Abstract: Disclosed are a remote pressure-monitoring device and a preparing method thereof. The device comprises a metal electrode on a glass substrate, a capacitive sensor made of a silicon diaphragm, and an electroplated inductor electrically connected, in parallel, with the sensor. The glass substrate and the silicon are electrically bonded to form an LC resonator. For the fabrication of the device, first, a metal electrode which plays a role as a lower electrode for a capacitive pressure sensor is deposited on the glass substrate with the same coefficient of thermal expansion as that of silicon. An inductor is formed at a thickness by copper electroplating, surrounding the metal electrode at a predetermined distance. A silicon substrate is anisotropically etched to form a space for enveloping the metal electrode at a central area and to form a groove around the space.

Abstract: Multicomponent superabsorbent gel particles are disclosed. The multicomponent particles comprise at least one acidic water-absorbing resin and at least one basic water-absorbing resin. Each particle contains about 20% to about 40%, by weight, of the basic resin, based on the total weight of the acidic resin and basic resin present in the particle. Blends of multicomponent superabsorbent gel particles with particles of a second water-absorbing resin also are disclosed. Improved diaper cores containing particles of the multicomponent superabsorbent gel particles also are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a blank intended to constitute a shaped element in an absorbent product, such as a sanitary towel, an incontinence pad or a panty liner, which blank is made from a rigid material and initially has a plane and essentially elongate shape with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, two short sides and two long sides, two end portions and a central portion, one end portion being wider than the central portion and having a width which increases towards the short side of the blank and the other end portion having a cutout.

Abstract: The present invention comprises electrosurgical apparatus and methods for maintaining patency in body passages subject to occlusion by invasive tissue growth. The apparatus includes an electrode support disposed at a shaft distal end having at least one active electrode arranged thereon, and at least one return electrode proximal to the at least one active electrode. In one embodiment, a plurality of active electrodes each comprising a curved wire loop portion are sealed within a distal portion of the electrode support. The apparatus and methods of the present invention may be used to open and maintain patency in virtually any hollow body passage which may be subject to occlusion by invasive cellular growth or invasive solid tumor growth. Suitable hollow body passages include ducts, orifices, lumens, and the like, with exemplary body passages including the coronary arteries.

Abstract: Baskets with atraumatic distal tips allow the capture of material from difficult-to-reach areas of the body, while reducing the risk of tissue damage.

Abstract: Wound closure methods and apparatus are provided which utilize blood fluid by activating the clotting cascade of the blood fluid outside the body within a substantially enclosed sterile container then introducing the blood fluid to the wound site to complete clotting. Methods and apparatus for providing ways of inhibiting anticoagulants and slowing fibrin clot degradation are also disclosed. Kits for practicing the invention singularly or in combination with and/or associated with preferred procedures are also disclosed.

Abstract: A stent having marker tabs formed from a micro-alloyed combination of materials provides for more precise placement and post-procedural visualization in a vessel, by increasing the radiopacity of the stent under X-ray fluoroscopy. A unique micro-alloying process is utilized to form the tabs, comprising a first alloy and a second alloy, wherein one of these alloys is radiopaque. This substantially eliminates the possibility of galvanic action between the tab and the stent. This process is also applicable to other medical devices.

Abstract: A control method for controlling operation of an object used by a user in an environment includes the steps of: defining pseudo-emotions of the object for deciding output of the object, in relation to the user's state; formulating emotion generation algorithms to establish the relationship between the user's state and the pseudo-emotions; formulating behavior decision algorithms to establish the relationship between input, including the pseudo-emotions, and the behavior of the object; detecting the user's state; generating a pseudo-emotion of the object based on the user's state using the emotion generation algorithms; making the object behave based on the user's state and the pseudo-emotion using the behavior decision algorithms; evaluating reaction of the user in response to the behavior of the object; and if the reaction of the user does not match the pseudo-emotion of the object in the emotion generation algorithms, adjusting at least either of the emotion generation algorithms or the behavior decision al

Abstract: A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location. A computer is mounted within the housing and executes an open platform, multi-tasking operating system. The computer runs multiple applications on the operating system, including both vehicle-related applications (e.g., vehicle security application, vehicle diagnostics application, communications application, etc.) and non-vehicle-related applications (e.g., entertainment application, word processing, etc.). The applications may be supplied by the vehicle manufacturer and/or by the vehicle user.

Abstract: In the novel speech coding method and device, speech signals are coded by a combination of speech parameters and excitation signals. The speech parameters or excitation signals are described with vectors. The vectors are formed by superposing at least two tracks, wherein at least one track has at least two vector elements different from zero. The algebraic signs of the vector elements that differ from zero are coded independently of one another and independently of the positions of the vector elements that differ from zero.

Abstract: Payments in cash are submitted to a merchant at a point of sale. The payment transaction is effected electronically to credit the end user's intermediary account. Subsequent electronic communications between the intermediary account and a vendor site effect payment to the vendor for goods or services on behalf of the end user. This system leverages the existing credit card payment system in reverse so as to provide the convenience of submitting cash payments at a multitude of merchant locations.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a static random access memory cell having a reduced cell size and method of manufacturing the same. According to the invention, the SRAM cell includes: a word line and a bit line; an access device connected to the word and bit lines, wherein in case that the word line is selected, the access device outputs data inputted from the bit line; a pull-up device connected to the access device as well as to a predetermined power voltage, wherein the pull-up device operates in pull-up manner according to the data inputted from the access device; and a pull-down device connected to the access device and the pull-up device as well as to a ground, wherein the pull-down device operates in pull-down manner according to the data inputted from the access devices.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for receiving data from a synchronous random access memory. This method receives a stream of data along with a data clock signal from the synchronous random access memory. This stream of data is alternately clocked into a first memory register and a second memory register using the data clock signal. At the same time, data is alternately clocked from the first memory register into a first system register, and from the second memory register into a second system register using a slower-speed system clock. These data transfers are coordinated so that data transfers from the synchronous random access memory into the memory registers do not interfere with data transfers from the memory registers into the system registers. More specifically, the method ensures that the first memory register is loaded from the synchronous random access memory while the data is being transferred from the second memory register into the second system register.

Abstract: A disk array controller having a first interface unit to a host computer, a second interface unit to a plurality of disk drives, a cache memory unit for temporarily storing data to be transferred to and from the disk drives, and a selector unit provided between the first and second interface units and the cache memory unit, wherein a plurality of connection requests from the first and second interface units are queued to preferentially process a connection request for a vacant access port to the cache memory unit.

Abstract: A disk array controller having a first interface unit to a host computer, a second interface unit to a plurality of disk drives, a cache memory unit for temporarily storing data to be transferred to and from the disk drives, and a selector unit provided between the first and second interface units and the cache memory unit, wherein a plurality of connection requests from the first and second interface units are queued to preferentially process a connection request for a vacant access port to the cache memory unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for testing one or more semiconductor devices (e.g., packaged chips). Test equipment performs at least tests of a first type on the semiconductor device and identifies failures in the semiconductor device, if any. A number of failures is determined. In the case where there are some failures, decision circuitry determines whether it is more efficient to repeat the tests or repair the semiconductor device, if it is repairable.

Abstract: High speed memory access and transparent error detection and correction using a single error correcting means are obtained. A host computer writes (2N−1)th (odd-numbered) sector data in one of the first memory and second memory (e.g., constituted by one or more memories) and 2N-th (even-numbered) sector data in the other of the first and second memory. Accordingly, (2N−1)th sector data can be read out from one of the first memory and second memory to the host computer, and at the same time (i.e., simultaneously), 2N-th sector data (i.e., next sector data to be read by the host computer) can be read out from the other of the first memory and second memory and error detection and correction can be performed in the error correcting means. Also, during a next cycle, the 2N-th (even-numbered) sector data read out from one of the first memory and second memory can be outputted to the host computer, and at the same time (i.e.

Abstract: A method number deciding unit 143 sets method numbers for methods in each class into the base method number table so that each method number within one class is different. A method table generating unit 144 generates a method table for each method, the method table including a pointer that is an offset form a first position of an executable program to an area where information relating to the method is stored, and additionally writes the generated method table at the first position of the class file. A method call instruction converting unit 145 replaces, when an instruction “invokevirtual” exists in a class file, a constant pool entry number written in an operand of the instruction with a method number, and deletes a constant pool entry indicated by the constant pool entry number.