Apple Inc.

Cardica, Inc.

Great Stuff, Inc.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Russell C Mead, Jr

Joel Frederic Jensen

Jonathan P Ive

Bartley K Andre

Christopher J Stringer

Steve P Jobs

Michael D McBroom

Daniel Lynn McBroom

Michael D Hillman

Brian Thomas Sudderth

Arturo Meuniot

Robert Burton Brownell, Jr

Frank Tsai

Arthur Stanley Brigham

Anwyl M McDonald

Jesus Beltran

Sung Hwan Kim

Sung Hoon Kim

Jaime Salvador Vargas

Brendan M Donohoe

Theodore M Bender

Stephen A Yencho

Heather L Klaubert

Nathan H White

Scott O Chamness

Gregory B Arcenio

Brian R DuBois

James T Nielsen

Daniel J Riccio

Ronald Jack Smith

John Raff

Phillip Michael Hobson

Matthew L Brown

Michael J Hendricksen

Bernard A Hausen

Anthony Sagala Montevirgen

Lawrence E Davis

Jesse T Buehler

Jamey Nielsen

Nathaniel J Dennis

Adam J Golman

Donald J Parr

Tommaso P Rivellini

Erik Mikael Fermer

Bryce A Woollard

Daniel L Mcbroom

Alice C Watts

Kevin P Makowski

Daniel E Rivera

Robert R Mayer

Todd Elliot Lewis

David Jennings Dostal

Robert B Brownell

Anwyl M Mcdonald

Michael D Mcbroom

Doors on a vehicle may be controlled by a door positioning system that moves the doors freely and fluidly relative to the body of the vehicle. The doors may include front and rear doors on each side of the vehicle. The door positioning system may control the movement and positioning of each door using a door mechanism coupled between the door and the body of the vehicle. The door positioning system may determine a position or path of motion for each door based on sensor data and user input. The door positioning system may issue corresponding control signals to actuators in the door mechanism to position the door accordingly. For example, the front door may slide open at an angle to accommodate an angled tire. Front and rear doors may open in opposite directions to create a large, unobstructed space for passengers to enter and exit the vehicle.

Doors with adaptive positioning

An apparatus includes a vehicle structure, a bumper, an elongate structural member, and an extension portion. The elongate structural member is able to crush longitudinally in response to application of force in a longitudinal direction. The extension portion is able to crush longitudinally in response to application of force in the longitudinal direction, is connected to the elongate structural member such that the elongate structural member and the extension portion support the bumper with respect to the vehicle structure, and is operable to move the bumper between an extended position and a retracted position with respect to the vehicle structure to change a distance between the bumper and the vehicle structure.

Extendable bumpers for vehicles

An auger is axially fixed to and positioned within a cutter. The auger and cutter advance at the same time relative to a contact structure placed against a vessel, penetrating the wall of the vessel and cutting a tissue plug. When the auger and the cutter are retracted from the vessel wall, the tissue plug is retained by the auger and cutter and removed from the vessel wall. The auger and the cutter thus create an opening in the vessel wall, without the need for a prior incision in that wall.

Method and apparatus for creating an opening in the wall of a tubular vessel

Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing a cord retraction mechanism for an input device. A subassembly having an input device, a cable, and a retraction mechanism is provided. The cable has first and second opposing ends, with the first end being operable to be coupled to a computing device, and the second end being operable to be coupled to the input device. The cable provides an electrical communication between the computing device and the input device. The cable has an extended configuration and a storage configuration. In the extended configuration, the cable extends outwardly from the computing device. In the storage configuration, the majority of the cable is in a substantially linear orientation. The retraction mechanism has at least one pulley member for displacing the pulley member between first and second positions to allow the cable to move from the storage configuration to the extended configuration.

Cord retraction mechanism

An anastomosis device includes a deployable section that may be connected to a discard section. The deployable section may be configured to expand in two substantially orthogonal directions during deployment. The deployable section may include a ring that includes one or more expandable elements.

Anastomosis device having a deployable section

The present invention is a computer controlled display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a flat panel display having an input for receiving display data. Additionally, a moveable assembly may be coupled to the display. The moveable assembly may provide at least three degrees of freedom of movement for the flat panel display device. Additionally, the moveable assembly may have a cross-sectional area, which is substantially less than a cross-sectional area of a display structure of the flat panel display. Additionally, the moveable assembly may include a plurality of stacked ball-and-socket assemblies.

Computer controlled display device

A method for performing anastomosis between a graft vessel and a target vessel with an integrated anastomosis tool may include actuating at least one control on the integrated anastomosis tool to create an opening in the target vessel and complete an anastomosis with the target vessel. Another method for performing anastomosis may include creating an opening in intact tissue of the target vessel with an integrated anastomosis tool; and deploying an anastomosis device with the integrated anastomosis tool. The anastomosis may be performed with an anastomosis device, such as an anastomosis device having a deployable section detachable from a discard section.

Method of performing anastomosis

A single integrated tool is used both to create an opening in a vessel wall and deploy an anastomosis device into that opening, thereby simplifying an anastomosis procedure such as a coronary artery bypass graft procedure. The creation of the opening and deployment of the anastomosis device may be actuated with a single control.

Integrated anastomosis system

Display device with a moveable assembly

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Russell C Mead, Jr