Abstract: A fluid-directing device, which may be a CVD showerhead, includes a unitary body of additive metal construction, which may be made by 3D metal printing. The unitary body has a passage(s), fluid entrance(s), and fluid exit(s), arranged to direct fluid(s). The passage(s), fluid entrance(s) and fluid exit(s) include at least one cross-section shape not readily achieved through in-line drilling.

Abstract: A fluid-directing device, which may be a CVD showerhead, includes a unitary body of additive metal construction, which may be made by 3D metal printing. The unitary body has a passage(s), fluid entrance(s), and fluid exit(s), arranged to direct fluid(s). The passage(s), fluid entrance(s) and fluid exit(s) include at least one cross-section shape not readily achieved through in-line drilling.

Abstract: A fluid-directing device, which may be a CVD showerhead, includes a unitary body of additive metal construction, which may be made by 3D metal printing. The unitary body has a passage(s), fluid entrance(s), and fluid exit(s), arranged to direct fluid(s). The passage(s), fluid entrance(s) and fluid exit(s) include at least one cross-section shape not readily achieved through in-line drilling.

Abstract: The system may provide a one-stop-shop solution for accepting and integrating with almost any video output from a medical device that is typically used in a healthcare facility and sending the video signal to a streaming platform. The system may be configured as a box with a plurality of different types of video input ports, an output port configured for interfacing with an input port of a video streaming device and a port selector configured to indicate which of the input ports is providing video signals to the output port.

Abstract: Technologies are provided that define surgical team activities based on instrument-use events. The system receives a real-time video feed of the surgical instruments prep area and detects unique surgical instruments and/or materials entering/exiting the video feed. The detection of these instruments and/or materials trigger instrument use events that automatically advance the surgical procedure workflow and/or trigger data collection events.

Abstract: A male connector includes a body and an elastomeric member. The body has a proximal end and a distal end. The elastomeric member is disposed around an outer surface of the distal end of the body. The distal end of the body is configured to be received into a female connector interface in a device. The proximal end of the body is configured to couple with an electronic block connector selected from a plurality of electronic block connectors, each of which has a different pin arrangement but a common coupling interface.

Abstract: A micro solder pot includes a dielectric substrate having at least one hole formed therein, a conductive coating coupled to the interior of the hole, and at least one heat transfer pad spaced from the hole in thermal communication with the conductive coating of the hole. When the heat transfer pad is exposed to a heat source, the conductive coating inside the hole is heated. The micro solder pot may also include a thermally activated conductive material disposed within the hole. When the heat transfer pad is exposed to a heat source, the thermally activated conductive material becomes liquidus such that a component can be inserted into the liquidus material. When the heat source is removed, the thermally activated conductive material cools to couple the component to the conductive coating in the hole.

Abstract: A mini wave solder system includes a dielectric substrate having a hole defined therethrough, a conductive heat transfer pad, and a conductive retention pad. A conductive material is associated with the hole. The heat transfer pad and retention pad are disposed adjacent to the hole and the retention pad has a thermally activated conductive material positioned thereon. The heat transfer pad, retention pad, and hole are in thermal communication with each other. A method for coupling a component to a substrate utilizing this system is also described. A wire termination system includes a dielectric substrate having a surface, a conductive material disposed on the surface of the dielectric substrate comprising a retention pad and a heat transfer pad in thermal communication with each other, and a thermally activated conductive material positioned on the retention pad.

Abstract: A mechanical limiter device, having: a housing with a slot passing at least partially therearound, the slot forming a plurality of teeth in a side of the housing; a plunger movable within the housing; a biasing mechanism configured to urge the plunger in a proximal direction within the housing; a contact member extending through the slot in the side of the housing, the contact member being configured to advance past at least one of each of the plurality of teeth in the slot each time the plunger is moved back and forth within the housing. The contact member may perform a switching function.

Abstract: An intelligent connector assembly for use in an interface between a device and a cable, including: a block having a circuit thereon, the block being configured to be received onto a housing, with alignment features on the housing and the block such that the block is receivable in only one orientation into the housing, and a plurality of external interfaces on the block. A method of simultaneously fabricating a plurality of circuit blocks for aligned positioning onto the housing of individual connectors, by: simultaneously fabricating a plurality of blocks on a single sheet of material; cutting a repeating pattern of holes across the single sheet; and separating the single sheet into sections such that each individual block is disposed on an identically shaped section of the single sheet.

Abstract: An intelligent connector assembly for use in an interface between a device and a cable, including: a block having a circuit thereon, the block being configured to be received onto a housing, with alignment features on the housing and the block such that the block is receivable in only one orientation into the housing, and a plurality of external interfaces on the block. A method of simultaneously fabricating a plurality of circuit blocks for aligned positioning onto the housing of individual connectors, by: simultaneously fabricating a plurality of blocks on a single sheet of material; cutting a repeating pattern of holes across the single sheet; and separating the single sheet into sections such that each individual block is disposed on an identically shaped section of the single sheet.

Abstract: A mechanical limiter switch for use in a medical or surgical device has a substantially cylindrically shaped housing with a perimeter and an opening in an axial direction. The housing has a pattern along the perimeter. A spring is mounted in the opening along the axial direction, and is pre-stressed for movement in a radial direction and pre-stressed for movement in the axial direction. The spring has a radial member protruding through the pattern of the housing. A plunger is mounted in the opening along the axial direction, abutting the spring for urging the spring in the axial direction and for moving the member in the pattern along the perimeter. After a pre-determined number of activations of the plunger in the axial direction, the member will come to a terminating position and will either contact a pin to establish electrical continuity or at the terminating position break electrical continuity.