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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5251634 | Helical nerve electrode A nerve electrode array includes one or more spiral electrically conductive filament bands each secured within a different electrically insulative loop among a plurality of loops configured in a helical array. Each loop is severed lengthwise of the array ... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5231603 | Variable page ROM The same basic ROM circuit may be used to provide memories of increased capacity for pre-existing systems having different fixed numbers of address inputs. The appropriate page configuration is selected to accommodate the number of address inputs in the s... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5222494 | Implantable tissue stimulator output stabilization system Apparatus is disclosed for stabilizing the value of a parameter of the output pulses of a tissue stimulator, such as the magnitude of the current or the charge delivered in each output pulse to excite the cell membranes of the tissue to be stimulated. The... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5215089 | Electrode assembly for nerve stimulation A nerve electrode array includes one or more Y-shaped carriers in which the three legs of the Y are curled about a common axis with the lower leg of the Y oppositely directed relative to the other two so that the legs will encircle a nerve substantially s... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5215086 | Therapeutic treatment of migraine symptoms by stimulation Method and apparatus for treating and controlling migraine by selectively applying a predetermined electrical signal to the patient's vagus nerve for stimulation thereof to alleviate the migraine attack. The signal is a pulse waveform having parameters pr... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5212780 | System for single cycle transfer of unmodified data to a next sequentially higher address in a semiconductor memory The RAM includes sub-arrays having odd and even memory locations, respectively. A data move instruction results in externally generated row and column address signals which are decoded to cause a first memory location, in one of the sub-arrays, to be sele... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5205285 | Voice suppression of vagal stimulation In conjunction with a medical device for stimulating the vagus nerve of a patient to modulate the electrical activity thereof as part of a prescribed therapy, apparatus is provided to selectively suppress the stimulation while the patient is speaking, to ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5200952 | Adaptive VCP control in integrated services networks Method and system for establishing call connections for information transmission between a multiplicity of subscribers as components of traffic in an integrated services network (ISN), in which plural subscribers are located at different endpoint nodes of... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5170394 | Host network communication with transparent connection devices A packet switched network has a system for providing an end-to-end connection for a communication or data transfer session between a host processor and a transparent connection device, which may be an unattended device, both utilizing a 3270 protocol. A t... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5164938 | Bandwidth seizing in integrated services networks Method and system for transmitting information during call connections between a multiplicity of subscribers as components of traffic in an integrated services network (ISN), in which the information traffic consists of a multiplicity of media types accor... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5159549 | Multiple player game data processing system with wager accounting A data processing system is provided for tallying wealth accumulation among a plurality of competing players. Each player has a game entry device coupled to a central processing unit. The CPU receives data on an interrupt basis from each of the player sta... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5143089 | Assembly and method of communicating electrical signals between electrical therapeutic systems and body tissue This invention provides improved electrode structures for electrically communicating between electrical therapeutic equipment and internal body tissue. Bundles of highly flexible, highly electrically conductive, preferably non-metallic carbon based, isotr... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5141487 | Attachment of radioactive source and guidewire in a branchy therapy source wire A source wire for delivery of a radioactive source to the site of a deep body tumor via a relatively narrow passageway includes a relatively thin elongate flexible tube, a solid core running through substantially the entire length of the tube and at least... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5113499 | Telecommunication access management system for a packet switching network A security access management system for a packet switched data communications network has access management apparatus operatively associated with the packet switches at each entry point of the network. The access management apparatus includes an administr... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5077782 | External analog loopback A method and apparatus for providing troubleshooting capability in a four wire telephone line employing a V.32-type or other unbalanced modem in a local communication link at one or both ends of the telephone line for a data network. Each modem has its ow... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5044366 | Rate responsive cardiac pacemaker A rate responsive cardiac pacemaker for implantation in a patient utilizes a pair of sensors. One is an activity sensor responsive to movements of the patient for generating an electrical signal representative thereof. A preselected component of the elect... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5031614 | Pacemaker rate control using amplitude and frequency of activity signal A variable rate pacemaker responsive to patient exercise senses physical activity of the patient by motion detection and generates a corresponding electrical signal. The pacemaker circuitry detects maximum and minimum values of the amplitude of the electr... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5031615 | Rate responsive cardiac pacemaker An implantable activity-based cardiac pacemaker has a variable rate stimulus generator housed together with an accelermeter and associated circuitry within a case. The accelerometer is isolated from the case to detect forces of acceleration on the case wh... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5014700 | Rate responsive cardiac pacemaker An implantable variable rate pacemaker adaptive to patient exercise detects movements of the patient, and discriminates between detected movements indicative of physical exercise by the patient and detected movements indicative of non-exercise. The pacema... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5014704 | Rate responsive cardiac pacemaker An implantable variable rate pacemaker adaptive to patient exercise includes a motion sensor for detecting physical activity of the patient and producing an electrical signal having an amplitude vlaue representative of the intensity of the physical activi... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5014703 | Rate responsive cardiac pacemaker An activity-based variable rate pacemaker senses motion in a preselected low frequency range to detect physical activity of the patient and produce an electrical signal having amplitude maxima and minima representative of the speed and intensity of the ph... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5014702 | Rate responsive cardiac pacemaker An implantable activity-based variable rate pacemaker includes an accelerometer for detecting movements of the patient, and discriminates between those of the detected movements indicative of physical exercise by the patient and those of the detected move... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5007561 | Non-flooding set rate feeder Apparatus for feeding fluidized particulate material at a uniform preselected flow rate includes a reservoir for receiving the material from a supply inlet, a device for maintaining material in the reservoir in a state of flux, a chain type carrier for co... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4985889 | Data packet switching A technique for interconnecting line processing units (LPUs) of a packet switch and/or data concentrator system in which, instead of using a standard bus system, each LPU has a number of duplex point to point serial links that are connected in either a ra... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4980886 | Communication system utilizing dynamically slotted information Burst switching apparatus for a hybrid switching and transmission system adapted to carry multimedia traffic components including voice and data in multi-slotted frames, in which components of the traffic to be transmitted from the sources thereof are ass... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4979100 | Communication processor for a packet-switched network A packet switch receives data and processes it for assembly into packages. A bus allows communication between each of the data processing units of the switch and one or more storage units for storing the data packets. Arbitration for deciding which of the... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4971597 | Solid alcohol fuel with hydration inhibiting coating There is disclosed a process for making a solid alcohol fuel which comprises: (1) forming an aqueous slurry of an alcohol with a cellulosic derivative having a hydration inhibiting coating and (2) then adding an effective amount sufficient to increase the... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4951278 | High-level data link control packet assembler/disassembler A data communications system has a layered communication architecture including network services protocols including a link layer and higher level protocols, and has IBM or IBM-compatible synchronous data link control (SDLC) devices including a host compu... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4947879 | Container for fluent material A cosmetic container is provided with an annular lip within the container neck by a method which involves providing a closure for the container which has moulded integrally therewith a lip-forming member. When the closure is fitted to the container, the m... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4926863 | Rate responsive cardiac pacemaker An implantable variable rate pacemaker adaptive to patient exercise detects movements of the patient, and discriminates between detected movements indicative of true physical exercise by the patient and detected movements which are not true physical exerc... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4926759 | Knockdown furniture Disclosed as the present invention is household furniture, particularly furniture which is very easily assembled and disassembled. The present invention is specifically directed to furniture which is scaled in size and in assembly complexity for children.... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4913074 | Method of manufacturing reinforced leather portfolio The invention relates to a method of manufacturing reinforced leather portfolio having wide opening top and concealed name tag, the wide opening top of the portfolio is provided by a novel subassembly of sides and bottom in which the top of the side porti... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4799499 | Implantable electrode with active fixation means An implantable lead assembly to electrically stimulate the heart from a stimulus generator has an electrode head with a surface portion conducive to electrical stimulation, the head having a contour concentric with the axis except along a portion indented... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4799153 | Method and apparatus for enhancing security of communications in a packet-switched data communications system Security of communications in a packet-switched data communications system is enhanced by introducing terminal and host security devices into the system in communicative relationship with a terminal and a host processor, respectively. In response to a use... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4782836 | Rate adaptive cardiac pacemaker responsive to patient activity and temperature A stimulus generator for a stimulation rate-adaptive cardiac pacemaker has a detector for sensing a first physiological parameter in the pacemaker patient, selected on the basis that heart rate is a function of that parameter, such as central venous blood... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4779844 | Draw works for mobile cranes A draw works for a mobile crane, to selectively reel in and reel out the cable of the crane by appropriate rotation of the cable pulley, includes a stable platform having mounted in fixed relationship therewith an engine with a rotatable output shaft, a r... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4775188 | Folding combination chair seat and carrying case A formed flat blank of corrugated paperboard or the like is peripherally contoured with wing portions or extensions, and impressed with fold lines, such that interfolding and cementing together in predetermined sequence of said wing portions provides comp... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4762136 | Low polarization pacing electrodes for capture verification An electrode for use in cardiac pacing has a substrate composed of a material conventionally employed for pacing electrodes, and a surface layer or film of iridium oxide overlying the substrate. For use as a stimulating cathodic electrode and a sensing el... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4741342 | Cardiac pacemaker with selective unipolar/bipolar pacing A dual chamber cardiac pacemaker is programmable for either unipolar or bipolar pacing of the atrium or the ventricle, independently of the pacing mode for the other chamber. Transistor switches are utilized for selectively connecting the various anodic e... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4727243 | Financial transaction system A financial transaction system makes use of an automated terminal or terminals in communication with a host computer which is capable of accessing any of a number of institutionalized or private label credit/debit card data bases, check verification data ... | 02/23/1988 |
