Author: claimsbot

1. A method of manufacturing a medical device, comprising the steps of:
providing a handle assembly including a handle body defining a chamber therein, an energy applicator extending distally from a distal end of the handle body;
providing a microwave-signal-amplifying module including a microwave amplifier unit adapted to amplify a high-frequency input signal to generate a high-frequency output signal, the microwave-signal-amplifying module including at least one connector portion provided with at least one electrical connector adapted to be removeably coupleable to at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body; and
positioning the microwave-signal-amplifying module into the chamber to bring the at least one electrical connector of the at least one connector portion into electrical engagement with the at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body.
2. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, wherein an output of the microwave amplifier unit is electrically-coupled to at least one electrical connector of the at least one connector portion of the microwave-signal-amplifying module.
3. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, wherein an input of the microwave amplifier unit is electrically-coupled to at least one electrical connector of the at least one connector portion of the microwave-signal-amplifying module.
4. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, wherein the microwave amplifier unit includes a solid-state amplifier having at least one high-frequency switching element.
5. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 4, wherein the at least one high-frequency switching element includes at least one Gallium Nitride Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (GaN MOSFET).
6. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
providing an energy applicator; and
coupling the energy applicator at the distal end of the handle body.
7. A method of manufacturing a medical device, comprising the steps of:
providing a handle assembly including a handle body defining a chamber therein, an energy applicator extending distally from a distal end of the handle body, and at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body for providing at least one electrically-conductive pathway, wherein one of the at least one electrical conductor provides an electrically-conductive pathway from the chamber to the energy applicator;
providing a microwave-signal-amplifying module including a microwave amplifier unit adapted to amplify a high-frequency input signal to generate a high-frequency output signal and a signal generator adapted to generate the high-frequency input signal to be transmitted to an input of the microwave amplifier unit; and
positioning the microwave-signal-amplifying module into the chamber to bring at least one electrical connector of at least one connector portion of the microwave-signal-amplifying module into electrical engagement with the at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body.
8. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 7, wherein the microwave amplifier unit includes a solid-state amplifier having at least one high-frequency switching element.
9. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 8, wherein the at least one high-frequency switching element includes at least one Gallium Nitride Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (GaN MOSFET).
10. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 7, wherein the handle assembly further includes a grip member defining a grip-member chamber therein.
11. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 10, further comprising the step of positioning a self-contained power source into the grip-member chamber.
12. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 7, further comprising the steps of:
providing an energy applicator; and
coupling the energy applicator at the distal end of the handle body.
13. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, wherein the microwave-signal-amplifying module further includes a controller and a memory communicatively-coupled to the controller.
14. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 1, wherein the handle body is configured to allow the microwave-signal-amplifying module to be removeably disposed within the chamber.
15. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 7, wherein the microwave-signal-amplifying module further includes a controller and a memory communicatively-coupled to the controller.
16. A method of manufacturing a medical device, comprising the steps of:
providing a handle assembly including a handle body defining a first chamber therein and a grip member defining a second chamber therein, an energy applicator extending distally from a distal end of the handle body;
providing a microwave-signal-amplifying module including a microwave amplifier unit adapted to amplify a high-frequency input signal to generate a high-frequency output signal, the microwave-signal-amplifying module including at least one connector portion provided with at least one electrical connector adapted to be removeably coupleable to at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body;
positioning the microwave-signal-amplifying module into the first chamber to bring the at least one electrical connector of the at least one connector portion into electrical engagement with the at least one electrical conductor associated with the handle body;
providing a power-supplycontroller module; and
positioning the power-supplycontroller module into the second chamber to bring at least one electrical connector associated with the power-supplycontroller module into electrical engagement with at least one electrical conductor associated with the grip member.
17. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 16, further comprising electrically-coupling the power-supplycontroller module to a power onoff switch associated with the handle body.
18. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 16, further comprising electrically-coupling the power-supplycontroller module to a power onoff switch associated with the grip member.
19. The method of manufacturing a medical device of claim 16, wherein the grip member is configured to allow the power-supplycontroller module to be removeably positioned within the second chamber.

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 transmitting apparatus that maps a control signal for a receiving apparatus to a first resource region usable for both a control channel and a data channel or a second resource region usable for a control channel and transmits the mapped control signal, and maps transmission data to a data resource region and transmits the mapped transmission data to the receiving apparatus, the transmitting apparatus comprising:
a generating section that generates an allocation control signal for the data resource region;
a setting section that sets a first data resource region within the first resource region in a resource block group (RBG) composed of M (M is a natural number equal to or greater than two) resource blocks (RBs), when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and an antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is identical to the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal, and
the setting section sets a second data resource region larger than the first data resource region within the first resource region in the RBG when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and the antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is different from the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal; and
a mapping section that maps the transmission data to the set data resource region and maps the allocation control signal to the control resource region.
2. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second data resource region is the whole first resource region in the RBG.
3. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
the setting section sets the data resource region over the whole first resource region in the RBG so as to overlap with the control resource region, when the number of streams is equal to or greater than two; and
the mapping section punctures, when the number of streams is equal to or greater than two, the transmission data which forms a stream transmitted from the identical antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal and which corresponds to a portion of the data resource region that overlaps with the control resource region, and then maps the transmission data to a portion of the data resource region that does not overlap with the control resource region.
4. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
a region of the RBG excluding the second resource region includes: a first region that is set as the control resource region; a second region that is a region excluding the first region in an RB including the first region; and a third region formed of an RB other than the RB including the first region and the second region;
the first data resource region is formed of the third region; and
the second data resource region is formed of the second region and the third region.
5. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting section switches the size of the second data resource region.
6. A receiving apparatus that receives a received signal including a control signal transmitted from a transmitting apparatus in a first resource region usable for both a control channel and a data channel or a second resource region usable for a control channel and receives transmission data mapped to a data resource region and transmitted from the transmitting apparatus, the receiving apparatus comprising:
a detection section that detects an allocation control signal for the data resource region included in the received signal;
an identifying section that identifies a first data resource region within the first resource region in a resource block group (RBG) composed of M (M is a natural number equal to or greater than two) resource blocks (RBs) as a data component region to be extracted, when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and an antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is identical to the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal; and
the identifying section that identifies a second data resource region larger than the first data resource region within the first resource region in the RBG as the data component region to be extracted, when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and the antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is different from the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal; and
an extracting section that extracts from the received signal, a signal component within the identified data component region to be extracted.
7. The receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the second data resource region is the whole first resource region in the RBG.
8. The receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:
a region of the RBG excluding the second resource region includes: a first region that is set as the control resource region; a second region that is a region excluding the first region in an RB including the first region; and a third region formed of an RB other than the RB including the first region and the second region;
the first data resource region is formed of the third region; and
the second data resource region is formed of the second region and the third region.
9. The receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the identifying section switches the size of the second data resource region in accordance with a switching instruction bit transmitted from the transmitting apparatus.
10. A transmission method that maps a control signal for a receiving apparatus to a first resource region usable for both a control channel and a data channel or a second resource region usable for a control channel, then transmits the mapped control signal, and maps transmission data to a data resource region and transmits the mapped transmission data to the receiving apparatus, the method comprising:
generating an allocation control signal for the data resource region;
setting a first data resource region within the first resource region in a resource block group (RBG) composed of M (M is a natural number equal to or greater than two) resource blocks (RBs), when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and an antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is identical to the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal;
setting a second data resource region larger than the first data resent region within the first resource region in the RBG when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and the antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is different from the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal; and
mapping the transmission data to the set data resource region and mapping the allocation control signal to the control resource region.
11. A reception method that receives a received signal including a control signal transmitted from a transmitting apparatus in a first resource region usable for both a control channel and a data channel or a second resource region usable for a control channel and receives transmission data mapped to a data resource region and transmitted from the transmitting apparatus, the method comprising:
detecting an allocation control signal for the data resource region included in the received signal;
identifying a first data resource region within the first resource region in a resource block group (RBG) composed of M (M is a natural number equal to or greater than two) resource blocks (RBs) as a data component region to be extracted, when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and an antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is identical to the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal;
identifying a second data resource region larger than the first data resource region within the first resource region in the RBG as the data component region to be extracted, when the number of streams used to transmit the transmission data is one and the antenna port used to transmit the transmission data is different front the antenna port used to transmit the allocation control signal; and
extracting, from the received signal, a signal component within the identified data component region to be extracted.

1. A surgical clip applier, comprising:
a handle assembly disposed generally in a first plane;
a first clip assembly adapted to receive only a single clip generally in a second plane, the first clip assembly having a first operative position wherein the second plane is generally parallel to the first plane;
a second clip assembly adapted to receive multiple clips, generally in a third plane, the second clip assembly having a second operative position wherein the third plane is generally parallel to the first plane; and
the handle assembly being sized and configured to receive alternatively the first clip assembly in the first operative position and the second clip assembly in the second operative position.
2. The surgical clip applier recited in claim 1, further comprising:
a first coupling member included in the housing assembly and having a first configuration;
a second coupling member included in the first clip assembly and having a second configuration complimentary to the first configuration;
a third coupling member included in the second clip assembly and having the second configuration complimentary to the first configuration.
3. The surgical clip appliers recited in claim 2, wherein:
one of the first coupling member in the handle assembly includes portions defining a post;
the other of the second coupling member and the handle assembly includes a hole sized and configured to receive the post.
4. The surgical clip applier recited in claim 3, wherein the post has a snap-fit relationship with the hole.
5. The surgical clip applier recited in claim 3, wherein the portions defining the hole are included in the handle assembly.
6. The surgical clip applier recited in claim 5, wherein the handle assembly has a scissors configuration with a hinge having an axis generally perpendicular to the first plane.
7. The surgical clip applier recited in claim 6, wherein the portions defining the hole are included in the hinge.
8. The surgical clip applier recited in claim 7, wherein the hole is defined along the axis of the hinge.
9. The surgical clip applier recited in claim 1, further comprising:
a first jaw component included in the first clip assembly;
a second jaw component included in the second clip assembly; and
the first jaw component having the same size and shape as the second jaw component.
10. A jaw assembly adapted for use with a handle assembly in a surgical clip applier, comprising:
a pair of jaws adapted to receive a surgical clip, the jaws being movable between an open state and a closed state;
a pair of elongate support arms each adapted to support an associated one of the jaws between the open state of the jaws and the closed state of the jaws;
a bridge disposed between the support arms to hold the jaws in an aligned relationship between the open state and the closed state;
a housing disposed over at least the bridge, the housing having a generally fixed relationship with the bridge while permitting movement of the jaws between the open state and the closed state; and
a coupling included in the housing, the coupling being adapted for attaching the housing to the handle assembly.
11. The jaw assembly recited in claim 10, wherein:
the jaws, the support arms, and the bridge are integral and form a jaw component.
12. The jaw assembly recited in claim 11, wherein the housing the molded over the bridge of the jaw component.
13. The jaw assembly recited in claim 10, wherein the arms are resilient between the open position of the jaws and the closed position of the jaws.
14. The jaw assembly recited in claim 13, wherein at least one of the arms is biased to maintain the jaws in the open position.
15. The jaw assembly recited in claim 10 wherein:
the arms are disposed generally in a plane separating a first side of the arms from a second side of the arms; and
the housing is disposed with first portions adjacent the first side of the arms and second portions adjacent the second side of the arms.
16. The jaw assembly recited in claim 15, wherein the second portions of the housing are included in the coupling.
17. The jaw assembly recited in claim 15, wherein the jaws are movable in the plane between the open state and the closed state.
18. The jaw assembly recited in claim 17, wherein the arms are in contact with only the first portions of the housing and the second portions of the housing when the jaws are in the closed position.
19. A method for operating a surgical clip applier including a handle, a single clip jaw assembly and a multiple clip jaw assembly, comprising the steps of:
removing one of the single clip jaw assembly and the multiple clip jaw assembly from an overlying operative relationship with the handle;
disposing of the one jaw assembly; and
mounting the other jaw assembly to the handle in the overlying operative relationship with the handle.
20. The method recited in claim 19, wherein the removing step includes the step of:
disengaging the one clip assembly from a snap-fit relationship with the handle.
21. The method recited in claim 19, wherein the handle is disposed generally in a first plane, the one clip assembly is disposed generally in a second plane, and the removing step includes the steps of:
withdrawing the one clip assembly from the handle; and
during the withdrawing step maintaining the first plane of the handle generally parallel to the second plane of the one clip assembly.
22. The method recited in claim 19, wherein the handle includes portions defining one of a post and a complimentary hole, and the one clip assembly includes portions defining the other of the post and the complimentary hole, and the removing step includes the steps of:
withdrawing the post from the complimentary hole.
23. The method recited in claim 22 wherein the handle has the configuration of scissors with a hinge having an axis, and the method further comprises the step of:
forming the complimentary hole along the axis of the hinge of the handle.

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. An information terminal, comprising:
a communication device configured to perform a first communication using electromagnetic induction;
communication circuitry configured to send to an information processing apparatus a request for establishing a second communication via a network, and to receive a script for controlling the communication device and a plurality of messages from the information processing apparatus via the second communication established in response to the request, each message having an indication of whether a failed processing of the message is to continue with a processing of another message; and
control circuitry configured to control the communication device in accordance with the script received by the communication circuitry,
wherein the information terminal determines what process to perform next based on the script and a result of a previous process in the script, the result at least indicating a successful processing or a failed processing, and a response is sent back to the information processing apparatus after completion of processes according to the script that was transmitted from the information processing apparatus to the information terminal.
2. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein identification information is assigned to the communication device.
3. The information terminal according to claim 2, wherein the communication circuitry is further configured to send the identification information, and the script includes the identification information.
4. The information terminal according to claim 3, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to control the communication device corresponding to the identification information.
5. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein a set-property message is transmitted from the information processing apparatus to the communication device, the set-property message configured to set a property of the communication device.
6. The information terminal according to claim 5, wherein a property-set message is sent from the communication device to the information processing apparatus, the property-set message is a response to the set-property message.
7. The information terminal according to claim 6, wherein the property-set message includes a flag indicating whether or not a process set by the set-property message has been successfully performed by the communication device.
8. The information terminal according to claim 5, wherein a get-property message is transmitted from the information processing apparatus to the communication device to acquire the property of the communication device.
9. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a readerwriter.
10. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the information terminal is a mobile phone.
11. A communication method for an information terminal, the method comprising:
performing, with a communication device of the information terminal, a first communication using electromagnetic induction;
sending, with communication circuitry of the information terminal, a request for establishing a second communication to an information processing apparatus via a network;
receiving, with the communication circuitry, a script for controlling the communication device and a plurality of messages from the information processing apparatus via the second communication established in response to the request, each message having an indication of whether a failed processing of the message is to continue with a processing of another message;
controlling, with control circuitry of the information terminal, the communication device in accordance with the script received by the communication circuitry;
determining, with the information terminal, what process to perform next based on the script and a result of a previous process in the script, the result at least indicating a successful processing or a failed processing; and
sending a response back to information processing apparatus after completion of processes according to the script that was transmitted from the information processing apparatus to the information terminal.
12. The communication method according to claim 11, further comprising:
assigning identification information to the communication device.
13. The communication method according to claim 12, further comprising:
sending, by the communication circuitry, the identification information.
14. The communication method according to claim 13, further comprising:
controlling the communication device corresponding to the identification information with the control circuitry.
15. The communication method according to claim 12, wherein the script includes the identification information.