| 09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
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| 20100056658 | TRANS-1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a composition based on trans- | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056659 | Decorative molded foams with good impact resistance and fire retardant properties - This invention relates to fire-resistant, flexible, molded, medium density polyurethane foams. These foams typically have a density of from 10 to 30 pcf. The foams are the reaction product of a) at least one polyester polyol, b) at least one highly branched polyether polyol, c) at least one chain extender, d) a polymethylene poly(phenyl isocyanate), an isocyanate group containing prepolymer based on a polymethylene poly(phenyl isocyanate), or mixtures thereof, e) a solid flame retardant and f) water. This invention also relates to a process for preparing these polyurethane foams in open molds. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056662 | RADIATION-CURABLE FORMULATION WHICH FORMS FLEXIBLE COATINGS WITH INCREASED CORROSION PROTECTION ON METALLIC SUBSTRATES - Radiation-curable formulations leading to flexible coatings with enhanced corrosion control on metal substrates. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056663 | ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVE - The present invention is an adamantane derivative which provides optical characteristics such as transparency, (long term) light resistance and the like, long term heat resistance, electric characteristics such as dielectric constant and the like, and good mechanical properties; a production method thereof; and a resin composition containing the above-mentioned adamantane derivative that is an adamantane derivative represented by general formulae (I) to (III); for example, a production method of an adamantane derivative represented by the general formula (III) by reacting an adamantane derivative represented by the general formula (II) with acrylates, a resin composition containing an adamantane derivative represented by the general formula (II) and an epoxy resin curing agent, and a resin composition containing an adamantane derivative represented by the general formula (III) and a thermopolymerization initiator or a photopolymerization initiator. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056665 | POLYMERIZABLE MONOMER, POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION AND DENTAL MATERIAL - The present invention provides a polymerizable composition that imparts excellent adhesive properties with respect to tooth structure (particularly dentin) when applied as a dental material, and provides a polymerizable monomer that is used as a component of the polymerizable composition. The present invention is a compound (A) that is a compound represented by the following formula (1): where G indicates a polymerizable group, m indicates an integer of 2 or more, n indicates an integer of 1 or more, and the sequence order of m units having a polymerizable group and n units having a hydroxyl group is arbitrary. The present invention also is a polymerizable composition containing the compound (A). | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056666 | REFLECTIVE FILM FOR THERMAL CONTROL - A reflective film includes a polymeric layer and a reflective component. The polymeric layer includes a polyimide polymer, where the polyimide polymer has a backbone with at least one non-terminal phenyl group. A linkage is connected to the non-terminal phenyl group, where the linkage can be an amide linkage or an ester linkage. An oligomeric silsesquioxane compound is connected to the linkage through an organic substituent, where the oligomeric silsesquioxane is not incorporated into the polymer backbone. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056667 | STUDLESS TIRE - The present invention has its object to provide a high performance studless tire, which has both good braking force and high handling stability on ice or snow, at higher productivity and at a lower price for customers. The studless tire comprises a tread made of a rubber composition containing | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056680 | AMORPHOUS COMPOUND AND STABILIZER FOR POLYMERS CONTAINING THE AMORPHOUS COMPOUND - A stabilizer for polymers with suppressed powder scattering is demanded. An amorphous compound defined by the following formula (1): | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056683 | MIXTURES OF N-ALKANOLS AND THEIR USE - Use of mixtures, comprising a total of at least 50% by weight of n-alkanols, selected from n-C | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056685 | STUDLESS TIRE FOR PASSENGER VEHICLE - The present invention has its object to provide a high performance studless tire for a passenger vehicle which has both good braking force and high handling stability on ice or snow. The studless tire for a passenger vehicle comprises a tread having a total sulfur content of 0.7% by mass or less and having a crosslink density of 2.0×10 | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056686 | LOW HYSTERESIS RUBBER ELASTOMER - Curable elastomer compositions and cured and/or curable articles made therefrom, the curable elastomer composition comprising an essentially unsaturated rubber elastomer, between 0.5 and 25 phr of a metal salt of a carboxylic acid, an effective amount of a peroxide curing agent for curing the elastomer composition and between 0.1 and 10. phr of a hysteresis-decreasing multifunctional curing coagent that decreases the hysteresis of the cured elastomer composition, wherein the hysteresis is measured using a rotorless shear rheometer as a loss tangent at 150° C., 41.85% strain and 10 Hz. The hysteresis of such a cured composition may decrease by at least 15% or alternatively, by at least 25%. The elastomer is useful in tires including, for example, the sidewall supports, the carcass reinforcement and the tread. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056720 | SELF-ASSEMBLING METHOD AND STRUCTURE - Disclosed are compositions and methods for self-assembling polymeric particles by using biological binders attached to subunits of a multi-sectioned polymeric particle. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056721 | ARTICLES PREPARED FROM CERTAIN HYDROGENATED BLOCK COPOLYMERS - The present invention relates to articles prepared from novel anionic block copolymers of mono alkenyl arenes and conjugated dienes, and to blends of such block copolymers with other polymers. The block copolymers are selectively hydrogenated and have the structure C-A-B | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056724 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF AQUEOUS BINDER LATICES - A process for producing aqueous binder lattices comprising:
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| 20100056725 | DICING AND DIE ATTACH ADHESIVE - Provided is a single layer adhesive that provides the appropriate balance of adhesion and clean release required for a wafer dicing function and also provides the necessary bond required in a subsequent die attach step. The adhesive composition comprises an acrylate ester polymer having a functional group, a multi-functional thermosetting resin, wherein the acrylate ester polymer and the thermosetting resin are capable of reacting with each other, a multi-functional acrylate ester, an acrylate ester polymerization catalyst or curing agent, a thermally-latent catalyst suitable for curing the multi-functional thermosetting resin, and an acrylic acid salt. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056727 | POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS, ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM AND METHODS FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The invention provides compositions for blow molding applications and other applications, where such compositions comprise a high density ethylene polymer and a high molecular weight ethylene polymer. In these compositions, the high density ethylene polymer has a density greater than the density of the high molecular weight ethylene polymer, and the high molecular weight ethylene polymer has a weight average molecular weight greater than the weight average molecular weight of the high density ethylene polymer, and in addition, the high density ethylene polymer has a density from 0.94 g/cm | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056728 | Polyethylene pipe fitting resins - A polyethylene resin suitable for formation into pipes or pipe fittings is disclosed, having an MI5 of from 0.40 to 0.70 g/10 min, and comprising from 47 to 52 wt % of a low molecular weight polyethylene friction, and from 48 to 53 wt % of a high molecular weight polyethylene fraction, wherein the high molecular weight polyethylene reaction comprises a copolymer of ethylene and | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056730 | SOLVENT-FREE POLYIMIDE SILICONE RESIN COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT THEREOF - A solvent-free polyimide silicone resin composition, and a cured product thereof, includes (A) a polyimide silicone resin having recurring units having a specific type of structure and having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 150,000, (B) an epoxy resin, and (C) an epoxy resin curing agent wherein the resin composition having a fluidity at 25° C. and is free of a solvent. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056732 | System and Method for Measuring Pressure and Flow in a Loop Reactor - A system and method for measuring pressure and flow rate of polymer slurry circulating in a loop reactor. For flow rate measurement, the loop reactor has a pressure tap on an outside radius of an elbow of the loop and a pressure tap on an inside radius of the elbow. The pressure taps incorporate diaphragms. Sensing legs couple the pressure taps with a differential pressure meter configured to provide a signal indicative of the flow rate of the polymer slurry. For pressure measurement, pressure taps without diaphragms at the loop reactor wall may be disposed at various points along the loop reactor, the pressure taps coupled to pressure sensing lines. A diluent flush line having a screen disposed therein may provide diluent to the pressure taps. The screen may reduce fouling of the pressure tap and sensing line with solids from the reactor. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056733 | METHOD OF RAPIDLY DETERMINING THE MFR IN THE HIGH-PRESSURE POLYMERIZATION ETHYLENE - Method of determining the melt mass flow rate of an ethylene polymer in the polymerization of ethylene or of ethylene with further comonomers, which is carried out at temperatures of from 140° C. to 350° C. and pressures of from 40 MPa to 350 MPa in a reactor to form the ethylene polymer and the ethylene polymer is subsequently cooled in a heat exchanger, which comprises: a) establishment of a correlation between the thermal conductivity of the ethylene polymer in the heat exchanger and the melt mass flow rate of the ethylene polymer, with the individual measurements each being carried out at an essentially constant melt mass flow rate, b) measurement of the thermal conductivity of an ethylene polymer in the heat exchanger c) calculation of the melt mass flow rate from the thermal conductivity measured in b) and the correlation established in a). | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056737 | Process for manufacturing high to ultra high molecular weight polymers using novel bridged metallocene catalysts - The present invention relates to a process of manufacturing high, very high, and ultra high molecular weight polymers comprising predominantly ethylene monomers. Ethylene is reacted in the presence of a catalyst system to produce a polymer having a viscosimetrically-determined molecular weight of at least 0.7×10 | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056740 | ADSORPTION-RESISTANT ACRYLIC COPOLYMER FOR FLUIDIC DEVICES - A copolymer is used for fluidic devices that require surfaces nonreactive with biomolecules. The copolymer is the reaction product of Compound A having the formula: | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056741 | CRYSTALLIZER TEMPERATURE CONTROL VIA FLUID CONTROL - A method of crystallizing a plurality of crystallizable polymer pellets includes a step in which the pellets are contacted with a temperature adjusting fluid in a crystallizer. The fluid adjusts the temperature of the pellets by having a temperature sufficient to allow at least partial crystallization of the plurality of polymeric pellets while maintaining the average pellet temperature of the plurality of pellets below the melting temperature of the pellets. A crystallizer implementing the methods of the invention is also provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056743 | POLYFARNESENES - Provided herein are polyfarnesenes such as farnesene homopolymers derived from a farnesene and farnesene interpolymers derived from a farnesene and at least a vinyl monomer; and the processes of making and using the polyfarnesenes. The farnesene homopolymer can be prepared by polymerizing the farnesene in the presence of a catalyst. In some embodiments, the farnesene is prepared from a sugar by using a microorganism. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056744 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING AND PURIFYING CRYSTALLISABLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - The invention relates to a process for separating and/or purifying organic compounds susceptible to crystallization by means of crystallizing and dissolving comprising the following steps:
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| 20100056746 | OPTICAL POLYURETHANE RESIN COMPOSITION AND OPTICAL POLYURETHANE RESIN - An optical polyurethane resin composition contains a polyisocyanate component including at least one cyclic polyisocyanate selected from the group consisting of alicyclic polyisocyanates, aralkyl polyisocyanates, and modified compounds thereof; and a polyol component having an average hydroxyl value of 280 to 1240 mg KOH/g and an average functionality of more than 2 and less than 5. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056747 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION AND CURED ARTICLE THEREOF, NOVEL EPOXY RESIN AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND NOVEL PHENOL RESIN - The present invention relates to a composition containing as a main component, an epoxy resin which has a structure comprising a polyaryleneoxy structure such as polynaphthylene oxide as a main skeleton, (methyl)glycidyloxy group and aralkyl group being introduced on an aromatic ring of the polyaryleneoxy structure, and which has low viscosity, according to the present invention, there can be provided an epoxy resin composition which can impart remarkably excellent flame retardancy and dielectric characteristics to a cured article and a cured article thereof, an epoxy resin, a phenol resin as an intermediate of the epoxy resin, and a method for producing the epoxy resin. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056749 | PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF DIAMINOPYRIDINES FROM GLUTARIMIDINES - A liquid-phase process is provided for the synthesis from glutarimidines of diaminopyridines and related compounds, which are used industrially as compounds and as components in the synthesis of a variety of useful materials. The synthesis proceeds by means of a dehydrogenative aromatization process. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056754 | NANO-PUMP USING MOLECULAR MOTOR - Nano-pumps including nano-motors that move dynamically in response to exterior stimuli, for example in response to photonic energy, electrical energy, a magnetic field, and/or a chemical concentration. The motion of such a molecular sized nano-motor structure can be managed and controlled so as to act as a pump. Such pumps could be used in nanobots in order to perform work. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056755 | Process for Making Bivalirudin - The present invention relates to the efficient commercial synthesis of Bivalirudin. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056788 | FLUOROBORON COMPOUND HAVING AROMATIC RING OR SALT THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND HAVING CYCLIC ETHER-FUSED AROMATIC RING USING THE SAME - Provided is a fluoroboron compound which is highly safe and stable and is capable of forming a cyclic ether-fused ring by the intramolecular alkoxymethylation reaction, or a salt thereof. The compound can be synthesized by the intramolecular alkoxymethylation reaction of a fluoroboron compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof in the presence of a metal catalyst. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056790 | FLUORO-CONTAINING DERIVATIVES OF HYDROGENATED PYRIDO[4,3-B]INDOLES WITH NEUROPROTECTIVE AND COGNITION ENHANCING PROPERTIES, PROCESS FOR PREPARING, AND USE - Some exemplary embodiments comprise fluoro-containing derivatives of pyrido[4,3-b]indoles (and exemplary methods of making the same) that may be administered to a mammal (including a human) in an effective amount for potential use in the treatment or prophylaxis of neurological disorders including AD, mild cognitive impairment, senile and vascular dementia, HD, ALS, Parkinson's disease, AIDS-related dementia, ischaemic cerebral pathologies, neuropathic pain, ADHD (attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity syndrome), eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, panic attacks, withdrawal from drug abuse such as cocaine, ethanol, nicotine and benzodiazepines, schizophrenia (in particular the cognitive deficit of schizophrenia), stroke and also disorders associated with spinal trauma and/or head injury. These derivatives may also be useful for the treatment of borderline personality disorder, obesity, and for use as geroprotectors. The compounds may also be used as “pharmacological tools” for an investigation of the mechanism of protection against neurodegeneration disorders in vivo or in vitro. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056792 | Process for Synthesizing Substituted Isoquinolines - The present disclosure generally relates to a process for synthesizing optionally substituted 1-chloro-4-methoxyisoquinolines. The present disclosure also relates to intermediates useful in this process. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056793 | PROCESS FOR PURE MONTELUKAST SODIUM THROUGH PURE INTERMEDIATES AS WELL AS NOVEL AMINE SALTS - The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of highly pure montelukast sodium through highly pure diol intermediate compound of formula (2) and (1)-(mercapto methyl)cyclopropane acetic acid methyl ester compound of formula (4) or mercaptomethyl cyclopropane acetic acid compound of formula (7). The present invention also provides novel organic amine salts of montelukast. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056794 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 2,5-BIS-(2,2,2-TRIFLUOROETHOXY)-N-(2-PIPERIDYL-METHYL)-BENZAMIDE AND SALTS THEREOF - Process for the preparation of 2,5-bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-N-(2-piperidylmethyl)benzamide, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and important intermediates thereof that involves 1,4-dihalotoluenes as starting material. The method involves a technique for preparing the starting material 2,5-bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)toluene in high yields by reacting 1,4-dibromotoluene with 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol in presence of a base and a copper-containing catalyst. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056796 | Compounds Suitable As Precursors to Compounds that are Useful for Imaging Amyloid Deposits - The present invention relates to novel derivatives that are suitable as precursors to compounds that are useful for imaging amyloid deposits in living patients, their compositions, methods of use and processes to make such compounds. The compounds deriving from these precursors are useful in methods of imaging amyloid deposits in brain in vivo to allow antemortem diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by positron emission tomography (PET) as well as measuring clinical efficacy of Alzheimer's disease therapeutic agents. Furthermore, the present invention also discloses the precursor compounds in crystalline form. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056798 | Substituted thien-3-yl-sulphonylamino(thio)carbonyl-triazolin(ethi)ones - The invention relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of general formula (I) and salts thereof: | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056799 | Stable Isotope-Labeled Aromatic Amino Acids, Method for Incorporating the Same in Target Protein and Method for NMR-Structural Analysis of Proteins - The present invention herein provides, for instance, a stable isotope-labeled phenylalanine wherein a carbon atom of the phenyl group linked to an amino acid residue is | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056801 | Compounds And Compositions Containing Silicon And/Or Other Heteroatoms And/Or Metals And Methods of Making And Using Them - The present invention relates to compounds, intermediates, compositions, and methods of making compounds and intermediates related to the compounds of Formula (I) and/or Formula (II) and/or Formula (III) and/or Formula (IV) and/or Formula (VI) and/or Formula (VII) as disclosed herein wherein the various substituents are as defined in the written description. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056805 | Process for producing 3,4-disubstituted pyrrolidine derivative and production intermediate thereof - An industrially advantageous process for the production of (3R,4S)-3-cyclopropylaminomethyl-4-fluoropyrrolidine or an enantiomer thereof that is useful as an intermediate for the production of novel antimicrobial agents 10-(3-cyclopropylaminomethyl-4-fluoropyrrolidinyl)pyridobenzoxazine carboxylic acid derivatives. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056807 | PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS AND INTERMEDIATES FOR USE THEREIN - Fused cyclopentane—4-substituted 3,5-dioxalane lactone compounds useful as an intermediate in the synthesis of prostaglandin analogs are provided. The compounds have the formula A: | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056829 | FILM CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a film catalyst having a catalyst layer containing a powdery catalyst and a binder and a substrate on which the catalyst layer is formed, wherein the catalyst layer has a pore size distribution with two or more different mode values as determined by mercury porosimetry. The present invention also provides a method for producing a film catalyst containing a catalyst layer and a substrate on which the layer is formed, containing: preparing a coating composition containing a powdery catalyst, a binder and a solvent; and forming the catalyst layer on the substrate with the coating composition to give a catalyst intermediate, wherein the resultant film catalyst satisfies the formula (2-I): | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056831 | ENERGY-EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR CO-PRODUCING ETHYLENE AND DIMETHYL ETHER - The present invention discloses a process for the co-production of ethylene and dimethyl ether, comprising (i) providing a feedstock comprising ethanol and methanol, with a weight ratio of methanol to ethanol being in a range of from 1:10 to 10:1; (ii) feeding the feedstock into a reaction zone containing a solid catalyst to give an effluent, wherein a reaction temperature is in a range of from 200 to 480° C., a reaction pressure is in a range of from 0 to 2 MPa (gauge), and a weight hourly space velocity of the feedstock is in a range of from 0.1 to 10 h | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056833 | PRETREATMENT OF BIOLOGICAL FEEDSTOCKS FOR HYDROCONVERSION IN FIXED-BED REACTORS - A process for pretreating biological feedstocks for hydroconversion in a fixed-bed reactor. A feed stream having free fatty acids, fatty acid esters, or combinations thereof is contacted with a citric acid solution. The biological feedstock is separated from the aqueous solution to efficiently produce a pretreated biological feedstock substantially absent of metals and phosphorus. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056835 | Process for Producing Cumene - A process for producing cumene is provided which comprises the step of contacting benzene and propylene under at least partial liquid phase alkylating conditions with a particulate molecular sieve alkylation catalyst, wherein the particles of said alkylation catalyst have a surface to volume ratio of about 80 to less than 200 inch | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056849 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE INTERMITTENT OCCLUSION OF A VEIN DRAINING THE ORGAN SYSTEM - In a method for the intermittent occlusion of a vein draining the organ system, in which the vein is occluded by an occlusion device, the fluid pressure in the occluded vein is continuously measured and stored, the behaviour of the fluid pressure is determined as a function of time, and the occlusion of the vein is triggered and/or released as a function of at least one characteristic value derived from the pressure measurements, pressure is applied during the occlusion in a pulsating manner. The device for the intermittent occlusion of a vein, including an occlusion device, a pressure measuring device for continuously measuring the fluid pressure in the occluded vein, and a memory for storing the fluid pressure behaviour as a function of time, means are provided for applying a pulsating pressure in the occluded vein. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056850 | SUPRAPATELLAR EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION APPARATUS - An external counterpulsation apparatus has an efficient cuff and bladder system. Embodiments of this system generally allow effective treatment at lower pressures and a reduced total body surface area being compressed. An accurate and reliable combination of automatic and preset timing for inflation and deflation of the bladder system is used to simplify use of the apparatus. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056853 | Stimulus generator for a closed loop neuromodulator - This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for providing a stimulus signal of a closed loop neuromodulator configured to optimize sleep therapy for a patient. A stimulus select signal can be received at a plurality of stimulus type generators from a stimulus sequencer of the closed loop neuromodulator, and a stimulus signal can be provided using one of the plurality of stimulus type generators in response to the stimulus select signal. An amplified stimulus signal can be provided to a stimulus escalator of the closed loop neural modulator to optimize sleep therapy for the patient. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056854 | Method and system for brain entertainment - The present invention is a method of modifying music files to induce a desired state of consciousness. First and second modulations are introduced into a music file such that, when the music file is played, both of the modulations occur simultaneously. Additional modulations can be introduced, as well as sound tones at window frequencies. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056855 | Closed loop neuromodulator - This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for optimizing a sleep therapy using a closed loop neuromodulator. A first sleep disorder event can be detected using first activity information, and a first stimulus can be provided, in response to the first sleep disorder event, using a set of stimulus parameters. Termination of the first sleep disorder event can be detected using second activity information, and at least one therapy parameter can be adjusted to decrease an energy level of a subsequent stimulus. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056859 | IMPLANTABLE PENILE PROSTHESIS PUMP - Pumps for use with inflatable implantable penile prostheses in accordance with the invention include features that can provide for free fluid flow during inflation and deflation modes of the pump. Pumps may also include a bypass chamber that is fluidly connected to the fluid passageway by a bypass input channel and a bypass output channel. The bypass chamber comprises a bypass check valve biased toward a closed position. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056860 | Capsule endoscope with metal-insert molded contacts - A capsule endoscope for observing the conditions inside a patient's digestive tract system includes a capsular housing, a substrate, and a plurality of metal-insert molded contacts. The capsular housing defines a sealed inner space and has an outer surface. The substrate is arranged in the sealed inner space of the capsular housing and is mounted with at least an electronic element provided thereon. The metal-insert molded contacts are embedded in the capsular housing at predetermined positions thereof and each includes a contact base and an exposed contact portion formed on the contact base. The contact bases each have a connecting section extended into the sealed inner space of the capsular housing to electrically connect to the substrate. The exposed contact portions each have a front surface exposed from the outer surface of the capsular housing for contacting with a signal contact correspondingly provided on a capsule holder that holds the capsular housing thereto. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056863 | MEDICAL MANIPULATOR, MEDICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT - A medical manipulator which includes: a plurality of arms formed in a cylindrical shape a distal end portion of which is made of a rigid member having a bending portion capable of bending; an insertion portion made of a rigid member having a plurality of channels in which base ends of the plurality of arms are connected to a distal end of the insertion portion so as to connect lumens of the arms to the plurality of channels; a photographic device provided at the distal end of the insertion portion; an operation portion that operates the bending portion; and a transmission member that connects the bending portion and the operation portion, in which the bending portion has: a first bending portion that is capable of bending in a predetermined direction by an operation of the operation portion, and a second bending portion provided in a base end than the first bending portion that is capable of fixing the plurality of arms in a bent state so as to mutually separate, and the transmission portion has: a first region which is flexible, and a second region which is rigid and connected to a base end portion of the first region. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056864 | CAPSULE-TYPE IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPY USING THE SAME - Provided are a capsule-type image photographing apparatus and endoscopy using the same. The apparatus includes a shell unit having a globular shape and a main body unit capable of freely rotating in the shell unit. The main body unit includes an image photographing system, a wireless transmitter, a battery, a counterweight for determining the center of gravity of the main body unit, and an encapsulant for fixing the image photographing system, the wireless transmitter, the battery, and the counterweight. The apparatus may be a long-distance capsule-type image photographing apparatus or a short-distance capsule-type image photographing apparatus depending on the position of the counterweight. By use of the long- and short-distance capsule-type image photographing apparatuses, the interior of the tested person's body can be effectively photographed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056867 | Endoscope Valve - An endoscope including a handle and an insertion tube, adapted for insertion into a patient, connected to the handle. In addition, the endoscope includes at least one valve, mounted on the handle, for controlling flow through one or more channels, which valve has at least two stable states. In the stable states the valve does not apply a force to leave the state. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056868 | ENDOSCOPE BENDING PORTION - An endoscope bending portion includes bending parts coaxially arranged in a line and each of which includes a cylindrical portion, one bending part of both bending parts adjacent to each other includes a protruding portion integrated with the cylindrical portion and extended in a radial direction of the cylindrical portion, the other bending part of both the bending parts adjacent to each other includes a receiving portion integrated with the cylindrical portion and into which the protruding portion is inserted so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the protruding portion, and each of the bending parts includes a discontinuous portion extended so as to cross a peripheral direction of the cylindrical portion in the cylindrical portion and joined or unjoined. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056869 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope, at least a part of which is introduced into an object to be observed to image an internal subjects includes; an illuminating device which illuminates the front side and is disposed so that a normal line M is perpendicular to an introduction direction (X direction); and an imaging unit which images the front side and is disposed parallel to the illuminating device. The illuminating device includes an organic light emitting layer which is interposed between two electrodes, a light shielding portion which blocks first light proceeding in a direction of the normal line among the light generated from the organic light emitting layer, and a light extracting portion which is provided at the tip end of the organic light emitting layer and extracts second light proceeding in an in-plane direction of the organic light emitting layer from the tip end among the generated light to emit the second light to the front side. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056870 | ENDOLUMINAL TREATMENT METHOD AND ASSOCIATED SURGICAL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING TISSUE OCCLUSION DEVICE - A surgical instrument includes a hollow member having a sidewall provided with a window and a closure member movably connected to the hollow member for alternately covering and uncovering the window. The hollow member has a first clamping surface along an edge of the window, while the closure member has a second clamping surface opposing the first clamping surface and disposable substantially adjacent thereto in a clamping or closure configuration of the instrument. The instrument additionally comprises a tissue occlusion component mounted to at least one of the hollow member and the closure member for acting on tissues gripped between the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface, to couple the tissues to each other. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056875 | Monitoring Patient Conditions - Among other things, a computer implemented method for monitoring patients released from an intensive care unit in a healthcare environment is described. The method comprises receiving medical information of a patient located at a location different from the intensive care unit, evaluating conditions of the patient by applying one or more rules to the medical information of the patient, and sending a message to the intensive care unit when the conditions of the patient match the one or more rules. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056876 | PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - We have disclosed a modular personal network (MPN) that includes multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Functions of the MPN may be modified by adding or removing components. The MPN may communicate with a personal computer. General purpose devices may include a control unit, a display, a user input, and an audio output. The MPN may provide a variety of functions, including time, communication, entertainment, organization, guidance, athletic, medical, travel, outdoors, identity, security, and military. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056878 | Indirectly coupled personal monitor for obtaining at least one physiological parameter of a subject - A method of determining the health status of a subject includes indirectly coupling a personal monitor to at least a portion of a body of the subject, the person monitor including at least one inertial sensor integrated with a mobile telephonic device. The method further includes obtaining data representative of at least one physiological parameter of the subject, and determining the health status based on the data. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056879 | Method for maintaining homeostasis in a health care setting - A method for maintaining homeostasis for a patient in a health care setting includes the steps of monitoring a physiological parameter and comparing the parameter against an expected parameter range. When it is determined that a difference between the monitored physiological parameter and the expected parameter range presents a patient condition requiring a corrective measure, an alarm warning is presented. The alarm warning has a signature characteristic distinguishing it from other alarm warnings. The alarm warning may be musical and distinguishable based on genre, tempo, loudness, or pitch or, alternatively may be visual. The alarm warning may be adapted to distinguish one patient from other patients. Alternatively, the alarm warning may distinguish differing levels of severity associated with a patient condition of a particular patient or to distinguish between multiple conditions suffered by the same patient. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056882 | SENSOR KITS FOR SLEEP DIAGNOSTIC TESTING - System for storing pre-packaged sleep related sensors and facilitating effective, efficient, or error-free usage of the sleep related sensors for sleep diagnostic testing including a thoracic respiratory effort belt, an abdominal effort belt, an oxygen saturation sensor, and a nasal and oral airflow sensor, a receptacle for storing sleep-related sensors, and instruction for using the sleep-related sensors. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056883 | USE OF BARCODE MENUS TO CONFIGURE AND SET-UP VITAL SIGNS MONITORS - When configuring multiple patient monitors ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056886 | VITAL SIGN MONITOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A portable vital sign monitor is provided which has a palm vital sign monitor unit carried by the patient, the unit comprising an optical probe positioned in the palm of the patient which measures at least one vital sign including SpO | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056909 | Methods for Controlling Medical Fluid Injections - The present invention is directed to control of medical fluid injection systems. For instance, in some embodiments, an injection protocol may be initiated, and an actual flow rate of the medical fluid utilized in the injection protocol may be adjusted based, at least in part, on an inherent system elasticity of the injection system. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056910 | Guidewire catheter - A guidewire catheter includes: a sheath for passing a guidewire therethrough; an operation section connected to an end of the sheath and having a through-hole for passing the guidewire therethrough; a guidewire adapter connected to the operation section and capable of freely extending or retracting relative to the operation section along the axial line of the through-hole, the guidewire adapter grasping the outer periphery surface of the guidewire projecting from the through-hole, and the guidewire adapter being capable of guiding and moving the guidewire relative to the operation section in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the through-hole; a bar-shaped slide section formed on one of the operation section and the guidewire adapter in the exterior of the through-hole, the slide section being disposed along a line which is parallel with the axial line of the through-hole; a receiver formed on the other one of the operation section and the guidewire adapter and being capable of moving and supporting the freely extendable or retractable slide section; a connection section having a second through-hole formed coaxially with the axial line of the through-hole formed in the guidewire adapter; and a grip section, engaged with the second through-hole, for grasping an outer periphery surface of the guidewire, and the grip section being capable of freely rotatable around the axial line of the second through-hole. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056911 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSERTING ELECTRICAL LEADS - A catheter device for providing visualization as well as support and/or stability for blood vessels during procedures for inserting electrical leads. The catheter device comprises a longitudinal member having a distal end and a proximal end, an expandable element near the distal end of the longitudinal member for providing support to the blood vessel, and a contrast release port near the distal end of the longitudinal member for releasing a contrast medium into the blood vessel to visualize the blood vessel. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056912 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADING MEDICAL IMAGING DATA - A portable medical imaging device includes a user interface configured to receive a user input and a display area on the user interface configured to display medical images. The device also includes a processor module coupled to the user interface, the processor module configured to generate medical information, and a transmitter/receiver configured to receive a wireless signal from a remote medical system and automatically transmit the medical information to the remote medical system in response to the received wireless signal. A medical imaging system including the portable medical imaging device and a method for operating the medical imaging system are also provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056914 | ULTRASONIC APPARATUS, A THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF INCREASING A WORKFLOW - The invention relates to an ultrasonic apparatus ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056916 | SYSTEM, DEVICE, METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND USE FOR IN VIVO IMAGING OF TISSUE IN AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE - A system is provided that may be used for locating and diagnosing lesions in the human body in vivo. In some embodiments, once the exact position of a lesion is found, a biopsy may be taken from the lesion using e.g. ultra sound techniques for guidance of the biopsy needle. Use of the system drastically reduces the negative biopsy samples compared to currently used “blind sampling” techniques. This reduces patient discomfort and minimizes infections as the number of biopsy samples is reduced. A method and computer-readable medium is also provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056917 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus in which an ultrasonic image of a puncture needle can be clearly captured. The apparatus includes: a reception signal processing unit for processing reception signals outputted from ultrasonic transducers; a reception beamformer for performing reception focusing processing on the reception signals to generate sound ray signals; an image signal generating unit for generating an image signal based on the sound ray signals; and a scan control unit for controlling a drive signal generating unit such that an ultrasonic beam with an intensity distribution having a center in a first direction is transmitted from a selected first group of ultrasonic transducers, and controls the reception beamformer such that an image signal representing an ultrasonic image in a second direction different from the first direction is generated based on reception signals outputted from a selected second group of ultrasonic transducers which receive ultrasonic echoes. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056929 | Syncope Logbook and Method of Using Same - Methods and systems are directed to acquiring and organizing information associated with at least one syncope event. A syncope event may be a suspected syncope event, a verified syncope event or a syncope event that is suspected and verified. Automated processes are used to collect information associated with at least one syncope event and organize the information as a syncope log entry. At least one of acquiring the information and organizing the information is performed at least in part implantably. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056933 | PLUG-IN CONNECTOR FOR MEDICAL TUBES - A plug-in connector for medical tubes is provided with a first plug-in part ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056936 | BLOOD FLOW RATE IMAGING DEVICE - Provided is a blood flow rate imaging device that can automatically distinguish an artery and a vein from a blood flow rate obtained on a time series blood flow map. A blood flow rate imaging device of the present invention includes a laser beam irradiation system ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056949 | Retractable neurosensory evaluation tool - The tool is an instrument including a:filament which is brought into contact with an individual to test sensory perception of the individual. When the filament resiliently buckles a standard force is applied to the individual. The filament is retractable within a housing. The filament is mounted upon a shuttle which moves relative to the housing to position the filament either in a stored position within an interior chamber of the housing or in a deployed position outside of the housing. The filament both translates and rotates to move from the stored position to the deployed position. The instrument is configured to securely hold the filament in both the stored position, where the filament is kept safe when not in use, and a deployed position, where the filament is held firm during use of the filament for sensory perception testing. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056950 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CREATING REDUCED TEST SETS USED IN ASSESSING SUBJECT RESPONSE TO STIMULI - A computer-implemented method for generating a test set for testing a subject using a computer system comprising logic-based processing circuitry is provided. The method includes the step of selecting one or more features from among a plurality of features, wherein a measurable effect on the subject of each feature selected is based on a predetermined threshold. The method also includes generating one or more classes of stimuli based on the selected features. The method further includes selecting stimuli from one or more of said classes for presenting to the subject. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056951 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION BASED ON ASSESSED HEARING CAPABILITIES - A method of assessing hearing characteristics of a subject is provided. The method includes determining a hearing capability of the subject based on responses of the subject to a series of sounds presented to the subject. Each sound corresponds to a presence, absence or irrelevance of a predetermined plurality of features. The method further includes assigning the subject to one of a predetermined plurality of classes based upon the responses of the subject, each of the plurality of classes being derived from hearing tests performed on a plurality of other subjects. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056954 | Device For Extracting Blood Samples - A device for extracting blood samples comprising a casing, a cover, a suction device, and a pricking element. The casing exhibits a finger opening and a suction opening and comprises a container exhibiting a sealable sample opening and posited below the finger opening. The cover is sealably connected to the casing and seals the sample opening. The suction device is sealably connected to the suction opening of the casing. In operation, the casing is sealed by placing a finger upon the finger opening, the suction device is arranged to generate a partial vacuum. The pricking element is arranged to prick the finger from within the casing through the finger opening such as to cause blood to trickle from the pricked finger. The partial vacuum enhances blood trickling from the pricked finger. The container holds the blood sample that may be removed upon releasing the partial vacuum. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056955 | CONVERTIBLE GUIDEWIRE SYSTEM AND METHODS - A guidewire converter for use in intravascular procedures along with a guidewire. The guidewire converter includes an elongate tubular structure defining a lumen having an inner diameter and a first outer diameter. The inner diameter of the lumen is sized to receive the guidewire for intravascular procedures. The guidewire converter includes a locking mechanism coupled to the elongate tubular structure that has a second outer diameter that is less than or substantially equal to the first outer diameter. Operation of the locking mechanism releasably secures the elongate tubular structure to the guidewire. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056960 | Device and method for capturing a gait pattern - The invention relates to a device for capturing a gait pattern of a living being, comprising a tread plate ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056961 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING DEGLUTITION IN BABIES - A method for detecting deglutition includes steps of: generating in the computer memory a number of addresses perfectly identifiable from a start point on which electrical transients received from the sensor element will be recorded; shooting the first computer memory scan upon receiving the signal of the first suction movement detected by the cutaneous electrodes or pressure transducers; recording electrical transients of records from the microphone or movement sensors at the different memory addresses: consider as a fresh start for recording electrical transients from the microphone every new signal of a new suction movement; averaging the electrical transients of records from the sensor element at different memory addresses; compare averaged electrical transients during apneas to normal breathing (to show that the ingested milk was swallowed during the times when the infant develops apneas). The device includes: a respiration sensor element; a suction sensor element; and a deglutition sensor element. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056963 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHORTENING MENSTRUAL PERIOD DURATION - Devices and systems for facilitating the flow of menses through the cervix and for shortening the duration of menstruation include a pressure oscillations generating unit insertable into a vagina and configured for delivering pressure oscillations and/or acoustic waves and/or shock waves to the vagina and cervix to change the flow properties of menses fluid. The pressure oscillations generating unit may include one or more vibratable or movable members for generating pressure oscillations which may be powered by an internal or external power source. The devices may optionally include an absorbing member or a menses collecting member. A method of menstruation duration shortening includes placing the device within the vagina and applying pressure oscillations to the vagina or to a vaginal chamber formed within the vagina for increasing the flow rate of menses and shortening menstruation duration. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056964 | Backrest Device - The invention provides for a backrest device having an upwardly facing convex form defined generally by upper convex surface, and which device is provided at remote ends of the undersurface thereof with feet for the floor-mounting of the device. Engagement formations are provided extending upwardly from the upper convex surface and, in a particular embodiment, each provides for a combination heating/cooling element which can be readily controlled so as to apply a healing and/or cooling effect to the musculature surrounding the human spine, the bony parts of which are readily located within a recess channel extending centrally in the longitudinal direction of the device and between respective rows of engagement formations. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056965 | OSCILLATING MECHANISM - An oscillating mechanism includes a motor, a speed reduction assembly, a transporting assembly, and a linking base. The motor operated in a rotational reciprocating motion. The speed reduction assembly is connected to the motor and driven by the motor. The transporting assembly is connected to the speed reduction assembly. The transporting assembly includes a conveyer belt wound around two rollers. One of the two rollers is driven by the speed reduction assembly. The linking base is mounted on the conveyer belt and driven by the conveyer belt to move between the two rollers. A bed is connected to the linking base and moves in a linear reciprocating motion to provide the effort of whole body massage. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056998 | Two part fluid dispenser - A dispensing device for dispensing medicaments to a patient that is made up of first and second stand-alone, interconnectable assemblies. The first of these assemblies comprises a fluid reservoir assembly that houses a fluid reservoir defining component while the second assembly comprises a fluid delivery and control assembly that includes a novel flow control means that functions to control the flow of medicinal fluid from the fluid reservoir of the first assembly toward the patient via a plurality of fluid flow control passageways. Because the stand-alone fluid delivery and control assembly is initially totally separate from the fluid reservoir assembly of the apparatus, the fluid flow passageways of the fluid delivery and control assembly can be effectively sterilized using conventional gamma ray sterilization techniques without adversely affecting the medicament contained within the fluid reservoir of the apparatus. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100056999 | A METHOD AND A CATHETER DEVICE COMPRISING AN INFLATABLE BALLOON FOR THE DYNAMIC REGULATION OF THE VENOUS RETURN TO THE HEART - A hydro-mechanical devices which regulate venous return flow in the human circulatory system includes a combined catheter/cyclic occlusion inflatable balloon to regulate the venous return, which can be adapted to its location space in the inferior vena cava, near the right entrance of atrium, and includes means for retention inside the vessel as well as an ability to modify volume according to patient's needs. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057001 | Multilayer Medical Balloon - An expandable medical balloon including an inner layer formed of a poly(ether-block-amide) copolymer and an outer layer formed of a polyamide, the expandable medical balloon having a burst strength of greater than 50,000 psi, and to methods of making and using the same. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057004 | Extravascular System In-Line Venting - An extravascular system may include a fluid path and a gas vent in communication with the fluid path. A method of venting a medical device may include providing a closed extravascular system having a fluid path, providing a gas vent in communication with the fluid path, venting gas from the extravascular system through the gas vent, and maintaining closure of the extravascular system during and after venting. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057006 | MICROPUMP - A micropump, which in particular is a pump for a medicinal active substance and which may be an insulin pump or an analgesic pump, has at least one valve, which has a valve chamber, and has a pump chamber. At least one immobile structural element, which reduces the valve chamber volume, is provided in the valve chamber. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057007 | Device and Method Employing Shape Memory Alloy - A system for the metering and delivery of small discrete volumes of liquid is comprised of a small or minimal number of inexpensive components. One such component is a movable member, such as a miniature precision reciprocating displacement pump head, which is driven by an actuator that comprises a shape memory alloy material. The operating mechanism of the system is of little or minimal complexity. The system facilitates the precise metering and delivery of the small discrete volumes of liquid. Potential applications for the system include subcutaneous, long-term, automated drug delivery, for example, the delivery of insulin to a person with diabetes. In such an application, the small, simple and inexpensive nature of the invention would allow for its use as both a portable and a disposable system. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057030 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes a liquid-pervious sheet, an outer covering sheet, and an absorbent structure sandwiched between the liquid-pervious sheet and the outer covering sheet. The absorbent structure includes a liquid-absorbent mixture composed of super-absorbent polymer particles and fluff pulp and nonwoven fabric sheet formed from long fibers of thermoplastic resin. The nonwoven fabric sheet is put in contact, along at least one surface thereof, with the liquid-absorbent mixture and has cross points at which the long fiber sealed together, and a nap height defined by a difference between a thickness measured before a napping test and a thickness measured after the napping test is at least 0.5 mm. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057033 | ABSORBING ARTICLE - A sanitary napkin comprises an absorbent interposed between a liquid-permeable surface sheet and a liquid-impermeable back sheet and enlarged to have a larger absorbent width on the back end than that of a crotch portion, and stereo gathers on the two sides of the surface. The stereo gathers have one or more folded-back portions formed at positions on the back end of the vicinity of a body liquid discharging portion, and the sanitary napkin is made to have a larger width between the stereo gathers on the back end thereof than that at the body liquid discharging portion. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057034 | DYNAMIC FITTING BODY ADHERING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A disposable personal care article comprises a shell having a unitary structure for disposition adjacent a wearer's vulva region, where the shell has a first side and a second side, the first side having a first area and a second area. The first area of the shell contacts to the wearer's skin and/or hair surrounding the vulva region. At least a portion of the first area comprises a body attachment means for adhering the shell directly to the skin and/or hair of the wearer. In addition, the shell has an anterior half and a posterior half where the posterior half exhibits a higher extension relative to the anterior half when a stretching force of 454 grams is applied. In some aspects, the article further includes an absorbent structure. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057035 | HIP PANEL FOR A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A disposable absorbent article includes an absorbent assembly having a bodyside liner, an outer cover, an absorbent structure, a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region, longitudinally opposite ends, and laterally opposite side edges. A pair of hip panels releaseably secures the first and second waist regions together. One of the hip panels extends laterally outward from one of the side edges in one of the first and second waist regions and the other hip panel extends laterally outward from the opposite side edge in the one of the first and second waist regions. Each of the hip panels has an upper edge, a lower edge, a fixed and a free end. Each of the upper and lower edges has a length and is curved along at least a portion of its length. The curved portions of the upper and lower edges are substantially identical. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057037 | Agent Delivery Catheters - An agent delivery catheter that includes an anti-whipping feature, improved assembly of distal parts and/or accuracy/repeatability of needle delivery to a target tissue. Additional features include fitting a catheter with a pneumatic delivery device for delivery of a therapeutic agent without using a needle. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057039 | DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCAL DELIVERY OF INOTROPIC AGENTS TO THE EPICARDIUM - Devices and methods are provided for delivery of a positive inotropic agent to the heart of a patient in need thereof. An epicardial patch includes (i) a backing layer which is impermeable to the positive inotropic agent; and (ii) a drug release layer attached to the backing layer and including the positive inotropic agent and a polymeric membrane material. The polymeric membrane material provides controlled release of the positive inotropic agent to the epicardium to a region of the myocardium and in an amount effective to increase contractility. At least one of the backing layer or the drug release layer includes a tissue coupling portion for affixing the epicardial patch to an area of the epicardial surface. The epicardial patch is dimensioned and compliant to substantially avoid impeding myocardial functionality when affixed to the area of the epicardial surface. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057043 | Method, System, and Computer Program Product for the Detection of Physical Activity by Changes in Heart Rate, Assessment of Fast Changing Metabolic States, and Applications of Closed and Open Control Loop in Diabetes - A method, system, and computer program product related to the detection of physical activity using changes in heart rate. The method, system, and computer program product evaluates short term glucose demand and long term insulin action due to physical activity. The method, system, and computer program product is further related to the improvement of open and closed loop control of diabetes by accounting for the metabolic changes due to physical activity. The method, system, and computer program product is directed to detecting in real time the short and long term effects of physical activity on insulin action via heart rate analysis, and recommending changes in insulin dosing to compensate for the effects of physical activity. With these recommendations, the open and closed loop control of diabetes can be improved and steps can be taken to prevent hypoglycemia that may result from increased insulin sensitivity due to physical activity. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057044 | Robust Closed Loop Control And Methods - Methods, system and devices for monitoring a closed loop control operation including signal levels received from an analyte sensor and automatic delivery of medication at least in part in response to the received analyte sensor signals, determining whether the signal level received from the analyte sensor is associated with one of a fault condition or a potential fault condition, and dynamically adjusting a current infusion rate executed by the closed loop control operation when it is determined that the signal level from the analyte sensor is associated with one of the fault condition or potential fault condition, where medication delivery rate is adjusted to a first predetermined range when the signal level is associated with the fault condition, and adjusted to a second predetermined range when the signal level is associated with a potential fault condition, and where the first predetermined range is narrower compared to the second predetermined range are provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100057045 | Apparatus, system and method for manipulating a surgical catheter and working device with a single hand - Systems and methods are disclosed that include a guide catheter apparatus insertable through a external body passage of a subject. The guide catheter apparatus includes a substantially rigid shaft and a handle. The shaft has a proximal opening, a distal opening, and a lumen extending between the proximal opening and the distal opening. The handle has a structure to allow a position of the guide catheter to be controlled by some or all of three fingers of one hand of an operator of the handle. The structure of the handle is adapted to permit the operator to position a thumb and index finger of the hand to manipulate a working device inserted into the lumen of the guide catheter, where the working device is manipulable via a portion of the working device immediately adjacent to the handle. | 2010-03-04 |
