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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181765 | Money item dispensing apparatus The application relates to money item dispensing apparatus (1, 123) having a money item acceptor (10, 124) and a hopper arrangement (23, 126). The application further relates to money item dispensing apparatus (1) having sorting means ( | 05/22/2012 |
| 8150517 | Active implantable medical device with RF telemetry and subcutaneous ECG electrodes An active implantable medical device with RF telemetry comprising subcutaneous ECG electrodes. The case (12) of the device comprises electrodes (20, 22, 24, 26) for collecting subcutaneous ECG signals coming into contact with the patient's tissues surr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142446 | Toolkit for implanting an intracorporeal lead such as for cardiac pacing or sensing A toolkit for implanting an intracorporal lead, preferably a cardiac sensing/pacing lead. This toolkit includes a guide-catheter (10), having a sheath (12) with an internal lumen (42) opened at its distal and proximal ends, and cuttable along a ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8126555 | Bidirectional communications between a generator and sensors or actuators of a lead for an active implantable medical device An active implantable medical device including bidirectional communications between a generator and sensors or actuators located at the distal extremity of a lead. A lead (14) is connected at its proximal end to a generator (10) and has at the distal e... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116859 | Electrocardiologic device for the assisted diagnosis of brugada syndrome or early repolarization syndrome Electrocardiologic device for assisted diagnosis, preferably for the diagnosis of Brugada syndrome or Early Repolarization syndrome. This device allows characterizing the ventricular repolarization wave of an ECG signal collected from a patient. Extracting out of th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109793 | Self-contained electronic instrument with a microcontroller, in particular an ambulatory medical recorder The instrument includes a connector block (24) suitable for receiving a removable memory card (12), a printed circuit (20), a case including an opening (16) for insertion of the memory card, and contacts (48) for reprogramming the ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8091248 | Coordinate measuring machine A coordinate measuring machine (1) comprising a base (2) provided with guides (3) parallel ● to a first axis X, a first carriage (4) mobile on the guides (3) along the axis X and provided with an upright (17), a second car... | 01/10/2012 |
| RE43005 | Compositions and methods for their preparation from lepidium The invention relates to compositions that can be isolated from Lepidium plant material and to methods for their isolation. The compositions are useful for treating and preventing cancer and sexual dysfunction. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064992 | Active implantable medical device with holter recording functions This device collects and analyzes general data on the state of the patient, and collects continuously a monitored signal representative of a physiological function. It includes a memory with a first zone for the durable memorizing of these data, and analyzes in real... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8050749 | Reconstruction of a surface electrocardiogram based upon an endocardial electrogram The reconstruction of a surface electrocardiogram based upon an endocardial electrogram. This method includes: (a) acquisition (10) of a plurality of endocardial electrogram signals (EGM) through a plurality of endocardial leads defined based upon endocardial... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043225 | Active implantable medical device equipped with means for the diagnosis of respiratory disorders, with sophisticated detection of respiratory cycles with artifacts An active implantable medical device comprising circuits for measuring trans-thoracic impedance and delivering an impedance signal varying with respiratory activity of a patient. A signal representative of the respiratory activity of the patient is delivered startin... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042279 | Horizontal-arm coordinate measuring machine A coordinate measuring machine (1) comprising a base (2) provided with guides (3) parallel to a first axis X, a first mobile carriage (4) on the guides (3) along the axis X and provided with an upright (17), a second carriag... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8009554 | Method for multiple link quality of service for voice and video over internet protocol A method for achieving multiple link quality of service for video and voice calls over Internet links, or over IP links running in private networks, is described. This method applies to both the non-mobile domain (alternate paths exist in one place at the same time)... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003486 | Method of making a semiconductor device having a strained semiconductor active region using edge relaxation, a buried stressor layer and a sacrificial stressor layer The present invention relates to creating an active layer of strained semiconductor using a combination of buried and sacrificial stressors. That is, a process can strain an active semiconductor layer by transferring strain from a stressor layer buried below the act... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7987961 | Coin dispensing apparatus A coin dispensing apparatus, which ejects coins by squeezing them substantially chordally between an element on a rotor and an ejector, has a variable height rotor (3), an improved two-part coin ejector (10a, 10b). A optical sensor... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979112 | Reconstruction of a surface electrocardiogram based upon an endocardial electrogram The reconstruction of a surface electrocardiogram based upon an endocardial electrogram. This method includes: (a) acquisition (10) of a plurality of endocardial electrogram signals (EGM) through a plurality of endocardial leads defined based upon endocardial... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972916 | Method of forming a field effect transistors with a sacrificial stressor layer and strained source and drain regions formed in recesses The process forms a FET with a channel region that has in plane compressive stress in one direction and in plane tensile stress in a perpendicular direction. The process deposits a germanium silicon sacrificial stressor layer on a silicon substrate so that the germa... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970601 | Method of creating a requirement description for testing an embedded system The invention relates to a method of creating a requirement description for an embedded system, including but not only a motor vehicle electronic control unit, in which a vocabulary of natural-language, selectable text segments is stored in a data processing system,... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966068 | Detecting a lead fracture in an active implantable medical device for cardiac pacing resynchronization cardioversion and/or defibrillation Detecting a lead fracture in an active implantable medical device for pacing, resynchronization and/or defibrillation of the heart. This device senses the heart rhythm through an endocardial lead comprising at least one endocardial electrode collecting the depolariz... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966065 | Treatment of heart failure by controlled adjustment of the atrioventricular and interventricular delays in an active implantable medical device An active implantable medical device such as a cardiac prosthesis for the treatment of a heart failure by controlled adjustment of the atrioventricular and interventricular delays. The device provides atrioventricular and/or biventricular stimulation, a sensor deliv... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963040 | Slitter tool for cutting a tubular sheath of a guide catheter A tool for cutting or slitting the tubular sheath of a guide-catheter in the presence of a lead placed in this sheath. The tool (10) has a flattened, substantially planar blade holder body (12) with a cutting area (14) and a prehension area (... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953483 | Detection of ventricular tachycardia in an active implantable medical device having an AAI operating mode An active implantable medical device, such as a pacemaker, cardioverter and/ or defibrillator of AAI or AAI/DDD type, with detection of ventricular tachycardiae. This device senses spontaneous ventricular and atrial events; delivers atrial pacing pulses; and is able... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946408 | Money item acceptor An acceptor for money items, comprises sensor circuitry (S1-S4) to provide individual money items signals (Rs) depending on items of money under test, and a processor configuration (11) to develop for each of the money items under test, a transf... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7936280 | Signal display device for displaying the signals on signal paths The invention relates to a signal display device for displaying signals on signal paths of a wiring harness, for example, which may be connected to the signal outputs of an electronic apparatus generating/receiving signals, or looped into the signal paths between a ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7890189 | Mono-body defibrillaton probe A probe including at its distal extremity a tubular flexible sheath core supporting at least a winding forming a shock electrode and connected to a electrical conductor of connection extending in a internal lumen of the sheath core. The sheath core extends axially w... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890168 | Active implantable medical device of AAI/DDD type, notably cardiac pacemaker, comprising means for automatic mode adjustment at the implantation An active implantable medical device of the AAI/DDD type, notably a cardiac pacemaker, including automatic mode adjustment at implantation. The device detects spontaneous atrial and ventricular events, and is able to pace the atrium and ventricle. The device can ope... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7848792 | Detection of apneae and hypopneae in an active implantable medical device An active implantable medical device for diagnosis and/or therapy that is able to detect the occurrence of apnea and hypopnea. The detection of an occurrence of respiratory apneae or hypopneae is performed by collecting the patient's endocardial acceleration (EA), a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7857198 | Device for processing sheet objects such as banknotes A device for processing sheet objects comprises a tamper proof housing that contains an opening device operable to receive a container containing sheet objects such as banknotes from outside the housing and to open the container within the housing, and a counter con... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856705 | System and method for assembling and interconnecting functional components of an active implantable medical device A process for mechanical assembly and electrical interconnection of the functional components of an active implantable medical device. A first step involves preparing an interconnection flex circuit (20) that is able to be electrically and mechanically linked... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856276 | Remote support system for programming active implantable medical devices such as cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators, cardiovertors or multisite devices A remote support system for programming active implantable medical devices such as cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators, cardioverters or multisite devices. A station is equipped with a programmer that is able to read, by telemetry, information stored in an implantabl... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7792582 | Active implantable medical devices, notably for pacing, resynchronization, defibrillation and/or cardioversion, having improved diagnosis of the patient's clinical status An active implantable medical device, preferably a device for pacing, resynchronization, defibrillation and/or cardioversion of a patient, that includes functionality that assists in the diagnosis of the patient's clinical status. This devices comprises circuits ( | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792574 | Alert predictive of degredation of a patient's clinical status for an active implantable medical device as for pacing, resynchronization, defibrillation and/or cardioversion An active implantable medical device, notably for pacing, resynchronization, defibrillation and/or cardioversion of the heart, or for diagnosis of a patient's condition, able to produce a predictive alert in response to a detected degradation of the patient's clinic... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7779549 | Horizontal-arm coordinate measuring machine A coordinate measuring machine comprising a base provided with guides parallel to a first X axis, a first carriage mobile on the guides along the X axis and provided with an upright, a second carriage carried by the upright and mobile along a second vertical Z axis,... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7748610 | Packaging device and container for sheet objects This invention relates to a packaging device (1) for packaging a stack of sheet objects that have an attributable monetary value in a container (4), the device (1) comprising means (34, 35) for determining value data relating to the monet... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747331 | Active implantable medical device which includes a circuit of RF telemetry An active implantable medical device having an RF telemetry circuit. The device is in particular a stimulation, resynchronization, defibrillation and/or cardioversion device. It includes a principal circuit, an RF telemetry auxiliary circuit and a supply battery for... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7711422 | Adjusting the maximum ventricular stimulation frequency according to the hemodynamic state of the patient in an active implantable medical device Adjusting the maximum ventricular stimulation frequency according to the hemodynamic state of the patient in an active implantable medical device. This device provides for limiting ventricular stimulation to a maximum frequency (Fmax), the rate of deliver... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7664547 | Active implantable medical device with biventricular pacing and automatic optimization of pacing configuration An active implantable medical device with biventricular pacing and automatic optimization of pacing configuration. The device collects and analyzes an endocardial acceleration signal (EA), and searches for an optimal pacing configuration based upon a performance ind... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7663451 | RF telemetry for an active medical device such as an implant or programmer for an implant RF telemetry for an active medical device such as active implant or programmer for such implant. The device includes at least one RF antenna (14), and at least one RF telemetry transmitter/receiver (44) with, for coupling to the antenna, an associated ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7662103 | Apparatus for non-invasive diagnosis of vasovagal syncope in a patient An apparatus for non-invasive diagnosis of states of vasovagal syncope in a patient placed on a tilt table and subjected to a tilt-test, the apparatus comprising: circuits for sensing the patient's endocardiac acceleration; circuits for sensing the patient's heart r... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7644834 | Splash minimizing lid for liquid waste receptacle A liquid medical waste receptacle includes an open top vessel having a bottom and an upstanding wall defining an upper rim. A lid is adapted to cover the open top vessel in sealing engagement with the upper rim. The lid includes a body portion defining a recess port... | 01/12/2010 |
