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  • Mounting assembly for a stent and a method of using the same to coat a stent
    Patent number: 8007856
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for a stent and a method of coating a stent using the assembly are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed F. A. Hossainy, Charles Snyder, Anh Tran, Arthur J. Wen
  • Apparatus for analysing and organizing artifacts in a software application
    Patent number: 8010946
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention provide a method comprising: generating a user interface to allow a user to make an input relating to a first component of an application; and if the input is related to an artifact, then presenting selected information about the artifact to the user. In another embodiment, invention provides a method comprising: collecting information about artifacts referenced by a statement in a first component of an application; and outputting run-time data for each artifact referenced by the statement to facilitate debugging of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Essam Zaky, Sami Ben-Romdhane
  • Method for coating implantable medical devices
    Patent number: 8007855
    Abstract: A method of coating an implantable medical device is disclosed, the method includes applying a composition onto the device and drying the composition at elevated temperature in an environment having increased relative humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Pacetti
  • Medicated porous metal prosthesis
    Patent number: 8007529
    Abstract: A porous prosthesis for delivering a medication to the site of implantation. The prosthesis, such as a stent, includes a first porous region and a second porous region and is at least partially formed from a molybdenum-rhenium alloy. The porous regions can have different porosity. A stent includes first, second and third porous region, the first porous region being between the second and third porous regions, and a therapeutic agent is disposed in the first porous region. A stent can also include a solid core and inner and outer porous layers surrounding the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: John Y. Yan
  • Fixture for mechanical analysis of a hollow tube
    Patent number: 8006568
    Abstract: A test fixture for use with a Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) restrains a hollow cylindrical tube for purposes of performing either a tensile or transverse/bending load test. The fixture includes a clamp that is configured to restrain the tube without imparting a preload or changing a mechanical property of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Halderman, James Oberhauser, Yunbing Wang
  • Vehicle power supply device
    Patent number: 8008801
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply device which prevents a lack of power supply to the motor and insufficient recovery of regenerative electric power of the motor at the time of switching between power running and regeneration. First input-output sections (3a, 3b) of a first DC-DC converter (3) are connected to second input-output sections (4d, 4e) of a PDU (4), second input-output sections (3c, 3d) of the first DC-DC converter (3) are connected to a fuel cell (1) and a capacitor (2), first input-output sections (20a, 20b) of a second DC-DC converter (20) are connected to second input-output sections (4d, 4e) of the PDU (4), and second input-output sections (20c, 20d) of the second DC-DC converter (20) are connected to a lithium-ion battery (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujino, Minoru Noguchi, Eisuke Komazawa, Mitsuaki Hirakawa
  • Optimized multi-mode DFT implementation
    Patent number: 8010588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for implementing a discrete Fourier transformation (DFT) of a predetermined vector size, wherein at least one enhanced DFT module is provided by using at least one type of DFT module including multiplication by first and second types of twiddle factors in respective different multiplication stages separated by an intermediate integration stage, and generating the enhanced DFT module by combining the at least one type of DFT module with a recursive stage configured to multiply by a third type of twiddle factor and to selectively switch between a bypass function and a butterfly function in said recursive stage. Thereby, an implementation of non 2x-radix Fourier transformation can be achieved with moderate hardware complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhuan Xu, Ludwig Schwoerer
  • Polymers containing poly(hydroxyalkanoates) and agents for use with medical articles and methods of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 8007775
    Abstract: Polymers containing poly(hydroxyalkanoates) and agents for use with medical articles and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. The medical article generally comprises an implantable substrate having a coating, and the coating contains a poly(hydroxyalkanoate).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed F.A. Hossainy, Stephen D. Pacetti
  • System and method for dynamic frequency allocation for packet switched services
    Patent number: 8005046
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program for dynamic frequency allocation for packet switched services in which radio channels used for packet switched services may be dynamically allocated to meet quality of service (QoS) requirements utilizing a dynamic frequency and channel allocation system. The achievable throughput is estimated in the available channels. Further, the user or application is able to specify the level of service desired and the system, method and computer program will select a channel assignment to meet the desired level of service. When the channels to be assigned have been selected, the system, method and computer program will evaluate if the new channel assignment will cause excessive interference to any other ongoing connection. In such case the ongoing connection will be re-assigned to another suitable radio channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Matti Salmenkaita, Jose Gimenez, Pablo Tapia Moreno
  • Biologically absorbable coatings for implantable devices and methods for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 8003123
    Abstract: Coatings for an implantable medical device and a method of fabricating thereof are disclosed, the coatings comprising a biologically degradable, biologically erodable, and/or biologically resorbable ABA or AB block copolymer. A biologically active agent can be conjugated to the block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Syed F. A. Hossainy, Eugene T. Michal, Yiwen Tang
  • System and method for coating a stent
    Patent number: 8003157
    Abstract: A system for coating a stent includes a device for weighing a stent, a device for aligning the stent with a stent support, a device for coating the stent, a device for drying the stent, and a device for inspecting the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignees: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony S. Andreacchi, Yung-Ming Chen, Arnoldo M. Currlin, Antonio Garcia, Jason Van Sciver, Bryan D. Glenn
  • System and method of loading and detecting beneficial agent on a prosthesis
    Patent number: 8001926
    Abstract: An interventional device for delivery of beneficial agent to a lumen and methods of loading and manufacture of the same, which include a prosthesis loaded with beneficial agent to provide a controlled dosage concentration of beneficial agent to the lumen. The beneficial agent is loaded onto the prosthesis by a fluid-dispenser having a dispensing element capable of dispensing the beneficial agent in discrete droplets, each droplet having a controlled trajectory. The method of loading beneficial agent includes dispensing beneficial agent in a raster format and/or an off-axis format along a dispensing path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Donald Verlee, Peter Tarcha, Keith Cromack, Richard Quint
  • RLC/MAC protocol
    Patent number: 8005040
    Abstract: In the LAPDm a short message service is implemented by pre-emption of every second signalling message when there is a short message to be sent. Same pre-emption mechanism is also needed when the RLC/MAC protocol is used on the data link layer instead of the LAPDm. The mechanism is provided by defining at least two different identities to be used with frames transmitted on the signalling channel; and pre-empting frames on the MAC at least on the basis of the identity relating to a frame. The identities are preferably identified on the basis of the signalling radio bearer of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Benoist Sébire, Raino Lintulampi, Guillaume Sébire
  • Rotary pump with hydrodynamically suspended impeller
    Patent number: 8002518
    Abstract: A pump assembly adapted for continuous flow pumping of blood. In a particular form the pump is a centrifugal pump wherein the impeller is entirely sealed within the pump housing and is hydrodynamically suspended therein as the impeller rotates within the fluid urged by electromagnetic means external to the pump cavity. Hydrodynamic suspension is assisted by the impeller having deformities therein such as blades with surfaces tapered from the leading edges to the trailing edges of bottom and top edges thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Thoratec Corporation
    Inventors: John Campbell Woodard, Peter Andrew Watterson, Geoffrey Douglas Tansley
  • Stents with high radial strength and methods of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 8002817
    Abstract: Polymeric stents having fracture toughness and resistance to recoil after deployment are disclosed along with methods of manufacturing such stents. Improvements to mechanical characteristics and other improvements may be achieved by having polymer chains within individual stent struts oriented in a direction that is closer to or in line with the axis of the individual stent struts. The desired orientation of polymer molecules may be achieved by one or any combination of extruding polymers into hollow tubes to induce axially oriented polymer chains, applying a tensile load to polymer tubes to induce axially oriented polymer chains, and radially expanding polymer tubes to induce circumferentially oriented polymer chains. Stent patterns include struts defining diamond shaped cells and/or W-shaped cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy A. Limon
  • Spray coating stents with fixed No. of layers
    Patent number: 8003158
    Abstract: Various embodiments of methods for coating stents are described herein. One method is directed to a stent spraying apparatus calibration procedure. Another method is directed to obtaining a batch of stents where each stent has the same number of layers of coatings, and the same total amount of coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Jow, Daniel A. Castro
  • System and method for control architecture
    Patent number: 8005871
    Abstract: A system to provide control architecture comprises a control, a client and a client container. The control can hold client-side resources for an appropriate resource scope to achieve optimal performance and utilization of resources, wherein access to the client-side resources is parameterized by metadata annotation declared on the control. The client is capable of at least one of the following via the control performing a plurality of operations to access and/or configure the plurality of properties of the resource; and retrieving data from the resource. In addition, the client container is capable of maintaining an accumulated list of controls that have acquired resources; and releasing resources at the end of appropriate resource scope. The definition of the resource scope can be delegated to the client container within which the control is executing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Marvin, David Read
  • Motorcycle frame configuration
    Patent number: 8002066
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a seat configured to support a rider, and an antilock braking modulator disposed downwardly of the seat. The antilock braking modulator is configured to control an antilock braking system (ABS). A first control valve is configured to distribute a braking force between a front wheel and a rear wheel. A second control valve is configured to introduce fuel vapors into an intake system. A first bracket is fixed on a vehicle body frame, and is mounted with the second control valve. A second bracket is supported on a side of the vehicle body frame and further supported by the first bracket and mounted with the antilock braking modulator and the first control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dai Harada
  • Electric motor, rotary actuator and rotary apparatus
    Patent number: 8004134
    Abstract: A rotary actuator including: a housing that rotatably supports thereinside a rotor shaft of an electric motor; an eccentric shaft portion that is provided on a protruding end portion of the rotor shaft that protrudes outside the housing; an external gear that is rotatably supported on the eccentric shaft portion via a bearing; an internal gear that is fixed to an outer surface of the housing and meshes with the external gear; and a transmitting portion that is provided on the external gear, and transmits rotation force to an external output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Hidefumi Abe, Hideki Sasaki, Toshiro Mayumi, Eishin Matsumoto
  • Organic electroluminescent device and the manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8002601
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device is disclosed. The device can include a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a partition wall next to the first electrode, an organic luminescence media layer including an organic luminous layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode which is on the organic luminescence media layer and facing the first electrodes, wherein the partition wall comprises a first partition wall and a second partition wall, the first partition wall covers a part of the first electrode, and the second partition wall is located on an inner side of the first partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiichi Kitazume