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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D637679 | Archery bow riser | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935379 | Coated and imprinted medical devices and methods of making the same The present invention relates generally to coated medical devices, preferably a stent, that has a drug-eluting surface completely or partially coated with a coating that is imprinted with an impression. In particular, the invention is directed to a coated medical de... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935142 | Stent with tapered flexibility A stent comprises a plurality of serpentine circumferential bands, and a plurality of connector columns. Each connector column is located between two adjacent circumferential bands and comprises one or more connector struts. Each connector strut is connected at one ... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637257 | Archery bow riser | 05/03/2011 |
| D637256 | Archery bow riser | 05/03/2011 |
| D637255 | Archery bow riser | 05/03/2011 |
| 7922758 | Nesting twisting hinge points in a bifurcated petal geometry A bifurcated stent that uses turning segments to reduce the strain at regions which bend at extreme angles. The turning segments can be placed on side branch petals or on connectors connecting the petals to the stent body. Combining the turning segments with connect... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919910 | Medical balloon incorporating electroactive polymer and methods of making and using the same An expandable medical balloon having at least one static state, at least one expanded state, and at least one deflated state, the expandable medical balloon including at least one active region, the at least one active region including electroactive polymer. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914809 | Lubricious composites for medical devices A medical device having at least one composite region thereon formed of composite material comprising a polymer and a fluorinated sol-gel derived ceramic. The composite material is useful as a coating material for imparting a low coefficient of friction to a substra... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914570 | Non-shortening helical stent A stent may comprise a helically wound ribbon of material. The stent may comprise a plurality of ribbon turns about a longitudinal axis of the stent. Upon expansion of the stent, the diameter of the stent may increase and the number of ribbon turns may decrease. Upo... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914485 | Medical device employing liquid crystal block copolymers and method of making the same A medical device, at least a portion of which is formed from a polymer composition including at least one liquid crystal block copolymer having at least one A block and at least one B block wherein the A block is a liquid crystal polymer block formed of repeating un... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7896642 | Balloon folding device A balloon folding device comprises a first die having an external contacting surface and a second die having a cavity. A portion of the cavity comprises a contacting surface shaped complimentary to the external contacting surface of the first die. The second die is ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889327 | Method for non-contact measurement of the velocity and/or the length of an extrudate moved in the longitudinal direction, of a cable in particular A method for non-contact measurement of the velocity and/or the length of an extrudate moved forward in the longitudinal direction, in particular of a cable during the production. ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887574 | Stent delivery catheter A self-expanding stent delivery assembly includes an elongate member with a proximal region and a distal region. The distal region has an outer tubular member. A self-expanding stent is disposed within the outer tubular member. Circumferential movement of at least a... | 02/15/2011 |
| D632093 | Image display device | 02/08/2011 |
| D628670 | Archery bowstring damper | 12/07/2010 |
| D628669 | Archery bowstring damper | 12/07/2010 |
| 7867909 | Polishing composition and polishing method A polishing composition contains at least one water soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone and poly(N-vinylformamide), and an alkali, and preferably further contains at least one of a chelating agent and an abrasive grain. The wat... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862911 | Thermal spray coating and thermal spray powder A thermal spray coating is made of cermet and provided on the surface of a base. The value that is gained by further dividing the value, which is gained by dividing the coefficient of thermal expansion of the thermal spray coating by the thickness of the thermal spr... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857785 | Medical device employing liquid crystal block copolymers and method of making the same A medical device, at least a portion of which is formed from a polymer composition including at least one liquid crystal block copolymer having at least one A block and at least one B block wherein the A block is formed of mesogenic repeat units and the B block is a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7850725 | Extendible stent apparatus The present invention concerns novel stent apparatuses for use in treating lesions at or near the bifurcation point in bifurcated cardiac, coronary, renal, peripheral vascular, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, urinary and neurovascular vessels and brain vessels. More pa... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7849917 | Marginal oil extraction device A marginal oil extraction system having an upper extraction unit, an extraction container, and a lower valve assembly. The marginal oil extraction system uses at least some of these components to cheaply extract oil from a stripper oil well. In some cases the system... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7842383 | Yttrium-aluminum double oxide thermal spraying powder A thermal spraying powder contains granulated and sintered particles of an yttrium-aluminum double oxide formed by granulating and sintering raw-material particles. The crushing strength of the granulated and sintered particles is 15 MPa or more, and 10% particle si... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842081 | Stent with spiral side-branch In at least one 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 having an inner side branch cell that is shaped differentl... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842024 | Medical device with varying physical properties and method for forming same A medical device in which a melt processed part has different crystallized properties at different locations. The part is formed of a polymer composition by inclusion a of polymer crystallization modifier in the composition making up at least a portion of such part,... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837967 | Thermal spray powder and method for forming thermal spray coating A thermal spray powder contains particles composed of an oxide of any of the rare earth elements having an atomic number of 39 or from 59 to 70. The crushing strength of the particles is 80 MPa or greater. The ratio of bulk specific gravity to true specific gravity ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828833 | Composite ePTFE/textile prosthesis A composite intraluminal prosthesis which is preferably used as a vascular prosthesis includes a layer of ePTFE and a layer of textile material which are secured together by an elastomeric bonding agent. The ePTFE layer includes a porous microstructure defined by no... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824170 | Rotor for a rotary tablet press A rotor for a rotary tablet press, which has an upper and a lower punch guide for upper and lower punches that interact with holes in a die plate that is arranged between the upper and lower punch guide, where the punches are axially movable in guide holes of the pu... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817881 | Circuit architecture for electro-optic modulation based on free carrier dispersion effect and the waveguide capacitor structures for such modulator circuitry using CMOS or Bi-CMOS process New circuit architecture for electro-optic modulator based on free-carrier dispersion effect is invented, in which the waveguide capacitor of the modulator is embed in the circuits and physically layout together with transistors, the switching of the modulator occur... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7810223 | Method of attaching radiopaque markers to intraluminal medical devices, and devices formed using the same A method of attaching radiopaque markers to an intraluminal medical device frame formed from a shape memory metal or alloy thereof, the process conducted during the shape recovery process of said shape memory metal or alloy thereof. ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809477 | Method for starting up a wind energy plant after an operation stoppage and wind energy plant which can execute the method A method for starting up a wind energy plant after an operation stoppage, wherein the wind energy plant has a gearbox in the drive train and an operation management which can control at least one operational variable significant for the strain of the gearbox B of th... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805222 | Method for the determination of a control reserve and wind energy plant with a control unit for the determination of the control reserve A method for the determination of a control reserve of one or plural wind energy plants, for the operation of which a desired value for at least one electric variable is preset, and for which a control unit is provided which has a power curve, which contains a maxim... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803294 | Method and measuring system for obtaining a reference for a powder press Method for determining a reference for a powder press, which comprises a die plate for attaching a die and an upper adaptor plate which may be actuated by a drive which is hydraulic, mechanical, electric or the like for attaching an upper punch, a lower adaptor plat... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7800548 | Industrial truck with at least one antenna for sending and receiving data An industrial truck with at least one antenna for sending and receiving data from and/or to an RFID transponder, characterized in that the antenna has a network of wires, which are embedded in a flexible material. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7799105 | Apparatus for the elimination of dusts from gases An apparatus for the elimination of dusts from gases, with a filter arrangement, which is flown through by a loaded volume flow, and a cyclone which is arranged upstream to the filter arrangement, wherein a collector funnel below the filter arrangement forms the cov... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794490 | Implantable medical devices with antimicrobial and biodegradable matrices A composite vascular graft is provided, which incorporates bioactive agents that can be controllably delivered to the implantation site to deliver therapeutic materials and/or to reduce infection of the implant. The vascular graft of the present invention includes a... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7790970 | Stringed instrument braces with transverse openings In accordance with the invention, a sound box for an instrument is provided exhibiting a 3-D bracing system. The bracing system comprises a plurality of braces on both the sound board and the bottom board of the sound box. The braces exhibit varying heights and conf... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785652 | Coating dispensing system and method using a solenoid head for coating medical devices System and method for coating a medical appliance is provided. In accord with one embodiment, a system for applying a coating to a medical appliance having accessible patterned surfaces is provided. The system may include: a processor, an appliance support, and a so... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785340 | Bonding sleeve for medical device A medical device delivery system comprises an inner tube, a medical device disposed about a portion of the distal region of the inner tube, a medical device sheath disposed about the medical device, a medical device sheath retraction device extending proximally from... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7781038 | Medical device balloons containing thermoplastic elastomers A dilatation balloon and catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter (10) includes shaft (12) and a dilatation balloon (24) at the distal end of the shaft. The balloon is inflated via a central lumen (14) in the shaft for d... | 08/24/2010 |
