Author: claimsbot

1-16. (canceled)
17. A method comprising:
transferring a first portion of data between one or more data sources and a mobile device through a first access network;
receiving, by a control module in the mobile device and from a server, a configuration update comprising a policy that indicates to the mobile device one or more data transfer adaptation rules including one or more data characteristics and one or more traffic-shaping measures to be applied to a second portion of the data having the one or more data characteristics;
responsive to receipt of the policy, initiating a connection through a second access network; and
transferring the second portion of the data having the one or more data characteristics defined in the policy through the second access network.
18. A method according to claim 17, wherein the data characteristics define one or more of:
i) a particular type of data;
ii) a period of time for which the transfer of data is occur through the second access network;
iii) a location at which the transfer of data is to occur through the second access network;
iv) data associated with a particular application that requests or generates data.
19. A method according to claim 17, wherein the policy defines data characteristics of data traffic to be limited over the first access network.
20. A method according to claim 17, wherein the policy is an XML file comprising policy condition definitions and policy action definitions.
21. The method of claim 17, wherein the first access network and the second access network are access points.
22. The method of claim 17, wherein:
the first access network comprises one of a cellular network, a WiFi network, or a WiMax network; and
the second access network comprises one of a second cellular network, a second WiFi network, or a second WiMax network.
23. A mobile device, comprising:
a control module arranged to receive a configuration update comprising policy that indicates to the mobile device one or more data transfer adaptation rules including one or more data characteristics and one or more traffic-shaping measures to be applied to data having the one or more data characteristics; wherein
the mobile device is arranged to:
transfer a first portion of data between one or more data sources and the mobile device through a first access network;
responsive to receipt of the policy, initiating a connection through a second access network; and
transferring a second portion of the data having the one or more data characteristics defined in the policy through the second access network.

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 medical device comprising a polymeric region that comprises a copolymer, said copolymer comprising a high Tg vinyl aromatic monomer and a low Tg monomer, and said polymeric region comprising a surface sub-region that is crosslinked and a bulk sub-region that is substantially non-crosslinked.
2. The medical device of claim 1, wherein the low Tg monomer is an alkene monomer.
3. The medical device of claim 1, wherein the copolymer is a block copolymer that comprises a high Tg block that comprises the vinyl aromatic monomer and a low Tg polymer block that comprises the low Tg monomer.
4. The medical device of claim 3, wherein the low Tg monomer is an alkene monomer.
5. The medical device of claim 3, wherein the vinyl aromatic monomer is styrene and the low Tg monomer is isobutylene.
6. The medical device of claim 3, wherein the copolymer is a poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene) triblock copolymer.
7. The medical device of claim 1, wherein the surface sub-region extends to a depth of 1 \u03bcm or less.
8. The medical device of claim 1, wherein the polymeric region is a polymeric coating that is disposed on an underlying substrate.
9. The medical device of claim 1, wherein medical device is a stent.
10. The medical device of claim 1, wherein the medical device further comprises a therapeutic agent.
11. The medical device of claim 10, wherein the therapeutic agent is an antiproliferative agent.
12. The medical device of claim 10, wherein the therapeutic agent is paclitaxel.
13. The medical device of claim 1, wherein the polymeric region is a polymeric coating that is disposed on an underlying stent substrate and comprises a poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene) triblock copolymer and an antiproliferative agent.
14. A method comprising exposing a polymeric region of a medical device to energetic species such that a surface sub-region within the polymeric region becomes crosslinked and a bulk sub-region beneath the surface sub-region, relative to a source of said energetic species, is not substantially crosslinked, said polymeric region comprising a copolymer that comprises a high Tg vinyl aromatic monomer and a low Tg monomer.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein said method reduces surface tack of said medical device.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the energetic species comprise photons.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the photons have a wavelength ranging from 200 nm to 320 nm.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein a hydrogen abstracting photoinitiator is applied to the surface of said polymeric region before exposing the polymeric region to the photons.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the hydrogen abstracting photoinitiator is an aromatic ketone selected from benzophenone, isopropyl thioxanthone, anthraquinone, acetophenone, benzil, xanthone, and combinations thereof.
20. The method of claim 14, wherein the wherein the energetic species are inert ions.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the inert ions are selected from nitrogen ions, helium ions, argon ions, and combinations thereof.
22. The method of claim 20, wherein the polymeric region is bombarded in an ion implantation process.
23. The method of claim 14, wherein the energetic species comprise photons and ions.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the polymeric region is exposed to a plasma that comprises inert ions that are formed using an inert working gas.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the working gas is selected from nitrogen, helium, argon and combinations thereof.
26. The method of claim 24, wherein the ions are accelerated into surface of the polymeric region.

1. A medical cutting tool formed by brazing a working portion formed of cemented carbide or ceramics to a leading end of a shank portion formed by a round austenitic stainless steel bar,
wherein the shank portion includes a shank, a neck formed to be continuous to the shank, and a joint which is formed to be continuous to the neck and which brazes the working portion formed of cemented carbide or ceramics, and
at least a portion of stainless steel in the joint and near the joint of the neck includes a structure of a fiber shape.
2. The medical cutting tool according to claim 1, wherein a structure of the stainless steel in the joint at a side of the working portion is a granular structure.

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 self-cooling beverage container capable of accommodating a beverage and having a lid member formed at either side thereof to be opened, if necessary, to exhaust the beverage outside, the self-cooling beverage container comprising:
a refrigerant vessel provided inside the beverage container and having a refrigerant valve configured to exhaust an internal refrigerant outside;
an evaporator tubing having one end connected to the refrigerant valve and the other end led to the outside of a container body to allow evaporation of the refrigerant exhausted through the refrigerant valve and to remove an evaporation heat for the refrigerant from the beverage to cool the beverage; and
a refrigerant valve actuator configured to actuate the refrigerant valve, if necessary.
2. The self-cooling beverage container of claim 1, wherein the top end of the refrigerant vessel is disposed within a movable radius of the lid member when the lid member is severed and moved inside the beverage vessel, and the refrigerant valve actuator includes the lid member movable inside the beverage container and a handle installed on the lid member and capable of easily severing the lid member.
3. The self-cooling beverage container of claim 2, wherein the top end of the refrigerant vessel is in contact with the lid member.
4. The self-cooling beverage container of claim 1, wherein the refrigerant actuator is a convex portion formed such that one upper end of the beverage container is made convex upward, for providing a recess to which the top end of the refrigerant vessel is connected inside the beverage container.
5. The self-cooling beverage container of any one of claims 1 through 4, further comprising an exhaust cap elevatably installed at one end of the evaporator tubing and having an exhaust hole for exhaustion of the evaporated refrigerant formed on its lateral surface.
6. The self-cooling beverage container of claim 5, wherein a sound generating device is installed in the exhaust cap so that characteristic sound can be generated while the evaporated refrigerant is exhausted through the exhaust hole.
7. The self-cooling beverage container of any one of claims 1 through 5, wherein, a tapering locking protrusion is installed at the refrigerant vessel around the refrigerant vessel, and a wedge tube having a locking flange for preventing the locking protrusion from escaping outside once inserted, is installed at the opposite end of the evaporator tubing facing the refrigerant valve.