Abstract: A delivery system for delivery of a medical device, the delivery system having an inner member having a proximal section, a distal section and a longitudinal axis therebetween, and an outer member disposed about the inner member, wherein the distal section of the inner member includes at least two wires wound about the inner member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a general-purpose analogical reasoning system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a high-performance, semantic-based hybrid architecture for analogical reasoning, capable of finding correspondences between a novel situation and a known situation using relational symmetries, object similarities, or a combination of the two. The system is a high-performance symbolic connectionist model which multiplexes activation across a non-temporal dimension and uses controlled activation flow based on an analogical network structure. The system uses incremental inference to stop inference early for object correspondence, uses initial mappings to constrain future mappings, uses inferred mappings to synchronize activation, and independent mapping based on roles, superficial similarity, or composites.

Abstract: A stent mandrel fixture for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided. A method supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is also provided.

Abstract: A stent mandrel fixture for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided. A method supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is also provided.

Abstract: A stent mandrel fixture for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided. A method supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and system that facilitates the production of personalized movies. The invention enables the repeated and high-volume generation of unique, customized multi-media (e.g., movies) from a collection of stock media. A production method for creating personalized movies comprises the steps of receiving user-provided media, receiving parameters which define how the user wants the movies to be personalized, and integrating the user-provided media into predefined spatial and temporal portions of stock media utilizing a compositing algorithm to form a composited movie. In addition, the method may also include the step of comparing and rescheduling production tasks along relevant dimensions utilizing an optimization algorithm in accordance with received parameters.

Abstract: An improved expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as an artery, and an improved method for making it from a single length of tubing. The stent consists of a plurality of radially expandable cut cylindrical elements generally aligned on a common axis and interconnected by one or more interconnective elements, the elements having a rectangular cross-section from cut-to-cut. The individual radially expandable cylindrical elements are disposed in an undulating pattern. The stent is manufactured by direct laser cutting from a single metal tube using a finely focused laser beam originating from a diode pumped fiber laser with an external pulse generator and passing through a coaxial gas jet structure to impinge on the working surface of the tube as the linear and rotary velocity of the tube is precisely controlled. To optimize the cut, the laser parameters may be adjusted and/or the laser pulse may be shaped.

Abstract: A stent mandrel fixture for supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is provided. A method supporting a stent during the application of a coating substance is also provided.

Abstract: An improved expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as an artery, and an improved method for making it from a single length of tubing. The stent consists of a plurality of radially expandable cut cylindrical elements generally aligned on a common axis and interconnected by one or more interconnective elements, the elements having a rectangular cross-section from cut-to-cut. The individual radially expandable cylindrical elements are disposed in an undulating pattern. The stent is manufactured by direct laser cutting from a single metal tube using a finely focused laser beam originating from a diode pumped fiber laser with an external pulse generator and passing through a coaxial gas jet structure to impinge on the working surface of the tube as the linear and rotary velocity of the tube is precisely controlled. To optimize the cut, the laser parameters may be adjusted and/or the laser pulse may be shaped.

Abstract: A method for transforming a map based on associated geospatial data. A map is segmented into logical segments representing map-based entities. The geospatial data is then associated with the logical segments. The logical segments are scaled based upon the associated data. The logical segments are then repositioned to avoid overlapping other logical segments and a new map display based on the scaled and repositioned logical segments is provided.

Abstract: An interactive multimedia selection guide is provided. The guide includes a computer system having a processor, a memory, an input for receiving user input, an input for receiving programs from a program database, and an output for sending display information to a visual display. The interactive guide navigates through a graph structure of multimedia program/channel sources in the program database. The graph structure includes a plurality of nodes representing multimedia and contextual information. Programs and channels as well as groups of programs and channels are represented as nodes in the graph, and as icons or native format representations on a display device. Navigation through the graph structure is performed by allowing the user to affect panning of the visual display, zooming-in of a desired portion of the visual display, zooming-out of a desired portion of the visual display, selection of a node represented by an icon, and retracing.

Abstract: An improved expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as an artery, and an improved method for making it from a single length of tubing. The stent consists of a plurality of radially expandable cut cylindrical elements generally aligned on a common axis and interconnected by one or more interconnective elements, the elements having a rectangular cross-section from cut-to-cut. The individual radially expandable cylindrical elements are disposed in an undulating pattern. The stent is manufactured by direct laser cutting from a single metal tube using a finely focused laser beam originating from a diode pumped fiber laser with an external pulse generator and passing through a coaxial gas jet structure to impinge on the working surface of the tube as the linear and rotary velocity of the tube is precisely controlled. To optimize the cut, the laser parameters may be adjusted and/or the laser pulse may be shaped.

Abstract: A method for transforming a map based on associated geospatial data. A map is segmented into logical segments representing map-based entities. The geospatial data is then associated with the logical segments. The logical segments are scaled based upon the associated data. The logical segments are then repositioned to avoid overlapping other logical segments and a new map display based on the scaled and repositioned logical segments is provided.