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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8032221 | Sealing setscrew This application discusses, among other things, an implantable medical device including a setscrew that enables lead tip visibility as an indicator of full lead insertion without requiring a grommet. In an example, the implantable medical device header is provided w... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8005551 | Implantable medical lead An implantable medical lead includes a device, such as a physiological sensor, that is coupled to one or more stimulation/sensing sensing conductors within the lead. When the implantable medical lead is coupled to an implantable medical device, the device carried by... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7851534 | Thermally conductive sheet There is provided a thermally conductive sheet containing: a binder component, a modified liquid polyolefin, and at least one thermally conductive filler selected from the group consisting of metal oxide and metal hydroxide. The thermally conductive sheet can have g... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7682771 | Compositions containing photosensitive fluorochemical and uses thereof In one aspect, the invention provides a fluorochemical composition comprising a mixture of: a fluorochemical selected from the formula: wherein RF is a fluorinated group having the formula: Rf | 03/23/2010 |
| 7590448 | Method and apparatus for prevention of atrial tachyarrhythmias A multi-site atrial pacemaker capable of delivering pacing pulses to one location synchronized to sensed or paced atrial depolarizations on another location and a method of its use. A defined interval is defined following atrial depolarizations during which such syn... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7544220 | Welding methods and apparatus for batteries Embodiments of the invention provide an electrochemical cell including an electrode assembly having one or more of the electrodes being coupled to a feedthrough assembly. The one or more electrodes each include a connection tab. The connection tab extends a distance... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7539007 | Methods and structures for electrically coupling a conductor and a conductive element comprising a dissimilar material Methods and structures are provided for electrically coupling a conductor and a conductive element containing a dissimilar material. A method for electrically coupling a first element containing a first conductive material to a conductor formed of a dissimilar secon... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539004 | Filtered feedthrough assembly and method of manufacture A method for coupling a capacitor to a feedthrough assembly that includes a ferrule and a terminal pin therethrough is provided. The method comprises dispensing an epoxy onto an outer surface of the feedthrough assembly. A capacitor, which has an opening therethroug... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537493 | Method for forming a connector assembly for use with an implantable medical device A sectional interconnect ribbon for use in a connector assembly for an implantable medical device is formed of two ore more separately-formed sections which are mechanically joined together to form an integral assembly. The sectional interconnect ribbon, as well as ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7526339 | IPG connector headers for implantable medical devices IPG connector headers for implantable medical devices are provided. In one embodiment of the invention, an IPG connector header having a header bore for receiving and making electrical connection to a lead connector assembly of an implantable medical device comprise... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526335 | Communications system for an implantable device and a drug dispenser A system for monitoring drug dispensation and drug effects on physiological signals or implantable medical device (IMD) performance is provided. The system includes a drug dispenser adapted for telemetric communication with an IMD, an IMD capable of acquiring time-b... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519424 | Intravascular medical device An implantable medical device is configured so that all of the major components including a housing and attached leads are disposed within the vasculature of a patient. A tether extends from the housing of the device to an implant location where the tether is secure... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519261 | Optical feedthrough assembly for use in implantable medical device An optical feedthrough assembly is provided that is configured to be disposed through the canister of an implantable medical device. The optical feedthrough assembly comprises a ferrule having an aperture therethrough and an inner surface therethrough. An optical fi... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7493166 | Electrical contact for a feedthrough/electrode assembly An implantable medical device has one or more feedthrough/electrode assemblies positioned around an outer periphery of the device. Each of the assemblies includes a ferrule and a feedthrough conductor that extends longitudinally through the ferrule. Each of the asse... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7459146 | Stabilized aerosol dispersions The invention relates to stabilized dispersions containing nanoparticles of use for the administration of medicaments. The dispersions comprise excipient nanoparticles, a dispersed phase comprising medicament and a continuous phase comprising propellant. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7419272 | Day and night film An optical element having a front side and a back side operates in an ambient lit mode and a backlit mode. The optical element includes a diffusely reflecting layer facing the front side for reflecting ambient light. A light absorbing layer faces the back side and i... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413336 | Adhesive stacking for multiple optical films In a new packaging method for light management films in displays, such as liquid crystal displays, a stack of two or more optical films is held together before insertion into the display frame. The stack includes at least two of the films that are adhered together u... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7405857 | Light emitting diode (LED) device and method of making same A light managing screen may provide a rear projection screen, front projection screen or component thereof. The screen may comprise a polymeric composition including a first polymeric material, and a second polymeric material disposed as a plurality of elongated str... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404853 | Thermally conductive grease The invention relates to thermally conductive greases that may contain carrier oil(s), dispersant(s), and thermally conductive particles, wherein the thermally conductive particles are a mixture of at least three distributions of thermally conductive particles, each... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404756 | Process for manufacturing optical and semiconductor elements A method for fabricating an array of precisely shaped and located shaped elements utilizes a precisely shaped patterned abrasive to form channels in a workpiece. One or more patterned abrasives contact and abrade along one or more intersecting axes to define the sha... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7393129 | Optical film assemblies and methods of making same In one aspect, a film assembly is disclosed comprising a first optical film having a tab disposed outside a first viewable area and a second optical film proximate and parallel to the first optical film, the second optical film having a slot formed outside a second ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394188 | Phosphor based light source component A method of making a light source includes the steps of forming a first optical component having a phosphor material in fixed relation to a first multilayer interference reflector, providing a second optical component having an LED capable of emitting light that exc... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390117 | LED package with compound converging optical element The present application discloses a light source comprising an LED die having an emitting surface and an optical element including a base, an apex, the base, and a converging side joining the base and the apex, wherein the base is optically coupled to the emitting s... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7327039 | Nanoparticle filled underfill The invention provides electronic articles and methods of making said articles. The electronic articles comprise an electronic component bonded and electrically connected to a substrate using an underfill adhesive comprising the reaction product of a thermosetting r... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311880 | Well-less filtration device The present invention provides a well-less filtration device that includes a pre-filter layer; a support layer; and at least one layer of solid phase extraction medium disposed between the pre-filter layer and the support layer. At least a portion of the pre-filter ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312168 | Glass beads and uses thereof In one aspect, the invention provides glass beads and optical devices comprising the glass beads. In other aspects, the invention provides methods of making said glass beads and rapid glass screening methods that use glass beads. Glass beads of the invention compris... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7292766 | Use of glasses containing rare earth oxide, alumina, and zirconia and dopant in optical waveguides The invention provides optical waveguides comprising a glass doped with a rare earth dopant on a surface of the substrate, wherein the glass comprises (a) Al2O3, at least one of REO or Y2O3, and at least one of ZrO2 | 11/06/2007 |
| 7247386 | Composition of an oligomeric fluorosilane and surface treatment of retroreflective sheet The invention relates to a method of treatment of a retroreflective sheet with a treatment composition that comprises a fluorinated compound having one or more silyl groups and an auxiliary compound selected from the group consisting of (i) one or more non-fluorinat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236217 | Package of optical films with zero-gap bond outside viewing area The invention is directed to a new packaging method in which several optical films are bundled together before insertion into the display frame. This bundling makes handling of the films easier, reduces the number of steps required for assembly of the display device... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229683 | Thermal interface materials and method of making thermal interface materials In one aspect, the invention provides a method of making a thermal interface material comprising the steps of: (a) providing a polymeric hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive having a number average molecular weight of greater than 25,000; (b) melt-blending the polym... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223005 | Hybrid lightguide backlight Backlighting systems are disclosed, which include a lightguide with at least one light source optically connected to an edge of the lightguide for supplying light into its interior and a reflective cavity with at least one light source optically connected to the ref... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7156423 | Plastic tube joint A connector assembly for creating a plastic tube joint in a length of plastic tubing having a distal end, a proximal end and a hollow lumen includes forming a flare in the tube proximate the proximal end thereof by means of a flared ferrule disposed in the lumen and... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6979480 | Porous inkjet receptor media Improved macroporous ink receptor media are disclosed. An inkjet receptive media in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises a web comprising a plurality of fibers and a coating overlaying at least a portion of a plurality of the fibers. In ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6923942 | Compressible preform insulating liner The invention provides a preform insulating end cone suitable for forming the end cone of a pollution control device. The preform insulating end cone includes a cone shaped intumescent or non-intumescent sheet material. The sheet material has a plurality of slits en... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6857737 | UV ink printed graphic article In one aspect, the invention provides an imaged article that includes A) an image receptive layer bonded to a core layer and B) an image on the image receptive layer, the image including a UV-curable or UV-cured ink and methods of using the imaged article. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6812308 | Initiator systems and adhesive compositions made therewith Initiator systems of the present invention include both a complexed initiator and a carboxylic acid decomplexer. For example, dicarboxylic acid decomplexer, carboxylic acid ester decomplexers, and monocarboxylic acid decomplexers (preferably those comprising an alky... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6800574 | Glass beads and uses thereof In one aspect, the invention provides glass beads and optical devices comprising the glass beads. In other aspects, the invention provides methods of making said glass beads and rapid glass screening methods that use glass beads. Glass beads of the invention compris... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6800371 | Adhesives and adhesive compositions containing thioether groups In one aspect, the invention provides a curable composition comprising a mixture of epoxy resin, catalyst and an epoxy reactive thioether-containing compound and the resulting adhesives. The resulting adhesives are water and/or solvent resistant and bond to plastics... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6800341 | Solvent inkjet ink receptive films In one aspect, the invention provides an image receptor medium which comprises an extruded image receptive layer that is receptive to solvent-based inkjet ink. Image receptive layers of the invention comprise a blend of an ink absorptive resin and a carrier resin. T... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6800156 | Surface preparation indicators The present invention relates to indicators of surface preparation and methods of making such indicators. ... | 10/05/2004 |
