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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6592535 | Methods and apparatus for arresting scalp bleeding An apparatus for arresting scalp bleeding includes skull cap having a plurality of inflatable bladders and a pump for inflating the bladders. The methods of the invention include attaching the skull cap to the bleeding victim and inflating the bladders wi... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6582420 | Intercostal lockable directable port device A port device includes a tubular body sized to be inserted through a pair of ribs in a chest wall of a patient, a ball provided about the body, and a base defining a socket in which the ball is provided. Detent structure permits but limits longitudinal mo... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6579281 | Instrument stabilizer for through-a-port surgery An instrument stabilizer minimizes unwanted motion at the distal end of a surgical instrument by applying a damping force to the instrument. According to one embodiment, the instrument stabilizer preferably includes a cannula through which an instrument c... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6569105 | Rotatable and deflectable biopsy forceps An endoscopic or laparoscopic biopsy forceps instrument is provided which includes a flexible tubular member having proximal and distal ends, a biopsy jaw assembly at the distal end of the tubular member, an actuation assembly to operate the jaw assembly ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6567465 | DSL modem utilizing low density parity check codes A DSL modem with a receiver and a transmitter includes an LDPC encoder which utilizes a generation matrix G which is derived from a substantially deterministic H matrix in order to generate redundant parity bits for a block of bits. The H matrix is determ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6567837 | Object oriented processor arrays An object oriented processor array includes a library of functional objects which are instantiated by commands through a system object and which communicate via a high level language. The object oriented processor array may be embodied in hardware, softwa... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6560277 | Distinguishing between final coding of received signals in a PCM modem A method for determining the encoding law of an incoming signal in a network which possibly contains an A-μ or μ-A conversion includes obtaining digital impairment learning (DIL) probing data, generating an ordered table of levels therefrom, using the t... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6554823 | System for performing port off-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery A system for performing through port off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery includes a port insertable between ribs into a chest wall of a patient, a heart stabilizer extendable through and stably couplable to the port, and an instrument stabilizer adapt... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6551315 | Methods and apparatus for the treatment of gastric ulcers A surgical tool attaches to the distal end of an endoscope and provides a rotatable treating element. According to one embodiment of the invention, the treating element is a pair of jaws provided with cautery capability. According to an aspect of the inve... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6544231 | Catch, stop and marker assembly for a medical instrument and medical instrument incorporating the same A medical instrument includes a shaft having an outer surface defining an outer diameter, a tube having an inner surface defining an inner diameter and extending over a portion of the shaft, at least one coil wound in a first rotational direction and prov... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6546417 | Enhanced electronic mail system including methods and apparatus for identifying mime types and for displaying different icons Electronic mail client software has a mailbox displayer which lists messages together with an icon for each message where the icon is associated with the MIME type of the message. Mail which contains a file attachment is listed in the inbox with an icon i... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6542551 | Translation table and constellation design for a PCM modem subjected to alternating robbed bit signaling The receiver of a PCM modem utilizes the V.90 TRN1d training signal for detecting whether any of the six slots of the received signal may be subject to alternating robbed bit signaling (ARBS), and what the alternating robbed bit signaling patte... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6539023 | Methods and apparatus for handling maintenance messages in extended superframe T1 telephone circuits An apparatus for handling back-to-back maintenance messages in extended superframe t1 telephone circuits includes a FIFO, a byte counter, and a message length register. According toga method of the invention, when messages are placed in the. FIFO, the byt... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6535856 | System, methods and software for dynamically regulating and enforcing open account payments and for dynamic updating of credit ratings Methods and software of the present invention include maintaining a database of buyers and sellers, updating the database with information from sellers about buyers who have defaulted on payment terms, processing data about buyers who have defaulted on pa... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6533788 | Locking device for intramedullary pin fixation A locking device includes a locking sleeve and a handle. The locking sleeve defines a pin channel and a plurality of resilient locking catches. The distal end of the sleeve includes a tip having a cutting edge and a pin guide adapted to be located about a... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6530490 | Reconfigurable retail merchandising system A retail merchandising display system includes reconfigurable components which may be assembled to form perimeter wall fixtures, standing fixtures, tiered tables fixtures, etc. A set of basic components is provided which can be assembled into the fixtures... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6527938 | Method for microporous surface modification of implantable metallic medical articles A process for creating surface microporosity on a titanium (or other metal) medical device includes creating a surface oxide layer on the device; placing the device, which is connected to a negative terminal of an electrical power supply, into a calcium c... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6526982 | Anti-snoring device and method of making same An anti-snoring device has maxillary and mandibular bite forms with outwardly extending pivots which are mounted to the bite forms by frameworks which are at least partially embedded in the bite forms. This retains the pivots securely in place even in the... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6519503 | Collation system and method A system for collating cheques (or other sheets bearing an account number), feeds cheques in a batch of cheques. The system reads the account number of each cheque in the batch and counts the number in the batch. This is compared with corresponding inform... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6508819 | Method of dorsal wrist fracture fixation A dorsal fracture is treated from the volar side by using a T-shaped plate opposite the fracture. The plate is positioned against the volar side of the radial bone, a plurality of bone screws secure the plate along a non-fractured portion of the radial bo... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6508812 | Control system for high resolution high speed digital micromirror device for laser refractive eye surgery A laser eye surgery system includes a laser for producing a laser beam capable of making refractive corrections, an optical system for shaping and conditioning the laser beam, a digital micromirror device (DMD) for reflecting the shaped and conditioned be... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6503245 | Method of performing port off-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery A method for performing through-port off-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery is provided. A port device is positioned in the chest wall and directed as necessary. A heart stabilizer is coupled to the port, and operated to apply a compressive... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6500170 | Instrument stabilizer for through-the-port surgery An instrument stabilizer minimizes unwanted motion at the distal end of a surgical instrument by applying a damping force to the instrument. According to one embodiment, the instrument stabilizer preferably includes a cannula through which an instrument c... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6499426 | System and method for coating non-planar surfaces of objects with diamond film A system and method for depositing a CVD diamond coating on a non-planar surface of an object is provided. The system includes a deflector having a deflecting surface which resists diamond coating by the diamond forming reagents produced by the system and... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6497339 | Systems for feeding, counting and dispensing discrete objects A discrete object counting and dispensing system includes an object counter, a funnel couplable relative to the object counting system such that when discrete objects are provided in the funnel, the discrete objects are counted by the object counting syst... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6496020 | Method and apparatus for capacitance measurement of a dielectric medium utilizing the ratio of capacitance measurement made at different frequencies A method for analyzing a dielectric medium comprises the step of measuring, at one or more frequencies, the capacitance between a pair of electrodes immersed in the dielectric medium. The proportion of the or each capacitance measurement due to electrode ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6493024 | Signal monitoring apparatus A digital video signal monitoring apparatus comprises means (2,4,6) for receiving a digital video signal and extracting therefrom a plurality of digital signals, each of which comprises a plurality of successive digital sample values. The apparatus furthe... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6491492 | Batch sheet feeder A shingling nip roll is added between an infeed conveyor and a reciprocating table. The nip roll slows the speed of the sheets thereby reducing bruising and buckling as sheets are ejected to the table. Further, the trailing end of a dropped sheet is overl... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6493085 | Light analyzer apparatus A light analysis system for analyzing light transmitted through an ampoule includes a housing having at least one. receptacle for the ampoule, a cover for substantially preventing ambient light from affecting the receptacle and having an interior reflecti... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6487975 | Roller coaster car having a force-isolated passenger compartment A roller coaster ride includes a pair of spaced apart parallel tracks and a car assembly. The car assembly includes a superstructure with wheels which engage the track and a passenger compartment which is coupled to the superstructure but force-isolated f... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6485735 | Multilayer thermoset polymer matrix and structures made therefrom A composite thermoset polymer matrix structure having a plurality of homogeneously bonded thermoset polymer layers and a method of forming the same is disclosed. Each of the layers is formed from either a pure thermoset polymer resin or a composition of a... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6482143 | Raidoactive therapeutic seed having selective marker configuration Radioactive therapeutic seeds include a carrier structure bearing a radioactive isotope and a radiopaque marker. According to several embodiments, the seeds include a central plug provided with an axial marker and a relatively transverse bore extending th... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6481341 | Anti-burn toaster A toaster mechanism includes a base, a carriage movable relative to the base and including a hook and a switch bar, a first switch associated with heating elements of the toaster and supported by the base and being activated by the switch bar, a timer-dea... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6479844 | Modulation doped thyristor and complementary transistor combination for a monolithic optoelectronic integrated circuit A family of high speed transistors and optoelectronic devices is obtained on a monolithic substrate with an epitaxial layer structure comprised of two modulation doped transistor structures, one inverted with respect to the other. The transistor structure... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6471631 | Implantable radiation therapy device having controllable radiation emission An implantable radiation therapy device includes a biocompatible radiotranslucent outer capsule containing a radiation shielding element and a radioactive isotope at least partially shielded by the shielding element. When the device is at or below body te... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6471632 | Radioactive therapeutic seeds Radioactive therapeutic seeds include one or more carrier structures each carrying a radioactive isotope, a ceramic spacer or collar member, a metal ring about the ceramic member, and a capsule formed from two tubular parts, each part including a closed e... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6466446 | Integrated circuit package with diamond heat sink An IC package includes a high thermal conductivity insulating material substrate, such as polycrystalline diamond, on which the IC is mounted for thermal management. The electrical lead pins of the package are electrically connected to the IC and thermall... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6464091 | Collapsible wall unit for clothes There is described a collapsible wall unit for clothes which has at least one frame unit which is of generally triangular shape and consists of a first plate portion, a rod portion, and a second plate portion. A rail can be positioned between the frame un... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6463111 | Method and apparatus for desynchronizing a DS-3 signal and/or an E3 signal from the data portion of an STS-STM payload The desynchronizer of the present invention includes two FIFOs. The first FIFO has two address counters (write and read), an intermediate count register, circuitry for calculating the difference between the write and intermediate counts and the intermedia... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6460286 | Articulating fishing lure A fishing lure includes a plurality of substantially rigid, preferably plastic body sections including a head section, a tail section, and three central body sections, decreasing in size from the head to the tail, therebetween. Each section behind the hea... | 10/08/2002 |
