1. A method of forming a memory device comprising:
forming at least one synchronously controlled global element;
forming a plurality of self-timed local elements; and
interfacing at least one of said plurality of self-timed local elements with at least said synchronous controlled global element.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one synchronously controlled global element comprises at least one of a global predecoder, a global decoder, a global controller and a global sense amplifier.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of self-timed local elements comprises a plurality of memory cells forming at least one cell array.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of self-timed local elements comprises at least one local decoder.
5. The memory device of claim 1, wherein said plurality of self-timed local elements comprises at least one local sense amplifier.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of self-timed local elements comprises at least one cluster.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of self-timed local elements comprises at least one block.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein said block comprises at least one sub-block.
9. The method of claim 1 comprising interfacing one of said plurality of self-timed local elements with at least one other of said plurality of self-timed local elements.
10. The method of claim 9 comprising interfacing at least one self-timed local decoder with a plurality of memory cells forming at least one cell array.
11. The method of claim 9 comprising interfacing at least one self-timed local sense amplifier with at least one self-timed local decoder and a plurality of memory cells forming at least one cell array.
12. The memory structure of claim 11 wherein said plurality of memory cells comprise at least one SRAM memory cell.
13. The memory structure of claim 11 wherein said plurality of memory cells comprise at least one DRAM memory cell.
14. The memory structure of claim 11 wherein said plurality of memory cells comprise at least one ROM memory cell.
15. The memory structure of claim 11 wherein said plurality of memory cells comprise at least one PLA memory cell.
16. The method of claim 11 comprising precharging and equalizing at least one line coupled to at least one of said self-timed local sense amplifier, said local decoder and said cell array.
17. The method of claim 9 comprising interfacing at least one self-timed local controller with a self-timed local decoder and a self-timed sense amplifier.
18. The method of claim 17 comprising coordinating said self-timed local decoder and said self-timed sense amplifier using said self-timed local controller.
19. A method of forming a synchronous controlled hierarchical memory structure, the method comprising:
forming at least one cell array having a plurality of memory cells;
interfacing at least one self-timed local decoder with said at least one cell array;
interfacing at least one self-timed local sense amplifier with at least said at least one self-timed local decoder and said at least one cell array;
interfacing at least one self-timed local controller with at least said at least one self-timed local decoder and said at least one self-timed local sense amplifier; and
precharging and equalizing at least one line coupled to at least one of said self-timed local sense amplifier, said self-timed local decoder and said cell array using said at least one self-timed local sense amplifier.
20. The method of claim 19 comprising coordinating said at least one self-timed local decoder and said at least one self-timed local sense amplifier using said at least one self-timed local controller.
21. The method of claim 20 comprising interfacing at least one synchronously controlled global element with at least one of said cell array, said self-timed local decoder and said self-timed local sense amplifier.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein said at least one synchronously controlled global element comprises at least one of a global predecoder, a global decoder, a global controller and a global sense amplifier.
23. A method of forming a synchronous controlled hierarchical memory structure that comprises a logical portion of a larger memory device, the method comprising:
forming at least one cell array having a plurality of memory cells;
interfacing at least one self-timed local decoder with said at least one cell array;
interfacing at least one self-timed local sense amplifier with said at least one self-timed local decoder and said at least one cell array;
precharging and equalizing at least one line coupled thereto;
interfacing at least one self-timed local controller with said at least one self-timed local decoder and said at least one self-timed local sense amplifier;
coordinating said at least one self-timed local decoder and said at least one self-timed local sense amplifier; and
interfacing at least one synchronously controlled global element with at least one of said cell array, said self-timed local controller, said self-timed local decoder and said self-timed local sense amplifier.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein said at least one synchronously controlled global element comprises at least one of a global predecoder, a global decoder, a global controller and a global sense amplifier.
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 tracheal tube device, comprising:
a mouthpiece comprising an external port merging into an open internal channel sized and configured to allow an endotracheal tube to extend therethrough into a trachea of a subject, the external port having a perimeter, wherein the mouthpiece also comprises at least one short tube with a cavity residing above the external port; and
a handle holding a cutting member and comprising at least one interlock member that interlocks to the mouthpiece.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein, in an operative configuration, the handle extends laterally away from the mouthpiece to position a distal end thereof at between 3-10 inches away from the mouthpiece, wherein the handle interlock member interlocks to the at least one short tube and the cutting member comprises a cutting blade that resides inward of a respective short tube to be positioned above but inside the perimeter of the external port.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece has a monolithic molded body with a rim that allows the handle interlock member to interlock to the mouthpiece to be able to selectively extend in either a right or left laterally extending direction.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein, in use, the handle can be held by the mouthpiece to be able to selectively and laterally extend to either a right or left side of a patient, andor in a caudal orientation to the patient.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the handle comprises first and second cooperating handle members that can open and close relative to each other and that hold a metallic member defining the cutting member therebetween, wherein the metallic member has a longitudinally extending substantially cylindrical segment held by first and second spaced apart planar segments, wherein the first planar segment is attached to the first handle member and the second planar segment is attached to the second handle member, and wherein in an operative configuration, the first and second handle members extend laterally away from the mouthpiece while the at least one interlock member resides in the short tube with the first and second planar segments being adjacent and parallel to each other with the cylindrical segment held over the external port of the mouthpiece.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein the handle comprises:
first and second cooperating handle members that can open and close relative to each other and that hold a metallic member defining the cutting blade therebetween, and
a pivotable latch member residing on one of the first and second members configured to latch and unlatch the first and second members.
7. The device of claim 6, wherein the first and second handle members comprise an outer upper surface, each with aligned raised pads, and wherein the latch comprises a window that encases the aligned raised pads in a latched configuration.
8. The device of claim 1, wherein the short tube has an outer rim, wherein the at least one handle interlock member comprises a lower surface with a circumferentially extending groove, and wherein the groove is configured to abut the rim of the short tube.
9. The device of claim 1, wherein the cutting member is configured as a malleable unitary surgical metallic band that wraps together to define a longitudinally extending channel and a cutting edge.
10. A medical device, comprising:
a handle comprising first and second cooperating, laterally extending handle members with a length between 3-10 inches that can open and close relative to each other, wherein the handle holds a metallic band defining a cutting member between the first and second handle members.
11. The device of claim 10, wherein the metallic band has a cylindrical segment that resides outside the first and second handle members.
12. The device of claim 10, further comprising a pivotable latch member residing on one of the first and second members configured to latch and unlatch the first and second members.
13. The device of claim 12, wherein the interlock member is provided as first and second cooperating semicircular halves, a first half attached to the first handle member and the second half attached to the second handle member.
14. The device of claim 13, wherein each of the cooperating semicircular halves have flat inner surfaces that face each other.
15. The device of claim 10, wherein the metallic band has a longitudinally extending, segment held by first and second spaced apart planar segments, wherein the first planar segment is attached to the first handle member and the second planar segment is attached to the second handle member.
16. The device of claim 15, wherein the longitudinally extending segment is substantially cylindrical.
17. The device of claim 12, wherein the first and second handle members comprise an outer upper surface, each with aligned raised pads, and wherein the latch comprises a window that encases the aligned raised pads in the latched configuration.