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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090134208 | DAILY ORGANIZER An organizer which includes a plurality of holders for holding recording media such as disposable cards. A first holder has a first upper edge and a second holder has a second upper edge and a second lower edge. The second holder is disposed behind the first holder and ... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090133694 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING A DANGEROUS RESISTANCE TO FLOW IN A FLOW OF GAS THROUGH A FILTER EQUIPPED, IN CASE, WITH AN HME A device (10) for detecting and showing a dangerous resistance to flow in a gaseous fluid through a filter (102). The device (10) is characterized: by the fact that it comprises a body (11); | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090125907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREAD HANDLING IN MULTITHREADED PARALLEL COMPUTING OF NESTED THREADS An Explicit Multi-Threading (XMT) system and method is provided for processing multiple spawned threads associated with SPAWN-type commands of an XMT program. The method includes executing a plurality of child threads by a plurality of TCUs including a first TCU executi... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090120037 | DEVICE FOR PACKAGING AND FOLDING A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL PART, IN PARTICULAR A PARIETAL REINFORCEMENT The invention concerns a device comprising: a packaging box for the flexible material part, dimensioned to hold said part flat; folding means for folding said part without direct handling, and a reception tube for receiving said folded flexible material part. The invent... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090113808 | SECURITY WINDOW A security window for shielding a secured space from forceful attacks includes a fixed lateral profile, a pane, a pane profile movably mounted on the fixed lateral profile, and a locking mechanism is configured to secure the pane profile to the fixed lateral profile. Th... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113798 | SECURITY WINDOW A security window for shielding a secured space against forceful attacks generally includes a lateral profile, a pane having outer and inner surfaces, a clamping assembly adapted to hold the pane, a column protruding from the lateral profile, and a first seal disposed l... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113615 | URINAL A free-standing urinal (1) having: a housing (2); a trough (3) for urine; a urine collection tank (4) located within the housing (2); a drain (7) and waste trap (8) arrangement extending between the trough (3) and ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090108014 | Theft resistant product merchandiser A product merchandiser stores a plurality of products, dispenses products one at a time and produces a sound when a product is dispensed. The product merchandiser may include a housing, a track, a door and a structure that produces sound. The housing has a proximal open... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090105774 | ROD INSERTION INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF USE An insertion tool for inserting a spinal rod into a patient is provided. The insertion tool includes an upper body portion defining a first longitudinal axis, a handle assembly extending from the upper body portion, an elbow member connected to a distal end of the body ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090102124 | BOARD GAME SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD The present disclosure relates to a system for use with a board game including a board, mock currency, and one or more tokens. The system includes a plurality of liability cards allowing players of the board game to assume an amount of liability less than or equal to a ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090096233 | HOSE RACK Disclosed is a device for carrying a hose or other tubular member. The device includes a first base member releasably connected to a second base member. The first and second base members operate to form a plurality of openings sized to receive a length of hose or other ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090095859 | ANTI-SWEEP ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS An anti-sweep apparatus for engagement with a wire which holds articles is disclosed. The anti-sweep apparatus includes a camming surface, a distal tab and a proximal tab. The camming surface is engagable by a portion of an article on the wire to cam the anti-sweep appa... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090088855 | POSTERIOR ROD CAPTURING SPACER DEVICE AND METHOD An implantable device includes a spacing member and an elongate member. The elongate member includes a body portion having a first end coupled to the spacing member and a second end having a retention member. In a system for maintaining disc space between adjacent verte... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090088854 | SPACING DEVICE AND METHOD A spinal device generally includes a spacing member and a fixing member. The spacing member is configured to maintain a space between adjacent vertebrae. The fixing member is adapted to maintain a position of the spacing member relative to the adjacent vertebrae. In add... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090088801 | SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE AND METHOD A spinal fixation device is provided. The spinal fixation device includes first and second fixation members. Each of the fixation members include an anchor portion configured for rigid fixation to a vertebral body, an endplate member configured to engage a surface of a ... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090084446 | LIQUID COINFUSION DEVICE A tube is arranged inside a downstream pipe in a fluid mixture delivery instrument and having an upstream pipe, downstream pipe and a merging pipe which are respectively connected to a chamber part, wherein the downstream pipe includes pressure parts for closing off the... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090082703 | Method and apparatus for the treatment of tendon abnormalities The present disclosure relates to a method of treating abnormalities in a tendon through the use of high intensity therapeutic ultrasound (HITU) energy.... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090078251 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONDITIONING RESPIRATORY GASES A respiratory gas conditioning system and method are provided and includes an inhale branch (IB), an exhale branch (EB), a low-dead-space heat and moisture exchanger (HME), and a connector (70) for connecting the branches (IB, EB) to a patient (PZ) wherein the HM... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090066984 | DEVICE SETTING APPARATUS, DEVICE SETTING METHOD, INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS, INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM The present invention provides an easy and automatic setting process for an external device regardless of the type of external device connected. Device information is acquired by a device information acquiring unit 31 from an external device 20 that is com... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090062776 | LOCKING CONNECTOR A locking connector consists of a male luer part, a connecting support part provided at the rear end of the male luer part of which is connected to a tube, a lock ring supported on the connecting support part in a state in which it is prevented from being withdrawn from... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090062775 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE FOR A CONNECTOR A connecting structure for a connector in which a male-side connector and a merging pipe are connected by screwing together a female screw having protrusions formed on the inner peripheral surface of a lock ring and a male screw comprising protrusions formed on the oute... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090048622 | Apparatus and methods for performing brain surgery Less invasive surgical techniques for performing brain surgery are disclosed in which a dilating obturator and cannula assembly is inserted into brain tissue until the obturator tip and cannula are adjacent to the target tissue. The obturator is removed and surgery is p... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090043914 | BOARD GAME SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF The present invention relates to an apparatus adapted for use with one or more fantasy purchase board games, and a method of using the apparatus, to incorporate the principles of debt and debt management into play of the board games.... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090043339 | UNIVERSAL TRANSVERSE CONNECTOR DEVICE A connecting apparatus includes a first grasping member adapted to hold a first elongated member and a second grasping member adapted to hold a second elongated member. The second grasping member is operatively connected to the first grasping member so that the first an... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090038685 | FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE A fluid heating and dispensing device and method of using the device, is provided. The device has a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a pump device, a heating device, and a delivery device. The first reservoir is in thermal communication with the heating device, the ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090031788 | Hydraulic scale for determing seeding density of a planter and method A hydraulic scale for planter calibration is disclosed. The hydraulic scale includes a tube having indicia disposed thereon. The tube has a substantially closed bottom and a substantially open top. The indicia disposed on the tube include at least one scale having a zer... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090036997 | Bioresorbable implant Bioresorbable wall reinforcement implants include a bioresorbable porous matrix based on a collagen sponge which defines first pores, a bioresorbable porous three-dimensional knit which defines second pores, with the matrix filling the knit and all the first and second ... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090035858 | Tissue engineering support Cell cultures or tissue engineering supports, include at least a porous matrix based on a collagen sponge which defines first pores and a porous three-dimensional knit which defines second pores, the porous matrix filling the three-dimensional knit and all the first and... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090032801 | Approach to contacting nanowire arrays using nanoparticles An in situ approach toward connecting and electrically contacting vertically aligned nanowire arrays using conductive nanoparticles is provided. The utility of the approach is demonstrated by development of a gas sensing device employing the nanowire assembly. Well-alig... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090036907 | Bioresorbable knit Bioresorbable three-dimensional prosthetic knits include a first porous face and a second porous face, the first face and the second face each containing yarns made of materials which undergo slow bioresorption and being opposite and separated from one another by the th... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090029956 | Substance mixture A substance mixture comprising at least one glucocorticoid and at least one N-chloro compound and/or at least one O-chloro compound as well as a medicament containing such a substance mixture as well as the use and manufacture of such a medicament for the topical treatm... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090028347 | AUDIO CAMERA USING MICROPHONE ARRAYS FOR REAL TIME CAPTURE OF AUDIO IMAGES AND METHOD FOR JOINTLY PROCESSING THE AUDIO IMAGES WITH VIDEO IMAGES Spherical microphone arrays provide an ability to compute the acoustical intensity corresponding to different spatial directions in a given frame of audio data. These intensities may be exhibited as an image and these images are generated at a high frame rate to achieve... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090026770 | EMERGENCY SUPPLY UNIT WITH A RAM-AIR TURBINE ADAPTED TO BE DRIVEN BY AN AIR STREAM AND WITH AN ENERGY CONVERTER FOR AIRCRAFT The invention relates to an emergency supply unit (1) with a ram-air turbine (2) which can be driven by an air stream (14) and with an energy converter (4) for at least partly maintaining the functioning of a hydraulic system and/or electrica... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090021334 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR An electromagnetic actuator comprising a fixed magnetic pole (11) applied with an electromagnetic coil (14), and a movable magnetic pole (20) provided in the insertion hole (12) of the fixed magnetic pole movably in the axial direction. The m... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090022456 | OPTICAL FIBER PROBE TIPS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING SAME Optical fiber probe tips and methods for fabricating the same are presented. One method entails immersing a distal end of an optical fiber having a cladding and a core into an etching solution and simultaneously etching the cladding and the core using the etching soluti... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090018236 | ANTIHAZING AGENT FOR NONCRYSTALLINE CYCLOOLEFIN RESINS, RESIN COMPOSITIONS, AND OPTICAL ELEMENTS An antihazing agent for noncrystalline cycloolefin resins which can inhibit the hazing of the resins due to fine cracking caused by environmental change, particularly, environmental change from high temperature and humidity atmosphere to ordinary temperature and humidit... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090016164 | Oil heating tank meter for monitoring a plurality of variables A method for measuring a distance of an object with a distance measuring unit, the method including: sending a first signal from the distance measuring unit toward the object; receiving a second signal from the object; and measuring the second signal via the distance me... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090018564 | Rotational Device with Eccentric Abrasive Element and Method of Use A rotational device for removing an occlusion from inside a tubular structure, the device comprising a drive shaft (10) for insertion over a guidewire into a tubular structure and an abrasive element (20) on the drive shaft having its centre of mass offset... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090000328 | Modular Cooling System and Refrigeration Device for Such a System The invention relates to a cooling system (20) for an aircraft, comprising a number of refrigeration devices (1) which produce refrigeration and transmit this refrigeration to a cooling medium, and a circuit (21), containing at least one refrigerati... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090004239 | Dural repair material Multilayer structures including a porous layer and a non-porous layer having a reinforcement member are useful as dural repair materials.... | 01/01/2009 |
