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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090164264 | Method Of Communicating The Carbon Footprint For A Particular Product To Consumers A method of communication the carbon footprint of a product to consumers.... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090148415 | Treatment for Chronic Myocardial Infarct A method of treating chronic post-myocardial infarction including helical needle transendocardial delivery of autologous bone marrow (ABM) mononuclear cells around regions of hypo or akinesia in chronic post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients. The treatment is safe and... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090112068 | Blade Insert Illuminator An air gap retractor illumination system includes any suitable retractor such as a McCulloch with a channel in the blade to accommodate an air gap illuminator. The illuminator is preferably made from a suitable light conducting plastic material such as acrylic or polyca... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090105547 | Adjustable Retractor Blade An adjustable retractor blade may include a vertical blade portion integrated with an adjustable attachment portion, which is used to attach the blade to a support arm or frame. The adjustable portion is compatible with existing retractor support arms or frames and allo... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090063509 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Network Servers A server monitoring system includes one or more monitoring engines running on a computer, a system database running on a computer, and a user interface running on a computer to remotely monitor one or more servers across any suitable network and provide alerts and statu... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090036845 | Device For Delivery Of Agents To And Through The Human Scalp A method and device for administering minoxidil and other topical solutions to the scalp. The method entails administering a minoxidil preparation through a manifold that fits over the scalp of a patient.... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080303235 | Adjustable Strut Spacer An adjustable strut spacer includes two complementary strut spacer disks that engage each other and the vehicle suspension to provide adjustable spacing. Each strut spacer disk is flat on one side and stepped on the other side. The steps of the upper strut spacer engage... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080272335 | Process for producing pellet or granular forms of polymer additives A method for the production of a pellet or granular form of a polymer performance additive for the effective delivery of the active ingredient into the rubber or plastic manufacturing process. At least one polymer additive in the composition of 10% to 99% is combined wi... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080228026 | Method and apparatus for image enhanced external counterpulsation An image enhanced external counterpulsation system may be used to monitor a continuous real-time ultrasound image of the patient's heart during ECP therapy.... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080203813 | Offset Track An offset track forms a pattern perpendicular to the centerline of the track which enables tracks to be formed with even or odd number of metal inserts and thus accommodate virtually any tracked vehicle. The offset track uses variations in body thickness and lug width t... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080200974 | Drug Eluting Stent System with Controlled Self Expansion A self-expanding stent providing a high compliance mismatch upon initial placement, to exert radially outward force over the course of several weeks or months until it reaches the limits of expansion as imposed by a limiting mechanism, and thereafter provide high resist... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080178819 | SWIFTLETS FARMING FOR PRODUCTION OF EDIBLE BIRD'S NESTS A swiftlet breeding facility, for use in creating and harvesting edible bird's nests. The facility includes sub-systems for injecting live insect and worm prey, and water, into an aerial enclosure to provide a feeding system imitative of a natural swiftlet feeding envir... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080172013 | Anti-extravasation catheter The disclosed devices and methods provide for the minimization of fluid extravasation during use of infusion catheters such as peripherally inserted central catheters and central venous catheters. The anti-extravasation catheter allows a surgeon to drain fluids from sof... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080165987 | Constant balance volume control A constant balance volume control according to the present disclosure may provide a user with the ability to listen to program material originally mixed at a known “reference” level at any other suitable level without experiencing a substantial shift in tonal balanc... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080168013 | Scalable pattern recognition system An efficient method of searching large databases for pattern recognition is provided. The techniques disclosed illustrate how a large database of arbitrary binary data might be searched at high speed using fuzzy pattern recognition methods. Pattern recognition speed enh... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080154258 | Radio Frequency Ablation System with Joule-Thomson Cooler An RF tissue ablation system with a Joule-Thomson cooler for limiting the temperature of the RF electrodes. An RF generator produces electromagnetic energy to ablate the tissue, and may also be used to re-warm the probe when the probe is used as a cryoprobe.... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080154746 | Gift registry system and method therfore A gift registry system is provided. The system comprises a data store configured to store an item code and an item description associated with the item code. The item code corresponds to an item available for selection at a gift seller's establishment and is displayed i... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080145512 | Collapsible and disposable chafing stand A collapsible and disposable food chafing stand may be formed of any suitable fibrous material such as corrugated cardboard or any other suitable paper product. The chafing stand may be folded flat for transportation and storage and opened for use. In use the chafing st... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080142765 | Hybrid spring extender A hybrid spring extender is composed of a spring cup bonded to a urethane or polyurethane spacer. The spring cup is metal and may include one or more mechanical elements to secure the spring cup to the polyurethane spacer. The hybrid spring extender is installed between... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080129281 | Method and apparatus for magnetic field sensor calibration The methods and devices provide for calibration of two or three-axis magnetic field sensors with an artificial magnetic calibration field, or a sequence of magnetic calibration fields, that overwhelm the earth's magnetic field and any other extraneous magnetic fields th... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080129282 | Method and Apparatus for Magnetic Field Sensor Calibration The methods and devices provide for calibration of two or three-axis magnetic field sensors with an artificial magnetic calibration field, or a sequence of magnetic calibration fields, that overwhelm the earth's magnetic field and any other extraneous magnetic fields th... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080108009 | Obturation device, material and methodolgy A body cavity obturator having bismuth particles dispersed therein. Bismuth is dispersed throughout the plastic core or shaft, and/or throughout a filler material disposed thereon to produce a plastic article that presents a clearly defined x-ray image similar to that o... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080101499 | Transmitter, Method for Generating a Plurality of Long Preambles and Communication Device A transmitter is described which has a determination unit for determining a plurality of symbols (301) such that each symbol (301) comprises a tail component (302) and the plurality is determined in such a way that the tail components (302) a... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080103411 | Device for Biopsy of Tumors A device and method of use for securing and coring of tumors within the body during a biopsy of the tumor, specifically breast tumors. An adhesion probe for securing the tumor is described. The probe secures the tumor by piercing the tumor and providing a coolant to the... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080094259 | Context-Based Encoding and Decoding of Signals A system for the context-based for the context-based encoding of an input signal includes a domain transform module and a context-based coding module. The domain transform module is operable to convert the input signal into a sequence of transform coefficients c[i]. The... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080095262 | Method for Transmitting a Digital Data Stream, Transmitter, Method for Receiving a Digital Data Stream and Receiver A method for transmitting a digital signal is described, wherein the digital signal is to be transmitted by a plurality of antennas and a 2-domain pre-transformation is carried out, i.e., in course of a pre-transformation modulation symbols assigned to subcarrier... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080093956 | Television display cover A television display cover for covering the screen of a plasma or LCD screen when the television is not in use. The cover can be converted from existing frames, framed art, or mirrors already contained in a users' home or wall or panel for attachment of the display cove... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080075022 | Method and System, for Mimo Detection A method for determining a signal vector comprising a plurality of components from a received signal vector is described, wherein a component of the plurality of components is selected and for each candidate symbol of a list of candidate symbols, wherein each candidate ... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080062264 | Video Test tools A video test tool for diagnosing video processing for interlacing is disclosed along with a video test tool for quantifying “jaggies” in a video display. ... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080064971 | ECG Signal Processor and Method An ECG signal processing system which removes the CPR-induced artifact from measured ECG signals obtained during the administration of CPR. ... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080045867 | Temperature regulation system for automatic chest compression devices Devices and methods for cooling an electromechanical chest compression device. A blower or fan forces air through the device and a metal foil distributes heat. The temperature of the device and the patient is measured and the processor controls the operation of the devi... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080032602 | Devices and Methods for Optical Endpoint Detection During Semiconductor Wafer Polishing A method of measuring a change in thickness of a layer of material disposed on a wafer while polishing the layer. Light is directed at the surface of the wafer from an optical sensor disposed within the polishing pad. The intensity of the reflected light is measured by ... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080030385 | Method for Transforming a Digital Signal from the Time Domain Into the Frequency Domain and Vice Versa A method for transforming a digital signal from the time domain into the frequency domain and vice versa using a transformation function comprising a transformation matrix, the digital signal comprising data symbols which are grouped into a plurality of blocks, each blo... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080034157 | Massively parallel data storage and processing system A distributed processing data storage system utilizing optimized methods of data communication between elements and that effectively collaborate to create and expose various types of unusual data storage objects. In preferred embodiments, such data storage systems would... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080015542 | Device And Method To Slow Or Stop The Heart Temporarily Implantable cardiac drug delivery systems. The systems are installed endocardially into a chamber in the heart, and are variously capable of delivering anti-arrhythmia agents into the heart wall, and into the epicardial space outside the heart, and into other chambers i... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080011244 | Sound producing pet toy A pet toy that produces sounds or lights when a sensor disposed in the pet toy detects motion or vibration. The sensor is highly sensitive such that the toy will produce sound or lights when the sensor senses that the toy housing has moved, even over a very short distan... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080002426 | Film illumination system An illuminator film system may include one or more pre-cut sections of optical film applied to a waveguide to allow light to exit the waveguide through the film in a predetermined manner. The one or more pre-cut sections may be removed and reapplied during a procedure t... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070299666 | Spoken Language Identification System and Methods for Training and Operating Same A method for training a spoken language identification system to identify an unknown language as one of a plurality of known candidate languages includes the process of creating a sound inventory comprising a plurality of sound tokens, the collective plurality of sound ... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070296546 | CODE BASED ACCESS SYSTEMS A system including at least two parts or stations wherein a transaction or connection between any two or more of the parts or stations is conducted or established by means of an access code, the access code being available to an accessed part or station and requiring an... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070291186 | Rear Projection Imaging System with Image Warping Distortion Correction System and Associated Method A rear projection imaging system with an image warping distortion correction system using a camera and processing unit to generate a warping map that corrects for image distortion. The warping map is generated in an iterative process by displaying a known pattern on a v... | 12/20/2007 |
