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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6899106 | Apparatus for producing a hematoma An apparatus for producing a hematoma for encouraging the increased production of hemoglobin. The apparatus for producing a hematoma includes a pressure bell having a wall defining an interior space and a lip extending around a lower periphery of the wall designed f... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6704496 | High temperature drop-off of a substrate A substrate to be processed in a high temperature processing chamber is preheated to avoid the problems associated with thermal shock when the substrate is dropped onto a heated susceptor. Preheating is effected by holding the substrate over a susceptor m... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6660978 | Electrically conducting textile and the method for realizing the same The invention pertains to the electrothermal field and in particular to the resistive heating elements on the basis of the glass-fibre textile with the pyrocarbon coating and may be used for the production of the heating elements in heaters for both indus... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6656136 | Use of focused ultrasound for vascular sealing A method and system for locating a vascular opening and therapeutically sealing the wound with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is disclosed. A control unit (6) coupled to an applicator unit includes a processor (74) that automates the disclosed p... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6649886 | Electric heating cloth and method A highly flexible and reliable electric heating cloth and method for providing a stable elevated temperature to an environmental site. The heating cloth is comprised of conductive resistive threads which are interwoven with non-conductive threads. One cha... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6646238 | Method and device for a accomodating samples on cryosubstrates For sample picking on a cryosubstrate, on which multiple cryopreserved samples are each positioned at preselected sample positions, individual samples are selectively separated mechanically or thermally from the cryosubstrate and transferred to a target s... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6646233 | Wafer stage for wafer processing apparatus and wafer processing method A wafer stage for use in wafer processing apparatus which comprises a liquid cooling jacket with a built-in coolant liquid circulation path and a ceramic plate that is attached onto the liquid cooling jacket and has therein a heater and an electrode for e... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6642484 | Glass ceramic plates for holding substrates during pre-heating In the method for coating substrates the substrates are placed in recesses in a glass-ceramic plate or plates arranged over infrared high-temperature radiators with the surfaces to be coated on the radiators. The substrates are heated from below to the pr... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6643550 | Multi-polar connector A connector for connecting to an energy source such as a pulse generator for a cardiac stimulator system. The connector assembly includes a pin, at least one ring and a sleeve composed of an insulative hard polymer molded between the pin and ring such tha... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6639189 | Heating member for combination heating and chilling apparatus, and methods Described are heating members and related methods, the heating members being usefully for processing substrates such as microelectronic devices, the heating members optionally and preferably comprising a thermal conductive layer prepared to a superior fla... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6635852 | Method and apparatus for lamp anneal The present invention provides a lamp anneal apparatus comprising: a chamber; a wafer holder accommodated in the chamber for holding a wafer to be annealed; a first set of lamps provided over a top wall of the chamber; and a second set of lamps provided u... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6635011 | Electronic endoscope system In an electronic endoscope system, a scope has an image sensor provided at a distal end thereof to generate image-pixel signals. A proximal end of the scope is connected to an image-signal processing unit, in which the image-pixel signals are processed to... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6633022 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A controller controls the temperature of a hot plate and the degree of vacuum in a tightly closed space to a temperature and a pressure at levels at which a thinner contained in a resist applied to a wafer volatilizes and an acid generator, a quencher, an... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631297 | Electrical clinical apparatus and electrical stimulation method using variant assignment method An electrical stimulation method and an electrical clinical apparatus using a variant assignment method applied in treatment of dysfunction such as urinary incontinence is disclosed. The electrical clinical apparatus includes: a central control device for... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6627861 | Thermoconductive rubber patch A thermoconductive rubber patch includes a thermoconductive rubber piece which is encased by an insulating casing and is made of rubber, carbon black granules and metal granules. The thermoconductive rubber piece is provided with an electric circuit and i... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6626835 | Infrared sensor stabilizable in temperature, and infrared thermometer with a sensor of this type The present invention relates to an infrared sensor adapted to be stabilized in temperature and an infrared thermometer with an infrared sensor adapted to be stabilized in temperature, more particularly, a clinical thermometer for temperature measurement ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6623418 | Radiation source A miniaturized radiation device, having a support member in the form of a flexible sheet, and a circuit pattern of electrical contact pads and interconnecting conductor lines or leads provided on said support member. The pads are interconnected via said p... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6624393 | Method and apparatus for preparing semiconductor wafers for measurement A wafer-cleaning module is disclosed for removing contaminants from a semiconductor wafer prior to measurement in a metrology tool. The cleaning module includes a heating chamber including a heater plate for heating the wafer by conduction. A separate coo... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6620105 | Device for organizing multiple leads A device for organizing multiple leads, with the device having a first component, and a separate second component, with the first and second components being secured together by at least one fastener, and with the device having formed therein a plurality ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6618625 | Method and apparatus for treatment of viral diseases An apparatus and method for treating viral infections delivers electrical stimulation to the skin or mucosa of a patient. The electrical stimulation is applied as a series of electrical pulses having different electrical characteristics. The apparatus may... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6613005 | Systems and methods for steering a focused ultrasound array A focused ultrasound system includes a transducer array including a plurality of sub-arrays, each sub-array defining an acoustic emission surface and including a plurality of transducer elements thereon. A mechanical controller is coupled to the sub-array... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6614005 | Device and method for thermally treating substrates The aim of the invention is to provide an economical and homogenous thermal treatment for substrate. To this end, the inventive device and method for thermally treating substrates, especially semiconductor wafers, comprise at least one heating device for ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6610967 | Rapid thermal processing chamber for processing multiple wafers A system for heating a plurality of semiconductor wafers at the same time is disclosed. The apparatus includes a thermal processing chamber containing a substrate holder designed to hold from about three to about ten wafers. The thermal processing chamber... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6611698 | Optical measuring instrument A highly reliable optical measuring instrument for multi-channel simultaneous measurement has an intensity of light emitted from a light source modulated at different frequencies and the light is applied to multiple positions of a test object. The light w... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6608287 | Process chamber with rectangular temperature compensation ring The chamber has a lenticular cross-section with a horizontal support plate extending between sides of the chamber. A rectangular aperture is formed in the support plate for positioning a rotatable susceptor. A temperature compensation ring surrounds the s... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6603099 | Multifunction electrical cooking appliance The appliance comprises a heater base, at least two removable cooking receptacles capable of being centered and held on said heater base, one of them being constituted by a leakproof pan and the other by a grill plate, and also a removable lid adapted to ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6600138 | Rapid thermal processing system for integrated circuits In a rapid thermal processing system an array of heat lamps generate radiant heat for heating the surfaces of a semiconductor substrate, such as a semiconductor wafer, to a selected temperature or set of temperatures while held within an enclosed chamber.... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6596973 | Pyrometer calibrated wafer temperature estimator A wafer temperature estimator calibrates contact-type temperature sensor measurements that are used by a temperature controller to control substrate temperature in a high temperature processing chamber. Wafer temperature estimator parameters provide an es... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6593554 | Method and apparatus for mounting a heater thermostat and temperature sensitive fuse A heater having an insulating terminal mounting block, a thermostat and a terminal bushing mounted to a frame. The insulating terminal mounting block supports a plurality of removable terminal members. Each terminal member has a crimping structure at one ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6593548 | Heating element CVD system A heating element CVD device capable of providing a high productivity and decomposing and/or activating the material gas led into a processing container by a heating element and stacking film on a substrate disposed in the processing container, wherein th... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6594446 | Heat-treating methods and systems Methods and systems for heat-treating a workpiece are disclosed. A first method involves increasing a temperature of the workpiece over a first time period to an intermediate temperature, and heating a surface of the workpiece to a desired temperature gre... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6590186 | Heat treatment apparatus and method A baking unit of the present invention comprises: a hot plate on which the substrate is placed; a casing; a gas supply tubes; a baffle ring which surrounds the wafer and is provided with a plurality of gas blowing apertures; and a rotation motor. An inert... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589171 | Sensor glove for physiological parameter measurement Apparatus for temporarily attaching a sensor of a physiological parameter to an extremity of a person. The apparatus includes a fabric structure configured to be positioned on an extremity of a person, the fabric structure advantageously formed of loops o... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6585722 | Photocoagulation apparatus A photocoagulation apparatus for coagulating an affected part of a patient by irradiating the part with a treatment laser beam emitted from a laser oscillator (10) is disclosed. The apparatus includes an input section (3) for setting an irradiation condit... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6583389 | Image heating apparatus, heater for heating image and manufacturing method thereof An image heating apparatus that has an elongated heater, a film having a surface which moves while in contact with a recording material bearing an image, wherein the image on the recording material is heated by heat emitted from the heater via the film. T... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6584347 | Disturbance-free electromyographic probe A myographic probe for detecting an electrical signal produced by a muscle and for reducing the influence of electrode disturbances. The probe includes electrodes and a disturbance reducing interface covering each electrode thereby segragating the electro... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6584358 | Electro therapy method and apparatus An electro-therapy apparatus and method for providing therapeutic electric current to a treatment site of a patient, having means for providing two oscillating or pulsing electric alternating currents, of frequencies which differ from each other by as lit... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6573480 | Use of thermal flow to remove side lobes In invention provides a system for reducing or eliminating side lobes in patterned resist coatings. The system heats the resist briefly to induce the resist to flow. The system allows the resist to flow long enough for the side lobes to level, but not so ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6574490 | System for non-invasive measurement of glucose in humans An apparatus and method for non-invasive measurement of glucose in human tissue by quantitative infrared spectroscopy to clinically relevant levels of precision and accuracy. The system includes six subsystems optimized to contend with the complexities of... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6570137 | System and method for lamp split zone control An operating voltage is supplied to first and second groups in accordance with a recipe for thermally processing a semiconductor wafer. It is then determined that the operating voltage is an undesired voltage in a range of voltages between a predetermined... | 05/27/2003 |
