Abstract: Capacity prediction and management are provided for virtual machine (VM) deployment. A resource manager receives requests for VM allocation indicating a prioritized list of VM types (e.g., first, second, third priority) and provisions the requests with the second and/or third priority VM types if there is a capacity shortage of the first and/or second priority VM types. The resource manager may recommend available VMs of various priority VM types in the requested or other regions and/or zones. A capacity analyzer predicts future requests for VM creation, including a predicted compute capacity, timeframe(s), region(s), zone(s), etc., based on past VM creation. Entities may be alerted if predicted future compute capacity is less than, equal to, or greater than predicted compute capacity. The resource manager may reserve predicted compute capacity for predicted requests and may release the reserved capacity if the request is not received.

Abstract: The audio apparatus includes a base having a plurality of peripheral walls to define a housing. A partition is formed within the housing to define a first chamber and a second chamber. A spacing element is disposed within the first chamber and a first aperture is defined on one of the plurality of peripheral walls and facilitates air to enter the first portion. Each of a second aperture and a third aperture is defined on one of the plurality of peripheral walls. A woofer is mounted on the spacing element at a first position, the first position in combination with the first and the second apertures facilitate the woofer to direct first sound waves towards an Ear Entrance Point (EEP). Further, a tweeter mounted at a second position in combination with the third aperture facilitate the tweeter to direct second sound waves towards the EEP.

Abstract: Presented is an imaging (including cross-sectional imaging) guided whole-body stereotactic device adaptable to align and precisely orient a variety of medical devices/instruments such as differently sized needles, electrodes etc. into a patient's body for carrying out intended medical procedures in a minimally invasive manner. The proposed device is an assembly of multiple parts accompanied by a software program product.

Abstract: A system and a method for treating an aortic dissection comprising deploying a crescent-shaped stent graft in the false lumen through the re-entry point. The stent graft comprises a graft structure secured to a stent structure. The stent graft is geometrically configured to block or occlude the blood flow through to the false lumen.

Abstract: Presented is an improved multifunctional balloon catheter having multiple balloons and lumens that can be inserted into a vessel (artery or vein or microvasculature) within a specific region of a human body to perform a combination of therapeutic procedures including but not limited to widening narrowed or obstructed vessel to allow an improved blood flow therethrough, perform stent/implant delivery and placement to ensure the vessel remains open, and localized/targeted delivery of various treatment/therapeutic agents to an affected area within the vessel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are manufacturing/casting processes for the preparation of a foam.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are device assemblies for endovascular prosthesis implantation in a human patient comprising a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration comprising: a stent frame comprising a plurality of expandable stent cells arranged in more than one layer and stacked in a longitudinal direction; a valve attached to the stent frame; and an expandable sealing skirt coupled to the stent frame, the expandable sealing skirt comprising a protruding region configured to expand radially past the stent frame when the device assembly is in the expanded deployed configuration and a non-protruding region.

Abstract: A filtering apparatus for collecting emboli or thromboli in a body lumen. The apparatus may be a temporary filtering device mounted on a core wire for use during interventional procedures or a semi-permanent filtering device that is left within a body lumen for a therapeutically appropriate length of time. The filtering device includes a tubular member having an outer surface for apposition with the body lumen and a filter member positioned within an interior of the tubular member. The fitter member includes an apex at a proximal end that is positioned along a longitudinal axis of the filtering device, a distal end attached to the tubular member, and an outer surface facing an inner surface of the tubular member.

Abstract: An endoluminal delivery system is provided having an endoluminal prosthesis sized to fit through a body lumen in a first unexpanded state, where a second state is an expanded relative to the first state. At least one delivery capsule is incorporated to the outer wall of the endoluminal prosthesis, where each one of the delivery capsules has a predetermined delivery pressure. There is at least one reactant in the delivery capsule, where the endoluminal prosthesis is expanded from the first state to the second state to expand the endoluminal prosthesis against the body lumen and induce the predetermined delivery pressure to the delivery capsule, and deliver the reactants to the body lumen according to desired positioning and timing. At least one containment band incorporated to the outer wall of the endoluminal prosthesis and positioned near the delivery capsules to localize the reactants.