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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7758621 | Method and apparatus for therapeutic EMR treatment on the skin Methods and apparatus for dermatology treatment are provided which involve the use of continuous wave (CW) radiation, preheating of the treatment volume, precooling, cooling during treatment and post-treatment cooling of the epidermis above the treatment volume, var... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7745102 | Immersion fluids for lithography Compositions for use as immersion fluids are described. In general, the immersion fluids can be utilized to perform lithography at short wavelengths (e.g., in a range from about 120 nm to about 260 nm). Some embodiments can be used in a range of actinic radiation be... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7684475 | Control system methods and apparatus for inductive communication across an isolation barrier Improved control apparatus and methods transfer information between devices, such as controllers and field devices, utilizing a modulator that generates a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal containing information to be transferred by a first of the devices, e.g., th... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7623732 | Method and apparatus for digital image filtering with discrete filter kernels using graphics hardware The invention provides, in some aspects, methods and apparatus for signal and/or image processing which perform convolution-based filtering utilizing a graphics processing unit (GPU, also called “graphics card”) to compute multiple output pixels at once. This ha... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7622246 | Contrast enhancing layers Contrast enhancing layers and other materials that can be used as a conformal mask over a photoresist are discussed. In particular, methods and compositions are discussed that can be advantageous when performing lithography using short wavelength actinic radiation (... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7621945 | Method and apparatus for reducing body temperature of a subject A cooling system includes a console and a tissue cooling device such as a head-cooling device. An operator applies the head-cooling device to the head of a patient at risk for ischemic injury. The console provides a cooling fluid to a fluid circulation space located... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7510849 | OCT based method for diagnosis and therapy This invention relates to a method of diagnosing or treating a biological subject, such as a person or animal, comprising the steps of subjecting at least a microsample of the subject's tissue to a physiological perturbation and measuring the response of the microsa... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7507250 | Method and device for rapidly inducing hypothermia Disclosed is a system and method for inducing therapeutic levels of hypothermia in a patient in the emergent care setting. The system consists of a small battery operated console and one or more garments. The garments are connected to the console by one or more umbi... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7372914 | Control system methods and apparatus for inductive communication across an isolation barrier Improved control apparatus and methods transfer information between devices, such as controllers and field devices, utilizing a modulator that generates a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal containing information to be transferred by a first of the devices, e.g., th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7356365 | Method and apparatus for tissue oximetry In accordance with the invention, the oxygenation of blood-profused tissue is measured by shining light into the profused tissue and analyzing the light reflected within the tissue. The light is reflected by cell walls in the tissue and is partially absorbed by hemo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7272815 | Methods and apparatus for control configuration with versioning, security, composite blocks, edit selection, object swapping, formulaic values and other aspects 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... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7254429 | Method and apparatus for monitoring glucose levels in a biological tissue In accordance with the invention, a low coherence interferometer is used to non-invasively monitor the concentration of glucose in blood by shining a light over a surface area of human or animal tissue, continuously scanning the light over a two dimensional area of ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241307 | Method and apparatus for managing temperature in a patient A fluid transfer assembly includes a fluid carrier and a heat exchange assembly coupled to the fluid carrier. The heat exchange assembly includes a heat exchange conduit, a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the heat exchange conduit, and a pump. The pump ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7156867 | Uniform selective cerebral hypothermia Disclosed is an apparatus and method for uniform selective cerebral hypothermia. The apparatus includes a brain-cooling probe, a head-cooling cap, a body-heating device and a control console. The brain-cooling probe cools the cerebrospinal fluid within one or more b... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144418 | Method, and system for selective cerebral hypothermia Disclosed is a method and system for inducing selective cerebral hypothermia. The system includes a brain cooling device, a body warming device, and a control console. Brain cooling is accomplished with a ventricle catheter where cold fluid is circulated within one ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7056334 | Methods and apparatus for thermally activating a console of a thermal delivery system A thermal delivery system includes a base unit having a thermal regulation source and a console configured to deliver cooling fluid to a body-cooling device to induce hypothermia and aid in resuscitation of a patient. When a user docks the console with the base stat... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052509 | Method and device for rapidly inducing and then maintaining hypothermia A cooling system includes a console and a tissue cooling device such as a head-cooling device. An operator applies the head-cooling device to the head of a patient at risk for ischemic injury. The console provides a cooling fluid to a fluid circulation space located... | 05/30/2006 |
