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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7248196 | Analog-to-digital converters employing cascaded phase-reversing switches 2N−1 four-terminal phase-reversing switches are arranged in one or more columns of cascaded switches, wherein a frequency having a given relative phase φ is applied as an input of the top switch in a cascade. A particular configuration of 2N... | 07/24/2007 |
| 6847848 | Inflatable balloon catheter structural designs and methods for treating diseased tissue of a patient Each of various modifications of an integrated-structure inflatable balloon catheter design includes a longitudinal structure having a sharply-pointed insertion needle at a distal end of the longitudinal structure and an inflatable balloon situated intermediate a pr... | 01/25/2005 |
| 5149198 | Temperature-measuring microwave radiometer apparatus Disclosed are the following three improvements to apparatus employing a microwave radiometer to measure the temperature of a specimen: By situating a low-loss, high-temperature dielectric microwave antenna, which may be composed of low-loss alumina cerami... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5007437 | Catheters for treating prostate disease Applying squeezing pressure to a diseased prostate, by means of a urethral and/or rectal catheter incorporating an inflatable prostate balloon, to compress the prostate while it is being irradiated from a microwave antenna, increases the therapeutic tempe... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4967751 | Apparatus and method for monitoring the waveform of cyclic movement within the thorax of an individual A carrier-frequency signal transmitted through the individual's thorax from a first module to a second module, is modulated at the second module and retransmitted back through the individual's thorax to the first module. An attribute (e.g., doppler freque... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4924863 | Angioplastic method for removing plaque from a vas Fatty artherosclerotic plaque, under heat (e.g. by applied microwave radiation) and pressure, is liquified and sucked into the interior of one of two catheters of a catheter arrangement through an aperture therein and then sucked out of a patient's body t... | 05/15/1990 |
