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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090220710 | PROCESS OF MAKING A MICROTUBE AND MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FORMED THEREWITH A process for producing a micromachined tube (microtube) suitable for microfluidic devices. The process entails isotropically etching a surface of a first substrate to define therein a channel having an arcuate cross-sectional profile, and forming a substrate structure ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090182206 | WIRELESS DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PHYSIOLOGIC PARAMETERS A system for monitoring blood pressure and other physiologic parameters is provided. The system is designed such that it can be delivered to the patient with ease and minimal invasion. The system contains at least one self contained implantable sensing device consisting... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090145198 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSESSING A PROPERTY OF A FLOWING FLUID A fluid sensing system and method for sensing properties of a flowing fluid. The system and method entail a microfluidic device having a micromachined tube supported above a substrate, a tube passage within a freestanding portion of the tube, an inlet and outlet in flui... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090143696 | SENSOR UNIT AND PROCEDURE FOR MONITORING INTRACRANIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES An anchor for an implantable sensing device, a sensor unit formed by the anchor and sensing device, and a surgical procedure for implanting the sensor unit for monitoring a physiological parameter within a cavity of a living body, such as an intracranial physiological p... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090118779 | Modular System For A Wireless Implantable Device A modular platform for wireless implantable devices. The platform enables different functional units which either measure or affect a parameter of the patient's body to be interchanged. The modularity of the platform also enables the functional unit to be remote from th... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090105784 | MINIATURE WIRELESS SYSTEM FOR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION An implantable system and method for deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatments. The implantable system is sufficiently small and self-contained to enable implantation of the entire system within the brain, or optionally within the brain and the surrounding tissue. The sys... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090105557 | SYSTEM HAVING WIRELESS IMPLANTABLE SENSOR A system for monitoring a charge-based physiological parameter within an internal organ of a living body, and a sensor adapted to be implanted in the living body and an organ therein. The sensor includes sensing elements adapted to sense the charge-based physiological p... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090075129 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE A microfluidic device and sensing method that utilize a resonating tube configured to have sufficient sensitivity to be capable of sensing the volume of a gas present as bubbles in a liquid or the flow rate and/or density of a gas or gas mixture flowing through the tube... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090005656 | MINIMALLY-INVASIVE PROCEDURE FOR MONITORING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER WITHIN AN INTERNAL ORGAN A minimally-invasive surgical procedure for monitoring a physiological parameter within an internal organ of a living body. The procedure entails making a first incision in the body to enable access to the organ. An endoscopic instrument is then inserted through the fir... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080314161 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND MICROTUBE THEREFOR A microfluidic device for assessing properties of a fluid. The device utilizes a microtube capable of different vibration modes for promoting certain performance and/or structural aspects of the device. The microtube is supported by a base so as to be spaced apart from ... | 12/25/2008 |
