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20100326003 | PORTABLE MODULAR ROOF TRUSS SYSTEM - The present invention provides a portable modular roof truss system for creating a symmetric roof. In one embodiment, the portable modular roof truss system comprises a collar, a crossbar, two arms, two connecting members, and a locking mechanism. The arms are elongated hollow cylinders coupled to opposing sides of the hollow cylindrical collar at a predetermined slope. The crossbar is also an elongated cylinder residing parallel to the ground and is coupled to both arms. Each hollow cylindrical connecting member is coupled to the end of an arm, respectively. Finally, the locking mechanism is coupled to the bottom portion of the collar and prevents a roof pole residing therein from moving back and forth. Each connecting member further comprises two apertures residing on opposite sides of the member used to couple the truss system to a variety of truss components (e.g., spacers, clamps, hinges, etc.). | 12-30-2010 |
20120151770 | TRUSS ASSEMBLY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a truss assembly apparatus and method for coupling truss members. The apparatus comprises a first lever and second lever joined at a joint mechanism. The first lever comprises a handle at one end and a first head at another end. The second lever also comprises a handle at one end and a second head at another end. The second head further comprises a second tip for engaging a head of a truss pin. Additionally, the first head comprises a first tip which is substantially curved in profile and capable of both receiving and supporting the walls of a truss member. The first tip further comprises an opening such as a slot allowing for at least the tip of the pin to pass therethrough. | 06-21-2012 |
20130118110 | PORTABLE MODULAR ROOF TRUSS SYSTEM - The present invention provides a portable modular roof truss system. In one embodiment, a portable modular roof truss system comprises at least one roof truss device comprising a roof apex collar, a crossbar, two arms, and two connecting members. The collar comprises two separate members coupled together by at least one bolt to form an opening capable of receiving a roof pole. In another embodiment, a portable modular roof truss system comprises two roof apex collars. In yet another embodiment, a roof truss device comprises a collar, a crossbar, two arms, and two connecting members. The collar comprises two separate members coupled together by a hinge to form an opening capable of receiving a roof pole. | 05-16-2013 |
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20090323126 | User Interface Tag For Use In Processing A Service On A Scannable Document - A user interface tag for use in processing a service on a scannable document is provided. A printable surface is on one side of the scannable document and an adhesive surface is on another side of the scannable document. The printable surface further includes a printed data field specified substantially within the printable surface, including machine-readable marks of digital data encoding a service code and a user identification number; and a printed rectilinear border surrounding the printed data field to define a rectilinear iconic representation. A scanned representation of the machine-readable marks is located by identifying the printed rectilinear border using corner candidates oriented in diametric opposition from among connected components identified on the document and the scanned representation of the machine-readable marks are decoded from the rectilinear iconic representation to specify the user identification number and the service code. | 12-31-2009 |
20110194125 | DISTRIBUTED DATA FLOW FOR PAGE PARALLEL IMAGE PROCESSING WITHIN PRINTING SYSTEMS - A system renders print jobs via a marking engine. A raster image processor receives the job from the input module and renders it to one or more raster images. One or more contone image processors receive the one or more raster images to perform cross-channel image processing to render the raster images into a form compatible with the marking engine, wherein the output is partially sub-partitioned by color separation. An image refactoring and distribution network completes the sub-partitioning by separation of the rendered contone raster images by color separation and distributes each color sub-partition to a marker channel module specific to each color sub-partition. A marking engine receives the color sub-partitioned image data, marks the image onto a substrate and outputs a hardcopy of the image. | 08-11-2011 |
20130293925 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MARKING MATERIAL USAGE FOR A PRINTING SYSTEM - A method for determining a marking material usage estimate for a print job to be performed by a printing system is provided. The method is implemented in a computer system having one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules. The method includes receiving compressed data of an image of the print job, wherein the image has a plurality of image pixels each having an image pixel intensity value, wherein the image pixels are transformed into the compressed data using a compression scheme; obtaining marking material usage statistics by partially decompressing the compressed data so as to obtain average pixel intensity values of the image pixels in the image; and determining the marking material usage estimate for the print job using the obtained marking material usage statistics. | 11-07-2013 |
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20150095182 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HIGH-PERFORMANCE GRAPH ANALYTICS ENGINE - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for generating a product recommendation. During operation, the system receives graph data indicating vertices and edges of the graph. The vertices represent customers and products and the edges represent purchases. The system then receives a query of the graph to determine a product recommendation. Next, the system generates a finite-state machine (FSM) based on the query, executes the query, and determines whether a current state of the FSM is a traversal state. In response to the current state being a traversal state, the system generates a traversal FSM. The system then searches the traversal FSM for a nearest future traversal state, generates a bitmask for the future traversal state, and utilizes the generated bitmask when executing the future traversal state to generate the product recommendation. | 04-02-2015 |
20150106223 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PARALLEL SEARCH ON BIPARTITE GRAPHS USING DYNAMIC VERTEX-TO-PROCESSOR MAPPING - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for dynamically assigning vertices to processors to generate a recommendation for a customer. During operation, the system receives graph data with customer and product vertices and purchase edges. The system traverses the graph from a customer vertex to a set of product vertices. The system divides the set of product vertices among a set of processors. Subsequently, the system determines a set of product frontier vertices for each processor. The system traverses the graph from the set of product frontier vertices to a set of customer vertices. The system divides the set of customer vertices among a set of processors. Then, the system determines a set of customer frontier vertices for each processor. The system traverses the graph from the set of customer frontier vertices to a set of recommendable product vertices. The system generates one or more product recommendations for the customer. | 04-16-2015 |
20150161228 | EFFICIENT DETECTION OF INFORMATION OF INTEREST USING MODE-BASED GRAPH CLUSTERING - One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method. The method comprises assigning a vertex identifier of a first vertex to a second vertex in a graph based on an edge between the first vertex and the second vertex. The vertices represent elements in a data set, the edge represents a type and strength of relationship between the vertices. The method further comprises provisionally assigning each vertex to a vertex cluster associated with the vertex identifier, and converging the assignments based on a measure of cluster quality associated with all the vertex clusters. Each vertex cluster represents information of interest in the data set. One measure of clustering quality is called “modularity.” | 06-11-2015 |
20150161229 | EFFICIENT DETECTION OF INFORMATION OF INTEREST USING GREEDY-MODE-BASED GRAPH CLUSTERING - One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system, which identifies, for graph clustering, first and second sets of vertices in a graph. A respective vertex in the first set of vertices is an exemplar. A respective vertex in the second set of vertices is not an exemplar and not associated with a vertex identifier. The system assigns a vertex identifier of a first vertex in the first set to a second vertex in the second set based on type and strength of relationship between the vertices. The vertices represent elements in a data set. The vertex identifiers of the first and second vertices do not change before convergence. The system allocates the first vertex and the second vertex to a first vertex cluster associated with the vertex identifier, and detects convergence based on modularity associated with vertex clusters representing information of interest in the data set. | 06-11-2015 |
20150193854 | AUTOMATED COMPILATION OF GRAPH INPUT FOR THE HIPERGRAPH SOLVER - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for generating a product recommendation by translating transaction data to graph representation for input to a graph analytics application. During operation, the system generates a transaction table to store transaction data, a customer table to store customer data, and a product table to store products data. The system generates a table containing topology and edge identifier information and a table containing edge attribute information. Next, the system generates headers that include data describing the customer table and/or the product table and/or the table containing edge attribute information. The system then generates files containing the one or more headers and data from the tables, in which the data describes a graph with edges representing transactions and vertices representing customers or products. Subsequently, the system submits the one or more files as input to the graph analytics application to generate a product recommendation. | 07-09-2015 |
20150242532 | EFFICIENT LINK MANAGEMENT FOR GRAPH CLUSTERING - One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method. The method comprises identifying a first vertex and a second vertex in a graph as candidates for a link between the first and the second vertices. The first and second vertices represent elements in a data set. The method further comprises determining a link indicator based on a first link count, which indicates a sum of respective weights of links of a vertex, associated with the first vertex and a second link count associated with the second vertex. The method also includes determining whether to connect the first and second vertices with a link based on the link indicator's conformity with a link threshold, which determines whether to connect two vertices using a link. | 08-27-2015 |
20150310644 | EFFICIENT REPRESENTATIONS OF GRAPHS WITH MULTIPLE EDGE TYPES - One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method. The method comprises obtaining from a first data structure one or more pointers to corresponding elements in a second data structure. A respective vertex of a graph corresponds to an element in the first data structure and the graph supports multiple edge types between respective vertex pairs. The method further comprises obtaining from the second data structure a respective edge type associated with a respective vertex and a respective successor vertex of the edge type and enumerating a respective successor vertex of an edge type of a vertex from the second data structure based on a pointer in an element in the first data structure associated with the vertex. | 10-29-2015 |
20150370740 | Computing System With Unified Storage, Processing, And Network Switch Fabrics And Method For Making And Using The Same - A system and method for making and using a computing system with unified storage, processing, and network switch fabrics are provided. Processing nodes, either physical or virtual, are associated with intra-module ports, inter-module ports, and local storage spaces. A plurality of processing nodes are linked through intra-module ports to form processing modules. A plurality of the processing modules are further connected through inter-module ports to form the computing system. Several inter-module connection schemes are described, each of which can be adapted to use with existing network packet routing algorithms. Each processing node need only to keep track of the states of its directly connected neighbors, obviating the need for a high-speed connection to the rest processing nodes within the system. As a result, dedicated network switching equipment is not needed and network capacity grows naturally as processing nodes are added. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370741 | Computing System Framework With Unified Storage, Processing, And Network Switching Fabrics Incorporating Network Switches And Method For Making And Using The Same - A system and method for making and using a computing system framework with unified storage, processing, and network switching fabrics are provided. Processing nodes, either physical or virtual, are associated with intra-module ports, inter-module ports, and local storage spaces. A plurality of processing nodes are linked through intra-module ports to form processing modules. A plurality of the processing modules are connected through inter-module ports to form the computing system. Network switch can be incorporated into intra-module or inter-module connections. Several inter-module connection schemes, which can be adapted to use with existing network packet routing algorithms, are disclosed. Each processing node needs only to keep track of the states of its directly connected neighbors, obviating the need for a high-speed connection to the rest processing nodes within the system. Dedicated network switching equipment can be flexibly employed and network capacity grows naturally as processing nodes are added. | 12-24-2015 |
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20100181329 | DRINK CONTAINERS - Drink containers with mouthpiece assemblies having a dispensing configuration and a stowed configuration. A mouthpiece assembly defines a liquid passage through which drink liquid may be dispensed when the mouthpiece assembly is in the dispensing configuration and includes means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some examples, the means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid include a tube that at least partially defines the liquid passage and which includes a crimping region. The crimping region may be constructed of a resiliently and reversibly deformable material that is adapted to restrict the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some embodiments, the mouthpiece assembly includes a means for automatically releasing the mouthpiece assembly from its stowed configuration to a dispensing configuration. | 07-22-2010 |
20120228315 | DRINK CONTAINERS - Drink containers with mouthpiece assemblies having a dispensing configuration and a stowed configuration. A mouthpiece assembly defines a liquid passage through which drink liquid may be dispensed when the mouthpiece assembly is in the dispensing configuration and includes means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some examples, the means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid include a tube that at least partially defines the liquid passage and which includes a crimping region. The crimping region may be constructed of a resiliently and reversibly deformable material that is adapted to restrict the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some embodiments, the mouthpiece assembly includes a means for automatically releasing the mouthpiece assembly from its stowed configuration to a dispensing configuration. | 09-13-2012 |
20130008902 | DRINK CONTAINERS - Drink containers with mouthpiece assemblies having a dispensing configuration and a stowed configuration. A mouthpiece assembly defines a liquid passage through which drink liquid may be dispensed when the mouthpiece assembly is in the dispensing configuration and includes means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some examples, the means for selectively restricting the flow of drink liquid include a tube that at least partially defines the liquid passage and which includes a crimping region. The crimping region may be constructed of a resiliently and reversibly deformable material that is adapted to restrict the flow of drink liquid through the liquid passage when the mouthpiece assembly is in the stowed configuration. In some embodiments, the mouthpiece assembly includes a means for automatically releasing the mouthpiece assembly from its stowed configuration to a dispensing configuration. | 01-10-2013 |
20140263476 | DRINK CONTAINERS AND CAP ASSEMBLIES - Drink containers include a liquid container and a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container. Cap assemblies include a body that defines a drink outlet for dispensing drink liquid, and an operational assembly that is operatively coupled to the body and that has at least an open configuration permitting drink liquid to be dispensed and a closed configuration restricting drink liquid from being dispensed. In some embodiments, the operational assembly also has a cleaning configuration in which portions of the operational assembly are spaced away from the body of the cap assembly for cleaning. In some embodiments, the operational assembly is positioned predominantly on the exterior of the body of the cap assembly. | 09-18-2014 |
20150351568 | DRINK CONTAINERS AND CAP ASSEMBLIES - Drink containers include a liquid container and a cap assembly removably coupled to the liquid container. Cap assemblies include a body that defines a drink outlet for dispensing drink liquid, and an operational assembly that is operatively coupled to the body and that has at least an open configuration permitting drink liquid to be dispensed and a closed configuration restricting drink liquid from being dispensed. In some embodiments, the operational assembly also has a cleaning configuration in which portions of the operational assembly are spaced away from the body of the cap assembly for cleaning. In some embodiments, the operational assembly is positioned predominantly on the exterior of the body of the cap assembly. | 12-10-2015 |
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20120114560 | ABETA BINDING MOLECULES - The present invention encompasses isolated antibodies, or fragments thereof, that are humanized variants of murine antibody 266 which employ complementarity determining regions derived from murine antibody 266. The variant antibodies are useful for treatment or prevention of conditions and diseases associated with Aη, including Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, mild cognitive impairment, and the like. | 05-10-2012 |
20120263723 | c-Met Antibodies - Provided are monoclonal antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, and combinations of the foregoing, that bind to, and inhibit the activity of, c-Met, and that are effective in treating cancers and other diseases, disorders, or conditions where pathogenesis is mediated by c-Met. | 10-18-2012 |
20130071405 | ANTIBODIES TO PCSK9 AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to antibodies to proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), or antigen-binding fragments thereof, compositions comprising such PCSK9 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments, and methods of using the same for the treatment of hyperlipidemia or hypercholesterolemia. | 03-21-2013 |
20140349310 | Anti-c-Met Antibodies - Provided is a monoclonal antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds to c-Met. Such antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, are useful in in vivo, ex vivo or in vitro immunochemical and other imaging methods for detecting cell surface c-Met receptor levels for diagnostic, prognostic and predictive purposes, and for optimizing therapeutic regimens in patients harboring tumors in which c-Met is implicated in pathogenesis. | 11-27-2014 |
20150118238 | Anti-c-Met Antibodies - The present invention relates to antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to the extracellular domain of human c-Met, compositions and kits comprising such c-Met antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, and methods of using the same for detection of human c-Met that aid in identifying patients with tumors expressing or overexpressing human Met and/or improving their treatment response with anti-c-Met therapeutics. | 04-30-2015 |
20150266954 | IL-21 ANTIBODIES - The invention relates to engineered, humanized antibodies that have high binding affinity for and neutralize human IL-21, methods of using the antibodies to treat conditions in which antagonism or neutralization of the effects of IL-21 is warranted, such as autoimmune conditions, compositions and methods for recombinantly producing the antibodies, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies. | 09-24-2015 |
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20090047277 | RECOMBINANT IL-9 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides novel antibodies that immunospecifically bind to an IL-9 polypeptide and compositions comprising said antibodies. The present invention also provides methods and compositions preventing, treating, managing, and/or ameliorating diseases and disorders associated with aberrant expression and/or activity of IL 9 or IL-9 receptor or subunits thereof, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, proliferative diseases, and infections comprising administration of one or more antibodies thereof that immunospecifically bind to an IL-9 polypeptide. The invention also encompasses methods and compositions for diagnosing, monitoring, and prognosing these disorders. The present invention further relates to articles of manufacture and kits comprising antibodies that immunospecifically bind to an IL-9 polypeptide. | 02-19-2009 |
20090131638 | ANTI-MYOSTATIN ANTIBODIES - Anti-myostatin antibodies are identified that are characterized as having high affinity and may be chimeric, humanized or fully human antibodies, immunoconjugates of the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. The antibodies of the invention are useful for increasing muscle mass, increasing bone density, or for the treatment of various disorders in mammalian and avian species. | 05-21-2009 |
20090297505 | ABETA BINDING MOLECULES - The present invention encompasses isolated antibodies, or fragments thereof, that are humanized variants of murine antibody 266 which employ complementarily determining regions derived from murine antibody 266. The variant antibodies are useful for treatment or prevention of conditions and diseases associated with Aβ, including Alzheimer's disease. Down's syndrome, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, mild cognitive impairment, and the like. | 12-03-2009 |
20100040633 | BINDING COMPOSITIONS: RELATED REAGENTS - TGF-beta 1 binding compositions and reagents related thereto are provided. Methods of using such compositions for therapeutic purpose are also provided. | 02-18-2010 |
20100080811 | ANTI-MYOSTATIN ANTIBODIES - Anti-myostatin antibodies are identified that are characterized as having high affinity and may be chimeric, humanized or fully human antibodies, immunoconjugates of the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. The antibodies of the invention are useful for increasing muscle mass, increasing bone density, or for the treatment of various disorders in mammalian and avian species. | 04-01-2010 |
20100129369 | c-Met Antibodies - Provided are monoclonal antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, and combinations of the foregoing, that bind to, and inhibit the activity of, c-Met, and that are effective in treating cancers and other diseases, disorders, or conditions where pathogenesis is mediated by c-Met. | 05-27-2010 |
20120109097 | RECOMBINANT IL-9 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides novel antibodies that immunospecifically bind to an IL-9 polypeptide and compositions comprising said antibodies. The present invention also provides methods and compositions preventing, treating, managing, and/or ameliorating diseases and disorders associated with aberrant expression and/or activity of IL 9 or IL-9 receptor or subunits thereof, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, proliferative diseases, and infections comprising administration of one or more antibodies thereof that immunospecifically bind to an IL-9 polypeptide. The invention also encompasses methods and compositions for diagnosing, monitoring, and prognosing these disorders. The present invention further relates to articles of manufacture and kits comprising antibodies that immunospecifically bind to an IL-9 polypeptide. | 05-03-2012 |
20130273071 | Recombinant IL-9 Antibodies And Uses Thereof - The present invention provides novel antibodies that immunospecifically bind to an IL-9 polypeptide and compositions comprising said antibodies. The present invention also provides methods and compositions preventing, treating, managing, and/or ameliorating diseases and disorders associated with aberrant expression and/or activity of IL 9 or IL-9 receptor or subunits thereof, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, proliferative diseases, and infections comprising administration of one or more antibodies thereof that immunospecifically bind to an IL-9 polypeptide. The invention also encompasses methods and compositions for diagnosing, monitoring, and prognosing these disorders. The present invention further relates to articles of manufacture and kits comprising antibodies that immunospecifically bind to an IL-9 polypeptide. | 10-17-2013 |
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20080259798 | FLOW AND CONGESTION CONTROL IN SWITCH ARCHITECTURES FOR MULTI-HOP, MEMORY EFFICIENT FABRICS - A shared memory switch and switch fabric architecture are described which employ partitions of the shared memory to implement multiple, independent virtual congestion domains, thereby allowing congestion to be handled for different classes of traffic independently. | 10-23-2008 |
20090217232 | LOGIC SYNTHESIS OF MULTI-LEVEL DOMINO ASYNCHRONOUS PIPELINES - Methods and apparatus are described for optimizing a circuit design. A gate level circuit description corresponding to the circuit design is generated. The gate level circuit description includes a plurality of pipelines across a plurality of levels. Using a linear programming technique, a minimal number of buffers is added to selected ones of the pipelines such that a performance constraint is satisfied. | 08-27-2009 |
20110080916 | CONFIGURABLE FRAME PROCESSING PIPELINE IN A PACKET SWITCH - Highly configurable frame processing pipelines are enabled in packet switches in an efficient manner which satisfies stringent area and power requirements. Frame processing pipelines are described that enable dynamic processing of different types of frames on a per frame basis. | 04-07-2011 |
20110164496 | FLOW AND CONGESTION CONTROL IN SWITCH ARCHITECTURES FOR MULTI-HOP, MEMORY EFFICIENT FABRICS - A shared memory switch and switch fabric architecture are described which employ partitions of the shared memory to implement multiple, independent virtual congestion domains, thereby allowing congestion to be handled for different classes of traffic independently. | 07-07-2011 |
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20090103890 | Time Shifting by Concurrently Recording and Playing a Data Stream - A video stream may include portions that are stored while other portions are being displayed. In one embodiment, a portion of the video stream may be stored in digital storage media at one instance while in the next instance another portion of the stream is being read out of the storage media. | 04-23-2009 |
20100262870 | CONTEXT SWITCH SAMPLING - A method for performance monitoring in a computing system is described. In some embodiments, an addressable memory stores data and instructions for performing context switch sampling. A processor includes hardware event counters, and is coupled with the addressable memory to access said instructions and in response to said instructions, the processor counts occurrences of a first hardware event in a first hardware event counter and counts occurrences of a second hardware event in a second hardware event counter. After a specified number of occurrences of the first hardware event have been counted, the second hardware event counter is sampled and hardware event counters are reset. In some embodiments the processor counts occurrences of segment register load events in the first hardware event counter and then records the sampled second hardware event counter value with a process identifier value and/or a thread identifier value. | 10-14-2010 |
20120243849 | Time Shifting by Concurrently Recording and Playing a Data Stream - A video stream may include portions that are stored while other portions are being displayed. In one embodiment, a portion of the video stream may be stored in digital storage media at one instance while in the next instance another portion of the stream is being read out of the storage media. | 09-27-2012 |
20150147050 | Time Shifting by Concurrently Recording and Playing a Data Stream - A video stream may include portions that are stored while other portions are being displayed. In one embodiment, a portion of the video stream may be stored in digital storage media at one instance while in the next instance another portion of the stream is being read out of the storage media. | 05-28-2015 |
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20110172543 | Multipurpose Host System for Invasive Cardiovascular Diagnostic Measurement Acquisition and Display - An ultrasound catheter is described herein for insertion into a cavity such as a blood vessel to facilitate imaging within a vasculature. The catheter comprises an elongate flexible shaft, a capacitive microfabricated ultrasonic transducer, and a sonic reflector. The elongate flexible shaft has a proximate end and a distal end. A capacitive microfabricated ultrasonic transducer (cMUT) is mounted to the shaft near the distal end. The reflector is positioned such that a reflective surface redirects ultrasonic waves to and from the transducer. In other embodiments, the catheter comprises a plurality of cMUT elements and operates without the use of reflectors. In further embodiments, integrated circuitry is incorporated into the design. | 07-14-2011 |
20110270091 | Apparatus and Method for Use of RFID Catheter Intelligence - A method and system is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, methods and devices for identifying information about the imaging element used to gather the backscattered data are provided in order to permit an operation console having a plurality of Virtual Histology classification trees to select the appropriate VH classification tree for analyzing data gathered using that imaging element. In order to select the appropriate VH database for analyzing data from a specific imaging catheter, it is advantageous to know information regarding the function and performance of the catheter, such as the operating frequency of the catheter and whether it is a rotational or phased-array catheter. The present invention provides a device and method for storing this information on the imaging catheter and communicating the information to the operation console. In addition, information related to additional functions of the catheter may also be stored on the catheter and used to further optimize catheter performance and/or select the appropriate Virtual Histology classification tree for analyzing data from the catheter imaging element. | 11-03-2011 |
20120184834 | Sensor Catheter Having Reduced Cross-Talk Wiring Arrangements - Improved wiring arrangements for sensor catheters are provided to reduce wire-to-wire cross-talk wherein wires connecting the sensor of the sensor catheter to a processing unit are divided into a plurality of wire bundles contained within respective sheaths, with the wires in wire bundle twisted together reduce electromagnetic signal interference among the individual wires, or between wire bundles. | 07-19-2012 |
20130030302 | Capacitative Microfabricated Ultrasound Transducer-Based Intravascular Ultrasound Probes - An ultrasound catheter is described herein for insertion into a cavity such as a blood vessel to facilitate imaging within a vasculature. The catheter comprises an elongate flexible shaft, a capacitive microfabricated ultrasonic transducer, and a sonic reflector. The elongate flexible shaft has a proximate end and a distal end. A capacitive microfabricated ultrasonic transducer (cMUT) is mounted to the shaft near the distal end. The reflector is positioned such that a reflective surface redirects ultrasonic waves to and from the transducer. In other embodiments, the catheter comprises a plurality of cMUT elements and operates without the use of reflectors. In further embodiments, integrated circuitry is incorporated into the design. | 01-31-2013 |
20130060145 | Ultrasound Catheter With Rotatable Transducer - An ultrasound catheter assembly having a rotatable transducer assembly is disclosed. The ultrasound catheter assembly includes an elongate flexible shaft having a lumen and a proximal end and a distal end. The catheter assembly further includes a drive member that engages the transducer assembly at a distal end of the catheter. Rotation of the drive member in a first direction causes the transducer assembly to rotate in an oscillatory fashion in a second direction. | 03-07-2013 |
20150342564 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE OF RFID CATHETER INTELLIGENCE - A method and system is provided for using backscattered data and known parameters to characterize vascular tissue. Specifically, methods and devices for identifying information about the imaging element used to gather the backscattered data are provided in order to permit an operation console having a plurality of Virtual Histology classification trees to select the appropriate VH classification tree for analyzing data gathered using that imaging element. In order to select the appropriate VH database for analyzing data from a specific imaging catheter, it is advantageous to know information regarding the function and performance of the catheter, such as the operating frequency of the catheter and whether it is a rotational or phased-array catheter. The present invention provides a device and method for storing this information on the imaging catheter and communicating the information to the operation console. In addition, information related to additional functions of the catheter may also be stored on the catheter and used to further optimize catheter performance and/or select the appropriate Virtual Histology classification tree for analyzing data from the catheter imaging element. | 12-03-2015 |
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20140136708 | ORCHESTRATION MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for an orchestration management database (OMDB). The OMDB provides for aggregation of vendor and bank data necessary for information technology infrastructure deployment, management, and federation. Utilizing cloud computing technology the OMDB provides an aggregation of all data necessary for information technology infrastructures within an entity into one useable database that dramatically simplifies the ability to do core functions and integrate external vendors and components with the entity's information technology infrastructure. In this way, the present invention modularly stores data required for an entity's information technology infrastructure and allows for easy deployment, intelligent monitoring, federation of data, and feedback associated with all aspects of the entity's information technology infrastructure. | 05-15-2014 |
20140137073 | END TO END MODULAR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing an information technology build service for building a platform in response to a service request. The invention receives a service request for the platform build from a requester, receives a plurality of platform parameters from the requester, determines whether the service request requires one or more physical machines or one or more virtual machines, and if the service request requires one or more virtual machines, initiates build of the one or more virtual machines. The invention also provisions physical and virtual storage based on received parameters, provisions physical and virtual processing power based on received parameters, and manages power of resources during the build, the managing comprising managing power ups, power downs, standbys, idles and reboots of one or more physical components being used for the build. | 05-15-2014 |
20140137110 | CAPACITY RECLAMATION AND RESOURCE ADJUSTMENT - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing capacity reclamation of resources allocated to one or more virtual machines. The invention monitors resource usage of the one or more virtual machines over a predetermined period of time, compares resource usage to resource allocation; and, based on the comparison of the resource usage to the resource allocation, adjusts resource allocation based on the monitored resource usage. Comparing the resource usage may include comparing resource usage to a target upper threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage exceeds the target upper threshold, increasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount and comparing resource usage to a target lower threshold percentage of allocated resources, and if the resource usage is less than the target lower threshold, decreasing the allocated resources by a predetermined amount. | 05-15-2014 |
20140137111 | HOST NAMING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing a unique naming framework for a plurality of virtual machines attached to a network. The invention may include receiving a service request for a platform build from a requester and receiving a plurality of build parameters associated with the platform build from the requester. Then, the invention may apply a set of naming rules to one or more attributes (that may be based on the received build parameters) associated with one or more virtual machines, assign a unique name to each individual virtual machine based on the set of naming rules and publish at least one of the assigned unique names over the network, thereby providing access to the virtual machine associated with the unique assigned name in response to an internet protocol network request or request to resolve a host name. | 05-15-2014 |
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