Pub Date : 2008-05-23DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.922347
D. Hudson
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Pub Date : 2008-05-23DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.922350
M. Klee
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Pub Date : 2008-05-23DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.918691
L. Lazareck
{"title":"EMBS approves and encourages mentoring [GOLD]","authors":"L. Lazareck","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2008.918691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2008.918691","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":"27 1","pages":"94-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2008.918691","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62474909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One of the basic tenets of patent law is that an inventor is not entitled to a patent on an invention that would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art. But who is that person? That was the question before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in the recent case of Daiichi Pharmaceuticals. The case shows that the inquiry on who is the person of ordinary skill in the art does not necessarily stop with the claims of the patent in suit. Daiichi's claims were directed to first- line physicians, but in finding a way to help such physicians, it had relied on scientists with very different skills. Having named those scientists as its inventors, the CAFC had no trouble in deciding that they were the actual audience for Daiichi's patent and were the persons of ordinary skill in the art.
{"title":"Patents [obvious to whom?]","authors":"M. Klee","doi":"10.1109/EMB.2008.915493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EMB.2008.915493","url":null,"abstract":"One of the basic tenets of patent law is that an inventor is not entitled to a patent on an invention that would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art. But who is that person? That was the question before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in the recent case of Daiichi Pharmaceuticals. The case shows that the inquiry on who is the person of ordinary skill in the art does not necessarily stop with the claims of the patent in suit. Daiichi's claims were directed to first- line physicians, but in finding a way to help such physicians, it had relied on scientists with very different skills. Having named those scientists as its inventors, the CAFC had no trouble in deciding that they were the actual audience for Daiichi's patent and were the persons of ordinary skill in the art.","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":"27 1","pages":"102-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/EMB.2008.915493","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62250494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-03-07DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.917985
D. Hudson
{"title":"President's Message [the expanding world of medical and biological engineering]","authors":"D. Hudson","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2008.917985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2008.917985","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":"27 1","pages":"4-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2008.917985","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62474864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.917984
J. Enderle
{"title":"From the Editor [spring full of changes!]","authors":"J. Enderle","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2008.917984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2008.917984","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":"27 1","pages":"3-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2008.917984","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62475321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.918706
C. Linte
{"title":"Student's Corner [greetings from your new student representative]","authors":"C. Linte","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2008.918706","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2008.918706","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":"27 1","pages":"7-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2008.918706","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62474943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This book presents a well-rounded, interdisciplinary discussion of genomics and proteomics engineering. Compiling contributions by established experts, the book highlights up-to-date applications of biomedical informatics, as well as advancements in the genomics and proteomics areas. Topics discussed include: qualitative data models; interpreting microarray data; gene regulation bioinformatics; methods to analyze microarray; cancer behavior and radiation therapy; error-control codes and the genome complex life science multidatabase queries; computational protein analysis; and tumor and tumor suppressor proteins interactions.
{"title":"Genomics and Proteomics Engineering in Medicine and Biology (M. Akay, Ed.; 2007) [Book Reviews]","authors":"R. Shiavi","doi":"10.1109/EMB.2008.915496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EMB.2008.915496","url":null,"abstract":"This book presents a well-rounded, interdisciplinary discussion of genomics and proteomics engineering. Compiling contributions by established experts, the book highlights up-to-date applications of biomedical informatics, as well as advancements in the genomics and proteomics areas. Topics discussed include: qualitative data models; interpreting microarray data; gene regulation bioinformatics; methods to analyze microarray; cancer behavior and radiation therapy; error-control codes and the genome complex life science multidatabase queries; computational protein analysis; and tumor and tumor suppressor proteins interactions.","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":"27 1","pages":"9-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/EMB.2008.915496","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62250579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-01-21DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2007.911400
J. Flexman, Ping Yang, Joshua Brandoff, Soizic Laguitton
{"title":"Student reflections on the 2007 Annual Conference of the EMBS in Lyon [Student's Corner]","authors":"J. Flexman, Ping Yang, Joshua Brandoff, Soizic Laguitton","doi":"10.1109/MEMB.2007.911400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMB.2007.911400","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50391,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine","volume":"27 1","pages":"14-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1109/MEMB.2007.911400","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62475176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-01-21DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2007.911404
M. Klee
The case involved two competing manufacturers of equipment used in procedures such as angioplasty for automatically injecting contrast media into a patient from a plastic syringe. Because the syringe can be subject to pressures of 1,000 lbf/in2 or more, the conventional approach had been to house the syringe in a pressure jacket and to load the syringe into the jacket from the back. Liebel-Flarsheim (LF) developed an improved injection system that still used a pressure jacket but allowed the syringe to be loaded from the front, which technicians found more convenient. LF applied for a patent on its improved system. In its claims, it specified that the syringe was loaded into a front opening of a pressure jacket.
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