Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve has a plurality of valve leaflets that control directional flow of blood through a heart and a stent structure having a plurality of commissure posts supporting the valve leaflets. The stent structure has a covering over the plurality of commissure posts and has a sewing ring at an inflow end of the stent structure. Each of the plurality of commissure posts has a tip and a suture loop is attached to the covering at a location adjacent to or on the tip of the commissure post. Each suture loop provides a passage for a suture to pass through between the covering and the suture loop.

Abstract: A drill bit has a plurality of cutters secured to the bit body, including a gauge cutter defining a gauge diameter of the drill bit. A reciprocating gauge assembly on the bit comprises a cavity defined in the bit body, a piston reciprocably disposed in the cavity, a wear element on an outwardly facing end of the piston, a piston retainer for moveably retaining the piston in the cavity, and a spring biasing the piston outwardly to a neutral position of the wear element with respect to the gauge diameter. The wear element and piston may be urged inwardly in response to an applied load at the drill bit gauge pad, increasing the lateral depth of cut and thereby controlling the aggressiveness of the bit in response to the load.

Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) platform is disclosed which includes: a network; a plurality of IoT servers coupled together and serviced by the network; a plurality of IoT managers coupled to each other and to the plurality of IoT servers; and a plurality of IoT devices electrically coupled to the plurality of IoT managers, wherein the IoT servers and the IoT managers of the present invention are operable to configure a plug-and-play and point to multipoint communication environment where the plurality of IoT devices, the plurality of IoT servers, and the plurality of IoT managers communicate with one another in a plug-and-play manner and in a point to multipoint manner regardless of their physical connections, industrial standards, and communication protocols.

Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) system is disclosed which includes: a network; a plurality of IoT servers coupled together and serviced by the network; a plurality of IoT agents coupled to each other and to the plurality of IoT servers; and a plurality of IoT devices electrically coupled to the plurality of IoT agents, wherein the IoT servers and the IoT agents further includes a deep reinforcement neural network operative to generate an action map {at} so as to satisfy an arg ? ? max ? a t ? Q ? ( s , a , ? ) wherein Q(s,a)=E[Rt|(s, a)].

Abstract: In a virtualization system that includes a hypervisor that performs OSID management for linking a plurality of OSs with resources, a guest OS that receives an initial value from the hypervisor and sets a OSID for each resource, and a OSID manager that sets a OSID for each resource, a new OSID created by OSID generator in OSID manager after a certain period of time has elapsed after setting the initial value is set to the guest OS and the IP (resource), and is requested to be updated to a new OSID set by the update controller in OSID manager. This enables simultaneous updating of OSID of the guest operating system and the resources, thus achieving high robustness.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve has a plurality of valve leaflets that control directional flow of blood through a heart and a stent structure having a plurality of commissure posts supporting the valve leaflets. The stent structure has a covering over the plurality of commissure posts and has a sewing ring at an inflow end of the stent structure. Each of the plurality of commissure posts has a tip and a suture loop is attached to the covering at a location adjacent to or on the tip of the commissure post. Each suture loop provides a passage for a suture to pass through between the covering and the suture loop.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling aircraft roll operations are disclosed. An example system includes an aileron actuator including a mode selector valve to control fluid flow through the aileron actuator, and a valve spring coupled to the mode selector valve, the valve spring to adjust the mode selector valve from the active position to a block position, the block position to prevent fluid flow through the aileron actuator, a wing cable system coupled to the aileron actuator, a wing actuator coupled to the wing cable system, the wing actuator to control displacement of the aileron of the aircraft in response to the mode selector valve being in the block position, and a differential linkage coupled to the wing actuator and the aileron, the differential linkage to translate the displacement of the wing actuator into rotational movement to adjust the aileron from a first position to a second position.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling aircraft roll operations are disclosed. An example system includes a wing actuator coupled to an aileron of an aircraft, an alternate power unit (APU), a control wheel position sensor to measure a control wheel position of a control wheel of the aircraft, a flight control computer (FCC) coupled to the APU and the control wheel position sensor, the FCC to invoke the APU to provide power to the wing actuator, and transmit a control signal to the wing actuator, the control signal to invoke the wing actuator to control the aileron based on the control wheel position, and a differential linkage coupled to the wing actuator and the aileron, the differential linkage to convert first movement of the wing actuator into second movement to control the aileron, the first movement of the wing actuator based on the control wheel position.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for a distributed aircraft actuation system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a non-responsive component detector to determine a position difference between a first position of a first control surface of an aircraft and a second position of a second control surface of the aircraft, the first position lagging the second position, and a command generator, in response to determining that the position difference satisfies a threshold, the command generator is to cease movement of the second control surface at the second position, attempt to move the first control surface to the second position, and cease movement of the first control surface when moved to the second position.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve has a plurality of valve leaflets that control directional flow of blood through a heart and a stent structure having a plurality of commissure posts supporting the valve leaflets. The stent structure has a covering over the plurality of commissure posts and has a sewing ring at an inflow end of the stent structure. Each of the plurality of commissure posts has a tip and a suture loop is attached to the covering at a location adjacent to or on the tip of the commissure post. Each suture loop provides a passage for a suture to pass through between the covering and the suture loop.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to thermal management systems for head-worn computers.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve has a plurality of valve leaflets that control directional flow of blood through a heart and a stent structure having a plurality of commissure posts supporting the valve leaflets. The stent structure has a covering over the plurality of commissure posts and has a sewing ring at an inflow end of the stent structure. Each of the plurality of commissure posts has a tip and a suture loop is attached to the covering at a location adjacent to or on the tip of the commissure post. Each suture loop provides a passage for a suture to pass through between the covering and the suture loop.

Abstract: Electro-hydraulic servo-valves and related methods are disclosed herein. An example electro-hydraulic servo-valve includes an inlet to receive a fluid from a reservoir, a torque motor, a chamber, the fluid to return to the reservoir via the chamber, and a flexure tube coupled to the torque motor. At least a portion of the flexure tube is disposed in the chamber. The flexure tube includes a nozzle to deliver the fluid to an actuator. The example electro-hydraulic servo-valve includes a damper operatively coupled to the flexure tube. The damper is disposed in the chamber.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve for implant in a human. The valve includes a wireform with undulating inflow cusps and outflow commissure posts to which flexible leaflets attach and coapt in a flow area. Each leaflet may drape over the top of the wireform in the cusp area, but have tabs that each extend underneath the wireform at the commissure posts to be secured along with a tab of an adjacent leaflet. The prosthetic heart valve may also be a dual-wire wireform, with the leaflets sandwiched therebetween. One wireform may be larger than the other, with the leaflets extending over the smaller wireform. The smaller wireform may have commissures that bend radially outward from the larger wireform to provide structure to which the leaflet tabs attach.

Abstract: An Internet of Things (IoT) system is disclosed which includes: a network; a plurality of IoT servers coupled together and serviced by the network; a plurality of IoT agents coupled to each other and to the plurality of IoT servers; and a plurality of IoT devices electrically coupled to the plurality of IoT agents, wherein the IoT servers and the IoT agents further includes a deep reinforcement neural network operative to generate an action map {at} so as to satisfy an arg ? ? max ? a t ? Q ? ( s , a , ? ) wherein Q(s,a)=E[Rt|(s, a)].

Abstract: A smart parking system and method are disclosed which includes a plug-and-play and point to multipoint (PnP&P2MP) based internet of things (IoT) parking sensors, gateway managers, and user devices that can share information via a network. The information is used to preserve parking spaces, calculate minimum parking search time, and establish a dynamic queuing system to achieve high throughput, avoid traffic congestion and time losses.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus to control aircraft roll operations are disclosed herein. An example system includes a control wheel position determiner to determine a control wheel position based on an input from a control wheel of the aircraft, a control wheel force determiner to determine a first control wheel force based on a sensor measurement, and a spoiler controller to map the control wheel position to a second control wheel force, the second control wheel force based on nominal characteristics of the aircraft, determine a first difference between the first control wheel force and the second control wheel force, and in response to determining that the first difference does not satisfy a threshold, move a flight control surface based on a third control wheel force, the third control wheel force based on a second difference between the first difference and the threshold.

Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve for implant in a human. The valve includes a wireform with undulating inflow cusps and outflow commissure posts to which flexible leaflets attach and coapt in a flow area. Each leaflet may drape over the top of the wireform in the cusp area, but have tabs that each extend underneath the wireform at the commissure posts to be secured along with a tab of an adjacent leaflet. The prosthetic heart valve may also be a dual-wire wireform, with the leaflets sandwiched therebetween. One wireform may be larger than the other, with the leaflets extending over the smaller wireform. The smaller wireform may have commissures that bend radially outward from the larger wireform to provide structure to which the leaflet tabs attach.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for redundant actuation of control surfaces. An example apparatus includes a control surface of an aircraft, and an actuator to move the control surface. The example apparatus also includes an electric motor to move the actuator; the electric motor communicatively coupled to an electrical system of the aircraft. The example apparatus also includes a hydraulic motor to move the actuator, the hydraulic motor fluidly coupled to a hydraulic system of the aircraft. The example apparatus also includes a sensor to detect incorrect operation of the hydraulic system. The example apparatus also includes a switch operatively coupled to the sensor, the switch to enable operation of the electric motor in response to the detected incorrect operation of the hydraulic system.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to thermal management systems for head-worn computers.