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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158010 | Filter sleeve for enabling waste water discharge directly into the environment A filter sleeve is fabricated from a variety of media selected to preferentially remove particulates and specific contaminants from water or other liquids. The layers of the filter sleeve may be configured to remove 1-micron particulates, while another layer or laye... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151600 | Self-inflated micro-glass blowing A method for glass-blowing on a microscopic level includes the steps of defining a plurality of microholes in a wafer, disposing a sheet of thermally formable material onto the wafer covering the microholes, heating the sheet of thermally formable material until a p... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150433 | Beamforming method for wireless communication systems and apparatus for performing the same An improvement in a method of transmit beamforming between a transmitter (16) and a receiver (18) for a time varying lading channel comprises the step of performing transmit beamforming using less than complete knowledge of the previous fading blocks t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145434 | Method and apparatus for forming a homeostatic loop employing an aptamer biosensor A novel architecture solid-state biosensor for label-free detection of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) hybridization is presented. The new device is realized by forming a matrix array of parallel capacitors, thus allowing the realization of low-cost, porta... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133172 | Brain retractor apparatus for measuring and predicting electrophysiological parameters Described is a surgical system for monitoring a patient's condition during surgery. One aspect is a non-contact EEG sensor. The non-contact EEG sensor can be used to predict the onset of physiological disorders. Another aspect includes the use of a plurality of pres... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8113050 | Robust six degree-of-freedom micromachined gyroscope with anti-phase drive scheme and method of operation of the same A method of operating an anti-phase six degree-of-freedom tuning fork gyroscope system comprises the steps of driving a first three degree-of-freedom gyroscope subsystem, and driving a second three degree-of freedom gyroscope subsystem in an anti-phase mode with the... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8094841 | Apparatus and method using capacitive detection with inherent self-calibration The illustrated embodiment of the invention includes a capacitive detection method in a MEMS resonator comprising the steps of: vibrating a resonator with a drive signal; sensing vibration of the resonator by detecting a plurality of sidebands of an electromechanica... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8073869 | Method for efficiently supporting interactive, fuzzy search on structured data A method to support efficient, interactive, and fuzzy search on text data includes an interactive, fuzzy search on structured data used in applications such as query relaxation, autocomplete, and spell checking, where inconsistencies and errors exist in user queries... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8048061 | Tapered fitting for an introducer coupled to a hemostatic valve An adapter for an introducer comprises a medical device having a tubular port on a proximal end such as a splittable hemostatic valve. A tubular fitting is provided on a proximal end of the introducer. An elastomeric member is disposed between the port of the medica... | 11/01/2011 |
| D647146 | Doll with audio playback | 10/18/2011 |
| 8027441 | Method and apparatus for phone tracking with deferred remote billing A method of accounting for activities in a system comprising a telephone handset, including associating use of the telephone handset with a user, allowing the user to perform a call through use of the telephone handset without providing billing information relating ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014569 | Method and apparatus for performing qualitative and quantitative analysis of produce (fruit, vegetables) using spatially structured illumination A method and an apparatus for noninvasively and quantitatively determining spatially resolved absorption and reduced scattering coefficients over a wide field-of-view of a food object, including fruit or produce, uses spatial-frequency-domain imaging (SFDI). A singl... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010176 | Method for elastomammography A method for obtaining a distribution of a stiffness property in tissue includes applying a plurality of loadings to the tissue, obtaining a plurality of two-dimensional (2-D) imaging projections of the tissue from different directions, measuring a force resulting f... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006578 | Apparatus and method for a high speed rotation-to-rotation oscillation converter for surgical use A converter for use in a high speed rotationally oscillating surgical burring device comprises an output shaft, and a rotationally oscillating secondary drive rotor coupled to the output shaft. The secondary drive rotor is arranged and configured with a size and mas... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996369 | Method and apparatus for improving performance of approximate string queries using variable length high-quality grams A computer process, called VGRAM, improves the performance of these string search algorithms in computers by using a carefully chosen dictionary of variable-length grams based on their frequencies in the string collection. A dynamic programming algorithm for computi... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993351 | Telescopic introducer with a compound curvature for inducing alignment and method of using the same An introducer system for implantation of pacemaker leads into the venous system of the human heart through the coronary sinus is comprised of a flexible, elongate, outer elongate element having a first shape or bias along a portion. The first shape on the outer elem... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992587 | Microfluidic autoregulator devices and arrays for operation with newtonian fluids By use of the vias a microfluidic autoregulator is fabricated comprising an origin of a fluid, a sink for the fluid, a main flow channel coupling the origin and the sink, a valve communicated to the main flow channel to selectively control flow of fluid therethrough... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7959873 | Biological detection based on differentially coupled nanomechanical systems using self-sensing cantilevers with attonewton force resolution A biosensor is comprised of a free and a biofunctionalized recognition self-sensing nanocantilever, a dock adjacent to the ends of the nanocantilevers, and a gap between the nanocantilevers and dock. The self-sensing cantilevers each include a semiconductor piezores... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7940302 | Apparatus and method for privacy protection of data collection in pervasive environments A security system which is nonintrusive of personal privacy of a person in a space comprises at least a first localization sensor subsystem, if any, in the possession of the person; a video surveillance subsystem arranged and configured to collect visual data relate... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939355 | Single-mask fabrication process for linear and angular piezoresistive accelerometers An accelerometer and a method of fabricating an integrated accelerometer comprises the steps of providing an SOI wafer with a selected resistivity to eliminate any need for additional doping of the SOI wafer, providing a single mask on the SOI wafer, and simultaneou... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7911146 | High-velocity, multistage, nozzled, ion driven wind generator and method of operation of the same adaptable to mesoscale realization Gas flows of modest velocities are generated when an organized ion flux in an electric field initiates an ion-driven wind of neutral molecules. When a needle in ambient air is electrically charged to a potential sufficient to produce a corona discharge near its tip,... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7886283 | Phantom serializing compiler and method of operation of same An alternative to a real time operating system (RTOS) is provided based on serializing compilers. A serializing compiler can transform a multitasking application into an equivalent and optimized monolithic sequential code, to be compiled with the embedded processor'... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7845091 | Brake pad measuring tool and method of using the same A brake pad measuring device is designed to be small enough to fit through various suspension components or many vehicles' wheel aperture and still maintain the ability to move in three-dimensions. The device is compact enough so that it may take an accurate reading... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878806 | Apparatus and method for indirect orthodontic bonding of brackets and/or tubes The illustrated embodiment of the invention is an apparatus for use in bonding a plurality of brackets and/or tubes to a specific patient's teeth which includes a resilient orthodontic indirect bonding tray having at least one lingual surface. The plurality of brack... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7854910 | Air preheater design that controls mercury emissions in exhaust gases and method of operation of the same A conventional air preheater or the conventional design of a preheater is split into two separate sections which are then communicated or connected by a thermally insulated reaction section that is maintained within a predetermined temperature range selected for opt... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7829825 | Oven and its combination with a steam module The invention relates to an oven (1) comprising a preparation space and a device for heating the content thereof, and further provided with means for releasably connecting steam module (18) to the heating device. In this way a convection oven may be co... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7799016 | Magnetic breather pump and a method for treating a brain tumor using the same A magnetically controlled pump is implanted into the brain of a patient and delivers a plurality of medicating agents at a controlled rate corresponding to the specific needs of the patient. The current invention comprises a flexible double walled pouch that is form... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7799012 | Magnetic breather pump and a method for treating a brain tumor using the same A magnetically controlled pump is implanted into the brain of a patient and delivers a plurality of medicating agents at a controlled rate corresponding to the specific needs of the patient. The current invention comprises a flexible double walled pouch that is form... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7789547 | LED-fiber optic combination for simulating neon lit signage An improvement in LED lighting simulative of neon lighting comprises a light cable (3). A clamp (2) coupled to the cable (3) holds an end of the cable (3) in a predetermined bend, and an LED (14) is optically coupled to the cable (... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7778815 | Method for the fast exploration of bus-based communication architectures at the cycle-count-accurate-at-transaction-boundaries (CCATB) abstraction A computer system simulation method starts with algorithmically implementing a specification model independently of hardware architecture. High level functional blocks representing hardware components are connected together using a bus architecture-independent gener... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7748872 | Light-conducting pedestal configuration for an LED apparatus which collects almost all and distributes substantially all of the light from the LED An apparatus comprises a light source, preferably an LED, a reflector, a light-conducting element mounted on the light source for directing light from the light source to an end of the light-conducting element, and a lens mounted on the end of the light-conducting e... | 07/06/2010 |
| D617612 | Barrel shaped cork cage | 06/15/2010 |
| D617611 | Bottle shaped cork cage | 06/15/2010 |
| 7729750 | Method and apparatus for high resolution spatially modulated fluorescence imaging and tomography An improvement in a method for quantitative modulated imaging to perform depth sectioned reflectance or transmission imaging in a turbid medium, such as human or animal tissue is directed to the steps of encoding periodic pattern of illumination preferably with a fl... | 06/01/2010 |
| D614539 | Motorcycle lower leg and axle cover with a diamond motif | 04/27/2010 |
| D614086 | Motorcycle lower leg and axle cover with a pointed motif | 04/20/2010 |
| D614085 | Motorcycle lower leg and axle cover | 04/20/2010 |
| 7694531 | Method and apparatus for wafer-level micro-glass-blowing A method for forming microspheres on a microscopic level comprises the steps of defining holes through a substrate, disposing a sheet of thermally formable material onto the substrate covering the holes, heating the sheet of thermally formable material until a prede... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7678062 | Flow-independent parameter estimation based on tidal breathing exhalation profiles Parametric characterization of nitric oxide (NO) gas exchange using a two-compartment model of the lungs is a non-invasive technique to characterize inflammatory lung diseases. The technique applies the two-compartment model to parametric characterization of NO gas ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7668212 | Optically triggered Q-switched photonic crystal laser and method of switching the same An improvement in a method of controlling lasing in a semiconductor laser fabricated in a photonic crystal laser having a plurality of holes into which a birefringent material with low refractive losses and low optical loses with controllable spatial refractive inde... | 02/23/2010 |
