07th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120041224 | Process For The Iodination Of Aromatic Compounds - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of iodinated anilines; in particular, it relates to a process including the direct iodination, with suitably activated iodine, of 3,5-disubstituted anilines to the corresponding 3,5-disubstituted-2,4,6-triiodoanilines, which are useful intermediates for the synthesis of x-ray contrast media, and to the preparation of the contrast media themselves. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041225 | KIT FOR AUTOMATED RESOLVING AGENT SELECTION AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a means for the rapid selection of optimum resolving agents and solvents, combinations and conditions to separate optical isomers. The present invention combinedly describes and automates a full lifecycle of chiral separation method development and optimization through a series of kits and procedures providing screening, automation for screening, racemate recovery, enantiomer preparation, and method optimization. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041226 | WATER VAPOUR ASSISTED OZONOLYSIS OF CARBON NANOTUBES - The present invention relates to an improved process of ozonolysis of carbon nanotubes assisted by water vapour. The improved methodology provides an eco-friendly, cheaper, practical and efficient approach to functionalize carbon nanotubes with oxygen-containing moieties for further chemical functionalization and composite dispersion. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041227 | NEW SALTS OF DESVENLAFAXINE AND A METHOD OF THEIR PREPARATION - The invention deals with new salts of the desvenlafaxine base of formula (I) with oxalic acid, the new salts being the hydrogen oxalate of formula (II) in the proportion of desvenlafaxine:oxalic acid of 1:1 and hemioxalate of formula (III) in the proportion of desvenlafaxine:oxalic acid of 2:1. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041228 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR AMELIORATING AND/OR PREVENTING LEPTIN RESISTANCE, AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for ameliorating and/or preventing leptin resistance. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention contains flurbiprofen. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041229 | METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING TETRANOR-PROSTAGLANDIN D, J, E, A AND F METABOLITES - The present invention generally relates to synthetic methods for preparing tetranor-prostaglandin D, J, E, A, and F metabolites. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041230 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING VAPOR FROM DRYING COLUMN TO LIGHT ENDS COLUMN - The present invention is directed to a method of heating a light ends column through directing one or more vapor side streams from a drying column to the light ends column. The present invention is also directed to a carbonylation process for producing acetic acid, wherein one or more vapor streams from a drying column provide the external energy required to drive separation in the light ends column. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041231 | Process and Apparatus for Preparing Vinyl Acetate Monomer - The invention provides a process for preparing vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) by reacting ethylene with acetic acid and oxygen in a tube bundle reactor in a heterogeneously catalysed, continuous gas phase process, characterized in that a high-performance catalyst with a space-time yield of more than 700 g of VAM/l of catalyst×hour is used for catalysis, and in that the tube bundle reactor comprises tubes with a ratio of inner surface area to volume of ≧130 m | 2012-02-16 |
20120041232 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR 3-HYDROXYPROPIONATE BIO-PRODUCTION FROM BIOMASS - Methods of obtaining mutant nucleic acid sequences that demonstrate elevated oxaloacetate α-decarboxylase activity are provided. Compositions, such as genetically modified microorganisms that comprise such mutant nucleic acid sequences, are described, as are methods to obtain the same. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041233 | FLUOROSULFONYL IMIDE SALT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUOROSULFONYL IMIDE SALT - The present invention provides a method for producing a fluorisulfonylimide salt, which enables reducing the impurity content and continuous operation for a long time, and a fluorosulfonyl imide salt. The fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention has a K content of 10,000 ppm or less. The method for producing a fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention is that after a fluorination reaction of chlorosulfonyl imde or a salt thereof, the reaction solution is brought into contact with an aqueous alkaline solution so as to remove impurities. The fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention, in which various impirities are reduced to extremely low levels, is useful as an electrolyte used in a lithium secondary battery, a capacitor or the like, an ionic liquid, or an intermediate for a sulfonyl imide salt, and the like. It is expected that use of the fluorosulfonyl imide salt of the present invention as an electrolyte leads to a high-performance electrochemical device. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041234 | MICROWAVE INDUCED SINGLE STEP GREEN SYNTHESIS OF SOME NOVEL 2-ARYL ALDEHYDES AND THEIR ANALOGUES - The present invention provides a process for the preparation of some novel 2-aryl and 2,2-diaryl aldehydes and analogues which are privileged intermediates for commercially important nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs including naproxen, flurbiprofen and potent anticancer drug candidates, including phenstatin through a unique single step synthetic methodology utilizing easily available substrates in the form of aryl alkenes as well as environmentally benign aqueous reaction conditions in the form of solvents such as mixtures of water and DMSO or Dioxane and reagents N-bromosuccinimide, N-iodosuccinimide, N-cholorosuccinimide and phase transfer catalyst such as cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide, N-hexyl ammonium chloride for a reaction time varying from 1 min-30 min, depending upon microwave or conventional heating, without using expensive transition metal catalysts or lewis acids/bases with yield varying from 35-55%, depending upon the solvent and substrate used. The developed method provides a clean and convenient alternative to access a diverse range of medicinally important 2-aryl and 2,2-diaryl aldehyde based scaffolds in lieu of the conventional multistep protocols employing expensive and hazardous transition metal catalysts and lewis acids/bases. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041235 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF (R)-2-(3-DIISOPROPYLAMINO)-1-PHENYLPROPYL)-4METHYLPHENOL AND SALTS THEREOF - The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of Tolterodine or salts thereof, which comprises the use of 3-(2-methoxy-5-methylphenyl)-3-phenylpropyl methane sulfonate. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041236 | CATALYSTS AND METHOD FOR THE HYDROAMINATION OF OLEFINS - The present invention relates to a hydroamination catalyst comprising boron beta zeolites, wherein the hydroamination catalyst is doped with lithium, and also a process for producing it. The present patent application further relates to a process for preparing amines by reaction of ammonia or primary or secondary amines with olefins at elevated temperatures and pressures in the presence of the hydroamination catalyst of the invention. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041237 | Process for Producing Fluoromethyl Hexafluoroisopropyl Ether - There is provided according to the present invention a process for producing fluoromethyl hexafluoroisopropyl ether ((CF | 2012-02-16 |
20120041238 | Direct catalytic conversion of sugars to ethanol - Sugars comprising the monosaccharides glucose and fructose, and the disaccharides sucrose and mannose are catalytically converted to ethanol in a sulfate fortified acid medium in the presence of transition metal compounds possessing a degree of symmetry. This is not a fermentation process but is a catalytic chemical process where conversion efficiency is improved by saturating the acidic reaction mixture with inorganic sulfate salts to reduce competitive reactions. Ethanol formed during the reaction is removed by distillation facilitating a continuous process. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041239 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - The present invention provides an effective, selective, and industrially applicable process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. Specifically, the present invention provides a process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene including reacting 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene with hydrogen fluoride in the presence of oxygen and a catalyst comprising chromium oxide represented by the composition formula: CrOm (1.52012-02-16 | |
20120041240 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING SOLID PARAFFINIC COMPOUNDS BY HYDROTREATMENT OF VEGETABLE OILS - The present application relates to a method for obtaining solid paraffins from vegetable oils and/or animal fats, which is characterized in that the organic oil is preheated to a temperature of between 50 and 100° C. in order to render the oil fluid and for it to be possible to transfer the oil to steps downstream in the method. The oil and the hydrogen are mixed in the pipeline and passed via a furnace in order to be heated to the desired reaction temperature. Inside the reactor, the hydrogen reacts with the oil at the active sites of the catalyst at pressures of between 2 and 11 MPa and temperatures of between 150° C. and 330° C., with an hourly space velocity of between 0.2 and 6 h | 2012-02-16 |
20120041241 | OLIGOMERISATION OF OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ACTIVATED OLIGOMERISATION CATALYST - This invention relates to the oligomerisation of olefinic compounds in the presence of an activated oligomerisation catalyst. The invention also extends to a particular manner for providing an activated oligomerisation catalyst. According to the present invention, there is provided a process for producing an oligomeric product by the oligomerisation of at least one olefinic compound, the process including (a) providing an activated oligomerisation catalyst by combining, in any order, iii) a source of chromium, ιv) a ligating compound of the formula (R | 2012-02-16 |
20120041242 | SUBSTITUTE NATURAL GAS GENERATION - A method and apparatus for producing a substitute natural gas stream to be added to a natural gas stream in which at least part of a refinery gas stream is reacted in a catalytic reactor to hydrogenate olefins into saturated hydrocarbons. The extent to which hydrogen and olefins are reacted in the catalytic reactor is controlled to reduce the concentration of olefins in the resulting substitute natural gas stream and to increase the interchangeability of the substitute natural gas stream with the natural gas. This control can be effectuated by by-passing part of the refinery off gas to an intermediate product stream produced by the catalytic reactor and thereby forming the substitute natural gas stream from the by-passed refinery gas stream and the intermediate product stream. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041243 | INTEGRATION OF A METHANOL-TO-OLEFIN REACTION SYSTEM WITH A HYDROCARBON PYROLYSIS SYSTEM - An integrated MTO synthesis and hydrocarbon pyrolysis system is described in which the MTO system and its complementary olefin cracking reactor are combined with a hydrocarbon pyrolysis reactor in a way that facilitates the flexible production of olefins and other petrochemical products, such as butene-1 and MTBE. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041244 | PRODUCING 1-BUTENE FROM AN OXYGENATE-TO-OLEFIN REACTION SYSTEM - 1-butene is recovered as a purified product from an MTO synthesis and especially from an integrated MTO synthesis and hydrocarbon pyrolysis system in which the MTO system and its complementary olefin cracking reactor are combined with a hydrocarbon pyrolysis reactor in a way that facilitates the flexible production and recovery of olefins and other petrochemical products, particularly butene-1 and MTBE. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041245 | INTEGRATION OF A METHANOL-TO-OLEFIN REACTION SYSTEM WITH A HYDROCARBON PYROLYSIS SYSTEM - An integrated MTO synthesis and hydrocarbon pyrolysis system is described in which the MTO system and its complementary olefin cracking reactor are combined with a hydrocarbon pyrolysis reactor in a way that facilitates the flexible production of olefins and other petrochemical products, such as butene-1 and MTBE. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041246 | NANOWIRE CATALYSTS - Nanowires useful as heterogeneous catalysts are provided. The nanowire catalysts are useful in a variety of catalytic reactions, for example, the oxidative coupling of methane to ethylene. Related methods for use and manufacture of the same are also disclosed. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041247 | CATALYST FOR PRODUCING ALKENE, THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALKENE - The present invention relates to a catalyst for producing alkene using as a starting material alkane obtained by reducing an Mo—V—Te composite oxide having a crystal structure and being represented by formula (1): | 2012-02-16 |
20120041248 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING NITROGEN - A process is described for removing a nitrogen-rich fraction from a feed fraction containing essentially nitrogen and hydrocarbons, wherein the feed fraction is partially condensed and fractionated by rectification into a nitrogen-rich fraction and a methane-rich fraction. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041249 | METHOD FOR SOLIDIFYING AND STABILIZING WASTE ACID - The present invention discloses a method for solidifying and stabilizing waste acid including steps of condensing waste acid containing phosphoric acid to reduce the volume; mixing the condensed waste acid with waste acid containing fluoroboric acid to solidify and stabilize the mixed waste acid. The pH of the mixed acid is adjusted by adding barium hydroxide as a neutralizer. The efficiency of solidifying waste acid can be improved by partially granulating and by adding solidifying agent indirectly. The method of the present invention can prevent intensely exothermic reaction caused by adding solidifying agents. Furthermore, the method of the present invention is controlled in a temperature of 30 to 45° C. to improve the polymerization of the mixed waste acid so that the efficiency of solidification thereof can be also improved. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041250 | TARGET TRACKING DEVICE AND RADIATION THERAPY APPARATUS - An X-ray fluoroscopic unit simultaneously acquires a plurality of X-ray fluoroscopic images with different sensitivities in one direction. An image processing unit detects a target on the basis of the plurality of X-ray fluoroscopic images acquired in each direction. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041251 | CHARGED PARTICLE CANCER THERAPY X-RAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention comprises an X-ray method and apparatus used in conjunction with charged particle or proton beam radiation therapy of cancerous tumors. The system uses an X-ray beam that lies in substantially the same path as a proton beam path of a particle beam cancer therapy system. The system creates an electron beam that strikes an X-ray generation source where the X-ray generation source is located proximate to the proton beam path. By generating the X-rays near the proton beam path, an X-ray path that is essentially the proton beam path is created. Using the generated X-rays, the system collects X-ray images of a localized body tissue region about a cancerous tumor. The generated image is usable for: fine tuning body alignment relative to the proton beam path, to control the proton beam path to accurately and precisely target the tumor, and/or in system verification and validation. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041252 | DEVICE FOR ORIENTING AN OBJECT ACCORDING TO A GIVEN SPATIAL ORIENTATION - There is disclosed a device for orienting an object according to a given spatial orientation. The device comprises a frame and a supporting member connected to the frame and adapted for supporting at least a portion of the object. The device for orienting an object comprises a plurality of fluid actuated devices for displacing the supporting member with respect to the frame. Each of the fluid actuated devices is actuatable between a first position wherein the device has a first length and a second position wherein the device has a second length. The device for orienting comprises an actuation mechanism comprising a plurality of actuating valves for actuating the corresponding fluid actuated device; wherein an actuation of at least one of the fluid actuated devices enables to displace the supporting member with respect to the frame, thereby orienting the object according to the given spatial orientation. The device for orienting may be of particular interest in the medical sector as a medical object manipulator for reaching a given target in an anatomical structure with a suitable accuracy, for example in the treatment and/or diagnosis of prostate cancer. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041253 | Protective Apparatus for Chemotherapy Injection Needle - A protective apparatus for a chemotherapy injection needle, includes a coring needle, a plastic film integrated with a hand-held film, and an injection vessel, wherein the coring needle is a through, hollow and metal needle having a needle head bent downwards to form an angle with a needle body which connects to the injection vessel at a rear end. The plastic film has two trapezoidal and protruding wings extending to two sides, and when the two protruding wings are folded to clamp the needle head, the protruding wings' extending length is sufficient to wrap a tip part of the needle head, and positions where the protruding wings wrap the tip part are corresponding to concaved grooves of the needle head, so that the two protruding wings attach closely with each other. Also, the two protruding wings engage with each other by a locking device to secure the protruding wings. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041254 | Housing for a Functional Element - The invention relates to a housing ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120041255 | Method And Apparatus For Long-Term Assisting A Left Ventricle To Pump Blood - A method and apparatus for long-term assisting the left ventricle of a heart to pump blood is disclosed which includes at least one transluminally deliverable pump and a transluminally deliverable support structure which secures the at least one pump within the aorta for long-term use. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041256 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SHORT-TERM CARDIAC SUPPORT - An apparatus provides short-term cardiac support after cardiac surgery using a cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) pump (or heart-lung machine) having a pump coupled to a pump controller for pumping oxygenated blood through a cannula into the patient The pump controller controls the pump in a first mode to generate pulsatile flow of the oxygenated blood to the patient, and in a second mode to provide counter-pulsatile flow of blood through the cannula synchronized with the heart of the patient, whereby, when the heart of the patient is in diastole, the pump forces blood from the cannula into the patient, and when the heart is in systole, the pump removes blood from the patient via the cannula. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041257 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING CARDIAC ISCHEMIC TISSUE - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for supporting ischemic tissue of the heart using scaffolds that may be placed within the heart percutaneously. A scaffold assembly may include a layer of biocompatible material detachably secured to a placement rod, such that the placement rod may be used to urge the layer of biocompatible material through a catheter to adjacent an area of ischemic tissue. Anchors may secure the layer of material to the myocardium. Multiple layers of biocompatible material may be placed in the ventricle separately to form the scaffold. In some embodiments, a scaffold is formed or reinforced by injecting a polymer, such as a visco-elastic foam, around an inflatable member inflated within a ventricle. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041258 | IMPLANTABLE ACCESS PORT SYSTEM - An implantable injection port for use with a gastric band for treating obesity and for attaching to a tissue of a patient is disclosed. The implantable injection port includes a base having an anchor opening, a gear coupled to the base and rotatable about a central axis, the gear having a plurality of gear teeth, an anchor coupled to the gear, and a top portion spaced apart from the base and having a plurality of top teeth that engage with the plurality of gear teeth. The top portion is rotatable causing rotation of the gear such that the rotation of the gear causes movement of the anchor through the anchor opening of the base and into the tissue of the patient. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041259 | ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM FOR RESECTION OF TISSUE - The present embodiments provide apparatus for facilitating endoscopic resection of tissue. The apparatus comprises proximal and distal barrels. The proximal barrel is adapted to be coupled to an endoscope. A cutting member is disposed within a lumen of the distal barrel and configured to resect a segment of tissue. In one embodiment, a central longitudinal axis of the proximal barrel is radially offset from a central longitudinal axis of the distal barrel, thereby allowing the cutting member to be centered relative to the working lumen of the endoscope. Additionally, the cutting member may comprise at least one viewing window that permits endoscopic visualization of tissue distal to the distal barrel when the cutting member is disposed within the distal barrel. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041260 | Endoscope gripping device - A gripping device for an endoscope insertion tube utilizing first and second arms that are hingedly attached to one another. Each arm includes an opening to accommodate the insertion tube of an endoscope such that the endoscope insertion tube spans both arms. First and second jaws are associated with first and second arms and are positioned in opposition to one another. The movement of the arms toward one anther causes the jaws to engage the insertion tube which is guided through the arms by the apertures found in the arms. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041261 | BALLOON CATHETER AND BALLOON CATHETER ASSEMBLY - A balloon catheter includes: an outer catheter; an inner catheter inserted in the outer catheter, capable of moving relative to the outer catheter in the longitudinal direction thereof, and permitting a flexible medical elongate member to be inserted therethrough; an inflatable and contractible balloon constructed from a film member, having one end portion and the other end portion fixed respectively to a distal portion of the outer catheter and a distal portion of the inner catheter, and projecting from a distal end of the outer catheter by an amount which varies according to the amount of movement of the inner catheter relative to the outer catheter; and a position restrictor for restricting the position of a distal end of the medical elongate member, which is inserted through the inner catheter, relative to a distal end of the balloon. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041262 | STEERABLE ENDOSCOPE AND IMPROVED METHOD OF INSERTION - A steerable endoscope has an elongated body with a selectively steerable distal portion and an automatically controlled proximal portion. The endoscope body is inserted into a patient and the selectively steerable distal portion is used to select a desired path within the patient's body. When the endoscope body is advanced, an electronic motion controller operates the automatically controlled proximal portion to assume the selected curve of the selectively steerable distal portion. Another desired path is selected with the selectively steerable distal portion and the endoscope body is advanced again. As the endoscope body is further advanced, the selected curves propagate proximally along the endoscope body, and when the endoscope body is withdrawn proximally, the selected curves propagate distally along the endoscope body. This creates a serpentine motion in the endoscope body that allows it to negotiate tortuous curves along a desired path through, around, and between organs within the body. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041263 | TWO-PART ENDOSCOPE SURGICAL DEVICE - The present invention provides a two-part robotic device for positioning of a hand tool, comprising: a. a fixed base unit constantly fix to its position; b. a detachable body unit reversibly coupled to said fixed base unit, coupled to said current medical instrument; wherein said fixed base unit is adapted to provide independent movement to said hand tool, said independent movement selected from the group consisting of rotation and translation, and further wherein said detachable body unit is removable and replaceable from said fixed base unit such that upon exchange of said hand tool for a second hand tool, said second hand tool is placed in substantially the same location as the location of said hand tool prior to said exchange. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041264 | JOINTED PORTION OF A SHAFT FOR AN ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENT - An endoscopic instrument, in particular an endoscope, with a jointed portion of a shaft for an endoscopic instrument, in particular for an endoscope, for bendably connecting a distal part of the shaft with a proximal part of the shaft. For this purpose the distal shaft part is connected with the proximal shaft part by two rigid jointed bars of different lengths, which each attaches with a joint on the distal and on the proximal shaft part. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041265 | Atraumatic Arthroscopic Instrument Sheath and Method - A removable, resilient atraumatic sheath for arthroscopic instruments. The sheath covers sharp edges on the arthroscopic instrument, particularly the distal tip of the rigid cannula, and thereby protects tissue and objects near a surgical site from accidental trauma. The sheath may be provided in the form of an inflow/outflow sheath that allows a surgeon to irrigate and drain a surgical field without the use of a separate irrigation instrument. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041266 | SHAFT ELEMENT FOR AN ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENT - A shaft element for an endoscopic instrument includes a first, proximal shaft segment and a second, distal shaft segment, such that the second shaft segment is connected with the first shaft segment by three connecting elements, such that the connecting elements each include a first two-axis joint, such that the first joints form a triangle and such that the first connecting element is connected with the first shaft segment in such a way that it cannot slide with respect to the latter in a longitudinal direction, and a second and third connecting elements can each be slid with respect to the first shaft segment in a longitudinal direction independently of one another. The invention also relates to an endoscopic instrument, in particular an endoscope with such a shaft segment. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041267 | ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED VISUALIZATION - A medical device, configured for insertion into a body, may include an elongate member extending from a proximal end to a distal end, where the distal end may be configured to be positioned inside the body. The medical device may also include an imaging device positioned at the distal end. The medical device may further include a plurality of light sources positioned at the distal end, wherein a characteristic of light delivered through a first light source may be controlled independent of the characteristic of light delivered through a second light source. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041268 | CYCLO OLEFIN POLYMER AND COPOLYMER MEDICAL DEVICES - An illuminated medical system comprises a medical instrument and a light transmitting waveguide. The waveguide projects lights from a distal portion of the waveguide toward a target area. The waveguide is formed primarily of a cyclic olefin copolymer or a cyclic olefin polymer. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041269 | EXPANDABLE THORACIC ACCESS PORT - A surgical access assembly for positioning within an opening in tissue including an outer member positionable outside a patient and defining an opening therein to receive a surgical instrument. The outer member has a first portion and a second portion wherein at least one of the first and second portions is movable with respect to the other portion. The assembly also includes an inner member positionable within a patient and a flexible member extending between the inner member and outer member, wherein movement of one of the first and second portions of the outer member adjusts tension on the flexible member to retract tissue. A locking mechanism locks the outer member in a plurality of select expanded positions. The locking mechanism includes first engagement structure on the first portion engageable with the second portion and a slidable member movable to a locking position to retain the first and second portions in the select expanded position. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041270 | MOLDED AND UNDIVIDED MEDICAL PENETRATING DEVICE - A molded and undivided medical penetrating device comprises a first portion and a second substantially tubular portion having an outer surface, a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the second substantially tubular portion of the device is joined to and is integral with the first portion of the device and is adapted to be maintained essentially outside a body while the first portion of the device is adapted to be retained within the interior of the body. The device includes an opening that extends through the first and second portions of the device and provides access to the interior of the body from outside the body. The opening and the outer surface of the substantially tubular second portion of the device define a wall that is thinner at the proximal end of the second portion than towards the distal end of the second portion. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041271 | SURGICAL ACCESS APPARATUS - An access apparatus for use during a surgical procedure to provide access to the interior of the body includes an access member defining a longitudinal axis and having a proximal end for being disposed at an exterior side of the body and a distal end for extending into the interior of the body. The access member has a bore therethrough dimensioned to permit passage of an object. A seal is disposed within the bore of the access member. The seal includes a fabric material and an elastomeric material, and defines an internal passageway dimensioned to form a substantial sealing relation with an object inserted therethrough. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041272 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RETRACTION AND VERTEBRAL DISTRACTION - An instrument for spinal surgery for retracting soft tissue and mounting between a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process includes a relatively rigid frame, a first retractor blade mounted to the frame and a distractor element movably mounted to the frame. The distractor element has a body, a proximal end and a distal end. The distractor element has a thickness and a length. The distractor element is configured for mounting between the superior and inferior spinous processes in a working configuration. The distractor element is generally tapered at the distal end in an insertion configuration. The instrument also includes an insertion shaft attached to the proximal end and a first shaft joint mounted between the frame and the insertion shaft. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041273 | Indication Device - The object is to seek a position for an insertion opening through which a treatment tool inserted inside a body cavity may reach an affected area while avoiding an obstacle. A first light emitting portion placed in an insertion portion applies light to an affected area inside a body cavity. A second light emitting portion placed in the insertion portion applies light to an inner wall of the body cavity toward the opposite side of the first light emitting portion. At this time, a light pathway on which the light from the first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion will not strike the obstacle (e.g., an organ outside than the affected area, etc.) inside the body cavity is searched for. By making, in the position that the light from the second light emitting portion strikes, an insertion opening for inserting a treatment tool, the treatment tool can reach the affected area without interfering with the obstacle. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041274 | CANCER BIOMARKERS - Biomarkers and methods using the biomarkers for the prediction of the recurrence risk of cancer in a patient are provided. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041275 | DERIVATION METHOD OF DISCRIMINATION THRESHOLD OF NAIL APPARATUS MELANOMA - An derivation method of a nail apparatus melanoma discrimination threshold includes a first step of assuming a color image of longitudinal melanonychia as three-dimensional vectors each composed of RGB parameter values of each pixel and finding an angle between each of the three-dimensional vectors and a reference vector, a second step of finding a probability of occurrence according to a frequency distribution of the angles found in the first step, and a third step of finding, according to the probability of occurrence found in the second step, a threshold for a parameter to discriminate whether the longitudinal melanonychia is malignant or benign. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041276 | All in one medical monitor - The present invention provides a portable medical monitoring device designed for personal use to measure a variety of physical parameters, such as heart rate, blood pressure, oximetry (SpO2), and blood sugar (glucose) level. The device is attached to a belt or arm band that is secured around an individual when the device is being used and is equipped with a display screen, test select switches, an optical module and a processing module that analyzes data generated by the optical module. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING NEAR-TERM PATIENT TRAJECTORIES - A system and method for predicting near term measurements of a patient includes a stream processor configured to summarize raw measurements from patients into signatures and construct optimal prediction models based on previously obtained signatures. A similar patient tracker is configured to monitor similar patient information for a query patient. The similar patient information is determined based on a similarity between the query patient and signatures of other patients. A model analyzer is configured to employ retrofitted optimal prediction models from similar patients to predict near term measurements of the query patient. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041278 | USER WEARABLE PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A user wearable portable communication device and a method for collecting and transmitting a plurality of physiological parameters to a remote monitoring center are disclosed. The portable communication device includes a provision for enabling the user to establish a video conference, a fall detection module in conjunction with an accelerometer recognizes a placement of the portable communication device, a home automation module for enabling the user to remotely operate multiple electronic devices, an acknowledgment acceptance module for receiving the acknowledgment, a physiological data collecting module communicatively coupled to a fetal doppler module for monitoring and transmitting the physiological parameters associated with a child, multiple preprogrammed contact numbers for enabling the user to establish a communication, a subscriber identity module for enabling the user establish a communication and data transmission between the portable communication device and the remote monitoring center. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041279 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RESPIRATORY VARIATION MONITORING BY MEASUREMENT OF RESPIRATORY VOLUMES, MOTION AND VARIABILITY - This invention is directed to devices and methods for assessing a patient. The devices have at least one impedance measuring element functionally connected to a programmable element, programmed to analyze an impedance measurement, and to provide an assessment of at least one respiratory parameter of the patient. Preferably the device includes electronics which aid in calibration, signal acquisition, conditioning, and filtering. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041280 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BODY INFORMATION ACQUISITION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for determining a user's body information in a mobile terminal includes determining whether a user touch is detected on a touch panel, which incorporates a Bio Micro Electric Mechanical System (MEMS) technology, and if so, determining the user's body information which in turn is transmitted to an upper node. Body information analysis results are received from the upper node and displayed subsequently. As a result, a mobile user has an advantage of managing his or her health via on line using a touch panel of a mobile terminal without visiting a hospital separately. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041281 | FETAL MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS - Described herein are fetal and/or maternal monitoring devices, systems and methods using UWB medical radar. These devices and systems may include a UWB sensor providing high-resolution and reliable simultaneous monitoring of multiple indicators of fetal and/or maternal health, such as fetal heart rate, fetal heart rate variability, fetal respiration, fetal gross body movement, maternal contractions, maternal heart rate, maternal respiration, and other derivative parameters during virtually all stages of pregnancy and during delivery. The sensor allows novel collection of physiological data using a single sensor or multiple sensors to develop individual and aggregate normal motion indices for use in determining when departure from normal motion index is indicative of fetal or maternal distress. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041282 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING CONDITION OF SKIN, SCALP AND HAIR - An apparatus, method and computer program product for evaluating a user's skin, scalp and hair condition utilizes skin, scalp or hair analysis transducers whose analog output is converted into an audio signal for improved reliability. Diagnostic reports may be generated at the point of use in a shop or in the home of the user by way of a personal computer or mobile device. Recommendations for the use of specific products relevant to the user's skin, scalp or hair condition may be offered. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041283 | DEVICE FOR EVALUATING CONDITION OF SKIN OR HAIR - A hand-held device for evaluating skin or hair condition which includes a housing, a hydration meter, and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The hydration meter is supported within the housing and has an external surface portion contactable against skin or hair to measure moisture content. At least one of the LEDs both emits and absorbs light. Advantageously the LEDs include a red, a blue, a green and two infrared wavelength light emitters. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041284 | CAMERA DEVICE FOR EVALUATING CONDITION OF SKIN OR HAIR - A hand-held device for evaluating skin or hair condition which includes a housing, a hydration meter, and a camera supported within the housing. The hydration meter has a surface portion contactable against skin or hair to measure moisture content. The camera receives images through a tunnel terminating at a light transparent window at a front end of the housing. The window is surrounded by the external surface of the hydration meter. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041285 | Systems, devices, and methods including implantable devices with anti-microbial properties - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing an actively controllable implant configured to, for example, monitor, treat, or prevent microbial growth or adherence to the implant. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041286 | Systems, devices, and methods including implantable devices with anti-microbial properties - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing an actively controllable implant configured to, for example, monitor, treat, or prevent microbial growth or adherence to the implant. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041287 | Systems, devices, and methods including implantable devices with anti-microbial properties - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions are described for providing an actively controllable implant configured to, for example, monitor, treat, or prevent microbial growth or adherence to the implant. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041288 | NON-INVASIVE BIOMEDICAL DETECTION AND MONITORING SYSTEMS - The present disclosure relates to a non-invasive and continuous biomedical detections and non-invasive and continuous monitoring methods and devices for extracting and analyzing interstitial fluid extracted non-invasively and continuously from the skin of a subject comprising non-invasively electroporating the skin using a non pulsed voltage in combination with a pulsed voltage and applying negative pressure | 2012-02-16 |
20120041289 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STIMULATION OF BIOLOGIC SIGNALS IN A BIO-ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGIC MATRIX - An implantable device for monitoring physiological changes in an organism is disclosed. The device includes a matrix positioned proximate a biological material of the organism, an irradiation device associated with the matrix for exposing the biological material to radiation, and a sensor device associated with the matrix for detecting a response of the biological material to the irradiation. The response can be used to remotely detect a characteristic of the biological material. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041290 | ENDOSCOPIC POLARIZED MULTISPECTRAL LIGHT SCATTERING SCANNING METHOD - Method and system for early detection of precancerous and other abnormal changes in tissue of various organs. The system comprises a combination of endoscopic scanning with light scattering spectroscopy and improves detection of abnormalities that may otherwise remain undetected. The system may include a probe that collects data of quality that is independent of a distance of the probe from the scanned tissue. During endoscopy, tissue of an organ is imaged using polarized multispectral light scattering scanning and results are presented to a user in a manner that allows detecting abnormal morphological and biochemical changes in the tissue. A determination of whether to perform biopsy may be performed while the endoscopy is being performed, which thus provides guided biopsy. An entire surface of the organ may be rapidly scanned and results of the scanning are analyzed with a reduced time delay. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041291 | Temporal control of a lumen traveling device in a body tube tree - Methods of controlling the operation of a device traveling in a body tube tree, including determining a time based on a signal from a timing device and performing an action based on the determined time, implemented with a control system located partially or fully on the lumen traveling device. Various actions can be performed by the device for, e.g., medical or therapeutic purposes. Machine-readable media including instructions for performing the methods are also described. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041292 | ELECTRODE FOR A LIVING BODY AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A BIO-SIGNAL - Provided are an electrode for a living body and a device for detecting bio-signals using the electrode. The electrode includes an insulation sheet that has at least one via hole, an electrode unit formed in the at least one via hole, and a guiding unit for guiding the attachment of a signal processing unit. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041293 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROCESSING PULSE SIGNALS, AND IN PARTICULAR NEURAL ACTION POTENTIAL SIGNALS - A method for estimating a level of noise affecting a sampled and digitized pulse signal, such as a neural action potential signal; detecting signal pulses by thresholding, the threshold being determined by estimating a level of noise according to the method; and classifying thus-detected signals. An implantable device can carry out the methods. The method and device are applicable to the field of embedded signal processing for multiple electrode arrays implanted in a neural tissue such as a brain. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041294 | Individually Adjustable Multi-channel Systems in vivo Recording - In vivo multi-channel recording is a powerful tool in exploring the real time neural activity associated with specific behavioral outputs. A prominent strength of this technique is that a large number of neurons can be, in theory, simultaneously recorded such that the activity of a small neural circuitry can be formulated and assessed. The present application provides for a new, adjustable multi-electrode system (AMES). Electrodes in this AMES, once installed into the brain, can be individually adjusted such that each electrode can be independently protruded until it reaches an optimal position to acquire neuronal signals. Thus, every electrode within the multi-electrode system is able to acquire valid signals. This adjustable multi-electrode system substantially improves the efficacy of signal acquisition and offers an unprecedented power for in vivo recordings. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041295 | CATHETER WITH THIN FILM PRESSURE SENSING DISTAL TIP - A mapping and ablation catheter has contact force sensing capabilities at a distal end. In one embodiment, the catheter includes a catheter body, a deflectable section, and a tip distal tip section which has a tip electrode with a thin-film pressure sensor that is adapted to detect a force vector applied to the tip electrode. The thin-film pressure sensor includes two opposing flexible and thin support members containing a pressure-sensitive material therebetween whose resistivity changes as a result of pressure and is detected by trace electrode intersections supported on interfacing surfaces of the flexible and thin support members. Used with a stop member having a conforming shape against which the thin-film pressure sensor abuts when a force vector is applied to the tip electrode, the pressure sensor can have a 2-D, radially-symmetrical shape, e.g., a disc or ring configuration, or a 3-D, radially-symmetrical shape, e.g., a conical configuration. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041296 | Medical Electrode - The present disclosure provides electrodes that possess hydrogels for contacting skin. In embodiments, an electrode of the present disclosure may include a substrate and a conductive composition on at least a portion of a surface of the substrate, the conductive composition including at least one hydrogel and at least one component capable of providing either a cooling or warming sensation upon contact with tissue of a patient. Methods for forming these hydrogels and electrodes are also provided. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041297 | REAL-TIME MAGNETIC DIPOLE DETECTION AND TRACKING - A system for detecting a position and/or orientation of a magnetic dipole includes a first detector and a second detector, separate and spaced apart from the first detector. Each of the detectors includes three or more magnetic field sensors to detect a magnetic field generated by the magnetic dipole. The system has applications, for example, in image-guided surgery and/or therapy. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041298 | Methods and Apparatus for Aligning Antennas of Low-Powered Intra - and Extra - Oral Electronic Wireless Devices - A method and system of aligning antennas of an intra-oral and extra-oral electronic wireless device is provided. Three-dimensional anatomical data of at least a portion of an oral cavity of a subject and at least a portion of an external ear of the subject is recorded. A spatial relationship between a landmark in the oral cavity and a landmark in the external ear is determined. A first antenna is modeled based upon the anatomical data of the oral cavity, and a second antenna is modeled based upon the anatomical data of the external ear. The antennas are configured and oriented relative to each other for optimal signal transmission based upon the recorded anatomical data of the oral cavity and ear. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041299 | MR IMAGING PROVIDING TISSUE/BLOOD CONTRAST IMAGE - A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system obtains an MR image of an object. The system detects an ECG signal and performs a pulse sequence of RF gradient magnetic fields toward the object. Imaging defined by the pulse sequence is longer in temporal length than one heartbeat. The system further acquires an MR signal from the object in response to performance of the pulse sequence and produces the MR image based on the acquired MR signal. Also possible are: a plurality of divided MT pulses instead of the conventional single MT pulse, an SE-system pulse sequence having a shorter echo train spacing, and the generation of sounds by applying gradient pulses incorporated in an imaging pulse sequence so as to automatically instruct a patient to perform an intermittent breath hold. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041300 | METHOD FOR CONTRAST AGENT-FREE MAGNETIC RESONANCE COLONOGRAPHY - In a method for contrast agent-free magnetic resonance colonography, blood that flows into the bowel tissue is prepared automatically by radio-frequency pulses. Magnetic resonance data of the bowel are acquired while the prepared blood is located in the bowel, and a magnetic resonance image of the bowel is created from the magnetic resonance data. Bowel tissue regions and regions with bowel content are differentiated automatically on the basis of an increased contrast (caused by the preparation) between perfused tissue regions and regions of the gut lumen that are not perfused. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041301 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING A BLOOD FLOW - A method for simulating a blood flow in a vascular segment of a patient is proposed. A 3D image dataset of an examination region is recorded by a radiographic diagnostic device for generating a 3D vascular model. Contrast agent propagation in the examination region is captured by a dynamic 2D angiography method for generating a real 2D angiography recording. A CFD simulation of the blood flow is performed in the 3D vascular model based on a blood flow parameter for generating a virtual 2D angiography recording. A degree of correspondence between the real and the virtual 2D angiography recordings is determined from identical angulation and adjusted recording geometry of the patient and compared with predefinable tolerance values. The CFD simulation is iteratively optimized while changing the blood flow parameter as a function of the comparison. The degree of correspondence is outputted when the optimum CFD simulation is achieved. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041302 | PORTABLE IMAGING SUBJECT CARTRIDGE - An imaging subject handling system includes multiple portable imaging subject cartridges that optionally compress and anesthetize living imaging subjects therein during imaging, multiple receiving bases installed within separate imaging systems that interface with the cartridges, and multiple gas delivery systems that deliver an anesthetic gas flow to an installed cartridge. The cartridges include a gas delivery interface that accepts the anesthetic gas flow and provides it to the imaging subject, and one or more walls, a bottom and a top defining a closed interior that retains the anesthetic gas therewithin while the cartridge is in transport between separate imaging systems. The walls, bottom and/or top can be optically transparent and radiolucent to facilitate imaging. The cartridge can include a locking mechanism, a nose cone for the imaging subject, and co-registration features located on outside surfaces to facilitate the merging of images within software from multiple separate imaging systems. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041303 | PHAGE ANTIBODIES TO RADIATION-INDUCIBLE NEOANTIGENS - A method for identifying a molecule that binds an irradiated tumor in a subject and molecules identified thereby. The method includes the steps of: (a) exposing a tumor to ionizing radiation; (b) administering to a subject a library of diverse molecules; and (c) isolating from the tumor one or more molecules of the library of diverse molecules, whereby a molecule that binds an irradiated tumor is identified. Also provided are therapeutic and diagnostic methods using targeting ligands that bind an irradiated tumor. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041304 | AGENT-BASED IMAGING - In one embodiment, a method includes correlating, via a data correlator ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120041305 | LIGHT-EMITTING DYE FOR INTRAOPERATIVE IMAGING OR SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY - The present invention relates generally to the field of fluorescent dyes as a system useful for surgery imaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems, methods and kits for exciting fluorescent, phosphorescent or luminescent molecules with light from a light source and detecting the relative fluorescent, phosphorescent, or luminescent light intensity emitted from the fluorescent, phosphorescent, or luminescent molecule. Such systems may be applied as mapping agents for various surgical techniques, such as for cancer surgeries and biopsies. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041306 | CONTRAST AGENT ADMINISTRATION METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN CONTRAST AGENT AT A LOCALIZED SITE OF DELIVERY - In a method and system for administering a dispersible medical agent to a subject, a volume of medical agent is delivered in vivo to a subject in a substantially non-dispersed state, at a localized site in tissue of the subject. Contemporaneously with administration of the medical agent to the localized site, energy from an energy source is introduced into only adjacent tissue surrounding the localized site. The energy produces a cellular modification of the adjacent tissue that makes the adjacent tissue substantially impermeable to passage of the medical agent therethrough, so the medical agent is encapsulated and is prevented from dispersing into tissue outside of the encapsulation. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041307 | CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BORING THROUGH BLOCKED VASCULAR PASSAGES - A rotating cutting head catheter for passage through chronic total occlusions or other refractory atherosclerotic plaque from diseased arteries is disclosed. The catheter's rotating cutting head is designed to reside safely within an outer protective sheath when not in use. The outer protective sheath contains one or more helical grooves or slots, and the cutting head contains protruding blades or projections that fit into these helical grooves or slots. Application of torque to an inner catheter or wire attached to the cutting head applies spin to the cutting head, and the force of the sheath's helical grooves or slots against the cutting head's protruding blades or projections advances the cutting head outward from the protective sheath. Once extended, the cutting head may now rotate freely. The device may use a guidewire to direct the cutting head to the desired position. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041308 | TREATMENT DEVICE - A treatment device is provided including a catheter having a lumen that is opened to a distal end of the catheter; a wire passing through the lumen so that the wire is inserted into or retracted from the lumen; and a piece disposed at a distal end of the wire and having the maximum width when the piece is protruded from the distal end of the catheter is set larger than the diameter of the lumen, wherein the piece body is formed of a deformable material having a broad curved surface shape that distributes concentration of pressure acting on tissues, and when the wire is pulled in toward the catheter, the piece being extended in the axial direction by the lumen and reduced in its outer diameter so as to be pulled into the lumen. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041309 | MAPPING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CAVITATION ACTIVITY - Apparatus for locating bubbles in a subject comprises a plurality of pressure wave detectors arranged to operate as passive detectors to generate output signals in response to the receipt of pressure waves generated at a source comprising at least one bubble, and processing means arranged to receive signals from the detectors and to determine from the signals the position of the source. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041310 | Apparatus, System and Method for Ultrasound Powered Neurotelemetry - The present embodiments provide an apparatus, system, and method for ultrasound powered neurotelemetry. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a piezoelectric element configured to receive an ultrasonic pulse and convert the electronic pulse into an electric potential. A diode may be coupled to the piezoelectric element, the diode configured to cause an electric current to flow in response to the electric potential. The apparatus may additionally include a reference electrode and a stimulating electrode coupled to the diode. The reference electrode may sense bioelectric activity in a region of body tissue located in proximity to the reference diode. The stimulating electrode may emit a carrier signal, wherein the carrier signal is modulated in response to the bioelectric activity sensed by the reference electrode. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041311 | AUTOMATED THREE DIMENSIONAL ACOUSTIC IMAGING FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURE GUIDANCE - A system and method of three dimensional acoustic imaging for medical procedure guidance includes receiving ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120041312 | Method for Improving Image Quality of Ultrasonic Image, Ultrasonic Diagnosis Device, and Program for Improving Image Quality - In an ultrasonic diagnosis device, while a signal component is preserved, a factor of degrading image quality such as a flicker of a noise is suppressed. An input image is separated into a signal component image and a noise component image. After frame synthesis processing is performed on the noise component image, the signal component image is synthesized with the noise component image having undergone the frame synthesis. Thus, the noise is suppressed. Otherwise, after the input image is separated into the signal component image and noise component image, the frame synthesis processing is performed on the signal component image. The noise component image is then synthesized with the signal component image having undergone the frame synthesis. Thus, discernment of a signal can be improved. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041313 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE - The absolute pressure inside the heart with respect to heartbeat time phase is measured non-invasively or with minimal invasion. An ultrasonic diagnostic device comprising: a pressure sensor that detects artery pressure non-invasively; a reference pressure computation part that converts the artery pressure into absolute reference pressure with respect to a reference point; a spatial pressure difference calculation part that calculates a spatial pressure difference between the reference point and a location distinct from the reference point; and an absolute pressure computation part that calculates intracardiac absolute pressure using a shape image, the reference pressure, and the spatial pressure difference. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041314 | ORGANIC PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, ULTRASOUND PROBE, AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE DETECTOR - In the present invention, provided is an organic piezoelectric material specifically exhibiting high orientation and thermal stability as an organic piezoelectric material exhibiting an excellent piezoelectric characteristic and having piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity, which is capable of converting thermal or mechanical simulation into electrical energy, and also provided are an ultrasound probe for which the organic piezoelectric material is used, and an ultrasound image detector thereof. It is a feature that an organic piezoelectric material of the present invention possesses a compound represented by Formula (1) and a base material made of an organic polymeric material, satisfying Expression (1): |CLogP (1)−CLogP (base material)|≦3.0 when CLogP values of the compound and the base material are expressed as CLogP (1) and CLogP (base material), respectively. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041315 | Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometer (FLS) and Methods of Detecting Diseased Tissue - This invention relates to method and apparatus for collection of the complete fluorescence emission spectrum and the transient decay of a selected spectral band simultaneously with data acquisition times of less that one second. This invention is useful for studying human tissues and cells in vivo. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041316 | PULSE AND CONFIDENCE INDICATOR DISPLAYED PROXIMATE PLETHYSMOGRAPH - According to some embodiments of the present invention, a display is used to show an indication of the signal's quality. This indication of the signal's quality may be provided in a number of ways, including audibly or visually. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041317 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ATRIAL FILLING PRESSURE - A cardiac rhythm management system provides for ambulatory monitoring of hemodynamic performance based on quantitative measurements of heart sound related parameters for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Monitoring of such heart sound related parameters allows the cardiac rhythm management system to determine a need for delivering a therapy and/or therapy parameter adjustments based on conditions of a heart. This monitoring also allows a physician to observe or assess the hemodynamic performance for diagnosing and making therapeutic decisions. Because the conditions of the heart may fluctuate and may deteriorate significantly between physician visits, the ambulatory monitoring, performed on a continuous or periodic basis, ensures a prompt response by the cardiac rhythm management system that may save a life, prevent hospitalization, or prevent further deterioration of the heart. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041318 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041319 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041320 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041321 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041322 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2012-02-16 |
20120041323 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model. | 2012-02-16 |