Abstract: Together with creating questionnaires desired by a client, the invention automatically assigns corresponding e-mail addresses to the respective questionnaires, and furthermore, those e-mail addresses are displayed or notified by way of media such as magazines, newspapers, TV, radio, advertisements, and the like; and the invention attaches a questionnaire URL to blank e-mail from the user that used the e-mail address, and sends a reply e-mail, and then stores and totals the responses to that questionnaire URL.

Abstract: This invention is an improved tissue-localizing device with an electrically energized locator element for fixedly yet removably marking a volume of tissue containing a suspect region for excision. The electrical energizing of the locator element facilitates the penetration of the locator element in to subject's tissue and minimizes resistance due to dense or calcified tissues. At least one locator element is deployed into tissue and assumes a predetermined curvilinear shape to define a tissue border containing a suspect tissue region along a path. Multiple locator elements may be deployed to further define the tissue volume along additional paths defining the tissue volume border that do not penetrate the volume. Delivery of electric current may be achieved through monopolar or bipolar electronic configuration depending on design needs. Various energy sources, e.g. radio frequency, microwave or ultrasound, may be implemented in this energized tissue-localizing device.

Abstract: A method of forming an oxide thin film includes introducing a work function reducing agent onto a surface of a sputter target facing into a substrate in a process chamber, providing an oxygen gas and an inert gas into the process chamber, ionizing the oxygen gas and the inert gas, thereby generating a plurality of electrons, disintegrating a plurality of negatively charged ions from the sputter target, and forming the oxide thin film on the substrate from the negatively charged ions reacted with the ionized oxygen gas.

Abstract: Implantable connector devices which are useable to maintain fluidic connection between, or approximation of, openings formed in adjacent natural or prosthetic anatomical conduits (or adjacent openings formed in a single anatomical conduits). These connector devices generally comprise a plurality of radially expandable annular members having one or more elongate strut members extending therebetween. Initially, the device is mountable on or within a delivery catheter while in a radially compact configuration. After the delivery catheter has been inserted into the body, the device is caused to transition to a radially expanded configuration whereby it becomed implanted within the body so as to maintain the desired fluidic connection between, or the desired approximation of, the anatomical conduit(s).

Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method of forming a thin film from negatively charged sputtered ions. More specifically, a sputter deposition apparatus for forming a thin film on a substrate includes at least one sputter target comprised of a material for the thin film, an ion gun emitting a neutralized ion beam towards the sputter target, a sputter gas source supplying a sputter gas into the ion gun, and a cesium vapor emitter inducing a plurality of negatively ionized sputtered particles from the sputter target and located in close proximity to the sputter target to introduce cesium vapor onto a reaction surface, wherein the cesium vapor emitter includes a feeding manifold having a plurality of apertures therein, a reservoir coupled to the feeding manifold and filled with a cesium slurry, and an on/off valve controlling an amount of the cesium vapor from the reservoir.

Abstract: An apparatus for delivering subcutaneous cavity marking devices. More particularly, the delivery devices may be used with biopsy systems permitting efficient placement of a biopsy marker within a cavity. The device may include an intermediate member which assists in deployment of the marking device. The devices may also include a deployment lock to prevent premature deployment of a biopsy marker. The invention may further include the capability to match an orientation of a biopsy probe which has been rotated upon procurement of a biopsy sample.

Abstract: A plasma treatment apparatus for a workpiece includes a metal electrode, a capillary dielectric having first and second sides and coupled to the metal electrode through the first side, wherein the capillary dielectric has at least one capillary, a shield body surrounding the metal electrode and the first side of the capillary dielectric, wherein the shield body has first and second end portions, and a gas supplier providing gas to the metal electrode.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a PDP is disclosed. The method for fabricating a PDP including the steps of preparing first and second panels for connecting with each other, forming at least one electrode on the first panel, forming a dielectric layer of PbO on the first panel, sequentially forming Cr and Ni on the PbO layer as a mask material of the PbO layer, performing photolithography and lift-off processes on the Ni/Cr layers to form a mask pattern of Ni/Cr, and etching the PbO layer using the mask pattern of Ni/Cr to form at least one capillary tube within the PbO layer to expose the electrode.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for fabricating a carbon thin film are disclosed in the present invention. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber having a substrate mounted therein, a sputter target inside the vacuum chamber facing into the substrate, a cesium supplying unit inside the vacuum chamber in a shape of a shield to a circumference of the target and supplying cesium vapor onto a surface of the sputter target through a plurality of openings, and a heating wire surrounding the cesium supplying unit and maintaining the cesium supplying unit at a constant pressure.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a plasma display panel includes forming one or more electrodes on a substrate, forming a dielectric layer on the first electrode including the substrate, laminating a dry film photoresist on the dielectric layer, patterning the dry film photoresist using a mask, forming one or more capillary discharge sites in the dielectric layer using sand blasting, and removing the patterned dry film photoresist from the substrate. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: A system and method for specification and exchange management includes a specification application, an exchange application, a source application, and an optional enterprise application. The specification application enables a user to create, modify, and retire specifications for items having standard terminology in a standard format. The exchange application enables a user to perform a transaction for generating a request for quote/request for proposal to designated suppliers for an item, receiving supply proposals in response to the requests, and forming a contract to supply of the items. The source application exchanges content between the specification application and the exchange application. The enterprise application communicates with user applications for users of the system and transmits content to and from the user and the specification application and the exchange application.

Abstract: A system and method for specification and exchange management includes a specification application, an exchange application, a source application, and an optional enterprise application. The specification application enables a user to create, modify, and retire specifications for items having standard terminology in a standard format. The exchange application enables a user to perform a transaction for generating a request for quote/request for proposal to designated suppliers for an item, receiving supply proposals in response to the requests, and forming a contract to supply of the items. The source application exchanges content between the specification application and the exchange application. The enterprise application communicates with user applications for users of the system and transmits content to and from the user and the specification application and the exchange application.

Abstract: A microwave antenna having a curved configuration is described herein. The antenna portion is formed into various shapes whereby the antenna substantially encloses, by a partial or complete loop or enclosure, at least a majority of the tissue to be irradiated. When microwave energy is delivered through the antenna, the curved configuration forms an ablation field or region defined by the curved antenna and any tissue enclosed within the ablation region becomes irradiated by the microwave energy. The microwave antenna is deployed through one of several methods, and multiple curved antennas can be used in conjunction with one another. Moreover, RF energy can also be used at the distal tip of the antenna to provide a cutting tip for the antenna during deployment in tissue.

Abstract: This invention is an improved tissue-localizing device with an electrically energized locator element for fixedly yet removably marking a volume of tissue containing a suspect region for excision. The electrical energizing of the locator element facilitates the penetration of the locator element in to subject's tissue and minimizes resistance due to dense or calcified tissues. At least one locator element is deployed into tissue and assumes a predetermined curvilinear shape to define a tissue border containing a suspect tissue region along a path. Multiple locator elements may be deployed to further define the tissue volume along additional paths defining the tissue volume border that do not penetrate the volume. Delivery of electric current may be achieved through monopolar or bipolar electronic configuration depending on design needs. Various energy sources, e.g. radio frequency, microwave or ultrasound, may be implemented in this energized tissue-localizing device.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for treating a workpiece using a plasma are disclosed in the present invention. In treating a workpiece using a plasma, the apparatus includes at least one pin electrode for receiving a power source, a dielectric body having first and second sides, wherein the first side is coupled to the pin electrode and the second side has at least one capillary extending to a direction of the first side of the dielectric body, and each capillary is substantially aligned with each pin electrode, and a counter electrode electrically coupled to the pin electrode for generating the plasma from each capillary.

Abstract: An apparatus for delivering subcutaneous cavity marking devices. More particularly, the delivery devices may be used with biopsy systems permitting efficient placement of a biopsy marker within a cavity. The device may include an intermediate member which assists in deployment of the marking device. The devices may also include a deployment lock to prevent premature deployment of a biopsy marker. The invention may further include the capability to match an orientation of a biopsy probe which has been rotated upon procurement of a biopsy sample.

Abstract: The specification and drawings describe and show embodiments of the present invention in the cesium vapor emitter and the method of fabricating the same. More specifically, the cesium vapor emitter of the present invention includes a housing having at least one chamber therein and at least one channel, wherein the channel has a size wide enough to introduce a desired amount of cesium vapor, a cesium reservoir placed in the chamber, wherein the cesium reservoir is filled with a cesium pellet and a plug located between the cesium pellet and the channel, thereby emitting the cesium vapor from the cesium pellet through the channel, and a stopper securing the cesium reservoir in the chamber, so that the cesium vapor is emitted through the channel.

Abstract: A capillary discharge plasma display panel with a field shaping layer is disclosed in the present invention. More particularly, a capillary discharge plasma display panel includes first and second substrates, at least one first electrode on the first substrate, a first dielectric layer on the first electrode including the first substrate, at least one second electrode on the second substrate, a second dielectric layer on the second electrode including the second substrate, wherein the second dielectric layer has at least one capillary discharge site corresponding to each second electrode, thereby generating a continuous plasma discharge from the capillary discharge site, a plurality of discharge spaces between the first and second dielectric layers, and at least one third electrode in the second dielectric layer for concentrating the continuous plasma discharge in the capillary discharge site.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a plasma display panel device and a method of fabricating the same including first and second substrates, a first electrode on the first substrate, a second electrode on the second substrate, a tape material on the second substrate including the second electrode, a plurality of third electrodes completely buried in the tape material, a plurality of barrier ribs connecting the first and second substrates formed on the second substrate, a UV-visible conversion layer on the second substrate including the second substrate between the barrier ribs, and a discharge chamber where discharge occurs between the first and second substrates, wherein the discharge chamber faces toward the second electrode through a single row of one or more capillaries formed in the tape material.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a plasma display panel includes forming one or more electrodes on a substrate, forming a dielectric layer on the first electrode including the substrate, laminating a dry film photoresist on the dielectric layer, patterning the dry film photoresist using a mask, forming one or more capillary discharge sites in the dielectric layer using sand blasting, and removing the patterned dry film photoresist from the substrate. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.