Abstract: An endoluminal prosthesis comprises a tubular member having a proximal opening and a distal opening providing a lumen through which body fluids may flow. The tubular member is constructed of a graft material. The tubular graft is formed of a first material such as a woven fiber or other suitable material for conducting fluid, and sections of a second material configured to extend or contract to permit the tubular graft to flex or straighten to conform to the anatomy in which it is deployed.

Abstract: An aneurysmal sac arterial wall electrostimulation system (11) comprises an array of electrical leads (4 and 5) placeable in contact with a portion of the arterial wall (12) to be electrostimulated and a source (3) of electrostimulation attached to the array of electrical leads. The source provides periodic electrostimulus to at least one of the array of leads in accordance with a treatment program and at least one of the array of leads senses the contraction condition of the aneurysmal sac arterial wall (10) which is provided as a feedback loop input signal to the treatment program. Repeated electrostimulation of a vascular passage using the system (11) provides increased muscle tone or pseudo permanent contraction of such vascular passage.

Abstract: A stent-graft planning system is a web-based system that assists a physician in selecting and ordering the right stent-graft online in real-time. The stent-graft planning system includes a graphic user interface that provides a physician with a two-dimensional (2D) graphic model reflecting the individual vessel anatomy, e.g., aneurismal anatomy, and the selected stent graft in that anatomy. A data entry region in the graphic user interface is used in collecting each measurement. A stent-graft planning progress guide region of the graphic user interface tells a user the active step in the stent-graft-planning process. A navigation region of the graphic user interface includes features for navigating the stent-graft planning process.

Abstract: An endoluminal graft repair device includes a multi-lumen catheter with a balloon coupled to a distal end portion of the catheter. A portion of the outer surface of the balloon is designed and configured to define a repair cavity. A repair cavity lumen of the catheter is coupled to and in fluid communication with the repair cavity. The catheter and balloon are inserted into an artery system, advanced and positioned interluminally through percutaneous procedures so that the repair cavity is positioned to substantially align with the location of an endoluminal leak in an endoluminal graft used to treat aortic aneurysmal disease. The balloon is inflated by injecting an inflation fluid through an inflation lumen of the catheter into the balloon to fix the position of the repair cavity substantially adjacent the location of the endoluminal leak. A repair agent is conveyed to the repair cavity through the repair cavity lumen.

Abstract: A sheath introducer is inserted through the skin and into a body lumen, e.g., the femoral artery, for a medical procedure. Upon completion of the medical procedure, the sheath introducer is partially withdrawn from the body lumen so that at least one through-wall hole in a body region of the sheath introducer is positioned outside the body lumen, but under the skin. An opening in a distal end tip of the sheath introducer is sealed so that no blood is flowing into the sheath introducer the after sheath introducer is partially withdrawn. A surgical sealant is injected into the sheath introducer and flows out of the at least one through-wall hole and surrounds the access site. After injection of the surgical sealant, the sheath introducer is removed. The surgical sealant seals the puncture and minimizes any blood flow from the body lumen through the puncture.

Abstract: An interconnect structure includes a signal wire and an active shield line adjacent to, but removed from, the signal wire. The interconnect structure also includes another active shield line adjacent to, but removed from, the signal wire. A signal driver is connected to the signal wire. The signal driver drives a pulse on the signal wire. A shield driver is connected to the active shield line. The shield driver asserts a signal on the active shield line substantially simultaneous with the pulse. Another shield driver is connected to the another active shield line. The another shield driver asserts a signal on the another active shield line substantially simultaneous with the pulse. The effect of the simultaneous signals on the signal wire and the active shield lines is to effectively cancel the lateral capacitances between these lines.

Abstract: A method for supporting data streaming by a SCSI initiator includes receiving a data packet information unit in a Packetized SCSI Protocol Data In phase. The SCSI initiator also receives a signal in said Packetized SCSI Protocol Data In phase to indicate whether a header packet information unit or another data packet information unit is to be received next in said Packetized SCSI Protocol Data In phase.

Abstract: A SCSI selective options message delay expander includes a capability for monitoring messages transferred between a first port and a second port of the expander, for delaying a pre-selected message, for modifying the delayed pre-selected message, and for storing information obtained from the delayed pre-selected message. The ability to change messages allows the expander to be used with SCSI initiators and/or SCSI target devices that have SCSI characteristics different from the SCSI characteristics of the expander.

Abstract: A parallel SCSI host adapter includes a SCSI bus port and a host I/O bus port. The parallel SCSI host adapter takes a snapshot of state data for a first data channel coupling the SCSI bus port to the host I/O bus port following receipt of a complete Packetized SCSI protocol information unit having a context from the SCSI bus port. Following the snapshot, another Packetized SCSI protocol information unit for the same context is transferred over the first data channel. Since the snapshot requires substantially no time delay relative to a time delay associated with saving the state data in a hardware I/O command block for the context, latency between the information units for the same context is minimized in the parallel SCSI host adapter.

Abstract: A two-dimensional command block queue includes a plurality of command blocks in a first linked list. One of the command blocks in a string is included in the first linked list. The string is delimited by only a tail pointer stored in a tail pointer list. Following dequeuing the string for processing, a pointer to the one command block of the string that was in the common queue is included in a string head pointer list. The tail pointer to the string is not changed in the tail pointer list following dequeuing of the string. This allows any new SCBs to be appended to the end of the string, while the string is being processed. This allows streaming of new SCBs to an I/O device that had previously been selected and is still connected to the host adapter.

Abstract: A method for flow control by a SCSI system using a Packetized SCSI Protocol includes transferring a data packet information unit in a Packetized SCSI Protocol Data Out phase between a SCSI initiator and a SCSI target over a SCSI bus. The method also includes generating a signal on said SCSI bus by said SCSI target in said Packetized SCSI Protocol Data Out phase to indicate whether another data packet information unit is to be accepted in said Packetized SCSI Protocol Data Out phase by said SCSI Target.

Abstract: A method for identifying one file in a plurality of files facilitates a user rapidly selecting the file. In an input operation, at least one character that was input by a user is received. In a find file operation, the method compares an input character string that is, or that includes, the at least one character with each individual data file name of a plurality of data file names. The find file operation identifies individual data files names that include a character string that corresponds to, i.e., matches, the input character string. A send to display operation sends at least one of the identified individual data file names to a display unit, which in turn displays the sent information to the user, i.e., suggests an individual data file name to the user. If the user accepts the suggested individual data file name via one input order action forwarded, the selected file is processed as desired by the user.

Abstract: A method for data streaming by a SCSI system using a Packetized SCSI Protocol includes transferring a data packet information unit in a Packetized SCSI Protocol Data In phase between a SCSI target and a SCSI initiator over a SCSI bus. In this method, the SCSI target generates a signal on the SCSI bus in the Packetized SCSI Protocol Data In phase to indicate whether a header packet information unit or another data packet information unit is to be transmitted next in the Packetized SCSI Protocol Data In phase to the SCSI initiator.

Abstract: A two-dimensional hardware control block execution queue includes a plurality of initiator queues where each initiator queue includes at least one hardware control block. Each of the initiator queues is a queue of hardware command blocks, e.g., SCSI control blocks (SCBs) for a specific initiator device on the I/O bus. There is only one initiator queue for each initiator device. One head hardware control block, and only one head hardware control block of each initiator queue, is included in a common queue. Only a common queue head pointer is stored in a memory. An initiator command block tail pointer is stored in the head hardware control block for that initiator queue.

Abstract: A two-dimensional image contains a number of objects, which are represented in layers from front to rear, perpendicularly with respect to the two-dimensional image plane. Each object is defined by a polygon, which encloses a distinguishably represented area of the two-dimensional image. A method orders polygons in a plurality of polygons of a two-dimensional image in a sequence defined by layering of the polygons in the two-dimensional image. A first polygon in the sequence is a reference polygon. The method sequentially assigns each polygon in the sequence, starting with the reference polygon, to one of a plurality of layers so that within a given layer no polygon assigned to the given layer (i) overlaps with another polygon in the given layer, and (ii) is included within another polygon in the given layer.

Abstract: A single host adapter hardware I/O control block contains information used to specify a transfer of data from a first target device to a host system and in addition information that specifies whether the data is mirrored, and if so, identifies a second target device on which the data is to be read. After transferring the single hardware I/O control block to the host adapter integrated circuit, the host adapter integrated circuit determines whether the hardware I/O control block specifies a mirrored transaction. If a mirrored transaction is specified, the host adapter integrated circuit generates a second hardware I/O control block for the second target device using the information in the first hardware I/O control block. When the execution of both hardware I/O control blocks is complete, the host adapter integrated circuit provides a single completion notification to the host system.

Abstract: A method for data streaming by a SCSI target includes transmitting a data packet information unit in a Packetized SCSI Protocol Data In phase. The SCSI target also generates a signal during the Packetized SCSI Protocol Data In phase to indicate whether a header packet information unit or another data packet information unit is to be transmitted next in the Packetized SCSI Protocol Data In phase.

Abstract: A single host adapter hardware I/O control block contains information used to specify a transfer of data from a host system to a first target device and in addition information that specifies whether the data is to be mirrored, and if so, optionally identifies a second target device on which the data is to be mirrored. After transferring the single hardware I/O control block to the host adapter integrated circuit, the host adapter integrated circuit determines whether the hardware I/O control block specifies a mirrored transaction. If a mirrored transaction is specified, the host adapter integrated circuit generates a second hardware I/O control block for the second target device using the information in the first hardware I/O control block. When the execution of both hardware I/O control blocks is complete, the host adapter integrated circuit provides a single completion notification to the host system.

Abstract: A computer-based method for improved automatic formatting of a document provides easier accepting and rejecting of formatting actions made by the automatic formatting method. In particular, the user inputs a document, or any part of a document, into a computer system. For each document portion that the user wants formatted in a particular way, the user delimits that portion of the document with a unique format identification feature that corresponds to a format rule. When the user initiates the computer-based automatic formatting method, the method identifies each document portion in the document delimited by at least one format identification feature, and applies to that document portion a format rule corresponding to the at least one format identification feature. The method displays an indicium of the format rule together with the document portion thereby displaying the format rule and the document portion together. The method then receives a user input accepting or rejecting the displayed format rule.

Abstract: A two-dimensional hardware control block execution queue facilitates multiple command delivery to a single target device over an I/O bus, such as a SCSI bus. The two-dimensional hardware control block execution queue includes a plurality of target queues where each target queue includes at least one hardware control block. Each of target queues is a queue of hardware command blocks, e.g., SCSI control blocks (SCBs) for a specific target device on the I/O bus. There is only one target queue for each target device. One head hardware control block, and only one head hardware control block of each target queue, is included in a common queue. When a selection is made by a host adapter for a target device based upon a hardware control block addressed by a head pointer to the common queue, all hardware control blocks in the target queue within the two-dimensional hardware control block queue, which are accepted by the target device, are transferred to the target device.