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General Electric Company

Asml Holding N.v.

Eargo, Inc.

Vessix Vascular, Inc.

Aria Innovations, Inc.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Martin Marietta Corporation

Cormatrix Cardiovascular, Inc.

Earzqo, Inc

Michael Perry

Bret Herscher

Daniel Zhiling Shen

Raphael Marie Michel

Florent Michel

John J Gallagher

Jerome E Freedman

Gerald Luken

David Hart Peterson

Mehmet Ali Akbas

Joseluis Espinosa

Cory Luken

David Krawzsenek

Martha Starr Perry

Robert G Matheny

Corbett W Stone

Matthew Lipson

Tammo Uitterdijk

Christopher John Mason

Ronald A Wilklow

Meital Mazor

Michael L Nelson

Norman R Landry

Rolfe Tyson Gustus

Ronda Elizabeth Schreiber

Danny Shen

Aaron E LaBarge

Ashok K Agrawal

Richard Bryan Lewis

Brian D Conn

Iliya Sigal

Damoon Sohrabibabaheidary

Peter Helmus

Jerry Jianguo Deng

Aaron LeBarge

A method for reducing sticking of an object to a surface used in a lithography process includes receiving, at a control computer, instructions for a tool configured to modify the surface and forming, in a deterministic manner based on the instructions received at the control computer, a modified surface having a furrow and a ridge, wherein the ridge reduces the sticking by reducing a contact surface area of the modified surface. Another apparatus includes a modified surface that includes furrows and ridges forming a reduced contact surface area to reduce a sticking of an object to the modified surface, the ridges having an elastic property that causes the reduced contact surface area to increase when the plurality of ridges is elastically deformed.

Method to manufacture nano ridges in hard ceramic coatings

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are presented for nesting lid containers. An apparatus includes a first container that includes a bottom, at least one container side wall located perpendicular to a first surface of the bottom and extending from the first surface of the bottom to an open top to form a container, at least one divider side wall configured to partition the container into a plurality of sections, and a suction-type element located on a second surface of the bottom opposite the first surface, the suction-type element configured to selectively adhere the first container to a surface. An apparatus includes a second container that is configured to receive the at least one container side wall of the first container and selectively be secured to the first container such that the second container acts as a lid for the first container.

Nested lid containers

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are presented for nesting lid containers. An apparatus includes a first container and a second container that includes a bottom, at least one side wall coupled perpendicular to an edge of the bottom and extending from the bottom to an open top to form a container, and a securing element coupled to a side of the bottom opposite the at least one side wall for preventing movement of the container while placed on a surface. A second container is insertable into a first container where at least one side wall of the first container is configured to receive at least one side wall of the second container such that the second container acts as a lid for the first container.

A method of enhanced biogenic methane production and recovery of biogenic gas without removal of formation water is disclosed through introduction of carbohydrates causing biostimulation of methanogenic microorganisms allowing recovery of methane without removal of formation waters.

Stimulation and continuous recovery of biogenic gas from coal beds

Various burl designs for holding an object in a lithographic apparatus are described. A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system, a first support structure, a second support structure, and a projection system. The illumination system is designed to receive radiation and to direct the radiation towards a patterning device that forms patterned radiation. The first support structure is designed to support the patterning device on the first support structure. The second support structure has a plurality of burls and is designed to support the substrate on the plurality of burls. A topography of a top surface of each of the plurality of burls is not substantially flat, such that a contact area between the substrate and each of the plurality of burls is reduced. The projection system is designed to receive the patterned radiation and to direct the patterned radiation towards the substrate.

Burls with altered surface topography for holding an object in lithography applications

Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for the generation and control of energy delivery in a dosage to elicit a therapeutic response in diseased tissue. A balloon catheter can have electrodes attached to a power generator and controller such that the balloon and electrodes contact tissue during energy treatment. Energy selectively may be applied to tissue based on measured impedance to achieve gentle heating. Calibration of the apparatus and identification of attached accessories by computing the circuit impedance prior to energy dosage facilitate regulation of power delivery about a set point. Energy delivery can be controlled to achieve substantially uniform bulk tissue temperature distribution. Energy delivery may beneficially affect nerve activity.

Power generating and control apparatus for the treatment of tissue

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are presented for restraining a user. An apparatus includes an underlay segment and a barrier panel. The underlay segment is positionable underneath at least one of the shoulders, the head, the back, and the buttocks of the user lying in the supine position. The barrier panel is coupled to the underlay segment and is extendable around the chest of the user to form a partition between an upper body portion and a lower body portion of the user. A proximal edge of the barrier panel is shaped to contour and rest on the chest or abdomen of the user so that engagement between the proximal edge and the user supports a distal edge of the barrier panel to extend outwardly and upwardly from the upper body portion of the user. The barrier panel is foldable.

User restraint apparatus

A method and apparatus for removing dissolved gas from multiple levels of a coal bed or other type of gas bearing formations is provided.

Method and apparatus for removing gas from multiple gas producing zones in a wellbore

A method and apparatus for removing dissolved gas from a coal bed or other type of gas bearing formation is provided.

Method and apparatus for removing gas from gas producing formations

An apparatus for preventing a baby from interfering with a diaper changing process. The apparatus includes an underlay segment and a barrier panel. The underlay segment is positionable underneath at least one of the shoulders, the head, the back, and the buttocks of the baby lying in the supine position. The barrier panel is coupled to the underlay segment and is extendable around the chest of the baby to form a partition between an upper body portion and a lower body portion of the baby. A proximal edge of the barrier panel is shaped to contour and rest on the chest or abdomen of the baby so that engagement between the proximal edge and the baby supports a distal edge of the barrier panel to extend outwardly and upwardly from the upper body portion of the baby. The barrier panel is foldable.

Diaper changing apparatus

A securing mechanism comprising a plurality of outwardly projecting members having a plurality of contact points that are configured to contact a surface of an opening when disposed on a space access device that is inserted in the opening, the securing mechanism being configured to apply a pressure to a contact surface within the opening less than approximately 10000 kPa.

Adjustable securing mechanism for a space access device

Hearing aid charger housing

Methods and systems are disclosed for selective drug or fluid delivery in a lumen through a coating or fluid delivery channels. One system includes an elongate catheter having a proximal end and a distal end with an axis therebetween, the catheter having a radially expandable balloon near the distal end and an energy delivery portion proximate the balloon for transmission of energy, a thermally changeable coating having a releasable drug coupled to the balloon, the thermally changeable coating being oriented to be urged against the body tissue when the expandable balloon expands and an energy source operatively coupled to the energy delivery portion configured to energize the energy delivery portion to heat and liquefy the thermally changeable coating to release the drug to the body tissue.

Selective drug delivery in a lumen

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Los Altos, CA, United States of America

Michael Perry