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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6254617 | Means and method for performing an anastomosis An anastomosis is performed using a mounting structure mounted on the outside of at least one vessel. The mounting structure includes a flexible mounting structure that is attached to the vessel by a special instrument. A graft vessel is attached to the m... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6241742 | Means and method for performing an anastomosis An anastomosis is performed using a mounting structure mounted on the outside of at least one vessel. The mounting structure includes a flexible mounting structure that is attached to the vessel by a special instrument. A graft vessel is attached to the m... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6231543 | Single lumen balloon catheter A dilation catheter having a catheter shaft with an inner lumen for receiving a guidewire and an inflatable balloon member located at the distal portion of the shaft in fluid communication with the inner lumen. The catheter includes a distal seal disposed... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6228104 | Surgical clamp having replaceable pad A surgical clamp having an elongate cavity to receive a replaceable pad. The pad includes a draw cord to draw the pad into place on the jaw. The pad is formed with an attachment member engagable in the elongate cavity of the jaw. The draw cord is preferab... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6215750 | Data recording/reproducing apparatus and method corresponding to a plurality of data formats, and data recording medium A data recording apparatus is constructed by: an input unit for receiving first and second digital data in which a ratio of sector sizes is not equal to an integer ratio; a block segmenting unit for inserting first data nA and second data mB (n and m are ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6214022 | Perfusion device for maintaining blood flow in a vessel while isolating an anastomosis A plurality of embodiments of a distal perfusion device are disclosed, which device facilitates anastomosis constructions by maintaining a dry anastomosis site while simultaneously maintaining blood flow distally in the blood vessel to prevent ischemia an... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6208381 | Convertible connector arrangement adaptable for video camera A convertible connector arrangement for a video camera includes first and second connector portions. One of the connectors is configured for analog signals and the other for digital signals. The first and second connectors are joined along one side thereo... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6206561 | Collapsible whisk A collapsible wire whisk including a handle and wire basket. The wire basket comprises a plurality of wires that are coupled to a wire holder slidably and twistably mounted within the handle. The handle is hollow and has a proximal end with two arcuate ap... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6202849 | Evacuatable rigid storage unit for storing compressible articles therein An evacuatable storage unit that includes a substantially rigid container having an open upper end, a flexible air tight liner attached to the inside of the container, and a port installed in a surface of the liner that allows air to pass out of the liner... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6205501 | Apparatus and method for handling universal serial bus control transfers A method and apparatus for performing a control transfer on a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device. A USB device includes a memory space for reading and writing data transmitted over a USB network. The memory space is shared between a plurality of endpoints.... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6197671 | Multiple finger polysilicon gate structure and method of making Disclosed is a MOS transistor having a polysilicon gate structure in which an overlying metal interconnect completely shorts the gate area. In one embodiment, the gate is formed from multiple fingers joined in a serpentine pattern and separated by oxide-f... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6198722 | Flow control method for networks A method is shown for a central node to flow control one or more end stations operating under a medium access control protocol wherein the central node transmits a signal to the end stations that causes the end stations to defer a data transmission, and w... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6198645 | Buck and boost switched capacitor gain stage with optional shared rest state A structure and process are provided for converting DC-DC voltages, which allows both buck and boost conversion utilizing a single switched capacitor array. In one embodiment of this invention, the switched capacitor array comprises multiple gain blocks, ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6193740 | Eye pillows with adjustable strap The eye pillows of the present invention, used for therapeutic treatment of a user's eye and accu-pressure points around the user's eye, each include a hollow shell formed of a pliable material, and a predetermined amount of particulate material having a ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6195387 | Video processing system with real time program duration compression and expansion The running real time length of combined video and audio signal programs is shortened or lengthened by deleting or repeating individual fields or frames and corresponding amounts of audio segments. The video and audio portions of the programming material ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6190357 | Expandable cannula for performing cardiopulmonary bypass and method for using same A device for occlusion of a body passageway and subsequent perfusion of the body passageway with arterial return blood, cardioplegia and other fluid is disclosed. The device of the present invention is an expandable cannula comprising a flexible, expandab... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6191642 | Charge pump circuit A charge pump circuit is provided which includes a plurality of successively coupled charge pump stages. Each of these successively coupled charge pump stages receives at least one input signals and at least one clock input signals, and in accordance ther... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6190936 | Interconnect passivation and metallization process optimized to maximize reflectance A metal surface having optimized reflectance is created utilizing the following process steps alone or in combination: 1) performing alloy/sintering of the metal-silicon interface prior to a chemical mechanical polish of the intermetal dielectric before t... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6187283 | Hydrothermal conversion of Y-zeolite using alkaline earth cations Hydrothermal synthesis of the natural, alkaline earth zeolites via the alteration of Y-zeolite is presented. Synthetic versions of the zeolites harmotome, heulandite, brewsterite and gmelinite are synthesized from Y-zeolite using alkaline earth cations co... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6187530 | Aquatic autosampler device An aquatic autosampler device for frequent collection of discrete samples of microorganisms at various locations and depths. The aquatic autosampler device moves a filter disk within a filter housing from a filter carousel into a filter housing holder. Th... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6184978 | Method and apparatus for verifying uniform flow of a fluid sample through a flow cell and distribution on a slide Particles in a fluid are counted as the fluid flows through an examination area of a particle analyzer. Parameters based upon the particle count are calculated. It is determined whether the at least one calculated parameter is within an allowable range fo... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6184413 | Supported phase catalyst Supported phase catalysts in which the support phase is highly polar, most preferably ethylene glycol or glycerol, are disclosed. An organometallic compound, preferably a metal complex of chiral sulfonated 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl is di... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6185578 | Program creation apparatus, program creation method, and recording medium containing a software program for implementing the method The present invention provides a program creation apparatus for a software development system capable of deleting some of modules during an execution. A header file 30 and a source file 31 are compiled by a compiler 33 using a compile information 32 from ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6179175 | Child's knapsack harness and method of use therefor A modular child's harness and knapsack is disclosed having a waist belt, two shoulder straps, and gear that attaches to the waist belt and shoulder straps. The lower ends of the shoulder straps are foldable so that they may be folded up for use by a small... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6178242 | Digital recording protection system A system for producing an output scrambled digital data stream from an input scrambled digital data stream. The input scrambled digital data stream includes a plurality of control messages (ECMs), each ECM including coded information for generating a cont... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6175520 | Nonvolatile memory array having local program load line repeaters A flash EPROM device (100) is disclosed. During a programming operation, a primary programming voltage circuit (116) drives I/O lines (110) to a programming voltage (Vp) according to input data values. Secondary programming voltage circuits (118) are loca... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6171901 | Process for forming silicided capacitor utilizing oxidation barrier layer A process flow for forming a polysilicon-to-polysilicon capacitor performs the capacitor anneal step in a nitrous oxide ambient. As a result, a nitroxide layer forms over heavily doped polysilicon of the upper electrode of the capacitor. This nitroxide la... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6172566 | Low noise amplifier A low noise amplifier circuit is operable in two gain modes: high gain (approximately 15 dB) and low gain or attenuation (approximately -5 dB), with a number of gain paths. In the low gain or attenuation path, the frequency response is improved by adding ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6172717 | Apparatus and methods for synthesizing foreground and background images An image processing unit is provided to solve the problem of an aliasing usually occurred when a foreground image and a background image are synthesized by using a key signal; this image processing unit comprises: an image filter circuit that applies to t... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6173303 | Multiply circuit and method that detects portions of operands whose partial products are superfluous and modifies partial product manipulation accordingly Multiplication circuitry performs a multiply operation to multiply a multiplicand operand and a multiplier operand to form a total product of the multiplication operation, where the multiplier operand includes a plurality of multiplier operand portions. T... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6170703 | Chemical Dispensing system and method Described herein is a chemical injection system and method utilizing a chemical storage vessel coupled to a bulk source of chemical and proportioned to contain a volume of chemical useful for multiple applications for which the chemical is to be utilized.... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168816 | Beverage infuser A beverage infuser includes a cap that is attachable to a drinking cup and that includes a drinking port, and a strainer basket attachable to the cap. The strainer basket is configured to hold loose tea leaves, or coffee grounds etc. and includes a positi... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6169310 | Electrostatic discharge protection device An ESD protection device for use with an integrated circuit that provides a low impedance resistive path between IC pads (including Vdd and Vss pads) when power to the IC is off, while assuring adequate isolation between the IC pads ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6169973 | Encoding method and apparatus, decoding method and apparatus and recording medium An encoding method and apparatus and a decodings method and apparatus in which the encoded information is decreased in volume and in which the encoding and decoding operations are performed with a smaller processing volume and a smaller buffer memory capa... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168623 | Deformable conduits and methods for shunting bodily fluid during surgery The present invention comprises a tubular shunt for insertion into a fluid vessel in a living creature constructed of an elastically deformable material that reduces in circumference when stretched longitudinally so that the ends of the shunt may be easil... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167068 | Intracavity frequency-converted optically-pumped semiconductor laser An intracavity, frequency-doubled, external-cavity, optically-pumped semiconductor laser in accordance with the present invention includes a monolithic surface-emitting semiconductor layer structure including a Bragg mirror portion and a gain portion. An ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6166601 | Super-linear multi-carrier power amplifier A super-linear feedforward amplifier, for amplifying radio-frequency input signals produced in one or more frequency channels over an input band, includes a radio-frequency power amplifier, which amplifies the signals. A signal cancellation circuit loop g... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6167014 | Disc loading device for loading a cartridge containing therein a disc or a disc cartridge A disc loading device for loading discs of different diameters on a disc rotating driving device provided within a outer casing is disclosed. The discs are the recording media on which information signals are pre-recorded or are to be recorded. The disc l... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6165186 | Vascular clamps and surgical retractors with directional filaments for tissue engagement Surgical clamps, tissue retractors and surgical stabilizers are disclosed having gripping surfaces from which extend resilient filaments. The distal ends of some of the resilient filaments abut against engaged vessels, tissues or organs to restrict moveme... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6163874 | Apparatus and method for doubling speed of random events generator An apparatus and method for generating a sequence of random, repeatable events for testing a cloned device against the device from which it is derived. The invention includes elements used to double the speed at which the event generator produces the even... | 12/19/2000 |
