Abstract: The disclosed techniques relate to an apparatus including: a pump body, an occlusion bed; and a rotor. The rotor includes: a shaft body; a roller body slidably mounted to the shaft body; and a lock mechanism selectively positioned between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the lock mechanism engages with the roller body to lock the roller body at a first roller body position relative to the shaft body where the one or more rollers can compress tubing disposed in the apparatus against the occlusion bed with a first level of compression. In the second position, the lock mechanism disengages the roller body so the roller body can slide along the track relative to the shaft body to a second roller body position configured to cause decreased or no compression of the tubing against the occlusion bed by the one or more rollers.

Abstract: A variable light transmission device is disclosed that mitigates negative aperture diffraction effects and shows good switching speed between the open and the closed optical states. The device comprises a microcell layer disposed between two light transmissive electrode layers, the microcell layer having a plurality of microcells, each microcell including an electrophoretic medium, each microcell comprising a protrusion structure, the protrusion structure having one or more wells.

Abstract: A variable light transmission device is disclosed that mitigates negative aperture diffraction effects and shows good switching speed between the open and the closed optical states. The device comprises a microcell layer disposed between two light transmissive electrode layers, the microcell layer having a plurality of microcells, each microcell including an electrophoretic medium, and each microcell comprising a channel, a protrusion structure, the protrusion structure comprising a conoid geometric solid.

Abstract: A variable light transmission device is disclosed that mitigates negative aperture diffraction effects and shows good switching speed between the open and the closed optical states. The device comprises a microcell layer disposed between two light transmissive electrode layers, the microcell layer having a plurality of microcells, each microcell including an electrophoretic medium. And each microcell comprises a protrusion structure and a channel.

Abstract: A variable light transmission device is disclosed that mitigates negative aperture diffraction effects and shows good switching speed between the open and the closed optical states. The device comprises a microcell layer disposed between two light transmissive electrode layers, the microcell layer having a plurality of microcells, each microcell including an electrophoretic medium, and each microcell comprising a channel, a protrusion structure, the protrusion structure having one or more concavities.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing segmented electro-optic display backplanes includes (a) providing a laminate comprising an insulating layer having opposite first and second surfaces and a conductive metal layer having opposite first and second surfaces (the insulating layer second surface is superposed on the conductive metal layer first surface); (b) applying laser energy from a first laser source passing through the insulating layer onto selected portions of conductive metal layer first surface to cause adjacent portions of the insulating layer to be pyrolyzed to form conductive carbon regions; (c) applying laser energy from a second laser source on the insulating layer first surface to pyrolyze selected portions thereof into conductive carbon segments electrically isolated from each other by other portions of the insulating layer. The conductive carbon regions in the insulating layer form vias between each of the conductive carbon segments and one of the selected portions of the conductive metal layer.

Abstract: Switchable light modulator suppresses aperture and array diffraction, reducing blurring of images viewed through films. The light modulator includes a first light-transmissive substrate, a first electrode on one side of the first light-transmissive substrate, a second light-transmissive substrate, a second electrode on one side of the second light-transmissive substrate, a light-transmissive polymeric structure between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an electro-optic medium contained in cells in the polymeric structure. The polymeric structure includes a base and a wall structure defining the cells. Each cell includes wells on the base. The wall structure includes pillar structures and linking wall elements connecting adjacent pillar structures. The pillar structures include distal surfaces parallel to the base arranged with the wells in a given pattern.

Abstract: The disclosed techniques relate to an apparatus including: a pump body, an occlusion bed; and a rotor. The rotor includes: a shaft body; a roller body slidably mounted to the shaft body; and a lock mechanism selectively positioned between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the lock mechanism engages with the roller body to lock the roller body at a first roller body position relative to the shaft body where the one or more rollers can compress tubing disposed in the apparatus against the occlusion bed with a first level of compression. In the second position, the lock mechanism disengages the roller body so the roller body can slide along the track relative to the shaft body to a second roller body position configured to cause decreased or no compression of the tubing against the occlusion bed by the one or more rollers.

Abstract: A unified publishing platform (UPP) system is disclosed that may process electronic content to identify content data irrespective of the format of the electronic content. Content data may be separated from formatting to generate electronic content with different formats. The content data may be transformed to a format configured for display by one or more destinations. The UPP system may generate electronic content having a format using a template (e.g., a content workflow) selected by a user for displaying content. One or more attributes associated with the content data may be used to identify content data for placement in a layout using a template. The electronic content may be parsed to identify semantic data that identifies content data in the electronic content. The semantic data may be associated with one or more attributes. The attribute(s) may identify one or more content items in content data.