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20090187110 | Method for determining a cardiac function - A method for determining a cardiac function, comprising (i) determining base anatomical characteristics associated with the subject, (ii) determining pulse delay to a first body site (PD | 07-23-2009 |
20100049007 | Integrated physiological sensor apparatus and system - A physiological sensor apparatus, system and method for determining a physiological characteristic, comprising providing at least one physiological sensor that is adapted to measure at least one physiological characteristic at a target measurement site on a subject's body, heating an extended tissue region on the subject's body, whereby blood perfusion of the tissue region is enhanced, and measuring at least one physiological characteristic at the target measurement site with the physiological sensor during or within a predetermined period after heating the extended tissue region. In one embodiment, the sensor system includes at least one temperature algorithm that is adapted to adjust the heat applied to the extended tissue region based on the body's response to the heat stimuli. | 02-25-2010 |
20100049023 | Non-invasive method and system for determining physiological characteristics - A non-invasive method of determining a physiological characteristic, comprising providing at least one physiological sensor that is adapted to measure at least one physiological characteristic at a target measurement site on a subject's body, heating an extended tissue region on the subject's body, whereby blood perfusion of the tissue region is enhanced, and measuring at least one physiological characteristic with the physiological sensor during or within a predetermined period after heating the extended tissue region. | 02-25-2010 |
20100152547 | Method and system for determining cardiac performance - Methods and associated algorithms for determining cardiac and/or cardiovascular performance that are based on at least one cardiac function determinant associated with or at least in part, reflective of preload, contractility and afterload. | 06-17-2010 |
20140323891 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CARDIAC PERFORMANCE - Methods, associated algorithms, and systems for determining cardiac and/or cardiovascular performance from three measurements on a subject are presented, where two of the measurements are provided by plethysmographs and one measurement is provided by an electrocardiogram. The two plethysmographs are placed different distances from the subject's heart. Certain embodiments use the three measurements to calculate intermediate variables of a left ventricular ejection time and a pre-ejection period. | 10-30-2014 |
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20080230530 | HEATING BLANKET - An electric heating blanket including a flexible sheet-like heating element and a shell. The shell covers the heating blanket an includes two sheets of flexible material welded together. | 09-25-2008 |
20100161016 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFECTIVELY WARMING A PATIENT - A patient warming blanket includes a pouch and a flexible heating assembly. The flexible heating assembly is enclosed within the pouch and includes, at least in part, a flexible sheet-like heater and a temperature sensor assembly attached to the heater in proximity to a surface thereof; a visible marker is located on an exterior of the pouch to identify a location of the temperature sensor. A method for covering a patient with the patient warming blanket, in order to effectively warm the patient, includes viewing the marker so as to position an area of the blanket, which corresponds to the sensor location, for direct contact with the patient, when the blanket is placed over the patient. | 06-24-2010 |
20100204763 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR ASSEMBLIES FOR ELECTRIC WARMING BLANKETS - An electric warming blanket for warming patients during surgery and other medical procedures includes a flexible heater and a temperature sensor assembly coupled thereto; a first layer of water resistant material coupled to a second layer of water resistant material, about a perimeter of the heater, forms a substantially hermetically sealed space for the heater and the temperature sensor assembly. The blanket may further include a thermal insulation layer disposed between the temperature sensor assembly and the first layer of water resistant material. The temperature sensor assembly may provide input of an average temperature over a portion of a surface area of the heater to a temperature controller, when the heater and sensor assembly are coupled to the controller. | 08-12-2010 |
20110233185 | HEATING BLANKETS AND PADS - An electric heating blanket includes a flexible sheet-like heating element, a first unheated flap extending from a first edge of the heating element, and a second unheated flap extending from a second edge of the heating element. A flexible water-resistant shell may cover the heating element. | 09-29-2011 |
20120312797 | HEATING BLANKET - An electric heating blanket including a flexible sheet-like heating element and a shell. The shell covers the heating blanket and includes two sheets of flexible material welded together. | 12-13-2012 |
20140263265 | HEATING BLANKET - An electric blanket including a flexible sheet-like heating element, a shell comprising two flexible sheets covering the heating element, one or more welds coupling the sheet of the shell about the edges to hermetically seal the heating element there between; and a flexible insulating layer extending over the heating element and covered by the shell providing at least one of thermal insulation and electrical insulation, wherein the heating element is held in position between the two sheets of the shell without using connectors that pierce the two sheets. | 09-18-2014 |
20150327332 | ELECTRIC HEATING BLANKET OR PAD - An electric blanket or pad for warming a living body including a flexible sheet-like heating element including an upper edge, a lower edge, and at least two side edges. A shell formed of layers of flexible sheets covering the heating element and sealed with a weld. The weld coupling the sheets of the shell about the edges to hermetically seal the heating element therebetween. The weld may be an RF weld, ultrasonic weld, or a heat bond, wherein the sheets comprise PVC. | 11-12-2015 |
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20090077518 | DERIVED LEVEL RECOGNITION IN A LAYOUT EDITOR - A computer program product stored on machine readable media includes machine executable instructions for displaying a layout of a circuit design, the product including instructions for: over a plurality of layers within a design, identifying at least one of a derived level and a device defined within the plurality; and displaying the at least one derived level and device to a user. | 03-19-2009 |
20090125860 | Auto-Routing Small Jog Eliminator - In a method of routing a wire to a shape in an integrated circuit for minimizing undesirable jog creation during a masking process, a plurality of possible placements of the wire relative to a selected edge of the shape resulting in the wire being connected to the shape are determined. A cost is assigned to each placement, the cost indicating an amount of jog that would be created in the masking process corresponding to the placement, wherein a greater cost indicates that a greater jog would be created in the masking process than would be created by a placement assigned a lesser cost. A placement having a lowest cost of the plurality of possible placements is selected. | 05-14-2009 |
20090187867 | Techniques for Verifying Error Detection of a Design Rule Checking Runset - A technique for verifying error detection of a design rule checking runset includes assigning first shapes for a first layer of an integrated circuit design to a first cell and assigning second shapes for a second layer of the integrated circuit design to a second cell. Design rule checking is then performed on the first and second cells. Whether the design rule checking runset is functioning properly is then determined based on whether an error is detected in the design rule checking of the first and second cells. | 07-23-2009 |
20130326445 | Categorization of Design Rule Errors - Embodiments of the invention include a method for categorizing and displaying design rule errors. The method may include receiving, from a design rule checker, more than one violation of a design rule within a design layout. The method may also include determining distinct categories of the design rule violations by comparing parameters associated with the design rule violations. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090182588 | Market-level inventory control system and method - A system and method for managing inventory on a market basis is disclosed. When employed by a transportation carrier, the system allows for the creation of a market group that includes a limited amount of space that is provided by any one or more of a certain group of physical routes (e.g., airline flights traveling between predetermined departure and destination points flying on selected dates). A qualifying customer or request may book one or more seats to this market group rather than to a specific physical route. The customer is guaranteed a seat on one of the physical routes, but is not informed as to the route on which travel will occur until a time closer to departure when the space allocated to the market group is mapped to the physical routes. In one embodiment, the market groups are defined using programmable business rules of a type interpreted by a rules engine. | 07-16-2009 |
20090182590 | Market-Level Inventory Control System and Method - A system for managing inventory on a market basis is disclosed. When employed by a transportation carrier, the system allows for the creation of a market group that includes a limited amount of space that is provided by any one or more of a certain group of physical routes (e.g., airline flights traveling between predetermined departure and destination points flying on selected dates). A qualifying customer or request may book one or more seats to this market group rather than to a specific physical route. The customer is guaranteed a seat on one of the physical routes, but is not informed as to the route on which travel will occur until a time closer to departure when the space allocated to the market group is mapped to the physical routes. In one embodiment, the market groups are defined using programmable business rules of a type interpreted by a rules engine. | 07-16-2009 |
20090210264 | Conversation Mode Booking System - A system to book events such as trips are discloses. The system provides a conversation mode that allows a booking to be created within retentive storage in a portable format. In one embodiment, this portable format is a string written in eXtensible Markup Language (XML). This format may be stored to a database using a single database access operation. According to another aspect of the system, a user may ignore selectable portions of the booking as the booking is being created such that an entire booking need not be discarded when it is determined that a single service or informational element included in that booking is no longer needed. | 08-20-2009 |
20090216572 | Conversation Mode Booking Method - A method to book events such as trips are discloses. The method provides a conversation mode that allows a booking to be created within retentive storage in a portable format. In one embodiment, this portable format is a string written in eXtensible Markup Language (XML). This format may be stored to a database using a single database access operation. According to another aspect of the method, a user may ignore selectable portions of the booking as the booking is being created such that an entire booking need not be discarded when it is determined that a single service or informational element included in that booking is no longer needed. | 08-27-2009 |
20090326990 | METHOD FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER-BASED AVAILABILITY FOR A TRANSPORTATION CARRIER - A customer-based availability method for a service provider such as a transportation carrier is disclosed. This method provides programmable logic to allow predetermined request types and service types to be defined. Associations are then formed between request types and service types. When a request is received from a potential customer to book a service, it is automatically determined whether the request is included within one of the request types. If so, it is automatically determined whether that request type is associated with a service type that includes the requested service. If this is the case, the request is allowed to book the service regardless of whether the service is considered to be unavailable, or the sale of the service is otherwise restricted. | 12-31-2009 |
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20080287334 | COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING HARDNESS IONS AND GLUCONATE AND METHODS EMPLOYING THEM TO REDUCE CORROSION AND ETCH - The present invention relates to compositions including a water soluble magnesium salt, water soluble calcium salt, and gluconate, which have a beneficial effect on corrosion during cleaning. The present compositions can reduce corrosion of glass, aluminum, or steel. The present invention also relates to methods employing these compositions. | 11-20-2008 |
20080300160 | COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING MAGNESIUM ION, CALCIUM ION, AND SILICATE OR CARBONATE AND METHODS EMPLOYING THEM TO REDUCE CORROSION AND ETCH - The present invention relates to compositions including a water soluble magnesium salt, water soluble calcium salt, and silicate or carbonate, which have a beneficial effect on corrosion during cleaning. The present compositions can reduce corrosion of glass or aluminum. The present invention also relates to methods employing these compositions. | 12-04-2008 |
20090149363 | COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING HARDNESS IONS AND GLUCONATE AND METHODS EMPLOYING THEM TO REDUCE CORROSION AND ETCH - The present invention relates to compositions including a water soluble magnesium salt, water soluble calcium salt, and gluconate, which have a beneficial effect on corrosion during cleaning. The present compositions can reduce corrosion of a variety of surfaces including glass, aluminum, chrome, copper, and steel. The present invention also relates to methods employing these compositions. | 06-11-2009 |
20140235521 | HARD SURFACE CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PHOSPHINOSUCCINIC ACID ADDUCTS AND METHODS OF USE - Methods employing detergent compositions effective for reducing hard water scale and accumulation on hard surfaces, namely within food, beverage and pharmaceutical applications are disclosed. The detergent compositions employ phosphinosuccinic acid adducts in combination with an alkalinity source and optionally polymers, surfactants and/or oxidizers, providing alkaline compositions having a pH between about 10 and 13.5. | 08-21-2014 |
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20120158539 | Linking a Retail User Profile to a Social Network User Profile - In one example, a private profile page is displayed to a user having a user profile registered with a vendor. In this example, the private profile page includes a list of unviewed products, a product list, and information about a local retail store. As a further example, the user selects a public profile preview function and, in response, the user is presented with a preview of information associated with the user profile. In another example, a social network selection page is displayed to a user having a first profile registered with a vendor. The social network selection page includes a social network selection function for selecting a second profile of the user in a social network. In this example, the user indicates a social network and a second profile registered with the indicated social network is linked to the first profile. | 06-21-2012 |
20120310769 | GIFT REGISTRY GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - In one embodiment, a graphical user interface presents a gift registry having a number of registered products available to purchase through a retailer. The graphical user interface may present a view of information regarding registered products including an image, a description, and a price associated with each registered product. A recommended product may be presented in relation to a registered product, the recommended product selected as being complementary to the registered product. The recommended product information presented may include a product image, a product description and a product selection control. | 12-06-2012 |
20130226730 | GIFT REGISTRY GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - In one embodiment, a graphical user interface presents a gift registry having a number of registered products available to purchase through a retailer. The graphical user interface may present a view of information regarding registered products including an image, a description, and a price associated with each registered product. A recommended product may be presented in relation to a registered product, the recommended product selected as being complementary to the registered product. The recommended product information presented may include a product image, a product description and a product selection control. | 08-29-2013 |
20150154686 | Online Registry Splash Page - In one embodiment, a web page presented to a user includes a header section that substantially spans the top of the web page and provides a menu of selectable options as well as a search input box. A main section beneath the header section provides a registry creation control, selectable to activate a gift registry creation process, and a registry search box, providing a user with a means for searching for a particular gift registry. Beneath the main section, two promotional regions are positioned side-by-side. One of the promotional regions includes two or more sub-regions, each sub-region presenting information regarding a respective promotional concept. The other promotional region presents information regarding a main promotional concept. In some embodiments, the sub-regions are vertically aligned in a column. | 06-04-2015 |