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Ali Hassan, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20130072949 | SUTURE LOCKING DEVICE AND METHODS - A suture locking device includes a suture locking assembly, a suture cutting member, and an actuator assembly. The actuator assembly includes a first actuator operable longitudinally to lock the suture with the suture locking assembly, and a second actuator operable laterally to concurrently cut the suture with the suture cutting member and disconnect the suture locking assembly from the suture locking device. | 03-21-2013 |
Ali Hassan, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20090036872 | Methods, Systems and Devices for Establising Communication Between Hollow Organs and Tissue Lumens - Methods, systems and devices for establishing communication between organs and/or tissue lumens. The devices include catheters having magnetized distal ends which are configured to magnetically couple to each other such that a coaxial alignment is established between two or more catheters. The systems include two or more the subject catheters. The methods include use of the catheters and magnetically coupling them to establish a continuous passageway between them. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090048552 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REMOVAL OF A MEDICAL AGENT FROM A PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFERENT FLUID COLLECTION SITE - Methods and devices for selectively removing an agent from a physiological site, e.g., a physiological efferent fluid collection site, are provided. Aspects of the invention include fluid removal (e.g., aspiration) devices having a fluid removal element and a flow modulator positioned at a distal end of the fluid removal element. The flow modulator is configured to converge intersecting fluid flow paths into the fluid removal element. Also provided are systems and kits for performing the subject methods. The subject invention finds use in a variety of different applications, including the selective removal of both therapeutic and diagnostic agents from a variety of different physiological sites. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090187131 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF A MEDICAL AGENT FROM A PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFERENT FLUID COLLECTION SITE - Aspects of the invention include methods and devices for selectively removing an agent from a physiological efferent fluid collection site are provided. In certain embodiments, an aspiration device is employed to selectively remove the target agent from the site, e.g., by removing fluid from the target site primarily when the target agent is at least predicted to be, e.g., anticipated and/or known to be, present in the site. Embodiments of the invention also include systems and kits for performing the subject methods. The subject invention finds use in a variety of different applications, including the selective removal of both therapeutic and diagnostic agents from a variety of different physiological sites. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090234404 | Methods and devices for modulation of heart valve function - Methods and devices for modulating heart valve function are provided. In the subject methods, a heart valve is first in structurally modified. Blood flow through the structurally modified heart valve is then monitored, and the heart is paced in response to the monitored blood flow. Also provided are devices, systems and kits that find use in practicing the subject methods. The subject methods find use in a variety of applications. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090299445 | SENSOR-ASSISTED CATHETER-BASED PROCEDURES - Methods, systems and devices for effectively and safely accessing and verifying a target site within a vessel or body cavity undergoing a catheter-based procedure or treatment. The present invention further includes the accurate delivery an instrument, an implantable device and/or materials to the target site. The present invention is particularly useful for transvenously assessing the suitability of a target site within the coronary vasculature for placement of a pacing electrode and transvenously placing the pacing electrode at the target site. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20130046376 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR FLOW OCCLUSION DURING DEVICE EXCHANGES - A method of reducing the risk of clinical sequelae to catheter induced vascular injuries may include introducing a guide wire into a vascular sheath residing in a blood vessel, proximally retracting the vascular sheath while leaving the wire in place, and observing indicia of the presence or absence of a vascular injury caused to the blood vessel by the vascular sheath or a procedural catheter previously advanced through the vascular sheath. If indicia of a vascular injury are observed, the method may further involve proximally retracting the guide wire to position the inflatable balloon adjacent the injury and inflating the balloon to reduce blood flow past the injury, while leaving the guide wire in place to provide subsequent access to the injury. | 02-21-2013 |
Ali H. Hassan, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20110263976 | Methods and Devices for Endovascular Introduction of an Agent - Methods and devices for introduction of an agent to a vascular physiological site are provided. Aspects of the methods include employing an agent delivery device and an aspiration device to introduce and remove agent from a vascular site in a manner sufficient to minimize agent loss. Also provided are systems and kits for performing the subject methods. The subject invention finds use in a variety of different applications. | 10-27-2011 |
Andre Hassan, Culver, CA US
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| 20090183691 | LCD EQUIPPED AND GLOW-IN-THE-DARK DOG LEASH - A retractable animal leash comprises an illuminated LCD display associated with the housing. The LCD is in addition to the handle, handle controls and leash port on the housing. The LCD is illuminated and covered by a damage-resistant coating to prevent scratches and damage from impacts and environmental factors. The LCD display is associated with an onboard computer with a pedometer function that detects the distance walked and rate, and transmits this data to the LCD screen. | 07-23-2009 |
Azad M. Hassan, Los Angeles, CA US
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| 20090107551 | Organic electronic devices using phthalimide compounds - Organic electronic devices comprising a phthalimide compound. The phthalimide compounds disclosed herein are electron transporters with large HOMO-LUMO gaps, high triplet energies, large reduction potentials, and/or thermal and chemical stability. As such, these phthalimide compounds are suitable for use in any of various organic electronic devices, such as OLEDs and solar cells. In an OLED, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as a host in the emissive layer, as a hole blocking material, or as an electron transport material. In a solar cell, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as an exciton blocking material. Various examples of phthalimide compounds which may be suitable for use in the present invention are disclosed. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100300538 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING PHTHALIMIDE COMPOUNDS - Organic electronic devices comprising a phthalimide compound. The phthalimide compounds disclosed herein are electron transporters with large HOMO-LUMO gaps, high triplet energies, large reduction potentials, and/or thermal and chemical stability. As such, these phthalimide compounds are suitable for use in any of various organic electronic devices, such as OLEDs and solar cells. In an OLED, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as a host in the emissive layer, as a hole blocking material, or as an electron transport material. In a solar cell, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as an exciton blocking material. Various examples of phthalimide compounds which may be suitable for use in the present invention are disclosed. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20130025684 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING PHTHALIMIDE COMPOUNDS - Organic electronic devices comprising a phthalimide compound. The phthalimide compounds disclosed herein are electron transporters with large HOMO-LUMO gaps, high triplet energies, large reduction potentials, and/or thermal and chemical stability. As such, these phthalimide compounds are suitable for use in any of various organic electronic devices, such as OLEDs and solar cells. In an OLED, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as a host in the emissive layer, as a hole blocking material, or as an electron transport material. In a solar cell, the phthalimide compounds may serve various functions, such as an exciton blocking material. Various examples of phthalimide compounds which may be suitable for use in the present invention are disclosed. | 01-31-2013 |
Emadeldin M. Hassan, Huntington Beach, CA US
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| 20120301546 | ACID-RESISTANT SOFT GEL COMPOSITIONS - The present disclosure describes a delivery device for administration of nutraceuticals or pharmaceuticals, which device contains a soft gel shell comprising a gelatin-based water soluble film forming polymer, an acid insoluble polymer, and at least one reducing sugar and water, including processes, gel mixtures used for device production, and coatings containing such gel mixtures. | 11-29-2012 |
Farrukh Hassan, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20100189249 | CALL PROGRESS ANALYSIS ON THE EDGE OF A VOIP NETWORK - A contact center is provided. The contact center includes a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory includes computer code executable with the processor. The computer code is configured to place a phone call through a media gateway to a communication device, receive a tone message from the media gateway, the tone message including a call progress event that defines a type of tone that was detected in the audio stream, determine a call treatment as a function of the communication device status, and perform call treatment for the phone call. | 07-29-2010 |
Mahmud-Ui Hassan, Kanata, CA US
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| 20080298324 | Method and Apparatus for Sequentially Conducting Independent Data Contexts Using a Mobile Communications Device - A mobile communications device including a processor operable to conduct with a wireless packet data service network a PDP context associated with a first application running on the mobile communications device. The processor is further operable to release the PDP context associated with the first application and establish with the wireless packet data service network a PDP context associated with a second application running on the mobile communications device responsive to a first input received from a user of the device. The processor is further operable to reestablish the PDP context associated with the first application responsive to a second input received from the user. | 12-04-2008 |
Mahmudul Hassan, San Carlos, CA US
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| 20100271094 | Signal Alignment System - Through the use of a multi-step sweep, the present invention is capable of increasing the speed and improving the error resistance of a signal alignment. In a specific embodiment of the invention, a method for the signal alignment of a target signal and an adjustable signal is disclosed. The target signal is sampled using three or more phase shifted versions of the adjustable signal to obtain a group of target signal state values. Next, through reference to the group of target signal state values it is determined that an edge of the target signal lies between a first phase shifted version and a second consecutive phase shifted version. In response, the first phase shifted version is selected as the starting point for a second sweep. During the second sweep, the phase of the first phase shifted version is sequentially adjusted in relatively small incremental steps to minimize the phase difference relative to the target signal. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20120154186 | LOW POWER SERIAL TO PARALLEL CONVERTER - A serial-to-parallel converter includes a sampling unit that may, in response to a serial clock signal, sample a serial data stream and provide an even serial data stream, and an odd serial data stream. The serial-to-parallel converter also includes a strobe generator and a number of latches. The strobe generator generates a plurality of enable signals based upon the serial clock signal. The frequency of a given enable signal corresponds to a fractional multiple of a frequency of the serial clock signal. In response to a particular respective enable signal, each of a first portion of the latches may latch and output a particular respective even data bit. Each of a second portion of the latches may latch and output a particular respective odd data bit. The serial-to-parallel converter further includes a number of output flip-flops to output the data bits in parallel in response to an output clock signal. | 06-21-2012 |
Mohd Fadzil Anwar Hassan, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20100151676 | DENSIFICATION PROCESS FOR TITANIUM NITRIDE LAYER FOR SUBMICRON APPLICATIONS - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods of forming and densifying a titanium nitride barrier layer. The densification process is performed at a relatively low RF plasma power and high nitrogen to hydrogen ratio so as to provide a substantially titanium rich titanium nitride barrier layer. In one embodiment, a method for forming a titanium nitride barrier layer on a substrate includes depositing a titanium nitride layer on the substrate by a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition process, and performing a plasma treatment process on the deposited titanium nitride layer, wherein the plasma treatment process operates to densify the deposited titanium nitride layer, resulting in a densified titanium nitride layer, wherein the plasma treatment process further comprises supplying a plasma gas mixture containing a nitrogen gas to hydrogen gas ratio between about 20:1 and about 3:1, and applying less than about 500 Watts RF power to the plasma gas mixture. | 06-17-2010 |
Mohd Fadzli Anwar Hassan, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20090087585 | DEPOSITION PROCESSES FOR TITANIUM NITRIDE BARRIER AND ALUMINUM - Embodiments described herein provide a method for forming two titanium nitride materials by different PVD processes, such that a metallic titanium nitride layer is initially formed by a PVD process in a metallic mode and a titanium nitride retarding layer is formed over a portion of the metallic titanium nitride layer by a PVD process in a poison mode. Subsequently, a first aluminum layer, such as an aluminum seed layer, may be selectively deposited on exposed portions of the metallic titanium nitride layer by a CVD process. Thereafter, a second aluminum layer, such as an aluminum bulk layer, may be deposited on exposed portions of the first aluminum layer and the titanium nitride retarding layer during an aluminum PVD process. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090087983 | ALUMINUM CONTACT INTEGRATION ON COBALT SILICIDE JUNCTION - Embodiments herein provide methods for forming an aluminum contact on a cobalt silicide junction. In one embodiment, a method for forming materials on a substrate is provided which includes forming a cobalt silicide layer on a silicon-containing surface of the substrate during a silicidation process, forming a fluorinated sublimation film on the cobalt silicide layer during a plasma process, heating the substrate to a sublimation temperature to remove the fluorinated sublimation film, depositing a titanium-containing nucleation layer over the cobalt silicide layer, and depositing an aluminum-containing material over the titanium-containing nucleation layer. In one example, the method further provides forming the cobalt silicide layer by depositing a cobalt-containing layer on the silicon-containing surface, heating the substrate during a rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process, etching away any remaining portions of the cobalt-containing layer from the substrate, and subsequently heating the substrate during another RTA process. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20110088763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFICIENCY - A method and apparatus for improving efficiency of photovoltaic cells by improving light capture between the photoelectric unit and back reflector is provided. A transition layer is formed at the interface between the photoelectric unit and transmitting conducting layer of the back reflector by adding oxygen, nitrogen, or both to the surface of the photoelectric unit or the interface between the photoelectric unit and the transmitting conducting layer. The transition layer may comprise silicon, oxygen, or nitrogen, and may be silicon oxide, silicon nitride, metal oxide with excess oxygen, metal oxide with nitrogen, or any combination thereof, including bilayers and multi-layers. The sputtering process for forming the transmitting conducting layer may feature at least one of nitrogen and excess oxygen, and may be performed by sputtering at low power, followed by an operation to form the rest of the transmitting conductive layer. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110162704 | RELIABILITY OF BACK END OF LINE PROCESS BY ADDING PVD OXIDE FILM - A method and apparatus for forming a protective coating on a photovoltaic device is provided. The photovoltaic device is formed by depositing photoelectric conversion units on a substrate, and by forming conductive layers and contacts on the photoelectric conversion units. The protective coating is formed by a deposition process, such as physical or chemical vapor deposition. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120006385 | High Performance Multi-Layer Back Contact Stack For Silicon Solar Cells - High performance multi-layer back contact stacks for silicon solar cells and methods for manufacture are disclosed. Photovoltaic modules incorporating high performance multi-layer back contact stacks and methods for making the same are also described. | 01-12-2012 |
Mohd Fadzli Anwar Hassan, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20120168304 | Physical Vapor Deposition Tool with Gas Separation - Embodiments of the current invention describe a physical vapor deposition tool. The physical vapor deposition tool includes a housing, a substrate support positioned within the housing and configured to support a substrate, a first process head positioned over the substrate support and having a first target, a second process head positioned over the substrate support and having a second target, and a gas line to provide gas to the first process head. The first process head and the gas line are configured such that the gas provided to the first process head through the gas line interacts with ions ejected from the first target and does not interact with ions ejected from the second target. | 07-05-2012 |
Rizwan Hassan, Danville, CA US
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| 20100290584 | NUCLEAR MEDICINE SPECT-CT MACHINE WITH INTEGRATED ASYMMETRIC FLAT PANEL CONE-BEAM CT AND SPECT SYSTEM - When performing nuclear (e.g., SPECT or PET) and CT scans on a patient, a volume cone-beam CT scan is performed using a cone-beam CT X-ray source ( | 11-18-2010 |
Rizwan S. Hassan, Danville, CA US
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| 20100020919 | FOLDABLE NUCLEAR MEDICINE GANTRY - In accordance with one aspect, imaging system ( | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100193698 | GANTRY MOUNTED PATIENT TABLE AND EXCHANGER FOR MEDICAL IMAGING - The following relates to an integrated patient scanner system. The system includes a stationary gantry with first and second sides and a rotating gantry mounted to rotate in the stationary gantry around a patient receiving aperture, which is defined by the rotating gantry. The system further includes at least one detector mounted to the rotating gantry and extending from the first side around the patient receiving aperture. A patient table having a pedestal and a pallet is mounted to the stationary gantry. The pedestal mounts to and extends from the second side of the stationary gantry opposite to the at least one detector such that the pedestal and the stationary gantry define a common T-shaped supporting surface adapted to rest on the floor. The patient pallet mounts to the pedestal for movement to extend cantilevered through the patient aperture and out the first side past the at least one detector. | 08-05-2010 |
Sameer Hassan, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20110106642 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR KEYWORD BIDDING IN A MARKET COOPERATIVE - A computer-implemented method and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a keyword bid from a first party; determining a value to a host associated with the keyword bid; augmenting the keyword bid by an amount corresponding to the value to the host; and sending the augmented keyword bid to a second party. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120203675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC CATALOG FOR ONLINE COMPUTER USERS - A system and method for generating an electronic catalog for online computer users is disclosed. The system and method in an example embodiment include generating a tagged webpage template corresponding to a seller site; using the tagged webpage template to extract item information from the seller site; storing the extracted item information in a database of item listings; enabling selection of a plurality of item listings from at least some of the item listings provided in the database; enabling arrangement of the plurality of selected item listings on a plurality of pages in a computer-generated electronic catalog; recording an identifier of the computer-generated electronic catalog; and recording information associating each of the plurality of selected item listings with the identifier of the computer-generated electronic catalog. | 08-09-2012 |
Tariq Hassan, San Jose, CA US
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| 20130044696 | CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALL BACK WITHOUT CONNECTION RELEASE AUTHORIZATION - A mobile wireless communication device, in response to a circuit switched page message, suspends an LTE session and engages in a circuit switched call without a determination of receipt of a connection release message from the LTE network. The mobile wireless communication device, therefore, suspends the LTE session before, or without, receiving any connection release message authorizing the termination of the LTE session. | 02-21-2013 |