Abstract: A suture transport system is disclosure for placing a flexible member along a tunnel, the system including a means of transporting a flexible member along a tunnel from a first opening in the tunnel through to a second opening at an opposite end of the tunnel, such that the flexible member extends from both the first and second opening. The system also includes a means of capturing a portion of the flexible member at the second opening, to inhibit the flexible member from retracting into the tunnel second opening. The means of capturing includes an aperture for capturing the portion of the flexible member.

Abstract: A piston accumulator has an accumulator housing and a separating piston (8) guided for longitudinal motion in the accumulator housing. The separating piston separates a liquid side (4) from a gas side (10) in the accumulator housing. Liquid unintentionally transitions from the liquid side (4) to the gas side (10) despite a piston seal on the separating piston (8). By a return device (28), the transitioned liquid is at least partially returned from the gas side (10) of the accumulator housing to the liquid side (4) of the accumulator housing.

Abstract: A bicycle helmet adapted to be used with eyewear includes an impact-absorbing body, a resilient wiper, and an alignment feature. The impact-absorbing body has a convex exterior surface and a concave interior surface adapted to be positioned on a user's head. The impact-absorbing body further includes an aperture formed in the exterior surface and dimensioned to permit insertion of a portion of the eyewear into the aperture along an insertion axis. The resilient wiper is positioned at least partially in the aperture and arranged to engage the portion of the eyewear upon insertion into the aperture. The alignment feature defines at least a portion of the aperture and is oriented to guide the portion of the eyewear toward the resilient wiper.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing processes, apparatuses, software, devices, and systems for the production of at least one requested 3D object and for removal of a remainder material. The removal may be accomplished when the remainder material exhibits challenging conditions during removal while being safe for a user, the conditions comprising temperature, reactivity, bridging tendency, or possible loss of fluidity.

Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary computer-implemented methods and systems for geophysical field sensing based navigation. One example of a computer-implemented method includes: receiving geophysical field data from at least one geophysical field sensor; synchronizing timing of the geophysical field data; de-noising, using a de-noising machine learning model, the geophysical field data removing noise from local sources of noise for the at least one geophysical field sensor to produce de-noised geophysical field data, the de-noising machine learning model trained using ground truth map data and training data corresponding to the ground truth map data; receiving map data from a geophysical map engine; performing error estimation by comparing the de-noised geophysical field data with the map data; and updating a position estimation based at least in part on the error estimation.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an xMR magnetic field sensor with at least one xMR sensor element from a workpiece containing an xMR multilayer system, including a magnetically hard reference layer with a reference magnetization direction. The method involves a programming operation to set or modify the reference magnetization direction in a sensor region by locally heating the reference layer beyond a threshold temperature using laser radiation, exposing the heated region to an external magnetic field to set the reference magnetization direction, and subsequently cooling the region. The laser processing operation employs a mask projection technique, where a mask with at least one aperture is irradiated with laser pulses, and the fully illuminated aperture region is imaged onto the processing plane using an imaging lens.

Abstract: An oral sensor system (100) having a housing (101) with an electrical circuit (103) for evaluating measurement signals. It further includes a replaceable contact device (105) for the electrical circuit (103), which is coupled to the housing (101) in a liquid-tight manner.

Abstract: A metal detector in a cover of a container, including a first winding; an inner winding with a surface area that is less than that of the first winding; and an outer winding with a surface area that is greater than that of the first winding. The inner winding is connected in series with the outer winding such that a magnetic coupling between (a) the first winding and (b) the inner and outer windings connected in series is substantially zero. Shapes, locations and numbers of turns of the inner winding and the outer winding are selected such that the metal detector is less sensitive to a metal object outside the outer winding than inside the outer winding.

Abstract: Disclosed are implementations that include a method for dental data analysis including obtaining dental data for an individual, with the dental data being input radiographic image data of at least one dental object, and treatment data representative of one or more treatment procedures associated with the dental object, analyzing, by machine learning models, the input radiographic image data to identify one or more dental features associated with the dental object, and deriving, based on the treatment data and the identified one or more dental features, one or more integrity scores for the image data and the treatment data, with the one or more integrity scores being representative of potential integrity problems associated with the input radiographic image data and the treatment data. Deriving the integrity scores includes deriving a provider score representative of a potential integrity problem associated with a dental-care provider submitting the treatment data.

Abstract: Disclosed are implementations that include a clinical data analysis method including obtaining dental data that includes input radiographic image data for at least one dental object, and identifying, by machine learning models, a first dental feature in the input radiographic image data for the at least one dental object, and at least one other feature in the dental object comprising at least partly a healthy dental structure. The method additionally includes computing at least one dimensioned property representative of physical dimensions of the first dental feature and the at least one other feature, deriving, based on the computed at least one dimensioned property, a ratio indicative of an extent of a dental clinical condition associated with the identified first dental feature, and determining a treatment plan based on a comparison of the at least one dimensioned property ratio to a respective threshold value.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing financial data analytics recommendations using a data analytics engine in a customer relationship management system. The recommendations can be a lead that is information associated with a model-generated suggested consumer solution, an alert of increased risk of attrition, or an alert of increased risk of default. The data analytics engine is configured to generate target variables associated with financial products or the customer relationship and utilize modeling techniques and apply rules to generate recommendations. Operationally, the recommendations are generated based on a data analytics model. Generating the recommendations is based on feature variables that are generated based on aggregation and transformation of customer data and utilizing machine learning models to detect patterns in the customer data using the feature variables.

Abstract: A piston accumulator has an accumulator housing and a separating piston (8) guided for longitudinal motion in the accumulator housing. The separating piston separates a liquid side (4) from a gas side (10) in the accumulator housing. Liquid unintentionally transitions from the liquid side (4) to the gas side (10) despite a piston seal on the separating piston (8). By a return device (28), the transitioned liquid is at least partially returned from the gas side (10) of the accumulator housing to the liquid side (4) of the accumulator housing.

Abstract: A piston accumulator has an accumulator housing and a separating piston (8) guided for longitudinal motion in the accumulator housing. The separating piston separates a liquid side (4) from a gas side (10) in the accumulator housing. Liquid unintentionally transitions from the liquid side (4) to the gas side (10) despite a piston seal on the separating piston (8). By a return device (28), the transitioned liquid is at least partially returned from the gas side (10) of the accumulator housing to the liquid side (4) of the accumulator housing.

Abstract: A computerized optimization method, system, and computer readable storage medium for performing pattern searching includes (a) providing an initial mesh of vectors; (b) providing initial points to be used as a base vector establishing a center region of the mesh of vectors; (c) for each base vector, obtaining a transformed mesh via an isometric transformation of the initial mesh of vectors; (d) evaluating the model objective function via each transformed mesh of vectors; (e) selecting a next set of base vectors by selecting a most favorable set of transformed mesh vectors to correspond with the objective function; (f) repeating steps (c) through (e) in an iterative sequence until a termination criterion of the iterative sequence is met; and (g) storing the selected most favorable transformed mesh vectors in a memory.

Abstract: Disclosed are implementations that include a method for dental data analysis including obtaining dental data for an individual, with the dental data being input radiographic image data of at least one dental object, and treatment data representative of one or more treatment procedures associated with the dental object, analyzing, by machine learning models, the input radiographic image data to identify one or more dental features associated with the dental object, and deriving, based on the treatment data and the identified one or more dental features, one or more integrity scores for the image data and the treatment data, with the one or more integrity scores being representative of potential integrity problems associated with the input radiographic image data and the treatment data. Deriving the integrity scores includes deriving a provider score representative of a potential integrity problem associated with a dental-care provider submitting the treatment data.

Abstract: Disclosed are implementations that include a clinical data analysis method including obtaining dental data that includes input radiographic image data for at least one dental object, and identifying, by machine learning models, a first dental feature in the input radiographic image data for the at least one dental object, and at least one other feature in the dental object comprising at least partly a healthy dental structure. The method additionally includes computing at least one dimensioned property representative of physical dimensions of the first dental feature and the at least one other feature, deriving, based on the computed at least one dimensioned property, a ratio indicative of an extent of a dental clinical condition associated with the identified first dental feature, and determining a treatment plan based on a comparison of the at least one dimensioned property ratio to a respective threshold value.

Abstract: A method and system for receiving a dental radiographic image that includes an oral structure, and in an image processor, selecting a segmenter and an object detector, predicting masks and points of the oral structure using the segmenter and the object detector to become part of image metadata. The dental radiographic image and image metadata are further provided to a measurement processor for selecting at least one measurement method of a set of measurement methods according to the dental radiographic image and the image metadata, calculating a sensor pixel to mm (millimeter) ratio using the measurement method, and calculating a calibrated measurement of the oral structure.

Abstract: A method and system for receiving a dental radiographic image that includes an oral structure, and in an image processor, selecting a segmenter and an object detector, predicting masks and points of the oral structure using the segmenter and the object detector to become part of image metadata. The dental radiographic image and image metadata are further provided to a measurement processor for selecting at least one measurement method of a set of measurement methods according to the dental radiographic image and the image metadata, calculating a sensor pixel to mm (millimeter) ratio using the measurement method, and calculating a calibrated measurement of the oral structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous flow hydrogenation process and process apparatus.

Abstract: A hydropneumatic piston accumulator has an accumulator housing (1) defining a housing longitudinal axis (11) and a piston (9) longitudinally movable between two housing covers (5, 7) positioned opposite each other. In the housing (1), the piston (9) separates a working chamber (13) for a compressible medium, such as a working gas, from a working chamber (15) for an incompressible medium, such as hydraulic fluid. A piston part (55) of a displacement measurement device continuously determines each position of the piston (9) in the housing (1). A rod-shaped guide (29, 57) is stationarily positioned in the accumulator housing (1) and passes all the way through the piston (9) in each of its displacement positions in the accumulator housing (1). The piston (9) is movably guided along the guide until it reaches the stop on one of the two housing covers (5, 7) and is sealed against this guide (29,57) using a sealing device (49, 50).