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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179757 | Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing information on and from optical disc An apparatus for recording and reproducing an information signal on and from an optical disc includes a memory. The information signal is written into the memory. The information signal is read out from the memory. An optical head generates a laser beam in response ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172890 | Combination underbody and overbody blanket A combination underbody and overbody blanket has first and second portions sandwiching a middle portion. The first portion may be shorter than the second portion. An opening is provided at the middle portion, or at a location that overlaps the middle and first porti... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172808 | Tamper evident vacuum tube holder assembly and needle hub assembly therefor A one piece molded vacuum tube holder is fitted with a one piece molded needle hub assembly. A needle protection device is further rotatably mounted to the neck of the one piece vacuum tube holder. One portion of a locking mechanism is provided at the neck of the on... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8152761 | Safety needle assembly A safety needle assembly has a collar or ring that is rotatably mounted to a needle hub, which may be connected to a medical device such as a syringe. The needle assembly may be connected to the syringe by the user grasping the needle hub in first and second embodim... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8139150 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding multi-view video signal, and related computer programs A multi-view video signal is encoded. The multi-view video signal includes picture signals corresponding to different viewpoints respectively. One among the viewpoints is designated as a base viewpoint. The base viewpoint corresponds to a picture signal which is enc... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134459 | Wireless telecommunications system adaptable for patient monitoring A wireless network having an architecture that resembles a peer-to-peer network has two types of nodes, a first sender type node and a second receiver/relay type node. The network may be used in a medical instrumentation environment whereby the first type node may b... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8107505 | Method and apparatus for generating information signal to be recorded A compressively-encoding-resultant video signal resulting from compressively encoding a video signal, a first compressively-encoding-resultant audio signal resulting from compressively encoding a first audio signal having a synchronized relation with the video signa... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107335 | Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing information on and from optical disc An apparatus for recording and reproducing an information signal on and from an optical disc includes a memory. The information signal is written into the memory. The information signal is read out from the memory. An optical head generates a laser beam in response ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107195 | Fluid dynamic bearing unit and disk drive device including the same A first sleeve rotatably extends around a shaft. First and second flanges are fixed to the shaft. A second sleeve extending around the first sleeve is fixed thereto. A first annular member fixed to the second sleeve surrounds the first flange. A second annular membe... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104476 | Medico-surgical tube assemblies An adjustable flange for a tracheostomy tube has a locking assembly (25) with two C shape clamp arms (26) and (27) hinged together at one end (28). A lever (50) with a threaded stem (51) extends through the opposite end of o... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104475 | Medical tube assemblies A tracheostomy assembly has an outer tube and an inner cannula, the outer tube having a lip at its patient end to limit insertion of the inner cannula. The lip is formed with a recess or gap on the outside of the curve of the tube. This enables a suction catheter or... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103811 | Memory option card having predetermined number of activation/deactivion codes for selectively activating and deactivating option functions for a medical device A device such as for example a electronic medical device has a memory that has prestored therein a number of programs or routines for performing various functions. Some of those functions are optional functions that were not enabled when the equipment was put into s... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092435 | Portal with septum embedded indicia An implantable portal includes a septum that has embedded therein an indicia adapted to identify at least one characteristic of the portal. The indicia may be formed as an impression at a base layer of the septum, and is filled with a radiopaque material. The septum... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092390 | Medico-surgical devices An embryo replacement catheter has a flexible extruded shaft of a transparent polyurethane with a bore extending along its length. Gas bubbles of a diameter in the range 5μ to 10μ are incorporated into the thickness of the wall of the shaft by adding gas during ex... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8077746 | Method and apparatus for generating information signal to be recorded A compressively-encoding-resultant video signal resulting from compressively encoding a video signal, a first compressively-encoding-resultant audio signal resulting from compressively encoding a first audio signal having a synchronized relation with the video signa... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8061007 | Fixed needle syringe with protective needle housing A fixed needle syringe has a syringe barrel with its distal portion modified to accept a needle protective housing. In particular, the distal portion is formed with the a groove dimensioned to accept a collar that is attached to the housing. The inside surface of th... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055684 | Contents-data editing apparatus, method of updating playlist of contents data, and recording medium Playlists are generated. Each of the generated playlists instructs playback of at least a portion or portions of one or ones selected from contents-data pieces recorded on a recording medium. Playlist management tables are generated. The generated playlist managemen... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050961 | Vehicle managing method, vehicle managing apparatus and vehicle managing program A method is disclosed for performing comprehensive management for vehicles owned by clients, and according to this method, a vehicle managing apparatus, a client terminal, a workshop terminal and a store terminal are connected via a communication network, and the ve... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048137 | Tube blanket Each leg of a U tube blanket is configured to have at least one row of holes extending substantially along the length thereof. The size of the holes is incrementally increased from the proximal portion that is closest to the air inlet cross section of the blanket wh... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8031779 | External-device control apparatus and system In an external-device control apparatus, a first section extracts a prescribed descriptor from program specific information in a transport stream. A second section analyzes information represented by the extracted prescribed descriptor to obtain an analyzation resul... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029463 | Needle protection assembly A needle protection assembly has a needle hub with a proximal portion having two sets of spaced flanges and a distal portion having a number of arms for forming at least one catch and one slot. A collar with a needle protection housing has at its inner surface a num... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021353 | Heat exchanger connector assembly A connector assembly for a heat exchanger has a fitting and a mount to which the fitting couples. The fitting has an elongate body having a proximal portion and a distal portion. At the proximal portion there is a crossbar, and at the distal portion there are an inl... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016796 | Safety needle device with snap feature and method of making same The present invention safety device is a one-piece needle assembly that has a base and a housing pivotally connected to the base. The base has a distal portion to which a needle is fitted. At the base there is formed longitudinally along its distal portion a catch m... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009188 | Video data processing apparatus utilizing viewer influence, picture reproducing apparatus, and computer programs related thereto Every prescribed unit of video data is analyzed to estimate a degree of influence of pictures represented by every prescribed unit of video data on a viewer. For example, every prescribed unit of three-dimensional video data is analyzed to estimate a degree of influ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005557 | Audio signal processing apparatus An audio signal encoding apparatus includes a device for compressing multiple-channel digital audio signals into compression-resultant multiple-channel signals respectively. The multiple-channel digital audio signals relate to a sampling frequency and a quantization... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005556 | Audio signal processing apparatus An audio signal encoding apparatus includes a device for compressing multiple-channel digital audio signals into compression-resultant multiple-channel signals respectively. The multiple-channel digital audio signals relate to a sampling frequency and a quantization... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005555 | Audio signal processing apparatus An audio signal encoding apparatus includes a device for compressing multiple-channel digital audio signals into compression-resultant multiple-channel signals respectively. The multiple-channel digital audio signals relate to a sampling frequency and a quantization... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002940 | Hose retainer for thermal blanket An inflatable convective thermal blanket is designed to have at least one section on its top surface that has securely mounted thereon at least one fluid absorbent mechanism for absorbing fluids from a subject that is placed onto the blanket, or from fluids fallen o... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7979148 | Audio signal processing apparatus An audio signal encoding apparatus includes a device for compressing multiple-channel digital audio signals into compression-resultant multiple-channel signals respectively. The multiple-channel digital audio signals relate to a sampling frequency and a quantization... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975826 | Stacker and card processing apparatus equipped with the stacker A stacker is composed of a bottom plate, a containing section for storing a plurality of cards by stacking it on the bottom plate and a guiding section for guiding each card entering into the containing section. The guiding section is composed of a sidewall for rest... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7961904 | Apparatus for embedding and reproducing watermark into and from contents data An apparatus for embedding a watermark into contents data includes a parameter converting device for converting a parameter of first contents data to generate second contents data. A mixing device operates for embedding parameter information into the second contents... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961568 | Disklike recording media, a method for detecting forged disks, an anti-forgery system for performing a true-false judgement based on information collected from the recording media, and a manufacturing apparatus for recording information in the disks A recording medium includes first information selected from a plurality of information patterns and second information selected from another plurality of information patterns for the true-false judgement. A true-false judging device performs a statistic analysis whe... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7931622 | Tip protector for cannula, trocar and/or cannula trocar combination A needle protector that protects the tip or distal end of a cannula, a trocar, or a cannula/trocar combination, is provided by an extruded tubing that has at least a section thereof that includes one or a plurality of protrusions or protuberances that are configured... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931404 | Bearing device and motor mounted with the bearing device A bearing device is composed of a shaft, a sleeve for supporting the shaft so as to be rotatable freely and a housing having a through hole into which the sleeve is inserted. A circumferential groove that extends in a circumferential direction is formed on either on... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7924670 | Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing information on and from optical disc An apparatus for recording and reproducing an information signal on and from an optical disc includes a memory. The information signal is written into the memory. The information signal is read out from the memory. An optical head generates a laser beam in response ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7911902 | Optical disc, method and apparatus for recording signal thereon An optical disc includes a data area, a first test recording area, a second test recording area, and a recording information management area. The first test recording area extends inward of the data area, and has a portion which has undergone test recording. The sec... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911515 | Imaging apparatus and method of processing video signal Calculation is made about standard deviations of portions of high-frequency components GH, RH, and BH along respective predetermined directions. The portions of the high-frequency components GH, RH, and BH represent a prescribed number of pixels including an interpo... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909530 | Connection hardware for wooden building A technique to extensively increase the efficiency of the construction of large-size wooden building and to effectively use the loading space when materials for construction are transported fixes a basic hardware on a lateral surface of a longitudinal member with a ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908135 | Music-piece classification based on sustain regions Audio data representative of a music piece is converted into data components in respective different frequency bands for every unit time interval to generate time frequency data pieces assigned to the respective different frequency bands. From the generated time fre... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7903732 | Method and apparatus for encoding a moving-picture signal by calculating the complexity of the moving-picture signal A signal related to input moving pictures of plural different types is quantized in response to a variable quantization scale factor before being encoded. An actual complexity of each past encoded picture originating from one of the input moving pictures is calculat... | 03/08/2011 |
