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20100045690 | DIGITAL DISPLAY - A display system that achieves a gamma characteristic different than 1, such as a gamma characteristic of 2 for example. The gamma characteristic may be selectable and it may be selectable via timing characteristics rather than by varying the intensity of the light source. Defective memory registers are also compensated for by selecting them to store bits of relatively lower significance. | 02-25-2010 |
20100245212 | MICRODISPLAY AND INTERFACE ON A SINGLE CHIP - A microdisplay having interface circuitry on the same silicon backplane to allow it to receive digital images and video in a variety of formats and convert same to field sequential color signals for generation of full color images. It includes column data processors having a comparator for each block of N-columns of pixels. Image data is double-buffered in SRAM memory cells located beneath the pixel electrodes, but not within each pixel. The stored data is logically associated with each pixel via the column data processors. Image compression is accomplished by converting RGB data to a variant of YUV data and sampling the color components of the converted data less frequently than the luminance components. The SRAM image buffer consumes a reduced amount of power. A temperature compensation scheme allows the temperature of the microdisplay to be sensed and the drive voltage to the pixel electrodes to be varied in response thereto. | 09-30-2010 |
20110169882 | ADJUSTMENT OF DISPLAY ILLUMINATION TIMING - A display device adjusts the operational timing of the illumination source relative to pixels of the display device. Grayscale may be generated in the pixels using pulse width modulation. The operational timing may be adjusted based on the temperature of the display device. The display device may be a liquid crystal display device and the operational timing of the illumination source may be adjusted to compensate for variation in the response time of the liquid crystal material based on temperature. | 07-14-2011 |
20110199405 | DIGITAL GRAY SCALE METHODS AND DEVICES - Methods and devices for generating grayscale using digital pulse width modulation between optical states. Grayscale may be generated for each component color using multiple algorithm cycles per display field. Subsets of binary weighted bit values for data values of each component color may be split across algorithm cycles to reduce the number of data comparisons per color per display field. The total number of data comparisons per color per display field may be reduced by half or more. | 08-18-2011 |
20110227887 | ADJUSTMENT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY VOLTAGE - Drive voltages of a liquid crystal display are adjusted based on one or more environmental conditions. The pixel drive voltages may be adjusted based on temperature. A pixel voltage may be varied such that it is a higher voltage at relatively lower temperatures and a lower voltage at relatively higher temperatures. The window voltage may be varied based on temperature. The window voltage may be stepped through different values within a display phase. The window voltage may be varied during a blanking period of the display phase such that the pixel sees a relatively larger voltage to obtain a desired initial state more quickly. Then, during a light modulating time period, the window voltage may be stepped such that there is a lower voltage field for holding the state of the pixel. | 09-22-2011 |
20120069060 | NOR-BASED GRAYSCALE FOR A DIGITAL DISPLAY - A digital display provides pulse-width-modulated pixel waveforms by applying a wired-NOR function to selected bits of stored image data. Image bits are selected according to a digital sequence and the wired-NOR function results in a trigger signal that may be used to switch the state of a pixel element. The pixel element may be a pixel state latch of a pixel driver circuit. The digital display may accept conventional 24-bit color video signals (one 8-bit gray-scale value for each pixel for each of the red, green, and blue primary colors), and convert this input signal to sequential color with PWM digital gray scale drive to each pixel. | 03-22-2012 |
20120075320 | DEFECT MAPPING FOR A DIGITAL DISPLAY - A digital display with image data storage memory that minimizes the impact of defective memory cells by remapping stored image data. Memory defects may be detected by automatic or visual testing. The digital display may perform a mapping process such that image data placed in the location of the defective storage cells is based on the significance of the data, both by bit and by color. The mapping process may operate on addressed rows of memory cells of the digital display. | 03-29-2012 |
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20090069842 | Surgical instrument - A medical instrument having a proximal control handle and a distal tool that are intercoupled by an elongated instrument shaft that is meant to pass internally of an anatomic body, proximal and distal movable members that respectively intercouple the proximal control handle and the distal tool with the instrument shaft, cable control means disposed between the movable members, an actuation member at the handle for controlling the distal tool through the movable members, and a coupler for selectively engaging or disengaging separable cable segments of the actuation member. | 03-12-2009 |
20090171147 | Surgical instrument - A medical instrument having a proximal control handle and a distal tool that are intercoupled by an elongated instrument shaft that is meant to pass internally of an anatomic body, proximal and distal movable members that respectively intercouple the proximal control handle and the distal tool with the instrument shaft, cable control means disposed between the movable members, an actuation member at the handle for controlling the distal tool through the movable members, and a coupler for selectively engaging or disengaging the shaft portion of the instrument from the handle portion. The handle has a distal receiver portion, and a shaft connector on said proximal motion member is selectively engageable with and releaseable from the receiver portion. | 07-02-2009 |
20120303006 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A medical instrument having a proximal control handle and a distal tool that are intercoupled by an elongated instrument shaft that is meant to pass internally of an anatomic body, proximal and distal movable members that respectively intercouple the proximal control handle and the distal tool with the instrument shaft, cable control means disposed between the movable members, an actuation member at the handle for controlling the distal tool through the movable members, and a coupler for selectively engaging or disengaging separable cable segments of the actuation member. | 11-29-2012 |
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20100092562 | SUSTAINED-RELEASE DRUG DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - The present invention relates to liquid sustained release suspension dosage forms. In particular, the invention encompasses sustained release compositions comprising a dispersed phase, which contains an ion-exchange matrix drug complex, a diffusion controlling membrane coating and a dispersion medium comprising an excipient capable of impeding water activity such that drug dissolution is inhibited prior to administration. Further, the invention provides for compositions wherein several active ingredients associate in a single bead in the dispersed phase, such that the abuse potential of such active ingredients is reduced. The invention also encompasses sustained release formulations of combination drugs comprising an extended release phase and an immediate release phase. The formulations of the invention may be used to treat a variety of conditions and symptoms, including those that require administration of several drugs, such as cold and allergy symptoms. In one of the embodiments, the sustained release composition combines an antihistamine, an antitussive and a decongestant. The invention further provides for methods of making and using such formulations. | 04-15-2010 |
20100278915 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN ANTIHISTAMINE, ANTITUSSIVE AND DECONGESTANT IN EXTENDED RELEASE FORMULATIONS - The invention provides oral formulations for the treatment of cold and allergy symptoms. Each formulation combines an antihistamine, an antitussive, and/or a decongestant into one extended release composition. The invention further provides for methods of making and using such formulations, as well as for methods for preventing abuse or extraction of a single drug present in an oral extended release composition comprising two or more of an antihistamine, antitussive, and/or decongestant. | 11-04-2010 |
20100280059 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN ANTIHISTAMINE, ANTITUSSIVE AND DECONGESTANT IN EXTENDED RELEASE FORMULATIONS - The invention provides oral formulations for the treatment of cold and allergy symptoms. Each formulation combines an antihistamine, an antitussive, and/or a decongestant into one extended release composition. The invention further provides for methods of making and using such formulations, as well as for methods for preventing abuse or extraction of a single drug present in an oral extended release composition comprising two or more of an antihistamine, antitussive, and/or decongestant. | 11-04-2010 |
20140155388 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SELF-REGULATED RELEASE OF ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT - An abuse deterrent pharmaceutical composition including a pharmaceutically active ingredient; an acid soluble ingredient; and a buffering ingredient; wherein the acid soluble ingredient and the buffering ingredient retard release of the active pharmaceutical ingredient when the composition is ingested in excess of an intended dosage. | 06-05-2014 |
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20090275252 | CLEANING MEDIUM FOR REMOVING CONTAMINATION AND METHOD OF MAKING - A cleaning medium that includes polyisobutylene (also sometimes referred to as polybutylene or as polybutene). Cleaning media include cleaning implements, polishers, and filters. Typically a substantial portion of the polyisobutylene has a molecular weight (MW) greater than 30,000 and in some particular applications the molecular weight is around 85,000. The polyisobutylene is generally adjacent to the surface of a substrate, such as a non-woven or woven fabric. A method of making a cleaning medium is provided. The method typically involves dissolving polyisobutylene in a solvent such as hexane to form a tackifier solution, soaking the substrate in the tackifier to produce a preform, and then drying the preform to produce the cleaning medium. The cleaning media are typically used dry, without any liquid cleaning agent. In embodiments where the cleaning medium is as cleaning implement or a polisher, the surface to be cleaned is wiped with a surface of the cleaning medium adjacent to which the polyisobutylene is disposed. Vigorous wiping may be used in applications where contamination is difficult to remove. In embodiments where the cleaning medium is a filter, a fluid is passed through the cleaning medium and the cleaning medium traps particles and aerosols entrained in the fluid. | 11-05-2009 |
20120152282 | METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF BERYLLIUM CONTAMINATION FROM AN ARTICLE - A method of removal of beryllium contamination from an article is disclosed. The method typically involves dissolving polyisobutylene in a solvent such as hexane to form a tackifier solution, soaking the substrate in the tackifier to produce a preform, and then drying the preform to produce the cleaning medium. The cleaning media are typically used dry, without any liquid cleaning agent to rub the surface of the article and remove the beryllium contamination below a non-detect level. In some embodiments no detectible residue is transferred from the cleaning wipe to the article as a result of the cleaning process. | 06-21-2012 |
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20090254611 | System and Method for Platform and Language-Independent Development and Delivery of Page-Based Content - A system and method for platform and language-independent delivery of page-based content. Content defined in a relatively abstract format is rendered into multiple platform formats in client-side applications' user interfaces in multiple human languages. The relatively abstract format is a subset of XML and is used to define user interface elements to be displayed on a page. A Model-View-Controller architecture is implemented comprising a plurality of servlet filters, a servlet pipeline and a plurality of rendering processors for client detection, client tracking, relatively abstract format preprocessing, relatively abstract format processing and validating, and transforming and rendering of the relatively abstract format into multiple platform formats in client-side applications' user interfaces in multiple human languages. A creation, modification and management tool is also disclosed for creating, modifying and managing platform and language-independent page-based content. | 10-08-2009 |
20110283207 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLATFORM AND LANGUAGE-INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF PAGE-BASED CONTENT - A system and method for platform and language-independent delivery of page-based content. Content defined in a relatively abstract format is rendered into multiple platform formats in client-side applications' user interfaces in multiple human languages. The relatively abstract format is a subset of XML and is used to define user interface elements to be displayed on a page. A Model-View-Controller architecture is implemented comprising a plurality of servlet filters, a servlet pipeline and a plurality of rendering processors for client detection, client tracking, relatively abstract format preprocessing, relatively abstract format processing and validating, and transforming and rendering of the relatively abstract format into multiple platform formats in client-side applications' user interfaces in multiple human languages. A creation, modification and management tool is also disclosed for creating, modifying and managing platform and language-independent page-based content. | 11-17-2011 |