02nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100010565 | Extended range wireless muscular and neural stimulation - Miniature implanted muscle, nerve and brain stimulators are powered by inductive coupling to a large coil which is preferably placed under the bed. Preferably the operation of the system is controlled by a programmable timer to operate when the user is resting or asleep. Two coils operated at two different positions can be used simultaneously to avoid spots with no signal. When the system is used to reduce angina pains, the pulsation is synchronized to the cardiac rhythm by picking up the electro-cardiac signals. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010566 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING TISSUE STIMULATION PROGRAMS IN A FORMAT USABLE BY AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT STEERING NAVIGATOR - A method, computer medium, and system for programming a controller is provided. The controller controls electrical stimulation energy output to electrodes, and stores a set of programmed stimulation parameters associated with the electrodes. The programmed stimulation parameter set is compared with sets of reference stimulation parameters, each of the reference sets of stimulation parameters being associated with the electrodes. If an identical match is determined between the programmed stimulation parameter set and any one of the reference stimulation parameter sets exists based on the comparison, the identically matched stimulation parameter set is selected as an initial stimulation parameter set. If an identical match does not exist, a best between the programmed stimulation parameter set and the reference stimulation parameter sets is determined and selected as the initial stimulation parameter set. The controller is then programmed with a new set of programmable stimulation parameters based on the initial stimulation parameter set. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010567 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEUROMODULATION FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN AND OTHER DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH NERVE CONDUCTION - Methods and apparatus are provided for selective destruction or temporary disruption of nerves and/or conduction pathways in a mammalian body for the treatment of pain and other disorders. Apparatus comprises catheters having electrodes for targeting and affecting nerve tissue at a cellular level to reversible and irreversible nerve poration and incapacitation. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010568 | SENSORY MOTOR STIMULATION GARMENT AND METHOD - A garment for stimulation of a wearer's sensory motor system. The garment includes a main body portion that includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion and at least one sensory motor stimulation member associated with the main body portion. The garment is configured to be worn over at least a portion of the wearer's torso and is form-fitting when worn by the wearer. The at least one sensory motor stimulation member contacts the wearer's skin when the garment is worn and is fabricated of an elastomeric material that causes the garment to stimulate the cutaneous nerve receptors in the wearer's skin contacted by the at least one sensory motor stimulation member. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010569 | MECHANICAL SEMICIRCULAR CANAL STIMULATOR - A mechanical stimulator for evoking a hearing percept by directly generating waves of fluid motion of fluid in a recipient's semicircular canal. The mechanical stimulator comprises a sound processing unit configured to process a received sound signal; and an implantable stimulation arrangement, comprising: a stapes prosthesis having a first end configured to be positioned abutting an opening in the semicircular canal, an actuator configured to receive electrical signals representing the processed sound signal and configured to vibrate in response to the electrical signals, and a coupler connecting the actuator to the stapes prosthesis such that vibration of the actuator results in waves of fluid motion in a recipient's semicircular canal that evoke a hearing percept of the received sound signal. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010570 | AUDITORY PROSTHESIS - An auditory prosthesis ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010571 | PATIENT INTERACTION WITH POSTURE-RESPONSIVE THERAPY - In general, the disclosure relates to the delivery of therapy according to a detected posture state of a patient. The disclosure contemplates a variety of techniques for managing therapy delivered to a patent, including patient and clinician interaction with a medical device configured to deliver therapy according to posture state. In one example, the disclosure relates to a technique including delivering a first therapy to a patient via a medical device, the first therapy associated with a first posture state of the patient; receiving an indication from a user indicating that a second therapy should be delivered, the second therapy associated with a second posture state of the patient; and delivering the second therapy to the patient instead of the first therapy based on the indication. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010572 | ADJUSTMENT OF POSTURE-RESPONSIVE THERAPY - In general, the disclosure relates to the delivery of therapy according to a detected posture state of a patient. The disclosure contemplates a variety of techniques for managing therapy delivered to a patent. In one example, the disclosure relates to a technique including delivering therapy to a patient from a medical device, wherein the therapy is delivered to the patient according to a detected posture state of the patient; and automatically adjusting at least one aspect of the therapy delivered from a medical device based at least in part on one or more of time or patient posture state behavior, wherein automatically adjusting at least one aspect of therapy comprises suspending at least one aspect of the therapy or decreasing a posture state detection frequency | 2010-01-14 |
20100010573 | PATIENT-DEFINED POSTURE STATES FOR POSTURE RESPONSIVE THERAPY - The disclosure is directed towards posture-responsive therapy. To avoid interruptions in effective therapy, an implantable medical device may include a posture state module that detects the posture state of the patient and automatically adjusts therapy parameter values according to the detected posture state. A system may include a memory that stores a set of pre-established posture state definitions for delivery of posture state-responsive therapy to a patient, an external programmer comprising a user interface that receives a request from a user to update the set of pre-established posture state definitions, and a processor that updates the set of pre-established posture state definitions in response to the request. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010574 | POSTURE STATE REDEFINITION BASED ON POSTURE DATA AND THERAPY ADJUSTMENTS - The disclosure is directed towards posture-responsive therapy. To avoid interruptions in effective therapy, an implantable medical device may include a posture state module that detects the posture state of the patient and automatically adjusts therapy parameter values according to the detected posture state. A system may include a posture state module that records a current posture of a patient, a user interface that receives a therapy adjustment, a processor that associates a posture that the posture state module recorded when the user interface received the therapy adjustment with the therapy adjustment, determines whether the posture falls within a defined posture state, compares the therapy adjustment to therapy information associated with the defined posture state, and updates the set of posture state definitions based on the determination and comparison. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010575 | PATIENT INTERACTION WITH POSTURE-RESPONSIVE THERAPY - In general, the disclosure relates to the delivery of therapy according to a detected posture state of a patient. The disclosure contemplates a variety of techniques for managing therapy delivered to a patent, including patient and clinician interaction with a medical device configured to deliver therapy according to posture state. In one example, the disclosure relates to a technique including receiving an indication from an external device to resume delivery of therapy to a patient that was previously turned off, wherein the therapy that was previously turned off comprises therapy delivered to the patient according to a detected posture state of the patient; obtaining therapy information defining the therapy; and resuming the delivery of therapy to the patient in response to the receipt of the indication, wherein the delivery of therapy is resumed according to the obtained therapy information. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010576 | PATIENT INTERACTION WITH POSTURE-RESPONSIVE THERAPY - In general, the disclosure relates to the delivery of therapy according to a detected posture state of a patient. The disclosure contemplates a variety of techniques for managing therapy delivered to a patent, including patient and clinician interaction with a medical device configured to deliver therapy according to posture state. In one example, the disclosure relates to a technique including obtaining an operational status of a therapy group from a medical device, wherein the medical device is configured to deliver therapy to a patient according to a detected posture state of the patient; and presenting the operational status of the therapy group via an external device, wherein presenting the operational status of the therapy group comprises presenting whether the therapy group is active for delivery of therapy. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010577 | LINKING POSTURE STATES FOR POSTURE RESPONSIVE THERAPY - The disclosure is directed towards posture-responsive therapy. To avoid interruptions in effective therapy, an implantable medical device may include a posture state module that detects the posture state of the patient and automatically adjusts therapy parameter values according to the detected posture state. A system may include a user interface that receives user input linking a plurality of posture states of a patient, and selecting a set of therapy parameter values for delivery of therapy to the patient for each of a linked posture states, a processor that defines the therapy to be delivered to the patient for each of the linked posture states based on the selection, and an implantable medical device that delivers the therapy to the patient for each of the linked posture states based on the selection. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010578 | PATIENT ASSIGNMENT OF THERAPY PARAMETER TO POSTURE STATE - The disclosure is directed towards posture-responsive therapy. To avoid interruptions in effective therapy, an implantable medical device may include a posture state module that detects the posture state of the patient and automatically adjusts therapy parameter values according to the detected posture state. A system may include an implantable medical device that delivers therapy to a patient according to a set of therapy parameter values while the patient occupies a first posture state, a user interface that receives patient input associating one or more of the therapy parameter values with a second posture state different from the first posture state, and a processor that automatically defines therapy for delivery to the patient when the patient occupies the second posture state based on the associated therapy parameter values. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010579 | ASSIGNMENT OF THERAPY PARAMETER TO MULTIPLE POSTURE STATES - The disclosure is directed towards posture-responsive therapy. To avoid interruptions in effective therapy, an implantable medical device may include a posture state module that detects the posture state of the patient and automatically adjusts therapy parameter values according to the detected posture state. A system may include an external programmer comprising a user interface that receives user input defining therapy parameter values for delivery of therapy to a patient, and user input associating one or more of the therapy parameter values with a plurality of posture states based on user input, a processor that automatically defines therapy parameter values for delivery of therapy to a patient when the patient occupies the posture states based on the association, and an implantable medical device that delivers the therapy to the patient in response to detection of the posture states. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010580 | DEFINING THERAPY PARAMETER VALUES FOR POSTURE STATES - The disclosure is directed towards posture-responsive therapy. To avoid interruptions in effective therapy, an implantable medical device may include a posture state module that detects the posture state of the patient and automatically adjusts therapy parameter values according to the detected posture state. A system may include an external programmer comprising a user interface that receives user input defining therapy parameter values for delivery of therapy to a patient, and user input associating one or more of the therapy parameter values with a plurality of posture states based on user input, a processor that automatically defines therapy parameter values for delivery of therapy to a patient when the patient occupies the posture states based on the association, and an implantable medical device that delivers the therapy to the patient in response to detection of the posture states. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010581 | METHOD FOR CLOCK MANAGEMENT FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - An implantable medical device is capable of delivering the therapeutic output to the patient. A controller, programmable by a medical professional, is operatively coupled to the implantable medical device to, in part, program the therapeutic output to be delivered to the patient. The controller has an interface allowing the medical professional to select an amount of the therapeutic output to be delivered to the patient in at least one of the series of discrete timer intervals. However, the therapeutic output deliver to the patient is dependant upon the clock time to which the infusion device. In certain situations the infusion device clock time may have inaccuracies that grow over time. The clock time can be reset by the infusion programmer but a method must be in place to determine and account for resetting the infusion device clock time that controls when the therapy will be delivered. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010582 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING PROGRAMMABLE HEAT LIMITS - An external charger transmits energy to charge an implanted medical device. A sensor measures a parameter that is correlated to a temperature that is adjacent to the external charger. This parameter is indicative of the temperature or an amount of heat that is generated during the charging of the implanted medical device by the external charger. The temperature is compared to a user programmable temperature threshold and based on the comparison, the charge rate or output power of the external charger or input power of the implanted medical device is adjusted to reduce the heat generated by the charging. The user programmable temperature threshold is set to an optimum charge rate whereby the temperature that is generated during charging of the implanted medical device by the external charger feels comfortable to the user. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010583 | POSTURE STATE CLASSIFICATION FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE - Techniques for posture classification of a patient in a coordinate system of a sensor. According to one aspect, a defined vector is obtained from a sensor disposed in a substantially fixed manner relative to the patient. The defined vector is described in a coordinate system of the sensor and without regard to an orientation in which the sensor is disposed in relation to the patient. A detected vector is obtained from the sensor that is described using the coordinate system of the sensor. The detected vector and the defined vector to are used to classify the posture state of the patient without regard to the orientation in which the sensor is disposed in relation to the patient. A response may be initiated by a medical device, which may include adjusting therapy delivery. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010584 | POSTURE STATE DISPLAY ON MEDICAL DEVICE USER INTERFACE - The disclosure provides a system that displays a posture state indication to a user. A posture state indication represents the current posture state of the patient, which may be a combination of patient posture and activity. As a patient changes posture and activity throughout a daily routine, a posture state detector may generate a posture state value that may be used to categorize the patient's posture or posture and activity level as one of multiple posture states used to adjust therapy. The posture state may be associated with one of multiple posture state indications that may be presented to the patient. The posture state indication shows the patient the posture state currently detected by the posture state detector. The posture state indication may help the patient to effectively monitor therapy changes due to automatic, semi-automatic or patient-directed therapy adjustments made as a function of posture state. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010585 | PROGRAMMING POSTURE RESPONSIVE THERAPY - A programming session for an implantable medical device that includes a posture responsive therapy mode includes at least two phases. In a first phase, a first set of therapy parameter values are modified while the posture responsive therapy mode is deactivated. In the posture responsive therapy mode, the medical device automatically selects one or more therapy parameter values that define therapy delivered to a patient based on a detected posture state. In a second phase, the posture responsive therapy mode is activated and a second set of therapy parameter values are adjusted after observing a patient response to the posture responsive therapy delivered with the first set of therapy parameter values selected during the first phase. The second set of therapy parameter values may, for example, define the patient posture states or the modification profiles with which the medical device adjusts therapy upon detecting a posture state transition. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010586 | OBJECTIFICATION OF POSTURE STATE-RESPONSIVE THERAPY BASED ON PATIENT THERAPY ADJUSTMENTS - The disclosure describes techniques for objectification of posture state-responsive therapy based on patient therapy adjustments. The techniques may include sensing posture states of a patient, delivering posture-state responsive electrical stimulation therapy to the patient based on the sensed posture states, receiving patient adjustments to the electrical stimulation therapy delivered to the patient, determining a number of the patient adjustments received over a time interval, and presenting a representation of the number of the patient adjustments received over the time interval to a user. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010587 | GUIDED PROGRAMMING FOR POSTURE-STATE RESPONSIVE THERAPY - The disclosure describes guided programming for posture state-responsive therapy. The guided programming may include receiving therapy adjustment information that includes therapy adjustments made by a patient to at least one parameter of one or more stimulation therapy programs for one or more patient posture states, generating one or more suggested therapy parameters for one or more of the stimulation therapy programs based on the therapy adjustment information, presenting the suggested therapy parameters to a user. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010588 | ASSOCIATING THERAPY ADJUSTMENTS WITH PATIENT POSTURE STATES - The disclosure provides a method for associating a detected therapy adjustment to a posture state and storing the association with a plurality of associations for the posture state. In a record mode, an implantable medical device is configured to store therapy adjustments for each posture state and allow a user to find efficacious therapy based upon review of the associations made during therapy. The system may determine the associations through implementation of a posture search timer and a posture stability timer. These timers allow the system to correctly associate therapy adjustments to posture states when the patient anticipates the posture change by adjusting therapy before engaging in the desired posture state. An external programmer may present a range of the therapy adjustments for each posture state to allow a user to review the therapy adjustments that have been made during the therapy. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010589 | PROGRAMMING POSTURE STATE-RESPONSIVE THERAPY WITH NOMINAL THERAPY PARAMETERS - The disclosure describes techniques for programming posture state-responsive therapy with nominal therapy parameters. The techniques may include presenting therapy adjustment information to a user via a user interface, wherein the therapy adjustment information includes one or more therapy adjustments made by a patient to at least one stimulation parameter of one or more stimulation therapy programs for one or more patient posture states, receiving input from the user that selects one or more nominal therapy parameters for each of the therapy programs and for each of the posture states based on the therapy adjustment information, and setting the selected nominal therapy parameters for each of the therapy programs and posture states for use in delivering stimulation therapy to the patient. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010590 | ASSOCIATING THERAPY ADJUSTMENTS WITH POSTURE STATES USING STABILITY TIMERS - The disclosure describes techniques for associating therapy adjustments with posture states using statiblity timers. The techniques may include detecting a patient adjustment to electrical stimulation therapy delivered to the patient, sensing a posture state of the patient, and associating the detected adjustment with the sensed posture state if the sensed posture state is sensed within a first period following the detection of the adjustment and if the sensed posture state does not change during a second period following the sensing of the sensed posture state. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010591 | NON-INVASIC THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT DEVICE - A non-invasive therapeutic device includes a housing comprising a cavity and a bottom surface. A plurality of light emitting arrays are positioned within the bottom surface. At least one fan positioned within the cavity to provide at least cooling to the patient. The device includes a controller positioned on the housing for controlling the plurality of light emitting arrays and the at least one fan such that a phototherapy treatment can be applied to a selected region of a patient. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010592 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PHOTOTHERAPY TO THE BRAIN - Methods for providing and/or determining therapeutic treatment of at least a portion of a patient's brain are provided. The method includes applying light to at least a portion of a patient's brain and monitoring at least one physiological parameter of the patient. The method further includes receiving real-time feedback information regarding the at least one monitored physiological parameter and adjusting a treatment parameter of the applied light based on the real-time feedback information. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010593 | SYSTEM OF PLASTER AND RADIATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a compact, comfortably wearable system ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010594 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING PHOTOTHERAPY TO THE BRAIN - A therapy apparatus for treating a patient's brain is provided. The therapy apparatus includes a light source having an output emission area positioned to irradiate a portion of the brain with an efficacious power density and wavelength of light. The therapy apparatus further includes an element interposed between the light source and the patient's scalp. The element is adapted to inhibit temperature increases at the scalp caused by the light. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010595 | APPARATUS FOR THERMAL TREATMENT OF TISSUE - An apparatus for thermal treatment of tissue comprises a compact manipulator ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010596 | METHOD AND SYSTEM RELATING TO HYPERTHERMIA - A method and system for selective heating of an object based on a model of the object, the method comprising the steps of: modeling of a wave front of a source, which wave front is propagated through the model object from a virtual antenna placed in the model of the specific region where heating is desired, simulating a radiated field and measuring the same using computer models of surrounding antenna system, time-reversing, transferring and synthesizing the signal in a real system, transmitting by a real antenna system the field in a time reversed order, and refocusing of time reversed signal at the original s the invariance of a wave equation under time reversal. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010597 | REUSABLE THERMAL PACK FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES - A flexible reusable thermal pack for therapeutic purposes. A flexible, insulative sealed pouch is partially filled with hollow balls containing freezable or beatable liquid and metal balls of substantial mass. The thermal pack slowly returns to ambient temperature while it conforms to be a body part needing therapeutic thermal treatment. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010598 | HEAT AND STEAM GENERATOR FOR EYE APPLICATION - A heat and steam generator for eye application includes a heat and steam generating member making use of oxidative reaction of an oxidizable metal and is adapted to supply steam to eyes and surroundings. The heat and steam generator is adapted to release steam from its side brought into contact with eyes and surroundings for a period of 1 to 30 minutes to maintain the skin surface temperature to which it is applied at 34° C. to 43° C. over a period of 1 to 120 minutes. The heat and steam generator has a stiffness of 0.01 to 10 N/7 cm-width. The heat and steam generator is effective in improving near triad causing reduction in vision. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010599 | System and method to regulate temperature - A system and method for thermal regulation, the system comprising a bedding element that is configured to enclose at least a part of a living being or other object. The system further comprising a temperature regulation element that is included in the bedding element and that includes a phase change material which changes between a liquid phase and a solid phase within the desired temperature range. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010600 | PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR, A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR AND A MEDICAL IMPLANTABLE LEAD COMPRISING SUCH A PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR - In a piezoelectric sensor, a method for the manufacture thereof, and an implantable lead embodying such a piezoelectric sensor, a layer of piezoelectric material, having aligned, polarized dipoles, is applied to a tubular supporting substrate, the layer of piezoelectric material having at least one electrode at an outer surface thereof and at least one electrode at an inner surface thereof. The piezoelectric material is applied on the inner circumference of the tubular supporting substrate. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010601 | Self-Aligning Latch-up Mechanism in Out of Plane Silicon Microelectrode Arrays - The present invention provides microelectrode array stabilizing devices and associated methods. A microelectrode array stabilizing device includes a first microelectrode array substrate having a plurality of first microelectrodes configured to penetrate tissue. A plurality of first interlocking structures are coupled to the first microelectrode array substrate, with each of the plurality of first interlocking structures including a first interlocking mechanism at a distal end. The device may further include a second microelectrode array substrate which optionally has a plurality of second microelectrodes configured to penetrate tissue. A plurality of second interlocking structures are coupled to the second microelectrode array substrate, each of the plurality of second interlocking structures including a second interlocking mechanism at a distal end. The second interlocking mechanism is complimentary to the first interlocking mechanism. The first microelectrode array and the second microelectrode array are configured to self-align and couple together with the first interlocking mechanism secured to the second interlocking mechanism. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010602 | RF REJECTING LEAD - A lead assembly for an implantable medical device. The lead assembly comprises a lead body having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is adapted for coupling to a pulse generator and the second portion is adapted for implantation in or near a heart. First and second co-radial conductive coils are positioned within the lead body and electrically isolated from each other. The first and second conductive coils include a first and second number of coil turns and the first number is substantially equivalent to the second number. A ring electrode is located at the second portion and a tip electrode is located distal to the ring electrode and coupled to the second conductive coil. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010603 | Electrode cuffs - Apparatus is provided for application to a nerve of a subject, including a housing, which is configured to be placed at least partially around the nerve so as to define an inner surface of the housing that faces the nerve. A plurality of insulating elements are coupled to the inner surface of the housing at respective insulating element longitudinal positions along the housing, such that the inner surface of the housing and pairs of the insulating elements define one or more respective cavities at respective cavity longitudinal positions along the housing. One or more electrodes are fixed to the housing in fewer than all of the cavities. Other embodiments are also described. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010604 | PASSIVATED METAL CONDUCTORS FOR USE IN CARDIAC LEADS AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - An implantable medical device is made more durable and long-lasting by providing a passivating layer or film on at least a portion of a metal or metal alloy outer surface of an electrically conducting device. An insulating layer is placed on the passivating layer or film. The passivation can be a chemical passivation, and is preferably an acid treatment. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010605 | SHOCK ELECTRODE LINE - Implantable shock electrode line having a proximal end for connection to an implantable device which generates shock pulses, and a distal segment which has a shock electrode, wherein an area ratio of the shock electrode area to the surface area of the shock electrode line is not constant over the longitudinal extent of the shock electrode. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010606 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD INCLUDING A SENSOR - Disclosed herein is an implantable medical lead. In one embodiment, the lead includes a tubular body, a sensor module, and a distal crimp sleeve. The tubular body includes a distal end and a proximal end. The sensor module includes a sensor and a housing enclosing the sensor. The housing is operably coupled to the tubular body and includes a distal end cap. The distal crimp sleeve is operably coupled to the distal end cap and extends proximally therefrom. The longitudinal axis of the distal crimp sleeve is generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010607 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE LINE OR ELECTRODE LINE CONFIGURATION - An implantable line, in particular an electrode line and/or sensor line and/or medicine supply line for implantation in the left ventricle of the heart with perforation of the atrial or ventricular septum, includes an elongated flexible line body, an electrode and/or a sensor and/or a medicine administering device at or near the distal end of the line body, and a closure element integrally molded on the line body or connected thereto for sealing the perforation site in the septum. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010608 | Guide Wire Stylet - A cardiac lead system includes a cardiac lead having a lumen, and a guide member displaceable within the lumen. The guide member includes a guide wire extension that extends distal to the elongated body of the guide member. The guide wire extension is dimensioned to pass through an external distal opening of the cardiac lead lumen. Engagement of stop features or a stop mechanism of the cardiac lead system provides a push point for advancing the cardiac lead system through the patient's anatomy. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010609 | Multi-Channel Electrode for Cochlear Implants Having a Plurality of Contacts Distributed Over the Length of the Electrode - In a multi-channel electrode for cochlear implants, having a plurality of contacts ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010610 | ANASTOMOSIS STENT AND GRAFT APPARATUS AND METHOD - An anastomosis graft/stent apparatus comprising a first stent portion, a second stent portion and a graft. The graft is between the first and second stent portions. A port is in the graft portion and provides access to a vessel lumen at the anastomosis site, with the access being sufficient to remove thrombotic material. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010611 | STENT BASED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY - A stent based apparatus and method for directing external beam radiation comprising a series of devices and a system of implanting these devices within a patient to direct therapeutic radiation given to the patient. Each of the devices can deliver a tiny gold fiducial (or fiducial constructed of another material capable of acting as a target to direct external beam therapeutic radiation) to a target area in the vicinity of a cancer or other lesion that is considered an appropriate target for external beam radiation therapy, using, for example, the beam radiation system referred to as the Cyberknife radiation delivery system. The current system and devices envision placement of gold fiducials through hollow organs in the body (for example, the gastrointestinal tract, the ureter, blood vessels, bile duct, or the cerebro spinal fluid space). This implantation method can utilize conventional endoscopy or angiography. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010612 | Lumen diameter and stent apposition sensing - A stent balloon is provided with two conductive rings, created by a thin metallized coating deposited directly on the balloon, adjacent to the ends of the stent. The impedance between those rings and the body of the patient is measured at different AC frequencies. As the balloon approaches the vessel wall the impedance increases rapidly. Once the balloon forms full contact with vessel wall the impedance increases slowly. The changing impedance provides a guide for optimal apposition of the stent. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010613 | ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA - A covered radially-expansible stent ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010614 | Devices and methods for treatment of venous valve insufficiency - Devices and methods for improvement of functioning of a valve of a subject are disclosed. A device exhibiting an outward bias at its proximal end and an outward bias at its distal end, disposed at an angle to the bias at the proximal end is described. A device having a first arm and a second arm separated by a peak and having shoulders is also described. Alternative embodiments which function to decrease the distance between valve leaflets, having a first arm and a second arm biased toward one another are also disclosed. Several embodiments which may have mirror image ends are also disclosed. Any of the devices may have barbs, umbrella structures, sutures, or a variety of spring elements. Devices may be implanted surgically, percutaneously or subcutaneously. Methods and devices for delivery and deployment of devices are disclosed as well as methods for treatment of a valve of a subject. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010615 | INSERTION SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A SHEATH AND SHEATH FOR AN INSERTION SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE - An insertion system ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010616 | ATTACHMENT DEVICE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Devices for attaching a first mass and a second mass and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The devices can be made from an resilient, elastic or deformable materials. The devices can be used to attach a heart valve ring to a biological annulus. The devices can also be used for wound closure or a variety of other procedures such as anchoring a prosthesis to surrounding tissue or another prosthesis, tissue repair, such as in the closure of congenital defects such as septal heart defects, tissue or vessel anastomosis, fixation of tissue with or without a reinforcing mesh for hernia repair, orthopedic anchoring such as in bone fusing or tendon or muscle repair, ophthalmic indications, laparoscopic or endoscopic tissue repair or placement of prostheses, or use by robotic devices for procedures such as those above performed remotely. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010617 | Stent-Graft Delivery System - A method of delivering a stent-graft includes mounting the stent-graft on a pushrod; radially constraining the stent-graft within a sheath; securing a crown portion of the stent-graft to the pushrod with a retainer structure of a stent-graft retainment system; retracting the sheath to expose the crown portion of the stent-graft; and further retracting the sheath to cause the retainer structure to release the crown portion from the pushrod thus deploying the stent-graft. The retainer structure releases the stent-graft automatically as a result of the retraction of the sheath. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010618 | Overlapping Stent - A stent defines a plurality of holes with a therapeutic agent deposited therein and has a plurality of members where at least some of the members overlap when the stent is in the unexpanded state | 2010-01-14 |
20100010619 | Closed-Cell Flexible Stent Hybrid - A stent has a first stent body and a second stent body. The first stent body is a rolled stent having a first end and a second end and the second stent body is a tubular stent. The stent has a deployed state, the stent being within a body lumen in the deployed state. The second stent body at least partially disposed within the first stent body when the stent is in the deployed state so that the first end of the first stent body overlaps the second end of the first stent body for a first overlap length. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010620 | Stent - A stent has a circumference and a plurality of members that define a lumen. The stent has three stable states, which include an unexpanded state, a partially deployed state, and a deployed state The lumen has a first cross-sectional shape in the unexpanded state, a second cross-sectional shape in the partially deployed state and a third cross-sectional shape in the deployed state The first cross-sectional shape of the lumen is different from the second and third cross-sectional shapes of the lumen, and the first cross-sectional shape of the lumen is a non-round shaped cross-sectional shape | 2010-01-14 |
20100010621 | STENT HAVING BIODEGRADABLE STENT STRUTS AND DRUG DEPOTS - A stent comprising stent struts ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010622 | HYBRID SEGMENTED ENDOPROSTHESIS - Generally, the present disclosure includes a hybrid segmented endoprosthesis for delivery into a lumen of a body. The hybrid segmented endoprosthesis has different types of segments that are joined together. The segments are typically distinct and distinguishable from each other by each segment having a unique configuration different from at least one other segment. Additionally, the segments can be coupled together by various processes well known for interconnecting the materials of endoprostheses. The segmented endoprosthesis can provide improved deliverability, strength, flexibility, and/or functionality during and after deployment. The use of a segmented endoprosthesis can combine the configurations of multiple small endoprostheses into a standard- or regular-sized endoprosthesis. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010623 | PERCUTANEOUS HEART VALVE WITH STENTLESS SUPPORT - An implantable prosthetic valve having a stentless support structure. The valve has a tubular annular support structure with a first inflatable ring at a proximal end, a second inflatable ring at a distal end, and an inflatable intermediate support in between the first and second inflatable rings. There is at least one moveable occluder that controls the flow of blood through the tubular support structure. The tubular support structure can be filled with inflation media in the first inflatable ring, the second inflatable ring and inflatable intermediate support structure to convert the tubular support structure from a collapsed configuration to a patent tubular configuration. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010624 | VASCULAR STENTING FOR ANEURYSMS - Described herein are flexible implantable occluding devices that can, for example, navigate the tortuous vessels of the neurovasculature. The occluding devices can also conform to the shape of the tortuous vessels of the vasculature. In some embodiments, the occluding devices can direct blood flow within a vessel away from an aneurysm or limit blood flow to the aneurysm. Some embodiments describe methods and apparatus for adjusting, along a length of the device, the porosity of the occluding device. In some embodiments, the occluding devices allows adequate blood flow to be provided to adjacent structures such that those structures, whether they are branch vessels or oxygen-demanding tissues, are not deprived of the necessary blood flow. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010625 | MITRAL VALVE ANNULOPLASTY RING HAVING AN OFFSET POSTERIOR BOW - A mitral heart valve annuloplasty ring having a posterior bow that conforms to an abnormal posterior aspect of the mitral annulus. The ring may be generally oval having a major axis and a minor axis, wherein the posterior bow may be centered along the minor axis or offset in a posterior section. The ring may be substantially planar, or may include upward bows on either side of the posterior bow. The ring may include a ring body surrounded by a suture-permeable fabric sheath formed of a plurality of concentric ring elements or bands. The posterior bow is stiff enough to withstand deformation once implanted and subjected to normal physiologic stresses. A method of repairing an abnormal mitral heart valve annulus having a depressed posterior aspect includes providing a ring with a posterior bow and implanting the ring to support the annulus without unduly stressing the attachment sutures. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010626 | ARTIFICIAL EYE - An artificial eye includes a supporter, a first clipping member, a second clipping member and an electroactive pupil. The second clipping member is positioned on the supporter. A peripheral portion of the second clipping member is positioned on a peripheral portion of the first clipping member. A gap is defined between the first and second clipping members. The electroactive pupil is positioned in the gap and contacts the first and second clipping members. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010627 | Breast Implants and Compositions of Extracellular Matrix - The invention is articles and compositions of extracellular matrix for forming breast implants and otherwise augmenting or reconstructing breast tissue and other cosmetically desired tissue in humans, such as lips and cheeks. The invention is also to methods of using these in implant articles to augment or reconstruct a human breast or other tissue. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010628 | TRANSTYMPANIC VIBRATION DEVICE FOR IMPLANTABLE HEARING AID AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING THE SAME - A transtympanic vibration device for an implantable healing aid, suitable for being vibrated by magnetic flux transmitted from an outside and transferring vibration to a tympanic membrane. The device includes an outer plate having one surface on which a detachable magnet is detachably arranged; an inner plate sandwiching the tympanic membrane in cooperation with the outer plate and having a on which a fixed magnet is arranged; and at least one connection member connecting the outer plate and the inner plate with each other in such a manner that a distance between the outer plate and the inner plate can be adjusted. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010629 | Dynamic Ossicular Prosthesis - An ossicular replacement prosthesis includes first and second engagement structures for engaging middle ear structures, a spring that biases the first and second engagement structures longitudinally apart when under compression, and a rod that axially stabilizes longitudinal movement of the first and second engagement structures and conducts sound waves between the first and second engagement structures. Relative axial pressure on the first and second engagement structures causes compression or expansion of the spring which results in movement of the rod to adjust the length of the prosthesis to accommodate changes in anatomical distance as occurs under changes in pressure or abnormal middle ear conditions. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010630 | PLASTIC IMPLANT IMPREGNATED WITH A DEGRADATION PROTECTOR - A plastic implant device for a mammal that contains a rare earth metal compound tracer and a method for detecting degradation such as wear of the implanted device are disclosed. The tracer can also be present with a separate antioxidant or the tracer compound can be can be the salt of a C | 2010-01-14 |
20100010632 | SAND-BLASTING METHOD USING BIOCOMPATIBLE POLYMERS - The invention relates to a method for modifying the surface state of an implant made of polyaryletheretherketone, and for favouring the osteoconduction and osteointegration thereof in bone surgery, that comprises sand-blasting said implant with abrasive particles of calcium phosphate. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010633 | Deployable Arc Fusion Cage and Methods Associated Therewith - Expandable fusion cages and methods associated therewith are disclosed. The present invention is generally directed to an apparatus and method for implanting an anterior installed intervertebral fusion cage system which can be selectively expanded between two adjacent vertebrae to cause them to change position relative to each other and produce a normal alignment of the spine, while promoting fusion of the vertebrae. Accordingly, the invention relates to an expandable fusion cage that may be inserted, in a reduced size configuration, into an intervertebral space and expanded after insertion to provide a desired size. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010634 | Biocompatible intervertebral spacer - An intervertebral spacer configured for insertion between two vertebrae includes two opposite plates having one or more protruding parts for immobilization in the intervertebral space, a shock absorbing element, and a rigid spacer element positioned and constrained between the plates. The rigid spacer element permits small relative movements between the plates, which are countered by the shock absorbing element. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010635 | TIBIAL TRIALING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF TRIALING A TIBIAL IMPLANT - A trialing assembly for use during knee replacement procedures to determine size and position of a tibial plate implant as well as the size and thickness of the articular surface prior to implantation of the implant. The trialing assembly includes a broaching plate having a tibia engaging bottom surface adapted for placement atop a tibia and an opposite top surface, the bottom and top surfaces extending between an anterior edge and a posterior edge of the broaching plate. The broaching plate includes an anterior rail and a posterior rail protruding superiorly from the top surface and extending along the anterior and posterior edges, respectively. A trialing plate is configured to removably fit atop the broaching plate between the anterior and posterior rails. The trialing plate includes an engagement member extending from a superior surface of the trialing plate and adapted to engage with an articular surface provisional. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010636 | Method and Apparatus for Wrist Arthroplasty - A prosthesis for placement relative to a carpal complex of a wrist can generally include a carpal implant having a body including an ulnar flange and a radial flange. The body can have a bone abutment surface and at least one flange extending from the bone abutment surface. The at least one flange can extend from the bone abutment surface a distance that spans at least one bone in an implanted position. The at least one flange can have a securing aperture that selectively receives a bone screw that advances into an identified bone of the carpal complex. A wrist bearing component can selectively mate with the carpal implant. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010637 | TRAPEZO-METACARPAL IMPLANT - This present invention concerns a trapezian or trapezo-metacarpal implant ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010638 | Laser-Produced Porous Surface - An implant having a porous tissue ingrowth structure and a bearing support structure is disclosed. The implant includes a metal insert having a bone ingrowth structure, an intermediate structure and a bearing support structure. A bearing surface is formed from a polymer material and attached to the bearing support structure. The intermediate structure has a porosity sufficient to inhibit the polymer material from translating through the bearing support structure to the bone ingrowth structure. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010639 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR WALKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A control device for a walking assistance device includes a seating section on which a user is seated, a pair of left and right foot sole installation sections fitted to the foot soles of the legs of the user, a pair of left and right leg links which connect the seating section to the foot sole installation sections, actuators which drive joints of the leg links, and an acting force detection means which detects force acting on the user from the seating section. The control device controls a driving force of at least one of the actuators according to the detected value of the acting force so that the force acting on the user is maintained at a least at a predetermined lower limit of upward force. Thus, desired user motions, such as jumping can be performed while appropriate force acts on the user from the seating section. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010640 | IMPLANT SYSTEM HAVING A FUNCTIONAL IMPLANT COMPOSED OF DEGRADABLE METAL MATERIAL - An implant system comprising a functional implant ( | 2010-01-14 |
20100010641 | EXTERNAL WALKING ASSIST DEVICE FOR THOSE WITH LOWER LEG INJURIES - A walking assist device, which is to be worn on a person's leg, includes a shank link, a thigh member, and a knee mechanism. The thigh member is in contact with the person's thigh when the device is worn on the person's leg. The knee mechanism rotatably connects the shank link to the thigh member. When the shank link is in contact with the ground, the knee mechanism is configured to resist the rotation of the shank link relative to the thigh member to prevent the person's foot from contacting the ground and reduces ground reaction forces entering the person's foot. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010642 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SAFETY MONITORED TERMINAL BLOCK - A method, apparatus, and system for controlling a process are provided. The control device apparatus includes an input section configured to receive input signals from a controlled process, a first output section communicatively coupled to the input section wherein the first output section is configured to transmit the received input signals to a controller, and a second output section communicatively coupled to the controller, the second output section is configured to transmit control signals from the controller to the controlled process. The apparatus further includes a safety logic block communicatively coupled to the input section in parallel with the received input signals that are transmitted to the controller, the safety logic block is configured to generate a safety output signal using the received input signals, the safety logic block is further configured to transmit the safety output signal to the controlled process independent of the control signals. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010643 | Method and system for controlling a usage of an object - A system and method for controlling a usage of objects, the method includes: receiving, by a control unit, an indication that a user intends to use an object; wherein the utilization is dependent upon a reception of power from a power supply network; receiving, by the control unit, over a power line communication network and from a power controller associated with the object, a request to determine whether to enable a provision of power from the power supply network; determining, by the control unit, whether to allow a reception of power by the object; and sending to the power controller a power indication representative of the determination. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010644 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING APPLICATIONS - A system for managing a application includes a clock unit outputting time signals, a storage unit storing an age table, a detection unit and a resetting unit. The application includes a logical pointer and a flag carrying a flag bit. The age table includes ordered logical headers and age values, each logical header associated with an age value, the logical pointer pointing to one logical header, the age value having an increment as the logical pointer moves forward along the logical headers. The detection unit receives the time signals and reads the flag bit and moves the logical pointer to a succeeding logical header with a first step if the flag bit changes and with a second step if the flag bit remains unchanged during interval between two time signals. The second step is larger than the first step. The resetting unit resets the flag bit. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010645 | BASEPOINT ESTIMATOR - A method of estimating a basepoint includes receiving a plurality of goals, wherein each goal has a desired value, and receiving a plurality of sensor feedback signals from a controlled system. A plurality of predicted output values of the controlled system are received from a mathematical model. A desired change for a plurality of basepoint values is estimated in response to the goals, the feedback, and the predicted output values. An actual change in basepoint values is calculated in response to a plurality of limits and the desired change for the plurality of basepoint values according to a plurality of goal weights while holding limits. The actual change in basepoint values is combined with last pass values of the plurality of basepoint values to produce an updated basepoint estimate. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010646 | INTERFACE FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE PROGRAMMING - An implantable medical device is capable of delivering therapeutic output to a patient. A controller, programmable by a medical professional, is operatively coupled to the implantable medical device to, in part, program the therapeutic output to be delivered to the patient. The controller has an interface allowing the medical professional to graphically select an amount of the therapeutic output to be delivered to the patient in at least one of a series of discrete timer intervals. The graphic selection may be aided by the use of a light pen or other pointing device to sketch the infusion pattern. Computer programs using algorithms may be utilized to translate the information inputted through the light pen into an infusion program. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010647 | USER INTERFACE IMPROVEMENTS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - A method and system is disclosed for operating a medical device with or without a cassette in place. A method is disclosed for adding additional VTBI to an ongoing infusion without stopping the infusion and with maintaining the infusion parameters. A method and system is disclosed for changing the CCA without having to interrupt or completely stop an ongoing infusion. Quick titration buttons are provided to allow improved navigation between various delivery display screens. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010648 | AUTO-STATION TUNING - In various embodiments, a media player or portable media device can enable a user to navigate and discover content or other media assets. The media player may analyze broadcasts and other content streams to determine currently playing and forthcoming content. The media player may switch from one source of content to another to find content that matches user preferences or criteria. The media player may generate playlists based on the matching content, and switch between sources of the matching content automatically. In some embodiments, the media player may receive user input to browse content using a navigation stream. Content associated with stations within the navigation stream may be output. As if the user were tuning a radio dial, the media player may determine what content to played back for each station. The media player may procure content and generate playlists to represent each station focus on by the user. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010649 | Method and apparatus for processing digital audio signal - There is a sequence of samples having values representative of a waveform. Samples corresponding to extrema including maximums and minimums in the waveform are detected. A decision is made as to whether values of successive samples between every two extremum-corresponding samples are in an upward slope or a downward slope. The number of these successive samples is detected. One is selected from coefficients in response to the detected sample number. A first group has one or more samples adjacently preceding a maximum-corresponding sample. A second group has one or more samples adjacently following the maximum-corresponding sample. A third group has one or more samples adjacently preceding a minimum-corresponding sample. A fourth group has one or more samples adjacently following the minimum-corresponding sample. Each of specified samples among the samples in the first to fourth groups is corrected in response to the slope decision result and the selected coefficient. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010650 | Method and apparatus for processing digital audio signal - There is a sequence of samples having values representative of a waveform. Peak-corresponding samples are detected which correspond to respective peaks including local maximums and local minimums in the waveform. An ideal waveform peak is estimated from the value of each detected peak-corresponding sample and values of samples temporally adjacent to the detected peak-corresponding sample through interpolation. A time interval between every two temporally adjacent estimated peaks is calculated. One is selected from coefficients in accordance with the calculated time interval. The value of each detected peak-corresponding sample and values of samples temporally adjacent to the detected peak-corresponding sample are corrected in response to the selected coefficient, the value of an estimated peak corresponding to the detected peak-corresponding sample, and a time position of the estimated peak. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010651 | Dynamic range control and equalization of digital audio using warped processing - This invention describes a method for adjusting the loudness and the spectral content of digital audio signals in a real-time using warped spectral filtering. A warped processing module modifies a spectral content of a digital audio signal with a set of gains for a plurality of non-linearly-scaled frequency bands determined by a warping factor λ of a warped delay line. Warped delay line signals, generated by the warped delay line, are processed by a warped filter block containing multiple warped finite impulse response filters, e.g., Mth band filters, using individual warped spectral filtering in said plurality of the non-linearly-scaled frequency bands, which is followed by a conventional processing by a dynamic range control/equalization block. The present invention describes another innovation, that is embedding the warped processing module in a two-channel quadrature mirror filter (QMF) bank for improving processing efficiency at high sample rates. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010652 | MUSIC PLAYING DEVICE - A music playing device is disclosed. The music playing device includes a main body, a receiving space, an audio signal decoder and an audio signal output terminal. The receiving space is disposed in the main body for receiving a memory. The audio signal decoder is disposed in the main body and coupled to the receiving space for decoding audio data stored in the memory, and the audio signal output terminal is disposed in the main body and coupled to the audio signal decoder for receiving the audio data decoded by the audio signal decoder and outputting the decoded audio data. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNIFIED AUDIO CONTROL ON A PERSONAL COMPUTER - A system and method for improved audio controls on a personal computer is provided. The system and method provide a unified architecture for audio controls across hardware and software interfaces of the personal computer. An intelligent facility may automatically change audio controls for users to simply interact with various communications and media applications. To this end, a configurable audio controller intelligently handles various aspects of the system's audio devices by following various rules that may be based at least in part on user-configurable settings and a current operating state. The present invention also provides audio controls so that a user may easily change audio settings such as the volume of an audio output device. There are many applications that may use the present invention for automatic control of audio devices based upon the user's context. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010654 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS - Model-based production control systems and methods are presented for constructing plans for controlling operation of a production system with a plant having a plurality of resources to achieve one or more production goals, in which a planner constructs plans for execution in the plant based on production goals while balancing both production objectives (e.g., production cost, production time) and diagnostic objectives (e.g., diagnostic cost, information gained, repair cost), and a diagnosis engine determines a current plant condition based on a previously executed plan and corresponding observations from the plant, and provides expected information gain data to the planner, with the planner generating a plan that will achieve a given production goal and is improved for one or more diagnostic objectives and the expected information gain data. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010655 | ASSEMBLY CONNECTION METHOD FOR ATTACHING VIRTUAL PARTS IN A COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus that allows the user of a computer aided design (CAD) system to connect three-dimensional parts to create a three-dimensional assembly using connections that completely define the attachment between the parts attached to each other by that connection. The user can simultaneously define the orientations of the parts and their behavior. “Behavior” includes whether parts are rigidly connected or allowed to move relative to one and other, and if allowed to move, the nature and limits on that movement. Within any movement allowed, the user may specify key discrete orientations known to be important to the function of the assembly, such as orientations that limit movement within the assembly. The connection method creates a smaller, more consistent representation of the underlying constraints of the assembly, improving the reliability, performance, and ease of use of a CAD system in which it is used. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010656 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM CREATING SYSTEM AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM CREATING METHOD - To provide a production system creating system that can create production systems of various articles by freely combining a plurality of production factors of various types from a superordinate concept toward a subordinate concept thereof. In the production system creating system, while referring to a point in time when a three-term relationship creates a production system and a point in time when the three-term relationship separates from the production system, a plurality of three-term relationships of various types required for the creation of the production system at an arbitrary point in time are extracted from the relational database 18 and a plurality of production factors of various types corresponding to first to third production factors for forming the extracted three-term relationships are extracted from the factor-type database | 2010-01-14 |
20100010657 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACTIVE DIAGNOSIS THROUGH LOGIC-BASED PLANNING - A control systems and methods are presented for controlling a production system, in which a model-based planner includes a formulation, such as a SAT formulation representing possible actions in the production, with a solver being used to provide a solution to the formulation based at least partially on production and diagnostic goals and the current plant condition, and a translation component translates the solution into a plan for execution in the plant. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010658 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF PLASMA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - In a control device of a plasma processing system, a storage unit is configured to store a reference recipe indicating an order of the plasma processing. An operation unit calculates a state variation value of each of the plasma processing devices by a predetermined timing at a plurality of processing lot intervals. A table generation unit generates an adjusting table for adjusting the reference recipe from the calculated state variation value of each of the plasma processing devices. In addition, a process executing control unit adjusts the reference recipe by using one of the generated adjusting tables for the plasma processing devices by the table generation unit and performs the plasma processing on the target object in the corresponding plasma processing device according to an order of the adjusted reference recipe. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010659 | Thin Films measurment method and system - A method and system are presented for use in controlling the processing of a structure. First measured data is provided being indicative of at least one of the following: a thickness (d | 2010-01-14 |
20100010660 | Method of manufacturing a product using scan targets - A method of manufacturing aircraft includes removably securing a target to a portion of the aircraft in a predetermined position on the portion of the aircraft. The method further includes scanning the target with a scanning device to acquire information about at least one of a location and orientation of the target. The method also includes processing the acquired information to determine at least one of a location and orientation of the portion of the aircraft. In addition, the method includes working the aircraft using the processed information and removing the target from the portion of the aircraft before completing manufacture of the aircraft. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010661 | METHOD TO CONTROL AUTOMATIC POURING OF MOLTEN METAL BY A LADLE AND MEDIA FOR RECORDING PROGRAMS FOR CONTROLLING THE TILTING OF A LADLE - The present invention provides a method to control automatic pouring of molten metal by a ladle that is tilted, wherein the pouring can be carried out in a way that is as close as possible to that of an experienced operator by using a computer that has programs previously installed for such purpose. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010662 | VIBRATION SUPPRESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - A stable rotation speed is acquired by finely changing a rotation speed of a rotary shaft | 2010-01-14 |
20100010663 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS - A banknote handling apparatus that can easily designate attributes of banknotes to be stacked on stacking units and a method of controlling the apparatus. The apparatus includes a control unit that controls the banknote handling apparatus, a hopper that feeds out banknotes according to an instruction of the control unit, a plurality of stacking units that stack the banknotes according to an attribute of the banknotes, a recognition unit that recognizes the attribute of the banknotes fed out from the hopper, and an operation unit that accepts a predetermined instruction. The control unit causes the hopper to feed out the banknotes, causes the recognition unit to recognize the attribute of the banknotes, and designates the attribute of the recognized banknotes as the attribute of the banknotes to be stacked on a predetermined stacking unit when an instruction of a stacking unit setting mode is accepted through the operation unit. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010664 | Apparatus For Monitoring A Package Handling System - A monitoring apparatus for sensing conditions associated with a package handling system. The monitoring apparatus includes a test package configured for being handled by the package handling system with non-test packages handled by the package handling system. The test package has a housing defining a test package interior and has at least one sensor positioned within the interior for sensing conditions associated with the package handling system. The sensor produces an output signal corresponding to the conditions that it senses. The test package further includes a support positioned within the test package interior and connecting the sensor to the housing so that the sensor is directed generally toward an outside of the test package for sensing conditions associated with the package handling system. | 2010-01-14 |
20100010665 | BOARD INSPECTION DEVICE - A board inspection device | 2010-01-14 |