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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7414374 | Continuously variable frequency swinging armature motor and drive Disclosed herein is a power device. The power device has a power source; timing circuitry powered by the power source for producing a current pulse output having a pulse width; a switch for triggering the current pulse output produced by the timing circuitry; an arm... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7371247 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of penetrating members each having a tip. A penetrating member driver is coupled to the plurality of penetrating members. Each tip of a penetrating member is uncovered during launch of the penetrating member by the pe... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7331931 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes an electrically powered drive force generator. A penetrating member is operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generato... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7302867 | Magnetic transducer torque measurement A magnetic transducer element is formed by rotating an integral region of a shaft about an axis in the presence of a magnetic source. An annulus of magnetization results in having its magnetization in the axial direction. The exterior magnetic field emanated by the ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298101 | Continuously variable frequency swinging armature motor and drive Disclosed herein is a power device. The power device has a power source; timing circuitry powered by the power source for producing a current pulse output having a pulse width; a switch for triggering the current pulse output produced by the timing circuitry; an arm... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291117 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes a voice coil based penetrating member driver. A plurality of penetrating members are included. A transport mechanism is configured to... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7258693 | Device and method for variable speed lancet A method of penetrating tissue is provided. The method comprises using a lancet driver to advance a lancet into the tissue; advancing the lancet at a first desired velocity in a first layer of tissue; advancing the lancet at a second desired velocity in a second lay... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244265 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes a drive force generator and a penetrating member operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generator moves the member alo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234459 | Nebuliser device for an inhaler apparatus and inhaler apparatus with such nebuliser device An inhaler device having a pump unit (P) for producing a stream of compressed air, a drive (G) for the pump unit and a nebuliser unit (Z) which communicates with the pump unit and which is driven pneumatically. The inhaler device produces and releases an air stream ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232451 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A skin penetrating system has a housing member and a plurality of penetrating members positioned in the housing member. A tissue stabilizing device is coupled to the housing member. A user interface is configured to relay at least one of, skin penetrating performanc... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229458 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of cartridges each with a distal port and a proximal port. A plurality of penetrating members are provided, each coupled to a cartridge and having a sharpened distal tip and a shaft portion slidably disposed within th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226461 | Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device with sterility barrier release A device for use with a gripper is provided. A cartridge is provided that defines a plurality of cavities. A plurality of penetrating members are at least partially contained in the cavities of the cartridge. The penetrating members are slidably movable to extend ou... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7175642 | Methods and apparatus for lancet actuation A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver comprises of a drive force generator for advancing the lancet along a path into the tissue site, and a sensor configured... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7041068 | Sampling module device and method A tissue penetration device and method of using same that may include a lancet module or sampling module. The sampling module may optionally be in a cartridge configuration and include sampling and analyzing functions, which may be integrated. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025774 | Tissue penetration device A tissue penetration device and method of using same. The tissue penetration device may optionally include sampling and analyzing functions, which may be integrated. An embodiment provides control of a lancet used for sampling blood. Electric field coils or solenoid... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7004357 | Grease gun An apparatus converts rotary motion of a motor drive shaft into oscillatory motion of a work piece, for example, in a power tool. The apparatus comprises a planetary gear assembly connected to the motor for rotating an output gear. The output gear meshes with a driv... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001344 | Blood sampling device with diaphragm actuated lancet A device and method to obtain a blood sample in a sealed configuration. The device includes a sampling assembly having a driver, a lancet, and a blood reservoir, and a pad having a proximal side and a distal side. The proximal side of the pad conforms to the shape o... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6971454 | Pulsed rotation screw removal and insertion device A drill/driver (e.g. an electric drill) with a screwdriver bit attachment, and a method of controlling the drill/driver, are described. This method of control will greatly reduce the occurrence of stripped screw heads on most types of screws. By periodically stoppin... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6744227 | Vibration type actuator apparatus The present invention relates to a vibration type actuator apparatus, and is aimed to provide an apparatus capable of determining a phase with which a driving voltage is applied to a piezo-electric member particularly relative to a phase of vibration displacement of... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6548921 | Linear actuator of small size A linear actuator includes a supporting unit with a stopper, a linear output unit, a movable unit, a magnetic flux generating unit and a control unit. The movable unit is connected to a stopper of the outer pipe at one end of the outer movable unit and to... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6384549 | Rotating electric motor system capable of vibrating and method for operating a rotating electric motor capable of vibrating The invention concerns a rotating electric motor system capable of vibrating and a method for operating a rotary electric motor capable of vibrating. The system comprises an electric motor having a rotor and a stator, the rotor and the stator forming a un... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6364193 | Electric nailing tool An electric nailing tool comprises a housing, a nail magazine for supplying nails, a spout attached to the nail magazine and having a passage communicated with the housing, a solenoid set, and a hammer. The solenoid set comprises at least two solenoids ha... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6271636 | Servo control system and method for a data storage device with improved braking A servo control system for a voice coil motor including a servo controller using position feedback to provide an acceleration current to the voice coil motor and voice coil brake providing a deceleration current based upon velocity feedback from the voice... | 08/07/2001 |
| 5760552 | Method of controlling driving power of double-solenoid electric percussion tools A method of controlling driving power of a double-solenoid electric percussion tool utilizing the change of energizing time of the first solenoid to control the location of a hammer when the first solenoid is switched to the second solenoid so as to incre... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5216343 | Motor construction and method for limiting spin-up time in a hard disk drive A hard disk drive having a plurality of disks mounted on the rotor of a current limited, electronically commutated dc motor. Windings on the stator of the motor are divided into serially connected run and start sections and first and seconds drive circuit... | 06/01/1993 |
| 4884954 | Twin coil apparatus and energizing structure therefor An electrical device which includes axially aligned solenoids and a plunger with two cores, each of which is located at least partially in a respective one of the solenoids. A controller, operated by synchronism with the plunger, is used to energize the s... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4631430 | Linear force motor A linear force motor has an elongated body provided with an annular chamber therewithin. An armature is arranged within the chamber for axial movement relative thereto. Two axially-spaced permanent magnets, with their like poles arranged to face one anoth... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4564791 | Operators for sliding gates Operators for sliding gates including a solenoid-operated detent for engaging a gear of the gate drive motor shaft speed reducer and locking the associated gate, and a key-operated cam for disengaging the detent from the gear.... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4496885 | Positioning control system To obtain high accuracy of the control current in spite of tolerances of operation of the positioned element, a current mirror circuit (18) is provided having two current paths (17, 23). A low resistance resistor (11) is connected in series with the posit... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4396874 | Magnetic apparatus for producing movement Apparatus for providing movement includes an electromagnet. The time required to attain a given value of current flow in a magnet coil is shortened by initially providing a higher voltage to attain quickly the desired current flow, and then providing a lo... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4131398 | Glass washing electromagnetic pump, more particularly for windscreens of motor vehicles A glass washing electromagnetic pump comprising a cylinder in communication at both ends with two ducts, said ducts being a suction duct and a delivery duct, said cylinder containing a piston which is alternately moved toward the one or the other side of ... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4012675 | Switching system for solenoid reciprocator A switching system for a solenoid reciprocator motor of a type which has a piston arranged to reciprocate into and out of a solenoid. The switch is an SCR rectifier and the trigger lead to close the switch is pulsed by a commutator operating in unison wit... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3931554 | Reciprocating motor-compressor system A reciprocating motor compressor assembly includes a pair of opposed pistons or diaphragms actuated by a reciprocating armature. The armature is fabricated from laminations of ferromagnetic material and includes a pair of electrically conductive induction... | 01/06/1976 |
