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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111920 | Closed-loop integrity monitor Systems and methods for operating an avionics component to a level of certification. Steps include: receiving and sending data to a data monitor and an integrity monitor, the data monitor operating at a first level of certification and the integrity monitor operatin... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8055949 | Proactive server-side error subsystem for interactive objects A software error subsystem is provided that can log, report, and may optionally correct defective interactive objects in a virtual game environment. The subsystem may form part of a larger and more general logging and error catching system. By automatically correcti... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7751934 | Program controlled stirrer and method for the operation thereof The invention relates to a program controlled stirrer for producing pharmaceutical or cosmetic recipes, comprising a stirring unit which consists of a stirring tool which engages with a mixing receptacle. According to the invention, the stirring unit is coupled to a... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7709091 | Composite light weight building panel and core material therefor A core material for a composite light weight building panel formed from a settable mixture, said mixture including an acrylic, polymer-based resin comprising: 85% by volume water based copolymer emulsion of polyvinyl acetate with v... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7692081 | Wind chime apparatus and method Wind Chimes are provided, the notes of which are tuned to play a person's given name, according to the Ogham notation. The “tune” of the person's name is played on, e.g., anodized aluminum tubes, which are tuned to specific notes, based on the ancient system. Th... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7582252 | Plant with rotating furnace for the melting without salt of aluminum with screening and recovery of the slags A plant is provided for the melting of primary and secondary aluminium, provided with a rotating furnace, internally equipped with a spiral element (11), that causes the melting of the aluminium not requiring use of a salty bath. The plant includes a pouring ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7073315 | Apparatus for and method of harvesting cotton A method and apparatus for harvesting cotton, arranged for forward motion through a cotton crop comprising cotton plants having cotton bolls. The apparatus includes a mounting assembly, gathering rollers mounted to the mounting assembly for gathering the cotton plan... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7525036 | Groove mapping The invention provides a method and software for the adjustment of properties of media streams and events, principally timing information, based on a template, i.e., a groove map. The invention further provides methods by which the templates can be created, edited, ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7491223 | Therapeutic heating and cooling via temperature management of a colon-inserted balloon A method and apparatus is provided for heating or cooling at least a selected portion of a patient's body. The method begins by inserting a catheter having a balloon into the colon or stomach of the patient. A heated or chilled fluid is conducted through a supply lu... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7472078 | System for distributing files containing digital data using a computer network A system for distributing files containing digital data, by using a telematic network, allows the remote booking of a plurality of files, through a personal computer (12) or a cellular phone (10), the choice of a support (16) onto which said fil... | 12/30/2008 |
| D583685 | Wrist watch | 12/30/2008 |
| 7449018 | Method and device for performing cooling- or cryo-therapies for, e.g., angioplasty with reduced restenosis or pulmonary vein cell necrosis to inhibit atrial fibrillation employing microporous balloon An enhanced method and device are provided to inhibit or reduce restenosis following angioplasty or stent placement. A porous balloon-tipped catheter is disposed in the area treated or opened through balloon angioplasty immediately following angioplasty. The balloon... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7422600 | Method and apparatus for patient temperature control employing administration of anti-shivering agents Embodiments of the invention provide a system for temperature control of the human body. The system includes an indwelling catheter with a tip-mounted heat transfer element. The catheter is fluidically coupled to a console that provides a heated or cooled heat trans... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7399113 | Arrangement to produce recipe mixtures The invention relates to an assembly to produce recipe mixtures, with a variable-speed agitator drive, a mixing chamber (1) whose capacity is matched to the desired quantity of recipe mixture and that is enclosed by a lid (9), and an agitator tool (... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398682 | Low fluid level detector system A fluid level detector system, which may measure the amount of fluid in a reservoir, and may further trigger an alarm when the fluid level in the cassette reaches a low level condition. The cassette's reservoir may contain a transient sterile solution, which is movi... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7371254 | Medical procedure The use of an intravascular cooling element to induce hypothermia in connection with a medical procedure. According to a first aspect of the present, invention, a coronary bypass procedure is conducted in which a patient's blood is oxygenated with the patient's lung... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351254 | Method and device for patient temperature control employing optimized rewarming Embodiments of the invention provide a system for temperature control of the human body. The system includes an indwelling catheter with a tip-mounted heat transfer element. The catheter is fluidically coupled to a console that provides a heated or cooled heat trans... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345107 | Material and method and device for producing the same The invention relates to a material which consists essentially of sand and polymers as well as optionally, a small quantity of aggregates. The invention also relates to a method for producing this material, comprising the following steps: producing a hot molten mixt... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7316420 | Water-expelling mudguard for motor vehicles The invention relates to a mudguard for motor vehicles in general, comprising an external body (10) and an intrados (17) between which a curved cavity (16) extending from a front sector to a rear sector of the mudguard is defined, with reference... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300453 | System and method for inducing hypothermia with control and determination of catheter pressure Embodiments of the invention provide a system for temperature control of the human body. The system includes an indwelling catheter with a tip-mounted heat transfer element. The catheter is fluidically coupled to a console that provides a heated or cooled heat trans... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297577 | SOI SRAM device structure with increased W and full depletion An SOI device, and a method for producing the SOI device, for use in an SRAM memory having enhanced stability. The SRAM is formed with a wider W and a fully-depleted FET. The wider FET is extended by an expitaxial silicon sidewall, and the performance of the FET is ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294142 | Selective organ cooling catheter with guidewire apparatus and temperature-monitoring device A catheter and method for heating or cooling a surrounding fluid in a feeding vessel in a vasculature of a patient. The catheter includes a heat transfer element shaped and arranged to create turbulence in a surrounding fluid. A guidewire tube runs substantially par... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288089 | Method and device for performing cooling- or cryo-therapies for, e.g., angioplasty with reduced restenosis or pulmonary vein cell necrosis to inhibit atrial fibrillation employing tissue protection An enhanced method and device are provided to treat atrial fibrillation or inhibit or reduce restenosis following angioplasty or stent placement. A balloon-tipped catheter is disposed in the area treated or opened through balloon angioplasty immediately following an... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7259396 | Light source with a light-emitting element The invention relates to a light source comprising a light-emitting element, which emits light in a first spectral region, and comprising a luminophore, which comes from the group of alkaline-earth orthosilicates and which absorbs a portion of the light emitted by t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255345 | Advanced games and puzzles A game or puzzle comprising a plurality of polyomino pieces, each piece having on opposite faces one or more squares, said squares on each said piece and on opposite faces having markings wherein such said markings of said squares in total on both faces of said piec... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241279 | Hand-operated squeezable eye washer A portable eye washer is described including a bladder, which may be disposable, filled with an eye-washing solution such as water or a solution specially-designed for cleaning eyes. The bladder may be made of rubber, a thin plastic, or other material so long as the... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7211106 | Selective organ cooling apparatus and method An endovascular heat transfer device which can have a smooth exterior surface, or a surface with ridges and grooves. The device can have a plurality of elongated, articulated segments, with each having such a surface. A flexible joint connects adjacent elongated, ar... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211105 | Method for determining the effective thermal mass of a body or organ using a cooling catheter A method and apparatus is provided for determining an effective thermal mass of a patient. The effective thermal mass is employed to determine a gain factor used in a feedback control system controlling patient temperature. The method begins by inducing hypothermia ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201874 | System for automatically extracting and analyzing residual solvents in material samples A system for quickly and automatically extracting and analysing residual solvents is realised for operating directly in the premises where the packing materials are being manufactured, printed and/or laminated. The system provides for a single unit equipped w... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7187011 | Light source with a light-emitting element The invention relates to a light source comprising a light-emitting element, which emits light in a first spectral region, and comprising a luminophore, which comes from the group of alkaline-earth orthosilicates and which absorbs a portion of the light emitted by t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7156809 | Method and apparatus for health and disease management combining patient data monitoring with wireless internet connectivity Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for a wireless health monitoring system for interactively monitoring a disease or health condition of a patient by connecting a mobile phone to or with a digital camera and/or a medical monitoring device. T... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156808 | Method and apparatus for health and disease management combining patient data monitoring with wireless internet connectivity Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for a wireless health monitoring system for interactively monitoring a disease or health condition of a patient by connecting an internet-enabled wireless web device (“WWD”) to a health monitoring devic... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7093875 | Combination truck bed liner A protective liner for a truck bed, and a method for making the same. The liner includes a coated liner adhesively coupled to a truck bed, the coated liner having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface contacting the truck... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094253 | Fever regulation method and apparatus A device and method for providing body cooling for treating fever. The cooling device applies cooling to blood flowing in a vein or artery, e.g., the vena cavae, that is then distributed throughout the body. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063718 | Selective organ hypothermia method and apparatus A method and apparatus for performing hypothermia of a selected organ without significant effect on surrounding organs or other tissues. A flexible catheter is inserted through the vascular system of a patient to place the distal tip of the catheter in an artery fee... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7057549 | Method and apparatus for predictive altitude display Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for indicating aircraft height relative to an obstruction in a terrain awareness warning system. The method includes receiving data indicative of geographic features of an obstruction, lateral distance of t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7004960 | Circulation set for temperature-controlled catheter and method of using the same The invention provides a single-use, disposable circulation set for a heat transfer catheter. The circulation set includes a single-use, disposable fluid reservoir adapted to supply a heat transfer fluid to the catheter, a single-use, disposable pump adapted to pump... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001378 | Method and device for performing cooling or cryo-therapies, for, e.g., angioplasty with reduced restenosis or pulmonary vein cell necrosis to inhibit atrial fibrillation employing tissue protection An enhanced method and device are provided to treat atrial fibrillation or inhibit or reduce restenosis following angioplasty or stent placement. A balloon-tipped catheter is disposed in the area treated or opened through balloon angioplasty immediately following an... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6976609 | Container with seal on the container lid The invention relates to a container for the storage and dispensing of paste-like or fluid masses, including a container body with side walls, an upper opening, a container lid, engaging the side walls from above, by means of a collar on the lid and sealing the uppe... | 12/20/2005 |
