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20080262509 | System and Method for the Simultaneous Bilateral Integrated Tympanic Drug Delivery and Guided Treatment of Target Tissues Within the Ears - Systems and methods for treating a patient having a head with a first ear and a second ear function by mounting a support system to the head of the patient so that the support system is aligned with a target tissue of the first ear; applying a therapeutic agent to the first ear by energizing an iontophoresis electrode supported by the support system; and actuating a device while the device is supported by the support system so that the device therapeutically remodels the target tissue of the first ear. | 10-23-2008 |
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20120066651 | Technique for Repairing a Reflective Photo-Mask - During a calculation technique, a modification to a reflective photo-mask is calculated. In particular, using information associated with different types of analysis techniques a group of one or more potential defects in the reflective photo-mask is determined. Then, the modification to the reflective photo-mask is calculated based on at least a subset of the group of potential defects using an inverse optical calculation. In particular, during the inverse optical calculation, a cost function at an image plane in a model of the photolithographic process is used to determine the modification to the reflective photo-mask at an object plane in the model of the photolithographic process. | 03-15-2012 |
20120066652 | Technique for Analyzing a Reflective Photo-Mask - During a calculation technique, contributions to reflected light from multiple discrete cells in a model of a multilayer stack in a reflective photo-mask may be determined based on angles of incidence of light in a light pattern to the multilayer stack, a polarization of the light in the light pattern, and a varying intensity of the light in the light pattern through the multilayer stack. Then, phase values of the contributions to the reflected light from the multiple discrete cells are adjusted, thereby specifying optical path differences between the multiple discrete cells in the multilayer stack that are associated with the defect. Moreover, the contributions to the reflected light from multiple discrete cells are combined to determine the reflected light from the multilayer stack. Next, k-space representations of the contributions to the reflected light from the multiple discrete cells are selectively shifted based on the angles of incidence. | 03-15-2012 |
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20120184874 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REMOVING TISSUE FROM A PATIENT AND PLACING A MARKER IN THE PATIENT - The device is used to remove tissue from a patient and to also place a marker in the patient. The device has an opening through which tissue enters the device. The tissue, which enters the opening is cut and the tissue is removed. The device may be used a number of times to remove a number of tissue masses. The device also includes a marker, which the user may release in the patient at the desired time. | 07-19-2012 |
20140155779 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REMOVING TISSUE FROM A PATIENT - The present invention is directed to tissue removal devices and methods. A tubular element having an open distal end is advanced into tissue so that tissue enters the tubular element. The tissue, which entered the tubular element is cut to separate the tissue from the surrounding tissue. The tissue is then transported proximally by the cutting element or a separate transport element. | 06-05-2014 |