Abstract: The present invention provides an atherectomy catheter which has a cutting element that is able to cut both soft tissue and hard tissue, and methods of cutting material from a blood vessel lumen using a rotating cutting element. The cutting element has a sharp cutting edge that surrounds a cup-shaped surface and at least one surface of abrasive material. The cup-shaped surface directs the cut material into a tissue chamber. The cutting edge and the cup-shaped surface together are well suited to cut and remove relatively soft tissue from the blood vessel. The abrasive material surface in combination with the cutting element is well suited to abrade and remove hard material from the blood vessel.

Abstract: A catheter is provided, which includes a cutting element having one or more raised elements. The cutting element has a cup-shaped surface at the distal end that may be smooth and continuous except for the raised elements.

Abstract: The present invention provides an atherectomy catheter which has a cutting element that is able to cut both soft tissue and hard tissue, and methods of cutting material from a blood vessel lumen using a rotating cutting element. The cutting element has a sharp cutting edge that surrounds a cup-shaped surface and at least one surface of abrasive material. The cup-shaped surface directs the cut material into a tissue chamber. The cutting edge and the cup-shaped surface together are well suited to cut and remove relatively soft tissue from the blood vessel. The abrasive material surface in combination with the cutting element is well suited to abrade and remove hard material from the blood vessel.

Abstract: The present invention provides an atherectomy catheter which has a cutting element that is able to cut both soft tissue and hard tissue, and methods of cutting material from a blood vessel lumen using a rotating cutting element. The cutting element has a sharp cutting edge that surrounds a cup-shaped surface and at least one surface of abrasive material. The cup-shaped surface directs the cut material into a tissue chamber. The cutting edge and the cup-shaped surface together are well suited to cut and remove relatively soft tissue from the blood vessel. The abrasive material surface in combination with the cutting element is well suited to abrade and remove hard material from the blood vessel.

Abstract: A catheter is provided, which includes a cutting element having one or more raised elements. The cutting element has a cup-shaped surface at the distal end that may be smooth and continuous except for the raised elements.

Abstract: A catheter is provided, which includes a cutting element having one or more raised elements. The cutting element has a cup-shaped surface at the distal end that may be smooth and continuous except for the raised elements.

Abstract: A catheter is provided, which includes a cutting element having one or more raised elements. The cutting element has a cup-shaped surface at the distal end that may be smooth and continuous except for the raised elements.

Abstract: A catheter is provided, which includes a cutting element having one or more raised elements. The cutting element has a cup-shaped surface at the distal end that may be smooth and continuous except for the raised elements.

Abstract: The present invention provides an atherectomy catheter which has a cutting element that is able to cut both soft tissue and hard tissue, and methods of cutting material from a blood vessel lumen using a rotating cutting element. The cutting element has a sharp cutting edge that surrounds a cup-shaped surface and at least one surface of abrasive material. The cup-shaped surface directs the cut material into a tissue chamber. The cutting edge and the cup-shaped surface together are well suited to cut and remove relatively soft tissue from the blood vessel. The abrasive material surface in combination with the cutting element is well suited to abrade and remove hard material from the blood vessel.

Abstract: A catheter is provided, which includes a cutting element having one or more raised elements. The cutting element has a cup-shaped surface at the distal end that may be smooth and continuous except for the raised elements.

Abstract: A particle rendering method and system that can receive a selection of a shape and/or a motion of a particle or a selection or a correction of a predetermined particle pattern, and generate a particle corresponding to the selection thereby generating a particle that has the desired shape and motion. Furthermore, the method and system can render a large number of particles in real time by sorting a plurality of particles using a render group. The particle rendering system includes a receiving module to receive a selection on a shape or a motion of a particle, and a first particle generation unit to generate a first particle corresponding to the shape or the motion by calling information corresponding to the shape selection from a shape information module or information corresponding to the motion selection from a motion information module.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the extent of tissue ablation are disclosed. The method utilizes delivering energy from an energy deliver device to a plurality of deployed electrodes and regulating energy delivered to the electrodes based on the temperature sensed by at least one remote elongate sensor element. A control device may be used to supply energy to the electrodes, to produce tissue ablation that advances from individual-electrode ablation regions to fill a combined-electrode ablation volume. Information from the sensor element(s) is used for determining the extent of ablation in the regions of the sensor elements. The supply of energy to the electrodes can thus be regulated to control the level and extent of tissue ablation throughout the combined-electrode volume.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wood based flooring material having an upper surface and a backing surface, the wood based flooring material comprising one or more layers, wherein the backing surface has a coating of a thermoplastic composition, wherein the thermoplastic composition has a ratio elastic modulus G? to viscous modulus G?, G?/G?, of less than or equal to about 5 at 0.001 Hz and 25° C. The invention also relates to a method of producing the flooring material.

Abstract: A tissue ablation device and method for tissue ablation are described. The tissue ablation device comprises an energy source and an introducer coupled to the energy source, the introducer having a body, a proximal end, and a distal end. The introducer carries an electrode array that comprises a plurality of electrodes, each electrode of the plurality of electrodes is configured to extend from the body of the introducer when moved from a retracted state to a deployed state. The electrode array is designed to encircle a portion of a target tissue when the electrodes are extended into the deployed state and to form a relatively spherical shaped ablation pattern in a tissue volume surrounding the target tissue when energized by the energy source.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing Fe-based soft magnetic powder for a high-frequency application. The method includes the steps of manufacturing Fe-9Al-6Si alloy powder; deforming the Fe-9Al-6Si alloy powder into a flake-like form using a high energy ball mill, and heat-treating the flake-like Fe-9Al-6Si alloy powder to relieve stress and be re-crystallized to have a super fine grain size. 0.1˜5 weight percent of lubricant with respect to the alloy powder and balls of the high energy ball mill is added during the ball mill processing. A soft magnetic core made of the Fe-based powder is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device includes forming a first insulation layer having a storage node plug on a semiconductor substrate; forming an etch stop layer and a second insulation layer sequentially on the substrate having the first insulation layer; forming a hole exposing a portion of the storage node plug by selectively etching the second insulation layer by using the etch stop layer; recessing a portion of the storage node plug exposed by the hole; forming a barrier metal layer on a surface of the recessed storage node plug; forming a storage node electrode connected to the storage node plug through the barrier metal layer in the hole; and forming a dielectric layer and a metal layer for a plate electrode sequentially on the storage node electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device, which can secure wanted charging capacity and also improve leakage current characteristics. The method comprises the steps of: forming a storage electrode on a semiconductor substrate; forming a dielectric layer formed of Ti(1-x)TbxO on the storage electrode; and forming a plate electrode on the dielectric layer formed of Ti(1-x)TbxO.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device which can secure a desired leakage current characteristic while securing a desired charging capacitance. The inventive method of forming a capacitor of a semiconductor device comprises steps of: forming a bottom electrode on a semiconductor substrate with a storage node contact so that the bottom electrode is connected with the storage node contact; plasma-nitrifying the bottom electrode to form a first nitrification film on the surface of the bottom electrode; forming a La2O3 dielectric film on the bottom electrode including the first nitrification film; plasma-nitrifying the La2O3 dielectric film to form a second nitrification film on the surface of the La2O3 dielectric film; and forming a top electrode on the La2O3 dielectric film including the second nitrification film.

Abstract: A capacitor in a semiconductor device having a dual dielectric film structure and a fabrication method therefor are disclosed. The capacitor comprises: a lower electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate, a dielectric film of a dual dielectric film structure composed of an Si3N4 chloride-free thin film and a Ta2O5 thin film, which is formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the dielectric film. Meanwhile, the method for fabricating the capacitor comprises the steps of: forming a lower electrode on a semiconductor substrate, forming a dielectric film of a dual dielectric film structure composed of an Si3N4 thin film and a Ta2O5 thin film on the lower electrode, and forming an upper electrode on the dielectric film.

Abstract: An ablation apparatus includes an introducer with a distal end sufficiently sharp to penetrate tissue. An energy delivery device is configured to be coupled to an energy source. The energy delivery device includes a first electrode and a second electrode each with a tissue piercing distal portion. The first and second electrodes are at least partially positionable in the introducer and deployable from the introducer at a selected tissue site to an expanded state. In the expanded state the deployed first and second electrodes distend laterally away from the introducer with a radius of curvature to form a shaped array of deployed electrodes at the tissue site when positioned at the selected tissue site. The first electrode distal portion and the second electrode distal portion are each at least partially made of a shaped memory alloy material that displays stress induced martensite behavior above body temperature. A cable couples the energy source to the energy delivery device.