Abstract: Methods and systems for providing electrical stimulation to a patient's spinal cord using electrode leads implanted in the patient's spinal column are described. Embodiments involve cycling between durations during which stimulation is actively applied and durations when no stimulation is applied. The stimulation can be configured such that pain relief washes in during the active stimulation duration and continues for some part of the duration when no stimulation is being applied. Eventually the pain relief may wash out. The washout time may be modeled, so that stimulation may be resumed before the pain relief washes out. The stimulation may be below the patient's perception threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for performing data search queries for descriptive semantics extracted from item reviews. Search queries that resulted in a selection of a browse node of an item taxonomy are identified and various items associated with the browse node are determined. Customer reviews for the various items are used to phrases used in the customer reviews that also appear in the search queries. The phrases may be ranked based at least in part on a polarity metric that describes a subjectivity, sentiment, and/or coverage of the phrase. Phrases with a rank exceeding a predefined threshold may be made available for use by a search component of a network site.

Abstract: An active implantable medical device (AIMD) for use with a medical lead carrying at least one lead electrode. The AIMD comprises interior electronic circuitry configured for performing a medical function via the medical lead, an electrically conductive case containing the interior electronic circuitry, at least one electrical terminal configured for electrically coupling the electronic circuitry respectively to the lead electrode(s), and an inductive element coupled in series between the electrical terminal(s) and the case. The inductive element is configured for hindering the shunting of electrical current from the at least one electrical terminal to the case that has been induced by electromagnetic interference (EMI) impinging on the medical lead.

Abstract: An active implantable medical device (AIMD) for use with a medical lead carrying at least one lead electrode. The AIMD comprises interior electronic circuitry configured for performing a medical function via the medical lead, an electrically conductive case containing the interior electronic circuitry, at least one electrical terminal configured for electrically coupling the electronic circuitry respectively to the lead electrode(s), and an inductive element coupled in series between the electrical terminal(s) and the case. The inductive element is configured for hindering the shunting of electrical current from the at least one electrical terminal to the case that has been induced by electromagnetic interference (EMI) impinging on the medical lead.

Abstract: An electric motor assembly including a housing, a rotor, a stator supported in the housing, the stator having a plurality of individual windings, at least one thermostat for monitoring a temperature of at least one winding, and a thermostat clamp interposed between adjacent windings of the stator, the thermostat confined between the thermostat clamp and at least one winding.

Abstract: An electric motor assembly including a housing, a rotor, a stator supported in the housing, the stator having a plurality of individual windings, at least one thermostat for monitoring a temperature of at least one winding, and a thermostat clamp interposed between adjacent windings of the stator, the thermostat confined between the thermostat clamp and at least one winding.

Abstract: A composite bat is disclosed comprising a core and outer members, as well as inserts of other material.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the apparatus for embedding links includes a reproducing unit configured to receive a data stream and display at least one object of the data stream on a display screen of a device. The apparatus further includes a processing unit configured to activate a link associated with a displayed object based on linking information. The linking information includes activation information and destination information. The activation information indicates a period of time when the link is activated. The destination information includes at least one of address information that points to additional information on a remote server and launch information that specifies an application to be launched on the device. The processing unit is configured to display the additional information on the display screen or launch the application upon user selection of the activated link.

Abstract: Delivery catheters and systems are adapted for delivering multiple discreet prostheses in body lumens. An exemplary delivery catheter comprises a sheath, a pusher for moving the prostheses relative to the sheath, and a valve member for selectively retaining the prostheses in the sheath. For balloon expandable stents, an elongated shaft and an expandable member are slidably disposed in the sheath, and the prostheses are positionable on the expandable member for deployment in the body lumen. The valve member allows a selected number of prostheses to be deployed from the sheath while retaining other prostheses within the sheath.

Abstract: A composite bat is disclosed comprising a core and outer members, as well as inserts of other material.

Abstract: Delivery catheters and systems are adapted for delivering multiple discreet prostheses in body lumens. An exemplary delivery catheter comprises a sheath, a pusher for moving the prostheses relative to the sheath, and a valve member for selectively retaining the prostheses in the sheath. For balloon expandable stents, an elongated shaft and an expandable member are slidably disposed in the sheath, and the prostheses are positionable on the expandable member for deployment in the body lumen. The valve member allows a selected number of prostheses to be deployed from the sheath while retaining other prostheses within the sheath.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for delivering stents or stent segments to body lumens include one or more tubular prostheses carried at the distal end of a catheter shaft, a sheath slidably disposed over the prostheses, and a guidewire tube extending from within the sheath to the exterior of the sheath through an exit port in a sidewall thereof. A guidewire extends slidably through the guidewire tube. The sheath can be moved relative to the catheter shaft and the guidewire tube to expose the prostheses for deployment. Mechanisms are described for measuring the distance that the sheath is moved relative to the catheter shaft and/or the guidewire tube, or for counting the number of stents exposed and/or deployed by operation of the device. These mechanisms include optical counting mechanisms, inductive, resistive, and/or magnetic resonating counters, electrical contact counters, and mechanical counters.