Abstract: An ultrasound blood vessel imaging system can include a 3D ultrasound probe operable to capture 3D volume data of tissue containing one or more blood vessels. A processor can be in communication with the 3D ultrasound probe and configured to receive the data and convert the data to a volume of ultrasound images. The processor can process the ultrasound images using an image segmentation method to identify a blood vessel lumen independent of surrounding tissue and generate a segmented vessel. The processor can also generate a constructed view of the blood vessel by assembling the segmented vessel and display the constructed view on an electronic display.

Abstract: A method may include: receiving, by a webserver computer program, shared key material shared with a client application; receiving from a browser, a request for a secure connection; establishing a session with the browser over a first secure connection; establishing a shared secret key with the browser, wherein the browser creates a browser secret key encrypted with the shared secret key, encrypts the browser secret key with the shared secret key, and provides the browser secret key encrypted with the shared secret key and session information the client application over a second secure connection that is protected with the shared key material; decrypting the browser secret key encrypted with the shared secret key using the shared secret key; identifying the session with the browser from the session information; and establishing, end-to-end encryption on top of the second secure connection using the browser secret key or a derivation thereof.

Abstract: A vent is described, more specifically a vent for the egress of fluid. The vent comprises a housing comprising an opening and at least one valve that extends through the housing. Additionally, the vent includes a plurality of baffles within the housing, where each baffle in the plurality of baffles comprises at least one aperture, and wherein the aperture or apertures of a first baffle within the plurality of baffles are offset from the aperture or apertures of a second baffle within the plurality of baffles. In this way, the egress of various fluids though the housing may be controlled.

Abstract: Systems and methods for secure cryptographic secret distribution are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for secure cryptographic secret distribution may include: (1) receiving, at a key relay station, a cryptographic secret from a webserver over a first communication network; (2) storing, by the key relay station, the cryptographic secret; (3) authenticating, by the key relay station, an end user via an end user electronic device; and (4) securely communicating, by the key relay station, the cryptographic secret to the end user electronic device. The end user electronic device is configured to store the cryptographic secret in secure storage on the end user electronic device, to encrypt data with the cryptographic secret, and to communicate the encrypted data to the webserver over a second communication network.

Abstract: Systems and methods for bridging gaps in cryptographic secret distribution using line-of-sight-secured networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system may include: a first physical location providing a cryptographic secret; a second physical location comprising a space-based vehicle transceiver that receives the cryptographic secret from the first physical location over a secure communication channel; a space-based vehicle that receives the cryptographic secret from the second physical location over a first line-of-sight communication channel; and a third physical location that receives the cryptographic secret from the space-based vehicle over a second line-of-sight communication channel, encrypts data with the cryptographic secret, and communicates the encrypted data to the first physical location over a communication network; wherein the first physical location receives the encrypted data and decrypts the encrypted data using the cryptographic secret.

Abstract: Systems and methods for quantum key distribution (QKD) secured vault-based application-to-application communication are disclosed. A method may include: receiving, at a vault application at a first facility, a request for a shared quantum key for communication of a secret in a vault at the first facility to an application at a second facility; distilling, by quantum devices at the first and the second facility and over a quantum communication channel, a shared quantum key using a QKD protocol; receiving, by an encryptor at the first facility, the secret; encrypting, by the encryptor at the first facility, the secret with the shared quantum key, communicating, the encrypted secret to the second facility over a communication network; decrypting, by an encryptor at the second facility, the encrypted secret with the shared quantum key; and receiving, by the application at the second facility, the secret from the encryptor at the second facility.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of imaging for non-invasive and non-contact measurement of respiration rates and body temperature. The invention uses a combination of visible imaging, thermal imaging, and machine learning to monitor respiration rate and body temperature. One of the embodiments of the invention allows the invention to be mounted on an articulating arm for use in hospital settings. Another embodiment of the invention allows the invention to be easily portable for use in mobile applications. Further embodiments allow the system to be used remotely making it very applicable for use in isolation or for remote locations.

Abstract: An improved structural arrangement for mounting winding packages in the air core reactor is provided. Disclosed embodiments make use of structural properties, such as hoop tensile properties, of a filament roving 130 that may be arranged to surround structural features (e.g., inclined surfaces 108) formed in a disclosed mounting plate 110.

Abstract: An improved structural arrangement for mounting winding packages in the air core reactor is provided. Disclosed embodiments make use of structural properties, such as hoop tensile properties, of a filament roving 130 that may be arranged to surround structural features (e.g., inclined surfaces 108) formed in a disclosed mounting plate 110.

Abstract: An air core reactor including an improved structural arrangement for attaching cylindrical winding packages in the air core reactor is provided. Disclosed embodiments make use of spacer assemblies appropriately arranged to counterbalance bending moments that can develop during operation of the air core reactor and therefore improve the structural capability of the mechanical connection for the winding packages between respective spacers and spider units of the air core reactor.

Abstract: A vent is described, more specifically a vent for the egress of fluid. The vent comprises a housing comprising an opening and at least one valve that extends through the housing. Additionally, the vent includes a plurality of baffles within the housing, where each baffle in the plurality of baffles comprises at least one aperture, and wherein the aperture or apertures of a first baffle within the plurality of baffles are offset from the aperture or apertures of a second baffle within the plurality of baffles. In this way, the egress of various fluids though the housing may be controlled.

Abstract: A flexible tank (10, 110) for transporting fluids in a transportation container (12) is described, the flexible tank (10, 110) defining a tank (10) volume for containing a fluid. The flexible tank (10, 110) comprises at least one mixing member (146, 46) enclosing a fluid pathway (160, 60) extending across an interior surface (144, 44) of the flexible tank (10, 110), the flexible tank (10, 110) further comprising at least one inlet valve (140, 40) configured to allow the passage of fluid from outside said flexible tank (10, 110) into said fluid pathway (160, 60). The mixing member (146, 46) further comprises at least one aperture (154) such that the inlet valve (140, 40) is in fluid communication with the tank (10) volume via the fluid pathway (160, 60). An intermodal container (12) comprising the flexible tank (10, 110) and a method of mixing a fluid with the tank (10) are also disclosed.

Abstract: A damping bearing (34, 36) provides relative rotations between first and second subassemblies about a point (40). The first subassembly includes a fluid containment vessel (26, 26C, 26D) containing a fluid (32). The second subassembly includes a plunger (42) with a fluid deformation element (46, 46B) immersed in the fluid. The relative rotations are damped by viscosity of the fluid resisting motions of the fluid deformation element. Damping is especially effective in multiple planes containing a given line (23 or 43) through the point (40). The plunger may have rotational symmetry, and may be cylindrical about the given line. Lateral fluid bounding surfaces (50, 52, 52D) of the containment vessel may be spherical about the point, or may be shaped to provide clearance to the deformation element that varies with angular displacement between the first and second subassemblies to provide a predetermined damping profile.

Abstract: A damping bearing (34, 36) provides relative rotations between first and second subassemblies about a point (40). The first subassembly includes a fluid containment vessel (26, 26C, 26D) containing a fluid (32). The second subassembly includes a plunger (42) with a fluid deformation element (46, 46B) immersed in the fluid. The relative rotations are damped by viscosity of the fluid resisting motions of the fluid deformation element. Damping is especially effective in multiple planes containing a given line (23 or 43) through the point (40). The plunger may have rotational symmetry, and may be cylindrical about the given line. Lateral fluid bounding surfaces (50, 52, 52D) of the containment vessel may be spherical about the point, or may be shaped to provide clearance to the deformation element that varies with angular displacement between the first and second subassemblies to provide a predetermined damping profile.

Abstract: There is disclosed a wall mountable unit for storing a bicycle wheel, the unit comprising at least a wall mountable part and a hook component in hinged attachment with the wall mountable part, the hook component rotatable using the hinged attachment between an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein, in use, in the open configuration the hook component is arranged to receive and to store a bicycle wheel.

Abstract: A bicycle storage system for storing a bicycle, comprising: (i) a first flange to support a lower surface of a bicycle frame, the frame rotating about this first flange under the weight of the rear of the bicycle; and (ii) a second flange to contact an upper surface of that frame to prevent further rotation of the frame about the first flange, the flanges being arranged to then securely hold the frame. The first and the second flanges may be formed into a single, sinuous edge of a hollow cylindrical unit; this unit may be sized to store bicycle accessories.