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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185598 | Systems and methods for monitoring messaging systems Systems and methods for monitoring and/or auditing of events in an electronic messaging environment, such as Microsoft® Exchange, are described. One or more monitoring components are installed on messaging system servers to collect, in real-time, information on mes... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185180 | Method and apparatus for demodulating signals in a pulse oximetry system A method and an apparatus measure blood oxygenation in a subject. A light source is activated to cause a first emission at a first wavelength and a second emission at a second wavelength. A detector detects a composite signal indicative of an attenuation of the firs... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184550 | Gateway with improved QoS awareness A device and method for exchanging data frames are disclosed. In one aspect, the device exchanges data between a WAN and one or more LAN segments in an optimized way leading to a better quality of experience for the user. The device comprises an interface exchanging... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183733 | Two-phase brushless DC motor A brushless motor includes a two-phase winding stator having 4×n winding poles and auxiliary poles provided between the winding poles, and a rotor constituted by 6×n permanent magnet rotating poles having divided angle. The two-phase brushless motor can be driven ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183060 | Luminescent polymer and use thereof in bioassay It is an object of the present invention to provide a luminescent polymer that is useful as a luminescent signal probe for labeling and detecting a target substance at high sensitivity in bioassay, and to provide the application of said luminescent polymer to bioass... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183015 | Biological reagents and methods to verify the efficiency of sample preparation and nucleic acid amplification and/or detection This invention relates to reagent comprising: any one of cells, viral particles, organelles, parasites, cells comprising organelles, cells comprising viral particles, cells comprising parasites, cells comprising bacterial cells and any combination thereof, the cells... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182947 | Electrode assembly and lithium ion secondary battery having the same An electrode assembly includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material; and a separator separating the positive electrode and the negative electrode from each other, and... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182872 | Method of fabricating a porous elastomer A method is provided for fabricating a porous elastomer, the method comprising the steps of: providing a predetermined amount of a liquid elastomer and a predetermined amount of a porogen; mixing the liquid elastomer and the porogen in vacuum until a homogenous emul... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182835 | Sustained-release liposomal anesthetic compositions The invention provides a method for obtaining local anesthetics encapsulated in liposomes, such as multivesicular liposomes, with high encapsulation efficiency and slow release in vivo. When the encapsulated anesthetic is administered as a single intracutaneous dose... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182763 | Rack for sample tubes and reagent holders A rack for holding samples and various reagents, wherein the rack may be used for loading the samples and reagents prior to using the reagents. The rack accepts complementary reagent holders, each of which contain a set of reagents for carrying out a predetermined p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182592 | Shell feed type gas separation membrane module A gas separation membrane module has a vessel housing a hollow fiber element including a hollow fiber bundle consisting of a number of hollow fiber membranes (1) and a tube sheet (2) holding one end of the hollow fiber bundle. The interior of the vesse... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182443 | Drug administration controller A drug administration controller has a sensor that generates a sensor signal to a physiological measurement device, which measures a physiological parameter in response. A control output responsive to the physiological parameter or a metric derived from the physiolo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181951 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus allowing a printing section inside of a casing to print paper and discharging the printed paper from the casing through a discharge port of the casing includes a discharge tray configured such that the position thereof is switchable from a... | 05/22/2012 |
| RE43406 | Method and device for speech analysis A device and a method for speech analysis are provided, comprising measuring fundamental notes of a speech sequence to be analysed and identifying frequency intervals between at least some of said fundamental notes. An assessment is then made as to the frequency at ... | 05/22/2012 |
| RE43399 | Electrode systems for electrochemical sensors The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for improved electrochemical measurement of analytes. The preferred embodiments employ electrode systems including an analyte-measuring electrode for measuring the analyte or the product of an enzyme rea... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660453 | Cell and tissue homogenizer | 05/22/2012 |
| D660118 | Angle grinders | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180724 | Systems and methods for encoding knowledge for automated management of software application deployments A method of encoding knowledge is disclosed, which can be used to automatically detect problems in software application deployments. The method includes accessing a source of knowledge describing a problem known to occur in deployments of a particular software appli... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180420 | Signal processing apparatus and method A method and an apparatus to analyze two measured signals that are modeled as containing desired and undesired portions such as noise, FM and AM modulation. Coefficients relate the two signals according to a model defined in accordance with the present invention. In... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179261 | Identification and surveillance device, system and method for individual item level tracking There are provided an identification and surveillance device, a system and a method using active RFID technology to accurately and automatically track inventory at the item-level across the supply chain in real-time and at a distance. The device is provided with an ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179196 | High voltage amplification using low breakdown voltage devices Methods and apparatus for amplifying signals over a wide frequency range to generate high voltage outputs feature a pair of switching modules which are connected in series. Switching modules, e.g., field-effect transistors (FETs), operate based on the voltage differ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179007 | Gimbal A gimbal arrangement comprises a socket (6) having a partially spherical inner surface with a first radius; a ball (2) located within the socket and having a partially spherical outer surface with a second radius smaller than the first radius; a first ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178676 | Pyridinium boronic acid quenchers for use in analyte sensors Novel pyridinium salts functionalized with boronic acid and methods of making them are disclosed. When combined with a fluorescent dye, the compounds are useful in the detection of polyhydroxyl-substituted organic molecules. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178652 | Apparatus and method for separation of liquid phases of different density and for fluorous phase organic syntheses A simple, efficient apparatus and method for separating layers of immiscible or partially miscible liquids useful in methods of high-throughput combinatorial organic synthesis or parallel extraction of large libraries or megaarrays of organic compounds is disclosed.... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178420 | Dicing/die-bonding film, method of fixing chipped work and semiconductor device A dicing/die-bonding film including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2) on a supporting base material (1) and a die-bonding adhesive layer (3) on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (2), wherein a releasability in an interface betwe... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178284 | Method of forming pattern A method of forming a pattern including: forming an underlayer film on a support using an underlayer film-forming material, forming a hard mask on the underlayer film using a silicon-based hard mask-forming material, forming a first resist film by applying a chemica... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178236 | Secondary battery including an insulation case with an insertion groove A secondary battery includes: a bare cell; an insulation case located on the bare cell; a protection device seated on the insulation case and electrically coupled to the bare cell; and a first lead electrically coupled to a first terminal of the protection device, w... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178124 | Drug carrier and drug carrier kit for inhibiting fibrosis An astrocyte-specific drug carrier containing a retinoid derivative and/or a vitamin A analog as a constituent; a drug delivery method with the use of the same; a drug containing the same; and a therapeutic method with the use of the drug. By binding a drug carrier ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177757 | Chemical liquid injection system A piston adapter, which can be easily removed even when it is mounted on a piston member of a rodless syringe and pressed in a cylinder member, is provided. In piston adapter 200, when manual operation member 230 is manually rotated relative to adapter... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177037 | Brake system A brake system of the present invention is a dual braking system, which includes an ECU that controls parts for braking when a brake pedal is operated, a main brake that is controlled by ECU by locking a wheel disc for braking in normal braking, and a sub-brake that... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176820 | Apparatus for cutting and ejecting noodles, and noodle scraper An apparatus for cutting and ejecting noodles, includes: the pair of cutting blade rolls at which a plurality of toroidal-groove sections is formed, the cutting blade rolls cutting a noodle band and ejecting a plurality of noodles; and a noodle scraper constituted o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176646 | Articulating measuring arm with laser scanner A coordinate measurement device comprises an articulated arm having a first end, a second end, and a plurality of jointed arm segments therebetween. Each arm segment defines at least one axis of rotation. A laser scanner assembly is coupled to the second end of the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659717 | Portable pump | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176013 | Systems and methods for accessing and updating distributed data Systems and methods are disclosed that provide an indexing data structure. In one embodiment, the indexing data structure is mirrored index tree where the copies of the nodes of the tree are stored across devices in a distributed system. In one embodiment, nodes tha... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175977 | License management for digital content A method and apparatus for digital content license management is disclosed that provides one or more license management devices that manage licenses for playback of digital content. The license management devices create licenses having an associated cardinality that... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175863 | Systems and methods for analyzing performance of virtual environments Intelligent monitoring systems and methods for virtual environments are disclosed that understand various components of a virtual infrastructure and how the components interact to provide improved performance analysis to users. In certain examples, a monitoring syst... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175672 | Reusable pulse oximeter probe and disposable bandage apparatii An optical probe is usable to determine at least one physiological parameter. A disposable portion of the optical probe comprises a bandage including adhesive on at least a portion of at least one face thereof. The bandage comprises a first modular housing component... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175660 | Wireless energy transfer Method for wireless energy transfer is disclosed. According to an embodiment, the method includes transferring electrical energy from one electronic device to another electronic device with the help of electromagnetic waves. An electronic device that requires electr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175304 | Compact loudspeaker system A loudspeaker configuration capable of generating stereophonic sound separation from relatively loudspeaker drivers that are not necessarily widely separated. For example, such a loudspeaker configuration can be used to generate relatively good sound separation from... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174469 | Dynamic driver IC and display panel configuration A display device which can provide configuration information to the driver circuit and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display device comprises a display array and a collection of links configured to store informat... | 05/08/2012 |
