1. A method for communication through touch screens comprising:
providing a first touch screen and a second touch screen;
individually determining whether there is an approach or a touch of an external conductive object during a detecting mode of the first and the second touch screens; and
performing capacitively coupled communications between the first and the second touch screens during a communication mode of the first and the second touch screens in order to exchange or communicate a message, wherein during communication, at least a portion of the first touch screen and at least a portion of the second touch screen are provided with a ground potential, respectively, and the portions of the first and the second touch screens being provided with the ground potentials are capacitively coupled with each other face-to-face, such that the ground potentials of the first and the second touch screens are made to be closer to each other.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first touch screen has a transparent insulating layer and a conductive layer, and the message is transmitted by capacitive coupling from the conductive layer to the second touch screen with the transparent insulating layer disposed therebetween.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second touch screen has a transparent insulating layer and a conductive layer, and the message is transmitted by capacitive coupling from the conductive layer to the first touch screen with the transparent insulating layer disposed therebetween.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the capacitive coupling between the first touch screen and the second touch screen is a capacitive coupling between the first and the second touch screens through a capacitive coupling between the first touch screen and at least an external conductive object.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the capacitive coupling between the first and the second touch screens is a direct capacitive coupling between the first and the second touch screens facing each other, wherein areas of the first and the second touch screens facing each other include a first area and a second area, and the first and the second touch screens perform half-duplex or full-duplex communications through capacitive coupling between the first and the second areas.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first and the second touch screens both have a plurality of first conductive strips that will be provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips that will provide capacitive signals as a result of the driving signal during the detecting mode, the first conductive strips are those performing communications in the first and the second areas, and the second conductive strips are provided with the ground potentials during the detecting mode.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the first and the second touch screens both have a plurality of first conductive strips that will be provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips that will provide capacitive signals as a result of the driving signal during the detecting mode, the second conductive strips are those performing communications in the first and the second areas, and the first conductive strips are provided with the ground potentials during the detecting mode.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein the first and the second touch screens both have a plurality of first conductive strips that will be provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips that will provide capacitive signals as a result of the driving signal during the detecting mode, and the areas of the first and second touch screens facing each other further includes a third area, the first conductive strips are those performing communications in the first and the second areas, and the first conductive strips in the third area are provided with the ground potentials during the detecting mode.
9. The method of claim 5, wherein the first and the second touch screens both have a plurality of first conductive strips that will be provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips that will provide capacitive signals as a result of the driving signal during the detecting mode, and the areas of the first and second touch screens facing each other further includes a third area, the second conductive strips are those performing communications in the first and the second areas, and the second conductive strips in the third area are provided with the ground potentials during the detecting mode.
10. The method of claim 5, wherein the first and the second touch screens both have a plurality of first conductive strips that will be provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips that will provide capacitive signals as a result of the driving signal during the detecting mode, wherein during the communication mode, one of the first conductive strips and one of the second conductive strips are simultaneously provided with the driving signal, and another of the first conductive strips and another of the second conductive strips are simultaneously provided with the ground signals.
11. A system for communication through touch screens comprising:
a first touch screen and a second touch screen;
wherein capacitively coupled communications between the first and the second touch screens are performed during a communication mode of the first and the second touch screens in order to exchange or communicate a message,
wherein during communication, at least a portion of the first touch screen and at least a portion of the second touch screen are provided with a ground potential, respectively, and the portions of the first and the second touch screens being provided with the ground potentials are capacitively coupled with each other face-to-face, such that the ground potentials of the first and the second touch screens are made to be closer to each other.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first touch screen has a transparent insulating layer and a conductive layer, and the message is transmitted by capacitive coupling from the conductive layer to the second touch screen with the transparent insulating layer disposed therebetween.
13. The system of claim 11, wherein the second touch screen has a transparent insulating layer and a conductive layer, and the message is transmitted by capacitive coupling from the conductive layer to the first touch screen with the transparent insulating layer disposed therebetween.
14. The system of claim 11, wherein the capacitive coupling between the first touch screen and the second touch screen is a capacitive coupling between the first and the second touch screens through a capacitive coupling between the first touch screen and at least an external conductive object.
15. The system of claim 11, wherein the capacitive coupling between the first and the second touch screens is a direct capacitive coupling between the first and the second touch screens facing each other, wherein areas of the first and the second touch screens facing each other include a first area and a second area, and the first and the second touch screens perform half-duplex or full-duplex communications through capacitive coupling between the first and the second areas.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first and the second touch screens both have a plurality of first conductive strips that will be provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips that will provide capacitive signals as a result of the driving signal during the detecting mode, the first conductive strips are those performing communications in the first and the second areas, and the second conductive strips are provided with the ground potentials during the detecting mode.
17. The system of claim 15, wherein the first and the second touch screens both have a plurality of first conductive strips that will be provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips that will provide capacitive signals as a result of the driving signal during the detecting mode, the second conductive strips are those performing communications in the first and the second areas, and the first conductive strips are provided with the ground potentials during the detecting mode.
18. The system of claim 15, wherein the first and the second touch screens both have a plurality of first conductive strips that will be provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips that will provide capacitive signals as a result of the driving signal during the detecting mode, and the areas of the first and second touch screens facing each other further includes a third area, the first conductive strips are those performing communications in the first and the second areas, and the first conductive strips in the third area are provided with the ground potentials during the detecting mode.
19. The system of claim 15, wherein the first and the second touch screens both have a plurality of first conductive strips that will be provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips that will provide capacitive signals as a result of the driving signal during the detecting mode, and the areas of the first and second touch screens facing each other further includes a third area, the second conductive strips are those performing communications in the first and the second areas, and the second conductive strips in the third area are provided with the ground potentials during the detecting mode.
20. The system of claim 15, wherein the first and the second touch screens both have a plurality of first conductive strips that will be provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips that will provide capacitive signals as a result of the driving signal during the detecting mode, wherein during the communication mode, one of the first conductive strips and one of the second conductive strips are simultaneously provided with the driving signal, and another of the first conductive strips and another of the second conductive strips are simultaneously provided with the ground signals.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of treating a patient, comprising:
providing an implantable vessel filter including a plurality of legs and a center-post, at least some of the legs having a hook at a distal end thereof, the center-post having a grooved distal section, the plurality of legs extending radially outward from the center-post in a filter expanded configuration;
compressing the legs toward the center-post and positioning each of the hooks in a corresponding groove in the grooved distal section in a filter compressed configuration;
inserting the filter in the filter compressed configuration into a delivery assembly and navigating the filter to a desired location in a body of the patient; and
deploying the filter at the desired location, the filter transitioning from the filter compressed configuration to the filter expanded configuration.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of legs comprises a first set of legs coupled proximally to a hub and having a first length, and a second set of legs coupled proximally to the hub and having a second length longer than the first length, each of the second set of legs having a hook at a distal end thereof, wherein the center-post includes a grooved proximal section, and wherein the compressing the legs toward the center post includes placing the first set of legs in a corresponding groove in the grooved proximal section.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the deploying comprises an end of each of the first set of legs remote from the hub engaging a wall of a vessel at the desired location at a first circumferential position and each hook penetrating the wall of the vessel at a second circumferential position different from the first circumferential position.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the deploying comprises each hook penetrating a wall of a vessel at the desired location.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least the plurality of legs are formed from a shape memory material, the method further comprising temperature-setting the plurality of legs in the filter compressed configuration.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the filter comprises an extension distal of the grooved distal section, further comprising holding the filter via the extension during the compressing.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the deploying comprises each hook penetrating a wall of a vessel at the desired location, further comprising after the deploying:
re-compressing the plurality of legs toward the center-post; and
removing the filter from the body of the patient.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein each hook is formed with a maximum migration resistance force such that a proximal withdrawal force applied to the hook that is in excess of the filter maximum migration resistance force will cause the hook to straighten and bend toward a filter longitudinal axis, the re-compressing comprising straightening each of the hooks.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the filter comprises a retrieval interlocking mechanism, further comprising after the deploying:
engaging the retrieval interlocking mechanism; and
removing the filter from the body of the patient.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of legs comprises six legs, each of the six legs having a hook at a distal end thereof, wherein the grooved distal section includes six flanges configured to separate the hooks on the distal end of the legs in the filter compressed configuration, the flanges spaced approximately equidistant from each other, and wherein the compressing comprises positioning each hook between adjacent flanges.