14th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140094848 | SPINOUS PROCESS FIXATION APPARATUS - An implantable device and method for fixation of spinous processes is presented. The device has first and second spaced plates configured for attachment to portions of adjacent spinous processes. The device can also have an implant configured for insertion between two adjacent spinous processes, but need not necessarily. The method has the steps of assembling the components of the implantable device and otherwise inserting them into position onto, between, and/or adjacent two desired spinous processes. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094849 | Bone Anchor Assemblies - A bone anchor assembly includes a bone anchor, a receiver member for receiving a spinal fixation element to be coupled to the bone anchor, a compression member positioned within the receiver member, and a closure mechanism including an outer set screw and an inner set screw. The outer set screw delivers a distal force to the compression member to fix the bone anchor relative to the receiver member. The proximal surface of the compression member has a shape configured to restrict deformation of the compression member arms including motion of the compression member arms relative to each other. The distal surface of the outer set screw has a shape that is complementary to the shape of the proximal surface of the compression member. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094850 | VERTEBRAL OSTEOSYNTHESIS EQUIPMENT - The equipment includes at least one connecting bar, at least one flexible ligament, and at least one connector making it possible to connect the ligament to the connecting bar. The connector having a first conduit for engaging the connecting bar, equipped with a device for immobilizing the connector relative to the connecting bar, and a second conduit for receiving at least one strand of the ligament, having an insertion opening for this or these strands and an outlet opening for this or these strands, and equipped with devices for mobilizing the ligament relative to the connector. The second conduit is rectilinear between the insertion opening of the strand(s) of the ligament and the outlet opening. The second conduit has a transverse section adjusted to the transverse section of the strand(s) of the ligament that it is intended to receive, i.e. a transverse section just sufficient to allow sliding of the strand(s) of the ligament in the second conduit, but such that the strand(s) are in close contact with the walls delimiting the second conduit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094851 | Device and Method for Treatment of Spinal Deformity - The present invention generally relates to methods and device for treatment of spinal deformity, wherein at least one tether is utilized to maintain the distance between the spine and the an ilium to (1) prevent increase in abnormal spinal curvature, (2) slow progression of abnormal curvature, or (3) impose at least one corrective displacement and/or rotation. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094852 | Spinal Stabilization Device - A flexible connection unit for use in a spinal fixation device that includes: a longitudinal member having first and second ends and a flexible member interposed between the first and second ends, at least one of the first end and second end configured to be engaged by a first bone securing member; and at least one spacer located between the first and second ends, the spacer comprising a resilient element and a ring element encircling at least a portion of the resilient element, wherein the ring element is configured to be engaged by a second bone securing member. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094853 | Polyaxial Screw - The present invention generally is directed toward a spinal fixation system whereby a coupling element allows the physician to selectively lock or unlock either the connection between the coupling element and a fastener, such as to allow for repositioning of the coupling element, or the connection between the coupling element and an elongate rod. The locking or unlocking of these connections may be made independently and as desired by the physician. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094854 | SPINAL CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A spinal correction system includes at least one longitudinal element extending between a first portion and a second portion. At least one fixation element includes a first end and a second end that is configured for penetrating tissue. A coupling member is configured for disposal about the at least one longitudinal element. The coupling member includes a first part and a second part being movable relative to the first part between a first orientation and a second orientation such that an inner surface of the parts are fixed with the at least one longitudinal element. The parts include an outer surface such that in the second orientation, the coupling member is configured for a snap fit engagement with the at least one fixation element such that the parts are fixed with the first end. Methods of use are disclosed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094855 | ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT ARTHROPLASTY PLATE - An orthopaedic assembly. The orthopaedic assembly includes a first member adapted to be coupled to a bone and an adjustable connector assembly including an adjuster having a threaded end and a tapered end. The assembly also includes an articulation component including a bearing surface and adapted to be coupled to the tapered end of the adjustable connector assembly. The threaded end is adapted to engage the fixation plate. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094856 | Locking Screws and Plates - A screw is configured to be inserted into an aperture of a plate. The screw comprises a head, a neck that extends distally from the head and having a diameter, a shoulder that extends distally from the neck and has a diameter, and a shaft that extends distally from the shoulder and has a thread, a major diameter and a minor diameter. The diameter of shoulder is larger than the diameter of the neck and larger than the minor diameter of the shaft. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094857 | CAM Lock Pedicle Screw - The present invention is directed to a pedicle screw fixation system which can be made for either posterior cervical, thoracic, lumbar spine, or elsewhere. With this type of system a surgeon can implant a pedicle screw system utilizing the same instrument set for an open or closed procedure. The system is designed to avoid cross threading and splitting of tulip heard by use of an outer threaded tulip and reducing donut. The system also provides the ability for superior angulation for hard to reach areas that are common in spinal procedures. The system allows for a bio-absorbable part (the reduction donut) that enhances fusion in the coming months after the procedure. With the elongate tulip portion of the system the user is able to avoid the need for other cannula type instruments; the need of additional parts; the need of additional instruments which could introduce bacteria into the patient and the need for fluoroscopy. The system is completely cannulated so as to permit a HOLDING wire driven procedure. The rods employed with these pedicle screws can be either flexible or rigid. Preferably a rod which is octagonal in cross section is employed with the system so as to prevent rotation in the tulip and slippage. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094858 | MULTI-ROD BONE ATTACHMENT MEMBER - A fixation element for use in orthopedic surgery, particularly spinal surgery is disclosed. The fixation element is capable of being screwed, hooked, or otherwise attached to a bone, and is configured to accommodate two or more rods or other elongated members. The head of the fixation elements thus has multiple places for positioning a rod, either vertically or horizontally spaced from each other. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094859 | Medical fastener - A dual-start fastener is disclosed having two threads helically wound about its shaft. The thread tooth profile (in section) constitutes substantially parallel upper and lower facets on each thread flank. A first thread has a crest diameter greater than a second thread. A distal end of the fastener includes self-tapping cutters formed on the threads which force shards of bone to advance into shallow troughs adjacent the cutters for subsequent resorption by adjacent osseous tissue. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094860 | EXPANDABLE SCREW AND METHODS OF USE - An expandable screw includes generally a shaft, a head, and a cut pattern. The shaft includes a longitudinal axis, an outer surface including a thread to engage bone, and an expandable region configurable between a first state with a first radius measured from the longitudinal axis to the outer surface and a second state having a second radius measured from the longitudinal axis to the outer surface. The head coupled with the shaft at a neck is configured to receive a driving instrument to insert and drive the shaft into the bone when the expandable region is in the first state. The cut pattern on the shaft permits at least partial nesting of a first portion of the expandable region within a second portion of the expandable region in the second state. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094861 | SURGICAL LOCATOR - A surgical locator and associated methods are presented. The surgical locator includes a shaft insertable into a surgical passage to maintain access to and indicate orientation of the surgical passage. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094862 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR BREAKING AND RETAINING SURGICAL REDUCTION TABS - Various devices and methods for breaking and retaining surgical reduction tabs are provided. In general, the devices and methods can allow a single surgical instrument to break a plurality of surgical reduction tabs off one or more surgical implants and retain the broken tabs within the instrument. In an exemplary embodiment, a surgical instrument can include an opening at a distal end thereof that is configured to receive a surgical reduction tab therein when the tab is connected to a surgical implant. A retention element at least partially disposed within the instrument can be configured to engage the tab received in the opening so as to hold the tab securely within the instrument. With the tab received in the opening and held by the retention element, the surgical instrument can be configured to be manipulated to break the tab off the surgical implant. The broken tab can be retained within the surgical instrument by being held therein by the retention element. The instrument can be repeatedly relocated and repeatedly break off surgical reduction tabs of one or more surgical implants, with each successive tab received in the opening displacing the immediately preceding broken tab from the retention element such that a chamber formed in the instrument can simultaneously hold a plurality of broken tabs within the instrument. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094863 | BONE FIXATION TOOL - A tool and a method are provided for driving a bone pin into a fractured bone to stabilize the fractured bone by maintaining the fractured bone in a reduced state. The tool may be a handheld device including a cartridge having at least one passageway that receives the bone pin. The tool may also include a pneumatically-powered piston having a needle that is sized for receipt within the passageway of the cartridge, the needle applying sufficient force to the bone pin to drive the bone pin out of the cartridge and into the fractured bone. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094864 | COCHLEAR IMPLANT HEARING INSTRUMENT - A hearing instrument for direct stimulation of the cochlea of a patient, comprising an audio signal source for providing audio signals, a sound processor for generating auditory nerve stimulation signals from the audio signals, a stimulation assembly to be implanted into the cochlea and comprising an electrode array to be located in the basal part of the cochlea for electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve in the basal part of the cochlea and a plurality of optical fibers extending beyond the electrode array into the apical part of the cochlea for optical stimulation of the auditory nerve in the apical part of the cochlea, and a driver unit for providing the stimulation assembly, according to the auditory nerve stimulation signals from the sound processor, with electric stimulation signals for the electrode array and with stimulation light from at least one light source for the optical fibers. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094865 | DEFIBRILLATOR WARNING OF SYNC MODE SETTING AFTER DELIVERY OF SHOCK - An external defibrillator can have a synchronous shock operating mode and an asynchronous shock operating mode and include a controller to set the defibrillator in the synchronous shock operating mode or the asynchronous shock operating mode. The defibrillator can also include a shock module to cause the defibrillator to deliver shock therapy to the patient according to the operating mode of the defibrillator, and a prompt module to transmit a prompt, after delivery of the shock therapy, that includes the operating mode of the defibrillator. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094866 | INTELLIGENT SYNC MODE FOR DEFIBRILLATION - The defibrillator may include a heart rhythm detector to detect the heart rhythm of a patient, a manual mode controller structured to set the defibrillator in a synchronous shock operating mode or an asynchronous shock operating mode depending on an input from a human operator, a shock module to cause the defibrillator to deliver a shock to the patient according to the operating mode, and an automatic mode controller structured to, after the shock module has delivered the shock to the patient, set the external defibrillator to the synchronous shock operating mode or the asynchronous shock operating mode depending on the detected heart rhythm of the patient and without input from the human operator. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094867 | DEFIBRILLATOR WITH SYNC MODE ASSISTING SELECTION OF FEATURE TO LOCK-ON - An external defibrillator, such as a wearable defibrillator can have a heart rhythm detector to detect the heart rhythm of a patient. The defibrillator can also have a synchronous shock operating mode and an asynchronous shock operating mode. A controller can set the defibrillator in the synchronous shock operating mode or the asynchronous shock operating mode. The defibrillator can also include a shock module to cause the defibrillator to deliver shock therapy to the patient according to the operating mode of the defibrillator and a sync module configured to identify a first portion of the heart rhythm detected from a first ECG lead with which to time the delivery of the shock therapy to the patient when the operating mode of the defibrillator is in synchronous shock operating mode. A comparator module can compare timing of a QRS complex detected from the first ECG lead with the timing of the QRS complex detected by the second EGG lead. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094868 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ACCURATELY CLASSIFYING CARDIAC ACTIVITY - Methods, systems, and devices for signal analysis in an implanted cardiac monitoring and treatment device such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. In illustrative examples, captured data including detected events is analyzed to identify likely overdetection of cardiac events. In some illustrative examples, when overdetection is identified, data may be modified to correct for overdetection, to reduce the impact of overdetection, or to ignore overdetected data. New methods for organizing the use of morphology and rate analysis in an overall architecture for rhythm classification and cardiac signal analysis are also discussed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094869 | PREVENTING USE OF SYNC MODE DURING CARDIOVERSION AND DEFIBRILLATION - An external defibrillator may have a controller to set the defibrillator in a synchronous shock operating mode or an asynchronous shock operating mode, a shock module to cause the defibrillator to deliver shock therapy to a patient according to the present operating mode of the defibrillator, and a heart rhythm detector to detect a heart rhythm of the patient. The defibrillator may also have a mode assessment module to determine whether the present operating mode or selected defibrillation energy of the defibrillator is appropriate based on the detected heart rhythm of the patient. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094870 | DEVICE FOR ASSESSMENT AND THERAPY OF THE TEMPORAL VENTRICULAR DESYNCHRONIZATION - A device includes a hemodynamic sensor measuring blood flow in the left chambers of a myocardium, at least one motion sensor measuring a displacement of the walls of the left ventricle of the myocardium, a first analysis module determining a time of closure of the aortic valve based on a signal of the hemodynamic sensor, a second analysis module determining a time of peak contraction of the left ventricle based on a signal from the motion sensors, and a third analysis module determining a time between the moment of peak contraction of the left ventricle and the moment of closure of the aortic valve. If the peak of contraction of the left ventricle is after the instant of closure of the aortic valve, the device adjusts the inter-ventricular delay and/or the atrioventricular delay to minimize or cancel the time disparity. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094871 | DIGITAL CONTROL FOR PULSE GENERATORS - A controller for implementing a method, device and/or system for generating arbitrary waveforms of a desired shape that can be used for generating a stimulation pulse for medical purposes such as for spinal cord stimulation therapy, where such arbitrary waveforms can also be used for charge balancing purposes. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094872 | DELAYING THE ONSET OF MUSCLE FATIGUE ASSOCIATED WITH FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION - The present invention relates a system that can configure a stimulus for functional electrical stimulation (“FES”) to maintain a constant muscle force while delaying the onset of muscle fatigue and a related method of use. The stimulus can be delivered to a nerve via a set of multiple electrode contacts according to a stimulation parameter that maximizes a joint moment associated with the stimulus and minimizes the overlap between pairs of contacts. The joint moment can be related to the muscle force, and the overlap can be related to the onset of muscle fatigue. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094873 | FOOTWEAR PRODUCT FOR FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION - A product, e.g. an insole for a shoe, fitting onto a person's foot sole based on a platform (SM) of a flexible and electrically isolating material. Multiple stimulation electrodes (S | 2014-04-03 |
20140094874 | Implant Sensor and Control - An implant includes a humidity sensor for generating a signal indicative of humidity within the implant. A controller within the implant receives the signal indicative of humidity, and controls the implant based on the signal indicative of humidity. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094875 | REMOTE SENSING IN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - An embodiment uses an accelerometer to sense heart sounds, and determines heart rate information using the sensed heart sounds. An embodiment uses an accelerometer to sense respiratory activity. An embodiment delivers a programmed neural stimulation therapy with a programmed duty cycle, where the programmed duty cycle includes a stimulation ON portion followed by a stimulation OFF portion. An electrode electrically connected to the implanted neural stimulation device is used to remotely detect cardiac activity. The remotely detected cardiac activity is used to detect heart rate information during the stimulation ON portion and to detect heart rate information during the stimulation OFF portion. The detected heart rate information and/or the detected respiration information are used to control a neural stimulation therapy performed by the neural stimulator device and/or are used to provide diagnostic information for the patient's condition. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094876 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING A STATE OF A NEUROSTIMULATOR - A method and system is described for ensuring a state of an active implantable medical device based on the presence and persistence of a magnetic field. The output of a magnetic field sensor is monitored. The active implantable medical device is maintained in a first state, for so long as the presence of a magnetic field is detected by the magnetic field sensor, until a first interval is surpassed. If the first interval is surpassed, then a determination is made as to whether a second interval has been surpassed. If it is determined that the second interval has not been surpassed, then the active implantable medical device is transitioned into a second state. If it is determined that the second interval has been surpassed, then it is ensured that the active implantable medical device is in a predetermined one of the first and second states. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094877 | USING LIGHT TO REGULATE UTERINE CONTRACTIONS - Methods of regulating uterine contractions using light are described. An exemplary method of regulating uterine contractions comprises suppressing a nocturnal endogenous melatonin level of a pregnant female experiencing uterine contractions by exposing the pregnant female during nighttime to a light source emitting visible light. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094878 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICRO-LED MATRIX, MICRO-LED MATRIX AND USE OF A MICRO-LED MATRIX - A method for producing a micro-LED matrix by (A) depositing an LED layer structure onto a working substrate; (B) singulating a plurality of LED structures from the LED layer structure on the working substrate; (C) applying a first contact-making structure to a carrier substrate; and (D) transferring the plurality of LED structures from the working substrate to the carrier substrate by bonding and laser lift-off. An at least two-layered carrier substrate is used, including a carrier layer and a first flexible polymer layer, in step C the first contact-making structure is applied indirectly or directly to a side of the first polymer layer which faces away from the carrier layer, and in an additional method step D-0 between method steps C and D, a second flexible polymer layer is formed at least between the singulated LED structures. A micro-LED matrix and use are also provided. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094879 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND PHOTO-THERAPY DEVICE COMPRISING A LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140094880 | INTRAVASCULAR HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER WITH MULTIPLE SPACED APART DISCRETE COOLANT LOOPS - A catheter has a series of hollow loops arranged along a tube for carrying working fluid from a heat exchange system to exchange heat with a patient in whom the catheter is advanced. The loops when inflated are transverse to the catheter axis and parallel to each other, and circumscribe a hollow passageway through which blood can flow. Blood also flows around the outer perimeters of the loops. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094881 | INTRAVASCULAR HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER AND SYSTEM WITH RFID COUPLING - A system includes a heat exchange catheter line assembly configured to convey working fluid circulating to and from at least one heat exchange element on an intravascular heat exchange catheter. The system also includes a heat exchange system that itself includes a processor and is configured for fluidly communicating with the heat exchange catheter line assembly to exchange heat with the working fluid. A near filed communication (NFC) member associated with the heat exchange system and an NFC element associated with the heat exchange catheter line assembly are also included. The NFC member is configured to provide the processor with a signal representative of whether the NFC member detects the NFC element. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094882 | INTRAVASCULAR HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER WITH NON-ROUND COILED COOLANT PATH - A catheter has a hollow conduit through which working fluid from a heat exchange system flows. The conduit in turn is configured to extend along a longitudinal central axis in a continuously varying non-constant azimuthal orientation so that it defines a non-round enclosed passageway through which blood can flow to exchange heat through a wall of the conduit with the working fluid flowing within the conduit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094883 | INTRAVASCULAR HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETER WITH RIB CAGE-LIKE COOLANT PATH - An intravascular heat exchange catheter has serpentine-like supply and return conduits circulating working fluid with a heat exchange system to warm or cool a patient in which the catheter is intubated. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094884 | WARMING SYSTEM - In an embodiment, a warming system is disclosed. The warming system may include an elastic pad having inner and outer surfaces, wherein a chamber is defined along the inner surface. The warming system may also include a hollow air conveyor positioned within the chamber and supported relative to the elastic pad by the inner surface, wherein the hollow air conveyor has first and second open ends positioned along an air path through the elastic pad, and wherein an inner air vent is defined within the hollow air conveyor and positioned adjacent to a portion of the inner surface such that this portion of the inner surface is exposed to air that is located within the hollow air conveyor. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094885 | ELECTRODE AND A FEEDTHROUGH FOR MEDICAL DEVICE APPLICATIONS - The present disclosure provides an electrode and an feedthrough for an implantable medical device. In one embodiment, the implantable electrode and the implantable feedthrough both comprise electrically insulating diamond material and electrically conductive diamond material that form an interface. Further, the present disclosure provides method for fabricating the implantable electrode and the feedthrough. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094886 | METHOD FOR TREATING DEPRESSION BY INDIRECTLY STIMULATING RAPHE NUCLEI - A method for treating a patient suffering from depression, the method including applying electrical stimulation energy to afferent nerve fibers leading to the medial preoptic region of the hypothalamus of the patient, thereby activating serotonin in the raphe nuclei to treat depression. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094887 | PINCH TO OPEN CUFF ELECTRODE - The present invention provides a cuff electrode assembly for implantation on a target nerve. The cuff electrode assembly can include a resilient cuff body configured to be disposed about the target nerve. The cuff body includes a first end portion having a first free end, and a second end portion having a second free end. The cuff electrode assembly further includes a first arm member and a second arm member each projecting radially outward from the cuff body and spaced from one another along the cuff body. The cuff body can be configured such that a force applied to urge the first and second arm members toward one another defines an open configuration of the cuff body configured to allow the cuff body to be positioned around the target nerve. The cuff electrode assembly further includes an electrode oriented to provide electrical stimuli to the target nerve. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094888 | PINCH TO OPEN CUFF ELECTRODE - The invention describes a cuff electrode assembly that includes a resilient cuff body configured to be disposed about a nerve. The cuff body includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The cuff body can be pre-formed to define a closed configuration having a generally annular cross-sectional shape such that, in the closed configuration, the cuff body extends helically with the first and second end portions overlapping on different planes. The cuff electrode assembly includes a first arm member and a second arm member, each projecting radially outward from the cuff body and spaced from one another along the cuff body. The cuff body can be configured such that force applied to urge the first and second arm members toward one another causes relative deflection of the first end portion and the second end portion to define an open configuration of the cuff body. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094889 | IMPLANTABLE THERAPY LEAD WITH CONDUCTOR CONFIGURATION ENHANCING ABRASION RESISTANCE - An implantable therapy lead employs electrical conductors configured to enhance the abrasion resistance of the lead. Specifically, conductors are configured to create a surface contact area with walls of a wall lumen of a tubular body that is greater than would otherwise be possible with traditional conductors that have a circular transverse cross-section. As a result, the abrasion pressure of the conductors against the lumen walls is decreased for the conductors disclosed herein as compared to that of traditional conductors. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094890 | IMPLANTABLE THERAPY LEAD WITH CONDUCTOR CONFIGURATION ENHANCING ABRASION RESISTANCE - An implantable therapy lead employs electrical conductors configured to enhance the abrasion resistance of the lead. Specifically, conductors are configured to create a surface contact area with walls of a wall lumen of a tubular body that is greater than would otherwise be possible with traditional conductors that have a circular transverse cross-section. As a result, the abrasion pressure of the conductors against the lumen walls is decreased for the conductors disclosed herein as compared to that of traditional conductors. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094891 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY LOCATING IMPLANTABLE DEVICES - Method and systems for determining the location or identify of implantable devices are disclosed. An implantable device generates an electrical output and then modifies the output at a pre-configured interval for a pre-configured period. A sensor detects the modified output and locates or identifies the implantable device based on the modified output. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094892 | MID-SCALAR ELECTRODE ARRAY - In one example, a cochlear lead includes a flexible body, an array of electrodes in the flexible body, and a plurality of wires passing along the array of electrodes. The plurality of wires includes a flexural geometry between each pair of adjacent electrodes and a substantially straight geometry over the electrodes. A method for forming an electrode array with a reduced apical cross section is also provided. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094893 | DIASTOLIC CORONARY STENT DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM FOR PRECISE BIFURCATION LESION STENTING - A system is provided for precise stent deployment in synchronization with the cardiac cycle. The system comprises a cable set having a first connector for connection to a source of a signal that is indicative of the status of the cardiac cycle, and a second connector for connection to a processor. A processor is provided for converting cardiac cycle data into a control signal for controlling inflation of a balloon catheter such that the balloon catheter reaches inflation at a point within the range of from about 55% to about 85% into the R-R interval. An inflation pump is provided, for inflating a balloon responsive to the control signal. A third connector is provided in communication with the inflation pump, for releasable connection to a balloon catheter. The system may also comprise a balloon catheter, in communication with the inflation pump via the third connector. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094894 | OVER-THE-WIRE INTERLOCK ATTACHMENT/DETACHMENT MECHANISM - The over-the-wire interlock attachment/detachment mechanism includes a cylindrical lock receiving section of a small diameter attached to an implantable medical device such as a blood clot filter, a stent, or a septal occluder. This cylindrical lock receiving section has a plurality of spaced, curved cutouts to receive both the guide fingers and contoured locking fingers formed on a cylindrical locking section. The locking fingers are angled outwardly from the cylindrical body of the cylindrical locking section, and are moved inwardly into engagement with the curved cutouts of the cylindrical lock receiving section by a sheath which slides over the cylindrical locking section or other suitable operator. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094895 | STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - Delivery systems for polymeric tubular implants, kits that include such delivery systems, and methods of treating patients by implanting tubular implants using the delivery systems. The delivery systems include an inner shaft, an expandable member slidably disposed about the inner shaft and configured to receive the tubular implant, and a tubular outer shaft disposed about the inner shaft. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094896 | VASCULAR STENTING FOR ANEURYSMS - Described herein are flexible implantable occluding devices that can, for example, navigate the tortuous vessels of the neurovasculature. The occluding devices can also conform to the shape of the tortuous vessels of the vasculature. In some embodiments, the occluding devices can direct blood flow within a vessel away from an aneurysm or limit blood flow to the aneurysm. Some embodiments describe methods and apparatus for adjusting, along a length of the device, the porosity of the occluding device. In some embodiments, the occluding devices allows adequate blood flow to be provided to adjacent structures such that those structures, whether they are branch vessels or oxygen-demanding tissues, are not deprived of the necessary blood flow. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094897 | EXPANDABLE SLIDE AND LOCK STENT - An expandable slide and lock stent is provided that comprises a plurality of radial elements interconnected to form a tubular member. Each radial element can comprise a helical backbone and at least one elongate member extending from the helical backbone in a circumferential direction. Each backbone can have at least one slot that can be configured to receive an elongate member of an adjacent radial element. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094898 | BIOPROSTHETIC COMPONENTS FOR AN IMPLANT, IN PARTICULAR PARTLY CROSSLINKED BIOLOGICAL HEART VALVES - Bioprosthetic components based on, or comprising, biological materials for implants, preferably biological heart valves, in particular biological heart valve leaflets, which have only been chemically or thermally stabilized (partly crosslinked) at mechanically stressed points and therefore have zones having different mechanical properties, and to a method for the production thereof. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094899 | METHODS OF FABRICATING STENTS WITH ENHANCED FRACTURE TOUGHNESS - Stents and methods of manufacturing a stents with enhanced fracture toughness are disclosed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094900 | COMPLIANT BIOCOMPATIBLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - As detailed herein, a biocompatible apparatus comprises a porous material comprising ceramic nanotubes bound together with a filler material. The proportion of the filler material may be selected to provide porosity for the porous material that is biocompatible, and the porous material may be shaped to provide a compliant biomedical device. In one embodiment, the compliant biomedical device is a stent such as intravascular stent. A method for fabricating a biocompatible device is also described herein. The method may include growing ceramic nanotubes on a substrate, infiltrating the ceramic nanotubes with a filler material to provide a porous material having a porosity that is biocompatible, and removing the porous material from the substrate to provide a biocompatible ceramic device. The method may also include coating the biocompatible ceramic device with a drug-eluting material. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094901 | RADIOPAQUE MARKER FOR VASCULAR DEVICES - A marker to assist locating a device such as an expandable stent within vasculature of a patient, including an elongated body formed of a biocompatible radiopaque material that enhances locating the marker when using at least one imaging technique. The body has a first end, a second end, an inner surface, an outer surface, and at least two opposing edges extending between the first and second ends and establishing a boundary between the inner surface and the outer surface. The inner surface of the body defines a passageway extending between the first and second ends. In a first condition, the body defines a gap between the at least two opposing edges, the gap enabling unobstructed communication of the passageway with the outer surface of the body. In a second condition, the gap is obstructed to substantially prevent communication of the passageway with the outer surface of the body. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094902 | VASCULAR ENDOGRAFT - An endograft includes a main body having a wall separating interior and exterior surfaces and adapted to be inserted within the vessel. The main body is characterized by a single proximal opening and two distal openings and at least one aperture extending through the wall. At least one stent is secured to the main body that upon expansion pressure fits the main body into the vessel. An open tunnel is secured to the interior surface of the main body around the main body aperture and secured somewhere along the tunnel length to provide fluid communication between the interior and exterior surfaces of the main body through the aperture and with the vascular branch in proximity to the main body aperture. The insertion of a sleeve positioned partly within the tunnel and extending beyond the exterior surface of the main body into the vascular branch assures to the vascular branch. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094903 | IMPLANTATION OF REPAIR CHORDS IN THE HEART - Apparatus is provided, including first and second longitudinal members coupled at respective first portions thereof to tissue surrounding the ventricle. The first portion of at least the first longitudinal member is coupled to a tissue anchor, and respective second portions of the first and second longitudinal members are coupled to respective first and second leaflets of a cardiac valve. The longitudinal members are arranged with respect to the tissue anchor and the portion of tissue surrounding the ventricle in a manner which facilitates adjustment of a degree of tension of the first and second longitudinal members to draw the first and second leaflets together. A longitudinal-member-coupling device is coupled to the first and second longitudinal members, and is advanceable toward a ventricular surface of the first and second leaflets, and responsively to draw together the first and second longitudinal members. Other applications are also described. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094904 | Retrievable Heart Valve Anchor and Method - A method for endovascularly replacing a heart valve of a patient. In some embodiments the method includes the steps of: endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor in an unexpanded configuration within a catheter to a vicinity of the heart valve; deploying the anchor from the catheter; expanding the anchor to contact tissue at an anchor site; and retrieving the anchor into the catheter. The invention also includes an apparatus for endovascularly replacing a heart valve, including: a catheter; a replacement valve configured to be disposed within the catheter for delivery to a vicinity of the heart valve; and an expandable anchor configured to be disposed within the catheter for delivery to a vicinity of the heart valve, to be deployed from the catheter, to be expanded to contact tissue at an anchor site and to be retrieved back into the catheter after having been expanded. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094905 | Prosthetic Heart Valve Systems - A heart valve that can be expanded following its implantation in a patient, such as to accommodate the growth of a patient and the corresponding growth of the area where the valve is implanted, and to minimize paravalvular leakage. In one aspect, the invention may maximize the orifice size of the surgical valve. The invention includes expandable implantable conduits and expandable bioprosthetic stented valves. In one aspect of the invention, the valve may be adapted to accommodate growth of a patient to address limitation on bioprosthetic valve lifespans. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094906 | TISSUE ANCHORS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS, AND DEVICES - Systems, devices and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems, devices and methods may employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094907 | IMPLANTATION DEVICE FOR INTRASTROMAL PROSTHESES - A device has been described here which is used as a means of implanting an intrastromal prosthesis, consisting of a segment or ring, on the inside of the patient's corneal tunnel. The implanting device eliminates the need to use conventional forceps and includes for this purpose an injector with a support track for the implant segment, attached to a ring carrier piece coupled to the first end of a cylinder base or tunnel. A Delhom apparatus, activated by rotation, includes a central arm with an impeller tip for the insertion of the segment, and a block cover coupled to the opposite end of the cylinder base or tunnel includes a rod that extends along its length, finished in a tip positionable on the inside of the track against the back end of the segment, and a recess to accommodate the carrier arm of the impeller tip and the ring-holder clamp. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094908 | INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHOD - Novel intraocular lenses comprising at least one haptic having a shape memory alloy with a transition temperature substantially higher than the human body temperature, the shape memory alloy being post-surgically, selectively adjustable with a laser beam. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094909 | ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENS - An accommodating intraocular lens comprising a lens optic coupled to at least one haptic and at least one deformable connecting bar positioned between the lens optic and the at least one haptic such that the connecting bar facilitates accommodation by deforming in response to a vitreous pressure change. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094910 | Variable-length passive ossicular prosthesis - A passive ossicular prosthesis includes a first and second fastening element for connection to the tympanic membrane. A connecting element connects the fastening elements in a sound-conducting manner. The connecting element includes a receiving part and an insertion part. The insertion part is inserted into a receiving opening of the receiving part. The receiving part encloses an end section of the insertion part in the manner of a clamp by way of two opposing, parallel legs disposed parallel to a shank axis of the connecting element. The legs have catch devices that fix the enclosed end section discrete spatial positions relative to the shank axis. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094911 | FIXATION IMPLANT AND METHOD - A fixation implant and associated methods are presented. The fixation implant includes first and second ends, each of which is separable from the implant body and useable to fix a material relative to a bone. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094912 | Graft Fixation Device - A fixation device and method for retaining a graft. The device including: an elongate body having a first end and a second end; a transverse passage for retaining a graft retainer element; a first aperture located in the first end, and a second aperture in the second end; the first aperture and second aperture defining respective ends of a longitudinal through path. The method using the fixation device for drawing a graft through a first tunnel defined in a first bone and reining the graft when through. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094913 | Scaffold For Spring Ligament Repair - A construct is disclosed that may be used to repair or replace a natural ligament. The construct may be formed of materials for biocompatibility and/or resorbtion. The construct may be provided or connected to a soft anchor for connection to a bone portion. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094914 | Percutaneous Implantable Nuclear Prosthesis - An inter-vertebral disc prosthesis intended for percutaneous deployment comprises an expandable annular enclosure and an expandable nuclear enclosure. The expandable annular enclosure incorporates a reinforcing annular band along its periphery and is filled with in-situ curable rubber. The expandable nuclear enclosure is filled with a gas. The nuclear prosthesis further incorporates a novel, integrally molded sealing valve assembly and is stretchable and collapsible into a minimal profile for ease of insertion into a specially designed delivery cannula, and is inflation-assisted expandable into an inter-vertebral disc in which complete percutaneous nuclectomy has been performed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094915 | VERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS - A prosthesis for a vertebral column has an upper part ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140094916 | Expandable Fusion Device and Method of Installation Thereof - The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides an intervertebral implant. The intervertebral implant may be configured to transition from a collapsed configuration having a first height and a first width to an expanded configuration having a second height and a second width. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094917 | Expandable fusion cage with cam adjuster - An expandable fusion cage has an elongated cage body with a central hollow region, a posterior end and an anterior end with first and second anterior end portions in communication with the central hollow region, a first longitudinal member and a second longitudinal space from and substantially parallel to the first longitudinal member extending between the posterior end and the first anterior end portion, and a cam body having a cam surface on a periphery of the cam body and a cam adjusting feature facing the central hollow region where the cam body is positioned between the first anterior end portion and the second anterior end portion and is adapted to rotatably engage the cam surface with the first anterior end portion and the second anterior end portion to change the orientation of the anterior end of the cage body between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094918 | STAND-ALONE INTERBODY FIXATION SYSTEM - A stand-alone interbody fixation system having a cage, anterior fixation blade and posterior fixation blade. The cage includes an annular side wall with an open interior and upper and lower surfaces, the cage being configured to fit between end plates of adjacent vertebrae. The anterior fixation blade includes an anterior alignment boss with two opposing outward extending anterior blades with end plate penetrating tips configured to fit within the open interior of the cage. The posterior fixation blade includes a posterior alignment boss with two opposing outward extending posterior blades with end plate penetrating tips configured to fit within the open interior of the cage. The anterior and posterior fixation blades are counter-rotating blades and the anterior alignment boss and posterior alignment boss are configured to receive or engage a deployment instrument having an anterior engagement portion and a posterior engagement portion configured to rotate the anterior and posterior fixation blades from a stowed position to a deployed condition. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094919 | INTERBODY FUSION IMPLANT - An intervertebral implant can include a core and a flexible end plate. The core can have a core body that is elongate along a first direction and defines first and second outer surfaces. The flexible end plate can define an inner surface and an opposed bone facing surface that is configured to abut a vertebral body. The flexible end plate can be coupled to the core such that at least a portion of the inner surface faces the first outer surface and is spaced from the first outer surface. The flexible end plate is configured to resiliently flex toward a compressed configuration such that as the flexible end plate flexes toward the compressed configuration, a first end moves relative to the core along the first direction and the portion of the inner surface moves toward the first outer surface. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094920 | SPACER AND EXPANDING DEVICE - An expanding device for expanding the spacing between bones is provided. The expanding device includes a spacer configured to be expandable and disposed between the bones, a catheter provided with the spacer at a distal end thereof and adapted to introduce a filler into the spacer, and a sheath having a lumen through which the catheter is inserted and in which the spacer before expansion can be housed. The spacer includes a spacer body configured to be expandable, an introduction section through which a filler is introduced into a rear-end-side expansion section of the spacer body, and a bypass passage through which part of the filler in the introduction section is introduced into a distal-end-side expansion section of the spacer body. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094921 | IMPLANTS WITH SELF-DEPLOYING ANCHORS - A spinal implant having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, and opposing anterior and posterior portions. At least one of the top surface and bottom surface has a roughened surface topography, without sharp teeth that risk damage to bone structures, adapted to grip bone through friction generated when the implant is placed between two vertebrae and to inhibit migration of the implant. At least one of the top surface and the bottom surface also includes at least one self-deploying anchor having an expulsion tab and a bone-engaging tip that causes the implant to resist expulsion once the expulsion tab is deployed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094922 | BONE FIXATION AND FUSION DEVICE - Disclosed is a bone fusion cage that contains bone graft and is implanted between bones in a skeletal system. The cage bears structural loads that are transmitted through the bones of the skeletal system and at least partially shields the contained bone graft from the structural loads. The cage is configured to provide a secondary load to the bone graft independent of the structural load to promote fusion of the bone graft to adjacent bones. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094923 | Femoral Prosthesis with Insertion/Extraction Feature - A femoral prosthesis system is provided which includes femoral prosthesis and an instrument for inserting/extracting the femoral prosthesis. The femoral prosthesis includes a stem and a neck portion. The stem includes a proximal end portion which defines a proximal stem axis. The neck portion is located proximally of the proximal end portion. The neck portion includes a proximal surface and an insertion/extraction cavity which extends distally from the proximal surface. The insertion/extraction cavity is configured to couple with the insertion/extraction instrument. The insertion/extraction cavity defines an insertion/extraction cavity axis which, when projected onto a coronal plane including the proximal stem axis, is not parallel with the proximal stem axis. The insertion/extraction instrument includes a distal end portion configured to couple with the insertion/extraction cavity. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094924 | ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS - A method for making an orthopaedic implant, the method comprising: characterizing at least a portion of a bone corresponding to the bone to be replaced, said corresponding bone being on the contralateral side of the patient; providing a model of the orthopaedic implant based on a mirror image of the contralateral bone; and forming the orthopaedic implant based on the model. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094925 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF POSITIONING AN ACETABULAR PROSTHETIC COMPONENT - An orthopaedic surgical instrument and method for positioning an acetabular prosthetic component in a patient's surgically-prepared acetabulum is disclosed. The orthopaedic surgical instrument has a base configured to engage the patient's pelvis, a first linkage pivotally coupled to the base, a locking mechanism operable to lock the first linkage in position relative to the base, and a second linkage removably coupled to the first linkage. The second linkage has an alignment axis corresponding to a desired abduction angle and a desired anteversion angle of the acetabular axis of the acetabular prosthetic component. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094926 | ORTHOPAEDIC HIP PROSTHESIS HAVING FEMORAL STEM COMPONENTS WITH VARYING A/P TAPER ANGLES - A femoral prosthesis for use during performance of a hip replacement procedure includes a plurality of femoral stem components in a range of various sizes and a plurality of femoral head component in a range of various sizes. The anterior/posterior stem taper angle of the femoral stem component varies across its range of sizes. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094927 | Joint Prosthesis with Polymeric Articulation Interface - A hip arthroplasty prosthesis for treating a patient condition includes a stem portion configured to penetrate into the bone of a femur of the patient, and includes a head portion formed of a polymeric material and being fixedly attached to the stem portion. The head portion may include a spherical portion with a diameter sized to match the diameter of an acetabulum of an adult patient in a manner permitting the acetabulum to interface with and articulate relative the head portion over a distributed portion of the head portion. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094928 | SYSTEMS FOR INDUCING FLUID FLOW TO STIMULATE TISSUE GROWTH - Provided are apparatuses, systems, and methods for treating tissue at a tissue site in a mammal that includes a scaffold adapted to be disposed adjacent to the tissue site and to be fluidly coupled to a blood vessel of the mammal for receiving blood therefrom. Additionally, a scaffold is provided that includes a charged surface comprising a streaming potential. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094929 | INSERTION DEVICE FOR PLASTIC STENT - An insertion device for a plastic stent includes an operation unit which is operated to move a movable wire forward or backward, a tip portion connected to an end of the movable wire, a tube connected to the operation unit, and a plurality of expanding members which are connected between a plurality of tip end portions of the tip portion in an alternate manner. The expanding member is made of soft or flexible material so that it is contracted in a longitudinal direction and expanded in a radial direction when the tip portion is moved backward. Because the expanding members are expanded in diameter when the movable wire is moved backward by the operation of the operation unit, an external surface of the expanding member comes into contact with an internal surface of the plastic stent and is securely held by the internal surface of the plastic stent. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094930 | CENTRIFUGE - Centrifuges are useful to, among other things, remove red blood cells from whole blood and retain platelets and other factors in a reduced volume of plasma. Platelet rich plasma (PRP) and or platelet poor plasma (PPP) can be obtained rapidly and is ready for immediate injection into the host. Embodiments may include valves, operated manually or automatically, to open ports that discharge the excess red blood cells and the excess plasma into separate receivers while retaining the platelets and other factors in the centrifuge chamber. High speeds used allow simple and small embodiments to be used at the patient's side during surgical procedures. The embodiments can also be used for the separation of liquids or slurries in other fields such as, for example, the separation of pigments or lubricants. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094931 | REINFORCED TISSUE GRAFT - A biocompatible tissue graft is provided. The tissue graft includes an extracellular matrix patch and a means for reinforcing the patch. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094932 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING AGAINST NEUROMAS - The subject invention provides devices and methods for alleviating discomfort associated with neuroma formation. The devices and methods of the invention effectively use the body's natural response of reconstructing implanted biomaterials to minimize the size of, isolate, and protect a neuroma. In preferred embodiments, the subject device is a cylindrical cap, wherein the internal chamber of the cylindrical cap physically partitions the nerve to enable an arrangement of nerve fibers (as opposed to haphazardly arranged nerve fibers often produced in neuromas). In addition, the cap's material remodels into a tissue cushion after implantation, which protects the neuroma from being stimulated and inducing pain. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094933 | PCH THERMAL SENSOR DYNAMIC SHUTDOWN - Particular embodiments described herein provide for a system, such as a computing system, that includes a processor operable to execute instructions associated with the electronic code, a thermal sensor operable to measure a temperature associated with a device, and a controller in communication with the thermal sensor. The controller is configured to receive an activity status associated with the processor, and receiving a temperature output value representative of a measured temperature associated with the device from the thermal sensor. The controller is further configured to provide a disable signal to the thermal sensor based upon the activity status indicating that the processor is in a reduced activity state and that the temperature output value is less than or equal to a predetermined temperature threshold value. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094934 | CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM CONTAINING THE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a control device for a serial network protocol controller configured to selectively disable control of a parameter of a controllable media device by at least one channel while the serial network protocol controller continues to transmit the at least one channel to the at least on serial network protocol controllable media device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094935 | SYSTEM AND SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD - An object is to provide a system in which components can overall operate in concert with one another by using only functions about the components, without using the theory of probability. The system includes a plurality of function blocks correlated to one another. The plurality of function blocks each include: a storing unit including an evaluation function that is associated with its own function block; a profit maximization control unit for adjusting the operation level of its own function block by information about the evaluation function of another of the plurality of function blocks that has a relation with its own function block; an activation/shutdown problem solution control unit for adjusting a suppression of the operation level by profit maximization control based on an active state/shutdown state of its own function block; and a restraint condition fulfillment control unit for adjusting the operation level of its own function block based on a restraint condition that is to be fulfilled by its own function block and all of the plurality of function blocks together. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094936 | Multi-function touch screen wall switch with video sensor system, wifi connectivity, and other integrated sensor systems - A method is provided to simplify programmable control of and/or other electrical devices of at least a portion of at least one room in a building structure. A multi-touch flat panel switch with integrated sensors is adapted to e mounted in a receptacle in the building structure. The switch is Wi-Fi enabled so that function can be controlled by devices connected over a local area network or the Internet. The switch includes a multi-touch screen, sensors (photographic camera, microphone, speaker, infra-red, motion, proximity, temperature) and at least one microprocessor. Signals from the sensors are utilized to control a connected fixture and/or other electrical device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094937 | Control Device - A control device for a process, in which a controlled variable can be influenced with the aid of a plurality of different regulating units, which in particular are based on different physical principles. A set point and the controlled variable are fed to both a first controller and a second controller. The first controller is located as primary controller in automatic operation and has a regulating range of the first manipulated variable that is defined by limiting values. The second controller can be switched between automatic operation and tracking operation, in which the controller generates a predefined or predefinable constant value of the second manipulated variable. By means of a logic circuit, the second controller is switched to automatic operation if a limiting value of the first manipulated variable is reached, and otherwise to tracking operation. Advantageously, by means of the control device, a plurality of regulating units which have the same direction of action can be operated fully automatically and autonomously. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094938 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING TUNING PARAMETERS OF A CONTROLLER - A method and system for updating tuning parameters associated with a controller without repetitive compilation of a controller code. The controller code represents an algorithm associated with the controller and can be compiled separately from a data set representing a solution for an optimization problem and also from a data set representing parameters required for prediction. The algorithm can be implemented in a programming language code suitable for implementation on an embedded platform or other types of computer platforms. The data sets can be represented in a specified data structure and the variables associated with the data structure can be declared in the controller template code. The variables can be updated independently without varying the compiled code associated with the controller algorithm that is referring to the variables. The controller can also be updated while the controller actively performs online. Such an approach enables repetitive tuning of the controller without repetitive compilation of the code representing the controller algorithm. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094939 | Industrial Control System With Position Offsets Embedded In Remote Devices - An industrial control system provides for distributed processing of position related signals by remote I/O modules to correct for spatial offsets of sensors or actuators associated with the I/O modules, the latter which may receive position data and may correct timing signals detected at the I/O modules according to a stored position offset within the I/O modules. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTION OF A MODE OF MOTION - A method includes processing sensor data received from one or more sensors based on the one or more signatures to produce processed data and determining a mode of motion associated with a movement of a user based on the processed data. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094941 | Physical Activity Feedback Systems and Methods - We have disclosed systems and methods for providing outputs to an individual during a physical activity. The methods may include generating performance data based on an individual's performance during the physical activity, providing a first output based on performance data to the individual during the physical activity via a first output device, determining that a second output based on the performance data should be provided to the individual via a second output device that is different than the first output device, and providing the second output to the individual during the physical activity via the second output device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094942 | DETERMINATION OF CUSTOM INFORMATION BASED ON GOLFER PERFORMANCE DATA - The present embodiments relate to the determination of custom information based on golfer performance data. In one embodiment, a device receives round information that identifies a round of golf of a user. Based at least in part on the round information, at least one performance category exception based on a performance category criterion is determined. At least one content item from a plurality of content items is selected based on the at least one performance category exception. A custom report is generated that identifies the at least one performance category exception and includes the at least one content item. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094943 | Audio Content Playback Management - Systems and methods are provided for adding audio content to a playback queue. In one example, a method involves receiving a request to add automated streaming audio content to a particular playback position in a playback queue. The playback queue may indicate a plurality of audio content and a corresponding playback position associated with each of the plurality of audio content for playback. The method further involves determining a playback duration for the automated streaming audio content, adding the automated streaming audio content to the playback queue at the particular playback position, and causing the automated streaming audio content to be rendered at the particular playback position in the playback queue for the determined playback duration. The automated streaming audio content may include discrete automated streaming audio content and/or continuous automated streaming audio content. Respective examples for adding discrete and continuous automated streaming audio content are also provided. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094944 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS PLAYBACK OF AUDIO TRACKS FROM A PLURALITY OF DIGITAL DEVICES - A method for simultaneous playback of audio tracks from digital transceiver devices, which are adapted to define a communication network. The digital devices store audio tracks to be played. One of the digital devices is actuated as a Master device (M) and the remaining N digital devices as Slave devices. The master device generates a pilot signal by selecting a pilot audio track to be played from among stored audio tracks and by adding a synchronization frequency (f | 2014-04-03 |
20140094945 | MANUFACTURING SYSTEM WITH INTERCHANGEABLE TOOLING HEADS AND TOOLING NESTS - A manufacturing center configured for use with a plurality of tools and a plurality of nests. The manufacturing center includes a base configured for coupling with one of the plurality of nests. The base includes a base electrical connector. The manufacturing center also includes an arm configured for coupling with one of the plurality of tools. The arm has an end movable with respect to the base, and the end includes an arm electrical connector. A controller is operable to control movement of the arm and is in communication with the base electrical connector and the arm electrical connector. The controller is operable to identify which one of the plurality of tools is coupled with the arm and which one of the plurality of nests is coupled with the base at least in part by way of communication with the arm electrical connector and the base electrical connector. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094946 | ONLINE RECIPE SYNCHRONIZATION IN A REAL-TIME BATCH EXECUTIVE ENVIRONMENT - A method of executing a batch process in a manufacturing environment according to a product recipe, such that the product recipe specifies a plurality of actions and a plurality of parameters, includes performing at least one action of the batch process corresponding to a first version of the product recipe, receiving a second version of the product recipe, such that the second version of the product recipe is distinct from the first version of the product recipe, suspending the execution of the batch process prior to completion of the batch process, and resuming the execution of the batch process according to the second version of the product recipe. | 2014-04-03 |
20140094947 | RECIPE COMMAND STEPS AND RECIPE INPUTS FROM EXTERNAL LOGIC - A method of generating a product recipe for execution by a batch process in an automated manufacturing environment, such the product recipe is associated with a plurality of actions, a set of transitions, and a set of parameters, and such that the plurality of actions define a plurality of logical levels including a phase level at which the batch process interacts with equipment, includes receiving a procedure definition specifying the plurality of actions, receiving a transaction definition specifying the set of transitions so that each one in the set of transitions is associated with two or more of the plurality of actions, and receiving the set of parameters. Receiving the set of parameters includes receiving at least one dynamic input parameter that resolves to a value without obtaining the value from the product recipe or an operator prompt associated at the phase level of the product recipe. | 2014-04-03 |