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20150201949 | SURGICAL, TORQUE TRANSFERRING INSTRUMENT INCLUDING ASSOCIATED TOOL - A surgical torque-transferring instrument includes a preferably universal handpiece to which a handpiece shaft having an internal torsion rod or an internal tool shaft can be connected. The torsion rod can be connected to a torque transmission train or drive within the handpiece via a plug-type coupling which includes a male and female coupling piece which can be axially plugged into each other. The cross-sectional shape of the two coupling pieces approximately corresponds to a four-leaved cloverleaf. | 07-23-2015 |
20150238241 | SURGICAL, TORQUE-TRANSFERRING INSTRUMENT INCLUDING AN ASSOCIATED TOOL - A chip-removing tool of a surgical torque-transferring instrument includes a distal engagement segment or tool head which is adjoined by a tool shaft whose proximal end portion is prepared for a torque-transferring insertion into a tool mounting of the instrument. The proximal end portion is subdivided at least in a functional section for torque transmission and a functional section for axial locking which is axially spaced therefrom. The functional section for axial locking, with respect to its geometry, includes parameters which are intended to be changed and cooperate according to the key/keyhole principle only with one tool mounting including corresponding geometrical mating parameters for a correct mounting of the tool. | 08-27-2015 |
20150238242 | SURGICAL, TORQUE-TRANSFERRING INSTRUMENT INCLUDING AN ASSOCIATED TOOL - A chip-removing tool of a surgical torque-transferring instrument includes a distal engagement segment which is adjoined by a tool shaft whose proximal end portion is prepared for a torque-transferring insertion into a tool mounting of the instrument. The proximal end portion is subdivided at least in a functional section “torque transmission” and a functional section “axial locking” which is axially spaced therefrom. The functional section “axial locking” is arranged with respect to the engagement segment so as to be proximal relative to the functional section “torque transmission”. | 08-27-2015 |
20150327905 | SURGICAL, TORQUE-TRANSFERRING INSTRUMENT INCLUDING AN ASSOCIATED TOOL - A surgical instrument includes a handpiece to which a handpiece shaft can be flanged, and a tool mounting for receiving a tool which can be rotatably supported in the handpiece shaft for axially securing the tool in the tool mounting and for transferring a torque to the tool. The tool mounting includes a sleeve-shaped entrainment shaft with a plug-in zone for a torsion rod and torque transmission and axial locking zones for the tool. The tool mounting also includes a closure sleeve surrounding the entrainment shaft that includes a distal blocking section which acts on the axial locking zone of the entrainment shaft for axially locking and releasing the tool, and a proximal arresting section acting on the plug-in zone of the entrainment shaft for arresting the tool mounting on the torsion rod to transfer torques and axial forces and for releasing the tool mounting from the torsion rod. | 11-19-2015 |
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20140015424 | MULTI-STRING LED DRIVE SYSTEM - A multi-string LED drive system for multiple LED strings powered by a common line voltage. A plurality of current control circuits are connected in series with respective LED strings, each of which includes a transistor which causes a desired LED string current to be conducted when a sufficient voltage is applied to the transistor's gate. A “maximum” circuit receives each of the gate voltages at respective inputs and outputs a voltage which is proportional to the greatest of the received voltages. A line regulator circuit receives the output of the maximum circuit and a signal which represents a target gate voltage at respective inputs and generates the common line voltage such that the highest of the gate voltages is approximately equal to the target gate voltage, such that system power efficiency is optimized in cases of imbalance between LED string voltage drops and/or sink device characteristics. | 01-16-2014 |
20140015425 | LINE VOLTAGE CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR A MULTI-STRING LED DRIVE SYSTEM - A line voltage control circuit for use with a multi-string LED drive system which provides a common line voltage for multiple LED strings that are connected to respective current sink circuits at respective junctions. An error amplifier receives the minimum junction voltage and a reference ‘desired junction voltage’ at respective inputs, and a voltage regulator outputs the line voltage in response to a voltage applied to a feedback input. A comparator toggles an output when the maximum junction voltage (V | 01-16-2014 |
20140015426 | LED DRIVE SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN OFF-CHIP POWER SUPPLY - A LED drive system for controlling an off-chip power supply enables the power supply function to be located ‘off-chip’—i.e., on an IC which is separate from the IC containing the other LED drive system components. The off-chip supply provides a common line voltage for LED strings connected in series with respective current sink circuits at respective junctions, in response to a signal applied to a control input. The system includes a ‘minimum’ circuit which outputs the least of the voltages at the junctions, and an I/O pin which receives a signal that varies with the output of the minimum circuit. When the external supply's control input is coupled to the system's I/O pin, the present system controls the output of the external power supply as needed to provide a desired common line voltage. | 01-16-2014 |
20140015427 | MULTI-STRING LED DRIVE SYSTEM - A drive system for multiple LED strings powered by a common line voltage. Current control circuits are connected in series with respective LED strings; each current control circuit includes a drive transistor (typically a FET) which causes a desired LED string current to be conducted. In one embodiment, the current conducted by a selected one of the LED strings is controlled by the line voltage regulation loop, while the currents conducted by the remaining LED strings are controlled by respective local current loops, thus avoiding conflicts between the local current and line voltage regulation loops. The LED string to be current regulated by the line voltage regulation loop can be determined by a variety of criteria, such as the current control circuit having the maximum FET gate voltage, the minimum FET source voltage, the minimum FET drain voltage, the maximum FET gate-source voltage, or the minimum FET drain-source voltage. | 01-16-2014 |
20140055044 | LED CURRENT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR LED DRIVE SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE DIMMING INPUTS - A LED current control system for use with an LED drive system which includes LED strings connected in series with respective current sink circuits, each of which causes a current to be conducted by the LED string to which it is connected. The drive system includes 3 or more ‘dimming’ inputs with which the LED string currents can be adjusted. The LED current control system comprises at least one minimum circuit which receives two or more dimming inputs and produces an output which is proportional to the lesser of the inputs, a multiplier circuit which receives the outputs of the minimum circuits and at least one other dimming input and produces an output ILED which is proportional to the product of the received signals, and a sink control circuit which receives ILED and controls the current sink circuits such that the string currents vary with ILED. | 02-27-2014 |
20160088705 | LED DRIVE SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN OFF-CHIP POWER SUPPLY - A LED drive system for controlling an off-chip power supply enables the power supply function to be located ‘off-chip’—i.e., on an IC which is separate from the IC containing the other LED drive system components. The off-chip supply provides a common line voltage for LED strings connected in series with respective current sink circuits at respective junctions, in response to a signal applied to a control input. The system includes a ‘minimum’ circuit which outputs the least of the voltages at the junctions, and an I/O pin which receives a signal that varies with the output of the minimum circuit. When the external supply's control input is coupled to the system's I/O pin, the present system controls the output of the external power supply as needed to provide a desired common line voltage. | 03-24-2016 |
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20140263297 | Folding container - A foldable shipping container adjustable between an unfolded condition in which said container is suitable for use as a cargo container, and a folded condition for when said container is not being used to store or ship cargo. | 09-18-2014 |
20150069051 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR A COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER - The present invention discloses a novel apparatus and way for folding a shipping container in order to improve safety and security of the shipping container. A foldable shipping container is provided having improved locking mechanisms positioned on the inside and outside of the shipping container. | 03-12-2015 |
20150108121 | LOWER FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR A COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER - The present invention discloses a novel apparatus for improving the structural integrity of a folding shipping container in order to improve safety and durability of the shipping container. A foldable shipping container is provided having an improved lower frame assembly. | 04-23-2015 |
20150108769 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR A COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER - The present invention discloses a novel apparatus and way for folding a shipping container in order to improve safety and security of the shipping container. A foldable shipping container is provided having improved locking mechanisms to improve sealing of the container given deformations in container geometry. | 04-23-2015 |
20160083176 | STACKED COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER - The present invention discloses a novel apparatus and way for folding a shipping container in order to improve space utilization when in a folded condition. As a result of the container design, less vertical space is occupied in the folded condition thereby allowing an additional folded container to be stacked in an assembly of folded containers when compared to the prior art designs. | 03-24-2016 |
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20110172710 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERSPINOUS PROCESS SPACER IMPLANTS AND METHODS - An interspinous process spacer for implantation in an interspinous space between a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process includes a balloon-like body, a first deployable protrusion and a second deployable protrusion. The body has a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends. The spacer is arrangeable in an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The first deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the proximal end and the second deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the distal end. The first and second deployable protrusions are oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis in the unexpanded configuration and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in the expanded configuration. | 07-14-2011 |
20110190817 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERSPINOUS PROCESS SPACER IMPLANTS AND METHODS - An interspinous process spacer for implantation in an interspinous space between a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process includes a balloon-like body, a first deployable protrusion and a second deployable protrusion. The body has a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends. The spacer is arrangeable in an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The first deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the proximal end and the second deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the distal end. The first and second deployable protrusions are oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis in the unexpanded configuration and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in the expanded configuration. | 08-04-2011 |
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20130090733 | IMPLANT WITH COMPLIANT LAYER - An intervertebral spacer having an upper layer, a lower layer and at least one non-planer compliant layer. The non-planer compliant layer is disposed between the lower layer and the upper layer and includes a portion that extends outside a lateral plane in which the compliant layer resides. The non-planar compliant layer made of a material that is more yielding than the upper layer and the lower layers, and may have a cross-section that is z-shaped, u-shaped, sinusoidal-shaped, zigzag shaped, etc. | 04-11-2013 |
20160100865 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTERSPINOUS PROCESS SPACER IMPLANTS AND METHODS - An interspinous process spacer for implantation in an interspinous space between a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process includes a balloon-like body, a first deployable protrusion and a second deployable protrusion. The body has a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal and distal ends. The spacer is arrangeable in an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration. The first deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the proximal end and the second deployable protrusion is mounted proximate the distal end. The first and second deployable protrusions are oriented generally parallel to the longitudinal axis in the unexpanded configuration and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in the expanded configuration. | 04-14-2016 |
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20110320006 | COATED IMPLANT - The disclosure relates to an orthopedic implant comprising a metallic substrate coated with a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer, and a layer of a polymeric material placed over the DLC layer that is less stiff than the substrate, and methods of manufacturing the same. | 12-29-2011 |
20120022652 | SPINE DISC REPLACEMENT WITH COMPLIANT ARTICULATING CORE - An intervertebral implant can include a pair of endplates between which is coupled a bag that is filled or is fillable with small beads or particles having smooth exterior geometries. The bead sack implant allows for articulation about various centers of rotation without a predefined neutral position. | 01-26-2012 |
20120095561 | INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT - A method for fixation of an intervertebral implant includes the steps of: a) applying a spreading force to a first and second adjacent vertebral bodies; b) removing the intervertebral disc between the adjacent first and second vertebral bodies; c) inserting a shaft of the bone anchors into the vertebral bodies, and fixing a head of the bone anchors to an intervertebral implant. | 04-19-2012 |
20130282137 | COATED IMPLANT - An orthopedic implant comprising a metallic substrate coated with a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer, and a layer of a polymeric material placed over the DLC layer that is less stiff than the substrate, and methods of manufacturing the same. | 10-24-2013 |
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20150369503 | HVAC ZONING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system may be controlled by an HVAC control system. The HVAC control system may include a communications block, a controller and a user interface. The communications block may receive sensed data from sensing devices located within spaces of a building. The sensing devices may be located at different spaced sensor locations within the building. The controller may receive the sensed data from the communications block and based, at least in part, on the received sensed, determine recommended setting changes to the HVAC control system. The user interface may display the recommended setting changes to a user. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369504 | HVAC ZONING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system may be zoned into one or more zone. The HVAC system may include one or more register vents that may include vent dampers. The HVAC system may be controlled by an HVAC control system including a communications port or block, a controller operatively coupled to the communications block, and a user interface. The controller may receive sensed data received at the communications block from sensors of the HVAC system. Based, at least in part, on the received sensed data, the controller my determine recommended settings for at least one of the manually adjustable register vent dampers and display the recommended settings on the user interface. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369507 | HVAC ZONING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system may be zoned into one or more zone. The HVAC system may include HVAC components, sensors, and one or more register vents that may include vent dampers (e.g., electronically controllable vent dampers or manually operated vent dampers). Opening and closing of the vent dampers may facilitate creating zones or sub-zones in the HVAC system configuration. An HVAC control system may receive a request for conditioned air in one or more of the zones, determine a damper setting for at least one of the vent dampers, communicate the determined damper setting to a vent damper or user interface, determine which HVAC components should be active, if any, and/or provide controls signals to activate or keep active the HVAC components that are determined to be active. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370927 | HVAC ZONING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A system for developing HVAC system configurations for a building may develop suggested HVAC system configurations based, at least in part, on obtained building information. A user interface may accept building information that at least partially defines an interior or exterior of a building. The building information may include, among other information, current HVAC system configuration information for an HVAC system of the building including current locations of register vents within the building. A processing module in communication with the user interface may determine one or more suggested HVAC system configurations based, at least in part, on building information accepted at the user interface. The user interface may display the suggested one or more HVAC system configurations to a user. | 12-24-2015 |
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20150206524 | PASSIVE ACOUSTICAL FILTERS INCORPORATING INSERTS THAT REDUCE THE SPEED OF SOUND - There is disclosed a passive acoustical filter including a first filter element coupled between an ambient and an ear of a listener, at least a portion of the first filter element filled with a material in which a speed of sound is lower than a speed of sound in air. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208170 | PASSIVE AUDIO EAR FILTERS WITH MULTIPLE FILTER ELEMENTS - There is disclosed a passive acoustical filter including two or more filter elements coupled between an ambient and a listener's ear, each of the filter elements selected from the group consisting of a low pass filter element, a high pass filter element, a band reject filter element, and a band pass filter element. | 07-23-2015 |
20150312677 | ACTIVE ACOUSTIC FILTER WITH LOCATION-BASED FILTER CHARACTERISTICS - There is disclosed active acoustic filter systems and methods. A processor is disposed within a housing configured to interface with a user's ear. A memory stores data defining one or more locations and a respective set of location-based processing parameters associated with each of the one or more locations. A personal computing device external to the housing is coupled to the processor via a first wireless communications link. The personal computing device determines a current location of the active acoustic filter system. The processor generates digitized processed sound by processing digitized ambient sound in accordance with a set of location-based processing parameters retrieved from the memory, the retrieved set of location-based processing parameters associated with the current location of the active acoustic filter system as determined by the personal computing device. | 10-29-2015 |
20150355880 | ACTIVE ACOUSTIC FILTER WITH AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF FILTER PARAMETERS BASED ON AMBIENT SOUND - Active acoustic filter systems and methods are disclosed. An active acoustic filter system includes a memory storing one or more stored sound profiles and a respective set of processing parameters associated with each of the one or more stored sound profiles. A processor coupled to the memory generates processed sound by processing ambient sound in accordance with a set of processing parameters retrieved from the memory based on results from comparing an ambient sound profile to at least one of the one or more stored sound profiles. | 12-10-2015 |
20160055861 | ACTIVE ACOUSTIC FILTER WITH SOCIALLY DETERMINED LOCATION-BASED FILTER CHARACTERISTICS - There is disclosed active acoustic filter systems and methods. A processor is disposed within a housing configured to interface with a user's ear. A memory stores data defining one or more locations and a respective set of location-based processing parameters associated with each of the one or more locations. A personal computing device external to the housing is coupled to the processor via a first wireless communications link. The personal computing device determines a current location of the active acoustic filter system. The processor generates digitized processed sound by processing digitized ambient sound in accordance with a set of location-based processing parameters retrieved from the memory, the retrieved set of location-based processing parameters associated with the current location of the active acoustic filter system as determined by the personal computing device. | 02-25-2016 |
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20140153754 | Otic sensory detection and protection system, device and method - This invention relates generally to an otic sensory detection and protection system, device and method to monitor and identify potential hearing-damaging sound situations and generate data related audio information and/or modulation upon sensing of the hearing-damaging sound situation to reduce the damaging sound, its effect on the user and protect the user's hearing, either by the information or the modulation through applications, wristbands, mobile applications and other interfaces. | 06-05-2014 |
20140198935 | Auditory and sensory augmentation and protection system, device and method - This invention relates generally to an auditory and sensory augmentation and protection system, device and method to monitor and identify sound and sensory situations, generate data related audio information upon sensing of the sound and sensory situation to provide additional data streams through transmission systems and applications, wristbands, mobile applications and other interfaces, in the form of auditory and sensory augmentation to an individual requesting such augmentation while simultaneously providing protection to the user's hearing in both the sensed sound situation and the auditory augmentation signal. | 07-17-2014 |
20150373474 | AUGMENTED REALITY SOUND SYSTEM - An augmented reality sound systems is disclosed. An augmented reality sound system includes a at least one microphone for receiving ambient sound and a memory storing one or more augmented reality sound profiles and a respective set of processing parameters. The system further includes a processor coupled to the memory and configured to generate augmented ambient sound from the ambient sound by reproducing the ambient sound in conjunction with processed sound superimposed over the ambient sound as directed by one or more of the set of processing parameters retrieved from the memory based on a selected augmented reality sound profile. | 12-24-2015 |
20150382106 | REAL-TIME COMBINATION OF AMBIENT AUDIO AND A SECONDARY AUDIO SOURCE - A combined ambient sound and secondary audio system comprises at least one microphone for receiving ambient sound, at least one receiver for receiving secondary audio from a secondary audio source not audible in the ambient sound. The system further includes a memory storing one or more sets processing parameters comprising instructions for processing the ambient sound and the secondary audio and a processor coupled to the memory, the microphone, and the receiver configured to generate combined ambient and secondary sound by combining the ambient sound and the secondary audio as directed by a selected set of processing parameters retrieved from the memory. | 12-31-2015 |
20160057526 | TIME HEURISTIC AUDIO CONTROL - A time heuristic audio control system, comprises a receiver for receiving time-based data from a personal computing device and a memory storing one or more sets processing parameters comprising instructions for processing the ambient sound based upon the time-based data. The system further includes a processor coupled to the memory and the receiver configured to adjust the ambient sound as directed by a selected set of processing parameters retrieved from the memory to create adjusted audio, the selected set of processing parameters retrieved based upon the time-based data and at least one speaker for outputting the adjusted audio. | 02-25-2016 |
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20110093253 | ESTIMATING SERVICE RESOURCE CONSUMPTION BASED ON RESPONSE TIME - Implementations of the present disclosure provide computer-implemented methods including defining a workload comprising a plurality of service requests, each service request corresponding to a class of a plurality of classes, applying the workload to a computer system that receives and processes service requests, measuring a response time of the computer system for each request of the workload, estimating a mean service demand for each class based on the response times and a base queuing model that represents the computer system, and generating the queuing model based on the mean service demands and characteristics of the workload. | 04-21-2011 |
20120239376 | PREDICTING PERFORMANCE OF A CONSOLIDATED VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Implementations of the present disclosure provide computer-implemented methods for predicting a performance of a consolidated virtualized computing environment. Methods include processing benchmark workloads using a plurality of virtual machines to generate a plurality of traces, each trace including data corresponding to requests issued by a respective virtual machine operating in an isolated environment, storing the plurality of traces in one or more trace repositories, each trace repository provided as a computer-readable storage medium, selecting a trace from the plurality of traces stored in the one or more trace repositories, parameterizing a queuing model based on the trace, the queuing model representing request queuing in the consolidated virtualized computing environment, and processing the queuing model using one or more processors to generate one or more response time estimates for the consolidated virtualized computing environment. | 09-20-2012 |
20130346436 | Simulation Techniques for Predicting In-Memory Database Systems Performance - Methods for performance evaluation of admission control policies (ACPs) include storing a simulation model including an admission queue and a finite capacity region (FCR), the admission queue admitting queries to the FCR based on an active ACP, the FCR modeling a resource constraint, generating traces, each trace being generated based on processing a single query using the database system, the single query being associated with a query type of a plurality of query types, for each query type, determining a query fork size and a service time from an associated trace to provide a plurality of tuples, each tuple being associated with a query type and including the fork size and the service time associated with the query type, parameterizing the simulation model based on the plurality of tuples, and for each of the ACPs, generating a performance parameter by applying a workload to the simulation model. | 12-26-2013 |
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20100241103 | CARTRIDGE ADAPTER FOR USE IN AN INFUSION SYSTEM - Infusion systems for pumping fluid into a body of a user, and methods for providing infusion systems, are disclosed. The infusion systems include an infusion pump, wherein the infusion pump comprises an infusion pump housing including a cavity. A fluid storage is removably inserted into the cavity of the infusion pump housing wherein, the fluid storage comprises a cartridge and an adapter connected to the cartridge such that the adapter encases the cartridge, and an infusion set is removably connected to the fluid storage. | 09-23-2010 |
20110291406 | Connecting Element - The present application concerns a connecting element for establishing a frictional connection with a neck portion of liquid drug container, like a vial. The connecting element may include a basic structure and contact elements connected with the basic structure that provide contact surfaces for contacting the neck portion. The contact surfaces may be configured to form a receiving space for receiving the neck portion. The receiving space can be enlarged by moving apart the contact surfaces. | 12-01-2011 |
20140083517 | Adapter and Drug Cartridge Alignment Device - An alignment device for coupling a liquid drug cartridge with a longitudinal cartridge axis and a constricted neck portion with a cap and a piercable septum distal from the neck portion with an adapter is presented. The septum is perpendicular to the cartridge axis. The device comprises an adapter cannula with a longitudinal cannula axis to pierce the septum and a proximal cartridge engagement structure for axial aligned engagement with a distal end section of cartridge body. The device further comprises a distal adapter engagement structure for axial aligned engagement with the adapter. A coupling of the cartridge with the adapter is enabled via the alignment device. The adapter and the cartridge are, during the coupling, aligned by the cartridge engagement structure and the adapter engagement structure, respectively relative to each other such that the longitudinal cartridge axis and the longitudinal cannula axis form a common longitudinal axis. | 03-27-2014 |