Abstract: A pharmaceutical formulation for topical dental administration or medical (e.g., implant) treatment, including effective amounts of: at least one antimicrobial compound; at least one peroxide source compound; and at least one gel agent. Also disclosed are methods of oral anatomy treatment. The pharmaceutical formulation and treatment methods provide the patient with oral anatomy benefits including, for example, decreased or arrested gum recession; decreased or arrested bone recession; decreased or arrested bone mass loss; decreased or eliminated pain; decreased or eliminated bleeding; decreased or eliminated swelling; enhanced regeneration of bone; enhanced soft tissue repair; or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A system for monitoring and tracking entities inside and outside a building, wherein a space within and around the building is divided into a plurality of low-priority and high-priority spaces. The system comprises a user device, a first monitor, and a first network. The first monitor coupled to a first entity and configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The first network includes a plurality of first nodes configured to transmit and receive wireless signals, wherein the first node is wirelessly connected to at least another of the first nodes. The first nodes include a plurality of high-priority first nodes configured to monitor the high-priority spaces. The high-priority first nodes detects the first monitor entering the high-priority space and pushes a notification to the user device regarding the entry of the first monitor into the high-priority space and a location of the high-priority space.

Abstract: A knife sharpening device and method of using the device are disclosed. The device can include a closed housing for receiving a knife blade. The housing can include an opening in the front panel through which the blade can be inserted, and the opening can prevent the knife handle from being inserted. The device can include a cartridge with a sharpening stone. The cartridge can be coupled to a belt in communication with a one or more pullies that are coupled to the housing at positions spaced apart from one another to define an elliptical path for the belt to travel. The device can include a motor for driving the rotation of the pullies, which will cause the belt to travel about the elliptical path and causes the sharpening stone to contact the blade.

Abstract: A device for simulating a patient's lung in combination with a ventilator, manikin, or other external systems. A threaded member extends across a chamber of the device, having a piston and a two-traveler assembly thereon. The traveler assembly, in part, provides a seal between an ambient compartment at one end of the chamber and a pressurized compartment representing the simulated lung at an opposite end of the chamber having an air intake. Other elements, such as an O-ring placed between parts of the traveler assembly, grease added to the traveler assembly, and/or a formed seal and seal cover within the pressurized compartment further seal between the pressurized and ambient compartments of the chamber. The compact form of the device is aided by a volume compensation system which interacts with the external system, measuring air pressure and chamber volume to expel excess retained air from the pressurized compartment.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous pharmaceutical oral suspension of Pirfenidone at a concentration of 89 mg/ml, which would be useful to paediatric and geriatric patients because of the case of administration. In addition, one can easily titrate the dose in case required for individual patient dosage regimens.

Abstract: The dual-switch housing is configured to secure two separate switches on a rail interface system and includes an actuator that allows an end-user to activate both switches individually or simultaneously. An example dual-switch housing comprises: a housing including rail clamp portions for removably mounting the dual-switch housing to the rail interface system; and an actuator configured to actuate the first and second switches individually or simultaneously. The actuator comprises a first actuation button configured to actuate only the first switch, a second actuation button configured to actuate both the first switch and the second switch, and a third actuation button configured to actuate only the second switch.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of use for supporting a fuel unit, the apparatus including: a frame including an attachment portion and a coupling portion, the attachment portion being configured to engage the fuel unit to thereby prevent lateral movement of the fuel unit relative to the frame, the coupling portion being configured to engage a lift table to thereby prevent lateral movement of the frame relative to the lift table; and a plurality of legs rotatably secured to the frame, each leg of the plurality of legs being configured to transition between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration, wherein the extended configuration is configured to allow a foot of a respective leg to contact a floor, wherein the retracted configuration is configured to prevent the foot of the respective leg from contacting the floor.

Abstract: A night vision system along with an image intensifier tube and method for forming the tube are provided. The night vision system incorporates the image intensifier tube in both an analog channel as well as a digital channel, with an addressable display within the analog image intensifier tube analog channel configured to create an electronically addressable output. An analog image intensifier tube is included in the digital imager for presenting binary digital signals representative of an image, or of symbol indicia, and registering those digital representation from the digital imager onto one or more electron multipliers of the analog image intensifier tube within the analog channel. The provided night vision system also utilizes a cathodoluminescent screen, which is a highly efficient light source that reduces system power.

Abstract: Systems and methods for bending a composite based reinforcing bar (C-bar), are disclosed, including a bending apparatus, having a bending platform including a plurality of stationary supports, a pair of movable supports, and a control assembly. Each pair of stationary support and corresponding movable support are configured to engage a pair of flanges of the C-bar.

Abstract: In a general aspect, an apparatus can include an inner package including a first silicon carbide die having a die gate conductor coupled to a common gate conductor, and a second silicon carbide die having a die gate conductor coupled to the common gate conductor. The apparatus can include an outer package including a substrate coupled to the common gate conductor, and a clip coupled to the inner package and coupled to the substrate.

Abstract: A pool system may include a plurality of devices of equipment distributed among an area and a pool automation controller that includes a shortrange wireless communication device configured to communicate with a first wireless communication device of a first device of equipment and a second wireless communication device of a second device of equipment. The pool automation controller may determine locations within the area of the first device and the second device with respect to the pool automation controller based at least in part on a first set of characteristics of a first wireless signal and a second set of characteristics of a second wireless signal.

Abstract: Example embodiments include methods and apparatus for a structure having a capacitor, where the structure includes a plurality of inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layers above a substrate, a plurality of metal layers between respective IMD layers. In embodiments, BEOL metal regions and interconnects form plates of the capacitor. In example embodiments, lateral capacitors can be formed away from the substrate.

Abstract: A movable duct includes an inlet duct segment including an inlet duct wall extending from a first inlet duct end to an opposite second inlet duct end and including at least one first elongate guide extending between the first inlet duct end and the second inlet duct end. The movable duct further includes a first telescopic duct segment having a first telescopic duct wall extending from a first telescopic duct end to an opposite second telescopic duct end and including at least one protrusion slidingly engaged with the at least one elongate guide of the inlet duct segment.

Abstract: A low profile high current composite transformer is disclosed. Some embodiments of the transformer include a first conductive winding having a first start lead, a first finish lead, a first plurality of winding turns, and a first hollow core; a second conductive winding having a second start lead, a second finish lead, a second plurality of turns, and a second hollow core; and a soft magnetic composite compressed surrounding the first and second windings. The soft magnetic composite with distributed gap provides for a near linear saturation curve.

Abstract: A swing speed training device and method for increasing a user's swing speed utilizes a cylindrical mass. A first aperture is disposed in the bottom portion of the mass; the first aperture has a diameter D1 which communicates with a second aperture having a diameter D2. The diameter D1 is sized to accept a countersunk male threaded fastener and diameter D2 is sized to accept a female threaded portion of a user's golf club shaft thereby facilitating a connection or a disconnection between the cylindrical mass and the user's golf club shaft.

Abstract: A fuel cell system, e.g., of a motor vehicle, includes a fuel cell stack having fuel cells and non-repeating hardware components, the latter including wet and dry end units. The cells are positioned between the end units. The dry end unit includes an end plate and a compression plate assembly that uniformly compresses the cells against the end plate, and a terminal plate surrounded by a seal plate. An insulator frame disposed adjacent to the compression plate assembly is engaged with the insulator frame via a frictional interface provided by o-ring compression seals having a respective post connected to the terminal plate and the seal plate, and a pocket connected to the insulator frame. The post and pocket of at least one of the compression seals together define a fluid passage. One or more shim plates may be disposed between the end plate and insulator frame.

Abstract: A water filtration system is shown which uses a number of rigid tubular screen type filter elements having porous exterior and interior sidewalls. The interior sidewalls form an initially open interior axial bore. The filter elements are closed at a bottom end thereof and open at a top end thereof. An elongated spray bar is rotatably mounted for rapid rotation within the open interior axial bore of each of the tubular filter elements. The spray bar has a plurality of slots cut along the length thereof in a predetermined pattern and an internal bore which is in communication with a source of high-pressure air and high-pressure water. The application of high-pressure air or water provides a brief pressure pulse directed radially outward which causes the spray bar to rotate and spray air or water outwardly from the spay bar slots and through the interior sidewall of the porous filter elements to dislodge any collected filter cake from the exterior wall surfaces in use.

Abstract: An exhaust liquid treatment assembly for a fuel cell system (FCS). The FCS includes a fuel cell stack and an FCS exhaust pipe fluidly connected to the fuel cell stack and configured to expel an exhaust stream from the FCS. The exhaust liquid treatment assembly includes a liquid tank having a liquid inlet in fluid communication with the FCS exhaust pipe and a liquid outlet. A liquid treatment filter separates the liquid inlet from the liquid outlet and includes a pH controlling material configured to mix with a liquid passing through the liquid treatment filter. A liquid level sensor configured to determine a level of liquid in the liquid tank. A controller is in communication with the liquid level sensor and configured to regulate a level of the liquid within the liquid tank by selectively opening and closing an outlet valve in fluid communication with the liquid outlet.

Abstract: This disclosure teaches a system and method for monitoring an extracorporeal blood circuit of a patient and identifying a needle dislodgement. The method includes identifying a potential needle dislodgement event based on changes in pressure of the extracorporeal blood circuit, searching for a heart rate of a patient by analyzing an optical backscatter signal from an optical sensor attached to the extracorporeal blood circuit or by analyzing a pressure signal representative of the pressure in the extracorporeal blood circuit, and verifying the potential needle dislodgement event is a needle dislodgement based on the absence of the heart rate.

Abstract: A method and system for regulating power consumption on an electric power grid is disclosed. Blockchain miners are used as a load bank that can be modulated quickly to accommodate spikes or dips in power generated from wind and solar power producers. The cryptocurrency generated by the blockchain miners allows electric grid owners to recoup the costs of higher overall power production, and accommodates fluctuations that are characteristic of wind and solar power generation devices because the fluctuations from wind and solar devices can be matched by modulating the computational speed of the blockchain miners in equal amounts, thus matching the overall demand and production of the power on the electric grid.