Author: claimsbot

1. An apparatus for irradiating a portion of a patient’s scalp with light, the apparatus comprising:
a source of light comprising one or more wavelengths in a range of about 630 nanometers to about 1064 nanometers;
an output optical element in optical communication with the source, wherein the output optical element comprises an emission surface configured to emit a light beam having a cross-sectional area greater than about 2 cm2 at the emission surface of the output optical element and having a time-averaged irradiance in a range of about 10 mWcm2 to about 10 Wcm2 across the cross-sectional area; and
a thermally conductive portion configured to be placed in thermal communication with the irradiated portion of the patient’s scalp and to remove heat from the irradiated portion of the patient’s scalp at a rate in a range of about 0.1 Watt to about 5 Watts.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional area is in a range of about 2 cm2 to about 20 cm2.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional area is generally circular with a radius in a range of about 1 centimeter to about 2 centimeters.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the time-averaged irradiance is in a range of about 500 mWcm2 to about 1 Wcm2.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light has one or more wavelengths in a range of about 805 nanometers to about 820 nanometers.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the light has a wavelength distribution peaked at a peak wavelength and has a linewidth less than \xb110 nanometers from the peak wavelength.
7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the light has a linewidth less than 4 nanometers, full width at 90% of energy.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light beam is continuous.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the light beam emitted from the emission surface has a total radiant power in a range of about 4 Watts to about 6 Watts.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the light beam has a total flux inside a 20-millimeter diameter cross-sectional circle centered on the light beam at the emission surface which is no more than 75% of the total radiant power.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the light beam has a total flux inside a 26-millimeter diameter cross-sectional circle centered on the light beam at the emission surface which is no less than 50% of the total radiant power.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light beam is pulsed.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the thermally conductive portion comprises the optical output element.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the thermally conductive portion is releasably coupled to the optical output element.
15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rate is in a range of about 1 Watt to about 3 Watts.
16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the thermally conductive portion is configured to maintain the temperature of the irradiated portion of the patient’s scalp to be less than 42 degrees Celsius.
17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the thermally conductive portion is in thermal communication with the emission surface and is configured to maintain the temperature of the emission surface to be in a range of 18 degrees Celsius to 25 degrees Celsius under a heat load of 2 Watts.
18. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the light beam has a divergence angle greater than zero and less than 35 degrees.
19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the light beam has a divergence angle of about 16 degrees.
20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the light beam has a divergence angle of about 28 degrees.
21. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to have the thermally conductive portion move relative to a second portion of the apparatus upon a pressure being applied to the thermally conductive portion above a predetermined threshold pressure in a direction of movement of the thermally conductive portion relative to the second portion of the apparatus.
22. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising a sensor configured to respond to the movement of the thermally conductive portion relative to the second portion of the apparatus by generating a signal indicative of the movement, and the predetermined threshold pressure is sufficient to have the thermally conductive portion in thermal communication with the portion of the patient’s scalp.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising a controller operably coupled to the source and to the sensor, the controller configured to receive the signal and to turn on the source of the light in response to the signal.
24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the threshold pressure is 0.1 pound per square inch.
25. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the threshold pressure is about 2 pounds per square inch.
26. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the output optical element has an aperture diameter of less than 33 millimeters.
27. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the emission surface is concave.
28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the emission surface is generally spherical with a radius of curvature of about 100 millimeters.
29. A method of irradiating a surface with light, the method comprising:
(a) emitting a light beam from an emission surface of an optical element, the light beam at the emission surface having one or more wavelengths in a range of about 630 nanometers to about 1064 nanometers, a cross-sectional area greater than about 2 cm2, and a time-averaged irradiance in a range of about 10 mWcm2 to about 10 Wcm2 across the cross-sectional area;
(b) removing heat from the emission surface at a rate in a range of about 0.1 Watt to about 5 Watts; and
(c) impinging the irradiated surface with the light beam.
30. The method of claim 29, wherein the irradiated surface comprises a portion of a light-detection system configured to measure one or more parameters of the light beam, and the method further comprising measuring the one or more parameters of the light beam impinging the irradiated surface.
31. The method of claim 29, wherein the irradiated surface comprises a portion of a patient’s scalp.
32. The method of claim 31, further comprising placing the emission surface in thermal communication with the irradiated surface.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein the method further comprises applying pressure to the irradiated surface, the pressure greater than 0.1 pound per square inch.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein applying pressure to the irradiated surface comprises applying a force to the emission surface in a direction generally towards the irradiated surface.
35. The method of claim 33, wherein the pressure is about 2 pounds per square inch.
36. The method of claim 31, wherein impinging the irradiated surface with the light beam is performed for a time period of 10 seconds to 2 hours.
37. The method of claim 31, wherein impinging the irradiated surface with the light beam is performed for a time period of 60 seconds to 600 seconds.
38. The method of claim 31, wherein impinging the irradiated surface with the light beam is performed for a time period of about 120 seconds.
39. The method of claim 31, wherein (a), (b), and (c) are performed concurrently.
40. The method of claim 31, further comprising:
(d) moving the emission surface from a first position at which a first portion of the irradiated surface is impinged by the light beam to a second position; and
(e) repeating (a)-(c) so as to impinge a second portion of the irradiated surface by light emitted from the emission surface.
41. The method of claim 40, wherein the first portion of the irradiated surface and the second portion of the irradiated surface do not overlap one another.
42. The method of claim 40, further comprising repeating (a)-(e) so as to impinge twenty portions of the irradiated surface by light emitted from the emission surface.
43. The method of claim 42, wherein the twenty portions of the irradiated surface do not overlap one another.
44-132. (canceled)

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 detect switch comprising:
an insulative housing comprising a base, a bottom wall and a plurality of periphery walls extending forward from said base;
first and second fixed terminals retained in said insulative housing;
a moveable contact formed with a pair of contacting portions being contactable to the two fixed terminals, each contacting portion being designed with & width smaller than a width of said first and second fixed terminals;
an operator assembly comprising a rotator lying over the moveable contact, and an actuator cooperating with said rotator for urging said rotator a to drive said moveable contact; and
a cover mounted on the insulative housing;
wherein a projection projects inwardly from one of said periphery wall, and has a first slot defined on a bottom surface thereof for receiving said first fixed terminal.
2. The detect switch as described in claim 1, wherein said moveable contact comprises a curved portion, a stationary arm extending from one end of the curved portion, a sliding arm extending from the other end of the curved portion, a stationary contacting portion formed at a free end of the stationary arm and a sliding contacting portion formed at a free end of the sliding arm.
3. The detect switch as described in claim 2, wherein said stationary contacting portion and said sliding portion respectively have a width smaller than a width of said stationary arm and said sliding arm.
4. The detect switch as described in claim 3, wherein said sliding contacting portion is positioned beside said first fixed terminal, and comes to contact with said first fixed terminal and thereby electrically connect said first and second fixed terminals when said operator assembly is manipulated.
5. The detect switch as described in claim 1, wherein said bottom wall has a second slot defined thereon for receiving said second fixed terminal.
6. The detect switch as described in claim 1, wherein said insulative housing further defines a mounting hole therein, and said rotator has a columnar pivot rotatably retained in said mounting hole.
7. The detect switch as described in claim 1, wherein a pair of receiving recesses are symmetrically defined adjacent to said periphery walls, and said actuator has an axle portion retained in said receiving recesses.
8. The detect switch as claimed in claim 1, wherein a periphery wall opposed to said bottom wall defines thereon a cutout and said actuator has a manipulating section partly received in said insulative housing via said cutout.
9. The detect switch as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rotator further comprises a board potion and a protrusion projecting upwardly from a top of the board portion, and said actuator has a driving portion cooperating with said protrusion.
10. The detect switch as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cover has a body portion and at least a beam extending rearwardly from said body portion for clasping said insulative housing.
11. A detect switch comprising:
an insulative housing;
a fixed terminal retained in said insulative housing via an insert molding process with a slot formed in the housing behind the fixed terminal;
a moveable contact formed with a contacting portion being contactable to the fixed terminal, the contacting portion being designed with a width smaller than a width of said fixed terminal;
an operator assembly disposed in the housing to drive said moveable contact to have the contacting portion engaged with the fixed terminal; and
a cover mounted on the insulative housing.

1. A stent device for treating an aneurysm comprising:
an expandable balloon with a channel extending through said expandable balloon from one side to another; and
a supporting stent connected to said expandable balloon,
wherein the supporting stent is, in an operative disposition, arranged at least partly within said channel of said expandable balloon when said expandable balloon is expanded,
wherein said supporting stent has walls which are permeable to blood,
wherein the expandable balloon is connected to the supporting stent only at or adjacent to a proximal end of said supporting stent, and
wherein the expandable balloon, in an insertion disposition, is arranged within the supporting stent, and the expandable balloon is eversible into an expanded state outside said supporting stent in the operative disposition.
2. The stent device of claim 1, wherein a relative position between the expandable balloon and the supporting stent in an axial direction of the stent device is variable, and
wherein in the insertion disposition, the expandable balloon and the supporting stent are arranged in line with each other.
3. The stent device of claim 1, wherein the channel of the expandable balloon is arranged in a center of the expandable balloon when the expandable balloon has a torus shape in the expanded state.
4. The stent device of claim 1, wherein the supporting stent has a variable diameter, said diameter being remotely controllable.
5. The stent device of claim 1, wherein the supporting stent is self-expandable, and automatically strives to resume an expanded state after being released from a compressed state.
6. The stent device of claim 1, wherein the supporting stent is formed of threads arranged in at least two interfoliated spirals.
7. The stent device of claim 6, wherein ends of the threads forming the at least two interfoliated spirals extend beyond the supporting stent, whereby a diameter of the supporting stent is remotely controllable by varying tension of the extending ends of the threads.
8. The stent device of claim 1, wherein a diameter of the supporting stent in the operative disposition is less than 2 cm.
9. A kit for treating an aneurysm, comprising:
a delivery sheath; and
a stent device according to claim 1, wherein the delivery sheath releasably accommodates the stent device.
10. The kit of claim 9, wherein the expandable balloon, in the insertion disposition, is connected to the supporting stent at one end and to the delivery sheath at an opposite end.
11. The kit of claim 10, wherein the connection between the expandable balloon and the delivery sheath is releasable.
12. The kit of claim 9, wherein at least one of the stent device and the delivery sheath comprises markers visible by external observation.
13. The kit of claim 9, further comprising an extraction sheath for removal of the stent device from the aneurysm.
14. The kit of claim 12, wherein the markers are visible, by fluoroscopic vision.
15. A method for treating an aneurysm, comprising:
inserting the kit according to claim 9 into the aneurysm;
pulling back the delivery sheath, thereby releasing the stent device; and
expanding the expandable balloon in the aneurysm, wherein a fluid communication through the aneurysm is created through the channel in the expandable balloon.

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 system for controlling a power sliding door of a vehicle, comprising:
a motor supplied voltage from a power source mounted on the vehicle for opening or closing the power sliding door;
a motor drive circuit for driving the motor having at least a switch for switching direction of rotation of the motor and a switching element for regulating the voltage to be supplied to the motor to change a speed of the motor rotation; and
a motor-drive-circuit controller for outputting a command value to the motor drive circuit.
2. A system according to claim 1, further including:
means for detecting an openingclosing speed of the power slide door;
and wherein the motor-drive-circuit controller regulates the voltage to change the speed of the motor rotation such that the power sliding door is opened or closed at a speed inversely proportional to the detected speed of the power sliding door.
3. A system according to claim 1, further including a branch which is connected to the ground through a diode such that the diode is connected with its anode on the ground side.
4. A system according to claim 2, further including a branch which is connected to the ground through a diode such that the diode is connected with its anode on the ground side.
5. A system according to claim 1, further including;
current detecting means for detecting supply of current to the motor; and
faulty operation detecting means for detecting that faulty operation has occurred in the motor-drive-circuit controller.
6. A system according to claim 5, wherein the faulty operation detecting means detects that the faulty operation has occurred in the motor-drive-circuit controller if the current detecting means detects the supply of current to the motor when predetermined outputs are supplied to the switch and the switch element.
7. A system for detecting faulty operation of a power sliding door of a vehicle, comprising:
a motor supplied voltage from a power source mounted on the vehicle for opening or closing the power sliding door;
a power-sliding door controller provided in a motor current supply circuit for supplying current to the motor having at least a switch for switching direction of rotation of the motor and a switching element for regulating the voltage to be supplied to the motor to change a speed of the motor rotation;
current detecting means for detecting supply of current to the motor; and
faulty operation detecting means for detecting that faulty operation has occurred in the power-sliding door controller.
8. A system according to claim 7, wherein the faulty operation detecting means detects that the faulty operation has occurred in the power-sliding door controller if the current detecting means detects the supply of current to the motor when predetermined outputs are supplied to the switch and the switch element.