Steven E Hall

US Patent:

55090605, Apr 16, 1996

Filed:

Nov 19, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/155614

Inventors:

Steven A. Hall - Berkeley Heights NJ
Beverly M. Jones - Edison NJ
Orlando S. King - Pembroke Pines FL
Hilary L. Kung - Middletown NJ
Deborah A. Pye - Red Bank NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 342
H04M 1700

US Classification:

379207

Abstract:

The invention provides a telephone caller with ready access, regardless of his or her location, to an array of calling features and services through an automated interface. The invention provides a caller with these features and services by accessing a central database via a regional processing node. In this manner, a caller may access the same personalized telephone services from anywhere in the world without having to be aware of, or conform to, particular protocols or access procedures required within any given local telephone network. The invention also serves to prompt the caller in the caller's language-of-choice, and accepts commands via standard dual-tone multi-frequency ("DTMF") signals and/or verbally in the caller's language-of-choice.

US Patent:

20160074040, Mar 17, 2016

Filed:

Nov 25, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/952486

Inventors:

- Cincinnati OH, US
Mark D. Timmer - Jersey City NJ, US
Steven G. Hall - Cincinnati OH, US
Richard W. Timm - Cincinnati OH, US
Matthew M. Lang - Mason OH, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/072
A61B 17/10

Abstract:

Tissue thickness compensators for use with surgical staplers that are configured to form staples having different formed heights. Various tissue thickness compensators are disclosed that have non-uniform cross-sectional thicknesses or profiles. The tissue thickness compensators may be formed with a surface that matches a non-planar surface of the anvil or the staple cartridge deck. Methods of forming tissue thickness compensators with non-uniform cross-sectional thicknesses or profiles are also disclosed.