Abstract: A delivery system (10) for implanting a medical device (30) such as a venous valve into the vasculature of a patient. The delivery system includes a delivery catheter (11) having a device-containing portion (15) adjacent to the distal end (14) thereof, and an inner member (16) extending through the catheter and beyond the distal end thereof, to an atraumatic distal tip portion (17) forward of the catheter distal end. The inner member extends through the medical device in the device-containing region, includes a proximal portion (18) with a sufficiently large diameter to prevent longitudinal movement of the device as the catheter is retracted during deployment, and centers the device upon release from the distal catheter end during deployment.

Abstract: A method for reporting machine condition, includes monitoring at least one machine function from a plurality of points on the machine and obtaining performance data; transmitting the data to a report generator; operating the report generator to compile the data into at least one report indicative of at least one machine condition and performance factor from the plurality of points; and displaying the at least one report indicative of the at least one function from the plurality of points.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for accurately rendering one or more parameters on an electronic display without being distractive. The system and method provide for adaptively filtering parametric data prior to rendering images representative of the parametric data on a display. Relatively heavy electronic filtering is applied to the parametric data when the parameter is relatively constant, whereas relatively lighter electronic filtering is applied to the parametric data as the parameter changes at ever increasing rate of change magnitudes.

Abstract: A delivery system (10) for implanting a medical device (30) such as a venous valve into the vasculature of a patient. The delivery system includes a delivery catheter (11) having a device-containing portion (15) adjacent to the distal end (14) thereof, and an inner member (16) extending through the catheter and beyond the distal end thereof, to an atraumatic distal tip portion (17) forward of the catheter distal end. The inner member extends through the medical device in the device-containing region, includes a proximal portion (18) with a sufficiently large diameter to prevent longitudinal movement of the device as the catheter is retracted during deployment, and centers the device upon release from the distal catheter end during deployment. The inner member is preferably radiolucent underlying the device for contrast with radiopaque markers (43) of the device.