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 List of recent Ras-related patents |
07/24/14
20140208406 |   Two-factor authentication
Systems and processes for providing two-factor authentication to systems capable of implementing varying levels of access control are disclosed. The system may include an authentication and access control system that selectively grants access to a secured system or network. |
07/24/14
20140208353 |  Multiple resolution audio and video systems, methods of production, delivery and uses thereof
A multiple-resolution audio and video system is disclosed that includes: at least one shared network infrastructure; at least one audio file, video file or a combination thereof, wherein each of the at least one audio file, video file or combination thereof has at least one resolution format and wherein one of the at least one resolution format is a studio quality resolution; at least one executable user interface application; and at least one device that accesses the at least one executable user interface application. Methods of using a multiple-resolution audio and video system include: providing at least one shared network infrastructure; providing at least one audio file, video file or a combination thereof, wherein each of the at least one audio file, video file or combination thereof has at least one resolution format and wherein one of the at least one resolution format is a studio quality resolution; providing at least one executable user interface application; and utilizing at least one device to access the at least one executable user interface application. |
07/24/14
20140208251 |  Power injector device and method of use
Automated injection system disclosed in this application advantageously provides physicians with a simplified interface for selecting fluid sources, such as saline, contrast, or a mixture of both, to inject at high pressures. The injector system may comprise a multi-use subassembly, a single-use subassembly, a fitting to fluidly connect the multi-use and single-use subassemblies, a hand held controller, a user interface, and an injector housing.. |
07/24/14
20140208158 |  Systems and methods of data transmission and management
Data communications systems and methods comprise a conductive media infrastructure in communication with a baseband data universe propagating at least one first signal and a broadband data universe propagating at least one second signal. At least one segmentation device is in communication with the conductive media infrastructure and partitions the broadband data universe from the baseband data universe. |
07/24/14
20140208157 |  Method and apparatus for redundancy in an atm using hot swap hardware underlying a virtual machine
A method and apparatus for providing redundancy in an automatic teller machine (atm) is provided. Application software may be run on top of a virtual environment such as a virtual machine and/or a virtual disk environment. |
07/24/14
20140208072 |  User-level manager to handle multi-processing on many-core coprocessor-based systems
A method is disclosed to manage a multi-processor system with one or more multiple-core coprocessors by intercepting coprocessor offload infrastructure application program interface (api) calls; scheduling user processes to run on one of the coprocessors; scheduling offloads within user processes to run on one of the coprocessors; and affinitizing offloads to predetermined cores within one of the coprocessors by selecting and allocating cores to an offload, and obtaining a thread-to-core mapping from a user.. . |
07/24/14
20140208001 |  Techniques for achieving crash consistency when performing write-behind caching using a flash storage-based cache
Techniques for achieving crash consistency when performing write-behind caching using a flash storage-based cache are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system receives from a virtual machine a write request that includes data to be written to a virtual disk and caches the data in a flash storage-based cache. |
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07/24/14
20140207998 |  System and method of wear leveling for a non-volatile memory
In an architecture of wear leveling for a non-volatile memory composed of plural storage units, a translation layer is configured to translate a logical address provided by a host to a physical address of the non-volatile memory. A cold-block table is configured to assign a cold block or blocks in at least one storage unit, the cold block in a given storage unit having an erase count being less than erase counts of non-cold blocks in the given storage unit. |
07/24/14
20140207988 |  System and method for secure smi memory services
In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method are herein disclosed for providing secure smi memory services, including the protection of smm memory from surreptitious attacks by, for example, rootkits. Information handling systems are susceptible to attacks, especially attacks on smm memory. |
07/24/14
20140207933 |  Naming system layer
A facility for publishing information in a distributed network without a central management infrastructure is described. In various embodiments, the facility receives an indication of a new node and a destination node, the new node omitted from a contact list associated with the destination node, the contact list having an approximately logarithmic distribution of neighboring nodes; introduces the new node to the destination node via a permanent circuit; and causes the destination node to add the new node to the contact list when adding the new node improves the logarithmic distribution of neighboring nodes.. |
07/24/14
20140207834 | Systems and methods for scalable storage name server infrastructure
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include extracting identities of one or more hosts from a storage resource-to-host mapping database associated with a storage resource. The method may also include, for each of the one or more hosts: computing a discovery domain unique identifier based on the host unique identifier, determining if the discovery domain unique identifier is present in a discovery domain database associated with the storage resource, and adding a storage resource unique identifier of the storage resource to an entry of the discovery domain database associated with the storage resource.. |
07/24/14
20140207730 | Systems and methods for providing a collaboration place interface including data that is persistent after a client is longer in the collaboration place among a plurality of clients
In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, and/or displays. |
07/24/14
20140207445 | System and method for correcting for lost data in a digital audio signal
In an embodiment, a method of receiving a digital audio signal, using a processor, includes generating a high band time domain signal; generating low band time domain signal; estimating an energy ratio between the high band and the low band from a last good frame; keeping the energy ratio for following frame-erased frames by applying an energy correction scaling gain to a high band signal segment by segment in the time domain; and combining the low band signal and the high band signal into a final output.. . |
07/24/14
20140207340 | Adaptive crash structure for a vehicle and associated vehicle
An adaptive crash structure for a vehicle includes a deformation element arranged in a region of a wheel housing of the vehicle, and an interruption system, wherein the deformation element and the interruption system are constructed so as to be able to change from a deactivated state to an activated state, wherein in the deactivated state the deformation element permits movement of a wheel housed in the wheel housing, and wherein in the activated state the deformation element causes the wheel to assume a predetermined position and the interruption system prevents a change of the position of the wheel to be transmitted to a steering wheel.. . |
07/24/14
20140207275 | Electric hand having force sensor
An electric hand for grasping an object by opening and closing fingers includes a force sensor for detecting forces acting on the fingers. The fingers are actuated based on a detected force value detected by the force sensor. |
07/24/14
20140207168 | Puncture apparatus
A puncture apparatus includes a puncture needle that punctures biological tissues; a longitudinal-shaped vaginal insertion member that is inserted into the vagina; a guiding member; an interlock member for interlocking the vaginal insertion member with the guiding member; an ultrasonic probe that is provided in a distal portion of the vaginal insertion member to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves; and an ultrasonic marker that is provided in the guiding member to be able to recognize an ultrasonic image which is obtained from the ultrasonic waves transmitted and received from the ultrasonic probe. The interlock member has a through-hole into which the puncture needle is inserted, and the through-hole is a supporting portion that movably supports the puncture needle to guide the distal end of the puncture needle to the ultrasonic marker.. |
07/24/14
20140207164 | Device and method for vascular re-entry
In a method for re-entry from extraluminal space into the central lumen of a vessel, a guidewire is advanced into the extraluminal space of the vessel, and then a directional catheter is advanced over the guidewire through the extraluminal space. Thereafter, the guidewire is removed from the directional catheter, an ultrasound device is placed through the directional catheter, and the ultrasound device is advanced through the extraluminal space into the central lumen and then activated.. |
07/24/14
20140207163 | Ultrasonic device for cutting and coagulating
Apparatus and method to permit selective cutting and coagulation required in fine and delicate surgical procedures. The apparatus includes two body members having proximal ends and distal ends with jaw members located adjacent the body member's distal ends. |
07/24/14
20140207154 | Apparatus and method for heart valve repair
A device and method for repairing a mitral valve leaflet 2, 3. The device 10 includes a body 16 having an annular wall 18 and at least one aperture 22 through the annular wall 18. |
07/24/14
20140207051 | Method and apparatus for controlling ultrasound system
Provided are an ultrasound system and methods that deliver medication through skin by using multiple frequencies. The method to deliver medication through skin include irradiating the skin with ultrasound having a first frequency to cavitate a skin tissue; irradiating the skin with ultrasound having a second frequency, which is lower than the first frequency, to collapse the cavitated tissue; and delivering the medication through the collapsed tissue, wherein a single transducer is configured to produce the ultrasound having the first frequency and the ultrasound having the second frequency.. |
07/24/14
20140207026 | Method and apparatus for treatment of pathogens including viruses and bacteries
A method for disrupting or destroying selected pathogens located within the body of an organism the method including the non-invasive administration to pre-selected locations on or in the organism of an amount of low intensity ultrasonic energy, effective to disrupt or destroy the selected pathogens but not deleteriously affect the organism, the low intensity ultrasonic energy falling within predefined ranges of frequencies, wherein the predefined range of frequencies is one or more ranges of frequencies at which the low intensity ultrasonic energy has optimal effectiveness in disrupting or destroying a particular pathogen, and the intensity of the low intensity ultrasonic energy falling within predefined ranges of intensity, wherein the predefined range of intensity of low intensity ultrasonic energy is such as to allow for disruption or destruction of the selected pathogens but not deleteriously affect tissue of the organism surrounding the selected pathogens.. . |
07/24/14
20140207002 | Ring laser for use with imaging probe as a safe margin indicator
A surgical imaging apparatus is disclosed, and includes an elongate body having a proximal portion and a distal portion and including at least one ultrasonic transducer. The surgical imaging apparatus also includes at least one light source being operatively coupled with the elongate body and configured to move relative to the elongate body. |
07/24/14
20140207001 | Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic medical system adopting the same
An ultrasonic probe and a medical system adopting the same. The ultrasonic probe includes at least one support plate having a first state of being folded and a second state of being unfolded. |
07/24/14
20140207000 | Coating for improving the ultrasound visibility
The disclosure relates to a coating for improving the ultrasound visibility of a device, the coating being made of a matrix material comprising at least one contrast agent, wherein the at least one contrast agent is a plurality of gas-filled microparticles. Moreover, this disclosure relates to an ultrasonic contrast agent-containing coating for a device. |
07/24/14
20140206999 | Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, method of producing ultrasound image, and recording medium
Ultrasonic transmission and reception for sound speed setting is performed in response to an instruction to freeze, an instruction on an observation target range, an instruction to change image quality and an instruction to change an image mode, a reception signal obtained by the ultrasonic transmission and reception for sound speed setting is used to set the sound speed in a subject, and a reception signal obtained during ultrasonic transmission and reception is processed based on the set sound speed to produce an ultrasound image. Such method makes it possible to produce a high-quality ultrasound image subjected to delay correction appropriate to various operations on an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, such as freezing and change in image quality.. |
07/24/14
20140206997 | Ultrasonic diagnostic arrangements selecting parameters for selecting relevant estimation data for classifying an elasticity image
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including: a tomogram constructing means; an elasticity information calculating means; an elasticity image constructing means; a display means; an estimation data generating means configured to generate estimation data for estimating the characteristic of a biomedical tissue on the basis of the elasticity image; an estimation data selecting means configured to select at least one parameter used for the estimation of the characteristic of the biomedical tissue and to make the selected parameter displayed on the display means, an analyzing means configured to analyze the elasticity image using at least one parameter selected by the estimation data selecting means and to make the result of analysis displayed on the display means; wherein the display means displays the parameter used for the estimation of the characteristic and the result of analysis.. . |
07/24/14
20140206996 | Method and apparatus for generating a temperature image
Disclosed is a method and apparatus of generating a temperature image during ultrasonic treatment, the method including setting a first plane indicating a heating region where ultrasonic waves for treatment are irradiated and setting a second plane indicating a protective region around the heating region; irradiating the first plane with ultrasonic waves for diagnosis at a first frame rate, and irradiating the second plane with the ultrasonic waves for diagnosis at a second frame rate, the second frame rate being lower than the first frame rate; and generating the temperature image using frame images acquired from irradiating the ultrasonic waves for diagnosis.. . |
07/24/14
20140206994 | Accurate visualization of soft tissue motion on x-ray
A method, system, and program product are provided for accurately visualizing soft tissue motion on an x-ray image. Real time ultrasound images are registered to an x-ray image space. |
07/24/14
20140206993 | Liquid injector with appropriate operating conditions set by selecting displayed image
A contrast liquid injector has a controller that calculates a necessary volume of the contrast medium based on a read out necessary dose of effective component per unit weight, weight of the subject, and concentration of the effective component. The injection rate of a base-operation condition is changed based on the calculated necessary volume of the contrast medium, wherein the predetermined injection time is unchanged, for all volumes of the contrast medium, when making the injection pattern, whereby a timing of an optimum concentration of the contrast medium will be substantially unchanged for all volumes of the contrast medium.. |
07/24/14
20140206991 | Prediction of a likely contrast medium behavior
A method is disclosed for the prediction of a likely contrast medium behavior for a contrast medium-assisted examination of an object under investigation. In an embodiment, the method includes detecting patient-specific blood flow behavior data in a pre-measurement making use of a defined examination protocol and determining an individual impulse response function from the blood flow behavior data; detecting a pre-measured heart rate signal associated with the pre-measurement; and predicting the likely contrast medium behavior based on the individual impulse response function, the pre-measured heart rate signal and a current examination protocol, and a currently detected heart rate signal. |
07/24/14
20140206984 | Pericardial space imaging for cardiac support device implantation
A method for implanting a cardiac support device (csd) on a patient's heart. An amount of contrast agent sufficient to cause structures on the heart to be visible upon fluoroscopic or other imaging is introduced into the pericardial space surrounding the heart. |
07/24/14
20140206980 | Deep tissue flowmetry using diffuse speckle contrast analysis
Blood flow rates can be calculated using diffuse speckle contrast analysis in spatial and time domains. In the spatial domain analysis, a multi-pixel image sensor can be used to detect a spatial distribution of speckles in a sample caused by diffusion of light from a coherent light source that is blurred due to the movement of scatterers within the sample (e.g., red blood cells moving within a tissue sample). |
07/24/14
20140206978 | Probe with optoacoustic isolator
An optoacoustic probe including an ultrasound transducer array, an acoustic lens and a light path separated from the transducer array by an isolator to mitigate light energy from the light path from reaching the transducer array. The isolator being formed from a mixture including a flexible carrier, a coloring and between 10% and 80% by volume micro-bubbles. |
07/24/14
20140206968 | Ultrasonic sensor and method of operating the same
A system including a host device and a measurement device ultrasonically coupled to the host device over a physical medium and method of operating the same has been introduced herein. In one embodiment, the system includes the host device including a first ultrasonic communicator configured to generate an ultrasonic command to measure a parameter of an object, a physical medium coupled to the host device and the measurement device coupled to the physical medium. |
07/24/14
20140206890 | Vegetable oil extraction
A method of extracting recovering oil from vegetable material in which oil bearing material is heated and subjected to sonication at least one frequency above 400 khz, removing a first yield of oil by decanting and subjecting the retained material to centrifugal separation to separate out a second yield of oil. Preferably the raw vegetable material is passed through a screw press and the obtained material is heated and subjected to the ultrasonic treatment and then allowed to settle for a predetermined period before decanting the oil layer. |
07/24/14
20140206862 | Antioxidant small molecules aimed at targeting metal-based oxidative stress in neurogenerative disorders
Amine chelates capable of antioxidant capacity and amyloid disaggregation are shown which may be useful in targeting metal-based oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disorders. Pyclen, a backbone commonly investigated for contrast agent imaging, may be repurposed as an anti-oxidant chelator for disaggregating amyloid. |
07/24/14
20140206861 | Antioxidant small molecules aimed at targeting metal-based oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disorders
Amine chelates capable of antioxidant capacity and amyloid disaggregation are shown which may be useful in targeting metal-based oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disorders. Pyclen, a backbone commonly investigated for contrast agent imaging, may be repurposed as an anti-oxidant chelator for disaggregating amyloid. |
07/24/14
20140206855 | Methods and compositions for detecting cancers associated with methylation of hmlh1 promoter dna
Methods are provided for detection of cancers associated with methylation of hmlh1 promoter dna in a subject. The method comprise assaying for the presence of methylated hmlh1 promoter dna in a bodily fluid from a subject. |
07/24/14
20140206837 | Targeting vector-phospholipid conjugates
Peptide vectors having high kdr binding affinity and processes for making such vectors are provided. The peptide vectors may be conjugated to phospholipids and included in ultrasound contrast agent compositions. |
07/24/14
20140206817 | Modifier for resin and resin composition using the same and formed article
A modifier for resin has an average particle size of 20 μm or more, wherein particles having an average particle size of 10 μm or less account for less than 30% by mass of the modifier, and particles having an average particle size of 10 μm or less account for 30% by mass or more of the modifier after irradiating the modifier with ultrasonic wave of 40 w for 5 minutes. Also a resin composition comprises 1 to 40% by mass of the modifier for resin and 99 to 60% by mass (the total amount of both components is 100% by mass) of a thermoplastic resin or a curable resin, and a molded article is produced by molding the same.. |
07/24/14
20140206654 | Use of 2,5-dihydroxybenzene compounds and derivatives for the treatment of hematological dyscrasias and cancer of an organ
The present invention refers to the use of a compound of formula (i′) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, isomer, or prodrug thereof for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of hematological dyscrasias, including myelodysplastic syndromes (mdss) and for improving the efficacy of chemotherapy, radiation therapy and/or cancer immunotherapy. In addition, it relates to the use of a compound of formula (i″) for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cancer of an organ.. |
07/24/14
20140206602 | Bipartite inhibitors of bacterial rna polymerase
The invention provides bipartite inhibitors of bacterial rna polymerase having the general structural formula (i): x-α-y (i) wherein x is an moiety that binds to the rifamycin binding site of a bacterial rna polymerase, y is a moiety that binds to the ge23077 binding site of a bacterial rna polymerase, and is a linker. The invention also provides compositions comprising such compounds, methods of making such compounds, and methods of using said compounds. |
07/24/14
20140206567 | Method for detecting target nucleic acid
The disclosure of the present description provides a method for detecting a target nucleic acid, whereby probe hybridization can be accomplished efficiently. To that end, a target nucleic acid is amplified using a first primer having a tag sequence complementary to a detection probe pre-associated with the target nucleic acid and a first recognition sequence that recognizes a first base sequence in the target nucleic acid and also having a linking site capable of inhibiting or arresting a dna polymerase reaction disposed between the tag sequence and the first recognition sequence, and a second primer having a second recognition sequence that recognizes a second base sequence in the target nucleic acid, the amplified fragment is brought into contact with a detection probe so as to allow hybridization, and the hybridization product is detected.. |
07/24/14
20140206553 | Massive parallel method for decoding dna and rna
This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of dna in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —oh group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose.. |
07/24/14
20140206550 | Step-wise nucleic acid sequencing with catalytic and non-catalytic metals
The application relates to methods, and systems for nucleotide sequencing comprising producing polymerase reactions that comprise both catalytic and non-catalytic divalent metal ions. Polymerase/template/primer complexes are immobilized on a substrate. |
07/24/14
20140206464 | Propeller shaft assembly with grease retention and vent cap
Disclosed is a cap that will act as a grease retention feature and venting system, while allowing crash optimization of a propeller shaft with a plunging constant velocity joint. The cap is located between a constant velocity joint and a tube of the propeller shaft system. |
07/24/14
20140206404 | System and method of creating and providing sms http tagging
A system and method for sending text messages and, more particularly, a system and method for forcing sms capable devices to communicate via sms using, for example, ss7 protocol. A method includes providing a tag forcing a return text message to be sent via ss7 protocol. |
07/24/14
20140206301 | Transceiver with an integrated rx/tx configurable passive network
Disclosed is an apparatus including a transmitter amplifier having an output terminal communicatively coupled to a transmission line to output a first set of radio frequency (rf) signals to an antenna. The apparatus may include a receiver amplifier having an input terminal communicatively coupled to the transmission line to receive a second set of rf signals from the antenna. |
07/24/14
20140206193 | High resolution printing technique
A pattern having exceptionally small features is printed on a partially fabricated integrated circuit during integrated circuit fabrication. The pattern is printed using an array of probes, each probe having: 1) a photocatalytic nanodot at its tip; and 2) an individually controlled light source. |
07/24/14
20140206175 | Methods of forming semiconductor structures including bodies of semiconductor material
Semiconductor structures that include bodies of a semiconductor material spaced apart from an underlying substrate. The bodies may be physically separated from the substrate by at least one of a dielectric material, an open volume and a conductive material. |
07/24/14
20140206060 | Continuous sonication for biotechnology applications and biofuel production
A system and method for sonication of multiple samples and continuous sonication of an input fluid stream in flow-through arrangements useful for economical breakdown of particulates and organisms present in large volumes with relatively low-power sonication devices such as production of oil from algae. The system includes an electrical wave generator oscillating in the ultrasound range, a vibrating element electrically connected to the electrical wave generator, and a sonication plate that vibrates in certain modes. |
07/24/14
20140206042 | Method of enzymatically synthesizing 3' -phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate
The invention provides a method for producing 3′-phosphoadenosine 5′-phosphosulfate (paps), the method including subjecting atp to sulfation and phosphorylation by use of adenosine 5′-triphosphate sulfurylase (atps) and adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate kinase (apsk), wherein an adenosine 5′-triphosphate (atp) supply/regeneration system including adenosine 5′-monophosphate (amp), polyphosphate, polyphosphate-driven nucleoside 5′-diphosphate kinase (pndk), and polyphosphate:amp phosphotransferase (pap), or an adenosine 5′-triphosphate (atp) supply/regeneration system including adenosine 5′-monophosphate (amp), polyphosphate, polyphosphate-driven nucleoside 5′-diphosphate kinase (pndk), and adenylate kinase (adk) is employed instead of atp.. . |
07/24/14
20140206031 | Systems and methods for high-resolution imaging
In one aspect, methods of imaging are described herein. In some embodiments, a method of imaging described herein comprises disposing a population of ultrasound-switchable fluorophores in a biological environment, the fluorophores having a switching threshold between an off state and an on state; exposing the biological environment to an ultrasound beam to create an activation region within the biological environment; switching at least one of the fluorophores within the activation region from the off state to the on state; exciting the at least one fluorophore with a beam of electromagnetic radiation; and detecting light emitted by the fluorophore. |
07/24/14
20140206025 | Use of detection of aspartate transaminase and lactate dehydrogenase in early evaluation of clinical efficacy of antitumor intervention measure
The present invention relates to a method for early evaluation of clinical efficacy of antitumor intervention measure, comprising evaluating the efficacy of the antitumor intervention measure by assaying whether the content of a tumor-damaging biomarker(s) in the blood of a patient having tumor rises as compared to the baseline level before treatment within a time window after the patients receives at least one antitumor intervention measure. In preferable embodiments, the tumor-damaging biomarker(s) is selected from a group consisting of alanine aminotransferase (alt), aspartate transaminase (ast), lactate dehydrogenase (ldh); said tumor is multiple myeloma; said antitumor intervention measure is the administration of cpt alone or the administration of cpt in combination with thalidomide.. |
07/24/14
20140206001 | Methods and compositions for enrichment of nucleic acids in mixtures of highly homologous sequences
Provided are methods of enrichment and detection of target nucleic acids during target amplification in the presence of excess amounts of highly homologous sequences, said methods having substantial diagnostic utility (e.g., cancer diagnostics). Provided are amplification reaction mixtures having at least one cleavage-directing oligonucleotide, the respective binding sites of which, for the target and homologous sequences, include one or more nucleotide positions differing in sequence between the target homologous sequences. |