Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090307740 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE CACHING OF BURST STREAM TRANSMISSION - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for the selective caching of burst stream transmissions. A digital video (e.g., DVB-H) or other transport stream can be received on a cellular telephone or other device. The transport stream can be divided into bursts in a sequence of cyclical time slots, each slot carrying one service such as a video channel. The bursts contained in the time slots most distant in time from a currently received time slot can be stored to an onboard cache. When a user wishes to change the service being played, they can select the new desired service. If the user chooses to switch or “zap” to one of the cached services, the media decoder on the device can immediately begin decoding and playing the service encoded in that burst back, rather than waiting for the arrival of the next time slot of the subsequent burst for that service. | 12-10-2009 |
20100008336 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF RF MODULE ACTIVITIES - An apparatus and method for synchronizing RF activities comprising receiving a notification relating to transmission activities; determining at least one of a plurality of RF modules to relay the notification; and relaying the notification to at least one of the plurality of RF modules. | 01-14-2010 |
20100218226 | VIDEO CONTENT PRESENTATION - Systems and methods to present video content are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a method of processing video data is disclosed. The method includes receiving timing information associated with the video data. The received timing information is indicative of a start time to start presentation of video content corresponding to the video data. The method includes starting presentation of the video content at a time prior to the start time. The method also includes increasing a presentation rate of the video content. | 08-26-2010 |
20100266050 | SYNCHRONIZING VIDEO FRAMES WITHOUT HARDWARE TIMESTAMPS - A system and method for decoding multimedia video is described. Particularly, a system and method for determining the time of arrival of packets, without a hardware interface, is disclosed. As described herein, the time of arrival for each packet may be derived by extrapolating information from the arrival of a frame boundary and the specifications of the transmission standard. This permits the calculation of drift between the encoder and decoder clocks and consequently the more accurate decoding of the transmission. | 10-21-2010 |
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20090069854 | Implantable electric device - An implantable electric device comprising: a deployable round structure initially in a cramped state and adapted to be expanded into a deployed state, with at least one of a plurality of coils provided about the structure; a power source; and an electric circuitry for generating alternating currents in said at least one of the plurality of coils to generate an alternating electromagnetic field within the structure. In some embodiments of the invention it serves as a motor, and in some embodiments it serves to enhance blood flow within a patient's vasculature. | 03-12-2009 |
20090093876 | RECOIL INHIBITOR FOR PROSTHETIC VALVE - A valve loading apparatus is provided for loading a crimped prosthetic valve into a lumen of a delivery system. The valve recoil adapter can counteract recoil of a compressed prosthetic valve, and maintain the valve at its desired crimp diameter. An integrated bioprosthesis/delivery system is provided for delivering a bioprosthesis to a target area within a body lumen is provided. The delivery system includes a valve covering member and a compressing member, which compresses the valve covering member to surround, hold, and/or compress the valve during delivery to the target area. | 04-09-2009 |
20090093877 | ACTIVE HOLDER FOR ANNULOPLASTY RING DELIVERY - An active annuloplasty ring holder having a template that can be folded or pivoted to the side allowing the template to align longitudinally with the handle and enter the patient's chest through a small incision. The holder may include a mechanism to remotely detach sutures fastening the ring to the holder, thereby detaching the ring while avoiding the risk associated with introducing a scalpel into the operating field. A detachment mechanism may include a movable pin actuated by a pull wire that releases a plurality of holding sutures, or a hot wire, knives, or pull wire that severs the sutures. The holder may have a built-in light source for better visualization of the ring inside the heart. The holder may also have an optical means of visualizing the inside of the heart from the proximal end of the handle. | 04-09-2009 |
20100076549 | Annuloplasty Ring Configured to Receive a Percutaneous Prosthetic Heart Valve Implantation - The invention is an annuloplasty ring, and associated methods therefore, configured to reshape a native heart valve annulus to correct heart valve function, and also configured to be reshaped into a generally circular form in order to receive and/or support a prosthetic heart valve. The annuloplasty ring may be configured to have a generally D-shaped configuration when initially implanted to correct native valve function, but to assume a generally circular form when subjected to an outward force such as that provided by a dilation balloon. | 03-25-2010 |
20110313426 | TRANS-SEPTAL SHEATH WITH SPLITTING DILATING NEEDLE AND METHOD FOR ITS USE - A device useful for accessing the left atrium is provided. The device comprises an elongated tubular body and a dilating tip. The tubular body has an axis, a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen longitudinally extending therethrough. The dilating tip is slidably mounted on the distal end of the tubular body. The dilating tip comprises a segmented surface that is generally transverse to the axis of the tubular body, and a generally rigid tube extending distally from the segmented surface and having a sharp distal end. Distal movement of the tubular body relative to the dilating tip exerts a force on the segmented surface to thereby open the segmented surface. | 12-22-2011 |