Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080281291 | Drainage/irrigation urethral catheter - A urethral catheter comprises an elongate tubular shaft having an open proximal end, a sealed distal end a single lumen therein that extends between the proximal and distal ends. A proximal portion of the shaft has a first outer diameter and a distal portion of the shaft has a second outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter. A plurality of openings are provided in the distal shaft portion. The plurality of openings communicate between an outer surface of the shaft and the single lumen and extend longitudinally from a point near the distal end toward the proximal end. The plurality of openings are located along one side of the shaft and are oriented in a common plane that bisects a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The openings most distant from the distal end of the shaft have a diameter that is smaller than that of the openings closest to the distal end of the shaft. | 11-13-2008 |
20090012350 | PARTIAL CUFF - To increase the resistance to liquid and substance flow through a lumen of a tubular organ, a cuff comprising a flexible, mesh base member is appended to an exterior wall of the tubular organ such that it only partially surrounds the tubular organ. Ultimately, tissue ingrowth through the mesh base member integrates the cuff into the wall of the tubular organ. When the cuff is applied to the urethra of an incontinent patient, the increased resistance to flow renders the patient continent while still allowing normal voiding. The base member may also support an optional expandable component, e.g., a balloon-like element that can be selectively inflated and/or deflated to restrict the lumen of the tubular organ by a desired degree. | 01-08-2009 |
20090276017 | Thermal therapy temperature sensor calibration method - A thermal therapy of body tissue with electromagnetic energy is controlled by feedback from one or more temperature sensors placed in the vicinity of the tissue to be treated. The temperature sensors are calibrated by comparing stabilized temperature values of the one or more temperature sensors against a normal range of body temperature and adjusting sensed temperature to a value within a normal body temperature range if the actual temperature value of a stabilized temperature sensor is less than the normal body temperature range. The temperature adjustment to the temperature sensor is maintained throughout the thermal therapy which reduces the risk of thermal damage to healthy tissue located near the tissue to be treated. | 11-05-2009 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090112871 | Genome sharing - Sharing data is disclosed. In some cases, sharing data includes receiving a request to share data from a first account to a second account, receiving an indication of a plurality of first account profiles associated with the first account to share with the second account, and establishing sharing from the plurality of first account profiles to the second account, wherein sharing comprises the second account having read access to a subset of nonpublic data associated with the plurality of first account profiles. | 04-30-2009 |
20130103462 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system includes an offer serving engine, and an analytics engine with data intelligence. The analytics engine compares information about similar goods or services sold by different entities, manufacturers or service providers to create product and service categories. A redemption engine is included. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103471 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system includes a receipt intelligence engine with receipt processing that extracts information from a receipt, including information about items purchased based on a receipt from at least one of a shopping trip and an electronic receipt from an online or offline transaction. An analytics engine includes data intelligence coupled to the receipt processing and performs analysis of the receipt. The system is configured to be coupled to a mobile device. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103473 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system includes an offer serving engine that provides offers or rewards. An analytics engine, with data intelligence, identifies receipt line items and ties the line items, including uniform price code (“UPC”), stock keeping unit (“SKU”) or product short name from different receipts to create a list of products and services not matched to advertisers. A redemption engine is in communication with a database that includes a reward budget. The redemption engine assists in controlling the redemption of rewards in view of the reward budget and in response to a communication from the analytics engine. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103475 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system is provided. A receipt intelligence engine includes receipt processing that in operation extracts information about items purchased based on an image of a receipt from at least one of a shopping trip and an electronic receipt from an online or offline transaction. An analytics engine includes data intelligence coupled to the receipt processing and performs analysis of the receipt. In response to processing and analysis, an offer is then sold. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103476 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system includes a campaign reward engine and a memory that stores offer reward data. An analytics engine predicts a probability that a user will redeem a given offer and estimates a reward the user will be owed when it redeems the offer and calculates an expected amount of the campaign's budget that will be consumed if the user is presented with that offer. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103481 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system has an offer serving engine coupled to one or more network servers. A receipt intelligence engine includes a processor and receipt processing. The receipt processing extracts information from a receipt, including information about items purchased based on a receipt from at least one of a shopping trip and an electronic receipt from an online or offline transaction. An output outputs information. An analytics engine is coupled to the receipt intelligence engine. The analytics engine includes a predictive model function using information from the receipt processing. The analytics engine determines values representing statistical correlations from the receipt processing. | 04-25-2013 |