Abstract: A motor drive or bus supply power conversion system includes a rectifier with at least one rectifier switch module for rectifying AC input power. A DC bus is connected to the rectifier and supplies DC output power. An optional inverter is connected to the DC bus and includes at least one inverter switch module for inverting the DC bus voltage to an AC output power. The at least one rectifier switch module and the at least one inverter switch module each include a base plate and a housing connected to the base plate. The housing defines an interior space that contains at least one semiconductor switch. Anti-corrosion features are provided including a conformal coating on printed circuit board assemblies, removable connector covers, dielectric grease coated connections, nano-coated fiber optic transceivers, and an exterior protective film wrap.

Abstract: A display pose of a client computing device is computed in a hybrid manner using both the client computing device and a server. Using the client computing device, an initial pose of the client computing device at an initial time is computed. A prospective pose at a target time is predicted using the client computing device. The prospective pose is sent along with auxiliary data from the client computing device to the server and a display pose of the client computing device at a display time is computed. The display pose is computed using the prospective pose and the auxiliary data.

Abstract: Synthetic chord devices and methods for using the same for connecting tissues are provided. Aspects of the synthetic chord device include a flexible cord having an attachment element at both a first and a second end, wherein each attachment element includes a piercing member coupled to a securing member that attaches the flexible cord to a first tissue. At least a portion of the flexible cord can be configured to be secured to a second tissue. Aspects of the invention also include sets of the synthetic chord device with pre-measured flexible cords. The devices and methods of the invention find use in a variety of applications, such as in applications in which it is desired to repair a heart valve.

Abstract: One problem recognized by the present inventors is that even in highly successful companies, such as those in the Thomson corporate family, information and solutions provided by one business unit are not readily combined or integrated with those provided by other business units. Accordingly, the present inventors devised, among other things, a computerized implementation of a federated business model and architecture for the creation of integrated information solutions from content sets and service offerings provided by multiple business units. The exemplary system includes a catalog module that facilitates identification of informational assets, such as products, services, and content, that are created by multiple business units; a collaborative infrastructure to facilitate aggregation or integration of two or more informational assets into a new informational asset; and a settlement module for handling one or more financial and accounting aspects of the asset integration.

Abstract: A method of setting or adjusting a cardiac pacemaker in a patient diagnosed with cardiac asynchrony, which method comprises the steps of: i) implanting cardiac pacing wires into at least the right ventricle and the left ventricle of the heart of the patient, ii) continuously monitoring and recording the cardiac output, nominal stroke volume and/or arterial pressure of the patient on a beat-by-beat basis, iii) continuously monitoring and recording the respiratory cycle of the patient, and iv) adjusting the conduction delay between the electronic impulses to the cardiac pacing wires until a synchronization of respiratory changes with changes in the cardiac output, stroke volume or arterial pressure of the patient is obtained.