"The abolishment of pain in surgery is a chimera. It is absurd to go on seeking it...knife and pain are two words in surgery that must forever be associated in the consciousness of the patient."
Dr. Alfred Velpeau, French surgeon ; 1839
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6862296 | Receive deserializer circuit for framing parallel data A receive deserializer circuit which frames parallel data utilizes a skip-bit technique for aligning a predefined data reference pattern with a word clock. The receive deserializer circuit includes a sampling flip flop which receives serial data including a data ref... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6859609 | Portable digital recorder A method and apparatus for recording digital video and/or audio signals include input audio and video interfaces, a memory, a video frame selector, and output audio and video interfaces. In an alternate embodiment, the method and apparatus include input audio and vi... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6823499 | Method for designing application specific integrated circuit structure A method for designing an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) structure on a semiconductor substrate, includes (a) defining a class of circuit designs, the class having a common design part shared within the class and a custom design part variable for ind... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6750726 | Oscillator circuit with flicker noise suppression and method for operating the same An oscillator circuit includes an electrical load, a first metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) devise, a second MOS device, and a negative feedback circuit. The electrical load is coupled between a first node and a second node. The first MOS device is coupled between th... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6724977 | Compressed video editor with transition buffer matcher A method and system for determining and recording a minimal ending video buffer verifier fullness at each of a plurality of entry points in a compressed variable bit rate video bit stream. ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6691272 | Testing of high speed DDR interface using single clock edge triggered tester data A double data rate (DDR) circuit for testing of a high speed DDR interface using single clock edge triggered tester data. The DDR testing circuit includes a first register, a second register, and a multiplexer (MUX). A clock signal is fed to the first reg... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6642791 | Self-biased amplifier circuit and method for self-basing amplifier circuit An amplifier circuit includes a first input device coupled to a first input node and controlling a first current, a second input device coupled to a second input node and controlling a second current, a current source device coupled to a bias node and con... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6597858 | Compressed video editor with transition buffer matcher A method and system for splicing a first and a second compressed digital video bit stream, the first having a plurality of entry points, includes associating with each entry point an associated threshold buffer fullness such that if an actual video buffer... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6429902 | Method and apparatus for audio and video end-to-end synchronization A method and apparatus for synchronization of an audio/visual bitstream is transmitted by an encoder and received by a decoder by employing duplication or elimination of audio samples and video pixels. The invention enables clock synchronization between t... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6199071 | Method and apparatus for archiving hypertext documents Apparatus, methods and computer program products are disclosed for archiving a hypertext document that contains a hyperlink definition. Archiving is the process of rendering a hypertext document for storage in a noninteractive form (for example, printing ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5979683 | Moulded cap with a gasket A cap assembly for sealing a spout of a container, the cap assembly comprising: a) a cap including: 1) a top wall formed with a plurality of vertical holes; and 2) a skirt that is suspended from the top wall so that the vertical holes in the top wall form resp... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5930258 | Structure for an electronic data system An electronic data system is shown that allows unified access to many currently available information provider services, and that gives the information provider services a way to access potential users without the requirement that they have their own infr... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5926305 | Marking apparatus having feedback-controlled rotational laser beam A rotating laser apparatus having a reciprocating laser scanning system which facilitates visual recognition of a laser beam on an object to be measured by raising an effective energy level on the object. In the apparatus the laser beam is rotated by a ro... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5902701 | Phase shift mask and method for fabricating the same A phase shift mask including two phase shift film patterns formed on one or both surfaces of a transparent substrate such that their optical paths overlap with each other. On one of the phase shift film patterns, a phase shift film pattern having a space ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5894833 | Internal combustion engine The object of the present invention is to provide an internal combustion engine for solving the problem of fuel leakage through an air vent of an carburetor. An internal combustion engine comprises a fuel tank; a carburetor having an air vent at a locatio... | 04/20/1999 |