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| 20120027807 | TISSUE ENGINEERED MYOCARDIUM AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF - The present invention generally relates to a population of committed ventricular progenitor (CVP) cells and their use to generate a tissue engineered myocardium, in particular two dimensional tissue engineered myocardium which is comparable to functional ventricular heart muscle. One embodiment of present invention provides a composition and methods for the production of a tissue engineered myocardium which has functional properties of cardiac muscle, such as contractibility (e.g. contraction force) and numerous properties of mature fully functional ventricular heart muscle tissue. In particular, in one embodiment, a composition comprising the tissue engineered myocardium comprises committed ventricular progenitor (CVP) cells seeded on a free-standing biopolymer structure to form functional ventricular myocardium tissue. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20130046134 | METHODS OF GENERATING ENGINEERED INNERVATED TISSUE AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides methods for generating relevant in vitro models of engineered innervated tissue, as well as uses of such tissues. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130330378 | ANISOTROPIC BIOLOGICAL PACEMAKERS AND AV BYPASSES - The present invention provides biological pacemakers or AV-node bypasses The biological pacemakers or AV-node bypasses of the invention are useful for the treatment of, inter alia, cardiac arrhythmias and AV-node conduction defects. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140004553 | ENGINEERED CELL GROWTH ON POLYMERIC FILMS AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140342394 | MUSCLE CHIPS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides high throughput assays for identifying compounds that modulate a contractile function, as well as devices suitable for these assays. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20160003806 | HIGH THROUGHPUT ASSAYS FOR DETERMINING CONTRACTILE FUNCTION AND DEVICES FOR USE THEREIN - The present invention provides high throughput assays for identifying compounds that modulate a contractile function, as well as devices suitable for use in these assays. | 01-07-2016 |
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| 20100062447 | Methods for Identifying Cancer Risk - The present invention provides methods and kits for identifying an increased risk of developing cancer in a subject. The methods include analyzing a first biological sample, such as a blood sample, from the subject for loss of imprinting of the IGF2 gene. According to the methods a loss of imprinting is indicative of an increased risk of developing cancer. The method can include analyzing genomic DNA from the sample for altered methylation of the IGF2 gene. The altered methylation for example includes hypomethylation of a differentially methylated region of IGF2, corresponding to SEQ ID NO:1 or a polymorphism thereof. The method can be performed on a subject having no apparent or suspected hyperproliferative disorder such as cancer. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100167940 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CANCER RISK - Provided herein are tissue-specific differential methylated regions (T-DMRs) and cancer-related differential methylated regions (C-DMRs) and methods of use thereof. In one embodiment of the invention, there are provided methods of detecting a cell proliferative disorder by detecting altered methylation in one or more DMRs identified herein. In another embodiment of the invention, there are provided methods of determining clinical outcome by detecting altered methylation in one or more DMRs identified herein. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110014204 | Cancer Chemoprevention Strategy Based on Loss of Imprinting of IGF2 - The present invention relates to targets of loss of imprinting (LOI) affected IGF2 gene products in pre-malignant tissues, where methods of inhibiting those targets, including IGFR1, are disclosed to prevent tumor development in subjects at risk for developing colorectal cancer (CRC). The present invention also relates to methods of identifying increased risk in developing CRC in a subject, including methods of assessing the efficacy of a chemotherapeutic regimen. Further, the present invention relates to methods for identifying anti-neoplastic agents. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20120164110 | DIFFERENTIALLY METHYLATED REGIONS OF REPROGRAMMED INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS, METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF - Provided herein are differentially methylated regions (DMRs) of reprogrammed iPS cells (R-DMRs) and methods of use thereof. The invention provides methods for detecting and analyzing alterations in the methylation status of DMRs in iPS cells, somatic cells and embryonic stem (ES) cells as well as methods for reprogramming somatic cells to generate an iPS cell. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130281304 | Comprehensive Methylome Map of Myeloid and Lymphoid Commitment from Hematopoietic Proenitors - Provided herein are differentially methylated regions (DMRs) of multipotent progenitor cells (MPPs) and oligopotent progenitor cells and methods of use thereof. The invention provides methods for detecting and analyzing alterations in the methylation status of DMRs in such progenitor cells as well as methods for differentiating such cells. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130296182 | VARIABILITY SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS LINKING STOCHASTIC EPIGENETIC VARIATION AND COMMON DISEASE - Provided are methods and models for an alternative source of disease risk, which identifies not genetic variants for a phenotype per se, but variants for variability itself. Also provided are methods and models for a genome-scale, gene-specific analysis of DNA methylation in the same individuals over time, in order to identify a personalized epigenomic signature that may correlate with common genetic disease. Also provided are methods and models for simulating stochastic epigenetic variation as a driving force of development, evolutionary adaptation, and disease. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140128283 | Method of Detecting Cancer through Generalized Loss of Stability of Epigenetic Domains, and Compositions Thereof - Provided herein is a method of detecting cancer through generalized loss of stability of epigenetic domains as well as compositions useful therein. The present invention is based on the discovery that generalized loss of stability of epigenetic domains was determined to be a characteristic across various cancer types. Genome-scale bisulfite sequencing of cancers revealed a surprising loss of methylation stability in the cancer methylome, involving both CpG islands and shores, as well as large (up to several megabases) blocks of hypomethylation affecting more than half of the genome, with concomitant stochastic variability in gene expression. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20150309026 | METHODS OF SCREENING FOR CELL PROLIFERATION OR NEOPLASTIC DISORDERS - The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying subjects having, or predisposed to having, a neoplastic or cell proliferation or neoplastic disorder. The methods are applicable to any type of tissue sample and can be conducted on otherwise normal tissue. | 10-29-2015 |
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| 20080213445 | Automated fryer filtration device and method - A commercial device and method for cooking food product in cooking oil includes a fry vat containing an amount of cooking oil used to cook discrete batches of uncooked food in discrete batches of a weight relative to the amount of cooking oil in the range of from about 0.0375 to about 0.1, with the total amount of food being cooked at any one time relative to the amount of oil in the fry vat being about 0.1 or less. Cooking the food results in an uptake of oil by the food in an amount of from about 5.5% to about 13% by weight of the uncooked food, and an oil turnover ratio of from about 0.0026 to about 0.007 per discrete batch. Replacement oil is periodically added, and a sufficient number of batches are cooked over 60 hours of operation to achieve at least one vat oil turnover. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080213446 | Automated fryer refilling device and method - A commercial device and method for cooking food product in cooking oil includes a fry vat containing an amount of cooking oil used to cook discrete batches of uncooked food in discrete batches of a weight relative to the amount of cooking oil in the range of from about 0.0375 to about 0.1, with the total amount of food being cooked at any one time relative to the amount of oil in the fry vat being about 0.1 or less. Cooking the food results in an uptake of oil by the food in an amount of from about 5.5% to about 13% by weight of the uncooked food, and an oil turnover ratio of from about 0.0026 to about 0.007 per discrete batch. Replacement oil is periodically added, and a sufficient number of batches are cooked over 60 hours of operation to achieve at least one vat oil turnover. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080213448 | Low oil volume frying device and method - A commercial device and method for cooking food product in cooking oil includes a fry vat containing an amount of cooking oil used to cook discrete batches of uncooked food in discrete batches of a weight relative to the amount of cooking oil in the range of from about 0.0375 to about 0.1, with the total amount of food being cooked at any one time relative to the amount of oil in the fry vat being about 0.1 or less. Cooking the food results in an uptake of oil by the food in an amount of from about 5.5% to about 13% by weight of the uncooked food, and an oil turnover ratio of from about 0.0026 to about 0.007 per discrete batch. Replacement oil is periodically added, and a sufficient number of batches are cooked over 60 hours of operation to achieve at least one vat oil turnover. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090049996 | Thin film cooking and food transfer devices and methods - Improved cooking devices and methods of achieving good adherence contact between a low-friction, non-stick release sheet material and a heated food-supporting platen or cooking surface are provided. The adherence of the release sheet to the lower platen is sufficiently good to permit removal of cooked items such as hamburger patties with a spatula without significantly adversely disturbing the release sheet. In addition, good heat transfer is achieved to permit good sear (good carmelization and good browning) on the bottom surface of foods, including hamburger patties. In addition, inventive cooking utensils and methods are provided that incorporate or use release sheets in the utensils themselves, so that the benefits of a release sheet on the food-supporting platen or cooking surface are achieved. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100129502 | Food tray device and method - A food tray device for maintaining food warm or cold is disclosed. The food tray device has a support and a disposable tray portion or container. The container generally does not need to be sturdy enough to reliably carry food without the support. Optionally the support and container may have holes for limited venting of the tray interior while maintaining the moisture content of the food. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110129578 | Automated fryer filtration device and method - A commercial device and method for cooking food product in cooking oil includes a fry vat containing an amount of cooking oil used to cook discrete batches of uncooked food in discrete batches of a weight relative to the amount of cooking oil in the range of from about 0.0375 to about 0.1, with the total amount of food being cooked at any one time relative to the amount of oil in the fry vat being about 0.1 or less. Cooking the food results in an uptake of oil by the food in an amount of from about 5.5% to about 13% by weight of the uncooked food, and an oil turnover ratio of from about 0.0026 to about 0.007 per discrete batch. Replacement oil is periodically added, and a sufficient number of batches are cooked over 60 hours of operation to achieve at least one vat oil turnover. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20120009309 | Storage and packaging of bulk food items and method - A semi-automated food processing station, system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, stored and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container for serving to a customer. In one embodiment, the system includes an automated salting device, and may include a pivotable food receiving tray that automatically transfers the food items to one or more storage bins, where an infrared heater maintains the temperature of the food items by directing infrared radiation thereon. In a preferred embodiment, the infrared radiation passes through a filter that filters out the wavelengths of infrared radiation that may be irritating to an operator. | 01-12-2012 |
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| 20100274117 | EFFICIENT VISUALIZATION OF CORTICAL VASCULAR TERRITORIES AND FUNCTIONAL MRI BY CYCLED ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING MRI - Regional arterial spin labeling (regASL) speeds up acquisition without sacrificing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the resulting perfusion images by using the same control image (i.e. acquired without labeling of blood in a vessel) for two or more vascular territory measurements. This regional ASL is accomplished by creating prepared spin magnetization (e.g. inverted or saturated) in a specific blood vessel, instead of preparing spin magnetization in all feeding blood vessels. As in conventional ASL, two data sets are typically acquired in a downstream position: one with (label image) and one without preparation (control image) in one particular vessel. When regASL is extended to repetitive time series of ASL images to identify perfusion changes for functional MRI (fMRI), the speed of the time series of ASL also is increased because only a single C data set can be used redundantly for all time points of ASL measurement, to reduce the amount of data acquired by nearly one half, with no change in the signal to noise ratio in the ASL images. To account for possible movement of the person causing misregistrations in the time series, the C data can be obtained two or more times throughout the time series while still at lower frequency than in prior techniques with alternating L and C data sets. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20120056620 | MULTIPLICATIVE INCREASE IN MRI DATA ACQUISITION WITH MULTI-BAND RF EXCITATION PULSES IN A SIMULTANEOUS IMAGE REFOCUSING PULSE SEQUENCE - Disclosed are methods and systems for carrying out super-multiplexed magnetic resonance imaging that entwines techniques previously used individually and independently of each other in Simultaneous Echo (of Imaging) Refocusing (SER or SIR) and Multi-Band (MB) excitation, in a single pulse sequence that provides a multiplication rather than summation of desirable effects while suppressing undesirable effects of each of the techniques that previously were used independently. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20130085379 | ARTERIAL SPIN-LABELED (ASL) MULTIPLEXED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING (M-EPI) - An MRI system and method for imaging perfusion in an arterial spin labeled (ASL) process in which multiplexed echo-planar imaging (M-EPI) is used rather than conventional EPI, to thereby speed up imaging and generate sets of images that show different phases of perfusion and provide additional benefits. A single multiband RF excitation pulse can be used to excite multiple slices for imaging, or a time sequence of multiband pulses can be used to further increase the number of slices. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130181709 | MRI USING FASTER MULTIPLEXED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING (EPI) PULSE SEQUENCES - An MRI scanner and an MRI method that effectively reduce the inherent difference in timing of TE in the SIR images by using alternating polarity of the slice selective gradient pulse Gs and corresponding alternate polarity in RF phase offset in the excitation pulse. By using alternating polarity selective gradients, the refocusing gradient pulse on the Gs axis can be eliminated between the excitation pulses so that the time spacing between the multiple SIR excitation pulses is reduced, and therefore the time delay between onset of slice signal decay is reduced. This results in an earlier possible TE of the first excited slice, hence less signal decay and higher SNR, and overall the TE of different slices can be more nearly the same. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130204123 | SIMULANEOUS MULTISLICE PERFUSION IMAGING IN MRI - An MRI system and method for dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) imaging use multiplexed echo planar imaging (M-EPI) to essentially simultaneously acquire MR signals for perfusion parameter images of multiple slices. This essentially simultaneous acquisition of MR signals for multiple slices can be repeated in rapid succession without deteriorating T2* contrast, which makes it practical to image multiple perfusion phases and brings about other significant benefits. | 08-08-2013 |
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| 20100201845 | CONTENT-AWARE DIGITAL MEDIA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A content-aware digital media storage device includes a host device interface for exchanging digital information with a host device, a memory array for storing digital information received from the host device via the host interface, a peripheral module configured to communicate the digital information stored in the memory array to a receiver located remote from the digital media storage device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the host device interface, the memory array and the peripheral module and configured to interpret directory information associated with the digital information stored in the memory array so as to selectively access said digital information and communicate such accessed digital information to the peripheral module for transmission to the remote receiver. Digital images stored in the memory array may be transmitted to a remote host via a wireless network access point with which the peripheral module of the storage device is associated. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110004840 | CONTENT-AWARE DIGITAL MEDIA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A content-aware digital media storage device includes a host device interface for exchanging digital information with a host device, a memory array for storing digital information received from the host device via the host interface, a peripheral module configured to communicate the digital information stored in the memory array to a receiver located remote from the digital media storage device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the host device interface, the memory array and the peripheral module and configured to interpret directory information associated with the digital information stored in the memory array so as to selectively access said digital information and communicate such accessed digital information to the peripheral module for transmission to the remote receiver. Digital images stored in the memory array may be transmitted to a remote host via a wireless network access point with which the peripheral module of the storage device is associated. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110314208 | CONTENT-AWARE DIGITAL MEDIA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A content-aware digital media storage device includes a host device interface for exchanging digital information with a host device, a memory array for storing digital information received from the host device via the host interface, a peripheral module configured to communicate the digital information stored in the memory array to a receiver located remote from the digital media storage device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the host device interface, the memory array and the peripheral module and configured to interpret directory information associated with the digital information stored in the memory array so as to selectively access said digital information and communicate such accessed digital information to the peripheral module for transmission to the remote receiver. Digital images stored in the memory array may be transmitted to a remote host via a wireless network access point with which the peripheral module of the storage device is associated. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20130080692 | CONTENT-AWARE DIGITAL MEDIA STORAGE DEVICE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A content-aware digital media storage device includes a host device interface for exchanging digital information with a host device, a memory array for storing digital information received from the host device via the host interface, a peripheral module configured to communicate the digital information stored in the memory array to a receiver located remote from the digital media storage device, and a controller communicatively coupled to the host device interface, the memory array and the peripheral module and configured to interpret directory information associated with the digital information stored in the memory array so as to selectively access said digital information and communicate such accessed digital information to the peripheral module for transmission to the remote receiver. Digital images stored in the memory array may be transmitted to a remote host via a wireless network access point with which the peripheral module of the storage device is associated. | 03-28-2013 |
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| 20110153962 | ENDLESS MEMORY - A storage device includes a controller that is configured to execute safe deletion operations so as to free up storage space on the device in response to triggering events. The safe deletion operations ensure that the data states of a host device making use of the storage device and the storage device itself are synchronized so as to prevent deletion of data from the storage device before it is offloaded to another storage platform. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120170559 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OUT-OF-BAND DELIVERY OF WIRELESS NETWORK CREDENTIALS - At a server, a user account established by a user of an AP hosting device is associated with information sufficient to permit a CLIENT to join a WLAN of which the AP is a part. The CLIENT is provided, via an OOB network different from the WLAN, the information sufficient to permit the CLIENT to join the WLAN of which the AP is a part, which information may include a unique identifier for the AP hosting device and information indicative of a network key for the WLAN (e.g., a secret key associated with the AP hosting device, a network key for the WLAN, or information that permits generation of the network key for the WLAN). Thereafter, the CLIENT may use the subject information to join the WLAN of which the AP is a part. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120191647 | ENDLESS MEMORY - A storage device includes a controller that is configured to execute safe deletion operations so as to free up storage space on the device in response to triggering events. The safe deletion operations ensure that the data states of a host device making use of the storage device and the storage device itself are synchronized so as to prevent deletion of data from the storage device before it is offloaded to another storage platform. | 07-26-2012 |
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| 20090114421 | Electrical component, manufacturing system and method - Disclosed herein is an electrical component comprising a segment having a diameter in the range of about 1 micrometers to about 10 cm, the segment comprising a plurality of non-metallic, resistive fibers in a non-metallic binder. The segment is precisely trimmed to impart to the segment an electrical resistance within 1% of the desired resistance value. A manufacturing system and methods of manufacturing components having precise specifications also are disclosed. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090236792 | System of opposing alternate higher speed sheet feeding from the same sheet stack - In a printing system in which the print media sheets are alternately fed from the same stack in the same tray by two sheet feeders at opposite sides into different sheet paths, at least one of the sheet feeders is repositionable towards and away from the other for feeding different size sheets, and the connecting sheet path is repositionable with the repositioning of the sheet feeder. The repositioning of the sheet feeder and its associated sheet path may be automatic in coordination with the normal resetting of a tray stack edge guide with the loading of different size sheets into the tray. The enhanced rate sheet feeding may be for a dual print engine printing system and/or selectably common or reversed sheet facing. Alternating coordinated lifting of a nudger roll of one sheet feeder with operation of the opposing sheet feeder, and retard nips spaced from the stack, may be provided. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20120019875 | MEDIA HANDLING AND UNIFORMITY CALIBRATION FOR AN IMAGE SCANNER - A system for media handling and uniformity calibration for an image scanner includes an optical window, an assist roller, an adjustment mechanism, and a calibration strip. The assist roller receives and guides media through a gap between the assist roller and the optical window. The adjustment mechanism is integrated with the assist roller for controlling the distance between the assist roller and the optical window for smooth passage of media. The controlled reflectivity calibration strip connected to the adjustment mechanism facilitates sensor calibration, such as flat field correction. The adjustment mechanism moves to position the calibration strip in alignment with the optical window whenever sensor calibration is desired. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120295517 | Electrical Component, Manufacturing System and Method - Disclosed herein is an electrical component comprising a segment having a diameter in the range of about 1 micrometers to about 10 cm, the segment comprising a plurality of non-metallic, resistive fibers in a non-metallic binder. The segment is precisely trimmed to impart to the segment an electrical resistance within 1% of the desired resistance value. A manufacturing system and methods of manufacturing components having precise specifications also are disclosed. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130156484 | Automatic Media Loading and Unloading System for Producing Dimensional Documents - A media loading and unloading system, for use with a media cutting system having a cutting table and cutting apparatus to cut or score media held on a surface of the cutting table, includes an elevator assembly and a bi-directional transport system. The elevator assembly includes a drive and multiple vertically displaced bins that are vertically movable up and down by the drive. The bi-directional transport system transports media in a lateral feed direction from the elevator assembly to the cutting table surface and removes media from the cutting table surface in a lateral direction opposite to the feed direction to the elevator assembly. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130266358 | Media Feeding System for Cutting Dimensional Documents and Methods of Making and Using Same - A media feeding and cutting system is disclosed herein which comprises a media cutter including a cutting surface and a digital cutting device, a first feeder configured to automatically transport individual sheets of media from an in-feed receptacle toward the cutter, a positioner configured to position the medium on the cutting surface, a second feeder disposed adjacent to or connected to the cutting surface which is configured to automatically transport the cut medium from the cutter to an out-feed receptacle, and a processor configured to operate the cutter, first feeder, positioner and second feeder. Additional related systems and methods also are disclosed. | 10-10-2013 |
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| 20100031367 | Single File Rich Media Package Portable Across Multiple Devices - A process, format, and computer software for collecting a broad range of digital media objects, and storing them in a single, rich media container file, for simplified distribution and integrated playback. The resulting file can take on the dynamics of its intended use, so the music-oriented file may be album-centric, track oriented, and contain integrated cover art and links to the artist website, while a movie-oriented file may be video-centric, scene oriented, and contain integrated promotional art and links to actor biographies and photographs. Regardless of the usage, the resulting file provides an end user with an integrated, rich media viewing and listening experience, all in one place, and portable across multiple computers, mobile devices, and other platforms. The process and computer program for creating the rich media file also embeds digital rights management of the underlying content, and can enable both the publishers and users of the rich media file to customize their respective files with additional or unique content. | 02-04-2010 |
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| 20090192514 | IMPLANTABLE DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS DEVICE AND METHODS OF USING SAME - An osteogenesis distraction device for securement to separate bone segments in the body of a patient and operative to generate new bone between said bone segments by the gradual application of a distraction force, the device comprising attachment members securable to separate bone segments and moveable in relation to each other to generate a distraction force, a power source for powering relative movement of the attachment members, and wherein the entire device, including the attachment members and power source, is dimensioned for implantation entirely subdermally in the body of a patient. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100160999 | Electrical Stimulation of Cell and Tissue Growth with Two-and Three-Dimensionally Patterned Electrodes - The present invention is generally directed to a method for regulating cellular and tissue physiology, a device for practicing the method, and a process for fabricating the device. In general the process comprises the steps of providing at least one patterned electrode, providing a least one cell, placing the at least one electrode in electrical communication with the at least one cell, and applying a voltage to the electrode thereby delivering an effective amount of a patterned electric field or current thus regulating the physiology and/or growth of the at least one cell. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20120271418 | MODULAR TISSUE SCAFFOLDS - Provided are biocompatible and implantable scaffolds for treating a tissue defect, such as a bone gap. The scaffolds can have a modular design comprising a tissue scaffold rack designed to accommodate one or more modules. Also provided are methods for fabrication and use of such scaffolds. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120330423 | Engineered Scaffolds for Intervertebral Disc Repair and Regeneration and for Articulating Joint Repair and Regeneration - Methods for the engineering and preparation of intervertebral disc repair scaffolds and articulating joint repair scaffolds are disclosed. The methodology utilizes either magnetic resonance images or combined magnetic resonance and computed tomography images as a template for creating either the intervertebral scaffold or the joint repair scaffold (e.g., osteochondral scaffold) with fixation to the underlying bone. The disc scaffold design may include an outer annulus that may contain desired structures and a central nucleus pulposus region that could either contain a designed microstructure or a contained hydrogel. The osteochondral scaffold may include a bone compartment interface with a cartilage compartment. The bone compartment may interface with a cutout portion of the bone through fixation components. Different microstructure designs may be created for the bone and cartilage compartment to represent desired mechanical and mass transport properties. The microstructure controls elastic and permeability property distribution within the scaffold. | 12-27-2012 |
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| 20090324005 | Script Detection Service - Script detection service techniques are described. In an implementation, a determination is made as to which human writing system is associated with individual text characters in a string of one or more text characters based on values representing the individual text characters in the string. A particular human writing system is designated as associated with the string based on the values associated with the individual text characters in the string. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090326918 | Language Detection Service - Language detection techniques are described. In implementation, a method comprises determining which human writing system is associated with text characters in a string based on values representing the text characters. When the values are associated with more than one human language, the string is compared with a targeted dictionary to identify a corresponding human language associated with the string. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090326920 | Linguistic Service Platform - Linguistic service platform techniques are described. In implementations, one or more computer-readable media comprise instructions that are executable by a computer to designate a linguistic service having a particular property responsive to an application program interface call specifying the property. Communication may be brokered between the linguistic service and the application so that communication occurs without the application directly communicating with the linguistic service. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090327860 | Map Service - Map service techniques are described. In an implementation, one or more computer-readable media comprise instructions that are executable by a computer to recognize from text an action that is performable by a particular one of a plurality of webpages and parse a set of parameters from the text to be passed to the particular said webpage to cause the webpage to perform the action. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20120029906 | Language Detection Service - Language detection techniques are described. In implementation, a method comprises determining which human writing system is associated with text characters in a string based on values representing the text characters. When the values are associated with more than one human language, the string is compared with a targeted dictionary to identify a corresponding human language associated with the string. Linguistic services are designated to be available based on service properties of the linguistic services and based on the corresponding human language associated with the string. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120059646 | Script Detection Service - Script detection service techniques are described. In an implementation, values representing individual text characters in a string of one or more text characters are identified to determine which human writing system is associated with the individual text characters. The values are compared to a table that associates subsets of values with individual human writing systems. The values are determined to be within a particular subset of values in the table that correspond to a particular human writing system. A particular human writing system is designated as associated with the string based on the values associated with the individual text characters in the string being within the particular subset of values that corresponds with the particular human writing system. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120254712 | Map Service - Map service techniques are described. In an implementation, text is received from an application for processing by one or more linguistic services. Based on service properties of respective linguistic services that are relevant to the application, particular linguistic services are designated to be available for use by the application and one or more other linguistic services are obscured from the application. A communication is formed to communication the text to a designated linguistic service. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130297295 | Script Detection Service - Script detection service techniques are described. In an implementation, a corpora of text is analyzed to determine which strings in the corpora of text are to be included in a targeted dictionary that is usable for language detection services. The targeted dictionary is populated with strings that are individually associated with a human language. The strings include individual text characters associated with values that correspond to a particular subset of values in a table that associates subsets of values with individual human writing systems. | 11-07-2013 |
