Abstract: Devices and methods for delivering and placing a surgical sling without resorting to an abdominal incision are disclosed.

Abstract: Devices and methods for delivering and placing a surgical sling without resorting to an abdominal incision are disclosed.

Abstract: A clinical decision support system and methods are provided for the management of acute and chronic disorders.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards allowing ingestion of encrypted content into such as a VOD server, or PVR, or the like by selectively encrypting portions of a content stream based on various selection rules. In one embodiment, the selection rules include leaving selected portions of the content stream unencrypted, including packets that include a PES header; or video packets that include various trick play data such as picture start, GOP start, sequence start, sequence end data; PIDs associated with a PAT, PMT, or the like; while other portions of the content stream may be encrypted, including video and/or audio PIDs, or other video and/or audio portions. In still another embodiment, Entitlement Control Messages (ECMs) may be inserted that employ an encryption/decryption key rotation scheme, such as odd and/or even scrambling control bit structures, which may also be rotated based on a variety of conditions.

Abstract: A system and method is arranged to provide compression and decompression of digital content in a secure manner. The system is configured to authenticate a source of the digital content, and to further determine a consumer's entitlements and rights for access to the digital content. Based upon the determined entitlements and rights for access, the system is directed to decrypt, and decompress the digital content. In one embodiment, a component of the system is enabled to establish a trust relationship with at least one other component of the system, to minimize an opportunity for piracy of the digital content. In another embodiment, a secure clock is directed to provide protection against hackers that may employ an in-circuit emulator, or the like.

Abstract: Devices and methods for delivering and placing a surgical sling without resorting to an abdominal incision are disclosed.

Abstract: A chess-like game for use by two players and comprising a checkerboard having a checkered playing area with ranks and files of bilaterally alternating colored spaces. A set of chess pieces consisting of a subset of eight royalty figures for one of the players are initially positioned to form a royalty row along the rank at the edge of the playing area. The chess pieces further comprise a subset of eight pawn figures for the one player and are initially positioned on the playing area in the row adjacent the row occupied by the royalty figures to form a pawn row in front of the royalty row, as is conventional in the game of Chess. The set further comprises a subset of six horsemen-like figures which are representative of war, famine, plague, death, fire, and vanity, and each horsemen figure has the ability to move on the checkered playing area in a manner that symbolizes the attribute of the name which it bears.