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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185184 | Fiducial marker devices, tools, and methods This document discusses, among other things, fiducial marker devices, tools, and methods. One example illustrates a combined computed tomography (CT) imagable fiducial locator head, an integral bone screw, and an integral divot for receiving a positioning wand of an... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8165658 | Method and apparatus for positioning a guide relative to a base A system for positioning a guide relative to an anatomy is provided. The system can include a base adapted to be coupled to the anatomy, and a guide that can move relative to the base. The system can include at least one tracking device that can be coupled to the ba... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8108025 | Flexible array for use in navigated surgery A system can be used to determine a position of a structure in physical space. The system can include a flexible member, such as a drape, cloth, sheet, etc. that can include one or more trackable devices associated therewith. The trackable devices can be incorporate... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8057612 | Methods of forming a multi-composition pyrotechnic grain A multi-composition pyrotechnic material is provided for an inflatable restraint device (for example, an airbag system or pretensioner for a vehicle). The multi-composition pyrotechnic material can be a gas generant, a micro gas generant, or an igniter, for example.... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057611 | Multi-composition pyrotechnic grain A multi-composition pyrotechnic material is provided for an inflatable restraint device (for example, an airbag system or pretensioner for a vehicle). The multi-composition pyrotechnic material can be a gas generant, a micro gas generant, or an igniter, for example.... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056477 | Protection system for use with airbag inflators and initiators An inflator assembly may include an inflator housing and an initiator attached to the inflator housing. A varistor may be associated with the initiator and may be spaced apart from a surface of the inflator housing to define a first spark gap between the varistor an... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7695014 | Occupant restraint system A tether release mechanism for a restraining element of a restraint protection system includes a base, a retention device and an actuator. The retention device is coupled to the base for movement between a locked position and a release position. The restraining elem... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7536121 | Image forming apparatus and image density control method An image forming apparatus is configured that a developing unit develops a latent image with a toner, which is controlled by a toner-supply control unit based on a deference between a toner-density of the toner that is supplied to the developing unit and a reference... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7323850 | Current detection circuit and switching power supply using the same A current detection circuit of the present invention has a switching device 1; an auxiliary switching device 2; an offset voltage source comprising an offset resistor device 7 and a current source circuit 8; a compensation circuit, compri... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7159519 | Slug for industrial ballistic tool A frangible projectile for expelling from an industrial ballistic tool may be formed by a powder metallurgy process. A preferred embodiment of slug consists essentially of compacted and optionally sintered material and comprises up to 35% ferrotungsten in particulat... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7099331 | System and methods for monitoring a network workload A system for monitoring a workload for a data content delivery apparatus of a communications network. The delivery apparatus delivers content to mobile users via buffered RF link over a fixed bandwidth. A last router routes the content from the delivery apparatus to... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083408 | Apparatus and method for shutting down a fuel fired appliance An apparatus comprising a switch, a fuse, and a sensor that is capable of detecting the presence of flammable vapors and responsively changing in resistance, wherein the sensor enables the switch to supply current to the fuse which opens to shut down an appliance bu... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066924 | Method of and apparatus for navigating medical devices in body lumens by a guide wire with a magnetic tip A guide wire combined with a catheter or medical device for moving through a body lumen to a desired position in the body with the aid of an applied magnetic field. The guide wire is provided with a magnet on its distal end that can be oriented or oriented and moved... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048537 | Apparatus and method for controlling a variable fuel fired appliance An apparatus is provided for controlling a fuel fired heating appliance, the apparatus comprising a first processor for controlling the ignition operation of the furnace and a second processor for controlling the operation of a variable speed blower motor, wherein t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7020688 | Methods and systems for archiving and verification of electronic communications A method and system for archiving and/or verifying electronic communications. The method and system provide verification of an email sent by a sender to a recipient, comprising receiving a copy of an email as an addressee; indexing the email according to at least on... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020512 | Method of localizing medical devices A method of localizing a medical device inside a patient's body, the method comprising: transmitting ac magnetic signals between a plurality of points of known location outside of the patient's body and a plurality of points on the medical device inside the patient'... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019610 | Magnetic navigation system A system for magnetically navigating a medical device in an operating region within the body of a patient. The system includes a magnet having a front field projecting from the front of the magnet sufficient to project a magnetic field into the operating region in t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017584 | Magnetic medical devices with changeable magnetic moments and method of navigating magnetic medical devices with changeable magnetic moments A method of navigating a medical device having a changeable magnetic moment within an operating region within a patient, the method includes applying a navigating magnetic field to the operating region with an external source magnet, and changing the direction of th... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011110 | High capacity co-axial gas valve A high capacity coaxial gas valve assembly having a coaxial construction with three valves, in which the assembly opens a smaller second valve prior to opening a larger first valve so that the valve can be operated by a relatively smaller and less expensive coil. In... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008418 | Magnetically assisted pulmonary vein isolation A method for forming an ablation pattern to electrically isolate a vessel having an ostium from a chamber formed within a patient for treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. The distal portion of a catheter is navigated to a chamber. An anchor member is deployed from the d... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7008758 | Method of forming a patterned film of surface-modified carbon nanotubes Disclosed herein is a method of forming a negative pattern of carbon nanotubes through: modifying the surfaces of carbon nanotubes to have double bond-containing functional group capable of participating in radical polymerization; coating a substrate with a liquid c... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010338 | Device for locating magnetic implant by source field An apparatus and method for locating a magnetic implant in a surgical application using the field of a source magnet for the implant guiding field. The source magnet is an electromagnet having a separate calibrated magnetic field component in addition to the guiding... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6980843 | Electrophysiology catheter An electrophysiology catheter includes a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween. The tube is preferably comprised of multiple sections of different flexibility, arranged so that the flexibility of the catheter increases from the proximal ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6975197 | Rotating and pivoting magnet for magnetic navigation A magnet assembly comprising a magnet mounted for pivoting about a first axis spaced from the magnet, and rotating about a second axis that is perpendicular to and intersects with the first axis. The magnet comprising a plurality of segments each with a magnetizatio... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968846 | Method and apparatus for refinably accurate localization of devices and instruments in scattering environments A method of localizing a device, medical or otherwise, within a three dimensional environment, the method comprising: (a) transmitting time varying magnetic fields from at least three transmitters, (b) receiving the transmitted electromagnetic radiation as induced v... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6950003 | Device useful for signal transfer from static surface to rotating surface and viceversa A device useful for transferring signals from static surface to a rotating surface, said device comprising a pair of pot cores acting as a primary and secondary core and said primary pot core being wound with ‘N1’ number of turns and said secondary pot core bein... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6940379 | Magnets with varying magnetization direction and method of making such magnets A permanent magnet in which the magnetization direction varies with location to optimize or restrict a magnetic field property in a selected direction at a selected point. The magnetic field property may be, for example, the transverse magnetic field, axial magnetic... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6930784 | Apparatus and method for showing contour lines in modeling An apparatus for depicting contour lines on the surfaces of a model, the apparatus comprising a bed for supporting the model, and at least one laser for projecting a plane of light at a predetermine height from the bed. A method of depicting contour lines on surface... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6918756 | System and methods for modulating gas input to a gas burner An improved gas appliance having a burner, a gas valve through which the flow of combustion gas to the burner is controlled, and a motor driven blower that supplies combustion air to the burner. The improvement includes means for increasing gas flow through the gas ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6902528 | Method and apparatus for magnetically controlling endoscopes in body lumens and cavities A magnetically navigable endoscope system includes an endoscope having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a magnetic body; a component which transmits an image, associated with the distal end; a display component for displaying the image; a magne... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899118 | Single coil two operator controller A single coil, two operator controller for simultaneously actuating two spaced apart magnetically responsive operators has a bar extending between the spaced apart operators, and a coil on the bar, between the operators for creating a magnetic field for moving the m... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6583695 | Housing for switchgears To reduce the rebound of the main armature with contact carrier in response to the switching operation of a contactor, magnetic-chamber base of contactor housing is provided with two support areas for the magnet yoke, said areas having different resilienc... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6575704 | Turbomachine and sealing element for a rotor thereof A fluid-flow machine includes a rotor which extends along a rotation axis. The rotor has a rotor-shaft slot having a slot root surface and a moving blade having a blade root. The blade root is inserted into the rotor-shaft slot, and a gap is formed betwee... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6572329 | Gas turbine A gas turbine blade is used for closed steam cooling. A partition, preferably designed as a metal sheet, divides a first part cavity in the axial direction. This is done in such a way that steam is capable of being guided out of the first subspace into an... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6570540 | Reflector assembly for minimizing reflections of electromagnetic energy from an antenna disposed within a radome A reflector for use under a radome disposed on a mobile platform such as an aircraft for reflecting a portion of the electromagnetic energy radiated by an antenna disposed under the radome such that the reflected portion of energy impinges the radome at a... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6565322 | Turbo-machine comprising a sealing system for a rotor The invention relates to a turbo-machine (1) comprising a rotor (25) that extends along a rotational axis (15). Said rotor (25) has a peripheral surface (31) which is defined by the outer radial delimitation surface of the rotor (25) and has a receiving s... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6555921 | Semiconductor package A semiconductor package manufacturing method includes: providing a rerouting film; attaching a semiconductor wafer having integrated circuits to the rerouting film, such that chip pads of the integrated circuits correspond to via holes of the rerouting fi... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6540918 | Hydrocyclone separator A hydrocyclone separator comprising a truncated cone-shaped vessel having a tangential fluid stream inlet, a fluid stream outlet, a solid particle collector and a conical insert removably mounted between the truncated cone-shaped vessel and the solid part... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6536218 | Supraconducting device comprising a cooling unit for a rotating supraconductive coil A superconducting device includes a winding including superconductor material, which can be rotated about a rotation axis. For indirect cooling of the winding, a regenerative cryocooler having a co-rotating cold head and including a compressor unit is pro... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6454840 | Separation-column unit for a gas-chromatograph and method for making the same A separation-column unit includes a support plate having a groove formed therein on one side and running, for example, in the form of a spiral, and having a cover plate which bears against this side. In order to achieve the high separation capacity combin... | 09/24/2002 |
