Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) device is provided, comprising: a circuit board; a plurality of light emitting diode packages arranged on the circuit board, an LED package comprising: a plurality of groups of red, green and blue (RGB) LEDs; and an infrared LED, the plurality of groups of RGB LEDs and the infrared LED being in a least a two-to-one ratio; and an electrical connector connected to LEDs of the plurality of LED packages, the electrical connector configured to communicate with an image providing device.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) device is provided, comprising: a circuit board; a plurality of LED packages arranged on the circuit board, an LED package comprising: a pair of red LEDs arranged adjacent to one another, the pair of red LEDs configured to emit respective red light at respective different red wavelengths; a pair of green LEDs arranged adjacent to one another, the pair of green LEDs configured to emit respective green light at respective different green wavelengths; a pair of blue LEDs arranged adjacent to one another, the pair of blue LEDs configured to emit respective blue light at respective different blue wavelengths. The LED device further comprises an integrated circuit (IC) configured to independently control the pair of red LEDs, the pair of green LEDs and the pair of blue LEDs; and an electrical connector connected to respective integrated circuits of the plurality of LED packages.

Abstract: Synthetic chord devices and methods for using the same for connecting tissues are provided. Aspects of the synthetic chord device include a flexible cord having an attachment element at both a first and a second end, wherein each attachment element includes a piercing member coupled to a securing member that attaches the flexible cord to a first tissue. At least a portion of the flexible cord can be configured to be secured to a second tissue. Aspects of the invention also include sets of the synthetic chord device with pre-measured flexible cords. The devices and methods of the invention find use in a variety of applications, such as in applications in which it is desired to repair a heart valve.

Abstract: One problem recognized by the present inventors is that even in highly successful companies, such as those in the Thomson corporate family, information and solutions provided by one business unit are not readily combined or integrated with those provided by other business units. Accordingly, the present inventors devised, among other things, a computerized implementation of a federated business model and architecture for the creation of integrated information solutions from content sets and service offerings provided by multiple business units. The exemplary system includes a catalog module that facilitates identification of informational assets, such as products, services, and content, that are created by multiple business units; a collaborative infrastructure to facilitate aggregation or integration of two or more informational assets into a new informational asset; and a settlement module for handling one or more financial and accounting aspects of the asset integration.

Abstract: A method of setting or adjusting a cardiac pacemaker in a patient diagnosed with cardiac asynchrony, which method comprises the steps of: i) implanting cardiac pacing wires into at least the right ventricle and the left ventricle of the heart of the patient, ii) continuously monitoring and recording the cardiac output, nominal stroke volume and/or arterial pressure of the patient on a beat-by-beat basis, iii) continuously monitoring and recording the respiratory cycle of the patient, and iv) adjusting the conduction delay between the electronic impulses to the cardiac pacing wires until a synchronization of respiratory changes with changes in the cardiac output, stroke volume or arterial pressure of the patient is obtained.