Abstract: A method and system for optimizing N dimensional volume data for transmission is disclosed. The device and method including organizing points based on XYZ location, into volumes, which are recursively divided by N into smaller volumes, where N is greater than 1, and decompressing each volume, by encoding a reference volume then encoding the remaining volumes as a distance from the reference cuboid or the most recently recorded cuboid.

Abstract: A method and system for optimizing N dimensional volume data for transmission is disclosed. The device and method including organizing points based on XYZ location, into volumes, which are recursively divided by N into smaller volumes, where N is greater than 1, and decompressing each volume, by encoding a reference volume then encoding the remaining volumes as a distance from the reference cuboid or the most recently recorded cuboid.

Abstract: A method and system for optimizing N dimensional volume data for transmission is disclosed. The device and method including organizing points based on XYZ location, into volumes, which are recursively divided by N into smaller volumes, where N is greater than 1, and decompressing each volume, by encoding a reference volume then encoding the remaining volumes as a distance from the reference cuboid or the most recently recorded cuboid.

Abstract: A method and system for optimizing N dimensional volume data for transmission is disclosed. The device and method including organizing points based on XYZ location, into volumes, which are recursively divided by N into smaller volumes, where N is greater than 1, and decompressing each volume, by encoding a reference volume then encoding the remaining volumes as a distance from the reference cuboid or the most recently recorded cuboid.

Abstract: Systems and/or methods where a file requires an associated token to be accessed (see DEFINITIONS section) by the software used to access the file and that the token effectively requires that: (i) a particular authorized copy (or subset of authorized copies) of the software is being used to access the file; and (ii) that the authorized software is being run on an authorized hardware set (for example, organizational server computer). In at least some preferred embodiments, the files are specifically vector file format data files (“vffdf's”). In at least some preferred embodiments: (i) the token associated with the file is called a public token; (ii) the authorized software copy includes a private token; (iii) the file is encrypted; and (iv) the public and private tokens must sufficiently correspond in order for the file to be decrypted and thereby accessed.

Abstract: A method for generating a personal health record for a patient includes: providing a plurality of medical claim objects that are stored in a first format, the medical claim objects including medical claim codes indicative of medical claim events; and translating the medical claim objects from the first format into a second format to generate personal health record data. The personal health record can also include patient or practitioner entered data. The personal health record is portable and may be owned by the patient. Access to the personal health record can be given by a patient to a practitioner to the extent desired. The portable personal health record is stored in standard codes so that medical information, advertisements, queries, and the like can be readily translated to various reader levels to facilitate clear communication at the reader's education level and language.

Abstract: The invention provides an improved surgical snare having an operating cable freely rotatable while the handle is maintained steady, having a rotating assembly mounted in the handle so that the axis of rotation of the assembly is essentially coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the handle and having a quick disconnect-connect means for attaching the operating cable to the rotating assembly without external clamping means.