Abstract: The present disclosure provides cartridges, pump assemblies, and other systems, methods, and apparatuses for manufacture of a cell therapy. A rigid cartridge includes rigid walls defining a rigid housing. An interior surface of a first rigid wall includes a first mating mechanism to engage a second mating mechanism of a docking device to removably coupled with the rigid cartridge. A rigid wall includes a planar upper surface including an aperture. The aperture is configured to receive and fixedly engage a corresponding connector.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides self-centering assemblies, cartridges, pump assemblies, grippers, and other systems, methods, and apparatuses for manufacture of a cell therapy. A gripper includes a gripping unit and a gear unit for connecting and disconnecting connectors, tubes, syringes, or other devices that require twisting of a locking element for a successful fluid connection. In some cases, a gripper also includes a draw/injection unit to draw and inject fluid through the connections. A gripper can be operated by a robotic arm or other versatile manufacturing equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to data analytics and asset distribution technologies on physical objects. In particular, physical marketing collateral may integrate wireless and/or wired communication, cloud-based portal, and data analytics to provide a mixed digital/physical information exchange platform. Digital assets may be hosted on a cloud. Physical objects may be configured to display these assets on an internet-enabled device. The physical objects may be distributed among a plurality of end-users who may engage with theaw assets. Engagement with the digital assets may be monitored, aggregated and subjected to a variety of calculations to evaluate various analytics which quantify performance of the digital assets. At any time, the digital assets may be changed on the cloud, remotely updating the digital assets accessed via the associated physical objects.

Abstract: A selection machine is configured to access a roster size scalar assigned to an item by a provider. The roster size scalar quantifies entities to be represented in a roster data structure for the item. The machine generates the roster data structure, which includes entity fields that are quantified by the roster size scalar and specify no entities. For each entity field, the machine detects that an entity is qualified for representation in the roster data structure, and the machine accordingly modifies the roster data structure by causing the entity field to correspond to the entity and specify the entity. In response to a final entity field specifying a corresponding entity, the machine selects an entity field to specify a selected entity for assignment to the item. The machine causes of a device of the provider to present a notification that the item is assigned to the selected entity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for producing isotropized “ready-to-use” polymer pellets or granules that contain completely or substantially relaxed matrix molecules and entangled organic nanofibrils with long aspect ratios that will provide superior properties for the products without high cost. These pellets are cost-effectively produced using industrial-scale fiber spinning or melt-blowing/spun-bond equipment followed by an isotropizing pelletizer. These pellets enable one to mass-produce the micro-fibrillar or nanofibrillar composites with superior mechanical properties, because they are readily usable (“ready-to-use”) for industry-scale mass production systems with a very high throughput over 1000 kg/hr. The organic nanofibrils are well dispersed and entangled in the polymer matrix and have a long aspect ratio ranging hundreds to thousands, to tens of thousands.

Abstract: System and method for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding pipeline used to encode image data. In embodiments, the video encoding pipeline includes a transcode pipeline that provides entropy encoding of binarized syntax elements. More specifically, multiple bins may be encoded in parallel, resulting in increased encoding throughput.

Abstract: The present technology relates to apparatuses, methods and systems for detecting hygiene compliance, particularly in hospital and clinical settings, where hospital acquired infections (HAIs) are of concern. A temperature signature can be determined and then used to ascertain whether a user is compliant with a given hygiene standard. The present technology also relates to sanitizing compositions used in conjunction with such apparatuses, methods and systems.

Abstract: Processes and systems for facilitating communications in a health care environment are provided. In one example, a process includes receiving a trigger from a wearable computer device to communicate with a medical application interface. The trigger may include detecting a hand gesture of a user of a wearable computer device (e.g., via a camera device or motion sensing device associated with the wearable computer device). The process may then display information associated with the medical application interface on the wearable computer device, and receive input from a user via the wearable computer device for interacting with the medical application interface. Displayed information may include patient information, medical records, test results, and so on. Further, a user may initiate and communicate with a remote user, the communication synchronizing information between two or more users (e.g.

Abstract: System and method for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding pipeline used to encode image data. In embodiments, the video encoding pipeline includes a transcode pipeline that provides entropy encoding of binarized syntax elements. More specifically, multiple bins may be encoded in parallel, resulting in increased encoding throughput.

Abstract: The present technology relates to apparatuses, methods and systems for detecting hygiene compliance, particularly in hospital and clinical settings, where hospital acquired infections (HAIs) are of concern. A temperature signature can be determined and then used to ascertain whether a user is compliant with a given hygiene standard. The present technology also relates to sanitizing compositions used in conjunction with such apparatuses, methods and systems.

Abstract: Processes and systems for monitoring hand hygiene events (e.g., hand washing or sanitizing) are provided. In one example, a process includes receiving data associated with the initiation and completion of a hand hygiene event. The data may include image data captured by a camera included with a wearable computer device (e.g., a head mounted device or augmented reality glasses). The process may further determine a location and/or time associated with the initiation and completion of the hand hygiene event and monitor compliance and technique. A process may further include detecting a location (e.g., via a proximity beacon) of a wearable computer device and triggering a notification to initiate a hand hygiene event. Additionally, data from hand hygiene events, including compliance data, can be used to motivate or incentivize individuals to increase their compliance with hand hygiene practices (e.g., through various gamification strategies).

Abstract: Processes and systems for facilitating communications in a health care environment are provided. In one example, a process includes receiving a trigger from a wearable computer device to communicate with a medical application interface. The trigger may include detecting a hand gesture of a user of a wearable computer device (e.g., via a camera device or motion sensing device associated with the wearable computer device). The process may then display information associated with the medical application interface on the wearable computer device, and receive input from a user via the wearable computer device for interacting with the medical application interface. Displayed information may include patient information, medical records, test results, and so on. Further, a user may initiate and communicate with a remote user, the communication synchronizing information between two or more users (e.g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a resin composition foam comprising dissolving a supercritical fluid in a resin composition containing polytetrafluoroethylene and another resin other than polytetrafluoroethylene at a temperature equal to or higher than a glass transition point of the other resin, then foaming the resin composition by removing the supercritical fluid at a temperature lower than a temperature obtained by adding 15° C. to a thermal deformation starting temperature of the other resin, and subsequently cooling. In addition, the present invention relates to a resin composition foam, wherein the resin composition foam has a pore size of less than 50 ?m, and the resin composition foam is any one of an open cell, a closed cell and a monolith type.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods for enantiomeric separation of complex chemical mixtures using micelles of surfactant molecules that have a sulfate or sulfonate head group, a chiral selector, a linker, and a hydrophobic tail. Also provided are micelle compositions with sulfate or sulfonated head groups, methods of manufacture, and applications thereof. In particular, the micelles of the present invention provide an efficient enantiomeric separation and detection techniques for use in capillary electrophoresis and capillary electrophoresis with mass spectrometry.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of improving the performance of a CDMA based wireless network, such as a 3G cellular network for example. Interference cancellation is effectively performed earlier by using the channel request such as a reservation packet from a mobile terminal to estimate interference from that mobile on existing mobile users and interference on the mobile from existing mobile users, by determining the relative transmission timing of the new mobiles channel request compared with the transmission timings of the existing mobiles. The base station determine the cross-correlation between the codes already assigned to the existing users and the code to be allocated to the new user in order to determine an interference measure. This interference can then be cancelled from the new mobile when its data packets are received.

Abstract: Spread spectrum receiver architectures and methods are described for reducing interference, particularly the interference observed at a user-end terminal in a W-CDMA 3G mobile communications system. Interpath interference which arises due to non-zero cross and auto correlation of more than one spreading code is suppressed by estimating a transmitted signal stream, or a plurality of such signal streams in the case of a plurality of multipath components, respreading this estimated signal and subtracting non-orthogonal interference contributions from a received signal. The techniques provide an improved bit error rate or equivalently, enhanced capacity for a digital mobile communications network.

Abstract: A multicode receiver for receiving data carried by a plurality of spread spectrum signals having a corresponding plurality of spreading codes, the spreading codes being substantially mutually orthogonal, the receiver having intercode interference suppression, the receiver including a multicode spread spectrum receiver to provide a set of data estimates having a plurality of estimates of data carried by the plurality of spread spectrum signals, one estimate for each spread spectrum signal, a plurality of respreaders to respread the plurality of data estimates, a plurality of interference suppressers, at least one for each of the plurality of spreading codes, each at least one interference suppresser for each code being configured to suppress respread data estimates for the spread spectrum signals of the other codes, from a received signal, a plurality of rake fingers each having the plurality of interference suppressers, and a plurality of rake combiners, one for each of the plurality of spreading codes.

Abstract: Spread spectrum receiver architectures and methods are described for reducing interference, particularly the interference observed at a user-end terminal in a W-CDMA 3G mobile communications system. Interpath interference which arises due to non-zero cross and auto correlation of more than one spreading code is suppressed by estimating a transmitted signal stream, or a plurality of such signal streams in the case of a plurality of multipath components, respreading this estimated signal and subtracting non-orthogonal interference contributions from a received signal. The techniques provide an improved bit error rate or equivalently, enhanced capacity for a digital mobile communications network.

Abstract: Multicode spread spectrum receiver architectures and methods are described for reducing interference, particularly the interference observed at a user-end terminal in a W-CDMA 3G mobile communications system. Interpath interference which arises due to non-zero cross and auto correlation of more than one spreading code is suppressed by estimating a transmitted signal stream, or a plurality of such signal streams in the case of a plurality of multipath components, respreading this estimated signal and subtracting non-orthogonal interference contributions from a received signal. The techniques provide an improved bit error rate or equivalently, enhanced capacity for a digital mobile communications network.