最新美国发明专利第2017-02-21期 - 专利汇|PatentHub专利检索|专利查询网|发明专利查询分析

Document	Document Title
US09573137B2	Comminutor for comminuting bulk material, and method therefor The invention relates to a comminutor for comminuting bulk material, and a trailer and method therefor. The comminutor includes a frame provided with an opening; a rotatable drum which is arranged on the frame and on which blades are provided; counter-blades which are connected to the frame and which operate with the blades for the purpose of comminuting material carried into the opening; a screen positioned on the underside of the drum; and an access door connected to the frame and provided with a tilting mechanism such that easy access to the screen is obtainable by opening the door.
US09573136B2	Toner producing apparatus and toner producing method A toner producing apparatus including: a foreign matter separating unit including a foreign matter separating chamber for separating metallic foreign matters contained in raw powder material of toner from the raw powder material of toner by using gravity, a feeding pipe connected to the foreign matter separating chamber so as to feed the raw powder material of toner into the foreign matter separating chamber, and an exhausting pipe connected to the foreign matter separating chamber so as to exhaust the raw powder material of toner from the foreign matter separating chamber; and a pulverizing unit including a rotor, the pulverizing unit being connected to the exhausting pipe of the foreign matter separating unit.
US09573135B2	Shredder with thickness detector A shredder is disclosed. The shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, and a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including an electrically powered motor and cutter elements. The shredder mechanism enables the at least one article to be shredded to be fed into the cutter elements. The motor is operable to drive the cutter elements so that the cutter elements shred the articles fed therein. The shredder also includes a detector that is configured to detect a thickness of the at least one article being received by the throat, and a controller that is operable to perform a predetermined operation responsive to the detector detecting that the thickness of the at least one article is at least equal to a predetermined maximum thickness.
US09573133B2	Two-stage thermal convection apparatus and uses thereof Disclosed is a multi-stage thermal convection apparatus such as a two-stage thermal convection apparatus and uses thereof. In one embodiment, the two-stage thermal convection apparatus includes a temperature shaping element that assists a thermal convection mediated Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The invention has a wide variety of applications including amplifying nucleic acid without cumbersome and expensive hardware associated with many prior devices. In a typical embodiment, the apparatus can fit in the palm of a user's hand for use as a portable, simple to operate, and low cost PCR amplification device.
US09573130B2	Method of separating biological fluids into component parts using a fluids concentration cup assembly with hourglass shape A biological fluid collection cup for use with a centrifuge bucket to separate a biological fluid into its component parts is disclosed. It includes an hourglass shape with a large upper and lower portion and a narrow middle portion. A piston is to slide into and slideably be received in the lower portion and a side port is provided for withdrawal of a fluid from the narrow portion.
US09573129B2	Sensing system and sensor chip thereof A sensing system includes a processing unit and sensor chip. The sensor chip includes a microelectrode array, a droplet space over the microelectrode array, and a plurality of control units coupled together in a daisy-chain configuration. Each of the control units is coupled to a respective one of the microelectrodes of the microelectrode array. The control units are controlled by the processing unit to drive movement of a droplet in the droplet space, and to inspect the droplet via the microelectrodes.
US09573121B2	Mesoporous zeolite catalyst supports Compositions and methods for preparing a catalyst composition containing mesoporous materials are described herein. In particular, various embodiments described herein relate to the preparation of catalytic compositions containing a mesoporous zeolite and one or more catalytic nanoparticles dispersed therein. In various embodiments described herein, such catalyst compositions can be used in various catalytic conversion processes, such as hydrocracking.
US09573118B2	Catalyst for a sulphur recovery process with concurrent hydrogen production, method of making thereof and the sulphur recovery process with concurrent hydrogen production using the catalyst Disclosed is a catalyst suitable for the catalytic oxidative cracking of a H2S-containing gas stream, particularly in the event that the stream also contains methane and/or ammonia. The catalyst comprises iron and molybdenum supported by a carrier comprising aluminum. The carrier preferably is alumina. The iron and molybdenum preferably are in the form of sulphides. Also disclosed is a method for the production of hydrogen from a H2S-containing gas stream, comprising subjecting the gas stream to catalytic oxidative cracking so as to form H2 and S2, using a catalyst in accordance with any one of the preceding claims.
US09573112B2	Chemical reaction apparatus A chemical reaction apparatus includes: a horizontal flow-type reactor inside of which has been partitioned into multiple chambers by multiple partition plates, and a liquid content horizontally flows with an unfilled space being provided thereabove; a microwave generator that generates microwaves; and at least one waveguide that transmits the microwaves generated by the microwave generator to the unfilled space in the reactor. The content flows over each of the partition plates, and, in each chamber, a weir height on an inlet side is higher than a weir height on an outlet side by at least an overflow depth at the partition plate on the outlet side.
US09573111B1	High purity ozone generator for optics cleaning and recovery An apparatus for producing a high purity stream of ozone including a reaction chamber having an inlet and an outlet, a gaseous feed stream having a first purified component and an ultraviolet source. The gaseous feed stream enters the reaction chamber through the inlet, the first purified component includes oxygen, the ultraviolet source forms ozone from the oxygen, and the ozone exits the reaction chamber through the outlet.
US09573110B2	Apparatus and method for generating nitric oxide in controlled and accurate amounts A nitric oxide generator generates nitric oxide from a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen such as air treated by a pulsating electrical discharge. The desired concentration of nitric oxide is obtained by controlling at least one of a frequency of the pulsating electrical discharge and duration of each electrical discharge pulse.
US09573103B2	Method for producing dispersant additives The present invention relates to a method for producing an additive composition which in particular contains specific urea urethanes. The additive composition is extremely suitable as a wetting agent and dispersant.
US09573095B2	Flue gas treatment apparatus and flue gas treatment method A flue gas treatment apparatus for removing sulfur contents contained in combustion flue gas, includes a treatment agent feeder to feed a treatment agent into a flue through which the combustion flue gas flows, a cooler to cool the combustion flue gas to which the treatment agent has been fed and condense SO3 components in the combustion flue gas, an electric dust collection apparatus provided in the flue, a desulfurization apparatus based on a lime-gypsum process, and a circulation line for feeding a portion of the dust particles recovered by the electric dust collection apparatus into the flue that is provided on an upstream side of the cooler in the direction of flow of the flue gas for circulated use thereof as the treatment agent.
US09573094B2	System and method for temperature control in an oxygen transport membrane based reactor A system and method for temperature control in an oxygen transport membrane based reactor is provided. The system and method involves introducing a specific quantity of cooling air or trim air in between stages in a multistage oxygen transport membrane based reactor or furnace to maintain generally consistent surface temperatures of the oxygen transport membrane elements and associated reactors. The associated reactors may include reforming reactors, boilers or process gas heaters.
US09573093B2	Heat recovery in absorption and desorption processes A method for removing components to be separated from industrial gases using an absorption and desorption processes having liquid absorbents. At least one absorption device and one desorption device are provided, at least a part of the laden solution leaving the absorption device is diverted before being heated and delivered to the head of the heat transfer section. The laden partial stream is heated by the steam rising from the lower part of the desorption device through heat exchange in the heat transfer section. The remaining stream of cold, laden solution leaving the absorption device is expanded by so the relief valve and the heat exchanger into a pressure relief vessel, such that the stream leaving the heat exchanger separates into a liquid and a gaseous state. The pressure in the pressure relief vessel pressure is lowered so that the total energy demand in absorption and desorption processes is reduced.
US09573092B2	Machine for gas production A machine (1) for gas production, including one or more cylindrical members (2), each of which is associated with two heads that are fixed to the ends of each one of the cylinders (2); adjacent heads, associated with adjacent cylinders, being mutually connected to form a modular manifold; wherein each one of the heads is provided monolithically and made of plastic material by injection molding. The head made of plastic material allows to provide specific tanks for providing onsite gas generators. The advantages of the machine, which is preferably but non-limitatively made of high-density polyethylene or glass-reinforced polypropylene, are: low cost of the raw material and of the molding process, wide and easy availability of the raw material, high repeatability of the production process and very short production times, as well as very low production costs for each manufactured object.
US09573090B2	Superadsorbent material system for improved filtration applications The present invention involves the use of nanoporous carbons derived from partially or fully demetalized metal carbides in personal protection equipment for the reversible absorption/adsorption of both broad and specific targeted gases. These materials have been specifically processed to provide enhanced effective loadings against specific harmful volatile organic compounds.
US09573087B2	Filter having a filter cartridge, and corresponding filter cartridge A filter assembly includes a filter body, a removable filter cartridge, and a bypass valve with incinerable and non-incinerable portions. The bypass valve includes a valve seat and a movable valve closure element removable with the removable filter cartridge and incinerable. The bypass valve includes a return member remaining in the filter body. A method is provided for controlling bypass valve-opening threshold pressure.
US09573086B2	Drain cover An areaway drain cover with a top surface, a bottom surface, and a peripheral edge surface with a plurality of passages passing from the top surface to the bottom surface which allow water to pass through the passages while preventing leaves and debris from clogging the drain. The bottom surface also comprises a plurality of protrusions projecting downwardly from the bottom surface so that when the drain cover is placed over a drain, the protrusions allow the drain cover to be spaced horizontally above the surface on which the drain cover is resting so as to allow water to pass.
US09573082B2	Upper-layer cleaning device for water treatment device, and method for cleaning water treatment device filter layer Water treatment apparatus includes raw water special air mixing nozzles (7); filtering tank (5) housing filter layer (4) including two layers of upper layer (2) and lower layer (3), the upper layer including a filter medium with a smaller specific gravity and a larger particle size than a filter medium of the lower layer; a water collection pipe (13) removing filtered water and supplying reverse cleaning water to the filter layer during reverse cleaning; drainage trough (12); and upper layer cleaning apparatus (10), in which the upper layer cleaning apparatus includes upper layer cleaning pipe support member (17), upper layer cleaning water pipe (18), surface-cleaning special air mixing nozzles (19), air suction pipe (20), and horizontal air pipes (31 and 32) and the raw water special air mixing nozzles (7) are attached to raw water inflow tank (70) provided on a part of the drainage trough (12).
US09573079B2	Article and apparatus for enhancing the coalescence of a dispersed phase from a continuous phase in an emulsion An apparatus for enhancing the coalescence of a dispersed phase from a continuous phase in an emulsion is presented. The apparatus includes at least one inlet for receiving the emulsion, at least one outlet for discharging the emulsion after coalescing the dispersed phase, and at least one article disposed between the inlet and the outlet. The article includes a plurality of regions disposed on a surface in a predefined pattern, wherein a portion of the plurality of regions is substantially wetting with respect to the dispersed phase, and a portion of the plurality of regions is substantially non-wetting with respect to the dispersed phase, and wherein the pattern includes a plurality of inter-connected regions that are substantially non-wetting with respect to the dispersed phase. A related article is also presented.
US09573078B2	Quaternary carboxylate compositions for extracting C1 to C4 carboxylic acids from aqueous streams This invention relates to solvents for extracting C1 to C4 carboxylic acids from aqueous streams. More specifically, the extraction solvents include one or more salts composed of a tetraalkylphosphonium cation and a carboxylate anion. The extraction solvents may further include one or more non-ionic liquid organic solvents as an enhancer. The extraction solvents are useful for extracting aqueous mixtures containing one or more lower carboxylic acids, such as monocarboxylic acids, alkoxycarboxylic acids, and halogen-containing carboxylic acids.
US09573071B2	Toy racetrack having collapsible loop portion A toy racetrack including a partial loop section is configured to maintain a partial loop configuration when maintained in an unloaded, freestanding configuration, and to collapse when in a loaded state in which a toy vehicle passes over such partial loop section. When a force is applied to the upper section of the pathway from a traversing toy vehicle, the added force shifts the center of gravity past the balancing point that maintains the partial loop section in its freestanding configuration, and the partial loop section collapses. A spring-loaded head may be provided at the end of the upper portion of the partial loop section, and may be configured to spring away from the partial loop section when contacted by a toy vehicle. A wind-up motor may be provided that drives a diverter in the base of the partial loop section, which may direct a toy vehicle through the partial loop section or onto an alternative racetrack path.
US09573069B2	Toy figurine with internal lighting effect A toy figurine includes an internal lighting effect. The internal lighting is visible through the outer surface of the figurine and may be manipulated to produce various lighting effects. The internal lighting includes a lighting layer, a visual effects display layer and a diffusion layer. The light diffusion layer may include an external surface of the toy figurine.
US09573065B2	Social network data analysis to generate incentives for online gaming Systems and methods for processing recommendations of online games to friends of social network are described. A method for processing recommendations includes identifying a gaming session of a user on an online game provider network, accessing a use profile of the user for the online games of the online game provider network, and accessing a social graph of the user to identify friends of the user and respective friend profiles from the social network. The method further includes producing a recommendation of an online game. The recommendation includes an identification of a target friend of the user and is being provided by examination of the use profile of the user and friend profiles in the social graph. The method includes providing the recommendation to the user. The recommendation also includes an offer incentive to the user to share the recommendation with the target friend.
US09573064B2	Virtual and location-based multiplayer gaming A system and method combining real-world actions and virtual actions in a gaming environment. In one aspect, a massively multiplayer environment combines the real world actions and virtual actions of a participant to influence both character metrics and game play within one or more games provided by the service. In the real world or location-based events, game play occurs in and around links explicitly created between real world locations and virtual representations of those locations within the game.
US09573063B2	Reflecting status in a virtual environment Techniques are disclosed to reflect status in a virtual environment. An artist associated with audio content being played by a first user controlling a player avatar is determined. A companion avatar providing a virtual representation of the artist of the audio content is generated. The companion avatar is associated with the player avatar in the virtual environment. The companion avatar is configured to interact with the player avatar, and presence of the companion avatar conveys to one or more other users interacting within the virtual environment that the first user is currently listening to audio content of the artist.
US09573061B2	Video game with automatic combination or selling of acquired items The game program according to the present invention causes a computer to perform a registering process to register in advance in a storage unit attribute information specified by the player, an offering process to offer the game content to the player, a judgment process to compare the attribute information of the game content offered to the specified attribute information, a combining process to combine the game content offered with another game content to create a combined game content, and a recording process to record in the storage unit the combined game content as the game content owned by the player, without recording in the storage unit the game content offered as the game content owned by the player.
US09573059B2	Streaming interactive video integrated with recorded video segments A method comprising executing a program on a server of a server center that generates and streams a user page in the form of streaming interactive video on a display of a user computer connected to the server via the Internet, the user page including a plurality of video windows, one or more of the video windows including streaming interactive video as well as simultaneously recorded video segments which are replayable by the user.
US09573058B2	Interactive computer game A computer game terminal, and associated method and code, for operating an online interactive computer game. The terminal includes an interface receiving non-interactive user input data from a controller associated with the computer games terminal and an interface receiving interactive game data associated with at least one interactive game element. The terminal includes a display driver rendering a graphical representation of a computer game based on the non-interactive user input data and the interactive game data. The terminal includes a processor processing the received non-interactive user input data and the interactive game data, while inhibiting data interaction. The processing inhibits interaction between a displayed avatar associated with the user input data and a displayed avatar associated with the received interactive game data. A network interface is included to transmit user input data from the controller associated with the terminal but operable in a non-interactive mode to inhibit such transmission.
US09573057B2	Method and system for remote game display Various embodiment provide a method of interfacing an application controller with a remote display. The method can include the steps of providing an application on an application controller comprising a controller display; executing the application to retrieve a user input into the application controller; executing logic to render an output; and displaying the output on at least one of the controller display and the remote display.
US09573056B2	Expandable control device via hardware attachment Apparatus, methods and systems for interfacing a controller with a gaming system to interact with a computer program rendering interactive content on a display are presented. In one embodiment, a controller includes a handle, a connector and an attachment. The handle has an elongated shape, which includes opposite first and second ends, and is configured to be held by a single hand of a user during operation. The handle's second end, aimed towards the display during operation, holds the connector. The attachment includes two interfaces: a visual interface for communication with the gaming system, and a connector interface that is coupled to the connector in the handle. The attachment can be coupled and decoupled to the connector and allows the gaming system to visually track the location of the handle via the visual interface. In another embodiment, the attachment provides additional communication capabilities.
US09573052B2	Game device, control method for a game device, and non-transitory information storage medium A position information acquiring unit acquires position information relating to positions of a plurality of body parts of a player. A determination unit determines whether or not the at least one of the plurality of body parts exists within a determination region including the reference position at a time point corresponding to the reference time. A body part information acquiring unit acquires body part information relating to a kind of the at least one of the plurality of body parts determined to exist within the determination region. An evaluation unit evaluates gameplay of the player based on the kind of the at least one of the plurality of body parts acquired by the body part information acquiring unit.
US09573051B1	Dynamic item obtain rate based on player progression, action, and other in-game behavior One aspect of the disclosure relates to altering a probability of fulfilling a game objective in a game space. The game objective may be associated with a set of potential reward items, the set of potential reward items including a first item. Probabilities of the first item from the set of potential reward items being provided to individual users as a reward for completing the game objective may be determined based on the rates of usage of the game space by the user. The probability of the first user being provided with the first item as a reward for completing the game objective may be determined based on the rate of usage of the game space by the first user.
US09573050B2	Snap-and-click display Examples disclosed herein relate to a snap-and-click display utilized to enhance the installation of a display on an electronic gaming device. The systems and methods may allow for easier installation of a display on the electronic gaming device via a snap-and-click display.
US09573046B2	Card game A card game and method of play is provided. It includes a plurality of game cards and a multifaceted die having a plurality of characters on the faces of said die. A rule set is also provided. It includes a plurality of rules, one of the rules of being that a player identify an adjective that corresponds with one of the plurality of characters on an upturned face of said multifaceted die.
US09573040B1	Short game golf swing training aid A golf swing training apparatus to be used exclusively in the short game of golf to provide a first audible clicking sound when the golfer cocks his wrists and a second audible clicking sound when the golfer releases the club head. The training aid includes a base having a clamping mechanism for attaching the apparatus to the end of the grip of a golf club and a click generating mechanism including a spring having a free end which engages an actuator during the cocking of the wrist and flexes to generate the first audible click and again the second audible click when the flex of the spring relaxes during the release of the club head.
US09573037B2	Sports training apparatus and method A system (234, 220, 200) for monitoring movements of one or more users and/or one or more projectiles during sports activities performed by the one or more users is provided. The one or more projectiles (200) incorporate sensors (202, 204) for sensing movements of the one or more projectiles (200) during the sports activities. A user interface (220) is used for presenting automated sports training services. A data processing arrangement (234, 232, 220) is used for analysing one or more records of the movements of the one or more projectiles (200) against reference data, for providing the automated sports training services to the one or more users via the user interface (220).
US09573036B2	Portable training device A portable training device and training method is disclosed. The portable training device includes a non-linear section. The non-linear section is configured to form a target area that substantially imitates the reach of a goalkeeper. The training method includes covering a portion of an opening of a goal with the portable training device to create a target area configured to substantially imitate the reach of a goalkeeper.
US09573032B2	Fitting system for golf equipment using camera image for measurement of individual and related methods In one example, a system for fitting golf equipment for an individual can be configured to be used with an electronic device comprising a fitting processor module and a camera. The system can comprise an image analysis module configured to receive image data of at least a portion of the individual and one or more physical indicia proximate to the individual, where the image data can be captured by the camera. The image analysis module can also be configured to recognize one or more reference features of the individual from the image data, and to calculate one or more fitting dimensions between the one or more reference features in the image data. Other examples, devices, and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US09573031B2	I-beam construction in a hockey blade core A reinforced hockey stick blade and a related method of manufacture are provided. The hockey stick blade can include a core element defining one or more longitudinal channels bounded by an upper core portion, a lower core portion, and a bridge portion interconnecting the upper and lower core portions. The hockey stick blade can additionally include a plurality of fiber-reinforced plies substantially encapsulating the core element and a reinforcing material received within the one or more longitudinal channels. The reinforcing material can extend longitudinally from a first channel end portion to a second channel end portion, and can include woven or unidirectional fiber-reinforced plies. The reinforcing material can additionally extend transversely across the channel to form a blade structure having increased blade strength and durability over existing composite hockey stick blades.
US09573030B2	Golfing tee A golf tee is disclosed that provides stability and promotes less spin on a struck golf ball. The tee may be beneficial for use on mats at a driving range. The golf ball may be elevated from the ground surface to help avoid the club head from contacting the ground thereby avoiding injury to the golfer and damage to the club.
US09573029B2	Method, apparatus, and system for golf product reconfiguration A computer program is disclosed for reconfiguring a property-adjustable golf club. The program receives data input corresponding to a current configuration of an adjustable feature of the golf club, and data input corresponding to trajectory adjustment information. Based on the data input, reconfiguration information is generated, and outputted, that corresponds to one of a plurality of configurations of the adjustable feature of the golf club.
US09573027B2	Weight member for a golf club head A weight member for removable attachment to a weight port of a golf club head is provided. The weight member comprises a head that has a tool mating port for operatively receiving a portion of a fastening tool. The weight member further comprises a shaft that is associated with the head such that the shaft terminates at an end surface. The shaft has a threaded external surface and a non-threaded internal bore that extends from the end surface.
US09573008B1	Fire suppression system A fire suppression system including at least one heat-sensing device attached to a CPU-controlled sprinkler, which upon detection of a heat signature, activates the sprinkler to selectively dispense water from a fire sprinkler system pipe or a fire suppressant contained within a canister from a nozzle directly aimed at the source of the heat signature.
US09573007B2	Fire protection sprinkler A fire protection sprinkler that includes a body defining an internal passageway extending along a sprinkler axis between an inlet end and an outlet end to define a passageway length and a nominal K-factor greater than 16. A deflector is supported and spaced from the outlet end by a pair of support arms. The sprinkler includes means for allowing a flow of water from the outlet end of the body. The means includes a closure assembly having a body defining a blind bore and a thermally responsive glass bulb. The glass bulb has a first end disposed within the blind bore defining a first seat diameter and a second end defining a second seat diameter. The glass bulb has a bulb length that is greater than the length of the internal passageway and a maximum wall thickness less than the difference between the bulb length and the passageway length.
US09573004B2	Control system of a fire truck for high-rise and super high-rise building firefighting The application discloses a control system of a fire fighting truck for high-rise and super high-rise building firefighting, comprising: a command control equipment (2), a launch control equipment (3), a turret control apparatus (8), and a photoelectric detection equipment (9), wherein, the photoelectric detection equipment (9) comprises: an installing shell, a power supply, a white light zoom camera, an infrared camera, a laser rangefinder, and an integrated processing unit, wherein the white light zoom camera is connected to the installing shell via screws, the infrared camera is connected to the installing shell by using a screw, the laser rangefinder is connected to the installing shell by using a screw, the power supply interface of the white light zoom camera is connected to the power supply by using a wire, the power supply interface of the infrared camera is connected to the power supply by using a wire, the power supply interface of the laser rangefinder is connected to the power supply by using a wire, the data interface of the white light zoom camera is connected to the integrated processing unit by using a wire, the data interface of the infrared camera is connected to the integrated processing unit by using a wire, and the data interface of the laser rangefinder is connected to the integrated processing unit by using a wire.
US09573003B2	Tumble dryer with passive extinguishing system A tumble dryer includes a drum receiving laundry to be dried and a container accommodating an extinguishing agent, with the drum and the container being connected by a first line. A first temperature-activated valve is arranged in the first line in thermal contact with the interior of the drum and provided to close the container and to open automatically at a temperature produced by a fire. Further connected to the container is a second line which has a mouth feeding into a region of a base plate of the tumble dryer. A second temperature-activated valve is configured to close the second line in a region of the mouth and to open automatically at the temperature produced by the fire. The first and second valves are hereby positioned in such a way that either the first valve or the second valve opens automatically at the temperature produced by the fire.
US09573001B2	Depilatory composition A depilatory cream composition comprising a depilatory active, and one or more volatile, essential oils selected from the group consisting of orange oil, cedarwood oil, patchouli oil, pine oil, cabreuva oil, guaiacwood oil, lavandin oil, bergamot oil, petitgrain paraguay oil, lavender oil, mint oil, Virginia cedarwood oil, Citrus Aurantium dulcis oil and Citrus grandis oil.
US09573000B2	HIFU applicator An applicator for providing HIFU therapy to a patient includes a HIFU transducer that is rotatably coupled to a frame. In one embodiment, the rotatable coupling is configured such that the HIFU transducer can be mechanically oriented to position a focal zone of the HIFU transducer at any desired location in a treatment volume radially outward from a longitudinal axis of the applicator while the HIFU transducer remains within a housing that is not more than a defined percentage (e.g., 50%) larger than the maximum diameter of the HIFU transducer. In one embodiment, the HIFU transducer is rotatably coupled to the frame with a ball and socket joint. In another embodiment, the HIFU transducer is rotatably coupled to the frame with an offset gimble assembly. A pair of linear actuators and drive shafts engage the HIFU transducer to orient HIFU transducer in a desired direction.
US09572996B2	Device and method for stimulation by means of thermal stimuli The invention relates to a device for the stimulation of thermal receptors in the skin of a patient by means of thermal stimuli. The device comprises a plurality of noninvasive stimulation units for irradiating the skin of the patient with electromagnetic radiation, wherein thermal stimuli are produced by absorption of the electromagnetic radiation in the skin of the patient and the wavelength range of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the stimulation units can be adjusted. The device also comprises a control unit for controlling the stimulation units.
US09572995B2	Creating and using a virtual video asset in a video provisioning system A system may receive, from a content provider, metadata associated with a video asset, where the metadata includes information associated with the video asset and identifies a future time when the video asset will be available for distribution. The system may further process the metadata to create a virtual asset associated with the video asset, where the processed metadata include at least an indication that the metadata is associated with the virtual asset; publish the virtual asset to a store front that allows the user device to select the virtual asset to obtain the virtual asset; and transmit a notification or the video asset, to the user device and at the future time, based on the selection of the virtual asset by the user device, where the notification indicates that the video asset is available to be downloaded.
US09572993B2	Implantable medical devices and related connector enclosure assemblies utilizing conductors electrically coupled to feedthrough pins Implantable medical devices include connector enclosure assemblies that utilize conductors electrically coupled to feedthrough pins that extend into a can where electrical circuitry is housed. The conductors may be coupled to the feedthrough pins and to capacitor plates within a filter capacitor by an electrically conductive bonding material and as a single bonding event during manufacturing. The base plate of the connector enclosure assembly may also include a ground pin. Ground capacitor plates may be present at a ground aperture of the filter capacitor where the ground pin passes through so that the ground pin, a ground conductor, and the ground capacitor plate may be coupled. A protective cover may be provided for the connector enclosure assembly to enclose the conductors intended to extend into the can prior to the assembly being joined to the can. Conductors may be attached to a common tab that is subsequently removed.
US09572989B2	Systems and methods to account for neck movement during nerve stimulation Some embodiments provide a method, comprising performing a neural stimulation test routine for stimulating a neural target in a cervical region of a patient, wherein for each of a plurality of head positions, performing the neural stimulation test routine includes testing a plurality of electrode configurations. The method further comprises recording threshold data for each of the tested electrode configurations for the plurality of head positions, and recommending an electrode configuration based on the recorded threshold data.
US09572985B2	Method of manufacturing a thin film leadless neurostimulator The present disclosure describes a medical device to provide neurostimulation therapy to a patient's brain. The device can be surgically implanted and can remain in the patient until end of life. The present disclosure also describes accessories which guide the implantation of the device, and the components that form a leadless stimulator implantation kit.
US09572982B2	Techniques for placing medical leads for electrical stimulation of nerve tissue This disclosure is directed to extra, intra, and transvascular medical lead placement techniques for arranging medical leads and electrical stimulation and/or sensing electrodes proximate nerve tissue within a patient.
US09572981B2	Methods and systems for customizing cochlear implant stimulation and applications of same One aspect of the invention provides a method for customizing cochlear implant stimulation of a living subject. The cochlear implant includes an electrode array having a plurality of electrodes implanted in a cochlea of the living subject. The method includes determining a position for each of the plurality of electrodes and spiral ganglion nerves that the electrode array stimulates, determining a geometric relationship between neural pathways within the cochlea and the electrode array implanted therein, and using one or more electrodes of the electrode array to stimulate a group of SG neural pathways of the cochlea based on the location of the one or more electrodes and their geometric relationship with the neural pathways.
US09572979B2	Artifact control and miniaturization of the safe direct current stimulator for neural prostheses An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a device and method to deliver direct ionic current safely to target neural tissue, while also eliminating interruptions in the output of the device that can result from the non-ideal operation of the valves used to control the current flow in the device. The device includes two valve-operated systems that work in tandem. The first and second current producing systems are configured to be used together in order to eliminate the periodic interruptions in current flow. In use, one system drives current through the target tissue, while the other system closes all of the valves first and then opens its valves in sequence. This intermediate step of closing all of the valves prevents unintended current shunts through either system. The device also includes two conductors to direct the flow of direct current into the target tissue.
US09572976B2	System that secures an electrode array to the spinal cord for treating back pain This invention provides a device for implantation directly into the spinal cord for the purpose of treating back pain. Electrodes on a backing that conforms directly to the spinal cord are installed as a source of electrical stimulation and pain relief. The electrode array is maintained on the spinal cord by way of a spring or support structure that is anchored to an anatomical structure outside the spinal cord but near the site of implantation. Suitable anchoring structures include the vertebrae and the dura. Secured in this fashion, the support structure maintains a gentle pressure of the electrode array against the spinal cord so as to stay in electrical contact but minimize injury or inflammation. The device may accommodate and buffer movement of the spinal cord both laterally and in a caudal-rostral fashion so that the electrode array remains in place.
US09572975B2	Paddle leads configured for suture fixation Various embodiments concern an implantable paddle lead. The paddle can be attached to a distal portion of an elongate lead body. The paddle can comprise a main panel and a ridge that peripherally surrounds the main panel. The main panel can comprise a first face and a second face opposite the first face. One or more electrodes can be exposed on the first face but not exposed on the second face. The paddles can be sutured to anatomical structures. The sutures can be threaded through the main panel but not through the ridge. The paddle can be thicker along the ridge than along the main panel.
US09572973B2	Recessed burr hole covers and methods for using the same A burr hole cover is configured to be recessed in a burr hole formed in a patient and includes a base and a cap provided with complementary features to allow a portion of a medical device, such as a brain lead, to be situated in the burr hole cover and then secured by rotation of the cap relative to the base. The features include channels on the base and matching cut-outs on the cap, and slots and locking pockets on the base that are configured to be aligned with locking tabs and locking protrusions on the cap. Because the burr hole cover is recessed in the burr hole, the medical device can extend proximally of the burr hole at the level of the cranium. A bottom surface of the cap may be provided with guides for the lead extending distally in towards the brain.
US09572972B2	Uterine electrical stimulation system and method Systems and methods for applying stimulating current to a patient for treating insufficient uterine contractions are provided. The system includes stimulation electrodes of a balloon electrode array device, a ring electrode array device, an electrode probe device, or a mesh electrode array device. Some aspects of the invention also provide a connector and cable device for coupling the stimulation electrodes to electronics for generating and providing the stimulating current to the stimulation electrodes.
US09572968B2	Compressive oxygen diffusive wound dressings Oxygen diffusive wound dressings and methods of manufacturing and use are described herein. The wound dressing may generally provide a ready supply of oxygen to a wound being treated via one or more oxygen conduits which are designed to pass oxygen from ambient air or other oxygen reservoirs into proximity to the wound, and may also provide for exudate removal through transecting channels in fluid communication with both the wound surface and a hydrophilic absorbent material.
US09572966B2	Cleansing device and method An external device for applying a substance to the perineum comprises: a bottom wall; and an elastic side wall extending from the bottom wall; wherein said bottom wall and side wall together form an open cup-shaped body for holding the substance.
US09572965B2	Adjustable hydrocephalus valve An adjustable hydrocephalus valve for pressure equalization of the cerebrospinal fluid in the cranium of a hydrocephalus patient. The valve is adjustable to change the opening and closing pressure of the valve. The valve housing has a cover portion that can be depressed to thereby disengage a locking device to permit adjustment of the valve. The cover portion bulges outwardly, but bulges inwardly when depressed. The cover portion snaps when moved between the outward bulge and the inward bulge to thereby generate an audio and/or visual signal indicating that the cover portion has been switched from the outward bulge to the inward bulge, and vice versa.
US09572952B2	Housing for solid, fluidal substance for removing an undesired respiratory gas component of a respiratory gas flow and an arrangement for ventilating lungs of a subject A housing for a solid, fluidal substance for removing an undesired respiratory gas component of a respiratory gas flow, the housing comprising a space for receiving the solid, fluidal substance, a wall surrounding part of the space, a first separator surrounding part of the space, the first separator being configured to allow the respiratory gas to flow and to prevent the solid, fluidal substance from escaping from the space through the first separator, a second separator surrounding part of the space, the second separator being configured to allow the respiratory gas to flow and to prevent the solid, fluidal substance from escaping from the space through the second separator; and a limiter disposed between the first separator and the second separator, the limiter being configured to limit movement of the solid, fluidal substance inside the space.
US09572949B2	Wire heated tube with temperature control system for humidifier for respiratory apparatus A PAP system for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a flow generator to generate a supply of breathable gas to be delivered to the patient; a humidifier including a heating plate to vaporize water and deliver water vapor to humidify the supply of breathable gas; a heated tube configured to heat and deliver the humidified supply of breathable gas to the patient; a power supply configured to supply power to the heating plate and the heated tube; and a controller configured to control the power supply to prevent overheating of the heating plate and the heated tube.
US09572946B2	Facial mask and endotracheal intubation system According to one aspect of this invention, there is provided a medical facial mask having intubation port to insert an endotracheal tube; air ventilation port to perform artificial ventilation during intubation procedure; and a display device to display image of a patient's airway, wherein the image is transmitted from an image acquisition device which is inserted in the patient's airway.
US09572943B2	Particle dispersion device for nasal delivery A nebulizer and a method of breathing using the nebulizer is described. The nebulizer and breathing techniques are capable of delivering medicament into the sinus cavity of a user.
US09572940B2	Drive assembly for a medication delivery device and medication delivery device A drive assembly for a medication delivery device is provided which is switchable from an operational state to a resetting state and which comprises: a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, a drive member adapted to be rotated with respect to the housing, and a stop member adapted to prevent rotational movement of the drive member in a first direction with respect to the housing and to permit rotational movement of the drive member in a second direction with respect to the housing, the second direction being opposite to the first direction. In the operational state of the drive assembly the stop member is held in engagement with the drive member, and for switching into the resetting state of the drive assembly the stop member is enabled to disengage from the drive member caused by gravity due to the weight of the stop member. Moreover, in the operational state of the drive assembly the drive member may be held in engagement with a rotation member, and for switching into the resetting state of the drive assembly the drive member may be enabled to disengage from the rotation member caused by gravity due to the weight of the drive member.
US09572939B2	Piston for a cartridge for use in a drug delivery device The present invention relates to a piston for a cartridge to be filled with a medicament, the piston comprising: a first piston member comprising a first material and forming a distal end face of the piston, a second piston member comprising a second material of lower compressibility compared to the first material, wherein the second piston member is arranged in a cupped receptacle of the first piston member and provides a thrust receiving surface at a proximal end of the piston.
US09572936B2	Integrated insulin delivery system with continuous glucose sensor Systems and methods for integrating a continuous glucose sensor 12, including a receiver 14, a medicament delivery device 16, a controller module, and optionally a single point glucose monitor 18 are provided. Integration may be manual, semi-automated and/or fully automated.
US09572934B2	Robust closed loop control and methods Method of monitoring a control operation of a medication delivery system, determining whether a signal level received from an analyte sensor is associated with a fault condition and a potential fault condition, and adjusting a medication delivery rate executed by the control operation when it is determined that the signal level from the analyte sensor is associated with one of the fault condition or the potential fault condition, where the medication delivery rate is adjusted to a first predetermined range when the signal level is associated with the fault condition, and adjusted to a second predetermined range when the signal level is associated with the potential fault condition is provided. Devices, systems and kits for implementing the afore-mentioned method are also provided.
US09572933B2	Extravasation detection apparatus and methods Described herein is an extravasation tester that pinches an infusion line closed between a wheel and a platen, and then peristaltically withdraws fluid into the infusion line as the wheel is rolled away from a puncture site. Extravasation is determined to have occurred if little or no blood appears in a sight chamber positioned near the puncture site when a test fluid is withdrawn into the infusion line from the puncture site.
US09572932B2	Medicament delivery device and method of controlling the device Described is a needle assembly reuse prevention mechanism comprising a barrier movable between a retracted position and an extended position, a spring coupled to the barrier, a pin formed on the barrier, and a slot receiving the pin. When in the extended position, the barrier substantially covers an opening of a needle assembly storage compartment. The spring forces the barrier in a first direction. The slot has at least one abutment face for abutting the pin and preventing movement of the barrier in the first direction.
US09572930B2	Passively shielding needle assembly with skin sensor A shielding needle assembly is provided with a hub having a needle cannula with a puncture tip extending from a forward end thereof, and a shield member in telescoping association with the hub. A drive member biases the hub and the shield member away from each other for relative telescopic movement between a first position in which the puncture tip extends from a forward end of the shield member, and a second position in which the puncture tip is encompassed within the shield member. A pivoting lever maintains the hub and the shield member in the first position against the bias of the drive member with the needle cannula exposed for use. The lever is pivotable during contact with a patient's skin surface such as during venipuncture, thereby releasing the hub and the shield member from the first position and permitting the drive member to bias the hub and the shield member toward the second position.
US09572929B2	Blood collection assembly having a multi-function shield A needle assembly includes a housing having proximal and distal ends, an IV cannula projecting distally from the housing, and an IV shield having an engagement. The housing has a shield seat and the IV cannula has a distal tip. The IV shield has a pre-use position where the IV shield covers the distal tip of the IV cannula and the engagement is disengaged from the shield seat, and a use position where the engagement is engaged with the shield seat and the IV shield is adapted to move between a non-shielded position, in which the distal tip is exposed, and a shielded position, in which the distal tip is shielded by the IV shield.
US09572927B2	Medicament delivery devices A medicament delivery device comprises a housing, a telescopic piston rod assembly for driving a bung of a medicament container, and a drive mechanism for the telescopic piston rod assembly. The telescopic piston rod assembly comprises a plunger for driving a bung, a key for allowing predominantly axial movement between the plunger and the housing and an input drive telescopically coupled to the plunger and supported for rotational and axial movement relative the housing. The drive mechanism additionally comprises a transfer drive that operates to rotate the input drive. As the input drive rotates, it moves axially relative to the housing, expanding telescopically relative to the plunger.
US09572925B2	Liquid transporting apparatus and liquid transporting method A liquid transporting apparatus includes a driving section that transports a the liquid; a control section that controls the driving section, based on a control pattern; and an operation section that is operated to change the control pattern for controlling the driving section.
US09572923B2	System for maintaining drug information and communicating with medication delivery devices A system for maintaining drug information and communicating with medication delivery devices includes software designed for use in a hospital, pharmacy or biomedical technical service environments. The software may be provided on a computer readable medium. The software allows a facility to customize a drug library with both hard and soft drug limits and other parameters for use with an infuser having a plug and play module removably inserted into a slot within a housing, or for use with an infuser having a connectivity engine enclosed within the housing. The system supports data transfer to one or more infusers connected to one or more computers. The connection between the computer and the pump can be hard wired or wireless.
US09572922B2	Inventive diabetic systems, tools, kits, and supplies for better diabetic living and mobility A pocket sized diabetic kit carrying supplies that a diabetic patient will need for 24 hours includes but not limited to Lancet pen, lancets, small test strip bottle filled with test strips, blood test meter, one or more insulin types stored in a plurality of pre-filled syringes, one syringe splint or just one hard plunger, a plurality of alcohol pads, one blood plotter pad, Velcro straps and a syringe clipper. The pocket diabetic kit is compact, small and thin and can fit into a pocket so that a diabetic patient can be easily carried in the pants' pocket or other pockets without causing inconvenience or uncomfortable. The present invention also discloses ways to modify supplies including tools, medication syringes, etc.
US09572918B2	Graphene-based filter for isolating a substance from blood A device isolates a substance from blood. The substance includes particles with an effective diameter that is within a range defined by effective diameters of constituents of blood. The device comprises a first sheet of graphene including a first plurality of apertures. The first plurality of apertures are configured to pass objects with an effective diameter less than or equal to the effective diameter of the particles of the substance. The device comprises a second sheet of graphene including a second plurality of apertures. The second plurality of apertures are configured to pass objects with an effective diameter less than the effective diameter of the particles of the substance. The device may be configured to include a conduit system. The device may be configured to operate according to a reversible cycle.
US09572914B2	Compositions and devices incorporating water-insoluble therapeutic agents and methods of the use thereof Various aspects of the present invention provide compositions and implantable devices including a water-insoluble therapeutic agent solubilized in a matrix of a gallate-containing compound. Other aspects provide methods of manufacturing and using such compositions and devices
US09572913B2	Use of polymeric or oligomeric active ingredients for medical articles The invention relates to the use of polymeric or oligomeric active ingredients having a biocidal effect as additives in the composition of medical articles. The invention further relates to medical articles that comprise such additives.
US09572910B2	pH responsive self-healing hydrogels formed by boronate-catechol complexation Biocompatible hydrogels made from cross-linked catechol-borate ester polymers are disclosed, along with methods of synthesizing and using such hydrogels. The hydrogels of the present invention are prepared by boronic acid-catechol complexation between catechol-containing macromonomers and boronic acid-containing cross-linkers. The resulting hydrogels are pH-responsive and self-healing, and can be used in a number of different biomedical applications, including in surgical implants, in surgical adhesives, and in drug delivery systems is data provides further evidence of the viability of using the disclosed hydrogels for in vivo in biomedical applications.
US09572908B2	Manufacturing and applications of adhesive materials A novel method of manufacturing and applications of a composition of matter comprising of a cross-linked form of a polysaccharide, at least one cross-linking agent comprised of divalent ions for effecting said cross-linked form of said polysaccharide, and at least one synthetically prepared phloroglucinol compound selected from the group comprising of phloroglucinol, a derivative of phloroglucinol, and a polymer synthetically prepared from phloroglucinol or a derivative of phloroglucinol, as an adhesive in procedures for reattaching or repairing body parts or components thereof, such as tissue, of (human or animal) subjects, especially under wet conditions, for example, involving adhesion of wet surfaces.
US09572905B2	Sterile indicator for a sterilization container A sterile display for a sterile container includes a thermally actuatable display apparatus for the display of a first and a second sterility condition of the sterile container. The display apparatus includes an adjustment mechanism having an actuator element which can be transferred, by external heating, from a first stress state in which the first sterility condition can be displayed, to a second stress state in which the second sterility condition can be displayed. The adjustment mechanism includes a thermo-bimetal element wherein, by its actuation, the actuator element of the adjustment mechanism can be transferred from the first stress state to the second stress state.
US09572904B2	Sterilizing device with pinch actuated cap and housing Devices and methods for sterilizing the outer and inner surfaces of a working end-site of a medical device such as a catheter hub, luer connector, luer component, needleless access site, and/or access port are discussed. The sterilizing device can include a housing, a sterilizing element including an antipathogenic agent configured for sterilizing the working end-site of a medical device, and a cap hingedly coupled to the housing and configured to hermetically seal the sterilizing element within the housing. One or more features on the cap and housing serve to hermetically seal the cap to the housing prior to use.
US09572900B2	Cell penetrating peptide, conjugate comprising same, and composition comprising conjugate The present invention relates to a conjugate of cell penetrating peptide and an active ingredient; and its use. Specifically, a conjugate including a cell penetrating peptide which is a peptide comprising any one amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 to SEQ ID NO: 178, a fragment of any one sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 to SEQ ID NO: 178, or a peptide having above 80% homology with the above-mentioned sequence; and a composition comprising the same are disclosed.
US09572898B2	Functionalized fluorine containing phthalocyanine molecules Functionalized fluorine containing phthalocyanine molecules, methods of making, and methods of use in diagnostic applications and disease treatment are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the fluorine containing phthalocyanine molecules are functionalized with a reactive functional group or at least one cancer-targeting ligand (CTL). The CTL can facilitate more efficient binding and/or internalization to a cancer cell than to a healthy cell. The CTL can inhibit expression of oncoprotein in some embodiments. The pthalocyanine moiety can be used in diagnostic applications, such as fluorescence labeling of a cancer cell, and/or treatment applications, such as catalyzing formation of a reactive oxygen species (ROS) which can contribute to cell death of a cancer cell.
US09572896B2	In vivo production of proteins The invention relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, manufacture and therapeutic use of polynucleotides, primary transcripts and mmRNA molecules.
US09572878B2	Method of combination therapy using an EGFR antagonist and anti-c-Met antibody A method of combination therapy for prevention and/or treatment of c-Met- and/or EGFR-induced diseases including co-administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an EGFR antagonist and a pharmaceutically effective amount of an anti-c-Met antibody to a subject in need thereof is provided.
US09572876B2	Paramyxovirus immunogens and related materials and methods The present invention includes methyltransferase (MTase)-defective recombinant viruses as live vaccine candidates for human metapneumovirus (hMPV), human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV), and human parainfluenza virus type 3 (PIV3). Here the inventors provide the technical description for generating MTase-defective paramyxoviruses useful as immunogens, as well as related materials and methods.
US09572875B2	Polyvalent conjugate vaccine for cancer This invention provides a polyvalent vaccine comprising at least two conjugated antigens selected from a group containing glycolipid antigen, polysaccharide antigen, mucin antigen, glycosylated mucin antigen and an appropriate adjuvant. This invention also provides a multivalent vaccine comprising at least two of the following: glycosylated MUC-1-32mer, Globo H, GM2, Ley, Tn(c), sTN(c), and TF(c). This invention provides the vaccine above, wherein the adjuvant is saponin-based adjuvant. This invention provides a method for inducing immune response in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of the vaccine above to the subject. Finally, this invention provides a method for treating cancer in a subject comprising administering an appropriate amount of the vaccine above to the subject.
US09572874B2	Composition comprising a complexed (M)RNA and a naked mRNA for providing or enhancing an immunostimulatory response in a mammal and uses thereof The present invention relates to an immunostimulatory composition comprising a) an adjuvant component, comprising or consisting of at least one (m)RNA, complexed with a cationic or polycationic compound, and b) at least one free mRNA, encoding at least one therapeutically active protein, antigen, allergen and/or antibody, wherein the immunostimulatory composition is capable to elicit or enhance an innate and optionally an adaptive immune response in a mammal. The inventive immunostimulatory composition may be a pharmaceutical composition or a vaccine. The invention furthermore relates to a method of preparation of the inventive immunostimulatory composition. The invention also relates to the use of the inventive immunostimulatory composition or its components (for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition or a vaccine) for the treatment of various diseases. Finally, the invention relates to kits containing the inventive immunostimulatory composition, its components and/or the pharmaceutical composition or vaccine.
US09572872B2	Treatment of disease using inter-alpha inhibitor proteins The invention relates to methods of treatment of medical conditions (e.g., diseases and injuries) in a mammal (e.g., a human), such as hypoxia/ischemia, burns, and viral infections (e.g., influenza, West Nile virus, and Dengue fever), in adults and in children (e.g., neonates) by administering a composition that includes an IAIP.
US09572871B2	High frequency application of botulinum toxin therapy The present invention relates to methods for treating diseases and disorders by administering a composition containing the neurotoxic component of a Clostridium botulinum toxin complex, wherein the composition is devoid of any other protein of the Clostridium botulinum toxin complex and wherein the composition is administered at short intervals and/or in high doses.
US09572867B2	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.
US09572864B2	Compositions and uses of lectins The disclosure relates to uses of a purified or isolated lectin to kill bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to method of treating or preventing an infection comprising administering a purified or isolated galectin to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the subject is at risk of, exhibiting symptoms of, or diagnosed with a pathogenic infection.
US09572863B2	Methods for preventing or treating certain disorders by inhibiting binding of IL-4 and/or IL-13 to their respective receptors The present disclosure relates to methods of treating, ameliorating or preventing a disorder comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a protein which inhibits IL-4 and/or IL-13 from binding to their respective receptors to a subject in need thereof. In some embodiments, the disorder is preferably associated with an increase of the Th2 immune response. In some embodiments, administration is preferably locally to the lung in order to treat, ameliorate or prevent allergic asthma, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, lung fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis or adult respiratory distress syndrome.
US09572860B2	Methods and compositions for inhibition of viral replication The present invention is directed to methods and compositions that are effective in the inhibition of viral replication. In particular, the methods and compositions are effective at interfering with the activity of host cell proteins required in viral replication. For example, an embodiment of the invention is directed to methods and compositions comprising RNA sequences to which the host cell proteins TIAR and/or TIA-1 bind.
US09572854B2	Treatment of protein degradation disorders The invention relates to methods of treating protein degradation disorders, such cellular proliferative disorders (e.g., cancer) and protein deposition disorders (e.g., neurodegenerative disorders). The invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating these diseases using aggresome inhibitors or combinations of aggresome inhibitors and proteasome inhibitors. The invention further relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating multiple myeloma. New HDAC/TDAC inhibitors and aggresome inhibitors are also provided as well as synthetic methodologies for preparing these compounds.
US09572851B2	Pharmaceutical composition for treating drug addiction The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating drug addiction comprising herb Gelsemium elegans Benth. and the flower of herb Datura metel L., and optionally any pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the weight/weight ratio of the raw material of Gelsemium elegans Benth. to the raw material of the flower of Datura metel is from 2:1 to 6:1.
US09572850B2	Use of cajeput and Pimenta racemosa extract for treating parasitic infestation of fish The present invention relates to a combination of cajeput and extract from the plant Pimenta racemosa for use in preventing ornamental fish parasite infestation or removing ornamental fish parasites. The combination of cajeput and extract from the plant Pimenta racemosa is administered to the fish.
US09572849B2	Recovery of residual plant components after distillation of essential oils Methods for recovering valuable compounds and substances from plants after distillation of oils are disclosed. The methods involve various aqueous and non-aqueous solvent extraction of plant material from which oils have been distilled previously.
US09572844B2	Immunostimulation agent The present invention provides Leuconostoc mesenteroides NTM048 strain deposited under accession No. NITE BP-1519, or a mutant strain thereof or a processed bacterium thereof, and a lactobacillus preparation and an immunity (particularly intestinal immunity) stimulant, containing the lactobacillus or a processed bacterium thereof.
US09572843B2	Combination bacteriolytic therapy for the treatment of tumors Current approaches for treating cancer are limited, in part, by the inability of drugs to affect the poorly vascularized regions of tumors. We have found that spores of anaerobic bacteria in combination with agents which interact with microtubules can cause the destruction of both the vascular and avascular compartments of tumors. Two classes of microtubule inhibitors were found to exert markedly different effects. Some agents that inhibited microtubule synthesis, such as vinorelbine, caused rapid, massive hemorrhagic necrosis when used in combination with spores. In contrast, agents that stabilized microtubules, such as the taxane, docetaxel, resulted in slow tumor regressions that killed most neoplastic cells. Remaining cells in the poorly perfused regions of tumors could be eradicated by sporulated bacteria. Mechanistic studies showed that the microtubule destabilizers, but not the microtubule stabilizers, radically reduced blood flow to tumors, thereby enlarging the hypoxic niche in which spores could germinate. A single intravenous injection of spores plus selected microtubule-interacting agents was able to cause regressions of several tumors in the absence of excessive toxicity.
US09572840B2	Regeneration and repair of neural tissue using postpartum-derived cells Cells derived from postpartum umbilicus and placenta are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions, devices and methods for the regeneration or repair of neural tissue using the postpartum-derived cells are also disclosed.
US09572838B2	Method for production of anti-tumor TRAIL protein A method for production of anti-tumor TRAIL includes inserting a TRAIL molecule, encoded by a viral vector irreversibly derived from a cell line, into a carrier cell, thereby obtaining a stably TRAIL-producing carrier cell, and wherein the TRAIL molecule includes a soluble molecule.
US09572830B2	Uridine effects on dopamine release The present invention provides methods for increasing secretion of dopamine and other neurotransmitters and treating or reducing the incidence of diseases involving decreased secretion of dopamine and other neurotransmitters, e.g. Parkinson's disease, comprising administering to the subject a uridine or a source thereof, and compositions for treating or reducing an incidence of Parkinson's disease, comprising a uridine, a uridine monophosphate, or a source thereof.
US09572829B2	Treatment of ocular disorders The invention includes a method of treating an intraocular disorder in a mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal a Very Late Antigen-4 (VLA-4) antagonist for the treatment of selected ocular disorders.
US09572826B2	Compositions for the treatment of hair loss A composition for the treatment or prevention of a disorder resulting in hair loss comprises a cardiac glycoside as active principal.
US09572824B2	Bicyclic aryl sphingosine 1-phosphate analogs Compounds that have agonist activity at one or more of the S1P receptors are provided. The compounds are sphin-gosine analogs that, after phosphorylation, can behave as agonists at S1P receptors.
US09572821B2	Pharmaceutical compositions for preventing and treating eye pathologies The present invention relates to pharmacology, medicine, ophthalmology, and, in particular, concerns a class of chemical compounds of structure (I) and also their solvates, isomers or prodrugs applicable when incorporated into pharmaceutical compositions also containing pharmaceutically acceptable carrier which can be useful for prophylaxis and treatment of different eye pathologies such as cataract and macular dystrophy.
US09572820B2	Methods of treating autophagy-associated disorders and related pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostics, screening techniques and kits The invention provides methods of treating autophagy mediated diseases and disorders and related pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostics, screening techniques and kits. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of determining whether a subject suffers from, or is at risk of developing, and autophagy mediated disease state and/or condition by evaluating LC3 levels.
US09572816B2	Method of treatment of disease An embodiment of the invention provides a use of an effective amount of a transition metal complex of a corrole, an optically active isomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for treating a disease of the eye and/or the kidney in a subject suffering from diabetes. An embodiment of the invention further provides a use of a transition metal complex of a corrole, an optically active isomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for lowering serum glucose and serum triglyceride levels in a subject suffering from diabetes.
US09572814B2	Methods of improving the pharmacokinetics of doxepin Methods of improving the pharmacokinetics of doxepin in a patient.
US09572813B2	Antiviral agent The present invention provides an integrase inhibitor. The inventors have found the following compound of formula (I) possessing an integrase inhibitory activity. (wherein, RC and RD taken together with the neighboring carbon atoms form a ring which may be a condensed ring, Y is hydroxyl, mercapto or amino; Z is O, S or NH; RA is a group shown by (wherein, C ring is N-containing aromatic heterocycle) or the like).
US09572811B2	Treatment of dry eye The present disclosure provides a method of treating dry eye by inhibition of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (hereinafter “BTK”) inhibitors, pharmaceutical formulations comprising the same, and processes for preparing such compounds.
US09572810B2	Methods of treating or ameliorating skin conditions with a magnetic dipole stabilized solution The present invention is directed to methods for treating or ameliorating skin conditions, diabetic conditions, cardiovascular conditions, cancer, infections or metal poisoning, enhancing performance, or providing nutritional support, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof compositions comprising a magnetic dipole stabilized solution (MDSS). The MDSS solution may include additional components and can be provided in a kit.
US09572809B2	Combination therapy to treat Mycobacterium diseases The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein X and R are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as gyrase and/or topoisomerase IV inhibitors for treating bacterial infections. The compounds of formula (I) either possess a broad range of anti-bacterial activity and advantageous toxicological properties or are prodrugs of compounds having said activity.
US09572807B2	Protocols for treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) Although it is known that certain benzylpiperazine-aminopyridines or open chain forms thereof are effective in stimulating neural growth in in vitro tests, it has now been surprisingly found that administering these compounds in a dosage range of 10 mg/day-130 mg/day over 25-35 days is effective in treating Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) such that statistically significant results can be obtained with samples of only six subjects.
US09572806B2	Elution-stabilized preparation The invention provides a solid preparation which does not undergo the delay of elution of the active ingredient even after long-term storage. The solid preparation independently contains a teneligliptin-containing part containing teneligliptin or a salt thereof, or a solvate of teneligliptin or the salt thereof, in an amount 1.5- to 10-fold larger than that desired for the solid preparation.
US09572804B2	Controlled release hydrocodone formulations A solid oral controlled-release dosage form of hydrocodone is disclosed, the dosage form comprising an analgesically effective amount of hydrocodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and controlled release material.
US09572799B2	Pyrazolopyridine derivatives for use in the treatment of bladder cancer The invention relates to the use of compounds corresponding to formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for preparing a medicament for the treatment of bladder cancer.
US09572794B2	Substituted indoles as selective protease activated receptor 4 (PAR-4) antagonists Embodiments of the invention include substituted indole compounds and compositions thereof to inhibit protease activated receptor-4. Also described are methods of preparation of compositions and methods for treating diseases related to thrombotic disorders by administration of the composition.
US09572793B2	PKC delta inhibitors for use as therapeutics The invention is directed to compounds that are specific inhibitors of PKC delta, and methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of cancers and other disorders. Compositions comprising compounds of the invention are used to treat cancers such as, for example, carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors, malignant melanomas, pancreatic, gastrointestinal and lung cancers. Neuroendocrine tumor cell lines of pulmonary and gastrointestinal origin are surprisingly sensitive to PKC delta inhibition by the compounds of the invention. The invention is further directed to methods, compositions and kits containing compounds of the formulas (Ia), (IIa), (IIIa), (IVa), and (V) as disclosed and described in FIGS. 11 and 12.
US09572791B2	Combination of unsaponifiable lipids combined with polyphenols and/or catechins for the protection, treatment and repair of cartilage in joints of humans and animals The present invention relates to a composition and a kit for the protection, treatment and repair of cartilage in humans and animal joints. The composition or kit contains a combination of unsaponifiable lipids together with one or more of polyphenols and/or catechins. Preferably, the composition or kit contains avocado:soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) and green tea.
US09572790B2	Transmucosal taxane composition The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for delivering an active agent taxane through transmucosal administration, more particularly through the buccal mucosa or sublingual mucosa. The present invention provides a method for treating cancer by buccal or sublingual administration of the pharmaceutical composition to a subject. The pharmaceutical composition comprises a taxane, a non-ionic surfactant, a viscosity enhancing agent, an adhesive agent, and an alcohol solvent at pH 4-6.
US09572787B2	Inhibition of renal fibrosis The invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting renal fibrosis.
US09572782B2	Enteric coated multiparticulate composition with proteinaceous subcoat A multiparticulate composition includes a plurality of individual enteric coated cores containing one or more terpene-based active ingredients and having a continuous proteinaceous subcoating layer covering the individual cores and separating the individual cores from their respective enteric coatings. The continuous proteinaceous subcoating layer prevents volatile terpene-based active ingredients from leaving the core, even when the core is heated during processing or stored for long periods above room temperature. The multiparticulate composition may be used to treat gastrointestinal disorders.
US09572776B2	Vectors including an anionic macromolecule and a cationic lipid for delivering small nucleic acids The invention relates to a composition including (1) an anionic macromolecule except nucleic acids, (2) a cationic lip, and (3) a nucleic acid having a size lower than or equal to 200 nucleotides, such as an interference RNA, and to the use thereof in gene therapy.
US09572775B2	Non surfactant hydro-alcoholic foamable compositions, breakable foams and their uses A substantially surface active agent-free foamable composition which includes short-chain alcohol, water, polymer, fatty alcohol or fatty acid or a combination of fatty alcohol and fatty acid and propellant. A substantially surface active agent-free foamable composition which includes, water, polymer, fatty alcohol or fatty acid and propellant. A method of treatment using a substantially surface active agent-free foamable compositions.
US09572774B2	Dry powder vancomycin compositions and associated methods Dry powder vancomycin compositions and methods for administering and preparing such compositions are provided.
US09572768B2	Cosmetic composition for use in increasing the collagen synthesis in skin cells The invention refers to a cosmetic composition for increasing collagen synthesis in skin cells comprising 0.001-0.5 wt % of a Phaeodactylum tricornutum extract, 0.00001-2.0 wt % of Dimer Tripeptide-43 or Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, and cosmetic auxiliaries. The cosmetic composition comprising the combination of both components has an synergistic effect on collagen I synthesis in skin cells and has a booster effect to other substances which are known to have an enhancing effect to collagen I synthesis.
US09572767B2	Luminate hand cream The present invention features novel cosmetic skin care compositions for improving the appearance of skin.
US09572766B2	Polyherbal composition for skin care Described herein is a polyherbal composition effective in skin care, including singularly or in certain combinations 0.01% to 15% of Ziziphus extract, 0.01% to 10% of Prunus extract, suitable delivery system, and a suitable carrier.
US09572761B2	Method of treating hair The present invention is directed to a method for straightening hair, wherein the method of straightening hair comprises the step of: (1) applying to the hair a hair treatment composition comprising: i) gluconolactone, in which the level of gluconolactone is from 1.5 to 5 wt % of the total hair treatment composition; and ii) citric acid, in which the level of citric acid is from 1 to 5 wt % of the total hair treatment composition; and (2) applying heat to the hair at a temperature of greater than 120° C. for at least 10 seconds after the hair treatment composition is applied to the hair, wherein the hair treatment composition is applied to dry hair.
US09572759B2	Sunscreen compositions having synergistic combination of UV filters The disclosure relates to sunscreen compositions having a synergistic combination of ultraviolet light (UV) filtering agents that provide a high sun protection factor (SPF). Compositions according to the disclosure have high SPF values without requiring high total amounts of UV filtering agents. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to methods of using the described compositions for protecting keratinous substances such as skin and hair from UV radiation.
US09572756B2	Teeth whitening methods, visually perceptible signals and compositions therefor Described herein are methods of cleaning a tooth comprising administering a composition comprising a zinc amino acid halide complex to the oral cavity; and retaining the composition in the oral cavity for a time sufficient to form a precipitate.
US09572752B1	Medical port assembly A medical port assembly having a body assembly with a top wall, a bottom wall, first and second walls, and an interior wall. The body assembly further has an exterior wall and an interior adhesive wall. The interior adhesive wall has adhesive means. A permeable wall comprises a slit protected by an overlapping flap. The interior wall and the permeable wall define a cavity. A protective cover covers the interior adhesive wall and/or the cavity. The protective cover adheres to the adhesive. A feeding tube is positioned through the slit. The feeding tube has a distal end, an external retention ring, and at least one port defined as a feeding port, a medication port, or a fluid port. When not utilized, the feeding tube is stored within the cavity.
US09572745B2	Massage roller device A massage roller device includes a body having a tube and an outer layer. The tube is rigid and includes a receiving portion having two openings. A first coupling portion is provided in each opening. The outer layer is made of a soft material and is mounted around the tube. The massage roller device further includes two covers made of a rigid material are provided. Each cover covers one of the openings of the body. Each cover includes a lid having an inner side and an outer side opposite to the inner side. A second coupling portion is provided on the inner side of each lid. Two engagement pegs are formed on the outer side of each lid. Two engagement grooves are defined in the outer side of each lid.
US09572744B2	Massage device with a massage head equipped with massage wheels A massage device includes a body which contains motor and massage head, where installation mechanism is located between the body and the massage head and said head includes application surface and two massage wheels located along two initial parallel longitudinal axes, which are separated and extend partially outside the application surface. The massage head includes to cause the two wheels to rotate in synchronization and in opposite directions so that, when seen in perpendicular plane to the two axes with the wheels toward the bottom, section of wheel located on the left which extends past the application surface turns counterclockwise and section of wheel located on the right which extends past the application surface turns clockwise. A wheel spacing adjustment system is designed to initially create a minimum distance between the wheels then to adjust the distance to reach a position of equilibrium.
US09572742B2	Relaxation device A relaxation device comprising: a resting platform having a generally planar surface; a frame assembly supporting the resting platform; the frame assembly having at least one rail extending along an axis oriented along the width of the resting platform; a frame support for supporting the frame assembly above the ground, the frame support having a rail guide extending along an axis oriented along the width of the resting platform, the at least one rail slidably mounted to the rail guide; and a cam assembly having a cam, a cam arm, a cam guide and a motor, the cam guide fixedly mounted to the at least one rail, the cam guide having a slot extending orthogonal to the at least one rail, the slot defining a cam path, the cam mounted to a distal end of the cam arm, the cam operatively disposed within the slot, the motor mechanically connected to the cam arm so as to rotate the cam arm, wherein the cam is moved along the cam path further moving the at least one rail between opposing ends of the rail guide so as to move the resting platform in a side-to-side manner.
US09572741B2	Surgical table arm support assembly and surgical table A surgical table arm support assembly and surgical table therewith is provided. The assembly includes a mount bracket and an upright support member operably attached to the mount bracket. A lateral support member is operably attached to the upright support member. The lateral support member is selectively movable about 3 axes. An arm support member is operably attached to the lateral support member. The arm support member is selectively movable about 3-axes. The arm support member can be precisely positioned and releasably fixed in the desired position to best assure the patient's arm, which is releasably fixed to the arm support member, is properly supported and located over the course of a lengthy surgical procedure to minimize the risk of trauma resulting from the arm being supported in a rearward extending, elevated position.
US09572740B2	Incubator illumination Monitoring of infants in an incubator may use cameras to measure vital signs and other medical parameters, including oxygen saturation of arterial blood. However, the images obtained by these cameras suffer from a reduced signal-to-noise ratio due to specular reflectance from light reflecting off the skin of the infant. By including radiation scattering structures within the incubator walls and light sources arranged along the edges of the incubator walls, diffuse illumination may be achieved, specular reflectance may be reduced, and the above-mentioned adverse affects on the signal-to-noise ratio of the camera images may be avoided and/or reduced.
US09572738B2	Face-down therapeutic system for improved posture and spine alignment Certain embodiments provide a face-down therapeutic system for improved posture and spine alignment. The system includes a face-piece including at least one cushion operable to receive a face of a user. The face-piece is adapted to be positioned on a flat surface. The system also includes two padded shoulder pieces, where each of the shoulder pieces is operable to receive a shoulder of the user. The shoulder pieces are adapted to be positioned on the flat surface. The system includes a padded pelvic-piece operable to receive a pelvis of the user. The pelvic-piece is adapted to be positioned on the flat surface.
US09572737B2	Hospital bed having communication modules A system for use with a hospital bed having circuitry and a standard AC power outlet spaced from the hospital bed is provided. The system includes a cable assembly couplable to the circuitry of the hospital bed. The cable assembly has power conductors and at least one data conductor. The cable assembly also has a plug including a first power coupler coupled to the power conductors and a first data coupler coupled to the at least one data conductor. The system also includes a second data coupler mountable adjacent the standard AC power outlet. The second data coupler is configured to couple to the first data coupler when the first power coupler is coupled to the standard AC power outlet.
US09572736B2	Adjustable bed with improved shear reducing mechanism A sliding thorax assembly subframe is mounted to a thorax assembly main frame section of an articulating bed and is adapted to descend as the torso section of the bed is raised to an inclined position. The mechanism, which is optionally combined with a slideback mechanism to extend the pelvic area of the bed in a longitudinal direction, reduces compressive and shear forces on the patient during bed articulation.
US09572734B2	Fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati A fail-safe release mechanism for use with patient positioning support apparati having a base structure and a patient support structure, to prevent collapse of the patient support during disconnection of the patient support structure from the base structure.
US09572731B2	Protective disposable wrapper for tampons Tampon packaging and disposal systems and methods are disclosed. The packaging has a flexible mitten and an optional attached tampon enclosure. The tampon enclosure can package a tampon and the flexible mitten wraps around the tampon enclosure. When unwrapped, the tampon enclosure is detachable from the mitten and the tampon can be used by a user. The mitten is used for removing the used tampon worn by the user and disposing of the used tampon after removal.
US09572730B2	Feminine product dispensing assembly A feminine product dispensing assembly for containing and dispensing feminine products includes a canister structured to insertably receive a used feminine product. A pair of dispensers is each coupled to the canister. The dispensers are structured to dispense a new feminine product. A first lid is coupled to the canister. The first lid has an aperture extending therethrough. The used feminine product is insertable through the aperture. A second lid is coupled to the canister. The second lid closes the canister.
US09572721B2	Method for manufacturing absorbent articles including a discrete barrier member A method for manufacturing an absorbent article including a topsheet, a backsheet, a core, a discrete barrier member, a first cuff, and a second cuff. A barrier substrate may be cut into a discrete barrier member including a leading edge portion, an opposing trailing edge portion, and a central portion therebetween. The discrete barrier substrate may be transferred onto a folding roll. A first cuff substrate and a second cuff substrate may be advanced onto the folding roll such that the discrete barrier substrate may be disposed on at least a portion of the first cuff substrate and the second cuff substrate. The discrete barrier member may include a fold between the leading edge portion and the trailing edge portion. A topsheet substrate may associate with at least a portion of the discrete barrier member, the first cuff substrate, and the second cuff substrate.
US09572712B2	Osmotically actuated fluidic valve An implantable fluidic valve actuated by osmotic pressure gradient and methods of operating it are provided. The valve includes: an input fluid channel; an output fluid channel in fluid communication with the input fluid channel at an aperture; and a semi-permeable membrane forming a portion of a sealed chamber. The semi-permeable membrane may have an outer surface forming a wall of the input fluid channel, and an inner surface forming a wall of the sealed chamber, the membrane being configured to allow diffusion of a solvent into and out of the sealed chamber; and a first electrode and a second electrode disposed within the sealed chamber configured to receive a voltage. A pump including the above elements and a check valve is provided. An ocular implant including an inlet tube sized to receive aqueous humor and an intra-ocular pressure control system having a fluidic valve as above is also provided.
US09572711B2	Multiple frequency phacoemulsification needle driver A system for performing an ocular surgical procedure is provided. The system includes a multiple frequency signal source, a configurable tuned output filter connected to the multiple frequency signal source, and a multiple frequency ultrasonic handpiece. The multiple frequency signal source operates at a first frequency and is configured to drive the configurable filter and the multiple frequency ultrasonic handpiece at the first frequency. The multiple frequency signal source operates at a second frequency and is configured to drive the configurable filter and the multiple frequency ultrasonic handpiece at the second frequency, and the design addresses third harmonic frequency issues for the multiple frequency ultrasonic handpiece. Switchable passive components, such as inductors, resistors, and/or capacitors may be employed in the configurable tuned output circuit, or alternately multiple similar circuits may be employed. Alternately, a multi-tap transformer may be provided.
US09572708B2	Thermal wrap with integral thermal media array and support for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation A wrap has a thermal media laminate containing an array of spaced apart cells of thermal media sandwiched between a plastic film and fabric. Areas in the laminate are provided for attaching electrodes. The laminate is attached to a backing. Apertures in the laminate and backing allow passage of wire leads from the electrodes. Elastic bands with hook fasteners extend from the backing. The hook fasteners releasably attach to loop material of the backing. A TENS unit clips onto one or more of the bands. The leads attach to the TENS unit.
US09572706B2	Head support for operating tables The invention relates to a head support (10, 100) for operating tables, comprising a rotatably mounted first holding element (12) for surrounding a first side of a patient's head receivable in a receiving area (32) and an also rotatably mounted second holding element (14) for surrounding a second side of the head. The two holding elements (12, 14) are coupled to each other in a coupling area by means of a coupling element (16) such that when one of the holding elements (12, 14) is rotated, the coupling element (16) also rotates the other holding element (12, 14). Between the coupling area and the receiving area (32) a stationarily arranged supporting element (33) for supporting the head receivable in the receiving area (32) is provided.
US09572701B2	Anti-reflux or anti-obesity prosthesis A prosthesis (14) that is useful as an anti-reflux device or an anti-obesity device within a gastro-intestinal tract of a living organism, such as a human, comprises an elastic portion including a helical elastic spring (15) embedded in a biocompatible material.
US09572698B2	Ballstent device and methods of use What is disclosed are medical devices comprising a rounded, thin-walled, expandable metal structure (“ballstent”) and a flexible, elongated delivery device (“delivery catheter”) and systems and methods of use for treating saccular vascular aneurysms with the medical devices. Ballstents comprised of gold, platinum, or silver that can be compressed, positioned in the lumen of an aneurysm, and expanded to conform to the shape of the aneurysm are disclosed. The external surface of ballstents can be configured to promote local thrombosis and to promote the growth of tissue into and around the wall of the ballstent in order to seal the aneurysm and fix the ballstent in place in the aneurysm. The wall of the ballstent can also be configured to release drugs or pharmacologically active molecules, such as those that promote thrombosis, cell proliferation, extracellular matrix deposition, and tissue growth.
US09572697B2	Blockstent device and methods of use What is disclosed is a medical device comprising a compressed, cylindrical or oblong, thin-walled, expandable metal structure (a “blockstent”) and a flexible, elongated device (a “delivery catheter”) to position the compressed blockstent into the lumen of a blood vessel segment to be treated, and methods of use for occlusion of treated blood vessel segments. A blockstent can be made with ductile metals such as gold, platinum, or silver such that the blockstent will conform to the shape of the lumen of the treated blood vessel segment during expansion and allow for the shape of the blockstent to be permanently changed by the application of an external force. The surface of the blockstent can be configured to promote local thrombus on the external surface of the blockstent and to promote the growth of tissue into the wall of the blockstent in order to occlude the treated blood vessel and fix the blockstent in place. The wall of the blockstent can also be configured to release drugs or pharmacologically active molecules such as those that promote thrombosis, cell proliferation, extracellular matrix deposition to promote this thrombus formation and tissue growth.
US09572696B2	Stent loading and delivery device having a loading basket lock mechanism A stent loading and delivery system, the delivery system comprising an inner elongate tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, an intermediate elongate tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end in sliding relationship to said inner elongate tubular member and an external elongate tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end in sliding relationship to said intermediate elongate tubular member, said intermediate elongate tubular member comprising a stop mechanism at its proximal end, wherein the stop mechanism prevents the external elongate tubular member from being slid past the stop mechanism when the external elongate tubular member is slid in a proximal direction.
US09572694B2	Helical graft A graft includes a flow tubing having a tubing portion defining a flow lumen. The flow lumen of the tubing portion is substantially free of ribs or grooves. A center line of the flow lumen follows a substantially helical path with a helix angle less than or equal to 65°. The amplitude of the helix is less than or equal to one half of the internal diameter of the tubing portion.
US09572690B2	Method and device for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic joint The invention relates to a device and method for controlling an artificial orthotic or prosthetic joint of a lower extremity, comprising a resistance unit with which at least one actuator is associated, via which the bending and/or stretching resistance is varied depending on sensor data. During the use of the joint, status information is provided via sensors. According to the invention, the resistance is increased in the standing phase or while standing from a starting value depending on the ground reaction force up to a locking point of the joint.
US09572689B2	Knee rotational adapter A prosthetic adapter including a lower connector, an upper connector rotatably coupled to the lower connector, and a locking mechanism for preventing the upper connector from rotating relative to the lower connector. The locking mechanism is arranged to generally automatically retain a locked position when the lower connector is rotated to an original, predetermined alignment. An activation member is connected to and arranged for operating the locking mechanism.
US09572688B2	Finger and hand prosthesis The invention relates to a finger prosthesis comprising a base element, which is formed to receive forces and torques and can be provided with an elastic covering to achieve a natural appearance. Furthermore, the invention relates to a hand prosthesis comprising a chassis and a finger prosthesis arranged on it.
US09572679B2	Artificial disc replacements with natural kinematics This invention improves upon prior art total disc replacements (TDRs) by more closely replicating the kinematics of a natural disc. The preferred embodiments feature two or more fixed centers of rotation (CORs) and an optional variable COR (VCOR) as the artificial disk replacement (ADR) translates from a fixed posterior COR that lies posterior to the COR of the TDR to facilitate normal disc motion. The use of two or more CORs allows more flexion and more extension than permitted by the facet joints and the artificial facet (AF). AF joint-like components may also be incorporated into the design to restrict excessive translation, rotation, and/or lateral bending.
US09572677B2	Expandable intervertebral implant An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart.
US09572675B2	Subchondral treatment of joint pain of the spine Methods for altering the natural history of degenerative disc disease and osteoarthritis of the spine are proposed. The methods focus on the prevention, or delayed onset or progression of, subchondral defects such as bone marrow edema or bone marrow lesion, and subchondral treatment to prevent the progression of osteoarthritis or degenerative disc disease in the spine and thereby treat pain.
US09572674B2	Prosthesis A prosthesis for implantation in an animal or human subject, said prosthesis comprising a first component for attaching to a radius bone in use and a s second component for attaching to an ulna bone in use, the prosthesis further comprising a linkage for linking the first and second components substantially rigidly with respect to one another in use. Preferably the prosthesis is configured to allow the linkage to move relative to the first and/or second components and be retained substantially rigidly at a selected position in normal use, such that the first and second components can be retained substantially rigidly relative to one another in normal use.
US09572669B2	Programmable implant having an angled exterior surface Various embodiments of implant systems and related apparatus, and methods of operating the same are described herein. In various embodiments, an implant for interfacing with a bone structure includes a web structure, including a space truss, configured to interface with human bone tissue. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes. Implants are optimized for the expected stress applied at the bone structure site.
US09572665B2	Methods and apparatus for delivering a prosthetic valve to a beating heart A method for delivering a prosthetic valve to a patient's heart having a native valve with a plurality of valve leaflets includes providing a delivery device with a prosthetic valve, advancing the delivery device toward the native valve, and expanding a portion of the prosthetic valve to form a flanged region that is upstream of the valve leaflets. One or more tabs on the prosthetic valve are released so that they expand outward to a position that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the prosthetic valve. The position of the prosthetic valve is adjusted relative to the valve leaflets and rapid pacing is applied to the patient's heart so that the valve leaflets move inward toward the prosthetic valve or the delivery device. The tabs are further released to allow the tabs to move into their final positions.
US09572662B2	Prosthetic heart valve devices and associated systems and methods Prosthetic heart valve devices for percutaneous replacement of native heart valves and associated systems and method are disclosed herein. A prosthetic heart valve device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology can include an expandable support having an outer surface and configured for placement between leaflets of the native valve. The device can also include a plurality of asymmetrically arranged arms coupled to the expandable support and configured to receive the leaflets of the native valve between the arms and the outer surface. In some embodiments, the arms can include tip portions for engaging a subannular surface of the native valve.
US09572660B2	Prosthetic heart valves A prosthetic heart valve (10) (e.g., a prosthetic aortic valve) is designed to be somewhat circumferentially collapsible and then re-expandable. The collapsed condition may be used for less invasive delivery of the valve into a patient. When the valve reaches the implant site in the patient, it re-expands to normal operating size, and also to engage surrounding tissue of the patient. The valve includes a stent portion (200) and a ring portion (100) that is substantially concentric with the stent portion but downstream from the stent portion in the direction of blood flow through the implanted valve. When the valve is implanted, the stent portion engages the patient's tissue at or near the native valve annulus, while the ring portion engages tissue downstream from the native valve site (e.g., the aorta).
US09572656B2	Skin weft and method for manufacturing the same A skin weft with artificial hair attached thereto to provide various styling options or ample volumetric feeling. The skin weft comprises a stitched portion formed by stitching on a side edge of artificial hair composed of human hair or resin hair, a resin tape welded to a surface of the stitched portion, and a bonding component attached to a surface of the resin tape. The method for manufacturing the skin weft comprises the steps of forming a stitched portion by stitching one side edge of human hair or resin hair arranged and conveyed in the form of a sheet, and supplying a resin tape onto a surface of the stitched portion to form a bonding portion. Automatic mass production is achieved, thereby improving productivity and significantly reducing manufacturing costs. Additional means are unnecessary in the manufacturing process, thereby enabling an unskilled person to perform the task.
US09572655B2	Method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a bone A method and apparatus for coupling a soft tissue implant into a locking cavity formed within a bone is disclosed. The apparatus includes a member to pull the soft tissue implant into a femoral tunnel. The member includes a suture having first and second ends which are passed through first and second openings associated with the longitudinal passage to form a pair of loops. A collapsible tube is positioned about the suture. Application of tension onto the suture construction causes retraction of the soft tissue implant into the femoral tunnel and the collapse of the tube to form an anchor.
US09572644B2	Tray The present invention relates apparatus for holding material to be dispensed in a surgical setting, and in particular that: (a) allows for small portions of material to be dispensed efficiently, (b) resists evaporation of volatile agents in the material being dispensed, (c) reduces exposure of the material to light and actinic radiation during intermittent use, and (d) supports autoclaving in order to fulfill sterilization standards in surgical setting.
US09572642B2	Electric toothbrush, and transmission for an electric toothbrush The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.
US09572640B2	Casting jig for chair-side manufacture of customizable sculptable anatomical healing caps Casting jigs, methods, and kits that may be used in manufacture of anatomical healing caps. A casting jig may include a body having one or more wells within the body, each well being open at a proximal end thereof and having a negative shape corresponding to an anatomical healing cuff body of a given tooth position. Each respective anatomical healing cuff body negative shape includes an asymmetrical cross-section and an irregular surface so that an anatomical healing cuff body having said shape is configured to provide substantially custom filling of at least an emergence portion of a void where a natural tooth once emerged or should have emerged from the void (e.g., in the case of a congenitally missing tooth). The casting jig may further include a socket at a distal end of each well that is configured to receive therein a dental implant or dental implant analog.
US09572639B2	Intra-osseous implant The invention relates to an intra-osseous implant for placement in bone of a human or animal body comprising at least one intra-osseous part intended for placement in said bone tissue having an apical side and a cervical side and composed of a body friendly material, which part is provided on its circumferential surface with a thread running in the direction of the apical end; and a support part present at said cervical side of said at least one intra-osseous part intended for supporting a prosthetic element. The invention aims to provide a medical intra-osseous implant and especially a dental intra-osseous implant, which allows an accurate implant position at a desired depth into bone tissue, providing without losing a high degree of primary implant stability. To this end according to the invention the intra-osseous part is provided with one or more grooves extending in longitudinal direction and interrupting the screw thread into multiple interrupted screw thread parts, said multiple interrupted screw thread parts serving as retention elements allowing the placement of the implant in longitudinal direction into said bone tissue but preventing the removal of the implant in opposite longitudinal direction out of said bone. The invention can also be describes as an intra-osseous implant with along its circumferential surface several rows of retention elements situated in a longitudinal formation. At the same time these retention elements are situated in a screw thread configuration.
US09572638B1	Impression coping spacer and method of dental casting A prosthodontic casting is formed from an implant osseointegrated within a bone and an impression coping coupled with the implant. An impression coping spacer circumscribes a supra-mucosal portion of the impression coping. A relatively high viscosity casting composition is applied to openings in a tray, and then the tray and relatively high viscosity casting composition placed to encompass the supra-mucosal portion of the impression coping and the impression coping spacer. The relatively high viscosity casting composition is at least partially cured, and then the impression coping spacer is extracted from the casting composition. This creates a void about the impression coping. An impression casting composition is then injected into the void and cured to form the prosthodontic casting. The now substantially cured combination casting composition and impression casting composition is removed from the implant, and subsequently used to guide the formation of a dental prosthesis.
US09572637B2	Apparatus for generating dental data for manufacturing an aligner and method of manufacturing clear aligner using the apparatus Provided is an apparatus for generating dental data for manufacturing an aligner, the apparatus including: a dental-data generation unit, in which the dental-data generation unit includes a preprocessing module includes a first module that receives data on a current state of the teeth of the patient from a scanner that scans the current state of the teeth of the patient, a second module that generates a state of the teeth of the patient and the vicinity of the teeth as 3D data, based on the data received from the scanner, a third module that sets a central point for dental movement in the 3D data, a fourth module that sets each central reference for a crown, a buccal surface, and a lingual surface of the tooth in the 3D data, and a fifth module that sets a reference for a dental root point in the 3D data.
US09572633B2	Instrument holder An instrument holder includes a substantially tubular base body which includes a grip portion and an instrument holding portion. The base body includes a through recess extending over an entire length thereof, and the instrument holding portion includes a front-sided insertion opening designed for insertion of an instrument.
US09572632B2	Laser system and method for operating the laser system A dental irrigation system is provided with a laser source for generating a laser beam and an optical delivery system for the laser beam. The laser beam wavelength ranges from 0.4 μm to 11.0 μm. The laser system operates in pulsed operation with pulse sets of 2 to 20 individual pulses of temporally limited pulse length. The pulse sets follow one another with temporal separation. The individual pulses follow one another with pulse repetition rate. The laser system generates at least one vapor bubble within the liquid irradiated with the laser beam. A single pulse causes the vapor bubble to oscillate between a maximal and a minimal volume with a bubble oscillation frequency. The pulse repetition rate within one pulse set is adjusted relative to the bubble oscillation frequency such that synchronization between delivery of the pulses and bubble oscillation is achieved.
US09572631B2	Asymmetrical dental tool with cooling channels A device for forming a cavity in a bone includes a body defining a longitudinal axis, a flange defined on the body having two surfaces that meet an edge that is oriented oblique to the longitudinal axis, serrations defined on an outer surface of the body for forming the cavity, an internal fluid passageway defined within the body for directing fluid to the serrations, and a connector extending from the flange that is configured to be connected to an oscillating dental instrument.
US09572630B2	Planning assistance for correcting joint elements A planning assistance method for correcting joint elements is provided. In accordance with the method, the actual shape of at least one part of the joint element which is of interest is detected. The actual shape is compared with an intended shape, and the comparison data is used to plan the abrasion of joint element parts.
US09572623B2	Reusable electrode and disposable sheath A surgical instrument, such as an electrical ablation device, including a first elongate body having an insert and a second elongate body having an electrically insulative sheath that defines a bore. A mating element mates the elongate bodies when at least a portion of the insert is received within the bore. The second elongate body is configured to receive electrical energy from the first elongate body and transmit the electrical energy to an electrode. In certain embodiments, the electrical ablation device may include first and second elongate bodies. The first includes an electrically conductive insert configured to electrically couple to an energy source and apply the electrical energy to tissue, and the second includes an electrically insulative sheath defining a bore configured to receive the insert therethrough and move proximally or distally relative to the insert.
US09572617B1	Torque limiting surgical screw driver Described herein are devices and methods for limiting the torque applied to surgical screw during a surgical procedure in which a surgical screw is passed into a vertebra, such as, for example, a spinal fusion procedure. A surgical screw driver is configured to prevent an excessive amount of torque from being delivered to the vertebrae through a surgical screw. When an excessive amount of torque is delivered to the handle of a surgical screw driver, it is prevented from being transmitted to the surgical screw and is thus not delivered to the vertebrae. Excessive force in the form of excessive torque transmitted to a vertebrae may cause a fracture along with possible mispositioning or displacement of a surgical screw.
US09572616B2	Continuous ratchet medical instrument drive The present invention is a continuous medical instrument adapter that safely provides a 180-degree torque force during a surgical procedure while accommodating the range of motion of the surgeon's hand during the surgical procedure. The drive mechanism of said adapter is capable of non-lubricated function, enabling it to be used in a medical environment and to be sterilized without loss of function.
US09572614B2	Mechanism for facilitating user-controlled management of webpage elements for dynamic customization of information In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating user-controlled management of webpage elements for dynamic customization of relevant information. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes receiving, in real-time, a request for performing one or more tasks relating to dynamic customization of webpage elements relating to a webpage package. The request may be received at a first computing device over a network. The method may further include performing, in real-time, the one or more tasks.
US09572610B2	Mandibular bone plate A mandibular bone plate can include a body that defines a bone facing surface, an outer surface that is opposite the bone facing surface, and a plurality of bone anchor holes that extend through the body from the bone facing surface to the outer surface. The body can include a chin portion and first and second extension portions that extend from the chin portion such that the bone facing surface of the chin portion faces the inferior surface of the mandible when the mandibular bone plate is attached to the mandible and the bone facing surfaces of the first and second extension portions at least partially face the lingual surface of the mandible when the mandibular bone plate is attached to the mandible.
US09572609B2	Method of using a volar bone plate on a fracture A volar fixation system includes a plate intended to be positioned against the volar side of the radial bone. The plate includes threaded holes for receiving fasteners which lock relative to the plate.
US09572607B2	Osteotomy plate, plate driver and method for their use An orthopedic plate is specifically configured for use in osteotomies, in which part of the plate extends into a portion of a first bone segment and part is external to the cortical surface of an adjacent bone segment to fix the segments to allow them to fuse. The plate has a first end and a second end where the end which is inserted into the bone has a chamfer and a through hole having a hole axis optionally at an oblique angle to the longitudinal axis of the plate, and which can receive a screw, peg or pin. The second end of the plate includes a locking screw hole and optionally including a compression slot extending in a direction toward a screw hole in the opposing end. Optionally, the non-locking hole has a shroud that forms an arc or portion of a cylinder over the hole. A plate driver having a recess that holds the plate is used to insert the plate into the bone.
US09572604B2	Instrument kit for spinal osteosynthesis A surgical kit for fastening vertebrae via the posterior approach or via the posterolateral approach, comprising: at least one vertebral or pedicle screw, and a fitting tube co-operating with the screw; the fitting tube having two rigid branches, each of the two branches having, on the inside face of its proximal end, at least one shoulder; the kit further comprising a retractable securing insert for securing together the branches; wherein the screw head has at least two longitudinal extensions, extending in the distal direction, each of said extensions being configured to enable said screw head to be inserted into a space of complementary shape formed between the inside surface of the proximal end of one of the rigid branches and the outside surface of the proximal end of said retractable insert, when the retractable insert is fully engaged in the fitting tube.
US09572599B1	Systems and methods for correcting spinal deformities The present invention relates generally to medical devices and methods generally aimed at spinal surgery. In particular, the disclosed system and associated methods relate to performing spinal fixation with the use of a deformity system.
US09572598B2	Uniplanar surgical screw assembly Uniplanar surgical screw assemblies described include: a fastener including an elongate shaft; a saddle-shaped tulip having a tulip having a bore therethrough dimensioned to allow the distal end of the elongate shaft to pass therethrough, but to prevent passage of the head therethrough; and one or more features for limiting angular movement of the shaft, relative to the tulip, to one plane.
US09572597B2	Optical trocar tip protector A trocar tip protector includes a housing having a first inlet and a second inlet adjacent to each other. The first inlet is configured to receive and frictionally retain a tip of a trocar sleeve. The second inlet is configured to receive and frictionally retain a tip of a trocar obturator. The housing may be formed by extruding a generally tubular structure and then bending the generally tubular structure into a generally U-shaped configuration that positions the trocar sleeve and the trocar obturator substantially parallel relative to each other when the trocar sleeve tip is inserted into the first inlet of the housing and when the trocar obturator tip is inserted into the second inlet of the housing.
US09572595B1	In-dwelling port for access into a body An in-dwelling port for providing repeated entry to a body during and/or after an operation is described. The port may include an external portion secured to a body outside an incision and a collapsible insertion portion that is inserted through the incision. The collapsible portion collapses when no instrument or lumen is present to permit the body to return to substantially a normal profile around the incision.
US09572588B2	Dynamic knee balancer with force or pressure sensing A device for performing a surgical procedure on a knee includes an adjustable femoral portion, a tibial portion and at least one sensor coupled with the femoral and/or tibial portions to sense pressure exerted by the femoral and tibial portions against one another. The femoral portion is adapted for removably coupling with a distal end of a femur to adjust tension in soft tissue adjacent the knee and has at least one positioning feature adapted to move relative to the distal end of the femur as the femoral portion is adjusted, thus helping position a femoral prosthetic on the distal end of the femur. The sensor(s) may be adapted to sense pressure at medial and lateral sides of the knee, and relative pressures may be displayed as data on a visual display. Adjustments to the femoral member may be made to balance pressure at flexion and extension of the knee.
US09572586B2	Systems and methods for joint replacement Systems and methods for joint replacement are provided. The systems and methods include a surgical orientation device and at least one orthopedic fixture. The surgical orientation device and orthopedic fixtures can be used to locate the orientation of an axis in the body, to adjust an orientation of a cutting plane or planes along a bony surface, to distract a joint, or to otherwise assist in an orthopedic procedure or procedures.
US09572585B2	Surgical sagittal saw blade with features that facilitate driving the blade in a crossed loop pattern A surgical sagittal saw blade with first and second elongated openings. The openings have major axes that are angled relative to each other. The openings are arranged to receive draw for pivoting a blade in a sagittal plane. Each opening receives a separate drive member integral with the saw to which the blade is mounted. The action of one drive member in a first opening results in the proximal to distal reciprocation of the blade. The action of a the second drive member in the second opening results in the back and forth pivoting of the blade around an axis that extends through the plane of the blade. The blade has a constraining feature that engages a complementary constraining feature integral with the saw. The engagement of the constraining features limits the reciprocal and pivotal movement of the blade.
US09572584B2	Medical device for modification of left atrial appendage and related systems and methods A medical device, system and method for modifying a left atrial appendage (“LAA”). The medical device system includes a tether anchored within the LAA and one or more tissue growth members or occluders configured to be slid over the tether and lodged within the LAA. With this arrangement, a physician may close-off the LAA with a selective number of tissue growth members to meet the varying LAA sizes as determined from imaging information while conducting the procedure.
US09572583B2	Methods and systems for occluding vessels during cardiac ablation A method is provided for ablating a portion of the myocardium. The method includes inserting an occlusion catheter into a vessel on a heart, occluding the vessel using the occlusion catheter, inserting an ablation catheter into a chamber of the heart, positioning the ablation catheter against the myocardium, and ablating a portion of the myocardium while the vessel is occluded. The system includes an occlusion catheter having a catheter body including a tubular member having a distal portion and a bend located in the distal portion, a balloon located proximal of the bend and configured to contact an inner surface of the coronary sinus when positioned therewithin, a plurality of marker bands positioned on the catheter body, and a plurality of electrodes positioned on the catheter body.
US09572581B2	Tissue manipulation and securement system Tissue manipulation and securement systems are described herein. A tissue manipulation assembly is pivotably coupled to the distal end of a tubular member and has a lower jaw member and an upper jaw member pivotably coupled to the lower jaw member. A reconfigurable launch tube is also pivotably coupled to the upper jaw member and is used to urge the jaw members from a low-profile configuration to an open configuration for receiving tissue. The tissue manipulation assembly may be advanced through a shape-lockable endoscopic device, a conventional endoscope, or directly by itself into a patient. A second tool can be used in combination with the tissue manipulation assembly to engage tissue and manipulate the tissue in conjunction with the tissue manipulation assembly.
US09572580B2	Closure tape dispenser A surgical portal apparatus includes a sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end that extends along a longitudinal axis, and a surgical tape. The sleeve includes an inner wall defining an internal longitudinal passageway dimensioned for permitting passage of a surgical object therethrough and an outer wall configured for positioning against tissue. The inner and outer walls define at least a partial annular space therebetween, the annular space being in fluid communication with an opening in the outer wall. The surgical tape includes a body portion retained within the annular space of the sleeve and a leading tab extendable through the opening in the outer wall of the sleeve. The surgical tape has a first surface and a second surface, each of the first and second surfaces having at least one of tissue reactive functional groups and self-reactive functional groups.
US09572579B2	Surgical clip A surgical clip is provided, having two clip arms and a resiliently flexible element pivotally connecting the two clip arms together. The two clip arms each have a first free end, which are held in parallel to and in contact with each other with a predetermined closing force by the flexible element in a rest position. At a second end opposite the free end, the clip arms are held connected to a wall section of the flexible element that is arranged substantially transverse to the longitudinal direction of the clip arms, extends between the second ends of the clip arms and has a first wall portion facing towards the clip arms and a second wall portion facing away from the clip arms. The flexible element is made from a plastics material by injection molding. The first wall portion is produced with a greater shrinkage than the second wall portion.
US09572574B2	Tissue thickness compensators comprising therapeutic agents An end effector is disclosed. The end effector comprises a first jaw, a second jaw, wherein at least one of the first jaw and the second jaw is movable to compress tissue between the first jaw and the second jaw, and a cartridge body configured to receive a cutting member. The end effector further comprises a layer arrangement including a tissue contact surface and a plurality of therapeutic agents releasably contained within the layer arrangement, wherein each therapeutic agent is configured to either initially treat the tissue or sustainably treat the tissue in contact with the tissue contact surface, wherein one of the plurality of therapeutic agents is configured to be released by the cutting member, and wherein another of the plurality of therapeutic agents is configured to be released by an absorption process.
US09572573B2	Trans-oral circular anvil introduction system with dilation feature An anvil introduction system is operable to provide smooth insertion of an anvil of a surgical stapling device through a bodily lumen such as the esophagus. The anvil introduction system is coupled to the anvil and includes a dilation feature. The dilation feature has a collapsed position and an expanded position. The dilation feature may cover staple pockets and an outer edge of the anvil with the dilation feature is in the expanded position. The anvil may be inserted through the bodily lumen with the dilation feature in the expanded position. The dilation feature may then be collapsed in order to complete an end-to-end anastomosis of the bodily lumen.
US09572569B2	System and method for forming barbs on a suture A station for cutting a barb suture is provided. The barb cutting station includes a suture transport assembly for supporting a first suture, a first knife assembly for forming barbs on the first suture, and a first clamp and position assembly for approximating the at least first suture towards the at least first knife assembly. The barb cutting station may further include at least a first suture cutting mechanism configured for severing the at least first suture when a defect is detected. The station may also include at least a first visual inspection assembly configured for detecting defective barbs.
US09572567B2	Medical clip, clip unit and clip device The present invention relates to a medical clip, a clip unit, and a clip device by which accuracy in access to a target (a site to be treated) can be secured and also which can be employed to suture or remove a site involving widespread tissue injury. As one example to achieve this, the present invention provides a medical clip including: a first arm and a second arm between which a target is placed and which together squeeze the target; a ring configured to connect one end of the first arm with one end of the second arm; a first ancillary arm articulated with the other end of the first arm; and a second ancillary arm articulated with the other end of the second arm.
US09572566B2	Surgical suturing apparatus and method An implant manipulator may have a distal end that retains an implant, a proximal end, and an intermediate portion between the ends. The intermediate portion may have a cross-sectional shape that extends along a nonlinear pathway. The intermediate portion may have a selectively bendable portion in which the cross-sectional shape varies to facilitate bending when desired. The implant manipulator may be a needle for a suture passer, with a suture capture feature at the distal end. The suture capture feature may have first and second members that flex apart to permit entry of the suture into a suture capture hole wherein the suture is retained until released. A suture passer may receive the needle in a bore shaped to change the cross-sectional shape to facilitate or restrict bending of the needle, as needed.
US09572564B2	Anchor delivery system An anchor delivery system is described. The system includes a guide and an anchor delivery tool disposed within the guide. The tool includes a shaft and a handle coupled to a proximal portion of the shaft. The handle includes a hub and a nose cone coupled to the hub. In an embodiment, the tool further includes a knob coupled to the hub and located between the handle and the nose cone. In an embodiment, the system further includes an anchor, such as a suture anchor, coupled to a distal portion of the shaft. An anchor delivery tool and a method of repairing soft tissue are also described.
US09572560B2	Lateral retractor system and methods of use Technology disclosed herein relates to retractors and methods of use for surgical procedures, and in particular, spinal surgical procedures. In one embodiment, a surgical refractor includes a pair of pivotable armatures and a translatable armature. A body for supporting the armatures is provided, with a handle connected thereto. The handle includes a first rotary actuator, wherein a rotation of the first rotary actuator moves the pair of pivotable armatures in opposite arcuate directions, and a second rotary actuator, wherein a rotation of the second rotary actuator translates the translatable armature in a linear direction.
US09572556B2	Volumetric grafts for treatment of fistulae and related methods and systems Described are devices, methods, and systems useful in the treatment of fistulae, and in certain embodiments those having openings extending into the alimentary canal, such as anorectal fistulae. Illustratively, an anorectal fistula can be treated by placing a volumetric construct within the primary opening of the fistula. In certain embodiments, the volumetric construct can include a rolled remodelable material processed to form a substantially unitary body. Advantageous such remodelable materials can include collagenous extracellular matrix materials, such as small intestine submucosa.
US09572551B2	Biopsy trocar A biopsy trocar (1) is provided for performing bone marrow biopsies. The trocar comprises a biopsy needle (2) having a cannula (4), and a mandrel (3) having a shaft (6), the shaft (6) being suitable for sliding in the biopsy needle (2). The cannula (4) has, at its distal end, at least one internal rib (12, 21) forming a helix portion on the internal wall of the cannula (4), and the shaft (6) has a helical groove (16, 26) that is able to cooperate with the internal rib (12, 21), the internal rib (12, 21) being suitable for retaining a sample of marrow in the needle (2).
US09572548B2	Registration of anatomical data sets Methods and systems are disclosed for relating additional spatial information associated with one volume data set of an anatomical structure with another volume data set of the anatomical structure where the spatial information is not available. A unique spatial characteristic of the volume data set is identified, such as an image moment of inertia, and an arbitrary reference frame is assigned to the volume data set and correlated with the unique spatial characteristic. The additional spatial information is also correlated with the arbitrary reference frame. The additional spatial information is then correlated to a second volume data set of the anatomical structure by registering the first and second volume data sets based on the unique spatial characteristic. The methods and systems allow registration of different volume data sets of the same anatomical structure and transfer of the additional spatial information without establishing a local reference frame based on predefined landmarks.
US09572547B2	Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus and method for presenting items for inspection An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus according to the present invention includes: a storing section storing a plurality of items for inspection including ultrasonic imaging or measurement of an imaged ultrasonogram and an order thereof; a controlling section calculating, regarding an item set for inspection constituted of a next item for inspection which is an item for inspection subsequent to a current item for inspection which is currently being implemented out of the plurality of items for inspection, an implementation frequency at which the item set for inspection is implemented, for each next item for inspection; a displaying section displaying a candidate for the next item for inspection on the basis of the implementation frequency; and an inputting section inputting the next item for inspection from the candidate for the next item for inspection.
US09572540B2	CT system and detection device for CT system A detection device for a CT system comprises a low-energy detector assembly; and a high-energy detector assembly disposed under the low-energy detector assembly. The high-energy detector assembly comprises: a plurality of rows of high-energy detectors arranged at predetermined intervals. With the detection device, detectors and data acquisition units are greatly reduced. A high-resolution three-dimensional CT image is acquired while high-accuracy hazardous article alarm is achieved. The cost of manufacture of the system is greatly decreased while high system performance is ensured.
US09572539B2	Device and method for determining the position of an instrument in relation to medical images The present invention relates to a device and a method for determining the position of an instrument with respect to medical images of a body. The device comprises (1) a calibration support comprising a set of fiducial markers visible on medical images and fixed to the skin of a body, (2) at least one micro-camera providing video images and mounted on the calibration support in a known position, and (3) a processing unit connected to the micro-cameras and configured to process the video images from said micro-cameras to determine the position of the instrument with respect to medical images.
US09572536B2	Contact assessment of balloon catheters A medical apparatus and system for determining contact assessment includes a catheter having an elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and defining an injection lumen and an exhaust lumen, an expandable membrane defining a cooling chamber disposed at a point along the elongate body, the cooling chamber in fluid communication with the injection lumen and the exhaust lumen, and a contact assessment element which may be a temperature sensor located proximate the coolant return lumen for measuring an internal temperature of the chamber. The system may include the catheter, a console having a fluid supply, an exhaust path and at least one control mechanism operationally coupled to the temperature sensor for processing a temperature signal received from the temperature sensor. The apparatus and system can also have multiple electrodes to measure and process various impedances to determine contact assessment.
US09572532B2	Button sensor A hermetically sealed electronic closure device, or button, includes a self-renewing power source, a sensor for measuring a metric, a memory storing information, a data processing circuit for controlling operations of the device, and a transceiver for sending and receiving information. The device is a standard part of a clothing item that is inconspicuous to a wearer of the clothing item.
US09572531B2	Object information acquiring apparatus and control method thereof Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus having: a light source; a probe that converts an acoustic wave generated from an object, onto which light is irradiated from the light source, into a detection signal; and a signal processor that obtains characteristic information inside the object based on the detection signal, wherein the signal processor obtains the characteristic information using information regarding a characteristic structure of a measurement target inside the object.
US09572530B2	Apparatus and methods for imaging blood vessels Various portable systems, devices and methods for imaging or visualizing blood vessels or other body tissue to facilitate accurate placement of a needle or other elongate instrument in blood vessels or other body tissue are described herein. In certain variations an imaging system for aiding needle insertion in a patient may include a mountable unit having an illumination source, an image sensor, and a display for displaying an image based on image information from the image sensor. The mountable unit may be configured for attachment to a hand of a user such that the user's hand on which the unit is mounted remains free to hold an object. The display may be positioned next to a needle insertion site during needle insertion by the user such that the needle insertion site and an image of the blood vessel and/or needle are simultaneously within the user's field of view.
US09572528B1	Monitor for SIDS research and prevention A system including a monitoring device dimensioned for placement on a human. The monitoring device including a plurality of sensors for monitoring a sleep position, a temperature, a carbon dioxide level and a respiration of the human. The system further including a processing unit coupled to the monitoring device, the processing unit capable of processing information from the plurality of sensors and performing an algorithm to determine the presence of a sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) risk factor based on the information. A method may include monitoring two or more of a sleep position, a respiration, a temperature and a carbon dioxide level of a subject. An algorithm may be automatically performed based on the monitoring, to determine the presence of a SIDS risk factor. The results of the algorithm may be displayed and an alert can be sent to, for example, a mobile device based on the risk level.
US09572520B2	Movement assistance device, and synchrony based control method for movement assistance device In a wearable motion assist device, a motion assist device for generating a motion pattern synchronized with a wearer while maintaining a certain phase difference between a motion of the wearer and a motion of the device, and a synchronization based control method for the device are provided. The motion assist device acquires a phase of torque generated by the wearer's motion, applies a value of the phase to a phase oscillator model as an input, performs arithmetic processing, and calculates target torque and a target angle of the device with the motion of the device synchronized with the wearer. It is possible to improve an assisting effect of the device by controlling the device based on the calculated values.
US09572519B2	Method and apparatus for invasive device tracking using organ timing signal generated from MPS sensors Apparatus for generating an organ timing signal relating to an inspected organ within the body of a patient, including a medical positioning system, and a processor The medical positioning system includes at least one reference electromagnetic transducer placed at a reference location, at least one inner electromagnetic transducer attached to a surgical tool inserted in a blood vessel in the vicinity of the inspected organ, and a medical positioning system processor coupled with the transducers. The medical positioning system processor generates medical positioning system data sets, each of which includes a collection of three-dimensional position coordinate readings demonstrating the motion trajectory of the surgical tool over time, the processor generating the organ timing signal from the data sets by detecting and identifying periodic motion frequencies in the data sets, and filtering the periodic motion frequencies from the data sets.
US09572518B2	System and method for detecting valid breaths from a capnometry signal Based on a capnometry signal, one or more breathing parameters of a subject are determined that require valid breaths by the subject to be distinguished from anatomical events that cause the CO2 content of gas at or near the airway of the subject to fluctuate. To improve the accuracy of one or more of these determinations, gas at or near the airway of the subject is diluted.
US09572513B2	Device for measurement for bionic information having hand rest There is disclosed an apparatus for measuring biometric information having a hand rest, which can perform precise and comprehensive measurement by measuring biometric information about an examinee taking a more comfortable position. The apparatus for measuring the biometric information having the hand rest formed in a convex curvature shape to have an examinee's hand put thereon, to contact with an examinee's palm and fingers; and a measurement part provided in the hand rest to measure the examinee's biometric information.
US09572510B2	System and method for use of nanoparticles in magnetic particle imaging (MPI) and temperature measurement with extended / increased 3D sub-saturation region This invention provides a system and method that improves the sensitivity and localization capabilities of Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) by using combinations of time-varying and static magnetic fields. Combinations of magnetic fields can be used to distribute the signals coming from the magnetic particles among the harmonics and other frequencies in specific ways to improve sensitivity and to provide localization information to speed up or improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of imaging and/or eliminate the need for saturation fields currently used in MPI. In various embodiments, coils can be provided to extend the sub-saturation region in which nanoparticles reside; to provide a static field offset to bring nanoparticles nearer to saturation; to introduce even and odd harmonics that can be observed; and/or to introduce combinations of frequencies for more-defined observation of signals from nanoparticles. Further embodiments provide for reading of the signal produced by cyclically saturated magnetic nanoparticles in a sample so as to provide a measurement of the temperature of those nanoparticles.
US09572509B2	Systems and methods for activating transducers Transducer-based systems and methods may be configured to display a graphical representation of a transducer-based device, the graphical representation including graphical elements corresponding to transducers of the transducer-based device, and also including between graphical elements respectively associated with a set of the transducers and respectively associated with a region of space between the transducers of the transducer-based device. Selection of graphical elements and/or between graphical elements can cause activation of the set of transducers associated with the selected elements. Transducer activation characteristics, such as initiation time, activation duration, activation sequence, and energy delivery characteristics, can vary based on numerous factors. Visual characteristics of graphical elements and between graphical elements can change based on an activation-status of the corresponding transducers. Activation requests for a set of transducers can be denied if it is determined that a transducer in the set of transducers is unacceptable for activation.
US09572507B2	Combination physiologic sensor A multi sensor module especially designed for use in sleep-study applications includes a PVDF film piezoelectric transducer enclosed between an upper layer of a single-sided adhesive tape strip and a lower layer of a double-sided adhesive tape strip. Also adhesively affixed to the upper single-sided adhesive tape strip, but not overlaid by the lower double-sided adhesive tape strip are first and second conductive electrodes. The combination sensor module is adapted to be adhesively affixed to the chest area of a person and further included in an extension of the PVDF strip that is adapted to overlay the suprasternal notch of a person for producing signals responsive to respiratory activity of the person.
US09572506B1	Physiological recording device with harness to attach and method The present invention relates to a physiological recording electrode, a method, and apparatus for attaching the physiological electrode to a subject. The physiological electrode comprises a substrate having an upper and a lower surface, and at least one penetrator(s) protruding from the upper surface of the substrate. The penetrator(s) is capable of piercing through the stratum corneum or outer layer of the skin, and transmitting an electric potential from the lower layers of the epidermis through the penetrator(s) which can be measured, or detecting agents from the lower layers of the epidermis primarily the stratum germinativum layer. At least one epidermis stop may be provided resulting in the formation of detritus troughs interposed between adjacent penetrator(s) and epidermis stops. The physiological electrode is attached to a subject by means of the apparatus and method for attaching same. The present invention also includes a method of sensing biopotentials in the skin.
US09572505B2	Determining onsets and offsets of cardiac depolarization and repolarization waves In one example, a method includes determining a slope of a cardiac electrogram. The method may also include determining a threshold value based on a maximum of the slope of the cardiac electrogram. The method may further include identifying a last point of the cardiac electrogram before the slope of the cardiac electrogram crosses the threshold as one of an onset or an offset of a wave. In another example, the method further includes receiving an indication of local ventricular motion associated with a cardiac contraction, and determining an electromechanical delay between the identified onset and the local ventricular motion. Some examples include providing the electromechanical delay for configuration of cardiac resynchronization therapy.
US09572497B2	Quantitative multi-spectral opto-acoustic tomography (MSOT) of tissue biomarkers A method of multi-spectral opto-acoustic tomography (MSOT) imaging of a target tissue including a target tissue biomarker includes illuminating the target tissue with an illumination device emitting at least one pulsed illumination pattern at several illumination wavelengths, detecting pressure signals from the target tissue biomarker with a detector device, wherein the pressure signals being produced in the target tissue are in response to the illumination, and reconstructing a quantitative tomographic image of a distribution of the target tissue biomarker in the target tissue, wherein the pressure signals are analyzed using a photon propagation model which depends on an illuminating light fluence in the target tissue and on the illumination wavelengths, at least one spectral processing scheme, and an inversion scheme providing the tomographic image.
US09572496B2	Imaging apparatus for diagnosis, information processing apparatus, control method thereof, program and computer-readable storage medium An imaging apparatus for diagnosis and a control method of an imaging apparatus for diagnosis are disclosed, which acquire line data represented by multiple luminance values in a radial direction from a rotation center position of an imaging core, which are derived by a rotation position and movement of the imaging core. Then, based on the acquired line data, an image of a two-dimensional space in which θ representing a rotation angle and z representing a position in a movement direction are set to two axes is generated and displayed.
US09572488B2	Head mountable device for measuring eye movement A head mountable device for measuring eye movement includes: a frame; a camera system comprising a first camera, wherein the camera system is coupled to the frame, and is configured to obtain a first set of images of a first eye of a user; and a first liquid crystal display (LCD) shutter configured to control passage of light to the first eye based at least in part on a first control signal, the first LCD shutter is configured to operate in a first primary mode and a first secondary mode, wherein the first LCD shutter is configured to allow less light to reach the first eye in the first secondary mode than in the first primary mode.
US09572486B2	Device and method for checking human vision The invention relates to a device and a method for checking human vision, comprising an image-generating module for generating any test images, an imaging module, used to image the test image provided by the image-generating module on the retina of the eye as a stimulus, the imaging module containing at least one optical component having variable focal length, such that the test image of the image-generating module is perceptible to the eye from virtually simulated and variable distances, an accommodation measuring apparatus, a viewing direction measuring apparatus, and a control and evaluation module, which records and/or further processes the information. The accommodation of the eye can be stimulated by means of the particular test image, and the viewing direction of the eye can be measured simultaneously or in alternation, and fed to a control and evaluation module. Both eyes can be checked simultaneously by generating virtual binocular images.
US09572483B2	Combined irrigation and rinsing tube set A combined tube set for a disposable water bottle for a medical instrument includes a cap with threads suitable for attachment to various water bottles. The combined tube set provides a first tube set for rinsing that includes an air and water tubes, and air/water connector The combined tube set also provides a second tube set for irrigation that includes an irrigation connector, backflow valve(s), and flexible tubing section. In some embodiments, the tube set can provide warm and/or humid gas to the endoscope.
US09572476B2	Dishwasher comprising a single button The present invention relates to a dishwasher (1) comprising a door (2), a control panel (3) disposed at the upper side of the door (2), a latch (4) disposed on the door (2) and providing the door (2) to be releasably locked, an on/off switch (5) disposed on the door (2) that provides the dishwasher (1) to be energized or to turn off the supplied energy, a control card (6) providing to perform an automatic washing program (P) the parameters of which are determined according to data such as dirt level of the dishes and temperature of the wash water, a single start button (7) providing the automatic washing program (P) to be started by the user pressing thereon and a display (8) that provides the user to monitor the data relating to the washing process and wherein changes can be made in the washing program or the display (8) language (L) by means of a single start button (7).
US09572464B2	Room-cleaning system with water container The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, comprising a carrier part, a liquid container, and a suction head. A bracket is pivotably fastened to the liquid container, so that the bracket can be used as a positioning element for the suction head. The suction head can be fixed in a parking position that is tilted by an angle (γ) greater than 0° from the top edge of the container, in that the suction head lies on the bracket. The bracket is latched to the container in the parking position.
US09572461B2	Dispenser for a center feed roll A dispenser for a roll of web material, such as a center feed roll includes: a body having a first end wall provided with a dispensing opening for dispensing a leading end of the web material at the center of the roll, a second end wall opposite to the first end wall, and a sidewall connecting to the first and second end wall. The dispenser also includes a stabilizing device that is insertable into the roll to prevent the roll from collapsing towards its center. The stabilizing device includes a plurality of protrusions protruding from at least one of the first or second end wall towards the other of the first or second end wall, and the protrusions are disposed closer to the sidewall than to a center axis of the body.
US09572460B2	Towel dispenser A paper towel dispenser assembly including a support frame that receives a continuous length of pleated paper toweling. The paper towel dispenser assembly further including a sensor that actuates dispensing of an end of the continuous length of pleated paper toweling and a cutter that cuts a discrete towel from the end of the continuous length of pleated paper toweling.
US09572458B2	Multifunctional food processing tool for use with a food processing device In a food processing device, an adjustable food processing tool includes a central hub having a fixed blade and an articulating blade extending outwardly therefrom. The articulating blade is adjustable relative to a pitch of the blade between substantially vertical and horizontal positions. An external adjustment assembly is disposed on a base unit of the food processing device for adjusting the pitch of the articulating blade, wherein the pitch of the articulating blade can be adjusted while a food processing procedure is being conducted. The adjustable food processing tool is configurable between a chopping configuration and a stir configuration, thereby providing for a single food processing tool that can be used for a multitude of food processing functions.
US09572457B2	Stick mixer driven food processor A food processing lid is used with a cooperating bowl and a stick mixer handle. The lid has a feed tube and a recess for receiving a removeable gearbox that is driven by a stick mixer.
US09572454B2	Rapid preparation method of high-quality hot water A rapid preparation method of high-quality hot water, includes steps of: a) calculating a temperature difference between an inlet water temperature and an predetermined outlet water temperature, determining an adjacent heating power pair from heating curves of the pipeline heater according to the temperature difference and a predetermined flow rate, wherein the heating power pair is corresponding to one of time points in a slow nonlinear heating area K, then selecting the heating power pair for preparing to heat water in the pipeline heater; and b) inputting the water with the predetermined flow rate into the pipeline heater, heating with one of the heating power pair selected in the step a) in such a manner that the water in the pipeline heater is heated according to the K area of the pipeline heater, obtaining the water with the target water temperature from an outlet.
US09572453B2	Device for discharging and heating milk A device for discharging milk and/or milk froth, including a pump to convey milk from a container, a flow-heater, and an output for discharging milk, embodied cooperating with each other such that milk conveyed via the pump and heated via the flow-heater can be discharged from the output. At least one steam generator is provided cooperating with the flow-heater such that downstream in reference to the flow-heater and upstream in reference to the output, steam can be fed to the milk for an additional heating step. An air valve to create milk froth is provided, and the air valve is openable to introduce air upstream in reference to the flow-heater.
US09572452B2	Single serving brewing material adapter with readable label An adapter for single serving cartridges includes a coffee maker readable identification feature. The identification feature may be visual (for example any feature which may be read or a bar code), a readable magnetic strip, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), or any feature able to contain information and provide that information to a reader. The adapter may be configured for known disposable single serving cartridges, and may include one or more needles to puncture the cartridges for use. The identification feature may inform the coffee maker that an adapter carrying a disposable single serving cartridge is in use, and adjust the coffee maker accordingly.
US09572450B2	Beverage production device for producing a beverage from a single-use capsule Beverage production device for producing a beverage from a single-use capsule containing a beverage ingredient, comprising: a brewing unit that receives the capsule in a cavity defined by first and second engaging members that enclose the capsule and press it at a flange-like rim in a liquid seal-tight manner. At least one of the first and second engaging members comprises a substantially annular pressing portion for applying a sealing pressure on the flange-like rim of the capsule, the first and second engaging members being configured in relative closure at the nip to leak to a liquid injected in the cavity when a capsule is not present. One of at least the first or second engaging members comprises, at its annular pressing portion, at least one passage arranged for controlling liquid leakage only within a limited angular radial direction when the first and second engaging members are closed at the nip.
US09572442B1	Ergonomic combination utensil system A utensil system for ergonomically cooperating with a person's hand includes a scoop utensil with a forward scoop, a central portion generally triangular shaped in cross-section, and a rear portion. A knife utensil comprises a forward blade and a bulbous grip fixed with the forward blade and adapted for holding in the person's palm. When the knife utensil and the scoop utensil are reversely oriented in a nested configuration, the bulbous grip of the knife utensil fits within the forward scoop of the scoop utensil, and the rear portion of the scoop utensil fits around the forward blade of the knife utensil. A second scoop utensil being a mirror image of the scoop utensil may be fixed with the knife utensil in the nested configuration simultaneously with the scoop utensil. The scoop utensils and knife utensil, when all forwardly aligned and magnetically attached, may assume a presentation configuration.
US09572441B1	Inertia/gravity dispensing device A shaker device has a flow gate operated by gravity or by inertial force applied to the flow gate. The bottom of the gate has a plurality of spikes that fit within a plurality of openings in a cap. The flow gate may be a separate device to attach to a container or be attachable to a conventional shaker cap through which fluent material would fall. The flow gate slides upon one or more posts to prevent rotation thereon and misalignment. In a non-pouring position, the spikes prevent debris from entering in the shaker.
US09572435B2	Child booster seat with swivel capability A child booster seat has a base assembly, a seat carried by part of the base assembly, and an actuator. The seat can swiveled between at least two different rotational seat facing orientations and can be selectively latched in either one of the at least two different seat facing orientations. The seat can be unlatched using one hand by moving the actuator and can be reoriented by swiveling the seat using the same one hand.
US09572434B2	Foam panel receiving foam springs An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of receiving information of a user's support facility comfort requirements; using a software application to determine a proper support facility firmness configuration to match the user's requirement; selecting foam springs with the proper user required firmness as determined by the software application; and configuring the selected foam springs within the support facility to match the user's firmness requirements.
US09572433B2	Systems and methods for directing fluid flow in a mattress A system for directing fluid flow in a mattress is disclosed. The mattress comprises a base support layer which is configured to spatially locate at least one insert support layer. The insert layer comprises a conduit to allow fluid flow.
US09572431B2	Supportive comfort cushion A support comfort cushion is disclosed comprising a plurality of gel springs absorbs, a plurality of interlocking support members, and a base cushion, all of which serve to redistribute directional force as applied, proportionate to the weight and anatomy of an animal or human, i.e. those areas of anatomy most susceptible to pressure points, e.g. elbows, paws, neck, shoulders, back, hip joints. The gel springs contain bellows and adjacent gel spring junctions which act together providing transitional resistive slippage to dynamic influence of weight and movement, all the while providing counter-pressure, suspension.
US09572429B2	Household appliance having improved height profile adjustable feet The present invention relates to a household appliance (1) having a pair of front feet (3) and rear feet (4), each couple of front feet (3) and rear feet (4) being mechanically couplable by an extension shaft (6) being secured within said household appliance (1), said rear feet (4) of said household appliance (1) being formed as individual foot mechanisms (2) having a coupling end (11) introducible into an installation slot (8), the latter being directly exposed to the outside on rear surface of said household appliance (1) whereby a mutually interengaging mechanical relationship is provided between said household appliance (1) and said foot mechanism (2) so that said rear feet (4) of said household appliance (1) are individually removable and externally height adjustable.
US09572419B2	Oral care implement having pressure sensor and method of forming the same A toothbrush having a pressure sensor. In one embodiment, the invention can comprise a body comprising a handle portion and a head portion having a basin; a cleaning assembly comprising: a head plate; a plurality of tooth cleaning elements, each of the plurality of tooth cleaning elements comprising a cleaning portion extending from a front surface of the head plate and a base portion extending from a rear surface of the head plate; the base portions of the plurality of tooth cleaning elements melted together to form a melt matte adjacent the rear surface of the head plate; the head plate of the cleaning element assembly positioned in the basin and connected to the head portion; a pressure sensor adjacent a rear surface of the melt matte; and an indicator operably coupled to the pressure sensor for generating a user perceptive signal upon the pressure sensor sensing a pressure that exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US09572417B2	Toothbrush comprising asymmetrically oriented tufts of bristles The invention concerns a toothbrush with a handle and a bristle-carrying head part, which are connected to each other by a neck part, the head part having a multiplicity of tufts of bristles consisting of bristles. An anchor is oriented at right angles to the longitudinal axis. Two or more tufts of bristles have a bristle tuft half with bristle ends standing up higher in relation to the bristle ends of the other bristle tuft half.
US09572415B2	Holding finding An article of functional jewelry includes a magnetically responsive substrate with front and back surfaces, a bend dividing the substrate into first and second substantially planar regions, and a holding device. A magnet holds the article in position by sandwiching a piece of fabric between the magnet and the substrate. The holding device may include an aperture penetrating the first region forming a loop that supports an object such as a pair of eyeglasses or a scarf.
US09572412B2	Hair shaping process using fatty substances, non-silicone polymers or surfactants The invention relates to a cosmetic process for treating keratin fibers, preferably the hair, comprising at least the steps consisting in: a) applying to said keratin fibers a composition containing at least one substance chosen from fatty substances, non-silicone polymers and surfactants, b) applying a mechanical tension to said keratin fibers, and c) exposing said keratin fibers under mechanical tension to microwaves, at a pressure ranging from 50 000 to 250 000 Pa, in the presence of at least one solvent in vapor form on contact with the keratin fibers and without there being complete drying of the keratin fibers throughout the entire exposure to the microwaves, the solvent(s) in vapor form being entirely generated by evaporating at least one compound present, before emission of the microwaves, on contact with the keratin fibers, step a) taking place prior to step c).
US09572411B2	Luggage article with external frame having rods joined together by corner pieces A luggage article may include at least one panel attached to other walls to form the luggage article. The at least one panel may be framed by rods and/or a coil spring member connected to corner pieces to form a peripheral frame that extends around and is attached to and supports the periphery of a lamina to thereby form a framed panel that is attached to the other walls to form the luggage article. The configuration of the rods, coil spring member and the corner pieces may result in reduced weight and improved memory and elasticity comparative to conventional frames, and may offer an improvement and alternative to conventional luggage frames.
US09572410B2	Mechanical closure having a locking device The invention relates to a lock device, having a first connecting module and a second connecting module. The first connecting module can here be arranged in a closing direction on the second connecting module and is mechanically catch-lockingly engaged in a closing position with the second connecting module, and the first connecting module can be detached from the second connecting module by a movement of the first connecting module or of a part of the first connecting module in an opening direction, which differs from the closing direction. Here, a locking device (7; 9, 9a-f) is provided to prevent a movement of the first connecting module (1) or of the part (1a) of the first connecting module (1) in the opening direction (Y), when the first connecting module (1) and the second connecting module (2) are positioned in the closing position, wherein the locking device (7, 9, 9a-f; 100, 101, 102; 206, 207) can be unlocked to move the first connecting module (1) or the part (1a) of the first connecting module (1) in the opening direction (Y).
US09572409B2	Carrying bag A carrying case (500) and handle (504) for accommodating a portable topical negative pressure therapy apparatus (200) comprising a device (202) and a waste canister (204) separable therefrom, the waste canister having an aspiration conduit (274) emerging therefrom is described, the carrying bag comprising an apparatus receiving pouch (502), said pouch having opening and closing means (522, 524) at a lower portion thereof and said handle (504) being directly attached to said apparatus.
US09572406B2	Waterproof slide fastener A waterproof slide fastener where first and second through-holes are drilled in a tape side edge portion of a waterproof tape at specific intervals from one another, and first and second halves of a fastener element are integrally connected to each other through first through-holes. A stopper includes a body portion and an extension portion extending from the body portion. First and second halves of the stopper straddle a pair of waterproof tapes and are integrally connected to each other through second through-holes. According to the waterproof slide fastener, a manufacturing step thereof can be simplified, and it is possible to effectively prevent water from entering the waterproof slide fastener even if it receives a lateral pulling force.
US09572404B2	Shoe with composite upper and foam element and method of making same A bonded mesh composite panel can be used to form a three-dimensional upper shell that includes extensions used for double-lasting and/or to otherwise provide a shelf to support foam padding. The foam padding may be, e.g., a foam midsole. The extensions of the upper shell may be located in a lower portion of the shell and may be bonded to the foam midsole in a heel, midfoot and/or forefoot regions.
US09572402B2	Articles and methods of manufacturing articles Various articles, such as footwear, apparel, athletic equipment, watchbands, and the like, and methods of forming those articles are presented. The articles are generally formed, in whole or in part, using rapid manufacturing techniques, such as laser sintering, stereolithography, solid deposition modeling, and the like. The use of rapid manufacturing allows for relatively economical and time efficient manufacture of customized articles. Portions of the articles may be manufactured using rapid manufacturing and those portions may be joined with portions formed using conventional, non-rapid manufacturing techniques. The methods may also include performing a scan of an appropriate body part of a user, such as a foot, in order to create a customized article of footwear for the user.
US09572397B2	Heated insole with removable assembly A heated insole for a shoe has an insole body, a heating element, and a removable assembly. The insole body has a recess, and the heating element delivers heat to at least a portion of the insole body. The removable assembly is removable from and insertable into the recess of the insole body, and includes a battery and a control circuit that is configured to control heating of the heating element.
US09572396B2	Athletic shoe An athletic shoe configured to efficiently attenuate dorsal, anterior, posterior, lateral, medial and plantar loading forces. The shoe toebox or forefoot upper includes a cutout region through what is generally inelastic outer shoe material, across which a panel of increased stretchability extends in juxtaposition with a key shoe-foot impact or pressure engagement area. The stretchable panel forms with the cutout a porous damping ventilating passageway into which a portion of the foot can enter and pass externally of an at-rest outer peripheral surface of the shoe material surrounding the cutout. Key shoe-foot impact or pressure areas include impact areas engaged by toes of a foot sliding forward within the shoe, and pressure areas engaged by bunions and bunionettes moving outward against the sides of the shoe. Upon removal of pressure by the moving foot portion, the stretchable panel retracts, and restores the cutout region back toward its initial configuration.
US09572394B2	Foot-support structures for articles of footwear Foot-supporting elements for articles of footwear or other products may include: (a) a first diagonally-oriented plate that extends from a lateral heel location of an article of footwear to a medial forefoot location of the article of footwear; and (b) a second diagonally-oriented plate that extends from a medial heel location of the article of footwear to a lateral forefoot location of the article of footwear. These foot-supporting elements may be utilized in foot-receiving devices that may include: (a) a foot-covering member (such as an upper); and (b) a foot-supporting element engaged with the foot-covering member.
US09572392B2	Adjustment mechanism for a headband arrangement of a safety helmet An adjustment mechanism for a headband arrangement having a headband member with a notched track positioned on an end thereof, the adjustment mechanism including: a rotatable knob having a first contact member and a second contact member; and a rotatable hub member having a gear portion with teeth to engage the notched track of the headband member, such that rotation of the hub member in a first direction causes the headband member to tighten and rotation of the hub member in a second direction causes the headband member to loosen; wherein, upon rotation of the knob in the first direction, contact between the first contact member and the hub member causes the hub member to rotate in the first direction, and upon rotation of the knob in the second direction, contact between the second contact member and the hub member causes the hub member to rotate in the second direction.
US09572388B2	Helmet mount A helmet mount for electronics is provided. The helmet mount includes a clamping bracket for affixing to a helmet chin guard. In addition, the helmet mount includes an adjustable arm, swivel bracket and electronic device. A first end of the arm is rotatably attached to the clamp bracket, and a second end of the arm is rotatably attached to the slider bracket. Meanwhile, the electronic device is attached to the slider bracket that allows it to slide in an arcuate manner. Preferably, the clamp bracket includes a first clamping member and second clamping member which are both movable and rotatable relative to one another.
US09572385B2	Bowtie construction A self-mounting bowtie has a pair of wings extending outwardly from a central wrapping band. A first magnetic element located at the wrapping band. A second magnetic element for magnetic attraction to the first magnetic element is provided to be positioned adjacent the central wrapping band with a layer of an article at a location at which the bowtie is to be attached being sandwiched between the central wrapping band and second magnetic element. The bowtie is thus magnetically retained at the desired location. The second magnetic element may be located on a fabric flap extending from the central wrapping element. Rare earth magnets, which provide a strong magnetic attraction despise a small size, are preferably used in the construction.
US09572383B2	Cycling glove A glove particularly useful for cycling includes a plurality of finger elements a thumb element a dorsal side panel and a palmar side panel. The finger elements cover the fingers the thumb elements cover a thumb the dorsal side panel covers a back or dorsal side of the hand and the palmar side panel covers a palm of the hand. Shock absorbing pads are provided on the palmar side of the glove to extend along opposed sides of the ulnar nerve when in a use condition. Moreover one of the ulnar protective pads is placed generally between the ulnar and the median nerves and thereby off loads the stress on the ulnar nerve in the wrist area of the wearer when a wearer is gripping objects such as the handle bars of a bicycle or the like.
US09572380B2	Non-encircling comfort pad system A non-encircling comfort pad system that allows the user to selectively attach a pad to and detach the pad from the article of clothing is disclosed. The non-encircling comfort pad system includes a pad having a pad fastener part and a mount fastener part that is attached to the article of clothing. The pad fastener part is configured to engage the mount fastener part such that the pad is held to the article of clothing without requiring any encirclement of the protected body part.
US09572375B2	Vapor-permeable waterproof sock A vapor-permeable waterproof sock includes a cylindrical main body including a cloth having vapor permeability and that is waterproof. The vapor-permeable waterproof sock covers a range from a foot tip portion to a crus portion. The cylindrical main body includes a plurality of cloth areas, each of which expands and contacts more easily in one direction as compared with other directions. The plurality of cloth areas are joined together, and include a crus cloth area expanding and contracting more easily in a circumferential direction of the crus portion as compared with in a longitudinal direction of the crus portion, the crus cloth area covering the crus portion; and a planta portion cloth area expanding and contacting more easily in a longitudinal direction of the planta portion as compared with a width direction of the planta portion.
US09572374B2	Atomizer cover with side air inlet hole An atomizer cover which is made of glass, plastic, silicone, metal or glass-lined metal for a vaporizing device wherein a side air inlet hole through the atomizer cover is located at a lower portion of the cover, wherein upon assembly of the cover with an atomizer and an atomizer base, the side air inlet hole is located near the atomizer and atomizer base, at or below the atomizer cup level, which creates a vortex of air to increase the efficiency in pulling of the aerosol or vapor from the interior of the atomizer cover, while cooling down the aerosol or vapor which is then inhaled by the user.
US09572367B2	Tunnel A tunnel 2 for the in-line anti-bacterial treatment of plucked poultry carcasses (or other animal carcasses) with a liquid cryogen or a cold gas at a temperature of less than 0° C. has an entrance 18 and an exit 20 for the poultry carcasses. A monorail conveyor 22 extends from the entrance 18 to the exit 20 and passes thorough the tunnel 2. Poultry suspension shackles 24 are able to pass along the conveyor 22. Thus, poultry carcasses are able to be conveyed through the tunnel 2. The conveyor 22 may follow a path which reverses direction at least once.
US09572366B2	Systems and methods for heat exchange Heat exchange devices, including aseptic cooler devices, and systems including same are provided. Methods of using heat exchange device are also provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides heat exchangers having an open chamber configuration and including a first section containing a cooling or heating media and a second section containing a food product. The first section includes a level detecting device that is configured to maintain a level of cooling or heating media in the first section, while preventing the cooling or heating media from pressurizing the first section. The open chamber configuration provides an air break at a top portion of the first section that ensures that the cooling or heating media entering the first section is at, or close to, atmospheric pressure.
US09572361B2	System for automating cooking steps A cooking system for automating cooking steps of a recipe on a stove comprising a stove including a plurality of cooking elements; power controller for controlling the operation of each one of the cooking elements; and computer system in communication with the power controller, said computer system including a processor, computer readable data storage, and a visual display unit. The processor causes the computer system to perform the steps of: for each automated step of said recipe, generates a control signal for actuating at least one of the cooking elements and sends said control signal to the power controller; and for each manual or user step of said recipe, generates data representing user readable instructions for performing the user step and displays said data on the visual display unit. The power controller is adapted to actuate the cooking elements in accordance with each control signal received from the computer system.
US09572360B2	Method for producing an edible gas hydrate A method for producing an edible composite of gas hydrate and ice is provided, the method comprising the steps of contacting an aqueous solution with carbon dioxide or nitrous oxide at a sufficiently high pressure to form a gas hydrate, but at a temperature preventing this; and then reducing the temperature of the solution to form the gas hydrate and ice; characterized in that the aqueous solution contains from 0.0001 to 2 wt % of an ice structuring protein. Frozen confections containing gas hydrates and methods for producing them are also provided.
US09572358B2	Tropicalizing agent Use of particles of insoluble water-absorbing food ingredient, such as dietary fibre, as carrier for a humectant, such as water of glycerol, for the introduction of the humectant into a chocolate product. Furthermore, a tropicalizing agent comprising discrete particles of insoluble food ingredient material, such as citrus fibre particles, loaded with water or humectant. That tropicalizing agent is dispersed in liquid fat, such as cocoa butter. The tropicalizing agent is used to make chocolate products heat resistant.
US09572357B2	Method for preparing sword bean tea A method for preparing a sword bean tea is provided. In the method, a washed sword bean or a pod of the sword bean is cut into a predetermined size. The sword bean or the pod of the sword bean is dried at 30° C. to 40° C., for 24 hours to 72 hours. The sword bean or the pod of the sword be is roasted at 250° C. to 400° C. for 10 min to 30 min. The sword bean or the pod of the sword bean is left at 70° C. to 100° C. for 3 min to 10 min, and the sword bean or the pod of the sword bean is then stirred. The leaving and the stirring are alternately and repetitively performed five times. The sword bean or the pod of the sword bean is roasted at 180° C. to 200° C. for 3 min to 5 min.
US09572352B2	Filled dough producing method Filled dough producing method is disclosed for making a food product, such as baozi, a traditional Chinese food, by folding and constricting close a circular dough wrapper around a filling in an apparatus including a pocket assembly made of pliable fabric layer with an upper surface and lower surface, a flexible frustro-conical member connected to the lower surface of the pliable fabric layer, and draw strings for making a pouch, wherein the frustro-conical member is configured to be alternately inverted from a first rigid position to a second rigid position.
US09572350B2	Baking plate for baking ovens A baking plate for a baking oven for producing baked products such as soft waffles, crispy wafers, pancakes and the like. The baking plate has a carrier plate and one or more baking inserts disposed thereon, which are configured for receiving the batter to be baked. The baking inserts are formed from sintered ceramic that are very sturdy and tough and have low thermal expansion.
US09572345B2	Pesticidal composition in the form of aqueous emulsion A pesticidal composition is provided in the form of an aqueous emulsion, containing: (a) an agriculturally active ingredient in which a retention rate is less than 50% after irradiation with xenon light (290 nm cutoff) at an intensity of 0.68 W/m2 at 340 nm for 8 hours; (b) a hydrophobic organic solvent; (c) a water-soluble polymer dispersing agent; and (d) water. Liquid droplets in which the agriculturally active ingredient is suspended or dissolved in the hydrophobic organic solvent are emulsified in an aqueous continuous phase. A weight ratio of the agriculturally active ingredient to the hydrophobic organic solvent is from 5:95 to 70:30. With this pesticidal composition, it is possible to inhibit photodegradation of the agriculturally active ingredient.
US09572344B2	Glutaraldehyde based biocidal compositions and methods of use Provided are biocidal compositions comprising glutaraldehyde and a compound selected from the group consisting of 1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane; tris(hydroxymethyl)-nitromethane; and a hexahydrotriazine compound. The compositions are useful for controlling microorganisms in aqueous or water-containing systems.
US09572343B2	Active compound combinations The invention relates to active compound combinations, in particular within a composition, which comprises (A) an amidine compound of formula (I) and a further fungicidally (B). Moreover, the invention relates to a method for curatively or preventively controlling the phytopathogenic fungi of plants, to the use of a combination according to the invention for the treatment of seed, to a method for protecting a seed and not at least to the treated seed.
US09572336B2	Removable insert for a horseshoe A horseshoe connected to a hoof of a horse for use on different surfaces without removing the horseshoe from the horse. The horseshoe includes an insert removably connected to the horseshoe. The insert may be positioned within a recess located on the bottom surface of the horseshoe. The insert may have a toe grab for providing traction. A related method of inserting a toe grab to a horseshoe without removing the horseshoe from a horse.
US09572333B1	Trigger happy comfort grip A resiliently flexible grip for fishing rods has a hollow tubular main body and includes a retaining band that wraps around the fishing rod, which keeps the flexible grip fixed to a trigger of a fishing rod. The main body conforms to any shape of the trigger and compresses uniformly to provide a custom fit on the trigger. The grip, during use, compresses and conforms to the individual user's finger and hands providing comfort while fishing.
US09572332B2	Artificial fishing lure A multi-segmented, soft-bodied, artificial fishing lure or swim bait with a natural profile includes plastic control planes in each body segment to generate a lure that is stable in the water, and demonstrates realistic swimming motions in a range of retrieve speeds and even when allowed to sink. At least one clear, stiff plastic control plane is inserted in each body segment to generate a lifelike swimming motion when the lure is retrieved. Each control plane may be moved within a range of positions to provide realistic motions for specific fishing techniques. The control planes inserted into and sometimes through the lure body are invisible in the water and are adjustable to accommodate a range of water conditions, densities and temperatures. The placement of control planes create the ability to limit unnatural/undesirable movements and expand or accentuate natural and desirable movements in each segment of the body of the lure.
US09572324B2	Insecticide strip and combination with identification ear tag An insecticide impregnated strip configured for convenient and reliable attachment to conventional animal ear tags. The insecticide strip comprises an elongated integrally molded member having a key-hole shaped aperture formed in an upper portion thereof, enabling the elongated strip to be pendularly suspended from the ear tag. Various methods are disclosed for attaching the strip to different types of known ear tags.
US09572323B2	Interchangeable flow directing orifice inserts and recirculating pet fountain with flow directing orifice inserts A recirculating pet fountain having a cover mounted on a basin in a manner that removably seats the cover on the basin. An inclined spillway of the cover has an intake-defining edge below water in the basin producing a spillway that also is a debris and detritus blocking barrier. The fountain includes at least one removable orifice insert having a mounting stem received in an opening in the cover and a head from which water exits. Interchangeable inserts can be provided with one insert directing a water stream out a nozzle onto the spillway or into water in a bowl disposed below the insert that can be a drinking well. Another insert can be a flow dividing insert splitting flow into a plurality of streams.
US09572321B2	Lettuce varieties ‘Ezrilla’, ‘Analora’, and ‘Anandra’ New lettuce varieties designated ‘Ezrilla’, ‘Analora’, and ‘Anandra’ are described. ‘Ezrilla’, ‘Analora’, and ‘Anandra’ are lettuce varieties exhibiting stability and uniformity.
US09572319B1	Maize inbred PH1VKM A novel maize variety designated PH1VKM and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH1VKM with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1VKM 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 PH1VKM or a locus conversion of PH1VKM with another maize variety.
US09572318B1	Soybean variety XBP05005R A novel soybean variety, designated XBP05005R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP05005R, cells from soybean variety XBP05005R, plants of soybean XBP05005R, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP05005R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP05005R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP05005R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP05005R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP05005R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP05005R are further provided.
US09572316B1	Maize inbred PH2DFM A novel maize variety designated PH2DFM and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH2DFM with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2DFM through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH2DFM or a locus conversion of PH2DFM with another maize variety.
US09572315B2	ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant B. napus mutants The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant B. napus plant, progeny and parts thereof comprising a non-transgenic mutation of an endogenous acetolactate synthase I gene and a non-transgenic mutation of an endogenous acetolactate synthase III gene.
US09572314B1	Soybean variety 09CR150126 Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated 09CR150126, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-122787. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 09CR150126 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
US09572313B2	Hybrid pepper ‘E20S1012777’ A hybrid pepper designated ‘E20S1012777’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid pepper ‘E20S1012777’ to the plants of hybrid pepper ‘E20S1012777’ and to methods for producing a hybrid plant, and to methods for producing other pepper lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the hybrid pepper ‘E20S1012777’.
US09572312B2	Watermelon variety NUN 7201 WMW The invention relates to the field of Citrullus lanatus, in particular to a new variety of watermelon designated NUN 7201 WMW as well as plants, seeds and watermelon fruits thereof.
US09572311B2	Soybean transgenic event MON87705 and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides a transgenic soybean event MON87705, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for said soybean event in a sample, methods for detecting the presence of said soybean event nucleotide sequences in a sample, probes and primers for use in detecting nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for the presence of said soybean event in a sample, growing the seeds of such soybean event into soybean plants, and breeding to produce soybean plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event.
US09572310B1	Method for delivering nutrients to the plants in a hydroponic system The embodiments herein relate to a method for delivering nutrients to the plants in a hydroponic system. The method comprises delivering a nutrient solution, planting a plurality of plants in a plurality of plant receivers, combining a plurality of angled joints with a single side of one plastic pipe with rest of the plastic pipes, combining a plurality of T-fitting/connectors with the plurality of plastic pipes, closing an end of the plastic pipes with a plurality of pipe caps and delivering water to the plurality of pipes using a customizable water pipe. The method further comprises adjusting the plurality of plastic pipes with an adjustable pipe brace and circulating the nutrient solution in the reservoir to the plurality of plant receivers using an electrical pump.
US09572307B2	Systems and methods utilizing an overhead plant training screen Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods to redirect vertical growth of flowering plants. In embodiments, a portable growing system may redirect vertical growth of plants in a late vegetative stage and in an early flower stage. This may allow lower budding sites positioned within the portable growing system to receive substantially the same amount of light as higher budding sites positioned within the portable growing system.
US09572302B2	Outdoor power tool A tool has a housing. A blade bar projects forwards from the housing along a longitudinal axis. An electric drive motor drives the blade bar. At least one battery supplies the drive motor with electrical energy. The blade bar, the drive motor and the battery are mounted on the housing. The tool has a top handle arranged above a center of gravity of the tool, and a rear handle arranged behind the tool center of gravity. The battery is arranged on the housing at least mainly in front of the rear handle.
US09572301B2	Switch-free multi-cutting mode shearing tool A switch-free multi-cutting mode shearing tool includes a shearer including a first handle and a second handle pivotally connected together, a cutter blade pivoted to the first handle, a link pivoted to the second handle, and a pushing element mounted at the second handle. The cutter blade has a cutting edge protruding over a front end of the first handle, an actuation portion projecting between the first and second handles, an elongated slot located in the actuation portion and a plurality of engagement grooves inside the elongated slot. The link has a pin located at a movable end thereof and inserted into and movable along the elongated slot and selectively engageable into one of the engagement grooves, such that when the first and second handles are closed toward each other, the pushing element is forced to touch and push the actuation portion of the cutter blade.
US09572300B2	Methods of transferring plant embryos to germination medium Methods of transferring a plurality of plant somatic embryos to germination medium are provided.
US09572297B2	Floating manure agitator A floating manure agitator that floats on the surface of a manure lagoon and that may be remotely controlled to agitate manure supernatant into a slurry with sludge settling on the bottom of the lagoon. The agitator is provided with a plurality of fluid outputs, the direction of which may be controlled to motivate and steer the agitator. The outputs are angled to develop vortices of supernatant into the sludge to further mix the materials into a slurry.
US09572296B2	Remote leveling of tillage implements An agricultural implement for supporting a plurality of gangs of disk blades extending generally laterally relative to a forward travel direction. The implement has carrier frames pivotally connected to wheel assemblies for controlling the height of the carrier frames relative to the ground through hydraulic actuators acting on the wheel assemblies. The hydraulic control unit enables independent and individual control of each actuator. An electronic control unit (ECU) receives displacement signals from the actuators and stores the signals when the agricultural implement is on a reference surface for synchronized set points. Thereafter any deviation from the synchronized set point is corrected.
US09578795B2	System and method for extracting components A method for extracting components includes the steps of heating an electronic device having one or more components to a predetermined temperature so as to substantially weaken a bonding substance arranged to bond the one or more components to the electronic device, and thereafter manipulating the electronic device to extract the one or more components from the electronic device.
US09578790B2	Power conversion apparatus A power converter includes: a first metal member; a second metal member to be connected to the first metal member to form a space in which a coolant flows; and a heating electric component main body to be housed in a concave portion formed on the first metal member so as to project into interior of the space.
US09578783B2	Miniature multilayer radiative cooling case wtih hidden quick release snaps A passive cooling arrangement for an electronic housing assembly is provided. The assembly includes a frame disposed in the housing assembly; a circuit board supported in the frame; a heat generating component disposed on the circuit board; and a heat sink configured with a substantially flat peripheral portion and a depression portion. The substantially flat peripheral portion faces and is nearly coextensive with an outer wall of said housing assembly, and the depression portion is in thermal engagement with the heat generating component on the circuit board. The frame includes a base having embosses which support the circuit board in a position enabling thermal engagement of the heat generating component and the depression portion of the heat sink. The outer wall of the housing assembly is preferably unvented and the housing assembly is preferably oriented in use with the outer wall facing upwardly.
US09578782B2	Heat dissipation device, electronic device, and base station device A heat dissipation device includes: a first plate with a first surface on which a first heat dissipation fin is formed; a second plate with a first surface on which a second heat dissipation fin is formed, and a heat conduction unit that passes through a first through-hole of the first plate and a second through-hole of the second plate.
US09578780B1	Heat dissipating device A heat dissipating device used for a PCB having a heat generating component includes a vapor chamber, a fin set, and a fixture. The vapor chamber is attached to the heat generating component. The fin set is connected above to the vapor chamber. The fixture is fixed to the PCB. The vapor chamber and the fin set are clamped between the fixture and the PCB. The fixture has a press plate which is pressed against a top of the fin set. Therefore, the press plate presses the vapor chamber without direct contact. That is, the applied pressure is concentrated on the fin set and then distributed evenly to the vapor chamber, which prevents deformation of the vapor chamber due to uneven pressure and further achieves the effect of the vapor chamber being attached smoothly to the heat generating component.
US09578776B2	Secure device A secure device is used for securing a printed circuit board assembly. The secure device includes a fixed base and a plurality of removable securing member. The fixed base includes a base body, a plurality of locking structures and fixed structures. The fixed structure has a key-shape hole. Each of the removable securing members respectively includes a post, an interference portion and a lock portion. When the printed circuit board assembly is operated to be secured by the removable securing members, a first side of the printed circuit board assembly needs to be locked by the locking structure firstly; the interference portion of each removable securing member needs to be inserted into the key-shape hole, and interfered with the key-shape hole after the respective of the removable securing members is turned along a rotation direction, thereby to make the printed circuit board assembly secured by the removable securing members.
US09578775B2	LGA socket terminal damage prevention A land grid array (LGA) socket apparatus includes an LGA socket, with two guide rails provided respectively on the inner sides of two opposite side walls of the socket. The height of the top surface of each guide rail from the socket's bottom is greater than the height of socket terminals from the socket's bottom. The length of each guide rail is smaller than the length of the sidewall's inner side. The guide rails support at least two protrusions provided at corners at opposite sides of an integrated circuit chip assembly when the assembly is slid into the socket from a side. The guide rails, when the assembly is slid to the end of the guide rail, enable the at least two protrusions to fall into the gaps between the ends of the guide rail and the respective socket end walls to install the assembly in the socket.
US09578774B2	Electronic component unit An electronic component unit includes a housing which accommodates an electronic component therein, which includes a bottom surface in a vertical direction and a side wall surface, and to which a connection portion with electric wire is provided on the bottom surface. The bottom surface of the housing includes an inclined surface. One side of the inclined surface disposed on a side of the side wall surface is positioned at a lower position in the vertical direction than the other side of the inclined surface disposed on a side of the connection portion.
US09578765B2	Hole plug device A fiberglass hole plug for sealing unused openings in electrical enclosures is disclosed. The hole plug includes a cover having a first side and a second side and defining a peripheral edge and a threaded member having a first end and a second end. The second end of the threaded member is attached to the second side of the cover, axially extends in a direction away from the cover, wherein a radial distance between the threaded member and the peripheral edge on the second side of said cover is less than or equal to one-half inch. The hole plug further includes a fastener threadably attached to the threaded member, whereby rotation of the fastener adjusts a longitudinal distance between the first end and the second end of the threaded member.
US09578760B2	Circuit boards, connectors, cases, circuit board assemblies, case assemblies, devices and methods of manufacturing the same Example embodiments are directed to circuit boards, connectors, cases, circuit board assemblies, case assemblies, devices and methods of manufacturing the same, which are common to at least two different form factors. In an example embodiment, the SSD includes a circuit board that is smaller than a case, and the circuit board is secured to the bottom surface of the case by the securing element. The securing element is spaced apart from edges of the case to allow using a circuit board that is smaller than the case.
US09578753B2	Method for manufacturing display device A method for manufacturing a display device includes: connecting a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board with a first connecting film, the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board configured to apply a driving signal to a display panel; attaching a fixing member to the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, such that the first connecting film extends away from the display panel and the first printed circuit board is spaced apart from the display panel; attaching the second printed circuit board to the display panel with second connecting films; removing the fixing member; and attaching the first printed circuit board to the display panel.
US09578752B2	Method of forming conductive pattern and substrate having conductive pattern manufactured by the same method The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a board that includes a conductive pattern, which comprises the steps of 1) discharging a conductive inorganic composition that includes a conductive inorganic metal particle on a substrate; 2) discharging a conductive organic composition that includes a conductive organic metal complex on the conductive inorganic composition; and 3) sintering the conductive inorganic composition and the conductive organic composition, and a board that includes a conductive pattern manufactured by using the same. A board that includes a conductive pattern according to the present invention may have high conductivity even though it is sintered at a lower sintering temperature than a board that includes a conductive pattern formed by using only an organic material or only an inorganic material.
US09578749B2	Element embedded printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same An element embedded printed circuit board includes: a substrate including an insulation layer, a first circuit layer formed on a first surface of the insulation layer, and a second circuit layer formed on a second surface of the insulation layer; and an element including an electrode part and embedded in the insulation layer, wherein the electrode part is in contact with the first circuit layer.
US09578738B2	Wiring board and mounting: structure including the same According to an aspect of the invention, a wiring board includes an inorganic insulating layer and a conductive layer disposed on part of one main surface of the inorganic insulating layer. The part of the one main surface of the inorganic insulating layer includes a plurality of first recessed portions each of which has at least partially circular shape in a plan view. Part of the conductive layer enters into the plurality of first recessed portions. According to the aspect of the invention, it is possible to obtain a wiring board capable of reducing disconnection of the conductive layer and therefore having superior electrical reliability.
US09578733B2	Esd protection of electronic device An electronic device is provided. A first PCB includes a plurality of ground pads. A fingerprint sensor includes a sensing array, an insulating surface disposed on the sensing array, and a second PCB disposed between the sensing array and the first PCB. The sensing array senses fingerprint information of a user. The second PCB includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a metal trace disposed on the first surface and adjacent to the sensing array, and a plurality of ESD pads disposed on the second surface and coupled to the first ground pads of the first PCB, respectively. When an ESD event occurs, ESD energy is discharged from the metal trace to the first ground pads of the first PCB through a plurality of vias and the ESD pads without passing through the sensing array.
US09578730B2	Extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus and extreme ultraviolet light generation system An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may include: a chamber; a target generation unit configured to output a target to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a focusing optical system configured to concentrate a pulse laser beam to the predetermined region; and a plurality of scattered light detectors each configured to detect scattered light from the target irradiated with the pulse laser beam. The extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus may further include: an optical path changer configured to change an optical path of the pulse laser beam; and an optical path controller configured to control the optical path changer on a basis of results of detection by the plurality of scattered light detectors.
US09578729B2	Extreme ultraviolet source with dual magnetic cusp particle catchers A laser-produced plasma extreme ultraviolet source has a buffer gas to slow ions down and thermalize them in a low-temperature plasma. The plasma is initially trapped in a mirror magnetic field configuration with a low magnetic field barrier to axial motion. Plasma overflows axially at each end of the mirror into magnetic cusps and is conducted by radial magnetic field lines to annular beam dumps disposed around the waist of each cusp.
US09578724B1	Illumination device and method for avoiding flicker An illumination device comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a method for controlling the illumination device while avoiding flicker in the LED output is provided herein. According to one embodiment, the method may include driving the plurality of LEDs substantially continuously with drive currents configured to produce illumination, periodically turning the plurality of LEDs off for short durations of time during a first period to take measurements or communicate optical data, and increasing the drive currents supplied to the plurality of LEDs by a small amount when the LEDs are on during the first period to compensate for lack of illumination when the LEDs are periodically turned off during the first period.
US09578721B2	Instrument control device, instrument control system, instrument control method and program In the present invention, an instrument control device is provided with the following: a human detection sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a person in a specific region on the basis of temperature changes in the specific region; a tag correspondence communication device for communicating with a tag located in the specific region; and a communication unit for communicating with instruments that carry out a specific operation. The instrument control device is provided with an instrument operation control unit that causes an instrument to begin a specific operation in a case where the human detection sensor detects the presence of a person, and that causes the instrument to stop the specific operation in a case where no person is present as detected by the human detection sensor, and where the tag correspondence communication device is not communicating with the tag.
US09578717B2	Monitoring and control device and method for an illumination apparatus Disclosed is a monitoring and control device, applicable to an illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus includes a lighting unit which outputs a signal representative of a status of the lighting unit. The illumination apparatus includes an apparatus identifier. The illumination apparatus includes: a monitoring circuit electrically coupled to the lighting unit, for receiving the signal and determining whether the illumination apparatus needs to be replaced in response to the signal satisfying a condition; a controller electrically coupled to the monitoring circuit; and a receiving/transmitting unit electrically coupled to the controller, wherein the controller controls the receiving/transmitting unit to transmit the apparatus identifier of the illumination apparatus to be replaced in response to the determination is affirmative. A method thereof is also disclosed.
US09578708B2	Lighting configuration apparatus and methods utilizing distance sensors Disclosed are methods and apparatus for lighting configuration, contemplating analysis of a plurality of distance values from a plurality of distance sensors (114) to set one or more light output characteristics of a plurality of LEDs (112). The light output characteristics of the LEDs (112) are set as a function of the distance values from the distance sensors (114).
US09578707B2	Lighting system, control method, and control apparatus A lighting system includes: a demand controller which outputs a demand signal; a control panel which suspends supply of power from a power line for a first predetermined time period by controlling switches based on the demand signal; and a light fixture which includes a light emitter, a detector, an occupancy sensor, and a controller which, if the detector detects that the power being supplied to the light fixture emitting light in a first illumination state is suspended for the first predetermined time period: causes the light fixture to emit light in a second illumination state dimmer than the first illumination state if the occupancy sensor has sensed a person; and causes the light emitter to emit light in a third illumination state dimmer than the second illumination state if the occupancy sensor has sensed no one.
US09578705B2	DC LED driverless lighting assembly A lighting assembly to be primarily used in an agricultural setting to illuminate farm animals with different colors of lighting. The assembly has a circuit for emitting light with different colored light emitting diodes that are arranged in networks of LEDs. The second and third networks are arranged in parallel to a first network of LED forming three separate current paths for lighting the LEDs. Each path has controllable impedance element arranged in series with the network of LED in that particular path and is controlled by a dynamic impedance control element that is coupled to the controllable impedance element to direct current through the individual paths of the circuit.
US09578703B2	Systems and methods for continuous adjustment of reference signal to control chip The present disclosure is directed to a solution that provides for continuous adjustment of a reference signal to a control chip to facilitate controlling the average output power. In some aspects, a system may facilitate continuous adjustment of power provided to a device by providing a reference signal with a slope to a control pin (e.g., current control pin) of a control chip (e.g., power regulator or LED driver). Providing a reference signal with a slope (e.g., a triangle or a sinusoidal wave) can increase the control range of the control chip and improve control chip performance. For example, systems and methods of the present disclosure may increase the dimming range of an LED from less than 0.1% to 100%.
US09578700B2	Controllable-load circuit for use with a load control device A load control device for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load is operable to conduct enough current through a thyristor of a connected dimmer switch to exceed rated latching and holding currents of the thyristor. The load control device comprises a controllable-load circuit operable to conduct a controllable-load current through the thyristor of the dimmer switch. The load control device disables the controllable-load circuit when the phase-control voltage received from the dimmer switch is a reverse phase-control waveform. When the phase-control voltage received from the dimmer switch is a forward phase-control waveform, the load control device is operable to decrease the magnitude of the controllable-load current so as to conduct only enough current as is required in order to exceed rated latching and holding currents of the thyristor.
US09578696B2	Combination solar/low-voltage lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus includes a housing, a plurality of lighting elements coupled to the housing, wherein a first subset of the plurality of lighting elements is powered by a solar power source and a second subset of the plurality of lighting elements is powered by a low-voltage electrical power source, and a switch for selectively switching between operation of the first subset and the second subset.
US09578695B2	Method and devices for solid structure formation by localized microwaves Method and device for solid structure formation by localized microwaves for additive fabrication of solid bodies by use of localized microwave radiation applied to a source material, in the form of a powder, wire or other solid form, so as to generate a hotspot in a thermal-runaway process or through plasma breakdown, and melt a small portion of it (with at least one dimension smaller than the microwave wavelength) thereby consolidating small pieces of the molten source material in a stepwise manner to construct the entire body.
US09578693B2	Transverse flux induction heating device The transverse flux induction heating device allows an alternating magnetic field to intersect the sheet face of a conductive sheet which is conveyed in one direction, thereby inductively heating the conductive sheet. The transverse flux induction heating device includes a heating coil disposed such that a coil face faces the sheet face of the conductive sheet; a core around which the heating coil is coiled; and a shielding plate formed of a conductor and disposed between the core and a side end portion in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the conductive sheet, wherein the shielding plate has a protruded portion, and the side surface of the protruded portion represents a closed loop when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the coil face.
US09578684B2	Antenna arrangement A wireless node (10) comprises an RF modem (12), an RF switch array (14) connected to the RF modem (12), the RF switch array (14) comprising a layer of circuit board (18) sandwiched between layers of conductive material (20, 22) and a plurality of antennas (16) connected to the circuit board (18) of the RF switch array (14) via waveguides (36) present in the layers of conductive material (20, 22), a first subset of the antennas (16) arranged in a first horizontal plane H1 and a second subset of the antennas (16) arranged below the first horizontal plane H1 in a second horizontal plane H2.
US09578682B1	Systems and methods for selecting between coexistence modes in a wireless device A device including a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive, using a first antenna, according to a first communication protocol, a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive, using a second antenna, according to the first communication protocol, and a third transceiver configured to transmit and receive, using the second antenna, according to a second communication protocol. A controller is configured to select between a first mode where the first, second, and third transceivers are configured to respectively communicate using the first and second antennas at a same time, and a second mode where the first, second, and third transceivers are configured to respectively communicate using the first and second antennas at different times. In the first mode and the second mode, the controller is further configured to selectively allow the second transceiver to transmit and receive using the second antenna at a same time as the third transceiver.
US09578675B2	Method and apparatus for changing discontinuous reception cycle in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for changing Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device configures a short DRX cycle and a long DRX cycle. When a drx-ShortCycle timer expires, it is determined whether a drxInactivityTimer is run or not. Therefore, the wireless device uses one of the short DRX cycle and the long DRX cycle according to the determination. Discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle can be configured flexibly and a CSI report between the UE and the eNB can be complied with accurately.
US09578673B2	Method of changing UE mobility state in RRC connected mode In a wireless communication system, a user equipment is configured to establish an RRC link with a cell when operating in a first mobility state or a second mobility state of an RRC connected mode. When all currently running application programs only cause background traffic or do not require short data latency, the user equipment is configured to maintain in or switch to the first mobility state having a lower monitoring frequency. When any of the currently running applications involves user interaction or requires short data latency, the user equipment is configured to maintain in or switch to the second mobility state having a higher monitoring frequency.
US09578671B2	Establishing multiple connections between a user equipment and wireless access network nodes A control plane connection is established between a user equipment (UE) and a first wireless access network node. Signaling in the control plane connection is used for establishing a plurality of connections between the UE and corresponding additional plurality of wireless access network nodes, to communicate user plane data between the UE and the additional wireless access network nodes.
US09578668B2	Bluetooth pairing system and method A Bluetooth pairing method is provided which includes connecting a mobile terminal and an infotainment system of a vehicle by a wired connection. The method also includes executing a dedicated APP (application) for a Bluetooth pairing disposed in the mobile terminal by a controller disposed in the infotainment system. Information regarding the infotainment system for the Bluetooth pairing is transmitted to the dedicated APP by the controller and the information is stored to a NFC (Near Field Communication) tag by the dedicated APP.
US09578666B2	User terminal for D2D communication using uplink radio resource A mobile communication system according to embodiment comprises: a user terminal that performs D2D communication that is direct device to device communication; and a base station that performs cellular communication with the user terminal. The D2D communication is performed by using a part of uplink radio resources of the cellular communication. The base station transmits, to the user terminal, a timing advance value that is used for adjustment of a transmission timing in an uplink of the cellular communication. The timing advance value is commonly applied to the adjustment of the transmission timing in the uplink, and adjustment of a transmission timing in the D2D communication.
US09578661B2	Network congestion prevention and/or mitigation Cell site congestion may result in dropped calls, time-outs on data sessions, web access problems, or the like. A network congestion status may be used to minimize network congestion. In an example embodiment, messages which are distributed via a network may be formatted based on the network's congestions status and a device's connection mechanism. Further, a network access may be based on the network's congestion status and on a device's connection mechanism.
US09578655B2	Method and apparatus for accessing channel in WLAN system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a WLAN system. The method for accessing a channel from a station (STA) in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving from an access point (AP) a first frame including a traffic indication map (TIM) and a restricted access window (RAW) parameter set component; determining a RAW in which channel access of the STA is permitted, on the basis of the RAW parameter set (RPS) component; and transmitting a second frame to the AP from within the RAW that is determined, wherein the RAW includes at least one slot, the RPS component includes at least one RAW allocation field, each of the at least one RAW allocation field includes a RAW duration field and a slot duration field, and wherein an index of a slot which is allocated to the STA can be determined on the basis of an association identifier (AID) of the STA and the number of the slots in the RAW.
US09578652B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data in a wireless communication system Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting data in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: setting up a frame including both a control domain for transmitting scheduling information to a first terminal and a data domain for transmitting first data to the first terminal; and transmitting, to a second terminal, second data in the control domain. The frame comprises a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain. The control domain consists of a first number N (where N is any natural number equal to or less than 4) of OFDM symbols in the frame. The data domain consists of OFDM symbols other than a number N of OFDM symbols in the frame. The second data has a predetermined bit size.
US09578651B2	Scheme for D2D communication using priority A communication method of a device to device (D2D) user equipment (UE) in a cellular system supporting a communication frame structure including one or more subframes used for a communication of the D2D UE is provided. The method includes reading an alarm region located within a first subframe, wherein the alarm region indicates whether a communication signal having a priority is included in the first subframe or a second subframe related to the first subframe, and transmitting the communication signal through one of the second subframe and a third subframe related to the second subframe, based on information read from the alarm region.
US09578650B2	Coordinated scheduling with adaptive muting Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products relating to coordinated scheduling with adaptive muting are provided. One method comprises transmitting, by a network element, calculated impact information for a cell of the network element when taking an action related to a cell of the network element and/or taking an action related to a cell of a second network element. The method may also comprise transmitting a request for taking the action related to the cell of the second network element under certain circumstances.
US09578648B2	Systems and methods to enhance radio link performance in a multi-carrier environment Described herein are systems and methods to enhance radio link performance in a multi-carrier environment. A method may comprise sending, by an upper level layer of a wireless device, user data in a packet for transmission, wherein the packet includes an indication of a level of priority of the packet, receiving, by a media access control (“MAC”) layer of the wireless device, the packet for transmission including the indication of the level of priority provided by the upper level layer, identifying, by the MAC layer, a reliability of each of a plurality of component carriers, and selecting, by the MAC layer, one of the component carriers on which to transmit the packet, wherein the selecting is based on the level of priority of the packet and the reliability of the one of the component carriers.
US09578638B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method in which a terminal transmits control information in a CA-based wireless communication system and to an apparatus for the method, the method comprising: a step of configuring a first cell and a second cell having different subframe configurations, the second cell has UL-DL configuration #0; a step of receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format including an N-bit field (N>1), for the second cell; and a step of transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) signal corresponding to the downlink DCI format through a subframe. The N-bit field indicates either an uplink (UL) index or a downlink assignment index (DAI). For PUSCH timing, in cases where a reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell is any one of UL-DL configurations #1 to #6, the N-bit field indicates the DAI.
US09578636B2	Method for transmitting and receiving control information and device for same The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method by which a terminal receives an EPDCCH signal in a wireless communication system and a device for the same, the method comprising the steps of receiving a subframe including an EPDCCH set, wherein the EPDCCH set includes a plurality of EPDCCH candidates; and monitoring the plurality of EPDCCH candidates in the EPDCCH set in order to receive the EPDCCH signal, wherein the number of EPDCCH candidates having an aggregation level of L in the EPDCCH set is indicated and is limited to a value of a specific form under a predetermined condition.
US09578634B2	Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption during data transfer An approach for reducing power consumption during data transfer is provided. A period of delayed release of one or more radio resources associated with a data flow is detected. In response to the detection, radio resource reduction information is generated for a data transfer during the period, wherein the radio resource reduction information specifies a reduced allocation of one or more radio resources. Control information is generated for transmission to a mobile station, wherein the control information specifies the radio resource reduction information.
US09578631B2	Mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, communication system, communication method, integrated circuit, and mobile station apparatus control program A mobile station apparatus using aggregated cells to connect to a base station apparatus. The mobile station apparatus determines a cell and a random access channel, where the cell being one of the aggregated cells, the cell determined based on first information in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message, the first information including a transmission setting of a random access channel on an uplink of the cell, the cell used to transmit a request an uplink radio resource which is required to transmit uplink data, and the random access channel for the radio resource request in a case that second information does not including an uplink control channel resource information for the radio resource request, the second information included in the RRC message.
US09578630B2	Data transmission A method and apparatus is provided wherein a request for data is received. It is determined if the request is associated with a relatively small data transmission. The requested data is transmitted in accordance with a first transmission method when it is determined that the request is associated with a relatively small data transmission.
US09578627B2	Method and device for transmitting/receiving uplink control information in wireless communication system The present invention relates a method for a terminal to transmit acknowledgement information including determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format and resource, in which acknowledgement information is transmitted in response to a downlink transmission in a downlink sub-frame set including M (M≧1) downlink sub-frame; and transmitting the acknowledgement information using the PUCCH format and resource in one uplink sub-frame. Here, one or more serving cells including one PCell and at least one SCell are configured to the terminal. In the determining step, the acknowledgement information may be transmitted using a PUCCH format 1a/1b, when a semi-persistent scheduling release physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) does not exist in the downlink sub-frame set, and one physical downlink shared channel, which is indicated through the detection of a corresponding PDCCH having a downlink assignment index value of one, exists in the downlink sub-frame set.
US09578626B2	Systems and methods for sharing context information in a neighbor aware network Systems and methods share context information on a neighbor aware network. A method for communicating data in a wireless communications network is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a device, a first message from a station, decoding the message to determine service information, the service information identifying a service provided by the station, generating a second message, wherein the second message is generated to indicate the service provided by the station and service information of the device, and transmitting, by the device, the second message to a remote station.
US09578624B2	Method for transmitting information in a broadcast system A method of allocating control information in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: allocating essential control information of a first system to a first sub-frame in a frame including a plurality of sub-frames each of which comprises a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols; and allocating essential control information of a second system to an nth sub-frame in a fixed position from the first sub-frame (where n is an integer satisfying n>1). Accordingly, in a frame supporting heterogeneous systems, essential control information can be fixedly allocated to a specific position while maintaining the number of system switching points, at which switching occurs between the systems, to one even if a radio resource allocation amount changes between the systems, and thus the essential control information that must be received by all user equipments can be effectively provided without the increase of overhead.
US09578622B2	Method for allocating resources The present invention relates to a method for allocating resources to a plurality of secondary stations for enabling communication between a primary station and the plurality of secondary stations, comprising the steps of a. grouping the resources into at least a first set of resources and a second set of resources; b. allocating a first resource of the first set of resources to a first secondary station, said first resource having a first index in the first set of resources; c. allocating a second resource of the second set of resources to the first secondary station, said second resource having a second index in the second set of resources being equal to the first index plus an offset based at least partly on other information known to the primary and first secondary station.
US09578621B2	Location aware mobile device One or more location-based clients can be activated on a mobile device for providing location-based services. The location-based clients can be provided with information (e.g., presets, defaults) related to the current location and/or mode of the mobile device. The information can be obtained from one or more network resources. In some implementations, a number of location-based clients can run concurrently on the mobile device and share information.
US09578615B2	Method and apparatus of enabling multi band transmission A method and apparatus for enabling multi-band transmission includes receiving a beacon on a first radio band and receiving the beacon on a second radio band. The beacon includes synchronization information for transmission on the first and second radio bands.
US09578611B2	Radio communication device, radio communication method, and radio communication system The invention operates as a base station and preferably suppresses interference between cells in a downlink to a terminal in a range expansion area, under a radio communication environment in which cells in different sizes are layered. PDCCH parts which are respectively used by a Macro eNodeB and a Pico eNodeB are separated by a search space so that all information in the PDCCH can be protected from losing due to interference. Since a user equipment can maintain a control signal in the PDSCH part, a signal in the PDSCH can be output from an eNodeB and this improves the throughput.
US09578603B2	Uplink power control method, user equipment and base station Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an uplink power control method, a user equipment and a base station. The method comprises: receiving configuration information of a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS from the base station, wherein the configuration information of the CSI-RS comprises reference signal port information and reference signal power information; and measuring a path loss for uplink power control based on the configuration information of the CSI-RS. The embodiments of the present disclosure use the CSI-RS to measure the path loss, which differs from a common CRS in that the CSI-RS may aim at a specific base station. Therefore, path loss measurement may be performed in respect of a target base station of uplink transmission, enabling the path loss compensation to match the actual path loss, thus improving the performance of uplink power control.
US09578602B1	Device aware social graphs Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a device aware social graph. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a first member of a social graph, the first member associated with a first device. The method includes identifying a second member of a social graph, the second user associated with a second device and having a relationship in the social graph with the first member. The method includes identifying a service accessed by the second member using the second device. The method includes determining that the first device is compatible with the service. The method also includes offering the service to the first member.
US09578601B2	Methods and apparatus for reducing modem power based on a present state of charge of battery Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing power of a user equipment (UE). A UE modem may determine the state of charge of the battery to determine that the battery is in one of two or more charge state levels, and may invoke one or more modem power saving modes based on the charge state level. Power saving modes may include, for example, reducing a number of available receive chains in a UE, initiating a time delay between one or more frequency scan requests performed by the UE, reducing a rate of neighbor search requests performed by the UE, providing a buffer status report (BSR) parameter that indicates a reduced amount of buffer data relative to an actual amount of buffer data for the UE, and/or adjusting a maximum transmit power level for an uplink channel.
US09578599B2	System and method for optimizing battery life in wireless multi-hop communication systems Systems and methods for optimizing battery life in wireless multi-hop communication systems are provided. Some methods include a child node transmitting a data packet to a parent node in a wireless system, wherein the data packet includes a parent node identifier, data information, and a length of the data information, and wherein the data packet omits inclusion of a child node identifier. Some methods include a parent node receiving a data packet from a child node in a wireless system, wherein the data packet includes a parent node identifier, data information, and a length of the data information, and wherein the data packet omits inclusion of a child node identifier.
US09578595B2	Parallel scanning of wireless channels Methods, systems, and apparatus for parallel scanning of channels in communication networks are described herein. A parallel scanning device performs a scanning operation that includes parallel (i.e., simultaneous) scanning of channels that are in a common frequency band or in different frequency bands. The parallel scanning of channels results in a reduction of scan time, which reduces power consumption. Furthermore, a scanning operation may undesirably interrupt and/or delay normal communication traffic to and from the parallel scanning device, and the comparatively shorter scan time resulting from the parallel scanning operation can reduce such interruption and/or delay.
US09578594B2	Managing contextual information for wireless communications Contextual information for wireless communications is managed in terms of management objects (MO) using device management (DM) protocol. Contextual information management is performed by determining a need to change from an old configuration to a new configuration, retrieving profile information necessary to make a decision about the new configuration, and making a decision about the new configuration based upon the retrieved profile information. The new configuration may include information about access technology and changes in one or more defined profiles.
US09578593B2	System and method for coordinated remote control of network radio nodes and core network elements An embodiment method of routing network traffic includes configuring flow tables of a virtual switch using an OpenFlow protocol. The virtual switch is disposed at a network radio node. The method includes receiving network traffic destined for a user equipment (UE) at the virtual switch and establishing, by a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a data radio bearer (DRB) for the network traffic between a virtual port on the virtual switch and the UE. The method also includes routing the network traffic over the DRB from the virtual port, through the PDCP layer, and toward the UE according to the flow tables.
US09578591B2	Network routing system, method and computer program product A method, system, or computer program product to enhance the performance of multi-hop cellular networks or other wireless networks is provided. A wireless device (e.g., cellular telephone) is able to communicate with a base-station in a cell of the cellular network over a non-cellular interface via another wireless device in the cell through the use of multi-hopping. By enabling wireless devices to communicate with a base station in such a manner, the effective coverage area of the cellular network is expanded and the effective capacity of the cellular network is improved. Distributed routing, device management, adaptive scheduling, and distributed algorithms can be used to enhance the overall performance of multi-hop cellular networks.
US09578590B2	Method and apparatus for over-the-air activation of neighborhood cordless services A method for providing local cordless service comprises the steps of receiving subscriber neighborhood zone selection input so that a mobile telephone equipped subscriber may place or receive calls for a fixed rate, for example, per month without having to pay radio frequency air time charges any time they are located within their selected subscribed-to zones. If the subscribed-to zones are adjacent to one another and the mobile subscriber roans from one zone to another, the subscriber may continue their fee call uninterrupted and without paying air time charges. However, when the subscriber roans outside their subscribed-to zones they may be switched from the present local cordless services t conventional personal communications services and pay air time charges. However for an active call. No air-time charges are incurred as the user transitions between the cellular/DPCS environment and the local cordless service environment.
US09578589B2	Mobile terminal and method for communication control, and electronic device with communication function A mobile terminal and a method for communication control are provided. The mobile terminal includes a communication device, a communication interface and a signal detector. The communication interface detects connection to a transmission device. Upon detecting that the communication interface is connected to a transmission device, the transmission power of the transmission device is compared with the communication device. Upon the transmission power of the transmission device being greater than the communication device; a strength of a current signal measured by the signal detector is obtained. The obtained strength of the current signal is compared with a preset value. Upon the obtained strength of the current signal being less than the preset value, a control command is sent to control the transmission device to transmit signals for the mobile terminal. An electronic device with communication function is also provided.
US09578588B2	Apparatus, method and system of tethering between a mobile device and a network Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of tethering between a mobile device and a network. For example, a first cellular device may include a tethering controller to control tethering between one or more mobile devices and a network server via a wireless local area network (WLAN) between the first cellular device and the mobile devices. The tethering controller may be configured to manage communication of traffic between the mobile devices and the network server via a distributed access path including a first path and at least one second path, the first path including a cellular network link between the first cellular device and the network server, and the second path including a non-cellular link between the first cellular device and a second cellular device.
US09578584B1	Controlling tune-away of user equipment devices A method for controlling tune-away of a UE from its serving base station during handover, where the UE is configured to tune away from its serving base station at scheduled tune-away times, is disclosed herein. The method includes, between a first scheduled tune-away time and a next, second scheduled tune-away time, (a) determining that the UE has threshold weak signal strength from the serving base station, and (b) responsive to determining that the UE has threshold weak signal strength from the serving base station, determining a remaining battery energy level of the UE. The method further includes, based at least in part on the determined remaining battery energy level of the UE, causing the UE to tune away from the serving base station before the second scheduled tune-away time to scan for target coverage.
US09578581B2	Method for efficiently performing interrat handover in a radio access system The present invention relates to a radio access system, and more particularly, to a method for efficiently performing handover in circumstances in which two networks use different communication methods, and to an apparatus using the method. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for performing handover in a first type of cell by a terminal supporting an inter-radio access technology (interRAT) handover (HO) comprises the steps of: searching for cells of a second type that are operating in accordance with a communication type different from that of said first type of cell; receiving a minimal reception signal quality value and signal quality offset information from a second type of base station which is found in step 1; determining whether or not the said found second type of base station is available for service based on a signal quality measurement value, a power compensation value, and said minimal reception signal quality value and signal quality offset information of said found second type of base station; and performing handover to said second type of base station when the latter is determined to be available for service.
US09578579B2	Efficient measurement reporting by a user equipment (UE) A method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) for efficient measurement reporting by UEs to provide, for example, lower UE power consumption, efficient use of network resources, small cell ottloading, etc., in wireless networks such as LTE/LTE-A systems that can be also applied in inter-system cases such as a mix of UTRAN and E-UTRAN as one non-limiting example is presented. The UE performs measurements and event evaluation as in conventional LTE/LTE-A systems, but for certain cells/carriers an event triggered measurement report, which conventionally would be transmitted when time-to-trigger (TTT) expires (see details e.g. in 3GPP TS 36.331), is not transmitted but regarded as buffered (e.g., in a memory or buffered memory of the UE) as a candidate measurement report, when a predefined criterion is not met. This predefined criterion is e.g. a need at the UE to request network resources for uplink transmission by the UE. Thus, a UE being in connected mode but not actively transmitting data, will not report measurements resulting in likely handovers.
US09578577B2	Methods and apparatuses in communication systems A method in a legacy access node for selecting a suitable RAN, of a plurality of RANs for a LTE UE, capable of both PS and CS sessions in a global communication network. The method comprises connecting the UE to a legacy RAN via a radio interface module and then establishing a PS session with the connected UE. The bandwidth that the UE currently is consuming is monitored and compared with a predefined bandwidth threshold. If the consumed bandwidth exceeds the predefined bandwidth threshold an attempt will be made to trigger transferring of the UE from the current legacy RAN to the LTE RAN. A corresponding method is disclosed in a eNodeB where the attempt to trigger transferring of the UE from the LTE RAN to the legacy RAN is made if the consumed bandwidth falls below the predefined threshold. Related legacy access nodes and eNodeBs perform the methods.
US09578572B2	Responding to a page message A method for responding to a page message is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device receiving a page message on a first channel of a first network; suspending a connection to a second network in response to receiving the page message; transitioning to a second channel of the first network prior to responding to the page message; and sending a response message responsive to the page message on the second channel.
US09578568B2	Method and apparatus for inter-device transfer (handoff) between IMS and generic IP clients A method of Inter-User Equipment (UE) Transfer (IUT) for use in an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) capable wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising: receiving, at the IMS capable WTRU, an IUT session transfer command from a non-IMS capable WTRU via non-IMS signaling; translating, at the IMS capable WTRU, the IUT session transfer command to an IMS based message; and transmitting, from the IMS capable WTRU, the translated IMS based message to a Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC AS).
US09578565B1	Dynamic hysteresis offset manipulation for wireless communication device handovers A source macro base station exchanges user data with a wireless communication device using an enhanced Radio Frequency (RF) service and receives RF measurement data from the wireless communication device. The RF measurement data is processed using a hysteresis parameter to detect a pico handover event to a target pico base station, and in response, determine if the target pico base station supports the enhanced RF service, and if the target pico base station does not support the enhanced RF service, the hysteresis parameter is modified to inhibit a pico handover to the target pico base station. The RF measurement data is processed to detect a macro handover event to a target macro base station, and in response, the hysteresis parameter is modified to drive a macro handover to the target macro base station if the target macro base station supports the enhanced RF service.
US09578562B2	Mobile communication system, base station device, mobile station device and mobile communication method A mobile station device that communicates with a base station device, the mobile station device including: a determination unit which determines whether to request the base station device to provide control information of a small base station device accessed by the mobile station device or not; a first transmission unit, when the determination unit determines that the control information is to be requested, which sets information of the small base station device in a control information request message and transmits the control information request message to the base station device; a first reception unit which receives a response message transmitted from the base station device; and a measurement control execution unit which executes measurement control according to control information set in the response message received by the first reception unit.
US09578561B2	Method and apparatus for managing handovers in a wireless network A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a speed and an acceleration of a mobile communication device in a serving cell of a wireless network where the mobile communication device has a radio resource control connection with the wireless network, and selecting a first mobility speed group from among a plurality of mobility speed groups based on the speed and the acceleration of the mobile communication device, where handover parameter values are assigned to each speed group of the plurality of mobility speed groups, and where the handover parameters and their associated values are utilized for a handover by the wireless network from the serving cell to a target cell. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09578560B1	Systems and methods for managing network connections Provided are systems and methods for establishing, by a user device, a connection with a cellular network, transmitting, by the user device to a cellular network server, a first message comprising an indication of a connection to a wireless network, receiving, by the user device from the cellular network server, a second message comprising wireless network measurement parameters, acquiring, by the user device from the cellular phone device, wireless network measurements in accordance with the wireless network measurement parameters, and transmitting, by the user device to the cellular network server, a wireless network measurement report comprising an indication of the wireless network measurements, wherein the cellular network server is configured to determine whether a cellular device is proximate to an access point for the wireless network using the wireless network measurements.
US09578559B2	Method for performing handover, user equipment, base station, and radio communication system According to embodiments, a base station includes a radio communication unit configured to establish communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers. The base station further includes a control unit configured to transmit a command to the mobile communication terminal to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one prior to handover of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to another base station.
US09578558B2	Method and apparatus for performing handover in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method for a terminal to perform a handover in a wireless communication system, including the steps of: receiving a handover instruction from a serving cell; and performing a random access procedure for a target cell according to the handover instruction, wherein, when interference adjustment is performed on the serving cell and the target cell, system information for the target cell is obtained from the serving cell.
US09578557B2	Delayed handover signalling in a mobile network In a mobile network comprising a plurality of base stations and a gateway, a user equipment may perform a handover from a source base station to a target base station. By control signalling, the handover may be notified from the target base station to a control node of the mobile network and then to the gateway so that the gateway may switch to a data path which connects the target base station and the gateway. The notification of the handover may be delayed at the target base station or at the control node, by starting a timer and sending the control signalling for initiating the path switching after expiry of the timer.
US09578554B2	Methods and apparatus for improving a call fallback user experience Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for improving a circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) user experience. In aspects, methods and systems for autonomously returning a user equipment (UE) from a 2G (2nd generation)/3G (3rd generation) network to an LTE (Long Term Evolution) network are provided. The UE may store a flag to note whether a current circuit switched (CS) call in the 2G/3G network is a result of a CSFB. The UE, in response to detecting a termination of the current CS call in the 2G/3G network and determining that the terminated call was a CSFB call (e.g., from the status of the flag), may trigger a mobility mechanism to autonomously return the UE to the LTE network.
US09578543B2	Reduced overhead for wireless communication Overhead associated with packet communication is reduced by combining or eliminating one or more fields of a packet. In some implementations, a reduction in overhead associated with packets employing security (e.g., IEEE 802.11ah packets) can be achieved by reducing overhead associated with verification-related fields. For example, a packet can include a merged frame check sequence (FCS) and an integrity check value (ICV). In some implementations, an FCS is omitted from a packet.
US09578538B2	Formation and rearrangement of ad hoc networks Systems and methods for the formation and rearrangement of ad hoc networks and more particularly to systems and methods for sharing bandwidth in ad hoc networks. The method comprises broadcasting a table to at least one potential lender requesting pertinent lender information and receiving the table from the at least one potential lender with the pertinent lender information. The method further includes selecting one or more lenders of the at least one potential lender which meet preset criteria and establishing an ad hoc network with the one or more lenders based on the selecting.
US09578530B2	Method and apparatus for determining cell states to adjust antenna configuration parameters A method for determining cell states to adjust antenna configuration parameters includes receiving, at a radio access nodes in a network, measurement reports from a plurality of user equipment devices. The radio access node performs a weak coverage analysis in response to the measurement reports to determine whether a cell provided by the radio access node is assigned a good coverage state or a weak coverage state. The radio access node performs an overshooting analysis in response to the measurement reports to determine whether the cell provided by the radio access node is assigned an overshooter state or a non-overshooter state. The radio access node performs an interference analysis in response to the measurement reports to determine whether the cell provided by the radio access node is assigned an interferer state or a non-interferer state. The radio access node performs a quality analysis in response to the measurement reports to determine whether the cell provided by the radio access node is assigned a good quality state or a bad quality state. Adjustments are made to antenna configuration parameters of the cell provided by the radio access node in response to the various states assigned to the cell.
US09578528B2	Method and device for handover statistics The provides are a method and device for handover statistics, and the method includes: a base station receives a measurement job issued by a management system, wherein, the measurement job is used for indicating to collect statistics on one or more performance measurements of an inter-base station handover of a UE, and at least one of the following performance measurements for MRN: one or more performance measurements of an inter-base station handover of the MRN and one or more performance measurements of an intra-base station handover of the MRN. The base station collects statistics on one or more performance measurements indicated in the measurement job. It is solved the problem that the statistics on the inter-base station handover or intra-base station handover of the user is inaccurate, and achieves implementing the handover statistics of the MRN and increasing the accuration for collecting statistics on the handover of the UE.
US09578525B2	Base station, communication terminal, and call regulation control method A base station includes a monitoring unit that monitors whether a supply of electrical power to a first other base station that forms another communication area that is overlapped with a communication area formed by the own station is stopped, and a wireless communication unit that sends, when the supply of the electrical power to the first other base station is stopped, first key data by using a first channel and that sends, after sending the first key data, second key data that is the same as the first key data and a transmission regulation notification indicating that call regulation is performed on the own station by using a second channel.
US09578523B2	User equipment, network node and methods therein Embodiments herein relate to a user equipment method and apparatus, wherein the user equipment receives In Device Coexistence (IDC) configuration information from the cellular communication network and determines, as a function of one or more Autonomous Denial configuration parameters indicated in the IDC configuration information, one or more radio measurement adaptations to be made for making a cellular radio measurement in compliance with a predefined performance requirement. Example adaptations include adapting any one or more of measurement times, measurement durations, and measurement periodicity. The user equipment advantageously performs the cellular radio measurement in accordance with the determined measurement adaptations.
US09578522B2	Cross correlation nulling for interference resolution Systems and methods generate corrected channel transfer functions by cross-correlation nulling. In an example system, a first receiver node (which may be a wireless base station) receives first expected reference signal information associated with an interfering transmitter node (which may be a wireless user equipment) and creates a correction matrix based on the first expected reference signal information associated with the interfering transmitter node and on second expected reference signal information associated with an intended transmitter node. The correction matrix can then be applied to an estimated channel transfer function associated with a received transmission from the intended transmitter node to generate a corrected channel transfer function associated with the received transmission from the intended transmitter node. The first receiver node can use the corrected channel transfer function in decoding received transmissions including, for example, use in performing interference resolution.
US09578521B2	Method for determining a transmission mode for a cell of a node of a telecommunication network A method of determining a transmission mode configuration for a cell of a node of a telecommunication network, the node configured to serve a plurality of user devices within the cell, wherein the determination is based on evaluation of at least one condition associated with one or more applications running at one or more user devices served by the cell, the evaluation being against a specific transmission mode configuration.
US09578520B2	Receive antenna selection/combining of receive antennas using fewer number of receive chains Methods and apparatus for performing receive antenna diversity measurements in measurement gaps are provided. One embodiment may include communicating with a serving base station using a first set of one or more receive antennas during a normal operational period, performing receive antenna diversity measurements with a second set of one or more receive antennas during a measurement gap between normal operational periods, and selecting one or more receive antennas for at least one of use and/or combining, based on the receive antenna diversity measurements.
US09578516B2	Radio system and spectrum resource reconfiguration method thereof Disclose is a radio system and a spectrum resource reconfiguration method thereof. The method comprises: a Reconfigurable Base Station (RBS) divides subordinate nodes into groups according to attributes of the subordinate nodes, and sends a reconfiguration command to a subordinate node in a designated group, and the RBS and the subordinate node execute reconfiguration of spectrum resources according to the reconfiguration command; or, the RBS executes reconfiguration of spectrum resources according to the reconfiguration command; and a subordinate User Equipment (UE) accessing to a reconfigured RBS after interruption. By means of the present disclosure, the reconfiguration of spectrum resources of a cognitive radio system can be realized.
US09578515B2	Methods and apparatuses for frequency spectrum sharing Techniques are provided for frequency spectrum sharing that allows secondary operators to access a frequency band of a primary operator without interfering with the primary operator's use of the band, while ensuring service continuity for devices of the secondary operators. For example, there is provided a method that may involve identifying an outage on a first channel of a plurality of channels of a spectrum, wherein each of the plurality of channels is allocated to one of a plurality of operators. The method may involve migrating all mobile stations in communication over the first channel of the plurality of channels to at least one other channel of the plurality of channels during the outage.
US09578513B2	Identifying untrusted network access points An apparatus, method and program product are provided that determines a location associated with a network access point, the network access point being identified by an access point identifier, receives access point data from a mapping service, the access point data corresponding to the location of the network access point, and connects the network adaptor to the network access point in response to verifying that the access point data comprises an access point identifier that matches the access point identifier associated with the network access point.
US09578511B2	Systems and techniques for wireless device configuration Systems and techniques for configuring wireless devices are described. To configure a wireless target device to access a network and/or network-based services, a wireless connection may be formed between the wireless target device and a wireless source device storing configuration data for accessing one or more networks and/or network-based services. The source device may determine whether it is authorized to send at least a portion of the configuration data to the target device. The target device may determine whether it is authorized to accept at least a portion of the configuration data provided by the source device. The target device may accept at least a portion of the configuration data by storing the accepted configuration data in a memory (e.g., a non-volatile memory) and/or by using the configuration data to access a wireless network and/or a network-based service.
US09578509B2	Network connecting device, system and method for same A network connecting device communicates with a network providing device and a terminal device. The network providing device can send authorization information for providing a network. The terminal device can send a request for sharing the network. The network connecting device obtains the authorization information sent by the network providing device and the request sent by the terminal device. The network connecting device connects the terminal device to the network provided by the network providing device according to the authorization information. A network connecting system and method are also provided.
US09578508B2	Method and apparatus for wireless device countermeasures against malicious infrastructure System, apparatus, and methods are provided for protecting against malicious infrastructure in a wireless communication network. A system determines a trust metric for an access point and decides to avoid communication with the access point based on the trust metric for the access point. The trust metric may, for example, be a numeric value such as a probability of trustworthiness or a categorization of trustworthiness. The system may determine the trust metric by receiving a list of access points and their corresponding trust metrics and matching a potential access point to its listed trust metric. The system may try to avoid using an untrustworthy access point's services unless it deems the services important enough to risk the communication.
US09578504B2	Authentication and authorization in a wearable ensemble Various systems and methods for authentication and authorization in a wearable ensemble are described herein. A system for authenticating a wearable device includes an access module to access a second wearable device from a first wearable device, the first and second wearable devices being worn by a wearer and the first wearable device being a trusted device to the wearer, a measurement module to measure a distance from the first wearable device to the second wearable device, and an authentication module to authenticate the second wearable device when the distance is within a threshold range of an initialized distance.
US09578503B2	Authentication method and authentication device for wireless router The present disclosure relates to an authentication method and an authentication device for a wireless router. The authentication method may first generate a corresponding 2-dimensional barcode with BSSID and PIN codes of the wireless router. The authentication method may scan the 2-dimensional barcode and may resolve the scanned 2-dimensional barcode to corresponding BSSID and PIN codes. The authentication method may correlate the corresponding wireless router according to the BSSID, may activate a WPS process of the wireless router, and may access a network provided by the wireless router via the PIN code. Thereby, a user can access a wireless router and may go online by using a mobile terminal to scan a 2-dimensional barcode. As a result, the mobile terminal can be conveniently and quickly connected to a wireless router, which may greatly reduce the user's operations and results in great convenience for users.
US09578501B2	Communications method The present application relates to a method of providing connectivity to a vehicle. The method comprises, at a first device aboard the vehicle, establishing at least one first connection with at least one first network, the at least one first connection allowing communication with a second device remote from the first device, transmitting via the at least one first connection an allocation request to the second device, receiving via the at least one first connection an allocation response from the second device, the allocation response indicating a first authentication device from a plurality of authentication devices remote from the first device, and establishing a second connection with a network and authenticating the first device on the network using the first authentication device.
US09578496B2	Method and user equipment for negotiating security during handover between different radio access technologies Solution for security negotiation during handover of a user equipment (UE) between different radio access technologies are provided. In the solution, the UE receives NAS security information and AS security information which are selected by the target system and then performs security negotiation with the target system according to the received NAS security information and AS security information. As such, the UE may obtain the key parameter information of the NAS and AS selected by a LTE system and perform security negotiation with the LTE system when the UE hands over from a different system, such as a UTRAN, to the LTE system.
US09578493B1	Sensor control switch A method and apparatus for governing sensor data readings from a plurality of input sensors onboard a communications device. An inventory of available input sensors is generated, and a set of requested input sensors from an application running on the communications device is received. The requested input sensors that are absent from the inventory of available input sensors is identified, and based upon received measured values from the available input sensors, equivalent values for those absent input sensors are derived. The accuracy and precision of the measured and equivalent sensor values are estimated, and those measurements not meeting certain thresholds are filtered. The measured values and the derived equivalent values meeting the predetermined thresholds for accuracy and precision, and the filtered measured values and the filtered derived equivalent values are output to the application.
US09578486B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting mobility related information A method and apparatus for transmitting mobility-related information in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a configuration for transmission of mobility-related information from a network during connection establishment, and transmits the mobility-related information to the network based on the configuration of the transmission of the mobility-related information.
US09578485B2	Method for reporting mobility state information in wireless communication system, and apparatus for supporting same Provided is a method for a terminal to report mobility state information in a wireless communication system. The method comprises estimating a mobility state, grouping the estimated mobility state in order to calculate a mobility group state, and reporting mobility state information relating to the mobility group state to a network.
US09578484B2	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for differentiation of payload size for D2D discovery Wireless mobile devices or user equipments (UEs) may communicate directly with other UEs, e.g., using device-to-device (“D2D”) direct discovery and communication. D2D direct discovery and communication may be used, for example, when UEs communicate with each other while within direct wireless range of each other. Different service types for D2D direct discovery and communication sessions, such as public safety (PS) services, non-PS services, etc., may utilize different data characteristics for the discovery message (e.g., data types and data structures). Data associated with the at least one data frame of a D2D direct discovery transmission can be configured to indicate these different data characteristics.
US09578482B2	Communication apparatus and method of controlling the same This invention relates to a communication apparatus capable of facilitating a connection with a device in a network by using a discovery protocol for discovering a device in a network. After selecting a device based on pieces of device information transmitted from devices in the network in response to a search command to search devices in the network, the communication apparatus transmits a notification signal to notify devices in the network of the presence of the communication apparatus. If a connection request received from a device which has received the notification signal is one transmitted from the selected device, the communication apparatus transmits a response representing that connection is accepted for the connection request.
US09578481B2	Mobile device pairing Systems and methods for pairing electronic devices are provided. In an example embodiment, geolocation data for a first device and a second device is received. Based on determining the first device is within a predetermined distance of the second device using the geolocation data, gesture data of the first device and second device is accessed. An association between the first device and the second device is identified based on the gesture data. A communicative coupling is initiated between the first device and the second device in response to identifying the association.
US09578479B2	Smart device resource combining method and apparatus thereof A smart device includes a storage unit storing identity information of a counterpart device, a sensing unit sensing an approach by the counterpart device, a control unit determining whether the counterpart device sensed by the sensing unit corresponds to the identity information stored in the storage unit, and a combining processing unit combining a resource of the counterpart device if the counterpart device is determined by the control unit to correspond to the identity information.
US09578478B1	System for transmitting text message automatically while driving and method for the same A method for transmitting a text message includes receiving, by a mobile communicator, the text message from an external terminal. Whether a vehicle is being driven is determined by a controller based on vehicle information including vehicle speed information. Whether a user of the external terminal is included in a first reply group is determined by the controller when the vehicle is being driven. Whether the user of the external terminal is included in a second reply group is determined by the controller when the user of the external terminal is included in the first reply group. A fixed response message is transmitted to the external terminal by the controller when the user of the external terminal is not included in the second reply group.
US09578477B2	Information processing method and electronic device An information processing method and an electronic device are provided to rend key content of a short message in picture and text so that the user may observe the key content of the short message clearly and quickly. The method includes extracting target content from the content of a short message upon receiving the short message, with the target content corresponding to a preset field of the short message and generating and displaying a graphics-text card according to the target content, such that content rendered in the graphics-text card is matched with the content of the short message.
US09578476B2	Method and apparatus in a telecommunication system Exemplary methods in a network node of a radio access network (RAN) in a telecommunication system include receiving an indication from a network node in a core network that mobile terminated data is pending for a user equipment (UE), receiving a connection request from the UE, setting up a radio resource control (RRC) connection to the UE, releasing the RRC connection to the UE, setting a release timer value to a value sufficient to establish a mobile terminated communication by the network to the UE, and releasing the RRC connection to the UE when the release timer has expired. Exemplary methods in a network node of a RAN in a telecommunication system include keeping UE that is configured for long discontinuous reception (DRX) in idle mode, in RRC connected mode long enough to allow a network stored mobile terminated short message service (MT SMS) to be received by the UE.
US09578475B2	Reporting terminal capabilities for supporting short message service A method for delivering a short message service (SMS) message to an interworking wireless local area network user equipment (UE) begins by registering the UE with an Internet Protocol short message gateway (IP-SM-GW). A capability report is sent from the UE to the IP-SM-GW, the capability report including the capabilities of the UE. A SMS message is transmitted from a short message service center (SMSC) to the IP-SM-GW. The capabilities of the UE are evaluated at the IP-SM-GW to determine whether the UE can receive the SMS message, and the SMS message is delivered to the UE via the IP-SM-GW if the UE has the capabilities to receive the SMS message.
US09578472B2	Method of sending and receiving mail using international mobile subscriber identity and without knowing an email address of the recipient A method of providing an email service for any International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) allowing its user to send an email to any IMSI without knowing the email address of the recipient. If the recipient is not already registered with this service, a mail box is created for such recipient and he/she is provided with email access details. The method can be performed using mobile phones, tablets and personal computer systems.
US09578470B2	Priority talkgroups In one implementation, a communication device comprising one or more processors is configured to participate in a plurality of talkgroups. The one or more processors are configured to receive a communication transmitted from a satellite constellation indicating that a first priority talkgroup has been assigned for the communication device and to receive one or more signal transmitted from the satellite constellation via a control channel indicating that the first priority talkgroup is active, in response to which the one or more processors may determine that the first priority talkgroup has been assigned for the communication device and that the first priority talkgroup is active. Consequently, the one or more processors may set the communication device to the first priority talkgroup such that the communication device starts receiving communications via the first priority talkgroup.
US09578469B2	Method and system for direct mode communication within a talkgroup A method and system for direct mode operation (DMO) of a talkgroup enables device to device (D2D) DMO operation leveraged from a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system. The method includes scanning at a radio receiver a defined radio frequency spectrum; receiving at the radio receiver in the defined radio frequency spectrum a wake-up signal; identifying a talkgroup identifier in the wake-up signal, wherein the talkgroup identifier corresponds to a talkgroup being monitored by the radio receiver; in response to identifying the talkgroup identifier, decoding code sequences included in the wake-up signal; identifying in at least one of the code sequences both a center frequency and a transmission bandwidth of the DMO transmission; and tuning the radio receiver to receive the DMO transmission at the center frequency and transmission bandwidth.
US09578468B2	Creating a communication group This document describes tools capable of enabling users of mobile communication devices to create communication groups quickly and easily. With such a communication group a user may call, text, or instant message all persons in the group at once by selecting the communication group rather than each person in the group. In one embodiment, the tools enable a user to build a communication group by dragging and dropping indicators for persons he or she knows from one area of a screen into another area. In another embodiment, the tools automatically collect persons from those that the user knows based on one or more criteria. The user may then easily create a communication group of those collected persons, such as by tapping on an area of a mobile device's display.
US09578465B2	Autonomous wireless field monitor A method for retrieving process, operation or maintenance relevant data of a process plant by way of a field monitor, wherein multiple wireless field device networks are present in the process plant. Data from the field devices from different field device networks are gathered by way of the field monitor. Plant information from the field devices belonging to different field device networks are displayed on a display of the field monitor to a user regardless of the respective field device network they belong to.
US09578462B2	System and method for geography-based correlation of cellular and WLAN identifiers Methods and systems for tracking mobile communication terminals based on their identifiers. The disclosed techniques identify cellular terminals and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) terminals that are likely to be carried by the same individual, or cellular and WLAN identifiers that belong to the same multi-mode terminal. A correlation system is connected to a cellular network and to a WLAN. The system receives location coordinates of cellular identifiers used by mobile terminals in the cellular network, and location coordinates of WLAN identifiers used by mobile terminals in the WLAN. Based on the location coordinates, the system is able to construct routes that are traversed by the terminals having the various cellular and WLAN identifiers. The system attempts to find correlations in time and space between the routes.
US09578461B2	Location context, supplemental information, and suggestions for meeting locations Enhanced input field features and techniques for displaying and resolving location information in meeting items are provided. In response to a user's interaction with a place name displayed in the location field of a user interface for a meeting item, up to date information is retrieved about the location associated with the place name from a web service and displayed. The display can include a map image tile. In addition to enabling the displaying of up to date information, during creation of the meeting item, the location input field of a meeting item can present location suggestions from within the location input field, for example, as a drop-down listing of possible locations. The suggestions for completing a user's input text string to the location input field can be obtained from sources such as a web service, a mailbox, a managed database/directory service, a history cache/database or a combination thereof.
US09578459B2	Hybrid positioning techniques based on RTT and TOA/TDOA Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for hybrid RTT and TOA positioning, such as for use in or with a mobile communication device, for example.
US09578456B2	System and method for determining whether a device is located within a geo-fence Methods, systems, and apparatuses for comparing multi-dimensional datasets are provided. A multi-dimensional dataset comparison includes receiving a plurality of datasets, each including a plurality of coordinates, wherein a subset of coordinates defines a geo-fence. For a coordinate within a geo-fence of one of the plurality of datasets, determining analogous coordinates in each of the other datasets, the analogous coordinates defining a coordinate input set, and performing in parallel an operation on the coordinate input set to determine whether an entry is present at a coordinate of the coordinate input set.
US09578454B1	Navigation system with feed prioritization mechanism and method of operation thereof A navigation system includes: a control unit configured to generate a feed hierarchy for prioritizing a trustworthiness of an interest feed based on a feed characteristic; determine a discrepancy by comparing the interest feed with the interest list, a feed record, or a combination thereof; determine a feed authorization based on the feed characteristic, the feed hierarchy, an entry category, or a combination thereof for manipulating the interest list; generate an update to the interest list based on the discrepancy, the feed hierarchy, and the feed authorization; and confirm the update to the interest list based on a navigation behavior at an interest location associated with the update as determined by a location unit coupled to the control unit.
US09578452B2	Method and apparatus for obtaining location information using smart card A method and mobile terminal for communicating with a smart card. The method includes transmitting, to the smart card, terminal profile information; receiving, from the smart card, a geographical location request for acquiring a current geographical location based on the terminal profile information; and transmitting, to the smart card, a terminal response indicating whether the geographical location request has been successfully processed. The mobile terminal processes only one of multiple geographical location requests based on a receiving order, when the multiple geographical location requests are received from the smart card. When the geographical location request has not been successfully processed, the terminal response includes one of reason information among: first reason information indicating that acquiring the current geographical location is beyond capabilities of the mobile terminal, and second reason information indicating that the mobile terminal is currently unable to acquire the current geographical location.
US09578451B2	Method and device for performing wireless connection between devices in wireless communication system In a method for performing wireless connection among devices in a wireless communication system, the method according to the present invention comprises activating a wireless connection function; transmitting a ping tone for discovering one or more second devices in the surroundings; receiving a response tone with respect to the ping tone from the one or more second devices; based on the received response tone, transmitting a connection request tone for requesting wireless connection to the second device; and receiving a connection, response tone corresponding to a response of the connection request tone from the second device.
US09578449B2	Enabling data communication between an implantable medical device and a patient management system Embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and devices for enabling data communication between an IMD and a host computer. In one embodiment, a device is provided that comprises a frequency and protocol agile transceiver capable of communicating with an IMD via a first communications link and with a host computer via a second wireless communications link, wherein the first wireless communication link is configured for substantially shorter communication range than the second wireless communication link. An apparatus is provided according to another embodiment of the invention that comprises an interface between an IMD and a communications device, such as a wireless telephone or a two-way wireless pager. The interface can communicate directly with the IMD to retrieve clinical data stored in the IMD and can utilize the communications device to transmit the clinical data to a host computer.
US09578443B2	Smart home device adaptive configuration systems and methods A network device on a home-control network receives inputs from local sensors and physical actions from the user and determines whether to change its state.
US09578442B2	Method and apparatus for user-configurable control of wireless docking between a portable device and a docking station Configurability and controllability over the initiation of automatic docking for a portable device seeking to dock wirelessly with a docking station in a wireless docking system environment are achieved by the method and system disclosed herein. The portable device detects the docking station in the wireless docking environment. When the docking station is detected, a communication path is established between the portable device and the docking station. A received signal characteristic level is measured for a received signal. The received signal characteristic level is compared to a determined threshold so that, at least when the received signal level exceeds the determined threshold, docking the portable device to the docking station is able to be completed. The determined threshold is preferably based on signal measurements made for the received signal characteristic level which exceeds a minimum signal strength level required for establishing communication between the portable device and the docking station.
US09578441B2	Intelligent mobility application profiling tool Analyzing mobile device applications within a wireless data network and other related aspects are presented herein. More particularly, described herein is a novel Intelligent Mobility Application Profiling Tool (iMAP) and/or other mechanisms, systems and methods for profiling and benchmarking applications associated with mobile devices in a wireless data network. Various systems and methods described herein expose cross-layer interaction associated with a network device in order to profile an application on the network device with respect to energy efficiency, performance, and functionality. As described herein, radio resource control (RRC) analysis can be performed to infer RRC states associated with a given application, identify tail time, etc. Further, analyzers are employed for various layers, including transmission control protocol (TCP) and/or hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), as well as to analyze communication bursts associated with a given application. Analysis results are subsequently utilized to deliver application profiling results to a user.
US09578438B2	Apparatus and method for driving loudspeakers of a sound system in a vehicle An apparatus and a method for driving loudspeakers of a sound system in a vehicle, the system having at least two loudspeakers of a basic system, and a plurality of loudspeakers of a focus system wherein each of the loudspeakers has a position in an environment. The apparatus includes a basic channel provider for providing basic system audio channels for driving 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 filter 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.
US09578437B2	Method and apparatus for processing audio signals The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing a signal, which are used for effectively reproducing an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing a signal, which are used for implementing binaural rendering for reproducing multi-channel or multi-object audio signals in stereo with a low calculation amount.To this end, provided are a method for processing an audio signal including: receiving multi-audio signals including multi-channel or multi-object signals; receiving truncated subband filter coefficients for filtering the multi-audio signals, the truncated subband filter coefficients being at least a portion of subband filter coefficients obtained from a binaural room impulse response (BRIR) filter coefficient for binaural filtering of the multi-audio signals, and the lengths of the truncated subband filter coefficients being determined based on filter order information obtained by at least partially using characteristic information extracted from the corresponding subband filter coefficients; and filtering the subband signal by using the truncated subband filter coefficients corresponding to each subband signal of the multi-audio signals and an apparatus for processing an audio signal using the same.
US09578435B2	Apparatus and method for enhanced spatial audio object coding An apparatus for generating one or more audio output channels is provided. The apparatus includes a parameter processor for calculating mixing information and a downmix processor for generating the one or more audio output channels. The downmix processor is configured to receive an audio transport signal including one or more audio transport channels. One or more audio channel signals are mixed within the audio transport signal, and one or more audio object signals are mixed within the audio transport signal, and wherein the number of the one or more audio transport channels is smaller than the number of the one or more audio channel signals plus the number of the one or more audio object signals. The parameter processor is configured to receive downmix information indicating information on how the one or more audio channel signals and the one or more audio object signals are mixed.
US09578433B2	Method for self-calibration of a set of sensors, in particular microphones, and corresponding system A method for the self-calibration of the position of a set of sensors of acoustic signals includes a set of sources of acoustic events provided for generating acoustic waves; measuring times of flight of the acoustic events between each source of acoustic events and each microphone; and reconstructing the positions of the set of sensors and the positions of the sources of acoustic events through a maximum-likelihood estimation procedure executed on the basis of the measured times of flight. Times of emission of the acoustic events are acquired and times of flight are obtained. Distances are calculated between the sources and the sensors. A matrix of estimated positions of the sensor microphones and a matrix of estimated positions of the sources of events are calculated.
US09578419B1	Method and apparatus for estimating spatial content of soundfield at desired location In general, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for estimating spatial content of a soundfield at a desired location, including a location that has actual sound content obstructed or distorted. According to certain aspects, the present invention aims at presenting a more natural, spatially accurate sound, for example to a user at the desired location who is wearing a helmet, mimicking the sound a user would experience if they were not wearing any headgear. Modes for enhanced spatial hearing may be applied which would include situation-dependent processing for augmented hearing. According to other aspects, the present invention aims at remotely reproducing the soundfield at a desired location with faithful reproduction of the spatial content of the soundfield.
US09578416B2	Control of a loudspeaker output A control signal is generated for mechanical loudspeaker protection, or for other signal pre-processing functions. The procedure contains the following steps: perform a non-linearity analysis based on current and voltage measurements; use the results of the non-linearity analysis, and the voltage and current measurements to control audio processing for the loudspeaker thereby to implement loudspeaker protection and/or acoustic signal processing.
US09578414B2	Active noise-reduction apparatus According to one embodiment, an active noise-reduction apparatus includes following units. The reference signal generation unit generates different reference signals based on target sound generated from a sound source. The filter processing unit generates first control signals by filtering the reference signals using first digital filters. The averaging unit generates a second control signal by averaging the first control signals. The control speaker outputs the second control signal as control sound. The error microphone detects a synthetic sound pressure of the target sound and the control sound to generate an error signal. The filter update unit updates the first digital filters so that the error signal is minimized.
US09578411B2	Electronic device having noise removal function An electronic device having a noise removal function is provided. The electronic device includes an ear jack interface configured to operatively connect with an earphone, a key recognition unit selectively connected to a microphone contact terminal of the ear jack interface, the key recognition unit being configured to recognize a key input of the earphone, and a switching circuit configured to electrically connect or interrupt the key recognition unit to or from the microphone contact terminal according to a key input of the earphone.
US09578410B2	Sound reproduction device There is provided a sound reproduction device including a left channel housing unit that accommodates at least a left channel driver unit outputting a left channel sound, a left channel microphone recording an external sound, and a left channel micro-computer controlling a setting for a noise cancelling processing based on a recording signal of the left channel microphone; and a right channel housing unit that accommodates at least a right channel driver unit outputting a right channel sound, a right channel microphone recording an external sound, and a right channel micro-computer controlling a setting for a noise cancelling processing based on a recording signal of the right channel microphone. The left channel micro-computer and the right channel micro-computer are configured to communicate data with each other.
US09578407B2	Multi-mode audio device and monitoring system A multi-mode audio device includes speakers and a sound output control configured to control a maximum level of sound emitted by the speakers. The sound output control comprises a control interface configured to receive selection of an operative mode of the multi-mode audio device from among a managed mode and a normal mode. An access control communicatively coupled to the sound output control is configured to require an authentication to switch from the managed mode to the normal mode. A mode indicator communicatively coupled to the sound output control and configured to provide a visual indication of the operative mode. Optionally, a monitoring system communicatively coupled to the sound output control is configured to capture one or more data regarding usage of the multi-mode audio device and to generate a report regarding the one or more data regarding usage of the multi-mode audio device.
US09578405B2	Electronic speech aid device An electronic speech aid device to be worn by a wearer, includes an ear plug, a micro-microphone, a processing module and a micro-speaker. The ear plug is to be inserted into an acoustic meatus of the wearer. The micro-microphone is disposed on the ear plug for receiving a larynx sound, which results from attempt by the wearer to speak, from a larynx of the wearer through the acoustic meatus and for converting the larynx sound into a larynx-sound signal. The processing module is electrically connected to the micro-microphone for receiving and processing the larynx-sound signal to output a voice signal. The micro-speaker is electrically coupled to the processing module for receiving and outputting the voice signal.
US09578404B2	Vehicle sound systems and related assemblies and devices A vehicle loudspeaker system is provided. The system includes a vehicle body having a trunk floor pan, and a trunk floor that covers the trunk floor pan. The trunk floor has an upper surface and an opposite, lower surface. An electro-acoustic transducer is disposed between the lower surface of the trunk floor and the trunk floor pan. The transducer includes a diaphragm that defines a first radiating surface and a second radiating surface that is opposite the first radiating surface. The electro-acoustic transducer also includes an electro-magnetic motor for driving motion of the diaphragm along a motion axis. The transducer being arranged such that motion axis is within 45 degrees of parallel with the trunk floor. The system also includes a duct that is configured and arranged to direct acoustic energy radiated from the first radiating surface to a region above the upper surface of the trunk floor.
US09578398B2	Wireless sensor device and method for wirelessly communicating a sensed physical parameter A wireless vibration sensor suitable for connection to a distributed industrial control system arranged with a wireless network for communication of process data or control information. The wireless vibration sensor includes at least one sensor, a wireless radio transmitter, and a base part for mounting it firmly on equipment or a structure. The wireless sensor is arranged with a battery and a power storage device. A method for powering up the wireless sensor during active cycles is also described.
US09578397B2	Media file format, system, and method Digital content encoded in a media file format may be presented by accessing the media file, reading parameters that describe the content, and processing the media file using the encoded parameters to “play” or generate output. Although the media file format may have multiple optional extensions, the media file generally includes one or more frames. Each frame may include a synchronized frame with the synchronized frame having a synchronized header, a video format indicator, an audio format indicator, a width indicator, a height indicator, a frame rate index, and a payload. Although the digital content may include different types and formats, the parameters used in the media file may be used to describe the digital content so that it may be processed independent of the underlying algorithm used. For example, multiple channels of audio signals may be described.
US09578396B2	Method and device for providing HTML-based program guide service in a broadcasting terminal, and recording medium therefor Disclosed are a method and a device for providing a hypertext markup language (HTML)-based program guide service, and a recording medium therefor. The method for providing a hypertext markup language (HTML)-based program guide service in a broadcast providing device, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: outputting a start page according to a program guide service start request of a user, wherein a container included in a resource for the start page generates a first key handler for processing a key event of the user; and outputting one or more menu pages for menu navigation according to a request of the user, wherein the start page and each of the one or more menu pages have different resource addresses, and a life cycle of the one or more menu pages is managed by the first key handler.
US09578395B1	Embedded manifests for content streaming Techniques are described for providing rendition manifests for the playback of video content or other types of content on a user device. The response to a request for content may serially include data objects for one or more rendition manifests as Data Uniform Resource Indicators (URIs) or in another data format. By incorporating the data of the rendition manifest(s) in the response, implementations may forego a network request to retrieve the rendition manifest(s) and thus reduce the latency for presenting content. In some cases, the incorporated rendition manifest(s) may list locations for a subset of chunks of a content file, and the content may be marked as live content, to reduce the size of the response and further reduce latency. In some cases, locations for chunks from multiple content files may be included in a same set of one or more rendition manifests in the response.
US09578393B2	Systems and methods for detecting and acting on easter eggs hidden in media assets Control circuitry may identify a media object in a frame of a media asset. Control circuitry may determine a frequency at which the media object occurs in other frames associated with the media asset. Control circuitry may compare the frequency to a threshold, and may determine, based on the comparing, that the frequency equals or exceeds the threshold. Based on determining that the frequency equals or exceeds the threshold, control circuitry may perform a search of a source external to a source of the media asset, where the search comprises searching for an indication that the media object comprises an Easter egg. Control circuitry may determine whether, based on the performing of the search, the indication was found, and, based on determining that the indication was found, execute a function relating to the Easter egg.
US09578388B2	System and method for internet protocol television product placement data A system and method are disclosed for sending advertising data to an end user device. The system includes but is not limited to a processor in data communication with a computer readable medium; and a computer program embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to send first password data to a first group of end user devices that have exchanged a first advertising key data in a first advertising category; and instructions to send first advertising data encoded using the first password to the first group of end user devices.
US09578385B2	Systems and methods for sorting media assets based on playback information Systems and methods for sorting media assets are provided. Playback information for each of a plurality of media assets is received, the playback information representing a percentage of a length of the corresponding media asset that each of a plurality of users previously viewed. Representations of the plurality of media assets are generated. The representations of the plurality of media assets are sorted based on the percentage of the length of the corresponding media asset that each of a plurality of users previously viewed. The sorted representations of the plurality of media assets are generated for display to a first user.
US09578380B2	Method and apparatus for internet protocol television media content sharing A method and apparatus for enabling IP service subscribers to share media contents with other IP service subscribers or Internet users in either a secured or open fashion are disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention enables the sharing of home movies, pictures, and other media contents, where media could be stored media or media created in real-time. Namely, the present method allows IP service subscribers to effectively create their own TV station, e.g., complete with stored or live content programming and content scheduling. In turn, the method allows a viewing subscriber to select and view a shared media program created by another subscriber.
US09578378B2	Video display apparatus and operating method thereof Provided are a video display device and a method of operating the same. The method includes: executing an enhanced service playing application not dependent on any single channel; obtaining an uncompressed audio video (AV) content; playing the uncompressed AV content through the display unit; attempting to obtain contents information on the uncompressed AV content on the basis of a part of the uncompressed AV content; transmitting an enhanced service request message to an enhanced service providing server not dependent on any single channel by the enhanced service; receiving an enhanced service from the enhanced service providing server; and playing the enhanced service through the display unit by the enhanced service playing application.
US09578377B1	Displaying a graphical game play feed based on automatically detecting bounds of plays or drives using game related data sources Computer systems and methods in various embodiments are configured for improving speed and efficiency of server computers and remote client devices connected to the server computers, and requesting and downloading indexed and persistently stored segments of multimedia content, such as video during a sporting event, in real-time and/or with minimal delay from the server computers. In an embodiment, a computer system comprises a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; play event transceiver logic coupled to the memory and the processor and configured to electronically receive a first set of digital data associated with the sporting event; play event processing logic coupled to the memory and the processor and configured to determine that a first play has ended based on the first set of digital data, and in response, to generate a first play event signal; wherein the play event transceiver logic is further configured to send the first play event signal to the one or more mobile computing devices; a data storage device configured to store mobile device app logic comprising one or more sequences of instructions which when downloaded to and executed using the one or more mobile computing devices causes each of the one or more mobile computing devices, in response to receiving the first play event signal, to display a first graphical tile in a graphical tile list in a graphical user interface on a display coupled to that mobile computing device.
US09578376B2	Video-on-demand content delivery method for providing video-on-demand services to TV service subscribers A video-on-demand (VOD) content delivery system has a VOD Application Server which manages a database of templates for presentation of video content elements of different selected types categorized in hierarchical order. A web-based Content Management System receives content uploaded online in file formats with metadata for title and topical area, and automatically converts it into video data format compatible with the VOD content delivery system indexed by title and topical area. A User Interface for the system delivers listings data to the viewer's TV indexed by title and topical area specified by the uploaded metadata.
US09578372B2	Delay tolerant decoder In one implementation, a network device receives a series of video frames spanning a series time period from a network. The time period may be static of a specific duration or identified dynamically based on the timing of the video frames. The network device decodes the series of video frames and stores the decoded series of data frames in memory along with associated timestamps. A pause phenomenon in excess of expected delay is identified between two of the decoded video frames. The network device forwards or displays the series of decoded frames such that each successive pair of frames in the series of decoded frames are spaced by a resultant delay period that is less than a duration of the pause phenomenon.
US09578369B2	Portable terminal, information processing apparatus, content display system and content display method A portable terminal includes a receiving unit which receives content information, an external device communication unit which conducts communication with an external information device, a display unit which displays the content information received by the receiving unit, an acquiring unit which acquires identification information identifying the content information displayed by the display unit, an operation unit which receives an operation indication from a user, and a control unit which conducts control such that if a transmission indication of the identification information is received by the operation unit while the content information is being displayed, the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit is transmitted to the external information device and the display of the content information by the display unit is terminated.
US09578368B2	Method and data processing apparatus supporting simultaneous playback A data processing apparatus supporting simultaneous playback includes a processor, two tuners, a receiving element and a transmitting element. The first tuner generates first television data transmitted via a first frequency range, and provides the first television data to an internal playback device. The second tuner generates second television data transmitted via a second frequency range. The receiving element receives a data request for a selected television channel from an external electronic device. In response to the data request, the processor controls the second tuner to generate the second television data including video/audio data of the selected television channel. When the internal playback device performs playback according to the first television data, the transmitting element transmits the video/audio data of the selected television channel to the external electronic device for playback.
US09578367B2	Internet protocol television tuning adapter Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the provisioning of data and video services to client devices using communication standards and/or protocols that are not compatible with corresponding CPE device(s). An IPTV adapter can be embedded in a CPE device, can be connected to a CPE device, or can be a stand-alone device, and the tuning adapter can translate/reformat communications between client devices and an upstream component and/or content server. The IPTV adapter can support various communication standards and protocols.
US09578366B2	Companion device services based on the generation and display of visual codes on a display device In one embodiment, a method includes launching an application on a first device. The application allows the first device to trigger a service based on a program being played on a second device. The first device captures a visual code being displayed in association with the program being played on the second device. The visual code includes encoded information for program ID information associated with the program being played on the second device and timing information associated with the program being played on the second device. The method determines the program ID information and the timing information from the encoded information included in the visual code and then triggers the service for the application using the timing information and the program ID information.
US09578360B2	Information presentation device and method An information presentation device for presenting information to a user is described, which is arranged to receive information transmissions from a remote information source, and comprises: an information transmission receiver for receiving information transmissions, an information extractor for extracting presentation information to be presented, from an information transmission, an information presenter for presenting the extracted presentation information, wherein a monitor is arranged to monitor the operation of one or more of the information extractor and the information presenter, determine whether the operation of one or more of the information extractor and the information presenter fulfills one or more predetermined conditions, and generate an operation condition signal destined for the remote information source, said operation condition signal conveying an indication of the fulfillment or non-fulfillment of said one or more conditions.
US09578359B2	Localization process system There is disclosed apparatuses and methods for a localized process system. The apparatuses and methods include a server for authenticating a user login for a localized process system; presenting a user with a project, comprising an asset, wherein the project is a movie, and wherein the asset is created for an original geographical territory; presenting a user with a display to order a localized version of the asset, wherein the localized version of the asset is a version of the asset that is customized for a second geographical territory that is different than the original geographical territory; receiving user input to create subtitles for the localized version of the asset, wherein the user selects himself to enter the subtitles; presenting the user with a display of a timed-text script that displays a time of the asset, and the dialog of the asset.
US09578355B2	Method and apparatus for network bandwidth allocation Methods and apparatus for assigning bandwidth to a network based on two or more different service levels. In an exemplary embodiment, video on-demand (VOD) session requests within a service group of an HFC cable network are assigned bandwidth such that maximum opportunity is given to grant HD VOD request among SD VOD requests, while meeting the goal of minimizing service disruption by spreading the sessions over multiple QAM channels, and limiting the maximum number of active VOD sessions of any kind.
US09578353B2	Programming content processing and management system and method In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a technique is implemented to effectively receive streaming multimedia content in digital form, parse and segment the received transport stream and process the segmented content. Such treatment of received programming content provides for efficient storage of such programming content, and effectively provides for access to such content by administrators of a broadband system as well as users of such systems. In accordance with the invention, a technique enables, among other things: the creation of reference frames for, e.g., effective segmentation of programming content; encapsulation of programming content data as a UDP/IP datagram; associating programming content with provider and dedicated resource attributes; monitoring staging processor activity; effectively segmenting programming content that is scrambled; developing a unicast and multicast; compensating for missing or delayed programming content; and propagating video servers of varying manufacturers.
US09578352B2	Multi-format distribution of content A content delivery resource in a cable network receives a request for specified content. The content delivery resource retrieves profile information assigned to the subscriber domain. The profile information indicates multiple different playback formats assigned to the subscriber domain. To service the request, the content delivery resource utilizes the profile information associated with the subscriber domain to select versions of the specified content encoded in accordance with the multiple different playback formats. The content delivery resource then initiates transmission of the versions of the specified content in the multiple different playback formats to the subscriber domain for playback on multiple types of playback devices.
US09578349B2	Image decoding apparatus adaptively determining a scan pattern according to an intra prediction mode Provided is an image decoding apparatus that receives an intra prediction mode and one-dimensional (1D) quantized coefficients, restores a quantized transform block by inversely scanning the 1D quantized coefficients, inversely quantizes the quantized transform block using a quantization step size to generate a transform block, inversely transforms the transform block to generate a residual block, and generates a prediction block according to the intra prediction mode. When a size of the transform block is 8×8, the quantized transform block is divided into a plurality of sub-blocks, and the plurality of sub-blocks and coefficients of each sub-block are scanned using a same scan pattern determined according to the intra prediction mode. When the intra prediction mode is a horizontal mode, the scan pattern is a vertical scan.
US09578346B2	Image coding method including reference list reordering information for indicating details of reordering pictures included in a reference list An image coding method includes: writing, into a coded bitstream, buffer description defining information for defining a buffer description; constructing a default reference list; reorder pictures included in the default reference list; writing, into the coded bitstream, reference list reordering information for indicating details of the reordering; and coding an image using the buffer description and a reference list resulting from the reordering, and in the reference list reordering information, among the pictures, a picture to be reordered is specified using an index which is used in other processing in the image coding method.
US09578342B2	Rate control algorithm for scalable video encoding with disposable P-frames Systems and methods of performing rate control in scalable video encoders that can be used to provide videoconferencing, announcements, and live video streaming to multiple participant devices having diverse bandwidths, resolutions, and/or other device characteristics. The systems and methods can accommodate different target bit rates of the multiple participant devices by operating on scalable video bitstreams in a multi-layer video format, including a base layer having one or more reference video frames, and an enhancement layer having one or more disposable non-reference, predictive video frames. By adjusting the number of disposable non-reference, predictive video frames in the enhancement layer, as well as quantization parameters for the respective base and enhancement layers, the disclosed systems and methods can accommodate the different target bit rates for the respective participant devices, while enhancing the spatial and/or temporal qualities of the base and enhancement layers in the respective video bitstreams.
US09578341B2	Method and system for improving compressed image chroma information Methods, systems, and computer programs for improving compressed image chroma information. In one aspect of the invention, a resolution for a red color component of a color video image is used that is higher than the resolution for a blue color component of the color video image. Another aspect includes utilizing a lower or higher value of a quantization parameter (QP) for one or more chroma channels as compared to the luminance channel. Another aspect is use of a logarithmic representation of a video image to benefit image coding. Another aspect uses more than two chroma channels to represent a video image.
US09578339B2	Parallel processing for video coding In one example, a device for coding video data includes a video coder configured to code a value for a syntax element representative of whether any two reference layer samples, collocated with two respective enhancement layer picture samples within a common enhancement layer tile, must be within a common reference layer tile, and code the enhancement layer picture samples based at least in part on the value of the syntax element.
US09578337B2	Image quality evaluating method, image quality evaluating apparatus and image quality evaluating program To estimate an image quality deterioration level at a high accuracy. An image quality deterioration level is estimated by judging whether image quality deterioration is suppressed or not by error concealment processing when decoding is not correctly performed, based on information obtained in decoding processing. When it is judged that error concealment is effectively operated, it is estimated that deterioration of an image quality even in an image region not correctly decoded is small. When it is estimated that error concealment is not effectively operated, it is estimated that image deterioration is heavy.
US09578336B2	Hybrid video and graphics system with automatic content detection process, and other circuits, processes, and systems A computing device (300) includes a storage (325) that over time is operable to include video and graphics content and the storage has a first set of instructions representing lossy video compression (130) and a second set of instructions representing lossless compression (120); and a processor (320) coupled with said storage (325), and said processor (320) operable to electronically analyze (110) at least a portion of the content for motion based on magnitudes of motion vectors and, on detection of a significant amount of motion, further operable to activate the first set of instructions (130) to compress at least the motion video, and otherwise to activate the second set of instructions representing lossless compression (120) to compress at least the graphics. Other devices, systems, and processes are disclosed.
US09578333B2	Method for decreasing the bit rate needed to transmit videos over a network by dropping video frames An aspect of the disclosure is directed to transmitting a reduced stream of encoded video frames. An original stream of encoded video frames is analyzed, a plurality of frames are removed without re-encoding encoded video frames to generate the reduced stream of encoded video frames, and the reduced stream and metadata describing the plurality of removed frames are transmitted. An aspect of the disclosure is directed to creating a new version of an original stream of encoded video frames from a reduced stream of encoded video frames. The reduced stream of encoded video frames is received, the plurality of removed frames is identified based on metadata related to the reduced stream, a plurality of replacement frames are generated, and the plurality of replacement frames are added to the reduced stream of encoded video frames to recreate the new version of the original stream of encoded video frames.
US09578331B2	Separable directional transforms This disclosure describes techniques for transforming residual blocks of video data. In particular, a plurality of different transforms selectively applied to the residual blocks based on the prediction mode of the video blocks. At least a portion of the plurality of transforms are separable directional transform specifically trained for a corresponding prediction mode to provide better energy compaction for the residual blocks of the given prediction mode. Using separable directional transforms offers the benefits of lower computation complexity and storage requirement than use of non-separable directional transforms. Additionally, a scan order used to scan the coefficients of the residual block may be adjusted when applying separable directional transforms. In particular, the scan order may be adjusted based on statistics associated with one or more previously coded blocks to better ensure that non-zero coefficients are grouped near the front of the one-dimensional coefficient vector to improve the effectiveness of entropy coding.
US09578329B2	Video encoding method with intra prediction using checking process for unified reference possibility, video decoding method and device thereof An intra prediction method includes searching for a neighboring block restored prior to a current block from among blocks of an image; checking whether the neighboring block found by the searching is a block restored in an intra mode and whether an intra mode of the current block is also a Combined Intra Prediction (CIP) mode in which only blocks pre-restored in the intra mode are referred to; determining based on a checking result of the checking whether the found neighboring block is a reference block available for intra prediction of the current block; and performing intra prediction on the current block by using sample values of the reference block determined as available for the intra prediction of the current block.
US09578328B2	Cross-layer parallel processing and offset delay parameters for video coding In an example, a method of coding video data includes determining a location of a reference sample associated with a reference picture of video data based on one or more scaled offset values, where the reference picture is included in a first layer of a multi-layer bitstream and the one or more scaled offset values indicate a difference in scale between the first layer and a second, different layer. The method also includes determining a location of a collocated reference block of video data in the first layer based on the location of the reference sample, and coding a current block of video data in the second layer relative to the collocated reference block.
US09578325B2	Drift reduction for quality scalable video coding This invention is a method of scalable video encoding and decoding. The scalable video encoding codes both a base layer and an enhanced layer having greater resolution and/or refresh rate. Upon decoding some enhanced layer pictures may be dropped to reach a best resolution and refresh rate within a target data rate. Upon encoding a key picture in at least one group of pictures forming the video is a combined base layer/enhanced layer key picture. Such a combined base layer/enhanced layer key picture cannot be dropped on decoding. This technique reduces drift in the decoder.
US09578324B1	Video coding using statistical-based spatially differentiated partitioning Frames of a video data stream can be encoded using statistically-based spatially differentiated partitioning. Statistically-based spatially differentiated partitioning involves forming a difference frame between a current video frame and a temporally nearby video frame and then calculating the variance of the difference frame on a block-by-block basis. A histogram can be formed from the calculated variances and a threshold determined on the histogram. The determined threshold can be used to select parameters for the encoding process that will more efficiently encode static or slow-motion areas without a significant loss in resulting quality.
US09578323B2	Moving picture coding method, and moving picture decoding method A moving picture coding apparatus for performing inter-picture predictive coding for pictures constituting a moving picture is provided with a coding unit for performing predictive error coding for image data; a decoding unit for performing predictive error decoding for an output from the coding unit; a reference picture memory for holding output data from the decoding unit; and a motion vector detection unit for detecting motion vectors on the basis of the decoded image data stored in the memory. When coding a B picture as a target picture, information indicating whether or not the target picture should be used as a reference picture when coding another picture is added as header information. Therefore, in a decoding apparatus for decoding a bit stream Bs outputted from the moving picture coding apparatus, management of a memory for holding the reference picture can be facilitated on the basis of the header information.
US09578317B2	Two-dimensional/three-dimensional switchable display apparatus A two-dimensional/three-dimensional switchable display apparatus includes: a display panel; a first substrate disposed on the display panel; a first electrode layer disposed on the first substrate and including a plurality of first electrodes; a second substrate disposed on the first substrate; a second electrode layer disposed on the second substrate and including a plurality of second electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. A plurality of lens units are formed in association with a first position of the liquid crystal layer when a lens forming voltage profile is applied to the first electrodes and a common voltage is applied to the second electrodes. When the common voltage is applied to the first electrodes and the lens forming voltage is applied to the second electrodes, the plurality of lens units are formed in association with a second position spaced apart from the first position.
US09578314B2	Image/information display system and method based on temporal psycho-visual modulation An image/information display system and method based on temporal psychovisual modulation in the technical field of image/video processing and electro-optical display. The system includes a high speed display device and an auxiliary viewing device cooperating with each other and interacting with a human visual system. The auxiliary viewing device realizes the temporal amplitude modulation of the composition basic sequence by a method of controlling the light intensity transfer rate from the display plane of the high speed display device to the human eye.
US09578313B2	Method of enhanced depth image acquisition The present invention provides a method and apparatus for depth image acquisition of an object wherein at least two time-of-flight cameras are provided and the object is illuminated with a plurality of different light emission states by emitting light signals from each camera. Measurements of the light reflected by the object during each light emission state are obtained at all the cameras wherein the measurements may then be used to optimize the depth images at each of the cameras.
US09578312B2	Method of integrating binocular stereo video scenes with maintaining time consistency A method of integrating binocular stereo video scenes with maintaining time consistency includes: propagating and extracting a contour of moving object of stereo video A; integrating and deformating of parallax between moving object and dynamic scene with time consistency; color blending of moving object and dynamic scene with time consistency where a method of median coordinate fusion is utilized. The method is simple and effective to utilize a small quantity of user interactions to successfully extract moving objects from stereo video which are same in time and as consistent as possible between left view and right view to develop multiple constraint conditions to guide the integration and deformation of parallax of moving object and dynamic scene and allow moving object to conform to the rules of perspective of dynamic scene. Moreover, the deformation result of moving object is smooth and consistent and can avoid effectively the occurrence of “dithering” phenomenon.
US09578311B2	Time of flight depth camera A method for operating a time of flight (TOF) depth camera is provided. The method includes, using an image processing module, interpolating an updated timing delay calibration for each of a plurality of pixel sensors based at least on an updated set of modulation frequency and duty cycle calibration combinations received by the image processing module, the plurality of pixel sensors coupled to a timing clock, and receiving light generated by a light source and reflected in a 3-dimensional environment, the updated set of modulation frequency and duty cycle calibration combinations replacing the corresponding factory-preloaded timing delay calibrations. The method further includes applying the updated timing delay calibrations to pixel data corresponding to each of the plurality of the pixel sensors to generate a depth map of the 3-dimensional environment.
US09578306B2	Arrangement and imaging of biological samples High-resolution three-dimensional imaging of a specimen is facilitated. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a series of very thin slices from a specimen are serially and robustly arranged on an imaging device such as a microscope slide. The slices are imaged and the images are used to reconstruct a three-dimensional image having high resolution at depths into the specimen. The serial arrangement of the slices facilitates the proper ordering of images for reconstruction. Further, the robust nature of the slice arrangement facilitates treatment of the slices and, in some applications, multiple treatments with corresponding imaging sequences for each treatment. Various embodiments are directed to methods and arrangements for three-dimensional characterization of biological specimen and to data that is accessible and/or executable by a computer for linking different images together in order to characterize such biological specimen in three dimensions.
US09578304B2	Method and apparatus for processing and receiving digital broadcast signal for 3-dimensional subtitle The disclosed method for processing a digital broadcast signal including a 3-dimensional, 3D, content comprises encoding 3D video data for the 3D content, the 3D video data including a left picture for a left view and a right picture for a right view for a 3D image, generating signaling data including a subtitle segment having information for signaling 3D subtitles for the 3D content, and transmitting the digital broadcast signal including the encoded 3D video data and generated signaling data.
US09578302B2	Broadcast transmitter, broadcast receiver and 3D video data processing method thereof A broadcast transmitter/receiver and a 3D video data processing method of the same are disclosed. A 3D video data processing method of a broadcast transmitter includes encoding 3D video data, using an encoder, generating system information included in 3D video metadata, using a system information processor, outputting a transport stream by inserting frame sync information in the 3D vide data and multiplexing the 3D video data and system information, using a TP encoder, and modulating and transmitting the transport stream, using a transmitting unit. A 3D video data processing method of a broadcast receiver includes receiving a broadcasting signal including 3D video data having frame sync information and system information, using a reception unit, demultiplexing the 3D video data and the system information, using a demultiplexer, acquiring 3D video metadata by parsing the system information, using a system information processor, acquiring the frame sync information from the 3D video data and outputting the video data frame-sequentially based on the acquired frame sync information, using a sync controller, and decoding the 3D video data based on the 3D metadata, using a decoder.
US09578290B2	Video data reproduction system A transmission server reads out encoded data files from storage medium such as memory in itself and removable medium, and transmits the read-out file to the reproduction apparatus upon the request from the reproduction apparatus. A plurality of encoded video files are corresponding to an AV content. These encoded data files correspond to different reproduction modes respectively. The transmission server transmits an encoded file to the reproduction apparatus which corresponds to the requested AV content and the requested reproduction mode. Further, the transmission server switches files to be transmitted based upon a mode switching request from the reproduction apparatus. In other words, the file to be transmitted is switched from an encoded file corresponding to a pre-request reproduction mode to another corresponding to a post-request reproduction mode.
US09578287B2	Method, device and system for teleconference information insertion The disclosure provides a method, device and system for teleconference information insertion. The method includes: a valid insertion content is acquired according to a stored insertion content after an conference insertion request is detected, and a real-time content of a conference is switched to the valid insertion content. Thus, a purpose of information insertion in a conference is achieved by pre-storing an insertion content before or during the conference, then acquiring a valid insertion content according to the stored insertion content after a conference insertion request is detected during the conference and finally switching the real-time content of the conference to the insertion content, thereby enhancing the effect of the conference.
US09578283B1	Audio level based management of communication resources Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media for managing bandwidth based on audio power level. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, from a conference system, transferring at least one audio level criterion to a first user system in a communication session. At the conference system, when a level of first audio for the communication session satisfies the at least one audio level criterion at the first user system, the method provides receiving the first audio encoded using first audio codec parameters by the first user system. At the conference system, when the level of the first audio does not satisfy the at least one audio level criterion at the first user system, the method provides receiving the first audio encoded using second audio codec parameters by the first user system.
US09578281B2	Managing traffic flow on a network path A network device determines the traffic specification values based on the session values that represent the application parameters of an application, which is provided differentiated service levels. A user of the network device may provide and/or choose the session values. The network device may generate one or more streams corresponding to a plurality of the applications. Each stream may comprise one or more traffic instances. The network device may assign a priority value to each stream and instance identifier to each traffic instances within the stream to manage the transfer of data units.
US09578277B2	Method and device for storing video images The present disclosure provides a method and device for storing a video image. The method includes the follows. For each frame of image collected, a confidence value is generated after passing M frames of image each time, in which M is a positive integer. A target encoding frame rate may be determined based on the confidence value latest generated, after passing N frames of image each time. The N frames of image may be encoded and recorded, based on the target encoding frame rate determined, in which N is a positive integer. By adopting the technical solutions of the present disclosure, adaptive capability and availability of system may be improved.
US09578276B2	Systems and methods for automatically controlling media asset playback in a vehicle Systems and methods for method for automatically controlling playback of a media asset in a vehicle are provided. A presentation of a media asset to a user in the vehicle is generated. A motion state of the vehicle is determined. In response to determining that the motion state indicates that the vehicle is moving, the presentation of the media asset is paused. In response to determining that the motion state indicates that the vehicle is not moving, the presentation of the media asset is resumed.
US09578273B2	Modular system for controlling a liquid crystal display A removable video module for a backlit liquid crystal display (LCD) contained within a chassis and having a timing and control board (TCON) with a board edge connector and an access opening in the chassis. The module preferably having a video input connection and means for generating a Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) video. The video module also preferably has a board edge connector adapted to connect with the board edge connector on the TCON, where the video module is adapted to fit through the access opening to connect with the TCON. Other embodiments may utilize a backplane where the video module and a power module are adapted to connect with the backplane and electrically communicate with the rest of the display. Outputs for either the video signal, power supply, or both may be provided so that a plurality of displays may be daisy-chained together.
US09578269B2	Image reader comprising CMOS based image sensor array The invention features an image reader and a corresponding method for capturing a sharp distortion free image of a target, such as a one or two-dimensional bar code. In one embodiment, the image reader comprises a two-dimensional CMOS based image sensor array, a timing module, an illumination module, and a control module. The time during which the target is illuminated is referred to as the illumination period. The capture of the image by the image sensor array is driven by the timing module that, in one embodiment, is able to simultaneously expose substantially all of the pixels in the array. The time during which the pixels are collectively activated to photo-convert incident light into charge defines the exposure period for the sensor array. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the exposure period occurs during the illumination period.
US09578266B2	Image sensor defect identification using optical flare Embodiments described herein may operate to compare an illuminance corresponding to a signal from an image sensor array (ISA) element in a production imaging system with an illuminance associated with optical flare incident to an ISA from which the ISA element is selected. The ISA element may be identified as unusable if the illuminance corresponding to the signal from the ISA element is less than the illuminance associated with the optical flare incident to the ISA.
US09578265B2	Double charge storage area image capture device pixel structure A method of acquisition of an image may include accumulating electrical charges by a photosensitive element of a pixel circuit of an image sensor during a first period, transferring the electrical charges accumulated during the first period to a first electrical charge storage region of the pixel circuit, and at the end of the transfer of the electrical charges, accumulating the electrical charges by the photosensitive element during a second period. The method may further include transferring the electrical charges accumulated during the second period to a second electrical charge storage region of the pixel circuit, successively transferring the electrical charges stored in the first and second storage regions to a common reading node of the pixel circuit, acquiring two images from electrical charges transferred to the reading node from the first and second storage regions, respectively, and combining the two images acquired into a resultant image.
US09578261B1	Portable security surveillance device A multifunctional portable surveillance device having a strap and a first and second end modules disposed on the opposite ends of the strap. A first electronic device resides within the first end module, and the second electronic device resides within the second end module. The strap is configured to straddle an object, whereby the first and the second electronic devices are positioned on the opposite sides of the object. The surveillance device has a control unit. The device further includes a sensor configured to detect a predefined event. A network of connectors resides within the strap, the connectors configured to carry electric signals between the first electronic device, the second electronic device, the sensor, and the control unit. Responsive to detecting a predefined event through a sensor, the control unit actuates the first electronic device, the second electronic device, or both.
US09578255B2	Image pickup apparatus capable of reducing influence of flicker, method of controlling the same, and storage medium An image pickup apparatus capable of reducing influence of flicker while suppressing delay of start of photographing. An image pickup device and a photometric sensor pick up images of an object. A CPU obtains images by controlling driving of one of the device and the sensor to perform charge accumulation and charge readout. Further, the CPU detects a flicker frequency and a flicker phase of a flicker light source, and stores them in a memory as first information. When photographing, if the CPU determines that the first information is not valid, an ICPU obtains images by controlling driving of the other of them to perform charge accumulation and charge readout. Further, the ICPU detects the flicker frequency and the flicker phase and stores them in a memory as second information. The CPU controls exposure timing according to the second information to perform photographing.
US09578253B2	Optical processing apparatus, light source luminance adjustment method, and non-transitory computer readable medium thereof The optical processing apparatus includes a light source unit, a processing unit, and an image sensing unit, wherein the processing unit is electrically connected to the light source unit and the image sensing unit. The light source unit provides a beam of light. The processing unit defines a frame rate, defines a plurality of time instants within a time interval, and sets the light source unit to a luminance value at each of the time instants. A length of the time interval is shorter than the reciprocal of the frame rate. The luminance values are different and are within a range. The image sensing unit captures an image by an exposure time length at each of the time instants, wherein the exposure time lengths are the same.
US09578252B2	Methods and apparatus for capturing images using optical chains and/or for using captured images Methods and apparatus relating to image capture of image portions using optical chains with non-parallel optical axis are described. In some embodiments different portions of a scene area of interest captured by different optical chains operating in parallel are combined. The use of multiple optical chains in parallel facilitates generation of an image with a higher overall pixel count than would be possible using a single sensor of one of the optical chains and/or with more light capture than would be captured using a single one of the optical chains.
US09578250B2	Display control apparatus A display control apparatus includes: a stability brightness calculation unit for calculating a stability brightness obtained by modifying a temporal change in a brightness of a subject to a slower temporal change on the basis of a change in the brightness of the subject detected by a brightness detection unit; and a display brightness control unit for controlling a following speed of the change in the brightness of a display image with respect to a change in the brightness of the subject on the basis of the calculated stability brightness so that an amount of a change in the brightness related to the display image can become longer than the amount of the change in the brightness of the subject.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10