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The smart medical compliance method and system invention prevents adverse drug events through the use of protocols that uniquely identifies the patient, care provider, medication and / or medical device that is to be used with radio frequency identification (RFID). The RFID devices incorporate fail-safe locks or indicators that prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized use of medication, medical devices, or medical supplies. The system corroborates, patient, the care provider, the medical device, and the manner in which it is to be used, and authorizes the action to be undertaken through an interface on a personal digital assistant PDA over a wireless communication channel. The system also timestamps events in the equivalent of a medical black box such that records may be kept to further improve patient care and allow an analysis of procedures. In addition, the system includes interfaces to medication preparation and safe disposal. A number of smart devices that interact with the system are also described. These include smart medical containers, smart clamps, smart valves, smart syringes, smart couplers, smart pipettes, and a host of other point of care devices.

Stapler cartridges and surgical apparatus that include a stapler cartridge can include a knife that retracts into the stapler cartridge after cutting stapled tissue to prevent an operator being cut by the knife during replacement of the used stapler cartridge with a new stapler cartridge. A stapler cartridge includes a staple pushing shuttle, a knife member slidably coupled with the staple pushing shuttle, and a cartridge body. The staple pushing shuttle is slidably coupled to the cartridge body. The cartridge body includes a guide track engaged by the knife member and configured so that a cutting blade of the knife member protrudes from the cartridge body during a first portion of a distal movement of the staple pushing shuttle and the cutting blade is retracted into the cartridge body during a second portion of the distal movement of the staple pushing shuttle.

Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can include a controller device that communicates with a pump device, the pump device having a memory device. The controller device can be configured to record controller-related data, such as user profile data on the memory device of the pump device. This user profile data that is stored in the memory of the pump device can serves as a data backup system that permits the user to program a new controller device in a situation where the original controller device is lost or damaged. In addition or in the alternative, the controller device can be configured to receive controller-related data, such as software update programs or backup controller data, from the memory device of the pump device.

Encryption and decryption of data stored from a computing system to a storage medium is disclosed wherein the processing employs a non-accessible encryption key that is unique to the computing system. The unique encryption key can be embedded in non-removable hardware of the computing system or generated, e.g., from identification numbers ascertained from non-removable hardware of the computing system. Processing includes establishing the unique encryption key, encrypting data using the unique encryption key and storing the encrypted data to the storage medium without storing the unique encryption key on the storage medium. The storage medium can comprise any non-removable or removable storage medium, including for example a computer hard drive, floppy diskette, or recordable compact disk.

The preferred embodiment of present invention is directed to an improved method and system for buffering incoming / unsolicited data received by a host computer that is connected to a network such as a storage area network. Specifically, in a host computer system in which the main memory of the host server maintains a I / O control block command ring, and which a connective port (e.g., a host bus adaptor) is operatively coupled to the main memory for handling I / O commands received by and transmitted from the host server, a host buffer queue (HBQ) is maintained for storing a series of buffer descriptors retrievable by the port for writing incoming / unsolicited data to specific address locations within the main memory. In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, multiple HBQs are maintained for storing buffer entries dedicated to different types and / or lengths of data, where each of the HBQ can be separately configured to contain a selection profile describing the specific type of data for which the HBQ is dedicated to service.

The present invention relates to a load management controller for a household electrical installation comprising a pair of electricity supplies, a grid supply and a micro-generator supply, providing electricity to a plurality if sub-circuits. The household electrical installation has means to monitor the amount of electricity being supplied by the micro-generator supply and the amount of electricity being consumed in the household. The load management controller has means to access and use that information to control the supply of electricity to an energy storage sub-circuit to route surplus electricity supplied by the micro-generator to the energy storage sub-circuit. Furthermore, the load management controller can communicate with a remote electricity supplier to control the loads in the household to achieve better grid management and efficiency.

A drape including a sensing device according to the present invention is disposed over a top surface of a thermal treatment system having a basin recessed therein. A portion of the drape is pushed down into the basin to form a drape container for collecting a sterile medium. The thermal treatment system may be of the type that either heats or congeals the sterile medium. The sensing device includes electrodes that are typically disposed through the drape and sealed. The electrodes provide signals indicating the presence of liquid and / or leaks or other conditions within the drape container to the system to facilitate control of system operation. In addition, the sensing device includes a fuse to limit the drape to a single use. The system disables the fuse to indicate prior use and detects tampering to bypass the fuse, thereby preventing use of the drape for subsequent medical procedures.

Techniques for enhancing security in networking environments, whereby a cryptographic node negotiates a set of security parameters (a “security association”) with an end node, on behalf of a routing node (an “edge router”), and then securely distributes the negotiated security parameters to the edge router and / or to other edge routers in the network. The disclosed negotiation techniques allow the end node to physically move during the negotiation, yet still establish the security association, and the secure distribution enables the end node to move seamlessly through the network yet continue communicating securely. The disclosed techniques may also be used advantageously in other environments, such as clustered server environments, and allow an end node to communicate with multiple routing or server nodes for a variety of reasons (for example, during a hot-swap to a different server during fail-over or as a result of load balancing).

The present invention provides a cell culture data and cell image capturing and remote monitoring system that includes an imaging sensor pod having one or more cameras to capture multiple color still and / or motion images of cell cultures and cells located on a support and / or in a liquid located in a culture vessel within an incubator. The images can be taken at varying magnifications, and from different discrete locations on the support or in the vessel round the clock. The captured data and images are wirelessly transmitted to a management control unit, and / or another wirelessly connected and remotely located data transmission device such as PDA, for a researcher to review and analyze to determine the health and viability of cells, and the status of the cell culture. The image capturing and remote monitoring system taught herein alleviates the need for a researcher to be in the physical presence of a biological sample in order to visually ascertain and analyze the health and viability of the sample and status of the cell culture.

PCT No. PCT / GB96 / 01087 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 14, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 14, 1997 PCT Filed May 8, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96 / 36304 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 1996A wound dressing combining a graduated density felt 1 with an absorbent fiber layer 2 in order that the aggressive absorption of the absorbent layer 2 may be regulated to acceptable rates for wound dressing usage and to ensure potentially irritative alginate absorbent fibers are isolated from the wound site. The graduated density felt 1 acts as a regulating or gate layer for the absorbent fiber layer 2 and so limits the rate that exudate from a wound can pass to the absorbent fiber layer 2. Furthermore, the regulating layer 1 effectively spreads the exudate to give a conical transmission profile enhancing wound dressing performance.

A rectifier for rectifying alternating current into direct current is described, in which a three-phase generator includes a three-phase stator winding. The phases of the stator winding are triggered via switching elements of a power circuit. The power circuit is controlled via a control part, which includes a controller component. The rectifier includes a control part (control module) having control terminals and a power circuit (power module) controlled by the control module and optionally provided with a cooling device, in which all the power-conducting components are designed as power MOS components and integrated in a stacked construction.

A disposable diaper condition detecting device includes a disposable diaper, an induction device (01; 56) and an alarming device (20; 60). The disposable diaper includes an outer layer (15; 80), an interlayer (16) and an inner layer (17). The induction device (01; 56) is provided on the outer layer (15; 80) or provided between the outer layer (15; 80) and the inner layer (17) of the disposable diaper. The induction device (01; 56) is used to detect the urine-wetness condition of the disposable diaper and to produce the urine-wetness condition induction signal. The alarming device (20; 60) may be integrated with the induction device (01; 56), or may be combined with the induction device (01; 56) or may be separated from the induction device (01; 56). A disposable diaper condition monitoring system includes a disposable diaper condition detecting device and a disposable diaper condition displaying device (02). The disposable diaper condition display device (02) is used to display the disposable diaper condition information based on the urine-wetness condition signal or the urine-wetness alarming signal transmitted from the disposable diaper condition detecting device.

The invention comprises of a railing (1) which is foldable or and height adjustable or and extendable lengthwise and has rungs (5) or pivotable safety footsteps (14a) which, if necessary, can be kept in the vertical position (V) or horizontal position (Q) or and when tilting down the railing (1) remain in a stable position. The railing (1) has technical mean (4a,40,43a,45a,51) as well as an emergency mean (10,11) and can if necessary take up a tender (42) and other objects and the footsteps (14) can be transparent for example to improve visibility to the rear.

A frame forwarding system which has a plurality of frame forwarding devices and links to transport frames between external networks that belong to a particular group. This system is designed to prevent backbone links from being blocked even when there is a backdoor link that forms a potential loop in the network. A system state sharing unit in a frame forwarding device shares system state information with other frame forwarding devices. This information sharing enables all the frame forwarding devices and inter-node links to behave as a single virtual device for forwarding frames between external networks that belong to a particular group. A frame forwarding processor forwards received frames according to the system state information shared among all the frame forwarding devices in the system.

Determining and simultaneously using a base station coupled to a mobile device, the base station comprising a detector for receiving a first identification signal corresponding to a first module and a second identification signal corresponding to a second module from the mobile device. A transmitter for sending a plurality of signals to the mobile device, said plurality of signals is configured to set up communication between the mobile device and the base station. A receiver for receiving a plurality of parameters for determining whether the second module is able to attach to the base station; and a processor for connecting the first and second module in the mobile device to the base station simultaneously in response to a plurality of slots by time multiplexing and the plurality of parameters when the second module is acceptable by the base station, wherein said plurality of slots are determined by the base station.

The invention relates to a supporting mechanism for a deck frame of a folding-up treadmill having a support frame, a base frame and a deck frame. The supporting mechanism includes a supporting rod with one end connected to the base frame and with the other end connected through an extension spring to an extension piece of the front roller is interposed between the base frame and the deck frame. A slide wheel is provided between the supporting rod and the inner side of the deck frame. The slide wheel is cooperative with a supporting piece 38 at bottom end of the deck frame to create a supporting effect.

A method for enabling post issuance operation on a secure element connectable to a communication device is disclosed. The method allows an SE controlling party to perform remotely operations such as creation of new security domains for an external party, loading, and installation of applications of an external party and management functions including personalization and activation of applications loaded on the SE for an external party. The method includes the steps of:collecting data stored on the SE suitable for identification of the SE and data for contacting the SE controlling party;creating an initial data packet from the collected data,sending the data packet to a party which can be the external party, an agent of the external party, the SE controlling party, an agent of the SE controlling party.A communication device and a software application for implementing the method are also disclosed.

Encryption and decryption of data stored from a computing system to a storage medium is disclosed wherein the processing employs a non-accessible encryption key that is unique to the computing system. The unique encryption key can be embedded in non-removable hardware of the computing system or generated, e.g., from identification numbers ascertained from non-removable hardware of the computing system. Processing includes establishing the unique encryption key, encrypting data using the unique encryption key and storing the encrypted data to the storage medium without storing the unique encryption key on the storage medium. The storage medium can comprise any non-removable or removable storage medium, including for example a computer hard drive, floppy diskette, or recordable compact disk.

A drape including a sensing device according to the present invention is disposed over a top surface of a thermal treatment system having a basin recessed therein. A portion of the drape is pushed down into the basin to form a drape container for collecting a sterile medium. The thermal treatment system may be of the type that either heats or congeals the sterile medium. The sensing device includes electrodes that are typically disposed through the drape and sealed. The electrodes provide signals indicating the presence of liquid and / or leaks or other conditions within the drape container to the system to facilitate control of system operation. In addition, the sensing device includes a fuse to limit the drape to a single use. The system disables the fuse to indicate prior use and detects tampering to bypass the fuse, thereby preventing use of the drape for subsequent medical procedures.

Processes are described for provision of privacy-sensitive sample analysis results to a sample provider. The sample provider generates a cryptographic commitment encoding a secret value, r, and a sample identifier, s, associated with a sample container. The sample provider provides the commitment to an analysis provider in association with the sample container containing a sample for analysis. The analysis provider analyzes the sample to obtain a set of analysis results corresponding to the sample identifier, s, and generates a cryptographic pre-credential, σ′, corresponding to the sample identifier, s. The pre-credential, σ′, encodes the set of analysis results and the commitment. Completion of the pre-credential, σ′, requires knowledge of the secret value, r, in the commitment. In response to cryptographic proof of knowledge by the sample provider of at least the secret value, r, in the commitment encoded in the pre-credential, σ′, corresponding to the sample identifier, s, the analysis provider supplies the pre-credential, σ′, to the sample provider. The sample provider then completes the pre-credential, σ′ using the secret value, r, to obtain a cryptographic credential, σ, encoding the set of analysis results.

The inventive solar trough field system (A) comprises multiple parabolic reflectors (1), support circles (3) of which the center coincides with the focus of the parabolic reflector (1 ) and which are used in order to support the reflector (1), core mechanisms (2) which are located on the center of the circles (3), guy wires (4) which connect the circle (3) and the core mechanism (2) to each other, side support units (5,5J) which bear the support circles (3) from their outer surfaces, lightweight filling materials (6) which support the reflectors (1) from their lower parts, thermal receiver tubes (11) which pass through the center axis of the circles (3). The parabolic reflectors (1) are rotated around the center axis of the circles (3), which is the focus thereof, and directed towards the sun. Thus, the parallel beams coming from the sun are concentrated in the thermal receiver tubes (11) which are located in the focus of the reflectors (1).

A method and system are provided for bundling primary goods or services offered by a first entity with secondary goods or services offered by a second entity. Using the system, lodging services (such as in the form of a lodging reservation) may be bundled with food (such as food or meal vouchers), whereby a customer may make a single reservation that includes a room reservation from a lodging provider and a food / meal voucher associated with a food services provider, such as for a single price. A method and system are also provided for issuing and redeeming value vouchers, such as upon presentation of a voucher by a customer to a food vendor.

A cup holder unit includes an outer case, an inner case slidable between a pulled-out position and a stored position, a main holder member slidable between a usable position and a non-usable position, and a connecting member pivotally supported on the inner case. The connecting member has an abutment section to abut against a corresponding section of the main holder member halfway through pulling of the main holder member from the non-usable position so that the main holder member can be pulled out together with the inner case, and a tab to engage a notched section when the inner case is substantially fully pulled out to the pulled-out position. A disengaging abutment section is formed at the connecting member to disengage the tab from the notched section by abutting against the corresponding section halfway through pushing the main holder member from the usable position to the non-usable position.

An electronic locker system for parcel deposit and pick-up, comprising: a remote shipping system, a long distance communication network, at least one mobile device communicating via the long distance communication network with the remote shipping system, at least one parcel locker constituted of at least one autonomous compartments cluster including at least one compartment equipped with a door and including a locking module, which electronically controls locking and unlocking of the door and which establishes a local communication with the at least one mobile device via a short distance communication, wherein the locking module comprises: an energy management module configured for managing transitions of energy modes and allowing the at least one autonomous compartments cluster to be run in a deep sleep mode or in a sleep mode and regularly allowing a wake-up from said deep sleep mode to said sleep mode, a radio transceiver module equipped with an antenna, and at least one processor running a firmware configured for, while in the sleep mode, regularly emitting with the radio transceiver module a broadcasted short message towards the at least one mobile device.

A system and method of protecting digital media contents, which maintain compatibility with an existing system and block any attempt to illegally use the digital media contents having various formats, and which reduce a system load and maximize a possibility of reusing the digital media contents. The system includes a packager for analyzing a format of contents and encoding at least a portion of a data region located in a payload of the contents, and for generating encoded contents by inserting encoding information including at least one of an encoding key value and contents information into the contents; and a digital rights management (DRM) server for receiving a request for a license and the encoding information from an external device which receives the encoded contents, for confirming the encoding information and then generating a license which is used to decode the encoded contents, and for providing the generated license to the external device.

A safeguard system ensures device operation in conformance with governing laws for devices such as directed energy weapons or surveillance systems, whose misuse may discomfort, harm or otherwise violate the legal rights of a person. A legal protocol is defined by rules embodying the laws that govern the use of the device and requires as inputs an authorization to use the device and input condition(s) relating to at least one of a use of the device, an attribute of a human target of the device and an operational environment of the device and human target. The safeguard system applies the rules to the authorization and input condition(s) to generate a control signal that ensures the device is used in conformance with the legal protocol. A documentation system records the authorization, input condition(s) applied rules, and control signal.

An adaptor device is provided for connecting and accessing data cards of various specifications and includes a data card insertion structure, a cover board, and a carrier board. The data card insertion structure forms at least one first insertion slot for the insertion of the carrier board. The carrier board forms at least one data card carrying section for carrying at least one selected data card. The cover board is mounted to a top surface of the data card insertion structure. An underside of the cover board is provided, at a predetermined position, with at least one set of signal contact elements. When the carrier board is inserted in the first insertion slot, a signal contact section of the data card is electrically connectable with the signal contact elements of the cover board for direct output through a signal connection port of the cover board or for output to a computer device via a signal connection port of the data card insertion structure.

A voice-input document creation system which reduces correction times to a wrongly-recognized input to ensure input efficiency. The system has a determination means for comparing the feature content of a newest voice input extracted by a feature extracting module with a feature content of an immediately preceding voice input to determine if the newest voice input is a correction to the immediately preceding voice input. When a first-time correction is received, the system displays a list of all output candidates for the immediately preceding voice input stored in a second memory. When a second-time correction is received, the system stores the output candidates for the newest voice input into a third memory and, at the same time, displays the output candidates; at this time, the system neither displays nor stores in the third memory those output candidates displayed upon the first-time correction.