US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Monday, December 17:
California Inventors Develop Mobile Telephone Handset
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Mark Edward Simek and John J. Wendorff, both of San Diego, Gregg A Johnson of Carlsbad, Calif., Richard E. La Spesa of Santee, Calif., and Gad Shaanan of La Jolla, Calif., have developed a mobile telephone handset with pivoting latch. According to the U.S ....
Dutch Inventor Develops Multimedia Content Repurposing Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Radu Serban Jasinschi of Nuenen, Netherlands, has developed a multimedia content transcoding method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Comprehensive multimedia content re-purposing relating to wireless communications employs content ...
California Inventors Develop Rotating-Image Display System
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Jimmy Yang of Saratoga, Calif., Bo Ye of Cupertino, Calif., and Edward M. Jacobs of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a rotating-image display system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame buffer stores X pixels per line and Y lines and ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Rolling Mill
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Hiroyuki Ootsuka and Hisashi Honjou, both of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a rolling mill. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The rolling mill comprises a pair of work rolls for rolling a plate material in the thickness direction, a guide ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Reverse Power Control Channel Transmission Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Hoon Huh and Hee-Won Kang, both of Songnam-shi, South Korea, and Yu-Suk Yun of Seoul, South Korea, have developed a method for transmitting a reverse power control (RPC) channel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a ...
Italian Inventors Develop Point-to-Multipoint Radio Network System
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Giulio Cavalli and Claudio Santacesaria, both of Milan, Italy, and Gaspare Licitra of Gorgonzola, Italy, have developed a point-to-multipoint radio network system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In radio transmission systems with ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Wireless Communication System
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Robert Kenoun of Palatine, Ill., and McKay R. Johnson of Chicago, have developed a wireless communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna for sending and receiving signals in a plurality of frequency bands generates a ...
New Jersey Inventors Develop Network Element Management Apparatus
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Kao-Shien Liu and Lucia C. Sekino, both of Holmdel, N.J., Teresa A. Despotidis of Morganville, N.J., Robert W. Junnier of Middletown, N.J., Srinivasan K. Nangavaram of Ocean Township, N.J., Jaspal S. Virdee of Marlboro, N.J. and Rui Yang of Old Bridge, N.J., have ...
Washington Inventor Develops Desktop Publishing Technology
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Nathaniel M. McCully of Seattle has developed a computer program product. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Communication Control System
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Lan Chen, Hidetoshi Kayama and Narumi Umeda, all from Yokohama, Japan, have developed a communication control method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is an object to control the traffic that flows in a radio link to ensure the ...
Arizona, Texas Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Making Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Thomas P. Remmel of Mesa, Ariz., Melvy F. Miller of Tempe, Ariz., Peter Zurcher of Phoenix, and Sriram Kalpat of Austin, Texas, have developed a method of making a semiconductor device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Digital Signal Processing Apparatus
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Hoe-Won Kim of Seoul, South Korea, has developed a digital signal processing apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a digital signal processing apparatus of a communication terminal for adaptably transmitting voice data ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Print Data Previewing Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Hisanori Nakajima, Ian Clarke and Masahiro Hirose, all from Nagano-ken, Japan, have developed a previewing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data converter converts a spooled print control code into a display data of a ...
South Korean Inventor Develops Universal Mobile Telecommunication System
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Jin-Youn Parkg of Gyunggi-Do, South Korea, has developed an universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS). According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multicast service of a third generation partnership project UMTS is disclosed. A multicast ...
Swedish Inventor Develops Wireless Communication Receiver
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Stefan Felter of Bromma, Sweden, has developed a wireless telecommunication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication receiver comprises an antenna structure and a joint searcher and channel estimator. The antenna ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Portable Radio Terminal
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Ryutaro Ogawa of Tokyo has developed a portable radio terminal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna selector selects one of the plurality of antennas according to an antenna selection signal. The antenna selector includes a voltage ...
Florida Inventors Develop Wireless Communication System
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- George Rodney Nelson Jr. of Merritt Island, Fla., James A. Proctor Jr. of Melbourne Beach, Fla., and John A. Regnier of Palm Bay, Fla., have developed a wireless communication system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates ...
Michigan Inventor Develops In-Vehicle Telephony Managing Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Brian V. Sychta of Lake Orion, Mich., has developed a system for managing in-vehicle telephony. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique for processing telephone calls from a plurality of telephone sources in a vehicle audio system ...
Maryland Inventors Develop Optical-Based Sensing Device
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Arthur E Colvin of Mount Airy, Md., Casey J. O'Connor of Gaithersburg, Md., and Andrew D. DeHennis of Germantown, Md., have developed a optical-based sensing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an ...
French Inventors Develop Biological Fluid Collection Bag
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Francis Goudaliez of Faches-Thumesnil, France, and Thierry Verpoort of Mouvaux, France, have developed a blood sampling bag. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bag system for the collection and sampling of a biological fluid such as blood ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Information Processing Device
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Shigeru Enomoto of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed an information processing device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to "using a touch-panel capable of detecting coordinate values of a plurality of points, as well as ...
Washington Inventor Develops Computer Graphics Display Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Donald David Karlov of North Bend, Wash., has developed methods for displaying graphics on a display device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method of one embodiment for the invention is for the central processing unit to read a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Combustion-Type Power Tool
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Tomomasa Nishikawa, Yasuki Ohmori, Shinki Ohtsu, Kunio Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Akiba and Haruhisa Fujisawa, all from Hitachinaka, Japan, have developed a combustion-type power tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the combustion-type power ...
Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina Inventors Develop Electromechanical Valve Actuator
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Ha T. Chung and Shawn H. Swales, both of Canton, Mich., Mark L. Hopper of West Chester, Ohio, and John D. Norton of Candler, N.C., have developed an electromechanical valve actuator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to ...
Finnish Inventor Develops Mobile Telecommunication Terminal
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Hongle Zhangi of Tampere, Finland, has developed a mobile telecommunication terminal with location information. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing a mobile telecommunications terminal with location information is ...
Texas Inventor Develops Mobile Phone Locator
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Larry C. Wortham of Garland, Texas, has developed a mobile phone locator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment of the invention, a mobile phone locator is provided. The mobile phone locator includes a portable ...
California, New York Inventors Develop Wireless Radio Positioning System
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- James Hume of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Kevin Judge of Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., Mark Scislowski of Bellflower, Calif., Norman Mohi of New York, have developed a wireless radio communication method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
New York, Illinois Inventors Develop Mobile Device Identification Technique
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Alan George Cole of Katonah, N.Y., Sastry S. Duri of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Jonathan Paul Munson of Putnam Valley, N.Y., David Alvra Wood III of Scarsdale, N.Y., and Vineet Kumar Gupta of Urbana, Ill., have developed a method of mobile device determining ...
Georgia, North Carolina Inventors Develop Steerable Dilatation System
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Joe B. Massey of Atlanta, and Phillip Jack Snoke of Winston Salem, N.C., have developed a steerable dilatation system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dilatation system preferably including a dilator and a detachable handle for ...
California Inventor Develops Capacitive Touch Sensor
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Detelin Martchovsky of Fremont, Calif., has developed a capacitive touch sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining the location of a touch made to a capacitive touchscreen in which the touchscreen includes a ...
Swedish Inventors Develop Aseptic Preparation Method with Injection Syringe
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Go Wessman of Goteborg, Sweden, and Kjell Andreasson of Vastra Frolunda, Sweden, have developed an aseptic preparation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first aspect of the invention relates to a method for aseptic preparation ...
British Inventor Develops Volume Rendering Apparatus
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Laurent Lessieux of Edinburgh, Great Britain, has developed a volume rendering apparatus. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "apparatus for rendering a two dimensional polygon image from volume data defining a ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Combustion-Type Power Tool
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Yoshitaka Akiba and Haruhisa Fujisawa, both of Hitachinaka, Japan, have developed a combustion-type power tool. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combustion-type power tool includes a frame comprising a housing having one end, and a head ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Handheld Terminal Device
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Miyuki Yomoda of Saitama, Japan, has developed a handheld terminal device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell phone provided with a chat dedicated message display screen, in addition to a screen for transmission and receipt of normal ...
German Inventors Develop Engine Inlet Valves Lift Changing Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Martin Glose of Affalterbach, Germany, and Arkadi Kudashev of Erdmannhausen, Germany, have developed an engine inlet valves lift changing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for changing the lift of inlet valves of an ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Touch Panel
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Shigemi Kurashima, Shinichiro Akieda, Hiroto Inoue and Takashi Arita, all from Shinagawa, Japan, have developed a touch panel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch panel includes: a first layer and a second layer that are arranged to ...
Texas Inventors Develop Portable Computer System Operating Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Daniel E. Stivers and Timothy S. Masters, both of Austin, Texas, have developed a method for operating a portable computer system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable computer system is disclosed comprising a central processing ...
California Inventors Develop Computer Graphics Animation Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- John Anderson of San Anselmo, Calif., and Adam Woodbury of San Francisco, have developed a method for creating a posed character model. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for animating soft body characters has a preparation phase ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Coordinate Detection Device
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Takuya Uchiyama of Shinagawa, Japan, has developed a coordinate detection device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coordinate detection device is provided, which device includes an input unit which has a surface thereof to which a ...
Indiana Inventors Develop Medical Device Making Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Ram H. Paul, Daniel J. Sirota and Paul D. Amarant, all from Bloomington, Ind., have developed a medical device making method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device is adapted for at least partial implantation into a body and ...
Illinois, Texas Inventors Develop Individual Acoustic Wave Switch
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Terence J. Knowles of Barrington, Ill., and Charles F. Bremigan III of Jarrell, Texas, have developed an individual acoustic wave switch. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An individual acoustic wave switch includes a body with a top ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Fluid Mixture Distillation Process
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Wayne W. Simmons, Laura J. Silva, Dongming Qiu and Thomas Yuschak, all from Dublin, Ohio, Steven T. Perry of Galloway, Ohio, and Anna Lee Tonkovich of Marysville, Ohio, have developed a distillation process. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: ...
Georgia Inventor Develops One-Handed Thumb-Supported Mobile Keyboard
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Shakoor N. Siddeeq of Lithonia, Ga., has developed a one-handed thumb-supported mobile keyboard. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A one-handed thumb-supported mobile input device for a computing device includes an input mechanism and a ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Needleless Port Manufacturing Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Ryoji Fujii of Hiroshima, Japan, has developed a needleless port manufacturing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A septum is held in the cavity of a cover and mounted on a pedestal forming part of a flow channel, and comprises a ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Drum Type Washing Machine
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Jae Kyum Kim, Ho Cheol Kwon, Jong A Park and Kang Mo Choi, all from Kyongsangnam-do, South Korea, have developed a unit driving structure. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "structure of driving unit in a drum type ...
New York, California Inventors Develop Mobile Unit Locating Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- David P. Goren of Smithtown, N.Y., and Hoai Xuan Vu of Westminster, Calif., have developed a method for locating mobile unit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Location of mobile units in a wireless local area network is based on use of ...
Indian Inventors Develop Three Dimensional Fractal Subsurface Structure Generation Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Ravi Srivastava and V. Dimri, both of Andhra Pradesh, India, have developed three dimensional fractal subsurface structures generation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Domain characterization generated by Voronoi tessellation, ...
New York Inventor Develops Engine Fuel System Conversion Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Grant B. Carlson of Hammondsport, N.Y., has developed an engine fuel system conversion method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus and method convert the fuel system of an internal combustion engine in a pre-existing (used) ...
North Carolina Inventor Develops Electromechanical Valve Actuator
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- John D. Norton of Candler, N.C., has developed an electromechanical valve actuator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "electromechanical valve actuator including an electromagnet interconnected with a housing end ...
Michigan Inventor Develops Hydraulically-Switched Engine Mechanisms Control Strategy
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Nick J. Hendriksma of Grand Rapids, Mich., has developed engines variable valve activation systems. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "method for distributing lock pin ejections evenly over all the switchable ...
Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors Develop Touch Sensor
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Bu Bulat of Framingham, Mass., Kenneth J. Keefer of Westford, Mass., and Bernard O. Geaghan of Salem, N.H., have developed a touch sensor. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A field linearization pattern and a touch sensor incorporating same ...
California Inventor Develops Font Emulation Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Frido Garritsen of Hayward, Calif., has developed a font emulation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for Font Emulation are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises stripping a first portion from a ...
German Inventors Develop Washing Machine with Dryer
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Edwin Bolduan and Wolfgang Proppe, both of Berlin, have developed a washing machine with dryer. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cupboard-like washing machine includes a conveyer belt for moving the item to be washed in a cycle during a ...
Florida Inventor Develops Guide Catheter
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Christopher Daniel Ross of Davie, Fla., has developed a medical guide catheter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide catheter includes a hollow elongate shaft defining a channel. The hollow elongate shaft (or a segment thereof) ...
New Hampshire Inventors Develop Medication Infusion Pump Loading Mechanism
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Larry B. Gray of Merrimack, N.H., and Richard Lanigan of Concord, N.H., have developed an insulin infusion pump drive assembly. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "loading mechanism for a medication infusion pump ....
British Inventor Develops Image Rendering Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Mathieu Robart of Bristol, Great Britain, has developed a method of rendering an image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image is rendered which includes at least one light source, a first, shadow-casting object with a second, ...
California, Texas Inventors Develop Graphics Processing System
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Scott R. Whitman of Saratoga, Calif., Craig M. Wittenbrink of Palo Alto, Calif., Robert J. Hasslen of Redwood City, Calif., Christopher J. Goodman of Round Rock, Texas, and Thomas M. Ogletree of Lakeway, Texas, have developed a graphics processing ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Rotary Toroidal Machine with Piston Connection Mechanism
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Darrel B. Sabin of Toledo, Ohio, has developed a rotary toroidal machine. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary machine includes a housing divided into a first stationary portion and a second rotational portion. The second rotational ...
Ohio Inventors Develop Urinary Flow Control Valve
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Spencer W. Beaufore and Glenn D. Brunner, both of Dublin, Ohio, have developed urinary flow control valves. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptor temporarily transforms a valved urinary catheter into one that permits continuous fluid ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Thin Film Transistor Substrate Fabrication Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Youn Gyoung Chang and Heung Cho Lyul, both of Kyounggi-do, South Korea, have developed a liquid crystal display device. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A method of fabricating a thin film transistor ...
German Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Fabrication Technique
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Frank Feustel, Matthias Lehr and Frank Kuechenmeister, all from Dresden, Germany, have developed a method of fabrication of semiconductor devices. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "During the formation of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Semiconductor Manufacturing Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Hideaki Kuwabara and Koichiro Tanaka, both of Kanagawa, Japan, have developed a semiconductor device manufacturing method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is an object of the invention that, in semiconductor device, in order to promote ...
Washington Inventors Develop Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Rick Benson, William Hickok, Larry Wieber and Vincent McLeod, all from Bellingham, Wash., have developed a rigid hull inflatable boat. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "boat hull having sealed rigid chambers and a ...
New York, Connecticut Inventors Develop Semiconductor Device Manufacture Method
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Ying Li of Newburgh, N.Y., Rajeev Malik of Pleasantville, N.Y., Shreesh Narasimha of Beacon, N.Y., and Dureseti Chidambarrao of Weston, Conn., have developed a method for manufacture of a semiconductor device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Maryland, District of Columbia Inventors Develop Medical Simulation Apparatus
Dec 17, 2007 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Robert F. Cohen of Kensington, Md., Russell H. Dumas of Germantown, Md., Gregory L. Merril of Chevy Chase, Md., Philip G. Feldman of Catonsville, Md., Joseph L. Tasto of Brookeville, Md., and Richard L. Cunningham of Washington, have developed a medical simulation ...