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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7938799 | Medical device for vessel compatibility during high pressure infusion The invention provides devices that can be used to deliver a therapeutic agent to a treatment site within the vessel of a patient at increased pressure, while limiting the contact with and pressure placed on the vessel walls. Devices according to the invention inclu... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938076 | Keel mechanism for sailboats A keel (1) mechanism for a sailboat (10), wherein the keel (1) comprises a drive mechanism for moving the keel (1) linearly along the axis (x) extending from the fore end to rear end of the sailboat (10), and swinging the keel arou... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637414 | Image display device | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931467 | Method for determining an air ratio in a burner for a fuel cell heater, a fuel cell heater A method for determining an air ratio in a burner for a fuel cell heater having an ionization sensor in the range of the flame and which is fed with two different gases for combustion, one of said gases being obtained from a gas treatment, wherein a measurement sign... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928900 | Resolution antenna array using metamaterials An antenna array includes at least one transmit array comprising a plurality of metamaterial elements. The antenna array further includes at least one near-field stimulator for inputting electromagnetic signal to the transmit array so that a sub-wavelength target is... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927362 | Laser ablated elastomer sheath profiles to enables stent securement The stent placement dilation balloon assembly comprises a catheter having a distal end, a distal end portion, and a proximal end, a balloon mounted to, about, and around the distal end portion of the catheter. The assembly further includes an elastic sheath position... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926320 | Apparatuses for crimping and loading of intraluminal medical devices Crimping apparatuses for reducing the diameter of an intraluminal medical device from a first diameter to a second diameter prior to loading the medical device into a catheter delivery system and loading apparatuses for introducing the medical device into a catheter... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922756 | Stent A stent with strut bands and connectors, wherein the strut bands have long and short struts with a junction positioned between the short struts. Each junction defines a reservoir, wherein the reservoirs of a strut band are substantially circumferentially aligned. Th... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922616 | Apparatus for controlling a hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle, an industrial truck in particular An apparatus for controlling a hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle, an industrial truck in particular, with an internal combustion engine BKM, an accumulator for electric energy, an apparatus for acquiring the charge condition SOC of the accumulator, at least on... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918422 | Transformable intravenous pole An intravenous (IV) pole system for supporting medical equipment having a base with legs, a mast engaged to the base, and a lifting mechanism including a gas spring engaged to the base and the mast. Each of the legs includes at least one wheel. The lifting mechanism... | 04/05/2011 |
| D635360 | Wallet | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913642 | Film coating medical devices The present invention relates to a coating assembly and methods that employ the coating assembly to control the thickness of therapeutic or other coatings delivered to a medical device during a coating process. In one embodiment the coating assembly may include a co... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905704 | Method for operating a wind energy plant A method for operating a wind energy plant with a rotor having rotor blades which have an adjustable blade pitch, characterized in that the adjustment of the blade pitch takes place with an adjustment velocity and/or an adjustment acceleration, wherein the magnitude... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7902978 | Intelligent observation and identification database system An intelligent video/audio observation and identification database system may define a security zone or group of zones. The system may identify vehicles and individuals entering or exiting the zone through image recognition of the vehicle or individual as compared t... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901175 | Load arm for a low lift industrial truck A load arm for a fork of a low lift industrial truck, with an arm frame which is approximately U- or C-shaped in cross section with upward pointing bridge and downward pointing legs and an arm tip, which is connected to the arm frame via a welding connection, wherei... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900734 | Rider lift truck A rider lift truck with a drive portion, in which is arranged a travelling drive featuring at least one electric travelling motor for at least one steered driving wheel, with a steering device for the driving wheel, a load portion featuring a mast, an electric contr... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898828 | Charger for an industrial truck Charger for an industrial truck which has an asynchronous machine and a three-phase AC control unit for converting a battery voltage for the asynchronous machine, said charger having a mains power module which applies an AC voltage to one or two motor connection lea... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892478 | Catheter balloon mold form and molding process An immersion mold for a medical device balloon. The mold has a cavity adapted to receive a hollow parison expandable therein to form the balloon. The cavity has a length, a first end, a second end, and a cavity wall with inner and outer surfaces. The mold form cavit... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891593 | Device for comminuting a heap of particulate material Device for comminuting a heap of particulate material, comprising a framework-supported housing with a vertical axis which is provided at its upper end with at least one inlet opening for the heap and at its lower end with an outlet; a drive shaft which is arranged ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7884579 | Energy capture circuit An energy capture circuit for capturing energy in response to an input pulse. The circuit is constructed and arranged to transfer input energy in time divided portions among subcircuits. This includes a storage means, a clock means, at least two subcircuits, and at ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881058 | Cooling system for a rotary tablet press A cooling system for a rotary tablet press with which a rotor is driven by an electrical drive motor and the rotor and drive motor are arranged in a closed housing, and a control cabinet for the drive motor and further units in the housing, wherein arranged within t... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876072 | Industrial truck with a charger Industrial truck with a charger, an asynchronous machine and a three-phase AC control unit which converts a DC voltage of a battery for the asynchronous machine, the charger having a switching power supply which is connected to the three-phase AC control unit via a ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875346 | Board consisting of a derived timber product and method for the production thereof A plate of wood material, wherein wood fibers or wood flakes and synthetic particles or fibers, respectively, are compressed to a plate by a heat compression process, a portion of the wood flakes or fibers is substituted by a milled or fibrillated agglomerate of mix... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874800 | Wind energy plant with a pitch bearing A wind energy plant with a rotor hub housing, which is connectable to at least one pitch bearing via joining means, and with at least one rotor blade, the blade root of which is connected to the pitch bearing, wherein a stiffening element is provided, which is faste... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7866946 | Method for operating a device to vary a blade setting angle, and a varying device A method for operating a device to vary a blade setting angle on a rotor blade of a wind power plant, comprising two variable drives each per rotor blade, a bearing element acting between the rotor blade and rotor hub which has a freely rotatable bearing ring, where... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866752 | Vehicle seat, air passenger seat in particular The invention relates to a vehicle seat, particularly an air passenger seat, comprising the following: a seat frame (10) having a number of seat dividers (12, 14, 16, 18); a number of seat backs, each being coupled to the seat frame between two seat di... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7863387 | Dehydrofluorination and surface modification of fluoropolymers for drug delivery applications Fluoropolymers having a —CF adjacent to a —CH which are subsequently dehydrofluorinated to create a —C═C— can be used as controlled release carriers for therapeutic agent(s) by covalently conjugating the therapeutic agent(s) to the fluoropolymer at the —... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862557 | Cryotherapy methods for treating vessel dissections and side branch occlusion The present invention provides cryotherapy treatment of dissections in a blood vessel of a patient. The present invention further provides cryotherapy treatment of side branch occlusion in a bifurcated blood vessel. One method for treating potential or existing diss... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7859818 | Electronic control device with wireless projectiles A wireless projectile for use with a hand-held electronic control device includes a housing, one or more capacitors disposed within the interior of the housing, and one or more probes in electrical communication with the capacitor(s) The probe(s) are disposed within... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856798 | Method and apparatus for flap adjustment of a carton A packaging apparatus for real-time alignment of packaging surfaces can include two or more sensors for detecting the positioning of carton surfaces and a servo system. The servo system can include a servo motor and a controller. The servo system records the positio... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7854280 | Preassembly unit for the drive of an industrial truck A preassembly unit for the drive of an industrial truck, with a fifth wheel on which the driving wheel is rotatably mounted around a horizontal axis and which on its part is rotatably mounted in a bearing member around a vertical axis, a drive motor arranged on the ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7842082 | Bifurcated stent In at least one other embodiment, a stent comprises a plurality of interconnected framework members defining a plurality of cells. A portion of the interconnected framework members comprise a side branch structure defining an inner side branch cell that is shaped di... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7839008 | Method for the operation of a wind energy plant with a double-fed asynchronous generator and wind energy plant with a double-fed asynchronous generator A method for the operation of a wind energy plant with a double-fed asynchronous generator which has a mode of operation as a phase shifter, in which reactive power is fed into the electric power supply grid, the method having the following steps: the stator of the ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7834476 | Method for running in a drive train component of a wind energy plant and wind energy plant for executing this method A method for running in a drive train component of a wind energy plant, wherein the wind energy plant has an operation management which can control at least one operational variable B significant for the strain of the drive train component to a desired value BS... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7832181 | Detection system A foil lid inspection system for detecting and separating defective foil lids on a container in a production line includes one or more light sources, an inspection camera, and inspection software. The light sources are positioned to direct light in an upward directi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826988 | Method and apparatus for determining a characteristic curve for an electric variable of a wind energy plant The present invention is related to a method for determining a characteristic curve (9) for an electric variable (Pel, Q, φ, cos φ, IP, IQ) of a wind energy plant (1). According to the present invention, it is provide... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823666 | Drawbar unit for a drawbar governed floor conveyor A drawbar unit for a drawbar governed floor conveyor, in which a drawbar head is coupled to a vertical steering shaft, which optionally co-operates with a swiveling angle transmitter for an electronic steeling of the floor conveyor, wherein the steering shaft can be... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7815601 | Rapid exchange enteral stent delivery system Methods of and devices for palliating gastrointestinal strictures using rapid exchange type enteral stent placement catheters. The catheter may include an inner member and an outer member, with the two members being slidable with respect to one another. In various d... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814099 | Method for ranking and sorting electronic documents in a search result list based on relevance A method of evaluating the relevance rank of a target document in a search result list, includes the steps of assigning a basic credit to all keywords that are found in the target document; grouping keywords that are found in the target document; assigning extra val... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806848 | Arterio-venous shunt graft A graft, for example, an arterio-venous shunt graft, is provided, which in a first aspect of the subject invention, is formed with longitudinal ribs. With fibrotic tissue ingrowth between the ribs, a composite rib/tissue layer is formed about the graft. The ribs pro... | 10/05/2010 |
