Abstract: An electrode lead includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a cuff body, with a front layer and a rear layer, affixed to the distal end of the lead body and a plurality of electrically conductive members located between the front and rear layers. Each of the electrically conductive member defines a front side, a rear side and an outer perimeter and may include a plurality of holes that extend from the front side to the rear side and that are located around the outer perimeter. The cuff body front layer includes a plurality of windows that are respectively aligned with and located inwardly of the outer perimeters of the electrically conductive members, and a plurality of window frames that extend from the windows to the outer perimeters of the electrically conductive members. The cuff body also includes a plurality of anchors that respectively extend through the electrically conductive member holes and connect the window frames to the cuff body rear layer.

Abstract: An electrode that includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a biologically compatible, elastic, electrically insulative helical cuff body configured to be disposed around a nerve, and a plurality of electrically conductive contacts carried by the helical cuff body that are spaced from one another.

Abstract: A speaker system is disclosed with user-selectable output modes including controlled directivity output modes (e.g. selectable monopole, dipole, or cardioid radiation patterns), that may be implemented with adjustable electronic delay of out-of-phase driver elements, and that provides for both even-orderharmonic distortion reduction and driver force cancellation in a compact assembly suitable for home or studio use.

Abstract: A method of forming a nerve cuff by combining a plurality of electrically conductive members with respective rear surfaces and grit blasted front surfaces with a nerve cuff body, which includes a respective plurality of windows, in such a manner that exposed portions of the grit blasted front surfaces are within the windows.

Abstract: An electrode that includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a biologically compatible, elastic, electrically insulative helical cuff body configured to be disposed around a nerve, and a plurality of electrically conductive contacts carried by the helical cuff body that are spaced from one another.

Abstract: An electrode that includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a biologically compatible, elastic, electrically insulative helical cuff body configured to be disposed around a nerve, and a plurality of electrically conductive contacts carried by the helical cuff body that are spaced from one another.

Abstract: An electrode that includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a biologically compatible, elastic, electrically insulative cuff body configured to be circumferentially disposed around a nerve, first and second relatively wide electrically conductive contacts carried by the cuff body that are spaced from one another in the length direction and that extend in the width direction to such an extent that they extend completely around the cuff body inner lumen when the cuff body is in the pre-set furled shape, and a plurality of relatively narrow electrically conductive contacts carried by the cuff body that are spaced from one another in the width direction and are located between the first and second relatively wide electrically conductive contacts.

Abstract: A speaker system is disclosed with user-selectable output modes including controlled directivity output modes (e.g. selectable monopole, dipole, or cardioid radiation patterns), that may be implemented with adjustable electronic delay of out-of-phase driver elements, and that provides for both even-orderharmonic distortion reduction and driver force cancellation in a compact assembly suitable for home or studio use.

Abstract: A speaker system is disclosed with user-selectable output modes including controlled directivity output modes (e.g. selectable monopole, dipole, or cardioid radiation patterns), that may be implemented with adjustable electronic delay of out-of-phase driver elements, and that provides for both even-orderharmonic distortion reduction and driver force cancellation in a compact assembly suitable for home or studio use.

Abstract: A speaker system is provided having a line array of drivers wired in parallel and treated with passive or active component systems that serve to electrically taper its effective radiating length with frequency so that it is long/tall at low frequencies and short at higher frequencies, with the effective length of the array determined so as to maintain a listener in the nearfield at typical home and studio listening distances while minimizing the destructive effects of path-length dependent high frequency comb filtering. In alternate embodiments, an array of drivers is provided and wired in series or series-parallel with passive components between the output of one driver and the input of the next. Schemes of active drive and combination schemes of active and passive drive are also contemplated.

Abstract: A system for applying a filtering scheme to an audio signal in which one or more predefined audio filtering schemes may be applied. A user interface is provided for receiving input from a user and displaying status information to the user, and may include one of a variety of adjustment controls such as a physical knob, switch, dial, slide, button, digital touchscreen, or remote control, among others. Varying linear and nonlinear filtering schemes may be provided to impact various frequency ranges in the audio signal to generate an output signal.

Abstract: A speaker system is disclosed with user-selectable output modes including controlled directivity output modes (e.g. selectable monopole, dipole, or cardioid radiation patterns), that may be implemented with adjustable electronic delay of out-of-phase driver elements, and that provides for both even-orderharmonic distortion reduction and driver force cancellation in a compact assembly suitable for home or studio use.

Abstract: A speaker system is provided having a line array of drivers wired in parallel and treated with passive or active component systems that serve to electrically taper its effective radiating length with frequency so that it is long/tall at low frequencies and short at higher frequencies, with the effective length of the array determined so as to maintain a listener in the nearfield at typical home and studio listening distances while minimizing the destructive effects of path-length dependent high frequency comb filtering. In alternate embodiments, an array of drivers is provided and wired in series or series-parallel with passive components between the output of one driver and the input of the next. Schemes of active drive and combination schemes of active and passive drive are also contemplated.

Abstract: Methods and structure for presenting and analyzing schedule data. One exemplary embodiment is a system that includes an interface and a controller. The controller is able to identify a schedule comprising multiple events occurring over a length of time, to select a cyclic period within the length of time, and to generate a representation of the length of time as a view of a three dimensional (3D) helix wherein each revolution of the 3D helix corresponds with an iteration of the cyclic period. The controller is also able to determine an event location for each of the events along a path defined by the 3D helix, and to direct the interface to transmit instructions for presenting the 3D helix and the event locations via a display.

Abstract: A system for applying a filtering scheme to an audio signal in which one or more predefined audio filtering schemes may be applied. A user interface is provided for receiving input from a user and displaying status information to the user, and may include one of a variety of adjustment controls such as a physical knob, switch, dial, slide, button, digital touchscreen, or remote control, among others. Varying linear and nonlinear filtering schemes may be provided to impact various frequency ranges in the audio signal to generate an output signal.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a drug pump includes a housing and, within the housing, an expandable drug reservoir at least part of which is exposed to a pressurized propellant. The propellant exerts a substantially constant pressure on the drug reservoir. A flow restrictor significantly limits outflow from the pump, and preferably has both a small diameter and a long path length, which acts to control the outflow from the drug reservoir. As a result, the pump produces a substantially constant outflow.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a vent arrangement integrated with a refill port disposed on the outer shell of an implantable drug-delivery device. The vent arrangement may utilize a tiered structure with two septums in a space-efficient configuration that facilitates both venting of pressure and refill of the drug reservoir.

Abstract: Methods and structure for presenting and analyzing schedule data. One exemplary embodiment is a system that includes an interface and a controller. The controller is able to identify a schedule comprising multiple events occurring over a length of time, to select a cyclic period within the length of time, and to generate a representation of the length of time as a view of a three dimensional (3D) helix wherein each revolution of the 3D helix corresponds with an iteration of the cyclic period. The controller is also able to determine an event location for each of the events along a path defined by the 3D helix, and to direct the interface to transmit instructions for presenting the 3D helix and the event locations via a display.

Abstract: Methods and structure for presenting and analyzing schedule data. One exemplary embodiment is a system that includes an interface and a controller. The controller is able to identify a schedule comprising multiple events occurring over a length of time, to select a cyclic period within the length of time, and to generate a representation of the length of time as a view of a three dimensional (3D) helix wherein each revolution of the 3D helix corresponds with an iteration of the cyclic period. The controller is also able to determine an event location for each of the events along a path defined by the 3D helix, and to direct the interface to transmit instructions for presenting the 3D helix and the event locations via a display.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for coordinating a fleet of vehicles that engage in medical transport. One embodiment is a system that includes a fleet control server that receives a request for medical transport of a patient, and that identifies a fleet of vehicles that provide medical transport. The system also includes crew devices at the vehicles that each report a position of a corresponding vehicle, and a reporting server. The fleet control server selects a vehicle in the fleet to perform medical transport of the patient based on the position of the vehicle in relation to other vehicles in the fleet, and determines an interested party that is distinct from the patient. The reporting server reports selection of the vehicle to the interested party, and transmits vehicle tracking data to the interested party in real time as the vehicle services the request.