Author: claimsbot

1. An optical fiber coupling assembly, comprising:
a first optical fiber connector comprising:
a main body comprising a first light guide, a first light source, and a first photoelectric conversion element;
a plug comprising a first optical lens; and
a first optical fiber optically aligned with the first light guide and the first optical lens; and

a second optical fiber connector defining a first passage capable of receiving the plug, the second optical fiber connector comprising:
a second optical lens received in the first passage and capable of coupling with the first optical lens when the plug is inserted in the first passage;
a second light guide;
a second optical fiber optically aligned with the second light guide and the second optical lens;
a second light source; and
a second photoelectric conversion element; wherein
when the first light source emits a first light signal having a first wavelength, the first light signal is transmitted by the first light guide, the first optical fiber, the first optical lens, the second optical lens, the second optical fiber, and the second light guide in sequence and is finally directed to the second photoelectric conversion element;
when the second light source emits a second light signal having a second wavelength, the second light signal is transmitted by the second light guide, the second optical fiber, the second optical lens, the first optical lens, the first optical fiber, and the first light guide in sequence and is finally directed to the first photoelectric conversion element; and
the first wavelength is different from the second wavelength.
2. The optical fiber coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein the first light guide and the second light guide are spectroscopes.
3. The optical fiber coupling assembly of claim 2, wherein the first light guide and the second light guide are triangular prisms.
4. The optical fiber coupling assembly of claim 3, wherein the first light guide comprises a first surface adjacent to the first optical fiber, a second surface adjacent to the first light source and the first photoelectric element, and a third surface connecting the first surface to the second surface; and the second light guide comprises a forth surface adjacent to the second optical fiber, a fifth surface adjacent to the second light source and the second photoelectric element, and a sixth surface connecting the forth source to the fifth surface.
5. The optical fiber coupling assembly of claim 4, wherein the third surface and the sixth surface are reflective surfaces.
6. The optical fiber coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein the first light source and the second light source are laser diodes.
7. The optical fiber coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein the first photoelectric element and the second photoelectric element are photodiodes.
8. The optical fiber coupling assembly of claim 1, wherein the plug defines a second passage; the first optical lens is mounted in the second passage; one end of the first optical fiber extends in the second passage and is connected with the first optical lens, and the other end of the first optical fiber extends out of the second passage and is aligned with the first light guide.
9. The optical fiber coupling assembly of claim 8, wherein one end of the second optical fiber extends in the first passage and is connected with the second optical lens, and the other end of the second optical fiber is aligned with the second light guide.
10. The optical fiber coupling assembly of claim 9, wherein the end of the first optical fiber connected with the first optical lens is positioned at a focus surface of the first optical lens; the end of the second optical fiber connected with the second optical lens is positioned at a focus surface of the second optical lens.

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 data transfer control device which includes a buffer controller which allocates a plurality of pipe regions in a packet buffer and controls access to the packet buffer, each of the pipe regions storing data transferred to or from corresponding one of endpoints, and a transfer controller which controls data transfer between each of the pipe regions and corresponding one of the endpoints, the data transfer control device comprising:
an address translation table which stores pipe region numbers each of which is assigned to at least one of divided blocks, the divided blocks being obtained by dividing a memory region of the packet buffer, and generates a physical access address of the packet buffer based on the stored pipe region numbers, a pipe region number to which access is requested, and a relative access address of the pipe regions; and
a region allocator which performs reconstruction processing of the pipe regions by changing the pipe region number assigned to the divided block of the packet buffer, the reconstruction processing including at least one of processing of deleting the allocated pipe region, processing of adding a new pipe region, and processing of changing a size of the pipe region.
2. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 1,
wherein the address translation table includes:
a plurality of block registers, each of the block registers storing the pipe region number assigned to the divided block;
comparators which compare the pipe region numbers stored in the block registers with the pipe region number to which access is requested; and
an address decoder which generates the physical access address based on comparison results of the comparators and the relative access address of the pipe regions.
3. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 1,
wherein the region allocator calculates a number of the divided blocks necessary for allocating each of the pipe regions based on a page size and a number of pages of each of the pipe regions, and assigns the pipe region number to each of the divided blocks based on the calculated number of the divided blocks.
4. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 1,
wherein the region allocator reads the pipe region numbers assigned to the divided blocks from the address translation table, and, on condition that clearance of the pipe region specified by the read pipe region number is permitted, performs rewrite processing of the read pipe region number.
5. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 1,
wherein the region allocator:
includes a block number counter which counts divided block numbers, and a plurality of number-of-blocks counters, a number of the divided blocks necessary for allocating each of the pipe regions being set in each of the number-of-blocks counters as a counter value;
reads the pipe region numbers assigned to the divided blocks from the address translation table based on the divided block numbers from the block number counter; and,
each time the pipe region number is assigned to the divided block, decrements a number of blocks set in the number-of-blocks counter corresponding to the assigned pipe region number.
6. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 1,
wherein the buffer controller controls access to the pipe region of the packet buffer based on a pointer which indicates the relative access address of the pipe region.
7. A data transfer control device which includes a buffer controller which allocates a plurality of pipe regions in a packet buffer and controls access to the packet buffer, each of the pipe regions storing data transferred to or from corresponding one of endpoints, and a transfer controller which controls data transfer between each of the pipe regions and corresponding one of the endpoints, the data transfer control device comprising:
an address translation table which translates a logical access address of the packet buffer into a physical access address of the packet buffer; and
a region allocator which performs reconstruction processing of the pipe regions by changing correspondence between the logical access address and the physical access address in the address translation table, the reconstruction processing including at least one of processing of deleting the allocated pipe region, processing of adding a new pipe region, and processing of changing a size of the pipe region;
wherein the region allocator changes the correspondence between the logical access address and the physical access address for a first pipe region allocated in the packet buffer before and after the reconstruction processing corresponding to a first endpoint so that the physical access address does not change even when the logical access address of the first pipe region changes.
8. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 1,
wherein the data transfer control device performs pause processing of pausing data transfer between the pipe regions and the endpoints,
wherein the data transfer control device performs the reconstruction processing of the pipe regions after the pause processing of the data transfer has been completed, and
wherein the data transfer control device resumes the data transfer which has been paused after the reconstruction processing of the pipe regions.
9. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 7,
wherein the data transfer control device performs pause processing of pausing data transfer between the pipe regions and the endpoints,
wherein the data transfer control device performs the reconstruction processing of the pipe regions after the pause processing of the data transfer has been completed, and
wherein the data transfer control device resumes the data transfer which has been paused after the reconstruction processing of the pipe regions.
10. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 8, comprising:
a register which stores instruction information for the pause processing of the data transfer; and
a register which stores information which indicates that the pause processing has been completed for all of the pipe regions.
11. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 9, comprising:
a register which stores instruction information for the pause processing of the data transfer; and
a register which stores information which indicates that the pause processing has been completed for all of the pipe regions.
12. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 1, comprising:
a register section including a plurality of transfer condition registers, transfer condition information on data transfer between each of the pipe regions and corresponding one of the endpoints being set in each of the transfer condition registers,
wherein the transfer controller automatically generates a transaction for each of the endpoints based on the transfer condition information set in each of the transfer condition registers, and automatically transfers data between each of the pipe regions and corresponding one of the endpoints.
13. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 7, comprising:
a register section including a plurality of transfer condition registers, transfer condition information on data transfer between each of the pipe regions and corresponding one of the endpoints being set in each of the transfer condition registers,
wherein the transfer controller automatically generates a transaction for each of the endpoints based on the transfer condition information set in each of the transfer condition registers, and automatically transfers data between each of the pipe regions and corresponding one of the endpoints.
14. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 1, comprising:
a state controller which controls a plurality of states including a state of a host operation in which the data transfer control device operates as a role of a host and a state of a peripheral operation in which the data transfer control device operates as a role of a peripheral,
wherein the transfer controller includes a host controller which transfers data as the host during the host operation and a peripheral controller which transfers data as the peripheral during the peripheral operation, and
wherein, during the host operation, the buffer controller allocates the pipe regions in the packet buffer, and the host controller transfers data between each of the allocated pipe regions and corresponding one of the endpoints.
15. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 7, comprising:
a state controller which controls a plurality of states including a state of a host operation in which the data transfer control device operates as a role of a host and a state of a peripheral operation in which the data transfer control device operates as a role of a peripheral,
wherein the transfer controller includes a host controller which transfers data as the host during the host operation and a peripheral controller which transfers data as the peripheral during the peripheral operation, and
wherein, during the host operation, the buffer controller allocates the pipe regions in the packet buffer, and the host controller transfers data between each of the allocated pipe regions and corresponding one of the endpoints.
16. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 1, which performs data transfer according to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) On-The-Go (OTG) standard.
17. The data transfer control device as defined in claim 7, which performs data transfer according to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) On-The-Go (OTG) standard.
18. An electronic instrument comprising:
the data transfer control device as defined in claim 1;
a device which performs one of output processing, fetch processing, and storage processing of data transferred through the data transfer control device and a bus; and
a processing section which controls data transfer of the data transfer control device.
19. An electronic instrument comprising:
the data transfer control device as defined in claim 7;
a device which performs one of output processing, fetch processing, and storage processing of data transferred through the data transfer control device and a bus; and
a processing section which controls data transfer of the data transfer control device.
20. A data transfer control method for data transfer through a bus, the data transfer control method comprising:
allocating a plurality of pipe regions in a packet buffer, and controlling access to the packet buffer, each of the pipe regions storing data transferred to or from corresponding one of endpoints;
controlling data transfer between each of the pipe regions and corresponding one of the endpoints;
storing pipe region numbers each of which is assigned to at least one of divided blocks, the divided blocks being obtained by dividing a memory region of the packet buffer, and generating a physical access address of the packet buffer based on the stored pipe region numbers, a pipe region number to which access is requested, and a relative access address of the pipe regions; and
performing reconstruction processing of the pipe regions by changing the pipe region number assigned to the divided block of the packet buffer, the reconstruction processing including at least one of processing of deleting the allocated pipe region, processing of adding a new pipe region, and processing of changing a size of the pipe region.
21. A data transfer control method for data transfer through a bus, the data transfer control method comprising:
allocating a plurality of pipe regions in a packet buffer, and controlling access to the packet buffer, each of the pipe regions storing data transferred to or from corresponding one of endpoints;
controlling data transfer between each of the pipe regions and corresponding one of the endpoints;
translating a logical access address of the packet buffer into a physical access address of the packet buffer;
performing reconstruction processing of the pipe regions by changing correspondence between the logical access address and the physical access address in the address translation, the reconstruction processing including at least one of processing of deleting the allocated pipe region, processing of adding a new pipe region, and processing of changing a size of the pipe region; and
changing the correspondence between the logical access address and the physical access address for a first pipe region allocated in the packet buffer before and after the reconstruction processing corresponding to a first endpoint so that the physical access address does not change even when the logical access address of the first pipe region changes.

1. A computer-assisted methodology for determining the conformational energy of a folded protein comprising the steps of:
(a) inputting a potential conformation for a protein with a plurality of residues into a state machine;
(b) receiving from the state machine spatial coordinates of each residue corresponding to the potential conformation for the protein;
(c) comparing the spatial coordinates and corresponding hydropathy of each residue to each other residue at least once using pipelined comparators to determine a collision count and an adjacency count;
(d) calculating a total collision count and total adjacency count from the pipeline of comparators;
(e) calculating a folding cost based on the total collision count and the total adjacent count; and
(f) replacing a default conformation with the potential conformation if the potential folding cost associated with the potential conformation is lower than a default folding cost.
2. The methodology according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:
(g) repeating steps (b) to (f) a plurality of times.
3. The methodology according to claim 1, wherein said folding cost is the sum of said total collision count and said total adjacency count.
4. The methodology according to claim 3, wherein said total collision count is positive.
5. The methodology according to claim 3, wherein said hydropathy for each residue is hydrophobic or hydrophilic.
6. The methodology according to claim 5, wherein said total adjacency count is negative for hydrophobic residues.
7. An apparatus for determining the conformational energy of a folded protein having a plurality of residues and a default conformation comprising:
means to assign a spatial coordinate to each residue of said protein in a potential conformation;
means for using a pipeline to determine a collision count and an adjacent count for each residue;
means to determine a total collision count and a total adjacent count for the potential conformation having said plurality of residues;
means to determine a folding cost for the potential conformation; and
means to compare the folding cost of the default conformation with the folding cost of the potential conformation.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:
means for replacing the default conformation with the potential conformation.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said means for replacing the default conformational energy of the folded protein occurs a plurality of times.
10. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said total collision count is positive.
11. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said total adjacency count is negative.
12. A fitness circuit for determining the fitness of a conformation for a protein folding problem, said fitness circuit comprising:
a conformation register containing a potential conformation for said protein folding problem therein;
a hydropathy register containing an associated hydropathy for each residue of said potential conformation;
a state machine, said state machine determining spatial coordinates and associated hydropathy for said residues of said potential conformation;
a plurality of pipelined comparators comparing the spatial coordinates and associated hydropathy of a respective residue with another residue of said potential conformation, said plurality of pipelined comparators determining a collision count and an adjacency count of said respective residue with said another residue; and
an adder connected to each of said plurality of pipelined comparators, said adder adding said collision count and said adjacency count, thereby determining the fitness of said potential conformation for said protein folding problem.
13. The fitness circuit according to claim 12, wherein said collision count is positive.
14. The fitness circuit according to claim 12, wherein said hydropathy for each residue is hydrophobic or hydrophilic.
15. The fitness circuit according to claim 12, wherein said adjacency count is negative for hydrophobic residues.
16. A method for determining the fitness of a conformation for a folded protein problem, said method comprising the steps of:
inputting a potential conformation for a folded protein with a plurality of residues into a state machine;
receiving from the state machine spatial coordinates of each residue corresponding to the conformation for the folded protein;
comparing using a pipeline the spatial coordinates and corresponding hydropathy of each residue to each other residue at least once to determine a collision count and an adjacency count;
calculating a total collision count and total adjacency count result from the pipeline; and
calculating a folding cost based on the total collision count and the total adjacency count.
17. The method according to claim 16, wherein said folding cost is the sum of said total collision count and said total adjacency count.
18. The method according to claim 16, wherein said total collision count is positive.
19. The method according to claim 16, wherein said hydropathy for each residue is hydrophobic or hydrophilic.
20. The method according to claim 19, wherein said total adjacency count is negative for hydrophobic residues.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A method for delivering a longitudinally collapsible prosthesis to an anatomical site in a body channel, the method comprising:
introducing a catheter into the body channel, wherein the catheter contains a longitudinally collapsible prosthesis in a retracted state;
advancing the catheter to an anatomical site;
maintaining a distal portion of the longitudinally collapsible prosthesis in place relative to the anatomical site by attaching the distal portion of the prosthesis to the interior of the anatomical site;
disengaging the longitudinally collapsible prosthesis from said catheter, wherein the collapsible prosthesis expands from the retracted state to a non-retracted state; and
withdrawing said catheter from the body channel.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinally collapsible prosthesis is a vascular graft.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinally collapsible prosthesis is a biological vascular graft.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinally collapsible prosthesis is a stentless cardiac valve.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinally collapsible prosthesis is a valved conduit.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinally collapsible prosthesis is a venous valve.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of attaching the distal portion of the prosthesis to the interior of the anatomical site further comprises a step of stapling said prosthesis into the tissue of the body channel.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of attaching the distal portion of the prosthesis to the interior of the anatomical site further comprises a step of adhering said prosthesis into the tissue of the body channel.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of attaching the distal portion of the prosthesis to the interior of the anatomical site further comprises a step of coupling said prosthesis into the tissue of the body channel.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said distal portion of the longitudinally collapsible prosthesis is maintained in place at a position relative to the anatomical site by an elongated delivery member located within a lumen of the catheter, said elongated delivery member having an engagement element at a distal end of the said elongated delivery member, where in the engaging element is adapted for engaging and digging ht distal portion of said longitudinally collapsible prosthesis. a therapeutic fluid is introduced into the lumen of the catheter shaft.
11. A method for delivering a stentless longitudinally collapsible bioprosthesis in a body channel,
the method comprising percutaneously introducing a catheter into the body channel, wherein the catheter contains said stentless longitudinally collapsible bioprosthesis at a retracted state; and disengaging said stentless bioprosthesis out of a distal opening of the catheter by pulling the distal end of the stentless bioprosthesis.
12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said pulling mechanism further comprises an engaging element coupling to a distal portion of the stentless longitudinally collapsible bioprosthesis from said engaging element.