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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| 8184932 | Method of fabricating an optical switch A method fabricates an optical switch comprising a microsphere coated with silicon nanocrystals. The method includes providing a silica optical fiber. The method further includes melting at least a portion of the fiber to form at least one silica microsphere. The me... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184626 | High-radix interprocessor communications system and method A high-radix interprocessor communications system and method having a plurality of processor nodes, a plurality of first routers and a plurality of second routers. Each first router is connected to a processor node and to two or more second routers. Each first route... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184033 | High fidelity, radiation tolerant analog-to-digital converters Techniques for an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) using pipeline architecture includes a linearization technique for a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) over 80 deciBels. In some embodiments, sampling rates exceed a megahertz. According to a second approach, a sw... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183531 | System and method for tomography combining single and paired photons Methods and systems for producing an image. Measurement data is obtained for a coincidence photon event, and a line projector function is generated based on the obtained measurement data. Additional measurement data is obtained for a single photon event, and a cone-... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183428 | Treatment or prevention of scars and/or keloids Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a wound includes stress, strain, and any combination of stress and strain. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183010 | Cell-free synthesis of membrane bound polypeptides Methods are provided for the utilization of bacterial cell-free extracts in the synthesis of high yields of membrane-associated polypeptides. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180714 | Automatic generation of human models for motion capture, biomechanics and animation An automated method for the generation of (i) human models comprehensive of shape and joint centers information and/or (ii) subject specific models from multiple video streams is provided. To achieve these objectives, a kinematic model is learnt space from a trainin... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178655 | Method and composition for crystallizing G protein-coupled receptors Certain embodiments provide a method for crystallizing a GPCR. The method may employ a fusion protein comprising: a) a first portion of a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), where the first portion comprises the TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4 and TM5 regions of the GPCR; b) a st... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178299 | Method to determine the risk for side effects of an SSRI treatment in a person A new method is found to determine an increased risk for side effects of an SSRI treatment in a person by genotyping the person for the presence of the 102 C/C DNA sequence in the 5-HT2A receptor gene. This provides for a method to improve the treatment o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178298 | Patched polypeptides and uses related thereto Methods for isolating patched genes, including the mouse and human patched genes, as well as invertebrate patched genes and sequences, are provided. Decreased expression of patched is associated with the occurrence of human cancers, particularly basal cell carcinoma... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177826 | Methods and devices for extracting thermal energy from the body core of a mammal Methods and devices for extracting thermal energy from the core body of a mammal are provided. In practicing the subject methods, a portion of the mammal, e.g. a limb or portion thereof, is placed in a sealed enclosure to produce an enclosed portion of the mammal. A... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173791 | Luciferases and methods for making and using the same Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include polynucleotides that encode mutant Cnidarian luciferases that exhibit modulated properties as compared to the corresponding wild-type luciferases, and the modulated properties include at least one of: ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168850 | Methods for the treatment or prevention of scars and/or keloids Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a wound includes stress, strain, and any combination of stress and strain. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168251 | Method for producing tapered metallic nanowire tips on atomic force microscope cantilevers A method of making nanowire probes is provided. The method includes providing a template having a nanoporous structure, providing a probe tip that is disposed on top of the template, and growing nanowires on the probe tip, where the nanowires are grown from the prob... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167944 | Systems and methods for posterior dynamic stabilization of the spine Devices, systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The devices include an expandable spacer or member having an unexpanded configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the expandable member in an expanded configuration has a siz... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166385 | Spreadsheet system and method for managing photos A spreadsheet system stores objects and formulas in the cells of the spreadsheet, along with metadata tags. Each cell may contain multiple objects (such as a group of photos). Drag-and-drop user actions automatically change tags associated with the moved objects bas... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166039 | System and method for encoding document ranking vectors A method of processing information related to documents in a collection of linked documents. For each respective document in all or a portion of said collection, one or more auxiliary page ranking vectors associated with the respective document are quantized. A sear... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163338 | Precursor selection method for chemical vapor deposition techniques A method of precursor selection for thin film deposition is provided, that includes a group of precursors, using a rule-set for selecting one or more candidate precursors for thermal stability, high growth rate, and low contamination. Candidate geometries and consti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163305 | Targeted cross-linked nanoparticles and their use in vivo gene delivery The in vivo delivery of nucleic acids is targeted by delivery of the nucleic acid in a complex with cross-linked nanoparticles; where the nanoparticles comprise cross-linked neutral amphipathic molecules, cationic amphipathic molecules and targeting amphipathic mole... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162985 | Systems and methods for posterior dynamic stabilization of the spine Systems and devices for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The systems include a superior component for attachment to a superior vertebra of a spinal motion segment and an inferior component for attachment to an inferior vertebral of a spinal motion seg... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160682 | Non-invasive cardiac monitor and methods of using continuously recorded cardiac data One embodiment of the invention is a cardiac monitor having a housing; a plurality of electrodes within and extending from the housing; a state machine within the housing configured to digitialize and store in memory signals from the plurality of electrodes; a seali... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160406 | Acoustic sensor with at least one photonic crystal slab An acoustic sensor includes at least one structure including at least one photonic crystal slab and an optical fiber optically coupled to the at least one photonic crystal slab, and having at least one optical resonance with a resonance frequency and a resonance lin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155492 | Photonic crystal and method of fabrication A method is disclosed for forming a photonic crystal in a homogeneous layer of material. The method enables the fabrication of 1D, 2D, or 3D photonic crystals. Photonic crystals in accordance with embodiments of the present invention exhibit low temperature sensitiv... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153593 | Transglutaminase inhibitors and methods of use thereof Transglutaminase inhibitors and methods of use thereof are provided. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153388 | Methods for phenotyping of leukemias Isolated populations of leukemic stem cells are provided. The cells are useful for experimental evaluation, and as a source of lineage and cell specific products, and as targets for the discovery of factors or molecules that can affect them. Detection of leukemic st... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152837 | Systems and methods for posterior dynamic stabilization of the spine Devices, systems and methods for dynamically stabilizing the spine are provided. The devices include an expandable spacer having an undeployed configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the spacer has axial and radial dimensions for positioning between the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150644 | Femtosecond spectroscopy using minimum or maximum phase functions A method determines a transient response of a sample. The method includes providing a measured magnitude of the Fourier transform of a complex electric field temporal profile of a pulse sequence comprising a first pulse indicative of the transient response of the sa... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150502 | Non-invasive cardiac monitor and methods of using continuously recorded cardiac data Embodiments of the invention provide methods of obtaining continuous cardiac information from a mammal. First, attach a self-contained, wearable, portable continuous cardiac monitor to the mammal to create a chamber containing electrodes used to detect cardiac signa... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148110 | Detection of molecular interactions by β-lactamase reporter fragment complementation Methods and compositions for detecting molecular interactions, particularly protein-protein interactions, using at least two inactive, weakly-complementing β-lactamase fragments are provided. The invention allows detection of such interactions in eukaryotic and mam... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148105 | Scaleable manufacturing process for cysteine endoprotease B, isoform 2 Methods are provided for the production of gram to kilogram quantities of pro-EP-B2 (proenzyme form of EP-B2) in a lyophilized form. The methods include scalable fermentation, refolding and purification processes, which processes may be combined with lyophilization ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148094 | Methods and compositions for detecting the activation state of multiple proteins in single cells The invention provides methods and compositions for simultaneously detecting the activation state of a plurality of proteins in single cells using flow cytometry. The invention further provides methods and compositions of screening for bioactive agents capable of co... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144829 | Cone-beam CT imaging scheme A general imaging scheme is proposed for applications of CBCT. The approach provides a superior CBCT image quality by effective scatter correction and noise reduction. Specifically, in its implementation of CBCT imaging for radiation therapy, the proposed approach a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143210 | Enzyme treatment of foodstuffs for celiac sprue Administering an effective dose of glutenase to a Celiac or dermatitis herpetiformis patient reduces levels of toxic gluten oligopeptides, thereby attenuating or eliminating the damaging effects of gluten. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| RE43282 | Assessing the condition of a joint and devising treatment Methods are disclosed for assessing the condition of a cartilage in a joint, particularly in a human knee. The methods include converting an image such as an MRI to a three dimensional map of the cartilage. The cartilage map can be correlated to a movement pattern o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139715 | Method and composition for crystallizing G protein-coupled receptors Certain embodiments provide a method for crystallizing a GPCR. The method may employ a fusion protein comprising: a) a first portion of a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), where the first portion comprises the TM1, TM2, TM3, TM4 and TM5 regions of the GPCR; b) a st... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139227 | Method using asymmetric optical resonances A method utilizes an optical resonator that includes a reflective element and a spatial mode filter positioned relative to the reflective element such that light emitted from the spatial mode filter is reflected by the reflective element. The optical resonator has a... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139067 | Shape completion, animation and marker-less motion capture of people, animals or characters Motion capture animation, shape completion and markerless motion capture methods are provided. A pose deformation space model encoding variability in pose is learnt from a three-dimensional (3D) dataset. Body shape deformation space model encoding variability in pos... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131717 | Scoring documents in a database A method may include identifying a linked document that is linked to by a group of linking documents; identifying links between the linking documents and the linked document; assigning a weight to each of the identified links; and determining a score for the linked ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131715 | Scoring documents in a database A method may include identifying a group of documents; identifying linking documents that include links to the identified documents; assigning a measure of importance to one or more of the linking documents; and generating a score for each of the identified document... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130964 | Systems and methods for identity-based encryption and related cryptographic techniques A method and system for encrypting a first piece of information M to be sent by a sender [100] to a receiver [110] allows both sender and receiver to compute a secret message key using identity-based information and a bilinear map. In a one embodiment,... | 03/06/2012 |
