonator independent of a mode shape of the resonator. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361843 | MONOLITHIC BODY MEMS DEVICES - A technique decouples a MEMS device from sources of strain by forming a MEMS structure with suspended electrodes that are mechanically anchored in a manner that reduces or eliminates transfer of strain from the substrate into the structure, or transfers strain to electrodes and body so that a transducer is strain-tolerant. The technique includes using an electrically insulating material embedded in a conductive structural material for mechanical coupling and electrical isolation. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361844 | SUSPENDED PASSIVE ELEMENT FOR MEMS DEVICES - A technique decouples a MEMS device from sources of strain by forming a MEMS structure with suspended electrodes that are mechanically anchored in a manner that reduces or eliminates transfer of strain from the substrate into the structure, or transfers strain to electrodes and body so that a transducer is strain-tolerant. The technique includes using an electrically insulating material embedded in a conductive structural material for mechanical coupling and electrical isolation. An apparatus includes a MEMS device including a first electrode and a second electrode, and a body suspended from a substrate of the MEMS device. The body and the first electrode form a first electrostatic transducer. The body and the second electrode form a second electrostatic transducer. The apparatus includes a suspended passive element mechanically coupled to the body and electrically isolated from the body. | 12-11-2014 |
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20140067528 | Split Spot Breaks - Control of a single spot break (or all spot breaks within a predefined time period) can be dynamically split between different ad management servers, and between universal and targeted advertisements. Put another way, the particular type of process used to deliver advertisements (e.g. one-to-many or one-to-one) can be varied within a single spot break. Each portion of a split spot break can be dynamically adjusted in near-real time. If run time of advertisements inserted by an ad management server is either too long or not long enough, control can be passed to the next ad server late, or early, as appropriate. A single spot break (or group of spot breaks) can be split different ways for different stations, or for different tiers of spot breaks. Different spot breaks on the same station can be split differently. | 03-06-2014 |
20140236739 | MEDIA DELIVERY TO LIMITED CAPABILITY PLATFORMS - An ad proxy generates a playback manifest for delivery to a destination platform via a content distribution network (CDN). The playback manifest provided to the destination device includes hosted locations, such as network addresses, of both primary media files and advertising content. The playback manifest can also include tracking-calls. The destination platform receives normalized media files associated with the network addresses included in the playback manifest, and plays out those normalized media files during execution of the playback manifest. Tracking-calls can be fired, in accordance with the playback manifest, when part or all of a normalized media file has been played out. The tracking-calls can be used to facilitate calculation of impressions. The destination device need not be capable of differentiating between primary media content and advertising content, thus allowing even limited capability platforms, e.g. integrated automotive platforms, to provide targeted advertising. | 08-21-2014 |
20150026308 | ATTRIBUTING USERS TO AUDIENCE SEGMENTS - A streaming media server inserts contextual markers into a media stream being delivered to an end user device for play out to an end user. The contextual markers can be inserted in-band into spot blocks, and can be used to identify media items included in the spot block. When the contextual markers trigger the end-user device to send a message identifying the media content, e.g. a particular show, included in the spot block to a data management platform (DMP). The DMP uses the messages triggered by the contextual markers to attribute the end user to the media content. If a threshold number of attributions is received, and if the attributions are sufficiently recent, the end user can be a associated with an audience segment. The attribution and association information can be delivered to an ad server, which uses that information to select targeted advertisements to air during the show. | 01-22-2015 |
20150046267 | LIVE MEDIA STREAM INCLUDING PERSONALIZED NOTIFICATIONS - A live media broadcast includes core content streamed to multiple users. While all consumers can be presented with the same core content, each individual consumer can be provided with individually customized content from various notification services during commercial breaks. For example, while one consumer can be provided with customized banking updates from her bank account during part of a commercial break, during that same commercial break another user might be provided with social media notifications or reminders from his calendar. Notifications or updates can be received in a text format and converted to an audio or other suitable format at an ad server, and delivered to a media automation system for insertion into a media stream in a way that integrates notifications into the listening or viewing experience without interrupting presentation of the core content. | 02-12-2015 |
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20090095446 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PULSED-JET-ENHANCED HEAT EXCHANGER - A pulsed-jet active flowfield control actuation system enhances the rate of heat transfer and heat removal in a heat exchanger for better management of thermal loads. The pulsed jet actuators impart an unsteady component of velocity to the working fluid of the heat exchanger. This design increases the convective heat transfer, and avoids increases in heat exchanger volume and weight for a given performance value. | 04-16-2009 |
20090308980 | Method and system for fully fixed vehicle control surfaces - A fully fixed, non-articulating geometry vehicle that includes a number of virtual control surfaces operable to replicate a mechanical control surface's functionality. These virtual control surfaces further include a number of flow control devices on the non-articulating vehicle surface. The plurality of flow control surfaces is operable to induce secondary flow structure(s) within a boundary layer of a fluid flow over the non-articulating vehicle surface. A virtual control surface controller is operable to dynamically adjust a frequency and amplitude of the secondary flow structure(s) in order to reposition the virtual control surface. A vehicle control and stability system communicatively coupled to the plurality of virtual control surfaces is operable to direct positioning of the plurality of virtual control surfaces in response to vehicle control commands. | 12-17-2009 |
20100003129 | Flow control redistribution to mitigate high cycle fatigue - The present invention provides a method operable to improve pressure recovery and/or distortion within engine inlet. This method involves providing a first fluid flow to primary jet vortex generator(s) operable to inject fluid at a first injection rate into a boundary layer of a primary fluid flow within the inlet. A secondary fluid flow is injected by secondary jet vortex generator(s) at a second injection rate into the boundary layer of the primary fluid flow. The fluid injected at the first injection rate and second injection rate is operable to induce secondary flow structures within the boundary layer. These secondary close structures are then operable to improve or manipulate the pressure recovery of the inlet. At specific engine conditions, this method may redistribute the ratio of the first injection rate and second injection rate in order to improve pressure recovery and/or distortion of the inlet when the particular engine conditions. Such engine conditions may be associated with a natural blade frequency of the engine at a particular speed. Embodiments of the invention allow blade vibration problems associated with engine operation at particular speeds to be solved without adding damping or increasing blade strength to change the natural frequency of the blades, thereby reducing weight and improving engine performance. | 01-07-2010 |
20100084514 | System and method to control flowfield vortices with micro-jet arrays - The present invention provides a system and method for actively manipulating and controlling aerodynamic or hydrodynamic flow field vortices within a fluid flow over a surface using micro-jet arrays. The system and method for actively manipulating and controlling the inception point, size and trajectory of flow field vortices within the fluid flow places micro-jet arrays on surfaces bounding the fluid flow. These micro-jet arrays are then actively manipulated to control the flow behavior of the ducted fluid flow, influence the inception point and trajectory of flow field vortices within the fluid flow, and reduce flow separation within the primary fluid flow. | 04-08-2010 |
20100270433 | Method and System For Global Flow Field Management Using Distributed, Surface-Embedded, Nano-Scale Boundary Layer Actuation - Systems and methods to provide distributed flow control actuation to manage the behavior of a global flow field, are provided. An example of a system can include an aerodynamic structure having an outer surface, and an array of a plurality of effectors connected to the outer surface of the aerodynamic structure to be in fluid contact with a flowing fluid when operationally flowing, to induce controlled, globally distributed disturbances at a viscous wall sublayer of a turbulent boundary layer of the flowing fluid when operationally flowing and to manipulate fluid behavior of the flowing fluid to thereby substantially reduce pressure loss associated with incipient separation of the fluid flow from portions of the aerodynamic structure. | 10-28-2010 |
20110089835 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLASMA JETS - A plasma jet system includes a housing with a single opening. A plasma generator is coupled to ionize a fluid in the housing. An electromagnetic accelerator is coupled to generate an electric field that accelerates ionized fluid in the housing toward the opening. A controller can modulate the frequency of the electric field to cause the ionized fluid to form a plasma vortex flow through the opening. A magnetic field is applied normal to the direction of the plasma vortex flow to mitigate the momentum of the electrons. The electrons slowed by the magnetic field can be collected and conducted to a location where they are re-inserted into the plasma vortex flow to maintain charge neutrality. | 04-21-2011 |
20110095135 | PRISMATIC-SHAPED VORTEX GENERATORS - A prismatic vortex generator for attenuating flow separation which occurs during supersonic flow of air over structure such as an aircraft airfoil, its fuselage, surfaces forming a part of a jet engine inlet, or similar surfaces subjected to supersonic airflow. A series of prismatic vortex generators are provided, each of which is configured to generate a vortex which attenuates flow separation and weight drag resulting from the supersonic airflow. Each prismatic vortex generator has a prismatic shape with a base, leading and trailing ends, and sidewalls that incline toward and join each other to form an apex. The leading end of each prismatic vortex generators is inclined away from the direction of flow. | 04-28-2011 |
20120079803 | Exhaust plume heat effect reducing method and apparatus - An apparatus for reducing heating effects of an exhaust plume of a jet engine on an impinged surface includes fluid injectors disposed adjacent and aimed into an exhaust plume zone that's to be occupied by an exhaust plume when the engine is running. A flow generator transmits fluid flow into such an exhaust plume through the injectors. Each injector emits fluid in at least two divergent directions to increase the cross-sectional area of the exhaust plume by forming fluidic lobes in the exhaust plume. | 04-05-2012 |
20120222768 | System for Global Flow Field Management Using Distributed, Surface-Embedded, Nano-Scale Boundary Layer Actuation - Systems to provide distributed flow control actuation to manage the behavior of a global flow field, are provided. An example of a system can include an aerodynamic structure having an outer surface, and an array of a plurality of nano-scale effectors connected to the outer surface of the aerodynamic structure to be in fluid contact with a flowing fluid when operationally flowing, to induce controlled, globally distributed disturbances at a viscous wall sublayer of a turbulent boundary layer of the flowing fluid when operationally flowing and to manipulate fluid behavior of the flowing fluid to thereby substantially reduce pressure loss associated with incipient separation of the fluid flow from portions of the aerodynamic structure. | 09-06-2012 |
20130133857 | Exhaust impingement cooling - An exhaust impingement cooling device for reducing heating effects of an exhaust plume on an impinged surface. An exhaust nozzle exit screen is positioned across an exhaust plume flow path, and includes a plurality of flowpath diverging apertures that spread at least a portion of an exhaust plume that is being emitted along the exhaust plume flow path from an exhaust plume source. Flow control jets are arrayed within the exhaust plume flow path in respective positions where their operation will augment the flow of exhaust plume gases through the screen, thereby increasing the momentum and mixing of the exhaust plume with cooler ambient air. | 05-30-2013 |
20130146715 | Minimally intrusive wingtip vortex wake mitigation using microvane arrays - An airfoil tip vortex mitigation arrangement comprising one or more flow directors configured and positioned to re-direct freestream air over a low pressure surface of an airfoil in such a way as to displace and weaken a main tip vortex generated at a tip of the airfoil. | 06-13-2013 |
20130153711 | Minimally intrusive wingtip vortex wake mitigation using inside-mold-line surface modifications - An airfoil tip vortex mitigation device comprising an intake port disposed in a first surface of an airfoil and an exit port in fluid communication with the intake port and disposed in a second surface of the airfoil where air pressure is less than at the first surface when the airfoil is producing lift. The channel and exit port are positioned and configured to direct diverted air in such a way as to weaken an airfoil tip vortex that's produced by the airfoil when the airfoil is producing lift. | 06-20-2013 |
20130318944 | Jet Exhaust Noise Reduction - Reducing jet noise by weakening Mach cones in a jet exhaust gas streamtube. The Mach cones are weakened by modifying exhaust gas flow in a longitudinal axial core of the exhaust gas streamtube. | 12-05-2013 |
20150027545 | Suppression of Shock-Induced Airflow Separation - An apparatus for suppressing shock-induced separation of high speed airflow from a relatively low-energy boundary layer. The apparatus may include an actuator or array of actuators configured to alternately inhale and exhale fluid and positioned to alternately inhale fluid from and exhale fluid into a boundary layer of a fluid mass flowing along the wall. The actuator may be positioned to inhale fluid from a boundary layer separation bubble induced by a supersonic shock wave propagated in the fluid mass. | 01-29-2015 |
20150050147 | Active Bleed For Airfoils - An airfoil active bleed system and related method. A housing includes an induction wall, an exhaust wall having one or more exhaust ports, and a chamber between the induction and exhaust walls. Zero-net-mass-flux actuators are located in the chamber and configured and positioned to collectively induct fluid through the induction wall and selectively exhaust fluid through the exhaust port(s). | 02-19-2015 |
20150143812 | Exhaust Plume Cooling - An exhaust plume cooling device for cooling an exhaust gas plume to reduce deleterious heat effects on impinged and surrounding surfaces. The device is supportable in a position downstream of an exhaust nozzle of an exhaust gas plume-producing engine and configured to periodically interrupt the flow of exhaust gases. | 05-28-2015 |
20160084199 | JET EXHAUST NOISE REDUCTION - Reducing jet noise by weakening Mach cones in a jet exhaust gas streamtube. The Mach cones are weakened by modifying exhaust gas flow in a longitudinal axial core of the exhaust gas streamtube. | 03-24-2016 |
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20090278726 | Method and Apparatus for Representing and Classifying Microwave Back-Projection Radar Signals - A moving object is classified by transmitting, by a linear array of transmit antenna elements, a microwave into a surveillance area. A scattered microwave backprojected from a moving object is received by a linear array of receive antenna elements. Features are extracted from the scattered microwave related to a spiral evolution of the scattered microwave. The moving object is then classified as one of a set of possible classes according to the extracted features, and an alarm signal can be generated indicating the selected class. | 11-12-2009 |
20100083095 | Method for Extracting Data from Web Pages - Embodiments of the invention describe a computer-implemented method for extracting data from web pages. During a learning stage, the embodiments receive a template web page represented by a template Document Object Model (DOM) and select a record node, which is a root node of a sub-tree of the template DOM that contains data to be extracted. After that, a record node sub-tree and data field sub-paths are stored in a memory, wherein the record node is a root node of the record node sub-tree, and the data field sub-paths are relative paths of the template DOM from the record node to data field nodes. During the extraction stage, a web page represented by a DOM-tree is received and a matched sub-tree of the DOM-tree according to a structure of the record node sub-tree is identified. Next, data from the matched sub-tree according to the data field sub-paths are extracted. | 04-01-2010 |
20100094783 | Method and System for Classifying Data in System with Limited Memory - Embodiments of the invention describe a method for classifying data in a system with limited memory. The method applies exemplar learning (EL) procedures to a training data set to produce an exemplar data set adapted to the size of the memory. The EL procedure is selected form a group consisting of an entropy based exemplar learning (EBEL) procedure and an advanced broadband enabled learning (ABEL) procedure. The exemplar data set is used to classify acquired by the system data. | 04-15-2010 |
20110016070 | Method for Predicting Future Environmental Conditions - An average environmental condition for a specified target date and time is determined by indexing a database of time series data to retrieve the environment condition for each day and time where an orbital position of the earth with respect to the sun is nearest to the orbital position of the earth on the target date and time. The average environmental condition is then determined from the retrieved environmental conditions. | 01-20-2011 |
20110161258 | Method for Converting Dynamical Systems with Continuous States into Markov Decision Processes with Discrete States - A continuous dynamical system is converted to a Markov decision process (MDP) with discrete states. A predetermined number of continuous states of the continuous system is selected, wherein each continuous state corresponds to one discrete state of the MDP. Delaunay triangulation is applied to the continuous states to produce a set of triangles, wherein vertices of each triangle represent the continuous states. For each discrete state, a next discrete state y=f(x, a) is determined, wherein x represents the continuous state corresponding to the discrete state, a is a control action, and f is a non-linear transition function for the continuous. A particular triangle containing the next discrete state y is identified, and the next discrete state y is expressed as probabilities of transitioning to the discrete states corresponding to the continuous states x represented by the vertices of the particular triangle. | 06-30-2011 |
20120310608 | Method for Scheduling Power Generators Based on Optimal Configurations and Approximate Dynamic Programming - A unit commitment problem is solved for a set of generators with a set of configurations having a set of 2 | 12-06-2012 |
20140244059 | Method for Optimizing Power Flows in Electric Power Networks - Power flow in an electric power network is optimized during multiple time periods of operation of the electric power network by solving an optimization problem represented by an objective function by first initializing variables and constraints of a branch and bound (BB) tree, wherein nodes in the BB tree represent feasible regions of the optimization problem. Upper and lower bounds on the objective function are solved using the BB tree. A lowest upper bound and a lowest upper bound are updated. If difference between the lowest lower bound and the lowest upper bound is less than a threshold, the power flow is outputted based on the lowest lower bound and the lowest upper bound. | 08-28-2014 |
20140358508 | Method for Optimizing HVAC Systems in Buildings Using Nonlinear Programming to Maximize Comfort for Occupants - A heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system for a building is optimized while maximizing a comfort of occupants and minimizing energy consumption. The building is modeled as a network of nodes and edges, wherein the nodes represent rooms, and the edges represent walls. Dynamics of temperatures and humidity in the rooms and the temperature of the walls and the building are modeled using differential equations and the network. The comfort of the occupants is modeled by a predicted mean vote (PMV). The minimizing is formulated as an optimal control problem, which is discretized using an integration technique to obtain a finite dimensional optimization problem. Then, the finite dimensional optimization problem is solved using sparse linear algebra until convergence. | 12-04-2014 |
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20080308361 | Method and System for Determining Instantaneous Peak Power Consumption in Elevator Banks - A method and system determine peak power consumption over time by a bank of elevator for servicing a set of passenger hall calls and delivery requests, and selecting elevator schedules that keep peak power consumption below a predetermined threshold. For each car in response to receiving a hall call, a set of all possible paths to service all hall calls assigned to the car are determined, in which each path includes a set of all possible segments. A peak power consumption for each possible segment is also determined. The peak power consumptions for the set of all possible segments for each time instant are added to determine a total peak power consumption for each time instant, and a particular path is selected as a schedule to operate the bank of elevator cars, if the total peak power consumption for any instant in time while operating according to the selected schedule is below a predetermined threshold. | 12-18-2008 |
20090094074 | Method for Constructing Business Process Models from Task Execution Traces - A business process is modeled by determining, for each possible pair of tasks in a trace of executions of N tasks corresponding to a business process, whether the tasks in each pair have an identical relation condition with every other task in the trace. A pair of tasks is identified as child task nodes of an associated parent relation node if the identical relation condition is true. A renderable workflow tree is constructed from all identified child task of the associated corresponding parent relation, nodes. | 04-09-2009 |
20090177443 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CHANGES IN SENSOR SAMPLE STREAMS - A method detects a change in a stream of samples acquired by a sensor. A stream of samples acquired by a sensor over time is stored sequentially in a buffer in which an oldest sample is discarded and a newest sample is stored when the buffer is full such that the buffer forms a window of samples sliding forward in time. For each new sample, the buffer is partitioned into all possible pairs of contiguous sub-windows of samples including a first sub-window and a second sub-window such that the newest sample is stored in the second sub-window of the pair. A difference is determined between the first and second sub-window of each pair of the contiguous sub-windows of samples, and a maximum difference is assigned as a merit score. A change in the stream of samples is signaled if the merit score is greater than a predetermine threshold. The change can be abrupt or gradual. | 07-09-2009 |
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20080301546 | Systems and methods for rendering media - Methods and systems are provided for maintaining the aspect ratio of an image in the form of a graphic element or a photograph on a printed product in a theme collage. The aspect ratio of each image in the theme collage is maintained independent of any aspect ratio or resolution of the theme collage. Other methods provide for maintaining the resolution of a graphic element on a printed product in a theme collage using any desired combination of bitmap or vector based graphic data and alpha data when rendering the graphic element. An exemplary system may include one or more modules for determining the size of an image on a page while maintaining an aspect ratio of the image, displaying the image, receiving graphic data for the image, receiving alpha-transparency data for the image, and changing the image appearance according to a rendering parameter. | 12-04-2008 |
20080304105 | Data management for media production - Systems and methods for authoring, ordering and producing various products are described. A method of ordering a product comprises: receiving a request for a product type, identifying product specification data associated with the product type, presenting one or more options for products characterized by the product specification data, receiving a request for one or more of the presented options, and transmitting product order data associated with the request to a server. A method of producing an ordered product comprises: receiving product order data associated with the authored product, identifying print output data associated with the authored product, generating one or more tables of contents, each table of contents defining one or more components of the authored product, and printing the product components defined by the tables of contents. | 12-11-2008 |
20110072376 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY PLACING GRAPHIC ELEMENTS INTO LAYOUTS - Techniques are described for dynamically placing graphical elements into theme layouts on a graphical user interface. A rendering engine reads a set of theme metadata and graphics metadata. The theme metadata defines a layout of the page and the regions into which the graphic elements will be placed. The theme metadata can further include tags to define categories or conceptual purposes for the regions and design changes that can be applied to graphics in that region. The graphics metadata defines a list of graphic files to be included in the layout, tags to define a category or conceptual purpose for each element and optional tags to override the design changes that are indicated in the theme metadata. The rendering engine combines and matches the theme metadata to the graphics metadata and places the graphic elements into the theme layout according to the matching. | 03-24-2011 |
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20090186060 | METHODS OF ENHANCING RADIATION EFFECTS WITH METAL NANOPARTICLES - The present invention provides methods of using metal nanoparticles 0.5 to 400 nm in diameter to enhance the dose and effectiveness of x-rays or of other kinds of radiation in therapeutic regimes of ablating a target tissue, such as tumor. The metal nanoparticles can be administered intravenously, intra-arterially, or locally to achieve specific loading in and around the target tissue. The metal nanoparticles can also be linked to chemical and/or biochemical moieties which bind specifically to the target tissue. The enhanced radiation methods can also be applied to ablate unwanted tissues or cells ex vivo. | 07-23-2009 |
20130208865 | LOW DOSE-RATE RADIATION FOR MEDICAL AND VETERNARY THERAPIES - Various embodiments relate to a method of performing microbeam radiation therapy on a subject, including: affixing a collimator to the subject at a first location; producing a first high energy radiation fan beam, wherein the width of the first fan beam in a first direction is greater than the width of the first fan beam in a second direction; and moving the subject in the second direction so that the first fan beam irradiates the subject through the collimator to produce first high dose regions alternating with first low dose regions. | 08-15-2013 |
20130230145 | LOW DOSE-RATE RADIATION FOR MEDICAL AND VETERINARY THERAPIES WITH THREE DIMENSIONALLY SHAPED PROFILES - Various embodiments relate to a method of performing microbeam radiation therapy (microbeam radiosurgery) for a subject, including: producing a high-energy radiation beam; shaping, attenuating, strengthening, hardening and/or otherwise appropriately modifying the high-energy radiation beam using a low-Z, high-Z, or variable-Z filter; passing the beam before or after it has been so modified through a collimator to produce high-dose regions alternating with low-dose regions; and irradiating the subject with the collimated beam so modified. | 09-05-2013 |
20140294153 | SAFETY METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOW DOSE-RATE RADIATION FOR MEDICAL AND VETERINARY THERAPIES - Various embodiments relate to a microbeam radiation therapy (microbeam radiosurgery) system, including: a radiation beam source; a collimator with slits, wherein the collimator only passes a radiation beam from the radiation beam source through the slits; a filtering and limiting system; a source shutoff controller connected to the radiation beam source; and a detector configured to detect events requiring the shutdown of the radiation beam source. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294154 | MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT FOR MICROBEAM RADIATION DAMAGE AREA - Various embodiments relate to a method of performing microbeam radiation therapy on a subject, including: producing a high-energy radiation beam in a first direction; producing planar microbeams using the high-energy radiation beam in the first direction, wherein the microbeams have a width, wherein the planar microbeams produce scattered electrons; and applying a magnetic field in a direction lying in a plane substantially parallel to the planar microbeams, wherein the strength of the magnetic field corresponds to the width of the microbeam. | 10-02-2014 |