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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7118524 | Dosimetry for californium-252 (Cf) neutron-emitting brachytherapy sources and encapsulation, storage, and clinical delivery thereof The present invention discloses a methodology for the characterization and determination of mixed-field dosimetry for 252Cf Applicator Tube (AT)-type medical sources, utilizing ionization chambers, GM counters, and Monte Carlo methods. Unlike the previous... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7019954 | Universal surge protector for notebook computer A surge protector for portable personal computers, or notebooks, of the shunting type, employs two differently rated metal oxide varistors in a manner enabling operation with several differently rated AC power services. The surge protector is designed to provide an ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6933789 | On-chip VCO calibration Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for calibrating voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs). Multiple VCOs may be disposed on a chip with the VCOs having different frequency ranges. The VCOs may be selected and tested to determine a desired VCO to use to t... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6919539 | Substantially-uniform-temperature annealing A system for heating optical members includes a thermally-conductive inner housing defining an interior volume for receiving an optical member to be heated, a thermally-insulative outer housing at least partially containing the thermally-conductive inner housing, an... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6903551 | Variable-density parallel magnetic resonance imaging A variable density non-Cartesian parallel-imaging method for reconstructing a magnetic resonance (MR) image is provided. In embodiments of the invention, an MR data set is obtained by sampling first and second sampling regions, wherein a first region is sampled with... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6880349 | Rack-mounted equipment cooling A gas distribution unit for use in a rack, that holds rack-mounted equipment that produces heat during operation, includes a housing defining a cavity, an exhaust port in a top wall of the housing, and at least one intake port configured to provide fluid communicati... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6612988 | Ultrasound therapy The invention provides a method of delivering ultrasound signals. The method includes providing an image of at least a portion of a subject intended to receive ultrasound signals between sources of the ultrasound signals and a desired region of the subjec... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6581309 | Clothes iron A temperature indicator for a clothes iron includes a heat-sensitive element configured to be coupled to a clothes iron and configured to be disposed to receive heat from a heating surface of the clothes iron, and a visual indicator coupled to the heat-se... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6556410 | Universal surge protector for notebook computers A surge protector for portable personal computers, or notebooks, of the shunting type, employs two differently rated metal oxide varistors in a manner enabling operation with several differently rated AC power services the surge protector is designed to p... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6152418 | Adjustable mounting apparatus An apparatus includes a bracket mountable to a surface and including multiple separated fingers extending at least partially transverse to gravitational pull when the bracket is mounted to the surface. A connector is adapted to be received by at least one... | 11/28/2000 |
