Patents Filed (the list is merely exemplary)

Surgical Stapling and Cutting Device with Dual Actuating Control Knob, U.S. Patent No. 7,419,080

Electrical Surgical Instrument with Optimized Power Supply and Drive, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 20070270790

Force Switch, U.S. Patent No. 7,479,608

Lumen Repair Device with Capture Structure, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2007/0135889

Multi-Lumen Intravenous Extension and Method for Conveying Medicinal Fluids, U.S. Patent No. 6780167

Low-Power Fast Infrared Gas Sensor, Hand Held Gas Leak Detector, and Gas Monitor Utilizing Absorptive-Photo-Acoustic Detection, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2008/0277586

Methods for Operating a Selective Stiffening Catheter, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2006/0211979

Capture Device for Stent Graft Delivery, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2006/0188408

End Effector for Surgical Instrument ..., U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2006/0184198

Illuminating Balloon Catheter and Method for Using the Catheter, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2006/0167439

Method for Rigid Body Discovery and Peer-to-peer Ranging in a Scatternet and Communications Node, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2005/0007963

Water Purification Apparatus and Method for Purifying Water, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2004/0003990

Distributed MAC Protocol Facilitating Collaborative Ranging in Communications Networks, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2004/0246903

Method and Device for Distributing Communication Signals, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2004/0208152

Optically-based Location System and Method for Determining a Location at a Structure, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2002/0089722

Interference-robust Coded-modulation Scheme for Optical Communications and Method for Modulating Illumination for Optical Communications, U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2002/0071161