Abstract: Embodiments consistent with the present disclosure allow the ring, arc, and linear offset values for a stereotactic frame to be determined for a cranial procedure without requiring a CT scan to be acquired with the fiducial frame attached. Having the ring, arc, and offset values available for a cranial procedure allows the surgeon to revert to traditional stereotactic ring-arc frame guidance as a fallback strategy in case a robot cannot be used. This disclosure also provides an alternate method for registering a ring-arc system to the medical image volume for facilities having no CT scanner or scanner with limited field of view such that the intended fiducial localizer cannot be used.

Abstract: A system for robotic surgery makes use of an end-effector which has been configured so that a drill connected thereto is guided in its trajectory and limited in its advancement into an associated anatomical feature by a drill guide. The drill guide may be adjusted manually to engage a corresponding surface of the drill after its advancement by a pre-selected amount. The drill guide likewise includes features to guide the drill during trajectories having oblique angles relative to the surface of the anatomical feature associated with the medical procedure.

Abstract: A system of robotic surgery includes components capable of drilling a bore in the cranium of a patient in connection with craniotomy and other cranial surgeries. A perforator associated with such system is controlled by suitable computer-implemented instructions to maintain the perforator tip along a desired trajectory line while moving the perforator bit at locations proximal to such perforator tip in a circular motion, thereby imparting a conical oscillation to the perforator bit relative to the trajectory line. The angle at which the perforator bit is oscillated relative to such trajectory line results in the bore formed in the cranium having a diameter larger than the bit diameter, and the larger diameter and related conical oscillation is selected so as to reduce frictional force opposing withdrawal of the bit from the situs of the bore, thereby reducing the risk of jamming of the bit during its associated operations.

Abstract: An event clustering system includes a processor. An extraction engine is in communication with an infrastructure. The extraction engine receives data from the infrastructure. A signalizer engine includes one or more of an NMF engine, a k-means clustering engine and a topology proximity engine. The signalizer engine determines one or more common steps from events and produces clusters relating to the alerts and or events. In response to production of the clusters one or more physical changes are made in a managed infrastructure hardware. Multi-systems interact with each other.

Abstract: An event clustering system includes a processor. An extraction engine is in communication with an infrastructure. The extraction engine receives data from the infrastructure. A signalizer engine includes one or more of an NMF engine, a k-means clustering engine and a topology proximity engine. The signalizer engine determines one or more common steps from events and produces clusters relating to the alerts and or events. In response to production of the clusters one or more physical changes are made in a managed infrastructure hardware. Multi-systems interact with each other.

Abstract: A pyrotechnic device comprising an outer casing having a bore therein, a central sleeve extending from the bore into an interior of the outer casing and an insert having a burst explosive charge therein sized to be capable of being slidably received within the central sleeve.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for detecting change of an object state from an initial state where the object is displayed in a plurality of sequential images. The system involves comparing a measure over a predetermined portion of each of the images corresponding to an object's initial state with a reference value of the measure computed when the object is in the initial state to generate a comparison value for each of the images and then generating a signal indicating that the object state has changed when a predetermined number of the comparison values generated for each of the images do not meet a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: An airflow sensor (thermal sensor assembly) that is designed to adhesively attach to different styles of a cannula and that can detect the movement of respiratory air through the nasal and/or oral cavities. When secured to the cannula, the airflow sensor has its nasal and oral sensing elements in positions that will maximize signal accuracy, minimize airflow signal artifacts, and minimize occurrences of signal loss due to direct patient skin contact. The airflow sensor does not disturb the flow of air from the patient or add any discomfort to the patient. The airflow sensor can be attached to most nasal or nasal/oral cannulae used in sleep disorder diagnostics.

Abstract: According to a first embodiment of the present invention there is disclosed a polytechnic device comprising an outer casing having a bore therein, a central sleeve extending from the bore into an interior of the outer casing and an insert having a burst explosive charge therein sized to be slidably received within the central sleeve.

Abstract: A network management method and system. The method includes identifying by a computing system, overlapping address spaces between networks. The computing system generates virtual servers associated with the overlapping address spaces. The computing system determines and configures a routing technique for routing the virtual servers to the overlapping address spaces. The computing system installs a copy of management software on each of the virtual servers. The computing system performs a network management installation process. The network management process prepares the virtual servers for managing the overlapping address spaces. The computing system generates and stores a log report associated with the network management installation process.

Abstract: We describe a cell culture substrate comprising a polymerised high internal phase emulsion polymer adapted and modified for use in the routine culture of cells in three dimensions; typically mammalian cells and the use of the substrate in a cell culture system for investigation and analysis of proliferation, differentiation and function of cells.

Abstract: A network management method and system. The method includes identifying by a computing system, overlapping address spaces between networks. The computing system generates virtual servers associated with the overlapping address spaces. The computing system determines and configures a routing technique for routing the virtual servers to the overlapping address spaces. The computing system installs a copy of management software on each of the virtual servers. The computing system performs a network management installation process. The network management process prepares the virtual servers for managing the overlapping address spaces. The computing system generates and stores a log report associated with the network management installation process.

Abstract: A system for automatically publishing documents to a website in PDF format is presented. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a document tagged for publishing to a website is, when edited, converted to PDF format and posted to a website in an XML template with little or no user intervention. A method of publication according to the present invention includes attaching a source folder to a document library, attaching a destination web site to a document library, and building a web site for publication at the destination web site from the source folder.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process of decontaminating, by composting under specific conditions, soil and/or sediments containing certain toxic cyclical organic compound contaminants by converting these contaminants into harmless materials. The compounds include chlordane, dieldrin, toxaphene, aldrin, endrin, and heptachlorepoxide. The process includes the step of affecting a solid compost mixture during composting with a redox potential below negative 200 mV (millivolts). Further, the process includes several steps which are repeated until an amount of contaminant is degraded to less than 140 ppm (part per million) per ton of soil.