| 32nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
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| 20110196428 | Method for stabilizing a spine - Spine stabilization devices, systems and methods are provided in which a single resilient member or spring is disposed on an elongate element that spans two attachment members attached to different spinal vertebrae. The elongate element passes through at least one of the two attachment members, permitting relative motion therebetween, and terminates in a stop or abutment. A second resilient member is disposed on the elongate element on an opposite side of the sliding attachment member, e.g., in an overhanging orientation. The two resilient members are capable of applying mutually opposing urging forces, and a compressive preload can be applied to one or both of the resilient members. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRE-GUIDED PEDICLE SCREW STABILIZATION OF SPINAL VERTEBRAE - An improved system and method for positioning screws and rods to immobilize bones is provided. Specifically, the system and method is optimal for performing transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and other interbody fusions in the spine. The system involves pedicle screws detachably connected to wires that guide rods down to the screws. The wires are strong, narrow, flexible, adjustable in tension, and easily disconnected from the screws after rod placement via a process such as cutting, radiating, burning, dissolving, etc. The use of wires to place the rods avoids the conventional bulky tower apparatuses of the prior art while at the same time enhancing the accuracy of placement. One of the preferred methods involves relying upon the natural lordotic curvature of the spine and the narrow diameter of the wires to insert many elements through a single minimally invasive incision. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196430 | SPINAL FIXATION ASSEMBLY WITH INTERMEDIATE ELEMENT - A novel locking mechanism including a body and intermediate element and a method for locking the relative positions of a rod and a screw. The intermediate element is adapted to receive a rod and a head of a screw and is located between the rod and the head of the screw. The intermediate element has a non-circular shape such that at least one large non-contact area exists when the intermediate element is in contact with the head of the screw and the locking mechanism is fully engaged. The body is adapted to maintain the orientation of the non-circular intermediate element with respect to the body. The body also has at least one structure defining at least one distinct temporary stopping point for the intermediate element above the final locking position. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196431 | CONSTRAINED MOTION BONE SCREW ASSEMBLY - A bone screw assembly includes an anchor portion and a head portion, such as a rod-receiving portion, movably mounted to the anchor portion to allow for controlled angulation between the anchor portion and the head portion. The anchor portion is pivotable in one or more selected directions about an axis relative to the head portion. A restriction member, which may be a rod seat, prevents the anchor portion from pivoting in one or more different directions about another axis relative to the head portion and/or a spinal fixation element received in the head portion. The restriction member may be inserted in the head portion to control direction that the anchor portion pivots relative to the head portion. The restriction member may also serve as a compression member and/or rod seat for seating a spinal rod coupled to the bone screw assembly. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSION AND FIXATION OF TENDON TO BONE - Methods and devices may be used to compress and fix soft tissue to bone. Exemplary embodiments described including methods of fixing tendon to bone in an anterior cruciate ligament replacement surgery. Through compressing tendon in situ within bone, tendons may be fixed to bone while limiting axial movement of tendons and adverse effects on tendon tension. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196433 | Method and System for Identification of a Center of a Vertebral Disc Space and Corresponding Central Axis of a Spinal Column - An apparatus for locating a central axis of a spinal column and method of using the same is disclosed. The apparatus and method includes one or more members capable of spanning a center line which may then be identified by at least one additional member positioned therebetween. Furthermore, the device may contain or be capable of accommodating various additional tools for marking the location of the central axis of a spinal column. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETROGRADE PROCEDURE - A system and method may be used for accessing an articular surface and for preparing an implant site on the articular surface. The method may include locating a portion of the articular. An access passage may be drilled towards the articular surface though bone behind the articular surface. An implant site may be excised in the articular surface relative to an axis defined by the access passage. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196435 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BONE ADJUSTMENT OPERATING WITH WIRELESS TRANSMISSION ENERGY - A method and a device for bone adjustment in a mammal is presented, wherein a device is implanted in the body of said mammal, said device being a device exerting a force to anchoring devices anchored in said bone. The method and device has utility in therapeutic and cosmetic bone adjustments, including the lengthening, reshaping and realigning of bones, joints or vertebra, for example in the correction of congenital deformations, restorative orthopaedic surgery and the like. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196436 | Electrical Treatment Apparatus - A treatment method and apparatus for performing a diagnostic or therapeutic treatment. The apparatus comprises a treatment head for applying a diagnostic or therapeutic treatment to the body of a patient; means for delivering the treatment through the treatment head; a processor for controlling the treatment; an input arrangement operable by a practitioner to activate the delivery means for initiating the treatment; a sound generator operable at any time before and during the treatment by operation of the or a further input arrangement by the practitioner to generate pleasing sounds; and a speaker for supplying the sounds as output during treatment to distract and hold the attention of the patient. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196437 | Electroimmunization chamber - An electroimmunization chamber consists of a horizontal space designed for treatment of patients with HIV, who place themselves in supine lying position, and the upper part of which has a cover with adjustable height with a magnetic pulse generator. The patient rest area also contains fixed electrodes in the lower part and variable electrodes in the upper patient area, which generate electrical impulses that supplement the magnetic pulses. The mechanisms for control and regulation of the chamber ensure dosing of electro-magnetic energy that acts on the ionic channels of the GP120 protein that is present in HIV. These channels open and lose the necessary energy used for interacting with the CD4 receptors, which are marking molecules on the cell surface, which recognize certain antibodies. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196438 | THERAPY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING UNDERLYING TISSUE USING ELECTRICAL AND ACOUSTIC ENERGIES - A device for subcutaneous adipose tissue skin treatment applies both radio frequency energy (RF) and ultrasound energy (US) into the skin from a single electrode. The electrode may be cooled via a chilled liquid cooling system, thereby indirectly also cooling the skin. An infrared thermometer on the device may measure skin temperature. A passive electrode may be placed on the patient's skin in a location remote from the treatment site. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196439 | DETECTING HEMODYNAMIC STABILITY DURING ARRHYTHMIA USING THE CHANGES IN ATRIAL ACTIVATION - Detected changes in atrial activation can be used to discriminate between hemodynamically stable and hemodynamically unstable tachyarrhythmias. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196440 | ADAPTIVE DETERMINATION OF PATIENT SPECIFIC OPTIMAL AV DELAY DURING ELEVATED HEART RATES BASED ON CARDIAC OUTPUT MEASUREMENTS - Adaptively creating a table of optimal, patient-specific atrioventricular (AV) delays for a an implantable medical device (IMD) begins as the IMD detects the patient entering a target heart rates within a defined range of elevated heart rates. On detection, the device begins testing AV delays by pacing the heart at a number of different AV delays. The IMD selects the optimal AV delay based on a comparison of measurements of cardiac output obtained during each delay's test pacing period. The optimal AV delay corresponds to the one which resulted in the highest cardiac output. The device selects this optimal AV delay and stores it in an AV delay table on the device. The process continues as the device detects the patient entering the other target heart rates in order to complete the table. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196441 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MULTI-SITE CARDIAC PACING AND SENSING CONFIGURATIONS FOR USE WITH AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - Techniques are provided for use with an implantable cardiac stimulation device equipped for multi-site left ventricular (MSLV) pacing using a multi-pole LV lead. In one example, referred to herein as QuickStim, cardiac pacing configurations are optimized based on an assessment of hemodynamic benefit and device longevity. In another example, referred to herein as QuickSense, cardiac sensing configurations are optimized based on sensing profiles input by a clinician. Various virtual sensing channels are also described that provide for the multiplexing or gating of sensed signals. Anisotropic oversampling is also described. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196442 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MULTI-SITE CARDIAC PACING AND SENSING CONFIGURATIONS FOR USE WITH AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - Techniques are provided for use with an implantable cardiac stimulation device equipped for multi-site left ventricular (MSLV) pacing using a multi-pole LV lead. In one example, referred to herein as QuickStim, cardiac pacing configurations are optimized based on an assessment of hemodynamic benefit and device longevity. In another example, referred to herein as QuickSense, cardiac sensing configurations are optimized based on sensing profiles input by a clinician. Various virtual sensing channels are also described that provide for the multiplexing or gating of sensed signals. Anisotropic oversampling is also described. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196443 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION OF INTERVENTRICULAR AND ATRIO-VENTRICULAR DELAYS IN REAL TIME FOR CARDIAC REYNCHRONIZATION IN AN ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - An active implantable medical device for cardiac resynchronization with automatic and almost in real time optimization of the interventricular and atrio-ventricular delays is disclosed. The active implantable medical device includes a closed-loop for continuously controlling the atrio-ventricular delay AVD and the inter-ventricular delay VVD according to a hemodynamic signal delivered by a hemodynamic sensor. The closed-loop provides controlled modulation ( | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196444 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DELIVER MECHANICALLY FUSED PACING THERAPY - A medical device system and method for delivering mechanically fused left ventricular cardiac stimulation. A sensor monitors left ventricular acceleration while left ventricular cardiac stimulation is provided at an AV interval. The left ventricular acceleration is used to calculate a mechanical response interval and the mechanical response interval is compared to a desired mechanical response interval. The AV interval is adjusted until the mechanical response interval is equal to the desired mechanical response interval. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196445 | OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA TREATMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Devices, systems and methods for nerve stimulation for OSA therapy. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196446 | ELECTRICAL BRAIN STIMULATION IN GAMMA BAND - This disclosure describes techniques for delivering electrical stimulation to the brain of a patient at a frequency greater than a selected frequency. The techniques may reestablish gamma frequency band activity within the brain of a patient, and thus improve the patient's movements and cognitive states. In one example, the disclosure is directed to a method that includes selecting a frequency within a gamma frequency band and delivering electrical stimulation at a frequency greater than the selected frequency. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196447 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH AN ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION - This disclosure describes techniques for configuring an IMD into the exposure operating mode. Prior to a medical procedure that generates a disruptive energy field, such as an MRI scan, an electronic prescription is configured to indicate that the IMD is authorized for the medical procedure that includes a disruptive energy field. The electronic prescription includes one or more designated bits within a storage element of the IMD. When the patient in which the IMD is implanted arrives for the medical procedure, a user (such as an MRI operator) interacts with a telemetry device to determine whether the electronic prescription is configured. Upon determining that the electronic prescription is configured, the IMD transitions into the exposure operating mode designed for operation in the disruptive energy field. In this manner, the electronic prescription confirms to the user that that the IMD has been checked for suitability for operation during the medical procedure. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196448 | BI-DIRECTIONAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - An ISG that includes a housing, a connector block having a first surface and a second surface, a lumen extending through the connector block from the first surface to the second surface, wherein the lumen is configured to receive at least one lead, wherein said lead comprises at least one electrode connector, a plurality of contacts housed within the lumen, electronic circuitry that is operably coupled to the ISG, wherein the plurality of contacts are operably coupled to the electronic circuitry, a computer readable medium containing instructions for carrying out a process to determine at least one piece of information regarding a lead that is received within the lumen, the process includes the steps of measuring at least one characteristic of at least one of the plurality of contacts, and determining which of two ranges the measured characteristic fits, wherein the two ranges of characteristics correspond to an electrode connector being electrically connected with the at least one of the plurality of contacts, and an electrode connector not being electrically connected with the at least one of the plurality of contacts. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196449 | ENABLEMENT AND/OR DISABLEMENT OF AN EXPOSURE MODE OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - This disclosure describes techniques for enabling and/or disabling an exposure operating mode using telemetry signals. A telemetry device may be configured to periodically transmit telemetry signals indicating presence of a source of a disruptive energy field in accordance with a communication protocol. An implantable medical device may be configured to receive the telemetry signals from the telemetry device and enter the exposure operating mode in response to receiving a first one of the telemetry signals indicating the presence of the source of the disruptive energy field. The implantable medical device may also exit the exposure operating mode in response to not receiving any of telemetry signals indicating the presence of the source of the disruptive energy field for a predetermined period of time. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196450 | ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACTIVATION DEVICE - This disclosure describes techniques for configuring an IMD into the exposure operating mode. Prior to a medical procedure that generates a disruptive energy field, such as an MRI scan, an electronic prescription is configured to indicate that the IMD is authorized for the medical procedure that includes a disruptive energy field. The electronic prescription includes one or more designated bits within a storage element of the IMD. When the patient in which the IMD is implanted arrives for the medical procedure, a user (such as an MRI operator) interacts with a telemetry device to determine whether the electronic prescription is configured. Upon determining that the electronic prescription is configured, the IMD transitions into the exposure operating mode designed for operation in the disruptive energy field. In this manner, the electronic prescription confirms to the user that that the IMD has been checked for suitability for operation during the medical procedure. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196451 | Communications Network for Distributed Sensing and Therapy in Biomedical Applications - An implantable medical device system is provided with multiple medical devices implanted in a patient's body and a wireless mesh communication network providing multiple communication pathways between the multiple medical devices. A communication pathway between a first and a second implanted device of the multiple medical devices can comprise one or more of the other implanted multiple medical devices. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196452 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING ENERGY TO AN IMPLANT - A system is disclosed which comprises an implantable electrical medical device ( | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196453 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH AN IMPROVED ANTENNA - An implantable medical device has a housing having a first housing surface side, a second housing surface side opposing the first housing surface side, and an intermediate surface side extending between the first and second housing surface sides. The implantable medical device has an antenna device arranged at the first housing surface side, continuing at the intermediate surface side and further at the second housing surface side. Improved radiation characteristics are obtained in a desired direction. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196454 | SENSING SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR THERAPY MODULATION - Sensing system, device, and method for therapy modulation are provided. Various aspects include a receive module and a therapy-related action module. The receive module may receive a therapy parameter of an individual. The therapy-related action module may effectuate, based on the therapy parameter, a therapy-related action associated with a nervous system of the individual. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196455 | NEUROSTIMULATION THERAPY MANIPULATION - A user, such as a clinician or the patient, uses a control device to manipulate at least one neurostimulation parameter. A mapping system uses a calibrated map to map the directional output of the control device to values of at least one stimulation parameter to allow the user to intuitively control the value of the parameter. In some embodiments, where a stimulation device is used to deliver spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy for example, the user manipulates a parameter to effect the location and/or strength of paresthesia experienced by the patient. In exemplary embodiments, the parameter values are combinations of electrodes, and the mapping system selects electrode combinations based on the output of the control device such that a direction of movement of paresthesia experienced by the patient corresponds to a direction of manipulation of a directional controller of the control device. The mapping system may calibrate the map based on patient paresthesia information received from a user. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196456 | SKIN TREATMENT APPARATUS - In an intense pulsed light optical radiation is directed from a lamp | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196457 | DEVICE FOR UV PHOTO-THERAPY - Skin disorders such as, for example, atopic dermatitis, dyshidrosis, eczema, lichen planus, psoriasis, and vitiligo, are treated by applying high doses of ultraviolet light to diseased regions of a patient's skin. The dosage exceeds 1 MED as determined for the particular patient and may range from about 1 MED to about 20 MED or higher. The ultraviolet light has a wavelength within the range of about 295 nanometers to about 320 nanometers. High doses of ultraviolet light are preferably restricted to diseased tissue areas. A specialized handpiece provides a beam profile especially suitable for application of controlled doses. A specialized delivery device is useful for UV treatment of tissue within the mouth. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196458 | THERAPY GARMENT - A therapy garment is provided for providing temperature or pressure therapy to a user. The therapy garment may comprise a main body member, a pair of leg sections, and at least one pocket and may be adapted to be worn by the user so that the pockets align with the region of the user's body that is to receive therapy. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196459 | Methods and Devices for Prevention of Hypothermia in a Mammal During Prolonged Exposure to Extreme Cold - Methods and devices for preventing a change in the core body temperature of a mammal under cold conditions are provided. In the subject methods, a requirement for thermal energy input in said mammal is first detected. In response to the detection of this requirement for thermal energy input, a surface of a portion of the mammal is contacted with a warm temperature medium under negative pressure conditions for a period of time sufficient to introduce thermal energy into the core body of the mammal. The subject devices include at least a means for detecting a requirement for thermal energy input and a means for contacting a surface of the mammal with a warm temperature medium under negative pressure conditions. The subject methods and devices find use in a variety of applications, and are particularly suited for use in maintaining the core body temperature of a mammal substantially constant under cold conditions for an extended period of time. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196460 | IMPLANTABLE ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC IMPLANT - Implantable element having an elongate main body, a functional conductor which extends in the longitudinal direction of the main body or forms it, and which acts to implement a medical function of the element and has an inductive section, and magnetic flux generation means for generating a magnetic flux in the surroundings of the functional conductor, in particular of its inductive section, which are magnetically coupled to the functional conductor in such a way that the magnetic flux generated upon a current flux through the functional conductor is counteracted and the current flux density through the functional conductor is thus reduced. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196461 | ELECTRODE UNIT FOR CARRYING CURRENT OR VOLTAGE BETWEEN AN IMPLANTABLE ELECTROMEDICAL DEVICE AND A TREATMENT AND/OR DIAGNOSIS SITE IN THE HUMAN BODY - An electrode unit for carrying current or voltage between an implantable electromedical device and a treatment and/or diagnosis site in the human body comprises at least one current-/voltage-carrying feed line ( | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196462 | ELECTRODE DEVICE FOR ACTIVE MEDICAL IMPLANT - An electrode device for active medical implants that includes an elongated electrode body having a proximal end and a distal end, a tip contact pole on the distal end and/or a ring contact pole before the distal end, electrical supply leads to the tip and ring contact poles, and a high-frequency filter in at least one of the supply leads, which is composed of one or more electronic components ( | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196463 | ELECTRODE DEVICE FOR ACTIVE MEDICAL IMPLANTS - Electrode device for active medical implants with an elongated electrode body ( | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196464 | Pacemaker Lead and Method of Making Same - An improved pacemaker lead including a lead body supporting at least one flexible conductor element that provides an electrical signal path between a proximal connector element and a distal electrode. The lead body includes an insulating structure that protects the flexible conductor element(s) wherein the insulating structure is realized from a polymer material comprises an isobutylene block copolymer. The polymer material of the insulating structure has a maximum tensile strength in the range between 20 MPa and 40 MPa (most preferably in a range between 25 MPa and 35 MPa). In the preferred embodiment, the hardness of the polymer material of the insulating structure can be characterized by a Shore hardness in a range between 70A and 80A. In the preferred embodiment, the isobutylene block copolymer consists of a first polymer block component containing isobutylene-derived monomer units and a second polymer block component derived from a monomer component other than isobutylene (most preferably, styrene) with mole fraction of said second polymer block component as part of said isobutylene block copolymer in a range between 30% and 40%. The flexible conductor element(s) preferably include a coiled wire conductor defining a central axis with an outer surface facing radially outward away from the central axis and an inner surface facing radially inward toward the central axis, and the insulating structure surrounds at least the outer surface of the coiled wire conductor (and more preferably encapsulates the coiled wire conductor). The polymer material of the insulating structure has reduced oxygen permeability, and thus provides improved resistance to environmental stress cracking and metal ion induced oxidation while maintaining the flexibility and desired tensile strength of the lead body. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196465 | STRAIN RELIEF IN AN IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - An implantable electrode assembly. The electrode assembly comprises an elongate carrier member, at least one electrode contact disposed in the carrier member, and at least one elongate conductive pathway disposed in the carrier member having a distal end attached to the at least one electrode contact and having a substantially planar strain relief formed therein that is located only in the distal region of the at least one pathway. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196466 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION - There is disclosed an apparatus for treating a sexual dysfunctional female patient, comprising an implanted stimulation device adapted to stimulate at least a part of the sexually responsive tissue of the vulva or the wall of the vagina of the patient by movement of said stimulation device and contact between said stimulation device and the sexually responsive tissue or the wall of the vagina. A system and an operation method for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction are also disclosed. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196467 | BLOOD VESSEL WRAP | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196468 | INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES FOR TREATING BLOOD VESSELS AND A METHOD OF USING SUCH DEVICES - A medical implant for occluding a blood vessel. The medical implant comprises a cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane sized and shaped for substantially occluding a lumen of a blood vessel, at least one scaffolding element mounted, sized and shaped for being attached at least one blood clot forming in front of the elastic blood impermeable membrane, and at least one anchoring element having a tip directed outward from the center of the cup shaped elastic blood impermeable membrane. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196469 | Navigation Guide Wire Through an Anatomical Structure Having Branched Ducts - A navigation guide wire has a proximal portion with a first flexural rigidity, a distal portion with a second flexural rigidity greater than or equal to the first flexural rigidity, and an intermediate potion with a third flexural rigidity substantially less that both said first and second flexural rigidities. This allows a considerable direction change between said proximal and distal portions. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196470 | LASER ABLATED ELASTOMER SHEATH PROFILES TO ENABLE STENT SECUREMENT - The stent placement dilation balloon assembly comprises a catheter having a distal end, a distal end portion, and a proximal end, a balloon mounted to, about, and around the distal end portion of the catheter. The assembly further includes an elastic sheath positioned about and around the balloon. The outer surface of the sheath includes a profile which encourages stent securement. A stent is mounted on the sleeve for placement in a vessel in a human body. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196471 | Delivery of a Stent at an Elevated Temperature - Methods and systems of delivering a stent at an elevated temperature are disclosed herein. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196472 | STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A stent delivery system includes a self-expandable stent, a shaft section having a guide wire lumen, and a sheath having distal portion containing the stent. The stent is located at a position which is on the shaft section and near the distal end of the shaft section. The stent delivery system has a stent proximal portion fixing wire and a breaking member. The stent proximal portion fixing wire has one end portion and the other end portion which are fixed to the shaft section, and also has an intermediate portion engaged with a proximal portion of the stent. The breaking member breaks the stent proximal portion fixing wire to release the stent from the engagement. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196473 | 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, disposing an ePTFE interlayer member between the first and second ePTFE tubes, 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. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196474 | MAGNETICALLY SENSITIVE DRUG CARRIERS FOR TREATMENT OR TARGETED DELIVERY - Compositions of matter comprising a magnetically sensitive drug carrier and a related drug as well as methods for administering these compositions and causing them to localize within the patient using an internal or external magnetic field are described. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196475 | STENT FOR PLACEMENT IN LIVING BODY, AND STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A stent includes a plurality of first wave-shaped struts extending in the axial direction of the stent and arranged in the circumferential direction of the stent, a plurality of second wave-shaped struts each located between the first wave-shaped struts, and one or more connecting struts each interconnecting the first wave-shaped strut and the second wave-shaped strut which are adjacent to each other, with the one or more connecting struts extending in the axial direction over a predetermined length. The apexes of the second wave-shaped struts are shifted a predetermined distance in the axial direction of the stent relative to the apexes of the first wave-shaped struts which are located close to the apexes in the circumferential direction of the stent and which are curved in the same direction as the apexes. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196476 | IMPROVED ARTIFICIAL VALVE - The invention discloses an artificial valve ( | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196477 | Methods and Apparatus for Treatment of Aneurysms Adjacent Branch Arteries - A polymer coating/ring is employed to aid in the sealing and connection of modular elements used in body flow lumens for the exclusion and bypass of diseased regions of the flow lumen, such as where aneurysm occurs adjacent to branching blood vessels. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196478 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LUMEN TREATMENT - Devices and methods for lumen treatment are provided. According to aspects illustrated herein, there is provided an endoprosthesis that includes an internal layer designed to provide a negative electric field directed endoluminally; an external layer designed to provide a positive electric field directed exoluminally; and one or more intermediate layers disposed between the internal layer and the external layer, wherein the negative electric field is due to a negative point charge between about −25 mV and about −250 mV, and wherein the positive electric field is due to a positive point charge between about +1 mV and about +30 mV. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196479 | COATED IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A coated implantable medical device includes a structure adapted for introduction into the vascular system, esophagus, trachea, colon, biliary tract, or urinary tract; at least one coating layer posited on one surface of the structure; and at least one layer of a bioactive material posited on at least a portion of the coating layer. Preferably the structure is a stent graft. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196480 | POST-OPERATIVE ADJUSTMENT TOOL, MINIMALLY INVASIVE ATTACHMENT APPARATUS, AND ADJUSTABLE TRICUSPID RING - An implantable device system for controlling the dimensions of internal anatomic passages corrects physiologic dysfunctions resulting from a structural lumen which is either too large or too small. Implantable devices are disclosed which employ various mechanisms 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 dimensions of the implants after the resumption of normal flow of anatomic fluids in situ. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196481 | ARTIFICIAL VALVE - An artificial valve ( | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196482 | IMPROVED ARTIFICIAL VALVE - An artificial valve ( | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196483 | HEART HELP DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - An implantable heart help device adapted for implantation in a human patient is provided. The device comprising a fixating member adapted to fixate said device to a part of the human body comprising bone. Further a method of fixating an implantable heart help device in a human patient is provided. The method comprises the steps of: cutting the skin of said human patient, dissecting an area of the body comprising bone, and fixating said implantable heart help device to said part of the body comprising bone. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196484 | HEART HELP METHOD - An implantable heart help method for implantation in a human patient is provided. The device comprising a fixating member adapted to fixate said device to a part of the human body comprising bone. A method of fixating an implantable heart help device in a human patient is provided. The method comprises the steps of: cutting the skin of said human patient, dissecting an area of the body comprising bone, and fixating said implantable heart help device to said part of the body comprising bone. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196485 | HEART HELP DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - An implantable device for improving the pump function of the heart of a human patient by applying an external force on the heart muscle is provided. The device comprises at least one heart contacting organ. The heart contacting organ is adapted to be movable to change the position of said force exerted on the heart after the implantable device has been implanted in the human patient. The invention further relates to a method of using said device. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196486 | HEART HELP DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A medical device for assisting a function of the heart is provided. The heart is placed in the thorax, the thoracic diaphragm is dividing the thorax from the abdomen and the pericardium is surrounding the heart and is attached to the thoracic diaphragm at a pericardial contacting section of the thoracic diaphragm. The medical device comprises a diaphragm passing part adapted to pass from the abdomen, through the thoracic diaphragm at the pericardial contacting section, into the pericardium, wherein said diaphragm passing part is adapted to allow the thoracic diaphragm to move during respiration, when implanted. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196487 | INTRAOCULAR IMPLANTS AND RELATED KITS AND METHODS - Devices, methods and kits are described for reducing intraocular pressure. The devices include a support that is implantable within Schlemm's canal and that may restore or maintain at least partial patency of the canal without substantially interfering with transmural or transluminal fluid flow across the canal. The devices utilize the natural drainage process of the eye and may be implanted with minimal trauma to the eye. Kits may include a support and an introducer for implanting the support within Schlemm's canal. Methods may include implanting a support within Schlemm's canal, where the support is capable of restoring or maintaining at least partial patency of the canal without substantial interference with transmural or transluminal fluid flow across the canal. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196488 | DEGRADATION RESISTANT IMPLANTABLE MATERIALS AND METHODS - Methods are provided for making materials suitable for implantation in a mammal. The methods include the steps of providing a base material having a desirable surface topography, such as a polyurethane foam, contacting the base member with a silicone-based fluid material to form a coating, and allowing the coating to set to form a silicone-based structure suitable for implantation in a mammal. The base material may be removed from the coating. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196489 | BIOCOMPATIBLE STRUCTURES AND COMPOSITIONS - Described herein are material compositions including various textures which when implanted in a mammal encourage an optimal biological response. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196490 | Single Tunnel, Double Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Grafts - Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction methods and devices are designed to achieve an anatomically accurate double bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction by using a single femoral and tibial tunnel. The method and devices reconstruct the two bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament in a single femoral and tibial tunnel using a bone-patellar tendon-bone graft. The methods and devices enable an accurate anatomical reconstruction of the anteromedial and posterolateral bundles by creating a single femoral and tibial tunnel as opposed to creating two tunnels in the tibia and femur. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196491 | BONE PROSTHESIS - Method and apparatus for replacing part of a bone with a prosthesis. The prosthesis may comprise a head configured to replace an end portion of a first bone and to articulate with an adjacent second bone. The prosthesis also may comprise a stem configured to be disposed in a bore formed in a medullary canal of the first bone. The stem may define a longitudinal axis. The head and stem may include coupling structure that permits the head to be mounted onto the stem by sliding the head into engagement with the stem in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the stem. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196492 | BONE ANCHORING SYSTEMS - Embodiments relate generally to tissue anchors and methods of deliveπng same to the intervertebral disc or other sites within the body. In some embodiments, the anchors provide increased pull-out resistance, stability and/or contact with tissue involving a reduced amount of penetration. In some embodiments, delivery methods are minimally invasive and can include linear, lateral, and off-angle implantation or driving of anchors along, against or within tissue surfaces. Several embodiments disclose anchors and anchoπng systems that effectively reconstruct or augment vertebral endplate surfaces. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196493 | CAGE SYSTEM TO ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL FUSION - An implant for the human body, and in particular to an implant suitable for placement between two adjacent vertebrae of the spine, the implant having a cage to allow for bone growth in and around the cage. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196494 | PERCUTANEOUS INTERBODY SPINE FUSION DEVICES, NUCLEAR SUPPORT DEVICE, SPINE FRACTURE SUPPORT DEVICE, DELIVERY TOOLS, PERCUTANEOUS OFF-ANGLE BONE STAPLING/NAILING FIXATION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE - Percutaneous interbody spine fusion devices are provided. These devices may have a number of different designs and exemplary features. One device consists of a single rotating hollow cam cage with perforations (with or without fixation anchors) and a delivery tool. Another device consists of a counter-rotating cam cage (with or without fixation anchors) and a delivery tool. A third device consists of an expanding cam with anchors and delivery tool; this device may consist of a single expanding cam or a series of expanding cams. A delivery tool is included. A fourth device consists of a spring cage; this device may be a stand-alone device, can be combined with expanding cam device, and may be incorporated into a cage. A delivery tool is included. This spring cage may or may not have fixation anchors. A fifth device consists of a random coil support device that can be used as a nuclear or spine fracture support device; a delivery tool is included. A sixth device consists of a directional ribbon strip coil device and delivery tool. Also provided is a percutaneous off-angle bone stapling/nailing fixation device. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196495 | IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD - In various embodiments, an implant for interfacing with a bone structure includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes accessing an intersomatic space and inserting an implant into the intersomatic space. The implant includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196496 | Interbody Fusion Device - An interbody spacer includes concave lateral surfaces extending at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. In one aspect, the interbody spacer includes upper and lower convex surfaces defined by an arc extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoint. In another aspect, lateral edges of the upper and lower surfaces are also defined by convex arcs extending from a center point offset from the spacer midpoint. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196497 | Method and System For Fusing a Spinal Region - A method and system for fusing a region in the spine involve the use of at least one guide tube to pass instruments and substances into the spinal region in a minimally invasive manner. In the preferred practice of the method, a guide tube is anchored to a vertebra and the guide tube is moved to thereby position the vertebra. A steerable drilling tool is passed through the guide tube and steered into position to abrade at least a portion of an intervertebral disc and thereby create a cavity in the disc. A flowable substance is passed into the cavity and permitted to solidify to establish fusion in the cavity. Optionally, an uninflated balloon is inserted into the cavity and the balloon is filled with the flowable substance to contain the flowable substance. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196498 | INTERVERTEBRAL DISK PROSTHESIS - An intervertebral disk prosthesis is disclosed. The intervertebral disk prosthesis is has a base plate, a top plate opposite the base plate, and an intervening core located between the top plate and base plate. One of the plates has a first concave contact face facing the core, which has a adjacent first convex contact face. A groove is provided around one of contact faces in which an elastic ring is placed. When placed in the groove, the elastic ring is also in contact with the opposite contact face. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196499 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING VERTEBRAL BODIES - Systems and methods treat at least two vertebral bodies in a spinal column. The systems and methods make use of first and second tool assemblies operable to treat an interior region of, respectively, a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body in the spinal column. The systems and methods provide directions for operating the first and second tool assemblies to treat the first and second vertebral bodies, at least for a portion of time, concurrently. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196500 | SPACER DEVICE AND INSERTION INSTRUMENT FOR USE IN ANTERIOR CERVICAL FIXATION SURGERY - An intervertebral spacer has curvate upper and lower rough surfaces that stimulate bone growth and is formed from a porous material that facilitates bone growth thereinto. The spacer has a plurality of smooth linear grooves to facilitate insertion of the spacer into an intervertebral space using a spacer insertion tool that has a scissor-style body. Each of the insertion tool's arm's heads has an inner surface having a pair of smoothed linear protrusions that fit within the linear grooves of the spacer when the heads are closed about the spacer. When the spacer is held, spaces are present between the spacer's rough surfaces and the heads' inner surfaces so that when the protrusions are longitudinally slid from the grooves to leave the spacer in the intervertebral spacer, the rough surfaces are not disturbed. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196501 | INTERBODY SPINAL IMPLANT INDUCTIVELY COUPLED TO AN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY - An electrical bone growth promotion apparatus for the delivery of electrical current to an implant surgically implanted between adjacent bone masses to promote bone growth to areas adjacent to the implant is disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a self contained implant having a surgically implantable, renewable power supply and related control circuitry for delivering electrical current directly to the implant and thus directly to the area in which the promotion of bone growth is desired. The desired areas of bone growth promotion may be controlled by conducting negative charge only to the desired location of bone growth promotion. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196502 | Methods of Using Water-Soluble Inorganic Compounds for Implants - A method for controlling generation of biologically desirable voids in a composition placed in proximity to bone or other tissue in a patient by selecting at least one water-soluble inorganic material having a desired particle size and solubility, and mixing the water-soluble inorganic material with at least one poorly-water-soluble or biodegradable matrix material. The matrix material, after it is mixed with the water-soluble inorganic material, is placed into the patient in proximity to tissue so that the water-soluble inorganic material dissolves at a predetermined rate to generate biologically desirable voids in the matrix material into which bone or other tissue can then grow. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196503 | Modular Joint Prosthesis - The invention relates to modular joint prostheses, comprising a curved head part and/or a shaft-like shaped shaft part, to the conical pins of which a slip-on joint ball is attached, and comprising a nail which can be inserted into the bone marrow canal of the long bone and has a nail neck, wherein a connecting means is provided between the head part and the nail neck which holds the head part in a non-rotatable manner. The invention is based on the problem of providing a modular joint prosthesis which increases the modularity of the prosthesis by increased longitudinal variability, enables improved adjustability of the angular position while reducing the number of parts at the same time, and simplifies revision surgeries. This problem is solved for the prosthesis having the curved head part in that the connecting means comprises at least one collar-like module which is located in the axial direction of the nail and has at least two semi-shells, which are divided in the axial direction of the module, are detachably connected to each other, form an axially extending passage with each other for inserting the nail head into the passage and have recesses, which are disposed coaxially in the longitudinal direction of the module, are positioned perpendicularly to the axis and correspond to each other, for receiving a tensioning means, which in the tensioned state fixes the nail head in the passage exclusively by way of frictional engagement in a jaw-like manner with a tightening torque sufficient to prevent axial displacement and rotation. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196504 | STOMACH PERISTALSIS DEVICE AND METHOD - The invention relates to an implantable stomach prosthesis for surgically replacing or augmenting all or part of the antrum and/or pylorus of a stomach. The prosthesis controls the passage of food from the stomach to the small intestine. The prosthesis may be configured to churn ingested material and release it from the stomach through a prosthetic pyloric valve. At least one expandable member is arranged to be expanded to control the passage of food and/or to mimic the churning action of a patient's stomach. The prosthesis includes an outer support structure, a flexible inner member forming a conduit for the movement of material, and at least one expandable member located between the outer support structure and inner member. An implantable pump system is provided for inflating and deflating the expandable member(s). | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196505 | ARTIFICIAL STOMACH - An artificial stomach for replacing the normal stomach of a patient comprises a food reservoir adapted to collect food, an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to the patient's gastrointestinal tract, and an outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient's gastrointestinal tract. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196506 | ARTIFICIAL STOMACH - An artificial stomach for replacing the normal stomach of a patient comprises a food reservoir adapted to collect food, an inlet connected to a first opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to upstream connect to the patient's gastrointestinal tract, and an outlet connected to a second opening of the food reservoir and further being adapted to downstream connect to the patient's gastrointestinal tract. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196507 | MEDICAL STENT AND RELATED METHODS - A medical stent is sized for placement in a ureter. The stent includes a first section which includes a first material, defines a lumen, and includes a first coil completing at least one revolution. A second section of the stent includes a second material, defines a lumen, and includes a second coil completing at least one revolution. A third section defines a lumen and is located between the first and second sections. The third section includes a co-extrusion of the first and second materials. One of the first or second sections is harder than the other section. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196508 | CARTILAGE REPAIR MIXTURE CONTAINING ALLOGRAFT CHONDROCYTES - The invention is directed toward a sterile cartilage defect implant material comprising milled lyophilized allograft cartilage pieces ranging from 0.01 mm to 1.0 mm in size in a bioabsorbable carrier taken from a group consisting of sodium hyaluronate, hyaluronic acid and its derivatives, gelatin, collagen, chitosan, alginate, buffered PBS, Dextran or mixed polymers with allograft chondrocytes added in an amount ranging from 2.5×10 | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196509 | HYDRAULIC APPARATUS WITH DIRECT TORQUE CONTROL - A hydraulic apparatus has a cam body rotatable about an axis and with at least two mirror image involute cam surfaces on opposing sides of the axis. Hydraulic actuators on opposing sides of the axis have a linearly extendable ram and a hydraulic cylinder. A fluid supply line is provided for delivering a pressurized fluid equally to each of the cylinders. A pressure relief or flow control valve is associated with each of the hydraulic cylinders and is operable to selectively assume a closed position to retain fluid or assume an open position to release fluid from the hydraulic cylinders. A control can operate the pressure relief valves between at least the closed and open positions, to move the rams out of and in to the cylinders to rotate the cam body about the axis with controlled torque. A robotic, prosthetic or orthotic and a method for applying torque to a body are also disclosed. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196510 | PLUNGER PIN AND MANIFOLD FOR A PROSTHETIC LIMB - An elevated vacuum locking system for prosthetic limb. An exemplary embodiment may include a plunger pin mounted to a flexible liner and including a through passage between a location proximate the exterior of the liner and a distal end of the plunger pin; a locking mechanism mounted within the distal end of a socket; a manifold mounted to the exterior of the distal end of the socket and including a cavity adapted to receive the distal end of the plunger pin when the patient's residual limb and the liner are installed into the socket, the manifold including a through passage connecting an interior of the cavity to an exterior fitting; and a vacuum pump operative to withdraw air from the interior of the socket via the through passage of the plunger pin, the cavity, and the through passage of the manifold. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196511 | METHOD OF DONNING A PROSTHETIC LIMB - An elevated vacuum locking system for prosthetic limb. An exemplary embodiment may include a plunger pin mounted to a flexible liner and including a through passage between a location proximate the exterior of the liner and a distal end of the plunger pin; a locking mechanism mounted within the distal end of a socket; a manifold mounted to the exterior of the distal end of the socket and including a cavity adapted to receive the distal end of the plunger pin when the patient's residual limb and the liner are installed into the socket, the manifold including a through passage connecting an interior of the cavity to an exterior fitting; and a vacuum pump operative to withdraw air from the interior of the socket via the through passage of the plunger pin, the cavity, and the through passage of the manifold. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196512 | REMOTE OPERATION OF PROCESS CONTROL EQUIPMENT OVER CUSTOMER SUPPLIED NETWORK - A DCS protocol message addressed to a remote DCS station is generated at a local distributed control system (DCS). The DCS protocol message is received at a local tunneling device. The local tunneling device packages the DCS protocol message into a SCADA protocol message. The SCADA protocol message is transmitted from the local tunneling device to a remote tunneling device. The remote tunneling device receives the SCADA protocol message. The SCADA protocol message is unpackaged into a DCS protocol message at the remote tunneling device, and the DCS protocol message is placed on to a remote DCS such that it flows to the remote station. The DCS protocol message is received at the remote station. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196513 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEMAND COORDINATION NETWORK - An apparatus for controlling peak demand of a resource. The apparatus includes a plurality of devices and a plurality of control nodes. Each of the plurality of devices consumes a portion of the resource when turned on, and the each are capable of performing a corresponding function within an acceptable operational margin by cycling on and off. Each of the plurality of control nodes is coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of devices, where the plurality of control nodes is coupled together via a demand coordination network, and where the plurality of control nodes coordinates run times for the each of the plurality of devices to reduce the peak demand of the resource, and where one or more of the run times start prior to when otherwise required to maintain corresponding local environments, but which still operate within the acceptable operating margin for the corresponding local environments. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196514 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR UNCERTAIN NONLINEAR MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT SYSTEMS - Systems and methods of adaptive control for uncertain nonlinear multi-input multi-output systems in the presence of significant unmatched uncertainty with assured performance are provided. The need for gain-scheduling is eliminated through the use of bandwidth-limited (low-pass) filtering in the control channel, which appropriately attenuates the high frequencies typically appearing in fast adaptation situations and preserves the robustness margins in the presence of fast adaptation. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196515 | MEASUREMENT PARAMETER INPUT CONTROL DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT PARAMETER INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A measurement parameter input control method and a measurement parameter input control device are provided which can intuitively change measurement parameters, which are set for a target device and are necessary for various measuring processes, with high operability. The measurement parameter input control device includes: a parameter processing section that acquires measurement parameter information including measurement parameters from a target device and that rewrites changed parameters which are measurement parameters after the changing to the target device; a parameter identifying section that identifies the types of the parameters in the acquired measurement parameter information and outputs soft key constructing information for constructing a parameter setting soft key based on the identified measurement parameter information, a display control section that includes a soft key controller displaying and controlling the parameter setting soft key based on the measurement parameter information on a display screen of a display unit on the basis of the soft key constructing information from the parameter identifying section; and an input unit that operates the parameter setting soft key displayed on the display unit. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196516 | SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A GARAGE DOOR - A safety system for a garage door movable along a door frame is used to detect an obstacle. The safety system includes a motor device for opening and closing the garage door, a control circuit for controlling the motor to open and close the door, a light emitting device for emitting a light, a light receiving device in communication with the control circuit for receiving the light, wherein the light emitting device and the light receiving device are to be mounted on one side of the door frame, and an optical reflecting device for mounting on the other side of the door frame opposite to the light emitting device and the light receiving device whereby the light receiving device will receive light emitted from the light emitting device and reflected by the optical reflecting device. An optical element is to be mounted near the optical reflecting device for changing the polarization direction of the reflected light, and another optical element is to be mounted near the light receiving device to allow the light in only one polarization direction to pass there through. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196517 | System and Method for Performing Audio Processing Operations by Storing Information Within Multiple Memories - Systems, methods, and devices are provided for performing audio processing operations, such as crossfading between two audio streams, by storing information on multiple memories. In one example, such a method may include storing a first portion of information associated with an audio processing operation on a first memory. A second memory may be activated, upon which a second portion of the information associated with the audio processing operation may be stored. The audio processing operation may be performed using a processor with the information stored on the first memory and the second memory. When the audio processing operation has completed, the second memory may be deactivated. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196518 | SERVICES FOR PROTECTION OF A USER'S LEGAL RIGHTS IN A LEGAL EMERGENCY ACCESSIBLE FROM A PROVIDER VIA WORLD WIDE WEB - Methods and computer program are disclosed for enabling the use of an individual's wireless personal communication device, such as a cellular telephone, e.g. IPhone™, to acquire the information vital to the preservation of the individual's personal and property legal rights in legal emergency situations. A user can activate services for protection of the user's legal rights in a legal emergency situation accessible from a provider via the Internet. A set of instructions for actions to be taken by the user is provided, accessible via the Internet by said communication device. The user can predetermine a time-out period for commencing recording audio/video and transmitting an emergency message to a user-predetermined contact if dialog is interrupted before end of the time-out period. The user's activation location can be detected, and attorneys in the user's activation location can be notified of the user's emergency situation. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196519 | CONTROL OF AUDIO SYSTEM VIA CONTEXT SENSOR - Embodiments related to the control of a computing device via an audio output apparatus having a context sensor are provided. One disclosed embodiment provides a computing device configured to receive a first input from a context sensor on an audio output apparatus, and to activate a selected listening mode based on the first input, wherein the listening mode defining a mapping of a set of context sensor inputs to a set of computing device functionalities. The storage subsystem further includes instructions executable by the logic subsystem to receive a second input from the context sensor after activating the selected listening mode, and in response, to selectively trigger execution of a computing device functionality from the set of computing device functionalities based on the second input, and to transform an audio signal supplied to the audio output apparatus based on the selected computing device functionality. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196520 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION SOUND MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the invention provide systems, methods, apparatuses and program products configured to intelligently manage sound options for applications of a computer system based on display device characteristics. Various embodiments of the invention are particularly well suited for optimizing the sound options of two or more applications running on two or more display screens of the computer system simultaneously. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196521 | CONNECTION PRIORITY SERVICES FOR DATA COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO DEVICES - A digital media player device includes, without limitation, a processor and a communication module coupled to the processor and configured to support data communication with a digital media place-shifting device. The processor and the communication module cooperate to attempt to establish data communication with the digital media place-shifting device in accordance with a connection mode sequence that identifies a plurality of different data communication modes supported by the digital media player device, until one of the plurality of different data communication modes can be used to initiate a data communication session between the digital media player device and the digital media place-shifting device. The processor and the communication module also cooperate to perform data communication with the digital media place-shifting device, using the one of the plurality of different data communication modes. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196522 | Method for reproducing an audio recording with the simulation of the acoustic characteristics of the recording condition - The method concerns and may be applied for determination, medium storage and re-creation of characteristics of primary [original] attributes of sound field, such as volume, localization, timbre and dynamics, inherent in subjects of reproduction (original sounds), as well as of spatial features of acoustic environment of the room where musical composition [programme] to be recorded is performed during reproduction of two- and multichannel records of the musical composition [programme] in audio [listening] room. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196523 | Effect Adding Method and Effect Adding Apparatus - An effect adding method, includes: applying different gains to a positive side waveform portion and a negative side waveform portion of an audio signal respectively when absolute values of input levels of the positive side waveform portion and the negative side waveform portion are smaller than a predetermined value; producing a higher range component of the audio signal based on a high range component of the audio signal to which the gain is applied, the higher range component being higher in frequency than the high range component; producing a lower range component of the audio signal based on a low range component of the audio signal to which the gain is applied, the lower range component being lower in the frequency than the low range component; and synthesizing an audio signal having an effect sound by adding the audio signal to which the different gains are applied, the higher range component, and the lower range component with each other. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196524 | METHOD FOR PLANNING A DENTAL COMPONENT - Presented herein are methods and devices for designing dental components, such as physical models of a patient's anatomy, crowns and bridges. An operator of a prosthetic designing system can receive information, such as from a scanner, which provides information on the topology of the patient's dentition. The operator can use this information to design a custom prosthetic to fit the patient. Part of the designing process involves using a finish line defined for a preparation as a segmentation line for a physical die corresponding to the preparation, and using a path of draw line as an insertion axis line for a dental prosthetic. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196525 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING FILM PRODUCTION AND MINIMIZING FILM SCRAP - The present invention relates to a method of optimizing self-supporting film production which includes the steps of: determining at least one scrap factor which relates to a total amount of scrap in processing a film product; correlating the at least one scrap factor to at least one processing parameter; and adjusting the at least one processing parameter to reduce the total amount of scrap in processing the film product. | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196526 | Method and Assembly for Determining and/or Producing a Drive or Parts for a Drive and Interface and Method for Determining an Operational Reliability Factor Sb - An interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor S | 2011-08-11 |
| 20110196527 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR CUTTING - The present invention relates to a system for controlling the cutting of a first rip out of a first board and a second rip out of the first board or out of a second board. The system including a control module which provides instructions to stack and/or align the first board and the second board or the first rip and the second rip and instructions to process the first rip and the second rip simultaneously. | 2011-08-11 |
