Abstract: An ultrasound welding component is disclosed. One embodiment of the component includes a weld region about which an ultrasound weldable material may be wrapped. The weld region includes a weld zone consisting of recesses positioned on opposing sides of a weld area. The recesses and weld area each having widths selected such that an ultrasound source compressing overlapping sections of the ultrasound weldable material against the weld area forms a weld having a width which is narrower than a sum of the widths of the recesses and the weld area. The component also includes a mechanism which immobilizes the ultrasound weldable material relative to the weld zone.

Abstract: A kit for use with a transcription system which includes a plurality of signal receivers for positioning adjacent a writing surface and for receiving position signals transmitted from a stylus when the stylus is positioned adjacent the writing surface, the transcription system recording writing performed by the stylus on the writing surface, the kit comprising: a background image coupleable to the writing surface; and a computer readable medium including logic for detecting a position of the background image on the writing surface, logic for detecting a position of the stylus relative to the background image on the writing surface, logic for recording writing by the stylus relative to the background image, and logic for forming a composite image comprising the background image and the writing by the stylus on the background image.

Abstract: A kit for use with a transcription system which includes a plurality of signal receivers for positioning adjacent a writing surface and for receiving one or more position signals transmitted from a stylus when the stylus is positioned adjacent the writing surface, the signal receivers producing timing signals in response to receiving position signals from the stylus, the kit comprising: a template coupleable to the writing surface, the template including one or more control sections; and a computer readable medium including logic for detecting when the stylus contacts a particular control section based on receipt by the signal receivers of one or more position signals transmitted from the stylus and logic for causing a function to be performed by the transcription system in response to detecting that the stylus has contacted the particular control section.

Abstract: A stylus for use in a transcription system which includes a plurality of signal receivers for positioning adjacent a writing surface and for receiving a position signal transmitted from the stylus when the stylus is positioned adjacent the writing surface, the signal receivers producing timing signals in response to receiving the position signal from the stylus, the transcription system using the timing signals to determine a position of the stylus adjacent the writing surface, the stylus comprising: a stylus housing defining a volume for housing a writing element, an opening on a distal end of the stylus housing through which a portion of the writing element extends for writing on a writing surface, and a door on a side of the stylus housing which may be opened or removed and through which a writing element can be introduced into and removed from the stylus housing; and the position signal transmitter for transmitting the position signal.