20th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090125041 | Surgical Mesh, Mesh Introducing and Placing Devices and Methods - The present invention relates generally to surgical mesh, and in particular to the manner in which the mesh is pre-rolled, which allows its insertion to the abdominal cavity, and its comfortable lead and spread to its proper location for every average surgeon, and to devices and methods of its application. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125042 | MAGNETIC ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED DELIVERY - A magnet assembly for a magnetic anastamosis device is provide that is minimally invasive, easily and quickly delivered, and is accurately positioned to improve the delivery procedure. The magnet assembly includes an elongated hub and a plurality of magnetic members disposed over the elongated hub. The elongated hub is formed of a resilient or shape memory material, permitting the magnet assembly to be operable between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration. In this manner, the package width of the magnet assembly is greatly reduced for delivery, thereby permitting delivery over a wire guide as well as through an access device such as a catheter. Associated delivery procedures and medical devices are also provided. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125043 | TETHERED COIL FOR TREATMENT OF BODY LUMENS - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for removable of undesired material from body lumens. The apparatus may be used for fragmenting or removing a thrombus or occlusion from a blood vessel. The apparatus includes first shape segments and second shape segments connected to form a coiled member. A longitudinally extending tether is positioned inside the first shape segments and outside the second shape segments along the length of the coil. Applying a proximal force on the tether produces a change in the shape of at least a portion of the coil from a first generally linear configuration to a second complex three dimensional shape. A method of using the apparatus to engage and remove, or fragment, the thrombus or occlusion is disclosed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125044 | Treatment of Coronary Stenosis - The invention describes includes a device and method for dilating a coronary arterial stenosis and for creating a transection in the myocardium. The transection creates a new artery composed partially of the old artery and partially of the normal healing tissue and myocardium. Several dilating means are described, as well as several cutting means and alignment means by which the cutting means may be located and properly oriented. In operation, the dilating means, cutting means and alignment means are advanced in the distal end of a catheter, which may be guided into position by a guidewire. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125045 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ABLATION OF OCCLUSIONS WITHIN BLOOD VESSELS - Wire systems for the ablation of occlusions within blood vessels are provided. Systems include one or more wires configured for percutaneous insertion in a blood vessel, the wires configured to ablate an occlusion within the blood vessel. In some embodiments, a wire is gradually tapered near its distal end so that it can be used to pierce occlusions. In some cases, it may be used to dilate existing microchannels within occlusions. In some embodiments, a capture device is inserted towards the occlusion from either the same or opposite side as the tapered wire, and is used to draw the wire through the occlusion. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125046 | Method for treating obstructed paranasal frontal sinuses - A set of sinus balloon catheters are provided for treating a patient's paranasal sinus system, including dilating prepared openings, and natural ostia and ducts and excising sinus cavities. These include a balloon catheter with a bend placing a distal segment at 90 degrees to a proximal segment and a balloon catheter which is substantially straight. The catheters have sufficient stiffness and column strength that the balloon carrying distal segment of the catheter can be pushed into the prepared opening, natural ostium or duct, or sinus to be excised. The catheters have appropriate inflated working diameters and appropriate outer diameters with the balloon deflated that will enable the catheter to be pushed into the respective prepared opening, natural ostium or duct, or sinus cavity to be excised. The methods use the balloon catheters to dilate prepared openings to selected parts of the sinus system, to dilate natural ostia and ducts of the sinus system, and/or to dilate sinus cavities to remove them. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125047 | Tissue splitter - A tissue splitter for creating a subcutaneous cut is disclosed. The tissue splitter includes a retractable blade located at the distal end. The tissue splitter is configured to be insertable into a slotted cannula that is placed via an incision to a location proximate a patient's spine. An actuator at the proximal end of the instrument projects the blade located at the distal end from its retracted state through the slot of the cannula to an extracted state to subcutaneously cut tissue at a location outside the cannula. The instrument is configured such that the blade is movable inside the slot of the cannula by a distance such that the cut created by the blade remains subcutaneous and does not puncture the skin of the patient. The distance is adjustable for the size and depth of the cut and is limited by an adjustment collar. The tissue splitter is ideally suited for creating a pathway for the subcutaneous insertion and implantation of a spinal stabilization rod between two bone anchors placed in vertebral bodies. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125048 | LANCING DEVICE WITH INDEPENDENT DRIVE CORE - A medical lancing device including an independent drive core mechanism incorporating all or a substantial portion of the functional components of the lancing device, whereby the independent drive core mechanism can be incorporated into multiple different external housing configurations for more efficient design and manufacture. Axial adjustment of the position of the independent drive core mechanism within the housing provides lancing penetration depth control. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125049 | POWER SUPPLY FOR A TATTOO MACHINE - A power supply that includes a housing for retaining the electronic components needed to operate a tattoo machine. The housing includes a first region in which the tattooing controls are located and a second region that includes a display screen. The first and second regions are separated from each so that a plastic covering can be drawn over only the first region to protect the tattooing controls while leaving the display screen unobscured. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125050 | Intradermal device introducing method and apparatus - A plurality of different intradermal needle penetration application techniques, preferably both of a powered and non-powered application type, are featured that enable a wide variety of applications with preferably only a single needle device that includes a plurality of needles with preferably a single tip slope edge arranged at a gentle slant, preferably a 30-35° slant, or a plurality of such sloped needle tip edges. The needle arrangement enables the needle set to enter at the same time the skin of the subject to an equal desired depth in consistent fashion. The same needle device can be used for point marking, lining and shading with ease. The application processes include use of a plurality of the provided application techniques preferably in a favored order of application and intermixing the point, lining and/or shading techniques to achieve a highly efficient and rapid application process. Also, a holder tip is provided which preferably has outlet edging that extends or extend parallel with the needle tip line edge(s) of the needle device. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125051 | COMBINATION COIL AND LIQUID EMBOLIC FOR EMBOLIZATION - A system and method for treating a target site (e.g., vascular aneurysm), the system including an occlusive member (e.g., a coil) configured to be positioned within the target site, the occlusive member comprising a first reactant disposed thereon. The system further includes a second reactant that is introduced within the target site in close proximity to the occlusive member (e.g., using a same delivery device used to deliver the occlusive member to the target site), wherein a polymer filling may be formed by reacting the first reactant with the second reactant, the polymer filling helping to anchor the occlusive member within the target site. In one embodiment, the first reactant includes a prepolymer while the second reactant includes an activator. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125052 | NASAL DILATOR - A nasal dilator consisting of an elongated elastically flexible element of plastic material having a layer of dermocompatible adhesive material applied onto a first surface thereof at each of its ends. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125053 | ANEURYSM NECK BRIDGING PROCESSES WITH REVASCULARIZATION SYSTEMS METHODS AND PRODUCTS THEREBY - Devices, methods and systems facilitate and enable vessel wall treatment, particularly at the neck of an aneurysm. A tethered cage-like structure functions in conjunction with supplemental therapies such as a vaso-occlusive coil delivering microcatheter system and/or pharmaceutical delivery, among other things, by stabilizing vessel walls and providing tethered cage-like therapeutic support for treating aneurysms, temporarily or on an implantable basis. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125054 | VASO-OCCLUSIVE COILS WITH NON-OVERLAPPING SECTIONS - A vaso-occlusive implant has a primary helical-coil shape that defines a primary axis and a three-dimensional secondary shape. The secondary shape includes a substantially helical section and a second section having a plurality of non-overlapping loops or loop sections. Each loop defines a plane that is oriented at an angle from about 30-150 degrees relative to a plane defined by an immediately preceding or immediately succeeding loop along the primary axis. The coil sections or loops can be generally circular loops or other smooth shapes. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125055 | TELESCOPINGLY ADJUSTABLE CLAMP - A telescopingly adjustable clamp for securing an object to a support may include an anchor rod with a plurality of circumferentially extending grooves which define at least one barrier wall. A positioning member defines a receptacle that receives a portion of the anchor rod and allows motion of the anchor rod relative to the positioning member in the receptacle. The positioning member includes a positioning tab that projects into the receptacle and is sized and shaped to be received in one of the grooves. The positioning member supports a clamping member that extends generally radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the anchor rod. Relative movement of the anchor rod and the positioning member changes the distance between the clamping member and the object. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125056 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUNCTURE CLOSURE - Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided for use in closing punctures in vessel walls. An apparatus may have various combinations of an anchoring device, a positioning device and a heating element for closing a puncture within a vessel wall. An anchoring device may be a balloon, an expansible cage, a wire operated T-anchor, and/or a floating anchor. A positioning device may be a balloon, a sponge, and/or an expansible cage. A heating element may be flexible or rigid and preferably provides heat to target tissue through conduction and convection. A heating element may be flat-ended or dome-shaped. The heating element and anchoring device may be positioned a fixed distance apart to sandwich tissue between the heating element and the anchoring device. The heating element may operate in multiple stages. An initial stage may non-permanently adhere the heating element to the tissue and the subsequent stage may close the puncture. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125057 | Fan-Shaped Cannula For Sealing Ophthalmic Incisions - A device for delivering an incision sealant includes a housing, a seal, and a cannula. The housing at least partially encloses a chamber that holds a quantity of a sealant. The seal is located on one end of the housing and contains the sealant in the chamber. Likewise, a similar seal may be located at the tip end of the fan-shaped cannula. The cannula is fluidly coupled to the chamber, is disposed along an axis, and has a generally fan-shaped end. The generally fan-shaped end has a top surface and an opening for dispensing the sealant. The shape of the generally fan-shaped end is configured to apply sealant to an incision geometry or to conform to the geometry of an eye. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125058 | LEAD STABILIZER WITH RETENTION FEATURES - An anchoring device for anchoring a medical lead implanted in a patient includes a substantially elongate, hollow, tubular, and elastically compressible body. The body has a longitudinal axis, a groove formed circumferentially about the body for receiving a suture and an inner bore forming a recessed portion. The anchoring device also has a surrounding portion adjacent the recessed portion, where the recessed portion has increased retention characteristics on a medical lead relative to the surrounding portion of the inner bore. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125059 | COMPRESSION MEMBER SUTURE SLEEVE - An implantable medical system includes a medical lead including an insulating sheath and a conductor and an anchoring device. The anchoring device defines an inner lumen adapted to coaxially receive the medical lead, where the inner lumen has an effective diameter. The anchoring device includes a sleeve including a substantially elongate body defining an outer surface and an inner bore. The anchoring device also has a compression member including a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion between the first and second ends. The compression member is at least partially embedded in the sleeve such that compression of the first and second ends of the compression member toward one another causes the effective diameter of at least a portion of the inner lumen of the anchoring device to reversibly increase. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125060 | COMPRESSION CONTROL LEAD ANCHORING DEVICE - An implanted medical system includes a medical lead, an anchoring device and at least one suture secured circumferentially about the anchoring device to cause compression of the anchoring device on the medical lead. In particular, the anchoring device is received coaxially over the medical lead and includes an elastomeric sleeve and a compression governor. The elastomeric sleeve has a substantially elongate, hollow, and tubular body. The compression governor is substantially more rigid than the elastomeric sleeve and is coaxially secured to the elastomeric sleeve. The compression governor defines an inner bore having an effective diameter and is adapted to limit compression at a pre-selected minimum effective diameter to limit compressive forces exerted on the lead by the anchoring device. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125061 | PRE-SELECTED COMPRESSION LEAD ANCHORING DEVICE - An implantable medical system for anchoring a medical lead implanted in a patient includes a medical lead, an anchoring device received coaxially over the medical lead, and at least one fastener secured circumferentially about the anchoring device to cause compression of the anchoring device on the medical lead. The anchoring device includes an elastomeric sleeve having a substantially elongate, hollow, and tubular body and a compression governor coaxially secured about the elastomeric sleeve. The compression governor is adapted to limit compressive forces exerted on the lead by the anchoring device at a predetermined limit and provides a visual indicator that the predetermined limit has been reached. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125062 | SPINAL IMPLANT HAVING A POST-OPERATIVE ADJUSTABLE DIMENSION - A spinal implant including first spinal attachment member for attaching to a first spinal portion, second spinal attachment member for attaching to a second spinal portion, and a post-implantation variable dimension device disposed between the first and second spinal attachment members, which is operable after completing surgery in which said spinal implant was installed into a patient, to cause relative movement between the first and second spinal attachment members. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125063 | Dynamic Spine Stabilizer - A dynamic spine stabilizer moves under the control of spinal motion providing increased mechanical support within a central zone corresponding substantially to the neutral zone of the injured spine. The dynamic spine stabilizer includes a support assembly and a resistance assembly associated with the support assembly. The resistance assembly generates greater increase in mechanical force during movement within the central zone and lesser increase in mechanical force during movement beyond the central zone. A method for using the stabilizer is also disclosed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125064 | POSTERIOR-MEDIAL FACET SUPPORT ASSEMBLY - A facet support assembly including at least one rod including an upper portion rigidly fixed to a spinal fastener, and a lower portion configured to support an inferior articular process, wherein when the spinal fastener is secured to a pedicle of a lumbar vertebra, the lower portion of the at least one rod abuts against and supports the inferior articular process of the same lumbar vertebra. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125065 | Vertebra connection member and nut driver - A vertebra connection member has: a screw member that is screwed in a vertebra; a connector member that connects a rod and the screw member; a first nut member that fixes the screw member and connector member; a second nut member that prevents the loosening of the first nut member; and a fixing member that fixes the rod and connector member. The first and second nut members are formed to have a cylindrical shape; and engagement concave portions of a concave curved shape are formed in the outer peripheral surface of the nut members from the rear ends in the screw-in direction to the front ends in the screw-in direction, in the direction in which the nut members are screwed onto the second male portion. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125066 | FACET STABILIZATION SCHEMES - The present invention relates to methods of stabilizing a facet joint, wherein the facet joint comprises an inferior articular facet of the superior level, a superior articular facet of the inferior level, and an interfacet space that is defined between the opposing faces of the inferior and superior articular facets. These methods of stabilization may be achieved through a variety of applications and devices. In addition, the stabilization may be provided with various degrees of compression sufficient to stabilize the facet joint. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125067 | IN-LINE OCCIPITAL PLATE AND METHOD OF USE - Various embodiments of an implantable spinal fixation device are provided herein. In general, the device can include an elongate member having a first end and a second end having a center-line extending therebetween. Further, the elongate member can include any number of bone screw receiving thru-hole(s) positioned proximate (e.g., along or offset from) the center of the elongate member. Further, the device can include a position-adjustable coupling element proximate the thru-hole(s), and configured to releasably engage a spinal fixation element. Additionally, methods of occipital coupling of a spinal fixation element are provided herein. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125068 | Apparatus for Dynamic External Fixation of Distal Radius and Wrist Fractures - The fixator is an apparatus for repairing fractures of the distal radius and wrist. Distal, pivot, distraction, and radial members provide an anatomically contoured, radiolucent apparatus that permits the wrist to move through a substantially normal range of motion. A means for distraction of the bones by the fixator is also provided. The fixator may be affixed to the lower arm and hand by spaced-apart elongate distal mounting pins with lower ends adapted or mounting in tile metacarpal bone and by spaced-apart elongate radial mounting pins with lower ends adapted for mounting in the radius. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125069 | Fracture Fixation Plates for the Distal Humerus - A system for the internal fixation of a fractured bone of an elbow joint of a patient includes at least one bone plate, each bone plate having a plurality of holes and generally configured to fit an anatomical surface of the fractured bone. The at least one plate is adapted to be customized to the shape of a patient's bone. The system also includes a plurality of fasteners including at least one locking fastener for attaching the bone plate to the bone. At least one of the holes is a threaded hole. Guides for plate benders, drills, and/or K-wires can be pre-assembled to the threaded holes, and the locking fastener can lock into any of the threaded holes after the guides are removed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125070 | Fracture Fixation Plate for the Coronoid of the Proximal Ulna - A system for the internal fixation of a fractured bone of an elbow joint of a patient includes at least one bone plate, each bone plate having a plurality of holes and generally configured to fit an anatomical surface of the fractured bone. The at least one plate is adapted to be customized to the shape of a patient's bone. The system also includes a plurality of fasteners including at least one locking fastener for attaching the bone plate to the bone. At least one of the holes is a threaded hole. Guides for plate benders, drills, and/or K-wires can be pre-assembled to the threaded holes, and the locking fastener can lock into any of the threaded holes after the guides are removed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125071 | SHAPE-CHANGING ANATOMICAL ANCHOR - A shape-changing anatomical anchor includes an activation means arranged to convert the anchor from a de-activated state to an activated state, and one or more members which extend away from the activation means and thereby change the shape of the anchor when the anchor is activated. The anchor is installed within bone and/or soft tissue when de-activated; when activated, the shape change acts to increase the force with which the anchor is retained within the tissue in which it is installed. Both piloted and non-piloted versions are described. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125072 | Surgical bone screw construction - A surgical bone screw includes an elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, a threaded portion on the circumference of the body, and a passage extending between the proximal and the distal ends of the body. An electrical conductor is disposed in the passage between the proximal and the distal ends of the screw body. The conductor has a first terminal at the proximal end and a second terminal at the distal end. The conductor and both of the terminals are electrically insulated from surrounding portions of the screw body. When the screw is driven into bone tissue and a stimulating current is applied to the first terminal, the current is directed substantially through the conductor to flow into tissue adjacent to the second terminal at the distal end, without shunting by other tissue that surrounds the screw body. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125073 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SURGICAL CLAMPING - The invention concerns a clamp, especially a surgical clamp, with a left clamp half to receive a left half of a breastbone during a surgical procedure, a right clamp half to receive a right half of the breastbone, as well as a first toothed rod and a detent mechanism engaging in the first toothed rod to secure the left clamp half at a distance from the right clamp half, wherein the detent mechanism engaging in the first toothed rod has a detent region extending at least from the left clamp half to the right clamp half. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125074 | MODULAR MEDICAL DEVICE, BASE UNIT AND MODULE THEREOF, AND AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED), METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING AND USING THE AED - A modular automated external defibrillator (AED) system includes a base unit and at least one interconnected module. The base unit typically includes a functional circuit and includes an interface that couples the functional circuit to the module. Likewise, the module includes an interface that couples the module to the base unit By manufacturing such modular AED models instead of one-piece, i.e., integrated, AED models, a manufacturer can reduce the cost and complexity of its manufacturing process. Furthermore, the manufacturer may be able to bring such a modular AED to market more quickly than it could bring an integrated model of the AED to market. Moreover, a modular AED allows the manufacturer and customer flexibility in respectively providing and selecting feature sets. In addition, a customer can obtain replacements for broken modules, and the manufacturer can provide cheaper upgrades by upgrading a module or base unit instead of upgrading the entire AED. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125075 | Method and Apparatus for Beat Alignment and Comparison - Methods of using a template having a template data set and template parameters to provide improved alignment of captured cardiac signal data to a stored template. More particularly, in an illustrative method, a captured cardiac signal is first configured using template parameters for a stored template. Then, once configured, the captured cardiac signal is then compared to the stored template. Other embodiments include implantable cardiac treatment devices including operational circuitry configured to perform the illustrative method. In a further embodiment, more than one stored templates may be used. Each template can have independently constructed parameters, such that a single captured cardiac signal may be configured using first parameters for comparison to a first template, and using second parameters for comparison to a second template. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125076 | SYSTEM FOR NEURAL THERAPY - This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for calculating a neural stimulation energy at an external patient management (EPM) system using received information about a chemical characteristic indicative of a physiological state of a subject. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125077 | BIVENTRICULAR CARDIAC STIMULATOR - An implantable cardiac stimulator ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090125078 | SELECTING CARDIAC PACING SITES - A method for selecting a cardiac pacing site includes steps of: securing first and second electromagnetic receiver coils at first and second positions, respectively, along a heart wall; collecting a set of non-paced heart wall motion data from each of the coils secured at the corresponding positions; applying cardiac pacing stimulation at at least one first pacing site; collecting a first set of paced heart wall motion data from each of the secured coils; comparing the non-paced heart wall motion data to the first set of paced heart wall motion data; and determining, based on the comparing, whether to maintain pacing at the at least one first cardiac pacing site or to apply pacing stimulation at a second pacing site for collection of a second set of paced heart wall motion data. The at least one first pacing site may include a right ventricular site and a left ventricular site. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125079 | ALTERNATIVE OPERATION MODE FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE BASED UPON LEAD CONDITION - The present invention provides for a method, apparatus, and system for determining an adverse operational condition associated with a lead assembly in an implantable medical device used for providing a therapeutic electrical signal to a cranial nerve. A first impedance associated with the lead assembly configured to provide the therapeutic electrical signal to a cranial nerve is detected. A determination is made as to whether the first impedance is outside a first predetermined range of values. A second impedance is detected. The detection of the second impedance is performed within a predetermined period of time from the time of the detection of the first impedance. A determination is made as to whether the second impedance is outside a second predetermined range of values. A determination that a lead condition problem exists is made in response to a determination that the first is outside the first predetermined range of values and second impedance is outside the second predetermined range of values. The implantable medical device is prevented from providing the therapeutic electrical signal to the cranial nerve in response to determining that the lead condition problem exists. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125080 | INTRAVENTRICULAR ELECTRODES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE BRAIN - An electrode—preferably an anode (current sink)—is implanted within a ventricle of the brain so that the cerebrospinal fluid therein, which is highly conductive, effectively makes the ventricle a conductive extension of the anode. An opposing electrode (i.e., a cathode) can then be situated within or outside the brain (e.g., extradurally) so that a portion of the brain to be electrically stimulated is situated between the electrodes. The electrodes can then be energized at appropriate frequencies and current/voltage levels to apply the desired stimulation, in a manner similar to preexisting Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Extradural Motor Cortex Stimulation (EMCS), and other electrical brain stimulation procedures. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125081 | Cochlear Implant Stimulation Artifacts - An artifact monitoring stimulation system and corresponding method are described. An implantable electrode stimulator applies an electrical stimulation pulse to target tissue using implantable electrode contacts. An artifact monitor module monitors the electrode contacts during and after the stimulation pulse to observe an artifact signal resulting from the stimulation pulse to determine a operating characteristic associated with the stimulation system, the stimulated tissue and/or electrode-electrolyte interface properties. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125082 | Pulsatile cochlear implant stimulation strategy - An implantable device includes a multi-channel electrode array in which each channel is associated with an electrode in the array. An audio processing stage processes an input audio signal to produce output channel signals representing associated bands of audio frequencies. A timing and envelope detector processes the output channel signals in a sequence of sampling intervals, including, for each sampling interval, determining for each output channel signal: i. a set of requested pulse timings containing a plurality of pulse timing requests, and ii. a set of corresponding envelope signals representing pulse magnitude for pulse timing requests. A pulse selection amplitude definition stage determines for each set of requested pulse timings: i. a set of output pulses at specified times selected from the set of requested pulse timings based on a pulse selection inhibition function, and ii. a stimulation amplitude associated with each output pulse. The multi-channel electrode array applies the output pulses at their associated stimulation amplitudes to surrounding tissue. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125083 | Contamination avoiding device - A device for minimizing the absorption of pathogens collected on a person's hands by contact between the hand and the face of said person, includes a barrier placed in the crook of the elbow that limits the flexion of the elbow as the hand approaches the face. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, a proximity sensor is positioned on a part of the person's body to sense and warn the person that a hand is about to touch the face. An audio or visual warning signal or a mechanical or electrical stimulation may be triggered by the output of the sensor. A method is also provided for progressively weaning the person from reliance on said devices. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125084 | Access Control for Implanted Medical Devices - Enhanced security is provided in a system comprising a medical device and a monitoring device. The medical device is configured for implantation into a living organism, and comprises processing circuitry and an interface for communicating with the monitoring device. Access to the medical device by the monitoring device is controlled based on measurement of one or more physiological values of the living organism by at least one of the two devices. In an illustrative embodiment, the medical device and the monitoring device are configured to include respective physiological value sensors for measuring respective dynamic physiological values of the living organism. The medical device is further configured to determine if the dynamic physiological values are sufficiently similar to one another and to grant or deny the monitoring device access to the medical device based on the determination. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125085 | LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR TUBS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE WELL-BEING WITH RELAXATION TECHNIQUES - A lighting system for tubs designed for therapeutic and/or beauty and/or dermatological treatments, or designed to provide well-being with relaxation techniques, comprising rigid tubes made from transparent material, equipped with means for fixing them inside the body of these tubs, the rigid tubes containing a plurality of electronic cards, each comprising lighting elements with variable chromatics. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125086 | Thermotherapy Device - A thermotherapy device worn on a joint that includes a tubular holder composed of a stretchable material and a chemical warmer held in the holder. The holder has an accommodating portion in which the chemical warmer can be placed and removed therefrom, or to which the chemical warmer can be attached. The thermotherapy device can maintain temperatures suitable for thermotherapy for a long period, remains in place despite the motion of the joint, and can hold a heat-generating member in a suitable area. The thermotherapy device is thus effective for use on joints. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125087 | METHOD FOR INDUCING HYPOTHERMIA - Systems for phase-change particulate slurry cooling equipment and methods to induce hypothermia in a patient through internal and external cooling are provided. Subcutaneous, intravascular, intraperitoneal, gastrointestinal, and lung methods of cooling are carried out using saline ice slurries or other phase-change slurries compatible with human tissue. Perfluorocarbon slurries or other slurry types compatible with human tissue are used for pulmonary cooling. And traditional external cooling methods are improved by utilizing phase-change slurry materials in cooling caps and torso blankets. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125088 | Implanting Medical Devices - Systems and techniques for implanting medical devices. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a flexible base member that can be flexed manually to conform to a contour of an anatomy, the base member including a radioscopic indicium that has a characteristic such that, under radioscopic imaging, passage of a skin-penetrating electromagnetic radiation is hindered to an extent that is distinguishable from a hindrance of the electromagnetic radiation by another portion of the base member. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125089 | Implantable Electrophysiology Lead Body - The invention is an electrophysiology lead body comprising two or more longitudinal elements, each having an outer surface, the longitudinal elements comprising electrical insulation material, the electrical insulation material consisting essentially of fluoropolymer; at least one conductor disposed within at least one of the longitudinal elements; and a cover consisting essentially of fluoropolymer, wherein the cover surrounds the longitudinal elements. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125090 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL LEAD - An implantable lead for sensing mechanical activity of a human heart has an insulating polymeric tube extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the lead, an electrical conductor provided in the lumen of the polymeric tube, and a sensor connected to the conductor at the distal end thereof. The polymeric tube is provided with a conductive surface layer along the inner face between the polymeric tube and the electrical conductor, the conductive surface layer being in electrical contact with this conductor. Accumulation of electrical charges between the electric conductor and the polymeric tube is thereby prevented. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125091 | ULTRAWIDEBAND ANTENNA FOR OPERATION IN TISSUE - Method and apparatus for cellular and intracellular manipulation of cell functions with ultrashort electrical pulses and for targeted delivery of the electrical pulses into cell cultures, patients, and tissues. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125092 | METHODS FOR MAKING AN ENCAPSULATED STENT AND INTRALUMINAL DELIVERY THEREOF - A method for making an encapsulated stent includes providing a first seamless unsintered ePTFE tube, providing a second seamless sintered ePTFE tube, positioning a self-expanding stent between the first and second ePTFE tubes to form an assembly, and joining the first ePTFE tube to the second ePTFE tube through openings in a wall of the stent by applying first pressure, and then heat, to the assembly. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125093 | Method and apparatus for introducing expandable intraluminal prosthesis - A stent introducer has a delivery sheath positioned to restrain a self expandable stent. A pull wire is connected with the delivery sheath and extends through a pull wire lumen to enable remote retraction of the delivery sheath. The distal end of the pull wire lumen is associated with a region of weakness in the structure such that the region of weakness is torn on retraction of the delivery sheath. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125094 | SHEATH FOR INTRAVASCULAR INFLATABLE STRUCTURES, FOR EXAMPLE TO EXPAND STENTS - One or more sheaths limit radial expansion of an expansion structure, for example a multi-balloon catheter structure, while not appreciably limiting bending, facilitating the use of flexible stents in tortuous passages to, for example, perform angioplasty and/or expand stents. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125095 | FLEXIBLE STENT GRAFT - A flexible stent graft for deployment in a body vessel at a treatment site includes a tubular body, at least a first portion of which comprises a graft material and a coiled stent comprising a plurality of helical turns with spacings between the turns. The coiled stent is affixed to the graft material of the first portion. The first portion has a first portion diameter and the coiled stent has a helix diameter which is substantially the same as the first portion diameter. The coiled stent comprises a ratio of helical pitch to helix diameter of from about 1:2 to about 1:20, where the helical pitch is the spacing between adjacent turns of the coiled stent. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125096 | Stent Graft With Pins - A stent graft with pins, a stent graft including a tubular graft having a perimeter and a central axis; at least one stent ring operably connected about the perimeter, the stent ring having a plurality of struts connected in a sinusoidal pattern, at least one of the plurality of struts having a hole; and a pin having a free end. The pin is secured in the hole with the free end directed outwardly from the central axis. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125097 | Device and Method for Stent Graft Fenestration in Situ - An anchoring balloon of an anchoring balloon catheter is advanced through the branch vessel to be adjacent to the main stent graft within a main vessel. The anchoring balloon is inflated to center an inner member of the anchoring balloon catheter within the branch vessel and to anchor the anchoring balloon within the branch vessel. A needle assembly is advanced to pierce the graft material of the main stent graft with a needle forming a needle hole in the graft material. A dilator assembly is advanced to dilate the needle hole with a dilator. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125098 | AORTIC VALVE STENT GRAFT - An implantable endoluminal prosthesis for replacing a damaged aortic valve is provided. In one embodiment, the prosthesis includes a balloon-expandable stent, a tubular conduit that extends into the ascending aorta, and a self-expanding stent. The tubular conduit extends across the balloon-expandable stent. The tubular conduit includes an artificial valve. The self-expanding stent extends across the tubular conduit into the ascending aorta. The balloon-expandable stent, the tubular conduit, and the self-expanding stent are coupled to provide unidirectional flow of fluid into the aorta and further into the coronary arteries. Also provided is a method for implanting the endoluminal prosthesis. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125099 | STENT DESIGNS WHICH ENABLE THE VISIBILITY OF THE INSIDE OF THE STENT DURING MRI - A medical device that inhibits distortion of medical resonance images taken of the device. In particular, various structures are utilized to allow visibility proximate, and inside of, a tubular member, such as a stent. In one embodiment, the stent is constructed such that any closed path encircling at least a circumference of the stent will pass through at least two materials to reduce or eliminate electrical loops formed in the stent. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125100 | Intraluminal Bypass Prosthesis and Prosthesis Delivery and Deployment Kit - An intraluminal bypass prosthesis is described and includes a first prosthetic module, a second prosthetic module, and a third prosthetic module. The first and second prosthetic modules each have first and second ends, and a fenestration disposed between the first and second ends. The third prosthetic module has a first end that is sealingly engageable within the first module fenestration and a second end that is sealingly engageable within the second module fenestration. The third prosthetic module has a lumen for providing fluid communication between the first and second prosthetic modules. Additional devices, systems, kits, and methods are described. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125101 | POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - The present invention includes biocompatible polymeric coatings, membranes, matrices, and films to be used with implantable medical devices. Medical devices containing such materials applied to a surface thereof contain a film-forming fluorous homo-polymer or copolymer containing the polymerized residue of a fluorous moiety, wherein the relative amounts of the polymerized residues of one or more moieties are effective to provide the coating and films with properties effective for use in coating implantable med devices. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125102 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING THE INTERNAL CIRCUMFERENCE OF AN ANATOMIC ORIFICE OR LUMEN - An implantable device for controlling the circumference of internal anatomic passages corrects physiologic dysfunctions resulting from a structural lumen which is either too large or too small. Implants are disclosed which employ various means for adjusting and maintaining the size of an orifice to which they are attached. Systems permit the implants to be implanted using minimally invasive procedures and permit final adjustments to the circumference of the implants after the resumption of normal flow of anatomic fluids in situ. Methods are disclosed for using the implants to treat heart valve abnormalities, gastroesophageal abnormalities, anal incontinence, and the like. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125103 | Haemostatic valve - There is disclosed a tri-leaflet valve ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090125104 | Monocusp Valve Design - The disclosure relates to implantable prosthetic valves comprising support frames. The support frames may include a plurality of symmetrically arrayed interconnected U-shaped member structures. Preferred support frames are tubular structures enclosing a longitudinal axis and including a plurality of U-shaped member structures facing a distal or a proximal end of the support frame. Each U-shaped member structure may be connected to a single longitudinally adjacent U-shaped member facing in an opposite longitudinal direction, as well as two laterally adjacent U-shaped members. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125105 | Aspheric intraocular lens and method for making the same - The invention relates to a novel artificial intraocular lens (IOL) and a method for improving such a lens in the field of opthalmology, with surface shape modifications that differ from perfect spherical geometries. The intraocular lens takes into account the natural optical configuration of the human vision apparatus, for example, visual axis tilt and pupil decentration. In addition, the method accounts for potential positioning errors caused by implantation and surgery effects. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125106 | Accommodative Intraocular Lens System - A two optic accommodative lens system wherein at least one of the optics is deformable. When compressed by the capsular bag, the two optics press against each other, deforming at least one of the optics. As a result, the interface where the two optics meet changes shape, thereby altering the refractive power of the lens system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125107 | Interfaced Medical Implant Assembly - A medical implant assembly and method having a medical implant, e.g. a breast prostheses, attached to a biological interface. The biological interface is comprised of a dermal material with capsular contracture inhibiting properties so that once the medical assembly is inserted into the host, the biological interface, which is intimately coupled to the implant, prevents/reduces capsular contracture formation around the implant. The biological interface comprises a plurality of apertures along its periphery, and attaches to the medical implant by receiving a plurality of attachment flaps or appendages located on the exterior surface of the medical implant within or through the apertures. The attachment of the biological interface is such that the assembly remains intact even where the attachment flaps loosen upon expansion of the implant after insertion into a host, as where the implant is therein injected to a desired dimension. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125108 | ARTIFICIAL KNEE IMPLANT INCLUDING LIQUID BALLAST SUPPORTING / ROTATING SURFACES AND INCORPORATING FLEXIBLE MULTI-MATERIAL AND NATURAL LUBRICANT RETAINING MATRIX APPLIED TO A JOINT SURFACE - An artificial joint associated with an implant having a pair of three dimensional and structurally extending bones, each defining a contoured and opposing end face and collectively defining a joint location. A plasticized layer is applied to an end face of each bone and coacts in substantially frictional reducing fashion with an opposing end face of a further selected bone. The plasticized layer further includes at least a plurality of projecting contact locations, between which are defined a network of valleys for receiving, supporting, and distributing a lubricant across a surface area associated with the layer. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125109 | METHOD FOR COATING AN OBJECT - A method for coating an object ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090125110 | SEMI-BIOLOGICAL INTERVERTEBRAL DISC REPLACEMENT SYSTEM - The present invention is a system for a partially biological disc replacement that stimulates natural fibrous, cartilaginous or other tissue growth in the DDD cavity, resulting in a partial biological disc replacement. Multiplicities of fibronous pieces of fibro-cartilaginous tissue promoting material are inserted into the DDD cavity inducing tissue growth. The fibro-cartilaginous tissue | 2009-05-14 |
20090125111 | INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROSTHESIS - An intervertebral-disc prosthesis for insertion into an intervertebral disc compartment has a first and a second constituent element ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090125112 | Prosthetic Intervertebral Discs Implantable By Minimally Invasive, Posterior Approach, Surgical Techniques - The described devices are spinal implants that may be surgically implanted into the spine to replace damaged or diseased discs using a posterior approach. The discs are prosthetic devices that approach or mimic the physiological motion and reaction of the natural disc. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125113 | HYBRID GLENOID FOR SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY - Glenoid prosthesis with a hybrid design (combining both peg and keel designs), and surgical methods for reconstitution of a shoulder joint. The hybrid design combines both peg and keel components into one device. The hybrid glenoid component of a shoulder prosthesis includes an oval body having a concave lateral articulating surface and an opposing convex medial surface. The medial surface is provided with a plurality of pegs and a single inferior protrusion. The pegs are used to attain both a superior location as well as a central location. The inferior protrusion provides stability in the superior-to-inferior translation of the humeral head, as well as rotational articulation of the same. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125114 | KNEE JOINT PROSTHESIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTATION - A system for cooperating with an elongated IM member during preparation of a bone for receiving a prosthesis can include a scaffold, skeleton or frame. An alignment assembly can be selectively coupled to the frame. The alignment assembly can cooperate with the IM member to position the frame relative to the bone. A cutting block can be selectively coupled to the frame. According to other features, a posterior stabilized (PS) box guide assembly can have a PS box guide attachment portion that selectively couples with the first attachment portion of the frame. A posterior foot can selectively couple with a second attachment portion on the frame. The posterior foot can be positioned to occupy space of a joint line in an installed position. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125115 | KNEE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A femoral prosthesis may be formed as a femoral component incorporating a base material and an articulating material. In one exemplary embodiment, the base material is a metal and the articulating material is a polymer. Specifically, the base material provides strength and rigidity to the femoral component, while the articulating material contacts a tibial prosthesis or natural tibia during joint articulation. In one exemplary embodiment, the articulating material forms the articulating surface of one or more condyle portions of the femoral component. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125116 | HINGED JOINT SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and devices for replacement of a joint with a prosthetic system that replicates the natural kinematics of the joint is disclosed. A prosthetic system according to one embodiment includes a tibial component having a tibial plateau and a tibial stem portion, the tibial plateau having a top side and a bottom side, a tibial insert, with a bearing surface adapted to be positioned on the top side of the tibial plateau, a femoral component having a base portion and a central housing, the femoral component having an axis of extension-flexion rotation, the base portion having a pair of condyles, a mechanical linkage component linking the tibial component with the femoral component and with the tibial insert in between the tibial component and the femoral component, so that there is a center of contact between the condyles and the bearing surface, the mechanical linkage component adapted to allow the center of contact to move posteriorly during flexion, provide for the movement of the axis of extension-flexion rotation in the superior-inferior direction, and allow rotation of the tibial component, the bearing surface, and the femoral component about a superior-inferior axis in order to provide and control the natural kinematics of the knee joint. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125117 | LEG ALIGNMENT AND LENGTH MEASUREMENT IN HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY - A CAS system for measuring surgical parameters during hip replacement surgery comprises a first tracking reference in fixed relation with the pelvis to form a frame of reference. A registration tool is trackable. A sensor apparatus tracks the first tracking reference and the registration tool. A controller unit receives tracking data for the first trackable reference and the registration tool. The controller unit has a position and orientation calculator for calculating from the tracking data a position and orientation of the pelvic tracking reference to track the frame of reference, and of the registration tool to produce femoral models at a first and a second sequential operative steps. An alignment adjustor aligns the femoral models with the frame of reference. A surgical parameter calculator calculates surgical parameters as a function of the femoral models as aligned by the alignment adjustor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125118 | PATTERNED MOLD FOR MEDICAL DEVICE - An apparatus and method for imprinting a pattern on a medical device to provide a surface with greater surface area and improved adhesion properties. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125119 | FISTULA GRAFTS AND RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS USEFUL FOR TREATING GASTROINTESTINAL AND OTHER FISTULAE - Described are medical graft products, systems, and methods useful for treating fistulae, particularly enterocutaneous fistulae. Certain products of the invention are configured to have portions residing in and around a primary fistula opening in a wall of the alimentary canal. One such product includes a biocompatible graft body which is configured to block at least the primary opening. The graft body includes a capping member connected to an elongate plug member. The capping member is configured to contact portions of the alimentary canal wall adjacent to the primary opening, and the elongate plug member is configured to extend into at least a portion of the fistula. A graft product of this sort may be particularly adapted to allow a portion of the capping member to be positioned alongside an exterior, lateral surface of the plug member, e.g., when placed in a delivery device lumen. Such a capping member may be hingedly or non-hingedly coupled to the elongate plug member. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125120 | Drainage Devices - A ureteral drainage stent is designed to be placed in a patient's ureter and extend into a patient's bladder. An ureteral drainage stent includes a distal region for placement in the ureter and renal cavity, and a proximal region for placement in a urinary bladder and urethra. The distal region includes an elongated member with multiple lumens and the proximal region includes multiple elongated member, each defining a lumen. At least one lumen in the distal region is in liquid communication with a lumen from the proximal region. At least two of the elongated members in the proximal region are joined at their proximal ends and form a retraction structure, a structure | 2009-05-14 |
20090125121 | ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR PROSTHESIS INCLUDING AXIAL TENSION STRAP ATTACHED TO SOCKET LINER - An attachment system secures a residual limb to an artificial limb in a comfortable and substantially non-rotational manner. The attachment system offers proximal anchoring of the residual limb in a hard socket, by connecting a side surface of a residual limb liner to the side surface of the socket. Preferably, this connection is accomplished using an extension member extending from the liner through a portion of the socket interior, through the socket wall, and attaching to a latch mechanism. The preferred attachment system requires no clearance in the bottom of the socket well because neither the extension member nor the latch mechanism is located between the distal end of the residual limb/liner and the bottom of the well. The attachment system is preferably disposed entirely along the side of the limb and the side of the socket. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125122 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Redundancy In An Industrial Control System - An industrial control system implementing a multi-tasking operating system employs a primary and secondary controller each having a processor and an I/O data table. The processors are configured to execute one or more priority ranked programs. A tracking of changes in the I/O data table of the primary processor is used to independently track changes to controller specific data that has been changed and program specific data that has been changed and to transmit controller specific data that has been changed by any program and program specific data that has been changed only for completed programs to the secondary processor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125123 | Computer having an auto-flipping screen and a method for automatically flipping the screen of the computer - A computer having an auto-flipping screen and a method for automatically flipping the screen of the computer are disclosed. The computer includes a base, a transmission module, and a screen. In the base, there is a motherboard, and the motherboard is installed with a BIOS, a south bridge chip, and a transmission controller. The south bridge chip controls the communication between the BIOS and the transmission controller. The transmission module is controlled by the transmission controller. The screen performs a flipping operation to the base according to the operation of the transmission module. The transmission controller controls the transmission module according to a default value in the BIOS to automatically flip the screen to a location with an angle. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125124 | PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER HAVING MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM BASED SWITCHING - A programmable logic controller is disclosed. The programmable logic controller includes control circuitry integrally arranged with a current path and at least one micro electromechanical system (MEMS) switch disposed in the current path. The programmable logic controller further includes a hybrid arcless limiting technology (HALT) circuit connected in parallel with the at least one MEMS switch facilitating the opening of the at least one MEMS switch. The programmable logic controller also may include a MEMS switch and a voltage sensor for measuring the voltage across the MEMS switch. The MEMS switches are arranged to transmit or receive logic signals. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125125 | INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLER BASED ON DISTRIBUTABLE TECHNOLOGY OBJECTS - A method and system for controlling an industrial controller based on technology objects are disclosed. Technology object types may be loaded and instantiated into the run time system of a controller, thereby increasing the functionality and providing technological scaling of the controller. Technology object types may be loaded in the form of technology packages and a user may use the functionality of the invention directly in a user program. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125126 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MODIFY A RECIPE PROCESS FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM DURING RECIPE EXECUTION - Example methods and apparatus to modify a recipe process flow during recipe execution are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves executing a recipe, and before completion of execution of the recipe, receiving process flow change information indicative of a modification to a process flow of the recipe. Process flow rules are then retrieved from a process flow rules data structure. The recipe process flow is modified based on the process flow change information in response to determining that at least one requested change indicated by the process flow change information does not violate one of the process flow rules. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125127 | SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING UNNECESSARY SHUTDOWN OF A HIGH-PURITY GAS PRODUCTION PLANT - A novel fail-safe temperature monitoring system that can distinguish excessive chemical adsorbent temperature from temperature sensing component failure is provided. This system prevents the gas purifier from shutting down as a result of temperature sensing component failure, and thereby prevents a false shutdown of a high-purity gas production plant. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125128 | Control systems and methods with versioning - Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object. Configuration-time formulas contained objects are evaluated to constants prior to downloading to the control system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125129 | CONTROL SYSTEM CONFIGURATOR AND METHODS WITH EDIT SELECTION - Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object. Configuration-time formulas contained objects are evaluated to constants prior to downloading to the control system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125130 | CONTROL SYSTEM EDITOR AND METHODS WITH LIVE DATA - Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object. Configuration-time formulas contained objects are evaluated to constants prior to downloading to the control system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125131 | CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH COMPOSITE BLOCKS - Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object. Configuration-time formulas contained objects are evaluated to constants prior to downloading to the control system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125132 | Sound Reproducer - When an attenuation process is performed by a digital signal processor | 2009-05-14 |
20090125133 | COMPONENT ARCHITECTURE - An audio server system for streaming audio content has an audio switch that receives commands from an audio control component and sends commands to an audio stream source, that receives events from an audio stream source and sends events to an audio browse list component, and that controls the switching of audio from the audio stream source to one or more receivers; and an audio control component that receives commands from an audio control synchronous component and sends commands to the audio switch. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125134 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ACCESSORY HAVING A TUNER - A method, system, and connector interface for controlling an accessory. The method includes obtaining, by a portable media player, tuning information from the accessory; and controlling, by the portable media player, the accessory based on the tuning information. According to the system and method disclosed herein, the portable media player and accessory may utilize a plurality of commands utilized in a variety of environments such as within a connector interface system environment to control access to the portable media player. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125135 | Simulation Apparatus and Program - In a simulation apparatus, a difference data generation part compares a simulation result of an existing sound generator with a simulation result of a virtual sound generator, and generates difference data representing a difference between the simulation result of the existing sound generator and the simulation result of the virtual sound generator. A characteristic correction part corrects a measurement result of the existing sound generator based on the difference data, and generates virtual sound generator prediction data representing the sound generation characteristic of the virtual sound generator according to the corrected measurement result of the existing sound generator. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125136 | Playback apparatus and playback method - When a music file is played back as a piece of music, a CPU obtains date and time information associated with a music file to be played back, searches among image files memorized in a memory for an image file with which date and time information corresponding to the date and time information is associated, and causes a display unit to play back the searched image file while the music file is being played back. In addition, when an image file is played back as an image, the CPU searches among music files memorized in the memory for a music file with which date and time information corresponding to date and time information associated with an image Pile to be played back is associated, and causes a speaker to play back the searched music file while the image file is being played back. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125137 | Method of Manufacturing an Optical System - The invention relates to a method of calculating an optical system (OS), the optical system (OS) being identified by a function (OF), the optical system (OS) comprising a first part (F | 2009-05-14 |
20090125138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE FREE-FORM OPTIMIZATION OF BEVEL AND HYPOID GEARS - Method for the optimization of the surface geometry or of a variable, dependent on this, or variables, dependent on this, of bevel or hypoid gears for their production on a free-form machine which can be mapped to a free-form basic machine with at most six axes uniquely in a reversible way, even to symmetries, which has a gearwheel to be machined and a tool which are in each case rotatable about an axis, and the tool and the gearwheel to be machined are moveable, preferably displaceable or rotatable, with respect to one another along or about a plurality of axes, the optimization of the surface geometry or of the variable or variables, dependent on this, of the bevel or hypoid gearwheel taking place in that one or more control parameters, which has or have influence on the surface geometry or the variable or variables, dependent on this, of the bevel or hypoid gearwheel, is or are varied by means of a simulation of the gearwheel production process and/or a roll and/or a load-contact analysis on the free-form basic machine, until the surface geometry or the variable or variables, dependent on this, of the bevel or hypoid gearwheel thereby corresponds at least to a predetermined target value. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125139 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER FOR STORING OPERATING HISTORY DURING PATH TABLE OPERATION - During path table operation, date and time information at sampling, the value of the reference signal, the position of an axis controlled in synchronization with the reference signal, and information on the state of the numerical controller are stored, for each predetermined sampling cycle, in buffer as operating history information. The operating history information stored in buffer is then transferred in operating history saving memory when an alarm is generated, and then displayed on a display device. By displaying operating history in this way, the location of the data instructed in path table operation, the state of the numerical controller and the position of the control axis when an alarm is generated can be specified. | 2009-05-14 |
20090125140 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING SILICON OXIDE THICKNESS BETWEEN SIMILAR PROCESS TOOLS - The present invention is one or more implementations is a method of fabricating a semiconductor for improved oxide thickness control, defining a process tool, determining and evaluating performance variables, determining a performance impact factor and thereafter modifying control of the process tool in the fabrication process to operate in direct relation to the determined results of the present invention. The present invention sets forth definitive advantages in reducing engineering time, improving process controls and improving cycle-times. | 2009-05-14 |