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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177829 | Auxiliary balloon catheter A balloon catheter may comprise a primary inflation balloon and a secondary inflation balloon located to one side of the primary inflation balloon. The secondary balloon comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion located closer to the primary ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8169095 | Wind energy plant with a rotor A wind energy plant with a rotor, which is connected to a gearbox and/or a generator via a rotor shaft, wherein the rotor shaft is bearing mounted on a carrier unit via two taper roller bearings in an O arrangement, characterized in that each taper roller bearing ha... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168275 | Tube-in-tube balloon A tube-in-tube assembled parison for preparation of an elongated medical device. The parison if formed by assembling in tube-in-tube fashion a first tube of orientable polymer material and a second tube formed of orientable polymer material disposed around the first... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163326 | Implantable or insertable medical devices visible under magnetic resonance imaging Disclosed is an implantable or insertable medical device comprising (a) a substrate and (b) a hydrogel polymer coating at a least a portion of the surface of the substrate, wherein the hydrogel polymer is adapted to render the medical device visible under magnetic r... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162126 | Inductive measuring arrangement for free-fall coin-operated devices Inductive measuring arrangement for coin validation in free-fall coin-operated devices, in which at least one elongate coil arrangement on one side of the drop path of the coins extends transversely to the drop path, two coaxial elongate coils being arranged adjacen... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161601 | Hinge and latch mechanism The invention relates to a door hinge system which includes an integral exposed vertically oriented pin as a portion of a doorframe bracket, and a central latch bracket as engaged to a door. The pivotal manipulation of the door engages the latch of the central latch... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157855 | Detachable segment stent An inventive repositionable stent may comprise a plurality of adjacent serpentine bands connected to one another by at least one permanent connector strut and by at least one disengagable connector strut. The stent may self-expand within a bodily lumen to an interme... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153181 | Medical devices and related methods This disclosure relates to medical devices and related methods. In some embodiments, the methods include applying a material to the balloon and then removing the material from one or more regions of the balloon. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152819 | Catheter support for stent delivery An angioplasty and stent delivery system to facilitate introduction and placement of a stent, including a catheter having an expandable distal portion constructed and arranged for expanding the outer diameter of the catheter from a contracted state to an expanded st... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151682 | Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147539 | Stent with a coating for delivering a therapeutic agent The invention relates generally to a medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent to the body tissue of a patient, and methods for making such a medical device. More particularly, the invention is directed to a stent, such as an intravascular stent, having an i... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142489 | Flexible and expandable stent In one embodiment of the invention, a stent may be provided comprising a first undulating band having alternating peaks and troughs, a second undulating band having alternating peaks and troughs, a first substantially longitudinal connector extending between the fir... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137777 | Moisture curable balloon materials The present invention relates to a catheter device having a dilatation balloon formed from a polymeric material crosslinked by moisture through —Si—O—Si— linkages, and to a method of making the same. The polymeric material is formed by reacting at least one ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137394 | Valve with delayed leaflet deployment A valve for use in a body lumen, where the valve includes a valve leaflet with delayed leaflet deployment relative an in vivo implant time. The valve includes a valve frame, a valve leaflet coupled to the valve frame. The valve leaflet includes a commissure that can... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133453 | Plunger stroke pipette A plunger stroke pipette for replaceable pipette points with a seat for the detachable mounting of a pipette point, a plunger, a cylinder in which the plunger is movably arranged, a connection channel connecting the cylinder with an opening in the seat, a driving eq... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133150 | Drive system for an industrial truck with an internal combustion engine A drive system with either a four-shaft epicyclic gearing consisting of two fixed links or one fixed link. A first shaft is coupled to an engine and a second shaft is connected to a first electric motor. The electric is coupled to the power supply of the industrial ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130384 | Apparatus and method for the representation of an area on the surface of a patient's body The invention is related to an apparatus for the representation of a geometrical figure on the surface of a patient's body that is situated on a support, comprising at least one projection device, by which a given geometrical figure can be projected onto the three-d... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128368 | Apparatus for the ventilaton of a rotor hub of a wind energy plant Apparatus for the ventilation of a rotor hub of a wind energy plant, with a cup-shaped ventilation cap, which has a circumferential side wall and a base portion, wherein the side wall has at least one bore for draining water and the base portion has at least one bor... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123884 | Implantable prosthesis having reinforced attachment sites The present invention provides an implantable graft that includes an elongate graft tube having opposing ends defining an attachment site for attaching the graft to a stent. The graft further includes a reinforcement member attached adjacent to at least one of the e... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123180 | Rapid acquisition shooting system The invention is directed towards an elevation adjustment mechanism which has a mechanism for coarsely adjusting the pitch rotation comprising a lever actuated clamping assembly and a mechanism for finely adjusting the pitch rotation comprising a threaded rod mechan... | 02/28/2012 |
| D655064 | Lift truck | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119151 | Spread coating a medical device The present invention is directed to methods, systems, devices, and kits for coating portions of a medical device or other work piece as well as to medical devices that have themselves been coated in accord with the invention. Under methods of the invention, portion... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118858 | Intraluminal stent An intraluminal stent made of a zig-zag or sinusoidal member defining a successive series of struts connected by apex sections and formed into a series of axially displaced hoop members wherein at least one of the hoop members has at least one strut connected to a s... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114361 | Metering device A metering device for utilization with a syringe, which features on a syringe cylinder a fastening portion with at least one axially directed sensing surface projecting from the upside, and at least one alignment nose projecting from the outer perimeter of the faste... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114200 | Multi-dimensional portable gas chromatograph system A portable multi-dimensional gas chromatograph, the gas chromatograph including a carrier gas container, a regulator fluidly connected to the carrier gas container, a dopant chamber containing a reference chemical, at least one pre-concentrator which is fluidly conn... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114146 | Longitudinally flexible expandable stent Segmented articulatable stent of open structure comprised of end-connected struts of first and second lengths making up first and second segments with angular interconnects between adjacent first and second segments. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113239 | Vented valve assembly In some embodiments, a vented valve assembly for attachment to a rigid container may include one or more of the following features: (a) a unitary tubular valve body of a generally cylindrical hollow form and having a liquid inlet end, and (b) a second end and a liqu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113134 | Chain stowage mechanism for marine vehicles A mechanism for releasing and retracting an anchor chain into/from water in marine vehicles, comprising a stowing reservoir which is driven by a motor for automatically stowing the chain. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109992 | Stent A stent shaped as a three-dimensional body which is formed by interlaced threads (1) arranged in multistart turns of a helical line. The threads (1) are arranged in at least two groups (2 and 3) of the helical turns featuring opposite sen... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109989 | Helical stent design An expandable tubular reinforcing member used for body lumens such as blood vessels, the reinforcing member being formed of a continuous elongated helical element comprised of spaced undulating portions forming end loop portions and including a plurality of curvilin... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109386 | Fastening clip bar A fastening clip bar, comprising a plurality of fastening clips arranged parallel to each other, an adhesive joining the fastening clips with each other, and at least one elastic tape extending over the fastening clips which is glued together with the same. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105373 | Flexible stent with improved axial strength A stent comprises a generally cylindrical band having a pattern of alternating first and second struts, the first struts being wider than the second struts, the first and second struts being of substantially the same length. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105065 | Apparatus for the measurement of the temperature of a plastified plastic material at the exit of an extruder An apparatus for the measurement of the temperature of a plastified plastic material at the exit of an extruder, characterised in that the function of the sound, velocity in dependence of the temperature is measured and memorised for at least one plastified plastic ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104427 | Stent coating device The present invention is a method and device, which is suitable for use in an operating theater just prior to implantation, for selectively applying a medical coating to an implantable medical device, for example a stent. Disclosed is a device for use with a stent d... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102067 | Method for the operation of a wind energy plant having a wind velocity measurement device A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, which features a wind velocity measurement device and a device for the detection of a mechanical load, with the following steps: measuring a wind velocity with the wind velocity measurement device, detecting a mecha... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101527 | Dicing film having shrinkage release film and method for manufacturing semiconductor package using the same The present invention relates to a dicing film having an adhesive film for dicing a wafer and a die adhesive film, which are used for manufacturing a semiconductor package, and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package using the same. More particularly, the ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100628 | Method for controlling a wind energy plant The present invention is related to a method for controlling a wind energy plant, with a nacelle disposed on a tower and with a rotor with at least one rotor blade, the blade adjustment angle of which can be adjusted by means of a blade adjustment equipment. The obj... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096801 | Rotary press A rotary press, with a rotor rotatingly drivable around a vertical axis, which features a die plate having die bores on a partial circle and upper and lower punches guided in guiding devices, radial cams for the upper and lower punches, at least two compression stat... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096198 | Electronic metering apparatus for metering liquids An electronic metering apparatus for metering liquids with a drive with an electric motor, at least one displacer device with a displacer element, which is connected and/or connectable to the drive, an electric mode key and an electric parameter key for changeover b... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092763 | Apparatus for positioning a cuvette in an optical beam path of an optical measuring instrument An apparatus for positioning a cuvette in an optical beam path of an optical measuring instrument, with a shaft for axially inserting a cuvette, and means for pressing a cuvette against at least one wall surface of the shaft, which comprise at least one arrangement ... | 01/10/2012 |
