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A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8129102 | Method for harvesting and preparing porcine hearts for use in a cardiac surgical simulator A method is described and disclosed for harvesting and preparing porcine hearts that may be used, among other things, as an improved analog of the human heart in cardiac simulator systems for training surgical personnel for performing beating heart surgery. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126242 | Computer program products and methods for detection and tracking of rheumatoid arthritis Methods for producing an image indicative of arthritic symptomatology are provided. The methods during a model building phase create a constrained deformable statistical template. The methods then during a runtime phase fit a plurality of loci in a digitized target ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7760923 | Method and system for characterization of knee joint morphology A method and system for characterizing a knee joint in terms of its skeletal morphology. A plurality of loci associated with a model of skeletal structure of a knee joint are fitted and used to parameterize positions of the plurality of loci in a given subject and, ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7670604 | Vimentin directed diagnostics and therapeutics for multidrug resistant neoplastic disease Disclosed are methods for treating or preventing a neoplastic or a multidrug resistant neoplasm in a subject using cell surface vimentin targeted therapeutic agents. ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7662580 | Tissue diagnostics for breast cancer Disclosed are methods for diagnosing breast cancer in a cell sample by detecting an increase in the levels of expression of protein markers in the cell sample as compared to the levels of expression of the same protein markers in a normal, nonneoplastic breast cell ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7657526 | Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on activity level spikes associated with the content A method of selecting and presenting content based on detecting an increased level of activity associated with the content is presented. The method includes providing a set of content items with associated descriptive terms. The method includes receiving user search... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7644054 | System and method for finding desired results by incremental search using an ambiguous keypad with the input containing orthographic and typographic errors A system for finding and presenting content items in response to keystrokes entered by a user on an input device having a known layout of overloaded keys selected from a set of key layouts. The system includes (1) a database containing content items and terms charac... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7639267 | Systems and methods for modifying three dimensional geometry using an arbitrary cross-section plane Embodiments of the invention comprise methods and systems for modifying the geometry data of a CAD object through modification of an arbitrary cross section, the CAD object being stored within a computer aided design modeling system. The method includes receiving, f... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7428728 | Interface definition language compiler A distributed computer application can be made to communicate with a plurality of computer architectures. A first compiler compiles and converts input interface source code to produce a high level language including a plurality of computer architecture interfaces. A... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7360540 | Endotracheal tube which permits accurate determination of mucosal pressure The disclosed endotracheal tube includes a silicone tubular member that has a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending through the member to supply air from the proximal end to the distal end. The tubular member defines a first zone and a second zone. At le... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341667 | Process for reduction of inorganic contaminants from waste streams The invention relates to the use of used alumina to reduce the level of inorganic contaminants, such as mercury and arsenic, from waste fluid streams. The invention further provides a process for reducing the level of mercury or arsenic in fluid streams by contactin... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7326915 | Wavelength stabilization for broadband light sources A broadband light source, such as a light-emitting diode (LED), such as a superluminescent light-emitting diode (SLED), has its mean wavelength stabilized by using a filter to pass a characteristic of the output of the source, detecting the filtered output, and adju... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7309175 | Reducing heating from non-coupled light in power transmitting optical fibers Method and apparatus for mounting an optical fiber for coupling to a high power light source, the fiber being secured to its mount with a low refractive index adhesive. The low refractive index adhesive serves to reduce the coupling of light traveling within the fib... | 12/18/2007 |
| RE39938 | Gastro-laryngeal mask A gastro-laryngeal mask features softly compliant construction of the distal half of the mask, wherein the mask is of generally elliptical configuration, with an inflatable peripheral cuff to seal and support the mask around the laryngeal inlet. A back cushion is in... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305985 | Laryngeal mask airway device A laryngeal-mask airway device including provision for drainage of the oesophagus comprises an inflatable main-cuff and a backplate having a laryngeal-side and a pharyngeal-side. The backplate also has an external tube-joint adjacent to the proximal region of the ma... | 12/11/2007 |
| 6982323 | Chimeric proteins for diagnosis and treatment of diabetes Novel chimeric fusion proteins comprising immunodominant epitopes of GAD and insulin are provided. Also provided are immunomodulatory methods for the use of such proteins for both the prevention and treatment of Type 1 diabetes mellitus. The chimeric fusion proteins... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6861512 | Separation of olefinic isomers The geometric isomers of olefins and olefinic compounds are separated by means of liquid chromatography using a stationary phase comprising an organosilane with a pendant aliphatic functional group such as C18 and a mobile phase which includes an additive... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6790864 | Compositions and methods to prevent toxicity induced by nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs which have been substituted with a nitrogen monoxide group; compositions comprising (i) a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug, which can optionally be substituted with a nitrogen monoxide group and (ii) a compound that directly don... | 09/14/2004 |
