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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179436 | Method and device for scanning a document by means of a line camera The invention relates to a method and a device for the scanning of a document by means of a line camera which has several scan lines and therefore generates several images independent of one another. Due to the spacing of the separate scan lines, these images are of... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174392 | RFID medical item hanging storage system A medical item hanging storage system for medical items having stand-off readable tags, such as RFID tags, comprises storage devices comprising fixtures for holding hanging medical items, and readers for reading tags associated with each of the medical items, and ta... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167122 | Apparatus and cartridge for storage of compressed hydrogen gas An apparatus for storage of compressed hydrogen gas is provided. The apparatus includes a sealed housing having an outlet pipe coupled to the housing and equipped with a controllable discharge valve. The sealed housing defines a chamber that includes a cartridge com... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8154000 | Arrangement for the continuous generation of liquid tin as emitter material in EUV radiation sources The invention is directed to an arrangement for generating EUV radiation based on a hot plasma using liquid emitter material. The object of the invention is to find a novel possibility for generating EUV radiation which allows a continuous supply of liquid, particul... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8068579 | Process for examining mineral samples with X-ray microscope and projection systems A process to determine the porosity and/or mineral content of mineral samples with an x-ray CT system is described. Based on the direct-projection techniques that use a spatially-resolved x-ray detector to record the x-ray radiation passing through the sample, 1 mic... | 11/29/2011 |
| D649636 | Handheld laser device | 11/29/2011 |
| 8017968 | Light-emitting diode chip package body and method for manufacturing same A light-emitting diode chip package body with an excellent heat dissipation performance and a low manufacturing cost, and a packaging method of the same are disclosed. A LED chip package body is provided, the LED chip package body comprising: a LED chip having an el... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012202 | Mitral valve ring for treatment of mitral valve regurgitation An active bodily ring having a housing adapted to be sutured to a bodily component and a loop disposed in the housing, the loop capable of actively expanding and compressing during the bodily components normal function. The housing defines a first chamber and a seco... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8001757 | Double-twist bunching machine The invention relates to a double-twist bunching machine for producing bunched strand material (14), in particular wires, with an inlet (17) for individual strands (12) which can be supplied to a first deflection point (18) which has a fi... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990272 | RFID medical supplies consumption monitoring system and method A system and method for tracking supplies, particularly medical supplies, and specifically individual medical items, to the end of the product lifecycle to the point of utilizes. RFID tag technology is utilized. This has the advantage of enabling a system that requi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986446 | Method and device for document scanning with line camera A method and a device for the optical scanning of a document by means of a line camera in which the document may be scanned at variable speed. Since on the one hand a line frequency by which the individual lines are scanned is based on the speed of movement, and on ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7960741 | Light emitting diode with phosphor material and reflective layer and method for making same A light emitting diode includes: a first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a light-converting pattern of a phosphor material formed on the second semiconductor layer; and a reflective layer of a metallic mater... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7903839 | Method for canceling impact of physical property variability on image quality performance of digital imaging system A method for canceling the impact of the physical property variability on the image quality performance of a digital imaging system, obtained during quality control (QC) analysis using a serial numbered quality control (QC) target by applying physical property devia... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899947 | Method for setting up data link between medical appliances and computer system A method and system of setting up a data link between medical appliances (M1-M6) and a computer system (1) in which for each of the medical appliances (M1-M6) at least one communication protocol (P1-P6) is stored toge... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7897928 | Solid-state photodetector pixel and photodetecting method A pixel is formed in a semiconductor substrate (S) with a plane surface for use in a photodetector. It comprises an active region for converting incident light (In) into charge carriers, photogates (PGL, PGM, PGR) for generating a lateral electric potential (Φ(x)) ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893705 | Module for test device for testing circuit boards A module for a tester for the testing of circuit boards is described. Such testers have a basic grid on which an adapter and/or a translator may be arranged in order to connect contact points of the basic grid with circuit board test points of a circuit board to be ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889257 | On-chip time-based digital conversion of pixel outputs An integrated sensor chip comprises at least one pixel. The at least one pixel comprises: one or several integration regions for receiving and storing photogenerated charges; a modulation region that moves the photogenerated charges to be stored in the at least two ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884310 | Device and method for the demodulation electromagnetic wave fields having separated detection and demodulation regions A new pixel in semiconductor technology comprises a photo-sensitive detection region (1) for converting an electromagnetic wave field into an electric signal of flowing charges, a separated demodulation region (2) with at least two output nodes (D10... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880890 | MEMS michelson interferometer and method of fabrication An interferometer system includes an optical bench and at least two mirror structures, being patterned from one or more layers on the optical bench and erected to extend substantially perpendicularly to the bench to define two interferometer arms to provide a Micro-... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7864426 | High aspect-ratio X-ray diffractive structure stabilization methods and systems A method to stabilize planar nanostructures, for example grating and zone plate lenses that are typically used for directing or focusing x-ray radiation, includes the deposition of a top, stabilizing layer. The structures are typically made on a flat substrate, and ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7826358 | Hierarchical virtual queuing A system and method of providing high speed, prioritized delivery of data packets over broadband communications networks that avoids inducing unwanted latency in data packet transmission. The system employs a hierarchical, real-time, weighted token bucket prioritiza... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817271 | Confocal microscope and method for detecting by means of a confocal microscope The invention relates to a confocal microscope which illuminates a sample (15) by means of at least one light source. A detection light beam (17) is emitted from the sample (15). The detection light beam (17) is spectrally split up in a s... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812295 | Optical system and method for multi-range and dual-range imaging An imaging system is presented for use in multi-range imaging of an object scene by incoherent light. The imaging system comprises aligned a phase mask section, a single focus lens section, and a pixel detector array (PDA). The phase mask section has a generally non... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806942 | Method for production of secondary solid state current source Application: in Electric Equipment, Specifically Production of Secondary Solid-State current sources (storage batteries). Nature of the invention: A method for production of a secondary solid-state current source through coating of both sides of solid electrolyte wi... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7802027 | Method for data processing in a scan microscope comprising a fast scanner and scan microscope comprising a fast scanner The process acquires data blocks in real-time with a fast scanner. The acquired data blocks are then transmitted to a computer system (23). The data blocks are then processed as a function of a frame burst ratio (N). The transmission of the acquired data bloc... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7777932 | All optical system and method for providing extended depth of focus of imaging An imaging system and method are presented. The system comprises an imaging lens unit, an imaging detector, and a birefringent element located between the imaging lens unit and the imaging detector. The system is thus configure and operable to provide in-focus imagi... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7773831 | Method for visual inspection of size-reduced digital image A method for generating an output image by reducing the size of an input image by determining for a pixel location (i,j) in the output image a corresponding areaxy in the input image, fetching the input image areaxy pixel values, calculating an output pixel value Di... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773217 | Probe for tunable laser Raman spectroscopy system A probe of a Raman spectroscopy system has a wavelength and/or amplitude referencing system for determining a wavelength of the excitation signal. Preferably, this referencing system is near an output aperture, through which the excitation signal is transmitted to t... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7764379 | Semiconductor laser natural gas analysis system and method A system of gas property monitoring comprises a gas cell for containing a gas of interest and a semiconductor tunable laser spectroscopy system for generating a tunable signal that is transmitted through the gas of interest in the gas cell and detecting the tunable ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7746552 | Illumination module for evanescent illumination and microscope A microscope with a light source that produces an illumination light beam for evanescently illuminating a sample includes an adjustment mechanism with which the polarization of the illumination light beam may be changed. ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7743166 | Scaleable flow-based application and subscriber traffic control Methods and systems for providing scaleable flow based application control in private and public Internet. A flow table can be used to control the application and subscriber traffic for communication flows in access networks. The flow table entry can provide granula... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7727254 | Method of removing heart valve stenosis The invention relates to a device and a method for the removal of a heart valve stenosis, in which a filter catheter is arranged in a vessel section located downstream of the heart valve, and a valvuplasty catheter is arranged in the area of the heart valve. The fil... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724363 | Device for multifocal confocal microscopic determination of spatial distribution and for multifocal fluctuation analysis of fluorescent molecules and structures with flexible spectral detection Many points on a sample are tested simultaneously in parallel in an FCS method with multifocal illumination and/or detection. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7722993 | Solid-state secondary power supply Application: in electric equipment as a secondary current source (storage battery). Nature of the invention: Solid-state secondary current source, consisting from an anode (An0), in a form of a metal or an alloy of metals, whose fluorination leads to gene... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7701991 | High-power infrared semiconductor diode light emitting device A semiconductor laser diode using the aluminum gallium, arsenide, gallium indium arsenide phosphide, indium phosphide, (AlGaInAs/GaInAsP/InP) material system and related combinations is disclosed. Both the design of the active layer and the design of the optical cav... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7701028 | Image sensor with large-area, high-sensitivity and high-speed pixels The pixel for use in an image sensor comprises a low-doped semiconductor substrate (A). On the substrate (A), an arrangement of a plurality of floating areas e.g., floating gates (FG2-FG6), is provided. Neighboring floating gates are electrically isola... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7694426 | Method for eliminating sources of error in the system correction of a coordinate measuring machine A method is disclosed for eliminating sources of error in the system correction of a coordinate measuring machine. Herein, a number j of reference structures 33 on a rigid reference object 30 are measured in a starting orientation k=0, and the starting... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7686343 | Drill pipe with tool joints The engineering problem of the claimed invention is to enhance wear-resistance of drill pipe tool joints. The proposed drill pipe consists of a body with upset ends and tool joints connected by means of friction welding, having tapered thread and a double coating, t... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7684496 | Methods and systems for digital data transmission Methods and systems for transmitting a discrete information over a communication path comprising analogue communication lines and a pulse-code modulation (PCM) channel are considered, which methods and systems allow to increase the data transfer rate over the entire... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7682419 | Method for processing sulfide minerals and concentrates Recovery of nonferrous, rare and precious metals from sulfide minerals and concentrates is described. The hydrometallurgical method of sulfide minerals and concentrates processing, involving sulfide minerals oxidation in aqueous medium using nitrogen oxides, provide... | 03/23/2010 |
