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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7533558 | Disposable sensor for use in measuring an analyte in a gaseous sample The present invention is a disposable sensor for use with a device that quantifies analytes in a gaseous sample. It comprises (i) a sensing element, (ii) a means for interfacing the disposable sensor with a gas analysis device, and (iii) a housing. When used with a ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533323 | Adaptive archival format Data are stored on a random-access storage medium. A user set of data is received. The user set of data is mapped to multiple frames. For each frame, error-correction bytes are generated over the data mapped to that frame. In addition, the data mapped to that frame ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7533288 | Method of achieving high reliability of network boot computer system In a network computer system, recovery may be impossible from a fault when the fault occurs in a network switch in a network or a device such as an external disk device. Provided is a computer system that includes a plurality of servers, a plurality of networks, a p... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7533182 | Portable screening room A method and system are provided for screening media segments received from at least one originator. The method includes receiving at least one media segment from an originator, providing the media segment to at least one screener, associating feedback from the at l... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7533051 | Method and system for implementing automatic bid status refresh and item attribute updates in an electronic exchange An auction method for implementing automatic bid status refresh and item attribute updates in an electronic exchange. The method includes the step of receiving update configuration information from remote bidders via a distributed computer network. The update config... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532870 | Method and apparatus for DC offset removal A DC offset removal method and apparatus for use with a receiver, such as a direct conversion receiver. The DC offset error can be upconverted to an intermediate frequency where it appears as a DC offset spurious signal. The DC offset spurious signal can be amplifie... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532783 | Method and system for integrated DWDM receivers An integrated DWDM receiver apparatus includes a support component and a silica-on-silicon substrate overlying the support component. The substrate includes a silica layer overlying a silicon layer and includes a first surface region and a second surface region. An ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532513 | Apparatus and method for detecting word line leakage in memory devices A method for detecting word line leakage in a memory device includes coupling a first plurality of word lines in the memory device to a voltage source while grounding a second plurality of word lines. Each of the second plurality of word lines is adjacent to a corre... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532436 | Magnetic recording medium and magnetic memory device for high density recording A longitudinal magnetic recording medium having a high medium S/N, with no problems in view of the overwrite characteristic, excellent in the bit error rate and sufficiently stable also to thermal fluctuations is provided. In one embodiment, a first underlayer, seco... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532426 | Method for erase process on recording surface of disk and disk drive apparatus Embodiments in accordance with the present invention erase a desired area on a recording surface of disk or disk drive apparatus. According to an embodiment, a hard disk drive (HDD) performs erase on a recording surface by moving a head element unit at one-half a se... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532424 | Method of writing pattern on media and data storage device Embodiments of the invention reduce the effect of the rotational jitters to write a pattern in more accurate timing in self-writing a pattern on a magnetic disk. In an embodiment of the invention, respective patterns in N sectors are first written on an inner circum... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532422 | Method and system for distinguishing spatial and thermal defects on perpendicular media Disclosed are a method and system for distinguishing spatial and thermal defects on perpendicular media. The magnetic domains of the perpendicular media are oriented to have a first polarity, scanned using a read head, oriented to have a second polarity and scanned ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532212 | Techniques for rendering complex scenes Techniques that facilitate rendering of a scene of arbitrary complexity without having to load all the models involved in the scene simultaneously in computer memory. A representation of the inputs and outputs of the various models involved in the scene and the depe... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532201 | Position tracking device A position tracking device is disclosed combining one or more optical sensors in a housing with a medical device. The medical device may be an insertion device or one that produces radiant energy. The device may utilize an on-board processor or an external processor... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532132 | Systematic encoding and decoding of chain reaction codes A method of encoding data into a chain reaction code includes generating a set of input symbols from input data. Subsequently, one or more non-systematic output symbols is generated from the set of input symbols, each of the one or more non-systematic output symbols... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531728 | Electric guitar Electric guitar with a neck and a body which has a first side wall, facing the guitar player, and a second side wall, facing away from the guitar player, said side walls delimiting a front and a back of the body at the edges, wherein the second side wall has an asso... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531300 | Method of diagnosing breast cancer Objective methods for detecting and diagnosing breast cancer (BRC) are described herein. In one embodiment, the diagnostic method involves determining the expression level of a BRC-associated gene that discriminates between BRC cells and normal cells. In another emb... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531171 | Antibodies to non-functional P2Xreceptor The present invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to P2X7 receptors and distinguish between function and non-functional P2X7 receptors, pharmaceutical compositions and kits containing the antibodies, and methods of using the anti... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531001 | Intervertebral prosthesis An intervertebral prosthesis for insertion between adjacent vertebrae includes upper and lower prosthesis plates locatable against respective vertebrae and having opposing, concavely curved recesses therein, and a core located between the plates. The core has oppose... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530988 | Methods and systems for endovascular aneurysm treatment Aneurysms are treated by filling a double-walled filling structure with a curable medium. The structures may be delivered over balloon deployment mechanisms in order to shape and open tubular lumens therethrough. The filling structures are preferably used in pairs f... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530976 | Fluid exchange system for controlled and localized irrigation and aspiration The control of fluid introduction into and out of body conduits such as vessels, is of great concern in medicine. As the development of more particular treatments to vessels and organs continues it is apparent that controlled introduction and removal of fluids is ne... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530258 | Method for the preparation of samples for an analyzer and sample preparation station therefor A method is provided for the preparation of samples for an analyzer, and a sample preparation station therefor, which allows injection of even relatively large liquid volumes through a packing in an automated manner in order to enrich the packing of the substances o... | 05/12/2009 |
| PP19975 | Strawberry plant named ‘San Andreas’ This invention relates to a new and distinctive day-neutral type of strawberry designated as ‘San Andreas’. ‘San Andreas’ is a day-neutral (everbearing) cultivar similar to ‘Diamante’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,435) but with higher yield and better quality ... | 05/12/2009 |
| D592244 | Communication device with different geometrical ends | 05/12/2009 |
| D592138 | Power Adapter | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530003 | Permuting MTR code with ECC without need for second MTR code Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for generating MTR codes with ECC without the use of a second MTR code, while still satisfying the specified constraint. In one embodiment, a system for processing data comprises a maximum transition run or tim... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529990 | Systems and methods for managing multi-device test sessions Systems and methods for a design and runtime environment manage a set of devices under test. The devices under test may include devices that are similar to one another or devices that are different from one another. Particular devices may be selected based on matchi... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529901 | Storage system and data processing system A storage system comprises a data set storage region for storing a data set containing data and update information for managing this data, and a control section. The data set storage region is divided into a plurality of storage regions including a first storage reg... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529872 | Communication between an accessory and a media player using a protocol with multiple lingoes A connector interface system is disclosed. The connector interface system includes an interface and a protocol in communication with which allows a media player to communicate with external accessories over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol fun... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529871 | Communication between an accessory and a media player with multiple protocol versions A connector interface system is disclosed. The connector interface system includes an interface and a protocol in communication with which allows a media player to communicate with external devices over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functio... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529870 | Communication between an accessory and a media player with multiple lingoes A connector interface system is disclosed. The connector interface system includes an interface and a protocol in communication with which allows a media player to communicate with external devices over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functio... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529853 | Universal IM and presence aggregation on technology-specific client A method for enabling instant message (IM) communications between a plurality of IM clients, wherein each IM client has one or more usernames associated with it, each username in the one or more usernames associated with a different IM protocol, is provided. The met... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529728 | Query optimization in a multi-tenant database system More efficient querying of a multi-tenant database using dynamic tuning of database indices. A layer of meta-data associates data items with tenants, e.g., via tags, and the meta-data is used to optimize searches by channeling processing resources during a query to ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529676 | Audio device control device, audio device control method, and program A language analyzer 2 performs speech recognition on a speech input by a speech input unit 1, specifies a possible word which is represented by the speech, and the score thereof, and supplies word data representing them to an agent processing unit 6... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529519 | Interactive handheld educational apparatus with stylus An interactive, handheld apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a housing, a display screen on the housing, an electronic position location system, a stylus for selecting images on the display screen, a directional control pad on the housing and a memory devi... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529166 | Recording apparatus and recording method for recording position information of user data In a write once type optical disc, when ejecting the disc and turning power OFF, it is necessary to update record management data on the disc so that the record management data on the disc coincide with the record management data on the memory. Here, the update of t... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529110 | Universal power adapter A power conversion device for receiving AC and/or DC power and providing a DC output includes: an AC input; a DC input; an output; AC-to-DC converter circuitry coupled to the AC input and to the output and configured to convert an AC voltage received at the AC input... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529086 | Data center cooling A system for restricting mixing of air in a data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a back face. The system includes an enclosure for collecting air released from the back faces of the plurality of racks, the enclosure co... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529023 | Image display, Fresnel lens and screen In a Fresnel screen for displaying an image, comprising, a screen surface, and a reverse surface opposite to the screen surface in a thickness direction of the screen to be prevented from facing to the viewer, the Fresnel screen has first prism surfaces extending to... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528839 | Faster clears for three-dimensional modeling applications A graphics processing subsystem defines a bounding area as the portion of the display buffer and other memory buffers occupied by one or more rendered objects. When clearing the memory buffers, only the portions of the buffers corresponding to the bounding area need... | 05/05/2009 |
