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| 6879315 | Force reflecting haptic interface A six degree of freedom force reflecting haptic interface includes three powered axes and three free axes, all of which are tracked so that the position of a user connection element in the work volume can be determined. The interface includes cable drives with polym... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6872297 | Analytical instruments, biosensors and methods thereof An electrochemical sensor system and membrane and method thereof for increased accuracy and effective life of electrochemical and enzyme sensors. ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6864115 | Low threading dislocation density relaxed mismatched epilayers without high temperature growth A semiconductor structure and method of processing same including a substrate, a lattice-mismatched first layer deposited on the substrate and annealed at a temperature greater than 100° C. above the deposition temperature, and a second layer deposited on the first... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6815218 | Methods for manufacturing bioelectronic devices Bioelectronic components are formed using nanoparticles surrounded by attached shells of at least one biological material. The nanoparticles are deposited (e.g., using a printing process) onto a surface, and by associating the deposited nanoparticles with one or mor... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6815063 | Magnetic fluid There is disclosed a magnetic fluid medium which comprises a plurality of ferro- or ferri-magnetic particles, each of which particles has a largest dimension no greater than 100 nm, said particles having been prepared by a process which includes a step in which the ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6791747 | Multichannel laser transmitter suitable for wavelength-division multiplexing applications A laser transmitter capable of transmitting large numbers of WDM channels but requiring locking of only a single channel. Each of the channels can be individually modulated using an external modulator. ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6708376 | Length adjustment mechanism for a strap A length adjustment mechanism for a strap having a row of teeth. The mechanism comprises a pinion for meshing with the row of teeth and a finger operable actuator pivotable in a first direction and a second direction. The mechanism also comprises a pivoting link cou... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6695834 | Apparatus and method for stone removal from a body A device for treating material in a body of a patient includes an expandable basket having a projection for securing material within the basket. The projection has a distal end joined to a distal tip of the basket and a proximal end extending within a lum... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6680496 | Back-biasing to populate strained layer quantum wells Transistors including a buried channel layer intermediate to a source and a drain and a surface layer intermediate to the buried layer and a gate are operated so as to cause current between the source and the drain to flow predominately through the buried... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6679896 | Transvaginal suture spacer devices and methods of use The present invention relates to suture spacers and methods for their use. More particularly, the present invention relates to devices which permit a surgeon to create a consistent amount of suture slack in a suture line when tying sutures under very tigh... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6666817 | Expandable surgical implants and methods of using them Disclosed herein are expandable surgical implants that may be expanded one or more times by directly or indirectly uncinching one or more expansion loops. Use of the expandable surgical implant permits a physician to expand, with minimal invasion, a surgi... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6626915 | Medical retrieval device with loop basket Baskets with atraumatic distal tips allow the capture of material from difficult-to-reach areas of the body, while reducing the risk of tissue damage.... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6602207 | Guide wire stiffness transition element Disclosed is a guide wire having a coil surrounding a core of the guide wire and a stiffness transition element. The stiffness transition element is configured to provide a smooth stiffness transition from the distal end of the guide wire to the coil and/... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6548820 | Optical synthetic aperture array A synthetic aperture system for producing a non-periodic pattern in a region of overlap. The system includes a source of electromagnetic radiation producing a plurality of electromagnetic beams, a plurality of beam controllers positioned to receive a resp... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6491698 | Medical retrieval basket with legs shaped to enhance capture and reduce trauma A medical retrieval device, and related method, uses a basket formed by one or more legs to retrieve material such as calculi. At least one of the legs has at least an inner and an outer surface. The outer surface is an atraumatic surface such as a curved... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6486943 | Methods and apparatus for measurement and correction of optical aberration The invention relates to methods and apparatus for determining a characteristic of an optical element. The apparatus includes a spatial light pattern generator adapted to generate a beam of light at a predetermined spatial position, at least one lenslet d... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6436548 | Species modification in macrocyclic polyester oligomers, and compositions prepared thereby Physical properties, such as melting temperature of MPO compositions may be significantly modified by modifying the weight percentage of one or more of the constituent MPOs. For example, removal of a significant portion of the tetramer can afford low melt... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6422687 | Electronically addressable microencapsulated ink and display thereof We describe a system of electronically active inks which may include electronically addressable contrast media, conductors, insulators, resistors, semiconductive materials, magnetic materials, spin materials, piezoelectric materials, optoelectronic, therm... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6424927 | Computer-based real-time transient pulse monitoring system and method A computer-based transient pulse monitoring system and method are described. A general-purpose computer system having a processor, memory, and a digital signal bus for conveying digital signals, also includes a circuit board for measuring certain paramete... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6420047 | Macrocyclic polyester oligomers and processes for polymerizing the same A water slurry process is used to prepare a prepreg and to manufacture articles from macrocyclic polyester oligomers. In one embodiment, a process for preparing a water suspension of macrocyclic polyester oligomers includes the steps of contacting a macro... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6420048 | High molecular weight copolyesters from macrocyclic oligoesters and cyclic esters High molecular weight copolyesters have been prepared from macrocyclic oligoesters and cyclic esters in the presence of a transesterification catalyst. The invention generally features a method of making a copolyester, a method of making a block copolymer... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6421003 | Attitude determination using multiple baselines in a navigational positioning system A method and system for performing attitude determination for an array of receivers in a navigational positioning system are described. A navigational positioning system includes an array of receiver antennas that simultaneously receive signals emitted fr... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6415455 | Stool specimen collector The invention provides an apparatus for obtaining a stool specimen. The apparatus comprises a housing, a collection bag, a slider to close the collection bag and a draw string to move the slider. A user places the apparatus on a toilet, deposits a first s... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6414686 | Multimedia editing and composition system having temporal display A video editing system in which source clips are added to a composed video sequence by addition to a curved time line which displays the entire temporal arrangement of the program elements. Editing is carried out in a region of high temporal resolution fo... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6404107 | Packaged strain actuator A modular actuator assembly includes one or more plates or elements of electro-active material bonded to an electroded sheet, preferably by a structural polymer to form a card. The card is sealed, and may itself constitute a practical device, such as a va... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404340 | Multiple-axis tracking of passive resonant structures A preferred reader circuit for energizing the coils and detecting loading variations is shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B. It was designed for tabletop operation at relatively low frequencies; the amplitudes, frequencies, and time constraints listed below can be s... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6387978 | Medical devices comprising ionically and non-ionically crosslinked polymer hydrogels having improved mechanical properties Shaped-medical devices, e.g. stents, having improved mechanical properties and structural integrity are disclosed. The devices comprise shaped polymeric hydrogels which are both ionically and non-ionically crosslinked and which exhibit improved structural... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6379975 | Methods and reagents for determining protein S The present invention is concerned with an assay for free protein S comprising addition of a ligand specific for free protein S to a biological fluid sample to form a protein S/ligand complex, and subsequent determination of the amount of said complex for... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6377971 | Method and apparatus for installing and executing a single user task in a multi-user environment A method and apparatus for installing and executing a single user application on a multi-user system. The method includes the steps of installing a single user application using the installation program of the application, placing the application initiali... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6377094 | Arbitrary waveform synthesizer using a free-running ring oscillator The waveform generator includes a free-running ring oscillator, an algebra module, a switching module and an output module. The free-running ring oscillator includes a plurality of delay elements connected in a loop and a plurality of taps disposed betwee... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6376967 | Inertial/audio unit and construction An electrically driven signal unit is adapted for one-step assembly or injection molding with a device housing to vibrate, flex, beep or emit audio signals, or to sense and provide tactile feedback or control. The signal unit is a package with one or more... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6370570 | Method and apparatus for making a hypermedium interactive A system and method of making a hypermedium page interactive. In one embodiment the system includes a hyperlink on the hypermedium page displayed on a client node; a hyperlink configuration file (corresponding to the hyperlink on the client node) located ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6364872 | Multipulse dye laser A method for generating a long effective pulse duration output beam of laser radiation using a flashlamp-excited dye laser is described. A spaced series of excitation pulses is electronically generated using a pulse forming module. The series of excitatio... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6345834 | Recreational snowboard A recreational board such as a snowboard incorporates strain transducers to damp a plate resonance of the board. The strain transducers are preferably located around a peripheral region to capture strain energy affecting control edges, for example steerin... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6291928 | High bandwidth, large stroke actuator A hybrid actuator includes strain actuated elements that displace fluid to move a piston, with the elements forming a fluid housing, and being oriented and actuated to optimize force, stroke or bandwidth. In one preferred embodiment the elements are cylin... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6280423 | High flow rate dialysis catheters and related methods High flow rate catheters, and related methods, are useful in dialysis and other procedures. A catheter according to the invention comprises a hub and a generally elongated conduit. The conduit has a substantially continuous and smooth wall. The conduit al... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279001 | Web service A system for serving web pages manages a plurality of web servers. The system provides an operator with features and tools to coordinate the operation of the multiple web servers. The system can manage traffic by directing web page requests to available w... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6278621 | Single ended forward DC-to-DC converter providing enhanced resetting for synchronous rectification A single ended forward DC-to-DC converter includes a transformer having a. primary winding electrically connected to a primary switch and a secondary winding electrically connected to a secondary switch and a clamping capacitor. The clamping capacitor sto... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6274360 | Conversion of compactin to pravastatin by Actinomadura A method for converting compactin to pravastatin is described. Compactin is provided and contacted with an agent derived from Actinomadura under conditions in which the agent converts compactin to pravastatin. Also described are an Actinomadura strain, an... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6266897 | Ground-contacting systems having 3D deformation elements for use in footwear The present invention discloses a ground-contacting system including 3D deformation elements having interiors filled with either a compressible fluid, such as a gas, or filled with other materials such as liquids, foams, viscous materials and/or viscoelas... | 07/31/2001 |
