Patents Examined by Tuan T. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11640844Abstract: A method for detecting a writing error of a datum in memory includes: storing at least two parts of equal size of a binary word representative of said datum at the same address in at least two identical memory circuits, and comparing internal control signals of the two memory circuits to determine existence of the writing error.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SASInventors: Fabrice Romain, Mathieu Lisart
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Patent number: 11638615Abstract: An intelligent surgical tool control system, comprising a tool management system; an indicating means to indicate at least one surgical event; a communicable database for storing, for each item of interest, its identity, its present 3D position and at least one previous 3D position; and at least one processor to identify, from a surgical event, an output surgical procedure. The tool management system can comprise a maneuvering mechanism to maneuver a surgical tool in at least two dimensions; and a controller to control at least one of activation and deactivation of a surgical tool and articulation of a surgical tool. The indicating means can indicate a surgical event selected from movement of a moving element and presence of an item of interest, where movement is determinable if the current 3D position of the moving element is substantially different from a previous 3D position of the same.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Asensus Surgical US, Inc.Inventors: Tal Nir, Gal Atarot, Motti Frimer
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Patent number: 11638622Abstract: A medical system may comprise a display and a processor configured to determine an optimal position for an image capturing instrument to view working ends of a plurality of medical instruments when the plurality of medical instruments and the image capturing instrument are each extending out of a distal end of an entry guide. The processor may also be configured to cause the optimal position to be displayed on the display along with an image captured by the image capturing instrument of the working ends of the plurality of medical instruments.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Tabish Mustufa, Nicola Diolaiti, David Q. Larkin
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Patent number: 11633085Abstract: A charging device includes: a holder detachably connected to a connector of a camera head to which an endoscope is detachably connected; and a power supplier configured to supply power to a battery of the camera head held by the holder.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Masahiro Hagihara
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Patent number: 11636915Abstract: A memory component and a controller communicate commands and data with each other The commands to activate and then access data, and the data itself, are all communicated between a controller and the memory component at different times. The controller and memory component each calculate a respective error detecting code (EDC) values on the activate command information (e.g., bank address and row address) and store them indexed by the bank address. When the memory component is accessed, retrieved EDC values are combined with EDC values calculated from the access command information, and the data itself. The memory component transmits its combined EDC value to the controller for checking.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: John Eric Linstadt, Frederick A. Ware
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Patent number: 11631440Abstract: A sensing amplifier, coupled to at least one memory cell, includes an output terminal and a reference terminal, a multiplexer circuit, and a plurality of reference cells having equal value. An output terminal of the multiplexer circuit is coupled to the reference terminal of the sensing amplifier. Each of the reference cell is coupled to each input node of the multiplexer circuit. The multiplexer circuit is controlled by a control signal to select one of the reference cells as a selected reference cell to couple to the reference terminal of the sensing amplifier when each read operation to the at least one memory cell is performed. The plurality of reference cells are selected sequentially and repeatedly, and the one of the reference cells is selected for one read operation to the at least one memory cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Noguchi, Ku-Feng Lin, Yih Wang
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Patent number: 11627870Abstract: Fluorescent imaging systems for performing an endoscopic procedure, such as a retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure may include a first light source for emitting light in the visible spectrum, or light in the near infrared (NIR) spectrum, or both. A light source bandpass filter may block the emitted light in the visible spectrum, or in the NIR spectrum, or both. A first sensor may be capable of detecting the light in the visible spectrum, or the light in the NIR spectrum, or both. A sensor bandpass filter may block the detected light in the visible spectrum, or in the NIR spectrum, or both. The first or a second light source, or the first or a second sensor, or combinations thereof, may be removably disposed on a duodenoscope.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignees: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINEInventors: Jessica Powers, Jacob Caldwell, Sungmin R. Cho, Youseph Yazdi, Nicholas J. Durr, Pankaj J. Pasricha, Chad Weiler, Ashish Nimgaonkar
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Patent number: 11631456Abstract: An SRAM includes multiple memory cells, each memory cell includes a data storage unit; a data I/O control adapted to input data to, and output data from, a data line (BL); and multiple access controls respectively connected to at least two access control lines (WL's) and adapted to enable and disable the data input and output from the at least two WL's (WX and WY). The access controls are configured to permit data input only when both WL's are in their respective states that permit data input. A method of writing to a group of SRAM cells include sending a first write-enable signal to the cells via a first WL, sending a group of respective second write-enable signals to the respective cells, and, for each of the cells, preventing writing data to the cell if either of the first write-enable signal and respective second write enable signal is in a disable-state.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hidehiro Fujiwara, Yen-Huei Chen, Yi-Hsin Nien
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Patent number: 11626181Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, an error correction code (ECC) circuit, a fault address register, a scrubbing control circuit and a control logic circuit. The memory cell array includes memory cell rows. The scrubbing control circuit generates scrubbing addresses based on refresh operations performed on the memory cell array. The control logic circuit controls the ECC circuit such that the ECC circuit performs an error detection operation on a plurality of sub-pages in a first memory cell row to count a number of error occurrences, and determines whether to correct a codeword in which an error is detected based on the number of error occurrences. An uncorrected or corrected codeword is written back, and a row address of the first memory cell row may be stored in the fault address register as a row fault address based on the number of error occurrences.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Inventors: Kiheung Kim, Sanguhn Cha, Junhyung Kim, Sungchul Park, Hyojin Jung, Kyung-Soo Ha
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Patent number: 11626183Abstract: A storage system has a memory with a multi-level cell (MLC) block and a partially-bad single-level cell (SLC) block. The storage system repurposes the partially-bad SLC block as a non-volatile read cache for data stored in the MLC block (e.g., cold data that is read relatively frequently) to improve performance of host reads. Because the original version of the data is still stored in the MLC block, the original version of the data can be read if there is an error in the copy of the data stored in the partially-bad SLC block, thus avoiding the need for extensive error-correction handling to account for the poor reliability of the partially-bad SLC block.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kalpit Bordia, Gautam Dusija
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Patent number: 11621049Abstract: A system include multiple memory dice and a processing device coupled to the multiple memory dice. The processing device is to perform operations, including: reading temperature values from registers at multiple memory dice, wherein each temperature value is associated with a temperature at a respective die of the multiple memory dice; reading error-correcting code (ECC)-protected data from the multiple memory dice; determining whether an ECC check of the ECC-protected data results in detecting an error; in response to detecting the error from the ECC-protected data for a die of the multiple memory dice, performing a confirmation check that the error is a result of a defect in the die; and in response to the confirmation check confirming the die is defective, ignoring a temperature value from the die when determining whether to trigger a thermal-related operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Venkata Naga Lakshman Pasala, Wei Wang, Jiangli Zhu
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Patent number: 11615827Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a decision tree computation system in which a hardware accelerator for a decision tree is implemented in the form of an analog Content Addressable Memory (a-CAM) array. The hardware accelerator accesses a decision tree. The decision tree comprises of multiple paths and each path of the multiple paths includes a set of nodes. Each node of the decision tree is associated with a feature variable of multiple feature variables of the decision tree. The hardware accelerator combines multiple nodes among the set of nodes with a same feature variable into a combined single node. Wildcard values are replaced for feature variables not being evaluated in each path. Each combined single node associated with each feature variable is mapped to a corresponding column in the a-CAM array and the multiple paths of the decision tree to rows of the a-CAM array.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Catherine Graves, Can Li, Kivanc Ozonat, John Paul Strachan
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Patent number: 11611039Abstract: A memory includes: a first electrode comprising a top boundary and a sidewall; a resistive material layer, disposed above the first electrode, that comprises at least a first portion and a second portion coupled to a first end of the first portion, wherein the resistive material layer presents a variable resistance value; and a second electrode disposed above the resistive material layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsai-Hao Hung, Shih-Chi Kuo
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Patent number: 11607106Abstract: An endoscope (1) with a shaft (2), a grip (3) connected to the shaft (2) at a proximal end region of the shaft (2), and a viewing region (4) formed in a distal end region of the shaft (2) by optical elements. The shaft (2) has at least one proximity sensor (5), of which the measuring region lies at least outside the viewing region (4), preferably in such a way that the measuring region of the proximity sensor (5) covers at least the distance of the lateral region of the distal end region. The endoscope has an evaluation device (6) which is configured to generate a warning signal when a definable distance threshold value is undershot.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: SCHÖLLY FIBEROPTIC GMBHInventor: Ingo Doser
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Patent number: 11605440Abstract: According to one embodiment, a non-volatile memory includes a plurality of groups and a memory controller configured to execute a first operation. Each of the plurality of groups includes a plurality of cell units. Each of the plurality of cell units includes a plurality of memory cells. The first operation includes: based on a first correction amount associated with a target group, reading data from the target group; and updating the first correction amount to a second correction amount based on the data. The memory controller is configured to: select a first group as the target group; and when a condition is satisfied, select a second group as the target group after performing the first operation related to the first group.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Naomi Takeda, Masanobu Shirakawa
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Patent number: 11596296Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion portion provided with a controllable curved tube. The controllable curved tube includes a plurality of circular tube sections connected in series. A first C-shaped engaging portion is arranged at one end of each tube section. A first included angle is formed between the opening direction of the first C-shaped engaging portion and the axial direction of the tube section to which the first C-shaped engaging portion belongs. A first C-shaped notch is arranged around the outside of the first C-shaped engaging portion. The other end of the tube section is provided with a second C-shaped engaging portion that is engaged with the first C-shaped notch of another tube section. The inner side of the second C-shaped engaging portion is provided with a second C-shaped notch and a spherical protrusion which are engaged with a first C-shaped engaging portion of another tube section.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: ANQING MEDICAL CO., LTDInventors: Hang Yan, Wei Tang
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Patent number: 11596295Abstract: A video endoscope including: an elongated shaft having an inner shaft tube and an outer shaft tube; and an electrical connecting element extending in a longitudinal direction of the shaft between the inner shaft tube and the outer shaft tube. Wherein the electrical connecting element is configured as a flexible printed circuit board with at least one conducting path which is routed substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft, and the electrical connecting element is routed at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft at at least one location of the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventors: Martin Wieters, Annika Goehring
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Patent number: 11600354Abstract: Disclosed is a system including a memory device having a plurality of physical cells and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations that include selecting, responsive to detecting a power event, a subset of a plurality of memory cells of the memory device, the memory device being characterized by auxiliary read metadata identifying one or more read offsets for each of the plurality of memory cells, the one or more read offsets representing corrections to read signals applied to the respective memory cell during a read operation. The operations further include performing one or more diagnostic read operations for each of the subset of the plurality of memory cells of the memory device and modifying the auxiliary read metadata by updating the one or more read offsets for at least some of the plurality of memory cells of the memory device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Michael Sheperek, Bruce A. Liikanen, Steven Michael Kientz
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Patent number: 11589733Abstract: The present invention relates to an intubation system comprising insertion unit to be connected to a bending section of a medical instrument comprising an inner elongated shaft structure being capable of torque transmission around its length axis and an outer elongated shaft structure surrounding the inner elongated shaft structure and having a continuous outer surface, and an orientation controller being attached to the inner elongated shaft, such that when the orientation controller rotates, the bending section turns around itself.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: G.I. VIEW LTD.Inventors: Avraham Sinay, Yuval Raz, Zohar Deli, Ziv Rozenker, Albert Sviridovski
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Patent number: 11589736Abstract: Integrated hysteroscopic treatment systems which includes an endoscopic viewing system, a fluid management system, a resecting device and a controller for operating all the systems.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Meditrina, Inc.Inventor: Csaba Truckai
