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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7887871 | Method and system for irradiation of a drug eluting implantable medical device A method and system for modifying a drug delivery polymeric substrate for an implantable device, such as a stent, is disclosed. ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885799 | Method for building MOS transistor model and method for verifying MOS transistor model The present invention discloses a method for building an MOS transistor model enclosing statistical variation of noise, including: measuring noise in MOS transistors from different dies; creating a noise distribution diagram in accordance with the obtained noise dat... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885752 | Control system for internal combustion engine A control system for an internal combustion engine in which fuel containing alcohol is used. In the control system, a maximum opening of a throttle valve of the engine is set, and a target opening of the throttle valve is set to a value which is equal to or less tha... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885695 | Electronic device with overlapping sledge portion An electronic device comprises a first part having a first surface and a second part having a second surface confronting the first surface. The electronic device further comprises a slide module comprising a sledge part fixed on the first surface and a base part fix... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884368 | Thin film transistor, method for manufacturing the same and display using the same One embodiment of the present invention is a thin film transistor having a gate electrode formed on an insulating substrate, a gate wire connected to the gate electrode, a capacitor electrode, a capacitor wire connected to the capacitor electrode, a gate insulator f... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881830 | Electronic control system for controlling plant temperature Nonlinear functions (table and map) of a temperature estimation model are corrected based on outputs from a temperature sensor. An electronic control system calculates, for a plant model constructed to calculate an estimated temperature value of the plant, an estima... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880382 | Organic electroluminescence panel and manufacturing method of the same An organic EL panel is provided which enables transparent sealing accompanied by low moisture permeability, and can be used also for sealing a top emission panel without deterioration for a long period of time even in the case of a panel having a narrow frame area. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7849190 | Internet protocol based service architecture A network system comprising a service control device (SEM); and at least one application execution device (AEE); wherein the service control device (SEM) is adapted to receive a service request, to select an appropriate application execution device according to the ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848696 | Image forming apparatus The invention provides an image forming apparatus wherein, when forming an image on transfer sheet, the transfer sheet is shifted across the width immediately before transfer of the image onto transfer sheet based on the position of a toner image formed on an interm... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848664 | Toner supply device and image forming apparatus It is possible to estimate the quantity of toner remaining in the storage container by stopping the supply of toner from the storage container when the quantity of toner in the storage section is at a prescribed level, by starting the supply of toner after continuin... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7879953 | Biobeneficial polyamide/polyethylene glycol polymers for use with drug eluting stents This disclosure provides a medical device and a method of forming the medical device. The medical device comprises a coating comprising a type-one polymer and a type-two polymer. The type-one polymer comprises at least two different blocks, at least one L1 block wit... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7879386 | Support device for a stent and a method of using the same to coat a stent A support device for a stent and a method of coating a stent using the device are provided. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878292 | Motorcycle steering system A steering system includes a steering unit which can be configured to convert an operation input to an input shaft into an arbitrary amount of rotation or an arbitrary turning force and output the arbitrary amount of rotation or the arbitrary turning force from an o... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7875286 | Polycationic peptide coatings and methods of coating implantable medical devices Coatings for medical devices which include polycationic peptides such as L-arginine and methods for fabricating the coatings are disclosed. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875285 | Medicated coatings for implantable medical devices having controlled rate of release A coating for a medical device, particularly for a drug eluting stent, is described. The coating can include a polymer having in a dry state a glass transition temperature within a range of between about 20° C. and about 55° C. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875283 | Biodegradable polymers for use with implantable medical devices The present invention relates to a stent fabricated of or coated with a composition comprising a biodegradable hydrophobic polymer containing water-labile bonds such that a device fabricated of the composition or the surface of a device coated with the requisite mec... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875233 | Method of fabricating a biaxially oriented implantable medical device Methods of manufacturing a radially expandable stent, including radial expansion and axial elongation of a polymer tube, are disclosed. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872715 | Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display device may include a first substrate; a second substrate; a first polarizing plate on the first substrate; a second polarizing plate arranged on the second substrate, and so that a direction of an absorption axis of the second polarizing pla... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872413 | Organic light emitting display device provided with an organic layer including an amorphous molybdenum oxide layer and a crystal molybdenum oxide layer One embodiment of the present invention is an organic electroluminescence element including an anode which is a hole injection electrode; a cathode which is an electron injection electrode, the cathode facing the anode; an organic light emitting layer between the an... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872261 | Transparent thin film transistor and image display unit An embodiment of the present invention is an transparent thin film transistor which has an substantially transparent substrate, a gate line made of a thin film of a substantially transparent conductive material, a substantially transparent gate insulating film, a su... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870757 | Liquid discharge method and liquid discharger in temperature controller There is disclosed a liquid discharge method in a temperature controller having a refrigerant circulation line circulating a refrigerant to a target of temperature control and a heater heating the target, wherein the refrigerant is circulated so as to control the te... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869787 | Charging for an IP based communication system There is disclosed a method for charging for services in an IP based communication system, comprising: establishing an accounting session between a network element and a charging function for the session; and initiating a change in the accounting session at the char... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867547 | Selectively coating luminal surfaces of stents With abluminal side of a stent masked, the luminal side of the stent is selectively coated with a substance, such as an anti-coagulant, a platelet inhibitor and/or a pro-healing substance. The stent can be masked by inserting it into a rigid mandrel chamber or by co... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865602 | System, method, and network elements for providing a service such as an advice of charge supplementary service in a communication network The invention provides a system, method, and network elements for providing a service, preferably an advice of charge, AoC, service requested by a user equipment at a session set-up or during a session. An application server provides information for the requested se... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864899 | Synchronization A method and an apparatus are provided, the apparatus includes a correlator configured to correlate samples of a frame format signal with a reference signal; an adder block configured to sum the correlation results over a given time period; a comparator configured t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864105 | Distance measuring apparatus and distance measuring method Distance measuring apparatus has a rough distance measuring circuit (18) using a time delay circuit and a precise distance measuring circuit (31) for measuring the orientation of the vector of a carrier wave to determine the distance, the sum of which ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7863847 | Power unit A power unit which makes it possible to reduce power transmitted from a prime mover to a driven part via an electrical path, to thereby increase the efficiency of driving the driven part. A first rotating machine of the power unit inputs and outputs energy between a... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862501 | System for preventing diastolic heart failure A pumping system for assisting the circulatory system of a patient, wherein the system includes a rotary flow blood pump by a first cannula connected to a portion of the left side of the heart and a second cannula connected to the aorta; and characterised in that th... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861812 | Vehicle A vehicle suitable in consideration of each of an electric power supply amount to a motor and a mounting space of a fuel cell or the like is provided. The outputs of a fuel cell and a battery are raised in voltage by a voltage raising device, and electric power of t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860512 | Method for managing radio resources and radio system The invention relates to a radio system and a method for managing radio resources in a radio system. The method comprises receiving radio capacity information of the radio cell, receiving transport capacity information on transport network, the transport network bei... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7859208 | Tuning DC brushless motors A method of tuning a DC brushless motor, wherein measurement of back EMF voltage is used to detect changes in the torque requirements caused by variation in the operating conditions of the DC brushless motor, the method including varying the timing of the driving si... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7858143 | Apparatus and method for coating stents An apparatus for coating stents and a method of using the same is provided. The apparatus includes a first stent support and a second stent support for supporting stents. The first and second stent supports are positioned with respect to one another in an adjacent s... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7854960 | Method of manufacturing an optical device, a method of manufacturing a color filter and a method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence device In one embodiment of the present invention, an optical device is manufactured by printing a pixel, wherein said method includes deciding plural discharging positions inside each pixel of the optical device, arranging these plural discharging positions on different p... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7854958 | Method and apparatus for spray processing of porous medical devices Thermal spray processing and cold spray processing are utilized to manufacture porous starting materials (such as tube stock, wire and substrate sheets) from biocompatible metals, metal alloys, ceramics and polymers that may be further processed into porous medical ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7852982 | Test method To provide a method and device for testing the size and conductivity of a foreign material adhered to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, there is provided a method of testing whether a foreign material including a metal element is adhered to a substrat... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850594 | Pulsatile control system for a rotary blood pump A system for controlling the speed of a rotary blood pump. The system oscillates the speed of the pump to produce pulsed pressure at the outlet of the pump. The speed is oscillated synchronously with the natural cardiac cycle. The natural cardiac cycle is determined... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7842421 | Electrolytes for lithium sulfur cells Disclosed is an additive for an electrochemical cell wherein the additive includes an N—O bond. The additive is most preferably included in a nonaqueous electrolyte of the cell. Also disclosed are cells and batteries including the additive, and methods of charging... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842012 | Guidewire with chemical sensing capabilities A guidewire with a sensor which can detect NO and/or superoxide levels is disclosed. This invention can be useful for in vivo analysis of vascular health. ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840308 | Robot device control based on environment and position of a movable robot The control apparatus for a movable robot comprises: environment information acquisition means (such as video camera 3 and microphone 4); a current position detecting means (15); a map storage (7); a control parameter storage (9) f... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839474 | Antiglare film An antiglare film includes an antiglare layer having particles and a binder matrix on a transparent base material. An antiglare film surface on the antiglare layer side has a concave-convex structure with a ten-point average roughness (Rz1) equal to or la... | 11/23/2010 |
