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20090030400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRACRANIAL ACCESS - A delivery catheter for accessing the intra-cranial vascular includes a rigid proximal section and a distal section having an outer diameter and flexibility suitable for advancement into the intra-cranial vasculature, such as the Petrous segment or the Cavernous segment of the internal carotid artery. The wall thickness and rigidity of the catheter decrease from the proximal section to the distal section, preferably in discrete segments each having reduced wall thickness and/or durometer relative to proximally adjacent sections. An intra-cranial access system includes the delivery catheter and a selection catheter insertable through the lumen of the delivery catheter. The selection catheter is shaped to facilitate selection of the target branch of the neurovasculature off the aortic arch and allows the delivery catheter to be advanced over the selection catheter into the selected branch. | 01-29-2009 |
20100174269 | EMBOLIC COIL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND IMPLANTATION METHOD - Embolic coil implant systems and methods whereby coils are mechanically detachable are disclosed. The coils include a retention element that may be releasably retained within the distal end of an implant tool. The implant tool may include a fulcrum configured to engage a first filament and prevent the release of the coil when the first filament is engaged. Alternatively, an urging means and aperture may be disposed within the sidewall of the implant tool, and a first filament may, in conjunction with the aperture and sidewall, releasably retain the coil until the first filament is withdrawn. The implant tool may also include an alignment member for aligning the first filament. | 07-08-2010 |
20110184454 | EMBOLIC IMPLANTS - Embolic coils are disclosed. The coils include an inner coil, an outer coil, and a stretch resistant member. Some embodiments include a large diameter outer coil formed from a small diameter wire. The inner coils may be either closed pitch or open pitch. Alternative coils include an inner coil that is shape set to a diameter that is larger than the diameter of the outer coil. Another alternative coil has multiple stretch resistant members. | 07-28-2011 |
20110238147 | MANUAL ACTUATION SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYMENT OF IMPLANT - A system for mechanically deploying intraluminal implants is disclosed. The system is used with an implant that is delivered and/or deployed via a pull wire and includes a handle having a funnel and receiving channel for receiving the pull wire, a slider having a thumb grip and a wedge, and a shuttle having a grabber for grasping the pull wire. The thumb grip is pulled proximally to retract the wedge to cause the grabber to grasp the wire and retract the shuttle but not the wire. An extension spring linked between the slider and the shuttle abruptly pulls the shuttle to retract the pull wire after the slider is fully retracted. | 09-29-2011 |
20130331882 | EMBOLIC COIL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND IMPLANTATION METHOD - Embolic coil implant systems and methods whereby coils are mechanically detachable are disclosed. The coils include a retention element that may be releasably retained within the distal end of an implant tool. The implant tool may include a fulcrum configured to engage a first filament and prevent the release of the coil when the first filament is engaged. Alternatively, an urging means and aperture may be disposed within the sidewall of the implant tool, and a first filament may, in conjunction with the aperture and sidewall, releasably retain the coil until the first filament is withdrawn. The implant tool may also include an alignment member for aligning the first filament. | 12-12-2013 |
20140128907 | OCCLUSIVE COIL - Vessel occlusion coils disclosed that have a primary configuration for delivery and a secondary configuration for deployment that is conferred upon the devices by a stretch resistant member. In the secondary configuration, the stretch resistant member forms a stiffer coil and may have a greater diameter, and a more complex shape having some interior space, at one end than at the other end, for improved anchoring of the device in the vessel. The methods include intravascular delivery and deployment for implanting one or more vessel occlusion devices. | 05-08-2014 |
20140358175 | EMBOLIC COIL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND IMPLANTATION METHOD - Embolic coil implant systems and methods whereby coils are mechanically detachable are disclosed. The coils include a retention element that may be releasably retained within the distal end of an implant tool. The implant tool may include a fulcrum configured to engage a first filament and prevent the release of the coil when the first filament is engaged. Alternatively, an urging means and aperture may be disposed within the sidewall of the implant tool, and a first filament may, in conjunction with the aperture and sidewall, releasably retain the coil until the first filament is withdrawn. The implant tool may also include an alignment member for aligning the first filament. | 12-04-2014 |
20150073524 | MANUAL ACTUATION SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYMENT OF IMPLANT - A system for mechanically deploying intraluminal implants is disclosed. The system is used with an implant that is delivered and/or deployed via a pull wire and includes a handle having a funnel and receiving channel for receiving the pull wire, a slider having a thumb grip and a wedge, and a shuttle having a grabber for grasping the pull wire. The thumb grip is pulled proximally to retract the wedge to cause the grabber to grasp the wire and retract the shuttle but not the wire. An extension spring linked between the slider and the shuttle abruptly pulls the shuttle to retract the pull wire after the slider is fully retracted. | 03-12-2015 |
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20120130641 | Marine Source To Borehole Electromagnetic Mapping Of Sub-Bottom Electrical Resistivity - A towed marine source to borehole electromagnetic survey system and method for surveying employing the same is disclosed. The system includes a sea vessel adapted for traversal of sea water over a subsea formation, a power supply affixed to the sea vessel and a high moment loop source coupled to the power supply, and a signal generator by a tow cable; said signal generator being affixed to the sea vessel configured to control operating parameters of the high moment loop source. The system also includes a wellbore drilled in the subsea formation, a series of electromagnetic (EM) receivers positioned in the wellbore. Each receiver includes a sensor module having sensing elements to measure one or more of electric fields, electric currents, and magnetic fields produced by the high moment loop source when towed by the sea vessel, and a storage device configured to store data from measurements made by the sensor module. The system further includes a computer processor configured to receive stored data from the receivers and analyze the stored measurement data to determine a location of an electrically resistive formation anomaly at a depth of between 1 to 5 km. | 05-24-2012 |
20130080438 | Systems and Methods for Wine Ranking - An exemplary method comprises describing a plurality of wines, each wine of the plurality of wines being described using descriptors, receiving at least one predetermined intensity value associated with each descriptor, storing the descriptors within a wine database, generating a consumer wine preference profile that includes a plurality of user preference intensity values, at least one of the plurality of user preference intensity values being associated with at least one of the descriptors, selecting at least one wine from the plurality of wines by correlating at least a subset of the plurality of user preference intensity values with at least a subset of the predetermined intensity values, and providing identification of the selected at least one wine from the plurality of wines. | 03-28-2013 |
20130185033 | UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION FOR LARGE-SCALE NONLINEAR INVERSE PROBLEMS USING GEOMETRIC SAMPLING AND COVARIANCE-FREE MODEL COMPRESSION - A method for uncertainty estimation for nonlinear inverse problems includes obtaining an inverse model of spatial distribution of a physical property of subsurface formations. A set of possible models of spatial distribution is obtained based on the measurements. A set of model parameters is obtained. The number of model parameters is reduced by covariance free compression transform. Upper and lower limits of a value of the physical property are mapped to orthogonalspace. A model polytope including a geometric region of feasible models is defined. At least one of random and geometric sampling of the model polytope is performed in a reduced-dimensional space to generate an equi-feasible ensemble of models. The reduced-dimensional space includes an approximated hypercube. Probable model samples are evaluated based on data misfits from among an equi-feasible model ensemble determined by forward numerical simulation. Final uncertainties are determined from the equivalent model ensemble and the final uncertainties are displayed in at least one map. | 07-18-2013 |
20150046471 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF WINE CHARACTERISTICS - A method comprises: receiving wine evaluations of wines from wine panelists, each wine evaluation including intensity values describing a plurality of wine characteristics for each of a set of wines, each wine evaluation generated by a wine panelist; generating a global intensity value from particular intensity values describing a particular wine characteristic of a particular wine, the particular intensity values being from the wine evaluations; comparing a selected intensity value generated by a selected wine panelist describing the particular wine characteristic for the particular wine against the global intensity value to determine an accuracy deviation; comparing the accuracy deviation against an accuracy deviation threshold to determine whether the selected intensity value is deemed inaccurate based on the comparison; updating the global intensity value for the particular wine characteristic for the particular wine based on the accuracy determination; and storing the updated global intensity value in a wine database. | 02-12-2015 |
20150205801 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WINE RANKING - An exemplary method comprises describing a plurality of wines, each wine of the plurality of wines being described using descriptors, receiving at least one predetermined intensity value associated with each descriptor, storing the descriptors within a wine database, generating a consumer wine preference profile that includes a plurality of user preference intensity values, at least one of the plurality of user preference intensity values being associated with at least one of the descriptors, selecting at least one wine from the plurality of wines by correlating at least a subset of the plurality of user preference intensity values with at least a subset of the predetermined intensity values, and providing identification of the selected at least one wine from the plurality of wines. | 07-23-2015 |
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20110112963 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY HARMONIZING ACCESS TO A SOFTWARE APPLICATION PROGRAM VIA DIFFERENT ACCESS DEVICES - A method and system automatically harmonizes access to a given software application program via different access devices. Through use of the method and system, a financial institution can provide access to a given application (such as, for example, automatic bill payment services) to customers using different access devices such web browsers, screen phones and personal computers. A single application program is all that needs to be written and maintained by the financial institution. Also, the method and system enables financial institutions to “leverage” existing programs because now the institution can automatically “project” its existing stock of program services unto new access devices—devices which may not have even existed at the time the program was created. By receiving information from the user via the user's access device, including information identifying the type of device being used and the application program the user wishes to access, the present invention solves these problems. The application program is then accessed and the information to be displayed to the user is identified. This information is automatically translated into a format which is compatible with the device, including its display, and sent to the device for display. The user, in turn, inputs information in response to the displayed information and this input information is automatically translated into a format which is compatible with the application program and is sent to the application program. The response generated by the application program is automatically translated to be compatible with the device and is sent to the device. | 05-12-2011 |
20110307366 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING CUSTOMERS OF TRANSACTION OPPORTUNITIES - A standalone notification system, including a notification server which generates electronic messages for alerting customers of potentially fraudulent activity on one or more of their financial accounts. Alternatively, or in addition thereto, the notification system may be used to forward transaction code(s) to customers for verification of a request for high risk transaction(s) with respect to a customer's financial account. The transaction code is generated in response to a high risk transaction request and sent to through an identified customer notification means, e.g., e-mail, short message service (“SMS”), facsimile, mobile phone, telephone, etc. The customer must enter the transaction code within a predetermined amount of time in order to verify the high-risk transaction request. | 12-15-2011 |