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20120245692 | Method and Apparatus for Computerized Surgery - An implant for use in spinal surgery comprises a resilient element having an inflatable cavity. It is formed of a biologically compatible material and is arranged for placement between end plates of adjacent vertebra. The implant may also include a wound disc replacement element. A method of performing spinal surgery on a patient comprises securely mounting a patient onto a patient support table; imaging a spinal region of the patient; building up a three-dimensional image file of the spinal region of the patient; storing the image file; and utilizing the image file for planning and carrying out computer controlled spinal surgery on the patient utilizing the implant. A computer-controlled surgical implant system comprises a steerable endosurgical implanting assembly operative to install the implant at a desired location in a patient; and a computerized controlled, which operates the steerable endosurgical implanting assembly. | 09-27-2012 |
20140358233 | Spinal Implant System - An implant for use in spinal surgery comprises a resilient element having an inflatable cavity. It is formed of a biologically compatible material and is arranged for placement between end plates of adjacent vertebra. The implant may also include a wound disc replacement element. A method of performing spinal surgery on a patient comprises securely mounting a patient onto a patient support table; imaging a spinal region of the patient; building up a three-dimensional image file of the spinal region of the patient; storing the image file; and utilizing the image file for planning and carrying out computer controlled spinal surgery on the patient utilizing the implant. A computer-controlled surgical implant system comprises a steerable endosurgical implanting assembly operative to install the implant at a desired location in a patient; and a computerized controlled, which operates the steerable endosurgical implanting assembly. | 12-04-2014 |
20160067006 | Method and Apparatus for Computerized Surgery - A method of performing a computer-assisted surgical procedure on the spine of a patient comprising the steps of: planning, on a computer, a surgical procedure based on at least one of two- and three-dimensional images of the patient's spine; affixing a robotic assembly over an operative region of the patient; determining, with a computer in communication with the robotic assembly, a desired trajectory of a surgical tool along at least one of an access path and an implant path towards the surgical target site; and placing at least a portion of the surgical tool through the aperture along said desired trajectory along at least one of said access path and said implant path towards the surgical target site. | 03-10-2016 |
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20090074910 | CHEWING GUM FOR PREVENTING TOOTH DECAY - Disclosed are chewing gums that are organoleptically acceptable, and have high adherence to plaque bacteria. A chewing gum according to an exemplary embodiment contains a gum base, at least one edible acid, and optionally other ingredients. The invention also provides a method for preparing a chewing gum composition, which includes triturating of coloring agent, and a method for commercially producing and marketing chewing gums, which includes testing the chewing gums for adhesion to bacteria, such as plaque bacteria. | 03-19-2009 |
20100195781 | NEUTRON BEAM RADIATION APPARATUS - A liquid lithium jet nozzle comprising: an inlet through which liquid lithium flows into the nozzle; an inlet flow channel that receives liquid lithium that flows into the nozzle via the inlet and shapes the flowing liquid lithium to flow in a thin film; and a flow region that receives flowing liquid lithium shaped by the flow channel and in which the liquid lithium flows with at least one large surface of the film exposed. | 08-05-2010 |
20110281921 | NOVEL ANTI-BIOFILM AGENTS - Novel agents exhibiting anti-biofilm formation activity while being non-cytotoxic are provided, as well as methods of using the same, either per se or conjugated to a polymer, for preventing and/or reducing the formation of microbial biofilms and/or for disrupting microbial biofilms. The novel agents described herein include thiazolidine-2,4-diones (TZDs), pyrrolidine-2,5-diones (PYDs), imidazolidine-2,4-diones or oxazolidine-2,4-diones, substituted by an alkyl having 7-20 carbon atoms in its backbone chain. | 11-17-2011 |
20120288566 | LIQUID PRECURSOR COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF FOR A PH-DEPENDANT SUSTAINED RELEASE TREATMENT OF ORAL DISORDERS - The present invention discloses liquid precursor compositions adapted for application on a hard surface in the oral cavity, comprising at least one therapeutic agent suitable for the treatment of oral disorders, at least one acidic-pH sensitive polymer, at least one hydrophobic polymer, and a pharmaceutically acceptable volatile carrier, wherein a weight ratio between said at least one hydrophobic polymer and said at least one acidic-pH sensitive polymer is larger than 1. The invention also discloses formulations formed of the solidification of these compositions, and methods for treating oral disorders by applying these compositions on hard surfaces in the oral cavity or to be placed in the oral cavity. | 11-15-2012 |
20130018069 | SUSTAINED RELEASE DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HEAD AND NECK CANCERS - The present invention discloses a method of treating a head and neck cancer or preventing the development of pre-malignant lesions to this cancer, by administering locally to the oral cavity, a sustained release drug delivery system comprising a drug for the treatment of this cancer or for the prevention of said lesions, and at least one polymer, such that said system is attached to a surface in the oral cavity and remains attached thereto for at least 1 hour, accompanied by release of the drug and maintaining an effective therapeutic concentration thereof in the cavity, for at least 1 hour. Further are disclosed a sustained release drug delivery system and a liquid precursor varnish composition to this system. | 01-17-2013 |
20140328895 | FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION FOR A PH-DEPENDANT SUSTAINED RELEASE OF THE ACTIVE AGENT - The present invention discloses a liquid precursor composition adapted for application on a on a desired surface, this composition comprising: a. at least one therapeutic agent suitable for the treatment or prevention of a disorder or pathological condition, wherein said disorder or pathological condition excludes oral disorders, b. at least one acidic-pH sensitive polymer, c. at least one hydrophobic polymer, and d. a pharmaceutically acceptable volatile solvent, wherein a weight ratio between the at least one hydrophobic polymer and the at least one acidic-pH sensitive polymer is larger than 1. | 11-06-2014 |
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20090307464 | System and Method for Parallel Video Processing in Multicore Devices - Embodiments are disclosed for a system and method for parallel processing of video signals. A multi-core processor is used to establish a master-slave relationship between a first processing core and a plurality of individual processing cores. Shared memory is used to store data and control messages. A plurality of individual private memories are associated with each of the individual processing cores; and control logic is used to establish a master-slave protocol for using the plurality of individual cores to process video data. The master processing core is operable to balance the video data processing load among the individual slave processing cores. | 12-10-2009 |
20100023734 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXECUTING A HIGH LEVEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE CONDITIONAL STATEMENT - A method for executing an instruction, the method includes: executing a compare and configure mask instruction, wherein the executing comprises: performing a comparison to provide a comparison result; and configuring, in response to the comparison result, a multiple bit mask that is stored in a multiple-purpose register; wherein all bits of the multiple bit mask are configured to have the same value; and applying an algorithmic operation on the multiple bit mask to provide an algorithmic operation result; wherein the algorithmic operation result represents an outcome of a high level programming language conditional statement. | 01-28-2010 |
20100049939 | METHOD FOR ADDRESS COMPARISON AND A DEVICE HAVING ADDRESS COMPARISON CAPABILITIES - A method for address comparison, the method includes: (i) receiving an input address; (ii) determining whether the input address is within a memory segment out of a group of memory segments by comparing, in parallel, the input address to memory segment boundaries of each memory segment of the group; (iii) wherein a comparison between the input address and a memory segment boundary comprises: (a) applying a XOR operation on bits of a most significant portion of the input address and corresponding bits of a most significant portion of the memory segment boundary; (b) ignoring bits of a least significant portion of the input address and corresponding bits of a least significant portion of the memory segment boundary; and (c) comparing, by utilizing a set of full comparators, between bits of an intermediate portion of the input address and corresponding bits of an intermediate portion of the memory segment boundary; wherein a location of bits that form the intermediate portion of the input address and of the memory segment boundary is selected in response to an alignment restriction imposed on the memory segment, to a size of the memory segment and in response to a boundary restriction imposed on the memory segment. | 02-25-2010 |
20100122037 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CACHE USER INITIATED PRE-FETCH REQUESTS - A method for generating cache user initiated pre-fetch requests, the method comprises initiating a sequence of user initiated pre-fetch requests; the method being characterized by: determining the timing of user initiated pre-fetch requests of the sequence of user initiated pre-fetch requests in response to: the timing of an occurrence of a last triggering event, a user initiated pre-fetch sequence delay period and a user initiated pre-fetch sequence rate. | 05-13-2010 |
20110293009 | Video processing system, computer program product and method for managing a transfer of information between a memory unit and a decoder - Video processing system, computer program product and method for managing an exchange of information between a memory unit and a decoder, the method includes: (a) retrieving, from the memory unit, a first non-zero data structure that comprises only non-zero first transform coefficient groups; wherein first transform coefficient groups are associated with a first quality level; (b) retrieving, from the memory unit, second layer information; (c) processing, by the video decoder, the second layer information and the first non-zero data structure to provide second transform coefficient groups; (c) generating, by the video decoder, a second non-zero data structure that comprises only non-zero second transform coefficient groups; wherein the second non-zero data structure is associated with a second quality level that is higher than the first quality level; (d) generating second non-zero indicators that are indicative of non-zero transform coefficient groups, wherein the second non-zero data structure is associated with a second quality level that is higher than the first quality level; and (e) writing to the memory unit the second non-zero indicators. | 12-01-2011 |
20110293019 | Video processing system, computer program product and method for decoding an encoded video stream - Video processing system, computer program product and method for decoding an encoded video stream, the method includes: receiving an encoded video stream that comprises a plurality of encoded video frames, each encoded video frame comprises multiple encoded frame portions; and repeating, for each encoded frame portion: providing, to an entropy decoder, different quality level representations of the encoded frame portion and context information generated during an entropy decoding process of different quality level representations of another encoded frame portion; entropy decoding, by the entropy decoder, the different quality level representations of the frame portion based on the context information; wherein the entropy decoding comprises updating the context information; wherein the entropy decoding is selected from a group consisting of context based adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) and context based variable length coding (CBVLC); and storing the context information. | 12-01-2011 |
20130148717 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING OF VIDEO DATA - The invention pertains to a video processing system for video processing, the video processing system being arranged to assign tasks to least two parallel processing units capable of parallel processing of tasks. The video processing system is further arranged to control at least one storage device to store input video data to be processed, processed video data and a task list of video processing tasks. The video processing system is arranged to provide and/or process video data having a hierarchical enhancement structure comprising at least one basic layer and one or more enhancement layers dependent on the basic layer and/or at least one of the other enhancement layers. It is further arranged to assign at least one task of the task list to one of the parallel processing units; and to update, after the parallel processing unit has processed a task, the task list with information regarding tasks related to at least one enhancement layer dependent on the processed task. The invention also pertains to a corresponding method for parallel processing of video data. | 06-13-2013 |
20130251031 | METHOD FOR BIT RATE CONTROL WITHIN A SCALABLE VIDEO CODING SYSTEM AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - A method for bit rate control within a scalable video coding system is described. The method comprises, for an access unit within a scalable encoded video bit stream, determining a bit budget for at least one spatial dependence layer within the scalable encoded video bit stream, and calculating at least one quantization parameter value for encoding the at least one spatial dependence layer based at least partly on the determined bit budget for the at least one spatial dependence layer. | 09-26-2013 |
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20140046701 | Apparatus and Method for Detecting Driving Performance Data - A system and method for detecting driving performance data is provided. The system and method include a mobile device in electronic communication with a network and one or more sensors for measuring at least one parameter associated with operation of a vehicle. A driving performance engine in electronic communication with the mobile device. The driving performance engine verifies the vehicle and a driver of the vehicle, detects vehicle movement by comparing sensor data obtained by the mobile device with a predefined set of rules, records driving performance data, transmits the driving performance data anonymously to an insurance provider computer system, and receives insurance cost information from the insurance provider computer system based on the driving performance data. | 02-13-2014 |
20140058761 | Apparatus and Method for Analyzing Driving Performance Data - A system for analyzing driving performance data is provided. The system and method include one or more devices in electronic communication with a network, the one or more devices including one or more sensors for obtaining raw data associated with operation of a vehicle by a driver. A driving performance engine in electronic communication with the device, the driving performance engine generates one or more granular driving events by defining values of one or more driving parameters by associating the one or more driving parameters to the raw data, compares the one or more granular driving events with one or more similar previous driving events of the driver or other drivers having similar driving parameters and values thereof, normalizes the one or more granular driving events of the driver based on the comparison, and processes the one or more granular driving events using the driving performance engine and one or more statistical models to calculate a performance or risk value for the driver. | 02-27-2014 |
20140180727 | System and Method for Classifying and Identifying a Driver Using Driving Performance Data - Provided is a system and method for classifying and identifying a driver using driving performance data. The system comprises one or more devices in electronic communication with a network, the one or more devices including one or more sensors for obtaining driving performance data associated with operation of a vehicle by a driver, and a driving signature engine in electronic communication with the one or more devices, the driving signature engine designating at least one data channel for obtaining driving performance data, processing the driving performance data obtained from the data channel to determine code words, determining a driving signature according to the code words, and identifying or classifying the driver according to the determined driving signature. | 06-26-2014 |
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20110077946 | DERIVING GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF HUMAN SPEAKERS WHILE PRESERVING PERSONAL PRIVACY - A method including: obtaining, via a plurality of communication devices, a plurality of speech signals respectively associated with human speakers, the speech signals including verbal components and non-verbal components; identifying a plurality of geographical locations, each geographic location associated with a respective one of the plurality of the communication devices; extracting the non-verbal components from the obtained speech signals; deducing physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers by analyzing, over a specified period, the extracted non-verbal components, using predefined relations between characteristics of the non-verbal components and physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers; and providing a geographical distribution of the deduced physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers by associating the deduced physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers with geographical locations thereof. | 03-31-2011 |
20120271637 | DERIVING GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF HUMAN SPEAKERS WHILE PRESERVING PERSONAL PRIVACY - A method including: obtaining, via a plurality of communication devices, a plurality of speech signals respectively associated with human speakers, the speech signals including verbal components and non-verbal components; identifying a plurality of geographical locations, each geographic location associated with a respective one of the plurality of the communication devices; extracting the non-verbal components from the obtained speech signals; deducing physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers by analyzing, over a specified period, the extracted non-verbal components, using predefined relations between characteristics of the non-verbal components and physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers; and providing a geographical distribution of the deduced physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers by associating the deduced physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers with geographical locations thereof. | 10-25-2012 |
20130317825 | DERIVING GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF HUMAN SPEAKERS WHILE RESERVING PERSONAL PRIVACY - A method including: obtaining, via a plurality of communication devices, a plurality of speech signals respectively associated with human speakers, the speech signals including verbal components and non-verbal components; identifying a plurality of geographical locations, each geographic location associated with a respective one of the plurality of the communication devices; extracting the non-verbal components from the obtained speech signals; deducing physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers by analyzing, over a specified period, the extracted non-verbal components, using predefined relations between characteristics of the non-verbal components and physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers; and providing a geographical distribution of the deduced physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers by associating the deduced physiological or psychological conditions of the human speakers with geographical locations thereof. | 11-28-2013 |