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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056056 | Methods and apparatus for configuring a process control system with a configuration editor executing on a digital data processing device Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurat... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7744547 | Negative pressure ventilation and resuscitation system A negative pressure ventilation system comprising a dynamically movable, multi-component artificial rib cage configured to fit snugly around the patient's own chest wall and abdomen is disclosed. The shape, dimensions and the dynamic movement of the artificial rib c... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7581715 | Powered rope ascender and portable rope pulling device A device for pulling an elongate member includes a powered rotational motor having an output and a rotating drum connected to the output of said rotational motor where the rotating drum has a longitudinal axis and a circumference. The device further includes a guide... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7115051 | Practice equipment A training device can be used, for example, to practice punching and kicking techniques and to practice baseball batting and golf swing mechanics. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7512036 | Underwater acoustic positioning system and method A method for determining the position of an underwater device includes placement of a plurality of station keeping devices on or below the surface of the water in known positions. A device to locate is provided for placement below the surface of the water, and the d... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7491168 | Surgical retractor systems and illuminated cannulae This invention includes surgical retractors that comprise an expandable frame that includes at least two base components, a connector, and at least two retractor blades attached to the expandable frame. Also included are surgical retractors that comprise a housing c... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7482018 | Use of oligomers and polymers for drug solubilization, stabilization, and delivery The invention relates to the use of oligomers and polymers capable of rendering insoluble drugs soluble, protecting unstable drugs, and facilitating the delivery of drugs to their site of action. This invention further relates to processes for the preparation of suc... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7481730 | Multiple input, dual output electric differential motor transmission system A multiple input, dual output, electric motor transmission device includes a ring gear and a ring gear motor for driving the ring gear. A first planetary gear set is engaged to the ring gear for geared rotation with respect to the ring gear and a first sun gear is e... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7482767 | Regenerative motor propulsion systems A vehicle or watercraft regeneration system includes at least one electric motor capable of generating electricity and a controller for the at least one motor; wherein the controller to optimize the efficiency of the regeneration. The controller can optimize efficie... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7381213 | Knotless bioabsorbable suture anchor system and method A knotless suture system for anchoring tissue to bone is provided. The system includes a suture anchor configured to radially expand into bone. The suture anchor has a proximal end and a distal end with a bore formed therein. The system further includes a first loop... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7368065 | Implants with textured surface and methods for producing the same Compositions and methods are provided for preparing a metal substrate having a uniform textured surface with a plurality of indentations with a diameter in the nanometer and micrometer range. The textured surface is produced by exposing the substrate to an etching f... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356113 | Tomosynthesis imaging system and method A system for three-dimensional tomosynthesis imaging of a target element includes an image acquisition element and a processor. The image acquisition element obtains a plurality of images of the target element from a plurality of angles and includes a radiation sour... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351261 | Multi-joint implant Methods and devices are provided for repairing or replacing damaged, injured, diseased, or otherwise unhealthy posterior elements, such as the facet joints, the lamina, the posterior ligaments, and/or other features of a patient's spinal column. In one exemplary emb... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335292 | Sensor with improved shelf life The present invention provides a metal electrode stabilized by a coating, the coating comprising a sulfur containing moiety in its molecular structure. The coating may also include a hydrophilic group and a spacer between the sulfur containing moiety and the hydroph... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334594 | Apparatus and method for adjusting a locking mechanism of a shunt valve A shunt valve assembly includes an electromechanical brake mechanism that locks a position of a pressure setting mechanism within a shunt valve assembly. The electromechanical brake can maintain the position of the pressure setting mechanism in the presence of a rel... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329281 | Graft ligament anchor and method for attaching a graft ligament to a bone A graft ligament anchor comprises a graft ligament engagement member disposed in an opening in a bone, the graft ligament engagement member being arranged to receive a graft ligament alongside the engagement member, and a locking member for disposition in the openin... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327780 | Wireless communications systems and methods for multiple operating system multiple user detection The invention provides methods and apparatus for multiple user detection (MUD) processing that have application, for example, in improving the capacity CDMA and other wireless base stations. One aspect of the invention provides a multiprocessor, multiuser detection ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321296 | Electronic locating systems Methods and apparatus are disclosed for location of objects to facilitate retrieval, filing, security, inventory stock-keeping and the like. The methods and apparatus employ a tag element associated with each object-to-be-located, and interrogation system for search... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318813 | Self adjusting hydrocephalus valve A self adjusting hydrocephalus valve that continuously drains cerebrospinal fluid at a rate which is proportional to the average pressure difference across the valve. The valve employs a ball-in-cone mechanism having an associated biasing element that is insensitive... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316822 | Conformable tissue repair implant capable of injection delivery A conformable tissue implant is provided for use in repairing or augmenting a tissue defect or injury site. The tissue implant contains a tissue carrier matrix comprising a plurality of biocompatible, bioresorbable granules and at least one tissue fragment in associ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318055 | Methods and apparatus for querying a relational data store using schema-less queries The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of searching an RDF triples data store of the type in which the triples are maintained in accord with a first storage schema. The method includes inputting a first query specifying RDF triples that are to be identified... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7302993 | Cast parts with improved surface properties and methods for their production Techniques for forming cast parts for medical devices suitable for contact with internal regions of patients are described herein. Such parts can be small in scale (e.g., having a major axis less than 0.3 inches, and/or a minor axis less than about 0.08 inches), and... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302237 | Wideband signal generators, measurement devices, methods of signal generation, and methods of signal analysis A wideband signal generator according to one embodiment of the invention includes a variable frequency source and a direct digital synthesizer. Local oscillators, signal analyzers, modulators, demodulators, and other equipment including one or more such generators a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287214 | System and method for providing a searchable library of electronic documents to a user A method and system for publishing a plurality of books for user access includes selecting a plurality of books, converting each book from a layout or publication digital data form, by providing and applying a tool to detect characteristic features (such as layout, ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270873 | Anti-marking coverings for printing presses In a printing press and attached onto the transfer cylinders, an anti-marking system that uniformly supports the transport and the release of the wet printed sheet from one station to the next. The anti-marking sheet consists of a two plus layer system, the outer la... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261278 | Powered rope ascender and portable rope pulling device A device for pulling an elongate member includes a powered rotational motor having an output and a rotating drum connected to the output of said rotational motor where the rotating drum has a longitudinal axis and a circumference. The device further includes a guide... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242991 | Workflow control configurator for use with process, factory-floor, environmental, computer aided manufacturing-based or other control system The invention provides improved methods and apparatus for workflow editing. Such methods and apparatus permit, for example, user-defined and/or other tasks to be combined in any combination or combinations to specify a workflow. The tasks can be linked for direct, s... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220778 | Methods and devices for epithelial protection during photodynamic therapy Methods for preventing damage to epithelial tissue during PDT induced using a photosensitizing agent or pre-photosensitizing agent are provided. The methods of the present invention utilize spatial confinement to control photoactivation of the photoactive species to... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218668 | Wireless communications systems and methods for virtual user based multiple user detection utilizing vector processor generated mapped cross-correlation matrices The invention provides methods and apparatus for multiple user detection (MUD) processing that have application, for example, in improving the capacity CDMA and other wireless base stations. One aspect of the invention provides a multiprocessor, multiuser detection ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207984 | Methods for projection of energy Methods and apparatus are disclosed for forming annular lesions in tissue. The methods include introduction of an optical apparatus proximate to a tissue site, via, for example, a catheter. The optical apparatus includes a pattern-forming optical wave guide in commu... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7189244 | Compressor for use in minimally invasive surgery A compressor tool for use in minimally invasive surgery is provided having first and second elongate elements where each elongate element is connected to the other at a pivot point within a pivot region of each element for rotating articulation in an articulation pl... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7164706 | Computational methods for use in a short-code spread-spectrum communications system The invention provides methods and apparatus for multiple user detection (MUD) processing that have application, for example, in improving the capacity CDMA and other wireless base stations. One aspect of the invention provides a multiprocessor, multiuser detection ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7165105 | System and method for logical view analysis and visualization of user behavior in a distributed computer network A method for logical view visualization of user behavior in a networked computer environment that includes sites that a user may visit and wherein the sites comprise pages that the user may view and/or resources that the user may request includes the step of collect... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7155291 | Methods and apparatus for providing a sufficiently stable power to a load in an energy transfer system Methods and apparatus for providing a sufficiently stable power to a load in an energy transfer system that transfers energy from one side of a physical boundary to another side of the boundary. In one example, a power supply and a primary winding are located on a f... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7110437 | Wireless communications systems and methods for direct memory access and buffering of digital signals for multiple user detection The invention provides methods and apparatus for multiple user detection (MUD) processing that have application, for example, in improving the capacity CDMA and other wireless base stations. One aspect of the invention provides a digital signal processor (“DSP”)... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110440 | Wireless communications systems and methods for multiple processor based multiple user detection The invention provides methods and apparatus for multiple user detection (MUD) processing that have application, for example, in improving the capacity CDMA and other wireless base stations. One aspect of the invention provides a multiprocessor, multiuser detection ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7099374 | Wireless communication systems and methods for long-code communications for regenerative multiple user detection involving matched-filter outputs The invention provides improved CDMA, WCDMA (UTMS) or other spread spectrum communication systems of the type that processes one or more spread-spectrum waveforms, each representative of a waveform received from a respective user (or other transmitting device). The ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089783 | Trouble shooting accelerator system for implantable drug delivery pumps An implantable pump and methods for detecting leaks in an implantable pump are provided. In one embodiment, the implantable drug pump includes a housing having at least one inlet port and an outlet port formed therein. The outlet port is adapted to communicate with ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081117 | Locking cap assembly for spinal fixation instrumentation An assembly such as an anchor screw, bone plate, offset hook, post, transverse connector or other spinal anchor for anchoring to bone and clamping a linkage such as a rod, wire cable or the like. The assembly has a top member with an open slot to receive the linkage... | 07/25/2006 |
