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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7865201 | HARQ data reception in multiradio device A HARQ data reception scheme for a multiradio communication device is disclosed. The communication device operates multiple radio connections and monitors interference level caused to a target radio connection by at least one other radio connection operated in the c... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853983 | Communicating data from a data producer to a data receiver A computer architecture for enterprise device applications provides a real-time, bi-directional communication layer for device communication. An identity-based communications layer provides for secure, end-to-end telemetry and control communications by enabling mutu... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7824601 | Process of making a tubular implantable medical device Medical devices, such as stents, including a fibrous layer including particles are disclosed. Methods of forming such medical devices using electrospinning are disclosed. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823263 | Method of removing stent islands from a stent A tool for removing islands from a stent is disclosed. The tool includes a tube with at least one exit hole in communication with the center of the tube, and the tube being connected to a pressurized fluid source. A stent island is located over the exit hole and is ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7805712 | System and method for multi-threaded resolver with versioning A method for resolving a type in a programming language to a resolve stage is provided. The method includes determining whether a version at the resolve stage of the type exists. The method further includes, if the version at the resolve stage does not exist, allowi... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7799346 | Method of treatment directed to agent retention in biological tissues A method of treatment, including separately delivering a treatment agent and a barrier having a binding member to a tissue, the binding member having a property adapted to couple to a surface of the tissue, wherein the barrier is present in an amount sufficient to p... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796003 | Multi-parallel magnetic-field cancellation type transformer A multi-parallel magnetic-filed cancellation type transformer includes a plurality of coils which generate magnetic flux during energization and a core having a plurality of magnetic leg portions on which the coils are wound, and bases for fixing the magnetic leg po... | 09/14/2010 |
| D620995 | Inflatable tent with chairs | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765520 | System and method for managing cross project dependencies at development time A method and memory for storing data for access by an application program being executed on a computing device, comprising: a data structure stored in said memory, said data structure including information that embodies software project dependency relationships used... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7662326 | Compositions containing fast-leaching plasticizers for improved performance of medical devices Medical implants containing a temporary plasticizer, methods of producing such implants, and methods of using the implants in treating a disease, or ameliorating one or more symptoms thereof, in a subject are provided. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7658880 | Polymeric stent polishing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for simultaneously polishing the inner and outer surfaces of an unpolished polymeric stent using a heat process. The unpolished stent can be mounted, for example, on a “spiral-mandrel,” a tubular helical structure with gaps in between a se... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7651695 | Medicated stents for the treatment of vascular disease The invention provides bioactive compositions and methods of delivery for ameliorating a vascular diseased state, particularly for the management of stenosis or restenosis following a vascular trauma or disease. ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7598905 | Systems and methods for monitoring transponder performance There are presented various approaches to monitor performance of RF systems and circuitry such as those used in aircraft transponders. Such monitoring may be designed to verify operational performance of transponders as set forth by FAA regulations, or may be used t... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596167 | Allocation method, network element, module and user device The invention is related to a network element, comprising: means for receiving feedback information from the user device; means for creating a first orthogonality measure by using the feedback information; means for creating a second orthogonality measure by compari... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7425880 | Filters with improved rejection band performance A filter is delineated that may have an input for receiving an input signal including a plurality of different frequencies and an output for passing an output signal within a first frequency band. The filter may include a circuit coupled between the input of the fil... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7408948 | Packet mode speech communication A packet mode (e.g. IP) group communication service layer is provided on top of a standard mainstream cellular radio network. Conceptually, the group communication layer includes a pair of basic logical entities, an application bridge and a call processing server (C... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403992 | Adaptive connection cache for communication networks A method and system for improving the session establishment or modification performance of a switching system. Statistics associated with the use of session resources within the switching system are collected. Based on these statistics a given session resource is re... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7392926 | Electrically-controlled soldering pot apparatus An electrically-controlled soldering pot apparatus with a timer control mechanism and a temperature control mechanism; a method of alerting a user when to exchange a solder bath of the apparatus before erosion to the solder bath occurs; and a method of varying the h... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7385947 | Low-cost radio access network enabling local switching An access-point node to a first network cell of a radio access network, to an access-center node and to a radio access network enable local service providers in rural areas to provide mobile telecommunication at low cost for end users. The access-point node of the i... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381048 | Stents with profiles for gripping a balloon catheter and molds for fabricating stents Embodiments of stents having profiles that improve gripping of the stent on a stent delivery system are provided. Additionally, embodiments of molds for fabricating the stents are provided. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376250 | Apparatus, method and program for moving object detection The present invention detects a moving object by generating the distance information of the moving object, detecting the object motion, determining the object distance, detecting the object image area and the object contour from the video image that includes the obj... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376170 | Digital imbalance correction method and device in a receiver for multi-carrier applications A digital imbalance correction device and method are provided including an input unit to receive first input signals. A time-to-frequency-domain-transformer performs a transformation of the first input signals from time-domain into frequency-domain. A subtractor rec... | 05/20/2008 |
| D569403 | Oxide remover for soldering tips | 05/20/2008 |
| 7362887 | Face identification apparatus, face identification method, and face identification program A face identification apparatus for identifying a face is designed to have a face region expectation measure for expecting his/her face region within the image; a pupil-candidate-point detection measure for converting the face region to an image of a standard size, ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357942 | Compositions, systems, and kits for administering zotarolimus and paclitaxel to blood vessel lumens A system and compositions including zotarolimus and paclitaxel are disclosed, as well as methods of delivery, wherein the drugs have effects that complement each other. Medical devices are disclosed which include supporting structures that include at least one pharm... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352725 | Communication method and arrangement in a code division multiple access (CDMA) radio system A communication method and a communication arrangement in a Code Division Multiple Access radio system is provided According to one embodiment, at least two transceivers of the radio system communicate with a packet switched connection through a radio interface. The... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352765 | Packet switching fabric having a segmented ring with token based resource control protocol and output queuing control A packet switching fabric includes means forming a data ring, means forming a control ring, and means forming a plurality of data communication network links each having at least one network node coupled thereto. The fabric further includes a plurality of output que... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346345 | Positioning in a telecommunications system A telecommunications system comprises a first transmitter unit situated at a first, known location; a second transmitter unit situated at a second, unknown location; a first receiving unit at a third, known location arranged to receive signals from the first and sec... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346097 | Data transmission method and receiver A method for setting spreading code delays in RAKE receiver branches include, for instance: determining solutions for the code delays that include a code delay candidate for the branch to be processed and for in the order of delay preceding branches. The solutions m... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340955 | Capacitive acceleration sensor arrangement The present invention relates to measuring devices used in measuring acceleration, and, more specifically, to capacitive acceleration sensors. The improved sensor arrangement of the invention enables reliable and effective measuring of acceleration, in small capacit... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343282 | Method for transcoding audio signals, transcoder, network element, wireless communications network and communications system The invention relates to a method for transcoding audio signals in a communications system. In order to improve the inter-operability between units (2,40) capable of handling wideband audio signals and units (3,46) or network components (50) cap... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340100 | Posture recognition apparatus and autonomous robot A posture recognition apparatus recognizes instructions signified by postures of persons present in the surroundings, from images obtained with an image capture device. The posture recognition apparatus includes an outline extraction device that extracts an outline ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339938 | Linked network switch configuration System and method for integrating communications between two switches. The system includes a first switch, a second switch and a CPU. The first switch has a first plurality of ports, and the second switch has a second plurality of ports. The CPU is coupled to the fi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327123 | Controller for AC generator A control system that can accommodate the wide variations in the output of a generator, such as a permanent magnet alternator, while providing an output with relatively uniform phase ripple. The control system includes a zero crossing detector and variable ramp gene... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321284 | Miniature thin-film bandpass filter A bandpass filter includes at least two thin-film layers, a first resonant circuit including a first inductor, and a second resonant circuit including a second inductor. In one embodiment, the first inductor comprises a coil having a counter-clockwise rotation posit... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319713 | Method of limiting signal, and transmitter The method comprises setting a threshold value, dividing the combined signal into blocks, comparing the values of each block with the set threshold value and if the threshold value is exceeded, decorrelating the block where the threshold value was exceeded and a pre... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316868 | Electrolytes for lithium-sulfur electrochemical cells Disclosed is an electrolyte for an electrochemical cell wherein the electrolyte includes a solvent mixture comprising a dioxolane and one or more of 1,2-dialkoxyalkanes of 5 or 6 carbon atoms and/or 1,3-dialkoxyalkanes of 5 or 6 carbon atoms. Also disclosed are cell... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7297158 | Multilayer composite vascular access graft A multilayer composite vascular access graft and a method of constructing such a graft are disclosed. The mcVAG has improved performance characteristics, which include desirable handling characteristics such as ease of suturing, kink resistance and the ability to se... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297159 | Selective coating of medical devices Methods for coating different regions of an implantable device are disclosed. An embodiment of the method includes dipping a first portion of the implantable device into a first coating substance, and then centrifuging the implantable device to provide an even coati... | 11/20/2007 |
| D554545 | Thermometer | 11/06/2007 |
