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US-8,166,457 Method and system for implementing a complete SAP system landscape on IBM System i
A method of implementing a complete SAP system landscape on IBM System i is provided. This method involves preselecting at least one value-added reseller (VAR)...
US-8,166,419 Apparatus and method for navigating amongst a plurality of symbols on a display device
A display device is provided for selecting a plurality of selectable symbols on an electronic display. The display device comprises an electronic display that...
US-8,166,357 Implementing logic security feature for disabling integrated circuit test ports ability to scanout data
A method and apparatus for implementing integrated circuit security features are provided to selectively disable testability features on an integrated circuit...
US-8,166,254 Hypervisor page fault processing in a shared memory partition data processing system
Hypervisor page fault processing logic is provided for a shared memory partition data processing system. The logic, responsive to an executing virtual processor...
US-8,166,208 Method and system for XML data transfer transactional coalescing
A system, method, and computer readable medium. A method includes setting a maximum translation delay. The method includes, while a current delay is less than...
US-8,166,099 Method and apparatus for associating network entities
A method and apparatus for associating network entities, such as devices and services have been disclosed. By utilizing context operational modifiers, such as...
US-8,166,077 Mapping a class, method, package, and/or pattern to a component
A program product, apparatuses, and methods provide for the collection of profile information for a component of a software program by generating a data...
US-8,166,011 System and method for electronically managing individual and business information
Systems and methods for electronically managing individual and business information. The systems and methods encompass three printing stages of pre-printing,...
US-8,165,989 Automated data model extension through data crawler approach
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for accessing data stored in multiple data sources. Such methods employ an automated software agent to maintain a...
US-8,165,922 Physical on demand testing with version support
A method for testing versions for remote manufacturing of software media from a network is described. An interface to a user is provided for creation of a...
US-8,165,840 Posture sensor automatic calibration
A system and method automatically calibrate a posture sensor, such as by detecting a walking state or a posture change. For example, a three-axis accelerometer...
US-8,165,786 System for particulate matter sensor signal processing
A system having a particulate matter sensor in an exhaust stream of an engine upstream from a particulate filter and another such sensor downstream from the...
US-8,165,692 Implantable pulse generator power management
Improved assemblies, systems, and methods provide an implantable pulse generator for prosthetic or therapeutic stimulation of muscles, nerves, or central...
US-8,165,683 Method and apparatus for detection of nervous system disorders
Systems and methods for detecting and/or treating nervous system disorders, such as seizures. Certain embodiments of the invention relate generally to...
US-8,165,681 Method for blocking activation of tissue or conduction of action potentials while other tissue is being...
A desired effect is produced by therapeutically activating tissue at a first site within a patient's body and a corresponding undesired side effect is reduced...
US-8,165,677 Method and apparatus of acoustic communication for implantable medical device
An implantable medical device includes an acoustic transducer for intra-body communication with another medical device via an acoustic couple. The acoustic...
US-8,165,671 Automatic therapy advisor
A method of automatically determining which type of treatment is most appropriate for (or the physiological state of) a patient. The method comprises...
US-8,165,662 Implantable tissue perfusion sensing system and method
A medical device for sensing cardiac events that includes a plurality of electrodes sensing cardiac signals utilized to identify a cardiac event, a plurality of...
US-8,165,658 Method and apparatus for positioning a guide relative to a base
A system for positioning a guide relative to an anatomy is provided. The system can include a base adapted to be coupled to the anatomy, and a guide that can...
US-8,165,656 Systems and methods for measuring pulse wave velocity with an intravascular device
The systems and methods described herein allow measurement of the velocity of a pulse wave propagating within a body lumen using an intravascular elongate...
US-8,165,377 System and method for determining a cardiac axis
An apparatus, system and method to determine a coordinate system of a heart includes an imager and a computer. The computer is programmed to acquire a first set...
US-8,164,444 Position detection
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, and systems for position detections of an individual. One method to detect a position of an...
US-8,164,375 Delay line synchronizer apparatus and method
A synchronizer system and method that can be used with a conventional adjustable delay circuit to preserve a pseudo-synchronous phase relationship between clock...
US-8,164,293 Method of controlling a motor
Embodiments of the invention provide methods of controlling a motor, such as a servo motor. One method can include monitoring a current temperature of the motor...
US-8,163,986 Maize variety inbred PHWNS
A novel maize variety designated PHWNS and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHWNS...
US-8,163,550 Enhancement of immune responses by 4-1BB-binding agents
This invention features methods of enhancing immune responses in mammalian subjects and in vitro methods of enhancing the response of a T cell. Also embodied by...
US-8,163,382 Glass ceramic self-supporting film and process for its production
A glass ceramic self-supporting film that includes silica (SiO.sub.2) matrix glass and fine crystalline zirconia (ZrO.sub.2) particles dispersed in the matrix...
US-8,163,327 Hydrophilic polymeric coatings for medical articles
The invention provides a durable, lubricious coating for a medical article that can be prepared from a first polymer that is synthetic, soluble in a polar...
US-8,163,323 Baking system and process with intermediate proofing
A method for preparing bread includes forming a dough billet and providing a frame including a sling of flexible cloth material secured between two cross...
US-8,163,275 Multi-lineage progenitor cells
Fetal blood multi-lineage progenitor cells that are capable of a wide spectrum of transdifferentiation are described.
US-8,163,056 Air cleaner having anti-rotational arrangement and methods
An air cleaner having a housing body and a removable cover and a filter element, in which the cover and the filter element rotationally interfere with each...
US-8,163,025 Disc prosthesis for cervical vertebrae
A disc prosthesis for vertebrae is provided. The disc prosthesis comprises a first plate, a first insert, a second plate, and a second insert. The first plate...
US-8,163,009 Annuloplasty ring holder
An annuloplasty ring holder including a head having an upper surface and an annuloplasty ring receiving surface facing opposite the upper surface. The...
US-8,162,979 Medical device and method to correct deformity
A system for correcting a spinal deformity includes an implant fixed to one side of a vertebra and a rod extending along an axis of the spine on a second side...
US-8,162,964 Split flexible tube biasing and directional atherectomy device and method
The invention provides a rotational atherectomy system, device and method having a flexible, elongated, rotatable catheter tube that is split into two elements,...
US-8,162,944 Completely resorbable connective tissue distraction devices and techniques
One aspect of the present invention is a connective tissue distraction device comprising: a first transmitting structure for transmitting force to a first...
US-8,162,938 Polypectomy snare having ability to actuate through tortuous path
This invention relates broadly to surgical instruments. More particularly, this invention relates to a surgical snare instrument for excising polyps....
US-8,162,936 Controlling coagulum formation
Some embodiments of a medical instrument can be configured to reduce the formation of coagulum by delivering a negative charge bias to conductive surfaces that...
US-8,162,934 Medical catheter assembly with deflection pull ring and distal tip interlock
A medical catheter assembly includes a deflectable catheter shaft, a distal tip with tip element and a mounting shaft, and a pull ring assembly, the distal tip...
US-8,162,921 Method and device for nasal irrigation and drug delivery
A method and device for nasal irrigation and drug delivery wherein fluid held in a canister is atomized via a compressed air supply to create particles sized...
US-8,162,888 Automated catheter length determination for implantable fluid delivery device
Examples disclosed herein include methods and systems for automatically estimating the length of an implantable catheter by measuring the pressure decay...
US-8,162,886 Intradermal injector
An injection device that comprises a chamber configured for containing a substance to be injected and a needle operatively associated with the chamber and...
US-8,162,878 Exhaust-pressure-operated balloon catheter system
An exhaust-pressure-operated balloon catheter system which is a cross stream thrombectomy catheter, such as, but not limited to, an Angiojet.RTM. catheter with...
US-8,162,874 Medical pump with fixed stroke length
A method comprises measuring a volume of fluid delivered per pump stroke for each of a plurality of substantially identical medical pumps. The substantially...
US-8,162,844 Managing preload reserve by tracking the ventricular operating point with heart sounds
A system and method for managing preload reserve and tracking the inotropic state of a patient's heart. The S1 heart sound is measured as a proxy for direct...
US-8,162,816 System for implanting an implant and method thereof
A system for implanting an implant and method thereof is disclosed. In general overview, the system includes an implant, an envelope enclosing the implant, a...
US-8,162,814 Methods and apparatus for correction of urinary and gynecological pathologies, including treatment of male...
The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for treatment of male incontinence and a method for female cystocele repair in which a sling material is...
US-8,162,643 Method and apparatus for growing nanotube forests, and generating nanotube structures therefrom
The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures...
US-8,162,542 Environment controlled cargo container
A cargo container includes a cargo box affixed atop a hollow base, with the base including forklift tunnels extending therethrough with elongate bays disposed...
US-8,162,356 Taper fitted conduits for molten polymer
A system for conveying fluids, particularly molten polymer in an extrusion melt train. The system has a first element having a first fluid passage. The first...
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