Author: claimsbot

1. An intervertebral spacer comprising:
a body having a central trunk, a first radial flange adjacent a top surface of the central trunk and a second radial flange adjacent a bottom surface of the central trunk, the first and second radial flanges each having a top surface including a groove formed therein; and
first and second vertebral body contact elements each having a convex central portion and a downwardly bent perimeter, the first vertebral body contact element fixed to the groove of the top surface of the first radial flange and a second vertebral body contact element fixed to groove of the top surface of the second radial flange,
wherein the first and second vertebral body contact elements, the central trunk, and the first and second radial flanges each have a plurality of holes therein.
2. The intervertebral spacer of claim 1, wherein the first and second vertebral body contact elements facilitate tissue in-growth in and around the intervertebral spacer.
3. The intervertebral spacer of claim 1, wherein the convex central portion of the first vertebral body contact element is remote from the top surface of the first radial flange and the convex central portion of the second vertebral boby contact element is remote from the top surface of the second radial flange.
4. The intervertebral spacer of claim 1, wherein the first and second vertebral body contact elements are dome shaped.
5. The intervertebral spacer of claim 1, wherein the perimeter of the first vertebral body contact element is laser welded to the groove of the top surface of the first radial flange and the perimeter of the second vertebral body contact element is laser welded to the groove of the top surface of the second radial flange.
6. The intervertebral spacer of claim 1, wherein the first and second vertebral body contact elements are a flexible wire mesh.
7. The intervertebral spacer of claim 1, wherein the first and second vertebral body contact elements are flexible.
8. The intervertebral spacer of claim 1, wherein the central trunk includes a central bore.
9. The intervertebral spacer of claim 1, wherein the central trunk, and the first and second radial flanges each have an anterior surface and a posterior surface.
10. The intervertebral spacer of claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes in the first radial flange extends through the anterior and posterior surface.
11. The intervertebral spacer of claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes in the second radial flange extends through the anterior and posterior surface.
12. The intervertebral spacer of claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes in the central trunk extends through the anterior and posterior surface.
13. The intervertebral spacer of claim 9, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes in the first radial flange, the second radial flange, and the central trunk extends through the anterior and posterior surface.

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 on-vehicle manipulating system comprising:
a manipulating device having a housing, a first side pushbutton switch disposed at one side of the housing, a second side pushbutton switch disposed at the other side of the housing and an additional switch disposed at a prescribed portion of the housing; and
a control unit for setting a first function to one of the first and second pushbutton switches and a second function to the other pushbutton switch,
wherein the control unit changes the function of one of the first and second side pushbutton switches from the first function to the second function and the function of the other pushbutton switch from the second function to the first function when one of the pushbutton switches being set to change the function is operated subsequent to the other pushbutton switch that has been set the second function is operated in a prescribed period after the additional switch is operated.
2. An on-vehicle manipulating system comprising:
a manipulating device having a housing, a first side pushbutton switch disposed at one side of the housing and a second side pushbutton switch disposed at the other side of the housing;
a control unit for setting a first function to one of the first and second pushbutton switches and a second function to the other pushbutton switch,
wherein the control unit changes the function of one of the first and second side pushbutton switches from the second function to the first function and the function of the other pushbutton switch from the first function to the second function when one of the pushbutton switches being set to change the function is operated subsequent to the other pushbutton switch that has been set the second function is operated after none of the first and second side pushbutton switches has been operated for a prescribed period.
3. An on-vehicle manipulating system comprising:
a manipulating device having a housing, a first side pushbutton switch disposed at one side of the housing and a second side pushbutton switch disposed at the other side of the housing;
a control unit for setting a first function to one of the first and second pushbutton switches and a second function to the other pushbutton switch,
wherein the control unit sets the first function to one of the first and second side pushbutton switches if the one of pushbutton switches is double-clicked or operated for a long time and sets the second function to the function of the other pushbutton switch.
4. An on-vehicle manipulating system comprising:
a manipulating device having a housing, a first side pushbutton switch disposed at one side of the housing and a second side pushbutton switch disposed at the other side of the housing;
a control unit for setting a first function to one of the first and second pushbutton switches and a second function to the other pushbutton switch; and
a display device for displaying a displayed pushbutton,
wherein the control unit sets the first function to one of the first and second side pushbutton switches and sets the second function to the other of the first and second side pushbutton switches according operation of the displayed pushbutton by the one of the first and second side pushbutton switches.
5. An on-vehicle manipulating system comprising:
a manipulating device having a housing, a first side pushbutton switch disposed at one side of the housing and a second side pushbutton switch disposed at the other side of the housing;
a control unit for setting a first function to one of the first and second pushbutton switches and a second function to the other pushbutton switch; and
a display device for displaying a display pushbutton,
wherein the control unit changes the function of one of the first and second side pushbutton switches from the second function to the first function and the function of the other pushbutton switch from the first function to the second function when the display pushbutton is operated by one of the pushbutton switches.
6. An on-vehicle manipulating system as in claim 4,
wherein the control unit sets the first function to one of the first and second side pushbutton switches if the display pushbutton is operated by the one of the first and second side pushbutton switch and sets the second function to the other of the first and second side pushbutton switches.
7. An on-vehicle manipulating system as in claim 4, wherein:
the displayed device displays a first displayed pushbutton to be operated by the first side pushbutton switch and a second displayed push button to be operated by the second side pushbutton switch;
the control unit sets the first function to the first side pushbutton switch and the second function to the second side pushbutton switches when the first displayed pushbutton is operated by one of the first side and second side pushbutton switches; and
the control unit sets the first function to the second side pushbutton switch and the second function to the first side pushbutton switches when the second displayed pushbutton is operated by one of the first side and second side pushbutton switches.
8. An on-vehicle manipulating system comprising:
a manipulating device having a housing, a first side pushbutton switch, a finger-insert-able first hole, which are disposed at one side of the housing, a second side pushbutton switch and a finger-insert-able second hole, which are disposed at the other side of the housing; and
a control unit for setting a first function to one of the first and second pushbutton switches and a second function to the other pushbutton switch,
wherein the control unit sets the first function to the first side pushbutton switches and the second function to the second side pushbutton switch when a finger is inserted into the first side hole and sets the first function to the second side pushbutton switches and the second function to the first side pushbutton switch when a finger is inserted into the second side hole.
9. An on-vehicle manipulating system comprising:
a manipulating device having a housing, a first side pushbutton switch disposed at one side of the housing and a second side pushbutton switch disposed at the other side of the housing;
a control unit for setting a first function to one of the first and second pushbutton switches and a second function to the other pushbutton switch; and
means for sensing an operation of a vehicle accessory,
wherein the control unit sets the first function to one of the first and second side pushbutton switches and the second function to the other pushbutton switch according to the output signal of the means for sensing an operation of vehicle accessory.
10. An on-vehicle manipulating system comprising:
a manipulating device having a housing, a first side pushbutton switch disposed at one side of the housing and a second side pushbutton switch disposed at the other side of the housing;
a control unit for setting a first function to one of the first and second pushbutton switches and a second function to the other pushbutton switch; and
means for sensing engine operation of the vehicle,
wherein the control unit sets the first function to one of the first and second side pushbutton switches and the second function to the other pushbutton switch according to the output signal of the means for sensing engine operation.
11. An on-vehicle manipulating system comprising:
a manipulating device having a housing, a first side pushbutton switch disposed at one side of the housing and a second side pushbutton switch disposed at the other side of the housing;
a control unit for setting a first function to one of the first and second pushbutton switches and a second function to the other pushbutton switch; and
means for sensing touch by a user with the manipulating device,
wherein the control unit sets the first function to one of the first and second side pushbutton switches and the second function to the other pushbutton switch according to the output signal of the means for sensing touch by a user.
12. An on-vehicle manipulating system as in claim 1, wherein:
the control unit provides a driver’s mode in which the first side pushbutton switch is set to the first function key and the second side pushbutton switch is set to the second function key and a passenger’s mode in which the second side pushbutton switch is set to the first function key and the first side pushbutton switch is set to the second function key; and
the control unit changes the passenger’s mode to the driver’s mode when a predetermined time has passed after none of the first and second side pushbutton switches is operated.
13. An on-vehicle manipulating system as in claim 12 further comprising means for displaying a cursor by the display device,
wherein the means for displaying indicates one of the driver’s mode and the passenger’s mode that is provided by the control unit by the cursor.

1. A system for analysis of minute quantities of contaminants in a stream of liquid water containing contaminants comprising:
A. A vaporizer for vaporizing liquid water from said water stream of liquid water to produce water vapor;
B. a microwave or radio frequency driven plasma generator for generating a plasma from the water vapor and spectral emissions from some or all of said contaminants;
C. a spectrometer system for analyzing spectral emissions produced by the contaminants to provide an analysis of said contaminant; and
D. computer system providing control of said vaporizer, said plasma generator and said spectrometer.
2. The system as in claim 1 wherein said plasma generator is a microwave driven generator.
3. The system as in claim 1 wherein said plasma generator is a radio frequency driven generator.
4. The system as in claim 2 wherein said microwave driven generator is adapted to operate at frequencies in the range of about 2.45 GHz.
5. The system as in claim 3 wherein said radio frequency generator is adapted to operate at about 27.12 MHz.
6. The system as in claim 3 wherein said radio frequency generator is adapted to operate at about 40.68 MHz.
7. The system as in claim 1 wherein said spectrometer system comprises an entrance aperture, a grating and a sensor array.
8. The system as in claim 1 wherein said system further comprises a hot finger adapted to produce pure water vapor.
9. The system as in claim 1 wherein said spectrometer system comprises an elliptical collector defining two foci with plasma gas at the first foci and providing a virtual image at the second foci.
10. A method for analysis of minute quantities of contaminants in a stream of liquid water containing contaminants comprising the steps of:
A. utilizing a vaporizer to vaporize liquid water from said water stream of liquid water to produce water vapor;
B. generating a plasma from the water vapor and spectral emissions from some or all of said contaminants utilizing a plasma generator driven by microwave or radio frequency radiation;
C. analyzing spectral emissions produced by the contaminants to provide an analysis of said contaminant utilizing a spectrometer system; and
D. providing control of said vaporizer, said plasma generator and said spectrometer with a computer system.
11. The method as in claim 10 wherein said plasma generator is a microwave driven generator.
12. The method as in claim 10 wherein said plasma generator is a radio frequency driven generator.
13. The method as in claim 11 wherein said microwave driven generator is adapted to operate at frequencies in the range of about 2.45 GHz.
14. The method as in claim 12 wherein said radio frequency generator is adapted to operate at about 27.12 MHz.
15. The method as in claim 12 wherein said radio frequency generator is adapted to operate at about 40.68 MHz.
16. The method as in claim 10 wherein said spectrometer system comprises an entrance aperture, a grating and a sensor array.
17. The method as in claim 10 wherein a pure water source is used as a reference for self-calibration.
18. The method as in claim 10 wherein said computer system is adapted to provide variable power in the excitation process to selectively dissociate molecular contaminants.
19. The method as in claim 10 wherein protection of optical components in said spectrometer system is provided a with water curtain.
20. The method as in claim 10 wherein protection of optical components in said spectrometer system is provided a with a movable tape carrier.
21. The method as in claim 10 wherein protection of optical components in said spectrometer system is provided a with rotary wheel windows.

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 for sending data using a communications device, comprising:
creating a data file for sending using said communications device;
receiving, by the communications device, a user identifier of a user;
communicating, by the communications device, with a first server that contains user information including associations between users and locations of personal databases;
retrieving, from the first server, a location of a personal database associated to the user identifier where the location identifies a second server;
establishing communication between the communications device and the second server and verifying that the user is authorized to login to the second server based on the user identifier,
if the login is verified, allowing the user to search addresses from the personal database and to select at least one destination address;
retrieving, from the second server, the at least one destination address from the personal database associated to the user identifier for sending said data file to said at least one address; and
sending said data file to said at least one destination address.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing communication between the communications device and the second server comprises:
accessing the personal database of said user;
logging onto the second server hosting a storage media for storing said personal database of said user associated to the user identifier;
retrieving data from said personal database of said user; and
displaying said retrieved data to said user trough said communications device.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said logging onto the second server comprises connecting to said second server using the Internet.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first server includes a directory service and the method further comprises:
prompting said user to enter the user identifier which includes a secure identification string into said communications device;
connecting to said directory service; and
determining said location of the second server from data associated with said secure identification string accessible to said directory service.
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising determining a username from data associated with said secure identification string accessible to said directory service.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein said directory service comprises a lightweight directory access protocol interface.
7. The method of claim 1, further including allowing the user to select the at least one destination address from a group consisting of e-mail addresses, facsimile numbers, phone numbers, and uniform resource locators.
8. A system for sending data from a communications device to a location defined by data in a user’s personal database, comprising:
a communications device for sending data to at least one specified address;
an interface for receiving a user identifier of a user to access the communications device;
means for communicating with a first server, the first server including user information comprising associations between user identifiers and locations of personal address databases;
means for retrieving, from the first server, a location of a personal address databases associated to the user identifier received from the interface, where the location identifies a second server that has access to the personal address database associated wit the user identifier;
the means for communicating being further configured for establishing communication between the system and the second server to allow access to the personal address database; and
means for accessing the personal address database associated to the user identifier stored remotely from said communications device to retrieve the at least one specified address selected by the user from the personal address database.
9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a server for storing said personal address database.
10. The system of claim 9, where the means for communicating further comprising means for connecting to an Internet connection for facilitating communications between said communications device and said first server and said second server.
11. The system of claim 8, wherein said personal address database stored remotely from said communications device for storing addresses for receiving data is stored on a server in communication with said communications device.
12. The system of claim 8, wherein the first sewer further comprising a lightweight directory access protocol interface for storing information.
13. The system of claim 8 where the communications device is a printer or a multifunctional product comprising a facsimile.
14. A multifunctional device comprising:
a facsimile for transmitting facsimile communications to one or more destinations and for receiving facsimile communications;
means for receiving a user identifier of a user;
means for communicating with a first server, the first server including user information comprising associations between user identifiers and locations of personal address book databases;
means for retrieving, from the first server, a location of a personal address book database associated to the user identifier received from the means for receiving, where the location identifies a second sewer;
the means for communicating being further configured for establishing communication between the multifunctional device and the second server; and
means for accessing the personal address book database via the second server maintained on a remote device from the multifunctional device and for retrieving address information from the personal address book database to be used as the one or more destinations by the facsimile when transmitting facsimile communications.
15. The multifunction device of claim 14 further including a printer operably connected to the facsimile and the means for accessing.