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US09597526B2	Flexible light treatment head A flexible light treatment head comprising one or more light source modules interconnected by a hinge apparatus along a flexing edge thereof. The light source modules have light emitting elements, such as LEDs or LASERs. The hinge apparatus comprises one or more hinges. Each hinge has a head wiring channel disposed to form a continuous wiring channel along the hinge apparatus. A head wiring channel is also provided for routing wires into the light source module.
US09597513B2	Sensing and atrial-synchronized ventricular pacing in an intracardiac pacemaker An intracardiac pacemaker is configured to filter a raw cardiac electrical signal received by the pacemaker to produce a filtered cardiac electrical signal, analyzes the filtered cardiac electrical signal to establish cardiac event sensing criteria that discriminate P-waves from T-waves and R-waves all present in the raw cardiac electrical signal, and sense the P-waves from the filtered cardiac electrical signal when the established cardiac event sensing criteria are met. Sensed P-waves may be used for controlling atrial-synchronized ventricular pacing delivered by the pacemaker.
US09597511B2	Method to assess hemodynamic performance during cardiac resynchronization therapy optimization using admittance waveforms and derivatives An implantable medical device and associated method to determine an optimal control parameter setting for controlling a cardiac therapy that includes a therapy delivery module to deliver cardiac pacing signals at a plurality of pacing rates, and an admittance measurement module to determine admittance signals associated with each of the plurality of pacing rates. A control unit determines metrics of hemodynamic performance corresponding to each of the plurality of pacing rates in response to the determined admittance signals, identifies pacing rates of the plurality of pacing rates as rejected rates in response to the determined metrics of hemodynamic performance, and determines a pacing rate of the plurality of pacing rates as an optimal rate for delivering the cardiac therapy in response to the identified pacing rates.
US09597509B2	Systems and related methods for optimization of multi-electrode nerve pacing This disclosure describes, among other embodiments, systems and related methods for selecting electrode combinations to be used during nerve pacing procedures. A first set of electrode combinations of a nerve pacing system, such as a phrenic nerve pacing system for diaphragm activation, may be mapped (or tested) to determine the location of the electrode combinations relative to a target nerve. Once the general location of the target nerve is known, a more localized second set of electrode combinations may be tested to determine the most suitable electrode combinations for nerve stimulation. At various stages of the mapping process, electrode combinations that are non-optimal may be discarded as candidates for use in a nerve pacing procedure. The systems and methods described herein may allow for the selection of electrode combinations that are most suitable for stimulation of the left and right phrenic nerves during diaphragm pacing.
US09597507B2	Paired stimulation pulses based on sensed compound action potential In some examples, a method may include delivering an electrical stimulation therapy to a patient, the electrical stimulation therapy comprising a first electrical stimulation pulse delivered to the patient via a first electrode and a second electrical stimulation pulse delivered to the patient via a second electrode, wherein the first electrical stimulation pulse and second electrical stimulation pulse are delivered as paired pulses with respect to each other and a combination of the first electrical stimulation pulse and the second electrical stimulation pulse evoke a compound action potential within the patient; sensing the compound action potential evoked by the combination of the first electrical stimulation pulse and the second electrical stimulation pulse; and adjusting one or more parameters of the electrical stimulation therapy based on the sensed compound action potential.
US09597505B2	Implantable medical device crosstalk evaluation and mitigation Electrical crosstalk between two implantable medical devices or two different therapy modules of a common implantable medical device may be evaluated, and, in some examples, mitigated. In some examples, one of the implantable medical devices or therapy modules delivers electrical stimulation to a nonmyocardial tissue site or a nonvascular cardiac tissue site, and the other implantable medical device or therapy module delivers cardiac rhythm management therapy to a heart of the patient.
US09597504B1	Non-invasive neuromodulation (NINM) for rehabilitation of brain function In a patient suffering from neural impairment, stimulation is provided to sensory surfaces of the face and/or neck, or more generally to areas of the body that stimulate the trigeminal nerve, while performing an activity intended to stimulate a brain function to be rehabilitated. The simulation may then be continued after the performance of the activity has ceased. It has been found that the patient's performance of the activity is then improved after stimulation has ceased. Moreover, it tends to improve to a greater extent, and/or for a longer time, when the post-activity stimulation is applied, as compared to when postactivity stimulation is not applied.
US09597503B2	Intra-cochlear stimulating assembly insertion Presented herein are intra-operative techniques for setting the angular insertion depth of a stimulating assembly during implantation into a recipient's cochlea. In certain embodiments, the angular insertion depth is monitored in real-time and advancement of the stimulating assembly is terminated when a selected angular insertion depth is achieved. In further embodiments, a linear insertion depth that corresponds to a selected angular insertion depth is intra-operatively calculated and advancement of the stimulating assembly is terminated when the calculated linear insertion depth is achieved.
US09597497B2	Wireless footswitch and functional electrical stimulation apparatus A shoe insole has a cavity configured to provide an internal pocket open to a face of said insole, conveniently the lower face, the cavity having a length greater than its width and being directed generally along the length of the insole. A segmented structure is slideably insertable into said cavity within it is removably retained, the segments being disposed along the cavity and housing a pressure sensor, sensor state monitoring circuits, a wireless transceiver and a battery, adjacent segments being electrically connected together and hinged together by pairs of laterally spaced connector bars each mechanically connected together by links configured to maintaining the spacing between segments while permitting flexion between adjacent segments under loads encountered during walking.
US09597496B1	Oral care implement with conductive protrusions In some embodiments, an oral care implement includes a housing, a power source, and a plurality of conductive protrusions extending from a surface of the housing. Also disclosed are methods of using the oral care implement, for example, for treating conditions in the oral cavity.
US09597495B2	Locating a neural prosthesis using impedance and electrode height The invention is a method of identifying a preferred location for an electrode array to the neural characteristics of an individual subject. The response to electrical neural stimulation varies from subject to subject and array location to array location. Measure of impedance may be used to predict the electrode height from the neural tissue and, thereby, predict the preferred location. Alternatively, electrode height may be measured directly to predict the preferred location.
US09597493B2	Systems, methods and devices for a skull/brain interface Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for directing and focusing signals to the brain for neuromodulation and for directing and focusing signals or other energy from the brain for measurement, heat transfer and imaging. An aperture in the skull and/or a channel device implantable in the skull can be used to facilitate direction and focusing. Treatment and diagnosis of multiple neurological conditions may be facilitated with the disclosed systems, methods and devices.
US09597489B2	Three-dimensional porous film contact layer with improved wound healing A wound dressing has a micro-architecture to produce appropriate strains in cells to promote the healing a wound. The apparatus includes a wound cover for defining a reservoir over a wound in which a negative pressure may be maintained by forming a substantially fluid-tight seal around the wound, a vacuum source in fluid communication with the reservoir and suitable for providing an appropriate negative pressure to the reservoir to stimulate healing of the wound, and a porous structure positioned in contact with the wound for delivering micro-mechanical forces to localized areas of the wound. The porous structure comprises a three-dimensional film material having directional apertures formed therein.
US09597483B2	Reduced-friction catheter introducer and method of manufacturing and using the same Tear-away and non-tear-away sheath introducers for catheters, methods for making such introducers, and methods for using such introducers are described. The sheath introducers contain movable valves that are encapsulated in a movable housing unlike conventional valves that are stationary. The movable housing allows the valve to move along the axis of the introducer. As the movable valve and housing travel along the axis, a portion of the hub protrudes past the valve and is exposed. The protruding portion of the hub contains a friction-free pathway for the catheter into the sheath introducer. The introducers can therefore be used with any catheter, regardless of the size or material, because of the reduced or eliminated frictional force between the catheter and introducer.
US09597482B2	Apparatus and method for monitoring catheter insertion A method and apparatus for inserting and monitoring the placement of a cannula tip within a peripheral vein of a human body where the cannula includes a sensor located at predetermined location and mounted on the cannula for sensing the biological material of the body to guide the insertion of the cannula tip into the vein and alerts to the withdrawal of the cannula tip from the vein in the body.
US09597479B2	Method and apparatus for treatment of sleep disorders A system for therapy may include a mask (200) for a patient having a frame, cushion, forehead support and a light (100). The mask is connectable to a respiratory treatment apparatus, such as a flow generator, to receive breathable gas for a respiratory therapy. The light may also be connected to the power system and/or control system of the apparatus. A light may also be included in a module, such as a docking station, for a respiratory treatment apparatus. The lights may be controlled by one or more processors, and may be responsive to detected conditions, to assist with therapy. For example, the light may be turned on at a predetermined time or may be synchronized with the patient's sleep state, to assist in waking up the patient or re-setting the patient's circadian rhythm. Other components, such as sound and aroma generators of the system, may also be controlled for such therapies.
US09597475B2	Fast connect device for oxygen humidity bottles and other medical containers A medical device that is fundamentally a releasable connection system for connecting two sections of tubing together or tubing to a medical device. It includes a male fitting further comprising a male shaft or couple and a female fitting called a socket, both structures having features to permit and provide hygienic connects with the fast or quick retention. The present invention is directed to tubing connection and disconnection apparatus. The device is used for the transport of both gaseous and liquid fluids such as oxygen, air, medicine (liquid or gas) and waste and drainage lines. It provides the medical field speed for a quick reaction to patient needs and the lower cost of the manpower/labor by medical personnel which provides savings opportunities. All this continues to provide reliable, clean and hygienic connections.
US09597474B2	Patient interface device with auto-adjusting cushion A patient interface device (2) includes a frame member (4) and a cushion (6) having a main body, a sealing portion, and first and second posts extending from the main body. The frame member defines a first orifice and a second orifice. The first post of the cushion is rotateably received within the first orifice and the second post is rotateably received within the second orifice in a manner that permits the cushion to rotate relative to the frame member.
US09597473B2	Inextensible headgear and CPAP or ventilator mask assembly with same A headgear for a respiratory mask of a ventilator or CPAP device is provided. The headgear includes a strap portion formed of a substantially inextensible material. The strap portion has formed on one end thereof a connecting structure configured to connect to a mask of the ventilator or CPAP device. One advantage is that the mask will not or at least will be less inclined to lift off the face as mask pressure is increased.
US09597472B2	Spiral slit endotracheal tube An endotracheal tube comprising a flexible hollow tube with a spiral slit traversing a substantial length of the tube. The slit has edges that separate to create an opening by which the tube may be spiral wound onto a medical device, such as a fiber optic bronchoscope, that is in use in a pharynx passage. The angle of the slit is preferably in the range of 30-60 degrees.
US09597470B2	Manifold having rotatable ports An airway manifold includes a manifold body having an upper body portion and a lower body portion. The body portions are engaged such that the upper body portion is rotatable relative to the lower body portion, whereby a generally hollow interior space is defined. The lower body portion has a port open to the interior space, and the upper body portion includes a plurality of ports open to the interior space. A first upper body port is axially alignable with the lower body port to define a substantially linear passageway therebetween when the upper body portion is at a first rotatable position relative to the lower body portion. A second upper body port is axially alignable with the lower body port to define a substantially linear passageway therebetween when the upper body portion is at a second rotatable position.
US09597465B2	Methods of operating and fabricating inhalers with airway disks having discrete airway channels Methods of fabricating and operating dry powder inhalers that include dose disks and airway channel disks with sealant layers, the airway channel disks forming radially-extending discrete, typically dose-specific, airway channels serially forming a portion of the inhalation pathway to deliver dry powder to a user using the inhalers.
US09597460B2	Drive mechanism for a drug delivery device A drive mechanism for a drug delivery device having a rotationally fixed plunger rod driven by a lead screw. The lead screw engages a free lock which is coupled to a release knob. A dose setting dial cooperates with an inner cylinder using a clutch to establish the axial movement of the plunger rod during dose setting and dispensing.
US09597459B2	Drive mechanism for a drug delivery device A drive mechanism for a drug delivery device is presented that can be switched between a normal operation mode and a reset mode. A piston rod is displaced in a distal direction to deliver a dose in a normal operation mode and is displaced in the proximal direction in a reset mode. The drive mechanism also has a drive member that is rotationally moveable with respect to the housing, wherein in the normal operation mode, the drive member is coupled with the piston rod so that rotational movement of the drive member in the rotation direction with respect to the housing is converted into movement of the piston rod in the distal direction with respect to the housing, and wherein, in the reset mode, the piston rod is decoupled from the drive member.
US09597458B2	Fluoropolymer barrier materials for containers A container having a barrier layer is provided. The container may be of thermoplastic and the barrier may inhibit materials from leaching from the thermoplastic material or from extraction of compounds from medicants by the thermoplastic. A process is also described that allows for molding thin barrier layers as container lines and for forming thermoplastic containers with barrier liners.
US09597455B2	Syringe having a spring action plunger rod A syringe assembly including a syringe barrel defining a chamber having a stopper therein is disclosed. The syringe assembly includes a plunger rod associated with the stopper, the plunger rod includes an outer sleeve having a distal end interconnected to the stopper and a sidewall portion defining an opening therein. The plunder rod also includes an inner sleeve disposed within the outer sleeve including a longitudinally extending track in alignment with the opening in the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve is adapted for telescopic movement with respect to the outer sleeve. The plunger rod also includes a spring mounted in association with the inner sleeve. The syringe assembly further includes a holding mechanism associated with the plunger rod and configured for cooperation with the inner and outer sleeves. Relative movement between the inner and outer sleeves causes the plunger rod to transition from a collapsed position to an extended position.
US09597452B2	Autoinjector Described is a cartridge comprising a case adapted to detachably engage an autoinjector, an ampoule containing a medicament, and a needle magazine containing a plurality of double-tipped needle assemblies. An autoinjector comprises the cartridge, a housing adapted to detachably engage the cartridge and a user interface adapted to provide visual, audible or tactile feedback.
US09597451B2	Insulin delivery safety Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems, devices/apparatuses and methods for assessing a residual insulin value for a user/patient. Such embodiments may be implemented by selecting a first value corresponding to a duration of insulin action; selecting a second value corresponding to a lock out time duration, selecting a first time period beginning at a time point T0 minus the first value and ending at the time point T0 minus the second value, selecting one or more boluses delivered during the first time period; for each of the one or more boluses selecting a corresponding residual insulin value estimated at the time point T0, computing the cumulative residual insulin value by summation of the corresponding residual insulin values.
US09597450B2	Patch-like infusion device A system and method for a patch-like, self-contained substance infusion device which can be attached to a skin surface via an adhesive contact surface. A push button activation assembly can then be used to remove an interlock, allowing a disk or Belleville spring assembly to apply an essentially even and constant pressure to the contents of a fluid reservoir assembly. This allows the release of one or more spring-loaded patient needles into the skin surface, and establishes a fluid communication path between the patient needles and the pressurized fluid reservoir contents thereby delivering an infusion into the skin. The push button activation assembly further allows the release of one or more improved safety mechanisms after use.
US09597449B2	Infusion system for the controlled delivery of therapeutic agents Embodiments of the invention provide infusion systems for the intravenous or other delivery of drugs and other therapeutic agents to a patient including a human or mammal. The therapeutic agents may be dissolved in solution or comprise the solution itself. Embodiments of the systems can utilize a chemical reaction to predictably drive a flow of drug(s) through a catheter or other flow path and into the patient. More specifically, the reaction may include an acid-base reaction or any other reaction that produces a gaseous substance. The gas is produced and contained in an expandable drive balloon when the acid-base reactants are combined with a liquid. As the gas is produced, the drive balloon expands to exert pressure on a separately-contained drug reservoir which, in turn, pushes drug(s) from the reservoir into the flow path where the drug is ultimately delivered to the patient in a controlled and predetermined manner.
US09597448B2	Computer-controlled intravenous drug delivery system The present invention relates to a system for computer-aided intravenous delivery of anesthetics and/or other drugs to a patient, wherein said system comprises an Infusion Controller that delivers an amount of drug(s) to a patient; possibly a DataLogger Controller with one or more Sensors adapted so as to be coupled to a patient and to generate signals reflecting one or more health conditions or statuses of the patient; a Communication Controller connected with the infusion pumps and/or monitors; a Session Controller that carries out the modeling of anesthesia procedures and is arranged to run a first procedure and to dynamically adapt said first procedure and/or select and run a second procedure based upon one or more of said sensors' output and/or observation from a physician; a Graphic User Interface to display different views of the system and to accept user input; a set of interfaces used to link the Infusion, Datalogger and Session Controllers to views displayed by the Graphical User Interface; a Processor or Infusion Session Manager that integrates the Graphic User Interface, the Infusion Controller, the DataLogger Controller, the Communication Controller and the Session Controller and that steers drug delivery, wherein the system contains a set of configurable written procedures to steer intravenous anesthetic drag delivery and/or other drug delivery, whereby said procedures have been adapted to the type of surgical action and/or therapy, adapted to the patient's physical condition, and adapted to the type of drugs, tools and theoretical models used.The system of the present invention finds its use among others in intravenous anesthesia (IVA) and in cancer therapy.
US09597447B2	Liquid injector for injecting contrast medium at variable rate into a subject who is to be imaged by imaging diagnostic apparatus A liquid injector registers the data of a variable pattern in which an injection rate of a contrast medium varies with time. The injection rate of the contrast medium varies with time according to the variable pattern for maintaining a state in which the image contrast achieved by the contrast medium approximates an optimum level.
US09597444B2	Systems and methods for determining replacement fluid and plasma flow rates for red blood cell exchange procedures Systems and methods for performing a red blood cell exchange procedure are disclosed. In one aspect, the flow rates of a replacement fluid (e.g., red blood cells from a healthy donor) and plasma being flowed to a blood source are calculated based on certain parameters of the procedure that are known, including the flow rate of blood being drawn from the source and the volume of replacement fluid to be used during the procedure. The replacement fluid flow rate and the plasma flow rate are calculated in a way that allows for simultaneous depletion of the supply of replacement fluid and achievement of another prescribed process parameter. The other prescribed process parameter depends on the nature of the procedure, namely whether the fluid volume and hematocrit of the source are to change by the end of the procedure or remain the same.
US09597443B2	Anastomotic connector An anastomotic connector comprises a generally tubular access port having a first end and a second end, a generally tubular main body portion having a first end and a second end, wherein the second end of the main body portion is positioned adjacent to the second end of the access port such that the main body portion and access port are in fluid communication, and an anchor member received, within the access port and having a plurality of fingers that are extendable from the first end thereof. The fingers of the anchor member are movable between a loaded position wherein the fingers are substantially parallel to a center axis of the access port and an expanded position wherein the fingers are substantially perpendicular to the center axis of the access port.
US09597441B2	Microfluidic organ assist device incorporating boundary layer disrupters The general disclosure discusses a system and method for improving the efficacy of blood filtration treatments such as hemodialysis, hemofiltration, and hemodiafiltration. More particularly, the disclosure discusses a microfluidic device that includes first and second channels separated by a permeable membrane. One of the channels is configured for blood flow and includes a protein gel disruption layer. The protein gel disruption layer includes a plurality of elements at least partially extending across the blood flow channel that reduce the formation of a boundary layer or gel layer at the blood-membrane interface.
US09597440B2	Fluid volume monitoring for patients with renal disease A method includes initiating a blood fluid removal session of a patient; monitoring an indicator of tissue fluid volume of the patient, or a portion thereof, during the blood fluid removal session; monitoring an indicator of blood fluid volume of the patient during the blood fluid removal session; determining whether a ratio of the indicator of tissue fluid volume to indicator of blood fluid volume is outside of a predetermined range; and altering the rate of fluid removal during the blood fluid removal session if the ratio is determined to be outside of the predetermined range. A blood fluid removal system may be configured to carry out the method.
US09597439B2	Medical fluid sensing and concentration determination using radio frequency energy and a magnetic field This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a method includes using a medical fluid pump of a medical fluid pumping machine, such as a hemodialysis machine, to deliver medical fluid to a first portion of a cartridge that is positioned within a magnetic field, exciting atoms in the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge by applying radio frequency energy to the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge, receiving radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge, and determining a concentration of a substance in the medical fluid based on the received radio frequency energy generated by the excited atoms in the medical fluid in the first portion of the cartridge.
US09597436B2	Advanced heart failure treatment material as myocardial/cardiovascular regeneration device Provided is an advanced heart failure treatment material, as a myocardial/cardiovascular regeneration device, that self-assembles, which can improve the universality and be used in an emergency by commercialization with no need of cell-culturing (cell-free) by controlling stem cells, and has a high therapeutic effect on the fundamental treatment of intractable cardiovascular diseases, in particular, advanced heart failure, in which not only the saving of lives but also improving the patient's quality of life (QOL) are urgent issues. The advanced heart failure treatment material includes a pharmaceutical agent, an agent holding for the pharmaceutical agent, and a myocardial support device.
US09597435B2	Medical devices having a bioresorbable coating layer with a pre-determined pattern for fragmentation Intravascular medical devices comprising a coating layer disposed on a substrate associated with the medical device, wherein the coating layer has a pre-determined fragmentation pattern. At least a portion of the coating layer comprises a plurality of discontinuous bioresorbable members, wherein the discontinuous bioresorbable members have a size less than the luminal diameter of an arteriole. The coating layer may be formed by excavating portions of a coating layer (e.g., by laser ablation) to create gaps which define the discontinuous bioresorbable members. In certain embodiments, the coating layer is formed of a heat-bondable material. In such embodiments, the discontinuous bioresorbable members may be adhered to the substrate via heat bonds. Also disclosed are methods of forming a coating layer on medical devices and methods of treating intravascular sites.
US09597431B2	Compositions and methods for promoting bone formation A method for promoting bone formation is provided. More specifically, a method for promoting bone formation by promoting osteoclast formation is provided. In one embodiment, an implant comprising an implantable material and an osteoclast stimulating substance is provided.
US09597427B2	Radioactive bone cement A target tissue can be treated with a radioisotope. Some methods for treating a target tissue with a radioisotope include determining a distance between a target tissue and a surface of a matrix material to be positioned adjacent the target tissue and, based on the determined distance, determining an activity to be mixed with the matrix material to obtain a desired activity concentration. Some methods further include mixing the radioisotope with the matrix material. In some embodiments, the matrix material comprises bone cement, and the target tissue is a tumor in a bone. The radioisotope may be a beta-emitting radioisotope mixed in the cement at a concentration to form a radioactive cement.
US09597423B2	Adaptable diffuser A system and for diffusing. The system includes a diffuser body and two angled sides. The diffuser also includes a removable cover which is coupled to the diffuser body via a coupling device. Further, a shield is coupled to the diffuser body. The diffuser houses a container which is at least partially filled with a fragrance which is to be emitted by the diffuser. The removable cover hides the container from view. The diffuser is shaped to allow the diffuser to be placed in a corner. Further, because the cover can be removed, the cover can be customized and adjusted for a more aesthetically pleasing diffuser.
US09597420B2	Radiated energy sterilization device and associated method A sterilization device comprising an ultraviolet (UV) electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitting device, a detector configured to detect occupancy of a room associated with the sterilization device, and a controller operably connected to each of the UV EMR emitting device and the detector. The detector is configured to send a signal indicating occupancy to the controller upon a detection of occupancy. The controller is configured to operate the UV EMR emitting device to emit UV EMR only upon receiving a signal indicating no occupancy.
US09597418B2	Magnetic and fluorescent reverse nanoassemblies The present invention relates to magnetic and fluorescent nanoassemblies having reverse architectures. Especially, the nanoassemblies of the invention comprise a fluorescent core and magnetic nanoparticles contacting the surface of the fluorescent core. The nanoassemblies of the invention may further be coated by a polymer, which may optionally be functionalized. The invention further relates to a process for manufacturing the nanoassemblies of the invention. The invention is also directed to the use of the nanoassemblies of the invention, especially for multimodal imaging, in vitro and/or in vivo diagnostics through multimodal imaging, and/or therapy.
US09597417B2	Compositions and methods to evaluate hepatobiliary/gastrointestinal health, enterohepatic circulation, and drug interactions The present invention relates to the synthesis and use of a novel trifluorinated bile acid analog, that being, CA-sar-TFMA which is useful as an imaging probe, diagnostic agent or contrast agent and is resistant to bacterial deconjugation, wherein the trifluorinated bile acid analog can be used as a 19F MRI tracer exhibiting an increased half-life due to its resistance to choloylglycine hydrolase.
US09597416B2	Fluorescent membrane intercalating probes and methods for their use The invention relates to a family of dyes which fluoresce in the UV-VIS, far red and near infrared wavelengths of the spectrum and possess asymmetric lipophilic alkyl chains. The dyes of the invention are soluble in commercially available membrane staining vehicles, are useful as probes for rapidly staining lipophilic structures such as membranes in cells or isolated from cells, and are well-retained therein. Methods of utilizing the dyes to detect stained cells both in vivo and in vitro are also disclosed.
US09597411B2	Anti-PMEL17 antibodies and immunoconjugates The invention provides anti-PMEL17 antibodies and immunoconjugates and methods of using the same.
US09597410B2	FAP-activated proteasome inhibitors for treating solid tumors Disclosed are proteasome inhibitors, fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-activated prodrugs of proteasome inhibitors, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the inhibitors and prodrugs. Also disclosed are related pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the inhibitors and prodrugs and compositions thereof, for example, in treating cancer or other cell proliferative diseases. In vitro and in vivo methods of quantifying the expression of FAP in a biopsy sample and a mammal, respectively, are also disclosed.
US09597405B2	Star polymer nanoshells and methods of preparation thereof A nanoshell is disclosed, comprising a star polymer occlusion complex comprising i) an amphiphilic unimolecular star polymer having a crosslinked core covalently linked to 6 or more independent polymer arms, and ii) a cargo material occluded in the star polymer; and a shell comprising an inorganic material in contact with a peripheral surface of the star polymer occlusion complex.
US09597395B2	Methods of using adipose tissue-derived cells in the treatment of cardiovascular conditions Adipose derived regenerative cells are used to treat patients, including patients with cardiovascular conditions, diseases or disorders. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of regenerative cells, e.g., stem and/or progenitor cells, obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, adipose derived regenerative cells are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic cardiovascular benefit.
US09597388B2	Filovirus consensus antigens, nucleic acid constructs and vaccines made therefrom, and methods of using same Nucleic acid molecules and compositions comprising one or more nucleic acid sequences that encode a consensus filovirus immunogen including a consensus Marburgvirus filovirus glycoprotein MARV GP immunogen, a consensus Ebolavirus Sudan filovirus glycoprotein SEBOV GP immunogen and a consensus Ebolavirus Zaire glycoprotein ZEBOV GP immunogen are disclosed. The coding sequences optionally include operable linked coding sequence that encode a signal peptide. Immunomodulatory methods and methods of inducing an immune response against filovirus, particularly Marburgvirus, Ebolavirus Sudan and Ebolavirus Zaire are disclosed. Method of preventing filovirus infection, particularly infection by Marburgvirus, Ebolavirus Sudan and Ebolavirus Zaire and methods of treating individuals infected with filovirus infection, particularly infection by Marburgvirus, Ebolavirus Sudan and Ebolavirus Zaire are disclosed. Consensus filovirus proteins are disclosed.
US09597373B2	Treatment of short bowel syndrome patients with colon-in-continuity Intestinal absorption is enhanced in short bowel syndrome patients presenting with colon-in-continuity by treatment with a GLP-2 receptor agonist, such as teduglutide.
US09597372B2	Vault complexes for cytokine delivery The invention relates to compositions of vault complexes containing recombinant cytokine fusion proteins that include a cytokine and a vault targeting domain, and methods of using the vault complexes to deliver the cytokines to a cell or subject, and methods for using the compositions to treat cancer, such as lung cancer.
US09597371B2	Prominin-1 peptide fragments and uses thereof Described herein are peptide compositions of a prominin-1, which have regenerative activity. As such the peptides are useful when regeneration is needed, for example, to enhance angiogenesis, increase VEGF binding to endothelial cells, promote vasodilation, enhance cell migration, enhance cell proliferation, stimulate neuronal growth, prevent neurodegeneration, and/or promote neuroregeneration.
US09597370B2	Method for promoting hair growth The present disclosure relates to a method of applying a pharmaceutical composition for promoting hair growth. The pharmaceutical composition includes a hair growth peptide (HGP) which includes all or part of the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No: 1. The method includes administering a hair growth peptide (HGP) which includes all or part of the amino acid sequence SEQ ID No: 1 to a party of interest.
US09597366B2	Anticancer composition containing herbal extract The present invention relates to the anticancer composition containing an effective amount of herbal extract, and more particularly to the anticancer composition containing an effective amount of extract of Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix, Chrysanthemum indicum, Acanthopanax senticosus, Cinnamomum cassia Blume, Eucommia ulmoides Oliv., Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Pueraria thunbergiana Benth, Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge, Cassia tora, Carthamus tinctorius L., Paeonia lactiflora Pall, and Angelica gigas Nakai. The anticancer composition containing an effective amount of herbal extract has advantage of minimal or few side effects and cytotoxicity as compared to many existing anticancer drugs having cytotoxicity and side effects.
US09597364B2	Treatment of withdrawal symptoms to aid in nicotine use cessation with Passiflora incarnata The present invention relates to the treatment of withdrawal and craving symptoms as an aid in smoking cessation by administration of one or more dosages of a medication containing Passiflora incarnata.
US09597361B2	Treating a bacterial skin infection with a whole, leech saliva extract Methods are also provided for isolating and using a whole-saliva leech extract in the treatment of a bacterial skin infection. The methods can include feeding a phagostimulatory agent to a leech; inducing a regurgitation in the leech, the inducing including placing the leech in an environment having a temperature of less than about 0° C.; and, collecting an unrefined, whole saliva in the regurgitation of the cooled leech. The methods can include revitalizing the leech by warming it at a temperature ranging from about 5° C. to about 40° C. Stable, lyophilized, whole-saliva extracts of a leech are also provided, the extract having a stable activity when stored for use at a temperature below about −20° C., the extract maintaining at least 70% of the activity for at least 6 months. The extracts can be used to treat solid tumors, treat liquid tumors, treat diabetes, treat a viral disease, treat a parasitic disease, treat an antibacterial disease, or serve as an anti-oxidant.
US09597360B2	Method of treatment for pulpitis and/or enhancement for dentinogenesis A method of treatment for pulpitis and/or enhancement for dentinogenesis, includes using dental materials that include at least one of a protein having matrix metalloprotease 3 activities or matrix metalloprotease 3 precursor protein as an active ingredient. The dental materials can also contain a carrier having biocompatibility, and can contain at least one cell type among pulp cells, pulp stem cells, pulp progenitor cells, odontoblasts or cells that can differentiate into odontoblasts.
US09597359B2	Production of dentin, cementum and enamel by cells Described is a method of forming a mineralized material by co-culturing epithelial cell, such as ameloblast, and mesenchymal cell, such as osteoblast or odontoblast, in a mineral-stimulating medium. Also described is a matrix seeded with epithelial cells and mesenchymal cells and infused with a mineral-stimulating medium capable of forming a mineralized material in the matrix. Methods of manufacturing such compositions and methods of treating mineralization-related conditions are also described.
US09597358B2	Bioengineered human corneal stromal tissue Provided herein is a method of making an aligned ECM scaffold useful in refractive correction of the eye and repair of the cornea. Methods of use of the scaffold as well as a scaffold construct are provided.
US09597357B2	T cell modifying compounds and uses thereof Methods and compositions for modifying T-cells in which PD1 and/or CTLA-4 is repressed and/or inactivated using fusion proteins such as artificial transcription factors and nucleases.
US09597356B2	Method for treating cancers with dendritic killer cells and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same The present invention discloses a use of dendritic killer cell population for manufacturing medication. The dendritic killer cell population is generated by culturing peripheral blood mononuclear cells with effective amounts of various cytokines for an appropriate time period, and the conserved cytokine is IL-15. Meanwhile a pharmaceutical composition comprises the above dendritic killer cell population for treating cancers is also disclosed in the present invention.
US09597355B2	Cell culture cassettes and incubator The invention relates to cassettes for culturing cells. The invention also relates to analytical and preparative incubators for housing the cassettes. The invention also relates to methods of using the cassettes, for example, to culture cells wherein the processes of feeding and passaging cells are automated.
US09597353B2	Redox signaling gel formulation Formulations containing reactive oxygen species (ROS), processes for making these formulations, and methods of using these formulations are described. The formulations can include gels or hydrogels that contain at least one reactive oxygen species (ROS). The formulations can include a composition containing a reduced species (RS) and a reactive oxygen species (ROS). The formulations can also contain a rheology modifier and can include gels or hydrogels. Methods of preparing the formulations can include preparing a composition. Compositions can be prepared by providing water, purifying the water to produce ultra-pure water, combining sodium chloride to the ultra-pure water to create salinated water, and electrolyzing the salinated water at a temperature between about 4.5 to about 5.8° C.
US09597351B2	Nano-targeted delivery of protease, polymerase inhibitors with or without immune modulators in the treatment of hepatitis C This disclosure concerns novel formulation and Nanoformulations as defined in the specification and compositions comprising combination of HCV protease and polymerase inhibitors, with or without interferon, along with anti-fibrotic/anti-hemolytic agents' combination of naturally driven Polyphenol/Thiols, and Non-anticoagulant GAGs. These compounds are effective antiviral agents, especially in inhibiting the function of the various genotypes of Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Thus, the disclosure also concerns a method of treating HCV related diseases or conditions by use of these novel compounds or a composition comprising nano-targeted delivery of novel nanoformulation containing combined composition for HCV and/or hepatic targeted delivery for improved efficacy and safety.
US09597347B2	Compositions for treating obesity and insulin resistance disorders Provided herein are methods and compositions for modulating the activity or level of a sirtuin, thereby treating or preventing obesity or an insulin resistance disorder, such as diabetes in a subject. Exemplary methods comprise contacting a cell with a sirtuin activating compound or an inhibitory compound to thereby increase or decrease fat accumulation, respectively.
US09597344B2	Sonosensitive liposome, pharmaceutical composition including the same, and method of delivering active agent to subject using the sonosensitive liposome Provided is a liposome comprising a lipid bilayer and a sonosensitizer that is disposed in and/or on the lipid bilayer, wherein the sonosensitizer self-assembles to form aggregates when exposed to ultrasound; and a method of efficiently delivering an active agent to a target site in the body of a subject using the sonosensitive liposome.
US09597343B2	Targeted therapeutics The present invention provides pharmacological compounds including an effector moiety conjugated to a binding moiety that directs the effector moiety to a biological target of interest. Likewise, the present invention provides compositions, kits, and methods (e.g., therapeutic, diagnostic, and imaging) including the compounds. The compounds can be described as a protein interacting binding moiety-drug conjugate (SDC-TRAP) compounds, which include a protein interacting binding moiety and an effector moiety. For example, in certain embodiments directed to treating cancer, the SDC-TRAP can include an Hsp90 inhibitor conjugated to a cytotoxic agent as the effector moiety.
US09597342B2	GABAergic receptor subtype selective ligands and their uses Described herein are α3 or α2 or α2/α3 GABAergic receptor subtype selective ligands, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use of such ligands and compositions in treatment of anxiety disorders, epilepsy and schizophrenia with reduced sedative and ataxic side effects. In embodiments, such as α3 or α2 or α2/α3 GABAergic receptor subtype selective ligands lack ester linkages and may be thus relatively insensitive to hydrolysis by esterases.
US09597340B2	Cannabinoid receptor modulators Provided are certain methods useful in the treatment of cancer comprising administering a compound of Formula Ia and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the cannabinoid CB2 receptor;
US09597335B2	Use of testosterone and a 5-HT1A agonist in the treatment of sexual dysfunction The invention relates to the field of male and/or female sexual dysfunction. The invention specifically relates to the use of testosterone and a 5-HT1A agonist.
US09597330B2	Drugs for treating respiratory diseases It is intended to provide a therapeutic agent and/or a preventive agent for a respiratory disease or a therapeutic agent and/or a preventive agent for a sodium channel associated disease. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical comprising a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient: Ar1 and Ar2: a heteroaryl group or an aryl group; R1, R2 and R3: a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a halogenated C1-C6 alkyl group, a hydroxy C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy C1-C6 alkyl group or a C3-C7 cycloalkyl group or a cyano group; R4 and R5: a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a halogenated C1-C6 alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a hydroxy C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy C1-C6 alkyl group, a C3-C7 cycloalkyl group or a C1-C6 alkoxy group; n: an integer of 1 to 3; and the heteroaryl or aryl group optionally has one or two groups independently selected from a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a halogenated C1-C6 alkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a hydroxy C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy C1-C6 alkyl group, a C3-C7 cycloalkyl group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group, an amino group, a C1-C3 alkylamino group and a di-C1-C3 alkylamino group, and when the heteroaryl or aryl group has two such groups, the two groups are the same as or different from each other.
US09597329B2	Aurora kinase inhibitors and methods of making and using thereof Described herein are inhibitors of Aurora kinase and their use in the treatment of cancer. Methods of screening for selective inhibitors of Aurora kinases are also disclosed.
US09597328B2	Methods and compositions for treating dry eye disease and other eye disorders The present invention discloses pharmaceutical preparations for treatment of eye disorders containing an alpha 2 adrenergic agonist, to processes for producing the pharmaceutical preparations and methods for treatment of various eye disorders including dry eye and Meibomian gland dysfunction and a medicinal applicator for topical application of an alpha 2 adrenergic agonist to a subject, a package assembly for the medicinal applicator and methods of using the medicinal applicator to treat eye disorders.
US09597327B2	Synthesis of (R)-N-methylnaltrexone This invention relates to stereoselective synthesis of R-MNTX and intermediates thereof, pharmaceutical preparations comprising R-MNTX or intermediates thereof and methods for their use.
US09597320B2	Treatment of pancreatic and related cancers with 5-acyl-6,7-Dihydrothieno[3,2-C]pyridines Methods for inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer cells or other cancer cells driven by Sonic hedgehog are disclosed. The method involves exposing the cells to 5-acyl-6,7-dihydrothieno[3,2-c]pyridines of formula I
US09597319B2	Compositions and methods of inhibiting metallo-β-lactamases A method of treating a bacterial infection in a subject in need thereof includes administering to the subject therapeutically effective amounts of at least one β-lactam antibiotic and at least one bisthiazolidine metallo-β-lactamase inihibitor.
US09597317B2	Substituted indazole derivatives active as kinase inhibitiors The present invention relates to substituted indazole compounds which modulate the activity of protein kinases and are therefore useful in treating diseases caused by degulated protein kinase activity, like cancer. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing such these compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US09597312B2	Treatment of cognitive disorders associated with abnormal dendritic spines using PKC activators The present disclosure provides methods of treating a cognitive disorder associated with abnormal dendritic spines, such as Fragile X Syndrome, Fragile X Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome, autism, or mental retardation, using PKC activators.
US09597305B2	Composition and method to alleviate joint pain using a mixture of fish oil and fish oil derived, choline based, phospholipid bound fatty acid mixture including polyunsaturated EPA and DHA Beneficial and synergistic effects for alleviating joint pain and symptoms of osteoarthritis and/or rheumatoid arthritis have been found using a mixture of fish oil and fish oil derived, choline based, phospholipid bound fatty acid mixture including polyunsaturated EPA and DHA either alone or in combination with other active constituents, including astaxanthin and polymeric hyaluronic acid or sodium hyaluronate (hyaluronan) in an oral dosage form.
US09597298B2	Composition for topical application comprising glycerol and tannins A preparation for topical application comprising glycerol and plant tannins, wherein the plant tannins have the capacity to bind to glycerol so that the glycerol has filmogen quality.
US09597297B2	Combination of pilocarpin and methimazol for treating Charcot-Marietooth disease and related disorders The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and related peripheral neuropathies. More particularly, the invention relates to combined therapies for treating said disease by affecting simultaneously muscarinic receptor signalling and thyroid hormone pathway in a subject.
US09597294B2	Continuous coating of pellets A continuous dosage form coating apparatus uses vibrational impulses to maintain a dosage forms in a fluid state to expose them to a coating material atomized by spraying.
US09597290B2	Particle functionalization Particle functionalization systems including one or more of: a target of a material; an energetic ion and/or electron source providing accelerated ions and electrons to the target; a potential that is applied to at least the target and that causes ions and/or electrons from the ionized gas to impact a surface of the target and release atoms of the material; at least one magnet providing a magnetic field that controls movement of the ions and electrons and nucleation, formation and growth of particles from the released atoms; and a particle collection device that collects particles, the collection device comprising a substrate and a polymeric functionalization coating disposed on the substrate, wherein particles impinge upon and form bonds with molecules of the functionalization coating. Methods of preparing functionalized particles, functionalized particle compositions, and kits including functionalized particles are also described.
US09597286B2	Probiotic confection and lipid compositions The present application relates to probiotic confection-based compositions comprising lactic acid-producing bacteria and oil-based compositions comprising the same.
US09597277B2	Use of polymers The present invention relates to the use of a thiol-group-containing polymer for preparing an implant for tissue augmentation, wherein the basis polymer is a polysaccharide.
US09597275B2	Gellant The present invention provides a novel gellant capable of favorably gelatinizing an oily base.The present invention relates to a gellant for an oily base, which contains the peptide compound represented by the formula (1), and further relates to a gelatinous composition containing (A) the gellant for an oily base, and (B) an oily base.Formula (1): wherein the symbols are as described in the DESCRIPTION.
US09597272B2	Nail compositions The invention relates to nail composition sets comprising at least one primer, at least one bonding composition, and at least one color coat, wherein the primer comprises water and at least one adhesive compound and preferably further comprises at least one water-soluble film forming agent and/or at least one plasticizer.
US09597270B2	Hydrogel-forming material A hydrogel-forming material for preparing hydrogel even after a process of stirring gelator in medium heat to dissolve and disperse the gelator, and cooling the mixture to room temperature with stirring, a hydrogel material wherein a gel can reform by standing at room temperature even after a hydrogel obtained using the material is converted sol by shaking. The hydrogel-forming material with lipid peptide gelator includes Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically usable salt thereof: R1 is a C9-23 aliphatic group, R2 is a hydrogen atom or C1-4 alkyl group optionally having a C1-2 branched chain, R3 is a —(CH2)n—X group, n is 1 to 4, and X is an amino-group, guanidino group, CONH2 group, 5-membered ring optionally having 1-3 nitrogen atom(s), 6-membered ring optionally having 1-3 nitrogen atom(s), or fused heterocycle composed of 5-membered ring and 6-membered rings optionally having 1-3 nitrogen atom(s), water, and fatty acid salt as additive.
US09597267B2	Slurry powder cosmetic compositions and methods Slurry powder cosmetic composition comprising particulates coated with a binder composition, a silicone gel composition, and the evaporation residue of an alcohol based composition and a method for making the composition.
US09597261B2	Pill dispenser A pill dispensing system that includes pill packages that can be used to dispense pills manually or with a dispenser system to provide enhanced functionality. The packages can be provided with information relating to the packaged pills or to the use of the packaged pills. By reading the information from the package, the dispenser system can know what is in the package, when it is to be taken and can understand and track inventory. The dispenser system provides reminders of when the pills should be taken. The dispenser system may have the ability to key a specific electronic device, such as a cell phone, to a specific user and the dispenser system may require the electronic device to be within proximity of the dispenser system before dispensing pills for that user.
US09597260B2	System for closed transfer of fluids A system for the closed transfer of fluids that provides substantially leak-proof sealing and pressure equalization during engagement of a cannula with a vial, during transfer of a substance from a vial chamber to a barrel chamber via the cannula, and during disengagement of the cannula from the vial is disclosed. The leak-proof sealing of the system substantially prevents leakage of both air and liquid during use of the system. The system of the present disclosure also permits pressure equalization between a vial and the system when the system is attached to the vial. The system is compatible with a needle and syringe assembly for accessing a medication contained within a vial for administering the medication to a patient.
US09597254B1	Devices and methods for manipulating soft tissue A system and methods are disclosed for manipulating soft tissue. In some embodiments, a roller has a cylindrical core with a plurality of protrusions disposed thereon, each protrusion having a height, durometer and radius of curvature and separated axially and circumferentially from nearby protrusions. Spacing between tow protrusions may allow protrusions to contact soft tissue while nearby bony tissue, nerves or wounds are avoided. End caps on the cylindrical core have a major diameter that may be less than, approximately the same as, or greater than the diameter of the cylindrical core and the height of the protrusions. A circumferential band may be devoid of protrusions.
US09597247B2	Positioning device and method of use A positioning device is described for supporting an infant with myelomeningocele during surgery, transport and pre- and post-operative procedures. The device allows the patient to be expeditiously re-positioned from prone to supine and lateral positions and vice versa before, during and after surgery. The device allows access to the myelomeningocele while the patient is secured in the device.
US09597245B2	Oscillating hyperbaric capsule This invention makes reference to an autonomous, versatile and non-invasive hyperbaric capsule with a new functional and esthetic design for high-pressured air or oxygen therapies for one or more people which can be installed to any structure. It has vertical to horizontal oscillating effect and features a new bolted gate with a 2-movement, 3-position twin closure mechanism. Also, it has all the necessary equipment already built in ready to be operated according to the wishes of the patient inside or by an assistant in the outside.
US09597242B2	Joint movement detection device and system for coordinating motor output with manual wheelchair propulsion A joint movement detection device and system is presented which is responsive to elbow or wrist movements during use of a manually-propelled wheelchair to enable coordination of assistive motor energization with a user's efforts at self-motivating the manually-propelled wheelchair during driving, steering, and braking of the wheelchair. Several embodiments are provided which help to ensure user-intended assistive motor output that is responsive to movement of the joint over which the device is worn.
US09597239B2	Elongated strip-like film bandage An elongated, strip-like film bandage, includes a plastics film (1), which on its one side is coated with a skin-friendly adhesive (2), a protective layer (3) detachably fixed to the adhesive coating, and a stiffening layer (4), which is detachably fixed to the plastics film on the opposite side to the adhesive coating. The bandage is bellows-folded into a stack such that the bandage is divided into a number of parts (6-15) stacked one on top of the other, and three such parts of the bandage, which are mutually adjacent, are connected to one another on two opposite sides of the stack.
US09597234B2	Very absorbent, thin adhesive dressing, and uses thereof for the treatment of chronic wounds The invention relates to an absorbent dressing comprising an adhesive silicone-coated side strip, which is particularly suitable for use in the care of chronic wounds, such as ulcers or eschars, or acute wounds, such as burns.The absorbent dressing includes a breathable impermeable substrate (4) and an absorbent non-woven fabric (6). The substrate is formed by assembling a continuous film (4a) and an openwork reinforcement that is coated with an adhesive silicone gel (4b) without blocking the openings in the reinforcement. A non-absorbent web (5) is secured to a complementary non-woven fabric (7), such as to encase the above-mentioned absorbent non-woven fabric (6) without being secured at any point to the latter. The encased absorbent non-woven fabric is subsequently assembled to the substrate (4) along part of said silicone-coated surface of the substrate.
US09597229B2	Phacoemulsification flow rate detection system and method A phacoemulsification flow rate detection system and method for directly measuring the rate of fluid flowing into and out of the eye during a cataract operation.
US09597228B2	Vitrectomy surgical apparatus with regulating of material processed A vitrectomy apparatus is provided, including a pressure source, a cut valve connected to the pressure source, the cut valve configured to be turned on and off to provide pressure to selectively extend and retract a vitrectomy cutting device, a sensor configured to sense pressure provided from the cut valve, and a controller configured to control operation of the cut valve based on pressure sensed by the sensor. The controller is configured to monitor an amount of dwell time the vitrectomy cutting device remains open and monitor aspiration rate, and control a rate of material processed by the vitrectomy cutting device based on amount of dwell time and aspiration rate.
US09597226B2	Devices and methods for using endovascular cooling to treat septic shock and other disorders Apparatus, systems and methods for cooling or warming the temperature of all or a portion of the body of a human or animal subject to treat disorders including but not limited to sepsis, septic shock or other inflammatory or infectious conditions which can result in shock, hypoxia, ischemia and/or multiple organ failure in human or animal subjects.
US09597225B1	Non-invasive thermal wrap method for inducing calorie burning and weight loss A method for reducing cellulite, local or generalized fat comprising applying thermal body wraps, which are cycled in temperature, is provided. Based on a body composition test, suggested targets for body fat percentage, total weight, fat weight, lean weight, weight to lose, body water percentage and basal metabolic rate are calculated. The thermal body wraps are described and may comprise layers of synthetic material, such as polyurethane and polyester fabric. The body wraps may have a heating circuit including a coaxially arranged heating cable, and a control loop including a negative temperature coefficient thermistor. The heating cable may have a protection wire, coaxially surrounding and insulated from a heating wire, so that if a break in the heating wire is detected, current flow to the heating wire is suspended. A thermostat in the wrap provides additional safety.
US09597222B2	Intra-vaginal device withdrawal assembly An intravaginal device having an aperture and a withdrawal assembly. The withdrawal assembly has a withdrawal member and an obstruction.
US09597221B1	Materials and methods for fabricating a dental arch appliance comprising silicone A pre-packaged mixture of uncured silicone and a hibernating catalyst, either a tin-based catalyst or a platinum-based catalyst, is shipped from a manufacturer to an end user for use in fabricating a silicone dental arch appliance.
US09597214B2	Medical device A stent deployment device comprises an elongate catheter shaft (2), and an inflatable balloon (3). The inflatable balloon (3) is movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. In the expanded configuration part of the longitudinal axis of the balloon (3) is curved in three-dimensional space, and part of the balloon (3) is helically shaped. A stent (6) is movable from a collapsed delivery configuration to a partially expanded intermediate configuration, and subsequently from the intermediate configuration to a fully expanded deployed configuration. In the delivery configuration the longitudinal axis of the stent (6) is straight. The longitudinal axis of the stent (6) may be straight or curved in three-dimensional space in the intermediate configuration. In the deployed configuration the longitudinal axis of the stent (6) is curved in three-dimensional space. The balloon (3) in the expanded configuration exerts force on the stent (6). In the deployed configuration the stent (6) in turn exerts force on the internal wall of a blood vessel (5) causing the longitudinal axis of the blood vessel (5) to curve in three-dimensional space.
US09597212B2	Implant delivery system with marker interlock An implant delivery system is disclosed. The delivery system includes an elongated member having an implant mounting location. A self-expandable implant is mounted at the implant mounting location. The implant is held in a compressed orientation by a retractable sheath. An interlock structure prevents the implant from deploying prematurely as the sheath is retracted. The interlock structure includes radio-opaque markers that identify the position of the implant.
US09597211B2	Prosthesis delivery system A prosthesis delivery system comprises a sheath defining an axial direction; at least one tether movable axially relative to the sheath; and a holder movable axially within the sheath, configured to constrain radially the tether(s). Collapsing the prosthesis to a collapsed state in the sheath involves constraining radially with a holder the tether(s), attached to the prosthesis; and moving the tether(s) and the holder axially within the sheath such that the prosthesis is forced to collapse into the sheath and the holder is retracted into the sheath.
US09597210B2	Drug delivery system Apparatuses and methods for coating and/or loading a medical device with a therapeutic agent prior to or during the placement of the medical device within the patient's body. In one variation, the medical device is coated and/or loaded with a therapeutic agent while the device is positioned in a delivery apparatus. In another variation, the delivery apparatus comprises a reservoir for retaining a therapeutic agent. The user may release the therapeutic agent from the reservoir prior to or during the placement of the device to coat and/or load the device with the therapeutic agent.
US09597206B2	Anti-migratory stent coating The invention is directed to an anti-migratory stent comprising a tubular structure having an exterior surface and a plurality of protrusions provided on the exterior surface. The plurality of protrusions includes a first set of protrusions and a second set of protrusions. Each of the first and second set of protrusions includes a base and an apex. The apex of each of the first set of protrusions is offset from the base of the first set of protrusions in a direction opposite a direction of offset of the apex of each of the second set of protrusions from the base of the second set of protrusions.
US09597205B2	Prosthetic renal valve Apparatus and methods are described including a valve (34) that includes valve leaflets (33) and a non-branched valve frame (31) configured to support the valve leaflets, the frame defining a single longitudinal axis thereof, the longitudinal axis being a generally straight line along a full length of the frame. The valve (34) is placed at least partially within a renal vein of a subject. The valve defines an open state thereof in which the valve leaflets (33) allow generally unimpeded antegrade blood flow therethrough, and a closed state thereof in which the valve leaflets (33), in a passive manner, reduce venous pressure within the renal vein relative to central venous pressure of the subject. Other applications are also described.
US09597203B2	Modular humeral implant Modular humeral implants and methods of use. A humeral implant can include a stem portion, a metaphyseal portion, a locking element, and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion can include at least one spacer. Each spacer can include a proximal engagement feature, a distal engagement feature, a lumen extending longitudinally through the spacer, and a pin slidable within the lumen of the spacer. Distal movement of a locking element in the metaphyseal portion can translate the pin of each spacer to secure the metaphyseal portion, the intermediate portion, and the stem portion in a locked configuration.
US09597202B2	Method for using a guard for creating a socket posteriorly in the spine A method for guiding a bone removal device to form a socket in the human spine and for inserting a cortical bone implant into the socket. The method includes placing a guard against the posterior aspect of the spine, the guard having a passage therethrough, inserting the bone removal device into the passage, removing a portion of a facet joint with the bone removal device to create the socket having a maximum height, and inserting the cortical bone implant into the socket. The cortical bone implant has a leading end, a trailing end, a mid-longitudinal axis through the ends, and a height transverse to the mid-longitudinal axis, the height of the cortical bone implant being greater than the maximum height of the socket.
US09597201B2	Patient-specific acetabular guide for anterior approach An orthopedic device includes a patient-specific acetabular guide that can be used for preparing an acetabulum of a patient to receive an acetabular implant. The acetabular guide has a body with an outer three-dimensional surface configured to match an acetabulum of a specific patient's hip joint designed from data of the patient's hip joint. The acetabular guide can further include a peripheral annular rim.
US09597200B2	Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
US09597195B2	Expandable intervertebral implant An expandable intervertebral implant is provided for insertion into an intervertebral space defined by adjacent vertebrae. The expandable intervertebral implant includes a pair of outer sleeve portions and an inner core disposed between the outer sleeve portions. Movement of the inner core relative to the outer sleeve portions causes the outers sleeve portions to deflect away from each other, thereby engaging the expandable intervertebral implant with the vertebrae and adjusting the height of the intervertebral space.
US09597194B2	Intervertebral disc prosthesis Anchors for retaining an intervertebral device used for spinal treatment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the anchor has a plate-like body extending between the ends of the anchor. In another embodiment, the anchor has a bar-shaped body that is disposed along the top or bottom of the intervertebral device when the anchor is deployed. Various latches, retainers, and locking structures for holding the intervertebral device and the anchor together are disclosed.
US09597193B2	Intervertebral nucleus and annulus implants and methods of use thereof The invention encompasses devices and methods for treating one or more damaged, diseased, or traumatized intervertebral discs to reduce or eliminate associated back pain. Specifically, the invention encompasses intervertebral nucleus and annulus implants that are resistant to migration in and/or expulsion from an intervertebral disc space. The invention further encompasses kits including the implantable devices of the invention and associated delivery tools to treat annular and nuclear tissue.
US09597192B2	Metacarpal rod anchor for a trapezometacarpal prosthesis In one embodiment, the present invention is an anchoring rod that is elongated and tapered, the rod extends from a distal end toward a proximal end, the shape including a palmate side, a dorsal side and lateral sides, is the shape being flared on its palmate side without flaring on its dorsal side and flares on its lateral sides so as to form a flared proximal portion, said flared proximal portion having a substantially trapezoidal cross-section, with a dorsal face larger than the palmate face.
US09597191B2	Humeral trial and implant assembly and method of use A humeral trial and implant assembly for use in total shoulder arthroplasty is provided along with a method for using the same. The humeral trial and implant assembly includes a humeral fixation component, an adapter assembly, a humeral trial, a humeral implant, and a positioning guide. The humeral trial is coupled to the adapter assembly when the humeral trial and implant assembly is assembled in a trialing configuration. The humeral implant is coupled to the adapter assembly when the humeral trial and implant assembly is assembled in an installed configuration. A temporary connection releasably couples the humeral trial to the adapter assembly and provides separation of the humeral trial and the adapter assembly without requiring disassembly of the adapter assembly. A permanent connection fixedly couples the humeral implant to the adapter assembly. The temporary connection may be a magnetic connection.
US09597190B2	Modular reverse shoulder orthopaedic implant and method of implanting the same A modular reverse shoulder orthopaedic implant includes a humeral stem component and a separable fracture epiphysis component having a number of suture holes formed therein. The fracture epiphysis component is configured to receive a number of sutures for surgically repairing a proximal humeral fracture.
US09597186B2	Tissue shaping device In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a tissue shaping device adapted to be disposed in a vessel near a patient's heart to reshape the patient's heart. Such tissue shaping device can include an expandable proximal anchor; a proximal anchor lock adapted to lock the proximal anchor in an expanded configuration; an expandable distal anchor; a distal anchor lock adapted to lock the distal anchor in an expanded configuration; and a connector disposed between the proximal anchor and the distal anchor, the connector having a substantially non-circular cross-section.
US09597182B2	Catheter system for introducing an expandable stent into the body of a patient The invention relates to catheter system for introducing an expandable heart valve stent (150) into the body of a patient, the catheter system comprising: a catheter tip (10) having a seat portion for accommodating the stent (150) in its collapsed state and a stent holder (15) for releasably fixing the stent (150), wherein the seat portion is constituted by a first sleeve-shaped member (11) and a second sleeve-shaped member (21), said sleeve-shaped members (11, 21) being moveable relative to each other and relative to the stent holder (15), and a catheter shaft (30) for connecting the catheter tip (10) to a handle (70). The catheter shaft (30) comprising: first force transmitting means (31) connected to the first sleeve-shaped member (11), second force transmitting means (41) connected to the second sleeve-shaped member (21) and a distal end section connectable to second operating means (81) of the handle (70), and guiding means (51) having a passageway extending there between, wherein the first and second force transmitting means (31, 41) are at least partly received within the passageway such as to be moveable relative to the guiding means (51), and wherein the proximal end of the guiding means (51) terminates distal to the catheter tip (10).
US09597181B2	Thrombus management and structural compliance features for prosthetic heart valves A prosthetic heart valve can include an outer support assembly, an inner valve assembly, which define between them an annular space, and a pocket closure that bounds the annular space to form a pocket in which thrombus can be formed and retained. Alternatively, or additionally, the outer support assembly and the inner valve assembly can be coupled at the ventricle ends of the outer support assembly and the inner valve assembly, with the outer support assembly being relatively more compliant in hoop compression in a central, annulus portion than at the ventricle end, so that the prosthetic valve can seat securely in the annulus while imposing minimal loads on the inner valve assembly that could degrade the performance of the valve leaflets.
US09597178B2	Auricular implant Disclosed herein is an auricular implant, comprising an auricular base and a supporting member. The auricular base has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the first side thereof is disposed with a position unit. The supporting member having a thickness and a recess, wherein the position unit of the auricular base is disposed in the recess of the supporting member to adhere the supporting member to the first side of the auricular base for forming a stereoscopic disk-like structure.
US09597176B2	Overlapping side prosthetic capsular devices A prosthetic capsular device configured to be inserted in an eye includes a housing structure and a ring structure. The housing structure includes a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, a fourth side opposite the third side, a posterior side including a refractive surface, an anterior side opposite the posterior side, and a longitudinal axis. The first side, the second side, the third side, the fourth side, the posterior side, and the anterior side at least partially define a cavity configured to contain an intraocular device (e.g., an IOL). The anterior side includes an opening. The ring structure includes a ring structure portion extending radially outward from proximate one of an end of the first side and an end of the second side.
US09597175B2	Methods and systems for material fixation A soft tissue fixation system, most typically applicable to orthopedic joint repairs, such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee repair procedures, comprises an implant which is placeable in a tunnel disposed in a portion of bone, wherein the tunnel is defined by walls comprised of bone. A first member is deployable outwardly to engage the tunnel walls for anchoring the implant in place in the tunnel, and a second member is deployable outwardly to engage tissue material to be fixed within the tunnel. The second member also functions to move the tissue material outwardly into contact with the tunnel walls to promote tendon-bone fixation. Extra graft length is eliminated by compression of the tendon against the bone at the aperture of the femoral tunnel, which more closely replicates the native ACL and increases graft stiffness. The inventive device provides high fixation of tendon to bone and active tendon-bone compression. Graft strength has been found to be greater than 1,000 N (Newtons), which is desirable for ACL reconstruction systems.
US09597174B2	Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction valve A one way valve for a biological flow passage includes an elongated braided structure sized for insertion in the biological flow passage, a portion of the braided structure forming a substantially tubular shell, the braided structure maintaining an expanded operative shape after being deformed to a small dimension; a non-porous coating of the braided structure; a constricted portion of the elongated braided structure disposed between a proximal end and a distal end thereof, the constricted portion closing off a channel of the braided structure and defining at least one funnel shaped region of the braided structure to prevent flow towards the distal end; at least one hole formed in the non-porous coating, permitting a flow of one of air and fluid towards the proximal end; and an anchoring portion to retain the one way valve in a selected location within the biological flow passage.
US09597172B2	Retrieval catheter A retrieval catheter operable by a single clinician that will neither displace a deployed stent nor cause undue trauma to the vascular lumen or lesion. The retrieval catheter may be sized to accommodate both a guidewire and a balloon wire. The retrieval catheter is easy to navigate through tortuous passageways and will cross a previously deployed stent or stent-graft easily with minimal risk of snagging on the deployed stent or stent graft. The sheath and dilator are adapted to allow a guidewire or balloon wire to pass through the walls of both and to allow the sheath and dilator to move axially with respect to each other.
US09597171B2	Retrieval catheter with expandable tip Catheters of the present disclosure include a catheter shaft and an expandable tip, which can retrieve materials slightly larger than an inner diameter of the catheter shaft. The tip may be expandable such that it can easily transform from a first size and shape to a second size and shape to aid in the retrieval of the materials (i.e., the thrombus, embolus, or foreign body). Catheter tips may be expanded by inflation, removal of a constraining member, or an input such as heat, light, or electrical energy.
US09597168B2	Guidance assembly tip for a liquid droplet spray teeth cleaning appliance The guidance assembly is used for precise cleaning of interproximal spaces of teeth. The guidance assembly includes a base portion (30) for contacting the surfaces of teeth and gum region, adjacent the interproximal space, the base portion being approximately 12 mm in diameter to provide stable contact with the teeth and gum region. The guidance assembly also includes a tip portion (28) which extends forward of the base portion and includes an opening (31) through which the droplet spray is directed coincident with the plane of the interproximal space.
US09597161B2	Oral irrigator with integrated lid and base An irrigating device including a massage mode module in communication with a motor driving a pump. During a normal mode the pump has a first pulse rate and during massage mode the massage mode module provides a massage control signal to the motor to cause the pump to have a second pulse rate. In other embodiments, the disclosure includes an oral irrigator including a base and a reservoir removably connected to the base. The oral irrigator further includes a prow operably connected to the base and extending vertically upwards from the base. The prow may extend in a similar direction as sidewalls of the reservoir. The oral irrigator further includes a lid rotatably connected to the prow. The lid rotates between a first position where a fluid cavity of the reservoir is exposed to a second position where the lid covers at least a portion of the fluid cavity.
US09597160B1	Laser-assisted periodontics Periodontal disorders such as disorders associated with a dental implant are treated. An average power for a laser is selected via a user interface on a tablet, along with a set of permissible laser parameters provided in response to the selected average power. A gingival trough or flap is created around the implant with the laser. Infected tissue is selectively ablated or denatured via photothermolysis, and a pocket is lased around the affected implant. Marginal tissues are compressed against the implant.
US09597159B2	Body-space drainage-tube debris removal In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a debris removal system is provided for a body-space drainage system having one or more body tubes with a body tube lumen disposed therein. The debris-removal system comprises an elongated cleaning member and a cleaning head adapted to be advanced distally at least a portion of a length of the body tube lumen to dislodge debris therein. A collapsible sheath can be used to maintain a sterile field in the body tube lumen while the cleaning member is being used by enclosing at least a portion of the cleaning member that is not contained within the body tube lumen, and permitting external digital manipulation of the cleaning member through the sheath to advance and/or retract the cleaning member, and cleaning head, in the body tube lumen.
US09597158B2	Methods for balancing a joint during a surgical procedure There is disclosed a method of balancing a joint during a surgical procedure, to both maximize the range of motion of the joint and to reduce the likelihood of follow-up procedures. The method includes outputting a signal including a first data set associated with at least one of a force, a position, a displacement or a rotation associated with an apparatus disposed between a first bony structure and a second bony structure, the apparatus including a first portion configured to be coupled to the first bony structure, a second portion configured to be disposed between the first portion and the second bony structure, and a transducer and an actuator disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The method additionally includes outputting a signal including a second data set, the second data set associated with at least one of a force, a position, a displacement or a rotation associated with the apparatus after the performance of at least a part of a surgical procedure, the surgical procedure based at least in part on a recommendation based on the first data set.
US09597156B2	Bone tracking with a gyroscope sensor in computer-assisted surgery A system tracks an object in computer-assisted surgery. The system comprises a sensor unit secured to the femur. Gyroscopes on the sensor unit produce readings related to orientation data about three axes of rotation. A tracking unit receives the gyroscope readings. An axis calibrator on the tracking unit comprises a calculator for adding at least part of the gyroscope readings for specific movements of the object about a desired axis. An axis normalizer on the tracking unit determines an orientation of the desired axis with respect to the sensor unit from the added gyroscope readings. A tracking processor tracks the desired axis from the gyroscope readings. An interface displays orientation data for the object from a tracking of the desired axis. A method for tracking an object with a gyroscope sensor unit is also provided.
US09597154B2	Method and apparatus for optimizing a computer assisted surgical procedure A method and apparatus for optimizing a computer assisted procedure is provided. A method and apparatus for performing a procedure is also provided. Data can be accessed and processed to optimize and perform a procedure. The data can be augmented or supplemented with patient specific data.
US09597152B2	Control handles for medical devices Various medical devices and methods of treatment are described herein. For example, various detachable control handle configurations for inclusion with a medical device, such as a lithotripter, are described. In another example, various probe configurations are described herein. Furthermore, various methods of treatment using a control handle are described herein.
US09597151B2	Electrosurgical tissue ablation systems and methods capable of detecting excessive bending of a probe and alerting a user An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical device, one or more temperature sensors associated with the electrosurgical device, a fluid-flow path leading to the electrosurgical device, and a flow-control device disposed in fluid communication with the fluid-flow path. The electrosurgical device includes a probe for directing energy to tissue. The electrosurgical system includes circuitry for detecting bending of the probe. The circuitry alerts the user of excessive bending by activating an alarm, such as an audible alarm, lighting one or more LEDs or other light sources, tactile feedback, or any other means. The electrosurgical system further includes a processor unit communicatively-coupled to the one or more temperature sensors and communicatively-coupled to the flow-control device. The processor unit is configured to control the flow-control device based on determination of a desired fluid-flow rate using one or more electrical signals outputted from the one or more temperature sensors.
US09597148B2	System and method for controlling delivery of ablation energy to tissue A system for controlling delivery of ablation energy by an ablation catheter to tissue in a body is provided. The system includes an electronic control unit configured to determine, responsive to a measurement signal from the ablation catheter, a value for a characteristic associated with the delivery of ablation energy to the tissue. In one embodiment, the characteristic is the degree of contact between the ablation catheter and the tissue. The unit is further configured to generate a control signal, responsive to the determined value of the characteristic, to control an amount of energy delivered from an ablation delivery element on the ablation catheter to the tissue. The amount of energy varies in response to the determined value of the characteristic when the determined value of the characteristic meets a predetermined condition relative to a threshold value for the characteristic.
US09597146B2	Method of surgical perforation via the delivery of energy Apparatuses and methods for the perforation of heart tissue of a patient when an inferior approach to the heart is contraindicated are disclosed. The method includes using a superior approach to introduce the apparatus, positioning the apparatus at a tissue location and delivering a controlled amount of non-mechanical energy to the tissue to create a perforation. For example, a method of surgical perforation via the delivery of electrical, radiant or thermal energy may include: introducing an apparatus comprising an energy delivery device into a patient's heart via the patient's superior vena cava; positioning the energy delivery device at a first location adjacent material to be perforated; and perforating the material by delivering energy via the energy delivery device; wherein the energy is selected from the group consisting of electrical energy, radiant energy and thermal energy.
US09597133B2	Biodegradable bone plates and bonding systems The invention relates to novel internal fixation devices, such as bone plates, generally and novel craniomaxillofacial bone plates more specifically and systems for bonding the same. More specifically, the invention relates to bone plates made of a polymer blend of (poly)lactic acid and Ecoflex as well as a novel hot-melt adhesive polymer blend of the same material.
US09597132B2	Sternum fixation device and method An apparatus and technique for infernally securing a plurality of bone segments together. The device incorporates a plate-like structure stabilizing the fracture and integrated fasteners to attach straps circumscribing the bone segments.
US09597131B2	Contoured calcaneal plate and a percutaneous drill guide for use therewith This invention provides a calcaneal plate implanted using a sinus tarsi approach and comprises an anterior section having two locking screw holes, an s-shaped posterior facet section having a four locking holes and which rounds toward the bone at both the inferior and superior edges and is reinforced at the superior edge, and a blade shaped posterior portion having three linearly aligned locking holes and terminating in a tapered portion. There is also, a drill guide assembly having a drill guide column inserted through a hole in a targeting guide and locking to one of the locking holes in the plate, and cannulated drill guide sleeves that lock into holes in the targeting guide in a spaced relation whereby when the targeting guide is locked into the plate, the targeting guide can be used as a handle and wherein locking screws can be implanted percutaneously.
US09597124B2	Spinal correction system and method A spinal construct comprises at least one spinal implant connected with vertebrae and a member extending between a first end including, at least one part configured for connection to tissue of a rib cage and a second end configured for connection with the at least one spinal implant. Systems and methods are disclosed.
US09597122B2	Occipital fixation assembly, system and method for attaching the same An occipital fixation assembly is provided. The occipital fixation assembly includes a first mounting plate configured for placement within a sinus cavity adjacent a rear portion of a skull of a patient. A threaded post extends from the first mounting plate. A coupling member includes an aperture configured to receive the threaded post therethrough. The coupling member includes an offset extension configured to support a surgical rod thereon. A fixation nut configured to threadably engage the threaded post of the first mounting plate is rotatable about the threaded post and translatable therealong. The fixation nut is rotatable with respect to the first mounting plate and the coupling member such that rotation of the fixation nut in a predetermined direction brings the first mounting plate and the coupling member toward one another and into secured engagement with the skull of a patient.
US09597120B2	Bone anchoring device A bone anchoring device includes a bone anchoring element having a head and a shaft, a receiving part for coupling the bone anchoring element to a stabilization element, the receiving part having a bore having a bore axis, a seat member configured to be arranged in the bore and to be rotatable around the bore axis, the seat member forming a seat for polyaxially holding the head, the seat member being configured to allow a greater pivot angle of the bone anchoring element in a first direction compared to other directions when the bone anchoring element and the seat member are in the receiving part, and a pressure member configured to contact the head to exert pressure onto the head, and to be connected to the seat member, such that the pressure member is rotatable together with the seat member around the bore axis.
US09597119B2	Polyaxial bone anchor with polymer sleeve A bone anchor assembly comprising a shank, receiver, pressure insert, sleeve and closure. The sleeve having a body constructed of deformable material and including a transfer of non deformable material molded into the body of the sleeve to transfer force around the body. The receiver having interior guides and the insert having guide followers that cooperate to align the insert in the receiver and prevent rotation of the insert in the receiver.
US09597118B2	Bone anchor apparatus and method A bone anchor can include an elongated body and a plurality of separate elements. The bone anchor can be configured to be insertable into bone. The bone anchor can be coupleable to a spine treatment apparatus. The bone anchor can be revisable so that after a treatment interval attached to a spine treatment apparatus, the spine treatment apparatus can be detached and the bone anchor revised by removing the plurality of separate elements from the bone thus allowing a new anchor to be implanted in the bone.
US09597114B2	Expandable surgical access port A surgical access assembly for positioning within an opening in tissue including an outer frame positionable outside a patient and defining an opening therein dimensioned to receive a surgical instrument therethrough. The outer frame includes a first portion, a second portion and a locking portion. An inner member is positionable within a patient and a flexible member extends between the inner member and outer frame and is spreadable by actuation of the outer frame.
US09597112B2	Low-profile surgical access devices with anchoring A surgical access device includes a proximal housing having proximal and distal end portions, the distal end portion of the housing being configured and adapted to engage a proximal portion of a flexible wound retractor. The proximal housing can be provided with a plenum chamber being defined therein, the plenum chamber being in fluid communication with at least one nozzle. The nozzle is preferably configured to direct pressurized fluid in an axial direction from the plenum chamber into a central bore of the surgical access device to provide a constant gaseous seal around a surgical instrument inserted therethrough, while inhibiting a loss of pressurized fluid from the body cavity therethrough. The plenum chamber can be adapted and configured to receive pressurized fluid and conduct the pressurized fluid to the at least one nozzle.
US09597111B2	Methods for applying a skin graft The present invention generally relates to methods for applying a skin graft. Methods of the invention involve harvesting an epidermal skin graft, and applying the epidermal skin graft to a recipient site such that the basal layer of the skin graft makes direct contact with the recipient site.
US09597106B2	Ultrasonic treatment apparatus An ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes an impedance detecting section detecting an ultrasonic impedance value with time, and a gradual decrease detecting section detecting a gradual decrease start point to start gradual decrease of the ultrasonic impedance value. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus includes a tentative peak value holding section holding the ultrasonic impedance value at the detected gradual decrease start point as a tentative peak value, and a peak judging section judging whether the held tentative peak value is a target peak by comparing, relative to the held tentative peak value, changes with time of the ultrasonic impedance value after the gradual decrease start point.
US09597101B2	Embolectomy devices and methods for treatment of acute ischemic stroke condition Clot engagement element comprising bundle of unwoven fibers can be assembled to form an acute stroke treatment device. The device has the capability of forming a three dimensional filtration matrix comprising effective pores with a distribution of sizes. The bundle of fiber design allows the device to be effectively delivered into circuitous cerebral arteries to remove clot that causes stroke. The fiber bundle based filtration matrix offers the advantages of conforming to the changing inner perimeter of a blood vessel during a clot removal process and thus the capability to effectively retain and remove a clot in the vessel. The filtration matrix offers the additional advantage to trap any break-off of the clot during the removal process. A plurality of fiber bundles can be combined to form an effective clot engagement element. Supplemental engagement structure as well as mechanical treatment structure can be integrated into the stroke treatment device. The deployment of the fiber based elements can be facilitated by actuation tool. Aspiration can be employed during the clot removal process.
US09597098B2	Skin tensioner for hair transplantation Devices and methods for applying tension to an area of skin are provided, for example, for follicular unit removal and implant in a hair transplantation procedure. The devices may include a frame with at least two skin contact members that hold to the skin. Also disclosed are various ways to apply a force displacing the skin contact members apart, thus creating tension in the skin. The devices and methods may incorporate suction, and/or barbs or microbarbs. The frame may surround the skin area with tensile forces applied outward in multiple directions or substantially uni-directionally. Adjusting members and indicators may be provided to control and display the tensile force applied to skin. The tensioning devices and methods may be incorporated into a robotic hair transplantation system.
US09597096B2	Systems and methods for providing alignment in total knee arthroplasty Systems and methods for providing alignment in total knee arthroplasty operations are provided herein. The systems and methods generally include a plurality of sensors coupled to a patient's bones or other surgical tools, the sensors detect their position and orientation in space and communicate this information to a processor. The processor can utilize the information to display data to a surgeon or other user regarding the position, angle, and alignment of a patient's bones, surgical tools, and the reconstructed knee joint.
US09597086B2	Occlusive devices An occlusive device includes a frame element having a distal end and a proximal end, and a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration. The occlusive device also includes an occlusive face having a peripheral edge, where the occlusive face positioned toward the proximal end of the frame element. The occlusive device also includes at least one anchor positioned at the peripheral edge of the occlusive face, where the at least one anchor extends at an acute angle to the peripheral edge of the occlusive face.
US09597082B2	Method and apparatus for sealing end-to-end anastomosis A cuff is used to provide a form for curing fluid about the exterior of an end-to-end anastomosis site. The cuff includes a port through which fluid may be injected to reach an interior space defined between the exterior of tissue at the anastomosis site and the inner surface of the cuff. A circular stapler may be used as a mandrel for the cuff and fluid. Alternatively, inflatable balloons may be used as a mandrel. The curing fluid may comprise a mixture of fibrin and thrombin.
US09597080B2	Insertion shroud for surgical instrument A shroud is provided which includes a rounded atraumatic distal configuration. The shroud is configured and dimensioned to be positioned on the distal end portion of a surgical instrument. The shroud is movable between a first position in which a distal portion of the shroud extends beyond a distal end of a tool assembly of the surgical instrument and a second position in which the distal portion of the shroud is positioned proximal to the distal end of the tool assembly.
US09597077B2	Buttress attachment to the cartridge surface An end effector for use with a surgical apparatus. The end effector comprising a staple cartridge having a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot and an anvil plate having a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot. A surgical buttress releasably disposed on the tissue contacting surfaces of each of the staple cartridge and anvil plate. An adhesive tape is disposed over the central longitudinal slot of each of the staple cartridge and anvil plate and configured retain the respective surgical buttress atop the respective tissue contacting surface.
US09597074B2	Endoluminal stapler with rotating wheel cam for multi-staple firing A surgical stapler has a body, a shaft assembly extending distally from the body, and an end effector coupled with a distal end of the shaft assembly. The end effector has a stapling head assembly, an anvil, and a vacuum port. The vacuum port is operable to draw tissue between the stapling head assembly and the anvil. The anvil is operable to move toward and away from the stapling head assembly to thereby capture the tissue drawn between the stapling head assembly and the anvil. The stapling head assembly comprises a plurality of wheel assemblies and staple cartridges. At least one wheel assembly is operable to rotate to thereby move the anvil toward and away from the body. The remaining wheel assemblies are operable to rotate to thereby drive staples through the captured tissue. The body includes user input features operable to drive the wheel assemblies.
US09597072B2	Method of preparing a packaged antimicrobial medical device A method of making a packaged antimicrobial suture comprising the steps of providing a containment compartment that is substantially free of an antimicrobial agent; positioning a suture within the containment compartment, said suture comprising one or more surfaces having an antimicrobial agent disposed thereon, said antimicrobial agent being selected from the group consisting of halogenated hydroxyl ethers, acyloxydiphenyl ethers, and combinations thereof; placing the containment compartment having the suture in an outer package; and subjecting the outer package, the containment compartment and the suture to time, temperature and pressure conditions sufficient to transfer an effective amount of the antimicrobial agent from the suture to the containment compartment, while retaining an effective amount of said antimicrobial agent on the suture, thereby substantially inhibiting bacterial colonization on the suture and the containment compartment.
US09597071B1	Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing An apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing is disclosed. A suturing device for minimally invasive suturing includes proximal section having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween; a suture head assembly extending from the distal end of the proximal section; a suturing needle having a pointed end and a blunt end, the suturing needle capable of rotating about an axis approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the proximal section, wherein the pointed end of the suturing needle is positioned within the suture head assembly prior to and after rotation of the suturing needle; and an actuator extending from the proximal end of the proximal section to actuate a drive mechanism having a needle driver for engaging and rotating the suturing needle.
US09597069B2	Suture-anchoring implanted medical devices engineered from bioresorbable metal alloys Herein described are suture-anchoring implanted medical devices formed from a bioresorbable metal alloy that may be used to secure soft tissue to bone. The metallic bioresorbable tissue anchoring devices of the present invention are optimally configured such that all portions of the device are resorbed over a short predetermined period of time while maintaining their tissue anchoring capability and preventing the generation of loose foreign bodies therefrom.
US09597064B2	Methods for approximating a tissue defect using an anchor assembly An insertion instrument is configured to eject one or more of anchor bodies across an anatomical gap so as to approximate the gap. The insertion instrument can include a single cannula that retains the pair of anchor bodies in a stacked relationship, or a pair of adjacent cannulas that each retains respective anchor bodies. The insertion instrument can be actuated so as to eject the anchor bodies into respective target anatomical locations.
US09597058B2	Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and ultrasound imaging method An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a transmitter, a generator, and an output controller. The transmitter transmits, from an ultrasound probe, push pulses that cause displacement of body tissue according to an acoustic radiation force and transmits, from the ultrasound probe, tracking pulses for observing the displacement of body tissue, which is caused according to the push pulses, in a given scanning area. The generator generates transmission area image data displaying a position to which the push pulses are transmitted. The output controller outputs the generated transmission area image data such that the transmission area image data is superimposed onto medical image data that contains the transmission area.
US09597057B2	Portable ultrasonic diagnostic device A portable ultrasonic diagnostic device having a tilt function and turning function for a display panel, wherein a display housing provided with the display panel is supported on a main housing by a biaxial hinge mechanism in order to prevent damage or the like to each of the parts of the device. The biaxial hinge mechanism includes a tilt function for tilting the display housing about a horizontal tilt rotational shaft, and a turning function for turning the display housing about a vertical turning shaft. Provided to the tilt rotational shaft is a mechanism for restricting tilt rotation in the direction for closing the display housing in places other than a predetermined position in the direction of rotation of the turning shaft of the display housing, and releasing the restriction of the tilt rotation only at the predetermined position.
US09597056B2	Method and systems for weight adjustment of an automated breast ultrasound system Various methods and systems are provided for imaging a tissue. In one example, a system comprises an adjustable arm, a scanning assembly attached to a first end of the adjustable arm, a counterweight coupled to a second end of the adjustable arm, and a weight adjustment system coupled to the counterweight and configured to modify an effective weight of the scanning assembly.
US09597055B2	Fetal scalp doppler device and system A fetal pulse monitor includes an ultrasound crystal. An ultrasound controller is electrically connected to the ultrasound crystal and operates the ultrasound crystal to produce ultrasound signals and receive reflected ultrasound signals. A wireless transmitter is electrically connected to the ultrasound controller. A biocompatible housing at least partially surrounds the ultrasound crystal, ultrasound controller, and the wireless transmitter. A system for monitoring fetal heart rate includes a fetal pulse monitor configured for insertion into a womb of a patient and for attachment to a fetus within the womb. The fetal pulse monitor includes an ultrasound crystal, an ultrasound controller electrically connected to the ultrasound crystal, and a wireless transmitter electrically connected to the ultrasound controller. A patient monitoring device is external to the womb and includes a wireless receiver and a processor that detects instantaneous fetal heart rate from the received ultrasound signal. A graphical display is communicatively connected to the patient monitoring device. The graphical display is operated by the patient monitoring device to present the determined fetal heart rate.
US09597054B2	Ultrasonic guidance of a needle path during biopsy An ultrasonic imaging system is described which visually assists biopsy needle insertion. The system produces pixel values of pixels along one or more paths of needle insertion. A tissue density analyzer is responsive to the pixel values to estimate tissue density along a path of needle insertion. A needle path calculator is responsive to the tissue density analyzer and proposes one or more favorable paths through imaged tissue for insertion of the biopsy needle. The system may be used in conjunction with a three dimensional navigation system which spatially locates the needle and ultrasound image plane in 3D space.
US09597053B2	Infusion systems including computer-facilitated maintenance and/or operation and methods of use Methods for setting up, maintaining and operating a radiopharmaceutical infusion system, that includes a radioisotope generator, are facilitated by a computer of the system. The computer includes pre-programmed instructions and a computer interface, for interaction with a user of the system, for example, in order to track contained volumes of eluant and/or eluate, and/or to track time from completion of an elution performed by the system, and/or to calculate one or more system parameters for quality control, and/or to perform purges of the system.
US09597052B2	Method and apparatus for storing X-ray data in X-ray detection module A method for storing X-ray data includes acquiring the X-ray data by using an X-ray detection module; and transmitting all or some of the acquired X-ray data to other X-ray detection module which is different from the X-ray detection module that has acquired the X-ray data.
US09597050B2	Multi-directional phase contrast X-ray imaging A phase contrast X-ray imaging system of an object includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector arrangement, and a grating arrangement with a phase-grating structure and an analyzer-grating structure. The X-ray detector arrangement includes at least eight line-detector units parallel to each other in a first direction, the line-detector units extending linearly in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. The phase-grating structure has a number of linear phase-gratings having a first part with first phase-gratings with slits in the first direction, and a second part with second phase-gratings with slits in a second direction different than the first direction. The analyzer-grating structure has a number of linear analyzer-gratings having a first part with first analyzer-gratings with slits in the first direction, and a second part with second analyzer-gratings with slits in the second direction.
US09597047B2	Digital radiographic device having a linear scanner An apparatus comprises a first detector mounted on a sliding bar and an electromagnetic source including a collimator to generate an exposure window. The apparatus comprises a control system configured to slide linearly the first detector along the sliding bar and synchronously move the collimator to direct the exposure window to the first detector. The movements of the exposure window are registered to movements of the first detector.
US09597046B2	Method and device for imaging soft body tissue using X-ray projection and optical tomography Soft body tissue, such as a female breast, is imaged using X-ray projection techniques and optical tomography techniques. First image data for a first image of a breast (17) are acquired by X-ray projection using an X-ray source (3) and an X-ray detector (5). Second image data for a second image are acquired using optical tomography equipment comprising a light source (9) and a light detector (11). From the first image data, estimated bulk optical properties of the breast (17) are be derived. Based on such estimated bulk optical properties, an optical tomography image is reconstructed from the second image data with high image quality. Performing mammography acquisition at different compression states of the breast (17) improves patient comfort. Mammograms are acquired at two different compression states wherein a first compression state is adapted to provide high image resolution. At a second compression state, another mammogram may be acquired together with an optical tomography image. The two mammograms are used for image registration thereby possibly providing information for a deformation transform. Additional information on tissue composition within the breast is received by acquiring the first and second mammogram at different X-ray settings.
US09597039B2	Devices, methods and computer readable mediums for on demand personalization of a user interface A clinical workstation includes a processing unit configured to record context information and user habit information based on user interaction with a computer-based application during a plurality of phases of a medical workflow. The processing unit may also be configured to generate a plurality of macro sets based on the recorded context information and the recorded user habit information. Each macro set may be associated with at least one user preferred application tool and be bound to one of the plurality of phases.
US09597034B2	Flexible wireless patch for physiological monitoring and methods of manufacturing the same Provided herein is an integrated wireless patch comprising a contact layer, an electronics layer, and a battery layer. The contact layer is a substrate having gel cutouts. The electronics layer can be folded into contact with the contact layer. The battery layer can be folded into contact with the electronic layer. Further provided herein is a method of manufacturing a wireless integrated patch comprising folding a substrate comprising at least one cutout, at least one contact disk in communication with a surface of a patient through the cutout, and battery terminals, wherein the at least one cutout, the at least on contact, and the battery terminals are adaptable to be located in different layers after the substrate is folded.
US09597032B2	Devices and methods for monitoring physiological information relating to sleep with an implantable device Described here are implantable devices and methods for monitoring physiological information relating to sleep. The implantable devices are generally designed to include at least one sensor for sensing physiological information, a processor for processing the physiological information using low computational power to detect a sleep stage, and a battery. The detected sleep stage information may then be used to indicate sleep quality, identify or monitor a medical condition, or guide treatment thereof.
US09597030B2	Allergy testing kit An allergy testing kit contains a plurality of allergy testing applicators, an allergy testing tray and a plurality of allergen bottles each containing an allergen. Each of the applicators contains an elongated handle, a plurality of arms extending from the elongated handle and disposed in an asymmetrical configuration, and a plurality of legs with tines extending from each of the arms. The allergy testing tray contains a main body having an underside and a top surface, a cover for locking with the main body and a plurality of reservoirs extending from the underside of the main body. The reservoirs each have a chamber with an opening extending from the top surface. The reservoirs are disposed in different groups and each group has an asymmetrical configuration matching that of the applicator.
US09597029B2	System and method for remotely evaluating patient compliance status A system and method for remotely evaluating patient compliance status is presented. Compliance to a course of treatment is periodically checked through qualitative inquiry of a patient under remote management. Physiometry of the patient, that indicates emotional state, is remotely monitored contemporaneously with the qualitative state. Patient status is evaluated, including at least one of corroborating the compliance and identifying an emotional imbalance, based upon the indicated emotional state of the patient.
US09597021B1	Noninvasive method for estimating glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin and other blood constituents A light based method and technique for measuring the static and average plasma glucose concentration over a prolonged period of time. More specifically, the disclosure relates to a method that utilizes mathematical analysis of appendage mobile LED flash IR light transmittance, absorption and scattering by using high resolution mobile camera data to estimate the concentration of glucose and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in millimoles per liter (mmol/L).
US09597018B2	Biomarker sampling in the context of neuromodulation devices, systems, and methods Methods for treating a patient using therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology is directed to biomarker sampling in the context of neuromodulation devices, systems, and methods. Some embodiments, for example, are directed to catheters, catheter systems, and methods for sampling biomarkers that change in response to neuromodulation. A system can include, for example, an elongated shaft and a neuromodulation and sampling assembly having a neuromodulation and a sampling element.
US09597012B2	Distinguishing closed and open respiratory airway apneas by complex admittance values Methods and apparatus are disclosed for determining the occurrence of a closed or open apnea. Respiratory air flow from a patient is measured to give an air flow signal. The determination of an apnea is performed by applying an oscillatory pressure waveform of known frequency to a patient's airway, calculating a complex quantity representing a patient admittance (12) and comparing its value with ranges (14,16) indicative of open or closed apneas. The method distinguishes open from closed apneas even when the model used to calculate admittance is not based on details of the respiratory apparatus. In addition the patient admittance may be compared with admittance during normal breathing to avoid having to characterize the airway.
US09597010B2	Communication system using an implantable device The system of the present invention includes an implantable device that can detect high and low frequency current signature. The implantable device can communicate with a communication device that includes a conductive element, an electronic component, and a partial power source in the form of dissimilar materials. Upon contact with a conducting fluid, the communication device is activated.
US09597005B2	Snap for integration with a garment The present invention relates generally to a thin, low thickness snap for use, for example, in a heart rate monitor belt. The snap can be integrated or built directly in to a heart rate monitor belt. Furthermore, the heart rate monitor belt can be integrated within a textile or garment, for example a compression shirt, sports bra or cycling shorts. The snap can be flushly integrated into the belt or garment such the snap does not take away from the general wearability of the heart rate monitor belt or garment.
US09596999B2	Body-worn pulse oximeter The invention provides a body-worn system that continuously measures pulse oximetry and blood pressure, along with motion, posture, and activity level, from an ambulatory patient. The system features an oximetry probe that comfortably clips to the base of the patient's thumb, thereby freeing up their fingers for conventional activities in a hospital, such as reading and eating. The probe secures to the thumb and measures time-dependent signals corresponding to LEDs operating near 660 and 905 nm. Analog versions of these signals pass through a low-profile cable to a wrist-worn transceiver that encloses a processing unit. Also within the wrist-worn transceiver is an accelerometer, a wireless system that sends information through a network to a remote receiver, e.g. a computer located in a central nursing station.
US09596996B2	Blood pressure measurement device, control method of electronic sphygmomanometer and control program of electronic sphygmomanometer A sphygmomanometer, in a deflation process after inflation to prescribed pressure adjusts a drive voltage of an exhaust valve such that a deflation speed of a fluid bag achieves a prescribed deflation speed during an adjustment period, which is a prescribed period after starting deflation. When the adjustment period ends or when the deflation speed of the fluid bag achieves the prescribed speed, control is subsequently performed to fix the drive voltage of the exhaust valve and deflate the fluid bag while holding a gap of the exhaust valve constant.
US09596995B2	Pressure sensor, acoustic microphone, blood pressure sensor, and touch panel According to one embodiment, a pressure sensor includes a film part, and a sensing unit. A circumscribing rectangle circumscribing a configuration of a film surface of the film part has a first side, a second side, a third side connected to one end of the first side and one end of the second side, a fourth side connected to one other end of the first side and one other end of the second side, and a centroid of the circumscribing rectangle. The circumscribing rectangle includes a first region enclosed by the first side, line segments connecting the centroid to the one end of the first side, and to the one other end of the first side. The sensing unit includes sensing elements provided on a portion of the film surface overlapping the first region. Each sensing element includes a first, second magnetic layers, and a spacer layer.
US09596993B2	Automatic calibration systems and methods of use The disclosed automatic calibration systems and methods provide a repeatable way to detect internal catheter reflections and to shift the internal catheter reflections to calibrate an image.
US09596991B2	Self-examination apparatus and method for self-examination The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for a self-examination. And more particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method providing examination guide information for the self-examination.
US09596990B2	Portable biometric monitoring devices and methods of operating same The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to portable biometric monitoring device including a housing having a physical size and shape that is adapted to couple to the user's body, at least one band to secure the monitoring device to the user, a physiological sensor, disposed in the housing, to generate data which is representative of a physiological condition of the user data. The physiological sensor may include a light source to generate and output light having at least a first wavelength, and a photodetector to detect scattered light (e.g., from the user). A light pipe is disposed in the housing and optically coupled to the light source directs/transmits light therefrom along a predetermined path to an outer surface of the housing. Processing circuitry calculates a heart rate of the user using data which is representative of the scattered light.
US09596987B2	Ophthalmologic imaging apparatus An ophthalmologic imaging apparatus includes: an optical system that divides light into measurement light and reference light, causes the measurement light returning from a subject's eye to interfere with the reference light, and detects interference light resulting therefrom; a processor that processes a detection result of the interference light to generate test data indicating the state of the subject's eye; an output unit that outputs the test data; an interface used to make the setting of a predetermined item related to the optical system and the processor; a storage that stores setting information indicating the content of the setting made through the interface; and a controller that controls the optical system and the processor based on the content of the setting indicated by the setting information in each of a plurality of tests performed until the setting information is changed or deleted.
US09596985B2	Color-viewing function measuring means and color-viewing function measurement system [Problem] To be able to accurately measure color vision and color-viewing field for different colors.[Solution] The color-viewing function measuring means (1) pertaining to the present invention displays a plurality of chromatically colored targets (A11, . . . ) (for example, Landolt rings) in an achromatic background (B), the brightness of the targets (A11, . . . ) being set so as to be substantially equal to the brightness of the background (B). When vision or the viewing field is measured with this color-viewing function measuring means (1), vision and viewing field can be accurately measured for different colors.
US09596979B2	Anchoring assemblies for endoscopes an endoscope system including an endoscope having an instrument channel and an anchoring assembly including an inflatable/deflatable balloon assembly, the inflatable/deflatable balloon assembly being deflatable to a cross-sectional size sufficiently small to enable it to pass through the instrument channel and being positionable and inflatable without substantial stretching to have a dimension sufficiently large to enable it to anchor in the large intestine.
US09596978B2	Medical device guidance system The medical device guidance system include a magnetic guidance device which generates a guidance field in an arbitrary direction to guide a capsular medical device and carry out movement and posture control, a position detection device which detects the present position by a magnetic field generated by the capsular medical device and a position calculating and correcting section which forms an estimation equation of an undesired magnetic field generated from a guidance coil and subtracts an estimation equation result from the detection result of the magnetic field detecting section, according to the present position of the capsular medical device that controls the position and posture by a guidance field relative to the position detection device, and corrects the present position by excluding a desired magnetic field generated from a guidance coil.
US09596976B2	Dishwasher appliance A dishwasher appliance is provided. The dishwasher appliance includes a rack assembly disposed within a wash chamber of a tub. First and second spray assemblies are positioned adjacent the rack assembly and configured for directing wash fluid towards the rack assembly. The dishwasher appliance also includes features for selectively directing wash fluid from a supply conduit to the second spray assembly.
US09596974B1	Fluid circulation system for dishwasher appliances Fluid circulation systems for dishwasher appliances are provided. A dishwasher appliance includes a tub that defines a wash chamber. A fluid circulation system includes a sump for receiving fluid from the wash chamber. The sump includes a chamber having a sidewall and a base wall. The fluid circulation system further includes a pump, the pump including an impeller disposed within the chamber. The fluid circulation system further includes a filter at least partially disposed within the chamber and surrounding the impeller, the filter including a sidewall, the sidewall defining a plurality of perforations extending therethrough. The fluid circulation system further includes a shelf cantilevered from the sidewall of the sump towards the filter.
US09596971B2	Robot cleaner and control method for the same A robot cleaner and a control method for the same are disclosed. The robot cleaner and control method are capable of detecting malfunction of an auxiliary cleaning unit, and controlling travel of the robot cleaner in accordance with the detection result, to achieve efficient cleaning of an edge area even when there is an error in the auxiliary cleaning unit. The robot cleaner includes a plurality of auxiliary cleaning units mounted to a bottom portion of the robot cleaner such that the auxiliary cleaning units are extendable and retractable, a sensing unit to sense an extension, retraction, or rotation state of each of the auxiliary cleaning units, and a control unit to determine whether the auxiliary cleaning units operate normally, based on a sensing result of the sensing unit, and to control travel of the robot cleaner, based on a result of the determination.
US09596964B1	Wall mounted towel dispensers A towel dispenser includes a housing mounted to a wall and defining an interior space for receiving toweling comprising a roll of towels, the interior space comprising a curved surface configured to receive the roll of towels in floating engagement therewith such that the roll of towels rolls and slides on the curved surface during unwinding of the roll of towels. The towel dispenser further includes a loading door configured to rotate relative to the main body, when the main body is mounted to a wall, between a closed position in which the loading door extends over a top of and closes off the interior space of the main body in which toweling is received, and an open position, in which the housing is configured to receive toweling therein without obstruction by the loading door, with the loading door extending upwardly above and over a top of the housing.
US09596963B2	Vented refill units and dispensers having vented refill units Exemplary embodiments of vented refill units and dispensers having vented refill units are disclosed herein. An exemplary refill unit includes a non-collapsing inverted container. The container has a neck located at the bottom of the container. A pump is secured to the neck. The pump has a housing that has a cylindrical outside surface. In addition, the housing has an attachment mechanism for attaching the pump to a venting insert. The venting insert has a cylindrical inside surface and a cylindrical outside surface. At least a portion of the venting insert is located within the neck. An air passage is located between the pump housing and the cylindrical inside surface of the venting insert. One or more apertures are located through the venting insert. A one-way air inlet valve is located proximate the one or more apertures.
US09596953B1	Hand held butter applicator, butter storage compartment, cooking utensil, and table-top flood related accessory A method and device for housing, storing and presenting butter in a hand held fashion for use in dining, cooking, and storage, where the housing securely accommodates a standard quarter pound stick of butter within said housing. Said housing is comprised of a body having a single opening and features a cap for measuring variable amounts of butter protruding from such opening, The housing further possesses a threaded feature penetrating the length of the stick of butter and provides a bracket at the base of the stick of butter to securely move the butter into or out of the housing. The novel housing enables the user to load and unload the stick of butter in an ergonomic, sanitary, and efficient manner.
US09596951B2	Vibration and noise absorbing mat structure The invention provides a vibration and noise absorbing mat structure which includes a flexible mat body including a sound-absorbing layer, a vibration damping layer and a buffer layer stacked in order. The sound-absorbing layer is made of a first foam body having a relatively low hardness. The vibration damping layer includes a sub-layer which is composed of a second foam body having a relatively high hardness, a third foam body having a relatively high elasticity and a fourth foam body having a relatively high hardness stacked in order. The buffer layer is composed of a fifth foam body and a plurality of buffer units spacedly disposed on a bottom side of the fifth foam body.
US09596950B2	Display lighting system A lighting system including a low voltage frame, a puck magnetically joinable with the frame, a lighting array, and an elongated electrical connector joining the puck and the lighting array. The puck can be selectively positioned along the low voltage frame in a variety of different locations. The puck can be constructed from a polymeric material molded over electrical connectors, and optionally a power feed, such as a cable jack. The electrical connectors can be magnetized so that the electrical connectors are magnetically attracted to power rails on the low voltage frame to establish electrical coupling of the connectors to the power rails, while physically securing the puck in a fixed location along the low voltage frame. The power rails can be constructed from magnetic stainless steel, optionally coated with black oxide from a hot black oxide coating process.
US09596947B2	Hip seat carrier set A hip seat carrier set for use in holding an infant, comprising a carrier including a first supporting member capable of supporting an infant, and a shoulder band to be attached to the user's shoulders when the user puts on the carrier; hip seat separably coupled to the carrier, including a waist belt to be fastened around the user's waist, and for holding hips of the infant thereon; and a carrier blanket separably coupled to the carrier, and including a second supporting member capable of supporting the body of the infant, and a pelvis belt to be connected to a lower portion of the second supporting member and to be put on around the user's body to support the hips of the infant, wherein the hip seat or the carrier blanket is coupled to the carrier depending on a mode of usage, can be provided.
US09596943B1	Mattress foundations, kits, and related methods Mattress foundations and kits include a first side rail, a second side rail, a first end rail, a second end rail, and at least one center rail. The foundations and kits further include a plurality of slats of varying lengths. The invention may further include a method of assembling a foundation kit.
US09596939B1	Collapsible chair A collapsible chair which may be attached to luggage, used by itself, or configured as a backpack or a handbag.
US09596937B2	Seat core A seat core comprising a unitary body (1) including a peripheral wall (4, 5, 7) provided with a plurality of recesses (2), each recess being provided with at least one aperture (8) adapted to receive securing means for securing a chair component within the recess.
US09596935B2	Apparatuses and methods for connecting modular office furniture components Apparatuses and methods for connecting office furniture components are disclosed. One embodiment includes a two-piece bracket that attaches a vertical panel adjacent to and extending upward from the top of a second vertical panel, the bracket forming two channels having openings in opposite directions. Another embodiment includes a two-piece bracket that holds two vertical wall panels together, the bracket including a U-shaped member and an L-shaped member connected to one another to form an S-shaped member. Another embodiment includes a two-piece bracket that receives the edge of a panel in a channel between the two pieces and includes a contact surface between the two pieces that is angled to increase the pressure exerted on the panel. Still another embodiment includes a two-piece bracket that holds a shelf atop a wall panel and includes an L-shaped member and a T-shaped member that connect to form a Π-shaped member.
US09596933B2	Semi-full access and full access framed cabinetry A semi-full access and full access face frame for a cabinet box is provided, together with a method for making and assembling cabinet boxes. In a semi-full access face frame, the vertical stiles are rotated ninety degrees compared to a traditional face frame. In a full access face frame the vertical stiles and the horizontal rails are rotated ninety degrees compared to a traditional face frame.
US09596932B2	Pull-out guide for a drawer A pull-out guide for a drawer includes a body rail that is to be attached to a furniture body, a drawer rail that is to be attached to the drawer, and a central rail that is movably mounted between the body rail and the drawer rail. At least one carriage having at least one rolling element is mounted in a movable manner between the central rail and the drawer rail. The at least one rolling element runs on at least one support profile of the central rail, and the at least one support profile is arranged as a separate component on the central rail.
US09596929B2	Portable work support and keyboard/mouse tray and work station and tethered chair A portable work support device and support for a key board and a pointing device, such as a mouse, for use by occupants of reclining capable office chairs having an adjustable fitted footrest assembly connected to the chair that will provide the seated chair user the ability to achieve a desired pelvis/feet triangulation stabilization effect while reclined by having the seated user's feet placed correctly in an attached footrest thereby producing a tactile input or cue that will lead to the desired muscle or motor output, causing the seated user to actually sit all the way back in the chair, and to be in a posture biomechanically neutral for using and working on the portable work support device, a work station removably housing the portable work support device, and a foot rest assembly to which a chair can be tethered so that a computer user can be properly positioned in a reclining position in the chair and have reduced posture issues when using the work support device while using computer or like equipment.
US09596927B1	Rotating wire brush tool The rotating wire brush tool is an appliance that is used to clean paintbrushes. The paint uses rotating wires to extract paint from a paintbrush.
US09596926B1	Headwear accessory mounting clip A clip for mounting devices on a hat brim includes a first and second panel. The panels are each resiliently connected to a nose portion and separated by a spacing that tapers to a contact point from the distal portions of the panels to their proximal portions. The second panel has a wedge-shaped portion in which the width of the panel increases from its distal end to its proximal end. The bottom surface of the first panel is concave, the preferable concavity being close to that of the curvature of a hat brim. The top surface of the second panel is convex. The preferable convexity is close to that of the curvature of the brim. The top surface of the second panel includes a channel adapted to receive the fabric border of the undersurface of a hat brim. The top surface of the first panel includes at its proximal end structure adapted to receive an accessory device.
US09596925B2	Laminate lanyards and methods for making the same Laminate lanyards and methods for making the same are disclosed. The laminate lanyards may include a head formed from a reinforcing loop of yarn incorporated within a scrim. The head can be coupled to the head section of a body, which also includes a main section that forms the loop of the laminate lanyard. A gusset can be coupled to ends of the main section of the body to couple the two ends of the body together and facilitate opening and closing of the loop of the laminate lanyard. A slider may also be included in laminate lanyard for adjusting the size of the loop.
US09596924B1	Wearable lanyard incorporating a mechanism for securing and displaying one or more objects A wearable lanyard for securing and displaying an object, such as one or more mini-figs. A bottom fastener such as a ring can be provided at the bottom. A majority of the length on at least one side of the lanyard can be used as an object attachment area and provided with the connector mechanism. In one embodiment, the connector mechanisms can be raised studs. The lanyard can be worn as a decorative three-dimensional ornament around the wearer's neck and used to store and display mini-figs that are adhered or secured to the raised studs.
US09596923B2	Multi-purpose receptacle having an integrated inflatable pillow therein A multi-purpose receptacle includes a bottom panel and a sidewall attached to the bottom panel. The sidewall extends from the bottom panel in a longitudinal direction. The sidewall includes a side panel and an inflatable bladder attached to the side panel. The side panel extends around at least a portion of the bottom panel. The inflatable bladder includes a sealed cavity for containing an amount of gas, and defines a portion of the sidewall.
US09596921B1	Detachable bag A detachable bag for holding objects includes a detachable front panel, a central hollow compartment, a detachable back panel, a detachable hood, and at least two shoulder straps. The detachable front panel includes a fastening member positioned along a perimeter of the detachable front panel for fastening the detachable front panel to the central hollow compartment. The central hollow compartment accommodates multiple objects, for example, books, etc. The central hollow compartment includes fastening members positioned along opposing perimeters of the central hollow compartment. The detachable back panel includes a fastening member, positioned along a perimeter of the detachable back panel for fastening the detachable back panel to the central hollow compartment. The detachable hood includes at least two fastening members for fastening the detachable hood to the shoulder straps. The shoulder straps are attached to the detachable back panel and include fastening members for removably attaching the detachable hood.
US09596918B2	Devices and methods for pressurized delivery of materials in cosmetic dispensers Cosmetic dispensers, and methods of use of such dispensers, for transferring material onto an applicator head through a transfer chamber and/or nozzle by applying force or pressure to the material.
US09596916B2	Hand held appliance Disclosed is a hair care appliance comprising a body, a fluid flow path extending through the body from an inlet through which a fluid flow enters the appliance to an outlet for emitting the fluid flow from a front end of the body, and an attachment for adjusting at least one parameter of fluid emitted from the appliance, the attachment comprising an upstream end for attaching to the appliance, wherein one or both of the front end of the body and the upstream end of the attachment comprises at least one magnet. The front end may comprise an end wall extending radially inwards of the body and comprising the at least one magnet or a plurality of magnets radially spaced about the end wall or a ring of magnetic material extending around the end wall. The upstream end may comprise a plurality of magnets radially spaced about an end face.
US09596915B1	Sports fan cooler attachment for tailgating purposes A cooler capable of incorporating a variety of different attachments used for tailgate parties is described. The cooler is capable of being affixed with various decorations and additional features through the use of attachments associated with the cooler. The attachments allow the decorations and features to stay attached thereby facilitating transportation of the entirety of the cooler and affixed items from one location to the location of the tailgate party. The cooler also includes the ability to power one or more electronic devices through the use of a battery supply that can be connected to the cooler.
US09596912B2	T-handle folding cane with unobtrusive table clamp The inventive concept presented herein is a t-handle folding cane that when extended for walking appears to be a standard t-handle cane. However when the cane is folded, it is designed to be hung from various horizontal surfaces such as a table top, a dresser with a lip, or a bookcase, etc. Embodiments include a) a clamp that has a slider jaw that allows the handle-bottom and slider jaw to be clamped to a table top, b) a slider jaw extension that extends the length of the slider jaw, c) a constant force spring, d) a handle modification that allows the handle to be extended so the cane is better balanced when hung from a table, and e) modifications to the shaft so a user's grip on the handle lies directly over the cane's point of contact to the ground.
US09596910B2	Invisible set decorative part The invention relates to a decorative part (1, 3, 5) including several stones (2) and a device (7, 7′, 47, 47′) for securing the stones (2) in relation to each other. According to the invention, the securing device (7, 7′, 47, 47′) includes a single electrodeposited base (9, 9′, 49, 49′) whose shape matches one part of the stones, thus allowing all the stones (2) to be attached in relation to each other without any stress, and the girdles (6) of the stones (2) are mounted edge-to-edge in relation to each other so that the single base is concealed. The invention also relates to the method for manufacturing a part (1, 3, 5) of this type.
US09596905B2	Midsole structure, particularly for shoes, including shoes with a vapor-permeable sole, designed for use in sports activities A midsole structure for shoes, including shoes with a vapor-permeable sole, designed for use in sports activities, comprising a monolithic plantar frame made of polymeric material, which comprises a reinforced rim with structural cross-members, which cooperate to delimit opening compartments that pass through the monolithic plantar frame in order to lead onto opposite faces thereof, at least one first vapor-permeable element, which covers at least the opening compartments, which open onto a first one of the faces, with which the first vapor-permeable element is associated, at least one second vapor-permeable element, which covers at least the opening compartments, which open onto the second one of the faces, with which the second vapor-permeable element is associated.
US09596901B1	Helmet with wireless sensor using intelligent main shoulder pad A helmet with wireless sensor system for monitoring of surrounding objects. The helmet with wireless sensor system comprises a wireless sensor transceiver with a number of patch antennas to transmit a particular signal and receive reflected signals from surrounding objects; a processing unit located in a main shoulder pad communicating through radio frequency with a helmet uses the information from reflected signal received by wireless sensor transceiver to calculate the speed, distance, and direction of the object to determine when and where an impact will occur; and a number of inflatable/deflatable pads installed on the helmet and external to the helmet that will be activated prior to an impact.
US09596900B2	Upper die for fastening button A button-fastening upper die includes a die body, a button-holding member and a cylindrical elastic member arranged between the die body and the button-holding member. By providing the elastic member with an annular recess recessed radially outward from the inner surface e.g. at the middle of the surface, the elastic member is sectioned into a thin-walled section located radially outward from the recess and two or more thick-walled sections remaining above and below the recess and the thin-walled section.
US09596894B2	Pad incorporating shear-thickening material A pad is disclosed that includes first and second outer layers. The outer layers include a plurality of channels at least partially filled with shear-thickening fluid. A shear layer is positioned between the first and second outer layers. The first and second outer layers may include first and second sheets that are bonded to one another in bonded portions and not bonded to one another in non-bonded portions such that the channels are defined by the non-bonded portions. The bonded portions may be perforated to facilitate air flow. The shear layer includes a lattice structure such as a plurality of rods extending between the first and second outer layers and oriented at a non-perpendicular angle to the outer layers. The rods themselves may be filled with shear-thickening fluid. The channels in the outer layers are criss-crossed to form a lattice or network in the plane of the outer layers.
US09596893B2	Exercise garment with crotch part To provide an exercise garment with crotch part that is capable of sufficiently improving performance of various types of exercises accompanied by three-dimensional movements such as rotation of the trunk and rotation/outward rotation/inward rotation of both legs. In an exercise garment with crotch part, when it is being worn, tightening forces of first tightening portions act on the muscle groups existing around the greater trochanter, so that the muscle groups are supported to broaden the extent of mobility of the pelvic band. On the other hand, on the inside of the closed-loop first tightening portions, the space between a first line and a second line gradually becomes wider toward the greater trochanter position, whereby a side hole is formed. Due to such formation of the side hole, the greater trochanter of the wearer is prevented from being pressed directly by the first tightening portions. Therefore, in the exercise garment with crotch part, the first tightening portions can support the muscle groups surrounding the greater trochanter and the side hole can secure flexibility of the pelvic band, whereby performance of various types of exercises can be effectively improved.
US09596890B2	Adjustable breast positioning system for women's garments and related methods An improvement for an adjustable breast positioning system for a breast received within a breast cup of a woman's garment, and related methods.
US09596889B1	Permanently folded magnetic pocket square A pocket square, for use with a jacket having an inside surface, an outside surface, and a pocket on the outside surface having a top edge. The pocket square has a base having a top edge and a magnetically attractive core, and a decorative portion extending from the top edge of the base. When the base is placed in the pocket its top edge is aligned with the top edge of the pocket, visibly displaying the decorative portion above the pocket. A magnetic plate is aligned with the magnetically attractive core and placed against the inside surface of the jacket to positionally fix the base within the pocket, such that the pocket square remains in position for the duration that the jacket is worn.
US09596885B2	Electronic cigarette An electronic cigarette is provided, which comprises a battery assembly with a battery built in, an atomizer assembly, a circuit board for controlling the battery assembly to power the atomizer assembly, and a press-key switch installed on the circuit board. A first electrical connection fixing spot is provided on the circuit board and is electrically connected to the press-key switch. The first electrical connection fixing spot is fixed with a first elastic structure, and the first elastic structure elastically abuts against a first electrode of the battery. The following beneficial effects will be achieved when implementing the present application. In the electronic cigarette, a first electrical connection fixing spot in the circuit board elastically abuts against a first electrode of the battery via a first elastic structure. Therefore, the assembling operation for the electronic cigarette is convenient, and thus benefiting for the automated assembling production.
US09596880B2	Flavoring dispenser for dressing a beverage bottle neck A dispenser for delivering a pourable, edible substance, such as salt, to the exterior surface of a bottle neck provides a body with a closed end and an open end. An interior compartment contains the pourable substance. The closed end has a planar exterior surface for securely positioning the dispenser on a horizontal surface such as a countertop. The open end has a mouth sized to receive the beverage bottle neck. A movable cap is attached to the body or a removable closure assembly.
US09596879B1	Method of making set-date syrup A method of making set-date syrup can transform unprocessed (uncrystallized) date syrup into a set-date syrup. The method can include controlled crystallization of the sugars in the unprocessed date syrup. A portion of the unprocessed syrup can be used to produce a seed batch. The seed batch can be made by allowing the unprocessed date syrup to crystallize. The seed batch can then be mixed with an amount of unprocessed syrup in appropriate proportions to provide a mixture. The mixture can be maintained for a period of one to seven days at a temperature ranging from about −20° C. to about 15° C. to provide the set-date syrup.
US09596876B2	Method for stimulating the intestinal flora The present invention relates to methods for feeding and to compositions to be administered to infants delivered via caesarian section and in particular to the use of a) at least two different microorganisms; or b) at least one microorganism and at least one indigestible oligosaccharide; or c)at least two different Bifidobacteria species, subspecies or strains for the manufacture of a composition for enteral administration to an infant delivered via caesarean section. Thereby it is possible to stimulate the healthy development of the intestinal flora of said infants.
US09596875B2	Fermented food containing Bifidobacterium bacteria and method for producing the same Provided is a fermented food containing an extract of at least one plant material selected from the group consisting of turmeric, Houttuynia cordata Thunb., Eucommia ulmoides Oliv., rice bran, persimmon leaves, perilla, clove, cinnamon and Rubus suavissimus S. Lee (Rosaceae) and bacteria of the genus Bifidobacterium. The fermented food contains an excellent and novel material with which the viability of the bacteria of the genus Bifidobacterium can be improved in storage of the product, and even when used in products such as beverages or foods, does not deteriorate the flavor of the product, thereby the bacteria of the genus Bifidobacterium can be contained at high concentration which provides various physiological effects.
US09596874B2	Bitter taste masking compositions and method of masking bitter taste A composition for masking the bitter taste of potassium chloride or other potassium salt used in a consumable product as a substitute, in whole or in part, for common table salt, said composition comprising a sugar alcohol and a compound of formula (I) CH2OH—(CHOH)4—CO—NH—CH2—CH2—X; a compound of the formula (II): R1—CR2(OR3)—CO—Y; or a mixture thereof.
US09596868B2	System for processing carcass parts A system for processing carcass parts includes an overhead conveyor and a saw module comprising supporting means for interacting with a lower end portion of each incoming carcass part, the supporting means adjusting an angular position of the carcass parts as a result of the carcass parts resting at least partly on the supporting means while being conveyed by the overhead conveyor. A positioning conveyor having a plurality of spaced-apart positioning pair structures arranged below the overhead conveyor and adjacent to the supporting means receives the carcass parts from the supporting means. Each carcass part is guided into a predetermined position within the positioning pair structures and cut at a predetermined position, e.g. defined by a 360° cut through skin and muscle structures of each of the carcass parts.
US09596862B2	Composition of Bacillus firmus CNCM I-1582 spore and a fungicide Compositions are provided that improve overall plant vigor and yield by combining agriculturally effective amounts of at least one environmentally friendly biological control agent and at least one insect control agent and or fungicide. A composition of the present invention is particularly effective in the presence of plant parasitic nematode and fungal species. Along with a benefit of reducing insect pressure, the inventive composition enhances the root system of a plant and improves the establishment of the biological control agent within the rhizosphere, thereby enhancing the effectiveness thereof. Use of a composition of the present invention leads to an overall reduction in crop losses caused by either plant parasitic nematodes or fungi and this reduction is much greater than would have bean expected from application of either component alone. Methods for utilizing compositions of the present invention are also provided. Further the compositions according to this invention display synergistic insecticidal, nematicidal, acaricidal or fungicidal activity.
US09596859B2	Emulsifiable concentrate for a phytosanitary composition, phytosanitary composition and phytosanitary film An emulsifiable concentrate for emulsified phytosanitary composition, including more than 90% by weight of at least one mixture of hydrocarbons having a distillation cut greater than 250° C., less than 20% by weight of n-paraffins and less than 1% aromatics, and from 1 to 4% by weight of a mixture of at least two surfactants TA1 and TA2, such that TA2 is more hydrophobic than TA1, the HLB of the mixture of which varies from 6 to 10.
US09596858B2	Compositions for protecting genetically engineered plants from disease and phytotoxic effects of herbicides Compositions and methods providing herbicidal, fungicidal and/or nutritional activity to genetically engineered crops in a single application are disclosed. The composition comprises an aqueous mixture of glyphosate salt and phosphite at a molar ratio of about 1:2 to about 4:1 glyphosate salt to phosphite; wherein the composition is formulated as a liquid for dilution to an application rate of the dissolved glyphosate salt of between about 0.47 pounds per acre and about 4.13 pounds per acre.
US09596857B2	Insecticidal and miticidal mixtures of bifenthrin and cyano-pyrethroids The present invention is directed to a novel insecticidal composition comprising bifenthrin and a cyano-pyrethroid which exhibit an unexpected increase in insecticidal activity as compared to the insecticidal activity of the individual components. The present invention is also directed to a novel insecticidal composition comprising bifenthrin and a cyano-pyrethroid in admixture with at least one agriculturally acceptable extender or adjuvant.
US09596854B2	Fungicidal penflufen mixtures Fungicidal mixtures having synergistic fungicidal activity may include penflufen and at least one further fungicidal material. The mixtures may be used for protecting industrial materials, and methods for treating industrial materials with the penflufen mixtures are provided.
US09596853B2	Fungicidal pyrazoles and their mixtures Disclosed is a fungicidal composition comprising (a) at least one compound selected from the compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the disclosure; and (b) at least one additional fungicidal compound. Also disclosed is a method for controlling plant diseases caused by fungal plant pathogens comprising applying to the plant or portion thereof, or to the plant seed, a fungicidally effective amount of a compound of Formula 1, an N-oxide, or salt thereof (e.g., as a component in the aforesaid composition). Also disclosed is a composition comprising: (a) at least one compound selected from the compounds of Formula 1 described above, N-oxides, and salts thereof; and at least one invertebrate pest control compound or agent.
US09596852B2	Template-fixed peptidomimetics with antimicrobial activity Template-fixed β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula wherein Z is a template-fixed chain of 12 α-amino acid residues which, depending on their positions in the chain (counted starting from the N-terminal amino acid) are Gly, or Pro, or of certain types which, as the remaining symbols in the above formula, are defined in the description and the claims, and salts thereof, have the property to selectively inhibit the growth of or to kill microorganisms such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. They can be used as disinfectants for foodstuffs, cosmetics, medicaments or other nutrient-containing materials, or as medicaments to treat or prevent infections. These β-hairpin peptidomimetics can be manufactured by processes which are based on a mixed solid- and solution phase synthetic strategy.
US09596849B2	Composition containing sorbitan monocaprylate and alcohol The invention relates to liquid compositions which contain a) from 5 to 95% by weight of sorbitan monocaprylate and b) from 5 to 95% by weight of one or more alcohols of formula (1) R—OH (1), wherein R is a group consisting of carbon, hydrogen and optionally oxygen atoms with 5 to 12, preferably 6 to 11, carbon atoms, and the carbon atoms can be interlinked in a linear, branched and/or cyclic fashion via saturated, unsaturated and/or aromatic carbon-carbon bonds and the groups can also contain ether units and hydrogen atoms and/or hydroxyl groups can be bound to the individual carbon atoms. The liquid compositions are suitable for the production of cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical products.
US09596841B2	Small game carriage The small game carriage includes an elongated tube having an inner diameter at least the size of the head of small game to be carried. An elongated slot, running parallel to the longitude of the tube, is formed through the wall of the tube. The width of the slot is wide enough to accommodate the neck of small game to be carried, but is too small for the head of the taken game to pass radially through the slot. The slot has a terminus near the end of the tube to stop small game from sliding out the bottom of the small game carrier and prevent spreading of the slot near the bottom of the tube. A reinforcing ring may be used near the top of the tube to reduce spreading of the slot near the top of the tube. Means, preferably in the form of a belt clip, is provided to removably attach the small game carrier to the clothing of the user, thereby providing for hands free carriage of a number of small animals with head disposed in the tube, neck disposed in slot and body disposed extending outside of tube and projecting away from wearer's body.
US09596837B2	Flow-through fishing lure with movable cage members A fishing lure including a head portion and a flow-through appendage cavity portion, the head portion including two first securement surfaces and the cavity portion being securable to the head portion, the cavity portion including a pair of cavity-forming cage members, each cage member including a head-portion-abutting edge, a tail end and a second securement surface engageable with one of the first securement surfaces, at least one of the cage members including openings disposed to permit flow-through of fluid while preventing pass-through of fish-attracting pieces bigger than the openings, the cavity portion further including a hinge or other connector such that the cage members are movable between together and apart positions.
US09596836B2	Apparatus and methods for the guidance of fish An aquatic electrical barrier that has the electrodes configured in a matrix array configuration, where each electrode element of the matrix array is mounted either directly on the bottom of a water channel or on extendable rods; the matrix array is controlled so that aquatic species may be physically moved by the aquatic species physiological response to a time-varying and spatially-varying electrical field.
US09596835B2	Isolation of novel AAV's and uses thereof The invention in some aspects relates to isolated nucleic acids, compositions, and kits useful for identifying adeno-associated viruses in cells. In some aspects, the invention provides kits and methods for producing somatic transgenic animal models using recombinant AAV (rAAV) to an animal having at least one transgene that expresses a small interfering nucleic acid or at least one binding site for a miRNA.
US09596834B2	Steatohepatitis-liver cancer model animal Fatty liver was induced by administering agents for inducing organ inflammation to experimental animals to evoke insulin resistance and by rearing them with high-fat diets. As a result, steatohepatitis was successfully induced in the animals. The animals show pathological findings similar to those of humans. By using these model animals, substances for treating or preventing diseases can be efficiently screened and the efficacy of medicinal substances can be effectively evaluated.
US09596833B2	Dog exercise apparatus and method of using An apparatus for exercising a dog and a method of using the apparatus is described. The apparatus comprises a first elongated member having inner and outer ends with the inner end being fastened to a vehicle in a first location; a second elongated member having upper and lower ends with the upper end fastened to the vehicle in a second location; and a means of attaching the outer end of the first member and the lower end of the second member to a fastener device that contacts the dog, such that the first and second members establish an angle φ of separation between themselves that is within the range of about 15° to 75°. The first and second members are fastened to the vehicle such that angles σ and β, are formed between the vehicle and the members with at least one of the angles between about 15° to 165°.
US09596831B2	Method and system for timed pet entertainment A chewable pet-entertainment device. The chewable pet-entertainment device includes a first body portion and a second body portion operatively coupled to the first body portion. At least one of the first body portion and the second body portion define an internal cavity. The chewable pet-entertainment device includes a timer mechanism disposed in at least one of the first body portion and the second body portion. Responsive to the timer mechanism measuring a set period of time, the first body portion opens relative to the second body portion allowing access to the internal cavity.
US09596828B2	Animal cage litter composition, especially suitable for cats The object of invention is an animal cage litter composition, especially suitable for cats, in the form of compacted and/or ground down sunflower hulls, in the amount from 1% to 100%, preferably 100%, with addition of the known binder, in the amount from 0% to 50%, and/or the known filler, in the amount from 0% to 80%, in the total mass of compacted sunflower hulls.
US09596825B1	Lettuce variety Duquesne The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Duquesne and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
US09596821B2	Lettuce variety 79-65 RZ The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-65 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance against downy mildew strains Bl:1 to Bl:31, CA-I to CA-VIII (Bremia lactucae), currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) biotype Nr:0, and lettuce mosaic virus (LMV), as well as having intensely red, deeply incised, three-dimensional leaves, and a medium to small plant size. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-65 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-65 RZ.
US09596820B1	Maize inbred PH2FYF A novel maize variety designated PH2FYF and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2FYF with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2FYF through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2FYF or a locus conversion of PH2FYF with another maize variety.
US09596818B1	Soybean variety XR30AX15X The invention relates to the soybean variety designated XR30AX15X. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety XR30AX15X. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety XR30AX15X and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety XR30AX15X with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09596816B1	Canola inbred restorer line CL215695R The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CL215695R. Also included are seeds of canola CL215695R, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL215695R and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL215695R with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL215695R.
US09596815B1	Inbred corn line UWC04 An inbred corn line, designated UWC04, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line UWC04, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line UWC04 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line UWC04 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line UWC04, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line UWC04 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
US09596813B1	Melon cultivars ME346, ME357, ME348, ME351 and ME356 The present invention provides novel melon plants and plant parts, seed, fruit, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a melon plant by crossing the melon plants of the invention with themselves or another melon plant. The invention also provides plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, fruit, and tissue culture therefrom.
US09596810B2	Gardening scissor A gardening scissor includes a first cutting unit, a second cutting unit, and a control rod. Each of the first and second cutting units has a tool portion, and one end of each of the tool portions has a first handle and a second handle. The first and second cutting units are pivotally connected together through first and second through holes. An axial hole is formed near the first through hole, and one side of the axial hole has a gap to connect with the step-shaped space. An extending wing that is protruding out from the second handle is formed at a rear portion of the tool portion. When the control rod is inserted into the axial hole and connected with a stopping unit, the control rod can be restricted by the stopping unit and cannot be laterally separated from the axial hole.
US09596803B2	Agricultural implement with system for seeding or planting multiple seed types A system is provided for use with a seed-delivering agricultural implement that can use look-ahead predictions and controls to coordinate seed type delivery switchover in a manner that minimizes mixing different seed types during the switchover. The system can include a control system that uses a prescription map to look ahead to coordinate out-of-implement or to-ground seed type delivery switch-over events of seeding and/or planting implements with the implements crossing boundaries between different variety zones of an agricultural field.
US09596802B2	Distribution unit for granular commodity, in particular a sowing unit The invention relates to a distribution unit (10) for a granular commodity such as grains (34), fertilizer or the like, in particular a sowing unit (12) of a distribution or sowing machine. The unit (10, 12) comprises a housing (14) having an approximately circular and/or circle-segment shaped inner lateral surface (16), at least one inlet opening (18) for conveyed granular commodities or conveyed grains (34), a conveying device (22) rotating concentrically in the housing (14) for the conveyed granular commodity or the conveyed grains (34) and at least one outlet opening (24) which connects approximately tangentially to the inner lateral surface (16). The conveying device (22) has one or more openings and/or steps on the outer region thereof, which, in a first housing and/or conveying region, form a pocket with the housing inner lateral surface (16) in which the grains (34) are compacted and conveyed circularly by centrifugal forces, supported by the conveying device (22). In a second housing and/or separation region, only one single grain (34) remains in the opening or in the step of the conveying device (22) due to a modified contour of the inner lateral surface (16) of the housing (14) and under centrifugal force influences, while excess grains (34) are separated and conveyed back to the first housing region for re-conveying.
US09603293B2	Noise-reducing shielded cable As a noise-reducing shielded cable according to the present invention, provided is a shielded cable having an inverter (10), a motor (30), a cable (20) connecting the inverter and the motor with each other, a shield layer (40) covering the cable, and two ground wires (50) grounding both ends of the shield layer.
US09603292B2	Aluminum EMI/RF shield with fins A shield made from aluminum (AL) or an aluminum-based alloy coated with a solderable plating such as nickel or tin provides thermal improvement over existing shielding materials. The shield for electronic components on a circuit board comprising a base having an upper surface and one or more sidewalls extending from a perimeter of the upper surface, the sidewalls configured to engage a fence of the circuit board, and a fin array attached to the upper surface of the base, the fin array having a plurality of stackable fins, each of the stackable fins having a wall and one or more engagement tabs extending from one or more edges of the wall, the engagement tabs interlocking the plurality of stackable fins together.
US09603291B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element accommodated in an outer case; a control circuit board fixed to the outer case at a position away from the semiconductor element; and a shield plate provided between the semiconductor element and the control circuit board. The outer case is provided with a support having a convex portion longer than a thickness of the shield plate at a distal end thereof. The shield plate is formed with a through-hole in which the convex portion of the support passes through. The shield plate is fixed to the support with a fixing device engaging with the convex portion.
US09603290B2	Shield unit and method of manufacturing same A first plate of a shield shell includes a flat plate member and at least one crimping piece extending from an outer circumferential edge of the flat plate member and folded back to one surface of the flat plate member in a penetrating direction of a first through hole. A second plate of the shield shell piled on the flat plate member with a developed portion of a shield member held by and between the flat plate member and the second plate is crimped and fixed to the one surface of the flat plate member by a tip end of the crimping piece. A tabular portion of the shield member passes through the first through hole or a second through hole and extends out of the shield shell.
US09603288B2	Electronic/electrical component housing with strips of metal plate and shape memory material forming a heat transfer path A housing for electronic/electrical components includes an inner panel and an outer panel, a strip of metal plate, and a strip of shape memory material. The inner panel and the outer panel are disposed parallel to each other to define an internal space. The strip of metal plate extends from an inner surface of the outer panel. The strip of shape memory material extends from an inner surface of the inner panel and is attached to or detached from the metal plate on the outer panel while changing into an original straight shape or a bent shape according to a temperature variation. When the temperature increases beyond a first transition temperature, the shape memory material straightens to form a heat transfer path. When the temperature falls below a second transition temperature, the shape memory material bends and is separated from the metal plate to interrupt the heat transfer path.
US09603286B2	Heat sink attachment apparatus and method There is provided an electronic device. The electronic device includes a circuit board having heat generating components thereon. The electronic device further includes spring clips or bend tabs. The electronic device also includes a heat sink, disposed over the circuit board, through which heat from the circuit board and the components thereon is released. The heat sink has a generally flat horizontal base and a series of vertically directed fins. The heat sink is secured to at least one of the circuit board and at least one of the components thereon by the spring clips or bend tabs being positioned at a periphery of the horizontal base. The spring clips or bend tabs have distal contact prongs that contact and apply downward force on the horizontal base.
US09603284B2	Fluid heat exchanger configured to provide a split flow A fluid heat exchanger can define a plurality of microchannels each having a first end and an opposite end and extending substantially parallel with each other microchannel. Each microchannel can define a continuous channel flow path between its respective first end and opposite end. A fluid inlet opening for the plurality of microchannels can be positioned between the microchannel first and opposite ends, a first fluid outlet opening from the plurality of microchannels can be positioned adjacent each of the microchannel first ends, and an opposite fluid outlet opening from the plurality of microchannels can be positioned adjacent each of the microchannel opposite ends such that a flow of heat transfer fluid passing into the plurality of microchannels flows along the full length of each of the plurality of microchannels outwardly from the fluid inlet opening. Related methods are disclosed.
US09603281B2	Truly modular building datacenter facility A modular datacenter facility is constructed with a set of building modules of different types of functionality to form an entire datacenter facility having a standardized pre-approved architectural design and layout. All instances of a particular type of building module will have approximately a same floor plan and architectural design. An initial set of building modules can be built upon a parcel of land, and then as needs of space and additional capacity of the modular datacenter facility increase, then at a future point in time additional building modules of the different types can be rapidly added to the initial set of building modules. The building modules of the different types use one or more connecting corridors architected into at least a first type of building module and corresponding aligned doorways between both building modules to interconnect two building modules adjacent and abutted to each other.
US09603280B2	Flash module A flash module includes a top cover and a bottom cover, a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising memory, solid state storage, a storage controller configured to manage the memory and the solid state storage, and at least one integrated connector, and a capacitor, in which the capacitor is configured to power at least the storage controller when the flash module is disconnected from an external power source.
US09603279B2	Central electronics complex (‘CEC’) and fan structure A server chassis, including: a first compartment configured to receive one or more central electronics complexes (‘CECs’); and a second compartment configured to receive one or more fans for cooling the one or more CECs, wherein the second compartment is coupled to the first compartment such that: the second compartment is inserted within the first compartment when the second compartment is in an operational position; and the second compartment is outside of the first compartment and rotated relative to the first compartment when the second compartment is in a service position.
US09603272B2	Lid structure and electronic device A lid structure includes: a housing; a lid body configured to open and close an opening of the housing; an elastic member configured to be compressed by the housing and the lid body around the opening in a closing position where the lid body closes the opening; and a shaft member configured to allow movement of the lid body along an opening formation surface where the opening is formed and move the lid body come close to the opening formation surface from front to move the lid body from a facing position of facing around the opening to the closing position.
US09603268B2	Gas barrier film, method of producing a gas barrier film, and electronic device Provided is a gas barrier film including a base, a first barrier layer containing silicon which is formed on at least one surface of the base, and a second barrier layer containing silicon oxynitride which is formed on the first barrier layer. The water vapor transmission rate (g/m2/day) at 40° C. and 90% RH in a structure in which the first barrier layer is formed on the base is R1 and the water vapor transmission rate (g/m2/day) at 40° C. and 90% RH in a structure in which the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer are laminated on the base is R2, and the ratio of the water vapor transmission rate R1 to the water vapor transmission rate R2 (R1/R2) is 80 or more and 5000 or less. Hereby, excellent barrier performance can be exhibited under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment.
US09603260B2	Method and products related to deposited particles The invention concerns a method of removing encapsulating material from encapsulated particles deposited onto a substrate. According to the method, a substrate is used which is capable of facilitating said removal of encapsulating material. The particles may be nanoparticles. In particular, the substrate-facilitated removal may result in sintering of the particles. The invention provides a novel way of functionalizing electronic structures using particulate matter and for conveniently producing e.g. printed electronics devices.
US09603256B2	Process for producing articles having an electrically conductive coating The present invention relates to a process for producing articles having on at least part of their surface an electrically conductive coating by at least partly coating a substrate with a composition comprising finely divided electrically conductive metal particles and a binder and subjecting the coated substrate to at least one treatment with water in the presence of a halide ion source at a temperature in the range from ambient temperature to 200° C. The process of the invention allows articles having an electrically conductive coating to be produced in a simple, rapid and mild way.
US09603254B2	Apparatus for filling a wafer via with solder A wafer via solder filling device includes a solder bath comprising an accommodation space for accommodating a molten solder, with an open top, and an air outlet for exhausting air from the accommodation space; a fixing unit for fixing the wafer having a via formed in one surface in the accommodation space to seal the accommodation space airtight; and a pressing unit for pressing a bottom of the molten solder arranged in the solder bath and moving the molten solder upward, to fill the molten solder in the via.
US09603250B2	Electromagnetic field manipulation around vias A circuit may include a signal path, a first layer including the signal path, and a second layer including the signal path. The circuit may additionally include a path via having a signal-path via location and configured to connect the signal path at the first layer with the signal path at the second layer. The circuit may also include a ground plane associated with the first layer. The ground plane may have a ground-plane location that corresponds to the signal-path via location. The ground plane may also include an asymmetrical cutout portion that extends away from the ground-plane location on a first side of the ground plane that is opposite a second side of the ground plane that corresponds with a side of the first layer where the path via interfaces with the signal path at the first layer.
US09603248B2	Wiring board and method for manufacturing the same A wiring board includes a board including a core, a conductive layer on the core, and a laminated structure over the core and conductive layer, and a stacked structure formed in the board and including a through-hole conductor through the core and a via conductor in the laminated structure. The through-hole conductor has though-hole portion through the core and land portion on the core, the laminated structure includes an insulation layer in which the via conductor is formed, the via conductor is stacked on the land portion such that the stacked structure including the through-hole and via conductors is formed through the core and the insulation layer, and the stacked structure is formed such that the through-hole portion has end connected to the land portion and the end has width set greater than width of bottom of the via conductor and smaller than width of top of the via conductor.
US09603246B2	Electronic package, package carrier, and method of manufacturing package carrier A method of manufacturing package carrier is provided. In the method, a holding substrate and a conductive layer are provided. The conductive layer is on the holding substrate. Next, an insulating pattern is formed on the conductive layer. The insulating pattern exposes a portion of the conductive layer. A supporting board is provided. Next, the insulating pattern is detachably fixed in the supporting board. After the insulating pattern is detachably fixed in the supporting board, the holding substrate is removed, and the conductive layer remains. After removing the holding substrate, the conductive layer is patterned to form a wiring layer.
US09603245B2	Lithium-ion secondary battery, electrode for the secondary battery, and electrolytic copper foil for electrode for the secondary battery To provide an electrolytic copper foil for a negative electrode for a lithium-ion secondary battery with which it is possible to produce a long-life lithium-ion secondary battery in which there is no decline in the capacity retention ratio even when the charge-discharge cycling is repeated, that has long life, and no deformation of a negative electrode current collector occurs. The electrolytic copper foil constituting the negative electrode current collector for the lithium-ion secondary battery has, after heat treatment at from 200 to 400° C., a 0.2% proof stress of 250 N/mm2 or more, and elongation of 2.5% or more; and the surface on which an active material layer of the electrolytic copper foil is provided has been rust-proofed, or roughened and rust-proofed. As a result of analysis of the depth profile (depth direction) obtained by performing secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) in the thickness direction of the copper foil, the copper foil including: chlorine (Cl), carbon (C), and oxygen (O) each in a concentration of 1017 to 5×1020 atoms/cm3, and sulfur (S) and nitrogen (N) each in a concentration of 1015 to 1019 atoms/cm3.
US09603244B2	Thermosetting resin composition and prepreg and laminate obtained with the same The present invention provides a thermosetting resin composition comprising (A) a curing agent having an acidic substituent and an unsaturated maleimide group which is produced by a specific method, (B) a 6-substituted guanamine compound and/or dicyandiamide, (C) a copolymer resin comprising specific monomer units and (D) an epoxy resin and a prepreg and a laminated plate which are prepared by using the same. The thermosetting resin composition of the present invention is balanced in all of a copper foil adhesive property, a heat resistance, a moisture absorption, a flame resistance, a metal-stuck heat resistance, a relative dielectric constant and a dielectric loss tangent. They have a low toxicity and are excellent in a safety and a working environment, and therefore a prepreg and a laminated plate which have excellent performances are obtained by using the above thermosetting resin composition.
US09603241B2	Backplate for foldable display device and foldable display device including the same A foldable display device comprises a display panel; and a backplate attached to a side of the display panel and including a hard layer and first and second soft layer attached on lower and upper surfaces of the hard layer, respectively, wherein the hard layer has a difference in a distance from a reference line in a center portion and a first edge portion.
US09603240B2	Making Z-fold micro-wire substrate structure A method of making a folded micro-wire substrate structure includes providing a flexible substrate and first, second, and third portions. One or more electrical conductors are formed on or in the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate is folded with a first fold between the first and second portions so that the first portion is located adjacent to the second portion in a perpendicular direction. The flexible substrate is folded with at least a second fold between the second and third portions so that the second side is between the second portion and the third portion in the perpendicular direction. The folded flexible substrate is secured to form the folded micro-wire substrate structure.
US09603238B2	Combined wiring board A combined wiring board has multiple piece components each including a wiring board, and a frame component having an accommodation opening portion and holding the multiple piece components in the accommodation opening portion such that each of the piece components is fixed to the frame component at an outer rim of each of the piece components. The frame component has a thermal expansion coefficient in a planar direction which is set higher than a thermal expansion coefficient of the multiple piece components in the planar direction.
US09603235B2	Phase-lock loop synchronization between beam orbit and RF drive in synchrocyclotrons The invention specifies the use of feedback in the radio frequency (RF) drive for a synchrocyclotron, controlling the phase and/or amplitude of the accelerating field as a means to assure optimal acceleration of the beam, to increase the average beam current and to alter the beam orbit in order to allow appropriate extraction as the beam energy is varied. The effect of space charge is reduced by rapid acceleration and extraction of the beam, and the repetition rate of the pulses can be increased. Several means are presented to monitor the phase of the beam in synchrocyclotrons and to adjust the phase and amplitude of the RF to optimize the acceleration of the beam and to adjust the extraction and injection of the beam. Also, the use of a pulsed ion source that matches the acceptance window of the synchrocyclotron is described.
US09603234B2	Device for magnetizing laser plasma by means of a pulsed magnetic field A device for magnetizing laser plasma by unit of a pulsed magnetic field, which includes: a laser source for emitting a laser pulse; a vacuum chamber in which a target capable of generating a laser plasma during an interaction of the laser pulse with the target is arranged; and a coil capable of generating a pulsed magnetic field in the laser plasma, the device being characterised in that the coil is arranged in a reentrant chamber containing a coolant.
US09603233B2	Particle accelerator with a heat pipe supporting components of a high voltage power supply A pulsed neutron generator includes neutron tube and a high voltage power supply. High voltage power supply includes a bulkhead and plurality of electronic components electrically connected between the bulkhead and the target of the neutron tube. A heat pipe is provided in thermal contact with the target and has a housing portion with an exterior surface supporting the plurality of electronic components of the high voltage power supply. Heat pipe includes wick and heat transfer fluid disposed within the housing portion. The wick for recirculates the heat transfer fluid within the housing portion in order to transfer heat away from the target preferably to the bulkhead for dissipation the system housing. Both the wick and heat transfer fluid are preferably realized from materials that have low electrical conductivity. The heat pipe can also be part of other-type particle accelerators, such as x-ray sources and gamma-ray sources.
US09603232B2	Electronegative plasma motor A plasma motor for extracting a positive ion flow has a single ionization stage and a device for supplying the ionization stage with an ionizable electronegative gas. The plasma motor further has a device for creating an electric field so as to produce the ionization of the gas in the ionization stage. The device for creating the electric filed includes a device for extracting a negative ion flow and, a device for extracting a positive ion flow, connected to the ionization stage. The extraction of a positive ion flow and the extraction of a negative ion flow are of the same amplitude, ensuring the electrical neutrality of the motor. The extraction of a positive ion flow and the extraction of a negative ion flow allow the neutrality of the motor to be ensured.
US09603229B2	Composite materials A composite material, the composite material comprising at least one prepreg, said prepreg comprising at least one polymeric resin and at least one fibrous reinforcement; and conducting particles dispersed in the polymeric resin.
US09603226B2	LED lamps with enhanced wireless communication An LED lighting device includes a light emitting assembly including at least one LED and a wireless network interface connecting the LED lighting device to a network. The wireless network interface includes a RF transceiver. An antenna is in electrical communication with the RF transceiver. A thermally conductive housing receives the light emitting assembly, the thermally conductive housing in thermal communication with the at least one LED. In one aspect the thermally conductive housing is formed of a thermally conductive and electrically nonconductive material. In another aspect, the thermally conductive housing includes a first portion attached to a second portion, wherein the first portion is formed of a first, thermally conductive material and defines an interior cavity receiving the wireless network interface. The second portion is formed of a second, electrically nonconductive material and defines an aperture allowing optical output of the at least one LED to pass therethrough.
US09603222B2	Embedded lighting ceiling tiles with an adaptive ceiling luminance distribution The invention relates to a method for controlling a lighting system, wherein the lighting system comprises a plurality of light-emitting ceiling tiles and a control unit for controlling the plurality of light-emitting tiles. The method comprises the step of controlling the plurality of light-emitting tiles to provide a predetermined luminance contrast in the ceiling. The method further comprises the step of, for the predetermined luminance contrast, controlling the plurality of light-emitting tiles to provide a substantially uniform light distribution incident on a target surface such as a horizontal work plane. The method enables the lighting conditions in a room to be adjusted for improving visual comfort and illumination without affecting the illumination at a task level.
US09603221B2	System and method for illumination of a rain gutter A rain gutter illumination system having a cover for attaching to a rain gutter with an aperture along the substantial length of the cover, and opposing recesses for retaining a decorative insert. When the decorative insert is inserted in the cover, it is held in place by the recesses, and a light source and optional diffusing panel may be arranged in the cover so that the light source projects light through the aperture of the illuminable surface. The light source may be remotely controllable using a wireless remote control device, such as a smart phone over a network connection.
US09603214B2	Light emitting device (LED) array unit and LED module comprising the same A light emitting device (LED) array module includes at least one terminal, a light emitting device (LED) array, and a rank storing device. The LED array includes a plurality of LEDs that emit light when a current is supplied from the outside of the LED array module. The rank storing device is configured to store rank information of the LED array that depends on brightness characteristics of the LEDs, and to output a signal corresponding to the rank information via the at least one terminal.
US09603207B2	Driving circuit, illumination light source, and illumination device A driving circuit includes a rectifying and smoothing circuit that rectifies an AC dimming signal, and a voltage conversion circuit including: a switching element having a source connected to a low-potential output terminal of the rectifying and smoothing circuit; a diode having an anode connected to a high-potential output terminal of the rectifying and smoothing circuit; an inductor disposed between the diode and a drain of the switching element; an oscillation controller; a capacitor that is charged by receiving magnetic energy from the inductor when the switching element is OFF, and discharges to a load when the switching element is ON; and a power control circuit that applies a voltage corresponding to a voltage at a high-potential terminal of the capacitor to the oscillation controller as a supply voltage for driving the oscillation controller.
US09603204B2	Display device A display device includes a first substrate including a display region arranged with a plurality of pixels arranged with a light emitting element, a second substrate including a light shielding layer having an aperture part corresponding to the pixel and a color filter being arranged in at least the aperture part and including a pigment layer, a seal component including glass, the seal component bonding the first substrate and second substrate, the display region and color filter facing each other, and being arranged on the exterior side of the color filter, and an inorganic insulation layer covering at least an upper surface and end part of the color filter.
US09603200B1	Portable windshield defroster The portable windshield defroster is a device that sits on the exterior side of a windshield and melts snow and ice that has accumulated on the windshield. The portable windshield defroster is powered either through the automobile electrical system or through solar panels.
US09603196B2	Self-regulating semi-conductive flexible heating element A flexible homogeneous carbon polymeric heating element is provided. The flexible homogeneous carbon polymeric heating element includes a pair of layers of a first insulating material, a pair of layers of a second insulating material positioned between the pair of first insulating material layers, and an elongate web positioned between the pair of second insulating material layers, wherein one of the insulating materials is a chemical-resistant material, and the other of the insulating materials is a water-resistant material.
US09603192B2	Methods and apparatus for hybrid access to a core network Apparatus and methods for hybrid access to a core network. In one embodiment, a wireless router enables a subscriber device to connect to a core network via an intermediate network (e.g., a Wi-Fi network) rather than the network traditionally associated with the core network (e.g., a cellular network). In one implementation, a Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) is configured to directly connect to a Long Term Evolution (LTE) core network as a logical evolved NodeB (eNB).
US09603191B2	Apparatus and method for providing access to internet resources in a wireless communications network A method and apparatus for providing access to internet resources in a wireless communications network is disclosed. The method comprises storing (108) in a memory located in said communications network at least one file from an internet resource if monitoring (102) user equipment in a predefined area shows that a number of requests from said user equipment in said area to access said internet resource exceeds (106) a first threshold. The method further comprises providing (110) access to said internet resource using said at least one file stored in said memory.
US09603190B2	Integrated circuit adapted for mobile communication and related mobile computing device An integrated circuit (400) adapted for mobile communication is disclosed. The circuit comprises a first device layer formed of a first semiconductor material and having at least a first circuit portion (402); and a second device layer formed of a second semiconductor material different to the first semiconductor material and having at least a second circuit portion (404), wherein the first and second device layers are integrally formed, and the first circuit portion is electrically coupled to the second circuit portion to enable the mobile communication using first and second wireless communication protocols. A related mobile computing device is also disclosed.
US09603189B2	Method and apparatus for multisim devices with embedded SIM functionality A method, corresponding apparatuses, and a computer program product for multiSIM devices with embedded SIM functionality are provided. The method comprises downloading at least one subscription from a secure application manager to a secure element with remote provisioning functionality within a user equipment. The method also comprises determining whether or not to assign an identity related to the at least one subscription. The method further comprises informing the user equipment of the at least one subscription being present upon assignment of the identity. With the claimed inventions, subscriptions and a pool of identities can be efficiently and flexibly managed and maintained remotely.
US09603186B2	Mobility management entity, user equipment and methods for machine type communication Embodiments of a Mobility Management Entity (MME) to support packet-switched (PS) services in a network in accordance with Evolved Packet System (EPS) bearers are disclosed herein. The MME may receive, from a User Equipment (UE), an indicator of Machine Type Communication (MTC) operation, which may indicate that the UE operates as an MTC UE. The MME may, at least partly in response to a determination of UE inactivity on an EPS bearer, transmit a bearer release message for release of an S5/S8 bearer included in the EPS bearer. In some embodiments, the indicator of MTC operation may include a permission indicator from the UE for the release of the S5/S8 bearer. In some embodiments, the indicator of MTC operation may include an indicator of transmission of small blocks of data or transmission at an infrequent rate.
US09603181B2	Communication control method, user terminal, processor, storage medium, and base station A communication control method applied to a mobile communication system including a user terminal capable of storing an MDT measurement log related to a radio environment measured based on an instruction from a network and a connection establishment failure log related to a failure of RRC connection establishment procedure with the network, the method includes the steps of: reserving a dedicated memory area for storing the connection establishment failure log, by the user terminal; and storing the connection establishment failure log in the dedicated memory area reserved in the reserving step, by the user terminal.
US09603180B2	Managing tune-away in a multi-subscriber identity module communication device Embodiments include systems and methods for managing tune-way in a multi-subscription communication device. A processor of a multi-subscription communication device may determine a first signal strength of a first cell signal and a second signal strength of a second cell signal. The processor may perform a tune-away procedure to a weaker of the first cell signal and the second cell signal. Embodiments may include determining signal strengths of each component carrier of the first cell signal and the second cell signal.
US09603179B1	Gesture-based data exchange between electronic devices A digital data transfer between two users' electronic devices such as cell phones, smartphones, tablet PCs, laptops, etc., is initiated by detecting both that the users' wrist-worn electronic data exchange units have been brought into proximity, and also that their on-board accelerometers sense movement consistent with a gesture, especially that two equipped users are shaking hands. The electronic data exchange units can communicate over a limited distance and can use Bluetooth. The data transfer can be arranged to be automatic without the attention of the users. The data transfer order is determined in part according to differences in the wait time for the two users' electronic devices to communicate with the respective data exchange units. The exchanged data can include user contact information to be stored via a smartphone application in a database.
US09603178B2	Secure pairing of personal device with host device Pairing one or more personal devices to a host device is provided. An example method includes detecting one or more personal devices in wireless proximity communication range of a host device; allocating and storing a respective unique input instruction for each personal device in range, wherein a unique input instruction is convertible to an augmented reality display input at a personal device; transmitting the unique input instruction to the personal device; providing an input interface of the host device; receiving, from a user of the personal device, user input at the input interface of the host device; and activating an exclusive pairing between the host device and the personal device for which the user input has been received.
US09603174B2	Error control method, medium access control (MAC) frame designing method, and terminal registration method in wireless communication system, and recording medium The MAC frame in a wireless communication system includes a terminal ID allocated to each of multiple terminals. At least one connection ID is allocated to each terminal having the terminal ID, and sub-carrier allocation information is allocated to each connection having the connection ID. The sub-carrier allocation information includes a sub-carrier allocation status for each sub-carrier, and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier. The sub-carrier allocation status and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier can be allocated, by sub-carriers, to the sub-carrier allocation information using a same number of bits; or the information on the sub-carrier allocation status is first allocated to the sub-carrier allocation information and the number of allocated information bits for each sub-carrier is allocated.
US09603172B2	Low latency call transfer A system is configured to receive, from a user device, voice traffic to be sent to another user device; determine whether the voice traffic is local traffic based on whether an eNodeB, associated with the user device, and another eNodeB, associated with the other user device, are served by a particular network device; forward the voice traffic, as non-local traffic, to another network device, associated with a packet data network, for processing when the eNodeB or the other eNodeB are not served by the particular network device; process the voice traffic as local traffic when the eNodeB and the other eNodeB are served by the particular network device; and forward, to the other user device via the other eNodeB, the voice traffic, as local traffic, where the forwarding is performed in a manner that does not include routing the voice traffic via the other network device.
US09603162B2	Data transmission method, base station, and user equipment using multiple transport block size tables A data transmission method, a base station, and a user equipment. The data transmission method includes determining, by a base station, a modulation and coding scheme level and the number of physical resource block pairs, selecting one transport block size (TBS) table from a first TBS table and a second TBS table, and determining a corresponding TBS, so that a coding rate can be increased when the base station transmits service data to the UE according to a TBS in the selected second TBS table.
US09603158B1	Optimizing communication for automated vehicles A backend system for a fleet of autonomous vehicles (AVs) for a given region can store a spectrum heat map indicating network coverage strength for a plurality of network types sourced at base stations located throughout the given region. The backend system can dynamically receive network quality data from the plurality of AVs traveling throughout the given region, and dynamically update the spectrum heat map based on the received network quality data.
US09603155B2	Reducing leaked downlink interference signals in a remote unit uplink path(s) in a distributed antenna system (DAS) Methods and systems for reducing leaked downlink interference signals in a remote unit uplink path(s) in a distributed antenna system (DAS) are provided. In a remote antenna unit (RAU) disclosed herein, a downlink interference signal may be leaked from a downlink path to an uplink path in the RAU. In this regard, an adjustment circuit is provided in the downlink path of the RAU to suppress the downlink interference signal. A control system is provided in the DAS to monitor the leaked downlink interference signal and control the adjustment circuit in the RAU to minimize the leaked downlink interference signal in the uplink path. By providing the adjustment circuit in the RAU and the control system in the DAS to minimize the leaked downlink interference signal in the uplink path, it is possible to reduce interferences between downlink and uplink communications signals without increasing costs of the RAU.
US09603154B2	Method for transmitting data signal and user equipment Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for transmitting a data signal and a user equipment, where the method includes: acquiring, by a first user equipment, a scheduling assignment signal sent by a second user equipment and a scheduling assignment signal sent by at least one third user equipment, where the second user equipment is a user equipment that performs D2D communication with the first user equipment; determining, by the first user equipment, a first time adjustment amount according to a time adjustment amount included in the acquired scheduling assignment signal; and receiving, by the first user equipment according to the first time adjustment amount and subframe information that is included in the scheduling assignment signal sent by the second user equipment, a data signal sent by the second user equipment.
US09603152B2	Wireless network channel allocation method for interference avoidance A wireless network channel allocation method for interference avoidance in a wireless network includes determining whether some or all of the one or more channels are used by other sources, if some or all of the one or more channels are used by other sources, determining whether one of channels used by other sources is currently used by the wireless network, if one of the channels used by other sources is currently used by the wireless network, switching the channel currently used by the wireless network to any one of the one or more channels except for the channel currently used by the wireless network, and if one of the channels used by other sources is not currently used by the wireless network, storing information about the channels used by the other sources, wherein the switched channel is a channel which is not most recently used by other sources according to the stored information.
US09603151B2	Data transmission scheduling using energy consumption profile of terminal device For controlling energy-consumption associated with data transmission between a terminal device (200) and a mobile network a node of the mobile network which is responsible for scheduling the data transmission, e.g., a base station (100) or a control node (300) obtains an energy consumption profile of the terminal device (200). The energy consumption profile specifies characteristics of multiple energy sinks in the terminal device (200). On the basis of the energy consumption profile, the node performs scheduling of the data transmission.
US09603150B2	Resource allocation method and device Disclosed are a resource allocation method and device. By use of the technical solution provided in the embodiments of the present invention, when a home cell handover of a relay node occurs, the destination DeNB allocates through information exchange between itself and a source DeNB, and according to corresponding frequency information, a corresponding backhaul link resource to the relay node, this allows completion of sub-frame configuration of the backhaul link during the handover process, thereby reducing the influence on normal services of the relay node, ensuring service continuity for users accessing a network through the relay node, and reducing the number of lost packets during a transmission process, thus providing a better network experience to users.
US09603149B2	Method and system for optimizing power resources in wireless devices A method and system is disclosed for a device to quickly determine if data is being sent to it. If no data is being sent to the device, the device may return to a sleep mode so as to conserve energy. The present invention includes organizing and transmitting, one at a time, all device destination identifiers. If a message listing search indicates that no message is being sent for a device, the device can continue with any other activity that needs servicing, or if no other activity is pending, it may shut down to conserve power until the next wake up period arrives. If the search returns a positive indication, the count value when the identifier is found can be used to determine the location of the pointer to the message.
US09603147B2	Device, system and method of wireless communication over non-contiguous channels Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication over non-contiguous channels. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit capable of transmitting symbols of a wireless communication packet to a wireless communication device over a plurality of non-contiguous wireless communication channels.
US09603145B2	Method and apparatus for bandwidth request/grant protocols in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for allocating bandwidth in a broadband wireless communication system is disclosed. One embodiment uses a self-correcting bandwidth request/grant protocol. The self-correcting bandwidth request/grant protocol utilizes a combination of incremental and aggregate bandwidth requests. CPEs primarily transmit incremental bandwidth requests to their associated base stations, followed by periodic transmissions of aggregate bandwidth requests. The use of periodic aggregate bandwidth requests (that express the current state of their respective connection queues) allows the bandwidth allocation method and apparatus to be “self-correcting”. Another embodiment utilizes an abridged bandwidth request/grant protocol to allocate bandwidth. The abridged bandwidth request/grant protocol system utilizes padding packets to request a reduction in bandwidth allocation to a CPE. A base station modem alerts a base station CPU when the BS modem receives a padding packet from a CPE. After alerting the BS CPU the method can reduce the associated CPE's bandwidth allocation.
US09603142B2	Method for radio resources usage reporting in a LTE network and uses thereof for interference reduction and for energy optimization The method comprises a LTE cellular base station reporting radio resources usage information about its resource assignment in a current LTE frame emitted or to be emitted thereby, regarding slot usage for at least the slots of the downlink subframes of the current LTE frame, and generally also regarding the slots of subsequent downlink subframes and of also regarding uplink subframes. The uses of the method are for interference reduction and for energy optimization.
US09603141B2	Physical downlink control channel and physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channel enhancements A wireless transmission system included at least one user equipment and a base station. The base station is operable to form a downlink control information block, modulate the downlink control information, precode the modulated downlink control information, and transmit the precoded, modulated downlink control information on at least one demodulation reference signal antenna port to the at least one user equipment. The precoded, modulated downlink control information is mapped to a set of N1 physical resource block pairs in a subframe from an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol T1 to and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol T2.
US09603138B2	Method and device for sending and detecting enhanced physical downlink control channel Disclosed are a method and a device for sending and detecting an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH), relating to the field of wireless communications, and used for solving the problem of how to send downlink control information through the E-PDCCH. In the method, when a current subframe needs to send downlink control information to a terminal by adopting a frequency domain distributed transmission mode, a base station selects, according to the current aggregation level, at least one available distributed E-CCE in a distributed E-PDCCH time frequency resource area of the current subframe, and uses the selected distributed E-CCE to send the downlink control information to the terminal. The present application solves the problem of how to transmit downlink control information through the E-PDCCH.
US09603136B2	Control channel allocation method, control channel searching method and communication apparatus using the same UE-specific search spaces (UE-SS) for a carrier-aggregated communication system are introduced to decrease the number of blind decoding attempts, decrease downlink control information (DCI) blocking probability, and maintain good blind decoding performance. In the proposed control channel allocation method, the control channel searching method and the communication apparatus thereof, the UE-specific search spaces are extended except control channel element (CCE) aggregation level one. Further, a new CCE aggregation level is created in the UE-specific search spaces. The sum of the number of control channel candidates for all aggregation levels is bounded by the maximum number of PDCCH candidates. In addition, uplink MIMO grant command is just allocated in a pre-configured component carrier or a set of pre-configured component carriers, but uplink MIMO grant command is not allocated in the remaining component carriers.
US09603135B2	Method and system for transmitting position reference signal subframe The disclosure claims a method and a device for transmitting a Position Reference Signal (PRS) subframe. In the disclosure, the network side configures certain channels or signals according to the configuration condition of the PRS, or the network side configures the PRS according to the configuration condition of certain channels or signals; the receiving side correctly identifies the length of Cyclic Prefix (CP) according to the configuration information issued by the network side, so as to correctly measure and accurately receive the channels or signals sent by the network side. The disclosure overcomes the technical problem in the conventional art that the length of CP is ambiguous, so that the signals cannot be measured and accurately received by the receiving side.
US09603133B2	Method and device for configuring uplink control channel resources in multi-antenna scene The technical solutions according to the present disclosure perform configuring the uplink control channel resources for a terminal equipment, by means of a semi-statically configured initial resource and a dynamically configured ACK/NACK Resource Indication (ARI) information which indicates a selection result or offset information. Thereby an uplink control channel resource configuration solution is realized by combining dynamic indication with semi-static indication. The method according to the present disclosure can be achieved in a simple and easy manner, and simultaneously can be used in a Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) system and a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) system.
US09603132B2	Dynamic hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) transmission with enhanced physical downlink control channels Embodiments of a system and method for providing dynamic hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) transmission with enhanced physical downlink control channels are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a receiver is arranged to receive, on an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH), one of a lowest control channel element index (nCCE) and a lowest enhanced control channel element index (neCCE), a user equipment specific starting offset (NPUCCH(1)) and at least one additional offset-related parameter. A processor determines allocation of an uplink resource of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for HARQ-ACK transmission based the one of a lowest control channel element index (nCCE) and a lowest enhanced control channel element index (neCCE), the user equipment specific starting offset (NPUCCH(1)) and at least one selected from the at least one additional offset-related parameter. A transmitter transmits a signal on the PUCCH using the allocated uplink resource.
US09603129B2	Methods and systems for transmission of multiple modulated signals over wireless networks A method and apparatus for requesting and allocating bandwidth in a broadband wireless communication system. The method and apparatus includes a combination of techniques that allow a plurality of CPEs to communicate their bandwidth request messages to respective base stations. One technique includes a “polling” method whereby a base station polls CPEs individually or in groups and allocates bandwidth specifically for the purpose of allowing the CPEs to respond with bandwidth requests. The polling of the CPEs by the base station may be in response to a CPE setting a “poll-me bit” or, alternatively, it may be periodic. Another technique comprises “piggybacking” bandwidth requests on bandwidth already allocated to a CPE. Currently active CPEs request bandwidth using unused portions of uplink bandwidth that is already allocated to the CPE. The CPE is responsible for distributing the allocated uplink bandwidth in a manner that accommodates the services provided by the CPE.
US09603128B2	Method for communicating and radio station therefor The present invention relates to method for communicating between a primary station and a secondary station comprising (a) at the secondary station, upon arrival of a data packet to be transmitted to the primary station, buffering said data packet in a buffer, and transmitting to the primary station a request for an uplink transmission resource if a request condition is satisfied, said request condition being based on at least one previous grant of uplink transmission resource, (b) at the primary station, granting to the secondary station an uplink transmission resource to be used.
US09603120B2	Paging cancel procedure in a telecommunications system Disclosed is a paging control method in a telecommunications system where devices are paged by paging requests from base stations, the base stations being controlled by paging control messages from a network node. The method involves detecting (310), in the network node, a need to initiate paging of a device. Then, a set of candidate base stations in an area of the telecommunications system is determined (320) by the network node. The candidate base stations are potentially capable of reaching the device in the area by sending paging requests at respective paging occasions. The network node selectively controls (330) paging control messages intended for the set of candidate base stations depending on detection of a paging response made by the device via one of the base stations in the set of candidate base stations, so as to prevent paging requests from base stations, in the set of candidate base stations, which have not yet sent any paging requests to the device.
US09603112B2	Touch inquiry A system for expediting wireless connection establishment between wireless-enabled apparatuses. In at least one example implementation an apparatus may transmit discovery messages for discovering other apparatuses. The apparatus may receive one or more messages responding to the discovery message, and may determine whether any of the received responses satisfy a predetermined response criteria. If the apparatus determines that any of the received messages satisfy the response criteria, wireless connection establishment may be expedited between the apparatus and a source apparatus for each of the received messages that satisfy the response criteria. In an alternative scenario where a touch mode may be active in an apparatus that receives a message from at least one other apparatus, the apparatus may determine whether the message satisfies a predetermined criteria. If the message is determined to satisfy the criteria, the apparatus may expedite wireless connection establishment to the other apparatus.
US09603111B2	Radio communication system and communication control method A radio communication system includes a first base station that is identified by a first cell identity, a second base station that is identified by a second cell identity, and a user device that can perform radio communication with each of the base stations. The user device detects a first transmission timing based on a first synchronization signal from the first base station and establishes synchronization with the first base station. The first base station notifies the user device of synchronization state information related to a synchronization state with the second base station and of frequency information related to an identification signal frequency that is used by the second base station to transmit an identification signal. The user device, based on the synchronization state information, performs identifying processing, on the identification signal frequency indicated by the frequency information, to identify the second cell identity indicated by the identification signal.
US09603108B2	System and method for power control command for device-to-device transmissions A transmit power control rule for device-to-device (D2D) transmissions may not be necessary during periods in which no uplink transmissions are scheduled to be received by an enhanced Node B base station (eNB). When uplink transmissions are not scheduled to be received by the eNB, the eNB may send a transmit power control (TPC) command to a D2D capable user equipment (D2D UE) that instructs the D2D UE to perform a D2D transmission at a pre-defined transmit power level (e.g., maximum transmit power level). When uplink transmissions are scheduled to be received the eNB, the eNB may send a TPC command to the D2D UE that instructs the D2D UE to perform a D2D transmission at a transmit power level defined by a power control rule.
US09603107B2	Method and apparatus for controlling transmit power of user equipment The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling transmit power of a user equipment, the method includes reducing a gain factor of a first-type channel of the UE when total uplink transmit power of the UE exceeds maximum allowed transmit power. The method further includes determining total uplink transmit power of the UE and if the total uplink transmit power of the UE exceeds the maximum allowed transmit power and the gain factor of the first-type channel is reduced to a preset gain factor threshold, reducing a gain factor of a second-type channel of the UE so that total uplink transmit power of the UE does not exceed the maximum allowed transmit power.
US09603103B2	Radio communication system, communication apparatus, radio communication network system and method therefor A radio communication system provided with a communication device and a radio communication network system is characterized by comprising a transmission delay estimate information transmitting means for transmitting transmission delay estimate information to the radio communication network system when the transmission condition of the transmission delay estimate information is met.
US09603101B2	Technique for operating a network node in a heterogeneously deployed network A technique for operating a network node in a heterogeneously deployed network comprising network nodes of different nominal transmit powers and at least partially overlapping coverage areas is described. A method implementation of this technique comprises a step of operating the network node in a base mode in which the network node is configured to transmit terminal-specific demodulation reference signals for a first set of terminal devices. The method comprises the further step of selectively activating or deactivating operation of the network node in a Single Frequency Network (SFN) mode in which the network node is configured to transmit, for a second set of terminal devices, the same cell-specific reference nodes as another network node of the heterogeneously deployed network that has a larger nominal transmit power.
US09603100B2	Terminal device, communication method, and integrated circuit Provided is a terminal device (2) that communicates with a base station device, including: a reception unit (205) that receives information related to a first configuration and/or information related to a second configuration, and a grant; and a transmission unit (207) that, in a case of an uplink signal being scheduled based on the grant, transmits the uplink signal to the base station device in an earliest uplink subframe on or after a designated subframe from a subframe in which the grant was detected, wherein in a case of the first configuration and the second configuration being set, the transmission unit (207) configures a transmit power control method for respective subframe subsets according to the type of grant.
US09603099B2	Apparatus and method for uplink power control for a wireless transmitter/receiver unit utilizing multiple carriers A method and apparatus for determining uplink power in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU operates in a carrier aggregated system. The WTRU is configured to receive a plurality of uplink power parameters indexed to one of a plurality of uplink carriers and receive a transmit power control command indexed to the one of the plurality of uplink carriers. The WTRU is configured to determine a pathloss of the one of the plurality of uplink carriers and determine a transmit power for the one of the plurality of uplink carriers based on the plurality of power parameters, the transmit power control command, and the pathloss.
US09603095B2	Determination of enhanced physical downlink control channel candidates in a wireless communication network In embodiments, an evolved Node B (eNB) of a wireless communication network may configure an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) physical resource block (PRB) set for a user equipment (UE). The EPDCCH-PRB set may include a plurality of PRB-pairs. The EPDCCH-PRB set may further include a plurality of enhanced resource element groups (EREGs) organized into localized enhanced control channel elements (ECCEs) having EREGs of the same PRB-pair and distributed ECCEs having EREGs of different PRB-pairs. In some embodiments, the eNB may determine a set of distributed EPDCCH candidates for the UE from the EPDCCH-PRB set, wherein the individual distributed EPDCCH candidates include one or more of the distributed ECCEs, and wherein the set of distributed EPDCCH candidates includes at least one EREG from each of the plurality of localized ECCEs. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09603091B2	Reducing periodic reporting in discontinuous receive (DRX) mode Techniques for avoiding or reducing unnecessary CSI and/or SRS transmissions in a wireless communications system. In an example method, a user terminal periodically transmits (620) CSI and/or SRS according to corresponding periodic CSI transmission opportunities or periodic SRS transmission opportunities, or both, during a first period in which the UE is operating according to a short DRX cycle. In a second period immediately following the first period and during which the user terminal is operating according to a long DRX cycle, the user terminal reduces or suppresses (630) periodic transmissions of CSI and/or SRS. This may be done, for example, by suppressing periodic transmission of CSI and/or SRS, after a first delay time or first delay times or by reducing the rate of transmission of CSI and/or SRS, after a second delay time or second delay times. A combination of these and other disclosed approaches may be used.
US09603089B2	Rectifier circuit management system, such as for use in cell site power systems Systems, apparatus, methods, and manufactures for conserving power in a communications system such as a communications service cell site or cell site. The methods include adjusting the RF coverage of the cell site antenna, selective control of the RF output transmit power, selective control of the communications bit rate, transfer of communications to other cell sites, adjustment of indicators such that mobile devices transfer communications to other cell sites, and reallocation of logical slots between radios in the cell site. In some examples, the cell site employs a power controller. The power controller may utilize a switching circuit to produce two different voltages from a single battery string during a commercial power failure with improved conversion efficiencies. In another example, a power controller may manage multiple rectifiers so that the rectifiers operate more efficiently, such as with approximately equal runtime and with regular testing.
US09603087B2	Green femtocells and methods of implementing the same A femtocell for conserving power, which includes a transmitter module configured to be inactive for periods of call inactivity and data inactivity within a corresponding femtocell geographic coverage area, and includes a monitoring device configured to monitor the femtocell geographic coverage area, and further includes a controller module configured to cause a call handover to the femtocell when a cellular handset device is functioning and is located within the femtocell geographic coverage area. The femtocell also being configured to communicate with one or more macrocell base stations, each having a corresponding macrocell, which are configured to facilitate communication between the cellular handset device and a wireless network.
US09603085B2	Methods and apparatus providing intelligent radio selection for legacy and non-legacy applications Methods and apparatus providing intelligent interface selection for legacy and non-legacy applications. The method includes intercepting a networking function call from an application desiring radio access, selecting a radio from a plurality of candidate radios based on selection criteria, and binding the radio to the application. To facilitate flow mobility, the method includes allocating an ephemeral port to the radio, generating a flow binding rule based only on the ephemeral port, and signaling the flow binding rule to a home agent.
US09603083B2	Method, device and system for selecting service cell The present invention discloses the method, equipment and system for selecting a donor cell, and the method comprises the following steps: a relay node acquires the donor cell configuration information for the relay node; if the relay node determines, based on the donor cell configuration information, that the currently serving cell is listed in the donor cell configuration information, the relay node continues to work in the cell; otherwise, the relay node selects another cell listed in the donor cell configuration information to access. The present invention can improve the controllability of the selection of a donor cell by a relay node, thereby causing the relay node to quickly select a donor cell and access to the donor cell.
US09603080B2	Network assisted ANDSF policy updating Various methods and apparatuses are provided to address the need for reduced UE location reporting. In one method, an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) server receives (401) location information for a UE from a Long Term Evolution (LTE) Evolved Packet Core (EPC) function. The location information is received from the LTE EPC function instead of being received from the UE. The ANDSF server then generates (402) a policy based on the location information received for the UE and sends (403) the policy to the UE via a first access network. The policy includes an identification of an access point for use by the UE to access an access network different than the first access network.
US09603079B2	Routing for mobile nodes A route for establishing a wireless connection between a wireless device and a node may be selected based on an estimated duration of the route. The route duration may be estimated based on information related to the expected movement of nodes included in the route.
US09603078B2	Method and apparatus for managing handovers in a wireless network based on speed group assignments A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a mobility speed group assignment for a mobile communication device having a radio resource control connection with a wireless network where the mobility speed group assignment is selected from among a plurality of mobility speed groups according to a speed of the mobile communication device, determining a cell size for a serving cell of the wireless network that is providing the radio resource control connection, and selecting a handover policy based on the mobility speed group assignment and the cell size. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09603075B2	Method, device and system for reconfiguring aggregation cell The present invention provides a method for reconfiguring an aggregated cell, which includes that: a network side device judges whether the aggregated cell of a user equipment (UE) needs to be changed in the cell set in which the carriers can be aggregated; when the judgment result is that the change is needed, the network side device transmits a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message to the UE, and the RRC connection reconfiguration message carries the change information of the aggregated cell of the UE; the UE receives the RRC connection reconfiguration message, and reconfigures the aggregated cell according to the RRC connection reconfiguration message. In the present invention, for the LTE-A system, when the aggregated cell of UE which supports the carrier aggregation changes within the same cell set in which the carriers can be aggregated, the aggregated cell of the UE can be reconfigured; and the same access stratum (AS) key is used to perform the security processing procedure for the data, which enables the uninterrupted transmission for the data.
US09603070B2	Apparatus and method for managing requests for service A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, responsive to a determination that a first communication session is in a first state and a first sub-state, monitoring for an active timer associated with the first sub-state, where the first state and the first sub-state are defined by a communications protocol. The system can, responsive to a detection of the active timer, monitor for a packet switching service initiation request generated by the applications processor. The system can, responsive to detecting the packet switching service initiation request, temporarily prevent the packet switching service initiation request from being transmitted by the transceiver. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09603069B2	Managing mobility events in simultaneous rat mode user equipment Mobility management is described for simultaneous, multiple radio access technology (RAT) user equipments (UEs). When the UE detects a mobility event that would trigger transfer of a communication service from a first RAT to a second RAT, the UE determines whether there is an existing connection to a base station of the second RAT and uses cached measurement information related to this base station to influence or weight how the transfer is performed/handled/managed.
US09603068B2	Methods and devices for adjusting resource management procedures in heterogeneous communication networks Devices and methods for adjusting resource management procedures in heterogeneous communication networks are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for adjusting radio resource management procedures in a mobile device communicating with a node operating in a cell in a heterogeneous communication network includes receiving a message that includes cell information transmitted from the node, measuring signal reception information, processing the received cell information and measured signal reception information to determine an adjustment to a resource management procedure, and adjusting the resource management procedure based on the determined adjustment. The first and second messages may be radio resource control (RRC) measurement control messages.
US09603064B2	Method and system for a high-speed handover of a mobile terminal in a communication system The present invention relates to a handover method, and more particularly, to a high-speed handover method for reducing handover delay. To this end, a handover method for a mobile terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a first base station to which handover is to be performed; reserving a channel for performing the handover to the first base station and notifying a second base station, from which a service is currently provided, of information on the reserved channel; and performing the handover to the first base station when state information on channels of the first base station is received from the first base station.
US09603062B2	Classifying access points using pilot identifiers Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate grouping pilot identifies to indicate type and/or classification information regarding one or more access points. The access points can select or be assigned pilot identifiers from the group indicating a type or classification related to the access points. Thus, identifiers can be grouped into macrocell and/or femtocell groups or ranges such that an access point can indicate, and mobile devices can efficiently determine, whether the access point provides macrocell or femtocell coverage based on a range from which its pilot identifier is selected or assigned. In addition, the pilot identifiers can be utilized to indicate restricted association information regarding the access points.
US09603060B2	Mobile communication system A mobile communication system capable of continuing communication between a relay device and a base station device if the relay device moves. In a handover process, when it is judged that an establishment cause for RRC connection is attached from an RN, a target eNB judges whether the own device has the DeNB function. In a case of judging that the own device does not have the DeNB function, the target eNB notifies the RN of an RRC connection rejection. When being notified of the RRC connection reject, the RN stops the handover process and then returns to a source eNB.
US09603059B2	Techniques and systems for on-demand customized mobile data services Techniques for generating and providing on-demand customized mobile data services are described. A technique may include receiving application usage data at a data package service; analyzing the application usage data to obtain analyzed data; designing one or more data service packages according to the analyzed data, each data service package to define a set of parameters to manage access to a cellular data network; presenting one or more data service packages to a client device; receiving a selection of a data service package from the client device; and uploading a policy associated with the selected data service package to a data access server. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09603058B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for triggering a service node to initiate a session with a policy and charging rules function According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for initiating a session. The method includes steps occurring at a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node. The method also includes determining, independent of contact from a service node, that the service node requires policy information. The method further includes in response to determining that the service node requires policy information, communicating a session independent trigger message to the service node, wherein the trigger message comprises information instructing the service node to initiate a session with the PCRF node to obtain the policy information from the PCRF node.
US09603057B2	Method for configuring the link maximum transmission unit (MTU) in a user equipment (UE) In a System Architecture Evolution/Long Term Evolution (SAE/LTE) radio network, the network is set to configure the link MTU in the UE for each bearer where the network-configured link MTU can represent an MTU of a path for a SAE bearer service in complete or part of a particular SAE/LTE network.
US09603051B2	Systems and methods for push-to-talk voice communication over voice over internet protocol networks Push to talk (PTT) devices that communicate packet-based voice communications are disclosed. An example PTT device receives voice packets via a packet-based communication network from another PTT device. Voice information in the received voice packets are used to reconstruct the voice communication. The receiving PTT device is able to identify an occurrence of at least one delayed, corrupted or lost voice packet, and then communicate a packet re-transmit request to the other PTT device requesting a replacement voice packet that has a portion of the voice communication that is identical to the voice communication portion of the delayed, corrupted or lost voice packet. The voice communication may then be repaired based on the received replacement voice packet. While the voice communication is being repaired, a comfort tone may be generated so that the listener of the PTT device understands that the voice communication is being repaired.
US09603044B2	Use of traffic load reduction indicator for facilitating mobility management entity overload control function In accordance with one example embodiment, there is provided a method that includes determining whether a received overload message includes a traffic load reduction indication element; determining a percentage of network elements to which to relay the received overload message if the received overload message includes the traffic load reduction indication element; and selecting ones of the network elements to which to send the received overload message based on the determined percentage. The method may further include modifying the received message to change a value of the traffic load reduction indication element; and sending the modified message to the selected ones of the network elements. In some embodiments, the received overload message includes a mobility management element (“MME”) START message.
US09603040B2	CSI measurement and reporting This invention sets conditions for user equipment responses to channel state indicator request in channel state information that may conflict.
US09603036B2	Dynamic adaptation of communication parameters for communication between a base station and a terminal in a wireless communication network A system for dynamic adaptation of communication parameters for communication between a base station and terminals in a wireless telecommunications network includes one or more transmitters configured for transmission of signals in the network using a broadcast channel between the base station and the terminals, a machine-readable storage medium having stored therein data associated with communication parameters of the wireless telecommunications network, and a base station controller operatively connected to the one or more transmitters and the machine-readable storage medium and configured to cause the one or more transmitters to transmit adaptation signals from the base station to the terminals using the broadcast channel between the base station and the terminals, wherein the data is configured to cause the terminals to adapt the communication parameters and to begin network search and attach procedures for communication with the base station utilizing the adapted communication parameters.
US09603033B2	Online and distributed optimization framework for wireless analytics A method, computer program product, and computer system directed to an online and distributed optimization framework for wireless analytics. A radio network controller determines a ranking for each of a plurality of received objects using a plurality of similarity graphs. The radio network controller extracts a common structure by collaborative filtering data associated with a plurality of user devices and the plurality of received objects. The common structure is analyzed to infer usage patterns within a time slot. The radio network controller stores a subset of the ranked objects of the plurality of received objects in response to the analysis.
US09603030B2	Cell ID allocation in a heterogeneous network In a heterogeneous cellular communication network, a macro cell equipped with a base station may be configured to support one or more macro user equipment (UE) and one or more micro cells, each of which further serves as proxies of one or more micro UE for wireless communications between the micro UE and the macro cell. The base station may be configured to assign a first cell ID to the macro cell and other cell IDs that have a mathematical distinction from the first cell ID to the micro cells.
US09603025B2	Method and apparatus for synchronization mechanisms on un-licensed band A method for synchronizing channels on unlicensed bands is described. The method includes determining whether a SCC channel has started to be used by a first network. The SCC channel is a CA channel shared with at least one other network. In response to determining that the SCC channel has been started to be used by the first network, the UE determines an off duration describing a period since a previous SCC channel ON period. A given channel ON period is a continuous period of use of the given channel by the first network, The method also includes, in response to determining that the off duration is less than a minimum threshold duration, performing fine synchronization based on CRS tracking on the SCC channel using course synchronization parameters of the previous SCC channel ON period. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described.
US09603023B2	System and method for identity protection using mobile device signaling network derived location pattern recognition A system and method for recognizing patterns in wireless device locations using wireless device location data derived from a communications signaling network is provided. By using wireless network supported signaling operations and messages, location data concerning the whereabouts of wireless devices, and hence wireless device users, may be obtained. The location data derived from the communications signaling network may be statistically analyzed to reveal potential geographic patterns that may indicate meaningful behaviors of the purported users of the wireless devices.
US09603021B2	Rogue access point detection A public wireless access point network includes authorized access points sharing the same SSID and connected to a network core which implements centralized authentication so that wireless client devices can roam between authorized access points. Each authorized access point is adapted to detect the presence of unauthorized rogue access points posing as authorized access points. The authorized access points inspect data packets received from wireless client devices which have roamed into range and from the addressing information in the MAC layer and IP layer can determine whether the wireless device has previously connected to a rogue access point. If such a determination is made, the user of the device is alerted that their confidential information may have been compromised.
US09603020B2	Electronic apparatus and method of executing application program A method of executing an application program in an electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes storing device support information corresponding to at least one application program, receiving device information from an external device, searching for one or more application programs supporting the external device based on the device information and the device support information, and executing an application program among the found one or more application programs.
US09603012B2	Secure wireless device connection using power line messages Technologies are generally provided to establish a secure connection between a wireless network access point and a wireless enabled device by sharing a secret key synthesized from one or more messages exchanged over power lines. Messages exchanged between devices within a location such as a household over power lines and/or with a power utility control center may be collected, for example, communication messages between a wireless enabled device and a smart meter or any other device. The wireless enabled device and a wireless network access point may synthesize a secret key from the collected messages and share the secret key to establish a secure wireless connection over a channel that is not secure.
US09603011B1	Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to third-party privacy compliant target systems Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to a third-party privacy compliant target system. A privacy policy is configured for and mapped to each of a multiplicity of mobile application concerns, with each privacy policy comprising rules regulating the transmission of information to a third-party privacy compliant target system. Instrumentation instructions can be integrated with a mobile application and provided to a mobile device. The instrumentation instructions direct the mobile application to submit a privacy policy request comprising a mobile application identifier from the mobile device to a third-party privacy compliance system and enable sending information from the mobile device to the third-party privacy compliant target system, subject to the privacy policy. The privacy policy request is received at the third-party privacy compliance system which selects the privacy policy based on an application identifier and sends the privacy policy to the mobile device for implementation.
US09603009B1	System and method of branding a device independent of device activation A mobile device branded with a cellular service brand is disclosed. The system comprises a processor and a memory comprising user data and brand configuration data, wherein the brand configuration data brands the mobile device with the cellular service brand without activating cellular service. The system further comprises an activation application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor activates cellular service on the mobile device with a network of the cellular service brand without deleting at least the user data.
US09603006B2	Managing mobile device identities A method of managing identities for use in a mobile telecommunications device in a telecommunications network is described. First of all, an identity management process is triggered. After this, one or more parameters associated with the mobile telecommunications device is detected. The identity management process than has the following features. An identity management rule determined by the one or more parameters is detected. An identity database is then searched. Each record of the identity database comprises an identity and additional identity information for each identity, wherein the searching prioritizes records according to the identity management rule. An identity is then selected when a record conforming to the identity management rule is found in said searching. The active identity of the mobile telecommunications device is then changed to be the selected identity when the active identity is not already the selected identity. A subscriber identity module adapted for use with this method is described.
US09603005B2	Method of SIM control and electronic device thereof An apparatus and method for controlling a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card usage in an electronic device are provided. The method of controlling the SIM card usage in the electronic device may include, if a network usage request is generated, determining whether to change a SIM card in use based on a SIM card usage condition, and if the SIM card in use is changed, performing the network usage request by using the changed SIM card. In addition, the apparatus and method for controlling the SIM card usage in the electronic device can be implemented according to the various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
US09603003B2	Methods and apparatus for radio network scanning using geo-tagged information from wireless client devices of heterogeneous wide area networks A method includes collecting roaming connectivity information for a plurality of wide area networks from a plurality of mobile devices, independently of the wide area networks, receiving the roaming connectivity information at a server and relating the connectivity information to the wide area networks and to a plurality of geographic locations to create a roaming network connectivity information database, generating a list of candidate wide area networks to serve as roaming networks for a specific mobile device and a given location based on the roaming connectivity information, and sending a preferred roaming list to the specific mobile device, the preferred roaming list including the list of candidate wide area networks. The method may include receiving location prediction information from the mobile device, and generating the list of candidate wide area networks based on a predicted location.
US09603000B2	Subscriber identification management broker for fixed/mobile networks The present invention relates to a method for managing the automatic provision of a subscriber network identifier from a central network server to a subscribed communication device, the method comprising receiving notification at the central server relating to a change in the current location for the subscribed device, and determining from the notification whether a new subscriber network identifier is to be provisioned from the central server. The method further comprises selecting a subscriber network identifier on the basis of the current location, if the determining step has determined that a new subscriber network identifier is to be provisioned, and outputting the selected subscriber network identifier for transmission to the subscribed device. The present invention also relates to managing the automatic connection of a subscribed communication device to a network, where a preferred network and preferred subscriber network identifier may be used.
US09602999B2	Scheme for communication and transmitting discovery signal in mobile communication system A method for performing communication by a first communication device in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes determining whether the first communication device is proximate to a nearby second communication device through a short-range communication link, enabling one of a first long-range communication link with a network or the short-range communication link with the second communication device based on the determination as to whether the first communication device is proximate to the second communication device, and receiving data from the network through the enabled one of the first long-range communication link with the network or the short-range communication link.
US09602996B2	Method and apparatus for carrying out device-to-device communication in wireless communications system Disclosed is a method by which a first device carries out device-to-device (D2D) communications in a wireless communications system, the method including the steps of: receiving discovery-related information from a third device; and receiving a discovery signal by using the discovery-related information, wherein the discovery-related information includes the kind of the reference signal used as the discovery signal and/or the information relating to the carrier frequency.
US09602995B2	Synchronizing online and offline charging data Systems and methods for synchronizing online and offline charging data are disclosed. In some implementations, a charging trigger machine (CTM) determines that charging data for a mobile user account at an online charging system (OCS) and charging data for the mobile user account at an offline charging system (OFCS) are to be synchronized. The CTM sends a credit control request (CCR) to the OCS. The CTM sends an account charging request (ACR) to the OFCS simultaneously with sending the CCR to the OCS and in response to determining that the charging data at the OCS and the charging data at the OFCS are to be synchronized. The ACR includes an instruction for a service data container (SDC) level trigger to be added to an output charging data record (CDR) created at the OFCS and associated with the mobile user account.
US09602992B2	Adding a unique identification header to non-operator network communication A device may receive an identifier for a subscriber of a first network. The subscriber may be associated with the device. The device may store the identifier and receive a request for content. The device may generate a modified request by adding the identifier to the request. The device may send the modified request using a network communication. The network communication may communicate via a second network without using the first network, and the first network may be different than the second network. The device may receive the content and targeted content based on the modified request. The targeted content may be targeted to the subscriber based on the identifier.
US09602991B1	User notification of cellular service impairment When a user of a mobile device attempts to use an application having high data demands, the mobile device queries its cellular data provider to determine currently available data transfer rates, based on the geographic location of the mobile device and the demands on the cellular base station from which the mobile device is being served. If the base station is experiencing data congestion, which is likely to result in a less than optimum user experience, the mobile device displays a warning to the user suggesting that the user postpone usage of the application or try using the application in a different geographic location that is experiencing less congestion.
US09602990B2	Method for providing network-based measurements for user equipment-based positioning The subject matter disclosed herein relates in one particular implementation to a method, apparatus, and/or system for acquiring one or more network-based measurements at a location server from a radio access network serving a user equipment (UE). A first message may be transmitted to the UE from the location server, where the first message comprises at least one of the one or more network-based measurements. A location of the UE is capable of being determined by the UE-based at least in part on the one or more network-based measurements.
US09602985B2	Voice communications with real-time status notifications A system, apparatus, graphical user interface and methods are provided for conducting electronic voice communications with status notifications. A user of a first portable device executing a communication application selects a multi-function control that automatically initiates an audio recording, which is automatically sent toward another participant of an active communication session when the control is released. The same multi-function control may be used to transmit a textual message. A representation of the recording is displayed on the user's device, with an indicator that changes appearance when the other participant plays the recording. In addition, when one user initiates an audio recording that will be automatically sent to another user, the other user's device is advised of the initiation of recording and displays that status for the other user.
US09602979B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving a frame including control information in a broadcasting system Apparatus and method for receiving a frame including control information in a broadcasting system are provided. A frame for a broadcast service is received and includes at least one Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) and indication information for indicating a change/no-change of control information for the broadcast service in the next frame. Indication information, which includes information on a position in which the control information will change, is extracted from the frame and used to determine the position in which the control information will change.
US09602978B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving a frame including control information in a broadcasting system Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving a frame including control information in a broadcasting system are provided. A frame for a broadcast service is generated including at least one Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) and indication information for indicating a change/no-change of control information for the broadcast service in the next frame. The indication information includes information on a position in which the control information will change.
US09602976B1	Locating electronic devices in an electronic equipment rack The positions and relative locations of electronic devices located within an electronic equipment rack can be determined and mapped through the reading, by a mobile device, of near field communication (NFC) tags attached to the electronic devices. The mobile device can execute a method that includes reading and recording data values from sets of nearby NFC tags in conjunction with locations of the mobile device relative to a reference location. The method executed by the mobile device can include an algorithm to determine the absolute and relative positions of the electronic devices through processing of the inclusion or exclusion of NFC tag data within the sets of read NFC tag values. The absolute and relative positions of the electronic devices can be subsequently used to create a map depicting the position of the electronic devices within the electronic equipment rack.
US09602974B2	Dead reconing system based on locally measured movement A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) chipset embedded within the cellular device is accessed. The GNSS chipset calculates raw pseudoranges. The raw pseudoranges are extracted from the GNSS chipset for processing elsewhere in the cellular device outside of the GNSS chipset. A position fix is calculated based on the raw pseudoranges. At a first point in time, a first image, and at a second point in time, a second image are obtained with an image capturing device that is in a known physical relationship with the cellular device. An estimate of a distance that the cellular device moved from the first point in time to the second point in time is calculated by processing image data collected from the first point in time to the second point in time. The position fix is processed based on the estimate of the distance.
US09602973B2	Applying error resiliency based on speed A method for applying error resiliency based on speed is disclosed. A speed of the wireless communication device is detected. Source-based error resiliency is dynamically applied to a signal based on the speed. The signal is sent on an uplink. In addition to the speed, the source-based error resiliency may be dynamically applied to the signal based on a characteristic of the signal.
US09602972B2	Method and system for identification and mitigation of errors in non-line-of-sight distance estimation Ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) transmission is a promising technology for indoor localization due to its fine delay resolution and obstacle-penetration capabilities. However, the presence of walls and other obstacles present a significant challenge in terms of localization, as they result in positively biased distance estimates. Measurement campaigns with FCC-compliant UWB radios can quantify effects of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation. Features of waveforms measured during a campaign can be extracted for use in distinguishing between NLOS and line-of-sight situations in embodiments of the present invention. Embodiments further include classification and regression methods based on machine learning that improve the localization performance while relying solely on the received signal. Applications for systems employing an example embodiment of the invention include indoor or outdoor search and recovery with high accuracy and low cost.
US09602970B1	Modifying geofence boundaries Various examples are directed to systems and methods for modifying a geofence boundary. A geofence engine may receive an indication of an initial geofence boundary for a first mobile device. The geofence engine may also receive geofence data from a second mobile device and a third mobile device. The geofence data may describe a plurality of geofence boundaries and a plurality of geofence boundary breach events associated with the plurality of geofence boundaries. The geofence engine may also determine an alternate geofence boundary for the first mobile device based at least in part on the geofence data.
US09602969B2	Method and electronic device for recognizing area A method of recognizing an area by an electronic device is provided. The method includes identifying area information for the electronic device and determining whether the electronic device enters a Point Of Interest (POI), using Access Point (AP) information included in the identified area information.
US09602968B2	Area watcher for wireless network Dynamic and current information is provided regarding a wireless device's entry into or exit from a geographically defined “watched” area. An area watcher application monitors preconfigured wireless devices entry/exit into preconfigured watched areas. The watched areas may watch for any/all subscribers, or for select, preconfigured subscribers listed in an appropriate table or database. Provision of location information is triggered by a wireless subscriber's entry, exit or changing between designated ‘watched’ areas or locations. Continuous polling may be used, or the mobile device itself or network element may be triggered to push its own location upon notification of its entry into or out of watched areas from an area watcher. A third party may be notified when a wireless user enters an area surrounding their retail store, and be sent a message such as “sale inside”, or “Your rentals are overdue”, on their wireless device.
US09602967B2	Location derived presence information The number of messages required in networks where both location and presence services are deployed may be reduced, by retrieving presence data from messages otherwise intended to provide only location information. Thus, information determined in a location service scheme is utilized to provide a presence service as well. A location server requests mobile subscriber (MS) information from a Core Network (CN) Node (i.e. HLR, MSC, etc.) that can be used in determining the Location of the MS. A single message aggregates retrieval of information for two services, specifically, for both location and presence.
US09602965B1	Location-based place determination using online social networks In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices of an online social network, receiving, from a mobile-client system of a first user of the online social network, geographic-location information associated with the mobile-client system. The method further includes identifying multiple candidate place-entities associated with the online social network that correspond to the geographic-location information, where each candidate place-entity is associated with a particular geographic location. The method also includes determining, for each candidate place-entity, a confidence score based on the geographic-location information associated with the mobile-client system and a location-probability distribution associated with the candidate place-entity, where the confidence score represents a probability that the first user is located at the candidate place-entity. The method also includes sending, to the mobile-client system of the first user, information associated with one or more of the candidate place-entities having a confidence score above a threshold confidence score.
US09602964B1	Current location-based communication with mobile devices For current location-based telecommunication, an instruction is sent from a caller communication device to initiate a telecommunication with a set of destination communication devices. The instruction includes identifying information for a reference device but does not include any identifying information for the set of destination communication devices. Telecommunication data is received at the caller communication device from a destination communication device in the set of destination communication devices, where a server has established a communication channel between the caller communication device and the destination communication device based on a geolocation proximity of the destination communication devices relative to the reference device.
US09602963B2	Facilitating access to location-specific information using wireless devices A host device (e.g., mobile device) and a wearable device can cooperate to provide location-specific information to a user. For example, a host device can maintain a store of location-specific information records. When the host device detects that its current location corresponds to a relevant location for one of the records, the host device can send the record (or a portion thereof) to a paired wearable device. The wearable device can present information content from the record to a human user and/or to a machine such as a scanner or wireless communication terminal.
US09602961B2	Monitoring method and system An electronic monitoring system and method for monitoring one or more transport services, wherein for each one of one or more portable electronic devices, data of the portable electronic device indicative of the location of the portable electronic device is monitored and the location data stored in a memory of the portable electronic device. Each device monitors for a boarding trigger event indicative of a user carrying the portable electronic device boarding a transport service, and upon a boarding trigger event occurring, communicates monitoring data to a remote monitoring system, the monitoring data including at least time data of the boarding trigger event and data indicative of the location of the portable electronic device. The remote monitoring system monitors one or more transport services using data communicated by the portable electronic devices.
US09602957B2	Cross device information exchange using gestures and locations A method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) are presented for exchanging information between two or more devices when they are in a close proximity using gestures and web technologies. According to an embodiment, the identification of one or more devices using gestures is asynchronous, so that the two or more devices do not have to be shaken together at the same time synchronously, which is one advantage over conventional approaches. Another advantage is that various embodiments described herein do not require a user to download any special software (application), and it can work on all platforms, for example, with HTML5-compliant browsers.
US09602948B2	Motor vehicle audio system A motor vehicle audio system, and a method of operating such a system. There is at least one rear far-field speaker that is located behind a front seat of the motor vehicle, and at least one near-field speaker located in front of the far-field speaker and close to an intended position of a listener's head. There is an audio signal processor configured to detect when the rear far-field speaker is shut off while the near-field speaker remains on, and in response automatically increase the output energy of the near-field speaker.
US09602944B2	Apparatus and method for creating proximity sound effects in audio systems An apparatus for driving loudspeakers of a sound system is provided. The sound system has at least two loudspeakers of a basic system and at least three loudspeakers of a focus system, each of the loudspeakers having a position in an environment. The apparatus has a basic channel provider for providing basic system audio channels to drive the loudspeakers of the basic system, and a focused source renderer for providing focus system audio channels to drive the loudspeakers of the focus system. The focused source renderer is configured to calculate a plurality of delay values for the loudspeakers of the focus system based on the positions of the loudspeakers of the focus system and based on a position of a focus point, and to generate at least three focus group audio channels for at least some of the loudspeakers of the focus system based on the plurality of delay values and based on a focus audio base signal to provide the focus system audio channels.
US09602943B2	Audio processing method and audio processing apparatus An audio processing method and apparatus are described. In one embodiment, at least one first sub-band of a first audio signal is suppressed to obtain a reduced first audio signal with reserved sub-bands; suppressing at least one second sub-band of the at least one second audio signal to obtain at least one reduced second audio signal with reserved sub-bands; and mixing the reduced first audio signal and at least one reduced second audio signal. Alternatively, a first spatial auditory property is assigned to a first audio signal so that the first audio signal may be perceived as originating from a first position. Alternatively, rhythmic similarity between at least two audio signals is detected, and time scaling is applied to an audio signal in response to relatively high rhythmic similarity between the audio signal and the other audio signal(s); and then at least two audio signals are mixed.
US09602942B2	Volume display method and apparatus The present disclosure provide a volume display method and apparatus for smoothly and flexibly displaying a volume change on the premise of ensuring high time effectiveness and accuracy. The method includes: acquiring a volume value of a first audio input during a current time cycle and a volume value of a second audio input during a previous time cycle; determining volume values to be displayed according to the volume values of the first audio input and the second audio input as well as a volume unit or a threshold of the quantity of volume values to be displayed; determining, according to the quantity of the volume values and duration of the time cycle, a unit display time of volume values to be displayed; sequencing all volume values to be displayed; and successively displaying an image that corresponds to each volume value on a device screen according to the unit display time and the sequence.
US09602936B2	Prosthesis adapter A prosthesis including an abutment, an operationally removable component including a coupling apparatus, and an adapter, wherein the abutment is connected to the adapter and the coupling apparatus of the operationally removable component is releasably coupled to the adapter.
US09602932B2	Resource manager A hearing aid includes: an input transducer configured to output an audio signal based on a signal applied to the input transducer; a processor configured to compensate a hearing loss of a user of the hearing aid and to output a hearing loss compensated audio signal; an output transducer configured to output an auditory output signal based on the hearing loss compensated audio signal, wherein the auditory output signal is to be received by a human auditory system; a wireless communication unit; and an operating system configured to control the wireless communication unit to perform communication with one or more devices, wherein the operating system comprises a scheduler configured to receive communication requests associated with respective communication tasks and to schedule at least one of the communication tasks based on a task priority and a state of a power supply of the hearing aid.
US09602929B2	Techniques for presenting sound effects on a portable media player Improved techniques for presenting sound effects at a portable media device are disclosed. The sound effects can be output as audio sounds to an internal speaker, an external speaker, or both. In addition, the audio sounds for the sound effects can be output together with other audio sounds pertaining to media assets (e.g., audio tracks being played). In one embodiment, the sound effects can serve to provide auditory feedback to a user of the portable media device. A user interface can facilitate a user's selection of sound effect usages, types or characteristics.
US09602926B1	Spatial placement of audio and video streams in a dynamic audio video display device A system includes a video display screen configured to display selected portions of video content on a main portion of the video display screen and on one or more extended portions of the video display screen. The system also includes an audio portion configured to dynamically create one or more sound radiating speaker elements at one or more spatially selected locations with respect to the displayed selected portions of the video content. A method is also provided that provides the video display screen and the audio portion of the system.
US09602925B2	Multi-stream-multipoint-jack audio streaming A method and device for streaming the output of one or more audio sources to one or more smart headsets includes establishing a secure connection with a smart headset, associating an audio channel of the one or more audio sources with the smart headset, and streaming the associated audio channel to the smart headset. The audio streaming device may selectively stream one or more audio channels from one or more audio sources to one or more of the smart headsets as a function of a streaming policy.
US09602924B2	Microphone with programmable frequency response Methods and apparatus automatically cancel or attenuate an unwanted signal (such as low frequencies from wind buffets) from, and/or control frequency response of, a condenser microphone, or control the effective condenser microphone sensitivity before the signal reaches an ASIC or other processing circuit. As a result, the maximum amplitude signal seen by the processing circuit is limited, thereby preventing overloading the input of the processing circuit. Remaining (wanted) frequencies can be appropriately amplified to reduce the noise burden on further processing circuits. A corrective signal is applied to a bias terminal of the condenser microphone to cancel the unwanted signal. Optionally or alternatively, a controllable impedance is connected to a line that carries the signal generated by the MEMS microphone, so as to attenuate unwanted portions of the signal.
US09602923B2	Estimating a room impulse response Various methods and systems for estimating a room impulse response between an audio source and an array of microphones are described. In one example, a method includes receiving audio signals at a microphone of an array of microphones. The audio signals correspond to each of the microphones in the array of microphones. The method also includes determining a room impulse response in a subspace that is compatible with a geometry of the array of microphones based on the received audio signals.
US09602922B1	Adaptive echo cancellation An audio-based system may perform echo cancellation using first and second adaptive filters. An adaptation controller may be configured to control whether and/or how the filter coefficients of the first adaptive filter are updated, based on detected filter divergence, echo path changes, and/or presence of near-end user voice. The parameters of the second adaptive filter may be copied from the first adaptive filter under certain conditions that indicate whether copying the parameters would be likely to improve echo suppression.
US09602921B2	Independently charge pumps for differential microphone Systems and methods of generating independent adjustable bias voltages for a differential microphone. The microphone system includes a positive adjustable charge pump, a positive sense capacitor, a negative adjustable charge pump, a negative sense-capacitor, and a differential amplifier. The positive adjustable charge pump is configured to generate a positive bias voltage. The positive sense-capacitor is configured to generate a positive sense voltage based on acoustic pressure from a first direction and the positive bias voltage. The negative adjustable charge pump is configured to generate a negative bias voltage. The negative sense-capacitor is configured to generate a negative sense voltage based on the acoustic pressure from the first direction and the negative bias voltage. The differential amplifier is configured to receive the positive and negative sense voltages. The differential amplifier is also configured to generate a differential voltage based on the positive and negative sense voltages.
US09602918B2	Stream caching for audio mixers Methods and systems are provided for reusing audio streams in an audio mixing environment such that processing resources are not wasted on encoding the same audio streams multiple times. Instead, processing resources are conserved without comprising audio quality. The methods described herein are particularly useful when a participant transitions from using a shared encoder to using the participant's own encoder, and when the participant transitions from using the participant's own encoder to using a shared encoder.
US09602916B2	Signal processing device, signal processing method, measurement method, and measurement device Provided is a signal processing device including an input unit inputting a sound collection signal of a sound of a user collected by user-surrounding microphones with inward directivity in a reproduction environment, an acoustic-signal processing unit obtaining a reproduction signal of a sound field in a measurement environment by performing a process on the sound collection signal based on a transfer function measured based on a result of sequential emission of predetermined sounds from speakers at positions set on a first closed surface with outward directivity in the measurement environment and collection of the sounds with microphones at positions on a second closed surface with outward directivity in the measurement environment and indicates how the sounds are transferred to the positions on the second closed surface, and a sound-emission control unit causing user-surrounding speakers to emit sound based on the reproduction signal with inward directivity in the reproduction environment.
US09602914B2	Porting audio using a connector in a small form factor electronic device An integrated audible sound output system incorporated in a personal media device is described. The integrated audible sound output system includes a first audio output port, the first audio output port acoustically coupled with the audible sound generator unit by way of a first air path and a second audio output port. In the described embodiments, the second audio output port is acoustically coupled with the audible sound generator unit by way of a second air path. The first and the second air paths cooperate to pass the audible sound generated by the audible sound generator unit to the external environment by way of the first audio port and the second audio port.
US09602913B2	Dual-frequency coaxial headphone A dual-frequency coaxial headphone including a headphone housing, a low-frequency speaker unit, and a high-frequency speaker unit. The headphone housing includes an accommodating space and a sound output hole. The accommodating space is communicated with the sound output hole. The low-frequency speaker unit is positioned in the accommodating space. The low-frequency speaker unit includes a housing and a low-frequency diaphragm disposed on the housing. The low-frequency diaphragm faces toward the sound output hole and includes a central through hole and an annular vibrating portion around the central through hole. The low-frequency diaphragm produces low-frequency sound waves toward the sound output hole by vibrations of the annular vibrating portion. The high-frequency speaker unit is disposed on the housing and is positioned in the central through hole. The high-frequency speaker unit is coaxial to the central through hole.
US09602912B2	High bass speaker monomer and a high bass earphone structure A high bass speaker monomer comprises a framework, a magnetic air loop component and a vibration membrane. The frame work is disposed at a central position of the frame work. A hollow structure is formed on the framework and around the magnetic air loop component. An isolation ring formed on the framework divides the hollow structure into at least one high tone region and bass region respectively located near and far away from the magnetic air loop component. The vibration membrane is disposed on the framework and covers the magnetic air loop component and the two regions. The high bass speaker monomer is disposed in a casing body to construct a high bass earphone structure. The isolation ring separates the high tone from the low tone to prevent them from mixing. Therefore, the sound of the earphone is more stable and the quality of the sound is better.
US09602911B1	Earbuds with biometric sensing This application relates to earbuds configured with one or more biometric sensors. At least one of the biometric sensors is configured to be pressed up against a portion of the tragus for making biometric measurements. In some embodiments, the housing of the earbud can be symmetric so that the earbud can be worn interchangeably in either a left or a right ear of a user. In such an embodiment, the earbud can include a sensor and circuitry configured to determine and alter operation of the earbud in accordance to which ear the earbud is determined to be positioned within.
US09602909B2	Wireless communication earpiece A method and apparatus for a wireless communication earpiece. The wireless communication earpiece comprises an earbud and an electronics portion. A manual selection of one of a left ear and a right ear position of the earbud is conveyed to the electronics portion by one of an electrical and mechanical means. In some embodiments, a right antenna element is electrically coupled (activated) to a transceiver when the right ear position is selected and a left antenna element is activated when the left ear position is selected. In some embodiments, an antenna element is coupled to the transceiver and the antenna element is rotated to a right side (activated) of the earpiece when the right ear position is selected and the antenna element is rotated to a left side (activated) of the earpiece when the left ear position is selected.
US09602908B2	Set of headphones and headphone cable This invention relates to a set (or pair) of headphones, and in particular to a set of in-ear headphones as may be used with a personal media device. According to the invention there is provided a set of headphones having a jack plug and at least one earpiece, the jack plug being connected to the at least one earpiece by a flexible cable, the jack plug being connected to a jack plug end of the flexible cable, the set of headphones having a receiver adapted to temporarily secure the jack plug, the receiver being spaced away from the jack-plug end. There is also provided a cable for a set of headphones.
US09602907B2	Earbud charging case An electronic device housing includes one or more sidewalls configured to at least partially cover a face of a mobile electronic device, an aperture configured to receive an earbud, and an electrical connection such as a coil configured to engage with a power source and the earbud. When the earbud is positioned within the aperture and the power source is engaged with the electrical coil, the electrical connection will charge the earbud. An additional electrical connection may simultaneously charge the mobile electronic device.
US09602906B1	Ear plugs for use while sleeping The earplugs for use while sleeping are a set of earplugs adapted to suppress noise from reaching the eardrum of the user while remaining securely in place while sleeping. The earplugs for use while sleeping incorporate a timing device and a tone generating device that generates an alarm adapted to wake the wearer at a predetermined time. The earplugs for use while sleeping comprises a plurality of individual earplugs.
US09602902B2	Speaker mounting assembly An assembly for mounting a speaker to a surface includes a bracket having an elongated arcuate section and two end sections angled approximately perpendicular to the arcuate section. The end sections are attached on opposite sides of a speaker. A support device is provided, having a main body with a central channel, and channel guides running along each side of the central channel. The channel guides slidably retain the arcuate section of the bracket in the channel when the bracket is slid into the channel under the channel guides. A clamp is connected to the main body for clamping the bracket in place within the channel. A speaker can be mounted to the surface by attaching the bracket to the speaker, attaching the support device to the surface, sliding the bracket into the channel and moving the clamp to the locked position to lock the bracket in place.
US09602896B2	Wireless metrology communication A method of communicating a gauge measurement may include receiving from a gauge a measurement signal representative of a measurement output by the gauge. The method may further include producing a communication signal including the received measurement. The method may further include wirelessly transmitting the communication signal according to a wireless network protocol. In some examples, a wireless metrology assembly may comprise an input/output controller operatively coupled to a first wireless network controller. The input/output controller may be configured to receive from a gauge a measurement signal representative of a measurement output by the gauge. The input/output controller may be configured to receive the measurement signal from the gauge when the wireless metrology assembly is operatively coupled to the gauge, and to produce a communication signal including the received measurement. The first wireless network controller may be configured to wirelessly transmit the communication signal according to a wireless network protocol.
US09602893B2	Information descriptor and extended information descriptor data structures for digital television signals According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor; a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories.
US09602881B1	Apparatus, systems and methods for configuring a mosaic of video tiles Media device systems and methods are operable to generate mosaic video formats that are each configured to generate corresponding mosaic videos that present video content in video tiles. An exemplary embodiment receives a selection of one of a plurality of mosaic video templates, receives a specification of a video mosaic name, and generates a mosaic video format. The generated mosaic video format is identified by the specified video mosaic name, and comprises the video tile location information and video size information for each of the video tiles defined by the selected mosaic video template.
US09602877B2	Method and apparatus for processing digital service signal The digital service signal processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a generation module for generating a request for receiving signaling information of an application related to a program of a digital service signal using the channel information related to the program of the digital service signal; a control module for transmitting the generated request, receiving the signaling information of the application, and determining whether the application is stored using the received signaling information of the application; and a download module for downloading, if it is determined that the application is not stored, the application using the signaling information of the application.
US09602875B2	Broadcast content resume reminder A service configured to or for reminding a television viewer what or which particular programming they were watching prior to surfing other programming when a commercial break occurs during the particular programming. An option may be made available to the television viewer prior to the end of the commercial break that allows the television viewer to return to watching the particular programming, so that the television viewer does not unintentionally miss any content associated with the particular programming.
US09602873B2	Method for providing and obtaining content In a data providing server, whether or not specified compressed content data generated by means of a specified compression coding method corresponding to terminal identification information has been stored in a content database is detected, according to content specifying data transmitted from a portable dedicated terminal. If the specified compressed content data has been stored, the data providing server reads and transmits this to the portable dedicated terminal. And if the specified compressed content data has not been stored, the data providing server generates the specified compressed content data by means of the specified compression coding method, and transmits this to the portable dedicated terminal.
US09602864B2	Media bridge apparatus and methods Methods and apparatus for content, media and data delivery and access between devices of a premises and one or more portable media devices. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a media bridge between a portable media device (PMD) and a user's home network and/or home devices (e.g., set-top boxes, DVRs, etc.)). The apparatus is adapted to convert content stored on a PMD to a format capable of being rendered on a home device which may then store or playback the content. Control of the presentation is also provided by the bridging apparatus. The apparatus may also be adapted to transfer content from the home device to the PMD for storage or playback. In another embodiment, the apparatus may function within a home network having a trusted domain to provide content between a plurality devices on the network (and in the domain) and the PMD.
US09602863B2	Ad replacement Devices, methods, and storage media provide for receiving an airing of a program and a national ad; recording the program and the national ad; identifying an age of the national ad; comparing the age of the national ad to a threshold time period; and obtaining a replacement national ad in response to a comparison indicating that the age of the national ad exceeds the threshold time period.
US09602860B2	Method and system for displaying recorded and live video feeds A computing system device with processor(s) and memory displays a video monitoring user interface on the display. The video monitoring user interface includes a first region for displaying a live video feed and/or a recorded video feed from the video camera and a second region for displaying a event timeline. The event timeline includes a plurality of equally spaced time indicators each indicating a specific time and a current video feed indicator indicating the temporal position of the video feed displayed in the first region. The temporal position includes a past time corresponding to the previously recorded video feed from the video camera and a current time corresponding to the live video feed from the video camera. The current video feed indicator is movable relative to the equally spaced time indicators to facilitate a change in the temporal position of the video feed displayed in the first region.
US09602858B1	Method and system for synchronizing multiple data feeds associated with a sporting event A method for synchronizing multiple data feeds includes receiving a first data feed including user-entered textual data and audio segments acquired concurrently with the user-entered textual data from a first device, receiving an additional data feed including audio segments acquired with the additional device, the first data feed and the additional data feed acquired from a common sporting event, identifying one or more distinctive audio events in the one or more audio segments received from the first device and the additional device, determining a timing offset between the first data feed and the additional data feed by comparing the one or more distinctive audio events of the one or more audio segments received from the first device and the additional device and generating a synchronized output feed by establishing a common absolute time for the first data feed and the additional data feed based on the determined timing offset.
US09602857B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program There is provided an information processing apparatus which includes: a live content registration processing section that registers live content which is preset with play time and the playing time of the live content in a play list while connecting the play time to the live content; and an archive content registration processing section that registers archive content and the play time of the archive content in the play list after determining a period of time earlier than the play time of the live content as the play time of the archive content which is playable at given time.
US09602855B2	Systems and methods for automated extraction of closed captions in real time or near real-time and tagging of streaming data for advertisements System and methods for finding and accessing target content from audio and video content sources, including means and methods for extracting captions from audio and video content sources; searching the captions for a mention of at least one target; extracting audio and video segments relating to the at least one target; delivering extracted audio and video segments to a user device; analyzing the results for target content; thereby providing a method for quickly finding and accessing desired audio and video content from a large number of sources.
US09602853B2	Cross-platform content management interface A user device includes a user interface providing access to content from multiple content providers, each of the multiple content providers having a separate subscription associated with the user. The user device receives user input indicating interest in an aspect of particular content available from a first content provider of the multiple content providers and provides, to a network device, an indication of the user interest. The user device receives, from the network device, links to additional content available from a different content provider and related to the aspect of the particular content. The user device presents, via the user interface, the links to the additional content in association with the aspect of the particular content.
US09602851B2	Method and apparatus for switching between a native application and a second application A system and method for controlling a native application and a second application. The second application may be launched in a mobile device for controlling an IPTV device. The method includes executing the native application that includes a first function to implement a device discovery process and a second function to designate a discovered device as a selected device. The second application is executed according to settings of the native application. For example, the native application may be set as a parent and the second application may be set as a child. The second application and the native application may be synchronized such that second application includes functions for controlling the selected device. Additionally, the native device may transmit information about the selected device to the second application.
US09602845B2	Low complexity entropy-encoding/decoding method and apparatus Entropy encoding and entropy decoding of image data are respectively performed whereby context modeling is performed on a context unit of blocks of the image data based on a context model of a previously encoded or decoded block.
US09602843B2	Entropy decoding method using context information The present invention relates to an entropy decoding method and to a decoding apparatus using same. The entropy decoding method according to the present invention comprises: a step of decoding a bin of a syntax element; and a step of acquiring information on the syntax element based on the decoded bin. In the step of decoding the bin, context-based decoding or bypass decoding is performed for each bin of the syntax element.
US09602842B2	Encoding apparatus and method of controlling the same The invention provide an apparatus that enables encoding while suppressing a maximum distortion due to a compression of pixel values to an allowable error. The apparatus comprises a setting unit that sets transformation information for transforming a pixel value of a target image into a second pixel value in accordance with the allowable error information; a transformation unit that transforms each pixel value of the image based on the transformation information to generate a second image; a first unit that encodes the second image using an encoding unit for encoding such that a difference in a pixel value before and after encoding is within a constant δ; and a second unit that generates inverse transformation information for transforming a pixel value of the second image into a value related to a pixel value of the target image, and lossless-encodes the generated information.
US09602841B2	System and method for decoding scalable video coding A system and method for decoding video encoded using scalable video coding. In one embodiment, a decoder for scalable video coding (SVC) includes an SVC access unit analyzer and decoding logic. The SVC access unit analyzer is configured to examine an SVC access unit prior to layered decoding of the access unit, to determine, based on the examination, what operations the access unit specifies for each layer of the decoding, and to determine, based on the determined operations to be performed for each layer of the decoding, what data to store for use by a subsequent layer of the decoding. The decoding logic is configured to decode the access unit via a plurality of decoding layers; and to store at each decoding layer, for use by a subsequent decoding layer, the data determined by the SVC access unit analyzer to be used by the subsequent decoding layer.
US09602836B2	System and method for performing image data conversion using intraprediction modes A data conversion system includes an encoding device configured to encode, into a bitstream, pieces of binary data indicating first intra prediction modes for encoding a first image, and a decoding device configured to decode second intra prediction modes for decoding a second image. A data conversion method includes encoding, into a bitstream, pieces of binary data indicating first intra prediction modes for encoding a first image, and decoding second intra prediction modes for decoding a second image.
US09602834B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video using high-precision filter A video encoding apparatus includes: a predictor to generate a prediction block based on interpolating chroma sub-samples of a reference frame referenced by a motion vector of a current block; a subtractor to generate a residual block based on subtracting the prediction block from the current block; a transformer to generate a frequency-transformed block based on transforming the residual block; a quantizer to generate a quantized frequency-transformed block based on quantizing the frequency-transformed block; and an encoder to encode the quantized frequency-transformed block into a bitstream.
US09602832B2	Image encoding/decoding apparatus and method Provided is an image encoding/decoding apparatus and method. The image encoding apparatus may include a motion vector prediction unit to perform a prediction with respect to an arbitrary motion vector of a current block within an image, using at least one of vector information of a motion vector corresponding to an adjacent block and vector information of a previous motion vector of the current block, and a differential determination unit to determine differential information of a motion vector of the current block based on the motion vector predicted in the motion vector prediction unit and an actual motion vector of the current block.
US09602831B2	Method and apparatus for processing video signals The method for processing video signals according to the present invention determines a motion vector list including at least one of spatial motion vectors, temporal motion vectors, and variation vectors as motion vector candidates of a target block, extracts motion vector identifying information which specifies the motion vector candidates used as the predicted motion vectors of the target block, determines the motion vector candidates corresponding to the motion vector identifying information as the predicted motion vectors of the target block, and performs motion compensation on the basis of the predicted motion vectors. The present invention enables accurate motion vector prediction by forming motion vector candidates and induces motion vectors of a target block therefrom, and can enhance coding efficiency by reducing the amount of transmitted residual data.
US09602829B2	Decoding device, decoding method, and program The present technique relates to a decoding device, a decoding method, and a program which can decode an image in parallel for each of tiles of the image. A parallel decoding unit decodes the image encoded by for example an encoding method called high efficiency video coding (HEVC) in parallel for each tile used for example the encoding method called HEVC. The present technique can be applied to a decoding device for receiving and decoding an encoded stream encoded by for example the encoding method called HEVC, and generates an image.
US09602828B2	Method and apparatus for decoding video according to individual parsing or decoding in data unit level, and method and apparatus for encoding video for individual parsing or decoding in data unit level A video decoding method including: extracting, from a bitstream of an encoded video, at least one of information indicating independent parsing of a data unit and information indicating independent decoding of a data unit; extracting encoded video data and information about a coded depth and an encoding mode according to maximum coding units by parsing the bitstream based on the information indicating independent parsing of the data unit; and decoding at least one coding unit according to a coded depth of each maximum coding unit of the encoded video data, based on the information indicating independent decoding in the data unit and the information about the coded depth and the encoding mode according to maximum coding units.
US09602820B2	Virtual boundary processing simplification for adaptive loop filtering (ALF) in video coding Virtual boundary processing in adaptive loop filtering (ALF) requires that padded values be substituted for unavailable pixel rows outside the virtual boundaries. Methods and apparatus are provided for virtual boundary processing in ALF that allow the use of more actual pixel values for padding than in the prior art.
US09602819B2	Display quality in a variable resolution video coder/decoder system In a video coder/decoder system using variable resolution adaptation, decoder techniques provide a mechanism to changing resolution of coded lower-resolution video to a higher resolution for rendering. Coded video data of a low resolution frame may be decoded. A motion estimation search may be performed between the decoded low resolution frame and a cache of previously-stored high resolution video frames. If the motion estimation search generates one or more matches, high resolution video data of the decoded frame may generated as a derivation of matching data from the cached video frames.
US09602818B2	Video encoding method and video decoding method A video encoding method using a plurality of reference pictures includes: selecting whether or not a resilient picture referencing scheme is to be used for encoding video; writing a parameter indicating the selection into a header of an encoded video bitstream; and encoding a picture using inter-picture prediction using a result of the selection.
US09602814B2	Methods and apparatus for sampling-based super resolution video encoding and decoding Methods and apparatus are provided for sampling-based super resolution video encoding and decoding. The encoding method receives high resolution pictures and generates low resolution pictures and metadata there from, the metadata for guiding post-decoding post-processing of the low resolution pictures and the metadata; and then encodes the low resolution pictures and the metadata using at least one encoder. The corresponding decoding method receives a bitstream and decodes low resolution pictures and metadata there from using a decoder; and then reconstructs high resolution pictures respectively corresponding to the low resolution pictures using the low resolution pictures and the metadata.
US09602813B2	Image encoding/decoding device and method, and reference picture indexing device and method The present disclosure provides an image encoding/decoding apparatus and method, and a reference picture indexing apparatus and method. The reference picture indexing apparatus includes: a candidate reference picture setting unit for setting candidate reference pictures; a priority order determining unit for determining a priority order of the candidate reference pictures set by the candidate reference picture setting unit, according to a current block to be encoded; and a reference picture indexing unit for adaptively indexing a reference picture according to the current block based on the priority order determined by the priority order determining unit.
US09602804B2	Methods of forming integrated package structures with low Z height 3D camera Methods of forming 3D camera devices and structures formed thereby are described. An embodiment includes a first optics module and a second optics module disposed on a board, wherein a first sensor die is coupled to the first optics module and a second sensor die is coupled to the second optics module. The first and second sensor die are directly coupled to the board, and a flexible conductive connector is coupled to both the first and second optics modules.
US09602799B2	Device, method, and computer program for three-dimensional video processing A 3D video processing device includes a disparity map generator which compares a first-perspective image from a first perspective with a second-perspective image from a second perspective, which are two images forming stereoscopic video, thereby generates a disparity map which represents disparity of the second-perspective image with respect to the first-perspective image, a first new image generator which rotates the first-perspective image based on rotation angle information which represents rotation statuses of the first- and the second-perspective images, thereby generates a new first-perspective image, and a second new image generator which generates a new second-perspective image, which is paired with the new first-perspective image to form stereoscopic video, based on the first-perspective image and on the disparity map.
US09602797B2	Stereoscopic image processing apparatus, stereoscopic image processing method, and stereoscopic image processing program An apparatus including: an acquiring unit operable to acquire a stereoscopic view image which includes a left eye image and a right eye image, the stereoscopic view image representing a stereoscopic image by means of parallax between the left eye image and the right eye image; an extracting unit operable to extract a subject region from the acquired stereoscopic view image, the subject region giving a stereoscopic image of a specific subject; a calculating unit operable to calculate a length of the extracted subject region in a parallax direction; and an image correcting unit operable to adjust parallax at an edge of the subject region based on the calculated length of the subject region in the parallax direction.
US09602794B2	Video processing system and video processing method A video processing system includes: a merge server configured to decode a plurality of individual videos provided from video providing units, encode the plurality of individual videos by adjusting an amount of data of each of the individual videos to generate a preliminary video, and provide the preliminary video; a display server configured to receive the preliminary video and configure final videos according to output conditions of a display device; and a control server configured to receive the output conditions from the display server and transfer an output control signal with respect to the preliminary video to the merge server. When a user wants, individual videos provided from the plurality of video providing units can be displayed on a display device without sacrificing resolution and a frame rate, and since videos can be zoomed in/out and panned in real time, operational responsiveness and usage efficiency of the video processing system can be enhanced.
US09602793B2	Skin tone detection in a digital camera Disclosed is a method for processing sensor data in an image processor that implements at least one image enhancement process, the method comprising: a) performing a skin tone detection operation to identify skin tone areas in the sensor data; b) selectively modifying at least one image enhancement process for the identified skin tone areas; and c) applying the at least one modified image enhancement process to the identified skin tone areas.
US09602788B2	Projection device management system A projection device management system includes two or more projection devices which project images on a projection surface; and a management device which corrects the image projected by each projection device based on information on each projection device and manages information for maintenance of each projection device, the two or more projection devices being installed in the same theater.
US09602787B2	Ceiling medallion projection system The ceiling medallion projection system is a means of housing and concealing a ceiling mounted high definition video projection system. The assembly is typically located between a pendant light fixture and the ceiling. It can be oriented to project imagery on a selected wall of the room. It is intended to be less conspicuous than a standard ceiling mounted projection system or video screen and requires little to no additional in-wall electrical service as it takes advantage of the electrical service already provided to the light. It is controlled wirelessly and can be linked to a router and any number of electrical devices including computers, handheld tablets and smart phones. It has audio capability as well. The system hosts applications that can provide reminders, messages, schedules and any other visual and audible information to assist the user in terms of organization, special needs, communication or entertainment.
US09602786B2	Delivery device and method of delivery A delivery device can include a number of different features including, one or more of, but not limited to, the following. Shuttle and trigger retraction of an outer sheath. Arcuate movement of a trigger. An interlock device to prevent actuation of the trigger. An interlock device that can adjust the position of the outer sheath and the inner shaft. A retraction override switch and lock.
US09602785B2	Transmission and detection of multi-channel signals in reduced channel format Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to transmission and detection of multi-channel signals in reduced channel format. An embodiment of a method for transmitting data includes determining whether a first type or a second type of content data is to be transmitted, where the first type of content data is to be transmitted at a first multiple of a base frequency and the second type of data is to be transmitted at a second multiple of the base frequency. The method further includes selecting one or more channels from a plurality of channels based on the type of content data, clocking a frequency on the first or second multiple of the base frequency according to the type of content data in the selected channels, modifying the content data to fit within a single output channel, and transmitting the modified data via a single output channel at the chosen multiple of the base frequency.
US09602782B2	Method and system for monitoring a location A method and system for monitoring a location via a called telephony communication device is disclosed. The method at the called telephony communication device includes receiving a request from a calling telephony communication device. Further, the method includes determining whether the received request is for monitoring the location. The method further includes automatically transmitting audio/video data captured via the called telephony communication device to the calling telephony communication device when the received request is determined to be one for monitoring the location.
US09602781B2	Methods for deblending of seismic shot gathers A system and methods to deblend seismic data from a plurality of sources and received by a plurality of sensors as shot gathers are disclosed. The deblending is performed by a Mutual Interdependence Analysis Method to separate contributions of different shots. Deblending is also performed by applying a measure of coherence in parallel data domains such as Common Shot Gather and Common Midpoint. Deblending is also achieved by using the hyperbolic nature of seismic data in the common midpoint domain. Deblended signals are estimated and are applied to create a seismic image. Also, Bergman iteration based migration is applied directly on the blended seismic shot gathers without first deblending as an alternative method. The methods are applied in seismic imaging for exploration of natural resources.
US09602778B2	Security video system using customer regions for monitoring point of sale areas A system and method for determining proximity of individuals to specific regions of interest such as Point of Sale (“POS”) terminals within a POS monitored area of a scene of video data captured from security cameras as part of a networked security system, when the security cameras are located outside the POS monitored area, mounted on a ceiling or other high location and pointed at the POS monitored area. With the help of customer regions drawn in an abstract layer whose areas coincide with expected locations of individuals near POS terminals in the video data, and video analytics elements such as bounding boxes generated around individuals in the video data, the system can perform live and forensic analysis of the video data to infer information such as the proximity of individuals to POS terminals and the relative height of an individual compared to their expected height within the scene of video data.
US09602776B2	Accessing web-based cameras arranged by category A device receives category information associated with multiple cameras, and receives video information from the multiple cameras. The device also arranges the video information based on the category information associated with the multiple cameras and based on location information associated with a user device. The device further receives a video request from the user device, and provides, to the user device, video information from a camera, of the multiple cameras, that matches the video request.
US09602775B2	Auto discovery and auto provisioning of set top boxes A system and method for the automatic discovery and provisioning of a video set top box within an IPTV network is provided. When first connected to a residential gateway, the set top box requests the address information of the residential gateway. The set top box then sends a request to a video operations and support server (VOSS) with the identifying information for the set top box and the residential gateway. Once the VOSS determines that the residential gateway is authorized for video service, the VOSS associates the residential gateway with the set top box. The VOSS then communicates the authorization to a middleware server, which downloads client software and encryption keys to the set top box, enabling the set top box to request and receive video content. The set top box may be reconnected to any port on the residential gateway and receive video service without being re-provisioned.
US09602771B2	Automated layouts optimized for multi-screen and multi-camera videoconferencing calls A videoconferencing device that determines a spatial arrangement of the video streams output at a first endpoint based on a number of display devices being utilized at the first endpoint and a number of cameras being utilized at each of the one or more additional endpoints.
US09602762B2	Fallback in frame rate conversion system A system for frame rate conversion of a video that includes detecting low quality of a received frame and determining an interpolated frame of the video based upon the detected low quality of the received frame.
US09602758B2	Communication apparatus, conference system, computer-readable recording medium, and display control method A communication apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an image through a network so that the communication apparatus displays at least a part of the received image received from the receiver on a display unit; a reception unit configured to receive the number of images to be displayed as clipped images on the display unit and a type of display order in which the clipped images are displayed; an area clipping unit configured to provide the clipped image including a speaker from the received image; and a control unit configured to give the display unit an instruction to display as many clipped images provided from the area clipping unit as the number of images to be displayed in the type of display order received by the reception unit.
US09602757B2	Display of video subtitles Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for presenting subtitles. A video is played on a display of a device. A display mode for the video is detected. A subtitle is presented in one of a plurality of presentation formats based on the detected display mode.
US09602753B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus and imaging system A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a comparator comparing a signal output from pixels with a reference signal of which level changes dependent on time; a plurality of first bit storage units and a plurality of second bit storage units holding, bit by bit, a count signal of the plurality of bits from a counter, according to a write control signal based on a result of the comparing by the comparator; and a control unit arranged between the comparator and the first and second bit storage units, and adjusting a delay time of the write control signal. An order of lengths of the delay time of the count signal held by the first and second bit storage units is the same as an order of lengths of the delay time of the write control signal of the first and second bit storage units.
US09602749B2	Image sensor, control method, and electronic apparatus There is provided an image sensor that includes a pixel array section, a column processing section, and a row control section. The pixel array section is configured to include two or more shared pixel cells arranged in a two-dimensional array, the shared pixel cells each including a plurality of pixels that output electric signals by photoelectric conversion. The column processing section is configured to process the electric signals that are read at the same time from the shared pixel cells on a plurality of rows in the two-dimensional array. The row control section is configured to perform access control differently between one and another of the rows for reading the electric signals from the pixels in the shared pixel cells.
US09602747B2	Photosensor arrangements A photosensor arrangement may include an amplifier configured to receive charge from a photosensor device at a first input, and a second input configured to receive a first reference voltage. The amplifier may provide an output voltage on an output. A comparator has a first input at the output voltage, a second input at the first reference voltage and is configured to provide a compare output. A capacitor is configured to have a first plate coupled to the output of the amplifier and a second plate coupled to the first input of the comparator.
US09602744B2	Method of detector gain and offset level estimation by means of a variable aperture transmission mechanism The basis of the invention is an apparatus and a process by which a variable aperture stop mechanism coupled with imaging optics and detector processing electronics achieves measurements of detector pixel gain and level offsets without temporarily blocking the scene from the detector, and without the addition of any other exterior calibration equipment.
US09602742B2	Imaging device and method for achieving wide dynamic range An imaging device including a plurality of pixels and a control circuit to apply a signal to the pixels, wherein the pixels include a photodiode formed on a substrate and a first terminal and a second terminal, a shift switching unit to be connected to the first terminal, a first storage node, a transfer switching unit, a second storage node, and a reset switching unit, when an operating mode is set as a first mode, the control circuit allows charges integrated in the photodiode to be shifted to the first storage node during a first interval and the second terminal during a second interval, and when the operating mode is set as a second mode, the charges integrated in the photodiode are not shifted to the second terminal.
US09602741B2	Image pickup apparatus and method for controlling image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup unit configured to employ a first mode and a second mode; and a controller configured to read out, in the first mode, a first row, and read out, in the second mode and a mode different from the second mode, a second row, the first row being read out in the first mode during a first read-out period, the second row being read out in the second mode during a second read-out period, the second row read out in the mode different from the second mode during a third read-out period, and the first to third read-out periods having the same length.
US09602740B2	Computer-readable recording medium recording information processing program, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method for superimposing a virtual image on a captured image of real space An example information processing apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit that acquires a captured image of a real space; a feature detecting unit that detects a feature from the captured image; a determining unit that determines a virtual object, or, a virtual object and an aspect of the virtual object while changing the same in accordance with a condition of imaging device for the captured image; an image generating unit that generates an image of a virtual space in which the determined virtual object or the virtual object in the determined aspect is placed on a basis of the feature; and a display controlling unit that displays an image on a display device such that the image of the virtual space is visually recognized by a user while being superimposed on the real space.
US09602739B1	Lookup table interpolation in a film emulation camera system An image capture and processing system accesses an image including image data. The image processing system receives a selection of a preset configuration. The preset configuration identifies first and second image effects, a first intensity value corresponding to the first image effect, and a second intensity value corresponding to the second image effect. The image processing system accesses a set of stored lookup tables (LUTs). Each accessed LUT in the set of stored LUTs is associated with the first and second image effects, and is associated with intensity values within a threshold proximity of the first and second intensity values. The image processing system generates a combined LUT by interpolating the accessed set of stored LUTs. The image processing system processes the image based on the combined LUT.
US09602738B2	Automatic event detection, text generation, and use thereof A system and method for video surveillance and searching are disclosed. Video is analyzed and events are automatically detected. Based on the automatically detected events, textual descriptions are generated. The textual descriptions may be used to supplement video viewing and event viewing, and to provide for textual searching for events.
US09602735B2	Digital imaging exposure metering system A system comprises a digital imaging system for capturing digital images. The system includes a controller that captures at least one digital image, determines a brightness level of at least one bright region of the digital image, and generates brightness data representing the brightness level of the at least one bright region. The brightness data is compared with compositional information for determining a maximum brightness level of the at least one bright region of the digital image. The maximum brightness level comprises a level of brightness where information about the at least one bright region remains. The controller then determines an exposure value of a final digital image, where at least one region of the final digital image has a brightness level equal to or less than the maximum brightness level. At least one final digital image is then captured.
US09602728B2	Image capturing parameter adjustment in preview mode A method, which is performed by an electronic device, for adjusting at least one image capturing parameter in a preview mode is disclosed. The method may include capturing a preview image of a scene including at least one text object based on a set of image capturing parameters. The method may also identify a plurality of text regions in the preview image. From the plurality of text regions, a target focus region may be selected. Based on the target focus region, the at least one image capturing parameter may be adjusted.
US09602725B2	Correcting rolling shutter using image stabilization Several methods, devices and systems for correcting rolling shutter artifacts are described. In one embodiment, an image capturing system includes a rolling shutter image sensor that may cause a rolling shutter artifact (e.g., warping). The system includes a processing system that is configured to perform an automatic rolling shutter correction mechanism that utilizes calibration data based on a relationship between pixel locations in an image plane of the image sensor and their corresponding rays of light in a coordinate space. The rolling shutter mechanism determines pixel velocity components based on the calibration data and estimates for each image an aggregate pixel velocity based on an aggregation of the pixel velocity components.
US09602724B2	Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method An image capturing apparatus comprises an object detection unit configured to detect a predetermined object and a movement amount acquisition unit configured to acquire an amount of movement of the predetermined object. An object tracking unit suppresses the amount of movement of the predetermined object by moving an optical element constituting an image capturing optical system. A motion vector detection unit detects a motion vector indicating an image blur amount. An image blur correction unit corrects image blur based on the motion vector. A switching unit switches whether or not to perform object tracking using the object tracking unit. The image blur correction unit makes effect of the image blur correction in a case of performing the object tracking smaller than effect of the image blur correction in a case of not performing the object tracking.
US09602719B2	Forensic signature A series of images of an object are captured using illumination sources. The series of images correspond to different relative orientations of the object and the illumination sources. A forensic signature for the object is generated using one or more of the series of images. The forensic signature is unique to the object.
US09602717B2	Image capture device and focus control method Provided are an image capture device and a focus control method capable of performing auto-focus (AF) at high speed by reducing time until a focus control is completed even when a focus control based on a phase difference AF method and a focus control based on a contrast AF method are used in combination. A digital camera performs a correlation operation of two images captured by a pixel pair P1, performs a correlation operation of two images captured by a pixel pair P2, and determines reliability of correlation operation results based on information generated from the two correlation operation results. When the reliability is low, the digital camera performs the contrast AF. Here, the digital camera variably controls a movement step (arbitrary distance) when moving a focus lens in a predetermined range to calculate a contrast value, according to the height of the reliability.
US09602715B2	Adaptable operating frequency of a variable focal length lens in an adjustable magnification optical system An imaging system is provided for a precision machine vision inspection or metrology system. The imaging system optical path includes a variable magnification lens portion and a variable focal length lens portion. The variable magnification lens portion includes various magnification states (e.g., 0.5× to 100×, using interchangeable lenses, or the like.) The variable focal length lens portion (e.g., including a tunable acoustic gradient index of refraction (“TAG”) lens) is operated at different focal length scanning frequencies depending on the magnification state. A TAG lens operated in this manner provides a relatively consistent range of focus (e.g., corresponding to a number of depths of field) with various magnification lenses, without limiting the effective numerical aperture of the imaging system.
US09602713B2	Imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same In a configuration in which a non-saturated readout value of a division pixel is subtracted from an addition signal of division pixels, an imaging apparatus capable of performing focus detection with respect to a saturated signal is provided. The imaging apparatus includes a subtraction unit and a suppression unit. The subtraction unit obtains the second image signal by subtracting the first image signal output from the image sensor from an addition signal acquired as a sum of the first image signal and the second image signal output from the image sensor, and the suppression unit suppresses the first image signal to a value equal to or less than a predetermined value.
US09602707B2	External photographic wireless communication device An external photographic wireless communication device and related systems including an external photographic wireless communication device for connection to a camera body having a hot shoe connector for connecting to the camera body and a hot shoe connector for connecting to one or more accessory devices. The device includes a processor. The processor is connected to one or more of the contacts of the camera side hot shoe connector and to one or more of the contacts of the accessory side hot shoe connectors without the same contacts being directly connected to each other. The processor controls communication over the connections between the contacts.
US09602705B2	Imaging system and control method for imaging system An imaging system of the present invention comprises a lens unit having a barrel section that contains a photographing optical system, and an operating section provided on the barrel section, and a camera body having an imaging section for converting a subject image formed by the photographing optical system into electrical signals, and a display section for displaying the subject image based on the electrical signals, wherein the lens unit has a transmission section for transmitting information relating to the operation section, and the camera body has a receiving section for receiving information relating to the operating section that has been transmitted from the transmission section, and an association section for displaying the information relating to the operation section that has been received by the receiving section on the display section, and associating information relating to the operating section with functions of the camera body.
US09602703B1	Camera system A camera system includes a body defining a cavity and a camera attached to the body within the cavity and including a lens and a ring surrounding the lens. The camera system includes a wiper assembly attached to the camera and configured for clearing debris from the lens. The wiper assembly includes a wiper configured for contacting and wiping the lens and having a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end. The wiper is rotatable about a pivot axis between a stowed position in which the wiper contacts the ring and a deployed position in which the wiper contacts the lens. The wiper assembly also includes a counterweight attached to the second end and configured for disposing the wiper in the deployed position, and a resilient member disposed adjacent the ring and configured for disposing the wiper in the stowed position.
US09602700B2	Method and system of simultaneously displaying multiple views for video surveillance Methods and systems of transmitting a plurality of views from a video camera are disclosed. The camera captures a plurality of views from the lens and scales the view to a specified size. Each view can correspond to a separate virtual camera view of a region of interest and separately controlled. The camera composites at least a portion of the plurality of views into one or more views within the camera, and then transmits one or more of the views from the video camera to a base station for compositing views from the camera into a single view within the base station. Cameras can be grouped into a network, with network addresses assigned to the camera and any virtual cameras generated therein.
US09602699B2	System and method of filtering noise A system and method of removing noise in a bitstream is disclosed. Based on segment classifications of a bitstream, each segment or portion is encoded with a different encoder associated with the portion model and chosen from a plurality of encoders. The coded bitstream for each segment includes information regarding which encoder was used to encode that segment. A circuit for removing noise in video content includes a first filter connected to a first input switch and a first output switch, the first filter being in parallel with a first pass-through line, a second filter connected to a second input switch and a second output switch, the second filter connected in parallel with a second pass-through line, and a third filter connected to a third input switch in a third output switch.
US09602698B2	Method for creating a color conversion profile for a printer and computer readable recording medium stored with program for creating same The profile creation method creates a color conversion profile for a printer by causing the printer to output a color chart including a plurality of patch images. The method acquires a colorimetric value of one patch image included in the color chart output by the printer and corrects the acquired colorimetric value of the one patch image according to the degree of variation in a color of the one patch image specified by data of the colorimetric value already accumulated regarding the one patch image.
US09602696B2	Color conversion method, gray scale value correction apparatus, computer program and display apparatus Provided are a color conversion method, gradation value correction device, computer program, and display device that can reproduce small gradation changes between lattice points, as well as can reduce accuracy degradation caused by interpolation. Dividing one of input gradations and output gradations of gradation characteristics, indicating input/output gradation characteristics reproduced in a second conversion unit, into gradation segments having predetermined gradation intervals. Then, correcting each of the gradation values of the other gradations of the gradation characteristics so that gradation intervals of the other gradations become intervals corresponding to the predetermined gradation intervals. The first conversion unit then converts the gradation values of an image using the corrected gradation values.
US09602695B2	Image type based data transmission Provided is an image data processing server including: a user authenticating unit that authenticates a user of an imaging device; a permission acquiring unit that acquires access permission to a user account of a predetermined service; an image receiving unit that receives image data which is transmitted from the imaging device; a type determining unit that determines a type of the image data; and a data transmitting unit that transmits data to the user account of the predetermined service when the image data is determined to be image data of a predetermined type.
US09602692B2	Image processing apparatus which supports multiple sessions including deemed voice facsimile transmission, control method thereof, and storage medium An image processing apparatus includes an SLIC configured to control an analog telephone, a plurality of modems configured to control facsimile communication using deemed voice, a plurality of PCMI/Fs configured to input and output encoded voice data, and a plurality of selectors configured to connect any of the SLIC and the plurality of modems to one of the plurality of PCMI/Fs, and controls the plurality of selectors according to requested processing to connect the SLIC and one of the plurality of modems to one of the plurality of PCMI/Fs, thereby performing the processing.
US09602688B2	Medium sensing apparatus and financial device for identifying authenticity of media using a contact image sensor Provided is a medium sensing apparatus. The medium sensing apparatus comprises a first frame disposed on a transfer path of a medium, the first frame having a plurality of first sensor grooves, a second frame facing the first frame, the second frame having a plurality of second sensor grooves, a plurality of first contact image sensors disposed in the plurality of first sensor grooves, respectively, and a plurality of second contact image sensors disposed in the plurality of second sensor grooves, respectively. At least one of the plurality of first sensor grooves and at least one of the plurality of second sensor grooves are disposed to partially overlap with each other.
US09602687B2	Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication with an external apparatus using generated session and changed session, and program therefor A method for controlling a communication apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus includes displaying candidates of data to be transmitted to the external apparatus on a display section, designating transmission target data to be transmitted to the external apparatus out of the displayed candidates, generating a session for communicating with the external apparatus, further designating, after the data transmission for transmitting the designated transmission target data to the external apparatus is started, the transmission target data out of the displayed candidates, by using the generated session, changing, when the transmission target data is further designated, information about the already generated session, and transmitting the further designated transmission target data to the external apparatus, by using the changed session.
US09602684B2	Image forming apparatus, method for controlling remote operation, and storage medium An image forming apparatus includes an NFC control unit that performs proximity wireless communication with an information processing apparatus, a network control unit that performs communication with the information processing apparatus through a network, and an RUI control unit that accepts remote operation from the information processing apparatus. When a unique ID of an NFC tag of the information processing apparatus acquired by the NFC control unit, and an IP address of the information processing apparatus acquired by the network control unit identify the same information processing apparatus, the RUI control unit performs control so as to enable remote operation by the external device.
US09602683B2	System and method for providing cloud printing service Provided is an image forming system operable to provide a cloud printing service, the image forming system comprising: a transmitting device operable to transmit content by designating a target phone number; a cloud printing server operable to receive the target phone number and the content from the transmitting device; a receiving device assigned with the target phone number and operable to receive an upload notification of the content with respect to the target phone number from the cloud printing server; and an image forming device operable to print the content by receiving the content from the cloud printing server, wherein the cloud printing server transmits the content to the image forming device registered in the target phone number when the cloud printing service is requested for the content to the target phone number.
US09602681B2	Scanning technology Scanning technology, in which a lift-off signal is generated when an input apparatus is detected as being oriented in a position that is spaced apart from a scan target object. A predetermined threshold time is compared with a continuation time of the received lift-off signal and, when the continuation time of the lift-off signal does not meet the predetermined threshold time, a scanning operation being performed is continued. When the continuation time of the lift-off signal meets the predetermined threshold time, a scanning operation being performed is discontinued.
US09602679B2	Distributed printing social network A system for distributing data that represents and can be converted into a physical object such as a printed photograph or three-dimensional “3D printed” object provides a variety of user controls to direct the flow of data and restrict the use of consumable supplies.
US09602675B1	Usage monitoring control for mobile networks In general, techniques are described for facilitating usage monitoring control in mobile networks. A mobile gateway comprising one or more processors and a memory may be configured to perform the techniques. The one or more processors may be configured to transmit a usage monitoring report indicative of usage of a service provided via a session for which usage monitoring was previously activated. The memory may be configured to store a monitoring key that was configured as a result of activating the usage monitoring for the service. The one or more processors may also be configured to, in response to the indication to deactivate the usage monitoring, remove the monitoring key that was configured as a part of activating the usage monitoring for the session.
US09602674B1	De-duping identities using network analysis and behavioral comparisons A processing device identifies comparison subjects comprising a first subject and a second subject. The processing device builds a first network of a first profile of the first subject and a second network of a second profile of the second subject, wherein the first network and the second network are multi-degree connections networks. The processing device the first network and second network to produce a similarity score. The processing device examining first-degree connections between the first network and the second network and accounting for centralities that rely on information about the entire first network and the entire second network. Responsive to the similarity score exceeding a similarity threshold, the processing device merges the first profile and the second profile into a common profile for the first subject and the second subject.

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