Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing, a refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter module, a motor, a drive shaft, a cylindrical sleeve, and a compression device. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and configured to introduce the refrigerant to an intake volume. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit a discharge volume. The inverter module is adapted to convert direct current electrical power to alternating current electrical power. The motor is mounted inside the housing. The cylindrical sleeve has a tubular side wall and a top cover defining an interior cavity. The interior cavity has an open end. The cylindrical sleeve is configured to receive the motor therein and constrain the motor within interior cavity.

Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing, refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter section, a motor section, a compression device and a front cover. The housing defines an intake volume and a discharge volume. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to introduce the refrigerant to the intake volume. The compression device is a scroll-type compression device configured to compress the refrigerant. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit the scroll-type electric compressor from the discharge volume. The electric compressor includes integral pressure(s) and/or temperatures sensor(s).

Abstract: Asymmetric skewed rotors and an electric motor that incorporates said rotors. The rotor being are configured to rotate within a stator positioned to surround a portion of the rotors. The stator and rotors are aligned along a centerline (x). Each rotor includes an asymmetric feature, such that during operation dynamic balance results when the asymmetric feature on each rotor are aligned opposite one another perpendicular to the centerline (x) and static balance results when the asymmetric feature on each rotor are aligned opposite one another parallel to the centerline (x).

Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing, a refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter module, a motor, a drive shaft, a cylindrical sleeve, and a compression device. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and configured to introduce the refrigerant to an intake volume. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit a discharge volume. The inverter module is adapted to convert direct current electrical power to alternating current electrical power. The motor is mounted inside the housing. The cylindrical sleeve has a tubular side wall and a top cover defining an interior cavity. The interior cavity has an open end. The cylindrical sleeve is configured to receive the motor therein and constrain the motor within interior cavity.

Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing, a refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter module, a motor, a drive shaft, clamping mechanisms, and a compression device. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and configured to introduce the refrigerant to an intake volume. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit a discharge volume. The inverter module is adapted to convert direct current electrical power to alternating current electrical power. The motor is mounted inside the housing. The plurality of clamping mechanisms are spaced about the outer diameter of the motor and configured to constrain the motor within housing. The compression device, coupled to the drive shaft, receives the refrigerant from the intake volume and compresses the refrigerant as the drive shaft is rotated by the motor.

Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing, refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter section, a motor section, a compression device and a front cover. The housing defines an intake volume and a discharge volume. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to introduce the refrigerant to the intake volume. The compression device is a scroll-type compression device configured to compress the refrigerant. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit the scroll-type electric compressor from the discharge volume.

Abstract: A rotor assembly for a permanent magnet motor includes a rotor stack of laminated ferromagnetic layers and partial end plates at opposite axial ends of the rotor stack wherein each axial end of the rotor bears two partial end plates, each of which covers a partial circle and does not axially overlap with the other one of the partial end plates at the same axial end. The two partial end plates of each axial end are formed by a first axial end plate shaped as a first partial ring disc and a second partial end plate shaped as a second partial ring disc that are made of stamped metal and that are of different mass.

Abstract: Asymmetric skewed rotors and an electric motor that incorporates said rotors. The rotor being are configured to rotate within a stator positioned to surround a portion of the rotors. The stator and rotors are aligned along a centerline (x). Each rotor includes an asymmetric feature, such that during operation dynamic balance results when the asymmetric feature on each rotor are aligned opposite one another perpendicular to the centerline (x) and static balance results when the asymmetric feature on each rotor are aligned opposite one another parallel to the centerline (x).

Abstract: A rotor assembly for a permanent magnet motor includes a rotor stack of laminated ferromagnetic layers and partial end plates at opposite axial ends of the rotor stack wherein each axial end of the rotor bears two partial end plates, each of which covers a partial circle and does not axially overlap with the other one of the partial end plates at the same axial end. The two partial end plates of each axial end are formed by a first axial end plate shaped as a first partial ring disc and a second partial end plate shaped as a second partial ring disc that are made of stamped metal and that are of different mass.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for detecting a minority genotype of a target nucleic acid. The disclosed method generally includes the steps of (a) deep sequencing at least a portion of the target nucleic acid; (b) using the deep sequencing results of (a) to detect the presence of variant nucleobases at one or more nucleotide reference positions within the target nucleic acid; (c) using the variant detection results generated in step (b) to perform a statistical analysis of whether the variants are significant; and (d) using the variant detection and variant significance results generated in steps (b) and (c) to perform a statistical analysis of whether a subset of sequences together exhibit a common set of significant variants.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for detecting a minority genotype of a target nucleic acid. The disclosed method generally includes the steps of (a) deep sequencing at least a portion of the target nucleic acid; (b) using the deep sequencing results of (a) to detect the presence of variant nucleobases at one or more nucleotide reference positions within the target nucleic acid; (c) using the variant detection results generated in step (b) to perform a statistical analysis of whether the variants are significant; and (d) using the variant detection and variant significance results generated in steps (b) and (c) to perform a statistical analysis of whether a subset of sequences together exhibit a common set of significant variants.

Abstract: A device for sterilizing females by occluding the uterotubal junction. The device includes a catheter with a releasable heat generating plug which is used to thermally damage the uterotubal junction and cause it to constrict around the plug, after which the plug is released from the catheter and left in place in the uterotubal junction.

Abstract: A device for sterilizing females by occluding the uterotubal junction. The device includes a catheter with a releasable heat generating plug which is used to thermally damage the uterotubal junction and cause it to constrict around the plug, after which the plug is released from the catheter and left in place in the uterotubal junction.

Abstract: A method of surgical dissection of tissue with a dissector comprising: an elongate shaft comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion comprises a plurality of segments that articulate with respect to one another and the plurality of segments includes a distal segment having a distal end; and a handle attached to the proximal portion of the shaft, wherein the handle comprises controls for articulating the plurality of segments of the distal portion of the shaft with respect to one another, comprising the steps of: positioning the distal end of the dissector in a body; advancing the distal end through the body to dissect tissue; and simultaneously articulating the plurality of segments with respect to one another. A method of surgical dissection of tissue and guiding a second device to a desired physiological location with a first device.

Abstract: A device for sterilizing females by occluding the uterotubal junction. The device includes a catheter with a releasable heat generating plug which is used to thermally damage the uterotubal junction and cause it to constrict around the plug, after which the plug is released from the catheter and left in place in the uterotubal junction.

Abstract: A device for dissecting tissue and/or guidance of a second device to a desired physiological location, the device comprising: an elongate shaft comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion comprises a plurality of segments that articulate with respect to one another; and a handle attached to the proximal portion of the shaft, wherein the handle comprises controls for articulating the plurality of segments of the distal portion of the shaft with respect to one another. A system for dissecting tissue and/or guiding a medical device to a desired physiological location.

Abstract: A device for sterilizing females by occluding the uterotubal junction. The device includes a catheter with a releasable heat generating plug which is used to thermally damage the uterotubal junction and cause it to constrict around the plug, after which the plug is released from the catheter and left in place in the uterotubal junction.

Abstract: A system for facilitating the placement of a catheter within the human body, in a lumen or vessel such as the fallopian tubes, and controlling the catheter after placement. The system coordinates the operation of treatment electrodes on the catheter with informative displays and prompts to an operator, based on information derived from electrical parameters of position detection electrodes on the catheter.

Abstract: A device for sterilizing females by occluding the uterotubal junction. The device includes a catheter with a releasable heat generating plug which is used to thermally damage the uterotubal junction and cause it to constrict around the plug, after which the plug is released from the catheter and left in place in the uterotubal junction.

Abstract: A device for sterilizing females by occluding the uterotubal junction. The device includes a catheter with a releasable heat generating plug which is used to thermally damage the uterotubal junction and cause it to constrict around the plug, after which the plug is released from the catheter and left in place in the uterotubal junction.