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A vascular occlusion, flow restriction, shunt or filter device is disclosed comprising the assembly of at least two, of a number of selectable discrete interconnectable, interchangeable components, at least one component being of the type fabricated from metal strands braided into a tubular metal fabric having an expanded preset configuration and an elongated, collapsed reduced diameter configuration for delivery through a catheter to a treatment site and the device shaped to create an occlusion, flow restriction or shunt when placed in an opening in a body organ or vessel, the woven metal fabric having a memory property whereby the medical device tends to return to said expanded preset configuration when unconstrained.

The present invention relates to a system of preparing a one of a kind artificial or biological implant to repair or replace a bone or a tissue part in a living individual, the system comprising: pre-operatively constructing an anatomically correct, affected area 7-unique scan implants geometry, wherein the implants geometry is unknown before the acquisition of the individual's data; and using a process derived from rapid prototyping to construct a geometrically and anatomically correct duplication of the functional attributes of the bone or tissue part to be replaced from the dataset created by scans of the recipients scans. This system can also be used to modify, pre-operatively, existing FDA approved implants.

A method, system and apparatus for variably controlling the temperature in a selective deposition modeling environment. The temperature of the formed portion of the three-dimensional object is detected. A gas is forced onto a surface of the formed portion of the three-dimensional object. The forced gas has a characteristic, such as temperature and quantity, that is variably controlled based on the detected temperature of the formed portion of the three-dimensional object.

A system for developing and implementing empirically derived algorithms to generate decision rules to predict subject noncompliance and fraud with research protocols in clinical trials allows for the identification of complex patterns of variables that detect or predict subject noncompliance and fraud with research protocol in the clinical trial. The present invention can also be used to monitor subject compliance with the research protocol to determine preferred actions to be performed. Optionally, the invention may provide a spectrum of noncompliance, from minor noncompliance needing only corrective feedback, to significant noncompliance requiring subject removal from the clinical trial. The algorithms and decision rules can also be domain-specific, such as detecting non-compliance or fraud among subjects in a cardiovascular drug trial, or demographically specific, such as taking into account gender or age which provides for algorithms and decision rules to be optimized for the specific sample of subjects being studied.

With an insulated gate field effect transistor in which deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) probes are immobilized on a gold electrode, extension reaction on the gold electrode is performed with DNA polymerase to directly measure an increased amount of a phosphate group caused by the extension reaction, that is, negative charge, by means of a current change between a source and a drain of the insulated gate field effect transistor. Thus, presence / absence of hybridization of target DNAs with the DNA probes, and presence / absence of the extension reaction are detected. Optimum immobilization density of the DNA probes on the gold electrode is set at 4×1012 molecules / cm2. To reduce surface potential fluctuation caused by external variation (influences of foreign substances), which is a problem when using the gold electrode in a solution, a high-frequency voltage equal to or above 1 kHz is applied between the gold electrode and a reference electrode by a power source.

A system, method and data sharing architecture are disclosed to be used by a group of people linked together in a network for treatment of human diseases, to assign preference rank to treatment option based on the similarity of the given patient's case to cases treated by the users of the same method previously.

The present invention provides for an improved method and system for determining differences in data sets or data files, expedited data transfer and data reconciliation in a communication network using hash segmentation processing. The system and method provides for an efficient means of communicating updated files, new revisions or verifying files between a source host and a target host. By implementing hash segmentation processing, and in many embodiments iterative hash segmentation processing, the updates within the files can be isolated for the purpose of minimizing the amount of data communicated from the source host to the target host. The system and methods provide for the transfer of data between two hosts in instances in which neither host is aware of the revision that exists on the other host. The hash segmentation process may implement a logarithmic hash approach or a sliding linear hash approach.

A method is disclosed for adaptive learning of fundamental-frequency repeatable runout (1FRRO) compensation information in a disk drive. The disk drive includes a transducer head, a magnetic disk having a plurality of concentric data tracks defined by embedded servo wedges that provide position information, and a control system. In the method, 1FRRO compensation information is learned over a predetermined minimum number of disk revolutions. After the predetermined minimum number of disk revolutions, the 1FRRO compensation information is monitored for convergence while learning of the 1FRRO compensation information continues. Learning is terminated upon detection of convergence of the 1FRRO compensation information.

A system and method for providing a multi-modal communications infrastructure for automated call center operation is provided. A multi-modal call is accepted from a caller through a telephony interface, which accommodates multi-modal calls including at least one of verbal speech and text messaging. Incoming speech in the multi-modal call is converted into transcribed text. Incoming text messaging is matched with the transcribed text. The multi-modal call is automatically assigned through a session manager to a session under operation of a live agent. The transcribed text and incoming text messaging are progressively processed during the session through an agent application by performing a customer support scenario interactively monitored and controlled by the live agent.

A portable system for sampling the ambient air of a selected environment for the presence of unwanted chemical warfare vapors, such as nerve or blister gases, is disclosed. The excitation for the electrical elements of the system can be originated from a battery or from an ac excitation. The system comprises a detector unit having first and second ion mobility spectrometers which simultaneously detect and monitor for the presence of the chemical agent vapors so as to provide an accurate and quick determination of the unwanted chemical vapor within the selected environment, without false alarming to non-chemical warfare agent vapors, which act as interferents. The system design also allows monitoring in the presence of electromagnetic interference (EMI).

Mechanisms for increasing the rate of acquisition of compressed / encoded image representations are disclosed. An imaging system may deliver subsets of a modulated light stream onto respective light sensing devices. The light sensing devices may be sampled in parallel. Samples from each light sensing device may be used to construct a respective sub-image of a final image. The parallelism allows compressed images to be acquired at a higher rate. The number of light sensing devices and / or the number of pixels per image may be selected to achieve a target image acquisition rate. In another embodiment, spatial portions of the incident light stream are separated and delivered to separate light modulators. In yet another embodiment, the incident light stream is split into a plurality of beams, each of which retains the image present in the incident light stream and is delivered to a separate light modulator.

The subject invention relates to systems and methods that provide search and / or query-relevant information and / or links thereto to a user as and / or with a search and / or query result. This information can be determined form summary information that can be included within a tag, header, body, meta-data, etc. of the data. A user can employ a local and / or web search utility along with a search word, phrase, sentence, etc. to search over a data repository to locate and retrieve data that satisfies the search criteria. The summary information of this data is obtained and matched against the results and / or search criteria to determine whether the data is relevant to the search and / or query. The summary information is utilized to determine a snippet that summarizes the data, based on the search and / or query, search criteria, etc. to provide the user with search and / or query-relevant results and / or one or more links thereto.

There is provided an adaptive semi-synchronous parallel processing system and method, which may be adapted to various data analysis applications such as flow cytometry systems. By identifying the relationship and memory dependencies between tasks that are necessary to complete an analysis, it is possible to significantly reduce the analysis processing time by selectively executing tasks after careful assignment of tasks to one or more processor queues, where the queue assignment is based on an optimal execution strategy. Further strategies are disclosed to address optimal processing once a task undergoes computation by a computational element in a multiprocessor system. Also disclosed is a technique to perform fluorescence compensation to correct spectral overlap between different detectors in a flow cytometry system due to emission characteristics of various fluorescent dyes.

It is an object to improve data transmission efficiency by reducing a length of time required for transmitting pilot signals.A MIMO-OFDM transmitter has a plurality of transmitting antennas transmitting OFDM signals to a receiver, and a generating unit generating direct spreading pilot signals of which pilot data for demodulating the OFDM signals transmitted from the plurality of transmitting antennas in the receiver are spread with direct spreading codes, and transmitting the direct spreading pilot signals from the plurality of transmitting antennas.

An SNMP network comprises a power manager with an SNMP agent in TCP / IP communication over a network with an SNMP network manager. The power manager is connected to control several intelligent power modules each able to independently control the power on / off status of several network appliances. Power-on and load sensors within each intelligent power module are able to report the power status of each network appliance to the SNMP network manager with MIB variables in response to GET commands. Each intelligent power module is equipped with an output that is connected to cause an interrupt signal to the network appliance being controlled. The SNMP network manager is able to test which network appliance is actually responding before any cycling of the power to the corresponding appliance is tried.

An enhanced threat disposition analysis technique is provided. In response to receipt of a security threat, a threat disposition score (TDS) is retrieved. The threat disposition score is generated from a machine learning scoring model that is built from information about historical security threats, including historical disposition of one or more alerts associated with the historical security threats. The system augments an alert to include the threat disposition score, optionally together with a confidence level, to generate an enriched alert. The enriched alert is then presented to the security analyst for handling directly. Depending on the TDS (and its confidence level), the analyst may be able to respond to the threat immediately, i.e., without further detailed investigation. Preferably, the machine learning model is updated continuously as the system handles security threats, thereby increasing the predictive benefit of the TDS scoring.

A system and method for rapidly switching stimulation parameters of a Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) system increases the number of stimulation parameter sets that may be tested during a fitting procedure, or alternatively, reduces the time required for the fitting procedure. The switching method comprises selecting a new stimulation parameter set, and setting the initial stimulation levels to levels at or just below an estimated perception threshold of the patient. The estimated perception level is based on previous stimulation results. The stimulation level is then increased to determine a minimum stimulation level for effective stimulation, and / or an optimal stimulation level, and / or a maximum stimulation level, based on patient perception.

A method of generating a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of a heart includes inserting an electrode within the portion of a heart, robotically moving the electrode therein, periodically detecting position information of the electrode to generate a plurality of location points defining a space occupied by the portion of the heart, and generating a three-dimensional model of the portion of the heart including position information for at least some of the plurality of location points within the portion of the heart. The plurality of location points includes at least some location points on the surface of the heart and at least some location points interior thereto. The model is generated by utilizing a surface construction algorithm such as a shrink-wrap algorithm to identify the surface points and isolate or eliminate the interior points.

This invention is directed towards a patient single surface system, PS3, which is a next generation system solution for patient accommodation, diagnosis, treatment, transfer and transport. PS3 provides a single surface for the patient to remain on from the trauma site through diagnosis, treatment and convalescence. Needs addressed by the PS3 system include improved patient treatment through reduction in time to treatment, reduced or eliminated unnecessary patient movement and injury, as well as improved comfort throughout treatment and convalescence. In addition, the PS3 system solves significant economic considerations.

An apparatus and method for the detection and prevention of intrusions, DOS attacks, and computer worms comprising of: 1) dynamically loading information about vulnerabilities and exposures 2) intercepting application data 3) using information about vulnerabilities and exposures to detect their exploitation 4) taking custom action to stop the exploitation. Invention also includes an apparatus and method for reducing time it takes to capture information about vulnerabilities and exposures for the purpose of detecting their exploitation and stopping it. Invention further includes an apparatus and method to convert information about vulnerabilities and exposures into an intermediate form that optimizes the processing speed of the method and apparatus for stopping intrusions, DOS attacks, and computer worms.

Measurement of petrophysical and geophysical data of formations in a wellbore using a long gauge bit having at least one sensor therewith. The at least one sensor may be installed in at least one flute of the long gauge bit and / or in the long gauge portion thereof. Data for creating images of the formations are obtained at or near the bottom of the borehole and proximate to the long gauge bit used for drilling the borehole. Orientation of the long gauge bit is also available on a real time basis. Magnetic and / or gravitational sensors may be used in determining bit orientation. The flutes of the long gauge bit and the long gauge portion thereof may have standard inserts to accommodate various types of different sensors and electronic packages therefor.

An electronic musical instrument for producing musical notes comprises an onset signal sensor for sensing the initiation of a note played on the musical instrument. An electronic fingerboard determines the pitch of the note sensed by the sensor. The electronic fingerboard comprises a first layer of film, a second layer of film and a spacer member between the first and second layers of film. The first and second layers are movable relative to each other between a first inactive position in which the first and second layers are separate from each other along their respective lengths and a second active position in which the first and second layers are in contact with each other at a user selected point along their respective lengths. The pitch is determined by the resistance between the first and second layers at the user selected point.

A computer program product (1344, 1346, 1348) comprising machine executable instructions for performing a method of acquiring a magnetic resonance image (1342), the method comprising the steps of: acquiring (100, 200, 300) a set of coil array data (1334) of an imaging volume (1304) using a coil array (1314), wherein the set of coil array data comprises coil element data acquired for each antenna element (1316) of the coil array; acquiring (102, 202, 302) body coil data (1336) of the imaging volume with a body coil (1318), wherein the body coil data and / or the array coil data is sub-sampled; reconstructing (104, 204, 206, 304, 306, 308) a set of coil sensitivity maps (1338) using the set of coil array data and the body coil data, wherein there is a coil sensitivity map for each antenna element of the coil array; acquiring (106, 208, 310) magnetic resonance imaging data (1340) of the imaging volume using a parallel imaging method (1332); and reconstructing (108, 210, 312) the magnetic resonance image using the magnetic resonance imaging data and the set of coil sensitivity maps.

A method for secure communication between a local area network and a wide area network includes integrating a NAT functionality in a firewall associated with the local area network, wherein the NAT functionality is suitable to translate the source port of outgoing data packets with a NAT port value obtained by adding to a NAT offset value the value of the session ED used in a session database. When reply data packets coming from the wide area network are received by the firewall, the session ID is extracted from the NAT port value and is used for directly pointing to the session database, thus reducing the time required to recognize the session.

A method and system for communicating information over a wireless channel in a communication system including a coordinator and receivers, involves controlling channel access by dividing a contention-free period (CFP) into one or more schedules, wherein each schedule includes one or more periodical channel time blocks (CTBs) for wireless communication, reserving a CTB for reliable broadcast or multicast (ReBoM) communication of a data packet over the channel, transmitting the data packet from the coordinator over the channel during the reserved CTB, and receiving one or more acknowledgments for the data packet from one or more of the receivers. The data packet includes a header comprising ReBoM information indicating a multi-CTB ReBoM communication sequence for the data packet or a single-CTB ReBoM communication sequence for the data packet.

The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for bookmarking information search results on page level and sharing these results between other users. The method includes at least: entering a search query; sending the query to a search engine; and receiving a search result having a list of data files matching to the search query. The method comprises at least: paginating the content of the data files retrieved; rendering page previews of the data files; selecting the pages to be previewed; and previewing the matching pages associated with the data files retrieved; then bookmarking selected preview pages and selecting one or multiple of these pages to be shared; and finally sharing selected preview pages.

A scheduling process for loading samples into two or more centrifuges in a loading scheme that reduces the time required for high priority sample to be centrifuged. One centrifuge is initially loaded to about one-half of capacity and samples processed while the remaining centrifuge is loaded to full capacity before being operated. This creates a time-shift in the operational status of the two centrifuges so that a high-priority sample may advantageously be shuttled to whichever of the two centrifuges will be first-fully loaded and thus next-operated.

A method and system of transitivity matching suitable for object recognition, and in particular biometric recognition such as face or fingerprint recognition, is provided. The invention provides a means for pre-encoding object match information from each set of raw object sample data or scores from an underlying recognition algorithm. A sample space is constructed and the raw scores are mapped into that space. Preferably, a recognition space is also constructed and the same space scores are further mapped into the recognition space. Each space may be truncated to remove dispensable modes of that space. The distance between object data samples encoded in the sample space or the recognition space can be more rapidly determined, and the encoded data samples are also significantly compressed, compared to the raw scores.

A panel provided with a slider. The slider including a first surface and the panel including a second surface, the slider is being configured to be assembled to the panel with the first surface facing the second surface. The second surface is provided with an insertion groove and a displacement groove, which are of a longitudinal shape. A first angle, which is between the second surface and the insertion groove, is an acute angle. A strip protrudes from the first surface. A second angle, which is between the strip and the first surface, is an acute angle. The strip is configured to be inserted into the insertion groove when the slider is assembled to the panel. A displaceable tongue is arranged in the displacement groove. A locking surface of the displaceable tongue is configured to cooperate with a locking surface of the strip for locking the strip to the panel.

A GNSS receiver reduces the time to first fix by utilizing the properties of existing radiated signals of opportunity, such as AM or FM radio signals, television signals and so forth, to reduce the uncertainties associated with oscillator frequency and phase , and further utilizing an Almanac and battery backed-up date and time to determine the satellites in view and reduce the uncertainties associated with Doppler. The receiver may use multiple signals of opportunity to determine the city or local area in which the receiver is located based on the set of frequencies of the signals, and also to reduce search uncertainties for oscillator frequency by estimating an offset based on the differences between the frequencies of the respective signals of opportunity at the receiver and the nominal broadcast frequencies of the signals.