Abstract: A method of purchasing one or more nicotine products includes: providing one or more sample sticks with an ingestible coating, the ingestible coating representing one or more flavors of the one or more nicotine products; displaying the one or more sample sticks to a purchaser of the one or more nicotine products; sampling the one or more sample sticks representing the one or more flavors of the one or more nicotine products; and purchasing the one or more nicotine products based on the one or more sampled flavors of the one or more nicotine products.

Abstract: A mattress protector and removable cover assembly has a mattress protector for covering a mattress, the mattress protector having an exterior surface having a first zipper portion and a removable cover having a second zipper portion with the second zipper portion for mating with the first zipper portion for the removable cover for attaching to the mattress protector.

Abstract: A mattress protector and removable cover assembly has a mattress protector for covering a mattress, the mattress protector having an exterior surface having a first zipper portion and a removable cover having a second zipper portion with the second zipper portion for mating with the first zipper portion for the removable cover for attaching to the mattress protector.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed at a fibre adapter for use with small form factor pluggable (SFP) devices comprising a set of cages for receiving the SFP devices and a switch for interconnecting inputs and outputs of the set of cages.

Abstract: There is disclosed a manipulation and storage tool for receiving and manipulating a partially dehydrated intervertebral disk. Manipulation and storage tool is configured to receive the disk and manipulate it into a smaller overall size and subsequently insert it into a temporary storage or sleeve device for later use. Manipulation and storage tool generally includes a manipulation assembly which is movably mounted with respect to a guide assembly. The guide assembly includes a throughbore and a slot for receiving the disk into the throughbore as well as a sleeve holder mounted at a distal end designed to retain a storage device or sleeve into which the manipulated disk is inserted. The manipulation assembly generally includes a drive member having an elongated shaft movably mounted within the bore of the guide assembly and at least one manipulation member for pin positioned adjacent the slot to manipulate the implant in response to movement of the drive member relative to the guide assembly.

Abstract: An instrument for measuring electrical parameters includes a measurement section having a measurement aperture; and a support section providing at least one of power and digital control for the measurement section. The support section has an interference signal frequency, wherein the interference frequency is an integer multiple of the reciprocal of the measurement aperture and the measurement aperture and the interference signal are phase-locked. As a result, the effect of the interference signal on electrical parameters measured is minimized.

Abstract: A toroidal step-up or step-down transformer includes a toroidal magnetic core, a primary formed from a plurality of primary windings, and a secondary formed from a plurality of secondary windings. Parallel connected windings are added to at least one of the primary and secondary to make the number of primary windings equal to the number of secondary windings, the primary and secondary windings being arranged symmetrically around the core.

Abstract: A solid state switch includes a solid state device having an input terminal, an output terminal and a gate terminal; a quick response circuit selectively operable to initially place the solid state device in a conducting state; and a sustained response circuit selectively operable to maintain the solid state device in the conductive state after the quick response circuit. The input terminal and the output terminal are connected when the solid state device is in the conducting state and the input and the output terminal are disconnected when the solid state device is not in the conducting state.

Abstract: A method for operating a DAC to minimize digital feedthrough includes inputting a clock signal to a DAC clock input, the clock signal having a periodic series of trigger events, wherein input data must be present for a time window between a setup time before a trigger event and a hold time after the trigger event; generating an input data stream, the input data stream having data that is present for the time window; altering the input data stream into a cancellation data stream wherein the data presence is maintained but pseudo-data outside of the time window is added; and applying the cancellation data stream to a DAC data input resulting in an analog signal output.